How He Grew 20K Followers a Month with DARK Humor Memes! | Ethan Haidary DSH #603

Yeah, while I was asleep.

Damn.

Yeah.

You win?

Yeah, yeah, he won that.

Damn.

Yeah.

Yeah, I feel like PowerSlap is kind of hard to bet because everyone's only had like two matches at this point.

Exactly, yeah.

I just like to bet the bigger, blacker guy.

And it usually always works out.

What a strategy.

Yeah, man.

There's really no thought there.

It's just like, oh, this dude's really big and black.

He's probably going to fucking win.

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All right, guys, we got Ethan from Funny Degenerate, man.

He had quite the story of getting here.

Holy shit, man.

We're here, though.

You texted me like, yo, I might not make it.

I'm like, damn.

Walk us through what happened.

Oh, man.

So we leave from Miami, right?

Pulling all nighter because we're like, I was like, well, you know what?

I just went to UFC, 299.

I was like, there's really no point to sleeping um because the flight was at what 8 a.m so i was like all right we're just gonna go to the casino gamble a little bit that didn't turn out well everyone else was winning i was with uh maddie bets djen dalt all those uh people really cool people love those guys and um so like all right let's just go straight to the

let's just go straight to the air airport

pit stop Place right next to Club 11.

It's open all night.

We're like, yeah, we'll have some fun here, right?

Then something happens and I'm off my rocker.

Can't really get into that.

Off my rocker.

I'm like, let's go see the sunrise.

We're here.

Boom, go.

Skinny dip in the ocean for a little bit.

And then

we get to the airport.

No sleep, no food.

And

we finally make it.

Then we get to JFK, miss our flight, slept in the airport.

So we're like, okay, let's just, you know, pit stop in LA.

Boom, LA, go to In-N-Out, lose my wallet at In-N-Out.

And

Inglewood.

So that shit's gone forever.

And then,

yeah, we don't get in here till about 5.

Did you drive here?

Yeah, we got rented a turo.

Damn.

Real late last night.

And then at 5 a.m.

slept great.

Slept like a fucking rock.

And then now we can't get our luggage or nothing.

That shit's gone.

Oh, my God.

We're here now, though.

We just went to Ross.

I just had a bike.

Damn.

How are you going to get back home?

Where do you even live up?

Tampa.

You're going to have to get a new ID somehow, right?

We'll figure it out yeah right now i'm like right now i'm here we're gonna enjoy the moment yeah and then that's a tomorrow problem i feel that you're gonna gamble with uh mickey mace tonight uh actually i'm staying with him this week oh yeah yeah sound mickey mace yeah um i was here i was here with him super bowl weekend and apparently you were at power slap yeah we just that was the only time i wasn't with him uh was power slap power slap's a vibe dude i heard it's super fun yeah you got to get out to one of them definitely i heard daniel weitz is doing like doing like a really smart thing bringing on all the influencers yeah the first five he didn't charge he was invite only.

And now they start charging, but it's still really good networking and stuff.

Yeah, I don't know how those fighters do it.

Like we think Antonio Brown is bad CT.

Let's see these fuckers in five years.

Antonio Brown won't admit it.

That's the annoying part about it.

He's what?

He won't admit he has it.

No.

Because he's been asked it and he just gets pissed off.

But it's like, dude, people are trying to help you.

It's not like we're trying to make fun of it.

No, exactly.

Yeah, no, it's pretty...

It's pretty disturbing watching some of his stuff.

He'll like halfway through a sentence.

Yeah.

Like completely forget what he's talking about.

Might be worse than Biden.

Well, I don't know, man.

Worse than Biden?

At least when he tries to leave a podcast, he knows where the door is.

You know what I mean?

Oh, man.

Yeah, and he doesn't.

At least Antonio Brown doesn't have the coast of the fucking nuclear warheads, dude.

Facts.

But, you know, greatest wide receiver in history.

So, yeah, can't deny that.

Got to give him that.

Who you got winning this election coming up?

Oh, dude.

So I'm betting Biden because

here's the thing.

I'm betting Biden because I'm happy to lose that bet.

I want Trump to win.

I think everyone in their right mind wants Trump to win.

But if I bet Biden, then guaranteed Trump's going to win because my bet's fucking sucked.

I didn't even know you could bet on who wins the president.

Oh, dude, you can bet on anything.

Really?

Yeah, yeah, especially elections and stuff.

So yeah, it would be smart to put the House on Trump, but you never know.

They might pull a 2020.

We can't get into that.

I wonder who's favored on YouTube.

Yeah.

Trump's favored.

Oh, he is?

Yeah, minus 110, I think, right now.

Damn.

So he's heavily favored then.

Definitely.

Wow.

Yeah.

I don't even know if Biden runs, but that's a whole different situation.

Yeah.

Have you always been a huge better?

Done.

Really starting in college.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Sports betting.

Sports betting.

I love blackjack.

Blackjack's my game.

Sports betting, I'm not that good at.

I love betting UFC.

I actually, it's funny.

You're talking about power slap.

I was

bet on power slap, Brian Ellis.

Yeah.

Yeah.

While I was asleep.

Damn.

Yeah.

You win?

Yeah, yeah, he won that.

Damn.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I feel like power slap is kind of hard to bet because everyone's only had like two matches at this point.

Exactly.

Yeah.

I just like to bet the bigger, blacker guy.

And it usually always works out.

What a strategy.

Yeah, man.

There's really no thought there.

It's just like, oh, this dude's really big and black.

He's probably going to fucking win.

I saw this big-ass Hawaiian dude when I went.

I forget his name, but oh my gosh.

Yeah.

One slap from him.

Good night.

Oh, dude, you'll be waking up talking like Forrest Gump after that.

I wouldn't wouldn't do it.

I've never had a concussion, and I knock on wood that I never will get one.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

I was with a girl the other day who had a concussion, and for like three days, she was just out of it.

What?

Yeah, dude.

And it wasn't bad.

She just like hit her head on the stairs and then was like bleeding and stuff.

Damn.

Yeah.

She didn't go to the hospital or anything?

She did afterwards.

She said she was fine.

I thought she was fine.

And then I get at FaceTime her in the hospital.

Jeez.

I was like, oh, fuck.

Okay.

Let me come on.

You're not supposed to sleep when you get one, apparently.

Yeah, no, I had to go back over to make sure she didn't sleep.

Wow.

Yeah.

Was this at 11 or something?

No, no, this was just at her house.

Oh.

Yeah, back in Tampa.

You partying heavy out in Tampa?

I try not to.

You know, I'm more of a routine dude.

Like, my life is way better in a routine.

Really?

Yeah, way better.

Walk me through it.

You wake up, make a bed or two, and start your day off.

No, I'm not that bad.

I wake up,

pop a Zen in, naturally.

Okay.

Got one right here.

Shout out to your boy Bobby.

Yes, sir.

Coffee.

And I like to work out first thing in the morning, honestly.

Yeah.

But when I'm traveling, that shit goes out the window.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's always like, yo, I'm going to work out as soon as I get to the hotel.

And then it just never happens.

No, never.

It's too hard, man.

I don't know.

People that do it are props to them.

Absolutely.

That's a mindset right there.

100%.

Yeah, for me, that's kind of like my anchor.

You know, it's like, okay, I have to do this.

But when I'm traveling, shit, everything's up.

Absolutely.

How'd you blow up that IG page, man?

That's how I found out about you.

oh man from memes like so i always have like a really like kind of dark unhinged sense of humor which and that always goes viral but really back in the day so i started this in 2020 every gambling meme page was like ran by like br betting and they're all have like shareholders and sponsors so they can't really say the things that like i was and i was always thinking i was like have you ever talked to someone who gambles every day they're not pg rated yeah you know so i was like let me just throw some memes out there see which ones.

And within, you know, within two months, I'm growing like 20,000 organic followers a month.

Yeah, and this was before a lot of the gambling influencers really existed.

Like, Mickey May's always, he's like the original game.

Yeah, he's the goat.

Yeah, he's the goat.

No question about it.

But he didn't do much memes.

And that's actually how I met him was through memes.

But that's a funny story.

We'll get to that later.

But yeah, so.

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Well, click the application link below in the description of this video we are always looking for cool stories cool entrepreneurs to talk to you about business and life click the application link below and here's the episode guys really just started cranking out the unhinged like you know gambling memes and they just blew up out of nowhere nice and just stayed with it consistency so you were like the first gambling page that was just authentic yeah like the first like really dark humored gambling meme page yeah and um you know i got there's a bunch of them now there's a ton and there's a lot of influencers like D Lucky's blowing up Vegas Matt.

Who's that guy that bet a mill on the Super Bowl?

Oh Sean Perry.

He's blowing up.

I was with him I was with him when he did that.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, Circa.

Dude, what was your thought process with that?

I thought, I mean, I mean, now I guess I can say, I thought he had that in the fucking bag, man.

Like, what?

I mean, Mahomes out of nowhere in the OT, but I thought that was a winning bet.

I still think it was a good bet, like, but fuck.

That was brutal.

He would have looked like a genius if it hit.

Yeah.

I mean, apparently he bounced back.

Like, apparently he bounced back, went on like a crazy run right after that.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Thanks.

He didn't seem too upset about the loss.

No.

I was like, dude, I'd be like up all night for a week straight.

Oh, dude, I'd be hide the sharp objects in a room.

If I lose $1.1 million on a bet.

I guess it's all bankroll.

For us, that's like our whole life savings.

But for him, it's probably like...

whatever.

Exactly.

Yeah, he's a really cool dude, by the way, too.

Yeah, when I met him, he was just nothing but good vibes.

Yeah, apparently I'm playing bat two-on-two against him for money, so we'll see what happens oh that'll be basketball that'll be fun you're you're a hooper yeah okay can you play me no sean oh i don't have no idea okay you definitely have the height advantage yeah i'll find out he's tall though too but yeah you definitely have the height well sean get ready man yeah me and uh jr are coming that'll be fun as what's it like gambling with mickey oh incredible bro like so we we gamble online a lot like when i first met we gamble i'd do the live streams and he would hop on yeah that was like probably one of my biggest wins was i accidentally i like to drink during my live streams when i gamble.

Um, you know, it's on brand, but also that's just who I am.

Yeah, and uh, I accidentally placed a thousand dollars on this

on a side bet, yeah.

And I was normally I only do like a hundred on each one, and it hit out of nowhere.

And I won like 12 grand just on the side bet, yeah.

And that was like the last one.

It's funny, I still lost five grand

in that session, damn, yeah.

But uh, Mickey's the goat, uh, love gambling with that dude, and he's you know, he definitely wins.

I feel that would you say you're up or down overall on Blackjack?

Down.

Really?

Down.

Yeah.

Damn.

Yeah.

It's mostly because I get too emotional.

You know, like, yeah.

And you're drinking.

They want you to drink.

Of course.

Like, when I go to the casinos, like in like in person,

I'm pretty good about staying away from the free liquor.

Okay.

Yeah.

Very good about that.

But online, it's just way more fun.

You're in your house.

Yeah.

You know, I feel that.

You're in your house.

I don't know if I trust the online ones, though.

Yeah.

No.

Have you found one you trust?

So, yeah, there's a few out there I trust, and they're like backed.

Like, um, I know Mickey's working with one right now, and he allows he's

allowed to audit them, which I think that's really cool.

Yeah, uh, there's a few out there that are pretty good, but you know, stay away from like the ones based out in Thailand and shit.

I just feel like they rigged that shit 100%.

Yeah, I mean, even the casinos in person, I feel like they rigged that shit.

Probably.

I mean, Mickey exposed some of them, didn't he?

Yeah.

Yeah, stay away from the automatic card shufflers, and definitely, yeah.

Yeah, I'm hearing now even though roulette can be rigged.

Oh, I believe that 100% magnets.

Yeah, Yeah, they dropped the balls in there a thousand sub days, so they could kind of time it if they get good enough.

Yeah.

No, roulette is a losing game.

It's fun every once in a while.

Like, if you're just doing it for fun, but do not expect to be.

Now they're adding triple zeros.

I'm like, what the hell?

Dude, I saw that for the first time.

Fuck.

I think it was somewhere in Vegas.

I saw that for the first time.

Oh, they already added it?

Yeah.

And I was just like, there's a 0% chance I'm betting triple zeros.

Like, the fact they even have two zeros kind of pisses me off.

Two is already terrible.

What is that?

6% edge?

Exactly.

Yeah, I mean, I like back rat back rats yeah that that's a winning you can we can win there you can win all you need is one good streak exactly yeah i feel like blackjack and back rat got to be the best two 100 i was with uh bretzky at uh the bellagio and we lost five grand it was me lock hub and some other people and we all threw in a thousand dollars each and we each chose our game yeah everyone lost five we lost five grand real quick and bretts he's like all right let me just do one real quick streak of uh backarat yeah and um he won like six grand right damn and like

using a thousand yeah he just kept let it ride damn and uh he turned yeah it was real quick like in two minutes yeah if you got the balls for it and you're going all in four times in a row you can make that 10 25 g's like something crazy exactly yeah and that's what mickey did to make that million oh dude yeah he turned like what 200 into 800 8 mil yeah that's fucking crazy that's nuts but he gets so much hate but people that are with him in person actually see it and vouch for him no dude i get so many dms like yo yo, is he legit?

Is he legit?

I'm like, dude, 100%.

Like, there's nothing that, nothing I've been, I've been with him.

I stayed with him for like two weeks at his house.

Yeah.

And it's funny because I was only supposed to be there for two days.

But yeah, no, very legit.

And Bacharat, he definitely has an edge there.

He could play paintball, I heard, too.

I was with him in Orlando at the

World Cup of Paintball.

There's a World Cup for paintball?

Dude, it was sick.

Damn.

So he's nice.

Oh, yeah, dude.

It was dope.

Him and he had some team, I think he called the Outlaws or something.

I don't know.

Really fun vibe, dude.

Nice.

Paintball's a fun game, too.

I see him betting on it now, too, which is brilliant because if you're good at it, you know who else is good.

Exactly.

Yeah, and that's such a small sport that

you can be sharp in it really fast.

NBA, the lines are so adjusted.

Do you even sports bet at all at this point?

I do.

I love sports betting.

I'm a parlay fiend.

Oh, that's the worst.

I know.

But when they win, they win, bro.

But yeah, very not good at sports betting.

UFC betting is my favorite.

I want to get into power slap betting, but yeah.

UFC betting, I feel like you can, if you really know the sport, you can have a slight edge.

100%.

And it's just fun.

Yeah.

UFC is like my favorite sport.

You went to 299, you said?

Yeah.

I was up.

Incredible.

I saw the Sean O'Malley highlights.

Oh, dude, Sean O'Malley lit him up.

I can't believe he didn't knock him out.

Dude, that knee.

Oh, my gosh.

That knee that he took and just kept fighting.

Like, that's all I was saying.

I was like, hey, winner or lose, this dude's a fucking warrior.

Yeah.

For real.

They're both warriors.

I can hear that knee.

Oh my god, dude.

Yeah,

I would be all fucked up after that.

It's like he literally broke his jaw and he kept on fighting.

Kept fighting.

Yeah, it went to decisions, which is, yeah, that would have knocked any of us out.

Dude's never been knocked out before.

Yeah, he's clearly a strong chick.

Clearly.

That's insane.

Did you ever fight growing up?

Yeah, no, my nose is all fucked up.

Oh, like professionally?

Yeah.

No.

The street fights.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I used to, that's what I was, I always tell people was like, I'll fight, but like, do not think I'm like, oh, I'm going to win.

Like, you know, like, no, no, I'll just, I'll just brawl a little bit, you know, but that's it.

I feel that.

I've actually never been in one.

Really?

Yeah.

It would be fun to get in a ring and start.

It's good to learn.

Yeah, I did slap boxing.

That was pretty much the extent of my fighting.

Okay, I did a little Muay Thai in Tampa.

I'm still doing it.

It's a good skill to have for the confidence.

Definitely.

And it's just, yeah, it's good to know.

And also, it's just really fun.

Yeah.

You know, I feel that.

Muay Thai is which one is that?

Muay Thai is just a discipline.

It's not jiu-jitsu.

It's like you're standing up, but you're throwing kicks.

Oh, the kicking one.

Elbows, all that.

Got it.

Which one's your favorite style?

I think Muay Thai.

My brother does a bunch of jiu-jitsu.

Okay.

So, like, he was always trying to get me into that.

But I'm just like, I feel like everyone, their mom's doing jiu-jitsu right now.

That's the hot one right now in the UFC, right?

The grappling shit.

Definitely.

People don't like watching it, but it wins fights.

Exactly.

Yeah, like the Habib style of fighting is so boring.

It's boring to watch.

But he's undefeated.

Yeah.

You can't even hate on it.

Nah.

When you're that good, you're good.

Yeah.

I like John Jones, bro.

He's my favorite fighter.

Same.

I think he's the GOAT.

Yeah, I think he's the GOAT, too.

I don't think anyone's going to...

I'm excited to see him fight now.

Yeah.

One more, right?

Oh, dude.

Yeah.

One more.

Hopefully.

Is he fighting at 300?

Supposed to, I think he tore his pecs.

So I don't know if he's going to be out or not.

We'll see.

But anytime he fights, he just puts on a clinic.

Clinic, bro.

And the style is so fun.

Like, him versus DC was legendary.

Oh, my God, dude.

Yeah, that was incredible.

And just the fucking beef there.

Yeah.

That was real beef.

That was 100% real.

That was not theatrical at all.

No, that was great.

I love John Jones.

I'm excited to see him fight one last time, but

we'll see how it goes.

You've come a long way from living in a laundry room in college, man.

Dude, what?

For four years, five years, I lived in that laundry room.

You did that for four years?

Yeah, dude.

$200 a month, though.

So can you really beat it?

Yeah.

You know, in this economy?

Yeah.

How are you bringing girls back?

Oh, dude.

You just gotta yeah, you gotta have game.

Get a better place.

Better go to their place.

Going to their place is really the best part.

That makes sense.

Cause imagine being like, yeah, you want to come in the laundry room?

Yeah, dude.

You better, you better put on a performance, like a John Jones-level performance in that regard.

Oh, man.

Yeah, it's the only way you're going to get returned customers.

Sam.

Did you expect to start making money like this?

Fuck no, dude.

This is like a dream come true for me.

Off Instagram.

Off Instagram, just off memes.

Crazy.

That's what everyone complains about.

You know, whenever you go back home or whatever, whatever, people are like talking shit about their job.

I'm like, I don't even feel like I work.

I'm just out here.

Yeah.

You know, there's a ton of kids with meme pages in their teenage years making six figures a year.

Oh, crushing it.

I went to lunch the other day in Tampa with people who used to run meme pages.

They sold them all.

And they had like those Instagram handles, like the very last.

Oh, the OG ones?

The OG ones.

So they made bank.

And now they just run like OnlyFans management and stuff.

I actually know who you're talking about, I think.

Really?

Does the name start with an F?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, he's a cool dude.

Yeah, he's a solid dude.

Yeah, man.

Back in those days, stacking up on those OG handles was a move.

100%.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I wish I did that, but I got a few, but I need to do something with them.

Yeah.

Make it turn them into a meme page and sell them.

I know, right?

To Kwan sold, right?

For 17 million or something like that, right?

Rap.

That's insane.

I mean, just to get on WorldStar, you got to pay five G's.

Yeah.

So they're just printing money.

I see three odds a day on that page.

It's an, yeah, it's an ATM.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm like pretty good at not, I'm trying not to sell out as hard, you you know.

Yeah.

Yeah, but you got to make money somehow, dude.

Got to make money, yeah.

My buddy, banger buddy, have you met him, Nick?

Yeah, I met him on a Super Bowl weekend.

Yeah, so he, I saw him literally start at Rutgers University in Jersey with 30K, broke.

Now he makes millions a year off that page.

And I think he has like six million followers.

Yeah.

No, he crushes it.

It's nuts.

He's a super cool dude, too.

Yeah.

But there is that balance.

Have to.

Because you'll lose views.

100%.

People do get pissed off.

Like, I have a very, like, niche audience, like, like a very, like, and I remember one time I posted an ad and it was just like, dude, I can't look at these comments, bro.

It's crushing my soul, dude.

I love that.

You can't sell out.

Nah.

But you can do it in creative ways.

Like,

I used to work for like drunk people doing things, like doing people.

I don't know what you're doing.

And

they have like the best way to monetize those ads because they make them like funny.

And it's still an ad.

It's seamless.

Exactly.

Yeah, I agree.

That page has been around for a minute.

Yeah, yeah.

They got a good network.

I grew that one pretty fast.

I only worked for them for like seven months.

They're all really cool people.

And I grew that 800,000 organic followers

in seven months.

Yeah, that's when I realized, like, oh, shit, I'm not that bad at this.

Damn.

Yeah.

Was that through memes?

Yeah.

I was just, they just hired me to run the memes.

The dude saw one of my live streams.

He's like, dude, you're good at making memes and you're fucking funny.

Yeah.

So he's like, let's work.

And it was, yeah, it worked pretty good for a while.

But, you know, I want to focus more on Funny Degenerate.

So it was just a mutual.

That's sick to put your face out there because a lot of these meme page kids never put themselves out there personally exactly and it's funny because I was I was like photophobic I didn't I hated videos and photos

for the longest time damn like on my personal Instagram I think the last time I posted was 2014 I actually noticed that when I was doing research on you yeah yeah I did not I was like scared of putting my face out there and

Yeah, but then I got like, you know, you got to work with casinos and stuff.

I'm like, hey, you got to start doing live streams.

All right, what's the bag?

Saw the the numbers.

Like, all right, fuck my fears.

You know what I mean?

Let's make some fucking money out here.

Dude, these live stream bags.

Oh, my gosh.

I just saw a clip of Trainwreck saying he was making 25 mil a month at the peak.

Holy shit.

I want to be very clear.

That is not the bag I'm getting.

Hey, I'm on the way.

I'm trying.

And all he was doing was gambling online.

But he would be up for hours.

Yeah, he said he only slept six hours a day.

So he was streaming like 12 hours.

Yeah, no, I got to sleep.

I'm one of those.

I don't think I could gamble that long without being bored out of my mind.

Exactly.

Yeah, it gets old and it's like, that should, like,

the emotional roller coaster of gambling for 12 hours.

You're losing most days.

I mean, yeah.

Gamblers, casinos are not built on winners.

No.

Look at Vegas, man.

Huh?

Look at Vegas.

I know, right?

There's a reason these casinos are nicer than the house.

Like, you're nice in the house you go to at home.

It's nuts.

Aiden Ross, Steve Will Dewetta, they be gambling like crazy as well.

Oh, dude.

XQC.

XQC.

Yeah, I'm trying.

I want to meet and gamble with Steve Will Dewitt.

You should.

He lives out here.

Does he?

Yeah.

That'd be funny.

He moved here from Miami about a year ago.

He's always at Durango in Red Rock.

Red Rock, I see on his story all the time.

If you go there tonight, they might be there, to be honest.

I'm sure.

I need to get my wallet before I gamble.

Yeah, you can't even walk in right now.

I can't even buy a fucking beer.

Damn.

Let alone gamble.

You bring your passport?

No, dude.

I'm out here just raw dogging it.

Yeah, I always drink both because I told you what happened to me once.

I lost my wallet and I had to fly from Miami to Vegas.

Yeah, that's a pain in the ass right there.

yeah but um yeah i was with uh vegas matt oh he's dope he's super cool dude very nice and um yeah we uh we gambled there i was mostly just doing the camera thing because i lost so much the night before that i was like my buddies wanted to gamble with them they're like you trying to join in throw some money and i'm like no dude

he seems like a nice guy i'm glad to see him branch off from from uh slots because you can't win money long-term with slots no that's like guaranteed with losing money yeah it's like the worst one in the casino i think right exactly 100 that's the money maker for them yeah they make like nine percent on those yeah it's crazy yeah i've never even played one to be honest no i've i think i've only played a slot twice

and i like i i gamble you know like for me i'm like i just want to have fun yeah losing money is not fun for real yeah what's the biggest uh you've played with with blackjack biggest i played i think i did it like a twenty thousand dollar hand one damn yeah dude dude i'd be shitting myself oh my god i think i might have

yeah did you win it yeah yeah yeah i won it i won it and and got the fuck out.

I know people are like, you can't leave on like a, when you win.

Yeah.

Fuck that.

Yeah, fucked up.

Yeah, you put your money up.

Like that shit.

I was like, dude, I'm out.

Were you martingaling and it just got insane?

Yeah.

It was, it was purely emotional.

And Martingale's strategy is, you know, it's the guaranteed way to lose.

Yeah.

It never works out.

No, never.

It sounds good on paper.

It sounds good on paper and it's like.

It's the, yeah, it's stupid.

You need insane bankroll to even do it.

Exactly.

That's like the only way you could win is if you have a massive bankroll.

Yeah, if you have Dana White money.

Exactly.

Like how he does it and stuff.

He's good at blackjack, apparently.

Very good.

Yeah.

He wins every time on stream.

Yeah, it's incredible.

Not only that, he wins for other people too, which is insane.

Which is awesome.

Like the barstool guys came, he won.

Every single person won.

That's awesome.

And they're not playing like small hands either.

No, no, they're playing like $80,000 hands, $100,000 hands.

That's nuts, dude.

Yeah, but he does it like very

strategic.

He's like, yeah, I get in and he's like, I gamble for like 10 minutes and then I'm out.

Yeah.

Yeah.

He's smart about it.

That's the only way to do it.

100%.

If you're there any longer, you're probably going to lose.

Your edge goes down.

Yeah.

Yeah.

In and out.

Win a couple hands and get the fuck out of there.

Yeah, you gamble at all?

I try not to.

It's like a local thing.

You're not really supposed to too much.

Yes, you could just lose everything.

Oh, yeah.

It's right here.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, I'll do it for fun, but not to win money, just to have fun.

Exactly.

Just meet people.

Go with like a thousand bucks.

Exactly.

If you lose it, you lose it.

If you win, whatever.

Yeah.

The problem is people put every dollar they have and then they get emotionally invested.

Of course.

Yeah.

It's very stupid.

Just treat it like fun, you know?

That's the best way to do it.

Like, people out here, like, oh, I'm trying to be a professional gambler.

It's like, all right, well, good luck.

Never works.

No.

Unless you're amazing at poker.

Poker is completely different.

Yeah.

That's skill-based.

Exactly.

But even a lot of poker pros go broke.

Of course.

It's pretty wild.

Yeah, you only hear about the success stories.

Yeah.

You don't hear about the fucker under the bridge.

You dobbling poker.

Huh?

You dobbling poker.

I like playing poker every once in a a while.

Yeah, I'm not good at it.

It's too slow for me.

Yeah.

I'm a blackjack guy.

I need like the yeah, I need fast-paced.

Yeah, it's fun.

Poker's like, dude, just make up your mind.

Like, you know what I mean?

Like, it's not that deep.

Exactly.

I saw on another show, you hired someone to do your homework.

Yes, dude.

When I was living in the laundry room, I was having way too much fun in college.

Hence, why I was there for five years and then four.

Had way too much fun in college.

And I was just like, man, like, I don't want to go to these classes.

These classes fucking suck.

And so, I read uh, four-hour work week, you've read that book,

yeah, yep, and uh, I saw upwork.com.

I said, Let me go to this, type it in, dude.

You can find these people out in Egypt.

I know it was Muhammad, was the dude's name out in Egypt, and it was like a marketing class I had to do.

Well, here we are, it worked out, I guess.

But, um,

and he would just do all these projects for me.

I get A's and I pay him like fucking nothing.

Wow.

And then, so I was like, you know what?

I'm living with three other frat dudes.

I was like, they know everyone in Greek Village.

So I was like, let me see if we could somehow, hey, man, we'll do your big-ass project for $200.

I'll pay this dude $40.

And then we just did that.

So I did that for a little bit.

You were drop servicing.

Exactly.

That's what it's called.

Yeah.

Drop servicing.

Yeah, I was doing that on accident.

Nice.

Just kind of smart.

Pay for your alcohol money, your weed money, whatever, your gambling money.

Exactly.

It's cool.

yeah yeah yeah everyone had their little hustle in college trying to get by

mine was mostly yeah weed and drop surfacing i guess so here mine was weed yeah good old days man the good old days dude i got too much anxiety to smoke that now oh dude yeah those edibles now it's too strong it's too strong dude i went to a uh who's that magician here chris angel show on an edible

worst night of my life I had to crawl out of there, bro.

Yeah, dude.

Like, it was terrible.

This shit's horrible.

And you think it's like, because the day before I ate 10 MGs and I was fine.

So I was like, I'll just double it.

Yeah, yeah.

And dude, it was so much stronger.

Yeah.

That's why I always ask me.

I'm like, dude, I miss mids.

Remember, I could smoke a whole blunt and be completely normal.

Fine.

Yeah.

Now you take one hit and you're blacking out.

Oh, dude.

I would just, yeah, I would just be disassociating in the middle of like, yeah, because I'm a quiet high.

Same.

Some people are chatterbots when they're high.

I do not talk.

I'm like a little bit of both.

It depends on the environment I'm in.

Yeah.

But mostly I'll just be in the corner, just like, fucking get me out of here.

For real.

Yeah.

You ever double with psychedelics?

Oh, yes.

That's what I was going to get to.

So I'm glad you mentioned that.

There you go.

Mushrooms are the shit.

I love mushrooms.

Mushrooms are the shit.

That's what I'm pissed off.

I have, I don't know.

Actually, when is this coming?

I have some of my luggage right now.

Oh, you're good.

This will be a month.

Perfect.

Yeah.

I have some of my fucking.

If you're watching this, please, you're good.

Yeah, I'm talking about lion's mane mushrooms.

But

I have some of my luggage right now.

I'm so excited to get one.

Take a little microdose.

I'm more of a micro-dose guy.

I'm a micro-doser.

You are.

I've done full trips, but time and place for it.

Exactly.

Not right now on a podcast wouldn't be the time, unless you're Mike Tyson.

Oh, dude.

Did you see him when he was on Logan Paul?

Yeah.

He ate like five grams.

You know, and if you're Mike Tyson, let him do whatever the fuck he does.

Yeah, no one's going to say shit to him.

The fuck, no.

You think he'll beat Jake?

I don't know, man.

Like, I love Mike Tyson more than life itself, but Jake.

Jake Paul is an actual boxer now.

Yeah.

You know what I mean?

People are like, oh, he's just a YouTube dude.

It's like, no, dude, I think he's been fighting pretty good.

Three years now, yeah.

Yeah, he's not bad.

I want Mike Tyson to win.

No hate to Jake Paul.

He's a legend.

Yeah.

But we'll see.

I mean,

he's 58, but he's also Mike fucking Tyson.

Yeah, he's got 30 years on him, but he's Mike Tyson, so it kind of evens out.

Exactly.

I want, like,

I hope they let him do some TRT or something.

Just to get, like, I don't know.

I hope they let Mike Tyson get on testosterone so we can put on, see, like a full clinic.

Because we're too young to have seen him in his prime.

Yeah, I never saw him in his prime.

I've seen highlights, but yeah, that's all.

That's all we can.

But it seems like he's mellowed out, though, because he did have that fight a few years ago, and I wasn't impressed, to be honest.

No, no, I still think he won, but I know they're like, oh, it was a draw.

Yeah.

But yeah, no.

No, he definitely won, but it wasn't like impressive.

No, it wasn't like when you're expecting Mike Tyson, like you want to see someone hit the floor.

Can't be far off the time, man.

No.

I don't even watch boxing, to be honest, but I might watch that one.

Same.

I'm not a big, like, I think UFC kind of swallowed up way better.

So much more fun.

Boxing's just boring.

Same.

Yeah, I totally agree.

There's very few sports I could watch on TV right now.

Yeah.

UFC is my favorite by far.

UFC, maybe basketball in the playoffs.

I don't even watch football anymore.

Really?

Yeah, it makes it more fun when you throw money on it.

And that's where gambling comes into play because

throw like $200 on a fucking like any fucking sport.

You know what I mean?

And you're going to find a way to root for them and have fun.

We used to do like

cricket matches back one day, like 5 a.m.

Back from the bars, like fuck it, let's throw some money on the team.

We're rooting for Pakistani cricket.

And none of us knew

how the sport went.

I still don't know to this day.

I don't know.

I know they have a wooden bat, right?

That's all about.

Wooden bat.

That's all I know.

Same.

Except I would throw money on it.

And that was what we do.

Yeah, cricket, you know, baseball, which I'm because

I hate watching baseball.

Too slow.

So boring.

Yeah.

I mean, they're getting their bag.

Good for them.

It might be the most boring sport to watch of all time.

I agree.

That and tennis.

Ooh.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I could see that.

I used to play tennis, so I'm a little biased.

Oh, I'm okay, but no, I could see that.

It's pretty boring.

I used to play soccer.

So I know everyone's like, soccer is so boring.

Yeah, Dana shit on soccer.

Yeah.

He said it's the worst sport to watch.

And I'm like, I don't know, man.

I used to play soccer too.

Okay, cool.

Nice.

It's fun to play.

So fun to play.

do.

I actually still play soccer back in Tampa.

Oh, yeah.

We got to get some soccer runs out here.

I'm down.

I'm so down.

Yeah, 5v5, something.

Yeah, that'd be dope.

Yeah.

What was your position?

Center mid.

Oh, you were nice.

Yeah.

You had the stamina.

Yeah, no,

you could run.

I think you're supposed to run like nine miles a game.

Yeah, it's nuts.

It's insane.

I can't do that now.

Damn.

What's the weirdest thing you bet on?

Oh,

oh, buddy.

Hmm.

Got to think about this one.

Yeah.

Like, are we talking about just like

sports or?

No, just in general, like anything.

I like to bet if which one of my buddies gets divorced first.

Wow.

It's kind of fucked up.

That's a long-term bet.

Yeah, yeah.

No,

me and my close group of friends always are like, we'll be at a wedding.

We're like, you think it's going to work out in five years?

What's the over-under on this?

That's hilarious.

Like, if they're arguing at the post-reception, it's like, all right, taking the under.

Weddings, I mean, 50-50 divorce rates.

I know, right?

It's just a matter of when.

Basically the same odds as back rats.

Yeah.

For real.

Scary time.

Yeah, right.

Well, Ethan, it's been fun.

Anything you want to close off with or promote?

I got nothing to promote, man.

I just hope everyone, you know, get on the internet, laugh, enjoy some memes.

And yeah, man, don't take life too seriously.

Awesome, man.

Hope you found your ID.

Thank you.

All right, guys.

See you next time.