We Tried to Fix the World | S2E2 | Nonsense.Podcast

About this episode

The hosts attempt to solve various world problems through humorous discussions and absurd ideas.

After deciding that the world’s problems clearly weren’t being solved fast enough, we took matters into our own hands. Using a bowl full of real problems written on torn scraps of paper, we attempt to fix things like traffic, dating, work schedules, loneliness, social media, grocery stores, and modern society in general. Naturally, this leads to discussions about hamster tube systems, mandatory play dates for adults, replacing money with bartering, and whether lawns should even exist anymore. Some of the ideas are surprisingly thoughtful. Most of them are absolutely terrible. Somewhere in the middle of all this, we accidentally stumble into real conversations about isolation, consumerism, work culture, and why everything feels unnecessarily complicated now. Then we immediately ruin it again by over-engineering humanity. The answer is apparently always tubes. Follow us: https://linktr.ee/justplainnonsense

People in this episode

Host: Just Plain Nonsense

Topics covered

• world problems
• improvisation
• social issues
• consumerism
• work culture
• humor

Keywords

• traffic
• dating
• loneliness
• social media
• grocery stores
• bartering
• hamster tubes

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