You Can Think It, Just Don't Wear It On A Shirt | Tuesday 01.20.26

0:00 Want more Treehouse, check out our YouTube exclusive shows at YouTube dot com. Slash at Treehouse on. Air, it is time to believe your warriors outside and laugh with us inside the Treehouse. I'm Daniel Malley along with Trey Trenholm and Raj Sharma. Thank you for joining us today in the Treehouse. Today we will cover dumbed down entertainment a very special Valentine. But first we will start with the best worst sweatshirt in mugshot history. A man was arrested in Terrant County. His sweatshirt in the mugshot reads, I will put you in a trunk and help people look for you. Stop playing with me. This man is Cruz Dean Wanser. He was arrested with the help of the United States Marshalls and Texas Rangers and Azel Texas Police. He is facing several felony charges, including ampering with a human corpse, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and an outstanding for role violation warrant.

1:31 I don't know if they mean outstanding like it's been, you know, just amazing, it's it's outstanding, or just you know, unsettled. At the time of his arrest, he was wearing a sweatshirt that read I will put you on a trunk and help people look for you. Stop playing with me. Uh yeah, so's He was wanted in connection to the death of a thirty seven year old woman found inside of an Azel home earlier this month, and he's now been taken into custody. Mister wantser is facing several charges including tampering with a fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, possession with intent to deliver, a control of substance, and that outstanding parole violation.

2:19 And also the worst atsa store ever. That is it? That is an Etsy sweatshirt if I've ever seen one? Right, So yeah, the I will put you on a drunk and help people look for you Stop playing with me one of the all time great mugshot apparel choices. Along with the guys that are you know, have their shirts on that say I'm not drunk or I Am drunk and they get arrested for a d w I type stuff. This one's this one's a classic. Immediately all right, say that again?

3:10 Which one of us one of you? I heard, I heard I heard a trade layer and a rage layer. It was like an Audio Lasagna. Yeah, so every time now I see kind of a redheaded person. Have y'all seen Marshawn Lynch's tweet about the Seattle Seahawks. No, okay, So it was after they won finished up the regular season, I think, and there was a picture of the offense and Marshawn Lynch, you know, and it was basically the offense that it was Sam Darnold. Who was a redhead. Okay, So the tweet was something about, you know, way to go?

3:54 Why ends? And then he goes and you too, ginger. Cuz Marshawn Lynch keeping it real forever. I love that guy. He's fantastic, Like he's like he lives up to the hype. When he was talking to Richard Sherman at one point on the sideline they had the they had him miked up and he's like, so you want to come over to the house for Thanksgiving? He's like, nah, I'm going to the hood. He's like for what. He's like, You're a millionaire. What are you going to the hood for? He goes pass out turkey. He's and shit, I was like, all right, this.

4:39 Yeah, there is there is absolutely no no sugarcoating of anything from Marshawn Lynch. He absolutely speaks what he thinks and feels and makes no apologies for it. Yeah. There is not an ounce of pretentiousness in him. It is this is me, take it or leave it. Yeah, he really is about it. Yeah, he really is one of the classic examples of just because he's no longer in the hood doesn't mean he's not still there emotionally, right, Like just because he went off and got big and had a you know, millions of dollars in earnings as an NFL player, he has.

5:20 He is the essence of keeping it real. Yeah. He spends the holidays with his best friend who still lives in the hood. Like he goes to the hood and that's where like he leaves his million dollar mansion and goes and hangs out. They give out turkeys and like full on like you know, stuffing and you know yeahs and all the stuff. Uh. And then he goes and hangs out with his buddy, And I love that. I think that's really really cool. But he's like, man, that you got a backhouse or something. Can we go to your place? After? Yeah? Really, why do you always have to come to my house.

6:03 Why can't I come to yours? Marshall rotate, Yeah, every other year. How do I know where you live? Like, yeah, marsians probably like, no, come. To you keep it so I forgot the gate code. He's keeping it so real. He doesn't want you anywhere in his zip code, but he'll come to you. Yeah, and he's funny. Like the commercials that he does, you can tell like that's just his personality, Like that's just who he is. Like there's no there's no acting school that he went to.

6:46 No, there's no acting school that's going to teach that. Yeah, James Lipton from Inside the Actors Studio is not exactly going to sit down and do a character study with Marshawn Lynch. He might do one on Marshawn Lynch, but yeah, I. Would lose my shit if he did. Today Inside the Actors Studio, we are going to examine the Marshawn Lynch method. When he asked him what his favorite ord is, I'm gonna be just sitting on the edge of my bed. Oh, you're right. I would actually love just to see the final questionnaire with Marshawn Lynch. Yeah, Marshawn, if there is a heaven do you what do you think it's like?

7:37 And he's like, g's up hose down. You're like, what, Yeah, It's gonna go right over James Lipton's head. But whatever, We'll love it. That will be part of the fun. Uh. Speaking of fun, if you would like to play Grand Theft Auto six before anyone else does, you're gonna need cancer. Rockstar Games, the company behind the popular Grand Theft Auto game, may have given a terminally ill fan the ability to play test the highly anticipated but delay GTA six game. Ubi Soft Toronto game developer Anthony Armstrong took the LinkedIn back in December to plead with rock Star to let a family member play test the game. Since he was given no more than a year to live, Armstrong offered to sign an NDA if it was able to happen.

8:32 He made two updates to the post before deleting it. According to Insider Gaming, a few weeks after the post, the first explained for the CEO of Take two Interactive Software Incorporated, Rockstar Games publishing company had reached out. He said, we are just waiting to hear from the Rockstar team to discuss this further. Thank you to everyone who's shown support, reshared and reached out to your contacts for us. The final update said they had gotten great news and added thanks again, but could not explain further. It's unclear if the fan was able to play test the game. Rockstar has not commented publicly. The sixth installment of the cult classic video game series, originally set to come out Fall twenty twenty five, but delayed to May of this year, is now set to release November of this year.

9:23 So that might be. Your best chance at playing GTA six before anybody else. You're gonna have to die. So the terminally ill guy was willing to sign an NDA, of course he was. He'll sign whatever you want. He doesn't even care sue me NDA and LLC. He'll sign whatever you need. I'll end over my business, my mortgage, whatever you need. HM, I'll sign up all my future earnings.

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13:40 I am very sick. I was There's a little Tonco place across the way for me and I just went to pick up a couple of you know, little street concos, just to have a little dinner. There's a big Indian family that was sitting there and this kid wouldn't stop coughing, like it was every three seconds. And I'm like, at least one of you has to be a physician, and nobody's stopping this kid. So I go to the manager. I was like, this kid needs to leave because he's visibly sick, like I can see it. I'm like, he needs to go home, like he needs to get out, he's going to get this whole restaurant sick today so they can't sing. Well, no, I just want to I don't want people to get sick, especially after having the blood infection uh and then the flu after that. Uh.

14:39 And I just went to the table because he's like, I can't ask them to leave, and I was like, well, I'm Indian, I can. And I was like, you need to tell this kid. You guys have to take this kid home. And they're like, yeah, we know he's not feeling great, but we have guests in from out of town, so we're here for lunch. I was like, he's going to get this entire And then this kid in the time that I said all of this probably coughed on me ten times. Is he even trying to cough or anything? He I mean, he was trying to do the elbow thing, but he was missing like this kid, I mean, he's a spelling wee kid. He's not like he's not going He doesn't understand how to cover that up like like an athlete would. He's more of an athlete.

15:29 I didn't think coughing in your elbow was a performative task or something that it takes athletic skill. To me, Oh, you know how to do it, Like, look if you're in the dugout or if you're on the sideline, like, you know how to do it. This kid is like, oh, I'm a spelling bee kid. Anyway, he coughed on me about ten times, and about five o'clock this morning, I woke up and my joints, like my fingers were just in so much pain, and my nose was running, and I was like, here we go. And I know that kid got everybody at that table sick guaranteed, and everybody in that restaurant is guaranteed to have the flu. I don't know why, It's just.

16:14 It boggles my mind that, yeah, you still see people wearing masks, but never the people that actually really should be wearing a mask are the ones doing it. Well, it seems. I think you're right. I think the people that continue to wear masks are the ones that are protecting themselves from the people who should be. Oh well, yeah. I asked the manager. I was like, can you get this kid a mask at least, like that's the least you can do, And they're like, no, if the parents ask for one, we can't. They're like all these rules and regulations or whatever, and he's just gonna get everybody sick. And there was elderly people at that table, so I'm thinking he's gonna kill one of his grandparents.

17:02 Well such his life is is? Uh is what a lot of people. Say, Well, that's that's what his grandpa's gonna say on the last minute, because I mean he was an older, older gentleman like yeah, probably in his like late eighties. And I'm like, you're coughing around this guy, Like I'm I'll be okay, I could still go to a hospital. This guy's not I'm gonna I mean, it's not it. It won't be good for that guy. I don't know about you, but it sounds a lot to me, like not only did this kid get you sick, but he also infected your internet like hard, like it's not just your joints that are that are locking up. Well, we hope you feel better and you're now you're muted.

18:09 The The lesson here is if you want, if you notice a sick person that is getting everyone around them sick, don't go to the table to tell them to go away. Shout it from across the room, write it down on a sheet of paper and hold it up. You know, something along those lines. I did try that. I did ask them from a cross because I was just waiting for my food from across the way. I was like, can you please take that kid home? He's visibly sick, and they pretend okay. So here's here's what I just ordered, Like I order on the phone. No, I just order on the phone, and I just go up.

18:52 To the bar. That's where they that's where they have the to go. So I just go and pick it up and that's it. So I was just waiting because it was a little delay, and so that was it. So in the future, if you're going in to pick up food and you see a sick child or an adult who's hacking up bacteria and viruses and god knows what else, and they're not responding to you verbally saying go away, you then need to get some distance between you and them, okay, and then just rely on hand gestures. Okay, point at them, do the throat slip thing with your thumb, and then point back.

19:36 At as an Indian guy. Yes, well, in this case, it was another Indian family. So I think the restaurant would be fine. With it. So then the next one is you point the finger again and then you make the gun hand gesture at them and then point to the door. Or you go along to you thing, you point it yourself, and then you point at them and then bang bang gun fingers and then point to the door. Then that should get them to leave. Sure, And how long do you think before Ice shows up? Well, you have nothing to worry about as long as you've got your papers. Forget probable cause or anything like that.

20:21 You just gonna have to have your papers now. Or if you want to make it really efficient, just go around everywhere with just so it's a fabric on your shirt with a big sea on it for citizen. That way, it just streams, streamlines the whole process. All right, Well, I mean I'll write you guys from getmouh. I mean there was no hint of hent of irony with the Indian guy getting tacos. Yes, you have no idea how much Indian people love taco bell brother, you have no clue. Well, and on top of that, the only thing really more ironic would be Ice going into a taco joint solely for tacos. Like, no, really, we're just here for lunch, but no one believes it. Sorry, there's no tacos because the whole kitchen staff just.

21:13 Went out the back. Well again, we hope you feel better. I'm trying to do my best. I have my antibiotics and I'm good. So we're taking those every couple hours, so we should be fined in a couple of days. Well, let's touch on something we know about all too well, and that is the dumbing down of entertainment. So Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are on their promotional tour for their new Netflix movie The Rip, and they went on Joe Rogan's podcast on Friday and shared this little tidbit. I think you know, you're watching in a room. The lights are on, other shit's going on, the kids are running around, the dogs are running around, whatever it is, you know what I mean. It's just a very different level of attention that you're willing to or that you're able to give to it.

22:02 So he's talking about watching television shows and movies at home as opposed to the theater. And that has a big effect, and it also ends up having an effect or is starting to have an effect on how you make movies, like, for instance, Netflix. You know, standard way to make an action movie that we learned was, you know, you usually have like three set pieces, one in the first act one and the second one and the third and you know, you kind of they kind of ramp up and the big one with all the explosions, and you spend most of your money on that one in the third act. That's your kind of finale. And now they're you know, they're like, can we get a big one in the first five minutes to get somebody? You know, we want people to stay yeah, tuned in and ken and you know, it wouldn't be terrible if you reiterated the plot three or four times in the dialogue because people are on their phones while.

22:46 They're watching, you know what I mean. And so then it's gonna really start to infringe on how we're telling about. Now this has gone somewhat viral. It's very news worthy. Last couple of days, I've seen this headline everywhere Matt Damon, Ben Affleck on Rogan's podcast talk about how Netflix is needing people to reiterate the plot in the dialogue in the shows because everyone's watching on their phones. The thing that I thought was interesting was like four months ago, on a different podcast, an actress said this exact same thing.

23:28 So this is not an isolated deal. This was just more attention being brought to something that's been happening because of the fame that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon bring to it. This is Jamila Jamil, actress on I forget the name of the show it's on here. It's a British podcast, I believe, and she says the exact same thing. And this is from a few months ago where of this. But there's something called second screen viewing, right, so it's a directive that's being handed out out by big studios to filmmakers. This sounds like what I'm I'm really hoping it isn't It is exactly what you probably think it is. This is something which is so that which means that you have to acknowledge that people are on their phones the whole time they're watching Telly, so you have to simplify the plot so that they'll be able to follow along while they're browsing on their phone. So that's why you'll notice now in random light in TV shows, even with good actors, they're saying really obvious things about what's happening.

24:28 They're laying out the entire plot line and all of their emotions and motivations. Like the language has become really bait and on the nose. And that's because they're being told, the writers that they have to write in a way that someone can carry on with doom scrolling or shopping online while following it in the background. So nothing can be too complex, nothing can be too high end. It has to be like we are. We are purposefully dumbing down content, and that is leading to a less nuanced, less interesting, less thoughtful society. Say wow, yeah, I believe it. Yeah, congratulations, We're all idiots now. Uh And and this bothers me to no end because I'm very big on if I'm going to watch a show, if I'm going to watch a movie, I don't want to be on my phone doing something else because I want to pay attention to what I'm seeing, because I don't want to miss something. I want to I want to give it my undivided attention.

25:28 This is sad. Yeah, but we're old, Like that's what you did as a kid, Like you just watched whatever was on TV, like you know you had you know, there was family time, like we had every Friday. We would get like long John Silvers or pizza in uh and watch Dallas like that was the thing. And you the phone, nobody answered the phone, nobody answered anything. Uh. And then when we got older, like I do this now, I'll put my phone away. I'll put my phone much or yeah, if I'm watching a movie that I really really interested in, just so there's no distractions. I mean this yeah, well this.

26:11 Is I mean, this goes back when uh, you know, top Gun Matt, when Tom Cruise was adamant about his movies being in the theater not getting released home video. This was kind of the same thing. He said, you know, it's a different viewing experience. People don't pay attention at home. Yeah. Oh yeah. My ex, her daughter, I mean I think she's going to be seventeen or eighteen now, but I mean that was her thing. Like we would be like we would have to tell her, like put your phone now, put your phone away, put your phone in your purse. When we're at the movies, and if we're at home, it didn't matter. Like literally, you could have anything happen on TV and this kid wouldn't know because she's my ex was guilty of it as well, because she would be on YouTube or at See or Amazon doing the same thing, and I'm like, am I the only one watching the movie? Yes? Yeah, yeah, I'd like.

27:10 And that's that's why it's this fascinated me is because I saw that clip of Jimmie lejimil like back in October, and I thought, my god, I hope this is not going to actually happen. It's just something that's being floated. And then it now has one hundred percent credibility because you got Matt Damon and Ben Affleck talking about it, saying, yeah, Netflix wants us to do this because people are at home not paying close attention to what's happening, which means eventually in movies we're going to have, you know, the good guy you know or the bad guy is doing something and they're going to have to say the thing they're doing as they're doing it because someone may not be watching.

27:52 Right, It's like I. Am now hitting you in the face because you took my daughter. Yeah, imagine, okay, so great example. Imagine taking on those rules. Yeah, right, that the movie. The whole point of movies and television is to watch them. The whole point is you don't say in the dialogue what's happening if you can see it, that's the whole point. If you start doing that, then we might as well go back to radio days of having your cereals and your dramas on radio without the picture, because you're just you know, it's exposition left and right and you're right rise.

28:34 I mean, just imagine, you know, Liam Mason talking throughout every kill. I'm kicking you in the knee because you stole my daughter. I'm punching you in the throat because you stole my daughter. All the I'm shooting you in the elevator four times because this is the director's cut, not the theater edition where I only shot you twice. Yeah, it's just dumb, but I'm afraid that's where we're headed. I'm on a plane and there are snakes. Couldn't you just show us there on the plane? Do you really have to say it? I don't think this needs to be spelled out? And then meanwhile, you got a thirteen year old looking up going what's going on?

29:16 I don't get it? But also, yeah, I think it speaks to the writing as well, because an example of where this is not the case stranger things. So if you have really good writing, I think it can still stand on its own and will keep people's interests. But I think a lot of I mean, there's so much out there, yeah that when I think you have and the majority of it, I'll say just mid content, and I think to keep people's attention, then yeah, they have to have the bells and whistles and repetition and everything else. Yeah, I'm a strong believer in don't dumb things down for people. Instead, do your thing and put it on the audience. If they're attracted to this content, whether it's film or television or even a social media video, elevate them.

30:12 Like if you know a really good word that fits in someplace, but maybe it's an eleventh grade word instead of a seventh grade word, which is what people typically say to recommend your writing level should be at, which is more of a seventh grade level than to advanced. Use the big word. If it's really good and it fits, let someone learn or you know, bring them up a little bit. As opposed to you dumbing yourself down for the masses. It was very verbose. I mean you've also said, like I'm going to rewatch this I'm going to rewatch this. I'm going to rewatch these episodes. So that means that you've spaced out on some of what you were missing or to try to catch up or making sure that you have all the context.

31:00 Line, Oh, I love context. Context is important. And right, But then you're guilty of that as well. How I don't understand, because if you watched it the first time, like it's like the like the Bourne series, right, Like I love the Born series just because it's just fun to watch. But I don't have to rewatch it, like I know the exact plot and scale of the movie. But if you're going, hey, I got to rewatch this before season five, that's saying that you there's some context that you're missing. Possibly, No, that just means that I've watched a lot of things since then. Like before I watched season five of Stranger Things, I rewatched you know, the season four to kind of build up to it, and the Duffers had put out like four episodes to watch throughout the entirety of the series to kind of remind yourself of certain little things. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, because it's hard to remember something that happened in season two when all these other things have stacked that have happened on top of it. That's just And also, I have, you know, crap memory, and I've also watched fifteen other movies or television shows in between, so I'm not going to retain every tiny nugget.

32:10 Well, you're also talking about in a season like with Stranger, things like ten hours of content that you're trying to remember versus a two hour movie. Yeah, so yeah, I mean, I'm okay, yeah, fair. I mean, I pay it the stuff that I truly care about and want to watch. I watch it. I stare at it, and to a point to where it may want to, you know, issue some type of restraining order against me. I'm watching it so intently, I'm like a stalker. That's awesome. How was my dry bar special? I loved it. I've never seen anybody lie that well. I'm phenomenal at it when I try.

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35:33 I mean, I'm gonna I'm gonna pass. Yeah, I thought. So one thing that said, and they're right. You know, it's like Joe Exotic found love and got married in prison. What's your problem? You're just too picky? Maybe that actually is it. Maybe that's a good thing, going to prison to find love, because look, when you know your options are extremely limited, you're gonna let certain traits and qualities go just for the sake of companionship. Things that maybe you would have seen as red flags on the outside aren't so bad when you're locked up on the inside.

36:32 No, I think it's uh, it's all pretty bad. Red flag on the outside is red flag on the inside. You may there, granted, you know Joe exotics red Flag looks more like you know what, you'd raise it. Poncho's uh yeah, he doesn't seem to be too picky. Yeah, I mean especially, I mean, if you're a gay, crazy guy and you're going to prison, it's not gonna like a buffet. That's true. And honestly, it's kind of like Joe exotics. Ven diagram for love and possible relationships is really really big.

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