May 7, 2026 • 9 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Conversation last night online social norms people have given up
for good i love this uh translation i'm done i'm
not doing it anymore just.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Because somebody or something said we had two years ago.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
That's right yes here i'll just give you a little
teaser i'm ready for the next couple of minutes my
natural circadian rhythm is that of a night owl and
i made myself sick trying to fight it So I'm
staying up. The tyranny of morning people must be stopped.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Okay, I love this. I'm a morning person, but I get.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
What they're saying. So social norms, people are giving up
for good, or quite simply, I'm done. So I came
across this conversation online last night. A lot of comments
going back and forth, and they all seem to be
in total agreement for social norms. People are giving up
for good. In other words, I'm done.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I can't wait to hear this list because- I have
so many that I've recently been leaning into not doing.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
I highlighted a few of my favorites, and this one
I actually do. I no longer eat three meals a
day at those standard times. Now I just eat when
I'm actually hungry without calling it a specific name, and
I've actually lost weight because of it. That is something
that I've kind of started doing with, we have weird hours.
(01:22):
So our breakfast is not really breakfast anyway. I know.
So why not call it something else and just do
your thing? I'm averaging two. That's called mindful eating, David.
Just so you know. You didn't even know you were
doing that, Fad. I'm mindful eating. Yes. No, I'm done
with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We're not having an expensive wedding.
(01:43):
We bought a house instead. Oh, I love that. Says
this commenter.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
So much pressure to do the big wedding. I love
that they're like, no, it doesn't work for us financially either.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And sometimes it's simple as I'm not answering texts right away.
Unless it's an emergency, I'm not feeling the pressure. And
I got to say. I never know when people see
my bubbles or not. You know, the little brr, they're
typing it back. When does that activate? When you go
to type? When you actually type? Or when you open
(02:15):
the text? I never know.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I think it's when your cursor is in the typing area.
So if you're just reading, it doesn't. But if your
cursor's in that typing area... It's letting them know you're thinking.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Well, just so you know, we're not answering texts right
away anymore unless it's an emergency.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
That one's going to be hard for me because if
I have an alert or a message, it's very difficult
for me not to answer.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
What are you done with? You're just done. Not in
an angry way, but just, you know what? These are
social norms I'm just going to let go of. I
have one. Do we have time for me to get
into it? Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
For me, it is going to things when I no
longer feel like going to them. Unless we've paid money
or range transfer, unless it's something important, graduate, you know,
something big. If I am like, yeah, I'll come over
tomorrow to my friend's house, but I'm not feeling it.
I will just tell them, hey, guys, I'm just having
one of those days.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I don't feel like coming over. I really I will
tell them the truth. OK. And they're open about it.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I feel like it's when you're like, I don't feel
so good or, oh, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Ribby or so.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I blame something else that they're like. But when I'm
for real and they go, are you okay?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Because that's cool. Take your time.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
And it's about protecting your energy. So I've stopped going
to things I don't want to do.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Yeah. I'm not feeling it is more about you than them.
But I could understand, you know, somebody going, oh, you're
not feeling coming over to my house?
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I'm not feeling you. Right. But either way, you're done.
We're going to go to the phone lines are lighting up.
We're going to go to the phones next. Things you're
just done with. Just got a text from Wade. Wade,
you're my kind of dude. He says, as a man
caring about sports, I'm done. Overpaid grownups playing games strikes
(04:00):
me as stupid. I'm done. So, Wade, thank you. I've
always kind of had fun with the fact that, hooray,
sports is my response when people start talking about particulars.
I love tennis. I like watching football. I have a
blast when I go to hockey games, but I know
nothing about most of the sports. Sure.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
See, and this is so foreign to me because my
family is so rah-rah into sports that if you aren't
a sports person, it's like a foreign language to me.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
But I appreciate and love the fact that people are like, no,
just because I'm a dude doesn't mean I have to
know stats.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I don't care who the new quarterback is, all right?
Speaker 1 (04:40):
What are you done with? This is fun. Hi, good morning, David.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
My name is Stevie. I'm calling to tell you something
I have stopped doing.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Okay, let's give it up. You're done with what? I
am done with Christmas cards, all the holiday cards, the stress,
the pictures.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I'm putting them in the mail.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I'm done. I'm not doing it. And my friends, they'll
ask me, I didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Get your Christmas card. Well, you're right, because nobody did.
I'm done. Stevie, you are a girl after my own heart.
When David mentioned this to me off air, I said,
are we talking like more personal stuff or I'm done
with Christmas cards?
Speaker 1 (05:15):
That's literally what I said to him. That's what she said. Perfect.
We're on the same page.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
You guys follow me on Facebook. You see what I
had for lunch. Why am I sending out these cards
and making my whole family sign.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Each one of them? That's right.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Exactly. If you want to know what I've been up to,
go to my Facebook page like everybody else. Oh, Stevie,
I love you.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I love it. You're on the list, Stevie. That's in there. Awesome. Thanks, guys.
Have a great day. Bye. Okay, we'll keep it going.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
888-599-1079.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Or you can leave us a talk back if you're
streaming this station on iHeartRadio. All right, Meredith, this list
is growing for us and everybody else. These are social
norms that people are just done with. It's the way
we've done it for decades, but we're not doing it anymore.
According to some of these people like this one, my
(06:08):
husband and I have separate bedrooms and we have for years.
We love it. We're getting the best sleep ever. Love that.
That is not a social norm. It's almost, remember we
called it a sleep divorce. Yes. It has a negative
sound to it, but it really shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
It's really something that I feel like people aren't talking
about and they're just starting to say it because more
and more couples it's like a thing that everyone just.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Was like oh we sleep in separate bedrooms don't tell.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Anybody and now everyone's like yeah right i'm getting the
best sleep of my life he's been in the back bedroom.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
For years we're adding on rooms to our house that's
right uh but here this is one that i think
could be a little controversial saying bless you when someone
sneezes This person writes, like, what are we doing here?
Does it really need to be acknowledged every time someone sneezes?
And this one I'm on the fence about. Yeah. The
(06:58):
ones that bug me are the ones that are across
the room. Let's say you're at the DMV and you sneeze.
And then 18 seats over, bless you. Like somebody has
to be the person. I think the proximity is important
when you say God bless you or bless you to
someone who's sneezing.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Okay. However, I've sneezed quietly in a large room and
I felt like, huh, none of these jerks give a crap.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
They don't want me to be blessed. Isn't it bad
luck or something?
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I don't know why we do it, but I feel
compelled to say it.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So you don't want to give up bless you's or.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
No, but I do think it matters if I know
the person.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
There's a time and a place.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yeah, yeah. If you did it in here, I would
say no problem. If I was shopping around in a
store and someone a couple racks over did it, I'd
probably go, bless you, like real.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Cute, and they'd be like, thanks. It's a social thing.
It's not a religious thing. That's right. So how are
you feeling about this one and any other things you're
just done with? Love to hear from you this morning.
Tap the mic if you're streaming us on the free
iHeartRadio app, or better yet, Better yet, 888-599-1079. David and Meredith.
Fa la la la la. Here's another one, and it
(08:12):
is saying bless you. Did you just sneeze?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
No.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Oh, my gosh. That would have been so cool.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
It was a cough, but thank you for saying bless you.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Bless you, Meredith. And people are like, what are we doing?
Why are we still doing this? We got a response
to this one. First, we'll go to our talkback line.
If you're streaming iHeart, you hit the microphone. Bless you.
Good morning. This is Rusty from Sarasota. I always heard
that we said bless you because at the moment you sneeze,
(08:43):
your heart actually stops working, stops pumping. So it's awaited.
Keep the life force moving, I guess.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Thanks. Love you guys. Bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Thank you for that talk back. And you wanted to
add to it. Go ahead. The airwaves are yours.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
I was calling about the God bless you phrase. The
reason that people say that, I read it a while back.
They say that your heart stops during your sneeze and
it's a chance for the devil to sneak in.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Okay, no wonder I feel compelled to say it. Yeah, yeah,
so that's the reason.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I read it in a couple different areas, so I
just want to let you guys know. Thank you, and
what's your name? My name is Ray. Bless you, Ray.
Thank you, Ray. All right, you guys have a great day.
See ya. The power of Claritin compels you.
Conversation last night online social norms people have given up
for good i love this uh translation i'm done i'm
not doing it anymore just.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Because somebody or something said we had two years ago.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
That's right yes here i'll just give you a little
teaser i'm ready for the next couple of minutes my
natural circadian rhythm is that of a night owl and
i made myself sick trying to fight it So I'm
staying up. The tyranny of morning people must be stopped.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Okay, I love this. I'm a morning person, but I get.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
What they're saying. So social norms, people are giving up
for good, or quite simply, I'm done. So I came
across this conversation online last night. A lot of comments
going back and forth, and they all seem to be
in total agreement for social norms. People are giving up
for good. In other words, I'm done.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I can't wait to hear this list because- I have
so many that I've recently been leaning into not doing.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
I highlighted a few of my favorites, and this one
I actually do. I no longer eat three meals a
day at those standard times. Now I just eat when
I'm actually hungry without calling it a specific name, and
I've actually lost weight because of it. That is something
that I've kind of started doing with, we have weird hours.
(01:22):
So our breakfast is not really breakfast anyway. I know.
So why not call it something else and just do
your thing? I'm averaging two. That's called mindful eating, David.
Just so you know. You didn't even know you were
doing that, Fad. I'm mindful eating. Yes. No, I'm done
with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We're not having an expensive wedding.
(01:43):
We bought a house instead. Oh, I love that. Says
this commenter.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
So much pressure to do the big wedding. I love
that they're like, no, it doesn't work for us financially either.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And sometimes it's simple as I'm not answering texts right away.
Unless it's an emergency, I'm not feeling the pressure. And
I got to say. I never know when people see
my bubbles or not. You know, the little brr, they're
typing it back. When does that activate? When you go
to type? When you actually type? Or when you open
(02:15):
the text? I never know.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I think it's when your cursor is in the typing area.
So if you're just reading, it doesn't. But if your
cursor's in that typing area... It's letting them know you're thinking.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Well, just so you know, we're not answering texts right
away anymore unless it's an emergency.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
That one's going to be hard for me because if
I have an alert or a message, it's very difficult
for me not to answer.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
What are you done with? You're just done. Not in
an angry way, but just, you know what? These are
social norms I'm just going to let go of. I
have one. Do we have time for me to get
into it? Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
For me, it is going to things when I no
longer feel like going to them. Unless we've paid money
or range transfer, unless it's something important, graduate, you know,
something big. If I am like, yeah, I'll come over
tomorrow to my friend's house, but I'm not feeling it.
I will just tell them, hey, guys, I'm just having
one of those days.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I don't feel like coming over. I really I will
tell them the truth. OK. And they're open about it.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I feel like it's when you're like, I don't feel
so good or, oh, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Ribby or so.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I blame something else that they're like. But when I'm
for real and they go, are you okay?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Because that's cool. Take your time.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
And it's about protecting your energy. So I've stopped going
to things I don't want to do.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Yeah. I'm not feeling it is more about you than them.
But I could understand, you know, somebody going, oh, you're
not feeling coming over to my house?
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I'm not feeling you. Right. But either way, you're done.
We're going to go to the phone lines are lighting up.
We're going to go to the phones next. Things you're
just done with. Just got a text from Wade. Wade,
you're my kind of dude. He says, as a man
caring about sports, I'm done. Overpaid grownups playing games strikes
(04:00):
me as stupid. I'm done. So, Wade, thank you. I've
always kind of had fun with the fact that, hooray,
sports is my response when people start talking about particulars.
I love tennis. I like watching football. I have a
blast when I go to hockey games, but I know
nothing about most of the sports. Sure.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
See, and this is so foreign to me because my
family is so rah-rah into sports that if you aren't
a sports person, it's like a foreign language to me.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
But I appreciate and love the fact that people are like, no,
just because I'm a dude doesn't mean I have to
know stats.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I don't care who the new quarterback is, all right?
Speaker 1 (04:40):
What are you done with? This is fun. Hi, good morning, David.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
My name is Stevie. I'm calling to tell you something
I have stopped doing.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Okay, let's give it up. You're done with what? I
am done with Christmas cards, all the holiday cards, the stress,
the pictures.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I'm putting them in the mail.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I'm done. I'm not doing it. And my friends, they'll
ask me, I didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Get your Christmas card. Well, you're right, because nobody did.
I'm done. Stevie, you are a girl after my own heart.
When David mentioned this to me off air, I said,
are we talking like more personal stuff or I'm done
with Christmas cards?
Speaker 1 (05:15):
That's literally what I said to him. That's what she said. Perfect.
We're on the same page.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
You guys follow me on Facebook. You see what I
had for lunch. Why am I sending out these cards
and making my whole family sign.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Each one of them? That's right.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Exactly. If you want to know what I've been up to,
go to my Facebook page like everybody else. Oh, Stevie,
I love you.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I love it. You're on the list, Stevie. That's in there. Awesome. Thanks, guys.
Have a great day. Bye. Okay, we'll keep it going.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
888-599-1079.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Or you can leave us a talk back if you're
streaming this station on iHeartRadio. All right, Meredith, this list
is growing for us and everybody else. These are social
norms that people are just done with. It's the way
we've done it for decades, but we're not doing it anymore.
According to some of these people like this one, my
(06:08):
husband and I have separate bedrooms and we have for years.
We love it. We're getting the best sleep ever. Love that.
That is not a social norm. It's almost, remember we
called it a sleep divorce. Yes. It has a negative
sound to it, but it really shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
It's really something that I feel like people aren't talking
about and they're just starting to say it because more
and more couples it's like a thing that everyone just.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Was like oh we sleep in separate bedrooms don't tell.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Anybody and now everyone's like yeah right i'm getting the
best sleep of my life he's been in the back bedroom.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
For years we're adding on rooms to our house that's
right uh but here this is one that i think
could be a little controversial saying bless you when someone
sneezes This person writes, like, what are we doing here?
Does it really need to be acknowledged every time someone sneezes?
And this one I'm on the fence about. Yeah. The
(06:58):
ones that bug me are the ones that are across
the room. Let's say you're at the DMV and you sneeze.
And then 18 seats over, bless you. Like somebody has
to be the person. I think the proximity is important
when you say God bless you or bless you to
someone who's sneezing.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Okay. However, I've sneezed quietly in a large room and
I felt like, huh, none of these jerks give a crap.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
They don't want me to be blessed. Isn't it bad
luck or something?
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I don't know why we do it, but I feel
compelled to say it.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So you don't want to give up bless you's or.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
No, but I do think it matters if I know
the person.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
There's a time and a place.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yeah, yeah. If you did it in here, I would
say no problem. If I was shopping around in a
store and someone a couple racks over did it, I'd
probably go, bless you, like real.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Cute, and they'd be like, thanks. It's a social thing.
It's not a religious thing. That's right. So how are
you feeling about this one and any other things you're
just done with? Love to hear from you this morning.
Tap the mic if you're streaming us on the free
iHeartRadio app, or better yet, Better yet, 888-599-1079. David and Meredith.
Fa la la la la. Here's another one, and it
(08:12):
is saying bless you. Did you just sneeze?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
No.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Oh, my gosh. That would have been so cool.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
It was a cough, but thank you for saying bless you.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Bless you, Meredith. And people are like, what are we doing?
Why are we still doing this? We got a response
to this one. First, we'll go to our talkback line.
If you're streaming iHeart, you hit the microphone. Bless you.
Good morning. This is Rusty from Sarasota. I always heard
that we said bless you because at the moment you sneeze,
(08:43):
your heart actually stops working, stops pumping. So it's awaited.
Keep the life force moving, I guess.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Thanks. Love you guys. Bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Thank you for that talk back. And you wanted to
add to it. Go ahead. The airwaves are yours.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
I was calling about the God bless you phrase. The
reason that people say that, I read it a while back.
They say that your heart stops during your sneeze and
it's a chance for the devil to sneak in.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Okay, no wonder I feel compelled to say it. Yeah, yeah,
so that's the reason.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I read it in a couple different areas, so I
just want to let you guys know. Thank you, and
what's your name? My name is Ray. Bless you, Ray.
Thank you, Ray. All right, you guys have a great day.
See ya. The power of Claritin compels you.
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