Doomscrollin #009: Doppelgangers, Doomsday, and the Death of Architecture

0:00 - 15:00 | Tech Issues & The Wheel of Doom Begins The show starts with the usual streaming struggles—issues getting the broadcast to work on Rumble and Rockfin. Sam and Mike confirm that the stream is live and introduce the episode. Midnight Mike promotes Monster Box Pedals, a boutique guitar pedal company he's working with. They joke that this might be Doom Scrolling’s first sponsor. The first spin of The Wheel of Doom lands on Lost Technology & Ancient Architecture. They discuss how old buildings are too advanced to have been made with ancient tools. Theories about lost civilizations and suppressed knowledge. Modern buildings suck—Tucker Carlson claims ugly architecture is intentionally designed to annoy us. 15:00 - 30:00 | The "City Killer" Asteroid NASA warns of asteroid 2024 YR4, a 300-foot-wide rock that could wipe out a city. Initially, the chances of impact were 1%, but now the odds have doubled. If it hits land, it could destroy a city. If it hits water, Florida might be gone due to tsunamis. NASA is letting independent astronomers track it using the James Webb Telescope—a sign they might be more worried than they’re letting on. Midnight Mike brings up a Twitter researcher tracking the asteroid’s increasing chances of impact. They joke about Bruce Willis no longer being able to save us like in Armageddon. 30:00 - 45:00 | Are We Living in the Wrong Year? The Phantom Time Hypothesis—a theory that 297 years of history never happened. A historian claims medieval rulers faked the years 814-911 AD to make the year 1000 arrive sooner. Many artifacts from this time period are missing. Ties into theories about Tartaria and how history is rewritten by the elites. If they changed the date today, would anyone even care? People ignored Epstein’s client list and UFO disclosures—so a fake calendar wouldn’t shock them either. Sam jokes, "They could just jump us to the year 3025 and nobody would protest." 45:00 - 60:00 | Doppelgangers, Skinwalkers & Mimics A viral video claims a mimic or doppelganger was spotted in someone’s house. Could some people be glitchy replacements? Midnight Mike discusses pod people—imperfect clones that lack social skills and act strangely. Are doppelgangers linked to aliens or interdimensional beings? If your mimic was better than you, would people even notice you were gone? 60:00 - 75:00 | The Hair Transplant Epidemic Hair transplant tourism is booming—flights out of Turkey are packed with men recovering from surgery. They joke about a guy's scalp leaking mid-flight, causing a scene. Hair transplants vs. embracing baldness—when is it time to let go? Seinfeld’s old joke: “Nobody can tell it’s a hairpiece.” (Everybody can tell.) 75:00 - 90:00 | Final Spins & Shoutouts Birthday shoutouts for fans and local celebrity Steve Lafayette. The Wheel of Doom brings up Project Blue Beam—is the asteroid a cover-up for a fake space attack? Midnight Mike says, "If the asteroid is real, I’m catching it bare-handed." They joke about flat earthers wondering where the asteroid is coming from. The episode ends with laughs and another spin of The Wheel of Doom. Watch Full Episodes on Sam's channels: - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SamTripoli - Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/SamTripoli Sam Tripoli: Tin Foil Hat Podcast Website: SamTripoli.com Twitter: https://x.com/samtripoli Midnight Mike: The OBDM Podcast Website: https://ourbigdumbmouth.com/ Twitter: https://x.com/obdmpod Doom Scrollin' Telegram: https://t.me/+La3v2IUctLlhYWUx MonsterBox Pedals: MonsterBox Pedals Reverb Store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices