[Leftovers] #193

A phone that snaps onto a magnet shouldn’t feel like a life upgrade, but somehow it does. We start with a very real debate about the best place to park your phone while cooking and why the fridge is underrated when you’re trying to follow recipes without splashes, neck strain, or that annoying “look straight down” posture. It’s a small-gadget chat that turns into something bigger: how tiny bits of home organization can make daily routines smoother.

Next we get into laptop aesthetics and the deep need to cover a dent with a sticker, partly to protect it and partly to make it feel “right” again. We talk through the practical risk of bubbling over imperfections and the emotional side of wanting your stuff to look cool in a room full of identical devices. Then reality interrupts, literally, and we end up swapping stories about vacation exhaustion, procrastination, laundry delays, and the dishwasher hack where you only unload what you need and call it progress.

The back half goes full household comedy: episode-number schemes, Minecraft troubleshooting, a running bit about losing “dad powers,” and a “ghost opened the door” moment that somehow leads into bedtime-story choices and a clean explanation of empathy vs sympathy. If you like conversational podcasts that blend everyday life, parenting humor, and simple insights that stick, you’ll feel right at home with us.

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Transcript

Mic Check And Magnetic Phone Joy

SPEAKER_02 0:00

We re are we?

SPEAKER_01 0:01

We are recording.

SPEAKER_02 0:02

Yeah, but are we set up?

SPEAKER_01 0:04

I don't know. I haven't checked.

SPEAKER_02 0:06

Should I more job? No, it looks better. It looks the same.

SPEAKER_01 0:11

Yeah, it looks the same. It doesn't matter. No. Uh yeah.

SPEAKER_02 0:15

Very cool. Is this magnetic?

SPEAKER_01 0:19

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 0:21

I don't think I have anything metal in here.

SPEAKER_01 0:24

Uh what about the knife?

SPEAKER_02 0:26

Oh, the knife is metal. That's right. Maybe slightly. This feels really dangerous. Maybe I should put the knife back in the slot. Kind of. It's got a slight magnet. Yeah. That makes me so happy. I used to have the magnetic. Yeah, I remember. You remember that?

SPEAKER_01 0:51

Yeah. You put it on the fridge.

SPEAKER_02 0:53

Everything. And it was the best thing ever, except for at the gym. Well, it was really cool at the gym because I I could take it out of my pocket and it wouldn't get all sweaty. I'll just stick it on the machine. And then I'd get up and walk away.

SPEAKER_01 1:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:06

But I remember you putting on the fridge.

SPEAKER_02 1:09

Yes. That was the best thing. Because then I could like see uh the recipes and stuff on the fridge. Yeah. I guess it works just as well if you put it on the counter. But I I liked having it on the fridge. It's uh a nice place to put a phone.

SPEAKER_01 1:26

On the counter, it's it's uh it feels more in the risk zone of getting that too. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:33

And then you have to like splashed or you have to look straight down to see what you're reading or whatever.

SPEAKER_01 1:38

And you just look look down.

SPEAKER_02 1:40

That's annoying.

SPEAKER_01 1:42

Down and dumb.

SPEAKER_02 1:43

Down and dumb. Yeah. I don't like that.

SPEAKER_01 1:46

No.

SPEAKER_02 1:46

I don't like doing that. So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:53

So I'm I'm pretty happy about that.

Covering A Laptop Dent With Style

SPEAKER_02 1:55

Good. I also got um like a sticker kind of thing for the laptop up here.

SPEAKER_01 2:02

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 2:03

It's not like a case, but it's just a sticker to make it look cool. Because it it has like a little dent, it looks like, on the back side there, or the top, or whatever you want to call it.

SPEAKER_01 2:15

The the sticker or the no, the the computer itself.

SPEAKER_02 2:19

It looks like it has a little dent.

SPEAKER_01 2:20

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 2:21

And you know, that's not perfection.

SPEAKER_01 2:23

No.

SPEAKER_02 2:23

It's imperfection. So I need to cover it up with uh sticker. Sticker.

SPEAKER_01 2:27

Yeah. Then it's perfect. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:29

And it'll look cool as well. Okay. And then it's gonna stick out in a classroom full of boring computers. Mine is gonna be the cool one.

SPEAKER_01 2:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:39

Because it has a cool sticker. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:42

Doesn't even look dented.

SPEAKER_02 2:43

I hope not.

SPEAKER_01 2:44

Or maybe it does.

SPEAKER_02 2:46

It might still look tent tent dented.

SPEAKER_01 2:49

Tinted.

SPEAKER_02 2:49

Tinted, but you'll be distracted by the rest of the sticker.

SPEAKER_01 2:53

Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_02 2:54

Be like, oh, it's still cool.

SPEAKER_01 2:56

Where's the dent?

SPEAKER_02 2:57

It's it's here.

SPEAKER_01 2:58

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 2:59

I can't really show you.

SPEAKER_01 3:00

No, no, you can't. But uh okay. It's there.

SPEAKER_02 3:03

You have to trust me.

SPEAKER_01 3:04

Yeah. It's not like top or it's more on the It's like somewhere in the middle. Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_02 3:11

Not on the logo, but like off to the side of the logo, kind of. But if you in that area where it's supposed to be flat.

SPEAKER_01 3:18

Yeah. But if you put a sticker over it, doesn't it look like a bubble then?

SPEAKER_02 3:23

Maybe.

SPEAKER_01 3:24

Yeah, maybe.

SPEAKER_02 3:24

We're gonna find out.

SPEAKER_01 3:25

We'll see.

SPEAKER_02 3:26

Yep.

SPEAKER_01 3:26

Unless you burst the bubble and then you see the dent plus the sticker.

SPEAKER_02 3:31

Or if I put like some kind of caulk or something to fill the hole.

Visitors, Vacation Chaos, And Chores

SPEAKER_01 3:39

Someone's at the door.

SPEAKER_02 3:42

I was good and then I went to your place.

SPEAKER_01 3:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 3:45

And then everything went downhill from there.

SPEAKER_01 3:48

I was also there.

SPEAKER_02 3:49

Whoa. You okay? What was what was that? Okay.

SPEAKER_01 3:55

Yeah, I was also there, so.

SPEAKER_02 3:57

Yeah. We were kind of giving each other things to eat. Yeah. And yeah. Hey. Yeah. Goodbye.

SPEAKER_00 4:12

Goodbye, just I don't know what you just said.

SPEAKER_01 4:16

No.

SPEAKER_02 4:16

But okay.

SPEAKER_01 4:17

I'm sure it was important.

SPEAKER_02 4:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:20

You have to ask him later.

SPEAKER_02 4:22

What'd you say? Like, what? What are you talking about?

SPEAKER_01 4:27

No, an hour ago when you left.

SPEAKER_02 4:30

You said something.

SPEAKER_01 4:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 4:32

What did you say? Don't keep any secrets from me. I'm your mother. Did you notice that I put a title on the last episode?

SPEAKER_01 4:42

No. I didn't.

SPEAKER_02 4:44

You did nothing with that. No. You did your editing and then you just ignored it. Yeah. Ignored it. It's good you trust me.

SPEAKER_01 4:55

Yeah. I uh I I had a lot. I've been busy. I've been on vacation. I've been busy.

SPEAKER_02 5:03

Yeah. Vacation is exhausting.

SPEAKER_01 5:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:06

You haven't been home at all? Except for last night.

SPEAKER_01 5:09

Yeah. No.

SPEAKER_02 5:10

That's it.

SPEAKER_01 5:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:12

I'm going to Yadmori tomorrow. That's that. Yeah. Yeah. I guess. Oh. I haven't packed.

SPEAKER_01 5:20

No.

SPEAKER_02 5:20

I haven't even done my laundry this week.

SPEAKER_01 5:22

You you don't pack nowadays.

SPEAKER_02 5:24

I don't. Oh my gosh. I had like the entire week to do laundry and to keep up with the dishes and everything. And I I didn't.

SPEAKER_01 5:34

Yeah, I have laundry and dishes waiting at home.

SPEAKER_02 5:37

Yeah. I did uh Axel's laundry. He required two loads of laundry because that's how much that I've been procrastinating with his clothes.

SPEAKER_01 5:47

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 5:48

And uh the second load was done maybe Monday or Tuesday. And I just folded it yesterday.

SPEAKER_01 5:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:56

Wednesday.

SPEAKER_01 5:57

I haven't uh even uh done your laundry since you moved in. No, I haven't even, you know, cleared the dishwasher since last time I so there are still things in there. Clean things, but I haven't taken them out. Just if I need something, it's like okay, there it is.

SPEAKER_02 6:16

It's clean.

SPEAKER_01 6:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:18

So you might as well. Technically, you're still emptying the dishwasher if you do that. So you can feel like you've done something.

SPEAKER_01 6:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:27

I took one thing out of the dishwasher.

SPEAKER_01 6:29

Yeah. And made it dirty.

SPEAKER_02 6:33

Or for the next time. Exactly. Are we just trying to end it sooner by hopping over

Episode Numbers And The “Bonus 185”

SPEAKER_02 6:40

one episode?

SPEAKER_01 6:42

We can um fool the people that we're and that it's gonna be the last one, and then we'd do 185 after that. 185 as a bonus.

SPEAKER_02 6:54

Bonus 185. The one that we never did.

unknown 6:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:59

It's oh oh yeah, that that's like the worst. That's the worst one. We can just go all out on that one.

SPEAKER_02 7:07

I guess so. Yeah. Or like we can do 200 like normal and then have the 185 live, and we'll just yeah. One 185 live because it rhymes.

SPEAKER_01 7:21

Yeah. We can do that.

SPEAKER_02 7:24

180 live mad libs. Yeah. Because cool. Yeah. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 7:31

180 uh live mad libs. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 7:34

180th. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:38

I like it.

SPEAKER_02 7:39

We'll see what happens. We'll see what I have time

Minecraft Help And “Dad Powers” Lore

SPEAKER_02 7:42

for. Mom. Hi.

SPEAKER_00 7:44

Lord I mean uh Minecraft.

SPEAKER_02 7:47

In your bag. In the front pocket. Front pocket. Front pocket. Get out of here. Here you go. Have my fingers sweat.

SPEAKER_01 7:56

Thank you.

SPEAKER_02 7:57

You're welcome. You can do exactly what I was doing. No. It doesn't go there. You want my finger sweat there? No. Ew. Well, I guess it's located, I guess. Good.

SPEAKER_00 8:13

Now said I'm funging.

SPEAKER_02 8:15

Okay. I don't know how to help you. Good.

SPEAKER_00 8:18

Good. They need internet, I think.

SPEAKER_02 8:20

They need internets. Maybe we'll fix internets later. No one. We don't have to.

SPEAKER_00 8:26

Intranet.

SPEAKER_02 8:27

Yeah, intranets.

SPEAKER_00 8:28

No, not intranet. Intranet.

SPEAKER_02 8:31

Oh, intranet. Just the one.

SPEAKER_01 8:33

Yeah, singular.

SPEAKER_02 8:34

Singular intranet. Goodbye.

SPEAKER_01 8:37

Doesn't he have a dad?

SPEAKER_02 8:38

No.

SPEAKER_01 8:39

Okay. No. What happened to that guy? He lost his voice.

SPEAKER_02 8:42

So he's not a dad anymore. He lost his dad powers because that was the only power he had. Hello.

SPEAKER_00 8:49

And we have to get and we have to try to pull the button out. It's not sticking in.

SPEAKER_02 8:55

Do you have a dad?

SPEAKER_00 8:56

It's not going in on it's not.

SPEAKER_02 9:02

Okay. No. No. All the dad power goes away if you lose your voice.

SPEAKER_01 9:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 9:10

Then you're just a lump in front of the computer.

SPEAKER_01 9:14

Yeah. Hey, lump.

SPEAKER_02 9:17

He's lump. He's lump. Lump. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 9:22

Okay, I think it's your turn to talk this time.

SPEAKER_02 9:26

Can you do it backwards? Kind of very warm. Thank you.

SPEAKER_01 9:30

Synchronized almost.

Ghost Doors, Bedtime Stories, And Empathy

SPEAKER_02 9:34

A ghost just opened the door. Was that you? Was that you or I said? I said you say. Are you talking in the microphone without me?

SPEAKER_01 10:21

No.

SPEAKER_02 10:22

Are you telling secrets?

SPEAKER_01 10:24

No.

SPEAKER_02 10:25

Good itchy.

SPEAKER_01 10:34

Can we ask it uh open eyes to tell a good night story? Yeah. That we can read for the people. It was in cumla, so I don't know if you wanted to go there.

SPEAKER_02 10:47

Let's see what I can do here. Oh my gosh. Sorry, hold on.

SPEAKER_01 10:54

Okay. Am I pausing?

SPEAKER_02 10:55

You can if you want it.

SPEAKER_01 10:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 10:58

Was she also in the new fame or no?

SPEAKER_01 11:02

Maybe. I don't. I'm not sure. Maybe she was. I forgot so much about that movie. I don't think for it. No. It was such a forgettable movie this one.

SPEAKER_02 11:16

Sorry, not sorry. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 11:19

Um so yeah, but unless you have a better option.

SPEAKER_02 11:24

Um. So light they oh. Sorry. You don't want the dragon who catches the place on fire.

SPEAKER_01 11:39

You rather want that.

SPEAKER_02 11:40

Well, you are deciding.

SPEAKER_01 11:42

Okay. I'll take the owl.

SPEAKER_02 11:44

Okay. Or someone completely else.

SPEAKER_01 11:48

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 11:50

We can go with the owl. Yeah, okay. If you have nothing else.

SPEAKER_01 11:53

It's okay.

SPEAKER_02 11:55

My face is drenched.

SPEAKER_01 11:59

Because of the poor fox.

SPEAKER_02 12:01

The poor fox. He dropped his fingertip.

SPEAKER_01 12:05

Yeah. You shouldn't tell this story to your youngest.

SPEAKER_02 12:08

Oh, sick child.

SPEAKER_01 12:15

Empathy. What's the difference between those?

SPEAKER_02 12:18

Um, sympathy and empathy. Yeah. Sympathy is feeling bad.

SPEAKER_01 12:23

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 12:23

Mainly. Empathy is sharing the feeling. Like, like, I get it. I I get how you're feeling. It's like an the difference is like I understand and I feel bad.

SPEAKER_01 12:37

Feeling bad for the fox.

SPEAKER_02 12:39

I forgot. I Yeah. Hello. It's Kisnacoka. Hello. Hello. Bye-bye. Okay. Um

Stuck On Numbers And Final Plans

SPEAKER_02 12:50

so Madias, or should we should we break the news on ninety five?

SPEAKER_01 12:56

We can break the news on 95 because we're so stuck on numbers. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:00

Why not?