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>> Something is bothering me.
>> Something's always bothering you.
>> Yes, but...
I think there might be hidden codes
in the Modern Rogue, that we don't know about.
>> Wait, how could we not know about them?
>> I just suspect it, man.
>> Oh, because of Brandt?
>> Well don't--
>> Well, he's going to edit.
Hey, Brandt, are you putting in hidden codes?
>> Are there hidden codes in the show?
>> robot voice: No.
♪ [soft hip hop] ♪
Five once-secret codes, now less so.
>> All right, Murphy, today,
we're talking about an article written
by Ian Fortey from themodernrogue.com.
This is about five awesome codes in very unexpected places.
[keyboard typing]
>> robot voice: Sovngarde is home to many codes.
>> One of the first ones is an ancient viking code.
This is the most enticing to me because it seems like--
>> Vikings!
>> Yeah, vikings, and secret codes,
and runes, and stuff like that.
>> You're reading this thinking, like,
"Oh my god, what arcane mythology
"are they putting in there?"
>> Yeah.
>> Not very interesting stuff.
>> You know, one of them is the Jötunvillur code.
Now, there are a number of these codes,
and people are starting to crack them,
and realizing that they don't really say
anything particularly interesting.
>> They're just bored vikings
sending each other love notes, basically.
>> Yeah, one of them says, "Kiss me."
I was hoping it said,
"Loki has transformed into a fox.
"Do not trust him!"
>> That's what you want.
>> Jason: That's what I want.
>> Is an origin story.
You want to uncover it, and then, suddenly--
>> I'm going to keep transcribing those
until one of them gives me mystical powers.
No, no, it's just like, some of them
are just talking [blip] to each other.
>> That's the funny part, is the inanity.
I mean, these are just human beings.
I mean, granted, they're at war and dying
at the age of 27 or whatever,
but humanity's the same. >> Yeah.
>> They're still bored then, bored today.
As a matter of fact, do you remember,
in the movie Gladiator, they were going to put a scene in
where Russell Crowe was going to be hawking a certain brand
of olive oil, but they took it out
because they're like, "Nobody's going to believe
"that that's what happened,"
but that is exactly what happened.
They had sponsors back in the day.
It was a commercial.
It was just like football.
>> Sellouts.
All right, what do you grade that one?
>> [stammers] C.
>> Yeah, it's okay, it's funny
until somebody gets powers,
or until they find some secret civilization.
>> You're stuck on that theme, man.
>> Or they say, "I encountered a man from space,"
or something like that.
>> Oh, that'd be great, or they said something
that they couldn't have known, like,
"The internet will be rad some day."
>> Exactly.
>> Why do you use '80s lingo
for something that rose to prominence in the '90s?
>> What if it's an injury counter?
>> Oh, jeez.
[both laugh]
It says, "Roll it back, Brandt."
[laughter]
>> Exactly.
[mechanical whirring] [keyboard typing]
>> robot voice: Melrose Place gets subversive.
>> This one really surprised me.
Do you remember the TV show Melrose Place?
It was a spinoff of 90210.
>> Yeah, it was, like, a prime-time soap opera
with a bunch of pretty people with pretty people problems.
>> Yeah, so their target demographic
was 18- to 49-year-old women,
but this is at a time when that prime-time real estate,
this is back when you would have millions
of millions of millions of people watching,
so you couldn't afford to mess with the golden goose.
You could maybe wade
into slightly subversive political territory,
but only with the most token of nods,
but then Mel Chin put together a collective of artists
who tried to put deeply subvertive,
heavy duty art stuff in the middle
of this prime-time, vacuous, beige free-for-all.
>> Yeah, now, Disney would just have, like,
a priest with a boner or something like that.
They were going hardcore
into the subversive political commentary.
>> Yeah, like, one of the blankets
that a character is using has organic chemistry symbols
all over it, that's RU486, the abortion drug.
Pretty heavy duty.
>> I don't know what they're trying to say exactly.
>> Bedsheets, looks like they've got
little checkerboard patterns.
Then you look closer, they're all unrolled condoms.
>> Which very few things make me feel less
like sexy time in the bedroom--
>> Brian: Than unrolled condoms?
>> Than just a bunch of used condoms.
Can you get that at Ikea?
Where do you get that exactly?
>> The bar had 72 different liquor bottles,
all of them fake brands
even though they looked like iconic real brands.
They were all clever riffs
on classic problems associated with alcohol.
One of them looks like a demolished car.
Another one says the words "for children"
from back in the days
when you would just give your kid booze
to stop them from coughing.
>> Yeah, and a lot of this would've turned off
a lot of people, so on the outside,
this was just an angsty show about young people
having drama in their apartment complex,
but really, it was just laden with hidden images.
>> Yeah, my favorite was the dartboard
that had a cutout of the target demographic,
the target demographic.
I think this is great, and I don't know
how much of this came out at the time,
but I know that they're now doing gallery showings
of all of these pieces.
I got to give this an A+.
This was very satisfying.
>> This committee, this artist was working
in conjunction with the producers,
but didn't tell the actors, didn't tell the writers.
>> Most importantly, didn't tell the advertisers.
>> Yes, so this went in just below the radar.
No one ever noticed, or if they did--
>> I mean, they certainly do now.
>> They certainly do now.
Yeah, the subterfuge here, hiding it from everyone,
right in the open, I'm going to give it an A+.
[keyboard typing]
>> robot voice: The Ikea code is an orated catalog.
>> This next one, we actually talked about
on the show a couple months ago.
All Ikea product names actually are codes.
They tell you about what the item is.
>> Will they tell me how to get out of Ikea?
>> No, they will also not warn you off
from going into Ikea, where you'll be trapped forever.
>> I will be in there, carrying Nordic-named things around,
and just like, "I guess I have to eat meatballs again,
"because I'm never escaping."
>> They have a literal treasure map to escape.
I like the fact that, suddenly,
we're just dogging on Ikea.
>> I like Ikea, I just can't get out of there
when I get in because I'm a confused old man.
>> All right, I've got a list of different product types,
and how they name them.
I'm going to give you the name,
and you got to tell me what type of thing it is.
So if it's names of Swedish lakes or water courses,
what do you think that is?
>> Oh, I'm going to go with bathroom supplies.
>> Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
Well done.
Flowers and plants?
>> Those are bedding, and pillows, and stuff like that.
>> Holy cow, yes, oh my god.
Norwegian place names.
>> This is probably where I'm going to screw it up.
Kitchen ware.
>> No, beds, wardrobes, and hall furniture is that one.
>> Okay.
>> How do you think they name bookcases?
>> I think I know this one, actually.
They're named--they're boys' names.
>> That's right, Scandinavian boys' names or professions.
Swedish slang expressions are boxes,
wall decoration, pictures, and frames.
Here's the crazy part.
Do you know why they came up with this naming system?
>> Because the CEO was dyslexic,
so it was impossible for him to memorize them any other way.
>> It's brilliant.
This is another A+++.
>> Well, here's how this one doesn't work for me.
[electrical interference]
Mjurgin.
What is that?
>> That's right, okay, it does only work--
What is a mjurgin?
>> I just made it up. >> You made that up.
>> It's just a word that sounded
like it would be named in an Ikea.
>> Mjurgin means disappointment
at not knowing enough Scandinavian trivia.
>> Yeah, I'm a dumb American.
They all look the same to me.
I don't know.
I don't know a single one.
>> I still say it's brilliant,
and the fact that it makes it super simple, I love it.
A+.
>> I'll give it an A+.
It's really clever, codified, and it fits in
with their entire brand, and if you speak Swedish,
then you can navigate it more easily than I do.
[keyboard typing]
>> robot voice: Flight attendants signal you
to get up and run to home.
>> Next up, we have flight attendant hand signals,
which I thought was clever
because it's a way for them to communicate effectively
without raising the cacophony,
because it's like, travel's already a bummer enough,
last thing you need is more people
chattering all around you.
>> So they have things like, they're pushing the cart along,
and oh, this person ordered tomato soup,
so they say T, tomato, soup, like that.
>> Some of them not so subtle,
like, they're having the chicken,
so they just do the chicken dance in front of it.
>> There is an instructional video
that has leaked, and it's available on the internet.
It looks like they're just kind of having some fun.
By the end of it, they start getting a little silly,
like, "The person here is a celebrity,
"and I can't remember his name," that kind of thing,
that they're using to signal other attendants
back at the galley.
>> I don't even know that it's leaked,
because it's definitely published on the easyJet website,
so I think that they're communicating,
"Hey, when you see us doing these symbols,
"this is what it is."
>> It's a PSYOPs war.
This is all fake intel.
I've been working on some new ones.
Let's see if you can figure these out.
>> Are you going to submit these to easyJet?
>> Yeah, yeah, I think these are good.
>> Airplane.
Runway.
>> There's a man on the wing of the plane.
>> Brian: [laughs] That'll be good.
>> It's an important one, you got to know that.
>> William Shatner needed that one, from The Twilight Zone.
>> Yeah, exactly.
♪ ♪
>> Brian: Somebody farted?
>> There you go, see? See?
>> I didn't even need to see--
>> See these are really
these are really good and elegant.
>> True travel hack, I actually always take
a contact lens case with a bit of Vicks VapoRub
because sometimes, you sit down,
or someone sits down next to you,
and they have not bathed, and they just reek of body odor.
Put a little of that on there,
makes it all go away.
>> Oh, really‽ >> Yeah.
>> That's good.
I usually just take a whole bunch of morphine
and wake up wherever I'm going.
>> So this one isn't terribly clever, solid B.
You know, it's a smart way to keep it quiet on the plane.
>> Yeah, it's fun.
My question is, you fly a lot.
Have you ever seen any of these going on?
>> I fly almost exclusively Southwest Airlines.
>> They just like bang on things.
>> Yeah, they're all just like,
[shouting] "Hey, would you like a potato chip‽"
>> Jason: [laughs] Yeah.
[keyboard typing]
>> robot voice: The gilded Disney code.
>> I've never been to any sort of Disney property myself.
>> What‽
>> But it seems like it's packed with mystery
and hidden things for me to investigate. >> Oh my god.
>> Where I would never end up riding the rides,
I would just want to solve all these weird mysteries.
>> I think that's why they do that,
is because there are so many people
that have ridden all the rides
that they want some kind of deeper narrative,
so they have, you know-- they're doing Easter egg hunts.
>> Mickey comes out, and he's like,
[whispering suspiciously] "The owls are not what they seem."
[Brian laughs]
>> Well they do have a bunch of clever phrases.
For example, if somebody calls you a "treasured guest,"
they think you're an [blip]-hole.
>> Really?
>> Yeah, they're never allowed
to say anything bad about you, but specifically, they're not allowed--
>> Bryce calls me a treasured guest all the time!
>> Also, they're not allowed to call anyone a customer.
They are guests, but there is one time
that they are allowed to call them a customer,
which is if they're trying to communicate
that they suspect somebody's shoplifting.
"I'd like you to keep an eye
"on that customer right over there."
That way, they don't have to say it,
but they are like, "Dude's stealing stuff."
>> It's like a language within a language.
I've actually seen this happen at Walmart.
I was with someone checking out
who actually had used to work at Walmart.
She looks at the cashier.
We were next in line, and she says,
"Have you talked to Bob lately?"
And the cashier looks up at her,
and she said, "Well, Bob's here."
>> The cashier says, "Oh, okay."
Then she looks at the person in line and says,
"Excuse me, sir, did you want to buy those items
"at the bottom of your basket, underneath there?"
The guy says, "Oh, no, I didn't... [murmurs]"
Puts them aside.
Bob means bottom of basket.
>> Some other euphemisms that they use at Disney is,
if somebody vomits, you don't want to say
somebody barfed or whatever,
so you say there's a protein spill.
Now we have a code V to clean it up.
A signal 25 is a fire somewhere in the park.
A signal 70 means somebody lost a parent.
A signal 101 means something broke.
Signal 102 means that somebody fixed it.
>> Yeah, they've got Cujo protocol
whenever Pluto goes berserk and eats someone,
and you have to put him down. >> [laughin] That's not true.
But then they celebrate, because now,
they have a new property, that they can tell that story,
and make even more money.
>> That's right, that's right.
In theaters, 2019, Pluto Goes Berserk.
My favorite is the white powder alert.
>> Oh, yeah, which is not the white powder you would expect.
>> I really thought it was,
yeah, somebody, once again, did a bunch of cocaine,
and got on It's A Small World,
and sat there all day long.
>> Won't leave, he's shouting about the global agenda.
It's Alex Jones.
>> But it actually means when someone wants
to spread their loved one's ashes on a ride.
>> Yeah, the Haunted Mansion is infamous for that because,
in the ride, they're all like,
[ghastly] "There are so many spirits.
"Maybe you'll be the next one here."
And people are like, "Yeah, that sounds good.
"When I die, I want you to take my ashes,
"and sprinkle it around."
Then they have to shut down the ride because,
of course, there's cameras everywhere,
and they're like, clean up the body,
and then throw it in the garbage.
The Haunted Mansion ride, actually haunted.
>> Oh, wow.
>> You heard the story about Keith Richards, right?
That he took his dad's ashes,
mixed it with coke. >> Oh, and he snorted them.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, that's a white powder incident right there.
>> I would love to know even more of the Disney codes.
Before I give them a proper grade,
I mean, certainly, I like the clever thought
that they're putting into it, so certainly an A.
I think there might be some A+
as you get into the more esoteric stuff.
>> There's probably a huge lexicon,
and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> This is the tip of the Matterhorn.
>> I'm sure there's entire books
just on the legends, and all that stuff.
>> Yeah, so I like it in that it's so robust,
and it involves something that is,
on the outside, the happiest place on earth.
>> Okay all right, now, this is the most important part.
That means you've never been
to Epcot Food and Wine Festival.
>> Jason: I've never, no.
>> It's the greatest thing.
You could be an international ---hole, it's awesome.
>> They're going to have to come up
with a new code just for me.
>> Operation J, he's in the park.
>> You can't close Epcot!
The big sphere is just dark.
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>> You got to tell us if there are.
>> It's in your con--
We should get a contract,
and then put that in the contract.
>> There's probably all sorts of hidden stuff in there,
where he's building some sort of faction
[audible digital signal] where he's going to take us over, or ruin us,
[audible digital signal] or trigger us like the winter soldier.
[audible digital signal] There's something in there, I know it.
[audible digital signal] >> Oh, man, I think that's a good setup,
[audible digital signal] but it doesn't have anywhere to go.