Camp Gagnon - Roasting Every Culture Until We Get Canceled | Neema Naz

Episode Date: November 25, 2025

Neema Naz Joins us in the tent to talk about Persian stereotypes, roast various ethnic cultures, discuss comedy, and explore other interesting topics... WELCOME TO CAMP! 🏕️Special thanks to our dear Persian Habibi, Neema Naz.Shoutout to our sponsors:Morgan & Morgan and BlueChew 👕🧢 GET YOUR CAMP DRIP HERE: http://camp-rd.com🎟️ 🎫 Comedy Tour Tickets Here: https://markgagnonlive.com🎩👽 Daily Dose Of History Here: https://www.dailytodayinhistory.comTimestamps:0:00 Neema Naza Is At CAAAMP1:08 Iranian Women Pre Revolution5:00 Persian’s Invented EVERYTHING8:53 Persian Stereotypes + Persian Tire Change11:47 Mark’s Persian Feast + Mehmooni24:59 Americanizing Persian Culture31:00 Rhinoplasty + Persia Drip34:42 Persian Dirty Talk39:35 Hilarious Persian Mistranslations47:57 Cultures Similar to Persians50:12 Greeks and Persians51:46 Christos Is a Greek Superstar55:38 Religious Separation of Persians1:01:44 Receiving Death Threats For Comedy1:05:57 U.S. Mexicans vs Canadian Indians1:10:44 Mexican Stereotypes1:13:09 Thick Mexican Accent’s1:15:51 Marks Florida Pride + Disney’s ‘Gay Day’1:25:34 Similarities Across Cultures1:28:46 Chasing Dreams In Canada + Performing In Australia1:33:24 French Canadian vs French Profanity1:35:55 Gagnon’s True Meaning1:38:29 Growing Up w/ Indians + Taarof1:41:27 Persian Shoe Culture + Mexican Chanclas1:43:39 The Weirdest People In the World#podcast #foryou #comedy #comedyvideo #comedyvideos

D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-Winner. And then you go to Florida. It's Gagnon. Gagnon. It sounds like a fucking bondage time. Yeah, you want to try some Gagnon? He's going room five. This is Nima Nats.

He's the Persian prince, the Shah of Sex Appeal, the Tehran Titan, the Caspian King, the Saffron Sultan. But I know him as just a brilliant comedian from Toronto. You may know Nima from his stand-up comedy or his internet sketches. And today, we are going through the Stereotype Olympics. That's right. Nima's Persian, so obviously we got to do a deep dive on every single Persian stereotype known to man, but not just the Persians. We got the Mexicans, the Greeks, the Aussies, nobody is safe. Today we're going to get to the core of what makes all of these cultures so great, and of course,

what makes them so funny. Nima is a genius. I mean, I'm just a huge fan of his. His accents are hilarious, and his understanding of his culture and other cultures is unmatched. You know what that means, Mark? You're a Persian. This whole time. This whole time. I was searching for a Persian who's in the mirror. You are a passion. A mirror is actually going to be my sense.

Both of us share a real passion for human beings and all the little nuances of how different people operate. So if you are interested in traveling the world from your very home, you're going to enjoy this episode. So sit back, relax, and welcome the camp. Neimanaz. How are you, sir? Great.

Thank you so much for joining me. Lovely to be here. In the camp. In the camp. Dude, you got to really emphasize the eh. Camp. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's how people make.

fun of it. Mostly just my friends. I started saying, like, welcome to camp. And then it was slowly getting more and more, and now it's just camp. Camp, gag nod. You look wonderful, by the way. Thank you, man. Yeah, this is a sick outfit. Shout out, Kid Super, huh? Yeah, courtesy of the kid, dude. Hey, I look from New York now. Yeah, I mean, if you look like you were born in this, like it doesn't look like

something you put on today, this is just you. And then you had a sick outfit, and I was like, all right, well, put up my cowboy shit. Yeah, now you're from Texas. Yeah, come on, man. Come on, now. Come on now. Hey, we want to talk about, man. Come on, man. You and I have a shared passion for cultures. Oh, we do. We talked about this briefly before we started. And I'm fascinated by you because I love Persians, which you claim to be.

I love Persians, too. But you might be Mexican, you might be Greek. You might be Turkish. Italian. Italian. Arab. No one really knows. No one knows.

But allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly. So I want you to tell me, dude, why are Persians funny? What do you guys do? What's going on? with y'all man you know what it is it's uh i feel like the funny is inherent in our culture because we are such uh creative innovative innovative uh fun bubbly type of people because i feel like back in the day

before the revolution happened in iran too it was iran was a very progressive country yeah yeah yeah can we pull up pictures of women in iran pre-revolution yeah specifically women and bikinis yeah yeah specifically mrs naz naz nas Mrs. Mrs. Future Not. And so I feel like because they had such freedom to be who they were and, you know, they're very creative, you know, very poetic, roomy. Yeah.

One of the greatest poets of all time. Yep. Very musical, musically talented people. I just feel like they just had a lust for life always and they still do. And especially after the revolution happened and where like, you know, religion was kind of forced on the people. The people who fled like my own parents and they. came to Canada or U.S., they wanted to really accentuate the good parts of the culture, which was the fun part and the creative side that fucking no one...

Sorry, I don't know if I can swear about it. You've required to. Okay. Yeah. At least three languages are saying. Yeah, yeah. I can swear a lot in my language. They want to really show the good parts about the positive sides of our culture to the Western people

because they don't know us for that. Yeah. And so... Yeah, America, we have a very distorted view of Iranian. Iran As of Iranians Yeah Which is now my new favorite thing

Anytime someone says Iran I say It's Iran Iran Iran What about is Iran It's really Persian Yeah he's pretty Persian

Yeah He's pretty Persian Yeah And that's the other thing too Is like To this day People are still Confusing

There's still a debate Between like Iranian people themselves About whether they're called Iranians or Persians Well I've even heard this

With the language Yeah People say like Yeah I speak Farsi And I'm No You speak Persian

Yeah And then you say Yeah I speak Persian is Farsi idiot. Come on. Come on. Like, what is it, bro? People do this with China too.

Oh. They'll be like, oh yeah, you speak Chinese and they'll like, well, speak Mandarin. But then I'll meet Chinese people. Like, yeah, I speak Chinese. I'm like, well, which one is it, dude? Or Cantonese. It's like, that's not Chinese. Yeah, what do you mean?

Then what is it? Yeah, it's all over the place. In America, we look, I feel like now with obviously the geopolitical conflicts, I don't know if you've heard about this. There's all sorts of people are pretty mad over there, you know? Oh, man, there's all sorts of riffraff. tons of riffract Yeah, these scoundrels on both sides

You're going crazy So as a result In America we just see Iran And it's like this oppressive thing And all the women are covered up In Sharia law And they're violent and da-da-da No one can go in and out

And it's like That's the only thing we see Yep But then in America You know, if you're in the right neighborhoods Yeah If you're fortunate enough to run into a Persian You're like

These aren't the people I see on TV No This isn't call of duty No These guys are nice and they're fun And they're loud You know what I mean It's like

It's all the great things You love about a culture 100% Because I feel like tell me if I'm wrong, all the ones that left were the ones that were like, you know, fuck this shit. Yeah, well, yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's like, I feel like, you know, like,

for example, my own parents, they left because of the lack of freedom that they had once before. And so they know what it's like. Right. And so they wanted to bring it over to this side of the world. And now it's like a debate of like, oh, like, well,

why are you against your country? And so, you know, I'm not against the country. I'm against the fucking government. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's against its own people. Right. Which is insane. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're for Persians.

I'm for the Persian, man. You're for the people. I'm for the beautiful. They're very nice color. Reading books, poem, expression, characteristic. Everything is really nice,

very sexy, man. I see the... It's beautiful. But I have to be honest with, I have a bit of a gripe with Persians. Okay, what does gripe mean? Can't just throw out of right. It's like a small fruit on a vine, I think.

They're very yummy. They make wine. Also, for anyone that's watching, maybe if you're not Persian, you don't know Persians, we're going to get to everybody, okay? We're going to talk about Greeks, the Mexicans, the whole deal. We're talking about everyone, okay,

but we're just starting with Persia for now. And we're starting with them, because you guys, in my opinion, tell me if I'm wrong. You think you invented everything. I actually will say that you're wrong, because Greeks invented everything. Okay? Malacca.

Everyone thinks they invented everything. You talk to Egyptians, they're like, oh, the center of the universe. Yeah, yeah, no. You're like, oh, my goodness. But Persians, you're not. But Persians, you guys, you talk about math, and you're like, oh, you know, we invented me. Oh, buddy. It's like my whole life growing up.

Obviously, I'm joking. Like, there's a whole other thing about Greeks saying they invented everything because We'll get to you, Chris. We'll get to that. And it's like, Christos, we will get to you. Persians, well, yeah, like, every stereotype is true because my own dad, he's an engineer, obviously. Growing up, every time, it would be funny because I'm watching basketball. I'm watching an NBA or something like that.

He would even be like, oh, yeah, this guy, he's, he's, Persian. Like, I swear to guys, we're watching the game one time. I'm like, yo, what's his name? Jamal Murray. He's on the Denver Nuggets, right? Jamal. Yeah, he's like, hey, Jamon? Yeah, he's Persian, yeah. Like,

he's dead serious, too. He's like, bro, he's not Persian, he's black. He's from Mississauga, Ontario. Oh, thank you for the Google, Christos. He said, is Jamal? Okay, his mother of Syrian, I actually didn't know that. Wow. That's pretty close to my people in a way. Dude, your dad's fucking right. My dad might be

I apologize I'm sorry for But anyway So it's a big thing with Persians Like yeah like you know mathematicians or it's like Oh like yeah My word driving my dad's like oh you see that building right there Yeah

Persian are the reason why that exists I was like why They make the steel for the bar You know What the fuck? What do you mean? There could be any steel Like they're using

No it's Persian No he's Persian and steel And their building falls on TV and he's like Not those. The person never did make a mistake like that. It's a real thing. Even when you travel on vacation, Persians,

they'll look at like architecture and be like, yeah, he's okay, yeah. Maybe if it was Persian architecture, I think he's much better. I love the cultural pride, though. I do love that there's like a, like a real honest, like, yeah, we're the best.

Yeah. And other people are good. Yeah, yeah. We're the best. But you know what it is? Persians aren't arrogant about it. They're not like we think everyone's shit. Right.

We just think like, we are number one. Number one real estate, number one lawyer, right? But everyone else is still good. They actually want other people to do well too. Right. Yeah, they have this a little bit of, it's the confidence. It's not cockiness, it's confidence. Interesting.

Yeah. It's also fun for me because so many of the comics that I liked growing up are all Persian. I didn't even realize. Yeah, I mean, like, Maas, I was out in L.A. watching Maas when I was, you know, freshman year of high school, I was like, Oh wow. That's crazy. And then I watched the Axis of Evil stuff.

And I was like, oh, this is unbelievable. Yeah, yeah. And then Maximini, you know, Amir K. Amir K. Amir is like, my favorite person. Maybe my favorite ever. I went and saw him at the Orlando Improv after I saw him in L.A. one time.

And I was like, I'm going. 45 minute drive. Who cares? He's the best. Yeah. He's the best. Yeah. And then like, I'm Tehran.

Yeah. I'm trying to think if there's others. Omid Jalili. Do you know Omid Jalini? He's like the godfather of Persian. comedians overall. He's like the first person to make it mainstream as a Persian comedian. Long lineage. Yeah, long lineage. Okay, so how do we put the people? Oh yeah, I actually just read his article in The Guardian recently. He's the best man. Yeah, and he was at the, the,

Yeah, the Riyadh. Yeah, the Red Festival. So tell me more about Persian stereotypes, because I want to know. I know a couple of them, okay? What are the ones that you know? All right, you guys are terrorists? I didn't want to say it, but you asked me. I mean, you're going to start with that one. I mean, you said it, Dude, you ask me, that's the first thing. No, I mean, I know obviously, like, good negotiators. Yes. Tough to negotiate with.

You're on the other side of a Persian. Always bargain. Especially Persian Jew, that's double. Forget it. You have no chance. Yeah, there's no way. No chance. Oh, I don't know if you've ever heard of the Persian Tire change.

Persian what change? Persian Tire change. Oh, no, what is that? This is something that I heard from a Persian friend, okay? Persian tire change. This is, what I heard, it's a little, you know, disparaging, but this is what I heard, right? It's not a sex myth. It's, you have like a nice car, maybe a Mercedes.

You got to go to the tires change, right? Because the tires run out. It's going to be $500,000 maybe. Easily. Or you could rent the same Mercedes. Take it to your friend. Darius changes the tires, puts it back on, and then you return the car, and then it's fine. Persian tire change.

This is very true. I'm afraid to admit. Literally, bro. As you were explaining, I was like, oh, yeah. This is actually what happens. You guys just called a tire change. That's why you didn't know. No, this is not tire.

Is Reza change my tire? That's the name. My dad's best friend Reza, he owns a mechanic. He owns a mechanic shop. We've been doing that for years. 30 years, bro. And now people are listening to say, that's a good fucking idea. Yeah, it's a great way.

Why don't I think of that? I know, 100%. That's a good one. Okay, the, I mean, this thing. Beshcan? The Beshkan. I can't even do it. I'm a disgrace to my family.

Hold on, let me... That's not bad, but sometimes you'd be at a wedding. Oh, you hear that? If you guys can't see what we're doing, we're basically, uh, the fucking our hands together. Yeah.

But it's making a beautiful clapping sound, like a little snap. It's like an, um, it's almost like a, um, a midget clapping cheek. That's the same. Just imagine that. It's a young dinglips going after it.

You know what I mean in his day day. Yeah. That's kind of what it sounds like. Dinglege. Yeah, he's a Persian He's a Persian Peter is actually Paymon

That's one of my My dad thought LeBron James was Persian too You know He's Lobran Degé LeBron He's king He's a king

Jamsheet The Shah The Shah of basketball Basketball He's Persian But what is this Where does this come from When is this used

If I meet a Persian When would this come Is this how I shake hands? No, no, no, no, yeah. We don't shake hands either. You just, you do three kisses, two kisses. Oh, it's a kissing culture. Oh, yeah.

Oh, I didn't realize that. I didn't, I thought they were in French thing. No, no, no, no, no, that's a Persian thing. Don't be stupid. The kissing is pregnant. We invented all the kissing, making out of them. So the Bishcan, the snapping your fingers thing, is only used in a thing called mehmani. Do you know what a mehmin?

is. Okay, so mehmani is the term for having a, it's like a Persian family gathering, like a party. Persian party. It's called mehmani. And that's when everyone gathers at the end of the party, family party, after everyone's eaten dinner. Now it's time for like the entertainment. So there's stages to a mehmani. There's, it's like, it's a, it's a whole formula.

I may have unintentionally have gone to one of these. When? I had a friend growing up. up. It was Persian. And his family was like, hey, come over for dinner. Right. And I thought it was like, yeah, his mom's going to eat chicken nuggets. I didn't realize that it was a thing. That's the

thing ever. So I show up and there's like a full spread on the table. And it's just like six of us. Like his parents, his brother, Amir. And like my friend, and then it was like another friend of it. It was like a small thing. It was just like, yeah, we're going to eat. And so they brought out the rice, the saffron. Oh my God. Basmati.

The basmati. And then we obviously had kebab. And then At a certain point, I can remember it was before, after we had tea. Yeah. That's always, actually, you can have it before and after. It's usually after you eat dinner. And then we walked in a circle and danced. Yeah.

And we like, you had to like drop down and go down. Yeah, yeah. Did this ring a bell? Oh, well. Was that part of a cult? Did I get initiated into something? Okay, first of all, there might be a flaw in your story. Because you said something about dropping down and going up up.

Are you sure this friend of yours was Persian? Oh, 100%. percent person. Really? A million percent. Because what you're talking about, based off my knowledge of the dance you're explaining, is something that Lebanese people do called the dabke. The dabka? The dabka.

You ever heard of it? No. Yeah. So, dabke is the dance where there's like, there's usually, it's usually men who lead the circle. And the leader has a tissue in his hand or like a some kind of baton or something that where he can like swing back and forth. And he, they're all linking arms. And they're going in a circle to the music and they're like doing their things with their feet.

Kind of like an Arab seawak. Well, it pulled this up. And then they drop down on their knees. Like they have like crazy knee inflections. It's crazy. Every white person I know is like a fucking bad MCO or some shit. These guys don't have knee cartilage. Like they're just running off of saffron and fatabuli.

So. Can we get a video of this? Yeah, it's fire. It's so sick too. Yeah, nice. Yeah, we got to give you our little piece to YouTube, of course, right? But it's a premium. What are we doing? Two cheaps this guy. It's Greek.

Look, they're going to drop down on their knees. Hey! You see what I mean? The leader with a little, like, handkerchief? Was it similar to this? Is what you remember? I feel like it was, it wasn't exactly like this, but it was similar-ish. So what you're talking about, um, yeah, like this is. fire. And they all know it?

This is like seeing black people like roll a skate. You know what I mean? And you're like, how do you all know it? How does everyone know it on skates? I know. Yeah, legit. There's so much rhythm. Okay, so wait.

Okay, so this is Lebanese dupka. But what you're explaining to me is, were you holding hands in the circle? Dude, this was like 15 years ago. Okay, okay. I don't think we were. Okay, regardless of that, either way. His mom was a part of it as we were going around. Like she was doing the Persian.

The Bishkan is very Persian. She was doing the Beshkan as we were going around. You do it's in the beat, like, you know, the music, la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la ha ha ha ha ha. I think it's a top 40 billboard hit. It's all of them. It's just all. It's just every song.

All by Cyrus. So they do dance in circles too at the mehmani. And so they do the bishcan. They clap their hands. You can clap your hands. You can bishkan or you can like shake your shul there. Oh. Oh, that's kind of nice.

You feel it, yeah. You just feel the rhythm, you know, like that. And then you can also, like, if you can't do any of those things and you don't have rhythm, you can always just yell shit. You could be the guy yelling. That's like the last stagher in a Persian dance. There's just one guy. Like, le-l-l-l-l-l-l-l.

Or like, like, ah, ha, ha. Oh. That's it. Or? Just add living. Yeah, or you can just like, yeah, you'd literally add that. Like, I literally have been in circles where I can actually dance too, but sometimes I don't want to dance. I'm like, vie, vie, vie, vie, bye, bye, vie, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, vie, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, that's kind of nice.

So I was a part of this. You were a part of this without even realizing. Wow. that means, Mark? You're a Persian. This whole time. This whole time. I was searching for a Persian. He was in the mirror. You are Persian. A mirror is actually going to be my sense.

That's perfect. Mark, you are Persian and Persian is Mark. Wow. That's poetry. It's like a Shahada. I know. I just dropped Mark. He just put me in, dude. So, anyway, so that's the Mechmanee portion, but there's so much more to it. I don't know.

Yeah, I mean, what else? Man, like, there's a whole, like, So when you walk in, the handshake, you were talking about handchecks. So when you walk into a Persian party, you have to like start just like hyping up everyone. It's a real thing. I'm not even joking. Like you start like as soon as you see people, you open the door, the host is always like, like, you're pretty much like my, I'm your servant. Like off the bat, you set the tone as a host.

Because it's like your house. It's your food that you're presenting. It's the music you're presenting like the vibes. So, like, the host is always like, oh, my God, welcome. Like, I'm, like, eternally grateful of your presence. They say all these things in Farsi, obviously, and stuff like that. And then it's like, they make you feel so welcome. And then, like, usually you have to bring something if you're going to a guest house.

It's like standard in some other immigrant cultures, too. But in Persian culture, if you don't, they will fucking talk shit about you after. Would be a good gift, though. It could be anything. It could be, honestly, recycled box of chocolate. You got it from a different man when you. Okay. Which usually what people do.

And it just passes around. Everyone just gets the same around. Expired like 97. Yeah. And then it goes back to the host and like, wait, I gifted this to Amazon. How is it back at my house? The same people recycle. Flowers?

Flowers would flowers be? You could not necessarily flowers. Usually it's like something that someone can eat. Like dessert or something homemade. A lot of people bring homemade like desserts. You never bring homemade food. That would be a disrespect. I mean, rude, right?

Because my mom, which is, my mom hosted probably the most out of anyone I know. Because she's the best cook. And everyone knew my mom was the best. She's the goat. She's number of one. Number one. She's cooking up for two days. Yeah.

This food with like eight pots of rice. And you show up with your fucking cold. You're disgusting. With the raisins in it? You nothing? How dare you come into my home like this? So anyway, you come in with a gift like to. something like a dessert or like a sweet or you know maybe sometimes the people bring like a

like a tea set because it's very on brand right and then you walk in you do the three kisses salam salam like hi hi hi how are you good hovi man mash sam okay very nice yeah yeah thank you oh my god i'm so happy to be there very nice it's like fucking like just like oh my god hey it's like it's Honestly, it's like black people seeing each other. It's the best. Hey, yo! Damn, you got the fit. Yeah.

You got the fit. Yeah, yeah. It's like you gotta hype each other up. And then you get in, you literally sit for like three hours before dinner. There's like already like two pre-dinners set up. Okay. With like, you know, nuts, tons of nuts, dried fruits, other sweets. Tea, always tea going around.

The tea never runs out. Yeah. It's constantly in your veins, dude. there's even a guy with a funnel at some point if you need it if you need more of it at once and what is the tea like is it a mint tea is like whatever it's like usually like jasmine tea there's like green teas my mom likes green tea a lot

it's a lot of those like herbal very like exotic Middle Eastern teas Not too caffeinated though No no it's usually very very Not decaffeinated either but like it's somewhere in the middle Yeah it's just something like a cultural thing And they have sugar cubes

They have sugar rocks Yeah, it's called Chaiynawot. It's like you twirl the rocks of candy in your tea. Oh, I've seen it. That's what you're supposed to drink it. Yeah. And then you drink that, whatever. Anyway, and then everyone just taught, the men are talking about politics

and the women are talking about gossiping about other women and other people. Oh, so what is your kid doing? Oh, yeah. I was at Walmart and they had two for one clearance. Oh my God, me too. sleep hair size four but i'm size five and it's like just that wow for three hours but men are like yeah i i i think you know is unfair everything is unfair we deserve much better oh really it was like kind of like very like being about like politics back home yeah that's it yeah it's all like

you know wholesome stuff and like you know good but yeah that's usually how it is that's so funny and then dinner time feast feast everyone everyone's around the dinner table just crushing rice and stews crushing. And all the kids are fucking running around their iPads. Yeah, yeah, under the table. Under the table fucking running around. Yeah, that's the whole thing, man.

That's the whole memory. And then food finishes. And then the men go back to politics a bit. The women clean. And even to this day, it's like that. Even the most like career woman, like, I'm a lawyer. Oh, yeah. She's still help.

She's like the third option. Because my mom is the goat. She's like, buddy, like she vets women to be like, all right, you. only clean the plates or you only bring the cops you don't need to do anything else because you're going to fuck it up. Wow. Yeah, it's real shit. There's a hierarchy. That's so hard. It's a hierarchy of like

women who are cleaning. That's what it is. That's the way it is. And if the men like or especially the kids, like the boys try to help, they're like, well, just because you're going to ruin it. Yeah, but a, but don't matter. Like just like, just go. Just go. Just go have fun. That's the thing. Like, like if women are forced to be in the kitchen, it's bad. But more

often than not, they're forcing men out. Yeah. We're the oppressed. We're they oppressed. I'm trying to help my wife. And I'm like, hey, can I just do the dishwasher? She goes, how are you going to load it? Just the way it is? No, no, no, no, because you have to put these plates here and these ones here because it doesn't clean if you put them.

And I'm like... Right away, you're done. You're already out. And people think I'm doing it on purpose to be dumb. No, I loaded it the way I thought to load it. Yeah. Which is in order. That's a giant pan on top.

That's going right in the middle. I don't give a shit. It's a quadratic formula. I don't know. You learn the Pythagorean theorem when you're younger. This is exactly, this is my mathematical knowledge. Exactly. Going into this dishwasher.

Yeah, they kick us out. It's not fair. Yeah. We deserve a place in the kitchen too. Yeah. I mean, yeah, I guess it's just like just to eat. There's no other reason for us to be. Just get away.

Just go away. Just fucking leave. Anyway, yeah. But this is like a four hour affair. Oh, more than that. It's at least five, six hours. Starts at seven. Starts at six-ish?

And it'll go. Depending on what night. Because sometimes there's Sunday ones where it starts at three. And then it ends at like 10. But then Friday, Saturday night, yeah, starts at like 6.30. They show up by 8. It goes until 2 in the morning. Easy.

Are people drinking? Yeah, yeah. Some people, not the whole party. There's usually one or two dedicated uncles who are crushing beers and tequila. Okay. It's mostly tequila. Is that the drink of choice amongst apparelians? Yeah, Persians are like the Mexicans of Persians.

I don't know if that makes sense. They love tequila. Just medellas and tequila. All day. That's so funny. That's the only thing they'll drink too. Yeah, I'll drink whiskey here and there and stuff like that too, but it's nothing near tequila. That's so funny.

That's what me as a westernized Persian kid, I was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. The only drink I've ever drank that I actually enjoyed was tequila. It's just in your veins. blood. It's hereditary. It's hereditary. That's so fun. Ciculat's Persian.

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Yeah. This one's a classic. Like you drop around Glendale. Yeah. And California, California and American Persians are different than Canadian Persians. They're very different. Tell me. Because California, I'm only saying California because most of the Persians in US are in California.

And specifically, L.A., Glendale area, those are where all the Persian Jews are, right? There's no Persian Jews in Canada. They're all in the States. Interesting. And this actually ties into comedy shows, too. I'll tell you in a second. So I feel like, okay, so the Persians who are in Toronto and like Canada and Vancouver, right, all over Canada, they're more like, they're more fobs. They're more like Iranian.

Like Iran. Like, everything's about Iran, which is good. They're very prideful. They left five years ago, 10 years ago. Yeah. Or they left 30 years ago and they still have. haven't acclimated. Wow.

Like my own mom. Like, I don't want to actually blame her. But like, she like, you know, she speaks English, like, a little bit here and there. Like, she can understand and, like, kind of respond. But she still has, like, a thick accent. That's what a lot of my comedy comes from, right? A lot of her generation who came over to Canada, I feel like they, they never immersed themselves in, like, Canadian culture as much. Not that they were against it or they tried to, like, over.

shine Canadian culture with their own culture. It's just that they stuck together only for the most part. And it didn't help in a way because Young Street in Toronto is the largest street in Canada and I think in the world. Young Street. I don't know if you can look it up actually. Young Street in Toronto, Canada.

And it's actually yesterday they just announced Little Iran. I saw this. Which is on Young and Finch area, I think. That's how dumb I am. I thought Young was like a Persian guy's name. Like I thought Little Iran was there and I thought it was like Younge? Because it's younge.

And I was like, oh, young, yeah. I was like, maybe that's Persian, I guess. I don't know. That's not a person name. So that's just some random dude. That would be funny though. Yeah, I was like this. Yongi.

Perfume, that's hilarious. That's the first thing that came up. Yeah, so they just announced literally Iran in Toronto, which is pretty cool because that's the biggest, yeah, there's the largest population of Persians in Canada outside of Iran. And actually, Toronto is the third biggest population of Persians outside of Iran after L.A.

L.A. has the number one. So the difference is that I feel like Iranians and Persians that are in Canada, they're more like amongst themselves. In Youngstreet, it's all Persian. Like it's kind of like, what's a good example? It's not like Chinatown where it's like a big whole neighborhood. It's just one street. You go up and down the street. It's all like Persian restaurant, Persian bakery, Persian Nut Store.

sweet store, Persian tea, Persian nut, Persian nut, Persian tea, Persian sweet, knot, Kna house of a person guy, Persian, Jamal and Cheyenne's house. Persian nuts, you know what I'm saying? So, and my mom, she was, she managed like 11 different restaurants, Persian takeout restaurants in the 30 years that they were here in Canada. Wow. So like, that whole strip is just full of people like my mom who like, they just stayed in their own culture. Right. So she never really got to accimate into different cultures. She never needed to,

right? Never really needed to. Come to a place and there's a bunch of people like, you know, if I went to Iran, I'd probably run into maybe a couple Americans and I'd be like, yeah, I'll just stick with y'all. Yeah, for the most part. Yeah. But the Persians in L.A. and in California in the U.S., they're way more American, if you notice. The ones in L.A., they're kind of like fobby a little bit, but like they're way more like Americanized and I don't know. I feel like they kind of become more Western and their value. and in their just the way they speak even

like they have less of an accent too. Right. Because they were like, oh, I want to be American. Like I want to be America. Like, you know,

it's like the dream. Right. When you leave any other culture and country in the world, they go, they think America's like, that's like the pinnacle. Yeah,

so. Yeah, the Canadian dream is not as strong. No. You know what I mean? It's there. You know, you have a good quiet life.

Life is good. Yeah. A little passive aggressive. But the American dream. The American dream is something that everyone is something that everyone knows about. Yeah.

And like, you know, it's more, more significant. I started riding motorcycles, and the guys that taught me to ride motorcycles were all Georgian, from Georgia. And I was like, you guys ride Harleys? And he was like, it's my dream. It's like, this is my dream. Yeah. Like, to come to America and ride a Harley.

Yeah. It's like the most American. I had a Japanese bike. And I was like, but I'm American. They're like, yeah, you can ride it because you're American, but I'm not American. So I need America between my legs. You know what I mean? Like, I need this shit.

Yeah. And so I get that. You come to America and you're like, all, let me do the most American. and shit. 100%. By a German car. We have a white Volkswagen at home.

Oh, nice. Why? Why? Gentlemen. I don't know. Yeah, I mean, it's the engineering. It's like all value. It's like, what can I spend

to get the most value? I don't want it to break down unless you got money and then you're like, let me get a Mercedes. Yeah, Mercedes C-K-K-L. But that stereotype in L.A., do you think it's valid or are just like, yeah, rich people drive Mercedes? No, no, no.

It's quite valid, actually. And even in Toronto, anywhere in the Western world, like, yeah, like I just said, like we, we've had white cars, white German cars this whole time we've been here. Like, we've never gone out of Volkswagen, Audi. We never had a Mercedes, but it's only, yeah, Volkswagen and Audi. We've had Jeddah fucking Nissan, like, all white to, like, Tiguan. I don't know. I think there's no real definition for it, but I feel like, I don't know.

Persians, I don't know why they love their white cars, but I think it just represents more of like it just looks sleek. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because Persians care so much about their image, and that's one of their flaws. I think Persians, one of the biggest flaws, is they care too much about their image.

I wanted to ask you about this. Yeah. This one's a little rude. Okay. You think I'm ugly? No, no, no, no, no, no. Why don't you take care your eyebrows? I'll let the comments aside that.

But it is the rhinoplasty. Yeah. People talk about this with Persian women. Do you feel like that is true? Oh, yeah. I know plenty of women who've gotten those jobs and Botox and what's called like the forehead lifts. Yeah, yeah, yeah, filler. Jaw, jaw lifts.

It's a real thing. And that's just appearance. Like, they're getting it just like kind of like they want to fit into whatever culture they're in. So if you're in L.A., you're like, oh, let's get some Botox. But I'm like, is that an L.A. thing or is that a Persian thing? It's a Persian thing. It's a Persian thing that just happens to be in L.A. I'm sure Persians probably influenced that in no way Because Parisans do everything

First We invented this We invented Botogs What do you think the Boathe's bo-Botogs? Bo-Bohs? Boy is short for ball back Okay No, but it really is a

Persian that I know plenty of Persian I know guys, Persian guys who have plastic surgery the phrase. Bro-tox. Yes, that's fire. Bro-tox is hilarious. I'm sure you for that. Bitrotox. I forgot who had the bit. I think it was like, maybe it was Max, but he was like, yeah,

you know, like Persian women, they might have a bigger nose than what's acceptable in the West. Yeah. So they'll get rhinoplasties. Because they say the air will get stuck. So they get the job because it's for the air. It's for the air. No, I can't breathe. You're talking about how, like, Persian girls, they make excuses to why their nose. I think that was the one.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's like, yeah, I forget about it, but I don't know what you mean, but that's the, that's the main excuse. I can't breathe. I can't, I can't, I can't breathe. What do you mean? How have you been living this whole time? And, and also the doctors, I mean, this is this the truth?

They're the best surgeons in the world in Iran, the plastic surgeons. And this again goes back to appearance. So like, even in Iran. It's all appearance. Yeah, they just, I don't know what it is. I don't know actually why it started, but like, like I said, it's, it ties in with why they care about their image so much. And it's like, and they'll nitpick other people in their image. Even like their own, like, friends and family who like come to the mehmonies.

They're like, they, they get, it's a show. When people get invited to this party, it's a show to be like, all right, let's see, like, what they roll up in. Let's see what they wear. Let's see what the smell they have. perfume is a big thing. How well are they groomed? What designer are they wearing? Even the one,

and that's just overall a Persian thing everywhere, not just L.A. It's for each other. It's for each other. It's also like, it's kind of be like, it's a competition against each other. But like no one talks about it though.

They talk about after because it's like, it's like very in front of their face. Oh my God, beautiful. Oh my God. Very nice. Is that? Dolce Gabano? Oh my God.

I love that one. Very nice. But then when they leave, like, oh, what the hell was that? Oh, that's so funny. Yeah, it's like, ah, yeah, did she his shirt? It was like kind of wrinkle. Why was he wearing that?

Why? He didn't do his eyebrow problem. Oh, that's so funny. That's a real thing. Okay, what are the stereotypes? Is there anything that, I mean, I'm sure there's many that we miss, but are there any that you, like, you're like, Persians claim this?

Persians We had a bunch There's a lot Yeah There's a lot I mean Yeah I mean Persians are very romantic

And And passionate And It ties in The romance Ties them With them being poetic Because

And that's why my theory Is why I think Persians have the best Dirty talk Talk to me Dersie What kind of talk Um

I mean, I'm just speaking from my experience. Okay. I think when I've been with women, or if I have a girlfriend, which I do, I think their dirty talk is seamless. It comes so naturally because, like I said, Rumi, like, all these, you know, big poets that are from Iran and, like, it's so famous in our culture. And at the main point is two, they do an hour of poetry readings. Oh, really?

It's a real thing. They'll read Rumi. They'll read other poets. Other big poets. Yeah, famous poets, yeah. Oh, interesting. Yeah. And they'll literally sit around in a circle, eating pistachios, drinking tea, and reading poetry for an hour straight.

And the poetry will be just about like life, the beauty of children, like growing up. That's it. Being in the desert, like, whatever, trying to fend for your family. Like there's like, it's very deep, beautiful things. Interesting. Very beautiful. It's like quasi-religious in a way. Yeah.

Well, yeah. I think it stems from that probably. I don't know exactly too much about it. But yeah, I mean, that's a big part of it. Oh, that's interesting. So what kind of dirty talk? Does it translate directly? If you translate it, does it sound funny?

It depends on what you say. I personally don't dirty talk in Farsi. I don't do it in my language. I just dirty talk in English in a Persian way. And not even with an accent. I'm just saying like with like the, you know, bravado. And the romance and the passion. The passion of a Persian.

You know what I'm saying? So it just comes out. I don't know. It's just the way it's the delivery, man. you know, it's like, you just have to feel it, you know what I'm saying? Like it's, um, I want to hear it's so bad. Yeah, I mean, I don't know, like an example, like, it's like, you know what? Okay, maybe I can't give you like certain lines because maybe it's just like too, too dirty or something.

No, no, no, no, you can be dirty. But, um, let me tell you an example first. So me personally, other Persian guys I know and white girls or Asian girls or brown girls that have told me about their experiences with Persian guys. they all say the same thing. They're like, he just knows how to talk. He just knows how to say the right thing. And this is true. Every time I've been with my girl or, you know, with women in the past,

they always said, like, you know, the main thing, the main compliment I get is like, oh, like, you're just so good with words. You just know how to make me feel good. Or, like, you know how to, like, really say things the right way, like, in a romantic way. It's hot. It's sexy. It's, like, turn.

turns me on. Like, I, you know, it makes me wet, you know? And... I wonder if there's, like, a disordained amount of Persian comedians, in my opinion, for, like, how big the diaspora is. Like, there's a lot of, like, very famous Persian comedians. And I wonder if this kind of... It's not a lot.

You don't think so? No, there's only, like, five of us. But I feel like, in terms of, like, fame. Like, we talk about these guys, and, like, they're, like, household names. Max is doing, like, arrainas and shit. He's, yeah, he's, like, crushing it. But I wonder if there's a draw to, like, oh, the word. like what you're doing is a performance like there's this deep history of poetry kind of like what you're saying yeah

that you know the idea of like going to a comedy show and like seeing one of our own people talk to us like it's not strange for the culture because it's like we all grew up listening to poetry like we'll just listen this guy to a funny poem you know what i mean like it would do a funny do a funny we know to stand-up but i wonder if a lot of persians are like oh yeah this is a guy being funny they don't know stand-up traditionally like we do or if you grow up in the western world because it's i think stand-up still very north american like more western right but yeah they understand funny Persians actually grew up my own parents' generation they really knew and watched Charlie Chaplin and they love that type of comedy

they love physical comedy physical comedy is a big thing in my culture and that's why I feel like I'm so physical too and my style is very goofy too on stage and when I do... Especially because you don't need language for it right? If you come here and you're not going to see a comedy in Farsi maybe at the time

and you see this thing coming in America And it's no words. You're like, oh, it's great. Yeah, exactly. And that's why it's easier for people like my mom who can't really understand comedy jokes. She's like, oh, she laughs at like fucking Jim Carrey and like Charlie Chaplin, you know what I'm saying, like those physical comedians, which is nice to see because I'm like, that's a barrier you're breaking without speaking the language, which is pretty cool. What are the, you were telling me that there's farcy compliments that don't translate. Right.

Well, there's farcy compliments and farcee expressions that you say to someone in a. positive way to make them feel good or they're not necessarily compliments it's just more so like um here's how much i i care for you or how much i love you or just express whatever expressions of love or passion so i don't know for example i was i've mentioned before so a big thing in my in my culture and my family too is when someone's really cute whether it's a kid or just like a regular grown adult and they do something cute or very um uh you know bubbly and fun or they make someone smile they say

oh I'm gigar to Bukhara which means I want to eat your liver which is insane to think about because when you translated it makes no sense

if you said to someone it would be absurd absurd if you said that to fucking Michaela walking on second street yeah you will go to prison and she doesn't know who were like

oh this guy just fucking sexually assaulted me yeah I am Persian I swear it's just expression but you would say it's so

casually they'd be like, oh yeah, whatever. Yeah, 100%. It's a real, if it's a normal thing, you say it to all the time. I don't wonder, I mean, I feel like even like in English, like Western English, like we would say things like, God, I just want to eat you up. You know what I mean? Yeah, I guess that's pretty similar. You would be like, I just want to take a bite out.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It would be like something like that. Yeah, it's pretty similar, I guess, in that way. You guys make it too specific. Well, that's, well, yeah, that, but also that's where the, the, the, the poeticness comes out of. It's like, I feel like we're more creative with it. Right. right? It's like not just like straight on like I'm gonna eat you or like

you know I'm gonna rip your head off it's like it's more like I want to rip your head off but then like massage it with oil like it's more like a little bit more poetic and creative but yeah there's a bunch man there's like a gigato bochran can you pronounce that by the way gigato bocarao horam what the fuck gosh that you just saved me man get him out of here get them out of here

Gigarito? Gagaretto? Bokharam. Yeah, you got the chah too. Gigatito? Bokharam. Bokharam. Oh, hell, yeah.

Say that to your wife. She'll be like, oh, my heart. This is probably not in person, but obviously. But she'll know what I mean. She'll know what you mean. If I do a big act out. If you just like, if you just like do you with your head, like, oh my God, you're a person. There's so many good ones, man.

Like, oh, it's like, da's to shama daird not kone. Dashti Shoma, dar na kone. Which means, okay, so the meaning of it is, thank you very, very much. But the literal translation is, may your hands not hurt. So it's like, you know. I like that. It's very expressive in that. It's very, like, intense in a way.

And when would you say that? It's like when someone covers a bill for you or like they, like, did something they went out of their way for it to do something for you when they didn't have to. I like that. It's not just like, thank you. you were like, thanks for holding the door. It's like, it's like they did something intentionally that they didn't have to do. May your hands not hurt. May your hands not hurt.

It's like, yeah, it's like you did so much for me. Like, I want you to feel good about you not being in pain. What about profanity? Are there insults that just like... Oh, amazing. My mom's the goat at it. Okay. So, first of all, there's different subsets of, of insults.

There's like a hierarchy of it. There's ones that are more fun and like the goofy that are just really funny that I've gotten called my whole life from my mom. And it's pretty much any animal name. My mom will like in different scenarios too. So like, I don't know, for example, like I'm opening the fridge when there's our when I when I know there's already food in the table. My mom will get pissed and be like, why are you opening the fridge? I'll say the first in the second, but so why are you opening the fridge like, uh, what do you like a donkey like

whatever so that's just the basic one so she'll be like chriyaksholabazim going to make a khadi like are you an idiot like there's food right there or like if I'm eating a snack and I'm crunching too loud and she's like what are you why are you chewing like a fucking llama

like you know what I'm saying like she says animal insults that's funny there's a lot of that you're playing too crazy if you have like too much energy what would she say um so she goes like Cheromisadee have me, Zeni. So it's like, she'll just say like,

misle divi. So, div is like, like, like a monster, like, you're just an animal. You're like. You can't even be specific. You can't act like every animal. You're just an fucking animal, dude.

Oh, this is so fun. Yeah. And then, like, there's so many. There's like, um, uh, oh, like, if, if you're just standing there aimlessly and like, you're just like staring at the wall or something like that. Or like, you're just staring at the wall or something like that. Like, you're just staring.

off in the distance. And my mom walked and she would catch me like just aimlessly blank stare. She would be like, German said, boys, Nishti, which means like,

why are you sitting like a goat? Like, you're just like a fucking, you're just like a fucking, you know what I'm saying? Like you're just brainless, just standing there. Yeah,

like a goat. Like, you guys love school and work so much. You're like, why are you not doing anything? Yeah. Go do something. Go do something.

Exactly. Yeah. Okay, what if it went up, up the ladder? Oh, so now it's like, it's like fucking bad words.

where you shouldn't say any of them. We're bad. They're demonetized in Tehran. We're going to be pissed. The Islamic regime is like, I mean, this Mark guy. He said our language very bad, never allowed to come. He's the reason why there's regime. Kose Nannet.

Kosen Nanette. What does this mean? Kosen Nanat, sorry. Kose and Nanat. which means like so bad it's like so it's not even like pussy

it's like the punt of your grandmother you'd have to be really pissed you'd have to be so bad you'd have to be pissed off oh yeah is this used in a directive way

like like yeah it's like yeah it's when people argue in Farsi it never happens like within the family that's a very like outside of the family thing

You would never use that in your family. That'd be a serious. That's like fucking, like, it would be petrified if I ever said that in my house to my parents. Yeah. Or even around them, to be honest. But you can say to, like, other random Persians if they're fucking with you. But is that fighting? That's fighting.

Yeah, yeah. Like, it's like verbal. You wouldn't say it as a little joke. You could. That's the thing, too, is what these insults. It's like, it's kind of like in English in a way where you're like, oh, man, you got, you fuckhead. Like, you know, whatever. You bitch.

A piece of shit. Yeah, yeah. A piece of shit. I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it's a little bit more intense, I think. Like, you could use it as an insult in a real way or in a joking way. But, yeah, like, that one's, like, really bad.

There's a couple of really good ones, like, oh, Kirtu Dahanat. So he's like, Kirtu Dahanit. You said that? It means, like, my, fuck in your mouth. Hell yeah. It's like, fucking, yeah. Kirtu Dahanet. Be sure.

Be sure is, like, idiot, like, in a fucking demeaning way. Damn. Yeah. I mean, that's, yeah, you got to fight. Yeah, it's fighting words, man. I wonder if the way the language is set up, because, like, I hear comedians kind of as a joke, but, is that, oh.

Is the way the language set up, like, oh, that's how you would translate it into English, you would say. Yeah. Because in Farsi, you would say the mom part first and the bitch. It's always reversed. Because that's also how Farsi's written is from right to left. It's not left to right, like English, right? I think Arabic's obviously like that, too.

Yeah. But yeah, so because it's also red from right to left, that's also how you translate it to. It's never like, I don't know, like, motherfucker. It's like the fucker of mother. Like, it's like, it's always completely backwards. That's so funny. Yeah. Wow.

It's pretty interesting, yeah. What are the cultures that you feel like are similar to Persians? Oh, man. Because you're so steeped in so many cultures. Yeah, yeah. You're around them all the time. All the time. Toronto, baby.

Six, six, six, six. So, Turkish? Turkish is pretty close in terms of like, not the language, but like the family aspect, the actual, you know, the food culture, the hospitality. What do you know about Turks? Do you know any funny Turkish things? Turkish. Well, obviously, you know, like the classic, you know, go to Turkey, get your hair done,

your teeth, your face, whatever, stuff like that. They love that. They're fucking good. They're giving the Persians a run for the money. Yeah, they are. Yeah, they're neck and neck. Yeah. head in

I think the regime really helped her the current regime that's true because now you're like I'm not going over there that's true honestly a lot of

even in a lot of Iranians they fled to Turkey and like they they're it's right across the border and they're the ones doing the hair

see it's always you guys it's always Persian's influence number of one number of but even tourists man even like anyone

around the world they're like ah well Iran's a little dangerous let's just go to Turkey. It's like people say like if you want the Iranian experience outside of Iran, you either go to Turkey

or you go to Dubai. Those are the closest you're going to get to Iran. Have you done shows in Turkey? I've never been to Middle East. I would love to go all these places obviously. And I think I'd do well because I have a lot of followers there. Yeah. But I just can't go. I mean, I can. You go to Turkey, right? Yeah. But like it's just

I don't know, it's just tough. Yeah. I don't know. It's a long flight. I mean, it's not Istanbul. Come on. I got to eat. I got to eat like Persian 2.0 food? Like, what is the point even?

Come on. It's not like your mom made. No, yeah, exactly. I got to bring my mom with me. She's got to give the ingredients herself, cook it while I'm into her eat. Yeah, it's a whole thing. It's expensive.

It's expensive, yeah. It's time consuming. But yeah, so in Dubai, there's a lot of Iranians there because it's also like it's right across the Gulf is Iran. So a lot of them come there. And the best Persian food is in Dubai. From what I've heard.

Interesting. Damn, I should have tried it. I was just there. Yeah, you should have. Next time. Damn, I fucked that out. I know. But yeah, for Turkish people, I don't really know as many stereotypes about Turkish people,

because I don't really grow up around Turkish people. Right. I grew up way more around, like, Greeks, Italians, Tamils, Indians, Sri Lankans. What do you know about this Greek? Christos Anesti. Alistri, Anesti. El-A-Malaka.

Chris, what do you just say about me? He said you're a really nice. guy. Oh. Really funny comedian. I appreciate that. Yeah. Archidiar.

Stop laughing. Then Masklanis. He just asked me if I fart on hidden. Oh, hell. Technically. Sometimes I do. Technically speaking. That's so funny.

I feel like, how similar Greeks and Persian? Man, Greeks and Persians are very similar. Would you say, would you agree? I agree. Bro. Okay, okay, first of all, from the start, no one ever thinks on Persian. They always think I'm Greek. Just by looking at me.

Which I feel like, you know, if you didn't know me, you'd probably be like, oh, this guy's Greek. Yeah, you've got the accent. Well, not even that, even without talking. Like, I probably look Greek. You got to look about you. You look good, that's what it. Yeah, hell yeah. Six.

I mean, my hair is not thinning, so I can't be too Greek. Yeah. Which we were just to end up before. It is the ultimate insult to the Greeks that they lose their hair at 22, and the only place you can get a fixed is in Turkey. I mean, it's just like a sore at the side. I mean, it's so sad. Just stick it to them. I mean, it's awful.

Take that. I mean, just give it a rest to you right? Do you need everything? Seriously. Also, Chris, can I share the story? Creasas was went to Greece and was very popular with the women. Oh, yeah? Because he looks like a Greek...

He looks like a Greek superstar. Can you pull this guy? A Greek superstar? Oh, wait. Is it a... I was like, there's no way. I was like, Creases, what's superstar do you look like? Apparently, he's like one of the best.

biggest artists in Greece. Wait, I think I know who you're talking about. The guy that wears like a sculling. You don't even know his name. Christos. Come on, dude. Oh, Stelios. You knew his name before. You told it to me and I looked it up and I couldn't believe how similar you guys look.

The audience is going to love this, by the way. They've been on a face reveal on Christos for a while. Oh, really? This is going to be the best case scenario. Oh, now you have to show his face. No, no, I'm just going to show this guy and be like, just basically the same thing. Oh, right, okay. And they'll associate him with a superstar forever.

Oh, that's perfect. It's kind of ideal, right? Are you pulling it up? He's just texting his broad. Yeah, no, we need to see it. We can also keep going if you want to pull it up in a second. You got it. Oh, I knew you guys.

He's the goat, man. You Greek. Christos the goat. Don't call him a goat. What the, dude, that's insulting. He eats. He eats. He eats. He's not insulting in your culture. He's not. He's not. He's not. He's not. He's not. Mariyaki Oh Go to images

I wonder if images It'll pull up Oh I thought you had it Chrisas You fucking got me He's like a new guy I feel like anyone you pull up He's gonna be old Go to

Just I wish you could take a picture Of yourself Upload and be like Who's someone that looks like me That's famous They must be able to There must be something

AI has got to be on it You know what I mean an ipon yeah hold on google go to google images appon go to google images and get apon up on the screen immediately because chrysos was getting play just doing a tribute act

you're serious yes bro he told me when he came back he was swimming in it did no way you're telling people you're upon come on that's christos I didn't tell them that I wasn't maybe a little bit get them bald get him without the hat because without the hat

he has hair no Wow. But I mean, that's Pretty much like ball Like you can't tell. Like when I saw you were in your cap, I didn't think you were bald. That's more like me. See two different epons, bro.

Yeah, I can see it. It's the same like facial structure, the beard too, the nose. He's got his name on his chest for a legend. Yeah, he also has an apon on his chest. He's gay. He's fully leaning in, dude. It helps him get a finger in there. That's all you need.

Let's all you need, buddy. Let's go, Christos. Hey, he says. Fagari. Okay, so what's up with Greeks, though? You grew up around Greeks? Yeah, well, there's also one of the biggest communities of Greeks outside of Greece in Toronto. There's a whole place called the Danforth.

Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm sure you're in Toronto. I didn't realize it was Greek. Yeah, it's all Greek. What makes Greeks funny to you? I love, also the, okay, the look-wise, we look very alike, I think. the family aspect is very similar a lot of family members

I don't know like the same types of foods you know the same kind of like ingredients you know they have the meat with the rice with the salads it's all fresh citrusy shit you know they also think they invented everything they also think they invented everything so we're similar in that way yeah

um and Chris is there anything funny to Greeks to you Do you think you guys do anything that you find particularly funny that's specifically Greek? Oh. Oh yeah, that's one thing you guys do. That's true. Yeah, they're religious, yeah.

That is one thing. Yeah, that's an interesting thing. Like, all the Persians I meet in America are kind of like, nah. Well, obviously, because they're so oppressed from the regime. That they just projected completely? Or are they casually like, you know, we love Allah, but it's not like. No one, I don't know any Persian Muslims. Really?

I actually met one for the first time recently. But I was like, oh, this is an anomaly. Interesting. Are they any religion? No. There's not religious. No, just agnostic. Interesting.

Yeah, like my dad's against religion. Interesting. Yeah. Because he saw. Well, yeah, because he saw what the fuck happened. They got oppressed over the years. The revolution happened. Man, they went from, yeah, the Zoroastrians too.

Like, there are Zoroastrians, actually. There's a lot of Zoroastrians in India, the Parsis. Right. Which is like Indian Persian. That's probably the most religious you'll find in Persians. And then Jews, obviously, Persian Jews. Right. But in terms of.

like Islam like no like especially after the revolution happened like my dad other people like him they saw what they were doing and they're like I'm not this isn't this isn't me I don't want to live like this right because no one wants to wear hijabs right and they're not right now in Iran

the most this has been the most liberated Persian women have been because if you walk around any of the cities they're not even wearing hijab properly I don't know if you remember what happened a few years ago with Masa Amini

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But, like, they, they, she got killed her. She got killed her, because her job was, like, halfway on her head, which is so fucked. And then, like, the people protested and protested, and they got really close to, like, really taking down the government. But they're just too powerful still. And, you know, they couldn't really do anything about it. But then, so now, the, slowly but surely, the women have been just walking around almost no hijab, like, barely wearing it. Like, it's just super loose.

So it's like slowly but surely Because they've given so much trouble And it's been they've become so annoying to the government They're kind of like they're like all right Like let them fucking do what they want right So it takes time you know like I feel like We were talking about

Or we were talking about empires Earlier on it's like they'll rise and they'll fall Like same with governments like they At some point the people just it's up to the people Yeah and it's been shown over the years Right it's possible And so I think in due time it will happen in this generation

in this lifetime, I'm hopeful. But anyway, I don't know. Yeah, it's interesting how that happens. Like, even being in Saudi Arabia, because we just got back from Saudi, they used to have a religious police. Like, when you would walk around and, like, if your hair was showing as a woman,

or, like, if your hair was even too long as a man, like, you know, they would handle it. They would do something. They would either define you, they would hit you with a stick, be like, go back inside, cover up, da-da-da. If you're shorts or too short, like, just like modesty rules.

and then that's basically gone. That's crazy. The haia is what they call them. Yeah, yeah. What was that? It's basically just like, I think it's like an acronym for the religious police or like a shortened version of it.

And they would just go around like, I even had a friend here that told me like, he went to college here and he's just my buddy from school, but he was like, I knew a guy who went out. He was like, oh, I'm just going to run to the store. This is like 25 years ago maybe. And he went to the store with like an afro and he came back with his head shaved.

And he was like, yeah, I do they shave my head. And it was like, damn. And it was like, yeah, they just grabbed them. They're like, yeah, you can't have hair like this. Just like that. And you came back two hours later, shaved head. And it was like, damn, that's gone. Oh, wow.

But, and so now everyone's like, dude, this is awesome. Like, they love what's happening now in the country. And they're like, yeah, we can, women can drive. Like, you know what I mean? Like there's comedy shows. So it's that kind of stuff where it's like, you know, it takes time. I know. But it is possible.

And even in Iran, it seems similar where it's like for years, like post-79, it was like lockdown, Sharia, everyone in the cab. Yeah. And then now it's like, okay, you can wear a hijab, not in a cub. And then it's like, you don't have to wear the hijab completely. You can wear it in a baya or whatever. Yeah. And then it just kind of slowly, like, people relax.

And unfortunately, it seems like it happens from, like, bad events. It's always like that. One of the examples they gave, I think, in Saudi, was like, in the early 2000s. There was, like, a fire. And a bunch of women were dying in this fire. And the religious police stopped the authorities from going in to save them because they were like, they're not covered. Jesus.

And then this caused a massive. of uproar where people were like, this is crazy. People are dying because of these rules. Like, this is absurd. And it was unfortunately because of that event, that then people started to be like, all right, we got to change. We got to change what's going on because this is actively hurting us.

You know, like these rules are supposed to be for us. And now they're just, people are dying. And so it's unfortunately stuff like that and like this woman in Iran, I've read her name. Massar, meaning. Like, what happened her was obviously terrible, but from that, it seems like people have kind of been like, okay, this has gone too far.

Yeah. Like, is that more or less, sentiment from people you talk to in Iran? 100%. Yeah. That's been the ongoing discussion for years now, a couple years now. Because, well, it's been happening throughout the

time, obviously. But then, like, this was, like, the biggest, most viral thing that came out on social media, and that's the power of social media, obviously, because now the whole world was starting to become aware of it. Right. And the government started to feel

it for the first time. I'm sure they're feeling Western pressure. They're like, you can't just be killing women for showing their hair. Like, we're not going to trade with you. We're not going to whatever. Exactly.

And that's what happened, man. They fucking, man, there's so many people sanctioned Iran. Yeah. Like, the dollar means nothing right now. Yeah. It's crazy. Interesting.

Yeah. So it's like, well, fuck God, what's the point of this? Because there, it's either you're really the top, the rich, or you're pretty much poor. There's no one between.

Right. And it's like, and they all have all the power. It's just them. Whatever they say goes. And the closer you are to the regime, probably the better. Yeah, exactly. And then it's crazy because I remember during the, during this whole like Massa Mini protest, that era, like it was like really intense times.

Funny enough, my first ever tour started the next day in Canada. It was like the first time I was going on the road and I announced the whole tour and shit. Man, I was getting fucking flak for that. Really? Oh, it's crazy. Because in this time. I'm doing comedy when it's like my people. I see you know

there's a whole thing but like it was pretty wild time to be honest people were like sending videos like death threats like calling my mom a fucking fucking like shit like it's crazy that's wild yeah bro it's so crazy because this is something so outside of Michael like

I remember seeing this being like oh that's crazy right but then it really was a big part of my life yeah because I'm so in that culture I can imagine like you know a black musician dropping like an album the day like George Floyd died It'd be like, well, this is going to be, the rollout is going to be a little different. Right, exactly.

I know. And so many people actually, I remember, there were people messaging me like, oh, how could, okay, well, because of the first few days when it happened when we heard about the news that they killed her, I didn't even know what was going on. I was just like, I was still posting content. And then like slowly but surely there's a few comments like, yo, why are you posting this isn't funny? This is not a time to laugh. This isn't a good time of laugh. blah blah, blah, blah, like, you should be ashamed of yourself. You're not even Persian.

All this stuff. It started to happen. I was like, what the fuck's going on? And when we saw the news, we're like, okay, like, let's just go quiet at least for a few days, just to like let it settle. And then when we were quiet, now all the DMs started flooding and like, how could you not say anything? You're a disgrace to our culture. You're not even perjury. You're a person.

You're a piece of shit. Damn. I'm going to unfollow you. I've been following for years. I lost respect. Like, right off the bat. I didn't even have time, time to breathe or make a decision. And it's not that easy because it's like, well, I, the thing with platforms too is like, I'm sure you guys know all about it too with like, I don't know, I didn't get here by posting political stuff.

Yeah. I got here because of my comedy. Right. So it's like, if you want to talk about the news, ma'am, the fucking news should be reported in this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know shit. Yeah, but when you're so tight with an in-group, it's like, well, you have to say something. Yeah, but it's like, it's iffy because it's like, well, what do you say?

how do you say it? It's like if you don't say it, they're going to come after you. If you do say something, they still come after you. Right, if you don't say it in the right way. The right way. It's too late.

Someone said, ah, it's too late. I did it. I posted that thing like, I don't know, three days after everyone else was saying. Oh, it's too late. You should have done it earlier.

I'm like, bro, like, well, you just can't win. Yeah. So I don't even know how I got there, but. Yeah, it's a tricky thing. It's a tricky thing. I remember even like, I mean, this happens all the time,

like with like specific in groups. It's a weird thing as like a white dude in America because like there's no in-group. You know what I mean? There's incest. But you'll mirror your cousins also. Yeah, stop it. Pretty Arab.

Stop it. That's what the South is. Yeah, inshallah, man. I'm gonna have a ball. Yeah, I got a hot cousin. Come on, man. But like, yeah, as a white guy, I don't have that feeling of like, oh man, I have to like stand up for my people.

You know what I mean? I feel a little bit like Catholic stuff because like I'm Catholic. So, like, anytime people, like, talk to you about Catholics, I'm like, come on, ah, is that. But, like, I'm also not going to, like, fight about it because it's not, like, that serious. You know what I mean? In comparison to, like, a diaspora out of a country. Because, like, these people live every single day as Persian. You know, and, like, you can't turn off.

But, like, you know, if you're Catholic, it's like, yeah, you go to Mass, da-da-da-da. But it's not, like, for some people, it's their core identity. But, like, for most, it's not. They're not going to, like, go to war over it, you know? Yeah, also you can be like, yeah, fucking white people, man, let's go. Right? Everyone's going to be like, you're supremacist. You know, this is bigotry.

I do a joke about this, but like, the only people in America are they going to have pride or gays. You know what I mean? No one else can have pride. I know. You'll be like, dude, fucking, you know, Persian pride. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's just, you know, get through the airport. Wait, we know you're gay.

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amount of Latinos that are in Canada are Colombians, Venezuelans, and Peruvians. Those are the main Latinos. Can you grab Jaime? Because we got a grill high man on some questions. Yeah. Yeah, because it's funny because I travel a lot to do comedy too

and I've noticed that Mexicans in the U.S. are just the Indians of Canada. That's exactly what the difference. And neither place has that type of people. In America, there's not that many Indians. Yeah, I mean, obviously if you're in Jersey,

if you're in New York, you're going to be a bunch. But like outside of that. Because you're in Texas. There's five. And they're not supposed to be there. They just got off of the wrong. stop. And then like California, there's not really any. Maybe some and some of like the upper like northern, like east, east coast.

Right. Boston maybe New York, right? But they're all in Canada. Right now it's a big thing over there. Right. People are up in arms about it. Yes, fam. Yeah, fam.

You go to, you go to Bramledesh? Yo, too, too? Is it in Brampton? Yeah, eh? Brampton's a spot. Brampton is. Bramledesh. is crazy. Yeah, it's a

and it's not, honestly, now it's other parts of Canada are becoming like Brampton. Yeah. So. But you guys have scary Indians up there too. You know what I mean? In America, the Indians we got, they go to school, they win spelling bees. You know what I mean? Like, they're very

like nice, nerdy. Nerdy Indians. I know. But then you guys have some Punjabis up there. Hey man, they don't fuck around. And those are scary motherfuckers. Like there's, I didn't know there's Punjabi gangs. Oh yeah. There's Yeah, and they're like fucking... They're scary.

They're together. This is a historical culture, obviously not all Punjabis. I'm being facetious. They're actually great people too. It's a history of like, like these are warriors. You know what I mean? Like these people, these people like... They fought.

They will bang. Oh yeah. And so now they're in Canada and they're like, oh, let's start a gang and, you know, make some money. And just like how every gang starts, you know what I mean? But these just happen to be Punjabi, which in America doesn't exist. No. Like the idea of like a Punjabi gang is like,

No. Indians are like, what is that? It's like a math club? Oh, you're a gang? Yeah, you're a little math gang? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then we'll have, you know, Mexican gangs, Latin kings. That's what I'm saying.

That's the whole MS-13. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And y'all don't have that. No, no, no, no, no, we don't have nothing like that. No, no, no. Because you guys have the wall. Yeah. America.

Exactly. Here you go. Well, there's a lot of, like, there's a lot of gangs, but it's within, like, the Italians. and I guess they're not really like mafia I guess they're kind of mafia like not like in the States though for the Italians but

but there's the the Punjabi gangs yeah and then there are like the like the Jamaican like yeah more that those kind of gangs too which is just

crazy I think we were even talking about this when I was in Toronto like the Toronto accent changed in my generation Right. What was it when you first heard it, though? Oh, yeah, bud. Oh, yeah. That's Canadian.

But, like, as an American, it's like, if you went to Toronto in the 90s, and be like, oh, yeah, yeah, bud, we go to Timmy's. Yeah, yeah, play some puck. Yeah, you know, that's it. But now, it's like, oh, yeah, do a guy from Toronto. Bro, it's like, yo, twos fam, like, yo, this guy's a Gerber fam. Yo, man's are out here, you know what you mean? Like, yo, if you're not grabbing your bands, fam,

like you're done for the year still. Like, yo, Mom, like, if you're not copping stocks, you're done, Tom. You're me? We're all here, doggie. And that's just fucking Connor and grade 9. It's like, why are you talking like that, bro? It's just amazing, dude. You have a shift at Uniclo.

Can we not talk like this? Some parent is like, oh, no, my kids have a Canadian accent. They start speaking Jamaican patois, and they're like, whoa. I wish she was just like a dumb, like, you know, zen and hockey player. Yeah, fucking be a hockey player, at least.

No, fucking white dudes, he's gone too far. White girls talking like Jamaicans, it's insane. Yo, you'll leave your moms in the hood, fam? I'm sick to my stomach, fam. I mean, that girl. Hey, hey, Bradley, dinner's ready. Yo, fam, like, you're, your beacon, moms. Yo, you're beacon.

Mazzar rocking Xbox. You're talking too much still. You're relaxed. Yo, Walaki. I'm in Somali. This guy eats mac and cheese for dinner. He's saying Wollahi. It's like, come on, man.

It's so wild. Okay, we'll get to Jamaicans and then Indians, of course. Yeah. I want to ask you about Mexicans. The Mexicans. You know about the Chicano, bro, but like, oh, you can even do the whistle. Yo, Hyman, do you have the whistle? I do not.

That's crazy, bro. Orole. Orolele, bro. What do you mean? You don't have the whistle. The whistle is like one of my fit, because I had so many Mexicans our coaches, and they would just be like. Oh, so good.

Oh, my. It's like, like, just. Well, I do the Cuban whistle. It's different. What is that? The Cuban whistle's like, Oh. Mano?

Hey, what about it? That was that? But Mexicans, like, I can't even do it. It's like, more like, bro, the way you were running, brother, like, it's seamless. Look at us.

Come on, Avivi. But, like, Mexicans are very funny to me. They have very fun stereotypes. When we were in Texas, I was doing a bunch of Mexican jokes. and the one that I find so funny is that like you'll see on the side of the road 10 Mexicans playing soccer

Oh really? They've never Three of them look like they've never played before And then five of them are like nasty Like they're like so good Really? And then there's just like a keeper that's like drinking meadows And that's just their death Four of them are wearing jeans Oh mate every time

Why? It's like the Indians in the beach wearing jeans What is that? Mexican wear jeans playing soccer Why do you all wear jeans when you play soccer? I need to know. Do you have any theory as to why this happens?

I think it's because we've got to go to work after. That's a good point. Or like you go to the gym. Every time I see him Mexican do the gym, he'll be wearing like khaki shorts, maybe jeans, and then he'll have a weight belt, and then he's wearing fingerless gloves. And then he's going to the gym

and then walking on the treadmill. That's fucking funny. He's on the treadmill. Or just like doing some other shit that the gloves were never a part of it. No. But it was like, oh, I go to the gym. you know, I put on my gloves.

There's a picture of a fucking Mexican person playing soccer on the side of the road, and he scores a goal. He's like, go, go, go, go to work. Go to work. That's what the go is, bro. Go to the job site. To the job site. I'm working.

Bro, I wish I had a thicker Mexican accent. He told me, because Hyman is from Macau and Texas. right on the border is a border town. Yeah, he's a border Mexican. For real. Yeah. And his brother, Jesus. Brother.

His brother, you've been talking to him, his Romano. Yeah, yeah. He has a thick, like, South Texas Mexican accent. Oh, what is that? Like, it's kind of like, I mean, it seems like kind of like a standard Mexican, but almost like cholo-y a little. Oh, okay. So it's like, am I, am I off on this, hi? It's kind of like this, Holmes, like you're going to talk like that, eh?

It's a 956 accent. Oh, 956. What? What's 956? Valley. That's everything south of San Antonio. Oh. Okay. So like El Paso? No, no.

Just like near the Gulf. Of America? Is it America? Yeah, it's a Gulf of America. Did it actually change that? I mean, Trump changed it. Jesus. That's wild.

Yeah, dude. Gove of America. America. Yeah. But dude, it's just like there's his brother would just be like, yo, bro, like, I'm like trying to post this video, bro. like, like, yo, for real, like, yo, you, yo, before I post it, can I tell you a joke, bro?

Like, you should do a joke about, like, Jeff Bezos or no, do one about like Hunter Biden, bro. Like, that shit is so. Oh, he's like, yo, Hunter Biden, like, he's, like, doing crack on the highway, bro. Like, this guy is so funny, bro, do that. And I'll be like, I'm not going to do that. I don't really know how to, what's the joke.

He's like, bro, just talk about it. Just say him, man. And then I meet Jaime and Jaime is like, you know, Stanford educated. You know, very proper. But he told me he used to talk like that. Really? Yes, bro.

Really? Yeah, why is, Mexican just sounds like Toronto Man's. Everyone, you know, every time I've done a Toronto Man video, everyone's like, yo, why do you sound Mexican, bro? Really? It's like, yo, like, what are you saying? Yo, like, yo, you're different, eh? Yo, that's a good point.

You just put an A on it. It's all of a Toronto. That's what I'm saying. Oh, that's so funny. Yo, like, yo, you're different, eh? Yo, like, yo, so what up, yo? So like, what are? Hoh?

I was like, yo. Canadian Ed is like the South Texas. Yeah. Wait, how would you use that? When a chole girl, you know, laughs or says anything in high school, I'll hit you with that. Oh, you can see his face. Bro. Imagine, bro.

I would be so annoyed. Well, you know what? That's funny. because Persians do the same thing. What? They say like, ah. It's like, fuck, man. Ah.

Fuck. Yeah. Oh, that's so funny. What nationality or culture do you identify with the most? I mean, American. Unfortunately, like American. I weirdly have a lot of Floridian pride. Okay, that's good.

I stand with Florida. Like, people talk about Florida all the time. I'm like, shut up, dude. What's Floridian? pride. I mean, to me, like, being a true Floridian is, like, you are wearing a bathing suit all the time. At all

times. You're never not wearing a bathing suit. And it's, like, board shorts, and they go down to, like, below your, or, yeah, below your knee. And you're wearing sandals. And you might wear your reef sandals that have the bottle open underneath. And then, uh, you probably have, like, some type of truck, something that can get out of the sand. And then, uh, but like, you're not like a cowboy. You know what I mean? Like, you're,

like, you're kind of like a surfer almost. but you're in your truck because it's better for the beach. And you have like a salt life sticker on the back and you go to Publix and you got Pub Subs and then... Fire. Oh, it's the greatest. Fire.

And then like, you know, maybe you smoke a little weed here and there. You know what I mean? But like, you're pretty chill. You're pretty tan. And you're not really concerned with anything that's going on. You're like low-key, like a hippie,

but you also have a gun. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah. Like, you'll be like, dude, like, just fucking, you know, Florida, man. But also, like, you are strapped. Right. You have a gun at your house.

But Florida's also interesting. because it's three countries in one state. How so? Because like North Florida, like where I'm from Orlando is not the south. No. But if you go farther north, you go south. You know what I mean?

You go to Pensacola. You go to like Destin even. You're going into the south. Oh. You know what I mean? Interesting. So like you go to like the Panhandle, Tallahasse even, you're in the deep south.

You got, you know, good old boys. They got their trucks. They like to hunt. They got their dogs. Really? That's exactly how they talked. Come on, man. Yeah, these are good old country boys.

Tallahassee, Florida. Yeah, I mean, obviously it's like the capitals. You've got, you know, like diplomats and, you know, the king or whatever. But like if you're living around Tallahassee, yeah, no, you'll be. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah. And like, you don't miss with the college kids. Like, they got their own thing on over and, you know, going old.

But like, yeah, these are like southern gentlemen, you know what I mean? And they go to Mobile, you know what I mean? Yeah, they go over the beach over there, you know, if you're on, like, the Flojo line. You know what I mean? Flojo. Yeah, if you're on Florida Georgia. Yeah, if you're near there. Yeah, you know, you pop in.

You've heard Florida Georgia line band. Yeah. They're fucking awesome, by the way. They're great. Dude, there's a, baby you were a song, you make me want to roll my windows down and cruise. I mean, awesome. I don't one song, I forget what it was, though. They got some banks.

It was like a collab with some pop artists, I think. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, they're good. But those are the kind of guys. Like, that's Southern Boys. And then you go farther south, and then you get to Orlando, which is going to be more kind of as like your standard sort of metropolitan. Like, Orlando is actually a little gay, to be honest.

Oh, oh, actually. Well, yeah, I remember they had the big mass shooting of the gay nightclub. Which was, like, a massive thing in Orlando because, like, this is just my opinion. I actually don't know if this is true. But, like, I think that's probably, like, the biggest gay community in all of Florida is, like, Orlando. Oh, yeah. And I think there's a mixture of, like, Disney.

You know what I mean? Oh, because it's kind of, like, flamboyant. It's a little flamboyant. Like, they do gay day at Disney every year. No way. Oh, yeah. Gay Day? Like a Disney?

At Disney? The kids play. Yeah, bro. They have a gay day. I mean, they used to call it gay day. They probably call it like LGBT Pride Day or whatever. Brackets, gay day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, dude, it's unofficial. Oh, I love that. It's in June. I didn't even know it was unofficial. I thought it was an official thing. This is just the gay community would be like, hey, we're all going to Disney today.

That's somehow worse. They just mob up. The gay homies are like, oh, they're not going to last have our official day. We're going to make it official. Now, go to images for me. The funniest part of this whole thing is that we used to do a field trip every year to Disney, my little Christian school. And the day we were planning was on Gay Day. And they were like, I don't know.

It's just like, you know, it's going to be packed. And, you know, maybe like our values as a small Christian school. And on top of that, our field trip, every time we want on a field trip anywhere would be khaki shorts, red polo. And the official uniform of Gay Day is the red shirt. No way. That's hilarious. Zoom out. Like you can see all these guys

Everyone's got their red shirt on Oh my God So they saw a bunch of kids And red shirts and khaki shirts And they'd be like what is this like a gay Like is this like a gay school or something Like what kind of school is this And so we were like

Okay we're going to go instead to the Holy Land Now the Holy Land Look up the Holy Land experience in Orlando for me The Holy Land is a theme park That's not defunct But for my entire childhood It was a massive thing near Disney Right off the highway

That was built to live look like Jerusalem. And it was like a massive like Middle Eastern city that they built. That's a theme park where it's like a Christian theme park where they do like Christian theme park literally. Where like they do like they have like

a museum thing like a little exhibit. Yeah. He's like pieces of like ancient script from the Bible and stuff. But then they also do like you know reenactments from Bible stories. But it's like a massive theatrical event. Could you pull this up, Chris does the Holy Land Experience? That's unreal. It's a hilarious thing. And it's basically like all these theme parks

Like Disney's not the only one Everyone else that wanted to build a theme park was like Oh we'll just build an Orlando Because people are already going there for Disney That's unreal So the Holy Land Yeah dude that was what you would see driving on the highway No way

Just a massive like Arab city In the middle of Orlando For real bro What? And this is a Christian Yeah I mean it's not like literally Christian But like Holy Land It's like pretty religious I mean I think it is probably Christian

But it was kind of like Judeo Christian Right, so it was religious in some way. Yeah, and they would open it up to, like, Jewish day schools, and I think they would have like a Torah thing, and then like, you know. But it was specifically like Abrahamic religions. Yeah, yeah, okay. And they'd be like, we all come here, they do like plays. Yeah.

Like, it's a whole thing. And so we went there instead. And we saw Jesus get crucified. That was literally part of it. Wow. You literally saw Jesus. Actually, we skipped gay day, went here. And it was a vivid reenactment. It wasn't like, oh, this is Jesus.

And now he goes into the tomb. It was like, give him. Give him to me. And like, Poncha's pilot, like, you're sentenced to death. And then he's fucking being whipped

and like there's blood flying everywhere. Then they put him on the cross. This is what I saw. This is what I saw. This is real. I'm 10 years old. I'm watching this. And like, there's blood.

I'm looking up with my teacher. She's crying. She's like, it's just so beautiful. And I was like, what the hell, dude? Horrified. It's crazy. And so there's blood everywhere. Like, you're getting splash.

Like, you're in like sea world, dude. It's like, you're in the splash zone. You get your poncho on. Like blood's hitting you. And then they prop him up And then this guy's dead And then you're like, holy shit And then they bury him

And then he resurrects It's like the whole thing And it's vivid It's not like oh that we hide some of it It's like no Like he's on the pole Just getting fucking whip Jesus literally

Literally What the hell And then at the end of the whole day Like we're all getting in the bus Or all of us a little bit like Oof that was Took a turn You know

We see the actor playing Jesus Walking out What's he wants? wearing his red shirt. He's going a gay day. He's an actor after all. You know what I mean? And my field trips were the burger cake.

And you got gay Jesus reenactments. Okay, in fairness, the red shirt part then was embellished. But you get the point. I get the point. So this is Orlando, all right? It's like kind of like beachy, but not super beaching. It's like an hour from the beach. But still, you're going to get like your pickup trucks.

your boys in the board shorts and people just wearing like body glove shirts for no reason. And then you go south and you're not going south. You're going into the North Caribbean. Oh, so they don't call that the South? I mean, erroneously, people would be like,

yeah, you know, the South, you know, like Alabama, Mississippi, Florida. Yeah. And they're really talking about one tiny part of Florida. Oh, Orlando's not the South. No, no, no. But you're not going to see people's southern accents and do that, none of that.

Yeah, even Miami, well, it's just Cuban. And then you go Miami and then you're just in Cuba. That's just, yeah. And then all along the way, you got different types of black people. Right. You know what I mean? So you got like kind of country black people up north. You got Haitians kind of in like central south.

And then you got like, you know, like hood black dudes that live in like West Orlando that are just like gang banging. You know what I mean? And just like making rap music. And then you have like the whole like Broward rap scene that created like all SoundCloud rap. Oh really? Yeah. You got like little pump XX. Oh wow.

I mean a bunch of other people smoke perp. Like there's like a bunch of like rappers that came out of like that Broward. county, like South Florida wraps. Interesting. Crazy. And then you go south and then you're just in Cuba. And that's why Florida is the most fascinating place. In a way, it's actually quite diverse. Think about it. It's the most diverse, bro, because that's the other thing. No one's from Florida.

You know what I mean? Like, I'm of the first generation to be from Florida. But even me, I was born in France and then moved there when I was a kid. Oh, yeah. So like, even for my family, my family is not from Florida. Right. So no one's from there. Everyone moves there and they're all moving from different places. So like even in Orlando, little Saigon. is right there. Some of like the best Vietnamese food in the world.

That's wild. It's just like in Orlando. It's like one of the biggest aspers of Vietnamese people. After Vietnam War, they all went to Orlando. Crazy. There's like Persian community. It's a Brazilian community. There's Indians.

Persians in Orlando? Yeah. No way. Go on down. Check it out. What the head? I'm telling you everyone's down there. Interesting.

Yeah. I heard Orlando's quite dangerous though. Yeah. Not like any other, some of the other places in the States. Yeah. I mean, I grew up there so it's like hard for me to like really, but I've never felt like I'm in danger

I mean it's as dangerous as any place in America I got a question for you you've I mean you've also traveled a bunch now too doing comedy and maybe you can attest to this because now I've had the pleasure of doing that too and I'm grateful for it but

you being born and raised and living in Florida your whole life pretty much but now you travel a lot what's the biggest thing that you've learned about, you know, not staying in your own little bubble. Oh, dude, so much. Again, what's the biggest takeaway for you, I guess? Well, every city has the same problem.

Two things. Every city on the planet that you go to, they are mad about two things every single time. They're typically mad about other stuff, but there's two things no matter where you go. The French. The French is a big one. Everyone's pissed off by the French for some reason.

I don't even know why, all right? You guys, it makes sense. You know what I mean? you're like, you've got these Canadians, these French Canadians over there. I mean, fucking, you know, smoking all day. I know. But traffic, construction. Everywhere you go.

I know. People are mad about these two things, and it's hilarious to me. We went to Riyadh, and we were like, what's bugging you guys? The traffic. The traffic, it's fucking, the construction, it's not stuff. They're pissed everywhere you go. And it's not even that bad. No, I mean, it's just, yeah, it's like anything.

There's traffic everywhere. Right. So it's just a funny thing to me. Like, no matter where you go, people are pissed off about the traffic. Yeah. People are listening to this right now and being like, he's talking about Omaha. He's talking about, he's been to Omaha. He's talking about Omaha.

Yeah, he's talking about us. But no, you guys have traffic also. There's no place without traffic. But I mean, as far as like traveling more broadly speaking, I'm like, but in the U.S., I mean, one thing, this is a very, this is gay of me. But people are way more common, way more in common than they are different. Yeah. And you don't realize it because you see stuff on the news.

you're like, oh man, everyone hates each other. And you go around the country and you're like... Everyone's chill. Going to restaurants, everyone's kind of doing, you know, they're chilling. And like, we have way more in common where people like all want the same things. You know what I mean? Like, you know, they love their kids.

And like they want like good education. Yeah. You know, healthcare would be nice. But it's like little things like that where it's like, oh, we're not as divided, it seems like. At least this is my interpretation. Yeah. I'm also spending time and like, you know,

the comedy club and stuff like that. Right, exactly. I mean, the other thing I love about America is like, you just go around. And America is unique like this. Canada in the same way. That like this idea of what it even means to be American. Like I don't like classify it ethnically at all.

Like it's really like a like a philosophy where so many other countries are ethnic. You know what I mean? Yeah, it's purely that one. Like you go to like UAE and it's like, oh yeah, I'm Emeraldi. And like you've lived your whole life. And like I still respect you and I love you. But like you're not emirati. You know what I mean?

Like you're Jordanian. But you're not because my. parents have been here for 10,000 years. But like America is like everyone just kind of believes the same philosophy of like oh I can be I can be better I can get something more I can grow I can

I can become the best version of myself and to me I'm like I don't care where are you from or what you do like everyone kind of shares that same thing yeah anywhere in the country which I think is like very cool. That's a good thing about America like too is like they they're go getters and they want to make something of themselves

but you don't get that sense anywhere else in the world to be honest. Yeah, I wonder if you felt this in Canada even, like, trying to, like, pursue a dream? Did you have some people be like, what is the dream? Well, for what? Yeah, they have a thing in Australia called Tall Poppy Syndrome. Have you heard of this? No.

So in Australia, I lived there for a year. Oh, I didn't realize you lived there. Yeah, because I moved there because I needed somewhere to practice my new set for my tour I'm on right now to, like, just, you know, bomb and get on stage as much as possible to get the reps in. right to practice some material for this new hour and i don't want to stay in canada where my my main fan base is right so like you know i don't want people to see me while i'm working on bits you know in progress and then i also couldn't get into the states my visa got rejected four times so how long were you supposed to go for to where into the states or i'm sorry you were supposed to be in australia for how long uh well we just we wanted to go for a year okay yeah but then you

couldn't get into america well we went to australia because we couldn't get to the states Yeah, because it's like I can't work without papers in the States at all. And so I'm like, well, I'm not going to risk it. Like, I'm just going to find, you know, pivot. And so because my visa got rejected four times, we're like, all right, let's try to maybe go to the UK. But UK, you can only get a visa for like three months and then you have to leave. But I'm like, I needed like a good year somewhere. We found out that Australia is a Commonwealth country with Canada.

It's easy for Canadians to just drop everything and move there. And you have to pay $500. And you can just live there for a year. That's great. Whereas states, you have to pay 50 grand and a lawyer. Just to get a visa.

And then might not even get in. Yeah. Right? So Australia, we went and they have a bunch of, they have some of the best fringe festivals in the world there. So the best, like, comedy festivals,

fringe festivals. You were in Sydney the most of the time? Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney. Those are the main three. I went all over. But those are the main three where they had the festivals. Perth is the best one.

and I was getting up like six times a night doing 20, 30 minutes on stage bro yeah it's fucking nuts because like a lot of these shows like some of the comedians out there it's like not as strong as Canada and you has to be right so you show up and you're like you know even if you're fucking decent here

you go there you're like oh man who's this guy yeah yeah and Australians are funny too no there's some great comics there too but like just the people the people itself their audiences are going to be great, I imagine. Well, you think that. There was a big humbling experience for me because, you know, it was a big culture shock. I'm used to performing in

Canadian audiences and American audiences for the most part. Australian audiences are way more like, not as forgiving. And they actually don't like it when you're on stage and you're too confident. They love when you self-deprecate.

Interesting. So Tall Poppy Syndrome is like literally like they don't like seeing people doing better than them. And so when you're in an audience, when I was over in Australia, the amount of bombs I've had more in a concentrated amount of months than my entire career. That's so fun. Bro, it was the most discouraging shit ever. But it teaches you a lot. Yeah.

Because now you're like, all right, well, now you know how to perform in front of this type of person. Right. That's the beauty of traveling, right? Yeah. Like doing comedy or whatever. It's like you really find out what people like and how they are. and Tall Pauvi syndrome is a real thing. That's why you don't never really see anyone making it out of Australia.

Oh, that's so interesting. Because they're like, ah, fuck these mine. Like, these fucking kind of, anything's better than me. Yeah. It's like, no, like, you know, they hate it. That's so interesting. It's pretty much an English thing. It's kind of an English thing, too.

Yeah. It's pretty similar. I think they probably got it, obviously, from being an English colony. Yeah. I think that culture, because like the Irish and America are like that. English in America are like that. Like, it's kind of like a thing where it's like, who the fuck do you think you. Yeah.

I think Canada probably gets a little bit from that same. A little bit. kind of thing. They don't care. They don't really support until you make it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But America, they will fucking, they'll push you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're like, yeah, fuck yeah, he's one of our own. I mean, that's the reason my dad left Montreal.

Because he lived in Quebec City and then moved to Montreal and he was like, oh yeah, I want to like, you know, start a business. Like, I want to like try to be successful in my life. Yeah. He just had people around him being like, what do you even, what does that even mean? That baronack, you want to make a business. What the fuck are you talking about, brother?

It's not going to go well, That's good. That's good. Right? Yeah, yeah. It's so true, bro. Yeah. I'd love that you said Tabernack, by the way.

Of course. Because it's very funny. Not a lot of people know this, but like French Canadian profanity and French profanity is different. It is very different. And people don't realize that. It's so different. It's like, it's very specific to French Canadians.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And like French profanity will be kind of similar to Spanish. You know, you say like putin, like Mert. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, like putta, Merta. It's similar. Very similar. But it's not religious.

No. But in French Christian, it is only religious. I know. Like, Sacrebleu. Yeah. Is the Virgin Mary. You know what I mean? It's like the sacred blue.

And tabernacle is tabernacle that you keep Jesus in. And so it's like all the profanity is religious, which is just so funny to me. I don't know why that is. Like I wonder if they were just more of like a Catholic stronghold against like the Protestant Christians. And they were like, we need to be the most Catholic. Like we need to be the most French, the most Catholic. Like there's so like kind of like insecure. about their French in a way.

Yeah. They're like, everything needs to be French. Well, the only McDonald's sign, or no, what is it, the only Burger King sign

in the world that doesn't say Burger King I think is in Quebec. Yeah. It's like, it's whatever Burger King is in French. Yeah, even McDonald's.

When I was in Montreal last, uh, in some of the, um, outer neighborhoods, it says, you know how it says Ronald McDonald? Yeah, yeah.

I forgot what I said exactly, but it was like, uh, Le, Le, Leonardo Like, fucking, you know, like, it was just like a dash something. I'm like, bro, Ronald McDonald, man.

That's so funny. It's just a name. It's just a name. You don't need a French in it up. Oh, no, no. No, no, no. It's the call, brother. This is a French colony, all right.

That's a good French Canadian. Yeah, thanks, yeah. Have you ever heard the term peppers for French Canadians? No, peppers, no. Yeah, this is like a thing, like, way back in the day. I don't even, I don't know if they'd do it anymore, but, like, they would call French Canadians with peppers. No, no, right.

And it's like, oh, yeah, they would like, like, a French, Canadian dinner would be like a twinkie and a Dr. Pepper. Oh, so it's like super white. Yeah, it was like derogatory. It was like, yeah, these are like kind of like trash people. Like they drink like, yeah, dinner is like soda and candy, you know what I mean? That's crazy. Yeah, yeah, French Canadians sometimes it's called Peppers as an ethnic slur.

They were too poor to afford Coke and drink cheaper soda. Oh, that's funny. I didn't even know the Coke thing. Air Egyptians would not be able to survive there. I'm not Weber. I'm not Weber. Charmuta. He's Canadian.

What do you mean? I'm not Zabber. No, I'm Arabi, not Beber. Oh, dude. French Canadians are funny, though. Yeah. They're a funny bunch. I don't know.

They fucking hack darts and they're miserable. Just like the real French. Yeah, yeah, exactly. That's another stereotype of French Canadians. They all smoke six. Oh, my God. They crush darts. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Fucking hacking darts constantly. Dude, my name, I'll have like, my mom will have like Google alerts for any time my name gets brought up. And she just tells me it's just French Canadian hockey players. just any time my name. I know. A lot of people, by the way, in Toronto know how to pronounce it correctly,

even if they don't speak French. Because we're fucking cultured. No, no, no. The reason is not culture. The reason is way funnier. The reason is that if you win the lottery. Yeah. I mean you're going to say that.

The most trash reason to learn French. If you win the lottery, like a scratch-off or whatever, the thing will come and say, Gagne, which means winner. On French. And then Gagnon is derivative of that. Yeah.

I'm just saying. French is a beautiful name. Gagnon. It's not just that. It's... D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-Winner. Ganyon. I heard that in my dreams growing up.

That's how much I heard it. Every gas station I walk into, hey, can I pump five? Winner Ganyon. Sorry, what was that? Sorry, sir. What do you say? Winner Ganyon, bro. You would think that...

Constantly. It's such a sick last name. It's a sick. It's winning all the time. Gangster. Number one. Number one gangster. It's us.

Gangister, Marquis. And then you go to Florida. It's gagnon. Gagnon. It sounds like a fucking bondage time. Yeah, you want to try some gag non? He's going room five. It's like, what?

Bro, this is a true story. I don't even know if I can share this, but I'm going to do it and we'll cut it if we need to. But my sister is getting married. The guy she's getting married to, his last name is C-O-X Cox now their wedding invitations

no way no bullshit oh wow is the beautiful matrimony the union of Gagnon Cox that's a true story no way

that's a real thing dude that's hilarious and I did it as a joke years ago with my friend Joey Balzac and I was like Gagnon Balzac I was like dude let's go on tour we have to do a run in Florida.

You and me. Oh, beautiful. The Gagnon Balls Act tour. Yeah. I was like, this is perfect. We made shirts. It was great. And then my sister did it for real.

Wow. I was like, that is a different level. That's a different level. Okay. I want to ask you about the Indians. Yeah. Why are Indians funny, too? I grew up with Indians.

Yeah. They were some of my best friends. The Gujaratis, specifically. Gujaratis. What are they doing? The business owners. What are they doing this? The diamond owners.

Oh. Yeah. Yeah. One of my boys, he literally owns a diamond business. Yeah. It's hilarious. Indians do a good job anywhere they go. Yeah, they get around, no matter what, whether it's Uber Eats or Diamond. But they figured out.

Or a car dealership. Your Uber Eats driver today will be a millionaire in five years. I don't know how they do it. Indians pull it off. Can you look up how many hotels or motels in America are owned by someone with the last name Patel? Well, that's for sure. Yeah, we know. That's one of the most common things.

It was a number that I couldn't believe. Like, what do you think? What percentage of motels are owned by Patels, you think? Oh, it's probably like 60%. Let's take a look. I just chat GBT. You got chat GBT? We can't afford chat TBT.

Come on, dude. It's free. Well, in that case, it's in the budget. It's back on. All right, hold on. Do we have it? Chat GVT? Sorry, we want to chatting GVT?

AI? Is it weird of the original AI? Yes, and the division is like a mathematical term? The academic Indian Academic Indian Not artificial Indian Academy Academy

Okay, what is it? Specifically Gujarati's Yeah 60% I mean you fucking nailed that Look at you You know your shit That's the wrong Indian

Yeah I mean that's wild Okay so you grew up with Indians What do they do that's funny? Oh man Fucking No You go you go

you go, you know. No, it's okay. Okay. No, Mark. Don't taroff. Don't tar off. Thank you, Bobo. That's another Persian term, Tarov.

Tarov? Do you know what Tarov is? No. Tarov is like, you can't even explain it. It's just like a thing. It's like a, it's like... How would you use it all English and then put Tarov in there? It's like we just finished eating a meal together.

And then you offered a pay for the bill. and I'm like No, no, no, please, no, I have to. Ah, you say, Tarof. No, no, no, no, no, I have to. If I don't, I die. No, no, don't tar off, no. Listen, if you don't let me buy,

we're never talking again. No, please, don't tar off. Don't tar off. Yeah, it's like, or like, yo, you, give me a compliment. You look beautiful in this jacket. Oh, you like it? Here.

No, take it, he's yours now. He's yours. This is very much an Arab thing as well, because even when we were in UAE, they're like, yeah, if you compliment something on someone, they give it to you. They give it to you. It's like, beautiful Rolex.

I love your Rolex. Well, not that. Something more than your pay. Yeah. I wonder if Persians are like this, but Indians specifically, the first time I noticed growing up was going to my Indian friend's house,

is like the shoe culture is like you go in the house, shoes are coming off. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And like, putting shoes on like a table, would be like beyond. Table. Like in my house,

what the fuck? You just wear your shoes in the house. That's so American. That's the most American shit. It's not even a white thing. Are Mexicans like this? Are Mexicans,

shoe phobic? Do you take your shoes off when you come aside? I do, yes. Do most Mexicans? Oh, but Mexicans have a hilarious stereotype with shoes. Oh, yeah.

The chunkless? With the chunclis. It's a hilarious thing that you can't walk around barefoot in your house on tile. Yeah. Because, do you know why?

I don't know why. You'll catch a cold. Classic. You'll get sick. Happens every time. Every Mexican I know believes this. They go, yeah, that's obvious. You've got to have house slippers.

Yeah. Because otherwise, you'll catch a cold. Yeah, that's pretty standard. Persians are kind of the same. Really? Yeah. Well, we call it Dan Poi. But yeah, same thing.

Yeah, same concept. Damn Poi. But it's an inside house. Yeah, yeah, inside slipper. And you have to put your shoes off at the door if you have to. Or else you're, no, you're banned. Just leave. Like, the shoe culture thing is, like, a white American dude?

It's so crazy, because it's not, like I said, it's not a white thing everywhere. It's just America. Yeah, yeah. Even though white people in Canada take their shoes out of the door. They're more fucking Arab than white people in America. My shoes are, like, messy, of course. Like, if I was, like, just stomping around the mud or some shit, I'm not going to wear my shoes. Yeah, I'll only wear that in the kitchen.

That's where it's meant to be. Exactly. Nowhere else, though. But in my house, you just wear your shoes, you go inside, you walk around, your shoes. Yeah, I've never done that. That's so funny. And I actually feel disgusted if I do do that. Will you go into your bed with your outside clothes?

Oh, no way. No way. Like, if I have to, I'll change, like, at the door and like wherever I'm, I'll never touch the bed, though. You won't take a nap? No, never. That's never happening. Absolutely not. Absolutely not.

It's just another thing is a white American. It's very white American. I think one of realizing is that we're the weird ones. White Americans are the weird ones. You're the real immigrants. We're the weirdest people. There's actually a great book on this, if you're interested. There is?

It's called The Weirdest People in the World. And it's basically to say that the Western world is not, especially if you like cultures, you're going to love this point. It's that the rest of the world is not crazy. It's that if you live in America or like, you know, England or something, but specifically America, we are this bizarre enclave of traditions and habits that no one else in the planet does. And it's an acronym.

Weird stands. for like Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic. Oh. And so if you fall into these criteria, you have a different philosophy on the world than the rest of the world. So like, one of the things that they bring up is like, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. One of the things they'll bring up is like, like nepotism.

Yep, that's a big thing. Like, in America, nepotism is bad. Yep. And the rest of the world, nepotism is how it's done. That's literally how persons operate. It's just Jews Jews are really good at that

Every culture Around the world Indians Yeah Like Hollywood is all nepotism That's true Yeah So we're the world

Could you Could you go to the book And just be like Chat GBT BT Like in the weirdest people In the world Like the biggest things That are the weirdest things

Ever Going inside with shoes Isn't in the book But it is one of them That should be number one Yeah Yeah I mean

Our relationship With dogs As white Americans Is a little strange It is I mean I get it I love dogs, so I'm not as against it. Everyone likes dogs.

No, but Americans... Yeah, they make out their dogs. I forgot who had this joke, but they were like, Americans think all black people look the same, but they know every dog breed. Or white people. That's so true. It's hilarious.

That's such a good... Yeah, literally. You're like, oh, that's like a Dosh and Corgi mix. Yeah. And then you meet a black guy, you're like, do you know my friend Jamal? Yeah. And you're like, okay.

So Haitian, like, what kind of part of Asia is that? How come you don't speak ching chong? I said, what? Jesus Christ, I'm getting so high in this, by the way. You can take it off. I think you're served your time. I'm like fucking sledding. Buddy, I've never swed my boobs so much of my life.

My ass is fucking odorizing. I have a feeling you're going to get warm. Oh, yeah. I'm fucking perspire heat. Constantly. Now, I'm the only scumbag wearing a Western outfit for some reason. All right, okay. Before we bounce, thank you so much.

This is awesome. Thank you for doing the Jamaican accent also. Bamba clap. Yeah, Waguay, ma'u. Waguay. Yeah, postoal. The last stereotype I love about Jamaicans is homophobia. Oh, they hate that.

Bati boy! He's a fish. You're a fish man. Barty, man. Bro, this is my favorite thing. Anytime I meet Jamaicans, I ask him about this on stage. But it's like, Jamaicans are so homophobic that they won't, like, they call gay people fish. And because of that, they don't even order fish at a restaurant.

No. They don't eat fish. Pause. Because it sounds gay. Yeah. So they say, me, sea creature. I swim around. Yeah.

Me no, I ain't fish. No, it's a batty man. No, no. My body, man. Me's sea creature. Yeah, I eat that boy. Bomba clad rascal. Rich millionaire.

How many are gay? How many are gay? Stephen Stephen, I'm in that video? No. Steven, how many egg you're fry? Six pussy bumble got egg. Six pussy bumber ratit dead egg.

No, man. Me can't support you no more, Stephen. Me can't support you no more. Oh, God bless Jamaicans. God bless all the people of the world. Yeah. But most importantly, God bless the Persians. The Persians.

The Persians. The Persians. Number one person. Nima, thank you so much, brother. Thanks, man. It's always a pleasure speaking with you and specifically speaking with someone that just shares a love for humanity and cultures as much as I do.

You know what I mean? I feel like most times people in the Western world, they walk around, they just, they look at people and they go, yeah, it's a guy I'll never talk to, whatever, it doesn't matter. But guys like you, you want to know. Always, I really appreciate it, man. Thank you for having me. And thank you for talking about my people

and love and culture just as much as I do. It brings me to life, knowing that there are other people like me who obsess over different cultures and, you know, have a lust for learning about new people and accents and languages, man. It's just amazing, you know. We're all stuck on this planet together. That's it, man.

Might as well learn to, you know, everyone's up to. Hell yeah, brother. Hell yeah, brother. All day, baby. Tad off. All right. Thank you, very, okay. Yeah, say hello to your family.

Thank you very much. Okay, thank you, man. Okay.