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I just moved to New York City, and I have no friends here.
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Well, that's not true.
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I have a couple.
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But I'm sure you guys know one of the hardest things
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about moving to a new city by yourself is finding new friends.
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Or is it?
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Today, I'm going to put
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that theory to the test by trying to make a friend in three different places all across New York.
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We'll have an easy level, where I think it will be kind of easy to make a friend.
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We'll have a medium level, where it might be a little bit more challenging
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and then we will have an extremely hard level where it might be actually impossible to meet a friend in that scenario.
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Once I meet somebody, I need to convince them to take me on a side quest,
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something that they enjoy doing while we get to know each other.
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So let's go ahead and get started with the easy level.
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Level one, this is easy mode.
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We're in Times Square.
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This is the most densely populated part of this entire city.
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A lot of people come here, especially tourists.
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A lot of people by themselves.
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So hopefully they're in like a friendly mood and we can make friends with them.
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Look at that.
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What the hell?
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New series?
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Who else watching
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Among Us, the TV show?
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Okay.
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I want to find somebody by themselves.
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I think that's the best approach.
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But a lot of these people here are in groups.
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So let's see.
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I walked all around
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Times Square trying to find anybody to approach.
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And all I could keep finding was groups of big people.
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And for the start of this video, I really wanted this to be like a one -on -one type hangout.
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So we kept walking, honestly, up and down and up and down until I could find literally anybody to approach.
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And I'm not even joking when I say this.
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The literal first person that I went up to talk to was this girl right here.
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Now, unfortunately, my dumbass Australian cameraman was not recording when I said, hey, how you doing?
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But the conversation literally starts right after that.
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Take a look.
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Excuse me, miss, do you live here?
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I don't.
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Where are you from?
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San Francisco.
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Are you here by yourself?
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I am, I am.
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Okay, well, this is a crazy question.
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Okay.
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We're making a video about how easy it is to make friends in New York.
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Okay would you want to spend like 10 minutes just like doing something in a friendly way okay
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you don't let's go what's your name i nace i nace yes i'm gonna call you back mom bye mom
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i ness yeah how do you spell
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that i n e c there you go just put
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that somewhere where were you heading to right now truthfully i was trying to make a bus
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that i'm not gonna make it was like at 11 20 it's 11 23.
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okay
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so now i'm gonna grab some food i was trying to find some food
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i mean I'll get I've got food with you
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if you want to do that or like I'm pretty open I just got out of dance class.
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I thought my energy still going you have this crazy and that's why I'm like
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Energy still going like I've been in class since what seven.
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Would you want to go to like Dave and Buster's for like?
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Yeah, we're gonna go
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Here there's one right here.
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I'm pretty sure so wait.
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Tell me about yourself.
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Like what brought you to New York right now?
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Yeah Born and raised in San Francisco Professional dancer and models.
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Wait, can you hit a dance?
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Can I ask you to do that?
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Is that too much?
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You want me to bust something down?
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Could you, yeah.
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I mean, I could break a little something down in the sandals.
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Oh, shit!
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What the hell?
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Whoop -a!
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Something like that.
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That was just a little stuff.
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I just did that shit.
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I didn't even, I don't know.
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Did you hit that shit?
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I'll show you like a music video.
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Like what do you, where do you like work?
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Yeah, so.
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Like stuff like that?
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Well, I do a lot of things.
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Like, I'm gonna fly Terrazone, I'm a part of a Michael Jackson tribute tour.
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Oh my god, that's awesome.
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Oh, I just did
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Gap like two, three weeks ago.
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The clothing company?
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Yeah, Gap, yep.
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Is your energy always this high?
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Yeah, I'm a dance instructor too, so I feel like besides just being a student to the game,
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I'm an instructor, so I know it's like you gotta bring energy and be the energy for the students,
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so I feel like that's kind of how I come in.
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Like, I'm in class, I'm hyping everybody up.
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It could be the Bay Area, the San Francisco and me, but I don't know.
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Oh, it's raining like crazy right now that just came out of nowhere.
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I got the natural hair, so I don't mind
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But I know that camera
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That's fire no, I like that, you know, this is how you have to do it's not that bad
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It feels good kind of it's not rains actually my favorite weather.
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It's refreshing like magical right this feels like you're in a movie right now
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It does Hit a gig
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With all the lights in my old man.
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How much?
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Oh wow ten.
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I'll buy one Good deal.
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I feel like I bought this right when the rain stopped.
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Like, what?
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We made it.
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Can you make this jump?
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Hell yeah.
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Oh, let's go.
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In sandals, too.
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What's your motto in life?
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Like, what do you live by?
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I would say...
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Because I want to be as happy as you are.
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It seems like you're so happy.
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You know what?
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Dance makes me so happy.
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You got to teach me a move.
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Dance, like, yes, we can do that.
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Wait, can we do it right here?
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Yeah, let's go.
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Let's go.
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Let me show you when I get hit.
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Come on, I'm like, dance makes me happy.
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I think that's what it is.
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You ever seen this one?
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Hold on.
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Hold on.
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Oh, the jerk.
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I'm not about to play with you, or to reject.
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Okay, let's do that and let's add to it.
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So we're gonna go.
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I'll be in the club and I don't know what to do.
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I'll just be like, you know, like.
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Okay, we gonna get some grooves, we gonna get some grooves.
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Okay.
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So we're gonna go back, we got one, right.
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Oh.
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Yeah, yeah, back, one, two, three.
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Lean forward, one, two, knees are gonna open, open.
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Open, yeah, open, open, open, yeah!
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But you gotta lean and I need arms here.
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Arms here, okay.
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We're rocking, side, and the back.
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Go, elbow over, elbow back, yeah.
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Down, and uh.
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I don't - You got it, you think it too hard, keep going.
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Flow, and also I got this bounce going.
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Bounce, bounce, bounce, yeah.
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No hip hop bounce, hip hop groove, bounce, bounce.
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Okay, so let's do the whole thing in one motion.
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Yeah.
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Start from the top, like, one, two, lean forward, ah, ah, ah.
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You can even go down with it like, hey, hey, hey.
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No, you're mogging me.
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I would love to do a full class with you.
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I feel like I would learn so much.
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You've got a great, like, instructor vibe.
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I think we should.
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We should.
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I think we should line that up.
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If the people is down.
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Do we do a full class?
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That's so funny, but yeah, that's what we're going to line up.
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That's next.
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Okay, I bought a $50 card.
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Let's just play till it runs out.
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Hell yeah, let's do that.
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We can go in that.
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What is that?
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Okay, let's do it at the same time
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i'm like let me get the pink one you want the pink one okay should we do
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which one hong kong hong kong okay i'll let you pick first yeah let's go
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and i just press start ah we got it we got
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it a unicorn wait you could be a unicorn i know
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i want to do the unicorn hit start oh this is hilarious
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wait you're hella photogenic what the hell really that's a great picture
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you ever driven a bike before in real life no oh my god
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i haven't even got on the back of one no no
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i did for the first time not too long
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it was life -changing like i i drove one i was like i need to buy one they're
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so fun come on go go wow wait what'd
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you oh my god oh
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i'm not even done oh my god get out damn oh well oh well good game good game wait
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i can hit the jackpot on this you want to see i'll let you go first good spin good spin
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i feel like she's a little tough i feel like she hit it oh come
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Come on, come on, come on!
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Wait, 150's not bad.
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Come on!
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We could buy some with that.
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Let's go!
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Let me try, let me try.
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Don't disappoint me.
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I'm not even gonna look.
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Get some elbow grease in that, yeah.
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Let's go, let's go.
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250, 250 for the win, or a band for the win.
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A band for the win.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, no way.
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Oh, 74.
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Oh, what about this one?
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The Kinect 4?
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Did you ever play this one?
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Oh, is it the ball?
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We like, shoot, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You go first.
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Okay.
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Okay, okay. That was nice.
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Damn.
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You mean to do that or no?
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No, I didn't.
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I'm trying to get it in the middle.
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I'm blocking you.
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I'm blocking you.
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Oh!
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There we go.
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Alright, alright.
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Come on.
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You got a good shot.
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Come on.
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Do you play it?
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No, I don't, but hey.
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I know the mechanics, the science behind it, okay?
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Bitch, here we go.
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I see where you going with this, but I don't think you got it.
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No!
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That was good?
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Yeah, I was talking too much shit on that one.
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We're about to fill up the whole board.
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You know what?
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I know at this point.
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Oh wait, you had another one.
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Oh my god.
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I didn't even see that one!
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Get out!
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Get!
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Just like that.
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Just like that.
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Good game, good game, good game.
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Fight!
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Have you ever played this where you're gonna like knock them down?
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Okay.
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We'll do it together.
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Yeah, no. Okay, we're just going to, like, hit the...
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Oh, period.
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Knock him down.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, you...
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Yeah.
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You the GOAT?
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Yeah.
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Oh, that was weak.
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Come on.
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Oh, that one's hard.
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They're hard.
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Damn!
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Damn!
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Wait, we did kind of good.
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That had to be really good.
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I'm like, we was knocking him down.
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Oh, that's good.
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40. All right, we got 624.
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You know what?
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This is giving my lucky day it is where is our 600 where can we spend
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that one oh these little uh candies you ain't never lied old school why not bring it back is
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that what you want we can bring
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it back wait do you know who this is that's from pokemon do you know
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which one though my cousin loved it i didn't oh it's eevee eevee yes
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and this is the girl from sonic
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that is yes i don't even know her name
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you seen the new sonic movie i haven't have you hell yeah it was good i went to the theater for that?
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I heard he's blue.
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Yeah.
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Oh, look it.
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Oh, we got to come back for these.
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No, I think I want this instead.
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Oh, it's 400.
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Yeah, get those.
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This is cute.
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I think the red ones.
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The red ones are fire.
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You can put that in your car.
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Let's go.
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I can get a ball, too.
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Yeah, because this is only 400, indeed.
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Yeah, you get a prize, too.
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I got the ball.
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I got the ball.
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Hello.
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How you doing?
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I feel like a kid again.
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I know.
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This kind of healed a part of me
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that I didn't even know I needed to you totally yeah thank you
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so much thank you let's go hey let's go does this bounce
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it does it's the best day ever yeah good luck with everything I'll see you shoot for
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that dance class yeah thank you dude she was awesome what the hell
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that was a good first person and I'm excited to see who else we get from here on.
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I'll see you at level two.
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Making a new friend would be a lot easier if I were to offer them this
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Nintendo Switch 2.
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But unfortunately, it's not for them.
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Now, let's get back into the video.
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All right, level two, we are at Washington Square Park.
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This is one of the most popular parks in the city and a lot of people seem to be pretty friendly here.
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So I think it should be a little intermediate level of trying to make friends.
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So let's go try it.
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For level two, I don't know why, but I was feeling a little bit more nervous.
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It's weird because some days I could wake up
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and talk to people
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and some days it literally feels like a guy pushing the rock up the hill
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and this was one of those days yo bro what's going on
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but then out of nowhere in the corner of my eye i saw this dude who i loosely recognized
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so i went up to talk to him i'll ask you something
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we're doing a video right now we're going up to strangers trying to see how easy
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it is to make a friend in new york what are y 'all doing here literally just walking around
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you're just hanging out like yeah literally we don't have a go
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that's the whole point like nobody got no plan okay well
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i would love to like i don't know just join y 'all for something it's
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so crazy the one time we doing nothing yo you know this happens there's
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so much crazy well even if You and I could just have like a one -on -one conversation in the grass,
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just like, if you're down for that.
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Let's do that.
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Yeah.
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What were y 'all filming?
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I saw you filming that truck when I walked up to you.
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Oh, let me give you a mic.
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That was a TikTok.
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Is that what you do for a living?
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Are you a TikToker?
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You put this on somewhere.
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TikTok, I've been doing this since 2022.
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And like you're a full -time, pop that down.
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Now, like, I model mainly.
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But then I went to like streaming.
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Then I became like, everybody knew me for streaming.
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And then now, like, yeah, I'm model mainly.
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That's fine.
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But I still do TikTok every day.
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So like, what's your, what's your kind of like goal with everything? like where do you see yourself in the next few years
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that that's yo that's the thing a lot of people ask
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me they'd be like yo like what's your going is i ain't even know
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i'll i'll go this far with this like i don't even have a goal like i'm just doing everything
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i could like at this point like i don't achieve
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that like i ain't never thought of my life over the year is insane okay well before
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you had the success like where what do you think
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you were ending up like what was your before
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i had the clout i was working at hogga dodge you stay at an ice cream store yeah
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and i i was lost i was 22 years old
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i was living with my bob idol what i was how do you know like i'm 23.
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so wait this is like a recent come up yeah like
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so like i've been doing
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it you see how a lot of people ask for pictures like even in the four seconds
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we've been together like four people literally so but like
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that happens everywhere but that been happening
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but i never had like the money yo
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this is my side quest for you yeah this is a side quest
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you got to get hot yeah bro i ain't smoked in a minute
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but you know for the video it's the perfect
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it's the perfect part to do it it's legal here too right yeah
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it's the most miscellaneous park ever bro i like
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that word miscellaneous miscellaneous yeah bro this park anything could happen bro
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you seem like you could be like a philosopher in another life
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that's a big ass word one thing about me bro like i'm illiterate bro
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i don't you graduate high school nah
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i dropped out 10th grade oh the school hated me wanted me to leave
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now they'd be calling me trying to make me go speak to the kids
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and shit i'm like look i like can't fool have you would you consider doing
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that um yeah hell yeah i did it i did it before
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i did it recently like in brooklyn it wasn't for my school
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but i want to do it in like my home school something let's go
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you had a lighter yeah that's crazy bro so like
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The last year has been very insane, but I'll say I always had the clout
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But I never had like a team or like people to like help get to like the next like levels for me
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You know once I met that like more generational run ever bro
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How many people you got on your team now?
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Like so it's my manager and I just recently signed with IMG like they're like the biggest modeling agency in the world
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Holy shit, congrats.
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Yes, I did that.
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So yeah, I got them
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and my manager like I don't model for shit I can always shop that bro like it's insane,
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but I feel like I started on just high ranks my first modeling was um mark jacobs
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that's already like a giant thing then i did my first runway right
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there then i did acting it just like everything just smacked me
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that's why i'm saying i don't know what i want to be in like bro
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i'm trying everything bro since you don't know about me you want to know the most coolest thing
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that happened kim kardashian was me for halloween
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me and my little brother i'm gonna show you what the
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that made us more generational than ever bro look
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because i'm we blew up wearing like i don't know
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if you know like we wear leggings i'm pretty sure i've seen your face
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and like are you the guy with the monk yes yes yes i've seen that
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Shit, bro, because I knew I'd recognize you from somewhere.
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No way, that's her!
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So she's my little brother, North, and she's me, and then the mom, look, the mom was my mom.
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That's your mom?
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Yeah, but that's their mom, that's Chris, her, that shit, but that shit made us a generation, like, what the fuck?
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Holy shit.
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You've grown up in New York your whole life?
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Yeah.
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How easy would you say it is to make friends here?
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Like, that's kind of the purpose of this video, because I just moved here,
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and, like, I want to show people that you can move to a big city, and it's like, you don't need anybody,
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you can kind of just meet people there.
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I swear, yeah.
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You find that?
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Like, me, I'm a real one, bro.
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Me, personally, like, I'm shy.
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I don't really, like, make new friends and shit.
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But I'll say, like, New York especially, bro, is the most easiest place to ever make it.
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You just say something out loud, bro, somebody's gonna agree with it, and then you're gonna start from there and start a whole friendship.
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You compliment somebody's outfit, could go a long way.
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Like, New York is, I'm telling you, the most miscellaneous.
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Yeah, I just walked up to you, and now we're sitting here smoking weed.
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Like, that's the same, bro.
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Anything's possible out here.
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You ever thought about making a YouTube content or not?
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Since I'm not streaming, that's why everybody's telling me I might as well just do YouTube content.
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You got the personality for it.
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You should be shy, though.
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Like, now I meet 100 fans a day, so I have to, like, learn how to talk a little bit.
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So, like, now I'm, like, sturdy, but, like, I would choose not to talk than to talk for me, you know what I'm saying?
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Yeah, you'd rather, like, be in your own world.
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Yeah, and if I'm not high, it's over.
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You're not high?
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To myself, like.
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Oh, that's not good, bro.
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Yeah, I need to.
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You gotta learn how to do it.
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Dang, if I don't get high, I don't eat.
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Word of my day, that's one thing I'm gonna overcome.
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This shit, that's right now, like, my battle.
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I need to stop smoking weed, gang.
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Yeah, bro, I ain't been high in, like, much, you know?
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You got me.
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Bro, high and hot, bro.
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Bad combination, bro.
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Feeling like a thot right now, gang.
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Like, what's up, gang?
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In fact, bro, I love my grave, bro.
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Every time I think, my throat just gets fried in my head and it doesn't come out, bro.
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You only do it on YouTube?
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Yeah, I'm starting to make music, too.
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You ever try that?
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Yeah, yeah, I do this shit for fun.
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I was doing it for fun.
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Really?
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You got anything that you could show me?
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My shit ass, bro.
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I swear, bro.
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It's fun, though.
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It's fun to, like, express yourself in different forms of, uh...
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Because I just love being creative.
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I love, like, every type of media, so...
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Just try to experience, just do everything.
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I think now, like, by do shit, I'm about to try to get it to active.
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That would be fine.
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You ever done it?
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You know Marlon Wayne?
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From Scary Movie?
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Yeah, yeah.
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I acted with him. For what?
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For Snipes commercial.
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Me, you know, Gio, like, Boy Cardi's girlfriend?
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Oh, yeah, yeah.
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So it was me, Gio, and Marlon Wayne.
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Holy shit.
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That's those legendary, bro.
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Like, it was fucking Yeti chasing us.
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It was, like, the most crazy shit ever.
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Holy shit.
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Yo, I gotta kill this yeah, bro My thoughts just think differently, you know, like I feel like oh
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When you're you just can go bro.
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I need to go bro.
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Love buddy.
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Yo, give me your IG Yeah, I got you
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Walked in twin.
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That was the most high I had been in years
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and this is me enjoying the best bowl of food I've ever eaten in my life.
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Shout out to my new friend Jay.
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Okay level three.
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We have to make a friend on the subway.
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This is extremely difficult because if you look behind me, look at these people on here.
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Nobody wants to be approached on there.
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Everybody's in their own world.
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They're doing their own thing.
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And this is going to be the most difficult level yet.
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There's a train right here.
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Do we get on it?
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Excuse me, miss.
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Do you want to be in our video?
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Okay, no worries.
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Okay, all right.
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Let's try the other car.
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Let's try the other car.
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Good, good.
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Excuse me, sir.
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What's your name?
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Huh?
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Do you want to be in our video?
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We're just trying to make a friend on the subway.
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Oh, no worries, no worries.
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No, you're good, you're good.
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Oh, brother.
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This is so difficult.
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Nobody wants to be talked to on here.
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Everybody's...
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I need a better game plan.
539
Just immediately 0 for 2.
540
That's not good.
541
Do you want to be my friend?
542
Would you like to be friends?
543
How are you doing?
544
Why is it so difficult?
545
Well, I like your shoes, bro Dude, I like her.
546
I love the suit
547
Just no response just no just yeah, let's go this feels awesome.
548
Yeah, what's good brother?
549
How you doing man?
550
You're doing good.
551
Are you filming a video right now?
552
Yeah, yeah, we're trying to actually make a friend on the subway, but it's a little bit difficult.
553
What would your advice be?
554
Do you have any advice?
555
No, I'm just gonna...
556
Nah, I'm even gonna.
557
Good to meet you, bro.
558
Can't be someone that recognizes me.
559
That would be cheating, that would be cheating.
560
Oh, let's see this woman.
561
How much you're selling him for?
562
Three dollars.
563
Three dollars?
564
Do you take Venmo?
565
No, only cash.
566
Okay, what about friendship?
567
Cash.
568
That would have been fun.
569
Okay.
570
I love your jacket.
571
I love your jacket.
572
What is your name?
573
Hi, Casey.
574
I'm Parker.
575
What's your name?
576
Casey.
577
Where are you going right now?
578
Oh, what's your major?
579
So you're going to school right
580
now? you can't take me on a side quest okay all right thank you anyways yeah yeah you don't work first
581
okay i was literally at this for hours approaching person after person going on train after train
582
and just having no luck for whatever reason the energy was just not there
583
that day so i thought the best thing to do at
584
that point was just pack it up and try a different day
585
and looking back i'm really glad that i made that decision
586
because i think it turned out for the best when i went back at it a couple days later.
587
I was feeling a bit more refreshed, but still very nervous.
588
Like I mentioned about 10 times, everybody on the subway is in their own world.
589
Nobody wants to be talked to, so it's really hard to approach people.
590
I ended up approaching this one dude to start, but as it turned out, he knew who I was.
591
And the one rule for this challenge is that the person had to be a complete stranger.
592
But then, literally the next people I approached was right here, and this happened.
593
You guys here from out of town?
594
Yeah. From where?
595
Scotland.
596
Oh, shit.
597
First time in New York?
598
First time in New York, yeah.
599
Shit, how you liking it?
600
It's good.
601
Yeah?
602
So far where you guys had it now no clue yet no clue this is weird
603
but we're making a video right now we're trying to see
604
if we can make a friend on the subway do you mind
605
if we join you for like a little uh a drink
606
or something like oh you want me to lead the way yeah we're getting off to the next stop
607
so we figured out it's probably the best place to get off okay what's your name kyle
608
Parker, Parker, nice to meet you.
609
We're gonna go.
610
I've seen a few places that I can go to, so...
611
Okay, wait, how do you guys know each other?
612
We're best pals.
613
Oh, best pals.
614
Best friends, yeah, best friends.
615
How old do you guys know?
616
26. Okay, I'm 28, so okay.
617
Let's do this, man.
618
All right, so...
619
I don't even know what stop we just got off at, but let's figure it out.
620
Let's do it, man.
621
Is it both of your first time in New York?
622
Yeah, yeah.
623
Yeah, first time in New York, for sure.
624
This is the, in my opinion, the greatest city in the world.
625
Yeah, I'd agree with you there, to be honest.
626
So what were y 'all about to do?
627
Like, get a drink or like, well, I don't want to like crash.
628
You're going out.
629
Yeah, we're going out.
630
For the whole night.
631
Yeah, out, out.
632
Who's bigger drinkers?
633
You guys are the Irish.
634
Oh, I'd say we're probably, we're like the heavyweight champs.
635
You guys are.
636
We've split the belts.
637
The Scottish and the Irish are like the top dogs.
638
So what do you guys do?
639
Do you do like YouTube or TikTok or what?
640
Yeah, I've been a YouTuber for over half my life.
641
Yeah?
642
That's good.
643
Been a man.
644
Yeah Popeye's yet.
645
We've got one in Scotland.
646
Oh sure.
647
I didn't know that actually right here would be perfect
648
They're not playing if they're right
649
Just a grab just probably one drink yet.
650
You buy in First round on me under all the rounds around me.
651
All right.
652
What are we drinking?
653
Hey guys, I get five boroughs, please We got pills in her please.
654
I'll try the swan one you recommended the one on the end.
655
It's like Guinness you said
656
Yeah, it's good.
657
I'll take that.
658
Yeah, hey go my man.
659
It's a wee bit posh
660
i don't even know what
661
that means i'm just saying things let's go man shit i was not planning on drinking today
662
but yeah there you go man luck of the scots in it
663
is this your culture yeah it's the drinking culture in scotland for sure
664
so the best night of our life aye cheers guys thank you to wherever the night takes exactly mate
665
so like what do y 'all do for fun like what's
666
a day in the life of what in scotland yeah on a good day we'll maybe go out Pints Like this?
667
Ah, exactly mate
668
This is exactly this but a different country
669
Football, it's pints
670
And then we go boxing Pints And then probably a few pints
671
Yup And then we'll just say
672
Go to someone's gaff
673
And then it's pints
674
What's the most amount of beer you've had in one day?
675
Oh, he's a lightweight
676
Ah, I'm pretty lightweight to be fair
677
So you gotta be?
678
100 % This guy's f*ing mental, man
679
What's your amount?
680
Probably like 15 pints
681
But then Oh my god
682
And you're like, how are you guys so fit?
683
We don't eat.
684
Oh, this is just the diet.
685
It's just drink.
686
This is like your family, like growing up, they were like the same way.
687
This is evolutionary genetics, bro.
688
We've been drinking since we've been born.
689
Yeah.
690
So what was your first drink?
691
What age?
692
Oh, 13 down to the park, vodka.
693
Bottle of water filled with vodka.
694
Dude, that's insane.
695
I remember I snuck a beer from my dad's fridge when I was like 15.
696
And I took a sip and I acted like I was drunk for like four
697
literally wrecked like walking about the house like
698
that oh my god bottle of vodka 13 is crazy what do you ever consider
699
that you're an alcoholic oh no yeah dead postman scotland has a problem with
700
that bro that's what we're trying to solve you know in scotland
701
you can't buy alcohol before 10 in the morning
702
and you can't buy it after 10 at night what the hell
703
you can't buy any drink it doesn't matter whether it's a beer or anything
704
We're getting there?
705
Bro.
706
In Scotland, you can occasionally call a guy that's filled his car full of alcohol, and you can get him to come around and jump off.
707
It's like, it's illegal, and he's like selling it.
708
It's exactly what it's like.
709
It's like having a dealer, but it's just alcohol.
710
You'd be like itching like, I need a beer.
711
Let me hear you talk in an American accent real quick.
712
Both of y 'all.
713
Have you ever been to Ibiza?
714
Oh, no, Ibiza, dude.
715
Let's go play some baseball, bro.
716
We were in Ibiza last night.
717
That's pretty good.
718
That's pretty good.
719
Drink up, by the way.
720
Holy shit.
721
Wait, this guy's the lightweight?
722
He's killing you.
723
The brightest stars burn twice as fast, so we must enjoy them while they last.
724
Come on.
725
That was, that was, uh, f*ing sick.
726
Whatever that meant.
727
Bones up a...
728
Are we chugging it?
729
Yeah.
730
Oh, shoot.
731
We like to drink with Crispy, cause Crispy is our mate.
732
Oh, he's done it!
733
Nice one, bro up the rock
734
or whatever no no no no no no we don't say
735
that we don't say that what's it give me the scottish catchphrase no we don't say that
736
no i actually don't even know you said
737
that no no some scottish folk say that
738
but it's like on the that's actually so funny
739
so it's obviously in scotland there's two main teams it's like rangers
740
and celtic oh yeah and they have a beef right yeah yeah i actually saw a video about if you're
741
If you're a sales thing supporter, you'll probably sing that out and say that, and then a bridge with support, you'll never say that.
742
Yeah, all right, so sorry if that affected you.
743
Nah, it's time for that, bro.
744
That's like you saying the New York Knicks to me, right?
745
That is worse than that, bro.
746
That is worse than that.
747
This is a dumb question, but is Scotland part of the UK?
748
It is, right?
749
Leave.
750
So you guys are considered British.
751
British?
752
Oh, yeah, we're British.
753
Oh, shit.
754
I suddenly like you guys a little bit less.
755
I think you guys are cooler than traditional British people.
756
See if you actually look at it, see if you look at the UK, Scotland, everyone there is like good everyone in Ireland good okay
757
and then English some of them are all right no oh
758
we're finished I agree I've been to like some of them arriving him you guys ever been to Birmingham Birmingham
759
everyone's very am Birmingham you guys ever been in Birmingham
760
I'm gonna start talking like this thing wait oh sorry what do you think about like America
761
if an American walked into a bar in Glasgow or like I love it.
762
I love it.
763
I love that they're getting involved.
764
I love that people are getting in the culture.
765
Yeah.
766
Mate, we never have a problem with anyone.
767
Dude, how did you finish that already?
768
I just looked down and the beer's gone.
769
How is he a lightweight, bro?
770
He's throwing me as...
771
He's got like an alternate ego when he starts shrinking.
772
I love that.
773
Are you guys in a relationship?
774
No. No, not you guys specifically, but like I do have a girlfriend.
775
Oh, right.
776
I thought you meant something else.
777
Not you guys, but like, I'm not, bro, no, I'm like that.
778
Like, you have a girlfriend?
779
Yeah, I have a girlfriend.
780
Do you have a girlfriend?
781
Yeah, yeah, I do.
782
Oh, both of you guys do?
783
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
784
How do you guys find that when you're traveling and stuff?
785
Fantastic, man.
786
It's good.
787
It's a good break from it?
788
Yeah, no. What were you?
789
Uh, no. Really?
790
None from me.
791
You had a girlfriend recently, or?
792
Couple months ago. Did you?
793
Yeah.
794
Messy breakup, or?
795
Yeah.
796
Ah, really?
797
I mean, just not.
798
Messy on whose end?
799
Uh, it was just a toxic relationship, you know?
800
Do you know what it is?
801
It's not wasted time.
802
No, no, I learned, you learned from every relationship that you're in.
803
I think that is truly it.
804
Some people who always go to it.
805
It's cold.
806
It's cold.
807
It's cold.
808
I was just bamming.
809
Oh, sorry, we say bamming you up.
810
I was just like joking, bamming you up.
811
Yeah, joking.
812
So bamming you up in Scotland is like, we're rage -baiting.
813
So that's when you say up to raw, I was bamming you guys.
814
Oh, yeah, bamming you up, yeah.
815
Oh, wow.
816
That's a good one.
817
That is a good one.
818
It's working, it's working.
819
Do you guys know, like, if I were to say, yo, it's mad brick outside right now.
820
Brick outside?
821
It's mad brick outside.
822
Nah, that sounds like I've got a boner.
823
I've got a boner outside.
824
I'm bricked up, I'm bricked up, I'm like that.
825
Yeah, I'm bricked up outside, bro.
826
Well, say, like, I'm like, oh, it's mad brick out here.
827
You know, like, what would you think that means?
828
It's like crazy outside, it's raining mad.
829
It's raining...
830
Cold?
831
Cold, yeah, yeah, yeah. Is it? Is it?
832
Why are you bricked up in the rain, though?
833
New York slang, no, that's not like I feel like you guys should say
834
that to someone on the street see if they understand I'm brinked up
835
Not that, not that
836
That might get you from the jail
837
Oh my god
838
Hey Samuel, we're gonna go to the bar
839
Yeah, you wanna go to the bar?
840
We're going next bar?
841
Yeah Right, what's the, what's the pub, what's the club, what are we doing bruv?
842
I'm gonna take y 'all to one
843
Oh, can we hit a pull up here?
844
Surely, right?
845
Carry on you go, mate
846
Oh my god
847
That's gonna, I feel like it's gonna snap when I do it, but, oh I've never seen someone put so much blind faith into a bar
848
Holy shit Mate that shit's fing fun
849
How often do you guys gym?
850
Not a lot
851
That's that Scottish brain bro
852
You should have like five f*ing pull
853
Let me see if I can do one
854
Except I'm going to break the floor
855
No What the f* I felt that I had to get that out of my suit
856
We drink all day
857
We pull up all night
858
You're hitting the pull up bar tonight I know what he's like
859
Yeah we hit the gym
860
We get a couple more pints now
861
One pull -up, that's got to be at least five pints.
862
Yeah, exactly.
863
The math has to be.
864
We've worked out.
865
The blood alcohol is reduced.
866
Tell these people it's mad brick outside, though.
867
Yeah, what do you - You got to say, you got to say something.
868
You got to say something.
869
Please, man.
870
It's mad brick outside, isn't it?
871
Isn't it?
872
Oh, my God.
873
Oh, my God.
874
Oh, no. It's mad brick outside, bro.
875
Her face.
876
I don't know if the camera got that.
877
I've never seen someone so annoying.
878
My breakfast outside in it oh no i'll say what was the thing you guys said earlier
879
when you're rage baiting someone what's what's the term again bamming up bamming up yeah i'll say
880
that to someone now i'm bamming you up i'm bamming you up you gotta clone them
881
and then say no don't worry about i'm bamming you up
882
i think this is it right here how you doing bro did i get four lemon drop shots
883
Have you ever had that?
884
Nah.
885
I've never had that.
886
Some light, you know?
887
Is that right?
888
Some light.
889
Thank you, bro.
890
Camera man.
891
Camera man.
892
Cheers, guys.
893
Cheers.
894
Lovely.
895
Also get two vodka soda and then two vodka daiko.
896
Appreciate it.
897
Thank you.
898
Thank you.
899
All right.
900
We're not going to document the rest of this evening.
901
Yes.
902
But it's going to...
903
Who knows where it's going to take us.
904
Hey, go talk to people.
905
Go meet some strangers, because the world is out there.
906
Like and subscribe.
907
I like that! i like that
908
because 50 of you don't have the subscribe button clicked click
909
that it's free exactly free to subscribe i've always been saying i've always wished i was subscribed to crispy bro
910
oh the lines are we appreciate y 'all watching and uh it was great to meet you guys yeah i mean
911
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912
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913
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914
Thanks to whatnot for sponsoring and thank you for watching.
915
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “I Tried To Make Friends In Impossible Places”. This video has 915 sentences and 6899 words to shadow. The speech runs for 31:36. The speaker talks fast, about 218 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 154 of its 915 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| brick noun | /ˈbɹɪk/ | A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. |
| bam | /bæm/ | Representing a loud noise or heavy impact. |
| bounce verb | /baʊns/ | To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. |
| pint noun | /paɪnt/ | 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint). |
| subway noun | /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/ | An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. |
| vodka noun | /ˈvɑdkə/ | A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash. |
| insane adjective | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. |
| quest noun | /kwɛst/ | A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| lightweight noun | /ˈlaɪt.weɪt/ | A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia… |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| candy noun | /ˈkæn.di/ | Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup. |
| lean verb | /ˈliːn/ | To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. |
| cheers | /t͡ʃɪəz/ | A common toast used when drinking in company. |
| joking verb | /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/ | Kidding, trying to fool. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pull up verb | /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ | To lift upwards or vertically. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| come around verb | /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/ | To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first. |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Excuse me, miss, do you live here?
- Are you here by yourself?
- Wait, can you hit a dance?
- What's your motto in life?
- How much you're selling him for?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been doing · We've been drinking · i've always been saying |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · Have you ever played · we've been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was lost · be approached · be talked |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | guys who don · people who always |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 283 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, occasionally /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, shout /ʃaʊt/, evolutionary /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/
- Long words — get the stress right: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, occasionally /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like brick, bam, bounce.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.