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Money Buys Happiness

I was like, well, the tickets are— they're getting paid for because of my job, which is a vlogger. And it's just so fun to watch people be happy. That's like the best thing. Like when I'm on YouTube and I'm watching military surprise videos and like videos of people getting puppies and like, it's the best. Those are the best videos on the internet or in the world is when people are happy or surprised by something. And that's why it's so difficult for me to be like, okay, should I broadcast this? Or is this like a thing that it's just between me and this other person?

May 25, 201722:07David
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Jason21:35
And I, I— it took me a minute when I started doing this to be like, oh yeah, like, that's fucked up. I can't just If I'm talking to Zane with a camera, it's not really getting— I'm not really talking to Zane.
David21:45
I have another example of the whole thing I'm trying to get across. Is once I wanted to surprise our friends with tickets to a concert, and someone in our friend group was like, why are you gonna vlog that? Why don't you just surprise them and just like live…
Jason22:04
But that's bullshit. How are you not in the moment? I hate when people say that.
David22:07
I was like, well, the tickets are— they're getting paid for because of my job, which is a vlogger. And it's just so fun to watch people be happy. That's like the best thing. Like when I'm on YouTube and I'm watching military surprise videos and like videos of people getting puppies and like, it's the best. Those are the best videos on the internet or in the world is when people are happy or surpr…
Jason22:36
Whatever, man. I don't think you need both those arguments. I think all you say is, I was like, look, this is— the only way I can do this is if I videotape it. That's it. That's the same thing with my kids when I'm like, there's like a brand deal and they wan…
David22:55
I'm like, no, you haven't.
Jason22:56
No, I've just been like, look, I'm like, I realize you don't want to go do a thing for T-Mobile on like the two days before Christmas, but It's $10,000 and, you know, yeah, I need the money. And then they'll be like, get in this fucking Instagram picture. Get…