It’s been a while since we had a genuine Treehouse challenge. So, today I stumbled upon an excellent opportunity for each Treeper to test their mental stamina, and the contest has benefits.
Yesterday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was asked on Fox News, essentially, why he could not relate to people [video segment below fold]. Ron responded by saying, essentially, ‘hey, who cares, did you see how much money we’re raising‘. People immediately started being snarky and discussing it. However, the real answer can be found in this Treehouse challenge below.
♦ Here’s the rules: (1) Watch the video below which is prompted to start at 2:14. (2) You cannot walk away for a break, you cannot pause the video, you must sit and watch it without the assistance of alcohol, medication or any other cognitive numbing substance. (3) How long were you able to watch the video? (4) Everything is on the honor system. (5) Respond in the comments with your honest answer of how long you were able to watch. (6) Whoever lasts the longest is the winner.
Turn off any other distractions. Get yourself mentally prepared. Ready?
Okay. WATCH:
Be honest.
How many seconds did you last before you just couldn’t take it any longer?
Respond with your honest assessment of your stamina in the comments.
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Here was Ron DeSantis being asked why he cannot relate to people.

56 seconds…
I didn’t even last that long. Turned it off after I heard her voice which I can’t stand.
….36 seconds
64 seconds …
Me too!
I made it about 5 minutes, but cheated a bit like many of the commenters because I was having my evening beer(s). Plus, I’m very well accomplished at watching fools closely for the first time, especially if there’s a chance, though perhaps even remote, that they may in the future have some impact on my life. I think it’s a self preservation kind of thing.
But listening to her babble on regarding her self-important brilliance and oh-so-wonderful life made me wonder what life at home with Ron must be like.
As with the marionette strings that can’t be un-seen, now every time I look at at the dude I will see a man who has long been plagued and overwhelmed by a nagging, overbearing wife.
Not a good look.
He certainly does have a hang dog sort of expression.
Well ya know, there’s a certain kind of well-to-do, pretty good life, group of society, that I’m sure can relate. I have to try to graciously withdraw however, as a ‘No Fit.’
I like the way you think.
I got to 3 minutes. Ughh!
Got to 16:17. She sounds like SHE’S running for president. And rambles on, too. 🙉
WOW! You really do have a high threshold for pain! That’s what my Dentist said to me once; and I have to say, this was pretty close.
Sorry, if there’s a next time I’m going to need anesthesia
Either her or the princess kid that sleeps in her crown T2020, not quite sure who.
Hard to sift the babble and make sense of it.
Make it stop..Make it stop!!! oh ya ..pause 3:39
I tried to hit pause at 3:39 and fumbled. 3:41! (Or maybe 3:49?????) Ha! Beat ya!
About 3minutes🤯🤯🤯
Now can I have a drink(ssss)?
Lasted five minutes. It was hell. Motor mouth. Perhaps a female audience would be more understanding.
Ye…nope
Nope.
That’s what she had. (sadly noted)
I would watch if she went on The View.
Nope.
To 9:35 so -2:14 = 7.21- oh my it never got anywhere!
I made it 39 seconds. Not gonna lie, I’m pretty sure I will win. I don’t even know how I hung on for that long.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
10:42.
I’m a glutton for punishment. I lost it at ‘tell us what Ron is doing for Florida! ‘. Ugh.
Only to 7:00 minute marker!
I felt sorry for the kid up in the front row; What a boring torture! I remember trying to be polite and quietly suffering, while looking for my chance to escape. I’m not a mom, so I can’t really judge; but it seems to be something they all have in common, always thinking about their kids. I thought the Moderator might have tried a little to direct the conversation, to make it a little more interesting.
You have to have a good sense of humor, don’t you?
When was the moderator going to get a chance to direct anything?
16:58. Just being honest
Well,I needed a drink
You must have been in the Special Forces! Amazing! 🙂
I stopped at 9:30.
I tried, I really tried. Dizziness and nausea overcame me.
At about 3 1/2 minutes I almost started playing Majong Titans, and just listen in the background; but I thought, No, that would be cheating!
Good Job!
Made it a minute tops.
Then I started fiddling around with the settings. Audio at 3/4 speed –nope . Speeding it up to 1.25 or even 1.50 surprisingly helps.
My key take aways … has three children, two have names — one likes to jump off tables .. her daughter wears a princess outfit w wand to bed .. her life is a duck paddling … … and I have no mental stamina
🙂
But you do have good recall skills!
I was at3:12. I just don’t care about her little girl’s princess regalia, except of course, Casey is really talking about herself.
‘My daughter insists on the whole princess regalia’ said the lady who was married at Disney World.
Not to mention loves Cinderella gloves, js…
Amazed that the paraphernalia did not stab the little one while sleeping.
I thought it was funny when Will Cain said ‘I met you and I liked you’. Will sounded a little disingenuous on that one.
Just a tad bit 🤏
Past Tense?
Good catch.
All the people who stayed at Fox post-2020 are wh0res, and includes Laura, Jeanine, will, etc.
I watched a bit earlier today but turned off because it was like nails on a chalkboard. So many people were talking about it on Twitter I watched the entire thing. It was painful.. I began to wonder if anyone else had a chance to get a word in edgewise. Someone did but only for about 3 seconds.
Women do not like this kind of woman. An attention hogger who couldn’t care less about the concerns, interests or experiences of others. Total turnoff. This woman is SHM – super high maintenance. Ugh.
You should do a poll on Twitter asking women if they like this kind of woman.
I read the rules and saw how many (almost 300) had already replied. It is still cued at 2:14. I recalled something about redeeming the time because the days are evil and making the most of every opportunity.
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Rewind it.
Then holler (in your best Spartacus voice): ‘I reclaim my time!’
………6 minutes /
about 2 minutes. boring…
The next challenge should be “How many John Cardillo tweets can you read before blocking him?”
The DeSimp crew is clearly paying so-called “influencers” to agitate.
There were two videos and Sundance asked us to comment on the one with Ron in it. But it seemed most commented on the one with his wife. i watched Ron for a few minutes thats enough.
I didn’t think anyone could be as vile and nasty as Rick Wilson, until I read John Cardillo’s tweets.
She is supposed to be MORE personable than Ron?
Oh boy…. Just 128 seconds for me. Kudos to all those that made it further… my hat’s off to you! 128 seconds of nothing but blah…blah…blah….
Under 3 minutes. She reminds me, physically and vocally, of someone in one of my masters classes that decided that Ophelia in Hamlet was the greatest inspiration in her life, and had to bring Ophelia up in all conversations (e.g. “how Anna Karenina’s character development was inspired by Ophelia”).
I am equally unconvinced and uninspired.
I had an English professor who did something similar. He was obsessed with Lonesome Dove and brought it up at every opportunity to make “salient” points. The only problem was NO ONE in the class (but him) had read it! (This was pre-movie–am I dating myself?). Talk about drawing parallels to NOTHING!
It was torture to sit through, but it’s hilarious now!
6 sec… I missed the buzzer though.. I lose. Couldnt get past her duck comment.. it Quacked me up!!
I’ve heard her interviewed before – I believe it was something about the kids playing with goop that time.
So I was already annoyed before I hit “play.”
Lasted about 25 seconds.
No wonder Ron D has no personality. It’s not allowed. Casey sucks all the oxygen out of the room.
2 min 3 seconds. She seemed to be excited, a rambler and nervous all at the same time. Reminded me of that woman on CNN who mc’d the Trump townhall.
TL;DW
I watched it long enough to see how long it is and that was only because I was merely curious as to how long it was. So maybe two seconds,maybe less. I have plenty of mental stamina when necessary; however I prefer to avoid watching obvious propaganda from a known propaganda outlet. I know that makes me a dubious true believer, but I don’t need to see every bit of evil in the world to understand how much evil there is.
i made it to about 17mins. nothing of any substance until about 11th min. kind of like a cheesy infomercial. but people buy that crap. bla bla we are young couple…bla bla governor…
After watching for about 1:10 I’ve come to the conclusion her cancer was faked.
I agree.
50 seconds. This woman is insufferable.
About the RDS video: Felt like I was watching “Sycophant 101”.
Almost 1 minute.
Casey: She sounds like someone who inhaled from a helium balloon. Except not funny. At all.
Ron is such a downer, he could be Ray Barone’s cousin Gerard.
I made it to 3:49 and my brain is fried, so I can’t be sure of the math on this…
95 seconds?
Did I win did I win did I win did I win?????? (See what I did there?)
Is this chick on speed????
I made it to 11:11 … and then called for a surrender… an Armistice Day!! Good gawd that lady can talk., err RECITE her lines in rapid fashion!!
And Dear Mrs. De$anti$ … yes, you conjured images of Caroline and John John hiding under the “Resolute Desk” in the Oval Office … updated with slime and crayolas on the Ponce De Leon 18th century wallpaper … so … when will you take the yachting photos of the kids and a shirtless Ron at the tiller? Ah … you’re gonna need to photoshop that one. Oh wait! Neither of these two were even born when JFK’s kids played on the Oval Office floor … but she can taste it …. She wants it … jusssssst a little too much. That was the most FAKE, insincere, unhinged, recital I have EVER heard in the political arena.
And BTW … I just noted to the wife that PDJT has never USED his family like this to run for President. Amazingly!! PDJT runs his campaign on ISSUES and POLICIES. Melania is allowed to take whatever role she chooses. Same with Barron … who is allowed to live his own life. And the three older kids campaign or not on their own … in their own voices. These little De$anti$ kids are too young to choose. Too young to know how they’re being used as political props. It’s quite sad, really.
Yeah, tone deaf and clueless, unable to be authentic given the voids within them, he and the Mrs seem to be trying for a Camelot vibe.
Camelot? Try Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
(Clang) “Bring out yer DEAD!”
(Clang) “Bring out yer DEAD!”
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Just to be clear, PDJT has four older children . . .
Five: Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka (w/Ivana); Tiffany (w/Marla Maples) and Barron (w/Melania).
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He mentioned Barron.
And then the three older children.
In that context, PDJT has four older children . . .
Four minutes. (But still, I’m tempted to watch it again, I must have missed something.) Not cute, not funny, not real….just a really horrible rapid fire carnival barker.
Are you a masochist???
That’s funny. Not a masochist, but as a general rule I assume I’m the one without understanding.
Really, I’m not going back in.
Not for all the money in the world.
34 seconds.
After 34 seconds I was ready to confess to shooting JFK, kidnapping Jimmy Hoffa, and dropping my coke in the White House.
Me too.
I left the thing going, staggered into the kitchen and chugged a tall glass of some kind of booze.
Leaned agaist the wall and waited until the video played itself out.
Things get a bit fuzzy after that.
Very funny!
5:36 seconds , which was delaying my exit As I wanted to hear what the kid diD. It was not toe hear more from Jill’s mouth. Any woman who talks a mile a minute, never taking a break, never letting anyone else into the conversation is a shallow, narcissistic person that I don’t want to hear from.
Since her presentation was not going to change, I consider that that I listened to the condensed 44 minute version.
Did I read that Team RdS is having Jill go to the front of the campaign go stand in for her non-friendly husband who people don’t connect with?
Big mistake.
Her endless shatter is like nails on a blackboard.
1 minute. I could have forced myself to go longer but it was a waste of time and that is a precious commodity.
Him – a Combative Generalist, so passive aggressive, giving you nothing to debate exactly, so you can never be right or win. Who can relate to that, or wants to?
Her – read Paris Hilton’s bio book about what a runaway ADHD train she was and can still be without meds. Driving down a way different track than the rest of us, lying and making excuses as she goes in her energetic zeal toward anywhere but the status quo, where anything and everything is justified because she is a princess, a star, an elite, that is more driven, cultured and smarter than your lazy dumb uncouth a$$ will ever be.
She needed to say Ron way more than she did, seemingly having to force herself to remember she wasn’t talking woman Governor to woman Governor, but woman Governor to merely a Governor’s Wife.
If Ron isn’t unequivocally admired and acknowledged for being a great dad, husband and the Governor of FL in his own house, by those who know him best, how are we expected to see him like that to run the People’s House.
Good grief!
They could play that on a loop to torture captured enemy combatants into revealing their military’s secrets.
I lasted 5 minutes and 52 seconds.
That’s like listening to my ex-wife’s babbling.
Perhaps you’ve discovered why that gitmo prisoner lodged charges 🤔
75 seconds. Jiminy Cricket, lady! TAKE A BREATH!! For a confirmed life-long introvert, this is pure torture.
In the words of Forrest Gump: I’ve got five.
Got to 13:22. Then watched some of the Ron interview, with the interviewer droning on and on and on. Now I understand that blank expressionless look as Ron listened to him. I expect he sits motionless and quiet with that blank look a LOT at home, like, all the time, as his wife just talks.
Made me wonder what goes through his head while she is talking. Does he hear anything she says? Does he sit there thinking “that was a good raspberry danish this morning. I’ll have to get more of those. I bet they would be good with blue Gatorade. Mmmmm. Blue Gatorade. Haven’t had that in a while. I’ll get some of that today too. Oh! And Cheezits! I wonder if I could put blue Gatorade over Cheezits and eat it like cereal. Maybe try that tomorrow moring. Or maybe this evening. Hmmmm. A slice of cheese on top of the rasberry danish. Do we have any cheddar? What did she just say?”
“Yes, Dear.”
Three minutes and 10 seconds.
Bravely brave Ms. Casey … came forth from Camelot …
Love me some Python! Thanks.
23 seconds.
Start avoiding any substance by bringing up your kids.
12 seconds
I won’t waste my time watching the garbage of a group of anti American liars.
Two minutes. What a motor mouth. As a Floridian, I appreciate DeSantis. I just think Trump is a better presidential candidate at this point in time. So sick of Turtleman, Romney, and that ilk in the GOP.
And he appreciates all the money the money men are giving him,
“As a Floridian, I appreciate DeSantis”