022: The Beginning of Watcher, Goop Salads, Water Bottles and Contacts
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
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This week we discuss our favorite the start of Watcher, GOOP, Glasses and contacts, water bottles, koala's mating calls, AND MORE!
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Ryan Bergara & Shane Madej & Steven Lim
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Brittney Lee
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Matt Real
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0:00 Intro
0:54 How We Met Brittney
15:07 Glasses/Contacts
28:32 Lasik
31:29 The Apple Test
35:12 Musical Skill
39:27 More Gross Eye Stuff
45:04 Water Bottles
53:57 Stickers on Water Bottles
1:00:05 Koala's
1:02:00 Salads
1:06:49 Goop Salad
1:12:46 Fast Casual Restaurants 
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Yes, the lower 3rds are accidentally swapped, and there are a few seconds of audio near the end where the sound echos a bit. My sincerest apologies and please don't make a big deal of it to my bosses - Matt :)
xD I thought I had opened a second window on accident. Hopefully Steven doesn't come for you too hard Matt D:
what if i wanna make a big deal 😠 i'm going to watcher hq and wagging my finger at you
What’s life without a bit of an echo? Great episode despite Ryan being gone.
Definitely heard that. The mics look wildly close to their mouths this time. Definitely more mouth sounds which is no bueno. But… we still love y’all!
Shame! Shame!
Calling someone mid-meal to help you finish the food is a lot like phoning a friend in for help in a game show lol
Hi, optometrist here!
- Pinhole helps make your vision clearer because it gets rid of all the excess peripheral light rays that can blur an object and only allows the central rays to enter your eyes
- Hard contact lenses are healthier since it’s less likely that bacteria can grow on them and the material allows more oxygen to pass through to supply the cornea with oxygen. They usually last a year
- Myopia (nearsightedness) is a more recent pandemic. There’s a correlation between increase near work and reduce outdoor time in modern times than the past that’s causing myopia to become more rampant so it wasn’t a huge problem back then
- SMILE has a fast recovery and less complications with the corneal flap that can occur with LASIK.
Hope this helps :)
Thats so interesting! I day dream of having laser eye surgery but my sight loss is from brain damage. 😔 So I make up for it by getting fun and funky glasses.
Could you also remark on stevens fears about the contact being lost in his eye? I feel like he needs the professional reassurance
i’ve been rewatching unhhh lately so when steven said “this is the show where we talk about whatever we want” i heard trixie and katya whisper “cause it’s our show, and not yours”
This is a big moment for Steven, but also a big moment for Shane 😂
Edit: actually I can't remember if this was an unhhh reference or a bald and beautiful reference, ignore me lmao
So you're saying Shane needs to bring a giant fan and "THWORP" every now and then? 😂
@T.Florenz i think it's actually a queens who like to watch reference LMAO 😭
Trixie and Katya as guests when, actually Trixie should be on for your amusement so she can confront her yeti animatronic fear
I hear it’s every time 😂
Brittney was a delight! She has a really good podcast voice, she's just a joy to listen to. Her vibes were super chill and friendly too. Great Ep!
The drama of Shane's water bottle protection story is 👌
Opthalmic technician here. Can confirm: eyes do be nuts. I have nothing more to add, not because there isn't more to say but because I just got off work and I don't wanna.
Good ep, tho
Fellow ophthalmic tech and agree
I’m also an Owala girly, I hated Stanley trend but now Owala becoming popular. Honestly it keeps by water cold entire day and the fact that the straw is built into it and not sticking out is a major plus to me
oh no, ryan died
For Ricky Goldsworth to be reborn 😂😂😂
Finally Steven is in the middle 😂😂😂😂
F
Better haunt Shane or-
Drats not agaaaaiinn 👻
Joined the Patreon just for For Your Amusement. Save FYA at all costs!
I wait so long every week
Just sharing my grief - I had a bottle that I got on a trip to Niagara Falls with a bunch of cute bird drawings on it and I lost it in the first 6 months of having it.
made me happy to hear you all talk about your shoddy eyesight because mine is even worse than yours and everyone always reacts like i'm some weird anomaly from the bottom of the ocean when i tell them my dioptres. all my friends are like -1 or so, so this episode made me feel like a part of a beautiful blurry community
Ryan on FYA 🤝 Steven on this pod
Mixing up Sweden and Switzerland
My favorite salad is one from a regional chain in my area - they have an asaparagus salad that has spring mix, grilled asparagus cuts and tips, shaved parmesan, chopped hazelnuts, and hard boiled egg in a lemon vinaigrette. It's amazing and the grilled asparagus is so juicy and just the right amount of crisp.
Besides that, I'm a big fan of a salmon caesar. A grilled salmon caesar was actually the first salad I ever liked as a child, when I was 12 years old at a diner outside of Anchorage, AK. It was as if a switch flipped in my brain that said "oh wait, leaves are good actually" when they were drenched in sauce and fish.
OWALA!!! Yes!! I got one a few months back and now like everyone in my family is getting them! Such a great bottle.
Love it because the straw doesn’t get nasty like other bottles.
They really should have been a sponsor because I just bought one because of this (and I’m sure others too) 😭
jokes on them i’m watching - listening to all their podcasts bc idc the topic, i love hearing them talk
I’m here to give my water bottle preference, which is an Owala
It’s definitely my favorite water bottle I’ve owned. I used to have a hydro flask (a knockoff but it kept cold just the same) with a straw mouth piece. It was nice but I lost it in a t-max.
I have a Nalgene too and I do like it but it’s kinda of my extra water bottle I bring camping or on long hikes. I drink it first since it doesn’t really keep ice well but it’s big which is nice.
Now the Owala is my favorite bc it has the option to be a poor spout or a straw, with the best part being the straw is covered
As a college student majoring in music, I learned that people born with perfect pitch can have their internal pitch sharpen or flatten over time, so they may play a C and hear a C#. It makes musicians go insane lol
Thank you so much Brittney for bringing Owala to this podcast. I've had one for a year and I am completely obsessed
I only say this because the topic of "is it a salad?" comes up frequently: a salad is numerous foods mixed together and served cold. It doesn’t have to have lettuce or be healthy. Rice and veggies can be a salad. Pasta salad, fruit salad, even that jello salad everyone makes fun of -- all accurately named.
I love the design of owala bottles. I didn’t know that it was named after koalas because of the cap that’s kinda cute! For me the number one thing I love about it is the shape of the “sip” opening for the straw, because it’s not just a hard plastic straw like in the Stanley cups or a silicone tip like a camelbak bottle. The shape deters my need to chew on everything and destroy it. Another thing that I love is the handle becoming a locking mechanism so it won’t randomly pop open when you put in a bag for travel.
Happy for Brittney! Working at Watcher is one of my dreams 😅
Hey perfect pitch is a weird thing! It relies on you understanding the correlation between scales and diatonic steps, So for example you have to learn what all of the notes are named to say “this note is a C!” or something of the like,
Much to everyones dismay you cant really train perfect pitch, if you get really good at being able to tell if a note is in tune or not, that is relative pitch, but that doesnt mean you would be able to name the note. Sorry i do not mean to lecture, i was just thrilled you guys were talkin about this stuff as a music nerd. Also so cool to hear about shanes piano work.
Some people dont realize they have perfect pitch for yeaaars, so maybe you guys do have perfect pitch and just dont know it, much love ‼️
tbh this IS my weekly "what the hell are LA people on about now" podcast. me (czech) and my spanish friend text each other each week things like "enough about LA malls and nicole kidman! go back to talking about pencils!"
Every episode I think to myself, “LA people sure are weird”. I do enjoy it though, love Ryan and Shane
When I briefly worked for a contact lens company I learned that lenses can get lost behind the eyeball 😬 Even to the point of people having a doctor pull multiple out from back there. If I were Steven, my anxiety would demand I go to the doctor to look for this missing lens.
😮
Yeah that’s not true, it can’t go behind your eyelids unless you have some kind of genetic deformity.
I've seen a couple videos online where a doctor pulls out multiple lost contacts from a patient's eye. Scary! I'd definitely go the doctor.
Hello! I have a music ed degree and I am here to clarify things about perfect pitch:
There are three different kinds of pitch recognition.
1. Perfect pitch is when someone can innately recognize and produce specific tones without a reference point. Like someone would only need to know the letter pitch system and nothing else, and could tell you that a sound they’re hearing matches an f# or whatever. It can’t really be taught, it’s an innate ability.
2. Relative pitch is when people can recognize and produce specific tones as long as they have a reference point. This is a really important skill for trained musicians- they can learn and memorize intervals (the space between pitches) and apply them however they need to. So for example, if you played a C and asked me to sing an F, I’d be able to do it, because I know how much distance is between those two pitches. This is what allows people to tune guitars without a tuner, or improvise harmonies.
3. Pitch memorization is when people literally just memorize what a note sounds like. Like if you play a song that has been transposed into a different key, you would know it wasn’t the original because it sounds different.
So basically, if you have really good pitch memory and relative pitch, you’re as well off as someone who has perfect pitch. Sometimes peoples perfect pitch isn’t actually perfect, like it can be a few cents off, so a lot of people with perfect pitch sing out of tune, or they’re so married to the idea of singing the “right note” that they have terrible relative pitch and have a hard time singing in choirs.
ANYWAY good relative pitch is better than almost perfect pitch. The end, thanks for coming to my Ted talk
Totally with Brittany. I love a water bottle! I have 4 for separate occasions. I love my hydroflask, but it is a 40oz-er, and it's too heavy to carry. Love it to leave in my car and put lots of ice, though, stays cold all day! My favorite is my Contigo, Also 40 oz, but it is lightweight plastic and has a clip, so i can clip it on my waist or purse. I carry this one everywhere. I have a really huge one with a strap that's perfect for long days at like a museum or theme park, it's Hydracy brand. Then i have a no name one from Amazon that's smaller, insulated i take when i know i won't be gone long and won't be 40oz. I take hydration seriously lol
The camelback 64 oz with the small twist lid is absolutely elite. Doubles as a weapon in a dark parking lot alone. 10/10 recommend
Is around the end the sound is weird for anyone else?
If you’re going to Arby’s, you need to go to one in Richmond, VA. There’s like 3 or 4 locations that are high-end restaurants, fully themed and decorated dining rooms. Barbacoa???
Worth a quick google search if nothing else.
shane is a brita boy and i'm a brita water bottle girlie, been using them for almost 10 years
I tried contacts.
And once put in place it was awesome but the procedure to put one in and later take it out is one of few things that made me cry😂
I settled with glasses and a look that works for me.
And I agree with Shane when I was young it was considered "nerdy" to use glasses and like a moron my first year of bad vision, I sat in the back of the classroom squinting my eyes or asked my classmates what was written on the board until I gave in and picked up my first pair of glasses.
And I also agree glasses today look so much better and one can easy find the right ones to fit the form of your face etc
Phew I’ve been worried this podcast would get cancelled. It’s the only thing that get me through Monday💀
Steven literally makes me crack up sm. Also love when you have guests! Esp watched guests. Very chill vibes
“There’s more salad talk to be had” 😂 I love how serious Steven is about salads
My water vessel is a quart mason jar with a drinking lid, has a straw, very convenient because I'm supposed to drink two quarts a day. I don't have to math out the ounces to cups to quarts, etc. Just down one, then refill after like, lunch or dinner. 👌
I love these so much, thank you for sharing Monday mornings with us ❤
"Your Ohio is showing" 🤣🤣🤣 I felt that in my heart, subway has always had a supernatural clutch on me.
How nice to learn more about Brittany!
Heading Steven go “woah” at Shane and Brittney’s vision being -6 makes me realize again that my -10 vision which I thought was like not crazy bad is actually… well bad. lmao.
Looking forward to this all week
I cannot express how pleased I am to see an Owala!! No hate to the Stanley gang but YES!!! OWALAAAAAAA!!!!!
My emotional support water bottle is a Nalgene bottle with an epic water filter. And it does have stickers on it so it does make it more sentimental
I can answer Steven’s frustration towards sweet greens prices, it’s so expensive bc they claim to use mostly organic produce and locally sourced ingredients. So the price for those products kinda skyrockets bc it’s more expensive for the chain to buy rather than nonorganic. But it’s what they claim idk if it’s actually organic.
commenting here just to say for your amusement is good and it makes me sad that it doesnt do as well. i hope it keeps going until there are no rides left to cover!
i got a hydro flask as a 5 year work gift 😅 but i bought a bootleg lid off amazon with a smaller spout opening because the basic lid is so annoying to twist on and off
i have a hydro flask been using it for years now, its light blue and a straw lid is a must for me! it doesnt have any stickers because im hesitant to commit or ruin my stickers, but i want to after this podcast lol
I am so here for the Owala love.
i loved having britney on! what a lovely guest!
constantly buying stickers but not having the heart to use them is such a universal struggle
idk when it started but thank YALL SM for the video chapters
My favorite water bottle is called a Hip bottle. It's shaped like a large plastic flask, with a silicone base, handle, and lid. It's great because it can lay flat when you need it to, it's relatively thin so it fits in a lot of bags, and it's cute! (I also have a Hydro Flask but I hate how bulky it is, and I am also not a fan of large bottle mouths.)
I've got a hydroflask with a straw and I really like it but the owala has captivated me recently so this might have just convinced me to get one
britt is an owala stan i love to see it
My salad:
Chopped baby spinach
Slivered almonds
Fresh cubed cucumbers
Any variety of tomatoes
Julienne carrots
Slivers of red onion
Dried cranberries (craisins)
Mushrooms
Homemade croutons
Dressing if your choice
Portion depending on how small or large you want your salad to be. You can toss it or layer it. Example:
Spinach greens, then tomatoes, then dried cranberries, onion, mushrooms, cucumbers, carrots, slivered almonds…repeat.
Finish with croutons & dressing.
This can be the main dish for lunch or dinner.
Yum - craisins are a great addition to salads. Porridge too.
Your salad sounds great!
I'm one of those freaks who prefers glass water bottles. Covered in a silicone skin, so not that fragile, but always feels like I'm living dangerously.
Favorite water bottle I ever had was turquoise glass with a matching silicone strap and sleeve. It smashed in my work bag which was a whole inconvenient mess of wet & broken glass 😢 Never again, but I miss it 💔 Tried to replace it with a rubbish plastic look-a-like. Now I use a plain metal canister.
I have the same sticker saving problem as Brittany and I think I’ve finally solved it. If you buy magnets in sheet form you can stick them to the magnet sheet and cut them out and then they become reusable magnets. I now have all my saved stickers on my fridge and I can move them whenever I want! No more sticker fomo
that is so smart!
There was a girl in Gainesville, FL that introduced Chipotle to Paul and me by buying us a burrito... She watched us shower afterwards and I met up with her a few months later. You guys are bringing out the nostalgia in this video.
The water bottle I have is a 24oz black ThermoFlask with a lid I bought separately. The lid has a braided cord handle so its super super easy to carry. I have a crap ton of stickers on it, mostly from the monthly Dutch Brothers sticker drops, and the other ones are all my trans stickers. My last water bottle was this exact same one, with stickers from all over the US and mostly stickers gifted to me. This water bottle meant a lot to me. At work, I somehow managed to put it in the cardboard compressor. To this day, I still have absolutely no idea how it got in there. I pressed the button to smush down the cardboard, there was a very loud pop, and at that moment I realized my water bottle was gone. I looked everywhere at work for this thing, retracing my steps and everything. By the time I made my way back to the compressor, I recalled the very loud pop and had a very sinking realization that my water bottle is now gone. rip water bottle.
Me sitting over here with -12/-11 vision and Steven having his mind blown by -6.5 😅😂
😅 makes me happy with my 5.15 (which hasn't changed in decades, yay me)
hey bestieee i have -8 and -11 if i remember it right. makes me happy to meet people with vision like mine, feels less lonely lol. i hope you have a great day!
I worked at a smoothie bar in college where we had pre-made salads. When we were bored we'd blend up random things just to see if they would liquefy. Long story short my friend blended up a salad and dared me to try it. It's probably the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten to this day. Would not recommend lol
35:50 Shane should do some research about tonal memory and relative pitch vs perfect pitch vs absolute pitch and report his findings
Really enjoying Shane's Lupin III cosplay!
I have had the same hydro for years and i refuse to replace it. I love it like a child
My water bottle is a Contigo stainless steel one because spill proof is the most important factor to me
I can confirm that, as an oboist, the little cup is just water lol
My water bottle is actually part of one of those personal blenders. I got it a year or so ago as a gift and realized I liked how easy it was to clean. It’s like 20oz and has the little notches every 5oz so that’s helpful when I’m tracking my hydration. It’s always filled with Gatorade tho bc my house has one of those water coolers that you fill with those refillable jugs and that water never quenches my thirst. So I drink Gatorade all the time and my water bottle screws on really securely so I have fun shaking up the powder stuck at the bottom😂
My current water bottle (and favorite so far) is a Zulu. The mouth unscrews- but so does the bottom for easier cleaning and so you can put ice in in it. The mouth has a little, removable silicone piece that feels really nice. 100% worth the $20.
Ryan: stoned
Shane: stone stuck in hand
I'm a 5 for the apple test - but I also don't have an inner monologue - so for reflecting upon memories and when I remember dreams it's just concepts. 🤷🏻♀️ Works for me fine as a mathematics educator and researcher.
i live near a lot of koalas and yeah mating season is noisy lol!
also - i LOVE for your amusement and i'm not even much of a theme park person. i just really enjoy the format and listening to passionate people talk about things they're passionate about.
*shouts from rooftops* I LOVE FYA LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY WEEK !
Got an Owala in 2020 and lovelovelove it...& is completely covered in a very curated collection of stickers
That water bottle venue story is SO real- I recently upgraded from the bottle I got for free at a college event that has traveled everywhere with me for years to a beautiful jade green Nalgene and if they hadn't allowed me to carabiner it to my pants idk what I would've done lol
Also I’m always down for more salad talk
I had a sewing needle that poked my leg and broke off. I couldn’t tell if it was still in there or not after a few weeks when the swelling went down and I felt it I could definitely feel it still in there. I figured it was about a centimeters long but after about two years, it finally pushed its way out and when I pulled it out, the sucker was an inch and a half long.
I can picture things in cinematic 4K HD... but only when I'm not trying to manipulate the images. It becomes very frustrating because trying to mentally "press pause" or rotate the image so I can paint it makes the image fall apart. I've gotten better at rotating simple shapes in my mind, but struggle to fabricate detailed objects/scenes on command. Whereas while daydreaming it's like watching a whole movie.
Brittney has a perfect voice for any type of presenting I swear
🤣🤣”why does this matter to you”
You guys are my feel good podcast 🙌🏻😝😘💜thank you!!
Loving the water bottle chat!! I'm from NZ and Frank Green bottles are huge here atm. I've got one with a straw that flips up and is actually watertight in my handbag. I much prefer sipping water throughout the day so it's great for that. Also I only have one sticker on it right now because I also have sticker anxiety 😅
Got myself a Yeti water bottle and it's amazing for outdoor travels!
Absolutely adore Pod Watcher, avidly watch every episode. I say this with love: I would rather have pajamas part 4 than salads part 2 ❤ regardless, I'll be listening. Love seeing other Watcher people on the show, always a joy.
I literally went and bought an Owala because of this. It’s great
The apple scale blew my mind when I first saw it; I’m somewhere in 3-5, I can barely visualize anything. And it sucks, cuz I wish I could draw, but I can’t at all - but my dad is a very gifted artist. So jealous!
Yeti is my go to water bottle. Keeps my water so cool! I have had ice stay solid in it for over 24 hours
obsessed w my brita water bottles, highly recommend
Owala girly here!! I love that the straw/mouth thing is protected so I find it more hygenic. rather than those water bottles w straws that just go up n down or have them sticking out hahhaha
Love Monday nights now
Yay Shane! 😃 I have that book by David Hockney - 'Secret Knowledge, Re-discovering the Lost techniques of Old Masters' Was not expecting that to crop up in conversation...🤓
Owala needs to get in contact with Brittney. I've never made an impulse purchase so fast. I love the sip feature.
48:59 Yes Brittany, we love to see the Owala!
Yay shoutout to orch dorks! 🎻
26:30 I believe the documentary Shane is referring to is "Tim's Vermeer". it's on youtube if anyone was wondering.
Watching this video on the treadmill drinking water out of my Owala water bottle!!
SHANE you need to try vitamins for your eyes I think it's spelled luten and it has helped me a lot with eye irritation due to years of wearing contact lenses.
What! For your amusement is amusing!
I just got an Owala and love it! It's easy to clean and easy to drink out of.
I don't like metal water bottles, every time I worry that I'm going to bash my teeth in.
20:08 is so real I’d do the pinhole (or even some tight hand “binoculars”) and people thought I was nuts until college physics our professor talked about it. That the smaller the field of vision, the clearer the vision becomes. So this part got me hype I’m not alone with my pinhole 😭
Water bottle: I have this light blue plastic Contigo brand water bottle. It had one of those springy mixer things for protein shakes and I use and wash it daily for both water and protein powder. Best Doller Store find!