This is How You Know The Economy is Bad......

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]Man, this is how I know the economy is bad right now.

[00:00:03]I just made $34 in 8 hours on DoorDash today. Jesus.

[00:00:09]$34. I ain't never made that I ain't never did this on DoorDash.

[00:00:16]This is what nobody tells you about about Uber Eats. I've been out for 4 hours now and I've only made $36.

[00:00:23]I'm feeling extremely discouraged.

[00:00:26]You come to Uber, you're going to work your ass off. We're going to be really demanding. If you're not performing, we're going to let you know, and if you don't fix it, we're going to push you out.

[00:00:40]But, while it will be incredibly hard, you will have real agency at the company. We're a big company, but independent What is he Is he talking about drivers or like you come to work at like >> No, he's I think he's talking about drivers.

[00:00:57]He's talking about drivers, and the whole thing about >> of work, dude. And here's And we we went extent on this. We did a full video on the Uber stuff. But that's a prime example of an industry that did work, the taxi cab industry.

[00:01:11]But nobody wanted to be a yellow cab driver, then everybody wanted to be a yellow cab driver, and then it just made the value of it go all the way down. But But that's one of those jobs where it's a prime example. I've done Uber. I had to. Desperate times. This was 7, 8 years ago now.

[00:01:28]And they paid really well.

[00:01:30]At the time I was doing $1,200 weeks after gas. I mean, I was working 50-hour weeks, but still, the fact that you're chilling in your car, driving around town, picking up honeys, late night cruising the city, picking people up from parties.

[00:01:46]But that was like one of those false realities where it's like, "Oh my god, I can make a living really kind of not doing anything, really." I'm not saying driving isn't important. I'm saying like that I think I think the era that we're living in now, too, the fact that and and people think um like this is why there's so many content creators, so many things because it's like this thing that's like an easy accessibility.

[00:02:13]But the truth is is none of that none of it's easy. Anything worthwhile, and I don't think it's ever been easy to be honest.

[00:02:20]I think a lot of this stuff like the crypto the crypto millionaire, make money from your phone, make money from the gig economy.

[00:02:29]Yeah. I don't know if that makes any sense.

[00:02:31]>> No, it makes sense.

[00:02:32]>> was big for a little while.

[00:02:34]>> There's so many it's because of this.

[00:02:36]People make money in weird ways, weird easy ways from crypto, or there's those people that like they have like seven different TikToks and they just post just It's like they're AI slop all day. It's a finite amount of people, though.

[00:02:52]>> Yeah. Well, they make videos on TikTok.

[00:02:54]This is how I make 6K in one day. And then it's a little little montage of them doing whatever, and then a million people see it, they run the video up, then they all try it, it doesn't work, they go back to their normal job, but now they have the mentality cuz they know that that's out there like And that well my point was is it's like the finite amount of people in TikTok, YouTube this kind of thing. Even like resellers selling product online, it's a small majority of people who end up making a great deal of money. Yeah. But the lure of it makes people lazy, I feel like.

[00:03:36]>> That's what I'm trying to say.

[00:03:37]It's almost like, well, why would I do that? Like the hair stylist, I'm sure she's not just making a 100K a year because she did seven haircuts this week. No.

[00:03:47]Unless she's charging a thousand dollars a haircut. You know what I mean? But my point is well, that'd would a lot of money, $700 a week. My point is though, that is something like this like this chick right here. Is it possible to get a job in 2026? She's got a red leather interior.

[00:04:03]Yeah. Like no. No, no, no. Sorry, what were you going to say?

[00:04:06]You kind of threw me off about that.

[00:04:08]>> No, I'm serious. I just thought about that.

[00:04:10]>> Is it possible to get a job in 2026? I went already to a couple >> She's got her lips done. She's got Botox. You know how expensive that is?

[00:04:18]No, I I don't listen to people. You you don't get to [ __ ] about >> she's got drool or egg on her shirt. I would listen to her.

[00:04:26]>> I'm going to listen to her. So, I work in the operating room.

[00:04:29]And I just worked a 12-hour shift in the operating room.

[00:04:35]And I cannot afford my rent.

[00:04:38]I can't afford my rent. I can't afford gas.

[00:04:42]I can't afford groceries. I can't afford any of my endless other bills that I am responsible for because I am an adult.

[00:04:53]After working a 12-hour shift in the operating room.

[00:05:00]So, you know what I have to do? I have to DoorDash. And it's 12:30 at night after I've been on my feet in the operating room for 12 hours all day.

[00:05:13]Okay, now that's just that's intense.

[00:05:16]That's just messed up.

[00:05:18]Something's wrong there.

[00:05:19]>> Something's wrong with that. Yeah. Let me see the No, no, no. Let me see the comments section. Something's up with that. That's That's what I do not agree with.

[00:05:27]It's always been this way for me. I've always had to live with somebody.

[00:05:31]I've never had a call no college education. I've always had to live with people.

[00:05:35]My whole life. So, that's just normal for me.

[00:05:38]I think a lot of this is the single income deal. Well, yes. That's what I was going to say. Like dude, if I Single income for sure. Yeah. Because two people I've always been able to make it work and I've never had a real job.

[00:05:52]Most of my jobs I've ever had people are like, "You're a waiter."

[00:05:56]I go, "Yeah."

[00:05:59]>> [laughter] >> That face.

[00:06:00]>> You but like, "You bartend."

[00:06:02]"Oh, you sell stuff on eBay on the side?" Yeah, I have to. Yeah.

[00:06:06]>> want to be broke.

[00:06:08]You know, like So, I think this is just happening to everyone right now.

[00:06:11]>> No, I I do >> Master's degrees.

[00:06:13]>> Before I met my fiance, I worked Monday through Friday doing construction and then on the weekends I worked at a tattoo shop. People are like, "Oh, do you work at the tattoo shop to get free free tattoos?" I'm like, "Nope, I can't afford my rent."

[00:06:27]>> Yeah, I kind of have to. Got to do it to pay my car insurance. Yeah, but now that you both >> extra 800 a month. I wouldn't be able to But now that you and your chick are together, you guys can >> to quit the tattoo shop.

[00:06:37]>> Exactly.

[00:06:38]>> And yeah. I was able to get out. I made it out.

[00:06:40]>> If I dude, yeah. It's No, it's great.

[00:06:42]>> If she didn't work, I would not be able to afford our house. It's messed up.

[00:06:47]>> Yeah.

[00:06:48]But that's the thing though.

[00:06:49]I'm used to I'm not saying it's right or wrong guys. Like yeah, live alone, have a Mercedes Benz. I want I wish the world for you. I really do.

[00:06:56]I want everybody to drive BMWs and be happy. I really do.

[00:07:01]I really do and live alone in a nice apartment. I want that for you.

[00:07:05]But I've never like that's never been my life. You know, I've just always been used to living with people and splitting the bills.

[00:07:12]I'm an RN with two bachelor degrees and I have to deliver pizza at night to feed my children. No.

[00:07:18]Cuz I make 160k a year and living paycheck to paycheck.

[00:07:22]All right, that's just bad That's bad That's bad budgeting.

[00:07:25]>> That's bad budgeting.

[00:07:26]>> If you make 100k a year and you're like not 100. If you say you make like 120 160 a year, dude.

[00:07:35]>> Dude, you're insane. There's something wrong there. That's bread. That's 15 That's 15 grand a month. Yeah. No. If you can't make that work, then you're you're just bad at budgeting.

[00:07:44]>> No, something's wrong with you. I'm 22, never be able to move out.

[00:07:47]>> No, my 22-year-old will never get to move out.

[00:07:51]>> Yeah, I don't I feel I feel I do feel bad.

[00:07:54]I'm not sitting here saying it's right or wrong.

[00:07:55]>> avocado toast did you have?

[00:07:57]>> Yeah, yeah. And it's in a time where you know, vegetables and bread.

[00:08:02]That's a luxury.

[00:08:04]>> people. You know, back in the day, like the Great Depression. You know, like if you land in docks >> the Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Now, it's for poor Now, it's it's a luxury for vegetable and bread.

[00:08:14]>> an avocado from Mexico on toast.

[00:08:16]>> Yeah, I thought this was cool.

[00:08:18]Um States where working two jobs still isn't enough. So, in the red is two jobs still struggling. So, basically Texas, Cali, Nevada, Washington.

[00:08:30]Uh whatever state this is.

[00:08:32]>> Florida, New York, and then Illinois.

[00:08:35]That's Illinois? Yeah.

[00:08:37]Yeah, that's Illinois. Yep, yep. Okay, so basically these are are not good.

[00:08:41]In the orange, you got just getting by.

[00:08:44]So, we got Georgia, >> Georgia, Tennessee, >> Tennessee, the Carolinas, whatever's under New York City. We've got uh All right, Massachusetts.

[00:08:53]>> We've got New Mexico or Arizona.

[00:08:55]>> is Oh, that's Arizona.

[00:08:56]>> Arizona.

[00:08:57]And then I think this is something >> Colorado.

[00:09:00]>> Colorado, maybe?

[00:09:01]>> It's got to be.

[00:09:02]>> It's got to be Colorado. We don't even know our states.

[00:09:05]Okay.

[00:09:06]Uh enough hustle in the yellow. So, >> hustle. So, New Mexico. I don't New Mexico is expensive?

[00:09:12]>> You got to be You got to be a a hustler in Wisconsin, dude. Come on, bro. No way.

[00:09:18]>> That's probably true. It's probably true, though. Wisconsin has got to be cheaper than Michigan. Okay, but look.

[00:09:24]>> At least Michigan has like Detroit.

[00:09:26]>> Single job still works. Michigan's on the list.

[00:09:30]>> It depends on the job, though. No way.

[00:09:33]Dude, if I make Okay, before I was doing YouTube, I before that when I was making 32 bucks an hour pouring concrete I was barely getting by.

[00:09:49]As a grown adult?

[00:09:50]>> That's why I ended up working at the tattoo shop. Because I was barely getting by with my bills. I you know, car note car insurance that was $250 a month. My rent Yeah. I get it.

[00:10:05]But here's the thing though, back to the Gen Z This guy's smoking. is better than everyone. I think he is. But this is back to the Gen Z and just pay them more, right?

[00:10:16]But this is the mentality of most people. The truth about most people is they're going to just do enough to make enough. It's always been that way.

[00:10:26]I don't want a better job. I don't want a better career. I don't want more money. I don't want a job. I don't want somewhere to go for 50 hours of my life a week and stand there and feel like a caged animal. I don't want to play the game. I can't stand being fake. How you doing? What's going on?

[00:10:44]We need a four-day work week. Four 10-hour No.

[00:10:48]No.

[00:10:50]Not four 10-hour shifts.

[00:10:52]Say goodbye to the 40 40-hour work week.

[00:10:54]I don't understand why we can't just open up our minds to maybe working less. Like I feel like whenever I see a video mentioning a four-day work week that we need to have a four-day work week. There's We need to start a movement where we demand that work hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Because let's be honest >> are insane.

[00:11:15]Just let them go. Let them talk. Hear them out. Open your Open your mind.

[00:11:20]Remember what Remember what Black Ashley used to say.

[00:11:24]Time and money isn't real.

[00:11:26]Um you know, I'm not getting anything done before then anyway and I I think anyone's doing anything after 3:00 p.m.

[00:11:32]during the week, so you know, if we [snorts] were working Monday through Friday or better yet, Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., I guarantee everyone would be a lot happier.

[00:11:43]While we're at it, why are we still waiting 2 weeks to get paid? Dude, I'm not mad about it, but this is how a lot of people I've experienced this.

[00:11:51]Whatever comp- Okay, if you work for one of those companies and I ask you what you do and your job title literally does not tell me what you do, you have like it's like oh, they're on a computer for 8 hours doing like data analytics or Yeah, data entry.

[00:12:05]>> Like whatever that is, it's like okay, yeah, you can work less because your job is not crucial to how the company operates. But like most jobs are between the the the the world we live in is set up from 9:00 to 5:00. Yeah. There's still people saying that it's entitled to expect a full-time job to let you live comfortably and I genuinely don't understand that because we're not talking about luxury. We're talking about being able to afford rent, food, and save a little bit and just not be stressed out all the time. So, I don't get why that's still considered asking for too much. Like why is basic stability still something that people have to defend? I don't think anyone has to defend that. I I [snorts] think it's more than reasonable. Let me go over to Craigslist. Let me see. I'm so curious about these jobs, dude. I haven't had to apply for a job in so long. Let me see.

[00:12:53]And a lot of times, to be honest, you know what the worst part is? It does suck for the young cats is half my life it's been who I knew. Since like '27?

[00:13:02]With jobs? Every job I've had since '27 has literally been a phone call to somebody I know. Yeah. Does that make sense?

[00:13:09]>> Yeah. Some of the worst jobs I've had were like ones that I >> had to apply for? Yeah. And then the best ones I always had or like the ones that I did the best at were always because I knew someone that knew someone or they're like oh, come over here like That's the worst part about it is and I think this has been true for a long time now and uh unfortunately a lot of jobs are like that. Like I'm not making that up.

[00:13:32]>> Yeah. Do you ever know someone it's like >> of good jobs are like that.

[00:13:36]>> They they work somewhere and they make they do really well and it's like how did you get that job? They're like, oh well, I was doing this and then I knew so-and-so and they got me in there and then I've been there for 10 years now and I make 150 a year. Yeah, like exactly. And I have like for instance this one bartending job I had criminal money, stripper money. These people did not leave. They everybody there has worked there for 10 plus years. No one's giving up this job. You know, you work four nights a week and make if you had the good shifts 100 grand a year. Yeah.

[00:14:03]To party. Yeah. Okay. No one's giving up the job simply because I knew the owner of the restaurant and she liked loved me. I got a bartending position above people that worked there for Lord knows how long. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Like almost to the point where it made some people upset about it. Yeah. Well, like when I when we lived in California and I worked at the Pike I have applied for that job, but I we knew someone that worked there and dude that was like one of the funnest times of my life. I made great money for what I did. I eventually became a bartender and I did make great money. It was just like they would have never hired me if I didn't >> know the owner.

[00:14:44]>> name to drop when I went in. That's most of my jobs since 2007. So almost 10 years ago in the past 10 years every position has literally be been because I know someone. Yeah.

[00:14:55]Yeah. Cuz like right here if we're going through Craigslist and these other sites, like right here construction laborers, are you kidding me? $25 an hour?

[00:15:03]>> You're not getting 25 an hour.

[00:15:04]>> Based on experience? You would have and and that's the thing is like 25 an hour is not 25 the same as 25 an hour 10 years ago.

[00:15:12]>> is what they were paying 10 years ago.

[00:15:13]>> Exactly. And the thing is is if you walk in and you have like less than 10 years of experience being a laborer, they're not paying you 25. Here's the problem.

[00:15:22]If you've been doing construction for 10 years, you're probably worth more than a labor. You're probably going to be 1,000% You know what I mean? I had to live in delivery drivers, $11 an hour plus tips. Probably better than Uber Eats. $11 an hour? That's probably better than >> than Uber Eats, but those even those jobs I remember being a pizza delivery guy you'd be like you might be doing all right. You know, you're not going to be living lavish, but you're going to be doing you're going to be making by.

[00:15:46]Definitely living with a roommate, trying to find some good ones that like most people can do cuz apparently college degrees don't matter anymore.

[00:15:53]Evening cleaner. Oh, this is one of those ones where you got to go in and like clean a restaurant or something. 21 an hour. You see?

[00:15:59]>> An overnight job.

[00:16:00]>> What's crazy is is a lot of these jobs pay the same as like serious jobs.

[00:16:04]>> even fathom that people still We've seen the housing market in Florida. Yeah.

[00:16:10]Right? If I lived there and I had a job that was paying me $23 an hour, I would be doing everything in my power to pack my car and get out of Florida.

[00:16:21]>> Yeah. You'd be done. You you >> I don't I don't understand how anyone with just a normal not minimum wage, but like low-paying job can afford to live there. Well, the age of the roommate or just living with your parents or three 35-year-old men living together is like big time. And not be And I'm not It's not ragging on it. That's just what it is. This is like what people want to make right here. 150 an hour. But that's a a physician. You know what I mean?

[00:16:46]Like this is the kind of money that's almost I don't know if 150 an hour is what you need. Definitely I would say like 50 an hour is kind of like what you need nowadays.

[00:16:54]>> HVAC installer making Dude, to to do air conditioning 35 an hour.

[00:17:00]>> hard job.

[00:17:01]>> That's still like I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying like this is what you're getting. Customer service, okay.

[00:17:07]There's jobs out there. They just don't pay very well.

[00:17:10]>> plenty of jobs.

[00:17:11]>> probably if you're looking on here, you're probably under qualified for most of them. Yeah, cuz these don't pay well whatsoever. The world kind of went to [ __ ] when normal families stopped being able to afford vacations. Because growing up, like going to Disney or taking a beach trip just felt like a normal like middle class thing to do.

[00:17:28]Now, Disney vacation costs more than a house. And you pay for your flights, your hotels, your tickets, your food, your parking. And that's before your kids even ask for a new pair of Mickey ears. And everyone's like, "Well, you need to budget for Disney." So, I started checking all my finances because I was like, "Maybe they're right." No, they're not right. It made me realize expensive. Let me tell you something about vacations. I don't dread them, but I have to go on I travel for work quite a bit every time, dude. And there's a lot of people traveling. We know the statistics. Not everybody's making 10 grand a month, but people are traveling big time. And I always wondered to myself, I go, "Man, like Credit cards.

[00:18:06]>> Like I'm stressing like I'm I'm stressing about this, and I am making 10 grand a month. I go, "What are you making?" Like that's the crazy part.

[00:18:13]>> I'm just a warm a shoe. And me and my girl, yeah, we're homeless. We're never going to get another job. We're never going to work for no one else again. And this [clears throat] is my cab. This is my house that I built in the woods for me and my girl.

[00:18:28]Yeah, I built in the woods. You all right there, baby?

[00:18:30]>> [snorts] >> It's my couch that I built. And that's my dog.

[00:18:35]We are never going to get another job again.

[00:18:39]Because we're going to work for ourselves.

[00:18:41]>> a microphone.

[00:18:42]Being homeless is a flex. It's 2026.

[00:18:45]>> Watch how impressive this house is though, cuz none of it's up to code. No, I'm just kidding. It's like all literally just made out of just sticks and stuff. Yeah, that's my dog.

[00:18:56]Hey, how you doing over there, Pooh Pooh? Yeah, that's my kitchen. That's pretty impressive.

[00:19:01]>> myself. Wait to see the inside. That's my bathroom. Do I have to take a Pooh Pooh?

[00:19:06]>> Yep. And take a shower.

[00:19:09]Lit. Remember, this guy's got a wife, dude.

[00:19:12]Anything's possible.

[00:19:13]>> Let's go.

[00:19:14]>> [snorts] >> Yes, this my gate around my car.

[00:19:18]Let's go in the house and see what baby doing before we go to my car. Get right there.

[00:19:22]>> Step inside of my house.

[00:19:23]>> car made out of sticks.

[00:19:24]>> Yeah. It's like the Flintstones. Oh, 2020. Been almost a flex.

[00:19:30]Look at my front room. Yes, we got a couch.

[00:19:33]>> Does he have a >> is warming at the bottom. Yes.

[00:19:36]>> a wood burning stove in there.

[00:19:38]>> Yeah. Vented out. Yeah.

[00:19:40]>> [snorts] >> He's got a lot >> Yes. We have our >> He's got a TV.

[00:19:46]Yeah.

[00:19:47]Yes. We have our window view of nature in our bedroom. No one's got any excuses anymore.

[00:19:56]>> [laughter] >> Going to work again.

[00:19:57]>> No one has an excuse anymore. Dude's got full That guy's a genius.

[00:20:01]>> Full face tat.

[00:20:02]But honestly, like like me and like me and my chick, we've been we we talk about this because our options really like when it comes to the housing and everything.

[00:20:13]>> Yo, check it. I'm sorry to interrupt you though. That comment says you can't claim a space in the woods without buying land. We talked about this before. Every single square foot of land in America is owned by someone. That's what's crazy. So, not long at some point someone's going to come along be like, you know, you're on my property, right?

[00:20:32]>> And but no one's Why are all these comments so negative though? My first My first thought >> mad. They're mad that this I don't know.

[00:20:42]People just get mad.

[00:20:43]>> My first thought is going like bro, I've talked we've me me and Ash talked about like living on a boat.

[00:20:49]Yeah.

[00:20:50]>> Like not a small boat, like a decent sized boat. Not like a mega yacht, I can't afford that, but something with a couple bedrooms. Like like pirate like or or what how what is the way >> nice camper like RV.

[00:21:02]>> Like what is the way around where we're at now?

[00:21:06]>> Yeah. Right? Yeah. Like what's the way around it? That's something I've really been thinking about. Yeah. I really have because this is a good deal for this house and it's 2,500 a month in a a in a state that is is is one of the cheapest in all of America. And I go, how much and I don't want to do an apartment. I don't want to do an apartment. There's nothing against it, but like I don't want to pay top dollar to live in apartment that I don't like. At that point, if I'm going to live in apartment, I'd rather just just almost like not what this guy's doing, but something along that lines of of you know, big ass RV or something. You know what I mean?

[00:21:47]>> made Chad Hanks just he literally just made a video. He was like Not van life though. Like a big RV.

[00:21:53]>> This he just sold a bunch of stuff and then went and bought this giant trailer.

[00:21:59]>> Yeah. It's got two bedrooms in it.

[00:22:02]A kitchen that's nicer than both of ours. Yeah. Cuz I'm talking about like the long term cuz how many of us, right?

[00:22:09]Like how many of us are going to go oh, I'll have I'll have assets that pay for my life. I'll have rental properties. I'll have these these assets that pay for my life and then I'll be able to retire. And I'm sitting there thinking to myself I go you know, that's got to be a lot of cash flow, dude.

[00:22:29]Like that's got to be a lot.

[00:22:31]That's something I've been thinking about. And so my point of this story is is like this is something that when I do see these kind of things I go I think these people might be on to something.

[00:22:40]Except for I want to keep making money.

[00:22:42]Yeah. Like I like I [snorts] thought about it. I'm like, what if we live like super low, but then we could have fun with all the other stuff. Like maybe I could get that Mustang I wanted.

[00:22:53]Because I'm not spending all my money on rent. Yeah. You know what I mean?

[00:22:57]I think this guy's on to something is all I'm saying. Shout out to this dude.

[00:23:00]What's this guy's page called?

[00:23:02]Let me see. I don't know how you say that. I Okay. We're we're not even going to give him tag him or anything. He That is just way too many words.

[00:23:11]Anyways, hell of a talk. You got anything else? Nope. Like and subscribe.

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