We Have an Existential Crisis | Trash Taste  

That really was one of the cold openings of all time

Can't wait for the new 5 host team:Connor, Grant, Joey, Chris, and the bartender who let Connor use his charger

The boys confusing 1917 as a world war 2 movie gave me physical pain 🗿

Diogenes is one of my favourite philosophers of all time. He is the ancient troll. Not only did he throw the chicken into Platons lecture, he also did many other things. Like, how he wandered around the street with a lamp in his hands in broad daylight, and when people asked him what he was doing, he answered that he kept looking for an honest man. Or when he was chilling in his barrel (yes, he lived in a barrel) and wanted to fetch some water to drink with his cup, he saw a child drinking from his hands and was like *a child has beaten me in plainness of living* then he proceeds to yeet the cup and used his hands to drink water from the river. Or when Alexander the Great (mind you, this guy startet to fight in wars since his teenage years and was a general with 16, who led thousands of soldiers to war) visited him to fulfill a wish for him (you can look up why) he asked Diogenes if he wanted something and he said *yes, stand a little out of my light*. Alexander was struck by this and was impressed by his haughtiness who had nothing but scorn for him. They joked about Diogenes but Alexander said *But truly, if i were not Alexander, i wish i were Diogenes*. And many more 😊

BRO THE AMOGUS TRANSITIONING INTO THE LOGO. Truly the best edit in trash taste history.

Came here straight from the Connor and Anthony sit down. Perfect end to my Friday.

23:57 As a Japan railfan, some stuff to clarify: There are WAY MORE than 2 train companies in Japan, even within the JR system (similar to National Rail), not to mention the private companies. What I think Connor is trying to say is that the Shinkansen (high speed rail) system is divided into two systems, separated at Tokyo station: the JR East/Hokkaido system to Northeastern Japan, Hokkaido and Hokuriku, and the JR Central/West/Kyushu system to Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima and Kyushu. They have separate toll gates and train sets, with different electric systems due to separate electric frequency between east and west Japan (50Hz vs 60Hz AC) 26:31 Hearing Connor hate the current Japanese sleeper trains (Sunrise Izumo/Seto) actually makes me kind of sad, since Japan used to have a pretty great selection of sleeper trains, including the 'Twilight Express' from Osaka to Sapporo and the 'Cassiopeia' from Ueno (Tokyo) to Sapporo, with steak dinner, nice beds and good service, along with the cheaper 'Blue Trains'. The vast majority have since been retired, and now the only way to experience high quality sleeper trains is to splurge for the tourist oriented 'cruise trains', such as the JR Kyushu 'Seven Stars in Kyushu', the JR East 'Shiki-Shima' or the JR West 'West Express Ginga Premier' and 'Twilight Express Mizukaze', all of which are bloody expensive and notoriously difficult to book. I do hope Japan does revive a more affordable yet good sleeper train service to more destinations, that is easy to book and satisfies more people, like how the Austrian OBB does with its Nightjet service in Europe. For more information in travelling in Japan, I recommend checking out the channels Kuga's Travel and Solo Solo Travel. Also do visit the Japanese railway museums in Omiya, Nagoya, Kyoto and Kitakyushu, they are excellent!

i work 32 hours a week in a stockroom, and listening to trash taste nonstop on spotify, you guys really help me get through the week

57:46 This is wrong, there were NOT 23 movies released by Pixar since Coco, that was including short films and such, there were eight films released after Coco, they were: - The Incredibles 2 - Toy Story 4 - Onward - Soul - Luca - Turning Red - Lightyear - Elemental

What I think Garnt was trying to express in response to Connor asking him "why does the number of infinite scare you", is that humans have managed to invent an idea that is impossible for us to ever accurately measure/grasp/visually represent. There is now an abstract concept that will forever be beyond our ability to control, and we as a species instinctually try to control everything we encounter. It becomes terrifying when you think "what if this concept is actually true and not just some thought experiment, what if there is something in the universe that this idea actually applies to."

The Japanese business script is so real. Last visit, I ended up with food poisoning and felt it coming on. The room at the hotel we transitioned to, had a check-in time of 3p. I asked the staff if the room was ready, around noon. They said, "Yes, it's already cleaned and prepared." I can feel my stomach turning, so I ask them if I can check in sooner due to not feeling well. The entire front of house staff just stared at me like I had pulled out a weapon. They panicked and kept trying to see if they could contact regional management for advice. Eventually I had to excuse myself and spent the rest of the afternoon in the lobby bathroom unable to leave or move until my room was ready. 🥴 The staff must have understood the severity once I came out hours later to be walked upstairs... and so they sent me a gift basket with stomach medicine and hot towels.

You know, anytime I hear people complain about fandoms being toxic or annoying on twitter all I can think is thank god I don't need social media to enjoy stories. Because at the end of the day that's the real issue. For Garnt and everyone else that's part of their job so it can't be helped, but personally I never see annoying crap like that because I talk to my friends about the newest chapter and maybe look up a discussion post, so its funny to hear complaints about fandoms "ruining" the enjoyment of the content itself

As a pilot who got into airplanes at the age of 5, I agree with Grant and Joey where my core memories was planes and that basically made me into an airplane otaku today

Connor's story of how he traumatized his mom by randomly beating his brother with a toy bridge as a toddler got me laughing so hard. It was just so out of left field geezus lol

Garnt mentioning a desire for existential horror, I think he would love the game “SOMA”. It’s some of the best story-telling within the genre that I’ve ever played through.

I think this is the shortest trash taste episode ever 😆 The fact that it's still longer than 90% of podcasts and it's "short" is crazy

Half of the Pixar films they listed are 10 minute short films

trash taste feels more relaxed and comfier now, everyone’s friendship and chemistry is great.

40:16 Omg Connors face expression is hilarious 😂

ATLA did a pretty good job explaining the “history is written by the victor” idea.

I completely understand Garnt's fear of infinity. I've been afraid of it for years now and having an existential crisis about it 😅

1:39:43 There actually is a (very well-known) horror movie about infinity-- kind of. Apparently, when the author of Bird Box (yes, the book that spawned the Netflix movie) was creating the "bird box monster," he was inspired by the concept of infinity. I think he said he'd heard somewhere that if a human were to hypothetically truly comprehend infinity, they would go insane, and that inspired the monster. I'm sure the idea evolved when the book was being written, and even more when the movie was being made, but it did stem from the concept of infinity. Just thought someone might enjoy this knowledge lol

I dont like being grouped with fandoms of anime that I like. I watch the anime. I enjoy the anime.

“You can’t fall off if you never fell on” gotta be one of the best garnt quotes

Joey playing with that Amongus makes me think about my adhd always needing to fiddle with something

1:13:59 I loved Connors "Are we the baddies..?" Moment 😂

it is totally super fine that they’re not fans of ghibli films but a part of me wishes that they had a guest that could genuinely defend it because there are so many beautiful things about the cinematography, music, characters and overall soulful moments that give it so much life. I also feel that since the three of them don’t feel too strongly abt ghibli, their shared disinterest in it gets more enhanced.

Listened to this whole thing while cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry

Frankly for the last month all no guest episodes were really philosophical or trying to figure out life and society and I LOVE IT I'm not even sorry the no guest episodes are the best Except literally last episode with Sallyamaki the idol was 11 out of 10 she's so precious must protect

Infinity also gives me an existential crisis. E.g. when you think about the fact that after you die, you'll be gone forever - infinity. It's not just a long time, it's infinite, and it's a big difference, and even though it doesn't matter and to our brains it's basically the same, when you try to think about it, it's kind of scary.

I think Garnt and Joey would probably get a kick out of the Banach-Tarski Paradox.

I relate to the infinity phobia so much, I've had an irrational fear of it ever since I was little, it's so terrifying

The bois had such a big existential crisis that they just up and wrapped the episode before the usual length. On a more serious note, it's crazy that the last episode smaller than this was nearly 1.5 years ago.

In regards to the Pixar Comment, a good chunk of what was listed were shorts not Full feature films. In total there were 8 new films for Pixar.

Joey asking for Connor to be emotionally immersive in a horror game as if Connor would read the story.

Garnt and Joey talking about infinity and Connor sitting there not giving a fuck shows how much Garnt and Joey share a brain cell

geo has done irreparable damage to the one piece community on Twitter 😭

The fear that Garnt talks about in the end is called “Apeirophobia” and I had it since I was 6. It’s been torturing me all my life and it became quite severe from the very start and developed into panic attacks that I even to this day sometimes have, it’s nasty stuff and can be pretty troublesome.

One of my earliest memories is being so mesmerized by an airplane that I willingly sh*t my pants

for the record regarding the pixar discussion. i think they've only released 4 movies, the rest were all shorts that are generally used for learning, practice and research

When garnt says totoro is boring and movies without Miyazaki are shit, that's trash taste.

I love at the end garnt going on this deep existential talk whilst Connor just does not give a single fuck cause unless it’s he can imagine something he just doesn’t take anything seriously💀

1:24:25 the best thing about this story, that is often forgotten/unknown, is that Plato wasn't his name. It was his ring-name, because he was one of the best wrestlers in Greece at the time. So Diogenes was trolling an absolute unit

1:04:53 "WWII movies is oscar bait" Me looking at Oppenheimer... Oh shit hes right 😂

As a cinematography fan, hearing them talking about Ghibli... it hurts bro, it is pure suffering. Ghibli studio IS not necessarily a good anime producer, but they make banger movies that they just so happend to choose the animation media.

Connor slamming a wooden tunnel against his brother's head kickstarted his monke phase lmao

I didnt expect the train ticket system to be so complicated. Japan really is a place of two extremes. Some things are extremely optimised and convenient, and other things are overly complicated because they have to change certain systems if they want to make it work well but the systems are so set in stone that it's impossible to make change happen

One of my favourite documentaries is Peter Jackson's "They Shall Not Grow Old". It's a collection of remastered WW1 recordings of just life on the frontlines and over them recordings of survivors are playing. There's stuff described there that has never been remade in a film, like how they went to the toilet or how they wasted a ton of ammo just shooting rats because there were so many it was hard to walk (on top of the knee/waist-high mud and bodies), or how they had fun playing cards or having sports games. There's no narrator or story, it just starts with a clip slowly being colorised and a guy starts speaking, and then there's an hour and 40 minutes of that until the end. Probably the most unbiased documentary I've ever seen, it's literally told from firsthand accounts

On the whisky bar. If you add maybe 3 drops of water to some whisky, the whisky will taste different. So in a whisky bar they will give you a small glass of water so you could experience the whisky you ordered. How this works is by adding water to whisky with a lot of oil, you will change the solubility of the whisky changing how you’re tasting the whisky.

“When are we getting the pandemic movie?” They definitely need to watch the movie “Contagion.” It came out in 2011, and yet it feels like you’re watching the covid pandemic summarized into one movie with some Hollywood drama thrown in. It’s terrifyingly accurate.

They're actually making a sequel to Oppenheimer. It's about a What If situation where they bomb Korea instead of Japan. The title will be Oppengangnamstyle.

My heart dropped seeing the length of the episode...

From what I've heard, "Turning Red", "Soul", "Incredibles 2", and "Coco" were all pretty good.

Loved this episode and discussion of history!!

Connor had such based takes in the history segment, holy hell. Also, his description of why he loves history as a topic is something I really relate to.

00:43:42 The thing about ambulances: they don't want something bad to happen on the way. Idk about other countries, but ambulances have specific standards in the Netherlands: - The max speed is the traffic speed +40 km/h (25 mph) - The max speed at a red traffic light is 20 km/h (13 mph) - None of the above rules are to be broken even if you have a CPR situation waiting for you and seconds are ticking by - Drive smoothly if you have a patient with you to prevent their situation to get worse - Choose a free lane or wait for the traffic to find a way - Command space from the opposite lane to pass traffic if it is safe to do so (Note: only speculation below) Ambulances must be even more strict in Japan, right? I imagine they can drive faster through a red light in the USA, as junctions are generally more open and thus have better visibility. Also, it may be better to put ambulance personnel more at risk as the risk of being too late is higher due to a longer average distance to the nearest hospital

What a way to start with the alcoholic perspective of hard drinks from Aussie and two Brits

joey: that's not going into the video. editor: You have no power here!

8:06 Elmo enters the room off-camera, laughs, refuses to elaborate, and leaves.

1:19:50 i think garnt maybe prefers ancient history because he wants to be detached from the horrors of what happened. Because the horrible shit we did is documented so much, if you are so curious about that time, you have to be like connor where you take in the horror as part of the thing that is tickling ur brain to learn more. I thought about that when I was reading kingdom. The shit that was happening is so cool. The tactics, the mind games, the backstabbing, but then shit like kanki's massacre happen and i am like i preferred when we were doing the other stuff and not feeling me with despair.

ngl, surprised Garnt didnt say he was sick of the Fate fandom.

I never get tired of this podcast

Talking about trains in Japan was really helpful for my visit coming up

All Quiet on the Western Front was a really good recent war movie that still hits the beats you want from a war movie, but the interesting, at least from the Western European side of it being in German and the German perspective. The bomb crater scene really shows it off as soldiers are the victims of upper command politicians vanity and pride, Good movie

Connor's interview with Anthony earlier and now podcast episode, we are blessed today

People are just as brutal in wars happening right now. Tragic tbh.

Some really good discussions today, great episode

Luffy is adorable ! I never once found him annoying so it was kinda shocking to know ppl didn't like him :o

Saw you boys in Oslo and it was one of the best nights I've had in years. I laughed so hard I was crying and if you ever come back I'm definitely buying tickets again! Much love from us, hope you enjoyed the brown cheese!

Why isn't this on Spotify 😭

I haven’t watched or listened to a discussion on wars in a while, so that was pretty interesting. I have a grandfather that served in Vietnam, and he was not a functioning person, or to put it nicely a pleasant person for a long time. I’m fortunate and very grateful that he has been so much better in my lifetime than he was in my mother’s. Though it does break my heart every so often as I’ve gotten older to know the things he’s done and behavior he had before.

The water with a whiskey isn't for drinking by itself. It's for dripping a little into the whiskey to tear apart the bonds between the water and oils to move scents and flavors in the oils to the top of the drink.

Chadius Maximus just sounds like a fate character. That is why Garnt likes it

Man, I enjoy when they talk of "kind of serious, kind of ridiculous" topics, like the one of "not wanting to be a fan because of the fandom" and "falling out of love with things". Those are interesting, serious topics, but they somewhat talk about it in the most ridiculous ways. I enjoy the serious topics (like on previous episodes of attending a funeral of a friend, trying to make friends as an adult, etc...) and the ridiculous topics (all of the food debates). But the topics that fall on the middle are something else.

About those emergency services like the Ambulance, Fire truck, and police, they have to slow down at a traffic light, because too often there will be a car accident at the traffic lights. 😕

I get what Connor means, but it’s funny hearing him say, “misinformation can be dangerous” when they’ve said so many wrong things or things they weren’t confident in and needed to be fact checked.

8:30 Can someone count how many time Garnt says the word "like" in the span of 10 seconds

Watching Trash Taste always feels like hanging out with old friends and having a casual chat about interesting topics. Love the camaraderie between Connor, Grant, and Joey! 😄

Thank you for another great episode!

Diogenes was definitely the worlds first troll if you never heard of him absolutely look him up its fantastic ive been saying he deserves a big budget movie for years

You guys haven't uploaded this ep on Spotify

It's exactly the same with train tickets in Germany. Was so annoying when I lived there. It was crazy to me that if you buy a ticket it does not come with a seat by default.

Great vibe on this epi

To be fair when they were talking about Pixar, most of the movies they included in the list were short films and weren't really meant to stand alone. (They were bangers tho)

Trash Taste: calls Elementals a flop Elementals : Fundamentally no way close to a flop

Regarding infinities, there actually are different sized infinities, but not how it was described. The Infinity representing countable numbers (ie, 1, 2, 3, ...) is actually exactly the same size as that times 2. Basically, if you multiply 1, 2, 3, ... by 2, you get 2, 4, 6... Which is the same size as the infinity of 1, 2, 3, ..., since you can map the same series 1 to 1. The infinity isn't twice as big, because they both reach infinity at the "same time", but because you can map every member of countable infinity to countable infinity x2, it's the same sized infinity. The Infinity representing decimal numbers (0.1, 0.01, 0.001, ...) is larger than the infinity between the countable numbers (1, 2, 3, ...). Doing the same logic, if you map the countable infinity to the decimal infinities, you can map them as 1 to 10^-(countable infinity). That is, 1 to 10^-1 (0.1), 2 to 10^-2) 0.01, 3 maps to 10^-3 (0.001), ... you never are able to map every countable infinity to the decimal infinity. You never map anything to 0.2, 0.11, etc. for example. There's an ancient TED video on "The Infinite Hotel Paradox" that goes into more detail.

what fascinates me about infinity is how useful it ends up being in everyday life without us even knowing, despite how mind-bogling the concept is after you put some thought into it.

Physical immersion is a different beast. I went to horror escape room recently, it was styled as catacombs, we started blindfolded, GM walked as through small corridors for like 5 minutes, handcuffed us to a wall and left us after monologing the intro story, generally: lots of crawling around in small spaces, sceletons, timed puzzles, I had to close myself in a space that was like 50x50cm and cut my way back in order to see a clue, and of course we were chased by a 'murderer' with an axe that did sparks when he hit the ground. It was bloody terrifying, and it's regarded as easy and not that scary. There are ones that go way way further and hit harder. And like, we were safe, handcuffs were plastic, there were big red stop buttons in every room and hidden cameras/intercoms so you could ask for help with riddles and shit, but I don't know if I would ever do it again. When you're playing a game you can just close it, or just turn around in your chair and bam, immersion broken. Without that barrier it really hits different. Also, people can be assholes, when we were chatting about other escape rooms he said he went to one with his friends, one of them was very easily scared so they asked not to scare her and the actor decided to ignore it and go extra hard on her. Nothing bad happened to her, but jesus, that would give me PTSD.

Garnt explaining infinity has made me lose all my braincells. (I didn't have any to begin with)

I've watched every single Trash Taste episode so far, and this is by far the best intro

why isn't this episode uploaded on Spotify? :(

I've never commented on TT and I love the bois but their animated movie takes are so crazy

Garnt is now a victim of the Eternity Devil from Chainsaw Man😭

They didn’t have to go that hard for the opening 🥶🔥

Watching this on my way to London, can't wait to see the Bois live this evening!

I might be the minority, but I loved the Infinity talk. Would absolutely watch a movie that invokes that sense of endlessness. Also, there are actually *more* decimal numbers between 0 and 1 than integer numbers between 0 and Infinity.

Okay Mudan now you’re just flexing with that sick intro and transition

I thought the reason why you get small amounts of water at whiskey places is because it's usually added to the whiskey to create small changes to it's flavour profile? Maybe they just misunderstood why you wanted it 😂

So excited to see the London Tour tomorrow!!!! ❤❤

People in school here in America where probably taught the Vietnam War different in the early 2000s i went to HS in 2014-2019 and i can tell you they definitely let us know it was a dumb war we got our asses kicked and lost a lot of young men. I’d imagine also Sydney living in the Midwest has some to do with it that’s more east by southern states they are more patriotic down there.