Hello, Psych2Go viewers. Our guest for today's live stream is Dr. David Calarasi, host of the highly entertaining channel PopPsych, where he discusses and analyzes different reality TV shows, movies and celebrities. Dr. Calarasi is also a licensed psychologist with an MA in marriage and family therapy from the University of Southern California and a PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Denver. Dr. Calarasi also works as a corporate psychologist, consultant and executive coach. Welcome, David. Thank you so much for joining me today. Thank you for having me. That was a very good intro. I appreciate it. Of course. I'm so excited to be here. No, of course, yeah. And I'm such a huge fan of the channel. I think that you're doing amazing work. So thank you. Thank you. And I'm excited to discuss the topic, which is psychology of celebrity worship in the age of social media. The internet and social media has become so ingrained in our daily lives and it's really changed the way we view others, especially celebrities. The internet and social media have made it so much easier to take a glimpse into their lives. And for many people, they feel like they almost know their favorite or not so favorite celebrities on a personal level. So first off, my question for you is, what do you think are some of the psychological reasons why people become so emotionally attached to celebrities, even though they've never met them before? And what do you think is the implication of this? I think it's a good question. So I think there's a lot of implications. From a psychological standpoint, I think it's the perception of vulnerability. So I think that the celebrities that are the stickiest as far as having an audience and people wanting to listen to them and follow them and the people that you really connect to, I think there's the perception that they are being transparent about their lives. And I think that that is, if you think about anybody you have a close relationship with, it's always because at some level, because of vulnerability, either they share a lot about themselves, either you've been through something serious or you have history, all of which sort of at the end of the day is transparency and vulnerability. And with social media, people are able to share what they want about their lives, but they share it in a way that comes across as transparent. And like thinking about the Kardashians or Vanderpump rules or any of those, they're clearly highly produced, but the perception is that you're really getting a unique view into this person's life. And I think that the fact that there's that vulnerability there, that's why it's sticky, that's why people are interested. Does that make sense? Yeah, like they can connect with that, it's relatable, it resonates. Yes, yes. And I think from a psychological standpoint, there's a lot of reasons why we are interested in that. If you think about a much smaller society, if we were a group of 20 people, it's really important that we know everybody that we live with, right? But if you go back years and years and years and we're in a tribe, it's important for us to know within our tribe or our clan who is everybody. And it would be a social skill or a skill for survival to be able to listen to people, be interested in people and learn about them and their intentions. So I think we are like from an evolutionary standpoint built to be gossipy in that way. Yeah. And now it doesn't serve us as well, but now it shows up in Vanderpump rules and we wanna learn everything we can about the different toms. You know what I'm saying? Right? Scandinavol, hashtag. In recent years, due to social media, the concept of celebrity has been redefined. In the past, qualifying as a celebrity usually meant being an actor, an actress, musician, an athlete, or a super famous politician. So it's definitely changed in recent years. However, we're living in an age where social media has made it possible for anyone to be a celebrity or a social media influencer. In many ways, people aren't just obsessed with celebrities anymore, they are obsessed with becoming a celebrity. So looking at it from both sides, in what ways is that something positive and in what ways is it destructive, especially as it pertains to a person's mental health? Yeah, that's a big question. So in the first question, I didn't answer what's the implication of that. And I think it ties into your second question, which is, I think that our obsession with celebrity can be negative in the sense that everything is so artificial. So obviously it's easy to create an unrealistic standard of existence. And I think that that puts a lot of pressure on the viewer, on the audience. I also think that it, I think in this fits with your second question here, when anybody can be a celebrity, when anybody has a microphone, when anybody is listened to, it's not always easy to vet your sort of circle. You've probably heard that you are, whatever the saying is, you are the sum of the five people you hang out with most.  But if you pick the wrong person, because you're not really able to vet these five people now that are all virtual, then I think it can derail people's psychological development in a really significant way. So the example I would give would be the Kardashians. They are obviously, they're obviously very entertaining, people want to watch them. But if you look at their individual lives, if I said, would you want to be Khloe Kardashian and everything that she's been through, everything, her sort of psychological wellbeing, right? I think a lot of people would say, I don't want the infidelity, I don't want the divorces, I don't want the body image issues, I don't want the right, I don't want a lot of things, right? But we're listening to that content and I think it can distort how we see ourselves and how we show up. That was a long-winded answer, does that make sense? No, that completely, that makes sense. Like people kind of want the glamour, but they don't really want all the baggage that does come with being famous. Yeah, and I don't know that because people can control what they put on the internet, especially people that have the resources to do so, they can paint a really unfair picture of what's actually happening. Exactly, like it can be manipulated. Yeah. So as I mentioned earlier, fame and celebrity has been redefined by the presence of social media. If someone goes viral, even if it's for something terrible, they can become a celebrity overnight. Lately there's been a trend of giving significant media attention to con artists and controversial figures such as the Tindler Swindler, Anna Delvy, Elizabeth Holmes and so many others. In a sense, due to celebrity worship, do you think that the media tends to unintentionally reward these individuals who commit atrocious acts, such as making Netflix documentaries about them and so on? I mean, for example, Anna Delvy got paid for the recent Netflix documentary that was made about her. So do you think that this almost enables and emboldens them? I would never have thought about it that way until you said that, but yeah. I think the media does a major disservice if you think about school shootings and they've changed a little bit where they're slower to put people's names out there, but still if people don't have a strong sense of self and they're just looking for some amount of attention, they're looking to have some kind of impact on the world, it's easier in many ways to do that if you are provocative, right? You are, I think a good example would be, and I don't mean it in a negative way, but like Jake Paul is the one that I think about who has, I think, harnessed virality in a really empowering and impactful way for him. But what he does is just be super, super, super provocative. I could go out right now and do something very extreme and I'm gonna get media attention. And if I know how to do that in a way that keeps me out of jail, I'm gonna keep getting more and more popular. And so I do think that there's less attention given to people that are making good decisions that are thoughtful, that are nuanced. And so yeah, I think it probably does empower people to sort of pursue fame in any way, right? And I think that that, yeah, I think that's probably a problem. I hadn't really thought about it until you said it.  Sorry, did you, I just, sorry to interrupt you. Did you watch, there was a show on Netflix called The Most Hated Man on the Internet. It was in this guy named Hunter. I can't remember what his name was. I did a reaction video to him. It was the Revenge porn guy. I think I've heard of it. I think I've heard of it, yeah. So this guy starts this website called, I forget what the, I don't know what the website is, but he created some website where people could go on there and put nude pictures of their exes on there. And he became exceptionally popular for doing this. And he's absolutely violating the rights of all of these people whose pictures are on the internet. This Netflix documentary comes out, I do a reaction video, and then people start contacting me. Like they got my phone number and reached out and go, he's still doing it.  There's a whole Discord group around it. And there's this audience of people that could watch the documentary that could be, I think it was called Up All Night or something was the website, but could watch this, see this horrific thing happening and they're validating of it and they wanna be a part of it. And it's fringe enough that they're diving into it. And so I think what happens is not only are people emboldened by the attention in general, but because the internet is so big, so vast, you can always find your audience. There's always people that are gonna be supportive of whatever it is that you're doing. And so hunters walking around thinking, I'm still the man. I did a good thing. Look how I'm a hero to all of these people. He doesn't recognize that the segment of the population that supports him is very, very, very small, right? But he's got a full Discord and a Reddit feed and all these things that validate him. Exactly, like the internet has made it so that you could find your community and your niche. And like before that, you couldn't do that, you know, but you could find people who are anonymous, but will like agree with maybe that the depraved things you're doing, but they're anonymous so they can go out there and do what you're doing like a lot of people. You know how it is, yeah, exactly. So I definitely agree with that and that's something I thought about before. And guys, I just wanted to let the Psych2Go viewers know, please ask your questions because we'll be answering them at the end of the live. So thank you. And then, so do you think it has a psychological impact on younger people especially? And do you think it can influence them to try to emulate the actions of negative role models who are seeing others become extremely famous on social media? Like do you think it has an even worse impact on our younger generation? Yeah, I mean, I think YouTube is a, I'm on YouTube and I think it's a problem in that, well, it's good. So like to answer the first question is it is valuable?  And I think because you can find your audience, the individual is empowered. I think that's wonderful. I also feel like because YouTubers have gotten so good at capturing the attention of their audience, so good at finding ways to give dopamine hit after dopamine hit, after dopamine hit that the audience sort of thinks that this is the best thing ever, that they struggle to wait and listen and learn. They struggle to find nuance. They just wanna be entertained right now. And I think that that part of it is problem in particular for younger audiences. And then I worry about, not only does it change the way that they listen and learn but I think it also might impact who they wanna be. If I look at Mr. Beast and that's what I wanna be and I think about like I'm gonna do all these big crazy things back to back to back to back. I worried that it sets up unrealistic expectations. Yeah, exactly. And so you think the instant gratification of social media is almost becoming like an addiction for a lot of younger people? Yeah, I mean I think for a lot of reasons. And I was saying like the way the content's being created like certainly if you like I have an eight year old and a five year old, they would far rather watch YouTube videos than something on Netflix. Anything that Netflix is doing is too long. They want a three minute video that's like you know I mean it feels addictive to them. You take it away, they take the iPad from them and they're pissed. Like it really has an impact. You know, I think the opposite argument could be made that this is the direction that the world is going. And I imagine in 10 years and 20 years people that can shift topics of focus really quickly will probably be rewarded for that because things will move at that kind of a pace. Yeah. It's probably, there's probably it's sort of unavoidable. It's our reality and we have to find a way to live within it. But as a parent, I get concerned about my kids on YouTube. Yeah, I mean I see it with my own niece and my nephew like they just always have to be on their iPad. Yeah. So it's true. Yeah. Have you seen, have you heard, sorry to interrupt you. Have you seen if you turn your phone to grayscale? Have you heard about doing this?  It's stimulating to see all the colors. Like even the phone itself is addictive. If you turn, if you can, if you can see, if you turn it to grayscale, you can't, it's way less addictive. Like just the colors itself, draw you in. And exactly colors are used in marketing. Like, you know, McDonald's and then out, they use the color red specifically because they know, I don't know if it makes people hungry or what it does, it catches their attention. But color is like extremely important in like the psychology of marketing. So it is scary because social media does have such a hold on our society now. And maybe it is an addiction and it's, you know, it is scary in that way. And so looking at it from a more psychological standpoint, I came across this interesting research study called the absorption addiction model, which was proposed by researcher, Lynn McCutcheson or McCutcheon, yeah, which theorizes that individuals who tend to obsess over celebrities and absorb information about their personal lives are attempting to compensate for their insecurities or lack of personal identity or lack of meaningful relationships. Do you feel like there's any truth to this model or this research? So I don't know, I've not read it, but my gut reaction would be, no, I don't agree. So the, I would wonder like, how would they possibly, unless they're going there and they're saying what, they'd have to say, what is your favorite TV show? Then they'd have to psychologically profile the characters in that show. Then they'd have to ask the audience, what are your, not just what limitations do you think you have, but what, like from a psychological standpoint, what limitations do we think you have? It seems like a rough research project to be able to actually prove that out. And I think that a lot of times people like media because it agrees with them. I'm not sure that you're always picking people or you're not, I'm not sure you're always following people that point or so the view is that if you like a certain kind of media, it's because, say that again, it's because my limitations are duplicated by that person. No, I guess what the model is saying is that people who become over obsessed with celebrities, like extremely obsessed and invested in their personal lives, it's because somehow they're lacking in their own personal life and they're lacking in their personal relationship. So it's almost like they live vicariously through. Yeah. Okay, so it's not, okay. So they're not saying it's a personality issue. They're saying it's a relationship issue. Yeah. They're living that excitement through. A celebrity, exactly. Okay, I'll say okay. But I would think it's because, here's why I'm pushing back on it is because I think it's any kind of entertainment is escapism, right? If you look at, you could say the same thing probably people that like Monday night football, they must not have a lot going on on Monday night if they're watching Monday night football.  Like I don't know that that's exactly celebrity, but you could say the same thing, if you like, why do you like movies? Why do you like, whatever it is, it's any kind of sport. You know what I'm saying? So I guess I'm, it feels extreme. I understand where they're coming from. Like if I'm obsessed with somebody else, I must not like myself, but I just don't know if there's really data to support that. I'd have to see the study. Exactly. But like, you know, there's this new trend on, well, it's been kind of going on for a few years, but with social media that now you can be a social media impersonator, like girls who will dress up as Ariana Grande and they'll just impersonate her and they become famous off of that. Like they become that impersonator and that their whole identity becomes Ariana Grande or Rihanna or Beyonce, they're impersonating them. So in a way, there's some maybe validity to it, but yeah, I mean, I'm not sure how much, but in some ways. Yeah. I mean, I guess I have a negative reaction to it, but I think it does make, as the more you explain it, the more I would say it makes sense. I would just stop short of or I'd be nervous about sort of profiling people that like, I'm not sure that everybody that likes Ariana Grande necessarily has a deficit in their own social life. That's true. Yeah, I think maybe like people who over obsess, but even then it's hard to like diagnose someone, right? I agree with that. Right, yeah. That's kind of the, maybe why I'm pushing back on it. No, I completely understand. Like it's always more complex than what we see on the surface. Yeah. And so TikTok is probably the biggest social media platform at the moment and the prevalence of influencers is as ubiquitous as ever. So generally speaking, what do you think is the negative impact of society's desire, like generally speaking, society's desire to be famous? And do you think it has anything to do with narcissism? I don't know that it has, I think it can lead to narcissism. So I think, and I've done this, I've talked about this like ad nauseam on my YouTube channel. The term triggered narcissists and gaslight are so overused, it drives me crazy. It just drives me nuts. So there are real narcissists out there. That is a personality disorder. It is a pervasive pattern of behavior. It is a real deal, significant diagnosis that impacts multiple areas of somebody's life. I think what happens oftentimes is we throw the term out and we go, okay, you know, so-and-so is selfish, so then there are narcissists. My ex was selfish, so there are narcissists, right? So I don't know necessarily that everybody that is a narcissist is going to be obsessed with social media. I do think that narcissism, if you are constantly thinking about your brand and your reputation, it's an outlet for selfishness, which I think can feed into narcissism. Does that make sense? So I guess I would, it's such a selfish endeavor, anything that you do on social media. So even in my case, I'm not taking myself out of this. I am sitting there talking to a camera, just me and the camera, I'm putting it on there and then I'm watching people react to me. Like it is a very selfish experience. And, but it's like, again, that's the continuum of, does it lead to narcissism or do narcissists like it? Maybe, but I would tell you that the vast majority of people are not narcissists. They're just gonna be self-interested. Does that make sense? Yeah, that's like the perfect way of putting it. Like just because someone isn't necessarily narcissistic because they like social media and just because you don't use social media doesn't mean you're not a narcissist. I forget what you're saying. And people sometimes try to link the two. And I think that's dangerous. Like just cause someone likes to post selfies or be on social media has nothing to do with narcissistic personality disorder. And I do think it gets thrown out there too often. Yeah, yeah. Exactly. Do you think that our generation's obsession with celebrities contributes to people's body image and self-esteem issues, such as like eating disorders and body dysphermia to a certain extent? In a significant way, I think so. I think it's, I think that it had, and I think that there's research showing like, like the, what people are attracted to has shifted over the years as different celebrities have become popular. And then it is really clear you can look at, and you can look in different cultures. There are certainly, you know, cemetery, things like that, that, that everybody finds attractive but there are body types that are differently attractive in different cultures based on what's pumped out through the media. And I really think with Photoshop, I think there's really irresponsible influencers that distort reality for people. And it absolutely, if you are insecure, if you're not well-grounded and you are consuming hours and hours of people on the beach whose bodies have been modified via Photoshop, it's damaging. I think. Of course, yeah. Absolutely it's damaging. I completely agree with that. And do you think that sometimes like, people will follow celebrities that maybe, maybe not, like maybe it stems from a trauma or a mental health issue, such as like, you know, an eating disorder or body dyspheria? I think you can get, I think it can feel, what's the right word? I'll just describe it. I think it can feel, it can feel like things are, you can resonate with somebody that says the bad, or that shows the bad things about you that you feel.  Is it, you know what I mean? It can feel like home a little bit. But that home can be comforting and maybe it's the right word, but that home is a really terrible place. Does that make sense? And so I do think that there is some of that that goes on. I mean, people respond to trauma in such, in so many different ways. Not everybody does that. Some people try to ignore what they feel about themselves and do the opposite, but I think there's definitely a role that it plays. Yeah, definitely. So is this the line where you feel like celebrity worship crosses from harmless to dangerous? Yeah, I think celebrity worship crosses that line, I guess in two ways. I think it crosses the line when you have celebrities that are insincere and when a celebrity lies, I think it's a real about what's going on in their life. If that's what they're selling and how they look, if that's what they're selling, I think it's a real problem. So that I started doing YouTube because of, I don't know if you ever, did you ever follow Dave and Rachel Hollis? Do you know who they are? I'm not. There are a couple of motivational speakers. Rachel Hollis wrote a book, Girl Wash Your Face, became super popular. Then her husband, who was a Disney executive, sort of joined her team and they had a podcast together and they talked about how close they were and we have a wonderful, we have an exceptional relationship. You know, and they're saying they have an exceptional relationship on one week and then the next week they get divorced. And it was a very like sort of like, clearly a departure from reality and people are listening to them thinking, I need to have a marriage like that. I think that when that happens, that worship is irresponsible and causes problems. The same thing if a Kardashian is out there saying, this is what my body looks like when they've had 15 people work on it through surgery, makeup artist and then a Photoshop artist. I think that that causes problems. Exactly, because people think that's reality and that didn't lead that way. Yeah, and it distorts, yeah, if you're, I think it's anything like even violent video games, there's a lot of debate about if it's good or it's bad, but I think it makes a difference if the person playing the game is grounded in reality, if they have a reasonable self-esteem, if they have a healthy environment, then grand theft thought it doesn't have a negative effect. But if the kid playing doesn't know who they are, then that causes it's gonna have a different effect. Exactly, and I think sometimes people underestimate that.  It's not gonna affect you, but it can. People who are more susceptible. Yeah, I think it absolutely can affect you. And then looking at it from the other side, I mean, sometimes, like I was mentioning a lot about how celebrity and fame affects society, but looking at it from the other side, do you think that society's fascination with the self-destruction of celebrities, such as someone like Kanye West, do you think that's, like, where do you think that stems from and where's the danger in that? I think it's stem, so first of all, I thought the way the media handled Kanye West was disgusting. I mean, this is a guy that in my opinion, not even my opinion, just anybody looking at this that knows anything about mental health will look at him and go, he's bipolar. He is in a manic episode. This is a time for us to support him. This is a time for him to get help. This is not a time for TMZ to shove a camera in his face and ask him about different marginalized communities. Like that is not, and TMZ or whoever the guy is with the camera knows exactly what they're doing and they don't care. And so I thought it was just a sort of a disgusting display to be honest with you. And I think that the reason why we do that, the reason why TMZ puts the camera in his face is because people are jealous. People are, it's hard to look at someone who is super successful. We like it when they're getting better and better. We like when someone's growing, but we like it more when they fall because it tells us that we are better than that person. There were a lot of people who felt like Kanye West was superior to them. That felt like they could never be as successful as Kanye West and they didn't like the fact that he, it's like Will Smith. People like the fact that you have this guy that is sort of like the model superstar. He falls and you go, look, you're not any better than me. And there is an empowerment when you can say you're not any better than me. And I think we unfortunately love that. I agree with that. Like society sometimes, some people, not everyone, but there are people who do like they feel happy when they see that and it's funny and it's a spectacle even though it's so much more than that this is someone dealing with a mental health issue and we should care, but some people they find enjoyment out of it. They get enjoyment out of it. I completely agree with that. And do you think it's possible to diagnose celebrities on TV or in the media from afar? If not, what is the implication of it? It's not possible. So I, it's funny because people, because I'm always reacting to popular culture events and people and people always wanna know what's the diagnosis. And I always try to be really careful about giving diagnoses. And when I do, what I usually say is based on what I have seen, like I can, I will talk about narcissism or bipolar or whatever it is from the, from a, I'm trying to educate about what the diagnostic criteria are and maybe what we're seeing, but I try to stop short of saying, I know that this person has this, right? So I can look at Kanye West and I can say, he's bipolar only because Kanye West has come out before and said I'm bipolar, I've been diagnosed as bipolar. I can look at his behavior and go, I mean, I get why it's not a leap to get there, but diagnoses have a very, they're very nuanced between clinicians, they're nuanced. And I think it's, I think that there's value in somebody with my background communicating, hey, here's how I would think about X, Y and Z. I don't know that there's much value in me saying this person's that way, right? So for example on Sister Wives, I started off and I said, I do not think that based on what I have seen, I don't think that Cody Brown is a narcissist and people were like outraged that I hadn't diagnosed him that way. And then I watched the last whole season, I said, okay, so here's what has changed. And based on what I've seen, I would label, I would give, he does meet that diagnostic criteria based on what I've seen, but I am only seeing a highly curated picture of him via TLC or discovery communications, right? So I think we have to be really careful about that as people that are reacting. And it would be, you know, like you're not just gonna give into what the audience is like, okay, yeah, he's a narcissist, right? Like you have an ethical responsibility, you're not just gonna do that, you know? Yes, yes.  It is really interesting to me how motivated, at least my audience is, to get definitive labels. People want to bucket, we wanna simplify celebrities. I wanna know that this person is this way and that person is that way. And tell me exactly what that diagnosis is, right? People struggle with nuance. We struggle with, hey, in this situation, she's gonna do well. And right now she's doing well, but over here she's not doing it. People struggle with that. And as someone who's reacting to popular culture, I struggle with how do I communicate the nuance in a way that's digestible? You know, it's an interesting dynamic. Yeah, and I mean, this is kind of a digression, but like Cody Brown, I think that he triggers people so much because they, you know, a lot of people maybe have a Cody Brown in their life and they see that person in Cody and they feel so like triggered. I think that Cody is just very triggering to a lot of people. I think he is too. And he has, it's funny, so I started going back and watching from season one. He has definitely evolved like in a negative way, I think. You know what I mean? I think that the speaking of somebody about just the exposure to the media, I think it has changed how he, I think he was always self-interested, no question.  I mean, he's super triggering from like an individual level as a husband and partner. And as a father, in each of those areas, he's triggering for people. Exactly, like just seeing how he treats, because he has a big family too. So there's lots of, like, everybody relates to somebody, you know what I mean? Right? Yeah. So do you think that our societies of session with reality TV stars like Sister Wives, the Kardashian social media influencers will ever truly fade away or is it a part of our culture that's here to stay? I think it's here to stay. Really? I really think that it's here to stay because people like things that are real. What I think is not here to stay, like I think that Sister Wives, Sister Wives, 90-day fiancee, love is blind, like that style where it's less orchestrated, less produced, I think is here to stay. I think the Kardashians and Vanderpump rules, I imagine that that will fade off. To me, it's much more engaging for people to feel like they're actually getting the truth out of people. And I think those other, those highly produced shows feel less truthful so they're less sticky for an audience member. By the way, that's my opinion. And I think Vanderpump and Kardashians are way more popular than the other shows I mentioned. So I'm not a media expert, but that's my, at least as a viewer, I imagine that's the direction things would go. Yeah, I can kind of see that, even though people kind of see the Kardashians as like the first family of the U.S. I know. Right? Which drives me, it just drives me crazy, by the way. I have tried to react to the Kardashians and Vanderpump rules is so popular right now and they've got a big finale coming up. It's coming up on the 17th. And I was like, okay, I need to watch the entire last season. Yeah. Michelle, I have, I think four times I've tried to watch Vanderpump rules. I cannot, it is so, I cannot get into it. Vapid. It is beyond vapid.  Do you know? He's so immature. Like I'm sitting there going like, you're 40. He's like 39 or 40 years. He's my age. Exactly. And acting like that. I just, it's hard for me to get there. But you do know, their ratings were actually really bad up until the scandal of all. Like the show was actually going downhill. Like the ratings were really bad and this propelled it. So they weren't actually that popular the last couple of years, but then this scandal, it was like so huge that their ratings are up now. So, Yeah. I do not understand it. I just, I cannot get it. Yeah. Exactly. So now we're going to move to the audience questions segment. So the first one I have here is from Jennifer. So, Dr. David, do you believe that our media exploits the mental illness of celebrities? 100%. I think in a big way, I think our media exploits anything that it can. And so I think it's really, I think it's really difficult It's just human nature to want to know what's going on with people. And I think that that, I think mental illness fits into that vulnerability bucket. And it fits into that provocative bucket. And the media doesn't care, like Kanye West is a good example. The media doesn't, or Britney Spears, the media doesn't care what's the psychological effect on Kanye or on Britney. Could care less. They just, they just want ratings. And I think, so it leads to a lot of exploitation. Yeah, exactly. I completely agree with you. I mean, are sometimes we don't see it from like, sometimes our society doesn't have as much empathy for the celebrity side of it. Yeah. And I think it's, I mean, I know that society's view is, well, you chose to be a celebrity. So this is your sort of penance for that. But I just think that's a really immature view. People chose to be celebrities in whatever their specific area is. They didn't choose to be sliced and diced by the media. You know? Exactly, exactly.  The Kardashians? I mean, I think, I'm not a major viewer of the Kardashians. I would struggle to see what the positive, you know, I think that there was a period where they were good. I actually, but this is like, they've been on for what is it? 15 years or 20 years? Some crazy number. 15 years. And they were kind of known before that too, because of Robert Kardashian. Yeah. When they first came out, I think, I remember thinking that they were good for body image because they weren't saying you have to be real thin. I think that the ship has sailed on that in a really negative way, where they all look fake to me. And I think fake, especially when you're not communicating that it's fake, is really damaging. Oh, absolutely. I completely agree with that. And then Joel has a question, a really good question. Dr. David, what is the most important thing about social media that you would change? That's a good question. What would I change about it? I would change how the algorithm I mean, in a perfect world, I would change how the algorithm works so that provocative doesn't isn't weighted more than more substantive work. So for example, I have, so I have a Popsike YouTube channel, which is just me reacting to popular culture, which is my favorite channel. I put the most effort into it, but I'm reacting to popular culture. I have another channel that's just called David Kolarosi PhD, and it's a little bit more of a serious channel. I'm talking about like I did a video on the word, the overuse of the word triggered or on impact versus intent. And those like my Popsike videos, a sister wife video will get 50,000 views. And a video on triggered will get 200 views. And it's just because what I'm talking about requires more attention. It's not as provocative. And so it gets no, and so I think it's really hard as a creator to put out content that is substantive when you really just know that I just need to be flamboyant about something. You know, back to the Jake Paul thing, I can be, you know, I can bring a gigantic robot to a boxing match and I'm gonna get a lot more views because of that. I think that, I don't know how you get right. That's how the algorithm works. Of course, what people click on and what they watch, they're gonna feed you more of that, but I wish it wasn't that way. Exactly. That was a long, long answer. Yeah, it's perfect. Yeah, so I work really hard. So if you look at my sister wives' videos, what I try to do is I will talk about whatever the episode is, and then I always try to bring in some more serious discussion from a psychological standpoint that I think is valuable to the audience versus just being gossipy.  Like that's kind of how I think about it because the algorithm pumps out that stuff so much more. Exactly. And what I like about your videos too, I was watching one the other day, you like observe something and you like, we'll talk about it. And it's like, I didn't even notice that like Cody's dancing at the wedding. You noticed how like it was very flamboyant kind of, and I didn't even notice that it was kind of narcissistic. I just thought, oh, it's fantastic. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Exactly, right? So like little things like that. Yeah. And I look at my comments, how many, I mean, a lot of people see different things that I don't see either. You know what I mean? Like you said, that show or any show strikes everybody differently. And it is amazing to see how many people notice things like that. Yeah. Watching this episode. And then Evie has a question. What's your take on horror movies and video games played by children since their maturity ratings are way up there? Should that be up to the parents or no? Should just children be able to play video games as they'd like? I would be in the camp of make it, make, give the parents the ability to judge what their kids consume. You know, I would, it feels draconian. I think to all of us and say, you know, the government gets to decide at what age your kid can do what. That said, as a parent, I wouldn't want my kid watching, you know, or playing mature video games at a young age. So I think that the concern is reasonable. I just wouldn't want to disempower the parents. Exactly. Like they should have some like say in it, but some people feel like strongly about that, that you shouldn't like, I don't know. Well, the issue, the issue is that, that there is, you know, like anything in parenting, there's no judge, there's no ability for us to evaluate who's a good or a bad parent. And the, and you know, it's like, you can't disempower the parents that you think aren't doing a good job and empower the ones you think, right? You can't control that. So I think like you have to empower all parents, but some are more thoughtful about what their kids consume than others, you know? Yeah, not completely agree. And then Phillip asks, it's going to be our last question. What is the panel's opinion on how algorithms are negatively or positively shaping Western culture? Is this more of a Western, you know, cultures issue in your opinion with social media and celebrity worship? I have, I do not have a good answer for that. I don't know. I think that I would argue that the algorithm definitely influences how we think in a big way in our culture. I don't know enough about other cultures to weigh in on it, but I guess I will add that, which I think is an interesting from a psychological standpoint, you know, we are, I feel like humans are, I'll use the word, you know, cultish or we want to, not cultish is maybe the wrong word, but we want to be in groups. We want to feel like we are connected to people. And so what that means is that when you interact with somebody, you always, you are going to find a way to verbalize whatever your views are to sort of tell them, Hey, here's the group. You know, I belong in this group or I belong in your group. And what happens is I think on social media is that people want to demonstrate their belonging with a particular group. And so they get more and more extreme. And so when people would normally be pretty similar in their views, if you track the algorithm or what's shared with you on social media, you're getting progressively more and more extreme views. I think just because people want to say, Hey, I'm on this team. And, you know, you have to get more and more extreme to get the attention of the algorithm, to tell the algorithm what group you belong in. And so if you look at just your, if I look at my feed, there's like really extreme views from everybody. No one ever says, Hey, it's a little bit of that and a little bit of this. It's never a somewhere in the middle. It's always this guy's the worst and this guy's the best. You know, it's a, so I think it distorts how we, how we think. This is my question. But do you think social media and YouTube maybe attracts more passionate about people about these issues? Cause I know people who would never hop on a YouTube comment section. Yes.  Yes. Yes. I think so. I think it, I mean, YouTube does, I think Reddit does, which is really, I like people or I admire people. I don't care what it is that are all in on things that participate fully in life. Like I'm attracted to that kind of a person. And so for me, if people like going on to Reddit, Reddit is not the forum that I would ever use to talk about an issue. But if I go on to Reddit, I can read people that are so impassioned about every, it's like anything and they have so much to say. And I think it's a wonderful outlet for people. And if we didn't have YouTube or Reddit or these platforms, I think people just sit with their thoughts and don't share them. And so I, I like that part of it. Yeah, I agree with that. It's like a release. It is, you know, helpful to some degree. Definitely agree with that. And so now just turning to our last segment, the importance of mental health awareness since May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Just some quick questions. How can we eliminate the stigma around mental health? I think there's a lot of things that we could do differently about it. I think, of course, talking about it, I think that's, talking about it in not in a judgmental way, I think is really important. I also think from a celebrity standpoint, I wish that when there's been so many examples I'm thinking of Dave Hollis, I'm thinking of Tony Shea. And there's, there's, I feel like there's, whenever a celebrity dies as a result of suicide or overdose, the media's initial reaction is to not tell you what happened. And then they wait like six months to say, oh, here's what happened. And by that point, the attention is off of it. And I really wish that, I know it's not the family's responsibility. I don't know how you fix it. But I wish that when something happened that was catastrophic I wish that the media was transparent about this is what happened and this could happen. This is a prevalent significant issue and you should take it seriously. And I feel like we allow, celebrity allows us to distort mental illness as it's something that is not that significant or doesn't happen much. Or we sort of push it to the side. So when people feel it, they don't think it's as prevalent as it is, you know what I mean? And we sort of minimize the severity which I think is a problem. Like I wish we would talk about it more. And when there were celebrities that had mental illness I wish they would talk about it in a more transparent way. And I'm, I'm just gonna get in a soapbox. I gotta say one more thing about that. I also really struggle with celebrities that I feel like and I'm not gonna name them but there's several, there's several right now that I think are very vocal about their mental illness. And I feel like they do it in a very self-aggrandizing attention-seeking manner. That's also insincere, which drives me freaking crazy. I just want real. And I think we don't do real. People can see through that. People can see through. I hope, I hope so. Some. But I think your, I think the thing, I think things like that should be just treated more carefully than they are. Exactly, because it is like more complex. And celebrities do have a responsibility to a certain degree. So, and then I guess last question to wrap it up. What is the best self-care advice for someone struggling with mental health issues that you would give? Go to a therapist. And what I would, I would add to it is be a good, be a discerning user of therapy. I think the thing that I, because I used to work as a therapist and I will tell you, and as my, and right now as an executive coach, the same thing. Our job, the mental health professionals job, I would argue 99% of our job is to make the participant, whoever that's going through the treatment feel understood, feel connected, feel like they have a strong relation. Our job is to make this person feel comfortable with us.  I don't like this person. I don't wanna be here. Get a different therapist. We should use, we should, we should rotate therapists like we rotate restaurants. If you don't like the food, go somewhere else. When you find a therapist or an executive coach or a life coach or whoever that you, that really resonates with you, you're gonna want to go back and talk with that person. And I think that to me is, is, I think people are on, people just go, I'm gonna go to therapy and suffer with this person that I don't really click with. Exactly. And like you're there to get the help you need.  Like it's for you, it's for you. Yes, it's really all right. And so you're going there and now you're trying to make some guy feel comfortable. You're just, it's not, it's just a misuse of it. And so I wish that we were, that when people struggled, they would go, I need support and I'm gonna meet with three people until I find the person that I really want to talk with. Yeah, exactly. And people shouldn't view mental health as like an inconvenience to have to see a therapist. They should see it as something that self-care and something that they absolutely deserve and have a right to. Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Exactly. Well, thank you. Yeah, exactly. And thank you so much for meeting with me. Dr. Caller Rossi, it was an amazing conversation. Thank you for having me. It was great. I really appreciate it. Of course. And thank you to the Psych2Co viewers for tuning in. You guys can see the links in the description. You can check out Dr. Caller Rossi's channel. You won't regret it. It's amazing work, amazing context. So please click onto that. Thank you guys. Have a great day. Thank you. Good talking with you.


Hey stampers, welcome to another week of Watch It Weekly Wednesday. I'm Aubrey part of the Stampin' Jill creative team and today I'm excited to share with you an online exclusive bundle. It's called the Timeless Charm bundle. It has this super cute stamp set, the Timeless Charm stamp set and bundled with that is the Timeless Charm die set. There's 13 dies. There's these ones that are a little more intricate and then there's the dies that kind of just cut these images out. Very, very fun. I wanted to show you a fun technique that I've come up with using this Timeless Charms bundle.  So we're going to start with just a plain piece of basic white cardstock.  I want to kind of take up that whole entire white space. So, one of the things that I do is I run this through and then if I have a few other places left, I'll take one of the smaller pieces and just run it through again. Let me show you what I mean. I have already done this sheet just like I said and cut all of those little pieces out. So I'm using both pieces, this negative piece and the positive images that were cut out of this piece. Okay, I'm going to use this five and a half by four and a quarter piece as my card front, but I want to cut it down to a five and a quarter by four piece. The reason that I want to do that is because I want some of these die cuts to be going off of the page. Just to keep it a little cleaner and easier to work with, I cut it a little bigger to start with and now I'm going to cut it down to that five and a quarter by four size. So I'm just going to take an eighth inch off of each side and you want to do it pretty carefully because with it kind of cut out already, those edges become really delicate. Just like that. So now you have some images that are kind of going off the page too, you can see. Okay. So let me show you now what I'm going to do to create these two cards, both the negative and the positive. I'm going to show you the negative first. So I want to have a fun background to put behind my negative image. I'm going to use just a plain piece of basic white card stock, cut to that same size, five and a quarter by four, that's going to go right behind this negative image. But I'm going to add some interest to this piece. I'm going to do an ombre effect with four pink colors here. Petal pink, flurry flamingo, melon mambo and berry burst, and then we're going to set it behind there. So I'll show you how I do that. I'm going to start with petal pink. I always start with my lightest color and go toward my darkest color when I'm doing this blending look. So I'll use these, this little mini blending brush and get some ink on there, and then I'm just always going to start off of the page and then blend onto the page. Blending usually takes a few different layers. So it takes a minute to do, not difficult, just time-consuming. But you'll slowly start to see that color transferring onto my basic white paper. And again, I always start off of the page and then move on to the page so that I don't get any of these really harsh lines on my project. It's on the grid paper. Okay, and then I'm going to move on to my next color, which is going to be flirty flamingo. And just kind of that same thing. I'm just going to work my way down my page. And I know with this is the second color of my four colors. So I want to basically make it to halfway on my sheet with this color. Just like that. Okay. Next I'm going to use melon mambo. And I really love these colors together. They're all of the pink family, but you can see it almost goes from an orange hue into purple, you'll see. Because my last one I'm going to do is berry burst and it is more purple, but it's they still all have that pink together. So it makes a really cool almost sense sunset. Kind of look. And with that berry burst on the bottom, I got some little brushstrokes there, but it'll be okay. Just like that. So this is going to be a background image of my negative piece. And I'll just adhere that just like that. And let me show you the finished card. I stamped a cute flower and a saying, thanks for all you do, just added a little ribbon and you get a really, really cool effect on that card. Using the negative space. So fun. Okay, let me show you one other idea.  This is going to be the positive card.  So the same size and makes it pretty easy and we're just going to glue these white die cuts right onto the white background. In order to do that, I like to use Tombow Mono liquid glue. I like to call it green glue. This is really nice for some of these really intricate dies. I usually like to start with my bigger images to take up as much space as I can and then I'll fill in with my smaller images and just like on the negative card, I like to have some hang off the side so that it doesn't look incomplete when it's all just on the page. Okay, so once those are all glued on then I take some paper snips and I turn it over and I just clip off any of those pieces that are hanging off the edge. Just like that. And you have a super pretty just basic white, pretty elegant looking background there. So let me show you the card that I created using this background. I used Las Lagoon and I stamped some of these cute leaves in there and then just put them behind that. Thanks for all you do and I thought that card looked super elegant and fun. So we have two different card ideas using the negative and positive die technique. You have your negative look and your positive look and they come together so easy and so fun and you're using all of the pieces of paper from running them through one time. The timeless charm bundle that's available right now as an online exclusive is perfect for this negative and positive die technique. I've had so much fun playing with it. I can't wait to play a little bit more. If you have any questions or you're interested in this product, make sure to click the links below and make sure to share it with a friend. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you next week for another Watch It Weekly Wednesday.


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So we're working in a pop-up newsroom, working with other students that have the exact passion as me and are thriving off like pop-up newsrooms like this is just really incredible. We're going to have our work published by the Walkleys which is a huge name in journalism so I think the moral to the story is just like take the opportunities, turn up, introduce yourself and just like give it a go and good things will come. And to actually speak to them and interview them, not just report on the panels, we'll really encourage them to actually talk to them about their methods, get the selfies, talk to them, you know, to learn about that interplay with Social Media as well. It has been great for them to see how quickly a response to these stories can get the traction that they get from real life reporting. Throughout my time at Griffith I know I've had so many opportunities to experience all this like in the field and through some very hands-on experiences I'm all pretty lucky to be able to talk to such big personalities in Australia. I've found that in this year we've been offered like way more opportunities than ever before. Like the degree is growing and like the more times we test it the pain is kind of being part for like the future students so yeah like I'm thankful that we get to go out and do these things. It's the best way to learn. Actually I like the hands-on thing, I've met a lot of people, I've done uni games like I've really been involved with Griffith and I'm actually really thankful I chose to go here in the end.


In the Tesla Investor Day presentation on March 1, 2023, they showed the video of two robots walking and doing assembly work. Tesla has been sharing design specifications of the robot that they call Optimus. Optimus will be 5 feet 8 inches tall, 160 pounds and will be able to walk 5 miles per hour. Optimus can carry 45 pounds when walking and can lift 150 pounds when it is stationary. Optimus will have conversational capabilities. According to Elon Musk, Optimus will eventually cost less than $20,000, although the introductory price will be much higher than that. Optimus will be available to the customers in 3 to 5 years. Elon Musk said that robots will be a bigger business than cars for Tesla in the future. Elon said universal income will be needed. That means humans will get paid for not working because most of the physical work will be done by robots and other means of automation.


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For behind the plane that flies, there is a multitude of skilled services working efficiently and smoothly without the help of which a great part of our air power would surely be crippled. One of these is the United States Air Force Airways Air Communications Service. Air Force 46621, make right turn at end of runway. Player to the ramp, over. Air Force 621, Roger. And another one tucked in. Is it kind of hopping around here, aren't they, Harry? Yeah. What's on your mind, Art? Harry, I got them all filled out. I'm going to send them in today. What's that? You cutting off box tops or something? Oh, my application for cadet pilot training. Oh, yes, I forgot about that. Boy, if this goes through...  Well, good luck. Hey, you think I'll be accepted, Harry? I don't know, maybe. I have to make it a simply have to. Oh, look, what are you knocking yourself out for, Art? You've got a good setup here. That ground control approach deal of yours is out of this world. And you're based in California, the garden of... You don't understand, Harry. I like to operate that GCA mobile unit, and I think I do a good job. Yeah, so... But it isn't flying. I want to fly, Harry. That's all there is to it. Yeah, I see what you mean. Well, good luck, kid. I hope you make it. Thanks. How about a movie tonight? They're playing one of those underwater pictures. That ought to take your mind off this flying kick of yours. Air Force 48634, over. Oh, that's me. Air Force 48634, this is Stevens Tower, over. Air Force 48634, six miles south of your field, request landing instructions, over. Air Force 48634, cleared to enter left traffic. Land on runway 26, wind north, six knots. Hey, Art, you still got your mind on flying? Yeah. Can I just have the service club for soda, huh? Okay. How did you like that part where she sashes up to this colonel? Hey, hey, look. What's the matter? Well, that waff there, as I live and breathe, it's Vivian Foster. Hey, Vivian, Vivian, wait for me. Hey, Vivian, it's me, Harry. Oh, it's Harry. Hey. Well, of all people, how are you? I'm just great. What are you doing here? I'm assigned here. Goof headquarters. Well, what do you know?  Art, this is Arthur Godner. Very happy to know you. Oh, hello there. Vivian had the best pigtails for pulling that you ever saw. Oh, Harry. Your friend isn't interested in all that ancient history. But I am. Look, come on over to the service club with us, Viv. Well, I don't want to break in on anything. I mean, we'd be very happy if you would join us. Well, I'd love to. Great. Say, Viv, when will your home last? And have you heard from my sister best recently? Arthur, it took three months for those Indian designs.  My father wouldn't let Harry into our house for the rest of the summer. You didn't think I'd use some kind of cheap paint, did you? And then he started to go out with Eleanor. That was the last anybody ever heard of him. Oh, come on. Oh, you hear from Eleanor much? Does he hear much at least three times a week? No, he doesn't. There's no living with him if he misses a letter. Oh, now stop exaggerating. Oh, I'm glad I ran into you, Harry. Oh, you're going to like it here, Viv. Isn't she odd? Sure will. Hey, hey, what time is it? Uh, 10 after 10. Oh, I'm late. I promised I'd drop by the mobile unit and give Chuck a hand. He's having trouble with the transmitter. Oh, I'm sorry. You have to go. Well, duty calls. You know your way back to your barracks from here, Viv? Well, I guess so. Oh, I'll walk you back. That is if it's all right with you. Oh, good. Thanks a lot. So long, Viv. I'll keep in touch with you. Goodbye, Harry. I want to take you out of your way. No, it isn't out of my way. Vivian? And so I thought I'd like the WAF. Well, here I am in California. You think you're going to like it? Well, I don't know. Well, it's also beautiful. If there's anything I can do, Vivian, just you sing out. Roger. What I mean is that is to say, Harry and I do anything to see to it that you have a good time. You just remember that. Yes, Arthur. I will. Hey, Odd, what do you say we go into Frisco this Friday? I get the day off, too. Well, uh, no, Harry. I don't think I can make it. Maybe some other time, huh? Well, why not? We'll have a barrel of last. And I hear they got a new show over at the Lyceum. That's a beauty. I can't. I have another appointment. Uh-huh. Let me take a guess. Vivian? Uh, well, yes. As a matter of fact, it is.  Well, you know how it is. I just wanted to get to know the place sort of. And you're giving her the 50-cent tour. Is that it? Well, yeah. Something like that. Looks to me like you've got it, son. Got it bad? Well, I wouldn't say that exactly, Harry. Well, you don't have to say it. I just did. Did you tell her that you've been accepted for cadets? No. I think I'll tell her today. Well, toodaloo, lover boy. I'll be seeing you. Oh, get out of here. Wonderful. I could swim and swim and never get tired. Okay, little mermaid. Break out the food. I'm starving. Well, that's all you think of. It's a wonder you don't weigh 400 pounds. I'm just a growing boy. Well, here. Try this roast beef sandwich. Mm-hmm. Hey, this is all right. You've been making eyes of that Miss Sergeant again. Oh, Arthur, you're crazy. You know what I mean? If I wasn't so hungry, I'd be indignant. Hey, look at that F-86. Look at him go. Isn't that beautiful? Sure. Look at him climb. That's going up in a hurry. Now to dive. Watch him, Vib. Watch him. And away we go. To you, doesn't he? Well, the greatest, Vib. Now, for instance, you take that guy up there. He's free and alone. He can go anywhere, Vib, anywhere he wants to. Oh, yeah. And it's important to you. Do you realize that the whole success or failure of the Air Force depends on how well that fellow does his job? You. Your job is important, too. Oh, it's a great job, Vib. I admit that. But that isn't flying. And I want to fly. Oh? There's beauty and simple logic in the way a man flies. You can see that, can't you, Vib? Of course, Arthur. And the pilot, well, he holds all the cards. He knows the power of his engines, the shape of his plane, the nature of the air he's flying through. He uses this power and knowledge and the senses he was born with to fly a soft, lazy pattern in the sun or to shoot through the air faster than sound itself. Oh, we've forgotten our lunch. How about another sandwich? Oh, yeah, we can interfere with my eating now. There's a science at which I'm a past master.  Vibian. Yes? Having fun, Vib?  Vibian. Vibian, I'm glad you came here. I mean, well, meeting you was the best thing that ever happened around. Vibian, I love you. Oh, Arthur. I do, Vib. I really do. Well, maybe I don't say it so well, but Vibian. Oh, you do mean it, Arthur. You really do. Did you tell her about your appointment tickets? No. Oh, look, what are you waiting for? Oh, I don't know, Harry. We just didn't get around to what we were talking about other things. I'll tell her. Don't worry. I'll tell her today. Oh, you've got it pretty bad, haven't you, kid? Yeah, I guess I have. Well, she's a terrific girl. I know she is. Harry, you think she'll understand? I mean about my leaving. Maybe, but I think I'd tell her the whole deal if I were you. The longer you wait, the more it's going to hurt. Harry, why can't I be like other guys? Why do I have to knock myself out with this flying routine? I do a pretty good job in the GCA unit. It's interesting. I like the work and I'll get myself a nice rating out of it. But no, I'm a big wheel. I have to fly. Hey, stop beating your brains out. You know as well as I do that you never will be satisfied until you take a crack at it. Just wish I could leave well enough alone, that's all. When do you leave? June 6th. Exactly three weeks. Yeah, it's kind of quick. Well, I think maybe you'd better go see her and tell her the whole deal. She'll find it out anyway. Roger. And out. You sound as though you had the most important news in the world. What's cooking? Well, you want a soda, Viv? No, no, it's too noisy in here. Let's take a walk, huh? It's beautiful. Yeah, that's a good idea. Let's go. Did you ever see a moon like that in all your life? Look, there's something I want to tell you. Just look at the size of it. You know, I feel as though I could just reach up and touch it. Yeah, it sure is big. Viv, it's about... It's a friendly moon. I mean, I remember seeing the moon at home. It seemed so distant and cold. But now take this fellow. He's just a regular old member of the family. Good old Uncle Moon. Say hello to Uncle Moon, Arthur. Vivian. Oh, it's so lovely here. Hi. Oh, hi. Oh, hello, Carl. You two love birds out here sopping up the moon like that? Yeah, well, we're just taking a little walk. Famous last words. What I mean is famous last unmarried words. We're only taking...  I was leaving all the rough stuff. Oh, we were, Carl, really. Oh, yes, yes, of course. Well, I'll be seeing you guys around. I got to get down to the service club now. So long. Yeah, yeah, yeah. See you, Carl. Oh, say, Arch, I almost forgot. I heard about your good luck. Congratulations. Uh, yeah, thanks, Carl. Take it easy now, huh? How do you like this guy, Viv? An appointment to aviation cadets? I don't know. Some people get all the luck. Well, be careful, Arch. And remember, fly low and slow. So long. Vivian. When, uh, when do you leave? June 6th. Three weeks. Well, that, that isn't very much time. When did you get your orders? Last Tuesday. Yeah, I was so surprised. Viv, you could have knocked me over with a... Oh, Viv, what's the matter? You are listening to the proud Louis Hale production, Two Loves, and we will return in just one moment for the second act. Many times a man is skilled in a particular job, yet he's unable to find a use for it. Has this happened to you? 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Air Force 6-4-2-3-6 cleared for takeoff. Air Force 6-4-2-3-6 off at 3-5, clear to leave tower frequency. Roger. In the way we go. Well, what's the good word, Art? You getting your wings all oiled up? Yeah, I guess so. What's eating you anyway? Nothing, nothing's eating me. I don't know why you say that, Harry.  Is it Vivian? Art, why don't you go and talk to her? She doesn't even know I'm alive. I try to see her, Harry. I must have called her ten times, but... What's the use? The deal went sour, that's all there is to it. You're wrong about that, Art. It's just that her pride is her. She thinks that you were giving her one of those hit-and-run deals, you know. I guess I just don't understand women, that's all. Look, she's a good kid, and I know that she wants to straighten things out just as much as you do. How do you know? I dropped by here about a half an hour ago. She was on her way to operation. Did she tell you that? No, but I can tell. Look, go on down, Art. Talk to her. I don't know. What's she doing in operations? Oh, you didn't know? Well, Colonel Benson is flying to Hawaii to attend some kind of conference, and Viv's going along. She's the conference secretary. They'll be gone three days. I see. Yeah. Well, I'll be seeing you, Harry. So long, Art. And good luck, kid. Thanks. Arthur, I just don't want to talk about it anymore. But, Viv, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. You have to believe me. I... Oh, Viv, please. It really doesn't make much difference what I believe. You're getting what you want, and I... Well, I'm satisfied, so let's just let it go with them. Why can't you be reasonable about this thing? I told you I was sorry. What more do you want? I don't want anything. You're doing all the talking. That's the way you want it. Okay. I won't annoy you anymore. That's the way it's going to be. Good. That's flight 417 to Hickham. Passengers, prepare to load. Uh-oh, that's me. Well, I'm off. Bye, Arthur. Goodbye. Sugar odd? Yeah, sure. You all right, your folks, about the cadets yet? Yeah. They must be proud of you, all right. I bet Vivian really is, too. Hold it, hold it. Let's change the subject, huh? Come on, Art. Don't be bitter. She's a stubbornest, most unreasonable girl I ever met in my whole life. Harry, I'm telling you I'm through. Sure, sure, you are. Like me, I dream all my life of flying. I work for it. I study everything. Just when I get to where I'm ready to begin, she comes along and knocks me out. I'm saying it again, Harry. I'm over. Finish, done.  How many you think she'll be getting in from Hickham tomorrow? Yeah, yeah, you're finished, all right. You don't want to know anything at all about it, do you? No. I'm curious, that's all. Oh, sure. I guess you'll be in about five o'clock or so. We got ourselves a pretty fine day. But I have a smooth flight home. Yes, sir. It's a beautiful day. You enjoy yourself in Hawaii? Oh, yes, sir. There's so much to see. I wish I could have had some time off. Some of these people just don't know when it's time to stop talking. Yes, sir. Ah, well, it'll be good to get back... tired. That sea looks nice and restful, doesn't it? Yes, sir. It really does look peaceful. I remember days when it was anything but peaceful. Yes, indeed. I think I'll go up forward. It's a long time since I've flown one of these planes. How are we doing, Lieutenant? Fine, sir. Good. Sir. Yes, sir. I'm in Carter. Sir, there's a change in the weather. A storm is blowing up from the southeast. Wind is 43 knots per hour. Ah, that's bad. You think it'll hit the base? It may, sir. Carter, contact Stevens Tower. I'd like to have the weather at the base. Yes, sir. Hey, what's the score, Harry? Any change? No, it looks bad. What about Hamilton? They're worse off than we are. They have winds up to 56 knots. Now, take it easy, boy. We'll bring him in. Who's in the Mobile Unit, Carl? About 50 miles out now. Stevens Tower, this is Air Force 54219 over. Air Force 54219, this is Stevens Tower. Go ahead. Air Force 219, request GCA. Roger, Air Force 219. Contact Stevens Approach Control on 136.80 when over range station for GCA approach. Air Force 219, Roger. About 40 miles out now. They'll be contacting your GCA unit in a few minutes. Okay, I'm going down to the unit. Get them on the scope yet? Yes, they're coming up on the range now. It's going to be tough for this wind. I'll take it. Stevens Approach 310. Air Force 54219, this is Stevens GCA. Have you in positive radar contact? Continue heading 310. This is your downwind leg. Descend to 1,500. Complete initial cockpit check. Over. 219, Roger. Heading 310. Descending to 1,500. Cockpit check complete. Over. If at any time during this run you lose contact with GCA for any one-minute interval, proceed to Stevens Radio Range at 1,500 feet and contact Approach Control on B Channel 126.18. Roger. Air Force 219, weather at Stevens. 300-foot ragged ceiling. Visibility one-half mile in heavy rain. Wind southeast, 40 knots. Altimeter 860. Landing runway 13. Runway is 8,000 feet long, 1,500 feet wide. GCA Minimums at this station are 250 feet and one-half mile visibility. Over. 219, Roger. Air Force 219. What will be your airspeed on base and final approach? Over. Roger. 140 base and 130, 130 that is. Air Force 219. Set gyro and do not reset for remainder of run. Stand by for turn to base leg. Now turn left to heading 220. Descend to 1,200 feet. Over. Roger. 1,200 feet. Air Force 219. On base leg, perform final cockpit check. Check gear down and locked. Air Force 219. Turn left to heading 130. Altitude 1,200. This will put you on final approach. Air Force 219. This is your final controller. How do you read me? Over. 219, read your log clear. Over. 219, Roger. You are seven miles from touchdown. Assume final approach speed. Maintain altitude of 1,200, heading 130. Do not acknowledge any further transmissions. If you do not hear GCA for any five second interval, climb to 1,500 feet on a heading 130 and contact approach control. Steer right to heading 135. Five miles from touchdown. You are now approaching glide path. Begin normal rate of descent, 500 feet per minute. Now on glide path. Steer left to heading 132. Four miles from touchdown. Above glide path, 10, 15, 25 feet high. Increase your rate of descent slightly. Heading 132, holding you on center line. Holding 20 feet high on glide path. Increase rate of descent. They're having trouble. Look, he's going off center line. Steer right to heading 135. Five miles from touchdown. You are now approaching glide path. Begin normal rate of descent, 500 feet per minute. Now on glide path. Steer left to heading 132. Four miles from touchdown. Above glide path, 10, 15, 25 feet high. Increase your rate of descent slightly. Heading 132, holding you on center line. Holding 25 feet high on glide path. Increase rate of descent. Steer right to heading 3136. Coming down to glide path, 15, 10, 5, and on glide path. Heading 36, lined up with center line. Two miles from touchdown. You are now 15 feet below glide path. Decrease rate of descent. Steer left, 14, on glide path. Steer left to heading 132. Passing through GCA minimums. If not contact, execute emergency procedure. Climb to 1,500 feet on a heading of 130 degrees. Glide path good. Heading 132. Over the end of runway. Over touchdown. Touchdown in three seconds. Oh, I was a little worried, darling. I'm so glad to see you. Even though I'm selfish and unreasonable. Don't say that. Oh, I was mistaken. This trip, I don't know. Maybe your two loves confused you for a moment. You really mean that? And I hope that if you ever should get into flying trouble, there'll be somebody like you to bring you down to earth safely. Roger, girl. Two loves, huh? Two loves. When you make an investment, you want it to pay off, right? 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Thank you you f***ing bum, man Anything but f***ing find somewhere to throw the ball anything but find somewhere to throw the f***ing ball, man Thank God, RPO f***ing crabs Alright boys zero chill tournament these are the ladders I see a lot of people asking about what what ladders are what they do with it Basically what it is you sign up on Battlefy the website with all the other pro players and then you get a lot of times To play as many games as you possibly can Okay, and whoever does the best in those leaderboards within those four days two days three days six days Whatever it may be will then be ranked one to five hundred and forty four are the people that qualify For the tournament which will be the next weekend this particular ladder session was only two days Saturday Sunday to eight-hour sessions So hopefully eight hours you talk about maybe 40 minutes a game Maybe 20 games what you want to get to now you also see people quitting I get down to scores in the second half. I'm out or if I'm beating somebody so bad I want them to quit so I can play more games because games play does matter and Essentially what you get ranked by is your minus for your plus minus on your wins and losses So if you're 10 and 0 that means you're plus 10 But a 20 and 10 record is better than a 10 and 0 record So it all ranks on your plus minus, but the tiebreaker is games played That's the most important thing outside of your plus minus So you want to play as many games as you can any a lot of time period you do use The website to search you don't just search on Madden.  That's what it's called ladders You just play yourself up and the top 32 people will get a buy So what that means is they skip the entire first day of tournament the entire first four rounds That's actually huge especially on this Madden where anybody can kind of win or people are getting really good You know the people that are gonna be ranked 100 are gonna be pretty good players People ranked 300 are gonna be pretty good players. So it's gonna be it's gonna be important to get that top 32 now This particular game I was on the last day. I was around 40 things like that this game was important I had to win out if I wanted a shot at top 32. I wanted to win out I wanted to get as many games as I could and play these games. So this is how my day finished But first let me take you to my team right here boys. This is the squad I'm rocking similar to the other one. I actually went to Patrick Mahomes instead of Troy Aikman I went seven AP on the quarterback. So for me, if you're gonna do seven AP We know gunslinger is the same release on everybody the seven AP first off is Gunslinger gift wrap and set feet lead. That's all your AP on offense. People say gift wraps not needed anymore I don't know. I'm not going to drop it because my boys be catching some crazy passes and what else is good for one AP Maybe we'll try something different. But if I drop a passing traffic, I'm gonna wish I had gift wrap Or if I drop a regular as high ball or something I'm gonna wish I had gift wrap. Then you have gunslinger. They're really quick release So release doesn't matter anything like that and then set feet lead just whistles the ball in I think you guys should use it out there whether it's on Troy Aikman or Mahomes, whoever you guys have I think it's it's really good man. It really makes zone tough to play You get a little bit of crease in those zones. You're making them play You're making the throw and set feet lead does that so why not have the 80 speed quarterback instead of the 72 with Aikman, you never know he could make some plays for you So we're gonna do that plus Mahomes has way more swag than Troy Aikman Let's be honest, but we still have 25 Broncos and 25 Cowboys So we're gonna have Michael Irvin at 93 speed when I have lightning Jimmy Smith at 93 speed Randy Moss is still a god at 92 speed. We're gonna use Parham at tight end now He's not here because I got to hide him just for the team team. Oh line the one dude I will tell you this right now Ben Powers is 85 overall I know this Larry me tonsil Zach Martin and Lincoln Kennedy on the ground more than I noticed Ben Powers on the ground now You guys watch these games and see if I'm lying But this dude Zach Martin stays on his knees and tonsil as well So I don't think there's a big difference in 85 at a 90 on the old line Really, honestly, and if I had to open up more spots for more team team players I probably would find a way to do that but Ben Powers is holding it down for me So that's my offense right now defense. We got that Broncos team team We got the Broncos team team specifically for defense Brian Dawkins Justin Simmons pass or Tain Absolute gods and then we got champ Bailey here DRC and a keep to leave so really good players all around in a secondary just absolute studs We're gonna use deep out zone knockout on Brian Dawkins to wreak woolen and want to use deep in on Justin Simmons If you guys notice I move my players around I want, you know specific zones and specific spots Depending on where their formation is what part of field they're on so it does become a little bit tedious But I want to make sure I have Dawkins and woolen in deep zones on the outside and then Simmons right up the middle I run a lot of cover-three shell a lot of cover-three cloud every pretty much every play So I want Simmons to be in the middle and I want Dawkins and woolen to be on the outside Now I'll tell you deep zone knockout is probably the best ability in the game Defensively man, they'll even knockout passes in the middle of the field So if you guys are struggling on defense, I would suggest Getting these deep zone knockouts You guys should have woolen if you don't Brian Dawkins is super expensive the guys you can use is that free curse right here? He has it on Paul Kraus has it.  We're gonna use Michael Parsons. Von Miller We're gonna use Bradley Chubb as well Broncos cowboys. This is what we're rocking right here boys People asked about time Stragia items things like that want to use the plus zone coverage plus medium route running because I think Jimmy Smith They didn't have 90 medium running then I got Broncos team affinity plus two zone cover zone covers boost as much zone I play a lot of zone now will randomly man up some people But I mean man coverage the way the ball whips they just it's really not viable I think two man others kind of viable, but right now it's a zone game and I'm playing a lot of zone So that's how I play this is the team. I'm rocking like I said, I was close to top 32 I had to win this game get it done winning get in let's go top 32 would be huge for my MCS points every single tournament You accumulate points for how well you do I am the last place in Madden ball right now 14th in the world So I got to keep winning making Madden ball would be huge Speaking of huge make sure you hit that subscribe button We're closing in on a million subscribers and hit that like button comment below man Did your NFL team win this weekend? Did I win this game? One more this game my guys probably winning get in bro.  It's a good game. It's a good game It's a good game. Oh damn.  Can we get some people knocked off?  It's just gotta be a pick one at ease man Short your mother better. We're gonna fumble. We're gonna fumble.  Why would we not block the blitz? It makes too much sense to blitz the guy on the slot Once again makes just too much sense. I mean just dollars is absolutely bad That's just brutal like this how you lose a game right here. There's just no way that dude just sheds me like that man God damn.  I Should have ran strong side against dollar.  Oh my god, W Thank you. That's how it works nice Intentional grounding There's just no way certain that you let that like certain Are we kidding? Is this like a joke of a game right now?     I can't stop giving up tight end streaks, dude I can't stop giving up tight end streaks. What is my life you play me?     Just I've been blocking it all day in this next one.    It's scary. How bad I am right now, man.      We're oh we go. Oh look.  I mean how do we not get that though? I'm on aggressive. I'm on aggressive. I'm on aggressive. I'm on aggressive I'll play some aggressive defense right here. Good. How about that. How about that?   Oh my god Dude if he would have blitzed the corner there, like I don't know why he didn't stay I thought he was lurking that over there.     There's seven streaks.    It's time for to give up this onside kick dude I gotta worry about this creep one right here now I gotta stay on curse for the creep on side kick catch Irvin I Weren't filled with range. We're up by four defense has been amazing.   I wish my angle route would ever not run all the way across the field.  Wouldn't it?     Another one. That's how many another one close enough now. He got close We got 13 seconds to search 13 to search where am I at? 28 we gotta try we gotta try we gotta try we can't go out like this We can't we get we can't we can't risk it K Dylan. We can't risk it. Let's go come on No, you can't do it like that. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, you don't do it like that, bro You don't do it. You can't put it up for chance. You got to go win.  You can't do that. I need this We need these points right here boys 28 20 you can't sit on 28, bro You can't sit on 28 bro.  That's why we're here That's why I'm here.  That's what it's about Sefi leave. He has one Rockham. We get ball a half WWW early. I almost rather play trips I swear to God. I play really good against trips. I really do. I play really good trips Yes, sir. Yes, sir Under pressure That's gotta be caught like what are we doing if that's not caught edge get out of my way Last time I lost that was 12.   Let's go man.   Ah, thank you, man.  I'm loving it. I'm loving it. I'm just loving it right now. Really. Ah good play man Good play good kid. I swear to God.  Just gotta play defense boys.     Just quicks. I'm ready for every quick snap. That's just good. That's great defense I just guarded why curl out the gates. I mean, bro, you got time for that. Come on game. Oh my god.   I can't do it I am trying to chew clock, dude I mean you gave me a touchdown last time like what do you want me to do the legal touching? Thank you Crip you should quit.   Oh my god. Why would you do that? I mean now I should quit. I can't lie.  Let's go man. W.  That's a big three wins in a row.  I want Henry round one, bro. I can't lie.  I need another