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Smells That Bring Back Trauma

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0:00 Uh, you know the the smell of gunpowder? >> Yeah. Love it. >> It always bothers me, man. >> Really? >> Because um because when I got in a car accident, you know what? You know what it smells like when an airbag goes off? >> Oh, yeah. >> No, I don't. >> It's like it cuz something is in there to make it like pop like really quickly, right? I don't know if it's the same as gunpowder, but it it has a similar >> uh I guess like a feeling that I get >> cuz I had it stuck in my nose for what felt like months. >> Is that why you're anti-gun? No. No. I'm not anti- good at all. >> Will you Well, if we all go to the shooting range, would you start going, "Ah, the ████ >> No. Or would you like guys? I need a minute. I'm having some trauma flashbacks." >> No. Yeah. It's like It doesn't It just makes me think of when when it was like stuck in my nose cuz I kept smelling it for like the longest time. I couldn't get it out.

0:50 >> Uh cuz Yeah. It's that car accident I got in with TJ cuz that cuz it was just like so far up there that I was like, "What is this smell?" Like everything smelled like that for like a really really long time and I didn't know what it was forever until I smelled gunpowder like or like after firing a gun. You know that smell that's in the air. Then I was like dude that's like the same smell. I kind of have an opposite nostalgic smell like that. >> He loves gunpowder. >> No, no, no. Mine is No, no, no. Mine is uh so I would go back every summer to Taiwan and then uh back where my grandparents lived, it was like hella pollution. But you don't know what pollution is when you're a kid. You just, you know, all the mopeds and like whatever. And so every time when I was a kid, if I was in a parking garage, I just love that smell cuz it reminded me of my grandparents. >> Oh. >> So it would be like the opposite. Like, ah, it smells so good. >> So the mustiness.

1:40 >> Yeah. And all my friends were like, "Wait, what the ████ Smells like ████ It smells like humid pollution." I'm like, "I know. It smells so good." >> Jesus. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. Cuz it reminds me of my grandparents. >> That makes sense. I We get the same feeling about like Philippines smells like that, too. >> Yeah. >> Feels smells real damp and Yeah. Yeah, there's times when you like land in a country and it just smells like trash right away. >> You get used to it, right? You know, like within the first hour, but like it just smells like trash. Philippines smells like trash to you. >> Philippines, Filipino people smell like trash. >> Okay, >> I'm not running for government ████ >> I think uh Thailand has that. The It's like gasoline, smoke, and humidity and like fried rice all at once. >> Yeah. >> And you're just like poof. What the ████ Yeah. Have you ever on the five freeway when you're passing through commerce got a whiff of that junkyard? It's like a It's like a sanitation place

2:31 where there's like piles of garbage, right? When you pass Citadel and you go towards like Dadul. >> Oh yeah. >> And you can that's the smell of like ah Philippines. >> Living out here it's so different cuz of the pollution. Like in in I remember in LA I used to have to clean my patio all the time because it had brake dust all over it. >> Break dust. the particulates in the air like you know how >> Oh, they just like settles. >> It settles. Yeah. >> Did you live Did you live close to like a freeway or I did? Yeah. >> It's the diesel probably from like trucks stuff too. >> Dang. >> All of it, dude. All that ████ >> Gio's mom sounds like that. It's extra dusty. I don't know if it's from the freeway or brake dust or tire dust. >> That's not going to be some like Aaron Brochovich ████ later where it's like people be dying of the same. >> It doesn't matter cuz cuz it's probably a legal amount. You know what I mean? Like how the the city will probably allow it because it can't avoid it.

3:22 >> Mhm. Yeah, >> but it's still going to be tough. >> But it's extra ████ dusty though. >> Look at us ████ worrying about dust and ████ when we did all the drugs in the world. It's >> different though. Like you when you're in your 20s, you feel like you're regenerative, you know? Like you're like a >> That is true. >> ████ immortal. >> Now we have to be hella careful. >> Now somebody ████ sneeze next to me. >> Yeah. Now all those reels ████ warning me about microplastics. It makes me feel like I'm ████ a credit card every week or something. >> I know. >> That's what it feels like. Like you're full of microplastics. can't digest that ████ And I'm like, what the ████ >> Definitely are full of microplastics. So, >> I know >> we've been full of microplastics. >> What are you going to do about it, though? >> While I drink more microlastics, dude. >> Yeah, ████ yeah. >> You know what I like the smell of is like um Have you ever been on like waiting for a ride at a theme park and they have this smell of oil and rail and

4:14 like ████ kind of dewy? It's like this weird cave smell but with oil. >> Oh, because it's like the the ride is wet. So, has that wet smell in there? >> Yeah. And it and it smells like the tracks and then the the grease and stuff like Yeah. So, then I smell that and then sometimes you smell it like in a subway >> like the metallic smell. >> Yeah. It's like a It's like It just makes me feel like I'm about to go on an adventure. >> Like you're in line for a roller coaster. >> Yeah. But then you're just standing there and there's a homeless man sinking and ████ and then dude >> I like Yeah. That's the same way I feel when I smell recycled water. You know when Splash Mountain >> Oh, yeah. I love that ████ >> You love that smell, right? >> I love it. >> From working in the knots. >> I mean, >> you know that smell, right? >> Very filtered water. >> Exactly. Like, but that smells very distinct, right? >> I love chlorinated anything. >> I actually do too.

5:04 >> It it it's nostalgic for like swimming with like my family and ████ >> Even like, you know, when we go to the lagoon or whatever, when I smell suntan lotion, as soon as I get there and I just go like, "Ah, it's ████ summer." >> I really like it. Yeah. >> You know what smell I ████ hate? And it's weird because it's meant to clean ████ up is porta potty chemical smell. >> Oh, >> you know the the blue water smell. >> Yeah, >> that's bad. >> I'd rather just smell ████ >> If it was cuz I'm like, >> wait, I I don't know if I agree with that. >> Like that and ████ >> I don't know if I agree with that. >> It's just natural. I'm like, ████ it. It smells like ████ up in here. But when it's like super strong chemical and ████ I'm like, I got to smell two things. I already smell this ████ Just keep it the ████ You'd rather smell ████ Yeah. Than the ████ blue chemical water. >> I'm with it. >> You'd rather smell ████ too. >> Yeah, cuz I I know what I'm signing up for when I go into a car. >> It doesn't cover it up.

5:55 >> Now you just smell chemical and ████ >> You know what? That that happened sort of when uh when we were trying to trade up, you know, to get another car at uh at Honda West, and then they they showed us a CRV that was like perfect, but it smelled like cigarettes. And we were like, "Dude, you're never going to get that out." And they're like, "No, we'll get it out. Trust me." And then they they so they um took like uh like 3 hours with it and did some they said they had this device that takes it out and then afterwards they're like, "Yeah, come check it out. It's gone." And we went in there and it smelled ████ worse. It's kind of like that. It smelled like cigarettes combined with whatever chemical they tried to like clean it with. And I'm like, "Dude, this is way ████ less livable." >> Cuz if it's cigarettes, it's just going to smell like like a Vegas old casino. >> ████ it. I can live with that. But then if it's chemicals and cigarettes, >> yeah, it's still cigarette. >> But if you're going into a Vegas old

6:45 casino and you smell cigarettes, you're not surprised. >> No, you're not. I miss that smell. Like I don't like how all these new places are no smoking and it just smells like perfume. Like I kind of miss the the weird like it smells like the there was beer spilled on the ground like a bar. >> Go to Steiners. >> Yeah. Got to go Steers, my brother. Got to go downtown, my brother. You guys know I'm talking about that casino smell. Like I've associated so much of my childhood and traveling to Vegas and all that fun time with that smell that it doesn't feel right. >> You go to Bignyions, homie. >> It's because they upped their actual like HVAC systems and filtration. >> But Fremont still smells like that. Those old casinos >> that didn't up their HVAC infiltration. >> Red Rock doesn't smell like cigarettes and you can smoke in there. >> But that's the thing. They I hate that they do really crazy things where they're l literally sucking the ████ >> Do you guys have in your memory bank the

7:36 way that your dad's cologne smells? >> Yes, >> extremely. So, >> my dad just hot boxed his ████ truck with cigarettes all the time. I I know clearly what secondhand smoke smells like. >> So, your dad smelled like smoke all throughout your life. >> He has a single cab truck. Like all of his cars were single cab trucks. So it's just imagine like a bench like this. And this is how big the the truck is. And his ashtray is full of cigarettes. >> So it's just ████ smoking in there like my whole ████ life. >> You know what the high school Asian guy smell was? >> Cool water and cigarettes. >> Yeah. What the hell's cool water? >> It's a cologne. >> It's like a cheap cologne. Kind of like axe. It's kind of like the way Axe smells. >> But all everyone Yeah. They wore that >> and polo sport or whatever. >> Sport. Yeah. >> That was good. That was a good time. Good old days. Hey, you know what? uh blew my ████ mind the very first time

8:27 that it happened. You remember the first time you were introduced to the idea of when you take a ████ and then you light a match? >> Oh yeah. >> Didn't that ████ blow your ████ mind? >> Life changing. >> Like how does it do that? >> Yeah. It burns the smell. >> Just eats it up. >> That's crazy. >> Eats it all up and you're good. And I'm like now every ████ bathroom in the world needs to always have matches. >> I agree with you. >> But what if they burn the bathroom down? >> Well then burn that person afterwards. Like that person should just die. be a homeless guy. They always try to set ████ on fire. >> Or Bart when he's a child. >> Oh yeah. >> Then the civilized establishments. I'm I'm just asking. >> When you guys were like like pre-teen and you used to like get notes from girls or letters, did they ever spray? >> Hell yeah. >> That was the thing. No, nobody ever sprayed anything on it. >> Dude, that was the ████ >> You just be sniffing paper

9:18 >> and sometimes they'll kiss it and then you lipstick >> part. Was tight, >> dude. My first girlfriend gave me like panties and she sprayed them. >> Panties? >> What did you put it on? >> Dude, what's it like to be the coolest ████ guy ever? >> And then I put it on. >> She gave you panties? >> Dang. >> How did she like >> just didn't have any riz, guys? >> How was it presented? How was it presented? >> It was in a a little box and then you know those little um long pieces of like neon paper that girls would fold those stars and then like pop in the pack. >> So she did like a thousand of those or whatever the ████ right? So it was just in there just a sort of colors and then so she gave me this little gift. It was like our 1 month anniversary or whatever. I took it home and then inside there was a letter on top you know. So I read this little letter and then just like look inside and I like reached in these little pink lacy panties and I was like never worn before anything cuz you know cute ████ >> Did you just start ████ the stars?

10:08 >> ████ the stars. >> Dude, if you're 16 you get panties. You get horny as ████ like holy ████ I was like 14 and I remember I remember taking it and then it smelled. >> I would even know what to do with myself at 14. >> Yeah, that would be a crazy trip. >> I knew exactly what to do right away. You know what I did? I took it. I was like, "Oh my god." And then I took my Hustler magazine under my bed and then I just went to go jack off to somebody else thinking about the panties. >> Wow. Had them over your face. Is this a girl that you lost it to? >> No. >> Damn, bro. >> What did you do that I didn't do, man? I would get a note with like a cookie in it or something. >> No, dude. You had the uh the theater girl with by by the curtains. >> Well, yeah. She But I was just oblivious. He's talking about the time where this chick tried to give me a ████ in theater, but I didn't know that that was happening. And I just walked out of the room like an idiot. She pulled me this dark area and she's

10:59 like basically grabbed my dick and I'm like and I walked out. >> You're like, "So, what did you do that I wasn't doing, brother?" >> I was oblivious. I was oblivious. >> I never got that, dude. So this girl that sent you or gave you the panic. You never did nothing with her. >> No, we was like 14. It was like my first girlfriend. She's when we're like, "Look, girl, what does she look like now?" >> We like broke up over the phone, but like back back then like you know her mom would pick up the phone and like listening to our conversation and so she's all crying and she like yelled at me on the phone. Oh, I'm sorry. >> Oh man. >> She used to be DOING HER HOMEWORK, NOT YOU. >> I know what you're doing, Anthony. >> What does Ununice look like now? >> Yeah. Do you still have the patties? >> No. What did you do with it? >> Wore them until they wore out. Baby, >> your parent did your mom ask you? >> Was she Korean? >> No. Vietnamese. >> Oh, she Vietnamese. Oh, damn. >> That's why he doesn't like Vietnamese

11:50 girls. >> Yeah. Too easy. >> Yeah. >> Was her name Twi? >> Van. Venny. Venny. Can we guess, please? Can you tell us close? >> Full. Stop. Come on, man. >> No. >> Do you remember her name? >> Hell yeah he does. >> Well, there's been so many. >> Dude, do you remember Do you remember Theater Girl's name? Uh, >> that's crazy. >> I do. I do think >> I wish I was a mentalist, dude. Black is black. >> I know.

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