Laughing in the Interrogation Room: The Biggest Red Flag Experts Spotted
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The video explores critical behavioral indicators during interrogations, focusing on two distinct cases that reveal underlying psychological states and deceptive tactics. In the first scenario involving a thirteen-year-old boy named Chase, experts identify numerous physical signs of extreme stress, such as gripping door frames for security, hiding behind chairs, avoiding eye contact, swaying to burn off adrenaline, and burying hands in pockets. These actions suggest deep insecurity rather than simple nervousness around authority figures. A pivotal moment occurs when Chase initially claims ignorance about Discord but later provides detailed explanations regarding deleted accounts and password issues; experts interpret this shift as a deliberate attempt to feign misunderstanding to distance himself from a topic where he possesses guilty knowledge, marking it as a significant red flag for deception.
The analysis extends to a second incident featuring a young man who becomes verbally aggressive toward police officers over his car's wheels, a behavior the experts attribute to a "cult of notoriety" driven by a desire for viral attention and power reversals through victimhood. This individual exhibits an "affect mismatch," where inappropriate emotional responses like nervous laughter clash with the serious nature of the conversation, signaling potential psychological instability. The experts argue that such individuals often construct their identities from online narratives within closed environments that amplify aggression, noting that once a pattern of behavior is established—such as repeatedly ending up in police vehicles—it serves as a predictor for future actions. The segment concludes by warning against mainstream media manipulation and urging parents to intervene when children associate with crowds that prioritize fame over safety.
In a separate dynamic observed within an interrogation setting, the video examines the power imbalance between two individuals where one acts as a dominant leader using "one-upping" tactics to assert control over a perceived insecure partner. The dominant individual treats the other with excessive niceness precisely because she knows she can easily undermine her, creating a situation where the submissive party feels grateful for this conditional kindness. Despite both parties minimizing their situation by claiming it is "nothing," they engage in deep discussions about these complex social dynamics. The conversation also touches on past police encounters, including anecdotes of being forced into uncomfortable positions during long rides and having personal items like shirts and plush toys confiscated due to safety risks, while joking about their appearance for potential mug shots and group roles.
Ultimately, the video synthesizes these observations to highlight how specific clusters of body language and conversational patterns can expose deception and psychological distress that might otherwise go unnoticed. By distinguishing between normal anxiety and active attempts to manipulate narratives or avoid accountability, experts provide a framework for understanding the subtle cues that indicate when an individual is not being truthful. The overarching message emphasizes the importance of recognizing these behavioral red flags, whether they manifest as physical stress responses in a teenager or performative aggression in an adult seeking attention, while also promoting tools like Ground News to detect bias and encouraging proactive parental intervention to protect young people from environments that valorize notoriety over well-being.
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We had the best time doing the initial
breakdown of the body language and
behavior in this video, and we decided
we'd revisit some of our favorite
moments from it.
>> So, your dad kind of explain everything
to you?
>> Shut up. Said something about shooting
up the school.
>> Did you say something about school
shooting?
>> They were just told him.
>> I don't know what.
>> Or maybe they misheard somebody else
tell him or say it. I don't know.
>> You never ever said
>> No, I swear.
>> Do you Do you use Discord?
>> Discord?
>> Yes, sir.
>> I used to. I don't have it now.
>> When's the last time you used it?
>> I don't know, like a few months ago.
>> Really? Was it at Traditions or was it
here?
>> No, it was at Traditions because in that
Discord account that I had, I had
deleted it before because Before you
moved here? Yeah, because I think it got
like it made me password fold or
something. Like I clicked on a link
somebody had.
>> Have you heard anybody on Discord when
you were using it say something like
that? Do you remember?
>> Like at that time?
>> Yeah.
>> Um I don't think so. I don't think I
ever had anybody that
>> Never?
And I mean I'm not trying to get anybody
jammed up, but like this is some serious
stuff, you know? Oh, he knows how
serious it is. Trust me. That I'd I'd
hate to
Yeah, my boss was even like, you know, I
don't know how old this information is
and if you want to wait till Monday to
follow
I'd rather do it now just So would we.
Cuz God forbid something happened and I
didn't do my job. That'd be that I'd I'd
feel
pretty bad about that. So, I just want
to make sure you understand that if if
something like that happened or you hear
something like that,
>> Report it.
>> Yeah, it's
>> tell your dad to
All right, Chase, what do you got?
All right, so right away he's grabbing
the door frame. He grabs the chair for
security. He's kind of hiding behind the
chair. He's avoiding eye contact.
There's genital protection where we do
this thing over our our growing. Some
people in body language call this the
fig leaf gesture.
Then there's the arm swing going back
and forth just trying to burn off
energy. Then the hands go into pockets
and there's three ways we can put our
hands into our pockets that convey
different information.
So when they enter the pockets all the
way, there's typically a lack of
confidence and sometimes insecurity. And
we tell you all the time to
clusters and just in the first few
seconds of this, it's a humongous
cluster that spells out insecurity and
lack of confidence.
And the swaying that we're seeing here
in this video is an expenditure gesture.
It's burning off adrenaline. It's too
much for the body to handle at the
moment. And this is nervousness. Then he
repeats part of the question about the
discord.
>> Do you use
>> uh Discord?
>> Discord?
>> Yes, sir.
>> This behavior is uh really concerning
because there's a pile of clusters here.
So when you see this behavior like this
all by itself, somebody repeats the
question all by itself and there's not
some giant mountain of other things,
it's probably innocuous.
But in a situation that's serious like
this, it's time to go all in. This is
where you would really calmly
make a confrontation and launch into
what we call interrogation mode,
especially in situations like this.
Mark, what you got?
>> Yeah, so totally agree. The child here
is is barriered behind that kind of door
post essentially, but the father guides
him out. So the father sends out the kid
first. He then barriers behind the
chair. The father removes the chair. So
we've got a father here who's
potentially not being particularly
protective of the son in this situation
is removing all those barriers that the
son wants to put there. He therefore
puts the focus directly onto the kid. I
think I believe in this video he sits
down pretty soon, focuses on the kid.
Well, of course yes, they have come
round to talk to the kid, but in some
ways to then put the kid right out
front, it's an interesting position for
a parent. Uh we get Greg what what you
might call chained elephant happening
there. Now, you know, we've got to put
in the possibility that you and I say
possibility, possibility, that you often
get that kind of swinging side to side
or backwards and forwards with ASD.
Might it be Might it be that? Well, it
it might be, but it also might exactly
be what Chase is talking about there,
which is the expenditure of energy. So,
all the time we're trying to pick up
What are the other clues that go with
it? Let's see. Let's see how much that
swinging from side to side continues.
Let's look at the father's response to
that cuz the father knows the kid, you
know,
what's the father doing around that? And
the hands buried in the pockets. Look,
everything that you were talking about
there, Chase, just one other idea there
for the swinging from side to side. I
frankly don't think it's likely to be
that. I'm not seeing some other
indicators there, but we've always got
to put them in because is it Is it
stimming? Is it self-stimulation going
on? Already for me interesting what the
father is doing around this son who's in
a vulnerable situation talking to the
police. Greg, what do you got on this
one?
>> Yeah, so let's also give him the benefit
of a doubt because if I walk up and I
say, "Hey, little [ __ ] are you going to
shoot up a school?" What do you think a
kid's going to do? He's going to feel
stressed, and he should feel stressed.
Anytime a police officer's involved in a
young child's life, this is a kid who's
13. That kid should feel some stress. If
he doesn't, I'd be concerned as well.
So, all the stuff we're talking about,
Chase, I love the fact you're pointing
out all these clusters. I bought a
handgun from a guy one time, you know,
you meet up, you have to exchange
information, all that. And I remember
really nice gun, and it was reasonably
priced, and I asked this kid, he was
about 21, "Would you shoot anybody with
this, kid?" And you can imagine coming
from me how this kid took that. He was
his you could see him just go pale and
everything, and I was like, I could tell
the kid hadn't done anything. But
imagine if you're in the position where
someone is older, has more presence, has
a gun, all that kind of stuff, is going
to cause you to jack up. So, we expect
it. What we don't expect are a couple of
deceptive behaviors. Now, when we say
there's no such thing as body language
of deception, I'm not talking about body
language. I love he's doing the sway,
the chained elephant, because we can
watch it for cadence and see shifts.
When he says something about shooting up
a school,
>> He said something about shooting up the
school.
>> That's a southern, very much a Georgia
speech pattern. So, I'm not going to
take anything away from that. But but
so, he's stressed, he's adapting, he's
got low eye contact, all that might be a
14-year-old, but he has a feigned
misunderstanding and repeat of discord.
>> Discord?
>> Yes, sir.
>> He says discord like he doesn't know
what it is. That means he's avoiding a
guilty knowledge topic. That's a
problem. That's what we saw with Santos,
if you guys remember. He does it all the
time. He'll avoid the content that
matters and it will make him look bad.
Then there's a pause and the um and uh I
don't have it anymore.
>> Discord?
>> Yes, sir.
>> Why don't you have it anymore?
>> I used to. I don't have it anymore.
>> That's interesting. So, why are you
doing that? Why would you avoid and then
distance? And then suddenly he knows a
hell of a lot about discord. He starts
talking about it getting hacked and all
that kind of stuff.
>> And that discord account that I had, I
had deleted it before
>> Because before you moved here?
>> Yeah, because I think it got like and
then password forward or something. Like
I had clicked on a link somebody had.
>> He didn't even know what discord was at
the beginning of the question. That for
me
is a red flag. That for me would have me
going, "Hold on a second, kid. You said
you didn't know what discord was. You're
acting like you didn't know what it was.
So, tell me about your Discord. Tell me
about every time you've touched it. I
would go after him there. And of course,
then you'd see this way right increase
or decrease. You might break down, but
who knows. We've seen this in a lot of
people. We see people who are nervous
because of authority, but what we don't
typically see is them trying to avoid
guilty knowledge.
The mainstream media is not broken at
all. It is functioning exactly as it was
designed. It exists to manipulate you,
to divide you, to feed you fear and
outrage and distraction while pretending
all of that is information. And most
people are still swallowing it like it's
gospel.
I've spent years studying propaganda and
psychological operations and human
behavior, and I will tell you this
plainly. The media is not here to tell
you the truth. It's here to shape your
truth without you even realizing it.
Every network, every outlet, left or
right or center, they are all playing
the exact same game. Keep you
emotionally hijacked, cognitively blind,
and addicted to narratives engineered by
people who have zero interest in
informing you at all. So, they
manufacture a bunch of division. They
amplify lies and they bury stories that
threaten their control. This is not
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Scott, what do you got?
>> Excellent. All right, I think this is a
great example of watching someone try to
uh control their stress because he's
introduced to this stress like
immediately. It's like almost like uh
like you would be familiar with, Mark,
coming out on stage, you know, cuz he's
in the house. His dad said, "Get out
here. The cops are here. They want to
talk to you." He comes out outside, he's
just standing there.
You know, so we see that's when he
starts to going back and forth and and
and trying to get rid of that built-up
stress and energy. So, that's he's
adapting at that point. He This he's so
rigid during all this. As you would be,
that's understandable. Understandably,
he's he's really really rigid. And you
can see how high up his shoulders are.
That's how That's how tense he is. His
His voice at the beginning now, it's
really really strong. It's really high.
>> Said something about shooting up the
school.
>> Because compared to the way it is at the
end.
>> I don't think I ever hurt anybody that
>> That's because when you get stressed
like that, your larynx gets uh stressed
because your throat tightens up a little
bit. You You're trying not to to breathe
too weird. You're He's thinking about
trying to look normal because he's
nervous. And he And that makes it even
worse because it starts this snowball
effect up in your head, and you start
thinking, "Am I being nervous?" We get
all kinds of emails and comments from
people saying, "How is somebody going to
know if I'm telling the truth or if I'm
lying, because I get nervous when I talk
to to to normal old people? I'm always
nervous."
There are differences in this in these
types of nervousness that you're seeing,
and when it goes away, when it comes
back, when it goes away, and it comes
back. So, if you're one of those people,
don't worry about it. They'll be able
They'll be able to tell if you're
feeling nerves because you've done
something you shouldn't have or because
you're nervous talking to people. That
comes up all the time. So, his volume is
good. His diction is clean and clear.
He's trying to get his message out, make
sure these guys believe him.
So, that's understandable there.
Um then he starts goofing around with
something in his front left pocket, you
know, whatever that is, I don't know.
And usually in when you got pockets for
your guy, there's something in there in
your your scratch, you're going to goof
around with that, be it keys, wallet,
whatever it is. So, who knows what's
going on in his pockets.
Uh and we're going to see that rocking
going back and forth. We're going to
watch it speed up and slow down, cuz
that lets us know it's That's a great
indicator of his stress going up. He's
got all that energy, and he just starts
going back and forth. At some points, he
just it it gets really small, and at
some points, it's really large. And
we'll watch him as we go through, and
I'll point these out as well. He starts
getting sideways, and starts backing up
against the wall.
So, they've And they've sort of got him
cornered in there. So, and the part
about where he talks about where he
doesn't know what Discord is, and then
he does,
I think maybe these guys they see this,
and they go, "Okay, hang on. Wait, this
There might be something here." Because
that should have been a fairly short
conversation, be able to look at him and
go, "I think everything's okay," and
then move along. But this lasted a
while.
So, I think I think they've got a hint
that something isn't right, but they're
just not sure yet, cuz there are no
There are a couple of red flags in
there, but there's nothing definitive
that you go, "Okay, something's up.
Something's up with this guy. You got to
keep checking it out." And that's what
they're doing.
All right, we're good.
>> Yeah.
I think that was his phone the pocket.
>> Oh, that makes sense.
>> That's what I'm talking about. I don't
know what you're
>> What information do you have?
>> That's what he came in.
>> This is a good day. It's just
>> They're taking
>> Hey Carl, what's going on, man?
So, did your dad kind of explain
everything to you?
>> He said he said something about shooting
up the school.
>> Did he Did he say something about school
shooting?
>> I just told him I don't know what I
maybe they misheard somebody else. I
don't remember he said anything like
that. I could be wrong.
>> He never ever said
>> No, I I swear.
>> Do you Do you use uh Discord?
>> Discord?
>> Yes, sir.
>> Um I used to. I don't have it anymore.
>> When's the last time you used it?
>> I don't know. Like a week once ago.
>> Really? Was it at Traditions or was it
here?
>> No, it was at Traditions because in that
Discord account that I had, I had
deleted it before
>> because before you moved here?
>> Yeah, because I think it got like in my
password folder or something.
>> Like I clicked on a link somebody sent.
>> Have you heard anybody on Discord when
you were using it say something like
that? Do you remember?
>> Like at that time?
>> Yeah.
>> Um I don't think so. I don't think I
ever had anybody do that.
>> Never?
And I I mean I'm not trying to get
anybody jammed up, but like this is some
serious stuff, man. Oh, he knows how
serious this is, trust me. That I'm I I
hate to
Yeah, my boss was even like, you know, I
don't know how old this information is
and if you want to wait till Monday to
follow up. I was like, nah,
I'd rather do it now.
>> so relieved.
>> something happened and I didn't do my
job, I'd be that I I'd feel
pretty bad about this. So, I just want
to make sure you understand that if if
something like that happened or you hear
something like that, report it. Tell it
to your dad. Tell him
>> What are you searching it for?
>> To uncover the VIN.
>> Well, for what? Do you have any
suspicion of it being stolen other than
no plates and the gas thing?
>> Absolutely.
>> What's your suspicion of it being
stolen, officer?
>> Hey, man, is Is your car or what?
You're making this so much harder than
it used to be.
>> You're [ __ ] towing it for no reason.
You got your nasty ass shoe on the
[ __ ] wheel.
>> Yeah?
>> Get your [ __ ] shoe off the wheel.
>> Is this your car?
>> You're being disrespectful to whoever's
car it is.
>> Okay, you need to back off my face. Go
over there.
>> I'm not in your face. You just stuck
your [ __ ] hand in my face.
>> But
>> But, get your [ __ ] Why is your foot
on the wheel?
Why are you doing that? You're literally
doing that to piss me off for no [ __ ]
reason.
>> Cuz your car?
>> Doesn't matter.
>> Is this your car or what?
>> You're going to scratch those [ __ ]
wheels and have to pay for them.
>> Yeah. All right, go and walk over there.
>> Well, I don't know what policy is. Your
department's probably going to have to
[ __ ] pay for these thousand dollar
wheels.
>> Go and walk over there, bud.
>> Keep your [ __ ] hand out of my face.
>> Walk over there.
>> Keep your [ __ ] hand out of my face.
>> Walk.
Walk. Get out of my face.
>> You're You're walking in my face.
>> Go before you get
>> [ __ ] touch me.
>> Go.
>> I'm not doing [ __ ]
>> Off my scene. Get away from my car. Go.
>> This ain't your car.
>> Go.
>> Your car's back there.
>> I'm getting you a first search warrant.
Start moving.
>> I You're You were You were approaching
me. You were getting in my face.
>> Move back.
>> Get your [ __ ] hand off me.
>> Stay
>> You're messing with the wrong Keep your
[ __ ] hands off me.
>> Stay off the car.
>> Keep your [ __ ] hands off me.
>> Stay off the car.
>> Off the car? You're the one that was on
the [ __ ] car. I didn't touch you. I'm
off the car.
>> Back up.
>> I'm I'm [ __ ] back.
>> Okay. Back up.
>> Start recording this. Touch me again,
[ __ ] Come push me.
>> Back up.
>> Come push me.
You can push me for no goddamn reason.
You're putting your hands in my face.
>> Yep.
>> I kept my phone back respectfully. I
wasn't sticking it in your face. I got
your name and that was it. What's your
[ __ ] badge number?
>> 117.
So, like I was saying
this car is going to the Gig Harbor
Police Department if you're not going to
claim ownership of it. What's going to
happen is we're going to get a search
warrant.
>> with me. Why would I want to [ __ ]
make it easy on you?
>> Okay.
>> So, he's worried about a thousand dollar
set of tires for a four hundred seventy
three dollar car.
That's red flag number one on the we're
trying to find out how smart this guy
isn't.
>> Do you know what one of the first things
I do is every time we watch this and I
don't always talk about it,
but I always try to spot the movie that
somebody thinks that they're in.
>> That's a great one.
>> Cuz they're going to it's going to show
you how they live, it's going to show
you what they think the future is going
to be like.
And this guy right here is the aloof
intellectual rebel who outsmarts all the
authority figures. Do you know what
movie this is?
It's Goodwill Hunting.
Without the character growth arc.
>> [laughter]
>> That's what it is. He's got the posture,
uh the false confidence and all that
other stuff, but none of that um
earned self-awareness. That earned
self-awareness that makes the characters
in the into these kind of movies a lot
more powerful in the end. So, he's stuck
in act one.
>> call.
>> So, I'm going to I'm going to take that
idea and move it on even further. He's
attending the award ceremony
for that film and he goes all Will Smith
on the whole thing. Notice that
repetition that he does and the
escalation.
>> Keep your [ __ ] hands off me.
>> Stay off the car.
>> Keep your [ __ ] hands off me.
>> Stay off the car.
>> Which is Will Smith's
keep my my wife's name out of your mouth
and he repeated it again and escalated
it. He does exactly the same routine. I
was like, well, that's that's Will
Smith. Now, I don't know whether this is
before the Will's
it's got to be after.
>> This is recent. This is
>> Yeah.
>> 3 months, 4 months, maybe it's back in
March.
>> I I think you're right about the
Goodwill Hunting and I think this is him
collecting the award and going Will
Smith on the whole thing as well.
>> But I think I think there's some real
frying a circuit going on in here, too,
though, cuz you know, we always talk
about a loss of verbal fluency. It's not
often we hear people sound like
Sylvester the Cat from Looney Tunes. Go
>> Hey, man, is this your car or what?
>> They make all kinds of noises.
A foo bird? Yeah.
>> Okay, because this guy is is a foo bird.
And what a foo bird does is they're in
Africa. I think it's Africa or maybe
it's Brazil. I think it's Brazil. And
this is a bird that flies around in a
circle and starts flying around in a
circle, goes faster and faster and
faster until it flies up into
I think that's what we're seeing it
happening here.
Slowly but surely he's turning into a
foo bird.
>> Well, he spun up to to a crazy point in
here.
>> also watched too many of those sovereign
individual videos
>> Oh, yeah. Sovereign citizens.
>> Yeah. You know what he hasn't watched?
You know what he hasn't watched?
[clears throat] He hasn't learned from
Scott's MMA rehearsal because how does
he lead in the fight? Come on. Come on.
>> Yeah, yeah. I'm sure he
does.
He's Harry Enfield's short bloke as
well. He built himself this character
who would kick off. This short guy would
walk into a pub and get incredibly
exercised and kind of get violent.
>> When your arms are down by your side.
>> Yeah.
>> And that foo bird's going to make a
mess. You know what they say? If the foo
shits, you got to wear it.
>> That's the one I know.
>> So
>> [laughter]
>> I
I was waiting for my I hope she makes a
short out of that.
>> If you're an insecure male,
if you're an insecure human, anything
that touches your what you think are
your possessions,
like this car, it triggers a like this
weird territorial
threat response.
So it the translation here is you're
making me look weak in front of her.
>> Yep.
>> That's why he's doing this stuff. He's
begging for some reversal of power. He
wants to bait [clears throat] the cop
into overstepping cuz now he's
vacillating between I need to be this
big alpha male guy, and if I can't do
that, I'm going to be the famous victim.
I'm going to be a famous victim. I'm
going to get thrown on the ground. He
knows he's not going to take the guy.
>> But I don't think he's I don't think
he's thinking. I I think he's beyond I
think he's already to the point where
he's just So, we always talk about
hormones turning off your thinking
brain. He's in This is cat brain full
bore 101 right here. And if you if you
watch him, I would say that people's
what the words you choose when you have
control of your brain are choice. That's
the will. But your body is going to
punctuate what it thinks, right? Your
body's going to do this. It's what we
read. The last part though is the vocal
part, and that's up to the highest
bidder. And fight or flight's got him
cuz pitch, tone, and cadence are all
ramped [clears throat] up.
>> But that's what I'm saying. I think he's
not thinking, but I think he's been
exposed to so many videos, these viral
videos where someone triggers a cop and
they get some viral win.
And he's playing this little fantasy in
the background here. It maybe obviously
unconsciously until it dies.
>> But there needs to be When this happens,
there's always a goal. You know what I
mean? But I can't figure out what his
goal is, his realistic goal.
>> I think Chase is dead on. It's a modern
goal is to get a viral video.
>> Yeah, cuz he starts filming immediately.
Video one, he was he's already filming.
He's already gone. I reckon I could get
a video. I've got some content out of
this. Yeah. You know? And so I think
that is But underneath all of that is
that desire for a certain attention. And
he does have the cops' attention now
because now the camera is right as he
comes in and closes the space, which
he's getting
way too close.
>> And it's first collapsing. So,
that he's starting to realize this cop
is controlling real world consequences.
And then he's kind of maybe
subconsciously realizing this isn't a
Reddit thread.
And And you're you're not going to
out-intellectual people, especially a
cop.
>> Well, and and when he changes voice
tone, he's been nothing but helpful to
this kid. He's given him an out and an
out and an out. He's touched the cop. He
didn't break his arm for touching him.
He didn't grab him and manhandle him. He
just pushed him away and said, "Get
away." The kid pushes back. He doesn't
do anything. He gives him more than one
out. When his voice changes, when that
tone changes, and he says, "Get out
now." And he's pushing back.
>> I You're You're You're approaching me.
You are getting in my face.
>> Move back.
>> Get your [ __ ] hand off me.
>> Kid ought to be smart enough to pick it
out, but I think you
Chase, I think one of the most dangerous
things in society right now is there
enough kids who are willing to forego
what we think of as normal natural
instinct for self-protection for a
video. And sometimes they're so focused
on the actual camera, they're not
looking. And I'm not beating up kids.
I'm just saying because the
this viral video thing is such a hot
thing. He got his viral video. He just
didn't get the one
>> [laughter]
>> I think she starts laughing because the
cop starts laughing. She's looking at
and I think she like locks eyes with him
for a second. They sort of connect cuz
they both see how ridiculous it is and
lets us know she thinks it's ridiculous
as well.
>> Is this your car?
Doesn't matter.
>> Is this your car or what?
>> You're going to scratch those [ __ ]
wheels and have to pay for them.
>> Yeah.
>> I think he's
at same time he knows it. Yeah. Yeah. So
that's not his normal behavior. I mean,
it's he probably does all the time, but
I'm saying he's not like that all the
time and she knows that this is goofy
for him.
So at least somebody knows what's
happening around there besides the cop.
You know, the kid just doesn't see
what's happening, doesn't understand,
but he knows that now.
>> And his girlfriend is watching the death
of a persona that she probably liked at
the beginning when it was outgoing and
and powerful, intelligent, and she's
seeing the persona die.
And laughing.
>> Yeah, and at one point you see her drop
her eyes down into her right. I think
it's in this video whenever this thing
starts to fall apart. She's looking down
to her right. There's probably some
"Hey, this thing is not going to go like
we thought it would or he thought it
would. How am I going to stay clear of
the
shell fragments, you know, because
>> I don't understand why the cop said what
he What is she doing here, you know?
What are y'all wait What is she waiting
on? You and I mean, what are y'all I
mean, he said that at first, "What's
going on? You know, what you What are
you looking for?" Cuz the kid's testing
out the waters there, but
I don't know why he didn't call her over
and go, "Come here a minute. What are
you doing?" You know what I mean?
So, that would maybe that would have
made it worse, but I don't know.
>> It's got a Traverse sitting in the
parking lot right next to him and they
forward went this
>> No, it's not. I looked. It's
>> I'm assuming your video of it. You must
have had an angle [laughter] on it.
>> No.
>> went Traverse.
>> No, a Traverse is a cooler looking than
that.
>> I thought it was a Traverse. I was going
to go, he
walked past the
random dude's Traverse to random dude's
car.
If If anybody out there has access to
after market wings for Traverses, Scott
would be interested. [laughter]
>> I need one. Bad. Real bad.
>> At the end of this, you're looking at a
guy who spent some time online.
And if you go to these online
communities nowadays, they reject any
vulnerability whatsoever. They mock any
kind of empathy, and they just worship
cleverness. They worship being clever.
And And he [snorts] is just taking
probably spends a lot of time there.
He's He's taking the only real map that
he knows and applying it to the
situation.
>> And I'll bet you anything that when he
yells at his mother, and I know he does
because the way he's act That's the way
he's acting since he was a child to his
parents, and they let him get away with
it. And that's the way he sounds when
he's hollering If I'm sure if we saw him
hollering at his mom, we'd all go, "Oh,
man." It'd be one of those things you
could hardly keep from wringing his neck
right there in front of his mom.
>> What are you searching it for?
>> To uncover the VIN.
>> Well, for what? Do you have any
suspicion of it being stolen other than
no plates and a covered thing?
>> Absolutely.
>> What's your suspicion of it being
stolen, officer?
>> Hey, man, is this your car or what?
Dude, you're making this so much harder
than it needs to be.
>> You're [ __ ] towing it for no reason.
You got your nasty ass shoe on the
[ __ ] wheel.
>> Yeah?
>> Get your [ __ ] shoe off the wheel.
>> Is this your car?
>> You're being disrespectful to whoever's
[ __ ] car it is.
>> Okay. You need to back off my face over
there.
>> I'm not in your face. You just stuck
your [ __ ] hand in my face.
>> But
>> But, get your [ __ ] Why is your foot
on the wheel?
Why are you doing that? You're literally
doing that to piss me off for no [ __ ]
reason.
>> Cuz your car?
>> Doesn't matter.
>> Is this your car or what?
>> You're going to scratch those [ __ ]
wheels and have to pay for them.
>> Yeah. All right. Go and walk over
>> Well, I don't know what policy is. Your
department's probably going to have to
[ __ ] pay for these thousand dollar
wheels.
>> Go and walk over there, but
>> Keep your [ __ ] hand out of my face.
>> Walk over there.
>> Keep your [ __ ] hand out of my face.
>> Walk.
Walk.
>> Get out of my face.
>> You're You're walking in my face.
>> Go away or you're going
>> Don't [ __ ] touch me.
>> Go.
>> I'm not doing
>> Get off my scene. Get away from my car.
Go.
>> This ain't your car.
>> Go.
>> Your car's back there.
>> I'm going to get you a first search
warrant. Start moving.
>> All right. You were You were You were
approaching me. You were getting in my
face.
>> Move back.
>> Get your [ __ ] hand off me.
>> Stay in the car.
>> in your junk. Keep your [ __ ]
hands off me.
>> Stay off the car.
>> Keep your [ __ ] hands off me.
>> Stay off the car.
>> Off the car? You're the one that was on
the [ __ ] car. I ain't touching it.
I'm off the car.
>> Back up.
>> I'm I'm [ __ ] back.
>> Okay. Back up.
>> I'm recording this. Touch me again,
[ __ ] Come push me.
>> Back up.
>> Come push me.
You can push me for no god damn reason.
You're putting your hands in my face.
>> Yep.
>> I kept my phone back respectfully. I
wasn't sticking it in your face. I got
your name and that was it. What's your
[ __ ] badge number?
>> 117.
So, like I was saying,
this car is coming to the Gigg Harbor
Police Department if you're not going to
claim ownership of it. What's going to
happen is we're going to get a search
warrant.
>> shoving me. Why would I want to [ __ ]
make it easy on you?
>> [panting]
>> Gosh. [laughter]
Gosh. Ow.
I moved my hands.
Ow. These are like way more comfortable
than the last
>> It'll It'll make It'll make it hurt. You
got to keep it still.
>> These are way more comfortable than the
last car I was in. I'm too fat to stay
still. Gosh. [laughter] These are way
more comfortable than the the last car I
was in, police car. I was I had my
things by my back, but I hit it like
really bad and [ __ ] I had to like go
into like crazy positions just to feel
comfortable. And it It an hour long car
ride.
Dude, last time they only had They
didn't even put me in handcuffs. They
just took me and they let me take my
stuff, too. I was able to take like some
of my My Little Ponies, my plush, and my
phone.
But then they took my phone away. They
took all my stuff away cuz they were
like, "You can't have this in there."
So, I was like, "Okay, whatever."
>> I was like, "Yeah, man." I was I don't
think I had anything on me, but I got my
uh shirt taken away.
>> Cuz like No, cuz I think it like went
off the sleeve a little bit.
>> Uh-huh.
>> And I guess that wasn't allowed.
>> Ooh.
>> Yeah, for risky business.
>> We're going to become one of those
lesbian couples locked in jail,
[clears throat] too.
>> [laughter]
>> Yeah. And you could be the butch.
>> Yes, I think so.
>> Hey.
>> Hey, this is my [ __ ] Stay away.
>> Yeah.
Were you trying to look good for your
mugshot?
>> Oh, [ __ ] Am I going to get a mugshot?
>> Well, we're going to jail. What do you
think?
>> I was going to
>> Dude, I was going to do my makeup this
morning for the mugshot, but I couldn't
find anything.
>> I'm glad I don't actually look too bad
today.
>> I look horrible.
>> And
>> It's over.
>> And don't worry. You don't need to Don't
worry. You're the butch. It doesn't
matter if you look good.
>> Hey, at least they're going to see They
were going to see me some way or another
in the mugshot.
>> Yeah.
>> Dude, we were supposed to spread our
story around at TCC, though.
Hey. Oh, we had
two souvenir cups from Florida that
couldn't
>> Dude, you don't You don't have to put me
in there. This was a
>> You didn't have to work it.
>> Did you help me get materials?
>> No.
>> You were going to see the photos.
>> [laughter]
>> All right. Mike, what do you got?
>> Uh yeah. So, at this point
as far as I can see, we understand that
they've been in a vehicle like this
before.
This is This is now Oh, okay. This is
not new to them.
>> Isn't it more comfortable than the the
last car I was in?
>> Dude, last time they only had They
didn't even put me in handcuffs. They
just took me
>> As [clears throat] I've said many many
times,
once is a pattern. So, we should know
the first time they ended up in a
vehicle like this, we should be able to
predict that
that's going to happen again
for them. Yeah, once is a pattern. I'd
like you to take that into account if
you're interested in behavior.
If something's happening to somebody, if
you're seeing something odd, chances are
this isn't the first time for them. We
should be actually looking at this and
going, "This is not the first time for
them." They've been very close to this
or they've been in this situation
before. I'm reminded of I saw some
details just recently of a guy who's
been struck by lightning like I don't
know. It was something like seven times
or 14 times. I can't remember.
>> Stay inside. Stay inside.
>> Right, right, right. [laughter] Okay, so
stay in Yeah, if I stay inside, I'm less
likely to get struck by lightning.
Anyway, people were saying this guy must
be amazing. He must be like He must be
producing the electricity. He must be
So, no, he worked for the Forestry
Commission
>> [laughter]
>> out in the US. He's outdoors all the
time.
In the wide open expanse and uh it's
like there were some other people who
got got struck by lightning a lot. They
were golfers.
And
and it just so happens if you get struck
like by lightning once on the golf
course, your chances of getting struck
by lightning another time uh go up. Why?
Because once is a pattern. You were
clearly not the person who went indoors
when the lightning storm when the when
the storm came. Most of the people are
going to go, "No, no, we got to go in."
So, this person that didn't go in gets
struck by lightning
and that's a pattern. They don't go in
again and again and again and they keep
getting struck by lightning. It's not
that they are some supernatural force.
>> I think his name was Judge Smalls.
>> [laughter]
>> Nicely done.
>> Yeah, it's nice.
>> Your kung fu is good.
>> be. May well be.
Uh Chase Hughes, he'll be here all week.
If you're driving home, don't forget
your cars. Uh comedy styles stylings of
Chase Hughes. Take it away.
>> Y'all remember The Great Outdoors? With
John Candy and that guy got stuck
>> Yeah, that's right.
>> 66 times.
>> Is that right?
>> So,
uh
All right, let's go back to the right
axis on this
uh chart here at at the bottom. This is
called hyperreality. This is Jean
Baudrillard if you want to look it up. I
don't have time to go into that. Uh Mark
will nod knowingly right about now.
But this is fully
>> And Scott.
>> Fully inside the simulation.
The identity of this person is stitched
together out of little fragments of
stories. Scott talks about this all the
time when he talks about people that
have antisocial personality disorder,
how they kind of stitch this
uh this idea of life and who who they
are out of all these stories they've
heard.
But what happens here is the emotional
response to them go super flat.
And you heard it in the clip, the
laughing, the tone, uh the weight of
what they were actually
saying
versus the way that they were saying it.
That is what's There's a term for this.
It's called affect mismatch.
So, the clinical name for when the
emotion doesn't match the content is is
affect mismatch. And it's one of the
most reliable early markers that we have
in in all of psychology. So, I had to
look this up this morning. But the scale
exists, the my scale exists for this
reason to map out how somebody ends up
here so we can see them coming before
they get here. And we can definitely see
a progressive collapse on the scale
there. Uh Great, what do you got?
>> Yeah, what we're seeing here is a cult
of notoriety. I got to tell you how bad
I am and how much These are kids. Look,
Mark, we agree on on the whole thing
about where they're at and what they're
trying to do. The the
I sum up the way you're talking about it
as once as a pattern is this. If you
think your kids are hanging out with the
wrong crowd, no, they are the wrong
crowd and you need to intervene. That's
just human nature. If they're allowed to
run, they're like dogs running for a
fence. If they don't find a fence, they
keep going to Mark's point about once
being a pattern. And if you notice the
one on the right, the one with the red
hair, starts flexing her record. And if
you don't pay attention, you won't
notice that she has to start three times
to make a point of the other girl
hearing about her writing in the back of
the car.
>> Oh, these are low-key more comfortable
than the last
>> It'll make it hurt. You got to keep it
still.
>> Is it more comfortable than the last to
stay still? [laughter]
God. Is it more comfortable than the
last car I was in?
>> Three times. Usually if somebody
interrupts you a couple times, you go,
"Yeah, okay, maybe not so important."
But it is important because they're in
this cult of notoriety. I can tell you
from real life, if you get your hands on
terrorists, often it's like this.
They're in this cloistered environment
where they're competing with each other
about who can do something a lot worse.
And then when you get down to the brass
tacks and you ask them why they do it,
they say, "Well, I could have stayed and
been a nobody or I could do this." These
are probably underperforming children at
school. They Nothing else is as real as
what goes on in this little cloistered
environment they have. Even though your
point, Jason, might not be real at all.
It might just be And you know, you could
put a bot in there texting and they
would fall for it quite the same way
because we're back to humans don't
change. Humans haven't changed. Their
data inputs have changed because the
same drives it took to make us cluster,
to make us get together and go and
protect each other and create societies,
are the same drives it takes to do this.
So, we've hijacked those drives with
artificial with an artificial culture
that has no real meaning and you can see
it in these kids. You watch them, they
start saying there's nervous laughter.
This day
I'm going to keep beating this one
because it's the same thing over and
over and over. Their virulence that's
occurring inside these closed
environments makes them more aggressive.
And by the way, you don't have to look
to these two kids.
Go watch people who are coming off their
couch with posters and signs for either
side of the other and getting into a
pissing contest face-to-face assuming
that everybody believes what they
believe and getting into a physical
violence over something that they
probably have little knowledge or
information of from other than what's
been fed to them through these systems.
Just pay attention to how you get your
data and how your kids get their data.
Scott, what you got?
>> Well, I thought it was really
interesting. A couple of things. The
only thing that worried me about this
whole thing so far that has me worried
is anybody know what I'm going to talk
what I'm going to say?
What the most worrying thing is? If this
guy puts on the brakes too hard, that
that one in the white t-shirt is going
to choke to death. That thing they've
got the seat belts off, so it's like
riding a road. So, if anything happens,
she's out from from that moment on. But
the juxtaposition of not only the looks,
but the way but their their word
choices, the way they describe things,
everything is the opposite, it seems
like, with those two. One of them's got
to got her hair colored, the other one
doesn't. The other one's worried about
makeup. They're They're talking about
makeup. The other one's worried about
how she looks. The other one's confident
with it with how she looks. Everything
is the opposite there, things they talk
about. What you're talking about Greg,
when she brought up the the part about
the most uncomfortable I've ever been in
a police car, the last time I was in,
she's trying to up her social status in
that situation. It's like the the
one-upping has already started, so we
know who the leader is in those two, who
the dominant character is. Cuz it's so
easy to be so easy for the red-headed
one to knock down the black-headed one.
It It's, you know, so she's being real
That That's one thing that personality
type does. It gets people like that
around them who really really super
insecure, more insecure than they are,
and gets and treats them nicely because
that person knows they can chop them
down any second with one phrase or or
one shot at them. And so, she's super
nice to her. And since she's super nice
to her, she really appreciates it. So,
she's overly nice to her. So, that puts
her in the in the top leader position of
what are we going to do, how things are
going to go, I'll listen to you. That's
That's my impression. I've seen it a
million times as have you guys that
we've talked about before as well. So, I
just thought that was interesting the
the differences in in the two, but
they're both approaching it sort of in
the same way, but the the reason they're
going so deep on this is because the
other one goes so deep when they start
talking about how it's nothing. The
other one start talking about how it's
nothing as well, not that big a deal.
So, I just thought that was um for me
that was the most fascinating part of
them that seatbelt's going to choke her
to death if they actually hit something.
So, all right, we're good?
[clears throat]
>> Yeah.
>> All right.
>> Gosh.
Ow.
I moved my hands.
Ow.
>> These are a lot more comfortable than
this.
>> It'll make It'll make it hurt. You got
to keep it still.
>> Yeah. These are more comfortable than
this.
>> fat to stay still. [laughter]
>> These are more comfortable than the last
car I was in. Police car.
>> I was I had my things behind my back,
but I had it like really bad and [ __ ] I
had to like go into like crazy positions
to feel comfortable. And it was an
hour-long car ride.
>> Dude, last time they only had They
didn't even put me in handcuffs. They
just stuck me They let me take my stuff,
too. I was able to take like some of my
My Little Pony, my plush, and my phone.
But then they took my phone away. They
took all my stuff away cuz they were
like, "You can't have this in there."
So, I was like, "Okay, whatever."
>> I was like, "Yeah, man." I was I don't
think I had anything on me, but I got my
shirt taken away.
>> They Cuz like No, it I think it like
went off the sleeve a little bit. And I
guess that wasn't allowed.
Yeah, for riskier us.
We're going to become one of those
lesbian couples that in jail, too.
>> [laughter]
>> Yeah. Yeah, you could be the butch.
>> Hey, hey, this is my [ __ ] Stay away.
>> Yeah.
Are you trying to look good for your mug
shot?
>> Oh, [ __ ] Am I going to get a mug shot?
>> Well, we're going to jail. What do you
think?
Dude, I was going to do my makeup this
morning for the mug shot, but I couldn't
find anything.
>> I'm glad I don't actually look too bad
today. I look horrible.
>> It's over.
>> And don't worry. You don't need to I'm
Don't worry, you're the butch. It
doesn't matter if you look good.
>> Hey, at least they're going to see they
were going to see me somewhere or
another in the mug shot.
Dude, we were supposed to spread our
story around at TCC, though.
Hey, oh, we're here two stupid meetups
from Florida that couldn't
You helped me get materials.
You are going to see the photos.
>> Well, I hope this things are going to
get better, and we'll see you next time.
>> [music]