In today’s very dong heavy episode of Hard Factor… It seems the Japanese festival of penies is doing a little C&D work when it comes to the official/unofficial “mascot” aka the guy that dresses up like a dick and comes to the festival early and stays late. 

(00:00:00 - 00:02:21) Intro


☕Cup of Coffee in the Big Time☕

(00:02:22) GET EM WHILE YOU CAN: We are officially retiring merch -> https://store.hardfactor.com/ 

(00:04:06) Fun fact: The invention of the toilet and plumbing

(00:07:07) Firefighters discover ‘missing’ plumber asleep in crawl space under California home

(00:12:14) ‘Came for the chocolate chip’: Biden cracks joke after Nashville shooting

(00:16:11) Nashville school shooting: Bodycam footage released, shooters chilling final messages to pal revealed: ‘I’m planning to die’

(00:19:51) Trans woman left sobbing in JFK Airport after TSA agent hit her testicles: report

(00:23:42) ‘Holy grail’ of cancer detection predicts tumors a year before they form


?Cream of the Crop?

(00:27:24) "Weight in fish!’: Two fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament plead guilty


?A Flock Of C0cks? 

(00:33:52 - 00:41:10) Louisiana water treatment worker arrested for peeing in drinking water supply tank twice

(00:41:11 - 00:46:05) Japanese Penis Festival shrine distances itself from penis mascot


?️Read The Fine Print?️

(00:46:06) 'Terrifying, read the fine print': Bill that would ban TikTok is going to give the Government UNREAL POWER

(00:52:01) Man indicted after texting his ex-girlfriend 815 times in two days


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(00:55:33) There is 21 new emoji now available in iOS 16.4…and this is what the kids are saying



(01:08:12) The Wheel


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