Our Neighborhood Hated Us, Why Ben Doesn't Modify His Cars, and Getting Cut from HS Sports

Summary

Podcast Summary: Life Wide Open with CboysTV

Episode: "Our Neighborhood Hated Us, Why Ben Doesn't Modify His Cars, and Getting Cut from HS Sports"

Date: May 16, 2023
Hosts: CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, Micah

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Overview

In this candid and comedic episode, the CboysTV crew dives into personal stories about their troublesome reputation in the neighborhood, their (mis)adventures with cars and homeownership, and experiences getting cut from high school sports. Expect their trademark banter, behind-the-scenes antics, and conversational detours through viral internet moments, monetizing Snapchats, and evolving adulthood.

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Key Topics and Discussion Points

1. Silly Shirts & Inside Jokes (00:00–04:44)

• The episode kicks off with the group poking fun at each other's boldly-printed shirts and referencing long-running inside jokes, such as “Steve Wars” and custom license plates.
• They affectionately discuss Grandpa Ron, their family antics, and the realities of making money from merch:
  • Memorable Quote:
    • Mike: "He was thinking Vegas and a private jet...we might go get some pizza at Zorba's. That’s about it. That’s about how much money we’ve made off these shirts." (03:14)

2. Homeownership: Adulting & Group Pranks (04:45–11:44)

• Evan announces he bought his first house, sparking jokes about house hunting, potential pranks, and the comparative stress of “adulting.”
  • Mike suggests using the limo as a “wrecking ball” for questionable investment properties (06:10).
• CJ owns up to being too “financially irresponsible” to buy a house, blaming restaurant bills and car projects (07:39).
• The group recalls selling a screechy Volkswagen and nearly sabotaging the sale with sauna streaking bets (08:21–10:31).

3. Modifying Cars, Especially Ben’s (16:34–20:38)

• A recurring running joke: Ben doesn’t like modifying cars.
  • The crew recounts Ben’s pattern of modifying cars and quickly selling them, particularly his tendency to install and then remove loud exhaust systems.
    • CJ: "Your Lamborghini doesn’t even have an exhaust. Starting to think you’re kind of a..." (17:24)
• Ben defends himself; Ryan and Mike tease him about how “stock” is always the final outcome.

4. Neighborhood Reputation & HOA Drama (31:23–37:00)

• The group describes moving into their current neighborhood and how residents were initially skeptical and worried about potential chaos, dirt bikes, and police visits.
  • Mike: "People were like, very concerned...they legit thought the neighborhood was going to shit." (33:12)
• They reflect on being surprisingly good neighbors despite some initial wild antics (“farm animals...ATV out the window”), and how their work schedule means they're rarely home.

5. Social Media Hustle: Snapchat, Monetization, and Model Culture (22:03–29:10)

• CJ details his renewed enthusiasm for Snapchat, its monetization, and building fan interaction compared to earlier days.
• Evan and CJ joke about making money with “nice behinds” on social media, leading to larger comments on internet hustle culture and OnlyFans/Instagram models.
  • Mike: "You’ve got to respect these Instagram models...they still hustle it and they work it." (25:12)
• They debate the surge in kids wanting to be YouTubers or Snapchatters, and ponder whether enough people are still aspiring for “normal” jobs like nurses or firefighters.

6. Delegating Life: Outsourcing Chores & Home Tasks (29:24–31:06)

• The hosts discuss the merits and guilt attached to outsourcing chores like mowing the lawn, balancing it with the demands and rewards of content creation.
  • CJ: “It’s nice to do it when you have the time, but sometimes you just gotta drive and... then it doesn’t get done.” (30:27)

7. Corporate Towns: Hershey PA, Walmart, “MrBeastville” (35:27–39:02)

• Inspired by the MrBeast buying an entire neighborhood, they talk about historical company towns like Hershey, PA, and how corporations funnel money into local communities.
• Parodying the idea, the group jokes about starting a “CboysTV-ville” with a trailer park, bar, and even their own church.

8. Neighborhood Politics: HOA Concerns (32:35–33:50)

• Evan shares his nervousness about fitting in with his new HOA and being recognized as part of the Cboys crew.
• Mike reveals that when their group moved in, neighbors genuinely expected mayhem but were ultimately relieved by their “pretty good” behavior.

9. Car Talk: Raptor Ranger & Car Nostalgia (41:01–45:00)

• They react to the 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor, with initial skepticism:
  • Mike: "You'll just never be able to beat a 1999 Ford Ranger." (41:12)
• The discussion shifts into nostalgic appreciation for older, simpler vehicles.

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Notable and Entertaining Moments

Jokes About “Daddy” Nickname in the Merch Facility

• Evan claims Ken has all the merch team calling him "Daddy":
  • Evan: "All of his minions...calling him Daddy." (15:27)
  • Ben: "This is so ridiculous." (15:47)
  • Playful, tongue-in-cheek ribbing about workplace conduct.

High School Sports Struggles (47:35–59:58)

• The hosts share embarrassing and honest tales from youth sports—missing catches due to distractions, avoidant behavior, and getting cut from teams.
  • CJ: "The coach came to me and said, Ryan, if the ball comes to you, you stop and immediately look for someone else to pass it to or you shoot it...you are not to dribble it around." (56:54)
• Nostalgic debate over who was actually any good at organized sports.
• CJ and Ryan talk about being "cut" from their golf teams, mostly by just not being invited back.

Banter About Sweat & Unusual Bodies (46:03–47:58)

• The group debates the most embarrassing places to sweat.
• They poke fun at Ryan’s chest divot (“pectus excavatum”), nicknaming it the “built-in beer holder” and trading self-deprecating jokes about their own bodies and childhood bullying.

Social Commentary on Influencer Careers (29:10–30:00)

• The group laments the changing landscape of career aspirations among kids, balancing the privilege of their own careers with the uncertainty and challenges of being a successful influencer.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |------------------------------|-----------------| | Funny shirts & inside jokes | 00:00–04:44 | | Evan buys a house | 04:50–11:14 | | Ben and car mods argument | 16:35–20:38 | | Snapchats & monetization | 22:03–29:10 | | Neighborhood & HOA stories | 31:23–34:15 | | Corporate town comparison | 35:27–39:02 | | Discussion on Raptor Ranger | 41:01–45:00 | | High School sports failures | 47:35–59:58 |

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Standout Quotes

• Mike (on merch sales):
  "That's about it. That's about how much money we've made off these shirts." (03:14)
• CJ (on being financially irresponsible):
  "No, I'm far too financially irresponsible...I look at all my restaurant bills, probably from eating out." (07:39)
• Mike (on noisy exhaust mods):
  "Every single time I do it, it is so loud." (17:57)
• Evan (on social media careers):
  "I respect the hustle, but I don't respect the content." (25:31)
• Mike (on neighborhood reputation):
  "People were like, very concerned...they legit thought the neighborhood was going to shit." (33:12)
• CJ (on being cut from sports):
  "The coach came to me and said, Ryan, if the ball comes to you, you stop and immediately look for someone else to pass it to or you shoot it. Like, you are not to dribble it around." (56:54)

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Tone and Style

The group maintains a witty, playful, and sometimes self-deprecating tone throughout. Their banter is casual and authentic, with plenty of inside jokes and mutual ribbing.

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Useful for New Listeners

This episode offers a mix of wild nostalgic tales, current adult challenges, and honest confessions about the YouTube/content creator lifestyle. The candid dynamic makes it easy for both new and returning listeners to engage and relate—especially anyone interested in car culture, neighborhood drama, or the weirdness of growing up and finding your place.

Transcript

[Ryan]

Okay, well, it looks like Ryan.

[Ben]

Or.

[Ryan]

Sorry, it looks like myself and CJ are channeling our inner Ryan today.

[CJ]

Yeah, you guys got funny shirts on. I. I don't. Yeah.

[Mike]

What's so funny about my shirt?

[Ryan]

Well, it says Frick Vape, so I'm.

[CJ]

Proud of you for taking a stand.

[Ryan]

I just have a feeling people might come up to you. Haha, that's funny. And then you. You're just gonna stone cold them. I like that.

[Mike]

No, I mean, I'm taking a stand against vapes. I want kids put down the vapes and get back on cigarettes. Correct.

[Ryan]

Vape.

[Mike]

Yep.

[CJ]

But where. Where did you actually get the Steve War shirt?

[Ryan]

Like Instagram ad Yanah. But I. I don't know if many of you know, but some. We have inside joke of Steve. And then I saw it. Steve wars, where everyone in the galaxy is named Steve.

[Mike]

Yeah, Mike's license plate Steve. We call him Steve. Yeah, Mike calls everyone else Steve.

[CJ]

All right. I'm feeling left out.

[Evan]

Such an inside joke. Mike, we haven't called you Steven actually probably a while.

[Mike]

I think once, nine months. Once you put your license plate as Steve, I was like, I don't really want to call him that anymore.

[Evan]

Well, that was my question. Do you regret getting your license plate, Steve, being that it was kind of like a one month inside joke and then we kind of just left it there?

[Ryan]

No, because for me, Steve is still like a lifestyle.

[Evan]

Okay, that's good, that's good. You kind of have committed to it.

[Mike]

Mike's got all the funny license plates. Yeah, he's got Steve.

[Evan]

Good kid.

[Ryan]

And the funniest one of all, Sandman, I think.

[Mike]

Good kids. My favorite because it's on the Subi, which is like a total degenerate looking car. So like, I'd imagine you get pulled over for something petty like window tint or no front license plate, and they have to write good kid.

[Evan]

That's hilarious to me. Think of that.

[Mike]

I pulled him all. He's a good kid, but I had to get them for window tint, you know?

[Ryan]

All right, what's Ryan say? Oh, I took both pills and now I'm stuck in Light, the Life Wide open podcast.

[CJ]

Custom.

[Ryan]

Custom. That's the one that was $53.

[CJ]

No, those are still coming.

[Ryan]

Oh, I love it.

[Mike]

What's that mean?

[Evan]

Right now you're going custom with it.

[CJ]

It's. It's from the Matrix.

[Evan]

Since you're too. Okay, yeah, you take a red pill.

[CJ]

Or a blue pill and then you do a thing.

[Ryan]

But Ryan took both.

[CJ]

I took both. And now I'm stuck inside of this podcast.

[Evan]

I. I love you can't see the bottom part. It just says ocean.

[CJ]

I know. That's why I haven't. I haven't worn it that much, but I love it.

[Ryan]

They like the spacing on the text is just a little extra pretty janky.

[Mike]

Oh, shit.

[Evan]

Here, you guys just keep on.

[CJ]

Oh, come on.

[Ryan]

There ain't no way does Ben really have a shirt. All right, well, we're all wearing silly shirts. Oh, sorry. Couple silly shirts and one very, very important public announcement over here.

[Mike]

Yeah, more of a political agenda. I don't know if it'd be political.

[Ryan]

But that'd be so funny. You wear that and we're like, geez, siege. I. We try not to get political on this podcast here, but all right.

[Evan]

It's the best I could do. There we go.

[Ryan]

Honestly. Yeah, I have to laugh because it's like, oh, you just grabbed some of our merch.

[Evan]

I thought I had a better. I thought I had one in my office.

[Ryan]

No, I think it's fitting. Grandparon. Stone cold grandparon.

[Evan]

And also, we might have accidentally ordered like a thousand extra of these shirts. So we gotta sell these.

[Ryan]

Yeah, there was a little miscommunication. So hop on the website and get some crap.

[Evan]

Also not a shitload of grandparad.

[Mike]

We haven't sold many to begin with. I don't. I. I was talking to him, you know, he's wondering where we're gonna go. He's thinking Vegas and a private jet. We're all these fun things. I'm like, dude, we could go to a. We might. We might go get some pizza at Zorbas. That's about it. That's about how much money we've made off these shirts.

[CJ]

This plug does well. We might make it up to Manoomin.

[Mike]

Yeah. Might be able to go to, like, a reservation casino.

[Ryan]

Imagine that. Best we can do is a nine hole in Kansas.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Sorry, man.

[Evan]

In the last vid, when we went and took him to Topgolf, when we showed up at his house and walked in and go, grandpa, you want to go golfing? I'm sure he was like, here, here it is. We're going straight to the private jet and we're going to Vegas or we're going to Mykonos or whatever. Like, pack your bag and we just go topgolf.

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike]

Oh, Was it just me do that? Was it just me or was he kind of in a weird mood that day? Like, when we first showed up to pick him up, he was kind of like, maybe he was. He was skeptical. He's like, what are they doing to me now? You know?

[Evan]

I'm sure he was.

[Mike]

He's got to be wondering. He's like. He's starting to catch on to the game. He's like, okay.

[Ryan]

Plus, he. And he had, like, 13 cookies, so I might not.

[Mike]

Like cookies because we told her we were coming out.

[Ryan]

What? Nothing wrong with the Baker's, does it?

[Evan]

Well, Grandma Cook made us cookies, and I'm sure she was like, these are for the boys. You can't eat them. And then as soon as we were in the door, you. He was like, free game, right? He ate, like, legit 13 of them while we were standing.

[CJ]

I love your grandpa so much, dude. God, he's funny.

[Ryan]

He's a g. A legend already. And also a legend in the making.

[Mike]

Irreplaceable. One of a kind, he is.

[Evan]

Well, boys, I bought a house.

[Ryan]

Congratulations.

[Evan]

I figured it was time to grow up.

[CJ]

I'm proud of you.

[Evan]

Thank you. I mean, it's still a work in progress. I haven't moved in yet, end of the month. But, yeah, I mean, it is, like, you guys are all.

[Ryan]

Well, you.

[Evan]

You guys are homeowners, so, you know, I guess, like, the process of it and it's pretty stressful, I'm gonna be honest.

[Mike]

Yeah, it is kind of a lot.

[Evan]

One of the reasons, I guess I've, like, pushed it off for so long is because I don't wanna, I guess, focus or have to worry about, like, anything else other than just, like, making good videos and, like, just showing up to work.

[CJ]

That's why I haven't bought a house yet.

[Mike]

Right.

[Evan]

There you go. So, yeah, I mean, when we were looking at them, we were. We went and looked at a couple last week, and CJ came with, and there was, like, this one that was going to be, like, first one total gut and remodel.

[Mike]

I wasn't sure if you're going to do it, so I was trying to, like, tiptoe around it. I was like, you know, like, even though you're not going to be the one swinging the hammer, still going to take up a lot of mental space trying to just find people to, like, work on it all that, you know, Like, I was, like, putting little things in there because it was. I mean, that place was a. You bulldoze it down. My plan was I was gonna just ghost ride the limo into it just to even up on the first day, because I figured you'd have to tear it down anyway, you know?

[Evan]

But anyways, I Plan on moving in, living in it for five years, and then doing some renovation. CJ's like, no day one limo through it. Now you don't have a choice.

[Mike]

I've been trying to figure out something to do with that thing. I was like, this will be a great wrecking ball.

[Ryan]

That's the prank we do our house prank.

[Mike]

I just drive a limo through his house.

[Evan]

Yeah, I'm not sure if that'd be quite getting even, but.

[CJ]

But it'd be tough to love to.

[Mike]

Beat it on that first one. I feel like I'd be doing you a favor.

[Evan]

Yeah, as long as I get insurance on it before you'd have had to.

[Mike]

Taking it down anyways.

[Ryan]

So then you looked at another place and it was better.

[Evan]

Well, dude, going from the first place to the second place, it was like going from like a homeless camp to like the Taj Mahal, like a five star.

[Mike]

But it was cheaper too, so. So the first one was, if you can, like, live on the water around here, on the lake, it's obviously cost a lot more. But then there's a lot of, like, older houses that either need to be torn down or completely remodeled because they were built back in, you know, the 60s or the 50s or whatever. And that was what that first one was. Then we went to this next place for you that was still on the water, I guess, but it was like a different spot. Cheaper.

[Evan]

Way cheaper. Nicer. Still kind of like what I wanted and like the area that I wanted. And yeah, they accepted my offer.

[Ryan]

Nice.

[Mike]

Dude, I love the way that we move. Like, you. We walked in there, looked around, I was like, I'd say do it. And you're just like, yeah, I'll do it. Like, like weren't even planning on really buying a house that day. And you ended up buying a house.

[CJ]

Now that you guys have started buying houses and, you know, it always comes up when someone in the group makes a big purchase. You know, CJ gets a boat, you get a Lambo. Now you got a house too. And everyone goes, you know, so when are you gonna get your house? Or you're really nice. Oh, no, I'm far too financially irresponsible. And it's only myself to blame for it too. I go, damn, I don't got money for that. Where'd it go? And then I look at all my restaurant bills, probably from eating out.

[Ryan]

But I love that you're just honest with them. It kind of tells them that they're just like, oh, yeah, where the.

[Mike]

And then spend all your money trying to fix up your Hummer.

[CJ]

Yeah, Your Volkswagen, which I sold, by the way.

[Evan]

Unbelievable, man. I felt so bad watching them drive away.

[CJ]

I did squeaky and everything.

[Mike]

I tried to avoid him. I didn't want to. I didn't want to be a part of this whole sale. I was like, I don't. I wasn't even there. I felt bad for the people. I felt like I was an accomplice. And I don't even know. I don't even know. The guy sent him off with that.

[Ryan]

When Ryan goes to start it, to sell it to him, it squeaked a little bit before, and then it just, like, was yelling at you.

[Mike]

It was 15 minutes before they got here. Ryan started it up, and it was just the loudest thing. And he runs out with a thing of deodorant. He starts putting on the belt and.

[Evan]

That, which quiets it down.

[Mike]

Yeah, it works. I was so surprised. Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah. But that belt's really hot, so I think it's out of alignment and needs to be actually fixed. But, yeah, dude, they came back. They were gone for a long time. I thought it broke down.

[Mike]

I thought they stole it.

[CJ]

I was, like, looking.

[Mike]

I was like, this guy got his car stolen. That's what I was thinking. I was like, and then someone's gonna come out the bushes, grab their car that they left here and get away, and it's just gone.

[CJ]

God, no.

[Mike]

That would have been hilarious.

[Evan]

Why didn't we think of it?

[CJ]

You imagine, oh, my God, I should.

[Mike]

Have hopped in their vehicle and moved it. Like, yo, did it come back?

[Evan]

Dude, that would have been so good.

[CJ]

But, yeah, they were gone for too long. And I was like, it broke down. And then they came back, and it was squeaking so loud. I was like, there ain't no way they're gonna buy this thing. And they go, everything's great. We love it. We'll take it and hand it.

[Evan]

Really deaf. I.

[CJ]

Maybe they handed me the full thing of money. Didn't even try to dictate.

[Mike]

How did you sell that thing for 3,500 bones? Wow.

[CJ]

Bought it two years ago for 3,500 bones.

[Mike]

No offense. I thought that thing was going to sell for, like, a thousand, dude.

[CJ]

Actually, I sold it cheap. It's a collectible.

[Mike]

All righty.

[Ben]

Is the money fake? Did you look at it yet?

[CJ]

You know? No, Ken, I didn't. I didn't check to make sure. The money's rush. Probably get that in the bank.

[Evan]

Ryan's feeling like he got them. They're driving away. Fucking idiot. Didn't even look at the cash when.

[Mike]

They were signing, like, the. You guys were doing the bill of sale in the kitchen. I was trying to get to the sauna, and I was already walking around in my, my shorts, and I was obviously gonna strip down my underwear to go into the sauna, but they were kind of in the way. And Ben was like, if you get naked and walk through there, I'll give you 100 bucks right now. And I was on the edge. I almost walked through. I could have probably ruined the sale. I was like, this guy, this has got one chance at this. I'm not gonna ruin it.

[Evan]

I don't know, cj. A couple buying that Volkswagen, the little convertible, they might have hopped in the sauna with you maybe.

[Ryan]

Well, congrats on that on selling that little guy. Congrats on the house.

[Evan]

Thanks.

[Ryan]

I heard your.

[Evan]

I'm not giving you guys the. Stay out of my house. I know. I know where your house or where your brain is at. You're already trying to think of, what can I do on the day he moves in.

[Mike]

Have you been there recently?

[Ryan]

I, I, when you, like mixed up brain and house, you go to cj. I know where your house is. I'm like, no, you know where our house is.

[Mike]

I hope you do. Otherwise you're getting stupider by the minute.

[Evan]

No, I'm, I'm excited to move in, but I, I dread what is coming. But best of luck to you guys.

[Mike]

It sucks because you know something's coming.

[Ryan]

Yeah, we have lots of ideas.

[Mike]

I was low key, hoping you'd get the first one just because I really thought it was a tear down. And I was like, send the limo into it.

[Evan]

Be great as you didn't push for it more.

[Mike]

I was still trying to be a good friend and cousin. I was not trying to get you in a piece of shit. I was like, jesus, dude, don't buy this.

[Evan]

After the Hummer experience. We, we can't do that.

[Mike]

Get my mouth shut. Yeah, Now, Now. I felt bad the whole time. I was like, God damn.

[Evan]

Wait, said something.

[CJ]

Did you guys not like the Hummer when I bought it?

[Mike]

Well, I was a little bit skeptical, but you were so pumped on. I said, well, he likes it.

[CJ]

Thanks, dude. Thanks for not crushing my dream.

[Mike]

Worked out in the long run, didn't it?

[CJ]

Yep. Again, you want to pull up this video I have? You guys remember, I don't know, it's probably this fall. There was that guy in nascar. His name's Ross Chastain. He was the guy who drove really fast along the wall and then beat everybody and made the playoffs in NASCAR and stuff like that. Anyway, was got really popular for doing that. And then now I've been seeing a bunch of stuff about how he's kind of a hothead and he goes off and does this last week. He's the guy with the beard.

[Evan]

That's right.

[Mike]

Why?

[CJ]

Dude, you don't get bare knuckle fighting in sports like you used to.

[Ryan]

No.

[Mike]

That's a good punch, dude.

[Ben]

Right?

[Evan]

He got him.

[Mike]

He was not expecting that.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

So he gets for grabbing him.

[Ryan]

Dude. Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah. Dude.

[Mike]

I gotta start watching NASCAR more. I wonder if Haley ever gets in fights like this.

[CJ]

She should. Gets out there, starts beating everybody up.

[Ryan]

But I don't think anybody should get in fights like this.

[Mike]

Stop the violence.

[Evan]

Stop the violence.

[Ryan]

I'm at a nascar.

[Evan]

Stop the violence.

[Ryan]

No punching.

[CJ]

I've been watching NASCAR for a long time. I know maybe NASCAR has been pretty boring for the last 20 years coming back, but it used to be sick. Used to have Dale Earnhardt out there purposely crashing. People like being legit. It was a cool sport. And I think this guy has the potential to bring NASCAR back and make it cool again.

[Ryan]

I agree. I think he's going out there fighting.

[CJ]

People on pit lane and that's awesome. Yeah, I don't want to. I don't want to see a bunch of, like prissy, you know, million dollar drivers and all that acting good for sponsors. I want to see a dude walking up punching a guy.

[Evan]

I think most NASCAR drivers get pretty hot. Have you guys ever seen Kyle. Kyle Busch, like when he takes second place in a NASCAR race? So like I, I'm pretty sure Kyle Busch is just like a meme in nascar. I've honestly never watched a single NASCAR race in my life. So don't quote me on this, but from what I have seen is most people, I think don't like them being that I actually own a shirt. Oh, that's the shirt I should have pulled out. Well, we have a shirt that says.

[Mike]

Kyle Busch and we saw him at the Freedom Factory.

[Evan]

No, that was his brother.

[Ryan]

Oh, really?

[Mike]

Yeah. Brother's cool. I don't know. We were kind of talking shit, weren't we?

[Evan]

Yeah, we were.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

About his brother too.

[Mike]

No, he was right there. Yeah, he was rolling around with those Monster Energy girls. I don't want to out the guy, but.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Well, then again, I think that's like what?

[Mike]

That's just. They were probably paid to be.

[Evan]

Yeah, that's like what Monster athletes.

[Mike]

Some pretty hot, like monster Energy girls. Just chilling with them. Like, two of them.

[CJ]

I wonder if Celsius can hook us up with some of those.

[Evan]

They.

[Mike]

Well, I'm not rolling around with other girls.

[CJ]

Me either. But I do. I do have a buddy, Ken, who was single.

[Mike]

Oh, my God, I would love to.

[CJ]

Two pieces of arm candy walking around with them.

[Mike]

I would love that, too. I think that is the best thing ever, dude.

[CJ]

You know Ken, 15 minutes of them being here, you'd have them folding shirts in the back.

[Ryan]

Why not?

[Mike]

Ken puts them to work. They were like. We were thinking we were going to go out on the boat.

[Evan]

Nope, nope.

[Mike]

We got T shirts to fold.

[Ryan]

What you guys do, just stand there in bikinis and work?

[Evan]

Dude, I was in the back folding shirts with Ken and his minions. And. Really?

[Ryan]

Really?

[Evan]

For a little bit.

[CJ]

For how long?

[Evan]

Just a little bit. A couple shirts.

[Ben]

And I. I would digress, but.

[Evan]

Oh.

[Ryan]

And a couple.

[Evan]

What?

[Mike]

Half a shirt?

[Evan]

Yeah, he did half a shot.

[CJ]

No, no.

[Ben]

He signed some sheets of paper and walked away.

[Evan]

Well, anyway, it doesn't matter what I did back there, but what I did catch is that Ken has all of his minions, the workers, the folders in the back, the shippers calling him Daddy.

[Ryan]

Really?

[Mike]

Are you serious?

[Evan]

Dead ass.

[Mike]

I thought you were joking. But the look on his face right now. They call you Daddy?

[Ben]

This is so ridiculous.

[Evan]

But no, no, they do. I heard it.

[Ryan]

That'd be so awkward.

[CJ]

Crepes can.

[Evan]

It was awkward.

[Ryan]

All right, I'm on.

[Mike]

They're young boys.

[Ryan]

Can I get some more? Daddy?

[Evan]

Ooh, Daddy. How's my fold look?

[Ryan]

Oh.

[CJ]

Oh.

[Ryan]

They say it like that, all sexual. I thought they just called him Daddy.

[Evan]

I think it depends what kind of mood they're in or what kind of mo Ken's in.

[Mike]

I'm not sure if this is okay for, you know, sexual conduct in the workplace. Ken seems kind of crossing the line.

[Evan]

Ken. Is that why you want a 1099 them? You don't want them as employees?

[CJ]

Jesus.

[Ryan]

Yeah, if they're. If they're legally employed by us, then they can't call Daddy anymore.

[Evan]

No, let's keep them as contractors.

[Ben]

It's probably the fakest news I've heard all month.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

So, Ben, I was doing some thinking this week.

[Evan]

Okay.

[Ben]

You don't like modified cars?

[Evan]

I wouldn't say that, being that every single car I've ever owned, I've modified.

[Ben]

You modified your. Your first Raptor. Immediately sold it.

[Evan]

Well, because I. I sold it. And then bought a Corvette that I.

[Ben]

Modified and then immediately sold.

[Evan]

No, I. I had it for like six months.

[Ben]

Yep. And you, after three months, you modified it, and then three months later, gone.

[Mike]

And you also took the exhaust off immediately.

[Evan]

It's so loud.

[Ben]

So then you bought that Subaru, you tried to modify it.

[Ryan]

What do you mean?

[Mike]

You bought exhaust for it, took it.

[Evan]

Off stock, and then you actually.

[Mike]

You hate exhaust, bro. And then you just took the exhaust off your truck.

[Evan]

It was so loud. It was. It was disgusting.

[Mike]

Your Lamborghini doesn't even have an exhaust. Starting to think you're kind of a.

[Evan]

All right, hold up now.

[Mike]

Hold on. Loud exhaust.

[Evan]

Hold up.

[Ryan]

Well, this did go from you not liking to Modify, which I 100% disagree with that statement, Ken.

[Evan]

I.

[Mike]

He doesn't like exhaust, so we know that for a fact. You're done getting free exhaust from these companies.

[CJ]

Every.

[Mike]

Whenever someone gives you a free exhaust, I'm telling them I'm gonna call him person, say, hey, don't go, dude.

[Ryan]

He'll.

[Mike]

He'll fucking put it on. It's gonna sound amazing. I'm done.

[Evan]

Straight pipe exhaust. I'm done getting straight pipe exhaust.

[Mike]

Because it's.

[Evan]

Every single time I do it, it is so loud.

[Mike]

No shit. It's a straight pipe.

[Evan]

Yeah, that's what I figured out. Took three times to figure that out.

[Mike]

I'm surprised you don't start putting on bigger mufflers just because you want to. Even quieter.

[Evan]

I might.

[Mike]

Maybe you need to get a Prius or, like, just go to Tesla. Yeah, you could join the electric army with Ken. Honestly, the Jelly Bean gang.

[Evan]

If anyone else sat down on here and gave me shit about modifying, I would take it, Ken, but I just don't know how much ground you have to stand on here.

[Mike]

At least Ken doesn't. Doesn't go back on it, on his modifications, because he doesn't do any.

[Ben]

I've done very light and tasteful mods that I've kept for more than 90 days. Wheels, suspension, once.

[Mike]

One time you put a new tire on, you got a flat.

[Evan]

Yeah, no, I do. I can agree with the exhaust side of things.

[Mike]

You're done getting exhaust, man.

[Evan]

I actually might have to be cut off.

[Mike]

I think it's a shame that your Lamborghini doesn't have one.

[Evan]

It sounds amazing without it.

[Mike]

Well, it could sound even better.

[Evan]

Don't.

[Mike]

I suppose you'd take it off anyway, so why would we even bother?

[Ben]

He's gonna sell the car very. In 90 days. If he does that, Ken, your ass.

[Evan]

Benefits from me buying and selling and modifying these cars.

[Ben]

I'm just saying that you. You sell the car within 90 days.

[Evan]

You know how much money I'm making you by. By spending mind?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Yeah. You're so grateful for it, guys. You're sitting down here trying to give me about it, and now you're telling me you're grateful for it.

[Ben]

I'm just. I'm just calling you out on it. I. I thought because I was looking at Brian, watching him do that, and I was like, God, he's done this to every vehicle.

[Evan]

The last three.

[Mike]

The last three.

[Evan]

I have.

[Mike]

I'm just curious if you are even.

[Evan]

Aware of it after this one. I was, I was.

[Mike]

You're like, wow, I see to do this every time.

[Evan]

Yeah, yeah. The last one. The last one. Actually, I did have to look in the mirror and say, I think I'm done.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Honestly, when he was putting it back on, like, I wasn't even surprised. It was just normal. I was like, yeah, yeah, it makes sense. Stock exhaust back on.

[Evan]

It has been a week.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Evan]

I mean, you guys can testify you rode with me. It sucked. Yes.

[Ryan]

3 liter raptor engines with exhaust sound like gas sound pretty bad with.

[Evan]

Well, the issue that we later found out is after we put the exhaust on and then I jumped it 70ft.

[Ben]

It rattled pretty bad.

[Evan]

No, the exhaust came off in the back. So it was straight piped right underneath my cab. Like it wasn't even going to the tips. Yeah, it was like straight piped underneath. And I guess didn't figure that out until it was like coming off. Ah, one of those cripe situations.

[Ryan]

Yep.

[Mike]

Anyway, so you guys will see it hopefully on Thursday. But we're in the midst of 450 swapping a shifter car. Something we've been wanting to do for a very long time. And now a lot of these things are possible because we have a. Basically like a professional fabricator in the shop, which I. I mean, I think we. We could have like swapped the motor and stuff. But it's the fabrication part where it becomes very difficult. And also it's nice because with him here, we can do stuff so much faster. He knows what he's doing. And I don't know. I just. I'm really. We're gonna be able to do a lot of cool stuff moving forward. But I'm excited to see how this 450 cart will rip. It's gonna be a drifting machine.

[Ryan]

Yeah. It's not gonna like, stall out when we get to the low rpms. It's gonna keep.

[Mike]

I mean, they were already rippers, but.

[Ryan]

Like, but like that you're gonna have.

[Mike]

That just snout or snort or whatever you want to call it. Just fucking.

[Ryan]

You're gonna have a snorty snout.

[Mike]

Yeah. On this snorty snout. Yeah. It's just gonna be bromping along and.

[Ryan]

I love all these now and snorting.

[Mike]

Snow and like, shifting and.

[Evan]

Yeah, it's going to be sick.

[Ryan]

It's going to be very sick. So, yeah, that is cool. Having Brian, things are moving pretty fast because he's able to. A lot of times we. We can figure it out and say, oh, we need this fabricated. But Brian just looks at it and goes like, yep, this is what we do. And then does it. And it's a beautiful thing. Like, they just look at it and do it.

[Evan]

Did you just take a Snapchat of me?

[Mike]

No, not you Took one of him.

[Ryan]

Not you.

[Evan]

We got Snapchat guy over here.

[Mike]

Now I'm a snapper.

[Evan]

Snapping away.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

If you guys haven't followed me on Snapchat, CJ Lotzer, I. I just am taking shit all day long. People loving it.

[Evan]

Your Snap yesterday was actually really entertaining.

[Mike]

People keep telling me that's why I'm.

[Ryan]

Saying that's the way you made it sound.

[Evan]

What part did you. What part?

[Mike]

Well, you know, I just. I. I just have this knack for building stories out and putting them in video form to share with the world.

[Evan]

Well, I didn't mean to give you that much of a compliment on it. I just said it was entertaining.

[Mike]

That's what you meant, though, was it.

[CJ]

On this very podcast that you said Snapchat was pointless?

[Mike]

Yeah, until now. They monetized it. So now it's not pointless.

[Ryan]

CJ's all about the skrilla.

[Mike]

Well, and it's more fun, dude. It's just fun building it out. Like, the way that they structured it now is like, you can build it like an Instagram. Like, whereas before it was like you just had your. Whoever you kind of ran into and personally met in the world and exchanged with.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Now it grows.

[Mike]

Now it's like. It's like posting as if you're posting on Instagram or whatever. And I don't know, I think it's fun.

[CJ]

And hit that Discover page.

[Mike]

There's a reason why Danny Duncan and David Dobrik are posting like a thousand snaps a day. Like that Katie Sigmund chick, she's making like 500k a month of Snapchat.

[Ryan]

That's insane.

[Mike]

I mean, obviously I'm not even doing close, but it's just. It's. It's just fun. And I think people find it really entertaining because you get to see in real time things that are going on in our day that you normally wouldn't see. And it's just, like, it's easy to.

[CJ]

Post there, I think.

[Evan]

Easy.

[Mike]

And people don't really care. Like, it could be a stupid little thing. And you just, like, don't think about.

[Ryan]

I think the really. The thing I really like about it is that it makes it easy to respond to our viewers without, like, having to, like, accept the message. And now you have this.

[Mike]

Exactly.

[Ryan]

You just go to your story replies and you're like, boom. Thanks. Boom. Nice. What up? And then, like, that's kind of it. And people love it.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's really easy to interact with the. With just whoever's watching your stuff, which I. I like as well.

[CJ]

I didn't know you could make that much out of having a nice behind. You need to start monetizing yours.

[Evan]

Oh, bro, you can make a lot more than that.

[Mike]

Did you point at him and say monetizing his behind?

[CJ]

Yeah. Mike's got our cranberry.

[Ryan]

I'm sorry.

[Mike]

You know, I might have to call.

[Ryan]

You that for, like, a week or at least. Ken, hold up.

[Mike]

I'm sorry, but you think these two have nice behinds?

[CJ]

No.

[Ryan]

Cran.

[Mike]

The last thing I would describe these. I mean, literally the last thing I was like. And he has a nice behind.

[Evan]

You sound like Evan, dude.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

The dude is so obsessed with the hinders, but I'm not sure what his hinder type is.

[Mike]

He could do, like, curation, flat, nice and fat. He likes all. All walks of life, dude.

[Evan]

I think you can make a lot more than 500 racks. Having a wall behind.

[Mike]

That's what she's making on Snap, dude.

[CJ]

That's Snapchat.

[Mike]

Just post a little stupid thing would.

[Ryan]

Go as far to say as though. I think there's a lot of people in this world that exist with nice behinds that absolutely would struggle to make $500,000.

[Evan]

It's a grind, dude.

[Mike]

You got to respect these. These Instagram models or only fans or Snapchat influence, whatever you want to call them. Yeah, they're hot, and that's why people are watching. But they still hustle it and they work it. And that right there takes, you know, just takes some thought and hard work to make happen.

[Evan]

Yeah, I think it's one of those situations. I respect the hustle, but I don't respect the hinder. I respect the hustle, but I don't respect the content.

[Ryan]

Yep.

[Mike]

I mean, and some dude.

[Evan]

Oh, and it's not it's not even like, the chicks, but it's like the dudes. I mean, David Dobrik taking. Yeah, David Dobrik food in every. Sucks in every single angle of it and then every single chick.

[Ryan]

Like. Yeah.

[Evan]

And that's just like.

[Mike]

I don't like David.

[Ryan]

This is getting, like, nitty gritty too. But you were like, like, Danny Duncan and David Dobrik. Dude, David Dobrik, like, actually posts, like, a million. And I would agree most of them are pointless.

[Mike]

There's a reason why it seems like.

[Ryan]

Dann only post, like, 20.

[Mike]

Realistically, I think Danny posts a lot more, but it's like every time I.

[Ryan]

Go through a story, I'm like, yeah, maybe 20 times, you.

[Mike]

You tap it. And that's the thing is they put an ad every, like, four or five. So it's like, even if it's stupid, you're kind of hustling it in a way. Like, people just, like, clearing out their thing and then they. They skip through it and then they're getting paid.

[CJ]

Interesting.

[Mike]

I've made around $150 off of my hard work.

[CJ]

Damn, dude.

[Ryan]

I definitely thought the number was gonna be way higher.

[CJ]

What do you do with that?

[Ryan]

You post, like, so much to only be at 150 bucks.

[Evan]

Well, keep in mind. Never mind.

[Mike]

It's actually 15. 15. I missed the decibel.

[Evan]

You are awesome.

[Mike]

I took 15 bucks.

[Evan]

Yeah, that's almost.

[Ryan]

My dad was smart. I thought he chased that dollar, but I guess not.

[Mike]

No, I'm just kidding. I guess it's funnier.

[Evan]

The fact that. That he forgot to mention is Katie Sigman is also pulling 70 million views on her Snapchat story.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's pretty.

[CJ]

That's 70 million.

[Ryan]

Huge number.

[Mike]

It's just amazing, like, how much all this social media stuff has just came around. And, like, I mean, just the career you can make out of you could be a Snapchatter now. It just doesn't make sense to. I mean, it makes sense, but it's just cool to see because, I mean, as someone who's been in the game a long time, like, you guys, it wasn't always like this.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I mean, the opportunities are just becoming even. Even more abundant.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I mean, it's not necessarily just YouTube. It really does all intermingle.

[Evan]

But, man, I used to be a Snapchatter back in the day, and my buddy CJ used to tell me how pointless it was.

[Mike]

But that was about two months ago.

[Evan]

I. I used to know.

[Mike]

No, six months ago.

[Evan]

A couple years ago.

[Ryan]

Early.

[CJ]

Early in Snapchat and I used to.

[Evan]

Pull a ton of views, like hundreds of thousands, right?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah, you quit.

[Evan]

And that's why I got the most subscribers out of everyone. Even though everyone's out still.

[Ryan]

Yeah, dude, nice.

[Mike]

C.J.

[Evan]

Hates that.

[Mike]

C.J.

[Evan]

Hates that. That's why he's posted. He's trying to pass me subscribers when I haven't posted on Snapchat in two years.

[Mike]

Honestly, Snapchat was pointless before. Like, it only made sense. If you're going to post something, post on your Instagram story because then you can build your Instagram.

[Evan]

Do you guys think that all these kids that want to be Snapchatters and.

[Mike]

YouTubers at school, what do you want to be when you grow up? Snapchat or. I heard it was easier than being a YouTuber not to do the post production.

[Evan]

Well, one day, like nobody's going to want to be like nurses and doctors.

[Mike]

I don't think that firefighters possibility. There's always going to be. People want to do that stuff.

[Ryan]

I do wonder when the threshold, like where that threshold is though, like how much of the, I guess young population does it get until it needs like re. Offset back to normal jobs? Because there's got to be more than ever.

[Mike]

Well, you can't just decide you're gonna do it. You have to be good at it. That's the, that's the, you know, that's true.

[Ryan]

But there's more people trying than ever.

[Mike]

Yeah, but they still got to have a normal job while they're trying. And some, I mean, fucking 99% of them don't make it so. Or I don't know exactly what percentage, but you know, and then they stay with their thing.

[CJ]

That's true.

[Mike]

You gotta do what you're good at. You know, we were just talking about that last night with actually Ryan's dad. We were out to eat and he came and joined us and he. We were talking about, you know, how much stuff we need to do around our house that we own together, me, Ken and Mike. And why I don't do it myself is because it would just take longer, turn out shittier. And it takes away from me doing the one thing that I'm actually good at and actually makes money and, and that's make videos and do stuff like this. And it's the same for him. Like it doesn't make sense for him to make YouTube videos.

[Ryan]

That's true. Yeah. There's. It's been like an interesting kind of mental battle for me because I really enjoy being able to like, outsource Stuff like snow removal and mowing the lawn and stuff like that. But it also like, definitely takes away, I don't know, something when you don't like mow your own lawn. I don't want to mow my own lawn every time. But when I do mow the lawn, I'm like, It just brings you back to like.

[Mike]

It's so easy.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

It's nice to do it when you're, when you have the time and you want to. It's kind of almost like washing your car. Like you got the time to wash your car in the, in the driveway. It's nice. But some days you're just way too busy and you got to drive and.

[Mike]

Then it doesn't get done if you don't. And then it's like you finally get the chance. It's a nice day and you have a little bit of time off. You're like, I want to go do something fun. You're like, I gotta go mow the lawn. Then you gotta. Turns out the lawnmower needs gas and you gotta go get gas. And then it's like, you know, and it ends up being a two hour thing. And you're like, ah, I didn't really want to do this right now, but I oftentimes think that too. I'm like, I. Why the do we pay someone 100 bucks to mow the lawn when we could? I could do that. Yeah.

[Ryan]

It goes both ways.

[Mike]

It's so stupid. But yeah, it's like, when do we get chance?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Well, I tell you what, boys. You can move into an HOA like.

[Ryan]

Me and name all your lawn.

[Mike]

Well, Mike, you were saying that you were thinking about moving in with Ben.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

So he cannot stay at my house too. Yeah, actually pretty good.

[Ryan]

Live at Ben's, but I don't stay that much.

[Mike]

Yeah, he, he lives, he was planning on moving in, but not paying.

[Evan]

Yeah, So I, I, I own with the guys, but I actually live at Ben's. But it's a nicer place. It's a nicer place.

[Mike]

Yeah. Move my stuff there.

[Ryan]

I'm excited for you, Ben. That's cool. But it sounds like your parents are kind of bummed.

[Evan]

Oh yeah. My dad sent me a video crying the other day. Really? Yeah. I hate to add him like that.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Crying.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

I'm sorry, dad. Wow, it's just bomb.

[Ryan]

It's because Ben, Ben stayed around for so long that now there's like a kind of a bond that's newer and continued.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You guys are like buddies.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Your dad's awesome. Yeah.

[Evan]

But I told him, I was like, dude, I'm. I'm moving down the street. Let's relax here. I was like, I see you once a week anyways.

[CJ]

There is nothing like the bond of a father and his mid 20 year old son living in his basement, you know?

[Evan]

Yeah, most, most dads would be like, finally, like packing your bags for you.

[Ryan]

I guess that's kind of what I mean. Like, had you moved out when you were 19, he would have been like, right on. He's moving out. Still sad. But now there's like the bond where he's just like, wait, I don't. You can't move out.

[Evan]

It is. Yeah, I mean, I guess I didn't really have like the college move that move out or kind of that whole experience. So it is kind of like the first time.

[Mike]

But.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

What are you gonna do? You know?

[Evan]

I think, well, he wants to move in. Yeah. He's like, I can be your lawn boy. I'm like, I'm an hoa. Somebody takes care of that.

[CJ]

Are you gonna be the HOA president?

[Evan]

Dude, I talked to the HOA president yesterday.

[Mike]

No shenanigans.

[Evan]

Whoa, dude. I was actually pretty concerned because she asked for my email and you know, it ends in seaboard.

[Mike]

Why don't you just give. I have a separate email. I give people that way they don't, like in case they don't know me or at least know what I look like or have heard my name. But then they say seaboard, they see it and they're like, oh, fuck, I've heard about these guys. So I do Gmail.

[Evan]

I'd imagine that word has already spread.

[Mike]

Yeah. Are people worried?

[CJ]

Yeah, I.

[Mike]

They were worried about us.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

When we were moving in, like they legit thought the neighborhood was going to shit. People were like, very concerned.

[Ryan]

Oh, dude, that's so funny. As so many people on our street were like, these guys are going to bring cops around. We don't need that. And we're like, no, we're not.

[Mike]

That was one of the concerns. They were also thinking we were gonna be like ripping dirt bikes and blowing up and filming and all that. And then like a year or two later get to talking with one of the neighbors. Like, you know, we were pretty worried about you guys moving in and so was a lot of the other people around. But you guys, guys are pretty good. That's what they said. We're like, thanks.

[Ryan]

Like, we basically pretty good, acted normal. And then they were like, oh, you know, you're not.

[Mike]

Not really. Like, what we expected you guys to like, which, I mean, the first day started off pretty as what they probably were expecting when the farm animals came in and they had a horse trailer. They were in the house and then, I mean, a TV got thrown out the window and. Yeah. But anyways, I mean, the first day was maybe a little obnoxious, and there's been a couple obnoxious nights, but otherwise we've been great.

[Evan]

Yeah, you guys have been good. I think. I think about it though, he's like, we're never. I'm never home. You guys are never home. Like, we're always here.

[Mike]

They said they're like, we don't even know when the. You guys are ever here. Like, when do you come home and when do you leave? Do you ever keep and come here?

[Evan]

I was like, yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

We come here just like, you know, late and then leave early.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

But I was thinking like, your pad would be kind of the party pad. Like, you'd be like Project X, you know, mixed with a little bit of seaboard spice in it. And.

[Ryan]

And that's every weekend.

[Mike]

Like, Evan was going to invite his hometown buddies. They'd probably stay out for like a week or two.

[CJ]

They were going to do a motor swap in the driveway.

[Mike]

That too. Yeah. They've got a bunch of old Chevy's actually that need some fixing up. So they were. I told him he's got a great driveway. No oil stains or nothing.

[Ryan]

Right now you can like drop the.

[Evan]

No oil stains. They said we got to do something about that.

[Ryan]

Yeah. You can just have them put the pallet of tea wherever you want on the driveway.

[Mike]

Just throw the empties in the grass, man.

[Evan]

Talk about if you. If you actually wanted to do that, just bringing down the value of all the homes in the neighborhood and then everyone just moves in. Talk about just like a neighborhood takeover. Mr. Beast just.

[Mike]

We've kind of done that with this area.

[Evan]

Yeah, we're trying to. But Mr. Beast bought an entire neighborhood out.

[CJ]

What?

[Evan]

Yeah, yeah. For like his production? Yeah, no, for his friends and his. His like crew to live in.

[CJ]

Really. Any rents to him or in Mr.

[Evan]

Beast live there?

[Mike]

Because he probably owns it, but it's like his workers, I'd imagine.

[Ryan]

Wow.

[CJ]

Just the whole neighborhood. I guess it is pretty amazing. Like, there's large corporations that don't even do that.

[Evan]

Like Walmart has done that for like.

[CJ]

CEO type people or so.

[Evan]

Hershey's Chocolate. Hershey's started in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Well, I don't know if it was. It wasn't called Hershey, Pennsylvania, I'd assume when they started. No.

[Mike]

So then.

[Evan]

So then Hershey built a town.

[CJ]

Oh, no.

[Evan]

For his employees. And then I'd imagine then it became Hershey, Pennsylvania.

[CJ]

So are people gonna start living in Mr. Beast, North Carolina?

[Evan]

No, but Bentonville, Arkansas?

[CJ]

Yep.

[Evan]

My buddy Sam actually just moved there. I want to say, like, 30,000 population, but it's, like, growing rapidly because Walmart is, like, dumping cash into the community.

[CJ]

Really?

[Evan]

Yeah, to try and, like, make it a better community. Like spending, like, a couple million bucks a year on just, like, bike trails.

[CJ]

But why they have a Walmart headquarters?

[Evan]

Yeah, that's where the headquarters is. And that's where.

[CJ]

Why'd they put the.

[Evan]

I want to say it was founded. I don't know about it, but that makes sense. But it was. That's the headquarters. And they're just, like, trying to fuse a bunch of money into the community. So corporate grows bigger, and then people come and work for corporate, and they have, like, a cool place to live.

[CJ]

No way.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Wow.

[Ryan]

I like that. Because sometimes it just simply doesn't happen with the government, obviously. Sometimes there's just no money for it. Like bike trails and stuff. It's just. That's cool.

[CJ]

We could do a small scale with that out in the back 40. We could put in trailer houses. Oh, well, see, boys TV ville. We could start working on a bar and our church and.

[Evan]

Yeah, we.

[Ryan]

We.

[Evan]

That was an idea. When we bought the land, we said, well, this is where the church could go. Strip club.

[Ryan]

Our videos.

[Mike]

Just like Ken manages the strip club. He's like a suit.

[Ryan]

Like, in three years, our videos just are trailer park boys. Like, you can't.

[CJ]

Ken. What we figure out in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

[Ben]

It was founded in 1903 to house companies, workers with modern amenities such as electricity and indoor plumbing.

[CJ]

Nice. Okay.

[Mike]

You were right.

[CJ]

I didn't know that. I thought it was just there.

[Evan]

So Sam bought his house in Bentonville, Arkansas, but the guy that he bought the house from got a job at Hershey's, like, recently, and Hershey's bought the house or paid the $50,000 that he was losing to sell the house just to move to Hershey. Wow. Yeah. So kind of like an overlap or something like that. I don't know if I should have outed that information, but it kind of.

[CJ]

Gets a little bit like Black mirror. What's the. Don't worry, darling. Like, you know, kind of like dystopian type, where all the community is the same and, like, everybody goes to the same job. It's in movies. Look it up.

[Mike]

Yeah, very distilled.

[CJ]

But, you know, it's kind of weird. Like, if you think about everybody in the neighborhood, imagine the whole cul de sac, all backs out and then drives to work at the big factory and then comes home to their factory sponsored houses watching tv. They're watching tv. Factory sponsored tv. Like, it does get a little weird.

[Ryan]

That's.

[Mike]

It could.

[Ryan]

Well, no, it's interesting that I think about it.

[CJ]

I've been a big toe of shit, Right?

[Evan]

That's actually a pretty good point. Point.

[Ryan]

Because, like, we kind of eat, sleep, and breathe this business. Like, I mean, we really do. And in a sense, like, with me staying here a bunch and like Evan living here, we really eat, sleep, and breathe it. But then I look at certain, like when, oh, there's employee housing, and then they just go home to their employee housing and come back and like Tesla. And then I'm like, yeah, it's a little bit dystopian.

[CJ]

That's what I mean. Imagine for here, we put our trailer park out in the back 40, and then everybody goes home to their trailer park and then we supply the tv and. And all they can watch is like, our approved tv.

[Mike]

Sounds like Korea.

[CJ]

And they go to our restaurant, you know, that we have over there. So they got to spend their money with us, you know?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Who would be the dictator? I mean, leader.

[CJ]

Oh, we can, obviously. I feel like you'd be this guy.

[Evan]

Any ideas?

[CJ]

I feel like you'd be a good community leader.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

You'd have everyone in the back.

[Mike]

I don't.

[Ben]

I don't know if I'd want to.

[Evan]

You'd have everyone in the back calling him Daddy, fold his shirts.

[Mike]

That'd be like a big picture of him, Daddy, marching the streets.

[CJ]

You got to make sure the picture doesn't have any dust on it.

[Ryan]

Oh, my gosh.

[CJ]

Punishable by, I don't know, cleaning the royal prince's toilet. His Majesty.

[Ryan]

So what do you guys. So the 2024 Ford Ford Raptor Ranger just came out. Very curious on your guys's opinions on it.

[Evan]

That's real.

[CJ]

Yeah. Give me the initial reaction.

[Ryan]

It's been real, but now it's coming to the US in 2024.

[Mike]

They're just raptorizing everything.

[Ryan]

That's what I'm pulling. Yeah, they're just raptorizing everything. It's. It looks.

[Evan]

Cj. Pink eye.

[Mike]

No.

[Ryan]

Do I. I mean, his eye is turning pink. I don't think he has pink eye, though.

[Mike]

Fucking hope not.

[Evan]

Sorry to cut you off. There.

[Ryan]

It's all good. We got. We got an issue at hand here.

[Evan]

I'm right. Get a closer look here.

[CJ]

Stay away from me. It maybe just looks a little.

[Mike]

I'm fine.

[CJ]

Irresided.

[Evan]

Okay.

[Ryan]

It's fine.

[Evan]

Sorry. Sorry.

[Mike]

My initial impression on the.

[Ryan]

Can we get some photos?

[Mike]

I think it's cool. I love rangers. I love Raptors. But I personally feel like you'll just never be able to beat a 1999 Ford Ranger.

[CJ]

It's just like they're trying to get back to like building a good Ranger.

[Mike]

See, this thing is just too round and too nice. Like, you got simplicity. I feel like having four doors is too many. You should only have two mini in the back.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that's what it looks like.

[Evan]

Oh, that looks really good.

[Mike]

Just looks like a mini Raptor.

[Ryan]

Honestly, I. Yeah, I thought you were gonna initially be like it's just never gonna be the full size Raptor, which is also true. But I love how you're comparing it to the 99.

[Mike]

But I think the 99 is better. Dude.

[Ryan]

I think I have to agree mostly with the one thing that you said was they're too round. And I agree they just are. Other than that, I think they look pretty cool.

[Mike]

The one could be a little hooner though. I bet you really be able to.

[Ryan]

That was the one upside was is that it's a smaller more like, you know, you get that more fun. But it's the same motor that you guys have. Damn motor as the big rap, the 3 liter V6. So it's like, that's kind of cool.

[Mike]

I can see you ripping around a mini truck.

[Ryan]

Well then it was funny because I'm reading it says that it's likely lighter, faster, like more cape or like quicker and cheaper than the Ford Bronco Raptor. And then I looked up like the starting price of it and it's like 15,000 less than the Bronco Raptor.

[CJ]

Right.

[Ryan]

Like, what the heck?

[Evan]

When do you guys get your broncos?

[Ben]

Mine gets built next week.

[CJ]

No way.

[Mike]

So that doesn't mean you're going to get it.

[Ben]

He said I should have it sometime in June.

[Mike]

Oh, nice. That's really good.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I have no idea. Holy shit.

[CJ]

That's going to be so cool. What are you going to do with your current broncage?

[Ben]

I got a buyer lined up, I think.

[CJ]

Really?

[Ben]

So who? Guy from Fargo.

[Ryan]

Nice.

[CJ]

Nice. Wow. Ken.

[Ryan]

Ken.

[CJ]

Are you going to lose money or make money on it?

[Ben]

Break even?

[CJ]

Oh, absolutely.

[Ben]

At that point, I put 20,000 miles on the car in a year and a Half and I'm breaking even, so.

[Ryan]

Wow.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's pretty breaking even with all the mods you put on it.

[Ben]

No, I'll lose the mods, but I'd.

[Ryan]

Be happy like with that too. Ken's breaking even, but I definitely am hoping to make a little money on the broncage after I fix the hood, that is.

[CJ]

Yeah, yeah, you can just like PDR that.

[Ryan]

I saw that thing that you sent to me. I was like, that actually could work. But also like, I just don't see it being 100%. But yeah, I want to try it.

[Mike]

The satisfaction of that. Oh, my God.

[Ryan]

I don't even know. Yeah, it was just a. It's a plunger with a thing that slides and then when you get to the top, it just.

[CJ]

Just yanks it out. They make it look probably easier than it should be, but it actually. So back to the, the Raptor Ranger. I first thought it would be really lame, but if you actually used like not big open trail Baja ing but if you were like going to take it down like trails or go to Moab or something like that, I think it would actually be a pretty good truck. Because it' smaller.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

You know, I think it would actually be a better off road rig because it's more, you know, shorter.

[Mike]

And I'd agree with that.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I would definitely like to see one. And so I guess since Ryan, you have to get one. He just immediately was like, wow, Listen, I was just saying nice things about it. I don't actually want it. No, that thing had nothing to Compare to a TRX, that's for sure.

[Mike]

Or a 99 Ford Ranger.

[Ryan]

Or a 99 Ford Ranger.

[Mike]

I agree. It's like, like what's the first thing you think of? Like what image pops into your head when you say 99 Ford Ranger? I see a 99 gold.

[Evan]

That gold colored.

[Mike]

Just two door Ford Ranger.

[CJ]

What happens when you think of a 1999 Ford Ranger?

[Mike]

Sorry?

[CJ]

Well, I think of a 1999 Ford.

[Mike]

I should have said what happens when you think of Ford Ranger? 1999 gold two door.

[CJ]

Yeah, no, I agree.

[Mike]

Cloth interior, maybe even a manual if you're lucky.

[CJ]

Ooh, fishbowl, old man.

[Ryan]

Do we ever give merch to Wade, our main ups man? Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah. Oh, okay.

[Ryan]

It was just funny because I like gave him some merch the other day and.

[CJ]

But he wasn't wearing it on the job.

[Ryan]

No, he's like, he was just like stoked. He's like, oh, thank you. Yeah, you got. Do you happen to have this in Like a large. I'm like, I'll go look. And I only had it in a small, so I was like, you got to give it to your wife. And he's like, oh, for my wife too. Well, this is great. And he's just. Is this the first time we've ever given a merch?

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Saying he's probably had. He's. He's handled more merch than any other like shipping person was probably besides Ken, honestly. And I'm like, is this our first time giving to him? But nevermind.

[CJ]

That's pretty cool.

[Ryan]

Yeah, he was, he was stoked, which I just love. Yeah, I was like. Just gave him a couple of sweatshirts and he was just stoked. He makes the world go round as far as getting the, the merch out the door. He's here every day. He lets his fill his twice up to the brim. Yeah, twice.

[CJ]

Usually I was thinking about this as it's gotten warmer out and I was sweating and now I'm all self conscious that I'm always stinky after last week and Mike called me out. What do you think the most embarrassing place to sweat is? I was kind of like putting it a list of like, least embarrassing. The most embarrassing. Well, that location or your body location on your body? That's a good question. I thought so. Like, I would say underarm sweat. Not that embarrassing. Everybody does it.

[Evan]

Oh, I'd say your ass for sure.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

No, your whole ass.

[Evan]

Like walking around with a sweaty.

[Mike]

Hate having like when you got sweaty or wet underwear. Oh, yeah.

[Ryan]

I guess I'd say if you're rocking a line of sweat where your crack is.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's pretty tough.

[Evan]

Yeah, I'd say that for.

[Ryan]

For sure.

[CJ]

I was thinking the under boob. I was walking around, I was cleaning up the trampoline and I had the under boob sweat right here and I went, damn. Like that's when you see someone sweating. There you go. Ooh.

[Mike]

I'm surprised you can even get that.

[CJ]

I. I think it just is like a sweat gland in here. It's not like necessarily the boob. It's the, it's just the sweating area.

[Mike]

I don't know if I've ever had that.

[Ryan]

I would say that you never sweat.

[CJ]

On like your chest or your stomach.

[Mike]

So I've never had it under my boob. Like that's the only spot there, man. Maybe.

[Ryan]

I mean, I'm sure I have.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Usually like the sternum. Yeah.

[CJ]

You get in here and then it just works its way over.

[Evan]

Ryan's got A very interesting chest though. You have like the dent. I got the divot.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Which I think doesn't help you get.

[Mike]

Hit with a baseball when you're younger or what?

[CJ]

No, it's like a condition and a lot of people get it fixed, but mine isn't that bad addition.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's.

[CJ]

It's like an inward sternumness.

[Ryan]

A phobia really.

[CJ]

Yeah. Look it up inward, inwards and it's collapsed chest cavity.

[Ryan]

It's one of many things that you could get made fun of in like elementary school and high school.

[CJ]

It's one of the many things that's wrong with me.

[Mike]

They had so many things.

[Evan]

Well, does it affect anything?

[CJ]

Well, no, like some people it's real bad.

[Ryan]

Yeah, we.

[CJ]

We haven't any luck.

[Ben]

Hectus Excavate him.

[CJ]

Sounds fancy enough for me.

[Mike]

God, that sounds terrible. Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah, this is definitely it.

[CJ]

Yeah, somebody I knew had it like real, real bad. Yeah, see like it's like a big deal for some people. They gotta get that one fixed. Oh, mine ain't that bad.

[Mike]

I can't imagine getting that fixed.

[Evan]

That would hurt.

[Mike]

I would imagine. It seems so invasive.

[Evan]

Man, you feel like a dick now for asking Ryan if you got it.

[CJ]

Yeah, I got God damn pectus of activity.

[Mike]

Maybe he wasn't paying attention in T ball. I just had a dinger right off the T. I think I like his chest.

[Ryan]

Scientific name. The other names aren't as fun. Well, it's kind of fun. Funnel chest. Dented chest. Sunken chest. Concave chest. Chest hole. I've.

[Mike]

I've actually called dent.

[Ryan]

I didn't even. I wasn't going to say this, but then you showed the picture. I've seen a tik tok of someone with this condition and they were eating cereal.

[Evan]

Yeah, Ryan can put a beer in it. Yeah too. So like the belly holds it.

[Ryan]

Are you talking about the liquid or the actual can?

[Evan]

You ever see Ryan sitting in. In like any chair and he's got a big beer just perched up. It's like a built in beer holder.

[CJ]

Crepes.

[Ryan]

Have I?

[Mike]

Oh yeah.

[Evan]

It's just sitting on your belly and it's sitting in your dent.

[Ryan]

That's a built in cup holder. That's a full size gut move there.

[Mike]

You can do it, right? He's doing with a shirt on.

[Ryan]

He would spill immediately.

[CJ]

I was actually so freaking bad at T ball. I played. I played small town league softball and that's one of those things. My parents should have just pulled me.

[Evan]

Out of that softball.

[CJ]

What does that mean? Actually, it wasn't T ball. I probably was bad at T ball too.

[Ryan]

I think I was bad at T ball too.

[CJ]

Softball, more or less.

[Mike]

Were you guys good at any sports?

[Ryan]

Skateboarding, snowboarding, organized sports? No.

[CJ]

One time I was playing outfield because in small town league softball, when you're 11, nobody can hit it to the outfield. But we were playing Holly when they always had the good athletes because, you know, we got our two Holly athletes here. But some guy hit it really far and the ball was coming and it was in the sun and I got scared and I went like that and I caught it.

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah.

[CJ]

Won the game or at least the inning. But if I remember it, it was like it was the World Series.

[Ryan]

Ryan thinks every inning is a game.

[Mike]

I have a similar story that this was in. I don't know, it must have been underhand pitch. But there was this cute teenage girl, so I would have probably been eight, but I was standing on first base and she was kind of over here and I was like looking at her. I was staring. The kid hit, hit me square in the chest, square in the chest. And I can't remember if it landed in my glove or just hit the ground. But people were laughing. People were laughing because I wasn't paying attention.

[Evan]

I wore that right to the chest.

[Mike]

And I had the wind knocked out of me and. But like, I was too embarrassed to.

[Evan]

Really show.

[Mike]

You know, so that I don't got a dent.

[Evan]

That's where you got the bait. You get hit with a baseball. I was like, that makes so much more sense now.

[Mike]

Yeah, no, but that happened. Yeah, I was staring at his chick.

[Ryan]

Dude, Slow pitch sometimes stresses me out. Like you get some of the beer league guys and like, it's just big, you know? Well, any size, dude.

[Mike]

There's no beer league kids in mine.

[CJ]

Well, right.

[Ryan]

But yeah, so luckily you'd be fine there.

[Evan]

What league were you in, dude?

[Ryan]

So you've never heard of beer league softball?

[Evan]

No, I have.

[Ryan]

When you're eight, so. Well, who said I was in it when I was 8?

[CJ]

He was 11. Plenty old to know. Good for you.

[Ryan]

Got. You're like slow pitching to these like full grown men. And you're like just normal distance away. Slow pitching a giant ball. That's the easiest thing to hit in the world. And they can just laser it wherever they want. And if that shit hits you in the head, I mean, anywhere. I'm just saying, like a baseball is smaller, can hit you about just as hard, but the softball bigger, and then you just get a big piece of it. And, like, domes you anywhere on your body, that shit is sending you home.

[CJ]

I kind of picture Mike, Cody and Evan, like, being the bench warmers in the movie where they're playing, like, Little League softball and one of these kids drinking. They're out there playing against 12 year olds.

[Ryan]

Oh, and we're. We're full size.

[CJ]

You're the full grown adults, bro.

[Ryan]

Benchwarmers is an incredible movie.

[Evan]

I was in golf and I had this buddy that was in golf with us that got hit twice in one season. Like, bad.

[Ryan]

What?

[CJ]

Yo, is this funny?

[Evan]

It just became, like the joke of the team that this kid was gonna get hit, and he did.

[Ryan]

Oh, they joked about it before he got hit.

[Evan]

Like, where'd he get hit, bro? I. I can't remember. But yeah, like, bad, bad crying. I don't know about that, but, like. Like, full on, like, getting hit. And I. No, I didn't, but I think he, like, quit because it became a dangerous bro.

[Ryan]

That's funny.

[Mike]

First dude to get it, like, had to quit. Golf is too dangerous for him.

[CJ]

I mean.

[Ryan]

Yeah. After the second one, you're like, I'm done with this shit. Yeah. Getting hit by, like a full size drive or really anything would.

[Mike]

Bad deal.

[Ryan]

Bad deal.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Golf. Golf balls can do some damage.

[Ryan]

At least they have some, like, give to them so they can bounce off your head easier.

[Evan]

I'm not sure if they have much give.

[Ryan]

They don't.

[Mike]

Cj.

[Evan]

To answer your question, though, believe it or not, I was actually the leading goal scorer in soccer.

[Ryan]

Honestly, I don't think was on your team. Ever told us that. Not that you were like, I don't.

[Evan]

Think it's that impressive of a.

[Mike]

Of a.

[Ryan]

But that means you're the star player of an accomplishment, you know, that means you were the TJ Oshi scoring goals.

[Evan]

Not sure if I quite say that. Team was pretty bad, so I didn't have much to beat. But other than that, though, no, no, it was not an athlete. I wish I would have stuck with golf, though, because, like, I feel like being good at golf. You can obviously golf for your entire life. I mean, look at grandpa. Ronnie's 80 and he's still out there. And like, if you're. If you're really good at golf, it's even more fun because then you can go out there and, like, not get pissed every single shot.

[CJ]

Dude, I just saw this video. There was this. This guy, and I guess the article says he's a YouTuber, but he was teeing off at a golf event and just rocked it into the crowd. Which is purpose. No, on accident. Oh, I would assume.

[Mike]

I wonder that when I see those like pga. I mean, granted, those guys know how to hit the ball straight, but if I was out there, it'd be a real hazard. This guy, probably.

[CJ]

I don't think so, but.

[Mike]

What are these people doing?

[CJ]

Holy shit, dude. Could you imagine shanking it into a crowd like that?

[Evan]

Are they okay?

[CJ]

Yeah, he was okay.

[Mike]

He took it to the head.

[Ryan]

Wait, it was the.

[CJ]

Oh, my gosh.

[Ryan]

Dude, he was filming. Filming.

[CJ]

Holy crap.

[Ryan]

Oh, shoot.

[Evan]

That's.

[Ryan]

You know how much you'd have. You know, people pay to stand there. They view. They'd have to pay people to stand there. If I were golfing. Like, you know, I'm just saying there's like.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

So many people down the way. You can't even stand parallel to me or whatever.

[Mike]

You can't stand behind you.

[Evan]

You talk about a gamble I would not be willing to take.

[Ryan]

Yeah, but that's what I mean. Even with, like, really good golfers, I don't think I'd be comfortable standing there knowing that that could happen.

[Mike]

Crazy.

[Evan]

They're rock. Yeah, bro. People get hit on golf courses all the time. Like, really? Yeah.

[CJ]

So golf is a dangerous sport. It is.

[Evan]

Well, I don't know what the odds are, but, like, you golf long enough, yeah, you're probably going to get hit.

[CJ]

You're probably the one doing the hitting.

[Ryan]

We're all going to keep golfing the rest of our lives, most likely. What's going to come first, the hole in one or getting domed?

[Evan]

You getting domed for sure.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

There's no chance.

[Mike]

Had a hole in one. I hate to say it, Mike.

[CJ]

Yeah, you're right.

[Evan]

My sister was a professional golfer and she's had one hole in one.

[Ryan]

Then she's only got one thing left to do. No. But, yeah, that's pretty cool. It's funny that you say that because I agree completely and I still. It's on my bucket list, Mike. Yeah, I got. Well, a lot of. Yeah, a lot of par threes. If there's any par twos out there, let me know.

[Evan]

I tell you what, though, Mike, honestly, don't give up on your dream of getting a hole in one because Grandpa Ron has three hole in ones.

[Ryan]

Wow. Really?

[Mike]

He plays a lot of golf.

[Evan]

He plays a lot of golf.

[Ryan]

But I would accept it. Not happening. But I got many years.

[CJ]

I actually in team sports was so bad in basketball, I got the no dribble rule. I wasn't allowed to dribble.

[Evan]

I was either supposed to I didn't know that was a thing.

[CJ]

I was. Well, it's not exactly.

[Mike]

What do you mean that? Like the.

[CJ]

The coach or the coach? The coach came to me and said, ryan, if the ball comes to you, you stop and immediately look for someone else to pass it to or you shoot it. Like, you are not to dribble it around.

[Evan]

How do you take that?

[Mike]

Like, how do you.

[CJ]

I mean, I wasn't gonna be like, no, fuck you. I'm so good at dribbling. I wasn't.

[Mike]

But did you know? Did you understand, like, wow, he's telling me I'm so bad. Or were you?

[Ryan]

Yes.

[Mike]

Okay, yeah, yeah, it's a good plan.

[CJ]

I said that. But in my brain I went, I am so not to be trusted with this ball right now. I need to either immediately get rid.

[Ben]

Of it or shoot.

[Evan]

Dribble.

[Ryan]

Funny.

[Evan]

Dribbling is like the. I don't know the thing to do.

[CJ]

But it was just that. I think the idea was that if the ball came to me was only to go to someone else who could make a play or to shoot. I wasn't. I wasn't going to be making any plays out there on the court.

[Ryan]

And the.

[CJ]

The.

[Evan]

Ryan, I used to always think that you were a pretty good basketball player because you always wore Jordans.

[CJ]

First of all, I was a good shooter, bro.

[Evan]

He wore Jordan's shirts, sweatshirt. He did pants.

[Mike]

You're right.

[Evan]

Jordan, his fit in high school and his shorts. He'd always wear the long Jordans past the knees.

[CJ]

They weren't styled.

[Mike]

And he would always listen.

[Evan]

Like 50 cents photos right here. This is Jordan Ryan.

[CJ]

They were in style.

[Evan]

So I always thought that Ryan was like, super good at basketball because I'm quite possibly the worst basketball player that you've ever met. Can't make it anything. So, like, we'd be out playing basketball on his driveway and I'm like, dude, this guy's like LeBron James.

[CJ]

No, I was a good shooter. I just had no court vision. Was not a good team player. I couldn't, like, work with. Also remembering plays was so hard. Really bad at that.

[Ryan]

I like what you said there. Court vision. Obviously there's like having ball handling skills, but I like the point guards when they're rolling down and they're like, just look this way and they're passing it this way. Like that to me is one of the most satisfying things ever that I'll never be able to do is just like, fake someone out by knowing what's going to happen on the basketball court.

[CJ]

And then I got cut from the golf team. Not cut. I just wasn't allowed to go to meets.

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah. I thought we talked about this. I wasn't allowed to go to meets either. I was just.

[CJ]

I could practice. They took my membership money, but, yeah, they. I wasn't allowed. I wasn't allowed to go to meets, and I.

[Ryan]

It was.

[Evan]

So what did that conversation look like?

[CJ]

I just stopped getting invited. It was after. It was after. I did really bad. And I didn't think that my score mattered. I was like, oh, they only take the best one. So I, like, ended up just, like, tenning every hole. And my coach was like, what the did you do today? Like, our team's actually good. And I was like. I thought, like, they only took the top three, and they were like, no, it's everybody. I kind of. I screwed the whole team. I didn't get to go anymore.

[Evan]

Yeah, well, it's usually six, and then they have, like, eight playing and two don't.

[CJ]

That's what I thought. I thought I was a part of the. The people who didn't matter. I was just there to have fun. But apparently I was important.

[Evan]

Oh, man.

[CJ]

But nobody really. It was never, like. There wasn't, like, a meeting in the locker room, right?

[Evan]

Yeah. That you were invited to.

[Ryan]

You're right. There was.

[CJ]

I just wasn't in there.

[Ryan]

Dude.

[Mike]

They're like, what do we do about this guy?

[CJ]

Just quit inviting him. But I was too stupid to know, so that's good.

[Mike]

Sometimes that's the best for me.

[Ryan]

When they didn't invite me, I'm just like, this is great. They didn't invite me again. Now I just get to go hit the course, like. Which was kind of silly, but I was. I was happy about it. Another day I don't have to. I mean, the days that they got to miss school, but when it's like, when I did not envy the people, like, in track and golf and especially cross country on a rainy day that they're, like, trucking two hours in the bus to, like, manoomin to go run or golf in the rain. That doesn't sound fun.

[Evan]

Yeah, it was always, like, the shittiest weather.

[CJ]

Well, thanks for saying I was good at basketball. You want to go play horse in the driveway?

[Mike]

No, I want to see you get dressed up in some Jordans.

[CJ]

I still got some.

[Mike]

All your Jordan stuff.

[CJ]

I'll go put some on.

[Mike]

Wear that for the weekend.

[Ryan]

See where that gets you.

[Mike]

Ryan's in all white, got a headband.

[Ryan]

Walks into Zorbas dressed like, damn Carmelo Anthony.

[Mike]

Yeah. He's got a T shirt below his elbows and his shorts go below his knees.

[Evan]

All right.

[Ryan]

All right. Well, have a great rest of your week, guys. Thank you for listening. Subscribe if you haven't, and we'll see you in the next one.