Latest / Black Box Theory Podcast / BBT #16 Snippet | People Will Stand in Line 3 Hours for Sneakers and 3 Minutes for a Voting Booth
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- Thomas: Unfortunately, we people that are more pressed to go stand in line and sleep in line for ⁓ AP ⁓ swatch pocket watch. But I mean, we're actively being screwed over. Malcolm: You know what? Yeah, I was seeing videos about like the fact that like this people had to literally shut down the stores because of some people lining up and rushing. ⁓ I really pray that we have the same energy and intent and, you know, to go vote, right, to go make to go make something happen, bro. So. Thomas: vote. know what? Here's what we should do. We should just raise some money, buy like 10, 10 AP Swatch pocket watches and say, hey, ⁓ everyone who votes, you enter in this raffle to win one. Just like Elon did, what was it, a million dollars? ⁓ When Trump was running for president, they did a thing where it's like everyone who votes, you get put into a ballot for a million dollars if you vote for Trump. I don't know if it was vote for Trump, but it was some sort of tactic they used to get people to turn out for Trump. Malcolm: For what? Thomas: And I bet you if we did that, they would say, that's illegal. But it's like, what do people need? Like I understand we're in a capitalist society where consumerism is at all time highs and we have people freaking out over dumpling, like toy dumpling ⁓ box openings. like, what are we, I just don't understand. does that mean they're fine being in the back of the slave house as long as they got an AP pocket watch? Malcolm: Bro, it is crazy. They really missed out because I'm seeing now I saw it's a company that's making the band because you with the pocket watch, you can take it out of like it's kind of like original casing. It's people that are selling the bands and they are a perfect fit match and color scheme. You can look it up. They're selling them for like one hundred sixty three dollars a band. So you're essentially getting a Royal Oak AP for what's the pocket watch price like four hundred five hundred, think. Four ninety nine plus the band roughly six, six fifty. Thomas: $4.99. Yeah. Malcolm: You're getting essentially an AP for 650 just because people are, and I was like, that wasn't rocket science. I knew somebody was going to do that. You don't have to be a genius to know people are going to want the bands because nobody is, I'm going lie. If you are genuinely walking around with a pocket watch, bro, like hanging, cause I saw a picture, I think on Twitter, like somebody was like, had it tested a jean holster, just hanging from the belt buckle, just like as a flapping around, like I ain't gonna lie, bro. Like if you, if you genuinely come to me and I asked you what the time is and you come out with a pocket watch, I ain't gonna lie, bro. Thomas: Hmm. Malcolm: Move away from me, bro, but like... Thomas: It's not even one of the cool ones where you like push the button and it open up. Malcolm: Nah, it's not like if it was at least like one of them joints like like a a like the joint you could like open it like like boom boom like yeah, but it's like it's genuinely like a a lanyard and then a watch bro, But yeah, I knew the man's was gonna be like the first like people are people are literally about it like I feel like they they could really miss the They really missed it making like they're gonna sell out regardless just because people want to say they have an AP but like the bands was the Thomas: But, could you assure me? Malcolm: killer here in Maryland. So I would not be surprised if I start seeing them on people's wrist. Thomas: People can't even. I don't know, bro. People can't even pronounce. ⁓ I don't know if I'm saying Audemar Paget. I don't really care. mean, if I'm being made fun of because I can't pronounce Paget, blame the American education system, I don't know. ⁓ But it's like, people's priorities are so messed up, I just. And it's not even just our people. That's another thing that needs to be understood. It's not just black people doing these things. Of course, most of the videos I saw, well, not most, I saw some that were from black areas, but there were people overseas fighting over, what was it, in France or something? They were literally fighting trying to get in the store. They were rioting trying to get in there. Yeah, or no, think the swatch stores are selling them. Because AP, they're too luxury to like. Malcolm: And it's AP. Yeah, I think I saw one in Miami. like shut down like the entire mall trying to get into the... I really prayed that... Why is my camera trolling? I really prayed that people like... Yeah, it's good. Thomas: I have to change the exposure, like focus on the actual camera. I don't know why, maybe because you're like not close enough to it, it keeps like focusing on the background. Malcolm: is cooked bro. Yeah. Thomas: it is. Malcolm: I really pray people carry that same energy. Thomas: Please, vote. Like, vote. You gonna stand in line and sleep in line for this? Don't forget, don't forget, that's your GTA. Malcolm: Please vote. It was generally people ⁓ Thomas: Sleeping Alive for GTA, but not void. Malcolm: Nah, nah, I'm not sleeping in I mean, I'm getting digital, so I don't know about I'm sleeping in the line, but like, I wouldn't do that even if was. As much as I love it, I'm not sleeping outside for nothing. Thomas: You Ahem. Malcolm: But sleep, like standing outside, I feel like that's the same level of like, like I wouldn't, like there's people that sleep outside for Jordan still probably. I just, I'm like bruh, like, like no, I'm not doing that, bro. So. Thomas: That's because resellers ruined everything. Like they actually ruined everything. Malcolm: They did. I do understand like to the point where it's like bruh like I'm at the pay 10x whatever the original retail price was bro like that's not my bro I don't even look for expensive shoes no more bro I just got me a pair of Asics $87 before tax and sipping. That's what I'm on bro like I don't need no bro like Thomas: Hey, it's Dress for Less over here. Malcolm: bro.