Episode 26: Redo 2020

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## Episode Summary

What if you were given the opportunity to redo 2020?

## Idea Details

* Idea: Redo 2020
* Creator of idea: Josiah
* Purpose of idea: Let me ask you a question before we get into that: What if we could do it all over again? I mean, anything in your life. What if you could do it all over again? What if you could just do it all over again? What if you were given a chance to go back and just redo it all? Would you? (Drew: "So do you mean redo 2020?") I'm proposing that we just - 2020 was a dumpster fire, it was a uh trash fire, and Fyre Festival of years, and it was a fail, and it was the *Tiger King* of years also, Carole Baskins of years. What if we got a chance to redo the year 2020 all over again and in two days from now when you're supposed to flip the calendar, you actually flip it back a bunch of pages to the start of the book of 2020? (Drew: "So you're saying we skip this entire year and we say January 1st - ") We don't skip, yeah we just pretend this one didn't - we just do a do-over. (Drew: "Yeah on January 1st, it's not January 1st 2021, it's January 1st 2020 again, is that what you're saying?") We redo the entire year. A lot of people feel like they missed out on the year 2020 and so we just redo the whole thing. We just say January 1st - I guess we change it, what was - what was day of the week for January 1st 2020? January 1st, let me scroll up here. January 1st 2020 was a Wednesday so I guess on this Friday, we'll just it'll have to become Wednesday again, so it'll be World Wide Wednesday. (Drew: "So we're gonna have to record an episode on Friday.") No because - no bec- well, okay do you know very much about time theory? Time uh travel? (Drew: "No. Not - no, not really.") Do you know anything about it at all? (Drew: "I know a little bit about - I mean, I've seen a lot of science-fiction movies, I've seen *Back To The Future*, I've seen - well I've seen the entire *Back To The Future* franchise. I've been on the ride, actually. I've seen *Looney Tunes*. I haven't seen *Tenet*.") Well see, in the movie *Tenten* - in the movie *Tenten* - (Drew: "Explain it to me. It's about a landlord.") No that would be - it's the opposite. So you go into the - you'd go into the - so the basically you can make things go backwards and forwards at the same time through the turnstile machine. I think maybe I was just using that as an example of what is time for you. So that's what time is, but I guess what happens is because it goes frontwards and backwards in the movie, then where the turnstile is seems to be kind of the center of time. And so when you go backwards you still have to do the things that you did forwards. I mean, when they do the - when the bullet shoots the gun, the lady that you saw for a second says to the guy 'You had to have known that you were gonna shoot the gun one day cause otherwise it can't go backwards.' (Drew: "Well how would you know that you were gonna shoot the gun from the past?") Well then he just does somehow. I mean it's just about like fate or something? It's just kind of like things are predestined to happen. And so I guess that's my point is that things are a little bit - what I'm trying to say is that I think it would be catastrophic if we redid the year 2020 - (Drew: "I thought that was your idea!!") - any differently than it already happened. I do think we should redo it cause a lot of us feel like it was kind of a tough one, and I think we definitely should redo it in sort of a *Palm Springs* or *Groundhog Day* - we should redo it, absolutely, but I also think it could be catastrophic if we do anything differently at all. (Drew: "So you wanna Redo 2020 but you want us to do the exact same things. How would that even be possible? Because the things that we have to do have already happened.") We have to all agree to Redo 2020 because we felt like we missed out and I think it will still scratch that itch but if we change anything, the results could be completely catastrophic. Sure, maybe they'd be better, but you know Butterfly Effect or Kill Your Own Grandfather Theory from *Tenten*, all these things could be problematic because we might Redo 2020 and then all of a sudden our sibling just sort of disappears into thin air because they never existed because of some decision we made or - I'm just saying we have to be careful and it's probably the safest bet is to do all of the exact same things every day that we did in 2020. (Drew: "So we're not just renaming 2021 to be 2020, we're actually going back in time?") Well I don't think we have to if we all agree that on January 1st it's 2020 and then we just do all the same stuff we did. (Drew: "But here's the thing, Josiah: consider the - you mentioned killing your grandfather.") Yeah that's in *Tenten*, that's not my thought, it's in *Tenten*. (Drew: "Well you brought it up. Imagine in 2020, this year, you killed your grandfather.") No, in the movie they say if you kill your own grandfather, then you don't exist cause how could you have ever been born? (Drew: "But you were already born!") No, if you kill your grandfather then your bloodline stops there. (Drew: "Not if - not if - not if you're alive.") So I don't get what's the problem. We're gonna Redo 2020, we deserve - we all have had a tough year - (Drew: "Josiah, hang on. If you - if you - if you - if you - if you kill your grandfather, you don't die. That's not how it works.") I told you to watch the movie, it's like the central thing. It's the central thing in the movie, if you kill your own grandfather then your bloodline will end. I mean, how could you possibly exist if you don't have a grandfather? (Drew: "Because you're already alive!") It's a philosophy thing, you can't - what would happen if you killed your grandfather? You don't exist! (Drew: "Your grandfather would die.") So we need to kind of approach the redo with that same logic of - (Drew: "You can't just - you can't just go past that point, Josiah. If you kill your grandfather, you don't die.") How do you know? Did you do it? (Drew: "No, but just think about it.") Yeah you can- if you killed your own - how would that be pos- like so you - your grandfather is a younger man and you kill him - (Drew: "No.") before you've had the chance to have your father, or your mother - inclusive - (Drew: "No, but you're saying - now in this scenario, you went back in time.") It's just kind of a saying, I think, more than anything. So basically we're gonna Redo 2020, I think we all deserve a redo, we all could use a fresh - just another take. And I think, you know, maybe enunciate a little bit better, chew your food a little bit more, drink more water. Little things like that definitely will help, but ultimately, I would say 95% of the decisions and events that happen do need to happen the same because you never know what's gonna happen if we change it too much and it could be catastrophic for the universe.
* Timetable: Redo 2020 will be implemented on what would have been January 1st 2021, but will instead be January 1st 2020 again. It will last for the whole year and everyone in the world will pretend the first 2020 never actually happened and will do everything the same all over again.
* Idea details:
	+ Everyone in the world will Redo 2020 starting on January 1st of what would have been 2021. They will all pretend it didn't happen and they will all pretend to not know what's coming in the year 2020 to keep up the ruse.
	+ The redo of 2020 will need to play out almost exactly the same as the first runthrough of 2020 or else it could be catastrophic. But minor changes like chewing more or smiling bigger or drinking slightly more water are probably safe. Everything else needs to be exactly identical, though, and the redo year of 2020 needs to end in the exact same place as the original year of 2020 or else the fate of the universe will probably be a bad fate.
	+ Everyone will still have to refer to Grogu as 'Baby Yoda' or 'The Child' and *The Office (U.S.)* will be back on Netflix for the redo of 2020.

## Devil Play

* Drew played devil against Christopher Nolan about how the Grandfather Effect means that if you kill your own grandfather then you cease to exist.
* Drew played devil against the idea that everyone has to Redo 2020 but without changing anything. He stressed that having 2020 vision will allow us to Redo 2020 better than we did the first time around.
	+ Josiah responded that everyone in the world will actually need to pretend they don't know what's gonna happen in 2020.
	+ Drew suggested this won't work because the knowledge of what's to come will influence everyone's decisions.
* Drew asked if we can all have more fun in the redo of 2020.
	+ Josiah pressed him to clarify whether he meant having more fun in terms of smiling a little bit bigger, or something else.
	+ Drew specified that he meant things like reading more, listening to more music.
	+ Josiah stressed that it will have to be within a very small margin, giving the example that if everyone listened to way more electro-swing all the time, then that would become the dominant genre in culture and everyone would be obsessed with it, which would marginalize the people like Josiah and Drew who discovered electro-swing, and then Drew would get a chip on his shoulder and write his manifesto and then follow through on it to dark effect.
	+ Drew suggested that Josiah would be the one to write the manifesto and that he himself would be the one to champion electro-swing and keep other people safe from Josiah.
* Drew asked how they will ensure that everyone in the world is on board with the idea of redoing 2020 and ensuring that everyone obeys for the whole year.
	+ Josiah stated it would be achieved with simple time things, grandfather stuff, and knowing about the Butterfly Effect.

## Notable Events

* Josiah and Drew had out-of-body experiences at the start of the episode.
* Josiah and Drew listened to electro-swing.
* World Wide Wednesday
* Josiah and Drew watched a video explaining the time theory in *Tenet*.
* Josiah and Drew discuss the philosophy of the Grandfather Effect, whereby if you kill your grandfather then you cease to exist.
* Drew revealed that he had originally thought of the idea for Globe Hell Warning sometime in 2018.
* Drew realized he had seen *Tenet* in the future and was able to tap in to his knowledge of seeing the movie from the future as a result.
* Josiah and Drew watched a 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *"This Year Is A Dumpster Fire" - Billy Joel Parody*.
* Josiah and Drew watched another 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *We Didn't Start the Virus (We Didn't Start the Fire 2020 Version)*.
* Josiah and Drew watched another 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *Dumpster Fire- A look back at 2020*.
* Josiah and Drew watched another 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *We Didn't Start The Fire 2020*.
* Josiah and Drew watched another 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *The 2020 Song - A Year In Review We Didn't Start The Fire Parody* while singing along together.
* Josiah and Drew watched another 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *2020 is a Dumpster Fire, parody of "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel*.
* Josiah and Drew watched another 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *We Didn't Start the Fire - Ridiculous 2020 Edition with lyrics! (Billy Joel parody)*.
* Josiah and Drew watched another 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *We Didn't Start The Fire (2020 version) filk lyrics by Andrew Ross*.
* Josiah and Drew watched another 2020 parody version of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel called *We Didn't Elect Trump (2020 election parody of 'We Didn't Start the Fire')*.
* Josiah left the final decision up to Drew whether everyone in the world will Redo 2020, and after some deliberation Drew voiced his support for the idea.

## Notable Quotes

### Josiah

* "We're here to talk about - we're here to fin - fi - to finish off what we've started which is we're here to figure out what to do for the future and fix the world uh Globe - Globehelly - Globehelly. We're here to change the world one day - one - we're here to fi- we're here to day the wor - we're here today to change - we're here today to change the world for tomorrow."
* "There's gonna be a rule in the future that if when a child is born, if it's first words are not either Josiah or Drew, it will be tossed."
* "We've done Calgary Awareness Month and I hope that it's not just a month! I mean, I think it's a good start to have one month dedicated to Calgary Awareness, but I hope that it Calgary Awareness goes across the pla- uh plains. Of every month."
* "I think that Calgary Awareness is a mindset and it's the only mindset that will get you through life, really."
* "Do you know very much about time theory? Time uh travel? Do you know anything about it at all?"
* "What if we did *Inception* *Tenet* of 2020?"
* "But are you a backwards man from *Tenent*?"
* "[On the topic of people trying out the Grandfather Effect to see if it works] I think they should try it because it - no, because listen - the second you try to kill your grandfather, you'll just go \*poof\* and disappear into a puff of sm- the second you successfully kill your grandfather, you will puff into a cloud of smoke and you'll have never existed and he'll be alive still."
* "[In response to Drew saying it's not true that you will puff into a cloud of smoke the second you successfully kill your grandfather, leaving him alive and yourself as having never existed] How is that - it's simp- it's physics. It's simple geometry."
* "[On the topic of the scars on the Joker's face] Well I'm talking about the scars on - the scars - the scars on our fate. The scars on our fate."
* "[On the topic of Redo 2020 not working] Maybe this is a rare one where devil wins."
* "I hope that when I die I get to be mentioned in a novelty song."
* "Look, I don't wanna fight. But you were sort of criticizing me for being off when you're the - maybe it's the lag or maybe it's just a lack of willingness on your part, but that was atrocious."
* "[On the topic of the seventh song parody of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel] So basically, it's kind of about the year 2020, you know?"

### Drew

* "I don't know what's happening on this podcast, Josiah. There's something very strange going on and I don't like it. Maybe we flew too close to the sun when we took Jesus's day and turned it into YYCmas and then God put a curse on us and now our podcast is haunted."
* "Tomorrow's children will be thanking us - uh us specifically uh me and Josiah."
* "[On the topic of Calgary Awareness Month lasting more than a month] Yeah, I think that it needs to defy uh space and gravity. And time."
* "I think you need to set your soul on Calgary. You can live anywhere, but set your soul on Calgary and every day of your life you wanna inch towards a little bit - a little bit towards a Calgary lifestyle, have your soul working on a Rodeo, and uh walking down Stephen Avenue 24/7 just like mine is, just like Tom's is, just like I know - I know Josiah's heart is still in Calgary."
* "[Sharing his thoughts on the year 2020] Well let me, let me explain a little bit, okay? Because first, 2020 started great. It was a new year, it was the 2020's finally. I always wanted to live in the 20's because that's when swing music was the talk of the town, everybody loved swing music and - yeah, so I was looking forward for - to a new electronic swing revival, 1920's dress all the time, we'll dress dapper. I was really looking forward to dancing in the malls. But of course this darn coronavirus, and to make matters worse then the orange man in the White House has made - uh Donald Trump - have made this year honestly a bit of a dumpster fire."
* "[On the topic of his knowledge of time theory] I know a little bit about - I mean, I've seen a lot of science-fiction movies, I've seen *Back To The Future*, I've seen - well I've seen the entire *Back To The Future* franchise. I've been on the ride, actually. I've seen *Looney Tunes*. I haven't seen *Tenet*."
* "So instead of a gun being - a gun shooting a bullet, the bullet is sh... is uh... the bullet is shooting the gun? This is the kind of shit that Christopher Nolan wakes up and thinks 'Hmm, yeah I'm gonna think that up?'"
* "Shut up, Josiah!"
* "[In response to Josiah's question about the main thing he would change if he had the chance to Redo 2020] Gosh uh just about everything. Uh you know, I had an ide- well, I don't want to get into it, to be honest. But I had a project that I was excited about and I might have gotten into it with the wrong person and that's something that I would like to do over but it's not a big issue."
* "[On the topic of 2020] It's a well documented year."
* "[While singing along to the fifth song parody of *We Didn't Start The Fire* by Billy Joel] Hey, Josiah? Hey, Josiah? Take this seriously for a minute and try and get in tune, try and get on fucking time."
* "I was so much better than you, Josiah. And I think everybody - everybody will agree! All the people on Twitter will agree."
* "This is one of the most embarrassing videos I've ever seen."

## Trivia

* A spectral voice can be heard saying "Wazzup" several times at the start of the episode.