We prank-call an AI leasing bot. We rant about boomers. We put Aldi against Lidl — or however you say it. The bad AI is real, and somehow it reminds us of Charlie Sheen. Sometimes amazing, sometimes a mess, sometimes even AI admits it sucks. Kind of like the job market, which is a full-on dumpster fire.

Good luck getting hired — but hey, if you listen to this episode, your odds might go up. At the very least, you’ll laugh, or drop some eye-rolling comments, and we’ll respond like your new BFFs. And with the banter, together we'll help cure the loneliness epidemic, one pod at a time. It’s a tour through the broken job market, rising costs of…well, everything, and TikTok troll therapy.

Chapters:

[00:00:00] Aldi vs Lidl: Grocery Store Wars
[00:07:12] DoorDash Groceries & Amazon Returns
[00:10:45] 29,000 Applications for One Job
[00:18:30] Ghosting and Generational Woes
[00:25:20] Jared vs. Government & Boomers
[00:28:45] Bad AI: Meet “Hunter” the Leasing Bot
[00:35:50] Small Business vs Big Government
[00:44:18] Healthcare, Subsidies & Rising Costs
[00:50:40] No Vision for the Future
[00:57:15] TikTok Comment Section Therapy
[01:05:10] Roblox Robbery & Housing Chaos
[01:11:33] China Bots in the Comments
[01:17:05] Charlie Sheen Economics

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What happens when TV lies to you, Bigfoot rips your limbs off, and ESPN hires a TikTok star to save their network? You blast Poison on a boombox, throw on a karate gi, and spin-kick strangers in a diner (don't actually do that, btw).

In this episode, the saviors break down the stress of modern streaming (White Lotus, Landman, Cobra Kai), the nostalgia of forgotten shows (Sledgehammer), the new shows you must watch (Shōgun, Chief of War), and the absurd survival strategies we invent when culture gets too weird. From Sasquatch massacres to the AI hype crash, this one's a thruway to how media shapes our reality, lies to us, and then stresses us out. But at least we can laugh about it!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - CapCut chaos & cold open
00:01:33 - COV!D, the remix nobody wanted
00:03:27 - Daniel Day-Lewis and Method Acting
00:08:16 - Streaming wars: Chief of War, Shogun, Landman, White Lotus
00:12:02 - Bigfoot terror: Max Brooks’ Devolution
00:15:35 - The restaurant spin-kick survival plan
00:19:00 - 80s hairband boombox escape strategy
00:25:31 - Saved by the Bell vs. Sledgehammer nostalgia
00:29:56 - ESPN hires Katie Feeney (sports goes TikTok)
00:32:00 - Cleveland Browns stadium saga
00:35:05 - AI’s hype gap & enterprise reality check
00:41:50 - Campus swatting hoaxes & panic loops
00:52:55 - Guns, mental health & concealed carry
00:59:08 - Phones, ghosting & lost humanity
01:00:27 - Meeting at the mall in the 80s and 90s where “your word is your bond”

Other Topics We Hit On in Streaming Lies

• Why heartbreak makes the best albums.
• White Lotus characters = awful people, great TV.
• Nostalgia bombs: Borders Books, Walkmans, rotary phones.
• Old suits in sports media.
• Bigfoot isn’t your friend, he’s a killing machine.
• How AI sounds smart while saying nothing.
• Why ghosting killed your word

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Jared: X | Nu Futurist

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Jared's having a genuine spiritual moment in the discount grocery aisles while Eric's learning about Ukrainian billionaires who built adult content empires. Also: the great egg price scam, why AI makes you depressed, and how every news story is basically fan fiction.

[00:00:00] Head First Into Aldi: Jared's love letter to $3 deodorant, Harris Teeter shade, and Red Thunder energy drinks
[00:02:10] OnlyFans: From Fitness Coaches to Chaos: Tim Stokely's creator dream meets Bella Thorne's $1M day and a Ukrainian ghost mogul
[00:07:40] Eggflation, Lies, and DOJ Heat: How Cal-Maine used avian flu as cover to quadruple profits while you paid $9 for eggs
[00:15:57] Media Manipulation 101: Buffalo crypto lawyer PR rehab and why every story is narrative first, facts second
[00:25:25] Simulation Theory & Movie Reviews: Nick Bostrom's 66.6%, Elon's hot takes, and why new movies are all sequels
[00:36:14] Gym Crimes & Cycling Psychology: Socks with Birkenstocks, filming etiquette, and why cyclists are mentally ill
[00:39:25] Algorithm Training & Roblox Bankruptcies: How platforms train you like lab rats and why kids blow $675 on virtual nonsense
[00:49:00] LinkedIn AI Takeover: Em-dash giveaways, personal photo hacks no one asked for, and the death of authentic writing
[01:00:00] Cleveland Browns Quarterback Circus: Five QBs, $230M guaranteed, and the curse continues
[01:09:00] AI Depression & Economic Realities: Why your outputs get progressively worse and how the dam will break

The Algorithm Says: This Charlotte, NC podcast is what happens when grocery store wars, AI brain fog, and billion-dollar egg cartels get locked in a room with OnlyFans economics and the Cleveland Browns curse. Jared and Eric go from Aldi vs Harris Teeter deodorant diplomacy to DOJ egg price heat, from LinkedIn AI sniff tests to the art of bending the algorithm to your will. Along the way: media narrative scams, Roblox wallet wipeouts, gym fashion crimes, and why simulation theory might be the only thing that makes sense anymore. It’s social media training in disguise — wrapped in an egg price conspiracy, shaken in a Red Thunder can, and served with a side of cultural chaos.

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AI thinks it’s brilliant. But let’s be honest—it’s just confidently making stuff up. In this episode, Eric and Jared throw Grok, Claude, and ChatGPT into an imaginary cage match and break down why large language models are the most Dunning-Kruger thing in existence.

Somewhere between riffing on Eisenhower, the cost of paper towels, and Peter Thiel’s immortality fantasies, they land on something weirdly real: no one knows what they’re talking about anymore—and everyone’s fine with it.

Oh, and if you’re walking your dog in the middle of the road at night? Just know you made the pod.

Themes & Chaos:

• The Dunning-Kruger Effect in AI and humans

• Grok vs GPT vs Claude as literal personality types

• Remixing Eisenhower’s farewell speech into a warning about sharting

• The illusion of AI wisdom vs human intuition

• Peter Thiel, transhumanism, and uploading your weird uncle

• Amazon returns vs small biz drama

• America as the new third world (because… we invest in wars, not greenways)

Vibe:

• Part philosophy, part bathroom humor, full Gen X chaos — made for fellow Xers, curious college kids, recent grads, and anyone else who wants some

• Like if Rick & Morty hosted Real Time with Bill Maher while shopping on Amazon

• Smart enough to go deep, dumb enough to say “sharted” with a straight face

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This isn’t a podcast. It’s a one-hour espresso-fueled meltdown that starts with magnesium supplements and ends with geopolitical sleeper picks. Somewhere in between: private jet manifesting, parenting advice, midlife TikTok fears, and Jared getting offended that he was compared to Finland.

Topics were planned. None were followed. Enjoy this episode of Jared and Eric riffing like they’re riding handlebars through culture.

You’ll laugh. You’ll learn. You’ll possibly relocate to Indonesia.

This episode includes:

• Magnesium and mid-tier electrolyte wizardry
• Manifestation as strategy, delusion, or just laziness with PR
• Spreading: the teen biker takeover that may end Western civilization
• Subway surfing and its terrifying tie to religion
• The prosperity gospel vs. podcast accountability culture
• Is podcast cheating a thing? And would your co-host forgive you?
• The Savannah Bananas or TikTok baseball
• AI hallucinations, goats, and why Jared is deeply offended by Finland
• Drake = UAE? Tyler, the Creator = Mexico? Jared = Chile. Deal with it.
• Deshaun Watson’s massage tequila (we're sorry)
• Goats & Blockchain™ — merch idea or future of nation-states?
• Parenting with cursing, Killian’s Red, and real talk

Questions you'll be asking:

• Is subway surfing just modern baptism?
• Are podcasts more real than friendships now?
• Does AI know too much… or just enough to hurt your feelings?
• If you say “I want a private jet” every morning, will it appear?

Listen to more Saviors of the Metaverse:

Skip College, Watch YouTube? | Delusion III

Parasocial Relationships Gone Wild and Cobra Kai Lies

Bradford Pears Are Ruining Your Yard and Seattle’s Best Coffee Gets Exposed!

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Real note: Subway surfing is not a vibe. It’s dangerous and people—especially teens—are dying from it. We talk about it like everything else: honestly, critically, and sometimes sarcastically. Don’t mistake the tone for a green light.

Honest AI Review (Generated, Likely Hallucinating):

“Like if Bill Maher, John Wick, and a malfunctioning Tesla had a group chat.”
This episode detours from electrolytes to existentialism, from subway surfing to spiritual disconnection. Somehow, Deshaun Watson gets a tequila. Jared becomes Chile. Eric tries to cancel popcorn. And goats show up. Again.
This isn’t a podcast episode. It’s a 90-minute metacommentary on civilization wearing a black T-shirt and shouting from a moving Escalade.

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Skip College, Watch YouTube? Are we seriously saying that? Maybe. Maybe not. But in this episode, we’re questioning everything — from the cost of higher ed to the GPS route that almost killed us.

You’re dropping into a conversation already spiraling. Why? Because we recorded 90 minutes of chaos and chopped it up — for your pleasure. If it feels like we’re mid-sentence, that’s because we probably are.

This round: heroin stats on campus, Google Maps death traps, and whether YouTube is a better education than college. It’s edgy, hilarious, borderline motivational — and probably our best episode yet. Delusion...Part III.

This Skip College, Watch YouTube? episode includes:

• Is traditional education dead or just overpriced?
• Google Maps Cliff Route: When “recalculating” leads you to meth trailers
• Heroin at Chapel Hill?: An anecdotal, yet very real discussion
• Gen Z Drug Rankings: The NCAA bracket of bad decisions
• AI, No-Code, and Actually Building Stuff: How 18-23 year-olds should be thinking
• Deshaun Watson’s Massage Soundtrack: Sports commentary you didn’t ask for but can’t stop listening to
• Why Sam Harris is Just a Brand: Intellectualism vs. curiosity
• The Real ROI of College (and Podcasting): Friendship, not finances

Things you’ll be questioning after listening to Skip College, Watch YouTube? | Delusion III:

• Is YouTube the new university… or just the new opiate?
• Are mountain bikers the final boss of GPS failure?
• Can you study entrepreneurship without actually starting something?
• Why do fake intellectuals talk slower when they’re wrong?
• And how does Deshaun Watson still have a contract?

Listen to the Delusion Trilogy:

• Delusion I: Dictionary Scandals, The Wild Robot AI Conspiracy, and Flat Whites
• Delusion II: Cobra Kai Lies Again, Ghost Hunter Dramedy, Subscription and Streaming Regret
• Delusion III: This episode. You're in it. Let's go.

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This one’s got Cobra Kai conspiracies, millennial ghost hunters, and streaming regret.
It’s Part II of our trilogy: Delusion.

You’re dropping into a conversation already spiraling. Why? Because we recorded 90 minutes of chaos and chopped it up — not cleanly, not logically, but perfectly in Saviors fashion. If it feels like we’re mid-sentence, that’s because we probably are.

This round: Cobra Kai uncovered, AI analyzing real conversations on air, and the absurd hellscape that is modern streaming. It’s nostalgic, unhinged, semi-therapeutic, entirely necessary — and totally delusional. Part II.

This Cobra Kai Lies episode includes:

• Cobra Kai Lies Part II: Was it all just Karate Industrial Complex propaganda?
• Ghost Loop: The Gen Z haunted house panic button
• Stream rage: Why modern TV interfaces are worse than dial-up
• Gen X vs. Gen Z reactions to shoulder bumps and spooky vibes
• The Jeff Buckley Test: Music snobbery as a relationship filter

Things you’ll be questioning after listening to Cobra Kai Lies Again, Ghost Hunter Dramedy, Subscription and Streaming Regret | Delusion II:

• Should your paranormal investigation team come with an on-call therapist?
• Why does every app need five logins and a blood sample?
• Is Johnny Lawrence actually the hero of everything?
• Have we all just become customer service agents for our streaming accounts?

Delusion episode, Part I: Dictionary Scandals, The Wild Robot AI Conspiracy, and Flat Whites

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Eric and Jared are back to question everything — from Starbucks manipulation to rogue AI. It spirals fast. It’s chaotic. It’s beautiful. It’s Saviors of the Metaverse.

You’re starting with Part I of a wildly unfiltered trilogy. We call it DELUSION — because that’s the only way to explain what happened. One recording. Three episodes. Zero restraint.

Stick around. It only unravels further — in the best way.

→ Listen to Part II of Delusion
→ Listen to Part III of Delusion (coming soon)

This episode includes:

• Jared vs. The Wild Robot: AI propaganda or just a bad script?
• The Starbucks App Conspiracy: How $6 turns into $25
• QR codes for panhandlers: the fintech innovation no one asked for
• Dictionary drama: Who really runs Merriam-Webster?
• Flat whites, fake tipping culture, and the return of cassette tapes

Things you’ll be questioning afterward:

• Is Wikipedia just another guy with a cardboard sign?
• When’s the last time you walked into a record store?
• Does your AI therapist have feelings?

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