We were all taught to be nice as kids simply because it was the right thing to do. But as we got older, something funny happened: niceness gained a few other uses. In the adult world, while there are plenty of people who are genuinely nice, there are also many people who use niceness as a kind of social armor to protect them from criticism or control others. In this episode, what began as a quirky idea in Cody's mind turns into a wide-ranging discussion where Evan and Cody break down the various roles niceness plays in our lives and how they feel about it. The conversation even wanders over into the realm of what causes people to like each other. It's fair to say that this conversation got way deeper than we planned and we both walked away with some truly illuminating insights into the psychology of how and why people are nice.