The Cause Of Ben's Abrupt Weight Loss

Summary

Podcast Summary: Life Wide Open with CboysTV

Episode: The Cause Of Ben's Abrupt Weight Loss
Date: December 5, 2023
Hosts: CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, Micah

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Life Wide Open" finds the CboysTV crew in a spirited, often humorous conversation that centers around health challenges (notably Ben’s weight loss and personal medical struggles), travel adventures, car woes, social observations (California culture, automotive trends), and a candid look behind the scenes of running CboysTV. As usual, their banter spans from current events in pop culture to nostalgic stories and random business or life advice, all delivered with unfiltered honesty and comedic timing.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Health Updates & Ben's Weight Loss Journey

• Ken and Ben's Health Issues: The episode kicks off with jokes about body hair and self-image before segueing into serious discussions about health.

  • Ken: Lost nearly 25 pounds due to a restrictive diet following stomach issues and appendix surgery, subsisting on steak, fruit, and water.
    • "Yeah. Looking in the mirror, I'm like, damn, this is not, like, healthy." – Ken (01:03)
  • Ben: Diagnosed with Lyme disease after months of unexplained illness.
    • "I went to this doctor...and they did like blood work and then it came back that I had Lyme's disease." – Ben (02:35)
    • Talks about being relieved to have an answer and his antibiotic regimen.
    • Observes irony: being considered the "healthiest" by family, yet facing significant health challenges.

• Micah’s Self-Reflection:

  • Contrasts his own self-inflicted health woes (from "living too good"), calling attention to the difference between chronic conditions and lifestyle setbacks.

2. California Adventures and Hot Air Ballooning

• Micah’s Vacation: Shares stories from his California trip, noting the youthful and health-driven culture there.
  • "California is sick, dude...I was sitting there on the beach in San Diego and I went damn near. This might be one of the best places in the world." – Micah (05:03–05:15)
• Hot Air Balloon Ride:
  • Describes the technical skill of landing and how the ride went over motocross pro houses.
  • Details the history of hot air balloons (first flight in 1783), safety, and death statistics (only 24 deaths in the last 10 years).
    • "The only thing about the hot air balloon that actually blew me away was we took off within 10ft of each other and we landed exactly where he told us we were going to land..." – Micah (06:50)
    • "In the last 10 years, 24 people have died from hot air balloons." – Evan (09:29)
  • Contemplates whether they could ever fly or land a plane if forced—leading to funny speculation and references to viral Mr. Beast videos.

3. Car Problems and Dealer Drama

• Updates on Vehicles:

  • Mike’s Bronco: Details selling his Bronco to a friend, Randy, and the hassles of waiting for his new one.
  • Ken’s Raptor Bronco: Recurring problem with defective roofs; frustration with Ford's lemon law.
    • "How are you always getting a lemon?" – Ben (21:08)
    • "I've had two defective roofs." – Evan (21:25)
  • Evan's Tesla: Hit-and-run accident; shares the high cost ($8,000+) and complexity of Tesla repairs.
    • "Somebody hit my Tesla, drove off. So that's a nice little eight grand repair." – Evan (22:38)

• Discussion of Car Markups & Trends:

  • Musings about ordering Cybertrucks and Tesla’s anti-resale policy (up to $50k penalty).
    • "I saw that if whoever gets the allocation and they get it from Tesla, if they want to sell it, Tesla's going to sue them for 50 grand." – Ken (24:33)
  • Opinions on the actual look and hype of the Cybertruck—split between "funny-looking but cool" and suspicion of marketing tricks.
  • Noted the supply-demand imbalance and the viral nature of Tesla and Elon Musk's personal brand.

4. Social Commentary: Advertising, "Woke" Culture, and Internet Hype

• Elon Musk vs. Disney:
  • Ken recounts a viral clip where Musk bluntly tells Disney’s CEO to "go fuck yourself" regarding ad spend on Twitter.
    • "And he said, I don't want them to advertise on it. I want them to go fuck themselves. And he, in front of like the whole crowd, he looked at the camera and he said, hi, Bob..." – Ken (27:54)
  • Reflects on society’s divide over “woke” corporate politics and cancel culture.
• Brand Sponsorship Frustrations:
  • The Cboys share candid stories about sponsors requesting edits/removals for content, standing by their preference for authentic, unrestricted content.
    • "Keeps their money and...we just post the video without it." – Ben (30:55)

5. Random Anecdotes and Viral Content

• Behind-the-Scenes Moments:

  • 4:30am warehouse drop-offs, odd sleep schedules, and confusion around Mike’s schedule.
  • Nostalgic breakdown of the viral igloo video: confessions about staging, internal frustration, and creative process.
    • "I was just worried about dying the entire time." – Ken (43:01)

• Pop Culture & Internet Trends:

  • Tangent on TikTok-optimized music creation and the changing nature of viral songs.
    • "I feel like artists...just make songs for like making clips now. You know, like you need like that 30 second chorus and the whole rest of the song can be trash." – Ben (57:04)
  • Discussion of "boy math" and "girl math"; jokes about rationalizing big purchases (snowmobiles, auto parts) versus luxury goods (Birkin bags).
  • Curious fascination with extreme sports: bobsledding, dirt bike polo, biathlon, and the fading excitement for Olympics/X-Games.

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Memorable Quotes by Timestamp

• On Ben’s Health:
  • "Yeah. Looking in the mirror, I'm like, damn, this is not, like, healthy." – Ken (01:03)
  • "I went to this doctor...and they did like blood work and then it came back that I had Lyme's disease." – Ben (02:35)
• On California’s Culture:
  • "California is sick, dude. Honestly. I was sitting there on the beach in San Diego and I went damn near. This might be one of the best places in the world." – Micah (05:03–05:15)
• On Cybertruck Hype:
  • "When you see an actual like just iPhone roller of it, it looked very fucking weird." – Ben (23:21)
• On Influencer Marketing:
  • "Everything that guy does just goes viral." – Ken on Elon Musk (27:36)
  • "It is such a pain in the ass...companies come back and say, like, you need to change this, this, this. Take this part out or else we're not gonna...pay you guys. And it ruins the video every time." – Ken (30:01)
• On "Math" Rationalizations:
  • "Buy a $20,000 snowmobile and snowmobile for free." – Micah (52:36)
• On Internet-Driven Music Trends:
  • "I feel like artists are actually...they just make songs for making clips now...that song will just..." – Ben (57:04)
• On Living Life vs. Financial Advice:
  • "Bro, live your life. Spend that extra $3 a day and have a coffee that makes you happier." – Ken (50:46)

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Notable Segments with Timestamps

• 00:56: Initial discussion of Ben and Ken’s recent health struggles and crash diets.
• 02:35: Ben describes his diagnosis of Lyme disease and long-standing sickness.
• 05:03–06:40: Micah’s vacation stories: California’s lifestyle, hot air ballooning, and dirt bike culture.
• 09:29: Hot air balloon deaths in the last decade.
• 21:02–22:56: Bronco, Tesla repairs, and the costliness of modern car parts.
• 23:21–27:12: In-depth Cybertruck talk, marketing hype, and Tesla's anti-resale policy.
• 27:54–29:11: Elon Musk's viral Disney callout and corporate "woke" culture backlash.
• 30:01–30:59: Ad sponsor interference and the CboysTV stance on creative freedom.
• 43:01: Behind-the-scenes on the igloo overnight video and creative stress.
• 52:36: "Boy math"/"girl math" segment.
• 57:04–57:32: How internet memes and TikTok have changed modern music creation.

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Episode Highlights & Fun Moments

• Micah reflecting on California culture: Playful, semi-satirical observation of “health and youthfulness in Cali” vs. their home state.
• Group speculation on "plane landing confidence": Lively debate about pilot skills, referencing viral stunts and simulator experiences.
• Witty banter on the cost of living, vehicles, and "math": Justifying purchases (or not fixing car damage) with "logic" only the Cboys could invent.
• Viral internet observations: Bemoaning every corner of pop, sponsored content, or influencer-driven music.
• Nostalgia for big CboysTV stunts: Rehashing details, unexpected challenges, and behind-the-scenes drama in viral videos, like the igloo challenge.

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Tone & Style

Conversational, irreverent, and full of inside jokes. The group shifts quickly from sincere to comedic, blending candid admissions of anxiety and health woes with a relentless impulse to riff on everything—from car culture to social media trends and even financial advice clichés. It's part deep dive, part stand-up, and always authentic CboysTV.

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Best For

Listeners who:

• Enjoy unscripted male friendship and honest back-and-forth
• Want a peek at the health/life challenges behind social media stunts
• Are into cars, action sports, and viral internet culture
• Appreciate relatable, lighthearted comedy about everyday (and not-so-everyday) problems

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End on a high note:
"Nice, Swifty." – Ken (60:34)
As the crew successfully name-drops Taylor Swift albums and signs off on another energetically chaotic and candid session.

Transcript

[Ken]

You just leave.

[Ben]

I'm like, is this what this guy does? He wasn't even selling them. He was just doing it for fun.

[Micah]

Yeah, it's like the Kia boys are planes.

[Ken]

They're worried about dying the entire time.

[Micah]

Micah, you are the only person on this plane that is not an infant. You have to land the plane. Like, do you think you can?

[Ben]

How are you always getting a lemon?

[Mike]

Your bronco's been gone.

[Ben]

You complain about every little thing.

[Ken]

That's why looking in the mirror, I'm like, damn, this is not, like, healthy.

[Ben]

God, you're a hairy Ryan grizzly bear, man. You're like a grizzly bear, dude.

[Ken]

That always pisses me off, though, when I see that.

[Micah]

Me being fat and hairy.

[Ben]

Does that piss you off, Ben? Yeah, he just has no tolerance towards hair and obesity.

[Micah]

Tough out here, dude.

[Ken]

Don't get me canceled now.

[Micah]

Not all of us have stomach issues that allows, you know, to not be able to eat and stuff like that.

[Ken]

Dude, I lost. I've lost 20, almost 25 pounds.

[Micah]

Oh, my gosh.

[Ben]

You can see it in your face. Yeah, you definitely can, but that's a ton, bro.

[Ken]

Yeah. Looking in the mirror, I'm like, damn, this is not, like, healthy. No, I'm on, like, a terrible diet, so it's not healthy, but what are you eating?

[Mike]

So you went from a terrible diet to a terrible diet?

[Ken]

Pretty much. I mean, just literally steak and fruit.

[Ben]

That's not that terrible of a diet.

[Micah]

That bad?

[Ken]

Well, no carbohydrates or, like. Right.

[Mike]

You're just like. I just miss all the good food.

[Ken]

Yes, I do.

[Ben]

But no.

[Ken]

20. 20. Almost £25.

[Ben]

Do you just drink water, then?

[Ken]

Yeah, just water.

[Ben]

So no beer?

[Mike]

Nope, no beer.

[Micah]

How do you live?

[Ken]

How do you drink? I know it's difficult.

[Ben]

Just water.

[Micah]

I've been having this really weird, like, eye twitch thing, and I was looking it up, and it's from caffeine, alcohol, lack of sleep, stress, and an irregular schedule.

[Ken]

You kind of got all those.

[Mike]

Checked all the boxes, dude, that was your problem. You looked it up.

[Micah]

It is incredibly annoying.

[Mike]

Is it? Oh, it's like, all the time. Like, that happens to me, like, once every, like, two months.

[Micah]

I thought if you ate bananas, it would help you, but it apparently doesn't.

[Mike]

Because you gotta eat a lot of bananas for that.

[Ben]

I got Lyme's disease, so, I mean, geez, dude. That's not. Not as bad as I guess Ben and I got it. Probably the worst right now.

[Micah]

I'm over here, guys.

[Mike]

Yeah, you're, like, the most healthy People I know and the most sick people.

[Ben]

And then we're like, I know.

[Ken]

That's what.

[Ben]

That's what my dad said when we were at Thanksgiving. You two are supposedly the most healthy. And you guys. And one of you got Sibo and the other one's got Lymes disease. I don't know.

[Micah]

Dude, what's Lyme's disease? How do you. How do you.

[Ben]

From supposedly a infected tick or something?

[Mike]

Deer tick.

[Ben]

But yeah. So it's not good. Felt like for a long time and finally figured it out because we. I went to this doctor, I was trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with me and. And they did like blood work and then it came back that I had Lyme's disease. What was interesting about it was like there was a marker that I have it right now, but then there was another marker, I don't know what they call it, that I had it in the past too. So I must have had it. Which makes sense because like, you know, like we grew up just playing in the woods and stuff.

[Ken]

That's got to be kind of a relief to find out though, that there is an actual reason for why you've been feeling like.

[Ben]

Yeah, it was nice to actually have a answer because I've felt like for a long time, but I just. I mean, I still feel like. But you just keep pushing through.

[Micah]

What's the remedy to it? Like, what do you do?

[Ben]

I don't know. I've been on antibiotics for 18 days.

[Micah]

Oh, wow.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

That's a crazy amount of time.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's like a 20 day regimen.

[Micah]

Damn. Okay, so you're getting close to the end.

[Ben]

Then do like more blood work and then see if I still have it. If I still have it, then I got to do some other kind of thing.

[Mike]

Wow.

[Ben]

But yeah, it's not. Not ideal.

[Micah]

Definitely not.

[Ken]

It's crazy how common getting Lyme's disease is. Maybe it's just up here because of like, I guess how common deer are.

[Ben]

Living in the sticks.

[Ken]

Living in the sticks, but no remedies or really.

[Ben]

Well, there is, but just stay inside.

[Micah]

And play Xbox all the time.

[Ben]

There, there is, but it's not like this fixes it from my understanding. But I don't think I have it as bad as other people. Like some people really are up. Like.

[Micah]

See, that's the thing. At least you guys have like real health problems. It's just like mine's all self inflicted, which is really uncomforting because I have to do something to change it. Like I Know something's wrong with me beyond all that, but I'm like, damn, I have to take it upon myself to fix it.

[Ken]

No, that would be way better. You got it. Way better versus things that are like kind of out of your control. Like, I got it. Yeah, it'd be pretty easy.

[Ben]

I gotta do.

[Ken]

Didn't do anything wrong. I just got a appendix surgery. And that's where all my problems are coming from. Yours are just like you said, stuff inflicted.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Ben]

From living too good, man.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Just having too damn good of a time.

[Micah]

Yeah. Is it?

[Ken]

Yeah, I would say so. I would say you're having a great time. You're. How was California? You said you drank.

[Micah]

Oh, yeah.

[Ben]

Drank like a fish.

[Ken]

I just got off vacation.

[Micah]

Oh, yeah?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Micah]

I haven't. Having a good time. Yeah. No, no. California was sick. Honestly. I know this is a hot take. Other than the like political climate and all the other bad people. California is sick, dude.

[Ken]

California is really nice. It's a shame. What?

[Micah]

It's amazing. Exactly, exactly. That's how I felt. I was sitting there on the beach in San Diego and I went damn near. This might be one of the best places in the world. I can't believe they it up so bad.

[Ken]

It's so great.

[Mike]

That's what I've always said about when I'm there, I'm like, I see why everyone came.

[Micah]

Everyone wants to live there.

[Mike]

It's pretty obvious. It's like everything amazing in one spot. In one corner of the.

[Micah]

It's so interesting. The people there are so different. I noticed one, they're all younger. Typically around here, everybody's a little bit older than us, but everybody's so healthy. Like people are out running their dogs at like 7am they. And it's just. It's just different, man. They just live different.

[Ben]

You're not all covered up, so you want to look good.

[Micah]

And it's nice outside. So you're like, oh, it's only 65 degrees this morning. I guess I can go for a run. Let's put on a layer.

[Ken]

Where were you?

[Micah]

We were in Temecula first and then second. We went down to San Diego. But it's funny being in Temecula because we took this hot air balloon ride and we flew over. I'm pretty sure Axel Hodges house, but for sure, Robbie Madison's.

[Ken]

Oh, just dirt bike jumps everywhere.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

It was like a bunch of dirt bikes.

[Ben]

It has to have. Yeah, that's kind of like the Mecca for. That's what our bike riders, a lot of them live in that area.

[Micah]

That's what, like, the tour guy said. He said it's like the dirt bike capital. He kept calling it motorcycling. It's a motorcycling capital. Well, I was like, I think we're a little more specific than that. And then he called Axel the metal militia kid. And I was like, he's not. And I was like, because is that the Deegans? And he was like, no, no, no, he's young. And I was like, okay, militia kid.

[Ben]

Yeah, they can't get it right.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Micah]

And he goes.

[Ben]

He does tours over that house every day.

[Micah]

Exactly.

[Ben]

Mal misinformation out there.

[Micah]

But, yeah, it was pretty cool. California is a wild place, man.

[Mike]

So was the hot air balloon fun? Scary? Both.

[Micah]

The only thing about the hot air balloon that actually blew me away was we took off within 10ft of each other and we landed exactly where he told us we were going to land, like, 10 miles away, right next to each other.

[Ken]

How do they do that?

[Micah]

They don't control the thing. I don't know. He would, like, lower down and the wind would pull us this way. And then he'd go up and the wind would pull us another way. Like, it was actually a skill I lost.

[Mike]

The only thing that blew me away in the hot air balloon was definitely the wind. But no, that. That we. We were talking about that, like, how do they know where they're going to land? Even, like, the field. Oh, that's the field. 10 miles away. Like, I don't know.

[Micah]

It was pretty wild. They tried to explain it, but they didn't really have an answer. I think it's witchcraft.

[Ken]

What would happen if your hot air balloon started on fire?

[Mike]

Very bad.

[Micah]

I wasn't like.

[Ken]

Is there a backup?

[Ben]

No, no, there's a bunch of parachutes.

[Ken]

That is the wildest shit.

[Micah]

Then at a certain height, I got high enough that I was aware of, like, my imminent danger to falling and, like, dying. Even though if you're over, like, 100ft, you'd probably die anyway. But, yeah, I was like, what? What if something happens?

[Ken]

Probably less than that.

[Micah]

I know. Like, is the basket seven people?

[Ben]

It was pretty. So seven people is rather small, though.

[Mike]

It's still tight.

[Micah]

Yeah. I mean, you're. You're kind of jammed in there. It was real wicker.

[Ben]

How long has hot air balloons been around? Can you look that up for us? And then also, how many deaths a year is there from hot air balloons?

[Micah]

Go for the deaths. Because the first hot air balloon ride I learned this was in, like, France or Something like that. And they sent a bunch of cattle up in it because nobody wanted to do it.

[Ken]

Like, the makes sense.

[Micah]

The France king and queen, like, paid for it and it was silk and super expensive. And they sent it up.

[Mike]

Train the cattle how to land.

[Micah]

Yeah, land. No, it landed in a farmer's field. And then the farmer who had like, they'd never. Nothing had ever flown before at that time.

[Mike]

So, like, this before the right brothers. Like, this is before. Yeah.

[Ben]

Delivered a bunch of cattle to him. He's like, this is amazing. God.

[Micah]

Yeah. Nobody actually got like super pissed and like attacked it and then I think killed the animals.

[Ben]

That sounds right.

[Ken]

Yeah, dude.

[Ben]

But then probably that was aliens.

[Micah]

Yeah. But then, like, they rode up on horses and they were like, did the cattle live? And he was like, yeah. What the was that? And then so the other guys did it and then apparently they celebrate with champagne, so.

[Ken]

Huh.

[Micah]

So I remember.

[Ben]

So what year Was that roughly?

[Micah]

September 19, 1783.

[Mike]

It's a long time ago.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

How's the landing? Is the landing like. Is it a little bit rough?

[Micah]

I mean, it wasn't bad. It did. When I tell the story, people always go, oh, like we came in and we clipped a couple trees.

[Ken]

Really?

[Micah]

And then you basically just skid into the ground. But it's fairly controlled. Like, I wasn't freaked out, but everybody else in the balloon that was nervous what didn't really do things was pretty nervous. And I was like, this, this isn't bad. We're going to crash like five miles an hour. Worst case, Ontario.

[Evan]

In the last 10 years, 24 people have died from hot air balloons.

[Micah]

That's not bad. That's good.

[Ben]

That's nothing.

[Ken]

I'd say.

[Micah]

I'll take that.

[Evan]

Do you think we could get Evan.

[Micah]

In one of those?

[Evan]

Maybe.

[Ben]

That would be so entertaining.

[Evan]

When they're blindfolded, make him take the blindfold off.

[Ben]

And he definitely.

[Ken]

Yeah, we're doing. That's actually a great idea.

[Ben]

What's. What's a hot air balloon cost? Could we get our own hot air balloon? Do you need a special license to fly a hot air balloon?

[Micah]

I actually did think. I think I could maybe fly a plane. Like, given the circumstances. Pilot has a hair, heart attack. I think I could maybe get us to the ground alive. No.

[Ken]

But yeah, there's no chance, dude.

[Micah]

I'm not sure.

[Ken]

I'm not a passenger airplane. Like a full on Boeing 7.

[Micah]

No, no. I'm thinking something. It could still be like a six person. Like a. Yeah, like a plant. Like a plane. Preferably Propeller. I'm not saying we're gonna land and it's gonna be pretty.

[Ben]

You can technically just kind of. Yeah. Send it down, and then it just skids. Skids.

[Micah]

Yeah. We're gonna crash. The plane's gonna be messed up.

[Mike]

Is it one of you guys? That was gonna be the story of, like, some kid, like, young. Like, let's say he's 18. He was, like, stealing planes, and he was on the run for a long time. Maybe it was Gavin. Anyway, it just blew me away.

[Micah]

He stole planes.

[Mike]

He stole planes. He'd go to, like, you know, a smaller, like, airport, and then, like, steal a plane. He would fly it, and I go, well, so he didn't know how to fly planes. No, he didn't. But, you know, somewhat straightforward. I'm like, what about landing, though? He didn't know how to land. No. He would basically just. Just get it good enough, take off the landing gear, probably wipe out a wing here and there, and then just leave it. Go on the run. Steal another plane.

[Ken]

Why?

[Ben]

He wasn't even selling them. He was just doing for fun.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Micah]

Did they like the Kia Boys planes?

[Mike]

That's what I explained it as. It was the key. Yeah. They caught.

[Ken]

What year was that?

[Mike]

I have no idea.

[Ken]

Interesting.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Ken]

What a thrill. Yeah. I can't imagine.

[Mike]

The biggest thing was the whole, like, landing thing. Like, it was like, nah, he couldn't. He can't land.

[Ben]

I think. I think the land. I don't think it's that hard to fly, because I saw Mr. Beast video. One of his, like, partners in the videos. He learned how to fly a plane on a simulator. All he had to do is land it on the simulator one time, and then he. He got to fly the plane with the guy, and he flew a granny. He's got a. A pilot next to him, but he landed it. It looked like in the video. The guy wasn't touching.

[Ken]

No, no, no.

[Ben]

That was.

[Ken]

No, bro. They cut. They cut away. I w. I watched this video yesterday, too. As soon as they come down and they land, they go to the wing shot of it, and they don't show him actually landing. And then as soon as they land, the pilot's like, congratulations, you landed the plane. And they're, like, in the background. Oh, my gosh. I was crazy. And, like, Mr.

[Ben]

Beast fakes his videos.

[Ken]

I think that was. I think that was the first, because I. I'm sure the pilot was like, I don't know if you can. I don't know if you can actually just do this. Yeah, I'M not saying from the times that I've flown with my friend Sam who has like the smaller planes like that, like passenger planes.

[Micah]

Doesn't look easy.

[Ken]

It's not rocket science. Yeah, honestly, fairly simple. The craziest part is when he's calling into the the air flight control and he's saying like Alpha Bravo 293 coming in at not get to the chopper 47 with the winds of yada yada. No idea what he's saying there but like you know, it takes off the power and just like slowly lands it down. But some flaps, but that's a smaller plane.

[Micah]

I'm not saying I could go, you know, hop in a Delta plane and do it.

[Ken]

I. Because I saw a stat that 50% of men think that they could land a like a Delta passenger airplane where they get.

[Mike]

Why would you ever say yes to that?

[Ben]

Yeah, Ryan just said is interesting stat.

[Micah]

Like you're on the plane with a bunch of babies, like baby children and they go, you, Ryan, you are, Micah, you are the only person on this plane that is not an infant. You have to land the plane. Like do you think you can?

[Evan]

I mean how much stuff is automated in those planes now? Like are they actually just hitting stuff?

[Micah]

But here's autopilot's the smartest one.

[Ken]

Everyone else crashes.

[Ben]

Ken's on his own plane that he has to pilot. He just hits a button back drinks.

[Mike]

You know, there is a lot of autopilot stuff going on. But how to initiate that? You guys all heard like the Delta.

[Ben]

Can'T figure it out.

[Mike]

They basically fly themselves besides landing and they can probably even land themselves, but they just have to have a pilot there.

[Evan]

Cuz I, I saw this thing on Instagram a few weeks ago. It's like for a smaller plane, but like it's if the pilot passes out, dies, whatever. A passenger can like push a button and the computer just does everything. Like it radios air traffic control, it like finds an airport to land at and just lands. It hits the brakes and you just have to get out.

[Micah]

Interesting actually.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Micah]

I mean that seems like a good thing to have in place.

[Ken]

It does seem, it makes sense.

[Ben]

But I mean they got the technology for it nowadays. It's probably super expensive plane.

[Micah]

And also to all the pilots out there, I respect what you do and I don't think that I could do it well at your caliber safely. Every time it's like saying, you know, like, could I drive a nascar? Yeah, I can drive a nascar. I'm not gonna do it at the quality that you Can. So before you get upset, I know it's way, way harder. And also I would probably crash. And in good weather conditions.

[Ben]

Okay, dude, cover up.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I feel like I've been saying this for a while, but I'm getting my pilot license. Proud of you, 24.

[Micah]

I'm proud of you.

[Ben]

And I'm getting my hot air balloon license.

[Ken]

There we go, dude.

[Micah]

And I'm gonna ride in the back.

[Ken]

No, I think that'd be so sweet though.

[Micah]

You think Evan will get in a plane with you?

[Ken]

I don't think he's gonna have a choice.

[Micah]

I think he's gonna have to.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Going somewhere. He's gonna have somewhere.

[Ken]

What's he gonna do? You want to be like just the last one living?

[Mike]

Huh?

[Ken]

How would you feel then?

[Mike]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[Micah]

I can't remember who said that to, but I love that.

[Ken]

Well, what's worse? Yeah, what's worse? You know, dying or going down with all. Without all your homies and being the only one left.

[Micah]

I actually did go back to the place where we hired Evan on this trip. It was kind of wild. Like I looked at that chair like it was iconic.

[Ben]

Did it have like a brown streak on it?

[Ken]

Did they have to like.

[Ben]

You knew it was. Yeah, they hadn't touched it yet.

[Micah]

Yeah, no, the whole thing was like. It was like a.

[Ken]

In two years.

[Micah]

Yeah. It was like an unsafe sanitary zone.

[Ben]

Mike, what were you doing this morning? I got a notification on the security cameras and it was like 4:30. And you just came rolling in.

[Mike]

Yeah. You're heavy, bro.

[Ben]

You were just like normal, dressed like you were about to start the day. And I was like, there's no way this dude is here this early on a Sunday to go away. And then you were there till 5:30 and then you left. You drove all the way from Fargo at 4:30 in the morning?

[Mike]

Uh huh.

[Ben]

Why?

[Mike]

Basically because I had merch to bring Ken. And then I was like doing shit at the house, hanging out. And then I was like, yeah, I'll just go bring the merch after Sydney goes to bed. And then I fell asleep. And then I woke up at like 4 because otherwise Ken to have it. I had a bunch of merch. I wanted Ken to have it there in the morning. And so I was like, if I bring it when we do the podcast. I went, yeah, that was. I just, I went. Ken said he needed the truck to go to brush mark, so I freaking ripped the Subaru out of the cold storage.

[Ken]

That's what it was.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Micah]

Wow.

[Ben]

And you did all this at 4:30 in the morning?

[Mike]

Yeah, I think Gavin stayed here. You guys went out last night, and I'm sure he was like, who's here?

[Micah]

You're like, what's going on?

[Mike]

The garage door open. Like, probably thinking someone's maybe breaking in. But, yeah, it was pretty funny.

[Micah]

What do you think of being, like, a part of. I mean, that's pretty extreme, but, like, that's early morning crew. What'd you think?

[Mike]

Like, middle of the night?

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Ben]

You have no constraints when it comes to time, Mike. It's just like, you just do it when you.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Slept from, like, 6 to 12:30, got up, painted. What? Yeah, painted.

[Ken]

Yeah, painted the entryway at 1:00am no, no, no. He goes to bed at 6:00pm Slept.

[Mike]

From 6 from 6:00am to 12:30 at noon.

[Ken]

Oh, okay. Okay. I thought you meant you went to bed at, like, 6, woke up at 12:30 and just started painting your entryway. And then once you got that done, you were like, all right, better head out to the lake.

[Mike]

No, lately it's just been, like, the sleep schedule's just been so off that it's almost like it doesn't matter.

[Evan]

Getting close to a normal. And just give it a few more days.

[Mike]

Yeah, it was. It was very peaceful. I was like, someone's gotta be, like, looking at the cameras, like, wondering.

[Ben]

Well, I got a notification because I knew Gavin was there, and I was just checking to see how he was doing because he's pretty torn up last night.

[Mike]

Oh, bad? He slept in Evan's room.

[Ken]

Oh, he did?

[Evan]

No, he was on the couch this morning.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Mike]

Oh, well, he woke up. Yeah.

[Micah]

Get out of here.

[Mike]

He was in Evan's room when I got.

[Ken]

Couldn't breathe.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah. So that's why I was checking. I was like, what the is Mike doing? Like, you just came walking in, like, so chill.

[Micah]

Just hung out.

[Ben]

You're kind of just like. And you just buy something, then you just leave. I'm like, is this what this guy does? And then I look at your location. You're in Fargo. I'm like, what?

[Mike]

How funny would that be?

[Micah]

I was confused this morning when I looked.

[Mike]

Every weekend when I go to Fargo, I still spend my night.

[Ken]

You come back. You come back. Yeah.

[Ben]

Then you go in the morning for when she wakes up.

[Micah]

There is nothing worse than waking up. Like, you probably did the right thing when you Woke up at 4am or 5am and you were like, I can't sleep. I just got to get up and get my shit done. Nice job, Mike.

[Ben]

For the Business.

[Micah]

Nice job, Mike. I'll wake up and then I, like, think I can go back to bed and you just have this shitty night's sleep.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Micah]

And then you wake up late.

[Ken]

So why'd you drive this?

[Ben]

Why didn't you drive your Bronco?

[Mike]

Because it's freshly detailed, ready to go down the road. So I don't want her dirty. Yeah, Selling it to a real nice guy.

[Evan]

Picked it up yesterday.

[Ben]

Randy did?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Oh, so he did get it.

[Micah]

So Randy bought your Bronco? Yeah, Randy told me he also bought another Bronco because he wasn't going to buy your Bronco.

[Mike]

Seems like a very Randy thing to do.

[Micah]

I know. That's what I felt this morning when I heard this.

[Mike]

I think he was honestly, like, he was skeptical whether or not, like, I was. It was going to happen. And I just kept telling him, I'm like, yep, like, whenever my Bronco comes in, whether it's here or not, you're free to take it. And then he's like, well, I don't want to take it until I pay you. I'm like, I literally do not care. You may take it whenever you want because I know you're good for it. So I cleaned like outside, inside, great light, bar off, put new tires on it for him, all kinds of stuff. And then he took it yesterday. He says, love it. Yeah.

[Evan]

And I mean, he did come into the shop yesterday with another guy and was kind of like showing him around it. Yeah, he may have just flipped.

[Mike]

No, that would actually. That would actually be really sad cuz I gave him the homie hookup on it.

[Ken]

He pocketed like 5k.

[Ben]

Didn't even drive it out of the garage yet.

[Mike]

Serious flip. He's having one of his buddies drive it to Florida, which sounds like upside to me.

[Micah]

That makes sense.

[Ben]

So was your new one here then?

[Mike]

No, no, it's on a. Last I heard like two weeks ago was on a train to. From Detroit to.

[Micah]

Wow, that should be soon then any day.

[Ben]

How the freaking long does it take for a train to go that far? It's not like two states.

[Evan]

It's not the train. It's the. The getting a truck from Fargo to here.

[Mike]

Right.

[Micah]

We got to get the hookup at the train station so we can just pick it up from there.

[Mike]

I would much rather do. Yeah, right now we fast and furious.

[Ben]

That we'll go find the train while it's moving. You climb on, drive it off, don't.

[Mike]

Even pay for the thing somehow. Yeah. Physics do not apply in this.

[Ben]

It's a raptor Bronco, bro. So you can freaking jump right off that thing.

[Mike]

Well, that's what I mean. But as long as we have Fast and Furious in our title, like, then.

[Ben]

You don't even need them.

[Mike]

Any freaking jump from building to building.

[Micah]

Are you gonna actually drive your Raptor Bronco? Kenza's been MIA for the last like.

[Evan]

Yes, I would love to drive my Raptor Bronco, but it currently does not have a roof and Ford is not shipping it. So I don't know if I'm just not going to have a Bronco for 612 months.

[Ken]

Ken, this is what lemon law. This is what happened.

[Evan]

I think it technically applies.

[Mike]

Really?

[Ben]

How are you always getting a lemon?

[Mike]

Your Bronco's been gone.

[Ben]

You complain about every little thing.

[Micah]

That's why I dropped it off before.

[Evan]

We went to Glamis.

[Mike]

Oh, wow.

[Evan]

And they haven't shipped a new roof for it yet because they. The initial, like replacement roof was also defective.

[Ken]

Oh, just love.

[Micah]

I wish they didn't give you that.

[Ben]

He's had two defective roofs.

[Mike]

I love the idea.

[Ken]

Defective roof.

[Evan]

It rattles and it drives me. And it was driving me insane trying to drive that thing down the road because it's like a high pitched, like squeak.

[Ben]

I think that's just rubbing part of those. That's like what, a Rubicon? Like a Jeep Wrangler or. No, it was just freaking.

[Evan]

It was rubbing to the point where it was rubbing paint off the body. Rubbing in a spot where it's not supposed to.

[Micah]

Interesting.

[Mike]

But I just, I love the idea of like, if you were to actually do it lemoning and you know a ninety thousand dollar car out because of the removable roof is faulty.

[Micah]

Yeah, that.

[Ben]

Ken's done it before with this.

[Micah]

He's.

[Mike]

That one was much more legit. I'm not saying that was unligit. Just a fun.

[Ben]

If you tried lemoning in this, they might look at your record and be like, this guy's done this before. Like, there's no chance that this guy has had two of them in the last four years.

[Evan]

If I had this replaced in like June, I'd be fine, you know, not driving around at the top on. But it's like December now. I'm not driving around with 20 degree weather with no roof.

[Mike]

Not an option.

[Micah]

Has it affected your dating life now that you like, can't talk about both your vehicles. Like, the girls are like, oh, you told me you had.

[Evan]

Oh, it's broken.

[Micah]

And then you pull up in your Tesla, it's all banged up. They're like, man, this guy was.

[Ben]

Cap, can you. Having a tough time with the vehicles.

[Evan]

Somebody hit my Tesla, drove off. So that's a nice little eight grand repair.

[Ben]

Jeez, man. So does insurance not cover that or.

[Mike]

Holy.

[Evan]

I'm running it through insurance.

[Mike]

I'm not joking. My Subaru is so messed up compared to Ken's Tesla. And I think I might be under eight grand to fix that thing. That's insane, obviously. Yeah, obviously.

[Evan]

Ken's is a tailgate bumper. It's most of the tailgates.

[Ken]

It's a Tesla, bro.

[Ben]

That's how it's.

[Evan]

Plus it's parts. Plus like the labor to paint it and match it.

[Micah]

And I thought they had robots do everything.

[Evan]

Robots not going to fix it, though.

[Ken]

Have you guys seen all the. Well, I guess not all the cybertrucks coming out, but like, you know, the limited amount of cybertrucks that are coming out for like media now, they look cool, but also they.

[Ben]

When you see an actual like just iPhone roller of it, it looked very fucking weird.

[Ken]

It looks really. Well, it looked really weird.

[Ben]

Like, it didn't look as sharp as I was expecting it to.

[Micah]

And I'm big on it. Like, I'm like, it's a funky look, but it'll be cool. But that roller video of the one in Minnesota from the back, I was like, what are we looking?

[Ken]

It literally looked like a.

[Ben]

Like a fake car. Like a kit car someone built, which.

[Micah]

Is kind of cool for us.

[Ben]

We really like fake cars.

[Ken]

But I saw a video of it. It out towed a F350.

[Micah]

That's pretty sick.

[Ben]

Like, it freaking towed this thing they had. Yeah, the sled that was weighted all the way past the finish line.

[Ken]

So sick, dude. I mean, I like it. I would still get one hands down just because it's. It's so unique and different and insanely fast.

[Micah]

Ken, you haven't gotten any emails on yours or anything, right?

[Evan]

Oh, and I texted a guy at Tesla that I got his contact information from and he said they don't even know what. What's going on.

[Micah]

Okay. I also ordered one or put the hundred dollars down on one a bunch of years ago.

[Ben]

Man. That would have been in like 2019.

[Micah]

Yeah, it was pre. Pre Covid.

[Mike]

And I remember being in the office at the old shop in like.

[Ken]

Yeah, you're right. And you're like, well, screw it.

[Mike]

100 bucks.

[Ken]

I saw that if whoever gets the allocation and they get it from Tesla, if they want to sell it, Tesla's going to sue them for 50 grand. Whoa.

[Micah]

Well, that's what the markup is going to be because I'm locked in tri motor for like 70 grand.

[Evan]

They're not doing. They're 100 now.

[Ben]

They're under now.

[Micah]

What they up that.

[Ben]

That's still a pretty cheap deal.

[Evan]

Prices subject to change.

[Micah]

Oh, that's.

[Ben]

They're up under now. That's. That's honestly not that bad. But. No, it's not nice.

[Micah]

It's not. I mean it's expensive as hell, but it's for what?

[Ben]

That's what like your Hummer cost more than that.

[Ken]

If you buy it for 100 and then you. You get sued for 50 grand for reselling it, though you could still probably sell it in the first couple months. I would say easily 200.

[Ben]

Yeah, I bet the first do that though. I just don't understand why you would. You just obviously have a lot of money.

[Ken]

Well, for us it would be worth it.

[Ben]

Yeah, for us it would. If you were going to make a viral video with it, like I could see how that would be worth it. But if you're not going to make a viral video with it, incredibly stupid.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

To pay double. It's kind of like even like the Corvette, like Zo Sixes and like any. Any of those, like the Hummer EV was the same way. It's like 100 grand markup.

[Micah]

And if you're not one of like the absolute first to have it, I feel like it loses a lot of that.

[Ben]

But maybe it's because he's in 0.5. Is that 0.5?

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, I'd say it's 0.5.

[Ben]

Something about this the back.

[Micah]

Yeah, it's somewhat the back.

[Mike]

I think for me it looks way more tucked. I know it's. Is it air suspension?

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah. Okay.

[Ken]

Honestly, it's still so sick.

[Ben]

It's so funny looking. That's what it is. Honestly, it's very funny looking.

[Ken]

Whoever gets. Whoever gets there is first, whether it's Ryan or Ken's. We're shooting that thing.

[Ben]

So.

[Ken]

Just have that to look forward to.

[Micah]

Ken can have the first one.

[Mike]

Hey, if it were my cybertruck, I'd be like, yeah, just have the freaking cash ready and you can do whatever you want to it.

[Micah]

My roof has been squeaking on my unit too, ever since I jumped it. And it pulls to the left.

[Ken]

Oh, really?

[Micah]

Yeah, she's. She's not quite the same as she was. But that's okay.

[Ken]

It's nice.

[Micah]

Oh, yeah. Because I put the wheels on, it voids the whole warranty.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Ben]

But you could Just put your stock wheels back. Yeah, surely.

[Micah]

Yeah. Because nobody's seen it with the aftermarket wheel, so that'll help. I don't know.

[Ben]

I think that, that the cybertruck look cool. I think it looked really funny. Like it was funny looking. It looked like, what's wrong with that thing? But in such a way that it was cool.

[Micah]

Elon, I feel like, has really good marketing for it, you know? Like, I feel like car companies that do wacky type of marketing for their shit is way cooler than just like standard dude.

[Ben]

I don't even think it needs to market that they're gonna have so much demand.

[Ken]

I think marketing itself.

[Ben]

Yeah, they can't keep the supply.

[Mike]

No, but I mean, that's. That's my favorite part. He just. I think this clip's fairly new. Is this clip of him just unloading with a giant gun right on the side of it. And that's it. It was just. It wasn't even like an ad or anything. It was just a clip of him shooting.

[Ben]

He's just showing how cool it is. That's all he's doing because he's just proud.

[Mike]

That clip alone created so much more hype than any high budget commercial ever could.

[Ken]

Everything that guy does just goes viral. I saw this clip the other day of he was getting interviewed about Disney stopped tweeting and using Twitter and then they stopped advertising on Twitter because of Elon's like anti semitic views, which I don't know that much about that, but.

[Ben]

Allegedly, obviously I was going to say they feel they're.

[Ken]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But Disney's obviously extremely woke. Doesn't align with. With Elon's vision of anything. And so they said, like, don't you think that you need to kind of like tone back your, like, your views so you can, you know, keep like companies like, yeah, keep people like Disney advertising on your platform. And he said, I don't want them to advertise on it. I want them to go fuck themselves. And he, in front of like the whole crowd, he looked at the camera and he said, hi, Bob, the CEO of Disney goes, go fuck yourself down. And he goes, go fuck yourself. And like the whole audience was just like kind of silent. And then you could hear a couple people laughing. And then he was like, blackmail me with money. Like the richest guy in the world. Like, you think he gives a shit about them advertising with them? But like I said, it was funny, honestly. Oh, yeah. And then, and then I guess a bunch of people started canceling their Disney plus subscriptions. That Fed up with that. But I mean, like, you know, people that are sick of, I guess, the woke agenda of, you know, these platforms and everything that they're pushing, and then, like, it just takes one guy like that that anything he says goes viral.

[Ben]

Hey, man, times are changing. It's coming back around, I think.

[Evan]

Just saying, like, what a lot of people think. A lot of people resonate with that.

[Ken]

Yeah. Oh, clearly.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, that's what I'm. Yeah, people are fed up and. And it needs to get back to at least a balanced state because it's way, way off right now.

[Micah]

And Dana White, Dan on Theo's podcast, and he's like, he. Theo Peloton didn't advertise with Theo because of something. And he's like, do we have pelotons in our gym? Peloton? Yeah, he threw him outside and, like, got rid of them.

[Ben]

Yeah, dude.

[Ken]

Greta actually, she just bought a peloton for my house. But did you start. She was like, if. If I reach out to Peloton, do you think, like, I could get you to, like, post, like, a story with it or, like, do anything with it for. With me and. And, like, get a discount with them? And I was like, nah.

[Ben]

I was like, you literally said you wouldn't.

[Ken]

Yeah. When I saw that clip of how they. They basically Peloton canceled or wanted Theovan to take down his podcast because they didn't agree with the political agenda of the. Of the person that the Yvonne had on his podcast, and he had an ad in that for Peloton. Like, we've obviously worked with quite a few companies and not very often, but every so often before they go live, they have to review the entire video. So we have to send them the. The final video with the added and everything. And we've had a couple companies come back and say, like, you need to change this, this, this. Take this part out or else we're not gonna basically pay you guys. And it ruins the video every time. Ruins our. Wouldn't do it.

[Ben]

We just said no. We just told them to keep their money and it was a lot of money.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And, yeah, keep your money. And we just post the video without it.

[Ken]

It is such a pain in the ass. And thankfully, you know, most of the companies that we work with or in alignment that, you know, they're never going to try and change our content. But every so often, you know, somebody in a marketing department thinks that they have power over it. So then hearing Theo tell his story of, you know, them wanting to take his podcast down that Resonated of how much that shit sucks. And I was like, fuck, Peloton. I told Greta this story and then like three days later she was like, so I know you're still on this kind of like, fuck Pelotron train, but how would you feel about posting? And I was like, no, they were.

[Mike]

Just making fun of Pelotons. And I've been watching Shoresy, which is like Letterkenny, and he's just like, what the fuck do we need to ride bikes for?

[Ken]

Literally.

[Mike]

So dumb. So dumb.

[Ben]

What do we got up on the screen here?

[Micah]

Well, I've been searching a ton for our Subaru rebuild. We're rebuilding our rally Subaru, so I've been looking at, you know, our suspension bumpers, all that stuff. I don't know how much we want to give away, but. But I came across this video that happened in 2017 when they released the new STI. And I have no idea how I never saw this, because for Subaru marketing, like, this is the most intense video I've ever seen for a car company. So they took this Subaru to, I think it's like the oldest bobsled run in the world or something like that.

[Mike]

Studded tires.

[Ben]

Oh, wow.

[Mike]

Oh, they're very narrow.

[Micah]

Yeah, we need tires like that for the ice. But look how western he gets on this thing, dude. Like, it actually looks intense.

[Ben]

Holy. So narrow. Oh, he's hitting snowbanks.

[Mike]

Everything. Dude, those walls he's riding on is this so not.

[Ben]

That thing's got to be so huge.

[Mike]

Yeah, compared to the size of a.

[Ken]

Bro, this is like a death wish. Look at this one.

[Micah]

Dude, this is the last corner. Which is the biggest one?

[Mike]

No.

[Ben]

It'S dented bad.

[Mike]

Yeah, dude, he went for it.

[Micah]

He freaking, like, hit his windshield on the side of the wall.

[Ken]

Dang, that was sick. Dude. We should do that.

[Micah]

I was like, how have I never seen this piece of Subaru marketing? This is great.

[Ben]

That was sick. Probably because you weren't watching TV at the time.

[Ken]

Dang, dude, I've never thought of bobsledding. We should go bobsledding.

[Mike]

That would be pretty cool.

[Ken]

That'd be sick. And then do something like shifter carts or dirt bikes on the bobsled track.

[Mike]

Oh, that would be cool too. Dirt bikes make the most sense. Obviously you can kind of play that curve, but.

[Micah]

But dude, after seeing that. Those walls look hard.

[Mike]

Yeah, that one was actually like the least ice looking bobsled track. Most of them just look like they're built out of like glare ice. That's pretty cool. Have you guys ever seen the movie.

[Ben]

Cool Runnings with the Jamaica team? Yeah. That was so good.

[Mike]

If you haven't, you definitely got to watch it. Yeah. Basically, there's a bobsled team out of Jamaica. I think it's based on a true story. Enter the Olympics and. Yeah, maybe win, but pretty cool. No ice.

[Micah]

How did Jamaicans get in a bob?

[Ben]

They, like, Like, I can see that.

[Micah]

They'D be really good at, like, rowing and like that, but I mean, bobsledding.

[Ken]

They must just have like, little. Little rollerblades underneath their bobsleds.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's how they practice. Yeah. And then a few times that they.

[Ken]

Won the Olympics or.

[Mike]

Yeah, they either won or, like, got silver or something.

[Ken]

Dude, talk about just getting kicked in the nuts. A bunch of Jamaicans come in there.

[Mike]

I know.

[Ken]

They don't even have ice there. I've never seen ice before. It's like they beat you.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Get your own.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Mike]

The Jamaican hockey team won gold. That would make everyone.

[Ken]

That is just.

[Mike]

That didn't happen. But if you haven't seen it, you should watch that. It's a good movie.

[Ken]

You know what else is a very interesting sport that I've never fully understood?

[Mike]

Water polo. Just. Polo on horses.

[Ken]

Yes, that too.

[Mike]

I didn't mean to.

[Ken]

Those.

[Mike]

I do not understand those.

[Ben]

That's one of those sports you only get into when you're uber, uber rich.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Ben]

You know polo.

[Mike]

Yeah. Because you have to have, like, an arsenal. Just like, you have to have, like, special clubs. You have to also have a special arsenal. Yeah. Or like multiple. Oh, yeah. We're playing on a bigger field, so I had to use this trusty steed.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Micah]

Play some dirt bike polo.

[Mike]

Okay, that sounds.

[Micah]

I guess that makes sense.

[Mike]

Wait, that sounds really fun, actually. So maybe the only weird part about polo is just horses, though.

[Ken]

The game that I was thinking of is biathlon. It's like the cross country skiing and. And shooting.

[Micah]

Was that the one where they. Yeah, they go around with like, is it a bow or is it a gun?

[Ken]

I.

[Mike]

That one seems the way. That seems way less of a game to me and more of just a competition.

[Ken]

It's just strange. Yeah.

[Micah]

How.

[Ken]

How did that start?

[Micah]

You know what would make shooting a lot sweeter? Skiing.

[Mike]

But I do love.

[Ken]

Ken is back there. Like, y. Love skiing.

[Micah]

Are people still as stoked on the Olympics as they used to be? Remember that used to be so cool. Like when Michael Phelps was winning.

[Mike]

No, not at all, dude. The. The last Olympics had the lowest really.

[Ken]

Viewing of like, how much. When was it?

[Micah]

Damn. I can't believe I missed the Olympics.

[Ken]

Yeah, I think, yeah, the Olympics kind of lost their. Lost their sauce. And so did X Games.

[Ben]

Also, like, I think just like, people aren't, like, as proud to. Of their at least country. At least in. Maybe right now in America, I'd say, like, they don't really. Like, I think back in the day, you were like, more like, we're stronger, we're faster, like, our people beat them in whatever, you know? Whereas, like, now, I think so many people are like, I don't care. Yeah, like, who cares if you're. You know? And obviously, there's a large amount of people that. That do still care, but maybe that's a reason why we feel.

[Micah]

What. How much is viewership down, Kenny?

[Evan]

Five years prior, it was 3.2 billion globally. And then in 2021, it was 3 billion. Still a ton of people.

[Micah]

A lot down 200 million people.

[Ken]

Mr.

[Ben]

Beast does a billion views a month.

[Micah]

What the frig is going on over there?

[Ben]

So freaking three months he's doing Olympics.

[Mike]

In the whole world.

[Ken]

Every single video he makes gets double, if not triple, the amount of a Super Bowl. That's crazy.

[Mike]

When a lot of people think of Mr. Beast, they also think of Squid Games, because he redid that. I don't know if you guys have caught that. They. They redid Squid Games as a game show now on Netflix. And smart. So obviously you don't actually die if you get out, but they have, like, little packets that, like, blow up. So, you know, they play red light, green light for starters. It wipes out half the people. And that's, like, the start. Like, everyone. The packets are going off. They pretend fall over. I'm like, this is corny. And then as it goes on, you know, they actually have to stay in the same exact thing with all those bunks anyway for, like, two weeks, they have to stay. And it dwindles. And there's a bunch of games that test their.

[Micah]

What do you mean?

[Mike]

Their loyalty, their 4.5, $6 million. That twister is that they actually made that prize money as big as the original game. And so then they put them all in there. And people were forming cliques and alliances, and they were doing different tests where, okay, whoever answers the phone, like, no one knows what, you know, stuff like that you have to eliminate someone. All kinds of stuff. And so they get towards the end, and it genuinely feels like when they play the marble game, they bamboozle them. Pick a partner, you know, Pick a partner you love. So, like, the one guy picks his Mom. They have to play marbles against each other. It genuinely feels like they're gonna, like, die.

[Micah]

Wow.

[Mike]

It's very emotional. They made it very intense.

[Ben]

And it's your mom at least. You're like, okay, well, it's going to the fam.

[Mike]

I agree. But it just seemed almost real. And that's what they were. People are going on tick tock explaining. They're like, it felt real. It felt like we were like it was the end if we got out.

[Micah]

It was better than Mr. Beasts.

[Ken]

Yes.

[Micah]

But Mr.

[Mike]

Beast happened in a matter of, you know, 20 minutes. And this was a. It' like a six season. Six show, one season. Oh.

[Micah]

I was gonna say leave it to Mr. Beast, though, to get it out, like film, come up with the whole idea, do the whole thing. All before the hype was even gone. Like, they now did this like a year and a half later.

[Mike]

Yeah. Just insane. I just can't believe they're actually giving away 4.5. $6 million to one person.

[Micah]

That is a lot of dough.

[Ken]

I was just thinking about the.

[Ben]

All the.

[Ken]

All the game shows that give away money, like Dealer, no Deal, who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

[Mike]

They rarely ever get to a million if you think about that. But you're right, they do that, like, every week. Then I was thinking, like, I'm watching this random. The Great British Baking Show. So they're there also for two weeks. It's obviously a little less intense, but they're there. They're just doing all this all bacon, all this kind of stuff. There's like 15 people and it goes down to one person. Seems like it takes forever. They win 10 grand. 10 grand.

[Ken]

Damn, Mike, did you shut the TV off? Mike shits 10 grand.

[Mike]

No, I didn't shut it off. I watched it. I just felt bad that the winner, who put in so much work and had to bake like 30 different things over the course of two weeks, only got 10 grand.

[Ken]

I think that is a little weak.

[Ben]

But the only thing that really confused me was why $4.3 million? Like, who picked that number six for what? 4.56? Sorry. Squid Games.

[Mike]

That's how many people are in squid game 456.

[Ben]

Oh, that makes sense.

[Ken]

So as I mentioned earlier, I'm on this shitty diet, and you don't know how much you miss food until you can't eat it. Dude, I swear, Instagram knows now it's.

[Mike]

Serving you, like, mukbang.

[Ken]

Yeah, that I can't eat. Whatever. So it, like, serves me a bunch of stuff. So I've Been watching a bunch of, like, Gordon Ramsay videos lately. Dude is so entertaining. Extremely underrated. Except for not. I mean, he's like, you go anywhere, and he's got restaurants everywhere, and. Yeah, he's probably over. Yeah, I was gonna say he's like. But anyway. No, no, he's properly rated, dude. I mean, he's pretty entertaining.

[Ben]

Do you think it would help if, like, you watched a video of someone eating something, like, super delicious that you want to eat and while you're eating, and then you almost just imagine you're eating that?

[Ken]

Yeah, I would imagine.

[Ben]

You think that would help, or do you think it'd make it worse?

[Mike]

So have you found yourself, like, buying more expensive steaks? That would be, like, my way of doing it.

[Ben]

I just keep getting better steaks.

[Mike]

Thanks.

[Ben]

Good.

[Mike]

But, like, I mean, yeah, nice steak.

[Ben]

It's funny because, like, you go to a nice restaurant, It'd be like 100 bucks for that steak or 70 bucks.

[Ken]

But, yeah, you.

[Ben]

When you're doing yourself, it's only like, 20 bucks. This is a great deal.

[Micah]

Can you put, like, seasoning on them and stuff like that?

[Ken]

Oh, that sucks. Yeah, you just. I just use salt.

[Ben]

Yeah. You can't put any lorries on it.

[Mike]

No, I mean, not that salt.

[Ken]

So.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's.

[Ken]

Yeah, it's got garlic in it. I can't have garlic. Yeah. So I have to avoid, like, any seasoning that has garlic and a bunch of other things. So.

[Ben]

No.

[Ken]

I mean, yeah, you can buy the best steak in the world, but you can't season it with anything.

[Ben]

Butterfly.

[Ken]

Yeah. Yeah, I'm making him butter.

[Mike]

That's where I get nervous, actually. Like, you're right. You could spend 25 bucks on steak at the store, and it's. It's a fourth of the price of would be at a restaurant. But I get nervous because I'm like, all right, I got this 25 steak.

[Ken]

You gotta do it right.

[Mike]

I don't know how to cook this thing perfectly. Not even close to perfectly.

[Micah]

You might come out of this with, like, a good life skill. You might be, like, a really good grill master.

[Ben]

Well, he's been air frying it.

[Micah]

Maybe that's why it ain't good, because you're cooking on the pans here over the oven.

[Ken]

No, no, no. I. I sear it.

[Micah]

Air fry.

[Ken]

I sear it or I air fry it. It depends how much time I have.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Air frying is so easy. Obviously, air fryers are such a hack. If you don't have an air fryer, buy an air fryer yeah, they're, like, 30 bucks too cheap, and you can literally cook anything in them.

[Mike]

Obviously, when it's, like, date night, maybe you're, like, wanting the steak to be really good. You cook it on the pizzazz.

[Ken]

Yeah, exactly, dude.

[Ben]

Pizzazz.

[Micah]

Steak is next level.

[Ben]

Yeah, that was good.

[Micah]

We were just talking on that trip about the igloo because one of the girls was from, like, New Hampshire and then moved to California, and she's like, oh, I remember we used to big make snow forts, and I was like, we built a snow fort, and we were talking about that. We got to do that again.

[Mike]

I'm down.

[Ben]

How do we.

[Mike]

I know you guys aren't, but I'm down.

[Ken]

That was a great video.

[Mike]

We won up it by making the ceiling taller.

[Ben]

We won up it by staying there a week.

[Mike]

Oh, dude.

[Ken]

Man, I'm good. I will just take 45 minutes to think of a more viral idea and rather do that.

[Ben]

Dude, it did pretty good.

[Ken]

Yeah, but it sucked.

[Micah]

You guys were.

[Ken]

It was.

[Mike]

I've done this.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I've done way worse things.

[Ken]

I was just really much, really uncomfortable. Like. Yeah, not even. Not even comfortable.

[Mike]

No.

[Ken]

I was just, like, mentally uncomfortable for 24 hours.

[Ben]

2.5 million views, and it was two years ago.

[Ken]

I was just worried about dying the entire time.

[Mike]

That was your. That was your problem.

[Micah]

Drove a razor on top of that thing. Didn't break.

[Ken]

It was hell.

[Ben]

It did.

[Ken]

It was stronger than we. Than we thought.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Micah]

We maybe shouldn't have built it on the ice. That fact was kind of overlooked. That we built it on the ice and then packed a ton of weight into one area. The whole ice shelf was, like, sinking.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Micah]

Bottom.

[Ken]

Yeah. That could have been bad, but I wasn't too worried about that.

[Micah]

It was funny. All the things we've done are. Some of our family was like, what are you guys doing? This is ridiculous. I'm like, it's a snow for every kid ever has done.

[Ken]

The funniest part is when I. When I convinced you guys that we didn't get. Get food, and then your mom brought out food because she thought that I was being like my mom.

[Mike]

Well.

[Ken]

And, yeah, so.

[Mike]

And then I thought you guys were being even. Like, I didn't think you were psychos for that. I was like, okay, you're making it interesting. But then when they brought out food and you said, no, they can't have it. Don't let them have it. I was like, what is this guy's problem, dude?

[Micah]

I think definitely part of it was the fact that we'd spent the previous 12 hours working our ass off digging it, and then we didn't get to eat.

[Ben]

Well, we were just trying to make that video interesting.

[Micah]

I get that.

[Ben]

And we did have plans, you know, because then we took out the. The meal replacements, and we had those MREs, and we're like, this is all we got. We got, like, 10 MREs, and Ken just was, like, throwing a fan.

[Ken]

And then I cooked them all at once. I cooked them all at once.

[Micah]

We're like, what the.

[Ben]

So mad. And then. And then we surprised you guys. Like, oh, just kidding. Look at all this great. We got steaks. We got pizza. We got freaking cookies. We got.

[Micah]

Like I said, we got all this great stuff. It's gonna be so fun. It was great. But when we identified the situation as you would have liked us to, as there was no food allowed, we hadn't eaten in 12 hours, and our only meal was MREs that Ben cooked and made. Funny.

[Ben]

Just sitting this like a. Go watch that video after this, it's like spending. Just. Just look up Seabo TV igloo, and it'll pop up. Think it's called, like, spending 24 hours in an igloo with a guy who hates me. A guy who hates me. Ken was so funny in that video.

[Evan]

I.

[Ken]

So funny.

[Ben]

I. I wish we could. God, Ken, you were so funny.

[Evan]

I was one step away from leaving at that.

[Ben]

I know you were, but didn't want to have a pink car.

[Micah]

Yeah. God, that was funny.

[Ben]

And we did no phones. We did no phones.

[Micah]

Was nice. Detoxed. Yeah. And you were on your phone.

[Ken]

I wasn't. I just had my phone for something.

[Micah]

You.

[Ben]

I wasn't ready texting.

[Ken]

I wasn't.

[Evan]

Everyone else had their phones in the skid. Steer the truck. And you had your phone on you.

[Ken]

I had it for filming something. And then you thought that that was breaking the rules, which, I mean, it was fine. And then camera. And then you wrapped my. Wrapped my car because of it. And I rode around with it for a month with my.

[Ben]

Paid his dues, and it looked good.

[Ken]

I was fine with it. I was. Even though I didn't really break the rules that I made, I still rolled with it because it made great content wrapping my car.

[Ben]

Well, I mean, either way, it was already wrapped. It really wasn't your decision for the. For the rap, but it was your decision to keep rolling around in it.

[Ken]

That was so brutal, the eyelashes and shit.

[Ben]

Because, you know, like, in a car.

[Ken]

Like that, people probably like, wow, this.

[Ben]

Guy thinks this looks good.

[Mike]

Incredible. How well that cheetah print goes with pink.

[Ben]

Did we do that in a day, Ken, Me and Luke?

[Evan]

Yeah, one. One day.

[Ken]

That was so, so brutal.

[Micah]

It's funny.

[Ken]

That car probably got a lot of stuff.

[Micah]

Do you think that's the loudest car, like the. The one with the most attention?

[Ben]

I'd say that probably a sema truck still gets the most attention.

[Ken]

Evans. El camino is pretty out there.

[Ben]

Nothing gets more attention than sema truck, which is for sale right now. It's oncars and bids dot com. The auction is going to be over by the time this goes out. But right now the highest bid is 61, 000 right now. So someone might get a 40, 000 truck.

[Ken]

140. Sorry.

[Ben]

140, 000 build, which obviously you're not going to get that out of it. I bet you like the last like five hours or should be a little bit like. I think there's going to be some action because there's been some repeat bidders. So they clearly want it. And obviously you're not just gonna go out like right now when there's still a day left and just like throw like 80 at it or something.

[Ken]

Yeah, I think anybody that gets that thing for 80 or under, it's a steel great deal.

[Ben]

It's a F350 diesel with 21, 000 miles. That alone is worth.

[Micah]

Yeah, you could take all this off.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Micah]

And it's worth more than that.

[Ben]

Exactly. Which also, you know, it's a unique buyer, but I think it'll go down south, maybe in like one of the carolinas or florida. Because there's a lot of people that. Where you can actually drive around in trucks like that, they don't get hassled. Like, there's a culture for it. I'm going to miss that thing. But it's just a bummer because, you know, we just don't get to drive it ever.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Did you always get it all summer? I drove it some. Yeah. I mean, I drove. I probably drove it the most out of anyone. I'd say total, in total time. But even this summer. I like driving. It's fun. But, you know, it's just. It's a bummer that we got to go.

[Ken]

It's.

[Ben]

Right now it's sitting in storage just waiting for its new owner.

[Mike]

We got our content out of it, though.

[Ben]

Besides, it was so fun owning. I think even just having it. It was so ridiculous. It's just so ridiculous and memorable. Like you have it in the background. Even if you're not even. It's not even the subject, but you roll up to wherever you're going, and everyone hops out of it, and you're filming. Like, it just. It just adds to this ridiculousness that we are living.

[Micah]

It was an iconic rig for sure, dude.

[Mike]

Honestly, any truck, especially with red rims, is iconic.

[Ben]

I'd say Ben's Raptor is iconic. Honestly, with all the jump that's happening, it is.

[Ken]

Deserved it. Yeah, it is.

[Ben]

It freaking worked hard. Like, it was at a disadvantage, you know, like, it was kind of the ugly duckling. But then, like, it just. It had to earn every little bit of respect that it has, from jumping to Evan crashing a cart into the front and then Evan throwing a tow hook through the back.

[Mike]

And Ben's first Raptor is like, man, I should have really put on more.

[Ben]

Ben's first raptor is glad he got away.

[Ken]

So happy that it's down the road.

[Evan]

Dude, you've done anything to try and get that. That white one fixed yet?

[Mike]

I don't think it's.

[Ken]

No.

[Ben]

I would have that thing out so quick.

[Ken]

You know, what's funny is, so I have a. I have a hole in. In the back of the bed, and then the rear tail light is cracked.

[Ben]

The paint on the front bumper.

[Ken]

Oh, the paint on the front bumper. Yeah. Yeah. So a couple different things just that have gotten messed up on it. And Ken actually went out and just got me a quote to get it fixed. I didn't even do it, and Ken did. That's how tight Ken is with all these auto shops around here. He's in there three days a week. I'll be here for four hours. You know, how much was it?

[Ben]

How much was it to fix?

[Ken]

I think it was like, six. Five. Five grand. Damn. It was the whole bed. It was. It was the tail lights. Like, a thousand bucks, of course. And then the. They have to replace the entire bedside because there's, like, the whole.

[Ben]

Right in the back corner of it. I don't know. Take the money.

[Ken]

Yeah. I mean, I was just like, whatever.

[Mike]

You'd have to do an insurance claim to take the money, wouldn't you?

[Ben]

I guess, like, I'm saying.

[Ken]

No, no, no. Like, I'm going to just take the money from the company. That's, you know, either company pays for this, or I'll just take five.

[Mike]

But it's like, there's like, girl math and boy math. I think it's all stupid, but it is a way to explain, you know, girl math. Like, if I. If I don't get a coffee on Thursday and Friday, I made $10.

[Ken]

Oh, yeah, that's a dumbest shit.

[Mike]

I agree.

[Ken]

I agree with boy math, too.

[Mike]

And it'd be like, yeah, I'm just not going to fix it, and then I'll have five grand to spend elsewhere. That's not. That does not mean that.

[Ken]

No, I get what you're saying, but nothing pisses me off more than when I see, like, one of these Dave Ramsey guys being like, don't buy a coffee every day. And by the time you're, you know, 50, you could have put all that money into a Roth IRA and it would have made you this much more money. And that, bro, live your life.

[Mike]

I know.

[Ken]

And spend that extra $3 a day and have a coffee that makes you happier. It makes you a better person.

[Ben]

A lot of people are spending more than they should, though, like, the way they live, you know? Like, sure, I don't go and get a coffee from Starbucks or Caribou or whatever. Like, I just make black coffee at home, you know?

[Ken]

You just save money, though, or save time.

[Ben]

Mostly time.

[Mike]

You don't.

[Ben]

I don't. Like, I. To me, I. I still don't want to. Not that I have a ton of money, but I don't want to go.

[Mike]

And last time I was with you, you're like, can we go to Starbucks?

[Micah]

No, I know, but I'm saying, like.

[Ben]

Like, yeah, I mean, I make coffee every morning. My point, though, is, like, some people do, like, they get a coffee, then they go out to eat for lunch, and they, you know, like, they live. So. So you got to put cuts at some spots.

[Ken]

But yeah, Yeah. I don't know. I think that whole, like, say the coffee bullshit is stupid, though.

[Micah]

The extremeness of it, like, never get a coffee ever in your entire life is bullshit.

[Ben]

Yeah, you got it.

[Micah]

Yeah. Don't go to Starbucks and get a bagel and a biscuit and a large coffee for $18 every morning. If you're. If you can't afford, you can't be smart.

[Mike]

Or there's, like, different ways. I just still remember way back when, getting the paid version of a certain app, and Ryan's like, oh, yeah, I just been rocking with ads. I hate the ads, but whatever. I'm like, dude, it's $3. Don't get a Mountain Dew one day. Get the paid version of the app.

[Micah]

That's a math right there.

[Mike]

That's good points, good point. Stuff like that, you can then justify.

[Ken]

That or maybe just anything wrong with being cheap, too. I'm like, extremely cheap when it comes to certain things. Like, like, I don't. I don't want to get my truck fixed for. And I'm not even paying for it. Like, the whole company's paying for it. I'm like, I don't want to do that. But there's also to a point where it's like, living your life and enjoying it.

[Ben]

No, I agree.

[Ken]

Enjoying the fruits of your labor.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Micah]

You know, one of those deals. What's a good boy? Math example, My favorite one is buy a $20,000 snowmobile and snowmobile for free.

[Mike]

Yeah, that one makes me laugh.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Yeah. Or. Or when you buy, like, all the gear and the snowmobile and. And you're in all this money, and then you go to the trailhead, and they want 15 bucks for the trailhead to pay for the grooming and everything like that. You're like, geez, this bullshit, dude.

[Mike]

I thought I was paid up. Sorry, changing the subject a little. I just found out how much Birkin bags costed. I just didn't know. I knew expensive purses were 3, 4, 5,000. They range from 10. This is just the Google thing. How much is a Birkin bag? $10,500. All the way up to 2 million. Those are obviously. But your average cost is about 20k. 20k for a Birkin bag. I did not know that. So then it's like, okay, girls like their bags. And like, guys have plenty of other examples. I'd say, like, if you're buying American forces for your F150, you're probably like, that's similar vibes to like, 10 grand in wheels.

[Ken]

I can tell you this much, Mike, not a single person listening right now knows what a Birkin bag even looks like.

[Mike]

I didn't.

[Ben]

I think I'm assuming Sydney was mentioning the Birkin bag. She wanted a Birkin bag.

[Ken]

So you looked it up or.

[Mike]

No, but someone in a show bought someone else a Birkin bag, and she's like, dang. Like, he bought her a Birkin bag. Like, he must. He's trying to schmooze her this. I'm like, well, how much are they? She's like, look it up.

[Ken]

Okay, I did.

[Mike]

I was like, whoa.

[Ken]

Cardi b Quoted saying, I'd rather buy a Birkin bag than a real estate property that has tenants, because these tenants ain't paying for nine months. And my Birkin bag is going up in value if it's a good investment.

[Micah]

Interesting.

[Ken]

But I mean, I don't know if that's true or not. If that's actually a better investment than a asset that pays you monthly.

[Micah]

I can't remember if it was young.

[Ken]

That's the future.

[Micah]

But I think he said, you can identify my bitches by the AP's buys them all watches.

[Ken]

No, watches are a good investment. See, I think like that certain watches are.

[Micah]

Bags like that are too. They also go up, but I don't really.

[Ken]

How do you sell a bag?

[Micah]

Oh, dude, the secondary market's crazy on them.

[Ben]

I feel like a crazy bag would. Would wear easier though, like if you actually walk around with the bag.

[Ken]

But granted you're very delicate with it.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Micah]

It's not like.

[Ben]

Like this. You're hitting watches like even like a watch like, like you wear a watch. Like you look at my watch right now, it's pretty scuffed up.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Just from wearing it.

[Evan]

But I think bags like that and then watches, they're kind of in the same space.

[Ben]

Yeah. They're luxury goods.

[Micah]

I know that everybody around the world is called. Why are you saying bag like that?

[Mike]

Just speaking of Young Thug I just saw. So you guys know how he's on trial?

[Micah]

Oh yeah. He's up for RICO charges.

[Mike]

His lawyer or attorney, he's. I'm just. I love that they just show a picture of him and comical Young thug stands for. Thug stands for truly humble under God. And I can see him just sitting there like, yep, that's what it means.

[Ken]

Has he been in jail?

[Mike]

Yeah, I think he's just been like in jail and they're like. Like trials.

[Micah]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

How long do you think it took for them to come up with that acronym?

[Mike]

I assume they come up with quite.

[Micah]

A few lawyer hours that they're going to charge him. If I had to guess, I bet.

[Mike]

They came up with 10. They're all probably just as bad as that. And then they went with the best option.

[Ken]

So gunna. He was kind of wrapped up in that whole deal I think with Young Thug and then gonna ratted him out, I want to say. And so for a while he was known as kind of a narc.

[Ben]

The rat.

[Ken]

Yeah, the Rat.

[Ben]

I think still probably. I'd assume a lot of people still.

[Ken]

Don'T with him, I'd imagine. But then he made that one song, you mean? So every time I see that like pop up on. On my like Spotify top chart or whatever, I go, man, you just gotta make one. Yeah, one hit. And then people are like, you know, he's not that bad. He might be a rat. But this song kind of.

[Ben]

Well, at least the people like it. But I bet you a lot of like the actual, like street guys who live by that code, they still don't fuck with them. But yeah, I agree. Like the pop. Like the public forget their perception.

[Micah]

I forgot.

[Ben]

I actually at first didn't really want to listen to it. Like, I was like, man, did not feel right. Yeah, there's just kind of like. Feels weird listen to this thing. But it's good song. And then I just kind of got.

[Mike]

Over it everywhere I look, you know, as far as like a Snapchat audio or Instagram audio is. I don't know what song to put. Just put fucking. Dude.

[Ben]

There's so many. I feel like artists are actually. I know for a fact because they've said it, but they just make songs for like making clips now. You know, like you need like that 30 second chorus and the whole rest of the song can be trash. And that song will. Just.

[Mike]

Which isn't bad because usually. Usually the songs are bangers.

[Ben]

Yeah. No, but isn't it interesting though, like, how much the landscape has changed for like how to make a banger song now versus, let's say 10, 20 years ago?

[Ken]

I guess that goes two ways though, because a lot of times when I'm listening to music and then I hear like the opening, opening riff of it and it matches a TikTok song or an Instagram song, kind of turns you off. And I might listen to the opening riff of like the 15 seconds that you're gonna hear. And then after that I just change.

[Micah]

It because I'm like, songs, sorry.

[Ken]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Other than that, I love listening songs.

[Ben]

Especially in the car.

[Mike]

Yeah. I wonder if you could like invest in a song and then get paid from it.

[Ken]

Yeah, how's that going?

[Ben]

Right?

[Micah]

That guy emailed, funny enough Caswell customs about that. I don't know why or how he got his email mixed up with ours. Some weird thing. But he DM me and was like. Loved that you talked about that in the podcast.

[Ken]

Who?

[Micah]

The owner of Royalty. Whatever.

[Ben]

I'm sure he's j.

[Ken]

He's probably.

[Micah]

He's like, got a bunch.

[Mike]

Yeah, true. I don't know.

[Micah]

I haven't checked on that, how to see how that one's doing yet. Well, before we go, I have a video for us. Put it this way, fellas. Some days you are the Porsche, some days you're the biker.

[Ben]

Oh, I don't want to be either of them.

[Ken]

Oh, my gosh.

[Mike]

No.

[Micah]

Like how you could tell the guy was pissed immediately at himself for what he just done, because he was like, I can't believe I did that.

[Ken]

But pulls the door open. That's bad.

[Micah]

I love the cash in the porch is blacklisted.

[Mike]

That is what we call a double whammy. That's maybe that's a double whammy, bro.

[Ken]

Every time that I don't think you can do that in Minnesota is lane split. Split motorcycle. But every time, every time that we're somewhere that you can. I'm always amazed at how people do that, how fearlessly they do that.

[Mike]

Especially when they post a video of it of them lane splitting. Especially some of them are really aggressive. And then 90% of the comments are, yeah, if I see you doing that, my door is swinging open as soon as I see you.

[Ken]

I mean, it's like not all the. You're not going to do well.

[Micah]

I up your car. Yeah, dumbass.

[Mike]

True. But even if one of those people were not talking, they were talking real games.

[Ben]

Or like, when you're. You see like, the videos where the motorcycle is, like, doing this thing and then someone starts moving always like, what. What are you doing? Starts getting all mad. I'm like, bro, you're asking for it. Like, you think you're just gonna do that forever and nothing bad happen? Like just going past it like 40 when people are, like, dead. That's crazy, man. People are fearless.

[Micah]

It's a good Taylor Swift album. My buddy Ken loves Taylor Swift.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Hey, everyone's coming around to eventually.

[Ken]

Yeah, Ken.

[Micah]

Name they have been coming around this year.

[Ken]

Name a Taylor Swift album.

[Evan]

1989.

[Micah]

Nice, Red. Nice. Evermore.

[Ken]

Okay. Yep.

[Micah]

Holy. Okay.

[Mike]

I don't even. I'm impressed already.

[Evan]

Fearless.

[Mike]

Damn.

[Ken]

Nice, Swifty.

[Ben]

All right.

[Ken]

Yeah. You proved me wrong there. Honestly, you proved me.

[Ben]

I legit knew none of those. I would have not been able to.

[Micah]

Say any of them.

[Ken]

That was pretty good.

[Evan]

I'm dry past.

[Ken]

No, honestly. Honestly.

[Micah]

But the ladies aren't.

[Ken]

You earned it on that one.

[Micah]

Yeah. Nice, dude.

[Ken]

Okay, I think that's a wrap on that.

[Ben]

Cheers, guys.

[Micah]

Yeah, that sounds good. Thanks for hanging out with us. We'll see you guys next week.

[Ben]

Peace.