0:00 [Music] all right I I have a question for you Eric let's do it get into it is your private personality different from your business personality cuz here's an example Bart like he's all on camera everyone's oh he's such a funny guy he's actually pretty introverted like naturally where people think that he doesn't like them yeah no because like I said I saw at the event everyone's mingling bar just just vibing but I actually liked it and I to tring to figure out a way when can I leave bar bark didn't leave in the middle he left in the middle I remember but I mean you know it's different when you got family and stuff I actually think Joe's Dynamic is crazier wait okay serious the contrast the contrast of Jo normal cool dude and then on camera he's
0:51 like I'm going ████ troll the ████ out of this entire thing boy on camera he's a wild boy yeah I haven't been that that that in front of Eric but yeah oh I I got to I got to wait to see it I got to earn it if he come if he leaves and he comes back in a cape you're like oh ████ it's a different joke back or's wearing AO yeah so underneath all like the business side and the things you have to like the professionalism and everything and how you have to be on camera are you like is that close to how you are when no one's around and and like it's just you and your girl so I thought about this Bear right because like I said I'm not used to being on camera but I remember the first time I ever was a YouTuber actually in Vegas I flew out he's like let's do a video together and in the middle of the video he's like oh you know can you talk more like you normally do I was like what do you mean I'm
1:42 talking like how I normally he's like yeah it's not quite the same I was like okay let me try let me try again and at the end of he's like so just so you know we don't always use all the footage to record sometimes it stays on the C room floor because you never know and we never release that video on The Cutting Room I I flew out for that too and I don't F him at all I'm sure I was bad as ████ and I remember going home and being like well you know I just trying to be myself on camera so I guess I guess I just suck good to know and then I realized it's because when I grew up I was super introverted and alone my family we moved around a lot I was I was like the only Asian kid in yeah I was shy and I was scared so I never really talked to people it wasn't
2:32 until I remember like around sixth grade I found out that I was good at debate and in that debate class that teacher was like you're good you should join the policy debate team like I didn't even ask him I didn't know this was I love hearing anything about good teachers yeah I was like you know Harry Kennedy if you're watching this thank you hope he's still alive so I was like ████ I can now have my debate Persona and over the years I would not only do a bunch of like debate model Congress model un I do a lot of public speaking I became class president all that ████ because I learned how to get really good at speaking but here's the cost it always was a pretty strict Persona I was so shy and scared of everyone I thought of myself is I am but an actor playing a role in fact the bigger the crowd the better I would do I went to this thing I don't know if you guys ever heard of boy
3:23 state but it's the thing when you're high school you like go and form a pretend government together it's like a bunch of a thousand High School boys trying to like former country former State Bill Clinton did it JFK did it I did it and I quotequote one I got elect a governor CU I knew how to go up and give a speech that would really get people excited but if you put me in a one-on-one situation I would be awkward as ████ and so for me the past few years it's now been learning more how to blend them together and so what you see on camera that is me when I'm really feeling it and I'm feeling hyped I'm feeling energy right but sometimes I'm an Amber sometimes extrovert there are days and times where I got to recharge and then the people I'm really close with they know a lot of times when they're hosting group events and stuff I ain't going to be seeing ████ I'm going to just be vibing along for the ride I want to organize anything
4:13 I don't want to do anything because the rest of my life I'm so on top of it that I kind of just want to veg out I said there there is a little bit of a difference but I'm learning you know ideally the more you are like you actually are the L work you got to do yeah yeah that's true I like veg a good yeah yeah a really good answer I remember when we first started doing JK news um we were already like 4 years into YouTube but it was so scary because we came into the scene being characters so our uncle characters are are over over the top like when I had a wig on it was like I had a mask on so it was like a security Bob it was someone else cuz you're playing like Borat right and then so that's fun but then when it every I remember simultaneously um shaking when I had a speech during college in front
5:04 of like 30 people and I was like ████ nervous but just that same week we did a show to like a thousand and I was fine so it was weird cuz yeah I didn't really like speaking just as myself but when I put on a ████ costume dude it was like game time it's fun it was just a different kind of yeah so is that still true cuz they were saying that you are more on H is that a Persona that little bit if you coming out this is actually my veg state so like this is probably Who I Am Naturally you're getting you're getting his natural self right now I like it I want to be real yeah but then um when I'm in different things like like a professional meeting or whatever or like you know like a poker game or what it's just different different yeah different hats for different occasions yeah it's still me but just they just
5:55 know me in a different role yeah like if I'm working a register at my shop yeah how are you I'm not going to start being like I got sucked off so hard yesterday like you know like I wish you would blend it a little bit more that would be hilarious right you want tips don't you it's like last night was so good you know like and then they're like the ████ I just want to ████ M but do people ever come to the shop and they want you to be kind of weird I think sometimes when the worlds blend yeah it um it becomes really funny cuz for example right like I would go into meetings and like let's say we're trying to get um a business acquired or whatever and then and then someone in that room was like an Asian guy and they're giggling uhhuh and it's because like they're like dude
6:46 I watched you when I was in high school yeah but sometimes it works cuz then like it breaks the ice and there's no like professional tension now it's like him being a fanboy and like all of his like bosses or ever just looking like what the ████ who is this guy and then I I still dress the same way so I don't put on a suit I don't like amongst like professionals I'm just there looking like this so I get to play the role of like hey here's this like YouTuber guy coming in and and doing and it's a it's a break of their routine so they're they're used to seeing the same people in their culture like their business culture same type of attire same and I'm like a A disruption that comes in and they're like they probably heard like 50 pitches from the same type of different thing with the same type of
7:37 personalities and then now here's someone on their side being a fanboy and then we just build rapport real quick and it's been beneficial yeah so in a way the fact that you're willing to just stay dressed the same Studies have shown when you dress differently it just exaggerates how they think of you already they had a professor who wore bright red sneakers and it turned out the people who think the professor is smart they're like this guy's a legend he's so cool he's got Stu he can wear the ████ he wants but if they thought the professor's inot they're like this dumbass doesn't even know how to dress his clothes so when you come in you've already got a fanboy there even stupider even stupider like all this guy clearly my guy on his team thinks this guy is cool I mean he's dressed like in a casual setting like I guess he's just really ████ cool wearen a kimono he's just really cool yeah they all right
8:29 that's interesting I I have a question though so I know many of you you guys obviously married and married when you guys all right is everyone here married I'm the only one that's not okay so question for you like when you he practically is though yeah so you're okay when when you've gone on dates where I guess we those you know at one point you weren't married when you go on dates like would you like be public would you tell them like yeah I'm a YouTuber like I'm a personality I I don't think I've ever said anything like that at all I don't think I've ever that's a weird line for sure have you dated most of like girls that were in entertainment too yeah some sort somewhat yeah yeah yeah I don't think I've ever uh LED with that at least I've never like or or they already kind of know I guess cuz social media like spoils everything people just you up and I asked that cuz it's like the sort of thing where like say you have a fanboy you already have it in I've noticed I've made some friends because
9:19 they they watch the podcast and it felt like oh they already know me like this is this is like friendship on easy mode yeah it fast forwards the report a little bit Yeah cuz they know kind of like if I'm me and they like me cool and I've always been curious like in a dating context though is that different if you ever date someone they like they they watched you right then it's like oh yeah I think I think majority of people that I have dated have been from either the same or similar industry that both of our reputations are a little bit were aware oh so you like you know what they're like you've seen their content they've seen yours I haven't had many serendipitous moments where we just like lock eyes and I'm like what is your name who are you that's why you're not married yeah yeah it's never really happened that way for me that's true it's always proximity so it's like yeah but also I'm more careful like that in a weird way like throughout my life I I I'm very like I kind of want to know a
10:10 little bit uh just to be safe also like the older you are the less opportunities you have to just meet it's not like you're getting you're sitting in a classroom and then there's like 30 new people every single period you know what I mean at the start of a school year dropping something at the same time and going meet people like organically and randomly is dwindled down to proximity like you're meeting somebody because a friend of a friend brought you to a birthday you know what I mean so like everything is connected and at that point you already have an in you know what I mean in some way because you know that there's a degree of separation if not just one I do think it works against you though in a way like I like I like when if I back when I was dating I liked when someone didn't know too much because then if you find it out incrementally it's always like a pleasant surprise or it's like a nice
11:00 thing back in the day when I was like uh dancing I always used to be like if I was on a date with somebody in public and then randomly some kid would come up and be like hey man I just want to say like I watched you like thank you so much for like I'm like just other times it would happen after the date's over and I walk away and then the the the cashier is like hey man I just want I'm like why couldn't you say that earlier yeah yeah yeah she was of your time yeah I'm like don't respect my time man just interrupt us yeah it's it's that I do like when it when like you don't have to be the one who says like hey you know I do I'm on stage every night at this you know like I like when you don't have to when guys lead with that that's kind of weird huh it is I think it's you know I'm a YouTuber right I'm one of the most prominent Asians in the space I'm a prominent Asian my favorite
11:51 thing is just to lead with with a relatable sense of like personality and humor and that people are like feeling comfortable and then they can be like you know you know the cool thing though is like over the years I mean this is what our 17th year like wow like we've we've made some lifelong friends through fans yeah yeah yeah like I wouldn't even it's fan is weird right cuz in it's fan is like super fanatic but maybe they watched it and they're like that was funny and then they move on with life and they go oh I watched that video and then you kind of connect and do business and all this stuff and then you're like oh man it's kind of cool cuz the sense of humor that we have is the same that's already like we're probably on the same wavelength for sure yeah yeah yeah that's a big thing I think it's like the people that I have met that have watched you guys for a long time they always say that they
12:41 always go man JK really like shaped my sense of humor and helped me cope with really dark stuff because of that cuz back then you guys were the only people that were laughing at horrible things that happened to you is that good or bad a good thing little backhanded compliment there it's it's great because like you don't really see that and you didn't see that as much back then you just like while every other Asian was doing the Saab story thing you guys were laughing about it and I think that's what made all the difference made our ass beatings like jokes yeah exactly my favorite thing was to go to Asian um film festivals and laugh at all their crybaby stories that's your favorite thing it's always the same ████ my parents want me to be a doctor see that's why people love you
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