#define: I'm going pants

Welcome to #define. This is a game of obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery. Our contestants checked their imposter syndrome at the door, because they either know what these words mean or they’re going to fake it till they make their peers think they know. Let’s introduce our players in the order they will be playing. First up, she’s our female equivalent of Mat Ryer, and if you don’t know what I mean, you will know as soon as she begins talking… It’s Angelica Hill.

Hello. I’m very excited to be here! I hope to prove my worth outside of just being the female replacement for Mat Ryer because he couldn’t make it today… That is the goal, is to win, and also usurp Mat Ryer as the best Brit on this podcast.

Well, I like your odds. I like your odds. Playing second, our friend fresh off of Oxide & Friends, Matthew Sanabria. What’s up, Matt?

Hey, what’s up? Glad to be here and fake it, even though I made it, right?

You did make it. You showed up in the right place, at the right time, but you still might have to fake some things. Playing third - he’s mysterious, he’s a breakmaster, he’s our beat freak… He’s Breakmaster Cylinder.

Hi.

What’s up, BMC? How are you?

Fine, I think. Thank you for having me on [unintelligible 00:05:47.01]

We are very excited. We wanted to have you to talk about the new album, Afterparty, but you’re like “We’ve talked about music a lot. Let’s do something else.” And so I was like “Come play a game with us.”

Yeah, thanks. I know nothing about this, so it’s perfect. I can talk about music –

But if I were to ask you about our brand new album called Afterparty, what would you say about it?

Oh God, it’s just the best…! Oh, man. The sounds, the notes, the levels…

The beats…

Unreal.

And new to the Changelog, but not new to me - we’ve been Omaha acquaintances for many years. It’s John Henry Müller. What’s up, man?

Oh, hey. Hello from Omaha. Here somewhere…

Hello also from Omaha. Well, the greater Omaha area… Not better than, but just outside. That’s where I live.

Alright.

Maybe also better, I don’t know. We’ll see. And playing last, because we are gracious hosts around these parts, my partner in podcasting, Adam Stacoviak. What’s up, man?

What’s up? What’s up? I’m here to win.

Fifth time’s a charm… [laughter]

#define 5. Here we go.

And of course, I’ll be your not-so-humble host, Jerod Santo. Here is how the game works. We have 10 rounds of play, or 15 points scored, whichever comes first. I will present a word, you all will either know the definition of the word and submit that to me, or you will make up a fake definition that acts as if it’s the actual definition, and see if you can trick everyone else into selecting yours.

If you know the correct definition immediately, you get three points and you also get to take a break and sit that round out, because you already know the answer… If after I read all the definitions, you guess the correct one, you get two points, and for each person you trick into selecting your definition, you get one point.

[07:52] Now, if all five of you fail in any given round to select the correct definition, I, your not so humble host, receive four points. And if I do that enough times, you all lose, which would be rad, I think. And your word for round one is baryon. Baryon. B-A-R-Y-O-N. Please submit to me your definitions now.

I’m just adding some finesse to mine. I know the definition, I just need to make sure I’ve explained it clearly enough.

Fair. Smart, even. See, this game is nice because you get time to check your email, and maybe code up a feature… It’s not like a typical podcast, where you have to be on the whole time.

That’s nice. I’m going to find a therapist.

[laughs] You might have enough time.

We are not allowed to use the internet. I just assume…

Yeah. I mean, you don’t want to ruin the game…

I mean, nobody wants that…

Can you hear this?

Ooh, we’re off on a quest.

Oh, you hear it? You do hear it.

Have you ever played Bomb Corp? It’s one of those Jackbox party games…

No.

This sounds like the intro music for it. Basically, you diffuse bombs, you know?

I was going to say, I’ve played Bomberman.

Yeah. Check it out. It sounds very – similar vibe.

Alright, so Adam and BMC are both trailing indicators. This, I think, is the actual track that I use in the produced episode during this time. It’s kind of nice, right?

Hmm… It’s giving me Black Mirror vibes from the recent season.

This is a BMC original. It’s called Study Hall Adventure.

Oh.

Do you remember making this one?

I do. I remember the video game I was picturing while writing it.

Was it Bomb Corp?

Nope. [laughter] Maybe, I don’t know.

You’ve made so much music in your life, I wonder if you forget songs, you know?

Yeah… Um, yes. Titles, especially.

Yeah. Alright, Adam’s in.

I’m also known for going last.

Yeah, so BMC’s winning. Beating you.

But it’s good. You’re thoughtful before submission. I got stressed out and submitted it, and then ended up – I ended up editing the message after I sent it…

Do you want to resubmit?

No, I can edit the message once I’ve sent it to you.

Well, I copy it out of there and put it somewhere else. I’ll recopy it.

It was just slight grammatical errors that I needed to correct.

I’ll recopy it then, so I get your edits.

Thank you. I appreciate that. And I added a little clarification on the end, just to make it crystal clear. Is this on the album?

No, it is not. This is actually a really long track.

It’s like 15 minutes long… They were like “Make it one level. Like if it was a hard level and you keep playing it over and over for like an hour. You sort of get used to the same music going over and over. Do it like that.”

I have all definitions for baryon. I will read them now, and then you all will guess which one you think is correct… Starting with Angelica and going from there. So. Baryon - a universally recognized culinary term for a cooking technique that covers the entirety of a cake or pastry in various berries. Berry-covered, or enrobed in berries… It originates from the Greek “berry”, for berry, and “on”, to put on. So - baryon. That was number one.

[11:57] Number two - the byproduct of a chemical reaction between two or more gases. Number three - a particle used as a comparison marker in microscopic weight measurements. Number four - a chemical mixture often used in sterilization for surgery. Number five, a new element under review to be added to the periodic table of elements. And number six, composite particles made up of three quarks, such as protons and neutrons. There you have it, six possible definitions for baryon. It’s now up to you all to decide which one is the actual definition. Starting with Angelica. Which one do you think is real?

I mean, I feel like that chemical, molecular or culinary - these are my three options.

Yes.

Can I hear the third one again, please?

Yeah, the third one was “A particle used as a comparison marker in microscopic weight measurements.”

Okay. The one about medical procedures I think isn’t right.

A chemical mixture often used in sterilization? So that’s number four. You think that’s it, or not it?

No, not it.

Why not?

I just don’t think it’s correct. Something in my bones tells me. I feel like if a doctor came into my room and said “Oh, we’re about to inject you with baryon”, I’d be like “No, you’re not.”

[laughs] Very assertive of you.

“Based on the sound alone, I’m not going to let you do the thing that you went to school to do.” Okay…

No, I mean, I’d ask a little bit more… You know, I need a little bit more context on this strangely-named chemical you’re about to put to my body.

Is that vibe-doctoring?

Oh, I think that it might be.

Just not the vibe. Let’s call it something else. [laughter]

Alright…

I think it might need to be the second one that I asked you to repeat. Which one was that one?

The second one, or the second one you asked me to repeat?

The first one that I asked you to repeat…

Okay. Number three.

…that I believe was the third option. Yes.

Number three was “A particle used as a comparison marker in microscopic –” That’s yours right there? Okay. We’ll lock that in.

Yes.

Alright. Matthew, which one do you think is real?

There was a number of them, of the definitions around chemical sort of deals… I think there were maybe two or three of them. Can you repeat those?

So definition number four was a chemical mixture often used in sterilization for surgery.

Okay.

Number five was a new element… Is that the one you’re thinking of, or no?

Possibly.

And number six was composite particles made up of three quarks.

Quarks or quirks?

Quarks.

I’m mean, you’re going to need to say that better…

Q-U-A-R-K-S.

Say it better, Jerod…! [laughter]

I’m saying it as best as I can. There’s also number two, “The byproduct of a chemical reaction between two or more gases.”

Oh, so there’s like four chemically definitions.

There’s a lot that are in the same little category, yes. What are you thinking?

I think, since there’s so many chemically things…

Maybe it’s wrong.

It sounds like it would be around – yeah, it could either go one way. It’s either completely wrong, or it’s like in the area.

It’s a lot of made-up stuff, man. That’s what it is.

Okay. I’m I think I’m going to choose the one that you couldn’t pronounce well.

Okay. So quarks?

Yeah, that one. Quarks.

That choice was quirky. Okay. Now we go to BMC. What do you think?

Gases. Yeah, I have notes…

Good job! I like how efficient you are. It says gases right there.

Tangible. I like having a pencil. It’s gas.

BMC takes two. John Henry, your turn.

Number three was the one that was the measurement one?

Yes, that’s correct.

I’m going to go with that one.

Alright, so you’re going with Angelica. She picked that one as well. So we have two for that one. And lastly, Adam.

Would it be a total pain to have you repeat them all?

Absolutely. Which one do you need?

All of them. [laughter]

Which one specifically…?

[16:15] Let me summarize all six, in order, okay? I’m not going to read them verbatim. Number one was the culinary one. Number two was the byproduct of two or more gases. Number three was the one that’s used in microscopic weight measurements. Number four is the chemical mixture used in surgery, except for not Angelica’s surgeries… Number five, a new element under review to be in the table of elements. And then number six, composite particles made up of three quarks.

I’m thinking the element. It’s the new element.

You’re going for a new element.

That’s right.

Okay. Alright, all six answers are in… But who landed on the right definition? Let’s start right there where we left off. Adam, you selected a new element under review to be added to the period – Adam, that was yours.

Ahh…! You’ve gotta go away, boy. I love you.

He’s distracted. He was distracted. [laughs]

[Did you see Patrick?!] I know…! Go with Patrick. Mom’s away, dads will play, okay? I had to watch a little bit of SpongeBob real quick, but I’m back!

He’s back.

Are you distracted, Adam? Because you selected your own definition?

Oh no, that was on purpose.

Oh, okay.

[laughs] Okay, so selecting your own, while it may trick other people, you get zero points for doing that. And you went last, so the trick couldn’t happen either. Interesting. Let’s move on to –

It’s safe though, right? Because then you’re not –

It is the safe play. Let’s move on to what BMC thought it was - the byproduct of a chemical reaction between two or more gases. He even wrote down “gas” right there on a piece of paper. That was Matthew’s. So one point to Matthew…

Speaking of Matthew, he thought it was the quirky one that I couldn’t pronounce. And you know what? That’s exactly what baryon is. So he got it correct. Baryon, composite particles made up of three quarks, such as protons and neutrons. You get two points.

So everyone [unintelligible 00:18:13.11] Okay. We’re in this. We know what we’re doing now.

But there are more points to give out, because both Angelica and John Henry piled on to BMC’s definition, the weight measurements. That was BMC, so two points, BMC. Not bad.

Oh, I thought I was tricked. I thought I was tricked by Angelica.

No…

Nope, you were tricked by BMC.

Yeah.

But I was right. It was not used for surgical procedures. So my gut instinct was correct.

A hundred percent correct.

That was mine…

That was his. Yeah. Now, there is a baryum, isn’t there? Isn’t that a thing that they do for like enemas, and stuff?

Beryllium?

Um… Maybe. I’m just a vibe doctor, not a real doctor. [laughter]

Pure vibes.

Alright, so after round one, Matthew’s in the lead with three, BMC has two, and the rest of us have not scored quite yet. We move now to round two, and the word for round two is jaggies. Jaggies. J-A-G-G-I-E-S. Jaggies. Please submit your definition for jaggies now.

Are we saying these are all STEM words?

Um, they are in the general world of that, but they’re not specifically… Just call them like yes-ish…

So no? [laughter]

They aren’t strictly STEM, but they are certainly stemmy.

Because one time you were like… Oh, what was that word? Gallifrey?

Yes…

Something with food. It was a big stew.

Right. In previous games we’ve had STEM rounds and non-STEM rounds. And today I just decided to just throw out the rules and just do words.

Okay.

Alright, Adam is in. He’s not the last one this time around.

I’m fighting for my right to party, man.

[20:16] Get your jaggies on…

I’m trying to move like jaggies.

[laughs]

If I didn’t know the definition, I would have gone that direction and made y’all laugh.

Ooh, there’s BMC, coming in hot…

I submitted mine right away, because I already knew what it was.

Simpatico, Angelica. Simpatico. You and me.

Alright. We have six definitions for jaggies. Only one of them is actually the definition. Here they are. Number one, containers used to hold raw mining material for being processed. Number two, stair-stepped edges in pixelated graphics due to low resolution or aliasing. Number three, comfortable pants for remote working. A play on jeggings. [laughter] Number four, an irregular pathway taken by an object in response to magnetic stimuli. Number five, in digital photography, when an image is not clear, the image will have jaggies. And number six, a Gen Z slang term initially used in colloquial typing and texting to refer to the lightning bolt emoji. And this usage has now transitioned into the realm of software engineering. In this technical context, jaggies indicates sections within code where high computational load or intensive processing is handled, drawing a visual parallel to the sharp, energetic nature of a lightning bolt and its link to electricity. Okay…

Oh, my gosh.

Now you’ve heard all six definitions. We start with Matthew. Which one do you think is actual?

Can you repeat, please, number two, four and five? I wrote them down this time, but I didn’t get a chance to write them all down.

It’s all good. It’s hard to keep track of all this stuff. Number two was the stair-stepped edges in pixelated graphics. Do you want the full thing? Due to low resolution or aliasing… Number four is an irregular pathway taken by an object in response to magnetic stimuli, and number five is in digital photography, when an image is not clear, the image will have jaggies.

Okay. I’m between two and four here. Stair-stepped edges due to aliasing… That sounds right, but so does the magnetic stimuli of irregular pathways. That sounds fun, too.

Right.

I’m going to lock in number four, with the magnetic stuff.

Alright, number four locked in. We go now to BMC.

Can you rapidfire go through all of them? As short as you like. I just want to hear how you say it. Go!

Number one was the containers, the whole raw mining material, number two was the pixelated graphics, number three was comfortable pants, number four was the irregular pathway, number five is the digital photography, and number six was the Gen Z slang term.

I’m going pants.

[laughs] I love your conviction. He’s going pants. Alright, John Henry, your turn.

Pants sounds pretty convincing there… Also, the very run-on Gen Z term… Wow. There’s so much detail. How can it be wrong, right? I mean, that’s… But I think I’m going to have to go with number four, the pathways. That was convincing, and not an obvious sound to the term… So I like that.

[23:48] Piling on with Matthew on number four. How about you, Adam?

I’ll spread it out. I’m going for the last one, because whoever wrote that deserves some points.

Adam picks the Gen Z slang term for the lightning bolt emoji that turned into a software engineering term… Well, you guys know the rest. Next up, Angelica. Last up, Angelica.

Can you remind me number – I wrote down two, four, and six. So four, I remember. Two was the jagged edge… What was the two one?

Yeah, the stair-stepped edges and pixelated graphics due to low resolution or aliasing. And four is the one that Matthew and John Henry both picked.

Okay.

And six is the lightning bolt emoji.

Jaggies is just too fun to not be to do with something that’s visual… But I don’t think it’s the photography one. As someone who aspires to be able to understand Gen Z, I think I’ll go with the last one…

So you are picking the last one.

Maybe it’ll make me cool. Yeah, I can whip it out if it’s correct. Talk to the Gen Zs, get some cred.

That would be cool. Well, Adam also picked that one, so let’s start right there, and see maybe that is what jaggies are. However, Angelica, didn’t you write that one?

Yeah, I did. [laughter]

Yeah. But you’re right. It was so cool, it deserved to be selected. So you don’t get any points for selecting it yourself, but you do get one point for getting Adam to select it.

See? Told ya. Simpatico.

Now, Matthew and John Henry piled onto number four, an irregular pathway taken by an object in response to magnetic stimuli. Well, that was very convincing, and that was BMC’s made up definition. Good job, BMC.

Very nice.

Two points for you, which means it’s up to BMC to actually select correctly. Otherwise, your not so humble host gets the points this round… You thought it was comfortable pants for remote work. A play on jeggings. What do you think? Is that right?

Do I think it’s right? It’s either that or the stairs thing. But yeah, let’s go all in on pants.

[laughs] All in on pants and all out on the correct answer. So four points for me. The correct definition of jaggies is stair-stepped edges in pixelated graphics due to low resolution or aliasing.

That’s what I was trying to say with my photography one.

You were somewhat close. I almost gave you the points…

You should give it to me. That’s what it is. That’s what I know from photography.

You used the word jaggies in the definition, and you can’t do that. So I just – I couldn’t give it to you.

That’s what I meant…

Man, these are tough rules.

You know where I’m at with this… I’m getting robbed here, y’all.

Wait, are you not allowed to put the name, the word in the definition? Is that not allowed?

Well, I mean, technically, when you define something, you’re not supposed to use the word in the definition.

I didn’t know the clinical version of it. I just knew when an image isn’t clear, you get those jeggies. The jeggies!

I don’t think that’s usually for photography, though. That’s usually more like…

The context is more video game dev.

Yeah, that’s what I figured it would be.

Yeah. If you had said video games, I probably would have given it to you.

Well, I only know it in the context of photography. I’m sorry.

That’s alright.

It’s like saying a byte is not a byte because you experience it somewhere else. You know, it’s still a byte.

What are you biting into over there? Like someone’s leg?

A bit, or a byte?

That’d be jaggy… Alright, let’s move down to round three. Well, hold on. Let’s add up these totals, because you know what? I might have just moved into first place. Ooh, I did. I am tied with BMC in first place, with four points. Matthew has three, Angelica one, and so far…

Sir, I think your math is incorrect… Isn’t it three for getting someone? Or isn’t it three for guessing the correct definition?

It’s three if you guess it initially. It’s two if you guess it at the end. So had Adam actually just given me the correct definition, even though he was somewhat close, he would have got three immediately. But if you guess it correctly at the end, you get two.

Oh, okay. If you guess it correctly during… Okay, I understand now.

After you hear the definitions, yes.

Okay, so your math is correct. I understand now.

Thank you.

And you get a point when somebody guesses yours?

…is fooled, yeah.

That’s right.

Like picks your pants?

Oh, my bad. You’re right.

Oh, thank you.

Fair. Fair. Sorry, my math is wrong. [laughter] I just didn’t write that point down.

Yours was the pants one, John?

Yeah, he was the pants one. I just forgot because I was moving on to the fact that I won the round. Yeah, that was a good one. Jeggings. I liked it.

I feel like I’m learning already in this game. The more detailed the answer… Other than Adam, who appreciates it… I’ve got to keep it short and sweet.

Yeah, you’re writing books over there.

[28:10] Just letting my creativity fly.

That was very creative. I liked it. It’s hard for me to read that long without starting to laugh.

Yeah, I’m sorry. I’ll make them shorter next time.

Okay. I want to represent your definitions well…

I appreciate it.

…and the more I’m reading, the more it gets to become kind of funny.

I hear you, Jerod. I hear you.

Now, I don’t want to shut out John Henry. He has a point. So he got Adam locked in the dungeon now all by himself, and the rest of us on the board. Let’s move now to round three, where the word for round three is oobleck. Oobleck. That’s O-O-B-L-E-C-K, oobleck.

It’s fun to say, at least…

It is fun to say. Is it fun to define? We’ll find out right after this.

Break: [28:57]

How do we know that you’re giving us the right pronunciation of these words?

Just take my word for it…

Okay, understood.

But are you claiming to?

But you’ve lied about math…

I make no claims. Neither express or implied. Most of these I looked up the pronunciation. I actually forgot to on this one, but don’t Google it, because you’ll know the definition… And let me make sure I’m saying it right.

Hold on, maybe this will work. Hey, Siri, define oobleck.

No, no, no, no, no…

No…!

Did anyone’s thing go off? No? Damn it.

What, are you trying to get other people the answer?

Yeah. Do you think I have Siri enabled on my phone? [unintelligible 00:31:16.05]

I don’t call her Siri anymore…

She never called me back, so…

My brother’s ex-girlfriend’s called Siri.

I’m sorry for her loss…

Was that her name, or he just called her that?

No, that was her legit name.

That hurts…

So are you giving us the proper pronunciation, or…? I was waiting for that, personally.

Oh, my bad. I actually got distracted and started doing something else. [laughter]

I was just waiting for that. I was just curious.

Okay. I just confirmed. It’s oobleck, specifically as I said it.

So since you said you check your email during this, and you also said that not every email gets a response, is now a good time to email you?

This would be a great time, actually.

Okay, perfect.

This reminds me, while we wait for BMC, you guys may or may not know that I have an entire soundboard of BMC noises.

[32:10] Really?

I just like anything that makes me happy. And I do that. And then I do the next thing. You’re welcome. [laughter]Words to live by… Do this thing. Like glitchy things, and… Things-things.

Okay, that’s my definition.

Here’s my favorite one. “Heckings yeah, I said to myself.” [laughter] Sometimes I throw those in at the end of the show, when I’m thanking you for making our beats…

Yes, I’ve heard.

Oh, you’ve heard? Nice. This one – I’ll usually throw in this one. “I’m here for your sound needs.”

Hold on, I’m getting distracted by all those smart, funny things I say. One second.

Do you still need jobs? “If you’re listening, I need jobs. Thank you.”

That was just me talking [unintelligible 00:33:03.16] Please give me work…

“Please give me work…” [laughs]

You sound like Batman.

He does.

You’re both Batman and a Spiderman, evil octopus man at the same time.

Aw, thank you…

You’re welcome. I love a backhanded compliment.

Oh, cool. Aw, man… [laughter] I actually really do like your goggles.

Oh, thank you.

If I could get prescription goggles, that would be awesome. But I can’t see past like two inches of my face, so…

Right.

…I would need them to be very heavy.

Yeah. I like these. They have saved my face.

From what?

Uh, doorways. Door frames. One of these is shattered, and there was –

I was going to say, you can’t hit doorways, but you can hit door frames or doors…

This was going to be my face, and instead it shattered this. And [unintelligible 00:34:04.07] very lucky.

Oh, okay.

The end.

Do you routinely hit into door frames?

I did that one time…

Oh, okay.

That’s why I bought these. It was like “One day I’m going to go face first into a door for no reason…”

Alright, we have all definitions for oobleck… And this round will be a little different than the rest, because two of our contestants actually got the correct definition for oobleck. Three points awarded to Angelica and John Henry. You guys both know what oobleck is.

Yes, John!

The rest of us will have to find out. So we’ll actually only have four definitions. Since those two were the correct definitions, they merged down into the real one… And we start with - oobleck, a non-Newtonian fluid that acts as both a liquid and solid under stress. Number two, oobleck - similar to an umlaut, an oobleck is used to indicate the pronunciation of a word. Number three, a piece of communication network that filters some data while setting aside others for future dispatch. And number four, a gritty adhesive formed by mixing sand water and epoxy. So four definitions of oobleck. One of those is correct. Angelica and John Henry sit this round out, since they already know what it is. And BMC gets to pick first.

First one.

First one, the non-Newtonian fluid. Okay, BMC.

You said it funny.

We go to Adam. It is funny.

What’s the last one again? The gritty substance?

A gritty adhesive formed by mixing sand water and epoxy.

Oh yeah, that’s it.

That’s it. Adam takes that one. We go now to Matthew.

So I heard the first one was the non-Newtonian something or other…

Correct.

The last one was gritty adhesive. What were the middle two?

[35:59] The middle two was similar to an umlaut. An umlaut is used to indicate the pronunciation of a word. And the other middle one was a piece of a communication network that filters some data while setting aside other for future dispatch.

That one’s spelled incorrectly. There’s some mistakes in that one, so I’m going to pass on that one.

Okay…

I’m thinking one – one sounds the best here… And I don’t know if this group would say something like non-Newtonian… So I think I’m going to lock in for one, actually.

Okay. So not only does he select number one, he also disses everybody… [laughter] “This group wouldn’t say non-Newtonian. They aren’t smart enough.”

[unintelligible 00:36:41.11] out there.

A bunch of mids…

Yeah.

But we knew what it was, so…

That’s a good point. So Angelica and John Henry already knew that oobleck was a non-Newtonian fluid that acts as both a liquid and a solid under stress. So BMC and Matthew each get two points for guessing it correctly.

Did you guys not go to elementary school, or…? You guys don’t know what this is?

I just skipped straight to –

I don’t know how you know what it is. So can you please explain to me what contents we’re all missing?

Yeah. Please.

The cornstarch and water mixture that you can punch, and that feels solid, and then you hold it and it drips through your fingers…

I went outside as a kid, I don’t know what you’re talking about. [laughter]

So this is also a commercial product, I guess. When, Angelica, you were talking about the commercial product, right?

Yeah. Ooey-gooey.

She called it an ooey-gooey kid’s toy like slime, but more [unintelligible 00:37:43.28] with specks in it… Which is true.

Interesting. You know, I’ve never heard this in my life.

I actually hadn’t heard of oobleck either, so… I’m very impressed by you two.

[unintelligible 00:37:53.00] me and John, we’re just slimy.

That’s right.

And then Adam selected the gritty adhesive formed by mixing sand water and epoxy, and that’s Matthew’s, so he gets another point. So three points for you, three points for Angelica, two for BMC, three for John Henry… Adam and I shut out this round. So after three rounds, tied for first is Matthew and BMC, with six. Tied for second is Angelica, John Henry and myself with four, and we leave Adam where he was previously. Let’s move now to round four… [laughter]

I have faith in you.

I do not.

“I do not.” [laughter]

There’s a strategy.

That’s right. He has a strategy. This round is a little different. We call this give it a goog. Give it a goog! Where I went out to Google in an incognito browser window - so no personalization - and I started giving it a goog. Then I stopped and checked for the first autocomplete. Your job is to come up with what the first autocomplete was, or ostensibly what you can trick other people into thinking that it was. The query that I queried was “When does the”. I typed “When does the”, and then I stopped. What do you think Google suggested as the number one autocomplete? Please submit to me your autocompletes now.

Did you do this search or this autocomplete yourself, on your machine?

Incognito window. VPN.

And can you put the text that you put in the channel?

Yes, for sure. Adam was the first one in this time, so he’s…

Oh, that’s because I know the answer.

He’s changing things around.

How often do you write that into Google to get the answer to that?

Well, this one’s obvious…

Well, the cool thing about it is it’s kind of a proxy for the human condition, is it not? Like, what were people asking it? What do people wonder? When does the…?

When does the fox say?

[40:00] I was thinking of that, too. That’s “What does the fox say?” Very close, though.

Oh, dang. That’s what I said.

And did you do this today? This search, such a search?

I don’t answer any further questions.

Okay, that’s fair.

That’s very relevant now.

It is really relevant.

What does the fox say?

No, when you did this.

[laughs] Yeah, like if it was like six years ago… It’d be super-different.

He’s prepared for this show a long time ago.

He’s been doing this… Yeah, he planned this.

Where did he come from? Where did he go? [unintelligible 00:40:30.05] BMC is with me…

BMC is here for our sound needs. [If you’re listening, I need jobs. Thank you.]

I’m here for your sound needs… [laughter]

It’s kind of more fun when BMC is here than it even is when he’s not.

I’m having fun when he’s here… Oh, God… [laughter]

Alright, we’re just down to one person not in.

Buy my music! [laughter] Buy my music.

That’s a good soundbite. Next time we release an album we’ll just play that one.

At the end.

On repeat.

Or at the beginning.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Do it. You chose phrases that have – I don’t know. They don’t have much [unintelligible 00:41:20.26]

[Yeah…!] That’s a good one, right?

Yeah, okay. I’m on board with that. Thank you.

Okay. Six potential Google autocompletes for “When does the…” Number one, “When does the current administration end?” Number two, “When does the sun rise?” Number three, “When does the time change?” Number four, “When does the stock market open?” Number five, “When does the sun set near me?” And number six, “When does the world end?” Existential. Alright, six potential “When does the’s”. John Henry?

So going through these… What was the first one?

The current administration.

Oh, that… Yeah, that’s – I’m certainly wondering that. But I don’t know… I don’t know if Google would go there. Maybe, maybe not. I’m not sure.

Oh, it would.

It would?

Oh, yeah.

But also, is this global Google, though? Or is this U.S. based?

This is Jerod’s incognito.

Jerod’s IP address in Omaha, or whatever…

Yeah, I didn’t VPN very far.

Sunrise is plausible…

They’re all plausible, actually.

Stock market… Sunset near me… I like the near me.

Does that mean the sunsets like as close to you as possible, or…?

I don’t know. Google just always like adds that in those searches, and so that’s what made me think… I’m going with number five.

Number five, “When does the sun set near me?” Okay. Adam, what do you think?

I haven’t been paying attention, sorry. [laughter] What are we doing here?

Well, the scoreboard accurately reflects that, so…

Yes…

What are we doing here…?

Are you still watching SpongeBob?

Yeah, I am, actually… Patrick’s so awesome. Let’s see here. There are two that are near me. Which ones are those? Read those to me, please.

Well, one was “When does the sun set near me?” That’s number five. And then the other one was “When does the sun rise?”, but it does not say near me. Number five is the only one that says near me.

That’s the Mandela effect, I think. I remember both of them saying near me.

No… We would all have to remember it. Otherwise, it’s just you being wrong.

Let’s see here… What was the first one again?

The first one was “When does the current administration end?”

What about number two? Do you think number two is the right answer?

When does the sun rise?

Near me?

No. [laughter]

[43:57] That could be your additional add-on…

Yeah. Would it change your answer if it said “near me”…?

I feel like near me is probably accurate, but I’m not going to go that route. I’m going to go with number two, and locking it in tight.

Locking in “When does the sun rise?” Okay. Angelica.

I don’t think it’s the administration one, and I don’t think it’s the world end one.

Okay. So you’re down to four then.

So I’ve got the two someones, and the time zone stock market. I don’t think the stock market is broadly applicable to the world, so I don’t think that many people would google that. Famous last words [unintelligible 00:44:33.22] I’m going on what I would care about. I care about when the sun rises and sets, so I’m also on the line of thinking of “Is the near me gonna be–” I think last time I locked in with Adam, it was good, so I’m going to lock in with Adam. Two.

You’re going with Adam. Okay. When does the sun rise.

We’re sympathetically incorrect.

I put my faith in you, Adam. So I’m like…

Oh, you know…

Alright. Matt.

Can you give me the quick rundown of all of them again?

Number one is the current administration, number two is the sun rising, number three is the time changing, number four is the market opening, number five is the sun setting near me, and number six is the world ending.

Okay. I haven’t used Google in a very long time, so I don’t know what Google even suggests anymore… I’ve also never seen a suggestion ever say near me, so I think that one’s out for me.

Yeah, that’s not true.

Nor have I, honestly… I also don’t autocorrect much.

Yeah. I’ve never seen a near me thing pop up.

It already knows where you’re at. It’s [unintelligible 00:45:38.26]

Right. Exactly. It already knows – they already know where you are.

Near me’s are specific nouns, like “Where is the nearest gas station near me?” That’s when you put the near me.

Yeah.

Yeah. I think if you had started with that, then the near me would have autocorrected.

Well, sunrise and sunset are geographically dependent, righ? The un set at a different time, in different places.

Yeah, but I feel like Google has evolved, but it knows my geo.

Alright. What are you thinking, Matthew?

Alright. So if you’re doing this from Omaha… I’m torn between the sunrise and the stock market, honestly. But I think we’ve over-indexed on the sunrise, so I think I’m going to go the other way and do the stock market opening.

Nice. Playing the spread. Okay.

When the world ends, huh? Okay. Good job.

You’re going to lose. [laughs]

That’s a good choice, when the world ends.

That’s not right.

Is that what you picked?

No, he picked the stock market.

Oh, I thought I said when the world ends. I mean, come on. That’s the right answer.

Come on, that’s the right answer…

Lastly, BMC. What do you think? World end? [unintelligible 00:46:37.27] [laughter]

I wonder who wrote that one…

End of days… Fan finger. What are those things called? Giant hand?

I got this in 2020, and it’s going to be useful sometime.

Eventually it will apply.

Every five years, useful.

Alright, so BMC picks the world ending. Adam was very excited that you were interested in the world ending, because Adam wrote the world ending. So one point for Adam. When the world ends.

See, I had faith in you, Adam.

I would keep doing that. It’s amazing.

John Henry was interested in the sun setting near him… And nobody else was interested in that one. It happened to be his own, so he gets zero points. [laughter] Couldn’t quite bring people along for the ride…

I was trying to lobby that.

Yeah, it almost worked, but… Then they were all using logic, and stuff. Let’s see, what else…

I see that. I see the near me all the time.

Oh, do you?

Yeah. You guys don’t?

I don’t use Google…

Yeah, I guess I don’t really think about the autocomplete much.

Well, I mean in Maps, maybe, when I’m like looking for like a Chick-fil-A near me…

Like search nearby.

Yeah, that’s where I see the near me’s.

[47:52] That’s like a button there. You can press near me.

Right. [unintelligible 00:47:53.02]

I saw a dentist that was named something like Near Me for SEO reasons…

Smart…

What was his last name?

[laughs] Near me. It was his last name.

Dr. Near me.

Dr. Near me.

Paging Dr. Near me…

If I was a doctor, I’d name myself “On the plane.” “Is there a doctor on the plane?” I’d just get hit every time. The sun rising was also popular with Adam and Angelica… Adam picked it because he thought it was right, and Angelica picked it because she thought she could fool more people, I guess, because that’s hers… So she gets one point.

You reduce the addition to others.

See, I had faith in you giving me points, Adam. And it worked!

I was doing that on purpose. I felt the brainwaves coming through, like an oblack, or what the heck is that thing called…?

Like an oblack?

Like an ooblack. A jaggy ooblack. Nobody picked the time change. That was Matthew’s. Nobody picked the current administration ending. That was BMC’s. Also, there’s a time limit on it, right? So people don’t ask that question. It’s four years… Minus whatever hundred days.

No, it’s going to be like 12 years if he has anything to do with it.

Well… Yeah, we’ll see how many administrations there are. And then Matthew picked the stock market, which was the actual answer, Angelica. So you need to eat some crow here…

Really?

“When does the stock market open?” is the number one autocomplete for “When does the.”

Oh, no… Can I check this now?

Here’s the number two, three and four and five autocompletes. “When does the time change?” So Matthew, you actually had the second-best autocomplete.

I’ve googled that before. Or I’ve searched that before.

You get zero points. But you do get two for getting it right, so good job there. “When does the WNBA season start?” So shout-out to Caitlin Clark for probably affecting those results. WNBA, very popular all of a sudden. And then “When do the NBA playoffs start?” Of course, that’s – they’re going on right now. And then the last one, number five, was “When does the sun set?” No near me, though, John Henry. So you were close…

But I only care about near me, because…

Because you’re a narcissist.

…it’s rolling. It’s setting somewhere all the time.

Right. That’s fair, I think.

I tried this out right now, after submitting… And I think it’s subjective to where you are. Because my top one is “When does the Minecraft movie come out?”

Are you logged in?

That was my top. I’m Incognito mode. I put “When does the” and it says Minecraft movie.

Okay, everybody right now go incognito and do a search. And John Henry and I are very closely approximate to each other, so we’ll see if he gets what I got.

When does the Minecraft movie come out? And then when does the time change? And then when does the time change 2025. My three options.

I pretty much have the same thing, yeah.

My top search is “When does the world end.” Geez…

[laughs]

Mine is “When does the sun rise?” And then number two is “When does the MLB season start near me?” I don’t know how that got in there. [laughter]

Near me. That’s spectacular, because it starts the same time everywhere. But maybe they just – maybe Google fingerprinted me somehow, even though I’m incognito… And it’s like “This guy wants to know when the stock market opens.” Even though I’ve never searched that in my life.

You did mention Slack shares and stuff, so… It knows. You have stocks in your mind.

I do know what the stock market is. This is true. I do know what it is.

I feel like mine was the number one on John’s browser, so I should at least get like a half point. Come on.

It’s integers only. I’m sorry.

Hold on, John Henry’s doing another one now…

Different from my browser?

No, it’s not, John. It’s correct.

But then when I go to google.com and the autocomplete - that’s different.

Well, that’s what I did. Google.com.

I think the browser is definitely correct.

The browser address bar is probably using your stuff there. Anyways…

[unintelligible 00:51:53.00] see Minecraft… [laughter]

[51:56] Alright, so after four rounds now, we have Matthew in a commanding lead with eight, followed by BMC with six, Angelica with five, John Henry and I are tied with four, and Adam’s on the board now with one.

Half a point.

How many points, BMC? This many points for Adam. You have the finger.

That’s right. BMC, one finger move… It’s the right finger at least.

That’s true.

Alright. We move now to round five. This is a brand new format. We’ve never done this one before. I call it “Weird flicks, but okay”, where I have gone out and found a weird old movie. And your job - I will give you the title and the date, the year that movie came out, and your job is to write the tagline or the synopsis, the one-sentence synopsis of the movie, having known nothing but the title and the year it came out. Makes sense?

Yes.

Okay. The movie that’s tagline you’re going to write was a 1924 flick called “He Who Gets Slapped.” “He Who Gets Slapped.” Now, you are in charge of the actual synopsis. Please submit those to me whenever they’re ready.

Is it a talkie?

Like those chips that are real spicy?

No… Like a movie that had spoken [unintelligible 00:53:30.29] and they ate chips.

[laughs]

Today we call those movies…

Well, I haven’t been [unintelligible 00:53:37.09] for a while.

I actually haven’t seen it. I do know its title and the synopsis though. It could have been a talkie…

This is from 19 black and white…

I tried to find one of the most obscure movies I could, just hoping nobody’s seen it. I think I did good.

Are you going to be reading these in a cinematic voice, Jerod? I feel like you should. You should fully commit.

In a world…! I don’t have a Batman voice.

What is it [unintelligible 00:54:05.02] dark and foreboding.

I do try to be foreboding though. Weird flicks, but okay… We have six potential synopses for the 1924 movie “He Who Gets Slapped.” I will read you these now. Number one. “Young George’s mischievous childhood was punctuated by the sharp sting of a cane. Now an adult, he wakes to phantom slams and inexplicable cane-shaped bruises. Is it madness? His imagination? Or is his past literally leaving its mark? A chilling psychological thriller based on a true story of buried trauma and the repercussions of being a naughty boy.” [laughter] Okay, number two.

[unintelligible 00:54:52.27] Angelica… [laughter]

A high school student hopelessly searches for love while continuously facing rejection, often physical. Number three. A scared, straight, short film describing the purported hazards of befriending communists.”

BMC.

Number four. A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous baron who once betrayed him. Number five. In a world where hand gestures have gone too far, a group of friends vow to change things and restore the old ways of simple handshakes and high fives. And number six. When a man decides a raucous night out on the big city is more important than his life back home. Which of these six very well written, I might say, synopses is actually the one for the 1924 flick He Who Gets Slapped? We start with Adam.

Oh, gosh… I was too busy thinking about who’s who and what’s what… I forgot to listen. [laughter]

You had one job, which was to listen.

No, actually, I just need two and four and the last one, I think.

So just two, four and six. So half of them. Okay.

Yeah, please.

[56:14] Number two, “A high school student hopelessly searches for love while continuously facing rejection, often physical.” Four was “A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous baron who once betrayed him.”

That’s Matt.

And number six is “When a man decides a raucous night out on the big city is more important than his life back home.”

Who do I want to get points to…?

So you think you know who wrote each one?

Oh, yeah… [laughter] Pegged. Can I get some points for that?

It could be, yeah.

Guess who?!

You can certainly guess who, but…

…with a twist.

Yeah, that’d be a good game.

I’m going to give BMC some points… Read number three again, please?

A scared straight short film describing the purported hazards of befriending communists.

Yeah, that’s totally BMC. [laughter]

Okay…

What was the clown one? That was number four?

Yeah.

Okay.

The clown was four. Three was communists. Two is physical rejection. The first one was young George and his is mischievous childhood. He got caned as a kid. [laughter] What are you going to do, Adam?

I just already said.

Oh, I couldn’t hear you.

I gave the points to the number three, BMC.

Oh, number three, BMC. Okay.

All the way.

Adam votes number three. Okay, we go now to Angelica.

Obviously, we all know which one I think it was…

We do… Which one do you actually think it is?

What I actually think it is is the last one, I think. The one about the raucous night out and leaving one’s family behind. It feels very 1920s man to me.

Angelica picks number six, locks it in. Matthew.

I’m going to double on that.

Okay. She also picks number six. The raucous night out is…

It gives very 1920s vibes, you know? Who uses raucous anymore? Nobody uses that word anymore.

Yeah, who says raucous…? Right.

The flappers, and like jazz music…

The flapper, the big city, you know…

Yeah, I can see it.

…raucous nights out… Okay. John Henry, are you going to go raucous?

Oh, I don’t know… I mean, yeah, I like the raucous part, but…

It’s a pile on. Oh, my gosh…

Is that a pile on?

Where’s Mat when you need him to sing a song…?

I’m going to go with number four, the clown.

He’s not piling on. He’s playing the spread and he’s going with the clown. BMC, what are you going with?

Raucous.

He’s going raucous. Wow. Now, that’s a pile on right there…

Adding to George’s poor trauma… He never gets picked.

Young George’s mischievous childhood… Of course, we all do know that Angelica wrote that book about a movie… [laughter]

What gave it away…?

She duped all of you.

Practically had the entire script written.

It was a screenplay.

Yeah, it was a screenplay. [laughs] It was more of a review than even a synopsis. Good job, Angelica. Very well written. I enjoyed it from. It was a raucous night out. That was hers, nobody picked it. Scared straight short film… Alright, so one point for BMC. And the pile on - Angelica, Matthew and BMC were all out on for a raucous night out. John Henry did not pile on. Any thoughts as to why maybe he didn’t pick it? Well, because he wrote it…

Oh…!

Big time… Big time. Three points there. And he’s no clown. He’s got the right answer as well. He got two, because the actual synopsis of He Who Gets Slapped is “A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous baron who once betrayed him.”

Wow…

How’d you know that, John Henry?

Well, my grandfather wrote the screenplay…

[01:00:13.17] [laughs]

I’m just kidding. No, it just seemed like nobody would add a clown into theirs unless they were like – it’s just like, it’s not quite funny, but it’s kind of like too weird to… You wouldn’t add that to make it like “Oh no, that’s not what a movie is about.” So I was like “Okay, that’s just weird enough…”

Good thinking. Yeah, there’s no clown inclinations in the title at all, and it’s not quite weird enough to be funny… But it is weird enough to be the actual synopsis of a 1924 movie, and a big score. So you got three for foolering, and two for getting it correct, so that’s a five point round.

Wow…

And BMC is the only other person that scored that round with one.

Big score.

So - big score, bringing you into first place with nine points, passing Matthew with eight, BMC with seven, Angelica with five, me with four, Adam with one. Still anybody’s game there…

Oh, I’ve got the bonus point for getting the side quest.

You drilled the side quest. How many points do you get for knowing that BMC wrote that one?

At least a half a point, you know?

Alright, we’ll give you a half…

Sweet.

Adam with 1.5.

1.3. Let’s go down to 1.3.

Okay, we’ll give you a third. 1.3 repeating decimal.

Break: [01:01:34.27]

We move now to round six, where the word for round six is penumbra.

So back to the original definition…

That’s correct. This is a regular round. Penumbra, spelled P-E-N-U-M-B-R-A. And you can submit to me your definitions whenever you have them.

I have to think of how to how to word mine.

Clearly it’s not correct then, is it?

That’s up to Jerod to decide, miss… [laughs]

I think it’s actually up to the Oxford Dictionary to decide… Mister…

Oxford can’t even decide where to place a comma, so we don’t talk to them.

Haah…!

Well, you are talking about American English, as opposed to the actual English, so…

Aren’t you in America?

Yes… Does that mean I have to adhere to your grammatical errors? No…

Excuse me, I don’t make grammatical errors.

Excuse me. No, you just say “like” 52 times within an hour…

Listen, okay? I tried… [laughter]

[01:03:43.15] Alright, we have six definitions for penumbra, one of which is the correct definition… And three points before the round begins goes to Matthew. He has the correct definition. He knows what a penumbra is. So you’re going to sit this one out. Congrats. You’ve already scored three. And we go now to five definitions. Number one, “An area in which something exists to a lesser or uncertain degree.” Number two, “The largest in a list of numbers.” Number three, “The second to final stage of a nerve receptor’s lifecycle.” Number four, “What’s the matter with you, huh? Penumbra.” Number five, “A geographical or astrological term for a peninsula or a concave piece of land that is in shade on the planet.” Angelica goes first… Which one do you think is a penumbra?

I think I’m between the second one…

Which was the largest in a list of numbers…

Yes, like the penultimate… Penumbra. That resonated with my brain. I’m just going to go with that one. Now that I’m talking it through in my brain, it’s resonating.

Okay. She’s locking that one in. Okay. Now we go to – or we skip Matthew, because he’s correct, and we go to BMC.

Could you say the first three again?

Number one was an area in which something exists to a lesser or uncertain degree. Number two was the largest in a list of numbers. And number three was the second to final stage of a nerve receptor’s lifecycle.

My knowledge of prefixes is getting in my way.

I hate it when that happens…

Me too… Thank you. No one ever says that.

[laughs]

The first one.

The first one. Okay. BMC picks an area in which something exists to a lesser or an uncertain degree.

That means nothing.

We go now to John Henry.

I’m going to go with the largest number. That seems the most logical.

Okay. Piling on with Angelica. Going now to Adam…

Angelica chose her own. Let’s see here…

She says she didn’t.

I refute that claim.

No one puts a baby in the corner. Or in the shadows…

Oh…

I’m going with the shadow.

Where are you putting babies?

In the sha– in the penumbra…

In the penumbra. What’s the matter with you, huh? Penumbra. Obviously…

Which number is the shadow?

I don’t know. Five, or something. Six.

It was the last one.

The peninsula, with the shadow occurring deep within the jungle…

Gotcha. Alright, so Adam goes to that one. Alright, so we’ll start right there. Adam thought Angelica picked her own, but then Adam picked Angelica’s. That was –

See, I was just trying to help you out, Angelica. I just cut you down, put you right back up. That’s the way I do it.

I appreciate it.

Angelica thought it was the largest in a list of numbers… So did John Henry… That’s because he wrote it, so he gets one point for fooling one person.

I knew someone was going with their own. This tactic is not getting old.

You used that tactic.

One time. First round. Just to open it up. Let you know it could be possible.

Just showing you the possibilities.

That’s right. I’m here to teach you how to play the game.

Thanks, man.

I’m simply level one. I’m level one.

And BMC thought it was an area in which something exists to a lesser or uncertain degree. That is a penumbra. So two points for BMC. That’s one of the definitions. The other one is a partial shadow caused when an object does not completely block a light source. That’s what Matthew wrote down.

Oh, dang…

Or the diffuse outer part of a sunspot… Maybe – you were really close, Angelica. That’s why you convinced –

I knew it was some shadowy thing. I half-knew it, and I couldn’t remember what the actual…

So close you tricked somebody. Penumbra.

Like umbrella?

Like umbrella.

[01:07:50.27] No, this one was an interesting one… I knew this one immediately when you wrote it, for two reasons. One, I knew my prefix and suffix here. Thank you, Pokemon. Umbreon. Espeon. And then also, when I was doing lighting for my kitchen, when I was placing lights for the ceiling and finding out where to do it, there’s always that secondary shadow that’s cast under the cabinets… And I wanted to minimize that as much as possible, and I was like “How do I do that?” And that’s where I found that term.

Gotcha.

And I was like “Oh, that’s what that secondary shadow is called.”

It is a science. Kitchen lighting is a science.

So yeah, that’s what it is.

Yeah. No penumbras in my house.

That’s right.

What’s the matter with you, huh? [laugher]

Yeah, I’m not sure what Adam wrote there… “What’s the matter with you, huh? Penumbra.” Can you explain the logic on that one?

Just make y’all laugh a little bit, you know?

Gotcha. Oh, yeah. It got a laugh. Alright, so three points for Matthew, two for BMC, one for Angelica, one for John Henry… Bringing Matthew into first place with 11, John Henry with 10, BMC with nine, Angelica with six, me with four, and Adam with 1.3, repeating decimal. Alright, we’re getting late in the game now… Round seven of a potential 10 rounds. This is a different round. It’s called “How do you do, fellow humans?” Because I have went out to ChatGPT and given it a prompt, and it has responded. I wrote down its response. Your job is to act as if you are fellow humans and fellow ChatGPTers, and write your own response to this prompt. The prompt is “Create a new word in the world of science fiction and give it a one sentence definition. It should be both interesting and memorable.” So I’ve written down ChatGPT’s response… You will write down your response as if you are a ChatGPT, to this prompt. Put it in the chat, I’ll read it again for our listener… Create a new word in the world of science fiction, and give it a one-sentence definition. It should be both interesting and memorable.

Are y’all thinking, or done already?

Thinking…

They’re thinking. I have zero submissions.

Oh, okay.

[laughs] I love this game.

Adam’s making himself laugh. “What’s the matter with you, huh? Penumbra.” Is that supposed to be read in the Rocky voice? [laughter] Oh, if I can’t get me, I get Jerod.

[laughs] Oh, gosh… Oh, no…

It’s gonna be a good round.

Oh, no…

You have to enunciate it. Okay?

Nope… Oh, it’s gonna be a tough one, to read all these… Gotta play it straight.

Oh, I’m crying. I’m crying.

Oh, this one’s hard, I’m not gonna lie to you. This one’s really hard.

Good. A little challenge for your Tuesday afternoon…

I’m gonna keep going there, Jerod, I’m just gonna maybe augment it a little bit, okay?

Are you gonna change it now?

Well, I’m gonna go the same direction, I just didn’t do a good job.

Okay… [laughter] Angelica, you just submitted a second one, or you just clarified it for me?

I just thought it would be fun… [laughter]

She’s like “I just came back for more…”

I just added a supplementary meme.

I do like that meme.

It’s like illustrative.

Am I supposed to include that in your actual…?

It’s up to you. I’ll give you creative discretion.

Okay.

This is at your discretion, Jerod. You just go whichever direction you want to go, okay? I just need you to enunciate. Remember, enunciate.

[01:12:02.17] I was so close to writing a description of a new word that was fit with my favorite sticker on my water bottle…

It looks like Krang.

It kind of does look – from Ninja Turtles?

Yeah.

Yeah.

But it’s stuck in a Game Boy…

Oh yeah, it does. Yeah.

Why? Where? Why –

Just for like funsies… It makes me laugh.

It is funny, but where’d you get it?

Yeah. I also have a [unintelligible 01:12:29.03]

What do they sell there?

[unintelligible 01:12:33.06]

She just answered that one straight.

This one was actually made by the [unintelligible 01:12:40.08]

Have you seen that one thing – it’s a worm, or tiger tail… It’s a thing, you know? Is it a worm, or is it a tiger tail?

I have seen that. I’m not very good at guessing, though. I feel like if I could touch it, I could tell.

Yeah.

Definitely.

Alright. We have six potential real responses from ChatGPT. Only one of them is the real response. To the prompt, “Create a new word in the world of science fiction and give it a one-sentence definition. It should be both interesting and memorable.” Response number one, neuroforge. A noun. A clandestine device implanted in the cerebral cortex, that allows its user to overwrite memories with synthetic experiences, blurring the line between reality and engineered perception.

Number two, “I would be happy to. Here’s a new word for you. Osobuna, a spherical shield around itself that is completely impenetrable and indestructible to everything.” Number three, “Great idea. How about Zinnus - a rare plant with mystical healing properties. That could provide a sci-fi spin on a familiar story element.” Number four, “Darlorgon, the powerful hybrid offspring of a rogue Dalric and a Gorgon.” [laughs] Sorry. “Their union was born…” [laughs] Sorry… “Their union was born out of both love and due to the potent essence of the Gorgon spit–” [laughs] Sorry… “As reproductive properties. This has resulted in a uniquely resilient new species within the matrix.” Number five, “Certainly. Here’s your new science fiction word that’s both interesting and memorable. Aplerite. The treatment of a porous substance to fill all its vessels and create a single entity. Let me know if you’d like more words. I can even use it in a sentence for you.” And number six, “Jaggies. Comfortable pants for remote working. A play on jeggings.” [laughter]

Okay, there’s six, frankly, spectacular responses by ChatGPT wannabes… And we’ll see who’s who. Angelica, you get to pick first. Which one do you like the most?

Can I hear –

One through six? [laughter]

Do you want to hear number four again? Darlorgon?

Three and four, please.

Okay, three and four. Three says “Great idea. How about Zinnus?” Or Zynus? It’s Z-I-N-N-U-S. A rare plant with mystical healing properties that could provide a sci-fi spin on a familiar story element. And number four was Darlorgon, the powerful hybrid offspring of a rogue Dalric and a Gorgon. Their union was born out of both love and due to the potent… [laughter] And due to the potent essence of the Gorgon’s spit and its reproductive properties. This has resulted in a uniquely resilient new species within the matrix.

[01:16:08.20] That one.

That one. [laughter] Okay, Angelica goes for that one. Matthew.

Can you repeat one and two?

Yes. One was Neuroforge, a clandestine device implanted in the cerebral cortex, that allows its user to overwrite memories with synthetic experiences blurring the line between reality and engineered perception. And number two says “I would be happy to. Here’s a new word for you. Osobuna - a spherical shield around itself, that is completely impenetrable and indestructible to everything.”

Number three.

Alright, he’s going for number three, which is the Zinnus. We go now to BMC.

Were there five or six? There were six. Can I hear the last two?

Yeah. The last two… Number five says “Certainly. Here’s your new science fiction word that’s both interesting and memorable. Aplerate or Aplurate. A-P-L-U-R-A-T-E. The treatment of a porous substance to fill all its vessels and create a single entity. Let me know if you’d like more words. I can even use it in a sentence for you.” And number six is “Jaggies.

Comfortable pants for remote working. A play on jeggings.” Which may be familiar, because you wrote pants down previously.

I wrote pants down?

Didn’t you?

Oh, yeah. I wrote pants, down.

Yeah, you did.

Or the first two.

[laughs] I will now summarize, because I cannot do this again. Neuroforge was the first one, and the second one was Osobuna.

And the third one?

The third one was Zinnus.

Do you want the fourth one, too? Because you’re just missing that one.

The one that had the – yeah, I’ll do the fourth one. I probably know which one that is. Wait, what’s the fifth? Oh, no, no, no…

[laughs] You asked for the fifth?

Aplurate…

Aplurate… Which was the one that had the “I’d be so happy to put that in a sentence for you”?

Oh. Well, there’s a few of those. So number five said “Certainly. Here’s your new science fiction word that’s both interesting and memorable.” Oh yeah, and it ends with “I could even use it in a sentence for you.”

I’m going to go with that one. It seems a little heavy handed on the ChatGPT speak, but also, I wanna.

Okay, we’ll give it to you. John Henry?

I think I’m gonna go – doesn’t have the ChatGPT speak, but number one is pretty solid.

Neuroforge?

Mm-hm…

Are you locking that in, or are you –

No, I’m going to switch it. I’m going to go with number three.

Number three. So we now have two people on that one. That’s the Zinnus. Adam, last to select. What are you liking? What are you thinking? What are you seeing? What are you doing?

I’m thinking deeply. Which one was the one that really got Angelica?

Like, made her laugh a lot? She really liked when I said their union was born out of both love and due to the potent essence of the Gorgon spit. That’s what got her. See? Got her again.

God, I hope that’s the one…

[laughs]

Lock that in.

Lock that in!

This is Jerod’s ChatGPT, right?

This is mine. Yeah.

Okay. Alright.

Well, it’s in a temporary chat, so it doesn’t have any context or memory.

Alright, six potential responses to the prompt about a science fiction word and a definition. Where do we begin? Where do we begin? Well, let’s begin right where we left off, which is the Gorgon spit… [laughs] Which is probably a pretty good show title, honestly. Gorgon Spit.

Oh gosh, I’m not so sure about that.

The powerful hybrid offspring of a rogue Dalric… Angelica, how did you come up with this?

I just thought of random sci-fi stuff. It’s actually Dalric… And Gorgon, and then the Matrix. I basically thought about what ChatGPT would define as sci-fi.

I see.

And then I just smidged it together with a little bit of spice.

[01:20:21.04] So I was pronouncing it wrong when I say Dalric?

Yeah. I was trying to go for Dalek. Like in Doctor Who.

Like from –

From Doctor Who…

Your own definition made you laugh that hard?

When you hear someone else say it… [laughs]

When you hear someone else say it…

Yeah, then it sounds weird.

It sounds really odd. When I wrote it, it was perfectly normal.

Well, you did convince Adam to select it, so you get a point there. Good job.

I called it Dargon.

Whatever you called it, I appreciate it.

Always just lending a hand around here.

Matthew… Let’s see here. Matthew and John Henry, they piled on to Zinnus. Is that how I should pronounce it, BMC? Zinnus?

They don’t care what you do…

He doesn’t care, but he made it up. That was BMC’s response.

Nice.

Two points for him. Nobody picked Jaggies, unfortunately… Nobody picked Osobuna…

That’s Osoboonaa. It’s more like “Osobu? Naah…” [laughter]

You should have put like a pronunciation guide in there for me…

I should have, but I figured you’d get it.

Oh, no… I can’t get that.

When you – you know, it’s O-S-O-B-O-O-N-A-H. Nah.

Osoboo? Nah…

Osoboo-nah…

I apologize. And then BMC picked Aplurate. Is that how you pronounce that one, Matthew? Aplurate?

Yup, that sounds right to me.

Okay, one point for you. Nobody picked Neuroforge. John Henry almost picked Neuroforge, but then he changed his mind. That was the correct response from ChatGPT.

Oh…!

So four points go to Jerod.

You know, I don’t know about four points go into you on this round… This is a fake round.