{"video_id":"eeDLJItEjjo","title":"Linus Reacts to \"LMG Members Share Their First Meeting with Linus\"","channel":"FP Exclusives","show":"FP Exclusives","published_at":"2025-08-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":838,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":3.703,"text":"Sammy: You'd be like, a lot of you guys watch the video where staff will tell- 2 00:00:03.703 --> 00:00:04.838 Linus: I know how to intro a video. 3 00:00:05.572 --> 00:00:07.807 Sammy: Alright, you know what? I was going to give you a good premise, but my bad. 4 00:00:07.907 --> 00:00:09.242 Linus: Don't tell me how to do my job. 5 00:00:09.242 --> 00:00:09.609 Sammy: Alright. 6 00:00:10.777 --> 00:00:13.113 Linus: That's making it in, that's making it in the final cut. 7 00:00:13.146 --> 00:00:15.248 Linus: Nooooo! You're not rolling are you? 8 00:00:15.248 --> 00:00:15.982 Sammy: I am rolling. 9 00:00:16.182 --> 00:00:16.516 Linus: Noooo-! 10 00:00:16.583 --> 00:00:19.052 Linus: Recently, we uploaded a Floatplane exclusive 11 00:00:19.052 --> 00:00:23.890 that had different members of the team recount their first ever interaction with me. 12 00:00:24.024 --> 00:00:25.425 Linus: I don't know exactly who's in it, 13 00:00:25.558 --> 00:00:29.596 but what I can tell you right now is every single one of them is a damn liar. 14 00:00:29.596 --> 00:00:32.265 There's no way that I am that horrible. 15 00:00:32.298 --> 00:00:33.033 Sammy: No one said you're horrible. 16 00:00:33.066 --> 00:00:33.767 Linus: Can't be true. 17 00:00:33.767 --> 00:00:34.267 Linus: Really? 18 00:00:34.467 --> 00:00:35.035 Sammy: Yeah. 19 00:00:35.168 --> 00:00:35.435 Linus: Oh. 20 00:00:35.435 --> 00:00:36.136 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 21 00:00:36.136 --> 00:00:37.737 Linus: Well then they're liars, all of them. 22 00:00:37.804 --> 00:00:38.338 Linus: Man, I don't know; 23 00:00:38.338 --> 00:00:40.807 I'm worried about this because I literally 24 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.978 Anytime this comes up, I don't even remember that first interaction, 25 00:00:45.011 --> 00:00:47.247 but it seems to make a big impact on the other person. 26 00:00:47.347 --> 00:00:50.550 Like Dan's whole thing, the first time I met him I apparently said, 27 00:00:50.650 --> 00:00:54.354 \"Who the f*** is Daniel Besser?\", while I handed him a key for the building. 28 00:00:54.387 --> 00:00:57.590 And the joke in my mind was, I've never even met this guy; 29 00:00:57.690 --> 00:00:59.826 and I'm giving him the keys to the kingdom. 30 00:01:00.026 --> 00:01:00.493 Sammy: Oooooh. 31 00:01:00.493 --> 00:01:03.630 Linus: But all he heard was, \"who the f*** is Daniel Besser?\". 32 00:01:04.297 --> 00:01:07.600 So he didn't have the context that was in my brain. 33 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:08.802 Sammy: Do you remember Andrew's first? 34 00:01:08.902 --> 00:01:10.870 Linus: I'm going to guess that I forgot his name. 35 00:01:10.870 --> 00:01:15.208 He started around the same time as like a bunch of people in the shooting editing department. 36 00:01:15.241 --> 00:01:17.477 And like some of them worked in editing and some in shooting; 37 00:01:17.477 --> 00:01:19.979 and I just, I had no idea who anyone was. 38 00:01:20.246 --> 00:01:21.347 Linus: Andrew ran away? 39 00:01:21.548 --> 00:01:24.050 I mean, it's not like I don't have him on Teams; I can still call him. 40 00:01:24.050 --> 00:01:26.019 Andrew: I had to do sponsor spots one time. 41 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:26.753 Andy called me in. 42 00:01:26.753 --> 00:01:28.488 I was editing away and Andy's like, 43 00:01:28.488 --> 00:01:30.657 oh, I think we need someone to go do sponsor spots. 44 00:01:30.723 --> 00:01:31.758 I was like, okay cool, sure. 45 00:01:31.925 --> 00:01:35.295 Like right now, I can't really see Sammy that clear behind the camera. 46 00:01:35.295 --> 00:01:36.129 So he was a bit like, 47 00:01:36.563 --> 00:01:39.799 oh hello? Are you going to introduce yourself? 48 00:01:40.433 --> 00:01:41.201 Linus: Hahahaha. 49 00:01:41.301 --> 00:01:42.168 Andrew: Yeah, I'm Andrew; 50 00:01:42.168 --> 00:01:43.770 we've kind of already met before but, 51 00:01:43.803 --> 00:01:45.205 you know, how's it going? Whatever. 52 00:01:45.738 --> 00:01:46.773 And then the third time... 53 00:01:46.773 --> 00:01:47.373 Linus: Oh, no. 54 00:01:48.108 --> 00:01:49.776 Linus: How many times did I forget him? 55 00:01:50.677 --> 00:01:51.544 Sammy: Apparently three times. 56 00:01:51.678 --> 00:01:52.312 Sammy: Hahahaha. 57 00:01:53.847 --> 00:01:54.647 Andrew: ...Fools video. 58 00:01:54.781 --> 00:01:57.817 Andrew: Oh my God; it's three April Fools videos ago now. 59 00:01:57.817 --> 00:01:59.352 Riley's parents were here. 60 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:03.423 And I was operating the... I was helping operate B-Cam. 61 00:02:03.423 --> 00:02:06.493 I think Andy was on the crane at the time, the jib. 62 00:02:06.626 --> 00:02:09.729 Linus just walks in and looks right at me and says, 63 00:02:10.763 --> 00:02:12.065 are you going to introduce yourself? 64 00:02:12.065 --> 00:02:13.199 Andrew: Like, as in like expecting- 65 00:02:13.299 --> 00:02:16.469 Andrew: I was like dude, like I've been here since February now. 66 00:02:16.469 --> 00:02:20.140 Andrew: It's like deep into... not April, but deep into March. 67 00:02:20.140 --> 00:02:22.075 Linus: You're relatively new; I forget your name, I'm sorry. 68 00:02:22.075 --> 00:02:22.509 Andrew: Andrew. 69 00:02:22.542 --> 00:02:24.277 Sammy: I think it's been like five months. 70 00:02:24.777 --> 00:02:26.146 Linus: Oh my God. 71 00:02:26.179 --> 00:02:28.381 Linus: Alright; I don't think there's any way I get out of this one 72 00:02:28.381 --> 00:02:33.052 because he has literal videographic evidence of me forgetting his name. 73 00:02:33.052 --> 00:02:36.723 Linus: The only thing, the only thing that I can say in my defense 74 00:02:36.756 --> 00:02:40.560 is that we were hiring extremely aggressively at that time. 75 00:02:41.461 --> 00:02:45.064 And I am bad with names. 76 00:02:45.064 --> 00:02:46.900 Andrew: Just whatever, man; you know what I mean? 77 00:02:46.933 --> 00:02:47.867 Linus: Just whatever. 78 00:02:48.101 --> 00:02:49.569 Linus: Hey, I know your name now. 79 00:02:49.669 --> 00:02:50.503 Andrew: Yeah, I know. 80 00:02:50.503 --> 00:02:51.037 Linus: Yeah. 81 00:02:51.204 --> 00:02:52.005 Linus: Prince Andrew. 82 00:02:52.205 --> 00:02:54.307 Andrew: It was very much... because it was the exact same, 83 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:56.910 he said the exact same thing every time. 84 00:02:56.910 --> 00:02:58.278 Andrew: ...putting on the onus on me- 85 00:02:58.411 --> 00:02:59.512 Linus: You know what? No. 86 00:02:59.546 --> 00:03:00.680 Okay, you know what? 87 00:03:00.713 --> 00:03:02.048 Linus: Here's what I'm going to go with. 88 00:03:02.615 --> 00:03:05.051 Is joke, I did it on purpose. 89 00:03:05.185 --> 00:03:07.620 Linus: He doesn't believe- He's right there, he's right there. 90 00:03:08.454 --> 00:03:10.757 He doesn't believe it for a minute. 91 00:03:10.890 --> 00:03:12.158 Linus: I don't believe me. 92 00:03:12.258 --> 00:03:14.527 Andrew: ...to introduce myself to him; that type of thing. 93 00:03:14.561 --> 00:03:16.529 Andrew: I was like, f***, you know? He doesn't remember. 94 00:03:16.930 --> 00:03:19.432 Vance: My name is Vance, I am the executive assistant. 95 00:03:19.499 --> 00:03:22.435 Linus: Oh, no; I think I know this story. 96 00:03:23.836 --> 00:03:24.637 Linus: Oh. 97 00:03:25.572 --> 00:03:28.208 I think he was sitting in my office shadowing me; 98 00:03:28.208 --> 00:03:29.442 and at some point, I'm just like... 99 00:03:29.576 --> 00:03:32.946 \"You know you can talk, right?\"; Or something like that, I don't- 100 00:03:32.946 --> 00:03:33.746 Linus: Oh no. 101 00:03:33.980 --> 00:03:35.114 Vance: Colton was showing me around; 102 00:03:35.148 --> 00:03:39.385 and so he had me kind of sit with Linus in his office to kind of shadow him. 103 00:03:39.385 --> 00:03:43.856 And he says to me, he's like, \"so... do I have to talk to you?\" . 104 00:03:43.957 --> 00:03:44.991 Vance: I sat there and I was like- 105 00:03:44.991 --> 00:03:47.026 Linus: Oh, no; that is it, isn't it? Sammy: Hahahahahahaha, that's so much- 106 00:03:47.026 --> 00:03:47.493 Linus: Oh, no. 107 00:03:47.493 --> 00:03:48.328 Sammy: It's much worse. 108 00:03:49.162 --> 00:03:50.997 Linus: I was trying to get, I was trying to get more- 109 00:03:50.997 --> 00:03:52.732 I've never had an assistant before. 110 00:03:53.433 --> 00:03:53.766 Linus: Okay. 111 00:03:53.766 --> 00:03:56.769 Linus: I didn't know what I was- Like, was I supposed to assign him something to do? 112 00:03:56.769 --> 00:03:57.637 Linus: I didn't know! 113 00:03:57.737 --> 00:04:00.740 Linus: Man, my social skills are really kind of a problem, huh? 114 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.243 You know, I know autism runs in my family, but... 115 00:04:05.245 --> 00:04:06.179 Reece: It runs in your company. 116 00:04:06.279 --> 00:04:06.913 Linus: Pfffffff. 117 00:04:06.913 --> 00:04:09.015 Vance: In my head I was like, I have no idea how to respond to this, 118 00:04:09.015 --> 00:04:09.582 because, uh... 119 00:04:12.285 --> 00:04:15.521 Vance: What do you say to your boss, who's just like... 120 00:04:16.522 --> 00:04:17.757 I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic. 121 00:04:17.757 --> 00:04:20.793 I couldn't tell if he was trying to be funny or if he was just like- 122 00:04:20.793 --> 00:04:21.327 Linus: Okay. 123 00:04:21.961 --> 00:04:24.430 Linus: I'm almost always trying to be funny, 124 00:04:24.564 --> 00:04:31.204 but I almost always have extra context in my head that I do not share with anybody. 125 00:04:31.237 --> 00:04:33.406 Sammy: Was that a joke, then? Or were you just serious? 126 00:04:33.506 --> 00:04:37.443 Linus: Well, it was a- It was a real thing I wanted to know. 127 00:04:37.844 --> 00:04:42.148 Linus: The question was like what's the deal? I don't understand how this works. 128 00:04:42.348 --> 00:04:43.683 What's the dynamic? 129 00:04:43.783 --> 00:04:44.717 Do we banter? 130 00:04:44.717 --> 00:04:46.019 Do I assign you projects? 131 00:04:46.019 --> 00:04:48.588 I just have no idea what this is or how this works, because they just- 132 00:04:48.621 --> 00:04:50.723 Linus: Like, they just hired me an EA. 133 00:04:50.757 --> 00:04:53.293 Like, it wasn't even something I really wanted. 134 00:04:53.326 --> 00:04:57.063 So it was like partially yes, I don't understand this dynamic; 135 00:04:57.063 --> 00:05:02.835 and trying to defuse what I perceived as tension with a joke that clearly... 136 00:05:04.237 --> 00:05:05.071 made it much worse. 137 00:05:05.071 --> 00:05:07.273 Vance: If he just felt awkward about having an executive assistant. 138 00:05:07.273 --> 00:05:08.141 Linus: Yes, that. 139 00:05:08.141 --> 00:05:09.242 Vance: ...like, the first one that he's had. 140 00:05:09.375 --> 00:05:12.178 Vance: So I was just like I mean, you can if you want to. 141 00:05:12.211 --> 00:05:15.915 But realistically, we're probably going to have to talk a little bit. 142 00:05:15.915 --> 00:05:17.317 But yeah, that was my first interaction. 143 00:05:17.317 --> 00:05:20.653 And that was... that set us up for a very interesting first like- 144 00:05:21.087 --> 00:05:21.487 Linus: *Sighs* 145 00:05:21.487 --> 00:05:22.355 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 146 00:05:22.422 --> 00:05:25.058 Linus: Her, I don't even remember specifically meeting. 147 00:05:25.058 --> 00:05:27.160 I know her because she comes to Badminton Night; 148 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:30.229 other than that I don't think we've ever worked on anything together. 149 00:05:30.229 --> 00:05:32.365 Linus: So, like that's the thing, 150 00:05:32.365 --> 00:05:35.702 is the way that I would get to know people when we were a smaller company 151 00:05:35.702 --> 00:05:41.074 was usually I would read their cover letter and resume and interview them, 152 00:05:41.074 --> 00:05:44.977 because I was HR; and then you know, 153 00:05:44.977 --> 00:05:47.380 even when we were a little bit bigger than that 154 00:05:47.380 --> 00:05:50.983 and I wasn't necessarily handling hiring, I would almost certainly work 155 00:05:50.983 --> 00:05:53.353 with just about everybody on a project at some point, 156 00:05:53.353 --> 00:05:56.189 because I was the head, de facto head sometimes, 157 00:05:56.222 --> 00:05:58.591 of every department in the entire company. 158 00:05:58.591 --> 00:06:01.894 So I would meet everybody and I would do something with them. 159 00:06:01.894 --> 00:06:06.466 I'd get a measure of them and I'd get something indelible in my mind about them. 160 00:06:06.466 --> 00:06:11.237 There are people who work here who I have literally never worked with directly 161 00:06:11.337 --> 00:06:15.375 because they are several layers abstracted from me. 162 00:06:16.309 --> 00:06:17.243 Linus: Nicole is one of them. 163 00:06:17.243 --> 00:06:19.545 Linus: But like I said, I just know her because she plays Badminton. 164 00:06:19.545 --> 00:06:22.215 So, I met Linus when I was like in eighth grade. 165 00:06:22.215 --> 00:06:23.950 Nicole: I was going to our- 166 00:06:23.950 --> 00:06:24.884 Linus: Oh, s***. 167 00:06:25.017 --> 00:06:25.752 Sammy: Hahahahahahaha. 168 00:06:25.752 --> 00:06:27.854 Linus: Not in like, not in like a... 169 00:06:27.954 --> 00:06:31.157 \"and he was a YouTuber and we were in a Discord chat\" way. 170 00:06:31.157 --> 00:06:31.858 Sammy: Wait no...! 171 00:06:32.125 --> 00:06:35.395 Linus: Well, look it's a valid concern people might have! 172 00:06:36.529 --> 00:06:37.797 Linus: That's not my thing. 173 00:06:38.598 --> 00:06:40.933 I'm the exception that proves the rule. 174 00:06:40.933 --> 00:06:42.502 Linus: I have no idea what she's about to say though, 175 00:06:42.502 --> 00:06:44.270 because I have no recollection of this. 176 00:06:44.270 --> 00:06:47.774 Nicole: Our local rec center and I didn't know who this YouTuber was 177 00:06:47.774 --> 00:06:49.342 and I didn't even know he lived in Canada. 178 00:06:49.342 --> 00:06:51.077 Oh, it's this guy. 179 00:06:51.077 --> 00:06:54.247 The guy who we always hear in the background so loud and proud. 180 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.649 And then I completely forget about the guy. 181 00:06:56.649 --> 00:07:00.953 Continues to not watch any of the Linus YouTube videos. 182 00:07:00.953 --> 00:07:03.156 Linus: Yeah, tell me how you really feel about the channel Nicole. 183 00:07:03.156 --> 00:07:03.790 Linus: Alright, alright. 184 00:07:03.890 --> 00:07:06.426 Nicole: And then I haven't met or talked to Linus ever since; 185 00:07:06.426 --> 00:07:10.029 and I think it took about a week for me to actually like, meet him in person. 186 00:07:10.763 --> 00:07:11.531 Nicole: So, I was on my- 187 00:07:11.697 --> 00:07:13.332 Linus: Okay, this I think I remember. 188 00:07:13.332 --> 00:07:16.502 I think I was in the parking lot and it was like super awkward. 189 00:07:16.636 --> 00:07:20.473 Nicole: And I was about to go into my car and as I'm about to close the car door, 190 00:07:20.673 --> 00:07:24.744 I see Terren and Linus like immediately in front of me, 191 00:07:24.744 --> 00:07:26.813 like a few, I want to say like five feet away. 192 00:07:26.913 --> 00:07:29.682 I waved to them because I guess they didn't know me at the time too, 193 00:07:29.682 --> 00:07:30.316 and they waved to me. 194 00:07:30.416 --> 00:07:31.317 I waved to them back. 195 00:07:31.451 --> 00:07:34.253 I was like, oh well, I can't just leave now; 196 00:07:34.253 --> 00:07:36.322 I can't just go into my car and then drive away- 197 00:07:36.322 --> 00:07:36.923 Linus: You could have. 198 00:07:38.224 --> 00:07:40.860 Linus: Actually, I probably would have been fine, but- 199 00:07:40.993 --> 00:07:43.362 Nicole: You know, I took some deep breaths and I was like, 200 00:07:43.496 --> 00:07:45.932 okay, I have to go introduce myself I guess. 201 00:07:46.065 --> 00:07:49.068 And then I went up to them, shake their hand all sweaty. 202 00:07:49.068 --> 00:07:51.270 And I was like, oh nice to meet you; I'm your new hire. 203 00:07:53.372 --> 00:07:54.874 So, you're my boss. 204 00:07:55.007 --> 00:07:58.211 Nicole: And Linus goes, oh, no, no, no; I am no longer your boss; 205 00:07:58.344 --> 00:08:02.048 it's this guy now, I'm your simple guiding north star. 206 00:08:02.148 --> 00:08:03.583 Linus: Okay; again, joke. 207 00:08:04.150 --> 00:08:04.650 Linus: Joke. 208 00:08:04.650 --> 00:08:05.918 Sammy: Joke!? Like what? Linus: Yeah. I'm making- 209 00:08:05.918 --> 00:08:08.588 Well, I'm making fun of my bulls*** made up title. 210 00:08:08.588 --> 00:08:10.890 Sammy: Oooh. Linus: Chief Vision Officer? What the f***'s a Vision Officer? 211 00:08:10.890 --> 00:08:12.058 Sammy: You have a vision for the company. 212 00:08:12.058 --> 00:08:14.360 Linus: Well yeah, exactly. 213 00:08:14.460 --> 00:08:16.829 It's like, it's like a, it's like a north star. 214 00:08:16.829 --> 00:08:19.165 It's like, the point of it is that it's like 215 00:08:19.165 --> 00:08:22.268 it's far enough away that there's nothing directly actionable. 216 00:08:22.802 --> 00:08:23.669 You know, it's a vision. 217 00:08:23.836 --> 00:08:26.272 Sammy: So, so your encounter with Nicole was two awkward people 218 00:08:26.272 --> 00:08:27.974 who didn't want to talk to each other, talk to each other. 219 00:08:29.208 --> 00:08:29.809 Linus: Alright, Seddon. 220 00:08:29.809 --> 00:08:30.676 Emily: ...Emily Seddon, I- 221 00:08:30.676 --> 00:08:31.177 Linus: Hold on. 222 00:08:31.277 --> 00:08:32.411 Linus: Oh, man, what was... 223 00:08:36.349 --> 00:08:40.353 Linus: Okay Seddon, I've gotten a chance to bond with because we got stuck in Seattle once. 224 00:08:40.486 --> 00:08:43.222 We like missed our flight from Seattle to Vancouver. 225 00:08:43.356 --> 00:08:46.459 And I was like hey look, with how long this is going to be delayed 226 00:08:46.459 --> 00:08:47.927 it'd actually be faster for us to drive. 227 00:08:48.027 --> 00:08:54.233 So we drove up from Seattle to Vancouver and bonded over our love of generation spanning, 228 00:08:54.400 --> 00:08:56.469 incredible talent, simple plan. 229 00:08:57.670 --> 00:08:59.438 I don't remember the first time I met her though; 230 00:08:59.872 --> 00:09:03.009 and she was also hired around the same time as Andrew. 231 00:09:03.042 --> 00:09:05.411 Actually, a little before I think; so like... 232 00:09:07.446 --> 00:09:10.283 They were just testing to see if I was any good you know, 233 00:09:10.283 --> 00:09:15.021 stressed beyond belief; and Linus walked in and like walked right past and was like, 234 00:09:15.054 --> 00:09:16.889 turned around like, who are you? 235 00:09:17.456 --> 00:09:20.293 And you know, when you know, you're supposed to be there 236 00:09:20.293 --> 00:09:23.229 but then you feel like maybe you're not supposed to be there, so it was a little scary. 237 00:09:23.262 --> 00:09:29.669 Um, and then I just said I was on my trial day and he's like well, good luck! 238 00:09:29.869 --> 00:09:30.736 Emily: And then left. 239 00:09:31.237 --> 00:09:35.041 Linus: Oh, it all sounds so much more horrible when they tell the stories. 240 00:09:35.641 --> 00:09:36.742 Sammy: Well, that's how they felt you know? 241 00:09:36.842 --> 00:09:37.510 Linus: Ugh! 242 00:09:37.677 --> 00:09:39.078 Linus: See, I don't remember any of this; 243 00:09:39.478 --> 00:09:42.648 like exactly, like I kind of remembered the Vance thing, 244 00:09:42.648 --> 00:09:45.484 but clearly I believe his account of it. 245 00:09:45.484 --> 00:09:47.820 I'm not going to stand by my account. 246 00:09:48.154 --> 00:09:51.290 So I just like, I can't even really defend any of this 247 00:09:51.290 --> 00:09:54.126 other than that usually I'm like joking. 248 00:09:54.126 --> 00:09:57.263 I am trying to insert levity into the situation; 249 00:09:57.263 --> 00:10:01.701 Linus: and clearly I insert awkwardness into the situation. Sammy: Hahahahaha. 250 00:10:01.701 --> 00:10:02.468 Linus: Okay. 251 00:10:02.468 --> 00:10:03.035 Sammy: What was it? 252 00:10:03.169 --> 00:10:04.403 Linus: I'm guessing. 253 00:10:04.870 --> 00:10:08.240 Linus: He had to like get into my house when I wasn't there I think, 254 00:10:08.975 --> 00:10:10.343 I'm going to guess it's to do with that. 255 00:10:10.476 --> 00:10:13.245 Jordan: My very first day after a writer's meeting, 256 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.048 I was sent to his house to fix his Wi-Fi. 257 00:10:16.048 --> 00:10:20.319 Jordan: And uh, I had to call him up and get access to his house because nobody was home. 258 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:22.855 Um, so the very first time I talked to the boss, 259 00:10:22.888 --> 00:10:25.825 I'm like, hey you don't know me, but I need to get into your house right now. 260 00:10:25.825 --> 00:10:27.293 And he's like, oh yeah, sure; no problem. 261 00:10:27.293 --> 00:10:28.227 Jordan: Hit's the button and- 262 00:10:28.361 --> 00:10:30.596 Andy: Hi, my name is Andy, production supervisor- 263 00:10:30.796 --> 00:10:32.665 Linus: I mean, I probably was aware of him. 264 00:10:33.933 --> 00:10:34.634 Linus: Let's go with that. 265 00:10:35.101 --> 00:10:36.702 Linus: This is a long time ago, dude. 266 00:10:36.702 --> 00:10:38.437 Linus: Andy's at five years now aint he? 267 00:10:38.437 --> 00:10:39.639 Sammy: Yeah, I think Andy's six. 268 00:10:39.805 --> 00:10:40.373 Linus: Yeah. 269 00:10:40.673 --> 00:10:43.175 Linus: Like dude, this is a thousand years ago; I got no idea. 270 00:10:43.309 --> 00:10:48.047 Andy: I was doing my interview and then Linus was like poking his head into the room, 271 00:10:48.180 --> 00:10:53.686 told a joke that I don't really get it, but I laughed anyway; 272 00:10:53.686 --> 00:10:58.658 so I think that was my first weird experience. 273 00:10:58.658 --> 00:10:59.625 Sammy: ...blowing smoke up your ass. 274 00:10:59.625 --> 00:11:02.194 Linus: Why you got to say your first weird experience? 275 00:11:02.194 --> 00:11:05.231 That makes it sound like there's other weird experiences. 276 00:11:05.264 --> 00:11:09.001 Andy: Well, that was a test; so to see if you can work here 277 00:11:09.001 --> 00:11:14.273 and also like to see if you are a funny person or not, I guess I passed. 278 00:11:14.407 --> 00:11:15.141 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 279 00:11:15.608 --> 00:11:19.311 Linus: No, that had nothing to do with the hiring process! 280 00:11:20.046 --> 00:11:21.347 Sammy: It wasn't a sneak test? 281 00:11:21.447 --> 00:11:24.884 Linus: No, by the time he was hired I had nothing to do with hiring. 282 00:11:25.551 --> 00:11:27.520 Linus: Uh, maybe writing department still. 283 00:11:29.121 --> 00:11:30.256 No, I don't think so. 284 00:11:30.356 --> 00:11:32.191 Mark: So my name is Mark Rathgaber- 285 00:11:32.525 --> 00:11:36.395 Linus: There's no way that I didn't make an \"Oh Hi Mark\" reference. 286 00:11:36.395 --> 00:11:39.331 There's no way, I don't remember but there's no way. 287 00:11:39.331 --> 00:11:43.602 Mark: He found out my name from somebody else and he said, \"Oh Hi Mark\". 288 00:11:44.570 --> 00:11:47.606 And he hasn't said anything else to me ever since. Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 289 00:11:47.640 --> 00:11:48.607 Linus: Oh, that's not true. 290 00:11:48.741 --> 00:11:49.642 Linus: That's not true! 291 00:11:49.642 --> 00:11:50.176 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 292 00:11:50.176 --> 00:11:51.911 Linus: That's a lie, that's a lie. 293 00:11:51.911 --> 00:11:53.813 That's the, that's totally... 294 00:11:54.346 --> 00:11:57.383 that's so Mark; that's, that's so Mark. 295 00:11:57.416 --> 00:12:00.786 Linus: We worked together on that project backing up VHS tapes. 296 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:03.923 That is my video proof that we have interacted. Sammy: Hahahaha. 297 00:12:03.956 --> 00:12:04.990 Linus: Okay, Sammy. 298 00:12:04.990 --> 00:12:05.524 Sammy: Huh? 299 00:12:05.624 --> 00:12:06.058 Sammy: Yes. 300 00:12:06.158 --> 00:12:07.626 Linus: Okay, he cut himself out of the video; 301 00:12:07.626 --> 00:12:10.996 Linus: so now you can't, so you have to tell your story. Sammy: Okay. Sammy: Hahahahaha. 302 00:12:10.996 --> 00:12:11.363 Sammy: Yeah. 303 00:12:11.363 --> 00:12:13.733 So the first time I met Linus, met you... 304 00:12:13.733 --> 00:12:14.266 Linus: I'm right here. 305 00:12:14.300 --> 00:12:14.633 Sammy: Yeah. 306 00:12:14.734 --> 00:12:15.768 Sammy: I was in a trial day. 307 00:12:15.901 --> 00:12:16.335 Linus: Mhmm. 308 00:12:16.435 --> 00:12:18.437 Sammy: I was shooting, I was really nervous out of my mind. 309 00:12:18.537 --> 00:12:20.272 And then Andy was telling me how to run the camera. 310 00:12:20.406 --> 00:12:20.906 Linus: Mhmm. 311 00:12:21.006 --> 00:12:22.508 Sammy: And then as I was talking to Andy- 312 00:12:22.608 --> 00:12:23.609 Linus: Did he tell you how to use a mic? 313 00:12:23.709 --> 00:12:24.110 Sammy: No. 314 00:12:24.110 --> 00:12:25.611 Linus: You should move it around lots while you're talking or- 315 00:12:25.611 --> 00:12:27.113 Sammy: And I was like, Linus can you do a clap test? 316 00:12:27.413 --> 00:12:29.482 And then he's like, okay but are you gonna introduce yourself? 317 00:12:29.515 --> 00:12:31.917 Stressed out of my mind I forgot to introduce myself. 318 00:12:32.818 --> 00:12:35.488 Second time, because I think you forgot we met. 319 00:12:36.555 --> 00:12:38.924 It's like the case, the cool case you got from China. 320 00:12:38.924 --> 00:12:39.391 Linus: Yeah. 321 00:12:39.525 --> 00:12:41.060 Sammy: I took it apart and even b-rolled from it. 322 00:12:41.093 --> 00:12:43.162 Sammy: And it was faster for me to just take it apart and just to get a shoot. 323 00:12:43.295 --> 00:12:47.266 Sammy: And I finished the shoot, I put it away; and he's like, what are you doing? 324 00:12:47.366 --> 00:12:48.734 Sammy: Like in a very aggressive manner. 325 00:12:48.734 --> 00:12:51.203 And I was like, I'm putting this stuff away. 326 00:12:51.303 --> 00:12:53.506 And then you're like, yeah but why are you putting it away? 327 00:12:53.606 --> 00:12:54.974 I was like, because I took it apart. 328 00:12:55.274 --> 00:12:57.309 And you're like, yeah but why are you putting it away? 329 00:12:57.309 --> 00:12:59.378 I was like, I don't know. 330 00:13:00.012 --> 00:13:01.413 And he just looked at me for like five seconds. 331 00:13:01.413 --> 00:13:03.449 I was like, he's like, okay; and then he just walked away. 332 00:13:04.483 --> 00:13:05.284 Linus: Oh God. 333 00:13:05.518 --> 00:13:07.253 Sammy: And I was like I don't know if this guy likes me anymore. 334 00:13:07.286 --> 00:13:09.688 Linus: No, so what I was probably annoyed with was 335 00:13:09.688 --> 00:13:12.091 that someone else was supposed to put it away. 336 00:13:12.691 --> 00:13:13.526 Sammy: No, me. 337 00:13:13.626 --> 00:13:14.393 Linus: And that it was- 338 00:13:14.493 --> 00:13:19.565 Well, no, because the process back then, 339 00:13:19.565 --> 00:13:19.932 Sammy: Oh. 340 00:13:20.032 --> 00:13:23.369 Linus: was that the shooters are not supposed to be the ones 341 00:13:23.369 --> 00:13:25.838 that had to like move the computers around. 342 00:13:25.905 --> 00:13:28.107 Sammy: Ooooh. Linus: Other people were supposed to be doing it. 343 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:30.743 Sammy: Oooooh. Linus: So what, the fact that you were doing it 344 00:13:30.776 --> 00:13:33.612 Linus: meant there was a significant process breakdown. 345 00:13:33.646 --> 00:13:38.083 Sammy: Ooooh, yeah; because I think at the time we didn't do like ECC stuff. 346 00:13:38.083 --> 00:13:39.685 Sammy: So the video came out the next day. 347 00:13:39.819 --> 00:13:42.588 Linus: Yeah, so I was not annoyed with you at all. 348 00:13:42.621 --> 00:13:47.259 I was annoyed with the situation where you were doing something that wasn't your job. 349 00:13:47.693 --> 00:13:47.993 Sammy: Yeah. 350 00:13:47.993 --> 00:13:50.663 Linus: And that was someone else's job that they were supposed to have done. 351 00:13:50.663 --> 00:13:51.597 Sammy: I'm a hustler. 352 00:13:52.298 --> 00:13:53.265 Sammy: Anything for the company. 353 00:13:53.666 --> 00:13:54.300 Sammy: Shareholder value. 354 00:13:54.667 --> 00:13:56.135 Linus: Alright, we can cut it there. 355 00:13:56.235 --> 00:13:57.269 Sammy: Hahahahahaha!","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Sammy: You'd be like, a lot of you guys watch the video where staff will tell- 2 00:00:03.703 --> 00:00:04.838 Linus: I know how to intro a video. 3 00:00:05.572 --> 00:00:07.807 Sammy: Alright, you know what? I was going to give you a good premise, but my bad. 4 00:00:07.907 --> 00:00:09.242 Linus: Don't tell me how to do my job. 5 00:00:09.242 --> 00:00:09.609 Sammy: Alright. 6 00:00:10.777 --> 00:00:13.113 Linus: That's making it in, that's making it in the final cut. 7 00:00:13.146 --> 00:00:15.248 Linus: Nooooo! You're not rolling are you? 8 00:00:15.248 --> 00:00:15.982 Sammy: I am rolling. 9 00:00:16.182 --> 00:00:16.516 Linus: Noooo-! 10 00:00:16.583 --> 00:00:19.052 Linus: Recently, we uploaded a Floatplane exclusive 11 00:00:19.052 --> 00:00:23.890 that had different members of the team recount their first ever interaction with me. 12 00:00:24.024 --> 00:00:25.425 Linus: I don't know exactly who's in it, 13 00:00:25.558 --> 00:00:29.596 but what I can tell you right now is every single one of them is a damn liar. 14 00:00:29.596 --> 00:00:32.265 There's no way that I am that horrible. 15 00:00:32.298 --> 00:00:33.033 Sammy: No one said you're horrible. 16 00:00:33.066 --> 00:00:33.767 Linus: Can't be true. 17 00:00:33.767 --> 00:00:34.267 Linus: Really? 18 00:00:34.467 --> 00:00:35.035 Sammy: Yeah. 19 00:00:35.168 --> 00:00:35.435 Linus: Oh. 20 00:00:35.435 --> 00:00:36.136 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 21 00:00:36.136 --> 00:00:37.737 Linus: Well then they're liars, all of them. 22 00:00:37.804 --> 00:00:38.338 Linus: Man, I don't know; 23 00:00:38.338 --> 00:00:40.807 I'm worried about this because I literally 24 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.978 Anytime this comes up, I don't even remember that first interaction, 25 00:00:45.011 --> 00:00:47.247 but it seems to make a big impact on the other person. 26 00:00:47.347 --> 00:00:50.550 Like Dan's whole thing, the first time I met him I apparently said, 27 00:00:50.650 --> 00:00:54.354 \"Who the f*** is Daniel Besser?\", while I handed him a key for the building. 28 00:00:54.387 --> 00:00:57.590 And the joke in my mind was, I've never even met this guy; 29 00:00:57.690 --> 00:00:59.826 and I'm giving him the keys to the kingdom. 30 00:01:00.026 --> 00:01:00.493 Sammy: Oooooh. 31 00:01:00.493 --> 00:01:03.630 Linus: But all he heard was, \"who the f*** is Daniel Besser?\". 32 00:01:04.297 --> 00:01:07.600 So he didn't have the context that was in my brain. 33 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:08.802 Sammy: Do you remember Andrew's first? 34 00:01:08.902 --> 00:01:10.870 Linus: I'm going to guess that I forgot his name. 35 00:01:10.870 --> 00:01:15.208 He started around the same time as like a bunch of people in the shooting editing department. 36 00:01:15.241 --> 00:01:17.477 And like some of them worked in editing and some in shooting; 37 00:01:17.477 --> 00:01:19.979 and I just, I had no idea who anyone was. 38 00:01:20.246 --> 00:01:21.347 Linus: Andrew ran away? 39 00:01:21.548 --> 00:01:24.050 I mean, it's not like I don't have him on Teams; I can still call him. 40 00:01:24.050 --> 00:01:26.019 Andrew: I had to do sponsor spots one time. 41 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:26.753 Andy called me in. 42 00:01:26.753 --> 00:01:28.488 I was editing away and Andy's like, 43 00:01:28.488 --> 00:01:30.657 oh, I think we need someone to go do sponsor spots. 44 00:01:30.723 --> 00:01:31.758 I was like, okay cool, sure. 45 00:01:31.925 --> 00:01:35.295 Like right now, I can't really see Sammy that clear behind the camera. 46 00:01:35.295 --> 00:01:36.129 So he was a bit like, 47 00:01:36.563 --> 00:01:39.799 oh hello? Are you going to introduce yourself? 48 00:01:40.433 --> 00:01:41.201 Linus: Hahahaha. 49 00:01:41.301 --> 00:01:42.168 Andrew: Yeah, I'm Andrew; 50 00:01:42.168 --> 00:01:43.770 we've kind of already met before but, 51 00:01:43.803 --> 00:01:45.205 you know, how's it going? Whatever. 52 00:01:45.738 --> 00:01:46.773 And then the third time... 53 00:01:46.773 --> 00:01:47.373 Linus: Oh, no. 54 00:01:48.108 --> 00:01:49.776 Linus: How many times did I forget him? 55 00:01:50.677 --> 00:01:51.544 Sammy: Apparently three times. 56 00:01:51.678 --> 00:01:52.312 Sammy: Hahahaha. 57 00:01:53.847 --> 00:01:54.647 Andrew: ...Fools video. 58 00:01:54.781 --> 00:01:57.817 Andrew: Oh my God; it's three April Fools videos ago now. 59 00:01:57.817 --> 00:01:59.352 Riley's parents were here. 60 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:03.423 And I was operating the... I was helping operate B-Cam. 61 00:02:03.423 --> 00:02:06.493 I think Andy was on the crane at the time, the jib. 62 00:02:06.626 --> 00:02:09.729 Linus just walks in and looks right at me and says, 63 00:02:10.763 --> 00:02:12.065 are you going to introduce yourself? 64 00:02:12.065 --> 00:02:13.199 Andrew: Like, as in like expecting- 65 00:02:13.299 --> 00:02:16.469 Andrew: I was like dude, like I've been here since February now. 66 00:02:16.469 --> 00:02:20.140 Andrew: It's like deep into... not April, but deep into March. 67 00:02:20.140 --> 00:02:22.075 Linus: You're relatively new; I forget your name, I'm sorry. 68 00:02:22.075 --> 00:02:22.509 Andrew: Andrew. 69 00:02:22.542 --> 00:02:24.277 Sammy: I think it's been like five months. 70 00:02:24.777 --> 00:02:26.146 Linus: Oh my God. 71 00:02:26.179 --> 00:02:28.381 Linus: Alright; I don't think there's any way I get out of this one 72 00:02:28.381 --> 00:02:33.052 because he has literal videographic evidence of me forgetting his name. 73 00:02:33.052 --> 00:02:36.723 Linus: The only thing, the only thing that I can say in my defense 74 00:02:36.756 --> 00:02:40.560 is that we were hiring extremely aggressively at that time. 75 00:02:41.461 --> 00:02:45.064 And I am bad with names. 76 00:02:45.064 --> 00:02:46.900 Andrew: Just whatever, man; you know what I mean? 77 00:02:46.933 --> 00:02:47.867 Linus: Just whatever. 78 00:02:48.101 --> 00:02:49.569 Linus: Hey, I know your name now. 79 00:02:49.669 --> 00:02:50.503 Andrew: Yeah, I know. 80 00:02:50.503 --> 00:02:51.037 Linus: Yeah. 81 00:02:51.204 --> 00:02:52.005 Linus: Prince Andrew. 82 00:02:52.205 --> 00:02:54.307 Andrew: It was very much... because it was the exact same, 83 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:56.910 he said the exact same thing every time. 84 00:02:56.910 --> 00:02:58.278 Andrew: ...putting on the onus on me- 85 00:02:58.411 --> 00:02:59.512 Linus: You know what? No. 86 00:02:59.546 --> 00:03:00.680 Okay, you know what? 87 00:03:00.713 --> 00:03:02.048 Linus: Here's what I'm going to go with. 88 00:03:02.615 --> 00:03:05.051 Is joke, I did it on purpose. 89 00:03:05.185 --> 00:03:07.620 Linus: He doesn't believe- He's right there, he's right there. 90 00:03:08.454 --> 00:03:10.757 He doesn't believe it for a minute. 91 00:03:10.890 --> 00:03:12.158 Linus: I don't believe me. 92 00:03:12.258 --> 00:03:14.527 Andrew: ...to introduce myself to him; that type of thing. 93 00:03:14.561 --> 00:03:16.529 Andrew: I was like, f***, you know? He doesn't remember. 94 00:03:16.930 --> 00:03:19.432 Vance: My name is Vance, I am the executive assistant. 95 00:03:19.499 --> 00:03:22.435 Linus: Oh, no; I think I know this story. 96 00:03:23.836 --> 00:03:24.637 Linus: Oh. 97 00:03:25.572 --> 00:03:28.208 I think he was sitting in my office shadowing me; 98 00:03:28.208 --> 00:03:29.442 and at some point, I'm just like... 99 00:03:29.576 --> 00:03:32.946 \"You know you can talk, right?\"; Or something like that, I don't- 100 00:03:32.946 --> 00:03:33.746 Linus: Oh no. 101 00:03:33.980 --> 00:03:35.114 Vance: Colton was showing me around; 102 00:03:35.148 --> 00:03:39.385 and so he had me kind of sit with Linus in his office to kind of shadow him. 103 00:03:39.385 --> 00:03:43.856 And he says to me, he's like, \"so... do I have to talk to you?\" . 104 00:03:43.957 --> 00:03:44.991 Vance: I sat there and I was like- 105 00:03:44.991 --> 00:03:47.026 Linus: Oh, no; that is it, isn't it? Sammy: Hahahahahahaha, that's so much- 106 00:03:47.026 --> 00:03:47.493 Linus: Oh, no. 107 00:03:47.493 --> 00:03:48.328 Sammy: It's much worse. 108 00:03:49.162 --> 00:03:50.997 Linus: I was trying to get, I was trying to get more- 109 00:03:50.997 --> 00:03:52.732 I've never had an assistant before. 110 00:03:53.433 --> 00:03:53.766 Linus: Okay. 111 00:03:53.766 --> 00:03:56.769 Linus: I didn't know what I was- Like, was I supposed to assign him something to do? 112 00:03:56.769 --> 00:03:57.637 Linus: I didn't know! 113 00:03:57.737 --> 00:04:00.740 Linus: Man, my social skills are really kind of a problem, huh? 114 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.243 You know, I know autism runs in my family, but... 115 00:04:05.245 --> 00:04:06.179 Reece: It runs in your company. 116 00:04:06.279 --> 00:04:06.913 Linus: Pfffffff. 117 00:04:06.913 --> 00:04:09.015 Vance: In my head I was like, I have no idea how to respond to this, 118 00:04:09.015 --> 00:04:09.582 because, uh... 119 00:04:12.285 --> 00:04:15.521 Vance: What do you say to your boss, who's just like... 120 00:04:16.522 --> 00:04:17.757 I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic. 121 00:04:17.757 --> 00:04:20.793 I couldn't tell if he was trying to be funny or if he was just like- 122 00:04:20.793 --> 00:04:21.327 Linus: Okay. 123 00:04:21.961 --> 00:04:24.430 Linus: I'm almost always trying to be funny, 124 00:04:24.564 --> 00:04:31.204 but I almost always have extra context in my head that I do not share with anybody. 125 00:04:31.237 --> 00:04:33.406 Sammy: Was that a joke, then? Or were you just serious? 126 00:04:33.506 --> 00:04:37.443 Linus: Well, it was a- It was a real thing I wanted to know. 127 00:04:37.844 --> 00:04:42.148 Linus: The question was like what's the deal? I don't understand how this works. 128 00:04:42.348 --> 00:04:43.683 What's the dynamic? 129 00:04:43.783 --> 00:04:44.717 Do we banter? 130 00:04:44.717 --> 00:04:46.019 Do I assign you projects? 131 00:04:46.019 --> 00:04:48.588 I just have no idea what this is or how this works, because they just- 132 00:04:48.621 --> 00:04:50.723 Linus: Like, they just hired me an EA. 133 00:04:50.757 --> 00:04:53.293 Like, it wasn't even something I really wanted. 134 00:04:53.326 --> 00:04:57.063 So it was like partially yes, I don't understand this dynamic; 135 00:04:57.063 --> 00:05:02.835 and trying to defuse what I perceived as tension with a joke that clearly... 136 00:05:04.237 --> 00:05:05.071 made it much worse. 137 00:05:05.071 --> 00:05:07.273 Vance: If he just felt awkward about having an executive assistant. 138 00:05:07.273 --> 00:05:08.141 Linus: Yes, that. 139 00:05:08.141 --> 00:05:09.242 Vance: ...like, the first one that he's had. 140 00:05:09.375 --> 00:05:12.178 Vance: So I was just like I mean, you can if you want to. 141 00:05:12.211 --> 00:05:15.915 But realistically, we're probably going to have to talk a little bit. 142 00:05:15.915 --> 00:05:17.317 But yeah, that was my first interaction. 143 00:05:17.317 --> 00:05:20.653 And that was... that set us up for a very interesting first like- 144 00:05:21.087 --> 00:05:21.487 Linus: *Sighs* 145 00:05:21.487 --> 00:05:22.355 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 146 00:05:22.422 --> 00:05:25.058 Linus: Her, I don't even remember specifically meeting. 147 00:05:25.058 --> 00:05:27.160 I know her because she comes to Badminton Night; 148 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:30.229 other than that I don't think we've ever worked on anything together. 149 00:05:30.229 --> 00:05:32.365 Linus: So, like that's the thing, 150 00:05:32.365 --> 00:05:35.702 is the way that I would get to know people when we were a smaller company 151 00:05:35.702 --> 00:05:41.074 was usually I would read their cover letter and resume and interview them, 152 00:05:41.074 --> 00:05:44.977 because I was HR; and then you know, 153 00:05:44.977 --> 00:05:47.380 even when we were a little bit bigger than that 154 00:05:47.380 --> 00:05:50.983 and I wasn't necessarily handling hiring, I would almost certainly work 155 00:05:50.983 --> 00:05:53.353 with just about everybody on a project at some point, 156 00:05:53.353 --> 00:05:56.189 because I was the head, de facto head sometimes, 157 00:05:56.222 --> 00:05:58.591 of every department in the entire company. 158 00:05:58.591 --> 00:06:01.894 So I would meet everybody and I would do something with them. 159 00:06:01.894 --> 00:06:06.466 I'd get a measure of them and I'd get something indelible in my mind about them. 160 00:06:06.466 --> 00:06:11.237 There are people who work here who I have literally never worked with directly 161 00:06:11.337 --> 00:06:15.375 because they are several layers abstracted from me. 162 00:06:16.309 --> 00:06:17.243 Linus: Nicole is one of them. 163 00:06:17.243 --> 00:06:19.545 Linus: But like I said, I just know her because she plays Badminton. 164 00:06:19.545 --> 00:06:22.215 So, I met Linus when I was like in eighth grade. 165 00:06:22.215 --> 00:06:23.950 Nicole: I was going to our- 166 00:06:23.950 --> 00:06:24.884 Linus: Oh, s***. 167 00:06:25.017 --> 00:06:25.752 Sammy: Hahahahahahaha. 168 00:06:25.752 --> 00:06:27.854 Linus: Not in like, not in like a... 169 00:06:27.954 --> 00:06:31.157 \"and he was a YouTuber and we were in a Discord chat\" way. 170 00:06:31.157 --> 00:06:31.858 Sammy: Wait no...! 171 00:06:32.125 --> 00:06:35.395 Linus: Well, look it's a valid concern people might have! 172 00:06:36.529 --> 00:06:37.797 Linus: That's not my thing. 173 00:06:38.598 --> 00:06:40.933 I'm the exception that proves the rule. 174 00:06:40.933 --> 00:06:42.502 Linus: I have no idea what she's about to say though, 175 00:06:42.502 --> 00:06:44.270 because I have no recollection of this. 176 00:06:44.270 --> 00:06:47.774 Nicole: Our local rec center and I didn't know who this YouTuber was 177 00:06:47.774 --> 00:06:49.342 and I didn't even know he lived in Canada. 178 00:06:49.342 --> 00:06:51.077 Oh, it's this guy. 179 00:06:51.077 --> 00:06:54.247 The guy who we always hear in the background so loud and proud. 180 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.649 And then I completely forget about the guy. 181 00:06:56.649 --> 00:07:00.953 Continues to not watch any of the Linus YouTube videos. 182 00:07:00.953 --> 00:07:03.156 Linus: Yeah, tell me how you really feel about the channel Nicole. 183 00:07:03.156 --> 00:07:03.790 Linus: Alright, alright. 184 00:07:03.890 --> 00:07:06.426 Nicole: And then I haven't met or talked to Linus ever since; 185 00:07:06.426 --> 00:07:10.029 and I think it took about a week for me to actually like, meet him in person. 186 00:07:10.763 --> 00:07:11.531 Nicole: So, I was on my- 187 00:07:11.697 --> 00:07:13.332 Linus: Okay, this I think I remember. 188 00:07:13.332 --> 00:07:16.502 I think I was in the parking lot and it was like super awkward. 189 00:07:16.636 --> 00:07:20.473 Nicole: And I was about to go into my car and as I'm about to close the car door, 190 00:07:20.673 --> 00:07:24.744 I see Terren and Linus like immediately in front of me, 191 00:07:24.744 --> 00:07:26.813 like a few, I want to say like five feet away. 192 00:07:26.913 --> 00:07:29.682 I waved to them because I guess they didn't know me at the time too, 193 00:07:29.682 --> 00:07:30.316 and they waved to me. 194 00:07:30.416 --> 00:07:31.317 I waved to them back. 195 00:07:31.451 --> 00:07:34.253 I was like, oh well, I can't just leave now; 196 00:07:34.253 --> 00:07:36.322 I can't just go into my car and then drive away- 197 00:07:36.322 --> 00:07:36.923 Linus: You could have. 198 00:07:38.224 --> 00:07:40.860 Linus: Actually, I probably would have been fine, but- 199 00:07:40.993 --> 00:07:43.362 Nicole: You know, I took some deep breaths and I was like, 200 00:07:43.496 --> 00:07:45.932 okay, I have to go introduce myself I guess. 201 00:07:46.065 --> 00:07:49.068 And then I went up to them, shake their hand all sweaty. 202 00:07:49.068 --> 00:07:51.270 And I was like, oh nice to meet you; I'm your new hire. 203 00:07:53.372 --> 00:07:54.874 So, you're my boss. 204 00:07:55.007 --> 00:07:58.211 Nicole: And Linus goes, oh, no, no, no; I am no longer your boss; 205 00:07:58.344 --> 00:08:02.048 it's this guy now, I'm your simple guiding north star. 206 00:08:02.148 --> 00:08:03.583 Linus: Okay; again, joke. 207 00:08:04.150 --> 00:08:04.650 Linus: Joke. 208 00:08:04.650 --> 00:08:05.918 Sammy: Joke!? Like what? Linus: Yeah. I'm making- 209 00:08:05.918 --> 00:08:08.588 Well, I'm making fun of my bulls*** made up title. 210 00:08:08.588 --> 00:08:10.890 Sammy: Oooh. Linus: Chief Vision Officer? What the f***'s a Vision Officer? 211 00:08:10.890 --> 00:08:12.058 Sammy: You have a vision for the company. 212 00:08:12.058 --> 00:08:14.360 Linus: Well yeah, exactly. 213 00:08:14.460 --> 00:08:16.829 It's like, it's like a, it's like a north star. 214 00:08:16.829 --> 00:08:19.165 It's like, the point of it is that it's like 215 00:08:19.165 --> 00:08:22.268 it's far enough away that there's nothing directly actionable. 216 00:08:22.802 --> 00:08:23.669 You know, it's a vision. 217 00:08:23.836 --> 00:08:26.272 Sammy: So, so your encounter with Nicole was two awkward people 218 00:08:26.272 --> 00:08:27.974 who didn't want to talk to each other, talk to each other. 219 00:08:29.208 --> 00:08:29.809 Linus: Alright, Seddon. 220 00:08:29.809 --> 00:08:30.676 Emily: ...Emily Seddon, I- 221 00:08:30.676 --> 00:08:31.177 Linus: Hold on. 222 00:08:31.277 --> 00:08:32.411 Linus: Oh, man, what was... 223 00:08:36.349 --> 00:08:40.353 Linus: Okay Seddon, I've gotten a chance to bond with because we got stuck in Seattle once. 224 00:08:40.486 --> 00:08:43.222 We like missed our flight from Seattle to Vancouver. 225 00:08:43.356 --> 00:08:46.459 And I was like hey look, with how long this is going to be delayed 226 00:08:46.459 --> 00:08:47.927 it'd actually be faster for us to drive. 227 00:08:48.027 --> 00:08:54.233 So we drove up from Seattle to Vancouver and bonded over our love of generation spanning, 228 00:08:54.400 --> 00:08:56.469 incredible talent, simple plan. 229 00:08:57.670 --> 00:08:59.438 I don't remember the first time I met her though; 230 00:08:59.872 --> 00:09:03.009 and she was also hired around the same time as Andrew. 231 00:09:03.042 --> 00:09:05.411 Actually, a little before I think; so like... 232 00:09:07.446 --> 00:09:10.283 They were just testing to see if I was any good you know, 233 00:09:10.283 --> 00:09:15.021 stressed beyond belief; and Linus walked in and like walked right past and was like, 234 00:09:15.054 --> 00:09:16.889 turned around like, who are you? 235 00:09:17.456 --> 00:09:20.293 And you know, when you know, you're supposed to be there 236 00:09:20.293 --> 00:09:23.229 but then you feel like maybe you're not supposed to be there, so it was a little scary. 237 00:09:23.262 --> 00:09:29.669 Um, and then I just said I was on my trial day and he's like well, good luck! 238 00:09:29.869 --> 00:09:30.736 Emily: And then left. 239 00:09:31.237 --> 00:09:35.041 Linus: Oh, it all sounds so much more horrible when they tell the stories. 240 00:09:35.641 --> 00:09:36.742 Sammy: Well, that's how they felt you know? 241 00:09:36.842 --> 00:09:37.510 Linus: Ugh! 242 00:09:37.677 --> 00:09:39.078 Linus: See, I don't remember any of this; 243 00:09:39.478 --> 00:09:42.648 like exactly, like I kind of remembered the Vance thing, 244 00:09:42.648 --> 00:09:45.484 but clearly I believe his account of it. 245 00:09:45.484 --> 00:09:47.820 I'm not going to stand by my account. 246 00:09:48.154 --> 00:09:51.290 So I just like, I can't even really defend any of this 247 00:09:51.290 --> 00:09:54.126 other than that usually I'm like joking. 248 00:09:54.126 --> 00:09:57.263 I am trying to insert levity into the situation; 249 00:09:57.263 --> 00:10:01.701 Linus: and clearly I insert awkwardness into the situation. Sammy: Hahahahaha. 250 00:10:01.701 --> 00:10:02.468 Linus: Okay. 251 00:10:02.468 --> 00:10:03.035 Sammy: What was it? 252 00:10:03.169 --> 00:10:04.403 Linus: I'm guessing. 253 00:10:04.870 --> 00:10:08.240 Linus: He had to like get into my house when I wasn't there I think, 254 00:10:08.975 --> 00:10:10.343 I'm going to guess it's to do with that. 255 00:10:10.476 --> 00:10:13.245 Jordan: My very first day after a writer's meeting, 256 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.048 I was sent to his house to fix his Wi-Fi. 257 00:10:16.048 --> 00:10:20.319 Jordan: And uh, I had to call him up and get access to his house because nobody was home. 258 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:22.855 Um, so the very first time I talked to the boss, 259 00:10:22.888 --> 00:10:25.825 I'm like, hey you don't know me, but I need to get into your house right now. 260 00:10:25.825 --> 00:10:27.293 And he's like, oh yeah, sure; no problem. 261 00:10:27.293 --> 00:10:28.227 Jordan: Hit's the button and- 262 00:10:28.361 --> 00:10:30.596 Andy: Hi, my name is Andy, production supervisor- 263 00:10:30.796 --> 00:10:32.665 Linus: I mean, I probably was aware of him. 264 00:10:33.933 --> 00:10:34.634 Linus: Let's go with that. 265 00:10:35.101 --> 00:10:36.702 Linus: This is a long time ago, dude. 266 00:10:36.702 --> 00:10:38.437 Linus: Andy's at five years now aint he? 267 00:10:38.437 --> 00:10:39.639 Sammy: Yeah, I think Andy's six. 268 00:10:39.805 --> 00:10:40.373 Linus: Yeah. 269 00:10:40.673 --> 00:10:43.175 Linus: Like dude, this is a thousand years ago; I got no idea. 270 00:10:43.309 --> 00:10:48.047 Andy: I was doing my interview and then Linus was like poking his head into the room, 271 00:10:48.180 --> 00:10:53.686 told a joke that I don't really get it, but I laughed anyway; 272 00:10:53.686 --> 00:10:58.658 so I think that was my first weird experience. 273 00:10:58.658 --> 00:10:59.625 Sammy: ...blowing smoke up your ass. 274 00:10:59.625 --> 00:11:02.194 Linus: Why you got to say your first weird experience? 275 00:11:02.194 --> 00:11:05.231 That makes it sound like there's other weird experiences. 276 00:11:05.264 --> 00:11:09.001 Andy: Well, that was a test; so to see if you can work here 277 00:11:09.001 --> 00:11:14.273 and also like to see if you are a funny person or not, I guess I passed. 278 00:11:14.407 --> 00:11:15.141 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 279 00:11:15.608 --> 00:11:19.311 Linus: No, that had nothing to do with the hiring process! 280 00:11:20.046 --> 00:11:21.347 Sammy: It wasn't a sneak test? 281 00:11:21.447 --> 00:11:24.884 Linus: No, by the time he was hired I had nothing to do with hiring. 282 00:11:25.551 --> 00:11:27.520 Linus: Uh, maybe writing department still. 283 00:11:29.121 --> 00:11:30.256 No, I don't think so. 284 00:11:30.356 --> 00:11:32.191 Mark: So my name is Mark Rathgaber- 285 00:11:32.525 --> 00:11:36.395 Linus: There's no way that I didn't make an \"Oh Hi Mark\" reference. 286 00:11:36.395 --> 00:11:39.331 There's no way, I don't remember but there's no way. 287 00:11:39.331 --> 00:11:43.602 Mark: He found out my name from somebody else and he said, \"Oh Hi Mark\". 288 00:11:44.570 --> 00:11:47.606 And he hasn't said anything else to me ever since. Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 289 00:11:47.640 --> 00:11:48.607 Linus: Oh, that's not true. 290 00:11:48.741 --> 00:11:49.642 Linus: That's not true! 291 00:11:49.642 --> 00:11:50.176 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 292 00:11:50.176 --> 00:11:51.911 Linus: That's a lie, that's a lie. 293 00:11:51.911 --> 00:11:53.813 That's the, that's totally... 294 00:11:54.346 --> 00:11:57.383 that's so Mark; that's, that's so Mark. 295 00:11:57.416 --> 00:12:00.786 Linus: We worked together on that project backing up VHS tapes. 296 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:03.923 That is my video proof that we have interacted. Sammy: Hahahaha. 297 00:12:03.956 --> 00:12:04.990 Linus: Okay, Sammy. 298 00:12:04.990 --> 00:12:05.524 Sammy: Huh? 299 00:12:05.624 --> 00:12:06.058 Sammy: Yes. 300 00:12:06.158 --> 00:12:07.626 Linus: Okay, he cut himself out of the video; 301 00:12:07.626 --> 00:12:10.996 Linus: so now you can't, so you have to tell your story. Sammy: Okay. Sammy: Hahahahaha. 302 00:12:10.996 --> 00:12:11.363 Sammy: Yeah. 303 00:12:11.363 --> 00:12:13.733 So the first time I met Linus, met you... 304 00:12:13.733 --> 00:12:14.266 Linus: I'm right here. 305 00:12:14.300 --> 00:12:14.633 Sammy: Yeah. 306 00:12:14.734 --> 00:12:15.768 Sammy: I was in a trial day. 307 00:12:15.901 --> 00:12:16.335 Linus: Mhmm. 308 00:12:16.435 --> 00:12:18.437 Sammy: I was shooting, I was really nervous out of my mind. 309 00:12:18.537 --> 00:12:20.272 And then Andy was telling me how to run the camera. 310 00:12:20.406 --> 00:12:20.906 Linus: Mhmm. 311 00:12:21.006 --> 00:12:22.508 Sammy: And then as I was talking to Andy- 312 00:12:22.608 --> 00:12:23.609 Linus: Did he tell you how to use a mic? 313 00:12:23.709 --> 00:12:24.110 Sammy: No. 314 00:12:24.110 --> 00:12:25.611 Linus: You should move it around lots while you're talking or- 315 00:12:25.611 --> 00:12:27.113 Sammy: And I was like, Linus can you do a clap test? 316 00:12:27.413 --> 00:12:29.482 And then he's like, okay but are you gonna introduce yourself? 317 00:12:29.515 --> 00:12:31.917 Stressed out of my mind I forgot to introduce myself. 318 00:12:32.818 --> 00:12:35.488 Second time, because I think you forgot we met. 319 00:12:36.555 --> 00:12:38.924 It's like the case, the cool case you got from China. 320 00:12:38.924 --> 00:12:39.391 Linus: Yeah. 321 00:12:39.525 --> 00:12:41.060 Sammy: I took it apart and even b-rolled from it. 322 00:12:41.093 --> 00:12:43.162 Sammy: And it was faster for me to just take it apart and just to get a shoot. 323 00:12:43.295 --> 00:12:47.266 Sammy: And I finished the shoot, I put it away; and he's like, what are you doing? 324 00:12:47.366 --> 00:12:48.734 Sammy: Like in a very aggressive manner. 325 00:12:48.734 --> 00:12:51.203 And I was like, I'm putting this stuff away. 326 00:12:51.303 --> 00:12:53.506 And then you're like, yeah but why are you putting it away? 327 00:12:53.606 --> 00:12:54.974 I was like, because I took it apart. 328 00:12:55.274 --> 00:12:57.309 And you're like, yeah but why are you putting it away? 329 00:12:57.309 --> 00:12:59.378 I was like, I don't know. 330 00:13:00.012 --> 00:13:01.413 And he just looked at me for like five seconds. 331 00:13:01.413 --> 00:13:03.449 I was like, he's like, okay; and then he just walked away. 332 00:13:04.483 --> 00:13:05.284 Linus: Oh God. 333 00:13:05.518 --> 00:13:07.253 Sammy: And I was like I don't know if this guy likes me anymore. 334 00:13:07.286 --> 00:13:09.688 Linus: No, so what I was probably annoyed with was 335 00:13:09.688 --> 00:13:12.091 that someone else was supposed to put it away. 336 00:13:12.691 --> 00:13:13.526 Sammy: No, me. 337 00:13:13.626 --> 00:13:14.393 Linus: And that it was- 338 00:13:14.493 --> 00:13:19.565 Well, no, because the process back then, 339 00:13:19.565 --> 00:13:19.932 Sammy: Oh. 340 00:13:20.032 --> 00:13:23.369 Linus: was that the shooters are not supposed to be the ones 341 00:13:23.369 --> 00:13:25.838 that had to like move the computers around. 342 00:13:25.905 --> 00:13:28.107 Sammy: Ooooh. Linus: Other people were supposed to be doing it. 343 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:30.743 Sammy: Oooooh. Linus: So what, the fact that you were doing it 344 00:13:30.776 --> 00:13:33.612 Linus: meant there was a significant process breakdown. 345 00:13:33.646 --> 00:13:38.083 Sammy: Ooooh, yeah; because I think at the time we didn't do like ECC stuff. 346 00:13:38.083 --> 00:13:39.685 Sammy: So the video came out the next day. 347 00:13:39.819 --> 00:13:42.588 Linus: Yeah, so I was not annoyed with you at all. 348 00:13:42.621 --> 00:13:47.259 I was annoyed with the situation where you were doing something that wasn't your job. 349 00:13:47.693 --> 00:13:47.993 Sammy: Yeah. 350 00:13:47.993 --> 00:13:50.663 Linus: And that was someone else's job that they were supposed to have done. 351 00:13:50.663 --> 00:13:51.597 Sammy: I'm a hustler. 352 00:13:52.298 --> 00:13:53.265 Sammy: Anything for the company. 353 00:13:53.666 --> 00:13:54.300 Sammy: Shareholder value. 354 00:13:54.667 --> 00:13:56.135 Linus: Alright, we can cut it there. 355 00:13:56.235 --> 00:13:57.269 Sammy: Hahahahahaha!"}