Ben Doesn't Drive His Lamborghini, The Perfect Male Saturday, & Biggest Lie On The Internet

Summary

Life Wide Open with CboysTV

Episode: Ben Doesn't Drive His Lamborghini, The Perfect Male Saturday, & Biggest Lie On The Internet
Date: October 10, 2023
Featuring: CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, Micah, Jamie, Justin

---

Episode Overview

This episode of Life Wide Open is a laid-back and humorous exploration of CboysTV’s behind-the-scenes antics, reflections on hobbies, international travel stories, the reality of owning supercars, and bro-to-bro standards for the “ideal male Saturday.” The group also unpacks the truth behind viral social media “lies” and the psychology of haters online, blending relatable storytelling, Midwest observations, and their signature playful banter.

---

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Life at the CboysTV Office: Bugs, Water Fountains, and Wake-Up Calls

• The crew starts with a lighthearted rant about the office’s recurring moth problem, thanks to frequently open garage doors.
  • [01:09] Ken: “It’s crazy how many different waves of bugs we have here.”
• Discussion escalates into the idea of installing a water fountain to improve office air quality, with jokes about mall fountains and Sims-style upgrades.
• The team recalls a recent dramatic wake-up prank, pouring 10 gallons of water on Micah:
  • [04:19] Ken: “This one was, no joke, like a mini tidal wave. I woke up just in time and two buckets… in slow motion. It was aggressive.”
  • [05:36] Ken addresses fans’ frequent question: Does he get pissed at these wake-up pranks? He responds that it’s mostly expected and he’s a good sport.

2. Global Adventures: Italy, Study Abroad, and Oktoberfest

• Justin shares highlights from his “trip of a lifetime” to Italy with his wife: food, wine, unreal landscapes, and historical marvels.
  • [07:12] Justin: “It kind of ruins food and wine for you anywhere else.”
  • [10:46] Jamie: “Over there, if it’s 100 years old, it’s the newest building in the city.”
• The group reminisces about Ken’s transformative study-abroad experience in Europe, riffing on “bro code” not applying in different time zones.
• Oktoberfest comes up, leading to a debate about why it’s mostly in September (“It just ends in October.” - [11:49] Jamie), and stereotypical images of German celebrations.
• Justin and Jamie detail seeing supercars like Bugattis in European cities, sparking a conversation about the impact of car culture abroad.

3. Car Talk: Supercars, Garage Queens, and Art-on-Wheels

• The iconic jab: Ben has a Lamborghini he never drives.
  • [14:13] CJ: “You don’t even drive the goddamn thing. It’s a crime.”
  • [14:16] Ben: “It’s just more fun to have the risk of it sitting there… not sure what’ll be wrong with it.”
• The crew debates whether rare or expensive cars belong on the road or in museums:
  • [14:53] Ken: “Certain cars, I guess, should be in museums, but I think 99% of cars should be driven.”
  • [15:48] Jamie: “There’s a threshold where it becomes truly a work of art that should be kept perfectly in a glass box.”
• Spirited teasing about “garage queen” owners who baby even modest sports cars, leading to nostalgia over seeing a Ferrari for the first time.
• Stunt motorcycles and risky riding also come up, with Ken describing “the adrenaline” of a freezing, rainy ride ([18:31]-[19:26]), and Ben reflecting on his lack of desire for street riding.

4. Midwest Life and Male Traditions: Rivers, Fishing, and the "Ideal Saturday"

• Brief, comedic confusion about how rivers start and flow:
  • [22:07] Ben: “If the whole river is flowing, how does it just start from a stream?”
  • [22:48] Mike gives the classic elementary explanation about tributaries.
• Justin details his fishing hobby—building a tricked-out kayak, and enjoying the outdoors:
  • [27:50] Justin: “I have a little boat that I’ve been fishing out of a little bit… it’s a good way to pass the time.”
• The group deconstructs the elements of a “perfect male Saturday,” consensus emerging around:
  • Wife/girlfriend out of town
  • Beer/lunch with the boys
  • Fishing or comparable “man activity”
  • A home improvement project or “unplanned task with some struggle”
  • Epic “side quests” like helping a neighbor, fixing something in the garage, or rolling dice for money ([35:34]-[36:18])
• [36:47] Justin: “Any Saturday that involves power tools, that’s a good Saturday.”

5. Man Caves, Domesticity, and Decor "Mistakes"

• Ben finally sets up his house after months of renovations—first breakfast, new couches, and nostalgia for “barely having a TV” ([37:42]-[38:29]).
• Discussion on man-cave essentials:
  • Old rolling chair, a battered but comfy couch, a TV (even if it’s “barely a TV”), and masculine “flags on the wall.”
  • Fridges (and whether they’re worth running just for beer)
• The group jokes about classic “single guy” domestic habits—mattresses on the floor, empty bottle displays, flattened beer boxes as wall art.
  • [41:58] Ken: “Once it was time to take them down, right after I threw all of them away, I’m like, why did I ever put empty bottles up there?”

6. Social Media, Keyboard Warriors, and The Biggest Lie on the Internet

• The crew laughs at a viral interview where a marching band drummer claims he was offered $5–15 million to join a college band:
  • [24:25] Ben: “Give me a fun fact: when I was 14 years old, I was offered a million dollars to come be in the marching band... That’s my go-to lie now.”
  • [26:55] Mike: “Can you imagine being paid $15 million to come and play the drums out of college?”
• They discuss how Ben is the only one to ever call out exaggerations or inconsistencies in real time, leading to great stories.
  • [26:17] Ken: “I love that about you, Ben… you just ask them, like, okay, how does that work?”
• Delving into online hatred and trolling:
  • [49:16] CJ shares wholesome comments from their Facebook audience.
  • [49:50] Justin: “You picture somebody who’s so angry online, and then you see them in real life, and 90% of the time, they’re not actually mad. They’re just trolling.”
• In-person “haters” flip to fans when challenged, as Ben recounts a Heydays encounter ([50:56]-[51:26]).
  • [51:41] Ben: “Being a hater is definitely not a good thing.”

---

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [07:12] Justin on Italy:
  “It kind of ruins food and wine for you anywhere else.”
• [14:13] CJ to Ben:
  “You don’t even drive the goddamn thing. It’s a crime.”
• [24:25] Ben’s go-to internet lie:
  “When I was 14 years old, I was offered a million dollars to come be in the marching band…”
• [35:07] Justin sums up his ideal Saturday:
  “I woke up, I went fishing, I made coffee, got lunch with the boys, got a lunch beer. Now we’re hanging out.”
• [41:58] Ken on bottle décor:
  “Once it was time to take them down, right after I threw all of them away, I’m like, why did I ever put empty bottles up there?”
• [49:50] Justin on internet trolls:
  “You picture somebody who’s so angry online, and then you see them in real life, and 90% of the time, they’re not actually mad. They’re just trolling.”

---

Important Timestamps

• [04:10] – Epic “water bucket wake-up” on Micah
• [07:12] – Justin’s Italy travel recap
• [11:35] – The Oktoberfest debate
• [14:13] – Ben gets roasted for not driving his Lamborghini
• [18:31] – Ken’s freezing, rainy motorcycle ride
• [24:25] – The “Biggest Lie on the Internet” (marching band millionaire)
• [35:07] – The blueprint for the “ideal male Saturday”
• [41:58] – Discussion of classic college decor (bottles, beer boxes)
• [49:16] – Positive Facebook community reaction to CboysTV content
• [51:26] – Ben’s in-person “hater” flips to fan at Heydays

---

Tone & Style

The episode is fast-paced, irreverent, and full of inside jokes. The banter is genuine, as friends tease each other but also share honest reflections on everyday joys and struggles. The “Midwest guy” perspective shines through, especially in segments about cars, houses, and local traditions.

---

For Listeners Who Missed The Episode

This episode is rich with relatable stories, self-deprecating humor, and group dynamics that give a window into the CboysTV universe—where everything from supercars to snow-covered garages, to whether rivers are confusing, is fair game for a laugh. If you wonder what it’s like to hang with the Cboys on a Saturday, or just need a reminder that the little things (like finally getting a couch, or a successful prank wake-up) make life sweet—this is the episode for you.

---

Transcript

[Ben]

Hey, bro code doesn't apply when you're.

[Justin]

On a different time zone.

[Ben]

In a different time zone. You know, you grow up.

[CJ]

No, doing my best.

[Mike]

Not trying to stay this way. Yeah.

[Ken]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Ben]

I don't know what it was.

[Jamie]

Are you sure they offered you $5 million?

[Unknown Drummer]

Turned it down.

[Mike]

I mean, you're 17. You should be able to do whatever you want.

[Jamie]

I feel like I was not making.

[Justin]

Good, good decisions at 17.

[Ben]

Justin, anyone running the amount of subs that you had in that BMW, that was a mistake. Just the fact that nobody stood up and said, hey, maybe don't do that.

[Ken]

I'm on a sub. Justin had a channel.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

I had two subscribers in the back of my BMW.

[Ken]

And they were loud.

[Mike]

They were live, too.

[Justin]

We are live.

[Ben]

All right, guys, well, welcome back to the podcast. We got our good friend Justin sitting in on this one, and then Mike in the middle. So we're running five. Actually, six. We got Jamie on the back here, too, so we're running six.

[CJ]

We've got a moth problem.

[Ben]

Dude, I have so many moths in my office.

[Ken]

Been meaning to talk about.

[Mike]

The doors have been left open at night.

[CJ]

The doors have been opened?

[Ken]

Yeah. All night?

[Mike]

Not all night, but they're open for periods of time when it's dark out and it's light in here. So the moths fly in here because they like light.

[Ken]

I was just thinking. So you're in Australia or wherever, crazy parts of the world, you have all kinds of critters. We can't really compare it to that. But the seasonal bugs here, and I'm not even talking like, summer, winter, fall. It's like, it starts what? We start with the little bugs. Then we have, like, the lake fly, fruit flies. Then we have mosquitoes. Then we have. Sure. Bed bugs. But seriously. And then we have June bugs. Like, just a whole bunch of June bugs. Then they all die. And then it's like more mosquitoes, Then it's like ladybugs, then it's like flies.

[Ben]

Then it's bees, then it's hornets.

[Ken]

It's just weird. But it all comes in waves.

[Mike]

What else, Mike? Yeah, one other bug.

[Ken]

Oh, man.

[CJ]

The butterflies.

[Ken]

Oh, yeah, Butterfly. Dragonflies.

[Mike]

Dragonflies.

[Ken]

They all come in waves. It's just, like, crazy. It's like dragonflies are all there, then they're all gone. It's just really makes you want.

[Ben]

That is crazy.

[Justin]

Welcome to the bug.

[Ken]

I. Yeah, I had to get that off my chest, bro.

[Mike]

I was wondering where we were going with it.

[CJ]

Yeah, I'm excited.

[Ken]

That's. I'm Just saying, like, it's crazy how many different waves of bugs we have here.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's nuts, man.

[Ben]

A lot of bugs.

[CJ]

I hate. I hate to shut you down on.

[Mike]

You want to know why there's so many moths in here?

[Ben]

Well, because the garage doors are left open.

[Mike]

I. It was after one night in particular. I don't know what night it was, but we came back, and I'm not. It's not your. It's no big deal, but actually, I.

[Ben]

Video of it.

[Mike]

Mike, Evan, and Cody were sitting in the garage, and they had legit. Every. At least three of the doors open all the way. It was night, so it's dark out. And then the next day, we had a lot of moss, which I don't really care. It's not a big deal. But it is. That's why we have a lot of them.

[CJ]

When it's fall, it's nice to have the doors. It does feel a little airy in here.

[Mike]

I love having the doors open. It kind of feels like you're working outside, even though you're in your office. And I prefer.

[Ben]

Actually, yeah, we've been thinking about getting a water fountain put in.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's a vibe. It's a vibe, man. It's something about it. Could you not imagine walking in here, the sweet aroma of gasoline and then a water fountain?

[Justin]

Just the water fountains full of gasoline?

[Mike]

No, no, no. It's full of water, but, like, you know, it's just the sweet trickling sound of water over some rocks.

[Ben]

You know, the. The water fountain in the mall, though, in Fargo.

[Mike]

I feel like that mall has a water fountain.

[Ben]

That entire area of the mall just feels fresh.

[Mike]

There's just something about it. It's a vibe, man.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

So that's what we're gonna try to do, I think. I do remember looking up, like, water features. They put, like, negative ions in there, which is good. Not, like, negative. It's. It's a positive thing. So, I mean, it's better they put.

[Mike]

Negative ions on it or just water has it, and then.

[CJ]

Yeah, like, it traps all the bad things. And so water is good for your air quality is what I'm trying.

[Ken]

It's reminded me of like. Like sims or, like, roller coaster tycoon. You know, you can just drop in a fountain and it says, brings air quality up one notch.

[Jamie]

Yeah, exactly.

[CJ]

We're just creating a little ecosystem in here.

[Ben]

Yeah. It started with yesterday. We woke Micah up with 10 gallons.

[Mike]

Of water, some negative ions in there.

[Ben]

And heavy gallons all came crashing down on Micah at once.

[Mike]

One of our better wake ups, actually.

[Ken]

And one of I know what happened yesterday, but it's stuck in my head. I'm not joking. I have mental pictures of like every time that I can remember of you guys waking me up. And this one was, no joke, like a mini tidal wave. I woke up just in time and two buckets I could, no joke, in slow motion. See, the water hit me in the face and it was just aggressive. That's all.

[Mike]

It was a lot.

[Ben]

Dude, does. Does that like piss you off, like waking up like that? Because it would actually upset me. Like it would start me off on like a bad.

[Mike]

Do you think you'd have much ground to stand on?

[Ben]

No, no, I wouldn't.

[Ken]

I would.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

But you know, I would be a little irritated and I'd get over it. But like, Mike is just like, oh, good morning.

[CJ]

Good morning.

[Mike]

Like if it was like seven in the morning and we're going to the airport, a little unjust.

[Ben]

Yeah. You know what, the, the time probably.

[Mike]

Well, no, after, when it's noon, it's like.

[Ken]

Well, yeah, the, the water hit me at 1101 on the dot and that's. Okay, that's justified, bro.

[CJ]

What?

[Ken]

But, but if it was at seven and we did and we had a flight to get on, sure, do it. But if it was at 7 and we didn't have like anything to do and you guys, that would be funny. Cuz then I'd be like, what the hell, dude? And then, you know, you know me, I'd probably like dry off and try to go back to bed.

[Mike]

Yeah, you would you just go to the other bed right next to you.

[Ken]

But yeah, Ben, you asking me that reminded me because like a lot of subscribers ask me that. It's a very common question. So yeah, when they wake you up, doesn't that. Well, how do you feel about that?

[CJ]

Soggy? Yeah, dude, it would tick me off. Like, not that I need to wake up in the most perfect way every day, but sometimes when we're on trips, Ken, bless his soul, he's getting us where we need to be. We go, hey, you getting up yet? Time to go. And it's the worst way to wake up. It's just with a strong male voice in your ear going, get up, dude.

[Mike]

When Ken has kids, they are going to hate being woken up by dad.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's normally at that time it's like, okay, we have X amount of minutes left to go and nobody's out of bed or very few people are out of bed. So it's kind of like, we gotta push the ball, get it going.

[Mike]

Is this guy's mic on?

[CJ]

I bought the wrong adapter. Not his fault.

[Ben]

So he's just running GoPro audio.

[CJ]

Maybe we cut that whole bit right there.

[Mike]

Really?

[Ben]

Damn, Ken, let's use that. Yeah.

[CJ]

Nobody.

[Mike]

GoPro audio.

[Ben]

Ah, what was I gonna say, dude?

[Justin]

I can't.

[Jamie]

You have to be, like, top 10 all time for, like, wet mornings.

[Justin]

Like you.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ken]

No, definitely.

[Justin]

You get woken up by an absurd amount of water.

[Ben]

Hey, top dead.

[Mike]

That's my boy Mike.

[Ken]

Wet Mike. So, Justin, how. How's life, dude? I mean, I want to know just a little bit about what you've been up to. And also, you went to Europe with your wife for, like, two weeks.

[Jamie]

Honestly, that was a kind of like.

[Justin]

A trip of a lifetime.

[Jamie]

Both my wife and I wanted to go to. We've both been to Europe, but never to Italy before, and holy cow, it kind of ruins food and. Food, wine, anything you drink.

[Ben]

Just getting this out of your face.

[Jamie]

There you go. Yeah, it is great place to visit. Two weeks was a long time, but probably about right.

[Ken]

Got to get everything in.

[Ben]

I felt like you were over there. Yeah, an entire quarter.

[Ken]

We didn't know how long.

[Mike]

Two weeks. That's 14 days.

[Jamie]

Yeah, it was all of 14 days, and it was. It was good.

[CJ]

When Ken went to Europe for two weeks, he never came back the same.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's true.

[Mike]

Yeah. Whatever happened to Ken?

[Ben]

Ken, what did happen over there?

[Unknown Speaker]

Did study abroad.

[Justin]

So funny to ask him something and just hear a voice in the ether. I did study abroad.

[Ben]

Ken went to Europe. I swear he came back, and it's like he had missed an entire lifetime. Like, everything we talk about, he would just go, I have no idea what you're talking about, dude.

[Ken]

Anyone? That's like, I forget. How old were you when you did that?

[Unknown Speaker]

20, 22.

[CJ]

How long were you gone? How many weeks? Six weeks.

[Mike]

You have a long time.

[Ken]

You have anyone in the age of 18 to, like, 22, 23 right now? Just terrified to go to, like, basic training or possibly even study abroad? He missed out on everything.

[Ben]

Well, the reason it got really weird when he got back is because he was studying abroad with Jake's girlfriend at the time, and Ken, like, was basically just trying to swoop, and he thought. He thought, like, being on a different continent was okay. It's like a bro code. Doesn't apply when you're on a different time zone in a different time zone, you know? And so obviously he came back and. And Jake had a bone to Pick with him. You know, that was right around the time that he slammed him on the ground for the whole thing.

[Mike]

Was it?

[Ben]

Yeah. You know, he's probably getting even.

[Mike]

What happens in Europe stays in Europe.

[Ben]

I was very jealous of you being in Italy. Honestly, I would love to go.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Or just really anywhere over there. But it looked like a really nice time.

[Jamie]

We went to Venice and then to Cinque, Terry. Then we went to Florence, then Rome and then Naples.

[Ken]

So every place looking like a Windows background, laptop background.

[CJ]

It really.

[Justin]

It.

[Jamie]

You almost get numb to how incredible.

[Justin]

Stuff looks over there.

[Jamie]

It's really, really cool.

[Ben]

But, yeah, it looks like it's a movie.

[Justin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Like, everywhere it looks fake.

[Jamie]

Yeah. I mean, to anybody who ever has the opportunity, I highly recommend it over there.

[Mike]

It's so cool.

[Jamie]

Just everything is so old here in the States, especially in the Midwest. It's like, if a building's more than 100 years old, it's like a national heritage site. Like, it's like, whoa, we should make this into a museum or something. And like, over there, if it's 100 years old, it's the newest building in the city.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

That's.

[Ben]

That's actually crazy to think about.

[Jamie]

I mean, it's thousands of years old. It's like. And it's still there.

[Ken]

We're talking bc.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Justin]

Literally, stuff from bc.

[Mike]

It's nuts that it's still there. What's amazing, it's still there.

[Jamie]

Some of it is actually ruined, but then some of it is. I mean, they've either maintained it or made it so that it has stuck around. But so much of it is almost original. It's just wild. It's hard to like stuff that you see. You're walking on streets that they've been around for longer than our country has. It's just kind of wild.

[Ben]

Cobblestone. Yeah. When I think of Italy, I think of, like, cobblestone streets, bricks everywhere. Yeah.

[Jamie]

The history is one thing to go over there for, and I love the history of it. It's really interesting. But holy cow, if you want a trip for food and, like, wine and beer and all that jazz, it is unbelievable.

[CJ]

That's kind of what it's like if you're not from here and you come to Cormra. You know, you drive through the hallowed streets, you drive by the town hall. It's like 75 years old. You know, your buddy's mom went to school there. And then you drive by the corant store and you go, wow. You know, Big Ken gets gas there in the morning. And then of course there's the pub, the best burgers in town. It's just like know you can actually.

[Ben]

Imagine people in Italy going, yeah, I went to America. I spent 14 days in Cornwall. Dude, I think we gotta take like a group trip. I think it'd be so fun. I don't know where we would go.

[Justin]

How much time you guys gotta go to Germany too?

[Jamie]

Germany is sweet. Especially during Oktoberfest.

[Mike]

Dude, I want. I want to go next year.

[Ben]

Next year we actually got to do that.

[Mike]

What's up with Oktoberfest? God, that looks cool.

[Ben]

What's up with it not being in October?

[Jamie]

It's in October.

[Ken]

Really?

[Ben]

Nope, it's in September.

[Unknown Speaker]

September 16th through October 3rd.

[Jamie]

So why is it called Oktoberfest?

[Mike]

That's what I'm trying to figure out.

[Jamie]

It just ends in October.

[Mike]

Dude, why is there like, you know, not. There's a lot of pretty women there.

[Ben]

That's just Snapchat.

[Ken]

That's just.

[Ben]

You just see the hot chicks on Snapchat.

[CJ]

Dude.

[Ken]

CJ scrolling real. No, it's the video of the girls like holding.

[Mike]

Standard situation.

[Ben]

Because they're all wearing their. They're wearing their.

[Jamie]

The girdle.

[Ben]

Their.

[Ken]

No.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

What is it? Yeah, yeah, Corset.

[Ben]

Is it a girdle? Girdle. And then they like. It's just the way that they sew them over there, I think.

[Ken]

Yeah, I think they're bigger and the girdles are tighter.

[Ben]

Oh, that'd be a good time though.

[Mike]

Yeah, we.

[Ben]

We actually got to go next to dress.

[Jamie]

Dirndl.

[Justin]

D I R N G Dirndl.

[Jamie]

Not girdle. What's a girdle? Girdle. Something different.

[Ken]

We got a girdle. Yeah.

[Ben]

What else is there to do over there? I'd imagine a lot. It's a full country, but like in many countries.

[CJ]

Actually.

[Ben]

No, I'm talking about like Germany. Like if we go to Germany, like what else could we do there besides for just get wicked drunk?

[CJ]

Drive fast?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Oh, that'd be fun.

[Ben]

That would be pretty good.

[CJ]

What are we gonna do first though?

[Jamie]

You know, car washing is pretty fun over there. There's a lot of cool cars around here, but you don't see very many Bugattis in Cormorant. So you saw Bugatti there in Vienna? I saw Bugatti. Wasn't a sure on yet. Sort of Veyron.

[Justin]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

And yeah, I mean you see just unbelievable cars while you're there and you'll just be like walking around and it's like, oh, okay. The cheapest car out of a group is, like, $900,000. Like, damn, that's pretty sweet.

[Ken]

But, yeah, it's way cool seeing those cars, like, out and about. Then, like, seeing a Bugatti at a. A big car show or at Sema or something. Yeah, that's cool. But, like, you almost expect it to be there.

[CJ]

But, yeah, you see that guy taking it to, like, morning tea, and you're.

[Ben]

Like, fuck, yeah, dude. I still remember, like, the first time I saw a Ferrari drive by and just being, like, mind blown, like you'd only heard about them or, like, seen them in magazines or on the posters from your school things. And gosh, that was so cool. I often think about that now. Now we're kind of tainted to it, you know, but.

[Ken]

Sorry.

[Jamie]

Nice.

[CJ]

Continue.

[Ben]

Can you grow up?

[CJ]

No, I can't, dude.

[Mike]

I'm doing my best not trying to stay this way.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

Now we just walk around yours that sits in the garage all the time.

[CJ]

You don't even drive the goddamn thing. It's a crime.

[Ben]

Well, it's just more fun to, you know, have the risk of it sitting there and not sure if you're gonna come in and. And what's gonna be wrong with it.

[Mike]

Four wheeler. Yeah.

[CJ]

Anyway, so I continue about how you're tainted.

[Ben]

Okay. On. Kind of threw me off. I can't stop thinking about dates.

[Ken]

Oh, my gosh, dude.

[Ben]

I still am, though. I still, yeah, love seeing. Being out in public, seeing a nice car like that. Like, it just gets me so pumped.

[Mike]

I agree.

[Ken]

Yeah. It's.

[Justin]

I mean, it's cool to see them.

[Jamie]

Sitting still, but they are meant to be moving his car, Ben.

[Justin]

It's supposed to drive.

[Ken]

Well, that's why I feel, like, sit.

[CJ]

In some building, I guess.

[Ken]

What's your stand on? Like, I sometimes have a hard time with that. Like, certain cars, I guess, should be in museums, but I think. I think 99 of cars should be driven at least a little bit.

[Ben]

You guys seen that senna that they, like, helicoptered up into a penthouse?

[Ken]

And then there's like, that F40 or whatever that was on the yacht. I know they can take that off, but they also had to helicopter that on.

[CJ]

Or maybe they crane.

[Ken]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ben]

I think I look at it as, like, people spend, like, a wicked amount of money on. On art, and it's just like, a piece of art.

[Ken]

I agree. If you come from that standpoint. Completely agree.

[Jamie]

Yeah. There's a threshold where it's like, you have fu. Money and then there's the fu. Money, where the money isn't even a thing. Where it's like, you can afford to have. I mean, you have an F40 Ferrari that gets craned into your mega yacht that you drive around for two weekends out of the year. It's like, that's a totally different level of wealth than. All right, well, I have, like, a cool car that I want to drive really fast. Like, that's.

[Ken]

I don't know.

[Jamie]

I think if you have the ability and the means to do so, they should be utilized. But, yeah, there's at some point where it's like, yeah, it is truly a work of art that should probably be just kept perfectly in a glass box away from people.

[CJ]

It's hard, though, bro, because there's guys that have that about, like, their fucking C5.

[Ken]

That's where, like, that's where the line gets out.

[CJ]

If the UV index is below 2.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

You know, but no rain.

[Ben]

That's the type of person that has, like, the bra on the front of their car.

[CJ]

Exactly.

[Ben]

They deserve to get bullied at car meets. Okay, like, somebody needs to go and tell them that that's not okay.

[Ken]

Well, it is like that, because I agree it's not okay, but at least they're driving it. But, yeah, you're right. There's some people with certain cars that aren't even over, like, 100k, but they're.

[CJ]

Like, not even price wise.

[Ken]

But just.

[CJ]

Just. It just is something that is meant to be used. Yeah, it's just a car.

[Jamie]

I get it. Like, if there's, like a. If you have some crazy or some, like, very significant sentimental value behind it, then it's like, all right, I want to keep this pristine, and I'll only take it out when it's, like, really special times. But outside of that, like, to your example, if somebody just has a C5 Corvette, cool car, drive it like it's a cool car. Make sure you use it.

[Ken]

I don't know.

[Mike]

That's just.

[CJ]

Yeah, take it to dinner.

[Jamie]

Yeah, take it to dinner, take it to lunch, maybe even breakfast. You never know.

[CJ]

He's fired Ben up, dude.

[Ken]

He might.

[CJ]

He might move it to the other garage stall.

[Ken]

He might at least consider taking it to lunch.

[Justin]

He's gonna hit a deer the next time.

[CJ]

Put that bad juju on him. Ricky Bobby, bro.

[Ken]

So, you guys, last night I did something that pumped my adrenaline up a little bit. So CF Moto gave us seven of those Papios, little one, 125 motorcycles. They also gave us one big, like, 700 motorcycle. We finally licensed, titled, insured everything as of, like, this week. So I'm like, I gotta ride this thing, dude. It's getting freezing. Look at the weather. It's at the moment was 43 degrees and was dipping down to about 36 in the next couple hours. And there's a patch of rain coming. And I was like, well, if I just wait 15 minutes, like, looking at the radar, I'm good. Took the bike to Fargo last night. Whoa. And since I waited that little bit for the rain, like, obviously it got dark. That wasn't a huge issue. It's got lights. But I start. I'm like, man, it's cold. Why am I so cold right now? I got a, you know, coat on, winter gloves on everything. And I'm like, well, I forget when you're snowmobiling, you're not usually going, like, 70 the whole time. Then the rain comes, and I'm like, I'm that guy.

[Ben]

Like, I'm like.

[Ken]

And I debated turning back, but, you know, I'm already, like, 20 minutes into the drive, and I was like, oh, halfway. This is so dumb.

[Ben]

And so, yeah, 40 degrees out.

[Ken]

And I've always just thought, when I see motorcycle, when it's cold, whatever, do your thing. But it was windy and raining, and I was like, whenever someone gets caught in the rain, I'm just like, what an idiot. Like, how is that enjoyable at all? And then I was just bucking the rain for, like, I don't know, 10 miles, just pouring, and I'm soaked. And then I got. I had to pull over, like, three times to warm my hands up, and I had to, like, take a shower right when I got home because my knees were so cold.

[CJ]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jamie]

Just your knees?

[Ken]

I mean, like, yeah, my body was fine. Feet were a little wet, but my knees, since it's like, kind of a naked bike, like, my knees were just. Just like, where you happen that. Yeah, they were just getting the. Getting the cold, but it was just funny. I pull in, it was like. That was. Again, it wasn't fun, but it, like, got my blood going.

[Mike]

I really like that bike.

[Ken]

Yeah, it was. It was a ton of fun. So I'm looking forward. I'll get it back on Sunday.

[Ben]

And then, man, I have very little desire to ride a motorcycle on the.

[Mike]

Street, you know, Ben, you're just not a rider.

[Ben]

I guess I'm not.

[Ken]

Although, like, sound like that fun, and it still does to me. It sounds, like, super fun as to why I did it, but just one of our other kind of like local buddies. He has a FZ07 and he like stock gearing. He's not like trying to stunt it or anything, but he's like constantly interstate. Stand up wheelies, like stand on the seat, no break, just, you know, balancing. Oh, just, just laying long wheelies down. He's like, yeah, dude, I love wheeling. It's like so fun. I can't not wheelie it. And he's like literally always wheeling and I'm just like. Just doesn't seem worth it, you know the speedy.

[Ben]

You're gonna say that you were gonna 65.

[Ken]

No way.

[Mike]

Stunt bike. I could see it. I can't believe you don't have a stunt Mike's now. But I'm street bikes. He'll have a touring bike.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

He'll have a crotch rocket, a Harley and then a stunt bike. His papio and then also a stunt papio. He'll have six of them.

[Ken]

Ah, that sounds like the good life. But yeah, I'm totally into the idea of a stunt bike. But what I'm not into is the idea of these like super fast highway wheelies. Like leave the stock sprocket. It sounds like a death wish.

[Mike]

Sounds like cheese grater nation.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

You go over backwards at 80 miles per hour.

[Jamie]

Yikes.

[Ben]

Bad day, man.

[Ken]

Bad day.

[Mike]

One skinned up knee.

[Ken]

So that's when you like, you can just tell like none of us have. None of us have spent like a lot of seat time like on a road motorcycle, like out on the road.

[Mike]

Dude.

[Ben]

I on a road, like I put on so many miles with my dad riding like passenger do. We traveled all over the place on that thing.

[Ken]

True. You did do that.

[Ben]

I think between that and then like trail riding on snowmobiles with him too. When I was younger, I was just burnt. I'm like a 45 year old man for the amount of time that I have.

[CJ]

Dude, I think it'd be fun if you were in a place that was maybe a little more fun to ride. But the problem for us is like your dream Sunday ride is like Itasca, you know, great place. Yeah, but it's like pretty boring, you know, if you, if you have the Rocky Mountains in your back door or even like, I love that you looked.

[Ben]

At Justin and said great place. Because you know Justin loves it.

[Mike]

I love that place.

[Ben]

Don't come after Justin's parks.

[Ken]

Speaking of, dude, I Do you remember like going to a task for the first time? I remember being. I was like such a little nerd about it. I was like, this is this tiny little Streams. The start of the Mississippi and we're walking across it. It's crazy.

[Ben]

All right, this might be a stupid question, but if the whole river is flowing, how does it just start from a stream? Like. Like what?

[Ken]

What?

[CJ]

Tributary tributaries, Other streams.

[Ken]

Other streams, yeah.

[Ben]

But it seems like you didn't.

[Ken]

Like.

[Ben]

It seems like a lot of water flowing down into the ocean.

[CJ]

Opened his eyes when he was on those motorcycles.

[Ken]

No, there's a lot of things I didn't retain in school, but there's, like, the very basics. And, like, rivers is one of them. How that works.

[Ben]

What do you mean, tributaries?

[Justin]

Wait, are you.

[Ben]

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Cj, you explain this to me. I want CJ to explain this to me.

[Mike]

It's like a bunch of little. Little streams that meet and make one big one which then forms and becomes a river.

[Ken]

But they're not all at the same time.

[Mike]

No. Yeah, they build.

[Ben]

Okay, thank you. Thank you.

[Justin]

Wait, so what don't you understand about rivers?

[Ken]

Yeah, no, and I think now, like.

[Justin]

How come they don't, like, run out of water?

[Ben]

No, I guess.

[Justin]

What are you. What are you confused about rivers for?

[Ben]

I guess now that you say that. Yeah. Now I think about it a little bit more. Yeah, that makes sense.

[Justin]

I don't believe you for a second. It's like, get this off of me.

[Mike]

I don't want to talk about rivers anymore.

[Ben]

No, that makes sense. Yeah, that's a good point.

[Justin]

Now that you mentioned it, a bunch of little ones make a big one.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Justin]

Yeah, sure.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Ken]

You guys have, like, a fun fact. If someone asks you a fun fact.

[Ben]

No, he's just pull out.

[Ken]

I know it's random. I'm just like, I don't know. The Nile river is the longest river in the world, and it flows north. There's only nine rivers that flow north. Where are you?

[Ben]

Where?

[Mike]

People are asking for a fun fact.

[Ken]

I thought there was, too, but the red.

[Mike]

Where are you hanging out? Where they're like, hey, hit us with a fun fact.

[Ken]

Just my intellectual friends. My guy.

[Ben]

Okay. Yeah, you clearly haven't met.

[Mike]

That makes sense.

[Justin]

You thought there were only two rivers.

[Ken]

Yeah, there were only two, but there's more. So, like, I've been steering people wrong for a while.

[Ben]

You actually pull that fun fact out.

[Mike]

So you.

[Ken]

You.

[Ben]

Your fun fact was just wrong.

[Ken]

No, no. My fun fact was that the Nile.

[Ben]

River was just a lie.

[Ken]

No, no.

[CJ]

The fun best type of facts.

[Ben]

Dude, give me a fun fact. When I was 14 years old, I was offered a million dollars to come be in the marching Band. Have you guys seen that?

[Mike]

That was. That's a funny ass video. Have you seen that? Just. Oh, my God. I got a. This is like the biggest lie ever told.

[Ben]

When I think of lies, that's like my go to lie now. I've never heard something so outlandish.

[Unknown Drummer]

I ain't going to college, but I turned it down.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Unknown Drummer]

I turned it down just to do this, just to grind from the rap.

[Jamie]

So you had an opportunity to do the drumming thing.

[Unknown Drummer]

Scholarship and everything. We're at, I think it was like, in Jacksonville.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Unknown Drummer]

A big. A big band in Jacksonville. It's a big college, though. And they offered me like 15. Some like 10 million or something like that. 5 million. Something like that.

[Ken]

Okay.

[Jamie]

But not $5 million. Pay for you. $5 million to play the drink.

[Ken]

Yeah. Are we doing here?

[CJ]

Like, are we doing here?

[Unknown Drummer]

I was so younger, like, wait, wait, wait. I didn't know what it was.

[Jamie]

Are you sure they average you $5 million?

[Mike]

I was.

[Ben]

I was like, so younger, like, like.

[Mike]

He squints. I was so younger, like, I didn't.

[Ben]

Know what's going on.

[Ken]

I was so younger.

[Mike]

Dude.

[Ben]

When he cracks a smile and kind of laughs, turns it down, I love, like, dude, I didn't think he was gonna question me on this.

[Ken]

I love the interviewers. We doing here. Dude.

[Justin]

How hard you have to shred in a marching band to get her $5 million?

[Ben]

How much money you gotta have in your bank account to not know if it was 15. Yeah. Or 5 million?

[Ken]

That's what I've always loved about you, Ben, is like, when we're hanging out and some people, someone says something not as outlandish as that, or they just say something like, kind of like where it doesn't add up, you'll just ask them, like, not even just full interview. You're just like, okay, wait, well, then how does that work? And then we. I like, get. Because I would never ask those questions. I love it. I get to, like, hear them explain it. I'm not saying whatever that person said is a lie. Like, it just maybe doesn't add up. And you're like, yeah.

[Mike]

And then they're just sitting there just dead in their tracks like, damn, I shouldn't have lied.

[Ben]

Damn it. Yeah.

[Ken]

No, but not even if it's a lie. Just Ben's. Ben's good benter viewer.

[Ben]

God, can you imagine being paid 50, $15 million to come and play the drums out of college?

[Mike]

Well, he wasn't.

[Ken]

That is probably one of the most wild lies I've seen. On social media.

[Justin]

I just wanted to grind instead of getting a 15 million dollar bag to play a tambourine.

[Ben]

Yeah, you know, I just want to be in the mud, dude.

[Justin]

I'll do that for a thousand dollars. I don't need $15 million to bang on a drum and walk down a street with my bros. I'm gonna do that.

[Ken]

I love that. I just wanted to grind, But I.

[Ben]

Was like, so younger. So younger.

[Ken]

Like, I was so younger.

[CJ]

So, Justin, what else you been up to on like a daily, daily basis, you know?

[Ken]

Long pause. Justin goes fishing.

[Justin]

I have a little boat that I've been fishing out of a little bit, so I try to fish.

[Ken]

You got a little rod, too?

[Justin]

Yeah, I got a little rod, catch.

[Ben]

A little fish pulling up his little truck.

[Ken]

My wheel truck.

[Justin]

Got my widow boat. But yeah, I don't know, I. It's a good way to pass the time. I really like being outdoors. So if I can't hunt, then I'll fish.

[CJ]

But like a nice classic male activity.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Ken]

Well, what I applaud about you is that along the long list of things I like to do, I really like fishing.

[Ben]

I mean, Mike's like, I need to go fishing. He's checking the radar.

[CJ]

All right.

[Ben]

It looks like a tornado is coming.

[Justin]

In, but that sounds more like mo.

[Ben]

I think if I wait 11 minutes, I should be able to beat it. It's out in the middle of the lake. It's just rolling. I love that.

[Ken]

How to add adrenaline to your fishing trip. Justin built. He's an electrical engineer. He built like a. What is it a kayak? Or is it slightly bigger than that?

[Justin]

So I. I have a kayak and I've built a motor controller and then have a trolling motor that I had on hand.

[Ken]

Right.

[Justin]

So I can zip around the lake on this little.

[Ken]

I mean, essentially a trolling motor. But like, it's all.

[Justin]

I drive it with my feet so I can fish the whole time. It looks absurd. If you see me on the water. It just looks like I'm some, like, wacko. I probably am, but I. I just.

[Ben]

Look wearing Justin usually, I don't know.

[Justin]

Five piece suit, all leather.

[Ben]

He's wearing like a full blown, like, knight. He's wearing armor. He's wearing like a. He's wearing like a full blown knight armor. He's got a gag ball in his mouth.

[Ken]

Oh, my gosh, dude, that'd be a really. That'd be a really funny bit. Who can wear the weirdest thing while fishing or I guess while doing anything? I would probably have big wrench. Help me build a transformer boat costume that I could wear.

[Ben]

I don't know if I want to say that publicly yet. It's such a good idea. I don't want somebody to steal it.

[Mike]

All right, I agree.

[Ben]

I agree.

[Justin]

Yeah, that's a really good idea.

[Ben]

Yeah. We might have to use your help with that. If you're a professional fisherman and you wouldn't mind helping out a couple of degenerates with a video idea, reach out to our email.

[CJ]

Yeah, there we go.

[Ken]

Perfect. I think you might have to preface if they're fishing tournaments because there's a lot of fishermen out there in Minnesota.

[Ben]

Local, local, local. Justin, you're an electrical engineer. You might be able to help us with this idea as well. Making like a remote control four wheeler.

[Justin]

Like fully remote controlled, like.

[Ben]

Yeah. So like you could, like drive it from sitting in the truck, but like, I don't love to like ride anymore, but I still want to just feel something.

[Justin]

Yeah. Is it like you're a little electric four wheeler or is it like a gas.

[Ben]

Full size gas.

[Justin]

You have a utility quad down there, right? Yeah, yeah, we could do it with.

[Ken]

Something like that because then it's just throttle steering. I mean, that's about it.

[Justin]

Do you need to be able to drive it from anywhere in the world or just like it?

[CJ]

Why not?

[Ben]

Well, how much more electrical engineering does.

[Justin]

That take to be able to. If you want to turn it on and drive it when you're like on the other side of the planet, Just need a cell modem.

[Ben]

Dude, I want to send this thing in a shipping container to Africa with all the hellcats that are stolen and drive that thing out and just have it going rogue.

[Justin]

Yeah, we could do that.

[CJ]

Not to be insensitive, but just quoting pop culture and movies. We could make it look like a Godzilla robot and ship it to Asian country.

[Justin]

Yeah, that was an insensitive.

[CJ]

Well, I don't know where the line is anymore.

[Ben]

I thought that was a good idea to say.

[Ken]

Yeah, I'm like, the logistics of turning it into rc. Sure. The logistics of making a freaking four wheeler look like Godzilla.

[Ben]

Let's pitch that one to Big Red.

[Justin]

Can we maybe. Is it possible to like, remotely drive it? Doesn't have to have a clutch. He's like, what if we just bring it as a robot to Japan and just demolish cities with it?

[Ken]

Oh, yeah, it has to be big too.

[CJ]

So that would be like, definitely a fun project for us to do regardless. But Ken has been talking that he's kind of Hit, like, a peak in his life where everything that can be automated is automated. So he was looking to. For your help to start automating other tasks, like, you know, like wiping his butt.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Justin]

Oh, yeah.

[Ben]

Well, he already got a.

[CJ]

I was gonna go.

[Justin]

Is it a portable bidet, though? You've seen one of those?

[Ken]

It.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's a bidet. It's in a box. It has not been opened yet.

[Ben]

Yet One time.

[Mike]

That's what he needs your help.

[Ben]

I. I imagine Ken's life one day being like. He wakes up, opens his eyes, puts his feet down, like shoes come out of. From underneath his bed, and then he just stands up on a conveyor belt, and it, like, conveyors him into the. Into the bathroom. And then there's just a shower that pops down as he's on the conveyor belt, sprays him down. Then he just has to turn, and then they start, like, combing his hair. He just has to open his mouth. It brushes his teeth. And then at the end of the conveyor belt, it goes into his closet. Then we're like. He's got his robots hang, like, hidden away.

[Ken]

Bro is living in a Pixar movie.

[Ben]

No, he's not that technologically advanced. He's just lazy.

[Justin]

It'd be so funny because after all that, he pull up his phone, sit.

[Jamie]

On the couch, be just, like, at.

[Ben]

The end of it. At the end of it.

[Ken]

What a morning.

[CJ]

It is nice to. We're just having nice fall Saturday, and I was thinking, last week we were mowing the lawn with all those guys. I feel like it's the ideal male Saturday.

[Mike]

You know, mowing the lawn with 100 people is an ideal male Saturday. 10 minutes, 10 acres.

[Justin]

Cut.

[CJ]

If you could drop for just a generic man. What's the ideal Saturday setup?

[Ken]

Dirt bikes.

[Ben]

I mean, your wife's out of town.

[Mike]

Okay.

[CJ]

Justin's got one box. Wait, what would it be? Another great thing, maybe going fishing?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Justin's wife is out of town, and he went fishing this morning. He's catching up with boy.

[Mike]

Had some beers before doing it.

[Justin]

Had beer for lunch.

[CJ]

Check.

[Justin]

Oh, man, that's not.

[Ken]

That's what all you're missing is, like, a. Some speed, whether it's in a car or running crank.

[Justin]

Yeah, yeah, dude, all you're missing is just crystal meth. That's all you need.

[Mike]

Justin doesn't do drugs. Mike.

[Ben]

Mike, stop trying to corrupt our smart friends.

[Ken]

I'm. I grew up in a.

[Ben]

Like when was hard neighborhood. Know I grew up.

[Justin]

My idea. Crush some sweet crack rocks.

[Ken]

What is What? Speed. What is speed? Speed.

[Ben]

I love it.

[Ken]

I don't want to get off topic.

[Ben]

Cocaine, I thought.

[Mike]

I don't think it is, man.

[Ken]

What is it? Like, I. I know it's a drug. Whenever I.

[Mike]

Something harder in there.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Just says amphetamine.

[Ben]

Oh, not good.

[Ken]

Not good. I don't know.

[Justin]

I feel like I kind of. I might have checked all the boxes. I woke up, I went fishing, I made coffee, got lunch with the boys, got a lunch beer. Now we're hanging out.

[CJ]

Just having my male conversation.

[Justin]

Yeah, a bunch of male conversation.

[Ken]

I think all you're missing now is just, like, one task that you definitely either didn't sign up for or didn't plan to do. You know, just something where, like, some. Some guys are having a tough time lifting something into.

[Mike]

But then it spirals into something. Like now all of a sudden, you're buddies, and now you're, like, over at their place rolling dice. And then you win a bunch of money because you just got lucky.

[Ben]

And then you're playing pool over at the.

[Mike]

At the bar, and then is just a great time.

[Justin]

It all starts just because, like, you. You try to be the friendly neighbor. You see somebody, they're like, struggling to move boxes in their house, and it's like, oh, don't worry, I'll give you a hand, and then come over. And then all of a sudden, you're 20 grand in debt. It's just. It down. It goes downhill so fast. You just got to be careful with these ideal male Saturdays. I was gonna say go to ideal.

[CJ]

You, like, help move the box for the old lady. And then she's like, here, here's my son's basement baseball card collection that you can have, you know, and then you get it, and you get a bunch of money. Sell it.

[Justin]

That's right.

[CJ]

Steal stuff from an old lady.

[Justin]

I haven't seen my son in 10 years. Take his baseball cards.

[CJ]

I do feel like an important part of the ideal mail Saturday is getting, like a task around the house.

[Ken]

That's what I mean.

[CJ]

You need it to done. You know, whether you like the driveway.

[Jamie]

Quick or you could come in the garage and.

[Justin]

Okay, there you go.

[Ken]

Garage is huge.

[Justin]

Like, just going in there and like, I'm going to wipe something down and then maybe move some boxes around. Maybe I'll sweep it out. Maybe I'll even bust out the shop vac. Holy cow. Man, that just gets my motor running.

[Ken]

Yeah, it's like.

[CJ]

It's just like stuff that didn't really need to get done, but, like, you just did it?

[Justin]

Okay. Any Saturday that involves power tools, that's a good Saturday as well. Drill some holes.

[Ben]

Oh, man, Justin, I could make your day, brother. I gotta set up a sauna at my house.

[Mike]

Oh. Oh, you got one?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You like which? Infrared or steam?

[Ben]

Steam.

[Mike]

Oh, where'd you get it? From Mark. How much?

[Ben]

Don't worry about it.

[CJ]

Was it a Mark Price?

[Ben]

You got it for free, you mother. Mark, you got one for free? Well, it's. It's the hot tub price with Mark, so drop it down the stairs. Price free.

[Ken]

99, baby.

[Ben]

Or are you going to put it in your garage or what? Downstairs, I suppose.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's going to be nice.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I'm really excited about that.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Justin]

You got some ideal mail.

[Mike]

You're setting up tonight or what?

[Ben]

Maybe. Hopefully. It depends how many helping hands I got.

[Ken]

Maybe. I don't know.

[Mike]

Well, kennel come help.

[Ben]

Yeah. My house has been like, getting renovated for the past three months pretty much. And it's finally done. I had breakfast at my house for the first time.

[Ken]

Oh, it's done. Congrats, bro.

[CJ]

That's fast.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I got a couch delivered. Two couches delivered yesterday.

[Mike]

So I have upstairs and downstairs. Yep.

[Ben]

I have a place to sit to.

[Ken]

Talk about a deal Friday. Two couches. Yeah.

[Justin]

Believable.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's coming together. It's pretty nice. I feel like. I feel domesticated.

[Mike]

Feel like a feral anymore.

[Ken]

Yeah. Right.

[Justin]

It's so funny, but you've been living in this house for how many months? Just no couches.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Justin]

Four months.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Justin]

You've just cooked your first meal.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

This morning I didn't have any chairs to sit down on. No couch.

[Ken]

Wow.

[Ben]

Barely had a tv. Like, I had no source of entertainment.

[Mike]

I need to get a little violin here for him.

[Ken]

Can you just give me, like, a little elaboration on what barely a TV is?

[Mike]

It was small.

[Ken]

Like, it was only small. Or does that mean you have a broken TV? Or. Or does it mean there's only 4K?

[Justin]

4K at 30 frames?

[Ben]

No, it was just on the ground.

[Ken]

Oh, okay. That. That. That is a. Yeah.

[Justin]

Box.

[Ken]

Yeah. Barely a tv.

[Ben]

Yeah, it was on.

[Ken]

Dude, have you ever. Have you guys heard the thing where it's like. You know how men will put their bed on the floor? Among a few other things. Maybe just have one chair and tv. But the.

[CJ]

The.

[Ken]

The girl equivalent, I guess lately that I've seen on TikTok is that girls will have tiny TVs.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Which is crazy in this day and age.

[Ben]

Like, girls always have a tiny ass.

[Ken]

Tiny tv. And not always. I shouldn't say, like always, but obviously there's a few, and then you're just. And then gather.

[Justin]

Dude, Megan had the smallest TV I've ever seen throughout all of college. It was smaller than my laptop. She hadn't sat on top of a dresser all the way across.

[Mike]

I know, dude. Dude, that is how every girl. What is up with that?

[Ben]

They just don't. They have better eyesight or they don't.

[Mike]

Realize they make bigger TVs.

[Ben]

I think the eyesight. Yeah.

[Ken]

At some point in every man's life, they. They skip the box spring and put the mattress on the floor. At least for a certain stint.

[Ben]

Yeah, for a minute.

[Ken]

Yeah. And there's nothing wrong with it, but it definitely is an eyesore, which is like, who cares if it's an eyesore? But I don't think there's anything wrong with, like, the quality of sleep you're getting.

[Ben]

Is it an eyesore?

[Ken]

I think so. Yeah.

[Ben]

Like, you walk. Ah.

[Ken]

It doesn't cost.

[Ben]

Damn it. When you look at somebody welding, you walk into something.

[Justin]

Ah, man.

[Ben]

Why did you tell me, dude, can.

[Ken]

We shut your door, bro?

[Ben]

Your bedroom door. Sorry. It's making Mike uncomfortable.

[CJ]

Do you have any, like, beer boxes that you flattened out and, like, stapled that wall?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Why would you do that?

[Ben]

Do it.

[CJ]

Well, it's Ben's first house, first time he's lived on his own.

[Mike]

Why would you staple beer boxes to a wall?

[Ben]

Okay, fine.

[Mike]

Is that what you do?

[Ben]

Yeah. And then you have. And then you put all the bottles that you guys drank up on the top.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You did.

[CJ]

You're working on your bottle collection, right?

[Mike]

Yeah. Okay. I've seen the bottles. I've never seen the boxes. Clearly, I'm uncultured.

[CJ]

Yeah, no, for sure. That's. I mean, what.

[Mike]

The bottles are easy.

[Justin]

Two podcasts in a row, man.

[CJ]

Putting.

[Ken]

Great.

[Ben]

Now CJ's.

[Justin]

Totally different demographics.

[Mike]

Them and Sexy Red.

[Ken]

There's. Dude, there's nothing wrong with doing that either. But, like, I did it. And looking back on it, the whole bottle above the. The kitchen. I mean, hope the. Hope the trend dies at some point. Or maybe not. Maybe it's just a fun thing to do, but I did it. And then once it was time to take them down, it's like, right after I threw all of them away, I'm like, why did I ever put empty bottles up there?

[Ben]

I thought you were gonna say, why did I throw this away, man. Moving into the next house.

[Ken]

Look.

[Ben]

Look at this kitchen.

[Mike]

God, it's bare.

[Ken]

Why did I say these?

[CJ]

I feel like it's just part of, like, maturing as an adult, you know? It's like things you do as a man growing up. You got to put garbage around your house as decorations, throw a kegger in the living room.

[Ken]

One thing I still just love is, like, I'm not going to go overboard with it. But in. Mostly in the garage. I love a good flag on the wall.

[Mike]

You have maybe a couple on the wall at your new house?

[Ben]

No.

[Ken]

In the garage, though. Yeah.

[Mike]

So he said no flag. Mike started stapling it.

[CJ]

So if you're going to turn this garage into kind of like your man cave.

[Ken]

What.

[CJ]

What's every man cave gotta have flag on the wall? Obviously.

[Ken]

It's gotta have a ladder. It's got.

[Ben]

What are you doing with that ladder?

[Ken]

I don't know.

[Mike]

Just in there in case.

[Ken]

Well, actually, I had to take down a bunch of beehives or wasp hives the other day, so I use it for that. But it's. It should have a fridge. Mine. I think you actually. This is a tough thing for me. You actually have to justify whether or not you're gonna put enough drinks in that fridge and have enough drinks coming out of that fridge. Otherwise it's not worth it.

[CJ]

It's like that fridge over there.

[Ken]

I'm not even saying Celsius.

[Ben]

We got mini fridges up the wazoo.

[Ken]

But that's what I'm saying, I guess. What does a fridge cost a month to run? Like, a decently efficient fridge?

[Ben]

Like maybe $3. Oh, a couple.

[Ken]

Okay, never mind then. We're spending way more than that on beer here.

[Justin]

You got, like, a decent refrigerator? What, are you worried about the cost of your fridge?

[Unknown Drummer]

I don't know.

[Ben]

I just worry about your fridge being plugged in, Mike.

[CJ]

No, I'm just weird college. I remember that. My. Is your refrigerator. Steve, Mike's roommate, had a extra mini fridge plugged in. And it was. It was either that Steve was going to make you pay for the electricity that the mini fridge cost, or you were going to make him pay.

[Ken]

I think it might have been the other way around, because I was all about it. I'm like, dude, I want a mini fridge. Of course I want a mini fridge.

[CJ]

That's what it was. Steve was trying to get you to pay for the mini.

[Ken]

Oh, no.

[Ben]

But I think every man cave needs to have a old rolling chair that's just worked.

[Ken]

Yeah, I love that.

[Justin]

It might have been taken out of a dumpster like, four years ago. Yeah, I have one of those.

[Jamie]

In my garage right now, but it's.

[Mike]

Mangled because it's just a comfy seat, man. It's got a lot of seat time on it.

[Ken]

Oh, yeah.

[CJ]

A lot of use over the years and same thing. Gotta have a couch that's completely blown out, but when you sit in it, you're just like, damn, this is comfy.

[Mike]

So it's hard to get out of home.

[Ken]

I drive past the garage and it doesn't necessarily have to be. A dude usually is in the garage and they have a tv, you can. Usually they have somewhere to sit and it's a good vibe. I am fully jealous. I drive by, wish I had a TV and wish I just hung out in my garage like that.

[Ben]

Start hanging out again. Mike's gonna start hanging out in his garage when it's 30 degrees in there. I just finally got around to it.

[Ken]

Hey, that's the best part.

[CJ]

That he hangs on a gigantic garage every single day.

[Jamie]

I didn't.

[Ben]

This is nice.

[Ken]

It came to my head as soon as I said that. I'm like, wait, this shit rocks.

[Ben]

So nice to be alone.

[Mike]

Such a man.

[Ken]

I love hanging out in the shop. And you guys know that. So you're right. I kind of came to mind as soon as I said that. But I have a heater in there. And I think I get so excited about having a heated garage because grew up, never had a heated garage probably. Probably until like I was 18. I think we finally got a heater in there. And having a heated garage, to me is just like two. Like, you could just be in here. It's not freezing cold.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Like, I can just change my headlight and it's like, I don't want to kill myself. Like, it's great.

[Ben]

Nice. The little things.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Justin]

Dude, I. This is a garage thing. Some of you guys get it, some of you won't. But when you have a snow covered vehicle and you bring it into your heated garage and you check it, the next morning, all the snow is gone. There's just that massive puddle of water underneath it. That's so satisfying. It's like.

[CJ]

Oh, that's seeping into, like, the wall.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Your drywall. Yeah. You see it just slowly, slowly going up the drywall and starting to, like, pop out a little bit.

[CJ]

You hop in, your car's warm.

[Ben]

You're like, yeah. Gonna add to that tonight.

[Justin]

Do you got a drain in your garage or no?

[Jamie]

No.

[Ken]

Which is. Yeah. Although it had one of those weird. Like, it's like a mat. It's like a floor saver. And it has, like, inflated edges, and it's like a big black mat. I'm like, does it. Does that hold the water and then.

[Mike]

Must.

[Ken]

Yeah, must. Interesting. I've never seen one.

[Ben]

Yeah, man. Growing up, I never had a heated garage. So anytime I'd, like, go over to Ryan's house. Yeah, you're just like, dude, just park your car. Your car is warm. It was like the most mindblowing thing to me. I was like, this is crazy, bro. Like, every day it's like a fresh start. Like, you don't have snow on it.

[CJ]

Fresh start.

[Ken]

The varying levels of heated garages, too. You know, you have people that keep it 50, 55, 60. And then again, we'd come into yours. And, you know, props to Randy. It was fully. Yeah. If you needed. If you were getting cold in the house, you go to the garage.

[CJ]

Last night, I was extra bored on my phone. So, you know, when you, like, scroll through your apps, you know, you start out on Instagram and then you go to maybe Twitter, and then maybe maybe, you know, you. You, like, go through all your apps, right? And my last case is Facebook. And so I hop on Facebook and I even went through my own personal Facebook. So I went over to the Sea Boys.

[Ken]

Oh, my gosh.

[CJ]

We had recently posted the boat ramp video on Facebook, and it's blowing up. It's got, like 10 million views over there. And generally, when you think of Facebook, you think of everybody being old and cranky and hating it. But people love the boat ramp video, the stories. It's like a community in there. People like, I used to do this with my, you know, uncle. My drunk uncle would take us to.

[Ben]

The boat and watch.

[CJ]

Yeah, we'd stand and watch. It is. It's the most wholesome community on Facebook.

[Mike]

I actually am surprised at how positive the comments were. Like, love this.

[Ben]

Wish they would have been there to give me some encouragement last weekend.

[Mike]

Like, stuff like that.

[Ben]

Like, I'm just like, where's my heart?

[Mike]

Yeah, I couldn't believe it. I figured people be pissed on Facebook.

[Ben]

That actually gives me a little bit of faith in the Facebook community.

[Mike]

I love Facebook. I'd say I go on Instagram and Facebook equally as much. I might even use Facebook more than Instagram because it's fun, because you can go on, like, groups and find weird stuff for sale.

[Ben]

And I would definitely see that girl that you went to high school with that's pregnant now.

[Ken]

Yeah, I would definitely consider it more fun. I get it. You're kind of like, you don't really know what you're going to get on. And on Instagram, you. You might see the coolest video you've ever seen all day. But, like, I kind of got it.

[Mike]

Instagram.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

So there was this one lady back to it. Her name is Charisse. She said, I've been known to have to try multiple times while telling the other people watching, don't worry, I'll get it right in a minute. She said, I would love the encouragement. And so I just commented back because I was real bored. I said, best attitude to have.

[Ken]

Love it.

[CJ]

Thumbs up emoji. Some guy comments. Paul comments back. Being a MILF always helps. Smiley face. So I go back to Charisse's profile. It's kind of a milf.

[Ken]

I go, nice, I love that. And then what's the other one?

[CJ]

Some dudes, like, someone says, so funny.

[Ben]

Love it.

[CJ]

And then James responds, I bet you don't even own a boat. And then someone responds to him and says, I bet you nobody would go on yours if you did. To which he responds, I'm licensed by the US Coast Guard.

[Mike]

Well, you lost your job.

[CJ]

And then I responded, weird flex for the scenario. But it's good to see Facebook, you know, turning a corner.

[Mike]

Facebook's coming back, man.

[Ken]

Think how positive Facebook would be if Jake was banned. No, he just picks his fights here. There. We talked about that. Like, he just loves, like, picking fights. Verbal keyboard fights on Facebook. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Ben]

I'm always curious, like, what these keyboard warriors are like in real life.

[Justin]

Jake.

[Ken]

It's just Jake. I think I'd be, like, more stoked if they were like, Jake, like, whether.

[CJ]

You like him or actually a good person.

[Ken]

Actually, these people just fired up or.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Or do they just think they know more about a scenario? Like, what is it?

[Justin]

You picture somebody who is so angry online, and then you see them in real life, and I feel like 90 of the time, they're not actually mad. They're just, like, trolling.

[Ben]

Trolling.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Or they just don't have the courage to say anything in real life.

[Justin]

Yep. You. I feel like you can usually tell when somebody's, like, actually hating and when somebody's, like, just trolling.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Justin]

And I don't know, I feel like.

[Jamie]

A lot of those.

[Justin]

Those were mostly fun comments.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Justin]

But, like, you see comments every once in a while. It's like, jesus, who hurts you?

[CJ]

Like, damn, dude.

[Ken]

It's just. It's always come down to, like, the getting a text from someone and not under. Like, you truly. You can't get the sarcasm. You can't get the emotion that you get.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Through text. And so you're right. I think a lot of them are just kind of have them having fun, but, like, saying their thing.

[Justin]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Like, correct.

[Ken]

How was crawled up your ass?

[CJ]

See, I texted CJ today and said, are you coming to dinner or no. And then he called me. He's like, hey, man, I'm sorry. Like, I'm on my way. I was like, no, I was just wondering, like, if you were coming or not, you know, like, it's hard to tell. Yeah.

[Mike]

You can take things.

[Ben]

Yeah. The wrong way.

[Mike]

Read in the wrong tone.

[Ben]

When we were at Heydays, there was, like, two kids walking by our booth, and one of them went, overrated. And I popped out and I said the. Did you just say. And the kid literally went white and was like, ben, Ben, what's up, dude? We're such big fans.

[Ken]

It was one of those. In person, because that happens a lot. Yeah. Over comments. Yeah.

[Mike]

What'd you say then?

[Ben]

I. They literally came up and they were like, can we get a picture? Can we get a picture? I said, no. I was like. I was like, pro.

[Ken]

How should be. Yeah.

[Ben]

I was like, no. I just walked away.

[Mike]

Am I a hater for hating haters?

[Ben]

Well, you're coming around.

[Ken]

Wait, what? I don't think you're a hater for hating haters. No, I don't think you are a hater for hating haters. Maybe it's one of the only things that you're allowed to be a hater of.

[Mike]

I'm working on not being a hater.

[Ben]

But, you know, it's like, I don't.

[Mike]

Think I was a big one, but being a hater is definitely not a good thing.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Just being like, a. The constant negative. On the Internet, there's certain people or.

[Justin]

In life, I think there's a difference between being a jokester on the Internet and then being a hater.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Justin]

Dude, I don't understand the hate of just, like, going on to be so angry. Typing something is such a funny thing to me because it's like, that's not how you want to get your anger. You can only type so mad before it just, like, it's not going to work.

[CJ]

Like, you stupid bitch.

[Ken]

Well, that's what it is too. You can even. You can even have the most perfect, like, hating response ever. And it could be the most detailed and, like, all even 100% true, but it's still just a bunch of words.

[Justin]

And then somebody can just literally respond.

[Jamie]

Shut up, nerd.

[Justin]

You get ratioed on you.

[Mike]

It's always those that win. Yeah.

[CJ]

It is time for you male activity.

[Ken]

It is time for all of you nerds to shut up.

[Ben]

Damn, Mike.

[Mike]

Till next week.

[Ken]

Till next week.

[Justin]

Let's go clean the garage, boys.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

All right. Subscribe if you haven't. We'll see you next week.

[Ken]

Peace.

[Jamie]

Bye, Mom.