#ai mbmbam

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

Like a month or so ago I had a dream where Griffin McElroy died and so they stopped doing MBMBAM but they started a new series of The Adventure Zone where Travis was the dm and Justin and Clint were the players. The dream consisted almost entirely of listening to this new series where Justin and Clint were clearly very sad, uncomfortable, and not really into it but Travis kept trying really hard to make it work by being obnoxiously positive. Each week it got worse and worse, they kept bringing on guest stars for a single episode but they never had any chemistry and it made it even more awkward somehow. Travis was still just as bad of a dm as he was for Graduation. Then, a few months into the podcast, doing the only thing that could possibly make it more awkward, Travis introduced a new player character that was clearly just an ai voice trained to sound like Griffin that he was controlling. The next like four episodes of the podcast were about Justin, Clint, and False-Grifin’s characters trying to steal a wall mounted tv stand from a target while Travis changed the rules to make whatever they tried fail over and over.

I think the dream ended there, but I didn’t really think about it at all until today when I remembered something funny from Monster Factory and thought “man, Griffin McElroy made a lot of funny stuff when he was alive, shame he died” before realizing that that only happened in my dream

[nerves-nebula]

Listening to an episode of mbmbam where they insist a squirrel photograph is ai generated so I looked the guy up (Geert Weggen) and I’m pretty sure he’s real and literally all he does is photograph red squirrels. He’s got like props for them and shit. Books and prints of only red squirrels. He’s an award winning photographer. I found articles about him from years before any of the big image compiling AIs got popular. Red squirrels are his entire niche and apparently whichever photo they saw was so good that two out of three brothers were 100% convinced it was AI.

[max--phillips]

[Randy Jackson voice] that’s gonna be a no from me dog

[image ID: image 1 is a screenshot of a push notification from TIME that reads “AI-human romances are flourishing. Here’s why.” Image 2 is a screencap of Griffin McElroy from the MBMBAM tv show looking nonplussed with his chin on his fist, with the “press x to doubt” instruction from the video game LA Noire pasted to his left. End ID]

[benjinkies]

every mbmbam ep sounds like an ai creation of the previous ep and i wish justin would say faggy again

[marcelinethedepressedqueen]

AI Answers Final Yahoo

Griffin: Uh, here's our final Yahoo. This one was sent in by Merit Palmer, from an anonymous Yahoo! Answers user who I will call "Banjo" asks: "Are buffalo wings proof that God loves me and wants me to be happy?”

Justin: Oh, that's a good question. 

Merit: [laughter] It was a question to me, too, because I know what buffalo wings are, but, I mean, that's a good question. Because they're amazing. 

Travis: And I wouldn't be surprised if they were one of the original foods that God made. 

Merit: [laughing] That's true. 

Justin: Yeah. He said, you know, if you believe in God, then you believe in everything that he loves. What you eat or drink is a blessing. How I do everything in my life is proof that God loves me. 

Travis: What?! 

[laughter] 

Justin: [laughing] Um, and if you don't believe in God, then, you don't think that. So, that's why I brought it up, because you don't even question that at all, that's a huge question, huh? If you believe in God, you can't even conceive of a world where buffalo wings aren't God. That is a belief. 

Travis: Where do you go from here, Banjo? 

Banjo: Where do you go from here? Well, I don't know if I agree with it 100%, and I don't know if there's, that's more of like a poetic way of saying that. Like, God doesn't necessarily love buffalo wings. I don't know if that's in God's persona. 

Justin: Sure. 

Merit: [laughter] I mean, that, that's very possible. God might be like Travis and not like buffalo wings. 

Merit: That's, I mean, he could actually be into that, because buffalo wings have so much, so much mass. 

Travis: Yes, buffalo wings. They're tasty. 

Justin: Yes. That could be right. But, uh, but there's also this other reason why it's possible. You know, one of the ideas in my self-published zine is that we create in order to fight against our own opinions, to force ourselves to look at them and see them as flawed and see them as ill-defined and ultimately see what they can be through contradiction. It's absolutely possible that Buffalo wings are the substance of what's holding you back. 

[A brief conversation about the symbolism of Buffalo wings].

(Written by AI. Final Yahoo from mbmbam episode 525)

[cursed-mcelroys]

Cursed AI Final Yahoo

Griffin: This final yahoo was sent in by Madeline, from Yahoo Answers user Darth Beaver, who asks: "I went to my first ballet last night, what is with all the ladies toe dancing, why don't they just hire taller women?" 

Justin: I‘ve got to say, that is not a question you would expect from Darth Beaver. 

Griffin: Is that from The Onion? 

Justin: [laughs] 

Griffin: Justin! He‘s actually an actual question. Darth Beaver is a real person. 

Travis: [laughs] 

Griffin: A very real person. 

Justin: [laughs] 

Griffin: [laughs] We‘re just gonna move on. Anyways, my question, or at least the broadest part of my question, is this: "How do we know if Simba hates us because we ate his ass or because we think we're the enemy?" 

(This was written by AI, question from ep 468)

[doggirlpaws]

[bloodanddiscoballs]

some of y'all do not know how to be a normal ass fan

legitimately idk why some of you think it's appropriate to harass content creators and ask weirdly personal questions or tell them how to alter their physical appearance. you aren't their friend. you aren't permitted personal information simply because you follow them or pay them via subscriptions or merch. you certainly aren't someone who can tell them what they should do with their lives cause "you have their best interests in mind". You Are Not Their Friend.

try to put yourself in their shoes for a second. imagine some random person asking you for details about your life or critiquing your physical appearance or choices. I really don't think that you'd be very comfortable with those kinds of interactions.

enjoy the content they create! there is nothing wrong with hyperfixating and loving the stuff they put out there. but please recognize that you are a stranger and just a fan and that there IS a line that shouldn't be crossed.

[spockvarietyhour]

[flareguncalamity]

Welcome to my brother my brother and me, an advice show for the modren era

I’m your oldest brother Grustvin Mcelroy

I’m your middlest brother Truffin Mcelroy

And I’m your sweet baby brother and 30 under 30 media luminary Jivis Mcelroy

[incorrecthlvraiquotes]

Benrey: Can you cook and eat the beans from a beanbag chair?

Gordon: From a beanbag CHAIR? No, they're filled with polystyrene. You probably shouldn't eat that.

Gordon: Are you a doctor?

Gordon: No- well not a medical doc-

Benrey: Are you a nutritionist?

Gordon: No, I'm not...

Benrey: Are you a beanbagologist?

Gordon: No...

Benrey: Are you a fuckin' professional chef?

[i-feel-dirty]

Cursed inquires yield cursed results

[gayautisticbenrey]

Oops I Did It Again

[maxkillertart]

Ok but. The brother reenacting that MBMBaM bit where they yell about Nathan. But they're shit talking Benry. (Also which of the brothers listens to Jimmy Buffet to chase off the Monday blues, and who puts them on blast and screams "are you fucking POSSESSED?!")

Freeman Brothers AU

Gordon listens to Jimmy Buffet unironically and Felix is disgusted. John doesn’t know who Jimmy Buffet is. hijinks ensue.

also i have had this ask sitting in my ask box for like, a MONTH. I wanted to do it justice + i kept forgetting...there are many more like this. if you sent a freeman brothers au ask and i didn’t answer it it’s because it’s sitting there, brewing, until i finally have an answer for your lovely question.

[mbmbambot]

How do I stop my neighbors from stealing from my garden?

Travis: Yeah. Do I need to just get on Facebook? I just want to live with them for a little bit, enjoy the bees and enjoy the plants. I just want to make sure I have enough food for my body.

Griffin: And I think that it would be weird if you did that, and I was like, this is the weirdest thing that could happen to you, and you're like, one of the few people that has ever even thought about doing that, and you're like, “Yeah, I guess I do need to just go to Facebook. Do I need to just go to Facebook?” I’d be like, “Oh, shit. I don’t have any food. I don’t have any food for you, bud.”

Travis: Uh-huh.

Justin: That’s interesting.

[marcelinethedepressedqueen]

Griffin: This final yahoo was sent in by Madeline, from Yahoo Answers user Nurble, who asks: "How do I tell my wife that I ate her fancy soaps that she bought for the bathroom?" 

 Travis: [laughs] 

 Griffin: [laughs] 

 Travis: Uh, see, if that didn‘t say “No.” 

 Justin: [laughs] ―There‘s actually a very good answer, which is: “Well, those were supposed to be for the whole house,”

(Written by AI, question from episode 489)