========== LL3K QUESTIONS/ANSWERS ==========

Q1: What's your biggest fear?
A: Ranging from most to least intense; Earth going into Sun (childhood fear that still lingers), black holes/"spaghettification", nuclear war (especially with recent conflicts), economic collapse, price of gasoline (for about a decade).

Q2: Have you ever had appendicitis?
A: Nope. He apparently doesn't even exactly know what it is, judging by his medically inaccurate assumed description of it he gives in the special ("both of my appendixes"; there's only one in the human body).

Q3: What was the closest you've ever got to finding a relationship?
A: "Relationship" in Summer 2009 (they were still preteens, duh), girls were interested in him during high school but he had oneitis, later stage of HS where he was obsessed and chasing another separate girl who didn't show any interest.

Q4: Other very small hobbies rather than logos, trains, tapes and sirens?
A: EAS and EAS scenarios, fire alarms (huge interest especially in elementary school), wasps, shoplifting detectors (although autism-related sensory issues and scares of them in early childhood; interest was later realized by him with researching), scoreboards (since elementary school; current job is professional scoreboard operator), game shows.

Q5: Reasons for why did you peak in 11th grade.
A: Best year in his opinion, he "came out of his shell"; sat at the popular kids' table ("jocks", "leaders" etc.), made considerable effort of getting rid of his "loner" persona previously developed due to social anxiety. "Regressed back" into the comfort zone in senior year except for playing football.

Q6: Why do you damn love "Jeopardy!" so much?
A: Was a comfort show for him in elementary school (5th grade onwards) every night after school and when his homework was done; "escape from the real world, no worries about bad things in school". Original comfort shows were "Supermarket Sweep", "Shop 'til you Drop" and "Press your Luck". He became not that interested in "Jeopardy!" since Alex Trebek's death and a Dodgers team death because it was very saddening for him and nearly traumatic. He sometimes does it currently for boredom; a future wish for him is to go there.

Q7: Why aren't you also interested in retrocomputing like me? It's so flipping fun.
A: He's been largely unaware of it [the hobby]; doesn't even exactly know what it is, judging by his inaccurate assumed description of it he gives in the special. Demanding jobs also block him from checking him out, might do so in the future.

Q8: What was your FIRST EVER impression of my YouTube channel when you first came across it in May-July 2023?
A: He saw me as "another l***kid obsessed with T.A.T".

Q9: Do you actually live alone? How can you manage this?
A: He still lives with his family and will continue taking care of them as they get older. He usually chooses *not* to feature them on his channel though (except for the "Independence Day (2020) Siren Calamity" and "Watch the Dodgers win the World Series with LARDLOGO (2020)" cases; grandmother might appear again in the upcoming "Wisdom Teeth Removal Chronicles").

Q10: What's the production logo you hate the most?
A: 2013 Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) logo; really hot-headed/fueled ragings about it, most notably in the "The Logo Critic" pilot episode (https://youtu.be/huSffFtS1vo?t=341).

Q11: Your opinion on lostwave?
A: See Q7 answer.

Q12: What was your closest call to death?
A: Three notable ones. #1: Dangerous U-turn on June 30th 2023 causes him to nearly hit unexpected fast-speed car in same direction; captured on dashcam and shown in the special. Was ~100% his fault, despite trying to make half-fake excuses for it. #2: Unintended (not his fault) car in same direction closely passing by his in 2019; also captured on dashcam and shown in the special. #3: Attempt at the One Chip Challenge; no other additional details or videos provided by him about that.

Q13: Favorite food, movie and color?
A: Anything really spicy (such as boiled instant ramen, Habanero peppers, Carolina Reaper peppers). Not that interested in movies due to ADHD-related short attention span, but was very obsessed with "The Chipmunk Adventure" (1987) in Summer 2009. Favorite colors are green-based teal, purple, gold, powder blue and ultramarine.

Q14: Did you have any IRL nicknames in childhood? If yes, provide some examples.
A: "Boomer"(?) (due to frequent punching/kicking in mother's womb before his birth) in early childhood, "Fast Eddie" while being in football, "Edhole" (inspired his former "An Edhole Presentation" V of Doom parody vanity card) from childhood best friend.

Q15: How did you find out that you were interested in logos, in early childhood?
A: In early childhood he used to watch "Zoom" (1999) just for the WGBH logo jingle at the end which he found "soothing" (he actually thought the show was horrible); and was also watching "VeggieTales" (1993) around the same time period, finding the "A Pop" gag in the Big Idea Productions' logo "really funny". He also was fascinated by the CINAR logo.

Q16: You're aware of the Max Headroom 1987 incident, aight?
A: Yes, he is aware; but he rather prefers the 1986 "Captain Midnight" broadcast signal intrusion due to finding the $12.95/month HBO price complaint funny.

Q17: Have you ever visited a shock site back in the 2000s? If yes, how was it?
A: No, he didn't visit any truly shocking 12+/18+ site back then. But he remembers playing the infamous Scary Maze Game in 2006 (and coincidentally having the volume down so it wasn't that impactful at first play); and also visiting goggle.com, a malware-containing website from what he remembers.

Q18: How did the inspiration for "Teacup Productions/Studios" came to be?
A: Came from a childhood (fever?) dream of a random so-called "Teacup Productions" logo at the end of "Arthur" (1996); drawn in the "Arthur" animation style, there was a golden teacup with the words "TEACUP PRODUCTIONS" on it in teal, with spotlights flying around at the top; all set on the "Arthur" blue grid credits backdrop. If it was indeed a real (fever?) dream, he attributes it to a possible Cookie Jar logo misremembering/Mandela effect. He later "created" this fictional company based on the aforementioned event while shooting stuff with a Sony Handycam® and editing it in 2000s Windows Movie Maker.

Q19: The pilot episode of "The Logo Critic" is so rad, why did you give up on it? Any plans to bring it back, right?
A: He hasn't forgot about the unfinished series yet, and even plans on producing two more episodes in an indefinite time from now in the future: second one where he'll critique all his fanmade fictional Teacup Productions logos, and third one where he'll critique some more unannounced actually existing logos. He gave up on it due to then-imminent pitching and development of other new series.

Q20: Your first opinion when coming across logo horror remakes?
A: As long as there's no KineMaster watermark and they're actually well-done (and without any overused and now-cringy clichés), he's indifferent to them.

Q21: Why is your voice so damn dynamic and constantly fluctuating from energetic and horrifyingly deep when you're talking in your vids? XD
A: He likes "fluctuating" and "messing around" with his voice, and not minding the sound of his voice (some people he knows even liking it). But he thought he had a "really annoying" pre-pubescent voice; his voice started deepening during 9th-10th grade and it's been like this since. This is how he just talks; his voice does indeed fluctuate from energetic and horrifyingly deep.

Q22: How did the username "LARDLOGO" came to be?
A: He first started going on Zippyvideos.com as a child under the username "logolover" ─ entire backstory here: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxrcHAaRjDsQd087KxXCQmtdZrLOxei2_y ─ when he discovered YouTube in 2007 he tried to sign on with "logolover" but it was already taken; he then proceeded trying out a bunch of other usernames but, to his unfortunate dismay, they were *all* taken. Then he came up with "the most random name he could think of": he had a book called "Loudmouth George and the Sixth-Grade Bully", featuring a certain segment where they took Oreo cookies and replaced the cream filling with lard (him thinking "lard" was an "amusing word" back then), and hence "LARDLOGO" (all-caps because his favorite logo was WGBH, in all-caps too), the username that was finally accepted by YouTube and that has eventually stuck.

Q23: Backstory behind "Joe Worth"
A: "Joe Worth" was supposed to be his ring name back in late 2019/early 2020 when he was attempting professional wrestling training (but then COVID happened and he stopped). Going further back (in ~2017), it also was "the name of the titular character of a personal project series that he will never upload to YouTube which makes fun of the very horny fanbase of WWE wrestler Alexa Bliss". He doesn't intend to upload the full series to YouTube because he thinks it's "too raunchy" and "too full of copyrighted content" for the platform and for his current beliefs.

Q24: Describe the sheer emotions you had when finding out the T.A.T logo was partially found in 2018 in 3 words.
A: "HOLY SHIT!" from his early 2018 archive clip reaction to the finding ─ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1COUekYFJcE (despite being two words). If he had to make 3 words on-the-spot, they would be either "This is surreal" or "Screw you, CBS".

Q25: Did an EAS scenario ever keep you up at night?
A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK1OUo8M_WA ("absolutely perfect nightmare fuel", "still a primary cause of occasional nightmares to this day"). He highly recommends checking it out unless you easily get nightmares/get scared.

Q26: What's the scariest thing you saw in your childhood?
A: Five notable ones. #1: WGBH "Flash Of Doom" logo [actually loved it due to being familiar with the 1993 and 2001 versions, until he discovered the original grainy 1977 logo (through a RetroJunk upload), the then-unfamiliar, more primitive and LQ/crude/choppy animation of it scaring him to the point of sleepless nights]; no longer afraid of it rn. #2: The Nickelodeon "haypile" logo [caused a few nightmares due to the ominous design/shape of it, and a particular rare one-off sound variant of "All Grown Up!" (2003) characters saying "HUH?"]. #3: Moments of VeggieTales (1993) when the characters they got mad (and screaming Bible verses). #4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAUpICz56Mc in July 2007 (when he was 9-10 years old; it was so terrifying/harrowing/scary for him that he started sweating, shaking and bursted in hard bawling tears). #5: Ducks (mainly due to the Aflac commercials featuring the Aflac Duck; he ran out of the room screaming and crying whenever those were on; as well as many other varied duck-related scares). Now he got over it and is a huge fan of them (and one of his favorite animals; owns eight atm).

Q27: What's a dumb crap you used to genuinely believe as a child?
A: Every single false doomsday prediction, especially the widely-known 2012 prediction (and even when the """"pReDiCtOrS"""" were obviously wrong and postponing it; but he started to stop being scared/paranoid of them after the March 23rd 2015 prediction, likely due to him maturing and starting to realize all of them are false and they just kept not happening).

Q28: Were you ever frightened of VID-TV?
A: No, he was never scared of it. He even thought it was ridiculous how so many people were scared of it. Same applied to Oz Film Company.

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========== LL3.5K QUESTIONS/ANSWERS ==========

Q29: How did you get into railfanning/sirens as a child?
A: Train interests started early in his life, *lots* of personal childhood memories from back then: "Thomas the Tank Engine" being one of his favorite shows, fascinated by the sound the car made when it went over railroad crossings, trains running 24/7 around Sumas and family watching them do their thing with him, trains running whenever coming back from family trips in Bellingham, taking the Amtrak Cascades with his grandparents in Summer 2003, local railroad museum visit in Summer 2004 etc etc etc. The actual railfanning hobby started in 2009 when he started watching railfanning videos on YouTube, and therefore got inspired to also finally start this hobby officially in December 2009, still going strong as of today. Regarding sirens, he came across a YouTube video showcasing an ACA Hurricane 130 tornado siren in early 2010 (and still is his favorite atm); but an actual frequent siren watching hobby didn't begin until he discovered they had tsunami sirens in Bellingham on April 1st 2018, and from that point on he started recording them every month; however the novelty (largely due to the monotony of their local sirens) gradually wore off and right now he does a few recordings per year.

Q30: How tf do you manage browsing online about railfanning without AuDHD flaring up? I myself nearly always get overwhelmed with the tons of websites and resources for retrocomputing and 20th century retro stuff. Very frustrating and severe cases of Archive Panic. Are you also being in a similar situation or managing railfanning and siren communities efficiently? I want advice from da one and only l a r d z
A: Despite his AuDHD, he surprisingly doesn't have any Archive Panic flare-ups or FOMO/information overload problems regarding online browsing about his hobbies, unlike my unfortunate case with retro stuff. But he has problems with intense excitement to the point of (nearly) sleepless nights on the nights before going out to watch trains.

Q31: What's your taste in music?
A: Chiefly game show music; he finds it happy/energetic/upbeat/feel-good. His favorite ones are all versions of the "Supermarket Sweep" theme song (and as a fun fact, when he was supposed to be an upcoming professional wrestler, the "Supermarket Sweep" theme song should've played after his victories). Aside from that, he likes many other tracks such as the "Hitman" and "Hot Potato" theme songs (short-lived 1980s NBC game shows), the "Super Password" theme song, the 1984 "Jeopardy!" theme song, the 1989 "Wheel of Fortune" theme song, the Nickelodeon "Double Dare" theme song, the Temple Run music from "Legends of the Hidden Temple" (despite sounding "really corny" on television and with the context of the game show), the 1976/1994/remixed "Family Feud" theme songs and the "Win, Lose or Draw" theme song. Aside from game shows, he also enjoys both versions of the 1980s "Airwolf" theme song.

Q32: Thoughts on severe thunderstorms and severe weather events?
A: If it happens once in a while, he has no problem with them. However his main issue is when it happens very often during fall with constant bad weather systems and windstorms, especially when power gets knocked out for several hours/days due to electrical grid being unstable where he lives. He also has problems with polar vortexes in January/February, mainly with his car which is not made for winter weather (therefore being stuck at home the entire time), and also additional issues with persistent atmospheric rivers that happen in the infamously rainy western Pacific Northwest area he lives in.

Q33: Plans on returning "LARDLOGO will watch anything"?
A: He hasn't forgotten about this series, and it will return when he hits 4K subscribers, becoming a regular series again. He will also produce "LARDLOGO will play anything" (as long as it's free and not needing to pay).

Q34: Do you ever feel frustrated with the concern of not being a significant part of the AVID team and not participating in their projects/series/moderation? Do you feel worried by the fact that you're genuinely left behind and can't invent a new series or participate more frequently in the AVID team and its servers?
A: First off, back in the 2010s (especially in the 2nd half of the decade) he was very involved with the now-gone CLG team; he was always an important name of the bygone logo community era, often editing the wiki etc. But the CLG Wiki people/mods who were in charge back then and worked with him have moved on (likely since the 9/9 events ─ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKtPqGS6HLo ─ and the subsequent AVID overhaul), and now he's not familiar and doesn't know much of the modern AVID team/people/mods; but if they want him to participate and join their work sometime, he'll gladly do so without any issue. He also feels fine doing his own thing while the AVID team does their own, and he's heavily careless about being considerably left behind by the team and being uninvolved with it; his channel and logo community participation is largely something he does as a hobby and for fun, which has no real impact on his actual personal life and jobs (that's what matters the absolute most for him).

Q35: How do you exactly deal with having no SO?
A: He has tried countless times and always came up short, this being painful for him and now being "retired" from trying. If any girl's interested in him, he feels free for her to come up and talk. His current situation hurts because he hoped he would have an SO and start a family by the age of 25, but this unfortunately hasn't happened. But he does feel that's okay because he's happy and fine with what he does now and his hobbies/YT channel; it would be nice for him to have a wife and kids, but he doesn't believe it's the end of the world despite sporadically emotionally hurting especially at night (he remembers a dream where he had a relationship and was fondling his SO, eventually waking up and realizing he was hugging his pillow). It's pretty much a 50/50 situation as of now.

Q36: What's a particular hobby that you hate?
He has no particular hobbies he has strong dislikes for, but he has had negative experiences with his hobbies (trains, sirens, logos). Regarding trains, they sometimes take several hours before starting and doing their overall job (and he despises the sitting and waiting, moreover at night; it's also sorta his own fault due to him specifically doing those railfanning trips in such unfortunate conditions). About sirens, he often gets jumpscared/frightened by the sudden bursts of siren noises (due to AuDHD sensory issues); the occasional anticipation for the abrupt noise is also rather nerve-racking for him. He also has issues when he puts a lot of work in train/siren YouTube uploads, only for them to get very low traction (compared to his logo- and credits-related uploads he currently gets lots of attention for, particularly a constantly troubling case with high traction on the MTM "St. Elsewhere" finale credits he uploaded; he doesn't like the attention of that because it reminds him of watching his grandfather flatline in 2024).

Q37: List some of your major pet peeves from life.
A: *****Just a minutes-long sizably angry trademark Lardy rant on winter and everything that he hates about it that I conversely adore*****

Q38: React to this live. NOT NOW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaYyMaQnqzA Don't attempt listening until you do a LL3K recording of hearing this for the first ever time.
A: Shit's too awesome and hilarious for words. Here y'all go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChET-L_bcDk

Q39: What were the first thoughts from your mind when glancing upon Alexa Bliss for the first time?
A: He first saw her when she started on NXT (WWE's developmental brand/training ground); his truthful initial thoughts were "Wow, she's small" [referring to her most likely noticeable ~5ft stature (earned her the "Five Feet of Fury" nickname)].

Q40: Those questions are sorta getting out of hand and weird/cringy, I also feel this, that's right, isn't it? XD
A: Yes, he agrees with that ("you kind of went a little too far asking questions").

Q41: What's your diet? What do you use to regularly eat/drink? How much real/cooked/snacks/candy/restaurant/etc. food you eat and how often of each category? How much water/juice/soda/soft drink/alcohol(?) Just curious lmaooo
A: He has a Notepad document showcasing his personal diet. He likes and enjoys *TONS* of foods such as Buldak instant noodles, cinnamon bread, neoguri, pancakes, rice doused in soy sauce, toast doused in butter, waffles doused in cinnamon and sugar, canned bread, cinnamon rolls, mashed potatoes with corn, BBQ chicken breasts, fish fillets/sticks, French toast, fried chicken, grilled cheese sandwiches, Hungry-Man "TV dinners", matzo bread (despite him being a Christian), pizza, Rice-A-Roni, Pasta Roni, Shin Ramyun, SuperPretzels, Toaster Strudels, tofurkey, apple turnovers, yakisoba and junk food/crackers/chips (particularly when railfanning). During summer when he works as scoreboard operator, his go-to meal before every game is hot dogs with ice cream sandwiches and Dr Pepper. Regarding drinks, he "drinks nothing but Kool-Aid because he is poor, he can't afford to buy soda all the time anymore" (sometimes he'll mix it up with water); he also likes drinking half-and-half. Favorite sodas would be Ruby Red Squirt and blue raspberry Minute Maid. He also drinks all sorts of energy drinks such as Red Bull, C4, Prime, GHOST Energy etc. He is aware that his diet is terrible and thinks he'll "die early" because of it.

Q42: You say you have social anxiety, but how do you manage basic stuff such as getting tickets and getting into such social events?
A: Another 50/50 situation for him; there will be times where he has no issues with such problems and others when he doesn't go anywhere out of fear of socialization. He also recalls feeling disgusted with himself out of nowhere fsr; he even looked it up online and it turns out it has to do with depression. After the social events, regardless of the situation/outcome, he'll go home and spend several hours detoxing.

Q43: How many people IRL know about your YouTube channel/online presence and/or logo/railfanning/siren interests?
A: Only his family, close friends and bosses. He also considers it an "open secret" judging by the fact that the link to his very channel is on his Facebook page he won't give due to privacy reasons, and has fears about what people are going to think about his interests.