WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.070 --> 00:00:00.270 Hi. 2 00:00:00.290 --> 00:00:04.549 It's your AI assistant here. We've got a bit of 3 00:00:04.669 --> 00:00:10.009 a good news, bad news situation. Seems the podcast you're 4 00:00:10.029 --> 00:00:13.210 about to listen to has been flagged. It's been flagged 5 00:00:13.259 --> 00:00:18.300 for disinformation and misinformation. So you won't be able to 6 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:25.559 enjoy it today. Be careful out there. Remember, I'm your friend. 7 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:30.489 The Basic Survival Badass. Is that the appropriate title? You 8 00:00:30.510 --> 00:00:31.649 got a mug right there. 9 00:00:32.270 --> 00:00:36.479 I do. But the survival and basic badass podcast. 10 00:00:36.530 --> 00:00:37.140 There you go. 11 00:00:37.979 --> 00:00:41.579 We had the original. We started it out as like 12 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:45.259 the prepping badass kind of thing and went that way. 13 00:00:46.140 --> 00:00:49.759 And I don't know, everyone. It was always, oh, badass. 14 00:00:49.820 --> 00:00:52.759 That's so offensive. We're so scared. And I'm like, geez, 15 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:55.469 you know, really a bit. Oh, yeah. Everywhere I go, 16 00:00:55.530 --> 00:00:59.170 I'm like, oh, they get out of here. The disgusted look. 17 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:01.479 And I'm like, that's all right, because if you listen 18 00:01:01.500 --> 00:01:05.079 to the podcast, you're going to be disgusted anyway. So 19 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:08.219 it'll work out, you know, because we're such a weird take. 20 00:01:08.750 --> 00:01:12.909 Navy guys. Yeah, we're both, you know, sailors. And we 21 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:15.730 wanted to kind of like warn people like, hey, you know, 22 00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:18.189 this isn't maybe the show for everybody. 23 00:01:18.209 --> 00:01:19.769 Yeah, exactly. 24 00:01:19.870 --> 00:01:22.670 Nobody wants to listen to the show that's for everybody. 25 00:01:22.689 --> 00:01:25.969 No, nobody wants to make the show that's for everybody. 26 00:01:26.510 --> 00:01:28.769 Right. Maybe the guy who pulls that off is like 27 00:01:28.829 --> 00:01:32.469 Joe Rogan or something. But aside of that, I don't 28 00:01:32.510 --> 00:01:37.709 know anybody who is really super entertaining and appeals to 29 00:01:37.769 --> 00:01:39.280 a super broad audience. 30 00:01:40.170 --> 00:01:42.379 Joe Rogan. The whole reason I used to listen to 31 00:01:42.420 --> 00:01:46.239 Joe Rogan was for the absolutely off the wall, terrible 32 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:48.239 things that he and his guests would talk about. 33 00:01:48.579 --> 00:01:49.599 And they would. Yes. 34 00:01:50.099 --> 00:01:52.659 And he's like the fitness and the health and all 35 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:56.260 that kind of stuff came as like an extra. You 36 00:01:56.299 --> 00:01:58.959 know what I mean? Like nothing makes me more excited 37 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:01.560 than when Duncan Trussell is on Joe Rogan. I don't 38 00:02:01.579 --> 00:02:03.159 know if you know who he is, but he is, 39 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:08.000 he's the greatest. He is the greatest. But yeah, see, 40 00:02:08.099 --> 00:02:13.259 I thought when I first saw the, the logo, I 41 00:02:13.310 --> 00:02:16.069 thought it was completely risky for the other reason. And 42 00:02:16.129 --> 00:02:18.389 I was delighted to meet you and talk to you. 43 00:02:19.050 --> 00:02:20.729 And I was like, you know, the only way that 44 00:02:20.789 --> 00:02:23.050 this would work is if it was like a cool 45 00:02:23.129 --> 00:02:25.710 laid back guy. Like, in other words, like if you were, 46 00:02:27.229 --> 00:02:29.490 you're a veteran it, but if I showed up to the, 47 00:02:30.090 --> 00:02:33.530 to the bad-ass booth and you had like, you know, 48 00:02:33.689 --> 00:02:36.250 the tough guy look on and the, you know, the 49 00:02:36.330 --> 00:02:38.449 tactical gear and all that kind of stuff. And it 50 00:02:38.490 --> 00:02:41.009 would be like, Ooh, I don't know. You know what 51 00:02:41.050 --> 00:02:41.310 I mean? 52 00:02:41.770 --> 00:02:43.530 Yeah. Yeah. 53 00:02:43.590 --> 00:02:43.870 Yeah. 54 00:02:44.169 --> 00:02:47.289 It's a little too bad-ass for the name. Right. Kind 55 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:50.129 of almost like a, I don't know, like a caricature, 56 00:02:50.500 --> 00:02:53.599 but yeah, you, you guys, you guys got it dialed in. 57 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:54.680 You did the right thing. 58 00:02:54.819 --> 00:02:58.389 Now we're easy. We, we, And that's, that's one of 59 00:02:58.430 --> 00:03:01.810 the things I think the reason the show did so well, 60 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.919 it's funny. We do like horrible on YouTube and then 61 00:03:04.979 --> 00:03:09.719 we're pretty great as far as podcasts go. Yeah. As 62 00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:14.349 far as Spotify and everywhere like that. Right. Cause I, 63 00:03:14.949 --> 00:03:17.669 I don't know. I, I was never in my mind. 64 00:03:17.729 --> 00:03:20.490 I was like, I don't see how, you know, this 65 00:03:20.550 --> 00:03:24.330 format really is. geared towards YouTube. Right. As like, it 66 00:03:24.370 --> 00:03:25.069 doesn't fit. 67 00:03:25.270 --> 00:03:25.969 I agree with you. 68 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:29.120 I didn't want to edit it that much that way and, 69 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.120 and deal with it. So at first I was cautious 70 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:37.099 and then, you know, YouTube has all their standards and 71 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:40.750 community guidelines and everything. And the thing is, and I 72 00:03:40.770 --> 00:03:45.030 was like, well, I'm doing it for the podcast, you know, 73 00:03:45.090 --> 00:03:48.590 for the audio. So I don't even care. And so like, 74 00:03:48.669 --> 00:03:52.949 we were just, you know, abusing the system left and right. 75 00:03:53.370 --> 00:03:56.750 And we're getting the, you're horrible, you're horrible. So YouTube 76 00:03:56.849 --> 00:04:00.669 like wants to squash everything we've ever done. And then 77 00:04:00.969 --> 00:04:04.629 I slowly started to conform and, and like make things, 78 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:08.300 you know, I'd leave things out for YouTube or whatever. 79 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:14.060 And then mysteriously now it's funny. I use a Spotify for, 80 00:04:14.889 --> 00:04:20.370 advertising and, uh, they had reached out. They were like, Oh, 81 00:04:20.389 --> 00:04:23.259 you know, we could do this and, and we'll just 82 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.480 put ads that are, I guess it's a waypoint TV 83 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:27.800 or yeah. 84 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:29.160 Oh, okay. I see. 85 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:29.399 Yeah. 86 00:04:29.779 --> 00:04:33.060 And they're there. They do Spotify. Like they work it out, 87 00:04:33.139 --> 00:04:37.730 but it's, it's all like Hunter outdoor commercials. 88 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:38.610 And, and like, Oh, that's cool. 89 00:04:39.509 --> 00:04:43.230 But, uh, Anyway, apparently all the commercials that they do 90 00:04:43.350 --> 00:04:48.730 ended up hitting the community standards lately. Oh my goodness. 91 00:04:48.769 --> 00:04:51.910 But it'll be weird things. They'll be like, oh, you're 92 00:04:51.949 --> 00:04:56.350 talking about guns and ammo. And it'll be like fishingbooker.com. 93 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:59.420 And I'm like, what do you... YouTube sucks, man. That 94 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:01.860 doesn't make any sense. And then I'll have them like, 95 00:05:01.939 --> 00:05:04.560 can you check it? And they're like, yeah, we're just right. 96 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:05.060 You're wrong. 97 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:08.100 No, what doesn't make sense is... This is what doesn't 98 00:05:08.139 --> 00:05:12.129 make sense. Is they'll... They'll message you about that. And 99 00:05:12.149 --> 00:05:14.750 then my kid will come down and say, Dad, look 100 00:05:14.790 --> 00:05:20.550 at this Glock with the switch on it and the magazine. Yeah. 101 00:05:20.610 --> 00:05:23.470 And there's a kid shooting it. And I'm going, I 102 00:05:23.509 --> 00:05:25.370 think I just got in trouble the other day for 103 00:05:25.449 --> 00:05:29.509 posting something about firearms or ammo or something along those lines. 104 00:05:29.889 --> 00:05:30.120 Right. 105 00:05:30.209 --> 00:05:33.279 So it's a total it's totally we got thrown off 106 00:05:33.339 --> 00:05:36.000 of YouTube, thrown off. The last time we've been thrown 107 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:39.040 off like twice, like obliterated, whole archive gone. 108 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.399 I haven't hit your level. So you're doing. 109 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:41.699 Yeah. 110 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:44.860 Oh, we've been obliterated twice from YouTube. But the last 111 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.819 time was because one of our hosts, Caleb Collier, was 112 00:05:47.870 --> 00:05:50.250 doing a show about alternative cancer treatments. 113 00:05:51.129 --> 00:05:51.610 Oh, yeah. 114 00:05:51.629 --> 00:05:55.250 And they were like, no, no, no. This is medical misinformation, dude. 115 00:05:55.269 --> 00:05:59.050 See ya. Gone. We always have at least a few 116 00:05:59.110 --> 00:06:02.930 warnings in the pocket when we're on YouTube. They're always there. 117 00:06:02.970 --> 00:06:03.610 We're never free. 118 00:06:04.209 --> 00:06:06.230 So maybe I shouldn't take it to heart as much 119 00:06:06.310 --> 00:06:08.790 as I do. Like, Oh man, I'm a horrible person. 120 00:06:08.810 --> 00:06:10.389 Definitely don't take it to heart. 121 00:06:10.709 --> 00:06:12.120 Good God. 122 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:15.500 No, they have no idea what they're doing. They have 123 00:06:15.540 --> 00:06:17.439 no idea what they're doing. Well, next time you get 124 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:19.360 in trouble for something, just go to the search bar 125 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:22.079 and search it. And there'll be 50 videos on it 126 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:23.290 or something much worse. 127 00:06:23.970 --> 00:06:24.189 Right. 128 00:06:24.209 --> 00:06:24.730 You know what I mean? 129 00:06:25.550 --> 00:06:28.910 Yeah. It's crazy. I just never understand. I'm like, I 130 00:06:29.009 --> 00:06:32.350 think I'm following like now the cool thing is they 131 00:06:32.370 --> 00:06:35.040 have the, uh, well, if you take this quick quiz 132 00:06:35.180 --> 00:06:38.500 on learning whatever, you know, and say that you're conforming 133 00:06:38.579 --> 00:06:38.980 kind of. 134 00:06:39.050 --> 00:06:40.730 You know, our standard. Oh, you think a re-education course? 135 00:06:40.990 --> 00:06:44.189 Right, the re-education camp. I could zip through that in 136 00:06:44.230 --> 00:06:46.589 like two seconds. I'm like, yep, I know that. I 137 00:06:46.649 --> 00:06:49.269 know that. I know exactly where you went wrong there. 138 00:06:49.610 --> 00:06:52.629 And I'm like, I don't think I'm doing that. And 139 00:06:52.670 --> 00:06:56.980 then I did have one, though, that was a specific 140 00:06:58.220 --> 00:07:00.959 website that, kind of met the thing and the thing 141 00:07:01.019 --> 00:07:03.660 is like they weren't a sponsor i didn't have an 142 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:06.899 affiliate thing yeah but guy worked there and i'm like 143 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:09.959 oh this guy works at this thing that i can't 144 00:07:10.019 --> 00:07:13.639 mention and they were like oh you were promoting that 145 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:15.220 and i'm like oh i guess. 146 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:18.079 I kind of did yeah. 147 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:20.459 Well that's it i'm not trying to sink your uh 148 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:22.920 your world here so oh. 149 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:24.600 You can say whatever the hell you want on this 150 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:25.779 podcast dude. 151 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:28.139 Oh you guys are in the freedom zone. 152 00:07:27.899 --> 00:07:32.199 Huh i do not No, there is no conformity whatsoever. 153 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:34.850 I mean, but that's, you know, when we get a 154 00:07:34.870 --> 00:07:37.589 new host, that's one of the first things I tell them. 155 00:07:37.709 --> 00:07:38.970 You know what I mean? One of the first things 156 00:07:39.009 --> 00:07:42.029 I tell them is say whatever you want and talk 157 00:07:42.069 --> 00:07:44.689 about whatever you're passionate about. That's why we're here. And 158 00:07:44.709 --> 00:07:47.550 the other thing is I'm not responsible for your career. 159 00:07:50.870 --> 00:07:53.829 Should you start saying everything you want to say online, 160 00:07:53.889 --> 00:07:56.769 you better be very careful with what happens to your 161 00:07:56.829 --> 00:08:00.439 income stream because. Not everybody's a big fan of that. 162 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.319 Not every workplace is like, yeah, I really like your 163 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:09.339 thoughts on Donald Trump. You know what I mean? But forever, 164 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:11.560 that's been our calling. That's why I knew for a 165 00:08:11.579 --> 00:08:13.579 long time we would never make any money on YouTube 166 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:17.680 because we wouldn't last long enough. Because we got skewered 167 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:20.639 for the vaccine. We got killed for Biden in 2020. 168 00:08:20.620 --> 00:08:26.509 And it's just a matter of time thing. Like it's 169 00:08:26.529 --> 00:08:29.569 like eventually something's going to happen in society where we're 170 00:08:29.589 --> 00:08:32.289 going to, you know, figure out what the real deal 171 00:08:32.350 --> 00:08:34.590 is and talk about it. And YouTube's going to be like, 172 00:08:34.610 --> 00:08:37.190 you're not quite ready to talk about that yet. We're 173 00:08:37.230 --> 00:08:38.289 still covering that up. 174 00:08:38.789 --> 00:08:39.049 Yeah. 175 00:08:39.149 --> 00:08:40.490 That's still, we'll get booted again. 176 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.309 That's always one of the things like we, one, uh, 177 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.360 being a New Yorker, which obviously not a city guy, 178 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.500 but you know, I knew people with cows. It's a thing. And, uh, 179 00:08:52.940 --> 00:08:57.039 in New York, but, uh, the, uh, we have a 180 00:08:57.080 --> 00:08:59.809 little bit of sarcasm that, that comes with it and 181 00:08:59.850 --> 00:09:03.990 a little, you know, nuance. And, uh, so we'll talk me, 182 00:09:04.049 --> 00:09:07.190 me and my brother and he's, we're very different. Like, 183 00:09:07.250 --> 00:09:12.539 so I'm libertarian, very right-leaning, like think like Ayn Rand 184 00:09:12.580 --> 00:09:17.889 or Ayn Rand. And, uh, He's kind of like libertarian, 185 00:09:18.129 --> 00:09:21.120 like anarchist. It goes that way. 186 00:09:21.139 --> 00:09:24.879 I don't understand the anarchist thing. I don't understand it. 187 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:30.100 What does anarchist do? What is the concept? Like libertarian 188 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:33.299 I get, like leave me alone. But then anarchist is 189 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:38.299 like what? Like fucking just blow stuff up. I don't know. 190 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:39.419 I don't know what you do. 191 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:43.500 I don't think he's really about causing chaos. But yeah, 192 00:09:43.509 --> 00:09:48.159 I mean, in theory, both libertarian like foundation of we 193 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:50.600 don't want anybody to tell us what to do. So 194 00:09:50.659 --> 00:09:55.190 an anarchist and a libertarian wants that. So we have 195 00:09:55.509 --> 00:09:59.950 some common ground. But then, you know, his he'll go. 196 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:04.139 into like things that are fairly left-leaning and I'm like, Oh, and, 197 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:06.500 but the idea was we thought it was great for 198 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:09.629 the podcast because you're getting both eyes and we're getting 199 00:10:09.690 --> 00:10:13.289 a discussion and a debate and there you go. Right. 200 00:10:13.850 --> 00:10:17.309 And then, but with the New York sarcasm kind of stuff, 201 00:10:18.250 --> 00:10:21.879 people don't get, so, people will come back and be like, 202 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:24.840 I can't believe you said this. This is ridiculous. I 203 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:28.659 hate you. I'm never listening again. And I'm like, wait, 204 00:10:28.779 --> 00:10:31.240 you agree with me with what you're saying. You just 205 00:10:31.259 --> 00:10:33.299 didn't understand that I was joking. 206 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:37.529 Oh, like you were literally being too good at sarcasm. 207 00:10:37.669 --> 00:10:41.110 Apparently. I've nailed it. I've mastered the art. 208 00:10:41.149 --> 00:10:45.570 This doesn't align with Chuck's typical views. What's going on? 209 00:10:46.169 --> 00:10:47.330 Exactly. They captured it. 210 00:10:48.250 --> 00:10:49.389 The algorithm is captured. 211 00:10:49.429 --> 00:10:52.690 His true inner person has been exposed. 212 00:10:53.269 --> 00:10:55.870 Well, you know, you got to remember, man, and I 213 00:10:55.909 --> 00:10:59.399 understand this because I came from Southeast, like right outside 214 00:10:59.419 --> 00:11:04.659 of Philadelphia. You're still a Yankee to your audience base, probably. 215 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:05.460 You know what I mean? 216 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:07.440 Like your audience base ain't the Northeast. 217 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:08.940 I'm a Yankee here. 218 00:11:09.500 --> 00:11:09.779 Right. 219 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.000 Yeah, you're a Yankee. So I feel like there's probably 220 00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:14.429 always a leery eye like waiting for you to switch. 221 00:11:14.529 --> 00:11:16.919 Like any minute there's a Yankee going to switch on us. 222 00:11:17.789 --> 00:11:20.980 I know it. There's got to be some group of 223 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:24.240 the population listening to this show that's like that. So 224 00:11:24.259 --> 00:11:26.460 they probably hear you do your sarcasm thing and go, 225 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:26.929 I knew it. 226 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:30.200 I knew it. And that's it. I don't even know 227 00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:33.259 I'm doing it. It's so bad. Like everything, when I 228 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:35.480 moved to the South, I just had to learn to 229 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:39.659 slow down. So I'm in North Carolina now. But it 230 00:11:39.710 --> 00:11:42.929 was just like I went to work. I worked for 231 00:11:42.950 --> 00:11:47.460 a big engine manufacturer company. And I go do the orientation. 232 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:49.179 And they're like, oh, you got to go over and 233 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:51.940 do this, learn how to drive fork truck things or 234 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:55.840 something like that. And I'm running through the building trying 235 00:11:55.860 --> 00:11:57.299 to get there because they're like, you need to be 236 00:11:57.320 --> 00:11:59.710 there in 10 minutes or something. And it's a mile 237 00:11:59.789 --> 00:12:02.409 away or whatever. You know, I don't know. And I'm going. 238 00:12:02.889 --> 00:12:05.149 And this lady, I was like, oh, excuse me. Could 239 00:12:05.190 --> 00:12:07.649 you know, and I'm polite. I'm like, excuse me. Can 240 00:12:07.669 --> 00:12:09.850 you tell me where, you know, they do the fork 241 00:12:09.889 --> 00:12:15.309 truck training, whatever. And she's like, stop. First, how are 242 00:12:15.370 --> 00:12:21.509 you today? How are things going? And I'm like, oh, 243 00:12:22.070 --> 00:12:24.360 I need to change my whole approach in life. 244 00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:26.360 Do you go back at all? 245 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:28.519 But it's like a wake-up call, you know? 246 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:29.179 Oh, yeah. 247 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:31.240 Do you ever go back, though? Do you ever go 248 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:32.139 back to New York? 249 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:36.159 I really, really try not to. If the wife didn't 250 00:12:36.220 --> 00:12:39.559 make me, I would not. That's the answer. I'm like, oh, 251 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:41.120 if I go to New York, I have to drive 252 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:44.220 through New Jersey. I really don't want to. going to 253 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:47.000 new jersey at all i feel like they're just gonna 254 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:49.490 you used to read the stories they were pulling people 255 00:12:49.570 --> 00:12:52.470 over because they'd run their plate and see that they 256 00:12:52.490 --> 00:12:55.750 have a concealed carry permit and then be like oh 257 00:12:55.909 --> 00:12:59.789 where's your god and you know just out of state 258 00:13:00.029 --> 00:13:03.059 you know and plus they're like if you have hollow 259 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:06.340 points you have anything that's it's you're a felon you're 260 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:09.200 you're it's they were And that was years ago. I 261 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:11.120 don't know where their laws are now. I just try 262 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.700 and circle around the state as a general rule. 263 00:13:14.379 --> 00:13:18.730 Yeah, through PA maybe. Yeah, because when I return home, 264 00:13:18.850 --> 00:13:24.590 I always remember. I'm almost immediately taken aback by the... 265 00:13:26.090 --> 00:13:28.480 You would look at it if you didn't grow up there, 266 00:13:28.509 --> 00:13:32.259 and you will understand this, as people being mean, but 267 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:36.139 it's more like people being... you want to say efficient, 268 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:37.940 but it's not just efficient. You know what I mean? 269 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:39.379 Like you go in the best place. 270 00:13:39.580 --> 00:13:39.779 Right. 271 00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:42.250 Yeah. The place I see it always is like the 272 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:43.570 hoagie shop pizza shop. 273 00:13:44.309 --> 00:13:44.669 Okay. 274 00:13:44.750 --> 00:13:46.110 You know what I mean? I go in the hoagie 275 00:13:46.149 --> 00:13:48.990 shop pizza shop and they're like, what can I get you? 276 00:13:50.230 --> 00:13:51.929 And that's it. You know what I mean? And then 277 00:13:51.990 --> 00:13:55.509 it's like, and tell me like quickly what it is 278 00:13:55.549 --> 00:13:57.340 you want. You know what I mean? And I forget 279 00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:59.820 about that. I go in there, but then see, there's 280 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:03.059 a difference because there's also really crap customer service in 281 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:07.370 Virginia in certain places. And it is a different thing. 282 00:14:07.409 --> 00:14:12.169 Then it's because you're the outsider, right? And it's so 283 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:14.779 they want to snub you. But you're right. 284 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:20.419 I think it's just poor performance. Not in all places. 285 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:22.519 I'm not saying the South has bad customer service. I'm 286 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:25.879 just saying the level of worker has attrited to the 287 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.879 point where you see the difference between a mean person 288 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:31.539 who's going to get you what you want the way 289 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:34.389 you want it quickly. compared to someone who's like, I'm 290 00:14:34.429 --> 00:14:37.370 not really paying attention to you or this job type 291 00:14:37.429 --> 00:14:37.850 of thing. 292 00:14:38.210 --> 00:14:41.309 And I think you get that in both places. Yeah. No, 293 00:14:41.330 --> 00:14:43.590 but I see your point. You're trying to say that 294 00:14:43.649 --> 00:14:46.820 it's everywhere. It's just that, yeah, no, I'm with you. 295 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:50.320 I just, I think definitely New York has that like 296 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:55.559 efficiency and urgency. If we have, I, so I'm a, 297 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:00.990 an electrician and I, so basically machines, mill engine blocks are, 298 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:05.399 And when that machine that does the milling breaks, I 299 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:08.120 jump up and run. Yeah. So I'm just sitting in 300 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:12.110 my desk doing nothing until an emergency, you know, like 301 00:15:12.190 --> 00:15:15.389 a fireman that, you know, goes maybe not quite as important, 302 00:15:15.830 --> 00:15:18.289 but it is to the people who are counting the pennies. 303 00:15:18.429 --> 00:15:22.769 I'm very important. Yeah. So, but that's the thing I'll 304 00:15:22.809 --> 00:15:24.840 be sitting there and I'm like, Oh, they called I'm 305 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.019 going cause they pay me. And if they're going to 306 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:29.639 pay me to sit there for four hours and do nothing, 307 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:32.139 then I feel like I really should jump. 308 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:33.919 When they want me to jump. 309 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:36.899 Cause I'm willing to give them that. I mean, they're 310 00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:41.850 paying me, you know, that's cool. And, uh, so I'm 311 00:15:41.889 --> 00:15:43.950 like that. And the other guys are like, let me 312 00:15:44.029 --> 00:15:48.710 finish this half hour conversation. And let me, and I'm like, dude, like, 313 00:15:48.850 --> 00:15:51.879 this is your purpose here. This is why they pay us. 314 00:15:52.210 --> 00:15:53.269 We need to be. 315 00:15:53.730 --> 00:15:56.289 Yeah. They want to get back online as quick as possible. 316 00:15:56.769 --> 00:16:00.279 Exactly. You know, minutes are, you know, I think they 317 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:04.980 it's something crazy. I think we put an engine comes 318 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:07.159 off the end of the line like every minute and 319 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.940 a half. And it's something like six thousand dollars profit 320 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:15.200 per engine. Wow. Yeah, we don't we don't mess around. 321 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.879 And wow. 322 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:21.059 Wait, these are engines for forklifts or vehicle like cars. 323 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:22.320 Think big rig. 324 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.600 Think okay that makes sense. 325 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:28.259 You might be able to put together where i work 326 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:31.509 but i got you i would tell you what think 327 00:16:31.549 --> 00:16:34.909 of a truck and yeah it's in that and uh yeah. 328 00:16:34.730 --> 00:16:38.870 I think i follow you and i just i don't. 329 00:16:38.769 --> 00:16:41.190 Want everybody being like yeah you know where he works. 330 00:16:41.029 --> 00:16:44.309 We gotta go definitely yeah yeah he doesn't work there. 331 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:47.259 And i didn't like yeah because that guy is crazy 332 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:49.799 they know i'm crazy though so it kind of works 333 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:55.690 out um they know I'm like the necessary evil. And 334 00:16:55.830 --> 00:16:58.850 they're like, well, you know, that guy really annoys me, 335 00:16:58.990 --> 00:17:02.100 but he really, I've had my manager tell me this directly. 336 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.200 You know, he's like, yeah, you give me a lot 337 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:07.740 of grief, but you solve so many of my problems 338 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:10.799 that I don't care. It's like, you want to come 339 00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:13.579 in late? You want to leave early? Do whatever you want. 340 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:16.349 I don't have a problem. When I send angry emails saying, 341 00:17:16.450 --> 00:17:19.609 stop doing this. I'm not talking about you. He's like, 342 00:17:19.690 --> 00:17:22.170 you solve my problems. You can do whatever you want. 343 00:17:22.470 --> 00:17:23.809 And I'm like, that's pretty cool. 344 00:17:24.029 --> 00:17:25.829 That's damn cool these days. 345 00:17:26.410 --> 00:17:29.250 And it's funny because we have all these company meetings 346 00:17:29.609 --> 00:17:32.240 and I just never go at all because I'm like, 347 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:33.839 I'm just going to stay at my desk. 348 00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:36.819 You're like, anything could happen, but I might get a call. 349 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.220 And I've talked to the managers after. I'm like, hey, 350 00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:42.579 I noticed you guys don't say anything that I don't 351 00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:45.279 show up because I just really don't care. I want 352 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.789 to live my life the way I want to live 353 00:17:46.809 --> 00:17:50.130 my life. And I'm like, man, I said the way 354 00:17:50.150 --> 00:17:53.710 it is in my mind is I said it's mutually 355 00:17:53.809 --> 00:17:56.880 beneficial because you like I'm not there because I don't 356 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:00.299 ask you questions because I ask questions. I'm a jerk. 357 00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:04.119 You know, again, it's that New York thing. And they're like, 358 00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:07.190 you know, and then so you don't get questions and 359 00:18:07.250 --> 00:18:09.150 I'm happy because I don't have to go to the meeting. 360 00:18:09.390 --> 00:18:11.910 So it works out. And they were like, yeah, we agree. 361 00:18:11.970 --> 00:18:15.549 That's a great policy. And. And we can stick with that. 362 00:18:15.630 --> 00:18:19.829 And I'm like, okay, let's keep doing that. Because I'm 363 00:18:19.890 --> 00:18:22.390 always like, oh, you guys said this, but you were 364 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:25.119 completely lying then, right? Because this is the way it 365 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.720 really is. 366 00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:31.880 Oh, yeah. Well, no. Nobody wants too much truth at 367 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:33.130 a meeting. 368 00:18:33.170 --> 00:18:36.049 Yeah. And so they're like, it's best you just don't come. 369 00:18:36.670 --> 00:18:37.410 So I'm that guy. 370 00:18:38.309 --> 00:18:42.809 Meetings are not the place for truth or history whatsoever. Right. 371 00:18:42.829 --> 00:18:45.309 It's the little thing that we're doing that day and 372 00:18:45.410 --> 00:18:47.829 everyone's going to cheer it on no matter how stupid 373 00:18:47.890 --> 00:18:50.269 or bad it is. And then we go our separate ways. 374 00:18:50.950 --> 00:18:52.970 I just cannot play those games. 375 00:18:53.369 --> 00:18:56.309 They are games, man. They are very real games. And 376 00:18:56.349 --> 00:19:01.190 I think that, you know, the homesteading lifestyle, the podcasting lifestyle, 377 00:19:01.650 --> 00:19:05.299 the self-reliant lifestyle is like people see that as a 378 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:07.839 way out of the game. you know yeah it's like 379 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:09.619 oh man i might be that might be my way 380 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:12.390 out of the game and it's weird like a whole 381 00:19:12.450 --> 00:19:14.589 generation of people coming up now that are trying to 382 00:19:14.630 --> 00:19:17.109 figure out like i don't even know if i want 383 00:19:17.130 --> 00:19:20.569 to go to college to even get the game board 384 00:19:20.670 --> 00:19:22.029 open you know what i. 385 00:19:22.009 --> 00:19:24.829 Mean i don't even want to start exactly. 386 00:19:24.329 --> 00:19:26.470 Yeah like i might eat that a lot of people 387 00:19:26.509 --> 00:19:29.769 go on your route man trades trades and uh i 388 00:19:29.809 --> 00:19:33.289 mean they're they're gonna be big they are currently very 389 00:19:33.349 --> 00:19:34.390 big actually. 390 00:19:35.089 --> 00:19:37.349 I think that's where people need to be and I 391 00:19:37.410 --> 00:19:41.569 think the world needs it and the money is there. 392 00:19:41.569 --> 00:19:47.529 When I was in New York, I worked with another guy. 393 00:19:47.529 --> 00:19:50.730 He had a a small business. We did like appliance repair, 394 00:19:50.769 --> 00:19:55.660 like fridge, stove, washer, dryer, fridge, stove, that kind of stuff. And, 395 00:19:56.539 --> 00:20:01.299 but we had like a organization of small businesses that 396 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:04.359 were all buddy tradesmen kind of thing. So we had 397 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:07.880 an electrician that we always referred and a certain plumber 398 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:11.220 and a, whatever, actually two or three plumbers, whatever, but 399 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:13.519 we were all friends and we'd hang out, you know, 400 00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:15.920 and we'd do like a Christmas party where just the 401 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:18.220