Episode 136 – Live From Las Vegas

Show Notes  Ben and Josh take on social norms in door holding, raising sociopathic children, the difference between the Return of the King book and Movie, and why Josh is wearing nail polish. Join them in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada for MagicCon 2024.  Intro (0-8:59)  Follow-up (8:59-23:47) Jerry Seinfeld on melding soap  Man locks staff in escape room  Bad at Parenting Magic (23:47-35:09) Timmy, Johnny, and Spike, Making Magic Dec 3, 2013 by Mark Rosewater  Bad at Tech (35:09-47:25) Credit Cards Don’t Require Signatures. So Why Do We Still Sign? Oct 14, 2024 by Oyin Adedoyin in the Wall Street Journal (PAYWALL) “Signing a check at a restaurant or for a rudimentary purchase paid by credit card is still incredibly common, but here’s the thing: Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express all dropped the requirements to sign back in 2018. It’s been genuine years, and still people continue to unnecessarily sign papers that will never be read, scrutinized, seen or even required under audit. They’re not used to stop fraud, and it’s literally fine to leave without signing, but here’s the thing — there’s no way I’m gonna stop signing. That would be weird. I’m not gonna be the guy who drunkenly explains to a bartender at last call that no, trust me man, you don’t actually have to sign anymore, I read it on the internet.”  The hitchhiking robot  What I’m Reading (47:25-1:04:40) Josh: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson  Ben: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien LOTR Extended Edition – The Death of Saruman  Why LOTR feels like Tolkien (even when it doesn’t)  Feature (1:04:40-end) MagicCon Vegas 2024  Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich