Our First Live Podcast | Trash Taste #154
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Welcome back to another episode of the Trash Taste Podcast. I'm your host Joey for today. And joining me as always is Gant and Connor and DreamHack Melbourne as well. What's up guys?

Yeah, it is good to be back in Australia. Honestly, I like it. This is our second time in Australia, right? And the first time I came to Australia, I was like, okay, instantly vibe with the culture, the people here. I want to come back. And it's been like how many months since we went to Smash? One year. Yeah, almost a year. But that was Sydney, right? That doesn't count. That doesn't count.

Melbourne, Melbourne's better, right guys? Can I get a bunch of hands if you're local here in Melbourne? Did anyone fly in from Sydney for this? I saw one hand right there. You're in the wrong place, man. I'm so sorry. I feel like, you know, that meme of the guy standing in the corner of a club and he's like, they don't know I'm from Sydney as well.

No, but I must say, like, I think, you know, I have some family here now who have, like, moved to Melbourne and stuff, so I've had, like, a lot more of an opportunity to actually come to Melbourne. And I've got to say, yeah, Melbourne, you guys fucking rock. Like...

Where are you saying you're betraying your home city right now Joey? I mean, I think I betrayed them when I moved to Japan, right? That was a betrayal in and of itself. But yeah, what would your dad think if he if you told him that well It's funny you say that because before I was born both my parents actually lived in Melbourne. I think they lived in Docklands so Yes. Yeah, I know

So my parents have been like trying to figure out, I think their plan is like, oh, you know, now that the kids are out of the house and like once I retire, I'm going to be like, oh, see you Sydney. I'm fucking going back to Melbourne. So yeah. So eventually you might see my mom and dad around here.

Would you be wild? Say hi, guys. I feel like my dad has just become a character in Trash Taste Law now. Your dad's just a character in general. He is a character. He's one of the most Aussie blokes I've ever met in my life. I want to hang out with him again, man. I want to hang out with him again. I'm excited to see him again. But it's funny, I remember Gant saying the first time Gant and Connor came to Australia in Sydney, there was a bit of Australian patriotism

You know, just being like, "Okay, some of my best friends in my home country, I kind of want to know what they feel about Australia, right?" So I remember I said to them, I was like, "How did you guys like Sydney? How did you guys like Australia?" And I think Gant put it best in a rare display of British optimism. He said, he's like, "You know, the only complaint that I have is that I have nothing to complain about."

And then you were like, it's like, it's like, uh, you said that something along the lines of like, Australia is like, uh, the UK, except everyone's happy. Yeah. Yeah. It's unfair. This should have been us. Hey man, you're the ones that brought us here. Yeah, exactly. It wasn't supposed to be this way. Why do we have, why, why like the outside right now when it's raining, I was like, wow, this is great weather in the UK. Yeah.

Yeah, so we were doing the Trash Taste Cafe earlier today. Did any of you guys go?

Yeah, so I remember the number one thing that people asked me when it started raining was that, "Oh, you must be cold right now, right?" And I'm like, "No, I'm at home right now. This is great." But yeah, the first thing that I noticed about Australia when I came here, I just had the instant realization of, "Oh, this is what British people could be like if we had good weather."

I'm like, you guys are like England and the UK except you were just like taken to the next level. You guys are actually happy. I'm so jealous. What was, I remember at Smash in Sydney, it was like the first day and it was like, you know, kind of overcast. Like there was some clouds in the sky but, you know, still good weather, you know, nice and sunny. And I remember you were talking to like a fan at the con and I overheard the fan being like, oh yeah, you know, I know it's your first time in Sydney, blah, blah, blah, but yeah, you know, apologies for the shit weather.

And you just like looked at him like, "This is shit weather?" What are you talking about? I like how our podcast has just become, "So the weather." Yeah, right. That's what we talk about. I was, because I had no idea what we're going to talk about today. I was in the, when we were in our room earlier, I was like Googling like things about Australia. I was like, there's gonna be something fun to talk about. Sure. And I Googled the happiest cities in Australia. What do you guys think number one was?

See, that's what I thought. For some reason, Yahoo News said Canberra. Which is the biggest cap I've ever heard in my life. I feel like the three people there, that's not a good enough sample size, right? Like, that's unfair. Now that you say that, I really want to take these boys to Canberra. Just... What's there? Nothing. Yeah, nothing. Is there anyone from Canberra here right now? What? LAUGHTER

The only resident of Canberra right there. The only reason that city exists is because Melbourne and Sydney couldn't put their dicks away, right? Yeah, literally. Okay, fine, fine. We'll make a whole new city. It's barely a city, dude. It's literally like, all we have is like, what do we have in Canberra? It's like the Parliament House, which is not interesting in the slightest. Who cares about that? We have like a giant porn factory there for some reason.

Do you guys know about this? Apparently, in the ACT, it's the only state in Australia where it's legal to film porn. Yeah. All the guys are like, "Why am I not living in Canberra right now?"

But like, so yeah, I remember like the first time I drove through Canberra, because we were going somewhere, I forgot where we were, not Canberra, thank God. We drove past it and I was like, oh, it's my first time in Canberra. Like, this is sick. You know, I've always wanted to see what it was like, because I'd only heard about it. It's like, it's the capital city of Australia. I went there and it's like...

Oh my God, the level of depression I felt just like driving through this city was insane. And then there was this giant, like massive, like five or six story, just completely pitch black building. And I was like, dad, what's that? And he was like, that's the porn house, son.

The what? The water house? The porn house. Oh, the porn house. Okay. That's the porn house, son. And I'm like, Dad, I'm 10. I don't know what that is. He's like, don't worry. You'll find out soon enough. And yeah, that's my only impression of Canberra.

But do you think it's better than Perth? Because we know a few people from Perth. Yes. And everyone, the only thing I know about Perth is everyone tries to get out of Perth as soon as possible. I don't know if that's true or not. I mean, do you think it's true? How many people from Perth? Wow, you traveled half the fucking world to get here then.

Well because like, okay, I've personally never been to Perth, so I can only speculate. Right. Right, but it is true that I know about three or four people, all YouTubers by the way, who were- And Kevin. And Kevin. Kevin. Kevin. Kevin Pinkin, our boy, who were born and raised in Perth, who just coincidentally, none of them live in Perth anymore!

So I'm like, well, I mean that but then again, it's like I feel Australians have this tendency to Travel like we love traveling for some reason. Why is that? What because you're in the middle of them? Yeah, you're in the middle of nowhere I guess that's true Yeah, I guess the closest country to us is Papua New Guinea and like who the fuck wants to go to Papua New Guinea Unless someone in this audience is from Papua New Guinea. Okay, that's good. You can talk shit. You can talk shit. All right. Yeah Yeah, so

I don't know, it's like... What are like the Australian hot holiday parts? Because you guys have to travel at least like fucking at least six, seven hours to like the nearest place surely, right? Where do you guys normally go on holiday? Like Bali is pretty common, right? Yeah, like so we have this thing in Australia called schoolies.

Yeah, that's brought back some PTSD for some of you. Explain. So schoolies is this thing where at the end of graduation, basically it's like a graduation party of sorts. And, you know, kids put in their own money to go travel, you know, go party basically. Is there like a gap year?

No, no, no, not Agapia. So it's basically just like maybe a week at most. They go out and it's basically just like the last hooray of like, yay, we graduated from high school. Everyone's like at least 18 now, so we can all legally drink. So let's just go get fucked up in some country. And for some reason, Bali is like the go-to place. Why does everything got to be like E in Australia? Everything has to end with something like school-y or...

Shooey or... There's gotta be more examples, right? Sheila is with an A. Everything just doesn't sound real here. Well, no, I feel other than schooly and shooey, most things end with an O. That too, yeah. You know, like fucking servo, smoko, fucking... Povo. Povo, I haven't heard that word in a while.

It's just like a Simpsons language sometimes. You guys gotta come home learning and using some of these words because there's a reason why I still use it to this day because it's just so convenient.

It is, it really is. I mean, it does roll off the tongue. But one thing I never understood is that a lot of your slang words end in O's. Then for your currency, you have Australian dollars, right? Why do you not call it the dollar? That just seems like it would fit well. I don't know. It's because it's actually called the dollar-y-do.

So, yeah, I mean, you know, we've told that story on Trash Taste of how I fooled Melein into legitimately thinking the Australian dollar was called the dollar he do. Can I take a moment to just like... I was buying a coffee and they gave me the change. And this fucking 50p. If I threw this up in the air, a crater would form when it came down. What the fuck is this?

This must have cost like a hundred dollars worth of metal to make. What the fuck? Is there a reason why it's like this? It's funny you say that, because until you pointed that out, I was like, oh yeah, that is a big fucking coin. It does, like, you know, and I come from the UK, we have coins that look really extravagant. Like, this feels so medieval. Like, especially like the pound. It's like the shilling. The dollar, yeah, it does. The two dollar, it feels like something like, I'm like, yes, here you go, peasants, take it.

I have one gold piece and one 50 bludgeon piece. Here you go, povos. Yeah, because you were one of the first countries to introduce contactless payment, right? Yeah. Yeah, like, after seeing your 50p coin, I understand why. Yeah, you needed it. Yeah, there's a reason why no one carries coins anymore. Shut up, Counter-Strike! This is more important. Talking about the weight of a 50 cent coin. Yeah, but, like, then again, it's like...

I don't know. Australia, I feel, has this tendency to be the first to invent or come up with things, but not be the best at it. Like what? Like Wi-Fi. Oh. Wait, you guys invented Wi-Fi? We fucking invented Wi-Fi. Did you know this? Yeah. We invented it. Is this an "I made it the fuck up" moment? No. There is no way this is true. It's from the University of Adelaide, of all places.

How do you know this off by heart? Because it's just a fun fact about Australia, like telling people. Yeah, so I think it's like the University of Adelaide or somewhere like that that invented Wi-Fi. And for some reason, we have the shittest Wi-Fi. Like, what happened? Yeah, I don't know, man. Capitalism, that's what happened.

Yeah, I mean like I was searching up some other weird facts about Australia and Melbourne as well. Yeah. And I found out, I guess we also had this on the Australia livestream that we did before, that Melbourne was almost called "Batmania". Yeah. Did you guys know about this because of the founder, John Batman? John Batman. Yeah.

That just sounds like a meme. There is no way this is real. We have like 500 places named cock in the UK. I don't think we're like, we're not one to judge. I don't think we get a say. I mean, Australia has some pretty fantastically named towns. Aramanga. I still got to go there, man. I still got to go to Aramanga. You don't. There's like 20 people who live there. It's in like the butt fuck middle of nowhere in Queensland. We also have Banana. Banana?

In Queensland. Wait, what? We have a town called Banana. Anyone from Banana? No. Anyone? Anyone from Banana? No one. I don't even think any of you have been to Banana. What is there? Bananas, apparently. Why is it called Banana? Okay, actually, I was looking up some, like, other things about Australia, and I saw something about...

The Big Banana or something? Oh yeah, the national pride. The Big Banana. That you guys are oddly proud about? Do you want to explain that? I mean, I don't know much about it. I know it's in Queensland somewhere. I was really disappointed when I found out the Big Banana is not in fact in Banana. I feel that was a missed opportunity. But yeah, it's just this one...

I guess, tourist attraction? I don't know. Mistake? Huh? Mistake? I guess, yeah. Tourist mistake. I don't know. Where we just have this giant sculpture of a banana, and apparently it's like the biggest fruit sculpture in the world. It's like, wow, what a flex. Banana is the best thing ever.

Now, maybe you should go to the Big Banana. I should, yeah. I should like that. Although, also, actually, Connor, you'd also hate that in New South Wales we have a town called Orange as well. Just destroy it. Yeah, just nuke it right now. Just get rid of it. No one will know it's missing. Australia's too fucking big. It is. It is. It really is. Like, I don't know, like...

There's some parts of Australia that I always forget almost exist. And I know there's like a me. Does Australia really exist? It's not real. Let's not open that can of worms. But I don't know if this is just like a me thing, but I always forget that Darwin exists. Do you know what I mean? Okay, so Australia has, you know, obviously same as America, split up into states, right? We're in Victoria right now.

And one of the states is called the Northern Territory. Have a guess as to why it's called that. The North? Because it's in the North. And the capital of the Northern Territory is this town called Darwin. Hmm.

Yeah, I know. Shout out to the sheep in the audience. Yeah. No, because the Northern Territory has massive amounts of sheep. But, I mean, I've never been there before. Oh, is that why he barred? Yeah. I just thought he was like, yeah, mate. It wasn't just like a weirdo making a sheep noise or anything like that. I'm so confused. But, yeah, so obviously the capital of Victoria is Melbourne. And each state has their capitals. And the capital of the Northern Territory is Darwin.

But the problem is, for one, who's been to Darwin before? - Okay. - That's quite a lot of people. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - What the fuck is there to do in Darwin? Nothing, yeah, that's what I thought. - Why did you guys go then? - Well, I've noticed that all you guys say is nothing. Is there anything to do in Melbourne? Okay. There's half nothing. - So it's like-- - What is there to do in Melbourne that doesn't involve drinking?

Gambling! It is pretty shocking how much gambling goes on in Australia. Yeah, we have the highest gambling addiction per capita, apparently. So, yay Aussies!

No wonder our economy is shit. No, it's good. For casinos. For the casinos, it's great. It's great, it's great. We actually went to the casino yesterday, right? We went to the Crown yesterday. We were hanging out with, I guess, Chad from the Cold Ones, and where did he drag us to? The Crown. So... That was an interesting experience. Yeah, Chad was like, Chad was like, oh, I've got to take Gunn and Connor to the most Melbourne place ever. And he took us to the fucking Crown. I'm like...

I'm like, well, he's not wrong, I guess. But, uh, yeah. But actually, something funny happened at the grounds, didn't it? Because... Do you remember this? Yeah. Because... Okay, so we were with Chad and some other YouTube content creators like Laserbeam, Lachlan as well, who are all, like, massive creators in their own fields, like 20 million kind of, like, subscriber range. And Chad...

And Chad apparently has been to the crown so much that he has a black card to get us into a private room It's so disturbing. Yeah

But unfortunately, you can't go into this private room unless you're wearing, I believe, jeans or proper trousers, so you can't wear tracksuits. Yeah, there's a really strict dress code. Yeah. And unfortunately, one of the producers that was with us was wearing tracksuits at the time. And so we get in, they check everyone's ID, and they start checking what we're wearing. And they see that our producer's wearing a tracksuit,

And they say, "Unfortunately, we can't let you in." And as he's giving Joey's ID back, it was almost like a fucking meme. He just goes, "The Anime Man?" Oh my god. And then, they fucking let us in. He was like, "Don't worry, I'll pull some strings for the Anime Man."

And to put things in perspective, this has never happened with Chad in the history of him having a black card at all. He's been rejected so many times. And what broke that streak? The anime man. So, if you ever gamble, take Joey with you. Yeah, I can get you in anywhere, apparently. I couldn't fucking believe that. Like, oh my god. It's like, if you were a fucking, you know, standing in a room with, like,

Barack Obama, right? And then the guy's- Who is Barack Obama in this situation? Like, Barack Obama is like the equivalent of like, you know, Laserbeam and Lachlan and Channelly. All these guys who clearly have like, I'm not even close to their level, right? In terms of subs or like just like how much like notoriety they have, especially in Australia, right? And of course, they point out the motherfucker who watches anime.

Like what? 'Cause actually, this is the second time this has happened in Australia, right? Yeah. So when was the first time this happened, Joey? I don't know if I told this on Trash Taste, but it was in Sydney when we were at Smash and we were in... I forgot the name of the... It was like a pizza bar. Frankie's. Frankie's. It was Frankie's Pizza. It was just like in the CBD in Sydney. And I was with Chad again and Ludwig.

And it was the three of us and this random dude who we didn't know, just like really like... You know when someone is so drunk that they look sober?

Like, where they're, like, beyond the point of, like, oh, he clearly looks drunk to the point where they're just, like, trying to keep a straight face as much as possible, but it's way too obvious that they're just shit-faced. This is what this fourth guy looked like. Mind you, none of us knew who this guy was. He just, like, tagged along. Right. So we're trying to go in, and obviously because it's a bar, we have to give our ID, right? So we give in our ID, blah, blah, blah. And then the fourth guy...

didn't have his ID with him. Right. For some reason. I don't know why. And the bouncer was like, yeah, so if he's with you and he doesn't have your... If he doesn't have his ID, we can't let you in. Now, from what I understand, in Sydney, a bit like London, you cannot... Bouncers will not bend the rules at all. No. But Chad being Chad was just like, oh, can you do something about it, mate? We really want to go in and eat some pizza. Yeah.

So then the bouncer was like, "Alright, let me call the manager." So he goes downstairs, he grabs this manager who is this like, rocker chick, like she should have been to like a thousand punk shows, just like piercings everywhere, tats everywhere, right? And she's looking at all of us and just being like, "Okay, so let me double check your IDs again." So checks me, Chad, and Ludwig's ID. And he looks at her for a while,

gives it back to us and she straight up goes all right i'll let you in because you're the anime man and i'm like and one week in chat i just said they're like and then i got in this is unfair it's not it's it's on look meanwhile i i they scan my bags like five times at tsa because they know who i am they're like oh we know you don't let him in

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Is there like a lot of anime fans in Australia?

Is it like okay to be a weeb or...? Yeah. I think, I think, you know, much like the rest of the world, I feel like the time that especially like you and I have done YouTube, I feel in that... Because he's too fucking old. Because he's an old fuck, yeah. Old.

But like, in the time that like, around when you and I started especially, in Australia, and I'm sure in like the UK as well, and like in America and all that kind of stuff, it was like way, way more of a niche. Like it was kind of like a, like you'd get bullied in school for watching anime. Yeah. Whereas I feel today- I still get bullied.

Yeah, exactly. But like, I feel today it's like, I don't know. Would you say it's like a little more accepted to watch anime? I would say it is. When you guys were growing up, was it like very unacceptable and like you would get kind of like bullied for that kind of thing? Yeah. Alright. I mean, I got bullied to shit for it, so, you know. Did you actually? Yeah. But you're Japanese.

You have a reason to be a weeb. Yeah, but I also went to a school in the northern beaches where I was the only even remotely Asian kid. So, like, I got bullied, like, first off for just being Asian in a white school. And then on top of that, when they found out, I liked this, like, Japanese cartoon shit. They were like, oh, extra ammunition for the fire. And you played video games as well? And I played video games. I played JRPGs of all games. So I was like, I was not helping my case. But, like...

I feel now it's...

I don't know. What's it like in the UK? Is it a little more accepted? So, I went through a stage of just being a complete closet weeb. Yeah, same. Because also, it wasn't just not socially accepted in my school and everything. My parents also soft pressured me to stop a lot of times. Wait, wait, wait. You let your parents know you were watching anime? Of course I did. Bro, I didn't. Okay, okay. They would have killed me. All right, here's the reason why. Okay. Because...

Okay, back when I was just getting into anime, right? Crunchyroll didn't exist. I didn't really know that anime was readily available on the internet back then because it was just before the streaming platforms had really started rising up and stuff like that. So how I got my anime was basically going through eBay and buying what I thought was legitimate DVDs

But of course, I was under 18, so every time I wanted to watch a new show, I was like, "Mum, can I borrow your credit card? I wanna watch these Japanese cartoons." "I wanna watch Naruto Shippuden." No joke, the first series I ever bought was actually Naruto, right? Of course, yeah. And I thought it was buying an official box set.

So I thought I'll go on eBay. I was like, oh brilliant Naruto episode 1 to episode 200 and it's like 50 50 pounds or something. That's a deal that why is this cheaper than every other option on eBay right now? And so I Borrow my mom's credit card. I buy the DVDs And it shows up and what I was expecting to be an official box set. It was just the fucking CD case

With handwritten Naruto Episode 0-50 on like one CD. And I don't think it was even a DVD, it was a VCD, which is a video CD. There are probably people in this audience who don't even know what that is. A VCD? They were around when you were around.

You're not that young. I remember we had floppy disks in my house, and I just had to think, like, what is this weird thing when I slide the door? I didn't use it. Why does this not fit into my DS? I was just like, huh? What is this? Let me go and play on Miniclip. That was good. Did you miss the VHS era? No, no, no. Of course not. Okay, okay, okay. You're not that young. Thank God. You're not that young, yeah. I used to, like...

of record Family Guy episodes. My parents wouldn't let me watch Family Guy. So I had to like, I'd turn off the TV, but it would still record the channel. So I would just leave it on and let it record Family Guy. And then I would wake up and I'd watch it. You ripped Family Guy episodes onto VHS? Yeah, yeah. Damn, that's get over. Yeah.

It was so bad. It was awful quality as well. I guess, like, in my case, like, I didn't really have to, like, be closeted, like, to my parents or anything because, like, my mom was the one that introduced me to anime growing up. To try to make you a weeb. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. She was like, yeah, he looks like a weeb. This is the only way he's going to learn Japanese. Give him some Doraemon. He'll eat that shit up. Yeah, I know. And it's great. But I think, like, I also had, when I was a kid...

this kind of blank phase with watching anime because it's like the only access to anime that I had at the time was just either my mum grabbing VHSes from Japan or my grandma basically doing what you did where she would rip anime on TV onto VHS and then send me these giant boxes to Australia that would take like three months by freight. Oh god.

So, like, by the time it arrived, it was, like, already old as shit. So they were, like, trying their best to make you a weeb. And they succeeded. They must have known you were going to be the anime man. Yeah, they knew. We've got to get him on it now. They knew, man. They knew. But, like, yeah, I don't think... So I had this, like, kind of blank phase where, like, because I didn't have the knowledge of, like, buying shit off eBay or anything like that. So, like, I think the next time I started watching anime was...

When was it? It was when, uh... Only Australians will get this, but... Anime! It was when they finally started airing anime on cheese TV. Which was this, like... What anime were available? There was Naruto and, like, One Piece, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh... What else was there?

card captors oh cardcaptor yeah cardcaptor sakura sailor moon reruns were on there as well um yeah and then like yeah digimon and there was just like they just kind of kept growing out that uh thing so like the only opportunity i got to watch anime like in primary school was just every sunday morning i'd wake my sister up at like 6 00 a.m and just be like latest episode of one piece is on get up and she'd be like off so i was

I would just, yeah, just sit in front of the TV for six hours every Sunday morning and just like binge as much anime as possible. Good old days, man. That was the good old days, man. Is Cheese TV still going? What was it called? Cheese? Cheese TV. Cheese? It used to be called Toasted TV and then it changed to Cheese TV. So creative. Yeah, I don't know. I don't get why.

Other way around? Oh, it's the other way around. So it's Cheese TV and then it became Toasted TV. Exposed, exposed. What a fake Australian. Wow. Was there anything on TV that your parents didn't let you watch? They didn't let me watch South Park. Makes sense, makes sense. And Family Guy. They didn't let me watch Family Guy. Yeah, that's why I had to sneak the VHS tapes in. But they let me watch Simpsons and Futurama.

Okay, that's a good choice. They wanted me to watch literally anything but cartoons. They thought cartoons were for kids, even if it was Family Guy and South Park. How old were you at this point? Like 12. They were like, you should watch real people stuff. Stop being a kid. And I was like, oh, okay, but I like The Simpsons. Son, sit down and watch Law and Order with me.

They'd make me watch, I don't think you guys have this. We had a thing called, like, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Do you guys have that? Oh, I remember that. They would film that in Australia, though. Yeah. What is it? Yeah, they would basically just send, like, fucking D-tier British celebrities to the Australian jungle, and they're like, look, spider, and they go...

And they're like, now you've got to hold spider. I'm like, oh, no, I don't want to do it. And then they hold it. You're like, oh. And then you vote. That sounds hilarious. No, it's terrible. It's so bad. I love when non-Australians react to... Because I've tried to convince so many of my friends, especially Japanese friends, to come to Australia. And the first thing they always say is like, yeah, but the spiders...

Is it that bad? I haven't seen one. Yeah, it's not that bad, right? No. How many of you have actually had an experience with a spider in your house? Like a fuck-off... Oh, you absolute liars! You absolute liars! All right, all right. It's not that bad. Is it like once a year?

Twice a year? It's like once a month, right? Once a month?! I'm burning the fucking house down! No, but I can explain. Because, you know, we have tons of different spiders, right? But the spider that always fucking shows up into the house is the Huntsman spider.

Why are you wooing? Because the huntsman spider is an Australian's best friend. Oh, okay, okay. Why is it Australia's best friend? Because I've seen pictures of the huntsman spider. Yeah, the big fuck-off spiders, right? And they look fucking terrifying. I'm not going to lie. They look terrifying, but the huntsman spider is good because if you see a huntsman spider on your wall or your ceiling or whatever, that means that you have either an infestation of flies or mosquitoes in your house.

And the huntsman spider makes a bro move and he's like, dog, don't worry about it. I'm going to eat them all and then get the fuck out.

I know they don't so what you do is if you see a huntsman spider on your wall your ceiling you just leave him be fuck off You leave him be because it's like he's he's he's cleaning up this is true. Is that what you guys do? No, it's not yes It is you you are you telling me if there was like four giant spiders above your like bed? You're like, I'll just I'll leave Steve to the morning. I

No, you're like, "Get the fuck out of here!" No, you just leave them there because they never bite and they're non-venomous and they're actually afraid of people. So if you try and go and brush them away, then they'll just fucking run away. So it's like, I used to have one as a pet. Alright, so... I used to have one as a pet. Oz needs to be built different, man. I used to catch flies, rip off their wings and then give it to the huntsman.

Yeah, no wonder it's not fucking leaving your house, because you're leaving it a four-meal course every day. And then one day I woke up and he was gone, and I was like, good knowing you, bro. He's moved on to a different house. So what spiders do we need to look out for? What animals in your day-to-day life do you need to look out for? So the rule of thumb with spiders or snakes in Australia is that the more colourful they are, the more fucked up they are. Is this true? So we have the redback spider.

Which is like, you don't fuck with him. What is it? What do you get bitten by? What happens? You die. Okay. Just straight up. Alright, alright. Important question. Is this taught in school? Like Australian school? Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I used to, in my kindergarten, there was this massive poster of like all the different species of like commonly seen spiders and snakes.

that they would just have on the wall. And I remember some lessons, we were like three or four years old, I don't know if this was just my kindergarten, but it was like big A3 poster of all these snakes and spiders. And they'd be like, "Okay kids, if you see any of these, "then cry to your mom and dad, "and don't go near any of them because you will die." And all the kids are like,

It's like it's just ingrained into you as an Australian because it's like survival of the fittest in this country That's why we only have 26 million people who live here How the fuck did any of those like British people that came here like survive? I just feel like we're just not built for this. No, like the worst we have is like a goose

Just like it's... It's like, ooh... Not deer? Not deer? We don't have deer. We don't have deer. We don't have them. You guys have foxes, right? Yeah, but foxes, bro, every... Dude, this is... Okay, I'm gonna rant now, because this is like children books making foxes seem like they're the worst thing ever. Yeah. They don't fucking do anything. They just... They don't want you. They're smart enough to know that you're, like, big. They're like, fuck that. I'm gonna go get, like, a sheep that can't do anything.

They don't do anything. And half the time when I saw them in London, they were just in the trash. But that's the thing. That's like the common misconception with snakes and spiders in Australia as well. Snakes are fucking pussies. The only reason why they bite people is for a defense mechanism.

It's because people are going up to them being like "Oh look at the fucking snake!" and then they just start like slapping this shit around. And it's like, yeah, no- A typical Aussie thing to do, right? It's like, it's like, no wonder you're getting bitten! You're harassing the hell out of the snake, just leave it alone! And it won't do anything! Have you ever needed to get rid of a snake in your house? Uh, yeah.

Okay, okay, hold on. Is this normal? Many times. No, this is... Fuck off. This is not normal. You're fucking with me. Who's had a snake in their house? Yeah, that's what I thought. Alright, do you have to do it yourself or is there like someone to call to get rid of it for you? Have I told this story on Trash Taste? I don't remember. No, you've never told a snake story on Trash Taste. It was... So, there's been a couple of instances, but the one that's just forever ingrained into my mind is I was in high school. I was like year 10 or something.

and I was coming back from school and because both my parents were working, you know, they'd come back like at night. So I would usually be the first one home. So I'd walk in and my entranceway

was basically this like two door system where it was like we had a steel gate that you'd open. Oh, okay. Yeah, and then you'd walk in, take your shoes off and then there'd be the main door to get into the house. See, that's how you know the country is fucked up little bugs and shit. Yeah. In the UK, we don't have that. We barely have a door. It barely works half the time. So there was the two things, right? So you'd have to open the gate first before you can open the door.

And so I put the key in, I unlock it, and I try and open it, and it's just like not moving at all. It's like kind of stuck, and I'm like, the fuck? I unlocked it. What's going on? And I'm looking around, and I look up, and there's a tree snake right here, like looking at my face. And the first instinct as an Australian is not, oh, fuck, that's a snake. It's, fuck, I don't know if that's venomous or not.

So what I did in a fit of panic, I don't know if you've ever just like looked over and the snake's face is just right here, but it scares the shit out of you, right? So I'm like, oh shit, and I swing it open and the snake runs behind the shoe cabinet.

Right? And I'm like, and now I'm in a pickle. I'm like, well, I can't open the main entrance because the snake's probably going to get in and that's just a whole other issue. And also, I don't want to do anything to the snake because I'm not smart enough to identify what it is. I'm stupid. I can't do anything. So I'm just like, I don't know if that's venomous or not. I'm not going to do anything. But in Australia, I don't know if you guys have this in Melbourne, but there is a hotline that you can call called Snake Patrol.

They really couldn't think of a better name. Yeah, no. Well, the name speaks for itself, right? So I'm like, so I remembered, I was like, that's right, we have Snake Patrol here.

So I call them up, and I'm like, uh, and this like real fucking yobbo like answers the phone and he's just like, "Wait, what?" I'll explain that to you later. But basically, like, he picks up the phone, old guy, and he was just like, uh, and I was like, "Oh yeah, I got a snake, and I need help." And he was like, "Alright, I'll be there in five minutes." And sure enough, five minutes later, this guy comes out, rocks up, walks towards the door, and he's like, "Alright, where's the fucking snake?"

And I'm just like, "Uh, right there." And he just like, he looks down like this, looks at it for about 20 seconds and he's like, "Oh yeah, that's a tree snake." And then he walks off!

So all the snake patrol is there to do is to basically identify if the snake is poisonous or not. If it is poisonous, then he'll go to his truck and get all the necessary tools to remove it safely. If it's not poisonous, then he's like, "You can do it." So basically what I had to do was, you know, I'm like 15, 16, right? I'm like, "Okay, I know this thing isn't going to kill me, but I don't want to get bitten. It'll still hurt."

So I was basically just like sitting there for 40 minutes just staring at this thing waiting for my dad to come home and I'm like, don't you fucking move. My dad's gonna... Sure enough, my dad rocks up. I tell him the situation. My dad does the exact same thing, like does this. He's like, oh yeah, that's a tree snake. Walks off. No. And my dad just literally just pulls his arm under, grabs the snake like in the hand and just goes, all right, get in.

And that's the moment I knew to never fuck with my dad. And I feel that's a very common story you'd hear in Australia, because sometimes snakes get curious and they're like, "Oh, this looks like a warm, comfortable home I can turn into my new abode. Let's try and get in." So all those videos you see online of snakes in the kitchen, that's quite common.

Fucking hell. Especially if you're in rural Australia, that shit happens all the time.

One thing I am actually jealous of, not the snakes, not the spiders, I'm not jealous of that, but it's the amount of different birds you have here. In England, we have pigeons and seagulls. I remember the first time I landed in Sydney, I thought it was like a city. I'm used to seeing some exotic birds, and the first thing I see was, I believe, I didn't know what it was. I just saw a bird with a really long, thin beak.

And then I look at it and I'm like, and then Sydney's like, go on, what are you looking at? And then she looks at it and she goes, what the fuck is that? That's called a bin chicken. Yeah. That is just the weirdest fucking thing. It is the weirdest thing. They're an absolute nuisance as well. I...

I just can't believe they exist. Like, I feel like every other country, there would have been something that just got rid of them by accident. You know, like, in the UK, we just have annoying little kids. They would piss them off. They'd be like, oh, fuck this. We're going back in the country. No, but the problem with the bin chickens is that they're so big that the kids are like, I don't want to go anywhere. Yeah. How are they so big? They're walking around like little toddlers. It's so weird.

It's because they're just like as the name suggests they just go into the bins and they just fucking they're basically like our equivalent of crows I mean we have that you know we have the the What are the blackbirds that we have here again?

Magpies, thank you. Yeah, we have the magpies here. I've heard that magpies are kind of cunts. Is that true? Oh yeah. In fact, I think it's like, I read a study that said like, magpies were like, I think number one or number two biggest reason as to why cyclists get into accidents. Because they, because they're such shit cunts, alright? Let me tell you.

Magpies, right, they do this thing called swooping, right? Which basically, they're so incredibly territorial that if you go even in like a 10-kilometer radius of their nest, they're just like, that's a threat. And they just start swooping you.

And so cyclists who are like, just, you know, having a casual Sunday morning cycle just get swooped by these magpies and they fucking go ass over tit. They fucking just dive bomb them? Yeah, they dive bomb them. Oh my God. Who's been dive bombed by a magpie before? Yeah, thank you. Another comment. I'm never cycling here. Yeah. So Connor, cyclathon in Australia, right? Yeah.

Level impossible. Kargon is gonna turn up in a full suit of armor and he's like, "Okay, I am ready now." Okay, let's hypothetically, let's say I was stupid enough to say yes. And I'm ready to fight off every single dangerous animal and fucking... I can't even sleep in my hotel room without fear of being killed by a spider. Your internet is so fucking shit here.

I'll be like, "Hey guys, welcome back to the stream. I'll see you guys in two hours when I get near a telephone tower." Also, in Japan, when you cycle between the cities, it's like, "I have things about 50 to 100 kilometers separate." In Australia, it's like, "All right, two days into the cyclophone and we still haven't left Sydney. Four days in, I still haven't got to the next city."

Maybe nine days in, we'll finally reach another city and it'll be fucking Canberra. Oh, fuck this. I'm going home. Yeah, I feel... I've always thought about that. Like, if you were to do a cyclothon in Australia, what would be, like, the most optimal route? Because it's like, cycling from Sydney to Canberra would be nice while you're in Sydney for the first three days. But then after that, it's like...

Fuck all. Like, it's not... Like, what? I don't know. I know, like, because Australia... I mean, Australia is massive, right? Cycling isn't the most optimal way to get around this country. Yeah. Especially with all of the dangers that you'll have to go through. The quick time events, magpies. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I don't think it'll be doable, to be honest with you. Maybe if you, like, went from one end of Sydney to the other...

Maybe, but that wouldn't be much fun. That would be shit. Imagine how you'd advertise that. I cycle all of Sydney. Australians are like, wow. The rest of the world is like, you cycle the city. What other kind of birds are there here in Australia that you get to regularly see? Birds in Australia? Obviously we have cockatoos.

We just see flocks of them here. It's so weird because this is such an exotic bird that, you know, you rarely get to see in the wild. Their cry sounds like a chain smoker trying to hack up a loogie, you know? It's like, ahhh!

It's like, my God, when you get woken up by that at like five, five in the morning, it's just like, oh my God, I'm going to kill these birds. And then, uh, we have the kookaburra as well, uh, which is a bird that the cry sounds like it's laughing. What type of bird is the one you have as a pet? Uh,

I had a cockatiel, which is just like a small... It's like a baby cockatoo. No, it looked like an SS tier skin of a pigeon. It was sick. It looked so cool. Like, our birds all suck in the UK. We just have pigeons. Well, I mean, we have pigeons and seagulls here as well. Yeah, but you guys have other tiers. You have, like, SS tier birds. Yeah, you guys actually have, like, a drop rate with, like, different tiers of birds here. We have two, and they're both, like, one stars. Yeah, seagulls and pigeons are...

I don't know, what would be the most exotic bird you'd see? 'Cause you, you're like, after coming to your house for the first time, you actually convinced me, when I'm able to get one, I'm definitely gonna get a bird as a pet. Oh yeah. Like, oh, I wanna pet. They're the best. Does anyone here have a pet bird?

- Ooh. - Hell yeah. - That's what's up. - Hell yeah, hell yeah, you know. - Head birds are awesome. They have so much personality. - Oh my God. I saw the, I have another bird story after my previous bird story involving a bird in Thailand. - Yeah. - I saw the saddest thing I've ever seen in my life. - Okay. - In my Thai house last month when I was living there.

So in my tie house, it's kind of out of the city, so it's kind of like closer to the outskirts, it's closer to nature. So we see a lot of wildlife there. We have had massive snakes that we've had to get rid of our snakes in our house as well. We get a lot of birds as well. And this one time, I was just chilling out in my hammock in my backyard, and I see two birds in front of me.

One's just sitting there and there is another bird who I assume to be a male bird doing some kind of mating dance. So he had his wings out like this. Kind of like this. Just doing this.

Oh, is that like the blackbirds? Sorry? Are they like the blackbirds? I think so, yeah. Yeah, I think I know what you're talking about. Yeah, so he was dancing in front of this other bird for a full-on 10 minutes. And then after about 10-15 minutes, the other bird just flies off. And I've never wanted... The bird flew off! Yes! Yes!

I've never wanted to give a bird a hug so badly in my life. Because all he did was just slowly put his wings back, didn't even fly off and just walked off to a bush. That's just me every time I'm at a club. I dance for ten minutes, the woman walks off and I'm like, "I'll get a beer."

That was just like a bro moment in real life. I was like, "Bro, it's okay, man. It's okay. You'll find another one." Why do you guys have so many stories with animals? I'm in Australia. What do you think? Do you not have any? I thought we played games and watched anime. Why are we interacting with so much nature? What are the animals that you commonly find in Wales?

Sheep? Yeah. What's a Welsh pastime? What do you guys do? Sometimes you'll be on the train and then it'll be like, "Sorry, there is a sheep on the track. We can't continue." It's real. That happens a lot. And you're like, "Well, how do we move it?" And they're like, "You don't. It just moves." But the sheep can't be that big, right? You can just get someone to push it. You can't push a sheep.

They're fucking big. Just get like three people to just be like, alright, out of the way. Alright, get Gavin, Steve. We're gonna go push this fucking sheep. All the train conductors are like, alright, come on, let's go. Move this sheep. They'll eventually move. Wait, okay. So you said you've experienced that before, right? Yeah, many times. What's the longest you've had to wait for a sheep to move? Like 40 minutes. Oh my god. Because sometimes it's like they bring all their friends...

And they're all crossing. Because sometimes the train goes through someone's farmland, so then it's just like, you're just slowly watching them go, and then they're like, let's go back. Oh my god. But yeah, that happens.

Other than that, just, it's like, it's like, imagine you have a difficulty slider of, like, wildlife. Yeah. Wales is, like, putting it all the way down to zero, and Australia is, like, cranking it to ten. Yeah. And then putting, like, nightmare mode on top of it. Yeah. It's like, we don't have anything that's really dangerous. We just have, like, rams. Do you guys have rams? Do we have rams? Yeah.

They're just like sheep that are really angry. I think we do have rams, but you'd have to go out to rural Australia to find those. And no one fucking lives out there. I was shopping one time at this local, I don't know, like a corner store. It was kind of far out. And I was just there. And I went outside of the store. And as I came out of the store, there was just a ram just on the road. I've had that similar experience, but with a kangaroo. What?

Australian moment. I was at my local IGA represent. Okay, wow, what is that? What's an IGA? It's like a corner store. Oh, okay, okay. Yeah, so I was at my local IGA and I walked in to just buy like, I don't know what I was buying, some chips or something. And I walk out and I turn the corner and there's just like a route.

Just standing there on the sidewalk and I've never had... There was the most awkward moment. It's like when you meet an ex. I'm just standing there maintaining eye contact with this rude, not saying anything. I'm like, "So who's gonna make the first move here?" You ran, right?

I just saw him and I'm like, alright, he's not going to do anything, so I just walked back to my car. And the roo was just chilling there. He wasn't doing anything. When I say roo, right, I think most foreigners, when they think of kangaroos, they think of the red kangaroos. Like the fucking...

like, great shithouse kangaroos, right? Like, those guys you only really see when you go out into, like, rural Australia, where I'm from, because my backyard was next to a national park, so we got a lot of, like, kind of smaller kangaroos and a lot of, like, rock wallabies, which are, like, just, it's, like, they probably stand about that tall. They're really, really cute. Yeah, wallabies. Yeah, they're just, like, small kangaroos, basically. But I remember the first time we

We used to get rock wallabies coming into my backyard. And you know, just like hang out and stuff. And my dad would be like, "Just to hang out." "Just come to hang out." Yeah, there was like lots of wildlife here. Let's just hang out, see what's happening. And I remember there was this like rock wallaby that came out. And my dad was like, "Son, you should go feed him." And I was like five. And I'm like, "Dad, I'm not too sure, man. He's like the same size as me." And he's like, "No, it's a rock wallaby. He won't fuck you up, don't worry." So he gave me some bread.

And it's just this like, it's just this moment of just like slowly walking up to this rock wallaby, just handshaking, being like, "Eat it, please. Don't kill me." And then the moment the rock wallaby took it out of my hand, I was like, "Oh, God, Israel." - 'Cause it's great. - 'Cause you fed an animal? Yeah, well, when you're five years old, dude, everything is magical. And when you see this like fucking rock wallaby the same size as you, just be like, "Thank you for the gift, human." It's like, oh, you know what? Animals are kind of cool.

I don't know, that's the moment... I'm sure every Australian has had this moment where like... Is it a common stereotype that all Australians love animals? Yes. I mean, I feel like you have to, because it's the survival instinct, right? Do you guys like animals? Is there anyone who doesn't like animals? You're in the wrong country.

Yeah, I mean, I remember the first time I saw a kangaroo because I've obviously seen kangaroos on television and stuff like that. And then I basically, you know, when I went to visit my family in Melbourne last time I was here, I saw one for the first time. And actually just seeing one in real life, just moving around, I'm like, my first instinct was like, that's fucked up. And

Let me explain, let me cook for a second, let me cook. Because just seeing this kangaroo move around, I'm like, okay, let me try to process this. So in the entire history of Earth, natural selection with animals

Everyone, everyone in every different continent, animals decided, yeah, alright, let's walk on four legs, alright? That's just the way to get around, unless you're a chimp, then you walk on two legs, alright? And then, in this island, called Australia, little continent, fucking kangaroos are like, yeah, just fucking bounce!

How does that make sense? How does that make sense? How did natural selection get to this point that they decided to do that? Well, sometimes kangaroos do actually walk on four legs. They kind of like use their front two legs like that and they just kind of bounce like that.

But that's their equivalent of a Sunday morning walk. Well, when they need a fucking move, they're just like, all right, fuck the front legs, let's go. I mean, yeah, it is true. It is the weirdest animal in the world. Watching a kangaroo was so weird because there was just one deer that just decided, I'm going to do leg day and just started squatting. And that's where I believe kangaroos came from. Every day is leg day with a kangaroo. Isn't

Isn't the deadliest animal that bird? The one that looks like an ostrich? Oh, the cassowary. Yeah, that one. Yeah, I think it's the world's most dangerous. That's not a bird, that's a dinosaur. Wow, it is threatening. It's scary. I remember when I was up in Cairns one time, which is like... Wait, where? Cairns. Like in France? No. No.

That's C-A-N-N-E-S. Cairns is spelled C-A-I-R-N-S. Yeah, right? - That's the most Australian spelling. - Cairns. It's basically right where the Great Barrier Reef is. So when I went there in Cairns, my family and I went on this kind of rainforest safari type of thing where we rented out a dirt buggy. It's basically like, think of a golf cart except it was four wheel drive.

So, we're riding through this and we had the ranger that was with us doing a guided tour, being like, "This is the great rainforest of Cairns and it's beautiful and it's humid as shit and I want to die." And he just stopped the car and he was like, "Guys, it's your lucky day. That right there is a wild cassowary." And we look over and this thing is just giving us the Luigi death stare. He's like, "You are not supposed to be here."

And I think even the Ranger figured that out because after he said that he paused for like two seconds and he's like, "We should go."

They run this town. Dude, it's so scary because they have... It's like razor beak, right? It's super sharp. Actually, the most dangerous thing about it is its feet because it has these three giant claws that uses it to kick. And apparently if you get kicked by a castleware, you're just done. It just looks like a dinosaur that forgot to die during the... They're like, oh, fuck, where's all my mates gone? LAUGHTER

Wait, are you saying we're the strongest now? Don't mind if I do. I think I'll stick around, thank you very much. Yeah, no, they're scary. Yeah, one thing I've always been curious about, going back to spiders and snakes, is what are you taught to do if you get bitten by one? Like, what are you actually taught to do? What, if we see one? No, if you actually get bitten by one. Oh, uh... Cry. Just cry. Yeah, just give up. Just pray? Um, I think, uh...

There was a lot of TV shows when I was growing up that were kind of like... Because I loved watching nature documentaries, like the David Attenboroughs and all those. And I think... I remember one of the shows that was on... I forgot the name of it. But it was basically like kind of survival... Like Australian survival documentary of some sort, where it was like, what should you do if you're out in the desert and...

You get bitten by a spider or you get bitten by a snake. Like, here are the procedures that you need to go through. And I think I remember, I think with a spider or a snake, if you say, like, get bitten in, like, the arm, I think the first thing you're supposed to do is, like, you're supposed to, like, wrap up, like, get your t-shirt or something, wrap up your arm as tight as you can so that the venom doesn't go to the rest of your body. Is this true? It's something like that, right? Has anyone had to do this? Yeah. Holy shit. Who's been bitten by a snake before?

You're a doctor! You're like, "I gotta do it myself." That's what you're supposed to do, right? I'm correcting that? Yeah? Yeah, so you're supposed to wrap it up with a cloth of some kind, as tight as you can so that the venom doesn't run through the rest of your body. And then obviously, if you have reception, you gotta fucking... I feel like this really should have been given to me on the fly, this information. I feel really unprepared. Welcome to Australia. Yeah, the only thing they cared about was like... Here's what you should do when you get bitten by a venomous snake.

Yeah, the only thing they taught me was like, please don't you dare bring an apple in our country. We will fucking, we will kill you. Do you have any, do you have any seeds? Have you eaten any seeds? Are you sure you didn't bring anything in the country? Yeah, we're very, we're very tight asses on that. I mean, it makes sense. Like, because, you

You know, Australia has such a unique environment where it's like one small fuck up. I've never seen such intensity. Oh, yeah, yeah. I mean, I think it's because it's happened once before. That's the reason why we have fucking cane toads everywhere is because some asshole brought in an insect that ate all of our cane sugar and was just like, we've got to get rid of these. I think they're flies or mosquitoes. I forgot what they were.

But, you know, they were destroying our sugar cane, which is like, I think we make the most amount of sugar cane in the world or something, or we export the most or something. But these flies are just like completely destroying all these crops. And there's nothing in, at the time, the current Australian animal kingdom that ate these pests. So then some Australian politician or something was just like, so I've heard that overseas...

there's a specific type of toad that eats these fuckers. We should bring them in. And the Australian government was like, that's a great idea, Steve. Let's do it. So then they introduced these cane toads. And sure enough, it wipes out all of the flies, right? But then I guess Steve didn't think it through that the cane toad is also venomous and nothing eats it. So now we just have an infestation of cane toads that are just fucking up the country. And they're like, well...

Not much we can do about that, eh? Just kind of fucked up. So next time, don't bring any apples in. They should just keep upping it. We should find something else that can get rid of the cane too. And then have another thing ready to get rid of that thing. There is. It's called humans. Okay. Yeah, but you're going to lose that war if you try, right? I mean, you lost the emu war.

So what makes you think you're going to do any better against cane toads? You guys don't have a good track record against animals. No, we don't. I mean, could you blame us? We're the visitors. Humans are merely the visitors to this country. It's an animal kingdom here.

But that's what, I think that's what like, I think that's what, at least for me, that's what got me really interested in just like learning about animals at a young age is because when I found out that like, oh, Australia has this like such cool, unique set of animals that, yeah, could kill me at any day. But I also just- Oh, just a casual could kill me any day? Just, you know, casual my life could end. But it's also just super fascinating to like learn about because it's, I don't know.

It's fucking cool. Right? Yeah. Alright, yeah. Speaking of Aussie things though, I did find a list. I don't know if this is accurate, but I feel like since we have a live crowd, we can test how accurate it is. Okay. Because it's a list of things most Aussies do that you guys now consider normal.

So, I want to test this out. Sure. Okay. So, number one, steal a traffic cone on the side of the road to take home.

Why are you proud of this? Because everybody has done this! First of all, they're called "witches hats". We don't call them traffic cones. Is it this widespread? I thought it was... because in England we still do it, but only like uni-age, you know? That's a uni thing to do. I don't know. Wasn't it like Trafalgar Square where they kept putting it on top of it?

Like this like 20 meter tall statue. They just kept getting a cone on top of it. No one knew how. And whenever they removed it, some dude would just put it back. That's amazing. No one knows how. I love that. Alright, number two. I saw this and I was like, I've never heard of anyone do this before, so this might just be the list. Hang a sack of wine to a clothesline.

Okay, what the fuck is a sack of wine? No fucking... Okay, I found out that different states call it different things. So what do you guys call it in Melbourne? The what? No, no, no, no. Not Goon, like the actual game of putting it on the clothesline and spinning it around. You know the game I'm talking about? Wait, hold up. Hold the fuck up. I've missed like five steps. Okay, let me explain. Let me explain. So...

Here's another. Australia is known for inventing a lot of things that have helped the world. This is something that should not be invented, by the way. We invented Wi-Fi. Great invention. We invented the lawnmower. Great invention. We also invented the goon, which is just our way of calling wine, just really shit wine. You put it into a bag and then you stuff that into a box. It's basically box wine. But we call it goon.

And there is a, and also because Australia is such a heavy drinking culture, we come up with a lot of really dumb drinking games. And one of them is called Goon of Fortune, which is basically, you know those like clothes hang, what is it, the clothing lines, right, that you can spin?

Have you- do you know these? Wait, what? No. Okay, I found out only Australia has this. So basically, in your backyard there is this like clothesline but it's this like- think of like a giant like parasol, essentially. It's the shape of a parasol but there's like clotheslines on it and you can spin it. I don't know why. Why would you want to spin it? To play Goon of Fortune, obviously.

So basically, Goon of Fortune is this game where if your mate has a spinning clothesline in their backyard and someone has a goon sack, which everyone does, you pin up the goon sack onto this thing. Everybody stands around the clothesline and then just like Wheel of Fortune, which is what it's named after, you spin the clothesline and wherever the goon sack stops, you've got to take a sip.

Wait, so how does this involve wine? When do we get wine into this? How are you supposed to hang a beer? Why do you want to hang a beer? Well, that's what I'm saying. You've got to hang it to the clothesline, right? And a goon bag is just in a bag, so it's really easy to hang up. Also, it tastes like shit, so no one wants to do it, right? Which is the whole point of a drinking game. This sounds so bad. I know. I feel like this is your way of sticking it to the French. I'm convinced that's it.

Everyone has their own way. Right, everyone has their own way. Okay, Alice's Goon of Fortune. Number three, of course, I heard of this one before. Drink alcohol out of a shoe. Yep. Good old shoeie. Who here has actually done a shoeie? That is... That guy does a shoeie every morning. I can't start my morning without a shoeie.

Yeah, shoo-ee's are horrible. Don't do that. I'm actually glad because the ratio of you guys that have done a shoo-ee wasn't as high as I thought it was. That's because we're in a city. And there's things to do in a city. When you're in rural Australia, there's nothing to do other than do a shoo-ee. Alright, number four is mix chocolate and Vegemite.

I don't know about this. Oh, that's nasty. I read that and I was like... Wait, who's done this before? Yeah, get fucked, right? That's horrendous. I mean, like, okay, Vegemite is already this one thing that divides Australians. It's like Natto in Japan, right? Not every Japanese person likes Natto in the same way not every Australian likes Vegemite. Who here likes Vegemite? I like Vegemite. It's really good. Okay, maybe I was wrong. But...

The most common, at least my midnight snack when I was in uni, was Vegemite and cheese sandwiches.

Yeah? That's the shit. You take a slice of nice biga cheese and you put some Vegemite on it, two pieces of bread, you bite on that shit, oh, instant nut. It's so good. I like how you had to tell me what a Vegemite and cheese sandwich was. Like I wouldn't have known how to build those two ingredients and two pieces of bread. Just in case you didn't know. Thank you for clarifying. I don't know what kind of psychotic person would mix chocolate with Vegemite, though. That sounds...

Here's a word you can learn in Australian. That sounds rank. What else? What else? Yeah. Alright, you're gonna have to explain this one. I don't know if this is part of Australian history. But, have a national debate about sausage sandwiches. Wait.

To what level are we talking national debate? I have no idea. This is just what the list says. Are you guys that passionate about sausage sandwiches? Or was there a point? I mean, everyone knows how good the bunning sandwiches are, right? Yeah.

So we have this hardware store called Bunnings Warehouse. Lowest prices every day. And every Sunday morning, they basically just pull a barbecue out and they give out sausage sandwiches to people. I used to get Sunday lunches there all the time. That sounds good. Yeah, it's great. I don't know about the debate thing because how... I don't know. Maybe it's like, do you like onion on it? I think maybe this...

Oh, onions, right? Is that the debate? Oh, oh, okay, thank you, yeah. The debate is: do you use two slices of bread to sandwich the sausage, or do you use one slice of bread

Yeah. I think that's the debate. Explain it again. Okay, so in Australia, how we do it is we don't waste bread, right? We want to eat the fucking sausage. So we take one slice of bread, kind of put it like diagonally, put the sausage diagonally in the middle and then fold it up like a gyro. What? And that's a sausage sandwich, right? Most other countries, though, use two slices of bread and to kind of sandwich it together, right? Yeah. But not in Australia.

You know what? I'm on the Aussie side of things. I use one slice. I use one slice. Because...

We have to do this every time I have a barbecue in England. I am back, everyone makes a sausage sandwich in England, which we sometimes do when we have a barbecue, and everyone uses two slices of bread if we don't have hot dog bread. But I'm the guy who just uses the one slice, I don't know, it's just optimized. Two slices of bread is too much. It's easy to hold as well. Listen, you're just lazy, all right?

Get it. It's a lot of work. I also you know, I get fancy I cut the sausages in half. They stay still and the it's dude. It's so much Okay, okay, let me okay, okay, hold on though. I have a fact about Australia, okay? What and are you gonna I? Get like this might have been I made it the fuck up. I I heard I

This is so fucking stupid. I heard that one of your prime ministers shit himself in a McDonald's. Now that's a man I can vote for. I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Who was it again? Shit himself in a McDonald's. Which one? Oh, ScoMo. Yeah, yeah, yeah, ScoMo. Scott Morrison. We call him ScoMo. He shit himself in a McDonald's? He shit himself in a McDonald's.

I mean, average day at a McDonald's, if you ask me. So, so, uh, are we proud of this? That, uh... I mean, what other country can say, like, "How Prime Minister shit himself in a McDonald's?" It was also like one of your prime ministers was-- had the quickest pint-drinking time or something. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Oh, yeah, yeah. Like, how the fuck are you deciding your prime ministers? By that, clearly. It's like whoever won the box wine gets to run the country. Yeah.

Well, I mean, John Howard won because he had the thickest eyebrows, right? What? Yeah, we had a prime minister called John Howard and he had these, like, fucking caterpillar eyebrows.

It's okay. I mean... It was insanely thick. Well, we picked our Prime Minister based on how stupid they are, so don't worry. It's actually... You guys are doing it better. Join the club. Is part of the election process having to do a shoo-ee at this point? Like, what's next? I mean, if you ask me, they should bring that in, to be honest. Like, I feel if you're a true Australian, you can do a shoo-ee and come out on top and be like, yeah, that was nothing. Give me another one. Goon of Fortune next? This is a terrible way of getting a Prime Minister. That's a terrible idea. Yeah.

Alright, next one. This was pretty random. Make coffee in avocado. I have never heard of that. That's some like rural Australia shit. I mean, especially here in Melbourne that has like- Where the fuck did you find this? Yeah, they wouldn't do that in Melbourne, especially when I would say you guys have the best coffee in the fucking world. Honestly, Connor, you're the coffee guy out of the three of us. What do you think? It's pretty good.

It's pretty good. It's kind of crazy how much good coffee there is just everywhere. Yeah. It's so unfair. Fuck you guys, man. Fuck you. He don't miss! Alright, okay, that whole coffee and avocado thing, I don't know. I've never heard of that. That sounds like Cap. Hold on. I'm tired of Australia. Hold on, hold on. I don't want to talk about it anymore. Why? I want to talk about anime.

Are we doing it? Are we actually talking about anime on Trash Taste? I just wanna... Listen, it feels like such a waste to have a studio audience and not say some anime opinions. You know what I mean? Right? For example, let me just say something and you guys react to how it makes you feel. Okay? Spy Family is mid.

I just wanted to try it. I'm sorry. Okay. Actually, it's funny that you brought it up because I feel like for the first time in about 10 years, the boys come up to me like last week and Joey especially says, Garnt, you're not going to believe this. I go, what? He said, I'm not going to believe this.

I watched 15 episodes of anime last week. I was like, no way! The anime man hates no way! That's right, I'm back, baby! He's back! Yeah, I just had like a day off one weekend. This is like a few days before we flew to Melbourne. And I was just like, yeah, I don't know what's come over me, but...

I wanna watch anime. Disgusting. And I think it's because especially this season is just so incredibly stacked. I feel there's too many good shows not to watch. So, I watched first at the time there was only two episodes of Oshinoko. Which I mean, what can I say about that? It's fucking incredible. The manga was so freaking good so I knew it was gonna be good. I watched, what's it called in English? Hell's Paradise.

- Hell's Paradise? - Hell's Paradise, which is also, like, MAPPA never misses, so they killed it with that. And I actually finally finished an anime that I had had on hold for the longest time. - Oh, oh, okay. What did you finish? - And because it was so long, I decided to just go back to episode one and just, like, binge all 12 episodes. I finally finished Bocce the Rock.

You finished Watch the Raw? Yeah, because I think I'd watched it up to like episode 5 or 6 and then I just like forgot about it and I was like, "Oh, I should actually just kind of finish this." So I just binged it on one day and yeah, it's good. But... Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, Joey? Joey? What do you mean? But... But... But... It is so incredibly cringe.

Okay, okay. I'm sorry, you like that? I mean, I found that, yes, it is incredibly, incredibly cringe, but it was kind of like...

a self-reflective cringe because it was so relatable that I found myself cringing at some points in it and it was kind of like the closest thing I found to something like Peep Show or Inbetweeners but like anime form where I would watch scenes

And I'd be like, "This is so fucking painful." - Yeah. - Yeah. - Okay, so like, when I went into Bochy the Rock, right, initially, before I decided to watch it all again, right, my understanding of it after reading the synopsis, I was like, "Oh, this is K-On, but if the main character was the girl from Watamote." Which, Bochy fans, that's what the show is. There's no denying that. That's exactly what that show is, right? It is a incredibly socially awkward girl

Making a band and making music. This is all the things I hate. This is just everything I don't stand for. So, I went into it, right? And look, granted, the art and animation is phenomenal. Like, I can see why people adore this show, right? But you pointed out saying, oh, I cringed at the fact that it was relatable. Yeah. Yeah.

No one is that socially awkward. I'm sorry, not even anime fans. And that's stooping low. Not even anime fans are that socially awkward. Is anyone that socially awkward? No, no, you think you are. That's bullshit. No, no, no, you put your hand up. You put your hand up, you're already more sociable than Gotou Shikigami. Okay, wait, wait, wait. Do you guys like Boshi the Rock or what are you feeling? Okay, good. I like you guys. Yeah. Okay, look, granted,

Granted, like, I understand why the show is incredibly popular, right? Because, you know, there was a lot of aspects of the show I really enjoy. Like, the music is fucking stellar. Like, especially that last episode when they do those, like, full performances of those songs. I was like, hell yeah. This is great fucking music. It's like K-On!, but they're actually grinding, man. They're actually working towards something. And I respect that. Okay, yeah. And I totally respected that as well. But, like, I don't know. Up until, like, around, like, episode five and six, I just got so...

so frustrated at the main character. I was just like, "Look, I know how this is gonna go to go, alright? You're gonna go into your own world, thinking about all the horrible what-ifs of this, like, one social situation, which at the end of the day doesn't even fucking matter, right? And then you're gonna come out of it and you're gonna be like, 'Oh, you know what? It was fine all along.' That's how every episode ends in 'Boys Through the Rock,' and I'm like, 'Alright, can we just, like, hurry up, please? Can you just, like, get to the music-making process? I'd much prefer that.'

I don't know, is that a hot take? Do you think it's overrated? Yes. I haven't seen it. I'm just saying, yes. After I finally finished it, I think I can definitively say it's slightly overrated. Okay, okay, okay. Actually, the more important question. Yeah. Which one do you prefer? Bocce the Rock or K-On? K-On, 100%.

I'm sorry. No, nah, nah, man, nah. Okay, here's the thing. Here's the thing. Okay, explain yourself. Can we just take a moment to appreciate that we're fucking talking about anime in front of, like, too many people? Why do we care about this? Okay, here's the thing, right? I don't appreciate people comparing Bocce of the Rock to K-On! And the big reason is because... I will not stand for it, okay? I am going to go Karen mode for a second, and I will not stand for the comparison between K-On! and Bocce of the Rock because...

Botch of the Rock, right? As you said, there is like... Does K.O. look good? Yes.

Let me finish. I'm trolling. I do a little trolling here and there. The thing that I really enjoyed about Bochy the Rock, as you said, right, is that there's, like, a progression happening. It's like a coming-of-age story, right? Like a growth in, like, character and maturity, right? By using, you know, Bochy learning to become social through their bandmates and, like, being in this, like, very group-oriented activity, right? And, you know, that aspect of the story, I...

really liked because it's like that part of that show was quite relatable because you know we've all been in situations where it's like I want to do something cool but I don't have the courage to do it myself and so you get like-minded people around you to like push you forward right like that's a great sentiment to have in a story. K-On though

They didn't even give a hint of that because from episode one, there was no fucking story, right? The whole point of K-On! It's like watching K-On! is like watching like a bunch of exotic birds in a cage. You know, it's like they'd look really cute and pretty, but you know they're not going to do anything. They're not going to be like, oh, the birds suddenly started talking and...

You know, making a revelation. What is this? You don't expect, when you're looking at a cage full of exotic birds, you don't expect anything grandiose from it, but you still stand there and watch it and enjoy yourself. That's what Kaon is. What the fuck are you talking about? I'm talking about Kaon.

What is this bird analogy? It's because I like birds, okay? I just admit you want to talk about birds, okay? So K-On! is like going to a zoo, basically, and just like, "Key me out!" K-On! is... The experience of watching K-On! is like the experience of going to a zoo and seeing your favourite animal, right?

You're just watching them do their thing. You don't expect anything good to come out of it. But maybe every now and then they might shit themselves and you'll laugh. Who let this man cook? Let me cook. Let me cook. Right?

And so the reason why I don't appreciate the comparison between K-On! and Bochy is because they went into the whole cute girls making music thing at a completely different angle. There wasn't enough zoos, actually. I just realised that there wasn't enough animals. No, there wasn't. I had to bring the Australianism into it, right?

So that's why, like, you know, if there was a show to compare Bochi to in the world of anime more than K-On!, I would say Beck. Fuck off, Joey. Yes. Bochi and Beck? But Beck... Who's seen Beck here? That's more than I thought. Because both shows are about, you know...

a dude, a main character, or a girl, in the case with Boji, right, wanting to start a band, but he doesn't have the courage to do it himself, so he gets like-minded individuals to make that dream a reality. Granted, the main character of Beck isn't as socially inept as Goto Hitori, right, but it's the same type of story, right?

But I would argue that Bocce is like right in the middle of K-On and Beck. It was like the best of both worlds. Is that in terms of enjoyability though? Sorry? Is that in terms of enjoyability? Yes. Because everybody knows Beck is... I feel like I'm like the kid in the divorced parents argument. What do they start?

Hey, you're the one who wanted to talk about anime. You're the one who started this corner, you can't blame me. I know, I didn't expect you to go this deep. Alright, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe. I think I can sum this up in one line. Sure. Alright. Is it because she's not like you for real? No.

In fact, the character in Bocce that I related to the most was the drunk bass player girl who everybody knows is the best character in Bocce. Everyone knows she's the best character. She's the best. All right, all right. I agree. I agree. Finally, something we can agree on. When you were talking, Nate, it just reminded me of the, you know the emoji that's just the nerd? Yeah. I don't know why. I wasn't trying to be mean. It just reminded me of that.

But other than that, yeah. Have we all seen Oshinoko? Yeah, you've even seen that, right, Connor? I have. What did you think about it? It was good, but it was weird. Explain. Weird how? Well, okay, so first of all, I can't spoil live because I can't just have you delete your ears. In the episode, we can just be like, spoiler warning, please leave. So I won't spoil. Okay. Unless you want me to. I'm kidding, no.

But I could, and you couldn't do anything about it. And you can't leave. I won't though, I won't. I won't, I won't, I won't. But I could. Okay, okay, I'll stop. It's really weird, because it just seems like, I was watching it and I was like, huh, this is just like VTubers.

With all the secrets in the game. It's like everything seemed like online stuff too. It was really weird. Yeah. I think that's what's so good about Oshinoko. It's kind of like... I think he described it as like Black Mirror, but for the Japanese entertainment industry. Everything's Black Mirror. Okay, okay, okay. It is though, it is. It's just a more depressing look and honestly a more honest look at how the idol industry is. Hmm.

which everyone knows sucks. Yeah, but the good thing about Oshinoko is that later down the line, they go into so much more than that as well. I hope so. And it's like of every corner of the entertainment industry, which is like, the more you read the manga, you're just like, oh man, this is too real. I have to close this. Especially as a YouTuber, I'm just like, oh my god, I did not

It's like when you accidentally stumble upon a hate comment and it just ruins your day. It's just like, "Oh, I didn't need to see that right now. I knew it was there. I just didn't want to see it." It has one of the most insane premises to explain to someone. You sound insane if you say you like this show and then you're like, "Oh, by the way, it's about a dude who was in love with a girl and then becomes her child." So... Bro, you just spoiled it. That's not a spoiler. That's the first fucking ten minutes.

Yeah. So did you go into it blind? I'm curious. No, because remember we did the stream where we kind of talked about it. The manga. Did we talk about it? Yes, we did. We got paid to. We got paid to talk about the anime rankings. Sorry, the manga rankings. Oh, yes. And then when you told me about the show, I was like, what the fuck?

It's just dude, there's so much weird anime. There's so much stuff that's so- It's like, you know we've gotten to the point that we've gone too far when that's one of the more tame things this season. Like, Gar was telling me about this anime about a dude who gets reincarnated as a girl's dog. Oh. You guys heard of this? Inukai- Inukai-san's dog. Yeah, we uh, we don't talk about that. Have you guys seen this?

-Don't-- why are you excited about it? -Why were you clapping? Why-- I saw one person clapping. Yeah, I couldn't-- It's anime like that where I'm like, "Oh, that's why I stopped watching anime." Yeah, this is where anime has gone too far. Okay, it doesn't sound that bad when you say that, but then when you find out what happens in the show, you're like, "Oh, God."

Oh god, we should have stopped. It's the whole POV, man. If they didn't make a POV, it just would have been... It's POV? It's POV. Yeah, it's POV. If it wasn't POV, I mean, it still would have been weird, but it wouldn't have been as weird, you know? POV just makes everything creepier. Because the only things that are shot in POV are porn. That's true. That is true. That's the only place we actually see POV and we like it, right? No, god.

Oh my god, yeah. And then the other show I watched was Hell's Paradise. Hell's Paradise. Oh my god. Like, again, this is another one. Like Oshinoko, I had read like the first... Did you read the manga for that? Yeah, I did. Because, okay, I'm only watching the anime, and like, what I'm getting from Hell's Paradise is everything that I'm never going to get from Hunter x Hunter x Dark Continent arc.

Anyone caught up on Hunter x Hunter to the point where it is? Because it's never going to continue? Yeah, trick question. It's never continuing. Okay, like four of you? Wow. Yeah. No, I think what I liked about Hell's Paradise is that even though it's a shonen jump manga, it just feels like it's gone back to like the early 2000s. Like, just like, we don't give a fuck anymore. Just like, let's just make it the most gory, messed up show. But also make it like

just, I don't know, really cool and entertaining. And it's like, like the monster designs in Hell's Paradise are like legitimate nightmare fuel. Like, it's terrifying. It's like, it's like some like bleach hollow shit, you know, like. Yeah. Been meaning to watch it, but I wanted to wait for more episodes to come.

It feels like the kind of show that I want to watch all of it in one go. Yeah, I really regret starting it now because I have to wait every week now. Dude, this is like I've been watching Vinland Saga. If you haven't watched it, you should watch it. Oh, hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. And it's amazing. But watching people play Farmville week by week is so slow. Yeah, that's why I'm waiting for it to just finish. I'm an idiot. I should have waited longer. Yeah.

Yeah, because I think the manga's on the final arc right now. It's funny because when Vinland Saga Season 2 started airing, I thought

A lot of people were going to drop it because it was very, very different from season one. Yeah, very slow. It's about a totally different thing now. The violence is gone. But generally, people don't seem to be complaining. I think it's because they've just heard through the grapevine where it's like, just get past this part and it'll be worth it. I think Australians would like it because it's about the English getting fucked as well. So I think like...

That's good. That's pretty good. That's sure. We'll have to see it. We should take this advantage, I'm just realizing now. You know, because we have a live studio audience, and sometimes we do these shows and people are always like, why didn't they talk about that anime? So if you guys make some noise for which anime you want us to talk about, we'll talk about it. Just go crazy. Start shouting things. I heard JoJo. We'll hear another one though.

Did I hear- That's just your Jojo brain hearing out Jojo. Yeah, I can only hear Jojo. Okay, do it again, do it again. Fuck, I just heard Jojo again. That one Jojo fan's so goddamn loud. How could you shout so loud with a dick in your mouth, huh? Do we want to talk about Jojo? What's- It's fucking amazing. What is there to talk about? Yeah, the only thing we're going to say about Jojo is that all of you should be watching it. Doesn't matter what kind of anime you're into, you should give it a go. Did you hear anything else? Did I hear- Oh, attack-

Someone said Trigon. Oh. You watched Trigon as well, right, Joey? I watched Trigon Stampede. Oh, it's so good. It's so good. Fucking amazing. Yeah. So, I mean, it's Trigon, like, and it's Studio Orange, and I'm like, match made in heaven. Yeah, so, I came into Trigon, obviously not remembering much of the original series that aired, like, I feel like

a decade or two ago right now. So I didn't remember much and I feel like that only helped my experience with Trigun Stampede because not only does it take kind of a different direction to the original Trigun, it also does things that the Trigun, the original Trigun never covered as well. And all I can say is

It's fucking incredible. Studio Orange somehow has knocked it out of the park again. I don't know. I thought they achieved peak in Beastars, and then they were just like, hold my beer with Trigon because, oh my god, it's like...

Just that last episode especially, I'm obviously not going to spoil it, but oh my god, there's a scene in the last episode where Studio Orange just flexed the fuck out with their animation and it looks insane. So please give it a watch. Would you say...

Would you say you can watch Trigon Stampede without necessarily watching the original? Oh, you don't need to watch the original show. In fact, I think it might be better if you don't watch the original show because it's two totally different vibes, right? Did you get that as well? Yeah, no, absolutely. Like, I feel the original Trigon was very much like, you know, the Western, you know, the spaghetti Western aesthetic that, you know, was present in it. And then with, like, hints of sci-fi, whereas Trigon Stampede is just...

full-on sci-fi. There's a little bit of the kind of spaghetti western feel to it, but it's just like they did the trigger effect, basically. They were like, we're going to space. They started off in space, Joey. What are you talking about? And then they went back into space. But how many people have seen the original Trigon?

Oh damn, addition to map. Okay, so even if you didn't put your hands up, please give Trigon Stampede a go. You don't have to watch the original, it is insane. Insanely good. It got me to watch it. Did I hear- That's saying a lot. I don't know if I just imagined this, but I imagine it's popular enough that someone said it. Did I hear Attack on Titan as well?

I never heard of it. What's that? That's the quietest anyone's ever been for tag on time. Whenever we say a tag on time in the States, you'd think that like you just got a new president. They were just like, "Yeah!" with a tag on time. I think it's just Americans that they just shout when they know something. They're like, "I know that show! Yes!" Yeah, tag on time is good.

What do you think Joey? My favorite part about Tekken Titan is having to wait 500 years for anything. Yeah, I can't wait for the finals. I think it's actually ending now. We only have to wait a few more months. Oh, oh, I'll do it. Only a few more months. Just a few more months and then they're going to bring out two movies and a fucking OVA or something. I don't know. They're going to milk the shit out of it for sure. It's taken 10 years. 10 years. 10 years.

Has it? Wait, has it? Yeah, it has been 10 years, hasn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, okay. How big do you think the ending is going to be for Attack on Titan? Do you think, like, how much is it going to blow up the internet? I feel... Is it just me or... You don't hear as much about Attack on Titan anymore as, like, the first couple of seasons because of the whole problem of them, like, milking it out, but also just them taking way too goddamn long to, like...

get to the point, you know? So like, I don't know if they've like shot themselves in the foot in that regard of like, I don't know, like, is it just me? Like, you don't, there's obviously people talking about Attack on Titan. Right. But I don't feel it's nearly near the peak that it was during like season one, for instance, right? Yeah.

I would still think it's still super fucking popular. Oh, it's still super popular, yeah. More popular than, like, any anime, I would argue. Not any anime, but it's definitely, like, up there. Like, I think after, like, the top two, like, seasonal anime, it's, like, it's there in, like, the top five at least. But, like, I don't know. I remember when, like, season one came out. Oh, my God. Like, my grandma knew what the fuck Attack on Titan was. Like, that shit was everywhere, especially in Japan. How did your grandma know about it?

Because my Japanese grandma is like, she's actually quite, she loves Demon Slayer. What? Yeah. Your base grandma, man. Base grandma. My grandma, my uncle, my aunt, they're like all fans of Demon Slayer. My dad's still trying to figure out what anime is. He's like, I've watched 10, I don't even know what it is. Alright, Joey, real question. Do you know what's airing next season?

No... Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2! Yes! Are you gonna be watching Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, Joey? You know what? I actually will. Are you actually? Yeah. Are you actually? But he called it mid! Yeah. I still finished Season 1, though. What the fuck is wrong with you? I'm going to watch Season 2 so that I can further confirm how mid it is. No. Can we get a boo? Can we get a boo for that? Thank you.

I don't know if you ever explained why you think it's just mid or you were just like, eh, it's alright, it's alright. Do you have an actual reason? Like, I think for me, it's completely like, unprecedented. Like my reasoning behind it. Like, how I feel... I've never had someone refer to their own opinions as unprecedented. This is an unprecedented opinion of mine. It's unprecedented because like, okay, the

How I feel about Jesus of Chia Sen, right, is how I felt about... What's the one with Senku, the main character? Dr. Stone. That's how I felt watching Dr. Stone is how I felt with Jesus of Chia Sen. In the sense that...

I looked at the synopsis for both shows, right? And like the background of it all. And it ticked off all of the boxes of what I like in an anime, right? And so I was like, well, obviously, this is going to be a great fucking show. I'm going to enjoy the shit out of it, right? And then you start watching it. And it's just this feeling of like...

this is not quite what I wanted. And it's really difficult to explain. It's like literally a vibe check. Like I'm vibe checking Dr. Stone and Jesus of Chia San. I'm being like, I know this has all the things I love in it, but some combination of this, I don't know where it is or what it is, it just doesn't feel like the show that I was hoping it was going to be. You know? Like I got the same thing with Carol on Tuesday.

When I watched Carol on Tuesday, I was like, okay, it's Watanabe Shinichiro, amazing writer. It's about music. It's sci-fi. It's like, this is everything I fucking love in an anime. And I watched it and I'm like...

it was good but like something's missing and i don't know what it is do you get that feeling i i actually no i agree with you yeah i had such high expectations of caroline tuesday and i just something about it just didn't hit the story beats i wanted exactly i do want to re-watch it because uh i remember caroline tuesday and it the synopsis or the premise of caroline tuesday is actually scarily accurate to

What's going on now? So if you don't know, if you haven't seen Carol and Tuesday, it's an exploration about real music and musicians versus music that is AI generated. - Very topical today. - It is very, very topical today because let's be honest, we're gonna be replaced by AI in like five years, right? - We've all heard the Drake and Weekend AI song, right? Yeah.

That shit's slapped. Yeah, like, I think my favorite meme right now is the Harry Potter, like, not the Harry Potter, the Balenciaga AI memes. Wait, you guys didn't know it was Harry Potter? No, no, because they've done collaborations with, like, Harry Potter and, like, all these, like, movie franchises of, like, all these movie characters basically AI-generated into, like, shilling out for Balenciaga.

It's the weirdest thing, looking up when you get home. And then there's the recent presidential debates, or no, just like the president AI generated conversations. Like they play Overwatch and stuff like that. Do you remember that? They're playing Minecraft and shit. Yeah. I love those. Yeah. No, I agree. And so how I felt about Carolyn Tuesday and Dr. Stone is basically how I felt about Jesus Christ. In the sense that

It's like, I actually hate the fact that I think it's mid because it was everything that I wanted in a brand new... I hate that it's mid. No, I do. And it's like, I hate the fact that I think that because it's like, again, it was everything that I thought I wanted in a new shonen and just something about it didn't click with me. And I don't know why. And that's why I hate trying to explain why I think Jesus Kai said it's mid because I know it's just a me problem.

It's just a me issue. It is literally a me issue. And I totally understand why people love the shit out of it. Because I wish I was there. I wish I loved the shit out of it too, but I can't. I swear to God, Joey, I know for a fact now if you ever get to watching Arcane, you're going to think it's me. I swear to God, Joey. You cannot watch Arcane. Maybe I'm doing a service by not watching it. No, he should watch Arcane. Should he watch Arcane?

Okay, but all I'm saying is don't yell and shout at me when I come back and say Arcane is mid, alright? You forced me to watch it. Boo! Thanks guys. You guys will do anything. Trash Taste is so much better when I can command people to boo. I can just be like, I don't like that opinion, boo guys. Yeah, boo them. Thank you. This is what Connor gets when he has a live Twitch audience in front of him. You've given him too much power. Way too much power. Thank you.

But uh, yeah. But uh, I think we have just about run out of time for this Trash Taste recording. Uh, wait. Uh, before we say goodbye, Joey, you gotta do the thing, Joey. Do the thing. Oh yeah. Guys, watching at home, look at all these patrons on the screen. You guys see all of them? Audience! Audience! What do you think of this member? What do you think of this member?

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Also nerve-wracking because this is the first Trash Taste episode we've filmed in front of an audience and it's the first time I've never taken a piss break mid recording so Congratulations Honestly, that's the real reason we're ending it. I really really need to piss like right now Normally we can pause recording. We're like, alright, let's go for a piss break and come back But thank you very much for guy. Thank you very much for attending guys. I

And for all of you watching at home, we'll see you all next week. Bye!

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