GECKMAIL: “SHOULD I SHIT ON THEIR FLOOR?”

I'm going to keep going. I guess before before we start, I'm just gonna say I, if you live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I am coming to your city to do my final Therapy Gecko show of the year on November twenty fourth, and before that I will be going to Europe and the United Kingdom to do Therapy Gecko shows in Amsterdam, Berlin, manch Esther, London, Cologne, Dublin, and Glasgow. And if you want to get tickets for any of those, you can do it at Therapy Gecko tour dot com. That's my

only little plug. So we let's let's start talking about stuff. I'm trying to start these episodes by just talking about like things from my life for my week, and I only only have two of them. So the first one is I was so I was watching porn last night. I was watching porn last night and a little I was on Pornhub and a little ad came up. And the ad it said, like, watch fat, ugly guys fuck hot girls. And it showed a picture of a guy naked next to a hot girl. And I swear to God,

the guy, I swear on my life. The guy in the picture had the exact same body as me, exactly the same. His hair was placed the exact same way, his belly looked the exact same And it was a bit of a wake up call for me if I literally I took a screenshot of it so I couldn't refer back to it. So you know, listen, I don't want to be on the record saying that my weight loss journey is starting soon, because then people will shove it in my face a year later if I get fatter.

But it just that did that shocked and appalled me. I will say, but it's good, it's a good Actually it didn't. It more, it more so motivated me. It confirmed There's something kind of nice about like an objective confirmation that, like you know, you got you do something, you gotta do something anyway. Uh that's one thing. The other thing is this was today. You know, I try pretty hard to not be judgmental on this show and in my I try in my real life to not

be judgmental. And this is a recent thing. This is like since I've started. I mean, I think throughout my life I've tried to be judgmental, but I think now that it's become like, uh, you know, literally not like what this podcast is about, but like, you know, I

just try. I try not to be judgmental, but it's but it's it's a if you don't if you're not always actively it's a thing you have to actively do because as a human being, I think your default is to be judgmental and be like, you know, fuck that guy, And so I judge people all the time because it's the human default. I'm I can be as judgmental as any other person. And I was in an elevator to

get to my apartment. But I was in my apartments elevator and I got on and this girl pressed too, and I was looking at her with a lot of judgment. I was like, what are you, What the fuck are you doing? Taking the elevator to the second floor. There's just literally one set of stairs. It's not like the whole thing we have to go up multiple sets of stairs to get to the second floor. Just one set of stairs. And I was really judging this lady for taking the elevator to the second floor, and then I

realized I live on the third floor. That's all it took for me to feel like I was better than this person. It's just one floor. It's like, well, no, I'm not, you know, being lazy. I live on the third floor. You live on the second floor. There's a difference. That's all it took was one floor to get to step to make me a true, much better person than this lady taking the elevator to the second floor. Okay, I'm gonna get better at doing this. I'm gonna get

better at externalizing like this. But uh, we're gonna We're gonna keep let's keep trying. Someone in the chat said, I'm not sure I agree with humanity's default setting being judgmental. I kind of think that it is, though, I kind of think that it is, like it's definitely well because there's a lot of reasons why I think it is I think, well, one, it's fun, It's really fun. It

feels good. It feels good. Like it's in the same way that like eating candy feels good and smoking weed feels good and all these other like you know, fucking hating someone and and thinking that they suck and you're so much better than them. There's like it. I think it like sainifically, probably releases a lot of dopamine in your brain. And also you just you need something to grab onto, like you need to. Kind of life is

a weird, abstract thing. It's intangible, and when you can feel like you're better than someone else, you feel like you exist more. And that's I think we all want to kind of feel like we exist. And so it helps to make someone to look at someone else and be like, you suck. That's why I do it. I guess, all right, should we take some emails? Should we look at some stuff? Let's do that. Let's do let's do some Let's do some emails. All right. This is from

Steph subject line advice slash opinion. Okay, I can do an opinion. Steph says love your show been subscribed on Apple Podcasts since twenty twenty one. You have the ability to squeeze honesty out of people with your excellently timed responses. Thank you, Steph. And by providing comfort through your own honesty, you're able to unlock more interesting conversations. Thank you, Steph. Okay, quick question, how should I tell my five year old his dad is in prison? Or should I tell him

at all? Oh? God, oh man, I'm not the right uh hm, I'll let me think about this. Should I wait until he understands more when he is older, or waiting cause something emotionally irreversible. Thanks. I'm trying to debate

if I have an opinion on this, because I don't have. Okay, I'm trying to remember what life was like when you were five, Like when I was let's see, I think let's see, my parents got divorced in like two thousand three or one, and I was like five or seven, and it kind of I think, because I understood it so young, it was just like a part I like, like it was something I I can't remember life before that.

And so maybe if you tell your kid now, like your kid will always like that's the reality that they'll grow up in. And I mean, it's the I guess it's the reality that they'll grow up in whether or not you tell them. God, I have to admit I don't have I don't have advice for this person at all. I'm sorry. Well, he's gonna find out eventually, do I I get this is one of the ones where I'd want to talk to them because I'm curious if the if your son, I mean your son probably asks about

his dad, right, what are five year olds like? Do they talk? Do they have thoughts and opinions about, do they observe stuff? Are they real people? Kind of? I guess there's probably a way to explain it. I could see an episode of Sesame Street where like Elmo's father is in jail for embezzlement and uh and and like some celebrity has to come in and gently explain to him that. So I bet I five A five year

could probably handle it. I don't know, let's get but what someone said, well, she also said, will waiting cause something emotionally irreversible? I don't think so. I don't think that will cause something emotionally irver irreversible. I think if you hit him or deprived him of food, that would be emotionally irreversible. But just telling him that reality of his dad being in prison. I mean, it's not your fault that his dad is in prison. Do the I don't.

I want to let I I guess my opinion. If I had to give an opinion on this, I would say, you're clearly you're a person who is acting with your child's best interest, and so I think as long as you as long as that's your priority, you're not going to cause emotional, emotionally irreversible damage to your kid. I think as long as you do that and give them food. Okay, this is from Sean subject line. I know it's the check. Hold on, let me see what the chat thinks. Someone

says there's five year olds that shoot guns. That's true. Someone said children themselves are known for telling the truth without sugarcoating it. So there it's a possibility that so you're really if you just say, hey, your dad's in prison, maybe that maybe that's well, we'll give him the uh uh. Maybe you're speaking his language there. Okay. This is from Sean subject line the BBW issue. Sean says, hey, there, my g straight to the point. I couldn't tell I'm handsome,

but like I'm really all right, I do sports. I'm six foot one tall. Thing is I'm really into bbw's for the layman that stands for big beautiful women, And like, I broke up with my recent girlfriend because she wasn't fat and ugly enough and all so shorts. I forgot to mention the ugly factor. Now, when I date fat chicks that most guys will rate as a three, they like ask, they ask, why would a guy like you

even call me on a date? And that's always the trap? Okay, And then he writes, Then he writes, I am very very very very very sorry if someone finds this offensive. Well, here's what I don't understand about. Here's the I guess the main thing that I understand about this email is what do you What is your issue here? I guess in your own brain what there? You could observe other issues, but that's for I don't know what is the issue

in this email. I'm really into bvdwas I broke up with my recent girlfriend because she wasn't fat and ugly enough, And now women will ask, why would a guy like you even call me on a date? And that's always the trap. Why is that a trap? You don't sound I mean everything else aside I was I was just I don't really, I don't, I only really, I only within the last two seconds did it come to me that this person might be fucking with me. But I part of me thinks they're not. I mean that's cool.

I mean try to why is this surprise? Wouldn't it be like this is like kind of a good because wouldn't it be worse for you if like you were, like I really can only be attracted to like really really really attractive people. Wouldn't that make your life more difficult? This is like a good thing. I guess yeah, because when you say that's a trap, I don't understand how what why you're referring to this as a trap anyway, Okay, I mean that's cool this this guy's got a good life. Okay, yeah,

what does the chat think? Just tell the woman that she's your type. I'm sure a lot of women would appreciate that. What I guess so well, I don't is that like when someone when you when if someone says to you this is a this is a question for the people, for the people listening, if you're dating someone then they say that you're like physically you are their type. How does that make you feel? Do you feel good? Do you feel good about that? Or are you like

me personally? Me personally? I have had experiences before where someone has told me they're like, I am into hairy Jewish guys and maybe this is like a guy thing. I don't know. But when someone says that to me, I'm like that cool, sick. I'm honored to be the hairy Jewish guy in your life at this moment. I take no issue with that. But that maybe that's not a universal Maybe that's not universal. All right? What else does the chat say? He sounds like he doesn't think

he deserves someone attractive. I didn't get that feeling from them at all. Someone in the chat says, I am an ugly guy and beautiful women like me. Lol. That's really nice, all right? This is from spin Top, subject line boyfriend wants to move out. I don't. I'm unsure if you're still reading emails, but here's mine. You didn't really need to include that. My name is Daniel and

I'm currently in a relationship with another man. We both live in South Florida, and after dealing with Hurricane Milton, which fortunately did not hit us, Both my partner and I have learned and come to the conclusion that due to climate change growing worse over the years, things will get worse in the state of Florida and we will soon be living underwater. So my partner wants to move out. I've lived in Florida my entire life. I'm twenty two years old, so moving out to a new tour moving

out is new territory for me. And secondly, I'm currently in two growing punk bands. That's pretty cool. I'm really into the punk scene, and I know people who know larger artists me. Moving out would mean me leaving behind everything I've built and having to start all over. Music is my passion. I want to be like the theoc's and perform in front of large audiences and make music for a living. Okay, I'm gonna finish reading this before

I get my thoughts. I've told him that if I were to move, I'd be interested in checking out Philly, Chicago, Jersey, or Seattle, all great cities. He's okay with Seattle, mainly because all the other cities I've mentioned to him are He's okay with Seattle and all the other cities I've mentioned to him are quote unquote get it to him except his home state of New Jersey. I am really unsure how the music scene is like and how the

city looks over in Seattle. I'm just overall scared that I'll be leaving behind everything and end up in another city with nothing for me. I'll be losing all my friends that I have here, and I'm scared I'll end up having to give up on my dream. One Currently I'm building up closer to achieving my dream. Please Green Gecko, give me your wisdom. Sincerely, Daniel Oh, I actually I

really like this email. There's a lot to think about here, and I feel like I have some experience, first of all, as your fucking boyfriend been to these cities, because if he's it would kind of piss me off if he's just saying that they're ghettos without being there. Chicago and Philly are awesome cities. There are the two cities. I live in New York, but I'm I'm constantly thinking about leaving one day, and Chicago and Philly are like next up on my list. Both like great walkable cities with

a lot of you know, public transport and culture. And I'm sure Philly and Chicago have Here's the thing, dude, you live in South abround Broward County. Where the fuck is Broward County? I guarantee Chicago Philly both have much better scenes for for what you want to do than Broward County, Florida. Okay, you're like, yeah, you're in You're like near Miami. I don't know what to Miami. When I think Miami, this is completely I mean, I've been to Miami a bunch of times. But when I think Miami,

I don't think grungey punk. I think like pristine like DJ club people. If you want to get into some grungey like punk shit, then I mean, yeah, Philly Jersey are are the way to go. But here's what this really comes down to is I suppose a you're currently into growing punk bands like you Okay, So basically, you have a community already where you live, and you really like your community where you live, and you're afraid of having to leave it behind and start and new. There's

a lot of ways to think about this. Wanting to leave Florida because it's going to be underwater is a good idea. I think, I don't know. Wanting to leave Florida because it's going to be underwater soon. Is is is not a bad idea. I mean, I'm sure that the other people, there's a bunch of people who live down there, they're probably going to figure it out.

didn't grow up in Philly. I went to college in Philly, and I had a little comedy club in my base mint in Philadelphia. It was called Cave I ran it. I ran like a little comedy club out of my basement for three years in Philadelphia. And I remember when I left Philadelphia to go to Atlanta. I was feeling

of and I was twenty two. I was feeling very very similar way as you feel that I had a community and I had built so much up already, and I was like, should I should I leave and pursue further objectives or should I foster the growing community that I already have, and blah blah blah. And here here's what I ultimately think is that you got to operate from an abundance mindset, especially when you're fucking young. You don't want to just be like, all right, we settled,

we did it. When you're twenty two, yeah, operate from that abundance mindset and like, oh the Philly punks. I'm gonna take over the Philly punk scene. I'm gonna go out to shows seven nights a week. I'm gonna talk to strangers. I'm gonna start putting on my own shows. I'm gonna form a new band, I'm gonna get involved. Because any using you can go to any of these fucking cities, and if you just keep showing up and putting on your own things that other people go to,

you'll be fine. Right, You'll be fine because you're operating from a mindset that there's always gonna be more opportunities for you. But if you're just doing this because your boyfriends, who kind of sounds I was about to say he sounds like an asshole, but you all you've said is that he said that these places are ghettos. I'm not gonna say he's an asshole because I don't know him, but he doesn't sound it from everything I know about him,

which is limited. It sounds like, you know, I don't know if you need to make major, major life decisions based on what he wants to do. But that's my ultimate feeling about this is that whatever wherever you do, wherever you go, just take have an abind have an abundance mindset that there's actually a lot more things to do and people to meet, and bands to play in and music to create, and you'll be fine no matter what you do. What's the chat say? The chat just says,

why are you so Harry? Are you Italian? All right? Someone said, if you've got money, just move already. The world is too nice to just stick to one location. I feel that way in a sense. I feel like if you just grow up. I feel like if I mean this person would they say, they say that they lived Did you grow up there? Oh yeah, I've lived in Florida my whole life. You've lived in Florida your

whole life. If you've lived here your whole life. In twenty two I think I think it helps the soul to see what life is like in other parts of the country, in the world. Someone said, modern society tells you that you need to settle somewhere, build roots, establish a four oh one k. People all over have very fulfilling, non traditional lifestyles. I agree with that very much. Oh wait, what did someone say that I'm in I live in Tampa and the punk scene is way better here than

in Broward, But it's even better in Seattle. Yeah. All those places that you mentioned, bro, Yeah yeah, dude, all those places that you mentioned are gonna be way cooler than Broward County, Florida. Go go, God, have an adventure, man, Go have an adventure. Maybe who knows, maybe you'll find a new boyfriend or you can or keep the one you have. I don't know. I don't know why I'm railing on your boyfriend. Maybe he's nice, I don't know him. Okay,

let's move on. Okay. This is from Ebbie, subject line poolboy woes Hi GEK, love you, thanks dog. I work at a hotel with some friends. I'm the pool boy slash maintenance worker. It's a nice job when it's not insanely busy, but I'm the evening worker, so I'm in charge of closing the pool, cleaning and restocking. I got called in one morning after closing the previous night and the pool was a mess, dirty towels, water all over the floor, bathroom lights were on, and the pool room

lights were on. Turns out the hotel front desk night shift let their buddies. Wait, okay, hello on these an evening work. I was too busy reading the actual like I was too busy saying the words to actually comprehend what I was reading. Okay, he's in charge of cleaning and restocking. He got called in in the morning after closing the previous night. Okay, all right, So he closes,

comes in in the morning and everything's fucked up. Turns out the hotel front desk night shift let their buddies in after hours to the pool, and they didn't clean up after themselves. I had told my supervisor because if they saw that on camera, they'd think I forgot to lock the door. It's fucked up. About half the front desk workers talk down to me now and treat me like shit. My family tells me I'm a party pooper, but I was just doing my job. Your family told

you you're a party pooper. To be fair, they could have cleaned up after themselves and I wouldn't have known they were there. Is this deserved? Bro would have gotten chemical burns if it was being super chlorinated for fecal contamination. The story is funny to me now, except it's not fun when I'm on shift with those front desk workers. Levey again, ghek, you make this hell job a lot better? Wow, Oh that's fucked up. Your family told you you were being a party pooper. Damn did an? I'm I feel

bad for you. Did anybody in this situation have your back? Do you confront the front desk worker? Why do they talk down to you? That sucks man? BRO would have gotten chemical burns if I was being if it was being super chlorinated for yeah right, yeah? Did you have to clean up that morning on the clean the fucking pool? Clean up after these people? Is this does walkay. The main question you said is is this deserved? Is what deserved? Like? Is the is your anger? Are your feelings valid? Yeah?

Of course, But the question becomes like what do you what do you actually do about it? Which is an interesting one. Do you do you have you? Have you? I assume you stood up for yourself and you told them that, uh, they can't. They can't be fucking around with you doing this anymore unless you didn't. Man, I kind of feel like a piece of ship because this is one of this is one. This is one of those emails where I want to what what and Ebbie, if you, ebb, if you you? If you? If you

hear this, this is a two week old email. If you hear this, call in. I want to talk about this story because I have questions for you. I want to know how you responded to this, because like we can here's here's my here's my here's my thing with Like, there's a lot of Reddit posts out there about like

am I overreacting? Or are my feelings valid? And they're the question of whether or not one's feelings are valid is like, it's an interesting question because I look, if you're asking me my perspective are your feelings about fucking? Of course? Yeah, of course there are These people were fucking with you, right, But the question of whether or not your feelings are valid, I guess only matters if it leads to an action of some kind, right, like like did you what did you say to these people

the way you tell your boss? Are you in a position where you can where you really feel like you've been disrespected enough that you can go look for a job somewhere else? Are you in that financial position to be able to do that? So that's the question of like, are your feelings valid? Of course they are, but that's not the question. The question is what should you do now? And those are all the questions I have for you.

Is are you in a position where if you really feel like you're in a place where everywhere, your family and your coworkers and your boss are all just like out for you, Like at a certain point, when do you kind of stand up for yourself and go either, well, you stand up to yourself for them, and you go, hey, I can't be treated this way. And then if they don't give a fuck, when are you like, Okay, I need to leverage myself somewhere else And are you in

a position to do that? Can you save until you're in a position to do that? Yeah? Call in, man, these are questions I want to I want to ask you about the situation. But uh but no, you're not You're not crazy for uh not for having somebody else's mess blamed on you. Oh wait, is he in the chat? Oh? He's in the chat? Oh? Okay, hold on, Well, I don't know how this is gonna work. They're all friends, he said. The funniest thing is the manager hates them.

But nothing was really done. Okay, call, he said, I'll call, he said, I'll call in when I can. But management fucking sucks here. All right, Well, now he's in the he's in the chat. Okay, let's keep going. This is from McKenzie. This is from McKenzie. Subject line should I transfer schools? Mackenzie says, Hi, I get. I transferred to university this semester. I have been taking classes in person

and I absolutely love the program I am in. With that being said, I have been considering transferring to a different schools online program for a couple of reasons. One is that it's a two hour commute to my school one way. Oh, Jesus Man. That's four hours. This program is only in person and only offered on specific days at only one time. Next semester. They wanted me on campus four days a week, which I can't do because I have a job that is directly related to my degree.

It's the same degree, same cost covered by FASTPA. The only difference is it's online versus in person, and I have fomo. What do you think I should do? Well? The court? Well, you say you have fomo, Well, I'm curious about it. If you, what do you what do you have fomo about? I've been taking class, this is in person, and I absolutely love the program I'm in. Well,

I here's the thing I can't really like. I'm not going to answer what I think you should do, But the questions I would have are what do you love about the program? And what are you afraid of missing out on? And are the things you love about the program things that specifically are about being in person? And are and is that? And are the things you have fomo about specifically related to being in person? Here? Because if you have fomo about, just like you just naturally

want to be around other people. If you have fomo that you just naturally want to be around other people who are in your field and connect with them. If you choose to do the online route, I feel like there's creative solutions to do that, like a fucking discord with the other classmates, or like weekly in person meetups or something like that. There's there's I think you can kind of have your cake and eat it too, if that's what you want to do. So I guess I

would say that. That's what I would say if I had to kind of think critically about this, is that I would look at what is if you decide if you go through all the logistics and you're like, I really, if you go through all the logistics and your really you are trying to make in person work, but you've you've landed on like I fucking just can't make it work. I have to do the online thing. I wouldn't And again, you have to do your exhaustive pros and cons list

before you make that decision. But if you go down the path of like, you know, I just have to do this shit online, I wouldn't completely give up the things that you love about it. I would be like, how can I hybrid this? How can I take the things I love about being in this in person program and find a way to sort of fulfill those vessels, sort of fulfill those desires while also doing this online program and kind of, I guess, get creative with how you can do that. Yeah, call in about this too,

call it about everyone, call in. You know, when I first started doing these emails, these email things, I was really just like, I want to Well, it's fun to rant, it's fun to talk on the podcast. But now I'm now I'm like, oh man, I feel like I'm sometimes I'm doing the phone call podcast and I'm like, I'm letting the callers talk too much. I'm not getting I'm not able to talk. And then I do this one and I'm like, this is a lot of me. This

is a lot of me talking. But it's fun. They're both, they're both interesting, they're both I'm having a good time. This is from Ethan subject line I was on stage with you. Oh shit, I know exactly who this guy is. After yeah, I know exactly who this guy is. Hello, Lyle, hope you're doing well. I went to your Philly show in September of twenty twenty three, and we talked about how I am the main interpreter for my deaf brother.

I do remember you. I wanted to let you know that was a big weight off my shoulders, just getting it out there that I'm stressed about it. That's awesome. Now my family has been making more of an effort to communicate with my brother and making it less my job. Yeah.

So I remember this guy Ethan came on stage in my Philly show a year ago and he talked about how he's the main interpreter for his deaf brother and that he was stressed out about having all of this uh responsibility and kind of like what he should what he should do about it. Yeah, I remember that conversation. I'm also in the process of getting certified to be an interpreter, so I can possibly be able to relieve some other family members of the stress of constantly being

the closest interpreter. See. We talked about that because I was like, because he was the main interpreter for his brother, and I was like, well, can you can your brother or I don't know what government shit you can get, or like, is there a way to have like some other like someone who's whose job is deaf interpreting to you know, be with your brother so that you can go and live your own life. Yeah, we talked about that. Uh, that's cool that you're like, Oh, I'm gonna go be

that guy for someone else. I like that. All of this is to say thank you for providing the platform where anyone can say anything free of judgment and at the very least be heard. Thanks man, Love you. Lyle from aka couch dot pdf on Instagram. If you want to send this guy something on Instagram, PS, I hope you eat food and drink some water. No, like really, I hope you actually do that, because you tend to joke about it. I do also eat a Reese's mini cup for me. What the fuck is it? You want

me to eat real food and drink water? You want me to eat candy? Because you can't say those two things in the same email, all right? And then he sent a picture of himself. That's cool, Ethan, Uh, that's cool. This is a roundabout thing for you because you're you're using your freedom that your family is giving. You're using your newfound freedom from being your brother's main interpreter to give other people the freedom of from being their family's

man interpreter. That's cool. That's noble. I fuck with that. Okay, let's see we have more things, we have more Okay. This is from Megan, subject line street change. Hi, Gek, I know you have been to many cities all over the world, and I wonder how you negotiate the sometimes awkward interaction of a random person asking you for money.

This is interesting. I know there are a lot of different reasons why someone might ask for some spare change, and it's probably even harder now since people simply just don't carry cash as much. If you walk or take public transportation in a city, you will inevitably encounter it more. But now that I drive, it doesn't happen as much. But I'm still approached by people every now and then. In most cases, if I had some dollars or change,

I would pass it on. I'm not rich by any means, but at least I can pay my bills and sleep in a warm bed at night more often than not. However, I declined the request simply because I didn't have any money on me, but because I felt like I was also broke and struggling myself, even though, like I said, I can pay my bills and have a warm bed to sleep in at the very least. I'm sure there are many people who don't think about this at all

because it really happens to them. But when you're a white girl walking home with a bag of groceries, you feel like you can barely afford yourself, and then someone asks for money and you don't have it because you've been using your card to buy groceries. But the person asking you for money probably can't even get a credit card. It can send you into a mind spiral. Love you get stay green, look listen. I don't know, I'll say this. I don't think you have to I don't think you

have to feel bad. I don't think you have to take personal self uh. I don't think you have to be mad at yourself and take responsibility for the existence of all the poverty that exists in the world. You sound like you help out when you can, which is like, I mean, that's that's that's I mean most I don't you know, most most people will just walk right the fuck on bay and not even think about this kind of stuff. So again, it's the noble to me that

you even care a little bit. You sound like you can. Here's the thing, Megan is you care way more than like the baseline amount that you need to care to like not be a sed stick piece of shit, you know what I mean, Like, like the the baseline is that you there's people out there who like people ask them for money and then they punch them in the face. You know what I mean, Like the baseline is so low and your skyrocketing past it by giving even a little bit of a fuck about these these people. Uh

So I don't. I don't think you need to take full I don't think you need to mentally be taking full responsibility for the existence of of of of poverty because it's hard. It's hard enough to like make sure because in life it's it's hard enough. I think it's for most people to make sure that like you have, you got your own ship. You know, if if you ask here's how I know. Here's how I do it is if people ask me for money, I punched them in the face. No, that's not what I do. I

I don't I feel kind of weird giving people. Here's what I Here's what I'll do if I'm like at uh. I mean, in New York City, you get asked for you know, every time you walk out the street. You get asked for money in New York City, if I'm outside, if somebody's I don't like to give people like money, but like if I'm standing outside, if I'm about to go into seven eleven, or like a food place, or like a McDonald's or a boat the place. This is

the places that I eat. If someone asks me for money, I'll be like, I don't have any cash, but I'll buy you some food if you want. If you want food, I'll buy your food. And sometimes they say no, and sometimes they say yes, but I'll that's I'll do that. Not everyone can do that. I get it. I'm that doesn't make me. I honestly feel kind of lame that I even said that I do that. Sometimes that makes

me feel lame that I said that. I feel like I'm There's nothing about me doing that or anyone who doesn't do that that makes them a better or worse person. I might even cut this from the podcast because I feel it always makes me feel like someone I don't know. People saying that I'm a good person makes me feel weird. This is a weird. I don't I'm not gonna cut it from the podcast. We're gonna keep this in. But you're fine, dude, you're fine. Don't kill anyone, don't embezzle

money from the government. Uh, don't. You don't have to hate yourself because of this. Let's keep going. What does the chat say? Uh, let's see here. Someone says, I will give a homeless person some food or drinks, but not money because I don't know if they're going to use it to buy drugs. I thought that for a long time myself, but then I heard someone be like, well, shit, that's just what I'm going to spend it on. And that's true, that's true. What else is in the chat

right now? I almost never have cash. I'm honest and say sorry, I wish them a nice day. Cheat people like people goes a long way. It's not lame, gak, you're helping people. Yeah, it feels lame to talk about. Someone said, I hate to ask for money, and it feels weird to give money, though I do it, especially when I'm kind of broke. Someone says, what else to What are other people saying? I donate regularly to a charity, so I feel that means I don't have to donate

to any others. All right, Uh, let's keep going. Someone said, okay, this is from King Fro subject line longing and despair. Hi Gecko, I recently had a month long tolerance break from weed because I traveled to Japan and did not have access to weed. I've been a smoker for three years and taking tolerance breaks before, but this time I came back. I thought it'd be the same as before, smoked a fat bowl and then had the most intense

three hours of anxiety and deep thinking into everything. I get thoughts about how everything is meaningless and yet there is meaning in the meaninglessness of my life. I talked to my therapist about this, and he was lost for words because I made him think the same way. And then he told me I stumped him. Maybe asking a gecko will turn out differently. Uh, you stump? Well, what's you stumped him on? What what's the Here's what? I

what's the question in this? Hi Geko, I recently had a month long tolerance bak from weed because of travel with Japan didn't have weed. I got anxiety about how everything is meaningless. Oh, okay, here it is. Everything is meaningless, and yet there is meaning in the meaninglessness of my life. You stumped him? This isn't it's you're You're You're not. He's not like a troll under a bridge. You're This

is just a thought that you're having. Yeah, everything is meaningless and you kind of get to decide your own meaning. And I fuck you stumped me? Ain't that's but this isn't a stump. This isn't a stump. This is like a a stub. Like it's you. It's just you've completed. This is a complete thought. Weed is so funny because you'll like smoke to get rid of anxiety, but then smoking will just give you much more anxiety. Uh, someone says, okay. This is from Jillian. Subject line, I popped the wrong ZiT.

There was a ZiT on my inner thigh. It was huge. I thought maybe popping it would bring that instant satisfaction, so I queezed. So I squeezed the body of the pustel and pressed in with pretty smooth force. To my surprise, the white head was just a small pimple next to a surface level cyst. The cyst emptied under my skin, and the texture between the squeeze was crazy. Have fun, untour.

Thank you for sharing, Chilian. All right, this is from Jordan subject line my roommates won't let my homeless girlfriend come over. Hello, Lyle, I've been dating my girlfriend for about three months now. One month into the relationship, my roommate and his girlfriend, who recently moved in with us, sat me down and expressed that they are not comfortable with having a stranger being at our house. Does she

live with? Does your girlfriend live? Is the They also accused her of stealing tampons from the bathroom and claimed that her taking showers at our house using the bathroom, etc. Would be an issue as she does not pay utilities. I pointed out the hypocrisy in the fact that my roommate's girlfriend would come over quite often when they first started hanging out and eventually moved in with us, which I was hesitant about but ultimately cool with. The kicker

is that my girlfriend is literally homeless or unhoused. She lost her job, her roommate went to jail, and she's temporarily staying with her mom, but her mom is kicking her out. I'm going to get my own place now. I guess my question is should I shit on the floor before I leave? No? Short, Uh, you know, I have a few I have a few thoughts about this, Well, what I was I mean, here's the thing, this is

all moot. Here's here's here's the main thought about this is it's all moot because you're gonna get your own place. So who gives a fuck about the situation at all because you've you've already made the decision about what you're gonna do. So yeah, whatever do I guess if this is the situation? Like you sound like you're pissed off still of these people by saying, should I shit on

the floor before I leave? So why don't you just get your own place, live with your girlfriend, shit on your own floor that you if you really need to shit on a floor, and just let the emotions of it be in the past, and just fucking be with your girlfriend and hang out. That's what I was gonna say,

get your own place. I mean, honestly, by the way, I kind of see what you're I mean, your your roommate and his girlfriend did have a point, and I get that there's a hypocrisy that you're saying of like your roommate's girlfriend would come over, but but it's the room the roommate's girlfriend now lives in. I mean, none of this matters that you're moving out, But the roommate's girlfriend now lives in the house with you guys, and

I assume pays for the rent and utilities. So yeah, they sounded like they had a point of some kind, and that's a bummer. It's a bummer that your girlfriend was dealing with a lot of problems. I feel for that, but it's totally not your roommate or your roommate's girlfriends responsibility to like I get to deal with that. I guess, I don't know. I mean, it doesn't matter. You're getting

your own place, shot on your own floor. To pick the ship up from the floor and grab it and smell it and rub it all over yourself and eat it and put it back into your asshole, just for fun, just to see what it's not. That has nothing to do with anything that you've said in this email, But just do it for fun, just to see what it's like, you know, just to see just to see what what would happen? All right? Ummm let's keep going. Hello, mister Gecko,

this is from Nathan. I just learned that fighter jets can hover in place. Crazy. Have you considered doing gaming streams or videos? Or with that dilute the persona. I don't really think I have a persona, honestly, Like, let me, can I just rant for a second? Kay, just ran for a second. I really think like expressing opinions on the internet makes me feel so uncomfortable, like just now, like like this is one of the this is one

of the reasons. Every time every single one of these email podcasts, after I record them and I send them over to Brandon who edits the podcast, uh, and like we schedule them to post them, I really get nervous and anxious, and I'm like, what did I say on that podcast? Because like I like, I don't because I don't want to give takes. I kind of don't, but

I know I do naturally. That's if you have a podcast and you're talking and people are asking you things and they're telling you about their lives, It's it's impossible to not give a take. I and I don't mind having takes and thoughts and opinions, it's just when you when you write them an ink on the internet, it's like they're there forever and you you know, ninety nine percent of the time when I think something, someone will tell me something and I'll be like, oh, all right,

whatever you know. So I don't like I'm putting like a lot of words out there on the internet, which makes me, it deeply makes me feel uncomfortable. But the only other option would be to never say anything ever, which was kind of boring to me. And you know, I'm I professionally create this podcast that I've been and I've been doing this for four, four or five years, so it's too late number one. But then number two, it's like, how do I how do I have a

podcast but not say anything? That's my dream? Can I figure that out? How do I have a podcast where I talk to people about their lives but just not say anything? And I do have a lot of podcasts where I just don't say anything. And then I was like, let's let me just start doing one where I say all everything, all the things, and I don't know if I'll regret it, but like, also, what's the worst is gonna happen is someone is like I didn't like what you said about that guy's life, and then I just

you know what I'll do, I'll just go outside. Dude, isn't that anytime you want? Anytime you want? Anytime really, anytime you want, you can just go outside and it's all there. You do you ever? Is it crazy that, like you forget that sometimes anytime you want you can just you can just turn off your computer and go outside, and it's like nothing on your computer was ever ever existed. It's really crazy. It's a crazy thing. I'm not even saying this facetiously. I'm saying this. I want with utmost

utter sincerity. Whoever wrote me that, whoever, if anyone, by the way, just if, just so I'm clear, If anyone is listening to this podcast and I responded to your email and you didn't like what I said, I'm side probably didn't mean it. I don't know. I'm crazy. Keep going, let's keep talking to people. Uh oh yeah, oh yeah. Why do I go on that rant? Would that dilute your persona? I don't really have a persona. I'm just a I don't have a persona. I have a costume.

And I guess I do have a persona. I guess if you speak publicly on a podcast or a video or something, you are doing like a heightened version of of how you would normally speak. But I don't think it's different. I just think it's like amplified. I would do a gaming stream. I think that could be fun. Play some melee. Okay, let's let the whole email. I think it would also for these ret I think it would also for these rant episodes. You could make a po box to get real mail from people. That would

be kind of cool. I just don't. I'm just too lazy to do that. They make crazy stuff from the videos I've seen. But then you also have to say everything is really good, and some of it might be like not or something. Do I have to say everything is really good? I don't have to. I'd probably be inclined to. I'd probably be feel guilty if I didn't, But I don't have to. Do you have any game recommendations for me or anyone? Uh? What have I been

playing lately? Well? I just finished Links Awakening on the Switch. I played a little bit of the Last of Us, and then I got stuck and didn't care about it anymore. Uh. I'm probably gonna download Echoes of Wisdom and then I'm gonna get Mario and Luigi Brothership. Those are the next two on my list. I kind of want to get the new Mario Party. There is no way this is making this to the pod is there? Well, buddy, guess what, Nathan.

Guess what, Nathan. All you had to do to make it to the podcast was to ask me questions about myself and I would go, I'm much of BLI will happily talk about myself forever as people as people love to do. Well, thanks for emailing me, Nathan. Okay, high Lyle. This is from Cooper high Lyle. I don't have much to say except there are two crackheads living under the breache like a minute away from my house. It started as one like two months ago, but recently another has

moved in two. They aren't causing problems besides the occasional schizophrenic episode where the original yells at himself Jesus Christ. Not looking for advice, don't This is why this is weird, Cooper. I don't like this the original. They're not fucking Pokemon, They're human beings, not looking for advice, just giving support from the shit filled holler of Kentucky. Well, I mean that sucks. I don't know, I feel bad for they're

living under a bridge. Dude, like that sucks? You know, once you go talk, why don't you go hang out with them for a second. Why don't you go hang out with these guys? You clear you you clearly don't view these people as remotely human beings. So go you should go under the bridge and just talk talk to these people and just see just see if they'll speak it, if they'll say anything to you. You could learn something, who knows, I don't know, or you could maybe maybe

you'll start doing crack with them. You know what can happen? You know what I really want to happen. I want you to go to the bridge. You meet these two, these two guys, and they offer you a little bit of crack and you're like, you know what, sure, I'm being open minded, I'm gonna take some crack. And you're like, you know what, tracks actually pretty awesome. I get why you guys are living under this bridge, and then you become addicted to crack. And then now there's three of

you guys. Now there's now you there's three uh crackheads living unto the bridge, and you guys have a good you can you'll just just you know, maybe maybe it's maybe it'll be good for you to do crack with these guys and just learn a little bit about them. That's what I would do if I were you, I would go talk to these guys and see what's going on with them. All right, I'll do how long have I been going for I'll do one more. I'll do one more. What do you guys think of this party?

Let me know in the comments if Okay, I've done three of these so far now, and like I said, I get nervous every time I do these. I really do, I really I feel like nervous. I'm nervous right now about this, not even be like yeah. So let me know in the comments if you enjoy listening to this, if you have thoughts, all right, let me do one more. Email okay, okay, this is from Duplex seeking advice on job advancement. Okay, Hey, mister GHEK, I hope this message

finds you well. About a year ago, I applied for a manager position on a whim. Honestly, I never expected to get it, especially since I lacked the experience at the time. I regretfully admit that I may have exaggerated my qualifications on the application. Now, having spent a year in this role, I have gained valuable knowledge and skills. However, my boss has recently approached to me about moving up to a general manager position, which comes with increased responsibilities.

I'm feeling quite overwhelmed, as I know I'm not fully prepared for this role. While I recognize that this opportunity offers better pay and growth potential, I'm apprehensive about taking on. So it's a significant change. I'd greatly appreciate any ofvice you have on how to best navigate the situation. Totally take the job. I don't even have to think about this. Take the job, and you'll grow into it. It's like scared.

This is a classic shit like. I mean, look, bro, you went into the original job lacking experience, and you've been there for a year and you're fine. You grew into it. That's how like growth works, man, is you got it. You go out and try to do something that you didn't think you were prepared to do or able to do, and you face yourself with it and you you grow. Yeah, this is kind of a classic classic thing. What'd you think I was? What's the alternative?

Never do anything? Actually, that sounds awesome. You could totally do that too. That sounds great. Never doing anything? Yeah, you know what? You know what I know I just said a bunch of like motivational shit, but I take it all back. You should not. You should just quit your job and see if you can live with your parents and see if they'll make you food and stay just play video games all day and get high. That's fuck. That sounds awesome. I'm not even being facetious. That really

sounds great. Okay, so I'll say this. I'll say this, you could. You should go and take this job. I think you'll grow into it. I think you'll get the right I think you'll grow into it. But worst case scenario, if you get fired, Like you know, living with your mom and eating chicken nuggets and playing video games is pretty awesome. So your life's gonna be great no matter what. I hope you take solace in that. All right, Well that was That was my third try at gek mail.

That was my third try gak mail. I don't know how it went. I'm actually nervous about it. So let me know if this was any enjoyable to you as a listener of this podcast. Let me know if you have thoughts, feelings, and sentiments about anything, And thank you guys for listening. Once again, I'm about to go and do a bunch of live shows. I'm in Minneapolis on the twenty fourth. I am in Berlin, Manchester, London, Cologne, Dublin, Glasgow also in November, and you can get tickets for

all those at therapy geckotour dot com. Thanks for listening, Thanks for humoring me while I make attempts to do a new thing. Thanks for bearing with me, Thanks for having some faith in me. I'm going to try to have faith in life as well. And you know, it's funny. I was, uh, it's so funny. The first time I did this, the get mail thing, I was like, I might just never do calls again. I might just do this.

I'm having so much more fun doing this. And then I think my like optimism faded a little bit, and now I'm like, oh, you know, I kind of want to go back to doing phone calls. But uh, I'm glad I tried something and I will do more of this, but uh yeah, anyway, all right, it's been an hour and fifteen minutes. I'm sick of myself. Thanks for listening, and I'll see you guys around the universe. Never again

goes on the line taking your phone calls. Every night never be acon goes out, and I was teaching you Cloud in the mean of your line. He's not an expert.