This Past Weekend with Theo Von - Joe Jitsukawa

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00:00:15.100 Today's guest is a Japanese-American entrepreneur and entertainer.

00:00:19.840 He is the host of one of the most popular shows, JK News.

00:00:25.780 I'm so happy to have him here today.

00:00:27.740 Mr. Joe Jitsukawa.

00:00:43.680 We had a Joey Diaz episode that we sat on for almost two months.

00:00:48.240 We just had other comics that came in.

00:00:51.140 Somebody would come in that was like, you don't want it to all be goofy.

00:00:55.460 Yeah, yeah. That's what I like about your channel, actually, is because you've had Jordan Peterson on.

00:01:02.060 Yeah.

00:01:02.400 And it's super serious, right? But I mean, it's never too serious because it's with you.

00:01:06.560 Right.

00:01:07.100 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:01:07.640 Yeah, well, I struggle with knowing, you know, if I'm being, I don't know, I struggle sometimes if it's a guest that's like, you know, very smart or something like Jordan Peterson, like a real, you know, or somebody like that with, like, I guess being afraid to joke around because I feel like, I don't know, I guess, like, I feel like if I joke too much with somebody like that, that they're going, they're going to shut down.

00:01:31.940 You know, they'll think, especially since it's someone older, they'll think like, older people will feel like younger people are manipulating them sometimes just because of the difference in like language or things you like kind of say.

00:01:44.240 They'll think like, oh, is this person making fun of me even if you're not?

00:01:46.580 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, oh, is this a troll interview?

00:01:49.440 Right.

00:01:49.580 You know, it's like an Ali G kind of thing, right?

00:01:51.300 Yes.

00:01:51.460 Yeah, I get it. Yeah, yeah. But anyways, man, congrats, dude. I mean, I remember when you first got on JK News, I saw your Instagram, you were like at 100,000 and like now you're like.

00:02:02.660 Yeah, 300,000.

00:02:03.740 Yeah. And then like your channel too. When I first saw it, I was like, dang, this is crazy. Like, this guy's super talented. And you just like within a matter of months, man.

00:02:14.260 Yeah. Thanks, man.

00:02:16.060 Yeah, dude, for real. Like, and I saw you live in Minnesota when we were hanging out. I was like, no shit, dude. You got me. I was dying in tears. It's been a while since I started, like, since I cried during the stand-up scene.

00:02:28.340 Yeah.

00:02:28.520 Yeah. Your Beetlejuice bit got me dying, bro.

00:02:31.880 Oh, dude.

00:02:32.000 Yeah.

00:02:32.700 That was a scary, I was a, I mean, I was in a scary time in my life, but it was definitely kind of a ridiculous time.

00:02:38.380 Yeah, so Joe and I saw each other in, at the Gary Vaynerchuk show in Rochester.

00:02:46.180 What a weird place to be.

00:02:46.840 What did you think about, what did you think about Gary V after? Had you seen him before? Like, what did you know about Gary V before? And then what did you think?

00:02:53.240 Yeah, actually, one of my business partners, he's in that world. Like, he used to work with, like, a lot of motivational speakers and stuff like that. And he put me on him.

00:03:02.840 Right.

00:03:03.440 And then he's like, you want to get to know this guy. Most of these guys I don't really like because they don't run businesses or they don't know what they're talking about.

00:03:11.800 Right.

00:03:11.880 They just sell dreams and stuff. So they sound like, like a used car salesman to me. But then this dude, when I heard him, I was like, oh shit, this guy, he's a businessman.

00:03:22.200 Like, he, he, he, he has his parents, I think it was a liquor store or wine company and he blew it up.

00:03:28.220 Yeah, I think he had a wine company and then they, like, he, like, tripled their sales once he got, like, actively, like, pushing the business.

00:03:33.860 I mean, they had a business to begin with.

00:03:35.680 Exactly. And then, and the stuff that he says makes sense. And I know this because, you know, I own, like, a few restaurants and I have, I've been in business for a while. So I'm like, all right, cool. Like, I could tell that he's not bullshitting. I like what he's saying. He's straightforward. And I think that's what we need right now. We need a guy that can just be straight about everything.

00:03:53.360 Right.

00:03:53.820 Yeah.

00:03:54.040 Do you think, um, yeah, because I watch every, you know, like when, when things I watch, I'm like, oh, is this person, you know, are they just giving me information? Are they somebody that I could look at as like a, an actual guide? Are they just selling me something? Um, you know, those are the things that I think, you know, are my natural inclinations when I'm watching something like, okay, is this just for entertainment?

00:04:15.320 Yeah.

00:04:15.560 Is this for entertainment and education? Is this just an, uh, a hidden advertisement, you know?

00:04:20.680 Yeah.

00:04:20.920 Um, but yeah, I thought it was interesting. I left out of there. I definitely thought it was interesting. I felt like I get this fee, this vibe and I can be totally wrong. It's just, you know, most of the vibes I get are wrong. And, um, but that Gary, he's just like, so into business though, that it becomes almost like an obsession.

00:04:41.100 Yeah.

00:04:42.080 Yeah, that's true.

00:04:43.020 Like, that's where I don't want to be ever in my life. I mean, I don't, you know, I woke up at probably 10 30 AM today, so I don't think I'll ever get to that place.

00:04:49.700 But, um,

00:04:51.200 I know what you mean. It's all about that balance, right? You don't want to obsess to the point where your relationships suffer.

00:04:58.160 When you're just grieved, where you have like, yeah, if your family has like a hundred million dollars, like, what does that even mean?

00:05:04.520 You know?

00:05:05.160 I kind of get it because I have friends like him.

00:05:07.140 Right.

00:05:07.720 Do you really?

00:05:08.460 Yeah. The way they see business is like a video game. So they're, you know, how some people are super obsessed with like different hobbies and video games or like some people want to surf like 10 hours a day or something like that.

00:05:20.720 Right. And that's the way this guy.

00:05:23.020 You masturbate. A lot of our listeners want to masturbate for half the day.

00:05:25.780 Right.

00:05:26.100 And some of these guys have been sending me pictures and artwork. Some guys sent me a drawing the other day, allegedly done in, you know, skeet or whatever they call it.

00:05:37.160 What did they do? Jack off onto a piece of paper?

00:05:39.120 I didn't see it. I didn't see him make the paint. You know what I'm saying? But I definitely saw, you know, the final artwork and the art wasn't even any good. And I felt bad for looking at it.

00:05:49.020 And then he sent me a message like, just look again and see if you like the picture. And I was like, can I look again? Cause I want to be, I don't want to not be somebody that doesn't care about somebody's art.

00:05:57.520 Yeah.

00:05:57.980 You know? And it still was just horrible. It just didn't even look like art. It looked like somebody just honestly masturbated onto a piece of paper.

00:06:03.520 So I think I kind of got tricked. But anyway, but yeah, some of our listeners, but yeah, go on. You were saying people do all kinds of stuff.

00:06:10.080 Yeah. I just think the thing is like, um,

00:06:12.660 It could become a video game.

00:06:14.600 Yeah. I think he just, he's just passionate about it.

00:06:17.360 Right.

00:06:17.560 And, and, but you're right. Like, I mean, sometimes obsessions and passions can go overboard and it could destroy people. But I think he does it in a, in a more healthy way because he doesn't preach that hashtag hustle. You need to work all day and do all this stuff. Um, if you really listen to what he's saying, it's really, there's a bigger picture to it. And it's about like connecting with people, being genuine, creating products and businesses that are ethical and stuff like that.

00:06:44.280 Right. So it's not really, it's not really this like work all day, work all night, don't even sleep. You can sleep later mentality. Right.

00:06:51.040 I think if you love doing anything, you'll do that for farming. If you're passionate about farming, you know what I mean? Like, so I think it's, it's just with money. There's this weird stigma around it. Like, because there are so many, you know, shady scammers and all that stuff that's tied to that kind of world.

00:07:07.460 Yeah. Yeah. Do, um, yeah, but yeah, you're right. I think about that. It's like, um, think about that a lot, I guess. And maybe, I don't know if I even obsess sometimes on that. Like, like what is like enough?

00:07:18.940 Are you into business to be doing business? Yeah. I'm into business, you know, I'm into it. I'm getting more into it. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I think what happened for me was, uh, I just started getting busy. And so it's like, okay, my time is a commodity.

00:07:32.120 Yeah. Yeah. You know, and it's really the only, it's like the only like commodity that's definitely mine. Yeah. Um, you know, like intrinsically, you know, or whatever. Yeah. So it's like, you know, that bus start has from there, things started like, okay, well, I can't do this anymore. I can't do that. Like I can have a conversation that's a, you know, I can't hang out and just listen to somebody that's drunk talk for an hour. Yeah. Because they're not going to, nothing's going to come of it. Right. Nothing's going to come of it for me. Nothing's going to come of it for them. Yeah. You know, just little things like that, but it starts to, then it becomes more and more serious. Yeah. And it's like, okay, I just need,

00:08:02.100 I need to be, I need to be a little bit more efficient. Yeah. But yeah, I mean, I, a friend of mine and I a long time ago invested in a, um, in a, uh, apartment, a con, an apartment or condominium that in New Orleans. Oh shit. And so that's one thing that I got into slowly over the years. It's been like 15 years now. You know, we each had like 10 grand and we saved up and we put in and we got a place. So then over the years, like you become like a, you know, a property manager, a landlord. Um, so you have real estate. You're in that world.

00:08:31.560 So then I started to get into it a little bit, right? Like I started then like over time, you know, uh, was able to sell, sell and then get two places. Right. But then also it's like, I've realized in that time, like then I'll, I'll become a landlord. There are times when I'm a landlord where I'm seeking tenants. There are times where now part of my, you know, week I have to deal with, um, you know, like dealing with HOA issues and all that kind of stuff. So it's, yeah, I've definitely learned some of it, you know, things like,

00:09:01.540 that, that make you want to think like, okay, at first I'm like, well, maybe I'll buy an apartment building one day. Yeah. But do you want the responsibility? That's another thing. Right. I think that's what they don't tell you is like, they don't go. Oh, business is so cool. Owning businesses. But like, they don't tell you all the bullshit you have to go through. Yeah. Yeah. And if you don't, and if that's something, and I think that's a thing, you know, I think a lot of people feel, you know, we see videos like business videos online. Yeah.

00:09:31.540 You know, that's true. Like I started too late. I did this, I did that. Um, but some people is business is not for everybody. Yeah. A hundred percent. And being like a man, like that kind of stuff. Like, dude, the other night, like I'm in an HOA call, right? I'm listening to on a part of an HOA board. And dude, I'm sitting there for two hours listening while some guy who I think is probably an alcoholic, like just berates everyone else on the board, you know? Damn.

00:10:01.540 Yes. More business gets created. So if you don't want to be a business person and you don't really like doing those sorts of things, then just don't feel bad about yourself. If you, you know, see those types of videos and you're like, fuck, I'm not a business guy. Yeah. I mean, that's, that's how I, that's why I like the Gary Vee dude. Cause he's, he doesn't come off as like a lot of the other guys. Right. I mean, because you're in business, you know, you know, like who's a fraud and who isn't. Like if someone's just trying to sell you a dream and they're like, you want to be on this fucking yacht with a bunch of girls and shit,

00:10:31.540 it's like, yeah. And then they throw one of the girls off the yacht and they're like, what, what did Belinda do? Yeah. I mean, you're better off trying to be an, uh, entertainer, an artist. You get that shit for real, you know? Like, and it doesn't cost that much. If you think about it, you can rent a yacht, you can get a bunch of girls. You want to kill your brother with a nice gun? And then he just kills one of his brothers. Thankfully the guy has like nine brothers, you know, but it's still like, but yeah, some of it's just delusional. Yeah. But then there are guys, and I did notice he seemed like,

00:11:01.540 like, I just got to shake his hand and say, Hey, we chatted for maybe six seconds. And it was, uh, he does seem authentic though. He seems authentic in his desire to like lead people, um, into not getting stuck in a bad habit. Right. That's one thing I noticed. I mean, one thing I took away from, um, what he preaches is like, you know, really give away the content. Don't try to sell everything all the time. Yeah. And then be honest with yourself. Like, like if, if, if you

00:11:31.460 want to make a million dollars, be honest about that. Don't fucking go around and say like, yeah, I want to help the world. I want to do this for charity or whatever. Then get in a charity. Right. I mean, there's a lot of people out there that want to get into business and they think they're saving the world or they don't want to come off as greedy. Right. But they're not being honest with themselves. Ah, that's interesting. I was like, Oh, that's, that's totally right. Um, that's super interesting, man. Yeah. Cause I think about that a lot. I think about like, you know, if, uh, as my career starts

00:12:01.460 to make more money and then, but then also how to not get caught into greed and also how to feel like deserving of money that you make, like those are some things that I even struggle with. You know, it's like, you know, like feeling like you deserve, uh, because sometimes my brain won't see the hard work I put in. Yeah. My brain will just see this moment and my brain will be like, Oh, you don't deserve this. Even if I do. Right. I know what you're talking about. It's like going on vacations and you can't really be on vacation. Cause you feel like you didn't

00:12:31.440 do enough and you don't deserve it. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Is that do all business people go through that? I don't know. But, um, I don't know what that is, man. Uh, Nick just brought this up. Imposter syndrome. What's that? A psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud. Do you, do you fear that? Like, like you, you kind of might come off a certain way. No, I fear like, um, I fear like, um, I fear like, I mean,

00:13:01.260 it's a constant struggle to, I mean, I feel like I'm still learning a lot about who I am. Yeah. You know, I feel like, uh, I feel like a lot of, like I try and be as authentic as I can. Yeah. Um, I feel like it's also hard to do sometimes like it's tough to know if your ego is running some of the, even a moment or if your heart is like running the moment or, um, I mean, being your own worst critic is a good trait to have though. Right. Because, you know, you, you, you try to hold yourself accountable.

00:13:31.460 Right. And, and I think more people actually need that. You know what I mean? Especially now with social media and everybody with these big ass fucking egos, like they have no clue. Like Lil Tay, bro. Dude, I fucking can't stand Lil Tay, bro. You know what I'm saying? They say you can't be mad at children, dude. Fuck that, bro. You know what's sad? I was a child. I know what it's like. I've already been in those trenches, dude. I did 18 years as a child. She's a little puppet for her brother. Oh, really? Yeah. That's sad, man.

00:14:01.220 Yeah. I didn't know that. I thought she was just a crazy, you know, 17 year old kid that looked real small and was doing that. No, she's like an eight year old child, man. Oh, yeah. And what, what ended up happening is her brother just really, uh, she, he, he was the puppeteer and he, I mean, I don't know if she's at fall or whatnot, but she's a kid, man. And then I was just like, this is fucking crazy. When all that stuff came out. Cause in the very beginning I was, I was with you. I was like, this bitch is stupid.

00:14:31.220 It seemed, it seemed to be too fake. Yeah. And then, uh, somebody. Good name though, Lil Tay. Lil Tay. Yeah. Someone leaked out like the, the, her brother coaching her. No, you got to say it like this. And she's like, I don't want to. And you're like, no, just do it. And I was like, oh shit.

00:14:46.200 That's crazy. Yeah. And then her mom was in on it and everything. She got like, her mom is a big real estate person out in Canada. And she had her like, like luxury cars and houses to fake the funk. And I was like, that's fucked up. See, the world is coming to a weird ass place, man. It's getting wild. There she is right now. Yeah, there it is. Lil Tay's brother. Yeah. Do we want to hear that? Yeah, let's hear that. Yeah, check it out. Again, I don't wear the same shit.

00:15:12.360 Like, I literally wore that gap jacket. Cause that's the shit I'd be wearing to sleep, bitch. You think I'm going to be wearing, uh, Gucci jump jumps. You think I'm going to be wearing. She doesn't even speak like. Nah, but bitch, since you want to say I only have a thousand dollars and I spent that all on my belts. Look at this shit. Okay. And then start flexing that, that and start flexing that. Be like, bitch, this one, this one, two thousand, this one, three thousand. This one, two thousand, three hundred, bitch. You can't tell me shit. I got a hundred on my wrist.

00:15:43.360 Okay. Wait, I say, um. Hey, Lil Tay got a hundred on her wrist. You can't tell me shit. Okay.

00:15:51.980 Is that Lil Tay? Yeah, that's Lil Tay. That looks like Winona Ryder. Oh, here she is trying to do it. Yeah. And she doesn't even speak like that. You know, like how she portrays herself. She just talks like a little girl.

00:16:04.340 You say I keep wearing the same jacket, bitch. This is the shit I wear to sleep. You expect me to wear a Gucci bandana? Some Gucci?

00:16:11.340 She sounds like every eight-year-old in most neighborhoods, I feel like.

00:16:18.640 You say I wear the shit every day? Because, wait. You say I literally recorded those videos before I went to sleep. That's what I wear to sleep. Okay.

00:16:25.960 Wow. Okay, cool. Yeah. That's good. Um, yeah, so that, I mean, that's just what, you know, like, but I feel like you could see that.

00:16:35.200 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You could see through that when you're watching that and you're like, there's no way this kid is like, really like has this much.

00:16:40.520 Like money and.

00:16:43.980 Yeah, the money. Yeah, where do they, what do they own? 700 lemonade stands? Like, how would you ever even make that kind of money?

00:16:51.080 But we're also a lot older than, you know, the general YouTube and Instagram viewer.

00:16:56.780 Right.

00:16:57.240 You know, so if I was 13 and I saw that shit, I thought, I think it would be real or like.

00:17:02.020 Wow. Oh, that's interesting. You know, like, I wonder if I was a kid now and I saw that, would I think it could be real? And enough people must have.

00:17:09.240 Yeah. Because there are videos of like, you know, nephews of oil tycoons or whatever with their fucking hunting eagle.

00:17:17.360 Oh, yeah.

00:17:17.800 And like driving Lambos and stuff.

00:17:19.160 Oh, yeah. Eating human.

00:17:20.560 Right. You're just like.

00:17:21.820 There's a couple of British dudes eating human somewhere like in Sierra Leone or something.

00:17:25.140 Damn.

00:17:26.060 So that shit is exotic, bro.

00:17:26.720 Riding elephants or something.

00:17:28.040 By candlelight, yeah.

00:17:28.880 Yeah. You know, having a little bit of Perrier with some human, you know?

00:17:34.900 Yeah. It's just, but I guess maybe like you were saying, is that what we've come to?

00:17:38.960 You know, like, is that what's going on? That is just, it's all becoming a little bit to me like everything is like a WWE promo now.

00:17:46.600 It's like, you know, we consume things in short clips and short in beats almost.

00:17:51.340 A hundred percent, man. There's so much fraudulent bullshit that's going on.

00:17:55.720 There's a lot of fraudulent shit out there.

00:17:57.220 Hell yeah.

00:17:57.460 Yeah. But do you feel like people are starting to see more of the authenticity?

00:18:00.100 I mean, even going back to the Gary Vee, like I did take away some things.

00:18:03.560 I didn't feel like he was, here's what I didn't feel like at the thing.

00:18:06.540 Yeah.

00:18:06.760 I didn't feel like he was trying to sell me anything.

00:18:08.440 Yeah.

00:18:08.760 Like I did buy a ticket to go to the thing, right?

00:18:11.320 But I didn't feel like there was no like come and get in this line at the end and like pay for, there was none of that.

00:18:16.920 Oh yeah. You bought a ticket even though you were paid to perform?

00:18:19.400 Yeah.

00:18:19.780 Oh shit.

00:18:20.560 But yeah, I just wanted to, you know, contribute to the vibe, you know, of it.

00:18:23.400 Yeah.

00:18:23.920 I think I did anyway.

00:18:25.060 That's awesome, man.

00:18:26.020 I would have never done that.

00:18:27.780 Oh really?

00:18:28.140 I'm trying to get him for free, bro.

00:18:29.480 Oh man, dude.

00:18:30.740 Yeah, I'm the worst free person.

00:18:32.700 That's awesome, man.

00:18:33.560 I think, yeah.

00:18:35.460 Yeah.

00:18:35.720 So I, but yeah, I mean, I definitely took some stuff away from it.

00:18:38.040 I took away from it, like he said, things like, you know, that the mom and pop shop is not going to come back.

00:18:43.640 Like you can't romanticize a lot of business.

00:18:46.800 Like, and we want to, and I, and I, and when he said that, that hit me, you know, cause I romanticize a lot of business.

00:18:53.340 You know, I have this idea somewhere that lives in my head that, you know, the, uh, that the mom, you know, the mom and pop shop is, is going to make a comeback and, you know, small town America.

00:19:05.980 But the numbers just aren't there to support it.

00:19:08.660 And he was saying like, you know, that the advertising now it's, you know, putting an ad in a paper, that sort of thing.

00:19:15.360 It just doesn't, it, it, you have to go to your phone, you know, that everything is capable right there.

00:19:20.800 Like the old door to door salesman and shaking hands.

00:19:23.640 Like a lot of that is, is gone.

00:19:27.420 I think it's going to be a blend of the two.

00:19:31.060 Cause I mean, you know, apps like Yelp helped out a lot of struggling mom and pop shops, you know, that hole in the wall restaurant that had really good food.

00:19:40.500 Yeah.

00:19:40.820 But then no one really knew about it except for the locals.

00:19:44.340 And then, you know, like the internet gets ahold of it and boom, you know, they can survive.

00:19:49.900 Yeah.

00:19:50.300 Now passerbys heading through town can look and see, oh, this place got, people love this place.

00:19:54.480 Yep.

00:19:54.740 But then it's like these, these, these subordinate, um, like technologies are created to like fluff all of that.

00:20:01.940 Like that's the thing that gets really scary.

00:20:03.900 Yeah.

00:20:04.460 It's like how much of this is fluff.

00:20:06.340 Right.

00:20:06.700 Right.

00:20:06.860 Right.

00:20:07.760 Like bots leaving comments or whatever.

00:20:10.320 Right.

00:20:10.840 Yeah.

00:20:11.260 Yeah.

00:20:11.660 Like Dan's tacos.

00:20:12.900 You think a dude named Dan makes good tacos, bro?

00:20:15.900 I'm out.

00:20:16.660 Right.

00:20:17.100 It has to be like Hector's or something.

00:20:18.560 Yeah, bro.

00:20:19.720 Hector's, bro.

00:20:20.640 You know, dude, I want to see a bunch of kids in the picture.

00:20:24.100 The first picture better have nine or 11 Latino kids in it.

00:20:27.420 You know what I'm saying?

00:20:28.180 I want to see people spraying horchata on each other.

00:20:30.680 Like I want to see that party, bro.

00:20:32.420 That's so true.

00:20:33.420 Yeah, dude.

00:20:33.880 I want to see somebody getting, you know, released from prison.

00:20:36.480 I want to see it all.

00:20:37.220 I want these tacos to have some fucking flavor.

00:20:39.280 Hell yeah.

00:20:40.120 I want to see that real shit, bro.

00:20:41.560 Via Regosa.

00:20:42.600 You're pretty entrepreneurial though.

00:20:44.180 A lot of people might just think you're an entertainer and a comedian, but I think over

00:20:50.780 time I'm starting to recognize like you have that because we have a similar like thing

00:20:56.680 in common is when we were kids, we would always be hustling and trying to do things.

00:21:01.960 Like you had your G-pigs and hamsters that you were selling.

00:21:05.740 I would sell candy at school.

00:21:07.740 You would?

00:21:08.220 Yeah, man.

00:21:09.420 Joe Jitsuka with that fucking little backpack full of sprees, huh?

00:21:12.500 I used to sell Pogs.

00:21:14.340 I used to sell Pogs?

00:21:15.320 Yup.

00:21:16.100 Now that seems dark into the Asian underworld, bro.

00:21:18.700 Who was buying Pogs?

00:21:20.360 Just my classmates.

00:21:21.200 Really?

00:21:21.520 Did you ever get into Pogs?

00:21:22.760 That was like a pretty big thing in the 90s.

00:21:25.040 Maybe it's a California thing.

00:21:26.480 I think it's more, you did it, Nick?

00:21:28.600 Oh yeah, I did.

00:21:29.260 I had some Pogs.

00:21:30.340 Some Slammers.

00:21:31.160 Hell yeah.

00:21:32.500 And what was Slammers, dude?

00:21:34.200 Slammers, where I was from, where these gay guys, a lot of gay guys would meet up.

00:21:37.680 Not joking, dude.

00:21:38.500 We'd meet up behind the rest area.

00:21:39.940 It was like a metal Pog.

00:21:41.660 It was like, and then you slam it on top of the Pog.

00:21:44.740 So the way you play is like, you know, you get five Pogs, I get five or whatever.

00:21:48.660 We stack it up and then like we put it upside down and we slam them with the Slammers and

00:21:53.600 anything that flips over, we get to keep.

00:21:56.240 Oh wow.

00:21:56.880 Yeah.

00:21:57.980 Nuh-uh.

00:21:58.500 We didn't play any of that, dude.

00:21:59.820 We used to play this game.

00:22:02.600 I mean, everybody had head lice by us, so that's like a constant game.

00:22:06.200 Have you ever had head lice?

00:22:07.460 Nah, nah.

00:22:08.280 Yeah, I think that's more of like a regional thing.

00:22:10.000 We had like worms.

00:22:11.200 Oh, you did?

00:22:12.420 Oh, dude.

00:22:12.920 If somebody got worms, dude, you would take them outside and burn them.

00:22:15.740 No.

00:22:16.500 You never had like worms that would crawl out of your butt and stuff from playing in the

00:22:20.440 sand and shit?

00:22:21.240 No?

00:22:21.860 Whoa, dude.

00:22:22.680 We're about to go.

00:22:23.960 Going deep.

00:22:25.060 Yeah.

00:22:25.280 Nuh-uh, man.

00:22:25.820 Tell me about this, dude.

00:22:26.700 If somebody, let me tell you this.

00:22:27.640 If somebody had worms come out of their butt by us, dude, they're not allowed back at

00:22:30.740 church.

00:22:30.940 No.

00:22:31.160 I thought that was pretty common for us kids.

00:22:33.940 Like, we'd go play in a sandbox and fucking go afterwards or whatever.

00:22:38.700 I remember like, maybe this is an Asian thing, but we, my parents would remedy it by fucking

00:22:45.360 pouring vinegar up my ass.

00:22:47.120 Oh, really?

00:22:47.700 Yeah.

00:22:47.980 Dang, bro.

00:22:49.920 I was like, I thought everyone went through this shit.

00:22:52.460 Uh-uh.

00:22:53.260 I don't even know what that's called, dude.

00:22:55.840 I think that's how, I mean, that's freaking.

00:22:57.820 I'd get dewormed, bro.

00:23:00.000 That's a rare vinaigrette you guys are making over there, right?

00:23:03.140 What else would they put in there?

00:23:04.240 Anything else?

00:23:05.060 No, it was just, I just, I would just like, yeah, I would have vinegar.

00:23:10.300 That's it.

00:23:11.100 And how would they do it?

00:23:12.160 Would one of them like hold your legs open?

00:23:13.900 No, like my mom would be like, all right.

00:23:15.900 You know, like, you know, when you're a kid and they help you wipe your ass and shit,

00:23:20.580 you just get in that position, right?

00:23:22.260 Yeah.

00:23:22.380 So, fuck, booty in the air.

00:23:24.520 And then they just pour out a cap of vinegar in my bottle.

00:23:27.740 Damn, dude.

00:23:28.200 Yeah.

00:23:29.080 Well, this sounds like some kind of rapper stuff, dude.

00:23:31.640 This sounds like something you would see.

00:23:32.640 Like an initiation for a gang or something?

00:23:34.680 Yeah, this sounds like something you would see on some old, you know, some Lil Wayne shit.

00:23:39.380 Nah, that was one of the ways.

00:23:40.140 This sounds like something Usher R. Kelly does to people.

00:23:42.580 This seems like how R. Kelly makes salad dressing.

00:23:44.660 You know what's fucked up, too?

00:23:46.020 I probably could have just went to the doctor and got like a pill or something and then dewormed myself.

00:23:50.900 And so they would just pour it in and that would kill them.

00:23:52.920 Yeah.

00:23:53.560 I mean, I remember.

00:23:54.660 And then you just pass the worms, right?

00:23:56.840 I mean, I would assume.

00:23:57.960 I don't know, man.

00:23:59.020 I was like in elementary school, probably like first or second grade or something.

00:24:02.960 But did you think about just sitting around and having worms just like being inside of your body?

00:24:06.780 I mean, you're basically a bait shop at that point.

00:24:09.460 Yeah.

00:24:09.700 You know what I'm saying?

00:24:12.140 It freaked me out, though, because I remember I had an itchy ass butt and I kept telling my parents like, what's going on, man?

00:24:18.500 My fucking butthole's been itching for ages.

00:24:21.200 And they're like, what?

00:24:22.620 Yeah.

00:24:23.300 Making me G my C over here, dude.

00:24:25.980 Grab my crotch.

00:24:26.760 When people say itchy butthole, that's something.

00:24:28.340 Grab my crotch, bro.

00:24:30.200 You feel the tingles.

00:24:31.500 It just makes me nervous, yeah.

00:24:33.600 Yeah.

00:24:33.980 I keep my butthole pretty clean, I feel like, overall, you know?

00:24:36.980 I think there was a couple years where I wasn't really caring about it.

00:24:39.420 Yeah.

00:24:39.760 But as an adult, I've really, you know, I shine up my shell shop, you know?

00:24:44.040 How did you deal with the head lice?

00:24:46.040 What was that like?

00:24:47.060 Oh, everybody had it.

00:24:48.500 I mean, you would give it to your friend.

00:24:49.860 You fucking sneak up and give it to a girl you like so that you could bring her that shampoo a couple days later.

00:24:54.160 Well, you would flake it on them?

00:24:55.900 Like, you would give it to them?

00:24:56.460 No, just sneak up behind them and just be near them long enough.

00:24:59.320 Because, bro, they had some rare strands where I was from.

00:25:02.900 Oh, they had African-American head lice.

00:25:04.840 They had all types.

00:25:05.700 Basic white dude head lice.

00:25:07.440 Damn.

00:25:07.960 Bro, the African-American, they'd jump across the fucking room onto your head.

00:25:10.580 Damn, they'd do a layup while they're doing it.

00:25:12.640 That's crazy, man.

00:25:14.020 Other lice would be giving them, like, scores.

00:25:17.180 Oh, shit.

00:25:18.040 Seven.

00:25:18.940 Nine, you know?

00:25:20.400 Two of them would be jumping over each other when I'm sitting in chairs.

00:25:23.320 When I'm ordering a pizza while they're in the air.

00:25:25.480 All kind of stuff.

00:25:27.080 But, yeah, head lice was popular where I was from.

00:25:28.780 What other games, dude?

00:25:30.640 They had this big dude named Wayne Wayne.

00:25:33.920 He was named Wayne two times first and middle name.

00:25:36.480 Because his parents couldn't decide if he wanted to name it for his first name or his middle name.

00:25:39.980 And so they fucking got in a fight about it.

00:25:41.780 And then they both, out of anger.

00:25:43.940 No, out of anger.

00:25:44.680 Oh, shit.

00:25:44.980 Like, oh, you're not going to fucking let me name him Wayne?

00:25:46.900 Then I'm going to fucking name him Wayne.

00:25:48.680 And the other one's like, oh, you ain't going to fucking let me name him Wayne?

00:25:51.920 Then I'm naming him Wayne.

00:25:53.640 And he was, Wayne Wayne.

00:25:55.180 Yeah.

00:25:55.680 That's hilarious.

00:25:56.660 Wayne Wayne, dude.

00:25:57.060 But they're both agreeing, like, it's already Wayne.

00:25:59.740 Yeah, but they were disagreeing.

00:26:01.280 On how it's spelled or like?

00:26:02.820 No.

00:26:03.000 Oh, okay.

00:26:03.800 You know, you've had to agree to disagree.

00:26:05.640 This was disagree to disagree.

00:26:08.720 And fucking now they got to double Wayne.

00:26:10.760 Oh, man.

00:26:11.640 They got Wayne squared.

00:26:12.620 And ironically, horrible at math, dude.

00:26:14.180 This dude was severely uneducated.

00:26:17.460 And he was in school.

00:26:18.240 He was probably, bro, I remember him being 40 or maybe even 50 years old in probably eighth grade.

00:26:22.960 In elementary school?

00:26:23.920 Eighth or ninth grade.

00:26:25.300 Oh, what the?

00:26:25.660 And that's when it lets you stay in, dude.

00:26:27.360 Because I remember his hair started falling out in class at some point.

00:26:30.060 Damn.

00:26:30.080 And people started getting scared.

00:26:31.720 Because people thought he got bit by something.

00:26:33.160 And that's why his hair was falling out.

00:26:34.260 But it was because of adulthood.

00:26:36.320 You know, he'd gone on deep into adulthood.

00:26:40.140 Anyway, but the thing was, yeah, people got laced by us.

00:26:42.920 What else did people get, man?

00:26:44.380 Man, for some reason, when you paint those pictures of, like, where you went to school and all that, I remember that Adam Sandler movie, Waterboy.

00:26:54.260 Oh, yeah?

00:26:54.760 On the bayou.

00:26:56.320 Yeah.

00:26:57.260 And then I picture, like, your schoolhouse being, like, just made from two-by-fours and just local TLC.

00:27:05.060 You know what I mean?

00:27:05.440 Let me think.

00:27:07.680 We had a dude, they had, I remember this man used to give me a ride to school, and he would roll up the windows, and he thought I was, he thought that I thought I was smart.

00:27:20.740 Yeah.

00:27:21.300 He's like, oh, you think you're smart?

00:27:22.700 Well, if I'd miss the bus, he'd give me a ride to school, and he'd blow cigarette smoke all in the fucking car.

00:27:26.820 With his elementary school?

00:27:28.300 Yeah, our middle, this was middle school.

00:27:29.700 Oh, okay.

00:27:30.100 Fifth grade, sixth grade.

00:27:31.020 And then he would make me do my spelling words with smoke in the air.

00:27:33.680 Oh, my God.

00:27:34.360 A real fucking boy could spell with smoke in the air, you know?

00:27:37.400 That's fucked up, man.

00:27:37.740 He's like, how are you going to score 100 if there's a fire, you know?

00:27:41.000 Damn.

00:27:41.380 And I'm like, I don't fucking know, you know?

00:27:43.260 But then I would try to spell, and it was hard, bro.

00:27:45.100 All that Marlboro Red cigarette smoke just hotboxed his car, and I'm sitting there trying to rattle through the word inconvenience.

00:27:51.420 You think this guy was jealous of you going to school?

00:27:54.280 I think he was jealous of something, but I also think he was trying to parent me somehow, and he didn't have a lot of proper skills, you know?

00:28:00.680 I see.

00:28:01.080 But he figured, if I could fill this car with enough smoke, and that boy can still spell.

00:28:06.100 That's kind of creative, though.

00:28:07.560 Right.

00:28:08.280 And if shit gets weird, he's going to be okay.

00:28:10.440 Dude, I feel like having a kid with worms coming out of their butt seems like, it almost seems like a buffet or something in the Sudan, you know?

00:28:20.420 Because a lot of those countries, they eat worms, you know?

00:28:22.780 Really?

00:28:23.380 Oh, yeah.

00:28:23.920 They'll eat slugs and worms and larvae, and I've even been to one of those places.

00:28:28.460 Would you do it?

00:28:29.340 Oh, I've eaten some of them.

00:28:30.520 You've done it?

00:28:31.280 Yeah, I've been to South Africa and eaten a bunch of, and they get some big meal, no, no, no, mealworms are the little ones.

00:28:36.000 I think they get some big.

00:28:37.580 What is that, like a big-ass caterpillar or something?

00:28:39.440 Yeah, something like that, boy.

00:28:40.900 Shit.

00:28:41.080 And that thing, you got to really gnaw on it.

00:28:42.760 It tastes like a Twix.

00:28:44.000 I tried a silkworm before.

00:28:45.520 Did you?

00:28:45.960 Yeah, they eat that in Korea.

00:28:47.440 Yeah.

00:28:47.840 Yeah, but I, I mean, I didn't grow up eating silkworms and stuff, so I'm not-

00:28:51.460 You could shit silk if you fucking practice some of your old hobbies, dude.

00:28:54.580 It seemed like if you had a bunch of silkworms in your butt, dude, you could fucking, you know what I'm saying, put together a sweater on the wall.

00:29:00.460 I know.

00:29:00.740 You know what I'm saying?

00:29:02.000 People are like, what are you doing, dude?

00:29:04.140 You're like, oh, I'm just making Christmas gifts for everyone.

00:29:08.900 But no, let's talk more about entrepreneurism, man.

00:29:10.900 I like this kind of, I like thinking about this kind of stuff.

00:29:13.800 Did you think you would be, because is it in your culture or in your nature to be like a business person?

00:29:19.760 Like, tell me it from a cultural standpoint.

00:29:22.120 No, actually, well, my parents, they came to the States, so they're from Japan.

00:29:28.800 Right.

00:29:29.180 But out there, they were-

00:29:30.320 So you're Japanese?

00:29:31.140 Yeah, I'm Japanese.

00:29:31.700 Oh, nice, man.

00:29:32.300 Hajime Maste, do you speak Japanese?

00:29:33.720 Yes.

00:29:34.160 Oh, nice, man.

00:29:34.980 Yeah.

00:29:35.560 Do you?

00:29:36.280 That's all I know.

00:29:37.460 I thought we were going to have a conversation.

00:29:39.040 No, that's all I know.

00:29:39.720 So the funny thing is, they came to the States because they wanted to pursue a life of music.

00:29:45.860 Oh, really?

00:29:46.480 They wanted to be rappers?

00:29:47.360 Yeah, they wanted to be rappers.

00:29:48.640 No, no.

00:29:48.820 They wanted to be classical musicians.

00:29:50.460 Like, my dad's an opera singer.

00:29:52.040 My mom plays piano and stuff like that.

00:29:54.500 Yeah, so I grew up not stereotypically Asian.

00:29:58.500 You know what I mean?

00:29:58.620 Did they come here with money?

00:29:59.660 Did they come here with not much money?

00:30:00.900 Or what was it like?

00:30:01.400 What was their-

00:30:01.720 No, you see, they grew up in rich, like, households.

00:30:06.620 Okay.

00:30:07.000 But the reason why we went broke is because they were never taught how to deal with money,

00:30:12.180 how to save money, how to be responsible with any of that shit.

00:30:15.540 Oh, really?

00:30:15.920 Yeah, and then in the 80s, when they came in, Japan's economy was real good.

00:30:20.180 So most of their music students were kids of rich Japanese executives and stuff, like

00:30:26.300 from Sony and, you know, Toyota and all them.

00:30:29.420 Yeah.

00:30:29.700 So that was booming in America back in the 80s and 90s.

00:30:33.460 Yeah.

00:30:33.780 Yeah, so during that time, you know, man, they were getting, like, $100, $200 an hour for

00:30:39.540 teaching piano, singing, all that shit.

00:30:41.800 Right.

00:30:42.100 They were really highly revered.

00:30:43.900 You had a Japanese teacher, you were really-

00:30:45.640 I mean, so they were rolling in dough.

00:30:47.320 Right.

00:30:47.640 And then, boom, a lot of the students start going back to Japan.

00:30:50.980 They weren't doing things right, so they didn't know how to maintain that.

00:30:55.380 And I remember the bill collectors keep calling in, and, like, they wanted to keep

00:30:59.340 up with appearances, so they kept buying, like, nice shit.

00:31:02.680 And I would- I remember being a kid, like, man, how come you pretend like you're being

00:31:06.560 rich?

00:31:07.060 Like-

00:31:07.620 Really?

00:31:08.160 Yeah.

00:31:08.500 I'm like, I was getting mad at them.

00:31:09.960 Like, why are we buying new cars all the time?

00:31:12.340 Yeah.

00:31:13.000 Because you guys can't even buy me my Christmas present, but you gotta look a certain way.

00:31:16.560 You know what I mean?

00:31:16.700 You're like, I got fucking worms in my butt, bro.

00:31:20.040 Yeah.

00:31:20.220 And you guys are out here flexing.

00:31:21.620 And I'm going to a school that's, like, we live in a neighborhood that was, like, lower

00:31:27.000 middle class or whatever, right?

00:31:28.820 And I'm like, but the people that they hang out with were all- do you know where Palos

00:31:32.940 Verdes is?

00:31:33.620 Yeah, yeah.

00:31:34.040 Like, rich area?

00:31:35.040 Like that.

00:31:35.780 So I'm like, why you pretend like you're rich all the time?

00:31:38.980 What I didn't know is that they- that's the world that they're used to.

00:31:42.720 That's fair.

00:31:42.800 They just don't understand.

00:31:44.160 Like, they- when they first moved to the U.S., they didn't know the concept of a ghetto.

00:31:48.880 They didn't know what- like, cheap rent means dangerous.

00:31:52.100 They didn't understand that.

00:31:53.200 They didn't.

00:31:53.460 Because it's safe as hell in Japan.

00:31:55.680 Oh, yeah.

00:31:56.200 Japan is very safe, dude.

00:31:57.100 You been?

00:31:58.500 Yeah, yeah.

00:31:59.020 I have been.

00:31:59.440 I've been somewhere.

00:32:01.120 I don't know.

00:32:01.160 But you don't got to worry about being robbed.

00:32:03.020 You don't have to- and there's no- there's no- like, just because-

00:32:05.440 Because something is cheap doesn't mean that it's dangerous.

00:32:08.620 Yeah.

00:32:09.080 So we first moved into, like, Eaglewood.

00:32:13.560 Oh, really?

00:32:14.340 Yeah.

00:32:14.800 So now- so- so- because why?

00:32:16.600 Because you don't- you don't think cheap, dangerous.

00:32:18.920 You just think, oh, this is a good price.

00:32:21.020 That's what they thought.

00:32:21.980 Right.

00:32:22.400 So then-

00:32:22.880 Oh, that's interesting.

00:32:23.600 Yeah, so I was born in that area.

00:32:25.640 And then- and then- and we would walk around.

00:32:27.660 Like, my grandma would take me on little walks and stuff.

00:32:30.580 And was it mostly black or Latino or what was it?

00:32:32.660 Majority black and Latino.

00:32:33.900 Yeah, majority black at the time.

00:32:35.440 And then, like, some guys were, like, doing a prank, I guess.

00:32:39.000 And they threw bottles of water at her.

00:32:41.240 And then she freaked out.

00:32:42.840 And then our- I guess our family doctor was like, why are you guys in that neighborhood?

00:32:47.560 That's a rough neighborhood.

00:32:48.940 And they're like, what?

00:32:49.920 I- I thought it was just, like, little Africa.

00:32:52.540 Yeah.

00:32:52.800 Because they don't know anything about American history.

00:32:54.820 Right.

00:32:54.900 They don't know how, like, there's all this difference in, like-

00:32:59.420 Class.

00:33:00.240 Exactly.

00:33:00.680 They don't know.

00:33:01.480 Yeah.

00:33:01.880 So a lot of the poor- the poorest neighborhoods were a lot of times black, especially in cities.

00:33:06.100 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:33:06.720 Right.

00:33:06.920 So they didn't know that it was dangerous or whatever.

00:33:10.480 They didn't know any of that stuff.

00:33:11.480 It's just a little Africa.

00:33:12.660 That's hilarious.

00:33:12.820 That's how they saw it.

00:33:14.000 They were like, oh, yeah, we live in little Africa, you know?

00:33:16.620 And so, you know, people were just telling them, you gotta get out of there.

00:33:21.800 So then we moved to a more, like, a little bit better than that.

00:33:25.260 It's a little city called Gardena.

00:33:27.000 Oh, yeah.

00:33:27.380 Yeah, yeah.

00:33:27.880 It's in the South Bay.

00:33:29.020 And that's kind of where I grew up for most of my life, around, like, Latinos and blacks.

00:33:34.920 And what's it like growing up in California, man?

00:33:37.100 I feel like growing up in California seems- like, everything seems to be- I don't know if

00:33:44.060 it's- there doesn't seem to be a strong sense of community, I don't feel like, in the L.A.

00:33:49.420 area.

00:33:50.320 Like, where I'm from, like, your town-

00:33:51.460 Yeah, it depends on where you're at.

00:33:52.320 Like, means a lot.

00:33:53.320 Like, your town means something.

00:33:54.760 And, like, your little neighborhood, like, everything- I don't know.

00:33:57.620 It's like, people are a lot more, it seems, like, connected.

00:34:00.720 Yeah.

00:34:03.600 I don't know, like, by core values.

00:34:05.560 I don't know.

00:34:06.080 Like, it just seems- California, every time I see a young person here or hear somebody grow

00:34:11.520 up, I'm like, man, I couldn't imagine that.

00:34:13.080 I'm not saying it's wrong or anything, but it just seems so wild to me, you know?

00:34:19.060 A hundred percent.

00:34:19.820 I know what you're talking about, because just going out of state, going to small towns,

00:34:23.480 like, I see it, man.

00:34:24.880 But they also- you probably have, what, like, generations of history in that area.

00:34:31.180 Right.

00:34:31.580 Right?

00:34:31.880 So there's a lot of pride.

00:34:33.320 Right.

00:34:34.080 And if you look at L.A. in general, like, there's, what, like, two million people in the

00:34:38.360 city?

00:34:38.940 And it's- the city's constantly changing.

00:34:41.700 You mean in the actual city?

00:34:43.120 I think it was, like, 14 million in, like, there.

00:34:44.500 Is that?

00:34:45.060 I thought it was- okay.

00:34:46.800 Damn, that's even bigger.

00:34:47.640 What's the population of Los Angeles, Nick?

00:34:49.420 In- the greater L.A.

00:34:51.700 Yeah.

00:34:52.080 Yes.

00:34:52.440 Yeah, greater.

00:34:52.820 So you're talking about, like, the suburbs, not just downtown-

00:34:55.220 Right, right, right.

00:34:55.620 In Hollywood, right?

00:34:56.880 Oh, there you go.

00:34:57.160 So it's 3.9.

00:34:59.060 That's still a ton of people.

00:35:01.180 Yeah.

00:35:01.860 Right?

00:35:02.060 That's, like, 4 million.

00:35:03.300 Yeah.

00:35:03.600 Right?

00:35:04.660 But if you think about the history of L.A., holy crap, 20 million?

00:35:10.980 In the greater Los Angeles area.

00:35:12.200 18.68 million.

00:35:13.640 So also, you're making a very bad Asian right now because it says-

00:35:16.520 Damn.

00:35:17.020 Exactly.

00:35:17.420 18.68.

00:35:18.360 I think he might have been extrapolating to 2018, and it's probably about 20 now, so I

00:35:22.100 don't think we should doubt his math.

00:35:23.740 Good call.

00:35:24.600 Yeah.

00:35:24.820 What is extrapolating?

00:35:25.660 You nailed it, man.

00:35:26.340 And I did kind of, did you fluctuate for time and shit?

00:35:29.720 Oh, and I was like, damn, fucking Joe can't even see that far.

00:35:32.640 It's only about six feet from him.

00:35:34.980 I'm sorry, Joe.

00:35:36.940 20 million people in the greater Los Angeles area.

00:35:39.480 Well-

00:35:39.760 And Gardena's considered greater Los Angeles area.

00:35:41.420 Yeah.

00:35:41.800 So it's a suburb of the city.

00:35:43.480 But I think a lot changes in L.A.

00:35:45.940 So just, I mean, in my grandparents' generation, like, some cities didn't even exist.

00:35:52.380 Right.

00:35:52.620 So if you talk about, like, L.A., it depends on what area, too, because you're around entertainment.

00:36:01.200 Right.

00:36:01.620 And what I noticed is a lot of entertainment, like, West Side, Hollywood, maybe the Valley,

00:36:08.880 those cities are built by transplants.

00:36:11.620 Right.

00:36:12.220 And I was born and raised-

00:36:13.220 That's a good point.

00:36:13.680 Yeah, I was born and raised here.

00:36:14.940 So I have family that's been here since, like, early 1900s.

00:36:21.200 Right.

00:36:21.320 You know, like, so they have a lot of history here.

00:36:24.400 Right.

00:36:24.720 But their neighborhoods change, too.

00:36:26.620 Oh, wow.

00:36:27.180 Yeah.

00:36:27.420 That's so crazy.

00:36:28.180 Yeah.

00:36:28.380 So it's like things change here so much that, yeah, that would affect history.

00:36:33.820 Like, yeah, a lot of where I'm from, a lot of the history is based on, okay, this building

00:36:37.140 has been here for this long.

00:36:38.440 Yeah.

00:36:38.620 You know, this family has lived in this exact place for this long, or there's a lot more

00:36:43.580 small-town lore because things don't change as much.

00:36:46.480 And when things don't change as much, it's going to be easier to have history.

00:36:50.000 Yep.

00:36:50.340 Because the history is more-

00:36:52.380 You can see the history.

00:36:54.300 Yep.

00:36:54.740 You can see that everything is a little bit of an artifact.

00:36:57.440 Yeah.

00:36:58.200 It's kind of like, you know, people say, oh, L.A. is so diverse.

00:37:02.640 And it's like, nah, really, we're just a huge collection of different segregated cities.

00:37:08.020 That's what I feel like, too.

00:37:09.220 Yeah.

00:37:09.460 I hate that sometimes when people are like, it's so diverse here.

00:37:11.600 And it's like, I mean, I know exactly, like in my neighborhood, it's like, I feel, you

00:37:17.380 know, kind of tertiary because it's mostly Middle Eastern, right?

00:37:19.580 I feel secondary.

00:37:20.580 You know, it's not like, yeah, I don't live, I've never lived in a black neighborhood, but

00:37:25.320 I know that they have them, you know?

00:37:27.060 Yeah.

00:37:27.220 Like, I don't even see any black neighbors in my, you know, in the blocks by me.

00:37:32.100 Are you in the valley?

00:37:32.620 I've never seen a black person.

00:37:33.700 I live in Westwood.

00:37:34.380 I don't think I've ever seen a black person, honestly.

00:37:37.000 Yeah.

00:37:37.220 By UCLA I have, but when I think about it, honestly thinking right now, I don't think

00:37:41.320 I've ever seen a black person in my neighborhood.

00:37:44.360 Except for if I go over to like the AA meetings and stuff, then I'll see them.

00:37:47.340 Yeah.

00:37:47.720 Because they come from different cities.

00:37:49.280 Right.

00:37:49.520 They come over to go to that.

00:37:51.060 So yeah, you're right.

00:37:51.720 It's like, we claim diversity so much out here.

00:37:54.300 There's this claim of diversity.

00:37:55.680 Yeah.

00:37:56.080 But you don't feel like it is that way.

00:37:57.700 No, man.

00:37:58.240 It's, I think it's just the space.

00:38:00.480 We got a lot of space here.

00:38:01.940 Right.

00:38:02.180 So, I mean, like places like New York or San Francisco, you're kind of forced because

00:38:07.880 there's not that much space.

00:38:08.900 Right.

00:38:09.140 So it's hard to make your little different neighborhoods.

00:38:13.500 Yeah.

00:38:13.800 But out here, I mean, if you look at East LA, right?

00:38:17.180 Well, the San Gabriel Valley.

00:38:18.780 Yeah.

00:38:18.980 And if you think about how many Asians there are, from Monterey Park all the way down for

00:38:24.660 like seven cities straight, you have a population of 60% plus Asians.

00:38:30.020 Shit.

00:38:30.420 That's why hopefully I usually choose the other.

00:38:32.080 On Waze, I choose to not go through that area.

00:38:35.740 I'm just joking.

00:38:37.280 Yeah, it's kind of an old school bad joke.

00:38:39.700 But yeah, Waze should have like, Waze should factor that in a little bit.

00:38:44.800 But yeah, it's crazy.

00:38:45.820 I didn't know that.

00:38:46.620 Yeah.

00:38:46.840 You know, do you know the second largest population of Japanese people outside of Japan is in Brazil?

00:38:52.940 Yep.

00:38:53.780 Yeah, it tripped me out too.

00:38:55.080 I was like, dang.

00:38:56.600 That's crazy.

00:38:57.280 Yeah.

00:38:57.400 It's like, yeah, there's just things like there's pockets of, yeah, you don't realize it.

00:39:01.220 So yeah, I mean, it's so funny because when I think of Los Angeles culture, I think mostly

00:39:05.860 of Latino culture, I think.

00:39:07.320 Yeah.

00:39:07.660 Do you or no?

00:39:08.680 Or when you think about it in a general sense.

00:39:10.320 I guess not.

00:39:10.840 Maybe you grew up here.

00:39:11.580 Yeah.

00:39:12.020 I mean, I feel like you can't have LA without Mexicans.

00:39:16.300 Yeah.

00:39:16.920 You know, that's, it's just a part of it.

00:39:19.840 But at the same time, there's just so many different faces of LA.

00:39:24.100 Yeah.

00:39:24.460 Like Hollywood's its own thing.

00:39:26.560 Right.

00:39:26.920 You know?

00:39:27.320 But I've been hearing and reading a lot of stuff from a lot of influencers talking about

00:39:31.860 like, oh, LA's full of fake people and this and that.

00:39:34.960 And I'm like, nah, man, that's just your shitty circle of friends and everyone trying to be

00:39:39.660 entertainers.

00:39:40.360 Yeah.

00:39:40.560 Like the most of us, you know, real LA folks are totally different from that.

00:39:45.520 Dude, it's so, man, I love hearing you say this because this takes me to something that

00:39:48.740 I noticed when I went and did you guys' show.

00:39:51.600 And Joe is one of the creators or something of JK News.

00:39:55.680 Just Kidding News.

00:39:56.220 Just Kidding News.

00:39:56.920 Right.

00:39:57.080 And they have a huge influence.

00:39:58.380 And I've run across so many people now since being on there and people will come up

00:40:01.700 and be like, ah, I saw you on JK News.

00:40:03.440 That's cool.

00:40:03.840 It's all the Asian kids, huh?

00:40:04.900 It's definitely people that work in like, that are near computers.

00:40:09.120 We'll just leave it there.

00:40:11.180 I'm like, let me check your butt for worms.

00:40:13.120 Yeah.

00:40:14.740 Let's make sure you're a real fan.

00:40:16.540 You can use some apple cider vinegar for that.

00:40:18.780 Let me put a little bit of apple cider in your ass, you know.

00:40:22.960 Oh, Joe actually sent this cap full of apple cider vinegar for you.

00:40:26.240 But no, one thing I noticed was how much more like me in joking around that you guys were

00:40:36.100 than the way that I feel like I'm allowed to be by the Hollywood community.

00:40:41.420 Oh, yeah.

00:40:41.800 As opposed to being in your environment and what I'm just now realizing, oh, this is more

00:40:46.260 of a Los Angeles community.

00:40:47.700 Yeah.

00:40:48.400 And that in that place I can joke and be more like I can at home, like the same place that

00:40:53.540 I'm from.

00:40:54.120 Yep.

00:40:54.320 I can joke the exact same way and be myself really, be of just a, not have to just know

00:41:00.840 that I'm coming from a good place and then still joke around.

00:41:02.920 Yeah.

00:41:03.180 A hundred percent, man.

00:41:04.060 Whereas in Hollywood and some of these types of shows that are so produced and so outrageous,

00:41:08.660 I can't do that.

00:41:09.960 That was the first thing.

00:41:10.740 I was like, holy shit.

00:41:11.800 Like there's Asian people and Latinos that are, and Mexican people that are joking about

00:41:17.660 like fucking funny real shit.

00:41:20.860 Yeah.

00:41:21.140 They're not all offended by everything.

00:41:23.060 Yeah.

00:41:23.360 A hundred percent.

00:41:23.920 That's why we created that show is because it was like a way to really give the LA culture

00:41:30.660 that isn't on screen.

00:41:32.480 You know, like Asians and Mexicans make a huge part of LA, but we're not represented in the

00:41:38.240 media that way.

00:41:39.060 Right.

00:41:39.340 So when we created the show, it was like, yo, let me show you something that's real and

00:41:43.400 let me give you guys a voice of what we represent.

00:41:46.740 And I think a lot of people needed that.

00:41:48.440 They're just like, oh shit, you know, this exists.

00:41:51.120 Dude, I needed that so much.

00:41:52.400 We're sitting there, we're talking about something.

00:41:53.800 Yeah.

00:41:54.040 And you guys are like, this guy's a fucking retard or something, you know?

00:41:57.920 And it's like, yeah, we don't mean the guys actually, we're not making, we're, and I'm

00:42:02.400 paraphrasing a hundred percent.

00:42:03.540 I don't remember what we're talking about.

00:42:04.800 But we say that all the time.

00:42:06.160 But you guys joke around.

00:42:07.540 No.

00:42:07.820 Yeah, we do.

00:42:08.360 And people know your hearts are in a good place and that you're just joking.

00:42:11.760 Yeah.

00:42:12.000 Cause we're just trying to get to the bottom of the truth.

00:42:13.940 And we know, like we're trying to get that bedroom, I mean, living room friend talk out

00:42:19.780 into the open.

00:42:20.940 Yes.

00:42:21.300 You know?

00:42:21.740 And there's so much fake shit going around online anyway.

00:42:25.840 So why hold back?

00:42:28.160 Why be afraid?

00:42:29.140 Like, I think people, people want to hear it.

00:42:31.320 Yeah.

00:42:31.520 Yeah.

00:42:31.800 I don't know.

00:42:32.520 No, no, dude.

00:42:33.240 I love exactly what you're saying, man.

00:42:34.600 And, and it's so funny, I was just talking this week on, on the regular episode of the

00:42:38.060 podcast about like, you know, trying to make sure that if, if, and as, um, you know, the

00:42:45.720 podcast has grown, my podcast, you know, has grown to just check in and see what's going

00:42:50.420 on with my own authenticity, you know, and not get too caught up in like, okay, trying

00:42:55.020 to make, you know, you know, put out certain stuff or like just making sure that we're appeasing

00:43:00.760 a bigger audience, but also just trying to stay true to like, yeah, the things I'm

00:43:04.200 that I think about.

00:43:05.180 And also the things that I'm afraid of.

00:43:06.800 Yeah.

00:43:07.160 Like, dude, it's like, this is probably the longest conversation I've ever had with a

00:43:11.420 Japanese person, you know?

00:43:13.660 Well, I mean, that's not your fault.

00:43:14.920 I mean, you grew up in the South and you know what the funny thing is, man?

00:43:19.280 So like, um, I actually, there's a part of me that, that kind of fantasizes in, in

00:43:26.540 romanticizes living in the bayou.

00:43:29.220 Like there was one, no shit.

00:43:31.700 You know what I mean?

00:43:31.960 Can you imagine me living with overalls and just, cause, cause I love nature, right?

00:43:39.480 Like they, they always say people want what they can't have.

00:43:42.220 Yeah.

00:43:42.620 Right.

00:43:43.020 And I wanted to have a crawfish farm.

00:43:44.940 Right.

00:43:45.260 Cause I love eating crawfish.

00:43:46.480 Oh yeah.

00:43:47.100 I love fishing.

00:43:48.080 Yeah.

00:43:48.940 And I just, I love lazy rivers.

00:43:50.940 I just like sitting on an inner tube and going down a lazy river.

00:43:54.220 Dude, you should go to Vietnam.

00:43:55.680 Maybe at heart you're Vietnamese.

00:43:57.200 Maybe.

00:43:57.520 You know what the funny thing is?

00:43:59.380 So my girlfriend, Jess, she's from Texas.

00:44:01.100 Right.

00:44:01.760 And then she, when she got with me, she's like, man, I wanted to get with a LA Asian guy,

00:44:07.000 but I ended up getting a redneck and that's not what I wanted.

00:44:10.260 And I'm like, same for her.

00:44:12.540 You know, I didn't, I wanted this, you know, good Texas white girl, but I ended up getting

00:44:17.480 a very critical Asian woman who criticizes my every step.

00:44:24.500 We both is like, damn, man, we didn't get what we wanted, but we got each other.

00:44:29.140 Yeah.

00:44:30.180 Dude.

00:44:30.580 That's so funny, man, dude.

00:44:32.180 It's so, man, this is so cool.

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00:47:40.160 It's just so cool hearing you make me think about some of this stuff because, yeah, it's like

00:47:43.480 this, now I see a little bit more, like, man, this, yeah, like, we're not against Hollywood,

00:47:52.660 but we both have a similarity of feeling like, fuck, this doesn't even represent my sense

00:47:58.040 of humor.

00:47:58.740 Like, where can I even find my sense of humor anymore?

00:48:02.420 You had to go make it.

00:48:03.380 And I had to come and fucking be like, holy shit.

00:48:05.660 Yeah.

00:48:05.860 My sense of humor is so afraid because I'm trying to work in Hollywood that I can't,

00:48:11.740 these guys are fucking, they're really doing the jokes that I want to be telling.

00:48:15.840 Just fearlessly talking, you know, and knowing you're coming from a good place, but then still

00:48:19.820 able to joke around.

00:48:20.580 That's how it used to be.

00:48:21.620 Right.

00:48:22.180 I think it's a little bit more dangerous, though, for white males right now.

00:48:26.620 Right.

00:48:26.860 So, I think maybe in the past it was a little bit different.

00:48:30.180 I mean, just three years ago.

00:48:31.780 I remember watching your stand-up set, 2015.

00:48:35.020 Yeah.

00:48:35.800 On, it was up on Netflix.

00:48:38.220 Yeah.

00:48:38.340 After you came on the show.

00:48:39.400 Yeah.

00:48:39.800 They were like, everyone was like, go watch Theo's stuff, it's good.

00:48:43.460 Yeah.

00:48:43.700 So, I watched it and I was like, oh shit, you know, this is a lot edgier Theo than now.

00:48:50.920 Yeah.

00:48:51.180 But no one, I can't even do that on JK News.

00:48:53.680 Even we had to scale back.

00:48:55.100 Right.

00:48:55.280 Some of our word choices, our gay jokes, whatever.

00:48:58.720 Like, people are, it's just a sensitive time right now, man.

00:49:01.960 And I'm having a hard time adjusting because, like you said, even if we're coming from a

00:49:06.420 good place, it outrages a lot of people.

00:49:09.300 Right.

00:49:09.820 You know, we recently did this one article about a dude that got raped by this hot lady.

00:49:14.840 Damn.

00:49:15.420 Yeah.

00:49:15.800 And then, but I was, it's hard not to joke.

00:49:20.240 Like, every guy fantasizes.

00:49:22.240 Yeah.

00:49:22.660 You know what I mean?

00:49:23.160 Oh, dude, I have been, yeah.

00:49:25.440 And I got hated for her because they're like, you're not taking rape seriously.

00:49:28.320 And I'm like, I can't.

00:49:29.240 She's so fucking fine.

00:49:30.420 I wish I was raped by her too.

00:49:32.600 That's hilarious, dude.

00:49:33.780 Yeah.

00:49:33.940 But I just, I can't joke like that anymore because it hurts a lot of people.

00:49:37.800 And then I had to kind of take a step back and go, you know, do I want to be like the

00:49:41.340 old guy that goes, back in my day, we were able to say those jokes.

00:49:46.000 I think you do though.

00:49:47.480 You know what I mean?

00:49:48.080 Yeah.

00:49:48.300 I think you do want to be that guy.

00:49:49.500 Like in a way, you know, like I'm not going against what you're saying here.

00:49:52.380 Like it's making me think like, you know, like I hear what you're saying.

00:49:56.400 Like, oh, you're not taking rape seriously.

00:49:57.980 But it's like, I would take a, yes, if some man, somebody broke into somebody's house

00:50:03.160 and fucking raped him.

00:50:04.280 Yeah.

00:50:04.760 I take that extremely seriously.

00:50:06.460 Right.

00:50:07.140 Like if, but it's so funny, I'm just listening to a book right now that's by Dr. I think

00:50:12.880 a guy's name is Michael Gardner.

00:50:14.140 It's called Out of the Shadows.

00:50:17.180 And it's all about sexual addiction and those sorts of behaviors.

00:50:21.620 And they're talking about this exact occurrence.

00:50:23.640 And it's a, and he was saying in this book that if a 14 year old or 15 year old boy hooks

00:50:31.800 up with like a 50 year old, 40 year old woman, a beautiful, whatever, 30, they see that as

00:50:37.560 a score in their book.

00:50:39.440 They may later on in life see that as like a sexual abuse or something.

00:50:44.400 But if a seemingly normal, you know, can you look that up, Nick?

00:50:50.280 Do you find it?

00:50:51.120 It's Michael Gardner, Out of the Shadows.

00:50:52.940 Yeah.

00:50:53.260 Is that it?

00:50:54.180 You see it?

00:50:54.800 I don't think so.

00:50:55.980 I think it's called Out of the Shadows.

00:50:57.240 It's a book.

00:50:59.780 But, but anyway, he was saying that the kids see that as a score.

00:51:02.800 They see that.

00:51:03.540 And I think to myself, I'm 15.

00:51:05.300 Yeah.

00:51:05.480 Because that's where your frame of reference is coming from.

00:51:07.240 Yeah.

00:51:07.660 When you were 15.

00:51:08.680 Exactly.

00:51:09.000 Or 16.

00:51:09.680 Like now as an adult, I know, I, I feel like I don't even have to say that that's wrong.

00:51:14.920 Right.

00:51:15.100 Duh, it's wrong.

00:51:15.940 You know, kids being taken advantage of.

00:51:17.660 But then why can't we play with the idea of how funny it is?

00:51:21.840 Yeah.

00:51:22.340 Because that's a dream come true for like a lot of 15 year olds.

00:51:25.640 Yeah.

00:51:25.760 Dr. Patrick Carnes.

00:51:27.180 I'm sorry.

00:51:27.500 I had it wrong.

00:51:28.440 That's it.

00:51:28.800 Out of the Shadows.

00:51:29.160 Because understanding sexual addiction, but it just, it's not really as much about sexual,

00:51:32.540 it's about sexual addiction, but it's also just about how we behave sexually and how

00:51:35.240 we view things and how different patterns in our lives and stuff like that.

00:51:39.700 That's some deep shit, Theo.

00:51:40.840 I didn't know you were into like reading textbooks like that.

00:51:43.660 Oh, dude, that book is fascinating, bro.

00:51:45.640 Nice.

00:51:46.000 Dude, it's fascinating how like our behaviors and what we do, like even in like cyber sex

00:51:52.860 and like how pornography affects like, you know, how we, how it affects us and like,

00:51:58.100 you know, and just how things become compulsive.

00:52:01.980 So where they're not just for fun anymore, you know, and you're doing something like,

00:52:06.240 you know, like, hell, I won't even jerk, I won't even start my car until I've jerked

00:52:09.220 off, you know?

00:52:09.640 Oh, that's true.

00:52:10.360 That's kind of like when, you know, a lot of us just can't go to sleep until we fucking

00:52:14.600 beat it.

00:52:15.680 Yeah.

00:52:16.040 You know?

00:52:16.440 That's crazy.

00:52:17.040 Yeah.

00:52:17.280 Really?

00:52:17.700 That's true.

00:52:18.620 Because then over time, it's like, you're not beat.

00:52:20.480 You, at one time you were like, I can't wait to get home to fuck this imaginary girl in

00:52:24.500 my room, you know?

00:52:26.000 And that was healthy.

00:52:27.340 Yeah.

00:52:27.860 You know?

00:52:28.360 That's true.

00:52:29.080 Like, oh man, this bad little vixen's gonna get it, you know?

00:52:32.140 This invisible 37 year old cafeteria worker with nice tits.

00:52:36.000 Because that's who you fantasized about.

00:52:37.960 That's true.

00:52:38.260 Because that's the only person you knew.

00:52:39.620 The only woman I saw every day was fucking Miss Belinda, you know?

00:52:43.020 And her face would just fly by with this scoop of fucking steaming tots right in front

00:52:47.200 of her face, dude.

00:52:48.380 Or that Sears catalog.

00:52:49.620 Yeah.

00:52:49.880 Or that Sears catalog.

00:52:50.740 And I remember one year she lost a couple pounds, bro.

00:52:52.800 She lost probably only like nine pounds.

00:52:55.040 And it probably wasn't even a diet.

00:52:56.280 She just had the flu.

00:52:57.360 Damn.

00:52:57.740 But I remember one day seeing that steaming scoop come up towards my face and being like,

00:53:01.880 man, I'd like to honestly bust all over that lady's front, you know?

00:53:06.720 Maybe that's why our imagination is so good.

00:53:08.840 We had to work with something, you know?

00:53:10.720 Yeah.

00:53:11.240 And shape it.

00:53:12.280 Yeah, your imagination had to come home and figure it out.

00:53:15.760 Dude, I remember my mom being like, did somebody draw circles on all your pillows?

00:53:19.120 And I'm like, those are tits.

00:53:21.440 I have some respect for the tits I drew.

00:53:25.140 But yeah, we had to imagine it.

00:53:26.800 But now it's like, yeah, like you're saying, for me it got to be a habit where I had to

00:53:29.780 jerk off before bed.

00:53:30.940 And then it was just a bad, then it's a habit.

00:53:33.080 That's true.

00:53:33.640 Like my brain isn't able to have like that influence, that manly influence inside of

00:53:37.500 me while it rests at night and it becomes a compulsive behavior.

00:53:41.280 But that's what a lot of that book was about.

00:53:43.340 But so people got offended that you joked about a 14-year-old or whatever hooking up with an

00:53:48.140 older woman.

00:53:48.740 Yeah.

00:53:49.140 I mean, and it happens all the time.

00:53:50.600 Like there was this one article where there was this hot teacher that would like do it

00:53:55.120 with their students.

00:53:55.820 Oh, yeah.

00:53:56.240 Her high school students were about 15 to 17.

00:54:00.220 And I'm like thinking, hmm, if I was at that age, that would be like a movie, like a dream

00:54:06.980 come true.

00:54:07.700 Yeah.

00:54:08.100 That would be like Rudy.

00:54:09.400 Right.

00:54:10.000 You'd be like the Japanese Rudy Brudiger.

00:54:12.260 The guy who like comes into it and gets into the good school.

00:54:15.200 And then finally for one day, the smoking hot white teacher that's only been banging the

00:54:19.800 other students, the other white boys in the class, finally lets you run out there on

00:54:23.780 her field.

00:54:24.320 And it's like, damn, I made it, you know?

00:54:27.180 Yeah.

00:54:27.660 Rudy.

00:54:28.480 Rudy.

00:54:29.580 That basically.

00:54:31.380 And you sack her one time.

00:54:33.240 Exactly.

00:54:33.860 And she keeps inviting me for extra credit or whatever.

00:54:36.540 Yeah.

00:54:36.620 Yeah.

00:54:37.980 And then you go back to working at the mill, you know, the Japanese silk mill.

00:54:41.940 It's like forbidden love, you know?

00:54:44.300 Yeah.

00:54:44.440 Yeah.

00:54:44.940 And you're just spraying silk out of your butt at the factory for the rest of your life.

00:54:48.100 It's like Asian roots.

00:54:51.880 Yeah.

00:54:52.240 But I was like, yeah, so we could laugh about this.

00:54:55.420 We could joke about it.

00:54:56.260 Right.

00:54:56.420 But a lot of, you know, I thought, I thought our fans would be cool with it because they

00:55:00.580 are cool with a lot of crazy shit that we say.

00:55:02.960 I felt like it was very cool over there.

00:55:04.700 Right.

00:55:04.960 Now, do you think there's a legion of people that are just want to not be cool with stuff?

00:55:09.320 Because that seems to be a persona these days.

00:55:13.500 It's like, oh, somebody who's just unhappy and doesn't like winners, doesn't like it when

00:55:18.320 people are doing well.

00:55:19.220 That's true.

00:55:19.840 I mean, there's that too.

00:55:21.140 But when it's a majority of the comments, I can kind of tell.

00:55:25.600 Oh, there you go.

00:55:26.060 That's fair.

00:55:26.500 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:55:27.160 I mean, it's all in execution too.

00:55:28.900 I think sometimes we forget the fact that, you know, sometimes we have to put it out there

00:55:33.700 and say, hey, I think this is wrong, but joke about it.

00:55:37.380 Because I think you do that really well.

00:55:38.740 Yeah.

00:55:39.420 Like when you had your bit about the special kid.

00:55:45.260 Yeah.

00:55:45.960 And I was like, dude, that's hilarious because, man, it's hard to go there.

00:55:49.600 Yeah.

00:55:49.940 And it's like, how do you make fun of that?

00:55:51.840 But then you did it in a way where we were laughing together instead of laughing at the

00:55:57.360 special kid.

00:55:57.980 Yeah.

00:55:58.360 So I was like, dang, that's cool.

00:55:59.960 Yeah, that was my friend.

00:56:00.760 I mean, it's tough because it's like, so am I not allowed to talk about somebody that

00:56:05.000 has Down syndrome because they, like, so then it's almost like I have to exclude them from

00:56:09.000 my life.

00:56:09.720 And I think that's even worse.

00:56:10.860 I agree.

00:56:11.400 Because you're not humanizing them anymore.

00:56:13.360 You're like making them so sacred and special that like you can't make fun of them.

00:56:17.960 Right.

00:56:18.340 Or you can't even include them without fear of making fun of them.

00:56:21.860 So then it's like, oh, there's a person with Down syndrome.

00:56:24.440 I'm not even going to talk to them because if I do, someone's going to take a picture or

00:56:28.620 someone's going to say something or someone's going to, you know, if I shake their hand

00:56:31.900 the wrong way, I'll give them a hug or something that then people are going to blow that out

00:56:35.900 of proportion just to, yeah, it makes it be like, yeah, let's make them like a boodle.

00:56:39.860 I can go near them, but I can't interact.

00:56:42.200 Yeah.

00:56:42.520 Yeah.

00:56:42.800 I think that's what it is.

00:56:44.080 But I mean, I don't know, man.

00:56:45.760 I grew up around, like, my mom's a roaster.

00:56:48.500 She's a roasteroni, man.

00:56:49.800 She loves roasting people.

00:56:51.280 That's so funny.

00:56:52.080 Dude, she would call out.

00:56:53.600 This is so crazy.

00:56:54.360 So I was in Japan, right?

00:56:55.520 And then so my grandma's at a retirement, like, she's at this Alzheimer's home.

00:56:59.920 Like, just what do you call those places?

00:57:01.140 Damn right.

00:57:01.440 You better stay in there.

00:57:02.860 You better stay in there, Judy.

00:57:04.880 And one of these nurses, like, he looks like a big, like, sumo wrestler, right?

00:57:10.080 And then so I was babysitting my friend's kid at the time.

00:57:14.300 We went to go see my grandma.

00:57:16.000 And then he wanted to impress the kid.

00:57:19.020 And he was like, hey, hey, remember me.

00:57:20.800 I'm a ninja.

00:57:21.560 I'm a warrior.

00:57:22.540 And my mom's like, shut up, fool.

00:57:24.020 You're fat as hell.

00:57:24.880 You're a sumo wrestler.

00:57:26.480 And we were dying.

00:57:27.900 Like, everyone was dying.

00:57:29.440 And then she just went in on him.

00:57:31.240 And I'm like, that's what life should be.

00:57:36.120 Like, just roast each other.

00:57:37.320 Have fun, you know?

00:57:38.280 Like, don't take it too serious, you know?

00:57:40.160 And he was laughing, too.

00:57:41.660 But I don't know if it's a cultural thing.

00:57:43.920 Like, we just roast each other all day.

00:57:45.700 I don't know.

00:57:46.260 I don't know.

00:57:46.800 I just feel like people are really sensitive.

00:57:49.380 Yeah.

00:57:50.140 I feel like it's, I mean, and you may have a rare mom.

00:57:52.600 Like, sometimes you just get that mom that's just wilding out, you know?

00:57:55.960 And she's having fun.

00:57:57.100 Is that like a regular Japanese cultural thing at all?

00:57:59.740 Or that's just like, your mom is also a rare element?

00:58:02.540 I feel like culturally, it doesn't sound as harsh as it is in English.

00:58:06.880 So it sounds cute and endearing.

00:58:08.740 So the words sound like playground talk.

00:58:14.180 But the things that they're saying, if you said it here, it's me.

00:58:19.120 Like, outside of even just Japanese culture, right?

00:58:22.240 It's like, talking about weight isn't a big deal.

00:58:25.580 Like, you'll go to family gatherings and then people, whether you're Filipino or Chinese or whatever,

00:58:30.780 some aunt is going to make a comment about you being too fat or too skinny.

00:58:34.840 Right.

00:58:35.580 And that's just, it's just the way that they talk and joke around.

00:58:39.320 Yeah.

00:58:39.960 But out here, you know, it's kind of touchy.

00:58:41.800 You don't say things like that.

00:58:43.040 You don't get too personal.

00:58:44.300 But over there, there's no such thing as like personal.

00:58:47.500 Right.

00:58:47.920 People say whatever the hell they want.

00:58:49.840 Well, it's like we started to put property.

00:58:53.080 You know, one of the things that, where we switched from being tribal to being untribal

00:59:00.600 and really started claiming possession was when we made property, like property lines.

00:59:05.760 Yeah.

00:59:05.880 Like when a guy said, okay, we're not a group anymore.

00:59:08.540 This is my property line.

00:59:10.220 And then another guy did that.

00:59:11.560 And he's like, okay, well, then this is my property.

00:59:13.320 Yeah.

00:59:13.460 And then a guy's like, okay, well, this is my wife.

00:59:15.260 Like, you know, things weren't communal anymore.

00:59:17.240 Yeah.

00:59:17.540 You know, and who's that book that everybody reads that was on Rogue and the guy tribe?

00:59:22.600 No, what is it called?

00:59:24.860 That sounds familiar, man.

00:59:26.380 It was about Sebastian Younger?

00:59:32.000 Yes.

00:59:32.800 Was it about marriage?

00:59:34.180 That's the book, right?

00:59:35.360 And so this is a lot about, and this talks about, this book by Sebastian Younger, and it

00:59:40.420 talks about when things went from being communal, where we all worked as, like when people would

00:59:44.240 move into tribe, it was like sometimes you would fall in love with a woman across the

00:59:47.640 tribe, but that was okay.

00:59:49.160 And there were different kids in the tribe, but the whole tribe took care of everyone's

00:59:52.420 kids.

00:59:52.720 I heard about that.

00:59:53.760 And very, and you were communal.

00:59:55.000 And sometimes you might've went for two years and been in love with one woman, and then

00:59:58.260 you switched to someone else, and she found another mate in the tribe.

01:00:02.080 But it was cool.

01:00:02.960 And it was cool.

01:00:03.600 It was very communal.

01:00:04.420 And you can almost feel that in our sis.

01:00:05.940 I feel like if I think about that, when I think deep down in my soul, that seems like

01:00:09.540 I could do that well.

01:00:11.320 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:00:12.060 For sure.

01:00:12.180 Because my feelings would be hurt sometimes, but also I would have feelings of love.

01:00:16.120 And no matter what feelings I was having, I would always have my tribe to take that

01:00:19.980 would always, I'm included no matter what.

01:00:22.060 Like that was the thing about a tribe, no matter if you were the one whose heart was

01:00:25.920 being broken or you lost a child or something, you always had your group, you know, you always

01:00:31.240 had your tribe.

01:00:32.120 That's one of the goals that I want to have with my crew is we want to have a cul-de-sac

01:00:36.620 of just all of us living together.

01:00:39.520 And we would help each other like in a village way where like we'll take care of each other's

01:00:44.380 kids and all that stuff.

01:00:45.360 I think it's that same book, but I was watching this documentary about like the idea of love

01:00:52.200 in the sense that we know today is just very new, like to our society as human beings.

01:00:58.260 We didn't know it that way.

01:01:00.100 Romantic love with just one partner for the rest of our lives is a brand new concept.

01:01:06.600 Like, and it might be that book or it might be something else, but don't quote me on this,

01:01:10.920 but I know a specific thing that I learned about it is there was one Native American

01:01:14.920 group that like the rule was, if you have sex with a woman that's pregnant, then any

01:01:22.440 man that has sex with her during her pregnancy becomes the father of the child.

01:01:27.520 Oh, wow.

01:01:28.260 So then the kid could come out with like 10 daddies.

01:01:30.800 This might've been sex at dawn, that Chris Ryan book.

01:01:32.700 It sounds like it's part of that.

01:01:34.100 Or it could have been this.

01:01:35.440 Oh, I see what you're saying.

01:01:36.240 But yeah, she, but it was a good thing for her because, you know, when the kid comes

01:01:41.540 out, then there'll be 10 daddies and then all the 10 daddies couldn't like teach the

01:01:46.000 kid how to hunt, how to, you know.

01:01:48.560 How to jump.

01:01:49.280 Like different dads would have different skills.

01:01:51.040 Yeah, yeah.

01:01:51.600 And the love is there for everyone.

01:01:53.040 Yeah.

01:01:53.240 I mean, yeah.

01:01:53.820 And then the responsibility was if there's a kid crying and the closest adult is, is kind

01:02:00.160 of responsible of picking up that kid and just like helping the kid out.

01:02:03.640 So there was more of a community and I think it's, there's just a spread responsibility.

01:02:10.280 So I'm like, dang, that's really cool.

01:02:12.740 Yeah.

01:02:13.100 I love that.

01:02:13.720 And I think that's one thing you get in like a neighborhood, you know, or you get in a

01:02:17.360 small town.

01:02:18.280 In a small town.

01:02:19.080 Like I remember feeling definitely a lot more sense of, you know, yeah, there were only

01:02:24.140 so many kids on our street.

01:02:25.380 So all of the parents, you know, everybody kind of knew the, you know, nine or 11 kids on

01:02:29.100 our street are in a certain, you know, area or something.

01:02:31.720 Did you grow up in a big family?

01:02:33.640 Do you have a lot of brothers and sisters?

01:02:34.900 I've got three brothers and sisters, but outside of that, that was it.

01:02:37.100 Yeah.

01:02:37.480 You know, both my parents, uh, my father wasn't an only child, but all of his siblings died.

01:02:42.340 And then my mother was an only child.

01:02:44.860 So we didn't have a big family.

01:02:46.340 It's growing now, um, with my sisters.

01:02:49.240 That's pretty cool.

01:02:49.740 It's pretty cool.

01:02:50.500 Yeah.

01:02:50.640 It's almost like we're pioneers in our family.

01:02:52.380 And we also, my father, my father was 70 when I was born.

01:02:55.020 He was an old man.

01:02:55.720 Right.

01:02:56.240 Damn.

01:02:56.520 And so he had a family from a first marriage and they, I mean, one of them, like they,

01:03:02.900 like they were like extremely well off.

01:03:05.220 Yeah.

01:03:05.780 You know?

01:03:06.240 And then we had, we just, we were not, you know?

01:03:08.380 Mm-hmm.

01:03:08.620 And so it was always this crazy because they owned like things all over the city and like

01:03:12.020 huge theaters and like neighborhoods.

01:03:13.800 And like, there was, it was just crazy that like, you know, my dad had had this whole other

01:03:19.220 family.

01:03:19.680 Yeah.

01:03:19.860 So your dad was like big man in town, but you got, you got to, you saw all the success,

01:03:24.780 but you didn't get a piece of that.

01:03:26.380 Right.

01:03:26.600 We didn't get a piece of that.

01:03:27.340 Well, he gave that away to his kids or before he had us.

01:03:31.420 Yeah.

01:03:31.540 Once he had our family, his kids disowned him.

01:03:33.840 Oh.

01:03:34.500 From what I understood.

01:03:35.840 Yeah.

01:03:36.020 Yeah.

01:03:36.140 Were you like the secret family?

01:03:37.960 A little bit, but then, I mean, he, he didn't, I don't think he cheated on his wife with

01:03:43.100 my mom, but I think we were like this separate family.

01:03:45.760 And at that point, like we never interacted with his kids.

01:03:48.140 Like I never saw his kids from his first marriage until I was at their, I was at the

01:03:51.320 funeral and then that's the first time I ever saw them.

01:03:53.400 That's crazy.

01:03:54.160 Do you consider them your siblings though?

01:03:56.300 No.

01:03:56.840 No.

01:03:57.180 There's just.

01:03:57.780 Yeah.

01:03:57.980 They've never, ever reached out.

01:03:59.320 I mean, I know my family's made some, my siblings made some efforts to reach out.

01:04:02.760 Yeah.

01:04:02.880 I don't think that they have any interest, you know?

01:04:04.660 Damn.

01:04:05.680 And the saddest, the loss of the biggest loss of that is just that we don't get to share

01:04:10.600 whatever elements that they know and whatever elements we know about our dad, you know?

01:04:14.820 So it's almost like he would be more of a complete person in our hearts if we got together to

01:04:21.060 share that.

01:04:21.960 Damn.

01:04:22.160 But for some reason, you know, I don't think that seems like, that's not an interest of

01:04:27.000 theirs, you know?

01:04:27.460 It's kind of like a Louisiana Game of Thrones kind of.

01:04:30.420 A little bit, bro.

01:04:31.240 You know?

01:04:31.880 Damn.

01:04:32.240 It's like.

01:04:34.580 Yeah.

01:04:34.980 Like everybody's fucking related.

01:04:36.600 It's like.

01:04:37.020 Nobody wants to share the photos.

01:04:38.640 Yeah.

01:04:39.220 Yeah.

01:04:39.540 And it's like, everybody's got to, do you want to be friends?

01:04:43.040 Do you not?

01:04:43.700 Do you want to continue the family?

01:04:45.760 Do you want to team up?

01:04:47.580 Because man, that's, that's pretty crazy.

01:04:49.700 Genetic war.

01:04:50.340 Yeah.

01:04:50.600 It's kind of crazy when people start hiding their semen in the other room.

01:04:53.400 Like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:04:55.280 Yeah.

01:04:55.680 You want to make a baby?

01:04:56.780 You better fucking find something.

01:04:58.320 You know, what's a trip is, um, so my girlfriend's got a little brother and she always thought he

01:05:03.860 was her half brother until he took the 23 and me and her mom, her mom's always.

01:05:10.700 Turns out what?

01:05:11.020 He's Muggsy Bogues?

01:05:12.060 No, it turns out he's a full brother.

01:05:14.720 Oh, really?

01:05:15.460 But this whole time, her dad was like, I don't believe the, the, you know, that he's my full

01:05:22.880 son.

01:05:23.360 So, so the thing is, um, she, her mom ran away to Ohio from Texas with, with the two

01:05:31.080 kids or, or she had the, her little brother there.

01:05:33.860 And then she got into a real bad place, got in with the wrong crowd, her mom, and then

01:05:39.620 she lost custody.

01:05:41.540 So Ohio.

01:05:42.400 Yeah.

01:05:42.680 She lost custody.

01:05:43.600 She, I think she got into drugs and shit.

01:05:45.200 Oh, that can happen in Ohio.

01:05:46.300 Yeah.

01:05:46.560 Yeah.

01:05:47.000 So then when that happened, um, her dad's family, my, my girlfriend's dad's family, they

01:05:55.360 got ahold of my girl Jess and brought her back to Texas, but not the little brother.

01:06:01.100 Oh, really?

01:06:01.540 So they grew up separately.

01:06:02.660 They still talked and stuff like that.

01:06:05.220 And then, and then, and then, you know, her mom kept saying, yeah, that's, that's, that's

01:06:10.080 her, that's his son.

01:06:11.360 But then no one really believed it because of how crazy she was.

01:06:14.780 Yeah.

01:06:14.940 And then when he took the 23andMe test, it was like, oh, by the way, you're related to

01:06:20.980 these people on her dad's side.

01:06:23.860 And bam, it was like, oh shit, he was my full son.

01:06:27.180 So then they all decided to kind of meet in Texas and all that.

01:06:30.560 And I was there to see everything unfold.

01:06:32.480 And I was like, this is crazy.

01:06:35.180 Damn, dude.

01:06:36.100 Yeah.

01:06:36.620 That must've been a lot, huh?

01:06:37.580 That's a lot for her.

01:06:38.700 Man.

01:06:39.100 I mean, like, I was like, isn't that kind of cool though, that you find out that he's

01:06:43.160 your full brother, not your half.

01:06:44.680 And then she's like, yeah, it feels like we're closer just even though we've been the

01:06:48.620 same.

01:06:48.960 Oh yeah.

01:06:49.660 Just to, just to know.

01:06:52.100 Yeah, man.

01:06:53.100 I was like, damn, that's crazy.

01:06:54.760 I was just like.

01:06:55.260 Family's wild.

01:06:56.160 Yeah.

01:06:57.600 Watching it all unfold, man.

01:06:59.060 I was like there with the popcorn, just wow.

01:07:03.020 What is something, um, do Japanese people like white people or not?

01:07:07.240 Oh yeah, man.

01:07:08.060 I mean, you know, there was bad times in World War II, but I feel like.

01:07:13.160 And who did it in World War II?

01:07:14.260 Let's be honest.

01:07:16.020 I don't know.

01:07:16.780 You see, you know what the weird thing is?

01:07:18.360 I have family on both sides.

01:07:20.320 Yeah.

01:07:20.880 So my, you know, my uncle saw Pearl Harbor happen in, in Hawaii.

01:07:26.360 He was a little watercress farmer boy and he saw the planes drop and that's what made

01:07:31.540 him join the American army.

01:07:33.460 Slinging press out there.

01:07:33.920 Slinging press, boy.

01:07:35.620 Yeah.

01:07:35.840 Yeah.

01:07:36.100 And on my.

01:07:37.020 Really?

01:07:37.320 That made him join the American army?

01:07:39.220 Yeah.

01:07:39.600 Cause he was like, they don't think we're American.

01:07:42.520 So I'm going to do the most American thing possible and join the army.

01:07:46.460 And that's what a lot of Japanese did during that time that lived in America.

01:07:50.080 Cause I don't know if you know about the whole internment camps and stuff, but a lot of Japanese

01:07:54.320 people on the West coast were sent away to camps cause they weren't trusted.

01:07:59.020 Wow.

01:07:59.380 And then during that time, were y'all untrustworthy or not?

01:08:02.760 No, man, they were super trustworthy.

01:08:04.580 I mean, they would, they would send world war one Japanese veterans into the camps too.

01:08:09.240 And it's like, I already fought for this country, bro.

01:08:11.100 What the hell?

01:08:11.820 Yeah.

01:08:12.380 But a lot of them were like, you know what?

01:08:14.840 Maybe we weren't American enough.

01:08:16.500 So they wanted to prove their love for America.

01:08:18.540 Yeah.

01:08:18.780 And so they did the most American thing they could think.

01:08:20.200 And they joined the military.

01:08:21.080 Yup.

01:08:21.480 And then, um, it's actually the most decorated unit in the, in us history.

01:08:26.440 It's called a four 42nd unit.

01:08:28.920 That's amazing.

01:08:29.420 And they have the most purple hearts, the most everything.

01:08:32.100 It's like, whatever we do, man, we got to get an A plus.

01:08:34.980 You know what I mean?

01:08:36.560 Um, and did you guys, did they have a, is there a film or documentary about that?

01:08:40.120 Yeah, there's a few things out there, but, um, I think one of the reasons why there's

01:08:45.120 so much like separation or what it looks like is because a lot of these things aren't

01:08:50.140 taught in school.

01:08:51.040 Yeah.

01:08:51.480 So no one knows.

01:08:52.360 Yeah, I never knew that.

01:08:52.960 Yeah.

01:08:53.180 No one knows our contribution to the U S no one.

01:08:56.620 We're always looked upon as foreigners and stuff like that.

01:08:59.260 Right.

01:08:59.580 Yeah.

01:08:59.800 So I have a lot of like, you know, family members that have been here for like three,

01:09:04.760 four generations.

01:09:05.740 Wow.

01:09:06.400 Especially in California, man, you know, Japanese and Chinese have been coming here since the

01:09:10.300 1800s.

01:09:10.920 Oh yeah.

01:09:11.600 You know?

01:09:12.340 And it's, and if you go even further back Hawaii before even was a part of U S.

01:09:16.820 Well, everybody goes to Hawaii.

01:09:18.120 Right.

01:09:18.540 But it's nice.

01:09:19.360 Yeah.

01:09:20.480 But yeah, they were, they were out there for a long ass time.

01:09:23.140 Wow.

01:09:23.560 And then so on my, on my mom's side though, we have, um, there was a lot of, uh, uh, military

01:09:30.280 officers on the Japan end.

01:09:32.580 Dude, that's cool, man.

01:09:33.880 Well, you know, what's interesting is and how we get some of those ideas.

01:09:36.300 So I think about how I get some of those ideas growing up and not thinking of someone

01:09:41.020 that is Japanese or someone that looks like you.

01:09:43.320 And in my first thought, I wouldn't know.

01:09:45.000 I think I probably, I don't know if I would go people, do people go Latino as well?

01:09:49.060 Do they say a mix with you?

01:09:50.040 What do they say?

01:09:50.840 I don't know.

01:09:51.400 I mean, people guess.

01:09:52.820 If they've been around, I think Asians, they can tell.

01:09:55.760 Oh yeah.

01:09:56.500 I mean, we can't even tell each other apart too.

01:09:58.140 Oh really?

01:09:58.700 No, no, no.

01:09:59.100 We can't do it.

01:09:59.720 Oh my God.

01:10:01.340 That's a myth.

01:10:01.840 Y'all gotta make that announcement.

01:10:03.020 Yeah.

01:10:03.360 Yeah.

01:10:03.580 That's a myth.

01:10:04.120 Because we think always you guys have like some insider trading there going on with it

01:10:08.040 all.

01:10:08.600 It's, it's, like you know.

01:10:09.540 We could tell if they're from Asia because they'll dress a certain way and they'll speak

01:10:12.940 the language.

01:10:13.600 Filipino is easy to guess.

01:10:15.180 Kind of.

01:10:15.600 Yeah.

01:10:15.740 I mean, if I hear what they're, if I hear the language, I could tell what they're speaking.

01:10:19.660 Yeah.

01:10:20.040 Yeah.

01:10:20.280 Yeah.

01:10:20.400 Yeah.

01:10:20.520 Yeah.

01:10:20.660 But sometimes a Laotian will sneak in and you'd be like, yeah, that's true.

01:10:25.580 The Laotians are very sly.

01:10:28.100 Yeah.

01:10:28.220 Back in the day, I couldn't tell the difference between a Vietnamese and a Chinese.

01:10:32.960 Wow.

01:10:33.500 It sounded the same to me.

01:10:35.700 I could see that Vietnamese for me would look like they have a little bit darker skin.

01:10:39.900 Yeah.

01:10:40.260 Yep.

01:10:40.520 Yep.

01:10:40.980 Do you know?

01:10:41.240 But there are some real light skinned Vietnamese too because they're mixed with Chinese.

01:10:45.300 See, man, it's all, it's all crazy, dude.

01:10:47.340 There's like, yeah, there's a lot of that going on.

01:10:50.880 Dude, that's wild, man.

01:10:52.800 Well, yeah, man.

01:10:53.300 So we didn't have, so we just didn't have anybody that was like that.

01:10:56.840 Yeah.

01:10:57.200 We didn't have, so of course, and also on television, you didn't see any characters like that.

01:11:02.620 Yeah.

01:11:02.980 Oh, how was that little magic guy on that boat?

01:11:04.960 Little fucking Jugglin Daniel, whatever that guy's name was.

01:11:07.580 Well, we're always like some foreigner.

01:11:09.760 Yeah.

01:11:10.160 Or some exchange student.

01:11:12.400 Yes.

01:11:12.520 Or like a liquor store owner or something.

01:11:14.520 But you know, I mean, I don't really, I can't say I blame the media because if you think about

01:11:20.080 the brave Asians, right, the ones that move into the rest of America, they are the foreigners.

01:11:26.140 Right.

01:11:26.420 They're the ones like that set up a nail salon in the middle of the Midwest or something.

01:11:32.460 Because it's oversaturated out here in L.A.

01:11:35.540 And, you know, communities out here that's been here for about a hundred years plus, they

01:11:42.320 kind of stick to their own.

01:11:43.700 Like they don't, they're not out there making a ton of noise.

01:11:46.920 Yeah.

01:11:47.300 That's, that's the difference.

01:11:48.860 So I think we're, we're kind of like the quiet Americans.

01:11:52.660 Like we've been around for a long time, but people aren't sure what to make of us, you

01:11:57.660 know?

01:11:57.780 Right.

01:11:58.240 Yeah.

01:11:58.840 No, I kind of, I mean, I think, yeah, I mean, I wish that I was, I wish that where I was

01:12:03.840 from was like more of a quiet Americans.

01:12:05.420 I think a lot of it is.

01:12:06.380 I think sometimes the media just does a lot of things, the news and says that these places

01:12:10.700 are being loud and these places are being like this and they're really not, you know?

01:12:13.960 So it's like, I think it's really interesting when you say that, you know, so now do you

01:12:19.880 get upset if you guys, like say you guys, you know, there's a group of someone, um, from

01:12:25.160 Japan or an Asian person that goes into a smaller town in the Midwest and opens up, like

01:12:28.880 you said, uh, businesses that are pretty like in New Orleans, there's a lot of Vietnamese

01:12:33.560 fishing people like in that industry.

01:12:35.220 There's a lot of, um, people in the service industry, right?

01:12:37.660 Like, uh, um, I have some friends that are wedding planners.

01:12:40.620 They're like, but, but do you get upset if, if there's a sitcom or a joke where they joke

01:12:46.020 about an Asian nails shop?

01:12:47.660 You guys don't get upset though, do you?

01:12:49.560 Well, I mean, there are people that might, I personally don't, I don't care.

01:12:54.780 I mean, cause I, I don't think that they represent who I am, but there's a lot of people out there

01:12:59.380 that do.

01:12:59.980 I see.

01:13:00.400 And these are, I think majority of them is because like they might be the only Asian

01:13:05.460 kid in their neighborhood.

01:13:06.680 Right.

01:13:06.900 And then their friends see that and think that that's who they are.

01:13:10.580 I see.

01:13:11.200 But I mean, you're in LA and then you have access to a lot of us.

01:13:14.300 Right.

01:13:14.540 So you know that there's a huge range.

01:13:16.460 Yeah.

01:13:16.920 But that's almost as if like, let's say someone, let's say you were the only white guy in Japan,

01:13:21.440 right?

01:13:21.760 Right.

01:13:22.020 And let's say somebody from Russia comes and does something and then they look at you

01:13:25.660 and then you're like, yo, we're not the same.

01:13:27.440 Right.

01:13:27.660 I'm an American white guy and that's, that's a Russian guy.

01:13:30.820 Yeah.

01:13:31.120 That's the same thing.

01:13:32.060 Oh, I see.

01:13:32.640 So there's.

01:13:32.980 Oh, wow.

01:13:33.380 That's interesting.

01:13:33.920 Yeah.

01:13:34.240 Yeah.

01:13:34.380 So it's a totally different, you know, from North to South.

01:13:37.940 I mean, Asia is a huge, huge plot of land.

01:13:40.620 Yeah.

01:13:41.200 And part of it is you're right.

01:13:42.260 They just don't teach us enough about it.

01:13:43.800 Yeah.

01:13:43.920 I mean, the first time that I heard about the four, four, 42nd, did you say it was?

01:13:47.600 Yeah.

01:13:48.160 Yeah.

01:13:48.540 It's just you right now, you know, telling me that.

01:13:50.580 Oh, wow.

01:13:50.760 And so it's like, you know, it just gives me a little bit of a different idea now when

01:13:54.860 I think about the military.

01:13:56.140 Yeah.

01:13:56.300 Because all I ever thought was, you know, when I was a kid is G.I. Joe, you know, you

01:13:59.540 see on there, you know, and he's white or he was white and, you know, everybody in there

01:14:05.140 was, well, they had a little bit of diversity, but it was, you know, you don't even know

01:14:07.940 what colors they were using.

01:14:08.840 It was very vague.

01:14:09.840 It was like mostly white guys and like a purple guy that was supposed to be everybody else

01:14:12.680 kind of like a light kind of a mauve or something.

01:14:15.220 And I think that's, I mean, going back to Hollywood or just mainstream media and all

01:14:19.880 that stuff, I think they had a chokehold on the information for so damn long.

01:14:25.140 Yes.

01:14:25.580 That we never were able to have this conversation like a Japanese dude from California and a

01:14:32.220 white guy from Louisiana, you know, like they controlled how our images were.

01:14:37.660 Yeah.

01:14:37.880 And I grew up thinking white people from the South were automatically just racist and ignorant

01:14:44.540 and all that stuff until I started traveling and meeting people.

01:14:48.100 And I'm like, man, you guys are like the nicest people on earth, man.

01:14:51.740 Way nicer than California people, you know, like, and it changes my perspective.

01:14:56.880 And I think that's what the internet is doing now is like, it's making this possible.

01:15:01.780 Right.

01:15:02.200 And, and I think I like, I like what's going on now because it's like all these possibilities

01:15:08.240 where our grandparents never had the chance to do, everybody had to do it through the news

01:15:12.620 or through the mainstream media.

01:15:14.860 Oh, that was the only way.

01:15:15.520 That was the only way, man.

01:15:16.920 Or in a small little community setting.

01:15:19.080 But I mean, traveling miles apart and meeting together, becoming friends, having fans that

01:15:24.900 are like, you know, did you ever think you would have Asian fans from California?

01:15:30.680 Right.

01:15:31.420 And then I have fans that are just like 50 year old Midwest moms and stuff.

01:15:36.620 Yeah.

01:15:36.840 And I'm just, this is crazy, but this is cool because we're figuring out that we're more

01:15:41.620 alike than different.

01:15:42.660 Yeah.

01:15:43.100 Yeah.

01:15:43.680 Dude, as you're saying some of this stuff, man, yeah, I'm thinking back to like, suddenly

01:15:46.780 when you're talking, I'm feeling like being a kid and like, yeah, like, I mean, I grew

01:15:50.440 up in an environment where we probably were like, yeah, if you'd have listened to some

01:15:53.360 of our conversations and stuff, like we'd probably, you'd probably be like, oh, these kids are

01:15:56.500 fucking racist, you know?

01:15:57.660 Yeah.

01:15:58.000 But a lot of the stuff was just things we just didn't know.

01:16:00.500 Yeah.

01:16:00.780 You know, and like, um, and when you also, when you're at like certain levels of class

01:16:05.220 levels, socioeconomic, the only thing you can differ in, everybody's so fucking poor,

01:16:10.060 the only thing you even know, like you just point out people's easiest things to see.

01:16:13.840 Yep.

01:16:14.240 And we never had any influence.

01:16:16.080 Yeah, of course.

01:16:16.960 We never had any influence outside of black and white.

01:16:19.060 So like, but hearing that when I was on your show and you guys are joking about the shit

01:16:23.000 that I used to joke about and feel okay joking about, I'm like, dude, these, these people

01:16:27.680 are more like me than I am like me.

01:16:30.780 Which was just crazy, man.

01:16:32.140 Because you changed.

01:16:32.560 Yeah.

01:16:33.040 Because, uh, you, you, you're afraid to say things, right?

01:16:37.080 But I mean that it makes sense though.

01:16:39.300 And it goes both ways.

01:16:40.820 Like I have this theory, right?

01:16:42.740 That whoever's in control of your area controls your mind.

01:16:47.900 So what that, what I mean by that is like growing up in LA, having, um, a lot of people

01:16:54.200 in that, that are controlling the education that are super left-wing liberals.

01:16:59.720 Um, the type of stuff that we grow up learning is white people are the enemy, right?

01:17:06.780 That's, and in, I grew up with maybe like five white kids in all of my schools up until

01:17:12.540 I went to college.

01:17:13.420 And you, you know, in, in a lot of minorities minds, you automatically just think white people

01:17:20.640 are going to be racist.

01:17:21.660 They're not going to include you.

01:17:23.320 And it's, it's kind of like a bad place to start.

01:17:26.060 And I don't think that's the truth, but that's the type of education that we're kind of drilled

01:17:31.020 to believe.

01:17:31.820 And it already sets us up in a way where there's separation.

01:17:37.480 It doesn't come from a place of like, oh, we're all American.

01:17:40.860 Right.

01:17:41.460 And I'm sure too, like hearing from all of my friends that grew up in red states, like,

01:17:46.880 just like what you said, you didn't grow up hearing about all the contributions that

01:17:51.220 minorities did.

01:17:52.440 So then you think, we just do a karate kid.

01:17:55.100 And if we, and if there wasn't, yeah, you'd be like, oh, you karate, you just do a karate

01:17:58.940 stance.

01:17:59.380 I can see why there's so many, you know, white guys coming out thinking like, man, we're doing

01:18:04.380 all this stuff and we got to give out handouts.

01:18:06.600 We're working so hard and you guys get to do, it makes sense.

01:18:09.780 You know, I get it because I'm right in the middle and I see it all happening and I'm

01:18:13.220 like, oh shit, we're fighting for scraps.

01:18:15.940 Right.

01:18:16.340 Like what's really going on?

01:18:17.660 Yeah.

01:18:18.060 You know?

01:18:18.800 And I think it's just the programming.

01:18:20.640 And one of the, one of the things that made me go, holy shit, this is really happening

01:18:25.260 is when I was in Texas at my, at my girlfriend's family reunion, I was just scrolling around

01:18:31.120 looking at the news.

01:18:32.200 It's all red, like red state conservative stuff.

01:18:35.660 Go to Arizona, same thing on my phone.

01:18:38.140 I'm like, this is crazy.

01:18:39.040 I never clicked this stuff.

01:18:40.580 When I get back in California, all liberal news.

01:18:44.120 So I'm like, man, people aren't given a choice to look at two different things and come

01:18:49.080 together and none of that stuff.

01:18:50.380 It's just, you're taught one thing and if you don't believe that, then you're a traitor.

01:18:54.900 Yeah.

01:18:55.180 And I'm like, that's fucked up.

01:18:57.320 Man, yeah, it's, you know what, I was just talking to Nick a while ago about, yeah, like

01:19:01.980 some things that's missed, that's been missing, and I feel like it's been missing too, even

01:19:05.100 in my own life and childhood growing up and everything, is some of the, a lot of conversations

01:19:09.880 have never been had.

01:19:11.060 Mm-hmm.

01:19:11.700 I don't feel like.

01:19:12.700 Yeah, yeah.

01:19:13.500 You know, it's like a lot of conversations have never been had.

01:19:16.140 It's like, you know, I need to hear that, you know, that, yeah, there's like, there's,

01:19:20.600 you know, that Hollywood is like, yeah, that's a certain neighborhood in Los Angeles, but

01:19:25.520 there's still a huge predomination of, of people here.

01:19:28.640 Yeah.

01:19:28.820 Like I have a lot of Latino fans that come out to my shows and stuff.

01:19:31.700 Yeah.

01:19:31.880 And I have some Middle Eastern fans that come out too, and I'm like, what the fuck?

01:19:35.580 Yeah, that's so true.

01:19:37.000 Like, how the fuck are these guys out of their minds, you know?

01:19:39.920 Yeah.

01:19:40.620 But, so a lot of that stuff's just like, yeah, it makes me think like, wow, like, yeah, if

01:19:49.940 we can, how do we find, how do we realize that we're not our programming, you know?

01:19:58.220 Yeah, I mean, that's the hard part, because that comes with knowing yourself, self-control.

01:20:03.520 I mean, like, I always say comics sometimes make the best philosophers, because they went

01:20:07.780 through a lot of shit.

01:20:08.760 Right.

01:20:09.680 But most people, I think, I think you kind of don't understand that you have control over

01:20:16.160 your thoughts, control over your actions, control over what you read.

01:20:20.120 They're just reacting to life.

01:20:21.860 Ah, yeah.

01:20:22.700 You know, I was an impulsive-ass motherfucker, so I know, personally, like, I just did drugs

01:20:27.220 whenever I wanted to.

01:20:29.080 And I didn't think about the next step, like, you know what I mean?

01:20:32.280 Like, and I think that's how most people live their lives.

01:20:35.460 So they don't know, you know, that a lot of this shit can be dealt with if they just

01:20:41.660 took better care of themselves or they thought before they acted.

01:20:45.760 Yeah.

01:20:46.300 Yeah, we've become very responsive.

01:20:47.920 Yeah.

01:20:48.240 You know, we've become very impulsive, because it's almost one of the only feelings that

01:20:51.560 we have left sometimes is reaction, because we're not interacting, I think, as much.

01:20:56.640 Yeah.

01:20:56.980 And when you're not interacting, you're just, you don't, you know, you're not getting the

01:21:01.560 full picture.

01:21:02.260 You're just getting this little bitty bullet, but you're not seeing the whole weapon, you

01:21:06.080 know?

01:21:06.420 Yeah, I think a lot of shit started changing for me when I started traveling.

01:21:10.240 Yeah.

01:21:10.460 Seeing people face-to-face, meeting people, instead of, like, letting what I was taught

01:21:16.080 about, you know, certain people are boogeymen or whatever.

01:21:20.740 Yeah.

01:21:21.280 Then you just start being afraid of everything, you know?

01:21:23.840 And if someone represents that kind of thought, then you attack them like, hey, you're one

01:21:28.080 of those people, you're racist, or you're whatever, you don't even have a conversation.

01:21:33.060 And I'm like, damn, that's crazy, because I was like that.

01:21:35.620 Yeah, dude, it's so funny, man.

01:21:36.640 I was like that, too, you know?

01:21:37.860 I mean, growing up, like, even though I had a black friends, I was in a group called

01:21:41.320 NFL, you know, which was N-word for life, you know?

01:21:45.700 Damn.

01:21:46.380 I know.

01:21:46.740 I was in the only fucking white kid.

01:21:47.860 I definitely should not have been allowed in the group.

01:21:49.600 Oh, it was like a, it was a gang, like a street gang?

01:21:52.040 It was a black club.

01:21:53.420 It was a black club.

01:21:54.420 That's tight.

01:21:55.220 Basically, people were like, are you guys, do you guys have guns?

01:21:57.320 I'm like, we don't have dads, and we have bikes.

01:21:59.780 So, what is that?

01:22:00.300 It was like a crew.

01:22:01.160 It was like a, yeah, yeah, yeah, like a.

01:22:03.820 But I was like, but then I had a lot of anger sometimes towards black kids.

01:22:07.700 It was because, you know, I got jumped by black kids a couple times, man, and it just

01:22:12.520 made me, and some of them have been my friends, and I didn't understand it at all.

01:22:16.420 Yeah, yeah.

01:22:16.600 And then at that point, like, we also kind of went our separate ways where, like, most

01:22:20.240 of the black kids in my town didn't go to school after eighth grade.

01:22:22.700 They just disappeared, you know?

01:22:24.080 They just, they didn't go to school at all, you know?

01:22:27.060 They were welcome and allowed, just like anybody else.

01:22:29.400 They were our classmates, but they just disappeared.

01:22:31.060 Yeah.

01:22:31.280 You know, they went off and got caught up in other stuff.

01:22:33.600 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:22:34.060 Um, so yeah, I mean, I had a lot of, but I have to, you know, I realize now, like, I

01:22:38.660 don't have anger towards, like, individual black people, you know, but I do have, they're

01:22:43.480 probably remnant to that, you know?

01:22:45.140 Yeah.

01:22:45.420 Where it does make me angry sometimes, um, but that doesn't mean that towards a general

01:22:50.320 population that I feel that way.

01:22:52.040 No, no.

01:22:52.660 I think the older I become, I start treating it as a case by case.

01:22:56.980 Yeah.

01:22:57.640 You know, like, I think.

01:22:58.880 It's hard to do that when you're a kid, though.

01:23:00.020 No, I mean, I, you know, I, I even got into it with a neo-Nazi gang on Huntington Beach,

01:23:07.240 like, on the beach, got into a rumble for no reason.

01:23:10.900 And, but then, does that change my view on white people as a whole?

01:23:15.320 No, like, but back then, I, I hated, I was just like, well, fuck, they're all racist.

01:23:19.780 Yeah.

01:23:19.900 They all want to fight me.

01:23:20.960 Yeah.

01:23:21.660 But, I mean, that's like a street gang.

01:23:24.300 You know, you can't, you can't go, grow up thinking, well, I got robbed by a Crip, so I

01:23:29.300 hate all blacks.

01:23:29.920 Like, it doesn't, they don't represent the general public of that group, you know, it

01:23:34.800 doesn't, it doesn't make sense.

01:23:36.020 But when you're a kid, all you see is that, that dude did me wrong, so all of them are

01:23:40.500 must, they must be like that.

01:23:41.880 And some of that's a safety precaution as a child.

01:23:44.400 I think so.

01:23:44.920 Like, as a child, if you get hit by lightning.

01:23:46.960 Yeah.

01:23:47.500 Dude, the next time you see a fucking rain, feel a raindrop on your cheek, you're gonna

01:23:50.820 be like, fuck the sky, you know?

01:23:53.320 I bet you, there's some kind of evolutionary truth to that shit.

01:23:56.880 That's kind of like, if a snake bites you, then you're afraid of snakes, right?

01:24:00.380 Yeah, well, you're not, you're not, yeah, you're afraid of at least that, the amphibian

01:24:03.220 area of the zoo.

01:24:04.000 Yeah.

01:24:04.420 So if an Asian dude, like, steals your shoes, then you always wash your shoes around Asians

01:24:08.440 or something, right?

01:24:09.080 And it would be silly for you not to.

01:24:10.800 Right.

01:24:11.620 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:24:12.140 It would be silly for you as a child, as a young person.

01:24:14.580 Right.

01:24:15.360 It would be silly for you not to.

01:24:17.060 Yeah.

01:24:17.440 Like, it would be abnatural, I think, for you not to.

01:24:21.940 Mm-hmm.

01:24:23.420 Instinctually.

01:24:23.860 But then as we age, if we're able to, if you have the blessing enough to live long enough,

01:24:27.900 Yeah.

01:24:28.200 and then you can start to see things in a little bit different.

01:24:30.840 It's kind of like that, you know about that stupid ass hipster couple that went to ISIS

01:24:35.180 territory, and they, they ended up getting killed.

01:24:38.120 They got jacked out.

01:24:38.960 Because they, they're on the other end of, like, niceness, you know what I mean?

01:24:43.020 Yeah.

01:24:43.120 Like, no, everyone's cool and shit.

01:24:45.220 Everybody ain't cool.

01:24:45.980 No, man.

01:24:47.000 And a lot of places aren't cool, like, and America's, like, going through a time where

01:24:50.880 also, like, diversity has, like, only really been, like, happening heavily into a lot of

01:24:56.720 different cities, like, since colleges started, you know, really bringing in a lot of different

01:25:01.180 cultures.

01:25:01.780 Yeah.

01:25:02.020 Um, like, a lot more students are moving in from different countries and going to, like,

01:25:06.060 universities, you know, like, international students, and, like, so you're starting to

01:25:09.120 see, like, a lot more cultures pop up in America.

01:25:11.500 Mm-hmm.

01:25:12.180 Especially, like, in the last 20, 30 years.

01:25:14.980 Yeah.

01:25:15.760 Where they're becoming prolific and getting voices, like, you guys have at JK News, like,

01:25:19.700 like, you guys have a huge audience, 4 million or 5 million people, and it's, like,

01:25:23.260 Mm-hmm.

01:25:23.680 And you have a voice, you know, and it's, and the crazy thing is that I realize the voice

01:25:28.680 isn't that different.

01:25:30.260 Mm-hmm.

01:25:30.500 Yeah, that's, I mean, that's what it's all about, right?

01:25:33.360 I think it's all about us being a real democracy, like, America being able to come together and

01:25:41.420 share voices of, like, what we really mean, like, are, like us, like, real people from

01:25:47.880 the community talking about how they feel and what they think, not our representatives or

01:25:52.440 not what the media says.

01:25:54.960 Agreed.

01:25:55.320 So, because, I mean, you know, like, you're, you're, you're in Hollywood.

01:25:59.040 You know how much they control the script.

01:26:00.700 You know how much.

01:26:01.780 Oh, it's the worst.

01:26:02.280 That's why we're here.

01:26:03.080 That's why you and I are doing our own things.

01:26:04.920 Yeah.

01:26:05.040 Yes.

01:26:05.280 And people, I think, they're tired of that shit.

01:26:08.920 Me too.

01:26:09.040 That's why they're listening to people like us, because that's what they want to hear.

01:26:12.140 They don't want to hear that bullshit when you turn on the news and then, you know,

01:26:15.700 you know it's, it's fake as hell.

01:26:17.740 And it's so sensationalized.

01:26:19.040 And they always focus on negative, negative shit to get people all riled up so they could

01:26:23.940 click that and click this.

01:26:25.140 And I think what's happening now is they're so desperate that they gotta, they gotta look

01:26:31.020 for shit that makes people go, oh my God, another guy died.

01:26:34.040 I gotta click this.

01:26:34.740 I gotta click that.

01:26:36.120 Yeah.

01:26:36.500 Yeah.

01:26:36.880 Yeah.

01:26:37.220 It's, it's definitely gotten that way.

01:26:38.380 But the blessing in that, I think long-term is that a lot of that news has jumped the shark.

01:26:42.700 You know, it's like, oh, people are like, oh, this isn't, it costs, if it costs half a million

01:26:46.920 dollars to make that show today, you're like, a lot of people getting paid along those lines

01:26:52.060 to have an influence and have an input.

01:26:54.520 Whereas, you know, um, you know, things can be more grassroots at our level.

01:26:59.240 Yeah.

01:26:59.520 You know, where it's like, yeah, you don't make, you know, nearly the money you make off

01:27:02.640 of advertising on a big show, but also you have the blessing of like being able to try

01:27:06.640 and have a moment to be genuine.

01:27:09.300 Yeah.

01:27:09.900 And at least, you know, and recognize people are.

01:27:12.660 I mean, yeah, man, I mean, I even feel bad about probably some of the things I've said about

01:27:16.440 in two Asian people growing up, you know, sitting here with you.

01:27:19.740 It makes me think about that a little bit.

01:27:20.740 But you know, what's cool is that humans grow, like we change, you know, even every cell in

01:27:26.500 our body, every 10 years, it's a whole different person.

01:27:29.940 Yeah.

01:27:30.260 And, and the type of people we are, we, it should never stick with us forever.

01:27:34.600 Yeah.

01:27:34.840 Like, like I've done some stupid shit in the past that, I mean, I would never do today.

01:27:41.020 Yeah.

01:27:41.140 And, but that's what kind of sucks is like nowadays, like people will dig up some shit

01:27:46.300 that you said five years ago and then, and then kind of, you know, make that haunt you.

01:27:52.480 I fucking hate that.

01:27:53.360 I hate that too.

01:27:54.020 Yeah.

01:27:54.240 Cause it sucks.

01:27:54.980 It's like, you got to give people a chance to change.

01:27:57.380 You got to, you got to give people a chance to say, I don't think like that anymore.

01:28:01.480 This is what I believe now.

01:28:02.580 And I learned my lesson because how else are we going to grow?

01:28:05.620 Yeah.

01:28:05.980 That's the thing.

01:28:06.480 How do we expect America to change if we're not even willing to let an individual change?

01:28:11.360 Yep.

01:28:11.760 Like you're going to hold somebody else accountable for something 10 years ago.

01:28:14.340 It's kind of the, some of the same group think it's like, or some of the same thing

01:28:17.700 that goes on in America.

01:28:18.480 Like I can't do anything about somebody white that was here fucking 200 years ago.

01:28:23.140 Yeah.

01:28:23.460 Nothing I can do about it.

01:28:24.680 Yeah.

01:28:25.360 You know, I mean, my father was from Nicaragua.

01:28:27.560 My mother grew up in Chicago, you know, like the first stop on the Underground Railroad,

01:28:32.180 like the only place to get off the train, you know, like my family wasn't involved

01:28:36.380 in all that kind of shit, you know, and racist stuff.

01:28:38.580 But it's like, yeah, you have to let people change.

01:28:41.280 You have to.

01:28:41.960 It's so true, man.

01:28:43.240 And I, and I have to remember it, you know?

01:28:45.440 Yeah.

01:28:45.640 And, and then it's all, it's all about not taking anything personally because it might

01:28:48.960 be that you're just a representation of what they, you know what I mean?

01:28:53.720 Like maybe some, some white dude did something wrong to somebody or like, and then they look

01:28:58.760 at you like, oh, yeah, you know, or, or you just don't know.

01:29:03.460 Like, that's what I, that's what I came to realize.

01:29:05.620 They was like, man, it's not about me.

01:29:07.460 It's their image.

01:29:08.580 It's their reality.

01:29:09.800 I'm just a, I'm just the character in their show.

01:29:12.400 Yeah.

01:29:13.080 And it's like, maybe they got swindled by an Asian dude.

01:29:16.240 And then they're like, I can't trust another Asian ever again.

01:29:18.400 Yeah.

01:29:18.680 You know what I mean?

01:29:19.180 So I, I, I, oh yeah.

01:29:21.080 The Chinese finger trap that you put in all 10 fingers.

01:29:23.540 Yeah.

01:29:23.700 And they steal your wallet.

01:29:24.940 That old trick.

01:29:25.700 You're like, fuck.

01:29:26.940 That little finger thing.

01:29:28.320 Oh yeah.

01:29:29.100 Damn.

01:29:29.420 I remember a guy pulled up in our college town one time and had five fingers.

01:29:32.900 You put them in, they got trapped and then they stole your wallet.

01:29:35.680 Oh shit.

01:29:36.640 That's crazy, man.

01:29:37.640 Pretty awesome though.

01:29:38.460 And I was like, damn, this is fucking great, dude.

01:29:41.340 Yeah.

01:29:42.040 I mean, but, but all I could do is be the balance.

01:29:44.600 Right.

01:29:44.860 You know?

01:29:45.320 And.

01:29:45.580 Oh, I love that man.

01:29:46.400 Be the balance.

01:29:46.920 Yeah.

01:29:47.320 Cause if they meet you and they realize, oh shit, you know what?

01:29:50.600 I was wrong.

01:29:51.760 Yeah.

01:29:52.020 You know, instead of perpetuating whatever they thought, you could kind of like freaking

01:29:56.560 Jedi mind trick them.

01:29:58.720 Yeah.

01:29:59.260 And then be like, no, I'm cool, man.

01:30:00.640 This is cool.

01:30:01.420 Yeah.

01:30:01.620 It's like you get a chance every time you meet somebody to show them a different example.

01:30:04.480 Yeah.

01:30:04.940 And I, and I kind of think that this is something that, uh, minorities or specifically in my culture,

01:30:11.740 we knew that it was a, it was a group thing.

01:30:14.860 Like anytime any other group encounters a Japanese person, we're representing, we have

01:30:22.420 the, the, the whole race, we have that responsibility on our shoulder.

01:30:27.420 That's beautiful.

01:30:27.760 We can't look stupid.

01:30:29.100 We can't treat people wrong because they might think all of us are that way.

01:30:33.480 Right.

01:30:33.960 But I don't think, um, I think this is a new concept for other people because the, you

01:30:39.600 know, we're, we're a collective society.

01:30:41.280 So we're, you know, we think about the group all the time before ourselves versus in America,

01:30:46.700 it's all about the individual, individual thought, freedom and stuff like that.

01:30:50.620 So it's like, yo, man, that's, that's, that's that other white guy.

01:30:54.040 That's not me.

01:30:54.640 Right.

01:30:54.900 Like, and I'm not even the same person.

01:30:56.400 Right.

01:30:56.820 But there's gotta be some type of connection that everyone's gotta be responsible for because

01:31:02.580 if it's not you, they're going to think that about another guy.

01:31:06.560 Right.

01:31:07.000 That might be your brother or your neighbor or something else.

01:31:09.900 Yeah.

01:31:10.020 Yeah.

01:31:10.460 Yeah.

01:31:10.800 And it's like, how do we find out what that is?

01:31:12.360 You know, that's tough.

01:31:13.360 But I think, yeah, it's like, you know, we just keep trying to figure out, I don't know.

01:31:17.600 We just stay open to change, I guess.

01:31:19.300 Yeah, for sure.

01:31:20.220 And be the balance, man.

01:31:21.400 Yeah.

01:31:21.620 Cause I think it's kind of, I mean, I'm personally like looking at individual situations, right?

01:31:26.880 And it's kind of like, well, we have poor white kids in America that grew up in

01:31:32.420 shitty ass situations, but they don't get government funding when it comes to colleges.

01:31:36.760 They have to go through even more shit and they're called privileged, right?

01:31:40.560 When they're not.

01:31:41.740 And then you have, you know, maybe a guy like me that kind of fucked around and I get a second

01:31:47.860 chance because I'm a minority.

01:31:49.940 Right.

01:31:50.260 And my first time going to college, I just wanted the aid so I could buy weed.

01:31:54.980 Right.

01:31:55.560 So I could buy a pound of weed and sell that shit.

01:31:58.300 So I'm taking advantage of the system when another guy could, that really worked hard

01:32:02.400 at school could have went through it.

01:32:04.760 Yeah.

01:32:05.060 I mean, fortunately it worked out well for me because I ended up sticking with college

01:32:09.680 and I graduated.

01:32:11.140 But individually there's all these different cases where people are getting fucked and they

01:32:16.140 shouldn't be because they did their job.

01:32:17.860 But then I can see where, you know, people feel like, man, that's fucked up.

01:32:22.700 Yeah.

01:32:22.860 It's like we're living like, we're all, we're all, we're living like the, the life that two

01:32:28.780 generations ago, you know what I'm saying?

01:32:30.880 It's like we're living based on a previous generation all the time.

01:32:33.560 Yep.

01:32:33.920 So it's like, yeah, it's just, I don't know.

01:32:38.420 And that's, it's hard to keep, it's hard to put good boundaries and good practices onto

01:32:44.520 something, a realistic boundaries and practices that are effective onto something that changes

01:32:49.140 constantly.

01:32:50.060 And America's just changing constantly.

01:32:51.680 Yeah.

01:32:51.920 Yeah.

01:32:52.060 That's true.

01:32:53.220 And you can't bring back old shit like this happened 50 years ago and you're going to do

01:32:56.800 it again.

01:32:57.380 But I think it's just the whole resentment, people holding onto anger.

01:33:00.160 People want to hold resentments.

01:33:01.420 That's another thing.

01:33:02.160 As a group, we got to realize the biggest thing you can do is say, let's move onward.

01:33:06.860 Yep.

01:33:07.100 That's the past, you know?

01:33:08.380 Because when I look at it in a positive way, man, we have so much talent.

01:33:13.480 Like we could get the best of the best of every group.

01:33:17.680 You got the, you got the Asians doing math.

01:33:20.820 You got the, you know, you got, you got like, you got like Swedish people playing, uh, building

01:33:28.000 furniture or something.

01:33:29.500 You know what I mean?

01:33:29.760 Like whatever.

01:33:30.960 And then you've got the Louisiana people making like catfish and stuff.

01:33:34.580 Like, I don't know, sandwiches.

01:33:37.100 But yeah, yeah.

01:33:37.700 I see what you're saying.

01:33:38.700 We got, and then we got the best of the best and that's what we need to like put up.

01:33:44.100 And yes, we can say, look, we're still, yeah, this is fucking America, bro.

01:33:47.980 And I think a lot of people still want to have American pride though.

01:33:50.540 Yeah, I am.

01:33:51.640 Yeah.

01:33:51.840 And I love it, you know?

01:33:52.740 And it's so weird that it, that's not a cool thing anymore.

01:33:55.660 I know.

01:33:55.940 The cool thing is to hate America.

01:33:57.580 And I'm like, why?

01:33:58.780 Yeah.

01:33:59.420 I'm the kind of guy that wants to clean up my house, not just move away when it gets

01:34:03.060 dirty.

01:34:03.620 You know, that's the way to do it.

01:34:05.340 Yeah.

01:34:05.560 I mean, my father moved here.

01:34:06.720 Yeah.

01:34:06.880 And gave us a chance, you know, it's like.

01:34:08.720 He came from Nicaragua.

01:34:10.220 Yeah.

01:34:10.540 Oh.

01:34:11.340 And I only say Nicaragua on certain groups of people because it's a risky word to say

01:34:16.120 right now, dude.

01:34:17.020 You know what I'm saying?

01:34:17.400 Some neighborhoods, if I'm going to say it, I roll up the windows.

01:34:19.720 Oh, shit.

01:34:20.380 Because I don't want anybody hearing it.

01:34:21.740 Yeah.

01:34:22.420 You might slip it up a little bit.

01:34:23.740 Oh, dude.

01:34:24.220 It's just, all it takes is just a little bit of dry air in your throat.

01:34:27.240 That's crazy how you're, you're half Nicaraguan, but then you still kind of identify with

01:34:34.760 white.

01:34:35.580 Yeah.

01:34:36.080 Yeah.

01:34:36.580 Yeah.

01:34:36.840 Because this is where I grew up and my dad was so old that he couldn't teach us a lot

01:34:40.160 of like Spanish and stuff like that, you know?

01:34:41.900 He taught us some stuff and he took us, he took me one time to Central America, but, but

01:34:48.200 man, no, look, dude, it's fascinating.

01:34:49.500 I appreciate you coming in.

01:34:50.900 Tell us real quick so we can finish on this note, like what kind of entrepreneurial stuff

01:34:54.000 did you get into?

01:34:56.040 Like now?

01:34:57.340 Yeah.

01:34:57.500 So right now I have a, I have a drink shop out in Westwood in Roland Heights called Sip.

01:35:02.900 It's matcha green tea.

01:35:04.480 It's really delicious.

01:35:05.720 Go check that out.

01:35:06.660 Um, I have a few booths over at this food event called Smorgasburg every Sunday.

01:35:12.400 It's a shrimp daddy.

01:35:13.880 Um, it's, it's yeah.

01:35:15.880 Garlic butter shrimp.

01:35:17.340 You know what?

01:35:18.020 I got, I got to take you.

01:35:19.180 We should, we should take, we should do it.

01:35:20.860 I go over there and shrimp up with you.

01:35:22.520 I fucking love shrimp, dude.

01:35:24.240 You guys like shrimp?

01:35:25.140 Oh yeah, man.

01:35:26.260 Dude, what do Japanese, what time do Japanese people go to bed at?

01:35:28.900 What?

01:35:30.320 What time?

01:35:30.940 I mean the whole nation, I don't know, man, like normal people.

01:35:35.020 I don't know.

01:35:35.460 But 730, I feel like you guys get in bed early, bro.

01:35:38.600 You think I'm that disciplined?

01:35:41.360 Nowadays.

01:35:42.040 Yeah, I do sleep early.

01:35:43.340 Nowadays I do.

01:35:44.320 But back in the day though, I used to sleep at like 6am.

01:35:46.920 Really?

01:35:47.440 Yeah.

01:35:47.520 And go raving all night.

01:35:48.960 Nuh-uh.

01:35:50.380 Yeah.

01:35:50.560 How many people go to raves, huh?

01:35:53.080 Yeah.

01:35:53.440 The whole country, bro.

01:35:54.780 What kind of game do y'all play at the house if you have a board game?

01:35:57.360 Um, shit.

01:35:59.720 Like was there like some traditional?

01:36:00.920 I mean we grew up playing, was it just Monopoly and stuff like that?

01:36:03.200 Oh, like art stuff?

01:36:04.140 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:36:04.880 We would play, yeah, Monopoly, just regular board games.

01:36:08.720 Yeah.

01:36:09.660 I don't remember any Japanese specific games.

01:36:12.400 Yeah.

01:36:12.740 It would just be video games.

01:36:14.080 Oh yeah.

01:36:14.460 Yeah.

01:36:15.120 Konami, remember that company?

01:36:16.720 Konami.

01:36:17.160 Yeah, that sounds familiar.

01:36:18.160 Yeah, yeah.

01:36:18.680 What about Chinese checkers?

01:36:20.340 Yeah, what about that?

01:36:21.120 Oh, with the marbles?

01:36:22.400 Yeah.

01:36:22.820 Was that the Chinese checkers?

01:36:24.180 Yeah, yeah.

01:36:24.500 Yeah, I played that.

01:36:25.540 I played that.

01:36:26.200 Yep.

01:36:26.660 That's awesome.

01:36:27.360 I played chess, played dominoes, played everything.

01:36:30.400 Yeah.

01:36:30.740 Yeah.

01:36:31.360 And do you guys, like do Japanese people have sex and stuff, huh?

01:36:35.800 Lots of it.

01:36:36.540 Really?

01:36:37.060 A whole lot.

01:36:37.700 Oh my God, bro.

01:36:39.040 I can't even imagine that because I don't watch that kind of shit, bro.

01:36:41.120 Yo, man.

01:36:41.680 Well, I don't like Japanese porn, but-

01:36:43.200 You don't?

01:36:43.600 Why?

01:36:44.380 Oh man, it's not the same, bro.

01:36:46.140 I can't imagine it.

01:36:46.580 It's weird.

01:36:47.860 I mean, it's just a whole different world.

01:36:49.940 I mean, you just gotta be in it.

01:36:52.440 Like, it's kind of weird being in both worlds because it's like the opposite of the U.S.

01:36:57.380 Yeah.

01:36:58.100 Everything.

01:36:59.160 It's just nuts.

01:37:00.820 But yeah, they embrace sex.

01:37:02.880 It's not a taboo.

01:37:04.520 Like, it's okay, but it's not like, it's like breathing.

01:37:09.600 Like, everybody has to fuck.

01:37:10.800 Right.

01:37:11.220 I mean, it's accepted to the point where they have nurses there that'll help beat off dudes

01:37:17.700 that can't beat off anymore.

01:37:19.120 Wow.

01:37:19.320 Or like-

01:37:19.860 Old guys?

01:37:20.620 Mentally disabled or whatever.

01:37:22.320 Oh, wow.

01:37:22.500 Like, they make their rounds every month and they're like, this is a human need.

01:37:26.420 I'm gonna beat your ass off.

01:37:28.380 Damn, that's beautiful.

01:37:29.300 And then the guys are like happy and they're like, yeah.

01:37:31.660 Yeah, I was like, oh, I'm gonna go rake the yard now that I got all this, now that I'm

01:37:36.240 putting these binoculars down.

01:37:38.620 Wow, that's crazy, dude.

01:37:40.380 They should have, if they had that service in America, though, I can't even imagine.

01:37:43.360 Right.

01:37:43.780 It's kind of prudish here.

01:37:45.540 Yeah, America's pretty prudish, huh?

01:37:46.960 Even though we think we're not.

01:37:47.960 It's crazy because like, we are cool with violence, but we are not cool with a titty.

01:37:52.480 Yeah.

01:37:53.020 And that's the weirdest thing to me.

01:37:54.700 Do you think sex would be more fun if you were a white person or if you were a different

01:37:58.600 ethnicity?

01:37:59.180 Do you ever think about that?

01:38:00.400 No, I don't know.

01:38:01.300 It, yeah, I don't know.

01:38:03.440 I never really, yeah, I never thought of that at all.

01:38:05.680 I think I'd be more efficient if I were Japanese having sex.

01:38:08.840 Why?

01:38:09.460 I think I could just get it done quicker.

01:38:10.980 You're doing the time and shit.

01:38:12.120 Yeah.

01:38:13.720 You picture Japanese people to be always on time and like.

01:38:17.600 Definitely.

01:38:18.580 Oh, here for the pussy.

01:38:20.500 Yeah.

01:38:20.760 You know what's funny is that stereotypes are not far from the truth.

01:38:23.580 Yeah.

01:38:23.860 Yeah.

01:38:23.920 But like, if you go there, the, the way the public transportation runs, it's on the dot,

01:38:30.100 bro.

01:38:30.180 Wow.

01:38:30.320 You never have a late train.

01:38:32.340 I don't know how they do it.

01:38:33.500 Well, I think it, cause to me, Japanese people seem respectful of time.

01:38:37.080 Yeah.

01:38:37.240 To the point where they're like, okay, that's when I'm supposed to be there.

01:38:39.300 Then that's when I will be there.

01:38:40.460 Oh yeah.

01:38:40.920 Yeah.

01:38:41.020 It's a, it's more of a, they seem to have more of an honor system in most things that

01:38:44.460 they do.

01:38:45.040 Man, I used to get my ass beat if I didn't respect time.

01:38:47.860 Yeah.

01:38:48.240 Yeah.

01:38:48.600 Like, like more than grades.

01:38:50.200 Yeah.

01:38:50.660 Yeah.

01:38:50.840 Wow.

01:38:51.320 My mom would be like, so I remember, um, one time I got in trouble for graffiti.

01:38:55.180 So we had a court date and then she was like, fuck, I can't find this court.

01:39:00.020 This is before GPS and shit.

01:39:01.880 And then, so what she did was she drove to look for the court the day before.

01:39:08.560 Wow.

01:39:08.700 So she in time herself, how long it would take her to get to, to my hearing.

01:39:15.260 So she could take me the next day and be on time.

01:39:17.820 My son will be on time.

01:39:18.840 I was like, damn, dude, that's crazy.

01:39:21.180 But that's how she always did shit.

01:39:22.460 Like, oh, if you have a job interview, you don't know how long it's going to take.

01:39:25.540 You just go there the day before and kind of scope out the spot.

01:39:28.440 That's a lot of honor, man.

01:39:29.440 I'm like, wow.

01:39:30.580 That's a lot of respect for the court system.

01:39:32.280 Yeah.

01:39:33.120 Dude, man, I would be Japanese next time.

01:39:35.040 Dude, would you be white?

01:39:36.420 Um, yeah, I think it depends.

01:39:38.720 Maybe, you know, like.

01:39:40.020 I gotta say yeah.

01:39:41.160 Yeah, man.

01:39:41.820 Like, maybe Louisiana white.

01:39:43.740 Louisiana white.

01:39:44.680 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:39:45.480 Okay.

01:39:46.300 Because a crawfish farmer is something that I want to do, man.

01:39:49.660 Yeah.

01:39:49.760 We should do a sketch or something.

01:39:51.440 A sketch that like kind of shows some similarities.

01:39:52.920 Like trading places?

01:39:53.860 Yeah.

01:39:54.160 Do some funny stuff, though.

01:39:55.360 Yeah, that'd be funny.

01:39:55.820 Um, you know what I try?

01:39:57.880 I want to try, um, catching catfish with my hand, man.

01:40:00.700 Oh, really?

01:40:01.660 Dude, that is.

01:40:02.880 Well, now you're talking about Japanese porn again.

01:40:06.880 Um.

01:40:07.340 That's a thing they do down there, right?

01:40:09.020 I know.

01:40:09.580 They catch the catfish.

01:40:10.780 They do some things, man.

01:40:12.100 Oh, yeah, they do.

01:40:13.300 But I think also, you also, again, are referencing Japanese porn the way you keep moving your arm like that.

01:40:17.480 Um, do we have a couple of, uh, yeah, it's called noodling down there.

01:40:21.460 Noodling?

01:40:21.980 Did we have a couple of calls that came up for Joe?

01:40:23.620 Yeah, we got a couple.

01:40:24.680 All right.

01:40:25.600 All right.

01:40:26.220 This might be a familiar voice.

01:40:31.000 Hey, this question is for Joe.

01:40:33.420 It's, uh, Ryan Davis from the Tin Poe Hat Podcast.

01:40:36.680 I didn't get to ask you this when you were on our show.

01:40:38.780 Uh, are you one of them superstitious type of, uh, Koreans?

01:40:43.220 Okay.

01:40:43.940 First of all, uh, Joe isn't Korean, dude.

01:40:46.940 Right.

01:40:47.680 He is Chinese.

01:40:49.640 I'm joking.

01:40:50.840 Uh, Joe is-

01:40:51.500 Good old Ryan.

01:40:52.900 That's the lion hair Ryan, right?

01:40:54.900 Yeah, that's lion hair Ryan from Tin Poe Hat.

01:40:56.400 Man, homeboy looks like a straight Viking.

01:40:58.880 Oh, yeah.

01:40:59.280 Doesn't he?

01:41:00.020 Oh, he could fuck in the snow, undeniably.

01:41:02.880 Do you think that, uh, what do you think, man?

01:41:05.920 Am I superstitious?

01:41:06.980 Yeah.

01:41:07.280 Or does that start to fade away?

01:41:08.800 Um, you know what?

01:41:10.160 I think, uh, I grew up Christian.

01:41:13.940 Mm-hmm.

01:41:14.180 So, my family is not a stereotypical Japanese family, where I think a lot of Japanese people

01:41:20.860 are a little bit, they dabble a little bit into the, as you can say, dark arts.

01:41:25.160 Yeah, yeah.

01:41:25.880 I know they're in them.

01:41:26.520 But, uh, it's an atheist country, so they're more logical than anything, because they believe

01:41:31.700 in science.

01:41:32.540 But they do do a little bit of, uh, the home religion is Shintoism, but it's kind of like

01:41:38.000 how, uh, Catholicism might be for most people, where they just kind of do the ritual stuff,

01:41:44.000 but they're not like devout-devout, but it's a part of the culture.

01:41:46.780 What about, uh, reincarnation?

01:41:48.360 Is that a popular belief in-

01:41:50.360 Yeah, I think so, because Buddhism.

01:41:52.100 Yeah.

01:41:52.440 Yeah, but for the most part, though, I think they kind of, um, they're more modernized

01:41:56.900 now.

01:41:57.800 Yeah, yeah.

01:41:59.080 I didn't grow up with, uh, too much superstition around me.

01:42:02.080 I mean, we would hear stuff, but everything else was the devil, you know what I mean?

01:42:06.000 Yeah.

01:42:06.020 Because we were so Christian.

01:42:07.120 Oh, yeah.

01:42:07.300 So, it was like-

01:42:08.040 Oh, that's Satan, bro.

01:42:08.860 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:42:09.320 You don't play with the dark arts.

01:42:10.960 Oh, dude, I remember when somebody came in with a bag of Big League Chew, dude, and I fucking

01:42:14.840 put so much over my mouth, I couldn't even fucking breathe.

01:42:18.080 Yeah.

01:42:18.400 And one of the neighbors had to come over and help get it out of my mouth, and I was

01:42:21.000 like, that's fucking-

01:42:21.860 Oh, shit.

01:42:22.800 That's Satan.

01:42:23.280 You almost died?

01:42:24.800 Yeah.

01:42:25.020 You choked on a Big Chew?

01:42:26.220 Dude, I'm a minor leaguer, bro, when it comes to fucking face snacks.

01:42:29.600 Can we get one more question?

01:42:30.780 Dude, I love Big Chew, by the way.

01:42:32.440 You do?

01:42:32.700 It was good.

01:42:33.380 Oh, yeah.

01:42:33.720 We had a couple-

01:42:34.300 We had, uh, we had, um, when I got older, we had a couple of alcoholics.

01:42:39.080 I think they were Chinese or just really tan.

01:42:42.140 Yeah.

01:42:42.780 And, uh, actually, it could have been a Mexican guy that had been in a fire, even.

01:42:47.040 But, um-

01:42:48.600 So, he was always squinting?

01:42:49.640 Yeah.

01:42:49.920 He just, yeah.

01:42:50.780 He just real-

01:42:51.900 Uh, kind of bronzed and thin.

01:42:55.540 Um, but that they would stay in a neat Big League Chew by the bus stop all day.

01:42:59.480 That's-

01:42:59.700 And the bus stop was broken down, no bus ever went there.

01:43:02.080 So, did he just use it as a bench, just to chill on?

01:43:04.380 I think they were waiting for the bus.

01:43:05.400 They were literally there for probably about six years.

01:43:06.980 Oh, my God.

01:43:08.200 Let's check one more.

01:43:09.080 What's happening, Theo, Joe?

01:43:14.480 What's up?

01:43:15.000 You have, like, a load of weapons to carry around with you.

01:43:19.580 I was just wondering, um, besides the guns, what is your favorite weapon?

01:43:27.380 Oh, wow.

01:43:28.660 Peace out.

01:43:29.200 Well, that's a mega fan, because he knows all the stuff that I have.

01:43:33.980 Oh, that's cool.

01:43:34.500 You have a lot of weapons.

01:43:35.180 And then Sam Baber sent that question in.

01:43:37.020 Thank you, Sam.

01:43:37.560 And he's from another country.

01:43:38.440 I'm not sure where.

01:43:40.320 It sounds a bit-

01:43:41.380 Mordor, it seems like.

01:43:42.480 Yeah, it seems like British or maybe one of the small villages.

01:43:45.800 He's on break from Hogwarts and stuff.

01:43:50.000 Yeah, what's your favorite weapon?

01:43:51.760 Oh, man.

01:43:52.560 I'd say, um, I just recently got this, uh, walking stick.

01:43:57.860 Okay.

01:43:58.240 So, it looks like an old man's cane, but it's got all these spikes and ridges and stuff.

01:44:03.020 And so, when I walk around the neighborhood at night, I just use that, because it looks

01:44:07.060 pretty chill.

01:44:08.280 Mm-hmm.

01:44:08.720 But-

01:44:09.400 What's in it?

01:44:10.540 No, it's just a cane, but it's solid as hell, and you can hook people with it.

01:44:14.460 You can, like, kind of smack them around, and it just looks like a geezer's cane.

01:44:19.140 Yeah.

01:44:19.540 Yeah, but before that, I used to walk around with a big staff, like, I'm freaking Merlin.

01:44:24.980 Wow, dude.

01:44:26.120 So, and then the cops wouldn't even bat an eye, because it was like, ah, it's just some-

01:44:30.060 Just some Asian guy with a cane.

01:44:31.540 Guy in Little Tokyo with a cane, man.

01:44:33.740 I just fit the stereotype, you know what I mean?

01:44:35.560 Definitely.

01:44:35.980 Yeah.

01:44:38.440 Just fitting the stereotype, man.

01:44:39.860 That's all.

01:44:40.120 With a big walking stick.

01:44:41.300 I mean, it's huge.

01:44:42.120 It looks like a wizard staff.

01:44:43.940 Yeah.

01:44:44.220 So, I'm walking around there, and if some crackhead wants to get too close, I just, wow.

01:44:49.540 Yeah.

01:44:50.500 Yeah.

01:44:50.980 You'll serve him some crack.

01:44:52.000 Yeah.

01:44:52.400 I'll serve him some crack.

01:44:54.120 Just, we're just living out stereotypes.

01:44:57.340 Joe Jitsukawa, thank you so much for being here today, bro.

01:44:59.500 Yo, man.

01:44:59.980 Thank you, Theo.

01:45:00.660 I love being, like, man, this is, I was really looking forward to being on the show.

01:45:05.820 Thanks, dude.

01:45:07.140 It's pretty awesome.

01:45:07.840 Always talking to you, man.

01:45:08.860 Yeah, same here, man.

01:45:10.340 I really appreciate it, dude.

01:45:11.560 It's been neat to, yeah, like, your buddy Bart, who works with you on JK News, just texting

01:45:17.020 with him the other day.

01:45:18.080 Yeah.

01:45:18.400 But, yeah, it's been neat, man.

01:45:19.280 Like, because my circle of friends and my life has been, like, it's been diverse in the

01:45:23.340 white world and in some other ethnicities, especially when I was younger growing up.

01:45:26.760 But, you know, mostly, like you said, here in Los Angeles, even though, like, outside

01:45:31.180 of, like, comedy and doing comedy, like, most of my friends are kind of a little bit similar.

01:45:35.920 Yeah.

01:45:36.320 Similar to me.

01:45:37.320 Yeah, yeah.

01:45:37.900 But it's neat to feel like that there's commonalities and that that could change, you know.

01:45:43.820 Yeah, man.

01:45:44.460 A hundred percent.

01:45:45.420 So, we'll have to talk about stuff, more stuff in the future.

01:45:47.900 Yeah, for sure.

01:45:49.100 We'll get some burgers and shrimps and rice and mix it all up.

01:45:54.080 This dude wants shrimp so bad, huh?

01:45:55.520 Uh, Jojo Tsukawa, thank you so much.

01:46:00.000 Peace.

01:46:01.240 Now, I'm just floating on the breeze, and I feel I'm falling like these leaves.

01:46:06.920 I must be cornerstone.

01:46:12.120 Oh, but when I reach that ground, I'll share this peace of mind I found.

01:46:17.540 I can feel it in my bones.

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This Past Weekend with Theo Von - November 01, 2018

Joe Jitsukawa ｜ This Past Weekend #144

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