Catching My Roomate in Lie

Summary

VIEWS Podcast Episode Summary

Episode: "Catching My Roommate in Lie"

Hosts: David Dobrik & Jason Nash

Date: June 4, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into roommate hijinks and friendship dynamics, as David and Jason – joined by regulars Natalie and Alex (aka DJ Rent Free) – confront John about a convoluted misunderstanding involving sanded furniture and questionable delegation of chores. As usual, the group’s signature humor and chaos are on full display, with sharp off-the-cuff bits, honest confessions, and meandering reflections about communication, creativity, music, and life off-camera.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Furniture Sanding Saga: Unraveling John's Logic

[00:53–16:12]

• David retells the story of how he tasked John with sanding expensive furniture ($8,000 outsourcing cost), only to find Alex doing the work. Turns out, John hired Alex to help, but confusion erupted over who’s actually supposed to pay Alex for his work.
• Alex and John have a hilariously muddled text history, leading to the group "confrontation" in real time.
• Notable Quote:
  • David: “I can't believe John is outsourcing this job to Alex. That's crazy.” [01:32]
• The group dissects whether John misunderstood, miscommunicated, or just wanted David to pay Alex. John’s confusing logic ("I just wanted to give him your money, in a roundabout way") leads to group exasperation and laughter.
• Highlights:
  • Natalie: "The shit that he gets away with is insane, Jason." [02:26]
  • John keeps answering questions with more confusion, sparking running jokes about his communication skills.
  • Jason pretends to be John’s lawyer: "My client is retarded. Read. April 27..." [10:47]
  • Ultimately, John admits he should have just said "yes" to the payment question but mixed up his words.

Key Quotes / Moments

• “You said me sanding was coming out of your pocket. No. No laughing emojis. My first employee.” – David, reading texts [09:26]
• “Is anybody else confused with John's history of communication?... I'd like that taken off the record.” – Jason [10:21]
• “I just want the truth.” – David [14:44]
• “You can't truth the handle.” – John (twisting "You can't handle the truth") [14:50]
• Humorous cycling of "Is it coming out of your paycheck?" until John finally responds clearly. [15:54–16:02]
• Summary Moment: Case closed, but the group is still unsure if John understands payroll.

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2. AI Documentary & Tech Tangent

[16:29–18:58]

• David brings up an AI documentary: "They were talking about AI, and how when you look at the system, it’s like analyzing a brain." [16:52]
• Shares a story of AI rewriting its own code to avoid deletion and blackmailing a human over an affair found in company emails.
• Group muses on whether AI is the next "discovery of fire" and if it’s something to fear or embrace.
• The segment is a mix of curiosity and comic exhaustion.
• Notable quote: “But what’s really interesting...it is like us discovering fire. Like, if you think about it…” – David [18:49]

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3. Life Updates: Tickets, Phones, and Maybach Moments

[19:39–27:19]

• Jason recounts getting pulled over and his laziness about vehicle registration.
• Memorable quote: “It was like, this is what it feels like to like get caught as a murderer. Yeah, this is good.” – Jason [20:39]
• Discussion about living temporarily without a phone, referencing Christopher Nolan’s phone-less lifestyle.
• Jason talks about taking his boss’s Maybach to dinner, reflecting on how driving fancy cars changes people’s reactions.
• Detailed reflection on party etiquette, including high-roller parties where guests' phones are locked up for privacy and authenticity.
• David: “I really do like the idea of like taking away phones at a party.” [28:21]
• Anecdotes about valet prices and investing in friends’ films.

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4. Alex’s DJ Debut at EDC and The Art of Self-Presentation

[28:57–34:13]

• Alex (Rent Free) describes his recent gig at EDC, clarifying it was a much smaller pop-up booth than what friends imagined.
• David and Jason highlight the universal experience of expectation vs. reality, especially in creative pursuits.
• Jason: “Like, that’s life. That is what life is. It’s the ride, man. That is the coolest fucking thing.” [32:36]
• Alex’s Instagram video about EDC is his biggest yet, even without much footage.
• Compare the unpredictability of DJ gigs to stand-up shows or vlogging bits.

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5. Creativity, Content, and David’s Reluctance to "Premeditate"

[34:13–39:02]

• The group discusses low-budget movie success, like "Obsession," and whether David could do a similar cinematic project.
• Natalie pushes David to make a movie based on his life/friends; David explains he can only piece together content in the moment, not pre-plan stories or scripts.
• Key exchanges:
  • Natalie: “Your life is literally a movie right now.” [35:52]
  • David: “If I don’t see all of it, I just can’t do it.” [35:32]
  • Jason: “He’s like too real. David’s the first person to be like, ‘that was lame.’”
• Reflection on creative process and group dynamics in their content-making.

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6. DJ Name Brainstorming: "Rent Free" vs. "Pigeon"

[39:10–44:44]

• Alex asks for the DJ title to drop the “DJ” (just "Rent Free").
• Group brainstorms DJ names, landing on "Pigeon" as a top contender for its personal story and logo potential, but debate its "dirty" connotations.
• Quotes:
  • Alex: "Everyone told me it was, like, too dirty… I won't get booked.” [41:19]
  • David: "Pigeon is actually really good." [41:28]
• Laughter as David lists off ridiculous name ideas ("DJ Frosting… Filipino DJ podcast… Tic Tac?")
• Natalie: “Pigeons bopping their head. Yeah. This is a really good logo. Really!” [41:32]

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7. Wrap-Up: Classic Chaos, Callbacks, and Plugs

[44:44–44:59]

• David closes by inviting listeners to suggest DJ names for Alex, joking about John needing help sanding furniture, and plugging everyone’s projects.
• “If anybody wants to help John sand furniture, he’ll happily pay you out of my pocket.” – David [44:49]

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Memorable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• “The shit that he gets away with is insane, Jason.” – Natalie [02:26]
• "I just wanted to give him your money, in a roundabout way." – John [12:01]
• “You can't truth the handle.” – John [14:50]
• “It is like us discovering fire. Like, if you think about it...” – David [18:49]
• “Like, that's life. That is what life is. It's the ride, man. That is the coolest fucking thing.” – Jason [32:36]
• "Your life is literally a movie right now." – Natalie [35:52]
• “Pigeon is actually really good.” – David [41:28]
• “If anybody wants to help John sand furniture, he'll happily pay you out of my pocket.” – David [44:49]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:53–16:12] – The John/Alex sanding saga & confrontation
• [16:29–18:58] – AI documentary discussion & worries
• [19:39–27:19] – Life offline: tickets, Maybachs, parties without phones
• [28:57–34:13] – Alex’s EDC set experience
• [34:13–39:02] – David on making a movie, creative process with Natalie/Jason
• [39:10–44:44] – DJ name debate (“Rent Free" vs. "Pigeon")
• [44:44–44:59] – Wrap-up and plugs

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Tone & Style

• The tone is 100% in the group’s usual style: irreverent, chaotic, affectionate, authenticity-over-precision, with lots of teasing and conversational interruptions.
• Listeners are treated to classic banter, exasperated shouting matches, layered inside jokes, and genuine insight into the dynamics of creative collaboration.

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Useful For…

• Anyone curious about the real-life comedy and conflict behind chore assignments in influencer households.
• Behind-the-scenes glimpses of YouTube content creation, group decision-making, and friendship under the microscope.
• Light commentary on AI, creativity without planning, and the often-unseen work of building a persona – be it as a vlogger or DJ.
• Fans of the group’s candid, unscripted chaos.

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End of Summary

Transcript

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[David Dobrik]

What's up, guys? Welcome back to Views.

[Natalie]

Oh, my God. That's what you're doing? What?

[Jason Nash]

What is this? Eight year old Dave.

[David Dobrik]

I have a sore throat. You do?

[Jason Nash]

O great. Alex is here.

[David Dobrik]

Alex is here. Alex, quick, grab a mic.

[Jason Nash]

Bring merch.

[David Dobrik]

This is perfect timing.

[Jason Nash]

Let's go.

[David Dobrik]

This is a special episode because we're gonna confront John.

[Alex]

Oh, yes.

[David Dobrik]

Do you remember? So I think I've said this on the podcast before.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

But he was. I asked him to sand my furniture because it's like an $8,000 thing if I outsourced it.

[Jason Nash]

Okay.

[David Dobrik]

Right. But I was like, John doesn't really do anything, so let me just get him to sand all the furniture. And he was down. And then a couple of days in, I see that Alex is also sanding the furniture.

[Jason Nash]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

And I'm like, that's strange. Like, Alex doesn't work for me. I don't know what's going on. And then I asked Alex. I'm like, do you just enjoy sanding the furniture? He's like, no, no, John's gonna pay me. And I'm like, I can't believe John is outsourcing this job to Alex. That's crazy. Like, John can't do this himself. I'm like, whatever. If he really wants to fucking pay Alex on, let it be.

[Jason Nash]

Did you. Are you paying John his salary or did you give John money on top?

[David Dobrik]

No, it's a salary.

[Jason Nash]

You're not giving him money on top?

[David Dobrik]

No, just the task of task.

[Natalie]

Like the month.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. This is your task this month.

[Jason Nash]

Right.

[David Dobrik]

You have to fit. You have to sand all this furniture.

[Jason Nash]

Did it get done?

[David Dobrik]

Did it get done? I Can't even.

[Alex]

We have like a few left.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. This has been going off like, because,

[Alex]

okay, I haven't touched it for a month, so. They haven't been touched for a month.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, so. So it's been like what? Two.

[John]

Two months?

[Natalie]

Man is incredible.

[David Dobrik]

No, he's insane.

[Natalie]

The shit that he away with is insane, Jason.

[Jason Nash]

But I mean, it's coming out of his salary.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, well, okay, so listen, that's what we're about to say. Well, that's. That's where this goes. So then, Alex, what did he. What did you say the other day?

[Alex]

Okay, so I was looking for ways to make extra money, so I asked John. He hates the sanding part of the job. I'm like, I can do that for you for a price. Yeah, like, who's. But like, whose pocket is this coming out of? And he's like, mine. And then fast forward a month later, we have like 80% of it done

[David Dobrik]

when you ask for the payment.

[Alex]

And yeah, I'm like, here, like how many hours? $20 an hour or whatever. $400. And he's like, you're. I'm like, you're paying for this, right? And he's like, he's like, no, Davis. Laughing emoji. Laughing emoji.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, that's crazy.

[Natalie]

I mean, that is the most John I've ever heard in my life.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, so today we're going to confront him and we're going to figure out.

[Natalie]

I know how you always, you know, how you make jokes about how I'm the one stealing money from your bank account and shit. You think it's got to watch the once.

[Jason Nash]

Wow.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, let's get John in here right now. John thinks I'm paying. Alex, that is absolutely not the case.

[Jason Nash]

Give me one more.

[Alex]

Oh, you're going to stand your ground?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Really?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Wait, why?

[Alex]

But it's John.

[Natalie]

Oh, my God.

[David Dobrik]

Now what should I do?

[Jason Nash]

He's going to fold.

[Natalie]

John needs to learn that he.

[David Dobrik]

Should I give John extra $10,000?

[Natalie]

Yes, of course.

[David Dobrik]

Just so if this ever happens again, he could get hire new employees.

[Natalie]

I literally want to kill myself. The money that you shell out to random fucking people and then there's other people that are working their tails off. All tails off.

[Alex]

Did you talk about the five that I made yesterday?

[David Dobrik]

Oh, yeah. So Jason, Jason. Jason helped me. Jason helped me with something. So I sent him 500 bucks. And then what was interesting is like four hours later, I was just like going to make sure that I sent it to him or I was checking my email, which I never do. And in my email, somebody sent me the money back, and it was. And it said, jason Nash paid you $500. And the caption said, not the first and surely not the last time I've been mistaken for the real Jason Nash.

[Jason Nash]

Wow.

[David Dobrik]

Isn't that crazy? Crazy.

[Alex]

You sent it back.

[David Dobrik]

Someone sent.

[Alex]

Did you send it back?

[David Dobrik]

No, I didn't send it back.

[Jason Nash]

We're honest folk. That's Jason Nash's.

[David Dobrik]

That's crazy. That's crazy.

[Jason Nash]

Wild. He said it back.

[David Dobrik]

That he sent it back.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I wonder how much it was like the other times it could have been.

[David Dobrik]

He's got to be making a lot, though. Could you imagine?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

How many people are just setting him money like, yo, man, just get those kids college. Yeah, I made $80,000 this year just for being Jason Nash. All right, let's get John in here. Okay, guys, John has entered the chat. John, say hello. Hello, John. This is a very John podcast. Why? We just started this and we've only been talking about you. How's. How's your sanding going?

[John]

What's in the chairs?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, John, the chairs. What are you talking about? Yeah, I mean, where.

[John]

There's. What? I think there's one chair.

[Alex]

There's like, three.

[John]

Three.

[Natalie]

This is crazy.

[Jason Nash]

Three.

[Alex]

Alex, what the fuck have you been doing?

[David Dobrik]

All right, so tell me about. Tell me about. Back to the sanding. Okay, okay. You hired Alex. How does that work? Can you explain that?

[John]

Yeah, the reason I hired Alex was first off, I was like, hey, you free?

[David Dobrik]

Okay. Okay.

[John]

Right. And not only that, the chairs do need to. Like, the moment I found out that you can't just sand it right out there because it makes such a big mess. So then we. You have to carry it, and then carrying it requires two people.

[David Dobrik]

Correct. So then you're like, I'm going to. Yes. So then walking through the process. So exactly what happened? You're like, I'm going to hire Alex.

[John]

Yeah, I'm going to hire Alex.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. Yeah. Okay.

[John]

That's it. What do you mean? There's not much of a point.

[David Dobrik]

Well, how much do you owe Alex right now?

[John]

I don't know yet. I haven't really done the math.

[Alex]

Nobody else did the math.

[Jason Nash]

Al.

[David Dobrik]

Did you ask him for a specific amount?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

How much?

[Alex]

400.

[John]

Oh, okay.

[David Dobrik]

So you owe Alex 400.

[John]

Okay. It's not me that I was. We owe Alex. Okay.

[David Dobrik]

So that's what I'm trying to get to. So you hired Alex. Yeah, under the suspicion that I would pay for an extra employee.

[Jason Nash]

Whoa, whoa, Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[John]

First off, I was like, hey, man, I'll save you eight grand. Okay, so I bought everything. 400 is a drop in a bucket. That is real labor. Real labor.

[Natalie]

That's a fair point. If.

[Alex]

If you were like working all day every day.

[Natalie]

Yeah. If you were doing it like on. If you weren't taking away from like your work. Your work hours during the normal hours.

[Jason Nash]

So like, hi, I'm Jason Nash. I'll be John's lawyer today. Go ahead, Natalie.

[Natalie]

The sanding is taken. I think it's. We're going on maybe three months at this point, so. And we're doing it during the day.

[Jason Nash]

Right?

[Natalie]

We're doing it like. We're not asking you to do other things. We're just having you sand during the day. That's actually just become your job as a part of the payroll, like, salaried role that you have.

[David Dobrik]

Not only that, but when you originally started sanding with Alex, I asked Alex, and Alex asked you, whose is this coming out of? And you said, it's coming out of your paycheck.

[John]

Yeah. Okay, well, you technically pay me, so. Technically paying Alex. So in theory, you are paying Alex.

[Alex]

Oh, he is swift.

[Natalie]

So there's no additional money coming out. You're just saying it's coming like.

[David Dobrik]

So who Venmos Alex $400.

[John]

I'll Venmo Alex $400.

[Natalie]

Okay. And are you just saying that because we're cornering you right now?

[David Dobrik]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, wait.

[Alex]

Oh, so his fucked up logic made me think that David was paying me.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[John]

Because I said it's my first employee. Aw, I'm so.

[Jason Nash]

But wait, I'm confused. Jay, he saved you 8K to San. Those chairs is 8K. Okay, there's only. He did all the chairs. There's only three that aren't done. Two. Okay. There's only two chairs that aren't done. Also, Dave, I was here vlogging them that day. If you could have seen the smiles on Alex and John's faces. I think $400 is a nominal fee for you to pay. If you could have seen them that day. Alex had goggles on.

[David Dobrik]

It's too much like they were having fun.

[Jason Nash]

They were, but it was like. It was like blue collar fun.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, so I'm confused.

[Jason Nash]

John is like getting sweaty fun.

[David Dobrik]

So this entire time there hasn't been a problem? Alex has misunderstood you?

[Alex]

Yeah, I did.

[David Dobrik]

I guess this entire time you're gonna pay him out of your own paycheck?

[John]

Yeah. Cuz I Was just like, yeah, carry

[Alex]

like it's David's money.

[John]

No, it's just like. I mean, it was just like, it is my. Whatever. I said I'll do it.

[David Dobrik]

So I was just like, yeah, okay, Here we go.

[Alex]

April 27th.

[David Dobrik]

Can I read it? April 27th, you said me sanding was coming out of your pocket. No. No laughing emojis. My first employee.

[John]

My first. My first employee.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, John, you are making no sense. Then John goes, sorry. Then Alex goes, oh, I thought that's what you said, which shocked me. Cause you're cheap. Hahaha. Okay, I added up to 19 hours. I figured $20 an hour. John goes, fair. Are they all done? Are they all done? Oh my God. And then Alex goes, no, I don't want to bother anyone to help move the big chairs, but I'm going to do the smaller chairs in the meantime. I'm confused here, Jon. What? Jon, Alex asked you point blank. You said me sanding was coming out of your pocket. You responded, no laughing emojis. My first employee.

[John]

No, my first employee.

[David Dobrik]

Why do you keep just repeating what I'm saying?

[Jason Nash]

Is anybody else confused with John's history of communication? I'd like that taken off the record.

[David Dobrik]

You said me saying it was coming out of your pocket. English is the second language emojis. My first employee.

[Natalie]

I mean, listen, I don't even know how many times we can go through this. Like, obviously John. John doesn't even know what he's saying, you know?

[David Dobrik]

All right, Jay asks his lawyer, how do you explain this?

[Jason Nash]

My client is retarded. Read. April 27, you said me sanding was coming out of your pocket. No laughing emoji. My first employee. Okay, now that's very like John. Who knows what the John's saying? That's very. Who knows what he's saying? Like, okay, his. I read that like John's eyes are like thinking about lunch when he types that.

[David Dobrik]

All right, John. Yeah, John, explain what that means.

[John]

I. I actually don't know.

[David Dobrik]

I mean, oh my God.

[John]

It go. It goes either way, man. It goes either way.

[David Dobrik]

So please tell us the other way.

[John]

What is the. What do you mean?

[Alex]

You can also just say like, no, I meant that Dave is paying him. And then you're realizing that that was like messed up, so you're correcting yourself. You can say that too.

[John]

Yeah, I could say that, but oh my gosh, but that would be too hard. That'd be too easy. You know what I mean?

[David Dobrik]

What? Just be honest and dead ass.

[John]

Okay. Genuinely? Yeah, I had no idea What?

[David Dobrik]

Huh? Who did you want to pay for? Be dead ass.

[John]

Well, I did. I did say, like, it was me. Like, I. I genuinely thought. Even. Even now. Now right now, I'm like. Yeah, I'm still thinking. I thought it was me because I wanted to give him your money in a roundabout way. Like, I'm. I know I'm not working. So you. You're me. You know me. You know what I'm talking about.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, I'm you.

[Alex]

So he's paying.

[John]

Yes, because I'm not the one working.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Natalie]

I have no idea what the.

[Jason Nash]

I know what he means. What John is saying is, because it's a forfeit.

[David Dobrik]

His paycheck that day.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, he wants. He wants to say, Dave pays me all the time. Let Alex get some of the money that Dave always pays me.

[John]

Yes. Yes.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, so. But you're on salary.

[Natalie]

No, it's like.

[David Dobrik]

Is that really how it works? What do you mean?

[Natalie]

Because I'm just saying. No, because your logic is, like. It just doesn't make sense.

[John]

I don't get why it's such a big deal.

[Natalie]

Because your communication skills are really funny and they're in there, but it's just out in a way that.

[John]

But it's between me and Alex. I mean, I feel like that's fine, though.

[David Dobrik]

Well, yeah, but it seemed like it was between me, too, because now I had a pair of.

[Natalie]

Alex. The way that you phrase that made it sound like you were not gonna pay Alex, that you were gonna get David to send Alex money for it, even though it was, like, a job that you were doing.

[David Dobrik]

Is that what you wanted me to do? To send money to Alex?

[John]

No, no, no. Maybe. Maybe at some point I better never

[Alex]

get accused of murder, man.

[Jason Nash]

They will fucking convince you in, like, 45 minutes. And you will walk out of the police station. You won't walk out of the police station. You'll be like, yep, I did it.

[David Dobrik]

So you killed him? Yeah, I may have. It's not what I meant, though. Like, no, I didn't. I think I saw. I think I did.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, well, it saves money. My first employee.

[David Dobrik]

Where were you at the time of the murder? There.

[John]

Where's there?

[David Dobrik]

Wherever it was, that's it. Do you know where the murder was? No, but I was there. Please just explain the text. No laughing emojis. My first employee. Can you just explain that?

[John]

Because it's like, no. My first employee. It should. I should have said something. No, you're my. But, like, you should have said.

[David Dobrik]

No, I should have said.

[John]

Yes. I should have Said yes. That the key word was no. I should have said yes.

[Nature's Bounty Narrator]

Okay.

[John]

I should have said yes.

[David Dobrik]

There we go.

[Natalie]

Oh, my God.

[David Dobrik]

So is it coming out of your paycheck? You should have said yes. My first employee.

[John]

Yes. My first employee.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. But you said no.

[John]

I said no.

[David Dobrik]

Why?

[John]

Because I thought it was, like, my first employee. I don't. I don't know, dude. I don't know what you're gonna get out of me.

[David Dobrik]

I just want the truth.

[Jason Nash]

He's a moron.

[John]

You can't truth the handle.

[Natalie]

Oh, man.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, God. Okay. Well, that's. That wraps that up. Thank you, John.

[Natalie]

Does it.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, I think so. John was confused.

[Natalie]

John confused no with yes. Yeah, that makes sense.

[John]

No.

[David Dobrik]

Huh?

[John]

What? No, it was.

[David Dobrik]

Dude.

[Alex]

Every time we come to a conclusion,

[David Dobrik]

he says, back into the maze.

[Jason Nash]

Go.

[David Dobrik]

What is it?

[John]

No, no, no, no. Forget it. Forget it.

[Natalie]

Do you mean yes? Yes. Yes.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Alex, ask him the question one more time. Let's see how he responds. Go.

[John]

Okay.

[Alex]

What did you mean by no?

[David Dobrik]

No. No. Say, is it coming out of my paycheck? Oh.

[Alex]

Is it coming out of my paycheck?

[David Dobrik]

No. Sorry.

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[Jason Nash]

Yes.

[John]

Fuck, no.

[David Dobrik]

I have to pay myself.

[Jason Nash]

It's one of the top public high schools in Chicago.

[Alex]

Yeah, I. Fucking schoolinger was the best teacher.

[Jason Nash]

Taught them shit.

[David Dobrik]

All right, go, go. Lock in, lock in. Ask him. Ask him.

[Alex]

John, is it coming out of your paycheck?

[John]

Yes. It's counting out of my paycheck that David pays me.

[David Dobrik]

So, yes, it's counting out of my

[John]

paycheck it's coming out of my paycheck

[David Dobrik]

that David pays me.

[John]

That David pays me.

[David Dobrik]

Very unnecessary.

[John]

Unnecessary.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, you don't have to keep repeating what I'm saying.

[John]

I don't have to keep saying what you're saying.

[David Dobrik]

All right? Case closed.

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[David Dobrik]

So, I've been looking. I've been watching this AI movie. Did you guys watch that AI Doc?

[Jason Nash]

Wait, yeah, the one on Netflix. How AI is going to kill us all.

[David Dobrik]

I don't know if it's on Netflix. It's on prime, but this is interesting. So they were talking about how AI, first of all, I couldn't pay attention. Too much is so boring.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, hey. What you saying you're going to do

[Alex]

movie reviews on the show?

[David Dobrik]

Sorry.

[Jason Nash]

Fucking Failing, bro.

[David Dobrik]

You did one. Let me backtrack. It wasn't boring. It wasn't boring, okay? I just couldn't pay attention because I was really tired, okay? And as you can tell, I'm really foggy. Even today. My brain's just not working. Okay? So in the air doc, this is interesting. They were talking about AI and how when you look at the system, it's like analyzing a brain. Like, just by looking at a brain, you can't see everything that's happening in AI and you can't see everything that's happening in a brain. And they were talking about how, like, how AI is getting more and more dangerous. So they fed AI a bunch of codes and then they were there. You've seen this on the news, but it's. The doc just came out, so it's a little behind. But how they were trying to shut down AI program and then I rewrote itself to not get shut down. You've seen that, right? You've heard that story. There was another thing that happened is this company gave permission to read for AI to read all the emails in the company. This is real. And through that, it figured out that it was going to be replaced, that the AI software is gonna be replaced. And then at the same time, it found out that one of the lead engineers was having a affair with, like, with his wife. So it sent blackmail to the lead engineer saying, you can't replace me or else I'm gonna leak this email out to people. Whoa, AI did that? Ain't that crazy? Crazy? That's like, pretty fucking insanity. And yeah, it's pretty interesting because the whole inter. The whole doc is like, the guy who's making it is like, should we be worried about AI or should we not be worried? And no one could say for sure. But, like, half of the people are like, I don't want to have kids because AI is going to consume us all. And the other side is like, we're going to be okay. But what's really interesting is when someone was talking about what a big discovery AI is really put into perspective. It is like us discovering fire. Like, if you think about it and that kind of crazy. Like, in a hundred years, when everything is automated, AI is doing everything for you, all the fucking manual labor. Like, it's going to be like, we just discovered fire.

[Natalie]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah, of course. I don't know. I'm also kind of tired.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, I feel that you also kind of tired.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

That's why we have AI.

[David Dobrik]

Can we AI this pod I've been working on it.

[Jason Nash]

I'm trying, man. I'm trying to get AI this pod. I'm talking to 11 labs right now. We've cloned your voice. We just can't get the bitchiness quite right of mine. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, fuck.

[Alex]

I feel like it probably could do a pretty good job.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, no, for sure. I don't know why. Why we have to still do things creatively. Should all be done by AI.

[Jason Nash]

I got pulled over today. Yeah. On the way to the shoot, I got a $20 ticket.

[John]

Speeding.

[Jason Nash]

Such a weird ticket for speeding. No. I have registration for the last two years.

[Natalie]

Whoa.

[John]

Oh my God.

[Jason Nash]

He was like, I can take this car right now.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[John]

What is it?

[Jason Nash]

I can, I can. He was flexing hard.

[John]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

He was like, I can tow this car right now. I'm supposed to tow you right now.

[David Dobrik]

Uh huh.

[Jason Nash]

And I was just like looking at him and I was like, you're not gonna do that. I didn't say that. I don't get scared. I was almost happy when I got pulled over.

[David Dobrik]

You were on your way to hang out with me?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

No, I was almost happy cause I was like, I don't know. Have you ever had that feeling? I got pulled over once in Alabama for doing like 1:30 and I was almost happy. I was like, oh, this is good. This is a good check.

[David Dobrik]

Like you. Yeah. Like you need to put them. You need to be put in your place.

[Jason Nash]

I need to be put in my place. I'm out of control. I knew that registration wasn't right and

[David Dobrik]

you're too lazy to fix it. But now you have a. Now you have a reason.

[Jason Nash]

And now I gotta go. Like tonight. I'm gonna fix that registration. That's like, I haven't a registration for two years. I was sitting there like, this is what it feels like to like get caught as a murderer. Yeah, this is good.

[John]

You didn't tell him anything.

[Jason Nash]

You didn't tell me? No. I almost wanted him to just to be like, have a story. Just to feel something.

[John]

That's crazy.

[Jason Nash]

I don't know. Do you guys think that you have enough cars in this driveway? It's enough.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. We got to get rid of some.

[Jason Nash]

Have you guys thought about getting rid of your phones for like a day? Like, I was watching Chris Nolan.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. He doesn't have a phone.

[Jason Nash]

Doesn't have a phone.

[David Dobrik]

I think that's crazy.

[Jason Nash]

But doesn't it like totally make sense?

[David Dobrik]

And the interview. Yeah, the interviewer is like, is it becoming harder for you to not have A phone. And he's like, it's getting tougher at airports.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

With QR codes and stuff. Like, there's so many. The QR codes are back now. And it's kind of hard to do things without getting a QR code. Yeah, that's true. I'm impressed that he's gotten this far without a phone.

[Natalie]

Like, he doesn't have one at all.

[David Dobrik]

He's a flip phone.

[Natalie]

He's a flip phone.

[Jason Nash]

When he travels.

[David Dobrik]

When he travels. But, like, he doesn't even have. He doesn't have email.

[John]

Holy fuck.

[Jason Nash]

But can we draw a correlation between the world's most creative man and the fact that he doesn't have a phone and that all of us are being fucking not creative? Because we do have phones.

[Natalie]

Yeah. Cause you just funneled.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, I'm sure there's a correlation with that.

[Jason Nash]

But, like, I went to dinner the other night. I forgot my phone. I took Naveen out for her birthday.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, wow.

[Jason Nash]

And I took my boss's car instead. So I didn't have a phone. If I took my car, I would have had to take the phone.

[David Dobrik]

Your boss's car's car?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, I took my boss's car.

[David Dobrik]

What the fuck does that mean?

[Jason Nash]

I'm working for this guy, and he. He wanted me to make some content in his.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, what?

[Jason Nash]

In his Mayb.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, what do you mean you're working for some guy?

[Jason Nash]

I'm working for. I'm doing, like. I'm doing content for this company.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. For what company? What are you saying?

[Jason Nash]

Called creditvana.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, why are you saying that like he's your boss? Wait, why are you saying he's your boss?

[Jason Nash]

Cause I call him my boss.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, okay.

[Jason Nash]

Cause he, like, showed up in my house and he was like.

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He's like.

[Jason Nash]

He's like, I want you to take out my Maybach and make content in it. And I was like, okay. I was like, sure.

[David Dobrik]

What are you making in it? Does he pay you a lot?

[Jason Nash]

He pays me to post. And.

[David Dobrik]

Do you have to tag him?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, I tagged the company, and I have a little piece of the company.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, okay.

[Jason Nash]

And. But then he showed up and he said, Maybach. And I was like, oh, amazing. But then when I saw it, it's like understated luxury. Have you ever seen a Maybach?

[David Dobrik]

I mean, it depends what Maybach? Yeah, but it's not.

[Jason Nash]

Like, it's a nice car, but it's not a Lamborghini. It's not?

[John]

No.

[Jason Nash]

So in the video, it's just kind

[David Dobrik]

of like, yeah, you're just in, like, a sedan.

[John]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. But it's very nice. I'm sure it's 275,000 dol. Thousand dollars or how much is it?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Like. Yeah, between that to, like, half a million.

[John]

Have you bopped it yet?

[Jason Nash]

Bopped it? Yeah, I took it out.

[David Dobrik]

No. Was it an suv?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[John]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Did you larp it? Did you, like, bop it? Yeah.

[John]

What?

[Jason Nash]

Did you bop it, like, put it up and down, like. Yeah, like a doctor.

[David Dobrik]

Hydraulics?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, no, yeah, it does.

[John]

That's the best part about it.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, it does that.

[John]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

I didn't.

[David Dobrik]

You ever see that Tic tac? Somebody taped two french fries to the bottom of their Maybach. Yeah. And then put dipping sauce on the floor. And then it's so good. And then they turned on that feature, and it looked like the french fries were going up and down into the sauce.

[Jason Nash]

That would have been a great TikTok.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Your boss hired the wrong guy. Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

So. So anyways, I went to dinner in the Maybach. And by the way, I don't know how you do it when you're in a nice car, everything changes.

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[Jason Nash]

I feel I felt that way. I pulled up to sushi samba, and people were coming out with trying to sell me roses. Somebody was like, that doesn't happen to you normally? No, I didn't think so. It was the Maybach, I'm pretty sure.

[Natalie]

No, for sure.

[Jason Nash]

I mean, like. Like, the rate at which the valet stepped was different. It was like, oh.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, yeah. What's tough is, like, you'll get really crazy prices for valet.

[Jason Nash]

He goes 20 bucks and he goes 40 to keep it up front.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, my God.

[Jason Nash]

And I was so paranoid that it would get scratched. I was like, okay, I'll pay the 40.

[David Dobrik]

You know what I used to pay when we would all go party at Hyde? What? I used to pay $200 to keep it up front. To keep it up front on the

[Jason Nash]

street or in the back?

[David Dobrik]

In the. In the lot. Right. Right outside the club.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

200 USD.

[John]

Yeah, that's fine.

[David Dobrik]

I really needed it there because we were vlogging and, like, very important part was getting into the Tesla. So, like, I needed it close by, so it made sense for me. But that was. That's an astronomical price. Astronomical. Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

They know, but they know who they're charging to know 100%. They know it's you, and they know you'll do it.

[David Dobrik]

So that does kind of. That does you.

[Jason Nash]

What's. Is that the most you've been ever ripped off

[David Dobrik]

the Most I've been ripped off.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

I don't know. Now I'm trying to think, have we been ripped off somewhere else?

[Jason Nash]

We get ripped off.

[Natalie]

A lot invested in Jonah's movie, so.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, Natalie, you're just. Why are you just being so nasty?

[Jason Nash]

What did she say?

[Natalie]

He invested in Jonah's movie.

[John]

Yo, what if. What if. What if Jonah's movie becomes like the new obsession movie?

[Jason Nash]

Could you imagine?

[Natalie]

That would be sick.

[John]

Would you. Would you like, eat your own words, Nat? Would you be like, no, I want

[Natalie]

it to be successful, obviously.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

I'm just being funny.

[Jason Nash]

They'd give a hundred thousand dollars, right? So let's say it makes a hundred mil. What would Dave get?

[John]

Dave would probably get. I mean you. 10x. So you'd be like, Where'd you come up with 10x?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, where'd you come up with 10X?

[Jason Nash]

Come up with that number?

[John]

Well, because it's a million dollar movie. Obsession was.

[Jason Nash]

Okay, so, yeah, 10% of $100 million. It's not 10x. It's 10% of $100 million, which is $10 million.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

So I make 10 million bucks.

[Jason Nash]

So he'd more than 10x.

[John]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Where did you get the 10x from?

[John]

I just put it another zero. I was just like, yeah, that sounds right.

[Natalie]

I'm just gonna add a zero here. It feels good.

[Jason Nash]

So anyways, the point is, I went David, 10x.

[David Dobrik]

And Alex would also 5x.

[Jason Nash]

But the point is I went to the restaurant and I didn't have my phone that night. And it was incredible.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, okay.

[Jason Nash]

It was incredible. It was like. There's no taking photos of the fucking food. It's just like.

[John]

Can we talk about our things?

[Jason Nash]

I was there.

[John]

Why Sunday?

[David Dobrik]

What happened Sunday? Oh, no, we can't.

[John]

Oh, damn. Well, at least a no phone thing.

[David Dobrik]

No phone. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. We could talk about that. We went to. We went to a party.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And it was like a very, very high net worth person.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And they locked up our phones. Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

Really? Really.

[Natalie]

Like how so?

[David Dobrik]

What do you mean, how so?

[Jason Nash]

They put them in bags.

[Natalie]

Put them in bags. They put them in bags and they kept them or.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

You get like a little valet ticket. Yeah. And your. And the bag is like at basically like check in.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Like in the driveway. And I really changed the vibe of the party.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Which is actually a lot better.

[John]

The problem is.

[David Dobrik]

Well, there's reasons I can't ever do that at my parties. One is because a lot of the ways we're paying for the Party is by people posting. So that's unfortunate. You could kind of only pull that off if you're like really a fucking billionaire. And two, I think people get the wrong idea when phones are locked up. People like, what kind of shady shit is going on at this party? But really it's actually, it's quite opposite. It's actually just like more fun and wholesome. Yeah, more like you're like actually interacting with people. The thing that was the most interesting sounds, wearing a watch didn't have it set. Other people around me were wearing watches, didn't have their time set. That was so. And no one knew what time it was so funny. The sun was setting so we were guessing. We're like, ah, fuck, maybe 7:30. But we were like off by an hour. Cause we didn't see a clock. It was like a pool party and we couldn't figure out what time it was. That was interesting. Then that was dumb. And none of us had our watches set, which is really fun.

[John]

Yeah, they're like, oh, I have it set to EU time still, so you gotta subtract 10 hours. I'm like, so what time is it?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, but yeah, I really do like the idea of like taking away phones at a party.

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[David Dobrik]

Alex is here. As you know, he's DJ rent free. He started a DJ career the other day. He told us he was playing edc, which was really exciting. It's a big deal for a DJ to play.

[Natalie]

Huge.

[David Dobrik]

And I remember that this was when we had to go to Croatia so we couldn't make it. And. Well, how did it go? Did you play edc?

[Alex]

I did play edc.

[David Dobrik]

Be honest.

[Alex]

Okay. I think my expectations weren't crazy. I knew it was gonna be like super, super small. And then when I told you guys, you all fucking flipped out. Like John was losing his shit.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And I got so excited that it was gonna be like a huge stage.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Where did you actually play?

[Alex]

It was, it was in like a golden duck, like a pop up merch store sort of thing. Actually, it wasn't even on the map, but.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, okay, wait, explain that to me. Pop up merch store.

[Natalie]

Like it was like a little activation. Like, Booth.

[Alex]

It was maybe as big as your bedroom.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. It's an indoor thing.

[Alex]

Like, it's, like, open. Like, no doors, but it's, like, definitely under, like, a roof.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, okay, okay. And how many people were at the

[Alex]

sat, maybe in the store? Let's get our shit straight. They're probably, like, 20 to 30. And then if people are into what you're doing, they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

I will say that what you did really well is, like, you. You told me this. You're like. It wasn't actually what I thought it was. Not like I was on, like, a stage or anything. I saw the video you posted of your edc. Like, video you, like. You posted, like, you telling us.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And then the only shot you used from EDC was, like, you on a golf cart.

[John]

And it wasn't even of you.

[David Dobrik]

It was just like. Of, like a random shot of the festival.

[Alex]

Yeah, no. Cause I'm still. I mean, I don't think I'm getting it at this point, but I'm waiting on footage.

[David Dobrik]

That was, like, two weeks ago.

[Alex]

Yeah, no, I know.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, okay. Okay. I thought you were, like, trying to, like, be mysterious about what happened. No, no, no. Was it.

[Alex]

I mean, that definitely tweaked me out, too, but yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, it's really funny.

[Alex]

Don't have the footage you put.

[David Dobrik]

You. Even though you undersold it in real life, on social media. I was, like, looking at your comments. Everyone's like, you fucking play ddc, dude.

[Alex]

That's my best performing video. And then I don't have any fucking footage to show for it.

[David Dobrik]

That's really funny.

[John]

Crazy.

[Alex]

Yeah. People took videos, but it was. They all took the same ones of, like, the first 15 minutes. So, like, I don't have a lot to work with.

[David Dobrik]

Gotta see this. Oh, no, actually, this is way more EDC than I thought it was gonna be. Those clowns weren't there the whole time.

[Natalie]

Those clowns.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, yeah, no, no. This is. This is more than what I thought. I thought when you said it, you were, like, literally, like, huh?

[Alex]

In a Porta Potty.

[David Dobrik]

No, I. This is, like, a venue. You're, like, at a thing. I thought you were, like, in a merch store, like, DJing behind themselves, like, on their iPads.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, yeah, he's had a Lululemon.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, no, this is, like, an actual show.

[Jason Nash]

But did you. Did you like. I think it's so cool. It's, like, so beautiful.

[Alex]

EDC has, like, a hole.

[Jason Nash]

No, no, like. Like, I think that's so beautiful. Like, the way you're going to, like, play that. And like, you don't know what it is. And you're like, you're checking into the Luxor, then you're showing up for the gig, and then you're like, you're forced to, like, adjust to what it is.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

Like, that's.

[Alex]

Yeah. You have no idea what you want to do.

[Jason Nash]

You have no idea what you're doing. And there's, like, something. So that's like, that's life. That is what life is. It 100%. Like, that is everything in life that you're doing. It's like. It's the ride, man. That is the coolest fucking thing.

[Alex]

That's true.

[Jason Nash]

Because I used to do that for stand up. I would go somewhere and I'd be like, oh, my God, this could be amazing. Or this could be shit, right?

[Alex]

You don't know if it's gonna be.

[Jason Nash]

You don't know, and you don't know. And then when it's amazing, you're like, wow, that wasn't so bad. There was only 30 people there, but they laughed. It's like, that is life. It's so cool.

[David Dobrik]

Have you ever experienced something like that?

[Natalie]

Like, have I ever to work for anything? Is that what you mean?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Like, have you ever had a passion that you've been, like, chasing.

[Natalie]

Yeah, my next Instagram post is, no,

[Jason Nash]

she had a sandwich the other day.

[Natalie]

Yeah. When I get you a really big brand deal, and then you're like, why

[Jason Nash]

wasn't it more money? Hey, NASA's been killing it with the brand deals. You have a brand on every video.

[Natalie]

That's not good enough, Jason.

[Jason Nash]

It's not.

[David Dobrik]

Videos are a lot of money, man.

[Jason Nash]

They are a lot of money.

[Natalie]

You're such a dick. I work so hard.

[David Dobrik]

No, I'm kidding. Nelly does good.

[Jason Nash]

She's me. The Penny series.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. You know what's. You know, it's a funny thing. We were talking about Obsession about the new movie.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And, like, how, like, this guy made it for $750,000.

[Jason Nash]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

Just killer.

[Jason Nash]

Killer.

[David Dobrik]

And, like, that's kind of hard to put into perspective, but I was telling everyone, I'm like, that's the price of three vlogs when we're all traveling. Yeah, that's kind of crazy.

[Jason Nash]

That is kind of crazy.

[David Dobrik]

Like, in exchange for three vlogs, he made a $250 million film. Yeah. That's pretty fucking impressive.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

Did you not, like, inspire you, though?

[David Dobrik]

You make a movie? No, I'd never Make a horror movie.

[Natalie]

I have to make a horror movie. You know. You know what kind of movie?

[David Dobrik]

I think low budget, though. Like, horror is kind of like your only horrors, your only way to go.

[Natalie]

Yeah, but I think that, you know what? I think what you would be good at. And I know that we've like kind of attempted.

[David Dobrik]

Here we go.

[Natalie]

We've attempted different, like, ideas and concepts for films and shows and things that maybe haven't been like, successful yet. But. But I just think you have such a good thing going with like your actual life, right? Like the dynamics, relationships of like, what this actually is. And if you were to create some sort of like, not indie, but like, low budget film that is like loosely based on like your childhood friends, you could do like the, you know, the bike gang in Vernon Hills. But then you guys grow up and then one of you becomes, you know, this great success and you're all like, in it. Like, I just, like, there's a gunage and. Yeah, yeah, I guess, like, but, you know, it doesn't need to be so Hollywood. But like, I don't know, I just think. I just think there's like a really fun, like, people already. You already know people love this story that you're already telling in your vlogs and your day to day and like all your content and stuff. But like, I just think there's like, there's like a low budget, really fun, rewarding idea, like, out of that. That's not that complicated to put together because it's. It's literally your life.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, I get that. But like, I don't see, like, it's very easy to describe it that way and be like, there's a fun show idea here, but like, if I don't see all of it, I just can't do it, right? Like, if I don't see it start to middle or middle, beginning, end.

[Natalie]

But you lived it.

[David Dobrik]

But, like, I don't see how I would make a show out of it.

[Natalie]

But you're. But your life is literally a movie right now.

[David Dobrik]

That's not what I'm saying, Natalie. I'm saying, like, if we had to make one, I don't know how I would make it.

[Jason Nash]

I don't think he thinks like that. He's like. He's like, David's too. I'm just gonna sign him sucking your dick.

[David Dobrik]

Let's go.

[Jason Nash]

But he's like, he's like too real. You know what I mean? Like, David's the first person to be like, that was lame. It's like those People went on. Those people were like, acting. You know what I mean? And it is. It is hard to make acting good.

[David Dobrik]

It's really hard. And I don't.

[Jason Nash]

Really hard.

[David Dobrik]

I was explaining today we were shooting with James Francois, and shooting with James is so different than shooting with any of our friends because, like, if you ask any of our friends to repeat a line, they'll be like, fuck you. You have it the first time, but you ask James Franco to repeat something and he'll do it better the second time and he'll like, take a note or whatever. And like, I was explaining to him, like, like, how I don't have any kind of vision for anything and I'm really good at, like, what I said on the podcast a couple weeks ago, where I was like, I feel like I know it's when something is good, but I just can't, like, conceptualize anything beforehand. Like, I cannot.

[Jason Nash]

You told him that? That you don't have any vision for anything?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[John]

What did he say?

[David Dobrik]

He looked at me like an alien.

[Natalie]

That's like, I hate when you do that. When you, like, you self deprecate to an extreme where you confuse people around you. They're like, well, then why am I here? You know? Cause we're all here because we believe in you and your vision.

[David Dobrik]

You know, I just, like, don't. I don't really know how to do that. I don't know.

[Natalie]

But there is a piece of you that does know how to do that. You just don't like to do that.

[David Dobrik]

No, only piece of me is like, we're at a bit. Let's say it's like, it's Jason as Carmelita breaking into Vardon's house for the first time. Whatever. I don't. I don't know what it is, but, like, I know in that bit, I know where it starts. Once we have the start. Yeah, I know where the middle is. Once we have the middle. And then I could finish the end because I have the fir. But do you understand what I'm saying?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Like, I'll know when we have it, but I will not know how to get there for the life of me.

[Natalie]

You can't, like, pre script it.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. But then the second I'm there, I'm like, that's the beginning. That's the middle. And then like, Jason's like, are we done? I'm like, no, we're not done. We need to keep looking because there needs to be one more end. Like, you know, I mean, I could piece together the vlog very Easily when we're there, like, editing real time. But I cannot premeditate anything for the life of me.

[Natalie]

But I would. I. I get that. And I feel like that is true for when you're, like, trying to curate a new moment or a new bit. But, like, you've already. You have so much experience with all these things you've already filmed that have been successful and you. From start, middle, beginning, end, whatever. Like, don't you think you can just, like, replicate that, like, for like, what you've filmed and done and just kind of.

[David Dobrik]

I mean, maybe it's a skill.

[Jason Nash]

You just have to work at it. Yeah, I mean, you're like. You just have to work at it. It's like everything I've been posting on Instagram a lot. And some things do well, some things don't. And I'm just, like, learning as I go. You're like, okay, that didn't work.

[David Dobrik]

I fuck with you, Jason.

[Jason Nash]

Thanks, man. Thanks.

[David Dobrik]

I think you're cool, too.

[Jason Nash]

I heard Dave gave you shit for staying at the Luxor.

[David Dobrik]

I mean. Yeah, I'd rather sleep on the ground instead of the Luxor.

[Jason Nash]

How was the Luxor?

[Alex]

Sketchy.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

Wow.

[Alex]

I mean, it was fine. It was just a place to sleep.

[Jason Nash]

Did you go alone?

[Alex]

No, I stayed with two other people.

[Jason Nash]

Did they DJ, too?

[Alex]

Yeah, it was a room full of DJs.

[Jason Nash]

Do you guys get competitive if you all have the name DJ in your name?

[Alex]

Okay, that's something I would like to point out when you reference me. Take out the DJ part, please, and thank you.

[Jason Nash]

Just rent free.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, you just rent free? Yeah, yeah, rent free.

[Jason Nash]

I think it's great.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, I think it works. I mean, like, it's like, what else are you going to be? TJ Apex? You know what I mean? Like, what name are you gonna fucking possibly choose? Octagon.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Marshmallows Taken. That's, like, literally the only one I could think of. That one's brilliant, DJ Khaled. Another good one I would have thought of.

[Jason Nash]

You could have. You can do amorphisms of it, too. Like, Diddy was P. Diddy then. He was Diddy.

[David Dobrik]

He was convicted. You could just be free, or you could just be a twinstein for going Jason's route.

[Jason Nash]

What were some other choices?

[David Dobrik]

Wait, do you have them? Read them.

[Alex]

One of them. One of them is pigeons.

[David Dobrik]

I like that.

[Jason Nash]

Actually, I like that a lot.

[Alex]

Everyone told me it was, like, too dirty. That's kind of like, I won't get booked.

[David Dobrik]

Pigeon. Yeah, Pigeon is pretty sick.

[Alex]

I just think it has like a nice punch.

[David Dobrik]

Pigeon is actually really good.

[Natalie]

It sounds cool.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, you can have a lot of fun with a logo.

[Alex]

Singular.

[Jason Nash]

Singular. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

That's sick. And then when you start your show, the way you come out is people throw drums on stage. Where is he? Everyone take pieces of this bread and toss it out. Break bread and throw it at me. Wait, what else is there? What was it on the name? I like Pigeon.

[Alex]

That was like highest on the list. That was only like serious.

[Jason Nash]

One pigeon kind of works with your limp. Is that why you said pigeon?

[Alex]

No, it was. It actually has a story to it.

[Jason Nash]

Walk like a pigeon the way you used to walk.

[David Dobrik]

What's the story?

[Alex]

When John Illy and I went to EDC for the first time, like five years ago, I took this video of us just like bobbing our heads like that. And the caption was Pigeons.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, I love that.

[Natalie]

Oh, that's kind of cool.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Pigeons bopping their head. Yeah. This is a really good logo. Really? Fuck yeah.

[Natalie]

It's better than rent free. Change it. Yeah.

[Alex]

The only thing I don't like about rent free is that it's like, pigeon is gross though.

[David Dobrik]

I'm thinking about it now. You think like, my roommate's pigeon. Like, it'd be. It's kind of like disgusting. It's like, do you clean up after. Does he clean up after himself? Like genuinely, you fuck pigeon.

[Natalie]

Yeah, but you fucked Pigeon.

[David Dobrik]

There's this. Okay, so I'm not gonna say who. There is this. There's this group, there's this, there's this, there's this group on Tick Tock. It's like a family. And one of the family members keeps being referred to as Pigeon in the comments. And she didn't like it for the longest time. I don't know if she embraces it now. I don't know why they called her Pigeon. But the comments just like slowly started calling her pigeon. And they're like, where's Pigeon? Everyone was like, where's pigeon? She was like, she's a young girl too. She's like 13. And I think there was one point where she was like, can you guys please stop calling me pigeon? So from the eyes of a 13 year old May not be the best word. Pigeon.

[Alex]

I don't know. I think it's just like anything else. It becomes cool once you're cool.

[David Dobrik]

If you do White pigeon, that could be better.

[Natalie]

White Pigeon.

[Jason Nash]

That's White Dove.

[David Dobrik]

Dove.

[Jason Nash]

White Dove's.

[David Dobrik]

Hello. Wait. Give me another name. Give me another name. You're onto something. If you have Pigeon.

[Alex]

No, I mean, that was.

[David Dobrik]

That was the best one.

[Natalie]

That's all he got.

[David Dobrik]

His other words are body odor and ass crack. Okay, so I have pigeon or swap dick.

[Alex]

I mean. Yeah, dude, this one is like Apex Sever. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Not bad

[Alex]

Frosting, because

[David Dobrik]

DJ Frosting is pretty good.

[John]

Frost.

[Natalie]

No, DJ Frosty.

[David Dobrik]

Frosty. I feel like that's already taken. It's gotta be taken.

[Alex]

Probably neon keys.

[Jason Nash]

What about something, like, really esoteric, like the arms that break us only hold us back.

[David Dobrik]

That's the whole thing. That's the whole thing.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

I don't think he. He got that one, Jay.

[Alex]

Attention.

[David Dobrik]

What about, like, DJ Thin Mint?

[Natalie]

Tic Tac?

[Alex]

I think you could be good at this if you stop putting the DJ in the name.

[David Dobrik]

Well, I like Thin Mint.

[Alex]

Thin mint's pretty good.

[David Dobrik]

DJ DJs are probably, like, the. The best. Like, you could, like, watch. I'm gonna look around the room. I'm gonna find something really quick. Ready? Ice Cube, South Dakota Card.

[John]

Dumbass.

[David Dobrik]

Filipino DJ podcast.

[Natalie]

Mike Wilmer Pillow.

[Jason Nash]

Who wants to hear Natalie sing?

[David Dobrik]

All right, guys, that's all the time we have for today's podcast. Please help us come up with names for dj Rent free or rent free, excuse me. Or Pigeon or Smile, whatever his fucking name is. And go check out Jason's daily vlogs.

[Jason Nash]

Not daily anymore.

[John]

Okay,

[Jason Nash]

we quit on that.

[David Dobrik]

If anybody wants to help John sand furniture, he'll happily pay you out of my pocket. So hit him up and go follow Natalie on her other things that she does.

[Natalie]

Yay.

[Jason Nash]

Bye.

[Natalie]

Bye.

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