Friends Without Benefits

Friendship is beautiful, fulfilling and apparently a massive inconvenience. This week, the gang discusses loneliness, likability, social media and the increasingly difficult task of making friends after 40. Also, the elite defend data centers, Milo Yiannopoulos reaches the “find out” stage, the Mormons are testing Jay, and more. (0:00:00) Intro(0:03:10) The Mormon’s are testing Jay(0:07:49) Meredith lives in a slum(0:10:27) Ty can’t eat like a teenager anymore(0:13:48) Celebrity Death Pool update(0:22:06) Sounds of the Week: Data center propaganda(0:32:27) Sounds of the Week: ICE deported an ally(0:44:43) Friendship, socializing, and being liked … in your 40s Songs:“Self Esteem” by The Offspring“In the End” Linkin Park“Creep” by Radiohead Notes:Twitter Global Government Affairs post announcing Chinese bot farms conducting data center influence operationsNews report on China anti-AI plotNeighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives Anger over planned AI data center drives Missouri city’s voters to recall council member