Meet The Next MrBeast: $1,000,000 In 24 Hours | Jimmy Darts

This is Jimmy Darts. This is for you. 500 bucks. Here's a $1,000 for you. If either of you give me $5, you can have whatever's under his cowboy hat. You're going to do it? All right. Show him what he's got. You won 500 bucks. He's accumulated 12 million followers in the last 2 years by surprising strangers with large amounts of money ranging from $100 to $100,000 and he continues to up the ante having recently collaborated with Mr. Beast by giving away even more money. Would you rather have a $1,000 in cash right now or give $10,000 to someone random in the store? Oh my god. I want to grab myself. Well, there you go. Today we'll break down the genius business behind one of the fastest growing creators on TikTok. How is he able to give away so much money? Where it all comes from and why it's always a good idea to buy the mystery box. On this episode of I finally went to the gym. Proud of you. My name is Jimmy Darts. And so far the podcast has made $278,034. That's That's see that That's actually pretty incredible guess. Oh, really? Yeah, that's Yeah. Just out off the cuff, did you did you watch any of this? Uh I saw an episode probably from I don't know, 2 or 3 weeks ago or something like that. That was pretty good. 266,861. high. I mean, that's still really impressive. Yeah. So, I figured a good way to start this would be how this all happened from the start. It was interesting cuz we were at Mr. Beast's warehouse and I went to go use the restroom and on my way to the bathroom, I kind of lock eyes with you for a second and I was like, "Oh my gosh, that's Jimmy Darts." And I said, "Oh my gosh, that's Jack." By By coincidence, I said Jack. I just call him Jack. He's the best in the world. But yeah, I was just walking to the bathroom and I saw you and I was like, "Oh my gosh, this is Jimmy. What a coincidence. I was not expecting to see you here because I've seen you on my TikTok for you page, on YouTube. You've been blowing up recently. Crazy views, unprecedented views and I was like, "Okay, I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to bother him. He's probably busy." And I kind of like stopped there for a second and slow down. Then I start walking back to the bathroom. Someone comes up to me and they're like, "Hey, have you met Jimmy Darts?" And I said, "No." He said, "Come meet him." Nicest guy ever. You're very nice guy. You're just the same as you are on camera as in person. Yeah, you are so friendly, by the way. You're just like really nice and just like happy all the time. Yeah. Yeah, thanks. Yeah, it was super random running into you guys and I loved it cuz I don't know if I'd ever run into you guys cuz I'm not in the YouTube finance kind of space and stuff and I'm I have friends that are friends with a lot of creators, but I don't know anyone that knew you guys personally. So, to run into you guys I was like, "What the heck? This It's been really cool to cuz I've seen your videos and I I've heard your voice before. I have a voice. It's always the voice. I never put the face to the voice, but I remember scrolling TikToks and seeing your videos come up and the one that really stands out the most is a was a lady in the electric wheelchair with the black eyes. She She took a fall and you gave her money. Yes. And that video got How many views is that now? was crazy. That got like, I don't know, 35 million or 38 million on TikTok. I don't know, like maybe 15 million on YouTube. I don't know exact numbers, but it went crazy. Yeah. And that was wild. That was actually um so, I live in California. I live in LA in that area now and I'm from Minnesota though, a small town of like 900 people. So, I decided to go back home this summer and I was super worried. I was like, "How am I going to make videos here? Everyone knows who I am." But there's a little town that's like 40 minutes away that has a Walmart. My town doesn't even have a Walmart. So, I go to this little town there and I'm like, "All right, can I make content in some a town this small, you know?" And I go in there and the first thought I had was I was like, "Let's get a piggy bank, fill it with money and a hammer and walk around and smash it open for the first person that gives me $5 to to guess what's inside, you know?" So, I was like, "If you give me $5, you can have what's in here. Could be a cent, could be a $1,000." And I'm walking around Walmart and everyone's just staring at me cuz they see a hammer and a piggy bank going around like this. And sure enough, I go up to this lady and she didn't have $5, but I just my heart broke. It's like this 80-some-year-old, 70-some-year-old lady in this electric wheelchair and her eyes all black. She had just like fallen on the pavement. She's like, "I wish I could give you the money for it, but I'm broke right now." And I was like, "All right, why don't you just have it?" And so, I go to give it to her and then the Walmart like manager comes and kicks me out of the store. He's like, "You can't be doing that in here like with the piggy bank and all this." So, he kicks us out and I go wait for her outside and then she ends up coming after she shops, comes outside. She's like, "I didn't think you'd wait for me." She thought I was going to leave. And so, I stay there, wait for give her the piggy bank for free. She smashes it open, out comes $500 and she starts freaking out, crying. She just explains that they're going through a hard time financially and it was just it was wild. And basically after that happened, I was like, "Dang, let's try to go the extra mile with this lady and see if we can help her and her husband." So, I just made a GoFundMe that night, posted the video and I didn't know if people would donate, you know, maybe $1,000, $2,000. Well, it ended up being like I think over $90,000 Oh my came in for Yeah. It was in the news, like the newspaper, everything and it was crazy. Then I go back to that Walmart a few days later and I shot a video in there. Again, I'm pulling out and the Walmart like manager comes chasing after me. I'm like, "Oh, no. I was about to hit the gas." [laughter] You know, I was like, "I don't want to get yelled at right now." So, I'm like, "All right, I'm just going to stop. Let's just confront the situation." And he goes, "Wait, 1 second." He goes, "I am so sorry for kicking you out. I had no idea who you are or what you guys are doing. Come to my store anytime." So, it was a good redemption moment with the manager. Where did you get the idea to start doing this? Yeah, I mean, I I've always kind of ever since I was a little kid, my parents for Christmas would give us $200. They'd say, "A hundred is for you, $100 is to give away to somebody." So, right then I just became comfortable with people on the streets, with strangers, just hearing their story, giving them money, kind of doing that. And then the first time I really realized the power of the internet, you know, to be able to crowd fund and stuff was I was in Miami on the beach and there was this homeless guy living in a tent. And I go up to him, I say, "Hey bro, do you want to be best friends for the day and have some fun?" And he's like, "Sure." And so, we basically go rollerblading, play basketball, do some fun stuff like this. And on the way home, I'm making a TikTok of this and he starts like kind of tearing up and he goes, "Dang bro, like I was planning on committing side and this like changed my whole perspective on life." I was like, "Oh my gosh, like I had no idea. I was just having a good time like having fun with you." And I was like, "Dang, like I want to see if I can raise some money for you, bro, like to help you get off the street. Like this is crazy." So, I made a GoFundMe for him and back then I didn't even really have that many followers and sure enough, overnight I almost I didn't almost delete the video, but the video I posted it it had like it was like one of the worst performing videos ever. I was like, "Dang man, I wanted this to go viral to raise some money for this guy." But then I wake up the next morning, it's got like 15 million views and he had raised like over 20-some, 30,000-ish for him. So, yeah, he he just changed his life. He went and like toured South America and stuff and it was just powerful what can happen when when you when you show There's a lot of people that want to donate, they just don't always know how or where to give, you know? What gave you that idea to go up to that guy in particular, film it, Yeah. put it on TikTok? Where did you get the inspiration for that? Uh he was just chilling on the beach. He was just having a good time hanging out there. So, he just looked like an approachable guy. But back to your main question, kind of how I came up with this idea to have people pass a kindness test and that's kind of what I do now is I was in California walking and I was like, "Man, instead of just giving people money or doing something like that, like what if I ask for help first?" And so, there was this awesome family coming across the crosswalk and there was like four kids, a mom and dad. And I said, "Hey, do you guys have any money for food? I'm really hungry right now. I just just don't have any cash." And they go, "Sure." They come out, they give me a couple dollars and they give me a burrito out of the backpack. And I was like, "Actually, I was just seeing the first person to help me. Here's $100." That's all I was doing at the time. I was like, "Here's 100 bucks toward your kindness." And he starts freaking out, like tearing up and it just like rocked their life. And I was like, "Oh my gosh, this is such a cool way to not only bless awesome people and go to areas where there's people in need, but also to find people that have probably been generous their whole life. That's the thing. With these people that I find, it's not like they just happened to help me that day. They've probably been pulling money out of their pocket for 50 years, you know, helping people, never got recognized for it, never got rewarded for it. And so, that's my favorite part about it. It's like, "Man, getting to reward someone that's probably been kind their whole life." Yeah. What were you doing before this? I mean, I've been making videos ever since I was a kid. I was always doing videos. Just whatever I could if it was baby Jesus in the manger when I was like 6 years old, like playing with him and the Legos or whatever. I was always doing just different videos. And then when I was 18, 17, 18, I kind of started partying a lot. I didn't really get into drugs or alcohol, that kind of always scared me. But I would just do wild stuff, you know, like I don't know, make out with a girl or you know, I'd get drunk maybe three, four times, stuff like this. But I would always love to do crazy stuff like like just run through a wall or like I don't know. Like Steve-O type stuff, you know? Wait, have you ran through a wall? Yeah, I mean, I've done a lot [laughter] I used to I used to go to Does that hurt? to parties and every time I was at a party, I would start punching myself in the face till I was covered in blood. My nose used to bleed easily. And I'd be covered in blood and everyone at the party would freak out. And I just I just loved just adrenaline hype. I I loved hyping adrenaline and all this stuff, right? And I just I just love crazy stuff and long story short, when I was 18 years old, I went to this party in Minnesota out in the middle of the woods, you know, it's super cold out there. So, they have fires, you know, bonfires. People hang out in the woods. I go out there with these Jesus socks on. I had like a little Jesus on them from Urban Outfitters, like a little statue on the side. And I'm out there and I'm just messing around, being stupid, whatever and and jumping over the fire, like showing off, just doing dumb stuff. And on the way home that night, I was like, "Oh crap, my socks have holes in them. My parents are going to find out I've been partying." Like they don't know that I live this lifestyle. Like they they I'm like this kind of perfect kid. I was so freaked out. And so, I sneak up to my room, and I'm like, "If I throw my socks away, my mom does the laundry, she'll know there was a pair missing." I was like, "I have to think fast." And I don't know why I thought of it, but I literally take my socks off. I'm like, "I wasn't drunk or had any drugs that night, nothing." Just completely clear-minded, just didn't want her to know I was living that kind of rebellious lifestyle. I was like, "Jesus, please please help my socks, like heal my socks." I hide them in the back of my underwear drawer. Go to bed. The next morning I wake up before my mom comes upstairs to do the laundry, grab the socks and they're brand new. Same spot I left them, no holes in them. And I freak out, and I'm like, "Oh my gosh, like the first thought that came to my mind is I thought God would have been mad at me, wanted me to get caught, wanted me to get in trouble." But as soon as I grabbed the socks, I just felt him speak to me, and he's like, "Actually, Jimmy, I want to be your friend above everything else. Like I want to be your friend before anything." And that really impacted me and and and really changed my life. But first we want to thank our sponsor Rhone. Graham, did you mean to wear that today? I did. Did you mean to wear that? I did. 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And so so after high school, you know, from that sock experience, it was so radical, my parents were like, "Jimmy, if you want to go to Hawaii, we'll pay for your school. You can go out there to this little Christian school for like 6 months." And I was like, "All right, do I do that or do I go to UCLA, kind of party and stuff, get into film and video? Like what do I do?" And I was like, "Hawaii sounds kind of dope." So I go to Hawaii, and I'm out there, and basically like a month into the school, this guy comes up to me, and he goes, "Hey, Jimmy, can I pray for your like scoliosis?" I was like, "What? Like pray for me? What are you talking about?" He's like, "To get healed." And I was like, "What are you talking about, bro? Like I spent my whole life going to doctors, chiropractors, everything, and no one's been able to like how are you going to heal my back, you know?" And the doctors were going to lengthen my Achilles tendon in my leg, so my legs would be the same length, but it'd be a long surgery. I was going to be in a wheelchair for like 6 months. And anyways, I'm in Hawaii sitting there, and this gentleman, he goes, "All right, look, watch this. I want to pray for you." So I sit down in a chair, he holds my legs up like this, and he goes, "Watch this. In Jesus' name, be healed right now." And my leg starts shaking and goes straight out to match the length of my other leg, and my back is fully healed, my spine is straight. And that really just changed my life forever. And from that point, I gave my life fully to Jesus. I stopped like living for myself, stopped partying, all that stuff. And that's really the the motive and the the the force behind all these videos and everything is is basically that, you know, it's So it's a combination of the socks and the leg. Yeah. gave you Yeah. the the belief now that you're going to this is the right path to do. You're going to full force in this. Yeah. And so I I was making videos back then doing party videos. I don't know if you guys remember like I'm Schmac'd, but they'd go around All right, they'd do these wild party videos. And I started doing party videos like that. And so I had around 18,000 subscribers, like 30,000 followers on Twitter, and I had built up my socials. And after this happened where I got healed and met and had this encounter with Jesus, I just felt like he was speaking to me, and I was I just he was just like, "Do you Are you going to surrender that? Like can you surrender your videos? You've given me all these other things, but your videos, like it's still a idol in your life, you know?" And that's where I had put all my eggs were in one basket. And I was like, "You know what? Like I don't feel like I would ever be old and regret giving everything to God, surrendering everything." And so I sat there like 18 years old with my videos pulled up, everything. And I was like, "Dang, he's right." And so I went and deleted everything. And then it said, "Are you sure you want to delete?" I was like, "Oh my gosh." And I hit delete, and uh every video I had was deleted, my channel, all my followers. And then I went followers did you have back then? Uh back then I had like 18,000 on YouTube, like 30,000 Twitter. That's pretty pretty good. This is like yeah, This is like 8 years ago. So what sort of videos like existed? Just party wild videos. Like I would just go to Yeah, yeah, yeah. colleges or high schools, and and yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, I would just make montages of people partying and Sure. just all kinds of stuff like that. And I really as soon as I deleted everything, I felt like I I felt horrible. The first month I felt like I didn't exist. My identity was so in that, was so wrapped up in that. And for about a month and a half I felt horrible. And after that month passed, then I actually felt more known and better than ever. And it was because I was known by God and not by men. And I was approved by him and not like this validation you get from people that change and like you and don't like you. And so kind of went on that journey for three, four-ish years. And then I felt like he said to get back into videos and that it was time. And so I started this about a year and a half ago, and it just kind of took off. Were you going to college? Um no, I was I was going to different ministry schools. So I went to ministry school in and California and Hawaii. funny if you said, "No, I just went to Hawaii." Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, so The only thing that kind of like I mean, there are a lot that sticks out to me, but especially was the fact that like you said you were going to parties and like doing these crazy stuff like punching yourself in the face until you bled. And was that just to see the reaction of people to like so they can watch you do that? Yeah, I don't know. I just loved wild things. You know, since I wasn't really getting drunk or doing like drugs or anything like that, I just wanted to be involved with the party and like, you know, just just get it going. of the party you do that. Like everyone's going to be, "Yo, did you see what Jimmy did?" [laughter] Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was crazy. And and and yeah, I think it just comes from an identity of not knowing who I was, you know? Not really knowing God, not having a relationship with him, and you're just just kind of confused, but um but yeah, basically during those three, four years, like I was saying, when I when I left the internet and off all that stuff, I moved to Texas, Austin, Texas. I was actually driving in my car in Minnesota, not sure what to do with my life. Should I go to Texas, California? I had opportunities both. And I felt like God spoke to me. He said, "Jimmy, if it's 96° in Austin, Texas right now, I want you to move there." I was like, "What the heck?" So I pull out my phone, I look it up. Austin, Texas, it's 96°. So I'm like, "Oh my gosh, like all right." And I move there like 2 weeks later. And I move there, and I'm working at a restaurant, staying in this apartment, and I'm like literally like broke. Like I could barely eat out or like, you know, get groceries. Like it was pretty tight. And I asked I I was asked talking to God, and I was just like, "Where should we work out, you know?" And there was a gym at the apartment I was staying at, but I felt like I was supposed to ask him that. And I felt like he said, "Go to Lifetime Fitness." And I was like, "Lifetime Fitness? [laughter] Like He's sponsored by Lifetime Fitness, by the way. They have a 50% off coupon. Yeah, so I was so confused. I was like, "Oh, it's like $80 a month there." I was like, "I can't afford to go to Lifetime Fitness." And so I end up going there. And during this whole time when I left the internet, I really got into e-commerce, started learning about Amazon, different drop shipping businesses. And that was my dream was just to like have an online business. And I watched this guy religiously. His name was uh Ryan Moran. And he went zero to a million dollars on Amazon in a year. And so I watched all his videos, was learning from this guy. And I show up to Lifetime Fitness. Like why did God lead me here? And I'm signing the contract, lock in for a year deal or whatever. And I look up, and there he is in the lobby on the phone, this guy. And so I go up to him. I'm like, "Oh my gosh, bro, like I've watched your stuff about business. I love it. Like like can you teach me or anything? Like can you mentor me?" And he's And he's like, "Well, come to my conference." Yeah, I was like, "All right." He's like, "It's a capitalism conference." I was like, "How much is it?" He's like, "3,000 a person." I was like, "Oh my gosh, well, I can't go to that." And so I asked him. I'm like, "Well, where is it?" And he's like, "It's at the JW Marriott downtown Austin." I was like, "That's where I work." So I couldn't afford to get in it, but I was at the restaurant as a server, and I was picking the brains of all these e-commerce people, and really learning a lot from them. And then that kind of launched me into starting my own Amazon business. And it still runs today. And and ever since then I haven't had to like work a 9-to-5 or anything like that. I've just kind of had that job. And what's really crazy is this is about four, four, five years ago. A month ago I was raising funds in Minnesota for a video, and I'm reading I was reading the person who was donating. Every day there's different people that donate cuz I do it on a live stream. All my videos are crowd-funded. So most of my videos are. So I usually go on a live stream. I say, "What's up, guys? We're going to try to bless so-and-so today. Here's my Venmo. I'm going to be giving shout-outs to everyone that donates. Whether it be a cent, $10, it's all appreciated, all adds up. And this guy donates on the stream. And I was like, "What the heck is that? That must be a fake account." And I look and it was the real Ryan Moran. And we start messaging and he follows me now. And uh we've actually been calling back and forth, voice memoing. And uh he wants to do something with me where potentially like um maybe equity in a company and I promote it or something like this. But it's a really wild full circle moment of you know. Tell us about this Amazon business. What were you selling? Yeah, I was selling uh I tried everything. So I failed like five times. I tried selling like mouse traps to like dog water water bowls that you would squeeze out of a bottle, all this stuff. Is it Is it the one you take in the car? Yeah, yeah. Uh we got one of those. Oh, really? You have one? Yeah. It's not the squeeze one. It's a battery-powered one. You press it and it goes into this compartment. Bailey drinks from it and then it goes right back into the It's amazing. Yeah. I was selling I I like those. Yeah. I was selling those like crazy. Fidget spinners. But it was just such a weird uh industry because you'd get your account taken down or like I don't know, it's very weird like uh that e-commerce stuff unless you create the product. Um but eventually the product that I end up landing on was just like uh cleaning supplies. I want to keep it kind of broad because Amazon, it's still like a undiscovered space. doing it? Yes, I am. Yeah, yeah. Can you tell us like how much you're making from that right now? We're not going to say Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's not a crazy amount, you know, but it's enough to like pay bills and stuff like this. It brings in like 3,000 a month still, you know? And it's just autonomous, you know? Really? So what's your involvement day-to-day? Uh nothing. I mean, I have I have someone that works with me. Like I have an assistant that does a lot of stuff with me. Um who's my brother-in-law. And just once every couple weeks he'll check it, reorder. But it's very simple process and And it's been doing $100 a day for how years? like 4 years. Are you serious? Did you just rank really high on a certain product? Um yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, it was a very So when you watch a lot of these uh uh e-commerce Amazon videos, they'll all try to get you making like $1,000 a day or $5,000 a day. I was like, "I can't I don't want to make that much a day. I always want to make $80 to $100 a day and have little competition." And so I found a product that there's only like two other people selling it, you know? Um but I basically went into it, created my little logo, took photos. And yeah, it just sells on its own and couple years ago I thought I was going to lose the whole thing cuz a guy copied me exactly. Took my photos, took the branding, everything. But it still sells and and yeah, it was it was pretty awesome. It's a great way to be like if you can have an online business, you have so much free time to pursue what you're passionate about versus, you know, Yeah. Did sales go down once someone else joined the the pool? Yeah, they did. So then it was kind of this price war where it was like, you know, yeah, lowering our price, this and that. Um and then when COVID happened, the sales went almost zero cuz all like the restaurants and hotels were kind of shut down. So I was like, yeah. I was like not making a single dollar doing anything. And it was it was crazy. That was my whole business. And um but then after COVID, it kind of started back up again. And yeah, it's it's a it's a Amazon is a great tool to have, but I wouldn't fully depend on it for anything just because So what's stopping you from going and finding other products like that and just copying them? Do what that guy did to you. Yeah. I just I just hate that. Like copying anything, you know? Like I just feel like the way God has made us and knitted each of us like we're we can be so creative and so individualized in the way we like I feel like we each have like a gift that someone else doesn't have, you know? And so you could sure do that, but then I don't know, it's just it's just a weird business and it's it's just not too reliable, you know? Like videos is my main passion, doing stuff like that. And I just have the Amazon business because it just Yeah, it's consistent. It's it's good. How did you meet Mr. Beast? How did I meet him? How did that happen? Yeah, so it was crazy. His uh I I don't know, his his his account manager for TikTok is this guy named Rohan. And uh some of my old roommates Yeah, he's awesome guy. Some of my old roommates flew out there to do uh some videos with them. And he didn't know I was living with these guys. Yeah. Um we live in like a bunch of TikTokers and stuff. And uh he just messaged me, he's like, "Yo, Jimmy, you want to come make some videos with us?" I was like, "Yes, I'll come. Like I'll do anything to come." So it was really awesome. I got to go out there and we shot two TikToks. Was that the day that we met you? Yeah, yeah. Went out there. It was awesome, man. Jimmy is he's so cool. Mr. Beast Tell us about that day. I saw the TikTok and I heard about the idea before you did it. I was like, "Man, that's crazy." He goes What was it? Went to a Was it a Walmart? Yeah, yeah. Went to a Walmart and handed people How much was it? You explain it. Yeah, yeah. It was crazy. Yeah, basically we went into Walmart and gave people option, "Would you rather have a $1,000 cash for yourself or" and then he opened a briefcase $10,000 to give away to someone random in the store. And people were looking at it and they're like, "Oh my gosh." And the first two people chose the $1,000. We said, "All right, bless you. Have a good day." And then finally someone's like, "I'll give 10,000 away." So it's crazy because the way the video started, there was these two moms kind of in a area. And we only went up to one cuz we we went up we could only choose one to talk to at that moment. And there was one lady, she chose the $1,000, which was it was awesome cuz she needed the money. But she could have given the 10,000 to that lady there. So it's kind of sad that she didn't get the money. But we're like, "All right." And we end up in the store going up to this guy saying, "You want $1,000 or $10,000 to give away?" He goes, "I'll give away $10,000." We go, "All right, you got 20 seconds." So he's running through the store, people everywhere. And he could have given it to anyone. And he randomly goes up to the other mom that didn't get the money before. Gives her 10K. And then we said, "Hey, because you chose to be kind, give 10,000 away, we want to give 10,000 to you as well." And the whole Walmart at that place was just it was nuts. There was like 100 people just like mobbing us. And we had to get out of there. So that's what I was really curious about because they said that uh you know, I would imagine Mr. Beast goes into anywhere in that location and he's immediately going to be recognized. Everyone's going to be like, "Yo, he's here. He's here. Let's show up." And everyone's going to ask for money. Exactly. Yeah, it was crazy cuz when I go out and shoot my videos, sometimes I'm paranoid. I like sometimes we'll wear like a COVID mask up here, a hat. Like I just don't want anyone to know it's me and get an ingenuine reaction. And but with him, it was insane. And we were in his hometown. So like it was we were running through aisles. Kids were like chasing us trying to get pictures. And we're like, "Not now." Like And um yeah, it ended up being like 80 people in the store. And we had to get him out of there. But I I can't imagine. So he needs a disguise, yeah. You think he needs a disguise? Well, he did that recently. Well, he did that recently for his Mr. Beast burger. He went and he showed up in like an all blacked-out suit with like a hoodie and everything. Yeah, but even then, if you get a close enough look, I'm sure he was wearing a mask and a hat, too. Yeah, he he just he was in his hometown, you know? He was in his hometown. And that's what I do for a lot of my videos is I almost never go up to younger people cuz they'll at least if they don't follow me, they have seen a video or whatever. So I try to go up to like older people that maybe don't ever go on the internet. So if you go out, I'm sure this has probably happened at some point in the past, where you'll go out and ask someone and they recognize you and they choose to do like the moral thing or whatever, you know, the ethical thing, giving you money or whatever you're asking for. Uh have you like What has that experience been like going out and experiencing that? Yeah, I can usually read people pretty well and tell if they recognize me or not, you know? And um but I did have an instance recently. I was at this Walmart. And I go up to this lady, I was like, "I'm trying to buy this food for my kid. Like do you have an extra dollar or two for?" And she goes, "Nope, I don't." I was like, "You sure?" She goes, "Nope." And I go, "All right, thank you." And I walk away. And a minute later, she comes chases me down. She goes, "Oh, I got money for you." And I was like, "What? I thought you didn't have money." She goes, "Oh, no, I found some." And she had this crazy look in her eyes. I was like, "Oh, I think I'm good, actually. Like She's like, "You sure?" I was like, "Yeah, I'm just I'm feeling good." So I left the store. But yeah, so it's it's happened a couple times. Now, have you ever given money to someone who you feel maybe later didn't deserve it? Or maybe they weren't the intended recipient of that? Maybe you give the money and then they go off to their brand new Porsche. Right. You know? Yeah. I mean, honestly, I will tell you this. Like sometimes I've done a couple of videos where um wealthy people have passed the kindness test and they've gotten rewarded. And it's something I really enjoy and really love is because they never like like some some wealthy people, they're always expected when they're out to dinner, they have to pay for the meal. They have to do this. And so when they get given something, it really can just freak them out in their mind. And the whole point isn't just to give them finances, but it's like it's to do something to their heart, you know? Yeah. And I've seen that happen a few times where yeah, some wealthy people have gotten the funds and they're just so impacted by it that um I just believe it changes their life. But for the most part, you know, it's it's it's whatever the person chooses to do with the money. Like I can't follow them home and say, "Make sure you do it like this. Spend this and that." Just kind of go up to people feel led. And you know, if they pass the kindness test, like, you know, it's they're responsible kind of for what the money does. But for the most part, I usually try to find people um that, you know, are just working people that are just having a hard go at life, you know? And and um and yeah, but What's an instance you can think back on where someone passed and exceeded your kindness test by like times 10? Let's say you asked for like a dollar or a little snack and they like take you out to some super fancy dinner or something. Yeah, yeah. Oh, man. A kindness test that was exceeded. Um I I I keep The only one I can think of off the top of my head was just this this guy um I was doing a video. First person to give me a hug was going to get five $500. So I drove around town all day. And I was praying. I was like, "Jesus, lead me to the right person." Pops. And was driving. And every time I was about to go up to someone to give me a hug, I just didn't feel good about it. And I was like, "That's not the right person." And I ended up driving home. I was like, "I guess I'm not shooting a video today. And boom, there's a guy riding his bike on the sidewalk and I was like, that's the guy. He was just He was like glowing. I just felt like that was him. So, I pulled the car over, run in front of his bike. I'm like, "Sir, sir." He stops the bike with his feet because the brakes didn't work. And I go, "Could I have a hug? I just had a bad day. Just I just Man, I just miss my family." And he gets off his bike, gives me a hug. And I say, "Thank you so much for I've seen the first person be kind enough to care and give me a hug. And I want to bless you with $500." And Isaac's a grown man and he starts weeping right there. And he's like, "Today at work, the boss paid everyone except for me." And then he just went into explaining that he was immigrant from El Salvador and he moved to the US 18 years ago to send money to his family's wife and kids to survive because the economy was so rough there. And he's not able to go back cuz then he can't get back in the US. So, he's just been FaceTiming his wife and kids for 18 years. Hasn't seen them. And And I was just like, "Oh my gosh, this is crazy. Like I I want to do more with this guy." And we actually became really good friends. And we went on a tour helping people out. So, we drove to like Vegas, Utah. Like we would hit like four or five states. Me and this guy staying in the same hotel rooms. Like, yeah, me and this dude. His name was Jose. We just became awesome friends doing this. And we were uh doing news shows. Like Yeah, we'd be on the news and different things like that. And then I ended up raising like I think it was around $60,000 in total for him. And the money for him it was enough for him. He moved back home this year in time for Christmas to be with his family permanently. And he said he could buy a house in El Salvador for $10,000. So, he's got enough for like five houses. So, he's doing well. He's business-minded. So, his whole life is back on track now. He's back with his family. And yeah, it's just just an amazing story, you know, just like you never know what someone's going through and just It's just I want to find the next Jose cuz he's out there right now somewhere, you know? Do you ever worry that people might not be truthful about their story? And maybe you end up raising money for somebody who's who's, you know, lying about it, exaggerating their their downfall Yeah, so for the most part, you know, we usually the videos that they pass a kindness test, they'll get a thousand dollars or five hundred dollars this or that. But once in a while, you know, maybe a couple times a month we'll do a GoFundMe or whatever and raise 50 to 100,000. But anytime we do that, we really get to know the person. Yeah, we talk to them a lot and just relationally, you know, we don't just say, "All right, we're going to set up a GoFundMe and Reminds me of the story. Remember that this was back in like 2013 or 14? Josh Paler Lin raised money for a homeless man. And I have no idea if that video was was fake. I have a He I met with him before and he's told me it's it's a hundred percent legit. Yeah. Um I don't have any proof either way. But he raised [snorts] money for him. I think it was like a hundred grand. It was something like this. This is one of the first YouTube videos to really go viral viral viral. And um the guy was an alcoholic and the story goes that he got access to all of this money and drank himself to death. Yeah. Uh which So, I mean, do you do you ever think that maybe there could be something where you would have to get more involved other than just uh raising hundred percent. I'm actually in that same situation currently actually right now. I met this gentleman um in Huntington Beach a couple weeks ago. He was just awesome guy. He passed the kindness test. He was homeless. And uh was talking to him and you could tell he wasn't on drugs and maybe a little bit alcohol. It maybe something like that, but nothing It didn't seem nothing too serious. And so, we ended up making a GoFundMe for him. And uh we raised like 50, 60,000 dollars. But then we uh I don't know. Somehow his brother reached out to us or he gave us his brother's contact. And his his brother is awesome guy, like a Christian family man. He's got kids and he lives in the area. And he began to tell us the story of this guy where um his brother's been homeless for 20 some years. He's alcoholic. And he's like scared that he'll end up drinking himself to death, you know? And it's sad. He He stays with his family like once a week he'll go stay with his brother, you know? But um so, it's it's a tricky situation. So, we're not going to give all those funds to him. We actually set it up where it's like a joint thing with his brother and uh and him and us to where like we're just going to use these funds to possibly get him off the street into a hotel or apartment. And then just kind of gauge where he's at, you know? Because a lot of these people we've In the last year I've gotten like three to four homeless people fully off the street. And these are not These are people that were literally heroin addicts. Like straight up heroin addicts. And I've gotten them off the street to where they don't do drugs. They have a car. They're living their life. And the reason we've been able to do that isn't just handing somebody money, but it's relationally getting to know them and having fun with them. And so, that's one of the main things is when you ask these people like, "Adam, why do you drink?" And it's like, "Well, if most people had to sleep outside every night, you know, had no family, had none of this, like they would resort to something like that, you know? Like when people don't feel connected, you know, that's when they feel empty and that's when they try to find things to fill that. So, if you can fill that connection void in somebody's life, you can actually break off some of these addictions and then kind of begin to rehabilitate them off the street, you know? I worry there'd also be some physical dependencies on on certain substances that, you know, might temporarily they might be able to to, you know, hold it through, but that long-term without consistent treatment, um you know, it could be a slippery slope. Yeah, yeah, definitely. I mean, at the end of the day, you know, you never fully know You know, everyone has free will. They can choose to do whatever they want to do. But the key is just to always believe the best in people and really just not give somebody money unwisely, but try to do your best to know their story, get to know who they are. And yeah, find out what the root causes are of what they're going through and try to and try to help them out. One of my favorite examples was this this homeless gentleman named Tom. I met him about probably about a year ago. And and yeah, I asked him to play hopscotch with me. And he's like, "Hopscotch? What? You want me to play hopscotch?" I was like, "Yeah, I'm just seeing the first person I have fun and play hopscotch." So, he did. And I rewarded his kindness for $500 for being childlike. And he began sharing his story. And long story short, yeah, he was going through some different things, probably some drug addiction, some different things like that. And I bought him a cell phone to help uh stay connected with him. I was going to try getting him off the street. And I reached out to him a week later, his cell phone's gone. I'm like, "What happened to your cell phone?" He's like, "Oh, somebody stole it or something." So, I'm like, "All right, I'll believe you this time." Like get him another phone. So, I get him another phone, same thing happens a few weeks later. It's like, "All right, he could be selling this phone to get substances or something like that, you know? And it's a It's a tricky thing. Like do we just leave him? Do we stop talking? But it's like, "No, it's like I felt God's heart for him. That God really cared about him." And people probably only giving him two chances, but this man needed endless chances. And so, we just kept relentlessly becoming his friend. I take him go-karting, um take him to like a baseball game, just different things like that, becoming friends with him. And sure enough, uh we got him new teeth. We ripped out his teeth, got him brand new teeth. And that just brought a whole new joy to him just looking good in the mirror. And then we Yeah, we raised like 30 some thousand dollars for him and actually found him a full-time job. He's been working full-time for the past eight months living with the people who own the business, caretaking their house, doing all this stuff, clean off everything. And he's just loving life, loving his job. And he's like, yeah, he's one of their best employees ever. So, it's crazy. I call him still once in a while, [clears throat] hang out with him. And it's just it's insane, right? Because once you see somebody like, you know, misuse what you use them once, you sometimes you want to give up on them. But sometimes what these people need is just like somebody just really love love them, you know? Just love them crazy. How do you maintain relationships with so many people? Yeah, it's very difficult. My phone is ringing like every 20 minutes from a random number. I'm like, "Whose number did I get?" Like every time I do a video I usually give the person my number, you know? But yeah, I just try to do the best I can, you know? It's me and one other person that kind of does these videos with me. And yeah, we just are relational with them. Sometimes, you know, we just talk to them on the phone or go hang out with them. But really they've all become come friends, you know? Like they're just they're just awesome people, you know? And yeah, like God God's created everyone so cool and so unique, you know? And I just know that a lot of times the reason people are the way they are isn't because they necessarily chose it, but something happened to them when they were a little kid or this had their parents did this to them and it kind of forms these thought patterns and this behavior to where it leaves them there. But really it's just awesome person that just if you go a little bit deeper in some layers, you'll find gold in them. And they're some of the best people ever. Do you ever have people reaching back out asking for more money? Sometimes, you know, not not really. Not a lot of the time, but sometimes. And yeah, we just, you know, it's it's we use wisdom, you know? So, we're not like, "Oh, here. We'll send you another 5,000." It's like, "Hey, we gave you some funds. You were responsible with it. And if you didn't use it in a good way, that's sad. But we wish the best for you. We'll talk with you, pray with you. But But yeah, 95% of the time, 99% of the time, that's never That doesn't really happen, you know? Yeah. So, here's a here's a philosophical question. Do you believe that there are just by nature evil people that exist? Like someone that can be born just with like malicious intent or a nefarious person that just wants bad on others. Yeah, I think to answer your question truthfully, I think that's every single one of us. I think we're all born into sin. We're all born selfishly. Soon as you're like two years old, you're stealing your toy from another baby, crying if it's not yours. And we just kind of grow up and live this selfish lifestyle. And eventually, you know, we try to cover that up and, you know, make sometimes make it seem like we're better people this and that. But at the end of the day, I think the main thing is just really just Yeah, just surrendering your life. Like when I when I saw Jesus and saw his love for me, I was like, "Dang, like I'm selfish. I live for myself. I do all these things for myself. Like I need to know him." And what happened is when when God came into my life, he didn't just say, "All right, Jimmy, conform to all these rules right now and do this, even though you don't want to do this." No, it's like once I got in a place of surrender, it felt like he ripped out my heart and gave me a new heart that desired new things. It's like my taste buds changed. So, I desired to live righteous instead of felt obligated to do it, you know? So, it's not like, "Jimmy, don't go drink. Don't do this. Don't hook up with people." It's not It's more like I just don't even want to do that. Like you couldn't give me right now $50,000 to like say a cuss word. Like I just I just don't want to do that. And And to answer your question kind of just like I believe yeah, we all have free will, you know, and we can we can choose whatever we want, but I feel like yeah, like God makes everybody and his his It says in the Bible that it's God's will for all men to be saved. And what that word saved means is saved, healed, delivered, set free. And so, his heart it really for people is to know him, to be loved, to come into his family. And And And yeah, I don't know if that answers the question, but But I'm also curious, is there anyone that you tried to help and you've been consistently disappointed in them or just really surprised at what they had done after you tried to help them in a in a bad way and you've had to like give up on them? Yeah, like for example, one of the situations is this this gentleman who I was just talking to you about with the alcohol addiction. Like I was telling him I was like, "Man, we want to help you out, but you got to say no to the alcohol, you know?" And he keeps choosing the alcohol over wanting help. And so, we're not going to force anything on him, but we're just going to keep praying for him. And And yeah, at the end of the day, he has full freedom to do whatever he wants, you know? And so, you can never control people or force them to do something, but just believe the best in people. And it's it's really crazy what you can see. Like sometimes just enough love will just shatter someone's heart. And I just believe all people can be changed. And all people can be forgiven. And we've all done things wrong on a different measure. But at the end of the day, we just need God's love, his forgiveness. And when he does that, he really can do a work in us, you know? I'm going to shift the topic a little bit. Get back to finance. I'm so curious how taxes work. You're saying you're raising money on Venmo and people are Venmoing you. I'm worried maybe Venmo's going to report that to the IRS. You're going to be giving money out to people without a 1099. And then you're going to be on the hook for a huge tax bill with money that you've already given away. Yeah. Has that been factored in? Yeah, so I have an accountant that kind of goes through some of these things and stuff like that. But yeah, it's a very accountant, man. Oh my god. Imagine having that job. You like, "You gave $500 to who?" And you're like, "I don't know. Yeah. He gave me a hug. Yeah. Okay, what about this guy? I don't know. He gave me a dollar, so I gave him a thousand back. Yeah. Yeah, it's a very complicated situation because yeah, the it's it's it's weird. But yeah, the the donations they come in like they're they're counted as like income. So, we have to set up a certain aside away for taxes for that and stuff. But But yeah, really we just Yeah, if it's a large amount like there's something where if it's $500 or like under 599, you can just give someone that cash. And if it's more if it's like a car or a crazy thing, then you have to fill out these different forms and stuff. You're going to have a tax nightmare, I'm going to tell you. You're going to have one really good year where it it's one of two situations going to happen. One, it it's an audit because you're writing up so much of your income They're seeing so much money come in and immediately flow out in cash. It's a big flag. Or two, you're going to be stuck in a situation where all of a sudden the IRS is, "Hey, Jimmy, you owe us $500,000." And you say, "I don't have the $500,000. I gave it away." yeah, I I made sure to set aside for taxes with everything, you know? So, I have the taxes set aside for that. Like whenever I get paid even for if it's something on my own, I just will set aside the tax and just count everything as income, you know? I'm going to give you the boring answer you're probably not going to want to hear it. Everybody you give money to, you got to get a 1099. You got to get them to to get an ID, a name, an address, a social security number. If they don't have it, then it's at your discretion. Yeah. But keep records of that. Keep Keep it under the amount. It just Yeah. like it'd be hard to do that with homeless people. Yeah, but that's why I'm saying you keep it under that amount. But they should still have Well, I would imagine most would have a social security. Yeah. Yeah, it's it's interesting. Yeah, we've talked to many many tax people. Yeah, like it can some of it can be done like as educational purposes and you can give funds to people in need without having to report some of those, you know, things. But Make sure you get that buttoned up. I I hate to see something happen with that. Yeah, we're working right now. We're trying to form right now like a nonprofit, working through those things. And it's just crazy how much stuff you have to fill out for that and stuff. But I have a question about that, too. And Jimmy, I also want to let you know that our official card sponsor is Lexar. Okay. Oh, is [laughter] Lexar? Yeah, yeah. But you know, my question I remember Mr. Beast said on a podcast that at first he when he was giving out money, you know, he would also help people pay the tax on it. So, like even though he would give away, let's say $5,000, it would be more cuz there would be more money set aside for taxes so that they could like net $5,000. Yeah. And then I remember he mentioned that he had to switch that up because of it the taxes. When you give away large things or cars or whatever you're giving away, especially the larger stuff, do you kind of help these people plan for that or or how does that work? Yeah, for sure. Yeah, definitely. Anytime somebody gets a certain amount of cash or we raise a certain amount for them, we tell them about the taxes and stuff. But yeah, sometimes it's crazy how that works. But yeah, I I gave away a car like last year. It wasn't even a fundraiser cuz it was such a last-second thing. So, I had to put up on my own like I $20,000 and I gave someone this car. And then yeah, we had to like pay the taxes on it and stuff. And So, it's it's crazy. Yeah, there's like a gift tax even when you give someone something. You're going to You're going to get a a Price Is Right situation where a lot of the time Were you actually? [laughter] We'll get to that in a second. But when you when you win the big Well, any prize in The Price Is Right, you have to pay tax on the the fair market value of that item. And so, if you win, Jack, like let's just say some useless $5,000 thing cuz half the stuff it's like you're never going to use these things. Right. If you win that five that Now you have to pay tax on that $5,000. Yeah. Even though it's an item that you'll never use. So, a lot of times Yeah, it's it's better. Just don't take it. Or sometimes they have a cash value. Right. What happened when you you were on The Price Is Right? Did you Did you carry? Yeah, I was. Yeah, my uncle my uncle he won the whole Price Is Right I don't know, 15 years ago or something. And he didn't even He used my dad's ID cuz he didn't think he was old enough to get on get in in the show. But yeah, he won the whole thing. And so, he's like, "Jimmy, go down The Price Is Right. I bet you could get on." And so, I was like, "All right, sounds good. Like I'll show up." And you you show up to The Price Is Right. There's a line of like a hundred people. And they come up to you and give you 15 seconds. They say, "Why should you be on the show?" Oh, they'll pick They'll pick you. You have such a energy to you. So, it was funny. My answer I think was I was like Well, I was like, "Well, I sleep in my Honda Accord. I would sure love to have another one. And I'm a volunteer Santa Claus and I pick up dog poop for a living." Cuz I was in Austin Texas for after I left the restaurant for probably five months. I was a full-time dog walker. And I walked around just picking up dog poop, took dogs on walks. And then I also always carried a Santa Claus costume in my trunk of my Honda because my one of my best friends he said, "Jimmy, you got to learn to be Santa Claus in private before you can be Santa Claus in public." And I took it literal. And I was like, "Dang, like yeah, if anytime like I'll ever be known or I'll do videos, recording, blessing people and stuff. Like I just want to know that like I want to I want to help way more people off camera than on camera. Like that's the goal, you know?" And so, I would in Texas after I get off work at the restaurant, I would put on the Santa costume, just run around town, hang out with homeless people, go to eat with strangers, buy people stuff. And yeah, I was like a little Santa. And it was it was hot there. It was hot. It was So, you're [laughter] living in your car? Well, at times I was when I would drive cross country and stuff. Like you know, saving up money, I would just sleep in the car at a Walmart or whatever. But And that was That's what was crazy really was about a year and a half ago when I started doing these TikToks. I was like, "Man, I know I want to make videos. And I just want to do that full-time. And I want to just help people all the time, but I don't have enough funds to just to do that for every video, you know?" I went like drained my entire bank account like a year and a half taking just homeless people on like parasail rides, skydiving, all this stuff. And eventually like, "Dang it, I don't have any more funds to do this. What do I do?" And I went through McDonald's drive-thru. I didn't even have $2 for like a McChicken. I had to call my mom and she had to send me money to buy it. And I was like, "Dang it, like I don't know what to do, you know?" And And sure enough, just started making these these videos. Just And it started growing. And then I was like, "What if I try fundraising?" I was like, "I wonder if people would donate?" And so, I pull up a live stream. I'm like, "All right, guys. I'm going to try to raise money to help someone today." And you know, $100 came in. I was like, "All right, that was cool. Tomorrow it's not going to happen. They're not like the person who just gave isn't going to give another hundred." And so, I just went and fundraising like 150 came in today. And it just kept growing. I was like, "Oh my gosh, like people really want to give a funds away and help people in this this country, but they really want to see a video or the face it goes to rather than just write a check to organization, which is still great. But a lot of people they Yeah, they want to see the face of someone. And so, when I realized I could fundraise and do that, I was like, "Wow, this is incredible." And now it's just a dream come true. Every day I wake up, go on a little live stream, raise funds, hit the street, drive around my little Honda, and find awesome people and reward them for their kindness. And it's just it's a blast. tell us about The Price Is Right. What happened at The Price Is Right? Price Is Right. Oh. You get on? You get the get the prize? Yeah. yeah, it was it was a bit interesting. Yeah, I was in the crowd and they said be as crazy as you can. They show the highlights of The Price Is Right, you know, they say be as crazy as possible. Like you can't go over the top. Well, they announced my name, you know, they say come up on stage and I just start freaking out going nuts. I get on the state down there and I'm just like the cameras pacing. I'm like doing like thumb tricks and [laughter] stuff and I'm like $1 and all this stuff and they end up like calling the producers like you got to settle down like you're too animated. [laughter] But did it feel real to you? Yeah, I mean I was just loving it. It was just nuts and yeah, it was crazy and then and then yeah, I got I didn't get up on the stage, but they gave me like $500 for being on it. [laughter] So how much are you raising? Today? Like like in an average day, how much would you expect to want to say make, but a lot of it's raising to give away. Yeah, yeah, yeah, usually the goal is whatever we raise that day, we usually go out and give it away. So I'll try to raise $500, sometimes $1,000 and then just later that day I'll go shoot the video and give away that amount to the strangers and or whoever it is and the people get to see on Tik Tok later that day like wow, I donated 3 hours ago and here's the video the guy went to. So it's really cool how it's just yeah, like the same day they usually get to see the video of who it went to. Have you given away money today yet? Today we did not shoot a video. Vegas is crazy. I was here. Yeah, I don't know what what I was doing today. Oh well, I was trying to get a outfit ready for this show. So I was at Target. I was going all This show? Yes. You don't need an outfit for this show. I'm just [laughter] wearing wearing the Santa Claus day. I don't care. have been dirty for like a week. I'm like I don't know. I I got rid of all my clothes and I have like five t-shirts to my name now and I've just this shirt I've worn it like 3 days in a row without washing it and I was like I need something clean. So I went to Target, bought a white t-shirt, but it was too thin. It was really thin and so I just said I'll just wear this. [laughter] But yeah, different cities are different. So are you going to give away money in Vegas? Cuz I'd be concerned you give away 500 bucks, you'll see them just immediately at the craps table. Yeah, no, I wouldn't be doing it at a casino or nothing like that, but I did shoot a video here yesterday actually and at Walmart and I just I don't know. It's not Christmas, but I love Christmas and so I just had like a little microphone thing and I went up to people I said, Rudolph the red nose and then went like this and if they finished the lyrics to the song, they got the $500 and like five people just stared at me like this, didn't say anything and then finally a sweet old lady started singing the rest of the song. So she got the funds and and yeah, she I don't know how old she was, but she was awesome and we did a little dance and she said she's going to use it to buy food. So Now how are you making money to to because it it costs money to go to these cities and you deserve something too for all of your efforts and all of your work to Yeah, I mean I honestly I just yeah, from my Amazon business. That's one of the main ways that I make funds and then I've just I'm just really frugal and like ever since I was a kid when I was like 14 years old, I've just been investing every month. Whether it was $10 a month or $300 a month, you know, I've just always been investing just compound interest. I don't have any debt. My car's paid off, all that and so I can live pretty cheap, you know, but yeah, mainly from Amazon and then once in a while I'll do a brand deal with like cash app or Lyft or some of these awesome brands and and yeah, it's just it's just amazing. My goal is just to yeah, any funds that I make from different things like it's just to invest it to grow it because a lot of the bigger dreams and visions I have are going to require a lot of funds to get them done like one of my main things that I really want to do is couple years ago, I was just in my bedroom and I was sitting there I was like man, I was like, why is church boring? I feel like church is kind of boring and I was like I don't think heaven is boring and I was like I was like dang, what if church was like heaven and so I was like I just had this idea for like a house party church. Like a wild that's like this at this wild house where there's like 500 to 1,000 people there and you show up and basically yeah, we give like a 10-minute message. There's no drugs, no alcohol out, but it's just community, people having fun, just a 10-minute gospel message and then my dream is just to be like just yeah, just to like call people out of the crowd and be like, who doesn't have a car or who's got car troubles? Raise your hand. Get up here. You just won a brand new Model X. Like we love you, [laughter] and just yeah, like pay off people's college debt and all these things and really just to love people radically and show people that God is fun and holy at the same think people might hear about this though and join for the wrong reasons? Maybe they show up and it's like yo, I heard about this new this new ceremony, you know, this new you know, church. Yeah. away Teslas. Yeah, yeah, definitely. [laughter] Definitely. It's a it's a idea, you know, that definitely needs a team and some more things around, but the main concept is just to yeah, just to just to have like a fun atmosphere like heaven, be blessing people and and yeah, like yeah, I just have a offering bucket that goes around where you don't even put in it, but you people can just take out whatever they need, you know, and just like have the church run by businesses that are self-funded and I don't know. I just I just want to like love people radically to show them that God is fun and crazy and and yeah, have like a DJ there and like guest speakers skydiving in and just yeah, I just want to be fun and wild, you know, like I truly believe that God is the originator and he like creates everything, you know, and the enemy, he just comes and he just he just changes things that God makes for good and turns them to bad, you know, like I think that like yeah, if there's a college frat party down the street and they're doing drugs and it's wild and crazy. I was like man, I was like I feel like heaven would have a better party than that cuz most of the people there are just sad and depressed, don't even want to be there, but are doing that and so I just want to make things fun and yeah, just show people like God's he's in Where did those beliefs start for you? Was it as a kid? Yeah, I mean I've always you know, gone to church since I was a little kid, you know, and stuff, but yeah, most most Sundays as I was a kid, I was like I don't want to go to church. I just want to you know, play whatever video game, Grand Theft Auto in my room or something like that, you know, but really when I was 18 years old and yeah, my socks got healed as crazy as that is, as wild that is. That's kind of how I met Jesus and yeah, he's he's just changed my life radically and and yeah, I just that's why I have so much hope for people's lives, you know, cuz I truly don't believe if someone's a mean person, they're going to stay that way the rest of their life, you know, I almost wanted to start like a t-shirt brand called love mean people. Like I think mean people are some of the most people that just need the biggest hug, you know, and yeah, like I just I just yeah, Jesus is he changed my life and it's just it's amazing, you know. Do you ever get any haters online? Not really. Yeah, not really. I mean yeah, I not too much. Once in a while you get a hate comment or something, but I don't really care about it. Like I said, you know, like when I erased all my stuff, you know, and was out there there for 4 years, I really got my identity in that and not in the videos and stuff and so yeah, it doesn't really affect me if there's a bad comment this or that cuz there's going to be that with anything you do, you know, it's just you just have to make sure your heart and your motives are pure and then that's the rest is You know, you're good. So where are you posting your videos? YouTube, Tik Tok, you doing Facebook? Yeah, yeah, yeah, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube, just not Twitter cuz someone has my old username and I don't want to make like a random one with numbers or something. But yeah, YouTube's crazy. This this last Christmas I started posting on there, had like 10 subscribers, something like that. Now I have like 1.5 million subscribers on there. How much do you make from YouTube? YouTube? that? Well, these are all like uh these are all short form videos, you know. just curious cuz it is mostly shorts. Yeah, yeah, so not really make a lot from YouTube, but eventually what we want to do is start making long form videos on YouTube because there is great ad revenue on these things cuz I wanted to start doing crazier giveaways, you know, I think you could do really well, especially Facebook making 3 to 5-minute giveaway with interview. Yeah, yeah. Follow these people home and get them to share their story. For sure. they used to do it was really popular like homeless people like transformations where they'd get somebody and like try to clean them up, get them a haircut, maybe get them new teeth or something like that and then try to get them a job and just like, you know, help them out. It's a tough one because on the one hand it's like it's a nice gesture, but on the other hand it's like are they doing it just for the views? Well, it's a it's a fun it's a fun thing. I agree, but in Jimmy's case I feel like the views just contributes to more money, which means helping more people, which means more money. It's Yeah, but but no, to your the key is that's why we don't do that all the time is because really the goal is if there's a person that's on the street, it's not to just quick make them look nice, get them a haircut, make a video, post it, see you, goodbye. It's like we build relationships with these people. So there's a homeless lady right now that I've been helping trying to get her off the street for the past like 5 months and and yeah, we're in the process of it right now just getting her new teeth, yeah, getting her a job and all these different things and yeah, it's it's a it takes a long time. You don't just pump something out like that cuz you're dealing with actual people. You know, but like Norma, she's she's amazing. This this lady Norma. How did you guys meet? Who? Me and me and my girlfriend? Yeah, so I I've never had a girlfriend my whole life. Just yeah, just never wanted to ask someone to be my girlfriend unless I really saw great values in them and just really connected with them, you know, and so I this it was a couple months ago. I went to Kansas City to this event. It's like a Christian stadium event. And I went there to speak at one of the pre rally things for it. And before I went up to speak, I saw this girl in the crowd. I was like, "Dang, that's a beautiful girl. Like she she looks amazing." And I go up there and speak and get off the stage, come down, and then I ran into her out in the the area. We started talking and she was from Palm Springs, which is like my favorite place on Earth. And yeah, we we started hanging out that night. And yeah, like 5 days later something I asked her to be my girlfriend. It was really quick. It was really fast, but she's awesome. She helps me with said yes? Yeah, she said yes. no, but here she is. Yeah. Yeah, she helps me with the videos and stuff like that. And she just has awesome pure heart. And so So, is she the one now behind the camera sometimes or do you have someone else too? Well, it's just me usually. It's just me. I I film like hidden camera style. Yeah, yeah. But but yeah, definitely it helps when there's someone out there with me driving around, finding people, looking for the right person. What was interesting to me is you said when you were like in that stage of kind of sleeping in your car like the before the price prices right and stuff like that. When you had no money, you were still giving away like a lot of what you could to random people like you mentioned taking people like paragliding and stuff like that. How did you like reason that financially in order to like to do that? Yeah, I mean honestly, I just always knew that like just from just from biblical principles and reading the Bible just like you know, the goal is just never to really live for myself, but just to help other people and do that. And so yeah, ever since I was a kid like as soon as I have $5,000 in my bank account, I'd like give get rid of it the next day or week and just give it to people, help people out. And yeah, couple of years ago, there was a very large amount. It was like I don't know. I think it was like half of my entire net worth. And I felt like God said to give it away. And I was like, "What? Like are you sure? Like my dad would say it's a horrible decision." Or it just doesn't make sense financially, you know, especially when you get older, you know, when you're living on your own and stuff. But I ended up doing that anyways, gave away that money. And as soon as I did that, that's when my Amazon business like took off. It was crazy. Who'd you give it to? Um I gave it to this guy who's from my town. He was like um they just I don't know. They they go around helping people and stuff, him and his wife. They're just awesome people. I've been family friends with them forever. And I gave them the funds. And I actually ran into them like a couple months ago. And this was a long time ago. This was maybe 4 years ago I gave them the money. And they say they still have the money. They still have part of it because they give it away and someone else would randomly would give it to them. They put it in the same envelope. So, the envelopes never run dry. And one of my favorite don- people that donate to my videos, he always says, "No one goes broke by giving." You know? And so it's kind of that thing where yeah, like when you're when your hand is like this like to your money and you're greedy and you're holding it like God can't bless you with more. But when you're giving to people, he can also bless you with more cuz he knows it's not a idol in your life and you're not going to yeah, just like it's not going to rule you, you know? So, I just I love giving. And it's just really a awesome part of life just to see people transform. Like I was just telling someone this other day like I can remember maybe three maybe two times in my entire life where a random stranger blessed me with something. That's crazy, right? Um one one instance I was in North Dakota getting a haircut. And this they I was going to pay for the haircut. And they go, "Yeah, the old man back there paid for your haircut." It was like $20 haircut. I was like, "You're kidding me. What?" And I literally got in my car, called like 50 people I knew. I was like, "Guys, you won't believe this. Some guy bought my haircut." Cuz it just it it hits you when someone random pays for something. And I was like, "Wow, like it doesn't need to be $500 or $1,000. Like if you just get someone a coffee like you can make their day, maybe even their month and really impact them like that, you know?" That's neat. I have one more question, too. Um Is it about Lexar, Alex? What Yeah, yeah. Don't don't don't don't look at the sign back here, guys. I thought it was going to be about Lexar, the memory cards. No, no, no, no. It's a it's a legitimate question here. So, I've seen studies that people are more inclined to be nice to you if you're good looking. And Jimmy, let's not lie here. Look at you, man. You're such a good [laughter] looking man. But do you think that your your looks have affected the way that people pass the kindness to us? Yeah, I don't know. That's a tricky question. a good question, Alex. That's a good question. I guess at the end of the day, I would not really know, you know? But I would say that I don't know. I have a [laughter] I have a bit of a strange voice, you know? Like honestly, you know where my voice comes from? Like my dad, he was like forcing me. He owns a restaurant. He forced me to like be a waiter when I was younger. I was so terrified to do it. And when I became a waiter, like you come up to these tables. And in my town where I was a waiter, everyone who comes in there like they're a bit older, most of them. Like 70, 80 year old people. And you don't want to startle them, you know? So, you come up and you go, "Hello, sir. Would you like anything besides water?" And you get this like high pitched voice, you know? And I guess it's kind of stuck with me that like I have this voice with this Minnesota accent. So, I think it is a bit disarming. And when I come up to people, it is a bit disarming, you know? Like I don't come up to me and say, "Hey, could you give me, you know, some money for bread?" You know, it's like That's true. You know, you you kind of I kind of greet them in a way, but I I wouldn't say that yeah, they just help me because they think I'm a good looking kid or I'm nice, you know? Because yeah, when you talk to these people, they've been helping people their entire lives. And just that one moment, they were captured and it was on film. you look kind of like your beard is kind of like clean shaven around it. You look like you got a fresh haircut. Right. You know? Sometimes yeah, I a lot of times I wear a mask, sure. You know? Because yeah, a lot of people will come up and recognize me and Yeah, like if Jack did that, people would run. Oh, they would not. You guys are looking similar, by the way. I have to say. We have to point this out. Thank you. I'll take that as a compliment. I'll get out of the picture. Oh, yeah. A little bit. Yeah. One crazy thing I guess [clears throat] I haven't brought up quite yet was um basically yeah, it was about 4 years ago. I was in Northern California at this Christian school. And I wasn't making videos. I wasn't doing anything online. It's when I had fully given it to God. And I was there at this church. And a lady randomly comes up to me. And she goes, "I have a word." She's like, "I have a prophecy. I feel like God's speaking to me about you." And I was like, "All right. What is it?" And she goes, "Yeah, in the next 4 years you're going to have your own TV show." And all these things she starts saying. And I'm like, "What the heck? Like all right. That sounds fun, but what? Like what are you crazy? Like that's TV show. Like how do you even get a TV show, you know?" And it was just crazy. And I wasn't doing videos or anything. And fast forward, it's been about 4 years now, like 3 and 1/2 years. And I'm actually yeah, like I I'm working with Jason Kennedy and Taylor Lautner. And we're actually having meetings this week or or next week with different networks like pitching a TV show and stuff. And it looks like it's probably going to happen. So, this is very crazy what can happen like when you speak life into somebody, you know? And you encourage them. And yeah, I truly feel like yeah, like I'm only making videos and doing this because like it's what God called me to. It just feels like you know, like when you throw a football, it just throws right. But you dribble a football, it's all over the place, you know? And I feel like I'm doing what I was designed to do, which is just to meet awesome people, share their stories, and just inspire people to be kind and do that. Like about 30 minutes ago, I was at Target before I came here. And this lady, she's like, "Jimmy from YouTube." It's funny she said YouTube cuz I'm on YouTube. But apparently, you know, I'm growing on there, too. And she's like, "I want a picture this this." And she goes, "Me and my daughter watch your videos. And now we try to buy people stuff behind us and this and that." And that's really the best thing compliment I could ever get is like they're inspired to be kind. And to realize it doesn't have to be some crazy thing. Like literally, if you just open the door for somebody, especially in Las Vegas, like they'll be shocked. They'll be like, "What? You're opening the door for me?" You know? And you can just a little thing of kindness can really impact people. Do you have any selfish desires? Like do you want to have a fancy car or like really nice clothes or to live in a nice apartment or going, you know, lavish fancy vacations? I mean basically yeah, I I like this shirt. It's actually it's my merch that I launched. This is like one one shirt that I have. But I have like five black t-shirts and five white t-shirts. That's all I like for clothes. I don't like anything crazy. My car, I love my Honda because I can go to different rougher areas. And it's not like it doesn't stick out like, "Oh, let's rob this kid." or something, you know? So, I just like everything plain and simple like that. Um but as far as like selfish desires, I guess I love doing fun wild things like to go on a wild vacation or this, but with other people, you know? Whether be with my family or taking somebody on a trip, you know? It's really just yeah, it's fun doing stuff with other people, you know? But yeah, I'm not really into like watches or cars or nothing like that, you know? Like I just like a nice, you know, just I'm very clean. I I don't know if I have OCD, maybe, you know? But my apartment is just very clean, organized. And yeah, I just like things very simple. Yeah. What about travel? Want to travel anywhere? Yeah, I mean I traveled a lot. I love traveling. Right when I got out of high school, yeah, I lived in India for a while. I lived in Australia. And I lived in Brazil. Um so, I traveled around there. And that's really kind of how a lot of my views were shaped is just seeing different people and cultures and places. And that's why I feel like I'm able to go up to anyone and connect with them right away. And yeah, just like seeing people in other countries, man, they're so nice. It's crazy. Like in India, like you could just walk down the street, meet somebody. And they'll like invite you to live with them for like a couple weeks. It's insane. And that was a really that that time in India really shaped my life a lot. What are the least friendly countries that you've been to? Oh, the least friendly countries. Well, Let's start there. We'll work our way up. Oh, yeah. I don't know about that. I mean, everywhere, you know, you'll run into different people like depending on the city, wherever. Um, but yeah, honestly, I just think that I just think that yeah, people if they're if they're if they're if they're rude, it's because something happened to them that day or that week, you know? So, I just I I don't try to like condemn or put a label on anyone, you know? Cuz I think identity is one of the main things and if I right now said a certain country or place like I don't want someone to be watching it and to be like, "Wow, this is I'm from a mean place." All right, like that's who I am. That's who we are. Like no, you might have a couple mean people in your town, but like that's not who you are, you know? When's the last time you got like you know, road rage or something like that where maybe like cuz it happens to the best of us, right? Where we're like we act out of line and then we reflect back on that maybe like later that day a day or two later and we're like, "I shouldn't have said what I said or done what I did." Right. Oh my gosh. Cuz for me it's just like this is what bewilders me. I can never picture you doing anything in that capacity. No, I mean I mean I'm definitely not perfect, you know? There's no such thing as a perfect person, you know? So, I would never claim to be absolutely perfect, but I would say if I ever was driving and was like, you know, got mad or this or that like just kind of later that night like my key is just every day try to connect with God just later that night or in the morning just be with Jesus and if I find selfishness in me or if I was rude or this or that just kind of just repent of it right then and there and just receive his forgiveness and just kind of move forward, you know? The word repent is everyone's scared of it, but it's actually it doesn't mean really what you think it means. What it means is like to have a different perspective from like a penthouse view like looking down at something like you're going this way decide to go this way. It's not like, "Oh, I'm so sorry." Blah blah blah like you don't need to cry to repent, you know? It's really just to realize, "Wow, I'm I that's not who I am. I can do better than that." And you just kind of move on from it. And so, just kind of live a lifestyle like that, man, but there's always things that pop up, you know? There's always different things where you're like, "Man, I maybe was a little selfish. I didn't ask my girlfriend where she wanted to eat. I just chose where to eat." Or this or that, you know? But really at the end of the day it's yeah, just connecting with him and and yeah. And when you go and you tip at restaurants, do you tip like pretty you know, Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or do you just tip normally? Yeah, yeah, no, I I I I tip pretty good because I used to be a server, you know? So, remember sometimes I'd get a $100 tip and it my head would fall off of my body. Like I would just blow me apart. And so, yeah, when we go out to eat like try to tip pretty good, you know? And bless people up, but yeah, it seems like every day I the cool thing about Tik Tok is I don't do a video once a week. Usually every day we do a video. So, every day we usually get to bless somebody in a cool radical way, but what we like doing more like when I'm on my own instead of just giving someone a crazy tip is give them a awesome tip, but then just talk to them, get to know them, pray for them. And yeah, just that's like a really cool way to impact someone versus just giving them money. So, what's your schedule like now? Like walk us through an average day. Yeah, an average day wake up. Um, yeah, just eat some cereal. [laughter] And basically yeah, turn on my live stream and I just yeah, raise $500 to $1,000 and then I go and get the money out of the ATM and then I drive around sometimes for hours, find the person, bless them, hear their story and then go edit the video after that. Um, work out, hang out with God for a little bit, you know? Just read the Bible and just kind of repeat do the same thing, but it's it's a blast, you know? It's like it'd be one thing if it was a if it was really sad or difficult thing, but just hanging out with people, having fun with them, blessing them, it's like it's like the funnest thing on the planet, you know? How much strategy though goes into let's say getting the right shot, the right video, the right person that you know would do well online? So, the key is you know, it can be tempting sometimes to think like this, you know? And to be like, "All right, we need the best shot, this and that." But the key when I make my best videos is when I kind of forget about all that and kind of get the heart of the video cuz that's really what you can feel. Like you can feel a video. Like some people will either try to copy my videos this that and sometimes they're amazing, sometimes they're great, but you can tell if someone just does it for the views or this or that. Like there's no real connection in the video. There's no real heart in it, you know? So, the key is to kind of forget that and just kind of go out and just try to make someone's day, you know? Make them feel loved and the camera will capture all of that. And then you can edit it later, but it's really yeah, it's to find the heart of the video and not to get too caught up in algorithms and this and that because you know, that's really that's like the best thing and I know like you guys have probably learned this and even on YouTube people really love that that style that's not so crazy edited and it's more just raw and stuff. Like people like to just see things and not feel like it's a big huge production, you know? That's what I kind of feel like we're going in that direction and I think Ryan Trahan was really good push for that movement of just anti-editing, no big production, not spending a lot of money, something simple. People could follow it and it helps Ryan Trahan is really funny, too. But I love those. Oh, yeah. I'm a huge fan of the but it has to be well articulated. There has to be like some sort of editing and stuff thrown in there. I don't think it has to be this big optimized thing. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Like what was it? We we all watch. I love his content. What's his name? Hiller Smith? Oh, yeah, Hiller yeah. Hayden Hiller Smith. His editing is insane. Yeah. His editing looks like a movie. Like you're watching a Michael Bay film. And watching him go through Matthew Beem's video was insane. I agree. it? Yeah. So, he goes through this video and he's like you could optimize here, you could cut this out, you could change the music. I mean, watch it because it blows your mind in terms of how much thought is in every second. yeah, I guess I will say this. Like for example, my video I did yesterday where it was first person to finish the lyrics to a Christmas song got $500. I I I was going to read a comment for that video and say first person and give $500 and then the video would start because that way gives context. Otherwise, if you're just a new person watching and you just see me like going like this, you don't know someone's going to get blessed, you don't know anything and you'll click off. And so, I actually had a I posted that video with no comment reading because Tik Tok sometimes like bans certain words like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer wouldn't be allowed to be typed on Tik Tok. So, I had to remove the comment actually. Yeah, yeah. I don't know. It's just really Yeah, it's really It's really strange. So, anyways, I posted the video yesterday without the comment reading just straight into the video and it did horrible. It was like one of the worst performing videos ever. I was like, "Dang it. It's because there's no context. People don't know what's going on." So, I deleted the video, re-put it up with me reading the comment and it did really well. And so, yeah, it's just making sure people have context and understand what's going on in the video. And then two, one of my main things to do is I love at the end of my videos dancing with people. I try to end it with like joy. So, even if it's emotional this and that, it's a joyful thing. They're getting funds, they got blessed, they were kind. So, we try to dance for 4 or 5 seconds at the end of each video and the the followers love it. They think it's amazing. They comment, "We love the dancing." But whenever I do it, the views are way less on the video because people right at the end they see the video and they scroll off. And so, it's kind of just navigating. Do you want to make the video for new people to come and follow and to see it or just to really show the people that have stuck around for a long time just to give them like a deeper connection. So, I'll do a lot of that sometimes where it's like forget about if it performs way less. Like people love the dancing, you know? Should we react to a few of the videos? Might be interesting. What do you think, Jack? Let's watch these top three that you have pinned, okay? All right, yeah. Tell us maybe give us some of the back story or if you want to comment on the video might be kind of interesting. Give us some like behind the scenes or like anything that the viewer might not know. Hello, sir. Could I Could I Would you like face paint? [music] Okay. Could I paint your face like a design for Right there, pause it right there. So, yeah, this video I shot this video. I get home to my apartment. I'm editing it. I post it. And then I would show my roommates at the end of the day like the video I did. So, I'm showing my roommates. I'm like, "Check this out." And my one roommate right when he gets to this part just starts screaming, freaking out, running around the apartment. I'm like, "What?" He's like, "Bro, do you know who that is?" I was like, "No." He's like, "That's my stepdad." Yeah, yeah. [laughter] And he's like this televangelist like I don't know. Like he's like really famous in other countries like this guy. And I was like, "Oh, no, should I delete it?" Like I hope it didn't make him look rude, but he was funny and laughed with it, but it was just super random. Like I went up to my roommate's stepdad in Walmart. Yeah. Where'd you get the idea to ask to paint people's faces? Um, uh, I don't know. Just just hanging out, just just thinking of different things. Yeah, whatever's fun. I would say no to that. I mean, I don't want my face painted. I bet I bet I might be able to get you to. It's the tone as [laughter] No, but if you walked up to me in in this tone and say, "Can I paint your face?" I'd be like, "No." What if I said, "Sir, please, it'll make my whole year. If you regret it, I'll give you a new car." If you said that, I would I would do it. I don't know. [laughter] You don't need a new car part, but just like it'll make my year. I'm like, "You know what? I'll do it." Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Like a design for free? Okay. Hello, sir. Would you like a free face painting? Could do a design. You could even wipe it off after. You're amazing. You know that? So, who is this? How do you find this guy? I was just driving around in my car and I saw him like sitting outside of this ice cream place or whatever. And I was like, "Well, let's go up to him." And who's it was actually really special cuz he was very monotone, very down and out like, "Hello." And by the end of the video like you'll see it. He's like laughing, having fun. And that's why it went so viral. It was like people could see that, you know, he wasn't Sometimes if you're shooting a video you're like, all right, I want to find someone joyful to go up to. But sometimes it's like, man, let's find someone who's really down and out and see if we can switch that. $500 for me? Yes, I wasn't the first person child-like enough. I don't think I can take $500. You know So you know that's legit when they're like, I can't take it. That's when you know that like, oh yeah, no, we've got to give them the money. They are the ones that deserve it. Yeah. This will help me get out of here. Really? Actually, yeah. Everyone needs to not take themselves too seriously. [laughter] I love that. That is a great ending. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's it's not surprising why this did so well. Right. It's yeah, let's watch the next one. Look at this one. 40 million views. I was just trying to get a sad meal. Cool, I'll do it for you. Are you sure? Yes, come on. I'm just having a rough day. No, it's okay. Why did he come up to you? I It was a very interesting situation. I was at this Walmart, the McDonald's in the Walmart and I stood there for like 20, 30 minutes. I didn't even know if I was going to make a video or not. I was just I was like I was trying to think of something and people kept saying, "Do you want to order? Do you want to order?" I was like, "No, I'm good." And I was like and then he came up to me I was like, "Oh, this is perfect." Like, yeah, I I can't afford the McDonald's. How does he not see you record the the whole interaction? Yeah, I mean it's a it's a hidden camera and yeah, I don't ever reveal exactly how I do it just because I don't want people to figure it out or know how I do it and then like come up to me or see my kind of setup. But yeah, I mean you can just kind of tell when people's faces and stuff that unaware of it. So they thought that maybe you were just standing there didn't have the money or maybe you were just fallen on hard times and want to help you out. Yeah, yeah, cuz they kept saying, "You want to order something?" I'm like, "No, I'm good. I don't really have much." And and yeah, then he came out and ordered. It could be like leftovers. What did you get or get a fresh? What did you end up getting? I have no idea. All right. A Happy Meal or something. Yeah. One of everything. [laughter] Thank you so much. You're welcome. Can I have your number, [music] okay? You have a good day. Do you know this gentleman here? Yeah, he's worked for Walmart for a while. Do you have his phone number? I'm surprised she gave it gave out his number. Yeah, yeah, I mean I don't know. Yeah, she gave me his number. I didn't give him the money there because like you're not allowed to take money sometimes where they're working. Oh, did you ask to give him the money and he said he couldn't? No, just from previous videos I've known like you can't sometimes tip employees which kind of sucks, but yeah, I was like, "I'll wait till after this guy gets out of work." Yeah. I wanted to give you this gift I got. Oh, thank you. This is for you. This is $1,000. Are you serious? Yes, I do undercover [music] kindness. Oh my god. You're amazing. I like his shirt. Why isn't no one commenting on the shirt? I love that. all the comments are about the shirt. Yes, you're welcome. I was raised in a foster [music] home so I was always taught to give even if I don't have. I was falling behind on my car payment and so I had to catch up. Wait a second. Wait, he put his What is this? Cash app? Yeah, I showed his Cash app in the video and he got like 10, 15,000 came in. Holy [snorts] moly. Yeah, yeah, crazy. That's what's so wild. It's like I'm kind of just doing the little that I can and and that I can raise, but then it's really just giving this video to the internet and then they take it the extra mile. My first ever like viral video on TikTok I was actually on a road trip in California with one of my friends and he was just freaking out and stuff and I don't know. He was it was he was having a rough day and just he made the road trip. It was it was a rough road trip. Like I don't know. He he didn't have some of his medication and stuff and was just angry all the time this and that. And so I was in Northern California and I was actually sad because because of how what he was going through and stuff. So I literally I was like, "I'm going to make a video. I'm going to go to McDonald's right now and order a sad meal cuz I am sad." And I ordered a sad meal at McDonald's and that video got like 9 million views. That's what started everything, but Do you have any other questions for us? Anything we could answer for you? Yeah, questions for you guys is yeah, I don't know, man. I think it's just awesome that you guys got a podcast. I was thinking the other day is like, I'd love to do a podcast. I feel like it's just so hard though to know like questions to ask or that. Now, you could do podcasts with some of the people that you feature on TikTok. Yeah. Not you know, the the podcast soft white underbelly Just like that. Thinking the exact same thing. But with a positive spin cuz I watched a lot of his videos and there's not a lot of it it's you hear these really interesting stories and you hear their perspective, but I feel like yours is very uplifting and you feel better afterwards. Yeah. Sometimes the soft white underbelly I'm left like, oh man, like what did I just hear? Yeah, yeah. Crazy stuff. So if you did something like that, just 20 minutes. Right. I wouldn't do an hour. Right. 20 minutes edited up, maybe 30 minutes max. Get their backstory. right here. Yeah, and then bless them at the end. Yeah. Or you know, if if you enjoy the story you want to reach out to them, you want to help in some way. Something like that would be really nice. Don't worry about the questions. They'll do most of the talking. I feel like your audience could get really attached to some of the people you help out. And I'm sure that they would want to hear their entire story. Like to us it's very interesting how people get in certain situations. Yeah, it would be fun. I love it. I love it talking to people asking questions. your next thing. Do the podcast. All right, I'm coming out with one. There you go. That would be fun. Please do and just make sure that they hit the like button and subscribe and preferably get a free stock down below in the description. What else? I mean is Is there anything else you wanted to discuss? Any exciting things? Yeah, I think just yeah, the main thing is just yeah, I'm just I'm excited to see if this TV show thing happens. You know, that would be crazy cuz we'll be able to help you on a whole different scale. Like give away houses and all this stuff. Like that will just be insane and so fun to do and partner up with celebrities doing it is kind of the vision and the goal, but I'm excited to do that and then yeah, I guess any other stories really or anything. Um Yeah, I think I think the main thing is just I couldn't do any of this without the people that donate to the videos and just you really you have to for anyone out there that wants to do something similar to this, you got to start small whether be buying someone's coffee or $10, $20. And once you build trust with the audience, then you can kind of be able to raise money and then be able to go give that away to people cuz they're not just going to donate if they don't know you or don't trust you or see you giving away your own money, you know? Um so [snorts] so that's a key for anyone out there watching and I would just say yeah, there's different ways to be kind that you can really impact somebody's life and and yeah, it's it's just it's amazing what what you can do to somebody by just spending the time talking to them and help them out and I'm just so grateful to be able to get to do this and I just love it. I can't wait to find the next person on the street, you know, cuz right now there's somebody out there that they just had bad luck. They just had a couple bad things happen to them and they're out there and they just need someone to believe in them. I guess the other thing I was just going to say is I'm excited as far as YouTube goes cuz I've been trying to find a format for longer form videos instead of just hidden camera this or that. Like we created a place on my website where you can fill out your story, a 3-minute video submission and then we kind of go through these and just we'll be able to pick stories and go have permission to film, go and do these videos where yeah, we get to change their life through crowdfunding and stuff and To follow up, I think your YouTube channel 20, 30-minute follow-ups Yeah. interviews with the people you help because that way everyone that sees your your TikToks, they want they want to know the full story. Like I'd be curious in that guy. Right. I go to the channel and watch a 20-minute interview. Yeah. It would be cool to see a behind the scenes too. I know you said you didn't want to like reveal how you film or whatever you have going on there. But it would be cool like like awakening up, a day in the life of Jimmy Darts or something or or someone films you filming the thing and it's like this is the behind the scenes of what's going on. Yeah, yeah, that would be cool, too. awesome. Well, thanks then. Thanks, appreciate it. Let me get a thumbnail of you really quick. All right, perfect.