November 26, 2025 • 9 mins
On this episode of The Thought Shower, Intern John talks about Thanksgiving plans, plus the reason people drain you
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And a happy Wednesday. Friend. Welcome to the show. Intern
John is my name.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Been a crazy busy week this week, obviously with Thanksgiving
being tomorrow. Hopefully you have good plans. Those plans are
to do nothing. May you do nothing the best way possible?
I think, God, tonight I gotta go to Oh no,
piece of my headphone fell.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Oh no, Oh that's not good. It's broken.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Oh man, I just found a piece of my headphone
on the tables. That's not great. It's an ideal think
tonight going to a hide Sabarma ball with for the
blackout Wednesdays what they affectionately call it.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
But very excited for that.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I think actually on Thanksgiving, the plan is perhaps go
to my friend Chuck's family, which will be great. Or
am I just staying with skittles and honestly do nothing
Like That's kind of the position we're in Friday, going
to a Caps game with a friend and then we'll
see the weekend brings to us, so trying to relax.
It's kind of for us at the it's like that
(01:00):
last big push, you know, we get through things Giving,
we got a jingle ball season and they gets to
the end of the year. So trying to avoid the
end of the year burnout and trying to do a
better job of it because last year didn't also last
year extreme year, but we're doing it.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Let's get to this for your Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
The reasons you always feel drained talking to certain people,
These people, the energy vampires, the ones that just suck
the life rate out of you. Not in a good way. Ah,
it's a Wednesday cares. Uh Yeah, like the ones where
when they're when your phone rings and you see it's
them on the color id, you go, ah, do I
(01:42):
really want to answer that? Do I have twenty minutes
that I won't get back and then it's not gonna
be anything about me?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Those people like those people, man get on my freaking nerves.
Starting with they dominate the conversation, they say, you know,
the type, the moment they start talking that they've taken
the mic and the spotlight. These people have a knack
for commanding conversation, leaving little room for anyone else. I've
always said, when it feels like it's a ted talk,
(02:11):
like when you talk to somebody and they clearly have
no interest in what you have to say. They're just
like I'm gonna get off my emotional baggage and then
I'm gonna bounce, and then you can just sit here
and deal with it. Hate that I called out a
friend once. I'm like, hey, you didn't want to talk
to me, you wanted to give a speech, and no,
thank you. Their energy is overwhelming. When you engage someone
(02:34):
whose energy is overwhelming can feel like standing a path
of a tornado. The high intendency might seem infectious at first,
but quickly becomes suffocating. I do think that's fair where
because somebody's like a breath of fresh air, you know,
high intensity, excitable, get you going a little bit like
that is fun in the beginning, but then it is
(02:56):
it becomes exhausted when that person's always going a million
mile powers, like, hey, can we just slow down for.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
A second now.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
I ever't think that one like not necessarily a bad thing,
but I have friends where it's like, hey, like, listen,
I know you are positive, and go, go go, I
need a moment, you know, to recalibrate. As the kids speak,
they're constantly negative. They say it's easy feel draining after
talking to someone who sees the glasses always half empty.
Their focused negatives can overshadow any positives, making them seem
(03:26):
like a dark cloud on any otherwise sunny day. Again,
this goes back to the first one for me, where
it's like, I know, if I see like this person's
car id pop up, they're calling at me a bitch,
They're calling me complaint, and like, I don't want that
all the time, because I'm trying to work on the
idea of like, my life isn't that bad, you know,
(03:49):
even if like a couple of things go wrong today,
having the full view of like life overall isn't that bad.
It could be a lot worse. And so for me
having somebody around who's negati of all time, that's it's
gonna make me go on that cycle like, oh things
are really bad, you know. It's like life's hard as
it is. I don't need somebody else to bring me
(04:09):
down that way. They always give a wanted advice, They say,
some people seem to have opinion everything in any solution
for every issue, whether you've asked for or not. While
in tangents may be good, their unsolicited advice can feel intrusive.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I'm lucky that I don't really have that.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I don't think I mean I do hate when people
say you should, you should, you know what you should?
I hate that and that like I don't know what
is about me, but I will turn that off.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
You go, oh, what don't you should do for the show? No,
I don't. I don't know if I want to know.
I don't know why.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I think it's because the way it comes off, it's
like people act as if like, oh, like it's an
obvious thing that I've missed, and it's like, hey, put
a lot of time in this thing. Again, it's more
of a me thing. But I kind of understand that
where where it's like if it's about your dating life
or about family, like the person who clearly knows better
and they always just want to pass their opinion on
it's like, hey, I don't need that think so.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
They love to play the victim.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, this is one where I think it's tough because
they'll have done something to wrong you, and you know,
like I need to confront them to let them.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Know, hey, like that's not okay.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
However, I know when I do, they're gonna spin it
around and so I'm gonna be like, okay, is it
even worth it? And that's a sad thing. Man, that's
a sad thing. Is it even worth me bringing up that?
I feel sad, neglected? Whatever? Because they're just going to
play victim. And at that point, it's almost like you're
(05:45):
talking to a child. It really is, kig loves on.
Don't want to hurt the baby. You know, if they
constantly interrupt you, they say nothing derails conversation, Like being
constantly interrupted can make you feel like your thoughts and
opinions don't matter, leaving you frustrated and exhausted. Yeah, I
do think that is, Like I was, I will stop talking.
(06:11):
I will if somebody's constantly talking over me. To me,
it's like it's not worth I'm not gonna fight for time,
you know. It's like, hey, obviously you've had nobody listen
to you all day, go for it.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
There.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
It is because I also think that if somebody's interrupting
you so much, they obviously aren't listening to you and
not just like whatever, like they're not actively listening to you,
Like how can we have a conversation if you're too
busy thinking about what you're gonna say next?
Speaker 1 (06:39):
You know what I mean? They have a massive ego.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
It's to engage you with somebody who's excessively self centered
can feel like being a one side relationship. Their world
revolves around their thoughts, feelings, and experiences, often leaving little
room for the yours. The imbalance can be draining as
you constantly cater to their needs without it getting back
to you.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yeah, I think that.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
It's like the like the person who thinks you're lucky
to be with them, you know what I mean, Like
that kind of Eybor's like, hey, like I'm out of
your league. You should be thanking lucky stars that I'm
even here. Hell no, they should be worshiping the ground
you walk on because you're amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
You're dope.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
If they're drama queens, they say Interacting with someone who's
a pensiant for drama can often feel like being the
front row of a soap opera. The narratives are filled
with heightened emotions and exaggerated situations, which can be thrilling
at first. However, the cycle of crisis and climaxes can
quickly become overwhelming. Kind of goes back to the earlier
thoughts you know of, like how can you have a
(07:42):
conversation with somebody who is always dramatic, who's always going
to the extream, who's always making it into an episode
of the real world. That's draining. I've known people who
do this, and to me, it's like life is stressed
enough as it is. Why are you going out of
(08:02):
your way to make your life like a reality show.
There's people that I've said in the past where it's like, hey,
nobody's life is that dramatic unless they want it to be.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Like this one person.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Thinking of in particular, it's like every quote unquote season,
if you will, there is some big dramatic thing that
could only happen to them, where.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Eventually I was like, Hey, I don't want to be
that guy, but.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Maybe the problems you, you know, could it be the
problems you What do I know? I'm right now sit
in the room talking to myself, so little for me
to judge. Listen, I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving,
whether that is with family, with friends, with coworkers, even
just by yourself. I'm honest thinking that skills I might
(08:53):
do by myself ourselves just kind of relax. But I
hope you have a great Thanksgiving. I appreciate you. Uh,
hopefully I'm back on front today. We'll see maybe two
passed out. It's the thought Shower.
And a happy Wednesday. Friend. Welcome to the show. Intern
John is my name.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Been a crazy busy week this week, obviously with Thanksgiving
being tomorrow. Hopefully you have good plans. Those plans are
to do nothing. May you do nothing the best way possible?
I think, God, tonight I gotta go to Oh no,
piece of my headphone fell.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Oh no, Oh that's not good. It's broken.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Oh man, I just found a piece of my headphone
on the tables. That's not great. It's an ideal think
tonight going to a hide Sabarma ball with for the
blackout Wednesdays what they affectionately call it.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
But very excited for that.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I think actually on Thanksgiving, the plan is perhaps go
to my friend Chuck's family, which will be great. Or
am I just staying with skittles and honestly do nothing
Like That's kind of the position we're in Friday, going
to a Caps game with a friend and then we'll
see the weekend brings to us, so trying to relax.
It's kind of for us at the it's like that
(01:00):
last big push, you know, we get through things Giving,
we got a jingle ball season and they gets to
the end of the year. So trying to avoid the
end of the year burnout and trying to do a
better job of it because last year didn't also last
year extreme year, but we're doing it.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Let's get to this for your Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
The reasons you always feel drained talking to certain people,
These people, the energy vampires, the ones that just suck
the life rate out of you. Not in a good way. Ah,
it's a Wednesday cares. Uh Yeah, like the ones where
when they're when your phone rings and you see it's
them on the color id, you go, ah, do I
(01:42):
really want to answer that? Do I have twenty minutes
that I won't get back and then it's not gonna
be anything about me?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Those people like those people, man get on my freaking nerves.
Starting with they dominate the conversation, they say, you know,
the type, the moment they start talking that they've taken
the mic and the spotlight. These people have a knack
for commanding conversation, leaving little room for anyone else. I've
always said, when it feels like it's a ted talk,
(02:11):
like when you talk to somebody and they clearly have
no interest in what you have to say. They're just
like I'm gonna get off my emotional baggage and then
I'm gonna bounce, and then you can just sit here
and deal with it. Hate that I called out a
friend once. I'm like, hey, you didn't want to talk
to me, you wanted to give a speech, and no,
thank you. Their energy is overwhelming. When you engage someone
(02:34):
whose energy is overwhelming can feel like standing a path
of a tornado. The high intendency might seem infectious at first,
but quickly becomes suffocating. I do think that's fair where
because somebody's like a breath of fresh air, you know,
high intensity, excitable, get you going a little bit like
that is fun in the beginning, but then it is
(02:56):
it becomes exhausted when that person's always going a million
mile powers, like, hey, can we just slow down for.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
A second now.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
I ever't think that one like not necessarily a bad thing,
but I have friends where it's like, hey, like, listen,
I know you are positive, and go, go go, I
need a moment, you know, to recalibrate. As the kids speak,
they're constantly negative. They say it's easy feel draining after
talking to someone who sees the glasses always half empty.
Their focused negatives can overshadow any positives, making them seem
(03:26):
like a dark cloud on any otherwise sunny day. Again,
this goes back to the first one for me, where
it's like, I know, if I see like this person's
car id pop up, they're calling at me a bitch,
They're calling me complaint, and like, I don't want that
all the time, because I'm trying to work on the
idea of like, my life isn't that bad, you know,
(03:49):
even if like a couple of things go wrong today,
having the full view of like life overall isn't that bad.
It could be a lot worse. And so for me
having somebody around who's negati of all time, that's it's
gonna make me go on that cycle like, oh things
are really bad, you know. It's like life's hard as
it is. I don't need somebody else to bring me
(04:09):
down that way. They always give a wanted advice, They say,
some people seem to have opinion everything in any solution
for every issue, whether you've asked for or not. While
in tangents may be good, their unsolicited advice can feel intrusive.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I'm lucky that I don't really have that.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I don't think I mean I do hate when people
say you should, you should, you know what you should?
I hate that and that like I don't know what
is about me, but I will turn that off.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
You go, oh, what don't you should do for the show? No,
I don't. I don't know if I want to know.
I don't know why.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I think it's because the way it comes off, it's
like people act as if like, oh, like it's an
obvious thing that I've missed, and it's like, hey, put
a lot of time in this thing. Again, it's more
of a me thing. But I kind of understand that
where where it's like if it's about your dating life
or about family, like the person who clearly knows better
and they always just want to pass their opinion on
it's like, hey, I don't need that think so.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
They love to play the victim.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, this is one where I think it's tough because
they'll have done something to wrong you, and you know,
like I need to confront them to let them.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Know, hey, like that's not okay.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
However, I know when I do, they're gonna spin it
around and so I'm gonna be like, okay, is it
even worth it? And that's a sad thing. Man, that's
a sad thing. Is it even worth me bringing up that?
I feel sad, neglected? Whatever? Because they're just going to
play victim. And at that point, it's almost like you're
(05:45):
talking to a child. It really is, kig loves on.
Don't want to hurt the baby. You know, if they
constantly interrupt you, they say nothing derails conversation, Like being
constantly interrupted can make you feel like your thoughts and
opinions don't matter, leaving you frustrated and exhausted. Yeah, I
do think that is, Like I was, I will stop talking.
(06:11):
I will if somebody's constantly talking over me. To me,
it's like it's not worth I'm not gonna fight for time,
you know. It's like, hey, obviously you've had nobody listen
to you all day, go for it.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
There.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
It is because I also think that if somebody's interrupting
you so much, they obviously aren't listening to you and
not just like whatever, like they're not actively listening to you,
Like how can we have a conversation if you're too
busy thinking about what you're gonna say next?
Speaker 1 (06:39):
You know what I mean? They have a massive ego.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
It's to engage you with somebody who's excessively self centered
can feel like being a one side relationship. Their world
revolves around their thoughts, feelings, and experiences, often leaving little
room for the yours. The imbalance can be draining as
you constantly cater to their needs without it getting back
to you.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yeah, I think that.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
It's like the like the person who thinks you're lucky
to be with them, you know what I mean, Like
that kind of Eybor's like, hey, like I'm out of
your league. You should be thanking lucky stars that I'm
even here. Hell no, they should be worshiping the ground
you walk on because you're amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
You're dope.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
If they're drama queens, they say Interacting with someone who's
a pensiant for drama can often feel like being the
front row of a soap opera. The narratives are filled
with heightened emotions and exaggerated situations, which can be thrilling
at first. However, the cycle of crisis and climaxes can
quickly become overwhelming. Kind of goes back to the earlier
thoughts you know of, like how can you have a
(07:42):
conversation with somebody who is always dramatic, who's always going
to the extream, who's always making it into an episode
of the real world. That's draining. I've known people who
do this, and to me, it's like life is stressed
enough as it is. Why are you going out of
(08:02):
your way to make your life like a reality show.
There's people that I've said in the past where it's like, hey,
nobody's life is that dramatic unless they want it to be.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Like this one person.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Thinking of in particular, it's like every quote unquote season,
if you will, there is some big dramatic thing that
could only happen to them, where.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Eventually I was like, Hey, I don't want to be
that guy, but.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Maybe the problems you, you know, could it be the
problems you What do I know? I'm right now sit
in the room talking to myself, so little for me
to judge. Listen, I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving,
whether that is with family, with friends, with coworkers, even
just by yourself. I'm honest thinking that skills I might
(08:53):
do by myself ourselves just kind of relax. But I
hope you have a great Thanksgiving. I appreciate you. Uh,
hopefully I'm back on front today. We'll see maybe two
passed out. It's the thought Shower.
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