Welcome to Good Myth MORE. I'm a little afraid of this MORE, because even though it
does involve baked goods, I think it's also gonna involve
doing math in our heads. Multiple times. Just to see like, how much an individual of something costs. Not to be sold individually. Every time I read that on
packaging, it scares me too. You can go to a federal prison. Oh my God, what if I accidentally sell
one of these individually? You don't wanna find out. We have a voicemail, apparently. Let's check it. Fun fact, you can't hum while holding your nose. I'm not falling for it, dude. Not falling for it. It'll pop your ears if you try it. You can't hum while holding your nose. It'll come out your eyes. Why don't you try it? Why don't you try it? Well, I get nosebleeds. You can't hum while... Try it.
Did you have those kids in elementary school or
middle school that like, would sell things, like individual things? Like, "I'm selling a
piece of gum for 5 cents," like little entrepreneurs, you know? Stevie, you're getting your middle school and prison experiences mixed up. Did you ever take
anybody up on that offer? I don't believe, I can't recall. I'm sure I respected it.
Those are the future business leaders of America, Stevie, you know?
Yeah, I think I respected it.
Entrepreneurs. You know? I respect the hustle on that. It's like Gary V. You want, you want... "Hey, I'm Gary V, you wanna?" Gary V still goes to middle schools, and sells very small amounts of things. "You want this half bottle of wine? I haven't finished it." Yeah, he sells kid wine. He sells kid wine. It's not quite fermented yet. I see that we have these here so that we can write down.
I thought part of your nerves that you were gonna state, 'cause this is something for me. I'm very bad at how things, like how much things cost. How things cost? How things cost. So... 'Cause you're out of touch with... I'm not gonna tell you how things cost.
Economy. You're gonna have to
guess how things cost, and then do math. But, am I allowed to do the math on the whiteboard?
Yeah. Yeah. Then I don't have to do it in my head. Yeah, but I can't do division anymore. Can you do like long division? This is gonna be good for us. I don't think I can do it. Yeah, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna show my work. Do you know the division is just basically just the
opposite of multiplication? So like, see, like, look at that. The last time I wrote this... I can't even remember.
Okay, so I know the answer.
It's intimidating. I know the answer is one half, but I don't know how you do it. Eight and a four. So, do it. Do the work, because I don't
know how to do it anymore. Well, the way you do the work is you say eight won't go into four, so that's zero, and then you put a decimal,
and you put a zero here. 8 will go into 40. You bring the decimal up, and then you say 8 times what is 40? And that's 5, so there's your answer. That's how you do it, kids. That's how you do it. Wow. 50 cents. How did you remember that?
50 cents. I mean, y'all have kids too that you, you know, you do their homework as they grow up.
I took four levels of calculus.
I have three kids. Oh, I know. And I help them with all their homework. Made A's all levels.
I was talking on the podcast weeks ago we did
a an episode about fears, and one of my fears now
has become when I have to calculate the tip. And I know how to do it, and
I know like the easy tricks, but I feel like everyone's looking at me, and just like, easy
arithmetic becomes an issue. I don't remember.
I can't do division. We also did an episode of "Ear Biscuits" on what we fear the most. Oh.
So who's copying who here? Check out Stevie and Neagheen's podcast, "Best Friends Back, Alright!" To see if they did the same
thing we did, better than us. Okay. You know? You didn't need to,
should we play this game? We're almost five minutes in. We didn't open a time capsule. Yeah. There's many, I mean, did you-
That was a good idea. Yeah, had your whole-
Actually, we did that 10 years ago, though.
You had your whole "Sextember" thing. We had an intimacy
coordinator on the show. Yep. That was interesting. I've never felt more immature
than when I was just giggling and Neagheen was asking
appropriate questions, and they were having an
appropriate conversation. "Best Friends Back, Alright!" Check it out. That was your promo, Stevie. Yeah, thank you. All right, gimme, gimme, gimme some. Okay, so we're starting with something that you ate in the episode, the standard eight-count
box of strawberry Pop-Tarts. If you were to pluck one out
and not do any price gouging, how much you think that
singular Pop-Tart would be? Would cost? How cost? Well, maybe not. How many, eight? Yeah. 5, 6, 7, times 8. Okay. So, eight times four is... I just read the answer, and I am shocked. I would be so bad at this. What's it, 24. 4, 9, what's 9 minus 4? 9... 8, 7, 6, 5. 5- I'll make sure she'll
should just see if... Eight times... So, this needs to round up, 'cause eight times five, six. I've already got my answer. Six, so. I did not show my work. 70. All right, 74 cents. 39 cents. Okay, well.
I said the box is 5.89 divided by 8.
So, that's where you went wrong. A box is 2.69, which seems
like a steal, I think. For real, yeah. So, a singular Pop-Tart is 34 cents. Dang, right?
Rhett was closer. Yeah. Well, show your work. You don't get credit. The work's in there, man. "The work's in there." Mr. 74 cents. Okay, this is even a
further reach, I think, a 12-count box of crunchy
peanut butter Clif bars. Are you buying Clif bars nowadays? In like a multi-pack?
Yeah. You are.
Yeah, yeah. Okay, great. A 12-count Clif bar? Yeah. But, Link knows all about
this, so it'll be easy for him. You buying Clif bars? You are buying Clif bars? Like, when I do activities outside, like it's good to put a
Clif bar in your pocket, and like the kids can eat those. And, you know, "Here, kids. Put a Clif bar in your pocket. I have 12 of them," but I don't pay attention to prices because of that YouTube money. Heard that. Heard that. Shoot. These are expensive. I mean... Just the amount of design
that goes into the... Have you seen the person on a Clif bar? They're like just barely,
they're about to die. Yeah, yeah, they're on a cliff. They're literally on a cliff. Talk about being appetized. I mean, the photo shoot alone are very- I know, yeah. Yeah, right. And especially when the insurance claims when the people do die. Yeah. Like, "Hold it, hold that pose. You're hanging by one hand." Right Yeah, right, right. Bring in the next model.
And then they bring the next one right in there. And nothing makes me hungrier than seeing somebody fall to their death. Yeah, they bury the dead one in oats. Just throw some oats right over 'em, and nobody will find this.
Right. And then overnight they
soften, and it's good fiber. And then everybody eats
the oats and the person. See, you're not giving
me time to do my math, 'cause you're talking too... Talk to them while I do my math. I've already done my math. I'll show my answer. Hold on, I don't wanna see your answer. 12 of these? Let's see how long, let's see how long this takes. I bet a box costs... $10 and 48 cents. You don't have to do all the
specific math at this point. So... You're also making it
really hard on yourself by like a 49 cents situation. Yeah, I mean you could just say 90. I respect it, though.
90 cent. I respect it. Maybe I think it's $12. Entenmann's. Entenmann's. Entenmann's. There's an N there. Entenmann's. Entenmann's. Entenmann's. Let's get Entenmann's. All right, I'm saying
they're a dollar a piece. That's actually still pretty good, if you think about it. I bet it's more than that, shoot. I mean... you're, you, yeah. The 12 count box is 12.79, so-
Wow. They're that expensive?
One costs a dollar seven. We just went through the whole reason why. Yeah, I know, but I thought
that when you buy a Clif bar individually, they are about a dollar, but I just thought if you get the 12-pack- No, if you buy 'em individually, you're paying a $1.80. Really? Yeah, man. All right. And they're hard to eat, too.
Ten count. They're hard to eat. They're not good. Okay, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 10 count box of Twinkies. Okay. The Twinkie photo shoots
are much less expensive. I have a traumatizing
experience with Entenmann's because... Are y'all familiar with Passover? What is that? It's a Jewish holiday, and... Oh yeah, yeah. We did invite Larry King, R.I.P., to come on and tell you about it. If you put the blood on the
door, then God doesn't kill your firstborn.
Exactly. That's exactly what we
did when I was growing up. But no, you're not supposed
to eat leavened bread. And I remember being at Harris Teeter.
There is a way to do this. And they used to have
like samples and things that they would give out, and I just popped one in my mouth, and my mom was like, "It's
Passover, what are you doing?" And then I spit it out
into my hand and cried. Yeah, but God didn't kill you.
I haven't celebrated Passover in about 25 years. But that's how much it meant to me.
You've dug quite a hole for yourself. I thought I was gonna be smoted right in Harris Teeter.
Smited. What do we got? I think it's $4, so I went with 40 cent. $6.89 divided by 10, I
realized I could do that. I could do that by moving the decimal. Twinkies are a steal, 3.49, so 35 cents per Twinkie. Wow. I doubled the price of a box of Twinkies.
I almost said 3.50, I should have gone with my stink. I mean, these numbers
are pulled pre-inflation. These are from our local target, actually. Yeah, man. This is the latest. Don't be defensive. This is the latest
California target pricing. Family size package of
Double-Stuffed Oreos. Ooh, now we got a really think about... So, how many... You're not telling us how many? Exactly, there's a bonus point here.
Don't tell us how many. You have to guess how
many, and then you have to guess how much.
Oh, I love this. I like this one. Yeah, it's really fun. Now I'm having fun. Okay. Are you familiar with Yom Kippur? Uh-uh. That's a little Jewish holiday. You got a Yom Kippur story? How much would I be willing to pay for... Okay, I can't even... And then, I mean, there's less in than there than you think. Oh, that's, I like how
this math is working out. Cool. Okay So, I guessed that
there were 28 in a pack. How many did you guess were in a pack? I said that they were 32 in a pack. Okay, so we're close, and I said it was 5.89 for the thing. I said it was $4, so I went with 12 cents. So, 21 cents. Okay, you're... Well, I was gonna say
something nice, but no. Yeah, don't do that. It has 48 cookies, which
is depressing to me, because I do purchase this item, and I do consume it, and
my family size is two. And, it costs 4.59, so a singular Oreo is just like 9 cents. 9 cents, okay. See, this is an interesting
thing that's happening here, because- You're losing. I don't buy things, I don't like to spend money on things, but yet when I'm pricing things, I thought this was a reasonable,
I'm overpricing everything. Yeah, because you're scared. Yeah, you can't price scared. Yeah, you're scared
about potential prices. You're right. I gotta be bold with it. I gotta be bold with it. I just don't believe in fair pricing. Well, you have to think about how efficient they've gotten
at making things like Oreos. They're getting, I mean, the margins for that company
are so, so low at this point, but they're making so many Oreos that they can run a business, you know? You can't be selling Oreos for $6. Okay, let's see if I can course correct. Well, we're gonna switch
things up, so I'm gonna give you two options.
Oh God, don't now. I'm just getting the hang of this. You're gonna guess which
one of them costs more. Okay. For like, a singular one. Okay. You understand. This is more like a lightning round Which one, guess which individual piece? Yeah. A 16-count value pack
of Rice Krispie Treats versus a Souper 6-pack of Maruchan ramen. A super six-pack of ramen. Super is spelled like soup. 16-pack of Rice Krispie Treat. Is it the little ones,
the little hotel boxes? Hotel boxes? Like, continental breakfast boxes? I think there's a standard-size Rice Krispie Treat, and I believe this is that size.
Oh, Rice Krispie Treat. And which one costs more? Which one of the two? Individually, which one costs more?
Which one costs more, yeah. Which one costs more? Okay. Okay. Again, I'm showing my work. I went with ramen. And, as is very clear by my chart, I also went with ramen, the Souper 6 ramen pack versus
a 16 Rice Krispie Treat. You would think, huh? But no, actually, by little hair, Rice Krispie Treats costs more, because the Souper-spelled-like-soup
pack of ramen is 1.99, meaning each one is 33 cents.
Oh, 1.99. But Rice Krispie...
See, I said Rice Krispie was 33 cents. Is 5.59, so they cost 35 cents. Is it just me, or are Rice Krispie Treats some of the hardest thing to totally nail? When you buy the pre-made
Rice Krispie Treats, and like- You're building things
with Rice Krispie Treats? They're perfect. Now I'm intrigued. They're perfect.
I think that packaged ones have a little bit of a chemically taste if you make them at home and then like, compare.
Agreed. Okay, you may be right. They're great for Passover.
But, the consistency of a homemade Rice Krispie Treat is all over the map.
Mushier, yeah. No, it's not mushier, it's all over the map. Oh, I haven't experienced the harder home version. Like, too hard, too hard at home version? What makes a Rice Krispie Treat, what's the other ingredient? Marshmallow. Marshmallow.
Butter. Marshmallows are not kosher. She knows that.
This is right. That is right. Okay. Cassie went through a homemade Rice Krispie Treat phase. Could she do it? Yeah, she's the type, you know, she has those like, snack and culinary fixations
for a period of time, and then she switches to the next one, and Rice Krispies homemade
were one for a while. and it was not good to me.
I love that. It was not good to me.
I love that about Cassie, that she gets into something,
and then she's like, "I'm moving on to something else." Yeah. I don't like how the bottom
of my shirt makes it look like I've got kinda like a spare tire. It's good, it's good for you. It's good for you. Okay, you want one more? Last one? What's the score? I'm winning. But not by much. You know what I'm realizing is that I just have a spare tire.
By a couple. A 50-count pack of Totino's pizza rolls. Oh, crap. Versus a six-pack of Airheads. 6-pack of Airheads, a 50-pack of Totino's? A 50-pack? Six... And Airhead is like an
elongated flattened taffy? Yeah. Well, obviously they
want us to go with the... The surprising answer is the... Well, this is close. Is the Airheads, so I'm
gonna go with the Totino's. I'm going with the Totino's. I'm going with the Airheads
at 33 cents a piece versus 24 cents a piece. Oh, was that supposed to
be giving numbers for this? No. No. The Airheads are more expensive,
so 6-pack is 99 cents, so singular is 17. Wow.
And the pizza rolls are 5.69, so singular is 11 cents.
I doubled the price. I said $12 and $2. I should be better at this, because every time I
go to the grocery store and I'm trying to determine
what to buy of something, well, I'm comparing different, like we did in the main episode, but they put the per-item cost, this thing right here,
they put it on the thing. And I obsess over that, because it makes me feel
like there is a right answer, you know? And that's why I don't like
going to the grocery store, honestly, is because everything
I choose to buy is like, like my inner critic just goes nuts. Like, "Well, you gotta have
a well reasoned response," as if like... Sporked.com doesn't exist? As if Sporked.com doesn't exist, or like- For making a choice. Like Mr. Harris, he's gonna
look over my shoulder, he's gonna teeter over my shoulder, and he is gonna be like,
"Why did you choose that?" And I'll be like, "Well, I can give you
a whole dissertation." Like, this is the life I live. So, you don't like to
go to the grocery store and do a little shopping? For that reason.
'Cause of that? And that's the reason, I don't do it. I don't do it. Plus, COVID. Check out the newest episode of "Best Friends Back, Alright!" Where Stevie and Neagheen talk to experts and explore incredible topics, it's an incredible podcast.
