Are You Okay with This?

**Hammer** (0:18)
Okay, here's a new trend hammer called friction maxing. Say it with me, Friction Maxxing.

**Nigel** (0:28)
I think I did some of that last night when those Sydney Sweeney lingerie pictures came out. Little friction maxxing. Did you hear that, Allison? Friction Maxxing.

**Allison** (0:38)
Yeah, clip that.

**Hammer** (0:39)
It's about bringing inconvenience back into your life. It has nothing to do with Sydney Sweeney or illicit adult photos. Friction Maxxing is about bringing inconvenience back into your life. Basically, tech is making everything too easy. So, slight problems feel gigantic to us. Does that make sense? So, bringing back some of those problems will help you in your day-to-day life. Here is a social media influencer explaining what the new trend is all about.

**Allison** (1:11)
The tools we have really enable us to never have to experience inconvenience. And in fact, we've gotten into the habit of using them as an escape, so much so that they're not even an escape anymore. It means that anything that is not as easy as those tools is so hard. Friction Maxxing is the process of building up our tolerance for, quote, inconvenience. One way is to stop sharing your locations that you have to ask, where are you? Stop using ChatGPT, buy a cookbook, text your friends for advice. If you don't stop this woman from talking right now, I'm going to Friction Maxx all over the studio.

**Nigel** (1:42)
This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

**Hammer** (1:44)
You're not OK with this?

**Nigel** (1:45)
No. So people, according to this moron on TikTok, are wanting things to be more difficult.

**Hammer** (1:51)
Yep.

**Nigel** (1:52)
So they want to go out and just not know how to get somewhere, not use the navigator. They want to go to the hospital, and they hope the doctor is just guessing because it's more difficult. That's good for everybody. This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. And I live in a city where Joe Hogsett is the mayor.

**Hammer** (2:10)
I mean, that's the point of technology, is to make things easier. So you can concentrate on the important things in your life, not breaking out the Rand McNally roadmap or whatever it's called.

**Nigel** (2:23)
So whenever the person that invented sliced bread came around, I'm sure this wet blanket would have said, you know, it's better just to eat the whole damn loaf. Ridiculous.

**Hammer** (2:34)
You'll like this one. This is hilarious. There's this country singer named Ashley McBride. She covered Johnny Cash's I've Been Everywhere Where Man.

**Nigel** (2:45)
I've Been Everywhere Where.

**Hammer** (2:48)
But she changed it up with some really funny lyrics. Check this out. I like every beer man.
Are you OK with the I've Been Everywhere rendition there of Johnny Cash from Ashley McBride? I like every beer man.

**Nigel** (3:42)
Yes, I'm a fan of the way she wants to trade her brassiere for a beer. I will allow that. I like the way she rattles off all the different beers. Doesn't skip a beat, man. Stays right on key, right on the beat, rattles them all off, talks about her boobies. I am here for all of that. 100%, 100%, which brings us to great moments in kind of Johnny Cash history. Okay, because that was kind of a Johnny Cash tribute. Our friends at There I Ruined It took Johnny Cash's voice turned Folsom Prison Blues, one of his iconic hits, and turned it into the hit Barbie Girl by Aqua.
I see a difference in opinion of Allison and Nigel.

**Hammer** (4:56)
Absolute sacrilege. My brother has a tattoo of Johnny Cash on his body.

**Nigel** (5:02)
That's kind of a cool tat, like Johnny Cash represents kind of like a badass part of culture. Like the rebel, you know, going to the jail, talking about how crappy their water is. The movie is great. Walk the Line is a great movie. But the whole Johnny Cash thing, he was an interesting dude. Like he'd go on he-hall and just be stoned out of his ass. He's popping up through the weeds, doing those farm jokes, eating a full cake. Like Johnny Cash was a weird dude, man, but he was awesome for sure. We got time for one more or we got to hit a break here.

**Hammer** (5:37)
What do you want to do?

**Nigel** (5:38)
Let's do one more.

**Hammer** (5:39)
Okay. We'll stick in the music industry here. Lady Gaga will be singing or I guess this is part of a commercial for a Super Bowl ad. She's singing Mr. Rogers theme song Won't You Be My Neighbor for Rocket Mortgage during the Super Bowl. Here's just a clip she posted.