Show and Tell 10/19
Weirdos of the Internet, Unite!!
Show and Tell 10/19
Welcome to Neverrong. Read along here for any and all juicy tidbits and links you may have missed along the way. Listen to the FULL EPISODE here.
Intro:
Another fun episode! David starts us off with his favorite (and now defunct) app, but as usual, each of the boys brings a topic to the fore - which we show and then tell to our handsome comrades.
David’s Spiel: Oil Pulling and Algorithmic Weirdness
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It’s not about clothes, but David’s gotten hooked on a Tiktok trend called oil pulling, where people take a tablespoon of oil and swish it around your mouth for up to twenty minutes. Its benefits are allegedly manifold.David’s FYP has become all oil-pulling. He believes the quality of tiktok has gone down since the Tiktok Shop function began.
Dentists have weighed in and apparently it’s fine, but won’t exactly cure your depression as some people claim. And if you get too deep into it, you can always buy an oil-pulling spitoon to spit out your coconut oil so you don’t clog your sink.
Reed (who doesn’t have tiktok) is bemused by why people share all this cuckoo behavior - he asks why people have begun doing all this since tiktok was launched, BUT Albert counters that this is a chicken or the egg situation. He thinks people have always been this odd, but Tiktok just lets us see into the darkest recesses of the populace.
We discuss “targeted individuals,” people who believe they are being… well targeted. And now with tiktok, all these people can get together, and WE also get to bear witness without being in an odd message board somewhere.
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If David’s algo (at the time of recording) was all oil-pulling, Albert’s was “Need More Boolets.” We agree it’s simply much too easy for weirdos to get together. We touch on Baby Gronk, Liver King, and “gangstalking.”
Albert’s Spiel: Co-branded Rolexes!
David and Albert had already talked about this odd niche of collecting, but Albert was reminded of it when he saw an image of the above watch circulating on Instagram.
The consensus online about this Datejust from 1985 is that it must be real, because why would anyone make a counterfeit that specifies Levi’s Youthwear. There was a time where companies (and countries) could make a bulk order from Rolex and get their watches co-branded with their own logo (or flag). This doesn’t really happen anymore, but these watches have come to be very sought after for their rarity (and sometimes, sheer silliness).
Albert found a masterlist on Reddit of every known Rolex co-branded watch. Most of these were made from the 1950s-80s, they sometimes still do this, but then the co-branding is either on the case-back or on the bracelet.
All manner of sports teams, companies, and foreign governments have had these made over the years and they’re so fun to go through… the only problem is that some of the Reddit links don’t appear to be operational anymore… happy hunting!
Reed’s Spiel: Sneakers Have Gone Bust
A few weeks ago, the Yeezy 1 prototype sold at auction for $180,000, which seems like a lot until you consider that only two years before, these same sneakers had been sold in a different auction for $1.8 million.
So these iconic shoes worn by Kanye at the 2008 Grammys are down 90% in value. It calls to mind The Big Short, but anyone who’s been eyeing sneakers know that they’re just not holding value the way they used to.
Reed asks how everyone feels about this change in the sneaker and (therefore) fashion world. Albert, who came late to the game sneaker-wise, noticed this decline from 2018 on, based on the attendance and frequency of Undefeated raffles on La Brea.
David points out that 2021 was the craziest bubble (when the first auction happened), all assets went crazy. Between 2021 and now, Kanye’s personal stock has bottomed out. A lover of Nazis, etc. It’s never been less cool to have Kanye’s shit in your house.
Clothes just don’t appreciate the way they used to. You kids remember how Grailed used to work??
Well, you’ve been shown and you’ve been told.