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Traditions help us Weird Humans feel connected to our families, our communities and our culture.

This week's episode took us on a journey of self reflection . . . okay, who are we kidding? We're Weird Humans and naturally, we're just as concerned about our appearance and likelihood of age related memory decline as the rest of you. It's no big secret that our society is youth-obsessed, and we (especially as women) are inundated with messages that we had better be paying attention to our looks. And that we'd better be ready to drop some serious cash for lotions, potions, creams, Botox injections and eventually plastic surgery to keep up the ruse that we're going to be young forever. Elle just celebrated a big birthday, and will be continuing the party for as long as she can get away with it. In her honor, we've decided to rename her birthday month "Elle-tember". Sure, we should have released this episode in that month. But, seriously, we're typically late to any party, so why should this one be any different? And she may or may not be wearing the same outfit . . . via GIPHY Leaf blowers are a perfect analogy for what's wrong with our society. They take a problem from over here, and just blow it over there. They don't really solve anything! The fact that we both own leaf blowers, just means we're part of the problem. We're also annoyed by the 24 hour news cycle, the NextDoor app, and digital calendars. Amy Poehler had it right in her book "Yes, Please!" The robots may eventually kill us, but until then they will just make us miss appointments. In our research for this episode, Candace got some much desired Botox injections and binged some "Community". Watch "Community" on Netflix Thanks so much for listening, Weirdos. We'll be back in 2 weeks . . .

After about 5 minutes of consideration, we've decided that any diet can be absolute garbage.

"The older we get, the more we like to hear stories about old people killing it!"

Magical thinking is something that you think of as indicative of mental illness.

Welcome back Weirdos! Like we said on the episode today, it's been a minute. We learned a ton from recording and publishing Season 1, and we've got much more frivolity in the works going into Season 2. We decided to launch this season with an episode exploring the Weirdly Human concept of HUMOR.   What sort of jokes do you find funny? Do you laugh often enough (hint: The answer is most likely NO) And most importantly, why do we have this behavior in the first place? We have to give a big THANK YOU and shout-out to an episode of one of our absolute favorite podcasts, Hidden Brain. The episode "Humor Us" was a huge inspiration to us in creating this one. If you want to know how podcasting should actually be done, then take a listen here. Our featured funny neuroscientist Sophie Scott will have you ROFL, and you'll be learning in the process. Watch her here. Looking for an entertaining read? You can't go wrong with any of Caitlin Moran's books. But here is her latest:Order here from Harper Collins Ever the tenacious, sharp and witty diplomat, Madeline Albright showed us again that women can be SMART and FUNNY. Laughter does so much for all of us Weird Humans. It eases our stress levels, helps us to bond with each other and it improves the aging process. In case you've made it all the way down here, and you still need a laugh, then here is proof that cats really are the "hold my beer" guys of the animal kingdom:

The first episode of Season 2 drops October 13

From the outside, the life of a celebrity seems amazing and glamorous, but the reality may be very different.

Are you capsaicin naive, or just a spice pussy?

Are you a hoarder, or just a too much stuff haver?

Candace FINALLY gets us talking about CULTS!

Humans are weirdly hardwired to set goals. How do you get things done?

Humans love to give each other advice, but do any of us really want to hear it?

When was the first time you felt like an adult?