The Only People on Earth: Why True Privacy is the Ultimate Modern Luxury - with Special Guests: Tracy & Jeanne

Is a $2.50 movie ticket worth the smell of a stranger’s gravy and the sound of a "Godzilla-sized" Boston Market meal in the row behind you?In this episode of The Gen-X-istentialists, Bunny and Scot give Mega Wheel the Magnificent a spin to dissect why movie theaters have become a trial, why Queen’s soundtrack is the only thing keeping Flash Gordon alive, and why the best childhood birthdays involved drunk clowns and parents drinking pitchers of beer at Chuck E. Cheese. Plus, they bring their wives, Jeanne and Tracy, into the studio to tackle the "deep end" of adventures—from semester-abroad isolation to the magic of Colorado wetlands.Inside the conversation:The Theater Trial: Bunny explains why he’d rather watch a movie in bed than deal with "stinky people," overpriced popcorn, and the man eating a full roast beef dinner in a matinee.The Soundtrack Debate: A non-PC breakdown of Flash Gordon (1980). Is it an intentional camp masterpiece or just "horrifyingly bad" with a legendary Queen soundtrack?Birthday Rites of Passage: From the 16-foot Subway sub in the basement to the drunk clown that made Tracy's childhood party "more fun" than intended.The Iowa Epiphany: Bunny recounts a cross-country trip where dirt roads and a lack of cell signal felt like time-traveling back to a simpler, Gen-X world.The Immersive Book: Tracy shares why reading The Left Hand of Darkness is a better adventure than most physical trips.Jumping in the Deep End: Jeanne discusses her semester in France—pre-internet, pre-cell phone—and the terror of being truly alone in a foreign land.Whether you're sneaking a ham sandwich into a theater or looking for a place where cell signals go to die, this episode is a raw, funny, and unapologetically nostalgic survival guide.