There's a new episode of The Substandard, the only podcast in America in which some dudes talk about popular culture! This week we talk about cruises (which I hate) and guilty pleasures (which I deny exist). Listen below, subscribe here! You can also leave a review there. Do it, do it now!
One thing that comes up early on in the show this week is my complaint about how I'm sick literally all the time now that I have a kid. It's really kind of stunning: I went more than a decade without vomiting from being sick from disease (as opposed to sick from liquor) and now, twice in the last six months, I've worshipped before the porcelain altar.
As I mentioned on the podcast, this called to mind the fact that Seinfeld basically did a whole episode about how Jerry had failed to get sick for years and years before the black and white cookie laid him low. And I was like "man, me too, that was the life." Basically, all of Seinfeld is a paean to single person privilege. The problems Jerry and his friends have are so fantastic: what time should we meet for dinner, what movie should we go see, what one-bedroom apartment should we live in, where should we dispose of our muffins, how should I get a cadillac to my parents, etc etc. It makes me sick (with longing for the good old days) (and also vomit).
Anyway. Listen to the podcast. Or don't, whatever. I'm not the boss of you.