Smosh Mouth - S1: #19 - How To Make The First Move & Not Be A Creep (Smosh Advice)

Episode Date: June 26, 2019

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Can I kiss you? If I just had a dead body in my apartment, what would you do? I'd be like, I don't know what to do with this. I really would just freak out. You got to be a little more selfish. Like, you have a life, too. You have feelings, too. And, like, it's not your job to make sure that that person's okay.

It's nice of you to try. Live in a giant walnut. Carve a little house inside the giant walnut. Have a little pickaxe. Go out searching for oars. Oh, I think I've read this book, James and the Giant Walnut. That's correct.

Okay. I'm going to need to side-saddle this then. Oh. Do declare. Oh, welcome to another episode of the Smoshcast. Today's a special episode, I would say. We're calling this Smosh Advice. Our writer Ryan wanted to call it Smoshvice, but then we were like, Vice News?

Yeah, I was very confused. So today I'm joined by my... Hello, I'm Ian Hecox. I'm joined by my fellow advice masters, Courtney Miller and Shane Topp. Hello. Hello. We both went to college for advice online through Twitter questions, and now we're ready to throw our totally qualified advice all over your ears.

That is correct. So we not only are, but look extremely professional today. Oh, yeah. Speaking of looking professional, Courtney's going to a premiere tonight, and you got to hit the red corp-it. Your hair looks great. However, to save the volume, what are you doing right now? I just wish there was podcast headphones that were nice to your hair. Like just AirPods.

Pretty much. Noise-canceling AirPods would be great. So I'm doing this to keep that volume so that it doesn't squish on the sides. Yeah, she looks like a Who from Whoville. Her hair is completely horizontal. I've got it all pushed to the front. You look like you're doing a cauliflower cosplay. That's fair.

I'm Strawberry Shortcake. Yeah. Or just like the lady from Hunger Games. It's like. Yeah, yes. Primrose Everdeen. Yeah, you're definitely a District 1 type bitch. Oh, yeah.

Always have been, baby. District 1, bitch. You're looking very District 1 today. My mood is always District 8. I feel that. I never read the books. Mine's very District 12. It was a good movie.

Which one was the one? Oh, District 12. Very good movie. I could do District 13. Or was that District 13? That's the very end one. No, no, no. I'm thinking the

the alien one I was thinking the French parkour movie District 9 oh I thought you were talking about the alien movie oh there's so many

district movies there's too many districts too many districts simply too many districts too many districts in this ho

in this ho ho alright hey guys before I get too deep into it we have some new

merch Courtney's rocking the rainbow hoodie right now. Looking fine. And Shane, what are you rocking right here? I'm rocking the Tinder for Hot Dogs t-shirt, which you can get right now. And if you wear it, you will be prepared for

the coming Tinder for Hot Dogs apocalypse, which will be a great affair. It'll be a joyous apocalypse. It's an Armageddon of happiness. And if you wear the shirts, you will be a great affair it'll be a joyous apocalypse it's an armageddon of happiness and uh if you wear the shirts you will be prepared for it shane that's enough that was a lot if you wear the shirt you'll be god do you have anything to say about the rainbow hoodie i love it it's actually great see shane why couldn't you just summarize tender for hot dogs in that in that amount i just love that it's embroidered like Like I love the embroidered stitching. Yeah. It's really nice.

Embroidery. It's so heavy duty. Our merch is honestly the best. If there was a point, our merch would be on it. Oh. On point. Oh. Snap.

And it's very comfy. It's very comfortable merch. Yeah. This ain't no band shirt from the early 2000s. Right. This is some good quality stuff. Yeah yeah and we got the yellow hoodie back which yeah we rescued the yellow hoodie from from the defy era we like hit up the company that still had some in stock and they were like where's why where have you gone and we're like give us those sweaters. Because we like, I actually never got one. I don't know how, but I never got one of those hoodies.

And I still don't have one. So I need to get my hands on one. I've had one for so long. We went to Twitter and asked you guys, are you looking for any advice from these three idiots? And let's just jump right into it. Shane, since you are the closest to a therapist that we have here, being that you almost have a psychology degree. Yes.

I am beginning my final psychology class in the next couple weeks. Forensic psychology. Good job. Oh, so it's like. I think it's going to be less like crime and more like legal speaking. So like in court proceedings and whatever, presenting psychological evidence. I don't know. I haven't begun the class.

That's really cool. I think it's more. I don't think it's going to be as exciting as it sounds. And generally they're not. Well, I'm still very proud of you. Thank you. Thank you guys. I will say I've used Shane. Before I had my real therapist, I used Shane very proud of you. Thank you. Thank you, guys. I will say I've used Shane.

Before I had my real therapist, I used Shane as my free one. I can't emphasize enough that I am not qualified as an actual. None of us are. Right. But hopefully we can relate to your questions and our personal experiences and mess ups will help you. That's the hope. Yeah. All right.

So welcome to Smosh Advice. It's Smosh Advice. It's Smosh Advice. I'm sure you're driving home at 10 p.m. on a Tuesday. It's raining. It's Smosh Advice. We're here to help you out. All right.

We have our first question here. It's from at Pixie Native. He asks, hey, guys. So I have a crush on this guy in my class in college. We've been friends for a few months now. And next week is our last week before we leave for summer break. Should I tell him I like him then or just wait a little longer? And they're in college? college yeah this is in college so yeah do you wait a little longer like what if you guys go home for

the summer and you won't see him yeah are they do they live in the same there's a lot of fine print there's a lot of i i yeah i think it's very possible that he's he's away let's assume they let's assume they both live in the same area because he said, should I wait till we're out for the summer? My opinion, he said, should I tell him I like him or just wait a little longer? I mean, I think maybe it's not even regarding circumstances. He's just going, ah, should I wait? And my opinion is there's no better time than now. Yep. If you got a crush on the person and you think that you might have a chance or that person at least seems interested in you or is at least nice to you, then what's the point in waiting?

Yeah, especially I think in a situation like college, I think it's fine, you know, to take those risks. If you're in college, I'm assuming you're young. If you're, you know, you might as well go for it. You know, if the person rejects you, it's fine. It will be a funny story later on. It's college. Yeah. And even after college, even later, I mean, there's really no reason. There are definitely situations where it's inappropriate and you go okay this this isn't the place whatever i'm just proud that he's knows he's gonna do it at some point he does seem to know he's gonna do it yeah i guess there's like

a better now than ever i i tend to overthink and be like oh maybe there's a better time maybe there's a better time and so i would want to be like oh i don't know wait for the perfect moment but there's no perfect you don't you got to for the perfect moment. But there's no perfect. You don't. You got to make the moment perfect or whatever. Well, and most likely it's not going to be perfect. Yeah, it's usually not. You're going to think. I think it's something that movies and TV have done to us of thinking, oh, I got to approach this in a very romantic way.

Or I got to do this in the right way or else it's going to all fail. Dating from start to finish is generally awkward and that's okay. There's no right move. Yeah. And that's why, that's why, you know, man created alcohol. I love college. I'm not saying, I'm not saying you, you need alcohol to, to take the edge off, because I think that's also a bad drink, I will be more likely to take those risks. It is far better and you will feel better if you do it when you're sober.

Yeah. And also if you're under 21. Yeah, of course. But three years into college, so that's probably 21. I think, yeah, a few times that I have like sort of made the first move i had had maybe maybe a drink like was obviously not drunk because then that's that's wrong um but i think it's also just like it's an excuse to be like oh ha ha ha like less inhibitions there's less risk involved there's there's less pressure on yourself to like be afraid of rejection.

So I think it's really just like kind of going in with that mindset of like, you want this obviously. So why are you not just throwing yourself out there? When was the last time when you were sober that you dropped a hint or told someone you were into them um buddy the first hint the just anything i mean you know it doesn't have to be hey i like you it could just be like you said something or you i mean the thing is the thing is you know as an adult when you're in a social situation it's like you know the weekend and it's a social situation you're hanging out with people like i i never i never drink to get drunk i think

like there there's people that drink to like lose themselves Oh, yeah. There's problems like that. And I think for me, it's just a social thing. Of course, I guess that's probably what all alcoholics say. I'm not. I'm really, the question isn't even regarding drinking. It's more you sober, what's holding you back? Yeah. I mean, I'm just, I guess I'm probably,

I never know what the right move is to make and the last time that i the last time that i sort of like decided like okay i'm going to kiss this girl i i just straight up like said like i don't know what what the right move is here can i kiss you? Like, I think I just straight up asked. I think that's totally fine. It's fine. And I mean, like, because I think at this point, it is a little weird to do the movie thing and just like making the move.

Yeah. But I mean, the response I got was like, yes. So I mean, clearly like that person was thinking it as well and it was just both people were thinking like i want to make out with this person and neither person was saying it so who knows dude um maybe that guy is thinking i want to i want to you know make a move on you too so you don't know maybe he wants to mac you know maybe he you don't know so come on man you want a mac what are you waiting for i think regardless there's never going to seem like a convenient time there's never going to be a time where you're going to feel comfortable doing it

except the fact that it'll probably be awkward no matter what and that you're going to be nervous no matter what and just go for it i mean also it's just you know maybe maybe just a little makeout sesh a little makeout sesh little makeout sesh never hurt anybody regardless if he rejects you or not you're going to feel great that you went for it also if he's a bad kisser then you know like right there just just kick him to the curb yeah and then and then you can you know maybe get that done before before the end of this college semester so you can make that decision like because you don't want to be with somebody that's a bad kisser come on that's just a lifetime of pain

so i i'd say just get it get it out of the way and then you'll you'll go to summer either knowing like hey this is a really good prospect or um man i'm glad i didn't i'm glad i didn't stress about this guy for you know four, four months and think and build. Because what you're doing right now is you're building up this idea of somebody, this like possibility. This could be a dead end right from the start. So why are you wasting your time on somebody that could be a complete dead end? Yeah, I think it's cool before you break for summer to it to express your feelings because yeah you either have the whole summer to recover or the whole summer to enjoy that person but but to argue that you

also could say that if you express that and they were they were interested and if you don't live in the same area you go away you go oh we're interested in each other great now i'll see you three months later now you're starting a possible long distance you can't really commit to that i had that happen once when i was a teenager where a week before i was heading back home uh i was kind of like hey i'm really into you and and it just it kind of blossomed for a week we had this relationship and then in the months that we were gone from each other it just kind of fizzles because it's impossible to keep that going and you're closing yourself off from and then and then possible people and then it just fizzles out and then where as opposed to looking back maybe if i had waited until we were hanging out again once i was

back and then we started it then we had more time yeah there's just the fear of like oh we were gone for three months now maybe they've met someone else and now they're not even an option anymore yeah how pissed are you gonna be if you have a crush on somebody and you're just waiting around not doing anything then that person finds somebody else like they're not dedicated to you chase it get after it get it boy get it get it move get your mac on present it in a low pressure way like you know you can just be can just be like, hey man, like I'm feeling something. Yeah, just go hang out with the freaking guy. Would you want to hang out sometime in a possible date setting? Yeah.

I mean, or just like if you haven't hung out with the person, just go hang out with them. There's like, you don't even have to kiss them. Well, it sounds like they're friends, so they're probably hanging out. But just tell them like, hey, you know, I'm feeling like there could be more to this. If not, it's cool. I love being your friend, but hey, I'm feeling like there could be more to this. If not, it's cool. I love being your friend. But hey, I'm feeling something. Are you feeling anything?

No? Cool? Yeah. Yes? Ooh. Then you move on. Yeah. Ooh.

Yes, then ooh. And then, you know, no. Then new guy to pursue. Bam. Ooh or noo. That's the lesson. That's the name of our show. You guys ready to move on to the next question? Yes. I think so. Great. Ooh or noo. That's the lesson. That's the name of our show. You guys ready to move on

to the next question? Yeah, I think so. Great. All right. So, at Take5Cass asks, how do you stay motivated?

I struggled this past semester because I couldn't focus on the work and was just wondering how I could fix that and motivate myself to do it. How do you guys

stay motivated? Something I learned on actually listening to another podcast, they were talking about, and I think it's so true, which is why I'll bring it up, like there is a reward in completing something, right? And it's like one guy was like, oh, I see the reward in just like not having to do it at all. It's like, okay, then you fail a class. If you reward and just like not having to do it at all it's like okay

then you fail a class if you have this thing that you need to do just getting it done right away like you get that reward of being done right away and like just putting it off just I don't know I feel like then there isn't even a reward at all when when you just procrastinate because then when you freak out and get that stuff done then it's like okay there wasn't even like a relief of getting it done because there's the stress of getting it in a time and stuff like that um and so like say i have dishes building up in my kitchen and i'm like i could wait and wait and wait and like i can be on my phone right now like as a reward for me just being on my phone, or I can get this done now and

then not only be able to chill on my phone after, but also have no dishes to worry about. Yeah. There's no anxiety then. Yeah. Did they say if they're in college or high school? They said it's college. Okay. Yeah. I mean, for me, I was more motivated to get my classwork done in college than I was high school because I was taking classes that I was actually excited about. I wasn't motivated in high school or, yeah, when that started.

I feel like elementary school, everything was so easy that it was just like, oh, yeah, just do that, that, that. And middle school was pretty easy. And then high school is when they started actually throwing real work at you. Yeah. High school is when stuff matters. Yeah. And, and it was, and it was stuff that I didn't care about. Like I, I just, I didn't care. I didn't like the curriculum. I thought it sucked. Um, and then when I, when I got to college or community college, sorry, I was like, Whoa, I actually like learning this stuff. But I think, I think what you said,

sort of like choosing a task at a time is good. Rather than looking at the whole picture, just focusing on one thing at a time. Like, okay, I'm just gonna get this done. And also it is like a thing of doing the hard thing first. Because if you do the easy thing first, then it's then it's such a slog trying to do the hard stuff after you've done the easy stuff or like the stuff that you like. I mean, I'm I'm having trouble getting motivated to just get stuff done in my life. And my friend is like, OK, no, just just, you know, making appointments, like going through my mail,

all this like dumb stuff that, you know, as an adult, I should be taking care of, but I just wasn't. Cause I just look at the big picture of like, oh, I just have so many things. I'm so overwhelmed and it's ridiculous. But my friend was like, well, no, just, just this morning, make an appointment for this one thing and get that taken care of. And then after that thing, then focus on the next thing. I was like, yeah. And so I did it. Half the battle is just getting situated and just getting ready to do it.

Like I almost have a harder time getting my ass to the gym than the actual workout. Oh, 100%. Like literally that's the hardest part is getting to it. And then like once you start it and then when you're done you're gonna be so happy you did like just the just sitting down you know they have those lo-fi beats to study to and stuff like that those make me feel super productive and those like get you moving and and like there there's like exterior things that can help you just sit down and focus as well yeah i mean

the big thing is just discipline and that's something that's something that i like struggle with and when i whenever i wake up early to run the hardest part is just getting my feet out of bed onto the ground and sometimes i just have to tell myself discipline like i'm like discipline discipline because if i don't if I'm not disciplined with that, then I'm just going to, you know, complain like later on. Like, oh, I feel like, I feel just sluggish and I feel fat because I didn't run. And then, you know, that just kind of snowballs.

And then I go a week without running. And then also when you fall out of like habits, it's a lot harder to get back. Oh, of course. I feel like you're, Shane, you're very well like self-disciplined. It comes and goes and it's different things. I think like with working out,

it's become such an addiction even where like if I don't, if I go more than two days, I'm like, oh, I feel like I'm, I am compelled to go in that sense. But with a lot of things I can get really bad. For instance, you were talking about opening mail and stuff. I, I have like a fear of paperwork and bills and things like, like that. So I avoid it because I'm just afraid of dealing with it, but you can't avoid that. You're going to have to face it eventually. So it's kind of getting over that fear and just being like, all right, I'm going to do this, going to do it right

now. And I think for me, I've gotten better at some things. Like there were some small habits I wanted to form that I've been trying for years, like stretching every day, just for like 10 minutes, or like I wanted to get into Duolingo and just like practice to get some conversational Spanish down. But I always go like five days and I drop off of it. So I've tried more this year of like making written lists and having a chart of like,

okay, 30 days. If you can commit to 30 days, I think that's around the time that a habit will form in your brain if you can commit to that amount of time. It's about three weeks. And just checking it off, checking it off every day, and then making a list for that day maybe of like,

what are the things I have to do? Okay, I can now see it in front of me. It's out of my head. It's now on paper. And I can physically check those things off and then feel that relief of once they're done, you know you're done with that stuff. You are now free.

It is that thing of just having to believe that things will be better if you take care of it. It's the same thing with like, you know, if you sort of make a pack to eat better. It's like, look, yeah, it's hard because I love chocolate and I love just crazy foods that just so happen to not be great for me. But I know that at the end of the day, if I do stay more disciplined on what I'm eating, I will feel and look better in the end. It's the same thing with if I don't look at my mail, which I haven't in a few weeks, I probably have a bill in there that will start, you know, gathering interest. So if I wait, I'm going to have to pay more money for something that I really didn't have to in the first place.

So it's... Yeah, it's like understanding the... Like reminding yourself the importance of why you have to do that thing. Yeah. Yeah. It's huge. It's like, oh, I need to run because otherwise I will die. Well, for schoolwork, I mean, I've been taking classes off and on for 10 years now. And I definitely face burnout a lot from it.

I'm just like, this is going on forever. But I always remember with anything you're studying or whatever, that all information is useful in some way or another. So any class, even if it's an elective that you don't like or whatever, there is some use to that of you're learning something about this world that you live in, and that's cool. And there's so many different facets. I was so bad in school. Like homework, that's why I love this job so much because for the most part i can leave my work at work and go home and like like other than like reading lines and stuff like that

like i feel like that's nice because school i hated that i had to go home and still be at school and like it's rough god i hated it so much and that was like my downfall was just not doing the homework and what i don't like about our our school system is it's so test heavy. It's so about, are you good enough? Are you going to know all this to pass this test? As opposed to, hey, we're trying to make you a more knowledgeable, well-rounded person. It's not focused on that. It's very focused on pass this test.

And then after that, you don't need that information. Don't focus on, I say don't focus on that. Focus on learning the things that you're interested about within those classes. Also motivation. Nice. I wanted to yawn right when I talked. That was dumb. Also like struggling with motivation.

I mean, I'm certainly not a therapist or a psychiatrist. Are they the ones? Psychologists and psychiatrists. They're different, but... I'm a... I certainly wouldn't just say, visit a doctor and find out if you have attention problems. But there's people that I know that had severe attention problems

and they were medicated for it. And they were much better they were much better from it so i'm not saying everyone should be on medication yeah because obviously that has adverse effects and it's basically uh amphetamines but uh but it definitely it definitely helps some people yeah man ian's first answer was alcohol. Ian's second answer. Drugs. Yeah. I'm just, you know, I'm just trying to get everybody lit. Let's get litty with Ian today on the Smoshcast.

But it is gross, like, how many, like, med school students are on Adderall. It's an insane amount. I've heard med school is on another level of difficulty. But they said basically they don't know how you could do it possibly without some kind of medical intervention. So shout outs to all my med students out there not taking drugs for your studies. Keep it up, man. Fight the good fight. Uh, so the next one comes from at Joanna chips.

And, uh, and actually there's, we've got a lot of questions that are like this. So we have another one from at cute Miller or cuter Miller. Uh, they both are kind of the same, but the first one goes,

how can I say in a good way that I'm not interested in a person who likes me afraid of hurting his feelings, but I just want to be friends. I don't want to lose a friendship with him. And Cuter Miller asked, I need help on rejecting people in breakups. I have a hard time saying no to going on dates, even when I don't like the guy. And when we split, I'm heartbroken, even though I never even liked them in the first place. Look, like at some point you're going to have to tell them no. And the longer you wait, the more it's going to hurt. If you're, you know, if you're dragging,

I'm not saying you're dragging them along, like, look, this is not your fault that this person has feelings for you. And even if they react poorly, no matter how nicely or how perfectly you say something, that person may still react, however, in any way that you can't control. Well, and for Joanna's question, you want to be friends with him. Ultimately, his feelings are going to be hurt just because he likes someone. They don't reciprocate those feelings. You can't help that. You can't control how he feels or determine how he's going to feel, no matter how you present it, how he chooses to deal with those feelings. So if he decides to be a jerk and be a nice guy and flip on you, then honestly,

I don't think he's worthy of being your friend. Yeah. I would say like saying something like, I've just really enjoyed our friendship that we've had. I wouldn't want to change it in any way. Like that kind of wording of just like, yeah, I've really just like enjoyed our friendship. And I don't think I see us moving to that point.

I can see how it's tough if he's not being direct enough for you to reject him. If he's just dropping hints, I can see how that could be difficult. An easy escape route that i've taken and i like people tend to take when they're rejecting someone like that is saying like i'm not ready for that or like i don't see that right now and it's like but that can be stringing a person yeah along you don't want to be like i'm not ready and using any type of like time constrained rejection is just gonna seal seal you for another later death. Because it's a partial lie.

You really have to be definite. You can't say, oh, I'm just not feeling it right now. I think you really have to be. And obviously, I'm saying this as a guy. I know as a girl, if you're a girl and it's a guy that's interested in you, I totally understand that there is risk of – there's always that risk of violence or an outburst or something more often than a guy rejecting a girl.

Although I'm sure that that is possible too. I understand that rejections can't always be smooth. And also if that person is a friend and they're trying to be more than friends, you might need to reject them and also give them some time apart from you. Yeah, space helps. Because a lot of – I know a lot of guys that have been like, oh, that's totally fine. We could totally be friends. And then like a month later,'d be like i love you i can't i am in love with you and it's so yeah so sometimes you just have to completely drop them

or just be like yo uh find some time and then maybe give them the time to find somebody else to obsess over and then maybe they can be friends with you later time in general help them realize like because if if your friendship is just as important to that guy, then he'll understand too and be like, yeah, okay, just time will help him realize that priority too. If the friendship isn't that much of a value to him, like he'd rather be more than friends and he doesn't care about the friendship aspect anymore, then that's maybe not that great either. True. With breaking up with somebody, I know that like, it hurts. Like I,

in high school, like one of my first time breaking up with a guy, I was crying so much and it was like, it was just straight up because like, I just didn't feel the feelings

that I thought I did and like, I was crying like so much and it was just because like I felt terrible that I was doing that to them like I made them feel like I did like them and all of a sudden I'm ripping that carpet out from under them and like it just doesn't feel good it's like extreme empathy and like you don't want

to do that to somebody but you have to otherwise you know you can't just stay in a relationship and let it happen I mean been there as well and and look i've been rejected many a time and it hurts but then you get over it and it's it's totally fine he will live he he should be completely fine and if you rip the band-aid off he reacts to it maturely and he's able to be your friend then hey look that shows that he's really a valuable friend if not then i really do question if he's worthy of friendship. Yeah. Right now. Definitely.

You know, he needs some growing up to do. Definitely be on the lookout for the, yeah, that's fine. We could totally be friends. Yeah, totally. And then if they continue to be, like, creepy and weird around you, then just, like. Or even just genuinely, like, don't understand that, like, the no is a permanent no.

Because I've been in that situation before, too, where I'm like, you know, I, and I actually, like, maybe did the not ready thing. And that was, like, an uh-oh, an oopsie-doopsie. Yeah. And that person was like, for sure, like, no, I totally would much rather, I wouldn't want you out of my life at all. Like, just talking to you in general is wonderful. Like, I totally understand. And then, like, a a day or two later they're pushing at it again it's like that's when you know like no so i'm curious because i've always always any sort of like when when a girl has said something like that or i'm not ready right now or oh you know i'm going through a lot

whatever i have always taken anything as a complete no so if a girl's if i'm like if i show some interest and girls like you know i'm kind of going through a lot right now i don't know if now's the time or whatever i'm like cool you're not in my head i'm like yeah you're not interested and you didn't know how to say it that's fine so i i always i almost wonder if i've gone overboard with assuming those hints are completely. Blocked. I think it's smart. I would say to guys to do that because I think we have a dilemma right now of guys not taking hints and pursuing too much and not taking no for an answer.

I'm of the side of, hey, it's okay if we assume a girl's not interested, even if she might be. I think that's okay. It's better than that. In my standpoint, saying I'm going through a lot right now and stuff like that, that's me, like, I'm not interested. And it's a dishonest way of saying no that I've done in the past. I probably wouldn't want to do that nowadays. But that's definitely, like, if my friend, like, if you were to be like, oh yeah, this girl said that, I'd be like, oh yeah, probably don't try that.

I think it's definitely safe to just give them more space than not enough because then maybe she texts you a couple of weeks later and she's like, hey, and you're like, oh shit. Yeah. On the flip side, being the person that's, you know, desiring someone, if you don't get that reciprocation, like, why would you even want to go after that? Like, if you've, like, you know, if you've thrown out your line and it came back, you know, with no fish.

The worm gone. Yeah. It's, why are you wasting your time on trying to court this person if they have, you know, If they don't reciprocate it. Yeah, rejected your offer

or you're like, hey, let's hang out and then they just keep making excuses to not hang out. You're like, oh, okay,

this person just doesn't, just simply doesn't value my time. Yeah, it's just not worth it. And they could just be too nice about just giving you a straight up rejection. So instead they just keep saying like, oh, sorry, today doesn't work. And they're not making an effort to see you. Then, yeah, maybe just move on because they're not valuing your time.

They're not valuing you as a friend or they're just being too nice. Yeah. valuing you as a friend or they're just being too nice yeah as guys how would how do you see the perfect not the perfect but like the best rejection of like if you ask a girl on a date what's like what's the way to be rejected that is like the least painful for you for me personally i i'm just not offended if a girl i totally understand if someone just doesn't have feelings for me or is not attracted to me that's okay attraction's weird you don't control it you can't make yourself attracted to someone so if a girl goes hey i'm sorry i i'm not interested i go that's great that is the fact of the matter then because i know there's just a lot of anxiety that goes behind

saying no and so like uh what's her name she said what's her name uh this was she says she's she'll stay in relationships longer she's afraid of saying no to dates that was at cuter miller who i think so coming from that standpoint what do you think the best way of saying no is i don't know i i feel like i feel like most of the things i've gone after have been successful i'm not going to say, I'm not going to say like, but you wait for it to be a sure bet before you're pursuing something. Cause I often do that too.

I wait for a good sign to then decide like, Oh, am I going to try to take this a step further? Yeah. I'm blown away by, by how some guys will be like, Oh, she's totally into you.

And I'm like, there is no indication of that for me. I kind of, I generally think I wait for a girl to essentially make the first move. Yeah. The last girl that I talked to straight up told me that she wanted to kiss me on like a text. So I kind of just. Wait, she was like next to you and she texted you what no okay like she texts she's like sitting next to you no no look at look at your phone

nobody hung out and then and then we were talking over text and then she said that and i was like okay so there we go yeah there's the confirmation but obviously it's not that it's it's not going to be that yeah easy it's just sometimes we get a real rough reaction to a no so i think i know and that's the problem is that's that's not on the person rejecting the other person that's on that person being so emotionally immature and there are unfortunately and it's it is mostly guys but it's girls and guys that are just yeah not it's both secure enough to handle being rejected yeah i think at the end of the day, you just got to be a little selfish.

Like you got to, and that's something I've been learning in the last year or so. In being the rejector. In rejecting someone, yeah, is you got to be a little more selfish. Like you have a life too. You have feelings too. And like, it's not your job to make sure that that person's okay.

It's nice of you to try, but you got to look out for yourself. You don't owe them shit. You're also just telling them the truth. It's the truth. Yes. So you're not doing anything mean to someone. You're not trying to hurt someone's feelings. You are telling them what the reality of the situation is, and there's nothing wrong with that.

A girl I dated a while ago that I was really into, and we'd been dating for a couple months. And she called me one night, she was just like, Hey, can I can I call you? And I kind of figured I was like, All right, I think I know what this probably is then. And she was kind of doing the thing that you're talking about where she was kind of moving around this she was just kind of like yeah you know i just like i'm feeling like weird lately so like you know i don't know i and she said something like she's like i'm sorry about like this or whatever and blah blah and i was right now yeah and so what i said was i was like well if this if what you're telling me is this then

i'm like that's totally cool totally fine and then i went if what you're also saying is you're not interested in continuing to hang out or whatever i'm like that's also fine if that's what you're saying and she was like yeah and i was like oh thank god and i was like that's totally cool because i was like i i was we had a similarities in that regard and i was like i can put myself in her shoes right now and And I'm like, this is exactly what I'd be saying. And this is what I would hope that person said back. And so I was like, look, if that's the case,

it's totally fine. And then, yeah, and it was totally fine. It's totally great. We still respect each other. She's a cool person. It's, it's, we have moved on

and it's all right. You live another day. And I'm glad it all happened. You know, it's fine. Yeah. So that's life. Was it fine, Shane? It really was fine.

I was sad. Look, of course my feelings were hurt. I was bummed. I was bummed. Like for a week. And then you get to get over it because especially when you know for sure, when you get a definite, oh, this is over. Then you get to really move on. You can be like, oh yeah, it's done.

Cool. Because why do you want to spend your time on somebody that doesn't have the same feelings for you? Yeah. And that's that weird thing where I guess some people just don't understand that completely. I think they feel like a possession towards people. You know what I mean? Like, how could you not want this?

Nobody, they don't owe you. Nobody, you don't owe them anything. You guys, a relationship is a thing if two people are getting happiness out of that thing. You know, you're doing it for fun, really, at the end of the day. And if you don't want it, then you don't have to do it. Yeah, Jafar.

So stop trying to capture Jasmine. She doesn't love you exactly that's what this is all about she doesn't love you so don't even try bro get jafar away from here bro all right so next question uh at charlie huggins asks uh how do i overcome the fear of going to therapy therapy. Oh, wow. That's a great, that's a great, uh, I have zero advice for that. Have you not, you haven't signed up. It's been a couple of weeks now of people reminding you every day. Yeah. So there's, there's this great, uh, great lady on Twitter.

Um, her name I believe is Nat and every day she sends me a video um yeah uh her her handle is heartfelt hecox every day she sends me so right now it's day 15 of hitting the woe every day until now it's smosh ian and damien haas go to therapy uh so she just she has this white wall and she just walks on screen hits the woe and then walks out that's awesome and so every day she sends us a video of her hitting the woe and is that helping you is that motivating you to go freaking start therapy dude i'm enjoying the videos i knew that was the answer it's giving him a reason not to go now he's like oh i get these videos because every every day she walks on with a different outfit.

What's her name? Nat. Nat, stop hitting the whoa until he goes to therapy. No, no, no. Keep hitting the whoa. Then hit the whoa when he finally goes. Why haven't you signed up for therapy yet? That's a great question. It's the same reason why you don't go through your mail. It's so easy to do.

It's the same reason you don't go through your mail. Exactly. You just don't think mail exactly yeah it's one more it's one more thing on the list so i think i i really do i think i honestly do just need to make a list of things that i have to take care of start checking them i will say this there's a lot of fear of going to therapy and i've heard like people talk about why they're afraid to go and like how it's like nerve-wracking to like share private information i'm not even worried about that and finding the right therapist i'm not worried though i'm not worried i don't know i'm fine it's like a lot of the anxiety is like finding a good therapist because i guess people

go through having to go through multiple ones i got extremely lucky on my first attempt at therapy and getting an amazing person but like i like, I can understand, like, oh, what if that person sucks? And then you have to go to another one and start over on, like, what your issues are and stuff like that. That's scary. But, like, I think the positive thing is you literally are going into a room and you have someone who is legally not allowed to share any of your private information.

You can say whatever you want unless you're, like, going to murder want. Unless you're like going to murder someone. Unless you're literally about to murder someone. Yeah, obviously. But other than that, you can talk all the mad shit. Or murder yourself. You can, yeah, Ian. Do you think it's ever been called murder? Ian.

Sorry. Literally someone who is not allowed to, by law, share your shit talking, your i do i do all that here so that doesn't concern me for me it's honestly just a time thing it's it's like i'm so focused on on smosh that i i convince myself that no i have to be here every day and through and through the whole day and then and then go home and then do like whatever it is that I do with the rest of my day

do you ever wonder that might be unhealthy oh of course that might be a reason you should go to therapy yeah that might be another reason to go oh you're saying I don't have to come into work ever is that what you're saying I don't need to work I didn't say that there is a gray area

yeah that's I mean that's really honestly the main thing. I mean, it's the same reason why, I mean, I actually, I think going to the dentist is awesome. Because I go there and I'm excited. I'm like, yeah, fix my shit. But again, I didn't go to the dentist for like five years because it was just like, oh, man, I got to. The phone call is honestly

the worst part. I hate making appointments on the phone. Hate it. I don't know. It's just, there's this, I mean, maybe it's some sort of anxiety that I get to, uh, in, in therapy, but I hate that phone call and just like trying to like look through my calendar and find like a time slot and being like, I don look through my calendar and find like a time slot and being like i don't know this dentist i hope they don't mess my teeth up there's a lot of like fear of what ifs of course yeah and that's gonna hold you back no matter what that's something i like one of the first things is like i kept mentioning fear like so much in my therapy every time was afraid of this afraid of this and she'd

be like well why and then i would explain the worst cases and be like oh those actually aren't that bad or like if that did happen there's an easy way to fix that so it's like fear like and my mantra that has been it's literally on my phone is like my background to just detach from outcome like just do it just go it's it's small things in therapy that will blow your mind uh for me it was after a couple sessions my therapist i was talking and i was just like yeah you know i should feel like i should be doing this and i should be doing that and she was like you're saying should so much she's like replace should with want and see how that makes you feel and i was like whoa, okay, that's actually huge.

Because now instead of it being this obligation, if I'm saying, oh, I want to go to the gym tomorrow morning. I'm like, if that doesn't feel true to me, then I can now see my whole life in a different perspective. So stuff like that, man, it's the small things. It's things that you're not going to think you needed to go to therapy for that you will then end up working on. But once you get your degree, can I just come to your house? No, because I will not be a qualified therapist. I would need to get a master's degree and probably more. That's going to take you like 30 years. I know.

It's so damn long. But Ian, it's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. Don't do this to me. It's not your fault what? it's not your fault it's not your fault don't do this to me it's not your fault stop it this advice isn't just for you

it's not your fault it's for the question too um go to therapy that was supposed to make you break down in tears I'm just gonna hit the wall but I guess it didn't work

I'm learning how to do I'm learning how to hit the wall from these videos they're very informative uh our next question comes from I'm learning how to hit the woe from these videos. They're very informative. Our next question comes from Ataline Lattice. How do you hide a body? Oh, great question.

I actually was talking about this the other day. Yeah, I think we were. How to dispose of a body, yeah. I don't know the first thing. It's luckily not a thought I have often, but every now and then I'll just be like, what if I did accidentally or like- Or had to help somebody.

If I killed somebody. Like if I just had a dead body in my apartment, like what would you do? I'll be like, I don't know what to do with this. I really would just freak out. Let's say you killed Hitler, but you know that like you're still gonna get let's say you killed Hitler, but you know that like, you're still going to get murder charges if you killed Hitler.

So you're like, okay, so are you in Berlin? Is he somehow in Southern? He was doing a speaking tour. He was down in orange County, just doing, he's doing a speaking tour.

Um, and you decided I'm going murder hitler while he's visiting oh i i see you're all fans of my books here um i just happen to be here i don't know why in 2019 yeah and then he's like bam booped him with a claw hammer slap him so hard it's a concussion so there you are you're left with the body of Hitler let's say but there's there's no people around you got him off

you got him alone you followed him okay let's say let's say you have him in your car you have Hitler in your trunk it's taking so long

you have a body how did you kill him does it matter I mean yes it does because how you kill him it depends on how much evidence you're leaving

see if you're if you're doing like blunt force trauma this is so much setup you can be leaving like splatter you have a dead body and somehow it's your fault

okay okay let's simplify it you have the body there's no evidence outside of your car but there's evidence now in your car because there's just body

maybe there's some blood in your trunk whatever or you take him to a kill room a room that you've set up like so you much ian this is this ian you need to go to therapy right now so you you you covered your living room in plastic wrap right oh my god you dexter'd him yeah so then you you invite him over for some tea no the death already happened i want to get past the murder we have a dead body we got to hide it sure it's Dexter death. All right.

Okay, yeah. I like to think that it's less planned out than that. Okay, great. So here's what you do. You buy a really realistic mask, right? You steal a car. So you plan some kind of, you need some kind of paper trail

that's going to lead you in the opposite direction of where you're actually going to leave this body. And, uh, so then, yeah, you either, you either steal a car, you steal plates and you wear this very realistic mask of a 50 year old man on your head, just in case any surveillance cameras pick you up, gas station, whatever. Drive them out to the woods. Uh, there's a lot of, of, I mean, maybe Oregon. There's a lot of really deep forest. Drive to Oregon. Well, there's deep forest somewhere out in California. Sir, why did you take this trip to Oregon mysteriously

the day of Hitler's death in Orange County? Yeah. Or Hitler's death in Orange County. Yeah. Or Hitler's disappearance. And then you got to decide like, well, should I bury the body? Like could, could animals dig that up?

Like, do you want to instead? Or would they eat it? They could eat it. True. Feed them to the bears. True. But then remains could turn up.

True. I feel like you wouldn't want to drive as far as Oregon. You'd want to make it a one-day trip so that your alibi is as small of a gap as possible. If you're doing it from Los Angeles, the forest is actually pretty close. Or the desert. Ooh, ooh, yeah, that's true.

Just dig a hole in the desert hole. That's a textbook-breaking bag, guys. That's true. See, my thought would be you have dead Hitler in your trunk. Take him home. Then you fill a pool like a kiddie pool or just enough. So you're saying the acid thing. Just enough, no.

With cement, you put him into the cement. You get that cement out. You make a statue of a different historical figure. Oh, okay. I thought you were going to make a statue of Hitler. No, no. Maybe just a normal statue. make a statue of Hitler. No, no. Maybe just a normal statue. Just maybe a statue of yourself.

And Hitler's dead body is inside of that statue. That is horrifying. Hide in plain sight. That is horrifying. There was like a freaky Disney movie or something that was like that. I feel like when it got hot in the summer, it would start to like seep out. That'd be bad. No, but if you, okay, but that's like really smart though.

Don't make the statue look like you though. Because what if somebody does find it? Maybe I'd make the statue just a giant ween, just a giant, you know, penis and testicles, have Hitler on the inside of that. That's pretty good. Yeah. Statue is pretty good.

I think concrete's a little porous. I'd be afraid that some things might start to seep. Why is that statue of a ween bleeding? It's symbolism. It's symbolism. It's a dedication to all the people with chlamydia. That's right. It brings awareness.

I sincerely don't know the first thing about disposing of a body. This is going to come back to really screw me over later. You just got to eat it. It's the only way. You definitely can't. That's actually true. Look, you definitely can't kill anyone now because people are going to look back on this podcast and be like, this guy murdered someone. Well, no, this is actually, I'm setting up a totally different scenario. I'm going to hide a body in a totally different way so that then I can use this podcast and be like, look, I would have done it this way. I already said it.

Smart. And we're going to cut this part of me explaining this out of the podcast so that doesn't also come to bite me in the ass. So the prosecutor doesn't say, well, look, you literally just explained what you did right there. So then you did murder this person. Dang it. I should really stay away from any murder scene from now on. Yeah.

I should really not. Yeah, I'm going to stay away from murders, guys. Whether or not you kill someone, you're probably going to jail. Yeah. You're probably going to go to jail. Don't, by the way, if you ever get arrested, don't say anything.

I'm serious. This smosh advice has gone off the rails, ladies and gentlemen. Literally, even if there's no connection, the police arrest you. Do not say a word without a lawyer. Don't say anything. That's if you are innocent, yes. If you murdered someone, please. No, no.

Even if you're innocent, don't say anything without a lawyer. I'm saying if you're innocent, don't say anything. Oh, yeah. If you murdered someone, please no even if you're innocent don't say anything i'm saying if you're innocent don't say anything oh yeah if you murdered someone please confess to the murder you should do it you're gonna feel better if you did okay confess do you think there's a murderer that's listening right now criticizing everything we're saying to do probably he's like wow wow they didn't even they didn't even hide they didn't even hide, they didn't even talk about hiding the murder weapon. Idiots. There was no,

they did not buy lime at all. They have no idea what they're doing. It's a lie, right? Is it lie? See, this is how little I know about getting rid of a body. I watched that, there's the second or third episode

of Breaking Bad where they try to dispose of a body and it's the grossest thing you'll ever see. It's hilarious. I don't ever want to compare two very different perspectives. Oh, God. Go to a construction

site and then put it there. That's actually probably smart. Oh, yeah. They're like filling something somewhere. Or fill it with some like an animatronic bits like sneak onto Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland. Oh, a Pirates of the Caribbean ride already smells. So take it to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride,

strap it to one of the animatronics so it's just moving along with them. Yeah, nice. People are like, wow, that dead pirate looks so real. Oh, this ride's so scary. And the Pirates ride smells really bad already. It already smells like a corpse. So you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Dead men tell no tales. So get a job

at Disneyland if you want to murder somebody. Okay. At psych1216 asks, my two friends really like each other and are perfect for each other but they're too scared to have a conversation about it. Should I do something?

So here's how you hide a body. God dang it. No, I feel like it's kind of bad to meddle externally. I don't know. I mean, look, if to Jane is her name, if your two friends have told you individually that they like each other, don't force it. But I would definitely say to each one, be like, hey, you've both come to me individually and said this. I don't feel bad saying that.

You should let, they need to make that move for their own sake. At least, yeah, that's a good idea. At least tell each person like, you know, they said that they like you too. Oh, that's weird. I was going to say grab both their heads and force them to kiss. Now kiss. Now kiss. Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.

And then take them to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Strap them to the... You know a girl tried forcing Anthony and I to kiss one time? Me. Like legitimately? Me. In a vine. She tried to.

Oh, you did, yeah. Wait, what's this story? I mean like I can't get too deep into it but one time I want to say we were like

out this was out of like high school and for some reason we were like we were just like hanging out and she's like

I want you guys to kiss and Anthony and I were like what no and she's like come on it's like

super freaking creepy so don't do that don't do that even if your friends said that they And she's like, come on. It's like super freaking creepy. That's so weird. So don't do that. Don't do that even if your friends said that they like each other. But I do like the idea of – I mean, if they both said that they like each other, then, yeah, maybe talk to one of them about it and be like, hey. I don't think there's anything – I personally don't think there's anything wrong with telling them each hey. I don't think there's anything.

I personally don't think there's anything wrong with telling them each individually. Yeah, I think that's great. Hey, the other one said they like you. You guys are both dumb for not doing something about this situation. Now go forth and Keith. Now go forth and Keith. Keith. You both need to Keith.

Please Keith. Keith, Keith-leek. Please Keith, Keith-leek. Please kiss. Keith, Keith-like. Please Keith, Keith-like. Please Keith, Keith. At Yeehaw Haas asks, how can I start to learn to accept love things about myself that I'm insecure about? I really like the wording on that of how do I start to love the things that I'm insecure about? Because it's not just how am I okay with it or how do i ignore or not worry about the insecurities uh look no further than the girl from dirty dancing she jennifer gray is that oh you're talking about how she got she like she was

this like big star right from that movie she like up, and then she got a nose job, and then she just ended up looking like everyone else. And she didn't get work that much, really? Nope. Did she openly regret it? I don't know, actually. Finnerty's saying yes. Did she openly regret it?

Later on, she did. Later on? Well, yeah. It's like I think that people discount how much what makes them different. Like, I think the imperfections is what makes people different and makes them look special. Like, I've dated people that had, like, scars or they had, like, something weird here or something, you know. Weird. But I loved it.

I mean, that's what's what like it's not the only thing that that differentiated them from from anyone else but that's what made them them each and every one of us has so many different types of features some that you could say are negative some positive but those all collected together make you who you are and if you got rid of the things that are that you're insecure about that make you imperfect, then you're just not interesting. I mean, look at any character from any book or movie or TV show, and you don't love these characters because they're perfect. You love them for the collection of different things, and the things that make them imperfect are often the things that make them human and endearing. But it's tough to see that from within your own self.

Yeah. It's a big picture thing. Like insecurities end up building a different type of like strength or like humbleness in yourself. Like there's always like, oh, that girl was ugly in high school. And now she's hot. And it's like a whole other different type of person rather than someone who was always hot. Like, I definitely wasn't always, like, I like the way I look now. I hated the way I looked back then. And it's like I'm very thankful for where I came from.

And it's like everyone is always glowing up, whether it's inside or out. And it's like the flaws bring you to a different type of like, I don't know, you should wear it as an armor instead of as like a cast, you know? Were you ever insecure about your pupil? No, not really. Because I think that's cool. I think it's super cool. it's definitely cool sometimes uh in pictures i think i look a little cross-eyed and like sometimes fans notice it but like

that's the least of my worries in terms of like insecurities but um i've found a superpower in embracing it in certain flaws because it allows others to find abilities in embracing them too. And it's like, sometimes, yeah, it's like you said, Ian, like sometimes what you think is a flaw is something that other people admire, especially in you. Like I used to be really insecure about my legs. And like when I first started on Smosh, people were like, oh my God, Courtney, your legs, I'm dying. Like what dying like what and i was like what that's so weird yeah to hear and it's like we don't always know what's best for us inside and it's the same for out outside too sometimes and i think a lot of times you realize those those insecurities don't

mean anything when you find you know if you're in a relationship you find the right kind of person that yeah that because i've been in i've been in relationships i'm like oh gosh i don't know about this and they're like what are you talking about i love that yeah exactly yeah and it's that kind of like if you have if you're in a relationship with somebody that you know um talks down on your sort of insecurities like that's terrible like you i mean you should definitely find somebody that that loves you the way the way you you look yeah um you should never criticize someone on anything that they can't change in five seconds yeah and also it helps you become a more confident person and there really is like honestly is like nothing more sexy than confidence. And really, I'm always fascinated by people who are very confident with things that

most people would be very insecure about because it speaks to a strength that is so, so powerful. And there's also a security blanket and knowing you're worried about this one thing. Odds are everyone else is worrying about their own thing and aren't even looking at your thing. They're just so worried about their own insecurities that they haven't even noticed yours. Like you should, people should put more money on that and more bank on that of like, I shouldn't worry about this as much as I do because nobody else is. And honestly, a lot of the most unattractive features in people are born out of them handling their insecurities in the wrong way, right? You know, we're often insecure about things that we can't control.

And if you're able to love those things, you'll prevent yourself from then instead dealing with that insecurity by, I mean, a thing I can think about is, you know, I'm a shorter guy, and I've gone through phases where I'm very insecure about it. And I go, oh, God, I wish I was taller. I hate that I'm this, that it makes me whatever blah blah and I can handle that by trying to overcompensate and you know you hear a lot of it of like a little man syndrome or whatever uh Napoleon syndrome where shorter guys are just very angry whatever which is a very real thing I've seen it they drive big trucks and instead of instead of going you know what this is my height, and it's actually awesome.

It makes me who I am, and it makes me an individual, and there's a lot that's cool about it. And Shane, you can't have everything, okay? Yeah. All right? You can't be a good-looking, a great guy, and tall. You would honestly end up being the worst guy. If you had all of those things going for you,

you'd be such a piece of shit. You'd be such a piece of shit fuck you shane uh i think there was a phase where i i thought i was like if i if i could wish to be taller if i woke up tomorrow and i was six three and i was like would i want that really and i'm like no because i would look in the mirror and i would not know who i am i'm like that is it's it's just just who I am. It's literally the character that is written down. I mean, I think of it in fictional characters. If suddenly Harry Potter just was different, looked different in some way, we'd all be mad because, no, that's Harry Potter. That's who he is, and he's not perfect.

And that's so many characters, and that's the same with all of us. And flaws is what makes everyone interesting. Flaws are literally the most interesting feature of people that's why like uh i'm trying to think of like a sort of a movie where the flawed characters oh i mean i mean freaking look at look at black panther right so like were you more interested in like in the movie black panther were you more interested in uh the black panther dude or michael b jordan michael b jordan's character was he was way cooler all right way cooler if he was also the villain he was probably not handling his insecurities in all the best ways and those scars were each a mark of how many murders he's committed however however

courtney you mentioned wearing your flaws as armor which which is my favorite quote from Game of Thrones. It's in the first episode. Tyrion is talking to Jon, who's upset because he's a bastard, which he didn't choose. That's just at the time. That's just who he was born to be. And Tyrion's like, I didn't choose to be a dwarf. This is who I am. And he's like, wear your flaws as armor and no one can hurt you.

It's like not only accepting who you are, but going, this is who I am and I love it. And then you are so powerful. And it's, it's what I love about the body positivity movement right now of like people overweight for so long have, have felt they need to be ashamed about it.

And instead being like no this is who i am and it's okay if you're even going through a phase of i want to lose weight but in the meantime this is still who i am right now and i'm gonna love it yeah love it and then it's like honestly if someone's willing to say something mean it's like i dare you to point out this flaw about me like that's such an asshole move to actually point something like that out. Those people are insecure. Yeah. Like, I dare you to insult my birthmark or whatever. Like, also, people, I knew this girl in middle school.

She had a birthmark. It was almost like Zuko in Avatar where it was, like, the eye was red like that. And she was, like, super insecure about it and, like, tried to, like, hide it with her hair. And, like, nowadays she's rocking super insecure about it and like tried to like hide it with her hair and like nowadays she's rocking it on instagram yeah like it's it's so cool the confidence over those things is awesome and and also never the most motivated i am to when i'm when i'm feeling my best and i'm most motivated to improve myself and I'm doing things is when I am accepting of those flaws and, and not worrying about the insecurity.

Yeah. And I think to quote another thing from, uh, probably, I mean, it was probably season two of Game of Thrones. Um, Hodor. Oh yeah. And, uh, to quote season eight, uh, my favorite line, I don't want it she's my queen yeah i relate to that one so hard so these next two are the next one is actually very similar so it was it was uh from at wonderland durie uh i'm a really shy person it's something that i feel insecure about uh

because people have always told me that it's a negative thing especially for my age which is 21 do you have any tips on how to overcome shyness similar type of vein of there's nothing wrong with being shy and that's okay and also 21 is still very young a lot of people are still learning who they are

so don't feel that there's some age man that's a thing that i've done since i i've always gone oh man literally i've caught myself thinking this past week like i'm 27 i should be i should be over this already i should be more mature about this and then i i just know and i i can look back on the first journal entry i had when i was 15 it was saying stuff of like well you know i haven't had a girlfriend and I'm all this stuff and I'm 15. So I don't know. It hasn't happened now. It's

probably never going to happen. And I'm sure there's so many entries over the years where it's like, well, I'm 19. And so don't put an expectation on your age. Yeah. Also, I think the shyness could come from, you know, maybe you're just not hanging around the right people. Like maybe you don't want to talk to these people because you don't relate to them. Like maybe you should find a group of people that share the same hobbies as you. Like, you know, some of the most shy people that I know will light up in a conversation. If you, if you talk about something that interests them. So maybe, maybe you're just,

you haven't found the right people and you, maybe you just, I don't know. Well, and it's a devastating loop when you're insecure, when you go, I'm shy, I'm going to be shy in this situation.

I'm worried about being shy. Well now, of course you're going to be shy because you're worried about that. Yeah. Know that, that even if you are in a situation and you're shy and you don't say a word, it's okay. I think, I mean, I just, I try to throw myself into as many situations that I can, like socially. Like, I don't consider myself, I don't think I'm an extrovert, but I know if I just default to like, no, like I, I just would feel more comfortable at home. Like I know if I just default to that, I'm not getting

life experience. I'm not, I'm not meeting new people. And so sometimes just, just, you know, throwing yourself into the deep end of social interaction. I mean, it really pays off. Yeah, I'm a fan of that as well. I do think it's important within reason to push your limits. And when you go, oh, I feel uncomfortable about this, I think that's when you should do it. I think in the right circumstances, when you feel you want to take a step back is when you should take a couple steps forward. Yeah. Cause I mean, you don't know who, who's going to be at this next thing,

or you don't know what kind of conversation you could strike up with somebody. You don't know everything about everybody. You know, I've, I've made some of, some of my best friends at the most random places, like with the craziest sort of circumstances where I just happened to be right place, right time. I was there, they were there, some sort of conversation got, you know, struck up and it's like, you like that thing too? Oh, let's talk about that, you know? Yeah. So it's like, you really just have to try to throw yourself out there. Yeah. And, and, and also there will be those times when you want to stay in and don't feel guilty about that.

I don't know. You're 21, so you probably have a job or you don't. But, like, yeah, there's ways of practicing being social, like having a job. And it's like, yeah, you're practicing being social and also getting paid. So, like, there are little things you can do that are routine situations where you can practice just being outgoing and stuff like that too yeah and focus on what you like about other people about people you meet what what are you what's interesting about them uh your friends what what makes them interesting because that'll make you more motivated to go out and talk to them

because you'll feel safer you should go oh these these lovely people all the all the cool people in the world a lot of times when i'm at my most shy is when I get in my head about people are all going to initially judge me. That there's a little bit more aggression or, I don't know, their thinking is more villainous than it really is. And so I get nervous, whatever. Yeah. Or if you're really shy, just go out to the woods and live life, you know, in a wood cabin. Be a lumberjack. You know, Winnebago man did it.

Live in a giant walnut. Live in a shoe. Carve a little house inside the giant walnut. Have a little pickaxe and go out searching for oars. Oh, I think I've read this book, James and the Giant Walnut. That's correct. Yeah, it's a great book. We have time for one more.

Wow. One more boy. All right. Cole Hirsch. Oh. Our boy Cole. Cole Hirsch. Who used to write for us.

Used to write for us. Now you can find him on Podcast But Outside, which is hilarious. He asks, how to make money without job? Hashtag Smosh advice. Great question. Yeah. Selfie pics.

Well, I mean. Selfie pics. Selfie. Do elaborate. Take selfies. Do elaborate, Courtney. Selfie pics. I don't know.

Sarah Shower has a YouTube video talking all about it. If you want to watch how to sell feet pics. Oh, sell feet pics. You thought I said selfie pics. Cole's probably listening. Sell pictures of your feet, I guess. I don't know how good Cole's feet are. Yeah, I'm not sure either.

I don't think they see much sun. They're not well-tanned feet. Do you see a lot of sun hell no okay have you seen my feet yes they're insanely pale i'd love to foot five you guys they're actually invisible uh ian will take off his shoes and socks and it looks like he's just hovering around on ankles yeah yeah like some sort of uh poltergeist have you seen that barrel fish that has like the translucent head oh yeah yeah yeah yeah that's yeah you are a deep sea creature yes it's translucent uh james cameron took his fancy submarine down to the depths uh of the mariana's trench and found ian mariana grande mariana grande trench and found i. Mariana Grande's trench. Mariana Grande trench and found Ian just swimming around,

catching tiny plankton with his mouth. So how does one make money without a job? I mean, I guess it depends how you define a job. Is it a traditional job or is it anything that you're spending? You're getting paid to do something. You're going to have to do some kind of work. Yeah, I don't actually know. Unless you want to, I mean, well, I i mean even if you're working a sugar daddy website i think i think cole is trying to just ask

if we can just give him money yeah i think so i want to go on a sugar daddy website should i do that um no well you know what my advice actually would be um to make money without a job is to live inside a giant walnut you carve into, and then you go out in the woods in search of rare ores, such as iron and mithril. And you fashion those into a nice armor that you can wear and sell at the shop at the nearby village. But they don't trust you, because you're an outcast. The shakiness in his breath. but they don't trust you because you're an outcast for cursing their horde of donkeys 20 years earlier.

Little do they know it was because the witch that lived in the swamps nearby was after the donkeys and you put a curse on them that would protect them. But it backfired. I'm wiggling a lot.

You'll see it in the video version that comes out on Friday. Oh, my God. So we're not going to get a serious response for this. Get a job. Just get a job. Yeah, Cole, why don't you just get a job? He has a job. He's doing his podcast, which is really, really funny.

It is really funny. Great concept. Yeah, they just set up a podcast stand somewhere outside oh my gosh did you see what they did

when a like a park official came up to their cameraman he was like oh I'm not with them I just asked if I could film them

he's like oh okay goes up to the podcast people oh yeah we don't know him it's so great we're just recording audio it's so great and shout out to to Cole as well

we had our third most annoying kid sketch come out uh it is doing really well the most annoying kid gets canceled and cole wrote the first one of it and uh his his spirit is definitely imbued in all three they are worth checking out um we're very proud of them all right well that well that about does it for the first Smosh advice if you guys want us to do more let us know and just a reminder we got new merch

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Turn around. I really do recommend watching the video version of this. It's on another level. You will not be able to take my advice seriously. Smosh water bottles. They're super great. They're really great. Hot, cold, lukewarm. Whatever you want, you can put it in there.

Molten lava would not suggest it. But if you want to melt down rare ores and put them in there, it'll work. Whoa, who was that guy? Crazy. If you guys are not yet subscribed to the podcast on any of your favorite podcast apps, I would suggest you do that because you don't want to miss a single episode. No, you don't. They come out on Wednesday, and on Friday they come out censored on YouTube, but you

can see our pretty, pretty faces. Yeah, and my pretty, pretty hair. That's right. You need to see this hair. Woo. Thank you guys so much. Thank you, Shane and Courtney, for doling out this decent advice. No, you guys did a good job.

I'm really proud of you guys. You guys threw out some good stuff. And Nat, keep hitting that whoa because I haven't gone to therapy yet. Don't whoa until he goes. Keep hitting that whoa. All right. Won't whoa until he go.

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