Trash Taste Podcast - A Very Drunk Start to the New Year (ft. Abroad in Japan) | Trash Taste #30

Episode Date: January 1, 2021

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I'm the host for one time with a guest, Chris Broad again. Hello. That was like the weakest intro I have ever heard. Honestly, I'm a little, this, I'm a little disappointed. Hello and welcome to this episode of Trash Taste. I was talking gone. Unfortunately, as you know, Corona is still going on. So we weren't actually able to get any significant guests.

So we asked Chris to come. Heartbreaking. I'm kidding. Chris is like, please bring me back on. I want a taste of that clap. I've been waiting for months. Every week I stand out front of the studio waiting to be like, come on guys this week, they're like, no, not this week.

But now finally I've been allowed back in. He says is he's our most viewed episode. Yeah, exactly. Thank you so much for coming back, Chris. It's good to be back in the church, the anime bill. Yeah, it's nice. The church of anime. Isn't that what we called it last?

It's also nice getting to talk to you after we've, you know, become a bit more familiar, because actually it was the first time we'd ever met. It was the first time we'd ever met when you came on the podcast. Yeah, it was really nerve-wracking last time. Was it scary? What? No, no, shut up.

But like, yeah, now we're friends. Yeah, and now, reluctantly, of course. Now you've helped us film, like, our drifting special, which-drifting, yeah. We unfortunately, like, didn't get a proper chance to introduce you in that episode, and you were just kind of just there. You kind of just showed up.

It was very scuffed. Very slipshod. I don't know what I was expecting some sort of grand entrance. We talked about me, like, rocking up in a car and be like, hey, everyone. In the end, there's- All abroad. No, there's nothing.

Just like me in the back of the car. You're just dying in the back of the car while Joey was in the front. I'm really glad I got involved with that project. It was like a really quick pandas, like, oh! That was a lot of fun. It was honestly nice to be behind the camera watching Joey be sick and it's great.

It is nice shooting someone else's video because you're like, if this facts aren't, not my problem. If it all goes wrong, I'm good. It's fun just like flying the drone. I was trying to crash it into the car. Like, yeah, I wanted you to.

Yeah, when you were like, like, charging towards it. Yeah. Yeah. Do you like being behind the camera, like more than in front of the camera or vice versa? I do.

I like being behind the camera. You do. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I do prefer being behind the camera.

Really? I'm way more conscious of how I'm presenting and, you know, it's just fun filming, but presenting, it's tough. Like, I get the impression you three prefer presenting more than filming, right? Oh no, I, I mean, I prefer being in like the producer director role where I can just tell people what to do

and I have like a vision of my project rather than being on the project itself. I am all for presenting, I think, and that's why these two are on camera more than me. I just don't think I have enough experience behind the camera to really know if I like being behind the camera more than in front of it. I do like presenting, but it really stress me out

when you're also presenting the director, the producer, and like everything is like, Everyone's like looking at you for direction. It's like, well, I can't do everything. Come on. Give me a hand here. Yeah, because some shoots obviously rock up to and they're like, so what have your plan on?

I'm like, I don't know. What do you mean? We were just gonna start filming stuff. Like I have no idea. And then it's a bit hard to present because it's like, this is a coffee in this cafe. And it's kind of awkward. It's like, yeah, we'll fix it and post.

We'll fix it in post. It's a coffee. I just liked that. Like that's how you are on the actual filming day and then somehow in post it just turns into, Hey guys, welcome back! There are lots of moments where I'm like, I'll just say something and then obviously it just cuts

into a smooth transition voice over. What actually happens is I just say something and I'm like, right, is that good? Real good. And everyone's just like looking at me and confused. And I'm like, all right, we'll just do the next thing, we'll go on the next thing. Yeah, that's what I learned from the Akeba episode

that we did where it was my first time actually filming out in the open and I, because I didn't know when to stop talking. A sentence is fine, you can cut. When no one's directing you, I wasn't used to just being like, okay, silence, is that good? Did we cut there? Do I keep talking? I don't know, did I present enough information?

I guess yeah, because all of the, all of giga videos are scripted, right? So it's like a completely different experience being like, well, I know if it's scripted, where to pause and when to start. I thought about this before. You do get used to though, I think, eventually just being like, all right, the camera's always on.

It's whatever. I'll just relax when I'm done saying what I need to say, you know, but I think when you initially have it, you're like, fuck, fine, being recorded. FBI's gonna get this footage somehow. I'm just still not used to filming in public, I feel. Like, I don't, I can do videos like off script because I've done off script stuff,

I've done on script stuff, but when it's outside with just random people watching me, I feel there's like a weird pressure of like, oh, people are probably watching me and judging me. Judging you. Yeah, and I can't, because, like, that's why I could never understand people who have the balls to like walk out,

you know, in the middle of Shinjuku or whatever and just start vlogging by themselves. I don't know how people do that. I think that's why, I like getting permission, because when I found permission, I feel like it's the green light. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.

When there's no permission though, I kind of have to, you just be like, oh, they don't find, yeah, I hate secretly filming. Yeah, but I, I know, like, shit like chin angle as well, it just makes yourself. Shit chin angle. It's like, hey guys, ugh.

Well, because when you did your recent, amazing video series, Chris, really great stuff, your journey to Mount Fuji, right? Journey to Mount Fuji. Is that the name of the series? I don't know, what is it called? I just watched it more. It remains a series, I don't remember the name of it.

What was that again? Journey Across Japan Escape to Fiji? Fucking Al, Chris, that's a mouthful, isn't it? Come on, YouTube SEO needs to be a bit better. I like how you went like the proper sequel title to that. It's like Journey Across Japan, Escape to Fujit edition. I was wondering because you filmed in Dyso, did you have to ask them before?

Did you just rock up with the camera? Dyso, fun fact, one of the only places in Japan you can film without needing permission. Really? You can, I hope I'm not just making that. As I've normalized now. You can go in, you can, Tomorrow news article breaks out.

How does you find that out? Just common knowledge. I know there's a silence like pictures are okay. But I know if that means rock up with your film crew and go inside and start, This is Chris Broad and here is a plastic hand for 300 yet. He made me sound so much better. That was like David Attenborough.

Just because in my head, Chris sounds way more British than he is, right? So I think like, yeah. What do you mean? He's the most British man alive. No, no, no, he's not, come on. Connor's accent is more. British than mine. Really?

From Wales. How does that work? I don't know. There's people who watch me who say the opposite. They say that I don't sound British enough and that you sound proper British. Proper British. Well, because Chris Broad's voice and a broad and Japan's voice, I feel are two different voices. They definitely are.

Like, your presenting accent is a lot more British, I feel than your just regular talking accent. I don't know. I don't know, Chris. I feel like it is. I've known you long enough now where I can kind of differentiate. I just get lost in the good content. When you start talking, I know when you're in like, I think yeah, when I'm a presenter,

I'm more cynical, sarcastic, and unpleasant. You're like that in real life, fuck off. You're like that normally. Everyone was thinking it, but you're supposed to say it. Unbelievable. It was fun, because when we filmed the drifting video and we were in the hotel, I was like, oh my God, Chris is just like exactly like me, just absolutely-

Shit. Chris is just fucking miserable, and complains about everything. Oh my God, it's exactly the same. I mean, that's just the most British trade. Yeah, that's about to say. That's like all British TV prison. It's right.

It is. That's just any Brit who goes abroad, right? And that's why Brits rarely go, like, abroad to places that other Brits haven't already been to. Like, hearing about a Brit who goes to Asia, we're like the weird ones. You know what I mean? To be fair, that's true.

It's true. Normally we're just stick in Europe or like fucking Zanty or one of the fucking islands, right? I don't fucking know. Where's Zanty? That's one of the fucking islands. It's a bunch of party island. Like Ibitha.

Oh, that. Benadorn. They just sound like Game of Thrones locations to me. It's Benedon. Game of Thrones location. The island of Zanti. What is this you've given me? It's GIFU.

It's GIFU. It's Gator fuel. I do it. This is my first time to drink it. So I'm a bit nervous the way you're all looking at me. Mmm. Are you gamified now? Are you having like a trip?

It's delicious. What is it? It's like busy, It's not fizzy, but it's like really sour and sharp. It's like an energy drink. I don't know what flavor you have. Pink lemonade. Oh, you have pink lemonade.

Pink lemonade. Does it do something? It energizes you, Chris. It went into an epic gamer girl. When I saw Maylene pouring it, she was like, You're gonna enjoy this. I was like, what? I mean, that's just, that's just,

that's just Maylin doing anything. That's Maylin with anything. It's scary, but no, it tastes alright. Yeah. But you got caffeine, in it? Yeah, oh yeah. Probably. What does that mean?

Oh yeah, because it's supposed to be, it's like energy drink, right? It's gamer fuel, G fuel. Yeah, how does the first drink of 2021 taste, Chris? Oh, yeah, this is the first episode of 2021. Happy New Year to all of our viewers. We survived, lads. We survived. Well, hopefully, because this is filmed before the New Year, so who can't fucking know.

Oh, my God. That's morbid, isn't it? It was the last time that the Trash Days Boys were seen with Chris Broad. But, I mean, yeah, 2020, not a great year. Well, that's a statement. It will be good. Hopefully. I think it's cross.

You guys have any hopes for the new year? I think 2020 has taught me to know my place with expectations. I thought maybe I could spend more than two hours outside at a time. I don't know. I went on the psychio line today. If you've ever been on the psychiole?

Cycocin. Oh. And it's fucking J.R. line. That was some sort of self-help line. Honestly, honestly, I need it after going. going on it like this morning, because I go to class at like 8 a.m. so it's rush hour.

Right, yeah. And the, it's fucking insane. So when you go up to the platform, there's so many people waiting that like, they go to the next platform and start, like, curling off the side. Yeah. And then it's just, it is literally, like, as you saw in the videos, when they squish people on.

I thought that was just like a, oh. You've never been in that position before. Well, I've been on the, now I have every week. Oh, my God. But I never used to see it as a tourist because I never used to go at, like, the 8 a.m. trains. It's not as bad in the evenings, but.

But definitely in the morning, it's horrible. And right now with COVID, it's like- If you're coming up to Tokyo, like avoid trains between seven to eight 30. It's awful. I mean, I still think it's pretty bad in the evenings as well. But not as bad. Like you can, when there's a question of,

hmm, how many people do I have to push forward to get on this train and then maybe just about like cripple myself in it? Like that's a little bit too much. I had that yesterday when I finished at about 6pm. I feel like 6pm is probably like the worst time to go home. Because I remember it was, it was, the same point where, you know, like if you think about how to get in the train, and I thought the best way to get in this train is to do a fucking run-up.

So, I had to like, I had to like, fucking rugby tackle my way through to get space, and they just closed with my backpack, like, touching the door. Yeah. I love all these like, just really, you know, skinny, like, train attendants just fucking doing a full and rummy slice. Yeah, they were, yeah, they pushed them in. It's just like a rugby match. That's right.

You know how someone like get their car stuck in mud, like, get out, push it, put it, give it a push. Get out, come on, go on Steve, give it a good push. And like, I'm there and I'm like, is there an etiquette when the train is that packed? Like, because I'm crushing this, like, these old ladies in this corner and I can't do anything because I'm like fucking the force of Zeus

against this door trying to like stop myself from, but when it's like eight people's just like squishing, I'm like, fuck. Good God. And you do that like on a daily? Well, at least once a week, sometimes twice a week. I think though the reason why they have to do that in the morning because they don't want anyone to be late to work.

Yeah, but all those trains always are delayed, that one. Well, yeah, yeah, specifically. Exactly, because there's too many people. It's so counterintuitive. And then when it gets delayed, more people are waiting for the train, and it's just, it's an absolute mess. It's a shit storm. I don't appreciate it. Sort that out, Tokyo.

And if I got the rona, you know, how the fuck would you contact Trace? Like, oh my God. I was on the psycho line at 7 a.m. So who was in the train? Which 10,000 of you also had it? You know what I mean? Like, what?

It'd be easier to say who wasn't on the queue. Yeah, it's scary, man. Yeah, daunting. I'm just like, what do I do? If I get it, fuck, all right, well, shit. Have you ever been on like, that kind of morning rush? Because, you know, when you... Yeah, I can't take it quite a bit, and I, yeah, I've done it.

And I learned my lesson, never to do it again. Because it's not that bad up in the north, right? Up in the north, that, no, yeah, yeah. I'm sure if I started coughing, they'd all run away. They'd make room. Have you done that? No, no. Dude, when I get a sneeze now, I have like this is,

have like this zen moment of, hold it, hold it. Any form of coughing or any noise, bodily noise. Like coughing is okay, but sneezes like, it's fucking hard because you, people always look. And it's like, even when I'm wearing a mask, I'm just like, do I just sneeze or do I sneeze into my hand or like, what is, elbow, elbow in the mask? I sneeze way too loud to sneeze into my elbow.

You know what's the best way actually to stop a sneeze? There's a pressure point. There's a pressure point right here on your top lip and if you push that hard enough, it actually stops to stay. You're not gonna do that in public, aren't you? Like, well no, like, you know, like, how does that work?

I would honestly, it works. Like, I've had so many times where I've wanted to sneeze in publicly on a pack train. There's a better technique. You rub here, right? Like that, yeah. And that's better than going like that. I just scream really loudly.

Just go like that. It looks like, you know, you're just, you're just massaging your nose. Well, yeah, no, I'm not saying to do this. Like, I'm not saying to make it obvious, but like, you can kind of just like, I usually do it with my palms. Just imagine Chris, he's on the tree,

and it's like, and he's like, what the fuck? It's like, his point made on sneeze, but it looks like he just did a line of coke. Just like, oh, God, so good. I feel like after this. Yeah.

No, like, I don't think, like, doing it obviously like that, but I usually do it kind of like with my thumb just very subtly like that. And it stops it every time. I thought it was bullshit too, because it was, it's the one piece of information that I saw on Japanese TV.

And I was like, oh, wow. Oh, come on. That's, no, they'd say stuff like, yeah, shit your pants to get rid of Rona and people would start fucking doing it. They're an absolute much nonsense. That's why I thought, oh, it's probably bullshit. But you know what, I'll give it a go.

And I tried it out once and I was like, okay, maybe that was a coincidence. Did it twice, I was like, you know what? There might be some actual, like, knowledge. I want a subreddit for things of, it's probably bullshit, but I'll give it a go. It's like the ass la. I'm pretty sure there is a sub-bra.

I hope so. Like your fucking grandma's, like, grandma's tails of what? Arflash, Japanese TV facts. I'm curious about 2020, because obviously you've been making content in Japan. How much has it changed making content traveling around Japan and what kind of like big differences

have you seen? Has there been any like major differences apart from the lack of people? Well, you've got to wear a mask. Yeah, yeah. It's kind of hard, it's a bit hard to present in the mask. It's been a nightmare presenting with the mask outdoors. I gotta say, what of the, what of the highlights of 2020 was watching Chris with a beer

go through his spam comments. I'm just, yeah. I'm always on the hunt for like ridiculous comments. And we certainly had a few, like, on the second day of the road trip we did, somebody told me I was disrespectful for not enjoying the taste of... Oh, the bee larvae, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We didn't like it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And someone was like, you're disrespectful to the Japanese for not liking hornet larvae. And I was like, but the woman who soldered to us... What fucking planet are you on? Yeah, the woman who soldered to us was like, I don't like this.

This is shit. It's not like you said to her, oh, this looks fucking disgusting. It was, it was, it was, it was, is really weird. That sort of comment. Triggered me. That triggered me.

Right. It was a trigger. Oh, wow, Chris. As if that person commenting was like, well, I personally love bee larvae. How dare you? The Hornet larvae. My family's been producing bee lava

for generations, I'll have you know. Oh, like generation bee larvae harvester. Oh, it's like foreign folks who feel they need to defend Japan often come up a lot in my comments. But people like that, I find usually, haven't been? Never actually traveled to Japan, right?

I have never traveled outside of their country, usually. Yeah. Like it's got nothing to do with their, like, I would understand a little more if it was a Japanese person, who was getting offended for Japanese culture, right? That makes sense. But usually it's like, it's not.

It's just people being like woke, you know. Yeah, like I remember back when I was living in Thailand, like my mom tried to get Sydney to wear like this very traditional Thai dress. And Sydney was like, yeah, I don't know about that because like a lot of people can get offended because of like cultural appropriation and stuff like that. And my mom was like, what's cultural appropriation?

And like having to explain the concept of cultural appropriation was just completely fucking impossible to like, like, an Asian mom. Right, right, right. It just like did not compute that. Why would anyone get offended on behalf of my, of me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was because before the word cultural appropriation came about,

it was called cultural appreciation, you know. And now there's such a thin line between what is and what is appropriation? Right, right, yeah, it's, if you take too much, you know. Right, it's like, is a white person wearing a kimono? Is that appreciation or is that appropriation? If someone started shagging sheep,

I would be like, hold on, that's my thing. I'll take you appropriate. Come off it, you know. I think a lot of the time, like you said, it's the people themselves are like, yeah, but dude, we want you to experience our culture. We want you to share it, right? It's like, fucking all these like people who were,

you know, when Ghost of Tsushima came out, and so many people are like, oh, this game is such a, It's such cultural appropriation to the whole like samurai culture thing. People said that? Yeah, yeah. When the game first came out, I saw there was this huge thing about it.

And it was really funny because there was a guy who gathered a bunch of reviews or like, I guess like, you know, customer reviews of Japanese people who play the game. And they were like, no, dude, it's cool. It's epic. Yeah. White people please, go ahead, make a game about Samarise. It's fucking cool.

If it's like, if they're obviously respectful towards it, who doesn't want a fucking video game about where they like, that history is bad ass-assie? But there was this whole thing of like, oh, it's a Western company making a game about Japanese culture. And it's like, so? If they can do it correctly, then what's the problem?

How dare Japanese people make bread? That's, that's, that's, we made, we started that. How dare they make our bread? How dare white people cook rice? How dare they appropriate. Sorry, I don't wanna get like too, like anti-woke, but you don't know what I mean. It's just, it's just dumb.

I've seen, like, especially recently, just with the whole PC culture thing, it's just, there's, no one can be cultural appreciative of things anymore without at least one person saying, how dare you, that's offensive. Right. I think because it's like, it's like people want brownie points on Twitter, right? Right.

And because there are legitimate cases of people just being straight up disrespectful to culture. I think some people see that and they're like, oh, if I do that next time, I'll get Twitter Cloud, I'll get followers, right? So the next opportunity that comes up, they're like immediately like on it. And then everyone's like, well, I mean, not really. But that's the thing, right? It's like, you know bad intent when you see it.

Oh yeah. Yeah. Right. And just some people are just so clouded by that. I mean, you think you know bad intent when you see it, but some people, it feels like it's, some people are good at bullshit. Intent is just lost in a lot of, like, in a lot of cases. And it's sometimes it's just hard, especially on Twitter. And like you said, some people are like chasing for this. Oh yeah, because they, people are like actively looking for any example

that they can, they can see. And it's created a culture where, you know, sometimes you want to do something, where you want to post something on Twitter, but you don't know who is gonna offend sometimes. Right, right. Yeah, it's intercourse, right? Yeah. It's a tightrope, isn't it?

I'm scared of saying anything at this point. Yeah, yeah, no, yeah. So I like things and everyone. Let's be happy in 2021. Let's be happy. Yeah, let's just like stop it. And what better way to be happy than having some sucky?

Oh, yeah. You got us to get a lot of suck it at the start of the new year. I think I might have just made that up. But you do now. Is this commonly known knowledge? Is it on the side of a dice, Chris? There is a thing, we have Kagami Biraki, right?

Break in the mirror at the start the new year when you work in a Japanese officer of school like I used to like, you had to break a barrel of sake with the principal. And it's really awkward because you've got the principal 100 teachers watching a barrel. You brought up the sake of footage of like in front of like shrines and stuff where there's like three or four priests

who like get like a wooden mallet and they just crack on that. Oh, I have seen that. It's really fucking awkward because you smash it and it just goes like the principal and you just feel like a dick. Oh, sorry. You can't drink it either, right?

It's gone on the floor. Fuck you. Stuck up. Fucking chaos, Connor. But we're not going to do that. But hopefully at some point we can drink that today. Fantastic.

Mix it with your Kool-Aid. I don't think we're going to meet you. But, uh, yeah, this looks good. I did, I did some socket tasting last week. I tried 14 different types of stuff. Was that for a video? Oh, yeah? It wasn't for a video.

Are you a fan of it? It wasn't for it. I am, but I can't tell you the first thing about it. It's got floral undertames. I find. I mean, like, the only thing I know is like, yeah, this is the unfiltered stuff, which is the unfiltered.

It tends to give awful hangovers. Yeah, I haven't gotten used to sake because it's like, it terrifies me. I'm terrified of getting sake hangovers. Like every time, like, I remember when I came to Japan as a tourist and I would be like, I would drink all you can see, or you can drink sake all day long. And then I realize, holy shit, I just want to die the day after.

Oh, dude. Like, I usually get pretty bad hangovers if I drink a lot, but when it's like a sake exclusive, for some reason it gives me the worst headaches. It's like, I usually get, like, the stomach where my stomach gets really queasy. But with sake, it all goes to the head. Yeah.

And just wake up with a blistering headache. I don't know why. I think it's because you drink it doesn't have a strong flavor. Yeah, like a deceptive drink. It looks like water. You think, oh, it's pure. And then you have like three and then four,

and then you're fucked. Yeah. And uh, is that, it's pure. It's the pure shit. It's pure. It doesn't have the, it doesn't burn nearly as much as much as much. No, no. Especially the good ones as well.

Yeah. Yeah. I enjoy the taste of sake. I just don't like the aftermath. Like, yeah. You wake up in the morning. I do, I do avoid it. Yeah, it's one of those things where like, sometimes Japanese people will invite you to be like,

do you wanna come to have sake with us? And I'm like, yeah, of course. Of course. And then I'm drinking, I'm like, oh. There are some pretty dicey ones, but hey, that's good stuff. Yeah, well definitely, we'll definitely crack this up. I've got something to share as well.

Oh, oh. New Year's celebrations? Oh, I'll put it over here. Stick it in the, so. Mike Rizowski can have it have a sit. It's not sake, it's more wine. Oh my gosh. Oh, yeah, we do.

Recently I came back from Koshu Valley, which is basically it's not very well known, but it's kind of like the Napa Valley of Japan, where it's this area, and they make a fuck ton of wine. And it's me and Sydney go on it on a yearly trip where we go to the wine tasting place where you pay like, it's now 15 bucks, but you go down to this cellar and there's like hundreds of different wines

that you can try, unlimited amounts. British people. I literally did it. But this time we tried going to some of the local winemakers as well. And there's like a bunch, like there's a bunch just in walking distance. And these are, this is one of the wines that I picked. I love how this podcast has slowly become an excuse for us to just keep buying each other alcohol and being like, oh, isn't this nice? That's what I've noticed though recently is that like the best, it gets to the age where I'm just like, man, what do people want for Christmas or birthday?

Booze. I'll go on it. Because wine looks, wine looks pleasing as well. to give it, it's like, you're classy, I respect you, your class, take this. And I also have some wine grape raisins. Wine grape raisins. Oh God.

And some wine grape cakes. So, white cake. Yes. I love the English on this. A lavish taste for adults. A simple and homemade style taste. Please enjoy the elegant and delicate safe. Can't wait to destroy those with some sacque and wine.

Yeah, like I don't know when I reached the age that I started to appreciate wine, because I remember when I was a kid, these would give me the worst hangovers. It wasn't like sake, it was wine. Boxed wine, right? Yeah, boxed wine, of course. It's like drinking petrol, basically.

Echo falls in the UK, does that, does that? The big old, like, they're talking about the five pound box. Yeah, you can get like three liters of wine for like five or four pound 20 or something. To get smashed, you're a student, you gotta share. You're a student, you got to share. I remember when I was a first year student, I used to drink like two bottles of red wine

every, like, day. And fucking hell. Fucky hell. Were you okay? No. I was in a bad play. I think I did like a relationship had ended just before university and I was like, I'm just going to ruin myself this year.

And so I turned to wine and the results were just dreadful. Don't do that. Avoid wine. You must have like, they must have gained a lot of weight from that. Yeah, I mean the hangovers and the things I did. So you know when you just want to wipe a whole year? Yeah. On your mind.

That's what I did. Kind of like this year, basically. I guess that's what all this is fall on. Jesus Christ. What are your hopes for 2021 then after? I mean, I think we all had hopes for 2020 that went down the toilet. Do you not feel that like surviving a year

on YouTube is a success almost? Like every year you still do it. You're like, whoof. I come into every year thinking, this is my last year. And I've said that for, this is where it ends. I've said that for about 10 years now. I think if you get too comfortable,

this platform has a way of sweeping it, As a YouTuber, you just see people who just fall off the face of the planet in the span of like a month. Yeah, right. It's scary. Like, so many channels disappear as quickly as they come and they are quickly replaced with new and upcoming channels.

I mean, a lot of, oh, go ahead. What defines, what leads to a channel, what leads to a channel to sort of disappear, do you think? Or lose. I think, as Connor said, like, most of the time, it's comfort. I think it's, yeah, complacency. Over comfort, just being like, you know,

I have all these subscribers, you know, a lot, I don't, of course, I don't want to say any names, but say some names. But you know, there's a lot of channels that are much more in the higher subscriber range who kind of are just like, I can make anything at this point and it'll probably still get to use.

I think you're in a good spot where you kind of have to keep going to new things with your content, the way you've built it is force you to do that. But you know, for a channel like my own, I could do, I have reoccurring series and I could just pump the same ones out. Yeah, back week or week.

The videos that tend to do the best on a broad in Japan, I'm usually just be in my room. Right, the comments, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I feel maybe it's because you do that now so, like very often, compared to what you used to. But that, like, you have to on YouTube, right?

Because you can't constantly be going, doing these like week long, like, drives. If Chris did videos where, you know, you were just in your room reading hate comments or going through your spam or you're like, you know, just commentating verbally rather than showing it, then I feel people would start to be like,

oh, this is kind of repetitive. Yeah, but I think it's the fact that you just, every so now and then throw it in. I think I just try and mix everything up with a commenter, like one week. I've got like a bullet train. Next week I've got hate mail, the week after that,

right. And that's usually the best, that's usually the channels I feel that survive is the ones that have variety. I feel like you've got to just keep surprising your audience. I agree. A good,

a fashion original. But I hate the comment that annoys me the most. I've all hate comments. I'm excited for this. I don't even know if I want to say because I know everyone's going to start commenting it. But it's like the comment which I get a few times a year.

Yeah. And it's, this guy's run out of my dick. Oh, once I'm, Once or twice a year, I read it, I want to punch someone. We all get it.

I've been getting that. It's just a broad in Japan video now. Comments just gonna be spammed. It's just like, come on, look at the stuff I've tried to do this year. Like, there's so much weird shit. Like, I've always wanted to ask people, like, what constitutes is running out of ideas?

I don't know. Like, what is it? Well, it's odd, right? Because I feel like a lot of YouTube comments are like, do the same thing again. Like, they're like, but then on the other hand, there's people like that. But at the same time, they're like,

he's run out of ideas. I have ideas. Yeah. I get that. But what I don't understand is that there are always people who every single upload, no matter what you do, there'll always be comments that say, oh, it's run out of ideas.

I'm like, you wouldn't think that if I had actually run out of ideas, I wouldn't be uploading it all. I've had it every year for like eight years now, like, after a year of doing it. Oh, I've, well, I've, I've done now. It's like, shit, he's right. And every year someone be like this channel's peaked. So I'm like 2014, this channel's reached its zenith.

It's not gonna, it's gonna be shit now. And then it went on to get better, But like, you know, so that's the comment. I know more about your channel than you do. Everyone does think they're an expert because they watch a lot. And it's always, you know, it always sucks as well because whenever I've had, at least with me,

I've had a few times where I have genuinely been like, well, shit, I don't know what to do now. Right, I have ideas. Yeah, yeah. You know that guys, he's actually ran out of ideas. Well, you know, like where I get like an artist block and I don't know what to do. Right.

Right. And I think, I'm gonna ask my audience. Right. That's always the worst idea. And I go on Twitter being like, hey guys, what content would you like to see? And there's always that really one popular vote that's like very vocally spoken about. You're like, well, I guess people wanna see it.

99% of the time you make a video like that, it gets shit views. Yeah, as well. And I'm like, oh, it's the fucking vocal minority. To be fair, I do ask sometimes because like, right, sometimes there's like a genius idea, like one. But I've never had more than one good idea.

It's rarely the top voted one. No, it's never. Yeah, it's never the top voted one. And then most of the ideas you get are just kind of like just recycled ideas that anyone could pick up right. All the top comments are just like, react to Reddit memes, please. It's like, no, I'm good man.

I'm really good. Yeah, audience suggestions can be a slippery slope. Yeah, when is, when are the audience gonna get what they want? Chris Broad reacts to people reacting to Chris Broad. What? You gotta do that? On, uh, comments, people want us to do like a boat ride on journey across Japan.

A boat ride? A boat. And do, and actually quite fun though, saying. That's a good idea. I was like, that's not on a boat. What are you gonna do on the boat? Just complain about how... It's gonna be amazing.

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cover yourselves in custard and close your eyes while you're driving. It's like, there's funny, and then there's like crossing the line and crashing in a, like dying in a car crash with Joey covered in custard. I don't know, I don't know about your like personal finishes, do, but I don't think anyone wants to watch two dudes covered in custard for an entire video.

But then again, saying it out loud, kind of on it, no? Yeah, but even if you did that, right, there'd be more comments to be like, how dare Chris put other people's lives in danger for his shitty YouTube video? How dare he's wasting food? Disrespectful to the custard. Custard appropriation.

We know it would happen. And we did it in the fourth or the fifth episode, Joey and I sat in some plant pots, which were like these bath tubs. I saw that. That would just share in your video, like a catch a hotel with some plant pots, identical matching plant pot shaped bathtub.

Someone commented saying, I was disrespectful to the plant, like to Japanese culture. To the plant pot. To the plant pot. How is that offensive? It's because I think some viewers have this notion of Japan of everything

is very meticulous. Everything is cultural and everything's traditional. Plant pot bathtubs are not a part of Japanese cult. If I go to a hotel and it's shit, I'm reviewing it and saying that it's shit. And if they give me a plant pot for a bath, I'm probably going to be like, well, that's a bit of shit, isn't it?

Was it a porcelain bath? Exactly. I mean, you know, we were like, oh, this is a unique, weird thing that might spice up the video a little bit, but like, how, I don't know how the fuck we were disrespecting. I've been in another place that had a bath like that, and it was just uncomfortable, because it's like.

It was very uncomfortable. I got stuck in it. Because you're like a fucking, like, Gremlin in this thing just like, oh, very comfortable. That's what I was like in the video. Just put my ass in Chris's face, enter Chris. Oh, God.

That was a very flexible position. I wasn't expecting. I know, call Chris of God, too. Abroad in Connor. Journey across Connor. Oh, God. Just imagery then pop up one another. Bring me along. I'll give Natzky a run for his money.

I can't wait for me to meet Natzky one day. I really want to meet Natzky. Such a fucking character. He's a lamb. I was like the first time I probably got to speak and hang out of it. I've got to speak and hang out with Naski. I mean, I've met Natzky once at like an event that you did after the first journey cross trip.

Does he still call you Jelly? Yeah, he still calls me Jelly. Yeah. I think he genuinely thought my name was Jelly at first. Well, he did, yeah. He's like, where's Jelly? Yeah, I don't mind. It's an endearing nickname.

But, I mean, go back to the comments, like, for all the silly comments, for the vast majority, the comments are nice. Oh, yeah, so, yeah. Somebody said to me, like, you know, when you reach a million subscribers, you're not supposed to read the comments, but like I do, I do enjoy doing it

because it feels like, when I produce a video, it feels like having a party. And when you release a video, you know, I agree, very, right. You kind of want to be there and you want to talk to people and see what they think. It's the only way you can have

that engagement with the audience, I think the, I read the comments on the first two, first day or so. Yeah, and I think my face YouTube is do. Yeah, but then if the video, especially gets in, like, recommended and starts really taking office

when you start seeing the really fucking stupid comments. On trending. On trending. or if it starts, like the views start climbing really fast and then you start getting the people who don't know who you are. Right. And it won't leave their recommended.

I don't know how I got here. Comments. I don't know who this is. Oh, who's this British knob? Do you guys get like to have like a honeymoon period with your videos where you have like this, after you finish like a big project or something, you like the first two, three days, you go through every comment,

you're just reading it all the time. And then it just, and then you kind of just don't care about it anymore and you move on. I'd say that's actually. Well, because, because, because, you know, YouTube forces you to be like, oh, you've cured cancer. All right, now cure something else, please. It's like, it's never, no matter what you do,

it's never, that was a terrible analogy, by the way. It's never good enough for YouTube. The victory lap is always short, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, like it doesn't matter how big or how amazing you did, I mean, like, look at the, like, Eunice Anas, that channel, right? Like they did like a whole year's worth of content, deleted it, it was a giant thing,

and now they have to get on about it. Yeah. It's weird how, it's weird and scary how short internet memory is. Crazy, it's like, Eunice Anis is, was, an amazing concept, an amazing idea, and it's like so impressive that they poured it off. Like, but how long is it gonna actually remain

in people's memories, you reckon? It's gonna be tough, man. It's hard to say because there's like, basically all evidence of it has been removed now as they wanted it. Do you know what that is, by the way? So there's these two YouTubers, well, Markiplas, one of them.

Oh, right. And Crank Games, Ethan. They basically did a channel where they uploaded daily, and at the end of it, they were taking it all down. Yeah, so that was the whole premise. Inisana in Latin means one year. Right. So basically they would upload

every day for 365 days, and then on the 365th day, they would delete their channel. And they did. Interesting concept. Yeah, and then they take down any videos that are re-apploaded. So the whole point of it was to be like,

in the memory of the people. Yeah, that's quite cool. It's really cool. But again, it's one of those things like, oh my God, they pulled it off. It had videos that long, and then now it's like, okay, cool now what? Like the only thing that remains now

is like just the merch that they release throughout the, like, year long run, but. I mean, it's literally like, it's so cool as a creator. It's such a cool concept, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's literally to like the end of the Truman Show. You know what I mean? Like if you've guys seen the Truman show,

like when that ends, people were just like, all right, what's next? And that's literally what it's like being a YouTuber and like making content on the internet. Yeah, well, you know what was always more big? So I was always watching Casey Nystad back when he was starting to blow up and doing daily vlogs. And this man was literally sharing like every aspect of his life.

Yeah. And then it's still like, but we want more. Like what else do you have? Show is everything. And it's like, this man is literally, like doing everything the world has to offer. And YouTube is like, come on. Yeah, keep going. And then he stops and then, you know, this channel didn't do very well for a while,

they didn't grow because he took a break. Because obviously you're going to get burned out from doing that. Oh, yeah. But now he's back. I think he's doing like sparingly. Is he? He seems to be happy.

Yeah, he seems to be pretty chill. Yeah. It's crazy, though. It scares me that. What? Just having to do that. Like, if I think my version of hell is daily uploads and having to edit.

Daily vlogs. Daily vlogs and then having to edit that said daily vlog. It's not just daily vlogs. It was like highly produced. Yeah, it was insane. Kind of like what you were trying to do with Journey Cross Japan.

The first one. Let's not talk about that. I'd love to see daily Seedog VA. What would it be like? We'd just be sitting in the chair like, barro, rar, r,

be me grumbling for like four hours, playing a video game and then just doing nothing. I'd watch that. Would you? Yeah. You know what? I'd be like in the room with you. Be like, wow.

You can't get... I've always wanted... You know how you see those like, there's really like shitty BBC like three documentaries about like unamusing things and like, a YouTuber once. I really want like a BBC 4 or something to come and be like follow me for a day. Expose and just be like, yeah, so I just kind of sit here all day really and just chat shit online.

I mean, just how, you've been playing league for the past one. What now? It's like, oh, put it for maybe another four more. I'm gonna talk to people online for three hours and just, you know, get angry. And then might go Jack on the life of a YouTuber. Yeah, Connor's gonna go to the supermarket and eat food like normal humans and then go back to his house. and eat it. But with that voiceover, it kind of works. Maybe.

You could sell it to me. That's a good concept. I would, I really want to do something like that just so I can like fuck with the footage constantly while I'm recording. Like put this in, keep that out. Like you thought like doing like daily videos just for a week thing to try it out.

That's scary. That's a lot of work, Chris. You're not the editor that I. No, but what would I do daily? Like would it be like like the way that you did the Fuji video where it's like, as in like you just go on a journey across Japan. Hey, escape.

But don't call it that, because that's copyright. Yeah, it'll kill it. Call it like Japan Journey or something. I was gonna call it, uh, Japan. I was thinking perhaps transportation across Japan. Yeah. Moving across Nippon.

Each day a different form of transport, a bicycle, a skateboard, a horse. I would watch that. A horse. I feel like we're building something. I feel like you shouldn't give me a horse, because I already call people peasants, like, unironically, and I think that'll raise the bar.

You know what I mean? You got to like come in a bully dressed up like a prince. Hello peasants. I actually drove across Japan. Not, well, not across Japan. I drove in Hokkaido recently and that's pretty fun. It was pretty relaxing. Yeah, it was really relaxing.

There was no snow, thank God. Oh, wow. But it was really chill. It was nice. Where did you go? I went from Toyako to, what do I drive? Hakodate, like Sapporo. Oh, no.

Did you go in Nabori Betsy, hot springs? I did stop there, but then I was like, fuck, it's hot, in it? I was like nothing else here. It's like Japan's like number three. Is it actually? It's like one of the biggest best hot spring resorts in Japan. I was, I was hungry.

Where's the Burger King there? I think of Hokkaido. Yeah, I'll go back again. You've got to go back now. There was the go-to travel thing. So I saved a fuck ton of money. That's insane. So Japan, inside of the Japan for domestic travelers,

they're actually giving you 30, 35% off your trip. So the hotel, transportation, and then when you got to hotel, they gave you vouchers as well. Yeah. So I, so I, to spend at like the nearby, like the towns like food. So I stayed in a place that was like $500 a night normally

and it was down to 300 and it included like an eight course gourmet meal and it was like a private onsen. And then on top of that they're like, his $200 to spend, which you can also spend to pay on like stuff in the hotel, which I was like, wow, that's epic, that is. Sounds very familiar. We got like $500 of vouchers or something

one night on journey across Japan. And we spent it all in Family Mart. Oh yeah, that's all right. Yeah, you can spend it anywhere. Because we had like one day to spend it and you can only spend it in the same prefecture. Yeah, yeah, I remember. Because like four of us and stayed in one hotel room.

So what did you buy? Just like a fuck ton of booze and snacks. $500 worth? Yeah, there was four of us. It was like 100 bucks worth of scripts. Could you imagine? Could you imagine something like that happening in the UK? It would be fucking, it would be a fucking frenzy

if you told people at 30% sent off plus get free money to spend. The Japanese government just went mental with this. And they're extending it now as well. Did you see that? Oh God. They're extending it until like June or something. Originally it was until the end of March, right?

Yeah. But now it's until like June, July, something like that. Which is crazy because stuff's already, I think the stuff is pretty cheap already here, travel-wise, compared to the UK. I didn't realize how much Japan's economy relied on tourism until I moved to Japan and I've realized how much people like value tourism here, like traveling.

I mean, scary, like in July. me and Aki went up to Kyoto for our like anniversary. And I've- It was dead. It was scary. I've never seen Chota that empty my life. And we went on a week, like we went to Inadi Tasha, the thousand to- Yeah, I've been there as well. Yeah, on a weekend. It was like a Saturday at like 1pm.

So normally I would never go there on a weekend. And when we went, we went there was like four people there. Yeah, I went there as well as no one there. It's scary. Oh, it's because of you telling me that a few weeks ago that I'm actually going to Kittah tomorrow. Oh really? So I'm just going to be walking around.

It's probably perfect time to film. It was actually like a ghost town, all of Kyoto. It was like, there was no one. I can't imagine going there now when the country opens back up. Yeah. I had the best experience being like, oh, Kyoto's pretty chill, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.

No tourists, no, nothing. Yeah, it was literally my impression of it. Yeah, and now that I've seen pictures of what Kyoto is usually like, and it looks like literally my hell. Oh, it's ridiculous. Yeah, pretty much never want to go back. You know, like, you're on a weekend or like, even a weekday, it's just shoulder to shoulder people.

Yeah. Everywhere you go. Because like one thing that really turns me off going, anywhere if it's like a big tourist. Yeah. Like I hate crowds and I hate, you know, seeing seeing the, seeing the tourist selfie, like five people doing the same fucking poses and the same fucking selfies.

Yeah. I'd rather just like chill out at my fucking hotel at that point. Yeah. Well, now's the perfect place to, perfect time to go to like Orsoka Kyoto, all those places. I just like being fucking lazy. I just like on a vacation, I don't wanna go to a museum or anything like that. What do you wanna do in K-J Connor?

Nothing, absolutely fucking not. You know, I'll, I'll do the obligatory, all right, fine, let's go and see the shit. And then for the other days... I want to watch a travel series with you in it. It would just be... I went to that like the thousand, what is it? The thousand shine.

And I'm like, oh, it's cool. I'm like, where are we eating though? Me and Connery exactly the same in that sense. Because, like, is it... Like, when you go on a trip with someone and they bring out a schedule, I'm just like, oh, God. No, no, no.

Tell me the restaurants we go. what are they specializing? And also, are we gonna have at least four meals a day? If not, I'm gonna have a problem. Because when I travel, I want four meals a day. Like I'm just gonna eat, eat, eat. Like I'm just an absolute pig. But you can do that and also in between the meals,

you can go. It's stressful. It's stressful. Like I wanna go to a place and I just wanna have no pressure to go anywhere. If I wanna go see something, I will go see something. But like if I feel like I'm pressured into going somewhere, that just automatically makes me not wanna go somewhere.

Unless it's a nice restaurant. Also, it's like, it's a vacation, right? I don't want to fucking work. I'd work walking places. Wow. Going to see the shrine. Would you ever consider being a tour guide for your viewers for the right price?

Sure, Chris. I'll do anything for the right price. I don't mind. I mean, doing the, oh, we can't talk about that yet. Okay. All right, it was the Trash Tastes special. That was a nice view that we had. I could appreciate that.

But then also at the same time, it's like, this is fun for 10 seconds. But then what are we eating? Yeah. I mean, let's be real, like, we probably would have not gone there if it wasn't for. To be fair, I don't, like, for me, when I go to a place, I don't remember what I saw or what I did,

I remember what I ate. Is that, is that, why is that, that's not weird, come on. That's not weird. I'm the same. I mean, I, I don't remember what I did in Hokkaido, but I remember the meals. Like, vividly. I'm kind of the opposite, actually.

I had a big fat crab and they murdered that crab in front of me and it was delicious. I, I'm actually the opposite. No, Chris, added to the flavor. I'm kidding. Poor old king, as much as like, you know, I love the food, like, especially in like Hokkaido, you know, wherever I am, and, you know,

especially anywhere you go in Japan, the food's always gonna be good, right? But I don't know, like, I'm always kind of the one who was like, yes, I remember going here, here, here, here. I'm more of a location person than a food person. I'll just see like a tourist thing pop up and I went to know, it's, but shit. Well, maybe that's, maybe that's the problem. You're kind of going into it with like a negative mentality, right?

I just wanna eat. Like, what is, what is so special about this place? Like, I, I think I grew, I grew up with it because any time my parents would take me to this place, we'd like, take the tourist pictures. Oh my god, yeah, my parents would do that as well. Yeah, and I'm just like, I don't fucking care. I just wanna be in my hotel room, play my fucking game boy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes you just wanna chill in the hotel room and just like, get some food and watch the shit. I think you just like, don't like traveling. No, I love traveling, but I hate doing tourist stuff. There's food. I like being in a new place, I just don't like actively going. I like the environment.

I like a new environment. I don't give a shit about like, like, like spots, hot spots. I wanna meet people, I like chat, drink, and just eat and show. I wanna do something active. Yeah, yeah. Something active.

To me like going to a place and taking pictures, it's not like an active thing that I enjoy. If there's like an activity there or something I could do, then yeah, great, I'll fucking go to it. Well, it's weird for me because I like, I don't go to the locations to take photos. If anything, I very rarely take photos

at tourist locations because I feel that by taking a photo of something, it's like the only thing you're gonna remember is what's in the photo. Whereas like I wanna, I wanna actually remember me going there. That's some hibster shit right there, Joe. Then rather than like taking,

I'm the opposite, I just forget everything. So I need to have a photo. Really? And that like rekindles the memories. Really lost. But with my trip to Kyoto, I've got no plan though. Like going on what you guys been saying.

Like this time, I'm there for a week, no plan. Is it vacation or are you filming? Kind of half and half. Like I'm doing a documentary on old dilapidated Kyoto houses that have been redone and whatnot. That'd be really nice, but like really, no plan.

I just walk around and see what I can kind of find. Also, I like the feeling of discovery as well. I like going somewhere and not knowing what I'm going to see. If it's like, if it's all planned and, you know, people have like research this place, and I'm like, I know a really cool place because I've read up, read about it and everything. It feels less special than just like driving around and seeing a cool place and just being like, that sounds, that looks cool. I, you're completely right.

Like my cousin came over last year to Kyoto. We had like one day and we literally just got an attack. I was like, I had a King Kakagiji, go to the Fisimi and Ari, we'll just do it. Went to all these like five places. It was all right. He saw everything, got the photos, but it wasn't really any good memories or experiences as a result. Well, I mean, I don't like, whenever I go somewhere, I'm not the one to be like,

all right, these are all the tourist locations, let's go here. Like, I'm still very, like, picky, choosy on where I want to go. Yeah, because to me it feels like playing an open world game where you have all, like, the checkpoints, like, marked out already. Well, I like a breath of the wild kind of experience where I'm just, like, exploring that place. Yeah, I mean, that's, that's... You do get that in Kyoto.

Like Kyoto, you really do feel like a video game. You can discover little shrines, little restaurants. Oh, there's so many. Coffee shops. There's so many cool. Well, especially with Kyoto, I actually, if anything, I avoid taking the trains anywhere. We always walk from one location to another

because the walk along the way is where you find all the cool shit. Yeah. And then on top of that, you get to go to a tourist destination. So it's like best of both worlds, in my opinion. Yeah, like for me, my ultimate holiday or my ultimate tourist spot is just put me in like a cool place and just don't tell me anything about that place and just, let me just go with yourself.

Mm. Fuck. It was so hot in Kyoto. I remember I was sweating my ass off there. Well, when did you go? It was like July or something. Yeah, we went there too. It was sort of horrible.

Did not like that. Did it not like Japanese summer. It was as bad as everyone said it was going to be. But I thought everyone was exaggerating because I was like, there's no way it can be that awful, but it was. No, it's pretty bad.

Finner open this sake and have a bit of a taste test. So Chris, what are your New Year's resolutions for this year? To be on trash taste. A third time. A third time. A third time. After this.

Wow. Well, you are the first guest of 2021. And the first reoccurring guest. First reoccurring guest. And I got my thing up on the wool. I love you guys, especially Jay. How do you feel with all these like a little more elaborate skisies? I put a lot more effort into theirs than I did.

I look like I was like scribbling it the last minute before I got on a train or something. New Year's resolution. Get into shape. I think I say out every year. That's like the most generic new use resolution anyone could... Are you actually going to you though? I would do something really bold, right?

I'm gonna say I wanna make Natzky famous, my good friend Natzky. I would argue that Natzky is kind of already famous. Like, world level, global, Tom Cruise level famous. Is that possible? How would you go about doing something like that? I think at first you would have to get to that point, right? You said I'm not world famous.

The world famous It's brought. Fucking hell, Joey. That's a lot, isn't it? Jesus Christ. I'm going to be in a hospital by the end of this. For hers as well. Oh.

For him. Is it smell good? Interesting facts. Depending on how you drink sake, like in a cup or a glass, it smells and tastes differently. That's kind of like how wine works, right? Because if your nose is over the glass, you get more of the scent. It's commonly known.

Commonly known. Commonly noise. It's going to destroy me in the comments. He's wrong about everything. It's okay. Nobody comes here for actual. 2021, 2021. Let's make it a good one.

Yes. See how this taste then, Chris. See if you've got a shit taste. See we've got the trash taste on. That's easy to dry. That's very smooth. That goes down smooth. It felt like James Bond, where they have to say

the title of the Bond film every time. Have you guys ever had a new year? Oh, come off here. Oh my God. It's good. That costs like $12. $12? That's being a baby. That's expensive for psychics.

Some sake bottles like four box. No expense spared for you, Conn. It tastes like a sour barrel. Oh. But thank you, Chris. Is that cultural appropriation? You're disrespectful to the people who made the sake.

You disgusted. It's not bad. It's not bad. It's just, I don't really drink like strong liquor. I'm a bit of a little bitch with that stuff. I won't lie. I'll do a shot reluctantly. But you know, when we go out of a little bit of a little bitch with that stuff, I won't lie.

to cigar bar or whatever. You go to a cigar bar? Yeah, we went to a cigar bar. We got to take you. Oh my God, Chris, come on. So we'll go and these boys will be like, we have to get whiskey because we were civilized men, you know. And I'm like, I'll have the pinkest drink that you have.

And I have no problem with doing that, because I know what I like, Chris. Does the drink name have the word bitch in it? I'll have it. Which one has glitter in it? Tell me that. Have you brought out your own, like, trash taste sucker yet?

Oh, my gosh. Out of the whole range. Is that something you could hook up for us, Chris? You know a guy, you know, certainly. Can we make that a new user resolution for trash taste? Release the trash taste, saki. I want to, like, make the drink. You could like choose what's in the sake or the beer.

Can we actually do that? With each person? Yeah. Wait, Chris, look is out. And my sake burry that I have now. Wow. In my imagination. What we need, we need to do that for a special

and I'd have Krispy, the chief taste tester. I would be up for that. You would be. I would do that. Okay, I'll choose the best sucker. I've actually looked into, like, crafting my own beer and your own wine, And apparently it's illegal in Japan,

apparently, even though you can buy kits in Japan, but it's illegal to make it, but you can buy the kits. Well, what the fuck you do with the kits? You just prop it up on a shelf. It's like a price sake building kit. It's good like they have like radios as well. Like when we did, we got walkie talkies. The laws in Japan are really strict with walkie talkies,

given that you can't use some frequencies. Half the shit on Amazon in Japan is like the illegal frequencies. And it's like, why are these being sold? What? Good gods. Did you get like police on it while you were- You could, you might accidentally get like the police

like picking you up, you know, being like, be pretty scary, wouldn't it? So- You're on the other end of it. Oh, you'd like to see your ass and then a police officer's like, talking shit to you. Oh my God. I was trying to ask this earlier, but have you guys ever had a New Year's resolution

that you've actually kept to? Or like, have you guys actually had a New Year's resolution? I did actually have one to lose weight and I did actually lose weight that year. How much? Fuck you, Chris. I'm kidding, I think I lost eight kilograms that year. Eight kilograms, it's pretty good.

Oh, was that the year where you ate nothing but chicken and broccoli? Yeah, yeah, I was a bit of a chunker, dude. That's a little bit of a chubby boy. That's the thing though, like, you know, you were saying like, oh yeah, I wanna lose weight. Dude, look at my old videos, dude, I was chubby. Like, I have old photos of you and like,

you're in some of my old videos as well. And back then I was like, no, he's fine. He looks like a healthy way. But then I look at you now. Why are you laughing at my meals, Like chicken and broccoli every day. Yeah, it was depressing. It was fucking awful.

200 days. 200 chicken and broccoli. I pretty much just was like, all right, the highlight of my day was the protein shake, which was somewhat sweet. I was like, oh, this is amazing. Oh, oh. Did you have chicken and broccoli in it? No, sadly. I would have my like...

It would be like white chocolate protein shake and it would not taste like white chocolate. And then I would go home and be depressed and eat... and cook fucking chicken and broccoli for like the fifth time that week. I just imagine you're like in the supermarket your trolley's just full of nothing my roommate hated it because I would take turns cooking, right? So they would cook something and I, you know,

if it was not very good for you, all right, fine, you know. But then I'd be like, guess what? We're having tonight. Guess what I'm making tonight? Who was chicken and broccoli? It's the con of specialty, it's steamed chicken and broccoli. I think that should be your resolution for this year. Chicken and broccoli on a daily base for the whole year.

To be fair, not that difficult. Because in the family mark, you can get those chicken teaker breasts. Did you like mix up the dish every day? Like one day was like chicken and broccoli and a curry next day. No, it was just. Oh my God. It's literally just chicken and broccoli. I would boil the broccoli and I would chuck the chicken in the oven with

some like peri-peery like seasoning. And that was it every day. I would make a C-Dog VA cookbook. Chicken and ugly cook. I feel so sorry for seeing a man. I mean, okay, it's like, it's tough. Because at the time, I think the problem is now is that I socialize.

Because I think when you actually have friends that you go out with. Because in the UK, you don't actually go out that much with your friends, like I think. I think it's a bit of an event. In the UK, it's more of like a weekend's thing, right? Whereas moving to Japan, especially as a huge in the week a lot.

Yeah, you go, during the week a lot, even if it's just going to go out for like a lunch or dinner. Yeah, I think I meet people for lunch or dinner at least three times a week now. And like, it's so hard to diet when you're going out and you're having lunches and you're, and you know, because normally when you have lunch

in your own, you might have a sandwich. When you go to a restaurant to have lunch, it's always just, it's so fucking much. Yeah. Why, why have you got that face? It's chicken broccoli. So if you don't socialize, it's really easy to just feed yourself fucking garbage and just like, you'd be like,

I'm fucking chicken and broccoli. Yeah, I mean, in the UK, you go out to me a mate, and it's either a sesh or a hard sash or like a fucking disgusting sash. And you have like a fucking giant curry or a kebab, you know, and you fucking kill yourself. But if you're at home, you know, it's really easy to just eat a lot of broccoli.

I could probably eat chicken and broccoli if it was peri, peri, peri seasoning. Honestly, like I- Yeah, because like, when you said like chicken and broccoli, I thought like no, like, maybe like salt and pepper. Yeah, salt and pepper, yeah, of course. But it's like, peri-pery seasoning or like some kind of like marinate,

then it's a little better. Not much. I would buy this like pre-packaged garbage and it would like, you would have to put it on the chicken before you cooked it. Right. And they would say like, in the picture, it looked like absolutely coated.

But what would end up happening is one splodge of this chicken would have a fuck ton of seasoning and the rest of the chicken was bone dry because I just burnt the shit out of it. I got desperate the other day and I was like really missing, I was really missing Nando's. And I looked up if there was like

anywhere you could import Nando sauce. It was like 50 quid for a bottle of Nando sauce. And I was just like, and I click the buy button. And I've never felt so disappointed at myself that I've gone to the point where I've spent 50 quid to buy a bottle of Nando sauce. How much sauce are we talking like?

It's like a medium bottle. So it's like it's not even that big. I was I was just missing Nando so much. I miss Perry Perry, Perry, man. I miss my Perry Perry chicken. How much wealth is too much? Yeah, it'll be worth it when you plop it on your feed. Popping on your chicken and broccoli.

What's the Chris Broad diet then? If you're mocking my chicken and broccoli, you're just fucking winging it. Just every day you wake up, you're like, fuck it might have a chicken teak. The only thing I can cook is omelets. So it's either omelets or more omelets. Wait, so what are you eating

when you're dieting then? Omelets, isn't it? Just omelets every meal. It's like, oh, it's five o'clock. No, what time that is, another omelet. You can mix it up there. You can have like cheese in it, you can have chicken.

You can have cheese on your diet. Chicken and broccoli omelet. Shouldn't be having cheese when you're dieting, Chris. Come on, that's awful for you. Protein, isn't it? Protein. Cheese?

Prote. So is chicken and broccoli. You know what would spice up an omelet? Chicken and broccoli. Take the trash taste diet, ladies and gentlemen. Chicken and broccoli for a week. You don't lose on chicken and broccoli, Chris. You just wait.

You should try a chicken and broccoli omelet next. It's been my next one. I also followed this strange YouTube guide that was like, it was apparently this soup that would make you lose weight because it would have negative calories. What? But you would have like mad farts.

Well essentially, yeah, because you would put- Okay, wait, wait, wait. How would you have negative calories? So the ingredients in it would actually make you, like, were, so like celery, right. It had a lot of celery in it. So you would end up, it actually took more calories to quote-unquote, eat, like, digest it

than it was to eat it. Really? And I would make this giant thing of it. And it was just a bunch of fucking vegetables, like onions, cabbage, cabbage. Like fine, because you would put like onion, onion soup powder in it and like a can of tin tomatoes. So it just tastes like a shitty minestrone soup.

Right. But you would have like a giant fucking bowl of this shit. And you're like, oh my God, oh my God, 20 minutes later your stomach is still full but you're like, I'm hungry. Right, I'm so hungry. And you're full but you're like, you're farting nonstop as well.

It was awful. I couldn't stop farting. And the- All the calories are like, the comments on this video are all about how people who cannot stop farting even though. and about how it's causing problems. That's what you use all the calories for, like the violent shit.

Honestly, it was embarrassing. I was on like the train, I just, every time I managed to hold one in, 10 seconds later, another one would claw its way out. I was like, so I just give up and start farting. Because I was also trying to exercise as well, and there's nothing worse than needing to fart while you're running.

Because how do you, because when you're, because when you're sitting down, you can kind of like, you can gauge you for the There's a soul in a right. You can kind of maneuver it out. You can't like massage it out of your cheeks. But you're farting, when you're running, it's like, do I just let this boy come out at full speed?

But then you realize the treadmill's so fucking loud that you're like, just fart away. No one's gonna care. It's disgrace. It's disgraceful. Fuck off. The British gentlemen. There's no way they'll hear,

because I'm fucking on the treadmill. Well, I've told you my New Year's resolution. But like, and you said like, is there a resolution you keep? The only way is to do like, become a better person. Keep it vague, right? And then you can decide the parameters on the fly.

How many times? Yeah, if it's at that point, then you might as well just say stay alive. Become a better person. Eat food. I'm going to eat this, take a shit. What's your resolution? I never really like made resolutions

because like, I used to when I was little because my entire family would, so I was like, I guess I have to make one too. But then I don't think I've ever kept a resolution my entire life. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm too over ambitious with my resolutions. Like what are they?

The most out, the most ambitious resolution you've ever seen. Oh, I don't know. YouTube or edition. My, my New Year's resolution this year is to do a video with Chris Broad on my channel. Cheers to that. But I don't know what the fuck to do with you, Chris. Broccoli and chicken.

Chicken and broccoli special. We're an omelet. A broad in a pan. My spin-off channel. Aboard in a pan. There we're great. Master Chef with Chris Broad, who makes the best omelette. You've ever been a lot of homelettes before?

It's going to be great. My real resolution, though, is to do a life-changing event this year. What does that mean, Chris? It's positive. Something good. Something big. What counts as a life-changing event? Sounds really bad like breaking my arm for fun, but like...

What? Like, making something, or doing a challenge, like doing a really crazy challenge. that is like amazing and wow. It's very vague, isn't it? Please help me with ideas in the comments. How about a race across Japan? Race to Mount Foods. Race to Mount Fuji again.

I want to do something really big, a really stupid and awesome that will define me for the rest of my life. And that is my year's resolution. That's like a fucking massive goal, because how do you define? Yeah, I was about to say, don't be too over-ambitious.

Talking about over-ambitious resolution. Yeah, that's a hell of over-ambitious. Why not? I'm 31 this year. I want Chris Tebber's own NHK show. I want Chris on TV, but his own TV. I want your own TV show. I want your own TV show called Are You YouTuber? Where you interview different YouTubers.

I mean, I've, yeah. Have a, like a street interview thing where you go off to like random foreigners in Japan and go, are you YouTuber? Oh gosh, I mean, yeah. I've had a second TED talk, a second TED talk. Yeah, how can you talk that? That's like my goal.

You know what? That's my resolution. I want to do a TED talk. On what? Anything. Anything. Anything. I don't fucking know.

If the offer comes up and it's like, I don't care if it's like YouTube based or anime based or I don't know. I can just imagine it. See ya Joey, the University of Tokyo needs your help. We need anime titty expert for our centerpiece TED talk. I mean, I've seen so many TEDx talks where I just like, there's not a whole lot of like educational value. It's just fun.

The problem with TED talks, generally, is that they'll often propose a problem, like, the world's gonna end, and they'll make you depressed. And then you're kind of waiting for a solution. They're like, well, then they're like, good luck with that, everyone. And then they walk off stage, it's like,

you told us the problem, great, what's the solution? I feel like they don't do that enough, for a lot of TED talks. My favorite one is when they talk about something for like 20 minutes, and they segue into the actual topic and there's like three minutes left. Those are my favorite TED talks.

But that's what I've noticed, right? Like a lot of TEDx talks are just kind of, let's get this person who's really passionate about something and just make them spew their passion for 15 to 20 minutes. Spew there. Well, I think Adam Savage did a really good one, right? Yeah, he's a love letter to cosplay.

That was really good. I haven't seen that one. Yeah, it's basically him just saying like, yeah, I've been to Comic-Conn's and comic conventions for the past like 15 years and I've always cosplayed at one of them. So apparently there was, I forgot which one it was, but I think it was like New York Comic-Con or something

where he cosplayed as NoFace from Spirited Away. You know, in that one it's like a full-on costume. Yeah. And because the character doesn't talk, no one knew it was him. until after the convention when he said, yeah, that was me. That's trippy.

And everyone was like, but I talked to you and took a photo with you, what? That's pretty cool. Didn't Brian Cranston cosplay as Brian Cranston from like Breaking Bad? Like no, no, he like, he wore like a Brian Cranston mask in like one of the Comicons and like, you know, wore like the ball to white.

Costume just walked around and no one knew it was Brian Cranston the entire time. Oh, that's insane. We gotta cook, Jesse. It's like, wow, you do a really good impression. Oh my God. That'd be cool. I guess my New Year's resolution is to get a schedule

for my uploads, I think. Good one, Garn. Yeah, good one, appreciate. You've been saying that for the past 10 years, as long as I've known, God, there has been a, like, mystical schedule somewhere that exists in the sky. I mean, I can relate to you. What dictates your schedule?

Because my scheduling used to be really chaotic. Yeah, right now, like, before, okay, so there was my schedule before, trash taste, than after trash taste. And before trash taste, there was less of a schedule, but at least I guarantee, hey, I will make like at least two videos a month and it will come out.

And now it's just, okay, I finished a video. I don't know when the next video is going to be. And yeah, it's, I mean, my personal schedule this year, especially for the last six months has been like way more chaotic compared to my entire five year career on like YouTube or whatever. It's fine, fine, fine,

you managed to get a schedule for trash in six months and you've been doing your own channel for 13 years and you still can't get a schedule going on. It's weird talking to Joey and Connor and hang out with them and like, and hearing how you can be ahead of the schedule and have videos planned out ahead. And I'm just like, what is this five head move

that I've never heard of before? I mean like that would just fucking, that would freak me and stress me the fuck out if I brought out a video and I had nothing else ready, yeah. Welcome to my world, Joey. Yeah, welcome to my world. I don't know how you two do it. Like, you just, you just,

Well, the pressure's on to make the videos count. Do you not feel like though, like the moment, like you can't enjoy your weekend or whatever because sometimes you're just worrying about like, fuck, I haven't got the video done. Yeah, that is a big problem that I'm trying to solve. Like I see you guys in weekends, I'm just like, whoa, these guys don't get stressed about making videos at all.

I try to, but try to take at least Saturday and maybe Sunday off, but I always try at least take one day off where I don't do something. But I normally always fail. Yeah, I always try and take at least like two days off, It doesn't have to be a weekend, just any two days within the week, just a day where I'm just not working on a video, not planning anything, just chilling, doing hobbies or whatever.

Maybe I should just change. Otherwise, I'd go on. I mean, like, simpler videos, like me just reacting. Yeah, Chris reacting to people, reacting to Chris. But here's the thing, it's like, at least my personal goal for 2020 on YouTube is to be, like, a lot more ambitious in my videos, but the problem with more ambitious content.

Why are you laughing? What do you mean by, as in like videos that take more preparation? to like actually film and kind of construct and you know a lot more like narrative based, I guess that requires a little more preparation than just writing a script or just flicking on a camera and starting to talk, right?

Yeah. But the problem is with that is that if I wanna also maintain a schedule, which I would like to, then I also have to plan things way ahead of time as well. Right. So like as of right now, I am like about a month and a half ahead in terms of videos. Oh god, you bastards.

Yeah, I have like, yeah, I know right. That's my exact reaction. Like, fuck you. Like the next video filmed and I've got to edit it. Yeah, I've got like another two ready to go. But like, yeah, I've already filmed like six videos. That's just waiting to get edited. Yeah, because I think hang out with you guys,

I've realized I've just kind of normalized working every day and then I realize that's just not normal. Right. And- Well, but the thing is that, like, I'm also working every day, but also, you know, making content for the Anime Man channel is not the only thing I do now. You know, I have like trash taste and I have like, my other hobbies that I want to, you know,

You've been everywhere the last few months. Yeah. You've collabed with like everyone in their mum over the last three months. Pretty much, yeah. I was Joey again. Oh, it's Joey there. Yeah, but even in my videos he's there.

Yeah, no. It's mental. Yeah, so, so many people are like, I think there was one week where you uploaded an episode of Journey Across Japan, and then I was, I also did a video on the same day as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And people are like, how is he at home filming with Jack?

Magic. When he's on a road trip with Chris right now. How can he do it? How is he doing it? I don't know. Did he like go back home quickly and then like join up again with Chris? I was like, imagine.

Everywhere. Logistics. Yeah. I would like to get more collab into my content. That's another news resolution. I want to make, when I shift my content that's more friendly for collabs, because like I don't think I've, I think I've done one collab in my life. And that's been pretty much it for my entire time on YouTube.

And that's just because my content doesn't really lends well for collabs. Because the only, the only way I could collab if I is like, like if I can have like a guest reviewer. And like the way, what I think when I see guest review is like, remember those like, oh, that guy with the glasses. I hate that. Review collabs where it's just like, hey, here's an expert on the subject. And it would be like the most awkward scripted joke to introduce them.

And then they're not as charismatic. And it's like, oh, well, I kind of, I've made those videos back in my day where like, when I had like more of like the scripted like rant type of videos, I would always have like a friend of mine come in being like, what are you doing here? Yeah, that's that exact thing. I'm here to talk about this.

It's so not, it's like. What is that? That's what's like. Literally what it was like. How did this man get a YouTube channel? How did he make it grow? That's what I wanted. It was like, it was the most like unnatural,

like Guy Fierry-esque like, I'm here now. Let's talk about whatever, you know. The worst parts, the worst ones were, when it was scripted as if you both didn't know you're going to be in this video. You know what I mean? Yeah, it's the, whoa, what are you doing here? You can make that funny.

But when it's like a scripted type of like discussion-based video, there is no natural way to write that in a script. I've always found it awkward and cringy as far. Yeah. And that's why I stopped doing it because I look back at those videos. I'm like, oh, that was a mistake. Right. I shouldn't have done that.

And I guess like I've been in plenty of collabs this year and I kind of realize, this is kind of fun. I want to do this stuff. I'm the same. I didn't really collab my. You were the first person I did a collab with them, the original journey across Japan.

Oh yeah. And you got a bit of hate for it, I far out. Yeah. Because like, you know, at first your viewers are like, who's this person, your videos? They've kind of broke into the world, right? They always feel like, it's nice to have a personal connection. Especially what it's another YouTuber, right?

Yeah, another YouTuber. But this time, there's nothing like that. Everyone loved you because it's been accepted. And I do quite like doing collabs now. It's quite fun. Yeah. You just have to find the balance, of course. You have to find the right people.

The right situation. Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes like, you take a look at a, Sometimes, like, I've done so many collabs in my time where I've kind of figured out, like, just because you're friends with a particular YouTube and just because you guys can, you know,

supposedly talk about whatever in your off time, it doesn't necessarily mean that they can be in any video you want on it. Yeah, and I typically wait until I've known that person, like a year or two of work. Yeah, exactly. You've got another, a year. Fuck, Chris.

I've got a calendar on my wall, just countdown to collab with Chris. Maybe your news resolution for 2022. Your news resolution for 2021 is get friendly with Chris. You're also, at the end of the day, it's kind of awkward, right, if you bring a nonstop bunch of guests off and what if they're just more entertaining than you? Like, constantly?

Like every single guest you bring on. But that's the other thing, right? It's like, that's the other thing. Like, you, if you hang out with a person enough and that, you know, you especially work in the same field, you kind of get the idea of like, okay, this is their video, right? Yeah.

Like you can't out chat. It's like an unspoken etiquette. Right. Like I'm not gonna like, you know, because I did my best to not, you know, fucking take too much of the spotlight because I'm like, yeah, because I'm like, this is Chris,

like I understand this is Chris's channel, this is his show. So I was like that in your video when you did the capsule hotel. Yeah, right? Ship and container. Yeah, and I was just like, I'll just, like, I'll just,

like, twas in the hammer. You just kind of like follow their lead, right? Right. They're gonna do the over the top intro or whatever. Right, right. So like, you kind of just have to learn that through experience, I find. You just gotta be the, you just gotta be subservient.

No, no, no. Be the dog that you are. I'm gonna say be the supporting cast member. Right, right. That's a little more positive, there we go. See, servant. Be the pet. The dog.

Oh God. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, your place. Yes, dear. Yeah, I don't know. So we get naked and in the bath now. We're doing a shot.

And you're going to like it. That's kind of like one of the best. How happened in a thousand year old love. Yeah. Joey. Where is he? Yeah, I don't know. Like, I also want to, I also want to keep doing collabs as well,

but I kind of, again, the collab king. Yeah, I look at it. I look at supposedly. People I know who have done collaborations with more YouTube, you're all like, probably done it more than anyone. Yeah, I mean, you know. The man who doesn't say no.

Right, I don't know, I just, I don't know, I just have like, uh, I feel this is like a totally different quality to doing a collab, regardless of what the content might be. Right. Like, in my opinion, if someone told me, okay, you can make a YouTube channel and you can have all these millions of subscribers

with millions of views, but you can't collide with anyone. Right. I kind of be like, well then, what's the point? That's a fucking lie. That's a fuck off. Because like, legit, like, if I did an entire year worth of content, if I did an entire, why do you love it? If I did it, like, legit, like,

if I did an entire year worth of content, just by myself. It wouldn't be fun. It would be more. I would be like, it's not fun, but, I'm still getting paid, fuck it. I'll do it. I'm gonna be honest, lads.

The suck is hitting and I don't know why. Got to finish the bottle. It's delicious, what can I say? Oh, I'm fucking, we've all. We've all nearly finished. It's like drinking fucking paint cleaner straight from the barrel. I just for you, Connor.

You wanna be personally a fit. You wanna be friends with Chris, right? Chris, you probably, you probably bought too much and you were like, fuck it, let's unload one on the boys. That's, no, how dare you? How dare you, Connor? I know.

I know you have the British mindset. I know how it is with gifts and us, come on. It's a last minute thing and you're like, oh, fuck it, I'm. 12 dollars, Connor, I'll pay you $12 to not bring it next time. Send a back. So get me something else, get me a whiners. Okay, then like who, say if gone, Chris,

like who is like, other than the people you already know, who is a YouTuber that you would want to probably collide with the most? Well, I mean, Chris, you have to say my name that quickly. I mean, come on. I'm kidding. It's a really difficult question. I don't, like, is there a type,

or like maybe not a particular person, but like, is there a type of YouTube? Susan Wojcicki, maybe? Yeah. Yeah, Wojian, is it? I don't fucking know. Susan, Wachianski or Zowski? Wasowski.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. YouTube CEO, your best friend now? Best friend, yeah. Shout me out on Twitter. Your biggest fan. Yeah, I saw that. I couldn't believe it.

That was really weird. That was surreal, that. I couldn't believe that either. And also YouTube, the actual official YouTube channel commented on our video when we saw Mount Fuji saying, congratulations. Oh, was that on our video? I didn't even know YouTube had an official...

I thought it was the Fukushima video that they commented on us. Oh no, that was Susan. Yeah, that was Susan. Yeah, yeah. YouTube official channel. We saw Fuji, like, well done, lads. And I was like, is that someone to do you?

Hell yeah. YouTube has an official channel with 35 million subscribers. Yeah, wish this good luck. God damn. Thanks, YouTube. Like you YouTube. Now stop demonetizing my content, please. Yeah, I don't know who I'd want to collab with. I feel like if I knew who I wanted to collab with,

I knew to try to buy it out. Yeah. I need to figure out what kind of content I would want to do first. Because the thing I hate the most is seeing collab content that's very forced, obviously, yeah, like very forced collab content. Desperate.

It's like in your recent one, it makes sense to have someone else there to play off of, right? And yeah, sorry. Yeah, I'm right here. This guy. I mean, Jason. Unfortunately, I refuse to say his name since he took my spot.

Chris promised this spot for me and then Joey came in and swooped it away. I couldn't believe it. the audacity. I'm kidding, by the way, obviously. Oh, you fucked it. Oh, wow. Uh-oh. It's this wine bottle opener. This is the $1 fucking wine bottle opener for Dice, though. You didn't need to drink that anyway.

That's the wine out of the window. It gives it a more earthy texture anyway. This is good wine as well. I fucking picked this out. I used to work at a castle, and I did that an awful lot. When I was serving guests, I'd fuck out. You always at a castle? What's significant about the castle here? Hold on a second. You worked at a castle?

Well, which castle? I mentioned I served Prince Andrew. Elon Musk. What? Not to say no, that'll be mental. But like, what? Wait, how is this the first I'm hearing of this? Yeah.

This is the first time hearing of this from me. Please expand. It's not the sake, well, come on. I worked at a castle and Elon Musk had his birthday. Which castle? I can't see, I don't really wanna say. Windsor? Windsor Carls.

It's more than Windsor Castle. I don't know, it's the only one I'm not. Every town in the ego is a castle. There's like four next to where I grew up. All right. Yeah, Elon Musk goes birthday. And I had to bring out his rocket-shaped birthday cake and sing happy birthday.

Did he actually? Did he also? have a Lightning McQueen bed at home. Did he rock up with just the biggest blunt in his hand? No. What? Well, yeah. I know, yeah.

No, he did. But I, he did. No defamation here. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh no, it's breaking. Grab it by the hand. This is, this is so tense.

So I did see Chris that there was a Japan Times article that heavily featured you, which is discussing the reaction videos about Japan. Was there a Japan Times article? Yeah, it was the first time I really heard about it. For some reason, since September, there's been about 25 reaction videos for Broad and Japan from primarily Japanese YouTubers.

And I didn't know that. I thought there's like two or three. Then I read the article on Japan Times. They felt that was a topic. Right, right. I'm great they did. Thank you, Japan Times. But they were like, it's becoming really popular.

I think people are getting really interested in hearing what Japanese people think of foreigners living in Japan and kind of reacted to it. But then when you ask them, they're just like, I don't know if I can care. Yeah, they're just like, they're there. I think people want it to be a lot more interesting

than it actually is. Yeah, and I've watched a few and they're not. That's the thing, I'd be more inclined to hear what a Japanese person would think if they were actually giving, you know, an opinion. Yeah, they're not. They're usually just like, mm. I mean, it's someone who doesn't really understand

why reaction videos are good. I found it quite difficult to grasp. And I've watched a few. And, you know, they're, Because they're Japanese, they're very nice and kind and polite. They're British, they'd be like, this guy's a prick. What's you talking?

But I would argue that's more of an interesting content, right? Like, at least you get to hear someone's opinion, whether it be positive or negative, rather than just, you know, like on the fence type of like, Oh, yes, yes, this is a video indeed. If someone watches your video and they're silent and they get a million views, there's something about that that's like, okay.

But one guy did do that. Yeah, yeah. He's just going, eh, mm. It's just me saying, something like, don't do this in Japan. It's literally just a million people who came to the anime reaction noise. So like, how many videos does your original video?

I mean, how many? How much sake have you had? Let me rephrase that. How many views does your original video have? So I don't actually know. It's like 10 million views. It's ridiculous of that. It's the 12 things you.

12 things that's doing Japan. And it's got 10 million views. Disgusting. And that is the one they have been reacting to most, I think. Right. Yeah, because I find that, like, I have like a few, like videos that people react to as well.

And for some reason, like, all of them just blow up. And like, compared to like any of my other videos, they all like do amazingly well. So I feel like, you know, it's weird seeing someone to react to your videos. Especially if it's just like, hmm, okay. And it's, I don't know, how, so I assume you've watched people react to your videos.

I've watched like two or three. And they're all right, they're nice, they're great, respectful. One, the one that I did have, the one, I think the most successful one that's got millions of views. It's weird, someone's got millions of, like, views. millions of views reacting to my video. That's kind of surreal.

How do you feel about them possibly making a few thousand dollars off of that? I don't really mind, to be honest. I'm not that bothered. I'm curious, because every creator tends to have a different kind of... How would you feel about it? And you've probably had that.

I've had that. I can't remember if I have. I don't think I have, but I think it would probably... I'm just clearly not interesting enough, Chris, compared to yours truly. I'm talking roughly. I mean, it's, I guess, again, I wouldn't do anything,

but I might just like mutter. I might be like, oh. I think if they're funny, I'll be like cracking. That's fantastic. But if they're just kind of like, like you said, just kind of, mm-hmm. I'm a bit agitated. One of them, the main one,

the guy's got the most views. So he's a nice bloke. He disagrees with my number one point on my, what I'm doing Japan list, right? How dare he? Number one point is don't walk down the street in Japan and eat and drink while you're walking. It's not like a law, right?

You're not going to get arrested for doing that. Yeah. But people would be like... It's just like social etiquette. People will look at you and be like, what the fuck are they doing? Yeah. Like, because in Japan there's not that many, like, you never see anyone like. Or trash cans or trash cans or talk.

In the street, right? And so you don't, you don't, you can't throw your stuff away. But like, there's a reason why the streets of Japan are so clean. They're very clean. And people don't tend to eat and walk. But this guy's like, oh, no, we do that in Japan. And in Osaka, you can do it. It's like, Osaka is different.

And in downtown Osaka, you can do it because there's lots of stands for like takoyaki, fried octopus balls and there's kind of that's like street food culture. It is. But that's, but that's, only really in Osaka. There's not many other places. Yeah. That you can do that.

Maybe Asaksa in Tokyo. But in North Japan, if you do that, people will be like, yeah, I do. Bloody foreigner, walking down the street is McDonald's. I will admit, I do do it when I'm in a bit of a rush.

You're breaking the rule. Sometimes, yeah, Chris, I'm breaking the law. What am I going to do? Disrespecting the culture, as always. Listen, sometimes, I got to be somewhere and I need fucking food. And I haven't got time to sit here

and give a shit about, like, standing in the family mart, depressed and eating it. I'm gonna fucking walk and shove it down my throat. Why are you laughing, Chris? It's how it is. What you just described is something I do like every week. Because you see them there in the family

mark looking up the window like caged animals like just wishing wishing they could walk free and eat their chicken. But sadly they can't. But like yeah, I think that was the only point you disagreed with and it made the video feel a bit redundant. Yeah, I feel like if they almost like

oh he's a foreigner in Japan. He's His opinions. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Maybe he's not good, because he's not Japanese, you know. If you just say- I'm sure that's not what they're going for, I don't know. Start any problems online. But do, yeah.

I'm thinking of doing like a React video, to the React videos, in a reaction video. Please do. That would be amazing. Those are always the funniest. I've got a headache just saying it out loud, but it would be like inception of reaction. I've got like 25 videos that I can go through.

You have to do it now because you've said it. Yeah. That will get a million views as well. That would get a lot of views. What would be a lot of views? What would I kill the video? Chris Broad reacts to Japanese people reacting to Chris Broad. That's the most confusing thing.

Yeah, but that's amazing, because you see that in your subbox, you're like, well, I have to watch this. This is a fucking mess. I think Felix did that a while back where he did a PewDiePye reacts to, it was like one of the Fine Bros episodes of them reacting to PewDiePy.

Yeah, and then sometimes Fine Bros. Has even gone far enough as to show that and do like four levels of reactions. Yeah, like four levels of reactions. It's like a reply chain. For me, it's just like the lowest form of content, isn't it? In some respects. Go for it.

Every reaction channel's just... Okay, what's the bottom of the barrel? Go on, describe to me the bottom of the barrel content. I'm not going down the barrel. Why not great? I watch a lot of reactions to like video games and things, but yeah, yeah. I don't know.

When I look to... You mean let's place? You sound like a damn. I do, okay, some reactions and stuff's good, but I feel like it's very much like, as someone who spends way too much time trying to make their bloody videos as you go, as well as we don't like,

to see someone just watch my video and be like, oh shit, it's good, you know, and they get a million views, just like, oh, fuck's sake, why would I bother? Why not I do that? Maybe I should be a react YouTuber. And then you try it and you just like, I can't. Drink, sucky, I'll be really bitter and angry

and I'll swear loads, it would be brilliant. I mean, that'd be hilarious to watch personally. Let's do it live, let's do it now. Trash Teatsy, React, that's, Keat Dog, VA. Why me? Cold dancing away. Did you like my pole dancing, Chris?

It's at you three such interesting trio of characters. You've got Gant, he does these, slickly produced, and then you've got Joe's at the forefront of otaku culture and anime, which is Connoes, like pole dancing and running host clubs. I love how you slipped into your abroad in Japan voice there. Yeah, right? There's a difference.

Look at these three YouTubers. It only one glass of stuff. My, my channel is the throw shit at the wall and just make it all stick, if not just glue it back on if it falls off. Three very diverse kind of characters, three diverse topic. I mean, I feel like this year,

trash taste has pretty much been the only big thing that's happened to me. Last year, gone. Fuck, come on. It's last one. We're not filming this in 2020. I'm sorry, this is being produced live, apparently. Only hours after recording it is up on the show.

This matters four sips of saccane, forgets the English language. I had a power salad, okay. I had a fucking power salad. There's vodka in it. You gotta drink that. I will, I will drink it all, Chris. We've all drunk a suck, yeah.

You can't. What is a New Year's episode without the host getting like belligerently drunk? You know what I mean? What a great introduction to 2020. It's just four pieces. I'm not seen enough movement. Yeah, just drinking stuff.

Let's turn it from a discussion to a fucking just bar conversation of us just fucking shouting at each other. I'm not gonna lay half the time I've forgotten. No, like, what? Do we even have a lot of, topic at this point, we're just chatting shit. We're just literally chatting shit.

It's the shittiest episode. Sorry, Chris. Why have I come back on? Do you have a topic? No. Oh, fantastic, all right. Why don't you like anime, Chris? What's up with that?

I got nothing, I like anime is great. Why do you hate people who like anime? The thing with anime is I watch it and I go, that's good. That's good. No, the same way a dad sees his son's hobby like, that's fine. Do you go ahead.

I watch it, I think, anime's good, isn't it? But I don't know where to go from there. I don't know what's the next level. So you're saying if we give you a detailed guide on how to watch anime, you will then go ahead. Isn't that what we were supposed to do in the first? No, we are supposed to do that. I mean, there's a bunch of bullshit.

What do you get from anime that you don't get from live action kind of films? Sakuga. Have you heard of that word? No. Why were you saying that shit, too? What? Because that's the first thing I thought of.

Of course he's not gonna know what that word is. The first thing I thought of. Because that's like trying to explain what a V-tubeer is your parents, you know? Oh yeah, that's true, that's true. Because, right, you know, Japan has a few TV options, right? For example, they have, you know, this amazing anime with incredible animation, voice acting,

really crazy plots, or, or Chris, you can watch, 24, the Japan remake. Did you know that's a thing? Oh, I heard about it, please. It's brand new, it's airing now and it's, no, no, actual live action. They're completely remaking, but I think in their own plot, 24, but just Japan.

You know what it's called? It's called 24 Japan. That doesn't really work, it does it? No, and it's, self-aware. And it's pretty bad. Have you watched it? Yeah, I watched an episode, and it was as shit as you thought.

Did it like really low budget? Oh, it's, it's Japanese Jack Bauer? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The entire cast is Japanese. I just figure Jack Bauer personality-esque doesn't really work. No, not in Japanese culture.

Just find Japanese TV's very low budget. Like trash taste probably has a bigger budget to make Japanese TV TV show. I don't know about that. We haven't got a guy reacting. Can we have Chris his face when everyone their camera. That's why you react channels,

because that's most of like Japanese TV. You need a react cam in the corner, right? Absolutely. Just someone going, who? I was watching, who's that really famous comedy and also director guy in Japan? He's always on that billboard and Chibuya. Oh, uh, Kitano Takeshi.

I saw him and he was on Japanese TV and he was reacting to this thing and it was like LGBT stuff. And he had never seen such minimal reaction in my life. He was like a bulldog, just like, and then it cut to a guy in an onsen giggling, and he was like, nah. And I was like, well, I think I know what he likes. I don't care for this nonsense, get that off, you know.

It was just funny. I mean, but, it was just like, why, there was like eight hosts and they refused to take the camera off him. It was just, let's keep him. I think, Stano Takis did those at the point where he just doesn't give a fuck, as long as he's on the show people.

It doesn't matter, yeah, yeah. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Yeah, it's name brand. So do you want to explain to the audience? who he might be is. Okay, so Kittano Takeshi or beat Takeshi, as he's called. Tikeshi's castle.

Yeah, he's founded Takeshi's castle and it's when name comes from. But originally he was a Japanese comedian and he's basically the reason why the whole, Jesus Christ, you're right? What are you doing? I'm trying to talk about beat Takashi. You fuck, guys, drink this up.

Anyway, I mean, anyway, so yeah, so Kitano Takeshi, he was like, he basically founded the whole Japanese comedy scene back in the 70s and he's the big reason why- There was no comedy. before him. Not in Tokyo. Really? No, no jokes allowed.

No, so in the, so, the whole, like, he invented comedy. Like, what? No, so, okay, so. Let me, let me say, let me, say, let's say. Okay, so in, so the whole idea of, like, Munzae stand-up comedy, which is a very, like, Japanese form of stand-up comedy, where it's like, you know, one mic in the middle. What are you like?

He's, he's fucking giggling at everything. It's like, it's like, see him. Just shut up for a second. Just, okay. So basically like the whole, it's called Manzai, which is like, there's usually one mic in the middle and two people standing in front of the one mic, you know, doing a whole comedy routine.

And that was really big in Orsaka or like in Kansai region. And that's just stand-up comedy. Well, yeah, it's a little bit different to just stand-up comedy, because a lot of stand-up comedy, at least in the West, is usually like one person. Yeah, right. Like it's just one person kind of telling an anecdote and then throwing a joke within the anecdote.

Like that's, you know, very general stand-up But Manzai is kind of like that, but if you split the anecdote and the jokes into two different people. So basically there's one guy who sets up the joke and then there's one guy who throws the punchline and then the guy who sets up the joke reacts to the joke and it's that whole dynamic.

Is it like two person, Rakuo? Essentially, yeah. So like Rakuo is more similar to Western standup comedy in that sense because Nakugo is all about like telling an anecdote and then throwing in a punchline at the end. Rockago just seems like standup comedy hard mode. Because like imagine stand-up comedy, but you have to sit in this one place and you can't move and you have limited body movements. Right, exactly. But like, Raku goes like so

fucking ancient in Japan. It's been doing it since like, I don't even know how long, but it's very, very old form of comedy. But basically, the whole Monsai type of comedy really, originally started in like the 50s and 60s in Osaka. What is he laughing? You just love Rocky that much, but basically that was only really a scene that existed in Orsucker. And that's why like a lot of comedians. They're all from Osaka. I do, I've noticed. And they all speak in Kansai dialect, right?

And but, uh, beat Takeshi and his group, he was in a, he was in a duo called Tsubito. And he was basically the first, like, really big Manzai act to make it big in the Tokyo scene. And it was because of his success that Manzai moved to Tokyo as well and like the Tokyo area. So that's why he's kind of just known as like a legend.

Yeah, he's basically the godfather of like Tokyo Manzai scene. But he's also a very good director an actor. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They put him in Ghost of the Shell movie. The dude's done everything. Like he, he like paints, he directs, he's like, he developed his own game once.

Was he in the original Battle Royale as well? Oh yeah, yeah, of course. That was one of his biggest roles, yeah. He's pretty good in that. He's really good in that. He's a great actor, yeah. He's a very good actor. Fuck, meanwhile, I'm just fucking eating chicken and broccoli every night, not achieving anything.

Where's your man, right? I didn't realize he was a comedian. That's, uh, he's originally a comedian. Because I only know him as like an actor director. It's quite weird because he's a comedian. but he's also this incredibly stoic. Yeah, I noticed that. In every film he's very, like, not expression.

I can't imagine him being a comedian because in every film he's played, he's like super serious, super... Right, right, right. Like, you watch some, like, old, like, 70s footage of him while he was still in Tsubito, and he's just the most... He was actually the guy who was, like,

responsible for, like, telling the butt of the joke. So he was always the, like, kind of the clown on the show, right? So it's really weird now, watching, like, ghosts in the show, watching this, like, hard face seriously, like, yes, I am the badass in this movie. Just fucking going around and be like, yeah, I'm the clown. It's just, I don't know, I find it really cool.

Does he like the movie? Mm. Like's the strong word. Okay, okay. It's fine. Fucking shit. Wait, wait, what movie were you talking about? Ghost in the show.

Live action. Okay. I liked it as shit. I liked it if it wasn't a ghost in the show movie. Right. Why is it shit, Chris? So boring. As a, as the original anime film.

Right. But that's what I'm saying, as a ghost in the show movie, it was really bad. But as just a standalone, like, sci-fi movie, it was okay. I thought it was, I literally walked out of the theater. Really? Yeah, because... Did you? Yeah. That's very un-British of you? Well, just because you're, like, bored. I was just so bored. I was really bored. It was, it wasn't... I haven't watched it, by the way. It wasn't good. It obviously wasn't offensively bad, either. So what's the, what's the premise of the film, by the way,

for, like, I have no fucking clue. I know ghost in the shell, but I haven't seen it. It's basically the first movie, but with a bit of a twist. What do you know about Ghost in the Shell? I've watched all of standalone complex. Okay, so you basically know the best parts of Ghost in the Shell. Okay. Don't worry about the movie.

It's just a rehash. Take standalone complex, smash it into two hours and take away all the interesting things. Okay, and you walked down? Huh? And you walked out of that? Yeah. Well, how far in were you walked down?

Oh, I was like. Did you get to like the first fight scene? Like with the invisible guy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got like 45 minutes in before I realize, I'm like, I'm about to fall asleep now. Yeah. I mean, yeah, that was probably,

the first 45 minutes was probably the best part of the movie. Like, visually speaking. Oh? The seats are comfortable though. A bit of a name. The second half, the way that the movie just ended, where they were just kind of throwing in the whole like cultural thing was just bullshit.

Don't feel Scarlett Hansen was very well cast. No, I don't, I don't. Actress, but like, not, not for that role. Yeah, not, she, like, I really respect Scarlett Johansson as an actress, but she just really, she, it felt like she didn't care at all. It was like no acting, like, no one really gave you shit. It's like, I get you're supposed to be a cyborg,

but you know, put a little more effort in, you know. She did that a bit too well. Like, so you're a robot right now, and she's like, say no more, I got it. Computing. I understand. Yeah, I don't remember much about that movie, which is, I tell you.

I've only walked out of one movie in the cinemas and that was Dragon Ball Evolution. See, I would not walk out of that move. I would be like, I would be having a great time watching Dragon Ball evolution. I thought so too, because I I watched the trailer and I was like, God, this looks like shit, I gotta go watch it.

And then it was so much more boring than I thought. It wasn't even like, it wasn't like the so bad that it was good level. It was just really bad. I thought it was not fucking hilarious. Wait, Chris, have you walked out of a movie theater? I've never walked out of a movie theater. I mean, this is the only one.

There was one that I just stopped caring, really bad. Like, very close. That's life in general. Downsizing with the- Oh my God, Matt Damon. That's a terrible film. That is an aeroplane movie. I couldn't work out what was going on. If it was a comedy, if it was a drama,

it was just all over the place. I never heard of it. Okay, but like, how many times have you been to the cinema by yourself? A lot. I used to go all the time, yeah, you used to go like once a week in London. Because like if you're seeing a film with mates,

like you can't, yeah, you're there. For better or worse, even if your mates drag you to this shitty fucking Adam Sandler comedy, like whatever. Yeah, I mean, okay, one, I would watch the shitty Adam Sandler movie, but I mean, if I've planned to do it, it's normally in the evening,

and I wanna admit that my evening was, was tarnished by the, this film because I'm still gonna enjoy the popcorn no matter what, right? Like, and maybe I get a little nap in as well. My text, my few of my mates, tell him about it. I'm some shit in it. Thanks Chris being like Chris, when we collabing, this film sucks dude.

I don't know, like I really go to cinemas anyway, so. Wow, I love cinemas. I love them, yeah. There's just something nice and relaxing and when you- Especially in Japan. Like in the UK, people just throw popcorn and it's a fucking mess. I mean, there's just so good in Japan as well.

There's rarely films that I think, yeah, I need to go see this now. No, I don't think that with any of the films I watch. I just think like I want to go to the cinema because I want the popcorn. You just want the experience. And I like the experience. I like sitting down.

Did you watch a tenant? I did. I really want to watch that. I haven't seen it now. It's right, nothing. Well, I mean, it's- Considering there's nothing out right now, I thought it was nice to watch something.

What about the Demon Slay movie? I'm not watching the Demon Slaymer, but I don't understand it. If I understood Japanese, then I would go to the cinema so much more often. Right. Because I love watching anime movies because I'm actually invested in movies.

They have tons of foreign films there. Oh. So this is gonna be the worst transition in the world because we were just talking about films. But off camera, Quish is... Hold up, hold up, wait, wait. First of all, wait, before we transition into that. Okay.

We should finish talking about tenant or some shit. Tenet, it's all right, seven out ten. All right, no, no, no. Done, five, no. So Chris just told us how he ate a bear. Last week. I was like walking through the forest. I went, oh, it's a bear.

I'll get my knife and fork out and eat it. I, in Almorey, North Japan, ate bears. Because there's two men of them. Did he actually? There's too many bears. I've eaten beer before. How was it?

What does it taste like? Not good. A part of me feels sad, but then why would I feel sad about a bad or not other animals? I don't know, I don't know about you, but did you have it as like a proper dish? I cooked, yeah, I cooked it on a grill. Oh, because I had it in a can.

Sounds, that sounds unbearable, unbearable. Can't bad. Wait, wait, how, is it just very gaming? It's very, it's very fatty. It's firm, it's like beef that's hard. Why did you make the word firm? Sounds so disgusting. It's like, it's like beef that's very hard.

It's like chewing on leather, essentially. And it can. Where did you get this from? You can get in the supermarket. What? Yeah. I mean, you underestimate like how many different types of you can get in Haku-a-day. They were just selling whale in like can.

And that's very controversial, obviously. You can get like dolphin in a can as well. It's sad there, isn't it? I mean, because it's, on one half, it's like, you don't wanna be like, hey, Japan, stop doing that. Because it's your culture. But on the other half, please stop. killing whales.

Yeah. Well, on the subject, on the subject of bears, there's a lot of bloody bears that run wild and go into towns, especially at the moment, because a lot of the rural populations going down, and towns are actually becoming quite empty, especially in places like Tohoku, and bears are like,

oh, there's maybe there. I'm going to get in, I'm going to get a piece of the action. I think I saw a piece of... Then the hunters come and shoot them. They're like, well, we could just leave it for dead or we could eat it. And I didn't they sell it.

I think I saw a piece of news the other day, whereas, like, I think this year there was, like, the most amount of bear attacks In like the last like 10, 15 years or something. But in Hokkaido, they have brown bears. On the mainland we've just only got black bears, which are kind of small. Not, they only eat like,

fruit. People? They only eat vegetables. Connivorous bastards, they are those bears. But the brown bears in Hokkaido, they were just fucking humans. When I was driving, I saw a bunch of signs. You didn't see any better.

I didn't see any, but there was signs everywhere, I said, bears. Like, for years ago, like 20 people camping on Hokkaido and a bear just turned up and ate everyone. Everyone. Everyone. I all died. The beer had a fucking feast.

Lucky bear. How does a bear kill that? How did you defend yourself from a bear attack in Japan? Because at least in like America, people can carry guns. Bear spray. Pffre. That's not. That's a theme.

That's a big. Does that work? Does anyone know? It's like pepper spray for bears. But I think by the time the bear gets so that close, you're already kind of fucked. Yeah. The bear's gonna be like, oh, I've got my spray. If a bear, if a bear hits you, you're dead.

Yeah. Not necessarily. Not a bruce is there. Chris Broad. I read it. I read an article that there was a bear turned up on a, a, uh, an orchard in Elmore. There's lots of apples.

And they were like, just doing the orchard, you know, what you do? Like a farmer. And a bear just turned up. I was like, rah! And this old man just went, just punched it in the face. The bear was like, shit,

and just ran away. So you can, you know, you've got a defender to yourself against the bear. Just punch it. Where is Chris Broad punching a bear video? I want to raise the level this year. I did say. That would be a life-changing experience.

I'm defending myself from a bear. I like bears and, you know, they're nice. I mean, because obviously, you know, too, I think it's hard because I think a lot of audiences would see that and would be a bit part off. And it's kind of hard to, I guess, there are a lot of things like that where it's like, you do want to kind of be like,

well, this is what they do and this is how they've always done it. It's almost like, who are you to say they can't do it? But at times, again, it's like the whale stuff, right? It's like, yeah, it's pretty iffy. It's a difficult subject. I had whale once to know,

to never have whale again. Like it doesn't even taste good. No. It's cruel, isn't it? I was like, well, you know, I was served it and ate it. I was like, what was that? And they were like, oh, it's well. It's like, oh, that's very sad now.

It's, yeah. I added knowing what it was and I was just like, I don't even like the fuck. It's like, I can't even get behind it anyway. What is it? Like, most countries have agreed to stop it, and Japan just like, how about, how about, no.

It's not that popular in Japan. The reason it still does well is the politicians in power. Their air is, fish for whale. To get voted, it's all, like, It's not because people actually enjoy the taste of the way. It's a lot of the older generation do like still, because a lot of them like grew up eating it. And it's after World War II.

There was a lot of whales. Is it the same thing with dolphins? I would assume so. Do they eat dolphins in Japan? No, only in Wakai am, I think, in that little neighborhood tight. So sad, they're such happy creatures, aren't they? Yeah, I know, right.

Japan eats a lot of weird food. Yeah. It does feel like they just, you know, they just go through like the fucking little mermaid and just like, I'll have that. But I think most people, I don't think I've met anyone who's eaten dolphin before in Japan. I've never eaten dolphin, but I've seen it being sold.

Which is why when that documentary came out, what was it called? The Cove. The Cove. You know, Japan got loads of hate. Yeah. Most Japanese people are like, oh, we don't even know, we don't eat dolphin, what?

And they were surprised as well, you know, you never see it in Tokyo, right? That little fishing community in Wakai. I've seen it being sold before, but I've never known anyone who's actually eaten it when I enjoyed it. Very, very easy to love it. bumper, you know, a country together, really, unfortunately. I mean, Japan is quite huge.

And all the different prefectures do feel really different to each other. Absolutely. They have like their own like special three. Right, right, right, right. You go to every different prefecture and you're like, what's the specialty here? And I like, like, living in Japan,

I kind of like understand gift culture a bit more here because like everywhere you travel to, there's something unique about- famous for its wine. Yeah, exactly. There's something unique about every place you go to. And I don't know if they've just like five-headed, like the tourist kind of gift.

I'm pretty sure they have. Yeah. But it, you know, it feels good to like come back from a place and actually have a souvenir that's unique to that place. You can only get it in that prefecture, right? We've all been to like this kind of country or this place where you like, you feel like you have to get a souvenir just to get a souvenir.

And you get like the most tacky little fucking key chain or something like that right. Would you like a fridge magnet? Yeah, yeah, exactly. I do feel like in the UK, I don't know, did you ever do souvenirs? I never fucking brought souvenirs back. but I feel obliged to here.

Rock candy. Yeah, rock candy. In Northrop, in the UK, Wales, Wales, a little rock candy. Oh yeah, yeah, it's, same thing in Brighton, we have a Brighton, brighton rock. It's near beaches, they have. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like the chocolates that look like.

No, no, no, no, it's like, it's like just this sugar, like, it has the, like, I guess the structure of rock, but it's just sugar and you just fucking. It just sounds like a lump of sugar, but it is literally. People don't have teeth. Yeah, I mean, that's why like, compared to other places, tourism in the UK, like within the UK,

is just like, it's non-existent. It's fucking butlin's, that's all it is. Like, you go to one sea and it's like, okay, here's, here's a sea, and then you go to another sea is exactly the fucking same. I want to visit every weather spoons in the UK. Like, what are you gonna do in the sea? Oh, what are you gonna do in Newcastle?

Oh, let's go to the pub. What are you gonna do in Liverpool? Oh, let's go to the pub. You know, it's, it's... Aren't to be fair, that's me in Japan. But I mean, Japan has a really strong tourism industry because people don't want to travel overseas a lot of the time. Yeah.

And there's quite a lot of population in Japan don't actually have passports. And they don't have much time for holiday. Holiday leaves really bad here. It's all the work culture. But have much choice. They do want to stay here and they travel the country. So domestic tourism in Japan is really big business.

And each place is their own unique thing. So you can sort of cross the board and be like, well, it's really different in the next kind of prefecture. Yeah. I did notice when I stayed in the Riyokan, but I parked and there was tons of cars I stayed two nights. But when I went there, every single car in this car park had left.

So clearly everyone was only staying one night, which was odd. Most people only stay one night. I've noticed that they stay one night and then they're like, done, but I was like, man, I want multiple days of this, you kidding me? Well, it's probably because like a lot of them, you know, with the whole work culture thing,

they just can't have more than one day off. Having more than two days off is like a luxury, right? I think I read a statistic that most people in Japan only take half their holiday leave. About 20 days, they only take 10. It's crazy. Yeah. Why is that, do you reckon?

Pressure. Because your boss, your boss, would also be like, you've abandoned the team, how dare you, you know. It's pretty, what then? When I was a teacher, like, it was pretty, it could be quite stressful taking holiday leave. Right, right. Even more ridiculous, one time I took like three days off and they were like, okay. And I have to get signed by a supervisor and then the headmaster and the headmaster's mom.

They all have to sign it. And then I decided, actually, I don't need that holiday. I'll just stay. And they got really angry. They're like, what? Do you want to stay now? Don't do this again. You're not allowed to do that.

And like, they're really angry. I didn't really know why. How dare you come back in the way? I don't know work. Like, it was really true. How do you like your job? And it's like, I don't know why. Maybe it's because they had to get teachers to look at,

like, do my job for me and they had to do sort of things. But I don't know. But like taking holiday in Japan is not fun and you're lucky you work for trash taste as a result. You're your own books. We don't work for trash taste. We are trashdates. We are trashdust.

We are the system. We are a good t-shirt. We are trash taste. I'm wearing the trash-teach t-shirt. Yeah, do it. I remember working in the UK, I mean, you feel pressured to take all your holiday day, like, kind of like, if you have any holiday days left over,

then that's like, well, you can take that. That's just free time off, why are you not taking it? But in here, it's like the complete opposite. And I'm not sure if it's the same in other Asian countries. I feel like it would be less of a pressure than it is in Japan, because work culture in Japan is just seen as letting down your team. And if you do take a holiday leave, you're less likely to, you know, get that promotion.

Yeah. You know, if you two work for my company, you decide to take all your holiday leave. Like you can legally be entitled to. But you don't. I'd be like, uh, I'm gonna, let's promote Gant because Conner fucked off

to Hokkaido and ate some cramps. Didn't somebody like a famous, I mean, a politician got, like it was like newsworthy that he took maternity leave, a man. Yeah.

Like it was newsworthy that the man took a week off. Yeah, yeah, he took his maternity leave. Really? Yeah. The man took his entitled one week off and it was literally country news.

And he was, But again, totally allowed to. Most people don't in Japan. Especially for maternity, I think. They think that that's the mother's job, right? Yeah. That's the thing. I feel Japan in a lot of sense is like the societal law, like almost exceeds the actual law.

You know what I mean? It's like five steps forward in technology and then their culture is like, hold up. It's like 50 steps back, right? Hold up, here's a fax machine. Yeah. That's why I always say to people coming to Japan to work, be careful, way you work,

foreign companies operating in Japan, don't usually have those sort of. Yeah. on the players and rules and parameters. So that's always a bonus. But be careful where you work. Because I know a lot of people that work in jobs, they don't get any free time.

They're expected to go out and drink a lot after work. There's no border between free time and work time. God, it's hard drinking all the time, isn't it, Chris? $12, car. I bet Chris is just like, oh, another night out, really? Oh, I guess so. In Japan, do you have to, like, drink to show respect? No, it's kind of, it's...

Comradery, right? Your boss will, like, open up and talk to about things that they wouldn't normally do when they're so. in the office. Right. Even as a, you know, working in a school, my teachers that I worked with would open up massively after one drink.

They wouldn't even be drunk. It was almost like having alcohol would initiate being able to be open. It's like being in that environment. Yeah, yeah. It opens them up. And I had teaching colleagues who just be like, I hate that colleague.

I hate X, Y, Z. I fucking hate them. And I'd be like, oh, okay. I was like, all right, two beers. Maybe we shouldn't have had a drink. Yeah, the floodgates open. It's quite a fascinating thing to experience.

I love our two hours in we're finally stunned to sound like an actual podcast. I still keep blabbering. I still keep laughing intermittently because seeing Connor die every time you take a sip of sarkish. It's fucking hilarious to me. Let's do it together.

Do what together. Come on, drink the whole thing. I've got a lot more. Oh, this is my second. Chris, fuck off, look at that. This is my second bar. It's because you've been having fucking baby bird sips of that shit.

So fuck, all right. Cheers, Chris. Thank you for this beautiful drink and beverage. I hope I don't throw up. To see Dog V.A. Oh, I love you. Oh, he's out. You know what?

I love the fact that this is gonna be more edited than our hentai video. Yeah, right. That's so disgusting. Never shot Sucket, it's not designed for that. Sesh, Sesh, Sesh, Sesh. Come on, wait. It's in the same glass as well.

It's contaminated with the shit that you bought. Wine and Suckia. Chris made me down this disgusting abomination. That is the finest sussi. This is, I bet this is the Karsberg of Sackay. Like, I bet this is, if you don't know, Carlsberg is a fucking god-awful beer. Have you noticed that in Japan,

sometimes they'll have Carlsberg or Carling and they'll be like, foreign beer. And I'm like, no, no, no, no. I know that's that's- Foreign dirt water. Yeah, basically. They'll be like, it's called Miller Light. It's an exquisite foreign beer.

You know, and you're like, no, no, no, I know what this is. This is the good stuff. Fuck off, is this the good stuff, Chris. Fuck all. But then again, right, like, again, like, as we were saying, Connor's not a sake drinker in the same way

that he's not a whiskey drink. Well, you've got wine now, so. I used to be, I used to- White wine from Yamanashi. You know, when I first came to Japan, I would desperately want to be that guy who was like, I love everything Japan. I'm a connoisseur of Japan.

I'm obsessed with sake. Press X to doubt, he was never fucking like that. Here, that was like, I can't believe you just looked at my face and lied like that. No, no, no, no. No, no. When I wasn't with you, when I go to a bar and then that's what drink do you want,

I'd be like, Sake of course. Oh, where, where, where? Every time he wasn't with us. Yeah, of course. Because I knew that you would call me out on that shit if I go to a bar and I'm like- But then when Connor's day, he's just like,

middle of light, please. Yeah, yeah, you know, when I'm actually like, with you guys, I'm like, beer, please. But like, because I don't want to be called out, like, if I'm with like everyone, right, and everyone orders beer, and one person who's on their first vacation to Japan goes, of a sake actually, I'd be like, fuck off.

You're, fuck off, you're just getting too into the Japan atmosphere, but it tastes like shit. There's a reason why a bottle of sake never costs more than $20. Okay, here's the thing. Here's the thing I've noticed very quickly about sake that I noticed about just regular wine is that I fucking hate sake normally, but if I have it with a good meal and like a meal that fits the sake, I disagree.

Then I fucking love it. We've got no meal though. That's why it took me a little longer than usual to down that sake. What got me to like wine was having my first red wine with the nice steak. Okay, to be honest, to be honest, wine goes fantastically with meals, I agree. It's not, it's-

Soda sake. No, it's, no, it's not, wine isn't too strong where like, it's overpowering. Sake is like, when you have your steak, whatever, and you have a sake, it's like, great, now I've just fucking- Who the fuck drink sake with their steak? What do you eat it with? It's usually fish.

All right, you have fish, right? Yeah. Whatever the fuck, I don't give a shit, same thing. There's a reason why they serve a lot of sake at like sushi restaurants. Yeah, but when you have it, you have this fucking fish. The raging debate, God, and I just like, You have the debate.

Chris, help me out here, Chris. This is what happens when we talk about food on the podcast, okay? It's pretty weird. We always have the most heated debates about food. Like, whenever foods brought up, we turn into a bunch of fucking apes, I swear to God. Like, when people drink, like, hard liquor with a meal

or something, I'm like, you have, you are immediately just, like, absolutely bombing your mouth. Suckers not a hard liquor, it's a wine. It's like 20%, it's 20%, right? So is wine. Chris, what are your opinion as the adjudicator of this argument? Help me. Get me out of their viewers.

Dude, red wine is 15 to 20%. Sake is 15. 20%? Name a 20% wine, Joey. You think I'm a fucking wine sommelia? There is no wine that is 20%. That is, I've never seen that. I have seen that.

That's probably a wine that it is. Yeah, but it's right. They're 12, come on. It's rare, but no, I like, I much prefer wine over sake. Um, I feel like 12 to 15% is the perfect zone. Anything above that starts to get, like, vodka, right? vodka, right?

And sake, sake, 18%. But that still tastes like a hard alcohol, right? No, it doesn't burn. Is you lied? It doesn't burn. Wait, did that burn for you? Yes. 18%?

18%, like Chris said. That's not, Vodka's 37.5%. Yeah, yeah, but the thing was this, I can't distinguish the difference between that and vodka. That is why you fail. What do you want? No, no, no, I was partly on your side until you had the audacity to save that.

For someone who loves food so much, you can barely taste the difference between vodka and wine. No, what I think is that that is strong enough where it's in the same category as a vodka taste. No. No. Vodka makes me wanna die more, 100%, but sake does still have the same kind of quality of like, I drink it, and I'm like, uh, immediately.

Whereas the wine, I'm like, I drink it and I'm like, ooh. I can't believe what I'm hearing. Fuck off, chicken and broccoli. Joey, we get it, you're Japanese, okay? You're a family. Don't eat some fucking whale. All that chicken and broccoli is fucked your taste of all. Seriously. Sucky on the same level of spot. You disgust me.

Listen, they both toast like shit in my... I mean, I'm not gonna fucking down on the rock. I love how we've gotten two hours into this. We just drank a fuck ton of sake, unwillingly, and now it's a mess. We're a podcast. Thank you, Chris. I think if you watch this episode with a bit of suckings, chicken and broccoli, it'll be the best 40 experience. Hell yeah. It's like you're here.

Now that we're on the top of alcohol, fine. Okay, your least favorite alcohol, is it all on the same level? Because anything above 20% is the fucking same to you then? Honestly, anything like in like vodka, tequila, whiskey,

okay, gin actually like. Gin actually like. This man contradicting himself. I wanna be like Phoenix Wright right now. Being like, objection! There is a contradiction in your statement, sir. Okay, gin, gin actually tastes nice.

Now I'm not saying that, no, now I'm not saying that because I'm British and that that's our cultural export. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Are we talking like just gin on its own or like a gin and tonic? A gin and tonic. Okay, gin and tonic is on a different level.

Gin and tonics. Who, name one person who drinks gin, fuck, gin straight. No one, no one, exactly. Because you don't hear, like, when you have vodka and coke, what do you think? I think depressing university days, like I'm desperate to get drunk.

Yeah, right, Chris? Yeah, exactly. Ever. When's the last time you had a vodka and Coke, Chris? I've vodka tonic every week. Are you okay, Chris? Are you okay? No, I'm depressed.

I'm established this by now. Okay, a whiskey you have straight, right? You never like, okay, whiskey and Coke sounds like an abomination, right? I've had it. It's great. Whiskey and Coke's all right, but I mean, like, I rarely drink whiskey. Whiskey is more of a mood setter. Whiskey is there for like it's-

Yeah, you don't want to get drunk on whiskey. No, no. No. Like, if people would get drunk on whiskey, are drinking whiskey way too fast. Whiskey's like kind of a drink that you just kind of like, it warms you up. But either way I don't care for it, right? It's like a nightcap, basically.

We all know the superior drink is an espresso martini, gentlemen, right? No, that's because your body is just addicted to caffeine. I am, I am, okay. This boy drinks like fucking eight cups of coffee every day. Get that wine down here. Go on. Let's try the wine.

It's tainted with sacque cup now. You poured it in the same disgusting cup. You'd be a terrible Somalié. Down in one. No. No. Well, this wine's really nice. I'll be a terrible Somalian.

A terrible Somalian. Somalier. Somalier. You said like you'll be a terrible Somalian. No, I did. Oh, fuck off. Did you mean Somalia? Somalia, isn't it?

Isn't it, I don't know. I don't know. I don't fucking know. Someone, French can know. I would not be a terrible Somalian. I'm going to get that out there right now.

Jordan, how is it pronounced? Somalier. There we go. That was closer to my pronouncing. That's closer to my pronunciation. You did an English, Somalian. Somalian's watching this a frothing right now. Oh my God, come on.

It's like they noticed us. We have a resident French man who's sounded closer to my pronunciation than yours. What are you on? I will fight this battle to the death. I'm known for being stubborn and I won't quit. Have you boys ever had soju? Yeah, it's good.

Why are you asking me, like, you know I have? No, because I know you had soju. Okay, so like, I can't stand pure soju, But for some reason, flavored soju is just like, so yeah, alcohol. So shoju is like Korean kind of. Yeah, it's Korean sake basically. How much is it?

20% is it? It's way more. I can, but the pure one is like 30%. I don't drink the pure one. I drink the flavored ones. Is it like 20% and I can do it. The pure one tastes like hand sanitizer. Oh, it's gross.

Okay. Soju is the only like kind of. I agree with that. I can do that. Shots that goes well with beer. I don't know why. It actually does. It actually does, dude. I say this and then, because you think of mixing anything with beer, right?

And it sounds awful. Soju goes fucking amazing with beer, especially flavored soju. Pour a beer and then drop the little shot in. Yeah, you go. Like, if you want a great but awful night afterwards, because again, that's like awful hangover, it will fuck you are. I do know if our editor will include this,

because he's the editor, but there's one, after the night where we bought like, We bought, we bought, so for a party in the UK we did, because we were going to Japan, so we wanted to do one last big party with all our friends to celebrate. And our editor came from Estonia. We're calling you out now.

And we had, I went to New Malden in London, which is the Korean area of London. And I went to the Korean like supermarket and I went and bought like three crates of 20 of these bottles, yeah, because there was about how many of us was like 20? It was more than three crates. It was four crates, four crates of this.

And they're all, you know, like. So we, We had 80 bottles of soju. And they're all like 750 milliliters each time. Yeah. And when I bought it as well, they were like, you know how strong this is, right? And I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's all good.

It's like, it's 20% right? And I'm like, yeah, it's all good. So before Conan was buying them, he was like, how many crates should we buy? And because he was posting this in the group party chat and everyone was just like, hey, more crates, whatever, right? So he rocks up with four crates of so And we all look at this being like, this,

we've completely overestimated. Best 80 quid I've ever spent in my life. We've completely overestimated this. And so what happens is one of us brought, you know one of those like beer, empty beer dispensers where you can fill up with beer. So we just filled up this beer dispenser with pure soju, right? So this entire party, instead of like having pints of beer,

we would literally like just go to this, go to this soju Go to this soju dispenser, get a glass, and just pour like ourselves a full glass of soo. It was awful, because we all, we drank like nearly all the crates in the first night. So yeah, on the first night, we went through three and a half crates of soju between like about 25 of us.

And I, so we had bunk beds in this place, so naturally, fine. Covered in sick. No, no, no, no, no, no, actually, no one threw up, I think, actually. What? So, so, so, so I'm sleeping in a bunk bed with our editor.

and he's above, not inside the same bed, but I'm kidding. So I'm sitting in the same bunk bed, he's above me. And I wake up at like 6 a.m. because sometimes you know, when you have to you drank, you wake up a little bit, you know, and I see him on the floor, like this, like, I'm sitting on the bottom buck

and I'm like, just like this. At like 6 a.m. and I'm like, you're okay? He's like, it hurts, it hurts so much. And I'm like, what's wrong? He's like, I'm so hung over it. It hurts so much and I'm like, understandable. I'm going back to bed.

I'm going back to bed. Oh my God. He was out of operation the whole day. It was so funny. He's a great editor there, thank God. Estonians, man. That was a good party. So, Chris, when are you going to come to a party in the UK with us?

We'll make sure you. Whatever it is. Fantastic. Chris abroad in the UK. I got really drunk and nearly hijacked a boat with my Estonian friend in London. Wait, wait, wait, you can't just say that. I can't go into it.

detail. Wait, come on, Chris. Every fucking time the camera shuts off. You just say this offhand comment and we're just like, whoa, chota mate, like, can you like explain that? Next episode on Trash Trace, Chris gonna be like, this one time I accidentally stole the Declaration of Independence. Totally funny story.

Can't talk about it then. Well, come on, come on, set the scene. Got already drunk, nearly hijacked a boat on how. Well, how did you nearly hijack a boat? A millionaire guy in the River Thames had like a yacht, they had a party on, and me and my Estonian friend crashed it. Okay. Drunk and early, like, cast off.

How did you nearly cast off? Well, I was really drunk and I found my way into the engine room with the steering room. Are you kidding me? You just find your way into the engine room? I think we're actively trying. It's just some 24 shit. He's on an espionage mission on the...

I am an esteemed YouTuber I cannot talk about it. I'm a nice person. Yeah, I had a shot of whiskey and found myself in fucking MI6. That's kind of what it sounds like. It was one kilometer from MI6 on the river. I could see MI6 from the boat. That's a story for a day. I love how at MI6, you know,

this very secretive thing is like, that's the building, by the building. It's like, giant MI6 side of the building. It's like, oh, there it is. Yeah, good time. I feel like, I love how you made the most interesting story into the most throwaway tidal. Along the times where I used to rule Kazakhstan as well,

you know, classic stories for me, Chris. I accidentally became the King of Kazakhstan. There'll be a book one day, it'll be a very good book. And I hope to promote it on Christ-Tay. Chris Bourne, King of Kazakhstan. Chris Bored. Chris, the board, king of casting. Chris bored, because he's done too much

and now he's bored in life. Someone's been scamming people under my name. Oh yeah, Chris Borad, right? Chris Borad of a brown in Japan. Of a brown in Japan. No way. You're kidding me. You're kidding me.

No, you tweeted about it. There was a screenshot. It was a Facebook page of a screenshot and it had Chris's face on it with the logo as like the banner from the thing. And it was like, Show me this. On one look, you were like,

oh, that's Chris's Facebook page. But then when you look closely, Christopher Broad. Christopher Borad of a brown in Japan. So if he, and apparently if you get this message, you've won $5,000. You haven't won $5,000, you've just been scared. I'm not, Borat, fucking,

Kazakhstan. I wish, I wish my viewers were that creative to come up with those kind of things. That's so funny. Christopher Barat, I had a brown in Japan. You know what the worst, the most awkward thing I ever had was in that kind of sense, is that one time, Bess is really back when I started,

it must have like maybe like 80K subs, so you know, still quite small. And one time I got a Skype friend ad from someone, back when Skype was like still not a boomer thing. That's how you know it's like OG now. Yeah. And I added it and I was like, okay, sure. This is back when you would just be like,

fuck it, yeah, I'll like. Just add anyone, yeah. And they were like, why aren't you replying to my messages when I added them? And I'm like, what? Who are you? Right. What are you?

And they're like, why did you, why did you, they're like, why did you block me in your other account? Like, what, what other account? So what happened was, turns out right, that someone had been pretending to be me on a YouTube channel. Right, right, and they had, and so I got on call with them

because I was like, fuck it, why not? Let's get on cool with this. Let's hear what's going on. Right, so I called them up and they were like, they were like, they were like, they were like, all right, hold on, what's going on? Tell what's going on.

They were like, I was dating you and then we, you stopped messaging me and I'm like, you were dating me and I'm like, this is news to me. And they were like, yeah, I met you through a YouTube channel and then they linked me my YouTube channel. Right, right, right.

And it was someone who had like Pokemon like Ruby plastered all over their thing called like Sea Dog VA, right? And they were American doing a terrible British accent pretending to be, pretending to be me. Right. What? So I was like, huh. And so you think this is, me and they were like, yeah, they said that

this was your second channel. And I'm like, you have to be kidding. And they thought they were dating you. They thought they were dating me. Because this guy, yeah, because this guy apparently was talking to her often and I'm like, do, did he sound like me? And she's like, yeah, yeah, he did.

So I looked on the YouTube videos, he sounded American as fuck. How do he sound? Like, do your voice. Oh my God, do you. Hey, what's up guys? It's C Dogg VA here. Back with another Pokemon Ruby Let's play.

And it was, like totally, I was like, I was dumbfounded at how, because at one part, I felt sorry for this woman because she was hysterical, but on the other, I'm like, how do you fall for this? I feel like you're gonna lose your credit card at some point to some Somalian, like Chris. You know, and I was like dumbfounded,

and I'm like, all right, and I calmed her down. I was like, listen, right? Did you meet up with her, they? I did not, Chris. That could have been the saga. The resolution. Reach out to me if you were, because they were clearly like, you know, dumb.

I don't know, I don't like to call my, my viewer's dumb. But, but. We can't say but. Listen, Chris, if you fall for that, you're dumb. If a guy has a fucking growled on us, their profile picture, there should be alarm bells in your head as to it not being me. Well, maybe you kind of like to crowd on. There is some, you have to feel,

okay, I feel sorry for someone who would, if they felt for something, if they would pretend to be me. But there are certain levels of disbelief where I'm like, this has got to be on you. This is, you know, it wasn't even a British accent. That's where I draw the line. Wasn't even British. Do you even watch my content?

The amount of videos, there are people, like impersonating me for like funny videos. Some of them are quite good. But there's so many where it doesn't not even remotely sound like me. And people are falling. And people, yeah, for videos. Like how? So they'll go on Discord servers with the name Seedog VA.

And they'll go in and they'll start talking and like a fake. Is this in your own Discord? And then sometimes my Discord, other discords too. Like they go into voice chat and stuff? Mm-hmm. Right. And on a random service, random servers. Yeah. This felt like funny videos, some are quite funny actually.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they'll just do a really bad British accent and everyone will be like, oh my god, it's C dog VA. Oh my god, it's him. And I'm sitting here at home like, seriously, that's all it takes? Oh, apparently there's like a demographic of your fans who watch your videos muted.

Everyone, everyone who is British sounds like Connor. I mean, definitely a lot of Americans can't tell the difference between a lot of British accents. Well, I can get that. Yeah, I've had a lot of American folks, like, where are you from in Australia? I'm like, uh, uh, I'm not Australian. I don't know why British and Australians seems to get mixed up quite a lot,

even though I think to us it's like, it's like a complete opposite, yeah. You're, I mean, to me, Australian actors are really different. He doesn't sound that Australian. I don't sound as. Yeah, it doesn't sound as. He does. I don't sound that Australian as I used to.

Right. I don't sound as Australian as I used to. Right. YouTube does that to a man. Yeah, yeah. Like if you go, like, if you go. If you go back, like, the early in my channel, I sound Australian as fuck. YouTube really neutralizes.

Yeah, YouTube really neutralized. Are you laughing? I mean, do you not sound less British as you've gone on? Yeah, you see this earlier videos. I remember on the day I arrived in Japan, week one, I landed in Yamagata and my three teachers who was gonna work with a meet me at the airport.

Right. And I was like, fuck it up, by such a long flower, really tired, and I can't get up it. And they're like, eh. And for one hour, we ate at like a Denny's, and they just, I kept talking and talking, and they kept going, And then afterwards they were like, we don't, we didn't know what, what you were saying.

We don't understand. I don't do the Japanese cat, they're like, we didn't know what you were saying. Right. Oh, yeah. And from then on, I was like, hello, my name is Chris. I'm from London area in the UK

and I'm like, have to change my voice. Does that really like royal pronunciation? Like, oh, mate, hey, dude, it's been a long time, that's how I used to speak. Do you find sometimes that you speak almost like broken English sometimes to, I've tried to stop doing that.

A lot of English teachers in Japan. do the stupid voice. I went shopping with my friends yesterday, and they'll, like, do, like, really... Yeah. ...over in the theatre, right, yeah. Sometimes I'll talk to people, and I'll just deconstruct my English live,

just because I'm like, I think they'll understand if I say it this way, but then I'll go on to speak to Gant, and I'll be like, hi, Gantt, how are you today? I'm, you know, I don't really... Well, I lived in an environment where for weeks at a time,

I was the only foreigner around speaking English, and, like, my English level actually went down, living in that environment. Is it weird not being able to speak English for like a month? Yeah, it's really weird.

I've had that before as well. Issues as a result, but like yeah, my vocabulary ever went down. I couldn't say words like inconsequential. Like that wouldn't come to my mind. When that's what God? I just came to your mind. I was just like, what word is gonna, he's gonna think?

A word, I just wouldn't get it. I'd be like, it's, I just wouldn't come out. I had that, I had that too that, like when I first worked in a Japanese ski, I worked in Nisico, it's like a big ski resort in Hokkaido. Yes. And I worked there for a month. It was like a kind of snow shoveler, like general stuff around the lobbies and stuff.

But all of the people who I worked with were just 100% from Hokkaida, like all Japanese people. So I was forced to basically speak Japanese for a month straight. And I remember I came back to Australia and I was like, oh, it's only been a month, right? Like of course, English is my first language.

Of course I'm not gonna forget it. But then I came back to Australia, I was like, shit, what was that word again? Like I would actually forget some words. In consequential. Yeah, I was like, Concer something or all the fuck. I don't know how to say it hard.

You know, it was just really difficult. But like in terms of like dumbing down your language when speaking to like, you know, Japanese speakers, I feel like anyone who has come from like a bilingual parents or like is bilingual and has had like Asian or parents who don't speak your native language as well, it's something I've just grown up with. Because whenever I speak to my parents, like mostly like,

for example, when I speak to my mom, I mostly speak in Thai, but when I have to express something, in English, I like very much have to dumb down my language and be very careful about how I word things. Because especially like learning in language, you know how their grammar structure is. So you know, like sometimes you hear Japanese people,

like Japanese person speak, try to speak English and you like you understand what their like mentality is or what they're like train of thought is when they're trying to like construct a sentence. And you kind of like, what you kind of learn to do is kind of mirror the way that they would construct a sentence so that they would even more easily understand. Yeah, that's especially what I find myself.

but also, dude, I forget, like, so I'll think of a word in Welsh. I'll be like, and I'll remember the Japanese word for it. And I'm like, what the fuck is it? Which one is it? And vice versa, I'll be speaking Japanese. And I'll be like, I own, why is the Welsh word? Keep popping up in my head when I'm trying

to think of the right word. It's a mess, because I obviously don't use those languages as much, I use English. So in my head, they're slowly like amalgamating together and it's awful. I guess you're kind of getting to the point, and you're all gone, you're kind of, you guys getting to the point where you're learning

a third language, right? I mean, yeah, I mean, I mean, I, I, I try and use it. For you guys is technically like a third language you're trying to learn. Right, I try and use it as much as possible. I mean, I'm doing like a, on the, my new second channel.

Whoa. Oh, wow, wow, yeah, plug. I do a series where I'm, I guess, playing games with Japanese people and using what broken Japanese I have. And sometimes I'm like about to say a word, I'm like, nope, that's the Welsh word. But if you haven't watched that,

you just gonna watch it. If you wanna see my terrible, my terrible Japanese in action. But I do find that that has been the best practice I've had them. which is just talking. Oh, yeah. Unfortunately, I'm in a very privileged situation

where I don't need to talk to Japanese people, which, I mean, you know. If you get a Japanese girlfriend, every day is a language lesson. What if they speak fluent English? Well, it's screwed. And you're just going to be speaking English, right? Right, would you not find that communication

would be an issue if you could... It was, right. When I dated a Japanese girl, we used to have arguments, and I just didn't know what was going on. Right, right. Oh, yeah. Well, yeah.

She was really angry, and she didn't speak English very well. I didn't speak Japanese very well. at the time. Didn't know what we were arguing about. You both just had your phones out of Google Translain. Yeah. Because when you think about it.

I hate you, translate. When you think about it in English, we have so many ways to convey levels of upset that are so precise, I feel, that it's almost like impossible to translate that to a non-native speaker almost. I mean, it's, you know, it's the whole idea of like the word fuck, right? Like that could be used in literally any emotion ever. But trying to, I had to explain that to one of my Japanese friends, because he had to heard of that word before, but he was like,

what does it actually mean? I was like, whatever you want to me. Well, it's kind of- Use your imagination. Yeah, when I said, it can mean anything. He was just like, what does that mean? For my experience, teach my Japanese friends the word, fuck, because they'll just use it.

They use it every time, yeah. Big fuck. I mean, Nazki's like the sole example. Big fuck. He went to like this abandoned love hotel when he referred to it as a scary fuck point. The thing is he would be completely correct in that. I was in a hotel, scary fuck point.

What he was trying to say was this is, the fucking scary place. Yeah. But you're like to, scary, scary fuck. For some, some reason. When I've been meeting Japanese people online on video games, they seem to only know

the worst words. Oh gosh. Like for one, this one guy kept telling me he had a magnum, oh, chin chin. And I was like, how do you know the word magnum? That is such a, you know, who taught you this? Who, how do you find this out?

I love how he loves, he knows the word magnum, but not the word for penis. Yeah. It was just the, yeah, the dichotomy of Magnum-O-chin-chin-it. It was so strange. It sounds like a rock star. Yeah.

Or a rock band. Please welcome, Magnum or Chin-Chim. I want to be in that back. It was great. They'd ask me out my dick size live on stream, and I'm like, are you sure you want to ask that? Like, they're good sports, though. They're good sports. It's so good. I learned that there's also a, they have a term, and a game, in Japan where they have real Tomo.

Ah, Diatomo? Yeah, so when you game online with people, they're not the real friends. And when sometimes if you're busy, you're like, I'm playing with real Tomo. Yeah, it's like, Diatomo is like the equivalent of like IRL friends. Yeah, which is like funny,

because it's like you're not real. It's interesting. You're my gaming friend. You're not my real friends. Yeah, yeah, I've been learning a lot. They're doing that. Yeah, there's a lot of like Japanese, I guess, like, internet slang

you'll learn from playing with Japanese. Yeah, luckily I've been playing with one guy. and he's been figuring out how to like dumb things down for me. Right, right. Which is good because sometimes he talks too fast. If he was like throwing out like two chan lingo. Because they throw like, like they never use like any,

they always use like plane form and stuff like that and throw all that me like fucking, this is not like my classes. What's all this nonsense? Where is the Kutawit Ingo desksa? Where is he haven't said Watashiya once. What's up? What's going on here?

I feel like Watashiwa is the biggest fucking lie you learn. Yeah. Whatatashi, nobody says that. On Duolingo, it constantly throws Watashi nonstop at you. It's the first thing you learn. Right. Every Japanese textbook and every classroom. And then you talk to them and you're like,

so that was a fucking line. No one mentioned it. I have to say now to everyone who messaged me every day saying they've learned Japanese from Diolingo. It doesn't prepare you for Japanese. Duolingo is fun. It's quite fun, but like, it won't prepare you on the ground.

It's a little mini game it is. It's a nice little bit. It helps with vocab, but that's honestly as far as it goes. But even then, because sometimes Duolingo will tell you will tell you try and teach you kanji before it's even taught you all the Hiragano and Katkaner, which blows my mind. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's insane. It did do that. I think we've talked about this before. That's like teaching you like algebra before you've learned multiplication, right? It's like, why. Yeah, duolingo's all right, but like human Japanese, really good app I recommend.

It is paid for, but it's like a free light version. Yeah, but I don't mind paying for an app if it actually is good. It is really, I used it for first year, human Japanese, human Japanese intermediate. Everyone I've recommended to who loves it. So if you're learning Japanese, you're like really starting tomorrow afternoon,

Human Japanese, amazing. Do you recommend the Genki textbooks? They're good after like you've done Japanese studying for like six months. That's like the one textbook I hear. You've started studying tomorrow, you come in Japan, that is the app you get. And that really helped me in my first year,

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Unfortunately. I used to write every day he'd last, but please have me back on Mr. Connor and Joey. It's getting really annoying hearing the banging outside all the time. Let me come back. Let me back. But, uh, no, I've had a lot of fun today. All right, fantastic. Well done guys for turning trash taste into a success.

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Goodbye, good day to you. So, have a good one, guys. I'll cheers to that. Cheers, boys. Thanks guys, thanks to watching. Bye. To continuing this off camera. God damn it.

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