Is Your Obsession a Mood Lifter?

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i think that when you are obsessed with something in a healthy way, it is a mood lifter. It absolutely makes you happier. That there's this little, usually, a insignificant purposeit's nice that it's low stakes. 99 % of what i deal with is high stakes. Life sucks. I don't want to collect spagetio ninga turtle cans from 19 88. I 've no interest in that. But he does. Genuinely do. In his passion for, like, a bag of doredos from 19 94 that had like, the olympic dream team on it,. or like some sort of cartoon drawing of dracula or frank

It’s The Create Unknown’s Second Annual Friendsgiving, which means it’s time to hang out with babies, tots, and assorted TCU miscreants and express our thanks for a few things -- from our incredible community to the fact that things aren’t worse. Because… they totally could be.

Kevin kicks off detail about Vsauce2’s content direction and how thankful he is that subscribers seem to like it, and that makes a big difference in terms of making more of it.

Matt loves everyone’s quirks and hobbies, from Plunderlings to bookbinding to office parties.

Kevin is thankful for YouTube shorts, which have opened up a brand new avenue for his creativity and have done wonders for introducing people to Vsauce2, and Matt goes into a long appreciation-rant about the value of obsessions.

Cowboy Bebop live action. Stuffing 3 marsupials into one another. Eating butternuts in the cellar. IT’S ALL HERE.

We really mean it when we say that we’re thankful for everyone who listens to this show, talks to us in comments or on Discord and Twitter, and just plain hangs out with us. And we’re especially thankful for the Patrons who keep this show going every episode. On to the next Thanksgiving!

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Kevin Lieber and Matt Tabor

Produced and Edited by Ben Webster → https://twitter.com/benwebsterTCU

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Opening Animation: Kidmograph

City Animation: Eric Langlay