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(music) (5 hours) I bought some Veg | LMBYTS #1464 | Jason Newland | 16th October 2025
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Title: I bought some Veg LMBYTS #1464 – Jason Newland – 16th October 2025
Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes
Theme: Light-hearted, casual ramble; social commentary; reflections on daily life; mild satire; sleep aid. 🧠 Main Topics Covered: 1. Welcome & Format Update (0:00 – 1:55)
- Jason opens with a reminder to only listen when safe to close your eyes (it's a sleep podcast, after all).
- Mentions Vinny (his dog) being under the table and a bit grumpy.
- Reflects humorously on forgetting what he's said in past recordings.
- Announces a shift toward simpler video settings for easier editing and uploading—he’s testing recording a new video in one take.
- Jason shares his latest Uber Eats grocery order: chicken, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, runner beans, milk, Alpen cereal.
- He regrets forgetting to buy eggs and goes on a tangent about different ways to cook them (omelette, scrambled, boiled, etc.).
- Expresses reluctance to order just eggs due to high delivery cost and risk of breakage.
- Reminisces about the last time he went grocery shopping in person.
- Talks fondly about trolleys (shopping carts) as a child—used to ride in them, got stuck once, even got “arrested” in a humorous anecdote.
- Recalls taking buses to university and shopping during those days.
- Jason dives deep into what he sees as misleading or manipulative posts on Facebook:
- Fake celebrity deaths or birthdays using AI-generated videos.
- Errors in ages (e.g., Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Anthony Hopkins, Charlie Sheen, Mr. T, Sylvester Stallone).
- Misleading emotional bait ("Happy birthday" posts that garner hundreds of well-meaning but misinformed comments).
- Expresses concern about public gullibility and lack of media literacy, laced with playful sarcasm and jokes.
- Jason shares frustration with comment sections where people blindly believe fake posts.
- Jokes about overused emojis, “rolling on the floor laughing” expressions, and odd birthday wishes.
- Touches on how AI realism is making fake content harder to spot.
- Reminisces about early MTV and the impact of music videos on pop culture.
- Shares a teenage memory of obsessively watching Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” video.
- Refers to “Video Killed the Radio Star” but notes videos actually helped sell records.
- Jason is convinced Facebook listens to him, citing a spooky incident where someone he barely knows appeared in his friend suggestions.
- Comments on personalized ads and strange products (e.g., AI-generated “e-horses” or “turkey facelifts”).
- Reacts humorously to questionable ads (e.g., baldness cover-up sprays, mechanical rocking horses on wheels, iPad giveaways).
- Questions whether many of the Facebook users interacting with posts are bots.
- Talks about making a simple healthy meal with vegetables and chicken using slow-cook methods.
- Notes his preference for bland food, no seasoning or additives, just “clean eating.”
- Reflects on becoming more conscious about health and nutrition with age.
- Signs off with his signature positive affirmation: “Be kind to you
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