The Daily Friday: Wednesday 2/26

1. First a Southwest plane narrowly misses colliding with a private jet at the Chicago airport, then a couple was forced to sit next to a dead body for 10 hours. Getting on an airplane these days is the bravest thing a person can do.

2. Egg wars continue to rage, as McDonald’s responds to Denny’s and Waffle House’s egg surcharge with a $1 Egg McMuffin. No clue how they can afford that. Maybe Grimace killed off Uncle O’Grimacey and inherited his empire?

3. House passes spending bill that could cost the US $17T over the next decade, heads to Senate for final voting. Seems expensive but just a few million gold visas would pay for it. Always said this country needs more rich people.

4. Mr. Beast says he lost tens of millions of his own money on Amazon’s Beast Games, says “I’m an idiot.” Hate to hear him talk about himself like that. Let him compete as a contestant next season and he’ll make it all back.

5. Billy McFarland announces that Fyre Fest II is a go, with tickets selling from $1,400 to $1.4M. Lots of questions remain, like “who will be performing,”
   “will this actually happen” and “will this guy have to suck his way out of there again?” but that’s just part of the mystery of life.

ASTEROID UPDATE: the probability that we get hit by a bit ol’ stroid in 2032 has now dropped from all the way up to 4% to 0.0004%. Perfect time to buy some of these Severance shirts to celebrate. You deserve it.

WEDNESDAY WIENERMOBILE

Thank you to @WhiteWeather_ on Twitter for capturing what may be the greatest photograph in human history.

Yes, this picture goes unbelievably hard, but it’s also a very important reminder as we enter the second half of the week.

Sure, there may be storms ahead of us in the coming days. But that does not mean that we cower from them. Like this brave little hot dog car, we must face them with the courage and strength. If the Weinermobile can stare down a storm, you too can stare down your own storms (ibuprofen addiction, still not sure what exactly you do at your job, scared to talk to women, no idea what a 401k is, can’t read, etc.) this week.

I’m now realizing that maybe the car is actually facing away from the storm. If it’s the latter, the message is similar. Put your storms behind you and go forth with honor. Or something. Just do your best today, love you guys.

NBA: Tough day to be Nico Collins, as Luka drops a triple double in his first game against Dallas, rips a few pushups to beat the lazy allegations and of course gets his staredowns in.

GOLF: Outside golf is fun and all, but the TGL has been absolutely electric this year. Thank you to Collin Morikawa for reminding the world that 4 inches is long enough 🙏🏻 I don’t even know if they make condoms that big.

MLB: RIP to the P00P graphic for any and all future Phillies-Pirates games. Make it make sense. Can we please have DOGE look at this somehow?

NCAAB: This PA announcer from Prairie View A&M needs to be hired for my Tuesday night men’s league run. Incredibly electric.

The McNeese State manager is the very definition of Glue Guy. Fuck it, I’m hammering McNeese State ML every chance I get.

All good things must come to an end. Conor Williams aka Cozy has played his final game at DIII John Fischer, ending his senior year with 14.5 PPG and 7.0 RPG. I think I watched his mixtape 500 times one Sunday when I was violently hungover.

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WHAT ELSE IS GOOD

FINALLY - Big Tech has gotten off their asses and released a flying car. Perfect for any scenario where you want to soar tens of feet in the air at the speed of a golf cart.

Gotta hand it to this criminal on death row. While I don’t necessarily approve of beating people to death, picking firing squad over lethal injection is hard-core as hell.

Two men in Zambia face witchcraft charges after ‘possessing charms intended to harm the country’s president’ for a $1M bounty. Kyrie should never enter Zambia or he’ll be thrown in jail for life. His layup package is the definition of witchcraft.

THE BIGGEST BETRAYAL IN PODCAST HISTORY

Traitors heads will love this battle between Almost Friday Podcast and Playdate Podcast in a TENSE game of Mafia, hosted by the one and only Strider, who does a remarkable Alan Cummings impersonation. Absolute cinema.

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STUFF TO CLICK WHEN YOU’RE BORED TODAY

• Don’t forget to submit a question to our upcoming mailbag and catch up on all our award-winning advice throughout the past year (Monster Mailbag was an all time classic, still thinking about Gary going on a cruise.)

• Read this on your lunch break: The Lie Americans Believe About Toilets. Had no idea I would enjoy a deep dive on toilets as much as I did here.

• This guy’s Elon impression is as accurate as I’ve ever seen. I’d bet my life savings he’ll be on Kill Tony by the end of April.

• Speaking of impressions, Eilise dropped another banger. Thanks, I hate it. Please do 100 more.

• Can the human body survive a trip to Mars? I’m not sure, but you guys go ahead, try it out and let me know. Hopefully you don’t run into this dying alien race that CIA psychics saw up there back in the 1980s (wild sentence.)

• It’s Hump Day. Enjoy 3 minutes of some of the most insane feats of super-human behavior that’s ever been seen.