Chasing My Crush Around the Globe

Summary

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VIEWS with David Dobrik & Jason Nash

Episode: Chasing My Crush Around the Globe

Date: August 19, 2025

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Brief Overview

In this episode of VIEWS, David Dobrik, Jason Nash, Natalie, Andre, and newcomer John blend comedic banter with personal updates, pop-culture musings, and work-life reflections. The gang covers everything from David’s evolving YouTube concepts, their dysfunctional-but-endearing work environment, Natalie’s globe-trotting crush quests, modern dating woes, pickleball obsession, AI paranoia, and what it takes to find your niche both on social media and in life. The episode weaves in colorful anecdotes and candid discussions about adulthood, self-improvement, and the LA dating scene, all with the classic, irreverent tone fans love.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. David’s 30th Birthday Video Idea (00:07–02:22)

• David floats an ambitious YouTube series to commemorate turning 30: “A funeral for my 20s” (00:23).
• Considers living in a different country each month (or continent) leading up to his 30th, emphasizing authenticity, local immersion, and creative documentation.
• Quote:
  “My favorite birthday theme that people do when they turn 30 is a funeral for their 20s... There’s a casket, everyone dresses up. All black.” — David (00:33)
• Natalie is supportive but jokes that David struggles to leave the house.

2. Chasing Crushes & LA Dating Realities (02:22–05:06)

• The crew teases Natalie about chasing a crush—allegedly “Steiny” from Nelk—across the country to events and parties.
• Andre humorously observes the self-aware contradictions of LA’s dating scene, noting everyone blames “LA,” not themselves.
• Quote:
  “I go, you guys are all the problem. You’re the problem, you’re the problem, and I’m the problem. We are LA.” — Andre (04:03)
• Discussion on dating app fatigue and the paradox of too many options.

3. John’s Relationship Origin & “Zila” Body Transformation (05:17–09:02)

• John recounts meeting his girlfriend Julia during a period of personal lows and his extreme fitness regimen.
• David and Andre probe awkwardly: was John “catfishing” by presenting his fittest self?
• Discussion on the unsustainable nature of “shredded” lifestyles and the pressure of living up to public transformations.
• Quote:
  “There was a moment I hooked up with a girl... I’m like, shirt’s gonna stay on.” — David (09:56)

4. Pickleball, Competition & Work-Play Blur (11:12–15:03)

• Natalie marvels at the “hostile” pickleball hierarchy at David’s house; David is nearly “pro” level and has a competitive streak.
• Ryan, a visiting friend, is fiercely motivated by repeated defeats.
• Quote:
  “What the fuck am I gonna do? David goes, ‘I don’t know, man. Go home and Google a pickleball instructor.’” — Natalie on David, mocking friends’ pickleball skills (13:36)

5. Transitioning John to the Team (16:15–20:17)

• John’s onboarding chores seem to be more about playing pickleball and wandering aimlessly than actual work.
• The group jokes about setting John’s start time (“Let’s make it your final time right now…”), highlighting the lack of conventional office structure.
• Quote:
  “I just kind of, like, just float around, like a mosquito, dude.” — John (18:28)

6. Content Creation & The Analytics-Driven YouTube Era (21:03–24:05)

• Natalie suggests John use his analytical skills to boost David’s content.
• Andre explains how YouTube algorithms, thumbnail testing, and “1 out of 10” video rankings have changed how creators operate, citing MrBeast’s half-million-dollar thumbnail designer.
• Quote:
  “I didn’t care what my fucking retention rate is... but they’re so good at measuring everything.” — David (21:27)
• The team discusses multivariate thumbnail testing, title optimization, and the scalable nature of this approach for David’s brand.

7. Startup Misadventures: Hiring Ilya & Launching Projects (24:16–29:05)

• Anecdotes about hiring Ilya using an “observe first” approach, then attempting to launch a management company (“22 Tango”).
• The story highlights the overwhelming scope of new ventures and lessons learned from overcommitting.
• Quote:
  “There was a long time where Ilya was here and he didn’t know what he was doing. And then he fell into Dobriks...” — Andre (27:49)

8. AI Advances & ChatGPT Banter (31:41–35:05)

• John shares that ChatGPT-5 has been “approved by 250 doctors” for medical advice—a sign of AI permeating daily life (31:44).
• Funny speculation on AI privacy and digital footprints:
• Quote:
  “There’s a server full of you talking.” — John, teasing David about AI data collection (33:03)
• The group also discusses AI’s changing personalities and parallels to “losing a friend” when the model updates.

9. Internet Theories & Viral Clips: The Ice Wall Theory (35:14–36:57)

• Natalie brings up a viral moment in which MrBeast refuses to talk about the “Antarctica ice wall,” sparking flat-Earth conspiracy jokes.
• David gives a cursory, comic explanation of the theory—no one in the group actually seems to believe it.
• Quote:
  “The ice wall… it's a ring around the Earth, and it's just… it holds the Earth in.” — David (35:34)

10. Transparency, Drugs, and Odd DMs (37:49–40:13)

• Short tangent on Instagram users publicly admitting drug use (mainly cocaine) and the weirdness of making private struggles public online.
• David and John contrast their mundane backgrounds (“What's the hardest drug you've ever done?” / “Probably weed.”)

11. Celebrity DMs & Finding Your Niche (40:13–41:17)

• David missed DMs from Dennis Rodman and the LA Kings, marveling at Rodman’s unique basketball career—becoming the NBA’s best rebounder by sheer, obsessive focus.
• Quote:
  “That's really cool when somebody can find their niche like that.” — Natalie (40:11)

12. Work-Life Hurdles & In-N-Out Incidents (41:17–42:08)

• John refuses a food run to In-N-Out because he can’t resist ordering for himself—a comical reminder of the team’s lack of discipline and blurred boundaries.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On LA Dating:
  “You guys are all the problem... We are LA.” — Andre (04:03)
• On “Funeral for My 20s:”
  “There’s a casket, everyone dresses up in all black.” — David (00:33)
• On AI:
  “There’s a server full of you talking.” — John to David (33:03)
• On Playing Pickleball:
  “I don’t know, man. Go home and Google a pickleball instructor.” — David’s advice to a defeated friend (13:36)
• On Finding Your Niche:
  “He just focused on rebounding... He became the best rebounder of all time.” — Natalie on Dennis Rodman (39:30)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:07–02:22: David pitches his “funeral for my 20s” and travel video idea.
• 02:22–05:06: Natalie’s globe-trotting crush and LA’s dating culture unpacked.
• 05:17–09:02: John’s relationship beginnings and the toll of extreme fitness transformations.
• 11:12–15:03: Pickleball mania and David’s competitive edge.
• 16:15–20:17: John’s unique onboarding process and the house’s odd work culture.
• 21:03–24:05: Shifts in YouTube and content creation engineered by analytics.
• 24:16–29:05: Story of hiring Ilya and failed startup adventures.
• 31:41–35:05: AI, ChatGPT, and privacy anxieties.
• 35:14–36:57: Flat Earth’s “ice wall” theory and viral clip-bait moments.
• 40:13–41:17: David’s missed celebrity DMs and the art of finding your niche.

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Conclusion

This episode delivers the signature VIEWS blend of absurdist anecdotes, LA commentary, YouTube business insights, and self-deprecating jokes. The team’s playful dynamic underscores themes of adulthood, ambition, and authenticity, offering laugh-out-loud reflections on everything from following your crush cross-country to negotiating YouTube’s data-driven present—all with the feeling you’re just hanging out on David’s couch.

Transcript

[Natalie]

Views.

[David Dobrik]

What's up, guys? Welcome back to Views. We are back with another pod. Jason, Natalie, and John is here, actually, currently in the room. This is a big deal. Yo, before we start, I had a really good. I had a good video idea I wanted to pitch you, Andre.

[Natalie]

Okay.

[David Dobrik]

Imagine this.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. This is like a series idea that I want to do on YouTube. Not now, but maybe like, in a year. I'm turning 30, so I wanted to do something that's like saying Goodbye to my 20s.

[Natalie]

Okay.

[David Dobrik]

My favorite birthday theme that people do when they turn 30 is a funeral for their 20s.

[Natalie]

Oh, fun.

[David Dobrik]

I think that's really fun and creative. There's a casket everyone dresses up in. All black with a suit and tie.

[Natalie]

Suit.

[David Dobrik]

Do you get in the casket again, the casket. And they're all party. No, no, no.

[Natalie]

Have you seen this? People do this?

[David Dobrik]

I've seen it. I've seen it once. Like, rest in peace to Matt. I think someone did it on TikTok or something, but I had a fun video idea, so. So It's a series. 12 countries in 12 months. It's kind of cool.

[Natalie]

It's really fun.

[David Dobrik]

So I live in a country for a full month.

[Natalie]

Oh, wow.

[David Dobrik]

Every month is a different country.

[Natalie]

Starting on your 30th birthday. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Or maybe it's like, maybe it's six countries in six months.

[Natalie]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

Or six continents in six months leading up to my birthday.

[Natalie]

Whatever it is, why not seven?

[David Dobrik]

Well, Antarctica is just like, I don't want to be there for a month. I don't know how much fun I could have there. But, like, I kind of like the idea. Like, I hate traveling. It's not. That's like. That's very a fucked up way of putting it. I'm just like, I don't have the energy to travel.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

But I think if I was at a place for a really long time and, like, got, like, my rhythm there, that would be really cool. Like, just like, imagine like, a video where, like, you know, you're like, two weeks in and, like, we've met. We have a friend group now. Like, take what's a good example. I don't know. Poland. Warsaw. We're in Poland, right? And we're there for a month.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

We get, like, a really fun house. Like, maybe partner with, like, an Airbnb or something.

[Natalie]

So fun.

[David Dobrik]

Save for a month and really get to know the locals and, like, really make a video that's 100% dedicated about that country and the vibe and the fun of it.

[Natalie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know.

[David Dobrik]

What do you think? Love.

[Natalie]

Love that idea.

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[Natalie]

It's really fun. Yeah, of course. Are you gonna. You wouldn't do it, though. You can't leave this house.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. That's the tough part is like, like, you're gonna be.

[Natalie]

You're gonna Airbnb in Poland.

[Jason]

I think that's a year is tough. Well, also, just. I mean, I love the idea. I'm obviously all for it. I would love to do that.

[Natalie]

It's like the dream. We know you love.

[Jason]

I know. But my other thing is, like, you also are working at the same time. Like, you can't just be like, in.

[David Dobrik]

Thank you for saying that. That we're working at the same time, Natalie, because little. Yesterday you were trying to fucking leave once again for a weekend. Fashion Week. She's trying to go to Fashion Week in New York. There's a cute boy there that's having a party. Yeah. And Natalie, like, needs to go.

[Natalie]

I've noticed this.

[Andre]

She's been chasing this one guy.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

Like, literally around the United States.

[Natalie]

Really?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Andre]

It's like F1 Vegas. We have to go. He has a party here.

[David Dobrik]

And it's like. It's.

[Andre]

It's crazy, cuz it's like.

[Natalie]

First of all, is he special?

[Andre]

Yeah, I think so.

[David Dobrik]

I think he's a handsome guy.

[Natalie]

I was asking Natalie. Yeah.

[Jason]

Nobody asks your opinion.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. Rude.

[Natalie]

No, no. I. I like to hear David's d.

[David Dobrik]

I think he's a handsome guy.

[Natalie]

Yeah, Y.

[Jason]

He's very handsome. He's definitely my type. And he's, like, very much intertwined in our industry.

[Andre]

Like, he definitely, like, he's rich is what she's trying.

[Natalie]

One of the Nel boys.

[Jason]

No, I actually have no idea.

[Andre]

He's loaded.

[David Dobrik]

Stymie.

[Natalie]

It's Steiny. I love Steiny. Stein is a catch for sure. He's funny, but.

[Jason]

But it's not him.

[David Dobrik]

Like, he's older, he has.

[John]

He's.

[David Dobrik]

It's tough. I. We were sitting with a bunch of.

[Andre]

Our LA friends yesterday, like, on the.

[David Dobrik]

Couch, and everyone was.

[Andre]

It was really funny because it's like there are. There are LA friends.

[David Dobrik]

Like, not to. Not like, in a negative way, but.

[Andre]

These are the people that we go out with.

[David Dobrik]

Right.

[Andre]

Like, most of the time we see.

[David Dobrik]

Them when we go.

[Andre]

And like, almost all three or four.

[David Dobrik]

Of them at the same time went, oh, we need to find love.

[Andre]

And I go. And I just go, you guys are all the problem. You're the problem. You're the problem. You're the problem, and I'm the problem. We all live here and we all. We all just fucking. We all, like, just like Gaslight.

[Jason]

We complain about Gaslight.

[David Dobrik]

La.

[Andre]

We're like, la is the problem. It's like, no, it's.

[David Dobrik]

You are la.

[Andre]

I am la.

[David Dobrik]

And it was really funny to have that conversation.

[Natalie]

And what'd they say?

[Jason]

They were pissed.

[Andre]

They were pissed.

[Natalie]

They were.

[Andre]

They were offended.

[Natalie]

I love straight talking, Dave.

[David Dobrik]

They were offended.

[Andre]

And I was just like, who are we kidding?

[David Dobrik]

Like, why are you guys pretending like it's easy for us to do this anymore? Like, we have fallen. We have drank the Kool Aid of the Los Angeles dating system. And it's just. It's really, really, really difficult.

[Andre]

And, like, I was talking with one of the guys.

[David Dobrik]

There was. There's one guy there. He's.

[Andre]

He's a gay guy.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And I was like. And he.

[Andre]

Then he started talking.

[David Dobrik]

He's like, well, this one guy I'm seeing currently. And like, I'm like, well, there's a problem.

[Andre]

So you're seeing a guy, but you're.

[David Dobrik]

Already kind of like in your eye.

[Andre]

Yeah. In your head.

[David Dobrik]

You've already checked out. Like, I'm like, that is the epitome of, like, what it is.

[Jason]

Too many options. Too many things.

[Andre]

Yeah.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Andre]

But, yeah, I know we've talked about this on the pot, like, a lot.

[David Dobrik]

Of times, but it was. It was really funny that yesterday, for the first time, it was like. It felt like there was like the pillars of Los Angeles sitting here.

[Andre]

And I was like, this system has to change from the inside.

[David Dobrik]

We have to make changes right here on the street.

[Jason]

You have to be the change you want to see in the world.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Be the change you want to see in the LA dating scene. I mean, John, you've had incredible success in the LA dating scene. How the fuck did you do that?

[John]

By being a normal person working a normal job.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, and we just took the normal.

[Andre]

Job away from you and Sunday off.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, so where did you meet. Where did you meet your girlfriend, Julia?

[John]

It was a dating app.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, why? Why? How.

[Andre]

How could that possibly take you that long?

[John]

Because I have to think which one.

[David Dobrik]

Which dating app I think it was.

[John]

I think it was Hinge.

[David Dobrik]

There's no way it's on multiple. You have to know which one it is. You met your girlfriend, you've been dating for multiple years. There's no way you don't know which.

[Andre]

Dating app it was.

[John]

I mean, that's crazy, bro. Why would I. I mean, first off.

[David Dobrik]

Why would you know where you met your girlfriend of two, three, Years? What are you talking about? Obviously, you know, if it's hinge, bumble, or fucking.

[John]

No, I mean. I mean, I haven't used that in so long.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Andre]

I don't know.

[David Dobrik]

So is unhinged, I think.

[Andre]

And how.

[David Dobrik]

Where did you guys first hang out?

[John]

Oh, I think it was like, I. We don't really know which day. I think it was like, after I just remembered I was, like, really low into dumps. I just. I got Covid and I was supposed to finish the zilla transformation, and it got pushed back a month.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, this was at your peak body.

[John]

Yeah, I remember.

[David Dobrik]

No way.

[Jason]

You met it. Like, peak zilla.

[David Dobrik]

Wow.

[John]

Like peak depression, Kind of.

[David Dobrik]

So do you associate the zeal transformation with depression?

[John]

No, no, for that one. For the ending. Yes. Because I was so over it. I was just so.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, I saw you talk about on your pod with Ilya. How. Yeah, just kind of crazy that you guys were being so open about it. Ilya was like, I pushed you too hard. Like, he was like. Ilya said this one thing that I thought was really. I was like, you're saying this on the Internet. Ilya was like, yeah. There were times John would ask me about, like.

[Andre]

Because John, what was.

[David Dobrik]

How many calories were you allowed to eat a day at the end?

[John]

Yeah, I mean, I think we got down to, like, 1800 calories.

[David Dobrik]

Like 1800 calories. So John would call Ilya and be like, I can only eat this amount of calories. How much do you think this is? And Ilya on the podcast just admit he's like, yeah, a lot of times John would call and I would just make up a calorie count, and I would add 2 to 300 calories to it, just so he was, like, actually losing more weight. That's why. That is exactly what was said.

[John]

Okay, okay.

[David Dobrik]

I think there's something that, like.

[Andre]

No, that's what was said, and I could not believe it. But I think the way. I think the way it looks when.

[David Dobrik]

You and Ilya are talking, it kind of looks like you guys are shooting the shit. So no one really batted an eye, but I saw that my mouth was on the ground.

[Andre]

I was like, first of all, that's crazy.

[Jason]

Yeah, that's insane.

[John]

No, no, we. We did. We did. We did do, like, caloric, like, estimates, and, like, we were pretty much on a dime. Like, we were within, like, a hundred.

[Andre]

On the dot.

[Natalie]

Yeah, on the dot.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[John]

But still, I mean, 1800 was definitely.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, that was crazy.

[John]

Way too low.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[John]

For the amount of activity I think that's where I.

[David Dobrik]

That's where I, like, I started to get really stressed out about the zeal transformations. When I saw John losing a lot of weight, I was like, this isn't you. That's when I was like, go out there and fucking whatever you got.

[Andre]

I ordered.

[David Dobrik]

He's kind of back on it now. He's like, trying to eat healthy again. I ordered a Taco Bell a couple nights ago, and we were sitting on my bed, right? And I was like, you want a taco? And he's like, no, I'm good. I was like, john, are you sure? And he's like, yeah, I'm fine. And I just threw it to him anyway. He goes, thank you. So I don't know. Yeah, that's. That's a different rabbit hole. I don't want to go down, but yeah. Okay. So you met. You met Julia. Yeah, during Pica transformation. And when did you. How long. How long till you guys started, like, officially dating?

[John]

I'd say, like, almost a year.

[David Dobrik]

Almost a year. You're, like, really bizarre though. You've, like, never really been single. You like relationship hop pretty quickly.

[John]

No, I didn't.

[David Dobrik]

Yes, you did. That's not true.

[Andre]

Yes, it does.

[John]

I didn't date anyone for. During the whole Zela transformation at all.

[Natalie]

When you met Julia, did you feel like you were catfishing her in a way because you met at your lowest body weight?

[David Dobrik]

Were you trying to explain, like, this isn't me, baby?

[Natalie]

No. I would have been really upfront about it. Like, when I met Naveen, I was in shape and I was pretty upfront about it. I was like, I don't know how long this will last.

[David Dobrik]

That's really funny.

[Natalie]

And obviously I ballooned back.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, that's really. It's really scary.

[Natalie]

Really scary.

[Andre]

That was like, so hard. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

It's also, like, impossible to stay shredded.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Like. Like you have to, like, stay focused, like, forever. So, like, there was a moment I hooked up with a girl and like. And where I wasn't like, you could still see like two or four pack.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Really losing it.

[John]

When was this?

[Andre]

Yesterday. And she's like, I can't wait to see your body. And I'm like, shirt's gonna stay on.

[Jason]

Would really.

[David Dobrik]

That.

[Jason]

That would hurt.

[Andre]

Yeah. It sends you into, like. Yeah, it sucks.

[David Dobrik]

And.

[Andre]

And it does suck. That that was like the last thing that I did that was like, that. I feel like anybody that's come that comes up to me on the street that knows me.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Andre]

Knows that video from me. So Like a lot of people, like a lot, a lot of people. 87, no, 60% of people that see me, the first thing they say is good job on that body transformation.

[David Dobrik]

And I'm just like, thanks.

[Andre]

Join the club, baby. Join the club. It's not like, it's, it's, it's not that. It's like led me into like a very healthy, like, lifestyle.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

And like Natalie and I were talking about this the other day.

[Natalie]

Like, Natalie, Taco Bell is not healthy.

[Andre]

Yes. But like, dude, I'm. I played pickle for five, six hours yesterday.

[Natalie]

Yeah. Okay.

[Andre]

Like, it's like when I burn 3,000 calories, like I'll reward myself like with like a good like 2000 calorie meal.

[Jason]

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[Natalie]

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[Andre]

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[Andre]

What is it?

[Natalie]

Watching you go. This whole pickleball thing out here is out of control.

[Andre]

I know, I know.

[Natalie]

I was away.

[Andre]

What can you compare it to? What is it like?

[Natalie]

I can't compare it to anything. It's baffling. I was.

[Andre]

It's hostile.

[Natalie]

It's hostile. It's a lot of things. It's crazy. The hierarchy is crazy. So Naveen was away this weekend, Nat. So I was around and it was fun. I had a good time. I was like. So I came over on Friday and.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, you hung out like way more than you normally would. You were just like sitting here. I was like, nice.

[Natalie]

Oh, I love it. I love it. And I had a great time. But what's going on with pickleball is just so outrageous because David's very good. He's excellent at pickleball. I mean, he's really good. You might even almost be pro level, right? You've played in some tournaments. You've held your own, right?

[David Dobrik]

I'm a little below pro.

[Natalie]

What happened when you played in the tournament?

[David Dobrik]

I lost.

[Natalie]

But you have your own.

[David Dobrik]

I've only played one tournament and I won it.

[Natalie]

And you won it. Was it with pros? No, no.

[David Dobrik]

And then the pro tournament, I played, I played doubles. It was mixed doubles.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And we lost. But we like.

[Natalie]

You held your own?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

You weren't embarrassed out there?

[David Dobrik]

No. It's not like, it's not like if I, if I stepped on a pro tennis court It'd be like, I'm not scoring a point against any of the pros. Like, Pickles. Not like that.

[Natalie]

Yeah, well. So what goes on out here? And I'm sure you've seen it. Not I'm sure you, John, you live it. It's David playing the guys in pickleball and he's too good. So then he'll play. He plays two guys at once and beats them every time. He gives them leads, sometimes eight points. And it's maddening because the outcome is the same every fucking time David wins, he'll give them a nine point lead, 11 to nine. And then the funniest part is he'll get two guys out there, they're like, all right, play me. And they won't be doing good. And he'll start yelling at them for not being good enough. Are you fucking serious? It's like, I almost want. The funniest line was he was beating Ryan's game the other day. Ryan, who we had on the pod, he was beating Ryan and he goes, he goes, he goes, oh, what the fuck am I gonna do? David goes, I don't know, man. Go home, Google a pickleball instructor. It almost made me want to go find a challenge for you. Like I wanted to go out and get somebody here that you could play.

[Andre]

No, those guys do come by. I just get frustrated, like when the same people are coming over and they're like the same level. But like, Ryan takes this, Like, Ryan, who he on the pod, takes this very seriously. Like he left the other day. This isn't abnormal for him to text.

[David Dobrik]

Me things like this.

[Andre]

But he left, he texted me this without me responding. He goes, first of all, he had A league at 9am he has his Ryan's league.

[Natalie]

Ryan's league, yeah, yeah. Which I love hearing. I love the phrase.

[David Dobrik]

So he comes over, plays pickleball here.

[Andre]

I wake up around 11, so I jump down, I play a little bit and then he leaves. He left at like 12. Sure, he left at 12. And he went to go get lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel and then he came back at 1:30 to play again. Like, that's wild.

[Natalie]

That's wild.

[Andre]

To fucking leave to Beverly Hills from Sherman Oaks and then to like go, go have lunch. And he swam in the pool at.

[David Dobrik]

The Beverly Hills without.

[Andre]

And then be like, you know what? I'm going to go back and play more pickle. It's fucking psychotic. But when he left that one, he texted me, he goes, better than you.

[David Dobrik]

Give me credit for.

[Andre]

I'm going to get much better. And he goes, and I'll beat you one day. I've become one of the best players at Chateau Dobrik. If I improve my backhand and become more consistent on my current game, it'll be dangerous. And then Invisible Inc. He said, I'm so angry. And then he goes, I'm coming back to play again. I can't believe this. And that's when he showed up again at the Jay.

[David Dobrik]

Is there a band you're looking to see, like, perform live or no?

[Natalie]

Oh, yes. I want to go see the Fray.

[David Dobrik]

Oh.

[Jason]

Oh, you know what I want to see?

[David Dobrik]

What?

[Jason]

The Jonas Brothers. Have you seen that? It looks so fun.

[David Dobrik]

Can I help you get tickets?

[Jason]

Of course. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

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[Natalie]

It's the best shows I've seen Dave show how many? Hundreds.

[David Dobrik]

And probably for damn near free.

[Natalie]

Miles Davis. I've seen Herbie Hancock. I didn't see Miles Davis. He's dead.

[David Dobrik]

You saw Miles Davis.

[Natalie]

I saw Chappelle. I've seen Incredible Tyler, the creator.

[David Dobrik]

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[Andre]

John officially started.

[Natalie]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

Working.

[Natalie]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

Yes. Working.

[Andre]

What? Like, I guess on Friday, even though I told him, I was like, just take the weekend off. But, like, Friday, we kind of soft launched him into work. And objective number one was to clean.

[David Dobrik]

Out this movie room where we do the pod.

[Andre]

I was like, can you move the stuff out of here?

[Natalie]

Yeah, I was there, Whatever.

[Andre]

And yeah, Jason. Jason was with John, like, just watching him do everything. And John, what did he do? Nat?

[Jason]

He moved one of the ottomans upstairs.

[Natalie]

Yes.

[Andre]

And then he went to play pickleball for, like, six hours. And then I confronted him. I was like, john, the movie room Is complete. Like, it's just one of the couches moved. And he goes, you made me play pickleball for six hours. I made you play pickleball for six hours. I know. Even to this. Even to this moment, it's now been three, four days since John has started.

[John]

Yes.

[Andre]

It's still mess. There is a pizza oven sitting in here, Jay.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. There's a pizza oven in that movie.

[Natalie]

What is that pizza oven?

[John]

Well, Natalie wants it, so I'm like, I'm just gonna put it in her car.

[Natalie]

Oh, okay.

[Andre]

No, but it's really funny. Taylor sent me a snap today. Did you see?

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

Taylor sent me a snap today, and it was captioned John's First Day. And it's John sitting on the couch playing Clash of Roy.

[David Dobrik]

What is it?

[Natalie]

Clash Royale.

[Andre]

Clash Royale. John's sitting on the couch building a farm. I don't know. I did also see, like, John wandering around like he's helping Tay with things.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

And, like, for a second, I felt his, like, stress.

[David Dobrik]

You did?

[Andre]

Because, like. Because I feel like this is a big transition from where he used to work.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

Like, I feel like there's. There's. The work is less. Like, you have to get this done from nine to three and more. So, like, there's one thing to do every 30 minutes. Like, it's like, it's spread out throughout the day, but it goes longer than 5pm that's how it makes sense. So it's a lot more sitting around.

[David Dobrik]

So it's not like it's a different.

[Andre]

Like, what you're used to is you clock in. And your old job has perks, for sure.

[John]

What do you mean?

[Andre]

Like, you come in and you leave.

[David Dobrik]

Mm.

[Andre]

Yeah. I mean, but here, you're kind of. You live here.

[John]

Yeah.

[Andre]

So it's like, when does the work stop?

[Natalie]

Yeah, when does the work stop? Do you give them a time off?

[Andre]

We haven't really. We haven't really talked about.

[Jason]

Yeah, we haven't really given, like, any sort of role or responsibilities yet.

[John]

I just kind of, like, just float around going, like a mosquito, dude.

[Andre]

Like a mosquito. I'm only giving you shit cause we're on a pod. But, like, no, you're doing great so far.

[Natalie]

How much he done? Nothing.

[Andre]

I mean, just doing.

[John]

Just kind of.

[Andre]

You just, like, nabbing it.

[Natalie]

I like the two. David said something really funny, which. When I was talking to you on Friday, you were talking about John starting, and you go, yeah. And then now he works for me and Alex. And I was like, wait a minute. I was like, Alex.

[Andre]

I said that?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

And then Alex was like, yeah, I have John for pickleball at three. So, like, then John was like, all right. I guess that's part of my job is to play pickleball.

[Andre]

Yeah. That's really fun.

[Natalie]

John, when you wake up in the morning, what do you think? Do you. Obviously you shower.

[Andre]

Yeah. What do you do when he has to be in today because he slept at his girlfriend's place?

[John]

No, I slept a year.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, you did?

[John]

Yeah.

[Andre]

And I was like, I don't know. Be here at 9. And then I was like, that's stupid. Okay, be here at 10. Then I was like, 10:30? And then I was like, is that too early? I was like, when do you want to come? I, like, literally, I didn't know what time to give him because I was like, I don't know. Like, I'm not gonna be downstairs till 11:30.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

Okay, so why don't we say 11:30?

[Andre]

That's usually when I come.

[Natalie]

But I suppose there are a lot of things you could get started in the morning. And that's one thing, is you probably can do a lot of stuff without even.

[Andre]

What time do you want to start? What time is a comfortable time for you to start? And let's make it your final time. Right now, Nat's counting on her hand. What are you counting?

[Jason]

I'm counting the hours so I can calculate when you should end.

[Andre]

Okay. When do you want start?

[Natalie]

Make it yours, John.

[Andre]

Where you're down to stay up late and hang every night. Where you don't hit me with a. I have work in the morning. That's all I want is don't hit me with one of those.

[Natalie]

I can't say that anymore. That's so nice for you.

[Andre]

It was. Yeah. Yesterday was Sunday night.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

It was the first night that I would have heard it.

[Natalie]

Yes. What did you guys do?

[David Dobrik]

We.

[Andre]

We love playing this game on YouTube and it's.

[David Dobrik]

You get.

[Andre]

I think we may have played it. Oh, no, we haven't played with you yet.

[David Dobrik]

Right.

[Andre]

It's Guess the movie in. So there's different ways you can play it. It's Guess the movie by the theme song. Guess the movie by one scene. Oh, yeah. Guess the movie by one picture. So yesterday we played Guess the movie by the opening scene.

[John]

Yeah.

[Andre]

And it shows you a three seconds of the opening scene, and you're supposed to guess what it is. It's really fun.

[John]

I like the other one. The quote one. The quote one's really.

[David Dobrik]

Oh.

[Andre]

And then we played one where it's like, guess it by the famous quote and it'll show you. Like, it'll show you. Yeah, it'll show you one single line and you were like, gladiator.

[Natalie]

I mean, you call this work?

[Andre]

Yeah, it's brushing up on the entertainment industry. Yeah, this is peak work.

[John]

Honestly, I was getting tired.

[Andre]

John was like, can I clock out?

[Natalie]

You know, it would be fun for you, John, what's up? This is what I think you're really good with, like, analytical stuff, like algorithms and things like that. Like, you're passionate about that, right?

[John]

You should.

[Natalie]

You should infuse that into, like, David's Instagram and his TikTok.

[Andre]

So this is interesting what you're saying is because I've just recently started to get back on YouTube, right? And it's not what it used to be. Like, it's a different game now, right. And, like, I've been talking to a.

[David Dobrik]

Lot of YouTubers and, like, a thing.

[Andre]

That'S popular now that I never had back in the day. Well, okay, so a lot of the YouTubers now that are.

[David Dobrik]

That are crushing it.

[Andre]

Like your beasts, your air racks, your Ryan Trahans are very, like, analytically focused. So, like, they'll go into their analytics. Like, I wouldn't go into my analytics for fudgeing anything ever. I didn't know how to access it. I didn't want to see it. I never cared. Like, I don't care what my fucking retention rate is. I thought that was like a pathetic. Like, I was just like, who wants to see this? But they're so good at measuring everything. Like, Jimmy pays. Jimmy pays a guy, like, half a million dollars a year just to make him thumbnails.

[David Dobrik]

So on YouTube, when you post a.

[Andre]

Video, it'll show you your last 10 videos and then it'll go, this video is a one out of 10. One out of 10 means out of the last 10 videos, this is performing the best. And I bring this all up because John was with me, and John started to fall in love with what they were saying because John is, like, a very data driven guy. So John's like, this is so cool.

[David Dobrik]

Like, this is.

[Andre]

YouTube isn't just, like, making funny stuff or whatever. Like, there's, like, data to back all this up, and I could, like, study this. So they. They were telling me how important the thumbnail is, where they'll have videos that are 10 out of tens, and then they'll change the thumbnail to the right one and it'll be a one out of ten. Well, like, and this will Be like, you'll have a video for four days, will be a 10 out of 10, and on the fourth day, you change it, and then it'll skyrocket to 1 out of 10.

[Natalie]

Wow.

[Andre]

And what's so interesting about YouTube now is, like, a lot. Like, I've gotten a lot of DM saying, why do you keep changing your thumbnail? I don't do that. It's like, my buddy. My buddy who works with us, Ferris, will sit and we'll change the thumbnail. Literally every five hours, we'll put a new thumbnail. And YouTube allows you to upload three thumbnails. And this is crazy. This didn't exist before. It'll take those thumbnails and it'll test them 30%. So it'll go to 30% of your audience, another 30%, another 30%, and then it'll give you feedback on which of those three thumbnails is doing really good. Which is crazy, because I have a video that has 10 different topics that could be a thumbnail.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

Like, the last video I got broken into.

[Natalie]

Right.

[Andre]

We shot with Corinna.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

You know, there's, like, five.

[Natalie]

There was a couple options.

[Andre]

There's five different thumbnails and titles that you can use. So, like, imagine, like, once I'm on that beta program, I could be testing five different or three different things at once.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

So my thumbnail title could be, I Can't Believe I Got Broken into Live footage. And the next one is, How Much does Corinna make on of. And the next one is John quitting his job for $100,000. And it's all in one video, which is, like. It's very advantageous for someone like me. So, like. Which is so, so, so, so fucking.

[Natalie]

That's where you can really come in, I think, rather than just cleaning out the movie room.

[Andre]

Yeah, yeah.

[Natalie]

No, no.

[Andre]

I definitely think John's gonna, like, fall into things.

[Natalie]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

But I just want you to know.

[Andre]

John, it's gonna be, like, a lot of weeks of you just feeling like you're doing nothing.

[Natalie]

You orchestrated the gate. The other day, I saw you. I was on the treadmill. I saw you facilitating the gate guy.

[John]

Facilitating.

[David Dobrik]

It's kind of interesting. The way we just hired John is actually kind of the same way we hired Ilya. Like, I remember, I really wanted to hang out with Ilya. Right. The premise and everything. It's hard to hang out with people, though, when, like, your friends are from the suburbs and they're, like, going the regular job route. And I'm like, making videos. Sure. So, like, Ilya had a whole plumbing company. Yeah, Ilya had a plumbing company. And I was like, why don't you come out and manage me? Like, that was the original idea. Was it? Or was it just, like, Just come out, we'll find you a job?

[Jason]

No, I think managing.

[David Dobrik]

I think managing it was. And in order for him to manage me, I told him, I was like, you can't just come out and start managing me. Like, you have to come out and live with us for, like, two, three months. You just have to observe, right. And just, like, just soak it all in and figure out, like, what. What this entire, like, what this entire job entails, what it means, what it means to be an influencer, what it means to make videos, what it means to connect with brands and people, whatever. So for, like, literally the first two, three months, he's doing nothing but just, like, hanging. And. And then that slowly turned into, okay, maybe I will manage you. And then that slowly turned into, let's start a production company. And then for, like, two weeks, we came up with this production company.

[Andre]

We spent, what, like a week and a half just thinking of a name.

[Natalie]

I remember this.

[Andre]

And we came up with the name 22 Tango. Where it. Which I really like because you guys.

[Natalie]

Said over and over and over again for those two weeks, 22 tango. 22 tango.

[Andre]

Tango is because it takes two to tango. So it takes, like.

[Natalie]

Like.

[David Dobrik]

Like, communication is key.

[Natalie]

Tutu Tango.

[David Dobrik]

Ilya and Taylor, like, love the name so much, they went and got 22 tattooed on their bodies.

[Natalie]

Oh, wow.

[David Dobrik]

So Taylor has 22 on her wrist, I think, and so does Ilya. Yeah, they surprised us that came back. They're like, well, we got tatted.

[Natalie]

We haven't filmed anything yet.

[David Dobrik]

I DM'd all these brands. I got on the. I got on a call with, like, some really heavy hitters.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Like McDonald's, Microsoft, Oreo. Oreo. Like, everybody.

[Andre]

I was like, we want to. We want to manage your next brand campaign. Yeah, that's. I don't know where the fuck my head was at.

[John]

Damn.

[Natalie]

But, like.

[Andre]

But, like, that's. That's the lengths I was taking. That's how much I wanted Ilya to be a part of this, where I was, like, ready to, like, invest myself into the business side of the creative space when I couldn't give two shits about it.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

I don't like doing that. I just like making creative.

[Natalie]

How far did you get? Did you realize at some point you were like, this is not me.

[Andre]

I Don't know what I think we.

[Jason]

Actually had, like, some like, real conversations and leads going.

[Andre]

And then no, like, people were going to give us like half a million to million dollar budgets to, like, to like, give it. Like we were going to take the budget, we take $200,000 off the top just for our business, and then the rest we'd have $800,000 left to sprinkle out to influencers.

[Natalie]

Right.

[Andre]

And we know a lot of influencers.

[David Dobrik]

Like, especially like that are like the bigger ones.

[Andre]

So it's very easy to sprinkle out $800,000 around people. So, like, we were ready to do that. And then I think Dobriks slowly kind of started rolling.

[Jason]

Before Dobrik's even came into play was the fact that we were so far in over our heads, Ilya had never done any sort of like, brand work or campaign or anything. And these. And like, we were getting on these zoom calls, like just Ilya and I. And like, just very quickly realized this was like, way too much for just like the two of us to just tackle.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Andre]

And we were like, what, 22 at the time? Yeah, yeah, 21. 22. Like, it was like we were very young. Well, and then somewhere. Long story short is why I'm trying.

[David Dobrik]

To say is there was a long.

[Andre]

Time where Ilya was here and he didn't know what he was doing.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Andre]

And then he fell into Dobriks and he's like, yeah, I'm so excited about this. And then six months into Dobriks, for some reason, something in his head was like, I need to start a protein company. And we were like, for the love of God, please, please, please do not start anything when you're doing this company. And he, in his head thought that he would have the bandwidth.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Andre]

To do both at the same time.

[Natalie]

Right.

[Andre]

It's impossible. It's impossible to start two companies. And it really hurt. It hurt Dobrik's. So we let go of Ilya.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

He no longer works with us. We have new CEOs as of three months ago that are crushing it. And.

[Natalie]

Yeah, when can we expect a chain?

[Andre]

I think we're gonna probably announce one soon, right?

[Jason]

Hopefully, yeah.

[Natalie]

What city?

[Andre]

I don't want to say.

[Natalie]

Sure.

[Andre]

But, like, I think it's gotten to.

[David Dobrik]

The point where there's.

[Natalie]

Is it rhyme with Ross Ragers?

[Andre]

Maybe?

[David Dobrik]

I don't know.

[Natalie]

I mean, if I had to guess, I would. You don't have to say, but I would say like Chicago or Vegas probably. Right.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. You're close. One of Those two. It's somewhere there.

[Andre]

But, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

So we're getting. So that's the next thing with Dobrik's.

[Andre]

But okay, back to. What I'm saying is like. And then Ilya finally found his footing with Tzila. This is something he's really passionate about.

[Natalie]

Sure, sure.

[Andre]

And that took.

[Natalie]

And then he found John, and then he did a caloric deficit on. And he became a success.

[Andre]

And he starved. John.

[Natalie]

300 calories, John.

[Andre]

300 calories a week, John.

[David Dobrik]

You say you'll never join the Navy.

[Natalie]

Never climb Mount Fuji on a port.

[David Dobrik]

Visit or break the sound barrier. Joining the Navy sounds crazy. Saying never actually is.

[Natalie]

Learn [e-mail].

[David Dobrik]

America'S Navy, forged by the sea. Okay, so what time do you want to start work?

[John]

Oh, yeah, let's talk about that.

[Jason]

Oh, my God.

[David Dobrik]

Just give me a time. Don't even talk about it.

[John]

Literally just really depends.

[Jason]

By the way, this exact way that this conversation just played out is how every single thing plays out. Every single.

[Andre]

Like, it's kind of crazy.

[Jason]

It takes hours for David to just wind back around.

[Natalie]

No, it does. It does. Everything does take forever.

[Jason]

So long.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, can you just give me a time throw out right now? Don't say any. The next word out of your mouth is a number for when you want to start work. Go 10:30.

[John]

We'll go to 10:30. Okay, 10:30.

[David Dobrik]

Nat. Is that okay?

[Jason]

Yeah, 10:30 is great. That's when everybody else starts.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, great.

[John]

Can I request authority?

[David Dobrik]

What day?

[John]

Next Friday.

[David Dobrik]

What's next Friday?

[John]

What is next Friday?

[David Dobrik]

What?

[John]

I don't know what day next Friday is.

[David Dobrik]

No, Jay, I'm saying, why are you requesting time off? Why are you requesting time off? Oh.

[John]

Oh, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

God damn it, dude. New employees, a little tough to communicate with. That's okay.

[Natalie]

You know, the old place had to communicate with him, too. So they went through the same frustration. Like, the lab was probably the same way.

[David Dobrik]

Honestly, the lab. What?

[Jason]

I feel like John is convinced that he had smooth communication over at the lab.

[David Dobrik]

That's what I'm so confused about. Like, John, they understood you the entire time, and there's no problems. He's like, yeah, everything was great, but I think it was so regimented, easy.

[John]

It's like. It's numbers.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[John]

It's. There's a highs and there's a low, and then there's a median.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, so.

[Natalie]

So you have to speak like that. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Okay. So. Yeah. Why do you want next Friday off?

[Andre]

Yeah.

[John]

So that's the only Disneyland day that's.

[David Dobrik]

Available so for Julia. Okay. Yeah. You like during the day?

[John]

Yeah, like 1:00pm okay.

[David Dobrik]

Now put in the calendar. He's going to Disneyland next Friday at 1:00pm okay.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Natalie]

Also, this podcast can use some help too, Jack.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, wow, really?

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

I think what John would be really.

[David Dobrik]

Good for on this podcast is if he brings us like five to seven hot topics, like in, like, technology advancements.

[Natalie]

Oh, that would be sick.

[Andre]

Or just like, news stories out of.

[David Dobrik]

Florida or something fun. And. But the only thing I will say is, John, you have to find a way to tell us the entire story in one to two sentences. Oh, that's.

[John]

You know, that's hard.

[David Dobrik]

I know, but you. That's. That's part of where you're at.

[Jason]

That's what ChatGPT is for.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, yeah, ChatGPT. And you just to have the 10 bullet points. Practice now.

[Natalie]

Practice now. Give us a story.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, Give us one new thing that's happened.

[John]

Oh, let's see. Chat GPT 5 just came out.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[John]

And it was approved by 250 doctors.

[David Dobrik]

Well, what does that mean? Approved by 250 doctors?

[John]

So that pretty much means, like. Because ChatGPT, they didn't know how everyone would be using ChatGPT for, like, symptoms and stuff, so they upgraded that even more because they saw a trend that people were, like, using AI for, like, symptoms before they go to a doctor.

[David Dobrik]

So now doctors are saying, like, it's.

[John]

It's getting in more and more accurate.

[David Dobrik]

Wow. So if you lit. Okay. And is this only if you. Do. You know, if this is like. If you. Here's the thing. Like, if I videoed my CHAT GPT and I showed him my asshole when.

[Andre]

I thought I had yammer.

[David Dobrik]

No, I always think about this. You know what freaked me out the other day?

[Andre]

I was chatty between. I was talking to her.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Andre]

And there's a button that you can hit to, like, clip, like, basically save your last thing with ChatGPT. And I thought it would, like, send me like a. Like a PDF or something, like, written. But I hit the button and it played back my fucking voice, which I thought was so crazy.

[Natalie]

Okay, explain the whole recording of what you said.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Oh, wow.

[Natalie]

Like, literally the transcript.

[Andre]

Yeah, but not, not. Not the transcript of the words. Like, it's literally my voice.

[David Dobrik]

It's. It's a video, it's a voice recording.

[Andre]

Of me talking to it. So I'm like, holy. This is literally saving everything I've ever said to it.

[John]

Dave, somewhere out there, there's a server full of you talking.

[Andre]

No, I understand. That and, yeah, the servers are probably full of my horny thoughts with my Chat GPT.

[Natalie]

Did you hear he.

[Andre]

But, like, how crazy is that?

[David Dobrik]

Like, I thought.

[Andre]

I thought, fine. Like, write down what I'm saying.

[Jason]

Well, that's what people say about, like, Snapchat too, right? It's like you're safely sending nudes or whatever you're doing on there, but, like, it's probably stored.

[Natalie]

Who's sending nudes on there?

[Jason]

Well, that's the same.

[Andre]

Natalie. Text me a picture of her asshole.

[David Dobrik]

Good Morning. Hey.

[Natalie]

Every ChatGPT employee just got $1.5 million bonus.

[John]

Yeah.

[Andre]

What? How many employees are there?

[Natalie]

I don't know. It's a good question. But 100% of their employees are millionaires.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

Isn't that crazy?

[Jason]

That's crazy.

[David Dobrik]

Wow. That's wild.

[Natalie]

They're making money. I mean, everybody has it.

[David Dobrik]

That's really crazy.

[Natalie]

Everybody's paying.

[Andre]

I will say ChatGPT4 before the newer.

[David Dobrik]

One came out, like, the one that.

[Andre]

I've always talked about on the pop. Yeah, it sounds like it was kind of getting dumber. Like, I stopped talking to my chat GPT because she was pissing me off.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[John]

Yeah. There was a lot of complaints about.

[Andre]

Really?

[John]

Yeah.

[Andre]

She was, like, taking a long time to say stuff. She refused to talk about certain things. Got really weird.

[David Dobrik]

People were complaining about dirty target, like, 4.5.

[John]

Like, they said they lost a friend. Like, literally. You see your comments about it?

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[John]

Yeah.

[Andre]

Like, yeah, okay. That's how. That's what it felt like. It literally felt like something happened to me, my robot. And it, like, was, like, completely destroyed. Like, her personality was gone.

[Jason]

Damn.

[Andre]

I don't know what happened.

[Natalie]

Why did Mr. Beast shy away from when Adin Ross asked him about the ice wall? Did you see that?

[David Dobrik]

I saw that.

[Natalie]

I don't know anything about the ice wall.

[David Dobrik]

So there's a clip. They were raising money for water and what did. Okay, so Mr. Beast went to Antarctica.

[Natalie]

He went to Antarctica and he's on the stream and he's like, well, actually, I can't talk about that. He was about to talk about the ice wall, and he's like, actually, I can't say that on the stream. And that made me go like, whoa. Do you wonder.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, that's definitely just a clip farm.

[Natalie]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, sure. Okay.

[David Dobrik]

I don't think that's. Like, there's actually something.

[Natalie]

Oh, so he made. He did that on purpose so somebody would clip it.

[David Dobrik]

I think so.

[Natalie]

Interesting.

[David Dobrik]

I mean, unless there is an ice wall. Right. The theory Is that if you go to Antarctica, Antarctica is not just at the bottom of the Earth. It goes all the way around Earth. And there's a flat Earth.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And the ice wall. You don't. You know the theory, Nat? No.

[Andre]

No.

[John]

Oh, I've never heard of this.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, you don't know this theory?

[John]

No.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, that. Antarctica. You're not allowed in Antarctica.

[Jason]

Right?

[David Dobrik]

Like, you can't. You can't. You can only pull up to, like, one specific spot in Antarctica. Anywhere else you're gonna get. Military will show up and arrest you and take you away. Right. And no country is. No country legally owns or occupies Antarctica. Like, all countries decided this, like, 80, 100 years ago, that no country can ever own an archive. And the theory is that the flat Earth theory basically is that there is an ice wall ring around the Earth, and it's like a giant wall and it's. And it just holds the Earth in. And then when you go over the wall, it's either different worlds or.

[John]

Oh, so it could be like, oh, wow.

[David Dobrik]

It's just literally like a gate. Like a gate that goes around the Earth. And the whole thing is that Mr. Beast went down to Antarctica and he saw the ice wall.

[Andre]

There's videos now.

[David Dobrik]

You don't know about anything. There was a. There's a video I saw the other day that was Mark Zuckerberg, and it was. The. The caption was, like, me, when I'm. When I really need some cocaine. And it was Mark Zuckerberg in a church, like, looking at his friend for some blow. And it looked so realistic.

[Jason]

Wait, what does this have to do with the ice?

[John]

Yeah, dude, what does this have to do.

[David Dobrik]

Sorry, I'm just.

[John]

It got me off. You got me up.

[Andre]

Sorry, I didn't skip a beat here.

[David Dobrik]

It was. It was the fact that I've seen some recent videos of, like, people flying over what seems to be an ice wall. Like, now, from now on, you'll. You can never believe anything because it's just, like, so fucking crazy with AI.

[Natalie]

Have you seen these. These people that. The videos where they're on Instagram and it's guys admitting to doing cocaine and staying out all night and kind of, like, begging to stop. Have you seen those?

[David Dobrik]

No. What is it?

[Natalie]

I get a lot of those.

[David Dobrik]

No.

[Natalie]

And I don't know why, but. But the guy would be like. He's like, last night I got a bag. He's like, I did cocaine. I lied. I lied to my wife. 3 o' clock in the morning. 4 o' clock in the morning. It starts out slow, just had a couple of lines, having a good time. Next thing you know, it's 6:00am Is this all AI? No, no, no, no. It's a. It's like they're just like Instagram videos where people are admitting to their cocaine use and how bad their life has gotten. Oh, it's so interesting because it's like, wow, they're using it as like, like almost like a cry for help. So someone will come in, in the comments and be like, you know, I think in the comments it's like, yeah, me too. I fucking. I'm dumb. Addicted to cocaine. I can't stop is wild.

[David Dobrik]

That's really.

[Natalie]

But it's also wild that it's public. So it's like, well, everyone's seeing it. Your job, seeing it, you know, crazy.

[David Dobrik]

What the hell.

[Natalie]

Yeah, I see a lot of that.

[David Dobrik]

There was, there was a DM that we got on the, from the pod the other day that kind of matched that. And it's. Someone said, I actually can't believe you talked about high school for 30 minutes when Jason told you he did. Literal message. Which is like, which is really funny. That, that almost. That feels like the description of our podcast. Like that does feel. Cuz it, it, it just does show like what a bubble this is. Not, not like a negative way, but like our perspective. I don't know. We're so jaded by the really bizarre things here in la. Yeah. That. Like to talk.

[Andre]

At least I am.

[Natalie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what you mean.

[David Dobrik]

That like, yeah, you brought up the meth. I was like, oh, okay. Yeah, you did meth. Like, yeah. So has everyone tried it? Once, but not really, but do you know what I mean? But like in my head, what's more interesting is my suburb in Chicago. But like, I guess to a listener they're both interesting. Yeah, they're both interesting. But I guess the listeners like, yeah, fire up the fucking meth story, please. That's really fucking bizarre.

[Natalie]

You ever done meth, John?

[David Dobrik]

No.

[Natalie]

What's the hardest drug you ever done?

[John]

Probably weed.

[David Dobrik]

Instagram will like hide your DMs. So I've been like in them now and I'm like, now I'm like seeing DMs from like the LA Kings. Dennis Rodman.

[Jason]

Ooh, the Kings. We should go.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, yeah, there's Dennis Rodman.

[Natalie]

Yeah, Dennis Rodman would be great on the pod.

[John]

Yeah, he's so great, dude.

[Natalie]

He's so interesting.

[John]

So interesting.

[David Dobrik]

He said, love the style, brother. And then he DM me again, saying, what's up starting a brand. Want to send you some things. Yeah, it's kind of crazy that I miss these. Like, what the fuck was I doing?

[Natalie]

Do you know what's cool about Dennis Rodman?

[John]

You went to North Korea?

[David Dobrik]

Well. You went to North Korea?

[Natalie]

No, well, not that, but. Yeah, that's cool. But the thing that I love about Dennis Rodman is he was, like, a good college basketball player in, like, D2. But then he just, like. He was just like, I'm gonna be the best rebounder. He's like. And he just focused on rebounding. Really? Yeah. And so he studied the way the ball would come off the glass. He knew when someone was gonna. When someone released the ball, where it was gonna go. And he just, like, became the best rebounder of all time, which I think.

[David Dobrik]

That'S what he was going for.

[John]

I heard he didn't play basketball.

[Natalie]

What's that like?

[John]

I heard he didn't play basketball till, like, college.

[Natalie]

He played late for sure. Yeah, I think he started late. And then the Bulls got him. And then that was just like, you know, that was when Jordan and Pippen were having their run.

[David Dobrik]

Damn, my boys.

[Natalie]

I think that's really cool when somebody can find their niche like that. So fun.

[David Dobrik]

That is sick. And that's what John is going to do here at ddl.

[Natalie]

Yes. You got to be Dennis Rodman.

[David Dobrik]

John will find his niche studying rebounds, studying pickleball curves, Whatever needs to be done on YouTube. Thumbnails.

[John]

This is the time.

[Natalie]

Will analyze you like a coach out there when you're playing.

[David Dobrik]

Studying my hemorrhoid. The growth of it.

[Andre]

Yeah, okay.

[John]

I meant, like, yeah, studying his pickleball.

[Natalie]

I heard there was an in and out run the other day that didn't happen, though.

[David Dobrik]

Which one?

[Natalie]

Is that true?

[Jason]

I asked.

[David Dobrik]

I was like, john, could you go grab in and out for. For us? It was 6pm and he goes. I go, that's fine if you can't. He goes. I'm like. I'm like, where are you going? And he's like, I have dinner with Julia at 8pm I was like, okay, can you do it before then?

[Andre]

I don't actually.

[David Dobrik]

The story doesn't go anywhere because I just gave up.

[Andre]

He didn't even have a proper answer to why.

[David Dobrik]

What was the reasoning?

[John]

Well, I was trying to fast. I was trying to do my.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, you didn't want to be around. He couldn't be around.

[John]

Yeah, but I can't be around food.

[Andre]

Jay. That's crazy.

[Natalie]

That's really funny. I get it. I get it.

[John]

I was just drinking my salt water. I was trying to stay alive.

[David Dobrik]

That checks out.

[Natalie]

So if you went to In N Out for to get David food, you would have to get 100%.

[John]

I am not waiting 30 minutes in line to not get myself also a burger. That's. That's insane.

[David Dobrik]

In N Out sucks for that exact reason. Like, I'll have a complete meal and then Ilya will blindly text me and be like, I'm at In N Out. You want anything? I don't give a what I ate. I want two double doubles and I'm going to eat them in and out. It's. It's such a rarity because you can't. It's the only fast food you can't order on door dash, right? So when someone's there, you do not pass up an opportunity. All right, guys, that's all the time we have for his podcast. Thank you guys for listening. Thank you for joining us. John. Guys, if you have any suggestions for him and what he should do here.

[Andre]

At work, please let me know what he should study or analyze.

[David Dobrik]

Go listen to Jason's podcast. All things good. All good things. And check out Natalie's clothes that she sells. Probably my underwear on her pickle. Pickle, whatever. I will see you guys later. Bye.