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July 2nd, 2026: The Empire State Building Proposal, No More Physical Discs And Being Back In South Philly · The Daily Sarcast

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  Today's ad is sponsored by Melting From The Heat. Welcome, but be good.
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  The phrase on the new passports, our president just launched.
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  Insert theme song here. This is the Daily Starcast. I give you the news and maybe a laugh.
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  I'm Lindsay Vernick, and today is July 2nd, 2026.
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  Today, I'm going to try to melt an egg on a frying pan.
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  And this might be on TV, depending on who I end up telling. while I'm on set. TBD.
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  So, in real news, New York was treated to a very romantic, very illegal before men's art piece
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  yesterday when two people decided the Empire State Building wasn't that tall
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  and went ahead and climbed to the antenna like it was casual rock climbing.
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  Once at the top, because apparently fear of heights is optional,
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  they unfurled a giant banner that read, when the power of love beats the love
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  of power, the world knows peace. I mean, that's cute.
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  Or it's what you say before the NYPD sent a helicopter to ruin your engagement photos.
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  Yeah, so one of them got down on one knee, and then there was a proposal.
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  And yes, this all happened on a building that was not designed for romance or
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  safety or literally anything, except holding a giant spire.
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  Police eventually escorted the couple down and arrested them.
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  And probably thinking we did not train for Shakespeare on scaffolding.
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  They believed the pair may be professional rooftop climbers,
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  because of course they are, meaning this wasn't just love, it was also Randall I meant.
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  They were even featured in a Netflix documentary called Skywalkers,
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  a love story that now feels like a documentary about humans who forgot consequences exist.
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  No injuries were reported, It was just emotional damage to every insurance adjuster in New York.
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  Bad news if you've been clinging to physical media pre-2027.
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  Sony is wanting non-production of recordable Blu-ray discs, and they're joining
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  CDs and mini-discs in the Museum of Things Millennials insists that we're actually better,
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  which means that we're one step closer to owning absolutely nothing.
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  Remember when buying a game and actually buying a game?
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  Now you buy permission to download the game and then need a 78 gigabyte update
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  before you can spend 45 minutes creating your character's eyebrows,
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  which I know nothing about because I'm not obsessed with The Sims.
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  Physical discs are becoming the blockbuster of entertainment.
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  Pretty soon, the only thing left that comes in a disc will be pizza.
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  Gen Alpha is going to grow up thinking DVDs were just giant coasters adults collected.
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  I'm not saying I miss physical media, But I do miss making my friends mix CDs.
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  Like, that was such a love language.
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  Netflix has officially announced a new limited series about the JonBenet Ramsey
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  case, starring Melissa McCarthy.
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  This case is nearly 30 years old and has already been the subject of countless
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  documentaries, specials, podcasts, and Reddit rabbit holes.
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  And executives looked at all of that and said, you know what this needs? A Netflix series.
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  At this point, Netflix treats unsolved crimes the way Disney treats superheroes.
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  If there's a recognizable name attached to it, they're making content about it.
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  The series promises a fresh look at one of America's most infamous mysteries,
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  which is Hollywood good for.
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  We just need to add prestige lighting to it.
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  And if Netflix keeps this pace up, pretty soon your family argument from Thanksgiving
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  is going to get a six-part documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman and Lindsay Life.
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  I was out in South Philly last night, and I had a lot of nostalgia for when
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  I used to live there with my ex.
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  But I didn't actually live there and also he wasn't really my ex.
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  It was my very long-term situationships house that I went to literally all the time.
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  Five weird things that happened to me this week. I went out on a school night
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  in Philly and slept at a friend's, which is actually my boss.
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  I did improv on HGTV.
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  I watched the girl from Haramika turn into a gardener.
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  I asked a famous actor if they were a camera operator. And I cried in the middle
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  of Target in the drink aisle on the phone with unemployment as people tried
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  to get around me and get their drinks.
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  Cooking tip of the day. Clean as you cook or don't. You'll have to clean at some point.
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  Feedback, comments, questions, and I should wish by looking for a date,
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  email me at lindsay at thedailystarcast.com.
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  Thanks so much for listening. Have a great day and I'll talk to you guys tomorrow.