Ken's Mysterious Personality, Ryan Trying To Be Cool & Micah Copying Ken

Summary

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Podcast Summary: "Ken's Mysterious Personality, Ryan Trying To Be Cool & Micah Copying Ken"

Life Wide Open with CboysTV – January 16, 2024

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Episode Overview

The CboysTV crew (CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, and Mike) gather for their first podcast episode of 2024, sharing funny stories from their winter vacations, reflecting on group dynamics, discussing cars, and diving into topics ranging from gambling strategies to social media trends. The episode is packed with playful banter, honest takes on self-improvement, and behind-the-scenes insights into both CboysTV content and their personal lives—punctuated by recurring jokes about Ken’s enigmatic personality and friendly jabs about who inspires whom.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reuniting After The Holidays

• The Cboys discuss how their New Year’s vacations were spent apart, with various members in different locations (Florida, Montana, Hawaii).
• FOMO & Group Dynamics: Despite being scattered, there was clear "fear of missing out" within the group on seeing each other's social media posts.
  • Quote:
    CJ: “I had FOMO seeing you guys hanging out, like when you guys were separate, I was like, ah, Florida looks fun.” (01:40)
• Ken reflects on his unique Hawaii experience, third-wheeling with friends but also relishing independence and having the "best sushi" of his life.

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2. Vacation Stories & “Who Let The Dogs Out?”

• The guys relive their New Year's in Florida, including accidentally blacking out at family events and catching the Baja Men live ("Who Let The Dogs Out").
  • Quote:
    Mike: “It was who let the dogs out? And then … the ball dropped.” (09:08)
• Discussion about fleeting celebrity status—making one iconic song and living off it for decades.

Timestamps to listen:

• 06:43 – Mike recalls accidentally blacking out at family New Year’s.
• 09:14 – Ben and Mike describe the vibe at the Baja Men concert.

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3. Mental Refresh & Creative Inspiration

• Several members talk about how taking a break reignited inspiration for video and podcast ideas.
  • Quote:
    CJ: “No, there is something about taking a little bit of time off that … refresh[es] ideas and gets you reinspired and fired back up.” (10:51)
• CJ jokes about being the over-eager workaholic in the group chat during vacation.

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4. Security Theater: Airport vs. Government Building

• Casual but insightful banter on perceptions of safety in airports versus government buildings.
  • Quote:
    Ken: “You're just believing. It's called security theater. Like people sneak shit through that all the time.” (12:17)
• Ken explains that TSA misses a surprising amount of contraband, referencing “security theater.”

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5. Gambling: Odds, Downfalls, & Livestreaming

• Ryan details a documentary on professional blackjack players, expressing newfound skepticism about beating the odds.
  • Quote:
    Ryan: “It was the biggest turnoff for me because I was like, this guy's losing 10 grand a day sometimes. And he's, like, a professional.” (16:07)
• The group watches gambling livestreams and reflects on livestreaming as a content trend.
  • Quote: Mike: “I saw that statistic that livestreaming is plateauing out ... slower cut content is on the rise.” (19:12)
• Discussion on why livestream viewership may be plateauing (risk, boredom, market saturation).

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6. Cars: Bronco Raptors & Accessories

• Mike reveals he bought a Bronco Raptor after Ken, leading to playful accusations of copying.
  • Quote:
    Ben: “I picked up a Bronco Raptor. I copied Ken again. I don’t know what to say.” (20:45)
• The crew discusses vehicle size, modifications, and new blackout license plates in Minnesota.
  • Quote:
    Mike: “Did you see that we have new blackout plates in Minnesota now?” (22:11)

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7. Minnesota—State Pride & The New Flag

• Group reactions to Minnesota’s new flag (mostly confusion and nostalgia).
  • Quote:
    Ben: “Of all the things they can worry about, they’re worried about the flag.” (23:17)
• Ben impulsively bought several original Minnesota flags as keepsakes.
  • Quote:
    CJ: “That is such a Mike thought. … But what happens if I need it in the future? I better hold on to it.” (24:12)
• Digression into random Minnesota stats and cultural quirks.

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8. Dreaming of Florida: Reality Show House & Future Plans

• Lighthearted brainstorming about buying property in Florida, living together, and launching a CboysTV reality show.
• Discussion of real estate (comparing Minnesota and Florida homes/markets), and the thrill of exploring waterfront properties on pontoon boats.
  • Quote:
    Mike: “You got the hundred million dollar builds.” (30:26)

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9. Facebook Marketplace & Vehicle Hoarding

• Tangent on the appeal of Facebook Marketplace and the ongoing temptation to accumulate vehicles.
  • Quote:
    Ben: “I've been getting a lot of inquiries lately just to buy yours. … Just starting to become more frequent.” (31:55)
• Group teases Ken about how many of his vehicles are actually running.

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10. Ken’s Mysterious Personality—Group Roast

• Extended discussion about Ken’s aura of mystery, his improvisational sneaking into VIP-concert areas, and his dating style.
  • Quote:
    Ryan: “I think you're just a man of mystery. … You never know what I mean. You don’t know what he’s up to, where his next move is, who he’s with, what he’s doing. You just don’t know.” (39:55)
• Playful coaching about “rizz” (charisma), drawing parallels with Jack Harlow’s public persona.

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11. Self-Improvement: Health, Diet, and Productivity

• Discussion turns to health trends—carnivore diets, intermittent fasting, the importance of good sleep, and the trade-offs of giving up alcohol.
  • Quote:
    CJ: “I quit for probably, like, a month and a half, and I honestly, I didn't feel any different.” (47:13)
  • Quote:
    Ryan: “I just want to feel better. … I want to try, like, some new stuff.” (46:49)
• CJ and Ryan bond over avoiding the mental fog from alcohol, and the challenges of seeking reward and companionship during downtime.

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12. Creative Goals for 2024

• The crew wraps up by expressing excitement for the year ahead, their evolving creative process, and celebrating approaching milestones: 3 million subscribers and 1 billion channel views.
  • Quote:
    CJ: “I'm so excited to make some bangers this year. … And we've got some bigger ideas, some of our best ideas, like, coming up in this first, like, six months.” (51:50)
  • Quote:
    Ryan: “We're coming up on 1 billion views on total channel views.” (52:27)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Ben: "I picked up a Bronco Raptor. I copied Ken again." (00:02, 20:45)
• Ken: "You're just believing. It's called security theater." (12:17)
• Ryan: "It was the biggest turnoff for me because I was like, this guy's losing 10 grand a day sometimes. And he's, like, a professional." (16:07)
• Ben: "Of all the things they can worry about, they're worried about the flag." (23:17)
• CJ: “No, there is something about taking a little bit of time off that… refresh[es] ideas and gets you reinspired and fired back up.” (10:51)
• Ryan: “I think you’re just a man of mystery. … You never know what I mean. You don’t know what he’s up to, where his next move is, who he’s with, what he’s doing. You just don’t know.” (39:55)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:25 – New Year’s break, reconvening for the first episode of 2024
• 01:40 – Vacation FOMO, how the group spread out for the holidays
• 06:43 – Mike blacks out at family New Year’s, Baja Men concert
• 10:51 – Post-break inspiration and group chat dynamics
• 12:17 – Airport “security theater” and safety debate
• 16:07 – Ryan’s takeaways from blackjack documentary
• 19:12 – Discussing the plateau of livestreaming and content evolution
• 20:45 – Ben buys Bronco Raptor, friendly copying jabs at Ken
• 23:17 – Minnesota’s new flag debate
• 31:55 – Marketplace dealing and Ken’s never-ending vehicle projects
• 33:57 – Ken’s VIP stage sneak at Jack Harlow concert
• 39:55 – Group roast of Ken’s mystique
• 46:35–48:20 – Health, diet, and the psychological effects of abstaining from alcohol
• 51:50 – Creative ambitions and 2024 goals

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Tone & Style

Lively, self-deprecating, and laden with inside jokes, the crew’s camaraderie shines through. The conversation is loose, funny, and insightful—perfect for fans wanting an off-camera look at the CboysTV personalities. Ken’s “mystery man” persona is a recurring theme, while Ryan and CJ’s conversations about self-improvement add a relatable and genuine note.

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Conclusion

This episode blends humorous storytelling with honest life updates, delivering behind-the-scenes camaraderie, cool car talk, reflections on creative burnout, and a lighthearted roast of Ken’s enigmatic vibe. For new listeners, it’s a perfect snapshot of what makes CboysTV both successful and relatable: real friendships, honest self-reflection, and a willingness to laugh at themselves as much as with each other.

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Transcript

[Mike]

Yeah, I accidentally blacked out at Family New Year's.

[Ben]

I picked up a Bronco Raptor. I copied Ken again.

[CJ]

And I saw that, I was like, damn. I actually kind of miss Mike.

[Ryan]

It took taking a week or two off from Mike for you to finally appreciate his humor.

[CJ]

I think the airport is the safest place.

[Ken]

You're just believing it's called security theater.

[CJ]

Here's 2024, though. Got me fired up there, Ken.

[Mike]

We're back.

[Ryan]

First podcast of 2024, baby.

[CJ]

We're back, boys.

[Ben]

It's just wild in here. It is. I don't feel like anything's changed, but we did take a little hiatus. And, dude, you guys are all looking amazing.

[CJ]

Really?

[Ryan]

I almost feel amazing too.

[CJ]

I legit feel more tired.

[Mike]

Really?

[CJ]

Yeah, I feel like that. That happens every time we, like, maybe take a little bit of break. I, you know, maybe catch up on my sleep, and then I'm just more tired.

[Ryan]

Oh, really?

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

That's weird.

[CJ]

That sucks.

[Ryan]

When I came home, I was exhausted. Then I hopped in the sauna.

[Mike]

Sweat at all.

[Ryan]

I've drank, like, probably 2 gallons of water since yesterday. I'm focusing on my sleep. No alcohol. I'm dialing back in.

[Mike]

I don't mean to brag, but I have worked out the last four days in a row.

[CJ]

Nice, right?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

You can see.

[Mike]

Yeah, I also drank the last four days too.

[Ben]

Sorry. That's balance.

[Mike]

Balance.

[Ben]

Wait till we get back to work and then you'll worked out zero days straight.

[CJ]

Yeah, exactly.

[Mike]

And I gotta work more beer and then still keep drinking. Exactly. It's hard, but, yeah, we all took a little. Little vacation. And last year we all spent it together. But this year, we went kind of our separate ways. Me, Mike, and CJ actually ended up in the same section of Florida. So we got to hang out, which is pretty fun.

[Ryan]

You guys can go all the way across the country, but I still managed to find you.

[Mike]

I know. Still want to hang out.

[CJ]

God, I had fomo. Seeing you guys hanging out, like when you guys were separate, I was like, ah, Florida looks fun. I was in Montana with Greta, and then next thing I know, Mike's with Ryan. And I was like, oh, damn, it's kind of fun. And then CJ's hanging out with him. I'm like, what the fuck? You felt a little unequal? Yeah, I was like. I was like. We had this plan for a Snapchat. See you.

[Ben]

Oh.

[CJ]

Oh, they're mini golfing.

[Ken]

Oh, that. That looks so fun.

[CJ]

Did you feel that too?

[Ken]

I did, I did. I felt the Exact same way.

[CJ]

Ken's in Hawaii. Ken's sitting on a beach in Hawaii checking Snapchat. I wonder what the boys are doing.

[Ken]

I was sitting up. We were getting lunch and had a nice little pina colada and mini golf. That looks fun. And I saw what they were wearing, and I was like, I'm definitely in a better spot.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah, we were in jackets. Ken, how was Hawaii, dude?

[Ken]

Ton of people, but it was nice.

[Mike]

Was it really?

[CJ]

What kind of people?

[Ken]

Just a bunch of Japanese people. I didn't know how much the Japanese loved Hawaii.

[Ryan]

Is it close for them or something?

[Ken]

Yeah, I think that's as far to Japan. It is the US West Coast.

[CJ]

Oh, no, but there's probably, like, that's probably half and half the times that I've been there. Dude. The times I've been there, it was like. Like 75, 25. I was like, am I in Japan right now?

[Ryan]

I remember that.

[Ken]

I did have the best sushi I've ever had in my life, though.

[Mike]

So who'd you.

[Ryan]

Yeah, Ken.

[Ken]

I went with Tint and Angela.

[Ryan]

I almost wish we would have had Tint here for this. I should have called him. He's probably all pooped out. He probably doesn't want to spend another day with Ken. He's with you for two weeks?

[CJ]

Yeah. Ken was third wheel with our buddy Tint and his girlfriend Angela. Honestly, Ken, props to you for following through. I don't know what the plan was if. If you guys just thought that if you booked the tickets, everyone else would follow, and nobody else booked tickets, so just Ken went with our friend Tint and Angela, which, honestly, we love both of them, so I bet that was a great time. But was it. Was it weird third wheeling with them for eight days?

[Ken]

A little bit. And then I kind of went off, did my own thing a few days and then came back together and met up again.

[Mike]

But, yeah, saw you guys got a table for New Year's.

[Ryan]

Yeah, just bottle service.

[Ken]

It was. It was fun.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Were you trying to, like, flag over some Japanese gals that were dancing around? No, no.

[Ken]

Just had a night and then New Year's hit and just got out of.

[Ryan]

Why would you get a table and not try to flag over some Japanese out?

[CJ]

What's the point of getting a table?

[Ken]

It was a weird crowd in there.

[Mike]

But I can imagine.

[Ben]

I mean, had fun. I don't.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I don't mean this in a bad way, but based on your Snapchat, it kind of looked like it.

[Ken]

It was a weird crowd, really. So just like there's the local people. And then you can tell, like, the rest of the people were tourists. And, like, the tourists are just kind of sitting by themselves. All the local people were kind of mingling around, but it's a little clicky. Yeah.

[Ben]

At the New Year's party in Hawaii.

[Mike]

So do you do anything to break down some cultural barriers?

[Ken]

Just talk to some people and then that's on.

[CJ]

What you guys do.

[Ryan]

Just to explain, just so you don't feel a little. You feel a little better about this. We only probably hung out, like, two or three nights, and maybe for, like.

[CJ]

I thought it was just one. It was just one.

[Ryan]

And it was only for, like, maybe five, seven hours. So it wasn't like. It was like a full thing.

[Mike]

It wasn't the whole thing.

[CJ]

You know, we were just.

[Mike]

We just, like, went out to eat and got it again. And mini golf.

[Ben]

Oh, great.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Two of my favorites anyways. But no, I was hanging with my girlfriend, and then her. Her dad actually tagged along. I love hanging out with him. He is so fun. You guys know him.

[CJ]

I was more jealous of you getting to hang out.

[Ryan]

Yeah, yeah. We're just. It's like hanging out with honestly is as much fun as hanging out with you guys, except maybe even a little more fun because I hang out with you guys so much, and you haven't.

[Mike]

Heard all his stories.

[Ryan]

He's so funny, man. Like, he's just doing the funniest stuff.

[CJ]

He's kind of like just a grandparent. He is.

[Ryan]

He's like. He's a grandparent in his own way.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I would. I was thinking that when I was with him, I was like, God, I would love to see those two together. It'd be a dangerous combination.

[Mike]

Oh, my gosh. It would be Vegas.

[Ryan]

Just anywhere, I think. Just anywhere. They'd be tearing it up, just having a blast. He's, like, grander on. Like, he can't walk in and, like. Like, say some. Without saying something to somebody, like, you know, cracking a joke or, you know. But everyone just receives it so well and loves it.

[CJ]

Yeah. He's just waddling around, dude. God, I love that guy.

[Ryan]

Yeah, he's a good guy.

[Mike]

What an artist. Yeah.

[Ryan]

I was thinking that when I was with him, I was like, I need.

[Mike]

To get better at just, like, commanding a room like that.

[CJ]

Yeah, well, he's got the gift of the gab.

[Ryan]

I don't know if I have that. I was wondering, like, I feel like if I said some stuff like him, it just wouldn't be received well.

[Ken]

I think it comes with age.

[Ryan]

I think that might be part of it too. You know, it was a little bit. It's more disarming when he come off as sexist or.

[Ben]

No, I guess maybe, though I think that you have to, like, own it. So if you just try it, if you just try being like that, then you're gonna be like that. That was. Was that weird?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

But if you gotta really be about that, is you.

[CJ]

I mean, it's also like the room, you know, like the room can receive it good. And like, the people that you're with aren't like, just bearing their heads in embarrassment.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I mean, I was probably a good, like, you know, backup man. Like, I'd lad crack, I'd laugh and, you know, like, haha. And then we'd all laugh together and. But yeah, it was fun. He likes to drink. We, like, drink. We were just boozing and just hanging out and it was very chill.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah. I accidentally blacked out at family New Year's. I don't know how it happened. A couple of vodka Red Bulls. Lost my credit card in the morning. And Mike was very responsible, I think.

[Ben]

I don't know. I don't remember time. So we're sitting in the pool. Ryan's like, what the heck should we do tonight? And then he looks up, he's like, in Cape Coral, the Baja men are.

[Mike]

Playing, like, the who Let the Dogs Out? Baja Man.

[Ben]

But we didn't know that at the time. And we're like, sweet, maybe we'll keep looking. And then you're like, oh, they sing who Let the Dogs Out? We're like, all right, we're going. That's. That's what we're doing.

[CJ]

What else do they sing?

[Ben]

They. One other song I knew. It's like.

[CJ]

Oh, yeah, yeah, that was.

[Ben]

That was one other one I knew.

[Ryan]

Hangers, dude. Back in the early 2000s, they were very tropical.

[CJ]

You can just make like one or two good songs that people are gonna just consider a banger. And then you're just like, yeah. I don't know. In 20 years, I might be playing at Cape Coral for New Year's Eve.

[Ryan]

I shouldn't say set for life, but, like, you're gonna always have work.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

For like, those, like, special occasions. And it might be in a retirement home, you know, that might be your audience, but you're still gonna have some work.

[Ryan]

I. I, like, was trying to figure out who wrote that song when I was a kid. Cause you'd hear it and I was like, that song is so good. You Know, I'm probably in like kindergarten.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I picked up one of the. Just because that song was on it.

[Mike]

Those were like the first mixtapes.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I guess you're right.

[Ben]

They made actual mixtapes on it.

[Ryan]

It was just like the hits, man. And it was like clean hits.

[Mike]

It was like how Apple makes like playlists for you every week now. Like, that was what you picked up instead.

[Ben]

They had full blown infomercials for it, you know?

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, the kids bop ones.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Have you ever listened to those? Now, I. I don't know how our parents put up.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I don't know. Listen to something explicit.

[Mike]

Yeah, exactly. We're listening to Baby instead. This is some.

[Ryan]

I don't know.

[CJ]

Does.

[Ryan]

Do they even have a clean version nowadays? I feel like music has just gotten so aggressive. It's like, how do you clean this up?

[Mike]

I don't know.

[Ryan]

How do you clean this up? You just. You just. This is just how it is now.

[Ken]

It's just a beat half the time.

[Ryan]

I think half.

[Ken]

Most of the words just get like.

[Ryan]

Just a minute of nothing. Just a beat.

[Ben]

Clean. Dude, I think we should buy stock and who let the dogs out? Like, Ryan bought Chill Bill.

[Mike]

Oh, shit. I should buy their rights.

[Ryan]

Should have bought their rights in 2002.

[CJ]

Yeah. Was. Was everyone going hard?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I mean, we were just like, this is it.

[CJ]

Yeah, that's.

[Mike]

Finally. It was. It was who let the dogs out? And then the. The ball dropped, like, so it was pretty. It was pretty late.

[Ben]

You could hear it in everyone's chest. But dude, Ryan later that night was like, you know, pretty turned up. And he's like, I don't remember this. So I'm pretty sure it was just those guys, the Baja men who let them out.

[CJ]

I don't know why I think it was you. I think you took a snap or something and you were like, 2024 is going to be the year that we find out who let the dogs out. And I saw that, I was like, damn. I actually kind of miss Mike and his humor. It's like, that is such a Mike, Joe, man.

[Ryan]

It took taking a week or two off from Mike for you to finally appreciate his humor.

[CJ]

Yeah, exactly.

[Ryan]

Now you're coming back around.

[Ben]

Yeah, bro. This is the funniest thing I was thinking about when you got home on Monday much earlier than us, and I'm like, give it like two days and Ben's going to be ripping.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And he was ripping. You had. You were firing ideas.

[CJ]

Oh, yeah. I was just right back. Right.

[Ben]

There was like, nothing else going on here? You were just churning.

[CJ]

Yeah, I was going.

[Ben]

Sending ideas.

[CJ]

I was like, damn, dude. I know these guys are, like, on vacation, but, like, where the fuck is everyone? I'm like, I. I would like to go into the group chat and see how many consecutive messages I sent. How many days in a row without response. Keep checking. Like, come on, they gotta see this.

[Ben]

Like, there'd be a few easy ones getting answered. And then when it was like, should we run a meeting on Sunday or Monday or what are you thinking? And then Ryan's like, cj, why don't you enjoy your vacation? We'll plan for Monday.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

CJ's like, I can do it when I get back late on Friday. And I was like, just enjoy your vacation, man. Like, perfect, bro.

[CJ]

I'll meet you at the shop.

[Mike]

That's like, I'll be there.

[CJ]

Let's get back to it. Yeah. No, there is something about taking a little bit of time off that. That does refresh, like, the ideas and kind of gets you reinspired and fired back up.

[Mike]

That's. My notes have been. They've been going, now it's fun. You just add stuff back in.

[Ben]

I do love it. That's a weird cha ching feeling when you are, like, walking somewhere and you get to fire something in your notes. It's a video idea or a podcast idea. But I did that in the airport because we were flying. So we spent some time in there. And there's a guy loading an atmosphere. He's on his knees. ATM's open. A bunch of people thought about Robin walking. Not even that. Yeah, I mean, ATM, because he has stacks of 20s like this, like, behind himself. Here's the ATM. And then it's, like, back here to his right. Kind of like, wow. And I'm like, bro, is that a thing? Where was this in the airport?

[Mike]

I guess. Nobody's stupid enough to commit a crime in the airport.

[CJ]

I agree.

[Ben]

Because, like, that was an issue.

[Ryan]

Just slipped it.

[CJ]

I mean, I've said that before. I think the airport is the safest place that you could ever be in America. Safer than, like, the US Embassy really is. The airport is the safest place because they scan everyone, you know, that nobody is, like, armed.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

And then what happens if they, you know, like, what are you going to do? Run out the. The gate? Yeah.

[Ben]

Oh, true.

[CJ]

There's, like, nowhere to go.

[Ken]

You're just believing. It's called security theater.

[Mike]

Oh.

[Ken]

Like, people sneak shit through that all the time. Like, there's some bad stats, but, like, how much people can sneak through TSA and get away with it.

[Mike]

What do they see?

[Ken]

How it's like. Like people have snuck stuff through, then they realize, like, after security, oh, how did I get.

[Ben]

But that's what I'm wondering if it's like, an unintentional thing. And then it goes into the stat. Like, that's not.

[Ryan]

You guys see that?

[Ken]

Like, they run tests where, like, they'll. They'll purposely send people through with stuff just to see if they get caught. And there's like, some stat where it's a sting operation. This percent of people got through and they didn't catch them.

[CJ]

What do you think you think is safer?

[Ken]

Probably any government building.

[CJ]

Guess I didn't think about that.

[Ryan]

I don't know about that.

[CJ]

Yeah, but why couldn't she sneak something through a government building? Like, do they do stats there? They probably just don't want people.

[Ken]

I think the volume of people going through there is just so much lower. Or, you know, like, over the holiday weekend, I think, like 400,000 people flew through. Flew that day through the U.S. well.

[CJ]

You think that a government building, though.

[Ryan]

More of a target.

[CJ]

Yeah. More of a target.

[Ken]

Yeah. They got more of a reason to keep it secure.

[CJ]

Yeah, but somebody bad could want to get in. I don't know. I don't. I don't.

[Ryan]

Whatever.

[CJ]

Whatever. Back to your atm.

[Ben]

That. That was it. Yeah, it was just an intrusive thought, like the fact that he's got about taking it.

[Mike]

What did you fire into the notes in this scenario here that. I mean, pretty straightforward or was it for the podcast? I thought it was a video idea. Then I was like, what's the video.

[Ben]

Idea with the atm, dude, I just typed in money stacks. Stocking ATM at airport.

[Ryan]

Probably due to re. Refill our ATM downstairs. We've been.

[Ken]

Yeah, I think it's been out for a couple.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I know. That makes sense why there's no dice rolling over here.

[Mike]

It's been tough.

[Ben]

It's a big idea, guys.

[Ryan]

So I watched this documentary on Amazon Prime. It was made a long time ago about blackjack players. Like, professional blackjack players, and they, like, can count cards. They have this whole system day, in theory, should be able to beat the game. Like, they're playing it, you know, it follows this guy who's a professional blackjack player, and he's, like, making his rounds. And eventually when you're just. Even though they're not writing anything on a piece of paper or anything like that, the casinos watch as you're playing. And then when you're like, Betting, and then you don't bet, and then you're betting, and then you don't. Like, they know. They're like, he's counting cards in his head, like he's a. He's a professional. And they'll come and, like, like, you're done here. We don't want your. We don't want your business anymore. And they can kick you out.

[Mike]

Wow.

[Ryan]

And once you eventually get enough of, like, reputation, they're all linked, and they will send, like, the security photo from you, and then you're basically, like, flagged. So this guy, you know, he can win at blackjack, and he knows he's, you know, flagged in the system. So he decides he's going to go and hit all the casinos, do one last run, and try and, like, squeeze as much out of being a professional blackjack player. So he'd have, like, hidden disguises and all this. And going to one casino wearing, like, a mustache, whatever, play a little bit, get caught. He didn't go and get, like, a haircut, like, shave his head, go to the next one. He'd maybe be able to get away with that, and he would make some money, or he sometimes even lose. And this guy's got the most odds out of anybody, and he's still losing, and he's still losing. So I was pretty turned off by that because I'm like, how the am I supposed to win? So anyways, this guy was up, like, 680 grand.

[Ben]

Whoa.

[Ryan]

He played every day, seven days a week, for a year and a half, for 10 hours. Like, at like, a year, I think he was at, like, 600, some grand. And then he ended up losing, like, quite a bit and ended up walking away at, like, a year and a half with only, like, not only, but $475,000.

[Mike]

Wow.

[Ryan]

And, like, there would be times when he'd, like, lose 10 grand a day. Some days he'd go 30. But it was the biggest turnoff for me because I was like, this guy's losing 10 grand a day sometimes. And he's, like, a professional. Professional. He's the one who's supposed to be winning. How am I supposed to win it all? And then now I'm like, I don't even know if I want to play blackjack anymore.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Ryan]

After watching it, it turned me off, man. I'm just like, what the fuck? Like, this guy was playing hard, dude. A year and a half worth. You know, he's rigging it at least for himself, and it's in his favor somewhat. And he Only went up that much.

[Mike]

Wow.

[Ben]

If it makes you feel any better, people that play slot machines know they're rigged and still play.

[CJ]

Hold on. There's that. What I'm more confused about is every time we sat down at the blackjack table, you plan on. On.

[Ryan]

I was planning on winning.

[CJ]

Winning for everything.

[Ryan]

You know, I thought maybe eventually I'd get better and, like, having a higher chance. Like, what is my. What is my odds of winning if this guy's going in and losing?

[CJ]

No, I know, I know, I know. And I say that jokingly, like, obviously, everyone wants to win. That's why you gamble. But I think at this point, how many times when we sat down at a blackjack table together, got up a little bit, should have walked, didn't. And then lose everything.

[Ryan]

It's just a Hail Mary at the end.

[CJ]

Every single time, dude. Every single time.

[Mike]

I watched. I watched my first live stream, like, kick, you know, twitch. Live stream last night. And it was my favorite gambler. Vegas Matt and Steve will do it gambling together. It was so sick.

[Ryan]

Like, funny, because we ran into Vegas.

[Mike]

Matt at the stadium.

[Ryan]

The stadium. And he asked you guys for a picture. It was so weird because you guys were. Well, Ryan. Ryan freaking loves this guy. He goes, holy. That's Vegas Matt.

[CJ]

He.

[Ben]

He.

[Ryan]

Ryan walks up to him, and he asked Ryan for a picture. I'm like, no way. This guy watches our. Turns out he just wanted a picture with Vikings fans. Didn't know that Ryan's on YouTube or anything, but it was so funny.

[CJ]

And then cropped Ryan out of the picture.

[Ken]

I was the only one who liked him.

[Mike]

You in.

[Ryan]

Was it you?

[Mike]

You two and grandpa Ron were in it. And then I'm just cropped out. It's like having me. But anyway, still supported the stream, and they sat down and played blackjack. And, like, obviously, we're slightly degenerate, but I think we all have a little.

[Ryan]

Bit of those guys seem to be winning, though.

[Mike]

Dude, it was chaos. They walked in there, and Steve was down at one point, like, 20 grand, and he's like, we got to get this back. This big hand, big hand. He'll, like, throw 10 grand on a hand, and they're, like, sitting there, and then it win. And then they ended up playing up to where Vegas Matt was up five grand. He was like, I'm happy. I was just down 10. I'm up five grand. I'm happy. Steve's like, all right, I'm just gonna finish this. I gotta get up 25 grand, and then I'll. I'LL come and meet you. Steve goes down another like where he was almost even. I'm like, steve, walk. Like we're all. Randy's there watching.

[CJ]

Really.

[Mike]

Alondra's on her phone because she wasn't obviously entertain. And then we're watching on the TV and I'm like, steve, walk away. This is so bad. Ends up winning like 30k by the end of it. Like he was just kept playing and had all these different strategies and all the little side bets and it was, it was magic to watch. Yeah, it was exciting.

[Ryan]

I've recently kind of started watching some of their streams too.

[Mike]

Kind of fun.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it is kind of interesting because like the, the veil is like taken down. Yeah, exactly. See how they actually are.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

You know, because you're doing for three hours or you can have a better idea as far as what they're really like. But it's funny because I saw a statistic that livestreaming is plateauing out. I saw that Mr. Be Really Weird manager. He put it out. So yeah, slower cut content is on the rise.

[Mike]

That to me was the most interesting.

[Ryan]

That's surprising to me. But it makes sense because I feel like it was like, you know, so heavy on being fast and like hard hitting and quick and now people are maybe sick of it and it's kind of going the other way, you know. Anyways, yeah, I do like watching the live streams. I don't know if we, we could do it for sure, but it just seems like there's so much risk to it. Like you could slip up on something.

[Mike]

Or it could just be boring and it's horse boring.

[Ryan]

It's funny because like those guys are rather like they're large influencers and like if they're pulling like 10k on a live stream.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's really down at 13k. They were like, this is a huge one.

[Ryan]

Yeah. But like you had that on YouTube, you'd be pretty very disappointed.

[Mike]

Yeah, you know, I did think of that. I was like, you could probably livestream like Evan and Mike's like track nights, you know, out at the track. You could set something up and like follow around and they whip in. And I think people could watch different parts of that, but you'd have to make them entertaining. So that's where I think they're talking about it plateauing out. I think so many people are just like, I'm just going to livestream me watching tv. And then it got boring.

[Ryan]

It is nice. I think it's a good thing to just put on in the Background A lot of times, yeah, it was easy.

[Mike]

We were talking, but, yeah, we could get it.

[Ryan]

Yeah, you just throw it up there.

[Mike]

Michael.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Mike]

New Bronco.

[Ben]

Oh, dude, I love it. I love it. I picked up a Bronco Raptor. I copied Ken again. I don't know what to say. Ken got a Bronco Raptor, and I was like, well, now I need one. I was, like, bummed about Steve for a little bit. The green Bronco? Yeah, for, like, a week. And then I drove this for a week.

[Ryan]

Way better.

[Mike]

It's just like, oh, that thing is huge, dude. I didn't realize that, but even park next to my Hummer. Or, like, your guys's trucks, they have some big beef to them, especially from the back.

[Ken]

They just look so much wider.

[Ryan]

I think it might be wider in my pickup, which is a Raptor.

[Ken]

I think it's. I. I want to say they're about the same.

[Mike]

That's wild, though, because a smaller right.

[Ben]

Cab.

[Ken]

When I was ordering wheels for it, I think he said it uses the. The F150 Raptor rear axle, so it's about that width. So much narrower.

[Ben]

Obviously, it's nothing like it, but it reminds me of, like, a. Like a sprayer with a big gap underneath or like, an angle.

[Mike]

Kind of look like that, dude.

[Ben]

It's got kind of a little dense.

[Ryan]

Body, but, yeah, I just love Broncos, man.

[Ben]

Me and Ken, right?

[Ryan]

No, Ken, too. I think you love them more, though.

[Ben]

I think so, too.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I was. I was, like, looking at the security cameras the. The night Mike picked it up, and I was like, what's he doing to this thing already?

[CJ]

Call him.

[Ken]

And he's like, oh, yeah. I'm just putting some accessories on this thing.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You already had the wheels, the bumper.

[Ben]

Yeah. Now I can sell the wheels and be, like, drove home from the dealership.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And that's it.

[Ben]

But the bronze wheels, you have to pop a picture up. But I love it. Reminds me of, like, a big hot Wheels car.

[Mike]

Did you see that we have new blackout plates in Minnesota now.

[Ben]

Really?

[Mike]

Minnesota?

[Ryan]

How do you do that, then?

[Mike]

Yeah, Minnesota released new plates. So, like, in California, you know, you get the white with the red, but the cool people do the black with the yellow.

[Ryan]

I always thought they painted them themselves.

[Mike]

No. Yeah, they're, like, from the state.

[Ken]

It's, like, an option. You can. You got to pay for, like, some additional upcharge, but it's.

[Ben]

It's, like, fine. Like, the whitetail one or, like, you can buy a Vikings one now. I don't know why you'd want to do that. Wait, but now, yeah, it's a black plate which just says Minnesota above it. And then it's just white.

[Ken]

White text.

[Ben]

White text.

[CJ]

Oh. So it looks like a classic.

[Ken]

I always had one for, like, a couple years, if you've ever seen those. But it's look pretty sharp.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Oh, dang.

[CJ]

That's sick.

[Ben]

So that's what I got. I got for the Bronco a black plate that says Steve 2.

[Mike]

Steve 2? That's what you went with?

[Ryan]

Oh, I love that dude.

[Ben]

Couldn't think of anything better.

[CJ]

Did you guys see that Minnesota also got a new flag?

[Ben]

Oh, why?

[Ken]

I saw that on the Internet.

[CJ]

What's the point? I was hoping you would know.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I was looking on the Internet, and I could not find a reason why.

[Mike]

Other than they needed a new way to fuck up this state.

[Ken]

Like, of all the things they can worry about, they're worried about the flag.

[CJ]

Yeah, it did seem. I was like. I didn't. I didn't know that was something we needed.

[Ben]

And they're like, yeah, we made it modern and cool. Don't. Don't you guys love it? Everyone in Minneapolis is like, yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I don't know why I did this. It was, like, late at night when I read about the new flag and I see the design, I'm like, well, this is. So then I went on Amazon and ordered, like, four Minnesota flags of the original.

[CJ]

I was wondering who ordered those. I saw. I saw that in on our Amazon account, and I was like. I was like, what is somebody planning here?

[Ben]

And even.

[CJ]

Am I ruining something by seeing this?

[Ben]

Me ordering them?

[CJ]

I'm like, goes to March.

[Ben]

I'm going to Mars planting that on there.

[CJ]

No.

[Ben]

I even asked myself the same thing. I'm like, I don't really know why I'm buying these flags, but, you know, just in case you can't get them anymore.

[CJ]

That is such a Mike thought. That's like, oh, man, I should throw this away. But what happens if I need it in the future? I better hold on to it.

[Ryan]

That's because he's a true collector.

[Ben]

Now I'm getting advanced. I didn't. I don't have even thought about throwing it away because I didn't own it. I needed to acquire it first.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Well, he's not gonna think about throwing away. You will. Ben, when you see four flags sitting in the ship, what are these flags doing? They're not.

[CJ]

They're not even the new.

[Ryan]

The new Minnesota flag. C.J. am I good to throw these? I Don't care. Throws them in the garbage. Three months later, Mike's wondering where.

[Ken]

It's like pulling back out.

[CJ]

That's exactly right.

[Ben]

I'm gonna hook it on the Razor Whips. Show my Minnesota pride, man.

[Mike]

Like, becomes.

[Ryan]

I don't know if I have much Minnesota pride. I hate to say it.

[Mike]

It is tough.

[Ben]

I do.

[Ryan]

I'm proud to live here.

[Ben]

Unapologetic Minnesota pride. I don't know why.

[Mike]

I think it's the southern half of the state that maybe taints the feeling of the state, but, like, I'm proud to live here, which obviously, I know you are, too, but I get what you're saying. We're not like Minnesota, dude.

[Ryan]

I don't think, like, the place that I Decisions.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

It's really ironic that we're, like, talking this much about our state, because last night I watched, like, a informational video on YouTube about it, like, 13 minutes long. Some dudes, like, today we're going to be talking about the state. Minnesota. Minnesota is one of those that shows the whole history of it and how we used to be split up. Like, what am I doing?

[CJ]

Did you learn anything new?

[Mike]

Yeah, I did, but I need to go to bed.

[Ben]

I didn't retain any of it.

[CJ]

One of those.

[Mike]

Yeah, one of those videos.

[Ben]

Yeah. Although 65% of people live in the Minneapolis, St. Paul area in Minnesota, that only leaves 35% of people live in the rest of the state. That is why it's so different.

[CJ]

That is pretty wild.

[Ryan]

And we got a stronghold on us.

[Ben]

A couple cities, mostly Minneapolis, Fargo, because they counted it, and the rest. That was it.

[Ryan]

If I were to move away, I'd want to go Florida. Otherwise.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Las Vegas and then I'd say Utah. Third.

[Mike]

Because of the Mormons. Yeah.

[Ben]

Salt Lake City.

[CJ]

Salt Lake City is sick.

[Ryan]

I think it's a nice place.

[CJ]

At a hub, you're like, four hours away from any anything. How was. How was Florida? Did Florida kind of reignite? Like, we should get a place down here.

[Mike]

I love Florida.

[Ben]

I. I'll never stop thinking that. But, no, I guess it's hard not to think about it when you're there. You're like, man, I love it here, but I'd love to do that one day. I. I think it's in the cards, but I haven't put a lot of thought into it.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I feel like there's. There's other things that we probably need to acquire around here.

[CJ]

Before we do that, we should probably finish our shop.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And it'd be tough. Like, as we. As we get older, like you're married and stuff and then you leave and you're.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And you're like, we're going to just go and all live together in a house. Like, you'd almost need to have each of us have like our own crib or some kind of spot so you can bring like the family or we.

[Ben]

Yeah, we capitalize school in the case that we're all married. We also film, like a livestream. Not, maybe not livestream, but like a reality TV show in our house. It'll be exhausting.

[Ryan]

House. Huge house.

[CJ]

Huge.

[Ben]

A really big beach house.

[CJ]

The show would pay for the house.

[Mike]

Can you imagine?

[Ben]

And then we're also filming our YouTube videos.

[Ryan]

Just have another. I don't even know if It'd be a TV show. It'd probably just be another YouTube channel and be the most lucrative.

[CJ]

It might be more entertaining.

[Ben]

And then it takes off, like, way bigger than C Boys TV ever.

[CJ]

I often wonder, like, the off camera lives with all of our girlfriends and friends and.

[Ryan]

Yeah, like a new crowd. Like, like all the guys that watch, all of a sudden they're girlfriends and they are, like, more interested in that version of our life. But they're all like, that sucks. They don't do anything cool.

[CJ]

I mean, it is pretty intricate. I think people would definitely find it entertaining. But it would. It would add another layer of stress for us.

[Ben]

Oh. At that point, like, our lives just.

[Ryan]

Like, they're just real.

[Ben]

We're not even, you know, legit.

[CJ]

Would not.

[Ben]

Yeah, that scares me.

[Mike]

I did find a nice place down in Naples, and the two properties next door were actually for sale if we wanted to pick those up. But it was $175 million. Six beds, 16 baths. So, yeah, the payment's only a million dollars a month.

[Ken]

Property taxes, probably a million bucks.

[Mike]

Yeah, it was about 750, but I couldn't believe. Yeah, a year. I couldn't believe. I was like, who's buying this?

[Ryan]

How long has it been on the market?

[Mike]

I don't know. Probably a while. Apparently, nobod, nobody's buying it.

[Ben]

When we were on the pontoon in Florida in the canals, it was so great. We could just be like, ryan, what's this house is for sale. What's it worth?

[Mike]

Or he calls my dad away Zillow.

[Ryan]

Just like, he can't believe it.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

He's like, how do you find that so fast? Like you don't even know the address. I'm like, well, you just press the little.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I do that all the time. Except I do. I use on. Well I use Zillow to see but then Onyx also for like certain things.

[CJ]

But yeah, I love doing that. Creeping on. On people's personal lives.

[Ben]

Yeah, it brought a more entertaining aspect to for sure. Like house looking.

[Mike]

That is one thing. When you talked about Florida, like did it reignite anything? I. Absolutely. The Minnesotan in me loves Florida for that. Because here like everybody who's ever been on a lake, you cruise around in the pontoon, slow in the lake, you look at the houses, you look at the water. So you do, but you have the same lake, the same circle that you go around 100 times a summer. But there, there's like I don't know how many hundreds of miles of canals go all over. You can go all over the place. You drive to like 10 different restaurants. The best.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's weird. I never experienced that until I was with you and your dad last year. But it's like you're legit on just roads but you're in a pontoon. Yeah, it's like every road has a canal on the inside of it. So you can go pretty much everywhere in the city just on a boat. Yeah, it's like the weirdest thing ever.

[Ben]

It has more like I guess waterfront than Venice. More canals because that's what Venice is always known for is the canals around here. We always gawk at the really big houses. We're like, we're. We're so basic for that. Like when someone's building a house we're like oh yeah, how they coming along on that? But in Florida it's cool that you can kind of see, you know you can look at any different tier. Those little houses are nice. I love that. Oh, look at that house. Oh look at that house. And then you go to Miami and then you like it can just keep getting bigger and bigger.

[Mike]

You got the hundred million dollar builds.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

See that guy in Fargo, he's building like the new. It's going to be the biggest house in North Dakota or something like that. And then the newspaper like freaking made a. Wrote an article on it, release the floor plans and I guess initially like had like labeled like where his kids rooms were and.

[CJ]

And then.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's up.

[Ryan]

I think, I think the whole thing's pretty up. Like just weird. Why would you even need to write an article on that?

[CJ]

Strange. I think their hands on that.

[Ryan]

I guess it's public knowledge. Like what we were saying how we.

[CJ]

Like to look into people's Ryan leaked but.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I know it was interesting. That just made me think of it.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

So, yeah, I mean, you could. Everything is public knowledge when it comes to that.

[Ben]

I'm just surprised that like someone had the idea to be like, let's put the blueprints in the article right there.

[Ryan]

It's pretty polarizing though, because some people are. Are like. I was looking at the comments. Some people, like, this is so fucked up, like, respect their privacy and all this. And then other people are like just hating on them because, like, they just hate anyone who's rich or has money.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And like they don't have any sympathy for them. And yeah, it's just interesting reading the. Then they're fighting in the comments books always. Dude, I've really come around to Facebook.

[CJ]

Really?

[Ryan]

Yeah, I love Facebook. Mainly Marketplace.

[CJ]

Marketplace.

[Ryan]

It just. There's just you getting everything. You're getting everything.

[Ben]

I've always loved Marketplace.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I know, I know that.

[Ben]

I've been. I've been getting a lot of inquiries lately just to buy yours.

[CJ]

To buy people's stuff.

[Ben]

Just starting to become more frequent thing. Yeah.

[CJ]

Any good ones?

[Ben]

No, nothing good yet. Nothing that would be like, worth adding another headache.

[Ryan]

How many vehicles you got right now? So you got your Bronco. You have four or run me through them again.

[Ken]

Subaru, Subaru 350Z.

[Ryan]

Oh, that's right.

[CJ]

Water truck.

[Ryan]

Water truck. How many of your vehicles run right now? I guess don't need work need to be done to them two.

[Ben]

The Subaru runs.

[CJ]

How about.

[Ryan]

Doesn't need to be repaired.

[Ben]

Just one in some way or another.

[Ryan]

Dude.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

When Mike was waiting for his Bronco, he was driving the, the company truck for a while. I was like, man, this guy's got all these vehicles, but he doesn't have a single one to drive.

[CJ]

Well, he was driving the Subaru too, for a little bit.

[Ryan]

The.

[Ben]

The before Evan jumped it.

[CJ]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Ryan]

You're driving the blue Subi.

[CJ]

That was front or rear bumper?

[Ben]

Yeah, that was pretty funny. Like. Like, I can't believe. Although then we thought, man, like six years ago us would have been like, frick, yeah, the company's got a Subaru. Like, we can hop in. But then I did the same thing with the Ram I'm driving. And I was like, I really hope I, you know, the Bronco comes in or the Subaru gets done faster or something. I was like, so I can stop driving this? And then I was like, wait, we didn't work our asses off to get a company truck to not drive.

[Mike]

Yeah, I wasn't driving.

[Ben]

Right, right.

[Mike]

It is nice, too. Kind of fell in love with it, driving it. Like, going to a diesel truck sometimes can be tough if you come from, like, your guys's trucks. It would ride rough and stuff like that, but once you get used to.

[CJ]

It, oh, it's the best.

[Ben]

I started the Bronco, and I'm like, it doesn't smell like diesel.

[Ryan]

I like that it doesn't smell like diesel.

[Ben]

I love that smell.

[CJ]

Diesel in your hands after you fill it up.

[Ben]

Yeah. Smells better than gas.

[Mike]

What's that? Am I right, Ken? Huh? Gas.

[Ryan]

That's right.

[Ken]

I've never heard of that. I've been stuck driving an electric car for the last two months.

[Mike]

Exactly.

[CJ]

Stuck doing stuff.

[Ben]

I know.

[Mike]

But when I was flying down to Florida, I was going through my phone because I didn't have Internet, and you're pretty limited on what you can do. And I had about four Jack Harlow songs, and that was all that was downloaded on my phone for music. Yeah, it was tough. I don't know. I think it. It got, like, my normal stuff got bumped off, so I was just, like, scrolling through pictures, listening to the same Jack Harlow songs. And so as I was laying there listening to Way out by the last or for the sixth time, I remembered something about Jack Harlow. Me and Ben went to the concert, as well as my buddy Ken. And then my buddy Ken disappeared. You remember when you were up on stage?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Oh, I forgot about that.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I got asked to leave.

[Mike]

Before that happened. What. What brought you to the vip? Like, only girls in bikinis and Jack Harlow and his cronies.

[Ken]

You guys had. You guys had snuck onto the floor, which you had to pay extra for.

[Mike]

Ken's like that.

[Ken]

I couldn't find an opening to sneak into that.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Ken]

So I snuck around to the backstage bar, where there's a restroom back there.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Ken]

And then from there, it's just a quick little security line into the. The back area. And the security line, people got occupied by somebody else and me and, like, six other people. Random people just walked straight in there.

[Mike]

Was it, like, up there? Like, did you feel like you were living on the other side?

[Ken]

It was kind of weird. It was kind of more. I feel like it'd be more fun on the floor because, you know, up. You're just, like, elevated. Everyone's, like, looking at you. It's a little, like, too snooty.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Then Jack Harlow bumps in you, like.

[CJ]

Get out of my way, man.

[Ken]

And then security rolls around and wristband.

[Mike]

And you're just like, you. And they just kicked you Out.

[Ken]

Oh yeah, like right before they like did one little security check, checked everyone's wristbands and everyone that didn't got asked to leave.

[Mike]

Damn.

[Ben]

Legendary though.

[Ken]

I forgot about that.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's.

[CJ]

I was just.

[Mike]

I couldn't believe it. I was just sitting there in row 37 on an Allegiant flag. I go, man. My buddy Ken snuck up on stage.

[Ryan]

Dude, he's a wild man to date.

[CJ]

I've never seen women act the way they acted around Jack Harlow. It was crazy, dude. Yeah, it was the wildest thing I've ever seen. These gals were just swooning, just swooning. And he's not even a good looking guy. I was so confused.

[Ben]

That's how I felt. I know it's a little different, but the same thing at the Skizzy Mars concert?

[Mike]

Oh yeah.

[Ben]

More underground. But chicks were going nuts for him. And he is. Yeah, he's not the best looking guy either.

[CJ]

Dude, girls love a guy with talent. And musicians, athletes and musicians.

[Mike]

How do you think.

[Ryan]

They got a lot of money too?

[Mike]

That helps. How do you acquire that type of the. I almost used the word juice, but I don't like that word. So like, how do you, how do you acquire that aura? You know? Like, how do, how do I. How does this turn into.

[CJ]

He stopped wearing a, A white long sleeve.

[Mike]

It's cold out. It's cold out.

[Ryan]

You know, Ryan, I feel like you have a lot of anti abuse. No, no, no, no. Just listen. I think that you, if not already, I mean, obviously already, you're extremely cool. I think you're extremely cool and you have that, that factor, but it's not the same factor as like Jack Harlow. I think it's more of like a Kirk Cousins type of factor.

[Ben]

Yeah, right.

[Ryan]

Like, like you, like for people that don't know Kirk Cousins, wouldn't you guys agree? Like, everyone loves Kirk Cousin. He's fucking cool. Okay, but like you, you may be more of a line in that lane.

[Ben]

I like that. So he's kind of asking how to obtain more of a Jack Harlow. How do I, how do I get.

[Mike]

In my Kirko chains?

[Ben]

But yeah, but that is a good point.

[CJ]

You're like, I think you could just.

[Ryan]

Put a chain on it. We'd be funny, you know, like, holy, right?

[CJ]

This is so funny.

[Ben]

And then, dude, he had like three chains on that.

[Ryan]

But then like you got Evan over here and he's wearing like three chains and you're just like, yeah, that's how he is. He's wearing like a camo Full camo onesie.

[Ben]

Yeah, I think you. You could. Anyone could obtain that if they want, but they have to again. They have to like years. I'm talking like years. Whether it's rapping or like singing or just practice like gaining a talent and gaining a mindset that you're gonna be.

[Ryan]

Think you're just who you are, man.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Can't pretend your whole life where you can pretend your whole life.

[Ben]

Yeah, but what if you want it so bad that you're not pretending? Everyone just thinks you are. What do you mean?

[Ryan]

Why'd you quote Ken? What is Ken pretending to be someone he's not?

[CJ]

Well, when he goes on dates he does.

[Ken]

You're saying you don't embellish stuff?

[CJ]

No, when I go on a. When I used to go on dates.

[Ryan]

No.

[CJ]

My whole Persona was not a lie.

[Ben]

What if you were on a date with 12 women in of front on.

[Mike]

Camera cameras with your best friends on the other side of glass laughing.

[Ryan]

I mean, I'd feel more obligated to tell the truth.

[CJ]

You definitely gotta to know what you're saying and who you're saying it in front of because they. They might take advantage of it. Which Ken is now learned.

[Ken]

You think I don't know that already?

[Ryan]

He's learned that so many times.

[Mike]

I don't.

[Ryan]

Everything you say and do. Well behold against you.

[Mike]

Will be is the key word. I don't think Ken day to day, you're not a. You're. You're not like lying to anybody yourself. I think you're just a man of mystery. I think you're kind of like. Like, you know, don't be.

[CJ]

I agree.

[Ryan]

100.

[Mike]

We had to pick out 100. If you had to write a bio. I could write a bio on everybody quickly. But if when it came to Canada, I don't know. Great dude, love him, hilarious. But I don't know.

[Ben]

And then you start making stuff up.

[Ryan]

You just don't know the guy. You never know what I mean. You don't know what he's up to, where his next move is, who he's with, what he's doing. You just don't know.

[Mike]

That's what I mean.

[Ken]

He's going with the flow.

[Mike]

I love that.

[Ben]

Like in a mysterious on a mystery river.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

As long as nobody knows.

[Mike]

Not. Not a bad thing. I think people like mystery girls really like you.

[CJ]

On your speed dating, you could have just. Instead of just lying, you should just played cool guy. Just be like no.

[Mike]

What's not said anything you like to do. I don't know?

[Ryan]

I don't know. You tell me.

[CJ]

That'd be a. Ken, what's your favorite drink? Why don't you find out at our next date? And then the girls will be like, oh, my gosh.

[Ben]

Oh.

[Ken]

She's like, you know, sometimes I'm just not quick enough on my feet to come up with that kind of stuff.

[Mike]

I mean, I don't know.

[CJ]

What's your favorite drink? Lie.

[Ken]

That actually was not a lie. That was not a lie. You could ask any of the restaurant. Like, the bartenders are on, dude. They know I ordered, bro.

[CJ]

I will.

[Ben]

Keto soda with the line.

[Mike]

I don't know if it's a continuation of the now you're. You're trying to do that more or, like, make it real. Now that I've been paying attention to it. I do notice that was a summer thing.

[CJ]

Anyway, Ryan, I think back to your question, though. I actually listened to a podcast with Jack Harlow. He was on Caller Daddy. Greta wanted to listen to it. Call Her Daddy is the greatest podcast interviewer of our generation.

[Ryan]

I mean, that's just a heavy statement, dude. It's a very heavy. I don't know a lot of people.

[Mike]

That's a heavy statement. All right, what about the guy who does Hot Hot Ones?

[CJ]

He's got a production. Okay. And Theo Vaughan. All right, all right. Call her daddy.

[Ryan]

What about Oprah?

[CJ]

All right, Oprah. All right. She's tough. She's top ten. She's top ten. She'S top ten. No, she'S. She's just fantastic, though. She, like, goes in between, like, sucking dick and then like, tell me more about your business that you're building.

[Ryan]

Two of your favorite things.

[CJ]

Like, damn, this girl just sure knows that.

[Ryan]

A great show.

[CJ]

I like this. You're looking at Greta. She's not even listening anymore. Good. She got more intrigued. Jack Harlow was like, like, basically just like flirting and like, trying to riz the whole time. And I think, like, people like that, that do have that aura, they're just constantly, like, kind of flirting with them or, like, playing with them. And, like, you're so funny, you know.

[Ryan]

Like, out of confidence.

[CJ]

Yeah, yeah, there you go. I think it's tough to just have.

[Ryan]

Confidence out of nowhere, you know? That's when it comes in like, oh, you're super talented. So now you have a lot of confidence in it because you're like, I'm the man.

[Mike]

I'm a good quarterback.

[CJ]

You seen me drift a front wheel drive car.

[Ben]

Like, that's your go to. Do you have any say, like, accolades or Just skills that you feel like you really bring to the table. I can swing the TC.

[Mike]

I was really cool when I was 16 at it, so.

[Ben]

Yeah, you guys missed out last night. We had a time kind of called for a boys night. I know you were just getting home, but. And, you know, we. We. We still made do with. Without you, but we played fibbage. Have you ever. No one's ever.

[Ryan]

Yeah, played it.

[Ben]

Yeah, bro. We were.

[Ryan]

You were. You should probably run through, like, the.

[CJ]

Oh, yeah.

[Ben]

So it was me, Gavin, Ken, Justin, Cody, Jake.

[Mike]

Oh, my God.

[Ben]

We're just ripping free. Played for three hours and we were crying, laughing.

[CJ]

What is it?

[Ryan]

The plane? Fibbage for three hours doesn't sell me. Like, I missed out, but the crying, laughing does not.

[Mike]

Because I know you guys, but I just.

[Ryan]

I'm trying to figure out who can.

[Ken]

Come up with the most messed up response. Yes questions.

[Ben]

It basically is just, like, a random fact, and then it'll leave a word blank. And so you're supposed to come up with a lie that is, like, convincing that someone else would pick. But we just came up with the funniest thing possible and then played it like apples to apple style.

[CJ]

You know, it's good when the next morning in the group chat, somebody text, man, I'm still crying. Yeah.

[Ryan]

So, Ben, are you still on your carnivore diet?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

You are. You're back to it now?

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

So you kind of deviate when you. When you travel, though, just to make life easier.

[CJ]

Yeah, I mean, I feel like shit. Like, I definitely. I try not to because it, like, sets me back and I don't feel good if I don't. But yeah. Yeah, I'm still back.

[Ryan]

I might hop on that. I just want to try it, really.

[CJ]

I mean, it's.

[Ryan]

I'm not gonna go as extreme as you because I think I could probably still. You should be able to put seasonings and on.

[CJ]

Yeah, I just use, like, salt and pepper. But it's difficult if you're traveling. But I mean, if you're at. If you're at home and you can just set up.

[Ryan]

Sounds kind of nice. Just eggs in the morning and then do a steak at night.

[CJ]

Yeah, I've lost, like, even more weight. I'm probably, like, £25 down. And I've tried to, like, eat as much food as possible. Like, this morning for breakfast, I had four eggs and four pieces of bacon.

[Ben]

Whoa.

[CJ]

And then a bunch of fruit. It's like, kind of all I can eat. And I just try and eat, like, larger portions of it. And I'm still like, you're hungry or.

[Ryan]

You just don't feel fulfilled? Because it's just the same thing.

[CJ]

Yeah, both. But also, I'm trying to, like, gain weight. Like, I'm trying to put weight back on.

[Mike]

Why?

[CJ]

I don't think, like, where I'm at is, like, a. Like, a healthy weight. Like, I would have been, like, happy, like, losing 10 pounds.

[Ryan]

What do you weigh now?

[CJ]

Like, 147, dude.

[Mike]

I haven't been.

[Ben]

Really?

[Mike]

The rest of you?

[CJ]

Yeah, I haven't been this small since, like, 10th grade in high school.

[Ryan]

What'd you weigh before 175?

[CJ]

I was like, 172. Holy.

[Ryan]

I think I could lose some weight. Not. Not necessarily even doing that. I just. I want to do that, and I want to try the Dana White's Fast, where you, like, fast for. Is it 72 hours? So you'd only drink water. But I'm the reason I'd want to do it. Not necessarily to lose weight, but it cleans out, like, your system, because I guess, like, it just eats all that. Yeah, you just burn off all your garbage that's in your system. But I've just recently, like, I'm just trying to be more healthy. Not that we're old, but as we're getting older, I just want to, like, try to make my body maintain it and be able to go for longer. I mean, we used to. I mean, some of us still do. But, like, I'll say for me, like, I was. I'd drink every day, eat shit. Like, I wouldn't get any sleep. Now I, like, prioritize just, like, getting good sleep and, like, not drinking alcohol every day and all that. So I want to try, like, some new stuff. So. Yeah. And I've been getting out, like, on my supplements and everything.

[Mike]

I think probably two more than even. Like, obviously appearance is nice, but it's, like, how you feel. You feel better.

[Ryan]

I agree.

[Mike]

And I. I think that is what I could see for you, too. Like, what you really are searching for. Just feeling.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I just want to feel better. Yeah, that's right.

[CJ]

You know what's funny, though, is, is I guess I didn't drink, like, every day. I would say probably like, two or three times a week. When I quit drinking because of my stomach, I was curious to see, like, how I would feel, like, mentally from, like, quitting drinking. And I quit for probably, like, a month and a half, and I honestly, I didn't feel any different.

[Ryan]

Really?

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Yeah. To me. To me.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I wasn't expecting you to say that I wasn't either.

[Ken]

I was expecting completely.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Like, the. Honestly, the only thing I felt was.

[Ryan]

More depressed because you don't have anything to look forward to because. Yeah. And you're not getting, like, that dopamine hit from eating whatever you want.

[CJ]

Yeah. And I. I don't really think that I had, like, a drinking issue where, like, you know, I looked forward to it at the end of the day, and, like, that's the only thing, like, getting me through. It was just always, like, a nice little reward.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

And I just felt like with out, you know, having, like, that little reward. Granted, I had like, no reward of even, like, good food.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

So that was part of it, too, but also, like, I think a lot of good times come from, like, drinking with the boys or, like, when we're, like, out and about doing something, you know, just not experiencing that. You know, you have a little bit more, like, mental clarity, I guess, from not being, like, fogged by, like, the booze or, like, hungover for a day or two days after if you really go on a bender. But, you know, those aside, just, like, overall happiness and overall just mood, it's.

[Mike]

Maybe not even so much the drinking, but it's the, like, not getting the social, like, the camaraderie.

[CJ]

Yes, that. Yeah, that too.

[Ryan]

I mean, to me, I guess I don't feel like the drinking is, like, a mental fog. Like, I can get up and just go. But what I notice is I don't sleep as well. And now since I quit drinking so much, I, like, I know what, like, a good night's rest feels like. And honestly, like, not. Not a paid thing, but, like, with my whoop and now I'm, like, able to put numbers to it. I'm like, well, no wonder I don't feel good. And then you kind of start figuring it out. And I think I just know what it feels like to have a good night's rest and wake up, like, actually ready to go. Which, I mean, I don't know, like, you can wake up and still be, like, hungover, a little drunk still, and just, like, start firing and be ready to roll. Like, I mean, that's not, like, my problem.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

But at the beginning of the podcast, I was like, man, I just feel, like, drained and, like, more tired, you know, even after taking, like, a week off. What I noticed, too, is, like, when you guys were all gone, I was a little sick, but, like, you know, I didn't have a reason to, like, get up and, like, get going. I didn't have to be to the shop and I didn't have to like get shit done. And I would just like find myself like sleeping in later, staying up and then staying up late.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Scrolling because I'm like, I don't have to get up. And then like my whole day is just shot because I woke up late and I kind of got a, you know, slow start. And then I'm just like, I'm literally sitting at home like texting Greta like, yo, when are you gonna be here? I'm so bored.

[Ryan]

She feels probably all the time.

[CJ]

Yeah. And. And I was like, I was like, that's why I'm sitting at home fucking firing texts in the group chat. Like, all right.

[Ryan]

No, I feel that when you guys.

[CJ]

Can be home, like I'm. I'm like driving myself crazy right now. I'm sleeping in, I'm getting, I'm getting more sleep and I feel like exhaust of it. And yeah. There's something to be said about just like just getting back to, to, to work or like whatever you're working on or excited about or just something to do.

[Ryan]

You were missing those dopamine hits of productivity.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Of doing something like moving. We'll just say the business along, you know, so like, maybe if you would have started working out.

[CJ]

I did work out. That's how bored I was.

[Ryan]

Did you feel a little bit better after that? Yeah.

[CJ]

But I was like, see. Well, now what it is short lived. Now what?

[Ryan]

But I felt that even on like the last like day or two, I was like, damn. Like been here for like seven or five days now. I'm like, I'm kind of ready to go. And then it's like we got two more days of kind of hanging around. I agree. Like, I was getting bored. I was like, I was doing some stuff on the computer.

[Ben]

But I think that's the best part is when you get the break. You like when you're burnt out on doing it. Not necessarily like I'm over, so I'm not doing it. But you're doing it like slower, not as like efficiently. And take that break and then you're. Next thing you do, you're doing it because you want to do it. That's what that breaks for.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I feel like we all got huge.

[Ryan]

Difference when you're doing something because it get done or it needs to get done versus you want to do it. Like you're gonna do it so much better when you want to do it. That's. That's just the, I mean the basics.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Of like Anything you're doing.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And doing. If you want to do it and it needs to get done, then it's really going to be good too.

[CJ]

Yeah. But yeah, I'd say like, the main thing I took away from being away from you guys, even though it was like a week or maybe a little bit less even, is just like coming back inspired and excited for just like continue to create videos and a good year.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

I'm so excited to. To make some bangers this year. And we've got some bigger ideas, some of our best ideas, like coming up in this first, like six months. And I'm just excited to film them and produce them and. And drop them for the people because people have been really liking the vids.

[Ben]

Yeah, dude. Like looking at the calendar, like a blank canvas or like, you know, looking at the calendar and the idea board, like, it's. It's so fun beyond. They'll be like, we'll do that this week and we'll do that and then we'll do that in a month. Oh, it's gonna be great.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I'm excited how the last meeting felt.

[CJ]

Yep.

[Ryan]

And 3 million is coming up.

[Ben]

I can't even remember what I guess.

[Ryan]

And a billion views.

[Mike]

A billion views.

[Ryan]

We're coming up on 1 billion views on total channel views.

[Mike]

That's crazy.

[Ryan]

That's insane. You think about that. One billion views. There's not that many channel. You'd be surprised if you go to like, some of your bigger, like, most favorite channels. There's not a lot of people that are in the 1 billion like, large creators that you think would be in it.

[Mike]

They're not interesting.

[Ryan]

Which, I mean, we got the. We've been doing it for so long and, you know, shorts and whatever else that is boosting it.

[CJ]

But yeah, yeah, we did 5,500 million views last year. 500 million views. About a million subscribers, I think. I think we're in the top 1000 youtubers for subscribers subscriber rank.

[Ben]

Crazy that.

[Mike]

That was.

[Ryan]

That's a real. We were in a room full of Thousand people would be like the smallest dudes there.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Small dogs. Which I don't think we're that big on YouTube. I always say that.

[Ben]

But that is cool. I'd say that's like the threshold, you know, when we first started, let's say it was even at like how many channels there are at a hundred thousand, but a lot.

[Mike]

A lot.

[Ben]

And then getting to the top 1000 is pretty cool.

[Mike]

We're at 1050, so we're still outside the room, but there's.

[Ryan]

It's probably very competitive once you start getting closer and closer, you know, because they're going to be posting and 100%.

[CJ]

Well, here we go.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Here's 20, 24, though.

[Ben]

Here's to it.

[Ryan]

Cheers, boys.

[CJ]

You got me fired up there, Cat.

[Ben]

All right, well, that's a wrap.

[CJ]

Peace, Peace.