New Wild Times Bonus Just Dropped

The hosts of New Wild Times kick off a bonus episode by reminiscing about the misery of morning drinking—specifically, the trap of Irish coffees at a 7 a.m. rugby game, which feels fantastic until noon, when you’re “sleeping on the couch at your house and the kids are running around” and the rest of the day is ruined. That confession sets the tone for the episode’s main event: a 32-item bracket to determine the single most annoying pet peeve in existence. The bracket is a custom-coded, slick-looking tournament that the hosts (Forrest, Peter, and Pat) will vote through, round by round, while admitting their own hypocrisies along the way.

The First Round: Snapping Gum vs. Dressed Pets, and Urinal Etiquette vs. Stale Chip Bags

The bracket opens with a 1-seed versus a 16-seed matchup: gum snapping versus clothes on a pet. Gum snapping—any audible noise from chewing gum, from smacking lips to blowing bubbles—is immediately polarizing. One host says he’d “hurt that person” if he ever heard it, though he admits he’s never actually noticed it happening. The other two are more relaxed: one puts his pet in Christmas pajamas every year, and the other doesn’t find either offense particularly bothersome. Gum snapping wins easily, mostly because the hosts can’t bring themselves to condemn pet clothing when they’re guilty of it themselves.