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šŸ”¹ ā€œPiercings, Mondays, Boring Objects – LMBYTS #1479ā€
šŸ”¹ Host: Jason Newland
šŸ”¹ Date: 3rd November 2025
šŸ”¹ Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes
šŸ”¹Ā View full transcript here

šŸ§˜ā€ā™‚ļø Episode Overview: Jason delivers another meandering, cozy, and humor-laced installment of Let Me Bore You To Sleep, centered loosely around the topic of piercings, with numerous personal stories, reflections on aging, fashion trends, makeup, tattoos, body image, and nostalgia. The episode mixes light banter with stream-of-consciousness storytelling, all designed to be comforting and sleep-inducing—true to the show's title.

🧩 Main Topics & Highlights:

šŸŽÆ 1. Mondays Boring Objects + Show Routine
  • Jason reflects on the naming of "Monday’s Boring Objects" and jokes it should really be called ā€œMonday’s Sleepy Boring Objects.ā€
  • Shares his intention to stick to a more rigid weekly content plan:
    • Monday: Boring Objects
    • Tuesday: Trivia
    • Wednesday: Whisper
    • Thursday: Throwback (currently covering 1980s TV)
    • Friday: Q&A
šŸ’„ 2. Fashion, Makeup, and Personal Appearance
  • Jason shares candid stories and thoughts on:
    • His experiences with grey hair and balding.
    • Shaving his head in his 30s as part of Buddhist practice.
    • The surprising evolution of eyebrows with age (including rogue "cactus" hairs).
    • Observations on makeup culture, including a woman who wore makeup for 12 years straight without her husband ever seeing her without it.
    • Reflections on physical appearance and self-acceptance.
    • Witty commentary about spandex, body image, and ā€œimprovingā€ one’s look.
🧷 3. Piercings: Likes, Dislikes & Personal History
  • Jason shares light commentary on various types of piercings:
    • He finds septum/bull piercings off-putting but acknowledges their popularity.
    • Talks about getting his ear pierced as a teen by friends at home.
    • Recounts a funny mishap when a girlfriend later re-pierced it, saying ā€œit won’t hurtā€ā€¦ but it did.
    • Ponders modern piercings like stretched ears, eyebrow piercings, and nipple/tongue piercings—mostly with confusion and humor.
🧼 4. Tattoos
  • Jason reflects on:
    • His only tattoo (from age 16).
    • His attempt at a "Bros-inspired" look: bleached blond hair + earrings.
    • His downstairs neighbor, who has tattoos everywhere, even on his face and toes.
    • Fondness for funny tattoos, including a neighbor with ā€œSourā€ and ā€œSweetā€ under each nipple.
🧠 5. Memory, Nostalgia & Being Forgotten
  • Touches on the strange feeling of remembering people vividly while others forget him.
  • Stories of past friends or coworkers not recognizing him years later.
  • Recollection of working in a factory and leaving suddenly without goodbyes—then realizing he was more liked than he thought.
🦻 6. Aging, Identity & Humor
  • Delivers a hilarious, imagined dialogue with an old man who says the secret to a long marriage is ā€œhearing lossā€.
  • Jokes about collecting slippers and balancing sausages instead of matchsticks.
  • Ponders freckles, eye colors, and beauty standards.
  • Ends with admiration for assistive technologies, like vision-restoring chips for the blind—and a comedic worry that a wife gaining sight might instantly regret marrying him.
🧸 Final Notes:
  • Ends with Jason’s trademark gentle send-off: encouraging listeners to be kind and gentle with themselves.
  • Mentions that the next day’s episode will be Trivia Tuesday.
šŸŽ™ļø Tone & Style:
  • šŸ’¤ Calming, rambling, and filled with self-deprecating humor.
  • šŸ˜‚ Often silly and light-hearted, with surprisingly deep reflections.
  • šŸ›Œ Perfect for background listening, especially for sleep or relaxation.

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