The Let Them Theory
4/23/202554 min
Peter and Michael discuss The Let Them Theory, a self-help guide to seeking bliss through unmitigated complacency.
Where to find us:
Sources:
- How to stop screwing yourself over
- Mel Robbins and Plagiarism
- Let her? Army wife claims Mel Robbins stole her idea for blockbuster self-help book
- Mel Robbins’s “Let Them” theory: really that simple?
- Breathing Practices for Stress and Anxiety Reduction: Conceptual Framework of Implementation Guidelines Based on a Systematic Review of the Published Literature
- Polarization in America
- The 5 Resets
- Impact of health warning labels on selection and consumption of food and alcohol products: systematic review with meta-analysis
Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!
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First 90 secondsMichael Hobbes· Host0:00
Okay. I have a zinger, but you need to tell me if it's bad. We might have to do it again.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:03
Okay. (inhales deeply) Michael.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:05
Peter.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:05
What do you know about Let Them?
Michael Hobbes· Host0:07
All I know is that this is the first time we've covered a Norwegian horror thriller on the podcast.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:12
What the fuck does that reference?
Michael Hobbes· Host0:14
(laughs) Does that even make sense?
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:15
(laughs) What is that reference?
Michael Hobbes· Host0:17
Fuck! (laughs) Never mind. (laughs) Wait, okay. Well, now I need to come- (laughs) ... up with a fucking real one.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:24
That's... Uh, that's the first time I've never had any idea what you're talking about.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:29
Just dead silence? (laughs) 'Cause literally all I have now is, like, they/them jokes about the c- (laughs) about the title. (sighs) Which I don't think is, which I don't think is a very good idea.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:38
There's a, there's a sweet spot for pronoun jokes where, uh, LGBT people think you're joking with them.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:44
Yeah.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:44
(laughs) And homophobic people think that you're- (laughs) ... making fun of LGBT people.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:49
I was on Tumblr once, and I saw the joke. Somebody said, "It's so hot out that all my gender-fluid friends are now gender vapor." (laughs) And I immediately went to the account to be like, "Is this a transphobic joke or is this a pro-trans joke?"
Peter Shamshiri· Host1:02
That's too deep. (laughs) That's too deep to be transphobic, right?
Michael Hobbes· Host1:06
Okay, okay. Uh, let me, let me try one. Let me try one. Let me try. Okay.
Peter Shamshiri· Host1:09
Michael.
Michael Hobbes· Host1:10
Peter.
Peter Shamshiri· Host1:10
What do you know about The Let Them Theory?
Michael Hobbes· Host1:13
Finally, we're talking about a book based on the Democrats' approach to the Trump administration.
Unknown speaker1:18
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