Off The Cuff - With 2oldNOLAchicks
We're Jill and Caroline. We tackle a new topic with every episode, and it's always... off the cuff! We never know until we begin recording what our topic will be, but with age comes wisdom, so we feel we have a lot to say! We hope you come along with us on this journey and we're confident you'll find us relatable!
Off The Cuff - With 2oldNOLAchicks
Off The Cuff - Social Media's Double-Edged Sword with 2oldNOLAchicks
Imagine growing up in a world where social media didn't exist, and then navigating today's always-connected reality. Through thought-provoking discussions and personal stories, we uncover how social media has transformed our lives. From providing solace to those with social anxiety to the pitfalls of comparing ourselves to curated online personas, we explore the nuanced impacts of this digital age. We emphasize the importance of recognizing that what we see online is often an incomplete picture of reality and remind ourselves that everyone's journey is unique.
Next, experience the power social media influencers wield in modern communication. We tackle the peculiar world of vague prayer requests and the phenomenon of "prayer gossip," shedding light on how social media can both support and deceive. Gen Z's adeptness at navigating these online spaces offers valuable insights for older generations, demonstrating the importance of staying informed to leverage social media's benefits, including community building and business promotion. Additionally, we highlight how internet personalities are breaking into mainstream recognition via platforms like YouTube, opening new doors for success and visibility.
Finally, we delve into the world of eating videos, a bizarre yet fascinating online trend. Unpack the psychological motivations and financial incentives behind YouTubers who consume large quantities of food on camera, and consider the health risks they face. We reflect on society's obsession with this content and share a tragic story of a YouTuber whose indulgence led to severe consequences. To wrap up, we offer essential tips for responsibly navigating social media and invite our listeners to contribute their ideas and follow us on Facebook at Off the Cuff with Two Old Nolichicks. Join us for this enlightening journey and let's continue the conversation together!
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Hi and welcome to the show. I'm Carolyn and I'm Jill, and this is Jill and Oli. This is Jill and Oli Chicks, and we are.
Speaker 2:We are off the cuff.
Speaker 1:That's right, kind of off. So what we do here is we pick from the hat the topic of the day and then we just talk about it off the cuff and we feel like it's a very raw and real way of getting information across. So you kind of get our initial impact without any kind of editing on it.
Speaker 2:Really, Exactly no time to think, really Right.
Speaker 1:Yep, right, so it's more authentic. So anyway, without further ado, we are going to pick from the hat and I'll go today. And, oh goodness, okay, today we have social media.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's a good one. That's a good one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, a lot to say about social media, yeah, so we both came from a time where there was no social media, so there's a lot to be said that I feel badly sometimes for my kids that they didn't get to experience not having it, because I think it it puts a lot of social pressure on kids today and on people, all people. Yeah, today for sure yeah, definitely, yeah.
Speaker 2:I'm very, very happy Jeff and I talked about this just the other day Very happy that I grew up when I did Social media. It's got its pros and cons right, but it can definitely be a huge distraction.
Speaker 1:Yes, for sure.
Speaker 2:And when we were kids, I mean, what was the distraction? There wasn't any. You were outside all day the phone Fighting over who got the phone. I guess that's true, yeah, so I'm sure they don't do anymore now. They all have their own thoughts. They all have their own thoughts, right, so yeah, but I feel like social media definitely has its good points and with that so many people, young and old, don't feel alone.
Speaker 1:So they might have a community online that they ordinarily wouldn't have, because maybe they can't get out of their house or maybe they're just really have a lot of anxiety and it's difficult for them to leave the house, or they have difficulty making friends and it's difficult for them to leave the house or they have difficulty making friends. But when they can be anonymous or just kind of invisible, it's easier for them and they can feel more like a normal person. Right, that's true.
Speaker 2:I feel like also on the flip side of that, it can make people feel inferior to other people you know and maybe not as worthy as other people, to other people you know and maybe not as worthy as other people you know. They see, they go online and they see people posting with these beautiful house or beautiful car, or I think we talked about that in an earlier episode. And it can kind of make people feel sometimes like, wow, what am I doing?
Speaker 1:I don't have those things, so yeah, Well, I think that people have always thought, you know, I can remember when my husband and I were first married and we would go for these walks in the neighborhood and we'd see people that were younger than us. You know, we had a lot of kids, so we were really tight budgets and we'd see people and they were like moving into this brand new, freshly built house and thinking what are a few comments? You know, must be nice, must be nice. But what they don't see is like just how long they saved and how many days a week she works. And I'm not saying they don't too, but I think sometimes we all assume, well, somebody, you must've gotten some money from somewhere. But really, most times, people just really work hard and they get that and that's what they decide to do with their money. Other people may decide that they're going to stay in a smaller house, but they want to go to Disney World five times a year. Right, and that's fine too. Yeah, yeah, for sure. You know absolutely so. And then it's.
Speaker 1:I think the hardest thing is and I remember my father getting really upset about this when we were kids that we had a relative who had borrowed $5,000 from my dad and we worked, believe me, seven days a week, 12 hours a day, in this shop he owned. And so next thing, you know the family that he lent the money to to like save their life because they didn't have any money, and dah, dah, dah, dah. You know he sees him out at Ruth Chris and you know they bought a new car and all this other stuff and my dad was so angry and it's not that he didn't lend money to people after that in his life, but I just remember, like just how salty he was about it to this relative. I don't think he ever forgave him, honestly forgave him. And it's the same thing with social media. I've lent people not a ton of money, but they've said, hey, we can't pay our rent or something like that, especially when I used to own my own business and we would help them with it. And then next thing, you know they were in Disney World, yeah, and we just felt like, oh my goodness, it didn't take away from us, because at that time in our life, you know we were doing really well, so it wasn't taking anything away from us, because at that time in our life you know we were doing really well, so it wasn't taking anything away from us, but we definitely weren't going to Disney World because we were always like, well, we need to save our money for a rainy day or what if something happens, which was our choice. It was our choice, we could have gone.
Speaker 1:But so social media shows that. And then if you say something, then they're calling you out on social media. They're essentially cursing you out like you're a selfish person and you're a terrible person, and it's like wait, right, exactly, dad did many years ago. But it wouldn't be like broadcast everywhere where people are calling you up saying, hey, what's going on with you and such and such. Why did they just say this about you on social media? Right, exactly?
Speaker 1:I wanted to say, you know, on a good point, though, it really helps with keeping up with things on the minute that happen to friends of yours or distant friends of yours.
Speaker 1:So we have some Mardi Gras friends who I don't see that often, but they'll come to our events, we'll go to their events, and their son was in a terrible car accident a few weeks ago. Oh, no, and you know, immediately they came on and said you know, please, everybody, good thoughts and prayers for our son. He damaged his C5, which is, you know, responsible for everything you know walk and arms and everything. And so he went into surgery. The next couple of days, they post on Facebook updates showing like his little by little getting his hand movement back and little by little learning to walk again, this 18-year-old kid who was supposed to start college this month. Yeah. So to see that every single day, it just reminds you to be grateful for your health, to be grateful that your children are safe. You to be grateful for your health, to be grateful that your children are safe, and then also just to have a knowing of appreciation for them, the family surrounding their son with love and helping him to get better and keeping him in your prayers.
Speaker 1:Just tell us specifically what you want us to pray for, because that really aggravates me. The whole thing of. I'm really angry about this. If you would pray for me all day. Need to know what it is.
Speaker 2:Right. The one that gets me is the one that says unspoken prayer request. That drives me nuts. No offense to anybody that I know that does that, but it drives me nuts, Right, you know, it's like just tell us what it is Right, or the prayer gossip, as I call it.
Speaker 1:Please, everyone, can you please pray for my friend who is currently cheating on her husband because he cheated on her and I really want their family to stay together. And I just mean this in all the best ways, because I'm like, come on, girl, you know you just want to give that dirt.
Speaker 2:It's like, yeah, just say it Right, we don't need all that prayer gossip. But social media is really good for things like that. If you, you know, I have a good friend that I grew up with. We went to high school together. Their parents still live right behind my parents. They had moved to Houston after Katrina and her husband not too long ago. He had a stroke and he was not doing well and she was, you know, asking and she was very specific on what she wanted people to pray for. She was like a list, yeah, but it was really good for that because she had so many people praying for her husband you know, and fortunately he did recover from that.
Speaker 2:So social media is really good for things like that. Yeah, you know, and letting people know, keeping people updated on stuff, well like anything, it can be abused. Absolutely.
Speaker 1:Like abused, absolutely Like anything.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. You know, of course. You know they have older people and younger people who have been scammed, catfished and, thank goodness, now people have more of an awareness to it. So they'll ask questions. I'll get messages sometimes and I'll bring it to my today 17 old daughter and I'll say to her hey, what do you think about this? And she'll be like, okay, no, look at this and this and this. And she's not saying it in a demeaning way to me, she's very understanding where I'm coming from. And she says, yes, I know that sounds like a great offer, but look at where they're coming from and why would you want that kind of thing? So the Gen Zs are a wonderful resource, most definitely, boy. They know their stuff.
Speaker 1:There's some little smart crackerjacks there. You know, I just happen to have two of them, so they help me navigate everything, but and then sometimes I help them navigate it.
Speaker 1:They don't know things. No-transcript. I have to know how to set up Google, Meet and so just little things like that, much less social media and knowing how to go on there and answer questions and get into your messages and all that. So I mean, I encourage everybody, whether you're young or old. This isn't going away, Right? So you don't have to get into it and get on social media and post every day. You don't have to do that, but you do have to be aware of it and understand it so that it cannot take advantage of you.
Speaker 2:And so that you can use it to your advantage, because there are advantages.
Speaker 1:Oh, fantastic advantages. People become millionaires. Oh, absolutely, On social media, selling their stuff on social media and people are I mean it's crazy.
Speaker 2:It's like people have become famous who otherwise you would never know they existed, right? Because of social media and for crazy stuff. Yeah, I feel like you're talking about me, carolyn. No, no, I was actually thinking about broccoli mom, I'm sitting right here, but it's true, you know. I mean, it's like a crazy phenomenon. Yeah, it is, but it's not going away. No, it's just going to increase, right?
Speaker 1:Right. So that's why I'm saying educate yourself, like you're learning how to tie your shoes, and that you will need to know this for the rest of your life, and when new ties come, learn how to tie those too and keep up with it. You will have to, and it's just not that difficult. I mean you have to understand, like five-year-olds know how to do this Exactly. It's not that difficult. So if little kids can learn how to do this, then older people can learn how to do this Right, and it's a very big benefit to know it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so you're not taken advantage of, or that hey that you can get into a community and maybe not be lonely. Yeah, or maybe sell your products, whatever it is, but it's not going away. No, definitely not. Mom and pop corner grocery, hopefully, will always be around. But if they advertise sales on Facebook or on Instagram, tiktok, whatever it is, wherever their following is, and they say we're having a sale on apples today, then you're going to get business coming in to get your sale on apples. That's all there is to it. So I say use it to your advantage.
Speaker 2:Most definitely. And the other thing, too, is that I don't know if you've noticed do you stream a lot or do you have cable? Yeah, we got it all, girl, got it all All. We do a stream, that's okay. We don't have. We do cable. Yeah, when we moved um six years ago, we got rid of the cable. But what I've noticed lately is that, with the commercials, there's a lot of commercials with people that are on youtube like YouTubers that have just gotten so big that they're in commercials now, which that's a great thing. I think you know that's such a huge step in a different direction. I mean those people. You can, like you said, you can make money in ways that you could have never made money right.
Speaker 1:You can make money doing something that you really enjoy, doing something that you're really good at that maybe I mean, look, look, look at the phenomenon of taylor swift oh, that's okay, crazy self-made, got on her little guitar, played her little songs before any managers ever heard them. She had a following that she created herself and, you know, I think she works very hard. I think she deserves to be where she's at. But youtubers and self-starters you know, I think she works very hard. I think she deserves to be where she's at. But YouTubers and self-starters you know, these are people who maybe don't have the look Hollywood would want, they don't have the voice Hollywood would want, but the public loves them and they work hard. They work harder than people with managers and directors and producers and all that kind of stuff. They are all of that and so they're putting together their shows. They're a lot of times editing their own shows or having to hire somebody for that.
Speaker 1:So I have just so much respect for that for people who have made it on YouTube, because they have really made it themselves, they've worked really hard for that and consequently, I think that a lot of the status of what we knew growing up is like oh, the movie stars, the celebrities I just don't think people care as much anymore. I don't either. I think that's like a dying breed, like who cares? We don't care what you think, right, you know? I mean it's just all coming around and like again, because of social media, we are now learning about just how all of that works and I think that people have lost respect for it in a lot of ways.
Speaker 1:Look, I still love, I still have my people that I just love watching and making movies and I love watching movies and I credit them. So I'm not like downing celebrities or movie stars or anything like that, or definitely not sitcom actors. I mean I still love to sit there and laugh and so I'm not downing that because I don't want to down anybody. But I just think that when you take somebody like that that has been lifted up, like no, you have to like this person and you're like, okay, well, I mean I kind of didn't, but okay, I can kind of see it. And then you think over the years like, okay, I guess I do like them, compared to someone who, ground zero, with one follower, day after day, gets in there and plugs away and gets their own audience, my gosh, give them the award.
Speaker 2:Exactly, and it's not easy to put content out all the time. It's not, it's a job, it's a full-time job, it is. And another one you're talking about Taylor Swift. Another one is Justin Bieber. I can remember, before anybody knew who he was, I came across his YouTube channel years and years ago. He was just a little kid. His mom was filming him playing guitar in their house. You know, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I mean you know. And then there are people who have millions of followers on YouTube, who explore abandoned buildings. Right, it's crazy stuff. They love that scary stuff. But I think it's great that people can go out and do what they really enjoy doing whether it's singing and playing guitar or whether it's exploring abandoned places or whatever it is and you can really do something with that. Yeah, you know, and people are interested in it.
Speaker 1:I find that from I'll just mention it because I'm going to mention us the nickel tree which I have on TikTok, and it's just about scary stories. And so it's the phenomenon of the scary stories, and so everything that I do, I always do put too much thought into it, like why, why do they want to know about these scary stories? You know, like they really have, you know, happened to me or happened to friends, or sometimes people send me their stories. But I think it's that wanting well, two things One, diversion of thought. You know they don't want to think about politics or religion or their mama being mad at them, they just want a diversion. That's the first thing. And then it's the exploration of the unknown, or the past and why these things have happened.
Speaker 1:And so I think, as far as social media goes, any kind of story or, like you said, looking at abandoned buildings, I know I look at that, like when I see a YouTube thing, oh, look at that. You know what's that big old mansion just sitting, and immediately I'm creating the story in my head what happened to the family and this kind of thing? Or did they lose all their money? Or did the husband kill everybody? I mean'm going to id. You know right exactly exactly.
Speaker 2:So it's like, uh, you know, unsolved mysteries, the show yeah it was huge. Yeah, back in well, and I think they've recreated it also. Yeah, it's like new now and people just love the, the unknown, they do, they love it, I love it yeah, I do too, and it just sparks.
Speaker 1:It sparks interest in your brain that you're not met with on an ordinary day. So on an ordinary day somebody's not going to come and say, hey, do you want to talk about? In florida they just saw three ufos 1985. That's not going to come up. You know now, if it was last night and it was on the news, then maybe they'd say something like that.
Speaker 1:But most of the time, like on like a show, like Unsolved Mysteries, it's bringing up things that happened in the past and so people feel very safe hearing it, right. Where they're not safe with something that happened last night, they're scared, right, that's very true, you know. So if you said the same thing, we're interviewing this man. He saw these Martians last night. They landed here. Here's the black mark on the ground where they landed. We're interviewing the guy. He's all shook up. He's like, look, I got this pellet in my hand, right, you really are kind of like okay, we don't want to, but when you have a, they're unsolved mysteries, but they're solved as far as well. That was a long time ago, right, or that was last year, so I can safely tell this story now.
Speaker 2:Right, you know I was just the other day. It's weird that we're talking about this. I was thinking about the Bermuda Triangle and how that's just weird. And have you heard anything about the Bermuda Triangle lately?
Speaker 1:No, no Years ago, oh, when we were growing up.
Speaker 2:It was all the time you go on a cruise you're going in. Yeah, you're never coming out. Whether you're on an airplane or a cruise or whatever, if you go in, you're not coming out. What happened to that? Where did it? What does it just? Does it not work like that anymore? I don't know. I don't know. I want to know. But I want to know, right Like.
Speaker 1:I want to know. Right, it'd be interesting to look up an unsolved mystery. You can probably find it on YouTube, by the way. I'm sure we're like advertising YouTube today, but YouTube is just getting bigger and bigger, bigger than TV. Oh yeah, I mean, for goodness sakes, they have people you know sitting on there and look and again, I'm not.
Speaker 1:I think, any way, people want to live or make their money is fine, but you know, my kids have introduced me to over the past few months, like the people who sit there and eat on camera for a living, and so you know some people. Maybe they were just used to eating anyway, but there's this couple on there and of course he was here to ask the name, but there's this couple on there that they started off like skinny and they just eat on there, and the girl, the girl's probably four or five hundred pounds now. Oh, my gosh, that's not good. And I think to myself, my goodness, people pay so much money to have the reverse happen, whether it be in the shots now, which are a miracle in itself, or gastric bypass or whatever to see somebody literally on camera destroying their life. Yeah, that's not cool. It's upsetting to me because I know what the going down is going to be like.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, but you know, the people who are doing it, the YouTubers who are making those videos, are probably thinking we're making a lot of money doing this For now, right, and there's going to come a point when they're going to be like why, why did we do?
Speaker 1:this Right, and I think they think because they were both really thin. I think the guy was like a personal trainer when they started and they're probably thinking well, when we get ready to lose the weight, then we'll do a show on losing it.
Speaker 1:But once you get into a sugar trap. It's very difficult to separate yourself from that, and so I mean I at one point lost 100 pounds in my life from that. And so I mean I've at one point lost a hundred pounds in my life and it was very difficult to, in time after time, trying after trying, after trying of getting off of that, so to watch that, for whatever reason that and they're young, and so this can't last forever. You're either going to die from overeating, which they just had a girl die. She had, I think, 22 pounds of food she was an eater online, yeah and her stomach burst and she died. Wow, yeah, I think I don't want to say she was Asian, I'm not sure what country she was from.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, she was a big, big YouTuber.
Speaker 1:Pretty big. Yeah, I have to look that up. Yeah, I think it was just like a day ago or two days ago that I saw that. But you're either gonna die from that or you're gonna have to lose weight. Yeah, and either way it's not pretty yeah, I don't.
Speaker 2:I don't, because there are youtubers that I watch that do that, and some of them are the ones that you know they eat tons, right, just like this girl that you're talking about. And some of them are just the ones that eat in their car and yeah, oh, I'm looking, I have this, the new chick-fil-a, and they're trying it out, or yeah, right, but I always wonder. There's this one girl I watch, katrina eats kilos and I've been watching her since she started out, basically, and she's huge now, she and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend is Randy. What's his last name? I can't think of his last name, but he was already huge, like millions of subscribers. But they've gone all over the world, traveled all over the world doing these eating challenges, right, and she's my height, your height, we're the same height, I think 5'2", 5'3", and she's little. I swear I don't know where it goes. Where does the food go? I mean, she'll eat, like if this whole table was covered with food, she would eat it all. I don't understand it. Like, how does it work?
Speaker 1:I don't all. I don't understand it. How does it work? I don't know. I don't know where they put it, but I can tell you one thing she's stretching her stomach out Definitely, and it gets all stretched out. That's when they do gastric bypass and they take out half your stomach and that kind of thing. And there's going to come a time where it's like okay, I'm doing these eating challenges and then during the week I don't eat anything. Maybe that's what she does. But there's going to come a time where she's starving because her body really is starving. Her stomach cannot be filled up because her stomach is all stretched out. Now I believe that your stomach can also come back in and unstretch, so I'm not saying that can't happen if you diet and exercise and that kind of thing.
Speaker 1:So I'm not saying that can't happen if you diet and exercise and that kind of thing, but because at one point in my life I was 100 pounds overweight. It's difficult for me to understand why somebody would purposely do that just for money, because there are people who no amount of money in the world would. I mean like they'd give up all money if they could just lose weight. Yeah, exactly. So to see somebody who were doing this for the money to eat, and it's like oh my goodness, yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 2:It's crazy. And the other thing is, not only can you potentially gain a lot of weight, like you're saying, but you can get a myriad of other health problems from eating all that kind of stuff all the time. And I'm sure they don't eat it every day. They must have some kind of normal diet. But let's say you're doing it once a week. You're eating 15 pounds of food, junk food, once a week. They can't, your body can't go forever without having health problems with that. No, I mean it just can't Right.
Speaker 1:And you and I both know at our age you kind of discover like hey, this is the only body I'm getting, Exactly Like, you can have things repaired and you can do plastic surgery and you can but inside, this is the only heart you're getting.
Speaker 1:Unless you have a heart transplant right and that's no piece of cake, you may not live from that. But unless you have a transplant or something, this is what you're given and you have to take care of it right, and so it's for that. I'm going to place that in the bad social media, because it's entertaining, or even interesting, maybe, to watch, but when you think about the influence that it would have on society, it's to me not a good thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I agree. I mean my diet is I mean, you know I'm vegan all organic. I mean I don't eat, but that comes from my health anxiety, you know Right. But I also like when I turned 50, when I turned 50 was about the time that I changed my diet, Because I went into my 50s thinking, okay, I'm not getting any younger here, it's just going to keep going. So I need to do everything that I can so that when I'm in my 80s I'm still rocking. So there have been for me. There are a lot of people online that I follow because they're inspirational to me. But as far as these people that we're talking about the eaters and all that kind of stuff, I find it freaking fascinating. I agree, I don't know why. Like what is it? Can you tell me? Like what is it about somebody sitting in their car eating McDonald's that makes you want to watch it?
Speaker 1:Okay, I don't know about the McDonald's one. I don't know about the McDonald's one, but I will tell you about the one of just watching somebody sit there and eat and eat, and eat and eat, and why we're so fascinated with. I think it's the same reason why we're fascinated with Unsolved Mysteries. It is the process of our mind of the unknown of not understanding it because it is out of the ordinary. So we're trying to understand it. I'm sitting there and I'm trying to understand why are you doing this baby, like, did you have a bad childhood, you know? Or did you need money that much? Or are you not thinking ahead, like I just want to shake him, but still fascinated by the whole thing? But it is that in our minds of the unknown that is the most fascinating and the most luring to us. Yeah, I agree with that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so, that's what I've been.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, that makes sense. Yeah, because I often sit. And now I know, because I often sit and watch these videos and I think to myself why, why do I love this so much? I don't eat this stuff, right? Why do I want to watch somebody else eat it, right?
Speaker 1:But if somebody else, if somebody saw you because you're very thin, and if somebody saw you they'd probably be you're sitting there judging them and it's not that at all, not at all. We're watching for the same reasons other people watch it. It's just like this fascination of the unknown. Yeah, what the heck is going on? This is unnatural to eat this amount and it also debukes all of the rationale of the doctor now on 600-pound life.
Speaker 1:It debukes all of it when you see somebody purposely doing it, it says wait a minute, these people are eating because they want to eat. There doesn't have to be some bad thing that happened to them in their life for their childhood or anything like that. They are choosing to do this Now. Like I told you, I was 100 pounds overweight at one time, so I know what it's like to be in a sugar cycle and I know how hard it is to come off of that. And because most of the people I see doing this are pretty young, they don't know what's coming for them yet and I just want to give them a warning like please, I'm begging you, stop now, because death or having to lose it is kind of close. It's really a tough challenge when you have to lose that amount of weight.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, it's easy and fun to put it on, but getting it off is a whole other ballgame.
Speaker 1:I don't think they're taking that as seriously, but anyway, I think that is dangerous, fascinating and probably more coming oh for sure.
Speaker 2:I think that aspect of social media the eating is growing like nothing else. Yeah. I really do, because I just see video after video and it's funny because you can tell the people who are jumping on that bandwagon to try to get subscribers and followers and make money, because they're just not. Yeah, there are some people that are really good at it, but it's very difficult to keep up with, most definitely.
Speaker 1:And so when they realize, wait, I have to feel sick every day, right, it's going to get old real fast, yeah. So I think that's why you can really only find a few of them that really are consistent and continue to do this, because it is not a natural process, so you really have to and you think, oh, it's fun. Look, they just ate a whole pie. I'd like to eat a whole pie, but would you want to eat a whole pie every day?
Speaker 2:I'd like to eat a whole pie.
Speaker 1:Every day, yeah, no, and then your muscles start hurting you and your bones start hurting you and have to start taking medication.
Speaker 2:I just don't understand it, I don't, and it was crazy. And it's funny because Jeff, you know, jeff is a big guy, he's 6'2", 260 or whatever, and we'll be watching a video because he'll watch YouTube from the sofa you know on the TV and we'll be watching something, somebody eat all kinds of food and he'll be like like I couldn't even eat a quarter of that.
Speaker 2:He's a big dude and you have these tiny, tiny little people. I don't get it. I don't understand. I swear, I don't know where it goes. And I understand that the stomach can stretch, but, like you said, this one girl, her stomach burst, it burst, yeah. I mean, I guess that's, and I often have wondered if something like that could happen. Yeah, I guess it can.
Speaker 1:I just found it strange that she died from that because, again, like we've watched 600-lb Life thousands of times, my daughter and I and none of them, none of their stomachs are burst and the amount of food they eat is incredible. This is true, yeah. So I'm sure they're sitting there at home wondering how did that happen? But of course, you know there's the opposite end of the spectrum where you have people who are going on TV, going to Texas to meet Dr Now to lose weight, and I'm sure they're looking at these people like what are you doing? If in your mind, you have a choice, which they do too, but don't do it.
Speaker 1:But money is transient in your life. Just because you make a million dollars this year doesn't mean it's going to be there next year, exactly Anything can happen and bad choices even if you invest the money, it could be bad investments and then you lose the money and that kind of thing. You always have to stay humble and kind, because you just never know and social media exposes you to the entire world who can then be, they can cancel you, which in a heartbeat. In a heartbeat, you say one thing wrong and or do one thing wrong and they're like, yeah, they did this and this. I'm not seeing it as much this year. It could still be, but I think it got to be so out of control that people you know were like, okay, this is out of control, we can't do this anymore.
Speaker 1:But I mean, social media does expose you and if you do not have a team, like, let's say, justin Bieber behind you saying no, it was this, or introducing a new book he just wrote about how to help the homeless you know, I'm not saying he did, but I've seen that before Right. And if you don't have a team, which none of us do, how do you get out of that? There's really no way of getting out of that. I mean, you can go on there and say I'm really sorry. You know, I didn't mean to say it like that, but sometimes it sticks. So, anyway, I mean I think we can wrap up today. I think we had a good show and talked about the good and the bad of social media.
Speaker 2:It's here to stay, yeah, so learn how to use it and when you do, be careful and be very careful and if you have any topics that you want to throw our way, you can email us at twooldnolichicks at gmailcom. You can also follow us on Facebook. Off the Cuff with Two Old Nolichicks.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely, and we'll see you out on social media. That's it. Have a great day. Bye-bye.