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The hosts Bob Muyskens, Mark Fischbach, and Wade Barnes return for another rambling episode of Distractible. Bob hosts a game inspired by Wavelength, where one co-host acts as a psychic giving an example to help the other guess a rating on a 0-to-20 scale for various abstract concepts, such as pessimism, ethical dilemmas, and meme popularity. Between rounds of the game, the hosts chat about personal health updates, including Wade family cancer battles and upcoming surgeries, Mark wearing a back brace, and Bob healing from multiple foot holes.
The episode opens with quirky Lemonati-themed ads followed by two sponsor spots for fragrances and grocery savings.
Bob, Mark, and Wade kick off the episode, joking about their roles and setting up the game of Cloth Off the Bone.
Wade and Mark play the meme‑rating round, debating which meme falls where on the optimism scale.
The final round asks participants to rate names from young to old, concluding the game and wrapping up the episode.
Bob explains the board‑style game, outlining the psychic/guesser roles, the 0–20 scale, and how points are awarded.
The hosts discuss the ethics of taking toilet paper during the pandemic, scoring the scenario on a 0–20 scale.
The game moves to a museum visit, with participants estimating how exciting the outing is on the scale.
Wade describes a first date, and the group rates its quality from bad to great on the scale.
The hosts debate which names best represent younger and older genders, debating Liam, Maddie, and James.
They assign numeric values to names and discuss how to score them for the game.
The group discusses Wade’s name and rates how likely he would survive an apocalypse.
Points are tallied, revealing Wade as the winner with 10 points and Mark’s bronze medal.
Organ removal after a herniastory
Mark explains how his friend Sandy had to get her spleen removed because her lower organs were pushed up into her chest cavity after an accident and couldn't all fit back down.
Bob shares his frustration when a doctor's poor cast placement caused a blister that turned into a brand new wound on his foot right as it was healing.
Explaining the Wavelength game mechanicsstrategy
Bob introduces a custom guessing game where a psychic tries to lead a guesser to a specific number on a 0-to-20 scale by providing a single example.
Rating pure pessimisminsight
Wade gives a bleak example for a pessimism scale, leading Mark to successfully guess a low score of two.
Emoji popularity ratinginsight
Mark and Wade debate the niche utility versus overall popularity of the clapping hands emoji, landing precisely on fourteen.
Guessing name age rankingsinsight
Wade offers the names Liam and Maddie to represent a young person's name on a 0-to-20 scale, helping Mark score a point.
Surviving the apocalypse with Joelinsight
Mark uses Joel from The Last of Us as a clue for an apocalypse survival scale, which Wade correctly guesses as a sixteen.
“The Lemonati has spent decades keeping lemon on top and lime in the shadows. Their lemon agenda has infiltrated everything, even our music.”
“I was like, man, you were really torn up about the first hole I came in with. You have no concerns whatsoever. And he's like, ah, ah, but on Friday, just, just unwrap your leg and you're free to go.”
“I think there's a thing on the wheel that says lie points are absolute.”
“I was like, oh, God, oh, no. Oh, jeez, I'm logging in with my jury card. Oh, shit, my number, my PIN code. And it was like, oh, you don't have to show up.”
“The scale ranges from zero to 20. Okay, and the one I just sent Wade, zero would be the most pessimistic, and 20 would be the most optimistic.”
“I was like, man, he's above, he's above a 15. He's gotta be, but like.”
“I was like, man, this could be as high as an 18, but like a 75th percentile, maybe.”
“I have no clue, but you hit close to my number and I'm happy about that.”
“I did not think Liam sounded that young.”
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