September 8, 2025 • 10 mins
On this episode of The Thought Shower, Inter John talks about his weekend, plus how to tell if someone is making a power move on you
Intern John's new comedy album, "Chuy Forever: The Album" is available for preorder now! Proceeds benefit the Warrior Canine Connection. You can order the album HERE
Every week Intern John discusses adulting, dating, radio life, and more! You can follow Intern John on social media: @InternJohnRadio. You can listen to past episodes at TheThoughtShower.com
Intern John's new comedy album, "Chuy Forever: The Album" is available for preorder now! Proceeds benefit the Warrior Canine Connection. You can order the album HERE
Every week Intern John discusses adulting, dating, radio life, and more! You can follow Intern John on social media: @InternJohnRadio. You can listen to past episodes at TheThoughtShower.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And a happy Monday. Friend.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Welcome to the Thought Shower intern John is my name,
appreciate you listening for hanging out.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Was a lovely weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Friday, well, I stay at the hotel which was sorry
has knees with clutch. Stay at the Hilton National Landing
in Arlington. That was amazing because I had to do
some work stuff and it's just easier to be out
there as opposed to I'm doing the hour and a
half round trip and then with skittles as well, so
(00:32):
it was nice to have a place to kind of
like relax and stay and recharge for a moment. So
Friday end up going to the bar. It's very nice.
But here's the thing about Friday. I stayed late, stayed
until like one o'clock. Yeah, back to the hotel around
like one thirty. And then I've said this before, I'm
not good at sleeping in, so I woke up like seven.
(00:53):
I was like, all right, well again, when I know
that I can just go home to sleep. Once that
thought creeped in, it's over. So I was like, let's
go home. So went home and then basically slept the
rest of the day, which is good. It's one of
those days where like you ever take naps in different
places of your place, Like I took a nap on
the couch, take a nap in my bed, take a
(01:16):
nap over here, nap over there. So that was good.
Sunday woke up early, went to the gym, got ripped obviously.
Then was the Renaissance Festival, which is interesting as always.
I've done it a couple of times in Minnesota, and
I'm sure it's the exact same type of vibe. It
(01:36):
took like an hour to get there. It took like
thirty minutes to park. The people watching at Renfest is
just fantastic, it really is, And it was funny. I
was there with our friend Andro Day and we're just
kind of hanging out and he's like, so basically this
is like a mall for people who like to dress
up with the Renaissance Festival, and I was like, oh, yeah, yeah,
(01:58):
you basically come here and just shop and walk around. Now,
I'll say this, as far as food, I got a
pork chop on a stick. That's lovely. Can't go wrong Minnesota,
say fairest part chop on a stick. It's one of
the greatest foods I think ever invented?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Did that? Did the giant turkey leg?
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Did the giant spiral potato which is basically like a
long potato chip?
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Love that.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
The one thing that I was saying to Andrew though,
was like, you know they have like these mugs for beer.
I was like, they had like a mug for root beer,
that'd be clutch. Root beer I have a mug is
one of the most American things of all time. Now,
I don't think it gets the respect it deserves. But
nice like frothy root beer is so good, and root
(02:42):
I have a can is fine, but there's just something
about it like I had back before I found like
drinking pallet, so to speak. I used to like I
was trying to do beer, but there was this stuff
called not your Father's rip Beer. I'm assuming it's still
around Hold on your Father's root Beer? Yeah, so basically
(03:03):
it's I think it's all around. It appears to be.
Uh yeah, sometimes a Google you can't really tell. Yeah. Wait, okay,
So the funny thing is is on Reddit, Uh, somebody
goes where do I find Not your Father's root Beer
Columbus And the top comment is that's the name I
haven't heard in a long time, maybe they aren't. Okay,
(03:26):
somebody else just found it in the stores again. Well anyway,
the point being it was this kind of it's a beer,
but it tasted like root beer, and uh that was
kind of like the and maybe not even like so
much more like the spice of it. But that was
kind of really good. And I used to have this
mug from I still have it actually from the Alamo.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
It was it's a pewter mug.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
The idea is like you can like like set the
taste to the mug, almost like a cast iron skillet,
if that makes sense. So I was like conditioning that
mug to be for not your father's root beer, and
I found bourbon and it was kind of game over.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So there is that.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Then East Coast is the worst for TV, I'll say it.
The Ravens game started an eight to twenty last night.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Not great.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
The Vikings play a night that's my Minnesota my team
again at eight twenty. Not ideal, But we're here if you.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Get a chance.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
By the way, I met some a lot of folks
at the Ramas Sotance festival who pre ordered the album.
You can reserve your copy my Chewy forever comedy album
Internjooncomedy dot com. The album comes out on the twenty
fifth of Stemmers, only a couple of weeks away. If
you pre order it though, it can help us open
and hopefully got number one, which would be crazy, raise
(04:43):
a bunch of money for the Warrior Knine connection. So
please if you get a chance today Internsjohncomedy dot com.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Now. Also, this is also huge.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
On Thursday, we're doing Tuesday a dog adoptation event at
Caddies in Bethesda. So if you're in Bethesda on Thursday,
five to seven pm, a Caddies Tuesday Dog adoption Now.
The cool thing about this is we're gonna have dogs
and cats up adoption. But the Commanders also play on Thursday,
so if you're playing watching the game, come down to
(05:13):
Caddies anyway, wash it with us, adopt some dogs.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Be a lot of fun. Let me get to this
for you Monday. Oh boy.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
The phrases that sound polite that are actually power moves.
Like when somebody says these things, it's supposed to be
like a nice thing to make you think it is,
but they're actually trying to undermine you. Starting with off
the bat, I'm sure you already know this. But when
somebody starts a sentence with I'm sure you already know this,
but they're essentially undermining your knowledge while pretending to acknowledge it.
(05:45):
They're putting you in position where you might feel compelled
to agree, even if you don't fully grasp the topic.
I would also say I think people say this and
is a way to almost gaslight, like, Hey, I know
you don't know that, but I'm gonna make it seem
like you already know this.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
It's obvious you'd already know this.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
I think I've seen people use that before, whereas they
want to make somebody feel left doubt. It's like I'm
sure you no, but we're going to get drinks tonight,
knowing they have no idea about it. That makes sense,
just to clarify they say this seem This phrase might
seem harmless, but often signals a power struggle. It suggests
that either your understanding is flawed or the speaker's about
(06:27):
to reshape the conversation to align more closely with their perspective.
It's the diplomatic way of saying, let me tell you
how things really are. Probably depends on the tone, right.
I think people say it sometimes to like just to clarify,
you want me to, you know, check with you before
I even drink water, Like there's that version of it,
(06:51):
versus just to clarify. All I do is print these out,
mail them. We're going to go. I think there's a
way of saying where you're actually trying to get the
easy answer versus is trying to really makes somebody realize
how ridiculous the situation is.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
I think that's fair.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
I hear what you're saying, but this phrase can disarm
you by hearing to acknowledge your point of view before
completely dismissing it. What way of saying, that's nice, but
here's where you're wrong.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
I think that for me, that can also be like
I understand you, I get what you're saying. I said
that before with decision making processes, where it's like, hey,
I get your point, I understand what you're saying. However,
we're gonna still do it this way. So I think
that also depends on the person, probably the intent as well.
I thought we agreed on They say this can be
(07:39):
widely used to wield pressure, suggesting a previous consensus where
there maybe not been one it's a way of bending
the narrative to imply that any decision from this agreement
is breaching and understanding. I think that I've heard that
before from previous bosses with things. It's the point where
I've had to like document things in full board. Was like, yeah,
I thought we agree on No, probably not. If you
(08:04):
had to think we agreed on it, probably didn't. You know,
if we did, wouldn't we have this conversation. You know,
I'm sure you can understand, they say. On the surface,
this phrase makes it sound like an appeal to your
empathy and your understanding. However, it often serves the premptive
strike against any objections you might raise. I do think yeah, again,
(08:27):
I think it's trying to butter something up where it's
almost like, even you can understand this right where you're
trying to kind of put the pressure on to perhaps
guide the mouse to the cheese. And maybe that's the
better way to explain all of these where it's like
you're not trying to push the mouse to the cheese,
You're trying to guide the mouse so the mouse subtly
finds the cheese themselves.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Let's agree and disagree.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
They say it may appear to be a graceful way
to end the disagreement, but can also be attacked it
to shut down further debate. It implies to conversations over
no furtherest cush is necessary or welcome.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
I think that's fair. If you're trying to have a discussion.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
With somebody and they go, well, let's just you know, agreed, disagree,
it is kind of like, okay, so we're saying that
we'll never talk about this again. The conversation's over. We're
gonna agree to disagree, We're never gonna fully have this
conversation again. It is kind of like they shut the
door mid sentence, you know what I mean. This is
(09:26):
also a throwing that was like, no, that's just the
way I am. Sorry for the way I am. It's like,
all right, you don't want to have a conversation. You
just want to get your point across. You want to
do a ted talk, get your point across, close the door,
then leave me.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
I see how it is. I hope you have a
fantastic Monday again.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Thursday at Caddies Tuesday Dog Adoption Event five to seven pm.
Portion of all sales benefit the Lost Dog and Can't
Rescue you cannot wait for Thursday. Caddies. Pre order My
Chewy Forever album. If you could, interns you on comedy
dot com. We'll see on Wednesday. M
And a happy Monday. Friend.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Welcome to the Thought Shower intern John is my name,
appreciate you listening for hanging out.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Was a lovely weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Friday, well, I stay at the hotel which was sorry
has knees with clutch. Stay at the Hilton National Landing
in Arlington. That was amazing because I had to do
some work stuff and it's just easier to be out
there as opposed to I'm doing the hour and a
half round trip and then with skittles as well, so
(00:32):
it was nice to have a place to kind of
like relax and stay and recharge for a moment. So
Friday end up going to the bar. It's very nice.
But here's the thing about Friday. I stayed late, stayed
until like one o'clock. Yeah, back to the hotel around
like one thirty. And then I've said this before, I'm
not good at sleeping in, so I woke up like seven.
(00:53):
I was like, all right, well again, when I know
that I can just go home to sleep. Once that
thought creeped in, it's over. So I was like, let's
go home. So went home and then basically slept the
rest of the day, which is good. It's one of
those days where like you ever take naps in different
places of your place, Like I took a nap on
the couch, take a nap in my bed, take a
(01:16):
nap over here, nap over there. So that was good.
Sunday woke up early, went to the gym, got ripped obviously.
Then was the Renaissance Festival, which is interesting as always.
I've done it a couple of times in Minnesota, and
I'm sure it's the exact same type of vibe. It
(01:36):
took like an hour to get there. It took like
thirty minutes to park. The people watching at Renfest is
just fantastic, it really is, And it was funny. I
was there with our friend Andro Day and we're just
kind of hanging out and he's like, so basically this
is like a mall for people who like to dress
up with the Renaissance Festival, and I was like, oh, yeah, yeah,
(01:58):
you basically come here and just shop and walk around. Now,
I'll say this, as far as food, I got a
pork chop on a stick. That's lovely. Can't go wrong Minnesota,
say fairest part chop on a stick. It's one of
the greatest foods I think ever invented?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Did that? Did the giant turkey leg?
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Did the giant spiral potato which is basically like a
long potato chip?
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Love that.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
The one thing that I was saying to Andrew though,
was like, you know they have like these mugs for beer.
I was like, they had like a mug for root beer,
that'd be clutch. Root beer I have a mug is
one of the most American things of all time. Now,
I don't think it gets the respect it deserves. But
nice like frothy root beer is so good, and root
(02:42):
I have a can is fine, but there's just something
about it like I had back before I found like
drinking pallet, so to speak. I used to like I
was trying to do beer, but there was this stuff
called not your Father's rip Beer. I'm assuming it's still
around Hold on your Father's root Beer? Yeah, so basically
(03:03):
it's I think it's all around. It appears to be.
Uh yeah, sometimes a Google you can't really tell. Yeah. Wait, okay,
So the funny thing is is on Reddit, Uh, somebody
goes where do I find Not your Father's root Beer
Columbus And the top comment is that's the name I
haven't heard in a long time, maybe they aren't. Okay,
(03:26):
somebody else just found it in the stores again. Well anyway,
the point being it was this kind of it's a beer,
but it tasted like root beer, and uh that was
kind of like the and maybe not even like so
much more like the spice of it. But that was
kind of really good. And I used to have this
mug from I still have it actually from the Alamo.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
It was it's a pewter mug.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
The idea is like you can like like set the
taste to the mug, almost like a cast iron skillet,
if that makes sense. So I was like conditioning that
mug to be for not your father's root beer, and
I found bourbon and it was kind of game over.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So there is that.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Then East Coast is the worst for TV, I'll say it.
The Ravens game started an eight to twenty last night.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Not great.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
The Vikings play a night that's my Minnesota my team
again at eight twenty. Not ideal, But we're here if you.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Get a chance.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
By the way, I met some a lot of folks
at the Ramas Sotance festival who pre ordered the album.
You can reserve your copy my Chewy forever comedy album
Internjooncomedy dot com. The album comes out on the twenty
fifth of Stemmers, only a couple of weeks away. If
you pre order it though, it can help us open
and hopefully got number one, which would be crazy, raise
(04:43):
a bunch of money for the Warrior Knine connection. So
please if you get a chance today Internsjohncomedy dot com.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Now. Also, this is also huge.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
On Thursday, we're doing Tuesday a dog adoptation event at
Caddies in Bethesda. So if you're in Bethesda on Thursday,
five to seven pm, a Caddies Tuesday Dog adoption Now.
The cool thing about this is we're gonna have dogs
and cats up adoption. But the Commanders also play on Thursday,
so if you're playing watching the game, come down to
(05:13):
Caddies anyway, wash it with us, adopt some dogs.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Be a lot of fun. Let me get to this
for you Monday. Oh boy.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
The phrases that sound polite that are actually power moves.
Like when somebody says these things, it's supposed to be
like a nice thing to make you think it is,
but they're actually trying to undermine you. Starting with off
the bat, I'm sure you already know this. But when
somebody starts a sentence with I'm sure you already know this,
but they're essentially undermining your knowledge while pretending to acknowledge it.
(05:45):
They're putting you in position where you might feel compelled
to agree, even if you don't fully grasp the topic.
I would also say I think people say this and
is a way to almost gaslight, like, Hey, I know
you don't know that, but I'm gonna make it seem
like you already know this.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
It's obvious you'd already know this.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
I think I've seen people use that before, whereas they
want to make somebody feel left doubt. It's like I'm
sure you no, but we're going to get drinks tonight,
knowing they have no idea about it. That makes sense,
just to clarify they say this seem This phrase might
seem harmless, but often signals a power struggle. It suggests
that either your understanding is flawed or the speaker's about
(06:27):
to reshape the conversation to align more closely with their perspective.
It's the diplomatic way of saying, let me tell you
how things really are. Probably depends on the tone, right.
I think people say it sometimes to like just to clarify,
you want me to, you know, check with you before
I even drink water, Like there's that version of it,
(06:51):
versus just to clarify. All I do is print these out,
mail them. We're going to go. I think there's a
way of saying where you're actually trying to get the
easy answer versus is trying to really makes somebody realize
how ridiculous the situation is.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
I think that's fair.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
I hear what you're saying, but this phrase can disarm
you by hearing to acknowledge your point of view before
completely dismissing it. What way of saying, that's nice, but
here's where you're wrong.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
I think that for me, that can also be like
I understand you, I get what you're saying. I said
that before with decision making processes, where it's like, hey,
I get your point, I understand what you're saying. However,
we're gonna still do it this way. So I think
that also depends on the person, probably the intent as well.
I thought we agreed on They say this can be
(07:39):
widely used to wield pressure, suggesting a previous consensus where
there maybe not been one it's a way of bending
the narrative to imply that any decision from this agreement
is breaching and understanding. I think that I've heard that
before from previous bosses with things. It's the point where
I've had to like document things in full board. Was like, yeah,
I thought we agree on No, probably not. If you
(08:04):
had to think we agreed on it, probably didn't. You know,
if we did, wouldn't we have this conversation. You know,
I'm sure you can understand, they say. On the surface,
this phrase makes it sound like an appeal to your
empathy and your understanding. However, it often serves the premptive
strike against any objections you might raise. I do think yeah, again,
(08:27):
I think it's trying to butter something up where it's
almost like, even you can understand this right where you're
trying to kind of put the pressure on to perhaps
guide the mouse to the cheese. And maybe that's the
better way to explain all of these where it's like
you're not trying to push the mouse to the cheese,
You're trying to guide the mouse so the mouse subtly
finds the cheese themselves.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Let's agree and disagree.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
They say it may appear to be a graceful way
to end the disagreement, but can also be attacked it
to shut down further debate. It implies to conversations over
no furtherest cush is necessary or welcome.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
I think that's fair. If you're trying to have a discussion.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
With somebody and they go, well, let's just you know, agreed, disagree,
it is kind of like, okay, so we're saying that
we'll never talk about this again. The conversation's over. We're
gonna agree to disagree, We're never gonna fully have this
conversation again. It is kind of like they shut the
door mid sentence, you know what I mean. This is
(09:26):
also a throwing that was like, no, that's just the
way I am. Sorry for the way I am. It's like,
all right, you don't want to have a conversation. You
just want to get your point across. You want to
do a ted talk, get your point across, close the door,
then leave me.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
I see how it is. I hope you have a
fantastic Monday again.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Thursday at Caddies Tuesday Dog Adoption Event five to seven pm.
Portion of all sales benefit the Lost Dog and Can't
Rescue you cannot wait for Thursday. Caddies. Pre order My
Chewy Forever album. If you could, interns you on comedy
dot com. We'll see on Wednesday. M
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