Our State Banned Dirtbikes??

Summary

Podcast Summary: Life Wide Open with CboysTV

Episode: "Our State Banned Dirtbikes??"

Date: January 21, 2025
Hosts: CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, Micah

Episode Overview

In this lively and wide-ranging episode, the CboysTV crew is officially back together for their first podcast of 2025. The episode is dominated by hilarious storytelling, inside jokes, and the signature banter fans love. Key topics include wild Vegas tales (and even wilder bodily mishaps), misinterpretations about a new youth dirt bike ban in Minnesota, recent crazy TikTok trends, TikTok’s potential ban, the state of powersports businesses, and behind-the-scenes CboysTV updates.
The group’s camaraderie, willingness to poke fun at each other, and laidback yet thoughtful conversation style make this a packed, laugh-filled episode with plenty of insights for fans.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reuniting and Yearly Resolutions

• The group reflects on not having seen each other for a while over the holidays and how much they missed the regular energy (02:16–02:45).
• New year’s resolutions—mostly goofy and unachievable—are lightly roasted.
• Memorable moment: An extended bit about never hearing Ryan fart devolves into a “conspiracy theory” on why he won’t do it in front of friends (00:17–02:00).
  • “I’ve never heard you fart. That’s all we’re saying.” – A (01:35)

2. Ben’s Wild Vegas Adventures

• Ben recounts his trip to Vegas, including:
  • Gambling losses (“lost about $3,000, but it’s not irreversible,” 03:07)
  • The story of “shitting his pants” after bottomless mimosas (05:34–09:14)
    • Quote: “Somewhere between me laughing and having a rumbly tummy, I made the mistake of trusting a fart. And truly just good old fashioned shit my pants. Badly.” – Ben (06:58)
  • Nearly getting in trouble for smoking a joint in public (09:29–12:38)
    • Memorable: Getting “jammed up” by Vegas police over a joint even though cannabis is legal there; shares the surreal feeling of being frisked by a gloved officer.
  • Takeaway: A trip can sound eventful enough to fill days, but sometimes it all happens in one or two (13:13).

3. Back to (Minnesota) Reality: Cold, Trucks, Xbox, and Life

• Complaints about cold Minnesota winters and vehicle issues (15:16).
• Ben, a self-described gaming “noob,” gets roasted by the crew for his terrible Call of Duty stats, and considers streaming as a comedy angle (16:15–19:11).
• Xbox gaming brings the crew together post-holidays, learning new things about each other's skills (or lack thereof) (18:28–19:13).

4. Viral Hometown Stories & CboysTV Merch in the News

• Discuss a local kid who saved his family and their dogs from a house fire after previously surviving a runaway car incident (20:40).
• Celebrate another person spotted in CboysTV merch on a news story saving elderly folks from a fire (21:13–23:36).
• Joke about wild DMs, the “bizarre stuff” they get, and how CboysTV apparel keeps popping up in unexpected (sometimes infamous) places.

5. California Fire Conspiracies & Societal Reflection

• Commentary on wildfires, looting, viral misinformation about the Hollywood sign and "copycat" arsonists (24:50–26:57).
  • “Some people like to see the world burn. Literally.” – A (28:51)
• Debates on California insurance issues, conspiracy theories about property destruction, and societal cynicism.
• Strong perspective on how devastating it is to lose everything in a fire, including irreplaceable family possessions.
  • “Insurance doesn’t cover everything. And it’s also a really, really big pain to try and get what you had.” – C (28:00)

6. Censorship, Social Media, and the Future of Misinformation

• Discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s stance on content censorship, fact-checking, and “shadow self-censorship” among creators (30:26–32:22).
• Comparison to Elon Musk’s X/Twitter hands-off approach.
• Reactions to massive shifts in social media—how platforms have changed “free speech” norms and the motivations behind transparency drives (32:22–33:12).

7. Powersports Industry: Minnesota’s Youth Dirt Bike Ban

• Discussion clarifies viral headlines about Minnesota “banning youth dirtbikes” (35:40–36:45).
  • Fact check: The law bans sales of youth powersports with plastics containing PFAS, "forever chemicals" deemed carcinogenic, not the bikes themselves.
  • “If your kid’s chewing on his 110 fender, the heck your dog’s doing it…” – Ben (36:32)
• Reflections on the unintended consequences, environmental rationale, and how the narrative quickly spiraled out of context on social media (38:22).
• Potential long-term implications for plastics industry and manufacturing by 2035 (37:45).

8. Powersports Industry “Insider” Gossip

• Spirited speculation about CF Moto allegedly buying Arctic Cat, suppressed rumors on forums, and wild stories about business buyouts (40:32–44:07).
  • The group admits much of this is “pure speculation,” illustrating how quickly rumors start in the powersports scene.
• Discussion of KTM’s potential financial struggles after acquiring other brands (“They bought too many other brands. GasGas, Husky—not good.” – B, 45:52).
• Tesla Cybertruck hype and plummeting resale value, and how early adopters like Ken/Rappers always “take a bath” (lose money) on new models.
  • “They lose a s** ton of money, but they look sick with it.”* – C (48:32)

9. Running Gags, Gift Exchanges & Cheeto Lore

• Evan receives a signed 2004 Bam Margera skateboard from Ryan—a heartfelt gift (57:08–59:46).
• Christmas gift unboxing: socks, Cheetos-themed gifts, bath bombs, Snuggies, and more sent by generous fans (60:03–62:47).
• The ongoing “Cheeto” motif, including camo gift ideas and future dirtbike wraps.

10. Viral Trends & Cboys Fan Culture

• Dalton invented a truck-wash TikTok trend using a Kendrick song that blew up to 20 million views and got widely imitated—even by people outside the automotive world (65:47–67:44).
  • Team reflects on the organic spread of trends, the “template” phenomenon, and the power of creative community.
  • Dalton jokingly admits: “I started out making thirst traps on TikTok.” (68:27)
• Discussion of bickering and playful fights between Ben and Dalton—part of Cboys’ dynamic chemistry (69:44).

11. TikTok Ban Speculation & Media Skepticism

• In-depth talk on rumors about TikTok’s supposed January 19 ban, the uncertain future for creators, and why politicians may be confusingly “saving” or “banning” it (72:54–74:08).
• Strong blend of cynicism and humor on the “brain rot” TikTok pushes to U.S. users vs. education on the Chinese version (75:44–76:00).
  • “America already is kind of pretty cooked. ... These people out here are just getting stupider and stupider by the day.” – C (78:20)
• The group jokes about pranking their own parents via Chinese-made digital photo frames (74:09–77:00), highlighting anxieties and ironies about digital privacy.

12. Miscellaneous Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Gavin’s truck problems turn into another adventure, fixed by a mechanic who literally “hits it with a hammer.” (52:03–54:39)
• Gifted Cheeto socks and Snuggie become the new hot office wear.
• Roasting Jeep and Bronco stereotypes among the crew (49:56–50:29).
• “Stay in the gym and keep having fun”—affirmed as Gavin's new legendary life motto (63:15–65:18).
• “Blow up and then act like we don’t know nobody. And on that note, I gotta pee.” —B (79:18)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Vegas “Mimosa Mishap” Story: 05:34–09:14
• Getting Stopped for a Joint in Vegas: 09:29–12:38
• Minnesota’s Youth Dirt Bike Ban Discussion: 35:40–38:45
• Powersports Buyouts & Rumor Mill: 40:32–46:49
• Christmas Fan Gifts Unboxing: 60:03–62:47
• Dalton’s Viral TikTok Trend: 65:47–67:44
• TikTok Ban Speculation: 72:54–74:08
• TikTok vs. U.S. “Brain Rot” Content: 75:44–76:00

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Notable Quotes

• On trusting a fart:
  “Somewhere between me laughing and having a rumbly tummy, I made the mistake of trusting a fart. And truly just good old fashioned shit my pants. Badly.” – Ben (06:58)

• On media spin:
  “There’s plenty of ways to hurt yourself on a dirt bike, but eating the front fender isn’t one of them.” – Ben quoting forum wisdom (36:32)

• On TikTok’s influence:
  “America already is kind of pretty cooked. … These people out here are just getting stupider and stupider by the day.” – C (78:20)

• Gift giving:
  “Ryan, short of giving me a job, this is the nicest thing you’ve ever done for me.” – Ben (59:42)

• On trending:
  “I started out making thirst traps on TikTok, am I right?” – Dalton (68:27)

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The CboysTV Vibe

This episode balances their trademark ridiculousness—bodily mishaps, vehicle woes, dirtbike banter, gaming roasts—with more grounded reflections on industry trends, social media, and the often-funny dysfunctions of modern society. Fans will find plenty of laughs, memorable moments, and the group’s unique take on issues both big and small.

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For listeners and fans:
If you’re looking for CboysTV’s latest thoughts on powersports industry rumors, TikTok trends, and what’s really going on in Minnesota with the “dirt bike ban,” this episode is a must-listen. Even if you’re here for the shenanigans and gift exchanges—consider this your roadmap to all the best bits, word-for-word authenticity, and the core highlight: these six friends having a hell of a good time together.

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Transcript

[A]

Did you get arrested that night?

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Yeah, we probably can't. Plenty of ways to hurt yourself on a dirt bike, but eating the front fender isn't one of them.

[C]

People like Ken or rappers or whoever's like, I gotta have.

[D]

I started out making thirst traps on TikTok, am I right?

[E]

No.

[B]

Short of giving me a job, this is the nicest thing you've ever done for me. When's the last time you farted, Ryan?

[A]

It's actually funny because with the Utah.

[B]

Trip coming up, I was thinking about it.

[F]

Somebody's going to hear it.

[B]

Hey, all right.

[A]

Hey.

[E]

Before you answer, I'm glad you asked, but, like, I'm, like, sitting over here, like, are we really starting off our 2025 podcast?

[A]

Like, dude, sometimes you got to hit people with the hard questions. The hard to answer questions.

[G]

Well, it goes with the start of the year because, you know, obviously it's the start of the year. You got to start a bunch of unreasonably unachievable, you know, resolutions.

[B]

Right.

[C]

Farting and someone hearing it is an unachievable resolution.

[A]

No, you got the guy stumb.

[G]

No, I just. I started drinking less pop, so then I started drinking these ollipop things. They're like probiotic sodas.

[E]

Probiotic, yeah.

[G]

It absolutely. I woke myself up last.

[C]

You actually farted?

[G]

I mean, yeah.

[B]

Did anybody hear this? It just is like, can we call Alondra to, like, I would be, like.

[G]

Tightening the lugs on my truck, and then Evan would walk by and go, like. And like, I feel that that's inconsiderate.

[C]

That is. That is.

[G]

If roles were reversed, I would go, I'm gonna walk over and grab a water. And then maybe just, like, distance myself.

[A]

I don. It's just suspicious that we've been friends for about 15 years. I've never heard you fart. That's all we're saying.

[H]

I don't know about you, but normally if I got a fart, I'm not walking 50ft away. It's got to go.

[A]

Hardly make it to the bathroom of that kid.

[E]

We're, like, telling you to do it. Asking Ryan to, like, fart in front of us. It's like asking, like, a kid to swear. They're like, nah, I'm not. That's a trap. I'm not going to do that.

[D]

I don't know.

[C]

It's more of a. I think Evan's more. So, like, got a conspiracy theory going on it, though, Ryan, you know?

[E]

Yeah.

[G]

I mean, it's a conspiracy or concerned, to be fair.

[B]

I think Ben is the one that really started this conspiracy theory. I'm just still deeply concerned.

[A]

I'm going to point out the obvious concerns here. Anyway. All right, we're back. Life Wide Open podcast. I. Dude, I'm so happy to be back. I'm so happy. I miss you guys too. There's so many questions that I have for you guys. Like, we've like, kind of been. I haven't seen Evan for three weeks.

[E]

Yeah, none of us have seen you. That's probably the longest I've gone without seeing you.

[A]

And I know.

[C]

And then I just see he's in Vegas the whole time. Look at his location. Just in Vegas the whole time.

[B]

Only for like six days.

[C]

It felt longer than that.

[A]

Dude, did you actually.

[C]

Was it only six days or.

[B]

It felt like two weeks, Thursday to Tuesday. What's the math?

[C]

That's not that. About that long.

[H]

I could not do six days in Vegas.

[C]

It was long.

[G]

Ken could do six.

[B]

My Vegas over three weeks. Your Vegas chips are a little different.

[H]

I could do 60 hours at most.

[C]

How much money did you. Did you lose?

[B]

Like probably about 3,000.

[C]

Oh, that's way better than I expected. I thought you were going to lose like 20 grand. I thought you were going to come back and be like, I lost 20.

[B]

No, no, no. And I'm not happy with what I did lose, but, you know, I think I'll bounce back from it. It's not irreversible.

[C]

What else can you do? You can't do anything other than just.

[A]

My question is, what do you mean bounce back? You're not going to win that money back.

[E]

You're not?

[C]

No, just more so. Just not be Sad.

[B]

I lost $1,000 the first day, set my limit, stop thousand dollars the second day, and then was able to gamble for three more days. And it was 1:30 in the morning. The night before, we were flying out and I had turned $100 bill that I borrowed from my girlfriend into 1400 on the roulette table. And I let it all ride because I was starting to have to gamble with one eye open. I was getting an uneasy tummy and I knew I needed to shut things down. My girlfriend had left me hours ago. I'm just grinding it out at this table for three hours. So I put. I believe it was eight.

[G]

I risked all my hard work.

[B]

It was eight or nine hundred dollars I had on red cuz black had hit like five times in a row.

[G]

Yeah, never again.

[B]

I threw 100 on red 18, which that's like $3,500 pay right there. Plus the double on the 900. 800, no brainer. And then there, you know, they have the three to ones on the corners. So I did a couple hundred over there and a couple hundred over there. So I had like 13, 1400 spread it. You know, it obviously hit black. Not a. I lost everything.

[A]

Everything right now I love that you're.

[E]

Like, you know, referencing that you had one eye open. Like this dude can remember all the ups and downs of every gambling scenario.

[C]

And then the guy next to me bet a dollar fifty and that no.

[B]

No, that son of a was winning the whole time.

[C]

Dude. I'm just, I'm having a hard time believing that it was only six days or whatever that you were in Vegas. Cuz I swear it was like a week and a half when I was.

[E]

Maybe, maybe you were just that checked out.

[A]

Like maybe, maybe.

[C]

But I was like, surely this guy's not still in Vegas. And then I see a snap and he's in Vegas. I'm like, is this dude planning on spending all three weeks off in Vegas? And I was like, I hope he does.

[A]

Like, that's pretty funny.

[B]

It worked out pretty good. My, my cousin and my other buddy, they had never been to Vegas. First timers. So they came out for the first three days with us and we really hung out with them, did some partying and then had a couple days at the end for me and the girlfriend to be a little more ch. Which still just involved vodka and roulette, but it was a little bit more chill.

[A]

And at what point did you shit your pants?

[B]

Okay, that was on the first day. You want me to get into that story?

[C]

I think you gotta now.

[B]

All right, well, we fell victim to the $25 bottomless mimosas to sought out that.

[C]

Yeah, 25 bottom.

[E]

You almost don't need to finish the story.

[A]

I want you to.

[B]

Well, let's just say I was feeling real good first day in Vegas. I'm wearing my white camo shorts.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

This comes into play later in the story.

[C]

Oh geez.

[B]

And we put in our hour and a half, two hour shift at the mimosa bar and they're telling us it was time to leave. So we had no. Because it's a breakfast spot and it closes at 2. We weren't doing anything wrong. It's just. Okay, it's 2 o'.

[D]

Clock.

[C]

We've been here all day.

[B]

They brought us one more bottle of champagne, which would have been like the fifth or sixth, but there was four of us. That's labor.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Everything was still going pretty good right down until that very last bottle. And my girlfriend can do this fancy thing with the mimosa glass where she like puts the whole glass in her mouth and then like drinks it. Yep. With no hands. And unfortunately when she did that, she like, kind of cough gag started to maybe puke. It looked like she was kind of covering her mouth. Oh, my God. I got. I got to go. Well, we had already paid our tab, so she runs out. Me and cousin Joe and Will obviously finish all the mimosas. And while we're doing that, I'm. We're all laughing very hard. Like, my girlfriend just had to sprint out of the restaurant to go to the bathroom. So somewhere between me laughing and having a rumbly tummy, I made the mistake of trusting, trusting a fart. And truly just good old fashioned shit my pants bad, badly.

[A]

Oh, in the blink.

[B]

Yeah, well, we were kind of saying. But yeah, I know. It's a total breakfast restaurant. They just have mimosas now.

[C]

Terrible.

[B]

I don't even know if it smell. It would just be like too drunk to tell. Like, pour black coffee through your white shorts and what's it going to look like on the.

[C]

That's what happened.

[G]

Oh, my God.

[C]

You could actually see it from the outside.

[E]

That's my.

[A]

Holy shit.

[B]

Yeah. I wear it because maybe cotton would have been better. It would have absorbed some of it, but it just like.

[C]

Yeah, you just had enough velocity where it just went.

[B]

I'm pretty sure it bounced off the chair and came back at me. I'm not sure.

[C]

But you might have left some on the chair.

[B]

Okay, this might be too graphic, but who knows? I meant that part. But so, okay, we're like, oh, my God. Okay, we actually got to go. My girlfriend, she's got an upset tummy from trying to drink the mimosas and I got to change these trousers. We got to get the hell out of here.

[A]

I think. I think when you shit your pants, it's time to go.

[C]

So that's when they're asking you to leave as well.

[B]

There's Only been about 2 minutes have gone by since Nikki has ran out.

[A]

You guys are really put on a show.

[B]

And this restaurant's like right off the casino, all the slot machines. We're walking out the entrance or exit of the restaurant and there's two security guards standing around a vomit.

[E]

Oh, no.

[B]

I'm like, oh, my God. I think. I think that was Nikki. But luckily she's smart. When she ran into the bathroom, she took her sweatshirt off and right so she looked different. They had a security guard standing outside the bathroom and when she came out, they go, you know, excuse me, ma', am, are you.

[C]

Did you puke?

[B]

Are you sick? Because she really wasn't like drunk and out of control. She just tried to chug this mimosa with no hands and it made her sick. So she just was able to say, no, I'm fine. And we met right at that point. Me was shit in my pants. Her have blown out over the floor and we just got the hell out of there.

[C]

Did you go back and change your pants after or did you just run it for the rest of the day?

[B]

We took a five hour nap and then we hit Fremont Street. Like I'm not sure anybody else ever has.

[A]

Love that.

[C]

That's awesome.

[A]

Did you get arrested that night?

[B]

Oh my God, we never.

[A]

It was only one day.

[G]

It was one night.

[A]

Holy shit.

[C]

What a day.

[B]

Yeah, it was that night. It was that night in Vegas, a weed legal state. Our freaking taxi driver brings us straight to the dispensary before we even go to our hotel. Like it's a pit stop. We get picked up from the airport, go to dispensary, go to our hotel, whatever. It just seems like the normal thing you do. It's legal out there. And we were on the sidewalk watching the street performer, he was a rapper and he was actually doing really good. Like I actually gave him like a $20 tip because he was actually spitting bars. Yeah, yeah, like it was good. Give him some money. We're having a beer watching him and I'm like, man, this just seems like the appropriate time to like light a joint, get surrounded. Like how fast, officers? Well, we were halfway through the joint, so you had a couple minutes? Yeah, yeah, yeah. At least I got stoned before the experience.

[A]

Oh, that probably ease your nerves.

[B]

We were kind of more out in the open. So they, they took us to get over here, got us like backed up against the wall. They got us surrounded. And this whole time I'm just like holding it and it's smoldering and I'm like focusing on this officer and I just feel a rubber glove, grabs my wrist with one hand, with the other hand, the lady just grabs it and it's just like looking at it. I don't know why, but it was just so funny to me. I mean, it's a friggin joint. It's legal, I'm pretty sure, in half the country.

[E]

And then meanwhile, your cousin and Will were in the bathroom, weren't they? Like they.

[A]

Oh yeah, they walked out like, holy shit.

[B]

Cousin Joe never recovered from mimosa Morning.

[E]

Okay.

[B]

He just stayed in bed. Will had just walked into the Walgreens to buy us a round of cocktailians, so. So when he walks in, we're watching this street performer. He comes out two minutes later, and we're just warmed by federalities. And his face was just truly, like. Just like the double take, you know, Just me and Nikki backed up against the wall. Like, cuffs. No, no, no. And then surrounded. And honestly, they were very nice. They. They didn't overly hassle us. They were just very firm. It is legal to have, but you can't do it in public.

[C]

Pretty honest mistake.

[H]

That is weird. Like, to do it in public, it has to be, like, in a consumption lounge.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So, I mean. And they were fine. They, like, took down our information, I think just in case we did something stupid again.

[C]

You didn't get a ticket or anything.

[B]

Unless something shows up in the mail at some point? No, they took down all of our information. But a couple hours later, after a few more drinks, I saw another. They move in packs out there.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, it's.

[C]

I know.

[B]

At least five at a time. And I was feeling loose enough to, like. I just. Straight up. You took my joint? I just walked up to it. I'm like, hey, you know, a couple hours ago, I got jammed up smoking a freaking joint outside on the sidewalk. And I know it was really dumb, but, like, they just took down all my information. And then we're kind of vague, just like, let us go. Should I be looking for a ticket in the mail? What should I be doing? And they're like, oh, no. If they didn't bring you to the car and print you off a ticket, he goes, the tickets here, they're gonna be about this big piece of paper. If you didn't get that, you're good. Oh, I think I'm fine. But they do have my information, which I'm not thrilled with.

[A]

Yeah. It's just funny because, like, Vegas is the city with no laws. And then I just see. I see you go to Vegas, and I see one snap of, like, just shit my pants running through the casino. And then the next snap is Evan, like, up against the wall. Like, kind of like. Like hands. Like, maybe in his. Wearing orange shoes.

[C]

Like a traffic cone.

[A]

Yeah. Kind of like looking down at him. He's like. I'm like, what the hell did you do?

[B]

I know. Everything I just said there sounded like a series of events, like a full trip. That was the first.

[C]

Dude.

[B]

No, technically, the second day because we didn't get to Vegas till three the first night, and we actually behaved. But that was our first full day in Vegas. We got all jammed up and then really did behave ourselves after that.

[A]

Yeah, I believe it. I just imagine that you and Ken's Vegas experiences are just vastly different.

[B]

I stay away from the rodeo.

[H]

Hey, nothing's wrong with the rodeo. Rodeo is a great family fun experience.

[B]

Did you take your family?

[C]

No.

[A]

Well, that's great. I'm glad that you made it back here in one piece and we're not paying your bail for Vegas.

[G]

I know. I woke up at like 4am Because I couldn't sleep and I woke up to the text like it had just happened in the last three minutes. I was like, oh, shit.

[B]

Well, that was funny because I sent that in the group chat. Just the video with no context. I'm waiting for response. I'm like, oh, with the time difference, it's like one or two. There's just three or four back home or whatever. It makes sense that someone's not replying immediately. Which normally, yeah, people are pretty quick to respond in the group. I'm like, what are these guys doing? But yeah, that's not enough for them.

[G]

It does feel good to be back together though. I mean, I think realistically, like we were together and we worked throughout the last couple weeks, but it wasn't like when we're here the whole time. I don't know, it just wasn't the same without you guys. I felt like I didn't have the same person, people to share my stories with and all that, you know, like it just. Life was a little more bland. Nobody was getting arrested that I was hanging out with, you know, like there was no action.

[A]

Definitely was quieter.

[C]

No action.

[B]

I thought, I thought that I was gonna come back after damn near three weeks off with my batteries recharged and I felt like I needed to come here and charge, hang out with you guys and make some videos. That's what I. That's what I feel like I need. It wasn't a break away from it. Like we got to make some content.

[A]

I was going crazy when I showed up this morning and I go, wow, you look well rested and ready. I was just like, dad, he's just.

[C]

Too much time on your hands is definitely not good.

[B]

I had a four hour drive in. It was negative 20 degrees when I left. And I don't have heat in my raptor.

[A]

How because your fault.

[B]

Yeah, you're right, because I don't want. It's not Even so much that I gotta pay money to get it fixed. It's the fact that anything nowadays at a. At a dealer, I might not have a truck for a month. I'll be like. I'll be like, Ryan borrowing Ken's Bronco or Ben or whoever. Everybody, you know, It's a nice riggy.

[G]

Should.

[H]

Everyone is borrowing my Bronco other than me.

[C]

It's red.

[B]

That is true.

[G]

The Raptor.

[B]

I kind of do want to. Honestly, I am gonna.

[C]

There you go.

[B]

I might bring my truck in tomorrow.

[G]

I kind of miss it.

[H]

Yeah, it's a fun little rig.

[B]

You got a full tank of gas?

[H]

Hell, no.

[A]

Yeah, Ryan left it on empty. Yeah, no, I. I kind of just had, like, a super chill couple weeks. Went skiing, got home, had, like, two weeks. A couple. Like, one week. No one was even around, so I just, like, set up my Xbox, finally got that thing hooked up and just got absolutely destroyed. In every game I played.

[C]

Ben, like, so bad.

[A]

You played what?

[E]

You played one night?

[C]

Oh, he's played a couple nights.

[A]

A bunch of nice.

[B]

Is CJ as good as he was talking a couple weeks back?

[A]

CJ is pretty good. CJ's pretty good. I'll give him that. I'll give him that. But no, we were playing, like, cod, and I'd play with, like, Jake, Justin, cj, we'd all hop on. And I just found out that, like, Jake is, like, the biggest nerd you've ever met about cod.

[E]

He, like, learns the things, dude, especially zombies.

[A]

And Jake revived me 35 times in one game.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And I.

[B]

Was that even possible?

[C]

Yeah. He keeps going.

[A]

It's actually insane. I was begging him. I was like, bro, please, please don't revive me. Like, let's just be dumb. Yeah. Because it's like 12:30.

[E]

So that's another point. Like, just. He's played so much zombies that him and his buddy Zach played to such a high level that they just quit because they were so bored.

[A]

Yeah, I know. It was insane. Like, I go, dude, I'm down. Just let me be. And you go, no, you're not. Come and revive me. I'm like, bro, come on. Just let me die. Like, let's just go to bed.

[C]

And then if we're ever playing, like, online matchmaking where you're playing against other people, Ben just gets murked. Like, we're like. It gets to the end of the game, and we're like, all right, let's see. You know, you see everyone. You look at every details, and it's like, you know, I'm maybe like 40. And like. Like 30 or 40 and 25. And like, Justin's kind of up around there. Jake's maybe a little less. And then we're like, where's Ben? Right down at the bottom. And it's got two kills, 40 deaths. I'm not kidding.

[B]

I'm not kidding you.

[C]

You'll get like two kills total on Nuke Town, dude.

[A]

I'm like, how is that possible, bro?

[F]

There's people in front of you.

[C]

As soon as you spawn, you can just spawn.

[B]

Throw a grenade. More than two kills, you'll have to.

[C]

Two kills.

[A]

I was trying it. I was trying everything. I'd spawn, die. And I'm like, how the.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And the whole time he's sitting here.

[C]

Like, I don't know how you guys are doing this. What? This and that.

[A]

I'm like, dude, like just.

[C]

What do you mean? You just aim, you shoot like.

[A]

It was bad, dude. I was getting murked.

[E]

Specific question, like, what was your sensitivity on?

[C]

It's just Factory. He's on all the factors.

[B]

I think Factory is too slow, but.

[E]

You can quickly get too high if.

[B]

You'Re not used to it. Yeah, turning it up is not going to help. It makes it worse.

[E]

Turning it up one or two notches.

[A]

No, I'm shooting over here. I'm shooting over there. Like hitting the ground for a while. Like, it's actually insane. I gotta start streaming, honestly.

[G]

That's what I'm saying, dude.

[A]

People watching would be like, there's no way that a 25 year old can be this bad at video games. Yeah, you have a niche, I think.

[E]

Hilarious.

[G]

It's like streaming.

[B]

But you weren't a big Call of Duty guy growing up, were you?

[A]

No, I never wasn't even an Xbox guy. I didn't have an Xbox.

[H]

You guys didn't even have an Xbox, PlayStation, nothing in here?

[C]

No.

[A]

So I'm like, I'm. I'm sort of getting into it like I'm an 11 year old again.

[B]

That's fair then. Yeah, it's a learning curve.

[C]

But like, it's tough playing with Ben because you just feel bad for him when you're trying to play against other people. Like the whole time he's just like basically asking questions. You're trying to help him. And then, you know, it's like three games and the dude's got a total of seven kills. Oh. Combined of all three. Finally get it. Yeah. Like, you'll hear when he gets, oh, I got one.

[A]

You know, it's like that and then.

[C]

And then it's like, you guys think we could just go play some zombies? Sounds like. All right, yeah, we'll go play some zombies for you. So we play zombies and then.

[A]

But it's kind of like what.

[C]

It's kind of like what I said would happen with Ben. It's like, then you're playing the game and he gets over it, so he wants to be done. But we're winning, so he's like, begging Jake to die. Yeah, but Jake's like, no, We've already got, like, an hour into this.

[A]

I know we've talked about Xbox more in the last three podcasts than ever before, and I. I just thought it was. I thought it was pretty funny to update the people. What has actually happened now that I turn my Xbox on?

[C]

It is really fun. You would have thought is really fun, though. Yeah, Like, I'm having fun playing with.

[A]

Dude, how good does it feel when I text you like, yo, you're trying to hop. Dude, I never thought I'd get that.

[C]

Text message from Ben, but I feel so left out.

[G]

Dude, I need to get one. I'm just, like, stuck with, like, shitty reality TV and freaking.

[C]

He's no good movies.

[B]

Yeah, it is.

[A]

Yeah, Our lobby's kind of full, Ryan. Yeah, your clan's full.

[F]

You got a full clan.

[B]

Dude, you guys want to make fun of me? Because basically the only game I play other than Skate three is Fortnite.

[A]

Yeah, I tried playing Fortnite too, but I just kept getting murdered.

[B]

You can't play your first game of Fortnite and get Merc. They drop you into the most cherry.

[G]

I know.

[B]

You'Re playing with kids on a Nintendo Switch in the back of their mom's minivan. You gotta be able to get them.

[A]

Yeah, it's bad.

[G]

You know that kid that had the runaway car we talked about a few. Yeah, the Honda Pilot. Yeah, local kid. Well, again, then shortly after that, he was back in the news because his house burned down. And he saved his house from burning down.

[A]

I don't know what is up with this.

[B]

Do you think he wants to be in the headlines?

[G]

I don't know, and I can't speak speak for him.

[C]

That's a lot to happen.

[A]

How's your house burned down, but then you stop it from burning down.

[G]

I think he woke up the family and got all the dogs out or anything, but the house still burned down, dude.

[A]

Damn. Yeah, so get on that guy.

[G]

Bit of a bad, terrible year.

[B]

Not to sidetrack from that, but did you guys see the kid that saved the old people from the building wearing our merch.

[E]

And that was pretty cool to see.

[B]

Ken, can you pull the clip I got sent?

[H]

That's pretty vague.

[B]

I got. I got. There should be plenty of you guys probably all got it, too. But the first DM didn't have the video attached. It was just like a description of what happened. Like, hey, my brother and his friends saved some old people from their house because it was on fire, and they ran in and woke them up. I don't know. You get a lot of bizarre dms, so it's kind of like you don't know. And I didn't do it.

[A]

What did you do with that?

[B]

I did. I didn't respond to your dick. And then I don't know if it was a day or two later, I get a fricking video of the news story.

[A]

You think somebody's going to DM you that lie?

[B]

I don't think that they would lie about that. But I'm saying. And you guys know the things you get DM'd. There is some bizarre stuff in the ridiculous shit. Yeah. Normally our merch is. Only the last time I saw it on TV was that kid on Cops.

[C]

Yeah, that was a good one, too. Yeah.

[G]

Last time I saw it on fire was Jake. At least.

[C]

Can.

[G]

Dude, you're a couple months off.

[A]

What is going on?

[G]

When's the last time that you were on the pod?

[H]

I was briefly in the back of the fishing one.

[G]

You got a mirror, Ken?

[A]

It's not going.

[E]

Yeah. You have it set up as a separate display?

[C]

Currently.

[B]

What are you looking at? A picture of yourself? What's going on over there?

[A]

There we go.

[B]

Didn't stop at calling 911. I was like, we got legalized wheelies. That's my guy. Then we knocked.

[C]

Wait, no, I saw the lights wide.

[B]

Open, and we had to. And wait, the.

[A]

The barn was falling in when we were close to it.

[E]

Like, there's, like, stuff banging. And I love, like, his.

[C]

You wearing our. Our sunglasses, too?

[B]

Yeah.

[G]

Yeah, looks like it. And the hat, too.

[C]

Yeah. Every single one of those are in Seaboys merch. Those guys are awesome.

[G]

That's sick. And so, Ev, what's the synopsis of this? They were just walking by the house, people.

[B]

I actually don't know any more information other than the first video that. Or first message that vaguely described it. And then getting the video clip. Unfortunately, I didn't follow up. Or maybe I just said something like, wow, that's crazy. That's super awesome that things worked out. Something along those lines, basically.

[G]

It looks like they just were going by the house and saw it on fire and freaking save the old couple.

[B]

So those guys, they lit the fire?

[C]

Yeah, I didn't want to say it. I was like, no, that's jokers playing with some fireworks. And then we noticed that the house was on fire.

[B]

We're smoking a joint next to this fucking propane tank with all the LA.

[A]

Fires going on right now. Super sad, super sad situation. But it is crazy to see how many like, terrible people there are out in the world that are like looting homes after people get evacuated out of the homes. And then like, I saw one that this guy was pretending to be a firefighter and going into homes and stealing.

[G]

What?

[A]

And then I've seen a bunch of things of like, apartments on fire on like the third story of an apartment building. Like, flames coming out the windows like crazy. And there isn't a fire within four miles.

[G]

So, like, someone just lit an apartment on fire.

[A]

Like, people are just.

[H]

There's so many of those that people are like, they're suspecting or just copycat. Fires are just random people starting.

[B]

Do you think it all all started intentionally?

[A]

Yeah, I've seen videos of homeless people starting fires too, like in the hills. And like, I think starting this one.

[H]

Might have been like a legitimate just wildfire. And then there's other people that are like, oh, let's see if we can cause some damage, because some of these people have nothing better to do.

[A]

Yeah, I don't know, I think it's just like. Yeah, I. Pretty cynical. Look, I think a lot of people are just terrible people. Yeah, it's kind of like what happened with the downtown Minneapolis with all the protest. And then the protest turned into basically just like.

[B]

Just a riot, right?

[A]

Yeah, it turned it. Well, it started as protest turned into riot, though. And then that's when like, people just came in that had. They were just there to just break Shit.

[H]

Here's 39 people arrested for. For looting in Santa.

[C]

And they. They weren't from around there, huh?

[H]

Yeah.

[C]

Where'd they come in from?

[G]

None of the 39 arrested are from Santa Monica. It's like so sad. Could you imagine looking at that and being like, this is my opportunity to steal from someone?

[H]

It's just so weird. You look at whole neighborhoods destroyed and then that house is perfectly fine.

[G]

I guess the way the fire moves through.

[E]

Did the Hollywood sign start on fire?

[C]

That's what I was. They must not have.

[H]

That was fake news.

[C]

Okay.

[E]

I did hear about it and then I'm like, why would just. You would See it? Yeah.

[G]

And like if you Google or if you tick tock, which obviously is a bad news source, but if you, if you search like Hollywood sign on fire, it like comes up as a suggestion and then we'll show you a video of it on fire and you're like, oh, wow.

[B]

Yeah, but I think people have lit that on fire, like just over time. People do that. Not that it ever all burns down to the ground, but that's like a thing. People vandalize it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I feel like you would really hear about it if the Hollywood sign caught. But it's weird because Joe Rogan, like, there was like a clip of him talking about how like, if LA caught on fire and there was in the right wind, it would just take out all of it. And there was even a Tweet from like 2019 where Trump was saying that.

[E]

They need to clean up.

[C]

They got to clean up their, their wooded areas and this and that because if there is a fire, it's going to take all. And they didn't listen.

[B]

I saw a headline that was like, mayor cuts 12 and a half million dollars from the police budget. And I don't know if that's just another clickbaity thing. Like, I haven't fact checked this stuff.

[G]

Yeah.

[H]

$17 million from the LA Fire Department.

[B]

And then I saw another one where like one of their main water reservoirs was fully drained and not maintenance or something.

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

So there's like a lot of other factors to that. I don't know. It's just crazy. And I don't even know what to believe when you just see headlines on the Internet and I don't have enough time to fact check everything.

[G]

But the super big conspiracy is because Diddy's house burned down.

[B]

What?

[G]

I didn't know that they like, the right super.

[B]

The warrant.

[G]

Yeah, the warrant goes live. Like it was supposed to be this week and it burned out last week.

[C]

Are you kidding me?

[B]

Does baby oil burn?

[E]

Is insane.

[G]

Is it flammable?

[A]

Wait, everything that's happened with Diddy and they haven't raided his house? That's what I said.

[G]

I was like, how the hell they've done that?

[C]

Yet it would have been pretty easy for one of his guys to go started on fire.

[E]

Can you imagine?

[G]

They're like mansion sounds untouched.

[C]

Oh, that's ripped through surrounding areas.

[A]

So much fake news.

[G]

I know. It's impossible. And like, I actually looked in all this prior to this podcast to try to figure it out. You got to like, look the other way.

[C]

It is sad though, because my grandpa his house had burned down. Was it three years ago now? Maybe maybe four.

[A]

20, 21.

[C]

I mean it's just sad. Like lost everything. And we even talked about it on here at the time. But like it's tough to lose everything. Like you got all of your pictures, your belongings, like keep safe things that you were planning on giving down or. And, and insurance doesn't cover everything. Like it really doesn't. And it's also a really, really big pain to try and get what you had. There's just kind of a lot to it and I just cannot imagine how they're going to.

[E]

And even if you have like seven day heads up, you just can't take it all.

[A]

And.

[G]

Oh yeah.

[E]

And like a giant U Haul, you couldn't take it off.

[C]

Yeah, no, it is, it is tough, dude. I feel bad for all those people. And then it also is like it's crazy because you see these people starting the fires, whether homeless people or just flat out vandals. Vandals.

[A]

Some people like to see the world burn. Literally.

[B]

Yeah.

[H]

I think the toughest thing is like in that area like fire insurance is its own specific thing and so many of those people didn't have.

[C]

Probably not.

[A]

So I don't, I don't understand this though. They say like there's $150 billion worth of damage and 120 of that is uninsured. And there's so many things or people coming out like a month ago, all of the entire neighborhoods. Fire insurance.

[E]

I heard that too. So now I'm wondering like what is.

[C]

That's the thing with insurance. I heard that they're with you until they tell you need it.

[H]

Not to get political but like, like the state of California capped how much insurers can charge somebody for that type of insurance and they found it's just not worth offering that type of insurance to that area. They just left the market.

[E]

But it could be a bigger story of California like knowing that's exactly what was going to happen.

[C]

And did you hear.

[G]

So like the, the LA Rams were supposed to play the Vikings tonight.

[C]

Yeah.

[G]

You guys will know how it went.

[E]

Still going to.

[G]

Still going to. But they moved it from la, which would seem like would be a good thing to keep the game in la. Like the town obvious need something, you know, like needs a little come together. I mean hopefully getting whooped by the Vikings wouldn't be that. But they moved it to State Farm Stadium. Of all the stadiums, State Farm Stadium in Arizona.

[B]

It's kind of like the thing though where you know, if you were going touristing in Florida after the floods. Like, do you. It's like kind of.

[D]

Yeah, sort of.

[G]

No, I get that.

[B]

Get it. But also, would it not be good for the economy and just helping? Yeah. I don't know. Two sides to everything.

[E]

Did you see the Mark Zuckerberg Joe Rogan podcast?

[G]

Yeah, I haven't listened to it yet.

[E]

Super good. But it's just dude crazy. Like he's revamping his whole content checking misinformation. Like fact checking censorship in general. Yeah. And the reason why it got so bad, you know, like during COVID like Biden administration was like pushing him to basically fact check stuff that's true and like say it's false. It's just crazy. So it's just we're in a new age.

[A]

Something I thought was interesting too is like you give a creator a slap on the wrist or something like that if they were to do something or you get demonetized, then the creator moving forward just self censors. Which is just the same form of censorship but without them having to do the dirty work of it. Because like, at the end of the day it's, you know, the creator's livelihood, but it's still a form of censorship of like you're basically fear. Yeah. You're basically just saying like, like, yeah, if you want to talk about that, that's fine, but you're not, we're not going to pay you. So it's like a one way street and.

[D]

Yeah.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

I mean when you have a, a family and, and a business running off of it, you're like, it's probably not worth talking about then. Which is just censorship.

[C]

I mean I, I like where it's going, obviously, but you gotta wonder, would Mark Zuckerberg really be coming out and doing this if the other side would have won? Yeah, it seems probably not.

[B]

Yeah, probably not.

[C]

Like why didn't you say no at the time and like not do it? Because they kept.

[A]

Why?

[E]

I guess because they just, they then they got a bunch of companies to start investigating, investigate his company, and he's like, not that I had anything to hide. He's like, but they were just trying to screw me over from like left.

[C]

I think he's just covering his ass, in my opinion. I think it's. Now it's convenient. He doesn't want Trump admin administration to come down on him. So now he's switching sides. That's, that's my opinion. Although I think he's switching sides for the better. That's great. But I Think that nothing would have changed if the other side would have won.

[A]

Yeah.

[G]

Agree.

[A]

It's hard to say, but also, Elon Musk bought Twitter.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then X was basically, like, paving the way for no censorship. And I think that then everyone else was like, oh, shit. Like, our cards are kind of being shown right now of how much we are censoring because there's another app that has none. And now we look obviously really bad.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

Interesting hearing him talk highly of. He's like, I think X's community notes the way, like, everyone weighs in on whether it's true or not true and how they feel on it. He's like, I think X's is way better than what Facebook has right now.

[C]

That is crazy.

[H]

Facebook is moving towards the next however.

[C]

Many months is a little late, but at least it's better late than never.

[G]

That's. I thought as soon as I saw it coming out and, like, him going on a podcast tour and all this, I go, of course.

[C]

I think it's better, though, for. For the world in general and. And both sides. Like, I think you should be able to speak your opinion. Obviously, there's certain things that should be.

[G]

Hidden, but it's a crazy world we live in. Dude. David Dobrik's jack now. What the.

[E]

Yeah, dude, that was crazy.

[A]

That was not part of my bingo card. No.

[E]

And I. He just did such a good job of hiding it.

[G]

Well.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Because he doesn't post the Internet.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

But I don't know. Still, like, going to, like, the Seven Wonders of the World and, like, not even really posting about that. And that's true. Keep in mind, like, he still posts every day, like, a million snaps on Snapchat.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

For me and the other people listening. What does he even do?

[E]

I would say, who is he? I would go as far to say, at one time, he was the best vlogger on YouTube.

[G]

Yeah.

[C]

Probably best video creator for. He was like. Yeah, he was the. He was the most hype.

[B]

What did he do?

[A]

He had, like, a group of friends that called themselves the Vlog Squad. Stay with me here. It gets better. He was like, like, what? 2017-2016-2017-2018, 2020, I'd say.

[C]

I think.

[A]

I would say that'd be the era. But he had, like, a video that was 4 minutes and 20 seconds long, and it was like two or three.

[C]

Of them a week.

[A]

A week. And they were. I don't know, they were just, like, funny. He was like, the first YouTuber to do, like, car giveaways where he'd like give a one of his friends a car and. And then I think it like kind of like started to show how big YouTube could get and he just like, as he got bigger. He's got like 15 million subscribers now. But like at the end he was like pulling 4 million views, which at the time seemed crazy, but now that's like pretty much what we're pulling. I don't know. He kind of just like paved the way for like making short, entertaining videos.

[C]

Yeah, like really quick, fast paced, like short things and like they would be absurd things. Yeah. Back then people weren't just like giving a Tesla to the pizza delivery guy and it was just funny. And I don't know, he had a good group of guys and, and girls around him and they were really good video. They, they're probably still even good today.

[G]

But damn, dude, these are great. They have like 20 some million views now. 30. But his last one has 6.6.

[A]

He went to the seven wonders of the World in his last video though. And just watching that, I was like, damn, that'd be like really fun to just go and travel and like not really make a video about it, but you're just capturing like fun moments from it and then you just get to make like one big video from it. It was just like a 15 minute.

[B]

How long would that take? Like if you tried to beeline it?

[G]

I think it was like what, six weeks of intense travel.

[B]

Okay, six weeks is less than I thought.

[G]

I thought I was thinking of two months maybe.

[A]

Did you guys see that Minnesota banned Youth power sports?

[B]

Yeah, dude. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[C]

Just a CRF110.

[B]

No, no, no, no. It is a certain chemical in the plastic that's on certain machines that, that you cannot have. I don't know if carcinogens, the word a cancer causing material, whatever, in anything sold to not an adult.

[A]

Okay, yeah.

[B]

So because these vehicles are marketed to the youth, they cannot have this certain chemical. So when you hear all this crazy, oh, they're gonna cancel. All they really got to do is like buff out their plastic formula. From what I understand, I could be wrong. Yes, but they're not. They're certainly not banning everything. But all the headlines are no more mini dirt bikes. No more four wheels.

[C]

At first I thought they were just trying to like keep them off to like be safe.

[B]

I mean, I do think it's crazy because like, if your kid's chewing on your his 110 fender, the heck your dog's doing it.

[G]

But you got your kid.

[A]

So. Yeah, they were. I mean, right here. This guy says apparently too many kids over the years have been licking the side panels. But he was like, there's plenty of ways to hurt yourself on a dirt bike, but eating the front fender isn't one of them.

[B]

I made the front fender on purpose.

[A]

Yeah.

[H]

So the ban is on youth oriented products that contain pfas. Essentially, they just have to put different plastics on it. But it does suck that they have to have so many different models that cannot. They have to basically redo all the plastic.

[C]

That shouldn't be bad.

[B]

That seems pretty freaking simple. Pour something different into the same mold.

[H]

But they gotta have, like, so many models on every showroom floor.

[G]

The biggest that good, we can get a cheap pit bike.

[A]

Well, moving forward, though, I read that by, like, 2035, I think, like, all products that have PFAS are gonna be illegal. I think there was like, 11 categories, and this was like the first rollout, which I thought was funny that it was youth dirt bikes right away. And I guess, like, people are already suing over it.

[H]

But Minnesota, it's 2032. No products can contain that.

[A]

And the reason that they're doing that is because, like, they. They assume that when the vehicle's done being used, it goes and sits in some landfill. And then water run, the water runoff, and then they're like cancerous chemicals. In theory, it all makes sense.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Nobody is arguing the fact of, like, oh, but it. It's not that bad to have cancerous chemicals in. In our water supply.

[C]

Nobody wants.

[A]

No, nobody's saying that. I just think funn is there.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Bring back to se that it started with youth dirt bikes, and everyone's like, oh, come on.

[C]

And then not the youth. I think just the. The narrative of it got taken the wrong way and then ran with. So then, like, the way I just heard of it was like, yeah, they're just banning, like, little dirt bikes, basically. Like kids dirt bikes. I was like, dang. Just like. And I just figured because they're trying to protect them, you know, from getting hurt.

[G]

Does that mean. Not that our pit bikes are now worth more money or worth less money? Money.

[A]

Well, can we do anything with them? Yeah.

[G]

Can we do anything?

[B]

Dude, we don't.

[C]

We don't really have any individual pit bikes anymore. Like, all of them have been utilized for, like, five.

[B]

We got four crispy shop rigs.

[C]

Don't we have three of them? Just. Oh, we have four fresh ones.

[B]

Two whites, two reds.

[A]

Oh, never mind.

[C]

It's pretty good.

[G]

Yeah.

[C]

Pretty thin, though, for normal.

[G]

We got the three all tied up together.

[A]

And the tall one. Yeah. There was, like, this weird time back in, like, 20. 20. 2021, where pit bikes were, like. Like, really, really hard to buy new from a dealer.

[C]

Maybe, like, 11.

[E]

You got that six at once, dude.

[A]

Yeah, and one. One dealer. And we made it pretty clear, like, just throughout the videos and on Instagram, like, hey, if any dealerships have 110s come in, hit us up. We'll buy them. And one dealership hit us up and was like, hey, I just got six. And we're like, we'll take all of them.

[G]

Yeah, we might have been part of the problem.

[C]

I guess we were raising the price, but we were buying them at msrp, so it worked out great for us.

[E]

Yeah.

[G]

And we gave them away, I hope, to adults.

[A]

Evan pulls out a environmental badge.

[C]

We got him Junior Task Force. Wait, what?

[B]

Junior? I'm old. I'm short.

[C]

Where's the junior? It's just funnier for you to be.

[B]

Junior Task Task Force. So hopefully we can still go to the dealer and buy 110. I think it'll buff out. I'm not sure. I'm not too worried about it.

[A]

Yeah.

[G]

I mean, especially if it's just the plastics. That could be one thing. If they're, like, the chassis, you know, like, that's kind of hard.

[B]

Are they worried about kids sucking on the dipstick, drinking the gas? I mean, I get especially what Ben said. This stuff goes to the landfill. It causes cancer. It's not good, but at the same time, it's just like. I don't know. There's just so many things that someone can hurt theirselves. Like, don't eat the plastic, don't drink the gas. Don't crash into a tree. You'll break your arm.

[A]

Like, they're assuming that people are eat. Actually eating the plastic.

[G]

But, yeah, it's. It's exactly what you said. They don't go in the landfill.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I don't know if this is true or not. I. I'm pretty sure it's not true, and I might just be spreading misinformation. I heard. I heard that CF Moto bought Articat.

[H]

I heard that rumor, too, but I don't know if it's true.

[A]

Okay.

[G]

I have not.

[A]

I. I heard that in. The guy that was telling me was like, yep, they wrote the check and everything. Like, it sounded like he was in the room in the deal with them. And I was like, oh, okay, it must be real. And then I started looking it up and it's like. Like not only can I not find anything, but I'll catch, like a lead on it. Like, it'll go to a form or a Reddit page. Like, my phone will start bugging. It's like, yeah, dude, it's the weirdest thing. It's like anything that. Even questions that has been removed off the Internet, which makes me even more curious. Like, what the hell is going on?

[H]

I'm looking at this Reddit form and people are complaining that the admins are deleting stuff.

[G]

What the fuck?

[B]

If only we had an inside source. Someone that we know that worked for Articat.

[G]

Should we call her? The lady that we know.

[B]

I'm talking about. I'm talking about Big Wrench, the one that's trying to design the new.

[A]

I used.

[B]

I don't know.

[E]

Big Wrench. Most of the Articat questions, he actually keeps them quiet.

[B]

He really did. On the 858.

[A]

What the hell is Big Wrench doing with Articat?

[B]

Am I supposed to talk about it?

[G]

Probably not.

[C]

Big Wrench has solely.

[B]

I can't tell if you're trolling me right now.

[C]

Single handedly, he's designed every Articat cat sled since 2001.

[B]

Guy that's trying to put a. Never mind. We gotta stop talking about it. I don't know if I know what.

[A]

I don't know if I know what you're talking about.

[B]

Okay, well then we'll just.

[C]

He's the guy.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

I probably.

[A]

That's so good.

[H]

I mean, it. It would make total sense for Arat. They have a domestic manufacturing plant.

[B]

Can't tell if you're trolling me right now. You don't know that Big Ranch works for ecat.

[G]

I thought he just takes a vacation in the winter and goes to Aruba.

[B]

No, Next topic.

[A]

I wouldn't be surprised if CF Moto did buy them because. So Articat was bought in like 2017 for 250 million. And anyone that. Textron by Textron and anybody that knows anything is, like, about helicopters. Okay?

[B]

That's what Textron is really.

[G]

You love helicopters.

[E]

I didn't really know that.

[A]

To be honest, I didn't know that either.

[B]

Fact check me, but that's what I was told.

[E]

We need.

[B]

Okay, but, yeah, that's what I heard.

[A]

But anyway, everyone's always like, oh, they're going bankrupt. I've heard they're going bankrupt for the last 12 years.

[E]

You hear so much.

[A]

John Deere's buying them Oh, I thought that was true. That'd be sick.

[B]

I think that CF Moto buying Articat is the best thing that could happen for both. I agree too, because CF Moto appears that they are hitting the game hard and they want to make a name and they have money to spend and they don't have. And Articat doesn't have money to spend. They've been going tits up for however long we just said long time. So it would be the perfect collaboration.

[A]

Makes sense.

[B]

In my eyes, everybody wins.

[A]

I think it's funny.

[B]

Including me. I want a new Arctic cat.

[A]

It probably be a CF Moto that.

[B]

Speaking of RVs, they got it.

[H]

But they did Factory.

[B]

They did rebrand the four wheelers. They're the exact same as an Articat, but that's right.

[A]

Just a bunch of guys talking power sports that don't know anything. We're just speculative. No, but they were allowed. I think this is what happened.

[B]

But no, I mean, when Textron bought Articat, they kept Articat snowmobiles, but they rebranded the four wheelers. But I can't even remember what they call them. I don't. Yeah.

[A]

They didn't make power sports before they were making helicopters.

[B]

Why not just still call it an Articat four wheeler?

[A]

Oh, I don't know.

[B]

That's what I'm saying. Like, it was weird.

[A]

By the way, dude, I.

[E]

You're gonna get an Articat.

[A]

I want to get an Arcat.

[E]

I honestly, I'm gonna.

[A]

I think I'm gonna.

[B]

I've seen a lot of horror stories with those 858 stories about everything, though.

[C]

It's gonna go good for you.

[G]

Ben doesn't even ride it, dude. Why would he be worried?

[B]

No, an Alpha 858. I want one in the worst way. I think they look sicker than any other sled. Mainly because they're fresh. It's not something we've been looking at for years.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And I just haven't rode one, which makes me really want one. Yeah, that's it.

[A]

Okay. I heard that when I. I don't.

[B]

Know where I was going with that. When I want one.

[A]

When I heard that CF Moto bought Articat, they were like. And this guy was allegedly this. I don't know. This guy I was talking to was like, I watched them stroke that pen. And he was like, I saw them stroke that pen for 250 million. And I was like, damn, how do they have $250 million?

[C]

Just, like in the back while they're Writing it.

[A]

They got 250 million bucks to spend, but every other manufacturer is, like, like, three seconds away from, like, going bankrupt. Like, what are those Chinese know that we don't?

[B]

Who's fact checking right now did this?

[A]

Nobody's fact checking.

[B]

Did Canada have to bail out Skidoo? Because I just heard that with this whole CF mode. This is in my homie group chat back home. Cf, moto buying articat. The same talk back and forth. Yo, skadoo, skidoo, skidoo. And they go, canada government had to bailout Skidoo because they were going tits up.

[G]

That was bigger.

[H]

Bailed out in 17, not also 2009.

[B]

Oh, well, then, yeah, see? Thanks for the fact check. I was right.

[A]

Benny was telling me.

[E]

No, Spenny was telling us about ktm. Can you tell us a little about that?

[B]

Oh, that's not looking good. They bought too many other brands. Gas, Gas, Husky, not good.

[E]

I heard their factory riders just getting paid IOUs.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[H]

I saw something like KTM as a full year's worth of inventory just sitting on the lots, dude.

[B]

It's like, that's good for us, though.

[A]

It's like, every man. Next year, every manufacturer was just like, we had a good 20, 20, 20, 21. What should we do? And somebody was in the back, like, just triple the inventory. Whoever was up front was just like, like, it.

[B]

You're hired for the same reason I love KTM is because they make more models than anybody. But at the same time, you end up in this position, you have so much inventory. It's. It's got to be hard to, like, corner the market when you have such a wide variety of what you're making. Like Yamaha. They make five freaking dirt bikes. You just make them and sell them. But KTM has so many models. It just makes sense that. That you can't sell them all.

[A]

They'd be cooked eventually.

[B]

Unless everybody that rides a dirt bike buys a ktm.

[C]

There's just.

[B]

They went too big.

[G]

Kenny, have you taken a bath yet on your cyber truck? Do you know if you've lost a lot of money on it?

[E]

Oh, I was like, damn.

[H]

Well, I haven't sold it, so I haven't lost it yet, but I know it's going down.

[C]

Yeah.

[G]

Like, is it?

[B]

I'll give you 50 grand.

[E]

Started thinking about in the bath, man.

[H]

I was like, have you taken a bath, Ryan?

[A]

I thought you maybe surprised Ken with. With no. Some bath bombs. I was like, damn. Ryan's really trying to switch up the conversation right.

[C]

Right now.

[G]

No, I was thinking about inventory that you can't sell because Tesla has threatened to cancel my cybertruck on me like 10 times. And then they call me and they're like, please come by your truck, dude.

[C]

I think they, I think the hype's over. And yeah, dude, there's people aren't buying them hypes over.

[H]

I saw a post, they were like scratching off all the foundation series badges and reselling them is like normal trucks.

[C]

Well, that's just the thing though. Like Teslas in general, this happens with almost every new model. Tesla, the whole model behind Tesla is for them to be just a widespread consumer vehicle, you know, and people get that and like initially when they come out, there's all this hype behind it. Whereas like people like Ken or rappers or whoever's like, I gotta have, I.

[A]

Gotta have one in the same. Well, the people are like, I gotta.

[C]

Have that because no one else has that. So they pay extra to get it right away. So they pay on top. But the whole point is they're gonna pump these things out and keep pumping them out and they're supposed to be attainable to just everyone. So then the price goes down and that's just how it works.

[H]

A year later, they drop the price.

[C]

People like Ken in the Rappers, they lose a shit ton of money, but.

[H]

He looks in with it.

[C]

So yeah, no, for us it was great.

[H]

Personally hurts a little bit, but they.

[A]

Keep taking those baths, brother.

[C]

I love it. Keep doing it.

[A]

Ryan.

[G]

I mean, take a bath is a pretty common term.

[C]

Yeah.

[G]

For losing money.

[H]

The way you rolled into it was.

[G]

A little gutter minded.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Ryan, you made Ken very uncomfortable.

[C]

Ken and bath is just two things that I don't want to picture.

[B]

Do you take your boots off when you go in the bath?

[H]

Yes.

[E]

Having the cybertruck around is just an attraction for everyone. It's like the bean in Chicago. Yeah. If you go to Chicago, you have to go to the Bean. That's like what Ken's cybertruck is in the parking lot. If someone's like, you know, for giving a friend a tour or something, they're.

[G]

Just like, nobody really get to go.

[A]

Over and you don't know why it's there.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

You could go over and flick it if you want.

[H]

I feel like that is the one vehicle that people are so blatantly like hate on. Somebody will walk up to me and be like, wow, that is the ugliest car I've ever seen. It's like, thanks. And I, I've never seen anyone do that. With any other car.

[B]

Do you think it's ugly?

[H]

I mean, it's not pretty, but I think it's cool.

[C]

I think it's cool.

[B]

No, I think they're super sick. But, I mean, it's such an. Yeah, it's. It's a very aggressive design. Can't blame people for saying it looks like nothing.

[H]

I would never walk up to somebody and say, wow, your car is. Is ugly.

[C]

I think that it's super cool and it stands out. And if it wasn't a widespread mass produced vehicle, I would want one a hundred percent.

[B]

But instead, you bought a Jeep.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm sorry.

[C]

Yeah, everyone having a.

[E]

That's been like, an ongoing inside joke. Now we're just like, oh, there's C.J. and his Wrangler.

[A]

Dude, that sucks, actually. That sucks being a wrangler. But I only make no, like, that joke starting to form.

[E]

I only make the joke to laugh with you. I'm not like, I don't think it.

[B]

Looks like I only said it.

[C]

You. You. I mean.

[E]

Yeah, exactly.

[B]

You made. You made the joke. Even, like, the first thing you said, you're like, man, I kind of love this thing, but it's kind of just Jeepish.

[C]

It's kind of a girl car.

[E]

That was. That was interesting. I try not to get offended if someone calls my bronco a Jeep, like, because I really don't care. But then Ryan's like, you drive a Jeep? And I was like, damn.

[A]

Can we talk about your. Both of your guys's Snapchats yesterday of that ambulance in the ditch? Oh, yeah, yeah, dude.

[C]

The roads were slick.

[G]

Glare ice.

[C]

Glare ice. But I was at the gym, and then Ryan was showing up right as I was leaving. He's like, yo, did you see that ambulance in the ditch? I was like, no. And then I get out there, and the dude asked if he could take the ditch. Like, as soon as I saw the ambulance in the ditch, I just heard Gavin's voice. Can I take the ditch, dude? I was like, yeah, I've done.

[B]

If Gavin hopped out.

[C]

Gavin was in the back going to the hospital. The ambulance takes the ditch.

[B]

No, I meant driving.

[F]

He hopped out.

[B]

The driver see it.

[C]

Imagine Gavin like this. I don't want this to happen. But Gavin, for some reason, the back of an ambulance, and the ambulance driver starts taking the ditch, and he's on the bed, dude.

[F]

He's like, what are you doing?

[B]

What are you doing?

[F]

Like, oh, we're just taking the ditch.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, don't worry. I can eat it. Yeah, have fun, dude.

[C]

So Good.

[A]

Gavin. Gavin called me the other day. He bought a new truck.

[B]

Oh, wow. Yeah. Everyone's stuck in Minnesota.

[C]

He actually bought a new truck.

[E]

He went fourth gen on us, and I was pretty surprised.

[B]

Fourth gen? I can't keep up. Like a 2005. What's a fourth gen?

[G]

What's yours?

[A]

It's like a 12.

[C]

Oh, no way. Good for 2 12.

[A]

It's the same as yours, but facelifted.

[D]

Yes.

[E]

Yes.

[B]

He's got a half ton front end on it. He's all confused.

[C]

Has he posted it yet or no?

[A]

Nope. So I. I hate to expose it. Maybe at this point he was.

[C]

But.

[A]

Okay, so Gav goes out and he buys this new truck. And then I talked to him on the phone yesterday, and I was like, dude, how's your truck? And he's like, oh, you know, baby. I knew I should have known better getting something new like this. I go, oh, no, whatever.

[B]

He probably got all deafed up.

[A]

He said he was, like, driving. He was driving it to Utah and he got like, three hours down the road, and it started, like, freaking out on them. Like, every single light on the dash was going off. Right. And he immediately started freaking out like, I. I bought a lamb.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, anyone.

[E]

Three hours into diesel ownership, that's.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, It's. It's very.

[B]

12 valves don't have dash lights.

[A]

And so then he's. He's like, I knew I shouldn't have bought something new. And he starts freaking out. He brings it to a shop, and the shop is immediately telling him, like, yo, I don't know how to tell you this, but you're cooked.

[C]

Oh, my God. Yeah, the shop, he got ripped off.

[A]

Yeah, the shop is making it worse. And so Gav's just like, I don't know what to do. So he, like, messages this guy, guy that knows that year of Cummins, and the guy was like, bring it on over. Let's start figuring it out, right? Gab pulls up, this guy pulls out a hammer, and he's like, it's got to be a bad ground. Starts hitting, like, walking around the truck, hitting it, right.

[B]

Why do I envision this mechanic? Is Gavin hitting the tailgate? Gavin's twin.

[A]

Shut the up.

[C]

You hit the tailgate with a hammer.

[A]

And Gavin's like, what could that possibly do, right?

[G]

He just beats it up. Smashes the headlights up. Nope, wasn't.

[C]

Windows. Yeah. Can't figure it out.

[A]

Yeah. He gets underneath, like, the steering wheel, though, and he, like, pulls a bunch of wires out.

[B]

Oh, the Miata trick that works. On Miatas.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Ended up figuring out that it was a loose ground. So Gav gets it. Gets it back up and going right. And he's driving down the road and he said it was like super icy.

[G]

Oh, no.

[A]

And hit a wall.

[B]

Tell me he did not hit him.

[A]

I think he was still pretty flustered about what? He just of his new truck ownership. Right, right. And I think the. The exhaust brake was on and.

[B]

Oh, no.

[A]

You know Gavin used to have an exhaust break, right?

[B]

He doesn't have normal brakes.

[A]

He starts sliding down this hill, right? And it goes left and he goes straight and he hits the ditch. He hits the ditch and now he's like off roading through the ditch.

[B]

Oh, here we go again.

[A]

That's right. So he's telling me this. He's telling me this, right? And he starts. Starts laughing. He's like, dude, I think I. I think I yelled out it. We're in. And I heard your voice in my head and that's all I could think about was you. So I'm trying to pilot my truck while in the ditch and I'm laughing like, oh my God. I actually hit the ditch. And so, yeah, I think, I think he made it out the ditch and he's unscathed besides for a couple dents in his tailgate.

[B]

Oh, my God. Wait, so buddy trying to fix it actually dented up his.

[C]

No way.

[B]

It's super funny though. When you brought up like, oh, the tailgate's gonna fix the problem. My radio shorts out like once a month and I'm 90. Sure it's related to my tailgate, the backup camera. But there's a wire that goes into the tailgate, so. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if Cummins guys have the same problem as us Raptor guys. It could bad rear end. A bad rear end.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

That's not good.

[B]

But dude, I just can't even envision Gavin. Not in the 80s, it seems, going against his own brand.

[C]

I just love how as soon as he has a problem, he's like, yep, too new.

[G]

Too new.

[B]

Should we even be going public with this? I think he might be keeping this a ghost truck.

[A]

I might have just exposed him trying.

[G]

To pick up new chicks.

[E]

I mean, he's the one who went public with that 2024 recap thumbnail.

[B]

Thank you, Mike.

[A]

Right now, Gavin put his ex girlfriend in the bottom of his 2024 recap thumbnail.

[C]

I get it. It was just. It was business move.

[B]

I mean, you can't blame the guy for putting up.

[E]

I texted him and go, Gav. Did you get back together? He goes, no. We're still friends, though.

[A]

All right, all right, all right, all right. Let's. Let's. Honestly, I'm curious. I wanted to ask him this.

[E]

He's gonna be so flustered.

[B]

What are the chances he's in the ditch right now just having fun. I'm just putting my floor mats under the tires. Ben, I'm stuck in the ditch.

[A]

Now. You would answer right away.

[H]

He's having too much fun in the ditch.

[B]

He's piled up in the back seat of that 4th gen with a heavy.

[E]

I thought you'd say the back seat of that ambulance.

[G]

Came in.

[B]

Dude.

[E]

That's what that was.

[B]

Oh, my God, Ben, open it.

[A]

I don't even.

[B]

I don't want the chance to scratch it with that knife. But if you scratch it, I'm gonna be pissed.

[E]

Whoa.

[B]

Oh, easy on that, dude. Honestly, stop. There's a lot of bubble wrap with that duct tape. Job. Job is crazy.

[G]

So I looked into it. I paid 95 for shipping. He shipped in a box the size of our tv. It was gigantic, and it was just flopping around in there.

[C]

This was Ryan's Christmas gift to Evan, and it was very expensive. Close your eyes.

[B]

If I won in Vegas, I was gonna buy you a nice Christmas gift in return for this Christmas skateboard. Unfortunately, I lost.

[A]

Oh, dude, that's sick.

[B]

Holy crap.

[C]

Actually signed.

[B]

Okay, so the only thing that I think is crazy is what? Why was he signing the year at an autograph session?

[G]

He does it in his current ones, but, yeah, I mean, I don't know. There's no picture of him signing it could be a dude that fucking scribbled bam on it, right?

[B]

No. And, like, I. Believe me, Ryan, this is so sick. I'm just saying, like, I don't know. I've seen a lot of autographs from a lot of people. I've never seen it dated, but in this case, a 2004 BAM autograph is worth more than.

[E]

I love that.

[B]

Like, any other Bam autograph.

[A]

That's.

[G]

That's why I did 2004. I was like, dude, it's kind of lame that he does it now to make money. And he, like, they're just sold. He, like, sits at a table and does it.

[B]

But at the same time, he knew. Yeah, he knew what he was doing.

[E]

I think adding the year is sick because it completely added value for the Vikings.

[B]

This is a good luck omen. Vikings are going to win the super bowl, and if they don't, my bike is Going to look like California.

[C]

Can I burn it?

[B]

Evan, I'm sorry.

[C]

Your dirt bike probably.

[E]

If you don't, you have to do a kickflip on.

[G]

See, like in this one, he signed BAM 2000.

[C]

Yeah, he must do that. I believe we should start doing that. That'd be kind of cool.

[G]

I would.

[C]

That's actually. Makes sense.

[B]

No, it does. It's just something I never thought about until I was so stoked on this deck, and I looked at it, and I'm like, I do truly believe it's a hundred percent legit. I just.

[C]

Does it look real? Ben, how's it? Check out the signature. This guy just used to skate this board when he was a kid. He had in his attic. He's like, I'm gonna make 700 bucks. Just signs it. Ryan buys it.

[B]

Speaking of Bam, I was listening to the Stevo podcast today, and they were talking about stuff that got cut from the Jackass movies. And did you know that Don Vito did the Lamborghini tooth pull in Jackass, too?

[C]

But they cut it.

[B]

They cut it. Why? That was at the time when Don Beetle got all jammed up. Yeah, but he actually originally did it because allegedly, he only had one tooth left in his mouth.

[C]

Bam or Bam Veneers.

[B]

We'll buy you a full set of teeth. But we're taking that last one out with the Lambo. And he did it. They couldn't run it.

[C]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

And then Jeff Tremaine was like, this was such a good bit. We have to run it back. And was it Aaron?

[C]

Yeah, Danger Aaron.

[B]

When he did it, apparently it, like, cracked his skull up to his eye socket.

[E]

What?

[B]

Because he had a perfectly healthy tooth.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

And Holy. And it hurt. Ouch, dude.

[C]

Yeah, it was so deep. I remember it was like. It was like one of these tees, and it was so deep. So is it. Check out Ben.

[A]

Is that thing.

[C]

It's real?

[A]

I think it checks.

[B]

Ryan, short of giving me a job, this is the nicest thing you've ever done for me.

[C]

I agree. That is, buddy. You gonna hang it up here, though, Ev?

[E]

Yeah, for sure.

[B]

You feel you got right next to my hookup decks?

[C]

That's good. That's good.

[A]

Yeah, that's pretty.

[B]

Honestly, if you guys wanted to, we could throw it on the wall right here if you want it.

[C]

No, I'd love to put it next to hookups.

[B]

Okay. Yeah, I'll put it in the room.

[A]

Ken, what do you got here?

[H]

So we. We also, Ev. We received some Christmas gifts from some subscribers.

[G]

Oh, God. Manny, Gets lots of gifts.

[H]

I'll give you this one first.

[G]

I'd love to get a gift one day.

[B]

Oh, my. Oh, my God. Wow. So these Cheeto socks are sick. Oh, no, these are. Oh, yeah, these are also Cheetos.

[E]

Wait, wow.

[B]

They say boxers on. They say swag. Boxers. I think they're underwear.

[A]

We got for the listeners out there, six different sets of Cheeto socks. So many Cheeto to wear a pair.

[C]

Of socks for every day of the week.

[B]

These are actually sick. This camel dude. For. For my next dirt bike wrap, I'm going to reach out to Cheetos. I want to go Cheeto camo on.

[A]

You'll probably pay half, but.

[E]

I like those white ones, too.

[B]

Ken, do you have a name on the box? Can I shout out who sent them?

[H]

Look, whatever the box.

[A]

Carrie Scary.

[G]

It does look like Carrie scary.

[E]

Scarry. Gary Scary.

[B]

Well, shout out Carrie.

[H]

And then another guy from Florida also sent this.

[A]

My Jesus.

[B]

I actually love the packaging on these. It actually looks like a bag of Cheetos, but turns out just some sakis. Okay, wait a minute. No, wait.

[E]

Snack packer.

[B]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. This looks more like an ex. It's a pillow slash snack drink. You roll over here, you put a couple of vodkas in the cup holders, and a bowl of Cheetos. By the time you're done with that, you just flip it over and have yourself a little nap.

[E]

And not to mention, it came with a Cheeto Snuggie.

[G]

Oh, no. They're Lions fans.

[B]

Okay, so I am super pumped on the Cheetos Snuggie, but I will say my girlfriend bought me a Cheeto Snuggie for Christmas. I just got to. Didn't tell anybody I saw it, bro. How about.

[A]

How about this?

[C]

All right.

[A]

Speaking of bathroom.

[B]

Wait, not a Cheetos bath bomb.

[A]

Flamin Hot Cheetos bath dust. Citrus scented.

[E]

Can you imagine if it was just like the hot Cheeto dust?

[B]

This is honestly the sickest Christmas card photos. I've actually seen them on Instagram.

[A]

Somebody sent us just like 12 baseballs.

[G]

They want us to sign all the baseball or one of the baseballs and then send them back.

[E]

Evan, I've got a confession to make. There was a bag of Cheetos in that box, and I ate it last week.

[B]

As long as you enjoyed it, then, like, I'm. I think it was a win for everybody.

[E]

Good, good, good.

[B]

Some airheads.

[A]

How about this?

[B]

Oh, push pop.

[G]

I kind of am craving some candy.

[A]

Yeah, this.

[G]

Honestly, man. Two pods in a row with gifts.

[B]

Is this lots of gifts into one?

[H]

No, no, that one was like, just strictly one person. Like, all sent that.

[C]

McGillis family. Let me see that.

[H]

Somewhere in Florida.

[G]

Yeah, they moved from Michigan to Florida. Wow.

[B]

Yeah. Honestly, thank you guys so much. It's so awesome. Getting Cheeto merch makes me very happy. And shout out. Maybe we could pop up one of these pics. The mom and her son with Yamahas in front of the Christmas tree is super lit.

[A]

That is awesome.

[C]

Shout out. Carrie and Jack. Scarry.

[A]

Yeah. That's awesome.

[C]

Thank you, guys. That was really nice of you.

[A]

Okay, Gavin, just FaceTime and me. I miss his FaceTime. I'm calling him back. What's up, baby?

[E]

Back to me.

[G]

Why are you shirtless?

[A]

What are you doing?

[B]

I just got done at the gym watching cops.

[E]

Stay in the gym and keep having fun.

[C]

He lives by it, man.

[A]

Keep having fun. Lives by it.

[G]

Talk to me.

[A]

What's up? Yeah, kind of coming at you here, and I don't mean to do this, just more curious than anything. Do it. What. What was the. The thought process behind putting your effort ex girlfriend?

[F]

Well, we're still on good terms. You know, it was a blank space down there, man. I wanted to keep it a clean thumbnail to add something to it, you know, give it a little bit more flavor, and that's what I came up with.

[C]

Smart.

[F]

I had a feeling you guys were going to come at me for it.

[E]

And you changed more nonetheless, and it.

[F]

Didn'T work, so it's okay.

[C]

Hey, I. I defended you right away, Gav. I said it was a business move.

[A]

No, we knew the thought process behind it.

[C]

It was a smart play. I thought.

[A]

Wasn't sure if maybe you were playing another angle.

[C]

I think you got to make the picture of her bigger. That would probably help.

[B]

You didn't have a picture?

[F]

No, I don't have a picture. Get out of here.

[C]

I have to bleep that.

[F]

I got a good story for you guys, though.

[A]

What do you got? No, next.

[F]

When we're in person, I'll tell you guys about it.

[B]

Oh, yeah, no, the podcast just ended. All right.

[C]

Yeah, we're not live anymore. Tell us the story.

[F]

No, I'm gonna tell you guys in person. It'll be funnier anyways.

[A]

All right, all right.

[B]

Hey, wait. Did I hear you buy a fourth gen?

[F]

I got a fourth gen. Why? Seven, baby.

[E]

Why?

[F]

Dude, how to freaking upgrade? I don't know, because my friend took my truck and I can't. I don't have anything reliable anymore.

[A]

I told him about the mechanic that you brought it to hitting, like, your tailgate, and, dude.

[F]

And he was just such a jackass.

[B]

I thought the. I thought buddy fixed it for you. According to Ben's story, it was a mess, though.

[F]

We got it all dialed in, dude. It was just a loose ground. I don't want to talk about it.

[A]

We won't bring it up.

[C]

All right, brother.

[A]

Hey, just wanted to say what's up?

[F]

What's up, man?

[A]

All right, bro. Stay in the gym.

[C]

Yeah, stay in the gym. Gav.

[B]

Don't let you.

[C]

Honestly, stay in the gym and keep having fun.

[A]

That's such a legendary quote. Speaking of Dodge trucks, Dalton went viral on TikTok last week. I feel like you should be on.

[E]

If we're gonna talk about this.

[A]

Dude created a trend. Not that I go on Tick Tock that much, but when I do go on TikTok, all I see is the boom pop. When you made.

[E]

Yeah, the Kendrick. What is it? No pressure, dude.

[B]

He showed me it before. And you go, yeah, Ev, I know you don't really like Kendrick, but, like, I got an idea for this reel, or TikTok, and it's gonna be lit.

[E]

It's. It was sick. You sent the video, and I was like, oh, dude, that was a. That was a sick ad. It doing a trend on TikTok, having it do well. That's awesome. Creating a trend on TikTok. That's next level crazy.

[D]

Literally just bored at the shop and.

[E]

Just cooked it up.

[B]

Don't say you were bored. You're out here hustling.

[A]

You were.

[B]

You work for that, bro.

[A]

Yeah, you were.

[D]

No, I was just gonna do the classic, you know, wash your truck reel, whatever, Right? And then I just started jumping. Like, I was just that excited.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

I was just so excited to make another video with my truck washing it. And then I go, hey, Ev, what do you think about this? Yeah, I think you should run it. So I posted right after that, and then it started gaining some traction. Now it hit, like, 20 million views on Tick Tock, which is pretty good.

[G]

Yeah.

[D]

And then other people created it. Like, my boy Kaden.

[B]

I like that short fella doing it.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, that was good.

[D]

Really capitalized on it. Which Good for him. Like, he's just totally manhandled that trend. And now, I don't know, just, like, getting kids out there filming stuff or just guys, People in general. Like, just out there filming stuff is what I love to do. I just try to push them to create content and just go have fun doing it. Like, I guess the trend. It was Cool. I gained some traction from it. Great. But just seeing everyone get out there and doing it was. Was awesome.

[A]

It's. It's weird, though, because it flowed over into other things that aren't truck related to. Like, maybe it's just because it all kind of falls under the same song algorithm. But I even started getting served, like, this woman knitting to it.

[C]

Yeah, I.

[A]

You not. I not. And she was, like, knitting to it, and I was like, oh, my God, this is great.

[C]

You almost, like, created. Yeah. Like, it's obviously a trend, but it's like a video template that everyone is using.

[B]

You hit the nail on the head. Like, I don't like that song. But, like, just the way you did it, it was just perfect. Yeah, it was really. Like, how, like, it's just not easy for someone to recreate, but it is. You just laid it out. The template.

[A]

Yeah. It was easy to recreate for other.

[C]

People to just do.

[A]

Yeah. Once you see a good.

[C]

To have the vision to make it at the start.

[B]

Exactly, dude. Mad respect.

[A]

Yeah. That was sick, bro. Yeah, that was sick. And then I knew you were stoked on it too.

[E]

Kept going. Like, you did a little I call a vip. Like, when someone remixes the song they already made, you did a little V2 action of it. I don't know. You just. A lot of traction going on on Tick Tock.

[A]

Dude, I thought the craziest part was, like, the chicks.

[C]

Yeah, Dalton's always had chicks.

[B]

The chicks were going, he's hardly even old enough to get chicks yet.

[D]

I said, I started out making thirst traps on Tick Tock.

[A]

No, I don't know if I would say that. Admit that right now.

[C]

Dalton.

[D]

No, I privated all the videos you can't find.

[A]

But I think you've said that actually on the pod before.

[B]

I have little farm boy.

[D]

It used to be, like, my ratio was, like, 95 women, like, 5% male.

[C]

Crazy. Insane. Holy.

[D]

And then.

[A]

Shut the hell up, cj.

[C]

I said, that's insane.

[A]

Oh, I thought you said, same. Oh, I said that same. I was like, yeah, same.

[C]

All my followers just follow me for my looks.

[D]

And then I basically just stopped posting. And then I started working for you guys and then gained a bunch of male followers when I started posting my truck. And, you know, the whole Cheeto thing really snowballed the blue truck lore and all that stuff, so fuck you.

[A]

But anyways, I think it worked out. Like, honestly, from what I see is, like, the truck kind of got some traction on the videos of maybe being Cheeto, but then it brought out the Cheeto army created division.

[B]

Yeah. There's two side.

[A]

But then you had the people that like it because it is really just two different.

[C]

Yeah. I think it made it more than just a truck on Instagram. What it made. It was like a storyline and just like, you know, there was just more depth to it between you two not liking each other. And then also, you know, people started seeing you.

[B]

Back up one second, though. What did you say? It started with me and Dalton not liking each other. Each other. No, I thought you just said that.

[A]

Or.

[C]

What do you mean?

[B]

So I thought you just said that.

[A]

Well, to be fair, you guys. You guys argue and bicker non stop.

[B]

Because that's what friends do.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Big brother.

[D]

Big brother.

[E]

Dude.

[B]

The reason me and Dalton bust each other's balls is because we're buddies.

[E]

And that if.

[A]

If you're.

[C]

And that's why he punched you in the face.

[E]

That's the best part.

[F]

I'm just kidding.

[B]

That was an accent.

[D]

There's a lot of comments that are coming at me for getting fun. Shut in the face.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

It's actually wild.

[B]

Can we clear it up? Did I put you in the face?

[D]

You elbowed me in the face because.

[B]

I was in a headlock that I squirmed out of.

[E]

Did you guys not watch the footage back?

[B]

Because we got you new ones.

[A]

Anyway, I. I see so many videos about it. I'm like, damn, that's. That's dope. So just want to say congrats, dog.

[D]

Thank you.

[B]

When I see any video that that is the trend or whatever that's copying you. I'll read a few of the comments. Comments. And it was one of the. We'll just say Internet model chicks with a crazy truck posted it. And there were literally people arguing in the comments on who started it. There's your names getting dropped, like, a ton of times. But there's other people. No. So and so did it first. So and so did it first. So and so did it first. Pretty lit. Just. It is your name just getting thrown around out there. And it's like you started. You started something.

[D]

Yeah, it's. It's pretty wild. And now, like, now there's a trend going around where, like, everyone's like, screw Brekkie Hill. What does Dalton think about this?

[B]

What's that really?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

So there's that. Is that like a ski mountain Dalton thing about what's Brey Hill?

[C]

What would Dalton do?

[B]

Is that like Breckenridge?

[D]

She's like a ski hill chick.

[B]

Like, you can't say that. On podcasts.

[D]

You can't.

[B]

I don't know. Can you? I thought got you every time. That's why I said Internet model.

[C]

Maybe Beep it.

[D]

Yeah, she's a viral.

[B]

Does she have a purple pink truck?

[D]

No, she doesn't do trucks. She does other stuff.

[B]

Oh, Chick I'm talking about had a purple pink truck. But she was one of them.

[D]

Yeah. And then the, like, what is D thing about that? And then there's some where it's like, I wish you looked like so and so. And then the next slide's like me or whatever. So there's a bunch of different.

[C]

I wish you look like Dalton. You keep an eye on friends.

[B]

There's a few that threw me in there. You got way more.

[A]

But it's like, figure out a way to rope yourself. You keep an eye on.

[B]

You know, Dalton's on. I don't even use TikTok. Tik Tok. I go on Tik Tok and I get tagged in the ones where it's like the girl I wish you had blonde hair. And it's like, I wish you look like Dalton. And I get tagged in those all the time. But then there's a couple. Did you go to the they toss me in.

[A]

I wish you looked like it's a picture of Ev with his hands behind his back with all the cops around.

[B]

The picture they always use for that is the one where I'm in the golf cart. Like, looking back, it doesn't even make sense. I don't know why.

[D]

Did you go to the comments at those posts close?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

What'd they say?

[B]

That I'm so sexy.

[E]

Like, oh, you look.

[B]

I don't know. I don't know.

[E]

Evan looks so good in that triple xl Echo Unlimited.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Every comment was like, who's Evan?

[A]

Every comment.

[C]

Maybe in the Tick tock world.

[A]

Is Tick Tock getting banned?

[D]

No.

[B]

Yeah, dude, I hope so. That app is trash.

[C]

Kind of is.

[H]

It says by January 19th it's banned.

[E]

But Money Mike's going to start an LLC and cop it.

[A]

Just get a loan. Mike just get a loan.

[C]

Mike gets a loan for it.

[D]

Worst case scenario, January 19, TikTok is off the market. You can't purchase it from the app store anymore. You can't download it. It's still going to stay on.

[E]

Everyone's got a flappy bird action.

[C]

Still post.

[D]

You just can't download anymore. Now that's worst case scenario. None of that's going to happen. The app's still going to stay alive. There's going to be maybe some sort of of like, stricter content rules, guidelines. But the Trump administration won't let it go completely off the market once again, office. So what they're trying to do is they're trying to push it until he gets into office.

[C]

Wait, so Trump's trying to save TikTok?

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Really? China?

[A]

Yeah, he is. He is trying to save it, which I think is funny. But I think it helped him win and it kind of like got him. I mean, it makes more connected.

[C]

Dude, I get it. A lot of people really enjoy it.

[A]

I guess what I'm curious about is like, if that is actually the case or if, if that's not the case, because I'm pretty sure they're trying to remove it because they, they don't want China like, or a Chinese company having. Having our data and controlling and things like that.

[B]

Can I tell you something really crazy?

[A]

They would just turn it off versus.

[B]

I bought my mom an aura picture frame for Christmas. Yeah, this would be great. Give it to my sister, everyone. My mom goes, oh, this was made in China. I don't think I feel comfortable using it.

[A]

Oh, really?

[E]

Did you know she was like that or did you look at her and go, I didn't know.

[B]

She does get a little conspiracy theorist about certain things, but I was shocked.

[C]

Does she know how much is made in China? Her phone is probably made.

[A]

Okay, So I. Apple products are made.

[B]

Okay, that was exactly my first comment. You have an iPhone. Right through my hands up. And then she was kind of whatever.

[A]

Like, on Christmas, just.

[B]

I'll admit, I was like, a little aggressive. Like, this is actually absurd. I got you this. So, like, me and my sister, you're always saying, you want pictures, we can send you whatever and blah, blah, blah. Moral of the story is my mom didn't like, link her phone or whatever to the frame. I set it up, me and my sister. Everyone has access, even my dad. Yeah, everyone but my mom.

[C]

So you just put. Put pictures on it? We did that with our grand.

[B]

Yeah. And we just run pictures on it, which was what was going to happen anyways. Like, my mom probably doesn't care to upload her own pictures to it. She wants to see the families. So it all buffed out. But when she hit me with that, she might. There might be some truth behind it, but I'm just like, man, you got an iPhone, you can get sim hacked and lose everything, and you're worried about like a couple of pictures on this frame? I don't know. I don't. I don't think That I think the.

[H]

The thing that people are like, mostly trying to like, like chide Tik Tok for is like this style of content they push in the US is a lot of, you know, what everyone sees. And then in China, it's a completely different style. Like it's all more educational kind of stuff, whereas there's such a.

[C]

They're kind of just pushing brain rot on America's Tik Tok is what they're saying.

[G]

You can upload pictures to that picture frame.

[B]

I got to be careful. I swear to God. I double check when I go through the. Go through it and then I scroll.

[G]

Back and watch another phone.

[C]

Could you imagine she's. She's got her friends over there drinking wine like for book club night. And then Evan's picture pops up. Is Evan one of his pictures that aren't supposed to be on there?

[B]

Yeah, no, I, I get the meat sweats every time I'm uploading pictures to it. But it's worked out so far and she does love it. She said at first she was nervous about it, then once we did it, she goes, goes, I love this. This is great. My sister has it. Whatever. We're uploading pictures and we all have deep photo albums going back 15 years.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So we're uploading all these pictures and she goes, I absolutely love it. This thing is great.

[A]

You should fucking with it.

[C]

You should, you should upload like Chinese pictures of people.

[A]

Should upload just like, like some.

[B]

Okay, I like this. I like this. I like this.

[A]

We could make something that like fits the frame and it just goes like, you have been hacked.

[B]

I was just gonna say, yeah, a big, a big red screen. You've been hacked. Yeah, just ruin it for us.

[G]

Comes around.

[C]

Just say your house has been hacked.

[G]

Information.

[A]

Beautiful, beautiful home you have there, Patty.

[B]

That would be. Yeah. Grab a credit card out of her wallet and just have her number across the screen. Or if God forbid you find the last four digits of her social, cuz I mean that doesn't do that much but like, oh my God, if you just had like xxxxxx last few digits of her social, dude, I'd probably be scared she'd fucking burn the picture.

[C]

Or you could start like putting every photo before you import it in. You could put into like an AI generator and have them make you look Chinese and then like upload them.

[G]

That's funny.

[E]

I love that. That's a great idea.

[B]

All right, well, I'm gonna have to get to work before this podcast drops in a couple of days.

[G]

Yeah, it's so funny.

[A]

It's actually.

[C]

Yeah. I guess we'll find out, though, if Tick Tock is actually getting banned, because by the time this is live, I'm sure they'll just push the date back because I feel like they've been saying this for the last four or five years.

[A]

I thought it was funny that Trump won, though, and he was just like, let's save it.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't know.

[C]

It just seems like. So, honestly, it's just surprising me that Biden wrote the bill to get rid of it because, like, it almost seems like it would be the flip. Like, Trump would get rid of it, Biden would keep it.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That's probably why he just did the opposite. I mean, I. I think. I think that a lot of people like it, and I think that, honestly, America already is kind of pretty cooked. Brain rot and cooked, man. Like, these people out here are just getting stupider and stupider by the day.

[G]

I saw on TikTok, it was like a cooking show. And not a single clip of the cook cooking show lasted longer than one second. It was just boom, boom, boom. Like, it's just. And it's like for our cooked brains.

[C]

Between that and food, everyone's eating and.

[B]

But I can't even post a wheelie on Tick Tock.

[A]

Yeah, it is pretty crazy.

[C]

They don't let you do that. Maybe they don't want us, like, they don't want you influencing anyone to do anything cool. Stay in your chair.

[B]

Honestly, I don't blame them.

[C]

Stay in a recliner.

[E]

Stay in your lane.

[A]

Your plastics.

[C]

Yeah. Eat some plastic.

[H]

I mean, if you look at the App Store, all the top apps right now are like, these TikTok knockoffs from China.

[C]

China?

[G]

Really? From China? Still?

[B]

Maybe we should get ahead of the curve. Get on those apps.

[E]

Get the new ones.

[G]

I did think about that.

[B]

Blow up and then act like we don't know nobody. And on that note, I got a pee.

[E]

That was good.

[C]

All right.

[A]

Okay.

[E]

Thank you, guys for this, but 2024 was crazy. We're back at it for 2025, and we love you. Don't use your Borat voice in the bedroom room and subscribe. Thank you.

[A]

I don't even know what that means.