Are You Making This Networking Mistake in NYC? | Raquel DSH #820

One girl, so I can't be canceled for anything

sexual, which is great.

That's most guys have to fear that.

Yes, no, I was gonna say, it's actually really fucking scary for white, straight men out there.

I always tell my guy friends, I'm like, you can't even, it's, it's like the, the word in like for judges, it's like, there can't even be like an ounce of impropriety.

Like, it can't even look appear like there was, yeah, you know, because these days, like, if you send a sketchy message and she screenshots that, you're screwed.

All right, guys, we got Raquel here today, and we both have ADHD.

We do.

We were just bonding about it.

Yeah, Trump.

I don't even know what to call that, but yeah, we were bonding.

Yeah, it was the Adderall coffee, and

I don't know what the third one was anymore.

Adderall coffee.

I had a little Xanax phase, but I'm popping up.

Yeah, that's not really my thing.

But I need no more uppers anymore.

It's not a good vibe to your coffee.

I don't know.

But conservatives aren't allowed to say that out loud.

But that's the thing.

It's like, you all take Adderall, okay?

Just say it.

Admit it.

Like, you're skinny.

Like, you know, I've seen you eat a few burgers.

Do you want me to use Epic Wave yet?

Honestly, I have been getting a lot of Oz Epic ads, like the skinny this, skinny that.

I get a lot of hate for promoting how much I hate fat people.

But it's honestly just like I'm fat shaming myself because I was like, I really just don't want that to be me.

So if I fat shame enough, then like if I ever do get fat, people are going to be like, are you the girl who eats fatties?

Some accountability.

Were you fat growing up?

I was a little bit chubby.

I definitely could have lost a weight or two.

Definitely, yeah.

I think it builds personality.

That's why I'm a bit funny and unhinged.

I was the opposite.

I was a twig.

Oh, you were a twig?

I was 130 pounds.

Were you like forced to eat?

They told you to eat more.

They told me they're going to be.

I saw that I ate a lot, but I guess I didn't because I was also a runner.

Oh, so I would just run it off.

So you were skinny a little.

I feel like you're like behind the board.

Yeah, I'm a nerd.

I'm a crypto nerd, crypto bro.

Yeah, yeah, I could see it with the sneakers there, but I was suited up.

He's like sitting behind the desk.

Yesterday I was in sweatpants.

Today, this is like dressing up.

But this is, no, but that's good.

Do your thing.

Like, be you.

Be real.

That's what, that's what it's about.

That's why, that's another thing about like conservatism in general.

I kind of have a new brand, my own brand of, like, this is you.

You're hoodie, this, that.

Everyone has their own shtick.

Everyone does their own thing.

You know what I mean?

Like, it's not, I hate being pigeonholed.

And I think it's really, I think it's actually harmful to the movement in general.

And I've found that in general.

Like, so I'm based in New York City.

I get a lot of hate from like

some conservative groups these days.

Yeah.

So there's a group of people.

I won't say who they are, but they've been.

They've been coming after me for throwing my parties.

I've been doing these Make America Hot Again parties.

I've been getting a new, uh, a new, a group of people, a wave of people in the Republican Party who wouldn't normally care about politics, wouldn't normally want to like socialize with people based on political affiliation.

And they've been coming out to my parties and interested and having fun.

And they're girls like me who want to talk about dumb shit.

I almost had to say that I said shit there because I was like, I can't remember,

I just swear or not.

Okay, good.

But, you know, people who like, like, there's that clip, I like shopping, tanning, and celebrity gossip.

I like all those things, but I also care about politics.

I, you know, I was a lawyer.

I, I, I have a brain, you know, but I also do, it's, it's so much more palatable when you like make things funny and chill.

And some people have a stick so far up their ass and it's like, bro, you are not a fucking politician.

Sit down, bitch.

Take the stick out of your ass, relax, just be a normal person.

It's not that serious.

Yeah.

And all I was doing is throwing parties for conservatives.

And we were calling it Make America Hot Again.

That's hilarious.

You're getting canceled for that?

Well, not canceled, but a lot of people in the conservative movement were like, oh, she's like, why do you care?

I'm getting more people involved in politics.

And I'm getting, if you have a conservative event, look around the room.

Okay.

How many women are there?

My events were 50% women, 50% male, and that just doesn't happen.

So the fact that I got so many women to like show up and care and like be interested and people are like, how'd you do it?

I was like, I made a pink poster.

It sounds insane.

I'm like, sometimes we are that simple as creatures.

And I'm not saying women are stupid, but like, I like pink.

So I made a pink poster.

Yeah.

You should have seen the Tucker Carlson conference I was at.

Yeah.

99% white guys.

Yes.

No woman.

But that's, that's what I'm saying.

But like, you can be, that's what I don't like.

And the other thing is, like, we brought this up today, too, when we were all talking about, you know, women in conservatism, too, and like, you know, the trad wife thing, how like a lot of people push like for a trad wife.

That's not, I will never be a trad wife.

I will never be a trad wife.

And people are like, if you're a conservative, you have to think this.

Don't get me wrong.

Like, I want a husband.

I want kids one day.

Someone asked me, she's like, oh, but do you ever want to get married?

I'm like, yeah, eventually.

But like right now, I'm chilling.

I'm having fun.

Like, am I not allowed to have fun if I'm a conservative?

And like, that's the whole stigma.

Like, I want more young, young people to care about politics.

And like, for me, it's being a social, like, I'm, I'm very open.

I've always been open.

I talk like this.

But as a conservative, you're not allowed to like half up.

They're like, oh, you can't drink.

You can't do this.

Yes.

Yes, I can.

Yes, I can.

Just my politic, my politics don't identify my entire personality, even though I, unironically enough, have made it my entire personality.

It's ironic, right?

That's why I don't label myself because I don't want to be grouped into something.

Exactly.

Like I just want to be myself.

You're like, I'm just a normal guy.

And that's what I don't get.

And like, even, you know, with the date right stuff, like John has this line where he says, I'm not crazy, whatever.

I'm just a normal guy from 15 years ago, which is like, that is so real.

It's just, I just call out shit how it is.

You know, I like to make skinny jokes.

I like to make jokes about being DI.

Like, I just say crazy shit

because no one else says it.

Yeah.

DEI is a funny one.

I was sitting beside a guy on the plane last night who was wearing a sweater, okay, that said DEI recruiting.

You can't make this shit up.

I thought it was a joke.

So I initially saw it.

I burst into laughter.

Like, I can't control myself in public.

I just started laughing because I thought it was a joke.

I was like, I want one of those.

Like, I was almost about to go up to him and be like, yo, bro, can I get one?

And then he was on the phone on Zoom.

I love eavesdropping.

My favorite hobby of all time.

So he is talking on the phone.

He's like, oh, I'm headed to the White House.

And I was dying of laughter because I was like, obviously, this man wearing the DEI sweater is headed to the White House.

Good U.S.

tax dollar is being put to this.

Wow, so the White House has a DEI person, yeah, yeah.

They have a DEI recruiter.

I think it's a DEI recruiter or recruit or like something.

I don't know.

That's nuts.

I mean, they say Kamala was a DEI hire as VP.

Exactly.

So, but I just found it funny that he's like, actually, and he's like flexing like loud.

That shirt would probably sell like as a meme.

Right?

Like, that's, I think someone sent me a link to one because I posted it on my story and someone was like, wait, you could actually buy these and i was like no way that's like wearing the dare shirts yes well i was really hoping today we would get project 2025 shirts because i just thought that would be fun like i just like fucking with people i like doing crazy stuff so it's like yeah i would uh maybe i'll get canceled who knows i haven't been canceled yet but really which is shocking really yeah so what's your what do you think okay if you were to ever not me switching this around if you were to ever get canceled what would it be for that's what i want so i've only hooked up with one girl so i can't be canceled for anything

sexual which is great because most guys have to fear that yes no I was gonna say it's actually really fucking scary for white straight men out there I always tell my guy friends I'm like you can't even it's it's like the the word in like for judges it's like there can't even be like an ounce of impropriety like you can't even look appear like there was yeah you know because these days like if you send a sketchy message and she screenshots that you're screwed you're screwed yeah so i've never sent nudes so i'm good on that but even if my nude got leaked i mean yeah it's like who cares

just make sure you look good like yeah it's whatever that's what you if you're gonna send photos like do it like make america hot again.

I'm so fucked for that.

Yeah, so I don't know what it would be, honestly.

Like everything that most guys get canceled for, I don't really have to worry about.

Yeah.

Like what's the craziest thing you've ever said?

You're like, I'm not repeating it.

This is a trick.

I don't know.

Yeah.

If I did say something crazy, it was probably years ago when I was just like a dumb teenager.

Or like, did you delete all your old tweets?

No, I still have them.

So maybe there's something there.

I went through mine and there was some crazy ones.

I was like,

I would like to tweet out the R-word.

Like, I would say, like, I love retard.

I would say retard.

But like, I'd like to say that.

But I used to say that word, too.

But I'm like, but now I'm bringing it back.

I'm bringing back retard because the thing is, it's like the Michael Squatt quote.

It's like, you can't call your, you call your friends retards when they're being retards.

You don't call a retarded person retarded.

So it's all about connotation.

Yeah.

That was a normal word back in the day.

Exactly.

And you know what?

The my favorite genre of movies, okay?

I'm a bit older than you.

So if you go watch like any 2000s like college movie, they are so funny to re-watch because they're like, you fag, like that's retarded.

Like they're so funny.

And that's what I'm like, bring back that era of just like not giving a fuck no one was recorded.

No one always had a phone out.

Like, now everyone's always recording.

Everyone has a phone out.

Like, everything is caught.

Like, any text you say will be used against you.

Yep.

So, but the thing is, they could enjoy themselves.

They can say whatever.

It wasn't even controversial to call your friend a fag.

And you never thought about it.

Yeah.

It's like, it's like, I'm not going to call a gay person a fag.

But if my friend is some, like, if I have a male friend, he's acting like a fag, I'm going to call him a fag.

I called straight friends gay.

Like, that was normal back then.

Exactly.

But it's like, I just, anyways, to me, it's like a cultural war.

And that's why I just said, like, that's when I started like caring.

Yeah.

Well, now even comedians are getting canceled, which is crazy to me.

It's crazy.

And like, the thing is, a comedian is supposed to say offensive shit.

And that's what makes them so funny.

Yeah.

Like, truly.

And if they can laugh at themselves, that's the best form of that.

I don't know.

Yeah, it just blows my mind.

Because even Schultz, who just had Trump, he's getting shows canceled.

Oh, really?

Because he did that.

Interesting.

And that's like, damn, like, it's affecting his, his livelihood at that point.

Yeah.

Well, so for me, my favorite stand-up comedian of all time is obviously Donald Trump.

Like he just says some crazy shit.

Like actually like he is a stand-up comedian and I don't know if he knows he's that funny, but like I watch clips of him and I'm like, man, this guy is hilarious.

I'm like, you can't even make this shit up.

Like that debate performance, honestly, which one, Hillary?

Well, all of them.

Honestly, all of them, but like.

pure comedic goal like those sound clips i don't even know sometimes when i hear people use like a tick tock sound of like you're eating the cats you're eating i'm like are you making fun of trump or like defending him because at this point like it's so good and that's what I like about him too.

Like, he can laugh about it too.

Yeah.

Were you always pretty conservative?

I was always conservative.

I was like the, I was the, but actually, fun fact, I'm Canadian.

Whoa.

I can't vote.

Whoa.

But I'm a patriot to a country that's not my own.

Wow.

And I have a visa and I've been here legally.

So it's like, that's the thing.

I'm not an illegal.

That's what makes me interesting.

Because people are like, why do you hate on immigrants?

And I was like, do you know how much money I spent and how much time I put into like paying lawyers, doing paperwork, like doing what I have to do to be in this country?

Because like I care and I want to be here legally.

I pay taxes in this country.

So, you know, to me, people like me who are educated, et cetera, have their shit together, are patriotic towards a country that's not their own, those are the kind of people, like to me, that you would want in your country.

Facts.

I lived in Canada.

I've seen the decline of Canada over the last 10 years.

It's literally turned into a communist country.

People don't understand this.

So, if I get sent a link and I'm visiting my parents,

I can't open a lot of links in Canada.

They're banned.

They are banned.

It says you cannot view this page in Canada.

That's right.

And it'll be like a social media thing or whatever.

And

you just can't open it.

That's so,

but people don't realize.

And I'm like, and the thing about Canadians is they're so timid.

They so, like, no one will say anything.

No one gives a.

I'll be the person to be like, I'm not fucking wearing masks.

This is insane.

Like, we are all forced to get vaccinated.

There was no way.

I had to get it.

I got one shot of Johnson Johnson, which is like the least effective one.

So like I feel like.

At least you can get all four.

Yeah.

But like, it was just insane.

But the reason we had to get get it is we weren't allowed in America.

As a Canadian, you were not allowed to go to the U.S.

if you didn't have a vaccine.

Wow.

And the thing is, because my background is law, I was like, I can't like, you know, some of my friends were like, just get a fake one.

And I was like, I actually can't do that because I would get, I would get fucked.

I was like, I could never practice if anyone found out or any, like, it was too big of a risk for me.

And that's the thing.

Like, there's people in my position who, like, I've done everything I was asked.

I've done everything I was asked to be in this country.

Like, Canada had the longest lockdown in North America, in Toronto, in North America.

And I went home.

I was living in London at the time.

I went home to Canada for a bit and I was there and I was miserable.

So I just became the

quarantine queen.

I would fly to a different country.

I'm not kidding.

I, guys, five-star hotels in Mykados, okay?

Were a bargain during the pandemic.

I was traveling left and right.

I lost followers every day.

I was like, wasn't even on social media at this point.

I was getting canceled.

And everyone's like, oh my God, you can't post that you're in Florida.

I was like, what?

It's a free state of Florida.

God bless Ron DeSantis.

I'm like, this is amazing.

But I remember people getting canceled for traveling during COVID.

And the thing is, I never even was a big going out person.

I started to love going to clubs as soon as the pandemic hit because I just wanted to post that, like, just to piss everyone.

Like, I didn't even care about going out.

I was like, I just want to post that I'm at a club because a lot of people are going to really be angry.

I love that.

I've never met a comedian that's also a lawyer.

That's interesting.

Yeah, no, truly.

That's a rare mix.

That's like two different mindsets.

It really is.

Well, I just call myself a comedian.

I'm not actually a comedian.

I'm a self-proclaimed comedian.

I'm more just like I'm a rant queen.

I just say shit so you're not doing the actual shows the stand-up um no i wrote a few and i think that they're too offensive to say it out loud to not gonna lie like i'm not i can't say them in new york city i live in new york city like i yeah it's pretty liberal over there yeah it's a lot liberal and that's why i threw these events because i like wanted people to find a refuge in you know liberal hell as i call it

so we're doing an election night party and i'm calling it america uh season 46 finale oh i love it that'll be fun isn't it and i'm doing i'm doing it like a cool party like it's gonna to be crazy screens, like pizza, shake shack.

Like, I'm making it my wedding, basically.

They're like, why aren't you getting married?

I'm like, because I'm throwing fun parties with a lot of alcohol and drinks called Red Wave.

Yeah.

No conservative guys out there catching your attention.

Oh, that is actually a really funny.

Well, I just have a lot of boyfriends.

Boyfriends are fun.

You like hopping?

Well, okay, this is the thing.

I go through phases.

I'll be like anti-social for a bit and like not date or whatever.

And then I'm like, okay, I'm going to hop back in.

I actually once, I actually was seeing an illegal immigrant recently.

Whoa.

Oh, no.

I'm kidding.

I'm kidding.

No, I'm not.

Are you though?

I don't know.

We weren't seeing each other, but isn't that hilarious?

I told everyone that, and they're like, that is so funny.

And I was like, no, look, he has status.

I'll tell you my reasoning, okay?

So I'm at the age where like I want to find a life partner.

I know you're like, okay, where is this bitch?

Go ahead with this.

I want to find my life partner.

I want to find like a guy, good conservative values who I like will actually marry.

So I'm not going to like kiss a boy who doesn't align with those values who I'm just like, you know, like, I'm like, well, whatever.

I'm killing time until I find my perfect man.

So I find people that I would never date, and then I won't fall in love with them, Ken.

Interesting.

So there's like mustache tattoo men who live in Bushwick, who is not my type.

That's not my, I don't like that.

So I date guys who are the exact opposite of my type because I know then I won't fall in love with them.

No, it's actually so smart.

It's so smart.

But then you fall in love with them.

Okay, kind of.

But then I become crazy.

So right now, like, I have a crush on this boy who's like my neighbor.

And he's like big on the internet too.

And oh, so bad.

You can't eat where you sleep or whatever that line is.

Yeah, but don't shit where you eat or don't shit.

I don't know.

We're definitely both saying it wrong, but that's okay.

But like, it's just, he's like, but I think he, I slid into his DMs and I said, like, hey, you look really autistic.

And it worked.

Whoa, that worked.

Everyone,

even though I have autism.

Yeah.

But like, no, but autism.

I see autism as a positive trait.

Like, I like people who are like autistic and quirky and like interesting.

So that's like a hot thing now?

Yes.

Okay.

Yes.

Bring back.

I don't like hot men.

Hot men guys, over.

This is a public service announcement that no one cares about hot men.

People want like funny, witty, like quirky, like.

Well, hot women, too.

They just lack personality.

Exactly.

And the thing is, like, you need to find a former fatty, eh?

Or like someone, I have so much energy, but the problem is as soon as I open my mouth, like, I'm going to get into trouble.

Right.

So that's why I left corporate America.

But

yeah, I don't know.

But boys, yeah, I don't know.

Definitely no husband on the horizon yet, but I'm going to keep

kissing illegal immigrants and tattooed men from Bushwick.

I don't even think he he lives in Bushwick.

It just looked like it was from Bushwick.

Female comedians have it tough.

I've had on a few on the shows.

Nikki Glazer has been on and jowling Summers.

And when you're that funny, I think as a guy, it kind of like,

I like funny people.

I like funny men.

I have like very dry humor a lot of the time.

I'm very sarcastic.

Like everything I say, like the illegal regret thing obviously was complete fabrication.

Like that's completely not true.

And I have a big mouth and I just say shit and I can't, I have no filter.

Yeah.

So sometimes I'll say things like, I kissed an illegal immigrant and it's just obviously not true.

But like, I'm kidding.

Anyways.

No, as a guy, though, because if you're making all my friends laugh and I can't make them laugh, it's like, shit, why am I with this girl?

Like, she's the center of attention.

But I love demanding a room.

I love commanding a room.

I love walking in, taking over the place.

I love it.

If you ran into Trump, what would you tell him right now?

Oh, that's so hard.

I've actually thought about this many times.

Elevator pitch.

Elevator pitch to Trump.

Like, I just want to let you know that you're the finance man of America's dreams.

You know, like six years ago.

You kiss up to him.

Yeah, like you're the finance boy, because he's like, he's a big ego.

And it's not a bad thing.

It's just, he's an ego guy.

Yeah.

So you have to, you have to touch his ego a bit.

You know, he has to say something that, or like Trump, like, I'm making America hot again.

Like, he would like that one.

Yeah, he would like that.

I would go with that one.

I'd be like, I'm getting the hot conservatives together.

He'd be like, yes.

I'm like, I'm showing people that conservatives aren't weird.

Like, it's so much more exciting to be fun and cool.

And like, you could do it all.

I vibe with conservative women.

I don't have any liberal woman friends, to be honest.

No, well, I actually do have a lot of liberal friends, but like we, well, actually, a lot of them don't speak to me anymore.

I bet.

Yeah.

Which is a shame because I'm friends with liberals, but liberal women.

I mean, partially because I have a fiancé, but yeah.

Well, that's a good thing.

That is a positive thing.

But this is the thing.

So liberal women, so I have a lot of guy friends, and everyone kind of hates on me now.

But I didn't always, I was not always the guy friend girl.

I became the guy friend girl because

more women are liberal in general, and especially in like liberal hubs like New York City, you're going to get a lot more liberals.

So that's my issue.

Makes sense.

Yeah.

Any major city, liberal woman.

Exactly.

So, so I have a lot of guy friends, and it's just because like they're all conservative, we think the same.

Like it's easier to shoot the shit with them.

They're not offended.

Like, I'll be like, what's up, Veg?

Like, she's like, just like, I'm like a bro.

They're like, Raquel's a bro.

Like, the other day we were walking down the West Side Highway.

My friend was like, oh, this girl, like, oh, can you set me up with someone?

And he's like, what do you want?

He's like, yeah, like a brunette girl.

And then my friend is like, oh, Raquel, like, do you know any like hot brunettes?

And I was literally standing there, like, are you fucked?

Like, I, but what if I fucking chop liver?

After we walk in, I go, dude, that guy was so hot.

He was like, he was like, dressed well.

I'm like, what the fuck?

And he's like, oh, sorry, I forgot you were a girl.

Through shade.

I was like, bro.

Damn.

Did you get with him?

Um, well, he did follow me on Instagram, so there is hope.

Work in progress.

Yeah, yeah.

All right.

Well, thanks for coming on.

That was fun.

Thank you so much.