Welcome to Good Mythical More. Let’s talk about getting sick, okay? Let’s talk about the symptoms. Let’s rank them to figure out what’s the best and what’s the worst. So maybe you’re sick right now, and we’ll give you a little perspective that it could be worse or better. That, yeah, you’re, you got it bad. But first, you really gotta check out the new, uh, YouTube channel. that we’ve been watching a lot of. Stocks and Bondage. Yep, subscribe to Stocks and Bondage. Um, it’s, it’s, uh, it’ll help you know how to invest. If you find yourself in a tight situation. Um, the, the, the advisors have been there. Matter of fact, they’re still there, right? They are. Well, I love the way the, the, the host basically is, uh, handcuffs herself to, uh, her bed, uh, with her furry handcuffs for the entire podcast. I never know how she gets in or out of that. Yeah. I think she probably has help. Yeah. Well, she works from home. She might can just stay, but her insights to it. 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I can see that you’ve got a really, you got a super cushiony So this is a seat, uh, cover for chairs where when you sit down, you then have the option of blanketing yourself. And the other one? Other side? There you go. So, like, you know, if you get cold at work, and you’re not afraid of looking like and you’re not handcuffed. You got issues. Um. Why are you grunting so much? It’s hard to do. Do you need some help? Well, I probably need a bigger size. Oh, and then that. Look at that right there. Look at that. There we go. There we go. And then, you do your email. But the back, but the back side looks like, some sort of, it’s grippy. It’s grippy. Okay. That’s a horrible song, by the way. What did you get? Um, I was given this massage belt that you put here and then you need to pull hard. Yeah, we’ve got one of those at home. So I’m gonna be doing this while we rank the first one of these. Our first symptom is tummy ache. Now this is not vomiting. I assume that’s a different one, so. Ooh, now it’s started. Tummy aches. Tummy ache is not a real common symptom for me when I get, like, you know. Look at this. Look at what’s happening here. when I get sick, but I’ll tell you, it’s one of the more debilitating. It’s one of the more debilitating things. Like a runny nose, a sore throat, a cough. Nagging. They’re annoying. A tummy ache, you’re on the sidelines when you got a tummy ache. You know what I’m saying? Well, it’s just, to me, it’s hard to define. Because doesn’t a tummy ache usually result in something? You know what I’m saying? Like It’s gonna come out one end or the other? But, but, if it’s not, like, we have, we have those things as other symptoms. Right. This is just like, that’s why this is low. Yeah, this is like, oh, a little hurty. Oh, oh, man, I just pulled, I just got a spot. Right at the bottom of my. Oh, my scallop! Oh! Your scallop? My scallop! He got, it hit his scallop. I don’t need this, though. What is this? It doesn’t matter. That’s so when you run, it stays on your neck. Oh! And then if I go down Oh, and it’s getting hot. It’s getting real hot. Yeah, those are good, man. Let’s see another. Those are real good. Um, what does this one say? Runny nose? Stuffy. Stuffy nose. Stuffy nose. This impacts the way you smell, it impacts the way you sound, it impacts the way food tastes. It is highly, highly annoying. It, it, it impacts the way you sound. Now this guy is not going to solve the problem by sticking his finger at his nose. He’s stuffing his finger up his nose. That’s just, is that the same guy? That’s a lazy stock photo search, guys. No, Stevie. It’s not? No! Oh! This guy kinda looks like Michael Bublé, and this guy sorta looks like Michael Bublé’s cousin. Um, if I have a stuffy nose, I will do whatever is required to get rid of it. Like, you’re not really supposed to use that I’ll snort the stuff. That nasal spray. At least you’re not supposed to use it over and over again. Don’t use it for a month. If I get a stuffy nose, straight to it. Straight to it. Oh yeah. Yeah. Are you talking about the like, uh, the one, does it have that menthol, uh, no situation or, okay. What? You never use nasal spray. There’s different kinds of nasal spray. No. There, like talking about flow, the chemical one? No, they like the, there’s one that’s like a decongest nasal spray. Yeah, I’m saying there’s one that’s like a Vicks type of situation where it’s like the melty menthol y. You’ve been lied to, Stevie. And then there’s one that’s like the Flonase type. They do sort of work. They do! But, I skipped past that. But Flonase is not what we’re talking about. Flonase is Flonase is a stero uh, is like a steroid. Yeah. That’s the only one a day. I also use that. But the nasal, like, afrin, nasal decongestant. You can even double up. Yeah, oh, I do. Afrin. Yeah. That’s what you, that’s what you want to not be addicted to. Here’s the thing about a stuffy nose. It leads to the open mouth breathing and then the dry ification. And you can’t sleep. It’s, that’s the worst part. Now, a cough. A cough. A cough is the lingering symptom of a cough is worse than a tummy ache, I think. upper respiratory infection. Because it’s disruptive publicly, it really makes you feel like a pariah, like you’re contagious. Um so the public now, is that the same guy? Yeah, this is the same guy. It’s the first one. Michael Buble. That’s Michael Buble. Okay. Uh so we’re, we’re, we’re just throwing these out there. Headache, ooh, headaches are bad. But again, headache is similar to a tummy ache in that it’s really a matter of, it’s a matter of degree, is it not? I mean, I guess all these are. Is a headache worse than a tummy ache? I think so. A bad, a bad headache, a migraine, which we’re not talking about, would be worse than all of these, because when you get a migraine, you can’t do anything. You can still function with a cough and a stuffy nose. So we’re just talking like. Moderate headache? There’s not a migraine category, I’ll say. So a headache has to include all of them. You know, Link and I had a headache at the same time. Yes, we did. The other day. I believe it was a migraine. I thought you were making fun of me. No, but it was four days after I had had an extended headache, and then I talked to somebody else who had also had an extended headache. Karley said that she had like a multi day moderate headache. I think we all caught a virus. That the only symptom was a moderate headache. Why do you think I was making fun of you? Because I it was in the middle of the day and I had meetings and so I had taken Advil and then I was laying on the couch in my office, which is maybe I’ll do that once a year and it’s not like you’re like you can see into my office. So when you look in and you see me on the couch, it’s like well, that’s awkward. Uh, and then I came to get you later after I took, you know, after I went to the Excedrin point. Uh, and you, I opened your office door and you were laying down and then you were like, I have a headache. And I was like, are you making fun of me? I just thought you I used that, the way you said it with a baby voice. I have a headache. There’s a reason that there’s no, there’s no window into, I think it was more, I think it was less baby voice more. I was just sleep. I’m coming out of a sleep. Uh, cause I said, I have a headache. Cause you had your face covered and I said, are you really sleeping? Cause we had to go. We had to go somewhere, so I said, are you really sleeping? I have a headache right in the scallop. Right in the scallop uh, I think a headache is worse. I had a headache but I was making fun of you. I think a headache is pretty bad because it’s like, it’s right in the seat of your, consciousness. Psychic. You know what I’m saying? You’re psychic. It’s like right there where you feel like you exist. You think it’s worse than coughing. Yeah. I think it is. Because it stops your activities. Okay. What do we have here? Runny nose. Oh. Oh. Runny nose is I’ve had a million bad days, more annoying, but it’s not as bad as a stuffy nose. We’re saying stuffy nose is worse than a headache? We might have to shift these. Hold on. Runny nose is awful. But it’s not as bad as a stuffy nose cause you can breathe, you can still smell, you can keep your mouth shut. Most of the time I get a runny nose. It’s just nagging. I also have a stuffy nose though. But, we’re separating the two. I was thinking that the runny nose was also, like I’m not breathing out of my nose and it’s running. I don’t think I’ve ever had a runny nose without a stuffy nose. I’ve had a stuffy nose without a runny nose. Sure you have, I have a runny nose right now. Oh, you’re talking about that kind of runny nose. Well, I mean, I have a little bit of a runny nose. Okay, that’s not a problem. You’re like, like, I just ate hot sauce level runny nose. But a, but a cold runny nose is a lot, it’s running a lot more. It’s the worst thing. No, it’s not. It’s not as bad as a stuffy nose. No way. The only thing is the chafing. You know, cause you, you have to use a tissue over and over again. And then, and that hurts. There’s a hurt factor. I also think this illustrates that everyone has different Everyone gets sort of different, colds hit people differently. I would say that, personally for me, the nose and the extended running nose is the worst symptom of a cold for me. Like way worse than like the sore throat. The sore throat is like, oh, day one. And then I’m over it. You know what I’m saying? But then runny nose. But if it’s really painful. There’s no pain with a runny nose. There’s no social, the social impact is, there is some. But you can still smell, you can still breathe through your nose. Yeah, I can’t let you move it. Well, I’m grouping stuffy nose and runny nose together cause that’s how it happens with me. So, but if they’re isolated, I’m fine with this ranking. Body aches, I don’t give a crap about body aches. Like, your body aches when you work out, your body aches if you get, if you get like, like, what’s that punch called when the knuckle comes out? A frog. You know, your body aches for many reasons. It’s not a big deal. It’s the least impactful. Okay. Sore throat. I’ve had a sore throat. I’ve had a bad sore throat. And if you get it bad, boy, you start to feel like runny nose ain’t nothing. Runny nose is nagging. A sore throat is pain. Pain, Rhett. Pain and annoyance is definitely not as bad as a sore throat. That’s right. That’s right. I think it all depends on, it’s all a matter of degree. This is the thing that’s so complicated about this. I’m glad that we’re not being tested on it. Let’s say it’s the worst version of each of them, but a tummyache can only be so bad because you’re using the word tummy. If it’s the worst version of everything, a headache is the worst. Sneeze. If you can think of the worst headache you can have, the worst headache you can have, you have to turn the lights out. You have to put a blanket over your head. You can’t have a conversation with anybody. I’m not gonna argue with that. Sneezing, no big deal. Some people do it. Some people like it, there’s pleasure. There’s a little bit of pleasure in sneezing, which makes it that all the way down here. Some people may just, now is this art? I desire it. Why did we get art for that one? What do you mean, art? That’s not a person, that’s art. That’s a person. Oh. Yeah, it is now that I see it. Look at it, look at it in the monitor, though. It looks like a painting. Yeah, she looks a little gray scaled. They all are, though. Ooh, nausea and vomiting. That is bad. Yeah, you said vomiting, so we’re gonna come up with that is bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. So, it’s interesting because the peak symptom of a really bad headache is when it begins to make you vomit. Oof! So, does that mean that, if it, like, if you’re actively throwing up, you are in about the worst state a person can be in. Your life is completely stopped. Like, you can’t be on a conference call. Right. Think about, could you be on a conference call while vomiting? No. Could you be on a conference call with a migraine? No. No, not a migraine. Well, if you had to. You could be on a conference call with a stuffy nose. Everyone would be thinking about it, making fun of you and the way you talk though. Of course, of course. Sore throat, no problem. Cough? Now that really complicates the conference call, but again, that’s not what we’re talking about. We got, we got one more. Oh, look at that shot. Diarrhea. There’s something, like, biblical about, about that photo. It’s the robe. And his position. In terms of, like. Hmm. How diarrhea are we talking about? The worst version of diarrhea? How diarrhea are we talking about? So we’re talking about, like, I mean, we’re, we’re in this zone, right? We’re talking about, we’re not talking ice cream machine. We’re talking milk dispensing machine. I’m just, just straight. The thing is, and I had this recently, like, when you have that, and then you have to vomit, and you’re putting your head right back in there? Oh, gosh! That’s why I got two toilets, man. Oh, wow. Right next to each other. Facing each other? Right next to each other. Well, they need to be facing each other. It’s so me and Jessie can poop at the same time, but also so I can, uh, do that, yeah. I don’t have two toilets. Do you have to lean over? Uh, I just have a bucket. Okay, what, diarrhea. Diarrhea, it’s bad. It’s not as bad. It’s no vomit. You can still be on your phone if you have to be. Yeah, I can be on a conference call while diarrhean. You cannot be on a phone when you’re vomiting. Have you been on the phone while you’re having diarrhea? I said you could. Yeah. I have not. Yeah, with you. Are we locked in? Is anybody upset by this? Yeah, Stevie, do you disagree with any of this? I actually think, I think you did pretty well. You wanna, you wanna start from least worst? Sneezing. And say whether or not you’ve talked to Stevie on the phone line in the state as you go through. Sneezing, sneezing can’t, can’t be awesome. Yeah, I’ve sneezed in front of him. The Mythical Crew agreed with you. Sneezing is, uh, at the bottom. Okay, body aches. Have, don’t even notice those. This is where we start to deviate because they put runny nose. in the lineup. Nope. Nope. Okay, we’re not moving them around, we’re just, nope. We’re just you’re just listening to me. We’re comparing our correct answers to your wrong answers. Then they had stuffy nose. What kind of noses y’all got? Y’all well, I, I think it was probably the pain factor that was at play here, but yeah, who knows. I didn’t vote in this. Uh, so sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose. All the nose stuff. The nose stuff. The nose stuff right at the bottom. It alters who you are as a person. And the way that you interact with the world is completely changed. It’s the most annoying of the nagging symptoms. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Then they had tummy ache. So we’re kind of, yeah, kind of back there. You can tolerate an ache. And then body aches. So they thought body aches were worse than tummy aches. They were still kind of agreeing with that side of the table. Yeah, I said you did pretty well. Also, I think I would associate body aches with like that fever situation, which is not what we said, but I think people probably associate that like Yeah, with a more serious sickness. Yeah. You get a body ache and you’re like, uh oh. Yeah, exactly. Then we have coughing. Coughing? Okay. Yep. Then, they went to headache. Again, it’s a matter of degree. Then diarrhea. Good. Then sore throat. It can be bad, I understand. I personally would rank it that way. I would rank sore throat over diarrhea. Cause like, I just don’t mind it that much. I don’t have it that often. I think it’s, I think this is all based on personal experience. My sore throats are not that bad and so that’s why it’s, I would put it down here. My stuffy nose is so bad that that’s why I would put it higher. So it’s just, it’s just personal experience. But you agreed on nausea and vomiting at one and sneezing as the last one. Okay. So, you know. Okay. Yeah. If you’re feeling bad, I hope we made you feel better. And if you felt good, I hope we made you feel a little worse. And if you’re if you’re diarrhea ing right now Let us know. Just don’t do it on us. If we’re, like, on a phone screen. Come on, Rhett. 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