History YMMV / TrashTaste

* SoBadItsGood: While discussing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFMc15Tm9ME their favorite RPGMaker games with Calliope]], they bring up how {{Narm}}y the "horror" gets, due to SpecialEffectsFailure stemming from the game engine's limitations. Calliope even talks about going around and playing low-quality projects to sate her hunger for UsefulNotes/RPGMaker games, being satisfied with getting laughs out of them.

** Garnt recounts his experiences with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDVcIRUojwM a crazy neighbor]] who had a HairTriggerTemper about noise level and loved to use his former cop status as a threat. During one of his last days at the apartment, before he moved out, his neighbor showed up again for one final confrontation, and dared him to punch him so he could get a reason to get the cops called on him. Garnt held his ground, firmly told him to back off, and was like "You don't know who you're dealing with here. I was a monk. I will not punch you. I am in maximum zen mode."

** In episode 179, Pete recounts an experience where he, just out of high school, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaQ6OCvWHGg interned at a morning show at a Kansas radio station,]] eventually being a replacement for one of the main team. While he was working on the main team, his coworkers began making him the ButtMonkey of the show and made fun of him with increasing frequency and intensity. He made the decision to quit, and when he broke the news, the station bluntly said they were planning to fire him anyway, but they'll play up his leaving as a big meltdown and milk it for all it's worth. This did expose him to a lot of backlash from the audience, and despite the support from his acting coach he had difficulty firmly refusing the team. His refusal was even met with some harsh parting words from the studio. Later that day, his teacher called in, not knowing Pete was at the studio, and ''tore into'' the morning show team for taking advantage of an intern like that, and this let Pete at least leave knowing that there was someone who did tune in to the morning show and had his back.
** In episode 191, Connor recounts his experiences dealing with bullies. Though he didn't actively look for trouble, he used to go into a blind rage if physically threatened. One of the more petty bullies once slapped Connor in the face, taunting him with a [[BringIt "what are you gonna do about it?"]] while Connor was showing his little brother around the campus. Connor ''[[TalkToTheFist immediately went to town on the bully,]]'' shrugging off three others trying to break up the fight.

* GatewaySeries: The hosts' chemistry will often get people who were only following one of the boys to check out the other's content.

** When it figures in {{Hentai}}, it turns a bit more contentious. [=ShinDoL=]'s ''Manga/Metamorphosis2013'', for them, seems to suffer from AngstDissonance. At the same time, ''Kuroinu: Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru'''s reveling in RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and MindRape disgusts Connor visibly while the over-the-top-ness of it makes it "[[CrossesTheLineTwice zero back to hot]]" for Garnt and Joey.

** Garnt is now commonly called [=GiggUK=], after he mentioned some fans pronounced his Youtube name like that.

** Generally with other otaku or adjacent subcultures, like the English Vtuber audience. They are also fairly well-known within the ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' fandom thanks to their podcast going off on irreverent tangents in a similar manner to the ''Super Best Friendcast'' and its direct successor ''Podcast/CastleSuperBeast''.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Some grim anecdotes may fall into this, as well as when they review certain works with dark themes. The boys also have varying thresholds on what they can take seriously/allow something to affect them when consuming media. For example, nearly all of them would take seriously-written works like ''Literature/NoLongerHuman'' and ''Manga/GoodnightPunpun'' pretty straight (even reverentially) despite their bleak content. However:
** When it figures in {{Hentai}}, it turns a bit more contentious. [=ShinDoL=]'s ''Manga/{{Metamorphosis}}'', for them, seems to suffer from AngstDissonance. At the same time, ''Kuroinu: Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru'''s reveling in RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and MindRape disgusts Connor visibly while the over-the-top-ness of it makes it "[[CrossesTheLineTwice zero back to hot]]" for Garnt and Joey.

** In episode 179, Pete recounts an experience where he, just out of high school, interned at a morning show at a Kansas radio station, eventually being a replacement for one of the main team. While he was working on the main team, his coworkers began making him the ButtMonkey of the show and made fun of him with increasing frequency and intensity. He made the decision to quit, and when he broke the news, the station bluntly said they were planning to fire him anyway, but they'll play up his leaving as a big meltdown and milk it for all it's worth. This did expose him to a lot of backlash from the audience, and despite the support from his acting coach he had difficulty firmly refusing the team. His refusal was even met with some harsh parting words from the studio. Later that day, his teacher called in, not knowing Pete was at the studio, and ''tore into'' the morning show team for taking advantage of an intern like that, and this let Pete at least leave knowing that there was someone who did tune in to the morning show and had his back.

** In episode 179, Pete recounts an experience where he, just out of high school, interned at a morning show at a Kansas radio station, eventually being a replacement for one of the main team. While he was working on the main team, his coworkers began making him the ButtMonkey of the show and made fun of him with increasing frequency and intensity. He made the decision to quit, and when he broke the news, the station bluntly said they were planning to fire him anyway, but they'll play up his leaving as a big meltdown and milk it for all it's worth. This did expose him to a lot of backlash from the audience, and despite the support from his acting coach he difficulty firmly refusing the team. His refusal was even met with some harsh parting words from the studio. Later that day, his teacher called in, not knowing Pete was at the studio, and ''tore into'' the morning show team for taking advantage of an intern like that, and this let Pete at least leave knowing that there was someone who did tune in to the morning show and had his back.

** A general trend with Joey, often receiving backlash for many of his takes, such as in the [=DreamHack=] Melbourne panel, claiming that the main character of ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', Hitori was too introverted to relate to.

* WinBackTheCrowd: In the midst of the [[FanNickname "America Arc"]], fans criticized the [[SpecialGuest guest episodes]] for [[SeasonalRot their frequency]] and [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks only having L.A. based influencers on]]. This came to a head after the release of the episode with controversial streamer Pokimane. Luckily, newer episodes had warmer receptions, such as with [=NileRed=], [[WebVideo/AbroadInJapan Chris Broad]], and long awaited LetsPlay/PewDiePie episodes.

** A general trend with Joey, often receiving backlash for many of his takes, such as in the DreamHack Melbourne panel, claiming that the main character of ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', Hitori was too introverted to relate to.

** A general trend with Joey, often receiving backlash for many of his takes, such as in the DreamHack Melbourne panel, claiming he was the main character of ''Anime/BocchiTheRock'', Hitori was too introverted to relate to.

** This setup was brought back for episode 79, where the boys spent a grand total of $10K on figurines between four stores, with each having challenges to do at the stores. Some of the challenges included: Joey had to try to find "a figure who could beat [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]]" and "an [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder FGO]] character that Garnt hasn't pulled yet", Garnt had to do one squat for each piece of ''LightNovel/ReZero'' merch he saw and ask a clerk in Japanese to recommend him a figure, and Connor had to get a non-anime figure and a figure from an anime that Joey had watched in 2021. As in episode 4, there were also overarching challenges.

* FriendlyFandoms: Generally with other otaku or adjacent subcultures, like the English Vtuber audience. They are also fairly well-known within the ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' fandom thanks to their podcast going off on irreverent tangents in a similar manner to the ''Super Best Friendcast'' and its direct successor ''Podcast/CastleSuperBeast''.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Since Creator/StudioGhibli and most of their films hold a near SacredCow status amongst many, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Garnt ended up receiving a good deal of backlash from fans after admitting to hating most of them in episode 21.

** Episode 144 goes back into hentai, but this time the theme is "cursed" titles[[note]]works known for being exceptionally offensive, disgusting, or controversial[[/note]], with each of the boys having two categories to choose a title from for them all to watch. Some instances go so far into FanDisservice territory that they stop being horrified and start laughing, and one show's ''Anime/GhostStories''-esque English GagDub has them laughing at how the dialogue is so offensive and ridiculous, with Joey specifically noting that those jokes would ''not'' fly in today's culture.

** Episode 144 goes back into hentai, but this time they're forced to watch and discuss series that make them uncomfortable, rather than being able to freely recommend their favourites. Some instances go so far into FanDisservice territory that they stop being horrified and start laughing, and one show with a GagDub has dialogue so offensive and ridiculous that they enjoyed it.

** When it figures in {{Hentai}}, it turns a bit more contentious. [=ShinDoL=]'s ''Metamorphosis'', for them, seems to suffer from AngstDissonance. At the same time, ''Kuroinu: Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru'''s reveling in RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and MindRape disgusts Connor visibly while the over-the-top-ness of it makes it "[[CrossesTheLineTwice zero back to hot]]" for Garnt and Joey.

* WinBacktheCrowd: In the midst of the [[FanNickname "America Arc"]], fans criticized the [[SpecialGuest guest episodes]] for [[SeasonalRot their frequency]] and [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks only having L.A. based influencers on]]. This came to a head after the release of the episode with controversial streamer Pokimane. Luckily, newer episodes had warmer receptions, such as with [=NileRed=], [[WebVideo/AbroadInJapan Chris Broad]], and long awaited LetsPlay/PewDiePie episodes.