Ep. 156 - YouTube Struggles, Gen Z Problems & Tipping Culture Outrage
Don't Be Sour
Maxx Chewning
4.9 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 135 minutes
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Summary
The boys are back and as chaotic as ever. This week kicks off with the group roasting a bad group photo, diving into Instagram's AI flash filter that's literally regenerating people's faces, and reminiscing about the FaceTune era — including some very detailed ab-etching confessions. From there it's the usual rabbit holes: Joe's dog is in diapers, someone got scammed at a gas station by a fake 8K projector, Maxx rolled his ankle attempting a skate trick and lost a tooth crown the same week, and somehow bathroom debates make yet another appearance.
The crew gets into the NBA playoffs in full detail, breaks down tipping culture (20% minimum vs. absolutely not at Starbucks), and has a surprisingly heated conversation about whether getting scammed is just a rite of passage at this point. There's also a full deep dive into AI pricing hikes, vibe coding, what each of them actually says when someone asks what they do for work, and whether saying "bye-bye" on the phone is genuinely weird or completely normal.
To close things out, the guys talk YouTube — subscriber counts, consistency struggles, and why Joe hasn't uploaded in nearly three years but keeps teasing it on his stories. Summer travel plans get floated, Maxx teases a podcast studio refresh, Christian's committing to a real upload schedule, and Joe's baby is officially weeks away. Same group, same energy, somehow always two hours long.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up guys? Welcome back to a brand new episode. Christian, what are you showing? |
| 0:09.5 | In that photo, they can't hear you. |
| 0:10.9 | It's horrible. Like, you just, like, fucked us all this morning. |
| 0:15.3 | I did what? |
| 0:16.0 | You just, like, screwed us. Bad. Hair transplant, me. |
| 0:20.5 | You can see it right where it's like a hard line. Bad. Hair transplant, me. You can see it like right where it starts. You know, this is early enough. I'm going to put the photo on the screen now. I'm going to make it a whole thing. A bad photo. I don't think there is bad photos of anyone, bro. I think it's just kind of what you look like. Max. What's up? I like it too. It's real nice. This flash effect on Instagram. I started using it. You're taking by it. Every photo you post. You're definitely using it. It's cool. It's an AI filter, right? It takes a photo and it runs it through AI. And then AI is changing things. |
| 0:56.0 | It gave Charlie little teeth in the bottom. |
| 0:57.5 | Yeah, no, it's changing shit. It's like changing your facial structure. Wait, is that why your dog looks so fat in that photo? No, that was, I did that on purpose. But I'm saying like it's doing, like it's not you. No, it's me. It is, but it's like, it's like, it's like doing things that's not there. |
| 1:10.5 | It also gives people wicked mustaches. |
| 1:12.5 | Like it gives me like a straight up fucking, |
| 1:13.9 | I think so it. |
| 1:14.7 | Oh, so it, It is like it's like it's like it's like it's like doing things it's not there. It also gives people wicked mustaches. Like it gives me like a straight up fucking |
| 1:13.9 | Oh so it regenerates the image. Yeah, because it's not just adding a flash filter. It's like regenerating it with AI and AI just changes shit. Scoot-A- Oh shit. I haven't seen I've seen Max's photos. You look so different in that selfie you posted yesterday. That was a good selfie. I don't know like, Jane. |
| 1:28.3 | It didn't look like you. |
| 1:29.3 | You know, it's crazy. |
| 1:30.3 | I was in the bathroom in that photo. No, you go into Instagram and then you cook the little like star-looking thing. That's effects. And the bottom one, you go to film. It is sick. And it makes your photos look like... because it's changing you and i think it's like making you look better than you do no that's |
| 1:43.4 | what i look like bro it's giving a wicked I think it's like making you look better than you do. No, that's just what I look like, bro. |
| 1:44.3 | It's giving a wicked, take a selfie of yourself. |
| 1:48.1 | Taking a selfie now. All right, take a selfie. I want you to send me both, save that one before you do the effects. No, he's not going to do that, so I can't post it. I'll save it. Yeah, I'm saving it. Okay, save it and then do the effect, |
| 1:57.7 | and then we'll put it on the screen of like the back and forth. |
| 2:00.6 | It does this little magical effect. |
| 2:02.1 | If I give you a fucking mustache. |
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