CO-HOST | Make Money by Avoiding Expensive Lifestyle Traps

Summary

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Podcast Summary: "Make Money by Avoiding Expensive Lifestyle Traps"

Podcast: Travis Makes Money
Host: Travis Chappell
Co-Host: Eric (Producer)
Episode Date: June 8, 2026

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Overview

In this episode, Travis Chappell and his producer Eric tackle a pervasive financial pitfall: lifestyle inflation and the expensive traps people fall into when trying to “live large” before they can truly afford it. Using humor, real-life anecdotes, and cultural observations, they urge listeners to focus on making more money and making smarter choices—rather than stretching themselves thin to keep up with appearances. The banter centers on vehicles as symbols of overreaching for status, but the insights apply broadly to all lifestyle decisions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Comedy Clip That Started It All (00:53 – 02:06)

• Eric shares a stand-up bit about ordering a $16 Uber and being picked up in a $130,000 Range Rover.
  • The comedian jokes: “This guy bought a Range Rover that he now has to work inside of to afford. The devil was like, yeah, you can have the Range Rover, but you can never leave the Range Rover.”
• Travis’s Reaction: Finds the bit “so good” and instantly points to the broader issue of people overextending financially for lifestyle ‘toys’ (02:08).

2. The Financial Trap of "Buying Your Job" (03:13 – 05:09)

• Travis: "If you can't afford to pay for the car with your primary income and you have to do a side gig to make enough money to pay the payment...the odds are you're probably not investing or using your money for anything objectively good long term. It just says to me that, oh, you're a consumer." (03:24)
• Eric: Jokingly riffs on Travis’s “consumer” analogy with a running pie shop joke.
• Both agree: Many people don’t see the real cost of these choices; they focus only on meeting the payment, not the true opportunity cost.

3. Lifestyle Decisions as a Mindset Issue (05:10 – 07:41)

• The hosts contrast consuming with intentional investment.
• Travis (on the Uber/Range Rover driver): “It's funny to me that the reaction isn't, ‘oh I can’t afford this,’ but, ‘if I get a second job, I can maybe afford this thing that's going to lose 40% of its value in the next three months.’” (05:09)
• Tangential but relevant: Discussion of a comedy special and the psychology of social media zingers; this sets the stage for a broader point on how people crave status and validation.

4. Practical Advice: How to Approach Big Purchases (10:52 – 11:27)

• Travis’s Rule: “If you have to get a second job to pay for your car, probably don't get the car. Or better yet, get the second job first, save a bunch, and then buy the car when you can actually afford it.” (10:56)
• Core Philosophy: Don’t “buy your job”—don’t get something so expensive that you have to work just to afford that thing.

5. When It Might Make Sense (14:00 – 14:35)

• Travis: “If you love cars and you’ve always wanted—this is your dream car...and you already have your investment accounts, you’re contributing to those, you have no other consumer debt...sure, do what you want.”
• Caveat: But this is rarely the real reason for most people—they’re usually not financially prepared.

6. Real-World Anecdotes: Rideshare & Drinking Stories (15:04 – 20:45)

• The hosts swap stories about the first time they encountered Lyft, debates on parking vs. ride-sharing, and the concept of services that drive you and your car home.
• Eric: “Nothing feels stupider than being like, I gotta take a Lyft to go get my car tomorrow.” (19:27)
• Discussion includes the inconvenience and cost of keeping up lifestyles (parking, logistics, car upkeep), reinforcing the main message: expensive status frequently brings more hassle than joy.

7. Las Vegas-Specific Observations (21:36 – 22:40)

• Eric: “If you live in Vegas and you’re going to the Strip for the express purpose of drinking...just Uber there, dad.” (21:41)
• Travis: “Especially in Vegas, parking is just as expensive as an Uber is...so much easier just to have an Uber drop you off.” (21:44, 22:07)
• The point: Convenience and affordable options often outperform ‘flexing’ with your own wheels.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Travis (on lifestyle inflation):
  “If you have to get a second job to pay for your car, probably don’t get the car.” (10:56)
• Eric (playful banter):
  “He’s a consumer. He’s here to consume." (04:20 - joking about Travis at a donut shop)
• Comedian (via clip):
  "This guy bought a Range Rover that he now has to work inside of in order to afford. The devil was like, yeah, you can have the Range Rover, but you can never leave the Range Rover." (01:26)
• Travis (on smart finances):
  “Money only solves your money problems, but it’s easier to solve the rest of your problems when you’ve got money in the bank. So probably don’t buy a Range Rover that you have to pay [for] with Uber driving.” (23:31)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:53 – 02:06]: Comedy clip on Uber and lifestyle inflation
• [03:13 – 05:09]: Breaking down the “buy your job” trap
• [10:52 – 11:27]: Travis’s rule on affording luxury items
• [14:00 – 14:35]: When splurging might be okay
• [21:36 – 22:40]: Las Vegas-specific tips on lifestyle spending
• [23:31]: Episode wrap: “Money only solves your money problems…”

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Tone & Takeaway

The episode is lighthearted, irreverent, and occasionally self-deprecating, using banter and comedy to communicate serious financial principles. The hosts never shame or guilt listeners—they encourage reflection, smart goal-setting, and the pursuit of genuinely joyful, sustainable lifestyles over empty status flexing. Their message: Don’t let short-sighted financial decisions trap you into working for stuff you don’t really need; instead, focus on making more, saving more, and living more freely.

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Main Takeaway:
Empower yourself to make more money by avoiding the expensive lifestyle traps that force you to work harder for things that don’t improve your long-term happiness or security. Make intentional choices, don’t fall for status games, and always keep your future self in mind.

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Transcript

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You're listening to the Travis Makes Money podcast presented by GoHighLevel.com for a free 30 day trial of the best all in one digital marketing software tool on the planet, just go to gohighlevel.com travis. What's going on, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of the Travis Makes Money podcast, where it's a mission to help you make more money. On this episode, my producer, Eric is in studio. What's up?

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Hey.

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I was worried you weren't going to recognize me today because I lost so much weight.

[A]

How many episodes can you say that? Joke.

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No, we. I was gonna say we batch episodes. So I should just set, like, mental goals. Like, okay, this one's gonna come out the second week of June. I've lost like £15.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

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Like, call my shots a little bit.

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Yeah, there you go.

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And then I just balloon up before then. And it's just sad. Or I die. I just die.

[A]

Wow. It took a dark turn.

[C]

So. So I know you always say your favorite side hustle is Uber Lyft doordash. Like in one of those three.

[A]

Totally.

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Anyway, I found this standup bit and I was like, hey, I'll show this to Travis.

[A]

Okay.

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And then we can banter.

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Okay.

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So anyway, this is a comedian. This is a comedian.

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Thank you.

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I don't know if you could tell from context clues. He says, I ordered a $16 Uber. Here we go.

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A $16 Uber. I got picked up on a $130,000 Range Rover. And the driver did that thing where they explained to you why they drive for Uber.

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He was like, yeah, I'm just doing this to make the payments on this

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car a little easier. It's like, buddy, just get a Corolla. What are you doing? You won't have to have a second job if you just get a normal person's car. This guy bought a job. This Guy bought a 2025 fully loaded part time job. This guy bought a Range Rover that he has to now work inside of in order to afford the Range Rover. I feel like he didn't understand the deal he made with the devil. The devil was like, yeah, you can have the Range Rover, but you can

[C]

never leave the Range Rover.

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I ordered a $16.

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I like. You'd like.

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That's so good.

[C]

Did you like that?

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That's a don't tell comedy thing.

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Is it?

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Yeah. You see the lettering in the background?

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No, it's not.

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Or Uber.

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I mean, look, while you talk about it. No, I saw it was a squatch thing.

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Yeah. Dr. Squatch is, like, one of their main sponsors when they do Don't Tell Comedy tapings.

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Are you sure? I don't see Don't Tell Comedy anywhere in here.

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It's in the background.

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I'm waiting. I'll look. I'm gonna see if you're right.

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It's over his left shoulder.

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If you're listening, Travis is being proven wrong in real time. We're watching the clip back. We're watching the clip back. It says don Juan's comedy.

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That's what I thought.

[C]

Anyway. Anyway. Very funny. Very good.

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Yeah, I see this happen all the time.

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What was that comedian we saw at Jimmy Kimmel's comedy club? The funniest comedian I've ever seen? That was.

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I don't know.

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That was such a. That was a bomb. That was so bad that it scarred me and I wasn't even the one performing.

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But it also was an encouraging one right where you watch it and go, like, I could get up there, but

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I don't want to get up there and do that.

[A]

Oh, yeah, yeah, that's true.

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It was actually like, oh, that's how

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far I could fall also. Inevitable, though.

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Anyway. But anyway, I saw this clip. I was like, this seems like something Travis would go like and laugh at and then react to.

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Yeah, that was good.

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You like it?

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I think it's funny.

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Do you like it?

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It also brings up a very great topic of discussion. Get into it, which is, should you overextend yourself to buy toys like that? Like, you better love that car if you're going to put yourself in a position. Because, like, here's the thing. If you can't afford to pay for the car with your primary income and you have to do a side gig to make enough money to pay the payment on the car, the odds are you're probably not, like, taking care of the rest of the money that you get. Like, the odds are you're probably not investing in the stock market or buying real estate or using your money for anything that's objectively good long term. It's like, it just says to me that, like, oh, you are a consumer.

[C]

Yeah.

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And you are built to consume. And in your mind. In your mind, when you saw the payment, that's like, what?

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That sounds like you. When you're at the donut store and you go. And I go, like, he's a consumer. He's here to consume.

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Yeah, that's funny. That was interrupting me for.

[C]

Sorry, what were you saying?

[A]

Like, when he saw the. Like, it's crazy to me that Some people see the payment and they just

[C]

go, it was a joke because I

[A]

can just do extra.

[C]

There was. There's the Caleb Huron bit about breaking in the pie store and eating all the pies.

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I've not heard.

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I was doing a reference. Anyway. What were you saying?

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I was just saying it's funny.

[C]

So I took what you said when you did it. So I took what you said.

[A]

Oh, that's so much better now that I've muted Eric's line and I can speak without being interrupted.

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So I took.

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Okay, go ahead.

[C]

So I took what you said. Yeah, wait, before you do this, because you're going to tell a cute little. Like, here's the takeaway, guys.

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No, I was just. But first.

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Hold on. Let me show you this.

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First, I was just gonna say it's funny to me that the reaction isn't like, oh, I can't afford this. The reaction was like, oh, if I get a second job, I can maybe afford this thing that's going to lose 40% of its value in the next three months.

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Yeah. So this is funny. This is a clip that I just thought of, and it's just so funny. Are you ready?

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Ready.

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I've never showed you this. This is, like, one of the funniest on the Internet.

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He replied to me, and he had, like, 17 followers on Twitter.

[C]

I never showed you this.

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I told me.

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I don't know.

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By the way, Caleb. Caleb Huron's special on HBO Max is one of the funniest comedy specials I've watched in a long time.

[A]

Wow. It's high praise.

[C]

There you go.

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A couple, like, months ago on the Internet, he replied to me and he had like, 17 followers on Twitter, and he decided he wanted to go toe to toe with me. And he said. He said, I don't know about the rest of you guys. Trying to, like, rally other people in the comments. Never going to happen. Because I don't know about the rest of you guys, but this guy looks to me like he broke into a bakery. And at the pies.

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You've not showed this to me.

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I have.

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You have not.

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And I want. It's so soft. I mean, I'm like, you're not. You're. You're so far out of your league. I want to reply and be like, okay, then go. You're soft ate all the pies. Like a. Like an 18th century limerick. I will kill you to death with like, you're not.

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I'll literally murder.

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It's not fair. You're.

[C]

You're.

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It's child's play for. You're in the sandbox. I'm at the store.

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That's so funny. It looks like this guy broke in and ate all Looks like this guy

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broke in and ate all the pies I'm gonna have with your father. Why don't you break your mouth into my. You loser. Broke into a bakery and ate all the pie. I'm sick. And he thought he was William Shakespeare.

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He's like, anyone else?

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Also anyone else? Everyone in the replies to my is my fans.

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I'm like, hey, you're in the wrong neighborhood. You're going to get jumped.

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Roll the windows up and lock the doors because there are hundreds of thousands of mentally ill baristas that are ready to mobilize whenever I say the word. Okay, girls that were. If they're not at the boy genius concert, they're at my mentions and they will fight you. And the doc martens are laced up

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the Mary Jane and they're ready to fight for me. And they will.

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I got she. They're shooters.

[C]

No, I thought. I thought about that. I thought about that when you were saying you're a consumer here to consume, and I thought that's. I bet you are.

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I see. That joke did get funnier, though, the more they said it.

[C]

Yeah, it is. It is very funny.

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It's one of the jokes that would be funny if, like, Norm MacDonald said it. You know, like, if Norm MacDonald said that on our.

[C]

It would be funny.

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Comedy central. No, it would be funny.

[C]

It wouldn't be.

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I feel like you heard me.

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Go ahead. Yeah, sure.

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You know what I'm saying.

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Yeah, sure.

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anyway. All that to say.

[C]

So go back to Your. You were talking numbers, I'm assuming. I'm a numbers guy. I want to. Tell me the numbers.

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I'm a numbers guy. Yeah. If you. I mean, this should go without saying, but apparently it doesn't. If you have to get a second job to pay for your car, probably don't get the car. Or better yet, get the second job first and save a bunch of money and then go get the car when you can actually afford to get the car. But it's a wild move to be like, yeah, I'm driving Uber because I had to do this to be able to afford this vehicle that you're sitting in right now. It's wild.

[C]

I've been thinking about getting plastic surgery. What do you think about me getting a second job to pay for plastic surgery?

[A]

Oh, you should absolutely do that.

[C]

Okay.

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Yeah. In this context, yes.

[C]

What context? Whatever the context is.

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You would change your physical appearance.

[C]

Yeah.

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Yeah. As much debt as you need to get into.

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If I was to get plastic surgery, so I check in on Facebook and I'm getting plastic surgery, what would you assume I'm getting plastic surgery on?

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Where do I start?

[C]

I mean, if you're like, this is the glaring issue he's fixing right now, it's gotta be that. What do you think it is? It's gonna hurt my feelings. Whatever you say.

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Head shrinkage.

[C]

Okay.

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Can they do that? Is that a plastic surgery? You just go to the doctor, like, I want to be able to wear a hat. And then they shrink your head. Yeah, I don't think they can do that, though.

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It's funny.

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Have you checked into it? No, I'll check into it for you. That's like the. Hey, look, you asked Okay a question. I answered the question.

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Okay?

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Don't get in your feelings now.

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All right?

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That's a good one. That would be something that people wouldn't even know about you.

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We're 10 minutes left.

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Unless I said it.

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10 minutes left of the episode. Talk about anything else. You ever get to the end of an episode and you go, what the hell was that?

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Yes.

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No. What'd you say?

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I said yes all the time.

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Okay, buddy. Anyway. Well, you just hurt my feelings. You asked me, I thought you'd be

[A]

like, you're such a chick, bro. Like, you want me just to be

[C]

like, oh, wow, here comes. Oh, here come Eric.

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You're just perfect the way you are.

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Here comes the misogyny. I should expect that from you.

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It's like when Jackie goes, I've hung

[C]

out with you and your friends, and I Know that the misogyny certainly comes out, doesn't it?

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That's like, when Jackie.

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Doesn't it.

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Travis stands on a chair and goes, would you love me if I was this tall?

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Doesn't it?

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The answer is no, doesn't it? No.

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The misogyny comes out. No, I've been to. I've been out with your friends.

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What friends?

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It's a misogynistic. You want a misogynist?

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Oh, yeah, yeah. There was one scenario. I'm just kidding, that was strange.

[C]

With a former friend.

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With the friend that used to be a friend.

[C]

Anyway, you got anything else? We gotta wrap that sucker. So Uber, huh?

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Yeah. Well, I think it goes. I mean, like I said, it goes without saying, but obviously it doesn't, because I see this happen all the time. When you get into an Uber and it's a car that's way nicer than the car that you're driving, and you're like, I know. Like, unless you're like a retired person who's just like, yeah, I do this to meet people and to fill my time. It's like, no, okay, well, that's different. But when you get into the car of someone, it's like, this is a really nice car. What are you doing driving for Uber? It's like, well, that's probably what it is. Although I will say, if you love cars and you've always wanted, this is your dream car, and in your mind, it's like, I could probably kind of, like, make it work if I didn't do this, but let me just make some extra money just to make sure you know what I mean? And you already have your investment accounts. You have. You're contributing to those, and you have no other consumer debt. Then it's like, at some point, sure, do what you do what you want. But I just. I don't get the vibe that that was the scenario here.

[C]

Well, it's probably not even a true story. He's a comedian. Yeah, but he probably lied.

[A]

Potentially. But I'll also. I would. 100%.

[C]

But it also happens. Yeah. Yep.

[A]

Or else I would. They'd be driving that nice of a car.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

When they're driving for uber. Yeah, like $125,000 range rover is an insane car to be driving Uber in.

[C]

Right?

[A]

You just get, like, all the wear and tear and then potential barf in your backseat and stuff.

[C]

Guaranteed barf. In Vegas.

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Yeah, in Vegas, for sure.

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What do you think would be worse?

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What?

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Oh, no, that would be the worst. I already answered the question. My head okay, what would be worse? I was going to say, what would be worse? Being an Uber driver that only drives nights like from midnight to 6am or work in the urgent care in Vegas and clearly urgent care would be worse. Both probably have great stories though.

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Oh yeah, for sure. Do you remember that one? It was like when Uber and Lyft first came out. I've told you how it was like a.

[C]

Wait, wait, wait, my thing's more interesting.

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Okay,

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I've told you before. When lift first came out and I didn't know what it was. No, I swear, I've told you. You know what I like about you though, is that you forget everything I tell you, so I get to tell you anew. It's like my grandpappy at the end

[A]

of his life, you just say more interesting things and I wouldn't have to do that.

[C]

When Lyft first came out, I was in San Francisco filming and made the biggest mistake of my entire film career. Just kidding. That was in Hawaii. But I made another one. I was like, oh, the San Francisco skyline is incredible. Let me shoot an interview with the window in the background, like an idiot. And the exposure was so stupid looking. Anyway, we got done filming an interview in San Francisco and then we were walking down, she's like, oh, I'll just get us a lift. We're on the upper story of the building. I was like, yeah, we're going to take the elevator, moron. Of course we're going to take a lift. And then I was like, who calls it a lift, idiot? I said this in my head. I was like losing respect for this person. And then she's like, I'll get us a lift. And I was like, okay. And then we got on the elevator. She's like, oh yeah, we're going to go to the restaurant, whatever. Do you want to take a lift? I was like, dude, what is this person? Why do they keep talking about elevators? Like, yeah, okay, if they have an elevator, sure, I'll take it, you know. And then I found out that it was a vehicle rideshare company called Lyft that was probably the first city that it was in when I was there.

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And both of them started in Silicon Valley. Yeah, which makes sense.

[C]

And then I also. Okay, well, go ahead.

[A]

Well, there, there was this other one that was around that same time. I can't remember what it was called, but it was. They would basically they would drive. It was two drivers and they would come pick you up and then the other driver would get out and drive your car home for you, you know

[C]

this, like if you were drinking or something.

[A]

Yeah, it was literally the are you sure? Name that keeps popping on my head.

[C]

Are you sure that just wasn't.

[A]

No, it was an actual service.

[C]

You're out drinking. Like, who was that lady that bought my car? Who's that pretty lady that took my car home?

[A]

No, it was, it was, it was called something like we be drunk or something like. It was, it was literally.

[C]

That sounds like a Fresno mom and pop business, buddy.

[A]

It probably was because it was in Fresno when we first started drinking and the, the. The guy that would, that we'd go out drinking with all the time, he was the, you know, the guy who owned the door to door company I was working for. So he would, he would take all of his reps out and we'd all be drinking all night. And so he would make sure everybody's like getting home safe. He was like, just use this app. I cannot remember. I want to say it was like we be drunk or something about drunk or I don't know. But yeah, I thought it was a really cool idea and it like literally just popped in my mind talking about this. But it vanished out of thinner. I've never heard of it since then. But I thought that was a good idea because that's like half the reason people don't take when they're drunk. They're just like, I'll take my chances because they don't want to leave their car in some random parking garage or something like that. But yeah, they would bring two people. One of them would drive you home, the other one would drive your car.

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I've never heard of this in my life.

[A]

Really? I thought it was a great idea

[C]

because there was one time that I was out with you. There was one time that I went to a place with you and I was having trouble leaving the place and so I called a ride.

[A]

But you drove there?

[C]

Yes, And I had to leave my car there overnight and then go get it. And that was the most humiliating. Nothing feels stupider than being like, I gotta take a lift to go get my car tomorrow. Hey, can you take me to the parking lot of this venue that I was at last night?

[A]

Yeah, but you objectively made the correct decision, which is to not drive intoxicated.

[C]

I couldn't get started.

[A]

Oh, I tried.

[C]

Battery was dead. I had to go back with jumper

[A]

gear, figure out how to turn the car on.

[C]

The worst thing. No, I don't want to go into that. But the worst thing about. The worst thing about that night, though, is that I was. And listen, just for context, I don't do this often. I've only done this. Really? Twice?

[A]

Sure.

[C]

Three times. No, very rarely. You know this. I'm very responsible. I'm very responsible and I drink a lot of water.

[A]

I agree.

[C]

But the worst thing was I was trying to hit the lift button and I just remember being like, this is. It was like I was playing like a high level game of Tetris and I was like, where's it? And bing. Got it. I just. That's the one thing I vividly remember from that night is like sitting at

[A]

the night where you thought you were in New York City.

[C]

I was sitting in my car to open the lift and I was just like, take a deep breath and click. Got it. And I could not get the app to open. It was crazy.

[A]

It just took you to your childhood home.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Take me to Yucaipa, California, from Las Vegas. Thank you. Anyway. All right. Anyway, that's.

[A]

Yeah, that, that, that could be an interesting. Like if somebody. It was probably just before its time, you know, like, like, like Redbox when they tried to do VHS and it wasn't working. Or like Netflix before streaming. Because I feel like that's still a good. I still feel like that's a good idea because there's a lot of people that choose to drive home just because they don't want to leave their car in a parking lot, which again, doesn't make any sense. But also, when you're intoxicated, you're not known for making great decisions. So, yeah, it'd be cool to have that as an option. Or. I mean, it'd be. The bummer part is like, if anybody started it and it gained any traction at all, Uber and Lyft would just go like, new button. Yeah. And then destroy the entire business. But, yeah, that seems like it should be an option at this point.

[C]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

Two Drivers. Somebody drives my car.

[C]

But honestly, let me just say this. If you live in Vegas and you're going to the Strip for the express purpose of drinking.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Just Uber there, dad.

[A]

Well, especially in Vegas, because parking is just as expensive as an Uber is.

[C]

I don't. I really don't understand why people drive to the Strip for the purpose of drinking.

[A]

Right.

[C]

If you know you're going to drink. Yeah.

[A]

Then why are you. But also, yeah, it's also. It also makes the entire experience worse because it's a nightmare to deal with the labyrinth of traffic and hotel parking

[C]

and walking through a garage going, beep, beep.

[A]

And it's like, oh, why don't you just valet? Well, it's like. Well, I didn't realize that the restaurant that we were going to is in the, like, connector hallway of the two casinos, which is on. Which is like a mile from the front entrance. It would have been better for me to park in self parking of the other casino, which is right by the restaurant exit. But I didn't know. So it's just like, so much easier just to have an Uber drop you off and then than have an Uber pick you up.

[C]

Right.

[A]

And like I said, it's probably about the same exact cost of what it would be to park at the place anyway.

[C]

Well, I'm gonna be honest. I thought, much like going drinking in Vegas, I thought this podcast was gonna end in disaster. But we did it. We got to the finish line. And sometimes, you know what? Sometimes you get to the finish line and you're limping, you're bloody. You're like, what happened? Where am I?

[A]

Someone has to carry you.

[C]

And. But I did carry Travis through, and we got this episode done. I thought that little bit would give you a springboard. You didn't jump as far as I thought you would off the springboard side to bring it back. But I saved the obstacle.

[A]

It's difficult when you're throwing a bunch of obstacles in the path of jumping.

[C]

That's why I always win a Mario Kart. And you always lose. Even when you're playing your kids, you lose. They always tell me, they say, my dad, he loses Mario.

[A]

That sounds exactly like something.

[C]

Anyway, that's it. I'm throwing a banana peel on this episode.

[A]

Remember, money only solves your money problems, but it's easier to solve the rest of your problems. We got money in the bank, so probably don't buy a Range Rover that you have to pay with Uber driving. Anyway, catch you guys next time. Peace.