Ep 4: YouTubin' with Generation X: Mentos vs. Diet Pepsi

Pop open a Bartles & Jaymes, and pull your rocking chair up to your laptop, Wynter and Karen get into how Generation X uses YouTube, from nostalgic forays into old commercials and landmark pop culture moments, to how-to videos and instructional content. But they don't stop there: Wynter also scours YouTube for fresh content to break us all out of our slacker rut. Speaking of slackers, Karen revisits Always Be My Maybe through the lens of the Asian slacker, while also anticipating crying a lot to Awkwafina's dramatic turn in The Farewell. Meanwhile, Wynter prepares to celebrate her first wedding anniversary like an enlightened Don Draper at Esalen, and has high praise for CNN's docuseries, The Movies.  The two stage an ad war between Mentos vs. Diet Pepsi, and ask you to sus out some "nuo lingo." As always, we close things out with a SOTW.  Join our Patreon for bonus content and SWAG https://www.patreon.com/waitingtoxhale Links to just about everything mentioned: Bartles & Jaymes Ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYdWHK6AA6E Michael J Fox DIET PEPSI (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqNXNE-P4uc&app=desktop MENTOS: The Freshmaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfp2Bg6iUdY YouTube Is a Temple of Nostalgia for 1990s TV Commercials https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/youtube-is-a-temple-of-nostalgia-for-1990s-tv-commercials.html Bon Appetit - Gourmet Makes With Claire Saffitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeM8OReKzfQ&list=PLKtIunYVkv_RezN3GB12YA8orYOScQUdA&index=11 Seth Rogen Breaks Down His Most Iconic Movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Db_8Oyy09w Surgical Resident Breaks Down 36 More Medical Scenes From Film & TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2MUNDiXazM Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes From Film & TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUqeBMP8nEg Close Up - The Hollywood Reporter - W/ Tiffany Haddish, Phoebe Waller Bridge, Natasha Lyonne, Jane Fonda, Maya Rudolph, Alex Borenstein, Regina Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTuOAV0lK1M&t=6s