Monday, 12 July 2021

Two Racists Go To A Football Match - The Wrap Up #44

From the fallout of the Euro 2020 final to the rise of hot tub status symbols, this look at modern masculinity explores racism, parenting, and recovery.

Euro 2020Marcus RashfordStuart RobertsSocial Media RacismBlack WidowDating EtiquetteTeam Super Dad
By The Jonnie Jensen Show | 36m listen | 12 chapters
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About this episode

England's Euro 2020 final loss to Italy triggered a wave of racist abuse against Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka, sparking a national outcry over social media accountability. The defacement of a Rashford mural and riots in Leicester Square highlight a persistent undercurrent of xenophobia that remains at odds with the sportsmanship displayed by Italian captain Giorgio Chiellini. This cultural tension mirrors local conflicts, including a recent police report involving an elderly neighbor’s verbal assault on an Indian resident.

Former Wall Street trader and Visibility author Stuart Roberts shares his journey of marital recovery and lifestyle design following a transformative house swap between San Diego and San Francisco. The shift in digital culture extends to Facebook, where a surge in hot tub photos has turned the 'sex pond' into a polarizing middle-aged status symbol. Meanwhile, the reality of modern dating apps is scrutinized after a high-profile ghosting incident, leading to a call for direct communication over the trend of blocking potential partners without explanation.

Family dynamics take center stage as the release of Black Widow at Cineworld Rochester reinforces the importance of cinematic traditions and shared McDonald's meals. One father faces the consequences of allowing his 14-year-old son to drink Belgian cherry beers during the penalty shootout, resulting in a first hangover and a dispute with an ex-partner. The search for family-friendly PlayStation 5 titles continues as Yaro Starak and Dan Reed prepare to join the community to discuss the evolving legacy of modern fatherhood.


CHAPTER 01 / 12 Discussion

Stuart Roberts, Wall Street Trader and Visibility Author

A recent podcast episode featured Stuart Roberts, a former Wall Street trader and angel investor who authored the book Visibility. Roberts discussed his personal recovery after his wife threatened to leave him, detailing how he improved his marriage and lifestyle. He recently shared photos in the Team Super Dad community of a house swap holiday between San Diego and San Francisco.

stuart roberts· visibility· wall street· angel investor· san francisco· house swap

00:00 Hello gang, it's Johnny. Welcome to another episode of The Wrap Up. Two dads wrapping up their week and having a laugh about everything that's gone right and wrong. Roll theme. Welcome to Team Super Dad. Real dads creating their best lives ever. More time, more money, more fun. You are not alone. You're on Team Super Dad. Good evening, Glenn. How you doing? I am... Well, I've been better. I've been better.

00:39 I am in mourning. My voice has decided to abandon me as much as it can. I can hear that. I can totally hear that. My voice is kind of okay. But yeah, morning, definitely. A lot going, a lot going on, which we will get round to. Welcome to the Team Super Dad wrap-up. This is the fun side of our weekly podcast episodes. If you were listening, or if you're subscribed to the podcast, then you would have seen my conversation with Stuart Roberts this week gone, last week. Bloody brilliant. The bloke is got a book called Visibility. It wasn't like one of those press things.

01:20 Oh, go, I'm going to come on the show because I've got a book. No, he was chit-chatting in another group in America. And so we're going to have to remove LinkedIn. We're having trouble streaming too. This may be an issue on it. We'll keep trying and let you know. Okay, keep trying. It's fine. That's good, isn't it? Perseverance. If in doubt, keep going. Click on it again. Just click on the icon again. Oh, yeah. So his book, Visibility. So he is just a really good, good guy. So you should check out that podcast episode if you haven't listened to it. And he's in the Team Superdad group, which is a community of modern dads, dads creating their best life ever, really shaking things up in our focus, fitness, finance, family, and fun.

02:07 So we can be the dad and man we want to be. And yeah, Stuart, he's done this cool thing. Go and listen to the podcast. But he used to be a Wall Street trader. Then he was an angel investor. And then one day his wife said, I'm going. He's like, what do you mean you're going? And of course, he was completely oblivious to what a shit husband he had been. But he's fixed it all up. And he's got this cool book, which is like, it's basically chunked out into how he bounced back and how he fixed things up. But he shared pictures in the Team Super Dad group of this house that he's done a house swap with. So he swapped his house in San Diego with someone whose house is

02:48 in San Francisco. And he's just like having this epic holiday in San Francisco. And he shared pictures of this house. He's like house sitting. So it's just a good guy, a good example of making things happen, basically. So a really cool, cool week talking to him. That was one of the highlights. If you're listening for the first time, then welcome. If you're watching for the first time, then you can see us live on most of the socials. Maybe not LinkedIn right now. We're like the gate crashes on LinkedIn anyway. We're like bringing down the tone somewhat or maybe helping people on their commute home. So if you're on LinkedIn, give us a little hello.

CHAPTER 03 / 12 Discussion

Dating App Etiquette, Ghosting and Direct Communication

A scheduled date on Saturday fell through after a woman ghosted one of the hosts despite having initiated the pursuit. The incident led to a broader discussion on dating app etiquette and the importance of honest communication over "playing games." They argue that adults should provide a clear "thanks but no thanks" rather than blocking or disappearing without explanation.

tinder· dating apps· ghosting· communication· social etiquette

05:36 It's more like an advert, basically. It's more like a phone calls for your Gareth Southgate tribute appearances might dry up a little bit now. The Euros has finished. So sorry. That's all right. You know, I still might, once the dust has settled, I'll put it on my Tinder profile again. Yeah, I was due to actually be going on a date on Saturday, but she totally ghosted me last week. And I called her out on it on Thursday. And it was just like, you know, you don't, if she's been chasing me for a while and we've finally got the date set in a diary, you don't disappear.

06:15 That's just, that's just not on. And then you can't disappear and then try and play the victim of, oh, I'm really busy. And you're the one who asked me out. Come on. Yeah. Step your game up. Well, I got into a bit of a flipping trouble. I told you, I think I shared this on the wrap-up a few weeks ago when someone was saying how this bloke was a weirdo because they were chatting on a dating app and then he went and found her like business page and messaged us through it. And so, yeah, then you rightly said, well, that is a bit weird. But I put the other perspective on it, which was he's really keen on you. And instead of you saying, actually, thanks for chatting. I don't think we're compatible. You just blocked him and disappeared

07:01 in his optimistic kind of desperation. He doesn't know whether you've accidentally clicked the wrong button or what. So just say thanks, but no thanks, you know? Yeah, yeah, people have got to get better at just being honest about these sort of things. It's not good enough to play games. We're all too old for that. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, playing games. It has been a rip-roaring, despite the rain and the fact that it feels like we're in the autumn, but it's been a rip-roaring June and July because the Euros have been on. And getting to that final last night

CHAPTER 04 / 12 Discussion

UEFA Euro 2020 Final, Parenting and Underage Drinking

The England national team's appearance in the Euro 2020 final provided a significant bonding moment for families, marking the first major final for the team since 1966. One host allowed his 14-year-old son to consume several beers, including Belgian cherry beers and Corona, during the match. The decision resulted in the teenager experiencing his first hangover and the father facing criticism from his ex-partner.

uefa euro 2020· england football· parenting· alcohol· hangover· belgium cherry beer

07:38 was so bloody brilliant. It really was a moment because I spoke to my dad and he said, he goes, I can die now. You can die now. He goes, well, it feels like, you know, I watched the England final in 66 when I was about 20 something. And now, you know, we're in a final again. He goes, it feels like a good bookend. He goes, I can go out next week on a positive note. I was like, well, A, you don't even know if you're going to win. And B, I'd quite like to see you a few more times after this week. Yeah. Yeah. Especially as he said, I left it. We'll be watching it on the record because it'd never make it past eight o'clock.

08:23 I've got to admit, I've not re-watched it yet. So we're recording this on the Monday, and the match obviously was played for some weird reason, eight o'clock on a Sunday night. I mean, I don't understand why it couldn't have been played a bit earlier in a day. Who knows? It's Sunday or the Saturday night or whatever. It's just crazy. Yeah. On the weekend to get drunk. Yeah, I've not been very productive this morning. Although I have been a lot more productive than my son. My son's 14. And last night I let him have a couple of beers over the course of the football. He violently learned how what the morning after entails.

09:07 He's not had a pleasant morning at all. I am in a lot of trouble with his mum for actually letting him have a couple of beers. I was going to say, is that why you're in the doghouse with the ex okay? Oh, well, one of many reasons, I'm sure. That's the current. That's the current reason that she thinks I'm a bad man and a bad father. I just figured he's 14. He's going to be 15 soon. And he's going to get drunk at some point. I was probably about that age when my dad got me drunk. Not got me drunk, but I got drunk with my dad for the first time. And I figured, realistically, we might not see another final. It's been 55 years.

09:47 And I'm probably not going to be around in 55 years' time. So I want to just spend one night with my boy, having a beer. beer, watching the football. And I thought, if he's going to get drunk, that's a story. That's a night for him to remember or not remember too well. But yeah, if you're going to do it, then do it. Do it for a good reason. I totally validate you. You are free of any guilt or anything, you know, any kind of poor feelings about this. If I was God or Judge Judy, I would whatever the word is that I'm looking for. I don't know enough legal jargon words, but I would find you innocent on all counts.

10:29 Thank you. Yeah, it's weird. I genuinely, sometimes with these sort of things, when the ex has a has a pop at me for saying something to the kids or like giving some advice or letting them do something, sometimes I'm thinking, has she got a point? Should I feel I have no regrets about this at all? Not a single one. I think there's plenty of people who are still together who have got in trouble for just such a thing. No, if you're going to be the yeah, I agree. 14 years old, going on 15, not like he's 14 in one day, he's 14 300 days or whatever. And yeah, good. I say yes. What was his, what was the beer?

11:08 What flavor? What make? The first two, because he had about three or four over the course of like an afternoon. The first two were Belgian cherry beers. And then the last couple were Corona because that was just what we were cold in an ice bucket. Okay, yeah. Do you think it was the cherry beers or do you think it was the number of beers altogether? I think it was probably the number of beers. Okay. Bless him. He's only 14. Your body, it's got to learn how to do it. And I think it's weird, though, because in between him being sick and all that sort of stuff, he's absolutely bright and happy and sparky.

11:51 But then apparently he'll just go over and project Island and be like back and fine. I know. Good lad. So I agree. I say, I remember four. I don't remember very much about last night. Okay. So the first time, and here's the thing: they say the ball rolls down the hill. You know, the first time he has a beer with his boy, he will share the story of how England and the final and Euros, which were from 2020, but actually paid in 2021. And my dad got all it, it's good. Yes, building up a mythology. Yes, the legacy. Yeah, totally. Darth Vader, all that stuff.

CHAPTER 05 / 12 Discussion

Italy Victory, Giorgio Chiellini and Sportsmanship

Italy defeated England in the Euro 2020 final following a tense match that went to a penalty shootout. Despite the loss, the hosts praised the Italian team's performance throughout the tournament and highlighted the sportsmanship of captain Giorgio Chiellini. They noted a positive trend of "nice people" in the current generation of professional footballers, contrasting with the high-pressure environment of international sports.

italy· giorgio chiellini· jordi alba· uefa euro 2020· sportsmanship· football

12:33 It's beautiful. So obviously, yeah, when I was there with my with my boy, Rosie, the daughter, she's kind of checking out of football a little bit now. She really, if she can't get excited for a Euros final after five years of hurt, then I think we are starting to get an idea of where her future attitude towards football football. She's supportive, more than interested. It would be. But when we scored the first goal in the first two minutes, I launched out of the seat.

13:10 So Paul, my friend, and I and Jaygo pretty much ended up in a bundle on the floor. It was, first of all, a cheering up and down celebration, jumping. And then there's something, I think the dog got in the way. And the next thing you know, we're like kind of sort of on the floor and I got up. Then I'm hugging Joe. It's just, and then obviously as a Spurs fan, like, oh, we scored way too early. Yeah, we don't want to be sitting back for 90 minutes. Oh, man. I don't think it wasn't a bad match. It was a decent match. It was a tense match, obviously. But I can't begrudge the Italians the victory. For the whole tournament, they've been the best team.

13:55 When you look at Chielini, their captain, I've heard him that people say he looks like a Roman legionary. He really does. And he just seems like a lovely fella. He does. He just all seemed so nice. The way he was, I don't know what they were conversation was, but in the semi-finals when he was tossing the coin with the sports. Jordi Alba, yeah. So there was some banter going on there. What would normally seem like some kind of tense sporting kind of moment? They were literally bear hugging and laughing. And that's what he wants. I know. So I guess some people don't want sport to be like that, but I do. Yeah.

14:35 The thing is, when they're playing, absolute worries, absolute commitment and professionalism and so on. But they also, they just, there seems to be this generation of footballers who are just nice, nice people. And I'm so, so sad about the. the fact that I mean, Sancho, not many of them in the UK know too much about, but Saka has just been such a lovely kid. And Rashford obviously is a legend. For those two to have missed, I don't think they're going to be vilified in the same way that Southgate himself was all those years ago. There's going to be no Pizza Hut adverts at any point. Yeah, so basically, for those that lived under a rock, or you could be in America and not have a clue what we're talking about.

CHAPTER 06 / 12 Discussion

Racial Abuse, Marcus Rashford Mural and Social Media Accountability

Following England's penalty shootout loss, players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka were targeted with racist abuse online. A mural of Rashford was defaced, and riots broke out in Leicester Square involving younger fans throwing bottles at police. The discussion emphasizes the need for social media accountability and expresses disbelief at the persistence of mindless racism in 2021.

marcus rashford· bukayo saka· jadon sancho· racism· twitter· leicester square

15:16 The game went into all the time, no, the game went into extra time and still a draw at the end of that. So then it goes into penalties. Each team takes five penalties. And three of the players from England that took penalties were black guys. And combination, none of them missed. I think they all got saved. Oh, no, Rashford hit the post. Rashford hit the post. And the flipping Twitter sphere has blown up with... Well, in fact, not just Twitter. Marcus Rashford had some memurial of him because he's been doing, you know, looking out for the kids for the last year during lockdown. He had some muriel defaced that they're about to go and cover up as well.

15:58 So I just, my mind, I just can't get my head round how in 2021 we can be dealing with mindless racism that were probably half an hour before were cheering those people. The only good part about this being on social media is the fact that they can be tracked down. Now, not always. There is still anonymous stuff that happens. But if they put something out there, it can be traced to them. And these racist scumbags can be taken down and get in proper legal trouble for it. And they should. Absolutely should. If I knew someone, I'd shop them tomorrow. Yeah, it should be. Do you know these people? Well, and the same with the

16:43 Leicester Square. In my mind, I'm like, okay, well, the racist people must be older generation. They must be like people that are out of touch, people, people, I go, maybe even our age, you know, middle-aged blokes who got no flipping BAME friends, no, you know, come from a community where they don't know any black people, Asian people, whatever. But then in Leicester Square last night in London, seemingly the people that were smashing things up and chucking bottles at the police were all like 20-year-olds, 20-something-year-olds. It's so sad. It's so sad. You kind of think we should have moved past this by now.

17:20 We absolutely should have. I thought we had for a long time, but I don't know what it is about these people who then undo all the good work of all the England fans that have been doing so well and being so positive about things. You get this small minority who aren't, they're just thugs who use football as an excuse for this tribalism to just attack and cause havoc because they are dickheads. Yeah, dickheads. It's all you, you just, you want to see something happen as a result of it somehow, some way. But without getting too political, like our civil liberties can

18:03 be affected by like, because then now we've got more CCTV. You're going to have things that are tracking you everywhere. You're going to have to put a passport in to open a Twitter account. You're going to have to do all these things. So that means that we're more and more tracked and monitored. But because it's those kind of absolute cretins that can't work out. How can you get your phone out after we've lost and be like, you black bastards? I mean, I just, what? I just was like, oh, I was just talking to my mates and gutted and kind of just wrapping the party up, ready to go home.

18:41 Like, wow, man. Yeah. Crazy. So if you are a racist bastard and you want to explain what the hell's going on, then by all means, come like flipping comment now and give us some grief. I don't know. My mind boggles as to what the hell you think is going on in the world. But putting that aside, I mean, not that it's easy to put aside because it's a ridiculous issue, but just to go back to kind of the tournament in general, lovely. Really fun tournament, really good football. And it did a lot. It did a, you know, something to look forward to every day. And I, and not only did I enjoy the football, I've also profited off it.

CHAPTER 07 / 12 Discussion

Sports Betting, Profit Margins and Stadium Behavior

A group bet on the Euro 2020 tournament resulted in a £60 profit despite losses during the final match. The conversation shifts to the behavior of fans in stadiums, specifically the trend of throwing expensive beer into the air during goal celebrations. The hosts criticize this practice as a waste of money and a nuisance to other spectators.

sports betting· bookmakers· harry kane· golden boot· football fans

19:24 Me and me and some friends were doing some betting, kind of put it, we had the chips in. Halfway through, you were down. We were down. We were down. And then around the semi-finals time, it all went up. And even though we lost probably half, if not two-thirds of our money on the final, we actually ended up. up uh 60 quid in profit. Uh, so that's that's pretty good. We doubled our money. I'm quite happy with that. That's bloody brilliant. I was, I thought, this is why I don't bet, right? So, because I didn't actually put the bet on, but in my mind, I had a bet, which was England beat Italy in the final.

20:03 Harry Kane wins the golden boot. Oh, he scores in the final and wins the golden boot. That would have been good, yeah. And it also would have been me losing money. So, I feel like, yeah, but it's rare that we end up beating the bookies. Um, we do it every now and then, so uh, yeah, it feels it feels like there's been a little bit of victory on that anyway. We're going to spend the money on or going out together somewhere going out in Leicester Square, throw some bottles at St. Police. Yeah, great, great. Uh, but what about the I love this? Is for me, I was talking about families today and our kids, and you shared at the beginning of this about your 14-year-old.

20:39 But it's just at our age, because back in the day, 1996, it was all like uni, beers, carnage. Uh, I'm glad we didn't chuck beer in the air back in the day. Is that waste of beer? It's a waste of beer. I can understand it if it's an involuntary thing, if you absolutely lose it. But I've seen people who have like a beer to hand ready, and as soon as they look like, grab the beer because they're going to want what's the five, six quids worth of beer. If you're that, if you that do use water, this is my gold beer, this is my drinking beer.

21:20 Ridiculous, god damn, yeah, I need another gold beer. I'm not no, and so much as well. Everyone's up to it. I think some of it's pissed, I think some of it's water, um, and some of it is just a very expensive uh shower, basically. Yeah, oh, these people, idiots, but yeah, the whole family vibe, just creating memories. A bit like my dad was saying about like you know, he said, Oh, I watched, I watched the 66 final out because I was at work, and and I, the guy, we got on, all of us got on well at work, so we had a TV out the back, and we and I was actually at work.

CHAPTER 08 / 12 Discussion

Family Traditions, Marvel Movies and Black Widow Release

The release of the Marvel movie Black Widow served as a catalyst for maintaining family traditions, with one host taking his children to the Cineworld in Rochester. They discussed the importance of shared interests, such as cinema and sports, in building a "mythology" and legacy with their children. The outing included the traditional routine of eating McDonald's inside the theater.

marvel studios· black widow· cineworld· rochester· family traditions· mcdonalds

22:00 He said, He was working at um John Liddell's something car garage or something, basically, and um, and so it in the same of your 14-year-old, you know, he's got that memory now. Me and my boy, Jay Go, through through uh since he was three, four, and all the trials and tribulations we've been through there, sport and hanging out, or sitting on the couch, or going to the match, talking about what went on, who was right, who was wrong. These, these are our magic moments. I love that side of it with our kids, and if it's not my daughter and her dancing, um, just making time.

22:42 I can, you know, people are like, Oh, I'm going, I'm not going to watch the match with my kids, I'm going to the pub. Like, yeah, that's what they want to choose to do. But, and if your kid really doesn't like football, then fair dues. But for me, that memory is hanging out with my kids and sharing my interests with them, or me going and like having a brilliant day watching her dance because that's what we're going to celebrate, you know? Yeah, I was so happy. So, my ex had the kids at the weekend, and I know she wouldn't have let me have them. Um, but my sister just stepped in. She said, Look, we really want to watch it as a family. Uh, my brother and his kids were coming around, she was there with her kids, and so on, and managed to get them together.

23:21 And other than, if a last-minute ticket had come up for a couple of grand, I had Uber ready to go. But other than that, there's nowhere else I'd rather have been than with my kids because uh, it's so just like you say, finding those little things, having those things. So, um, Black Widow, the Marvel movie, came out last week. Um, I make a point of every time a Marvel movie comes out, take my kids to see it in the cinema. It's become like a little tradition with us in terms of all the Marvel stuff. So, last week, for the first time in years, went off to the cinema, watched Black Widow, and just spent that time again, just going back to something that we all love and just doing that again. It was so, so nice to do. Did you go to the big one at Blue Water? Where did you go? No, just Rochester.

24:04 Um, there's a cine world in Rochester, oh, yeah, which is really nice. It's got so grabbed the McDonald's, went and ate the McDonald's inside the cinema, um, and uh, just enjoyed it. Just spent time, and there was hardly anyone else around as well. It was so nice, yeah, I love it. Uh, cinema has always been a bit of a linchpin family thing in my family as well. Uh, uh, when I was kids in Chicago, it's gonna sound like we were like 1930s or something, but it really was. We're talking 1980s, 1990s. So, some days it would be insanely hot, right? And so, the best. air conditioning around obviously was in the cinema. And so my auntie, Gladys, she at the time would have been late 80s.

CHAPTER 09 / 12 Discussion

Movie Soundtracks, Reservoir Dogs and Guardians of the Galaxy

A discussion on the best movie soundtracks of all time highlights Guardians of the Galaxy, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction as gold standards. The hosts explore how a good soundtrack creates an "audio palette" that unifies different musical styles under a single cinematic theme. They also mention the unofficial Spotify playlists for The Big Lebowski and the aggressive electronic tone of The Matrix.

reservoir dogs· guardians of the galaxy· pulp fiction· big lebowski· high fidelity· soundtracks

24:46 And then so we would go and catch like a mid mid-morning movie. And then when the movie finished, go and just wander around and loiter and then go sneak our way into another one. She was always, no one's ever going to stop an old lady. So, yeah, just you know, grey area, maximizing the grey area, basically. I love it. Yeah. Go on. I was going to say, the one thing that I've loved, Marvel have started doing some really good movie soundtracks as well.

25:27 Putting together Guardians of the Galaxy, one of the best soundtracks of any movie that I've seen. And it got me thinking. And I was a drunk bought myself Reservoir Dogs, which is also one of the best soundtracks. It's amazing. I mean, it's ridiculous. Look at the size of the box that is coming. A massive, massive box to do it rather than a little slip. It's the Amazon. But this has got to be Reservoir Dogs, top 10 movie soundtrack album of all time, along with Guardians of Galaxy, Pulp Fiction, Lockstock, and Two Smoking Barrels. You know, there's a few soundtracks which just work in and of their own right as well.

26:11 The unofficial soundtrack for The Big Lebowski. Ah, interesting. Because the official soundtrack, they couldn't get the permission or the rights, or it cost too much money to have all the songs that they wanted. But the songs that are in the movie. So if you go on Spotify and search up Lebowski soundtrack or the Big Lebowski sound, people have put the songs from the movie in chronological order into a playlist. It's funny brilliant. Some of the Spike Lee movies have got good soundtracks, obviously. Do the right thing. That is a good.

26:50 A good soundtrack to me has like an audio palette. So you could know, like the Guardian stuff for volume one, volume two, and there's a load of unreleased stuff he released an extra playlist last year. Every song on it, obviously, they're totally different artists, different eras, different styles, but they all sound like they're from the same thing. And for me, a good album soundtrack, movie soundtrack, they all sound combined in some way and they all work together, even if they are vastly different styles. The Matrix, the original Matrix soundtrack, it's all kind of slightly aggressive and pacey, and there's a mix of metallic kind of electronic sounds and guitars, but it works brilliantly all together.

27:37 And just, I'd love, that would be a dream job putting together a soundtrack for a movie. I think that'd be awesome. Yeah, it's like a mixtape. It's like a proper, well-done quality mixtape. Yeah. Oh, there's obviously the Blues Brothers one is a good one. Blues Brothers. What's the movie where the guy where John Cusack runs a record shop? That is a good soundtrack also. Oh, yeah, high fidelity. High fidelity. That is another good soundtrack. Good, good, Glenn. We have started a thing. Team Super Dad crew, let us know your top, top movie soundtracks, top movie soundtracks.

CHAPTER 10 / 12 Discussion

Neighborhood Conflict, Xenophobia and Verbal Altercations

A local dispute occurred when an elderly neighbor told an Indian resident to "go back where he came from," leading to a heated verbal retaliation. The incident resulted in a police report and the Indian neighbor being briefly flagged on a low-level watch list due to his response. The host reflects on the challenges of educating older generations about modern multiculturalism and confronting casual racism.

xenophobia· racism· neighborhood dispute· police report· social education

28:18 We did have someone comment from YouTube earlier. I think he's Italian. Well, it's either Scottish. Oh no, it's clearly more likely Scottish. I think, yeah, he's absolutely right. It is. We think it's coming home, but yeah, full of football's gammon on or whatever. It's coming on. Yeah, it's a bunch of. Yeah. God damn, racists. Hate them. Xenophobes. Ironically, ironically, I want to kick the xenophobes out of my country. Oh, that is good. That's like one of those ironic t-shirts. Yeah. Xenophobes go home. Yeah.

29:04 I told you, I don't think I've mentioned it on the pod about my neighbor who told my Indian other neighbour to go back where he came from. And so the Indian, who's a top, like, he's Indian, his wife's Portuguese, and they're both, you know, just, it doesn't matter that they're both lovely because where they come from, like, they're just neighbours, like, they're just good guys, right? So the old neighbor, who bless him, I do go and have cups of coffee with him because seemingly no one else does. And he's like 87, 80. 86. So he, I don't know how you slip this into conversation or whether you just start it off with this.

29:41 He said you need to go home. And so the Indian neighbor said to him something along the lines of, I'll cut your fucking head off. So then the old guy reports him to the police. And so the Indian guy gets put on like the low-level terrorist. So I'm joking with him. I said, oi, I'm not going to mention his name. I was like, did you tell, what's his name? You're going to cut his fucking head off. And he goes, yeah, he goes, yeah, I did. He goes, he goes, I kind of said, it just kind of came out. He said, you know, I couldn't believe what he said to me.

30:19 And it just sort of came. It was kind of in, you know, as a bit of sort of banter back, like, because I was so shocked at what he'd said. But, but, um, but so, you know, there's him and I are giggling like two naughty schoolboys. And I was going, that is, that is A, out of order, and B, the best response ever. God. I just, yeah, I, I, I, I always struggle when people uh say, say, racist stuff like that. You should go back over all that because it just, I really struggle to keep my mouth shut, and I usually don't. Well, I say, I, I, you know, I don't just ignore it. I'm like, John, you do know, like, they're probably, I don't know, I said, he's probably dad was born here.

31:02 Like, what are you talking about? Let alone him. And the same thing. And I was like, John, you do know there's some pretty bad white people, British white people. You do know that they're not very nice, right? You're like, oh, man. But yeah, so anyway, it's the yin and the yang. I keep an old, old guy occasionally company and possibly educating them a bit a little bit as well. Yeah, yeah. So, Glenn, we're supposed to be exhausted after last night's last night's fun and games. So we're going to keep this one a little bit short and sweet, a little bit short and sweet. It works for me.

CHAPTER 11 / 12 Discussion

PlayStation 5, Retail Experience and Family Gaming

One of the hosts recently purchased a PlayStation 5 with assistance from the other, enjoying the rare experience of an over-the-counter retail purchase. The console was set up as a surprise for the children, with the host noting the significant size difference between the PS5 and previous models. Recommendations are sought for family-friendly games that do not require high skill levels.

playstation 5· sony· gaming· fallout shelter· twitter· electronics

31:41 I'm going to go put an album on, turn my PlayStation on for a bit. My new PlayStation 5, which Johnny helped me get. Absolutely chuffed with this. I love that Twitter chat that happened today. It didn't even occur to me that we were actually in a shop buying something over the counter. Okay, granted, we were both wearing face masks. Yours was particularly industrial. Glenn's erring on the side of caution with that face mask. Oh, you're going to do a job, do it properly, eh? Actually, point well made, actually, yeah. Yeah, but actually, you know, apart from handing over some cash, okay, still, you still beeped it, but no, it's good.

32:23 It's good, good shop counter purchase, actually holding the item, coming out of the shop with the huge grin on your face, heading home to plug the new PlayStation in. How did it go down? Both as a boy's toy for you and when the kids saw it, is it? Kids haven't seen it and they've not been home. So what I've done is I've set it all up so make sure it all works. It's all plugged in and set up. And I'm just going to leave it there and see how many seconds it takes for them to notice because it will be a fractions of seconds because it's a gadget type thing and it's very different. The old one was obviously a little black unit and I've got a kind of a black TV stand and this is a white thing, massive, absolutely massive compared to the old one.

33:05 So yeah, it was it will take moments to notice, but yeah, they're going to love it. And I haven't got any PlayStation 5 games yet. I've downloaded Fallout Shelter or something like that. But I'm not a massive gamer, but I just quite like having it there. I just like it. It's all right. I agree. So if anyone's got, if anyone's got any suggestions for PlayStation 5 games that don't require decades of practice to start getting good at, then hit me up. Possibly also that you could have some family fun with as well. Even better. Yeah, yeah. Good, good. We will be back next Monday for the wrap-up.

CHAPTER 12 / 12 Discussion

Upcoming Guests, Yaro Starak and Dan Reed

The episode concludes with a preview of upcoming interviews featuring digital nomad Yaro Starak and Dan Reed of Career Dad. Listeners are encouraged to join the Team Super Dad community and subscribe to the podcast via a dedicated shortcut link. The hosts sign off with a reminder that fathers are not alone in their journey.

yaro starak· dan reed· career dad· digital nomad· team super dad

33:49 Be sure to share this, subscribe. Bring a friend. Bring a friend. Bring a friend. I've got a couple in the can for the midweek podcast. Yarrow Starik, who is a online flipping dude, like making shed loads of money for the last 20 years online. Digital nomad, lives in different parts around the world as it takes his fancy. And also another really good guy called Dan Reed. He is the career dad at Career Dad. He probably more frequently seen on LinkedIn. And he is because. everyone's always talking about, oh, yeah, start your own business.

34:33 Be a digital nomad, be free to do whatever you want. And Dan's like, actually, I really like working for other people. And so we had a really good chat. And that's going to be coming up as another episode in the podcast as well. So get your ass over. Tell you what, if you go to teamsuperdad.com forward slash get podcast, it will shortcut you straight to the best podcast tool for your device, whether it's iTunes, Apple, Android, whatever, it will sort you out. So yeah, teamsuperdad.com get podcast. And to come and join the community, teamsuperdad.com forward slash group. Glenn, go and have a leng sip or some other soothing throat lozenge.

35:15 Yes, indeed. It's either lem sip or brandy. No, that's what got you in this hole. Whatever it takes, Glenn, I know you'll be back on form next week and I look forward to seeing you. Take care, buddy. See you later. Bye. Team Super Dad out. Bye. This has been Team Super Dad. Find us at teamsuperdad.com. Join the program and create the best life ever for you and your children. You are not alone. You're on Team Super Dad.