GMMore 2558: How Old Is Too Old To Drive?

Welcome to Good Mythical More. Boy, I, see, I’m up for the challenge. It doesn’t spin quite as well. No, it doesn’t. But we did it. Let’s have a lucid discussion about what age becomes inappropriate for certain tasks. But first, let’s Boogie Down Now. I can show you how to do the floss. ((Rock Music)) Okay, now put. Do the, do the metal floss. Now put one hand in front of you. And we’re gonna. ((Rock Music)) I mean, she was going this way. I don’t really know how to do it. She was flossing this way. I was just hoping for some, I know, I got some sympathy from Stevie. Actually. I didn’t. – [Stevie] I thought that she was. Gloria got, you know, I mean. – [Stevie] Gloria was great. – Gloria deserved. – The floss. You tell 80 something year old woman to do that, and she does that. That’s gotta get points. – [Stevie] That’s what I thinking. But she was going, it was like she was drying her crotch with a towel. – [Stevie] I mean, had I not made that call, Link, you could have won the grandkids, but as Rhett experienced, I just don’t know if it was worth it. You know? I think Gloria deserved the glory. The thing that I found out, what is the, Helen? Helen told me right after, she was like, I know what a DM is. I was like. 92 year old Helen knew what a DM was. So. – [Stevie] Helen looked great. That’s on me. Great glasses. Yeah, she looked great. She’s been flossing quite a bit. – [Stevie] I wasn’t really talking about her glasses. Everything! But great glasses too, is what I’m saying. – [Stevie] Okay, sure, yeah, yeah, yeah. Great glasses. GG, great glasses. ((Laughing)) I love, I love old people. And, or elders. I love elders. Right, but are there things that they shouldn’t be allowed to do? Yes. Let’s figure that out. And sometimes that’s a tough conversation. – [Stevie] I mean, Link talks to his dad every week, but when was the last time you guys had to walk your parents through like a technological thing? Do you even remember? Do they ask you for that? Thankfully, my dad, my dad, who’s retired, still uses. – [Stevie] Who is retired? He is retired, but he uses the IT guy from the university that he taught at. – And so he still makes. – That’s great. He calls the IT guy and makes the IT guy come to his house. You should be paying that guy. I have no involvement at all. I love it. That guy needs a Christmas card from you in the least. Yeah. – [Stevie] Cassie’s mom uploaded a photo of herself to her, I think I’ve talked about this, to her Facebook profile, but it uploaded so you could only see from the top half of her nose up, with like a lot of sky, and it just like looked, it wasn’t what she wanted, so we had to walk her through how to crop and then recenter the photo, and she was very panicked because it looked like that for 30 minutes. It was out there in the world. – [Stevie] It was out there in the. Nose up. – [Stevie] You know how frequently everyone uses Facebook. I mean, at least it wasn’t like, shoulders down. Right. That would have been weirder. – [Stevie] That’s true. A lot weirder. For my dad, I benefit from the fact that like, he doesn’t ask me that stuff because, I think he just asks Logan. – [Stevie] Yeah. Who produces his podcast. It’s wonderful. Check out Dispatches from Myrtle Beach. Wherever you, my mom doesn’t ask me, too many technical things, but, and my Nana, you know, I have, I have one living grandmother and, Nana doesn’t, Nana doesn’t ask me. She’s older than anybody that we saw today, isn’t she? Yeah. Yeah, she’s. 90, what? – [Stevie] But I’m guessing she still has like a landline, and like basically doesn’t need to use technology. Right? She bought a computer to, video chat with us. About when we first moved out here. But then, yeah, it’s, it kind of stopped working after a while. She didn’t update it. Yeah. She gave up on that. – [Stevie] How old is too old? Is what we’re talking about. Okay. – [Stevie] First one, very divisive here. Driving. How old is too old to have your driver’s license? This one’s tough. Speaking of my Nana, they, took away her car. And they don’t like when you do that. And Nana did not like that. And, so, she, one of her friends, had her car taken away. And so, what Nana thought to do was, buy the car from her friend who was having the car taken away. And she did. She didn’t tell anybody, she just bought the car and then started driving around again. When was this? Like nine months ago. ((Laughing)) Yeah. Yeah. And so, she, she was, she literally did not go for it. She was like, I’ll just get a new car. And she did. And then how did they find out she was driving? She told them. Did she stop now? I got a new car and I’m driving, but I’m only gonna drive to the grocery store. And, back. – [Stevie] So, what happened to her old car? She wrecked it. – [Stevie] Oh, they didn’t take it away. She. They took, yeah, they took away, yeah, they, well, they, they took it away after she wrecked it. This, it’s a similar thing, not as, not as extreme, but Jessie’s grandmother, Gaga, had this big Cadillac. And she basically, she could not see at all at night. But she didn’t let that stop her. You know, until they were like, they were like, you can’t, like, we can’t do this. And eventually she stopped driving like in her 90s. But I think that you can’t just, for driving, because you have to go and get a license to drive initially. And then there’s the renewal. This should just be an ability thing at a certain age. It should be a requirement that you have to then take the driving test again or something because it’s like there are 95 year old people who, can drive. – And. – There shouldn’t be an age limit. It should be a proficiency requirement It’s a bit frustrating. – Is there not already that? – Then your, your family has to like step in and like then you become the bad guy. Right. And then there’s like, all this, all these Nana shenanigans. “She-Nana-gans”, that’s why it’s called that. If you can pass the test, you can keep driving. It’s not me, it’s the law. – [Stevie] In California, if you’re over the age of 70, and your license has to be renewed, you have to come in person, and take the eye test, and like, the written test. They don’t make you take the driving test. And that’s the test that you need to take. Yes. Yeah, that would be tough. That would be, if we made it 70, there would be so many people who had to take that test that it would probably be hard to, but like, I would say 80. I don’t think you need to put anybody through the written test anymore. Just the eye test and the driving test. Right. Right? And you know what they could do? There should be a driving simulator at the DMV that you get in and you, you know, they could basically recreate it almost. No reason to hire a bunch of people to take people out driving on the road and then they wreck. Just like, if you can pass this test in the simulator, reaction time, et cetera, et cetera, you get to keep your license. I was talking, you know, when we were hanging out at the creative house this past weekend, did you notice I was talking to our neighbor, who is in her 90s, when you were leaving? Oh, I’ve spoken to her a few times, yeah. She was telling me that she walked down to the grocery store. And that when I was just asking her how she’s doing, she’s like, well, I walked down to the grocery store to see if I could do it. And, turns out her family had taken her car away and she was not happy about it. And she wanted to know if she could still get to the grocery store by walking. And so she bought groceries and she’s like, walk, carrying her groceries back up the, back up the hill. That’s no joke. And she said she had to stop and rest a number of times. And then finally she was like sitting there on the side of the. Like on a, like a, somebody’s landscaping wall, and then somebody from the neighborhood stopped and said do you need a ride? And she said yes, and, I said, I said well, what did we learn from this? Oh, okay, did you say it like that? I was, I was, I had already been messing with her. Okay. So we have that rapport. I was like, so what did we learn from this? And she said, I’ve gotta try again. And I was like, no, I didn’t think, that’s not what we learned. What we learned is you need to get a ride. Does her family live close by? I need to try again. I don’t know. I didn’t ask her that. She can get a Onewheel. Yeah. ((Laughing)) Yeah. I’ll teach you how to use a Onewheel. Let’s go to lighter fare. – [Stevie] Well, yeah. Wear a backwards baseball cap. Okay, now this is better, yeah. Yeah, I just, I saw a guy this morning, he was moving rocks around in his front yard, and I was like, he’s got on a backwards baseball cap, it’s fitted. And then when I walked past and I saw the back of his head, I was like, did he turn the hat around? And he’s like, no, he has a brimless hat on. Oh. And he was too old for that. Like a little, like a little boy with a little? It didn’t have a propeller on it, but he was, all he had to do was add a propeller. If you have a brimless hat, you have to have a propeller. That’s how it works. Yeah, I don’t, I actually think you shouldn’t do this in college. – Like. – You should stop in college? I don’t think that anyone who wears their hat backwards in college. I think, I think you’re on shaky ground. I think. – [Stevie] I’m literally wearing a backwards baseball cap right now. Well, not a baseball cap. Well, Stevie, you know, you’re in, you defy, you defy the rules. And by that. – [Stevie] Of course. You’re making a statement. And you can get, you can pull it off. Yeah, I will say, I was. You can pull it off, but you’re defying. I was picturing men in this scenario. You’re defying some, a convention that I’m describing. But it needs to be established so that you can subvert it, but most people can’t. – [Stevie] 18 is the cut off? Yes. That feels very aggressive. And I, because it makes me, I’d never get a good impression, with a, of a guy wearing a hat backwards at any age I’m sorry, and if they’re a child, it’s, oh, well they’re a child, but I just. Oh, look I’m getting a call from Mark Rober Yeah, Mark Rober, does that? He wears his hat backwards. What? I’ve never had a. – [Stevie] I thought you were literally getting a call from. I’ve never gotten a good impression. I stand by my statement. – [Stevie] Getting a call from Mel again. It’s like, I’d almost rather you be in an acapella group. Oh! Almost. I’m gonna let you keep digging this hole. Keep going. What else? I’ve never seen anybody, besides Stevie, wear a hat backwards and say, oh, you’re pulling that off. Do you get those ads? That I know personally. I don’t wear many hats, but apparently I am in the age group. Where I get the TikTok ads where there’s these guys talking to me about hats not fitting correctly. And one of the common ways that they demonstrate how these hats have too much room is they turn them around and show the space in their backwards trucker hat. And I’m just like, I would never do that. Why do you keep showing me these ads? Do you get these ads? Uh, no. Because they’re looking for. They want a hat that fits their head perfectly. That’s not. And that’s not what you want either. – [Stevie] I see where you’re coming from. On that. I think college is too aggressive. – [Stevie] Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I also think that there’s scenarios in which You know, some people look good with a backwards hat. I think 40. For a man, I think 40 is the cut off. No, wrong, bad, strong disagree. – [Stevie] Play in a bouncy castle. Oh, okay. Is this without your own children? Because if it’s with your own child, then. You’re not playing. – [Stevie] It would have to be in a place where there is a bouncy castle, and I think getting your own puts us in a different territory. So, yeah, you have to be around a bouncy castle somehow. Right, but like, when you’ve got young kids, you, last time I got into one of those was because I had young kids and I was like, kind of like, oh, look at what you guys are capable of in this bouncy house. Oh, it’s wonderful. I think the only scenario where you can get away with it, sans children, is if it’s a really specifically interesting type of party. And I’m talking like the bouncy house needs to have oil in it. Well, what kind of party? Have you been to a party like that? No, but I’m imagining it and I will be happy about it. I think if you oil down the bouncy house, you don’t get to return it. I think you, you oil it. Yeah, you own it. You own it. You oil it, you buy it. You, you’re wearing bathing suits and you’re, you’re slithering around. There’s no age limit for that. – [Stevie] I’m gonna tell you, as a woman in her thirties, that does not sound appealing to me at all. Okay. You can wear a backwards hat, too. – [Stevie] Okay. But hey, you for it? Well, for oil, yeah, but without oil, if there’s no oil involved, then it’s just a bouncy house and there are no children that you’re related to. – [Crew Member] What? Then. Right. Well, I’m just saying, you’re going into a bouncy house. – [Stevie] Why can’t you have children? What? Cause I’m just saying that like, if you, like, if you’re an adult and you go to a party where there’s other kids and you’re not related to, you’re not anyone’s uncle or aunt. Don’t get in the bouncy house. And you get in the bouncy house? That’s weird. – [Stevie] Oh yeah, I thought you were saying that you could. I was like, I don’t understand this. So I think the cut off for that is 20. I think you cannot be a teen, anything over teenager you can’t get in there. Unironically. 20. I don’t like a 19 year old in a bouncy house without any relatives. That’s cutting it close. Yeah. I’m gonna say, I’m gonna say 14. Wow, you’re not gonna let a 15-year-old in the bouncy house, cause they’ll break it. Nope. Nope. They’ll break it, they’ll do something stupid. There’s like a correlation to trick-or-treating too, but like, I think you can be in costume sincerely trick-or-treating no older than, I mean, 16 is pushing it. If you can drive. I don’t think you can trick-or-treat, sincerely. Now you can wear a costume and you can scare, trick-or-treaters. You mean going door to door for candy? Yeah. With friends, no more than 15? 15. So, 14 is a bounce house. Get it in while you can, guys. – [Stevie] How old is too old to go to a Ski Mask the Slump God concert. Is this a personal attack? I believe so, yeah. What if he’s a, what if he’s a personal friend of yours? What if you appear in his Instagram? I’m gonna say, older than me. I actually didn’t go to a Ski Mask the Slump God show yet, but I might. I might. He has a new album coming out. Does he have mostly a younger fan base? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He’s more, I, like, Lincoln’s a fan, he introduced me to him. But by yourself? You would, going to a concert with your son that’s also into something, I feel like there’s never, that never gets, you never get too old for that. Thank you. But yeah, I would, he would not be there. If you were to, like, if you were to grab a friend who also was into that. I told you this yesterday. I just met another middle aged honky. Who really likes, he’s a hip hop head. Okay. Wow. And I think, I think we’re, I think we’re gonna hang out more. Would you go to a Ski Mask the Slump God concert with him? I, maybe. Unironically? I would say it’s ironic. But it wouldn’t be. But what I don’t, I haven’t listened to his music. How is it, how does it feel like it’s younger than say. Someone I would be familiar with. How is it younger music? Is it what he’s rapping about? It’s just the. Is it the ski mask? It’s just the style. He doesn’t wear a ski mask. Did he ever? Not that I know of. No. Is he slump? He’s got pretty decent posture too. Is he a god? No. No, not really. I don’t know. I don’t know. So, he doesn’t, nothing in his name references anything he usually does. I do think he appeals to Lincoln more than, he’s not really my genre. You know, it’s like, I respect yeet, but I’m not a big yeet fan. Okay. You know what I mean. Because of the things he raps about? It’s just the energy of it. Like, it’s, it’s a little, like, it’s just a different genre. I don’t even know what it’s called. It’s different. There is no limit, apparently. Sorry I’m bringing down the room with this. If you, if you go with your child. But, I would say that, you know what, maybe there’s no limit. Maybe a 90 year old person by them, maybe if Helen, who goes, you know, is 92, goes by herself to a Ski Mask the Slump God concert. She could do it. You know. Stay out of the mosh pit. Oh, I don’t do that. Well, I get on, probably get on the edge of that.

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