WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IDOLS | Trash Taste #155

R.I.P to anyone who had a meal prepared for their regularly scheduled episode of trash taste and had to wait an extra 5 hours and 9 minutes

Connor wearing a different shirt for this episode automatically makes this a banger

Yandere cosplay is the weeb equivalent of going as Harley Quinn for Halloween.

The Kirby slander is unforgivable.

Never realised how much trash taste integrated into my weekly routine until it was delayed

I find it ironic that one of the main topics of this episode was parasocial relationships, and in the comments there are a bunch of people talking about preparing meals to eat while watching this or feel anxiety that they uploaded late. It's eerie in a way.

Chainsaw man wasn't a financial failure. The CEO confirmed that it was a financial success. Here is what the CEO actually said - " Financially, it was a complete success. However, I'm still not satisfied with whether it has the same impact as "Jujutsu Kaisen", which I worked on most recently. "

21:23 for someone "talking out if his ass" Connor is actually pretty much right. The culture surrounding k-idols and j-idols is very different in that way

32:18 As someone who grew up in Australia and is the same age as Joey I'm amazed that he managed to avoid the all-consuming presence of One Direction in the 2010s.

For those who have pain running: If you have a sharp pain in one or both of your knees, you’re probably overstriding and should try landing on your entire foot instead of heel-toe If you feel a grinding pain in your pelvis, you probably have a muscle imbalance and are overcompensating with one leg and it’s excessively wearing. Focus on you form and try to apply equal force with both feet. Also, you should try to train your hip flexors; there are machines that do this if you have a gym membership, but if not you can look up ways to train them with your body weight on YouTube. If you have pain or really bad stiffness in your lower back, it could be because you aren’t engaging your core properly. Try to lightly flex your abs and seat your shoulder blades down towards your ribs while trying to stand straight up, which should support your lower back. If that doesn’t work, you could also be dealing with flexibility issues in your glutes, so some leg swings before running could really help (YouTube is your friend) Finally, if your legs start to burn after a little while, or more specifically: the muscles on your upper leg (quads and hamstrings), and lower leg (calves) slowly start to feel like they’re on fire after like 5-10 minutes, don’t sweat it. As your muscles run out of their immediate energy stores, they begin an enzymatic process that creates a lot of lactic acid as they convert energy stores from the blood into usable forms. You’re probably not used to this so it’s gunna hurt. Fortunately, your body goes through homeostasis, so it will build up a tolerance to lactic acid as you regularly create it, so keep at it and it’ll go away over time. Those are a couple of things I’ve learned as a collegiate athlete, but I wanted to let people know that even if they can’t figure out what’s going on, there is usually a relatively simple solution to fix them, so don’t give up. Btw if one or both of your legs falls asleep while running long distances, take a break please, the aftermath isn’t all that fun. Oh also, long distance running for an hour or more produces the depressant compounds present in sweet sweet ganja. Have fun.

I love that Joey defended Kirby so hard, he is a adorable pink ball of happiness 😂💗

Connor: was born in 1996 Also Connor: 1995, what a horny year that was.

I think marketing for Korean idols and Japanese idols are much different. Kpop takes more hints from western culture which is focused on the content released. I’m not super versed with Jpop but it seems like they’re more focused on the parasocial aspect which kind of makes sense if you think about how much Japan promotes the idea of parasocial relationships. Although both fields are heavily reliant on that connection with the fans.

Lowkey want a "Sitting down with a real Idol" guest episode

23:43 I FOUND HIM!! next to the trash taste plushies on the table! i was just literally zoning out staring at that spot, and was like "something is..... off....? is that a little toy?" but then remembered what Mudan said about him putting a tiny image of himself in SOME frame at SOME point in every episode xD

Joey: "You cannot abuse a 2D character." doujins, doujins everywhere

Every time the podcast uploads late, I always think, "Will this be the one that breaks the streak?" but every time they pull through. I hope the weekly streak goes on forever <3

For Attack on Titan, this is just a guess-- but I think part of the success is re-watchability. I recently started walching it with some friends, and it feels just as exciting as my first time because there's clear foreshadowing from the beginning. There are a lot of parts that were kind of confusing or didn't make sense the first time around, but then when you watch it knowing the full story it suddenly makes perfect sense.

Watching weekly is also beneficial to people who are constantly busy. Watching only a 20 mins ep a week is much more efficient than finding a 6hr free time to binge a show. Also, you are updated to the latest episodes so the chance of being spoiled is much lower. And the best part is you can interact with the community every episode as the show progress rather than the overall review of the show after it completely aired

I find it funny that the boys don't seem to be aware that male loneliness is part of the reason TT is so big. It's the exact same kind of parasocial relationship that those idol services are pandering to. The only difference is it's more weird is because of it being between people of the opposite sex so there's a sexual/romantic element to the whole thing.