PARTIFUL vs. Facebook invites, marriage arguments, bathroom renovations, and why Ridiculousness with Rob Dyrdek was basically the original doom scrolling. Samantha Santos and JC Mendoza are in their home-improvement era, repainting the Soft Launch studio, upgrading their bathroom, and learning that choosing a bath mat together is apparently a test of marriage. Plus, they introduce Touching Grass, talk Hayden Panettiere and getting older, revisit the glory days of Facebook party invites, and unpack the deeply questionable thoughts that happen when they take edibles.
00:00 — Soft Launch enters its “take it seriously” era
Samantha and JC talk about putting more energy into the podcast and becoming their own biggest supporters.
00:48 — One Thing About We: We’re done waiting for someone to save us
06:23 — Painting the studio instead of seeing Bruno Mars
The couple chooses a productive Saturday at home over a Bruno Mars concert and turns the studio makeover into their own concert experience.
12:01 — Why karaoke should never be taken seriously
14:58 — Performative karaoke and the “comedy bit” rule
16:15 — The Soft Launch home renovation era begins
The studio, changing room, bathroom and entire home are getting upgraded.
17:35 — Marriage, bath mats and why your partner needs to care
23:21 — The self-cleaning toilet experiment
24:55 — Why is our toilet water THIS blue?
27:12 — Why are public bathrooms always disgusting?
31:36 — We may have improved the house too much
32:04 — TOUCHING GRASS: Introducing Soft Launch’s newest segment
Samantha and JC share the thoughts they had while taking edibles and trying to “touch grass.”
32:45 — Ridiculousness with Rob Dyrdek was the original doom scrolling
They discover that watching Ridiculousness is basically scrolling through the worst possible algorithm before algorithms even existed.
36:59 — Hayden Panettiere, aging and the impossible definition of “young”
A conversation about age, women getting older, and why apparently you have to die to be considered young.
41:08 — PARTIFUL is ruining party invitations
45:41 — Facebook events were the original PARTIFUL
They remember when Facebook invites were basically a social scouting report and having hundreds of people RSVP meant you had serious clout.
47:48 — Trying to look cool while dancing
48:19 — JC finds his embarrassing high school journals
The journals are so embarrassing that they may be making their way to Patreon.
50:56 — The Facebook party memories that still haunt us
51:52 — JC explains his extremely intentional dance moves
52:47 — That’s all the Touching Grass for today