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What's The Quickest Way to Gain Your Friendship?

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0:00 So, I'm going to ask each of you guys this question and tell me which of these things would actually help you bond fastest to this person if they had this trait in common with you. >> Is this person Am I bonding as a friend or am I bonding and trying to ████ >> [laughter] >> Very important. >> Romantic partner could be another way to put that. >> We'll do both. >> [laughter] >> We'll do both. All right, for Bart, if if you met someone and they were a powerlifter. >> It's like to ████ to ████ it's nothing. >> It's nothing? It doesn't make you more socially like >> Zero value. >> Zero? [laughter] Really? >> Well, it's because it's like it's like Well, one it's like cool we have this common interest, but I'm like but why else did you pick a loser ass hobby like I did? >> [laughter] >> Okay. All right, I see it. What if it's jujitsu? >> Best friends.

0:50 >> [laughter] >> So, that's not a loser ass hobby? >> [laughter] >> All right. >> The road to 100, dude. >> Nice. Why Why is that so much bigger? >> Probably cuz it's what I'm into right now. >> That's what you're into now. >> Yeah, what I'm into now. And then it's cuz it's ████ hard, right? It's like really hard, so when you meet people that have stuck it through you're like, okay, this guy's also ████ too. >> This guy's ████ too. >> Yeah, that's a good way. Especially for how long he's done it for. >> Is that not the same with like powerlifting if they're like hella buff, too? Like they probably had to >> Powerlifting is different though, I don't know. >> They had to stick it through and they're like >> It's not as hard as jujitsu though. Jujitsu is ████ Cuz you're like the first I've This is my 2 and 1/2 year mark. You're still getting asked it every ████ day. Like like So, you're like, do you still be ████ enough to still show up? Here, take my money. >> [laughter]

1:40 >> You know? >> Okay. What about What about if it was someone in YouTube comedy space? >> Loser. >> [laughter] >> What about from your era? >> Double loser? >> Like from what like the early 2000s? >> Probably still loser. I think we have to So, like for example >> That one was a chin scratcher though. Did you just see he really thought about that? >> No, cuz I was trying to think of like what made me and Anthony bond so hard the when we're in Stanford. >> Sure. >> So, we went to Australia together already. I see him there in this you social media space. I see Anthony. ████ loser. >> [laughter] >> Then we go to Stanford. I go, "Ah, this ████ loser's here again. Why the ████ is this loser here?" Then we I forgot if we bonded over ecstasy stories or something. They're like, "Ah, hell." >> Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. >> drugs did it. >> Yeah, drugs. >> Well, we didn't even take drugs, but I

2:30 think it's um >> Oh, you were experiencing ecstasy. >> No, no, no. We're just We're just talking about back in the day of like we connected on Yeah, reminiscing. Then you're like, "Okay, so this guy is beyond what his occupation is right now." It's imagine two sign throwers, right? They're like, "I'm only doing this temporarily." And then they're like, "No, me too." Then you both find out like deeper ████ and then you guys bond. It was like that. >> Okay. All right. I get that. >> [laughter] >> That's a scenario. >> That's a good scenario. >> Yeah. >> Cuz that's a beta you good example though. >> You know like you don't understand it quick. >> I'm way above this, okay? >> Well, at the time, yeah, that was just an intimate moment. >> [laughter] >> This is a detour, okay? >> Nick, where does Where does it land for you if another guy is into jiu-jitsu as much as you are and you guys meet for the first time? Does that give any kind of leeway? >> I think Yeah, I think jiu-jitsu is pretty It's a It's a good It's a good

3:20 uh It's a good way to meet somebody and be >> To grease the wheels >> Tiffany Tiffany always makes a joke when we're in Hawaii. She would say all these guys would get really nervous to like tell me like where they train and like they train also. And she's kept saying like she kept seeing this over and over again. And to the point where she was like rolling her eyes. Like, "Dude, why are these guys getting nervous?" Saying like, "Oh, yeah, I train too, you know." "You do jiu-jitsu, huh?" >> [laughter] >> You know, like, "Oh, I see your ears." And then it's like, "Oh, yeah, cool." And then you go on this cuz she's seen it happen so many >> Are you ever that guy to someone else? >> No. >> You're never to talk about that stuff? >> No, I usually don't bring it up. >> Why are they nervous? >> So cool, dude. >> No, it No, it's I don't know. >> they're talking to like a MMA fighter and they go, "What do you train?" >> don't see guys in the wild like that. You know, like other MMA guys or just like we're just out in public and this is just like a a weight rule talk to me and he'll like, "Oh, you train?" And

4:10 then >> Well, it's such a calling card, though. You know, like cauliflower is such >> It's so obvious. >> That's like literally I could walk around with a flag like professional dancer just like always IN MY BACKPACK. >> [laughter] >> RIGHT? LIKE It's different. >> your outfit would explain it right off the bat, I think. [laughter] >> You're so cool, dude. All right, is it Is it more or less if they were a Bad Bunny fan? >> Oh, that's like I don't know. Maybe a little bit more. >> [laughter] >> Maybe a little bit more. >> You could bond faster with someone that was just a big >> Cuz they'll be like, "Oh, you want Like cuz I don't look >> Yeah, they went to the same concert you did. >> Yeah, I don't look like a typical Bad Bunny fan, you know. >> No, you don't. >> And I'm you know, I'm not like a you know, I'm I'm I'm through through my wife, but at the same time it's like They go, "Oh, you listen to Bad >> he, probably. >> They do They Yeah, they do definitely listen to it. They They look at me and they go, "Oh, you listen to Bad Bunny? You understand what he's saying?" I go, "Nope." >> [laughter] >> But the beat's nice.

5:01 >> The beat is good, though. >> The beat's good, man. >> Is it more or less if they're from Pasadena? You just notice this person from Pasadena. >> And you guys are out of country. You guys are like in Argentina or some ████ That's crazy. Of course, those are my ████ three calling cards, huh? >> [laughter] >> I figured points of pride. >> Yeah, no, 100%. >> But it's like he's I'm a I'm a cop from Pasadena. It's a I catch jaywalkers. That's what his shirt says. >> Then I'll beat his ████ ass, dude. Beat his ████ ass. I have an intrusive thought and I'll beat his ass. But yeah, if they're in a different country or something like that, that's pretty wild, but >> Yeah. What if you What if you're in Pasadena, though? Rose Bowl, huh? >> And they just keep [laughter] on moving. In Pasadena, I would ████ spit on them, dude. I'd just keep it walking. >> Okay. All right, for Anthony, um if it's just a dancer person, are you are you more inclined to get closer to

5:52 them? Another professional dancer? >> I think it's just like an easy entry point. >> It's too easy? Oh, okay. >> doesn't it doesn't >> It doesn't heighten by anything. >> Do you big-time him, Anthony? >> No, I think no, no, no, no, no. But you know, I don't I don't bring up my professional dance >> [laughter] >> Hey, you just big-time me right now. >> They usually just come up to me. >> I don't like to I love your work. They usually say that to me. >> [laughter] >> No, they say >> I'm like, I I I do jiu-jitsu. >> [laughter] >> No, I mean, I feel like I feel like it's just an entry point of conversation. It doesn't make me go like, like >> Okay, you don't light up. >> It's cuz I'm curious of the the craft and profession. I don't know if I'm trying to learn about like who they are as a person, like like their uniqueness. I'm trying I'm I'm curious because we have a shared ride. I'm like, "Oh, what was your journey like?" But I'm not like like, "What are you

6:43 about?" [laughter] You know? So, it's it's different. It's like, "Of course I'm interested because it's just easy to to jump in the >> Is it a bigger effect if they're a vibe coder? If they do like Claude and all the AI stuff? Are you more lit up by that? >> Yeah, he is, for sure. >> The answer is yes. >> It's a really nerd world. So, like no, not like a not socially. It's not like I'm trying to like socially be like, but I but I am trying to just learn. So, like to me again, I'll chase I'll chase like the education. My curiosity will like take me like 8 hours to talk about something I'm curious about and I'm like, "I don't really like that person, but like damn, they had a lot to say about this thing I'm curious about." >> Okay. >> That's easy. >> What about if Okay, is it greater if this person's just super rich?

7:33 >> Take your time. >> [laughter] >> I'm trying to I'm trying to be honest with the answer because because that's a ride I'm super curious about, but I haven't ridden. >> [laughter] >> So, it depends on how they got it. >> Yeah. >> Investment banking. >> Oh, no, no. I was going to say, what if like so you have a a boring topic, right? I mean, a boring connection, which is the dancing thing, but you found out he was rich first. So, he's like multi-millionaire, maybe even billionaire. >> So, Bruce Wayne the dancer. >> you found out he was a dancer. Then would that make you extra curious or no? >> Oh. >> Absolutely. If if dancing got him a bunch of money or or he was rich, so he wanted to chase his passion, so he danced. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> He had no inhibitions. Yeah. Then then my only interest would be like, "Okay, so tell me about this. Like, so you chose to dance. Like, what what did you do?" >> He invented the DDR machine. >> Dance Dance Revolution?

8:23 >> [laughter] >> That's sick. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> That's sick as ████ because that's that's just sick in general. I don't know >> What if he's like no What if he's just an heir? Like he's uh Natasha Bedingfield's son. >> [laughter] >> Nathaniel. >> The rest is just unwritten. All right. >> Ah, well played. >> Look, I would say no matter what, anything that I would love to be that I am not, I'm going to have a high-level curiosity. >> Ah, okay, okay, okay, okay. >> I don't know where it's going to go. >> So, it's less about what you already are, it's more about what you aspire to. >> It's like him in jiu-jitsu, right? It's like, why jiu-jitsu? Two reasons. Because number one, it's either we suck enough where everything feels like we're learning all the time. >> Yeah, learning all the time, yeah. >> Versus constantly being like the best at your thing. >> Okay, okay. All right. What about for you, Haley, if it's a comedian? >> Is this friendship we're talking about?

9:13 >> No, it's ████ >> Yeah. Well, WELL, THEY'RE TWO WILDLY DIFFERENT THINGS. >> [laughter] >> CUZ IF WE'RE GOING FRIENDSHIP >> LET'S START FRIENDSHIP. >> YEAH, if you're a fellow comic, yes, absolutely. Like, we're going to bond over that. Like, we're going to have you you're going to have opportunities that you can like give to each other and da da da. >> That's also super hard, too. >> Yeah, so 100% like in a friendship way, if you are a comic, we're and if you're a cool person, then yeah, I'll absolutely be your friend. On the dating aspect, hard no, hard pass, absolutely not. Hard no, very valid rule, do not date a comedian. No. >> But what if you're laughing your ass off? >> They could be so funny, but I'd rather learn from you, I'd rather have a friendship with you. I don't want to know none of that. Nope, nope, not going to >> Every kind of comedian there is, you you >> Stand-up, stand-up. I would do like comedic actor, improv, yeah, sitcom, but yeah, if we're talking about stand-up, no. I watched a Ralphie

10:04 May >> What if he's a stand-up? What if he's a stand-up and he's like, "I like you so much, I'll quit stand-up just so you can >> No, I don't want to be with someone that's going to give up on their dream. >> Yeah, but they're a billionaire. But they're a billionaire, they're already rich, just like my dancer situation. Yeah, yeah, [laughter] yeah, yeah. What if he's like >> Find me one billionaire pursuing stand-up right now. >> Billionaires [laughter] pursuing Joe Rogan. >> All right, yeah, but that's how he got there, I guess. But no, so Ralphie May >> Rogan? >> WHAT IF IT'S JOE HARD PASS, HARD PASS ON JOE ROGAN. BUT [laughter] THERE WERE there was an hour-long >> headline at the mothership. >> Yeah, yeah. No, facial recognition. >> [laughter] >> Ralphie May had this hour-long thing and it was like tidbits for comics and blah blah blah, it was filmed at the Comedy Store. And one of the things he says, and he's like, "Ladies, you're going to hate this, but do not ████ comics." So I was like, "All right, Ralphie May said it, I'm ████ writing this down. Do

10:54 not ████ comedians, got it." Cuz he said it, cuz he was like, "You're always going to be known as like either that's how you got your opportunity or da da >> He did say something like that, yeah. >> So, nope. >> You'll always be connected to the idea that you ████ this comic. >> Yeah, or like it just makes things messy, right? >> like, what if you're like here in the comic career and they're like here? >> Yeah, no. >> So it's so clear. >> No, no, no. You want me to dip down? >> YEAH, DIP DOWN. >> NO. >> [laughter] >> NEVER. >> WHAT IF YOU'RE LIKE, "OKAY, he's down, but you can tell that his talent is Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get him early. Prospect. >> Get him early. >> And no matter what, no matter what, they're the world is going to say it's because he ████ her that he got to that position. >> You know what? The world's not going to say that. >> [laughter] >> I hate to tell you about >> It never works that way. >> It never goes that way. So, yeah. >> You and your close friends will say this to each other for a long time. >> That's what life's all about, right?

11:44 >> Okay, this one will do friendship first and then we'll do ████ but athlete, professional athlete. What's the sport? Like ping pong? >> Football. >> Yeah. >> [laughter] >> Yeah. >> That's the one. Friendship Friendship-wise, that would help you like >> Friendship for sure. I love I even met like a a professional boxer on set recently and he's like retired now, but I was like, oh, you like He was like number seven in the US at one point. So, I was like, oh, you achieved greatness. Like I want to be around you. I want to learn from you. Like you've clearly done some things. Yeah. So, I love that. I love people that have achieved greatness at whatever they have decided. Like I want to learn from you. Like you probably have good character. Like you've been through ████ Like I want to learn from you. >> he's like, "Okay, we're going to ████ now, okay?" >> Well, no. Yeah. Well, that's the thing with boxers, too. They've probably taken a couple hits to the head. >> FIRST RULE OF BOXING, WE GOT TO ████ FIRST. >> [laughter] >> You got to show The thing about learning is you got to learn FROM YOUR VAGINA.

12:34 >> [laughter] >> PRETEND you're a body bag for me. Yeah, no. >> Okay, and romantically, athlete isn't easier >> I think athlete would be an easier avenue, but they have like the, you know, stereotype that they're all cheaters and this and that and the other. So, it would have to be like a a minor league athlete or something. IT'S LIKE YOU JUST DO THIS You just do this for fun. >> Triple-A baseball? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Banana ball? >> Yeah. Banana ball. Oh, Savannah Bananas all day. All day. Yeah. >> All right, what if for this third one Okay, what if it's just a dude from Philly? >> No. >> No? It works against? >> I'd be friends. I'd be friends. I am not I have I lived there. I know what they like. I'm not doing it. I'm not I'm not I'm not No. >> No? What What does that mean? >> Yeah, what are they like? >> No. THEY'RE ████ THEY'RE THEY'RE ME. They're me, bro. No, I'm not doing it.

13:24 >> The whole city? >> carpet The whole city and the suburbs and Bucks County >> if >> graduated with a doctorate from Temple? >> Mhm. >> Like he's a distinguished individual. >> Like he moved there to go to Temple? >> No, he's from he's from Philly. He just never left Philly his WHOLE LIFE. >> NO, NO, NO, [screaming] NO. PEOPLE THAT DON'T LEAVE THEIR HOMETOWN, NO. >> Your face. >> No, no, no. You need to go experience the world. >> What if he's a bench player for the 76ers? Oh. So he's not the top one. >> Yeah, he's just there. He was good enough to make it. >> And he's trying to make it a comedy, too. >> Hard pass. Hard pass. >> He's little parts of you all involved. >> All involved, yeah. No, I would no. No, 76ers, yeah, I probably would like you. >> Ah, okay, okay, okay. What so what happens what's wrong with dating Philly guys that are from Philly their whole lives? What what do they do that's so bad?

14:14 >> Mhm. They haven't experienced anything that's not Philly. So they all they only know what they know, right? You only know what you know. Philadelphians are ████ by nature. Like we just are. We really, really are. >> Not like in an adorable in a in a cute way? >> Sometimes it can be in a cute way. So it is a cute way at first. It's like, "Oh, haha, heehee, you guys talk funny and like you like, you know, throw snowballs at Santa Claus or whatever." >> That's fun. >> But then when you get to like the core of it, you're like, "Oh, I don't like where this is coming from and what this is going to bubble and boil up to." >> Oh, ████ >> anyway. Not saying that you Philly guys all suck, but uh >> Most of you. >> Yeah. >> The whole [laughter] city. Everybody who doesn't leave their hometown. Bucks County. >> The suburbs and beyond. >> Okay. All right. Well, now you guys know if you ever run into any of these people in public, say you're one of those ones that they think they would bond with faster. And just lie and just say you're

15:05 a 76ers player if you run into Haley. >> [laughter] >> She'll bond with you immediately. Say you're from Pasadena. Say you're into jiu-jitsu. >> We're going to ████ right away. >> [laughter] >> We're going to hang out for sure.

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