Why Does Charles Barkley HATE San Antonio Women?! | The MJ38 Show #75

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Welcome in, ladies and gentlemen. Episode 75 of the MJ 38 show. Matthew Justin hosts. Co-hosts. Founders. Co-creators MJ 38 productions. MJ 38 music. The MJ 38 show. Welcome in. Hopefully your life is going beautifully. If not, we're going to make it a little more beautiful and bright right now. That's why we're here to. Do picture perfect. Da Vinci, who's a famous photographer I don't even know. Like famous photographers. I know famous painters. Yeah, exactly. I couldn't name, like, a famous photographer on top of my head. Most of the time, they're behind the camera. Yeah. Yeah. Let's take the pictures of the famous people. Yeah. I honestly couldn't name one gun to my head. A famous photographer. Help me. We'll see if it's a honorable person. If this is your first time listening to the MJ 38 show, thanks for tuning in. I appreciate you. Hope you enjoy it. Send us any questions. Big props. Appreciate you. Yeah, yeah. Stick around. Yeah. Tell a friend. Like comment. Subscribe. If this is fun stuff. Not your first time listening to the MJ 38 podcast. Subscribe motherfucking subscribe. Subscribe. Play for other. Subscribe, please. We love you guys! I just recently subscribed to our show too. I didn't realize. For 73 episodes that was a. Subscribed that I was watching one day and I just saw the subscribe button. Wasn't saying unsubscribe, it was saying subscribe. So I clicked it. That's it. Welcome into the fam. That's it. That's all it takes. It's that simple. It's that simple. Yeah, I'm sitting at 4.25 I think subscribers. So I they go to 4.26. I'm gonna be like, guys, what are we doing? What are we talking about? It's not that hard. What are we talking about? You got a little brother. Little sister? Tell them to hop on YouTube. It's on the subscribe. Support the squad. 38 fam as well. Rocking. Here's a list of some famous photographers, if anyone was wondering because I don't know any of these people. This is a classical and influential photographers. Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bresson, Robert Capa, Diane Arbus. No no no. Not a single one. Not a soul. Couldn't tell you anything of what they've done or any famous pictures that they've taken. Contemporary masters Steve McCurry, Annie Leibovitz, Sebastian Salgado, Gregory Crewdson, Jimmy Chin, Mario Testino, Ellen von unworked. These are fashion and editorial photography. Peter Lindbergh I think I've heard that name before. Peter Lindbergh sounds really? That sounds familiar. What do you do? I don't know. Iconic black and white fashion photography. Natural raw beauty. Richard Avedon. Yeah, dude, I can. Zero of these people. I know famous. Painters and sculptors and like artists, but not not a single. Photographer. I know some famous folks. Like the fucking FDR in the wheelchair. Famous photo. Okay. Guy in Tiananmen Square. Famous photo. Famous as hell. Guy on fire. Protesting. Monk on fire. Yeah. Local fire guy. Yeah. Famous photo. There's a couple other ones I'm sure that we can. Like, if you've probably seen him in my college classes and never. You know. I think I remember in magazines like them trying to tell us about famous photographers. Or just like. Maybe that's a medium that doesn't get does get a lot of a lot of love, a lot of credibility in that one. Because it's what maybe it's just like juxtaposed with like you're looking at what they took a picture of. That's the famous thing for sure. Yeah. Not the person that took the picture. But it's definitely the opposite in like, sculptures and paintings like Michelangelo and fucking Da Vinci. Like those people, you know, those people's names? Yeah. For sure. And like fucking Bach or not, but I guess, like, musical, but like, But music too. You don't really know. Rembrandt or whatever. We talked about that last time, like famous paintings, like, you know, the painters, but you don't know the photographers. This weird whose I don't. Maybe I'm just. Uncultured. Onno. Nah, I'm with you. We don't really know the producers for the most part. Like, eventually you get to know them, but really know, like the artist, but not the producer. So I think maybe there's just some roles that don't like the other roles. More attention demanding. One more. I can tell you. By the way, picture perfect. We're here to make that life for you. Let's get it in. Yeah. Totally looking like it's going well man. And we heard saying I felt the electricity in the city probably because I was literally in it, like driving the wife to work downtown, but like San Antonio's poppin right now. Today is the actual the championship of the men's, tournament final four. Now it's the final two championship game tonight. It's going to be who is it? Florida and. Houston. Yeah. University of Houston, Texas Sky. But yeah. Championship tonight. But yeah, I can feel the city was alive. You know, there was literally thousands of people in like walking through downtown. On what day was it? I think pretty much the entirety between Friday, Saturday, Sunday and today. Yeah. It was just. So much free shit going on free concerts and festivals. T-Pain was in town. Pitbull was in town. I think Travis Scott did a pop up. San Antonio's popping right now. We alive, baby. I'm not gonna lie. I was like, I had all Friday off. And Julian was like, why don't you go downtown? I was like, I don't know. Could have. It was a fucking madhouse, bro. You couldn't find parking even if you wanted to. Yeah. Yeah. True. Yeah, I don't know. It is electric in the city. Hype for the city. I felt it. Really cool. Cool stuff going on. Yeah. Charles Barkley, Shaq, Kenny and Ernie, TNT squad, they're all downtown. They're like staying in the hotel. My wife works at a restaurant. The restaurant is in a hotel, Kimpton Santo or something. And like, super, super nice hotel. And that's where Shaq and Charles Barkley were. She said that, like, Charles Barkley is like, really kind of loud and obnoxious, but I guess he's probably drunk. So it was like 3 a.m., I guess, that their restaurant is staying open until one for all the influx of people getting out after the games. So that was, I think the first game for the Final Four was Saturday night between Duke and Houston, and then the first game was Florida and Auburn, and she said it was just madhouse and it's just a fucking madhouse,

especially after the second game, like 10: 6:00

00, 1030. Everyone's getting out there open late. They're like the only restaurants open late to get like a legit, genuine nice dinner. You know, I'm sure there's a whole bunch of little smaller restaurants or taco trucks or whatever the fuck just kind of definitely open and available. But like, if you want, like a nice steak dinner at midnight. Saturday night, that was. The only spot. You could go nice. And like. Yeah, she said that she she left super late. She got there at four. She didn't get out till like 250. And she, there was still people there after her. And she said that those people it was around like 315 is like the recount of one of her, coworkers. But they're saying around like 315, 320 Charles. Barkley was like walking into the restaurant, so I can't get a drink. It's like, no, motherfucker. We're close. We close. Like an hour and a half ago, we closed at one. Like we can't be serving alcohol past two. It's like, you need to know. Like to know the after hours spots. You know, for the service industry folk that serve restaurant or they serve alcohol past 3:00. My my brain was like, in a drink job. My body slipped into a position. It's like, how much is that drink worth? To my friend. We're talking about. $10,000. $20,000? How much of that drink? More than you. Want. Hi, boys. Want some fucking little jack and coke? Thousand dollars? Yeah, right. Yeah. I was like, y'all pay my rent this month. Like I got some vodka. I got some Tito's in my crib. I'll bring it back for you, dawg. I'll make that. In your room, dawg. Like, what's up, mobile bartender? Scott. Yeah, yeah. Because, man, not to be like, he's fucking rich. But that is part of the reason why he's walking at 315 asking for a drink. He's like. Oh, me. Like, you know. Well, yeah, I do, but yeah. It's trust. Charles Barkley doesn't have people. Hey, Charles Barkley is. Sanitizing. The city. He's got a lot of he's got a lot of. Beef with the women in San Antonio, for sure. I wonder where that is. We were talking about this before they even arrived, because I guess they had, her restaurant and her hotel, like, management staff had kind of informed them Final Four was going to be a bitch. Y'all. We're going to be open late, and it's going to be crazy busy and just be ready for a long days and a hard, hard work day. Somebody's busy as hell. Start to finish. Answer me a long one. So I'd be ready for that. But so that's been the, kind of news in the watering hole for the last couple of weeks for them. And then we're talking about that just, you know, talking about Charles Barkley. And then I was just like, why? I wonder what happened with him in San Antonio. Women. They got him so scorned, you know. Like, why. Why is he talking shit about the San Antonio women? When did that start and why did that start? I guess when he was on the Suns. Really coming into Tony that all of this, like when he was playing. That's why he in the 90s he said something about or. Well no, I guess it was when he was older. But that's what I always assumed is that when he was a player, he'd come to San Antonio and he just saw court shit. A lot of thick women. Maybe he just got denied a whole bunch or, you know what I'm saying? Maybe he just, like, got his, like, emasculated it or something. Something happened. To him. I think he got scorned by some San Antonio women. I'm totally hypothetically. Maybe. Yeah. Curved hard. Yeah, right. Well, you're fat bitch anyways. Yeah. I ain't got fat. Free speech. Whole city spat. Bitch is. Look in your fat city, bitch, you'll big britches. Yeah, I'll be honest. Like I think I. Well, we are like the diabetes capital of the world to we are. Yeah. I thought, well. Maybe not the world, but. Yeah. Look up. Because I could have sworn that as far as, like, us cities were concerned, San Antonio was probably in the top ten as far as, like, the largest, obesity rates are largest. And I'm not even sure how you measure that metric, but I could have swore the Senate like, sorry, Houston. I thought Houston was definitely higher than we were. Just like across the United States as far as, like, fat cities are, unquote. What are the fattest cities in America? Yeah, right. I don't think I don't think we're top. The top ten. I don't think we're top five. What is it? I just I do one of. The top ten cities with the most type two diabetes. Oh, Christ. Brownsville, Texas. Pharr, Texas. Laredo, Texas. Where the top three bro. Texas is hit in. What what what a four and five. Compton, California is number five. Macon, Georgia. Lynwood, California. But they're it's like, how big are some of these cities? You know, like it's like 100 people might be like 10% of a city, whereas like a hundred people in a bigger cities, like a lower percentage of what I'm saying. Portions. Yeah. Let's say it. What are the fattest cities in America? Yeah, yeah. Come on. Chatty. I'm sure this studies on this. I'm not sure. Are they mentioning, like, BMI or just like obesity percentage? These are the questions. These are these are the these are the questions. We're getting deep with talent Texas number one. They only. But now okay let me just say I've been I've heard San Antonio. Charles Barkley says you guys are fat bitches in here. But I've also heard, like, you know, like the doctors that come in, like to do, like pharmaceutical stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I've heard, like, several times. Then make, like, colloquial anecdotal jokes about, like, San Antonio being like a super obese high type two diabetes. We eat terribly here. Like the percentages are skewed for San Antonio for their information based on like, national information for their drug. Sometimes. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. One of the most obese cities or that that type two diabetes rates really high. Yes, I think I think it's, Also Charles Barkley. It's more I think it's a. Charles Barkley personal story thing. I think he just got his manhood. Questioned. Or he got swerved or he got embarrassed and something happened. He got scorned. He got beaten by some women here in SA, maybe when he was a player for the Suns, maybe when he was an announcer. And they came here for some Spurs game, whatever it was, and he just got a bad taste in his mouth. Ever since. Okay. So, we're we're the 13th most overweight city. So you not even top ten? Yeah. Charles, what the fuck are you talking about? There's a lot of cities there in the world, you know. In a lot of. Cities. But, it also, if you look at it like, because we looked at the top ten cities for overweight and it was like Brownsville, Pharr, Laredo, Macon, Compton. Lynwood. Birmingham. Albany, Georgia. Edinburg, Texas. Jackson, Mississippi. Like, none of those places have NBA teams. So we might be like the number one NBA team. City okay. But those players would go. Okay, that makes a little bit more sense. More than 16% of residents have type two diabetes, which is six percentage points higher than the U.S average of 10%. What about Houston? I don't want to like I saw Houston was higher up on that list. Regarding Charles Barkley's comments, he has indeed made remarks over the years about the weight of women in San Antonio. Its comments have met with criticism. That it's important to approach these topics with sensitivity and respect, recognizing the complex factors that contribute to public health issues. Facts. Yeah. But, okay. What about Houston. And then complicated on a. Sample I've heard. Get out. There. Sorry. Run it off. It's not fast. And, I think. It's a cultural thing. It's like we do have some barbacoa and big red. Definitely a thing. It's definitely a thing here. I was going to say rice and beans and I'm happy. I was like, that sounds terrible. That sounds really not. It sounds racially charged. I don't know, Bobby. Come on, big Red. I like the same example, but in a less racially charged light. You know, we love our soda. We love our soda, love our tortillas, our love our barbacoa. Again, let's see what. Yeah. So what about Houston? I've heard it's a fair city, too. Yeah, yeah. The fuck? Houston. They know how to eat in Houston. They got some good restaurants out there. I'm pretty sure that's, like part of their culture. Right? Or part of, like, what they're known for is having nice restaurants. Yeah, they're like 33rd. Damn. Okay. I don't know why I thought that was. Maybe it was not so hard. 100,000 cities in America. There's a lot. 12.5 adults in Houston. And more than 13% of adults in Harris County are living with diabetes. The national average is 10%. So, yeah. But yeah, they eat the well in Houston, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, I guess it's more fine dining, steakhouse type restaurants. I think they. Go to the spa like a good grub spots too, probably, you know. So I think they just like, cook good food and. They have a good culinary scene from what I've been told. Like one of the best. Black folks make. Good food. But black folks in Houston, some. Soul out there. Yeah, for sure. That's what I've heard. I don't know. I'm going ingredients. I guess I never really been to Houston. Houston to like, experience the culture or the culinary scene. I've only been there in passing a couple times. Yeah, sure. I've never I've never gone there and like, fucking seen the nightlife, you know what I'm saying? Yeah I know they got some solid. Was it vegan or vegan Anthony's or some sort of steakhouse. And they got my mastro's or my, they got, they got a lot of stuff out there. My Astros. Yeah. Some like that. Yeah. It's all it's all relatively the same. So ma'am. Yeah, maybe that's maybe that is what it is. Maybe like San Antonio as far as, like as far as major Metropolis esque types of cities with a lot of population and a basketball team. San Antonio might be the number one. Sauce right up there. If I had to guess, like at one point in time, Charles Barkley was in San Antonio with his team and they were looking for some women. And then the wherever they were looking for the women, they saw a few obese women. And then Charles Barkley just started making jokes, and then the team started laughing. And then somebody was like, this is like one of the most obese cities in America. He's like, I'm. Saying, look around for King Charles Central. I gotta tell you, I could have told you that. Yeah. And then it, like, turned into a bit and then he probably had in the back of his mind is this one time he killed and then he was on camera one day and he was just like, I got a joke that kills about San Antonio. Yeah. And then he fucking stepped on a landmine. And now he's running with it forever. Yeah. Either that or. He got curved hard and he's like, fell off. Fuck that. City. Yeah, yeah. All right, I'm. Gonna give it to. Him. That's what I was leaning towards. I'm not sure. You know, I would like to ask him. Where did that originate? No smoke, no shade at all. Put him on the list. Charles Barkley. Get Charles in here. I want Charles and Shaq. That'd be a funny podcast. That would be great. Yeah, apparently Shaq is really cool. He's come through, the restaurant. My wife works out like it's for for breakfast and stuff. And then. Yeah, Charles has been there a couple times over the course of this weekend because they're hosting and, I guess they're annunciating. All right. Yeah. Right. Announcing or. Probably on a broadcast. Yeah. Broadcasting, whatever. This is not spectating. What the fuck's that? Where? I'm talking. For. Commentating. There we go commentating on some of the games, but yeah, I don't know. I couldn't tell you, but it was funny because, whenever she saw him, she was like, oh, he's like, I thought he was going to be because I had my we discussed it and I thought that he was like, he better come correct when it comes to San Antonio. Like, he better be in shape, you know, Saint Charles Barkley. Yeah. Yeah. If he's not, he's going to catch it bro. Every which way. I don't think he works out anymore. Yeah but but she said she saw him and he was not like not like a big, big guy. He's definitely like a large human, you know, but he's not like, the first thing you, you don't you don't think he's like a fat person whenever you see him, apparently. And I was like, okay, I bet I bet he was hit in that shit hard. Before he gave. We got here. You probably right. He knew he knew what was going to happen. Correct. Final four on the fucking yeah. Tony here, it's like, oh shit. It's like, oh shit. By April I gotta get it ain't dog. Okay. Yeah, everybody does work. Oh, well, we probably still work. I wonder that all the some. Oh, absolutely. I'm never stopping until I'm like, dead. Yeah I'm dead bro. Dude, what is it? What do you see old guys in your gym at all? Yeah, I guess how will def. I definitely see like 60 year olds for sure. Yeah, there's a lot of, like, 67 year olds that are in my gym, like, earlier in the day. Sauna especially to, And what is that? Balls hanging? Why? Dude, I got to say it, bro. You know what? I'm going. I had to pause myself. I'm like, well, I'm talking about Jen. I tell you a lot lately on the podcast, instead of me saying. I should chill out what's going on in my subconscious. But dude, there's so many. And then like, I was on this, on this the last time I was in the sauna is why it's fresh on my mind, I think on the mind. Balls of the brain. Oh, I wasn't there was like four dudes and there were all, like, 30 year olds, you know what I'm saying? I was trying to, like, my legs are just. I cooked myself. And so I was trying to loosen up before I went played basketball. And then this guy just, like, walked in, just, like, holding his towel. He's holding his cell. Just. Just fucking letting a fly. Birthday suit. Yeah. Really? Yeah. Just letting it angle. Really? Yeah. Then he's like, dude, that's in the locker room. I get it. Because like, the song is in the locker room, but like, if you're in the sauna, sauna, like, I don't want your bare ass on the fucking same seat that I'm sitting on. Oh, he like walks up to in between two guys, puts his towel down. Takes it. I mean, you gotta like, step up those steps up. This is off. Like, hey there, it's hanging. We're all just sitting there like like an empty house and then like, sits on his, like, how old is this guy? Yeah. Roughly rough guesstimate. 60. Five, 68. Okay, I'm having. A hard time walking around. Pushing 70. And then, you know, sits on it and then kind of pulls it over himself. I'm like, Doug, let me teach you something. My stepdad taught me, man. It wrapped around fuckin bloop bloop. Like, you're good, bro. You know what I'm saying? You learn that one time. No alone. No longer have to flop your way through life. You know, there's. No reason for that. There's no reason for that. It's like there's some. Laziness in their brain. I don't give a fuck anymore. Is that what it is? Geriatric. It's like I don't give a shit, dude. It's just like, bro. That's crazy, because I would never go in a sauna naked. Dude, I see it all. If I go in the mornings, it's like, tonnages. And, like, even when they, they're coming out of the shower, they're just like, throw their. All over their shoulder walking through the. Locker room, get to their locker. Taking the sweet. Time. Yeah, dude. And I'm just like, there's like, locker room etiquette. You know what I'm saying? Yes. Like, the other day, I was like, we can go back to Final Four, but I, my my locker. I come out of the shower, towel around my waist like a normal person. There's a guy who's, like, getting dressed, like, right next to my locker. So I'm like, oh, excuse me, bro, grab my stuff. And then just, like, pull it out of the locker and put it, like on the other side of the bench, you know, give it some space. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Very cordial, very, very normal human behavior. And there's a there's a moment of exposure every time where I gotta, like, take my towel off, put my underwear on. You know what I'm saying? Yep. There is a, there is like a, there's always going to be a little brief, brief moment. Yeah. And when I was a kid, you can, you can super easily. Just like have your towel around your waist and put your underwear on like underneath, completely. Under the towel. Yeah. It's like an easy move, but it's a less of an alpha move, I think, to confidently say, for this 10s my way is, in the public. View, the glory for all my glory. Yeah, I in my shame, yeah, all of it at the same time. So like just to be like, you know, it feels more proper just to, like, accept that that's what's going on for a second. Yeah, but. Like the guy who was changing, he's like a his back to the locker and his face to the mirror. And then I've got my back to him because he's changing. But, looking at the mirror and he's. Also looking to the mirror. Yeah. Okay. I was just like. Took out my towel. Look at him. All right, bro, so I put on my underwear. Look at him. The fuck put it on the rest of the way. I was like. All right. I just, like, turn around and then, like, stare at him while I'm putting on the rest of my clothes like, hey, bro, it's. Kind of fucking weird, right? It's a little awkward. It's like, oh, maybe he likes this. Maybe this is like what he's looking for in a locker room exchange. Maybe. Maybe not. So let me not start this guy down. Actually. Let's just let him fucking. This is like a fucking playground for gay guys. I don't know, I don't know, it's like, what? The energy's off. I don't know what's going on there, you know what I'm saying? That's. Like not not assuming, but I'm just asking legitimate question. Yeah, right. Like if there were coed locker rooms, if there's just one locker room all the time. Well, it might be hard to break line of size sometimes. A little weird, I don't know, maybe a little weird. They do. They do coed. Saunas in a lot of countries. Yeah. They had won a golden gym where I think some of the gyms have like their sauna in the pool area versus having the saunas in the locker room area. Yeah, that's how fitness is like that. Okay. Yeah. That's kind of cool. Yeah. But I think people are less inclined to just get in there naked. Yes, yes, much less inclined. Glad you're not in the locker room setting. Yeah, the sun is a little bit different if it's not in the locker room. I don't know man. Maybe gyms are different in the 50s. Who knows. I can tell you love a sauna though. I fucking love a sauna. But the old people's complete lack of towel. It's just so weird to me. It's such a common trope that people know about, you know, it's a joke that someone makes. Everyone could be like, I know you're talking about it. I guess I'll try be that old guy. No. Oh my God, why not tell me. That old guy? I might get, like, a smaller towel if I'm worried I'm gonna trip on it or something. Maybe that's part of. It's like a fucking hazard. I get that shit away from my feet. Well, I'm trying to die in here, okay? I didn't think about that. I don't know, I'm just being generous. Oh, it's a little generous. Is like. It just seems like whenever I'm 70 and working out still, which I plan to do. And going into the locker room to change or to go into the sauna, I don't I typically don't shower in the gym unless like, I'm pressed for time and I'm trying to like make a day more smooth with like my time and my whatever. You know, the flow. Yeah, but if I was going to be 70, in the sauna or in the locker room, I'm not going to be just swinging and banging. I'm gonna keep it cordial. All these 10s where you gotta swing and bang. Yeah. That's it. And more than that, you're having fun. Anyone does. Anyone that you're playing with yourself. Like if you're playing with the toe a dangerous line friend. Yeah, I don't understand it. In the perv Pavilion. I don't get it, bro, I really don't. But, and also, I don't know, maybe it's like a fucking war thing back in the day. You should just fucking shower with the guys. It's like bonding. I don't know, I guess, like in high school football, we definitely I was I've never been around so many naked guys. You know what I'm saying? I was I say yeah, it's definitely different in high school whenever you're playing sports or in college, if you're playing sports and you're like, literally share a locker room and then share the showers with those guys on your team, like that's, that's a different that's a different setting. Even so, there's only like one weirdo that's walking around fucking butt naked all the time. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah. One dude that's like, just really comfortable with himself. Usually it's not the whole team. Most people have some fucking shame. It's like you don't want to be, like, towel on all the time, guys, but you're not just going to let us. Showering and swim trunks. Yeah, I don't want to do that. But but yeah. Oh, let's say what, oh. Charles, how do I tie it back in. With a Charles? He probably walks around naked in this in the gym. I think he's a little weird. Yeah. I think he's a little weird. I remember super. Confident. I think there was a. I can't remember if I'm making this up. I want to say I was in high school, and I had heard one of my high school buddies had mentioned, because he was really big into the NBA. So, like, he kind of knew a little bit about like old school NBA, but definitely more like with the current at that time, the current NBA. I'm sure he still does keep up with the current NBA players and the the dynamics of the teams and the players and the coaches and that kind of stuff. But the commentators as well, because, yeah, that was whenever Shaq and Kenny and Charles and Ernie were like kind of, I guess I'm not sure when that team formed exactly for TNT, but they're they're commentating on all the games pretty much indefinitely, like doing all the halftime shows, TNT halftime shows. They've been doing that since I was in high school, for sure. So maybe that started a little bit before that. But I want to say that there was a story or a headline that came out about Charles Barkley. Maybe he was in Vegas. I'm not sure if and accurate with this quote. I want to say that he was allegedly, hypothetically, he could have been in Vegas getting pulled over and because he was speeding in Vegas or something, and he was like, he had cocaine on him or some cocaine was mixed in involved in the story as well as a hooker. So like, I think he he was maybe on that kind of demon time, like maybe about ten years ago or so. I'm not sure if he still is. My mom would make jokes about cocaine hookers all the time. I think it was like a trope back in the day. So, what are we doing tonight? Cocaine. Hookers. All right. Fine. Fucking Cheesecake factory. That'll do. Yeah. Let's make some fucking tacos. Let's hang out in the house. Yeah, I don't know. I feel like maybe in the 90s, I was, like, more of a, like now. I mean, people do it now, too. If you're in the white circle, I'm sure, but. I'm sure. It definitely. I can remember, like when I was a kid, that was more of a trope. And he was like living out that trope. I don't know if that's like straight demon time per se, but definitely, I mean, yeah, I mean. You go into an angel town, the church, but, Yeah, exactly. The altar boy. Shit. No dog. What the fuck? But yeah. Vegas. Cocaine, hookers. Sounds about right. It's so strange. I don't know, that's crazy. I wouldn't that's crazy to partake in that. Yeah, the realm of reality I can never just even thinking about it was like, oh, so scary. Or it's like, you know, I don't know. You don't know these fucking people. You're really putting yourself out there into vulnerability land. Yeah, they could just drug you and take all your shit. The hookers at least. And there's a billion other possibilities that are negative outcome for you. Yeah, totally. STD or whatever. The fuck? Yeah. Barely get killed. Yeah. Plus, like, then you paid for sex. It's like, think it lose clout. It's not the metaphysical realm for that. Yeah. Yeah, totally. That's not cool. It's not who it's Michael. But like, I think that, rich people live in, like, a different state of mind. At what point does that happen? Or like, you know, at what dollar amount do you enter into the rich person? I've hanging around people that do weird shit all, all the time type of type of energy. I like million dollars. A year, 500,000. 500 K a year. Then you start to hang out with some fucking crazy rich motherfuckers with crazy cars and crazy cocaine parties and dirty parties. I don't know, man. I'm not saying that everyone makes a lot of money. He does all that kind of stuff. But yeah, you kind of have to make a lot of money to be invited to that kind of stuff, you know? Yeah. True. Right. Like, if you came up off of fucking YouTube, we wouldn't just, like, automatically start hanging out with people that were doing that stuff. Like, you got to choose that at some point, you know what I'm saying? For sure, I don't know, sometimes I see people like, like, Know what's that, a poker game? I don't want money. You're probably watching this to my homie. That was there. Yeah. Poker games. Is that about what, a poker? Poker game, you know what I'm saying? And then it was like, you know, a couple, 2 or 3 hours in. So I was like, hey, man, you want to go bump? And I was just like, I'm good, okay, I'm all right. But then the other people that were just like, chill, normal, regular people, it's like doing a shot, almost like dead well, but I'm sure. Why not? You have a beer. I seen that happen like 2 or 3 times in my life where it was just like, all of a sudden someone's like, hey, you wanna do some drugs? I'm like, well, if it was up like it, I probably hit it in a different time frame of my life. Not right now, but like a couple of years ago, someone's just like, hey, man, you hit this point. I'm like, yeah, sure. But like. Yeah, fuck. Yeah. But doing a is just like a different line to cross. And then there's probably some people out there like, nah, that guy's a fucking pussy talking about me. Yes, sir. Yeah. So are you mental projections like that's a different line to cross within the other people from another, different perspective. Just like, have that line moved over, you know what I'm saying? It's like you're not gonna do heroin, you know? Right? Right. Doesn't do. I'll do a fucking shot of meth real quick or whatever. Totally. But like, the line gets moved depending on. And some people wouldn't even do the coke. The drinking like fucking Mormons won't even have coffee. Like that's crossing the line, friend. Yeah, no caffeine in my body. Yes. I not smoking the weed is some people's line to make time. I'm just like over that for the most part. You know, I like caffeine. Alcohol, even with an alcohol that's like seltzers, beers shot, Everclear, moonshine. But most of that is like weed. There's different types of weed. Is this fucking smoking a joint? Smoking a blunt? Like hitting the fucking gravity bong? So I was doing a fucking dab. Yeah. Doing like a, you. Know, whole chocolate bar. Edible. Yeah. It's like the psychedelic realm. And then it goes into, like, cocaine. And then just like the line just keeps on getting pushed out, pushed out, pushed out. So everyone has like a different where's my fucking, where's my hard stop. Where's my red line. Where's my fucking highlighter. Neon yellow. That's a line I very obvious. Can't cross that one. Yeah, totally. Because I've been like sure, let. Me take that Adderall. Yeah. Right. Here's what I've I've asked you to focus. Yeah. Yeah I've had some good days on vyvanse, but productive days. Yeah. It just feels so good. It's like cleaning is like. Feels awesome. Being productive, just getting you high. Yeah. Totally feeling great, but. Yeah, but coke for me is like, you know, I've. I've experimented a couple times. I'm going to get canceled. Don't even. Make. Fire. I don't think Vyvanse and Adderall is like Coke technically or. Yeah. Ever since I saw was like a amphetamine. Yeah, totally. But, yeah, they did enjoy it when I tried it. Like, I felt so weird. I might nasal my throat. That's the thing. That's another thing. Like having to snort something. Yeah. Smoking something, a drink or something is a little bit different. But any other form of consumption is a little bit weird. I thought the Vyvanse felt better too, like I didn't feel fucking like wash limitless. You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah, I was. Like, okay, I guess I see why people do this, you know what I'm saying? But I watched Goodfellas, bro. And that kind of like, turn me off to cocaine because, like, you can see someone be like, who's worse in, like, crash their whole life, you know what I'm saying? And also, I've been like, I remember in college there are times where I'd be like, fiending to smoke some weed, and it's like, I'm having a bad time because I don't have weed money right now. Like. And then I could just imagine that the Coke version of that is, like, so much worse, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, and a lot more expensive. Yeah, yeah. My dad always be, like, talking about, thank God you don't have a Coke habit. Like that'd be fewer. You could end up on someone $1,000. Know. Tell them what you're gonna have to do to make up that thousand dollars, boy. Easy, Wildcats. Okay. Be careful. Fuck, yeah. Fucking fuck around. Yeah, totally. It's a different. Animal. Totally doing. I don't really I mean, I'm sure there's a bunch of good old boys out there, a bunch of people who are bosses of other employees that spent a couple of years doing a couple bums, sitting there, going out with their friends. Yeah, dancing at the dance halls, doing a little sheep slop. Yeah. I stay awake, try to stay up. In the 80s is probably also much different being in the. 80s. Why are you what. Let's say it was pop and all. Yeah. But also most like a ton of coke. I mean, I don't know if I just watch too much. Doctor Phil, a ton of Coke has fentanyl in it. I'm not really trying to fuck with that either. Is that it's like something they make sense of it. Yeah. They get like more violent, like more volume to have more. Yeah. Because like, if you like to cut it, if you have like 100% pure Coke, I guess it's like fucking amazing. But then sometimes you have like you're going to sell like 79% like pure Coke. And that's like still good enough that you'll get sales. But what you could do is you could cut it all the way down, and when you cut it, you get more, right? Yeah. So like like you cut it down to like 50% coke and have, like way more coke, but then put like maybe like 5% fentanyl in and then it'll feel closer to 90% Coke because it's just like such a high. And you just like can have way more product because you cut it so much. Yeah. And then sprinkle on the fentanyl to make them feel high. But then like if someone fucks up or like let's say the fucking bag. Dosage is incorrect. Quite right. Or the proportion and this one particular bag is a little bit off. Yeah. Then you could like oh do you like happen he's shit happens. Yeah. My uncle died on fentanyl but it wasn't like from coke but it was like medical. He got shot I don't know it's true because it just sounds as I get older, I'm like, what's that? What happened? That was the narrative. Whenever you were 12, well. Know what happened? Yeah, exactly. Apparently what happened was, is that he was chilling in his couch watching Goodfellas, actually. Really? Yeah. That was weird. Actually. Just stripped. Out. Do do do do do do. Yeah. It's chilling on his couch watching Goodfellas is like one of his favorite movies. And, he just had surgery like a few weeks before that. So he was like, you know, recovering and then like a drug dealer outside of his apartment went like, bad. And then the guy started shooting at the other guy and then, like, through his door, like a bullet came through and, like, hit him. And then he. Caught in the crossfire. Yeah. And then, like, went to the hospital for a bullet wound and then was given fentanyl to recover at home, and then, like, it's like the one fentanyl patch would last, like six hours and then would be like, do not overlap your fentanyl, like, wait for six hours before applying another patch. And I guess he was like, like five hours. And he's like, fuck that. I don't want to be sober. Like, I'm gonna slap this one on, take this one off. But then he just oh did bam. Yeah. That's why I throw sucks sucks bro. So happens you know what I'm saying? I'm sure people O.D. all the time. Yeah. So cocaine is not worth it in my mind. Fine. Adderall plug. A doctor, it's something you can't focus. At work or you can't focus at school. Dude, I don't know is a slippery slope, bro. Because this is addictive too. For sure. Yeah. The fiend level the next day is pretty high here. Like, I want to feel like that again. Yeah. Oh that sucks. I don't want to feel tired. And I want to feel good about being productive. Yeah, totally. And like, I feeling productive in and of itself get you, like, a natural tie, you know, and like you have you on your to do list and you do all of it and you're like, man, that feels good. And then like amplified that by 20 and then amplified that feeling by 20. And the ease of which the energy it takes for you to do it is like super, super easy entry level. Now it's like you don't have to muster up a whole bunch of fucking like, all right, here we go to like, get it started and do the dishes. You're just like, doing the dishes. Before you even know it. Yeah. Do is scrubbing the floors. It's awesome. Yeah, I don't want. That's why I stopped taking pre-workout too, though. Was like, I hate when there's, like a feeling of like, I really love doing this when I'm on pre-workout, and I really hate doing it when I'm not on pre-workout. So, like, I kind of need pre-workout to do it. Fuck that. Fuck. Doing on on the regular on. The dependency starts to kick. In. Yeah. Dependency scares the shit out of me for sure. So like, I mean, I smoked the vape all the time, but that's like, I know that's where my dependency exists to some degree. It's like my I could not do it if I wanted to. The problem with nicotine is it's like super addictive. And then withdrawal like hits pretty hard. But like like we're fasting from. Yeah. I think you want to talk about that, right? Yeah. For sure. It's fasting in general. I'm sorry, I, I was evaluating my openness on my podcast, but yeah like I'm, I'm not I'm not smoking weed right now. And I. Usually like to eat. Yeah. Yeah. True. There's never there's not much difference if you, if you want me to be like real PC, I legitimately only buy stuff from legal smoke shops for sure. Yeah, there are legal smoke shops here in Texas. There are plenty, I promise. Yeah. And legal loopholes for sure. Super legal. Like you couldn't even. I don't even think I saw a traffic stop where this guy searched this guy's car on YouTube because he had, like, a Delta eight pen in the car. It was like a looper. Like, if you go to it, you can see one of those in smoke Shop right now. Gas station. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. For sure. Like or like a certain type of convenience store. You know I'm saying. Yeah. So the guy sees that and then he detains the guy and then he searches the car. And then it turned out to be like an unlawful search. And then the cloud got like a suspension for it. And then the guy won the lawsuit because it's like, not not illegal. That's not, proof of cause or whatever. You have to have to do a search. It's a reasonable cause. It's like, that's not even reasonable cause because it's legal. Yeah. So it's like searching your car because you have vape on you or like one of those vapes. So you literally can buy pretty much every gas station. Yeah, yeah. So anyways, I like to do that before I work out if I'm going to make some music, you know what I'm saying. I'm super responsible with it as far as it goes. So yeah. But like my dependency gene, like I was able to like stop that, like easy. You know what I'm saying? I didn't even like, really. There's a couple moments where I'm like, fuck, I need to do something with my hands because I'm like. Get a little antsy. Yeah, for sure. Just a little answer here and there. But, but I, I know that that dependency thing, that addictive personality trait, like, exists in my system. So I try to, like, keep it localized somewhere, you know what I'm saying? Try to keep it on like lifting weights but let the vape happen. Luckily I don't alcohol is not really a thing for me. Weed was easy to shut off. You know, but I think some people don't know how to deal with that. When I was younger, I didn't know how to deal with it for sure. There are definitely times where I'm like, I'm gonna go get a bottle and. And a knife, and we're going to have a great weekend. Have a good time. Yeah. For sure. And then I was like, if we get to the weekend, we're not going to like party a little bit. I'd be like, what are we doing? You know what I'm saying? I don't want to sit here and play FIFA sober. I don't this is not fun. And I'll be like really antsy, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. There were times even where we were like smoking a black and mild, just trying to feel something, you know. Yeah. Yeah. We'll get a little head high. Yeah. Totally. Some of those tobacco nicotine combo. Yeah. So that's why I think my dad was like well thank God you don't have like a Coke problem when I was younger because like, you could definitely see the addictive personality gene in me, like, yeah, present. You know what I'm saying? That's definitely a thing, right? Or like, it's, I'm not sure if it's a medical exactly, but it's like a, the addictive personality trait, like, people have that. Right? Or is it? That's like a, like, a real. Thing conversationally, all. The time. Yeah, right. We say like, I'm not sure if it's like a, like, psychological thing. That's like a we could identify it in somebody or like, we could do a DNA test or we could see like, oh, yeah, you got it. Like you got it right here. Yeah, there. Definitely like an alcoholism. Like you're way more likely to suffer from alcoholism if you're a parent. Runs in your family. Yeah. Yeah. Right. That's a real thing for sure. Right. So I think that's where it comes from some degree. It's like if you someone in your family is has an addictive personality, it's like you got to be kinda careful because it's likely that you have the same thing going on. But I don't know if that's just like the sense of our fathers, you know what I'm saying? Be it passed on for seven generations, it's like you watch someone not have a lot of discipline. It's like you never like, received discipline visually when you were a kid. Yeah. I guess the question is is it like a mental thing or is it like a DNA hereditary. We could, we could point it out like we can, we could see this genetically. What's that sensitivity. Because I've definitely heard that I'm sure everyone's heard that term like addictive personality trait. I think Joe Rogan even classifies himself as someone who has a addictive personality trait. He's like, I won't. That's why I don't want to play golf, because I will dive into that headfirst and I won't come out. So like I would whenever he was playing pool, he's a stand up comedian. It is commentating for MMA, UFC, but he says that he was playing pool at a certain point in his life, and whenever he was getting really big into it, he was doing it eight, ten hours a day and I yeah, I did the same thing for like playing video games, you know, in it like in addicted to a Video game or being like so immersed in it and just wanting to do it all the time. Yeah, totally. That's falls on the same trait, right? Exactly. Right. Yeah. So I'm not sure if it's real. How real is. Exactly what we're saying. It's like the idea of an addictive personality trait is not a scientifically proven as a distinct standalone personality trait. While it's a popular term in media and casual conversation in the scientific and psychological community generally do not recognize addictive personality as a formal diagnosis, a well-defined a psychological condition. Here's what the science actually shows. Genetics or sorry, multiple factors influence addiction. Genetics is one. Some people are more biologically prone to addiction. So that's kind of we're pointing out it's like, yeah, there are some genetics that would make. You if it runs in your family, if you have an alcoholic in your family like your grandpa or your great grandpa or grandma or whatever, like you are more likely to be addicted to alcohol than someone who doesn't have any alcoholics in their family? Totally. Environment. It's like trauma, stress, peer pressure where you're growing up, who what what what are they doing? Everything else around you. Literally. Yeah. Some people live with their grandma and their grandma smokes weed, like, every single day. Some people will live with their dad, and their dad gets drunk every single night. You know what I'm saying? So my like. Exposure as I seen. Yeah. That's what you see. My mom has two siblings. So there was three kids in their house growing up. And then both of their parents smoked like pack or two of cigarets a day. And so like then my mom was like, that's I don't want to be, like, turned off. Like it. Yeah, completely. Turn it off. Too. Yeah. It's just fucking gross. It's like my mom's mentality. But then my and my uncle, they smoke like two packs of cigarets a day. Pick the right up. Yeah, exactly. So it's like, I think you can go either way with the environment. Yeah. What determines that? Because I've heard Tony Robbins use the same exact example. Or like, like an alcoholic in the family, like there's two sons and then one of them, like, ends up just like the dad. And the other one is like, I'll never be like that. Yeah. It's like, what the. What happens? I don't know, And with your mom, same exact example? Pretty much. Yeah. No, I feel you. I think, I think it's if you, I don't know, like, for instance, sometimes, so my dad's really neurotic, and he says to, like, sorry. Certain personality traits may be linked to addiction. Like impulsivity, sensation seeking, neuroticism, which is defined as high emotional reactivity or anxiety, and then nonconformity or rebelliousness. So like, my dad's like really high neuroticism. And then I grew up always being like, I don't want to fucking be like that. But I think maybe it's like, if you don't have that personality trait and then your parent has it super heavily, then maybe it can be like a deterrent, you know what I'm saying? So I guess like maybe or also what I'm thinking too is like if my mom was high on neuroticism, which is high emotional reactivity and then that would like make her really grossed out by watching her parents smoke. Whereas like my an uncle might not be high on neuroticism, which is like that means that they were more likely just to follow suit instead of being grossed out by it. So I think, like your personality traits might like, affect how you receive it. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Impulsivity though I don't know what what charges that you know what I'm saying. Some people are more impulsive than other people. I mean, maybe that's kind of linked to an eroticism in a way. Or maybe just like the five, the big five personality traits, that's probably the one that would be the closest, easiest bridge to jump to emotional sensitivity, reactivity. This is like, conditions like ADHD, depression and anxiety also increases the likelihood of developing addictive behaviors. And that says it's not about one specific personality, but rather how various personality traits and conditions interact. So I can see that to like, like if you're, like depressed and sensation seeking and low neuroticism and you saw other people smoking get high all the time, maybe it's like perfect. You're like, oh, I see why people do this. I don't know, that's one of those things that like there's not there's not a clear answer. It's kind of an issue. Yeah. It's kind of just abstract. Yeah. How you put your finger on it. Yeah I really appreciate discipline. But also it'd be weird for me to think about like not smoking, not drinking, not vaping, not doing like any mind altering anything. No coffee, no coffee. Because sometimes I remember one time I was like, goddamn, I've just been really open. It was like. Said something about, someone was had to take a drug test at work. And I remember being like, well, I'll be honest, I don't think anybody in this restaurant passed a drug test. So I feel that way in the restaurant industry. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I know one person that said no. Good. That. Good that. Oh, yeah. I thought you're talking about, like, work. Like a corporate job. Working for the, like a cement manufacturer. Fucking rock distributor. Oh, no, no, no, in the restaurant industry, it's also even the GM's dog, like. Yeah, bro. Everyone from the despair to the GM, bro. Ain't nobody saving that bitch. Well, I said that the. One of the bosses was like, And I passed a drug test, and I was. It was kind of like the right thing to say for the dad of the family, you know what I'm saying? So I'll pass a drug test. I'm like, well, but what am I brainwashed? I hope you would, motherfucker. This part of my. Brain wanted to be like. I mean, did you drink in the last 48 hours or, like, did you drink coffee this morning? Like, do you take vitamins? Like what? What kind of drug tests are we talking about? You know what I'm saying? It's like a drugs. Like, what's the what's what's the difference between, like, taking, like, a double shot of espresso or hitting the delta thc nine thc a pen right before you work out. It's like they're both like mood alters. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? For sure. Like, totally. That's why Mormons are even, like the no fucking, no quit, no caffeine, anything that alters your be sober minded totally is. And then like, yeah, this person was getting into me with it because, I was having like a very stressful day at work. And then this one chick was like, I told a couple people, I'm like, this shit is fucked right now. And this one girl was like, let's take a deep breath together. And I usually do that with other people. So I'm like, okay, let's do it. You ready? On you whenever you're ready. And she's like, all right, on three, one, two, three. And I'm like. And then she like loses hers. Oh we can do it too. Let's say I want three. Everybody. Everybody can take a deep breath. Whatever you're doing. One, two three. That'll reset things for you right there. There you go. Yeah. That's nice. Nice I felt good. I did feel good. Okay. And the story, she just lets out her breath while I'm still on the uphill. Okay. And then she's like, oh, my lungs aren't as good as yours. I'm like, well, I'm fasting from smoking extracurriculars right now. So, it's a skewed perspective. And then that moment, I guess I to some degree assumed that she probably did extracurriculars. Okay. She never told me. She just worked in a restaurant. You. That's it. That's all I. Needed to, to go out on a limb. And then she was like, well, yeah, but I don't fucking vape and I don't drink. And I was like, okay. I was like, do you drink coffee? She's like, no, no. I was like, okay. And do you, I was like, first I was it, I was a fucking coming at you. Like, damn, you know, you know. Try out. Here. Yeah. Like relax. Like, take a deep breath. What the fuck? If we go to, like, one of the most calm things we could do in the world. Do like this bickering. The fuck? Yeah, totally. But I was. Just like, that's in my own mind. I was like. Sorry, but it's just simple. Then. Except for the the trees you climb, sometimes it's like, right. It's just simple. And I was just like thinking that, like, some people take, like, a clout, like a pride, like, like not under none of that. Not high ground. Yeah. Moral high ground. No superiority. Is. They're valid. Do they have a moral superiority? I don't know, I guess because. That's the thing. I think I've said it before, but like the idea of drug cucumber touching on a little bit earlier, it's like that a drug is we, we label drugs as like physical substances, like alcohol is a drug, like nicotine, meth like cocaine. All those things are like drugs. But then also like whatever alters your mood, whatever, like, throws you off of your homeostasis. And homeostasis could be just like sitting in a room. It's like breathing, meditating that could be just like pure zero, like you're chillin and not even right there. You're just completely you wake up out of out of asleep and then like when you're sleeping spot like net zero and then like whenever you're meditating, you're like pretty close to that. So the only thing that would throw you off of that net zero, whether it be like it doesn't have to be a physical substance, it's kind of what I'm pointing to. Like, like as far as a drug of that alters your mood. You'd be like someone who, like, likes to get angry at people or likes to get like, combative or likes to get it arguments or likes to make people feel sorry for you or whatever. Like those things are drugs in my mind as well. Or like a mood alters I think can make you feel a certain type of way. I agree with you on a very low level. Yeah, totally. I make it. To. A good song. Changes my state of mood. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Going to rock concerts are going to fucking EDM. Exactly. You can go to EDM and not do any drugs, and you're kind of on a drug, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, it's, hide from the music. But I think, in a court of law, they would make the argument that we're talking about ingesting things like. So if going to a rock concert get your rocks off like that, that's legal for what we're talking. That's being a human. You know what I'm saying? We're not talking. We're not saying be a fuckin mashed potatoes, be all bland, I complain. Yeah, it's like, I don't know. What it is to be a potato. But anyways, Is there, like, an immorality to, like, ingesting something to, like, change your mood, make people drink wine since, like, the fucking. Yeah. Jesus turned water to wine for the wedding he was at. For the People to make a vibe. And it was great wine. First of all, I got best wine for the vibe. Yeah, that's a. That's a great argument. Like, I don't think that I think drink being a drunk is like talked about in the Bible is not a good thing. Not a good thing. But I think like drinking wine, like becoming inebriated, having a good time, you know what I'm saying? Like, those are that's like, I think part of this, you know what I'm saying? That's part of the this is part of what's going on here. I think that happens in the story of Noah. I want to say, after he, like, saves everybody with the Ark, I'm pretty sure he is, maybe not not sure which one of his children, maybe his youngest. Yeah. I just this popped in my head to. Right. Like one of his children found him, like, passed out after he drank a whole bunch of wine. Yeah. And was like, kind of shaming him, like giving him shit for it, but he just, like, saved the fucking world. Yeah, and it turned out it was shameful for the son to. Yeah. To try to cast, to try to put that energy or put that moral superiority over his own father. I think we just cooked him, dude. Yeah, it was like that just to stare at your parents. To stare at your father naked. Like this one was because he was naked as well. Yeah. It's like that was not cool. So that's, you know, you should have seen that he was passed out naked and been like, oh, shit. Let me, like, give him a stand. Let me, let me go do my own thing. You know what I'm saying? Not to walk in and be like the fuck. Is this, Yeah, I get it. Because I've done something similar where I've been pissed off of my dad for being drunk. And, like, on some level, it's like, not your life, bro. You know, I'm saying there's other levels where it's like, is your parents different? Yeah, totally. But levels and layers? Totally. But I think on a baseline level we could say that like someone getting like responsibly drunk, like worked all week, Friday night, getting hammered. It's like as long as you're not like driving, abusing people, you're just like. Tipsy, enjoying yourself. In your cups. Come on, man, you know what I'm saying? That, I don't think we're talking about anything wrong there. Yeah, yeah, I don't think so. So that's just like, I guess it's it comes down to a personal philosophy with that, because some people, I guess, where are trying to be as pure as perceivable possible. Yeah, but he's a temple and I get it. But there's a, there's a rigidity there that is like mentally impure in my opinion. It's like if you're too rigid about what other people are doing with their life, it's like, that's not a good energy to be on. Yeah. Because what are you how, how, how hypocritical are you being too. You know what I'm saying. Like do you really do absolutely nothing and like to, to, to the point where you're like being uncool. It's like having a glass of champagne when you're celebrating something dope. It's like that might be the right thing to do. You know what I'm saying? Get loose. Like hang out, chill. And I'm saying celebrate chilling. Yeah. And also, if you can be like, not, not for me, but you guys can have a good time, man. I'm just like, I used to be an alcoholic, so I'm not doing it tonight. Like I respect that too. There's like a respectable mode of behavior for everybody. You know? I think like one casting the judgment at all is pretty fucked up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Calm it down. Stance. Come on, bro. Can't be doing that shit, man. That reminds me of, just talking about this type of conversation. Reminds me of, like, I forget the guy's name. You may have seen him. He's been on multiple podcasts, and I think he was on Duncan. I think he was on the Duncan Trussell Podcast recently. And I think he was also on your mom's house with Tom and Christina, and I seen him on another couple different podcasts. I don't know his name at all, but he's like referred to as the vampire. He's like trying to age in reverse, and he's trying to live forever. He's seen like. I've just heard about it on Joe Rogan recently. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like that guy. I was thinking about him the other day because I saw some snippets of him. I think he was on the podcast with, Paul Logan. Right. Logan Paul. Logan Paul says name. Yeah, yeah, the Paul brothers, Jake and Logan. Right? Yeah. Yeah, I think he was on Paul's. I love how little fucks you give about them. Like supposed to like Paul Logan. What you're looking for. I don't fucking know one of those two. But I saw a clip, a snippet of them talking to this vampire guy, and he was like, so you don't do anything like you fucking like he's super tight. Super like regimented schedule, minute by minute schedule. And adhering to that diet schedule sounds stressful. Yeah, it sounds crazy in my mind. And, I guess is he right? But it's definitely faster than anything I like be stressed out about the schedule because. Like, you're dumb, bro. I'm like, you're fucking fuck. Yeah. I guess he's like, I wanted to say he was in his 40s, but he's like, has the biological telomere age of, like, someone who's like 18 to 20. So he's like, aging in reverse to a degree. And he's like super health conscious, skin conscious, diet conscious. In the back of my mind, I'm. Thinking like, where's I come from? Like, you're trying to live forever. Like you're not going to live forever. You are going to die. And on your deathbed you're going to be like, damn, I wish I had a cookie. Like, I wish I had. A bite of chocolate cake one time. Yeah, like son of a bitch. What did all the health shit give me? Like, it's definitely important to be healthy and, like to maintain a solid homeostasis from day to day and like to feel good and, like, vital. Like you have to have a, an aliveness, an energy to you, an alertness, mental clarity. Like a body controlling you. You're not aching, you're not sore, you're not fucking any rate of regulatory bowel movements like I'm sure that's great, but I think it's I'm not sure how much he's sacrificing in his pursuit. To also. Because you going to die dog like I'm sorry. Like this is the way it fucking goes. You're going to. Die. There's things out you can't control. Car crash dog. Are you never driving? What do you do? Walk everywhere. Yeah I'm like this guy. Car crashes aren't fucking immune though. People walking pedestrians also cancer doesn't give a fuck. Dude can liver cancer from nothing is skin cancer from the sun I mean I guess generally I'm saying this guy doesn't go outside like hardly ever. And then he was like, well, you need vitamin D. So like I feel like he could he could be doing this better. He should be going outside getting some vitamin D. Yeah. His name is Brian Johnson. Okay. He was on Duncan Trussell. I've definitely seen him on other pods. But he was recently on Duncan's podcast number six. Six, eight. And this was. Where it was the, Rocked up at school. Okay. Brian Johnson, chief combatant in the fight to become immortal. Brian's research on his site, Blueprint protocol. Let me see. Let me see what else it says. I say anything else about this actual person, and I think this is a Duncan pushing his tickets and shit. Da da. That guy's a pussy. You just want to be a pussy. There's also the fucking pussy. He's just trying to say, look at what I do. I gotta tell him. Shut the fuck up, dawg. So, you know, it's, you know, it's plot worth. He's going out of the chaos. I gotta tell me, you're stepping into. The realm of. I don't know what the fuck's going on. And coming out of champion one day. Wouldn't it be tragic if he just, like, dies in a car crash or a plane crash or some shit, bro? Like ironic would be a better word, but yeah. There you go. Tragic movie. Tragic, but definitely ironic. Because it's like I'm saying, what do you do by. Him? You can't do like, you're trying to, like, outwit human nature. That's the thing that's going on here that were dying, like, maybe all of his pursuit is like, just come stems from an internal, like, devastating fear of death itself. He's not willing to accept death at all. So he's, like, doing everything he possibly, literally, possibly can within his human resources to to negate that. Yes. But it's a you lost already, bro. Yeah. Like it's like you're going to die. I want a proper sort of. Behavior, bro. It's not. It's not. Realistic. You want to if you're going to die. Totally got to embrace it on some level. Got gotta live like you're dying. Not literally every single second. Like I'm dying the next second. But it's like, how do you integrate that into what you're doing? It's like less fear of death. Or acceptance of this is what happens. You know what I'm saying. Don't be fucking reckless. But don't be a prude either. It's like he's not accepting the truth of reality. It's like you're gonna have to die if I guess he wants to stay healthy. That's. That's one thing, though. If you're just trying to be a healthy person to the best of your ability. But like, I think he's doing that, it's he's going to take it to the utmost extreme possible and then not accepting the reality of that you're going to die, bro. I'm sorry. We're gonna die like a death bed mentality. He's like something I think is important. Like, I have that within myself. And that's definitely kind of are pushed me to do this music shit and to do this podcasting shit and to take the risks and to like, put in the work and also like the I like having this deathbed mentality insofar as, like whenever you're on your deathbed, like whenever you're at death's door and like, you know, it's coming, like you're going to you're going to be able to look back at your life. And then whenever you are in that position, looking back on your life, the way you lived it, the way you spent your time, there's going to be a lot of what ifs and wishes and like, you're probably gonna wish that you didn't work as much to a degree. Maybe spend more time with your loved ones, your friends, your kids, whatever it's going to be like, you're gonna wish that you pursued that dream that you had the whole time. And like, having that ability to like, forecast and foreshadow and foresee your, like, hindsight. It's like your foresight in your hindsight. It's like super introspective type of shit. Totally. I think it's a super powerful tool to get you to try to cherish the moment and take and use the most time that you have now, and get the most out of it that you possibly could. Yeah, 100%. I'm saying. Right? Yes. Roads, proper mode of behavior. Yeah, but he's like, fucking deathbed. Ain't dying. Like you're just wrong, bro. I'm sorry. I think he's just lying. He just wants to be famous. You just need something to say to go viral. Yeah, that would go viral, I get it. Maybe I need to listen to, like, actually actually listen to his podcasts with Duncan and with whoever else he's on a podcast with. And to see his actual belief system. Maybe he doesn't believe he's in a die, or maybe he does believe he's in a die, but he wants to be super healthy. I don't know, I'm totally just like rejecting right here. I'm totally dismissive. They say they are joking. This guy said, I live forever. Yeah. Who's going to set a record? I don't know, that's just PR years lived. Yeah. Trying to get to 120. They're my family. But even then you gonna die. Don't want to live past like an 8090. Dude, it's fucking tough. Can't walk if you're not healthy. Eating, a hard time getting around. You have to really invest in your family at that point and hope that some of them give a fuck because, like, people are going to take care of, you might not be able to wipe your own ass no matter how healthy you are. Oh, who wants to live like that rough? Not saying I want to die one day, but like, yeah, I don't want to be 200. And I'm just like, crawling around everywhere I can. I had to drink through a straw. Like, eventually, eventually being able to. Who is it? Fucking Aristotle. Socrates. It's like if you're able to have if you're able to accept death, that's the proper mode of existence. Because at the end of his life, they're like, yeah, we're going to put you to death row. But if you accept the fact they were putting you to death, then why don't you put your estate in order and then he, like philosophically came up with, like, the most reasonable thing I could do right now is to accept death and put my estate in order. And that's like something you should take with you on some level. Yeah, I think I know who you're talking about. I forget. Yeah, it's either it's one of those guys. It's either Plato or Socrates. They have Plato. Aristotle. Yeah. One of those motherfuckers they're talking about. I think it got to the point where it was either you have to conform to what we say as like the wise counsel and, like, renounce the shit that you've been spewing. Who's saying the world is round? Yeah, like this gospel that you're preaching or whatever you're trying to say to these people. Like you're gonna have to say that. No, I was lying and go along with what the fuck we're talking about, or we're gonna put you to death. And he was like, young, relatively young for the time. And he said, I guess, yeah, he came to the conclusion of like, actually, yeah, fuck that. I'm going to say my goodbyes. I go out on my own terms and say, fuck this. I'm not going to lie for y'all. And then he like, does like he I think he addresses all that in his speech. Like in front of the council, like a front of the the elders in the public, like in their court of law. Whatever they did back then, he like said that and he was like, yeah, fuck all y'all. You can kill me like I ain't. I ain't going out like that. I'm not going to lie and conform to what I know is not true. Yeah, just to appease y'all. Totally. Fuck that shit, I accept this. That's like a metaphysical story. Like you get abstract to put into everyone's life, but but to be able to be in the most proper mode of behavior, you can't be afraid to die. If he was afraid to die, then he'd, like, live in the the lies and continue. Yeah, I think it literally his scientific. He was saying scientifically the world is round and they were like, we're going to kill you, bro. Fuck that. It's like, know. And he was right, you know what I'm saying? Like, yeah, it's crazy bro. So yeah, you got to be able to accept death even if it's like not even death. Like, literally dying. Like, sometimes it's like situational death. Like movie death. It's like, okay, I'm going to have to like, like, this relationship isn't right for me. It's like, I'm going to have to, like, die in this relationship. I'm going to have to like for some people, it's like, I'm I have to get divorced. I'm gonna have to live in an apartment that's really small and have to eat cereal for six months. I'm going to have to, like, restart over. It's like, yeah, you're going to have to if you're in it, if you find yourself in a fuck situation and that's the right thing to do to get your life back on track. So you better be willing to do that. Are you going to be fuckin living in hell forever? Yeah, that's much worse than dying one time. Yeah, as much things worse than death. Many things clip that shit. That's nice. I had something I ChatGPT I forgot what it was. So on. Here, look at me. Oh, yeah, I just, I just had the Jesus drink wine and then said, yes, Jesus did drink wine. According to multiple passages in the Bible. First of all, the first one is wedding in China. It doesn't necessarily say that he drinks wine, but it says that his first recorded miracle was turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana. Not only did he make wine, but he, the host, noted that it was the best wine which suggests that Jesus approved of its use in celebration. He didn't just give them like something. He's like, he's alcohol. Yeah, no. He was like, oh, this is enjoyable. Alcohol is the most enjoyable alcohol ever. This was dang dog. This guy. This is fire wine. Brett. My dog. I don't know how they talked like that, but that might have been so leash. My lord, my lord, I might have said something like that. Like, I don't know. I like to feel like if I was like, you know, a disciple, I'd be kind of a bro, you know? Yeah, bro. Simple stuff. Like one item. It's a funny. Jokes. I feel like, I mean, I don't know, you never know. But at the last Supper, he said, drink. This is the blood of my covenant, which is poured out for many. And then, like, I think he drank the wine, like, literally was like, drink this in remembrance of me. Drink it and pass it on. And then this one's a little half and half I says accusations from critics and Luke and Matthew said, Jesus said The Son of Man came eating and drinking. And you say, here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. So he was like, I came drinking and eating and having a good time with my friends. And then you guys say, I'm a drunkard and a glutton. Like, that's like, like you guys will say anything to make it into a critique about me. You know. You'll take any, any, any moral position you could possibly find. You will take it so you can have the perceived high ground and be better than. Right. Whatever, you know, saying to keep your religious standing like this. Like. But the Pharisees are like, you know what I'm saying? Exactly. And that's what, like it says, the shows, his critics accused him of overindulging, implying he drank wine, though not a but but Jesus is saying not to an excess balance. I drank wine, but I wasn't being a drunkard. Jesus drank wine, use it symbolically in his teachings, and even made it, but always in the context of moderation and sacred purpose. So that's what I'm saying. Like there's something sacred about having a glass of wine at a wedding. Literally like it's the mind altering part. Is it immoral? It's the over abuse. I think that's the immorality. Like, this is. Yes, it is. And then that's the thing about having an addictive personality that I don't really respect. It's like, if you can't enjoy things in moderation because what? Because you're like. Like, a lot. Let me figure it out. Let me dissect it. It's like in there if there's because there's like the potential for alcohol to be like, come out of control, abused. It's like I can't touch it because I'll abuse it. It's like, I think you need to be able to touch it and not abuse it. That's like part of like the mental discipline part, you know, what I'm saying is to be able to have a couple drinks, but but stop yourself at some point and say, okay, I've had enough. Some people can't do that. People can't do it at. All, right? And so they have to like, abstain completely. And so I don't really necessarily respect abstaining. I mean, God, it's better than being a drunk. You know what I'm saying. For sure. There's some discipline to that. But it's like I think on some level you should be able to have some and stop yourself. I think that's the most. That's the most powerful. Yeah. Most self-control that you can have. It's the highest. Frequency version of that act. That's what I'm trying to say. Like there's frequency levels. Like, if someone's like, I can't touch it because I'm going to be a fuck with it. It's like, that's not a very high energy frequency. But if you can have 2 or 3 drinks and say, I gotta drive home, guys like, I'm good, I'll tell your friends now, like enjoy the moment. But then like show discipline and and respect for yourself in your situation. Like that's a high energy frequency level I think. Yeah. I think that's the most proper mode of being would be the highest frequency most of the time. And it's just hard to be in the best mode of existence. It's like a difficult thing to even put your finger on what it is, much less do it. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I think it's a higher elevated more. Yeah. More control. It's more, more powerful within yourself. If you're if you're saying like if this substance has more control over me than I have control over me, then it's like, then you like, remove yourself completely from like it's alcohol as an example. So he moved to a dry county and there's there's literally no alcohol for you to buy at all. Then like you solved your problem. But that's the thing still has control over you. You know what I'm saying? It moved you. He literally moved you to a different city. Yeah. Versus like being able to abstain from it, like consciously and to have your own limits and your own ability to say no, totally. It's a little bit it's a little bit stronger. But I definitely think it's definitely better than the alternative of. Just. Fucking falling off the cliff with it. Yeah, man. It's it's hard. Like life is hard. These things are difficult. It's just nuanced. Spirits grab, you, grab a hold of you. Sometimes you don't know that you have cuts deep inside of you, and then sometimes you don't know that you're soothing those cuts. You don't even know that's what's going on. You're just like, yeah, it's hard for me to stop drinking once I start drinking, it's like hard to look inward and find what the. Where's I come from? He totally. And then I think some people get to on some level, they get too fucked up inside and it's like they can't look inside and even find it. It's like they've blinded themselves to it to some degree. I think that's why psychedelics are dope, because it kind of puts it right in front of your fucking face. Some people can't take the psychedelics. Like, I don't know if you get to a point where you're too far gone, maybe, I just think people struggle with it at a high level before, so I don't know what they would need to to work that out to have time to talk about one more thing before we run out of time. Yeah. They wanna talk about fasting as a whole. Let me talk. About the wine stuff. We're fasting right now. I've got this one friend that. And I don't even, I don't I don't trust his judgment very much at all, to be honest. Okay. If you're like. Pastor Rick. At one. Point in time, like you were getting married, and then this dude was like, oh, man, I feel sorry for that guy. Fucking. But a sucker. A marriage is a fucking scam, bro. You're an fucking. Idiot. I was just. Like. Shut the fuck up, is what I wanted to say, because I'm like, you don't. If you really knew the situation of just getting married, it'd be like, you'd be like, it's a North Star. Okay? It's like that. I'm trying to go that way. Right there. Like, true love does exist. Like good people can find each other. People. People can be good for each other. Appreciate that, bro. Let's go. Yeah, dude. Fuck, yeah. Oh, like. Yeah, dude. 100%. So, like, just looking at someone that, you know and be like, oh, you're getting married. What an idiot. I'm like, maybe when you got married, you were a fucking idiot. But like, if you took some time to get to know what the fuck is going on in their life, it's like, that's the good kind of marriage. That's how you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater, bro. 100%, 100%. So then this friend also heavily criticized fasting in the same kind of sense of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, more or less was like, oh man, I know a bunch of people. It's like they fast. And then like, as soon as the fast is over, then they're right back to getting drunk. It's like, what's it? What's even the fucking point of like just stopping something you shouldn't be doing just so that you can start doing it again as soon as it's over. But I've also seen really spiritually sound people allegedly quote, you never know, right? But people that I deem to be spiritually sound, I was definitely like what they put out as their persona. Yes. And they said the same thing. They're like, I don't really believe in like giving things up for lent because it's like you're going to get something off for land and you're going to start doing it as soon as lent over. And then they were like, I kind of like to more to to try to pick something up for lent. Let me start doing something, because then maybe I can keep doing that one lent ends and I'm like, I'm with it. That's cool. I'm like, I'm not going to shit on someone who I fucking. And the public space, I really want to shit on anybody in public space. It doesn't really go over well. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm like in my heart I'm like dude like I think that it's worthwhile to give something up for lent. I'm like, Jesus died, bro. Like he died. So, like to sacrifice, like, no, he was crucified. Okay. No, I'm saying he just die. Like we fucking killed him. Nasty. Brutally. Horribly. The most horrible death at the time. Publicly humiliated him. That could possibly be perceived. As like there's probably the most ever. Not just at that time. Like crucifixion is like the worst kind of death punishment that's ever existed. Electrocution is a lot faster. Like, I saw this once one Easter. Like crucifixion. Like what happened to you is that, like, first of all, your shoulders break. They like, you're like this and your shoulder breaks. So now you're hanging from broken shoulders. Okay, then your fucking rib cage. Ribs like, like break into your lungs. Yes. And so you slowly start to bleed into your lungs, which means you're suffocating, right? So you're suffocating. You're hanging on broken limbs, and, they fed Jesus poison, too, on top of that. And it poisoned wine or poisoned wine. So he's being poisoned. He's got a crown of thorns on his head after. He's been beaten. Beaten? He's he's. That means it's like, also like constant pain. Because any time he moves, he's feeling something stab into his head. Yeah. He can't breathe. Fuckin. He's hanging by broken limbs and he's slowly suffocating at the same time. Right. And they're all laughing at him and like, calling him fucking names and stuff like that. Like shitting on him. Brutal. Brutal dog. Brutal, bro. So somewhere in the line, somebody says, hey, during this time frame, spiritually, what we like to do is just kind of like sacrifice something and like the name of the great sacrifice that Jesus made for us. I'm like, sounds cool for me. I'm down with it. I'm with a dog. I don't know if like that. That's why I can appreciate fasting. But then I also just saw something recently on Instagram where it was like the Bible says, two fast. It's like when you fast, remember Jesus. Like when you fast do this, it doesn't say like if you fast or should you find yourself fasting? It's like when you fast, like implies like it's not an option. You know what I'm saying? And like, I don't know if maybe you could just fast from if you eat like, should you just fast from food like that is what. A fast is. A lot of the times are like as far as intermittent fasting or fasting is like a food related for sure. Totally. And then another like point that the friend that throws the baby out with the bathwater mate was like that. He knew people that did Ramadan right where they would fast from sunup to sundown. Yes, but then as soon as the sun goes down, they eat like gluttons. You eat crazy, crazy dog. And he's like, what's the point of that? What the fuck are you even doing? And I'm like. Okay. Yeah. So he's the same type of argument with a different religion now? Yeah. Right. And I'm like, look, bro, like part of part of fasting is like there's points where your body is like, I want it. I want to give it to me, give it to me. And then your spirit has to say no. Like I'm doing this for a higher cause, for a better reason. And like, part of fasting as a whole is just to tell yourself, to show your body that your spirit is what's in charge. That, like my mind and my body can create, demand, all of these things. But like, I'm I'm the one that's in charge. I'm the fucking general that's like, I know you need help. I know you want us to send rations to the frontline. You guys got to suck it out a little longer. And, like, there's something powerful about that, and I'm not me. The religious texts as well says that. I just agree with it. You know what I'm saying? Yes. And so, yeah, I'm not fucking. I gave up thc. Why? It's like, yeah, maybe it's not great for me. Maybe it is, I don't know, but I knew it was like something that would be kind of difficult to give up that I had felt in the minutia. A different friend of mine, as I said colloquially. So the question I'd ask my friends like, yeah, what's the next thing that you could do? Adapt. Change about your situation to take yourself to the next best version of you? Like, what's that next hurdle? You got to jump? And he's like, I give up smoking weed. And I was like, why would you do that? That's a weird step to take. I don't think that would, like, help me be a better version of me, you know what I'm saying? But also represents different things for different people. Bigtime. He uses it to distract himself, to, not think about the things he should be doing. He's like, I got to take the layer of distraction away. So that way I could be more focused on what I should be doing. So, like, I don't use it for that. I use it to have a more enjoyable workout. Boost creative flow, boost. Creativity. You know what I'm saying to sometimes to like, de-stress. Stress isn't good for you. You know what I'm saying it relax. Yes, like I know what's going on in my life. I know that there's points that cause anxiety, but I don't want to feel that all 24 hours of every single day. Maybe sometimes I can just, like, let go of some of that anxiety so I can have more good thoughts come to the surface so they could be stronger, maybe the next day. Yeah. And so but because in my relativity, this friend had just said I would give this up and then my, my other friends were saying we're giving we're giving up. Delta eight. I was like, okay, you know, maybe that is what I'm going to give up, actually. And then it feels right. You know what I'm saying? And yeah, I didn't give up drinking. So, like, I've, I've drank a couple times during lent. I don't normally do that. And then I wonder, I'm like, is this any different than, like, what I said I'd give up and I'm like, yes it is. Yes for sure. Especially for me. Or because it's like, if I give it like giving up alcohol to me is like not hard at all. And that's a point of the giving it up. It has to be somewhat difficult to give up. Yes. It's like, yeah, if I had to, if I was giving up alcohol, that's like that's such a, that's a super small sacrifice. Very, very small sacrifice. It's like the runts of the, the sheep litter. Yeah. Versus like the biggest, beefier sheep that you got. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. It's like it's not a, it's not really a worthy sacrifice. It's like super easy. I drink like once or twice a month. Totally. It's not hard to give up. Totally. And then I use the alcohol to kind of like do that thing that the Delta used to do. For me, it's like, maybe on some level, yeah, but it's not like it's just not the same. It's not. It's a I didn't give up easing my fucking stress, you know what I'm saying? I gave up like a habitual like, I guess you call it a habit, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. So then final, final thought of discussion was this friend was more or less saying that. Yeah, like, he didn't say this, but you could extrapolate. Yes. As soon as it's over, Matthew, you're going to go right back to doing that thing that you said was worth fasting from. Is it even worth giving up for a little bit just because you're going to go right back to it? I'm like. Good questions, valid questions. Now it's a pussy question. Pussy question question. Okay, why would I ever. Go on a diet if all I'm ever going to do is eat cake when I'm older? It's like, because there's times in your life where you want to be better than you currently are. So I'm practicing spiritual strength for a period of time in my life. Like I'm working on my discipline. It doesn't mean I should never work on discipline just because I'm going to do the thing that currently represents discipline. It's like you don't want to do it. So you're saying it's pointless? Yeah. You're saying, oh, I would never like you want to like, minimize and diminish what it is so that you don't have to participate. So there's no obligation in your mind. That's me. At least I could be wrong. Maybe he's not a pussy. But I think that. That where that energy was coming from. In the same way that he shit on you for getting married is like it didn't work out for me. I got really screwed. I'm like, well, how well did you behave? How great was your selection? How true was your choice? Was it really the right thing for you to do before you shit on someone who is making the right choice? I was your aim. And how worthy were your sacrifices? Come on. That's what I'm talking about, bro. And you're just gonna. I mean, yeah, the Bible says to get married. What do you do? You believe in Jesus? He's like, oh, I believe in the Bible. I'm like, obviously not. What are you talking about? Like you say, you believe in the Bible, right? What does that actually mean? What does actually mean to believe in that. So yeah fast don't don't not fast because you're going to maybe do the thing that you're fasting from. Again don't, don't go on to some people say, well I'm not going to go on a diet because I mean I'm, I'm always going to want to eat fried food. It's like okay, that's cool. Maybe in this season of your life, for whatever reason, that you're developing discipline or you want to do better right now, you want to strive and reach for something higher. It's like, maybe you just need to learn moderation and like, fasting completely like it's like, okay, so I went to zero. Zero is not the right answer either. 100 is not the right answer either. But now I can do 50 because I did zero for a little bit. Yeah, yeah. Achieving striking up more true balance. Yeah. And then what I can definitely say is that through the fasting I think I reset my dopamine. Like if you, overstimulate the parts of your brain that create dopamine, then it becomes harder for them to create dopamine on their own accord. So like if you're if you smoke a ton of weed all the time, then like every time you smoke weed, you release dopamine, then like, your brain stops really being able to make dopamine when you're not smoking weed. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, Like a tolerance. Yeah, totally. I'm trying to think of I'm also like, like just like caffeine. Almost like just thinking about that. Exactly. Totally. Yeah. It's like, sometimes it's hard for you to have natural energy in the morning because your body's waiting for the caffeine to give it energy. So I felt like myself one day, like, do some shit, take a nap, and then go out in the night time. And when I was driving, it was like playing a dope song. The wind was in the starless, the sky was beautiful. The vibe was fucking electric in my car I'm like. And him all alone. Yeah. Like just. And I was like, okay, what's happening right here? Like, life is giving me a natural high. And I hadn't felt this from just baseline life in like a long time. So maybe I did reset. Like, my brain's producing its own dopamine right now. Like, I'm getting like a high just from taking a nap and putting on a nice outfit and going to go do something fun. Whereas normally I'd be like, all right, you guys wanna do something fun? Let's get really high first. Yeah, I been like that. In the past, you know what I'm saying? For real. So there's good coming from the fast. Even though I might go back to doing the thing I'm fasting from. Yes. Totally fucking preach, bro. I'll just actually, I saw this chat chat typed last couple notes along the lines of fasting. I asked the two questions. First question why did Jesus fast? Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights in the wilderness, primarily to prepare spiritually for his public ministry. Deeper. Look, the first one is first reason spiritual preparation. Before beginning his teaching, healing and miracles, Jesus entered a season of deep spiritual focus, fasting to strengthen his connection with the father and clarify his mission. Second reason to face temptation. During his fast, Jesus was tempted by Satan. Fasting made him physically weak but spiritually strong, allowing him to reject the lust of the flesh, resist the pride of life, and refuse the lust of your eyes. His victory over temptation. Set the example for how we can overcome trials with Scripture, faith, and obedience. The third reason dependance on God. Jesus demonstrated that spiritual nourishment is more essential than physical physical food. Mentioned not live by bread alone type shit. And the fourth as an example for us, Jesus's fast wasn't about personal preparation. It was also a model. Our job wasn't just about personal preparation, it was also a model for his followers. It shows how fast and can draw us closer to God. We should prepare for spiritual battles and how obedience matters more than comfort. And then I asked, why should people fast like us? Because Jesus is Jesus to us doing crazy shit. What does people. He's perfect. What does people. Like to be Christ like? Can't be Christ. He didn't eat for 40 days. Neither did Kevin James though. I just remember that Kevin James fasted for like 41 days. Kyrie Irving fasted the Ramadan. I'm very sorry. Fasted like legitimately fasted Savage Savage. And okay so the second question the why should we fast? Why should people fast in general, fasting is a powerful spiritual discipline that's been practiced for centuries across many faiths, especially Christianity. Here are key reasons why people fast spiritually, mentally, and physically. Number one. Number one reason ChatGPT to grow closer to God in fasting creates space to focus on prayer, worship, and Scripture. It quiets distractions and draws you. Charge your heart toward God. Second reason for spiritual clarity and breakthrough in Scripture are people fasted when they needed direction, deliverance, or a breakthrough. The third reason to strengthen self-control fasting disciplines the body and spirit. It teaches you to say no to the flesh and yes to God. Fourth, as an act of repentance or humility in the Bible, fasting often accompanied confession, and repentance is a way to express sorrow over sin and seek renewal. Fifth, reason to intercede for others. Mini fast while praying for loved one's healing or major needs. Standing in the gap spiritually. And the sixth reason for physical and mental benefits. Though not the main reason in biblical context. Fasting can also detox the body, improve focus, and enhance mental clarity. Yeah, all that, all that shit, all of that, bro. I'm looking for all of that in my life, dawg. All that I'm saying, bro. It's without a question, bro. Like, the interceding stuff is interesting because I heard a preacher on the radio talking about you can intercede for people. It's like in the Bible that you can say like, please don't like my son deserves this punishment. He said, he's fucked up. But like, I want to intercede and like stop him from receiving that punishment because he's my son and I love him. And like, I know with love and time we can correct this. We can do better than this. So like the my spiritual strength or whatever, like my credit card, my Amex, please put it on my account and then like to hear that people would fast in the name for interceding for someone else's punishment, to try to like, stand in the gap, like I said, like, that's hard. That's that's crazy. There's probably times you probably, if you know, ten people, one of those ten people in their life probably would have a moment in their life where they'd like to intercede someone else's wage of sin and like to be able to know that that's possible and to maybe pull that card out some day. That's some hard shit. That's real spiritual strength. There's real biblical work right there. But yeah, who who does it? It's worth it. Who doesn't want to? The other things that are said to who, who doesn't need to repent for some of their sins and seek renewal? Who doesn't need breakthrough, builds. Self-control. Builds off all of those things, man. So I think that, to shy away from the contact on that because you can justify there's no real point to it or because because then, yeah, there's a weird minutia there. It's like, if I'm giving it up is you have to accept maybe that it's not good for you. It's it's like, do you have to accept? I do things that aren't good for me. You can keep a blinder of if you never have to fast from it. So yeah, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. Maybe it's just like the the acceptance, like the openness to say, like this is building the self-control. Maybe. Okay, I'm, I'm packing a lot of this, which is like the idea of we're not perfect. We're not perfect. And like, maybe like fasting is like a representation of like, you know, you're not perfect. I how could I get a little bit closer to perfect? And then the friend that was throwing out the baby with the bathwater was saying, like, why are you trying to get closer to perfect? Not gonna be perfect anyway. It's like, because, like, I'm trying get closer to God. I know I'm not going to be perfect. It's not going to happen. It's not going to happen. I'm sorry. Like, it's just the way it is. But I can at least build my self-discipline and my self-control and my ability to identify what is bad for me and then, like, build up the state of like, cut it out or cut it down or like to build myself up, it's better to at least try to become perfect versus like just saying, fuck it. I'm just going to live how I want to live. Fuck it on anything. Yes, bro. Yes. And just to be able to tell, telling my body that I'm in charge. That's the other thing too. That's big. Like just because I might not follow. The flesh dog. Right? Just because I might do it again in 2 or 3 weeks doesn't mean that I didn't show my body like, hey, when I want to fucking stop, we're going to fucking stop. I'm the control. Here. Yeah, you know what's up? Like, I'll put an end to this shit. It's like, that's good. That's good to know. You know what I'm saying? That's good for my body to be like, okay. Like we're kind of lucky right now. He's letting us do this because when as soon as he doesn't want to, it's like his spirit's the thing that really runs the show. I don't run the show. Like I'm not going to make demands because I don't. I don't run the show, you know what I'm saying? Facts and facts. But yes. That's fasting for you. That's fasting. That's fasting. Tough. And final four talk. It's fucking beautiful Easter season. It's beautiful day outside here in Texas. It's a nice and chilly, brisk day. Charles, you're lucky we serve you alcohol it all in this bitch shit on our women. Sitting on our fucking women. Men. Come on dog, it's all love though. It's all love, man. Yeah, you're all beautiful. And beautiful humans. It's all creatures. One moment you feel like maybe I could work on my way and just take a step in that direction, see how it feels. Just try, I do agree. What is the guy said? It's a shame to not see how yourself. How beautiful you could be once in your life. Yeah. Who says that? The David or. It's, it's, philosopher. And he was just working out, being jacked, maybe Plato. And then one of his justifications was like, it's a damn shame to not see your body in its most beautiful, pristine condition at least once in your life. Yeah. See what you're capable of physically. Yeah. Just to see how. How beautifully God made you and how beautiful you could be. Maybe it's impossible to do that all the time. All eight years your alive. But to spend one season of life just just appreciating, admiring what God created on you. It's a damn shame to never try. So if you don't want to be a fucking juggernaut in the gym, jacked all the time being a fucking gym rat, like, that's cool. But to take a step in that if you feel something when someone when Charles Barkley says Munch a churro eating Latinos out here, like, I don't know, you know what I'm saying? Take a step in that direction. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes it hurts because there's a little bit of truth in there. Yeah, it's better to embrace it and run from it. Yeah, it's definitely even the Chris Williamson talks about it. But like having the having being able to put in the work is like is is the treasure like not having like the body itself is like the physical output and like the physical outcome of all these internal characteristics that are the actual treasure and are the most valuable, like having a nice body is not as valued, not anywhere near as valuable. It means nothing without the consistency, discipline, willingness to sit through difficult situations and willingly put yourself through pain and be consistently like showing up and doing the hard work. Like that's way more valuable than the body could ever be, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, like those characteristics will carry you through everything. Totally. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, you have to you have to do that in life. It demands it to have some kind of like stability or confidence. To know you can do it is worthwhile as fuck. Yeah, I can do hard things. Yes, I've seen myself do hard things. Yes, you have to know. Because hard things will happen. Hard things are gonna come. Totally. That's just facts. It is what it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Love you guys. We'll catch you on the next episode. We're 75 deep, baby. We're rolling. We're hitting 100 soon here. I know what it is I stop, tell a friend, like, comment, subscribe, follow. Whatever the dealio, we'll see when the trailer flips over. Have a great life. This is by