The Trillionaire Mindset - 38: The Best Life Advice Ever Given

Episode Date: June 17, 2022

Become an exclusive member at https://tmgstudios.tv Another mailbag episode! Ben and Emil are ready to dish out their life advice and answer your burning questions. Buckle up, this one gets personal! Music, dating, and... dog names? Don't miss it! If you listen on Apple Podcasts, go to: https://apple.co/trillionaire Go to https://scoremaster.com/trill today and see how many plus points you can add to your credit score! Open an Alto CryptoIRA account with as little as $10. Just go to https://AltoIRA.com/MINDSET Go to https://www.manscaped.com and use code TRILL for 20% off and free shipping. Protect your family’s financial future with Fabric. Apply today in just 10 minutes at https://www.meetfabric.com/TRILL. SUBSCRIBE to Trillionaire Mindset at https://www.youtube.com/trillionairemindset Trillionaire Highlights Channel: https://www.youtube.com/TrillionaireMindsetHighlights Trillionaire IG: https://www.instagram.com/trillionairepod Trillionaire Twitter: https://twitter.com/trillionairepod TMG Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tinymeatgang TMG Studios IG: https://www.instagram.com/realtmgstudios TMG Studios Twitter: https://twitter.com/realtmgstudios BEN https://www.instagram.com/bencahn/ https://twitter.com/Buncahn EMIL https://www.instagram.com/emilderosa/ https://twitter.com/emilderosa *DISCLOSURE: THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS VIDEO ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE PARTICIPANTS INVOLVED. THESE OPINIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF ANYONE ELSE. THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE. THE VIEWER OF THE VIDEO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSIDERING ANY INFORMATION CAREFULLY AND MAKING THEIR OWN DECISIONS TO BUY OR SELL OR HOLD ANY INVESTMENT. SOME OF THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO IS CONSIDERED TO BE SATIRE AND MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED FACTUAL AND SHOULD BE TAKEN IN SUCH LIGHT. THE COMMENTS MADE IN THIS VIDEO ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY.*

Hey dude check it out I'm like a real radio guy real radio DJ like it's hanging down yeah yeah this is what I was going for I was going for like the like well he we aren't done and I'm done I miss I miss in the morning talk about a bit that was worth it Yeah there you go yeah wow man so that record that we just played man boy that uh fucking Madonna she really can't get it with those pointy boobs. So this me and Ben got um we are leaving the trillion in our mindset because uh CBS uh W 660 AM has uh W 660. Why did they say the call letters? There are letters and never numbers. Now for like AM. Yeah, but for AM. All right. How do I say the fucking? Who? KFI AM 640.

All right. KFI LAM 640 has asked us to come do a radio show for them. And now we have to do all of our recordings like this. They told us that we have to put our mics like this. And they said, can you talk them downward? Are you guys comfortable talking about Madonna's pointy boobs? And we said, sure thing, pal. When I was a kid, I remember seeing her in the pointy boob bra. And I was like, is that how boobs really are shaped?

They come in all shapes and sizes, really. Also, my mom revealed to me that I didn't breastfeed, speaking of because we talked about when I showed you those breastfeeding tiktoks. That's why you're so obsessed with it. I never got a shot. I never had my shot. But yeah, she texted me and said, just for your information.

Oh yeah, there's the point of boobs. Wait, your mom watches after hours? Yeah, she do be subscribing. My parents asked if they could and I said, why would they ask you if they could? Like, you can, sure. I ain't gonna stop you, mama. Oh, cause they didn't know how to fucking do it. Yeah.

They weren't like asking for permission. They were like, sign us up. Yeah. And I was like, maybe just let the boys be bad. My mom still doesn't get certain things. Well, actually, no, she does pretty well. Though the one thing that will occasionally happen is she'll send a text, I will reply immediately,

and then I'll immediately get, I'm driving with focus turned on. I will message you back when, you know, it's like, I don't know, she had a red light, and then she puts her phone down and then goes, you just burping? I'm not gonna, by the way, someone left a don't know, she had a red light and then she puts her phone down and then goes, you just burping? I'm not gonna, by the way, someone left a comment. Dude, there were a couple comments.

A couple comments said, don't burp. So you know what, I have heard you. You could burp, just don't do it. Yeah, I know, that's what I'm saying. Again, I'm not gonna do it in the years. And it reminds me, speaking of the radio, there's a station here in Los Angeles called KXLU 88.9 FM. You know how many comments you're gonna get that are like, I actually like the

fucking probably probably a lot of that. Yeah. KXLU 88.9 FM, which is the Loyola Marymount College radio station. It's a very weak signal. It's pretty much localized within a small radius. You're not in play of Esther. You're not getting it. It craps out when you get down almost exactly when you get into Long Beach. On the east side, I want to say Pasadena or something like that.

But there was this kid years ago when I was a delivery boy still, I'm driving around in the middle of the day. And I was so jealous because you could only be on the radio there if you went to LMU and I did end up wheezing my way onto the airwaves there It's a whole story, but I'm listening to this guy in the middle of the day and like all KXL UDJs He wasn't really talking to the mic. He's just kind of like this. It's KXL U. What why I'm telling a story. Why are you doing that? I'm literally like 30 seconds into it.

Anyway, he took out like a bag of chips and started eating them into the microphone. See, that's fucked up. On the air. That's something you would do. No, it's not. Absolute, that's egregious. That's like, that's terrible.

And then he started playing some music and I knew the phone number. So I called in and he answered because they don't have a screen or anything. You called the guy? Yeah, I called the station. I just said, dude, what are you doing? And he said, what do you mean?

I said, don't eat into the microphone. He said, oh, you heard that. I said, yeah, dip shit. But it was just some college kid, right? Yeah. Still, I thought you got to have a modicum of professionalism. microphone he said, oh you heard that? I said yeah, dip shit. But it was just some college kid, right? Yeah. Still, I thought you got to have a modicum of professionalism. I love that you called him.

Yeah, of course I called him. I'll call DJs sometimes. I remember calling a DJ on K-Rock and complimenting her on her ability to hit the post. You know, hitting the post is when you talk. The basketball term. No, it closed. Oh good. It's when you talk. It's when you talk up a song and then stop right when the right when the lyrics hit.

Oh, it's really hard to do. I could do that. You want to try it? We have to do a few of the songs because we can't play anything copyrighted. No, that's true. It's really hard to do. Let's try to do it in after. Okay. Why not? Yeah, let's do that So it's gotta be a song. I know though. So of course, you know what the fucking coolest thing is that I just realized recently I mean, I always knew of course because I've heard it a thousand times what You know the song Paradise City. Yeah, take me down to the Paradise City where the grasses green and the girls are attractive There's kind of a long intro and Then they blow a fucking whistle. It just goes

Wee And then the song just goes absolutely like how sick is that yeah it's a good song I like every song should do that intro whistle so you're like okay it's about to fuck and then it just kicks your ass I like Motley Cruz what's the one? Kickstart my heart. Where the guitar sounds like a car in the mean Such a great song. Oh, I know that one that song whips Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Anyway, hey, Glenn. Hey, Glenn. Uh, Glenn, uh, is gonna want you folks to read the disclaimer. You're gonna see it in the show more, see more. Who the fuck knows what it actually says.

It's baronstein, baronstein bears. It's the Mandela. Why did you put this on here? It says Grossman. The fuck are you talking about? Grossman? No, I didn't put that on there. I don't know what that helped.

I don't think it always there. Anyway, Grossman. Also, we want you guys to, if you want to hear us try to play radio DJ, go to TMGstudios.tv and subscribe to either our tier at $6 or the TMG tier. You get everything for $10 and even the 8 ball special, which... That's exactly right. And we got some more of those coming. They're gonna be real fun.

Yeah. Like, subscribe, comment, do all the fucking things. Follow us on the shit. Follow me on the shit. Follow us on the shit. We should start. My friend Adam Crouch, if Adam is you're listening. Hey buddy No, he got one out. Oh, I didn't need to shout out. He turn around. He can turn around.

Friend of mine from high school and middle school for that matter. Hey, he sent me a great DM and he said, hey man I listen to your show all the time and I really love it and it makes me crack up and I you know Yeah, I really like it. So shout out to him. He's probably fishing right now or something. Great guy. He had one of the, you know how you have those friends who you just love to make laugh? Because they have a great laugh or they laugh at everything. I don't make all my friends laugh.

Me too. Keaton, I just remember, he had this belly laugh that like made it to me. He was a kid so he didn't sound like that but you get what I mean, funny kid anyway he remembered the piss story remember I told you how we pissed on the walls he was there and he said yeah I remember participating in thinking to myself this is gonna fucked up

so so did I but I was doing it anyway. No way. Pfff. Well, anyway folks, if you're watching this on Friday the... 17th. 17th. This is the mailbag episode. Me and Ben... ...are on vacation. We're on vacation.

We're not here. But we are here. But you're watching this in the past. We're not here, but we are here. But you're watching this in the past. We could be dead for all you know. No, they're watching it in the future. We are in the past. Oh yeah, we're in the past. We're always in the past a little bit,

but now we're a lot of bit in the past. Well, whoa. What is the philosophical principle that you can never... Shroudingers got? No, no, no, no. Where, if you take half the distance of something, then half of that, then half of that, and half of how you, if you go by that principle,

you can... You'll never get there. Yes. So I wonder how you truly do measure time. What is the true measure of the present? If it, if we break it down by seconds, then we can break it down by milliseconds. Yeah, I don't know what they're talking about, but this is a week.

Did you ever, you know the double slit experiment, right? Don't be gross. That's about a lady. They try to give a lady to be a giant. Come on. To be a giant. What is the real experiment? The double slit experiment.

I mean, everybody probably knows it by now because I'm sure Joe Rogi has talked about it multiple times. It basically, yeah, probably, because it's like one of the original things. What do they do on that show? It's okay. He smokes weed and he talks about monkeys. He's just like, basically Joe Rogin just goes,

damn, that's fucking crazy. Did you know a monkey could probably rip your fucking legs off? He's not wrong. But he, wait, can we not look at an image, but instead a description of it? Okay, do you know what it is? In modern physics, the double slit experiment is a demonstration that light and matter can display characteristics of both classically divine waves and particles. Dude, basically, it, basically, when they're observed, they behave differently than when they're not. Oh, yeah, yeah. Matter that's observed behaves differently. Yeah, yeah. I don't know. That was something like that. Yeah. Like, if we look away, the particles

go a certain pattern and when you look at it, they're like, oh, shit, they're watching. That's like, so when people view this episode, we are behaving much differently than when we're not being watched I'm probably taking a big fat crap and that's and that's on edits. Yeah, the stuff that gets left on the cutting room floor That floor is covered in shit. Hey, whoa. Did you just burp into the microphone? What is going on? It's the fucking spin drift. Oh, fucking spin drift. But that was a mistake, and I apologize. By the way, in either the bonus episode today, or the one that we're gonna record for the listener

for last week, for us tomorrow, I wanna just talk about things that we like. Well, we're also gonna do the fucking post thing. Post thing. We're gonna do the... Oh, yeah, hitin' the post. I'm gonna hit the post. Oh, man, we're gonna smash that post. We're gonna do the D. Oh yeah, hitting the post. I'm gonna hit the post.

Oh man, we're gonna smash that post. We're gonna see, and again, you gotta, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can only get it if you subscribe. Cause we literally can't do it cause it's a copyright reasons. I keep on to say that I'm on island time, but I found out that's a bad thing to say.

Why? Because, you know how people say it on vacation? I'm on island time? Yeah. It comes from, I think it's like a colonizer thing. They would talk about, they would talk about the natives that they would try to be getting to do work and stuff, and they'd call them lazy and stuff, and they'd go, oh, they're all on island time. So when you're saying, I'm on island time, you're saying, like, oh, you're like a lazy native. Oh, oh, I thought island time meant to be like I'm jet lagged. No, no, no, no. It means like I'm chilling out. It's like don't bother me on my island time.

Ah, yeah, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling and off-intardi. That actually sounds like a compliment because the people who came and colonized were probably very uppity and had sticks up their butts. Yeah, maybe they could use some island time. Yeah, stop going into places you don't belong. Those islanders were like, don't hassle me, I'm living my life, please. So we got a mail bag episode for everybody today because, and for those of you new viewers, what is a mail bag?

Well, you see, back in the day, there used to be this stuff called mail, and it didn't have e in front of it. It's where you... Uh, what do you lick the stamp? Before they had the self-licking stamps, you'd pop that on, back when it used to cost 50 cents. How much did it cost now, 50 cents? I don't know.

You know what I started doing in my new place, at my old place? You know how, when you rent a place for just ever, you get old mail. Oh yeah, I tear that shit open. Dude, you? No, I don't care. Well, I used to.

There's a mail bag, there's a picture. I used to always save it and then give it to my landlord and be like, I don't know, figure it out, whatever. And I'm just done. I know I just throw it out. Yeah, if it was important, they'd come over in a panic. Right.

And they'd retrieve it. I used to have this big drawer full of just old tenants' mail. That's really sweet of you. I did get something. But honestly, I think my landlords would be like, oh yeah, thanks, and then just throw it out. Probably. I did get a check.

It was for a lawsuit against Nordstrom for one of the previous tenants. And the check was for, I didn't open it up. But I, no, no, no, I just saw that like, it said check and closed and it looked legit. It didn't look like junk mail. So I found the woman, I searched her name on Instagram, founder, there was only like one, and I DMed her

and I said, hey, I live it. So and so, um, here's some mail that came for you. No, no, she said, are you the AirPods guy? She said, uh, she told me to go ahead and open it. And let me know what was inside. And I got excited. I'm like, ooh, federal crime with permission. And I opened it and it was a check for like 12 bucks. And I said, like, brace yourself. You're about to be like, you just came up. And then I sent a picture and she said, oh man, you can just throw it away.

And I'm like, are you sure? It's like 12 bucks. She said, it's not worth it for me to come out to her and pick it up. So I just threw it out. You just got her permission to endorse it. And how does that work? I can sign my name on it and just cash it.

Oh, because she would have to endorse it over to me, right? Yeah, I don't know. She would have signed it. So you see, back in the day, there was things called checks. Before you have Venmo each other. Yeah. So a mailbag episode is where we asked you guys to send us questions. And this is where we answer those questions.

And there's a bunch of dirt all over my desk. I wonder how the fuck that happened. That was me. Oops. I came in here doing, uh, I don't know. But the first, I'm seeing the first question. This one's very relevant because we were just talking about music. Kick it off, baby. I gotta say, I don seeing the first question. This one's very relevant, because we were just talking about music. Kick it off, baby.

I gotta say, I don't love the tone. Who asks this question? This is a man or a woman or whatever, by the name of Gus. Gus. Gus. Dogass name. No, got that.

No, leave it. He said dogass name. Why, because it's three letters? I don't think I've ever known a person named Gus. It was always dogs. It's my dog Gus. Huh, and then you call it Gussie. Hey Gussie boy Dog's name Gus do be having a Gussie What a guess what I know he says what does a meal think of the new Angel Olson album? And then he says, do you guys have any music recommendations that aren't Bruce Springsteen? That's all him.

I've never listened to an entire Bruce Springsteen album. Okay, but that's like a terrible, that's such a snarky way to phrase. Hi, I'm looking for music. Do you have anything that's not Bruce Springsteen? Yeah. Yeah, what the fuck? Well, what do you think of the new Angel Olson album?

I love it, it's great. I didn't get to listen to it yet. Going back to the whole country thing, it's fucking beautiful. Nice. You know, heartbreaking, yeah, doing our whole haunting voice thing. It's amazing. What do you want to recommend to this? Well, this is another thing too.

When people want music recommendations, you got to tell me what you like. You can't just be like, do you have any music recommendations? It's like, I have pretty eclectic taste. How can I, how can I even begin to give you recommendations? When you're only noticed, no Bruce Springsteen. Yeah. First off, give Bruce Springsteen a chance. He might already, he might love Bruce Springsteen. Oh, maybe he's hired a listen to Bruce. Maybe he's such a big Bruce fan that he's like, you got anything that's not Bruce,

because it's all I fucking listen to. I'm gonna take it as that. I like it. Give him five, I'll give him five. Five? Yeah, five. Is that too many or too little few? I don't know, it's hard.

I like a lot of old stuff, because I like albums. Sure. And the 1970s is the best decade for that. They really perfected the album. Electric light orchestra. That's a great one. I'll go with it. I think it's fun too.

They're all different, right? Different albums would feel like different things. Some of them are like, you ever heard of it? Do you hear that noise? No. All right, it doesn't matter. There's a David Bowie album where he completely forgets the entire recording sessions. What?

He was in such a cocaine psychosis. Oh yeah, I remember you saying this. Station to station. That's fucking cool. And he just coaked out of his mind. He doesn't remember recording it. Wow. And it's so good.

Well, he of course doesn't remember now because he's dead. He doesn't remember much of anything. Well, no, he didn't remember when he was alive. Hmm. Um, Christ, I don't know how to, like, I don't even know what this guy's looking for. Japanese breakfast, I recommend. I would also recommend some older broken social scene. That's good. Older broken social scene. Wow.

Of course. It's good. You forgot it in people. That's a great album. Oh, man. Remember the song swimming. Yeah Insane I even thought about that band so long Who else what else you got for me? I'm a big fan of

Kimbera I also like Kim Petrus recently. I'm into I'm in the good pop a lot. I like good pop But I also like you know metal That's like some good you want wanna talk about a good album, Leviathan by Master's on, it's a great album. Wow. Ty Siegel, we both like Ty Siegel. Oh, you know, don't even, I'm a big Ty Siegel fan. He's got another album coming out this summer.

He's always doing, like, 50 songs on it. No, I think it's a regular, like, you know, probably 10 to 12 song LP. That's good. He's always touring. Yeah. Some of the most, all of his projects are super fun. Tycego Fuzz, his proto-metal band.

The Tycego band. George Harrison. George Harrison. What is the George Harrison album? The one that everybody that's got. Oh, all things must pass. All things must pass. A triple LP

Fantastic, you know how crazy it is to Fucking John and John and Paul are always like hmm. Yeah, shut up George like we don't want to put these songs on the Alice And then to just be like okay, I'm gonna put out a triple LP of the greatest songs you've ever heard Yeah, yeah, fuck you assholes assholes. Oh Land of talk is a phenomenal band. Just go on Spotify or Apple Music or whatever and they're, I think they're first, I think they only have five. They're all good, but start from the bottom and work your way up. Phenomenal fucking band.

Holy shit, man. Anyway, let's move on. Yeah, that's probably enough for... You wanna read this one? Mariana! So I think they're trying to figure out what mutual funds are. Oh my god, I put all my, Mariana says, Mariana, I'm sorry if I'm butchering that,

I put all my savings, $2,000 into JP Morgan because my dad said it was a good idea. JPM the stock, I guess. I need reassurance that I'm not a dumbass because whenever I check my portfolio, it just keeps getting worse. How can you please talk about how mutual funds work? How do they compare to regular stocks? How might this perform during the potential recession?

Did my dad and his financial advisor just rob a 17-year-old of all her savings? Please help. First of all, your 17, your savings are only going to continue to grow. Don't think of your $2,000 as all you've got or all you will ever have. All money that you put into the market is going to go up and down. The beauty of it going down is you being so young, you're going to get to put in more money and get in at lower prices. No, they didn't just rob you. Know your dad and your dad's not. So tell them what a mutual fund is. Well, a mutual fund is just, well, it is a fund of different stocks and bonds and whatnot. And they've got, I think there's certain

fee structures. So if you buy one, buy one, I can't remember the rules, but you're not actually buying shares, you are buying units, I could be wrong, and I apologize if I am, and they basically, you buy it and they create, shit, I'll just call them shares, I think they create them for you, and then when you want to sell,

they kind of just burn them, because I think there's always a fixed amount. I can't remember. It's neither here nor there. Basically, a mutual fund is just, it's like any kind of fund. It's just a collection of a bunch of shit that they choose to buy based on whatever their

targets are, that like, you know, there's large, there's mutual funds that only buy text stocks. And there's mutual funds that are considered like safer because they buy more bonds and dividend shit and whatever. So, so they, how do they compare to regular stocks? They're probably going to be a little less volatile. They're probably going to move a little more stable. It's going to be like a giant, see I just purped out of the way they might. I love it.

It's gonna be like a giant ship versus maybe a smaller boat, depending on the stock. Cause there are certain stocks that move slower. And everything is kinda taking a hit right now. So that's probably what's happening to the stock or the mutual fund her dad can've been sort of by the way. JP Morgan, you know, I don't know when you bought it,

but assuming because you said it's gone down a bunch, also don't trip, don't be looking at that shit every day because you're gonna, you're gonna stress yourself out. You're not a trader, so don't worry about it. How might this perform during the potential recession? Well, I mean, yeah, probably poorly, unless it's a, unless it's, but don't worry about it. Yeah, unless it's a, unless it's,

don't worry about it. Yeah, unless it's a mutual fund that is short biased or something or invests in bonds, I, you know, I don't know, but so I hope that that was a good answer for you. You have so much time, just tell the financial, in a financial advisor, by the way, I believe has a duty to act in your best interests based on your age,

your risk tolerance, your other certain shit. So just talk to them about what your goals are and they'll set you up. I mean, my financial advice is always like, so talk to me about certain shit. Uh, oh, here's one from Kevin. I have a very important question for Ben. How would you recommend taking acid for the first time? You seem to know a lot about it and we'd love to hear your thoughts. PS, Ben, get your dog on the pod. You have taken acid more like you've taken a full dose. I never have. You never, you never full tabbed? Never. Really? Never. Only a half.

I also don't know how I feel about, I don't know if I want to recommend to people to take high grades like a Daleks. It's fun for us, but we made the decision to do it on our own. And... When you say us, you mean you and me. Like, we've done it.

Yeah, and we didn't do it through any. Right, right. I don't want to be like, I don't want to encourage anyone to do it. I don't know. If you might be a person who might be. Right. I would say this. Do it with very close friends in a very good environment.

Yeah. Very close friends in a very good environment. Every time I did it, especially when I first started doing it, it was always with like my closest friends I grew up with and outside in nice nature. I'm going to go ahead and say, take it at church with your parents, but don't tell them and just let it flow man. No, I don't want to I also don't know how old this kid I don't want to be the Kevin podcast that's like take fucking drugs yeah hey dog you should go take a drugs man you should be fucking you should be just be careful also do not full tab for the first time. Yeah, take a take a half here something That's what I would do I would probably well, that's exactly what I've done full tab gets very Intense. Yeah, what do you listen?

kick the next one, huh? So this one's from Rocco dog ass name. Yeah, geez. Oh, we got dogs. Are you guys? Oh, dog ass name. Yeah, geez. Oh, we got dogs. Are you guys? Oh, my dogs listen to the show. I think actually this is funny. Our producer told us that our show is the only thing

that can calm down his dog. Remember when you, remember? Yeah. So when they leave the house, they have to put on the show. Yeah. And one time they were driving, they were going on a road trip and the dog was in the back seat getting a little anxious. So they put on the show. And one time they were driving, they were going on a road trip,

and the dog was in the back seat getting a little anxious, so they put on the show and the dog milled up. So maybe it's just a bunch of dogs being like, I got some questions about crypto. Yeah. What up dog? Well, I got a question about how you're... So this person, so Rocco, good boy,

says, I want your opinion. If crypto is actually dead this time, I'm no ex, I'm no expert, but I feel like it may not reach a new high in a very long time so many so many wavy paper hands bitch Jesus Rocco bought in and got burned why would they trust the new shit coin or legitimate project that pops up again in the future you want to go first? No. Okay. I don't know. I... This... I mean, this...

It's tanked before and then reached all time highs you can never tell. I think... It does seem like... People are talking about it. Wait, like when we first started this show, it felt very much like... It was kind of hitting a moment of legitimacy. Everything was kind of happening. Like the crypto.com arena, like all of the Matt Damon ads. That was kind of the peak of the celebs coming out. Yeah, ever since then, not saying we had anything to do with it, but it's become so much more

of a joke and less trusted, I guess. It's just almost a parody of itself, which is... But I also think that's the nature of it. I think some of those guys have a good sense of humor, and it seems like they're almost in on the joke sometimes, but I don't... I don't know, I can't see someone wanting to get in on these serious. With most things, when you have like a big watershed moment for something like crypto, where you've had all of these shit coins come and go and you had the doge coin thing.

By now, people know better than to buy not only shit coins, but projects like Luna and Tara or whatever that have pie in the sky too good to be true things. I would hope people learn from that experience, but Bitcoin itself has gone through I know has gone through these cycles where it spikes up and then tanks and then it takes a while for it to come back. You know, it's possible that it goes back up It is interesting because in the world of tech the first thing to pave the way tends to not be the thing that ends up being the standard like you look at AOL you look at I don't know, pretty much, I can't remember

what, like the first personal computer fucking was. Oh, dude, or fucking Skype now. Sure, Skype. But I mean, you look at Microsoft. Microsoft has survived, eBay survived. There are trailblazers that will continue to stay on top, but that's different because they do that via acquisitions and they do it through all sorts of,

they raise money, but like something like Bitcoin that's decentralized. I, who the fuck knows? I certainly would avoid, as always, I feel like it's an evergreen thing to just avoid shitcoins and do it, you know, it's your choice, man. I personally do want to probably try to buy a Bitcoin.

Oh, now that's so much cheaper. Yeah, and if it gets down to a price that feels, I don't know what the fuck, it's all arbitrary to me and the teams are something, maybe I'll start nibbling a bit just in case. Don't say teens in nibbling so close together. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, oops. If there's a couple of teens who are up for nibbling. Trying to think is something even worse.

I am surprised though like that you have to remember there's still so much money being dumped into a lot of these projects and stuff. Yeah I still you know I was just with a friend on Friday and I was like oh what's, what's he up to? And he was actually going to France for the summer to work on this crypto project. Oh boy. Really? There still exists those.

I know. I mean, but good for him, he gets to spend the summer in France. And they work on crypto. Hey, hey, a little bit equipped. It's a bit. They're not. So let's see what we got Sarah dogass name. Sarah we're named for dogs. Sarah.

Yeah, what the fuck? I do have to say what is something you would tell your 25 year old self, not finance related. Stop crying. Yeah, I would say the opposite of what you say to a gay kid in middle school, it doesn't get better. Oh, that's a good one. I do remember specifically where I was, oh man, yeah, my 25 year old self, mine is too specific. I would really say, quick crime and he's just going to be fine fine. Oh, God. Yeah, I was like

horribly I was going through a bad time at 25. You know me to go first. You want to go first? I got a good story I don't know if I want to tell well, I can you can go first. Okay, so 25 years old I was broke. I was unemployed. I was living at home. I was depressed and my girlfriend who I had Been broken up with for at that point. I don't know nine months Maybe a year maybe we had been still very much in contact because that's what you do and She I knew she already was seeing someone new, but he lived in Florida and

I knew she already was seeing someone new, but he lived in Florida. And I at least was resting assured that like, oh, he lives in Florida, there's no way, you know, what the fuck. And it was June of that year, whatever year it was when I was 25, and I went to be an Opaer in Madrid with this family, the Spanish family. That sounds great.

Four kids. Super great. Yeah. It was my second time being an opair for them. I had done it at one point before. I was going to be there for like five or six weeks. And on like day three, the parents go out for dinner, leave me with the four kids.

And I am just like a nervous wreck, or just emotionally, I'm like, fuck, they had a nice little apartment on like the eighth floor of this building, they had a great beautiful little patio, covered patio, and it's like 9 p.m. on a Wednesday, and the sunset's super late, you know, at that latitude or whatever. I'm out there and I'm looking at my phone and I see on Instagram that she posted a photo of a one-way ticket to Florida. I just, oh, panic. Brutal. I'm like, oh, this, what the fuck is this? So I call her up on Skype. And she basically was like, yeah, I'm moving to go be with the guy. And I was, Rob was his name.

And Rob, who by the way was so hot. I remember finding his Facebook page, and he's just like, he's got a picture of him lifting up his shirt. He's like a Kendall. Perfect guy, rich. He was like a pilot. Oh, that's killer for you.

And double killer for me. And not like an airline, he was like in the Air Force, like a fighter pilot. Oh, not cool then. But also a private, like, he had an airplane and stuff. Oh, not cool then. No, but also a private Lincoln. He had an airplane and stuff. Oh cool again. Just like it was comical. How much better this guy was than me. He was like 30 also a little bit older and but you were in no pair. Yeah. I had that going for me. They're paying me a hundred bucks a week. But so then she said, I don't want to be

rude. I've got to go. I can't talk to you anymore. Click. I just started crying. And the kids come out because they like hear me. And the two younger girls didn't speak very much. The youngest didn't speak any English. Second youngest barely spoke any. And the two older boys could speak. And

one, the oldest was like, Ben, what's, what is wrong? Are you crying? And then Diego, who had a raspy voice was like, it's okay. Wait, that was all these kids. One was like 15. Diego was like 12. 15 Diego was like 12 and just trying to console a weeping. Oh, and I was like, it was like body crying. It was like, it couldn't even fucking breathe kind of crying. And they were, I had stopped my like, my brain and heart had stopped crying,

but my body was still crying. And they were like, what the he's wrong. And they weren't French, but my body was still crying and they were like what these wrong and they weren't French But you know what is wrong? And I just I tried to explain it in terms that they could understand like I tried to dumb heart breakdown for them And I but I did it through like Sometimes you really love someone and they you know they don't Love you back. Jesus. And I'm getting so sad just, but listening to them.

They're all four, we're like the two of them on each side just like, you know, comforting me and being so sweet. This is like out of a movie. Little did I know that I think one was really worried, or no, the second, the older girl, Baya, went inside and called the parents because she was worried. So she got home, unbeknownst to me. So then I, you know, I calmed down and I was fine and I think I like smoked a cigarette and had some ice cream. And then the kids went

to bed hours later and the parents come home and they're fluent in English and they're just the coolest. And the dad comes in and he's kind of like a tough Stern Catholic Spaniard guy Comes in my room Ben you okay, and I was like yeah, what do you mean? He goes Baya called me when we were dinner No, no, no he spoke better English than that. He said Baya called me when we were dinner, she said you were you were really really upset. And then even him asking me that made me kind of start to well up again. And I was like, oh no, I'm fine. I just this girl stuff, you know, and he said, well, I'm a little worried.

Like she said you were very upset. And I was like, no, I'm cool. I promise. He's like, no, man, hold on. But no, you try like baby., I'm cool. I'm promised. He's like, no man, hold on. No, you try like baby. Again, he didn't speak that poorly. But then, yeah, I then I was stuck there for six fucking weeks. All I wanted to do was go back home and like start to pick my life back up.

I feel like that's a perfect place to be like, it is, but it isn't. It is when you have a career and you're like in a good spot otherwise, but I had nothing good to go back home to. It was like, oh, I gotta go back home. I wanna start now. It's like, just go meet people and- Oh, buddy.

Oh, I had sex with one woman and it didn't even happen. I wasn't even talking about sex, just like, oh yeah, but I mean, who am I gonna fucking, I'm so depressed, I'm depressed out of my mind. Sure. What am I gonna do? I don't know, I feel like sometimes it's better to be away from, I don't fucking know.

So, if you're 24, what would I tell my 25 year old self? I was also going through a very similar, it was just fully just the most depressed I'd ever been from heartbreak. And you just gotta keep going. But I was in Brooklyn. Yeah. And I just kept being like, I could just power through this. Yeah.

And I lived with roommates and I just didn't want to be like this fucking weepy roommate. And so I would go on these walks and there's nowhere to fucking cry in New York. And I finally found this like street and Brooklyn So I would just walk around it and when I would get like over around I would just go because it was always pretty empty There was like warehouses and stuff and I would just You're like go cry. Yeah, and then go crying and then I was just crying so much it was crazy And I remember I went to go see I think Padding to know the new Jurassic Park had just come out. Oh cool And I was like I'll just go see that I get my mind up

I'm just like crying the whole way through I'm like this is psycho so I was like I got to leave yeah And I remember I went and I was just crying behind the movie theater and I just thought I was like I can't do this anymore and I called my mom. Yeah, and I was like I was like I don't know what to do and They like I just needed help they like helped me find therapy and all this stuff. That's good. But, oh god, it was so bleak.

The last time I cried in New York, I broke up with this girl, huge mistake. I was in love with this girl. Why'd you break up with her? I felt like I had, I felt like I was like at this crossroads where I was either going to get back together with the woman that I still loved here in LA, but I had also met this girl when I lived in New York and I was there and I was like, okay, I'm either going to stay here and pursue this thing with her or I know that I've got to eventually move back to LA and pursue the thing with the other woman. I was, I was, I just, I would have loved this girl so much. Well, now's your time. Why don't you say something to her? She knows. I ended up telling her how,

how I read it. Yeah, but this is the whole world. There could be a big moment. I just, well, so we went to this restaurant. We went to this, we basically had set it up like when we first met, she said, I'm not looking for anything serious I said neither am I she said well how about how about we just keep seeing each other and if anything changes but for one of us you know if we start to feel something more we'll just let the other know and I say yeah sounds great and it actually was kind of a covert way of allowing us to really just let it flow. Oh when there's no pressure. Yes so it's like when you meet someone on vacation and you're like, I'm in love with you.

It was beautiful. It was kind of like that. But so I would see her after work and it was like during the fall into the winter when it's like the most beautiful time in New York. Leaves are falling. This girl was like one of the most beautiful women I'd ever seen. I just was like every time I saw her, I would just smile. Just, I couldn't help it.

I just was, she was so smart and so like, she was just a pure soul. I've been surprised I've actually got her on the line. Can we, can we patch her in? But so, no, we're not Googling her. She, so I, she had taken me to this restaurant before No, we're not going for it. So she had taken me to this restaurant before and I loved it so much and it was a very special place.

And my dumbass, it was like the point of no return. And I said, hey, we should go out to dinner. I feel like we should probably like, you know, talk because we'd been seeing each other at that point for almost like six months. And she said she was like, yeah, okay. And I think she thought she knew what was coming, which was, hey, I'm like in love with you. And we should take it to the next level. And I remember sitting there, we had ordered our food, ordered drinks, and I'm sitting there. And she's just like like it was just killing me and I said so and she's like yeah smiling at me and I said I think I think we're in love with

each other and she said yeah and then I said and that's exactly why Ben what's wrong with you and she was just you, stunned and I was like, this is so fucking painful. I don't know why I wasn't saying that out loud. But and then I started, she didn't cry at all, but I did. And then we talked about it a bunch and I, you know, I was, it was too, I couldn't do it. I wasn't ready. I still had this other thing, this unfinished business that I thought I had to go after. But then when we left and parted ways,

I had this big coat on with a hoodie, and I just, it was a Friday night in the city, and I put on my headphones, and I just walked super slow and was just crying. Not like the, but just, I just was like, fuck, I just, I don't wanna be in this position. It was just such an impossible position. And I, you know, I didn't talk to her for a year after that

and then we reconnected and we had a whole thing and it was just, it's just one of those things. Right. Oh, just, she was a, she was a chess champion. She was a, she was just so intelligent and so sweet. Ben, call her. No, no, no, no, no. Text your ex.

You're making me like so wistful over here. I, you know, this is, what would I tell my 25 year old self? I have no idea. You're... Suck it up, baby. No, there's something romantic about being that... sad and heartbroken and... Yeah, because it means you're feeling.

Right. It means you're alive. I think... We are the number one finance podcast. You know the end of Call Me By Your Name when he's talking. Didn't see it. Stop. You know I burp a lot. You take really exasperated deep breaths right into the microphones. I just hear... It's so much. If people complain about it a lot stop.

Like me when I swallow, I'm just like... But that's like an expressive thing. That's like an emotion. It's not like... It's not even... No, most of the time, it's not even emotive. It's just... That was fully emotive. Well, that was...

That was fully frustrated. Sure, that was. Oh, so now you're just talking about my breathing. No, no, I'm not breathing. You're not breathing kind of heavy. No, it's not breathing heavy. It's just, you know, if you find yourself, listen, I'm a freak. I am fully a freak.

Shut up. But, well, hear me out. I will catch on to things and then I'll be like, this, now I'm hearing that too much. And yeah, I am the freak. Yeah, sounds like a U-PRO. Fuck, baby. Yeah, but I mean, if it's an an easy fix. Alright, so what I was gonna say about Kami Byron, he's talking to his dad at the end. He's just gone through his channel

He's just gone through his first heartbreak and he basically tells him to Dad tells him yeah to like I haven't seen it in so long, but it's this beautiful scene where he's like, you know You have to feel it all and if you don't like process it and, if you like lock it in and hold it up, you're just gonna become one of these, you're gonna start feeling less and less. And by the time you're like older, you won't have anything left for anyone.

That makes sense. And I think I've done that to myself. Yeah, I identify with that quite a bit. Right. You're heart hardens a little bit. And the idea of feeling that much is unfathomable. And now sometimes I feel like I have feelings where I'm just like, they feel like an itch.

I can't scratch. I don't necessarily know how to... This is what happens. You grow up in New Jersey as an Italian-American man, and you just, you don't know what to do with it. I remember I saw when I first started watching the sprangles, I was like, just figure out a way to, don't do that. Don't be fucking middle-aged and having a heart attack

because you don't know how to express your feelings. I was the other way, I was way too emotional. And I that bit me too many times where I would, you know, pine after or lust after or fantasize about having... Basically, my whole thing was, I am incomplete unless I've got someone to complete me and you shouldn't think that way. Sure. And you should be a whole person, not to have of a whole, but a whole person.

That way, you're better equipped to actually deal with the love and relationship in a mature way. Easier said than done, mind you. Yeah. We should get to more questions. Yeah, yeah, Jesus Christ. What would we tell ourselves, that there are 25 year old selves? Love yourself, mind you. Yeah. We should get to more questions. Yeah, yeah, Jesus Christ. What would we tell ourselves, or 25 year old selves?

Love yourself, be whole. Don't be afraid to emote, get out there. Don't turn into a bitter old man, like you already have. Wesley, you both rock climb, right? Yes. We're dark name, we're dark name. What are your highest grades? Emil, you're like a V5, V6.

I'm like a V3, V4 sometimes. Do you both like, do you, we're like, bouldering or ropes, bouldering, personally? I like, bouldering in the gym, but ropes when I got to. Okay. Do those fingies be hang boarding, personally, no, not yet. I would say a hang board truly got me

through the darkest parts of lockdown. It was, I just went psycho on my hang board. Just me in a backhouse, playing loud music. Nico, doing all kinds of fucking hang board pull ups and stuff. Not me, baby. Just just Olympic rings at the, uh, at the park. Nico, by the way, Nico is a guy who listened to the show and I couldn't find his Instagram to message him to go climbing with him again.

So Nico, if you're out there and You still live here. Shoot me a message buddy Whamia, what are your individual takes on simulation theory? Oh Fucking no man. So Jesus. I think it could be possible. Yeah, what are we gonna do even if it's true? Yeah It's just gonna hurt my brain. So I'd rather not Luke Luke not hour Luke, but another Luke. How do you guys feel about jorts and their impact on the world? Personally, I think they fuck.

Why did we pick this question? I wanted to know what you think about jorts. I don't know, man, they're fine. I don't wear them. I, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Yeah. They're impact on the world. It made it better, buddy. Do you think jorts admit jorts? Wow, I thought you were gonna have all these thoughts on jorts. Male jorts, female jorts. Daddy, well how do you feel about male jorts? I honestly have no feelings about it.

I'm thinking about a guy wearing them and I'm just going, okay. I think it depends how they are, right? With everything. It's all about fit. It's all about fit. Yeah And because some guys it's like dude, what are you doing baggy ass jorts? But I was in Venice Beach I

Italy now Venice Beach and I had to go this guy had perfect jorts on nice. They looked like old where they tight Yes, can you like really well fitting? You need well fitting great the knee great wash of course, okay? So we like them below the knee not for me. No Guys I had to go up to him and tell them I said those are Amazing where'd you get him? He was like I got him second hand. It's like, obviously. I got him at Jort Smart.

I wish he said, oh, you got to go down to Jort Smart. Jort Smart.com. All right. Stonewall says, what are your personal opinions on Dave Ramsey? Growing up, I had a lot of friends and relatives send me his books and videos and tell me to follow his financial plans. As I get older, I found these teachings outdated,

especially for the Millennial generation. I was running a few greeter disagreed with any of his teachings. like, at older I found his teachings outdated, especially for the millennial generation. I was running a few greeter, just agreed, with any of his teachings. I don't know any of his teachings. I'm sure that they're the same shit that everybody says about like, pay off your debt. Oh, I told him to throw this one in because I thought you would,

I thought you knew stuff about. He's like, I don't know anything about him either. I used to listen to him sometimes when he'd be on the radio on KFI here in LA. And yeah, I mean, I agree with some of his things they're just good general advice. I think he said like you agree with the thing where he fired all those people because they wouldn't come in during COVID. Dave Ramsey? What really?

Yeah, oh yeah. Come on. Man, well I disagree with that but I know that his whole- I think that's the guy. Part of- I don't know Part of his whole thing is pay off pay off debt first like your priority saving anything pay it off If you got high interest rate debt that should be your number one priority. So says him Do I personally agree with that? Yes, absolutely because it only makes sense if you're paying a high interest rate

Buddy get the fuck out of there Don't spend more than you take in, I think is probably one of his things, which is like, that's not him, that's just a general thing. Like, hey, that's how you- Don't live above your means. Yeah, don't live above your means.

Probably don't take on additional debt and, you know, save whatever. So, yeah, I do find these teachings outdated because I just find that he's an old guy and you should be watching this show instead so why don't you pull a pull a thing out of your uh out of your friends and family and relatives thing and just send us to them. This is kind of cool one from coal another dog or cat uh is money the end all be all in America. I've put quite a lot of thought into this and in the consumer heavy culture

in which materialism has plagued there does not seem to be light at the end of the tunnel. Kind of, I mean, it's a weird thing where, yeah, you know what, it's funny, people wrote in questions like, someone literally wrote like, one of those dumb hypotheticals. If you were offered a million dollars

to eat like a literal shit sandwich, it's a sandwich with just shit in between two pieces of bread, would you? I'm over free. But I was literally like, I was reading this and I was like, yeah, I would choke down that fucking sandwich for a million dollars. Yes.

Are you entertained by my answer? But it's like, what kind of shit are we talking? I wish that wasn't the, like I wish we lived in a world where I didn't have to consider eating shit. Well, I know, I wonder what that question means exactly. Is the, is the, is the end goal

to get as much as possible? Depends on what your goals are. I'm just, I think he's saying, does money run everything? Yeah, it just kind of does and it sucks. I think it's kind of hard to, well, I don't want to say that, but like money in politics, that's what governs, that's what dictates where funds get allocated. That's why we don't have good infrastructure, that's why we don't have good infrastructure.

That's why we don't have good public transportation. That's why we have piss poor healthcare. But I think because of money. You need to fight against it somehow and get above it. And even though it does control your life, you can have a good life without, or you can do your best. Yeah, you can do your best.

The real stuff? Friends and family. Yeah, cause do your best. The real stuff? Friends and family. Yeah, that's right. Being around people, being kind to people, helping people. Find Dave Ramsey. Making people laugh, then making you laugh. Loving people.

Yeah, kissing. Everything is love. Crying in front of four Spanish children. Killing. Having them so worried, they call their parents. Yeah, they're so sweet. I think Juan is now working on being a pilot. Ebenito, cry like baby.

That's not. Jesus Christ. Those kids are so great. I miss them so much. It's weird that they're all older now. God damn. And they're like strongest memory of you as you just crying. Seriously, that's probably their core meant one of their core memories of me is me losing my shit. Or maybe for them, it's just like yeah, guys

I kind of remember that. I don't really care. I remember mostly just having a good time with you and be like okay Great because when I think about you guys, I always have that one right there. Just like, fuck, why did I do that? Stupid. No, I mean, what can you do? All right, we can't do it. Do it alone. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Asa. Asa says, first pod I listened to with Vlad. You opened up with a prayer of sorts. It sparked my interest to listen more thinking I found an issue with Christian stuff. That would be fun. Oh well, what do you guys believe in slash? Why did you pray with Vlad? It's sparked my interest to listen more thinking I found an issue of a Christian stuff. It's a comedy plot. LOL. What do you guys believe in slash? Why did you pray with lead?

We prayed with lead because I thought it would be, I was on a little bit of acid and I thought it would be a funny opening bit. But we're also a Christian podcast. We are a Christian podcast. We are the only Christian stocks comedy pod. What do you believe in, Amel? I'm agnostic. I don't know.

I believe it could be a good person. I'm agnostic to, don't know. I believe in a good person. I'm agnostic to, and I get kind of annoyed at atheist just as much as religious zealots. It's like, You can't know, do you? Right. Do you know how much,

Well, maybe it's not that they know it's just that they say, I don't believe, I just don't. Oh, yeah, but that's like, sure, and that's okay, whatever. But the atheists who are very much like, there is no existence of God. Yeah, or there's no existence of,

it's like, how do you know, motherfucker? Yeah, chill out. My only thing is, I don't have time. You guys, whatever, that's great. I don't have a use for it or a, Jesus grant. Any religion, the time to like put into it. It's like that's wonderful. I I'm happy for you, but I remember exploring religion when I was a in college like

Watching YouTube videos about watching YouTube videos about arguing foreign against the existence of God because you got so much time on your hands when you're called. Yeah, there you go. I don't want to get to the bottom of this. And I got no conclusions. I do believe that there's like a life force that unites us all in some kind of weird way that exists.

Love, baby. It's love. It's just kind of a general consciousness that exists on a plane that we don't readily access on a day-to-day basis. And, you know, that's why when people talk about vibes, vibes are, they're based in some kind of spiritual reality. Vibes, yeah.

I believe in being a good person. I believe in, I don't necessarily believe in like, objective truths. I think in, I don't necessarily believe in like objective truths. I think it's all subjective. Well, I don't know. That's a tough one. But I think that we can decide for ourselves, given our mental faculties, what isn't good on a utilitarian basis.

Like what? Huh? Story short. utilitarian basis. Like what? Huh? Story short, we are two agnostics with the Christian finance comedy podcast. Yeah. So anyway, Kevin, wait, Lynn. What is Kevin?

Another weird name for a dog. Do you think we'll see another tech revolution? It seems the general tech industry has stagnated. Uber, Airbnb, and we are no longer living in the future. Thoughts, also, who is more excited to kiss? Ben or Emil? Another tech revolution, like we are no longer living in the future. Thoughts. Also, who is more excited to kiss? Ben or Emil? Another tech revolution, we were kind of talking about this last time of the full circle of some of these companies, the disruptor companies where they are just...

Repackaging old-chap. Repackaging, and it's kind of been that for a long time. Sure, things are going to keep getting crazy and crazy, but I do think we're in a weird for a long time. I, you know, sure, I'm sure there's, things are gonna keep getting crazy and crazy, but I do think we're in like a weird little bit of a rut, Airbnb, Uber, Airbnb, it's kind of weird. It kind of sucks now. It used to be this awesome little,

sucks, fun thing. Yeah. I think that the tech revolution is gonna be limited in the sense that big companies now have created such a deep, wide moat around them that it makes any kind of disruption virtually impossible. And if anyone even starts to come close, they can just swoop up those companies. So like Google, you've got so many people, well paid, intelligent people dedicated to solving problems and inventing new things like they're working on quantum computing and whatnot, that how or why would anyone

even bother? Why would any venture capitalist throw money at something that has so little chance compared to all the money and resources available to a company like Google, because they are, it is capital intensive. It is because it's such a long shot kind of project. I feel like I also could be talking out of my ass because venture capitalists, I feel like they are more likely to invest in companies that have a chance at disrupting things like Amazon that is more just like first level things like online shopping. Boom, that's an easier than like fucking quantum computing that is capital intensive and doesn't necessarily

have. Anyway, who's more excited to kiss? Probably you. Probably me. Yeah, I'm gonna tell you. Okay, last question comes from Samantha. My father recently passed away quite suddenly. I'm sorry to hear that, Samantha. I am only 21, so losing my father, did you pick this question? I thought it would be nice. Oh yeah, yeah, okay.

Before she went out of that. No, no, I just was like, oh, this is, this is, this is like, I feel like you can genuinely connect with her. Yeah, yeah. I am only 21, So losing my father at such a young age has been hard to cope with. Ben, you've talked a bit about the loss of your dad, but can you talk a bit more about your experiences with grief? Well, I already did that a little bit, didn't I? Excited to join the Dead Dad Club. Welcome, Samantha, looking forward to our first club meeting. Yeah, welcome to the dad dad club. It is not a very exclusive club. Eventually everybody joins and not necessarily. Well, yeah, you could die first. In which case, you're sending your dad into the dead kid

club, which fucking are like this so you could help. Well, part of part of my experience with grief and the way out the way way through it is, is, and it's my number one coping mechanism is laughter and cracking jokes because it brings us back to our natural, for me at least, my natural state of equilibrium and restores a sense of normalcy because when you experience a grief that profound it it just throws you off and you are thrust unwillingly into An emotional state that is so unnatural. It is actually very natural because you feel it It feels so profound and so heavy.

It's like, oh, this is the other part of life that nobody tells you about. This is what it feels like. It's just such a, it's just, it's indescribable. And being put in that mindset in that headspace And being put in that mindset in that headspace is tough. It feels like, I don't know. It's surreal that the rest of the world just keeps on chugging. Like I remember going home from the hospital to like get my dad's cell phone and his keys

and stuff. Come home, the dogs have no idea the dogs are excited to see me. Go up into his room and it's like his life was just still going up until a few hours ago. There's a shorts, there's a shoot. There's, you know, all this other shit, his toothbrush is probably still wet. And then you go outside and people are just making a left turn on the arrow and just doing their thing.

They are completely oblivious to the grief that I am feeling right now, not only that, but they are completely oblivious to the fact that it could happen to them. And it's just this amalgamation of things like that, and then what is unsettling is the very human normal emotions creep in like, you know, you get the pangs of horningous still You're you're like oh my fucking god my dad's dead and then a girl with great boobs walks by and you're like fuck Oh wait, I'm still sad. Seriously, it's it's very real and you're like, oh man, I'm so sad. Oh, I got a pee though And you're pissing or like damn I'm so sad. Oh, I got a white my ass. I and you're pissing or like damn I'm so sad. Oh, I got to wipe my ass. I got to eat. You have to remember to eat.

It's, I mean, I could go on and on. But my experience with it is, is that it's just something that you, nothing can prepare you for it. And I'm sure you're well aware by now, Samantha. And I'm very sorry that you're going through it. But the best thing that I did was not drink or do drugs to try to numb out, because like you said about the heartbreak

in calling me by your name, you gotta, well, it's kind of along those lines. You gotta feel it. You gotta just let it run its course, and it will run its course, and it is true that time heals all wounds Unless you don't feel it then you become an angry Italian man. Yeah, you can't feel any But You know, it's to lose it. I was 23 you're 21. Yeah, it's really hard to cope with it's

It's the heaviest shit. It's so fucking heavy. What about spending time with your family? Spending time with your family is a big one. It changes your whole dynamic with your family. And depending on the relationships you've got, it definitely brings you together. I remember a friend of mine, when I, he was already a member of the club,

and when I talked to him afterward, he said it so beautifully. he said it's so beautifully. He said it's like your life is a stool and the legs of the stool are your support system, your family and friends and whatnot. And it's like one leg gets ripped out from under you, but then the other legs rearrange themselves and just become stronger.

And they become the new supports, just structured a different way. And- That's lovely. Yeah, I really liked it. This has been the saddest. I'm like emotionally drained. I'm like reliving heart breaks

that I haven't had in awhile. It's a beautiful thing, I think. I mean- Maybe I'll process all my stuff and I'll be a more open person or something. You are already quite an open person, I feel like. Really? Yeah, well maybe just more so with friends and stuff,

but yeah, I feel like you are. I'm probably too open. I also don't know how I feel about telling people like humor is a good way to do it. It's not a good, it's not. I find sometimes it's me like avoiding, like, whenever there's been someone like dying in a hospital or whatever, and we're spending a lot of time in the hospital, I find I'm like,

I'm like so on, I'm like fucking just doing bits and like fucking making everybody laugh, because I'm like I can't really handle any of this, so I'm just gonna be fucking... Yeah, I mean there's no, that's the other thing. There's no right way. And everybody's gonna deal with it in their own way. Uh, yeah, so... If you feel like screaming, go get in your car and scream it out. If you feel like, uh... Punch in a pillow, socket to them. Do, do... So, socket to them. Do, do.

I wish I could give you more and I feel like I've said a lot here and there's obviously, I don't even know. Like, did I talk about my experience? Yeah, it was just, it was fucking brutal and then I remember having to just, it was my last semester in college. He died in the middle of it

and I was taking five classes and I had gotten straight A's my whole college career at that up to that point and I was almost done and I thought, fuck, I don't want to stop now. Like I would have to take these classes over again and I just powered through it and I mean I don't regret doing that but I kind of just let that not distract me because it's still sucked ass and I still had to go through with it, but you just gotta, that's it. The experience is just you grow up a little bit.

You grow up a little, you grow up, yeah, you grow up in a way that only members of the club know how. And yeah, what you do with that is up to you. And hopefully it makes you a better person. I don't know what I'm saying. It's horrible. I mean, I've seen, I've never, I've only seen my parents lose their parents. And it's like, it's weird cause it's when they're old.

It feels natural. It feels like, it's weird cause it's when they're old, it feels natural, it feels like, oh yeah, well grandma's dead. All right, my parents were like very sad. Yeah. And I was kinda like, you're not supposed to chill out. Yeah, it made me, I don't like seeing people sad. Yeah. I remember my grandma's funeral,

I was gonna give a little speech and I was just gonna tell this like quick funny story about my grandma and then, so I was gonna give a little speech and I was just gonna tell this like quick funny story about my grandma and then So I was gonna go later, but my mom was supposed to go and she couldn't stop crying and so they were like Emil, can you go and I was like yeah, I'm fine. Whatever. So I went up and I Just like as soon as I get up there, I just started ballin and I was like what he's going on Yeah, I couldn't you off guard and I couldn't get it together and then the priest came over And he was like are you okay? And I just grabbed him by the shirt and I pulled him and I said I can't stop fucking crying. Are you serious?

That's a very you I imagine That's kind of I. That's kind of a, I mean, that's kind of a, yeah, it's kind of a way. I remember the first like three days sucked because you, you fall asleep and when you wake up, there's like three seconds where you don't remember and then it pops up and you're like, oh fuck, that's dead. And then you're like, uh, what it's just like a big, it's just a big question mark of what happens now. Like my mom hadn't pumped her own gas in like the 20 something years that they were married. Oh man, that's my mom's bum gas.

She doesn't know how it works. That's crazy. Yeah. That's so nice of your dad, he would go to a filler car. Yeah. Well, it was more so because he was OCD and was like, I gotta go to the cheapest 76 station and I gotta log the miles or whatever the fuck he did. I think he also just, yeah, he just, he was the one in charge.

Yeah, he was like in, my mom didn't worry about anything. He took care of the grocery shopping. He took care of all things money related. So, she, yeah, she went through the shit. And then what sucked is, my brothers had jobs or were in school or whatever. So, but my mom and my schedule lined up in such a way

that I was the only one home for, I don't even remember what feels like months after. And she would come home and go into her bedroom and start crying and I'd be high on Adderall in my bedroom trying to do my essays. And I'd be like, I gotta go fucking comfort mom. Like not in a bad, not like fuck, but just like, well, it's my duty.

Gotta go in there and like, just like on Adder. It's okay, mom. How can I best comfort her? It wasn't like that, but I definitely was like, I mean the shit, what she was saying was so like profoundly sad. It's like, how do you even comfort someone? She's like, I wanted, you know, he had just retired and like,

what am I gonna do? And I just was like, well, you know what you're gonna, you're gonna, I don't remember. It was over 10 years ago. Does episode is heartbreaking. Well, that's part of life, dude. Sometimes it do be that way. We should wrap it up, though.

Wait, I just- We'll have some fun in the after hours What does that one say I have so much respect for you both but what the fuck? Yeah, what the fuck? I just want to read that for after After hours I guess I'm so curious what it says, but what all right, but you're both ugly. This has been We didn't talk about, well I guess a male egg episode, we're not necessarily going to talk about stocks. We, I, so when we asked for the questions, I said, ask about whatever you want. I, yeah, you know what it is, we get a lot of stuff that's like, I've $10,000.

How can I not work for the rest of my life? And it's like, you can't. Yeah. Funny if I knew, they're like, if I have $13,000, where can I put that? So I never have to, and it's like, what? And so these are, you know, a little more fun and I didn't expect us to talk about, you know,

just being the saddest that we've ever been. I feel good, because you know, what a life we've led. Where you experience stuff like that and you're still here you're still going hadn't stopped I mean take it for me as someone who has been in very very that's not even the worst place Yeah, I mean that's the I was joking a little bit of like it doesn't get better, but You just got to continue to keep doing work and stuff. And you kind of think that at a certain point you're gonna be like,

well, I'm just gonna be 32 and everything's gonna be good, but it's fucking not. It doesn't get better in the sense that life doesn't get easier. I mean, it does. It has its ups and downs, but it doesn't get better in the sense that like, as you get older, you're just going to get more responsibilities tacked on. You're going to have more letdowns, you're going to have more things, and that's okay. It's about how you react to them and how you choose to learn from them and continue to grow as a person, because as long as you're still growing and whatnot, then that's all that matters. And it's okay if you're not, if you're going through a point where you're not growing

because you're going to have some of those too. Personal growth is much like the market. Sometimes you're going to have a bear. Bear personal growth. And sometimes you get the bull. Sometimes it's sideways. And that's when you put your money in bonds or what the fuck ever. Anyway, we're going to put your emotions. Yeah, we gotta we gotta wrap up so so long everybody hope you're having a nice time

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