In this episode, Trevor gets brutally honest about how sobriety is rewiring his brain—and his social life. What unfolds is an unfiltered discussion on authenticity, intelligence, social masks, and the unbearable weight of pretending. Nick and Pragasen challenge him, things get existential, and the group wrestles with a deceptively simple question: how real are we ever, really?### Topics Discussed:* Whether smart people have to pretend to be dumber to be liked* If happiness requires a certain level of ignorance* Emotional manipulation disguised as social grace* Pretending to care in superficial interactions* Is “being yourself” even a real thing?* Would you sacrifice yourself for a stranger... if no one knew?* Sobriety as a spotlight on human shallowness### Golden Nuggets:* People often fake dumbness as a social survival tactic* You don’t get genuine connections by playing small* Most interactions are fake—but you don’t have to be### Timestamps:00:00 Welcome to the chaos04:50 Intelligence and unhappiness07:05 The butcher incident and talking like a real human13:45 Financial freedom and not giving a shit16:40 Does anyone ever *really* know who you are?17:10 Would you die to save a stranger if no one knew?20:06 Grocery cart ethics and judging strangers34:45 PR insists he’s always authentic (Nick is skeptical)40:00 Is alcohol the only social lubricant we have left?44:30 Most people are walking beige wallpaper### Where to Find Us Funklers?Trevor — https://www.instagram.com/atomicchilisauceNick — https://www.instagram.com/orlandotriviaPragasen — https://www.instagram.com/talktoprAmanda - https://www.instagram.com/intuitivemuseEdd — https://www.instagram.com/eddsiu/
