The episode opens with Shayne welcoming the audience to what he describes as their annual Pride episode and confirms it's their fourth, calling it 'the big episode of the year.' He introduces Chanse McCrary and first-time-on-camera guest Jared Goldstein, who is a 'good friend of Smosh.' The group shares a quick behind-the-scenes detail: they recorded a Reddit Live show the following day, meaning by the time this episode airs, they'll already know whether it went well. Jared's admission that he mainly uses Reddit to look at purses gets an amused reaction, and Shayne previews that all the stories tonight are pride-themed — though he warns some might just be ordinary stories that happen to have a gay couple in them.

The first story sets a high bar for chaos: a 23-year-old man meets a bisexual guy around 48 years old via an app similar to Grindr, they hook up once, and that's that. Two weeks later, the narrator begins dating a 20-year-old woman. Three weeks into the relationship, she introduces him to her father in a park — and it's the same man. Both freeze. They shake hands awkwardly; the girlfriend assumes it's nerves. Two weeks pass before she calls him, furious, having learned her father came out as bisexual to the family and asked her to break up with the narrator so the dad could be with him. She blames the narrator for 'turning him gay' and throws a plastic container at him. The group discusses how the dad's confession and demand make him the real villain, while Jared quips that the narrator must have been really impressive in bed if a man was willing to blow up his marriage for him.

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The second story comes from AITA. A gay man who's been out since 18 does his dad a favour by delivering photography work to a client's office. The dad's colleagues, some of whom are younger women, openly flirt with him and call him attractive. Flustered and in a professional context, he says nothing about being gay and eventually excuses himself. When his dad returns the next day and mentions he has a boyfriend, the women are furious and call the narrator an asshole for 'letting them embarrass themselves.' The group agrees this is absurd — he was there on a professional errand and had no obligation to disclose his sexuality. Jared then shares his own story of lying to the most attractive woman he'd ever met when she asked if he was gay, prompting a wide-ranging conversation about bisexual men, double standards in dating, and how gay men can still be attractive to women. ^{[1] — Jared Goldstein "When the most attractive woman Jared Goldstein had ever encountered asked him point-blank if he was gay, he panicked, said no, and then spr…" 12:32 Play}

After Jared's story about denying he was gay to a beautiful woman, the conversation expands into the broader landscape of bisexuality and how it's received by potential partners. Chanse recalls a period in Chicago after he was already out when he'd still entertain conversations with women, only for them to discover he was gay. He notes that some straight women have a strong aversion to any male partner with same-sex history — a sentiment he says he'd seen discussed on Twitter. The group observes this is the reverse of how straight men typically react to women with same-sex history, and that the asymmetry probably drives bisexual men to stay closeted. They also touch on a show — possibly Girls or something similar — that dealt with this exact tension in a relationship plotline.

The third story features a deeply literal boss who, when an employee named H walks into his office and declares 'I am gay' then falls silent for ten minutes, responds by asking if H has any marketing insights for that demographic and whether he's getting married and needs time off. A mutual friend scolds the boss; he posts to Reddit genuinely confused about what he did wrong. The group sympathises — he was thrown off-guard in a professional setting and wasn't rude, just not warm. Reddit agrees: not the asshole. The update, delivered one year later, reframes the entire story: H came out because he was attracted to the boss's brother, who was in the process of being adopted as an adult. Jay had aged out of foster care, been taken in by the boss's family, and delayed the adoption because he feared rejection after coming out as gay — but the family filed paperwork the next day. The boss shared H's email with Jay to give him a gay friend for support; they fell in love and got engaged. ^{[1] — Shayne Topp "A boss's response to an employee walking in and saying 'I am gay' was to ask if he had any marketing insights for that demographic. What fo…" 19:02 Play}

After the unexpectedly moving Reddit update, Jared reflects on the experience of being the person someone chooses to come out to. He recalls two separate friends who came out to him — one in college, when it had never occurred to him anyone would ever do that — and describes how those moments let him say everything he'd either wished someone had said to him or that had actually helped him. Shayne notes that being trusted that deeply is a real honor. Jared's sign-off is a genuine, open invitation directed at anyone listening who might still be closeted: 'Come out to me. I have so much compassion.' Shayne jokes that Jared needs a highway billboard. ^{[1] — Jared Goldstein "Come out to me. If you're in the closet, come out to me. I have so much compassion. I have good stuff to say to you if you want to know." 30:58 Play}

The fourth story opens with a female doctor running a favour for her sister: picking up her seven-year-old niece Sophie from school. Sophie falls, the doctor takes her to the nurse, and the nurse is quietly dazzled when Sophie announces her aunt is a doctor. What follows is a sustained flirtation the doctor completely fails to register: the nurse compliments her looks, says she 'owes her' for not revealing her profession, suggests she'd 'never have guessed' based on her appearance, and hints the doctor should 'find a way to make it up to her properly.' The doctor posts to Reddit sincerely asking whether she was rude. The group finds this endearing and hilarious. In the update, the doctor returns with flowers, the nurse agrees to a date, they walk by the beach, have dinner, and the doctor shows the nurse the Reddit post over dessert. As of her last activity, they had been dating seven months. ^{[1] — Shayne Topp "A 29-year-old doctor took her niece to the school nurse, who complimented her looks, claimed she 'owed her,' and said she'd 'find a way to …" 31:47 Play}

The final Reddit story is also the wildest. The narrator is an openly gay man who has been friends with a coworker named Robert for four years. Robert has five children — four blonde boys who look just like him and a new daughter with curly red hair like her mother Danielle. The narrator, himself a redhead, jokes that 'the red is alive' upon meeting the baby. Robert never lets it go. For weeks he complains his daughter doesn't look like him, escalating to a full breakdown at work where he accuses Danielle of cheating and points directly at the narrator — openly gay, male fiancé, pride stickers all over his car — as the culprit. After the narrator tells Danielle what happened, Robert is kicked out. He then tracks down the narrator's partner Elliott and calls with threatening voicemails. The paternity test proceeds. The group notes that Robert's entire meltdown is built on not understanding how genetics work, and Jared identifies a specific form of straight-male narcissism — the belief that a gay man might be faking his orientation to covertly access a straight man's wife. ^{[1] — Shayne Topp "Robert, convinced his wife was cheating, pointed across the factory floor at his openly gay colleague — a man with a male fiancé and pride …" 38:35 Play}

After the Robert story, Jared articulates what made the accusation particularly sinister: it required Robert to believe that a gay man might be strategically performing his identity as a cover to access women. This is distinct from ordinary jealousy — it requires a specific narcissism that treats gay identity as a potentially tactical lie. Chanse then recalls a middle-school memory: straight classmates watched him do cartwheels and hang out with girls during gym class and concluded he was brilliantly pretending to be gay. They called him 'so smart' for the 'strategy.' Shayne notes the difference between that kind of naive idiocy and Robert's more dangerous, self-destructive version. ^{[1] — Jared Goldstein "Jared Goldstein articulated something rarely named: a brand of straight male narcissism where a man convinces himself a gay person might be…" 44:48 Play}

The final Reddit story takes the tone from dramatic to absurd. A man finds an epic, unbroken, unflushed stool in the toilet and decides to channel a viral clip of a mother asking 'which one of you didn't flush?' He barges into his boyfriend's home office with a Scottish accent at full volume. His boyfriend's face goes white: he's on video with his boss and his entire team, presenting, with no warning sign on the door. The group laughs about the health implications (Jared approves of the shape) and muses about what the coworkers thought. Jared then shares his own Zoom disaster from March 15, 2020, performing five silent minutes of stand-up before realising the audience was muted. The group ends in a spiralling conversation about FaceTime etiquette and burping. ^{[1] — Shayne Topp "A man channeled a famous viral clip — barging in on someone who didn't flush — and used his loudest Scottish accent to re-enact it in his b…" 49:20 Play}

After the Zoom call story triggers a digression about Jared's early pandemic stand-up experience, the group devolves into a deeply enjoyable conversation about bodily functions and FaceTime etiquette. Jared wonders whether it's appropriate to burp while on a family FaceTime call from your own home; Chanse says yes and Shayne gives a context-dependent ruling. Jared then delivers his closing philosophical monologue: while getting ready, he heard his own fart and felt a sudden wave of empathy — his butt is just a 'sweet little butt' that has no awareness of social norms. Shayne wraps up with a brief explanation of the famous Reddit poop knife story for uninitiated listeners (Jared and Chanse), before all three say goodbye and wish the audience a happy Pride.