GMMore 2456: Remember These Cringy Trends?

Welcome to “Good Mythical More.” There’s trends that we’ve forgotten, because apparently, they should have been, unless we disagree. Maybe we’ll bring ’em back. Maybe we will. But first, we’re going to give $1,000 to Stand Up to Cancer to aid in their mission to raise funds to accelerate the pace of groundbreaking research that can get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now, and you can join us in giving at standuptocancer.org/RhettandLink. Mm-hmm. Thank you for being your Mythical best in contributing. So, Stevie, you presented us with options and we get to- Yeah. We have the power of bringing back a forgotten trend? Yeah, it’s true. I mean, I can’t imagine what you’re feeling right now, Rhett, because my- Thank you. I’m- Thank you for that. I feel like I’m having a physical response to what we just watched. I’m mentally processing it, but I think my body’s also reacting to it, and not in the way that 21-year-old Rhett would hope. Hold on, ’cause it was the dancing, right? Well, what- I get it. What do you think is gonna stick with you? What image or soundbite? Oh God. Well, I’ll tell you one thing. I’m gonna go watch the whole thing on mythicalsociety.com. Please don’t. I’m just gonna go ’cause I wanna know your commentary on relationships after you said you were a virgin multiple times. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That’ll be good. He goes into the faith thing a little bit. Yeah, there’s a… You might not like what you hear about a couple of things. What? No! It was 25 years ago. I was a different person. And also, you’re very- Your heart was in the right place. Well, I was trying to tell if you’re doing that if you’re doing a confidence thing to make yourself… There’s a couple times where you’re like, “‘Cause I’m really good looking” is what you say, and- It was supposed to be a bit, but it didn’t really come across as a bit. No. It didn’t. It didn’t. I promised that I was kind of sometimes legitimately funny in front of a group of people, you know? Enough to keep going. Listen, I believe you because I know you now, but yeah. You know what’ll stick with me, Link, is the laugh, the laugh after your own jokes, because it really- Yeah. ‘Cause you were, there was a little tongue, too, that, it was full, it was the biggest I’ve ever seen you open your mouth. It was reptilian. Let’s just be honest. And there was tongue coming out. Yeah. Yeah. And it was aggressive. Yeah, yeah. Listen. I don’t have any explanation for it. It was like a vulture- I feel- …choking on a bad joke. Here’s the thing, I feel like… I’m seeing this in a therapeutic way. I think that anyone who has to see themselves from 25 years ago, and they just have to sit there and watch the raw, unadulterated self in front of others, in a safe space known as the internet, where anyone who wants to can say anything they want to about you- Yeah. …it causes growth. So I’m just seeing this as- You’re the hero here. …this makes me a better person because I’ve now had to watch this twice. You know? That’s where I’m going. That’s what I’m banking on is yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, this makes me a better person than I was before. Hey, no adults asked me to audition for “The Real World.” That’s true. That’s true. I wonder why. Boy, I wish we could have seen- I would’ve loved to have seen the tape I would’ve made. …that tape. Woo wee! Rhett. Hi, it’s Matt. If my opinion matters at all, if I was a casting director, I would’ve thought you’d be interesting to talk to about it. There’s always, like there’s Julie the Mormon who was on “The Real World.” Right. There’s always a virgin character. Yeah. A tall guy. Right. Yeah. I thought you could’ve brought something fun to it. Yeah. Like an awkward energy. Yeah. You remember the… Do you remember the the country singer guy that was on that one season of “The Real World?” Yeah. You totally fit an archetype for the show. So it wasn’t- Yeah, yeah. People like talking about being a virgin all the time. You know what? My producer brain was like, oh, you’re 6’7. It was just easy to count you out, ’cause it’s hard to shoot you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Too tall. Too tall for TV. His head wouldn’t be in the frame. I’ve been told that a million times. Everything else you did was perfectly acceptable and really cool, but it was just- Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yes. I’m gonna give you some forgotten trends. I’ll give you two, and you’re gonna pick which one you’d bring back, if any. You remember ringback tones, where you’d call someone and instead of hearing the phone ring, they would hear a song of your choice? Remember that? No. What? You’ve really forgotten them. Instead of what? So a person had a song. This was like- Each person had a song? Yeah. Well, not each person. You had to choose. I believe you had to buy this. This was something I remember my sister was into. It was around MySpace time when you could- Oh, I remember this. …learn basic HTML and, you know, spice up your MySpace page. I feel like there’s a, you know, it correlates to people who maybe also purchased a ringback tone. But you’d call my sister, and you would hear some pop punk emo music coming back at you. Oh no. You’d hear Evanescence. That’s what it was. It was Evanescence. You would hear Evanescence until she answered? Yeah. Oh, you know what? I’ve forgotten that this is gonna get back to her now that I’ve said this. I forgot how this show works. Well, all you did was state fact. I did. That’s exactly right. That’s true. That’s exactly right. So I actually was not… What I thought you were saying- I didn’t know that. I never knew that was a thing. …there was, and maybe you can still do this, and I do not do it because I actually never have my ringer on, but you can assign a ring to a different person. Yeah. That’s a different thing. That’s a different thing. This is when you call. Do people still call? Wait, when it’s ringing, instead of hearing a ring, you hear a song- You hear a song. …until they answer. Yes. Never knew that was a thing. Wow. You missed it. And you didn’t, either. No. I had no idea. Yeah. Would you have gotten a ringback tone? Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it would’ve been- “Welcome to the Jungle.” I mean, what era was this? This would’ve been like- I wanna say- …early 2000s? Yeah, early 2000s. 2000 mid, maybe 2003, maybe 2005, actually. Sure. Both of those count as early 2000s. No. Versus Blackberry phones. Having a Blackberry. Who has anybody seen that movie about the story of Blackberry? Is it called Blackberry? I saw the Beanie Babies one, though. Oh, you did? Yeah. The Blackberry movie is good. I know. You’ve told us already. Yeah. I’m just saying. I didn’t know. I’m just not a Blackberry guy. I didn’t care, you know? You told us, and we didn’t watch it. And because of that- Now, you tell us again, we’re still not gonna watch it. Because of that, I think we should bring back the Blackberry because- I think it’ll come… I think the Blackberry will come. Well, I want the other one to come back. I think the physical keyboard on the phone is gonna have a resurgence. It’s like the flip phone is kind of doing a thing. Yeah. You know? We’re split though, because you still call people, and I would like to… I like this idea. It’s new and fresh for me. The ringback tone. Ringback. Yeah. Okay, so you’re… We’re bringing both of them back is what you’re saying. Okay. Both. There you go. Both are coming back. We can do that? Have you seen the Pez Outlaw documentary on Netflix? No. I’m just talking about documentaries like Blackberry. Well, I guess that’s a scripted… Highly recommend. It’s about the ultimate Pez dispenser collectors. Very good. Ooh, I’ve seen some really impressive- Interesting. …Pez collections, including one. It’s very good? And- The movie is very good. Pismo Beach. The documentary is very good, yeah. Very good in a Christopher Guest-esque type of way. Like the people are not trying to be- But they’re real people. …as zany as they are. They’re real people, and then they have like elevated reenactments that are like cinematic reenactments throughout. It’s an interesting genre blend. But the best part is that the people, the real people in the talking heads, are all very serious Pez dispenser collectors. Okay. And that’s the part that’s good about it. Jeans under dresses versus… Well, yes. Okay. I don’t care what the other thing is. No, that shouldn’t happen again. Uh. Versus frosted tips. Frosted tips? Yes, I love ’em. You love ’em? I like that kind of thing. Yes. I might even get it on myself. Well, it’s a short hair thing. It was more of a guy thing, right? The frosted tips? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, like an NSYNC thing, you know? Although there was that like emo-y- Everybody wants to be a Backstreet Boy. …thing that women were doing with the frosted tip bottom as well. We both ended up having frosted tips, because we would bleach our hair, then let it grow out. Yeah. We’ll bring that back. Jeans under- Jeans under a skirt. No. No, no, no, no, no, no. It takes everything that’s great about a skirt and puts jeans on it. I’m sorry. Just being honest. I’m a virgin! But seriously. No, but seriously. I am a virgin. Selfie sticks versus YOLO. Did selfie sticks go away? Have you seen a selfie stick lately? Oh yeah. Oh. Well, I have one. We live in a tourist destination of Los Angeles. I got one of those 360 cameras and- Rhett has one. I haven’t used it that much. I got it because Chase was like, “You gotta get one of these if you’re gonna go scuba diving.” And then- Right. And what ended up happening is the one time I went scuba diving with Chase and he had his, I was like so bumfuzzled trying to just get my stuff together and take care of my 14-year-old son Shepherd that I was just like, I’m not even gonna turn this thing on. But it came with a really cool selfie stick that’s very, very long. And I’ve thought, I’ve imagined, of going down to Venice Beach and getting on a one-wheel and holding a very long selfie stick and filming my day, you know, just 10 minutes of my day, just 10 minutes of my life that could translate into, you know, two hours of your life. But I haven’t done it. But I think because of the 360 camera, I think the selfie stick’s coming back for that that niche community. Oh. You know? Yeah. Does that count? Because you can make it like a drone is filming you. I mean, I guess it is. I guess it’s a stick that you’re taking footage of yourself with, but I just don’t think that counts. I was thinking more of a classic selfie stick situation, you know? Like your phone’s on it? Your phone’s on it. It takes a photo, you know? But you know what? Who- Versus what? Versus YOLO. Go with the selfie stick. You know, YOLO has- YOLO had its time. No business. Yeah. Planking versus Gangnam Style. Listen. It’s hard to say you’re gonna bring either one back, because there’s no utility to either one of ’em. No, there is. Here’s the thing about Gangnam Style. Oh, really? I saw something in the past few weeks actually, and it was a clip of someone coming into a room doing that dance- Mm-hmm. …and I was like, that’s a great way to come into a room. All right. Bring it back. I was just like, man, what a cool dance, especially when you’re moving towards someone doing it. Whoop, whoopa. What did he say? Whoopa? Or is it just whoop? I don’t know, man. But- Gangnam Style. I definitely think that should come back. It’s great. What a moment. It’s just like the way it went to both sides like that. If I watch that video now and I’m gonna, I’d smile. I’d smile the whole time. If you showed me pictures of people planking, I would not smile. Gangnam Style brings back the smile. And if you’re walking into the room, there’s no better way. Yep. Bring it back. Oh, I thought you were gonna… I thought that was a pause to ramp up to something else that we’ve brought back. Bring it back. Oh yes! Golden Tee of Mythicality giveaway. It’s happening. We brought it back. Now through September 29th, you can participate by going to mythical.com and securing your very own shiny tee. You can also win $24,000. If you get the Golden Tee, just one person will, $24,000 cash. $24,000. If you get the orange tee- What are you gonna do with that? Get a little virtual taste test with us. Uh-huh. If you get the blue tee, $2,400 gift card to Mythical Store. And you can do all this at mythical.com. Again, no purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. But we would love to have you be a part of the- Yeah. Annual Golden Tee of Mythicality giveaway. Grab one of these tees. Who knows what will come in the mail? Ed Hardy. Oh gosh. And Affliction. Is that a branch of Ed Hardy? So- And Affliction. …Ed Hardy or Affliction? No, this is that style. Ed Hardy and Affliction- Okay. Yeah. …versus- You went hard with that stuff. …whale tail. I never had one Ed Hardy thing. You had the collared version with the embroidery. I had the button-downs that had the things, but I never had… And I may have had like one T-shirt that had more ornate stuff on it. None of of the stuff that either one of us wore ever said Ed Hardy or Affliction. No. And I never had those jeans that had all the decorations on ’em. What was the option, other option? Whale tail. Whale tail? What is that? Mm-hmm. Listen, I’m a virgin. I don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s like when someone wears a thong, and then they wear super low-rise pants. Oh. And then the pieces of the underwear come up above the top? Yeah. Yeah. Let’s bring that back. Oh, I didn’t know that had a name. Whale tail. Oh yeah. Bring it on. Yeah. Hold on. Now, listen, that probably, with the with the low-rise stuff coming back, that probably Will come back, right? Is that happening already? Yes. Yeah, see? Everybody’s like, yeah, it’s happening. So it’s the top of your booty below the string. It’s not even your booty. It’s just you’re pulling your underwear, the sides of your underwear up, so you can see the back of it. It looks like a whale tail. However you do it, I’m for it. Whale tail, it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was a… Why do we spend so much time talking about Affliction? Sorry, I had the image of Link on the couch with you playing the Backstreet Boys song. What did you say? “And that was one of our latest creations.” Yeah, yeah, yeah. Suddenly, we were the Everly Brothers. Okay. It didn’t have any jokes in it, though. I mean, listen, I was learning. Everybody wants to be a Backstreet Boy. Everybody wants to be in that group. I think the second verse was the funniest verse, and that was the verse that was cut out. Wish I had some black leather pants, and I wish I had a lot of jewelry. Yeah. Wish I had some gel in my hair and I wish I could grow a full goatee. Yeah. But I can’t. That’s funny. No, it’s not. We thought we were making fun of the Backstreet Boys, but really, we were making fun of ourselves. Yeah. Don’t miss your chance to win our biggest prize ever. Enter to win the Golden Tee of Mythicality giveaway now at mythical.com.

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