Hi, welcome back to Eat Your Crust Podcast.
I'm Jisoo.
I'm Crystal.
I'm Katie.
And I'm Jimin.
So the last time that we had Jimin on, we talked about fantasy sports.
And actually this time we'll be continuing that conversation with Katie as an added guest, because we had a very fun activity.
We all partook in slash spectated and which is the loser punishment for fantasy football.
Jisoo, Katie and I are in one league and Jimin is in another league, and it just so happens that both of our leagues had the same punishment this year, which is the 999 challenge.
We had the pleasure, I guess, of watching it happen two times within two months.
We thought it would be fun to bring Katie and Jimin on to talk about their experience doing the challenge, some strategies they might have picked up and maybe tips for anyone who ends up having to do this challenge in the future.
So to start us off, let's talk about what 999 exactly is.
So three nines basically mean nine beers, nine hot dogs in the span of nine innings, or like a standard baseball game.
The idea is the loser has to consume all 18 items by the end of the game.
By the strict rules of 999, it's usually one beer and one hot dog every inning.
However, I think there's been variations where it basically boils down to just finishing it all by the end of the game.
I think it really picked up some steam a couple of years ago.
And then an added twist that we might talk about later is the tweaks to the MLB rules.
That has made this challenge maybe a lot harder than it originally intended to be.
Can you elaborate on that, Jimin?
I have heard of what the changes are and how baseball, especially in terms of duration of the game, looks a lot different from when we were younger, versus now.
But what are some of the changes that you think impact 999? the big one was like the added the pitch clock right so i think in the past baseball games used to just run super super long like three plus hours four hours even and so i think in an attempt to maybe keep the viewers more engaged they added this pitch clock which sort of you know speeds up the pitching and in a sense makes the innings go faster i don't really follow baseball all that much but you know some of the sporting apps they'll have these you know highlights or news or something and so when the 999 was implemented as like the punishment maybe a few weeks later i got this notification where people were sort of blown away that a baseball game ended in under two hours and so you know you sort of see that you're like oh shoot we got to eat all these things in potentially under two hours you have to keep this time thing in consideration now and another thing which happened i think for for mine but not for katie's was that some stadiums implement sort of a we stop serving food and or alcohol after like the seventh inning.
So now you have to think about stockpiling your stuff ahead of time if you need to.
So that'll involve scouting some of your stadium logistics and planning ahead.
I also wonder if you want to be strategic about the teams that you pick.
Because I remember for Jim and your game, the game was really short.
I remember it was maybe like two hours and 15 minutes or something.
And then for Katie's, it was slightly longer.
And I was like damn, Katie did a good job picking the teams to maybe go for a longer game or something like that.
And then the other thing that I thought was great and strategic for Katie's was morning of 999.
Katie and Abby woke up and cooked.
I want to say like 80 hot dogs or something.
So Katie, do you want to talk about, like what went on behind that decision?
So actually we were looking at the games and we mainly chose that one because it worked with the timing, it was the cheapest ticket.
So we were like seeing like which game would be cheaper ticket so we can all just get tickets together and it would be easy.
For the hot dogs yeah, i guess, since a lot of people in our league wanted to participate as well, we looked into buying a ton of hot dogs so we could all do it.
So we won't have to like pay i don't know how much it is because we didn't have to buy any per hot dog.
So we bought like 72 hot dogs from costco and like a bunch of buns a couple days before and Honestly, when we're cooking it, I was like wow, this smells really good.
I could really go for a hot dog.
And I think Jimmy was like, should we eat one?
Should we eat one?
And then and then like, no, Jimmy, like every bit counts when we're doing it.
We're going to really regret it if we eat it.
Luckily for us, like Yankee Stadium, they allow you to bring in food.
So, yeah, and it was pretty easy for all of us to bring in the hot dog.
So that was great.
Oh my god, it was such a crazy thing, was it like?
A total of maybe 10 to 12 people attended the game as, like our friend group, and we each held a bag of seven to eight hot dogs, just like with us, and we walked through security.
No one even batted an eye.
But I remember when we all got off the subway station, we were each handed that gallon size Ziploc of hot dogs.
And the plan was like, okay, guys split up.
We don't know how strict they're going to be here.
Might be sus if we walk in with like 80 hot dogs.
So everyone go to a different entrance.
And my heart was like pounding as we walked through the metal detector thing.
And they were like peering through our bags.
And it was a little bit more okay for me because I had like a handbag.
So the Ziploc is less obvious, but James didn't bring anything.
So he was just like walking through clutching that bag of hot dogs and I was like we're gonna get in trouble, but it was all fine.
Most of the hot dogs were consumed.
Actually yeah, I thought it was really fun that, like everyone wanted to participate and try, along with Katie, but the funny thing is I told one of my friends that who's not in our league, and they were like what's the point of the punishment?
Though they're like if everyone's doing it, is that even a punishment?
Yeah, I mean, I feel like it was really fun that we all got to do it together.
And I think it kind of boils down to like why fantasy is so fun, because it's really like every week you kind of get to spend time with your friends online or like everyone's watching the game together.
It's like a common thing that you guys bond over.
So yeah, I thought that was really fun that everybody participated with me, and I was really happy about that.
Yeah, I was honestly very wholesome of everyone to be like, let's do it.
I think somehow James signed me up without notifying me and Crystal's like yeah, you're on the roster for it.
I was like okay, I guess we're doing it again.
Yeah, they're making our hot dogs right now.
So James is also in the other league that I'm in for this punishment.
So we both did it and then we reported our numbers back to that group chat and the general response from them was like wait, you did this again like for fun.
It's like James and I are just like yeah, there's two types of leagues.
Yeah, I remember because Katie and Obby were getting the hot dog count.
They're like, all right, who's, you know, doing this challenge?
And then James just volunteered Jimin.
And I was like, he said something like, oh, Jimin said he's down to try again.
And I looked at that message and I was like, did Jimin say this?
Yeah.
When I was talking to James he was like yeah, Jimmy wants to try again because you know, at the end of the other one I feel like he could have done more.
So I think he wants to try to finish.
I was like, okay, cool. jimin's like this is news to me but i'm down yeah i will say so we bought tickets so that we were all seated in like one long row together and it was so funny because i was sort of on like the edge of the row every like 10 minutes i would look down to see how everyone was doing and every time i looked down the row people had like a hot dog in their hand like a beer in their hand were like staring off into the distance visibly in pain and i was like dude i can't believe this is what we're all doing on like a saturday morning Oh, my God.
I was like, how are Katie and German going to eat nine of these things?
But I think the hot dogs that you can make from home tend to be kind of smaller.
They're not like stadium sized.
So I thought that was super smart.
The other thing that I think is interesting is the size of the beers.
One beer in our league with Katie and Crystal, we standardized to like the 330 ml can.
So, for example, if you go to the stadium and they only sell the big beers, you can kind of prorate them to the count of, like the small can.
I think for Jimmins League, they were a little bit more strict.
So they did it by unit count.
The beers weren't prorated, which is a little crazy.
Shout out those assholes.
I was like, can one of these tall boys count as two?
And then one guy was just like, yeah, if you drink two of them.
Which is also crazy because no one in that league could do 999 and they're so strict about it.
Wait, so did you end up drinking like the tall boys or?
So what we tried to do since for mine, we didn't pre-make or anything.
So we ended up going sort of right around when the gates open to look for the smallest possible cans and most reasonable sized hot dogs.
I think we found 16 or 18 ounce cans were probably the smallest ones they had.
And so we tried to just drink those versus like a 24 ounce.
Like Jisoo said, there were several different sizes of hot dogs.
So we just went for sort of the more reasonable size ones compared to like these foot long, 10 inch ones.
Yeah.
We found some that were kid-sized.
Or labeled as kid-sized.
Yeah, they were labeled, but they were the same size as the standard ones.
Yeah.
When we opened them, we're like, this looks like a normal hot dog.
I remember because Jisoo me, Jimin and James got there a little bit early and we were scouting, as Jimin said.
Once we found those like kid hot dogs, we're like all right, don't let anyone else buy these hot dogs.
Only send one of us four to buy these hot dogs because who knows what anyone else would buy.
So we have certain strategies like that.
I think someone offered to buy a beer for Jimin.
And we're like, all right, get this one, the Michelob Ultra, slightly smaller can.
And they're like, no, I'm going to get him the biggest can.
And we're like, wait, fuck.
We can't let anyone buy him beers anymore.
That's evil, and they didn't even do it with you.
Fake friends, all of them.
Yeah, I think Crystal, me and James did end up shuttling like a decent amount of the hot dogs and beers, which is a great strategy because we also had the three of us to kind of rotate through.
So then there was a constant stream of hot dogs and beers coming.
But I want to talk about other strategies.
I think in the beginning Jimin said that the classic form of doing 999 is to always do the one dog.
One beer per inning strategy.
But are there any other strategies that you guys try to do to kind of keep pace or make sure that your stomachs are feeling okay throughout the game?
I opted to eat as much as I can first, just because I think me personally.
I don't like to, or nor can I drink like an excessive amount and still be okay.
So my goal was like, all right, I need to hit at least nine of one of the two.
So I think I could eat a lot.
So I think, okay, I can eat nine hot dogs pretty easily.
So I'm just going to try to hit nine there and then do as much as I possibly can with the beers afterwards.
For mine.
We got there pretty early, loaded up, got like three hot dogs and one beer, just sat there waiting for the first pitch to go off.
And once the first pitch went off I just shoved all three like into my mouth and just tried to finish as quickly as possible.
Just was trying to wash it down with the beer over time too.
So I'd go in like sprints basically of like three hot dogs at a time.
So whenever someone's like oh, I'm gonna go up, I was like can you grab me three, come back to three?
And I just sit there and like stare for two seconds and then just keep going.
So That was basically my approach, was I wanted to get at least nine of one down.
I knew I could probably pack the nine hot dogs in before I packed in nine beers.
Going in.
I think my strategy was that I could also maybe do like a couple of each and then slowly like progress.
So I was like thinking okay, maybe I'll do three hot dogs and I'll do like a couple beers and then I'll do some more hot dogs and like some more beers.
But i think, as i was doing it, after i ate two hot dogs and started drinking, i was thinking that if i ate another hot dog, like i don't know if i could drink anymore.
So i think when it actually went down, we started walking around like me and melissa, and i think that helped a lot.
And then i kind of unlocked this new strategy.
I was like oh, i'm just gonna, i'm just gonna walk around and like do laps, And I think that actually helped a lot.
So I think I did two hot dogs and then I did all the beers for the last two beers.
It was pretty tough.
But after I finished it I was like OK, then I'll just like do as many hot dogs as I could, because I was getting like pretty close to the beer.
So I was like OK, let me just like finish the beers and then we'll see what we can do with the hot dogs.
So, yeah, the walking around helped a ton.
I think that's how I was mostly able to finish most of the beers.
That's a good point.
I didn't walk around.
I feel like I should have moved around more.
But our tickets, I think, weren't as optimal as the Yankees' ones.
We were kind of stuck, I think, in the middle of a section, so it was harder to move around.
But I did end up walking a little bit at the end, and it did help.
I think by the end of this episode, we'll find that Katie did have the superior strategy.
Also, I feel like for the game that we did in SF, the sun was like beating down on us, which I don't know about you guys, but when I'm too hot I don't want to eat.
So I feel like walking you're like in the shade.
It's hopefully a little cooler.
Probably also helped in that factor.
Because our New York game was, it wasn't super sunny, but it was still really hot.
It was like kind of muggy.
Yeah, it was super humid that day, I remember.
The walking around helped a lot.
That was not my strategy going in at all.
But then Melissa was like, you should walk around.
I was like, wait, that's such a, that's genius.
It was so funny, though, because I would like do my rose scans.
And I would always be like, dude, where's Katie?
Like, I haven't seen her since the second inning.
Wait, yeah, when you reappeared and you're like, yeah, my count is like six beers.
We're like wait, where have you been?
Who witnessed the views?
I was like, i was like don't tell them, don't tell them our strategy.
We must, we must win, we need our edge, keep walking, keep walking.
And it was so funny because we're like okay, let's find the ramp so we don't have to go down the stairs, because the ramp is perfect, because you can just kind of like saunter up and down.
So we ended up finding this ramp that was closest to our section and we're just going up and down.
And it was.
It was great, it worked it.
Okay, I have like a question for you guys that I think was kind of debated during the two 999s.
So obviously, as you're consuming all these hot dogs, every square millimeter of stomach space counts.
But at the same time, your mouth starts to get bored with the hot dogs, right?
So did you guys put condiments on your hot dogs?
And if so, what was the strategy?
Same kinds of condiments each time?
Or did you have like a mustard dog and a ketchup dog?
Like, how'd you kind of switch it up?
Um, unfortunately for me, i don't think i put any condiments on any of my hot dogs, which was kind of sad.
But i think my first year i was just like, all right, let's just get this down.
And i wasn't in the stadium yet, like i started right when the game started.
This was in the parking lot and then i think, like the last couple of dogs, i was just going for speed.
We just let me just get them down.
No condiments.
I don't even know where the condiments were at that point.
Yeah, I think, sort of same.
I think for mine, the first salvo was no condiments.
And then by like the sixth one, I needed to change it up a little bit.
So at the Giants game and this is like kind of the issue I think that Oracle Park actually has really good concession food outside of hot dogs, and so when we were like first going in crystal and gc, you guys oh, crab sandwiches, garlic fries i'm just sitting here like fuck, i really want to try this, but like i can't waste stomach space, it smells so good.
Wait, but you did end up eating.
I did end up eating like one bite.
I was like oh, i got, i got, and some fries too.
I had one.
One is negligible, But towards the end yeah, I think I had to like ask Crystal or someone like, can you go grab some ketchup and mustard just to like spice things up.
So I think for New York, we employed condiments much earlier.
Abhi and I, like, we just got, like, a tray and just loaded up all the ketchup, mustard.
They actually had honey mustard at the Yankee Stadium, too.
So I just got a little bit just to try what that'd be like on a hot dog and...
Probably wouldn't do that again, but it made some variety.
Dude also, what's crazy is in the Giants arena in SF.
I asked them for a tray so that I could just dump a bunch of condiments on it.
Everyone was like, sorry, we can't give you that.
You have to buy something.
Also for cups, I was like, can you give me a water cup or something?
They're like no sorry, we actually keep inventory of these and it's how we keep count of like sales or like partially, one of the ways we keep count of sales.
And I was like, okay, bye.
But then in the Yankee stadium, they were just giving out trays.
And I was like, what the heck?
Why was it so hard for me to get a tray in SF?
They're strict in SF.
But it's like, damn, our posse bought like nine hot dogs and nine beers.
Like cut us some slack.
Yeah.
Yeah, like spare us one tray, please.
I remember I was so shocked because once we sat down, like Jimin said, Avi already had a tray.
And I was like, oh my God, where'd you get that?
Like none of us bought anything yet.
He was like, I just asked for one.
I was like, are you serious right now?
There's actually another secret strategy that came up during the New York game, which was actually something that the guys came up to kill the carbonation of the beer, because that was one of the complaints, right.
Like it's so carbonated, you're so full.
How are you getting all this alcohol down?
And one of the guys pulled up with a straw.
He was like, dude, trust me, this is gonna help.
And he started blowing bubbles in his beer.
And also using the straw to like keep sipping at the beer.
So you're not like tipping your head back I guess least resistant to the movement, just like easier to sip.
And That guy actually went on to finish all nine beers and all nine hot dogs.
So if you guys were to do this again, do you think the straw strategy would help?
Or are you like, it's not worth it to cut the carbonation?
No, the straw strategy actually did help me finish my beers, because I think at my last couple of beers I did run into Eddie and Nathan and Josephine.
And they're like, guys, check out this, check out this strategy.
And then we're like, oh, that's kind of gross.
But like, yeah, we'll try it.
And it actually really, really did help.
Without the carbonation, you can kind of just like drink a lot more of the beer faster.
So yeah, that is a good strategy, although it's a little gross.
Dude, all I'm hearing is that because we had so many people doing it in New York, it's like so many different strategies came out which were ultimately all very helpful.
Yeah, that's so true.
I hate that all these new strategies make me want to try this like a third time.
I was like, dude, degassing your beer.
Genius.
The order.
Genius.
Oh, yeah, that's true.
After the two 999s, Jimin and I were debriefing and we were like oh, I guess like eating the hot dogs first is not as ideal, because then when you drink the beer after, it expands the bread in your stomach.
Maybe you just don't get as much done.
But if you just get really drunk in the beginning then like drunchies, you know you just you're down to eat after.
Mm hmm.
Mm hmm.
So we were like hmm, if you were to do this again for the third time, mind you what would be the new strategy?
I would definitely do what Katie did and then add in a degassing early.
Maybe we have to do it for a third time.
Right?
I think you have to do it for a third time.
For science.
Yeah.
I think I said if I did it, I'd do it at home though.
Put the game on.
No need to spend all that money.
Every beer was like $20.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just get the walking pad out.
No need to like do that.
Dude, we got everything here.
I actually also very casually attempted the 999, but I was very like not motivated.
So I just tried to do it the one beer, one hot dog per inning, which I feel like is a fine strategy.
But at some point it started just slipping.
Like everything was slipping away from me because suddenly this inning was like two minutes or you know, this one inning was maybe like 10 minutes and it gives you a false sense of security.
I ended up doing like 4-4.
At that time, I was just like, yeah, whatever.
I can't keep up with these innings.
I'm just going to chill now.
But I do feel like probably back in the day, pre-pitch clock, it's probably the move.
I also wondered if it was getting confusing for people around us, because our row was not super loud, but we were also just like cheering every time there were balls.
And we would get like really sad when people were striking out.
And I was like are these people just turning around being like who do you, who are you guys even rooting for?
Like what is even happening in this row.
So that day it was like the yankees versus like the orioles right, and the orioles are objectively just ass.
We were just complaining about every time the orioles go up to bat.
They were just immediately done and we'd just be so sad and i think in front of us was like a family of baltimore fans and they're just like, oh man, this row of like hot dog eating people just be like why is?
At one point I was just like dude, I feel like we reek of hot dogs.
Like, I can't get the hot dog smell out of my brain.
Wait, also, there was a really funny moment where we're getting close to the end of the game.
And James was, like, trying to eat a few more hot dogs.
And he was like, I think I'm going to be sick.
And then the row in front of us turned around with, like, shock and horror.
And then James was like, oh, wait, no, sorry.
I was just kidding.
Like, I'm not actually going to be sick.
And they're like okay, should we move direct splash zone?
I think at one point this is when i was like drinking a lot of the beers and they're still very carbonated i thought i was going to like yak a little bit because of the carbonation but i didn't, which is good.
I don't know, in some form of 999, if you throw up, like you have to like start over, which is crazy, because imagine just starting over and doing way more than 999.
Yeah, i think those were the rules that jimin's league was going by.
Like if you throw up, you have to start over.
It's brutal.
That's why when katie asked at that point, you like asked in the group chat right, you're like what is the rule around throwing up, not that i'm going to, but just in case?
And then i just responded with whatever jimin's league had said.
And then everyone was like whoa, that's kind of harsh.
And i was like, damn dude, like jimin's league is harsh.
Yeah, they're mean.
Every time I complain, they're like, maybe just stop losing.
All right, cool.
Yeah.
But I think we ended up on something like if you throw up on purpose, you definitely have to start over.
But if it's not on purpose, then just pick yourself back up.
Yeah.
Lock it.
Yeah, when I read that message from Jimmy, I was like, thank you, Jimmy.
You're so kind.
You're so kind and so fair.
It probably helped that everyone was doing the challenge.
So they're like, oh, yeah, I could totally see someone throwing up from doing this.
So I think it's okay.
Yeah, true.
I think if you're just meditating, you'd be like, no, why would that be allowed?
Because you're not in it.
I think a lot of people hit walls sooner than they thought they would.
Maybe that gives them also a greater appreciation for you and I Katie, for trying at least to hit our metrics.
And of course, for Eddie actually completing the whole thing.
Yeah.
But being honest, I think after my two dogs and my second or third beer I was like oh, I'm feeling it.
And I barely have eaten or drank anything.
This is going to be really rough.
I remember a lot of the guys were like, I'm humbled today.
Yeah, I guess I actually thought maybe more of the guys were going to finish it.
But yeah, only Eddie.
I thought if anyone would be able to finish it it would be Eddie, because we all know Eddie is very capable of eating a lot and drinking a lot.
So I was like, in this challenge, I think he can do it with enough time.
I think another thing that we lost, I guess in a sense, was usually if the home team is usually playing the bottom of the inning.
And so if they're leading by the time the away team is done with the top of the ninth inning.
The bottom of the ninth inning actually doesn't get played.
So you lose that half inning there, too.
I think Katie, you were almost done and then they stopped after the top of the ninth.
And I think I remember you were just like, no, we had more time.
We could like get an extra one in or something.
So that was like another time management thing that I think we sometimes forget about, right?
It's like sometimes the bottom of the ninth just doesn't get played.
I actually didn't know that happened.
So thank you for informing me that they didn't play the bottom of the ninth.
Like, I think at the end, I was just like really drunk.
I didn't know.
Yeah, no, I think if I had more time, I could have done a couple more.
Exactly.
I think that's what I remember.
You're like, you're just sitting there just like eating.
Just like, oh, no, I could keep going.
Like, hey, the game's over.
Dude Mel was like wait, what happened to the bottom of the ninth?
She was like what happened to the rest of the game?
Why don't we just end?
Yeah, and i remember at the end there's like nobody there besides us.
We like sat there for another 40 like 30 to 40 minutes.
Did they kick us out?
We left before they kicked us out, but they were starting to.
To be fair, we were also celebrating katie's success and also eddie having completed the whole thing.
So I guess, reflecting back now, how do you feel about your final dog and beard count?
And do you feel like you beat your own expectations going into the punishment?
Or are you kind of like, oh, I did worse than I expected?
So our league the previous year was also a variant of the 999.
Although I think, because not everyone could have done it, they had negotiated down to just nine and nines.
You had to drink and eat a total of nine items that would qualify.
So I think going in, I, of course, wanted to try and finish the whole 999.
But I think my floor had to be at least nine items and then ideally hit nine of one item.
Having said that, I do think I fell short on the drinking part.
So I would like to redeem myself at some point if a third attempt is called for.
So last year, what did they eat and drink?
So last year, I believe it was either five and four or six and three.
I'll have to check.
But he apparently went home and then took a huge dump after and said he felt very unwell.
So he also did bears and hot dogs?
Yeah, bears and hot dogs.
Oh, okay, okay.
The total has to tally up to nine.
Although he had a corn dog too, but they counted it, so.
Ooh, delicious.
Yeah.
Dude, and they were still so strict after the previous person only did nine total.
True.
They're all strict until it's them having to do it, right?
So it's not them.
They're just like, oh, yeah, whatever.
I think for me, I was pretty nervous.
I was like, I don't know, honestly, how many hot dogs I could eat.
And I'm not really good at drinking volume.
So going into it, I was kind of nervous.
I was like, oh, no, I don't want to... i don't want to disappoint anybody and obby's putting all this pressure on me he's like you gotta you gotta leave it you gotta leave it all out on the field blah blah blah and i was like okay okay like i'm gonna try my best i'm really proud of my numbers i didn't think i could drink nine beers in like a little less than three hours and also do the hot dogs i don't want to sound like i'm not being humble but you know i think i had a couple more hours maybe i could have finished the hot dogs yeah so i'm proud of my numbers dude you crushed it katie like seriously i was like dude this is when you came back and you had this aura of like being locked in and you were like yeah i'm at like six or seven beers two hot dogs i was like oh my god she's like gonna do it or gonna get really fucking close to actually finishing it i was amazed but yeah you came back with such confidence we're like oh my god she is she's here to take on this challenge Yeah, I think like when I came back, that was when we discovered the beer straw trick.
And then I was like, oh, I can't finish these beers.
So I was like, all right, let's go.
We got to lock in. based on total units right you had 15 for me I was about 15 as well I'm like twice your size so you basically like outperformed me so that's you know when we saw your when I saw your file numbers I was like damn that is that's mad respect right there thank you thank you oh how was the aftermath of this all the first time or the second time both I guess first time i think i took it a little more seriously so i like didn't eat too much beforehand and then bought like these two liter bottles of green juice from trader joe's and i was like i need like a fucking vegetable after this ordeal and i was just like drinking that I was actually okay.
The next day, I think I was mostly fine.
My stomach was a little uncomfortable, maybe towards the end of the second day.
But after about two days, I was pretty back to normal.
I was like I could probably eat a hot dog again.
I did not.
I did not until like maybe a few weeks later and i had a hot dog and then immediately got depressed.
So i don't know if it was like my body reacting adversely to like more hot dog meat, but i like ate it.
I told crystal i was like dude, i just had a hot dog and i feel kind of depressed.
The trauma.
It was like lunchtime, I think.
He's like, whoa, there's like hot dogs today for lunch.
Maybe I'll eat one.
And then two hours later, I get a text that's like, I'm depressed.
I don't feel good.
I was like, oh no.
The body keeps score.
Your body's like, no, abort, abort, abort.
What is this?
Not again. my advisor is like a kind of a big sports guy this one professor on my on my reading committee she's like this like she's from italy like she's very italian like doesn't really understand america sometimes and so the next day like i ran into her she's oh how was your weekend i'm like do you really want to know she's like yeah tell me tell me And so I explained this 999 thing and the look of horror on her face as the description continued.
She's like, why would you do that?
Why would you do this to yourself?
I was like, for fun?
She was like, for fun?
My advisor just standing there and you just see his eyes dying as he was looking at me just like...
Just like, this is what my student does.
On the weekend, he eats nine hot dogs and drinks nine beers for fun.
Yeah, that time was okay.
And then the second time, I think same thing.
It took about two days.
Immediately after, I felt drunk, so I felt good.
And then maybe a couple hours afterwards, like, I passed out.
And then I remember you guys went to dinner, and Avi's like, do you want to come?
And I was like, man, I really can't get up right now.
And then I continued to pass out until like maybe for like five hours.
I think I woke up at 11, 30 pm and then at that point my body wasn't feeling.
It wasn't feeling terrible.
Um, I was still feeling really really full, but I remember I was like I really really want to eat something that's not a hot dog, like I really wanted.
I deserve something to eat other than a hot dog.
So I think I was really craving actual food, but my body was still really, really full.
So I ended up making some cold noodles.
And so I started eating that.
I was like, wow, this tastes really good.
But my body was still really full, but I just wanted to like taste something that was not, I don't know, hot dog yeah, and then i think the next day i actually felt surprisingly not too bad.
So yeah, i was a bit surprised by that, but i guess there's like a decent amount of water and beer, so i felt okay.
I guess the sleeping probably helped a lot.
Yeah, and the walking, the walking, the walking once again comes into play.
I think we unfortunately trapped jimin after his game.
Uh, because we went up to sf to, like you know, for the game, and so we carpooled up and we were gonna go back down together but we ended up just like hanging out, drinking and all of that, and jimin was a trooper and he stayed through the whole thing when i feel like he really probably needed to go home and sleep.
Brutal Yeah, somehow that night I became the most okay.
I was the most okay person.
The responsible one.
Yeah, but we learned our lesson.
I was surprised that Eddie... No, I was surprised that all of you guys went out to eat more.
I was like, wait, how did they do that?
Oh, wait, that's true.
That Eddie, of all people, also went out to eat.
Jisoo didn't really do the challenge.
And then I stopped pretty early.
The other girl who was with us, Cindy.
She also didn't do the challenge, so us three and our boyfriends went out, and then the boys went out much later, though they went out at like nine, i think yeah, to eat.
I think they were trying to stall because they were like i'm so full.
But i remember because mel was like wait guys, can we go eat dinner?
Um, at like six or something, and they didn't end up eating till like nine.
That's crazy.
Yeah, I was like Eddie went out to eat after that.
I was so surprised.
But Eddie's felt different.
That's true.
I think he went home to take a nap first.
Oh, wait, that's right.
That's right.
Wow.
Jimin's the true trooper going out after 999.
Twice.
Twice.
Okay, well, I have a final question for both of you.
Now that you have done what I would consider a major punishment for losing fantasy football, Do you feel like the experience changed the way that you see future punishments for fantasy or just punishments in general?
You know, like your thoughts on being in a punishment league, or maybe this changed the way you want to pick the punishment next season, etc etc.
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Unfortunately, I end up losing more often than I'd like, so I've been subjected to several different punishments.
I still like to believe that I won't end up getting punished, so I'm usually for something that's a little more challenging.
And then as the season progresses, I wish we chose the more tamer one, but...
I think also for your league Katie Jason Chris, your league also has a weekly punishment too, right?
And I think that also changes how you view things.
Our league has a similar variation of that punishment.
So instead of also worrying about your overall win-loss record every week, I'm also sweating each individual player's improvement.
So if I know, okay, I'm going to lose... this week's lineup but at least i need everyone to like be in the positive right otherwise i'm cooked for this other lurking punishment that we have but yeah i think at the end of the day it's like we have this punishment it's supposed to be fun don't kill yourself over it but at least try as long as you try your best no one's gonna fault you for it i've kind of just gotten numb to sounds so jaded Yeah, I guess this is like my first time participating in this type of fantasy league and also doing, I guess, like one of these major punishments.
I think for this time around not only I gave my best effort, I think everybody else also kind of participated with me.
And going forward, I think...
It seems like we'll also pick something that's similar intensity to keep it going.
But it does seem like our league, everybody wants to participate or try it out as well.
So it seems like it's going in the direction where we're like okay, let's try to pick something that's not too easy, but also other people can participate for fun.
It seems like not a negative thing.
The punishment, that's true.
I feel like we've always been like, as we decided this year's like a big thing was can everyone make it?
Is it going to be like a fun activity for everyone to at least watch or be a part of?
So yeah, I guess that.
Uh, what is this?
Are we just like hazing ourselves trauma bonding?
It's community building, right.
I think like Katie said, everyone flew in for that.
I mean, for mine, people also flew in and made a weekend out of it.
And so in a very macabre manner, it builds community.
We're creating conflict for ourselves so that we can get better.
Also, in exciting news, Katie's been destroying the league this year.
Oh, revenge.
She's like 4-0 right now.
I don't want to jinx anything, but things are looking good for her.
Yeah, I was asking some other people when we were doing 999.
I was like, oh yeah, is there a chance that I could end up doing it, doing the punishment again?
And they said no.
So I was very happy about that.
I was like, yay!
Yay!
Well, I feel like similar to our first episode about fantasy sports.
The theme is similar that even though there's like this big harsh, scary punishment, at the end it's still very community building and somehow trauma bonding, I guess, when we subject ourselves to join.
But regardless, I feel like it's a fun time because at the end of the day, we know that it's not necessarily completely possible.
But what matters is that we put in the effort and have a good time.
It probably sounds kind of crazy, this whole episode and these punishments.
But don't worry, we're secretly having fun.
Thank you so much, Katie and Jimin, for joining us to talk through surviving a punishment for a fantasy league.
And for our listeners out there.
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