We're Here to Help - 42: Dress For the Guy You Want to Be (with Boban Marjanović)

Episode Date: January 8, 2024

Jake, Gareth, and special guest Boban Marjanović (Houston Rockets and Self-Reliance) talk to a teacher about gaining some respect in the classroom. Later, Jake and Gareth chat with a caller about a Rubik’s cube problem. Want to call in? Email your question to [e-mail] the video episodes of the podcast at Youtube.com/@HeretoHelpPod!Check out our We’re Here to Help sweatshirts, hats, and tote bags at heretohelppod.com!If you’re enjoying the show, make sure to rate We’re Here to Help 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts.Follow the show on Instagram @HereToHelpPod and TikTok also at @HereToHelpPodAdvertise on We’re Here to Help via Gumball.fm See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

and we are back an unbelievable episode a. A very exciting episode in many ways. Our first one at our new home, HeadGum. HeadGum. We're in the studio. Also, go to YouTube. Yes. What's our handle? Our handle is at HereToHelpPod.

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And then watch it. If you want to watch it. And then watch it. We have a special one. We do. Today we have a very special one. We always say that, but we mean it. We have, well.

You know what we should do for Steve Berg's? Not call it a special one. He would not even say he's on the show. He's our dear friend. That's why we can get away with saying that well i don't know him but he seems all right uh neither i met him here so uh an actor yes in your film self-reliance a professional best so he comes in i'd written a part from in my movie self-reliance i needed a january 12th i maybe now potentially into days. And he came on as an actor. He crushes it. He's in Sandler's movie, the basketball one.

He is as delightful as you'd want him to be. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Boban Marjanovic. So please check him out. Tallest player in the NBA. And wildly strong. And so tall. We took a picture, and his hand is the size of my upper body and i gotta say apart

from his size very funny very funny very charming very smart yeah and as good of a vibe as you're gonna get yeah ladies and gentlemen without further adieu so here we are we're here to help america's's favorite podcast, number one podcast in the United States of America. I would say Serbian's favorite podcast. Yeah, and we expect the Serbian spike. This better be a bump in Serbia. With Boban Marjanovic.

You say right. You joined us. Now, Boban, how do you pronounce his name? Don't look at the poster behind you. Gerrit, Gerrit. You said it right. I know about Gerrit, but get it like big b and little j together again and kind of medium ish small j thanks for coming in man yeah no thank you for

hearing me guys for those who do not know bowman he's a professional basketball player you're on the houston rockets right now you had practice today. Yes. He came after practice, which we appreciate. And the other thing about Bowman, how I know him, is he's a great actor. Wow. And he was in my movie, and I was telling Gareth before you got here, but I wrote it with you in mind. You were the only guy I wanted for it,

and I appreciate you doing it. You're awesome in the movie. Everybody who sees it, it's a real standout scene. So thanks for doing the movie. Yeah, you're great in the movie. Thank you very it's a real standout scene so thanks for doing the movie yeah you're great in the movie thank you very much thank you for nice words coming from you

and I know you you was director producer and yeah you're the main character in the movie I really have I really have like

great great experience a lot of advice from you thank you on that and I really like I really enjoy no basketball advice right just acting

no basketball advice but you know like I think we like we basketball advice, right? Just acting advice. No basketball advice. But you know, I think we're like learning every single day something new and this is like, this is what I hear this couple of nice words.

This is like, make me like, yeah. Even you feel proud and confident in a basketball court outside, walking on the street,

that type of things. That's good. What I think with you, man, is when your basketball career is over, push into the acting. Can you guys put me in the show? Yes! That's why we're doing this, man.

You got that thing, man. You're great. Well, I hate to interrupt, guys, but we have a caller on the line if you want to have him join. Sorry I talk too much. No, you talk the right amount. And you said Jake gave you great advice. Amazing advice. So that's what this show is. So we're going to give advice to whoever helps. We're going to give advice. We get advice. Okay, I guess you guys

pass him that. Yeah. You start us. Alright, here we go. Hello, caller. Welcome to the podcast. We're here to help. One pause. He's only doing the notebook because I do it. It's not. He's not a notebook guy. You ever seen the movie Twins? Yes. It's like us. Have you ever seen the movie

Single White Female? No. That's really like us. It's where I kill Jake at the end. Yesterday we did this and I was wearing this shirt and I mostly don't look great when we do our Zooms and Gareth goes you look good today. And I go I said thanks. Today he showed up. He's wearing the same clothes as me. Do you think that I would imagine

that Jake's going to wear the same shirt two days in a row? Let's go to the caller. Alright. And me too. We'll switch shirts after this. We'll see what happens. You look a little cooler Jake's going to wear the same shirt two days in a row. Let's go to the caller, please. All right. And me, too. I bet you're going to be good. Yeah, you're good, too. We'll switch shirts after this. We'll see what happens. You look a little cooler than us. We look similar.

Come on. We both look great. We all look great. We look okay. We look great. Let's go bully them. All right, caller. Sorry about that.

We just had to get some business out of the way. You're on, as usual, with Jake and Gareth, And we have a very special guest, professional basketball player, actor, Boban Marjanovic is with us as well. 7'4". 7'4". Yes, and the man is a 7'4 actor and basketball player.

Okay, so he's a triple threat. I see why this relates to my question now. Well, I got to tell you, we don't know your question. Yeah. So Gareth, Bobanareth and myself are in the dark so where are we at here what's your name please yep i'm juliana hi juliana okay where hi juliana i can't do you writing the notes too i have to write them we're in a fucking two-shot

it's adorable no gary on the next. You know I love your weirdness. This is what we both write. I know. Well, you've got a cute pencil. Just stop. I need it. You guys both cute. Thank you.

You guys look cute. Both cute. Dress nice. I love this guy. This guy's been my guy for 20 years. This is too much. I'm missing my brother. Hey, hold on.

I've known this guy for 20 years. This is too much. Hey. Hey, come on. What are we doing here? Good looking. Hey, good looking. Hey, how do you play? Hey is too much. Hey. Hey, come on. What are we doing here? Good looking. Hey, good looking. Hey, howdy, pie.

Hey, good looking. Hey, sweetheart. Okay. If when you walked in. Try it. He was laughing every time. If you walked in and I go, hey, man, great to see you. And Gareth said this.

Hey, man, great to see you. Self-reliance was so much fun. We've got to do that again. No, no, no. As you. Oh, okay. Hey, honey pie, how you doing? No, the thing you said off camera that you were going to try. man great to see you self-reliance was so much fun no gotta do that again no no no as you okay hey honey pie how you doing no the thing you said off camera that you were gonna try hey big guy no you little chicken shit he was gonna say that he wanted to say this hey big dick how you doing

you must have a big old dick this and i said and i said i wouldn't do it. He's a nice guy, but it's not going to land. And Gareth said, I should try it. And I go, just go. Because, Boba, Jake was talking about how his dad used to, to guys, be like, hey, cutie pot. My father used to say to men. So I wasn't just going like, hey, he's going to walk in. I'm going to go, hey, big dick. My father used to say to men, he would say, he would call men good looking. So he would say, without it being a joke, he'd go like, hey, sweetheart, how you doing?

Good looking. Hey, honey. And men would respond to him affectionately. Yes. So then Gary said, I should try it. I should say, hey, good looking. Yes. And then he said, I should say when he walks in, hey, big dick.

And we got there slowly. But you see, there was some machinations that led up to this. And I would sit like this. We bring out an extra chair. The other thing that's weird is that today he's dressing like me and now doing a notepad and crossing his leg. It's too much, Garth. Juliana, we're really excited to have you on the show.

You're on with Jake, Jake, and Boban. Can we get your age roughly and where are you calling from? I'm 20, and I'm calling from Massachusetts. Uh, all right. What can, uh, what can we help you with?

I'm in college right now. I'm studying to be an elementary school teacher, but the thing is I'm very short. Oh, I'm four foot. And four, 10. Okay.

Four, 10. Yes. Okay. And so kids are constantly, you you know questioning my age and everything they say what they want to say the kids kind of just say whatever's on their mind which i've gotten used to but the thing that i'm more worried about is teachers thinking i'm a student and me like walking down the halls and then telling you to get back to class or something.

So you're four foot 10 and I don't know elementary school sizes, but what's the average size? Is that a first through fifth? Elementary is first through sixth. Technically I'm looking to do grades more like first through third. Honestly, a big reason is it will be smaller so like there might be a little bit more of a height difference uh but sixth grade i'm like roughly the size of a sixth grader can i say something you know like i have i understand you because like i'm on but a different side because like i'm i really like from beginning from beginning of my life i was like tall tall tall tall person and they think i'm I'm the smartest and the oldest guy in the group.

Never mind if I'm the youngest than everybody else. Sorry for my English, by the way. But I want to say, because I learned that all my years and all my experience, because it depends on how great heart you are and how you believe in yourself and what is your confidence and passion. If you try to be what you want to yourself and what is your confident passion. Like, you know, like, if you try to be what you want to be, this is who you will be.

Like, don't listen to what people say, how the people, like, look around because you, if you listen every time that, like, you will, like, every time think about that and you will not be happy. It's amazing. You need to be happy who you are and with your heart, with your knowledge,

what you can be, what you can bring with your heart, with your knowledge, what you can be, what you can bring and look from the bright side. That is beautiful advice. Gareth, listen to it next time you get dressed for one of these. Be yourself. You're a beautiful guy. You might be a little bit littler than me, but don't dress

like me and then do the stuff I do. On a two shot. But maybe he wants to be like you. Maybe he's idle. Because a two shot. But maybe he wants to be like you. Maybe he's his idol. Because you drive to the end and you know he wants to be like you. He's like my little brother. He was like, oh, that shirt is so nice. That's what he did.

I did see the shirt. And yesterday, what I wish he did is what you gave the advice. Bowman, that advice is perfect. Believe in yourself. And that is go with your heart, listen to yourself, and have your inner confidence of who you are gareth yep and if that dress for that don't dress for the job you want dress for the guy you want to be

it's an american expression so so it's so it's it's basically it, it's talking about manifesting what you want. So what? Go ahead. Well, I mean, I don't have anything, let's be honest. I like this. Yeah. So it's basically what I'm saying is, you know, I don't need to necessarily dress out of my comfort zone.

I just need to dress for who I want to be, and I want to be Jake. So when you got dressed today, what were you thinking? I was thinking, you know, like I will dress what they can fit. Yeah. Whatever fits you'll wear. I was like, what they bring on the road, this is what they can fit. So Julian, I got a question for you because I do think this ties back to you. So one of the things I think is going to set you apart from a fourth grader is what you wear. Right.

Right. So I got kids who are 10 years old and their outfits are definitely the outfits of children. So potentially 4'10 is not tiny. Maybe it's you do the bowline thing where you listen to your heart. You have your confidence. God bless that. But you lean in to dressing and looking like an old lady teacher. Juliana, you're 20 years old. You're a kid. When you are at school, you're not a 22 year old co-ed who just started teaching.

Who's cute. You're a 65 year old lady. You lean in cardigans. Do you wear glasses? I do sometimes. Well, you do it all the time and the glasses yeah you got a chain you get the old lady frame but juliana it sounds like we're doing a joke here but we're really pitching and here's why if you look like an old lady and i'm not talking about wear the gray wig but you lean into the kind of clothes that are not fashionable. They're comfortable. You get shoes that are meant for comfort, not aesthetic. Yeah. You get loose fitting slacks that don't flatter the body. You get a sweatshirt that's fine.

And you wear your hair in a way that is okay. Maybe a gray streak if you're really looking for it. And you wear glasses with a little chain, you bring a gross bag lunch, and all the kids go, that's definitely our teacher. You don't like this book. I love my teacher.

It's part of the Boban's advice. I think my advice is a little bit better, but I can agree with you. No, I think you're right. Like, a little bit. Yeah. Sorry, he more talk about, like about like outside i talk about more inside yes but that's why we're a good team okay gareth just does what i do on the outside yeah but jake like boban saying the outside doesn't matter so why are you so hung up on what i wear because that's what this calls about

so juliana is afraid that the outside and correct me if i'm wrong juliana i'm asking not telling is that this career you want to do you're afraid that the other kids are going to go miss juliana is us and they're not going to show respect they're not going to show you authority i think the one that like just scares me the most is teachers mistaking me for a child and like how I respond to them. Yeah. But that's one of those things that it's happens a couple times and then they know. Yeah.

What were you thinking? No, I said like we, everybody kids, you know, like I'm 35 years old and we's like, we, and we are kids.

We are kids in a cart. Yeah. You can never change that. You every time you have that, this is because you get great with the kids. Yeah. But also I'm going to stand with you. You guys are both pushing this under the rug.

It's very embarrassing to be a teacher with your students and have another teacher go, hey, all you guys, sit down now. And then when Juliana doesn't sit, they go, I'm looking at you, yellow shirt. And it's the gym teacher who goes, hey, young lady, get your butt down. And you go like i'm mrs watson that's humiliating i mean you're you're basically asking her to mrs doubtfire at her school so the question is are you down to like i think some glasses anything that'll subtly age you up but wearing non-flattering slacks and dressing like having like eight brooches on your top.

Put t-shirt. I'm the teacher. Or yeah. Yes. Holy shit. Or a name tag. Yeah, a name tag because they asked me how tall I am. Get a name tag.

I think to do like my tattoo here. I'm 7'4". That's so funny. Don't ask me how it's weather up there. A neck tag. The same is down. A neck tag. Wait, but hold on.

Hold on, Juliana. I actually think that's a really fun idea for when you start a job, and that is a shirt that says, I might be little, but I'm the teacher, because it's going to spread with the other teachers. People are going to laugh at it. It's going to show your personality, that you're not sensitive about your home. I like it. But it's going to say, and then

it's preventing you from wearing the outfit that I pitched that nobody seems to like, but I did think was going to win. Well, it's when you said unflattering slacks that I think we all dropped a little. It's a close second, but I think the funny t-shirt might be better for me. Really? Yes. I like it a lot.

And you can sell the t-shirts like down on the school. Now you got a merch line. See, this is a businessman. What else? And you can sell the t-shirts, like, down on the school. Now you got a merch line. See, this is a businessman. Oh, my God, we can sell this. And you can make a lot of money. We can sell it. We were all in the room when the idea happened, my friend.

So, Juliana, do you think there's a reality of possibly, when you start this thing, wearing a shirt that says something funny, such as, I may be short, but I'm the teacher? I honestly could see myself doing that. I definitely have become a lot more comfortable with my height. I think when I was a kid, obviously, I was more sensitive, but I'm really fine with it now. I make fun of myself all the time. My friends tease me about it, and I'm really fine with it. So I feel like that's definitely something I would do a little bit more than the Mrs. Doubtfire route.

That sounds right. Yeah, if you're down to do that, I mean, I think that's really funny and a really good way to kind of handle it. Do you feel like it's either a shirt? You could also do a pin? Right. The reason I say a pin is this. So Gareth is right. I have one nice shirt that i wear for

all my press and now i'm considering we have one and now that gareth is wearing the same shirt as me yeah i'm realizing i probably need a second shirt we need so my my comment no we need this now you understand what the show is uh the show's called We're Here to Help. What it should be called is I Need Help. Please help me. I Need Help from Gareth with Jake Johnson. But here's what I'm saying about the pin. You wear the pin the first week of school every day because you can't wear the shirt every day, but you can wear the pin,

and it can be something that becomes fun for the other teachers. Do you have anything, Bowman, where you'll do? do because obviously at your height that's a big focus of conversation when you go everybody's interested i i know you're a really warm guy when you came on set you say hi to everybody when you walked in here a lot of people don't do what you do but you introduce yourself to everybody is that partly to make everybody comfortable or is that just your personality? I think it's my personality. And, and on the end, like you want to be comfortable with the guy who you meet, but right now, because we talked about her, she can be so mad because I have met teachers that she's

angry on everything. Like, Oh, why you do that? Why you do that? Like do this, do this. Why didn't your homework, uh, sit down. I don't want to listen to you anymore. Like you, you need to show, uh, how's the authority? Yes. Yeah. You need to show authority. Sit down. I don't want to listen to you anymore. Like you need to show, how to say,

authority? Yes. Yeah. You need to show authority. This is because I married, I married my wife like five, four, five,

four. And between us, it's big difference. Just know, I know how she do to me. This is because you could try it with that kid. So she just, there's almost a Juliana difference.

She just gets aggressive early. She's the chihuahua and dominates. This is what I want. Do this. And stop laughing at the teachers or like friends or colleagues. Does your wife have a button, a little sign that says, I may be smaller than you, but I'm the boss? No, she don't care.

I see that in the eyes. The attitude. She don't need to care. So, Juliana, there's two things. And I think he's right there. And obviously, you know this because you're going to school for it. But the authority you will put over the kids obviously is going to fix that issue. I've had smaller teachers I was disrespectful to and bigger teachers.

You're going to have some asshole kids like me and Gareth. You don't have a chance no matter what. I was good. You were good. But then you're going to have some bobas who are going to be good kids. I don't know. Can't remember. But I think the pin or the shirt is for the other teachers.

Yeah, I think so too. I like to think I'm pretty good with kids and, you know, other, like my family members and my friends and stuff will not hesitate to say I definitely have a big personality. I don't have a hard time opening my mouth and saying how I feel. So the authority thing, I think I actually got, but more just the kind of possible, inevitable embarrassment of a teacher thinking I'm a student. But I really like the idea of like a pin or a funny t-shirt,

you know, making fun of it. Well, I gotta say, this is your victory here, sir. It's your advice. You're one for one. I said Mrs. Doubtfire. This is how we do. Yeah. You won the call.

Our recommendation is coming from Boban. He's saying a shirt or a pin. Sounds like you're going to take it. If anybody asks where you get the idea. Give them my phone number and tell them to call me. He's got two phones. You get one of the phones. Call him on one of his two phones.

Thank you very much for the call. We appreciate you. Of course. Thank you so, so much for having me. Thank you. All the best. Call him on one of his two phones. Thank you very much for the call. We appreciate you. Of course. Thank you so, so much for having me. Thank you. Good luck. Today's episode is brought to you by Babbel. That's right, Jake. Listen, you know what Babbel is, right? Science-backed language learning app that actually works,

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It's actually pretty much what it sounded like. That's what a doctor said to me about my hips. I'm getting to the point where it's sad when doctors are just like, yeah, you're just the... He goes, I've had a doctor who looked at my body and then went like this. Well, you're mid-40s, yeah? Ugh, what a jerk. Well, that guy's hopefully not on ZocDoc. But again, it really does.

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That's Z-O-C-D-O-C dot com slash H-T-H. ZocDoc.com slash H-T-H. Hello. Welcome to We're Here to Help You On with Jake Johnson. Gareth Reynolds, who are you, where are you, and how old are you, roughly? Okay, I am Lukeke he him i'm coming to you from edmonton alberta and i am 38 years old so far sounds like things are really great luke i don't see a problem i've got no notes what's going on man uh okay well i've just got this one uh weird hobby that uh i see a potential problem there's blood in the water here we go weird hobby i don't know good for us bad for you my friend it's been in my life now all right talk to us so i'm pretty good with a rubik's cube whoa love this okay and i've been solving them for a while sure i'm pretty

fast now usually about 30 seconds or so no kidding good for you those people very jealous now you're keeping the stickers on or are you taking them off that's not what smart people would ask my model is more of a pro model yes yeah okay i'm so sorry because i can do one real quick just if you can remove the stickers the key is you got to make sure that they that they still have adhesive but go ahead you're doing it the old-fashioned way respect love it it's well i i can i also have a like a lot of stickerless models to sort of evade that right it doesn't have stickers to take all right look so you're really good at a rubik's cube uh i can't go down this rabbit hole with stickers no stickers i think honestly people who can do go down this road with all those stickers. No stickers. I think, honestly,

people who can do stuff like this, I find you guys really impressive. You have great brains. Thank you. I think I don't include you in that. You're definitely a guy who would take all the stickers off and do it in post. Yeah, yeah.

You gotta have a fake cube in your back pocket. And it would still take you a while. Oh, yeah, it takes ages. A problem with a guy like me is I think that you're all lying and it's impossible to fix these things. They're not meant to be solved. Oh, my God even darker i'm like not a chance i go i've tried

it but i go like this i turn this cube around i can't even get the tubi cube i'm like nah i'm out this doesn't work it's not real life so go ahead luke what's the problem you're great at a rubik's cube yeah anybody can learn how to do it in like an hour or two if they're not sure not right not true that will that will take them you know that'll take them like two minutes to solve probably i'm not accurate no look we'll get into your problem in a minute here but just you are downplaying the skill you i i think the problem might be you're a little bit insecure about how good your brain is you're up there in canada being like oh it's not a problem we're all right we could all do it if we're the sats pretty easy oh not a problem well that was easy all those iq tests i used to take as a kid yeah sure i was in

but i wasn't like the top of it oh come on everyone can move books of their mind it's not a skill i'm just a regular guy so i could see through walls and see what's on the other side so luke what is the issue here, my friend? Well, the issue is I just kind of don't know where that it fits into my everyday life. Because the scene of cube people, they're like mostly prepubescent math nerd boys. And I don't fit in there so much as a 38 year old man. So yeah, it could be potentially pretty helpful if like I wanted to, you know,

impress clients or something like that in my professional life. What is your profession? You don't just whip out. So I help associations and nonprofits. So I have quite a nonprofit. So you think to close a deal, you could be like, look,

running a nonprofit is a complicated puzzle, but complicated puzzles are not as crazy as they seem. You could, you could be like look running a non-profit is a complicated puzzle but complicated puzzles are not as crazy as they seem you could lord luke you could do it if you did like a 30 second commercial yeah yeah so you are really good at rubik's cubes you can solve them in 30 seconds and you're wondering what how can i make this fit into my daily life as an adult man but meaning what like it's a kid's toy for the most part yes but do you enjoy doing it i do yeah and i'm getting i keep drilling and trying to get faster and beat my times and stuff like that yeah so my guy there's a the amount of embarrassing hobbies that human beings do a third of them are olympic sports

these days right then you go this isn't real life what you guys are doing and they go yes it is i'm actually a champion at it and you go oh it's just a weird hobby that you're into your hobby shows something that i personally think would be in an attractive trait and that is you're pretty smart and you're pretty clever but but he's asking for daily applicability and i mean you can't there isn't one yeah but you also don't need it you don't have to walk i mean are you a weirdo do you walk around with it all the time are you doing it uh 19 hours a day or do you just do it sometimes if i'm going on the plane or on the bus i might whip it out yeah of course by the way cool no wrong wrong let me tell you yes if i'm sitting next to someone on the plane and they're doing a rubik's cube conversation started i'm like get the duct tape

not me this person needs to be taped to the chair just for the safety of it it's not normal if i sat next to someone on a plane and they were continuously some little geek playing game boy who's way more normal that's I mean, but it's worse. It's weird. I'm just being honest. But I'll tell you what, Luke. I play on my phone nonstop chess, okay? And if this is a Rubik's Cube, it's still taking me nine hours to solve it.

Yeah. But I'm always constantly in between stuff. It would be one thing if there was a guy sitting next to me doing a Rubik's Cube. Okay, this guy brought a little... Yeah. If a guy is doing it over and over againik's cube okay you sky brought a little if a guy is doing it over and over again i'm like this is weird not me i'm thinking this guy has a skill set now is there anything that you could do are there competitions luke oh no i'm i'm nowhere near

competition like when i say 30 seconds and you hear that's good it's like pro level is like five seconds 100 but here's what i'm saying no but here's what I'm saying. No, but here's what I'm saying. You're going after something. So you're not going to be the top. That's great. But you have a hobby and this hobby is trying to put together a Rubik's cube in five seconds and you're at 30. So if you shave your time to 25, that's interesting. If I'm your friend and we're in a bar, one of the questions I'm asking is how's work at the nonprofit? Everything's good. How about, yeah, pretty good. My back's back's hurting i'm balding i don't know if i mentioned that and you go yeah you've mentioned it and i go it's really bad under keep it on him because we're i agree yeah then i'm gonna say the fact that you have a real life

fear of lights is not great but we'll talk not great here and then then luke i'm missing a tooth it looks good i'm telling you it's going to help your standard no look at me with a full head of hair wow tommy salik all of a sudden to complete the picture i'm balding too i don't know if that of course we are luke so here's what i'm saying to you in the bar and here's my point is after we get through the small talk about our hair which we'd get in and there's some pills you can do my guy i'll talk to you about that at the bar then i'm saying what's your time on the cube and if you go i'm at 28 seconds i go you fucking shave two seconds my guy then you're saying how's the chest and i go i got beat by a nine-year-old and you're going why and i go because my brain's not

good enough to compete at a high level like you but let's get you down to 20 let's get my rating up to a 900 which is humiliating but that is such a, that is it. Other than like bringing the cube out, which is a no. Which is a maybe. Which is a no. And talking about it, there's really not much else to it. What you really need is like, there is a community for this stuff. Right.

Right? But he said they're little guys. You don't want to hang out with a bunch of little guys. I'm like double the age of everybody. Yeah, I agree. But I think there's a cube beauty, I'll call it. But Luke, are you looking for a community? Cube unity.

Because I don't want to go down this weird road. I don't think you're asking, how do I make friends in the cube community? But I also don't want him going to a bar like he's read the game and he's showing up with a Rubik's Cube. Facts. Okay. So I wouldn't do this as like a pickup thing. This isn't your peacocking. But it's,

put it as a necklace and wear a goofy hat. Yeah. Wear a big hat. Call yourself a Rubik's cube. I was just going to say, if I was going out to a bar to maybe if it came up naturally, that like somebody planted it so that it was there when I arrived and it wasn't me just pulling it out of my pocket.

By the way, if that happened to me at the bar, then I think you're a weirdo because I know you planted it. Luke, if someone finds out that you are Rubik's Cube planting and pre-placing... Then you're the weirdest. Listen, we're going to keep this

as organic and natural as possible. No, my vote is yes. Do that, Luke, everywhere you go. Do not listen to Kevin. Do not listen to Kevin right now. You are not showing up. Hey, whoa. Would you look at that? They got one of those bar Rubik's cubes. And then your friend goes, so what, man?

Anyhow, the way I was talking about my mother's having really bad back pain. Oh, man. Look. Oh, 30 seconds. Not anyone could do that. Thank God they had that here. Anyway, so I don't really know what to do with my mom. I'm going to rearrange it again. Did you hear what I said about my mom's back? Yeah, that's a complicated puzzle back surgery. You know what else is, but not to me?

This one, look at that. So Luke, in closing, I think we got to get out of this one because my pitch to you is you don't have a problem. You have a skill. I would not overly lean into it because it's not a highly celebrated skill. I would not plant lean into it because it's not a highly celebrated skill. I would not plant a Rubik's Cube in places you go. If you walk into a Chipotle and then go like, hey, can I get a chicken ball with brown rice?

Look at this. You're a weirdo. Each section, I'm resolving it. But the ability to have something that you can do in 30 seconds like this, I think it's pretty great. I would say don't join the community. i see this as a non-issue keep going and when you're at 22 seconds i'd like you to call i'd like you to film yourself doing it send it to the show and we would love to repost it but if it's over 22 seconds you need more practice you're a joke luke i uh i think that this is this is a home

skill you don't like i'm not going to show up to a bar with a slinky for a reason these are little because you can't do it right i can too put it you throw it up the stairs or something like that exactly put in an elevator stickers is your new nickname i've got like two of the stickers on my face i'm like boy i came pretty close but I thoughtfully told you. I think this is something just I think I kind of there is a Venn diagram of our advice here. Keep it at home. Keep getting better at it. I do think there's a community, which I think we obviously have to copyright of people who are probably more your age who are into this. If you wanted to engage in that, I think there's a way to do that. But I also think this is one of those things that, you know, it's more of a home thing. I don't think you should be taking it out to the bar. I

would, I mean, if you want to talk about it to someone is a 10 second conversation. I know if my buddy kept bringing up the Rubik's cube, I'd be like, I'm good. Yeah. You know what I mean? So I just think, don't feel, don't feel like you necessarily need to exploit this. Just enjoy it for what it is. And then Luke, I'm going to add three seconds to my time and ask you when you get down to 25 seconds to please film yourself and send it in. I could shoot for something a little like 20, sub 20. If you go sub 20,

I'm going to lose my fucking mind. Let's go. If you get sub 20, Luke, I'm going to lose my top, my guy. Cause that's a real time. Okay. If you get 19 seconds, I'm going to freak out. He's going to be peeling the stickers off. I'm going to lose my top, my guy. Because that's a real time. Oh, yeah.

If you get 19 seconds, I'm going to freak out. He's going to be peeling the stickers off. I can tell already. No peeling. I recognize a sticker peeler when I talk. Luke, thank you for the call, my friend. Good luck out there. Hey, thank you.

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