Low Fact Podcast

Dave talks about his theory for success and one of his favorite movie quotes.

Matt and Dave decide not to talk about all the same stuff everyone else is talking about. Topics discussed include: humans being the real wealth, people who talk about the virtues of being poor, hypocrisy, thinking you're special, asking others to sacrifice, the pursuit of happiness, people doing what they want, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about the book Supercommunicators, listening to audio books, being a black sheep, sleeping, vegan and organic food, hanging out with old college friends, Easter Island, smoking super strong weed, nicotine pouches, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about 80% of people being crap, being the horse from Animal Farm, the state of the economy, the 99 Cent Store closure, leaders being expendable, thinking of people as products, AI, self-checkout, business closures, people who are abused by life, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about doing more, the psychology of someone quitting, treating other people the way you're treated, effective people losing their conscientiousness, engaging with your neighbors, and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about the earth getting cooler, striving to improve yourself, people as wealth, enslavement, making bad professional choices, being in prison, billionaires, middle men, first crushes, and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about people using guilt to get stuff from you, life being tough, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, going after the inferior or short-term solutions to things, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about movies and TV getting worse, The 10 Commandments, chicken little, doing what we want, power corrupting us, Cincinnatus, one of the morals of George Orwell's Animal Farm, Brittany Spears, being a leech, and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about the problem with simplistic solutions, communism, facism, people who have everything done for them, the person who works three times harder than everyone else, promotion of useless people, taxes, industrial music, everything being about money, and other stuff. WARNING: No bleeps are given during this episode.

Dave and Matt talk about figuring out who is using you, letting things fall apart, selfishness, wanting other people to pay for us, inconveniencing others, entitlement, mob mentality, Nixon, Stalin, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about Joe Biden, plastic surgery, AI, sins, money being fake, copying the wrong people, guilt, and the idea of treating similar things similarly and different things differently.* *We're sorry about the background noise from around 13:45-18:35 and then again at 20:00-21:25. All efforts were made to remove the background noises, but unfortunately the rubbish truck wanted to get i...

Matt and Dave talk about revolutionaries in Hollywood movies, the love of money, self-righteous people, the song How to Be Lonely by Rita Ora, excessive drug and alcohol use as lawyers, preferences, the billions being spent on the homelessness issue in California, non-profits, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about food, forgiveness, making people walk their talk, revenge porn, disappointment, election season in California, penguins, and polar bears.

Dave and Matt talk about ignoring meaningless stuff, Mardi Gras, Lent, being unhappy, Chesty Puller, suicidal thoughts, the movie Moneyball, people cheating, nuisance lawsuits, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about voting along party lines, the squeakiest wheel getting the grease, people wanting more, manipulation versus guidance, negative versus positive feedback, bureaucrats, Confucian philosophy, and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about the topics of feeling good versus doing good, aging, the idea of being at the top of your game at a young age, mixed messaging, wanting people to lie to us, things getting way worse than you thought they could, and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about people who talk about doing things for the love of humanity, disruptors, birth rates, people who act like your parent, Dan Bongino, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about being demoralized as a nation, the names of some dictators, Karl Marx, communism, marines, the series Band of Brothers, Johnny Depp, hard times, taking a tit for tat approach, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about some inconvenient truths and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about the dangers of retirement without having a plan about what you're going to do, idle hands being the devil's workshop, fate, working towards your goals, life being about the journey, and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about rangering on, New Year's resolutions and goals for 2024, women choosing the wrong men, going with your gut, being offensive, telling people what to do, some annoying phrases, changing your habits, and other stuff.

In their Christmas 2023 episode Matt and Dave talk about the 80's cult classic movie Better Off Dead, people doing crappy stuff, fixing things that we do wrong, the "diet coke effect", and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about greed, lies, things changing in life, the movies Pulp Fiction and The Big Blue, Robin Williams, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about choosing to be happy, lies, marriage, effecting change, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about people doing stupid things and getting mad at that stupidity, people who give you unsolicited advice, cheating, having a society that works well starting with the small stuff, property rights, power, Japan, trying to speak other languages with an accent, and other stuff.