Transcript of 1023. Andy & DJ CTI: Spirit Airlines shutdown, Hantavirus Infections on Cruise Ship & High school student exposes classmates' New

Yeah, went from sleeping on the floor, now my jewelry box froze.

Fuck up boat, fuck up stove, counted millions in the cold.

Bad bitch, booty swole, got her own bankroll, can't fold. That's a no, headshot, case closed.

What is up guys, it's Andy Persella and this is the show for the realists. Say goodbye to the lies, the fakeness, and delusions of modern society and welcome to Motherfucking Reality. Guys, today We have Andy and DJ Cruise the Motherfucking Internet. That's what we're going to do. That's what CTI stands for. Stands for Cruise the Internet. ABC, easy as 1, 2, 3. Okay.

All right. A little mic in you. Yeah. All right.

I'm feeling today.

Got that dog.

It's real simple.

Yeah.

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What's up, man?

7K a post, though. I mean, I mean, is there like a limit on how many I can make a day or like, how's this work? You know what I'm saying?

Well, I wouldn't know. Yeah.

Yeah, man. What's going on though, bro? All's well?

God dang, that's good, man.

Yeah, a little, uh, that is a good one. It's good.

That's Silver Lightning Form Energy, dude.

It's so crazy. The Cherry Slush, I guess, is out now everywhere. People are talking about— everybody's talking about it. It's like, yeah, I had, you know, it's good.

It's good.

It's definitely like a top, top 4 for me though.

It's not my favorite either. Yeah, I think it's great, but I'm still Dude, I'm down with the orange and the grape and the, the Paradise Punch.

Yeah, I was feeling a little like I had some Kyle in me, so I just grabbed the orange.

Yeah, the Paradise Punch for me is— I like that the best, dude, because it reminds me of the Hawaiian Punch when I had when I was a kid. Yep. And we weren't able— we didn't really have the— we weren't like a Hawaiian Punch family, dude. Like when you got a pouch of Hawaiian Punch, it was a big deal. And to me, that's what it tastes like. Yeah, it tastes like Hawaiian Punch. Uh, with carbonation.

Yeah, we had, uh, just red fruit drink. Red, just red, just red.

We know, bro. Yeah, man.

No, it's a good day, man. Uh, dude, I wanted to share with the, uh, with people, um, a secret talent you have that you, uh, you never talked about before.

What's that?

I thought we'd just take this opportunity just to share, you know, like you— Andy has a hidden talent. He has a side side job, actually.

Oh, really? Yeah.

Oh, God. Bro, you're a meteorologist on the side.

Oh, yeah, I am.

Yeah, you are, dude.

And I have like 5 weather apps and I spend like $1,000 a year on the weather apps. I really do, bro. Like, I buy them all. I buy the best ones. You know, I don't know where I picked that up at, but for some reason, it's a skill.

It's a skill you've developed.

It's— yeah, it's fascinating.

That's right. That's right. To me, it is.

That's right. I will say that my favorite weather app, and this is definitely not an ad, I pay for this, is RadarScope. It's a great— it's the RadarScope Pro app is awesome.

Phenomenal. Yeah. But that one, huh? You got that one? I'm not— not— I'm not paying for it.

Yeah, I got the Pro one, man. It's good.

In fact, they make me feel bad because every time I open it, they give me their, like, plug screen. Yeah. I was like, it was like, it's like, you know, sign up, help support. Or just continue to get it for free. I'm like, yep, that one right there. Yeah, not that invested. But, but no, dude, you, you're a meteorologist on the side, dog. And, you know, we're in the Midwest. It's apparently supposed to get pretty hot. You know, a little intro. Just wanted to get your take on all the weather shit. You know, let's go to Andy with the weather. What do you got?

I mean, this is typical Midwest weather.

Yeah, it is.

We can expect to not know what the fuck is going on at any given time. It could be sunny.

Right?

We could have a— it's supposed to be sunny, 75 degrees, and we could end up with, you know, Wizard of Oz happening in an hour. That's right. Like, that's the weather here. I think that's really why I got into it, man, because it's like, it just changes so much. You can't listen to the weather people.

They—

it's not their fault because they're not on all the time, right? So like, the weather changes so fast that you kind of have to just look at the stuff yourself.

Yeah, it's the only job I know that you can, like, be wrong and still get paid.

No, I know another one.

What?

Reporters, podcasters, also people who manufacture cell phones.

Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. Like cell phones, the biggest industry in the world where the shit doesn't even work half the time. And then they force you through planned obsolescence to buy new ones.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, man.

Well, I might have to expand that pool there.

Yeah.

But dude, so there's actually—

is this now?

Yeah, this is like the next Damaging wind gusts and large hail. Yeah. Yeah. It's supposed to get pretty crazy over the next day or two. Just today? Mm-hmm.

Well, I can tell you right now, right now we are not having any sort of adverse weather here.

Yeah, we had some. We had some this morning, a little bit last night, you know?

Yeah.

But yeah, it's supposed to get pretty, pretty hairy. We'll see. But I did see this thing that apparently Tornado Alley is like shifting.

Oh, really?

Like it's moving further, further north and east. Yeah. Like it's covered. It's usually it's just like Kansas and Oklahoma, but now it's starting to like move over and—

Well, the places I've lived in, you know, I've lived in Springfield, Missouri, which is southwest Missouri, almost down to Oklahoma. I lived there for 8 years and St. Louis. We've just always been in right in the tornado alley, like our whole lives. So it's And it's funny because when people come to visit, especially at this time of year, you know, it's not uncommon for storms to pop up out of nowhere and sirens to be going off. And it's always funny because the people that aren't from the Midwest, they get super nervous.

Are we going to die? Yeah.

Okay. And then you have to tell them, they're like, are we going to die? You're like, I don't know yet. That's right.

That's right.

Let's go look. Yeah, it's possible. But, you know, you know, unfortunately they do hit and when they hit, they're really hard. But the chances of actually getting hit are still pretty low because they're so small.

Yeah, for sure. You got a better chance of getting COVID.

Yeah. Oh, shit.

We got a little bit of that later. Yeah. Yeah. No, I just want to bring that up, dude. You know, it's a special talent you have and I've never seen anybody else with it, dude.

I got a couple other ones too, but.

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

Let's share with the class.

At the appropriate time.

Yeah, man. But no, guys, it's CTI. Uh, we got, we got some stuff to dive into. You guys know how this works. Uh, remember, if you would like to see any of these pictures, links, videos, uh, articles, go to andyforsella.com. You guys can check all of that stuff there.

Um, what I'm just thinking when you said special talents, I'm just thinking of this. I had this buddy in college, me and Sal did, And he had a special talent, but I don't know if I should tell you.

That's a fucking cliffhanger, dog.

Bro, I don't know why this popped in my mind. This dude used to come out of his room butt naked.

Oh man.

Okay. And bend over.

Oh man.

And he could pull his nutsack like literally down to his knees and stretch it out like a fucking flying squirrel. Bullshit. Yes. Like, you know, the flying squirrel. I've heard only this was like a prehistoric flying squirrel.

Oh my God.

It was like a pterodactyl.

Fucking flying pterodactyl.

He would come out.

Why?

I don't know. Just because he's fucking— dude, you're just dumb drunk retards. That's got to be like a special condition. He'd come out and he'd go, distortion! And like, like, dude, there'd be like, there'd be like people there. And then he'd run back in his room.

What the fuck? Yeah, I don't know.

Don't ask me.

What's he do now? He's probably like, he's No, I mean, it's just weird college shit.

Y'all know what I'm talking about. You know, it's weird dude shit that when people drink and fucking, you know, and you're 22 years old, people do weird shit.

Flying pterodactyls.

Yeah, it wasn't gay either. I don't know, it felt gay, but it wasn't. It was more entertainment.

Dude, that's got to be like a medical condition or something.

If you run in Sal's office right now and yell Distortion! He will fucking fall on the floor laughing.

No shit.

That's all you got to say. You'll know exactly what you're talking about.

Note it. You're going to have a bunch of people at Summer Smash fucking yelling distortion.

Don't do that. Yeah, that's why I'm not saying his name.

That's right.

I know he listens to the show. I bet he's laughing right now.

Yeah. Fuck, man, that's, that's crazy. But yeah, man, let's buckle up, guys. We got—

I ain't talking like— I'm talking to his knees like a fucking parachute. Is it black? No, dude, that's all that shit's a lie. Y'all tell.

No, I mean, I don't know.

I've seen enough white wieners to know. Oh, I'm just saying, man, I play sports my whole life, dude. I've been around black dudes. I've been around white dudes. You guys are all fucking full of shit about that stuff.

So see, I beg to differ, though. Like, I don't— I don't— because same, right?

Well, okay, you might not be full of shit, but y'all ride it till the fucking wheels fall off.

Okay, I see. Yeah, yeah.

It's like it ain't Ain't always true.

No, I mean, not always, but you know, there's outliers for sure.

Yeah.

You know, but on the whole—

now I'll tell you where it's always true.

Okay.

With those Japanese people. Oh, well, what do I know? I'm not a dick expert. I'm a weather expert.

Little fucking veggie rolls, dawg. Oh man, I'm just kidding.

Don't fucking kung fu me, brother. All right, it's all good fun until you get roundhouse to the face.

That's right, you know, that's right, that's right. By Little Karate Kid. Yeah, yeah, man. Well, let's dive into our topic, shall we?

Uh, let's do it.

Yeah, this first one, and it's funny, dude, I don't— you know, we don't, we don't, we don't like pregame. We don't pregame this, right? Like the, the outline, the show. We don't, you know, we just come—

I don't—

you just pull up and fucking roll, right?

That's— yeah.

And, you know, but it's so weird how things work because, you know, I like, I like when you wear yellow.

Oh, you?

Yeah, I do. It's a good color on you. And in the spirit of wearing yellow, Spirit Airlines.

Oh, yeah. That's actually why I wore it. RIP. We had He-Man last show.

That's right.

This show, it's Spirit.

Spirit Airlines.

For the homies.

Spirit. Have you ever flown Spirit?

Huh?

Have you ever flown Spirit? I mean, listen, I listen. I know we don't fly now commercial, right? But I'm talking about when you used to. Like, did you ever think—

when did Spirit start?

They've been around for like 40 years.

Hold on. Really? Yeah. When did it start? See, I don't remember Spirit. Like, when I was— when I was flying commercial, I flew Southwest.

Okay. I was always Southwest guy.

Yeah. 1983.

Yeah.

See, I don't remember Spirit. I don't think I've ever flown on Spirit. Really?

Yeah.

I don't, I don't, I don't belong to one of the gangs. Which gangs? You know what I'm talking about? Like, you got to wear colors to reflect.

Listen, it's too rough for me. Spirit Airlines is like the Waffle House of the sky.

That's right. You know what I'm saying? That's why it's yellow. That's such a great analogy, bro. It's the same Waffle House of the sky, bro. It's the same.

It's the fucking same, dude. Like you got to be able to defend yourself, bro.

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

You got to go in prepped. Your mind's got to be right. Oh, bro, you got to be on the lookout. You can't turn your back to the wrong area of the plane, dude. It's a different thing.

And to my knowledge, though, like to the credit, I know Spirit Airlines gets some shit, but I don't think they've ever had like a major like issue, like with like a plane crashing or fucking— I don't think they've ever had issues with the actual planes. Now on the planes, it's a different conversation. Right? Because on planes, we know it gets a little, a little heavy. Um, but yeah, Spirit Airlines is shut down. Um, this has been the talk of the town, and there's been, you know, employees are pissed because there was no like heads up. It was kind of just like, well, how are they going to heads up that they're closing down?

Everybody could quit.

That's true, that's true.

Yeah, that's true.

Um, but yeah, I mean, there's been a bunch of videos coming out, uh, like pilots making their last messages as they're like landing and stuff. It's been crazy. Um, one other thing that's going crazy with this topic is that, you know, these people, they started putting together like you know, just like a in memory of Spirit. And so I thought for, you know, for the show, I thought, well, those pilots should just go start their own airline.

They could, you know what I'm saying? They could just call it the Streets. But in—

because let's be real. Yeah.

Spirit is for the streets.

Spirit is for the fucking streets. There's no doubt about that.

The idea could be you sell double the amount of seats and then everybody has to fight one other person.

There you go. That is a great idea. Oh my God, it's first come, first serve. You better be ready to fight.

You better be ready to go.

First come, first serve.

Yeah, that's right.

Look, that's right.

Uh, but yeah, so in honor of Spirit Airlines, I have a video here for you. Uh, let's check this out.

Go suck another dirty dick. We're all going to miss it. Yeah, fuck out of here, you dirty bitch! I'm not dirty. Yes, you are. Oh yeah, that's the other thing. Bro, that's another thing we could add to the streets. You got to chug a flask of Don Julio before you get home.

Right? That's right.

Because there's only two things that happen when you chug Don Julio. You are fighting or you are fucking.

That's right.

That is it.

That's it. Not in that order.

Yeah.

You know, fuck, dude.

Yeah. Sometimes it's the other way.

Right. Right.

Right.

Fuck, man. Yeah, they're down, dog. They're out. Yeah. You know, it's so crazy because, I mean, who would have thought? Who would have thunk it? Yeah. You know what I'm saying?

They're blaming the gas prices.

I saw blaming gas prices. That's one part, right? The airfare. You know, it's more expensive to fly now. It's more expensive to drive now.

Couldn't have anything to do with, like, any of the shit that we just watched.

Yes. Well, you see that movie Soul Plane? You ever seen that?

You know, I did, but it was so long ago.

Oh, bro, it's such a good Snoop Dogg in that. Uh-huh. Snoop Dogg, Kevin Hart. I mean, a lot of— yeah, it's fucking like— I think that was nothing.

I'll tell you the worst movie that I've ever seen.

What?

Snakes on a Plane.

Oh, fucking terrible.

Snakes on a Plane. And I think there was like more than one. Like, not more than one snake. I thought they made a sequel to it.

Do they?

That is the worst movie ever, dude.

Yeah, it was. It was.

It combines two of my least favorite things. Airplane travel and snakes.

Oh, that movie is only famous for that one particular dialog.

Yeah. Tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane.

That's right.

That's it.

That Samuel L. Jackson.

Yeah.

There was no sequel to that movie.

Well, good.

Thankfully.

Yeah, man. But this is down. So gas prices, that's what they're putting off is like the main failure. Um, but there's also talks that like, um, that it's, uh, it's going to, to the Biden administration because Spirit tried to do a, um, a merger with JetBlue, uh, years ago that, uh, Secretary Sean Duffy, uh, from the, uh, Trump administration, he's saying that it was Pete Buttigieg's problem or fault that it didn't go through because that could have potentially saved it. Now people are also blaming Senator Elizabeth Warren on this as well, saying it's her fault. And there's a bunch of memes going out. That's good.

That's a good one.

That's good. Yeah, it's just crazy, dude. But like, you know, I know I'm young. What I remember though, this was— I think this was like 2000, it was 2008 somewhere. It was right after the big recession. But there was the massive bailout of all the airplane companies. And then there was the banks. Like there was a bunch of these things that have happened in the past, dude. Yeah. I know one of the most recent talks—

let everything crash. Yeah, let the system rebuild it for the people. But they won't do that because those are the people that finance their corruption.

Mm-hmm. It's like, where's the people's bailout, dude?

That you want to fix shit, bro. I've been saying this for years.

Yeah.

Okay. Instead of making the banks get bailed out, why don't you bail out people on their debt and let them see what the economy does? Let them take the hit once, bro.

It'd be nice. Fuck, dude, it'd be fucking real easy to do. Now there's—

just before you go ahead, I have a point that I saw a post on your point that Dubai went and made tax-friendly laws, so the businesses boomed and a lot of people flew in to start their businesses there. And the other South American country that went really hard on crime El Salvador. They made it crime-free so that people are flourishing there. It's becoming a popular tourist destination.

Correct.

So if government did what you were just saying right now, yeah, businesses will really boom.

100%.

Everything will go.

Yeah.

Amazing.

Yes. That's 100%. The whole problem we have in this country is that the biggest banks in the world with the most money in the world have everybody wrapped around their back over the barrel with debt. And those people never get real relief ever. And you know what? Yeah, you have to be responsible for your, uh, your debt and your financial decisions and all those things. But they say that to us and the banks don't do that themselves.

That's right.

Right. So yeah, I mean, one of the things, and this is how you know that politicians are so full of shit. Okay. Because this would be a real easy problem to solve and America could become one of the most prosperous countries that have ever lived if the people who have created the situation were dinged one time for creating the situation that they've created, right? If you took all the credit card and you took all the banks and you wiped everybody's debt free and said, okay, we're not even changing the way it should be, we're just starting over, and make the banks start over instead of people starting over. The country for the next 50 years would be ridiculously prosperous.

Yeah.

And it would be an easy thing to do. And you accompany that with, you know, low tax of some sort of flat tax, a 10% tax. You eliminate the corruption, you know, and the people that are getting cut out here are the people that are stealing the money. That's the thing. And so if these people really wanted to correct what was going on, These would be simple moves to make, but the people that would get hit with this have so much money and power that they're able to buy everybody else off. And so they'd be cutting off their own interests, which very few people are willing to do.

That's right.

Right. So it's a really simple fix. But, you know, having the balls to do it and the selflessness to do it is something that our leaders don't possess.

No. No, no, there's been a lot of talks, a lot of rumors around, um, you know, about the, the state of Spirit Airlines. Um, I think I saw something about like, uh, the U.S. government was thinking about buying them and using it for like DOD and stuff like that, flying some more, uh, migrants. Yeah, yep. Um, there's also been some talks that Elon Musk might be buying it and purchasing, uh, fucking Spirit Airlines. Um, there's been some talks. What do you think should be done? With Spirit? Because I mean, like, you got a lot of people, right? Like, I think there was like 17,000 employees and workers left jobless right now. That's not good for the job market. What do you— what would you do in this scenario?

I don't think the government should buy it at all. I think any time the government buys anything large like this, we take a step towards communism. I don't think the government has any business in buying up any sort of situation like this. Uh, you know, if Elon wanted to buy it, you know, he would have to come up with a way to make it make money. Uh, but I think he could, you know.

Yeah, I mean, I know where to start.

What's that?

No more bonnets. No more bonnets.

What's a bonnet? Oh yeah, there has to be a dress code.

Yeah, that right there. Yeah, yeah, right there.

Look, man, no more. I personally think that if a plane— if I think that on the other end of the spectrum, outside of the, the lowest possible transportation, I think if a company enforced a dress code on the plane, I think people would pay more to fly on it.

Mm-hmm. But see, I also have this thought too, though, right? Like, and you talk about this in business, like products or service. Like, there's a good, better, best, right? Like, there, there's gonna be the—

I don't own any businesses. I've never built any businesses at the—

at— for, for cheap. That's right.

I don't like to operate there.

Yeah, but it is a big market there though, you know what I'm saying?

Yeah, but clearly it's not very profitable.

It's not.

It's not very profitable, right?

So yeah, I don't know how you do that the right way, you know what I'm saying, to make that make money. I don't—

well, it's a flaw. It's usually I mean, dude, look, to sell cheap and profit, you have to do a lot of scale. Okay. A lot of business. And they're probably— I mean, Southwest has, has done it.

Yeah. But even they changed their shit.

Yeah. But also Southwest is also a, for most of the time, a pleasurable experience. Right. You know, Spirit. Now, I've never flown on it, but I mean, I've clearly, you know, reputation exists for a reason. They don't care about the experience at all. And, you know, if you— I think that matters more than the pricing.

Yeah. You can't be a boutique cheap. No, it don't work.

No, it don't work.

It don't work. Yeah, man. I don't know. It's weird, man. It's so crazy seeing, seeing a company. I mean, 40 years. In fucking service and now they're out.

I doubt we've seen the end of it. We'll see what happens.

It'll be rebranded or something.

I don't know.

I learned this too, bro. You know, most airlines don't even own their own planes like they're leased planes because of the turnover. I saw that.

Well, it makes sense because then you have your, you know what your fixed costs are, right? So it makes sense to do that. Yeah. You know, just real talk. I don't know enough about the airline industry to like make an educated statement about how it should be run. But I'm sure if I spent one day in their headquarters and like was schooled on it, I could figure it out.

Oh, for sure. For sure, man.

Guys, I can tell you the first thing is like, yeah, we're not going to be the Waffle House of the fucking sky.

Yeah, yeah. Guys, let us know down in the comments.

What they should— they should also do is like when these people act the way they act or they throw fits, I don't know if they do this, but they should track a customer profile and not allow those people to fly or charge them significantly more money, right? Like, good behavior should be rewarded. And, you know, if people don't want to fly or do something in public where there's a— it's, it's just chaos and it's unruly. And, you know, um, and that's what they got.

Yeah, guys, let us know down in the comments, have you guys ever flown with Spirit? I'm very curious to know. Are, uh, have you No, I've never flown Spirit. Yeah, I've only flown Southwest. And then, you know, I fly commercial. I have private now.

Yeah. Yeah, it's a lot better.

It's not bad. I mean, you know, I fly, I fly United. I like United. That is not bad.

Like, bro, even when we fly private, you don't see me getting on there in my workout clothes.

No, no, you still dress nice.

That's right.

Yeah. Like, it's just sometimes just me and you.

It's just a standard. Yeah. You know, and You know, it's a reflection of the standards that we, that we have in society.

Yeah.

I forget when we were talking about this, but like, even like looking at old pictures of airports and like, yeah, not only airports, the inside the airplanes, people used to dress in like suits and the food was served on tablecloth with like proper cutlery. All that thing is getting minimized and minimized and minimized. It's all transactional right now.

Well, and it's all for profit. And what you don't realize is that people will actually pay more for experience than You know, so there becomes a point of, of, you know, diminishing returns with that.

That's right.

You know, minimizing it to the point where it's total shit. It's not the way you want to minimize. You want to minimize it and streamline it for profit to the point of where the customer really doesn't notice the dip in experience, right? Like, for example, like you mentioned, the meals, okay? We all know how they serve the meals on the airlines, right? Everything is set up for assembly line. It's like, it's like worse than hospital shit. All right, that's a whole nother discussion. For the amount of money that people pay for insurance, they should be getting great food in the hospital. But anyway, when you, you could easily present the food differently to make the perception of higher quality. But they won't do it because they make $0.02 more or $0.10 more per meal doing it the way they do it. And there's a, there's a point there where you don't want to cross, you know what I mean?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, man. Guys, jump in on this conversation. Let us know down in the comments. RIP Spirit.

Yeah. Ultimately, it's just a poorly run business. And that's that.

Yeah, yeah. Hell yeah, man. Well, guys, let's keep cruising.

Shall we?

Let's get to headline 2. I got a little bit of, uh, COVID 2.0 coming. Oh yeah, yeah, this one's, uh, interesting. Uh, headline number 2 reads, 3 dead of suspected hantavirus infection on cruise ship. WHO says, you know, anytime they're involved, it's about— oh yeah, bullshit.

Oh yeah, it's fucking bullshit.

Yeah, one case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed in the laboratory, the organization said on Sunday. There are 5 additional suspected cases. Um, so 3 people who were aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean have died of suspected infections of hantavirus, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, referring to a rare family of viruses carried by rodents. One case of the infection was confirmed in the laboratory, the organization said in a statement. There are 5 additional suspected cases. Of the 6 people infected, 3 have died, uh, and one person was in intensive care in South Africa, it said. Foster Mohale, a spokesperson for the National Department of Health in South Africa, said passengers of the international cruise ship MV, um, Han Dyes, uh, was, uh, were in South African medical facilities, quote, following serious health complications arising from undiagnosed severe acute respiratory infection. Now they're currently sitting off the coast. They will not let them like go to port. They're, they're kind of being quarantined. in the ship. Um, this guy, uh, who's currently on board put this clip out. Let's check this out.

I am currently on board the MV Hobbyist, and what's happening right now is very real for all of us here. We're not just a story, we're not just headlines, we're people. People with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home.

All we want right now is to feel safe, to have clarity, and to get home. So if you're seeing coverage about this, just remember that there are real people behind it.

I just ask for your kindness and understanding.

Why does it look like he's reading?

Oh, I didn't notice that.

If you—

I wasn't paying close enough attention. Play it again. If you play it again, I was just thinking about like I, I was thinking as he was talking, I'm like, yeah, when you're seeing it again, just look at his eyes.

Yeah, one more time.

I am currently on board the MV Hobbyist, and what's happening right now is very real. Yeah, he's real. He is absolutely just a story. We're not just headlines. We're people, people with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home. Oh man, he is reading.

He's reading.

That's weird.

That is weird. That is weird.

I didn't catch that because when he was talking the first time, I was thinking like, God, this sounds exactly like the shit they were saying, you know, where people are— grandmas are dying and stay home. And I'm just thinking like, oh fuck, here we go again. Yeah, I wasn't watching his eyes, but that's a good call.

All the text also is heavily keyworded, like all the words are heavy keywords which will affect you.

Yeah, I mean, listen, it's, it's happening, right? Um, the MV Homdias, which was, uh, carrying about 150 passengers from various countries, left, uh, Ushuaia in Argentina about 3 weeks ago from the Canary Islands, stopping in mainland, uh, Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Nightingale Island, Tristan, Saint Helena, Ascension and Cape Verde. Um, in a statement on Sunday, the operator of the ship, Oceanwide Expeditions, said it was closely monitoring the situation, uh, and is deploying all available resources to ensure appropriate medical care and support for passengers and crew. Um, so they're currently sitting right outside of Cape Verde, um, and they're not being allowed to port. Um, and there's 3 dead bodies on there, so I don't— I don't do— have you ever done a cruise?

No.

Yeah.

Have you ever seen the footage from a cruise?

They're nasty.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Why do you think I would go on?

It's like recycled water, man.

The purpose of becoming wealthy is so you don't have to fuck with other people. All right. Like, it's just you, your friends, you rent a boat and you go on your own cruise.

Yeah, that's right.

There will— look, if you see me on a cruise, business is bad.

All right.

I'm just telling you, man. Like, I'm in trouble. You got my— you got my start a GoFundMe.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah, I don't do them, bro.

You know, I keep thinking of that, like, famous video of the Carnival cruise where all your people are— all those people, your people, all my people, your people are fucking doing the line dance or whatever it is. And then there's like these, like, two little white people and like their kid and they're like hiding their kid and everybody's twerking. And I'm like, yeah, not for me. No, no, never.

I get invited all the time. I got friends that fucking love them. I thought, you know, like, and it's also interesting too because it is a lot of my people and I would have thought that we'd like learned our lesson by now.

What are you doing?

You know what I'm saying?

About boats?

Yeah, bro. Like, come on, man. That was one of the first things I thought.

Come on, everybody, get on this boat.

Yeah. No, I don't do that shit, dog. I'm smarter, you know?

I mean, look, bro, I, you know, I know there's a lot of people that really like it and I, you know, we're all making jokes and shit. I know there's levels to it and stuff, but real talk, like, I don't like when I'm in public around people and this is even before, like, people know who I was and stuff. I just don't like even when I go on vacation, man. And like, you know how like you meet people on vacation and they become like your vacation friends? I don't do that shit. You know what I'm saying? That's not what I do. Yeah. I want to be left alone. I want to— I want to hang out with who I'm there with. I don't want to talk to you. I'll be nice. I'm on vacation. You're not going to know that I don't want to talk to you, but I really don't.

Yeah.

And I just kind of always been that way. Yeah.

I've only got one example of vacation friends that I actually like, and they're there. Yeah. Yeah.

I met them.

Yeah. They're big fans of the show. They're really awesome people. But that happened like 5 minutes in, bro. And I'll be honest, I was worried at first. Yeah.

Well, dude, because they always get weird.

Yeah, but Nate's awesome, dude. Him and his wife, they're fucking phenomenal people.

But yeah, I'm the same way every time I've ever, like, met vacation friends, like, on the fucking vacation. I always get like this, like, a swinger vibe off.

Oh yeah, dude.

Like, they get too comfortable.

It's like, hey, man, like, no, you guys want to go see the sunset together? Yeah. No, I want to see the sunset.

Yeah. So Yeah, that's right. So like, I'm not that kind of vacationer. Yeah, you know, I try to go to places where, you know, I'm just gonna have my own time. That's just me, man.

Yeah. Um, now let's get to him for a little bit, right? Because, you know, Zeeshan pointed out something very, very important about that video that I didn't even catch on the first go-round, right? But because, you know, people tend to forget, right? COVID was a long time ago, so it seems, or it feels, right? And but we've been inundated with so much shit over the last 6 years, you know. And, and I find this very interesting because like you got to look at the timing of all, all of this shit going on, right? Everybody's distracted with the Middle East right now, right? And I know we've said, and you've said countless of times on the show, you know, if all else fails, there's a few different big red buttons that can be pressed. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? And so like, are you— are your initial thoughts seeing this story, hearing the story, like, right, or is this just noise and traffic?

I don't know. I mean, look, that's the problem with everything that we have going on. Okay. They do have us by the balls. All right. Let's say we revolt. Let's say we burn it down. Let's say we take over. These people could just release some shit that they all have the antidote to that would kill everybody else. And I believe, I think everybody should believe that they would do that. Yeah. So, and that's why the solution is cultural. It's not violent. It has to be just like they've imperceptibly infiltrated and subverted over time. That's how it's going to be done the opposite way. It's going to be done through cultural change, you know, working from the bottom up, local government, personal standards, personal excellence, restoring that in the community and working up. In a way that doesn't trigger them to push any of those buttons. Yeah, it has to be almost imperceptible to them. Okay, people really need to understand that. Like, when we talk about personal excellence being the ultimate rebellion, it's not just because it really is the way to change the culture, because as we talk about over and over and over again If we were to be able to have some sort of revolt and overthrow the— all the governments worldwide, the problem is, is the day after that and the week after that and the month after that, we still have a society of low standard, high entitled, weak, low ambition, fat, supplicating, emotional Yeah, victims.

Yeah.

That, that will continue to operate the same way that they operate. You cannot fix that with the change in leadership, just like you can't fix that in a company. You can't just bring in like— or a sports team. You can't just bring in a new coach and you have an established culture and allow people to operate the same way and think the coach is going to change it. There's a reason why when new coaches come in that are good, there are some people they get away— that they get rid of and some people that the fans don't like them getting rid of. And it never makes the papers like, hey, this guy's a cultural cancer, this guy's causing problems in the locker room. But that's what happens. Like when you see your favorite player traded away without any real expectation, it's probably because he's fucking the other dude's wives or some crazy shit. Yeah, you never know that they don't talk about.

Yeah.

All right. So, so you can't— people have to really smarten up when it comes to what it's going to actually take to change things. And it's going to take individuals taking individual responsibility, first for their own lives, second for their communities, and doing that at scale and allowing that ripple effect to spread and move upward through the channels of government. And if we did it that way, it will work, but anything else will not work because the minute that everybody riots and burns it down and gets violent and all this shit that these people talk about, that's when they can push these buttons that just destroy everything.

Yeah. Yeah.

Hmm. So I, to answer your question, I don't know. You know, I remember when COVID started and I remember seeing the videos, dude. And at first, crazy as shit out, they— look, I remember it. They started talking about it in like November. It started hitting the kind of the news cycle. And then in December, they were still talking about it. And then in January, they were still talking about it. And then in February, it got more intense. And then in March, it was like, we're shutting the world down. And the videos that they were showing for those first, you know, couple months were literally 100% propaganda.

It was terrifying, too.

Yeah, because they were showing videos of people literally— they were saying this here, and I bet it's hard to even find these videos now because I bet they've been scrubbed. But they were showing videos of people walking down the street in China. They said it was China. And then just fall over in the street, just collapsing. Yeah. And nobody died of COVID that way.

Yeah.

So that was clearly fear-based propaganda to get people to be terrified of it.

And the dudes in biohazard suits and shit picking them up off the street.

Yes. Yes.

Yes. That's traumatizing, bro.

Well, I mean, yeah, because you start to think about it and then you think about like the predictive programming that we've seen, like movies like Outbreak. Oh yeah. And all of these movies that have like or World War Z, or these movies that are based around, you know, this disease that shows up out of nowhere and literally wipes the whole planet out. So we already kind of were thinking like, this is possible.

Mm-hmm.

You know, there's movies about this. It must be possible. And it makes sense, right? Because, you know, if I get the flu, then you get the flu, then he gets the flu. We all kind of, you know, know what that's about. Or so we thought. There's actually a lot of debate around that particular topic. But I don't— I haven't seen the same level. That video is not the same level of fear propaganda. That was what they did during COVID But we don't know. Maybe it gets worse. Who knows? Like, maybe, maybe, maybe the next, the next version, maybe all the people on the boat fucking get it and die.

That's right.

Right. Right.

Like, they pull up, it's a fucking abandon ship.

Yeah. And then somehow, like, they're going to— if it's— we'll know soon is what I'm trying to say. Yeah, dude, because they're going to make it as scary as possible if it is. Now, the fact that the WHO, the World Health Organization, is involved is probably a bad sign.

All right, well, I think we're out of the WHO now. But dude, you, you know, I was also thinking about this too with COVID bro. You know what really like accelerated the fucking shit is when they started telling people you could have it and not even show symptoms. Well, yeah, you know what I'm saying? Like, like, bro, then people really got like—

there's lots of things that—

I'm sorry, babe, I gave you—

I'm going to tell you what really accelerated it. Here's what accelerated it. I made a post about this back then and got fucking screamed at by everybody. You know what accelerated the most was all the fucking influencers on the internet posting pictures of themselves in the mask like they were somehow responsible, virtue signaling. This was the way to do it. And they were trying to make— they like, they were trying to present it as if it was a cool thing. And I saw it right away and I made a post. I said, hey, you know what you guys are doing? You're actually doing the work of these people that they want you to do. And everybody's like, oh, you're so full of conspiracy, you're conspiracy theorist, you're irresponsible, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then after everybody bought into the mask thing, it just went from there.

Yeah. Yeah.

Even though there was zero scientific evidence that masks prevent any sort of Transmission like that. And then on top of it, they had the, the case counter. And then we found out later that the case counter was driven by, by test, the PCR, PCR test cycle rate turned to the maximum, which will actually throw a false positive because it will detect any sort of bacteria in your fucking nose. So like it was all manufactured. There's still been no accountability for it. And If there's no accountability for it, the chances of it happening again are very high. This is why there should have been accountability immediately for it. And yet we still see no accountability. It's like— and I was talking to a person who is, you know, politically involved and they were like, nobody cares about that anymore. Well, dude, you should. You should give a fuck about that. You should still care about that because, dude, the next time if these people— that was a test, dude. That was a compliance test. And what happens if they release something that actually kills people or that, you know, like, dude, there's just— people got to wake the fuck up.

I don't think— I hope not that they could run the same play again. I think it would have to actually be really killing people for it to work again. Yeah, but who knows, man.

I mean, that's the other scary part, dude. It's like, but how would we even know if it actually— you know what I'm saying? Because like, dude, I also have a feeling too that like those same videos— like, bro, you remember the mass graves, right?

Yeah.

Like, dude, because we had one— not— it wasn't a mass grave, but we had, uh, we— they set up out in Earth City, they set up a fucking— a mobile morgue. Yeah, bro. And they were using refrigerated fucking tractor-trailers.

Yeah. They also brought those two big Red Cross ships, one in New York, nobody went to, and one to LA, and nobody— there were zero patients on it, bro. And like, and I know, because then when you said that, all the people who had bought into it are like, you're so full of shit, blah, blah, blah, bro. You're on the internet virtue signaling for your own attention and your own self-worth and your own clout. They're not even paying attention to whatever's going on. They're just going along with what they're told to go along with because they want to be with the in-crowd. It takes a lot of courage to look at something when everybody else is doing it and say, no, that's bullshit. And there was too few of those people. But luckily there was enough to eventually destroy the narrative. But it should have happened immediately. Not like, dude, if everybody would have said, fuck it, I'm not staying home and I'm not wearing the mask, the shit wouldn't have worked. It only worked because we participated. And then ultimately, we find out why they did this, which was to make the biggest wealth transfer in the history by closing all the mom-and-pop businesses, making essential businesses.

People go to Walmart, but they, you know, they couldn't go to their local restaurant. They could go to their local restaurant, but, you know, they had to wear the mask while they were walking to their table, and they could take it off Like, this is like— anybody with fucking 2 ounces of intelligence can understand how stupid that is. And a lot of people now look back and they're like, yeah, man, that was that. Why couldn't you see that in the moment? Well, the truth is you could see it in the moment, but you chose to ignore it because everybody else was doing it and you didn't want to take the flak. So really what we had was a problem of cowardice, and that's what caused the entire problem.

Yeah.

And then the result of that cowardice was billions of people taking an unproven medication that is now causing the overall mortality rate to be at the highest rate that it's ever been in the history of humankind, causing all sorts of complications— heart issues, turbo cancers, all this crazy shit. And people have lost loved ones, and there's people walking around today that took that shot that terrified of what could happen. And, you know, none of that would have happened. Nobody would have taken those things had people just not went along with the shit when it started. It wouldn't have happened. They couldn't have done it. So cowardice is what actually allowed the problem to materialize and cause the real damage.

True, bro. It's so crazy. It's just so crazy, dude. Like, it doesn't feel like it was that long ago.

It doesn't for me because, dude, to me, time— like, time changed then. Yeah, because I woke up and I— when I say woke up, I mean I came— became aware of what was going on. And there's been no accountability. And like, it bothers me so much because the truth of the matter is that was the biggest crimes against humanity that's ever been perpetrated on humankind.

Ever.

Ever. And there's been no accountability and that burns my ass. And so like, I can't let things like that go. So ever since 2020, like, I've kind of felt like I'm still in 2020. It's weird because I look at pictures of myself and I'm like, man, you look younger then. And I look in the mirror and I'm like, that was 6 years ago. And then I'm like, it feels like it was yesterday because it hasn't— there's been no closure.

Yeah.

You know?

Yeah. Yeah. Then you look at shit like this, like Fauci is now teaching at Georgetown University, getting a— so the highest paid fucking member of our federal government gets to orchestrate and fucking deal with all of this shit and then gets a fucking cushy job at Georgetown.

Not only that, it's not the first time he did it. He's done it before. He did it in the '80s with AIDS.

Yeah. Leading the next generation of doctors.

That guy, that guy should not be breathing air for real. Like, he should have been made an example of. Him, Tedros, all the people that pushed it. Dude, it's disgusting.

He looks different there.

No, he looks like the same little—

looks the same fuck.

Yeah, I think it's just the angle.

Yeah.

Photo.

His nose.

I'm surprised he's allowed to go in public.

Yeah.

I mean, bro, if your family— if your family had taken— like, dude, I know families that lost people that were like 30 years old because of that vaccine. If your family had been— like, I, I don't— I just know what I— what— how I think about things. I could promise you, if my family— people in my family had passed away because of what that man did, I can promise you, I don't care about the repercussions. He would not be breathing the air. I'm— that's just my personal position.

Yeah.

And it's weird to me that, like, I don't know, it's weird to me that people— I don't know, it's just weird.

It's so crazy, man. So crazy.

We also discussed on the show that, like, people who lost everything— 19-year-old daughter, some Illinois political leader, we discussed it on the show. Uh, his 19-year-old daughter died because of the vaccine. Yeah, sudden heart attack, right?

So like, I just don't— I just don't understand. I don't understand how people aren't more angry about it to this point. And out of all the people, you know, none of the people close to me took it, so it's not like it's personally affecting me right now. But man, I think about like all the people who had their businesses closed and all the people who lost their life work and generational businesses of, you know, 100 years having to close because of the greed and the deception and the nefarious nature of these people. It's— I just think that if I was in that position, I— there would have to be— I would have to get my pound of flesh somehow.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It completely rechanged so much. Yeah. Like, I remember when it felt like almost like like, like COVID was a fucking STD or something, dude. You know what I'm saying? Like, I remember telling him, like, I think you gave me COVID.

Oh yeah.

Like, what the fuck, man?

Like, you know what I'm saying? Yeah.

You know, it just retrains.

Even talking about it, dude, it just— I'm starting to get like, I'm starting to get angry about it. Like, I feel the inside of my being heating up. Like, it just infuriates me, man. You know, my best friend in the fucking world had to watch his dad die on Zoom. They weren't allowed to have funerals, right? Like, all because, because of lies. These were lies, you know, like, and nobody wants to have accountability anymore. I don't know, man.

Like, where to go.

I don't— sometimes I think I'm just, I'm living and breathing in the wrong era. Like, it's just not real.

You said it. Today, and you've said it a couple times, the problem is cowardice and courage. Yeah, that's where the root of all the problems lie.

Well, yeah, and, and I say this in the sense of, you know, this is also why people struggle in business.

That's why I said like the root of almost all problems lie there.

Yeah, come from cowardice and, and courage.

Yeah, you know, it's crazy. But yeah, so no, no cruises for you anytime soon? Did you know the Ritz-Carlton, they have a cruise line? Yeah, that might not be too bad. It's a limited number of people. It's only like 50 people. Yeah, it's still too many.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, man. It's, you know, it's not— it's not for me.

Yeah, I get it, dude.

The idea of being trapped on a boat with 50 people that I don't know for an unknown amount of time.

Yeah. Sounds like slavery.

Yeah, because they're like, yeah. But like, yeah, man. And then like, you got to do the thing where you're like trying to like, like hide.

Yeah, you know.

Oh, there they are at the table. You gotta run by real fast, you know. Like, it's just, it's just, I just don't like that. It's not for me, man.

The average cruise ship carries approximately 3,000 people.

Ah, fuck that, bro.

No, fuck.

So something like that, what's on the screen right now, 3,000 people.

Fuck that.

No, it can go up to 10,000.

Yep.

Never happening. Not for me.

Do you think you would have been on the Titanic? No, no.

Even back then, dude, I'm just not like that. That's just not like— that's just not my thing, man. Yeah. Like, I understand people might love it. It might be the greatest thing in the world. They might go on a cruise 5 times a year. I— it just does not sound appealing to me. It's the same way as like jumping out of an airplane is not something that I would do.

It's an individual thing, I think.

Yeah, it's not. It's not something I'm into. Yeah, you know, I would rather— like, if I was gonna go, like, for me, my style of thing would be— and how much is a cruise to go on?

Uh, it starts anywhere from like $300 and up.

Oh really?

Depending upon how many nights you're going and where you're going.

So you've been on cruises before?

No.

$300?

Yeah, a night. A night?

Not a night.

It depends. Like, if it's a 2-night package, it could be just $300.

Then it goes up, like, depending on what room Have you guys been on cruises?

I have not.

Really?

You know, Joe's been on one, bro. That's that South County Lima, baby.

Yeah. Look, man, I, I would rather get in my car, rent a small cabin somewhere, go to the grocery store, do my own thing. That's what I'd rather. That would be more what I would like to do.

I wouldn't mind like doing like a, like chartering a yacht.

That's different.

Yeah.

Fuck yeah.

That'd be fucking sick. But it's like people you invite to come on.

Yeah. But I also like the yacht thing. You know, there's 30 to 40 crew on a yacht, on a big yacht, a lot of people. So now you're around all the crew all the time.

That's a lot of people, you know?

So it's like, maybe not. Yeah, it's just not— I mean, I would do that. Yeah, but yeah, that's not for me. That's like, that's like going to Six Flags and never being able to leave. Yeah.

For 5 days.

Yes.

I think Bezos is selling his yacht. Have you seen? He's got a few that, uh, yeah, it's a half— $500 million.

Well, he has a, he has a couple. He has a big motor yacht and then he's got like a sailing yacht, bro. It's huge.

He's— yeah, his Kourou is his name. Oh, they got a picture of it. There it is, bro.

What? Yeah, that— yeah, bro. Yeah, that's a sailing yacht. I don't even know why someone would buy something like that.

That's fucking crazy.

Yeah, 430— what, 417 foot?

That's crazy, bro.

Not for me.

Hmm, that's a good looking boat. Looks like, uh, it looks ancestrally familiar. Okay, all right, that's enough jokes, guys. Jumping on this conversation, man. Let us know down in the comments what you guys think. Uh, we got one more headline. 3. Uh, you ever been to Philly?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Philadelphia? Yeah, I don't— I think I have been there once.

Yeah, I was like, I've been there a couple times.

Yeah, it was all right.

Yeah.

Um, Philly's in the news. Oh yeah, not good. Well, not good. This story is fucking crazy. Headline number 3 reads, high school student exposes classmates' abysmal reading skills as they struggle with words like silhouette and extraordinary. All right.

It's like news.

Oh, bro, it's fucking news. So my high school—

that was like just normal shit when I was growing up. Well, you made fun of kids that couldn't read. Like, you made fun of them. And you know what happened? They learn to read. Yeah.

Fuck, dude. Did you guys used to do like where your teacher, like you had to call on somebody to fucking stand up and read in class? You guys did that? Yeah. Yeah, we did that too.

Yeah. I bet you hated it.

I didn't. Oh, why? Why? I wasn't too bad. Believe it or not, my reading got worse as I got older.

Well, I'll tell you one time I got bullied by my own teacher. So it was in third grade and my teacher, we had, you know, I like when I don't even think they teach cursive anymore.

No, they don't.

Okay. But back then they did. It was mandatory and they'd have like the letter A, the letter B, the letter C in cursive, and you had to like try to duplicate it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I just— I saw the cursive letter and I wasn't even thinking, man. Like, I just— but this taught me a valuable lesson.

Okay.

And I would just wrote out the regular A underneath it and I wrote out the regular B and I wrote out the regular C and I didn't even like— I didn't even think about it. Like, I— it wasn't— but what it— and then she— I got an F. Okay. You had to copy the letter. And then she stood up in class and like made fun of me. She's like, what grade was this? Third grade, second or third grade, I think. Fucking asshole. And she like stood up in front of the class and she's like, and then we have Andy who didn't even do— and this is what he did. She held up the paper and showed and like— but here's what it taught me. It taught me to pay attention. It taught me to pay attention to what was asked from me.

Yeah.

And so, you know, here I am still remembering that story. That's so like the real talk is going to ask that.

You still remember?

Yeah. Pay attention to the details. And that taught me that. And so I'm not like complaining about it, but like, dude, people are so fucking soft. If you can't say silhouette or extraordinary, maybe you should get made fun of and learn how to fucking say them.

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. But you know, dude, it's 2026. It's not going to be as easy as that, right? This, this story here real quick, I was going to say to, you know what I hated? My teachers did like, you know, we can take in the test, right? And teachers coming around, they look at your notes and they would like, come look at mine. And then they make a class announcement, guys, make sure you're paying attention to all this shit.

It's like, fuck, now you— now for the rest of the test you're super paranoid.

It's like, goddamn it, man. Uh, okay, but yeah, so this story here, right, you got a high school student in Philadelphia. Um, he went on, uh, he posted a video on TikTok, uh, showing his classmates, uh, he just gave them a little note card. He's like, read this. All right, and the school is the Preparatory Charter School of Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Careers. Um, in the clip, the user, uh, by the name of What The, uh, Vec, um, he posted this earlier, has since garnered almost 2 million views so far. Um, this is the clip. Read the end of the script.

What the fuck does that say? Why am I reading this? No, I'm not reading this. This say a whole bunch of shit. The colonel asked the choir to accommodate the governor's schedule.

What does that mean? He's asking the choir to accommodate to the governor's schedule, right? Yeah, in your own words. There's a governor's schedule, and so the colonel is asking the choir to accommodate to it. In your own words.

I don't know, bro. The colonel The people asked the choir to accommodate the governor's schedule.

What does that mean?

Right, they asked the people to sing for the governor's schedule. I don't know what this means.

The calling group asked the choir to accommodate the governor's schedule. What does that mean?

He asked the choir to accommodate—

I don't know. I don't know, bro.

Hold on, stop. He asked them to— These are fucking high school level kids.

Yeah.

They don't even know. They can't understand what that means. They can't understand. That's sad, bro. Bro, that's a product of the system.

100%.

That's a product of teachers who are more concerned with teaching social constructs that don't even have any science to back them or politically correct agendas that are total bullshit that end up handicapping people anyway. Instead of spending the time teaching them actual skills. These people are going to get out in the world and they are going to be completely ineffective, which is by design. It's by design. Okay. If you have people that are in the real world and they are unable to read and comprehend basic things, that means they have to be taken care of by the government. Okay. This is communism playing out right here in front of your eyes. Continue.

Also, why you need to understand everything when you have ChatGPT?

Yeah, well, that's a whole nother discussion.

Yeah.

You know, nobody's writing original content. Like, I got asked the other day in Arte, how should we make sure that our brains don't rot from relying on AI? The answer is very simple. Think, read. Books and write shit yourself. Okay. Very simple. If you do, those are perishable skills. Reading is a perishable skill. Writing is a perishable skill. And I don't know if y'all notice, but I can certainly tell, like, all these— almost every single caption that I read on Instagram at this point in time is written by AI. And it's, it's gross. And like the minute I see it, it just, I'm like, dude. And then I see the comments and people like aren't even picking it up. Like they're not even understanding. But now that I see this, maybe that's why I can understand. They can't recognize it. They can't even read anyway.

Before we move ahead, I saw a post today that PayPal, which is a very big company, is hiring a person which the title is Head of Content CEO, meaning they want to hire a person who will create and curate content around the CEO to make the CEO look more human. OpenAI is hiring a person for their social content, which is one of the biggest company which everything is AI and they are hiring humans to make their content look human.

I mean, yeah, that makes sense. But I mean, the thing is, look, this should be— this is sad, but it should be a, a red light that goes off in your head for how much of an advantage that you have by having simple human skill sets.

That's true.

That's true.

If everybody is so used to looking at a screen for having conversation, when somebody looks in your eyes and gives you a firm handshake, even though that is very basic, it stands out.

And they can intelligently articulate whatever they're talking about. They know things without pulling their phone up. That's right. And those kind of things, right? How many discussions do you— like, one of my biggest pet peeves is like when you're having a discussion with someone And then they like pull out ChatGPT and start like pointing in there like that. I've seen that happen dozens of times in front of my face. And it's not like, hey, let's double check that. It's like they're listening and then they're putting it in there and then their thoughts that come back are the thoughts that they relay back to you. And dude, this is how people become completely controlled. They can't think. They can't read. They can't articulate. They can't write. They, they're incapable of creativity. They have zero of their own thoughts. And this is a massive problem, a massive problem, because what it does is it creates a community of people, a culture of people that are completely dependent on Big Brother. They are completely dependent on free shit from the government, which only comes from all the people who have done it the way they're supposed to do.

And eventually these people who have done it the way they're supposed to do are going to become discouraged and they're going to say, well, what the fuck is the point of doing this? And that's when starvation happens. Okay. There's, there's books about this. Like, it's not that hard. Well, apparently it is that hard to read. But, you know, there's books called The Fourth Turning, The Red Famine. You can read about how this happens and it's happening right in front of our face. But people— Atlas Shrugged— people don't take the time and they think that could never happen here. Okay, well, what happens here when everybody says, fuck it, it's— there's no point in even trying because everything gets taken from me and given to people who don't try?

That's right.

Yeah. When that happens, people starve. Period. And then people are like, well, the government will take care of it. Well, dude, have you been to the license bureau? Have you ever tried to get a permit? Have you ever dealt with the government before? Everything they do is so inefficient that it creates massive amounts of issues and inefficiencies. That's why it takes 5 hours at the DMV. That's why it takes 3 weeks to get an inspection or a permit. These things are a product of unnecessary bureaucracy because the government wants to create jobs. And when we— when people operate that way, it creates a scenario where they can't actually do things in an expedited manner. And that may not matter when you're going to get your driver's license. That may not matter, but it certainly fucking matters when we're talking about the delivery of food or the growth of food or basic human things. The government is a terribly run organization. And if we depend on it for our basic needs for survival, history will repeat itself, which the history is everybody starves and dies and there is mass death. And in my opinion, we are not far off from that.

We are very close to that. Think about what's going to happen when these people are the ones responsible for providing, when these people who can't read a simple sentence, and if they can read it, they can't explain it or comprehend it. What happens when these people are in prime working age and they are responsible for the rest of society? The answer is mass death and starvation. Okay, because now you have two options. You have the option of these people running shit, which they can't, or the option of the government running shit, which they also can't. So we are in deep shit and nobody's even talking about it in the way that we are right now.

No, no. Yeah.

And my opinion is those people should be bullied to the end of the fucking earth until they can read simple shit and comprehend it. Yes.

Comprehend it.

Like, you real talk, y'all a bunch of fucking retards. I'll start it.

Can you comprehend that?

And they— and it's— they're like laughing. I don't know what the fuck that means. Get the fuck out of my face with that shit. Like, bro, that was really good. Do you not understand what's going to happen to you because of this?

No, no. Yeah.

Read the schedule. So like, I mean, The colonel asked the choir to accommodate the governor's schedule.

What does that mean?

To sing with the governor.

Yeah.

So what's the backlash here?

Well, yeah. So the school, since that video became—

school's just mad because they're caught not holding the standard.

Oh, man. Isn't that crazy?

Yeah, I guarantee it.

Because here's the thing. So state test scores show—

that's, that's so sad, dude. It's so sad. And all you young people out there, you need to understand this. You have to take responsibility for your own education. You have to become a student in your own time. And this goes all the way down to basic skills of reading and writing and comprehension. These people who sit there and milk the government for a salary and don't give a shit about you. They are not going to— they don't care if you go out in the world and get your face stomped in. And that is what's going to happen. And when they go out in the world and they get their face stomped in, they're going to blame everybody else and they're going to say, give me free shit, which creates votes for the people that say they're going to give them free shit. And that's how everything is fucked.

Yeah, dude. So right, so right now state test scores shows that just 53% of students at the school tested proficient in reading. And then only 19% were proficient in math, right? And so this dude, the student, posts this video, shares it online. It's getting millions of views, right? The school's response is this, quote: I am writing to express concern regarding the school's decision to pursue expulsion of a senior student over the creation of a TikTok account that involved interviewing fellow students on their ability to spell words From what has been shared, the content appears harmless in nature and does not promote violence, bullying, or any other form of serious misconduct. So the school suspended that kid for posting that. Okay, this is the backlash that they're now addressing. This Black African-American student is a senior that is foreign with a strong academic record and a high GPA, which reflects consistent dedication, responsibility, and commitment to their education. To jeopardize their future At such critical point over an activity that seems intended for lighthearted engagement raises questions about fairness and proportionality in disciplinary action. School is Preparatory Charter High School and the TikTok page is @whatthevec.

Please do something about this. If you need more information, let me know.

They're trying to take everything away from him, including prom and graduation for showing their inadequacies.

Right.

For shining a light on their failures. Yes.

Yeah.

On adults. Failure. You became a teacher because apparently you cared about the youth. That's the story y'all say. But look at the result you're producing. And I'm not saying all teachers are bad. There's still some really good ones. But the, the, the, the bad ones certainly are outweighing the good ones at this point in time. And what we really need to happen is some of these good teachers to stand up and say, we are failing these kids. We are ruining their lives. By our own apathetic nature and our willingness to just sit by and let these people coast. And then they will say, well, these kids don't try. Well, part of being a teacher is making them understand why they should try. Part of being a teacher is making them understand why they should go out and work hard and become something and learn skills and work to create a better life for themselves. These people, they love to posture about how We're taking care of the youth and we're the leaders of the youth and we're responsible for the youth. Well, if that's the truth and you really care about those things, then why can people not read?

Why can they not comprehend basic shit? Why are we removing accountability for testing in some areas of the Cali— like California, where people aren't even required to test out anymore? And they're saying because tests are racist. No, you are inept. And in fact, the fact that you even say they're racist makes you a racist because that means that you believe that the people who are Black in this case cannot do— they do not possess the skills to improve. That's what you're saying.

You're right.

So these Black kids that you say you care about so much, you don't even want to hold them to a standard because you don't believe that they can hold it. Because they're Black.

That's right.

That's the most racist shit that there fucking is.

Right.

Okay. So like, we got to be real about this. We have a bunch of people who are political activists as opposed to actually caring about improving people. And again, that's not all teachers, but it's enough to be really fucking everybody up.

Mm-hmm. Well, I mean, dude, and like, you know, to your point, and these people get out into the real world, you know who they become? They become the mayor of Philly. I'm going to show you a clip. This is the mayor. Of Philadelphia at an Eagles party. She's about to spell Eagles—

E-L-G-S-E-S!

Eagles!

Let's go Birds! I've seen this well, and that's the reason that DEI shouldn't exist. Okay? You can't. Put people in positions of any sort because they happen to be of a certain, you know, race or gender. It has to be meritocracy. And the destruction of meritocracy is what's created this fucking shit show that we all live in. It makes me really nervous, dude. It makes me really nervous about like going to doctors and like, you know, airline pilots and things of that nature. Like, we are not rewarding the best and brightest, which is what this country was founded upon. Now, for the last 15 years, we've been rewarding people because of their skin color or because of, you know, they're a woman or because they're gay or because they're— because they're— because they're— and the truth of the matter is that fucking hurts everybody. That doesn't— that hurts everybody. People die because of those things. All right. So this idea that we abandoned meritocracy is it needs to end immediately. And I know, I know that Trump has ended those programs, but now we have another 10 years to wait until we see the fruits of that.

And in the time of that, it could be reinstated. So this whole— everything that was DEI, dude, is inherently racist.

Yeah.

Because— yeah, because what it says is that these people are not smart enough to do it on their own. They're not. They're not capable of becoming. And that is not fucking true. That is a complete lie. And when you teach kids this from the time, you know, they're in kindergarten till they graduate college, they have no incentive to actually improve because they know that they can game the system to get the position anyway. And now we're all dealing with the repercussions of this. And fuck, man, like I think it's the most racist shit ever. Like, it's like, I don't know, man. I think, I think people have caught on to how racist it is. But still, man, there's a lot of people that haven't.

Yeah. Well, not only how racist it is, but what it's actually going to create is actually real more racist, like more real racism is what it creates. Well, that's because now I'm going to go to the doctor's office and like, to a Black doctor, I'm going to think twice. I might even walk the fuck out. I just want to fuck.

That's you as a Black man.

That's, you know, you know, like it's a real fucking thing. Yeah. Man, like, dude, it's scary. In this situation with this specific school, fire everybody. Yeah, fire everybody.

Yeah, start fresh. Well, then what's going to happen with the kids?

Fuck, man, it can't get worse.

Yeah, fuck, shit.

You know what I'm saying?

You've already ruined them. You couldn't do any worse. They can't even read. They're in fucking high school.

They're not going to be prepared. Well, I mean, fuck, not— I mean, come on, man. Like, what are we doing, dude?

I feel bad for those kids, man.

And that's the other thing too, like, you know, and I want to make this clear. It's not, it's not their fault. In a sense, they have no—

because they've been told, listen, man, we talk about this on Q&A a lot. When you're young, you do not have the perspective of how it should be. You only know what is. So when you're young and those people are going to school and they hear, you know, I'm in high school and they hear the stories of their parents or their grandparents being in high school, they don't understand the difference because they didn't see it. So they think, oh, this is normal. It's normal to not be able to read. It's normal to not be able to do math. What would you know? It's normal. And they don't understand that it's not. And they don't understand. And this is the fucking sad part. They don't understand that they're going to have to take this into their own hands. And you, those of you who are parents, You need to understand this. Your kids are not going to learn shit from the school system. Okay? They're not going to learn anything. In fact, I think it's going to handicap them. And you know, people are like, well, they'll, they'll, they'll become weird. But how much weirder can you be than not being able to read a fucking simple sentence and not know what it means?

That's pretty weird.

Pull out or figure out what the tip is on a fucking, on a fucking check at a restaurant.

Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? Without pulling out the calculator.

Yeah, it's just— it's a big problem, man. Sad. And I think all the teachers who teach these kids should be totally ashamed of themselves. Totally. But they're not. No, they're not.

What's the response?

Yeah, they're not. No, their response is to defend it.

Let's punish the kid who fucking called it out. Yeah, about that.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's fucking bullshit.

It is bullshit.

On the flip side, we also— I saw an example of how it should be done. I sent you a link which, if you can pull up, there is a school in Greystones, Ireland. The principal started this initiative of no phones in the school.

Yeah.

And you know how it's, it's told that every— it takes a village to take a movement.

It takes a village.

So they named the movement It Takes a Village. And everybody in the village is participating.

They're bought into it.

They're bought into it. So if a kid goes to a convenience store, the adults hide their phones.

Yeah.

They don't engage with kids with phones around them. If you go to the next slide. So this is a 12-year-old kid in that school. And he wants to, he says that, I want to live long and stay healthy. And he prefers collecting special coins to scrolling on a phone. He does not currently have a smart device and worries that owning one might affect his health.

That's a smart young man.

And if you go next and next, this is the principal that started the movement, and they are trying to encourage kids just spending their childhood without phones, without social media. And everybody in that city is kind of feeding into it.

Yeah, well, that's racist.

Yeah, super racist. Yeah. What's Muhammad going to do when he came back?

Well, I mean, if they did, you know, Mohammed Mohammed wouldn't be able to tell little Mohammed how to bomb the school. I'm just playing, my Muslim brothers. Shit, man.

Guys, jump in on this conversation, man. Let us know what you guys think down in the comments.

You know what I'm saying? Like, but for real, I know these kids wouldn't be reading this shit on the internet. They wouldn't know what, you know, part of the reason that in my age everybody gets along is because the only influence you had was, was right in front of your face.

Mm-hmm.

Okay. But now you're reading all this shit online. You're seeing all these people say this and that and this, and then you have all these politicized teachers who think that they're, you know, some sort of activist. It's, it's, it's disgusting.

Yeah. Sick, man.

It's sad. And both kids and parents need to understand that if you want to make it, you have to take responsibility for your own learning. You have to, you have to, you have to, you cannot rely on the, on some apathetic teacher who works here, who works, you know, uh, you know, three quarters of the year and gets three months off and collects this and that. It's, it's got to end, man.

Yeah, and dude, it sucks too, man, because like, dude, I had some really good teachers.

I did too. Yeah, I also had some shitty ones.

I had some shitty ones. Yeah, but I had some really, really good teachers. Yeah. And like, dude, I, I honestly, I don't, I don't know what it's like out there right now. I really don't. Like, I know my daughter's school, like, it's good, you know, they got great teachers. Yeah, really, really good teachers. But I know they're also paid and they're taken care of, and it's, you know what I'm saying? But it's just like, dude, it just sucks, Yeah, it sucks. It's a tough problem.

Well, also, and let's be real. Okay, let's, let's, let's even like take this further.

Yeah.

This is another product of Democratic policy coming into the inner city and promising all this funding and all of these things that they're going to do and then intentionally withholding funds or embezzling funds or redirecting funds into their own pockets. Intentionally so that they don't get the money and then create more of a problem so that they could come in every 2 years and be like, look what they're doing to you, motherfucker. You're doing that.

That's right.

You're doing that. The people who come into your community every single fucking 2 years and say, we're going to fix all these problems, they're the ones creating these problems for these inner cities. And that's wrong. And it happens way more in the inner city than it does outside the inner city. So if you want to talk about like unfairness, yes, it's unfair. But you keep believing the same people who tell you they're going to fix it. And you also keep believing that whitey over there is the problem.

It's the root of all your problems.

Yeah, it's not true.

No. Also, too, dude, it's not— it's not a funding issue, honestly, because I mean, if you really pull back the numbers and I Probably guess how much the school takes in. It's not a funding problem. The problem is allocation and where they choose to spend the shit and how they choose to spend the shit and where the shit goes. Like, it's fucking terrible, dude.

I think that's kind of what I mean. I think there should be some standards where it's like, you know, like, yeah, if you don't qualify, if your students don't test out, if they don't do this, you don't get the fucking funds.

Yeah. No. And not only that, dude, like, if you do or you lose your job and if they do pass, how come you get a bonus?

How come? How come teachers aren't held to the line on how their kids perform? If teachers were held accountable for how their kids perform, we would see some kids learn how to perform.

Yeah, for real. You got to put some skin in the game.

Okay. Like a coach that doesn't win gets fired.

That's right.

A teacher that doesn't produce good students should be fired.

Okay.

That's the bottom line. The lack of accountability. And that lack of accountability goes to the teacher, to the principal, to the government officials that come in every 2 years and lie. It goes all the way up the chain, but there's a lack of accountability. And that's the reason that things are falling apart. And these kids will have their lives ruined because of that. And that is fucked up, man. That is fucked up.

Yeah. Yeah, man. Guys jumping on this conversation. Uh, let us know down in the comments what you guys think.

With that being said, they think it's funny.

Yeah, well, they don't know better, dude. They don't know better. Yeah, man. But, uh, guys, with that being said, it is time for our final segment. As always, we have Thumbs Up or Dumb as Fuck. That's where we bring a headline in, we talk about it, give it one of those two options. Um, do you remember your prom? I do. How was it?

It was fun.

Yeah, it was a good time.

Yeah, it was pretty fun.

It was cool. Yeah. Do you like rent like a McLaren or anything to pull up to prom with?

No.

What'd you drive?

I had a Jeep.

Oh yeah, sick.

Yeah, the Jeep was cool.

Yeah, Jeepy Jeeps. Yeah, Jeep took the doors off.

Uh, not on prom, man. No, you don't mess up nobody's hair, you know what I'm saying? Yours included. That's true, mine included. I had long hair then. I did have long hair.

Yeah, well, it's prom season, man.

I'll tell you this.

Yeah.

We got fucked up before we went to prom, and then we went to prom, and one of my teachers/coaches, who is actually still there today—

no shit—

pulled us aside and he was like, hey, I know what you all been doing. He's like, I can't stop it now, he said, but you need to walk the line here, buddy.

Lock it up.

Yeah, yeah, it's kind of like It's kind of like, uh, on Super Troopers the other day we were watching, he said, hey, get your game face on.

That's right.

That was the talk.

That's right.

Like, hey, we all know and we're not going to kick you out of school. Yeah, you guys, but you need to know that we all know and you need to behave.

Yeah, bro, y'all probably thought y'all were hiding it so good.

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

Did you have the long hair?

Yeah, I did.

One of the photos is on your Instagram. Yeah, the one with—

yeah, it's me and Chris with the ID.

Yeah.

Oh yeah, yeah. There's a, there's a, there's a picture of me and Chris before prom that I have in the robe.

No, no, no, no.

There was a graduation.

How'd you get that picture?

No, I didn't mean to say that to you, bro. Wrong person.

There was a photo you posted of you and Chris in graduation robes.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Now we didn't have a prom right after graduation like a lot, like some people are having.

Okay.

They didn't let us go out the night of graduation. So what they had and I don't know if they still do this, but they had a lock-in. All right. Yeah, that's— that was the day we graduated high school. That's me and Chris.

Hell yeah, bro.

Yeah, my hair was way longer than that though after that. But, um, the— they did a lock-in, and the lock-in was so that you didn't go out and get fucked up and crash your car, because back then that's when people would really like have their accidents.

That's smart though. Yeah, that's smart.

So they had a lock-in and then prom was a different day. But yeah, man, it was— I think we drank a lot more than the kids drink now. Also, like, that was all you did.

Yeah. You know, that was all that was available.

I don't even know if kids still do that. Do they still— they still drink and shit?

I don't know.

You're asking the wrong person.

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know.

We didn't even have proms. Yeah, it's an American thing. We just ride the goat.

Oh shit. Okay, well guys, it's prom season, um, here in the United States. And, uh, you know, this is always a fun time of the year because everybody's posting the shit and the prom videos and stuff like that. And this one in particular is getting, uh, getting a little, little topic. Uh, it's getting, it's getting some trendy, uh, trendy topics here. Uh, headline reads, young man arrives to prom on an airport tarmac with a private jet and two supercars.

Okay, how do you arrive to prom on an airport tarmac? It's prom at the airport.

That's right.

I think they went to them Philadelphia schools.

I mean, it's Worldstar. I mean, yeah, um, but yeah, this young man took prom to another level, arriving in a white designer suit with two supercars and a private jet, reminding everyone that this ain't your average, uh, average prom night. Let's check this clip out.

Oh, what's that on your wrist?

Oh, oh, oh, what's that on your cufflink?

Let me see.

Yeah, what kind of shoes them is? Yeah, don't play with them. Not one of them. Yeah, what's going on?

Back Louis Vuitton, everything nice.

Let me see We gotta go to the comments.

Bring them on.

Uh, Caleb, uh, Caleb says, I arrived in at my prom with $40 in my pocket and drove a freshly cleaned 1989 Toyota Corolla and had the best time of my life.

Yeah, yeah.

Uh, over on Twitter All this just to go to prison a year later.

I, I can't lie. I was kind of thinking the same thing.

All this flexing just to take Burger King orders. Uh, dude, it's been hot. It's been hot, man.

And, uh, you know, a lot of people have a lot to say about Black prom, bro.

It's a, it's a hot topic. Yeah, it's a hot topic, dude.

And I saw something that really made sense, man, and it was— it really, it really made me feel bad. Someone had written that, or did a video, that Black prom is so overdone because most of these kids will not have weddings and not like Oh, fuck. Yeah. And it was just like, I mean, people were mad about it and, you know, people were defensive and I understand that.

But that sucks.

It's sad. That's crazy that we shouldn't even be thinking things like that. Yeah, that should not be things. But it's not. That doesn't mean that like there's no truth to it.

Yeah. You know, there's truth to it. You know, the other true unfortunate fact is like, dude, a lot of them may not even live.

That's what I'm saying. And especially this dude, like, look, dude, that—

dude, it sucks.

Look, man, if you're gonna fucking present yourself that way, you have to have your head on a swivel at all times. I have to, and I've earned everything I have. And you don't think that other young men there are going to feel like this guy's trying to show them up, and they're— the only way they know how to, uh, handle that is through some sort of violence? That's the kind of— we're dealing with, we're dealing with very immature thinking and we're dealing with a lot of hormones and we're dealing with a culture that is negative and we're dealing with, you know, men who don't know how to deal with jealousy. And like, he doesn't know that.

No.

You know, when he's got— whether that's fake or not, his watch, I'm sure it is. Yeah. And, uh, I mean, yeah, you know, it is what it is.

Yeah.

Like, you don't really understand, like, and that's the danger of, of like having fast success because you don't know the things that kind of happen to you or how to handle them along the way. You know, people do fucking hate people that show them up. They fucking hate it. Okay. I know that firsthand because it gets misinterpreted a lot for me. I'm not trying to show people up. I'm trying to fucking show people what the fuck is possible.

Yeah, because—

but they don't know where I come from.

Yeah, right, right, right.

So a lot of times it's misinterpreted, but I also understand that and I understand how people can be and I've dealt with that for years and years and years. I mean, dude, I had one of my best— Like, man, look, I actually think this is dangerous.

Hmm. Like, at what level? You know what I'm saying? Like, I had— so I had to go to two proms, uh, mine and then the girl I was dating at the time. She went to a different high school, so we did both. We did my prom and then her prom.

Same for me.

Yeah, yeah. And, uh, you know, I think for, for my prom, I rented her— I used her mom's car. But then for her prom, I think we ended up getting limo or something like that. But like, it wasn't nothing fucking crazy, you know what I'm saying? But like Dude, this is— this shit's out of hand nowadays, bro. It's out of hand. It's— dude, it's— now, now, I don't know this young man. He could be a very smart dude. He could have a really good GPA. He could have fucking—

I'll be real, he didn't even look comfortable doing it.

No, no.

And that's the thing, guys. Like, you don't have to go do all this shit.

No.

Like, bro, I'm telling you, and this is— I love success. I've worked very hard for the life that I have. I'm very proud of what I've done. I'm proud what I've done to get there. I feel like I've done it in a way that I can be proud of. Yeah, but at the end of the day, man, the things that make me happy are still the things that made me happy when I was that kid's age, hanging out with my friends, doing things like what we did yesterday, fucking riding around, fucking around, you know, like, great. You know what we do? Oh, we went to we went to O'Reilly's to change your battery in the parking lot. Like, yeah, it was actually pretty fun.

It was a great time.

Yeah. Like, we're standing out in the sun and it's hot and we're digging into DJ's bike and we're figuring out the thing. And, you know, I was warned not to steal. Yeah, you were. You were. We were in there, dude. And this old man, he looks at DJ and he goes— DJ was asking, he's like, hey, man, can I borrow the tools? And he's like, don't run off with them. You know what I had to do? You saw what I had to do. I had to give him the white— the white guy wink. He's with me. That's right. I got this.

You were the guarantee.

Yeah, that's right.

That's right. So, but, but, dude, you know, just simple shit, man. Like, you guys don't need to be in a rush to have all this shit. You don't need to be in a rush to, you know, you're not proving anything to anybody, bro. Like, the shit I have, I don't— that's not me proving things. Those are things I have earned and I like enjoy them.

Yeah.

Although those of you that follow me, you know, I'm into anything with motors. I mean, I'm into cars, I'm into tractors, I'm into motorcycles. That's just what the fuck I'm into. If I wasn't into that shit, I mean, where in my life do you see me like doing that kind of shit in other places?

Right, right.

Like, it's just these are things that I do for me. And this idea that you have to do all this shit to be somebody is, is just It's not true, man. And it's not going to actually make you happier. It's just not. It's going to be exciting. It's going to be fun for a little bit. But like when it becomes your, your whole existence to like try and flex, like, dude, it's just you're not even being authentic to who you are, bro.

Jim Carrey has a very famous quote on this very topic that you're talking about. He said something along the lines of, I wish everyone gets to get all the money and all the fame.

Yes.

So that they know that that's not the answer to your happiness. Correct.

Correct. Correct. It's such a great quote. I'm familiar with it. But, you know, this is a— yeah, I'm actually worried about this kid because, like, dude, you're fronting in front of all these dudes who know you're fronting and they're going to— you're going to deal with a lot of shit because of it.

Yeah, it ain't cool, bro, at 17.

No, it's certainly not. It's— it looks— you look like a clown. And it's just like all these internet, quote unquote, entrepreneurs that try to, like, act like they're you know, they live this billionaire lifestyle when they're 22 and then their whole thing is this and this and this by 22. And then the next week it's, you know, oh, well, you know, I decided to change my mind. Actually, the car got repoed.

Yeah, right.

Right. Like these people. Look, man, the fun is the earning it. The fun is the building. The fun is the creating the things that are going to fulfill you. Is actually the process. But again, you can't understand that when you haven't been through it. Just like that quote you just said. I don't like this at all.

Yeah. Thumbs down. Yeah.

And it's not— it's not hater shit.

Yeah.

Okay. Like, there's no jealousy here, motherfucker. Like, I got a car that's worth more than all 3 of those motherfucking things together. Okay. And I got 40 fucking cars. So like, it's not what I don't even know.

What is that? A people? Is that a McLaren?

That's a McLaren.

Yeah.

And a Huracán next to it. But like, the point is, is like, dude, you're not even going to love the shit unless you earned it. Like, that's the truth. Like, all these little scammer dudes on the internet, they're not happy, bro. They're not. They're fucking terrified of being exposed. And that's why they flex so hard.

It's a whole different level of anxiety too.

Yeah, bro. Like, it's just like— and dude, they don't understand that by the further they push it, the more exposed they are.

They keep up with—

it's like, bro, do the things that you like, man. Experience the things that you're into. And by the way, it takes experiencing all of the things to understand what you like.

That's right.

Okay. So like, for me, people are always confused. Like, they say, well, what's your favorite car? And what do I always say?

It's Chevelle.

It's not even close. Yeah, it's not even close. I could give two fucks about every single other car I have besides my Chevelle. Okay, but that's because I've— I know what all the other shit's about, and I know what makes me literally happy when I drive it and how I like it and what feels like me, right? And so it is important, like Jim Carrey said, to experience all these things so that you have the perspective. But you should also experience the earning of these things so that it builds your own self-worth along the way. Right.

I mean, unconfidence is calm.

Yeah.

The fake ones are loud.

Yes.

They are like always flashing.

Some, some, some real dudes are loud too. Conor McGregor's loud, but that's just, he's just that guy.

That's kind of a great person. That's right.

And like, real talk, dude, I kind of like acting like that sometimes too, because it's fun. All right. And I can, I could fucking say fuck you to just about anybody on the planet and not have to worry about shit. And I like that sometimes, but It's always authentic. It's just, it's, you know what I'm saying?

And people understand it too because they've seen your track record, they've seen his track record, so they understand, okay, this person is like that.

Yeah.

But when a certain 17 or a 20-year-old—

bro, if I were to put my arm around that kid, I'd say, hey man, you don't need this shit, dude, right now. Here's what you need to be doing. And he'd probably be like, what are you talking about? And he'd come in here, man, you know what I'm saying? No, I'm not saying it like that. I'm saying if he could read and he could comprehend, because we know that if he's from Philadelphia, he cannot.

Statistic.

And by the way, I love Philadelphia. They're my kind of people. It's the City of Brotherly Love. And if you know what brotherly love about is, you beat the fuck out of each other and then you're still friends.

That's right.

So I like Philadelphia. I really like it. I'm actually rooting for the Flyers right now because the Blues are out of the playoffs. But if I could talk to this kid and just be like, look, dude, you know who I admire that does these things is Jason Wilson.

Oh yeah.

Jason Wilson does such a good job with young men, far better than I could ever do. And it's something I really admire about him.

Yeah.

And I just— yeah, man, it kind of bums me out if I'm being real.

Yeah.

You know, it's— you want to shine, you want to be a big deal, but you want to be a big deal for something that you did.

Yeah.

Not just because—

has to be earned.

And it comes into that. That even flows into the discussion of like entitlement, right? Like we've gotten to this place where people— I mean, fuck, dude, I don't know enough about this kid. Maybe he created an app at 12 years old. Maybe that's all his own shit.

Yeah, maybe.

I'm making assumptions. But I don't think that's the case.

No.

And if it is, good for him.

Congratulations.

But he sure didn't seem very comfortable with the attention. And that's a whole nother thing. Like, why do you even have the shit if you're not comfortable with the shit?

Yeah, right.

You know, like, right.

Well, it's like taking a shit in somebody else's house.

Yeah, it's never comfortable.

It don't feel right. Yeah. Because it ain't your house.

What's even worse is, is when you don't have the same flushing horsepower as your house.

And then you miss, you miss.

You underestimate their power and now you got a problem.

Yeah. Okay.

And then you look around, there's no plunger.

Oh, that's why you're really fucked. That's bad.

Okay. But yeah, it's very similar.

Very similar. Yeah.

But man, you know, no hate on this dude. You look good. You look like you're trying to look, man. But just remember, like, it's only going to mean something if you earn it.

Yeah, bro. You got to earn it. You know? Yeah. Well, hell yeah, man. Well, guys, Andy, that's all I got.

Yep. All right, guys. Well, we will see you on Friday. Have a good week. Don't be a hoe.

Yeah. Went from sleeping on the floor. Now my jewelry box froze. Fuck a boat.

Fuck a stove.

Counted millions in the cold.

Bad bitch, booty swole.

Got her own bankroll. Can't fold. That's a no. Headshot. Case closed.