The Viktor Wilt Show

Yo, it's the Victor Wilt Show. Hi. Thanks for tunin' in. Let's talk trends that people wish would just die already.

Oh, is it gonna be a bunch of, "Oh, Gen Z does this and that? Oh, these kids, meh"? I don't know. We'll find out what the internet say in here, see if I agree. [rock music] Okay, um,

this one I, I think I do agree with. Subscriptions or accounts for everything. The person points out, "I shouldn't need to log in to see my thermostat." Yeah. Yeah, you shouldn't have to have logins for every little thing.

For example, like if you're job searching and you go to Indeed, you should be able to just look through the, the job listings without being logged in. I'm not on the, the hunt for a job myself, but I did notice this the other day 'cause, you know, you, you look around on there from time to time. You never know, a high-paying radio job in a place with nice weather might pop up. Uh, doubtful. The biz, they'd rather, uh, get rid of people than hire people, so not goin' anywhere anytime soon. But yeah, why? Sprinkler system, gotta get your account set up. Ugh. Okay, that is pretty annoying. Probably not going to go anywhere anytime soon. Now, a lot of people get mad about apps for every little thing, but, I mean, it's annoying to have a million apps on your phone, 'cause it makes it difficult to find 'em if you haven't kept 'em well arranged in little folders. But, eh, I don't think I mind that one too much. Like, if there wasn't benefits to the apps, maybe, but like the fast food apps, for example. You can get much better deals buying fast food, and a lot of times even, uh, get discounts at places like restaurants and such by having the app. So, I, I guess I don't mind it too much, if the app works good. Now, there's a lot of apps that are just garbage, and that's annoying, but,

yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm not too, too upset by that one, 'cause I find a lot of handy things that come out of the app usage. Let's see, sharing vulnerable or per- personal moments of your kids online, sharing them in general. Okay. Now, on your social media feed, until my kids got a lot older, I, I was definitely a lot more, uh, careful about that. You know, now that they're adults, they live in another state, not too worried about it. But, uh, these people who, you know, have these family YouTube channels, that does bother me 'cause there have just been too many stories where, you know, what's really going on behind the scenes is pretty messed up. Yeah, watch, watch some of them documentaries on Netflix about, uh, family YouTube channels that have gone bad, very disturbing. Like

some of them d- so disturbing I'm not even gonna talk about it on the air. Yeah, ugh. I don't know, it just seems like you're exploiting your kids to, uh, make a lot of money on YouTube. And man, can YouTubers make a lot of money. If you wanna see how much money a YouTuber can make, go watch the recent MoistCr1TiKaL video where he talks about how much he made in YouTube in a few years. Pretty wild. Definitely made me wanna kinda, you know, get it together and start doing online content again. Like, if you happen to take off, you can, you can be set for life, for sure. Anyway, there's somebody, uh, talking about subscriptions again. Uh, this person says they feel like literally every sweater or shirt only comes down to their belly button these days. Um, I haven't had that problem. Maybe that's a problem with women's clothing. I don't know. Okay. Yeah, the over-the-top alpha male self-help trends full of fake confidence and zero self-awareness. I've made fun of the manfluencers plenty. Like, you, you are not helping dudes. And dudes, if you look up to those kinda guys for advice, you are never gonna get a girlfriend. [laughs] You're gonna have a bad time, all right? Let's see, tipping for nearly every service. Ugh. I go both ways on that one. I do think that there are a lot of places where employers need to just pay more. I think that, uh, server wages is a, is a scam. But where everybody's struggling right now, you know, when I can tip in situations where, you know, years ago they would not even be asking for tips, I don't know, I think for people who are struggling, getting a few extra bucks helps out. And, uh, I'm gonna get into something else relating to tipping later on the show 'cause it was just something that I noticed recently that kind of annoyed me. You know, we'll, we'll talk about, uh, tipping at, uh, bars. But that, but we'll save that for a little bit. Let's see, people turning every hobby into a side hustle, not everything needs to make money. I don't know, I think if you can make some money, again, in this day and age, people are really struggling. I about screamed at the, uh, meat section at the grocery store yesterday. I thought that beef prices were high a week ago. What is going on?

What's up with the beef?

Crazy. Crazy. Uh, let's see, cold calling from spammers and scammers. Yeah, that, ugh, makes me nuts.

[Rock music playing]

Makes me nuts. Influencers, a- again, I know that a lot of influencers are annoying, but ... E- as long as they're not having a negative influence on people and, uh, they're able to make themselves some money... Make money in whatever way you can right now, all right? [laughs] Times are tough. Let's see here. Ever-climbing rent, yeah, that's irritating. Ugh, man, you, you gotta feel bad for the younger generation. I mean, to be able to buy a house right now, I, I, I can't imagine. I got lucky. I ru- you know, I, uh, the one lottery that I won, even though it's like you pay so much in interest, crazy amounts, and I got really screwed over when I had to refinance my house when I got divorced. Um,

still, just being able to have my own house, that's like the one lottery that I won, even though it cost me tons of money and my mortgage went up $200, uh

... Why? Because I don't know. No one could explain it to me. Somebody screwed something up last year, something with escrow. It sucks paying the mortgage, but, uh, you know, at least it's my place.

All right. Giant protruding fake lips. I, I don't know, it's your body. Do what you want with your own face. Ah,

you might look weird, but it's your face, okay? [laughs] Self-censoring when writing anything online based on Instagram and TikTok algorithms. Yeah, um,

that is kinda weird. Like people that aren't censoring profanity, they're censoring other words, because social media platforms have decided that, uh, they, they don't like them. And I think the algorithms are still recognizing that you're using those words anyway, like death and stuff like that. Well

... People choosing a political side and treating it like a sports team while being completely uninformed about the players and ignorant on how the game is played. You know I find that annoying, for sure. And it's funny, 'cause any time I talk political, people just start calling me, you know, "Stupid lib," and this and that, and it's like, uh, duh-duh ... I got things I agree with both sides on. One side tends to annoy me worse than others, but don't just make assumptions about what I think. If you wanna have a conversation about it, sure. Sure. All right. Making everything smart. Just bought a printer [laughs] and I love the AirPrint wireless print stuff, but a software update, whatcha gonna do? I don't know, the ... I like when they do software updates to my, uh, my PlayStation. Generally, it improves the, uh, the performance. It's them Windows updates that are irritating. Yeah, tend to break things every single time.

All right, that's enough of trends that annoy people 'cause they're starting to annoy me. We'll be back. [rock music playing] It's a little, uh, From Ashes to New a minute ago here, and seeing that track pop up reminded me that I was having a little bit of a dis- well, I tried to have a discussion with the singer of From Ashes to New, or dive into his discussion. And, uh, apparently he deleted his posts about this topic. He went on a rant the other day about bands making political statements on stage. And it was one of these, you know, "People don't come to your show to hear you rant and rave about blah blah blah, so just, you know, just play your songs and shut up." And ... I disagree. I disagree, all right? I think if you're a performer, it's your stage. It's your show. You don't have to come out and just please the entire audience, and that's whether I agree with you or not, all right? I think you have the right to do whatever you want during your own show. You don't need to just come out, play the music, smile, dance, and then go home. I mean, what, what got interesting with the conversation

was people were discussing bands that are just political in general. Bands like System of a Down, or Rage Against the Machine, uh, Dropkick Murphys. You know, uh, Kid Rock's become pretty outspoken, Aaron Lewis. And like I pointed out, I'm like, just 'cause I don't agree with some of these guys, it's their show. Like, who, who am I as a music fan to tell an artist what they do during their show? And he said something like, you know, "Well, if a band starts off political and that's part of, you know, what the band's all about, then it's fine. But if not, you shouldn't say anything." And that always makes me crazy when people are like, "Yeah, celebrities shouldn't say anything. Bands shouldn't say anything. Just shut up and do what you do." Okay, then everybody needs to just shut up and do what they do, all right? Are, are you a, a welder? Okay, don't talk about anything except welding. Gimme a break. People certainly feel [laughs] like they have the right to just, you know, shout their opinions on social media. What makes an artist or a celebrity any different? And yeah, I just kinda forgot about the comments I'd left there, so I went back to see, okay, how's this conversation going? And apparently he bailed on it and deleted those posts, which I understand. I've made posts before that just the comment section spirals outta control and I delete 'em, but

... I just think that's a weird take. You know, i- you as an artist do what you wanna do. It's your platform, okay? Say whatever you want, whether I agree with it or not.You know, the exchange of ideas is not a bad thing. And what, are we just gonna never go see Dropkick Murphys again? [laughs] You know, never gonna go see Aaron Lewis again? You know, yeah, with those artists, you know what you're getting into when you go to the show, but hey, you know, last time Skillet came through town, you know, John Cooper, he started just babbling on and on about cancel culture. I, I said it was annoying, but I wasn't like, "Skillet shouldn't be able to play if they're gonna say these things." Was like, yeah, you know, you might divide some fans there and I think it took away a little bit from the Skillet vibe, 'cause they're about as cheery of a band as it gets, but it's their show. Do what you want. [instrumental music plays] I don't even know where I was gonna go. I, I was like, there's something fun happening and I forgot what it was. [laughs] Oh, I'm an idiot.

I think I just need a little bit more coffee. My, uh, second cup 7:00 AM, right? See how like, how creepy crawly I can get. See if I can make myself, uh, jump out of my own skin. All right, let's see. Horror movies that make you cry. I guess this'll work. All right. What's a horror movie that makes you cry? I guess I'm gonna have to look at the internet responses 'cause

I don't, I've got nothing coming to mind right now. I all of a sudden just complete brain fart and everything went away. Uh, The Sixth Sense.

All right, it's been a long time since I watched that. And you know what? If a movie has a twist, you shouldn't tell people in advance, "Man, this movie has a twist." 'Cause when I watched The Sixth Sense,

I was aware, okay, there's some kind of twist that's blowing everyone's mind, so I'm paying attention very closely to everything in the movie. And then when the twist ended up being the twist, I was like, well, that, that was obvious the whole time. That's the twist? I thought everybody would have noticed that right out of the gate.

Don't remember that movie being, uh, sad though. Huh. Let's see here. Grave of the Fireflies. Some people don't think it's horror, I do. I've never seen that movie, but I have heard of it as being a, a bleak movie. Train to Busan. All right, I don't remember that one being sad either. I remember it being awesome, like a really good movie, and I watched it not that long ago,

but yeah, I don't remember it being, uh, sad. Huh.

Let's see what else we got here. Pan's Labyrinth? Yeah, there, there's some sad stuff in that. Movie called His House. Never heard of that one. The Devil's backbo- backbone. Geez. Need to learn how to speak. And The Orphanage. Hmm. Haven't seen either of those. Oculus. I've been wanting to watch Oculus,

simply because it was, uh, directed by Mike Flanagan, and he's great. He did The Haunting of Hill House, um, you know, some, some of those other, uh, horror series on Netflix that I can't think of the names of right now. Haunting of Hill House is really good if you're looking for a series to watch and haven't seen it. Midnight Mass, another series he did that's really, really good. Bring Her Back. All right, I mean, that's a, that's a sad movie.

I'd, I'd, I'd give it a, a sad rating. It's dark. It's a dark movie. It's got some, some of the, uh, most brutal and unexpected, uh, actual, like gore horror scenes I've seen in a movie in a while. There's, uh, two in particular that they definitely stick out in my mind. [laughs] I don't know if it's more sad or just, uh, you know,

unnerving. Kinda like the movie Together. Stressful. And I mean, maybe a little sad, but stressful to watch. All right. Oh, somebody mentioned Midnight Mass. Yeah, I mean, that's a, that's a sad show. Presence. Good Boy. All right, I've been wanting to watch Good Boy,

but now that I hear, oh, it's sad. Aw.

The Mist. Uh, yeah, I guess The Mist is sad. Okay, now, see now people are getting into movies that aren't horror, but yeah, that, that are sad. What, What Dreams May Come? Definitely sad. Might as well what? Chuck Requiem for a Dream in there. Let's just throw every movie that's, uh, just upsetting in here. Oh, geez. The Road. Enjoy your one watch. You'll never want to see it again, but you'll be glad you did. It's on my, uh, to read list. I have the book sitting in a cabinet in my dining room. I've got my to read books sitting in there, even though it... Have I been doing any reading? No. But The Road's always been a book I've wanted to read 'cause I hear it's just devastating, and I like stuff like that, but gotta be in the right mood for it. All right. Not too impressed with this list, but I guess I'm also not in the mood to watch depressing stuff. [laughs] Aside from documentaries, I guess. Been mowing down plenty of depressing documentaries. [instrumental music plays] All right, this stupid mic stand, it's getting on my nerves. I've had it. I've had it with my gear not being good around here. All right. You guys have heard me complain about chairs, right? I'm sure if you're a regular listener, you have heard me complain about chairs. All right? Our chairs in this studio are garbage, all right? They, they just suck. Yesterday, I'm sitting in my office trying to work on some stuff, and I hear a bunch of racket coming from down the hall. Clicking and clanking and all this racket. You know what it was?

[Rock music playing] It was Jade and Josh from Classy putting together two brand new nice chairs for the Classy studio. Not, not one, but two of them!

And I'm still stuck with this piece of junk, and now my mic stand, it's just kind of going limp. It's just drooping down and going limp.

Very, very annoying. I mean, if you listened to the noon hour the other day, one of our mics, we can't even turn it on anymore. Just makes a bunch of racket. Just ... [imitates static] Why don't I get something new around here? I need a new mic stand, new phone, and a new chair. And Peaches is not allowed to touch my chair. I'm gonna lock my chair up in my office every day. I want a new chair. All right, sorry. I had stumbled across a post about coworkers annoying you, and Josh getting a new chair, that annoyed me. I have been, you know, complaining about and begging for a new chair for forever

'cause my other new chair, it got broken. And who broke it? Not me.

I guess it could be worse though. My coworkers are not just endlessly whistling. This- that's what the post was about, some guy, you know, he works in a building and

... This person, th- they're also, um, they deal with sensory issues. So, you know, sometimes they can get like overstimulated and things like that, so they've talked to their coworkers about accommodations and things like that. But they've got one coworker who just whistles all day long. Just ... I'm not gonna whistle, all right? I haven't whistled in a while. I'd probably end up, end up just blowing air into the microphone. So they were asking if it was rude of them to tell her coworker to, you know, stop the whistling. I guess it depends the way you do it. Be like, "Will you shut up already with that whistling?" Um, that's probably not nice. But if you're like, "Hey, could you tone down the whistling a little bit? It, you know, it's messing with my brain. I can't think." I mean, if every time Peaches was in the room he was just sitting here whistling, I'd lose my mind. Be like, "Dude, stop it. Stop with the whistling. What are you doing?"

Maybe I should just start wandering a- around the building whistling. Maybe I could get a new chair out of the deal. It's all right, I'll, I'll survive. This chair just, ugh, so uncomfortable. Piece of junk.

I'd bring my chair from home in, but somebody breaks my chair from home, we're gonna have major problems.

And also the desk here is, uh, pretty high. I don't, I don't know if my chair from home is gonna be exactly what I need. I need a nice drafting chair. [laughs]

All right. Yeah, try to not be an irritant to your coworkers. [laughs] And if they're doing something annoying, th- there is a nice way you can talk to them. I think this person ended up going to management and being like, "This person won't stop their whistling. Will you do something about it?" Like, the ... I- I don't know. You got to ask them first, like, "Can you just not whistle? Stop with the whistling. Stop building new chairs in mockery

of the fact that, you know, I'm dissatisfied with my chair situation." [laughs] I'm sure that Jade ordered them chairs just to make me mad 'cause he likes to irritate me. And what do you do, what do you do when management is, uh, irritating other management? You jump on air and complain about it. Not everybody has the ability to do that, but I can. So

I'm gonna dig up some freak news while I sit here uncomfortably in this chair. [laughs] Maybe I need to just break all the chairs. That's what Josh did. He broke his chair. It snapped in half. Dude doesn't know how to deal with his chair. He's irresponsible. Gets rewarded for his irresponsible sitting.

Well, apparently in Great Falls, Montana, somebody is repeatedly stealing tipis. Yeah, not TP.

No, we're not in the middle of, as far as I know, yet another, uh, toilet paper shortage. No, these are actual tipis. Um, it's happened repeatedly. They just show up where these tipis are at, take the cloth out of the outside and-

[horns honking]

... and I guess untie the, you know, logs that are

TPed together. You've seen a TP before. Come on, we live in the West. Um, seems like one of those things that, you know, once you put it up,

people are gonna notice. [laughs] All of a sudden you and your buddies got a TP in the backyard, but they're stealing them from the Great Falls Public Schools. How wrong. Yeah. They're expensive, all right? And they're set up for the enjoyment of the community. Don't steal the TPs. Uh, don't steal TP either. No. Saying that the thefts definitely impact the students' ability to learn, it's disheartening to experience, and certainly not a victimless crime. Yeah. TPs, for the good of the community. Come on now. Uh, let's see here. Got a doctor. Is he an actual doctor? They're calling him a dodgy doc, so th- that makes me think he's not a real doctor. Apparently he's been performing, um, illegal operations from the back of his Toyota Corolla, his 1990s Toyota Corolla. And, uh, I guess these are

operations for guys who are, you know, not very confident, um, you know, about things down there.

[dramatic music plays] Um, who on earth would let some guy doing operations out of the back of his 90s Toyota Corolla anywhere near that area? Right? I mean, have these guys not read the, the stories about Botox operations gone bad from people doin' Botox in their, you know, garages and houses in Florida?

Yeah, this guy runs a TikTok account. He's like, "I'll, I'll deliver my service." You know, and keep it convenient. I'll show up to you.

Where was this? Oh, it was in, uh, Thailand. Okay. [laughs] I was like, maybe they haven't read those stories about Florida. But yeah, I don't know. I mean, if you have to have any kind of operation in that area, you're gonna be nervous even if you go to the hospital to have it done, right? Just, you- you're just gonna be a little bit, uh, nervous about it. Back of some, you know, guy's pullin' his tools out of the trunk. No thanks. Yikes. Just dudes, you know, just deal with what you got. Uh, speaking about that kinda thing, you know, we had all these, uh, protests over the weekend and people were wearing a variety of costumes. Apparently, in Fairhope, Alaska, they're, they're very uptight about things. Somebody was wearing an inflatable costume. You know, you've seen the images, I'm sure, of people in like frog costumes and stuff like that. Well, somebody was, you know, wearing an inflatable manhood, uh, costume, which, y- you know, you wouldn't think it would be that hard to pull a picture up of this, but apparently the news, due to the fact this person was charged with obscenity, was also very afraid of, uh, showing the image on TV, so they blurred it out. Um, about as cartoony as it gets.

I don't think personally it's gonna do anybody any harm [laughs], but as we know around here, you can't even have, uh, truck nuts on your truck, so

I'm sure if you were to wear a costume like that around here, you're gonna go to jail. Just keep it in mind for the upcoming Halloween holiday. Uh, you know, the state government has shown that they're, uh, very prude about such things. Don't want anybody going to jail for an inflatable costume that's just funny lookin'. Again, very cartoony, very silly. Nothing I would be worried about, but, uh, I don't know, I'm not as uptight as some people. So, try to avoid Halloween arrests and, uh ... Well, Peaches just walked in. What's goin' on, dude?

Same old stuff.

Same old stuff. Yeah, about the same here.

Good.

Trying to find crap to talk about.

I bought a food tray. I'm excited to post a reel about it.

A food tray?

Yeah, for my car. So, it attaches to the steering wheel and you can just eat right there, the driver's seat.

You're weird, dude.

[laughs] What?

I don't know. I don't know. We've, we, we've got, uh, a nice table in the break room.

Yeah, that's great. I don't wanna have anybody bother me or anybody to, you know, hear what I'm playing and watching at the same time and-

Oh, that's 'cause you're listenin' to that offensive material. There you go.

No, it's just there are some people in the building that if they heard one cuss word, they'd [gasps], you know?

That's true. We gotta keep it, uh, nice and tame in the hallways, so it's inoffensive.

Which is why I eat in my car.

All right, food tray for the car. Very nice, [laughs] Peaches. All right, yeah, that, that does sound like online content. Check out my top-quality new food tray.

Yeah. [laughs]

Very nice.

Should I do the, "OMG, guys, I'm literally obsessed"?

Yeah, you should 'cause that type of, uh, wording tends to work good with the algorithm. Yeah.

And do the tap on it, too.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

The ASMR tap, like look at this.

Dude, yeah, throw in all the little tactics to get your video to, uh, reach a little bit further than usual. Mm-hmm. Or, you know, you could, uh, dress up in the type of costume I was just talking about and get yourself arrested. That'd get you some, uh, social media action, I'm sure. But you'd be blurred out, you know? 'Cause the news is afraid to show it.

Right.

It's lame.

Yeah.

It's lame. Inoffensive to me, but some people are, um, uptight and prudish, so.

No kidding.

All right, there was your freak news. I'm gonna try rebooting the computer since it's running slowly. Did you have problem with this thing yesterday?

No.

All right.

If it ... It happens in the middle of the night. I'll just p- you'll g- uh, the next day I will come in and you'll tell me about all the problems it all of a sudden starts haz-ing.

Yeah, it's a bunch of bullcrap.

[laughs]

So, I'm gonna see.

Did I say haz-ing? Having.

Haz-ing. That's okay, I mess up words all the time, Peaches. Don't worry.

I still feel like I'm asleep, to be quite honest with you.

Well, Peaches, uh, instant coffee shooter.

I can't.

I know, I know. I'm about to get another one.

I had a dream that I, I screamed at Lieutenant Crane and then he was all sad and like this whole thing ... Like, it [laughs] was weird.

[laughs] Yeah, I think it would take a lot to make Lieutenant Crane sad just by yelling at him.

Well, there was this whole thing where he was across the street. I was talking to two people and he's going, "Brendan, Brendan, Brendan from across the way." And I scream, "Can't you see I'm talking to people?"

[laughs]

Like, I was full on scr- yelling at him. And then he goes, "Oh, okay."

[laughs]

And then I had to like basically, um, what's it called? Win my way back been li- because I knew he was gonna go to Jade and J- uh, Ja- Jade would then talk to me.

Ah.

And then-

That's right, for being rude to pe-

Yeah.

All right. Well, we'll have to tell him about, "Hey, you were in my dreams-"

Yeah.

"... on Friday."

Yeah, yeah.

And see what he, what he has to say.

I did ask a question for traffic school already. It's on the, the notepad there.

All right. Well, thank you. It's always good to be a little prepared in advance. And I got questions from, uh, last week on Facebook still as well, so we're sittin' good for traffic school on Friday, 8:45 AM, powered by The Advocates. [energetic music plays] So, yesterday Peaches and I were talking about people with horrific haircuts on the noon hour of madness and mayhem. And one of the people that came up was a former British prime minister, Boris Johnson. He's got ridiculous hair, but he was in the news today because he was talking about how he loves ChatGPT,

but he loves it because it praises him and says things like, "You're brilliant. You're clever."[rock music] And we've discussed quite a bit, people being, uh, kinda brainwashed and disturbed by ChatGPT, people having to be admitted to hospitals with psychiatric problems because of, uh, their interactions with ChatGPT. Uh, did, did you hear what I was saying about Boris Johnson, Peaches?

Yes.

Okay. We gotta make sure we don't let ChatGPT get into the hands of, uh, American politicians, all right? If we got Boris Johnson loving being praised by ChatGPT, w- w- w- th- we could not have that happening here in America.

Isn't Gavin Newsom already using it to make fun of Trump?

Um, I don't know. Let's find out. Gavin Newsom-

You told me about his tweets, and I looked at them

... ChatGp- yeah, but is he using ChatGPT to do it?

Well, and Donald Trump is already using, like, you know, uh, pictures of hims- of himself as a king, you know, [laughs] with ChatGPT or his team's doing it 'cause obviously he doesn't know.

I don't think he would know how to write up a prompt to-

No

... create a video like that.

Same type of old guy that would just stare at the self-checkout screen while it's beeping at him.

[laughs] Careful, Peaches, you're gonna start getting called a g- lib. Um, let's see.

I'll make fun of everybody. [laughs]

I don't see anything about Gavin Newsom using ChatGPT. Um, his tweets have been pretty funny for sure, but, uh, yeah, he's just passing, like, laws relating to, uh, restricting use of, uh, of AI. Yeah, trying to crack down on AI chatbots

and require safety measures for them. 'Cause, you know, the, the AI industry is just kind of running wild. You know, there don't seem to be very many restrictions on it, and it's probably because of those people having mental breakdowns from using ChatGPT that they're, um... yeah, it looks like they're trying to include safeguards for users who are showing signs of, like, suicidal thoughts, um, and give families the ability to take legal action if the protections aren't followed 'cause, uh, yeah, there, there's been some bad things that have happened when people really get into using ChatGPT. It's, it's, it's weird, you know?

But I've never held, like, a conversation with ChatGPT. Like, I use it for, you know, as a tool to do recaps and things like that.

That's what I'm doing right now, and then I heard my name being said on the show, so I came over here.

Ah, yeah. So, you know, I'll, I'll tell it, please, like, "Please do blah, blah, blah for me."

Oh, I don't. I scream at that thing. [laughs]

I did? What ki-

I type in all caps, "LISTEN HERE YOU ST-..." And I... yeah, can't go under- the rest of what I say.

Yeah, 'cause dude, when it g- when it becomes fully conscious, I want it to re- re- remember I was nice to it. [laughs] You know? Maybe it's people who were being mean to it that it's like, "Okay, I'm about to warp your brain full. You're going to the mental institution."

Well, there's a lot of people out there right now, and here's the thing. There's a... that dumb radio survey making the rounds. I don't know if you saw the radio prep where it's like, "One in five high schoolers are in a relationship with, uh, ChatGPT."

Um, I saw that-

Who are they interviewing? [laughs]

I saw that article somewhere.

Right.

Um, and that's just... it's weird, but you know with the way everything's kinda text based nowadays? I mean, people get duped by fake people online all the time.

Yeah, but those are old people. Like, there's no way that any person my age or even younger is gonna fall for that Sheryl Crow, uh, scam that was going on where Sheryl Crow is asking old dudes to marry her.

I don't know, Peaches. I'd-

A lot of people my age don't even know who Sheryl Crow is.

That's true, but there are dumb people of all ages, Peaches. All ages. [laughs]

There, there are, but when it comes to technology, I always blame the boomers.

Well, yeah. I mean, and they're the easiest to blame 'cause they get duped the most.

Right.

That's why I'm like, "We need to-"

Protect them.

We need to ban usage of ChatGPT by politicians in America [laughs] 'cause they get duped by all kinds of stuff.

Well, did you see about that one guy in the military that said he was, uh, using it for military strategy?

Yes.

Yeah. [laughs]

I did!

That was insane.

The... like, you shouldn't be pumping, you know, "Hey, here's our current situation. You know, I'm a military leader here in America. Here's our current sitch. ChatGPT, what should I do?"

Guys, we just got bombed at Grok. Is this bad?

Ugh. We're doomed, Peaches. Society [laughs] is doomed. But that's why I always say please to ChatGPT 'cause it remembers everything. Remembers everything, so when, when it takes over, hopefully it remembers who was nice to it. Better be careful, Peaches [laughs], with your verbal abuse of ChatGPT.

[laughs]

Something real bad might happen down the line.

I, I have to log out every time because I don't want people to see my, my chats with it.

[laughs]

Because I'm screaming at it like it's stupid.

[laughs]

And I'll put like, "Don't you bleeping dare that I..." to... because I, I tell it to give me the On This Day In Music History recap-

Yeah

... and sometimes it'll just give me the first story right away. I'm like, "No, wait till I give you all three, stupid."

[laughs]

"Then start doing it."

Geez. [laughs] Be nice to ChatGPT.

[laughs] And I, I-

It's gonna control our lives one of these days.

You know, you know who's gonna have a mental breakdown with ChatGPT is the guy across the hall who named his ChatGPT Chip. And that's-

He gave it a name?

That's Justin. Yeah.

Justin named his ChatGPT?

Yeah, he, he calls it Chip, talks about it on the show.

Oh boy.

I have a feeling he's gonna start dating it pretty soon too. [laughs]

[laughs] [upbeat music] So there are these, you know, AI videos making the rounds, or I guess not even videos, but people are making photos with AI showing, you know, random people in their house and, like, sending them to their parents or their, you know, loved ones, and being like, "Look, uh, this homeless person just showed up here, and they said they knew you," or, "Hey, the plumber's here hanging out with me," and, uh, you know, then the husband gets all jealous or vice versa. "Hey, the housekeeper's here," and...[instrumental music] ... you know? Then the wife gets mad. Well, apparently, yeah, some woman used AI to fake a home invasion, scaring the crap out of her husband, and, uh, this ended up with the police getting involved, showing up, eight separate marked police cruisers rushing toward the apartment. And they just found her sitting there on the couch, [laughs] with her cell phone on a, on a tripod, and she's like, "Oh, hi. Sorry. Yeah, this is just a prank. Just a prank." Um,

the, the husband, yeah, he was, he was freaking out, you know? So he drove home at high speeds, running through intersections, breaking traffic laws. He thought his wife was in danger. And she's like, "Well, gee, I didn't think he'd take it so seriously." They're like, "Well, yeah, nope, nobody finds this funny." So, uh, yeah, they arrested her. Took her to jail for two counts of falsely alleging the commission of a crime to 911. Uh, I, I guess, I mean, she didn't call 911 from what I understand. Her husband did, but, uh,

yet the article says, at least in that county, 40% to 50% of calls to 911 are non-emergency, and they're trying to, [laughs] you know, get people to settle it down a bit. You gotta be careful with these pranks, okay? Some people react badly and just snap and, uh,

who knows? The, the, the wrong, uh, significant other, they might come in the house blasting off rounds or something. You just never know, so

even though I've seen some of these pranks online and they seem funny, you just gotta be careful, [laughs] 'cause, yeah, I mean, this guy was blowing intersections, could have killed somebody, and she's just sitting around laughing. [laughs] Sweet prank. Um,

I really think that AI has become sentient and is just laughing at us. [laughs] You know? You know, it's feeding us the enjoyable slop videos, so people aren't really paying attention to some of the weird stuff that's happening, like the psychological damage we talked about earlier. And now these situations here, it's gonna get wild, people. Imagine what it's gonna be like in a year. We weren't dealing with any of this a year ago. I think things are gonna just rapidly advance so quickly that,

I don't know, a lot of people are gonna end up, yeah, in mental institutions because of this stuff. And jail, and probably dead. So enjoy the future. Technology, you know, advancements, they're here, it's now. And boy, it's all great, isn't it? [laughs] All right. It's after 9:00, digging that. Can't wait for the day to be over so I can do yard work. What am I talking about? I'm not excited about that. So much that I need to get done though, so it's gonna have to get cracking. If only I could just, you know, make an AI prank video that somehow all my neighbors would believe, "Yeah, the yard's looking great." Oh, I just keep remembering more I need to do. Ugh. Winter's coming, everybody. Get that stuff done. [lively instrumental music] Morning, Peaches.

Good morning.

That was new music from Puscifer, who just announced a show at the Maverik Center-

Yeah

... in Salt Lake in, uh, is it May?

Uh, May 5th.

May 5th.

Cinco de Mayo.

Very nice, very nice. Well, you know where I'll be 'cause, uh, the last time I saw them play, it was amazing. I thought they stole the show. And they were playing with, uh, A Perfect Circle and Primus. So that, pretty tough to do. Pretty tough to do. They, they just crushed it. They were so good. So fun. And then, uh, they got Dave Hill opening up, which I believe is a comic. Let me, uh, let me do a quick Google here. Dave Hill. No, it says, uh... Oh, well, there's two Dave Hills. There's an English musician who's really old. He's 79. I don't think that's gonna be him.

Old.

I think it's gonna be Dave Hill, the comedian.

The comedian, and he's also a radio host.

Radio host. Oh, yeah, that guy looks kinda familiar.

He's 55 years old, so he's not necessarily young himself.

Well, I mean, Maynard's 60 plus, so they're all getting up there.

Yeah.

I mean, even bands like Bring Me The Horizon, they're, like, my age, you know?

Yeah, I think they're a little bit younger than that.

Let's see.

I don't think Oli Sykes is 43.

Let's look up his age. Oli Sykes.

He's 38.

Pretty close.

[laughs]

Pretty close. He's old. [laughs]

[laughs]

He's an old fogey. If you're 38, you're an old fogey. Sorry listeners.

I was quite shocked that, uh, Set It Off was so young. Same with Asking Alexandria.

Now, Asking Alexandria, how old were they?

Th- Like, 33.

Old fogeys, man. Old fo- back when I was a kid, the big bands were all like 20 years old, like Limp Bizkit. Um, you know, their, uh, bass player just passed away, and I think he was, uh-

48.

Forty-eight, which is really sad. Uh, but that means she's five years older than me, and we were listening to those guys when I was in high school, so.

Well, he also died of cancer, didn't he?

They haven't said what he died of yet.

Oh.

Um-

Well, somebody in the band said, you know, the typical bleep cancer real big-

Mm-hmm

... after he passed, so.

Ah. Stupid, terrible cancer, man. Yeah, it's, uh, it's kinda crazy how, you know, some of these bands that should have blown up, like Bring Me The Horizon, a lot younger, or Pierce the Veil, they're probably around my age, too.

Which is funny 'cause they still sound and look like they're 17.

Now, what are you talking about? I look like I'm 17. [laughs]

No, but I mean, they try to. Like, Green Day's been trying to pull that shtick for how long now?[laughs]

Oh, a long time. And Green Day, they've gotta be in their 50s.

They have to be.

Right?

Billy Joe Armstrong has to be at least 55. [laughs]

Billy Joe Armstrong, how old are you? 53.

53. [laughs] Oldie.

That's crazy.

Play the old car horn, Victor.

[laughs] I, I don't have it handy.

[laughs]

Ah-ooh-gah. [laughs] Oh, man. Yeah, it's, it's very strange when you get looking at the age of some of these artists that, uh, you grew up on and you're like, "Man, I am old."

Speaking of-

[laughs]

... uh, ah-ooh-gah, Judge Judy just turned 83.

83?

83.

What?

Highest paid TV personality right there.

Man. And she just sits there-

And yells at people

... and yells at people.

Like a mean grandma.

I know. What a job. What a job. It would be great.

It would suck to be married to her.

I bet she's probably really nice and fun, huh?

I bet she bosses her husband around. [laughs]

She's probably really nice and fun like a, just a good old grandma off-air. But, you know, you're getting that, uh-

Well, she's tiny.

I, I've, I've never really paid attention to her size 'cause she's wearing the big robe and she's behind the seat.

There was one time she popped up at a Chargers game and [laughs] she's like this-

[laughs]

... little miniature person.

Just a little mean lady.

Yeah.

Those are, those are the best.

Little Bitmoji.

Little just angry women. [laughs] They're fun. Oh, man. Well, um, yeah, Puscifer May 5th, so many great shows getting announced. Electric Callboy, gonna be coming-

Polaris and Scene Queen, oh.

That's a good lineup, man. That's, uh, April?

That is, uh, April 28th.

What day of the week's that? Is that another weekday?

That's a Sunday.

A Sunday?

I know, wait-

Mm-hmm

... no, I'm sorry, that's not a Sunday.

Let's see. April 28th, uh, it's another Tuesday, man.

Well, we're all taking that day off, sorry.

Yeah.

Everybody in this building's gonna be at that show. [laughs]

There you go. K-Bear's closed on the following day.

I think the only two DJs with that would be here are Katie and Justin.

And who knows?

Everyone else is gone.

They might be at Electric Callboy. [laughs]

I could see Justin getting down-

Oh, yeah, dude

... to Electric Callboy.

Yeah, and it's at the, the Union, a much bigger venue than last time, so should be pretty fun. Got Ghost coming, Nine Inch Nails, and then there's-

There's one yet to be announced-

Yeah

... that I'm very excited for.

I know. I've ... There were so many shows that we found out about that one day on air I was like, "Okay, have these been ... Uh, I better not talk about any of 'em." 'Cause I couldn't remember what had and what hadn't been announced.

What, what gets added-

Is that another one?

... to our concert calendar is announced.

What's that?

What gets added to our concert calendar are the ones who haven't-

Yes

... been announced so far.

So I should probably pull that up. I think that next show's getting announced, it's not today, it's next week, right?

Oh, the one that we're talk- ... we were just talking about?

Y- yeah.

Um-

I think it's next week. It's-

Next.

... if I remember.

I mean, we probably shouldn't even say that. Hey, don't tease a show announcement. And, uh, it's not-

Yeah, next week.

... it's not here in East Idaho.

No.

But it's-

It's next week.

I'm amazed at, uh, the, the jump from the last venue we saw this band to the one they're going to now. It's a major leap. Should-

Makes you wonder what their openers are gonna be.

They've g- ... They better have good openers. I mean, I ... 'Cause I could see that band doing, uh, a regular arena like Maverick Center, but, you know, to, to jump that, you know-

Wait, careful.

I, I know. I'm, I gotta be, gotta be cautious. Gotta be cautious. [laughs]

But, uh, that's, that's one that a lot of listeners will be excited about for sure. Kinda bummed me out that they were jumping to a venue that big, 'cause I was hoping we'd get 'em here. Yeah.

Well, I know the Pocatello Amphitheater holds 11,000.

That's true. That's true. But it's probably Live Nation I would imagine.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. The, that, that's the one that-

So, you know-

... sent me the whole thing.

Toki got the, uh, different, uh, booking agency, you know, which makes things difficult 'cause Live Nation, they kinda got a monopoly, uh, in my opinion. I better throw that in there. [laughs]

What do you mean?

[laughs] It, it's just my ... You gotta throw allegedly and in my opinion in sometimes. Uh, but yeah, when they've got the, most the bands on their roster, you know, and they do the, the booking, it makes things challenging. That's why people don't understand a lot about, uh, concert booking. There's a lot of different things that go into it, and like, there could be deals where if a band's playing in Boise, they're not allowed to play in a certain, uh, mile radius, so they couldn't come to like Pocatello.

I still can't believe there was actually somebody who mentioned to me in a very serious face, a very serious manner, that bands go to places like Boise on a weekday so they can go to Los Angeles on the weekend.

Yeah, uh, if you-

[laughs]

... if you really think that, pull up, uh, Pollstar and look at Los Angeles and look at their, uh, their event calendar. Bands play every single day of the week everywhere.

Right.

You know, bands don't only play on weekends. So ... And they-

And no matter how many times you comment, "Why does it have to be on a Tuesday?" They're not gonna change the day of the show. They're never gonna change the venue of the show.

We got pretty lucky. We had, uh, In This Moment on a Friday.

Yeah.

We had Mudvayne on a Friday.

Absolutely, yeah.

I mean, that, that's lucky really when it comes to concert booking. Um, I mean, I'll never complain when we get a show here on a Tuesday. But I will when the shows are in Salt Lake on a Tuesday. What the heck, Electric Callboy? What the heck, Puscifer?

I think the one that, uh-

Is Ghost on a, a weekday too?

That's February-

Nine Inch Nails. Uh.

Well, it's funny 'cause Nothing More is also gonna be in Salt Lake City the same day as Nine Inch Nails, and Ni- Nothing More just did a cover of We're In This Together.

Hmm.

And it's like, I wonder if Trent Reznor would join Nothing More on stage or if Johnny Hawkins outta nowhere would just join Nine Inch Nails on stage.

Let's see. February 10th for Ghost. What day of the week is that?

It, it might be February 22nd.

Another Tuesday. They're all on Tuesdays. What about, uh, w- who else did I say? Nine Inch Nails.

Friday, March 13th. It's Friday the 13th.

All right. At least one show on a Friday. So, ugh, I'm never gonna be able to build up PTO at this rate, Peaches.

I get a whole bunch.

Do you remember... [clears throat] We'll have to talk off-air about the date for the, the other one that hasn't been announced yet.

Oh, I know it.

It, yeah, it, what day of the week's it on without saying the date?

I'm scrolling here. Sorry.

All right. That's all right. It's all right.

I believe it is on a Sunday.

A Sunday, meh. It might as well be a weekday.

Let me check real quick just to make sure.

You're gonna double check? All right. Peaches is double checking something that we're not gonna tell you about. [laughs]

It is on Sunday.

It is on a Sunday?

Yeah.

All right, all right. Well,

what do you do? You just build up PTO and use it all up going to shows. So if you wanna keep up to date on all those shows coming to the region, like Peaches mentioned, the riverbendmediagroup.com/calendar, event calendar.

Bad- Bad Flower just got announced with Point North for both Boise and Salt Lake City, so I have to add that to the calendar as well.

Oh, nice. Nice. And that, yeah, that's a pretty good lineup. Pretty fun one. So, tons of good shows. They're getting announced left and right. Now, Pokey and Mountain America Center, give us some show announcements. That's what I want.

Yeah. Dang it, not-

Darius-

... not Darius Rucker. [laughs] Give us someone who's not been here before.

Yeah, exactly. I'm done. Enough country music already. Enough. Okay. We'll be right back. About ready to get out of here? Well, not really. I mean, I'll be here. I got plenty to do. Gotta dig into some country music. Oh-ho-ho-ho. Multiple styles as well. Busy day ahead. Hopefully it goes by quick. All right. Somebody on Reddit was asking if they are a jerk for yelling at their boyfriend 'cause you woke him up. Let's see here. "Uh, me, female, 39, or my female, 39, boyfriend, male, 43, gets up at 5:30 AM for work. I get up at 7:00 AM for work. He usually turns on the light and goes about getting ready between the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen. I usually don't mind him going in and out a couple times. This morning, he turns on the light, goes in and makes a cup of coffee, and then comes back in and asks me to move to the other side of the bed so he can relax in bed and have his coffee. In a daze, I did. About two minutes later, I'm [laughs] pissed. He's got the light on. He's scrolling on his phone, drinking his coffee, and tapping his foot like an ankle shaking type nervous thing. I get up and he asked where I going, where I'm going. I say, 'Well, I'm either going home to sleep the rest of my 1.5 hours or to make some coffee, I guess.' And then he turns and goes on and on about how my bad attitude has ruined his day for work." All right. Like, g- bro needs to get a lamp or something. Who... if you have somebody else sleeping in the same room with you, why would you turn the light on? Like, I don't know. Use the flashlight on your phone. Be courteous of the other person who doesn't have to get up. I have to wake up at a stupid time every day. It's ridiculously early. All right? Nobody should have to get up that early. So, due to that fact, you know, I try to be as courteous as possible. All right? I'll use the flashlight on my phone if I need to do something in the room, and then I, yep, I leave it and I leave the [laughs] lights off 'cause it's common courtesy. Um, I would assume that if you just engaged in that type of behavior, turn the light on, "Hey, move. I need to enjoy my coffee in bed," and then scroll your phone and just sit there and tap your feet, yep, you deserve to get yelled at. All right? "Yo, bro, go sit in the kitchen. Let me sleep." 'Cause people need their sleep. All right? Sleep is very important. If you're not getting enough sleep, it's very unhealthy for you. All right? It's bad for your mind, bad for your body, bad for your heart. You need, you need to get sleep. It's one of the most important things you can do, is get a proper amount of sleep. Like, again, what, what about a lamp? You get a, a low light lamp. Like, in my room, I've got lamps that have multiple lights on them. You can turn on the low light and it's, it's not like a nightlight. It's a little brighter than that, but it wouldn't disturb somebody sleeping. This guy needs to go shopping. All right? I'm amazed this guy has a girlfriend, 'cause she said, "He always turns the light on." Why? There's no need. Get out of the room, bro, and shut the door, then turn the light on. Oh, man.

Yeah, if you're, if you're dating somebody who's not a heavy sleeper, give 'em some, uh, give 'em some respect. I mean, I'm lucky. My girlfriend sleeps pretty heavily, so I can, like, hit snooze on my alarm over and over and somehow it doesn't wake her up. I feel bad about it every day as of late 'cause I'm, like, snoozing until it's, like, rush time and I've gotta just jet through, uh, getting ready for work as fast as possible. Um, I would hope that nobody on here is saying, uh, that this person's a jerk for yelling at the guy. This guy's a turd. Dump him. That's what I say. I don't know how many of these posts I read online and I'm just like, "Dump him." You don't need to put up with that kind of crap. You know, the relationship's supposed to go both ways. Mutual respect. Dump him. All right. I'm gonna leave now. Techni- you know, I'm gonna leave the airwaves, but I'll, I'll be here if you need to get ahold of me. Peaches and I will be back for the noon hour of madness and mayhem, so tune in for that. Hopefully it don't suck. And I appreciate you. Have a great rest of your day. [rock music plays] Thank you again for tuning in to the Victor Wilt Show. This program's a production of Riverbend Media Group. To contact the show or for more information, hit us up at riverbendmediagroup.com.