 Today I'm at 40 here. So when you fall in love with a text, it's worth asking Why do I love this text? I love the book of Devarim Deuteronomy. Why do I love Deuteronomy says something about me? Like I converted to Orthodox Judaism. Why that says something about me Dennis Prager was my hero for About 10 years that says something about me All right, it's like if someone idolized Ben Shapiro, I mean that would say something about them that they're fairly shallow All right, so I mean Otto Paul loves Andy Nuiqi why because they're both, you know, absolutely miserable and they're both erudite and thoughtful and they both Endure great suffering and they know what it's like to be the object of obliquy And so we resonate with certain people like happy people tend to prefer to hang out with happy people and miserable people tend to hang out with miserable people So what do you do? When your friend makes a mistake, so I suspect at this point neither Otto Paul nor Godwood podcast or Kevin Michael Grace Millennial woes Kenneth Brown I'm sure none of these people consider me a friend, but I consider myself I Consider myself friends with at least some of these people or at least, you know, well-disposed and You know quite willing to extend my hand out in friendship to these people where We're in the same Same sphere of YouTube So my hand is extended out in friendship if I can be of service to To any of these people or anyone like them I would love love to be of service if there's something I can give I'm happy to give but main point is what do you do when your friend makes a mistake? Okay, so from my perspective when your friend makes a mistake your friend is still your friend and The mistake is still a mistake All right, just because I consider Godwood podcast a friend does not mean that When he makes a mistake, he's not making a mistake. He's still making a mistake All right, I consider myself on friendly terms with Andy Nowicki and If there's some way that I could be helpful for him, I would love to be helpful for him Be happy to be helpful for him, you know Completely privately off the record never mentioned it publicly or for Godward or for auto pole or Kevin Michael Grace or You know countless people if I can be helpful, I want to be helpful but Even if it's a friend if they make a mistake, it's still a mistake All right, you don't I don't say that the sky is black when it's blue Just to accommodate a friend's feelings I don't I don't stop You know sharing my opinions on different issues or on Clarifying what's factually accurate just because someone that I'm friendly with would find that hurtful Like theoretically people there are people in my life who may be devastated if I made a video against Current theories about global warming or current theories about COVID or current theories about the Federal Reserve But I'm not gonna restrict myself from making those videos Just because their feelings would be hurt because I hold certain opinions or I hold by certain facts so I had Had one friend Send a message today that no Andy was willing to chalk up the Thursday night interview as a loss but when he received that savage attack in the Seeing through the BS video you made later on then then he decided to respond and I don't blame him well Just because someone's feelings might be hurt because I express opinions about conspiracy theories and the psychology behind Conspiracy theories as I understand it or as I have experienced it I'm not gonna stop from saying things that I believe to be true Just because say a friend's feelings are gonna get hurt Right friends a friend But when a friend makes a mistake, yeah, they're still a friend, but the mistake's still a mistake Right when they're wrong. They're still wrong I'm not gonna back off saying things because under a certain Interputation that could be very hurtful to this or that person Now, yeah, there are people who I've messaged who I've been friends with like this is really against your self interest I think this is a big mistake. Yeah, I've I've sometimes done that for friends and they've blown me off just blown me off and then and Then things have just tumbled out of control and For some of them, they're still their lives are still tumbling out of control and there's nothing I can do So I'm not invested in their lives in the sense that I can't I can't control them. I can't Like their life is their life. I want them to have good things Yeah, I want I want good things for them I want I want them to to experience all the great things that I want for my life but I Can't you know, I can't can't run anyone else's life. I don't control. So, you know, it's just hands-off and If if my friends make comments in public, you know on their own YouTube channels and elsewhere I don't think it's dirty pool that I Make my responses in public, right? You're gonna express things in public about your life or about your ideas Then you're inviting other people to respond. It's like wanting to play tackle football and wanting the ball, right? You want to play running back and You want to get the ball and you want to run into the middle of the line But then you're offended when people try to tackle you If you're offended by people who try to tackle you then don't play tackle football Don't ask for the ball right stay off the playing field, right YouTube's a playing field just like a Football field right when you get on to YouTube and you make proclamations Then it's not dirty that other people respond to the things that you proclaim publicly If you don't want to if you want don't want to sprain your ankle You don't want any chance that you might turn an ankle Don't play basketball with other people All right, just don't do it If you want zero chance of getting hit by a baseball don't play baseball If you if you're gonna proclaim your opinions on YouTube don't be offended when people ask you On what basis do you say this or as I understand the facts this way? You understand the facts that way is the basis for why I understand things this way. What's the basis for why you understand things? your way or you said this but that seems inconsistent with that and What's going on? So that's Shimon Perez that was his reaction to Ronald Reagan when Ronald Reagan Visited that seminary bit bug that had the graves of what 50 SS soldiers and Shimon Perez Was friendly with Ronald Reagan and afterwards as I understand it. He said When her friend makes a mistake the friend is still a friend, but the mistake is still a mistake