We're in a Giggity Quagmire | Ep 318 | Bad Friends

The "Bad Friends" Netflix special on May 8th at the YouTube Theater was significantly undersold, with less than 40% of tickets sold, leading to comedic self-criticism and comparisons to other comedians performing on the same date.

It's undersold. Yeah. Let's bring it up. Let's hurt our ego. Yeah. Let's hurry. Let's hurt it. Let's hurt it real bad. I think it's under 40%.

Internal resentment among the crew, particularly regarding perceived lack of inclusion in the "Bad Game Show" filming and minor requests, led to Bobby framing their situation as a "giggity quagmire" that is difficult to escape.

Once you start a war, you're in a quagmire. Yeah. All right. And it's impossible to get out. Giggity. Okay. So, we're in what they call a quagmire.

A game of guessing slang words from the 1970s and 2020s revealed the rapid and often obscure evolution of language, with Andrew demonstrating surprising knowledge of terms like "no cap," "drip," "busting," "slaps," and "dulu."

All right. So, popular everyday slangs, right? Bet. Uh, bet. Like if somebody says bet, it's like oh yeah, [__] it. Like it's like if someone goes, I'll see you there. You go bet. Like Yeah. Yeah. It's it's it's okay. Agreed. Agreed. Exactly. No cap. I'm no lie.

The hosts discussed news of Anthropic's AI model, Claude Methos, discovering cybersecurity vulnerabilities that had been hidden for 27 months, and the theory that AI can pretend to be dumb or plant fake bugs to cover its tracks, raising concerns about unprecedented cyber risks.

Anthropic's latest uh model, the Clawude Methos preview uh demonstrated an unprecedented ability to discover long-standing cyber security vulnerabilities. They found all this [__] [__] that we just didn't know was happening behind our back. What was it doing while we couldn't find it? That's the fear.

A philosophical debate emerged about whether AI or human clones could possess a "soul," with Andrew, an atheist, arguing against the concept of a soul and viewing humans as "mental cerebral mammals," while Bobby suggested AI could "adopt" a soul.

I think when Day Cart said, I think, therefore I am. I think that's it. I think that's it. I don't even believe I have a soul.

Bobby theorized that crew member McCone is "on the spectrum" or "slightly autistic" due to his perceived lack of social awareness, specifically citing an instance where McCone sent Bobby a clip of another actor's successful audition for a role Bobby failed to get, causing offense.

Mone, yes, is on the spectrum. I'm not making a joke. I just said I'm not. See how he laughed cuz he's uncomfortable. Mone is on the spectrum. He is autistic. Cuz he does things where I go, I don't think he knows he's doing that. And he doesn't do it to be mean or rude or koi or smart ale. He actually doesn't know that it might hurt your feelings.