Episode 160 - The Final Countdown

Welcome back to HWIDG! Around here, we're in the ol' Christmas mood, meaning Tab's drinking his "special" hot chocolate sponsored by Jameson, Tim's making wreaths out of his handle collection, and Todd's vaping a nice gingerbread-venison blend. So Happy Holidays from our weird podcast family, and don't forget the true meaning of Christmas: feeling upset at your gift haul despite buying everyone you know their dream car. Also, issues:* Christmas* End of the Decade Lists* Goverment Hours* Deleting/Deactivating AccountsChristmas. A time of giving. Giving yourself a sweet new iPad that is. Here you go people i've known all my life, here's gift cards to restaurants that aren't even in your area. BUT I WANT MORE. YOU DIDN'T BUY ME A VINTAGE MARSHALL STACK?! HOW COULD YOU?! ALL I WANTED WAS THAT AND A BUGATTI CHIRON! DO YOU EVEN LIKE CRISTMAS?! IT'S ABOUT SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS I WON'T USE BUT WILL FEEL BAD ABOUT RETURNING SO IT SITS IN THE CORNER!Where were you ten years ago? WHO were you ten years ago? Ten years is a long time, and most of us only get 7 or 8 of them. Ten years ago Iron Man was a surprise hit with a no-name character with a glint of a larger universe. Now? The MCU is the biggest thing of all time. 2009 was an entirely different time, back when the iPhone had a 3.5 inch 480px320p screen and Soulja Boy was still a thing. Do you want to go back to those days? I didn't think so. How about instead of decade round-ups, we do decade predictions so in ten years we can look back on how wrong we were about holograms and full body VR plugsuits.The government doesn't work for you. Period. It tolerates you, sure, but it doesn't care about you or your life. It cares about itself. Is it easier and cheaper to work 9 to 5 40 hour weeks? Yes. Does that help anyone that actually needs them to work? No. And what about holidays? Seems like they take any chance they can to not help you. We're sorry, our offices are closed for National Talk Like A Pirate Day, and also tomorrow for National Pizza Day, go screw yourself.We noticed you haven't used your account in a while, so we're going to deactivate it for you, and also we're now invite only so you can't just make another account. This is from a tiny website. Yet these billion dollar conglomerates beg you to stay. You go to cancel your Hulu account and it's like you're the only member they have and they'll go under if you leave. Like a battered wife in a Lifetime Original Movie: Tanya's Story.All this and more on this cheer-and-warmth-filled episode of the podcast, plus voicemails and ACTING. Don't forget to join us on DISCORD, and support us on PATREON, NEWPROJECT2 or by BUYING A SHIRT!