If I Were You - 194: Get At It (w/ iJustine!)
Episode Date: January 22, 2016Internet star and new friend Justine Ezarik joins us to discuss tattoos, calling dibs, and DJ Dogs.This bonus Thursday episode is brought to you by Ring.com and BlueApron.com!See omny.fm/listener for ...privacy information.
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This is a headgum podcast.
It's just a friend's hanging out
Trying to help you with your problems
Check the bear, mirror the sphere
Telling you to seize the cheese
Scores
Why were you the show?
Why were you the show?
I flew a kite this weekend
Hashtag dope
What did you think about that?
That was really good
What is the last thing he said?
I what this weekend?
I flew a kite
Who does that anymore?
Not enough people, that's the answer
Really quickly, Justine
Hello
How do you say your last name?
Ezerik
Justine Ezerik
I just wanted to say real quick
One, to introduce you to
That song was written for us
In September of 2013
And I just found it yesterday
September of 2013, where were you?
Two and a half years ago
We were still living in New York
Wow
I was just getting back from Burning Man
I bet
No, it was right when we got back from London
Remember when you had a scooter?
That? Oh, 2013?
When did I go to Burning Man? 14?
See, that's how much time it's passed
That's what Burning Man does to you, man
That was when I was on this
Well, past September I was off the scooter
Right
So that was that same summer
Sorry, this is so boring
No, this is great
I have no idea where I was
So I can't even participate
I have no idea where Jake was
You're a guest in my home
No, I was on the scooter
Wait, I was at Burning Man
It makes no sense
But that was the summer
Burning Man was the summer of the scooter
Oh, was it?
Yeah
You remember the summer of the scooter, Justine?
Well, I've been participating in the fall of the hoverboard
So, you know
That's the same thing
It's actually way less
Actually, no, they're probably equally lame, maybe
Have you ever ridden a hoverboard?
Whoa, she's pro at it
I love the hoverboards
I made fun of people
I was like, I don't like you
Judging people is not a nice thing
So I was actually judging people
Thinking the hoverboard was stupid
They are stupid for getting on them
And then I got on one
And now I'm stupid
Do you ride one?
I'm in my house
But do you ever, like, go down the street in one?
No, my sister did twice
And she fell
And she basically, her entire body was so bruised
I was like, cool
But see, like, I'm not saying they're not fun
They're not cool, though, right?
I don't know, the people that I see on them are kind of cool
I guess that's kind of true
They're like cool people
I don't want to leave the house
Yeah
Then again, at the same time, when I walk past someone that's riding it
They never look me in the eyes
They're always staring down in kind of shape
They're always on their phones
Yeah, they're just like, this is whatever
This is fucking cool
I was so excited to...
We were at some house where they had a hoverboard
Yeah
I was like, oh, I want to go on it
And I, like, put one foot on it
And I felt so unsteady
I was like, you know what?
Now's not the time
No, it takes some time
It's not hard once you get used to it
And if you've ever used, like, a segue before
I haven't
Oh, wow
What about a skateboard?
Is it easier or harder than a skateboard?
I think the learning curve is...
It's easier for the hoverboard
Easier than a hoverboard
Yeah, it's a little more difficult
Cool
All right, fine, I'll get one
Okay, fine
That would be a cool office purchase, actually
They are catching on fire
Yeah
So you need to be careful
It just seems so dangerous
Like, someone will get hurt
You'll just ride it until you hurt
Ride or die
Skate or die
Yeah
Can you tell them 33
That I'm just, like, being an adult about hoverboards?
Like, you'll just get hurt
What's the point?
You will
And then you're going to get one
And be like, well, it's worth it
Have you fallen off one?
Yeah, I have
Awesome
Not as hard as my sister
Twice, hit her head both times
Oh, head?
That's dangerous
It's bad
Was she wearing a helmet?
No, of course not
Oh, God
Fell on the street?
Yeah
Yeah, she's still alive
She actually has a vine of it
And it's, like, the best thing ever
Because she was filming a video
Oh, my God
As she fell, the camera stopped recording
So it's really unfortunate
That's, like, a great just search on Vine, right?
It's good
I'll show it to you after
Okay, cool
So, Justine
How are you what you are?
What have you done?
And why do people know you?
Perhaps
You're kind of a big deal
And in case somebody's listening
They're like, I don't know about this Justine character
What's, like, the elevator pitch as to who you are?
Oh, geez
And why you are?
You know, sometimes I'm not sure about myself either
But, you know, I mean, I started doing
The whole internet thing super early
So, I mean, I go back to the days of
Do you guys remember Campus Hook?
Yeah, that was a college humor
Social network
I know
So I go all the way back to, like, I remember
That was, like, the first sort of social network
That I kind of joined
Because my college didn't have Facebook
Wow
So I couldn't do anything
So I was joining, like, pretty much every social network
Making videos, making my own websites
Coding everything, you know, back in, like, sixth grade
I think
Wow, shit
It was a really long time ago
Yeah
So, I mean
College humor was really early
But I feel like you predated even
The college humor original videos
It was a long time ago
You were doing stuff in, like, 04, right?
I think, I mean, I started posting in, like, 05
Officially
Do you remember?
Do you remember what I was saying?
Yeah
Yeah
I mean, it was, like, everything
Wait, so the name iJustine
Were you, like, the first person to do that?
Did you predate the iPod?
I think it was when the iPod came out
So that was, like, your play
Was that, like, your play on the iPod?
Like, was that you...
What I'm trying to say is, like, now there's iCarly
And iRobot
And iEverything
And, like...
Just want to say, I registered my doname
Ijustine.com in 2002
Carly was 2005
And I'm pretty sure they've already admitted to
That's insane
Yeah, you were, like, the original, one of the original
One of the first, like, vloggers of sorts
Yeah, I mean, I wasn't sure why I was doing it
But it was fun
And I really started doing it
Because I went to school for production and editing
So I wanted to teach myself to edit
A little bit better
And then people started watching the videos
That I was posting
So they were sort of, like, demo reels
So I could get, like, production jobs
Wow
And it was just very strange
And then you became, like, the talent
Yeah, because nobody would want to be in my videos
But now it's really funny
Because everyone wants to be in the videos
Well, now you're, like, this huge, quote-unquote
YouTube star
True?
I guess
Millions of followers, subscribers
You're screaming
I don't know
You're
I'm screaming
No, I was just saying, I didn't think I was
But I don't know what you want to, like, identify as
You know, I'm not sure either
You know, I make fun videos
And I love what I'm doing
And somehow it's a job
Yeah, and you're still doing it?
Yeah, still doing it
Still making videos
Yep
Still releasing it yourself
Yep
Editing yourself
Yep
Oh, man
Yep, I don't
That's why I said I don't leave my house
It took me forever to get here
I was like, sorry, I don't get out much
Yeah, you hoverboarded here from Santa Monica
It probably would have been quicker
I don't know
But she's pretty much at my house all the time
So we basically live together
You might as well live with your sister
Might as well
So if you don't know about this podcast
It's an advice show
Basically the only advice show on the internet
That Jake and I host
Okay
And it's called If I Were You
And it's just Jake and I giving advice
As we would if people need it
And then sometimes it's just me and Jake
And sometimes we have guests
And today we have you
This is great
Very exciting
Are you willing to lend some of your wisdom?
Oh, yeah, I've got tons of it
Okay, this is perfect
This is gonna be great
So the way it works is
We comb through these questions
That are emailed to us
E-mailed?
E-mailed
E-mailed
E-mailed questions
Electromail
Some of these came over telegraph
Okay
E-mailed is 33
And we're gonna give these real e-mails
Some real people fake names
Just to preserve their anonymity
And I was wondering if you can
Give a fake name to this guy
Who wrote us an e-mail
Not three days ago
Do we get to read the e-mail first
And then give him a name?
Oh, we've never done that
But maybe we could
Okay, okay, alright
This is good
Alright
So somebody wrote
This is a really short one too
Good, that sounds good
If a girl doesn't like my Instagram photos
Is that a pretty good sign
That she's not into me
That's the entire question
Who wrote that?
He sounds like a bob
Okay
He sounds very insecure
Yeah
But that's okay
Because usually if she doesn't like your Instagram posts
It's probably because that's a plan
Oh
Yeah, because she knows
That you're gonna get the notification
And then he's gonna be like
Oh, she's thinking about me
So she's only gonna do it strategically
Right, oh, I see
Very strategic likes
So do you remember poking on Facebook
Talking about early internet
We're all in the 05-08 internet phase
You can still poke
Really?
It's like hidden somewhere
I got a notification
It was like, someone poked you
I'm poked
I'll still poke with the poke
Do you remember the GIFs?
I sent some pokes a little bit
What are the GIFs?
You need to give the actual GIFs
Oh, yeah, GIFs
You have to purchase them
Yeah
That would be the most insane thing in the world
You'd like buy an icon
To send a buy an emoji
I bought so many for people
Like it was disgusting
It's kind of fun
Because it's like
A silly way to spend $5
And then it's like
Oh, now I'm able to give you a smiley face
It's incredible
Then we'll be men
Anyway
What was Bob?
Bob said
If a girl doesn't like your Instagram posts
Does that mean she's not into you?
No, she might be
So have you ever had a crush on a guy
And purposefully not liked any of his Instagram photos?
Oh, yeah, for sure
None of them, though?
No, not
I'm sure
Some strategic one
Strategic
He's saying none of them
I don't believe it
You might have missed the notifications
No
Well, she hasn't liked any of those Instagram photos
Maybe she's not
Is that a telltale song?
I think that's the answer, though
If she's liking a couple
Then she probably does like you
And if she's liking none
Then she really doesn't like you
This question is so funny
Because you want to be like
Oh, come on, you're making a big deal out of nothing
But then the answer is like
Yeah, if she likes none of your posts
She probably doesn't like you
But I get likes from girls
That don't necessarily have a crush on me
So likes can either mean nothing or something
But not liking can only mean nothing
No, likes are...
I think likes on Instagram are always a little wink
They're a little wink
I'm getting them from friends
I'm getting them from friends
But they're a little like...
You're cute
I think we need more information, first of all
This is all we got
Does he have his Instagram?
Bob, I'm sure does have it
But I can't access it
Well, you probably search his email
You should search and see if they're likeable
Yeah, you could search for him
Oh, you want me to search?
We need more information
Wait, like what kind of photos he has
How often he...
Let's see him
And how many likes he gets on each of them
This guy who wrote this email is like mortified right now
Don't do that
Bob
Great guy
Here's a reverse question
What if she's liking all of the photos?
Then does she like them?
Or is that like...
That's so platonic
That's a little standoffish
Give a fuck, I'll just like everything
Yeah, that's a lot
You might need to reassess if you like this girl
Well, when I like a girl, I like every single photo
Oh, maybe that's a guy thing?
That might be a deep thing
I think a girl will like very good
This account is private
I recognize that has no...
There's like no game associated with it at all
What?
This account is private
Nice
I'm so upset
How many posters do you have though?
Uh...
Uh...
Three...
Oh, just 20
Oh, okay, you know what?
This...
It's not like his Instagram might just be bad
This is not working out
There's also a chance that he has bad photos
Also the question is does she follow him?
Because if she doesn't follow him and doesn't like
Then that's fine
But what if she follows and doesn't like?
Oh, you know what though?
Sometimes
He only has 20 pictures
Here's a barrier for me anyway
If I'm looking through Instagram
There's a picture posted by a girl that I like
And I want to like it
But I see there's only like two other people that have liked it
So if it's like the amount that my name
Will be right under the photo
As people are scrolling
I'll wait until it's like
Oh, this photo's got 22 likes
Then I'll like it
That's also good to do it
Because I know only the person who posted will find out
Wow
Sometimes I also get a notification
This girl liked your photo
And it's like from last November
I'm like, oh, this girl's digging deep
You've got to be so careful
That means more than someone that just likes a photo
That just came out
Yeah
Do girls play this game?
Or is it just a guy thing?
Oh, no, I think everybody does
So when you like a boy
Or you're like, ooh, I'm going to like this photo
Or I'm going to follow him
Or I'm going to wait
Or I hope he likes mine
It's a little of both
I mean, I think you have to be strategic about it
Or you can just be up front
And be like, hey, I like you
Yeah, but up front
That's never, oh, it's so scary
No, it's not
I remember it was over the holidays
I was showing my mom
Like one of my friend's Instagrams
And she was scrolling through
Trying to enlarge the photo
I was like, mom, no
Yes, double click
I was like, this is from last year
Stop it
And like my sister swipes the phone out of her hand
And then I like go to dive to grab it
In case an accident like
I think I might have told this story on the podcast
But a friend of mine
Like that happened the exact same thing
But it was like 79 weeks back
A picture of a guy and his ex-girlfriend
That this girl was using to show
Like showing her dad the picture of the guy that she liked
Oh, my God
And he liked it
You have a million followers on Instagram
I think that's noteworthy
Okay
That's a lot of followers
You're making everybody feel a little weird
All right, since you sat down
All you're talking about is
There are millions of followers on YouTube
There are millions of followers
We're just three dudes
Dang it in a room right now
Here's a question
If a guy likes your photo
How can you tell it's one of the 24,000?
I need to be following that person
Because then I'll get the notification
So if I'm not following them
Then it might be meaningless
I got the exact same thing
I also have like a million Instagram followers
You don't know off the top of my head
I mean, I could check
If it's a million
I think you would know if it was a million
I know I should, it's funny
I don't need to track that kind of thing
But even if you don't keep track
You probably just got to a million
Because it just said one million
That must have been a mile marker
Like when it happened, right?
Like a million
You were like, oh dope
And then you didn't have to think about it
So Jake, you have 37,000
37 million?
No, 37,000
I thought you said a million
No, of course not 37 million
That's good though
Yeah, no, that's good
Thanks everybody
Nah, yeah, that's a million
So really, with the spoils down to Bob
I don't think she likes you
Or you need to post more Instagrams
Yeah, you can't
He's fishing without any lure
He needs food
He's not posting any photos
He's wondering why this girl's not like
Yeah, he needs to post it like prime time
Like on her lunch break
When she's on there
Interesting, how often do you post?
Like once a day
That's pretty good
Or twice
That's where you're good
From doing something fun
Have you gotten it to Snapchat?
I do like Snapchat
So I started Snapchatting
And my Instagram just died out
Like I find it hard to like
Do both at this point
Yeah, I think it's one of those things
You just sort of have to actually enjoy doing
Like I was gotten to Vine for a while
And then I was like, okay, over that
So I just
I don't really know
Yeah, of the like
Since you've been around
For almost, I guess
Even longer than Jake and I have
Like you've seen it all
You've seen like the rise and fall
Of so many social medias
Yeah, have there been ones where you're like
Oh, shit, I should get into this one
Because everybody's like
You're like early adopting all of them
At least, right?
Yeah, I mean for Instagram
I think I was the 103rd person to join
So that's like so long ago
That's amazing
I don't know
And then at the time
There was also
Another website called Daily Booth
Oh, I remember doing it
Yeah, oh man
God, I was obsessed with Daily Booth
Because I love sort of like the photo responses
But the problem with Daily Booth
Is it didn't have an app
So they both came out around the same time
Oh, shit
So I feel like if Daily Booth had an app
It could have been Instagram
Yeah
So, you know
You're like a
You're an internet historian
It's kind of interesting
Because you have such a specific memory
Because you were so like
Prevalent and big so early on
Starting like 2003
What other like social media stuffs do you remember
Besides Campus Hook and Daily Booth
Oh my gosh
Of course MySpace
Back in the day
I used MySpace
They used to call me the iPod Girl
Because I didn't have a job
I was still like
Living at home
And I found this site
Where you could do like affiliate links
Where people sign up
And then you get free things
Oh, this was great
I had like five iPods
Oh my god
So I would like have all my MySpace photos
Like all these pictures
With me and my iPods
And be like, you can get one too
And refer like 25 people
To sign up with their credit cards
Oh my god
I was obsessed
You really were
Wow
You know how to play the game
Yeah
Those free iPods
Of the ones that are big now
Which ones are you still like using
I mean Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat
There's a new one that came out recently
Called Peach
I just heard about this last week
That's what Sam told us about
What's Peach?
I don't know
Do you play swing?
I think it's about like the same guys
That did like Vine
So it's sort of that crew
But it's kind of cool
It's sort of like a Facebook, Twitter type
Feed thing
But it's sort of a more closed network
Right now
So it's kind of like just your friends
Oh I see
As opposed to like following like public figures
And stuff like that
So it's kind of neat
It's still really early
Will you follow me on Peach?
I'm actually converting from plum
I've had a plum account
What's your peach?
Peachy fuzz 44
Peach boy
A little peach boy
Oh yep
Cool
Well I'm glad we got to ask that
You got to answer that question
Yeah
So the answer is probably not right
He needs
I don't know
He has to do a little digging
Post some more
Oh I'm sorry
If you only have 20 photos
Like did you just join like this week
Or what's that?
I'm not sure
I looked over at Instagram
Bullying him
I mean at this point
Like what are you doing?
20 photos
Get out
Shit or get off the pot
Private account
Only allowed 20 people to follow me
Oh Bob
Alright Bob
Here's another question from a lady
Oh hello
Should we read the question again first?
Of course yes
Alright
Hey guys
Here's the problem
Back when I was a high school senior
Three years ago
I called dibs on this freshman
That I knew was going to get
Really hot when he was older
Let's call him Mark
So I began planting the seed
And flirting with him
And texting him
Anyway I graduated
And totally forgot about him
Now
Three years later
My younger brother is on a sports team
With Mark
So when I went to one of his tournaments
I saw him
And I was right
The guy got super tall
And super hot
He's still single
So of course
I'm trying to replant the seed
And get at him
Here's the issue
My younger brother is not happy about it
He thinks it's weird
I'm trying to get at
Someone his age
18
And he thinks it's embarrassing
But what my younger brother
Doesn't understand
Is that I began settling
This thing three years ago
I'm supposed to just stop
Trying to get at Mark
When he's finally all grown up
My brother's biggest issue
Is that someone on his team
Is that he's
That it's someone on his team
That he has to interact with
On the daily
Am I supposed to respect
My brother's wishes
Even though I called Dibs
On him three years ago
And I have a really good eye
They're not even friends
They're just teammates
What's their problem
Should I keep on
Keeping on
Thanks guys
Love
Jill
Perfect
It's perfect
Mark and Jill
Bob and Jill
Yeah Mark
Mark's this guy's name
Does this ring true to you
As a lady at all?
So wait
What are the ages do we think?
She was 18
When he was 15
Right
Now he's 18
She's 21
21 or 22
Do you have a younger brother?
I don't
I have two younger sisters though
Okay
So I definitely have dated
Someone my sister's age
Yeah
And have you ever like
Hooked me up with one of your friends?
No
No
Not really
I'm not really sure how to answer this
But I mean
If she wants to go out to the club
Or go to the bar
Your child boyfriend
Oh
So you're more concerned about
The age difference being
Under 21
But I don't think she's trying to
Like
All she wants to do is
Get at Mark
Yeah
It's three times
Get at it
I think she's just trying to hook up
I think she's just trying to like
Okay
Alright
Just like one done thing
Then go for it
Don't play your brother
Get at it
Oh you're saying it's okay
Your brother can't
What the
What's the female
Addition of
Cock block
It probably is cock block
Isn't it vagbladge?
Well it's still blocking
From getting a cock
But it's like
You're not blocking my cock
You're blocking my vagina
Yeah but he's blocking a cock
From her
Pussy footing
I would still say it's cock block
Yeah
I'm not sure of
What the phrase
That we want to use
About the blockage
But sure it's not pussy footing
Right
Brother blocking
That's pretty good
I'm not sure
A bro blow
Mmm
I think that means something else
Which is a different question
We have
Coming later
So you're saying
A brother can't say no
I mean
If she wants to get at it
I don't think she's gonna have
Would your sister ever tell you no
To a boy
Or has she ever
Mmm
Yeah
She's like he's an idiot
Right
You're right
See that's the difference
That's like an opinion you respect
Yeah
This guy's not like
Oh no this dude's a jerk
He's not right for you
He's like no
You can't hook up with her
It's gonna suck
I mean that whole
That's gonna be all around the school
I mean basically she's gonna look
I don't know
I'm not sure what kind of
One thing that she might want to consider
It sounds like she doesn't need to
But like
It'll probably be
Pretty annoying for her brother
To like have to deal with that
In the locker room
Like oh I fucked your sister
Yeah
I fucked your sister
Yeah
And I'm not saying she has to care about that
I just want her to be aware
That that's one of the consequences
I remember when my sisters
Were all seniors
Two or three years after I graduated
And I used to want to hook up
With their friends sometimes
And they would be like
No you can't
And most of the time I didn't
But sometimes I did
And we just didn't tell them
Oh so that's a secret
So that's true
It could be a secret
It's also this guy
There seems to be two kinds of sisters
I don't have a sister
You guys have many
So maybe
And like tell me if I'm wrong
But the one way is like
That's fucking my sister
That's gross
You can't do that
And then the other kind is
Yeah I want my sister to have sex
With as many people as possible
Because that's good for them
And they want to help them out
So is that like a phase
That you grow in and out of
Or is that the kind of person you are
Someone who's like saying
No you can't have sex with my sister
Or to please have sex with my sister
I think this is a guy thing
I mean that's me and my sisters
Never really had that conversation
It's definitely a protective
Like when I was in high school
I didn't want anybody
To have sex with my sisters
And now that I'm older
I don't necessarily want everybody
To have sex with my sisters
But I want them to have fulfilling
Happy lives
And I understand that part of that
Is having meaningful sex
Or not meaningful sex
But just the kind of sex that they want
I don't know
I just hope they're doing
Whatever they want
Were you protective with your older sister
As well as your younger
Or was it a younger sister thing
No I mean I would try to be protective
Of my older sister
But it was hard to be intimidating
To the guys that my older sister
Would hang out with
Because I was a scared man
But like my
Like you had an 18 year old walking up
To a 30 year old
Right
Like get away from her
When the triplets would come home
With guys I could just like
Be in the room and be like
You know I would be like an asshole
But when my older sister would come
Around with boys
I would be like
You want to toss the football around dude
I would be like a little dick
And I would like hide
But then when like that guy left
I would like do things to
To ride him
I would like do little dickling things
Try to eat away at his reputation
Yeah spritz clorox on his sandwiches
And little things like that
That sounds nice
Yeah
They poisoned him like putin
So you're saying go for it
I mean I think our best bet is
Wait till we graduate high school first
Cause that's just weird
You're talking about the age thing again
It's still yeah I mean
Look no issues with age
But I feel like when you're 18
And at high school and you're in college
That's the difference
Then it's a little strange
But if you just want to get at it
Then just get at it and don't tell anybody
That's what I'm saying
Get at it and don't tell anybody
Don't tweet it
It's all like it's legal
So that's fine
Yeah
I'll say get at it
And don't tell anybody
That way you can have your cake
And eat it too
Yeah
Otherwise you just have cake
Plus it'll be hot
This girl called it three years ago
It'd be a shame for her not to sell high
After buying so low
I think she really just wanted to sort of brag about
Like having a good eye
Yeah
She called it
It's funny cause that's like
I guess I didn't even think about it
When she's like
How insanely creepy would it be
If we saw a 15 year old
And I was like dibs
Yeah
I'm telling you right now
In three years
But when it's a girl doing it to a guy
It's a little less creepy
I guess a little bit
But it is
Ultimately
I wouldn't be as proud of it as she is
No
I don't think she should
She should tell people about this email
Yeah
Jill
When I was 18
And he was 15
I called that he was going to be a sexy ass dude
And I was right
Do you have an age limit?
Do you inquire at care?
I mean
18 might be a little young
But I mean
Yeah
Right
But for you
Do you like
And you like video games
And you're kind
And you don't mind
But sometimes
I want to sit in my house
And do nothing
Then yeah
It's great
What if I love video games
But I'm not kind
Does having one
Like a lot of one
Of the requirements
Makes it a slider
It depends on what console
Oh wow
Interesting
I love GameCube
Oh my god
I used to love GameCube
Crazy taxi
Crazy taxi
I was failed out of college
Because of the Mario Kart GameCube
Wow
The cube
Yeah that's great
I remember when games used to come on CDs
Although those were like mini CDs
Yeah
Now games don't even come on a CD right?
Yeah it's always like
Wireless data
Well they still have them on CDs
Which actually
Especially for like Xbox
Because it takes forever to install
It's better to even get the CD
Because it takes so long to download
Yeah like five terabytes of shit
Over wifi
Like okay cool this is great
Yeah I remember getting a game recently
Like I don't even
It's been two and a half hours
I don't think I've played it yet
Is this the game or a movie?
It takes so long
Can we play Tetris yet?
Cool let's take it
Jill get at it
Yeah Jill
Get at it
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Yeah, that's good
Izarek
Izarek
What kind of last name is that?
Oh, shoot
It's something
Oh, fuck
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No, I've got it in my notepad somewhere
Yeah, it's fine
I'll look it up for you
I'll just say Polish
It actually, yeah
It's over there
All right
Cool
Love it
You're still making videos for the internet
Yep
Still hustling
You're still the same DRE, right?
But have been low-key
Hated on by most Gs
What are you working on nowadays?
Well, you know, still doing the YouTube stuff
I did a book tour
And everything last year
You wrote a book?
I did
Yeah, it was really kind of crazy
Did you write all the words in it?
I wrote most of the words
Okay, is it a picture book
Or is it all a chapter book?
It's actually a picture book
There are some pictures
She wrote the words in the picture
I just want to know if it's sort of like a cooking book
Or something
Is it a cooking book?
Is it, yeah
What's the length of the book?
It was kind of telling sort of my internet story
But it was also kind of weird
Because when I wrote it
I don't remember anything about
What do you mean?
That's why I started tweeting
And making videos and blogging
Because I can't remember anything
You're like the girl from Momento
Yeah, so I'm going back
And I laid out all of my tweets from 2006
And I'm going back
And trying to take pictures from Flickr
And try to find websites
Flickr, that's another great one
From back in the day
Yeah, I remember Flickr
Trying to piece together my life
And figure out how the hell did I get here
So it's kind of an autobiography?
Yeah, but it still follows along
With the, where people can kind of
Trace back to where they were
At that time in their life, too
Cool
I didn't know Twitter was around in 2006
Yeah, I remember back in the day
You had to like texture tweets in
And I was so confused
40404
Yeah
Well, that's the reason that Twitter
Had that text limit
Because it was supposed to be
Only text message based
Right
So 140 characters
Was enough for the text
And your username
Holy shish kebabs
Wow, see, I should read your book
So what are you doing now that the book is done?
Oh, so I actually got a puppy recently
Oh, congrats
Thank you
That's a big deal
The hardest thing that I've ever done in my life
Yeah
I'm thinking about getting a dog, actually
Okay, cool
So do you plan on leaving the house
For three months or doing anything?
All the time
I love traveling
Next question
Why I'm never home
I also hate dog food
Oh, my God
No, it was like the craziest thing ever
But I did this project where
I was, you know, promoting, like, pet adoption
And I told them I was like, there's no way I can get a dog
And then I saw this dog
And I fell in love
Oh, my God
Naming him after my sister's boyfriend
What?
Are they still going out?
Yes, that's very strange
Oh, my God, what if they break up?
Oh, God, well, then we've got
We've got Matt and Matt
What kind of dog is it?
So we did a DNA test
It is a
We thought it was a Poodle Maltese
But it's a Poodle Chihuahua
Lassa Appso
If that's how you pronounce it
I don't want to see pictures so bad
We'll do that to the podcast
We will
I'm talking about getting a Poodle myself, actually
You should
Oh, you're so sweet and so smart
Okay, all right
This is getting really nervous
I really want to get a dog
We're going to talk
We will
We'll talk after
But my dog is a DJ
Excuse me
He's actually working on an album
Sorry, excuse me, what?
A DJ album
Right
Of course
I'll have him Spotify and iTunes and everywhere
What does he do?
What does he do?
Does he spit fire?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You should hear him
He's great
So he can flow
Who does his beats?
Who produces his tracks?
I've actually been working
With a bunch of different artists
And you know, like my goal is really
To get like Skrillex or Diplo or Zed
Or something to collaborate with him
But I need to show that
He's a worthy enough producer himself
So we're working on that
But what would be really fun
Is because he has a rescue
So I want to do like a tour
Where we go to different cities
And then people
And different shelters
Can bring their dogs to the tour
So people can adopt at like the shows
And then like a portion of his album sales
And of course he's going to have music videos
Of course
So a portion of that will go to like
Helping, you know, different rescues
And stuff like that
That's beautiful
We have this puppy now
He is now seven and a half months
Whoa, very new
Yes, he's real fresh
Does he have a website?
He doesn't have a website
But he has Twitter, Instagram
Yeah, so does he have a hashtag
Or does he have his own Instagram?
He, uh, DJ Mini Matt
Is his Instagram
Does he have more Instagram followers
Than Jake does?
How many did you have?
I think it was a million
You lose her
It was a million
You're losing to a doggy
I think he might have like 70,000
Dumbass
He has more than you too
Dick
Can he repost something
With the repost ad from mine
I'd love for him to re-grab
I actually have a pretty cool photo
I took of a dog the other day
I was going to bring him
But I have to go somewhere after this
I'm sorry, I'll come back
I'll leave like, you know, three days
Three days before I have to get here
Yeah, why don't you come back on Sunday
So leave tonight
Yes, west side to east side
If you ever need a dog, like, uh,
Or a dog, um, um, babysitter
Okay, great
I'll watch the dog
Well, it's called dog sitting
Yes
Oh, right
That's actually the hardest part
So, dog babysitting
This dog has an album
So I don't think it's quite as simple
As dog babysitter
It's artist babysitting
Well, even when I got the dog
I was like, that'll be fine
I could just have people watch him
But now I'm like, I don't want anyone to watch him
He's my child
Right
I can't even imagine
Do you ever get mad at him?
Oh, yeah, a little bit
Do you ever say, oh, you're a naughty little doggy
You naughty dog
Just so everybody at home
Amir's not just saying that
You're also, you're minding slapping
I'm hitting the spout
You're saying something
I'm hitting the spout of the dog
You're essentially asking her
If she's abusing the dog
You have to have a little tough love
Sometimes, actually
I don't know if you know that
You naughty dog
Yeah, you lift it up by the neck, Justine
And you wiggle the dog
And saying whatever
No, I mean, if you want to
If I am, you know, waving my hand like that
I'm usually catching puke or crap
Coming out of his butt, so
That is where the crap comes out
That's where we currently are
You can let it land on the floor, actually
And then pick it up
I feel like you're doing that wrong
So you're catching his shit
Before it reaches the sidewalk
Sometimes
Yeah, you can hit the sidewalk
No, in the house
In the house
Don't hit the table
Oh, thank god
It only landed on my hand
Oh, god
When I did this thing
Where I was like fostering rescue dogs
Oh, that's so sweet
And I had this one dog
Her name was Betty
And I remember at four in the morning
She was sort of like barking a little bit
And I woke up
And I just woke up
And it's like the moonlight
The blue moonlight was shining
And she just
She backed away from my bed
She crouched
She took the hugest shit on the floor
And I just put my hand
I was like, why'd you
You're the boss of me
She has to decide
Yeah, now you have to clean up this shit
I'm like, oh
It's like living with a bully who can't talk
You asshole
But they look cute
So cute
What if they didn't look cute
But they really are
They're in charge
Yeah, for sure
I'm like, what do you want to do today?
Okay, this is what we're doing
Oh, you want to go into the studio today?
Okay, great
Let me get my shoes
Thankfully, you're living that freelance lifestyle
You don't have a nine to five
It's true, it's true, yeah
So your hours can be dictated by this animal
Yeah
It's true when he naps, I nap
Like the first couple of months that I had him
I like how to cancel everything
He had terrible allergies
Like I couldn't leave him
Because he was like itching his body to death
And I mean, I thought
I was like, this is the end of me
And when you leave, it doesn't she or he cry?
It's a boy
No, he's actually very good
They call that separation anxiety
And there's actually a couple
Because my dog, little Betty
Had separation anxiety
Oh, Betty
And there's some ways to
There's some ways to
Actually, Justine and I
Are talking about doing a little dog podcast
What is it called?
It would be great
A dog cast
Follow me on Instagram
DJ Mini Matt
DJ Mini Matt
70,000 Instagram followers
Oh, God, he's cute
How is that fair to me?
You know, should be a DJ
Do you have time?
I know you have to go to dinner
But do you have time to answer one more question?
Oh, yeah, we're good
It's probably going to
If I leave now, it's going to take me five hours to get there
So it's all good
Are you going to miss it anyway?
We're going to dinner
It's actually not a dinner
But it's an event
I hate to
Yeah, it's a food-based evening event
And they'll have chicken and rice and a dessert
Chicken, rice and a dessert
But I wouldn't call it a dinner
Yeah, okay
Just chicken and rice, no vegetable
I'm not even sure where I'm going
To be honest with you
You're getting kidnapped at 6 p.m.
We should say this is kind of
Another exciting part of this podcast
We're recording this Thursday at 5
This is going straight online
We usually wait a bit
We're going to post this today
Bonus episode Thursday
Wow
It's up
Within an hour
That's really great
This is as close to live to tape as podcast can be
So if you have anything
You can plug something that's happening
In two and a half hours
Hmm
Oh, I've got nothing
All right, cool
Other than this event
All of my dogs
DJ Minimax
Album drops at 6
Uh, uh, uh
Okay
What's our next question?
I just can't wait
I know, great question
This is
Oh, don't give me a name yet
Let me read the question first
Here's my sticky situation
My current girlfriend of a year
Has her birthday coming up
At the end of this month
And her ex-boyfriend is buying her
A $200 to $400 tattoo
I can't help feeling pissed off
Our relationship has, uh,
It was being swell up until now
And because of this recent predicament
Materialistic sides of her personality
Have come to light
And when I think back through her history
I should have seen it all along
Because it's exactly who she is
This shit has hit the fan
And I'm having trouble with our relationship
I hate to think it's essentially
Because of this whole tattoo thing
In which case I know I'm very jealous about it
But I also feel like the ex-boyfriend
Is crossing the best friend line
A little bit
I feel like my, I like my, uh, sorry
I still like my girlfriend a lot
And I could possibly get over all this
And continue happily dating her
But I felt my love slip a little
Having a clear picture of who she is
So my question is, am I being totally
Am I totally just being a jealous bitch
Or is the ex-boyfriend doing something icky
By buying this 19 year old ex-girlfriend
Of his, a tattoo
And is my girlfriend at any fault here
Thanks for the advice
Love
Sammy
Sammy
Sandwich
You guys should just break up
That's it
Like, you know, like, honestly
I love that fucking advice so much
Like, you already know this is not gonna work
And how old are you, 19? Trust me
Well, she's 19
Maybe he's 40
He's 48
He's 45
Okay, then you need to marry her now
Because
You gotta lock this shit up, man
He called this when she was four
An ex, an ex
An ex giving your current girlfriend a tattoo
What a slap in the face that is
By the way, it's his name on her lower back
Yeah, we need to know what the tattoo is
Yeah
Just the fact that it's a permanent thing
That you'll have to stare at
It's a big heart that says Sammy's a bitch
It's like buying her a gift is one thing
Getting a tattoo is another
And then the fact that it's all combined
Into one mega FU
He also slipped in the fact that he's overdoing
Like, he's crossing the best friend line
Like, oh, anytime you are dating somebody
Then you're like, I'm still best friends with my ex
I would be like, and we don't date anymore
That's it
He would be friends
I'm friends with almost all my exes
All my exes hate me
And they hate you
I respect it
People being friendly with their exes is fine
People being friends with their exes
I would probably be like, I don't know
I don't like it
But it's like best friends with your ex
But wait, the best friend line is he
Is that his best friend or is that her best friend?
Sounds like her, he doesn't like this guy at all
Okay
How many exes do you have that you're friends with all of them?
I mean
Like a handful
You can tell us exactly
Name names
Please name names
No, but I think as you get older too
It's like there's no point if you invest so much time with someone
Would any of them give you a birthday gift?
No
Yeah, that's good
Yeah, that's where definitely I think Cross is the line
Yeah, I think I could probably actually say
I'm like friendly with, or I'm friends with my exes
Like, nobody really hates me
And maybe I would text them on their birthday
Yeah, a text or like an emoji
Speaking of birthday, I got you a present
What?
How and why?
As you were telling me it was your birthday
I was ordering something for myself
So I just ordered two of them
Oh my gosh, this is the first gift giving
Okay, hold on
This is a podcast of firsts
Wow
Holy shit
I'm holding in my hand a deck of cards
Called Poop the Game
And it's a card game called Poop, correct?
Yeah, I haven't played it yet, but I was on Amazon
And I was looking for a game that had to do with Poop
Like just, you know, I'm not really sure what I was going with that
You were looking for a...
Before you knew that Poop this game existed
You were like just googling
I looked up
Was there a game about Poop?
I looked up Poop Board Game
And then I saw these cards
How did that come up?
I don't know, I was looking for video ideas
Have you played this game before?
I have not, but I think you kind of play with a bunch of people
And keep putting cards into the toilet, which is the center of...
Wow
Into an actual toilet?
Not an actual toilet
But then you can clog the toilet
I'm not really 100% sure, but it sounded fantastic
This is amazing
So I just added an extra to my card
This is the best gift I got today
No offense, Jake, because Jake also gave me this gift today
But it was a real piece of shit
This is an actual...
Yeah, this is an actual gift
What you gave me was what?
A Kleenex
It was a framed photo of the two of us
All right, so let's see
Let's play Poop
I forgot you took that photo the day we met
What you do with everybody just in case the relationship
blossoms into something special
We should take a photo together
Oh yeah, that'd be great
That was nice
I'm at me, just me and you
Okay, all right, okay
I've got this, yeah, I've got the Polaroid camera
Okay, so this is not okay
The girlfriend is kind of going a little bit too far
She shouldn't accept a tattoo, a permanent mark on her
I think it's a picture of the guy
flicking the current boyfriend off on her abdomen
So why does he...
This guy keeps on being like
I thought she wasn't so materialistic
Is he just saying like...
Maybe she's saying
It doesn't mean anything to me
but it's an expensive tattoo
and I want it and he wants to pay for it
Yeah
I mean, it seems like this is just opening a hole
I agree
But let's...
I'm just gonna just take...
Just for posterity
I'm gonna take the stance of like...
of not being jealous, right?
Okay
So you just say like, wow, what a fucking loser
This guy wants to give my girlfriend $200
Yeah, baby, take it
Yeah
I'm gonna take it
That's this herb dish
Like opening his wallet to somebody that I'm fucking
Yeah
Right?
Like you can be empowered by that situation too
But the fact that it's a tattoo is just a constant
Like she wants to...
If not consciously but subconsciously
look and think about this ex-boyfriend
every day for the rest of her life
When if he said that he thinks she's materialistic
and this is not something new
I mean, it's already...
I think clearly something's not going well
Right
I think this...
Yeah, this thing...
It definitely...
It's coloring the entire relationship for this guy right now
It's like this boyfriend's doing this
and then he's like
and now I don't know if I like her at all
as a human being
Yeah, I mean, if you think you don't like her
you probably don't like her
so you should save your time
and do something else
There's a girl out there
who's so good
she won't even get a tattoo
purchased by her ex-boyfriend on her birthday
That's true
And why don't you look for that?
It'll be like a breath of fresh air
Jill also is looking to get it
Oh, should we?
Jill was trying to get at something
Wait, did we ever give this guy a name?
Oh yeah
What'd you call?
Sammy
Jill and Sammy actually might be a thing
and then maybe she'll like your Instagram photos
and Bob will get up on it
Let's all get Jill and Sammy tattoos
Seems to use email
and all this like high-tech stuff over here
You should do an email intro with everyone
Oh yeah
And they can fight it out
You should have our podcast
because you would make it so much nicer
I just wanted to intro you guys
I think you guys all have some things to talk about
Yeah
That is true because we are ending one relationship
We should start another one
We should
Yeah, that way the universe stays at balance
Because I think Jill's probably gonna end up in jail
because Mark probably isn't actually 18
and this is all gonna come out
and she's lying to us
She called dib when he was in middle school
Yeah, she shouldn't write that
He was 15
That's high school
Yeah, yeah
But I was just, you know
Yeah, but she was probably 18 at the time
She said she was a senior
Oh, this is getting wild
So I was not thinking about it too much
Let's stop
Speaking of intros
I told, did I ever mention that the guy who wrote
the opening theme song's name was Massimo?
I don't think so
I don't know if you did
Massimo, so thanks Massimo
And the closing theme song is written by
a group or a trio of humans
called Webster, Webster and Cohen
which sounds like a law firm
Yeah
Justine
Thanks for coming on our show
Thanks for having me
This was great
So exciting
It's gonna be online
You can listen to it at your event later
I can't wait
Which is what you should do
I will
You should put one earbud in
and then the other one
Or if there's a box cable there
Oh, yeah
Then you could play us the event
Like, look where I just was
Yeah
Listen to this
Yeah
That's actually not a terrible idea
Sure it is
If you're listening out there
have your own questions
or your own theme songs
the email address
for all of that
is IfIWereYouShow at gmail.com
Thanks for listening
Thanks again for coming in
Thanks
And we'll be back on Monday
if you can believe it
Monday
Later everybody
Peace
Bye
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