Micah Got Pinkeye From Ryan's Sister... 01:22:39

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From the podcast editor himself. Yeah. Well, boys, we're back. We are back. I mean, it feels good. It feels great, man. I'm so happy to be doing another one of these. It's kind of been a minute. Yeah, we got away from it. We got just really busy, honestly, and then we were traveling. We brought the podcast stuff with us when we went to Florida. We were hoping to do...

a podcast with somebody another creator but just didn't work out everyone was super busy including ourselves we wouldn't have even had time to do it but ken you're on the podcast i'm here why are you here ben's out sick so yeah all of us are sick right now except for me you're doing good and ryan i'm developing yeah okay a little nervous so i was gonna say that like since we roll as a crew like i'm not joking we are together 24 7 if someone gets sick

We pretty much all do. And it sucks because it's not all at the same time. It's almost one after another. So it's like very unproductive. Right. You got sick first. Yeah. And then I got sick. Ken got right after me. You guys got two. Actually, Ryan was sick last week too. I've been sick for like a month. Well, let's get into this a little bit because there's two different sicknesses going around here. We got just sick Ken and pink eye Mike, as we like to call you now. Yes. I was thinking about rocking today.

If I take these off, though, I can't see you. I can't make eye contact with anybody, which I think is fine. This is mostly an audio-driven podcast here. Your eyes look great, though. Yeah, they're looking better. If we can put a picture on the screen. I don't even like showing this because they were so... They look redder than the depths of hell, dude. I have green eyes, so I was looking Christmas. But anyway, it was gross. So yeah, pop that up there. I've never seen anything like that. We hop in the truck to go...

film our on ice video in Duluth and Micah Micah's eye looked normal when he hopped in the truck he looked completely normal and then I literally watched it develop over the course of 30 minutes in the car ride he was like my eyes like feeling kind of weird and he's like itching it and I'm like looking at it like yeah it looks a little red and I turn around we drive for another five minutes he's sick god dude my eye is just burning I turn back

It was fucking like quite a bit worse. And then, you know, just got to the point where it was just damn near shut and it was like drooling. Oh, it's so gross. And I remember Ben noticing like halfway through the drive. Oh, bro, are you okay? He thought I was crying for a second. I was like, I wish I was crying, bro.

uh and then the worst part is as far as i know like it's you have to be really careful about it you can obviously get away with this but it spread to the other eye like the next day so yeah when i when i saw you it was gnarly it was nasty it's a lot better now so you know i've been really making sure we uh try my best to stay my distance from all of you guys but it's pretty freaking hard especially when i have to ride

spend 12 hours on a truck with you. Right. But honestly, so far so good. I've been taking my vitamin C, eating healthy. We'll see what happens. But Mike, how did you get your, uh, your pink eye? I don't know. I mean, I could tell you, I possibly got it from the girl I'm seeing right now, but that was like six days after I saw her. But so another girl,

No, no. Well, I mean, it only makes sense that you got pink eye from the person that... It does. Right, right. So I don't know how that happened because I had slept alone for the past five nights and Friday morning I woke up with it. I think that was the worst part. If I would have just stayed home, it would have gotten bad either way. We had to go film a video and it ended up being really good. But I...

It should not have gone on that trip with you guys. I feel like there's like a funny, you had a funny story that you told me, Ryan, you're like, don't go over there and hang with her. You're going to get pink eye. So big, big old spoiler. Uh,

Mike is dating my, or talking to my sister, seeing my sister. So, uh, my sister gets pink eye and she comes over and wants to help with orders. And I'm like, no, get out of here. Like, I don't want your pink eye. Right. And so then she got like exiled over to the corner of the shop. And Micah being the nice guy, he is comes over and helps. And then he, uh,

Like we work all day and he comes home and my dad sees my sister's eye and it's like, oh my gosh, wow. And he goes, well, geez, Micah, you better steer clear of that. Otherwise you're going to get it. At that point I had already, like it was too late, if that makes sense. That's true. It was like the night before. And so I didn't think too much of it. I was like, well, if I get it, like I'm screwed. Like I already got it, I'm saying. What'd you say to Randy when you walked in? Eh.

It'll be fine. No, you were like, no, I think I'll be okay. Well, that's the funny thing is fast forward to like six days later. Let's say like right before I got it. I'm like, look at me. I'm fine. I wasn't boasting about that. But yeah, it was like, wash your hands a thousand times. And I was just like, again, I was like, if I have it, like I'm, it's already too late. It's weird. Cause she got that on what? Saturday. And you,

Like, basically, Friday she had it, and then seven days later I got it. I don't know how that works. You know, maybe it was on a towel or a blanket or a T-shirt or a sweatshirt or something. Maybe it, like, takes a little bit, so maybe we're all...

We're all screwed. Awaiting our pink eye. If you get it, dude, I'm going to feel really bad. Oh, I thought you were going to say you were going to laugh. I mean, I'll make fun of you to the thick of it like you guys did. It would have been pretty frigging funny because in the video, the on ice video in Duluth, I'm afraid to scratch my eye right now.

You know, we're like kind of razzing you. Well, we weren't even kind of. We were razzing you about it. It was pretty freaking funny. And then it would have been hilarious if like the next day we woke up and all of us had pink eyes. Okay, if it would have been right after, you guys didn't even have to say anything to roast me. You were just like, you just looked at me and you were like, Mike, dude. Pink eye Mike. It's like everything, like you could be like,

Drinking a coffee. Drinking a coffee, Mike. I was literally trying to get my Subaru unstuck yesterday. I was just trying to fucking rev it out and just drive it. And you guys go out the door and go, pink eye Mike. What do you even mean?

What do you even mean, dude? It's always something. Last week, you were drinking cream soda. So we're like, cream soda Mike? No, it was cream soda Dr. Pepper, like flavored, which makes it even funnier. And everyone's like, yeah, Mike loves cream soda. Stupid shit like that. Honestly, it makes me laugh. It only works with you, I feel like. It's funny, though. So you guys stayed in a hotel last week. Yeah, yeah. But we wouldn't let Mike asleep in the hotel with us. Oh, okay. Okay.

Ken's like just oh yeah we were going to let you Mike but okay so the problem was we wanted to get two rooms but we couldn't get two rooms because it was literally booked I guess Duluth is like a poppin town we managed to find one room but we were all gonna have to share and someone would have had to sleep in the same bed as Mike and we're like dude honestly like

You're going to have to get a cot. They didn't have cots anymore. It's apparently a fire hazard. So then we're like, dude, you might have to sleep on the floor. And Mike's like, of course I got to sleep on the floor. He's like, I get it, but. And then he ended up just staying at Evan's. They took care of me. Evan and Nikki took care of me. Hopefully they washed those sheets and blankets. They did. I told them too. I was like, make sure you wash this, obviously. That little kid there, I'd hate for that kid to go to school with a blazing pink eye. Yeah, that would suck.

Big Ken. Enough about that. Yeah, Big Ken, have you taken that hat off since the Lomelitz race? Yeah.

You just, you just. I think he, well, you more meant like, obviously you take it off to sleep, but like that you've been rocking that since you won first place. I don't blame her. Seventh place. Since you won seventh place. Yeah. I mean, there's other hats I have. But I mean, he's a, he's a race car. You earned it. Honestly, you earned it. That's what I think Micah said. He was like, yeah, Ken earned wearing that hat. Like it was pretty sweet. Ken, that was the most intense thing I've ever seen. It was the most intense thing I think I've ever done.

Okay, that was going to be my question. Was that the craziest thing? Yes. I mean, it had to have been. I've never, like, raced anything before, and that's, like...

It's exhilarating just doing that. Do you look at Crown Victories different now? No. No. They're still slow turds. They're tough. They are tough. They're way tougher than I thought they were. Badass cars, honestly. So you don't see one driving down the road and be like, damn, that thing's pretty mean. I'd love to race that thing. No. Because I haven't passed a Crown Vic without yelling, Crown Vic!

Yeah, I do look at them differently now that you say that. It's interesting because in Florida, they still use Crown Vics. They're obviously phasing it out. They still use them as the police vehicles, which is interesting. We're talking old, like, 03, 07. They're slow as balls, dude. Anyone could outrun that thing. Well, that too, yeah. They're just big, fat V8s. And so Cletus is probably, I think he said that he's nearing, like, the end of...

Being able to do Crown Vics. All good Crown Vics. Yeah. So now he's just like, well, no, it's fine. I'll just switch to the old school four-door Chargers that they made into police. I always thought cop cars were fast, like old Crown Vics. Those things are like the slowest cars I've ever driven. They maybe were fast back in like 1999 through 2005, but... They're so slow. They ain't no Tesla. Yeah.

I don't know Tesla, but... Could you outrun them in your new Bronco? I think my Bronco is still faster than those. Oh, man, we're moving so fast here. Anyway, Ken, you hit some barrels at the race in your heat race. It was just you out there. Obviously, this is his first time hitting the track. It was a qualifying. Qualifying, yep. So if you don't know what qualifying is, basically you go around the track and...

It just goes off your lap time. So whoever has the fastest lap time out of everyone gets to be put in, like, the first starting position so you have an advantage in the race. But they only put, like, four guys on the track for qualifying, and you're not supposed to really pass each other because it's so spaced out. In, like, two laps, you shouldn't be able to lap each other. But freaking Ken comes out there, the maniac he is, starts smashing barrels. The crowd is going wild. And I was thinking in my head, like, this is going to be a long race. So...

So qualifying, I talked to the guy in front of me. He, I think he was the danger Ranger winner. So he really hadn't raced much, much stuff either. Apparently he was the first qualifier. I was up second. So I, you know, we pull it on the track, sit there for a little bit, do a little warmup lap. And then, then it's like the actual qualifying time. And I, I just follow him straight into the first corner and,

And he starts back end starts sliding out. And I was like, oh shit. So I break a little bit. My back end starts sliding out. I was like, oh boy. So I corrected it perfectly over corrected, corrected again, and then just smash a couple of barrels. Do you tail tap those things? It looked like you were just trying to tail tap the two barrels. I had no control. I'm so glad that you were the one out there racing because it was hilarious.

And also, it was just so much more entertaining, I feel like. Even if we would have taken, like, first place, I feel like it couldn't have been any more entertaining than it was with you driving. I felt bad because I broke the seat, like, halfway through my portion of the race. It seemed like every guy that was over 180 pounds broke their seat, though. I think they did. Like, the seat brackets, they weren't, like, sturdy enough. I felt bad for Haley because she's sitting here in the car. Dude, she would barely sit over the steering wheel if you look at the GoPro footage. And then she had to use her foot to, like, hit the NOS button, though.

That was the funniest part. But yeah, I mean, you can't feel super bad because it happened to a bunch of other people. But it was unfortunate. We got bolted in race seats with like five point harnesses and somehow like it breaks. All the dudes who don't race all broke their seats. They're probably in the worst shape.

Probably. Yeah, dude, that was so funny. Yeah, Weston Champlin. Big dude. Big dude. I love how he's just like, if you follow me, you're going to end up in the pits. And Ken probably followed him for a good 20 minutes, 25 minutes. Dude, I love Weston. He's the funniest dude. I've met a lot of YouTubers. I don't want to say a lot, but I've met a fair amount. And, uh...

Most people are like, you know, they're on character, you know, when they're being on camera, they like turn it up like quite a few notches. Weston is the exact same off camera. When I first met him, I was like, is he just never break character? Is he like trolling me right now? What is going on? But he just stayed that way.

The whole time. I was like, wow. Like, even when someone's not rolling, he'll just burst out and just yell across the whole scene. That guy is an entertainer. He's a genuine nice guy. Yeah, no, he's a good guy. I like Weston. Solid one-liners. Shout out to him, dude. If you guys haven't checked out his channel, Weston Champlin, that guy, he kills it. If you're into cars...

Yeah, he's funny shit. We were trying to do a podcast with him down there. Yeah, it just didn't work out. He was busy. We were busy. He's blowing up fast, and we didn't realize how new he is to the game as far as just chatting with him about... He's like, yeah, things came really fast, and I built the smoke staying, and I don't know. All his followers are coming really fast. It's sweet. Good for him. Ken, I was thinking about when you said that...

The mullets race was the most intense thing you've ever done. And I remember a story about you when you were like, what, like 12 or 13, you and your dad went snowmobiling in the mountains and you spent the night on the mountain in the middle of the wilderness in a snowstorm. You guys were out riding all day. A snowstorm blows in and you guys couldn't see. And it was a blizzard. Like we were out in Island Park.

And it was a nice clear day and then... You got stranded out there? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. A blizzard came in and it was just blowing snow. You couldn't see anything. And we just had to stay where we were because we couldn't find our way back. Yeah, but where you were was like 15 miles into the wilderness. No, it was literally 50 feet off of a trail.

Yeah, but stay out in the mountains. Like you weren't like sleeping next to the hotel or in the truck or something. You were like, so what did you do? Were you scared? Literally just like sat there. Did you get a fire going? Yeah. My dad made a fire. Just imagine Ken. What did I have? I think I had a freestyle.

It was a free snap. Oh, shit. It was a skidoo freestyle back then. And I think he had some like trail sled or something like that. Because it was literally, it was me and him and I think Cody. No, Cody was looking for you. Yeah. He's probably terrified. He's like, I just lost my dad and brother. Because I think it was just us two because we were. You didn't have phone reception or anything? I suppose that was before cell phones maybe. There's no cell phones out there even now.

No, we just had to, like, literally find, like, a group of trees where the wind wasn't quite so bad and built a fire and then just stayed the night until the storm stopped in the morning. Were you scared, Ken? No. Really? You weren't scared? Are you kidding me? I really don't remember because I was, like, in third or fourth grade. I really don't remember it. Keep in mind, when Ken was in third or fourth grade, he looked exactly how he looks now, just shorter. So, like, same beard, everything, just shorter.

Stay in the night. I remember you like slightly telling me this story and you said like you didn't sleep. You're like, well, what was the point? We had a fire going like it was scary to go to sleep. So we just stayed there and stared at the fire. Might as well. There's nothing to do. Yeah, which I'd have to agree with. I don't know if I would necessarily burrow down and try to sleep. I don't know what's in the Wyoming wilderness out there. Something might eat you.

Island Park is in Idaho, but yeah. So racing was more exhilarating than... Oh, yeah. That was like the most adrenaline thing for 45 minutes I've ever done in my life. It was intense for me too. Yeah, it was. That was so fun to watch. I felt like we all kind of said it. We were like, all right, I see why people are into NASCAR.

If you've got a driver you're cheering on and you're watching them make passes. I'd love to go to a NASCAR race, drink some beer, just get rowdy. I think we should. That'd be a blast, dude. It'd be fun to go watch one of Haley's races. Yeah, that'd be really fun. Today's episode is brought to you by Angie. Angie has made it easier than ever to connect with skilled professionals to get all your jobs and projects done well. Let me tell you, there's the version of it where you try to do something at home, and then there's a version of it where you have someone help you, you watch them do it the right way, and you go, thank God I didn't try to do that myself.

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So something interesting that happened

Last week is my grandpa's end. Me and Ben, we have the same grandpa, but his house burned down. Like completely to the ground. I've never seen a house where there's just nothing left. So sad, dude. It was crazy because it just went up so quick. Everyone got out. Everyone's okay. My grandpa did get some third-degree burns to his back, but I think the real lesson here is just like,

having, you know, insurance and just like those safety nets in place. Because, I mean, I don't have health insurance, nor did Ben, but we're like definitely going to get it now. And also just like house insurance. Obviously everyone has that shit, but like, you know, just it's crazy how quick things can just go from like normal to just boom and you lose everything. So that's been kind of tough for

For him and our family, we're trying to help him get through it. How's he doing now? He's doing good. He has bad burns on his back. They wanted to send him to the burn unit, but he doesn't want to go because he's a stubborn older man. He seems to be doing good, though. What's he thinking? Obviously, he's got the physical...

burns and stuff. What's he thinking like mentally and emotionally? Like, you guys, we're talking like his house burned to the, like the ground. There's nothing left of anything to be owned. How many years now? Like, what, that place is probably built in the 80s? Yeah, it was like a bigger, nice house and I mean, he had a lot of stuff inside and just, you know, it's all gone. It sucks. He lost a couple cars that were

you know, really nice cars that he wasn't driving for the winter. So he didn't have insurance on them. So those are just gone. Particularly that Z06. It's a ZR1. Oh shit. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. ZR1 dude. It was rare. It was rare. And it burned to the ground just with all his other cars. That's another lesson. It's like you, you have a vehicle and you're, you know, just storing it, not driving for the winter, put the, you know, storage insurance on it.

Because, like, shit like that. It's like $100 for six months. Well, dude, I put my Evo in storage when I got...

uh, the GTR for, you know, a few months cause I wasn't gonna be driving it. And I remember the insurance, like, like you want to put storage insurance on? I was like, I'm not, I said, yeah, I did the same thing, but I'm, I'm going to make sure I do that from now on. You know, it's just crazy how fast things can change. You know, like your grandpa was alive for 70 years, never had a fire. Right. And, but just, it takes one thing, one little accident. I guess that's what, what insurance is for, but no, but that's kind of the lesson is just like,

You know, making sure you're, I would recommend having insurance now. Before, you know, I kind of rode the line of, like, obviously some things got insurance, some don't. But it's just, like, sucks, man. Sucks. But, yeah, no, his morale is good. And, I mean, like, he's a very positive guy. And I asked my dad, and he was like, yeah, he's doing pretty good. He's chilling. He's just, you know, going to get his back fixed up. I feel like he's, like, not the kind of guy to dwell on stuff. That's kind of how Ben and I are. We try not to.

I don't know. You just move on. Stay positive. I mean, that's probably about enough on that. But, yeah. Speaking of putting cars in storage, CJ, you ordered winter tires for the GTR and then decided maybe not mob it? Yeah, I don't know. It's just like it's not that much fun driving it to work because it doesn't even get –

For one, it's just shitty-ass roads. Yeah. And then for two, it literally doesn't even get warmed up by the time I'm here. Right. People might say, like, ah, it's a pussy move. Come on, mob it in the winter. And, yeah, we might take it out and drift it. But, like, overall, I feel you've got to warm that thing up for 20 minutes just to drive it five minutes. Yeah, exactly. So I was just like, eh, I'll just drive the Evo because then I'd have to put the new tires on, get a different alignment. And I was like, okay.

Like literally the snow will probably be gone in three months. I feel like if we weren't quite so far north where it didn't get quite as cold, it'd be worth it. But it's just the roads are always just so terrible. If I lived in Fargo, then I'd probably do it or like a city because it'd be more fun. But like, I don't know, it just didn't seem worth it to me. Dude, and the salt is so hard on things. Like even you can wash it as much as you want, but it still just is never the same. Like with our SEMA truck, we're just like, we can't.

Yeah, we're looking to get a different truck. I mean, it's just too pretty underneath. And it's like, if that thing gets all rusted and just beat up under there, it's literally worth nothing. It just looks like shit. Like the one thing that it's got going for it is that it looks really good.

And it sits so tall. It's like the only thing you see. You bend down a little bit and you see all the power-coded parts. Yeah, like every truck has a little bit of rust on the frame here and there, but it's like down here. And that truck is like way up here, so you just see it. It's like the first thing you see. And that frame right now is pristine. It looks like it's from the south. We got to go freaking wash that thing and just...

Once the roads get cleaned up again, go wash it and then park it in the driveway for the most part. I'd like to put it inside, but it's so fucking big. Yeah, we'll see. You guys see, we use it. So, again, it's not the pussiest move, parking it. We just want it to be pristine. Yeah, I like driving in the winter or in the summer. I just want it to look nice when we mob it around in the summer. So, Ken, you parked your Tesla, one, because you got a Bronco, two, because...

From what we could figure out, the thing sucks ass in the snow. Yeah. It has high-performance summer tires on it. Well, yeah, that's a big part of it. I figured out you cannot buy all-season or winter tires for that wheel setup on there. Damn. So how does the Bronco do? Oh, man.

Bronco's actually fantastic on ice. Like, that thing, it doesn't even, like, it's like there isn't even ice on the roads. Yeah, I drove it the other day. I was actually really impressed with it. I'm not, like, a huge Bronco fan. I think they're cool, but, like, also, I don't know. I think it's a really good car, especially after driving it. Like, it really makes a Wrangler look like...

What has Jeep done to make this drive nice in the last 20 years? I think that's the biggest part of it. After riding with it, I'm like, yeah, I like this more than a Wrangler. Driving my mom's, I feel like I'm drunk just trying to drive straight. And that thing, it takes no effort. I don't know why. Hear me out. I just feel like Jeeps are kind of girl cars.

That's just me. And I know you guys disagree. I don't think like the, I don't think like the, the fast ones, like the SRT eight and like the track car, but I just feel like it's just kind of a girl car. Oh,

Oh, you're talking all Jeeps in general. Well, in general. I mean, most of the Jeeps are all small. Right. But then, you know, obviously, like the Grand Cherokee is like, I'd say, just in the middle. Is this because your girlfriend drives a Jeep? Well, I mean, yeah, she drives a Jeep. But I feel like a lot of, like, just all girls drive Jeeps. Especially, like, the Wranglers and stuff. I just feel like they're kind of girl cars. That's just me. It's the ultimate, like, girl car, though. Yeah, it is. You definitely would pick up a lot of girls, probably, if you had a...

and took the top off and you were single looking for girls. True. I think up here too. Like if you live down by Moab or like somewhere where people actually use their Jeeps, then maybe more dudes have like lifted Jeeps. But up here, you literally use your Jeep to drive to the mall and then home. Like nobody off-road. So then girls are buying them because they're like, oh, look, little Jeep. Yeah, I don't know, man. This is the time of their life. I just feel like Jeeps are kind of girl cars. And I know a lot of guys have them. Yeah.

Your brother, bro. My brother has one. Your brother's is sick, too. Yeah, it's cool, but I just feel like it's kind of a girl vehicle. I've felt that way for a while. I think they're good girl cars, though, because they're relatively tough. If you're a girl, it's a badass vehicle to drive. They can smoke potholes. They can hit curbs, for the most part. What are you saying, Ken? Are you saying girls aren't good drivers, or what? No, but like...

For instance, Micah, you've curbed a couple wheels. And you are a girl. And I'm a female, and I have a Jeep. But if you had a little more sidewall, you could smoke that curb, and it'd probably be fine. True. Smoke that pothole. It is funny, Mike. You do have a record for curbing. A slight track record. And the reason that I have that is because the one curb I had was so horrendously bad, I'd love to see someone that topped it. When we tried to curb Tiny's wheels, it looked less worse than my curb.

Literally whenever I see, like I saw that Fozzie parked downtown, I go, Mike, dude, were you driving this thing? Like every time I see a curbed up wheel, I just think of Mike. Yeah, I'll never live that down. And so it's given me a goal from here on out to never curb another set of wheels. I don't think that's going to happen. Really? I've never curbed a wheel.

Besides, one time you drifted your Subi straight into a curb. I know that's different. I slid. I know that's different. I was drifting. Goddamn, that sucked. I have a video of that. You can throw it in here. That was like minimal. If that happened today, I'd be like, fudge. But when it happened then, it was like the end of the world. I love that car, dude. I was heartbroken. I was just like, I can't believe I did this.

Basically, Ryan and I, it was like the first snowfall of the year, and we hop out. You guys were like 16, I think, right? No, we were 17, 18, 19. I would have been 18 or 19, actually. Okay, okay.

But we get in my Subaru WRX, and we go, and we're mobbing through the snow and sliding it. And we turn around, and we go, oh, we're going to drift it one more time. Never say one more time. That's when everything goes wrong. Levi LaValle says that every guy that ever does anything somewhat riskful. It's another one. Yeah, you got to say another one. And as we said one more time, Ryan hops out to film it. I drift around this curb, end up sliding a little bit too much.

Hit another curb And like It just like Bent the back wheel And like Oh it was bad And we had to go home To your parents Dude I was like Fucking Yeah they were so mad And But I mean It cost like 400 bucks It wasn't that bad So it was just the wheel

Yeah, just the wheel, and then I had to get a different alignment, but not bad. Don't like tie rods or anything. No, I was surprised. I was thinking I, like, fucking bent the frame. I was like, I totaled this thing. I remember you saying that. You were like, I just hope I didn't total it, and we're like, bro, you think you did? Yeah, well, we didn't know shit. I don't know. But, yeah, I've never curbed one other than that.

Yeah, I got a bad track record for that. Dude, like, just recently we got dumped on with snow. And then it's time to get the snowmobiles out. If we could just get them. We got quite a bit of snow, dude. I was just a little bit sad. Right, since we don't have our sleds and, like, well, luckily you put the tracks on the Maverick. But when we get snow on that, like, when we film our thin ice videos and we have that glare ice, you just can't beat that look. You can't beat that feel of being on the lake and having it, like, be see-through to the bottom.

Yeah, when the snow comes, even if it's like two inches, it kind of ruins that, unfortunately. Dude, I'm happy that the snow's here, dude. Like,

I'm kind of over the thin ice videos and like, I mean, we did them this year. I feel, yeah, I already did it. Like, I think it's time to, I'm ready to just do some other shit. Yeah, I feel, I, it's not something that I wanted to like beat to death like we did last year, but I genuinely was having fun like on. it is fun, dude. Like, dude, can we talk about the snowmobile studs and the super moto? I think that video is out today as well. Like, I,

I didn't think Ben bought these snowmobile studs. We studied the Maverick last year and then he's like, dude, it's they're green. We should put them on your, your Husky with the supermodel wheels. And I was like, if you think it's going to work and then, I don't know, they're just sticking out like an inch and we're like, I don't know if this is going to work anyway. It was gnarly dude.

Like, I could wheelie that thing. You couldn't lay it down like Evan could. It's not quite the same, but, like, it was so fun. Rambo tires. That's what they call them up there. Oh, you got Rambo tires on. That's apparently what you call it if you have snowmobile studs. I think everybody else is getting a little bit sick of our thin ice BS, too. Well, the ice is fucking thin. It is thin. You can't say it wasn't thin ice. I think it's just, like, eventually starts to be the same video.

Yeah. Over and over. It's so tough for us too because although we're trying to make, every week we go out to try to make the most entertaining video we can. Like we do it for you guys watching and we got to make it entertaining. But also we could make the most entertaining video, but if we title it like,

Like Ken shaves his beard. Well, maybe people would watch that come to think of it, but it might not pop. Exactly. So there is a balance between trying to get other people, new viewers to come in and watch the video. And for some reason you put thin ice in the title and new viewers just come flying in. But like, I'm sure you guys have noticed that in every video we do like two or three other things that, uh,

are 100% for your guys' entertainment regardless of what the thumbnail is. I agree. Like testing the Amazon bike that we could have titled it after that too, but anyway, yeah, we throw the thin ice in there because it is thin. Yeah, that's genuinely thin. It definitely just broadens the people that are going to click on our video. We know the people that are listening to this podcast right now and are watching our videos usually are going to love it because we love it, and we know you're going to love what we put out.

I don't know if the thin ice is what brings us through. I think it's just the whole overall idea. It's just like the concept. For some reason, it really pops on YouTube and it gets a lot of views. You could fall through in this video, but who knows? You could. Dude, every time is riding the edge. I mean, once you start getting to like later December, I'd say the only time it wasn't like actually thin was like,

a smart car video. Otherwise, it's just how it is. I mean, it's for a car, though. Well, that's what I mean. Yeah, exactly. You got a car, dude. The ice was getting thicker, but we kept stepping it up with heavier machines. I'm ready to go ice fishing. Ah, dude, same. Same. Especially... It's just fun. Yeah, and obviously, that's one thing you have to wait for when the ice gets thick enough you can roll those full-size houses out there. I feel like in the winter, it gets tough to, like, come up with new ideas. Like,

Or not necessarily tough to come up with new ideas. I think it just becomes tougher to film up here. To execute them, yeah. Yeah, because it's like so weather dependent oftentimes. So it seems like January and February, it's like a slower month for us usually. It must be so miserable filming some of that stuff when it's like 10 below outside, 21-hour winds. I mean, hopefully we'll be able to do more podcasts because we'll probably just do one video a week for those next couple of months and then a podcast on top of that. But...

I want to do some stuff where we travel, go more places. We definitely like when we travel.

We get on one. We're all together feeding off each other, and we're doing what we love in a new place that we may have never been. It's the best. Yeah, I feel like it just opens up for new jokes. The vibes are just always high. I think it forces us to be a little more creative, and it resets your mindset to getting outside of our comfort zone. It just gives you more material to work with oftentimes. So that's like traveling...

you know, anywhere, obviously like somewhere warm somewhere. I don't know where, but obviously we'll do some sled videos too. We'll head out West. Yeah. I think that you guys got to do that. Cause there's so many people out there that love like the snowmobile stuff. There is. It's interesting to hear that come from,

I just a handful of kids. Obviously we have a good Midwest band of viewers, but there's so many, Oh, snowmobiling vids are my favorite. So it's like, we definitely got a hit on those. I think it's, there's like such a crew of people that love the snowmobiling vids because there's really not that many people. There's really no one doing it to like the level that we do where it's like, you go out there, you film like the banter and the bullshit and then the riding and like it gets put together the way that it does. Um, that like, it's just, you know, one of a kind.

Which, I mean, most of our content, I think, is. But it's just they don't have anyone else to watch that's doing that. So they love it. But then there's, like, the whole other side where it's, like, I don't even have a snowmobile. Like, where I live, there's no snow. I don't relate to this at all. I didn't want to watch. I didn't want my one video that was going to be the Seaboys video this week that I love to be a snowmobiling one. So then, like, it's, like, you can't please everyone. Just like in anything in life. But, yeah.

I think you guys definitely got to go out and do, like... Yeah, we got some badass sleds coming from Polaris this year. Obviously, they have the new Matrix. We didn't get any of the boosts, unfortunately, but I know Ryan and Ben got the Slash Chaos, and freaking I got a sick race sled for around here. You guys got sleds around here? Got some Indies, yeah. I got...

What did I get? I got a switchback in there. I was like, leave it again and not remember what he ordered. I got the cool tan color, though, this year. The snow coming in, though, was just... I was happy about it because it just switches up. It gives you something more to do. That's why I was like... And obviously, everyone thinks this. If it's going to dump, I want it to dump a lot because...

We get really excited in December. You know, it's like, okay, transitioning into winter. What do we do? Let's do winter things. Well, if you only have like four inches of snow, the winter things are really hard to do. But if you have like two feet, obviously...

It's a lot easier. So we get really excited and perform some of these winter things a little early, but what are you going to do? Well, you never know, too. I mean, last year the snow really never came. Yeah. Our ride out at the end of February was like a grass drag pretty much. It sucked. I mean, the turnout was amazing. We got to do that again. We got to do another sled like meet and greet ride out. That's fun. There's no possible way we could have less snow than we did last year. We got to do it earlier. That's the thing.

You know? Yeah, but I mean, yeah, I agree. February's, like, the prime time for having the most amount of snow. It just didn't snow last year. Yeah. I also want to do, like, another, like, spend 24 hours in, like, the backcountry where we dig snow caves again. That was a lot of fun. Really? That was fun. I mean, I agree. I was like, it's... It sounds miserable, but, like, honestly, it was so much fun. Because it's just, like, I don't know. It was just...

who's really done that right like dog a snow cave and like slept in there voluntarily i should i was like involuntarily people well a few whatever but yeah having the godfrey's there was yeah big help for that they knew what they were doing yeah they i mean they definitely made it you know wouldn't have worked if we didn't have them they had like all the supplies and everything but and they knew what they were doing it was just fun though we set up camp it was like hanging out and

I don't know. People seem to like watching it. I wonder if it would have been the same if we didn't have... When we did that, we had, like, I think they call it a yurt. Yeah. It was, like, you know, a structure, and it had a wood-burning stove in it. Yeah, just some random little, like, wood... Like, it would have been tougher to do it without that because that's where we put all of our food, and that's where Greg stayed. Yeah. Is that the ranger thing, or...

No, well, that's how we brought all that stuff in too. We had like this big ranger with track. I think it was a general, whatever. But we brought all our supplies in with that. So it was pretty interesting. If we do it again, we'll probably have to get some similar setup to that. Were you not there? No. You weren't there? Oh, yeah. I was in Texas that week.

You were in Texas? Why? Snow caves? No way. Oh, yeah. He had a... Back when you had your job. I was in Texas with my cousin. Doing flying shit. Yeah.

Eating really expensive meals. All I know is when Ken goes on his business trips or whatever, they eat good. I'm talking like $100 plus per meal good. Yeah, we changed that when we picked up Ken. Ken's like, what the hell is this? It's like $100 steaks and it was good. Now you just get McDonald's when you're with us. And pink eye. And pink eye. And pink eye. And cold. Sometimes it cools light here and there.

I watched this show last night and it was about this guy that climbed 14 peaks in seven months. All of the 8,000 meter mountains like in seven months, which apparently normally it takes like two or three months to climb each mountain. And he did...

all of them and the funniest thing was it kind of reminded me of us cj and i talk about burning the candle at both ends of the stick where you work really hard and then immediately as you're done working you go out and you go to play hard you play hard to work hard play hard it's kind of our motto but this guy like he literally climbed like three mountains in like 14 days and then he goes to town parties and

And then goes and climbs like K2 or something like that while hungover. And he was like, yeah, I'm probably the only person to ever climb K2 in a day while hungover. Jesus. Yeah, it was crazy. Probably worked off his hangover, though. Yeah, that's true. I think it'd be cool to climb a mountain. I don't know if I could do it. And what do you mean when you say climb? Yeah, I love hiking slash climbing, but why don't fuck with climbing?

No, they're legit climbing up the mountain. No, I think on one of the mountains, like one in every three climbers dies. But maybe that's a little too extreme. So if all three of us go, one of us isn't making it back. If all five of us go, odds are two of us probably won't. I think K2 is like that. I think that's one of the more deadly ones. Yeah, they had a shot of them crossing this crevasse, like a big crack in the snow. And they're climbing on like a steel ladder.

And it was like a 500-foot fall at the bottom, like just this abyss. Probably just ice down there. Yeah. Ken, would you like to do that? No. Well, Ken. Really? That's funny because...

I remember a couple years ago we had some interview for like a magazine. I'm pretty sure your bucket list thing that you wanted to do was go on an Antarctic expedition. You know why I said that? Why? Because you wanted to do it. I saw a couple YouTube videos of people. They take like cruises down there. Oh, my God. That's not an expedition. It's a cruise. They take like little dog sled trips in, and then you just go back on the cruise ship during the night. Oh, man.

That sounds all right. All right. I was going to say, Ken, we'll send you at our own expense. Hey, do you want to go? We'll pay for it, dude. We'll pay for it. I want to send you on your dream. $20,000. No, no, no, no. Not the cruise ship one. We're talking you're hiking across Antarctica. No. You and a couple dogs. Fuck that. And a rifle. And we'll send like a camera crew because fuck that. We're not going with you. That's my favorite thing is every other adventure that we've ever conjured up.

We would never send one person to do it alone. Like, what have we ever sent one person to do alone? Like, grab the camera and film. It's always at least two of us. But this trip, Ken just has to do it alone. That wasn't our goal, man. It's not our dream. We want you to do it, though. I think I remember, Siege, yours was like move to Hawaii? Move the crew to Hawaii was like my bucket list thing. So I was being realistic. That sounds pretty fun.

We'll do that while Ken's at Antarctica. So we'll move our crew. But what was yours actually? I think it was just like spend a month in Hawaii. No, I said I think it'd be fun to move the whole operation to Hawaii for a month. And then we do exactly what we do normally, fuck around and film videos.

Except we do it in Hawaii. We do that in February. Our buddy's got the rental house. It's got a 30-day minimum. Well, Ken, you're going to be in Antarctica. If you want to set that up for us, go for it. We'll figure out the Antarctic trip. You'll have fun. Ken would be so pissed. I would be livid. Ken would not go. We couldn't pay him to get on that boat.

Bro, we can't even get you to go through the airport in a suit hardly. Did I do it? You did do that. I made it all the way to Tampa too. Was it that bad? It was uncomfortable.

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So for those of you that don't know, we surprised Ken right before we were going to Florida. We had to leave at like 3 in the morning. You didn't surprise me. You ambushed me. Okay, well, we showed up at like 2.30 in the morning right before we were leaving the shop. And we're like, hey, Ken, you know, we want you to look business casual or just like you mean business. So we gave him the suit, and he did not want to wear it until eventually we got him to put it on. Spread your sickness.

I got it from you, bro. And Mike. Actually, I think you got it from Mike and then I got it from you. Don't get too close. It's got to be here. That's the sick side of the table. What? How did you get it? I didn't see you all weekend. What's up with...

Like you hating random things that we do to you when you wouldn't normally hate them if we weren't the ones doing it. Is it because it's me and CJ doing it to you? Like you'd put on a suit if anyone else in the world asked you. I guarantee you if BJ or like Brian from Zarbis was like, hey man, wear this suit to Florida, it'll be funny. You'd be like, okay. No. Yeah, you would. I like being comfortable when I travel. I don't blame you on that. And wearing a suit is not comfortable and it's not...

I hate wearing uncomfortable clothes and I'm sitting in a metal tube for six hours. Didn't it get you in like... No. Game zone? No. Really? Yeah, but it was like we asked... It just made me mad. What you guys didn't see in the video is actually how mad Ken was. Like, we had to cut most of it out because...

It looked like almost borderline sad, Ken, like how mad you were at us, and then it made us look really bad for getting that reaction out of you. We were like, holy shit, are we that big of assholes? We didn't ask him to do that much. We should have shown it. Well, we kind of did you a favor by not showing it. I hated every second of it. Dude, I just don't understand why.

Because I hate wearing uncomfortable clothes on a... It's not that big of a deal, though. I still don't like doing it. What about everything else we ask? Well, it doesn't matter. I still hate it. Most of the time, it's something ridiculous, like... Getting a massage? Getting a massage? Well, I have reason to hate that now. Why? Because some little blonde kid came and just started stepping on my back midway through it.

What about before that happened, though? You think I'm blonde? I mean, you used to be. I thought Ken did, like, a background check on the masseuse. Yeah, well, not anymore. I'm a natural blonde. Ken, I thought he was a good guy. Yeah, I thought you guys hit it off. It wasn't bad until some idiot started, like, took control of it and started stepping on my back. You liked that, though. You were, like, moaning. You were like, mm-mm. Yeah. You and I are in the same room. Oh, God.

All right. Okay. Ken, you're kind of the king of generic statements and hating something. Ken, you kind of are the king of hating something. Yeah. Yeah. I think me and CJ both are the most either love it or hate it kind of people. Yeah, I'd agree with that. Yeah. You're polarizing. So what's your deal with Christmas? Why do you hate Christmas? When did I say that? Well, what don't you like about Christmas? When did I say I don't like Christmas? No, no, no. What don't you like about Christmas?

And I don't think anything. You don't hate any book? No, you're just trying to throw words in my mouth.

It's funny because that's exactly what they were doing. We just wanted to see your reaction. You hated Christmas. You either picked the Grinch route or the Santa Claus route, so congratulations. You are now Santa Claus. You're picking the route of shoving words in people's mouths. I'm not going to lie. Ken dressed up as Grinch would be really funny. Well, look at him as Santa Claus. Or Santa, yeah. But, yeah, just you painted green face going, but what would I wear? I don't know what else he says, but we'll just...

piss you off really bad, and then put you in a Grinch costume, and then it'll be the best thing we've ever done. Ken's like, don't do that. Doesn't sound like the best thing. That sounds like the worst thing. Ken, you are a bit of the king of generic responses. I've actually been tracking them. This was premeditated. And this is not a bad thing. Ken had to lean back. Oh.

But I realized it and there was a couple blanket. I call them blanket statements. There was a couple blanket statements at the beginning of this podcast. You know, like, oh, is that the most intense thing you've ever done or what? No, you had a real statement on that. So sorry. But you had a couple blanket statements at the beginning of this podcast. But anyway, I've been keeping track of them.

And one of them was, hey, Ken, do you like the new Kanye album? And you responded with, there's some songs I like and there's some I don't. When did you ask that? There was one like a while back. We were talking about the Kanye album. And you were like, I don't know. There's some songs I like, some songs I don't.

I mean, yeah, there's some that I think are not that great and some that are like, eh. But I'm not really a big Kanye guy. But I think you're good. You're good at making a nice conversation with people. You don't have to, like, polarize people on something. You never really attack, which is, I think, a great character trait of yours. Another one I saw was when you looked at the sculpture at that house you guys were looking at and you go, yeah, it's something.

After we were all like, wow, this is so cool. And we're like, wow, this is so cool. Oh, look at that. Man, I wish I had one of those in my yard. And you go, it's something. It is something. It is something. It was at the house, I remember. Well, yeah, it would be like if someone, if we were all like, oh, dude, pop the hood on that thing. You have twin turbos? And pops it and can go, yeah, looks like a motor. Or like when we talk about your Bronco and you go, it's better than a Jeep.

It is. It's way better than a Jeep. That is true. I think we should do some Bronco testing with your Bronco.

I have to finish the paperwork, but yeah. Did you ever see that video on Instagram of the guy literally the exact same color as yours and he's like mobbing it through some mud and he like hits a jump. I don't know if he was purposely doing that or if he was just trying to get out of the mud and ended up hitting a jump. Dude, he like bunny hopped it. That thing jumps nicely though. Yeah, I think it's... He got that thing like in deep water too. I think your Bronco's a little tougher than we thought. Does that entice you, Ken? No. No? No. I don't...

I mean, it's like, it's like Ryan, you, I'm assuming it's the same of when you meant to do a donut and then you accidentally smoked a tree. I don't think that guy meant to do that with his car. That's true. I think it just kind of happened, but it took it. It took it like a champ as did my Jeep. Take the tree.

You don't know if that thing broke, though. You don't know if something broke in the suspension or anything underneath because that clip ends right away. That's true. But, Ken, I think it would be pretty fun to get your Bronco out on the trails. Yeah. Just go bombing through some snow, maybe. Bronco testing. Bronco testing. Bronco testing. I love the way I'll have this internal...

I don't know what to call it, but we know for a fact when we get a new vehicle or a new toy that we, like, have to do a certain thing with it. You know, when Ryan gets a TRX and we're like, all right, well, now you got to jump it. Or, again, when you got the Jetski, all right, well, you got to backflip it. Or you got to do donuts. Like, this is internal thing you know you have to put on for the channel, basically, to entertain you guys. But also, like...

It's just something that you've got to do. And if you don't do it, you're considered a puss and you might break your vehicle and it might end up costing a lot, but that's just how it goes. Ryan, have we tested your TRX's jump mode yet? We haven't yet. Yet. Yet. I don't know. We're either going to have to like clear a path through the snow now, but we can't move dirt. And I don't think I can jump snow to snow. Just like plow through it. As long as you land in soft snow. I was like, what if we built a badass snow jump? Like that one Raptor.

Like that. The jump. Yeah. It totaled itself. I mean, it looked pretty gnarly, but maybe don't hit it at whatever you hit it at 60 or 70, but we could build a snow jump for the TRX. Dude, the TRX blows me away after spending some time in it with you. After taking, we took it up to Duluth and pulled a trailer with it. It squatted.

like did a great job like a middle school linebacker trying to get bigger quads squatted but i'm not a ram guy i don't like really dodge ram trucks or something i just don't really like the outside look of them no offense right but i do love your truck like i think it's amazing truck like it's so fast and like it's very nice and it just it's incredible like the performance of it

But, yeah, no, I'm sold on them. I think that we should get like a diesel, just don't do anything crazy with it, towing rig. That should be like a Ram, I think, like a Ram 2500 or something. Mega cab? 3500 mega cab with 37s. Yeah, we already talked about this a little bit. David McKinney special. Yeah. Possibly a long box? No. He would love that.

I think the long boxes look ugly as hell. No, they do. Long boxes definitely don't look as good, but they're so functional. You'd probably be able to throw your snowmobile in the back of that thing without even having to have it out the back. I think you can even fit a long track. It's pretty impressive. It's pretty impressive. Every time I look at you right now, Mike...

You just look like you're too cool for school. That's how I feel. When I think about how I look, that's how I feel. I'm just like, man, I don't have to make eye contact with you guys either because I can't see you. You're just color blobs right now. I can see Ken pretty well, but if I didn't know what your sweatshirt said, I wouldn't be able to read it. Those words are big. You kind of look like a shitty rapper.

Man. In the studio. You look like you think you're too cool. Like a stay stoked. What is that, his brand? You're like a skier in Colorado. Something like that. Just a ski bum. Staying stoked. Or stoned. His eyes could fall off. Nobody would even be able to tell. You guys want to talk about Morgan Wallen?

What did he do? What did he do? Well, earlier this year, he said a word that you cannot say. He got canceled. He got canceled back. But he is the highest selling, or he has the most albums sold and streamed this year. Really? He's the top artist of all artists. Really? Yeah. Despite getting canceled, which I think is pretty crazy. Dude, I don't know if you can get his fans...

He's got the right audience to not get canceled for saying that. I mean, he got obviously a lot of backlash, but if he was in a different industry and said that, that would have been career ending. Let's say he was a talk show host. If he was on the Today Show and he was a talk show host, dude, you're done. You're done. Or the morning show, whatever the fuck it's called. You'd be done. But since he's a country singer, I feel like he's kind of got an audience that maybe is a little bit more...

reluctant to, you know, forgiving him on that or even caring at all. Yeah, that is so true. And based on everyone putting up there like fricking Spotify wrapped or whatever, uh,

most people around a lot of people listen to country around us had Morgan Wallen as like their top. I was like, damn, lots of people listen to this dude. And he's selling out stadiums across the whole country. Maybe he was just so good that it just canceled out. You know, his, uh, his work was so good that like, you can't even be, you know, mad about it. I'm not saying it's okay to go around saying that word. I would never say that. Like that,

But it's also, it's not something that I feel like should end your career. That's just me. I don't think it should. He didn't use it in a derogatory way. Yeah, I'm not undermining that that's very bad and that no one ever wants to hear that. No one ever wants to see anyone that they love or like do that or do anything to get canceled. I just don't think that's enough to end a career. Right. Well, the way he said it wasn't in like a mean way. He meant it as like,

like, you're my friend. So it wasn't like he was saying it in a negative way, but he still just shouldn't say it. It's 2021, dude. Do you guys ever worried about getting canceled? No. I don't. The reason why is because we keep it real. We're smart. You know, if we would have gone a route in our YouTube career where we were like,

goody two shoes and we were faking shit on like in the YouTube videos as like, Oh, we don't swear. We don't drink. We don't, you know, crack jokes like this and stuff like that. Then we would probably already be canceled by now. Like we'd be, we'd be so exposed, but like we keep it real. Cause then the behind the scenes is like this, you're almost like living this whole big lie. Yeah. If you aren't. Yeah. Yeah. I'm so glad that we just like,

kept it this way. Cause like you just wouldn't, you know, like we can be out at a bar and,

doing whatever. And, like, if someone runs into you, it's like, oh, I mean, I'm not surprised by that. It seems about on par for them, you know? Like, Nelk, they can't be canceled. I mean, they can, but they can't. You can't really stop them. Same with, like, Danny, even though he's kind of, like, caught up in a controversy right now. He is. I don't know how much of a controversy he's caught up in, though. I think, like, the drama channels are trying to, like,

come out on him and like make something of it, but make something of it. Cause nothing's ever, I guarantee you, he's not going to respond. He won't even acknowledge it. It's a way to avoid being canceled. Right? Yeah. It's, it's almost like, I think Joe Rogan said it like,

If like they're trying to cancel and they come back at you, like you do something wrong and then you like come on, like, I'm sorry about it. And they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, that was wrong. You're like, yeah, I know. I'm sorry about it. Like, yeah, well, what you did was still wrong. It's like if you just basically keep adding fuel to the fire, honestly. So like really just like ignoring and moving on. They just drop in and someone else does something next week and then they go on to them.

But it's just, like, if you keep playing into it, it's going to keep sticking around. But anyways, with, like, the Danny thing, apparently, like, the kid, what's his name? Sunhat Kid? Sunhat Kid. What's his real name? Not that that matters. His name's, like, Aaron or something. I don't know. But he was, like, in his videos, and he was a pretty big part of them. And, like, Danny definitely, like, put him on. He's not really put on, though. Like, he's on YouTube pulling, like, 16,000 views. Like, that's not...

really being put on. But anyways, like that's how people know him though. I guess he like came out and had this whole thing where he was like saying Danny was like mean to him and like punching him. And I don't know. You just said it would have to watch the video. I don't know if it's true. I don't really have anything to say on that, but yeah, he's like the drama channels and some of his subscribers are like coming after him. I guess he lost like 30,000 subs in a day. Danny did. Well, he's got what? Like,

It's a drop in the bucket for him. Yeah, I mean, he probably doesn't care. I mean, he probably does care, but who knows? That is interesting. Today's day and age, you're so monitored. If you're a shitty person, you are going to get... Someone's going to do something on you. Exactly. Because, one, especially if you put your life out on camera and your interactions with your friends out on camera...

Even if you're just, like, walking down the street or you're an asshole to, you know, in a restaurant. Someone might catch you on camera. Yeah. It's like, yeah, if you were out at wherever, I mean, or any of us, we're not famous enough or even famous at all, but let's say if Logan Paul was out at a restaurant and he was being a dick or being a fool, which, did you ever see that fight video of him? I mean, like, fucking punch a paparazzi. Like, someone's going to get it, dude. You don't get away with that shit anymore, whereas, like, maybe back in, like,

the 90s, you probably would have because people didn't have a phone on them that had a 4K camera and always be recording Snapchatting or Instagram whatevering at all times. I mean, it can be a huge news story before you even get on it. That's such a crazy thought. Think of back in the 90s or before phones and shit. Someone asked me that. Would you rather have it be like...

Be like that, right? And they were like... And I was like, to be honest, that's a hard question because I like to do crazy shit. And no, I wouldn't. I love recording me and my friends. I love taking videos and pictures and making content. I love it. And if it allowed me to do crazier stuff, just having no cameras and having no worries and nobody talk shit or nobody say anything about you, I wouldn't. Dude, it's like such a...

you know, double-edged sword. I always thought being in like high school in like the nineties, like let's say like 96 through 99 or whatever, like, or maybe high school college, 2000s. I feel like that would have just been a great time. Like you didn't have cell phones and you didn't have like,

I don't know. You just like, didn't have to fricking always be texting someone or calling someone. Like you can just like have some peace and quiet, but on the flip side of it, like my whole life, like everything I do is because of these things, you know, like without YouTube, without the internet, without, you know, I probably wouldn't be living. I wouldn't be probably as happy. I'd like to think, you know, like I love this doing this kind of stuff, but I agree. Like, I feel like I would have liked that too.

It seems like it would have just been a simpler, easier time. And like there was good music back then.

I don't know. Yeah. We're obviously, obviously biased saying that, that we'd rather do this since it is our livelihood. And we really didn't live through the no cell phone time really. Yeah. I don't know. I think it would have been nice though. I could go either or, but you know, you would have a completely different life if you, if all of us grew up in the 90s, like in, if we were in high school age in the 90s, we would not be obviously YouTubers. No. Like,

We would have been doing probably all the same shit that we were doing when we were high school age, but like just you wouldn't have been filming it. I mean, if you were lucky, maybe we could have got on like MTV or something, but what are the odds of that?

You know? Yeah, well, who knows? We would have been, like, pioneering it. Like, I mean, my parents, when I was young, had a camcorder. You know? We would have been... I'm just picturing us, like, legit taping our shit. Dude. Well, that's what, like, Bam Margera did. Yeah, true. Like, I mean, and, like, that's kind of how Jackass started. Granted, we are nothing like Jackass, but, like, they, you know, it started with, like, Bam Margera.

He was filming his crew, and there was other people obviously doing the same thing, and they all kind of came together and started making episodes on MTV, which then turned into the movies. But they were just recording on, like, little handheld cams and shit. That is crazy. You know? I don't know. It just seems like it would have been a simpler time. Like...

Yeah, I don't know. You guys don't agree with me on that? Yeah. Ken, I know you would have fucking hated it. Hated it? I guess Ken loves technology for different reasons, too. Like, every little piece of technology, and this is great, like, you know, like, how to hook it up and, like, use this new technology to every little bit of its advantage. Like, our freaking lights, you go, like, Alexa, lights off, and you don't have to stand up and shit like that. But, like...

But it's like, I don't know how to run Final Cut nearly as well as you do. Well, right. But I'm saying like, you know about like your Tesla, like you're always utilizing like the newest technology. You're an early adopter. Like your blinds. Yeah. Yeah. You got blinds that open and close. The lights turn on based like on the outside of the house. You got remote. You use every bit of technology to make your life easier.

Yeah, might as well. Yeah, no, and that's great. I agree. That's great. I just don't for some reason because I just don't take the time. Maybe I'm lazy, but not lazy enough to, like,

take the step to make myself more lazy. Yeah, you're spending too much time. I'm like, fuck it. I don't care if I have to stand up to go turn the lights on. You know, like, who cares? You're spending more time chopping down the tree than sharpening the axe. Yeah. Oh, man. But on my defense, it is nice when the blinds open in the morning. Totally agree. Okay, justified. Totally agree. Like, I'm awake by the time my alarm goes off. Right. Oh, that's awesome. I'm not kicking you for it. No, definitely not. I don't even know how to, like, set that shit up.

buy it and there's instructions. Right. I don't even... It is incredibly easy. But, like, you know that stuff is, like, even an option. I didn't even know they had blinds that did that. Man, what would... Ken, what would you do if you didn't have technology? Uh... Slinging appliances, bro. You'd be just fine. Yeah. I wouldn't know any different. It's like...

It's like, you know, you're saying before cell phones and everything, you know, it's people didn't know anything different before that. And then all this new stuff comes out and then your society just advances and there becomes a new like standard for what everyone does. Yeah.

I don't know. It just sounds to me like living in the 90s, early 2000s was a good time. That's just me. Yeah, that's what scares me is when you talk about this new standard. It doesn't scare me, but electric cars are rolling out from every brand like crazy.

Tesla obviously kind of pioneered that or did. Was Tesla the first fully electric car, right? I don't even know. To do it well. Mass produced. Okay. But yeah, every brand right now is coming and new brands are coming up with electric cars and like, I don't know, Biden will probably put something on. Because someone told me that they're not doing Hellcats anymore and I shed a tear. 2025, I think. Maybe Ken did. I'm going to buy them all. Right? I'm going to buy them all. Maybe I should buy a TRX. Oh.

Dude, Mike, they're going to be putting the Hellcat motor with the trend that Dodge is on. They're going to probably have it in a minivan next. So I could see you mobbing that. Mark my words. If Dodge puts a Hellcat in a minivan, I will buy that. No.

No. Ryan. Has Weston done that yet? I was going to speak the same sentence. Okay, you can buy it. Okay. Or race. No, straight up. Well, I mean, Ryan. No, you can have it. No, for real. Minivan Mike. If Dodge ever makes a Hellcat minivan, I will buy it. All right. Sounds like they got two sales, dude. Get working on it. Fair enough. Dude, that would be awesome. Like, you think of, like, toting your kids around, but also be on the, like,

Throw down 700 horse. I think I'd rather just tote them around if I had kids, which I don't want kids. If I would just do it in like a Challenger Hellcat, that'd probably be a little cooler in the van. What if you had five kids? It'd be definitely cooler, but I'd put them in the trunk. You want to take the whole family with you? Just double stack them. Put them in the trunk. Dude, when my dad was growing up, so my dad and my aunt,

they would ride in like the back part of the Corvette with my grandma and grandpa. So like, you know how like, I don't know if you've ever been like the older Corvettes, it's kind of like glass or whatever. And then you just can kind of like lay down there. So if you're like a kid, they just would put them back there. And like, that was just how it was back in the day when you didn't have to wear a seatbelt. True. Back in the day when engines were in the front of Corvettes. Good.

Good times. Oh, man. That'd be so funny if, like, CJ just legit didn't know any better. Yeah, well, just hop in the trunk, Jimmy. Yeah. I guess, hold on. Going back to what I was saying about 2000. This is the last thing I'm going to say. It was, like, nice because it was simpler. But obviously now it's, like, shit is way better. Like, there's way faster cars. Like, just way more...

Things are better now, but also there was something nice about simplicity, I feel like. You'd go outside and play with your friends. You weren't fucking just sitting there playing with your phone. Every little kid has an iPad or a phone now. We were talking about that when we were at...

Breakfast the other day. iPad kids. Like, Evan and Nicky had Nicky's son there with them. And he's just sitting there playing on his phone. He had a phone. And he's like five. He's playing on his phone. And I was just like, he's playing all these games. He's showing Mike all these cool games he's got. But I was just thinking to myself, what was I doing when I was here when I was that age? And I was like, they used to give you crayons and like a little thing. And you'd play. That's right. It's a color. Yeah.

He's so funny. They don't even have that anymore, I'm sure. They don't even bother, yeah. Why would you? Kids don't want that shit. They're like, I'm going to draw on my iPad. What the fuck is this? Tic-Tac-Toe or freaking... A crayon? Yeah, or Minecraft on my iPad. Why would I want this? Get that out of here.

Oh, man. I love how they talk about that. iPad kids. Like, what is... What's going to happen to those kids, dude? Yeah, what is their attention span going to look like? Because I already know for a fact that my attention span has been, you know, gone down because of my phone. I try not to look at it, but, like...

It's hard. And you get in such a habit and you start doing it without even knowing. Like, think about those kids. They're so used to being stimulated every freaking 15 seconds. Like, there were some younger kids on the plane with us, in front of us, on the way to Florida. Their parent had to buy them the Wi-Fi on the plane so they could watch TikTok. They had fucking a screen in front of them. With all the movies. All the movies and shit. And I remember them like, what do you mean? You got a screen right here. And they're like, I don't know.

I want to watch that shit. You know, I didn't say shit, but I don't want to watch that. My parents would have told me no. Yeah. Same. But well, that's why you turned out so good, but those kids, that's where you learned it from. But wifi is like $30. It's only five now. Oh, well, okay. So either way, but it's like, why did you need to fucking do that? Just so they can, and I'm not kidding. They fucking watch Tik TOK the whole time, the whole way through. And I was just like, God damn. And Tik TOK is all about just like quick, fast,

And little, it's like gambling, dude. Like you, you don't know what you're going to get next. You're like, I should be done, but what's this next video. And it's just like fucking pulling the slot machine.

I've never thought about it like that, but it totally is. It's going to be interesting what those kids end up like because they're so used to being stimulated. It's interesting how every new popular app, the attention span has gotten from YouTube was like 10 to 20 minutes, and then there's Instagram videos that were like a couple minutes, and now TikTok is like 30 seconds. It's like how short can you get somebody's attention span? Like little bursts of dopamine. Yeah.

Which, I mean, we're all, like, addicts to, to some degree. But obviously some people are worse. Yeah, dude, it's going to be interesting. It's going to be really interesting. It's even, like, it's even funny, like, to see, like, how, like, they're talking about, like, the metaverse. I'm not going to get too deep into that. But they're, like, talking about you'll put on your VR, virtual reality headset. And you're going to go into this whole other, you know, thing where you can be owning a car or driving something that,

you know, you probably, you definitely wouldn't be able to obtain in real life. Like, what's that going to mean? Like, you know, what is that going to make real life?

It reminds me of movies I've seen. There's this movie called... It just seems like the wrong direction. Yeah, it's just like they... It's basically like in Ready Player One, they're living in the slums and it's basically a whole bunch of just huge skyscrapers and they're all just scraping by enough in the real world so that they can live in the virtual world, which obviously everyone's kind of worried about. Oh, is that what it's going to turn into? Who knows? But if it did, how...

Sad would that be? It makes you think because it's cool because with the virtual reality, you get to experience driving a Lamborghini and it's going to supposedly feel like you're fucking actually driving a real Lambo and all this, the way they talk about it. What's that mean for real life? Then it's like you don't even strive to try and buy a Lamborghini. I mean, that is a car example, but just with anything...

You know? Yeah, it's kind of interesting. It'll be interesting. Time will tell. Yeah. Who even knows that shit will work? Will there be Karens in the metaverse getting mad at us for riding our dirt bikes? There's always a Karen out there. Man. Yeah, it's just freaking weird. It also is weird because, like, remember when you were a kid and your mom or whoever, the teacher, would be like, don't sit too close to the screen, and now we're freaking just like...

gluing into our eyes. I know. It's an interesting thought as well. Granted, obviously like TVs and screens are like much better now. They're probably not as hard on your eyes. But I was thinking about that when I got my new monitor. It's like this wrapped monitor for when I edit videos. And it's just sitting right here in front of my face. And it's, you know, so much better. But like whatever happened to that shit, it was like...

Don't sit too close to the TV. And then all of a sudden it was like, we're getting TVs right here for you to wear on your goggles. And just because like analog TVs were literally shooting radiation straight at it. That makes sense. That makes sense. They probably weren't as good. And the further you get away from it. Yeah, shit. What do I know? That's just something I think about and I was thinking about to myself the other week. But...

What do you guys think? Anything else you want to talk about? That was fun. That was literally all off the cuff. Yeah, I had a great time. I'm glad to be back. You know, we'll get some more guests on. Yeah, and I just want to keep doing these. We'll try to get back in the routine of it. Comment down below some, like, questions that you guys have because, like, this is a great spot to answer them. It's a lot easier to read, like, the podcast comments than even the YouTube. We do read the YouTube comments, but it's just like –

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Comment down below if there's any of our friends in videos that you've seen that you want to know more about. We can have them on for a little bit of the podcast. Just anything that you guys want to hear us talk about. I know that everyone's going to be commenting, like, let's get a Jake podcast on. We'll have to reach out to him and see if he wants to do that. Yeah, I think he's still figuring out some stuff with his ex-manager. So once he does, we'll absolutely have him on. Right on. All right. Well, sounds good, guys. Thanks, guys. Have a good one. Thanks for listening. Peace.

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