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- Welcome back to the Life Wide Open podcast. Mike, what the hell's going on with your face?
Well, there was a little hiatus with the Jake podcast. Hope you guys enjoyed that. I shaved my face as I said I would. Didn't do it to the grain or whatever. This is crazy. I hate it. I haven't seen your face in I don't know how long. I'm not going to lie, Mike. I don't think I like it either. Mike, this is what I'm saying. Oh, your neck and your chin almost look like the same thing. Well, just wait until I do this. Everybody get a good look at this because, well, you'll probably see me on the podcast. No, get a good look at this.
Oh, man. Yeah, it's straight. You know what's crazy is I didn't think that you even put on any weight. I didn't. I've always had this. I'm a relatively skinny fella. It's weird because as soon as we started talking about the podcast, started getting the ads for the Jawserciser and...
and started getting TikToks about you like suck on your tongue and then it brings this up. Really? And then everyone's like, that's what all the models do on the red carpet and stuff. So you can work out your face? I thought they just did neat. Yeah, and I just like... I guess I knew that, but yeah, you can work out your face and get rid of it. Wow. Suck on your tongue to the roof of your mouth and it brings this up and then it makes you look like... So for pictures, it makes sense, honestly, but doing it all the time... It doesn't seem to help me when I suck my tongue. Like it doesn't lift it up. Well, I think there's...
There's only so much sucking you can do. There's only so much sucking you can do. At the end of the day, you might just be fat. I'm not
I'm not saying you. But just in general? I'm just saying in general. Yeah. It's something I deal with every day too, CJ. Exactly. I'm like, I don't know. I think you might have been better off going just full clean. I don't know if this three o'clock shadow is really the move. Yeah. I don't know what Mike looks like. You look like a shaved cat, bro. The consensus is exactly how I expected. I mean, I look weird. Has Sydney seen it yet? No. You think she's going to like it? No. I don't think anyone's going to like it. I don't think anyone's going to like it.
You know what's nice though, Mike? Is you can grow out your facial hair and then you just don't have to deal with this. I cannot.
And it's something that I just have to deal with for the rest of, well, for the foreseeable future. I don't know. Like do people just all of a sudden start growing facial hair? Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I've heard of like, you can like derma roll it. Dude, I tried that shit. Yeah. Really? But I also gave up on it. I don't stick. I didn't see immediate results. So I was like, fuck this thing. It didn't grow in the next morning. I think you, you can't, I just can't imagine you with a beard. So that's kind of what I'm getting at. It's mostly, I'd say for me, it's,
let's say it's half the surprise. It's like you see it and half the reaction is like the surprise. Then you're like, no, it doesn't look good. Now picture Ben walking in with a beard just like Ryan's or mine. One, I think you'd look good. I don't think it'd be on the bad side of the spectrum, but half of it would be like, whoa! It's not like it would just come in overnight like I would like. But let's just say it did. Yeah, I see what you're saying. We'd be like, whoa! There's got to be some filter. Let's see what I look like with a beard. Yeah, we'll
I think you'd look older. It's like when your favorite actor or whatever, he's never had a beard and then in some show or movie he has a beard. You're kind of just like, whoa, he looks so different. Same vibe, but just like, I won't be looking for any compliments. I'm going to start wearing a mask again.
You kind of look like a caterpillar. I was thinking, you know the little pink mole rat in Kim Possible? Yeah. Yeah.
Well, I'll take Caterpillar. At least I'll turn into a beautiful butterfly in about two weeks. How long do you think it's going to take? Not long. Like a week? Yeah, I mean like a week to be back to normal. Oh, that's not bad at all then. There's got to be some kind of remedy to help it for the people out there maybe that have done something, right? I think fish oils maybe help with your hair growth. Yeah, how's that going for you, CJ? No, I mean, I'm saying it helps it grow faster. Yeah.
But then again, I don't know if it would make your hair grow if you don't have any. Wait, how funny would that be if you start taking pills or treatments or fish oil for your hair and you keep losing hair, but you just grow a fat beard? His eyebrows come in more? Yeah.
Or you just get nasty back hair or something like that. Ryan, you were supposed to shave your beard, and so was Ken. What? Ken. Both of you two. I would love to see those two. Ken, shave it. Do it on the podcast right now. You guys said you would. This is kind of fucked up, man. No, we don't have any manscapes here. Yeah, we do. I'm pretty sure we have one right here. No, those are all the nose hair trimmers. I have two in my office. We got to hit Ken with it. I have two in my office. We got to hit Ken with it. Brand new. Norelco. Get that close, close. Close.
Those are all nose trimmers. That's fine. We can use that. No, Ken, we have one. I have two brand new ones for both of you. No, we don't. Yeah, I want to see this. Go right under my desk. Still in the box. Oh, man. We could string this out. No, I want to see this shit. Next podcast. I know we got a lot of good stuff for you guys today. Maybe we save it for next time. That's kind of what I mean. But you guys aren't off the hook. I think you got it. Like, Mike did it. Only because of all the things. Ken. Whoa.
Did he just break it? No, but he ran off. He was gonna. He could break it. I mean, we'll just get another one. That's not really how a guy with a knee injury runs either. Yeah. He's pretty nimble right there. I've been pretty nimble lately.
Pop up the video of him throwing the garbage, trying to throw the garbage into the garbage can. Dude looked like a ballerina out here. That was all the comments, dude. Like, after posting it on Instagram, everyone was just like, pretty nimble for a guy with a knee brace on. I'm not kidding.
Man, we did so much fun stuff last week and this weekend, and that was my favorite clip. Ken yeeting the garbage all over the yard. Yeah, it was funny. Right behind the one of him falling on the Hayabusa. Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh. Evan literally put his life on the line to keep that thing up when he was coming out of that burnout.
And then Ken, two minutes later, hops on it and just kicks it forward and falls. I just can't believe you thought the kickstand was going to hold you as you were like laying across it. I thought it was a lot more stable than it was. Yeah, no, in your defense, I did the same. I didn't drop it, but like the thing's super heavy and I like just rolled it forward enough. Kickstand pops up.
And it goes over... I mean, dude, it felt like picking up a whale. Yeah, it's like the biggest freaking crotch rocket. And to believe that thing's a 2008, it looks like it's like a 1998. I don't think they've changed anything since then. I think it's probably for aerodynamics because that thing can go 200 miles per hour from the factory. Yeah, that's exactly what Evan needed. Yeah, more power. The fastest crotch rocket. He worries me because...
The guy, he's like, yep, when I bought it, the guy said he hit 202 or 205. Yeah, because it's slightly modified. And I'm just like, dude, how could you ever? And then he's like, no, I want to have that on my resume. No. He did 170. What? What?
I mean, allegedly did 170. I watched it. He blew past me because I was riding a Papio and like the wind and damn near knocked me over because of the wind. That's crazy. Dude, I have no desire to go that fast. Yeah, same. I don't even want to ride a motorcycle. He was... Like, I just don't trust mostly... Mostly like... Others. Other people or just like the...
environment around you. A deer could run out, a raccoon, a squirrel could run out, like literally anything. If CJ hasn't driven down the road and moved the turtles off of it, you know what I'm saying? You hit a turtle? Well, he was saying, allegedly, when he was going that fast, he was wearing like just some normal, like his motocross helmet, and he had normal goggles, and he said his goggles, glasses, like the lens pushed through. Yeah, and like the foam was like...
No, like the lens fucking popped through. Oh, my gosh. I guess they don't test them at that type of speed. Dude, that is just stupid. So, so stupid. He did it in a very... It was like 170 back to the room. I didn't even... I knew he was going fast, but yeah, 170. Yeah, I mean, at least on the Hayabusa, he wears a helmet. I mean, I know we've talked about this, but like, dude, it's getting bad, you guys. No, no. It's getting bad. He's like a resentful kid.
like just trying to rebel against his parents anytime I ask him to just wear a helmet because I'm like, bro, I care too much about you to not tell you to wear a helmet for like riding your dirt bike down like the road. And I'm like, bro, just put on a helmet. You look equally as cool. And he's like, no, I don't. I look so stupid. It's not cool. I don't want to post a picture or a video of me on the gram doing a helmet or doing a wheelie wearing a helmet. Everyone's gonna think I'm lame. I'm like, no, they're not.
Look at the comments of doing it without a helmet on. And everyone in the comments is like, put a helmet on, put a helmet on. I'm like, bro, you're a national treasure. The last thing we need is to be sweeping you off the fucking pavement because you thought you would look cooler without a helmet. No, the unfortunate part is not everyone in the comments is saying that. I would say about 60% are saying put on a helmet. That's still a lot of comments. And then the other, yeah, yeah, for sure. Majority, then the other comments are like,
Evan doesn't need helmets. Helmets need him. Like, all hyping him up. And I'm like, dude, this isn't a five-stair at the skate park that you're trying to kickflip. Don't wear a helmet. Look cool. And he's basically taking... See, this is the problem. It's like bad parent, cool parent here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But no, he's taking the skateboarding, BMX, skiing aspect of it. Like, you can get away with... But BMXers wear helmets. Yeah, most do, but...
Well, yeah, maybe BMX is a bad example. But in skateboarding, it is considered lame to wear a helmet. He's taking that to bike life. I think he's taking it from, like, the bike life of the streets, like in Philly and Baltimore, Florida, where, like, you've got these gangs of people riding these dirt bikes that have never touched the dirt before in its life, just doing wheelies. Because they don't wear helmets either, which I think maybe just because they...
Some of them wear the little Papio helmet that we have, which I think those look cool. Yeah. But anyways, yeah. Spencer, the really good dirt biker, he competes. And we were watching X Games where they were skateboarding. And they're doing this like 20-foot drop. And everybody's falling and all this stuff. And I go, why don't skateboarders wear helmets? It's literally the only action sport left that people don't wear helmets. People wear helmets for everything other than skateboarding. Right? Yeah.
They wear it on invert. But yeah, I think in street skate, the idea of it is like...
It's just like part of the culture. Like in street skate, you're just actually riding and they're trying to emulate that. Like you're just riding wherever you're going and you're doing stuff. But I agree. It is not worth it. I'm sure eventually it probably will change. But yeah. Yeah. I mean, and at the end of the day, we can't tell you what to do, but like, why not wear a helmet? And also helmets are cool.
Yeah, I think that's the other thing, too, is I know how many people probably look up to Evan. And I tell them that. I'm just like, bro, I think a lot of people look at you as an inspiration. And then, obviously, that's a slippery slope. Just tell Evan to wear a helmet. If you post a video of him not wearing a helmet, tell him to wear a helmet. Because the kid needs it. Good kid needs a little guidance. How have you been doing, CJ, with your concussion?
I'm getting better, I'd say. You got a concussion? I mean, I've been dealing with symptoms, yeah, since getting freaking T-boned in the golf cart. Okay, I felt that. I mean, I'm getting better. I feel the best today than I've felt in a long time. Good. We haven't talked at all about, I guess...
post that right well we we did a little bit and this is right after it happened and you were kind of like it was crazy like i landed on ken i was fine and um you know just no ken landed on him oh yeah i don't even really know what happened it just happened really fast yeah at the time you were like thank goodness i think i'm fine and then yeah i thought i was but yeah it just wasn't yeah
Just progressively got worse. Yeah, just been feeling like shit, but getting better. Been doing the hyperbaric chamber. Just levitating your ass off. Trying to work out and do my typical things to make it feel better or make myself feel better. Is the hyperbaric like the only thing that you notice helps you? It's definitely, I mean, at this point it's been like almost two months. I started like two weeks ago and I'd say it definitely like has made the most improvement.
Which is weird because, like... I mean, not weird, but I've been trying a lot of stuff. And what it just puts more oxygen in your... Yeah, it's just more like... Like, when you get in a hyperbaric chamber, it's like this pressurized tube and it's, like, really...
Like you're locked in that thing, but it's like clear and they have a person there that can like watch you and hear you. It's almost like you're in a submarine and you're like going down the ocean. Obviously the pressure gets more, but you're not actually going down. They just like turn up the pressure. Oh, and then, and then there's like oxygen in there. So like your ears keep, like you have to keep going and like popping your ears and stuff.
But it's not like in a plane where you're going up because then there's less. There's less oxygen, yeah. So it's like going down. But you're just sitting there. But yeah, they're pumping it in. So it's like 100% oxygen in there. Whereas like...
I'm pretty sure if you're walking around out in, like, open, just, you know, in the world, it's, like, 21%. So you're getting more oxygen. And then I'm not entirely sure what the pressure does. But, yeah, they do, like, three different stops. Like, you go, like, I don't know exactly how far down. You can feel the pressure. Then you go to another one, and you can feel it increase. Then you go to, like, the third one. I bet the oxygen level in the shop is, like, 11. Yeah.
Yeah, dude. I've been trying to open it up because between all the vehicles running in here and the fumes and shit, it's so bad for us to be breathing in. Yeah, my office is in the way back, actually right behind the wall, behind CJ and
Ryan, right now, no airflow through. Really? I mean, your air conditioner, CJ's office is probably the best with the air conditioner. Well, I have an air purifier in there. And anytime I'm in there, I'll just turn it on. But like that thing is constantly just working. Yeah.
I was a little bit, I mean, I wasn't actually, I wasn't skeptical, but anyway, took the air filter out of my air purifier in my office. Honestly, wasn't that dirty. You know, wasn't ready to replace. Went and took the one out of Evan's. Room? Yeah. Yeah.
And keep in mind, he's on the lower level. More dirt, more dust, more fumes. Him. This is true. Him. Dude, I might have taken a picture of it. Like, it was six times as dusty and dirty than mine. Wow. Like, just, I went, oh, this one's ready for a replacement a month ago. So I was just like, at least it's working. How does yours work in the back office, Ken? I replace it every month. Really? And it, like, when you replace it, it's dirty? Yeah, it's like black. Oh, damn.
See, that's why I was surprised. I run mine. I try to run it a lot. Anyway, it wasn't bad. Well, mine is all just like the lint from the t-shirts. Oh, back there in the merch bay. Okay, I did check that one. Yeah, that one gets a lot of dust on it. Because you fold the t-shirt, you know, lint just goes in the air. Yeah. And then...
collects onto that thing and it's like once a month i have to swap it out no it the dust bunnies back there are crazy i mean think when you have a new shirt and you just lint roll a brand new shirt you know you pull off like a full sticky sheet of that and that that's just dust bunnies everywhere and i'll do thousands of them ken started naming them i'm pretty sure you got fred george jose no women josenita dude i crack up every time we have a merch drop
We'll have people come in and help fold and ship everything out. I swear, every single time I walk back there, there's someone new, and half the time I don't recognize any of them. I do the same thing. And it's just silent. And Ken's just... Oh, man.
Yeah, I mean, like, I walk in, I walk past just, yeah, just the other day. Dude, I've never, ever seen in my life. And then he goes, hey, Micah. I go, what's up, buddy? Where are you finding these people, Craigslist? I thought you knew that guy. No, not that. It was a different guy. And then I, yeah, I'll bring, I brought in a buddy that no one else had ever met. And everyone's like, you know him, right? Oh, you know him? But they're good help. They're good help. It's great.
Otherwise, you'd be drowning in there. Yeah. But yeah, we get some good help. We just maybe don't all know him. So you fellas feeling smart today? Not usually. I am never. Why do you ask? Sometimes I feel like a smart ass, but I never feel smart. You are always a smart ass. Yeah, exactly. Well, Ken, could you please bring in the laptops? I have a test for us today. Oh, no.
Thank you. Ken just walks up with 16 grand worth of laptops. This one is yours on the top, I believe. It's got a dent in it. That's mine. Mike, here you go. Benny. Thank you. Nice.
Alright, I will send you guys a link to the Mensa IQ test. Today we're going to be taking an IQ test to figure out which one of us has the highest IQ. Oh my gosh. I love this. I love this. Should we... What are the... It's like the cut, you know? They do like the YouTube videos like...
Rank people who you think is the smartest to dumbest, and then you take the test, and then you re-rank them after the test. Oh, my God. We should have everyone comment down below who they think is going to be the smartest to the dumbest. Yeah, Ken's doing it too. So all five of us? Yeah. Who do you guys think? It's tough to rank one through five, but who do you think is going to be the smartest and who do you think is going to be the worst? I think CJ is going to think that he's going to be the smartest. I don't think that at all right now.
But I think Ryan's going to be the smartest. And I think Mike's going to be the worst. Or me. Or me. It could be me. I think Ken's going to be the smartest. That's what I was thinking, too. I got faith in Ken. When it comes to standardized testing, I think Ken will be the best. And then I think Ryan.
I think Ken is almost too smart for his own good. It almost kind of sets him back a little bit. Can't apply it? Oh, God. All right, dude. Let's do it. Gosh, I have such a terrible feeling about this. Now the world's going to know how smart I am. Just take it off and just go back through.
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How smart you are or how dumb you are? Well, yeah, how little smart I am. Man, he's just little smart. Alright, start test. Dude, this is literally hurting my brain. Dude, I want to throw up right now. Do it, it'll make you feel better. Okay. I might have just fucked up. Well, I had to guess on the last three. I got my results. I don't know if it's... Yeah, I mean...
- Alrighty, let's, I probably got the worst. - Hey, how should we reveal? - How do we do it? - I'm not very excited to reveal. - Can we cut this bit? - Ryan wants to, can you imagine? - Ryan, you're joking, right? - I guarantee I did worse. - All right, I'll go first. - All right, all right. - Which I'm probably the worst. I got 102. - Okay. - Okay. - I got 102.
Yeah, it was A. I'm trying not to react right now. I know because I don't want to give mine away, but 97? I got a 97. It was a high-stress environment. I guessed on a bunch, which probably penalized mine. I would have been better off. I probably had like a 110. What did you get, Mike? I got a 110. No way. Yeah, Mike. No way. Show me it. Let me see that. There ain't no way. Hold on. Let me see it. Ken, what'd you get? Let me see it. I got 100. I'm pulling it up. Ken,
No way! Hey, I got a 102. Wait, you guys got the worst score? Ryan got the worst score. No way! You're the only two with an actual college degree. Mike got a 110? You guys are so lucky that I don't talk shit. Wow. Because, you know, like...
I just, I'm not a rub it in your face type of fella. Dude, Mike got a 110? Holy shit, dude. And Ryan got a 97. My parents paid for private school, dude. They gotta be fucking kicking themselves right now. Yo.
I thought I'd do so bad. I'm honestly shocked. I am shocked by these results. I had this whole thing planned to be like, yeah, well, just because your IQ is lower doesn't mean you don't have creative smarts and stuff like that. Completely blew it out of the water.
Okay, so this is just at a first Google search. I go, what is an average IQ? In general, an IQ is defined with a median of 100. Scores above 130 are labeled as above average or very superior.
while scores under 70 be considered below average or labeled as borderline impaired, most people have an average IQ between 85 and 115. So, like... So, you were all average. Yeah. Mine said I'm in the 55 percentile, so I'm just... Same. I'm too smarter than average, which I'm...
stoked about i guess i'm above being slightly below average dude i'm just painfully average ken what the frick man i i don't think we could have had literally the vice versa flipped around what was yours again ken 100 you had 100 yeah right on the night that is exactly average 50th percentile dude i literally said ryan's the smartest and mike's the the dumbest no offense mike
The complete opposite. I think Mike did good because it's all shapes and all he does is design. What's that have to do with it? I don't know. He just stares at shapes. Honestly, for the record, I don't want to take another IQ test, but there are other IQ tests that have nothing to do with shapes. There might be a few, but this one, like I said, is easy to do and not be able to cheat on, but there's a ton where they're legit word questions, whatever you call those in math. Oh.
Dude, my body was literally shaking. I was so anxious looking at the shapes. I felt so stupid. It's interesting that we got the same because we did the same on the ACT, like all that shit. We're very similar. That's got to make you feel pretty bad. CJ's going to do the old shower stare at the wall and just question his entire existence. I mean, I never thought I was smart. We're the same intelligence level? I mean, that idiot. I did not like that.
What'd you guys get on the ACT? I didn't do super well. I think 22 or 23. I think I got a 23. Yeah, I think mine was 23. Whatever Ben got, I got the same. But that ish gets you into any college around here, so I don't know. I think I need some moments to go self-reflect. Right. I'm shocked, dude. It's a bummer, too. You had faith in me. I really did. It's a bummer, too, because you're the one who came in like, we're doing the IQ test today. Yeah.
I think it was... I don't know. I don't even have any excuses. Put the link to that IQ test down in the description of the video. And then if you guys have... What was it? 25 minutes? If you guys have 25 minutes, go and take it and then comment your IQ. See if you're smarter than us. It's freaking hard, though. It's very hard. And you'll understand...
how confusing it is and how you'll wonder how this has anything to do with your intelligence level. But I guess, like you said, it is probably just problem solving. Here's my point on the whole thing. I don't think it really matters. I think that, like, this is such a weird little niche thing. Like, it doesn't really show how smart you are. Although I'd like to think it does. It, you know, you can be, like, smart in one category, you know, or...
Also, you don't have to be smart at all to be considered successful, you know? No, but it, I mean, and especially like, I'm not saying that wasn't legit. Cause you said it was an immense IQ test. Like I just remember some IQ tests being like over a hundred questions and just insane. And I think there is like, you could actually go into a university and take an IQ test with who would want to do that. But,
and really get to the bottom of it, I still don't really think it. I'm just saying like you can be smart and there's so many different ways to like define how someone's smart. Like someone who doesn't even know how to read could be considered very smart in a certain like...
category and because of that they could be much more successful than someone who is the best in like the the most book smart person or whatever you know yeah that's all i'm saying is like it doesn't really which i think that's universally understood yeah i don't i'm not i'm just saying i don't think your smartness determines how successful you are or it's at least like a score on something not at all i mean look at little pump yeah he's doing better than us i mean he's a he's like a multi-millionaire yeah
I thought that it was going to be questions that are like kind of supposed to trick you. Yeah. That was like what I thought IQ test for. Maybe that's what I fell into. There is. Yeah, there's varying. I was easily tricked. Okay, I have a couple questions. It's a test fault, Ryan, not yours. I have a couple questions that are like your traditional IQ type trick question. I want to see if you guys can answer. Okay. Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly? Incorrectly.
Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Okay. Yeah. I like that. All right. Give me another one. I'm feeling better. All right. All right. All right. Let me, let me find one before Mount Everest was discovered. What was the highest mountain in the world? Mount bachelor trivia. Wait, what, what was the question?
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Still Mount Everest. Yeah. Yeah. Damn, Ryan. Yeah, that was right. That was really good. You got the answers over there? No. This is crazy. I keep forgetting that these are all trick questions. And when you curve your brain to think that way, like, you're killing it. Ryan's like, we took the wrong idea. Yeah, I was like, damn, can we take another one? Man.
Tied for second as the smartest seaboy. All right, that one's going to feel good. Right behind Mike. You should put that in your bio. Smartest seaboy. Based on a 25 question. Statistically the smartest seaboy. What gets bigger and bigger the more you take away from it? A negative number? This one's kind of stupid. Let me just find one more. What was the answer? A hole. Oh, that makes sense. And how long...
is the answer to this question? Come on, CJ. The question is, what's the question? Dude. I don't fucking know. We're borderline incriminating ourselves on the internet. Not incriminating. I have no clue. And how long is the answer to this question? And it's also way fun knowing the answer to the trick question. What's the answer to the question? I don't know. And how long is the answer to this question? And how long? Oh. Yeah. Oh. Classic.
Okay, whatever. All these fucking tests are stupid. Man. Well, that was fun. Yeah, it was a good time. Honestly, I feel pretty good about that. Second...
I'm just glad I'm not the dumbest, honestly. Same. I hate to hurt statistically. Look at Ken, dude. Ken was silent. From now on, whenever Ken or Ryan tries to tell us something, we're like, yeah, yeah. They don't really know much. Mike, what do you think? We look at Mike like the know-all. Whatever Mike says goes now from this point on. I'll take it.
We got to make Ev and Big Wrench take one just for business purposes. I bet you Big Wrench would be pretty good. I feel like he would be probably the smartest engineer. Who knows at this rate, he might be freaking in the 130. By the time this podcast is live, we're going to have those two take it as well. And then the top comment on this podcast will be their scores. Got it.
So, Mike, you just finally moved into your first house. I did, yep. Your first own house. Yeah, first own house. It is in the city. Yeah. So that's different. That's new. I've been going back and forth to Fargo to see Sydney. You got a 45-minute commute now. Yeah, which we have talked about. I don't enjoy that commute very much.
But everyone else doesn't seem to mind it. I'm starting not to mind it. But, yeah, dude, there's only one way to describe this house, and it's cute. It's adorable. Really? It's in a really nice neighborhood. You've got to come see it. Were you worried at all that there was going to be a prank when you walked in? No, but we did. I talked to a dude. I didn't even think of that. I did, but I was like, I'm not trying to really fuck with this person. Well,
I would have actually... No. What? Oh, I mean, I just figured... He's had it done to him. But if there was... Also, like, Sidney's all pumped about it. I don't want to just turn into this fucking... Well, that's what I'm getting at. If there was a day to catch us most off guard, it would absolutely have been, like, the day we moved in or today. But, yeah, I'm not putting it past you guys. Maybe we'll do it later. But, yeah, I met...
I met like, you know, a handful of neighbors. One guy, his name's Mike. He's super dope, super funny. Sounds about right. Is he smart too? Just a big dude. He comes up wearing like the striped Dickies overalls. He's got like gauges. He's wearing pit vipers and he pulls up in like a diesel. Sounds like your kind of friend. Yeah, and he's just like, yeah, dude, I grew up on this block. He went to Oak Grove. He knows your family. What the fuck? Wendy's like, this is Mike. And then I was like, Mike who? What a...
Mike Hawk? He's... So his dad was the one that taught Randy everything when he was young. When Randy was 24, he was like 12. I don't know. Anyway, I met him and he's like, so you guys aren't going to be filming here, are you? I really enjoy your videos. I just don't think this is a neighborhood to be causing any shenanigans. I mean, no one's going to care about your loud cars or anything, but...
But yeah, you know, keep it civil. We should go over there today. Yeah, I was going to say, just ride pit bikes or something. Oh, man.
It really is crazy. The neighborhood is full of like, you know how there's a bunch of neighborhoods where you would not send your kid out on their bike by themselves. But it's just kids crawling through the neighborhood? Yeah, it's just crazy. People are just out and about mowing lawns and this and that, and there's just kids, and they're just doing their own thing, but you never would really see little kids just rolling around the block.
We drive over to go see Mike one day, and he's out on his bike riding around with the kids. He's got a ramp rigged up in this driveway. None of the other parents would let him do it there, but he's like, we could do it at my house, guys. Mike moves in. They send Mike Hawk over to give him a shakedown. All the kids are pretending. When they drive by Mike's place, they're like, ha, ha, ha.
And as soon as they're on the other side, they're like, what'd you see? What kind of intel you got here? And there's like this whole ecosystem going on that Mike doesn't know about. I can see it happening. Mike, what'd you get? Did you tell him not to pull any of those shenanigans, any of those videos here? We should bring fireworks over tonight. Man, that'd be awesome.
Firework party at Mike's. So that guy really told you, like, don't be pulling any shenanigans in my neighborhood? Yeah, but definitely not in that tone. And, like, obviously he didn't say those words. But it was, like, the friendliest you could possibly be. Like, the dude was like, dude, if you need anything, just, like, call me. If you want to meet any of the neighbors on the block, just let me know. Like, I know everyone. He's kind of the guy. Yeah, he's the guy.
But yeah, he was like, he's driving a Cummins and he's like, you still got your WRX? And I'm like, yep. And he's like, yeah, I had one too. And then he's just like, yeah, I figured it was going to blow up, so I sold it.
Oh, was it silver or blue? And did we happen to buy it? It didn't blow up within three minutes. But my favorite thing, basically, when we were like, first thing we pull in, this little girl's on the deck, just like, I share a driveway, which in my opinion is super annoying. Like one cement driveway for both houses. And then you kind of pull off, which I, yeah, I just, I think that's going to be an issue. Well, I mean, at least they can snowblow it.
Yeah, true. We can kind of go hand in hand. But anyway, the little girl goes, are you guys the new neighbors? She's like seven. And we're like, yep. Yeah, we're the new neighbors. She's like, I'm Maya. And then points to her dog. This is Joey. And I'm like, oh, nice to meet you. How long have you guys lived here? Not very long. And then she comes riding her bike up as we're unloading. And she goes with her friend. These are the new neighbors. I already forgot their names.
But anyway, I was like, eh, people seem pretty friendly around here. Sounds like a happening place, dude. Sounds like a happening place. Yeah, it does, dude. Goddamn. Then her and her dad brought over some Skittles and a candle and a flower. That's pretty nice. My kid is that kind of... They didn't give a shit when we went over to our place. You should do a wine night at your house and invite all the neighbors. And then trash your place in front of them. Yes, we'll come. Like get really drunk and just be like...
Break the table. Come out wearing all white and just like, as you're walking out the door, just be like, let's get this party going. Oh, man. I mean, it would probably be one of the most legendary prank videos we've ever done. You know, cameras all over inside and then James picked up a knife. Stone Cold Steve Austin in wine glasses and everything. But yeah, they would look at this guy and go, man, he really is smart. He's always working a play on something.
That did go through my head. You don't know what he's up to. He's one of the smartest C-boys. He's actually the smartest C-boy. I don't know what I'm watching right now, but obviously it's something insanely smart and creative. And if it looks dumb, it's just because it's above your intelligence level. I'm going to play that card. I know nothing, going back to the IQ test, I know nothing's going to change. We're all going to treat each other exactly how we did before.
With some jokes, that is. I don't know if I'm ever going to be able to look at Ryan the same. I'm not going to lie. Every time I think about opening my mouth, I go, maybe I'm too stupid to open my mouth. Ryan, you might be too stupid to talk to. That is the worst. You want to know the worst part about...
dumb people, they don't know they're dumb. Literally, they're too dumb to know. I just became self-aware, dude. Like a monkey who saw himself in the mirror. You want to know about the best part about the line Ben just said that you're literally too stupid to talk to? Is that is a real quote spoken by the great Ken Matthews. What was the context of that? I think it was
I think it was when him and Jake were wrestling or something and you were trying to calm down. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is a great story, actually. This is an amazing story. It was right when we started making videos. So we started getting a couple followers, but nothing much. Nothing much, right? But we had a couple followers on Snapchat, right? And Jake took Ken's phone and he posted a picture of his...
on Ken's story. He was like stretching it out. It was an abstract. Yeah, he was stretching it and he posted it on Ken's story, right? What a savage move. Yeah, it was extremely savage, right? Didn't he like put a caption like, what's up? What's up?
I'm not sure I have it screen grabbed. It was very juvenile of him, but how could you not laugh? It was so funny. So funny. And then, so he does that. I was in tears. He does that, right? And then he comes out the bathroom and Ken, like, takes his phone back and, like, sees what's going on and Ken starts, like, malfunctioning. Like, he started, like, malfunctioning. My mom's on Snapchat. Not knowing what to do. He was like, like, like, like,
Jake, that's not my story. That's not my story. And I have it all on video, guys. Well, why don't you just delete it then if you're so worked up? But his fingers weren't working because he was so mad hot. And he locked himself out of his Snapchat.
- No, I had to, you missed a whole lot. I deleted it, but back then, Snap wouldn't delete off the story right away, so I had to delete my Snapchat account to get it to go away. - But it stayed up on his story. It stayed up on his story. Sup, dude? - Yeah, the captain was so juice. I was screaming out of this, but it was on his story.
And I got videos of it though. Right here. Ken, just delete it. Just delete it. And he goes, I have my mom on Snapchat. And we're like, well, just she probably won't see it. It's 11 o'clock. And she goes, she's at Zorba's. She's out to eat right now. It was six o'clock. You guys. We were out to eat, weren't we? No, we were at Ben's basement. And so Ken was fucking pissed.
But Jake whoops his ass. Oh my gosh. We got to put this up on the TV once you get your GoPro going again. You want to know what's funny is I was filming all this and I was like, this is going to be a great video bit. And then it was like, no, you can't put that on the internet. I wasn't going to put his dick on there. And I thought just the context of it was hilarious. And now it's coming out. It's probably going to shut off again.
So he posted on his story. Ken starts malfunctioning, trying to delete it. He has to delete his Snapchat. It's still up on his story. No, what happened was he deleted his story, but it didn't delete off his story. So it showed it was deleted on his phone, but then we'd go like, still up. So he deletes his whole Snapchat, but then it was...
Ken is still up. So then he was just like, didn't have a Snapchat, didn't have anything, and he was just still up. Like the one time that his Snapchat decides to glitch is when he's got a dick pic on his story saying, sup dudes. Well, this is all going down though. And it's no face, so everyone thinks it's his. Ken is freaking out. I was livid. Still one of the most mad I've ever seen Ken, but I in a very reasonable tone go, Ken,
Why don't you take a picture of Jake and say to everyone that just saw that story, that was Jake Sherbrooke. I am so sorry. We got the video right here. And then post that secondly. And he literally like steaming out the ears, red face, stares at me in the eyes and goes,
You are literally too stupid to even talk to right now. And then storms out. I was like, okay, I thought it was a good idea. And then after that, we were like, that was the funniest thing Ken's ever said. And then for the next seven years to this day, we're still saying you are literally too stupid to even talk to right now. Okay, I got to pull this video off. That was not the tone you said. We got the video. There we go. We'll pull up the video. We got it.
No, no. Go to the other one. The other one. Sorry. That was second. You got to go to the first one where you guys initially are wrestling. Turn it up, too. Turn it up. Turn it up. Turn it up. So that's the first one. You guys start fighting. I pull my phone out. It's fine.
You guys are mad, but Jake gets kinda mad. Oh! Slams Ken down! Not only did Ken- Ken's got a dick on his throat, but now he's getting his ass kicked. Dude, he's gonna break his neck! Oh my gosh, dude! That actually hurt like fuck.
Wait, Ken, no. It gets better. Ken, no. No, Kenny, go back. You actually start pulling it back together after that. It does straighten out for you. You get revenge. I'm sorry. That was like a WWE move right there. Hammer fist. Ken, my parents are sleeping. What do he get?
We got the merch. So Jake took Ken's phone and he took a picture of his dick and put it on his Snapchat story. Ken checking if it's still there. Hey Ken, if anything you're gonna have a bunch of girls get you up now. Why did you delete it? You let it post? You haven't deleted it yet. I did. Wait, so it's still up? Did people see it? Jake's an idiot. I just wanted to...
Oh, yeah, you took his phone and went in the bathroom. Oh, yeah, we still don't know what he did with that thing in there. That's okay. It doesn't make me mad. How sweaty Jake was. I don't care. Ken, can I at least see it for the video? All right, go to the next one. Yeah, that's the one. So you come out, and then you're saying, like, Jake, my mom. My mom. She's ready to do a sad joke.
Okay, now go to the next one you then you show his phone all right he shows his phone I love this too that we're just in Ben's parents basement just cause it's like midnight. It's like midnight. I think I
So now Jake shows... Wait, what are people responding? None of them are. I want them to just to see. So yeah, you sent a picture. So basically what happened here, Ken then took Jake's phone, took a dick pic, and sent it to like five girls. Oh, Jake. CJ, that was like 30. 30 girls. I think it's even. Yeah, Jake, I'm getting more. Dad. Dad. Oh my gosh. That's hilarious.
Finally came to your senses Beat his ass on camera
Jake goes, "Siege, let's go ride."
Yeah, right now, midnight, let's go rag. This is some lost tapes. This is definitely- When we were like 30, this is lost tapes. When Ken's a porn star. Dude, you're actually a fucking idiot. Like, I'm seriously so fucking pissed at you right now. Don't fucking do that. We already did. The silence. That's it, that's it. Dude, I mean, in defense, in Ken's defense, I would probably be pretty fucking upset too.
I don't really know how I'd handle the whole thing. And obviously hindsight's 2020. It's hard to watch a video of yourself, you know, eight, five years ago. What did, what did Jake say in there though? When we're 30, this is going to be hilarious. Almost 30. Now it's fucking funny. Yeah.
It was hilarious at the time. I had tears in my eyes, man. All right, but I got to say something. As far as... It was like eight years ago. I remember as it happened, and I still feel the same way about it now. Like, the dick pic thing was hilarious and mean. I love how... Here's where I started feeling really bad was when Ken, you know, starts, like, fucking shoving him, shoving Jake, and then Jake's like...
All right, dude. If we're going to do this, I'm going to pull my own. Dude, just like that. That's when I... When Jake just bought...
bodies him to the ground. I'm like, all right. You got to pour into the stick two times. You don't have to fight him. Nothing actually happened. That's what I felt really bad was when Jake starts putting you in an arm bar. I was like, dude, you just tortured the guy on social media and now you're torturing him in real life. He should have just took in a beating because he did it. I thought he was going to break his arm for a second.
I think I even say, I think he's going to break his arm. I don't think I was there that night, but man, that got chaotic. How many friends, like how many people do you think you had back then? But the problem was, is that it was all people you knew. He had active people. Everyone on your Snapchat back then was like your actual friends and people you see every day.
What's up, dudes? Hold on, hold on. What's up, dudes? That's the shit that only happens back then. Nobody does that anymore because now life's too cut and dry. You can't get away with shit like that. I don't know, man. I wouldn't be surprised if Jake still did that. I remember Ken was really mad after that, and rightfully so. And then he went to Zorba's, and then I went over to Zorba's and bought him like...
the biggest Corona they had is like this giant thing. Cause I was like trying to like, just call, like, I mean, I really didn't do shit. I was just filming it after it already happened, but I felt bad. So I was like, God, I just got to do something to cheer this guy up. And I like God, man. He was like, Oh, thanks dude. I really appreciate it. You walk into Zorba's and everyone like was like clapping or like saying something about it though. Like word had traveled that fast. Oh, I mean, everyone has seen it. All 15 people we know. Yeah. Oh,
Yeah, dude. What's up, dudes? Just a picture of a dick. Back then when Snapchat wasn't even like a commercialized thing, it was just like... Yeah, it was just communication. I mean, I definitely won't incriminate the guy, but I have like probably 10 other videos and scenarios of Jake doing equally savage, if not more savage things. And
I mean, that's what I mean. I don't want to incriminate the guy as we just aired it. No, no, I won't tell anyone. I don't want to tell anything. Hey, use your guy's name. Use your imagination. He's way smarter than us though. But dude, I mean, just some of the stuff and you guys heard it last week. Like,
you know, he's a changed man, but he was like, ain't give a care about anything as long as it's for a good laugh. And, but I'm not calling him a dick. Like all the, all the stuff was like just dudes being savage and funny. I think,
I, if he would have done that to me, I don't think I would have gotten as hot about it. I would have been laughing. I probably would have been like, that was him. And then that was it. What have we ever done? What have we ever done to Ken that you would get as hot about? Like literally nothing. Yeah. It's all, it's just different. Different time. Different pokes. You know, different pokes.
There gets to be a point where a lot of pokes get to be a lot of pokes. You had to deal with a lot of pokes back then. To be fair, that was kind of the first public poke. Maybe Jake was a bully. Would you say you were more of a victim of his bullying? I thought I was incriminating. They clipped that? Jake Sherbrooke was a bully. Jake Sherbrooke used to bully Ken. It's just you saying, maybe Jake was a bully. It's just a clip of him putting him in an arm bar.
Physically and mentally. That was a heavy arm bar. I'm not going to lie. Ken, would you rather have the world... No. Would you rather...
Would you rather have the world know that you're a vapist and your face on a billboard or one of your friends posted DP on your story? How about neither? No, you have to pick. You have to pick either one. There's always a third option. Okay, all right. Let me think. There's always a fourth option now.
Dude, I talked to a classmate of Ken's at Zorba's the other day, and kind of mine too, great above me, but he spoke very highly of you. Yeah, he's a great kid. And it was like, he's like, yeah, dude, the people in my grade were dicks. They weren't very nice to him. I've watched the channel since kind of the beginning, and...
The dude's flourishing, and I really enjoy it because I've always thought he was really nice and a good soul. And it was pretty refreshing to hear. Which, he's not the only one to say that. The comments have taken a turn. Yeah, exactly. And my favorite thing is when you're smiling in a video, which lately has been every video. You know, like Wine Night, Wet Bike, all kinds of stuff. Dude, the amount of comments...
I agree. They're like, so good to see Ken smiling. It's the most commented thing. It's like always, if you scroll through the comments, it's about Evan or Ken. Yeah. Yeah. And they're all positive. Yeah. Or yeah, if people are name dropping, it's like Evan or Ken. Yeah. Ken, you bring a lot of joy to people and I don't think you should be proud of that. And you're also not the dumbest person.
Yeah, Ken, that's always nice. We'll lose a second, so... I'm so excited for Evan and Big Ranch to take this. My dad actually told me that the other day.
I don't know why, but I was just freaking kind of down in the dumps. I'm like, God, I don't want to edit this video. I just had a lot going on. It felt like shit. And he was saying how he thinks how it's crazy because I wanted to be a chiropractor when I grew up and all that. And then he was saying what I've...
you know, all of us, but you know, you, what, what we've done now, but even just if you individualize each, each and every one of us, he was like, I think you have done a lot better for the world than you would have as even a chiropractor and like a whole, cause like you'd look at how many people you, uh, impact each and every week and,
and bring joy to. So that's something that all of us really, not to toot our own horn, and any creator, because if you're bringing joy and laughter or whatever, just giving someone something to take their mind away from real life for a short bit of time just to get away, I think you're doing a good job.
a service to the world and a positive service i think damn that's like a health compliment yeah yeah it was a really nice compliment i thought and i think like uh let's say just back in the day i you know when someone would be like i'm in the hospital and um your guys's videos are getting me through the day those ones are pretty cut and dry you're like yeah if i was in the hospital i'd be stoked and that makes me the most stoked but i used to just be like when people are like you're you guys know have no idea how much your videos mean to me i'm like dude they're just like
you know, we're just vlogging. Like, you know, I still very entertaining, but we're just like making videos. Like glad you like them. But people love it. But now, now that we, you know, we've been putting blood, sweat and tears into these things and they're, they're full blown productions. And when people say that, that's still my favorite comments by far. People are like, dude,
you actually like help me through hard times. I won't get into it, but I like for real. Yeah. That is like the best part of our, my job, at least I'll speak for myself. Yeah, I agree. I mean, to be able to help someone that is like their parents are, are fighting or they're, you know, they're sick or their sister's sick or anything. Take your mind off it for a little bit, you know? And I never want, you know, people need to focus on reality too, but, uh,
this little flattering thing same with this podcast so like people say like oh like like this just made my day at work go so much yeah even that faster you know or whatever but for some reason i wasn't so good at uh really bringing that home before but now i'm like i i love doing this because of that after he told me that compliment i was like god you know because i didn't want to go and like freaking edit and
and you know whatever that day but i was like god i gotta just go and do this because i was thinking like there's so many people that wanna you know are like waiting on this you know and they're relying on this to not obviously it's not a life or death thing but it's just gonna give them a little bit of joy i was like yeah you know i thought about that and then i just freaking you know and did it charge gave me gave me a little bit of a pep my step i was talking to a uh
Couple kids and their dad today and they were like, yeah every single Thursday We sit down on the couch as a family and watch the video and and a lot of people tell us that and I was like What happens if we post it late and they're like, oh we just like sit on Instagram and just constantly refresh until until new video pops up But I was like man so many families guys sit down at 7 o'clock and be like, alright Let's see how on it they were this week. Yeah. Yeah
No, but that is cool. That is really cool. And it fires me up reading the comments, especially after like, after we do something that's like kind of out there, but like turned out to be really funny. Like, uh, the boat ramp bit in the last video, like just reading all of the comments. Cause like doing things like that is like, it's,
It's uncomfortable and it's like you're putting yourself... Intimidating. It's intimidating. You're putting yourself out there and it could either be like really funny or really not. And it's kind of just like your attitude in the moment and then like editing it and how it all comes together afterwards. It's really cool to see like...
Just a little bit of like a creative idea like that that we think is funny and then like the world like that was their favorite part of the entire video and it's Received and there's so many positive comments on it Like that's the shit that just like fires me up to like continue to want to like come up with ideas like that Yeah, and then like go out and do it even though they're uncomfortable in the moment Well, that's the best part is like the execution is the hardest part but also, you know like at the end of the day that idea is
is like many of our ideas, it's pretty simple, but it's like going out and doing it, bringing the cameras, bringing the people, bringing the hype, bringing the confidence. I think it's also just committing to it. Yeah, exactly. Bringing the commitment, bringing the creativity when you're editing, bringing, yeah. There's a lot of pieces that gotta fall together. And I think a lot of people do understand that, but...
Oh, man, I agree. Like, you brought that bit to life. We walked out of there and they're like, yeah, that was fun. I mean, people were mad.
Mad, happy, sad, mad. We only had one pissed off person. That was amazing. She added so much to that. I was just going to say, she kind of made it, dude. So good. But how this all started is like, Ken, you and your character and your character development and your reactions and just like the overall dynamic between each member of the group adds so much value
value and entertainment to like people's lives that needed in that moment, you know? So if you're, you know, so sick of this or that, I get that. But like at the end of the day, we're just entertainers and, uh, you know, you provide a lot of entertainment to these people. Yeah. Everyone does. Yeah.
I think we really heated him up with that last bit. That was nice of you, but we didn't even get a thank you. I don't even think I've watched that. I haven't. I don't know if I ever have. I come across that in my camera roll, especially the one where Jake's wrapping his waist up. That's a screen grab of it. I don't even watch it just because it's like, whoa. It's kind of savage. Dude, I forgot about that. That just sparked it off of that too stupid a talk. That's so funny. Iconic line. Yeah. So iconic.
I was out to breakfast this morning with Greta and we're sitting there and this guy comes up to me and goes, hey, what's Life Wide Open? He's on my back. And then Greta was wearing like the girl's Life Wide Open shirt. The daisy one? Yep. And I was like, oh, it's just like my slogan with me and my friends have a YouTube channel and it's like our slogan that we put on merch and everything. And he was like, oh, cool, cool. And like started to ask me about like the YouTube channel and was like super excited
Just like not inquisitive, but like, like just wanted to like no more. Like I could tell you like actually like cared and was genuine. And he was like, oh yeah, I'm friends with like the dude perfect guys. And like, it was just like a, like a kind of like an instant react. Yeah. Yeah. And so we had a couple, couple, um, um,
you know, cups of coffee. Oh, are you standing there? And then they needed a pamper after that shit there. Oh, we're talking about YouTube and he's asking me like all these questions about YouTube and ask him like about you guys. And then like, I don't know, probably talk for like 10, 15 minutes. It was like a really, it was a good conversation that was just like sparked off of like asking about like life wide open. And then, um, he was like, yeah, like, uh, my friend over here is a pastor and, uh,
Did I say that right? Pastor? Pastor. He's a pastor. I think I fucked that up. Yeah, I mean, what was he? Was he a field of grass? Or was he a preacher? Let me rephrase that. He was like, so he was like, yeah, my friend over here is a pastor at a local church. And like, I'm pretty involved.
What? No, I just said leave that in, that first part. You're not getting that cut. Yeah. I was thinking the same thing. Third smartest. Pasture. Second. I'm putting you at third after that. No, no, no. Anyway, he was like...
talking about how his sister passed away from cancer a couple of years ago. And he was like, ever since then, I've tried to be better about seeing people and getting to know them and ask them a little bit more about their life and if they're struggling and if I can help in any way. And, you know, he was like pretty religious, but he was like, is there anything I can pray for you about? Wow. And I've never had somebody just like
like a random person that I've talked to for five, 10 minutes and then like ask, can I pray? Like, can I, can I pray for anything in your life that like, isn't going well? I was like, Oh man, I'll be honest. Like my neck isn't very good. Like I got x-rayed last week and like I sprained my neck. So that's, that's, I've been struggling with that lately. And, and Greta was like, yeah, my grandpa is not doing well.
And he was just like, well, I'd love to just pray for you guys. And he literally put his hand on my shoulder and was like, I want to pray for you right now. And God, you made him help his neck. If you can, help his neck feel better right now. I felt my neck instantly feel better. Really? Dude, I was feeling better. It was just such a moment. It was so powerful. We're just sitting there at coffee. And this guy...
became my best friend in 10 minutes and then started praying over me and was like praying for his grandpa. And it was like quite possibly like the most wholesome moment. Wow. I've ever had like spiritually like that with like a, like a random person. And then he just like, was like, by the way, man,
Love your car. Keep doing what you're doing. I know it's a grind. I know it's hard. You have bad days, but like you mean a lot to a lot of people. Wow. You knew all the right things to say. Yeah, it was crazy. Obviously, it was genuine, but... And then just like walked away. Man, that's crazy. I was like, oh, I feel better about, you know...
The stress of everything that we deal with, you know, because he was like, I get that it's not easy and the world probably just sees it as like fun. Like he was like saying that too. I was like, dude, yeah, exactly. And he was like, you know, I get that you're not feeling good right now and you're probably like, man,
He was literally like, I'd tell you to get a new job, but I know that's not even in the cards. Yeah. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, 100%. I just got to deal with it. And yeah, he said all the right things and then just walked away. And I was literally just sitting there with Greta like, wow, that was...
That was such a moment. Like I was, she was like, what do you like? How are you feeling? Like, what do you think of that? Because I'm not like super religious and she's going to ask that. She knows that. And I was like, that was such a moment. It's like, I don't even know what to say right now. And he just walked away. I was like, now that's a guy.
making the world a better place. A hundred percent. Holy smokes. Wow. Kind of got like chills thinking about it. I mean, like you just don't get moments like that. Thousands of people you interact with just on a daily basis, whether it's like literally someone you wave at someone when you drive by, like not many times do you get someone who seems that
and just means well. Just that genuine. That genuine, yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's even... That's like exactly how I feel or anyone maybe feels like when I...
go and visit my home church yeah like i've said this before but if you want to like ever feel good or feel nice or or have someone genuinely be interested in you or what you're doing or make you feel better it's always that church it just always is there's no two ways around it but like it's crazy that that he was able to like you know if you came about it the wrong way you'd be like
yeah yeah yeah if it was like yeah imposing and like pushy yeah absolutely but it felt like you know very genuine and and it wasn't just like walking up to a stranger and like saying that immediately but we had like a connection talking about this or that yeah you know for a little bit maybe he wouldn't have done that if he didn't feel a connection yeah like there's that too yeah i thought i thought it was just it was a cool moment yeah you know it was it felt
Oh, good. You know, Mike, it's interesting. You say like, yeah, you go to church and you feel this connection with the people and stuff like that, which is something that I kind of like know about you. You're probably the most church going. I mean, granted, Ken and I basically became friends at church when we were younger, but as I've grown older, although I still, you know, believe in God and all that stuff, it's interesting where I've found that I've
like find God or whatever in a different place. Like I don't really go to church anymore, which to some may be a bad thing, but even just yesterday I was driving, listening to the new Zach Bryan album and I was just content driving to go see my friends and looking at the fields and all that. And I was like, man, you know, life is good. I see the, you know, workings and like, I can just see how the beauty of life and things. And I always say that my church is, um,
coming over the hill to my house and you can see the lake. And I'm like, that is where I gain like this feeling from God or the universe or whatever, or especially in the mountains.
and you talked about how you feel a connection with people, there's something beautiful about being like with our friend snowmobiling or dirt biking or something like that, that you know those people, if you broke your leg right now, they will do everything they can to help you. And you're sitting there eating the Snickers, like looking at the mountains that are insanely beautiful. And you know that like everybody is just there to be together. And that's where I've kind of like found that. Yeah. Like it's interesting that you can also find it. Yeah, it's a very similar thing.
feeling that you get with like the people that you're with at church. It's like a similar passion. Exactly. And I think what...
Church gives a lot of people is like a purpose. They look at their God as he gives them purpose in life. I think that's the most important thing for anyone. To make it through the hardship that everyone goes through, if you can find that purpose. And for a lot of people, it's like God and their religion. Then it's like...
who is anyone to like knock them for, for what they believe in or something like that. You know, there's like a lot of religions out there, but like everyone kind of looks at their religion and,
to get the same thing out of it. Yeah. I guess. And probably a community too. Yeah. A lot of people aren't blessed with such a large group of friends or a sport that takes them to something. But I mean, yeah, if you want to meet like-minded people, sometimes it can be there, you know, and people to support you. Yeah. It's, it's easy to be optimistic when things are going well, of course, but that's what like, uh, I'm an extremely optimistic person, but I think sometimes maybe that even I confuse myself with that. Like, uh,
at the end, the purpose and the appreciation. Like I just am like really, I'm way more appreciative about a situation than I am anything else. Almost always. Or I guess I should say optimistic, but yeah,
And that really helped. Like, I mean, just driving around the lakes like we, I mean, we've been driving around these roads for like kind of you're saying the beauty of the earth. And it really comes down to like, I won't get too in depth with it, but it comes down to like if you're, if you believe in creation or if you believe in evolution, there's other things to believe in. That's kind of a cut and dry thing. So if you don't believe in creation, it's kind of hard to appreciate. But yeah, I mean, we drive around these lakes for the last 20 years and I still am just like,
Just gorgeous. Just beautiful. How could you beat it? How could you beat it? Yeah. These animals, our bodies, our systems, everything is created in my opinion. Yeah. And no matter what you believe, it's just like, damn, it's there. Yeah. Well, yeah, either way, take it in for sure. Take it in and meet people. I mean, that's why, yeah, at the end of the day,
The only thing that sucks about what we do is like how busy we are. I honestly, I can't see myself ever stopping talks to someone and genuinely sound interested for let's say 20 minutes.
because I don't have the time and that's really selfish. That's interesting because you're a certified chiller. I feel like you can sit down and talk to anyone. Well, yeah, but the conversations are shallow compared to what you experienced. Yeah. Maybe I'm just scared. That's pretty exceptional. Yeah, there's something to be said about people that can just go up and strike a conversation with anyone. You know, I'm sure he was like, oh, that...
I had my Lambo up front. It was just me there. I'm sure it was that kid's car.
I'd like to maybe know what he does or who he is. And he went up and he saw, oh, let me ask him about his t-shirt. Yeah. Saw a cool slogan. Yeah. Something that makes sense. Yeah. And like you like look for an end and then you strike up from there, which is, I think, you know, probably like the hardest part about like just starting a conversation is like finding like common grounds. You guys seen the, uh, tick tocks. I just got on it about like,
They're like tele-pastors or whatever, but they're like the televised, like giant stadium church pastors. Yeah, and it's hilarious. Whatever you think about whatever, those guys are scamming a system for sure. What are they doing? Bro, bro.
I'll pull one up here, but in this case, yeah, the guy preaches in literally a Fargo Dome-sized stadium every week, but he has four private jets. And his thing will be like... Are you talking about Joel Osteen? He's a different guy, yeah. But he'll be like, the reason I need a jet is so I can spread the word farther and faster. And then he already has three, and he's like...
I am asking you, the congregation, to pull together $25 million so I can get a new Gulfstream G8. He says that? Yeah, shit like that. It's fucking nuts. And since it's a religion, it's all tax deductible. There's no thing. Lives for free. Lives in like a 30,000 square foot mansion. Wow. It is weird to think about certain churches being more businesses than for like public service. Yeah, Kenneth Copeland.
Holy. Oh, I've seen a video of this guy. This guy straight up is evil. He's an evil person. He's got the look. He's got a 2,000 square foot house. Why do you say that?
Just from what I've seen about him. He described Flying Commercial as a metal tube filled with demons. Oh, yeah. I've seen that. That's why he has to have a $65 million PJ. Yeah. What? I've seen like, and just videos where he just like, certain things he says, it just look, it's almost not even like he's lying. He just looks devious. How do you get into something like this? I don't know.
Look at him, dude. Look at that face. Addiction. He starts in one way, realizes that there's money to be made, and then he becomes so addicted to it and so addicted to the evil side. It's one thing to like...
I understand you got to be comfortable, but that is so exuberant. He's getting his money through donations? He's just a glorified salesman. That's all he is. He's getting through donations? Does he have his own private airport there?
Oh, yeah. Oh, a state near a private airport. Owned by the church. Owned by the church. Yeah, of course. It's all written off like for... That's the other crazy part is that he's making all that money and then he writes everything off. 100% tax deductible because it's a religion. I can't believe people are like...
Giving him more money. I know. Like, I think he should live in a nice place, but I don't think he needs that big... What is that? That was like 30,000 square feet? Right. So then you've got to wonder, like, are the people that are, in a sense, following him, at least looking up to him and whatever he's preaching, are they...
that dense like shouldn't that shouldn't that money for that house be going to like starving children in africa because yeah and all these other things like because after a certain point i mean dude i just remember that's why like on a realistic note like in a small town that we started in a really old church and then we finally finally finally moved to a new church built it it was pretty small and then it's like after we talked about it in services after like years and years and years okay we get to
add on. We're going to add on the second whatever. That makes sense. It's for people to congregate. You're not putting the pastor up in a $10 million lake house. I'm not joking. The whole church, because they're very transparent about it, which I love, the whole church costs like $2.2 million. It's huge. Now, as in the youth center, whatever, all this stuff, that's it. Think how many churches you could build with 30
What? $5 million. What religion is this guy? Why does he have such a following? Yeah, what is his religion? I'm wondering about the people. Because obviously there's certain... Oh, I don't know the denomination, but I know for a fact I think he claims to be Christian, I guess. Non-denominational evangelical in Texas. Yeah. I did see he preaches the prosperity gospel, which means God wants you to be rich. Huh.
And the reason he's so rich is because he has done so much for God. Interesting. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, this video. This video. Watch this, dude. Send the link to me. Man, he's mad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, he's getting grilled by this lady. This is what I've seen. Do you really believe that human beings are demons? No, I do not. And don't you ever say I did. We wrestle not with flesh and blood. The smiles? I mean, this guy. This is just like when people are pressed and they get so angry. Yeah.
It doesn't help his cause. It doesn't help either, though, not defending him. But, yeah, like, I'm sure he got ran up on. And it's like you're kind of already getting set at this disadvantage. You're like, fuck. And you already know kind of how they're setting you up. And then it's like then you're kind of getting frustrated because you're trying to, like, clarify. But they're, you know. But I'm not defending him. But, yeah. Interesting. Yeah, no, he must be obvious to everyone.
get crowds together like that he must be extremely good at powerful motivating people or like rallying people marketing marketing genius yeah I don't know interesting or maybe he's really good at preaching I guess we should maybe listen to him yeah maybe I guess she didn't speak on it just from that but true
Hmm. All right. What a rollercoaster. What a rollercoaster. I mean, we went through so much. We found out who was dumb, who was smart. We dove deep into a story that Ken did not want us to do. We got soft. We talked about religion, which we don't really ever do. Um,
And you guys are my best friends. Appreciate you guys. Love you, Mike. I'm sure you do love us, Mike. I love you guys. You stupid friends. Hey, these are my buddies. Hey, guys, even though you guys are all idiots, I love you. I'm just like, yeah, these are my buddies. I'm all smarter than them. All right. Subscribe.