Trending News With The Krew – March 18, 2025
Today’s news includes information on fake sushi, a fisherman was found after being lost at sea for 95 days, and “butt load” is an actual unit of measurement.
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Cody: This is something I will not have to worry about because I don’t eat sushi.
Dub: Surprise, surprise.
Cody: But apparently fake sushi is on the rise in the U.S. and it poses health risks for consumers. Apparently there’s some cheaper fish substitutes that are being passed off as top-quality varieties like snapper and salmon. But mislabeling rates are high with some seafood fraudsters intentionally misleading customers with incorrect labels.
Dub: Now, I mean, isn’t this crazy? Like you have to worry now if anything is real, right? Like, I mean, things you see on the internet, you know, that lady that works in the office’s lips and now your sushi. What’s real and what’s fake in 2025?
Cody: Who knows?
Dub: That’s what I’m saying. Like when you got to question whether or not your food is real.
Cody: Well, and the bad part is, even if you’re reading the label, if it’s mislabeled, then you’re unfortunately just a victim of fake sushi.
Dub: Yeah. Who knows what you’re eating? Who knows what you’re eating?
Cody: And this is insane to me.
Dub: Saw this story on the news last night. This is like real life castaway.
Cody: Yeah. So this Peruvian fisherman was rescued after being lost at sea for 95 days. Over three months. That’s crazy. That is insane. I don’t think I’d have made it. Maximo Castro survived by drinking rainwater and eating insects, birds, and a turtle. I would not have survived.
Dub: I was going to say, if your only option was to eat a turtle, we’d be talking about you in the past tense.
Cody: Exactly. But his daughter did thank the Ecuadorian fisherman who found and saved her dad’s life. But he says that he survived by thinking of his family every day. That’s what kept him going.
Dub: Which is awesome. And now he can always tell the story about the time he ate that turtle. You know, you’re sitting out around at a party or whatever.And ever tell you about the time I ate that turtle? Yes, you do. You want me to tell you again?
You know, you have to listen to it. The man was gone for 95 days. You got to listen to his turtle-eating story.
Okay, look, we’ve all used this term in one way or another.
Cody: Okay.
Dub: Some ways we’ve used it that we can’t say on the radio. But the National Institute of Standards and Technology says a buttload is an actual measurement equivalent to 126 gallons.
Cody: Okay, so it’s an actual thing.
Dub: So now you know when you say a buttload, that could be an actual thing. The measurement originated from an old English measurement unit called a butt. The term is commonly used to denote a large quantity without a specific amount. Other quirky measurements include a nibble, reflecting four bits of computer info, and a cow-calf unit, which determines land needed to feed a beef cow and its calf. So there you go. A buttload is an actual thing.
Cody: Along with a nibble and a cow-calf unit.
Dub: Yeah. So now can somebody tell me, now that we know that a buttload is equivalent to 126 gallons, can somebody tell me how much a **** ton actually is?
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