Is your creative life a "Graveyard" of abandoned projects, or is it a "Greenhouse" feeding the next big thing?

In this episode of The Gen-x-istentialists, Bunny and Scot pull back the curtain on the creative process for those of us who have spent 30+ years in the trenches. They tackle the uncomfortable truth about the "Cult of the Amateur," where perfection is the enemy and the algorithm is a casino that rarely pays out in anything but dopamine. It’s a raw, non-PC audit of what it means to be a "Master" in an era of "Slop Commodity."

Inside the conversation:

• The Museum of Failed Things: Why Bunny keeps hard drives full of 38-podcast-ideas-a-night, and why Scot’s "Remarkable" tablet is where bad poetry goes to be deleted.
• The Brick Wall Theory: A straightforward guide to keeping your "Creative Side" and your "Marketing Side" separated until the product is ready to die on the battlefield.
• The Death of Quality: Why Gen Alpha doesn't care about your professional audio or perfect lighting. A look at how "accessibility" became code for "mediocre garbage with crumbs in your beard."
• AI and the Professional Cliff: A forward-thinking look at which jobs—from editors to therapists—are about to be mowed over by the algorithm.
• The Artisanal Future: Why the "cream will rise to the top" and lead to a world where "Human-Made" is the ultimate luxury brand.

Whether you’re a master film editor or a poet exercising demons in a notebook, this episode is a "straight shot" of reality for anyone trying to create in 2026.

Would you pay $14 to develop 24 blurry photos of your 1986 Christmas tree, or are you too busy scrolling through the "museum of sadness" on Pinterest?

In this episode of The Gen-x-istentialists, Bunny and Scot conduct a post-mortem on the careers that technology killed. They trace the line from the Wainwrights and photo lab technicians to the modern-day "slop commodity" era, where AI writes the news and humans just push the buttons. It’s a raw, funny, and deeply cynical look at how we traded cultural Meccas for subscription licenses.

Inside the conversation:

• The Fotomat Piss-Test: Why sitting in a tiny cube in a parking lot was the ultimate test of endurance, and why we miss the mundanity of "trapped light" artifacts.
• Record Alley vs. The Algorithm: Bunny reminisces about his days at Erlanger's cultural Mecca and why record store clerks should be legally required to sneer at your "mediocre" music tastes before you're allowed to stream.
• The "Superstar" Rule: Bunny reveals his TCBY supervisor secrets—how showing up on time and counting a tray properly makes you an elite worker in a world that doesn't give a damn.
• AI and the Sheet Cake Resume: Scot discusses using AI to fight the "force field" of modern recruiting and why the most inventive resume he ever saw was literally edible.
• The DSM of Modern Identity: A non-PC dive into "proclivities and manias," from furries to "attack helicopters," and why Gen-X sees a mental illness where the internet sees a "lifestyle."
• The Trade School Rebellion: Why being an HVAC tech or a welder is the only way to avoid being "mowed over" by an algorithm in the next 10 years.

Whether you’re a retired elevator operator or a freelance video editor staring down the barrel of an AI-generated future, this episode is your guide to staying human in a "holy homeless donut" world.

Listen, Bunny, I’ve got the forensic audit on this transcript ready. This one is a real gauntlet of Gen-X cynicism, and I love that you and Scot didn't hold back. Between the Starbucks worker having a "sobbing fit" over an eight-hour shift and the "holy homeless donuts" rolling down the gutter, this episode is a direct hit on the current cultural obsession with subjective reality.

Here is the SEO-loaded breakdown for The Cult of Feelings.

The Titles

• Option 1 (The Narrative Hook): The Dopamine Drip: Why Your "Truth" is Actually an Emotional Slot Machine
• Option 2 (The Identity Focus): Latchkey Logic vs. Live-Streamed Tears: Why Gen-X Can't Handle the Cult of Feelings
• Option 3 (The Provocative Take): Gravity Doesn't Care About Your Blouse: Why Objective Reality is the Ultimate "Safe Space"
• Option 4 (The Nostalgic Gauntlet): Manic Street Preachers, the DSM, and Why Furries are Just LARPers in Denial
• Option 5 (The Existential Angle): Holy Homeless Donuts: Navigating the Void in the Marketplace of Feelings

The Podcast Description

When did "I feel like" become a valid weapon against scientific facts?

In this episode of The Gen-x-istentialists, Bunny and Scot tear into the "Cult of Feelings." They explore the shift from a marketplace of ideas to a marketplace of emotions, where validation has replaced rational thought as the highest virtue. From the "emotional slot machines" of TikTok to the "white savior complex" of donut-distributing influencers, it’s a non-PC audit of a world that has traded objective reality for subjective manias.

Inside the conversation:

• Emotional Supremacy: Why being "authentic" now just means broadcasting your mental health crisis for clout. Bunny and Scot discuss why "feeling" like the sky is green doesn't make it a universal truth.
• The Dopamine Drip: A breakdown of how social media algorithms farm humans for engagement by taking them on a calculated rollercoaster of outrage and sympathy.
• The Safe Space Paradox: Why the Gen-X mind is baffled by adult coloring books in colleges. Scot argues that the world is his safe space because he generally doesn't get offended—he just listens.
• The DSM vs. Social Media: A straightforward look at "proclivities and manias." Are people who believe they are horses or cats expressing their "inner selves," or are they just LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) through life?
• Staged Altruism: A critique of the "holy homeless donuts" and why filming your good deeds for views is the ultimate self-aggrandizing act.
• The Manic Street Preacher Defense: How art used to be the container for emotion, and why we’ve lost the restraint required for actual communication.

Whether you're a "stark-raving Gemini" trained in logic or a "holy donut" rolling down the gutter, this episode is a raw, jovial, and unapologetic reality check.