Re:Building Together EP 317 — The Always Connected Outcasts

Host: CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) · Tue, 08 Sep 2026 · 1:03:44 · 5 speakers

TL;DR

• A loose Taco Tuesday hang (the space name spells TACO — "The Always Connected Outcasts") with CEELOS, Baked, Val, and Woof, heavy on banter and light on agenda. [03:26]
• Running bit of the day: black licorice and Jäger fans are secretly aliens, so CEELOS declared himself "full alien" and Val "50% alien." [10:40]
• The real plan that emerged: mark the 2-year anniversary of Regen on Monday, Sept 28 with a "way-back" style memory session and possible cross-space birthday raid. [49:23]
• Art Basel in Miami (Dec 4–6) came up as a possible team meetup, with Woof already assembling a crew. [37:47]
• Baked confirmed he'll redo his very first AI edit — on the record, so no take-backs — and got roped into making everyone else's too. [1:02:00]

Highlights

The alien origin story [09:09] Woof hopped up from the listening section, bonded with Baked over black licorice being "top tier candy," and the table split into believers and aliens. CEELOS: "for the record, I'm full alien. Val's 50% alien." [10:40]

"That's racist. I'm Mexican." [11:04] Val's deadpan reply to the alien math turned into a quick tangle over 50% alien vs. 50% "illegal," and stayed one of the room's favorite beats.

Bartender trivia hour [11:37] Val, who used to tend bar, rattled off the old-school menu — sex on the beach, the "royal fuck," Jäger bombs balanced domino-style between pint glasses. Baked read out the red-headed slut recipe (Jäger, peach schnapps, cranberry) to widespread disgust.

Black licorice as a lifestyle [13:09] CEELOS refused to taste-test it at a "museum of gross stuff," standing firm that black licorice "tastes like the depression," then pivoted into his pet peeve about people saying "required taste."

The verification / toupee mix-up [20:20] Val got officially verified mid-sentence (and mid-rug), Woof asked how long she'd been wearing a toupee, and the whole thing spiraled into a "total blonde moment" she blamed on hair thinning.

A quiet gratitude note [28:25] Amid the chaos, CEELOS reflected warmly on three unplanned hours with his daughter on a seedy corner waiting on a flat tire — "at least they gave us a reason to hang out, right, Dad?"

Plane-death confessional [35:12] Val's husband's aviation-school trivia gave her a lasting fear of airplane windows; Baked contributed his lifelong dread of airplane toilets. Val's coping line: she sits between her kids "so I can hug both of them if the plane crashes." [37:12]

GM vs. everything else [42:03] The QM/RM/"reads" naming trend got gently roasted — CEELOS just wants a plain "GM," Woof and Baked threatened to spam "R M R M" daily, and CEELOS reminded everyone there's only one R.E.M. and they sang about losing their religion. [43:00]

Regen anniversary planning [49:23] The one bit of actual business: CEELOS and Baked agreed to brainstorm a Sept 28 celebration — birthday raids, memory-sharing, maybe a Regen-background-dyed cake — while Baked dug through the old contract to confirm it minted out in "23 hours and 57 minutes." [52:53]

Notable quotes

• "For the record, I'm full alien. Val's 50% alien." — CEELOS [10:40]
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• "That's racist. I'm Mexican." — Val [11:04]
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• "It tastes like the depression." — CEELOS, on black licorice [13:09]
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• "I always say I sit between the kids so I can hug both of them if the plane crashes." — Val [37:12]
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• "My mom had four kids and I've got eleven thousand NFTs and playing video games. It's a world of difference." — Baked [46:18]
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• "There's only one R.E.M. and they sing about losing their religion." — CEELOS [43:00]
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Topic timeline

Who said what

• CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) — host; keeper of the Taco theme, weather rants and family stories, and the loudest Regen advocate in the room.
• Baked (@Bakedmetax) — brought the party recap, the deep NFT-wallet accounting, and the archaeological dig through the old Regen contract; birthday next Taco Tuesday.
• Val / ValerieKates (@valeriekates_) — fought her husband's over-engineered Wi-Fi boosters all hour, dropped bartender trivia, plane-crash anxieties, and a thoughtful riff on growth as releasing rather than accumulating.
• Woof (@WoofArmyXX) — up from the listeners; licorice ally, badge/affiliate explainer, and Art Basel crew organizer.
• Pharaoh (@spade_pirates) — mostly referenced; the friend who'd only buy into Regen if CEELOS gave him one, and ended up with the coveted robot El Santo. [57:23]

Worth a full listen

• [09:00]–[13:00] — The alien/licorice/bar-drinks run is the comedic core of the space; the recap can't carry the timing of Val's one-liners.
• [20:20]–[27:00] — Verification chaos flowing into genuine NFT nostalgia (hexagon PFPs, wallet-address gifting) — funny and a real snapshot of old-Twitter Web3.
• [46:00]–[58:00] — The Regen anniversary planning plus mint-out timing and trade-hunting memories, for anyone who wants the actual takeaways and the lore.