**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
George, you're a connoisseur of beverages. Would you say so? As you open another carbonated beverage. Well, gentlemen.
**Shaan Puri** (0:07)
Cheers.
**Chris Williamson** (0:08)
Have you ever had full fat coke with salted peanuts in it?
**Gary Faust** (0:12)
No.
**Chris Williamson** (0:12)
I have not.
Say less. Take a glass.
**Gary Faust** (0:16)
Okay.
**Chris Williamson** (0:17)
Take a coke. Take a peanut.
So, there's a viral tweet that goes out. About 30 years ago, I read in a Haruki Murakami essay that in America, it's popular to drink cola with peanuts in it. I just went, huh. And a long time passed since then, but I finally tried it. What the hell is this? It's ridiculously delicious. No kidding. It's at a level where I don't want to drink cola any other way anymore.
So, we are going to drink.
**George Mack** (0:42)
Have you before?
**Chris Williamson** (0:43)
Or are we going to find out? I saved this. I saw that and I've been edging myself with fucking cola and peanuts since then.
**Gary Faust** (0:50)
Is there an order you have peanuts first?
**Chris Williamson** (0:51)
I think, shit.
**George Mack** (0:53)
That's crazy, right?
**Chris Williamson** (0:54)
Peanuts first. Peanuts first seems more insane.
**Shaan Puri** (0:56)
It's like cereal. I've blown my load early.
**George Mack** (0:59)
Hold on.
**Chris Williamson** (0:59)
Okay. Peanuts and Coke is the most accidentally perfect food pairings in history. The chemistry explains why this guy can't go back. Coca-Cola sits at pH 2.5, roughly the same acidity as stomach acid.
What's awful about that?
**George Mack** (1:13)
We need to show the camera what this looks like. It does not look as good as that.
**Chris Williamson** (1:16)
But look at how much it's fizzing. Anyway, there's a load of signs. Salt on the peanuts suppresses the bitter taste receptors on your tongue, which amplifies your perception of the sweetness without adding a single gram of sugar. The carbonation does two things. CO2 dissolved in liquid forms carbonic acid, which, wait, so I think we need to leave it. So we're going to set this down and come back to it. We'll come back to it in a little bit.
**George Mack** (1:40)
Honestly, the original Coke, like this alone, already would have blown my mind. Yeah. Have you had this? This is like, this is kratom. This is actually kratom.
**Gary Faust** (1:49)
Yeah.
**Chris Williamson** (1:50)
Jared, you need this. Don't forget.
**Gary Faust** (1:51)
You're going to have a high potency on your shoulders unless you fill it up.
**Chris Williamson** (1:55)
Anyway, so this is, you're a connoisseur of beverages, especially Sparkle ones.
**George Mack** (2:01)
Should we take a starter sip?
**Chris Williamson** (2:02)
No, I think we wait. We're going to wait for a little bit and then come back to it.
**Gary Faust** (2:06)
This doesn't get you high or anything?
**Chris Williamson** (2:07)
Well, no. It's the only thing that you're interested in.
**Shaan Puri** (2:11)
He's no longer interested.
**Gary Faust** (2:12)
No, I'm interested in other things as well.
**Chris Williamson** (2:14)
Okay. All right.
**George Mack** (2:17)
What does it do?
**Chris Williamson** (2:19)
Question.
**Gary Faust** (2:19)
Question.
**Chris Williamson** (2:20)
Who do you think is the highest paid athlete of all time?
**Gary Faust** (2:25)
I know the answer to this.
**Chris Williamson** (2:26)
Okay. Well, don't.
**George Mack** (2:29)
One year, all time?
**Chris Williamson** (2:30)
All time. All time. Who's the highest paid athlete?
**Shaan Puri** (2:33)
Michael Jordan.
**George Mack** (2:34)
Ronaldo, Messi. They come to mind.
**Chris Williamson** (2:37)
Michael Jordan will be second. Tiger Woods, third.
**Shaan Puri** (2:42)
Joey Chastner.
**Chris Williamson** (2:44)
I'm a palmer. Bonnie Blue, actually, is probably depends on what sport you're talking. Yeah.
**Shaan Puri** (2:50)
Per-compact.
**Chris Williamson** (2:50)
It's a real endurance.
**Gary Faust** (2:51)
Can I throw in a guess out there? Yeah. There was a Roman chariot racer who allegedly made over a billion dollars.
**Shaan Puri** (2:59)
Correct. You owes Perlman because you just predicted what he was going to say.
**Chris Williamson** (3:03)
His free teacher.
**Gary Faust** (3:04)
Yeah. Well, Kratom does crazy things, do you mind?
**Chris Williamson** (3:07)
Gaius Appalaeus Diocles. Michael Jordan has earned 1.8 billion.
Tiger Woods, 1.7 billion. Arnold Palmer, 1.4 billion. Jack Nicholas, 1.2 billion.
**Gary Faust** (3:19)
It was 15 billion.
**Chris Williamson** (3:20)
Fifteen billion dollars in today's money. He basically won 35,863, 120 sesteris by some estimation over 15 billion dollars in 2011
**Shaan Puri** (3:34)
That's pure income from the sport. Back then, there's probably no sponsorship.
**George Mack** (3:39)
No sponsorship, no shoe deal.
**Gary Faust** (3:40)
Hashtag ad.
**Shaan Puri** (3:41)
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