March 31, 2025 • 10 mins
On this episode of The Thought Shower, Intern John talks about his wild weekend, and why the gentlemen have left the building!
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Intern John's debut comedy album "The Album" is available right NOW! InternJohnComedy.com proceeds benefitting the Fisher House Foundation
Every week Intern John discusses adulting, dating, radio life, and more! You can follow Intern John on social media: @InternJohnRadio. You can listen to past episodes at TheThoughtShower.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy Monday, friend, Welcome to the Thought Shower.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Intern John is my name. It was a busy weekend.
I know.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I had said that I was hoping to be a
RESTful weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
It was quite the opposite.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
So Friday after the show, went golfing my buddy Andre Day,
my buddy DJ Rise, my buddy Corey. And the one
thing I never realized about golf until I've started doing
more golf takes forever.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
It's a long game. We did eighteen holes.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I think it was like four and a half hours,
which is kind of crazy. Great time though, like weather
was perfect, a lot of fun. I just love golfing.
To me, it's fun to be out with the boys,
having some drinks, having a cigar or two, riding the cart,
and if you hit the ball far awesome. As far
(00:55):
as my game, that one wasn't that great. It's a
hard course though I've been told that made me feel
a little bit better. So did that. So that was like,
got done around for one home, passed out for a
little bit, then went to my bar because DJ Rise
was DJ and so I was like, oh, I should
go to the bar and say hello too, So I
did that, got home. Probably I don't know. Two o'clock
(01:19):
Friday night. Saturday had a birthday party my friend andro
Day who I mentioned before, so went into that.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
That was fun. It was also.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Kind of a weird experience too, because they live again
a big piece of land in Frederick area and it
would always bring Chewy and Skittles there because for a
skittles he had a chance to run around and Chewy too,
you know, because because I want him to be home alone.
That was the first time going there without Chewy, and
that was a little bit of like a oh you know,
that's been like the the constant meets go three months today. Wow,
(01:56):
there's little moments where it's just like it hits me.
I'm like, oh, yeah, he's not here anymore. That was
one of them. So that part was a little bit hard,
but it was great for skittles. Skills. Had fantastic time,
went home, kind of relaxed all good Sunday, did some
work stuff, and then went to a friend's birthday party Caddies,
(02:18):
which is also great because I brought skittles to that,
skittles first time at a bar. The boy did very well,
He did very well. Was very proud of him, so
very exciting. This week's gonna be fun too. So today
is the O's opening day, So if you are in Baltimore,
if you go into opening day today, make sure to
say hello.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
We're excited for that.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
We're leaving after the show, gonna hopefully be back at
a decent hour. We shall see. And then Friday, I'm
very excited I head to Louisville. And Louisville were my
favorite cities in the world and haven't had a chance
to going a little bit, never have gone as just
a tourist, which I'm excited for that, just to kind
of go and just relax it. Also excited because they
(03:01):
got Skyline Chili. You don't know about Skyline Chili. It's
a Cincinnati thing. But Louisville and Ohio are basically twins,
well next to each other.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
So there you go.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And so I'm excited for that, Excited to relax into
the city. So it's gonna be a lot of fun
this weekend. I cannot freaking wait. By the way, if
you miss this, on the show, we announced my intern,
John's second Chance problem. The show goes down June twenty
sixth the Fillmore Silver Spring. You got to Ohtown You've got,
you got LFO, you got bb Mac, Ryan Cabrera and
(03:34):
Chris Kirkpatrick, Evan Sync tickets around and sale right now.
You can get them all the info y miss radio
dot com. Let me get to this for you Monday.
The ways men have stopped acting like gentlemen, well damn.
Let me get into some of these, starting with they've
stopped planning meaningful dates, the wanna hang out hazard place
(03:58):
I'd like to have you for dinner?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
They said.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
The effort that once went into planning a thoughtful evening
has disappeared, replaced by vague imitations in last minute suggestions.
I'll say this well, they say. Dating experts note the
shift from the shift towards casual last minute plans reflect
a broader trend where meaningful connections are hard to form
(04:21):
due to gamification of dating.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
What I will say is, I think a lot of dudes.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Or at the point now where we're afraid of being
a screenshot, infraid of being blasted online. So if you
do ask somebody out and they say no, you don't
get blasted online, like look what this idiot did. I
do think that has a lot to do with it.
If I'm being completely honest. I also think too, I've
had a lot of friends to get burned with like
(04:50):
taking people out, and they went out just for the
free food, So I understand that point too. They text
instev calling, they say, your phone, like it's up with
the one where texts sup gone in the days when man,
we'd call just to hear your voice of a real
conversation in set, communication has been reduced to sporadic, minimum
effort text messages that often leave you waiting and wondering. Again,
(05:12):
I'll defend men on this. Dudes don't talk on the phone,
Like they just don't. And like, yeah, back in the day,
I suppose dudes did because they had to, But like,
dudes just don't talk on the phone, you know what
I mean. Especially I think, like I know, like I
have like friends who are girls who will just call
(05:34):
their friends when they're bored, and like that's kind of
like a fun task. That's not the same for dudes.
Like if we're bored, we'll kind of sit in the booredom,
you know what I mean. So I'll defend dudes for
that one kind of, although I do think the sub
text not good. They don't show up on time. Well
if this is true. That's that's a problem. You guys
know me. I am very prod being on time. They
(05:57):
say I'll be there in five minutes, off that means
twenty or more. Chronic lateness has become so common that
many women to start telling men earlier meeting times just
to have him arrive when they actually need to. I
can't defend the fellows of this one beyond time, especially
if you like the girl beyond time. But also, ladies
do not be waiting twenty minutes for a dude. No, no, no, no.
(06:23):
They don't listen when women speak. Don't like that. Don't
like that. They say, you'll be mid sentence when we
notice that glaze Overlook, he's physically present, but mentally you
might as well be another planet. Active listening has become
a rare scale, will replaced by performative nodding while scrolling
through phones or scanning the room. Yeah, if you have
your phone out and just do that like you're on
(06:45):
your phone when somebody's talking, I can't defend that.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
This is rude.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
That's rude, shows less interest. Do not let somebodyulay with
that one hundred percent. They expect praise for doing the
bare minimum. Yeah, I clean the kitchen, he announces, expecting
parade complain the basic adult task. They say, the bar
has fallen so low many men now expect to shortiny
recognition for ordinary responsibilities. I do think that, Yeah, you
(07:15):
should obviously be pulling your own weight. However, I thank you.
Guys go farwards in general, right, both ways? Certainly, so,
I guess I could see that. Yeah, you shouldn't be
praised for doing things supposed to do. I think that's fair.
They hide behind screens instead of having face to face talks. Yeah,
they say, difficult conversations not happened via text, where emotional
(07:36):
response can be avoided and uncomfortable reactions not have to
be witnessed.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I think the problem with this is dudes is aren't
used to having those conversations because we don't have them
with each other. Yeah, I mean, like the dudes is
doing to do that. So yeah, I understand, like for
the big relationship stuff, it is better to have that
conversation actually having the conversation.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Than just have it under text. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Because also too, I think tone gets lost and a
lot of things can get lost and mistaken in text.
For sure, they rush physical intimacy without building connection. Well, yeah,
other dude's not me, save myself the slow bill getting
to know somebody who's been replaced by immediate expectations of
physical intimacy. They say, many men seem to be emotional
(08:23):
connection as unnecessary step rather than the foundation of meaningful relationships.
I can't really speak to that. I guess I don't
really know. I don't know not I have time for anything.
But if that's the case, I could see, Yeah, that
that definitely be downside. Although like I have like female
friends too seem to be like they're kind of that
(08:44):
way as well, Which do you So, I don't quite.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Know about that.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
They've abandoned common courtesies like holding doors, small gestures of consideration,
holding doors, offering a currey heavy items, or walk in
the side of the sidewalk. The streets of the sidewalk
have fallen by the wayside. And they say, it's not
about these are about treaty women as weak. They're about
showing awareness and respect. These aren't about treaty women with
(09:11):
hold on. These aren't about treaty women as weak. They're
about showing respect, awareness, and so on. Yeah, I think
that's his chivalry. Although I think there are guys who
are confused though, Like I have buddy who he held
the door for a woman and she yelled at him
for assuming she couldn't do to herself. So I do
think that, like there's been so many mixed signals the
(09:32):
last couple of years, I slopen doors. I still believe
that you should stand in the street side in case
water get splashed. You should do all those things, if
not for nothing, it makes you stand out, It makes
you so much excuse me, obviously better than the guys.
Don't do that. And if he's are opening your door,
hell no, cut his ass off. I hope you have
a fantastic Monday. If you had a chance to follow
(09:54):
at intern John Radio, I will see you Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
This is the Thawt Shower.
Happy Monday, friend, Welcome to the Thought Shower.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Intern John is my name. It was a busy weekend.
I know.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I had said that I was hoping to be a
RESTful weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
It was quite the opposite.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
So Friday after the show, went golfing my buddy Andre Day,
my buddy DJ Rise, my buddy Corey. And the one
thing I never realized about golf until I've started doing
more golf takes forever.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
It's a long game. We did eighteen holes.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I think it was like four and a half hours,
which is kind of crazy. Great time though, like weather
was perfect, a lot of fun. I just love golfing.
To me, it's fun to be out with the boys,
having some drinks, having a cigar or two, riding the cart,
and if you hit the ball far awesome. As far
(00:55):
as my game, that one wasn't that great. It's a
hard course though I've been told that made me feel
a little bit better. So did that. So that was like,
got done around for one home, passed out for a
little bit, then went to my bar because DJ Rise
was DJ and so I was like, oh, I should
go to the bar and say hello too, So I
did that, got home. Probably I don't know. Two o'clock
(01:19):
Friday night. Saturday had a birthday party my friend andro
Day who I mentioned before, so went into that.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
That was fun. It was also.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Kind of a weird experience too, because they live again
a big piece of land in Frederick area and it
would always bring Chewy and Skittles there because for a
skittles he had a chance to run around and Chewy too,
you know, because because I want him to be home alone.
That was the first time going there without Chewy, and
that was a little bit of like a oh you know,
that's been like the the constant meets go three months today. Wow,
(01:56):
there's little moments where it's just like it hits me.
I'm like, oh, yeah, he's not here anymore. That was
one of them. So that part was a little bit hard,
but it was great for skittles. Skills. Had fantastic time,
went home, kind of relaxed all good Sunday, did some
work stuff, and then went to a friend's birthday party Caddies,
(02:18):
which is also great because I brought skittles to that,
skittles first time at a bar. The boy did very well,
He did very well. Was very proud of him, so
very exciting. This week's gonna be fun too. So today
is the O's opening day, So if you are in Baltimore,
if you go into opening day today, make sure to
say hello.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
We're excited for that.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
We're leaving after the show, gonna hopefully be back at
a decent hour. We shall see. And then Friday, I'm
very excited I head to Louisville. And Louisville were my
favorite cities in the world and haven't had a chance
to going a little bit, never have gone as just
a tourist, which I'm excited for that, just to kind
of go and just relax it. Also excited because they
(03:01):
got Skyline Chili. You don't know about Skyline Chili. It's
a Cincinnati thing. But Louisville and Ohio are basically twins,
well next to each other.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
So there you go.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And so I'm excited for that, Excited to relax into
the city. So it's gonna be a lot of fun
this weekend. I cannot freaking wait. By the way, if
you miss this, on the show, we announced my intern,
John's second Chance problem. The show goes down June twenty
sixth the Fillmore Silver Spring. You got to Ohtown You've got,
you got LFO, you got bb Mac, Ryan Cabrera and
(03:34):
Chris Kirkpatrick, Evan Sync tickets around and sale right now.
You can get them all the info y miss radio
dot com. Let me get to this for you Monday.
The ways men have stopped acting like gentlemen, well damn.
Let me get into some of these, starting with they've
stopped planning meaningful dates, the wanna hang out hazard place
(03:58):
I'd like to have you for dinner?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
They said.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
The effort that once went into planning a thoughtful evening
has disappeared, replaced by vague imitations in last minute suggestions.
I'll say this well, they say. Dating experts note the
shift from the shift towards casual last minute plans reflect
a broader trend where meaningful connections are hard to form
(04:21):
due to gamification of dating.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
What I will say is, I think a lot of dudes.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Or at the point now where we're afraid of being
a screenshot, infraid of being blasted online. So if you
do ask somebody out and they say no, you don't
get blasted online, like look what this idiot did. I
do think that has a lot to do with it.
If I'm being completely honest. I also think too, I've
had a lot of friends to get burned with like
(04:50):
taking people out, and they went out just for the
free food, So I understand that point too. They text
instev calling, they say, your phone, like it's up with
the one where texts sup gone in the days when man,
we'd call just to hear your voice of a real
conversation in set, communication has been reduced to sporadic, minimum
effort text messages that often leave you waiting and wondering. Again,
(05:12):
I'll defend men on this. Dudes don't talk on the phone,
Like they just don't. And like, yeah, back in the day,
I suppose dudes did because they had to, But like,
dudes just don't talk on the phone, you know what
I mean. Especially I think, like I know, like I
have like friends who are girls who will just call
(05:34):
their friends when they're bored, and like that's kind of
like a fun task. That's not the same for dudes.
Like if we're bored, we'll kind of sit in the booredom,
you know what I mean. So I'll defend dudes for
that one kind of, although I do think the sub
text not good. They don't show up on time. Well
if this is true. That's that's a problem. You guys
know me. I am very prod being on time. They
(05:57):
say I'll be there in five minutes, off that means
twenty or more. Chronic lateness has become so common that
many women to start telling men earlier meeting times just
to have him arrive when they actually need to. I
can't defend the fellows of this one beyond time, especially
if you like the girl beyond time. But also, ladies
do not be waiting twenty minutes for a dude. No, no, no, no.
(06:23):
They don't listen when women speak. Don't like that. Don't
like that. They say, you'll be mid sentence when we
notice that glaze Overlook, he's physically present, but mentally you
might as well be another planet. Active listening has become
a rare scale, will replaced by performative nodding while scrolling
through phones or scanning the room. Yeah, if you have
your phone out and just do that like you're on
(06:45):
your phone when somebody's talking, I can't defend that.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
This is rude.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
That's rude, shows less interest. Do not let somebodyulay with
that one hundred percent. They expect praise for doing the
bare minimum. Yeah, I clean the kitchen, he announces, expecting
parade complain the basic adult task. They say, the bar
has fallen so low many men now expect to shortiny
recognition for ordinary responsibilities. I do think that, Yeah, you
(07:15):
should obviously be pulling your own weight. However, I thank you.
Guys go farwards in general, right, both ways? Certainly, so,
I guess I could see that. Yeah, you shouldn't be
praised for doing things supposed to do. I think that's fair.
They hide behind screens instead of having face to face talks. Yeah,
they say, difficult conversations not happened via text, where emotional
(07:36):
response can be avoided and uncomfortable reactions not have to
be witnessed.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I think the problem with this is dudes is aren't
used to having those conversations because we don't have them
with each other. Yeah, I mean, like the dudes is
doing to do that. So yeah, I understand, like for
the big relationship stuff, it is better to have that
conversation actually having the conversation.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Than just have it under text. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Because also too, I think tone gets lost and a
lot of things can get lost and mistaken in text.
For sure, they rush physical intimacy without building connection. Well, yeah,
other dude's not me, save myself the slow bill getting
to know somebody who's been replaced by immediate expectations of
physical intimacy. They say, many men seem to be emotional
(08:23):
connection as unnecessary step rather than the foundation of meaningful relationships.
I can't really speak to that. I guess I don't
really know. I don't know not I have time for anything.
But if that's the case, I could see, Yeah, that
that definitely be downside. Although like I have like female
friends too seem to be like they're kind of that
(08:44):
way as well, Which do you So, I don't quite.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Know about that.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
They've abandoned common courtesies like holding doors, small gestures of consideration,
holding doors, offering a currey heavy items, or walk in
the side of the sidewalk. The streets of the sidewalk
have fallen by the wayside. And they say, it's not
about these are about treaty women as weak. They're about
showing awareness and respect. These aren't about treaty women with
(09:11):
hold on. These aren't about treaty women as weak. They're
about showing respect, awareness, and so on. Yeah, I think
that's his chivalry. Although I think there are guys who
are confused though, Like I have buddy who he held
the door for a woman and she yelled at him
for assuming she couldn't do to herself. So I do
think that, like there's been so many mixed signals the
(09:32):
last couple of years, I slopen doors. I still believe
that you should stand in the street side in case
water get splashed. You should do all those things, if
not for nothing, it makes you stand out, It makes
you so much excuse me, obviously better than the guys.
Don't do that. And if he's are opening your door,
hell no, cut his ass off. I hope you have
a fantastic Monday. If you had a chance to follow
(09:54):
at intern John Radio, I will see you Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
This is the Thawt Shower.
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