And Now We Drink Episode 464: With Che Durena pt 2

Matt Slayer welcomes comedian Che Durena back to the bar for a conversation that starts filthy and stays that way. Che gets weirdly honest about his ritualistic relationship with content — the tab-hoarding, the specific routines, the whole unhinged process he's built around it — before comparing notes with Matt on their wildly different approaches to chasing dopamine. Che makes the case for moderation, treating content like any other vice (caffeine, sugar, alcohol) that he cycles off of so the highs actually hit again, while Matt argues for just taking the dopamine and living your truth. It somehow turns into a legitimately interesting back-and-forth about addiction, ritual, and burnout buried under all the chaos. Later the two completely nosedive into gaming, going way too deep on Marvel Rivals and Deadlock. They trade war stories about tilted teammates who refuse to communicate, one-trick players who single-handedly extend a loss for an extra hour, and the specific breed of Spider-Man main who thinks pulling you off a ledge counts as a personality. Slayer lays out his hard rule of never surrendering a match no matter how bad it looks, and the two go back and forth on why hero shooters live and die on call-outs and communication.       Loud, filthy, weirdly heartfelt in places — pour something strong and buckle up.   We are proud to be brought to you by BellFlask www.bellflask.com use promo code slayer20 for 20% off at checkout Cover your shame in our wares. New Merch! anwd.net/merch The Patreon is full of exclusive content and directly supports the show. patreon.com/mattslayer Subscribe to the youtube youtube.com/andnowwedrink Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.