Like It Or Not: August 06, 2026

Hey, welcome to the show. Tonight's Thursday edition of Like It or Not. First Thursday in how many weeks? I think we're all here together at the same time. I know. It feels good. Hi. Does it? Well, you tell me. Yeah. You know, Jim is just not very happy with us. He doesn't show it, but I think he is. He loves us. Marina was not here last week. Oh. Yeah, there goes my wife. And then I wasn't here the week before. Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, because I was busy summertime. You know, it's my busy season. That's right. Sunny gets to pick and choose when she shows up here. And wouldn't you all like a job like that? I just sent him my email. Hey, can you move me from Thursday to Wednesday? Sure. Must be nice. I love it. Right. No kidding. And then Jim will text me. And Jim is like, hey. He's not even very nice. He's like, hey, when are you? And I was like. Well, I like to get to the point. I don't think we need pleasantries over text. I think let's just get right to the point here. Can I get a good morning? He's like, when are you coming in? You should see what he sends us. Guys, if you haven't seen the blooper from QVC, look it up on social media as well. Is that recent? That was yesterday. I sent it to her boss. They did a great job. Great. Hey, let's fire it up. Disney and TikTok announcing a first of its kind deal bringing social media and streaming to a whole new level. Through the partnership, TikTok creators who opt in will get official access to Disney's vast library of intellectual property, including assets from Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and FX. Creators can use those clips to make their own videos, which will run on both TikTok and Disney+. Angie, do we really need this? We probably don't. But Disney is brilliant for doing this. I think that. Well, actually, maybe we do. Maybe Fox Local does need this. Because this is. Well, maybe. OK. I take that back. You know what? Wait. Wait a second. Oh, that would be good. Isn't that technically do you like it or not? Yes. That's exactly why they have that. OK. Listen, the reality is, you know, for Disney, this is like free content. It's free marketing. It's somewhat of a blueprint because, you know, they're teaming up with TikTok. It's not out of goodwill. This is just out of more discovery. What they're going to get at the end of the day is pretty much like people meeting them where they are. And they're targeting Gen Alpha. They're targeting the future in the world of television. That is the future to us. Right. And they even were very candid about saying, Gen Alpha, we are looking at you. And so, for them, this is actually so smart. And I bet you anything we are going to see a lot more channels use it in this way, find a way to use this in this way. Disney wants this geriatric millennial. They're going to have to make Marvel into a TikTok, okay? Because nobody's got five hours for your 178th edition of whatever. I don't even know. What are their names? The Hulk? Sure. No. Like, make a short film that lets everybody else in. I think you got to do it the opposite. Like, if they want to get in on it, then they should be giving us the product as opposed to, like, asking your viewers to create your content. Y'all didn't like it when Starbucks were asking the baristas to make their marketing ploy. Why are you asking the viewers now? I'm just thinking of someone, like, using our videos and dissecting things we say into, like, a TikTok stream on Fox. Get ready. That's the biggest problem. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Well, you know, this new generation, they're always, like, discovering new things, right? So this will work out for Disney. They're not discovering. They say they're discovering. Well, you know, they're like, oh, my God, it's my first time ever seeing this. Like, we discovered it. Like, and we're old. So, you know. Excuse me. Well, you know, they are. You're old. By two months. No, I think this is great for Disney, honestly. Like, this is all. It's going to make the younger generation just go and watch the movie after they see this, like, one-minute clip summarizing this thing. If you watch an alpha to watch The Little Mermaid, make a Little Mermaid TikTok. Let's move on. Right? Sure. You know, I've never seen it. Neither have I. Yeah. What? No. It precedes me. Amazon is going viral, not for delivery, but for how it trains its drivers. Video circulating shows new drivers strapped into a safety harness, hand a large box, and sent through an obstacle course designed to simulate rain, snow, and other hazardous conditions. Many are praising the safety training. Others are asking whether delivery should happen at all when the weather gets too dangerous. Sunny, something getting in the way of your Amazon Prime order, like it or not. I mean, like, what do you want to do if you think that they shouldn't deliver? Like, it's been done forever. Remember the postman would deliver in the rain? Like, it's... Yeah. So, yeah, they're still going to have to deliver. It's just what it is. I like this. We've seen videos and all these, like, trending things where you see them falling down, like, these icy steps that they didn't know, they didn't see. I think it's great, like, because they're going to have to do... Like, that's the whole point of... How many times have you turned away buying something because they said that it wasn't going to get there in a day? Like, I need my stuff, so... But that's the thing. I'm not opposed to them having the training because, to your point, we don't want them falling on their butts and getting hurt and then being out, whatever. But if you're going to make me get out there in the middle of a blizzard, you better pay me hazard pay. I'm just saying, like, have the union step up and make this work in their favor. Amazon and unions? Well, then figure it out. I'm just saying, like, if you're going to... Did you see the video? The guy's in a harness and he's, like, slow walking it? That is not normal working condition. Pay me. Pay it up. Amazon CEO Jeff, I know you live here in the town. If you're watching, you might want to hire me as a consultant. I am, like, the... I could be, like, your doge person. Come in there and cut some costs. Because let me tell you, you go on Amazon for $9.99, I can get a pair of ice cleats. You give that to every one of your drivers, right? So, that's so much cheaper than paying the $200 to $800 of training that each of these employees are getting. They got ice cleats that they can wear everywhere. They're not going to fall. They're kind of cool. You know ice cleats? You just strap them onto your shoes. And, yeah. So, listen. Listen. They're probably not going to fall. You know, you're going to have less, like, fun ring bell camera or whatever footage of people falling and stuff with your boxes. But, this is good. I got a better idea for Bezos. Buy it off of Temu. It's $4.99. Okay, that's fine. But that's still cheaper, guys. They paid, like, something like $6.7 billion for this program of them, you know, walking around like they're going, you know... I'm glad you invoked Doge because that worked out so well. Yeah, I know. That worked out so well here. Well, yeah. I mean, I wouldn't bring a chainsaw. Does he have a lot of Dogecoin? Who? Doge? Wait. That's different, Marina. Yeah, that's different. That's a different Doge. We're talking about the part of government efficiency. She's talking about cryptocurrency, Doge. Yeah. She's speaking English. I don't know what you're talking right now. Well, yeah. I'm just, you know, trying to talk Washington talk here. But yeah, you buy them a $20 pair of cleats, ice cleats, right? And have them skating down U Street delivering packages on their back. Like, come on, Angie. Like a hazard pay. There's a less chance of them falling on those than spending 20 minutes in a harness like they're about to bungee jump. Can you imagine them paying a consultant for this kind of crap? Yeah. By the way, this is how TV works. This is, by the way, in TV news. When they hire... We don't have them here. But when they hire consultants, this is what happens. Yeah. It's a bunch of people just talking out of their... And make money. But you know what? The consultant's also said, don't wear prints. But you know what? Here we are. And you're watching. If you don't like... She's absolutely right. You know, my friend... Do they say it to you guys? Because, you know, I want to abide by the same rules. Okay. We got to move... I wore this for you, Kyle. We got to move on here as I move on in my solid suit and solid shirt. Is that Versace? Hey. So basic. Hey, let's move on. Keep on me here. It's Ralph Lauren. All right. Is having a work wife or work husband acceptable when you're in a relationship? Yes. The term describes a close platonic friendship between coworkers who lean on each other through the workday. Therapists say the relationships can help reduce stress, prevent burnout, and give people a sense of support on the job. But they also say the labels work wife and work husband can create boundary issues, especially if they make a real-life partner feel uncomfortable. So Marina, do you care? No, I don't care. I think it's so stupid. Isn't my work wife my work husband? Fine. If it works for you, if it makes you happy, then call it that. I married one person. He's mine. Hooked. Called. And that's it. We don't need to have anybody else. You want polyamorous situation? Look at Angie. She got very upset today when I referenced somebody else as my work wife. She almost took me out in the middle of the newsroom. Live on TV during the DMV zone. Oh, no. Yeah. The end of the DMV zone. I have to find out that way. That we're just coworkers. Come on. You've heard the calls. People calling on the take a two and everything. They know what exists here. I mean, they know. The chemistry is undeniable. Yeah. I mean, should I just get rid of this off my desk? You know, you can have it back. This is our wedding. Our wedding. You know what? I'm done. You threw that picture in the trash once. I did. When we got in a fight. And then you ripped it up. You ripped it up. You ran on YouTube. You ripped it. And I was like, wait. We're like a telenovela. Yeah. We are. Like, you know, I said she's the one that gets slapped. Not me. But, you know, Murphy. HR already has us listed as work wives. Like up in HR. Like, so I don't know why. Is that news to you? Apparently so. You know, I've never really seen y'all husbands. I think this is like a made-up story. I've met them both. They do exist. They are real. At times. But sometimes they also can't keep us. Let me just say, though. I will be. I'll add the dose of reality to all of this here. Probably not a great move on a night like this. Where I don't like. I don't like the. I don't like the labels. I don't. I think I can understand that. I can understand why some places where people might find that to be a little uncomfortable when you when you add work wife or husband and it's more of a term of endearment than anything else. I guess. Right. But it's like everybody's straight. Yeah. You know what? I'm going to move on. That's our. No, because like I can have like a gay work husband. My man's not going to be upset at that. Do you have one? His name's Kenneth Moten. Yeah. Where is he? I'm taking him to dinner after. Yeah. Wait. Um, yeah. My man be like, I can't have like a straight guy that's like my work husband. My man will be like, why are you hanging out with this guy? Well, this, this is in fact, belies the point as to why it's stupid to not have these names. Oh, I'm sorry. What? We have to go to the Insta poll. Great. Having a work wife or husband. Fox five. DC dot com slash line. We're going to consult our HR manual and we'll get back after this on like it or not on this Thursday night. He's ever read that. Break up with Marina. Vote now. She's really upset. Look at her face. A news anchor in Memphis, Tennessee is going viral after she dozed off during a live broadcast. Fox 13's Dominique Dillon fell asleep on air after she says she got two hours of sleep while caring for her kids. She says she didn't even realize it happened until the meteorologist called her name and the control room didn't intervene because they thought she was looking down at her tablet. She jokingly added because who falls asleep in one minute sitting up in front of cameras. So Marina, have you ever fallen asleep at the worst possible television? But listen, I, first of all, that control room girl, you got problems in there. Okay. That would never happen at Fox five. Um, I, I do think that we're in this and they take me, I, I do, I appreciate the honesty and the candor. Like she fell asleep and she admitted it and it wasn't, I mean it was obvious, right? But she like has a legitimate reason and I think that maybe 20, 30 years ago people would be like, this is so unprofessional. You know what? But most women now are working and at home they're staying up until six in the morning before work, breastfeeding a child, changing them, trying to figure out like, you know, they've got the stitches from the C section coming back to where, I mean that is the reality and we, we don't want to talk about it cause it's uncomfortable, but this is true and she's got a newborn at home. I don't blame her one bit. It's, it's something that we've all dealt with at some point in time and if you haven't, you may, and if you don't, you know somebody who has. So it's true. Does it, is it the best look? No. But you know what? It happened. And so what? That doesn't make her any less of a journalist. I know. Everybody's wondering what do men think about this? Uh, so I'm going to, I'm going to weigh in. No, I, I think in this case everybody has had a moment like that, I think at your job and it doesn't matter what you do. The only misfortune she had is that it's on TV when it happened. So, you know, unfortunately I, you're, you're absolutely right. You're concerned. Her control room failed her in that moment because here, you know, if we're looking down, we're looking at our laptop in the middle of the five o'clock show and Karen doesn't see us looking. She makes sure we know we're on camera, that you're doing your job. So somebody was not doing their job in the studio that day. Yeah. I mean, to be fair, it looked like she was looking down though at first. Like I get that. You know what? She didn't play it off and she didn't try to BS people. She's like, you know what happened? I fell asleep. We would have totally BS everybody about that. I mean you can. Yeah. I don't know if we would have been believed like this is all great, you know, but I thought this story was going somewhere else because I was like, well, I was thinking of times where I fell asleep and you know, it was like at this place on you street, it was a long time ago and I had accidentally fell asleep and locked the door and people couldn't come in and it was a restaurant and I just took a nap and I was like, Oh, what is happening? Were you working there? It was like late at night and I was like, and I was, I was waiting in line and once I got in, I just kind of like closed the door and I blackout. No, I just fell asleep. You locked the door at a restaurant that wasn't yours? And I fell asleep. All right. How'd you get out? I woke up. What a story. Wow. 15 minutes later. Cool. All right. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for your input. A blended family money dispute is sparking a big debate on Reddit. A woman says when she married her husband, she treated his children the same as her own, paying for sports, clothes, vacations and other expenses, but after years of disagreements over money and parenting decisions, she says they then split their finances and each parent became responsible for their own children. By the way, your TV did not break. The video is intentionally blurred. She now says her own kids get more financial support because she earns more. His family members say that's unfair. Angie, did you follow that? But here's the thing, nobody would be surprised if that was you. Sorry. That story from Sunny. I was going to say goodbye. Was a dozer. Just kidding. What if you guys couldn't find me in the creamer room? I don't know. Is that a word? A dozer? No-doze? And I fell asleep. We're ice-cold. We moved on. Yeah. Okay. We have moved on. We're talking about- No sleeper. Spending money on- This show would be a great ad for Adderall. Yeah. Or no-doze. No-doze. Remember no-doze? What is that in focus? No-doze? Oh, that's from the 90s. Okay. All right. My friends that live in blended families, this is one thing I hear about all the time. They're always bitching, they're like, and they wanted me to pay for this, and they wanted me to pay for that, and then they paid for these, my money for their child to go to see this concert. And it's like, as much as you want to believe that everyone's the Brady Bunch, I think when it comes to finances and you got kids and blended families, you can't help but keep score. And that's just from my personal, not my personal experience, but my personal observances of friends that have these blended families. So, they make a great Christmas card. They're not observations. I love it. But, yeah. Observances. She's observing holidays too. Yeah. Of course. I mean, this is evident, right? Unless you are a multi-millionaire and have the cash to be able to bankroll everybody, you're going to say, this is my kid, and I'm paying for your kids as well, and if you're not returning the favor, then it doesn't even out. You got to be careful because it's not just two, right? There's another family behind there, whomever the ex is, or whatever the case may be. And that's why finances are one of the biggest drivers of divorce. Times two. Not on the first time, but on the second time as well. Yeah. Sounds very stressful. All of it. I did hear that in this particular story, one of the kids was saying things like, well, you can't tell my dad how much to give me, but they were sharing the pot of the money. And then, so it seems like these kids are teenagers, which makes it even worse. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you need to then put in some type of structure in place because if that's how you want to act, now go with your dad and spend his money. All right. Let's move on. Long gone are the days of standing six feet apart. One woman had an interesting way to get somebody to back up. On Threads, she said, quote, this man is less than 12 inches from behind me in line. I moved a few times so he'd get the hint, and he didn't, so I farted because why are you so close to me? And yes, he moved back. So Sonny, how do you get people to move, get out the way? You know, this is like a foreign issue because my parents, my mom does that. And I was like, why are you standing so close to people? You need to give them space. Oh, you mean standing close, not farting? Yeah. No. OK. Like standing too close. I said, is this like a foreign thing? Like Americans don't like you to be really close to them like that. Like they need their space. I don't know. It's weird. I like to lean back. You know, I like to lean. Like I just I just kind of like scoot back to the point where like if they're on their phone and then like my hair is in their face, then they'll back up because they'll realize it's like, bro, why are you on? Why are we so passive aggressive? I like to turn around and be like, could you move as you guys can tell? I'm not very confident if you are in my letter that there that is one of I don't have a lot of pet peeves, but if I'm paying at the cash register and you are next to me at the like where you could see, I don't use a debit card, but if you could see the numbers I'm putting in for a debit card and that you're that close, we have issues. You need to respect that. It's your card. Also behind you. I'm always in front of my. Well, people will also shove their cart into you at the grocery store. Some lady did that to me the other day and she was an older woman. I was trying to be respectful because I didn't want to push it right back into her. Did you shove her? No, but I looked at her and I said, ma'am, I'm sorry. And you're. I want to go to days you're standing by the self-defense. I know. Marina, I'm exactly the same because I'll do what you do. I'll try to, like, scoot up a little bit so that you can see that, hey, like, create some room. But if not, like, I'm in a thing. But I'm a turn. Really? Like, hello. You got it. And then when we just said we're giving you a beat and we're letting it known like this isn't right. But if you are not taking the cues and you're that oblivious, then I'm going to tell you. And then when they start coughing or they sneeze or something, I'm done. I'm absolutely done. I lose it. I can't do that. I'm there. If you sneeze in my face as I'm next to you, there's going to be a problem. Yeah. I like Sonny's idea of like back spreading, you know, like, you know, it's like the man spreading version of like just showing your space. Yeah. You know, I think what's considered safe is like, you know, imagine like a baseball bat, you know, like that's that's a good length, which I think is like a shopping cart length. Right. But sometimes like if you're in line to like buy clothes or something, just being right behind the person, you shouldn't be able to smell their hair. That's a good. Just go with the covid rules. Remember the covid. Yeah. I hated those. Stand back. There's online discourse over what is the worst chair? And no, it's not this one. We'll have more after this. That's the best chair. All right. Lightning round here. The Internet has crowned a new winner for worst chair in the world. Behold, this metal restaurant stool, they say, is uncomfortable. Bottom line, if you see one, you're about to overpay for a burger or taco. They're calling it the millennial stool, Sonny. What do you think? Yes. Also honorable mention is the chair that has those little like weaved parts with no cushion. So when you sit in your legs and your butt, it's like that ---- is terrible. Yeah. Whatever that is. I don't know. Seagrass or whatever. Yeah. You should have a cushion for that. That's so why was it so popular? And it is like a millennial. Yeah. I remember having it like my first balcony in DC. It was like a Romeo, like small. So I needed something small. I mean, I think it's kind of smart for like a cafe or stuff, you know, when, where they don't want you to come and become a squatter, you know, cause you can't get really too comfortable on those. You can't fall asleep in the bathroom. There's some holes in that story. I'm just going to put it right out there. Okay. Is the restaurant, is it still in existence? Yeah. Okay. Is it a restaurant and something else? No, it's a restaurant. Okay. So if you work at this restaurant and you know what one son he's talking about. Like 15 years ago. Okay. We'll still, there might be people who have memories of back then. Oh, my friend, Dania. She knows. Okay. Dania reach out. Oh, Dania hockey. When we come back, we're taking with her a poll question, having a work wife or husband, 25% of you like it, 75% of you don't go to Fox five, dc.com slash lion and come back because we'll wrap this up on a Thursday night, like it or not. Well that was a, that was a show that happened. I missed you guys. Yeah. And you know, uh, who's not here next week? Oh no. Again? Me. How'd you guys? I might call off. Depends on how I feel. Well, let me know so I can do this. Oh, I do. But I do believe in the list of who's going to do the show when we had that. I do declare, uh, we, we, you know, just, just doing the old school, like I do declare that, uh. Suspenders. You have 30 seconds. Suspenders. Okay. If you want to do the show next Thursday.