Ryan's Anger Problem

Summary

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Life Wide Open with CboysTV — "Ryan's Anger Problem" (12/27/2022)

Hosts: CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, Micah
Episode Theme:
This episode dives into the CboysTV crew’s daily lives—from the headaches of driving a "winter beater" Hummer, to group squabbles, viral business lessons, a wild conspiracy theory, and the untold stories of running a YouTube business. It’s a humorous, candid look at how friendship, work, and sometimes petty grievances collide behind the scenes.

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Hummer Ownership: Regrets and Laughter (00:00–05:44)

Discussion Points:

• Ryan’s purchase of a used Hummer as a winter vehicle was meant to save money, but has turned into a series of inconveniences and embarrassment.
  • The Hummer handles poorly on icy Minnesota roads, leaks air from its suspension, and sometimes rides "full blown squatted" in the mornings.
• The gang roasts Ryan about his preference for fixing up an old beater versus buying new.
  • Ryan admits, "I do regret this" when reflecting on cold, rough rides (02:32).
  • He misses his old TRX and confesses that his girlfriend avoids the Hummer altogether.

Notable Quotes:

• Ryan: "I do not regret many decisions in my life, but I do regret nine months ago selling my TRX. I missed that thing, dude." (02:34)
• Ryan: "I have enjoyed being able to put my touch on things...doesn't really bother me." (03:14)

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Group Dynamics & Ryan's Anger (05:44–13:47)

Discussion Points:

• The team observes that everyone has been on edge, but the Hummer seems to accelerate Ryan’s irritation.
• Evan and Ryan recount a recent blow-up, where Ryan lashed out over negativity and project setbacks, particularly around the R6 and Banshee builds.
• The “rite of passage” of getting yelled at by Ryan is explored with humor, and Evan takes it in stride.
• Behind the scenes, stresses are often amplified by spending "80 or 90 hours a week" together, leading to minor things boiling over.

Notable Quotes:

• Ryan: "It's actually good because it gives me something to hate other than things you guys do." (05:03)
• Evan: "Since I showed up on that Sunday...Ryan kind of had that look in his eye. I knew it was coming." (09:18)
• Ryan: "If I haven't freaked out at you, you are not one of my best friends." (09:10)

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The Great Hot Dog Cooker Debate & Snack Wars (09:59–13:47)

Discussion Points:

• A full team argument erupts when Ben throws away the old hot dog cooker—symbolizing how trivial things can spiral when everyone is stressed.
• The crew admits that minor issues sometimes become the battleground for deeper frustrations.
• Funny anecdotes pile on: Ryan eating Micah’s brats, cooking hacks with air fryers, and the team's overabundance of novelty kitchen appliances.

Notable Quotes:

• Micah: "My problem was I went to the C store, bought some hot dogs...then I find out the glizzy [hot dog] maker's gone." (13:06)
• Ryan: "I was hangry, dude. I needed some food." (12:42)

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Robot Dicks: Vaping, AI, & Outrageous Conspiracies (15:09–21:48)

Discussion Points:

• Ben relays a hilariously absurd conspiracy: vapes are a plot to turn society into AI sex slaves, "training" people for the day robots take over.
• The crew riffs on this with their signature raunchy humor, poking fun at Ben’s obsession with phallic jokes and debating the "merits" of cigarettes versus vaping.
• This segment showcases their irreverence and group dynamic.

Memorable Quotes:

• Ben: "Vapes have been planted...because when the robots take over, the vape smokers are going to be sex slaves to the robots..." (16:03)
• Evan: "Rest assured that I will not be sucking any robot dick in the future." (19:43)
• Ryan's mom (via dinner report): "Apparently my aunts and uncles listen to this podcast too..." (21:39)

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Viral Culture: Argentina’s World Cup, Salt Bae, and More (23:02–28:25)

Discussion Points:

• The crew watches viral clips of Argentina's World Cup celebrations, noting the scale of global fandom versus US sports.
• They roast “Salt Bae” crashing the World Cup victory (24:00), question why celebrities act a fool, and marvel at his restaurant bills.
• The discussion shifts to viral social media records, such as Messi's World Cup Instagram photo surpassing the famous “egg.”

Memorable Moments:

• CJ: "They just noticed the hot dog cooker missing a month and a half later..." (10:47)
• Ben: "The video of us jumping the R6 has 19 million views on Instagram." (28:30)

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Shop Life: Gambling, Arcade Vibes, & Side Hustles (30:22–37:47)

Discussion Points:

• CJ installs an ATM in the shop to facilitate cash gambling among friends, with a $5 fee—turning the shop into a "fun haven" reminiscent of a casino or speakeasy.
• New additions: bar-style dartboard, discussions of lines of credit, vending machines, and dreams of hiring a bartender.
• The crew jokes they're their own best customers, spending all their money at their own “business.”

Notable Quotes:

• CJ: "Now it's like, oh, you don't have any cash? Go to the ATM. Yes, I charge a steep fee: $5 fee." (31:15)
• Ryan: "It's called being your own boss, dude." (35:11)

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Influencer Scams, NFTs, and Ben Roth Confusion (38:03–50:42)

Discussion Points:

• Recent scandals with influencers (notably Logan Paul’s CryptoZoo and FTX collapse) spark a conversation on gambling, investments, and responsibility.
• Ben’s name matches a CryptoZoo community manager mentioned in a viral Coffeezilla report, leading to his inbox being flooded with accusations and jokes about scamming fans.
• The boys reflect on why they avoided doing NFT drops, lessons from waves of hype, and the blurry lines between “scam” and “market crash.”

Notable Quotes:

• CJ: "Community manager Ben Roth. I literally blacked out when I saw it." (40:14)
• Ryan: "Coffeezilla could turn your Starbucks order into a full-blown documentary hit piece." (44:28)
• Ben: "I am not the Ben Roth that scammed you." (42:19)

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How to Stand Out in Business—The “Clips” Story (52:04–63:16)

Discussion Points:

• The crew discovers a high schooler (Ashton) running a "Cboys TV Clips" YouTube channel, repurposing their content and making $4,500 in 20 days.
• Rather than shut him down, they strike a revenue-sharing deal: Ashton now posts one main channel and one podcast clip daily, incentivized by performance.
• This segment turns into an impromptu masterclass on taking initiative, providing value, and landing jobs by “doing the work before you’re asked.”
• They praise Ashton’s consistency and outsider creativity, suggesting these qualities are what so many fail to bring in job inquiries.

Notable Quotes:

• Ben: “He was making more money in a day than my friends were in a week working normal jobs.” (53:37)
• Ryan: “Make yourself useful… Like proof or making yourself useful or having an example of things you’ve done.” (58:28)
• CJ: “The biggest asset someone can be is you not having to tell them what to do.” (62:22)

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Final Thoughts & Takeaways (63:09–end)

• The shop crew’s squabbles may flare up, but at day’s end, business is good, the channel is growing, and even a lost hot dog cooker can’t stop their momentum.
• They urge listeners to subscribe, check out the clips channels, and apply the lesson: do the work, show your value.

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Episode Highlights by Timestamp

• 00:00–05:44 — Hummer ownership saga and regrets
• 05:44–13:47 — Group tension, Ryan’s anger, and hot dog cooker debate
• 15:09–21:48 — Outlandish vaping/robot conspiracy and raunchy group humor
• 23:02–28:25 — World Cup, viral culture, and diving into internet rabbit holes
• 30:22–37:47 — Shop life, gambling, side hustles, and self-deprecating jokes
• 38:03–50:42 — NFT and crypto influencer scandals, Ben Roth confusion
• 52:04–63:16 — How a 17-year-old “stole” Cboys’ videos, made bank, and landed a partnership
• 63:09–63:16 — Closing remarks and lessons on “proof of work”

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Original Tone:
Unfiltered, humorous banter with a mix of business wisdom and willingness to laugh at their own mistakes.
Perfect For:
Fans of CboysTV, aspiring content creators, or anyone interested in a behind-the-scenes look at online groups who mix creativity, chaos, and friendship for a living.

Transcript

[A]

I want to start this out by asking you a question, Ryan.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

How is Hummer ownership?

[C]

Honestly, dude, sometimes good, sometimes maybe.

[A]

It.

[C]

It was good up until this week, I would say. And things have really gone sideways in the last like nine days.

[B]

You've owned it for a week and a half roughly.

[C]

Well, it all started going bad when the roads became icy. You would think a Hummer would be really good. And it is good in the snow. It is just not good on the snowy roads.

[A]

Like it would be a problem. Yes.

[C]

Yeah, I'm just slipping in Minnesota.

[A]

Being that you bought it as a winter. Winter beater.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So I don't really know. It doesn't accelerate well or stop well or turn well whenever the road isn't perfectly dry asphalt, which is an issue.

[A]

I can see where that be a problem.

[C]

And probably the most embarrassing thing is whenever I go out to it in the morning and it's been really cold, all of the air leaks out of the rear air suspension and it is full blown squatted Hummer and it is just riding on the bump stops and I drive home or drive to the shop to work like a trucker, just bouncing along.

[A]

Dude, every morning I pull into the driveway and I see that thing sitting there squatted out the nose a good foot above the rear end. I just can't help but laugh picturing you driving that thing around it.

[B]

It's a weird situation because Hummers are like supposed to be this baller thing and then when it gets to be a clapped out Hummer, it's like the reverse reaction. I hate to, I hate to say it, but yeah, you know. So my question is, Ryan, we talked about this, I don't know, even a month or two back how you were proposing to me. Buying a cheap car is more worth it than spending the money, extra money and getting something new. Do you regret your decision yet? Because, because you know, you buy something new, you don't have problems like this. Like you roll around in style, it's comfortable, it works every time.

[A]

It, it.

[B]

I mean, yeah, it's gonna lose a little bit of money, but then you buy a, like a blown out Hummer and you end up having no brakes, riding around on air suspension, hating every second of it and spending money on parts and time fixing it and not.

[A]

Driving it 50% of the time because it's been broken. So.

[B]

No. I'm just curious though if you're like still feeling strong about it. Ye.

[C]

This morning when I was driving to work and it was freezing cold in there and everything was fogged up and I had no suspension. I was like, I do.

[A]

I do regret this.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I. I do not regret many decisions in my life, but I do regret nine months ago selling my trx. I missed that thing, dude.

[B]

So what's Alondra thing of the Hummer?

[C]

She actually has enrolled in it, which maybe says enough. Wow.

[A]

Oh, she just does everything to avoid it or what?

[C]

No, no, it's. It's just normally, like, if we go somewhere, we just take her car or the last couple times, I just haven't.

[B]

Had to drive it.

[A]

So has she shown any interest?

[C]

Cars are just means of transportation to her. You know, it's not like the same thing. And also, to go back on the thing of where you're like, oh, you spent all this time working on it. I have enjoyed being able to, like, put my touch on the things. Yes. It may have been painting the.

[B]

Painting the rust.

[C]

May.

[D]

Maybe it was fixing the brakes.

[C]

Fixing the rust under. Putting new brakes in it. I didn't really love that the wheels now are coming, which is great. Put in some new headlights. Got to mess with the dash. And it's all cheap things for the same price as the paint that you will be putting on your Raptor that will eventually be showcased. I have done all of these things to my Hummer, and, like, it doesn't really bother me. I will definitely enjoy driving a nicer vehicle when I get it, but right now, it doesn't. The scales haven't turned too bad for me.

[B]

Fair enough. Okay, that. That kind of answers the question, because I was going to say we gave you that out last week. It's not even on the video, but we were like, let's jump this bitch.

[A]

Let's jump it.

[B]

And we were worried it was going to. It was going to, like, destroy it. And we said, if it destroys it, we'll give you 10k, get your money back. And you were like, no, no, I don't want to do that. And literally the next day, if not the same day, all your problems came up and Bass put it in the ditch.

[C]

Well, all my problems came up when I let Vas and Evan borrow it. It a destroyed windshield. The brakes were gone, and then now the air suspension has been leaking, and.

[A]

They put in the dish.

[B]

Vass put in the dish two times in one trip.

[C]

And I mean, now after driving it.

[B]

I can see how beat the hell out of it.

[C]

Yeah, I don't really know what happened in that trip to Fargo and back, but I was like. I was like, would they have done this if it was my TRX with the windshield wiper blown off. It would. They went it, dude, let's just wreck the windshield. I. I truly wondered that.

[A]

I don't think any of that would.

[D]

Happen with a new truck.

[B]

She said, pocket, let's wreck, right?

[C]

No, but you guys did let it get wrecked, so that was. That was the issue.

[A]

So this is.

[B]

This is my last thing that I'll even say on this. Are you sure that it's not making you mad because you've kind of been a little grumpy this week.

[C]

No, it's actually good because it gives me something to hate other than things you guys do. You know, it's like an out I can, like, hate on something else.

[D]

Buy a shitty car to work on. So you can take your hate out on that.

[A]

On that, dude.

[C]

Also, we've all just been on edge this week. We all, you know, it's just like one person gets a little more snippy and then we all get more and more snippy at each other, and then it raises the bar of snippiness, you know, And I. I think it would be unfair to count all five of the other of us in this room out of why we've. Or I have been more upset this week. I feel like everybody has.

[A]

It does seem like that Hummer, it really accelerates it, though.

[C]

Really.

[B]

I feel like I haven't been upset at all this week.

[C]

C's been more snippy. Mike has been more sarcastic. Evan's been positive since I yelled at him last week.

[D]

But Evan got my stern talking to.

[C]

Or what if you guys go way back in, you know, the Seaboy universe, I have been known to be what some may call snippy.

[B]

I'd say Evan had it coming to him.

[C]

A psycho. They call me a psycho.

[A]

And I think, yeah, get Evan on here.

[B]

Who wants to step out?

[C]

We're working on an Evan Mike. I was thinking about having him, you know, like how NFL sportscasters have, like a headset. It could just be Ev sitting over there.

[B]

Oh, I like the couch.

[E]

All right. Can I tell, like, my size before?

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Freaked out at you. Absolutely.

[A]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[E]

All right, all right. So I could see, you know, I'm on his side where like the past week with the R6 and the Banshee build going, not ideal. And I had a less than positive attitude through that. So I will agree there could have been some building.

[A]

It was a little.

[B]

It was.

[A]

That was like the tipping point. But it was like a build up to that.

[C]

Correct?

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

It was like a built like, you just kept getting a little bit more and more negative. And I've said this on the last a couple podcasts ago, but the odds are already stacked against us in, like, every single thing we do, so we don't need one more person in there telling us what we can't do or, like, what isn't possible. And you just were doing a little bit more and more of that where we'd say something, you'd say, it's not possible, and then you throw your hands up.

[C]

So what were you gonna say now?

[A]

I'm just a little bit of backstory.

[E]

So the instance where I was being negative was where we didn't have the proper tool to put the master link on the R6. So we were vast. Was just gonna bash it with a hammer. And then I said, well, that would be great to be doing a wheelie at 60 and have that chain lock up. And Ryan flew off the handle.

[C]

Okay, I, I do feel bad. I even said it to see.

[B]

Yeah, he did. He did.

[C]

I said, I, I, I told you off on the wrong thing. I should have just waited another five minutes for you to be negative about something else.

[B]

Yeah, something better. Yeah, it was, it was a slightly.

[C]

The wrong instances or the wrong instance, but no, I mean, yeah, I mean.

[E]

That was, I mean, that's pretty much it, I think. I mean, so that.

[A]

What, what do you say? I actually, I was. Me and CJ Were gone for that.

[C]

No, I was there.

[E]

Everything we just talked about really just said, you can'.

[B]

Be, can't be complaining about it and saying it's not going to work or we're not going to get it done because we're going. We have to figure out a way to get it done. But it's like you got, you know, you don't really have an option. It's like, you got to make work, so you make work, you know?

[E]

But you guys explained it right there, so good talking.

[C]

Okay, so we all have.

[B]

Oh, you didn't.

[A]

Ryan didn't have Speak so kindly. Didn't have the same.

[C]

I gave him, like, the dad tone. Like, I, I was upset. But, like, you guys have your way of communicating, and it was for, like, two weeks making fun of Evan go, oh, Evan, we could throw your hands up again. It wasn't getting through. You know, it wasn't changing anything. And then, so my negative way of communicating to Evan was probably more efficient, Much more efficient, but probably a little more degrading and a little more mean and what some would call being A psycho sometimes.

[A]

You didn't take it, like, personal?

[C]

No, I felt bad. Evan and I were quiet for a while, and I was like, no, dude, you don't understand. Like, this is a rite of passion passage.

[A]

Yeah, it.

[C]

Like, it's happened to every single friend here. And if. If I haven't freaked out at you, you are not one of my best friends.

[A]

We must be really good friends.

[E]

Since I showed up on that Sunday, which is, like, two weeks ago, Ryan kind of had that look in his eye, and I knew it was coming.

[C]

You didn't know how long.

[E]

Like, I knew the fuse was already lit. I wasn't gonna be able to put it out.

[C]

You're right. You were just the one who was there when it ran out.

[E]

But, no, I agree. I. I've been negative. Sometimes you guys take me being totally negative is like, I'm trying to point out something that could result failure further down the line. So do we really want to cross that? Get too far into it and then go, oh, that was a bad idea, But I completely understand.

[C]

Yeah. Happens. It's a tough dynamic around here. We're around each other, I don't know, 80, 90 hours a week.

[A]

Dude, seriously. And it's all fun and games until you throw away somebody's hot dog cooker. And then friendship goes out the window. It's time to brawl. Like, yeah, you cross the line. That's not cool. And, like, the gloves are off.

[C]

Yeah, but I wasn't actually that heated about the hot dog maker going away. You just felt a little attacked. That doesn't happen.

[A]

I felt like, backstory. I threw away this moldy.

[C]

Was not moldy.

[A]

It was covered, greasy.

[C]

It was five year old.

[A]

Like, disgusting.

[C]

Five years old.

[F]

Fake news. It was two years old.

[A]

Two years old hot dog cooker that we got for free. 0 money spent on it. It got used maybe once a month. Maybe once a month. Because I threw it away like, a month and a half ago, and they just noticed it the other day.

[F]

It's also fake news.

[A]

And we have, like, a hundred different cookers on our. Our little kitchen table. Like, literally a cooker for every. Every single thing that you.

[B]

Novelty cookers. I will agree. Yeah.

[A]

And so I just looked at C.J. and I go, hey, should we throw this away? We can get another one if they're upset about it. But, like, let's throw this away.

[B]

I said, ask Micah.

[A]

So I go and ask Micah. He's our. He' president glizzy goblin. So I go up to Mike, and I go, hey, Mike. Figuring that he'd be the most upset about it getting thrown. Can I throw this away? And he goes, yeah, I don't care. Something along those lines.

[C]

I think that's because. So Mike just said it was very passive aggressive. I think that's because he learned you could literally walk up and be like, hey, Mike, here's your firstborn child. You don't need this anymore, right? And then he just probably have to be like, fuck, yeah, I guess I'll have to get another one. Because, like, there's no arguing with you two.

[B]

Don't. Don't bring me us to into it.

[C]

Because it was Okay.

[B]

I chimed in when you guys were arguing was because I was like, Jesus, he had a point. He had a point with how many machines there were.

[A]

I figured if he actually would have cared, he probably would have said it put up a little bit of a stink, and it went very easy. So I was like, okay, I'm gonna do this. And then a month and a half later, somebody went to go make a hot dog, which I honestly, I might have saved you some kind of like food poisoning. I agree.

[B]

It was bad.

[A]

It should not be getting used. And we got it for free. We can get another one. I think that you guys came pretty aggressive at me for okaying it and then coming back at me for throwing. For throwing it away.

[F]

You know, the.

[A]

You were there, right? And that's why. That's why after that we go, man, Ryan's really upset about this hummer, isn't he? Because it was just like one hummer problem after another. And then I threw that away. Or you found out I threw that away. And it was just like it.

[C]

I was hangry, dude. I needed some food. But I think. I think a little bit of it wasn't. I have been far more upset about other real things probably in the last two weeks than that. But it was funny because you got so razzed and you were just felt so attacked by throwing away this hot dog maker.

[A]

Well, because you, Ken and Micah were all attack.

[E]

Whoa.

[C]

Half the group, okay?

[F]

So my problem was I went to the C store, bought some hot dogs, was like, yes, I'm going to make some hot dogs for lunch. And then I find out the glizzy.

[C]

Makers, which is growth for him. You know, we try to do a contest. He won't even eat them.

[A]

This is true.

[F]

I was. I was very, like, upset in the moment, but I. I do not.

[A]

I knew it. You guys are upset. I'm so. Okay. All right.

[C]

Three o'.

[B]

Clock.

[F]

I hadn't Eaten anything all day.

[C]

It did lessen the pain when I figured out that you can cook hot dogs in the air fryer and they're better.

[A]

That's the other thing we got literally, a novelty cooker. Like, one after another, we guys pop up a photo of what our. Our kitchen table looks like. It's very limited space. Keep that in mind.

[B]

So.

[F]

So here's our problem. We have all these little cookers, which is not an absurd amount for a normal kitchen. We just have nowhere to store other than on the counter.

[B]

And they all get, like, super dirty, and no one really cleans them. And I mean, I. I was on Ben's side. It was valid and throwing it out. I didn't think Mike would approve it, though, that. So when he approved it, I was like, wow. I was surprised.

[E]

Hey, let's not forget about Mike getting heated when Ryan ate his brats.

[B]

The best part.

[C]

I was thinking about that the other night. I was like, dude, that was a dick move.

[E]

Wins them at a meat raffle.

[C]

And they were so good.

[A]

They were Mike's hot dogs, and Ryan just ate all of them.

[C]

Well, I had two.

[E]

I ate one, but that was.

[D]

That was like another, like, in the heat, in the moment. Like, I was so pissed, but now it's just funny.

[A]

Ryan ate.

[D]

Yeah, I got zero.

[B]

You guys side. That's when you. When you fell apart because your guys's group was all turning against each other. It was like you all had everyone against Ben, and then you got within your group.

[A]

Oh, man. All right, well, I'm glad we got that beef squash.

[C]

The shop beef is squashed. We're all fine now. It'll be good. All we need to do is go on vacation with each other, you know?

[E]

Right.

[A]

That should settle things.

[C]

We should just get wicked drunk together somewhere else other than here. We'll be good.

[A]

I think we're.

[B]

Have a bl.

[C]

We are. Dude, it's gonna be so good.

[B]

I have something I've been wanting to talk about while we have Evan and now Ken on a good friend of mine. He is a very smart man. He could have worked for NASA. They asked him to work for him, but he is a humble man, and he likes to stick around his roots, so he works around here. He likes to smoke cigarettes. And I asked him, I said, so why don't. What do you think about vaping? Why don't you vape? He's. No way. No way. You got. You've heard the conspiracy behind that, haven't you? And I was like, what? No. What do you Mean, like just pussies do it or what? You know, I got thinking, like that's what he was gonna say. And he goes, no, no. The whole reason vapes have been enacted. Ken, are you listening? I need to get this through to you.

[F]

Oh, no, I don't pay attention when you're actively trolling me.

[A]

What?

[B]

This is a true story. How am I trolling? This is what's.

[F]

It's the part two of this.

[E]

What?

[B]

Okay, so anyways, he told me that vapes are basically, they've been, you know, placed and planted in society to, you know, get people addicted to them, obviously with their dangerous and very toxic chemicals, but more so get them hooked on sucking on that little metal, metal circle thing. Because as you all know, AI is becoming more and more a part of society. There is worries that AI will eventually take over. And Elon Musk himself has said one day AI, like robots are going to take over and they're going to turn on us. Vapes have been planted for those to get on them. Because when the robots take over, the vape smokers are going to be sex slaves to the robots and, and just give them BJ's.

[A]

That's.

[B]

That's what they're for. I'd heard, long story short, sucking robot.

[A]

Dick vapes are just robot dicks.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So these two say robot dick all week. I didn't know that was. That's why.

[B]

That's why these two have been training for the future.

[A]

The only way to consume your nicotine, bro.

[B]

I'm sure you guys are looking forward to it. I don't know. And that's fine if you are looking forward to the future.

[E]

What do you even say to something like that?

[B]

I don't know. I'm happy about it. I don't know, dude.

[A]

It was kind of closed ended.

[C]

Dude, More robo penis for you and robots. I don't have to do it.

[B]

I don't know, man. I was just saying, like when he told me that, I told you guys and you guys kept doing it. It's been two weeks now or whatever.

[A]

Are you worried about the future? Excited for the future?

[B]

Yeah, that's. That's probably a better question.

[E]

Dude, this is so ridiculous. Ken, how do you feel about it?

[C]

No comment.

[A]

Ken, you can't.

[B]

We're on a podcast about the robotics.

[A]

You have to comment.

[B]

That's why robot dicks. That's so. So from now on, for those you kids at home, if you have not started vaping, don't start. Unless you want to start sucking robot dick. In the future. And if you are vaping and you don't want to be stuck in robot dick, you might want to stop. But if you're, if you're, you know, I don't know what these, these guys don't apparently have any problem with it.

[A]

You guys know the ads that they used to play for, like quit smoking cigarettes.

[B]

I should be the guy.

[A]

They just used that clip right there.

[B]

But dick don't vape kids.

[A]

It's bad for you. They play it in like high schools.

[C]

Yeah. Smoke cigarettes like a real man.

[A]

Yeah, so that was basically.

[C]

I'm kidding.

[A]

The gist of it is slick was then saying, yeah, I don't want to suck robot dick, so I'm gonna just continue to smoke cigarettes like a real man. Then I won't have that problem. Right, Ken, if that is the case in, the only way to consume nicotine is through sucking robot dick. Will you.

[F]

I'm just gonna stop you there. No, I've seen once again you are.

[A]

Full blown addicted to that thing.

[F]

Once again, you're infatuated with dicks. How many podcasts in a row. Podcast in a row? Have you talked about dicks?

[C]

I don't know. What are we on? 59? I. There's. It's at least in six.

[B]

Hey, if you guys are trying to, you know, looking forward to the future.

[A]

Let'S just say so be it.

[B]

I'm happy for you. As long as you're happy. I just want to warn you of the potential position you're putting yourselves in.

[E]

All right, well, you can sleep well tonight. Rest assured that I will not be sucking any robot dick in the future.

[B]

Cj, you're quitting?

[E]

No, I'm gonna keep vaping every fucking day, but I'm not gonna suck any robot.

[B]

You're not gonna have a choice, man. They're gonna take over. AI. Robots are going to take over eventually. They're becoming smarter than us.

[E]

Well, then I'll quit.

[A]

Especially you and me. I'll quit that.

[B]

I don't know if it works that way, man.

[C]

They'll have you.

[B]

They're be walking around with those little puff sticks as their wieners. They don't wear clothes and you're gonna break down to your knees. I've seen you. You see it sitting there in the cup holder. I'm just telling you.

[E]

How do I defend myself against sucking dicks or robot dicks?

[B]

That's what I'm saying. The only way to protect yourself is to quit vaping. Now.

[E]

I'll think about it.

[B]

I'm Just doing it because I'm a good friend, man. I'm a good friend.

[E]

I appreciate it, bud.

[B]

Ken, I want you to consider too. I know you're closed off to it, but please consider.

[C]

It's tough because it looks like he's been ignoring us, but I. Our voices are just pumped right into his ears right now, so there's no way he can.

[F]

There is a mute button, you know.

[A]

You don't have us muted, otherwise you wouldn't have known.

[B]

Yeah, he just muted Ben.

[C]

At least I love how he picked you. I don't think he said a word during that whole conversation.

[A]

Unbelievable. So I don't know, I get. I get. I get known now as the. As the penis guy.

[E]

Ken, is that why you threw away the hot dog cooker? It made you uncomfortable?

[A]

Maybe subconsciously they just like that a.

[F]

Phallic shaped object makes you uncomfortable now.

[A]

No, it does not make me uncomfortable. Therefore, why we are talking about it on the podcast.

[B]

We should write a song about robot dicks. I think we have a music video and you two star in it. We'll get real robots. Was.

[E]

What's a fake robot?

[B]

I mean like real functioning robots with functioning robo dicks. Yep.

[C]

Yeah, I had dinner with my mom last night and she did mention a few things that I've been saying and endorsing and how apparently my aunts and uncles listen to this podcast too, and.

[A]

They found out that you're Blue Chew's biggest ambassador. Is that what she said?

[C]

Yeah. She also said, I can't say I got a Hummer because apparently.

[A]

Jesus. What did. What'd she say about your aunts and uncles?

[C]

Who said that? They also listen.

[A]

Oh, so they haven't said anything about.

[C]

It, but, you know, I haven't seen them. But it's coming at Christmas.

[A]

They all just get you.

[B]

Blue.

[A]

Is flying through this. So here you go.

[F]

So why can't you say you got a Hummer?

[C]

Urban dictionary.

[F]

Even better than a blowjob. It's when the person actually hums slash vibrates their lips while their mouth is around your cock.

[E]

That's a blowjob.

[F]

Or one of the least fuel efficient vehicles on earth.

[C]

Also true.

[A]

They must be so proud. Man, where do we go from here anyway? Anywhere up is positive. So you guys know how Argentina won the soccer World Cup?

[E]

Because you told me.

[A]

One. Have you guys seen the streets of Argentina?

[B]

So after they won.

[A]

Dude, insane.

[C]

And they let them climb flag poles there.

[B]

What?

[C]

Street lights here they grease the poles.

[A]

Oh, really?

[B]

Yeah, really.

[C]

In like, big cities like Philly. And stuff like that, I think is one city that's known for burning the city down when they win.

[A]

Yeah, it's crazy. Pop. Pop up a video of just, like, the streets, but after Argentina won the World cup, everyone's obviously down on the field. And do you guys know the guy, Salt Bay? You remember Salt Bay? He's, like, the guy that, like, went viral for.

[C]

Was famous for, like, three minutes in 2015.

[A]

I guess being famous for three minutes in 2015 warrants you to get onto the field after, like, the biggest sports event in history, right? No idea how. No idea how. But anyway, this guy gets down there and is just, like, wreaking havoc, just being just a piece of.

[B]

He drunk.

[A]

Watch him trying to get Messi's attention. This is him right here.

[C]

Oh, he's.

[A]

Look at him.

[B]

Look at him.

[A]

He's grabbing him.

[C]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

He's grabbing on his arm. He's, like, trying to walk away. What the fuck's he doing? No, he's holding the trophy. Right?

[C]

Dude, you gotta give that guy watching quite a look.

[A]

Watch. This is him. He took it right out of the face. He's taking pictures with the team. Look at this.

[B]

What the. Get the. Hold up, hold up.

[A]

It gets. All right, so this is him after he finally got his attention. So he, like, finally gets it. You can tell Messi's just like, who is this guy? Why did he just spend in. I couldn't find the clip again, but I watched a clip of. Of him trying to grab him for, like, 30 seconds. And he, like, just kept walking away. He's, like, grabbing his arm.

[B]

Dude's trying to celebrate. Watch this team.

[A]

So this is after he's grabbing it from a baby. He's grabbing it from the baby. You can tell, like, the player's just, like, that player's.

[B]

He's, like, not letting go. Yeah. What the.

[A]

You ready? You ready? You ready.

[E]

Bro?

[D]

Wow.

[A]

I don't know, dude.

[C]

Salt Bay just memed himself.

[A]

He did.

[C]

He was already a meme, though. It's almost like this is his personality. He's just continuing to be an idiot.

[A]

So then I was looking up, what is Salt BAE doing right now? And apparently he has his own restaurant or maybe a couple restaurants. Look at some of these bills from his restaurant. $37,000.

[B]

Wow. That's euros, isn't it?

[A]

Yeah, about the same. Now, pounds after bragging about a customer's $140,000 bill at his Abu Dhabi restaurant. $140,000.

[B]

So he's making a lot of money. Obviously.

[A]

I Guess so.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't know, maybe $30,000 tip.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Why, though? Because he flicks salt off of the. His elbow.

[B]

Yeah, I don't want your salt touching your dirty elbow. My salt touching your dirty elbow.

[A]

I wonder, like, after his little World cup incident, how that's going to affect business after everyone sees him just acting a fool out there. But anyway, that's what Salt Bay is up to. Apparently he did something right to be charging those prices.

[C]

Speaking of the World cup, look up the billboard of Messi. First of all, we just got to appreciate how cool this is.

[E]

Look, it's like 3D.

[C]

When I watched that for the first time, I thought, finally, we're finally getting the advertisements that a true dystopian future would have.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Like, you see a bunch of buildings covered in that. You're like, yes, it is. Finally the future.

[B]

Yep. Robots are coming. Robots are coming, guys.

[C]

You look behind a dirty alley there, and there's a robot and some sucker of a human getting this fix. Yeah. Was pretty cool. I'm not a big soccer guy, but I did end up watching that for a while. I mean, it's being regarded as like one of the best World Cups. Best soccer games ever. But you like soccer. Good for you.

[A]

Yes. It had like a billion current viewers and like the super bowl has like 120 million. Whoa.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, it's by far.

[A]

I mean, it's all over the world.

[C]

I. I think he's the most followed person.

[B]

Messi.

[A]

He's not. But he just had his World cup photo is like the most liked photo on Instagram history.

[C]

Damn. More than Bella Porch somehow, huh? That was. That was the other. That's the second most liked on like all of social media. I believe it was her. Tick Tock.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

Yeah. That was the most watched Tick Tock ever.

[A]

The Instagram photo that was holding the record was the egg. It was like the most liked photo, but then people went and started disliking or like unliking the egg. So then Massey's pass it. Yeah.

[E]

What's the egg like? Literally just an egg.

[A]

It's literally just an egg.

[B]

I'll put it. It's sick, though.

[A]

Yeah. Check this out, actually. You're going to love this.

[B]

I'm surprised you haven't liked it yet.

[E]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[B]

Are you kidding me? Get your Instagram out after this and you're going to have to like it.

[E]

What if I don't like it?

[B]

World record. There's no way.

[A]

Egg gang almost 5 million followers. Just one photo of an egg, like.

[E]

And your girlfriend both like that egg?

[A]

Yeah, man, it's. Yeah, you're like getting. You're like a part of a community.

[B]

It's a nice egg.

[E]

What's the story behind the egg?

[A]

Look at it.

[E]

I am so confused.

[A]

All right, Messi's. Messi's photo. 70 million likes.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

That's crazy.

[B]

Our six jump has like over half a million likes.

[C]

Does it really?

[A]

What is that?

[B]

Which is a crazy amount of likes. Yeah.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Not anything compared to Messi, but some Kim K numbers.

[A]

The video of us jumping the R6 has 19 million views on Instagram. 704,000 likes.

[C]

Dude, if we hit a million likes on that, I'm going to black out. Dude, that is so cool.

[A]

That's the.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And then the one R6 off road video that we posted a couple months ago that has 28.5 million views and 763,000 followers or likes.

[E]

Let's pour some out for the R6R.

[A]

Seriously, dude, RIP.

[C]

I can't believe we destroyed that thing, but glad we did.

[E]

I'm not glad we did.

[A]

When we jumped it, we were trying to jump it into the tree. Completely missed it. But we were trying to hit the tree and then hoping that it either hit the tree and exploded or hit the tree and got stuck in it. And then we were like, if it gets stuck in the tree, we're going to leave it forever and it's going to be like a piece of history, the trees and grow around it.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

I don't like this new one as much. We can send that in a tree for sure.

[C]

Evan doesn't have the special connection to it, so.

[D]

I really love filming podcasts when we just have like really good days. A lot happened today. Banger day at the shop.

[A]

Like, woke up, the shift cart was on the ground, started up.

[D]

Okay, started out negative. Now that you say that hung the shifter cart, not so well, apparently. I'm not going to blame it on you and Evan. Honestly, if you guys haven't seen that we hung, I don't want to part in it. Well, you. You absolutely have.

[A]

Pardon.

[D]

And I'm just not going to give you shit for it.

[A]

Who would have thought that one hook hanging into. I guess not a stud wasn't enough to hold a 200 pound shifter card on the wall.

[D]

So got the shifter cart hung back up, which was. That's where things started going positive, you know? Had a couple good meetings today. We won't talk about that, but CJ rolls in Later, Tint brings over a ATM for the shop. That's money. Talk a little bit about that.

[B]

Well, we have a. Well, some of the people in the shop, I'm not going to say names, have, you know, a gambling problem. And we're not going to say gambling problem, but they have a lot of fun betting money. And we have people that come over that want to bet money, too. And there's oftentimes bets placed, the bet gets done, and, oh, I don't have any cash. I'll, you know, get you back whenever, or I'll get you next time I see you. You never see that money, you know, so now it's like, oh, I don't got any cash. When they say they'll venmo you after, but then they forget, and you kind of feel like a dick, like, hey, you going to hit me with that five bucks? You know, sometimes people do that, and it's like you're kind of like, what was the point of betting? Because I was going to pay him. Now it's like, oh, you don't have any cash. Go to the ATM. And yes, I charge a steep fee. $5 fee.

[A]

That's the box.

[B]

Well, that's what you get for showing up here with no money thinking you're gonna gamble that. Yeah, you're gonna have to pay for your not not thinking.

[D]

My favorite part is a lot of times people don't show up here thinking they're gonna, but it ends up happening.

[B]

That's okay, too.

[A]

For me, CJ Just gets people to gamble and, oh, you don't have money because you didn't plan on gambling. Great. Go to the atmosphere that I also charge five.

[B]

I also happen to own.

[A]

It's a great side hustle.

[D]

Well, yeah, I was going to call it a scheme. It's not a scheme at all.

[B]

I mean, it's a business. Total, legit, just a business. I'm going to get more of them, put them on each bay of this shop. So that way they're just all that we have cash readily available, all types of bets.

[D]

At that point, we should pull one outside for the public.

[B]

Well, I have that plan. I'm going to get something bricked in, you know, just like. Like a brick wall.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I know, I know. I know how we're going to finish Ryan's homer off running through and his ATM over.

[B]

I only keep fives in there for the greater good, so, I mean, there's like a thousand bucks in the thing total. So, like, realistically, breaking my atm, me pressing Charges not worth it.

[D]

So then maybe catch us. So then when Tint brings over the ATM for cj, he also brought over a gift from himself and Mark, which was an electronic dartboard. Not, not no joke dartboard. A legitimate electronic dartboard.

[B]

Like bar style, big one low, like a screen.

[D]

Which we've been wanting for a long time. So thank you for that.

[B]

It's like a $2,000 dartboard. That's really nice.

[A]

Oh, seriously?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

At the end of the day, it's so funny because it. It's truly just another game to bet money on.

[B]

Yeah, exactly. So it's perfect that I have my ATM there now.

[D]

It sounds kind of like a little bit degenerating. You list them. I mean, we're playing dice.

[B]

We're.

[D]

We're betting on dice. We're betting on pool, We' be betting on pinball machine. We're going to be betting on darts, sports games, fights.

[B]

Yeah, there's often times where people don't have money.

[D]

It's really also funny because I'm like so excited for just everything. The dartboard, especially, like, I'm like just what I need to spend more time at the shop.

[C]

Spending money somehow instead of making it here. Yeah.

[D]

Like, usually like work is your house.

[C]

Money is not lose it.

[A]

So is the house going to be starting a line of credit program?

[B]

No. You go to the atm. What do you mean? The house, the line.

[D]

What do you mean the line of credit?

[A]

What if I start a line of credit and I run you out of business?

[D]

We get money from you?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's a line of credit and there is deep interest.

[D]

ATM's easier. Sorry. I like the idea though, because you.

[C]

Have a bad night.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

You bet the farm. Lost the farm, Start betting the cattle, hoping to win the farm back, you know, and then before you know, you're left with no farm, no cattle, no wife.

[A]

Did you win, dad?

[B]

No, I lost the house.

[A]

In the perfect world, you know, things go well enough for me. I run CJ out of business, I buy the atm and then. And then I lower the fee and then everyone wins.

[C]

That would be one way to look at it. In another way, maybe there's a competing business that comes in that loan CJ money, and we work harmoniously together and grow our end.

[B]

I think Ryan needs to start charging money to play a game on his pinball machine.

[A]

That's. I think he should too.

[C]

I just ordered a change machine. Then you can take money out of CJ's ATM. You put it in the change machine. Well, then what are you gonna do with all this extra change?

[B]

Well, you better play some more stuff.

[C]

I am gonna put a vending machine, stock it with Little Debbies, you know, chips, granola bars. You know, maybe you get hungry around.

[D]

I'm sold. Yeah, I'm sold.

[C]

But wait, there's more.

[A]

Okay, good.

[C]

Then you put in a soda pop machine, and then you can. It's full service in here. You get games, you get entertainment, you get food, and you get drink.

[A]

You know what I love about everything that you guys have said? You guys are gonna be your own best customers. You guys are really gonna keep your business alive.

[C]

It's called being your own boss, dude.

[A]

Revolving door.

[D]

Yeah, like, think of the amount of money, you know, we keep. We keep saying, like, when we bring friends around, because they are. They're gonna use.

[B]

We're gonna start hosting.

[D]

Yeah. If we all brought just a couple buddies, at the end of the day.

[A]

Going to be a promoter.

[B]

Groups of people, and I'm gonna tell them, just go to the atm, get a little cash out first. Before you even, you know, I'm gonna.

[D]

I'm definitely gonna, like, start using it. Like when we go on a trip and I don't make it to the bank beforehand, I'm like, ah, I don't have any cash. Like, if I don't have any cash, I'm gonna hit up CJ's atm.

[B]

You're gonna be running around with 500 bucks and five dollar bills in your pocket.

[D]

Also, he filled it with fives, which is extremely inconvenient.

[A]

Well, you can only gambling.

[B]

You can only put one bill in for some reason. And I was like, well, fives is probably better than 20 because, like, sometimes people come over, if they don money to begin with, they're probably not trying to bet 20 bucks at a time. So let's do five. That's a good happy medium.

[A]

So do you guys think that our shop is turning into more of a arcade or more of a casino?

[B]

I think it's just more of a fun haven.

[A]

Yeah, it's, you know, casino.

[B]

It has a bad.

[D]

You know, it's our take on a casino, but yeah, I don't want to use that word.

[B]

Yeah, arcades are for nerds. I think it's just come up with our own cool, you know, it's just a fun haven.

[A]

Me and CJ's grandpa has actually been telling us for a while that he has a old blackjack table that he's gonna give to us too. So that's kind of gonna solidify the casino.

[B]

Start Moving stuff out that we actually use.

[C]

My best friend from high school, his mom used to deal at a casino so she could come down and deal for us.

[A]

And then when she's not being a blackjack dealer, maybe she could be the bartender.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. That's all we need now is a bartender that shows up. 5 o', clock, works till 2am Yep. We pull up, it'd be just like, you know, going out, except you're still.

[A]

Here.

[B]

And you're not spending as much.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

If not more.

[B]

Well, depends. You know, I might be hiring the bartender and, and be selling the booze.

[A]

But CJ gets a liquor license, still.

[D]

Is his best known customer.

[C]

And then, you know, after all the long nights here drinking and stuff, you go, oh man, I really need a place to stay.

[B]

Or a ride home.

[C]

Or a ride. Both of those, you know. Yep. You start charging for the room upstairs.

[B]

Then I have my little brother driving everyone home.

[C]

Yeah, it's perfect.

[A]

It seems like you guys are just explaining like almost like a speakeasy type environment.

[B]

I mean, you can call whatever you want. Yeah, it's gonna be a good time.

[D]

The only thing we're missing now is like some brochures for the Fun Haven. Because now it's just this full blown thing.

[B]

You just see me out somewhere, like passing out. Hey, Fun Haven. Come on over.

[D]

Swing by a couple nights. One night, whatever you want.

[B]

First beer on us.

[C]

First bets free.

[A]

First pets free.

[B]

What we're running isn't a scam. But did you guys see that? Logan Paul is in some hot water.

[D]

I didn't actually like a scam type thing.

[B]

Well, yeah. So back. Let's rewind. Eight months ago, when cryptocurrency was making. Cryptocurrency was Up Big and NFTs were the next big thing. And a lot of people made NFTs. We were even approached if we wanted to make an nft. We didn't want to do it because we were like, I don't really want to have our people buy it and then it just be worth nothing because then they just lose their money. And that's just pretty lame. We don't want to rip off our subscribers. Some influencers did. He made his own crypto zoo, hyped it up, talked all this big game, and basically it was like a massive failure. I don't think it was a deliberate scam, but it was a massive, massive failure. And like people lost like a lot of freaking money. And now he's like in trouble.

[A]

Really.

[B]

And I don't know, he's under hot water, like, just recently came out.

[C]

So I think the. The gist was you, like, had an elephant in a lion and it was like.

[B]

Dumb, dude. It was dumb.

[C]

Did they ever release any of them?

[B]

Well, that was the thing. So, like, basically all they did was, like, take two pictures and mash them together. Like Adobe Photo. I think Photoshop, like stock, or maybe.

[A]

Even use AI Stock images were pretty legit.

[B]

They weren't. They were not. Do they look like shit? It looked like they spent literally like a couple, like a minute on each little picture or whatever that they. That you supposedly got. And there was supposed to be this big return for, like, the people that bought these things and, like, held on and.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Which drove straight to the ground.

[D]

At the end of the day, like, an NFT can look like shit. People pay, like, millions of dollars for, you know. At the end of the day, a monkey. But there was supposed to be stuff that came with it.

[B]

Yeah. And it just shot straight to the ground. But anyways, while I was watching this video, it's by Coffeezilla. He's explaining all this stuff. You just would have to go watch it. He. We pull it up. Ken, pull up the first video. Play it loud.

[A]

I don't think we play it real loud. I don't think there's any need. Even their community manager, Ben Roth, promised people.

[B]

Community manager Ben Roth. I literally blacked out when I saw it. Ben Roth. And when he just kept saying, talking all this trash on this Ben Ross guy that supposedly ripped all these people off of money. I've never met another Ben Roth in my life. And this dude was really talking big about NFTs and Roth.

[D]

Are you.

[A]

I'm sure it's just a coincidence. Go watch the video.

[B]

And if you're a fan, if you guys, you will your pants. It's so funny when. When he says Ben Ross. So my question, Ben, do you have something to explain? How'd you pay for that Lambo? With the funds of the people you stole. Look, the money you stole from the people.

[A]

Can I take the Ken approach on this?

[B]

With your shitty little pictures?

[A]

No comment.

[C]

That makes you look extremely guilty. Yeah.

[B]

Makes you look like you want to suck some robot dick, quite frankly.

[A]

No, no, no, dude, I. I watched the same video and I blacked out. I blacked out when that part hit. And I literally put. I literally was driving, listening to it. I pull over, I go. I had to have heard that wrong. I've never met another Ben Roth. I've never. I've never even, like, ran across another Ben.

[C]

I've never met another Ben before, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I was very rattled, obviously, and looking pretty guilty. So I start getting messages. Okay, so that was my next question. Yeah.

[B]

I would assume if I had recently watched this video, I would look that guy up. And of course, you're gonna be the first Ben Roth that pops up.

[A]

Totally. Y was not a good look.

[B]

What are people saying to you?

[A]

They were like, is this you, like, couple? Like, saying, like, I've heard you, like, talk about it on the podcast. Like, is this you? Lol. And, like, people just, like, sending screenshots of, like, the actual Copyzilla post and be like, this is like, things. Like, they're just already feeling money.

[B]

You.

[D]

Wow.

[A]

I'm like, what do I.

[B]

You con artist?

[A]

Like, do I just comment on the video and just be like, hey, do.

[B]

You say there's ways to make money legitimately, Ben, like, ATMs?

[C]

You maybe should put in your bio, like, I am not the Ben Roth that scammed you. Because, like, I feel like if it became a slightly bigger issue, it's got, like, people, like, I could see some idiot news source like the New York Times or something, literally just searching up Ben Roth, and you see somebody in YouTube, so funny, moderately prominent on social media, and going, this is the guy. And it's like, a picture of you and Greta just.

[B]

And you're standing next to your Lamborghini. They're like, he's.

[C]

That's.

[B]

This is one of my money, too. Yeah, you look mighty. Really?

[A]

Not a good look. Not a good look. I just don't know if there's literally anything I can do about it.

[B]

Dude, the video is blown up. I think there's two. Two videos, and they have, like, collectively 5 million views, which is a lot of.

[A]

You know what's funny?

[D]

Every.

[A]

Oh, there's also a couple comments and messages that said, man, every investment you touch turns to dude, especially when you're running it. Yeah. I was like, dude, it just doesn't look good. Everything just adds up. It was probably. It could have been me. You know what's funny? It could have been somebody that watched the podcast and they wanted to just go anonymous and they just used my name because they imagine they used your.

[B]

Picture, then you'd be.

[C]

And then they became the community manager.

[B]

That's what he is.

[D]

Well, the only reason they use your name is if they were trying to throw the game. If they were trying.

[A]

Can we look this guy up?

[D]

Like, yeah, I just want to see what.

[B]

When I search Ben Roth, the only thing that Pops up is your face, Ben, standing next to your Lamborghini. Like every other crypto con artist, the first thing they do is buy Lamborghini. Steal the money. Second thing they do. Buy Lamborghini.

[A]

Yeah, it does that.

[B]

Third thing they do, take pictures and post it online about how rich they are.

[D]

Like this fourth thing, jail. This is the type of guy that you have to find on like LinkedIn. You know, I have to like, find someone who you cannot find on social media. You have to look them up on LinkedIn.

[B]

NFTs. I don't know.

[A]

I feel like it was definitely a wave.

[B]

Yeah, but everything's a wave. It might come back. I wouldn't count it out yet.

[D]

But for your sake, Ben, I wouldn't. I wouldn't even just touch it. You know, I'd stay away for a little bit.

[C]

Coffee. Zillow really is one of those guys, though. He could turn like your Starbucks order into like a full blown documentary hit piece.

[A]

Like, dude, it's.

[C]

He throws together a hell of a documentary, YouTube documentary thing on people and does some pretty solid digging.

[A]

He does some pretty solid journalism that seems. I mean, if it's against you, definitely not in your favor. But like, bro, the lengths he goes to is like insane insane. And it all seems super credible. Granted, that's probably what.

[B]

I don't think he really puts much hit pieces out on people. I think it's just.

[C]

I think it's just. Yeah, probably deserving things.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, he, he's a man of the people.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I wouldn't necessarily trust what H3H3 has to say, which he doesn't seem like he's popping as much anymore. Not H3H3. Drama alert. Sorry, I wouldn't trust so much. What Drama alert. But even H3H3 has to say they seem very biased and like, whatever. But then I'd say coffee zealous. Seems he. He just kind of tells. Tells how it is and what is known.

[D]

He's like the new idubbbz. Which, like idubbbz is like almost complete comedy. But when he did a content cop on you, did one on like T.

[A]

He would make it into a joke.

[B]

He'd be a meme. Like when Copy Zo does, he just basically reports everything. Just kind of makes you look bad.

[A]

I wonder how he does that without getting sued or hit with like defamation.

[C]

That's the one thing I've always worried about. Defamation is if it's true. Can you say it?

[A]

I mean, look at Amber Heard, like made a whole trial out of Just like, like what she was saying, that's true. So it's like, like you do hit somebody with defamation, even if it is true, and you're just trying to win a case, still sucks. Still got to go to court. And that would suck for him. Like every single time you piss off somebody super rich and you drag their name through the mud, even if it is true. Incredible. And then you get hit with a lawsuit, it's like, damn, man, is it worth it?

[B]

In the docu series, I think it's the first video. Coffeezilla calls, gets a hold of Logan Paul's manager, Jeff, and they hop on the phone and he like, answers and he tells him like, hey, I'm Coffeezilla. I'm doing a thing on, you know, the crypto zoo, yada yada. I'm trying to get all the facts, whatever. And then he asked him, he just goes, no comment. He's like, you have no comment. And then basically, which looked pretty bad, I'm not gonna lie. He was pretty jumbled up. I'm sure he wasn't expecting a call. And then he kind of basically said like, if you, you know, we take things very seriously. If you release bad, Whatever, Bad press, basically on it. That's not true. Basically, kind of like indirectly threatened suing for defamation. But I don't know if he. They will be able to, you know.

[A]

Right. If you're that struggling.

[D]

And it's true.

[A]

I don't know, it would definitely have to come out in court because, yeah, they'll have to pull.

[B]

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

[A]

Get filing on something like that.

[B]

Theoretically. Kind of scammed everyone out of his money. And it's even like the same thing with FTX isn't like Graham Stephan, he's a financial YouTuber and. And a few other, I'm sure, actually a number other like celebrities or Tom Brady. Yeah, people like that who promoted it are in trouble too, aren't they?

[F]

There's a class action lawsuit for them.

[B]

Yeah, exactly.

[D]

So, like, everyone involved, dude, pretty much.

[F]

Anyone, it seems like anyone that promoted it.

[D]

Wow, dude.

[B]

Yeah, that sucks.

[A]

So what, do they get sued? Do they have to pay money? Do they have to pay their promotions back? How does that work? Who does the money go to?

[B]

They probably haven't come to an agreement, but they're in trouble, basically.

[A]

That's crazy, man.

[B]

It's just the whole thing right now we're in kind of the wild west. Everything's still always obviously evolving as it time goes on. You go back a Year or two, people are able to basically promote this new coin that they made, have everyone buy into it because they had these followers, and then they would just dump their whole portion after the price got drove up, and they'd make even more money leaving their followers with basically worthless, holding the bag, pointless digital currencies. And now they got in trouble for that. They came down on them and like, you know, it's just same thing now. NFTs, people are coming down on that. And now it's like, if you were promoting this, basically you just can't promote shit.

[D]

Well, I think it's. It's all a gamble. It's gamble buying crypto, it's a gamble buying stocks, it's a gamble buying NFTs, but it's also a gamble as a creator or anyone making them. Like, we would have taken a gamble had we made an nft. Glad we didn't talk about that. It would be a gamble. Yeah, there's a bunch of money to be made maybe, since it's a gamble, but there's also a bunch of loss to be had. Yeah, because it's a gamble.

[B]

Dude, I gotta wonder. You know what I was thinking about is full send. When they had their, their MetaCard NFT and we bought. Ben bought two, I bought one. They were like a thousand bucks. Yeah, well, it's literally probably worth a hundred bucks now. Well, they were talking about all this. They were gonna do. They were gonna do, you know, gyms and, and like these clubs and all these special things. And then legitimately, they, they haven't, they don't even talk about anymore. They don't do anything with it. And then in our minds, we're like, well, dude, Nelk is so big right now. Like, they're always posting like. Like I believe in them, which I, I still do, but now they like, hardly even post. I'm like, bro, they just made all this money off this nft, and now we're sitting here. We just basically funded their retirement. And I'm sure they already had their retirement.

[A]

Maybe. I don't know. I feel like their case is a little bit different. And it just so happens that, like, NFTs are all kind of shit right now. That's. That's very true.

[B]

The economy has driven them down.

[A]

Because think, though, you buy an NFT or you buy something that is basically backed by nobody, like anonymous people or just like the hype of it, though, I feel like that's at least kind of backed by their name.

[B]

That's true, but it's like now it's like hardly even talked about, which obviously it's tough to talk about when you're not doing anything with it.

[A]

Yeah, hopefully.

[B]

Hopefully it comes back. I do truly believe that NFTs will somehow come back. I do also believe they're kind of pointless. But bro, I wouldn't doubt if the price goes up. Really? Yeah.

[F]

That was the most tone deaf thing I think I've ever heard.

[C]

Yeah, I think they really dropped the ball on that because. So we're fucked up and did it eight months too late.

[A]

I didn't understand it at all. Like why, why did they just.

[B]

Is it funding his, like, political campaign? I doubt it.

[A]

I mean, 45, 000 sold in around 12 hours, collecting around $5 million, which is a lot of money.

[B]

But to Trump, that's nothing, dude.

[D]

It's not like it's needed.

[A]

Was, was it his, his campaign that did it or like, was it just.

[F]

Outside Trump did it?

[D]

I went in nft.

[F]

So the thing was he like, you know, he's releasing like these policy things and then they promote the NFT as like major announcement. And it's like your major announcement should be the, the policy, not the NFT thing.

[C]

You're running for president.

[A]

What an interesting guy.

[D]

Yeah, they're expecting something kind of monumental and he's like, nfts.

[A]

What, bro?

[B]

Too late, too late, too late.

[A]

Actually, dude, it's crazy. The 45th President of the United States just dropped NFTs. Aren't they of him like riding like unicorns and shit too? Pop up a Trump nft. It's pretty funny.

[D]

They're all great, I must say, but they just look like Trump put his thing in the AI generator and it gave him 12 like superhero images back.

[A]

All right. Speaking of making money. So about a month ago, we started seeing just clips of our videos being uploaded to YouTube. So just like random little bits that we'd done throughout like the last four years. Super random, but under the name of, under the name of C Boys TV clips. And we weren't doing it, it was just some random kid doing it. So we saw like the first couple pop up and we're watching them and we're like, oh, some kid is just like uploading our clips. And then some of them started pulling like pretty crazy views, like 200,000, 300,000 views.

[B]

We're literally just downloading our video and snipping a clip out of it and.

[A]

Uploading it and just re uploading it. Right? So we're watching it for a couple weeks and he's like, pretty consistent with it. He's doing one a day. Some are popping off, some aren't doing much. And we were like, we should probably like put a stop to this. But like, let's see if he keeps doing it and how they keep going.

[B]

Because we get notified. Actually in YouTube it says, you know, you. Basically it's a copyright claim and it pops up and we could claim it if we wanted. Yeah.

[A]

So YouTube gives us the option to either completely delete it or just demonetize it so that he can't make any money off of it.

[B]

It's growing, dude. And he's staying consistent.

[A]

Consistent with it. So finally, me and CJ email. The email connected to it and we're like, hey, this is Ben and CJ, let's hop on a FaceTime call and let's just have a chat. So me and CJ hop on a FaceTime call with a 17 year old kid named Ashton. Shout out, Ashton. I know he's watching this right now. Kid good.

[B]

I like him a lot. I just talked to him the other day.

[A]

So long story short, Ashton, 17 year old kid, high schooler, was just cutting our videos because he knew nobody else is doing it and just re uploading it, having just a screenshot for the thumbnail, arrow, some text. And he was making like 4,500 bucks. He was monetized for 20 days and he made 4,500 bucks in 20 days. Oh, and he was like, dude, I was making more money in a day than like my friends were in a week working normal jobs. And it was taking me like 30 minutes to do it. Right. So me and CJ are like pretty impressed. You know, like, that's crazy.

[C]

And it takes initiative to, you know, think of that idea.

[B]

Right. But also it's a channel, it's very easy work in, in, you know. Yeah.

[C]

Compared to what you do.

[B]

Well, even just filming the video, editing it, whatever, making a comment because he was just snipping it, it, putting it and it would just pop off. But it's a very useful thing that he's doing because he's doing a good job at titling and taking a screen grab and making a decent thumbnail out of it and just making an intriguing clip that makes people click. Yeah. You know.

[D]

Correct.

[A]

So we were like, man, we don't really want him to stop doing it, but like at the end of the day he is kind of just like stealing our shit. We have like no control over it and he's just basically profiting off of, of our content. Like at the end of the day.

[B]

It'S just copyright and we're not getting anything. It'd be like selling someone else's, like, song.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Basically. Yep.

[A]

So we. We just worked out a deal with him where he's still doing it, and he. We. We told him, do one video a day from the main channel and then do one podcast clip a day.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

From the podcast, we're giving him a percentage of all the earnings on the revenue. He can see the revenue. So he's, like, motivated by it. Like, the more he posts, the. The better the title or thumbnail is. Like, the more money he's gonna make. More money we make. And he gets to just sit in his room for, yeah, 30 minutes.

[B]

He said it takes him, I think, like, an hour. He spends an hour a day. He gets to chill there and. But the thing, like, anybody can cut that. Most people don't have consistency or, like, the discipline to continuously do it every day at the same time and. And just have the discipline of it.

[A]

But what he had that.

[B]

That I honestly couldn't find with other people that I've tried having do do stuff is he knew. Exactly. He's really good at making, like, a title and thumbnail for these clips. Because in a sense, we have. Let's say you take, like, a minor bit from a video that we would never title and thumbnail around. He's able to take that and make this thing and it says, like, Ben from C Boys tv, you know, does this or whatever, and they just pop off and he does one a day.

[D]

That was, like, the beauty of his thumbnail and titling was he was idling.

[B]

The thing gets it.

[D]

And also, what you said about learning to, you know, there's only so many bits you could pick out of our video, but learning to pick the ones that.

[B]

He's good. He has intelligence.

[C]

He.

[D]

Sometimes we read the title of the videos he's posting, and we're like, I laugh, bro. It's stuff we wouldn't think of nor ever title a video, which I love.

[A]

He's got a very outsider look.

[D]

Look.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

About.

[A]

And it's perfect for those working. Yeah. I think it's, like, the touch that we were missing. We're, like, so focused on, like, the inside and. And, like, he almost is coming approaching it at, like, an angle that is, like, so not, like, YouTube friendly, too.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And it's working, like, so many things. I'll, like, text CJ about like, yo, should we text him? Like, probably don't use this in the thumbnail or use this in the title. Because YouTube is gonna let, like, throttle it most of the time. If we were to do it, it works like, it'll go like, number one.

[B]

I just let him do it because. And, like, that was the. The reason why we were like, we don't want to put a stop to this because this kid gets it. So it's like, if we could just get him to start working with us on it now. Everyone, it's a win, win for everyone. He's no longer stealing content. We're no longer getting stuff stolen from us. We're both winning. And the best part was you didn't have to train a man. Like, a lot of people DM me. Like, they hit me up and they. And then I'm like, okay. And they're like, yeah, I do all this stuff. I like editing and photos and all this. And I'll say, send me a portfolio. I mean, I have a portfolio. Like, if you don't have any.

[A]

To be fair, this probably doesn't have a portfolio either.

[B]

He could send the YouTube channel and say, I titled and thumbnailed all these.

[A]

But it's a different guys now. He does. Yeah, but he.

[D]

And he got the job because he didn't need one. He, like, proved it.

[B]

But I'm just talking about these. This case.

[A]

I know, I know. But we just pretty much just took a risk, like, on the kid. And he just took.

[B]

Initially, I don't think it was a risk at all.

[A]

Yeah, but he just started doing it.

[B]

Yeah, that's what he did. He showed us that. He proved that he could do it.

[A]

But it's like, you got to have.

[B]

Some kind of examples that you can do it. And he had an example because he was doing it.

[A]

That's why he was able to do it.

[C]

I think a super valuable thing for people in any space trying to get a job, trying to get a client doing anything is make yourself useful.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

We get all these emails. I can quadruple your revenue. I can do all these things.

[B]

Prove it.

[C]

A little bit of. Yeah, like proof or making yourself useful or having an example of things you've done and, you know, maybe you're trying to, like, you know, mow lawns or something like that. If you're. If you want to come and you want to be like, hey, I want to mow your lawn. Come with the mower. Or come with pictures. Like, hey, look at the nice lines I did at my lawn at home. Home. And then that way someone can look at that and go, I like the way that you did that. I'm not totally banking on someone young and maybe inexperienced, but I'm Now I'm able to see the proof in the pudding.

[B]

That's a really good point.

[C]

I think that's why he got the job. If he had emailed us and said, I want to make clips for you guys, I can come up with good thumbnails. I can come with good titles. I know what to do would have been like, sweet. Delete.

[B]

Yeah, he'd have been. He proved it. Like, with the lawnmower. That's a perfect example. Example. If you want to start a lawnmower business, lawn mowing business, show up, say, hey, sir, I'm running a lawn mowing business. Yada, yada. I see that you haven't mowed your lawn in a couple weeks. Maybe you don't have time. Maybe you're old. Maybe you.

[A]

You.

[B]

It's too hard for you. I actually want to. I just want to do your first lawn for free and prove to you. I just want to show you what I can do. And. And after that, if you don't like it, whatever, it's all good. But yeah, for free.

[C]

You could pay me for the back.

[B]

Or even just do the whole thing.

[A]

I guess that'd be bad how big it is.

[B]

But I'm just saying, like, like, that's.

[A]

How you get jobs.

[B]

Like, it's not really about, like, oh, like, I know how to do this or I know how to do that, like, show it. You got to do the walk before you do the talking. In my opinion, like, to your point of.

[D]

Of how many. We get a lot of those. And, and we talk about it on here, and I really appreciate everyone that it shows.

[B]

So we get a lot of them.

[D]

And then to your point, like, how you're like, yeah, but we still took a risk. It's like the, you know, calculated risk anyway. It's like, if they send, I want to be your editor. I can do this, this, this, and this. And then they send, like, let's say just one video and, like, that's it. We can't take a risk on that. It's just. You can't take a risk on that. But what we saw from him, we can take a risk on and we correct.

[A]

You know how many kids are probably listening to this right now, like, damn, I should have done that. But, like, yeah, he took.

[B]

When I talked to him, he was smart.

[C]

He took the initiative, and I think that's the most impressive part also, you.

[A]

Can'T do it now it's done. It's done, there's one person doing it. And if you do do it, like.

[B]

You take it down.

[A]

Yeah, it gives us the option to just like copyright it.

[B]

But sorry, you can go subscribe to our C Boys TV Clips channel and our Life Wide Open Clips podcast Clips channel. We're coming up on that.

[A]

When we were sitting there asking him, we were like, why, why'd you start doing it? And he was like, dude, I've been thinking about doing it for two years. And then I heard you guys talking about like on the podcast you had just like take initiative.

[B]

And I was like, I think I'm.

[A]

Going to just start doing it it.

[B]

And he said that he saw there was a couple other channels that had tried, but it looked like they only did, you know, four, five, six, seven videos and then they didn't stay with it. And that's the biggest thing to is he stuck with it even with our pot. So like The Steve Boys TV YouTube clips are popping. In my opinion. The life wide open clips we were very inconsistent with because we didn't have time to do it. So he kind of got put into a slightly inactive channel, but he stayed super consistent with it. And he said he's been hopping in the algorithm and if you look at the, the views for the clips before he was running it or you know, our previous, you know, sporadic posts on it to when he took it over and post one a day, they just keep climbing. Yeah, he's keep climbing. And I don't know, I just, I can appreciate that.

[A]

And we love for him, man.

[B]

Good for him. He could do it for a bunch of other people's channels too, if he wanted. If you think about it.

[D]

True.

[B]

He just basically got to get the attention of them or find the right people.

[D]

Right. Luckily, at the end of the day he is a big fan, so that helps a lot.

[B]

Yeah, maybe he'll make a clip about this. Hopefully the best part about Ashton is you don't even have to talk to him anymore.

[A]

Like, I mean, if you want it, he can just call me or text.

[B]

Me anytime or I could do, but like I don't have to monitor nothing. I don't have to tell him to do anything.

[C]

You two said this when we were talking to the car last Friday. He said the biggest asset someone can be is you not having to tell them what to do. I'm just doing it. You don't have to tell them on Wednesday morning to make a clip. Makes a clip. And if he doesn't, I mean, I guess that's his loss but he's been consistent with it.

[A]

So yeah, he's incentivized by percentage.

[C]

100. Yeah. Might as well make a make a million of them.

[A]

I told him, I was like dude, I hope like you just continue to make bank because it's only like the more, the harder you work on it and you can just like it's not like it's that hard. He's just like the more he cuts.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

And the more creative you are with the titles and thumbnails so you're gonna make good money.

[C]

So go from here. Subscribe to this channel if you haven't pleased. We by this time we have finally hit 150k.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Thank you.

[C]

Go check out the clips channels. It's kind of fun. You get little bite sized pieces. Maybe you might have missed some. You never know. Yeah, we'll see you next week.

[D]

Right on.

[A]

Later.