106. Welcome to Phooj Ywg Lee’s Market

The Editors

You can listen to this podcast. We believe in you. Every single person over here at the Sparkling HQ–we all think you have it in you and it is going to be okay. Don’t have to worry about it. Just be normal. Don’t ruminate on my choices and don’t ruminate on your own choices. You can has little a podcast, as a treat. I won’t tell anyone. Oh, and by the way, Tristin says I have to apologize for how I treated that cat. I accidentally threw a bag of trash at a cat. So sue me. That is to say: I apologize. This week’s Lime is Lime: Lime-flavored sparkling water from Origin, Lime-flavored sparkling water from Spindraft (that’s it!) LIME FLAVORED sparkling hop water from HOPWTR.

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105. Sarah’s Worst Nightmare

The Editors

Today, Sarah told me that seeing me at the mall was her worst nightmare. Why? Something about feelings of shame when people see us without friends. Are we all just victims of the same #LonelinessCrisis? Anyway, doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is sparkling water. Don’t call it a comeback: Mango Chili Tepache from De La Calle, Mango Sparkling Hop Water from HOPWTR and Pineapple Mango from Crystal Geyser.

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102. Mac DeMarco with Gardenias in his Hair

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Mac DeMarco wants a table for twelve, fourteen at the most, although there might be six more, or eight more, or eleven more: there would never be one or two more, because music people do not travel in groups of “one” or “two.” Water of the week is the same river twice: Spindrift Pineapple and Coca-Cola Dreamworld. Also, “take a hike” is another good expression that we need to bring back, courtesy of Lilith, because it is wildly dismissive without using expletives.

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99. The North San Juan Community Center

The Editors

First episode in new studio. Congratulations to us. We made it. We’re all the way up. Thanks to every single one of our supporters. Water of the week is The Three Faces of Berry: Mountain Blackberry from Clearly Canadian, Strawberry Lemon from Poppi, Acai Blueberry from Yerbaé. Conclusion: Champagne Papi is obviously Canadian.

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98. Joakim shoplifts sparkling water

The Editors

You want clean flour in your bag, but the perfect flour does not exist. You could sell us anything by bringing up our perfectionism, our fear of our own humanity, our fear of BitCoin crashing… Clean flour of the week is watermelon: Trader Joe’s Watermelon Lemonade Sparkling Water, Watermelon Prebiotic Soda from Poppi, and Watermelon Fruit Punch from Goat.

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97. A Fear of Wildlife

The Editors

I was always frustrated by the slow pace of creative work, and it was always assumed that the solution was to become more efficient and speed up the process. But perhaps there is a different way to understand that feeling of frustration. Perhaps we could become more patient and accept that things take time. Like always, the first half of this episode is boring and the second half is not boring. Water of the week is Black Cherry: Crystal Lake, Sunny Select, and BANG! (Black Cherry Vanilla).

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96. We don’t *have* time… We *are* time

The Editors

Natasha still likes Johnny Depp and that breaks my heart, but perhaps I am mingling plain fashion and the abstract invisible values at the bottom of it all? Perhaps we don’t disagree? Perhaps we live in different universes and our values are the same? Perhaps there are two types of disagreement about a question like this? We could have different values or we could have different beliefs about the facts? Whatever… Water of the week is a tropical travesty: Apricot Peach from Sunny Select! Finally! Orange Crème from Signature Select and Orange Créme from Raley’s. Notice how the accent on the E is going different directions in the word créme/crème. For Signature Select, it is a falling tone. The fourth tone. For Raley’s, it is a rising tone. The second tone. Nothing matters. Nothing is intentional. Free will is an illusion. Knowledge is infinite and meaningless. There is no winner. We all die alone and justice will never come. Give up now. We world has already ended.

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95. On Having No Clout

The Editors

For the first time in the history of sparkling water—I forgot to review the third water! Everything was moving along swimmingly and I reviewed two waters and then finished up the episode. At the outset, when I mention feeling scattered—that wasn’t a joke! Water of the week is a trio of “Disgusting Tropical”: Pineapple Coconut from Clover Valley, Peach Mango from Sunny Select, and (*UNREVIEWED*) Apricot Peach from Sunny Select.

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93. We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live

The Editors

How difficult it is, for us as humans, to understand that coincidences can be real. We want to tell stories. We want to make meaning. Everything must happen for a reason. Every pattern must be intentional. But what if it’s not? What if the universe doesn’t care about us? Then, perhaps, we must care about each other? Water of the week is our first Sparkling Water with Tea and Botanicals from Sound: Blueberry, Cinnamon, Hibiscus Tea. Also, Blackberry Raspberry from Sunny Select and Cranberry/Lime from Trader’s Joes Seltzer with a Splash.

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92. Sad Girl Starter Pack

The Editors

As young children, we make piles of hot trash and show it to our fathers and we want them to praise us. We want them to look and say that the hot trash is wonderful. We want them to express joy at who we are. That is how things must be. Without proper praise from our fathers, we cannot develop healthy self-esteem. We grow up to be needy adults that make hot trash podcasts that we want to show to the world, hoping that the world will look at our hot trash and praise it. More importantly, we want the world to look into our eyes and say that we are good enough, not because of what we made, but because of who we are. In this life, the world will always be a stand-in for our fathers and no Five Star Spotify Review will ever be enough! No lifetime Patreon supporter can ever fill that void! Anyway, the name of the shitty German grocery store that I couldn’t remember while recording is LIDL. Water of the week: Tangerine Lime from Sunny Select, Lime from Crystal Lake and Topo Chico Twist o’ Tangerine.

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91. A Wonderful Little Man

The Editors

Here’s the main takeaway: it’s ranch, but you don’t want to use the word ranch. Water of the week is WATERMELON-STRAWBERRY-KIWI: Watermelon Kiwi from Mad Tasty, Strawberry Watermelon from Signature Select, Strawberry Watermelon from Sunny Select, and Kiwi Strawberry from Sunny Select.

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89. Why Does Everything Suck?

The Editors

This episode is messy and we try to talk about everything all-at-once and it doesn’t work very well. However, if you vibe with me then you’ll love it. Also, the water must flow: Cherry Blossom from La Croix, Wild Cherry from Signature Select, Wild Cherry from Syfo, and Black Cherry from Clover Valley.

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87. Tropical Fruit-Flavored Rejection

The Editors

Mango Chainsaw from Liquid Death is the Official Sparkling Water of Elden Ring. In this water, you can taste every shade of Japanese nightmare: all that fear, doubt and loneliness. We also review Mango Pineapple from Signature Select and Pineapple from Soleil by Signature Select, but those two waters are 100% nightmare-free.

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86. Page Intentionally Left Blank

The Editors

This terrible no-good episode was brought to you by the M. Joakim Eriksson Center for American Decline. This week, the decline of the American Empire is everywhere for all to see. Water? Alta from Casamara Club is a sparkling, alcohol free take on the the Negroni, Unicorn Tears from Mad Tasty is an exotic and mysterious blend of natural fruit flavors that is delightful on the nose and refreshing for the brain, Aromatic from the Bitter Housewife is based on Old Fashioned Aromatic bitters and has flavors of dried cherries, ginger, cinnamon, and allspice. 

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85. The Body of My Master

The Editors

In this episode, we talk about capitalism: it is no measure of health to be well-adapted to a sick society. This week’s sparkling water is three flavors from Casamara Cub: Como, Onda and Sera. Como is inspired by Amaro from Northern Italty and Onda is inspired by Amaro from Sicily. So fancy! We couldn’t get sparkling water like this without capitalism though, that’s for sure.

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