Episode 86: Love Bombing

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## Episode Summary

World War 3 may be approaching, but there is another type of bombing that is ruining lives and its called LOVE BOMBING. Saying too much nice stuff. How would you combat this? What if someone tells you your new haircut looks good? What if someone started cutting his hair during the episode and through off the entire vibe. IDK.

## Idea Details

* Idea: Love Bombing, Love Scorping
* Creator of idea: Drew
* Purpose of idea: Well, Josiah, if you've looked in the news, there's lots of awful stuff going on, there's lots of bombing all over the world, um, and I think we also -- uh we all know about West Elm Caleb who was doing a bit of a different type of bombing called Love Bombing! I found out that stuff like that has been happening not only all around the world, but some-- uh, right in Calgary, Josiah. This is a very -- this is a Calgary story! This is very close to me. (Josiah: "In your neighborhood??") Yeah, in my neighborhood. This is: "Single woman shares 'Calgary Romeo' online dating warning: 'Love bombing is a real thing' ". \*Josiah starts cutting his hair with scissors\* Blaire Wortley just wanted to make a connection. Instead, she found herself uncovering an online dating scam involving a man police say swindled more than $25,000 from dozens of victims. Calgary police said the man, 36-year-old Bryan Christopher Syrydra, was reported to CPS back in 2020 -- \*Josiah stops cutting his hair\* -- after several people at that time alleged to have given him money in return for discounted tech items such as televisions. The victims were told by Sryryda -- I don't know how to pronounce it -- (Josiah: "So you don't have a video for this.") -- No, I'm reading it! (Josiah: "OK!") \*Josiah continues cutting his hair\* He worked for well-known tech companies and had access to electronics at discounted and group rates. At that time, several charges were laid by police. As investigators delved into a allegations, they became aware of several local Calgary women who met him by online dating apps -- \*Josiah stops cutting his hair\* -- such as Bumble, Tinder, and Plenty Of Fish. (Josiah: "Keep going!") \*Josiah continues cutting his hair\* It was the height of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic \*cough\* -- Pardon me! -- and meeting new people in person was a challenge, so she started swiping on Tinder. Direct messaging quickly led to a phone call. "We had an amazing conversation, seemed to have a lot of the same interests. That went on for a couple hours, and we had planned a date," she said. On a news -- In a news release, police said the man treated the woman to "extravagant outings" and would offer the same bogus tech deals to the woman -- to the women along with their friends. Police said they believe the money u-- Syryda to used to "woo the women" on the dates was obtained through earlier scams and was then intended to groom the victims into trusting the man and giving him their money. \*Josiah stops cutting his hair\* (Josiah: "So it's kind of like grooming - what I was talking about.") Well, it's a different type of grooming. (Josiah: "So, uh, this -- and this was in Calgary.") Mhm. (Josiah: "And where did you read this from? Cause I -- sometimes there's fake news.") \*Josiah continues cutting his hair\* This is from globalnews.ca -- \*Josiah stops cutting his hair\* You're cutting your hair right now! (Josiah: "What??") Why are -- are -- Are you cutting your hair right now?? (Josiah: "I'm tr-- I'm listening to you; I'm letting you read!") OK... (Josiah: "K, go -- keep going!") Wortley said Syrda bailed on their first date, citing a car accident. They rescheduled, she said, -- \*Josiah starts cutting his hair his a loud electric razor\* -- but when it -- ....... \*Josiah stops cutting his hair\* (Josiah: "Go ahead!") .............. They rescheduled, she said, but when it -- \*Josiah continues cutting his hair\* -- came time to pay the b-- the date she said that she forgot, he promised to e-transfer her funds to cover a l-- his part of the meal. \*Josiah stops cutting his hair\* (Josiah: "Sounds terrible!...what happened.") .... (Josiah: "That sounds absolutely terrible!") ... (Josiah: "And so you're saying -- a-- so are you trying to make a *bigger* point, or are you just talking about Love Bombing as a bad thing?") .............. (Josiah: "Are you there?") "The money never --" -- Yeah, I'm here. (Josiah: "OK! It's your week! I don't have a lot of time. I gotta sometimes stack my appointments, so --") You're cutting your hair! (Josiah: "I'm not cutting my hair right now.") You're cutting -- You *were*! (Josiah: "Well, I'm listening!") I don't think you were; you were -- you're not able to listen! You've got the -- (Josiah: "*Of course* I'm listening! What are you talkin' about??") OK, then tell -- what -- what -- tell me what I was talking about, OK? (Josiah: "Global News, there was a Love Bomber, --") Uh huh. Mhm. (Josiah: "-- he was attacking women, --") Mhm. (Josiah: "-- and stealing from them, --") Mhm. (Josiah: "-- and promi-- with the promise of love, --") Mhm. (Josiah: "-- he was *stealing* from them! I got it! Go ah-- keep going!") \*Josiah continues cutting his hair\* [unintelligible] .............. (Josiah: "Drew: I'm listening to you!") \*Josiah stops cutting his hair\* ............ (Josiah: "Please c-- continue the episode!") OK. ......... (Josiah: "I'll put it down!") \*Josiah loudly sets his electric razor down\* (Josiah: "I'll just put it down. Fine, I'll finish later.") Well, this article made me look into Love Bombing and it made me think of -- OK, I looked into Love Bombing, right? I looked at ways to *counter* Love Bombing, and I thought about -- then I thought about, 'OK, well, what about, if *this* is a good counter to *Love Bombing*, h-- you know, if we have these methods to deal with *Love Bombing*, then is there a way that we can take *these* methods and apply them to, like, *real* bombing?
* Timetable: There was no timetable given for Love Bombing / Love Scorping, so as soon as Josiah and Drew present to the UN that there are no more bombs, it will go into effect.
* Idea details:
	+ Methods that are used to counter Love Bombing can be used to counter real bombing.
	+ Love Bombers will only be allowed to Love Bomb other Love Bombers. This will mirror how real bombers should only be allowed to real-bomb each other and not innocent civilians.
	+ Each country will have a special genetically engineered monster that they get to make, and then instead of having an army and fighting a war with bombs, they will just use their genetic monsters. This aspect of the idea was noted to have nothing to do with Love Bombing, though.
	+ Love Bombing involves getting the other person addicted to your love, just like with food or drugs such as coffee.
	+ Instead of Love Bombs, we will send *no* bombs. No more bombs of any kind. We will go complete anti-war on this because war is awful, Love Bombing is awful, all it does is hurt people, and therefore we get rid of it. Now, when people do really bad at stand-up comedy, that will be called 'scorping' instead of 'bombing', because there is no more bombing. This terminology change will also apply to real bombs being used in places like Yemen, because there's no getting rid of the action of violence. But we can get rid of the words. And since 'scorping' sounds really stupid, no one will want to do it anymore.
	+ Love Bombing will be called Love Scorping.
	+ Globe Hell will tell everyone in the world that there's no more bombs and no more bombings. No one will be asking about scorping because they don't know about that word yet, and even if they did, the word could just get switched again to something else. Drew quietly whispered to Josiah that the word will still be 'scorp'.
	+ Josiah and Drew will present the cessation of bombing to the world at the UN (United Nation), which includes America, England, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, and Mexico. No countries will be upset that there is no more bombing, but they might be upset that there is no more Love Bombing. If so, then we'll tell them about Love Scorping. If they ask if that means that scorping exists too, then Josiah and Drew will have to Love Bomb the entire world to manipulate them with the lie that scorping does not exist even though it does.
	+ We will not need resources in our world anymore because we can just take the World Wide Train. We can just take things like oil, and Alberta has plenty of oil so we don't need foreign oil.
	+ The punishment for all the Love Bombers who have existed up until now is that Josiah and Drew will shoot them in the head. They can't be allowed to live because they will probably move on from Love Bombing to credit card scams or something like that.
	+ We will get rid of credit cards and have a special new card, which will be a special new card where, instead of using a credit card, we have something that's individual, where everybody has an individual chip inside of their brain, and when you go to make a purchase, you have a sensor inside of your eyes, and when you need to put your credit card in to order something online, for instance, you look at this barcode and shoot your laser out of your eyes, at which point it scans and something like that. This will be a foolproof system.
		- Note: It is unclear what the implementation of this idea means for either WWD or for the hidden talent inner gold currency or for the golden piss currency.
	+ If someone loves scorpions, they will have to be very careful how they phrase it so they don't say they love 'scorps' to save time, or else they'll be shot in the head.
	+ Scorpion from *Mortal Kombat* the movie, is fine.
	+ Any video games with bombs will be gotten rid of.
	+ Everything with bombs will be gotten rid of with a snap of their fingers, just like what Thanos did in *Avengers: Infinity War*.
	+ We will still have to figure out if torpedos count as bombs.
	+ Missiles are a type of bomb so they are gotten rid of too. Which means there will be no such thing as Love Missiles.

## Devil Play

* Drew played devil on Josiah cutting his own hair throughout the episode, whether Josiah was using scissors or a loud electric razor.
* Josiah played devil by pointing out that people are still gonna use scorps and hurt each other.
	+ Drew said they won't because they won't know about them.
	+ Josiah said you can't just be getting rid of idea of Love Bombing. People will simply Love Scorp.
	+ Drew yelled that yes, you can, and asked what they're gonna do without the word 'bomb'. He posited that you won't be able to load a bomb into a plane or torpedo bay if you don't have the word to describe it.
	+ Josiah asked if they will still have torpedos.
	+ Drew, flummoxed, said they will have to figure out if that's a bomb or not.
	+ Josiah asked about missile, which he saw as being the whole thing.
	+ Drew countered that missile is a type of bomb and would thus be gone.
	+ Josiah asked about Love Missiles.
	+ Drew stated that you can't do that because missile is a bomb and we got rid of it and they won't know what it is.

## Notable Events

* Josiah and Drew discussed the possibility of doing a complete nonsense episode in future, to follow up on the success of the world's first silent episode that they already did.
* Josiah and Drew discussed how having a sister could mean that the temptation is always there to kiss each other with tongue.
* Josiah and Drew discussed getting new hairstyles.
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "6 Brilliant Hairstyles To Hide Receding Hair & Big Foreheads" about the top 6 hair styles that can disguise receding hairline & big foreheads.
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "THE GENTLEMAN'S HAIRCUT w/ Jeff Wittek | Medium Length Hairstyle | Alex Costa" about how Jeff Wittek gets a Gentleman's Haircut. Drew compared this to the video where the guys smoked cigars, as seen in Self Improvement Seminar 1: Style Smile Smoke and Shitblast.
* Drew revealed that his job is a paver, where he paves different roads. He's allowed to go on his Twitter while driving because it's not a difficult job. He has a Bluetooth setup that allows him to dictate his tweets and simply say, "Post. Post."
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "Classic Business Haircut - Conservative Haircut - Greg Zorian Haircut Tutorial" about how the classic business cut will never go out of style. Drew revealed that when he next goes for a haircut, he'll simply bring this video in and ask if they can do this.
* At 15:16, Josiah started cutting his hair while Drew was introducing the episode idea, first with scissors and then later with a loud electric razor, which started at 17:39.
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "Why Men “Love Bomb” and What You Can Do About It (Matthew Hussey)" about how this phenomenon has been nicknamed “Love Bombing,” and it can be very painful, especially when you were led to believe it was going somewhere.
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "Love Bombing - The Most Common and Evil Mind Game" about when someone begins the relationship by showering you with time/ attention/ gifts/ love/ compliments without really even knowing you. Josiah and Drew commented that they basically did their Monthly Cameo Thank You Message during this video by reading the names of so many people featured in the video. They then revealed that they get money from Squarespace by showing the in-video Squarespace ad. Josiah compared a portion of the video to a 'Conversation video,' as seen in their ongoing series, The Art of Conversation.
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "The 4 Types Of Guys That Will LOVE BOMB You! | Matthew Hussey" about how, when we meet someone we feel excited about, “love bombing” can feel like everything we’ve ever wanted.
* Josiah revealed that Drew promised to buy him a house if they get to 100 episodes. Josiah quit his job due to that promise.
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "How to Outsmart Narcissist Love Bombing" about how to outsmart narcissist Love Bombing.
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "Love Bombing Lover" about how he wanted to control her and make sure she could NEVER leave him.
* Josiah and Drew briefly watched a video called "4 signs you’re being ‘love bombed’ | Under The Covers with Danica Daniel" about how love-bombing seems nice at first, but it can blow up in your face.
* Josiah and Drew watched a video called "How to Truth Bomb a Love Bomber (7 Truth Bombs to Use in Response to Love Bombs)" about how love bombing can be an incredibly difficult thing to combat especially because it confuses the narcissist’s target into thinking that the love is genuine.

## Notable Quotes

### Josiah

* "Globe morning. To you."
* [On the topic of doing nonsense] "Well sometimes you need to do 'nonsense' to get 'c-' -- 'mons-' -- 'mon-sense'. 'Com-mon s-' -- 'common sense'. The second half of the word 'common' is 'non'! So that's kind of nonsense: 'com-mon sense'."
* [In response to Drew asking why he referred to some people as being 'gay'] "Uh, well, just cause I kind of -- I don't like them! And so I'm using it as kind of a derogatory -- Yeah, I don't actually know anything about them."
* "Smile! That's part of getting a haircut, is smiling."
* [On the topic of how hard it is to find a good hairdresser] "You were saying that you can't find a place that's cheugy enough for you. And I don't know what that means. Sounds like a slur."
* [In response to Drew saying he wants to give his cat Duck a blowout] "You wanna blow his back out?"
* [In response to Drew asking him to confirm he was listening by repeating back what Drew had just been talking about] "Global News, there was a Love Bomber, he was attacking women, and stealing from them, and promi-- with the promise of love, he was *stealing* from them! I got it! Go ah-- keep going!" \*Josiah continues cutting his hair with a loud electric razor\*
* "Hey, well, would you say real bombing is kind of 'hate' bombing? Or is there sometimes love in the bombing that happ-- When we're talking about *bombing* that happens in real life -- I mean, no, I think *hate* bombing is when you try to do an open mic night and they don't laugh. That's hate bombing. Sometimes you bomb another country cause you're trying to help them. Help themselves. They don't know! So is that love or hate? Or is it both? Or is it kind of being a good parent?"
* [In response to Drew saying Josiah should have cut his hair during one of his episodes, like Episode 85: Maintain Globe, for instance] \*Josiah snips off some hair with scissors\* "I'm *listening* to you. I don't understand what's the problem. You're *so* narcissistic that you need someone t--"
* [On the topic of a video called 'Why Men Love Bomb'] "That question - I just wanna pause for a sec -- That question could apply to war, as well. 'Why do men love bomb?' 'Why do th--' -- 'Why do you love bomb so much, Biden?'."
* [In response to Drew asking why 'men' cut their hair in the middle of a fucking podcast, presumably about Josiah doing that at that very moment] "The videos got me inspired! And I just happened to have all this stuff right on my desk! You can cut *your* hair, if you want, too! You probably should, honestly."
* [On the topic of a globe being visible in the background of a video] "Great episode."
* [On the topic of somewhere you're not supposed to make out at] "What would that -- kind of place would *that* be, that you're not allowed to be at? Chemical lab? Wuhan? The Wuhan uh factory? Bat factory?"
* [While cutting his hair] "I'm balancing *a lot* in my life, right now."
* "Or what if you fi-- could figure out how to hunt Love Bombers and trick them?"
* "You're a piece of shit."
* "Take it from local to 'Globe Hell'."
* "Oh, so we're gonna make it cringe to scorp!"
* [On the topic of changing the word 'bombing' to 'scorping'] "So we're just -- so it's just, kind of, semantics. I always thought you were anti-semantic, but that must be something else."
* [In response to Drew saying his new brain chip credit card idea is foolproof] "Well then how are *you* gonna use it?"
* "Am I boring you? Listening to your own idea?"
* [In response to Drew asking how getting rid of all the bombs on the planet is a bad idea] "Cause what are all these horny, lonely people gonna do, and how is this gonna affect the real estate and flower and chocolates market?? Valentine's Day will -- is as good as dead!"
* [In response to Drew saying there will still be love, just not Love *Bombs*] "But what about Love *Scorps*??"
* "And that's gonna get *extra* confusing if there's a guy who loves scorpions! And he says, 'I love scorps,' and then you g-- and then he gets shot in the head! Cause he said, 'I love scorps,' cause he's trying to save time!"
* [In response to seeing a Black woman judge] "I don't think this judge should be trust-- Now we trust the dudicial system??"
* [On the topic of a Black woman judge who doesn't let anyone else talk] "She doesn't even let anyone else t-- She just wants to show off. She's not even letting -- She's 'Judge Bombing' her!"
* [On the topic of a Black woman judge who is 'Judge Bombing'] "OK, so maybe we should send *her* overseas."
* [In response to Drew talking over Rebecca to lecture Josiah about cutting his hair] "I'm trying to listen to Rebecca! Are you talking over a woman again?"
* [In response to Drew unknowingly revealing that torpedo bays would still exist] "Yeah, so they still have torpedos???"
* "What about missile? Isn't that the whole thing? Missile."
* "So what's the problem?? Why are you upset at me for cutting my hair?? I think it's cause you're not willing to cut *yours*! You're feeling attacked! You're feeling attacked because I'm willing to cut my hair to look professional, and you're not! And that's the bottom line!"
* [In response to Drew saying it's not professional to cut your hair during your podcast] "What are you talking about?? You ca-- It didn't even affect anything! No one would have even noticed if you hadn't been a Karen about it the whole time. You just kee-- you just *need* to draw attention to my flaws, instead of just -- I was just being myself over here, warts and all --"
* "I was quietly minding my own business, I even sat further back from my mic, --" \*He turns on his loud electric razor\* "-- You can *barely* hear this. You can *barely* hear this. You can *barely* hear it." \*He puts his loud electric razor directly onto his mic, deafening all other sound\*

### Drew

* "We've done the silent episode; what if we just did a complete nonsense episode?"
* "No, being a *Star Wars* fan did not make me attracted to my sister. It made me attracted to Princess Leia."
* "You're cutting your hair right now! Why are -- are -- Are you cutting your hair right now??"
* "I looked at ways to *counter* Love Bombing, and I thought about -- then I thought about, 'OK, well, what about, if *this* is a good counter to *Love Bombing*, h-- you know, if we have these methods to deal with *Love Bombing*, then is there a way that we can take *these* methods and apply them to, like, *real* bombing?"
* "But I think the point still stands that if there are counters to uh -- you know, methods to deal with Love Bombing, then there should be methods to deal with regular bombings and ways to deal with that -- you're cutting your hair! WHY ARE YOU -- WHY DID YOU CHOOSE -- Why did you choose *now* to cut your hair?? WHY NOT USE -- Why not use your -- T-- You -- Take one of *your* episodes! You shoulda done your episodes. Well, you coulda done 'Globe'! You coulda done 'Globe'. You coulda done 'Globe' - used uh your head."
* "Here's a question, here's a question: 'Why do guys cut their hair in middle of a fucking podcast??' In the middle of a podcast. We're just trying to record. And you start cutting your own hair."
* "I have *no* agency in this, at all! What *I* want does not matter!"
* "Shout out globe in the background!"
* "Like, imagine if instead -- each country has a special genetically engineered, like, monster that they get to make, and then, instead of having an army and fighting a war with bombs, they could just use their genetic monsters. So I'm thinking, like, currently, um we could, like -- what if instead of bombs and machine guns in Russia and Ukraine, if it was, like, a giant cat man fighting a squid?"
* "You're a piece of shit."
* "It's no longer 'bombing', OK? You can call it 'scorping'."
* "Imagine if Globe Hell was able to say, 'We have ended all bombs. Got rid of all bombing. No more bombs. We've gotten rid of all of them. All the nuclear weapons, all the nuclear bombs: they're gone.' "
* [In response to Josiah asking about nuclear guns] "Yeah, probably, probably there would be nuclear g-- there's nuclear guns, like las-- nuclear lasers and stuff."
* "But here's the thing, Josiah: you go out there, you say, 'Globe Hell -- We have got rid of all the bombs. There will be no more bombing.' People aren't gonna be like, 'But can we still scorp?' They don't know about it!"
* [In response to Josiah's question about what they do with all of the Love Bombers that have existed up until now] "We shoot them. We shoot them in the head. Well, what else do you want me to do?? I mean, you can't just -- you can't just keep o-- Cause they're gonna *do* -- they're gonna figure out something else! They'll probably go from Love Bombing to credit cards scams, or something."
* "No, it's not fine! We don't want them to do that! So maybe we get rid of credit cards, also, and we have a special new card! What if instead of using a credit card, we have something that's individual, everybody has an individual chip inside of their brain, when they go to make a purchase, you're have a sensor inside of your eyes, when you s-- look at a certain -- you look at the sensor, uh, the -- like a -- like you're ordering something online, you need to put your credit card in, you look at this barcode, you shoot your laser out your eyes, it scans, uh and something like that! Something that nobody -- it's foolproof. It's foolproof."
	+ Note: It is unclear what the implementation of this idea means for either WWD or for the hidden talent inner gold currency or for the golden piss currency.
* "How is getting rid of all the bombs on the planet a bad idea??"
* "Don't talk about scorps..."
* "Well, it's fine to love scorpions."
* [On the topic of Elizabeth Holmes] "She's beautiful."
* "You think everybody wants to listen to you cut your hair? You really think people wanna listen to you cut your hair, Josiah? \*burp\*"
* "So this is maybe the first idea in the Globe Hell history that is universally agreed upon, there's no devil play, *I* ended war, I ended nuclear arms race, I ended it all, and you're sitting here cutting your fuckin' hair."
* [In response to Josiah saying they can't just be getting rid of idea of Love Bombing] "Yes! Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Because what are they gonna do?? What are they gonna do?? They're gonna say, 'Oh, load the --' -- Load the 'what' -- Load the 'what' into the planes, Josiah?? Load the 'what' into the -- into the torpedo bay??"
* [In response to Josiah asking if torpedos still exist] "No, cause that's a --! That's a b--! Well, we have to figure out if that's a bomb or not."
* "It's not professional to cut your hair *during* your podcast."
* [In response to Josiah saying Drew just wanted to bring attention to Josiah's flaws by bringing up his in-episode haircut that would have escaped notice by the listeners otherwise] "No, it's not drawing attention to your flaws! If I -- there -- If I wanted to do that, there was *a thousand* ti-- things that I could talk about!"