The Council Of Distractible (Part 3)
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In the fifth-anniversary episode of *Distractable*, hosts Mark, Bob, and Wade dive into a surreal, self-aware celebration of their chaotic podcasting legacy by treating their fictional 'Constitution' as a living, evolving document. What begins as a joke about a Reddit user’s satirical 'Distractable Constitution' spirals into a full-blown legislative session where they debate everything from deleting wheel spins they can’t remember to creating a bounty system for listener-driven missions. The trio proposes a 'discretionary budget' of $600/month (split $200 each) for fan-voted ideas—ranging from filming in a bounce house in Guam to brain scans—while introducing a 'wheel of voting' to decide constitutional changes. Amid absurdity, they reveal a surprisingly thoughtful framework: the show should be a collaborative, ever-changing experiment where audience participation shapes content. The episode ends not with a winner, but with a declaration that the next host is Wade—because, as they say, 'we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.' The real triumph isn’t the rules they invent, but the meta-awareness that their show’s power lies in its impermanence. They’re not building a rigid institution—they’re building a playground where the rules are made up, the fun is real, and the only constant is the willingness to laugh at themselves.
Create a 'bounty system' where fans can submit missions (e.g., public fan interactions with coin flips) and hosts earn points for completing them.
Implement a $600/month discretionary budget (split $200 each) for fan-voted ideas, with rules that items must be filmable and improve the show.
Use a 'wheel of voting' with three names to decide constitutional changes—two out of three votes needed for passage, with a coin flip as tiebreaker.
Allow deletion of wheel spins if all hosts claim they can’t remember them, no sincerity test required.
Make the Constitution a living document: changes can be proposed by hosts and voted on via the wheel, not just by unanimous agreement.
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Welcome to the Anniversary Chaos
The episode opens with chaotic energy, a self-aware joke about forgetting the show’s name, and a celebration of the five-year milestone with custom shirts and a fake 'acid attack' edit.
The Distractable Constitution Debated
The hosts react to a Reddit user’s satirical 'Distractable Constitution' and decide to read it aloud—only to immediately reject the idea and start rewriting it in real time.
Deleting the Wheel: The 'Can't Remember' Rule
“If we all say we don't remember then we don't remember there's no dick measure in my eye I I I vote yes make it so”
The Bounty System is Born
“If you're in public and someone recognizes you get a video with them... they have to have a coin and you have to get a video of the coin flip”
The $600 Monthly Discretionary Budget
“We'll have to play with it. We're going to have to work within the system by which I mean, make up our own rules, but we're gonna have to appease the people or they will revolt.”
“If we all say we don't remember then we don't remember there's no dick measure in my eye I I I vote yes make it so”
“to have to play with it. We're going to have to work within the system by which I mean, make up our own rules, but we're gonna have to appease the people or they will revolt.”
“The wheel can be unanimous. Or the wheel can be two thirds, one thing, two thirds, the other or one third, the other thing.”
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