Trying to Kiss David in Rio

What's up guys, welcome back to Views. We are back with another episode, this time from Los Angeles. We have left Rio de Janeiro. It was actually a really long trip.

It did feel kind of long.

Bad news, none of us made out with anybody.

I'm pissed.

Which is fucking weird.

So weird.

That's actually why I wanted— Ferris is here, our filmer. Ferris, you were there when I almost made out with a girl.

Wait, I thought you did.

You did? Oh no, that was crazy.

Yeah.

Wait, why? What happened? Tell us.

Well, you describe it because I don't—

Basically in Brazil, everybody wants to make out with you.

Yeah.

Uh, that's like a way to say handshake.

It's like saying hi.

Yeah, let's just say hi. And this girl would not leave David alone. Oh my God, it was crazy.

She was just like with a big group of friends. Yeah. And then her friends were coming over and they were like 'Do it, bro, don't worry, no one will record.' Like her guy friends? Yeah, her guy friends.

Um, no, she was like holding him, like she was like shaking, like, 'Please kiss me.' She was like, 'Come on, it's the Brazilian way.' Um, and you didn't kiss her?

What's wrong with you?

I don't know, I just— something— I don't know, I just— I don't know, he's revealing it. I just wasn't feeling it. But, um, yeah, I don't know, something was off. Something was off.

Yeah.

Why don't you kiss anybody, Nat?

You know, I really wanted to, and George Georgia too. Our friend Georgia was, was on the trip, obviously, and it was our mission to find a hot, hunky Brazilian man. There weren't like any like hunky men that I was like dying to kiss.

Yeah, I agree.

There was a lot of like— there was a lot of like—

I was on the lookout for men for you too, by the way.

Really?

Yeah.

And, and it— you know what it felt like? It felt like either the men were really old or extremely young.

Yeah, yeah.

There was like no in between.

There was no in between. Like, all the guys that were into you were like 16, 17-year-olds at the beach, like trying to like get you guys' attention. Yeah, there was like— we filmed a scene where— a scene, a scene, a scene with our producer. And, uh, no, no, we were filming a shot where we're like, uh, they have the showers on the beach. They have the shower on the beach. It's like, it's like a very classic thing, very Brazilian.

And like Natalie was showering with like Georgia, like after you go use the, uh, after you go in the ocean, you're so dumb, you go rinse off the salt water. I feel like I was just Filming you guys shower regularly. In the shower. And there's two shower heads, so it was perfect. So George was on one side, and I was on the other.

And I was making out with Georgia.

In the shower. No, but it's like—

And there's like a group of boys just like gawking at them.

There was one boy that like came over to use the shower, and then he like looked up and realized what was happening.

Yeah.

And then was like, just stopped in his tracks, like shook. And then he like calls over all 8 of his friends. And they just stand, they're like maybe 3 feet away from us, just standing there staring and being like, yes.

And it's really funny, they all got like their arms around each other. Like, you know, like when like a group of guys are checking out a girl in a movie?

Yeah.

And it's like they're all kind of like shooting eyes. It was like the most like foreign thing. It's a very foreign way of looking at women. Um, and it was— it's like the most cliché way of like all gathering, like even like almost to the point where like one of them's like rubbing their chin, like literally. I think one guy was rubbing his chin. Um, I think they— I think it's like a maybe thing that they've seen in the movies and they're like, America.

I think that's just what they do there, really. I think you just go up and take a look.

Yeah, I don't think they care.

I feel like in America, the way guys approach girls is like they do that like swag walk, like when they're in groups, you know, it's like one of those walks where you're like, like swaying back and forth and looking at the ground, looking up at the girl, looking at the ground, looking up at the girl. Like that's kind of like the American way to approach a girl in like a douchey way. Yeah.

You know what the problem was at the club? I think our security guy was the hottest guy there.

Yeah, Rodolfo.

We had a really hot security guard.

Yeah. And also, any guy that would come up to us, they'd be like, this guy does not want us here, you know, whatever, because he like looked scary and intimidating. But there was, there was these two boys that were like across the dance floor, and George and I were like, okay, let's just find, let's just make eye contact with someone, just like call anybody over and just like see what happens. And so we like see kind of parts of people, and like there's these like two like kind of tall brunette guys, and George is so like great at this. And she was like, okay, just, just look at them and just like, let's just call them over. Like, let's wave them over and be like, you're just making like, we're like, I don't know, like little tiger things or whatever. Just like flirting with them in like the most gross—

I don't like that you just did that now.

Did you do a tiger growl?

Oh my God, yeah, we did. And we were like, come on.

Now they just turned her little hands into claws.

A little tiger paw. Um, and, and then, and then both the boys like locked on with us and they were like froze, and then they looked at each other. They're like, oh, I think they want us over there. And then they like, they nodded their heads yes, and then they came over and they talked to us.

Wow, it like worked so well. Make out with them?

No, but that was my one like, or I was like, okay, maybe. But then he went to the bathroom and I left. Okay, he was like, stay here, and his friend stayed, and then Georgia and I were like, let's just leave.

So then at the same time, the same time this was happening, me, John, and Ferris— yeah, David told us that he was leaving the fucking club, which we were Until I left.

Bullshit.

Until I left the club and I was like, we should go to another club.

Yeah.

And then we went to another club. Yeah. And it was—

did you actually go to another club or is this still a part of like the ruse?

Yeah, yeah, deadass. We went to another club while the girls were still at the other club and I said, let's go have like boys night. Like, let's just like— yeah, like be guys, you know?

Yeah, guys.

Yeah.

Well, we got to the next club and I walk in, I'm like, oh, this is not it. Um, so then we were— we asked the people at that club, we're like, what's the best club to go to? And they were like Bosque, which just so happened to be the club we were already at. We're like, fuck, we just came from there. And then I was like, and then I was like, to like us guys that we were with, I was like, okay, let's go to the club, but let's enter from the back and we'll buy a table in a different spot so it'll feel different.

Yeah.

So for the final like hour and a half of the club, yeah, we spent on the other side of the club. So Natalie and all the girls didn't even know we were back at the same club. And then what? And then when Natalie was leaving, we finally, because we saw them the entire time because we were just far enough where we could like see their hats. No way.

Yeah.

And then when we saw them, we were like, time to go. So then we met them at the bus and we were like, okay, let's go.

I was wondering how you timed that so perfectly.

And Natalie was like, what the fuck? You guys were there the entire time.

Why didn't you call Natalie over to your table?

We did a lap too. Did you see us do the lap? We like went around all the way through the back to like go.

No, no, we were like in a really good spot where like we were where you couldn't—

you didn't want Natalie.

We were in a prime spot. So the way tables work in Rio, which I think is amazing and I wish they did it, it's all a giant dance floor. Like everything's a dance floor. And if you buy a table, they just bring you like a pop-up, like portable table.

Yeah, if you buy either a bottle or like a bucket of beers, they just bring you a pop-up.

The table appears, right?

The table appears wherever you want it.

Yeah.

So like, so like I bought some beers and I was— and he was like, where do you want to go? And I was like, uh, hot girls. And he was like, oh, oh, follow me. And he like put the table on his back and like he was like carving through the crowd. It was really funny. Yeah. And then he like, he like put me in a really good spot. Absolutely crushed. I mean, that's where I was like trying to not make out with this girl. That was my biggest problem. I was like, you put us in too good of a spot. Yeah. So, and then we all end up going home. It was really, really fun.

I had Naveen who had too many drinks. Oh my God.

Same night Naveen got drunk.

You guys didn't understand that. Like after 3 drinks she's done and you guys are egging her on. And I was like, oh, fuck.

We've vlogged all this, by the way. I think it'll be out. We vlogged it with a new style, so we'll see what that means. Um, we've filmed a lot, actually more than we normally would, and it was more— it was all like hanging out stuff, which is interesting. Yeah. So we'll see how that goes. I think it'll be out in like, I don't know, 2-3 weeks. We don't fucking know, right? 2-3 weeks.

Stay tuned.

Um, but yeah, so that was really lit. I think Rio in general is a really good trip. Poor Zane. Zane is 0 for 2 on our trips.

Yeah.

Yeah. Um, the last trip we went to the Philippines with him after leaving Australia. Second we touched down in Philippines, he got super sick, had to stay in the hotel the entire time. We didn't even see him until he decided to leave the trip early because he was just feeling like shit.

Yeah.

And then here he almost left this trip early too. He was like, I'm just gonna book a flight home.

Oh really?

And I was like, Zane, let's not be crazy. We have the beautiful sunshine is now coming out, like you haven't even seen the beach yet.

Yeah, we landed, it was raining for the first 3 days.

Yeah.

The first day we landed, I was like, we should just go home and come back in a week. Like, that was a serious thought I had because we had this incredible villa that you'll see in the vlog. And I was like, we're gonna waste this villa. So just call the Airbnb people and just beg them, can we like use a coupon and redeem this next week when the sun's out?

Yeah.

Uh, this is a serious thought I was contemplating. Luckily we stayed, we waited a little bit and the sun came out. It was incredible. But like the second day in, we went in the rain as it was pouring rain to one of the favelas there. And Zane got fruit there, which is like a big no-no. And he ate like a bunch of apples and grapes.

Oh no.

It's all washed. All the fruits are washed in their water.

Did you watch him do it?

Oh yeah.

But we didn't think anything of it cuz the tour guide took us there.

Yeah. Yeah. We, we weren't thinking any of it in hindsight. It was the fucking death to Zane's weekend.

Dumbest thing.

Yeah. But then also John and Illya ate that street meat. Yeah, the soccer game.

I think fruits are completely different. I think because it's washed in the water, it could be 50/50, like depending on when it was made. Yeah. Um, but I think fruits are just washed in the water and like our stomachs can't handle that. And Zane was— Zane had a fucking nightmare trip for 3 days. He went to the hospital.

Yeah, wild, poor thing.

And then the first day he was feeling healthy, he drank an energy drink. Yeah, like immediately. And, um, and then went for a workout and then he got sick again.

Yeah.

Yeah, it was a really fun trip. I'm really excited to see this vlog. I'm saying it like a viewer, 'cause I'm not editing it. I'm like convinced that I'm not gonna have notes. I'm convinced that everyone in the world knows how to edit. I'm under the same impression. Here, Ferris, you could speak on this. So Ferris, what are we doing with this vlog? Ferris is our, what are you here?

I have no idea. No, I have no idea.

What's my title? I like to say producer.

Producer.

I don't know. Does that feel like good to you? It's kind of lame, 'cause Ferris does like, I mean, you do so much more than that.

Ferris does like a lot and a lot. And he also does, yeah, he's just like overseer of content.

Yeah.

I like the overseer of content. Yeah.

Head of content.

I'm just making things up.

I don't know.

But yes. So Ferris, this new video that we're making, I'm not editing. You're convinced that I'm gonna have notes when the video comes back.

Yeah. David thinks that everybody can edit. That's just because David's really good at it and it just comes natural to him.

Mm-hmm.

But it is really hard to edit. Yeah. So, he just thinks we're gonna give the footage to somebody and they're gonna make the perfect video. And he's really convinced of that. So I'm gonna let him do that. But on the side, I'm gonna properly do it as well. Get like more people involved in this.

So you're gonna, yeah, you told me this yesterday, you're gonna have multiple people edit it?

I think so, because I'm worried that we're not gonna like nail it, you know, in the first, first time.

So I'm sending it to this one editor, this guy, can I read these DMs? Yeah. I, I, I, I'm kind of putting it to, uh, together now. He maybe listens to the pod and that's why he said it. But this guy, uh, messaged me on Instagram. He's from a European country and he said, you like to edit your videos or never just found an editor who can edit on your level? I said, I, I don't love editing anymore.

Haha.

How come you ask? He said, I had a hunch, smiley face. Just thought you shouldn't need to edit anymore. If you ever wanna try to outsource, I think I could help. And then I said, um, what you thinking? And then he said, if you wanna give it a shot, let me edit one. If you like it, 'You don't need to edit anymore.' And then I said, 'Ooh, okay. Have you seen any of my videos or like, have you seen an X number or like what's your vibe with my videos and my style?' And then he said, 'All of them. Love your style. I did something similar to your videos back in the day, low budget version, of course.' So then I was like, 'Okay, I'm just gonna send you the footage that we shot.' And then You make something out of it. And yeah, at the end he said, he said this, he said, if you like, you don't need that anymore, which is really exciting. So if he kills it, then I'm good. And I think he will do good. I don't know. I just like really trust confident people.

How, what, what do you think this video will be like? Your ideal, like, video that we just made?

Just like vlog mixed with VOD.

God, I hate his lack of vocabulary.

Yeah.

Jason, what do you think?

Wait, what did you say? When Ferris, you started shooting with us, we were at the Great Wall of China. What was that example that you— I don't know. Ferris was saying that like I can't explain properly. I'm really bad at explaining how something should look. And like he was shooting something and I was like, Ferris, that looks stupid. And how do you—

Yeah, basically we're at Great Wall and we were shooting this shot of Illya and David coming up the stairs and I started shooting it and then David was like, "No, don't shoot like that. Don't be stupid." So then I was like, "Okay, sounds good." And then we were there for another hour and I shot it like 50 times and I still couldn't get it because David just kept saying, "Don't shoot it like a stupid person." And I just didn't know what that meant. But like, now I know what he means. But back then I didn't.

What does it mean?

It just means like, shoot good.

Don't be stupid.

I mean, basically— And then we switched spots.

And we switched spots. I was like, show me what you mean.

So then I was like, okay, Ferris, you run with Ilya and I'll show you.

And then I ran and then he showed me. I was like, oh, this makes sense. You can't shoot it the right way.

What was the difference?

It was like moving with his hands, like moving with like how the person's coming up, like properly.

Oh no. Oh, it was really funny.

It's really funny because he doesn't have vocabulary because he's not like a director, right? Like from film, he didn't go to film school or anything, but he knows what looks good and stuff. So it's really hard to like communicate that to other people.

Yeah, I have a really bad— and these new cameras are really tough and I'm on the other side of the camera. So now I'll be like, we had a filmer with us and she like shot something. I was like, I don't think you got that. And she was like, I think I got it. I was like, I don't think so unless your lens is extremely wide or something. And then we watched it back and it was just out of frame. So like, it sucks that like—

Yeah, but you do do this thing when you're like, you don't do enough directing. You should get better at that. Like the other day—

No, for sure. To describe something as stupid is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

But I mean, like when we were at the pool the other day, you were telling— I knew what you were going for, but you never verbalized it. I wasn't even a part of the bit. I was just watching you. Film somebody jump in the pool.

Oh yeah, I'm bad at verbalizing.

Yeah, but you should take the moment to be like, okay, you're gonna— if you were on an actual set, you'd be like, okay, you're gonna— one here, four steps, you're gonna jump from here, you're gonna land here.

No, I know, you know, but you don't take—

you got to take the moment to do that.

It's just really obvious for him.

Well, right, right.

It's not that it's obvious for me, it's just like when you're behind the camera, you're obviously doing exactly what you want to do because you're behind camera. But it's just like, no one can read your thoughts. That's all it is. And I just expect people to.

Yeah.

So like, yeah.

And you'll be like, what the fuck? And I'm like, he never told them.

No, no, no. That's for sure my fault. That's for sure my fault.

Did you talk about Impostor?

Oh no. We played games of Impostor. This was big. Yeah. So if you—

I'm like, we filmed Impostor for like Well, like at least an hour or two.

An hour of our footage is just playing Impostor from different days.

More than an hour.

Everywhere we would go, whether we were on the bus, at the house, or fucking at dinner, we were playing a round of Impostor.

Yeah. And also it took forever to get anywhere in Rio, so we were on the bus a lot.

Yeah, we were on the bus a lot. Like our airport ride back home, we played Impostor for 3 rounds.

Yeah.

And that was like an hour and a half of games. And Impostor is an incredible game. Where there's 4 of us in this room right now, and the word will be chicken, right? Like the meat. Okay. So we'll read off our phone. So Natalie will get the word chicken. Jason will get the word chicken. Ferris will get the word chicken, but I'll get the word imposter. So that means I have to pretend like I also know the word and everyone else in the room is guessing who doesn't know the word. So then you go around the room. Ferris says a word that reminds him of chicken. So this is a very basic version, but he'll be like, Chipotle, right? Okay. And then, and I'll be like, hmm, I'll be picking as the imposter. I'll be like, okay, he's saying Chipotle. Maybe the word that they all have is Mexican or Mexico or steak or chicken, whatever. And then you go around the room, everyone says one word until you figure out.

Sure.

But if I say If I say fried, yeah, then that's so close.

Then the whole room gets mad at you. Yeah. Because you just gave the word away to the imposter.

Right.

And we get so passionate about it and there's so much screaming that was going on. It was the— I got to the point where I loved it so much where I was like, we have to start a YouTube channel, like, just for imposter games because, like, I really want to put in this vlog, but it's really fucking— like, our best game was like 45 minutes long.

Yeah.

And I don't want to spoil how it ends, but it was Incredible. It was incredible.

Yeah, the imposter did—

it was, uh, it was the, the best thing we probably shot.

Yeah.

Um, but yeah, but it's also, it's also like, you— it's hard for a lot of people to play because you'll say like, let's say the word is chicken, and then like you and John like have a memory of like inside.

Yeah, yeah, like an inside joke.

Yeah, like you and John went to the park and had chicken when you were in grade school, so then you'll be like Park.

Yeah.

And then John's like, oh yeah, yeah, I get that, I get that.

But so is— and the game of Impostor is like—

and then I say fried and you guys are like, what the fuck? Like, what the fuck are you doing, Jay?

Yeah, because you have to make it so like, if, if Natalie knows the word chicken and I know the word chicken and I'm trying to test if she knows it, I'm not gonna go Chipotle or fried, I'm gonna go scared, right?

What?

Even though I don't get it.

Scared.

Scared.

Oh, see, exactly.

This is the exact reason why these people suck at the game. And if you Natalie just reacted like that when it happened.

Yeah, what?

I don't get it. I'd be like, you fucking idiot, like, you're the imposter if you don't get it. If you don't get chicken is too scared. Um, yeah, so we did that. That was a blast. That was— it was— it got really, really, really competitive. Ferris, uh, Ferris lost his trust in me at one point. What?

Oh my gosh, that was crazy. David does this thing if he's imposter, he will start questioning other people and the minute he sees the word, he'll be like, oh, this is a good word. Like he's really good at being imposter.

Yeah.

So that I'm, I, everybody believes that he's definitely not the imposter.

I had a good imposter game where, where everyone voted everyone but me.

Yeah.

And then what was the word? I don't remember. I don't remember the word either. It was like, oh, it was like Santa Claus or North Pole.

North Pole. It was Santa Claus. It was Santa Claus. That's why you said North Pole.

Santa. Oh. It was Santa Claus was the word. And my first word as the imposter, cuz I picked it up cuz somebody said like snow and somebody said gifts.

Mm-hmm.

So I'm like, oh, it has to do with Christmas.

Mm-hmm.

So I'm gonna, I'm gonna say something about the North Pole. So I went, okay guys, think about it. Think about it. This is a deep cut stripper, right?

Yeah.

And that should get you to go stripper pole and then pole to North Pole. And only a person that really knows the game would know that. Therefore, I had everyone completely fooled that I wasn't the imposter.

Yeah.

And I remember at the end of the game, Ferris was like, I don't think I could ever trust you again. Yeah. And I consider that too good at it. That's crazy. A big time win. Yeah. So that was, that was my favorite moment. And then Ferris, you say you got an employee from the pod?

I did. So the, I, I made my debut on these podcasts, I think a few months ago.

Your debut.

That was huge.

And yeah, like two people DM'd me. I, I was like, wow, this, this This is what it feels like to be famous.

Yeah, for sure. But how are you— how did you deal with it? Were people coming up to you at the store?

I don't know, I had to like reach out to Natalie and talk about branding. Yeah, yeah, I'm working on the merch line right now. But, uh, but yeah, one of the guys, uh, listened to it and reached out to, uh, to me to be, uh, like be in my company.

Really?

You'd be an employee? Yeah. And now we hired him just now, and this is like his first week.

Wow.

What is he doing?

He's editing.

Is he good?

Yeah, he's pretty good.

Wow.

How many people have you hired?

We have like over 20 now.

20 employees.

Damn.

This is like a Mark Wahlberg over here. Or wait, who's the other guy? Mark Zuckerberg.

We've been at this for like 8 years now and we have 20 employees. We don't have 20.

If we had 20 employees, I'd have way less money.

You'd have to make more money, brother.

I'd have way less money for vacations for myself. No, no, I understand. I get it. I get the importance of employees, but also like, so boring. So boring.

So boring.

Now I'm there. I just don't like that you're behind hiring the employees.

It's funny because I'm the one that hired Ferris. I'm the one that hired Taylor.

That's true.

I'm the one that's made every amazing hire you piece of shit.

That is true. You do.

You do actually a really good job.

Oh yeah. Weird. Wow. I found Taylor.

Yeah.

Oh wow.

Oh wow.

Wow. That's crazy.

I didn't know you found Taylor.

Wow. Who else would have found—

Literally anybody.

You found me, Dave.

That's true. Fuck, that just goes to show Natalie is better.

0 for 1.

Okay.

0 for 1.

Yeah, I get that. I don't know.

I think—

see, Ferris, I think what— why I don't like— why I don't trust Natalie—

I just don't think you like when I have like any ounce of control.

No, that's not it. That's not it. It's just because for me it just comes from a fear of like, oh, she doesn't want to.

She doesn't want to do the 18 jobs she has to do.

She just like wants to vacation more, so she's hiring more people.

That's where you're vacationing anyway. You guys are always going somewhere, so that, that's just like a moot point. Yeah, like you guys go everywhere. You guys travel more than anyone.

But you know, that's what I'm saying.

I'm saying, but that's—

I'm saying she wants to work less, so she's like hiring these positions. Okay, I don't think it's true, but like, that's like where my like— you understand the security as CEO comes in.

Exactly.

You really think she wants to work less?

Yeah.

I mean, obviously I've told you anyone in the world wants to work.

That's what I'm saying. I just like think like, you know, she'll hire a person for like something really random and I'll be like, do we really need a person that holds the door open when we leave?

Okay.

That's insane. I've never done that.

No, I know.

Not that funny.

You think you hire those people?

Uh, yeah. You're the one that's hiring.

I was.

They hang out people. That's true.

I was watching this movie the other day. What was it? Oh, uh, Good Fortune. It was like, it's Seth Rogen plays like a rich guy.

Yeah, I saw it.

And switches with, switches eyes with Aziz Ansari, right? So Aziz Ansari is having dinner with this other rich guy and this rich guy is talking about, I guess that was the first part wasn't important. Anyway, this is rich guy in the movie talking about, about who he just hired. He's like, I hired a guy for vibes. Yeah. Like, oh my God, this is literally what I've done. I've never heard anybody reference.

I thought of you when they said that.

Oh, you saw that?

Yeah.

And he's like, and he's like, and then he helped me throw a party, but the vibes the vibes weren't there, so I let him go. I was like, this is crazy. This is literally like I say this stuff. I thought that was very, very interesting. Yeah, we hired John for the vibes. John's incredible at vibes.

You definitely need personality hires for sure.

Yeah, keep the vibes high.

John's incredible.

John's— he's like a gem, isn't he? John's—

he really is a gem.

It's— he could connect with anybody. Yeah, it's really crazy.

Someone— I just heard someone thought he was in Spider-Man at the airport.

He got recognized.

Where were we?

Recognized more than like— no, no, no, someone was like, are you the guy from Spider-Man?

No.

Yeah.

No, no, people think that he's the guy from Spider-Man.

They do.

Does that happen a lot?

Yeah, yeah, that's really—

in Brazil, I think it happened in Brazil. It happens, it's happened a couple times where he's been driving my car because I've been drunk.

Yeah.

And like, we'll stop at another place and valet will take the car. Yeah. And he'll be behind the wheel, so they'll be like, who's this guy? Um, and they, their head always goes to the guy from Spider-Man.

Oh my God, how about that airport today? Oh my God, do you know what you cost me to get through security today?

Oh, well, let's backtrack. Yeah, there's a government shutdown or like a half government shutdown.

The TSA's been going on shutdown.

Yeah, but going on for a month. But, but it's like now it's affecting the airports like more than before. Yeah. And we connected from Rio to Atlanta. We had to get our bags and go through. It's like the check-in again.

Yeah.

And the line was fucking crazy, like out the door of the airport crazy. Yeah. We had to sign up for CLEAR. Did you already have CLEAR?

I had to re-sign up.

Yeah, okay, so we signed up for CLEAR, which is whatever, great deal, $200, got us into the CLEAR line, which was the length of a regular line at the airport, right?

Right, like probably longer.

Yeah, the CLEAR line was fucking— was it was like an hour and a half wait. Yeah, which was crazy.

Yeah, and they're just, they're just like making so much money just signing everyone up for CLEAR, and then you're not getting to go through, you're not getting the benefits of CLEAR. So Naveen bought CLEAR, I bought clear, and then that was, that was $400, that was $300, so we got a little discount. And then we were in the clear line, and I was gonna miss my flight, and this guy had given us a pass for $99, so then I pay another $100. It cost me $400 to get through the—

Hold on, you're not even explaining how cool this is. This is like, you're like complaining about it. This is like the coolest feature ever.

What's cool?

What are you talking about?

Clear?

Yeah, you got to— I would brag about this till the end of time. You paid $100 to skip There are people that got to that airport today at 2:30 in the morning for a 6 AM flight and then missed their flight. For $100, you could take you plus 4 people, and CLEAR literally walks you to the front of every line, in front of the CLEAR line also, in front of every line. They pull you out of wherever you are, they come find you in line, and they take you and a group of 4 people, and they literally escort you to the front of the TSA line. I know that's confusing.

That's what CLEAR is.

Yes.

And yes, do you know what I'm saying?

But Jay, today the CLEAR line was as long as a regular line. What are you saying?

Well, he's saying that that is the normal perk you should be receiving. Now they're making— they're charging you additionally for that.

They're making you pay again for the normal perk.

That's because everyone has CLEAR. What do you mean?

Okay, there's TSA. Yeah, you don't need CLEAR if you have TSA. You can just go through TSA.

No, TSA PreCheck is still busier than CLEAR.

No. Yeah, no, that's not true.

Yes, it is, Natalie.

CLEAR doesn't take you through TSA. CLEAR takes you through the regular line.

Yeah, yeah, it takes you right in front.

TSA is a completely different section.

Yeah, but CLEAR immediately takes you through. TSA PreCheck, right, still has a line.

Yeah, but usually it doesn't have a line.

CLEAR usually never— CLEAR never has a line, period. They just take you. CLEAR never has— TSA PreCheck does. Normally CLEAR takes you in front of everybody. This time CLEAR had a line that was maybe 600 people. Mm-hmm. And now with this extra $100, it takes you in front of all the CLEAR people, which I thought was insane. If they came up to me and they were like, and we were about to miss our flight and it was a, a $1,000, for me and all my friends, I'd be like, yeah, let's go. Like, missing our flight's gonna cost us.

Oh, it's so funny. We're looking at it in two different ways. I see what you're saying, but I'm looking at it like a complete racket.

Oh, we were blown— all of us were blown away. We thought it was— we thought they were like— I mean, when you're in that scenario, everybody that was in our line was like, you're kidding, you're paying $100? The people around us, like the guy that you told me, Jason came up to me first and was like, you know, they're charging $100 to get you through this line.

Yeah.

And the guy that was right in front of me was like, that's got to be a scam. There's no way that you can get through this line just for $100, right? Right. And then the woman behind me was like, there's no way just for $100 I can get to the front of this line. Everybody around me, like, could not believe this deal.

Yeah.

I was like, fuck it, I got to try this thing. And I did it. And everyone, the people that were around me were mind blown.

Yeah.

They were like, yes. I'm shocked that you're looking at it as a negative.

I look at it, I'm just looking at it. It cost me $400 to get through security.

Yeah, but you would have missed your flight and you would have had your flight, brother.

I know, but guys, with what's There's something wrong with our fucking system if it costs me $400 to get through.

It's a government shutdown. What are you talking about?

Okay, well, there's a larger—

there was not a system.

There is a system.

You literally skipped the line during a time when there was not a system, brother. I don't know. I don't know.

I can't believe you don't. I see, I see what you're saying.

I understand.

I'm trying to look at this.

Not only that, but now you have clear for 2 years. It's not like you just spent $400 on one.

No, it's, uh, it's $200 a year.

Okay, it's annually. You have clear for 12 months.

I already have TSA. In other words, why am I paying? Like, I think you look at it, you look at money differently. Like, it's— that's like, that's insane for a regular person that's gonna miss their flight to be like, oh fuck, now I'm out $400 because I wasn't late for my flight.

I had—

we had 2 hours to get through to do everything. Like, I was on time, I was there. Like, that's fucked up.

'I wasn't late for my flight' is a fucking crazy way to think.

Why?

What do you mean?

It wasn't like I—

And the TSA workers don't have to be there, 'cause they're not getting paid. Like, everybody, if everybody starts thinking like that—

TSA workers get back pay, by the way.

Yes, they get paid later, but that's the reason they're not showing up, is 'cause they don't get paid.

Yeah, that's fine.

If everyone thought like that, like, we just have to keep—

I can't believe you're looking at it like that.

We have to keep chalking it up 'til we get to the fucking diplomats or the president or whatever. Like, it's just like, it doesn't make sense. It's like, that's not the situation. The situation is then and there, right in that moment. How do I get to the front of the line? Oh, $25 a person will get me to skip 600 people. I think that is a no fucking brainer.

Did your friends Venmo you the $25?

No, obviously not.

Right.

If it was any other situation though, like, yeah, $25 a person to make your flight is fucking insane. It's insane. Agreed. It's insane. And for me, the $100 was worth it because the extra time I had by skipping that line, I got to go buy Qdoba. And we don't have Qdoba anywhere near me, so it was worth paying an extra $100 just for a burrito alone.

Brother, brother, let me pose it to you this way. Yeah, some of you go into a restaurant and they go, it's, uh, it's $200 to eat. You go, okay, I'll, I'll eat for $200 because I have to eat. And then they sit you down at the table And they go— and you go, "Hey, where's the food, man? Where's the food at?" "Oh yeah, yeah, there's no food. There's no food. But for another $100, I'll bring the food out." No. That's fucked! And you know it! And I just fucking trumped you on that argument!

No, you didn't trump me at all.

That is so fucked!

There is food.

That is so fucked, David!

There is food. Wait, Jay, stop. Why are you yelling? There is food. There's just a lot of other people ahead of you.

Yeah, they're really busy today. No, they should have— they should have figured out some way— to sit there and charge me $200, $400, and I'm still not through? That's crazy!

What?

There should have been— there should be a system in place.

Timeout, timeout, timeout.

TSA, airport security, should have a system in place of something of like, okay, let's get these people through so they can make their flight.

When you say $400 or $200 or whatever, you're adding your annual membership in there.

No, I'm adding what Naveen paid and what I paid. So hers was $159, mine was $159, and then I had to pay another $100.

Great, so you guys now both have annual memberships to clear.

Which I— yeah, which I don't need because I have TSA, right?

I don't think so.

I mean, I think my analogy is pretty good.

Also, there was— also, the line we were in was also TSA, so you could have gotten in without.

Oh, did you catch that?

Yes.

Did you catch that moment? So we're— it happened to Ilya and it happened to me. We get up to the front of the line, and it's TSA. He goes, "TSA or PreCheck?" And I go, "I'm both." And he goes, "Oh, we're just taking TSA." And I go, "But I'm TSA!" And they go, "But you have PreCheck." And I go, "Because you just fucking forced me to sign up for PreCheck, for CLEAR!" That same moment happened with me when I was in the CLEAR line, I just signed up for Clear.

The business line opened up to the left of me, and there was nobody there.

Yeah.

And I was like, and I was like, business? And they were like, yes, but you're in Clear. I'm like, no, no, but I'm also in business. They're like, then you wouldn't be in Clear.

Yeah, yeah.

And I was like, uh, no, I'm actually all three.

I'm everything.

TSA business, Clear, and I'm about to pay the extra $100 for Clear Pro. Yeah.

Um, well, anyway, yeah, it was just—

I mean, we're— I'm just chalking it up as there was a government shutdown and it was, it was tough to get through. That was a really long-winded way of saying the lines were long.

Oh, should you get to the airport early?

I have something. We had something really good happen for this podcast. I'm not gonna say what it was. I wrote you both a text, said, hey guys, really excited, blah blah blah blah blah. I did. I am like really excited to get this started. I love you guys so much. Thank you so much for doing the pod. Neither of you responded. Neither. What?

Nothing.

Absolutely. And, and I was, and I was talking to my friend about it and I was like, yeah, maybe I should send a text. And then they were like, yeah, send a text. I'm like, yeah, but if they don't respond, I'm gonna feel like shit. And my friend was like, well, If they don't respond, then at least you sent it. And, you know, and I go, I go, I know they're not going to respond.

I genuinely didn't see this. Yeah. Sorry, Jay.

Damn, that's crazy.

That's cold.

I'm actually not good at— this is like, I'm not going to group chats.

What do you mean you're not good at group chat?

Like last month, I've just been— it's a cop-out, but it's, you know, I'm sorry.

I was violently hungover.

Like, violent. What you did the day before?

I was— yeah, I was in Arizona at 10:51 AM.

This is like peak. Sleep for me. This is like when I'm in REM sleep.

Oh, that's a bad time. 11:00 in the morning, like a 2:00 PM would be perfect.

Nice text.

Yeah, 2:00 PM.

2:00 PM next time.

Again, it's my fault.

Try better next time.

Yeah, it's my fault at the time I said. It's also my fault that I spent $400 to get through fucking security. I'm the asshole, I guess.

I don't know. I just think like, yeah, I just think the security situation right now at TSA is fucking one of the most unbelievable things I've ever seen. Like, people are lining up outside the airport, like, hours, hours, hours, hours.

People are losing their minds.

Can we talk about the Oscars? This is the first year, I think, in my life that I've missed them.

Yeah, not watched.

Yeah, we couldn't get into Hulu in Brazil, so—

Oh really?

Yeah, then we missed it. But we did— we watched clips on YouTube, so we watched it in chunks, which was kind of good because it, it cut out all the bad stuff.

I saw the craziest part.

I saw—

I saw Conan O'Brien is like one of my favorite people of all time. I think he's like the best late night host ever.

Yeah, I agree.

And which was— I was really bummed I missed it. There's a crazy joke. This is the first joke that I've actually like really liked that is in the vein of this. You know, like every year the person will try to make a joke about like connecting to the youth, um, and Conan did the same thing and they like used a bunch of like terms that like kids would use, but at the same time on the screen they put up one of those like train chasing games. Yeah, like those iPhone games.

Yeah.

Like, you know when you're watching a TikTok and there's like something being explained, but right under it is like some stupid iPhone game just to keep your attention or something? Yeah, even, even dumber than that.

Yeah.

Um, um, but yeah, so they had that on the Oscar screen, which I thought was crazy. What? Yeah. And then there was also another moment where they turned to Leo and they were like, let's make another meme out of Leo.

Yeah.

Because there's so many memes of him, and they made a meme of him. I thought that was fucking— that's such a good idea. Yeah, that's so cool. And then at the end of the Oscars, there was a post-credits scene where they basically replace Conan O'Brien as the host. Yeah. And they make MrBeast the next host. Oh, and then MrBeast. So it's like it's a— it was a nod to One Battle After Another.

Yeah.

But basically, like, you know, on the door, like if you're a businessman, it says your name, like on a steel plate. They slid out Conan O'Brien's name and they put MrBeast in, and then the Oscars ended.

Oh, that's really interesting.

How fucking crazy. Like, does that not show you like I know they're, I know they're still kind of like kidding for sure. I still don't think they can accept it all in— not accept it, but like, no, yeah, they are kidding, right? Yeah, but they're touching on the reality of the fact that like it is real.

This is happening.

Oh my, it, it is all like— it's not to me when I look at that joke of them like joking about MrBeast being the next host. Yeah, it doesn't even read to me like they're making fun of him at all anymore. It almost now reads to me as old people being like, uh-oh, like on their way out. That's how it reads to me now, when before it would have been like, haha, I see your point. Do you know what I mean?

I see your point. It's like, it, it, it, that, that is a reality. It's, it's a, it's a joke that probably might come true.

Yeah, it all, yeah, it feels like now it's coming from like a more real place. Like even though it's like like the 60, 70-year-old actress never have to accept that because who cares, right? They're on their way, they've done their thing. Nobody has to accept the fact that like social media is such a new part of the world, like, because it's just, it's a waste of time for people that are older. But it is like so interesting, like even the people that were hosting like the Vanity Fair carpet was like Quinn, Jake, Brittany Broski, like all these, like that's who was hosting the carpet.

Yeah.

Like, there was a moment where— fuck— Quinn and Jake were interviewing Emma Chamberlain. I thought that was so crazy. Like, Emma Chamberlain was there as a guest.

Yeah.

And then Quinn and Jake from the internet were interviewing her. Like, I just think that was— I think it was so cool. I was like, what a way of, like, everything mixing.

And I feel like everything too is becoming— the world is, like, so wild that MrBeast could be the host next year.

Yeah, that's right, right?

I think he 100%, like, honestly could. I mean, will he be the host? Probably not. But like, will there be a MrBeast segment? Like, that's like so normal. That's so normal. Especially because every, every actor's kids, if they have kids, know— watch MrBeast, you know what I mean? So it wouldn't even be like out of place almost. It'll just be like, here's the new age entertainment.

I think that is interesting too, like in terms of, like, the award show and people were upset that Timothée Chalamet didn't win or whatever, or he got shut out. And that's just simple, like, old guard, new guard. That's all it is.

What's the median age of— 61.

The median age for an Oscar voter is 61 years old. Wow.

That's actually really wild.

And there's like 10,000 people in the Academy, right? Yeah. Yeah. And the median age is 61.

Yeah. But you know, the young people always have gotten shut out.

I wonder how many—

historically, like Leo got shut out when he was younger. He didn't win it till he was like 40, I think. You know, it's just like, this is the way it is.

I wonder how many, yeah.

What I think is interesting is—

How do you not vote your friends?

What do you mean?

Like, yeah.

How do you not vote for your buddy Michael Jordan? Michael B. Jordan?

Yeah, like how do you, like, I totally get why.

I could see that.

I totally get why DiCaprio is being shut out against like a— I don't know who is he against— Marlon Brando or who is against him at the time.

I don't know, but it was probably like Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jude Law, people like that. Right.

I don't remember exactly, but like, yeah, yeah. But there is a thing if you're older, half of those 10,000 people are your peers.

Yes. And I also think what's interesting is like that, that idea of like How Chalamet was so like, I'm gonna promote and I'm gonna get out there and like do everything I can for this movie. And what a lot of people said was like, as people who think of themselves as like movie buffs or artists or whatever, they're like, that turns them off.

Oh, I thought what Timothée did with promoting Marty Supreme was one of the best things I've ever seen.

I thought it was great too. I thought it was great too, but I do think that it's a change in like how people do things. Like people—

yeah, like they didn't like it just because it was—

you wouldn't do an Oscar campaign where you're like, so I want this, you know what I mean?

Yeah, no, it's definitely being— it's definitely different. Do you think there's ever going to be a year where there's YouTube videos as an Oscar?

I'm sure there will be. I don't know if it's anytime soon.

I don't—

I think they're gonna have to introduce some new categories, right? They're gonna have to evolve like a little bit.

Did you see that short film Tied? I've never seen that happen in my life.

Oh yeah, there was a time two people won an Oscar.

Yeah, I've seen a tie before in an award show, which is also like, so I've seen a tie in the Olympics. Have you seen that video?

No.

It's like two runners or something finished at the exact same time, and one of the runners is like, can we just both get gold? And the guy's like, well, yes, if you guys both agree to it. And then the guy standing right next to him, he's like, yes, yeah, yeah, I'll take a gold. And then they both celebrated the gold from different countries. What?

What sport was it?

There's something on track.

What?

Yeah, it was a tie. Yeah, it's crazy. And then they're both celebrating the gold. Like, that's, that's like the coolest thing ever.

Yeah, that is cool.

The next place we're going to is Bali. I think we're going there in a week. Then we stopped traveling for a little bit, which I'm really excited about.

That's good.

This— does this trip not feel like so long?

No, it did kind of feel long.

It felt like we were gone for a long fucking time.

I think because we like experienced a different climate. I don't know, like just walking back into the house today like felt like, oh my God, we've— it felt like when we went away for like a month, you know?

Totally felt like that.

I was like, from Monday to Monday? Yeah, Monday to Tuesday.

Monday to Tuesday.

And then we're going to Bali again for a week. This time it's a smaller group of us, um, so I'm excited about that. So if anybody has any suggestions, please let us know. And I don't mean like suggestions. When I ever— when I ask for suggestions ever, like, not like waterfalls and stuff. I'm talking about like, is there a guy in Bali that has like the world's longest toenail? Or like—

you keep saying this and nobody—

it's right here, man. Look across the couch.

You're the— you're probably the longest in the valley, that's for sure. Um, but yeah, let me know if there's any cool individuals that are there. Okay guys, that is all the time we have for today's podcast. Thank you guys for listening. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for the vibes. Um, go vote for us for an Oscar in 15 years. Uh, we'll see you guys later. Go check out Jason's short videos on YouTube and see you later. Bye. Hey guys, bonus thing here at the end of the pod. If you want a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card, um, we need help finding more information out about you guys to better fit advertisers for the show. So if you go to podsurvey.com/views and you take a quick anonymous survey, then you're entered to a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card. That's podsurvey.com/views. Views.