If I Were You - 24: Braces
Episode Date: September 26, 2013In this episode we discuss whether or not it's ever okay to hide your flaws, steal money, or hit a woman.This Bonus Thursday episode is made possible by HuluPlus! Check out HuluPlus.com/Amir for a fre...e trial of thousands of TV shows and movies. Every click helps!See omny.fm/listener for privacy information.
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Take in a mirror, I'm gonna tell you what to do
It's the best in the price you can get from two dirty juice, dirty juice
Take in a mirror, I'm gonna tell you what to do
If I were you, if I were you
We have to stop singing on this podcast, huh?
Why?
I don't know, because legally we can't pay for the rights to the songs
No, we're not allowed, yeah, that's definitely illegal
We have to just change the words
Also, that's another theme song where she called us dirty juice
That's like a weird thing that it's okay
I feel like we never said that to each other
So it's sort of, is that an inside joke, or is it just people taking the liberty?
They seem so close to us, they can like raz us about that
Yeah, you little dirty Jew
Excuse me
Excuse me, Lucy Cooper, I don't think you're of my religion
Yeah, I don't think that's allowed, Lucy
Yeah, nobody, sorry Lucy, you actually can't call us a dirty Jew
You dumb woman
Especially because I'm only half Jewish, okay?
No, that's not why
Oh, it's offensive
I'm just saying like, you're a dirty Jew and I'm half Christian, I'm half normal
No, no, that's not, I never, yeah, there are no Jews named Lucy
I know for a fact that Lucy Cooper who wrote that theme song is not Jewish
I never went to a bot mitzvah, I've been to probably a hundred bot mitzvahs
Not once for someone named Lucy
That's right
Although I do like the name Lucy
Yeah, Lucy's nice
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Wow
Really?
You're good at that
You mean it?
Yeah
Cool
I really mean it
I really mean it sarcastically
I was nervous you were mean it sarcastically
I mean it really, yeah
My fears have come true
My fears have come true
Yeah
You really harassed me on that shit
Yeah
Yeah
You insulted me, then you relieved me, then you insulted me worse
Yeah, I didn't relieve you
You said, you said, you said, you said, wow
I said, I really mean it
You were like, oh please, please
And you were like, oh wow
And I was like, oh that hurt my feelings
You're really good at that
And I was like, oh thank god
And then you were like, I'm saying it sarcastically
And it's sort of just like
It was more than a gut punch
It was a goddamn wake up call
Anyway, this is If I Were You
The only advice podcast on the internet
That's also hosted by these two Jews
I'm Amir
Dirty Jews and I'm Jake
You're dirtier than me
The only right now
And always
Yeah
Sorry
You don't value showers as much as I do
Yeah, you're right, fine, I'm sorry
I don't even know why I'm defending myself
You're a very clean person organizationally
Yeah
So why can you go three days without showering
And be okay with it
I could go, I mean I could go a week without showering
And be okay with it
And I'm sort of the other way
I'm sort of messy
But I need to shower at least once a day
Yeah, you also like, I mean I don't wash my hands
I'll eat off the floor
Yeah
I know germs don't bother me
It's more like, it's my organization
As long as they're organized, the germs
My organization comes from like having a sort of a bad memory
So I like to like know exactly where stuff is all the time
Oh and I have such a good memory
That I can keep my place and my brain scattered
It's kind of true
But as long as I'm clean
Yeah, I mean I'm like so
I know where everything is in my pockets right now
I could tell you the order of the cards in my wallet
Really
I believe I could
The order of the cards
What do you mean the order?
Like the business cards?
Yeah, I could
Here's my wallet
Let's see if I can do it
Okay, so the first one facing me is
My ID
Correct
Second one facing me right behind that
Triple A card
Correct
Third one
Gym membership
Yeah, that is true
Fourth one
Oh, there's a fourth one?
Well, there's another layer
Oh, the next, yeah, yeah, of course
The second tier
The next layer I believe is my IAC access card
Correct, four for four
Followed by my credit card
Yes, that is true
Followed by my debit card
That is correct
Yeah
Nailed it
I could do the other side, I think
Oh yeah, there is another side
Alright, flipping the wallet over
Who is Metrocard
Correct
What the fuck
Now I'm second guessing myself
I believe behind my Metrocard would be my
My health insurance
Yes, etna
And then my dental insurance
No
Oh, no, it's a car insurance
Then your car insurance
Then it's dental
Then it's
Do I not have my dental card?
No, you didn't
I lost it then
See, that's how I know
Okay, so what's after your car insurance
Then it's Starbucks
You got two more cards
Yep, Starbucks
And then one more card
REI
Nailed it
I thought a 10 for 10
No, I missed the dental
Nah, it's okay, I wasn't in here
Anyway, that's our show
Thanks so much, everybody
Join us next time where Jake guesses the bills in his wallet
You want to see something really impressive
I actually memorized my credit card, expiration date
And pin code on the back
Here we go, 8-5-8-5-1-5-3-3-8-5-8-6
You think if you gave away your credit card number right now
Your number and your expiration date
A lot of people would start charging shit to it
Probably
At least just to see if it's real or you think that
You know what this is?
Sorry, it was bothering me
The new health insurance
This covers my dental and medical
So you used to be two cards
So you added both
I fucked it up
And now you're going to spend the next three minutes reorganizing your wallet
Because as I was taking the cards out
I was putting them on the table
Which really kills you
So I know exactly which way they have to go
But you know what, those cards are really dirty
And you're going to eat a sandwich later without washing your hands
And that's fine
That's true
As long as it makes you actually sick, physically ill
That's fine
As long as they're in the same order
Well like it's
No, I'm sort of like a teacher
You know like teachers have really great immune systems
Because they're around sick kids all the time
Yeah
I just don't care about germs
But I very rarely get sick
Because they're around Jeff and Dave Rosenberg all the time
Yeah, Jeff Rosenberg is a giant germ
He is the disease of 35 kindergarteners
Jeff I believe has chicken pox right now
Which is insane
Chicken pox and smallpox
He's tested two for two on the pox exam
Did we say what the name of the show is?
I think so
Yes we did
This is if I were you
This is the longest intro ever
Anyway, the way this podcast works is that we accept emails
From people who are on dire straits
And they need our advice
They don't necessarily need our advice
They just need any advice
And we do our best to offer them what we would do in their situation
And hopefully it helps them out
Yeah
That email, if you want to email us in
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That email is just open to you
It's open to the public
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And anyone can use it
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And yeah, you can even submit your own theme song
Lucy Cooper did that
She called us, hers was borderline
Not even want to say borderline
Was anti-Semitic
She's part of the Hitler Youth or something
We still played it
So you can imagine how open we are
So please send those over too
And alright, let's get to it
Let's get right to it
As always, these are real emails from real people
But we're going to give them fake names to preserve their
Anonymity
Anonymity
Anonymity
Alright
Anonymity
Here we go, one time
Hi
Oh, this one's from LeBron J
Interesting
Hey guys, just started using Tinder
After I heard you guys talk about it
But I need help with my profile
I'm 21 and I have braces
Should I let the braces show or hide them?
I don't know, I don't want to fool people
The first thing I do
But I still want those swipes
Help me, Jake and Amir
So this is a
Tinder owes me money
Can we all agree?
Tinder owes me cash
I really feel like they either owe me
Cash or snatch
Cashes equals snatches
Cashes equals gashes
Oh, I hate that word for vagina
That's what Streeter says
What?
Gash
Mad gash
I mean, he doesn't say it normal
He makes fun of people who do say it
I like cash as equal gashes
That's really fucking gross
But even to zoom this out even further
It's like, if you have a physical thing about you
Everyone has a physical thing that they don't like
The question is how much can you hide it in a picture
And is it worth hiding it
Because they're going to find out about it eventually
I think you just got to own it, bro
I mean, I wouldn't do it like main picture
Also, when do you get your braces off?
Maybe don't join Tinder till they're gone
Oh, how dare you
Sorry, I'm just kidding
I was a late braces user, actually
Wait, didn't you have braces in college?
I had braces
10th, 11th, and then 12th grade
And I was going to have them throughout college
And I had to sign a waiver
I was like, I don't want braces in college
And he's like, you're still about three to four months away
From having a perfect bite
I'm like, that's fine, take them off
I don't want them at the beginning of college
I mean, I remember I wore braces for
8th, 9th, and 10th grade
And when they got up
My braces got taken off
My dog ate my retainer
And then I just have crooked teeth again
It's crazy
My dad spent so much money
Now your teeth are good
I mean, they're fine
But then I got perfect
This is what they looked at before braces
I mean, I guess maybe it was a little more crooked
But Jesus
It's weird that braces seem like a medieval thing
We shouldn't still have braces
Yeah, braces
They should be able to surgically reorganize my teeth
And then in two weeks
I think that's way more expensive
You get veneers
No, I don't have veneers
I want you to like mold
I want you to physically move my teeth
Into a straight fashion
And then for like two weeks
They're sore and then they're set
And they're fine again
It's torture, it's crazy
It is torture
Do you have a spacer?
Do you have a spacer on the top?
Oh yeah, with the retainer
With the key
God, that was dangerous
What have you got?
I got that
I also don't know how long I had it now
Because time moves so slowly
I think I had it for forever
I might have had it for six months
And it might have been two weeks
I have no idea
I just know it was miserable
An expander, that's what it was
Yeah, an expander
I remember I ate a chocolate muffin the day I got it
And when I came off
There was still chocolate muffin in it
Oh, God
Just like six months
Or maybe three weeks of just...
What about space?
You called it spacer
But for me, spacers were little rubber bands
They put in between your teeth
Well, there was a jaw spacer
And then regular spacers, I think
Mine was called an expander
Oh, jaw expander
That meant like two
You put it...
It's like a car roof on your route
It's like a metal 10 disc
All of our fans in England are like
What are...
Sorry, I don't understand
I don't get what orthodontistry is in general
I remember when...
My mom got braces when I was in high school
Whoa
She like...
She needed them
Mama, hey mama
Did you ever get back to you about being on a show?
No, but didn't that episode just come out on Monday?
Yeah
She was in Tennessee
I think she hasn't listened to it yet
Okay
But what the fuck, mom?
She...
I remember like she picked me up from school
And she had the braces
And I was so unsupportive
Like that must have been not easy
As a 40 year old...
Mama will lose her
And I saw her, I was like
Oh no, they're so bad
I like to feel guilty about that to this day
But yeah
Orthodontistry is like such a medieval torturous thing
Like you crank your teeth slow
Once a month you crank them into a tighter
More different position
And then like for the next day
You just can't...
Can't hurt
Yeah
It's like, oh I have a toothache on all my teeth
Right
My whole entire face hurts
For a day and a half
I can't bite
Because it's filled with metal
Also like if anything ever happened to your lips
They would just bleed
Because your lips are just
Oh, they pressed against the sharp metal in my mouth
A lot of our fans are like
Pushed my face and it was like
Gushing blood
And I just had scabs for a fucking week
A lot of our fans are like
Listening to this with braces
And I hope this is making them feel better
Or maybe it's just making them feel a ton worse
I mean yeah
It's one of those things that really doesn't get better
It's just gonna suck every single day until they're gone
But then when it gets
When it comes off
Your teeth are gonna look great for six months
And that's it
No, they shift back
No, they do not shift back
Your teeth aren't perfect anymore
No, they're not perfect
But like how they were were really bad
They were like really crooked
Fine
I think they are perfect actually
No, my teeth are perfect
They really are perfect
Except for the fact that when I smile
The gap in between my two front teeth
Don't align with the gap in between my two bottom teeth
Other than that, it's a pretty much
Look, look at me
Oh yeah
Also, look how ohered
That's so weird
You are not moving your jaw at all?
That's just
Yeah, I have like an overbite
Where if I eat a sandwich
And like a piece of lettuce is in between my two
Like my front teeth and my bottom teeth
It'll just slide right out
Because I can't
I don't have a full closure
Interesting
But you know what?
I'm still like a well rounded nice guy
I just have
No, I mean it has nothing wrong with you
I mean your teeth are okay
And you generally suck as a guy
I'm not saying they're connected
I'm just saying
Don't call yourself well rounded
That makes sense
Yeah
Hey, you're lowering my mic
You're here
What are you doing?
What are you doing with my levels?
Get off of me
You're hurting me
Either way, which of this guy do
Put his braces in his profile picture
I would just bury him
I would do no braces on your main picture
And then three pictures in
Show him the truth
It's tough
Do you want to show the truth now
Or do you want to delay the truth later
I would almost want to show the truth now
Because you don't want to see someone swipe you to the left
AKA disregard you in person
You want them to do it in the privacy of their own home
If they're cool with braces
Maybe they have braces too
Then they can swipe you to the right
And when you show up to a date
You can be extra excited
Yeah, it's very true
It's kind of like when you use Tinder
Should I swipe to the right always
Because then when I get a match
I won't be as excited
But I'll get more matches
Right
Or should I be super selective
Rarely get a match
But when I do
It means a lot
You just know it's dope
Yeah, I would
I mean, you want to be meeting up with people
That are going to be cool with the braces
You don't want that to be a thing
That you have to talk about
So just put the braces
Not in the profile picture
But have them there
Because they're not like who you are
Your profile picture doesn't have braces
They're not permanent
But, I mean, yeah
A lot of people sort of hide
Like a lot of
I don't use Tinder
But I've seen you do it
And a lot of times
It's like two girls
On the front page
What are those girls trying to do?
I mean, I think they're insecure
I guess
But usually you have to just
Go through their pictures
And then you find out which one
Which one she is
I had a friend, my buddy
Swiped this girl to the right
And he's like
I don't know which girl she is
There's a different permutation
Of three to four girls and everyone
And he has to like play mastermind
To try to narrow it down
And then he's like
I went on a date with her
And she was cute
I still don't
She could have been an even sixth girl
Like
I had no idea
He just had no idea
Who they were
I've been dating her for six months
I am not sure which one she is
Yeah
And usually a good rule of thumb is
If there's two girls
In the profile picture
It's the uglier one
Because the hotter one
Would never put an uglier one
In their profile picture
Because they don't want to be
Mistaken for the uglier one
I've also seen hot girls
That are like
Do it to almost seem down to earth
I think
Or maybe they are down to earth
Or maybe
Who knows why anybody does anything
But they
Anymore
I've seen hot girls
Not be the only person
In their profile picture
So a hot girl
And then a less attractive friend
And she's the hot girl
In the main profile picture
Oh yeah
It's rare
It's rare
You see it
Have you ever met with a Tinder
Not like totally rare though
I mean
I feel like almost half the time
When I'm like
Oh I hope it's this girl
Half the time it's very rare then
It's really rare
If it's half then it's rare
What was the question we were going to ask
What?
Have you ever been blown away
With how different someone's
Real life appearances
Versus how they represent themselves online
Yes
Like holy shit
You're much worse
Yeah usually
Once was worse
And once was better
And I met people on Tinder
Where they were like
You look better than your pictures
And I was like
What?
Really?
Well in general you're more attractive
Than you are in your photos
You're not photogenic
Me?
You're not photogenic
You're mean
Even so fine
If I'm not photogenic
You're just a bad person
Yeah
But you can't capture that
In the pic
Picture anything
You actually sometimes can
There's a picture of you
Kicking a dog
There's a picture of you
Flipping off a toddler
There's a picture of you
Sort of giving your dad a paper cut
So that
Yeah that comes off
In this photo
You can tell you're a bad guy
There's a picture of you
Sort of stepping on a cat's tail
And you can sort of tell
It's on purpose
There's a picture of you
Sort of like
You're scowling
Yeah
There's one of you holding a can
Of a kerosene
Outside of a
What's it called?
A burning orphanage
No not the
What's the
The habitat
The place where you rescue dead birds
Oh the humane society
Yeah
Right outside of a humane society
There's you petitioning
For the closure of one
Yup
This is all my Tinder profile
When the cops came through
Me and Dreyce did
Next to a burnt down house
With a canful of gas
And a handful of matches
A handful of matches
Oh
Tinder
Still one found out
Still one found out
Oh is Tinder and matches a thing?
Is that like a
A part?
Yeah yeah
Because it's like
I mean again their logo
Is like a little flame
It's like let's create the spark
Whatever you know
Keep the flame alive
There's a lot of
Fiery stuff
Yeah it's really cute
Alright
Anyway one last thing I'll say
Is that some people are attracted to braces
I hooked up with a girl with braces once
And it was
I mean she was 14
But you have to understand I was 8
Yeah
I mean sometimes it's kind of sexy
When?
I don't know it was sexy for me
Sexy to hook up with a girl with braces
Yeah
Because like she's innocent and young
Yeah she's seen
Unless she wasn't
But she seemed it because the braces
Oh wow
Huh
Yeah
Maybe I'll get braces
Shut up dude
That'll turn you on
Ew
What?
Ew
You said it would
No I didn't
I absolutely didn't say you
Getting braces would turn me on
It would but I would never admit that
I wanted to get into how weird it would be
To
Become an orthodontist
To be able to choose any profession
In the world and you want to choose
The one that tortures teens
Yeah but you also
I remember when I got my braces off
I was so happy
Yeah so you're giving
So you're torturing, torturing, torturing
Releasing into the wild
A beautiful young 16 year old
Beautiful
Alright
Next question
Question number two
This one comes from someone
I'll call
Chris Bosch
6 foot 11 inches
260 pounds out of the university
It's actually from Dwayne Wade
We're disguising his name
To preserve Dwayne's anonymity
Dwayne I know you're listening out there
Hey best of luck this season man
Do you pay in LeBron
Pay in Dwayne Wade
This is a very
Sorry hello Jake and Amir
There is a very tough rotunda girl
That lives in our uni halls
And always comes to clubs with my group
When she gets drunk
She gets violent
A few times she punches and kicks me
Especially if she sees me eating meat
As she is a vegetarian
A few times she has even knocked me to the ground
On nights out
I've told her many times to stop doing this
As it is odd but she won't
Should I just give her a beating
And teach her a lesson?
Regards
Chris Bosch
What is this
What is this
Weird school you go to
Oh it's an English school
Oh I see
No braces
I would never advocate hitting a woman
But this is as close as it gets
It's so weird
Like a rotunda girl who's really
Physically fit and can hurt you
And it's also
And you can't defend yourself
Yeah why do you think you can just give her a beating
Oh me and all my girlfriends are going to break into a room
With socks filled with nickels
And just sort of
Give her a beat down to end all beat down
Oh the old nickel sock
We're going to send her to the goddamn ER
It's also funny that this girl is like
She's a vegetarian
So she cares about the well-being of animals
But we'll just beat the shit out of someone
That's eating me
I'll beat the shit out of a human
Before I ever kill a chicken
I really think people that are into like fair trade
And all that stuff
And should just be violent
That's how shit gets done right
Yeah actions speak louder than words
As long as you're not hurting an animal
Come on
If we get you eating meat
Vegetarians are just going to punch you in the face
You're like a scab
During a strike or something
She's like a physical activist
Like the kind that like cause like break-ins
At like animal hospitals and stuff
Yeah yeah and like
Oh they like free animals
And they like toss red paint on people
Yeah like environmental terrorism
Oh shit
That's cool
That's actually really sexy
All those people deserve beatings
Yeah what do you do
Somebody's already
You've talked to them several times
Would you try maybe holding her hands
So tightly that it does hurt her
Yeah
But like you're actually not physically harming her
Right
But like you're squeezing it so tight
That she gets the point
And she's only really really in pain
Cause she's struggling to let go
Yeah exactly that's her
Or like you can shove her
Like get away from me
If you shove her to the ground
It's not technically hitting
Uh huh
If you push her you winch
Yeah and then you push her
You shove her into the ground
And she gets the message
But you technically didn't strike her
Spraying a fire extinguisher
All over her room or something
Yeah
Like destroying her personal property
Physically scaring her
Intimidating her
Yeah
You just get a knife
And brandish it every once in a while
Brandishing weapons
Yeah basically threaten her
Or like slice a little bit of her leg fat off
Oh wow
Yeah like you're sort of trimming a turkey
I guess I would also
Just talk to your RA
I don't know what the equivalent of that is
In England but
Talk to some authority figure at school maybe
He doesn't want to be a pussy about it
Oh tell on her
I mean yeah
This girl hits me
Oh you can't hit her
This girl's probably named Becky
Is that safe to say
Stop hanging out with her
Can you just stop hanging out with her
Well she tags along and goes to the clubs
Alright next
You're done?
Yeah give up
There's nothing you can do except beat her
But I'm not gonna fucking say that on the podcast
Okay maybe give like opposite advice
But like in a way that's actually advice
So for example what shouldn't you do Wink
Oh I mean whatever you do
Don't
Don't
I don't throw a swift left hook to her
To her neck okay
You do not want to
You do not want to rabbit punch her in the neck
And you don't want to
Push your thumb into her eye
That's something you wouldn't want to do
Also don't take your heel and give like a swift kick to her
Like thigh meat
Yeah that's not good
That might bruise her pretty bad
Ripping out her earrings would be something
Oh god
Don't do that
Okay
And just like
Grabbing her nipples and squeezing
Oh Jesus
I'm just saying
Don't do that
Now I'm getting turned on
You ass
Yeah don't like
Grab her nipples and squeeze them
And pull her towards you
Yeah don't let one thing just lead to another
And whisper like
Oh god
You like it rough do you
Holy shit you keep hitting me
What if I hit on you
Yeah
You want me to slap you with something else
Yeah like bend her over your knee and spanking or something
Yeah I'd be like
Oh I'm gonna hit you back
Oh you're gonna hit you back
Oh I'm gonna hit you back
Oh
We're both jerking each other off
I really don't know what to do
Aside from
Spank her I think
She's earned a spanking
She's earned a grade B spanking
I'd like to spank a rotund girl
I really would like to spank a very
Tough rotund girl
That is the sexiest thing I've ever heard you say
It's funny cause it's true
Alright let's uh
Let's take our little
Intermission now
Oh not bad
Oh you know what we have to do
Yes
Finally give our shout outs to our Harry's buyers
We really fucked that up
We uh we said if you forward us your receipts from Harry's
Razors that will give you a shout out
We forgot to do it
Sure did
So this isn't technically a break right now
This is work
Yeah
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Ooh I thought it was going to be me
Oh no we don't have to give you a shout out
You're already the star of the show aren't you
Wow I appreciate that
Oh come on man
That's what you wanted to hear right
You're the star
You're the funny one
I am the star of the show
Oh during the web series
I get the gate all alas
And everyone loves Amir
But now this is my fucking time to shine
Amir's my goddamn co-pilot
What the fuck man
Say that
Say if you mean it say it
Yeah it's finally your chance to ride on my co-pilot
Yeah you really think so
You really think so
You think you fucking carry the heavy weight
I think I carry the heavy weight
I think podcast wise I do the heavy lifting
No I bled for this podcast
You know man
How so
I got blood drawn for my STD test
After I mistakenly told a bunch of impressionable tweens
That they couldn't get herpes unless there was an open wound
Yeah so that's what's up
Um
Holy shit
Sorry our first fight
A lot came out there
That wasn't us
That was um
No it was you it wasn't me
I'm not like that he's like that
I hate to point fingers but here we go
Right at you buddy
Uh should we
Is the break over?
Shit
Oh let's mention our shows now
So we don't have to even do it at the end
We have a show coming up at Comic Con
Who's gonna be at New York City Comic Con
Me me me me me
Shut up
Shut up we'll see you there
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up
If you're gonna be at the New York City Comic Con
Uh we are doing A Live If I Were You with Pete Holmes
Which is probably gonna be the highlight of our podcasting lives
Yeah that's true
Uh Pete's just this very funny comedian
I'm sure you guys know him already
He has a show coming out on TBS called The Pete Holmes Show
And he's gonna do be part of our live show
A Live If I Were You at NYC Comic Con
He's very very outstanding
Pete's probably my favorite
One of my favorite stand up acts
It's weird cause we knew Pete before he was a stand up comedian
So to us he was just like a funny dude
Right
And then we saw him do stand up
Well actually I used to
I mean I didn't hate Pete cause I didn't know him
But I used to really hate when he would come to the office
Cause his laugh would be pretty loud
And I was like not part of the
Cool crew
I was too scared to like turn around
So I was at my little intern desk listening to
Pete crack up
Cackle
Like I think Pete's laugh is so enjoyable
When you're in on the joke with him
When you're like making him laugh
Or he's making himself laugh
Like just around
You know like when you're
When you're in the circle
Right but I was just like trying to pretend
Like I wasn't paying attention to you guys
And just like hearing him cackle
I was like oh my god it's in my ear
Well hopefully we're gonna be on the inner circle
Of it come NYC Comic Con time
All of us will be
And it's gonna be amazing
That beautiful laugh
If you're there do that
And if you're not a comic con
You can come to a live podcast taping
At Brooklyn at Littlefield on November 6th
Part of New York City Comedy Week
Something
Please come it'll be awesome
Something like that
Yeah yeah
And that'll be our first official
If I were you podcast taping
And we're gonna tape it and put it online too
And we're trying to take like audience questions and stuff
So come and like
It'll be interactive
Participate
Be part of the show
And you said you'd kiss one person on the mouth
Yeah I did promise it was gonna be you
Yeah
But it is somebody who's getting kissed on the mouth
That'd be nice
I'd love a little kissing booth or something
Oh that'd be funny
Sell your little kisses
Yeah
So free
I'll smooch anybody that asks
I really will
And that doesn't have anything to do with the podcast
It's just sort of how you live your life right
Like you have no standards
So you'll pretty much smooth anybody or anything
I'd kiss girls, kiss guys
The only person I would never kiss is myself
Why is that?
Cause I'm not real
What even you're not real
I wish I didn't exist
I'm invisible
I'm small
I am
Yeah
I think I'm
What
I think I'm a little bit of a
A little bit of a despicable
Despicable little shit
Why do you think that?
I don't know
No too much self-loathing
I'm gonna celebrate myself
You really are a
You're just two extremes of the same human
You're like
At one end
You hate how you are sometimes
And how you act
And then
Within the next hour
You're a god
You think you're one of the most impressive people on earth
But you're never in between
That's not fair
I never say I'm a god
I'm the most impressive
But you think you're so
I mean I guess I like
You have the confidence of someone who's like
Exuding copies
Right I have confidence
Yeah I get confident
There's times where I'm like
I'm on top of the world
I'm on top of the world
Everything happens for me
And then there's times where I'm like
I'm a piece of shit
I deserve to die
Yeah
But I think that's normal
Everybody all day thinks they're a god
And an asshole
But I never get very high
Or very low
I guess it's just like
People have it to varying degrees
And I'm extreme
I'm a Zen Buddhist in that regard
I think
No you're sort of just like
An emotionless robot
I'm sort of like
You're like
Emotionally involved
In that regard
No you're sort of like
Emotionless
No I'm like
You're stunted
I'm a mature adult in that regard
You are
You're nothing
I'm sort of everything in that regard
In that regard I am
Yeah I'm better than you in that regard
You're saying this in a mirror
I'm just better than you
In that regard
I'm better than you
Because I'm the real thing
And you're just a goddamn reflection
Yeah this is you
Having too much confidence
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Into the goddamn swimming pool
Of questions we're about to enter
Come with me
There's time for maybe one more
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Ummm
Oh, he's a good one
This one is from Chris Birdman Anderson
Woo
Another email from Dwayne Wade
He's pathetic
Hey guys
Every day some dude from work
Goes on a Starbucks run
And having the closest office to the boss
I would always carry him his coffee
Recently he started tipping me for the coffee
Let's just say he makes a lot more money than me
So his tips were very substantial
I don't think he knows that I'm just keeping the money
For myself
Am I just an asshole?
Or am I doing the right thing?
It's definitely not the second one, right?
Yeah, those are the two extremes
Am I an asshole?
Or am I a Robin Hood, I think?
Am I sort of a social vigilante
A secret humanitarian in that regard?
You're not
What are you talking about?
Am I doing it right?
He's stealing tips
Because he's the one actually
Is this right?
There's no other gray area
To be clear, I think the boss is giving him a tip
To give to the guy who's either going on a coffee run
Or making the coffee at Starbucks
There's two middlemen
And he's just taking the tips
He's definitely not tipping you
For walking the coffee into your office
I mean, you should just think about it
Like this, if everyone in the office
Found out what you'd been doing
Would you feel like a huge asshole?
Would you basically feel like you needed to quit?
Or would you feel like you're doing the right thing?
That was just the right thing
I think you can
This is sort of a Seinfeldian problem
I can see Costanza in this problem
And I think the trick is to convince yourself
That he is tipping you
That way you're doing the fight
Start doing nice little things for service
Bring him a napkin
Maybe ask if he needs anything else
And then you're like, okay, I've earned this tip
And tell them that
I mean, you're stealing is what's happening, right?
But not really, because he is
As far as the guy's concerned
He's giving him a tip, okay?
That he's not stealing his money
Because he's giving his money away
He just assumes that the money's going somewhere else
Where it's not
I guess maybe if one day you get found out
You can be like
But you know the money's not going to you
I don't know, I would
If this is like
If you suddenly start getting too much money
In your paycheck
Yeah, would you say anything?
But you have to
Because eventually someone's gonna catch it
And you clearly have known all along
And you didn't say anything
But you can plead ignorance
You can act dumb
I don't think you can
When it comes to that kind of thing
Oh, you weren't tipping me?
Oh
No, you
Oops
You stole money
I don't know what money is
Everyone's so high
Is that what this feels like?
I've been eating the money you give me
You're fired
You're a simpleton
I made a coin the other day
What is this?
Yeah
Is this wallet or is this a meal?
I ate money
You're a NASA engineer for crying out loud
I still don't know
You're building space shuttles
Can I eat it?
Yeah, if you're playing that dumb
You're not gonna keep your job
Just break open a piggy bank
Like a wonton
And pour the insides into your mouth
If you ever get caught
I eat money
That's a new character we've never done before
Impossibly dumb idiot
I ate, I don't know, a box
What's the cereal and what's the box?
It sounds like Rosie's voice
I just, I don't even know
Sorry, sorry, sorry
I know, I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I ate a nickel
I don't know, I'm crazy
Oh, that's also, it's sort of like a Tom Hanks
I'm sorry
Oh yeah, Wilson
Wilson, I'm sorry
I ate a bag
I ate a bag, Wilson
Oh, I ate a hat
I'm sorry
I don't know what food is versus things
Wilson
What's happened to us?
Oh my god, we've been recording for nine days straight
We haven't recorded any of this
This is not even plugged in
It's so funny to think of just
We don't record this and have this conversation
This is how we speak to each other
This was the part, before we ever recorded this
This was what me and Amir did
Yeah, we'd speak into microphones
Plugged into nothing
And they were like, you know what
We should just click on the on switch
Yeah, just answering questions
That we hopefully got to an email address
That may or may not have existed back then
So, I say, keep the money
Are you serious?
Yeah
Keep the money
No
Seize that cheese, yo
Seize the cheddar, seize the cheddar
But you're a hashtag
You are a hashtag dope
You understand?
We're just getting all the t-shirts in right now
Cool
Those are two pieces of advice
Take them and leave them
What would you guys do?
That's always what you're allowed to do with our advice
Yeah
Jake says, don't do it, I say
You know what, you might as well go for it
You're not making a lot of money
This isn't your career
You know who else is making a lot of money?
The poor guy that has to go to Starbucks
Who the tip is actually for
Well then he should have walked the drink into the bar
Why don't you at least start going to Starbucks?
No
Why don't you be the guy to go to Starbucks?
No, absolutely not
I'm too busy
I want to punch you for this
And what?
What do I do when I get there?
I want coffee!
How did it work?
The amount that you're defending him
makes me blame you for the crime
How is that fair?
How is that legal?
Alright, last question
Let's squeeze it in
Let's do it
As
This one comes from a lady
We'll call her Patricia Riley
Okay
Are you okay?
That's fine
You're falling asleep
Holy shit, you're resting your forehead
on the pop guard of the microphone
Yeah, this thing works
It would be a pretty comfortable pillow, actually
Alright, let's finish this episode
before you fall asleep completely
There's got to be some way
to make a pillow out of this
Alright, hey
Focus, come on
I know, I know
No, I'm dead serious
Remember to listen to the question
when I read it
Excuse me
I have a phone call to make
No, please do it after we're done
Hey
Hey, dad
Fuck you
You never believed in me
and I just thought of a crazy ass pillow design
So who's wrong now?
Alright, Patricia Riley writes
Hey guys, I just moved into an apartment
Hey guys, I just moved into an apartment
Do I still owe you $1,500 now?
I do, because they were for car payments
and my pillow design is worthless
Fair enough, dad
Anxity teen, but he's also really logical
Fuck you, dad
Actually, I went too far, dad
I realized you're just sort of trying to help out
as best as you can, dad
Yeah, and I realized I resent you
because I'm dealing with mostly my own shit, dad
Yeah, just that puberty is very difficult, dad
Yeah, I'm not okay with myself
and thus I projected on to you, dad
and that's not fair, is it?
Mom, dad
I know you're just making me go to school
because you know, on one hand it is legal
but on the other hand, it's going to make me
a more well-rounded individual in the long run
but at the same time, I really don't appreciate it now, guys
All right
Sorry
All right
I think I love Katie now
I know she's my little sister, she's frickin' annoying
but I'm lucky to have her, dad
Hey, Jake and Amir
I just moved into an apartment with my best friend
of 15 years and her fiancée
Living with them has been great
with the exception of him constantly hitting on me
Anytime we are alone together, he finds a way
to grope me or talk provocatively
Up until recently, he didn't bother me that much
but that is until recently, he came up behind me one night
and, uh-oh, rubbed his boner against my back
I told him to stop fucking with me
but he just laughed it off as a joke
I don't know what to do now
because he is still super inappropriate
I want to tell my friend
but I don't want to damage our relationship
and I don't want to be that girl who ruined theirs
Help me, please, Patricia Riley
I'm appalled, I know
about what, though, that she didn't turn around
and suck his teeth
Jesus Christ, he's doing it
He's talking about, be flatter, you slaughter
Shut up, you can't know
No, absolutely be flatter
I bet nobody else has this stuff
This is bits and no
You know what, he should be putting his deer
against the inside of the back of your throat
This is criminal
What he is doing is illegal
Bullshit
Bullshit
He could be arrested for this
I'd love to see her try
Oh, no
To see what she does to me
Him
What?
What?
You sick fuck
Ugh, the judge knew he was full of shit
So he came in 25 years
and I was by myself
The courtroom he screams, she lies, that little slut
What a scary courtroom that is
in Sublime's date rape
Yeah, I mean, that's pretty fucked up
Yeah
Flirting is bad enough, but the sexual harassment
is a whole other level
By the way, you definitely do want to be
the person that comes between them
and ruins that relationship
Your friendship is going to be fine as long as you're honest
Yeah, she doesn't want to marry a guy that rubbed his
boner against your back
Right, they should not be together
That guy should be dead
Even if he did, like, stick it up against their back
and be like, this is a hold up
Give me all your love
or something funny like that
It wouldn't be good
Is that what you would say? That's what you did?
I'm saying, even if he, like, stuck his dick
into her back and was like, uh-oh, this is a stick up
I can't even get my sword
Now help me get my stick up
That wouldn't be worth it, that's not okay
You're doing it alone, you're doing it alone
That's not all right
I'm not participating
Even if he stuck his dick against her back and said
All right, you know what, put the money in a bag
and nobody gets squirt
Even if he did that, that would be so fucked up
That would be so messed up
I...
You're...
I think you're a molester for this
What?
Yeah, excuse me
You're some kind of sexual deviant
You're a sex offender
We're joking about it
Amir is a sex offender
No, absolutely not
Ladies and gentlemen
And he does have to tell you this
Are you in there?
Holy shit, they're here already
The courtroom
I just pressed 911
I held and I let the call connect
for that whole entire bit
and they just sent someone
I even asked, they just took it upon themselves
This is fucking insane
You should report this guy
Definitely to your friend
Maybe, um...
To the police?
Yeah, I mean, if he's, like,
inappropriately groping you and touching you
he's not allowed to live there
He's, uh...
At the very least, you shouldn't be marrying your best friend
I'm serious
I don't know, I'll follow up with this
but if you live in the Tri-State area
I'll come and personally kick the shit out of him
Even if he's bigger than me
I'm scrappy
I'll find a way to fucking kick the shit out of him
I'll hit him with something
Yeah, I'll do that too
I'll fight dirty
I'll even go fuck
Me and Jake will take him down
I'll scratch, bite, claws, eyes out, pinch, kick
I don't give a fuck
He doesn't want to mess with me
I'm gonna kick his ass
I'll find a way
I don't care how big he is
Alright, yeah, he's in Jersey
Yeah?
He's, uh, he's in Jersey
He's, like, this auto mechanic
6'3", 220
Alright
And he's actually waiting for you
Give me that shower curtain rod
Take down the towel
Give me the rod
I think if I can blindside him
I can hit him in the back of the head
That's gonna get him down
Then I'm gonna kick him in the neck
You get arrested
I'm gonna stomp on his hands
I don't care
I'll go to jail
Jesus
I ain't afraid of jail
I ain't afraid of no ghost
What does he say?
Oh, no
What's that?
What's that?
I ain't
I ain't going to jail
Watch
Oh
Don't believe me
Just watch
Oh, don't, oh, I thought
I thought the lyric was
Oh, fucking nevermind
So, Jake says
Definitely do something about it
He'll beat the shit out of him
And I'll just say
Definitely tell someone
Unfortunately, I don't believe
In physical violence
But I will totally use my words
And try to talk him off of it
You're sort of a wordsmith
Yeah
Hey, hey, bucko
Ow
He's slapping me with his dick
It is a turn off
More than
I think you're so invested in the situation
That you feel bad about ruining their relationship
But you shouldn't
Because this guy is a monster
He's a deviant monster
Yeah
So tell your friend about it
That's what we would do
If we were you
Ooh, sorry
If we were you
Didn't get better
One more try
If we were you
That was not bad
But it wasn't great
If we were you
Anyway, that's our show
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Excuse me
Give me actually
If everyone could Venmo me five bucks
No, no
Yeah
No
I don't know how many people listen to this fucking thing
But if every single one of them
Like Venmoed me five bucks
Yeah
If no skin off their back
It's five dollars a lot to some people
No, no, no
You really can find it
You can find five dollars
I'll give you a week
Look under your couch cushions
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Venmo me
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I know we have sponsors
I'm saying I want this money in addition to the sponsors
Oh wow
You don't get that I want more money
No I do
You don't get that I'm asking for money
So I don't have to do shit
And I get shit
It's not how it works
People watch TV
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Anybody who listens to the podcast gets that
What I'm saying is
In addition to that
In addition to that
I want five bucks from everybody who listens
Or not it's not gonna happen
Why not
It's just not
That's not how it works
People expect free content
A lot of people
That would prohibit a lot of people
I'm not
What are you trying to
That's it
I'm not saying I won't make the podcast
I'm not saying
I'm not charging for content
That's another reason why they won't do it
Because they know they can get it for free
Right
You thought you really could just grab
Several hundred thousand dollars right now from people
I thought I really thought
You could crowdsource your fucking retirement fund
Yeah I really did
I thought that if everyone Venmo'd the five dollars
Okay
Truth is you can't
Okay
Alright
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It is but it's the truth and I'm glad you're hearing it
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Cool
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You're insane
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They can feel it
They got the scoop
When we find the situation
They might just break it down
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