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Introduction of Hosts and Guest
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but shit Comes to our set, plays with our toys. more like an action post He's kinda like, yeah! Welcome back to this episode of Trash Taste, and with the boys as usual, Jerry and Garnt, and today we have Felix.
00:00:18
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All of you in the comments can shut the fuck up now. We got him. 6'9", like we promised. I don't want to know what episode this is. 120 something probably. We should have just waited. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's double of 69 probably. Yeah, this is like the build up since I think episode one. That's people have been asking for you to come on. Is it really? Yeah, you're the goat. So everyone's always like, oh, okay. Now you guys are hyping me up right away. I appreciate it. Such a great guy. People just love you on your own marriage. Yeah, but thank you very much for coming on.
Felix's Transition to Japan
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And I guess this is a late welcome to Japan because you've been here for like, how long have you been here now? Like a month or two? We left when you got here.
00:01:02
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yeah it was so fun like uh i was so excited to finally come on trash tape meet meet you guys and then uh you guys just to go we heard we heard you were coming we heard you were coming we were like nah i don't want to fuck with this guy so much time to not go anywhere But yeah, like how has your Japan experience been so far? Pretty good. Pretty good? Yeah, having a lot of fun. You're basically retired at this point, I feel like. That's what everyone says with the blogs I'm doing. You're just like enjoying your retirement in Japan now. Yeah. Well, we have a lot of, you know, chill to catch up with. I feel like I'm doing more stuff here than I've done like the last three years in UK. Right. Well, there's not much to do in the UK. I hate telling you that. Listen, listen. If you don't drink at pubs, there's really options eliminated.
00:01:49
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And even if you do drink in pubs, it's just like how many times a week can I drink in a pub and do something new? You know, it's- Let's go to the next pub. Yeah. To be fair, even Japanese people are like, you're doing more stuff than I've done for- Well, it's because they're working all day. They don't stop. They have to do this thing called work. Well, that's why I move in Japan,
Work and Lifestyle Differences in Japan
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right? As a YouTuber, it's like, it's great. You get like the best of both worlds. You get to enjoy the really cool parts about Japan without having to partake in the normal work culture. Which is notoriously one of the worst in the world. That's really bad. Were you always, did you always have like a fascination with Japan? I can't remember if you did or just kind of like you just came here once and you were like, yeah. Yeah, it was my wife Marte wanted to go and I was like, sure, whatever. And then I really liked that. You're like, I can live here. I've always been into anime, but I never had like a big obsession with Japan. I feel it's just, you're probably just like, we're, you know, exposed to a lot of Japanese like culture, right? Like, you know, like obviously the anime, but also like just the games and stuff like that. So I feel you kind of just like naturally- I feel like everyone kind of is. That's why there's a lot of curiosity. Yeah, definitely. Was there a point where you came to Japan and you're like, shit, I can see myself living here. What was the tipping point? Yeah, that was actually four years ago. Something like that. We were here for a month. And yeah, after that, we were like, damn, we really don't want to go home. This is actually really good. Was that the trip by Mitchell? Or was that after that? No, it was after that. We used to come here every year. And yeah, we had that. We stayed a little longer, like a month. And then we were just like, damn, it's actually really nice.
Moving Challenges and Bureaucracy
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So we had a meeting with people. I'm like, oh, how's the visa going to go? And they were like,
00:03:29
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like a couple months and then we we're good're like okay great so we were planning our wedding at the same time yeah and we were like okay let's keep we're gonna make this work we're gonna do it as fast as possible and then yeah obviously covid hit and two years i think three years three it's close to three years yeah it was pretty brutal yeah yeah it was not fun But now I'm here, so you just move on. Yeah. And no one else can enter still. I was going to say, I was like, everybody thought that you just like did it on a whim, I feel like, in some, in some place on YouTube. they were like, what does he get to go in? I, I've been trying to go in for the past two years. ah Maybe. I don't know. Like.
00:04:05
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It took a long time, but we didn't really talk about it. I was so fucking pissed off having to wait too, and I was just so mad. But I was trying to hold it in, because I didn't want to be entitled by entering a country, but it else yeah, it was rough. was trying pans People are already pick you about it, and they're already like, yeah not dramatic. Oh yeah, you have to deserve to come to Japan.
00:04:25
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but You can't just like anime and yeah play Nintendo. You need to really enjoy this country. That's the problem. If you do only like anime and you want to go to Japan, it's like, you're everything that's wrong with tourists that go to Japan. We don't warn you here. Well, because the thing is, like, you were waiting for two years to come in Japan. but I think we were waiting two years to leave Japan. That's what he took up. First opportunity, we're like, all right, see ah you. know Yeah, but like now that we're now that we're back, like I've really, really missed a lot of like little things in ja Japan. dodger Like you traveling out there. I can't imagine how it's been for you just like experiencing, just living here for the first time for the first four months. Has there been like for any like different like little things that you've noticed living here that you've really enjoyed and maybe some things that you haven't? and When there's a lot of fucking paperwork. yeah
00:05:19
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We got a taste of that before obviously Visa you kind of realize Jesus Christ I had to resubmit it three times as well because it kept expiring and so it's like redo all the papers and yeah But even like getting Edgar if I sounded oh my father that sounded worse than getting you That's a ran out of fucking private jet Yeah, we did get a yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so it's a real alpha move if I yeah I actually, we thought about it quite early, like, okay, how can we make this easier to bring our dogs over? Because it was such a hassle. And then Marzia proposed getting a private jam. I was like, no fucking way I'm paying that. Why would I ever do that? That's so stupid. But then the whole process is so complicated. And then my dog- Make something easy. Yeah. My dog was one kilo overweight for all the airlines in the entire world. I swear I've called every airline ever. There's one airline that was like, it's okay. But if people have a Falcon on board, then you can't go.
00:06:18
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Falcon yes, I'm like Eastern countries. They prioritize Falcons on the what? We go by the the predator list you know We see what happens Rolling the dyes on the Falcon Like I was specifically a falcon out of everything. No other predator. How many people are transporting falcons out there in the world? They have a lot of falcons. But yeah, so we didn't
Travel Preferences: Dogs vs. Kids
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risk that. And then my dog was one kilo too, too fat. And we had already dieted him once. It was really slim and ready for the flight. But then obviously everything got delayed. Was there a part of you that didn't want to tell YouTube that you got a private jet? Because you didn't want to deal with people being like, oh, you get a private jet, you still have to touch. Yeah, it's, well. Cause people, I feel a little bit weird about that. You know what I mean? Like, Oh, I was just trying to. How much do you have to pretend like you don't have money? I just don't like the whole, like for the environmental reasons, I guess that felt a little bit shitty, but I felt like we had a decent. I mean, you're not Elon Musk taking a nine minute jet ride. So I feel like that's, you know, you took one of the longest possible rides you could have. I'm not trying to justify it for you. It was a good purchase. Quite frankly, I mean, it was pretty good. I mean, for the dogs, I would do exactly the same thing. For the dogs, okay. I'll allow it. They're basically a children at this point, right? It's like, I'd do it for my kids. I wouldn't do it for my kids. Dog though, maybe. I would say I would do it for my kids, but actually it would just be for me. True, true, true. The tier list goes Falcon, dog, and then kid. No, no, no.
00:08:09
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Kids are so prioritized you wouldn't wait like the dog has to weigh a certain amount of kilos Yeah, my dog was too fat. That's why we had to take with the kid kid can but you wait child you like hold up How much is that child way So why the dog? Yeah, it is weird. Yeah, I never thought about it like that. Cause I've never had to transport animals, ah thankfully. but What about like allergies and stuff, any other? It's not my fault. What a problem. a Kid allergy, no kids on this flight. No kids, please. Most people would prefer to see it next to a dog. I would 100%.
Technology and Air Travel
00:08:43
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If there was an option in my flight, I would tick that every time. Crying baby versus dog, of course. Of course I'm going to pick the dog every time, you know?
00:08:51
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Definitely. Very true, very true. I mean, I'm sure we all had enough experience with flights where there's just that one kid that just- Oh my god. I'm like, you know, it's not like the kid decided, you know what, I'm gonna fuck with everyone today. I'm gonna cry. They do though. I'm like, we're out of the jurisdiction, right? I can get away with it. We have our international orders. Yeah. Well, like babies, I can understand. Cause you know, no, they can't control it. Sometimes when they, there are some kids that are like three or four and their parents just like let them do whatever they want. That's the ones that really like grind my gears. I don't think kids should be in business class. I don't think they've earned it. I just don't. Who puts their kids in business class? I went on a business class and there's two kids had their own seat and I'm like, you motherfucker. I'm like, even if I was a billionaire, I'm putting my kid in the worst economy seat. He's not gonna appreciate the business when he gets it. They weren't. They weren't. They weren't. They weren't. They weren't my children. I just, I just, the kid is not gonna appreciate it. No, of course not. I don't care how rich you are. Either that or the kid's gonna get used to it. And they'll be like, wow, you got the small seats like a fucking peasant. But when you're a kid, just going on a flight is fun enough. Yeah, you won't care. Like, you just give that kid a Game Boy. So, that's not appropriate for the times. Give him a knock. Give him anything and he'll be fine. Give him a phone, you know. Anything that runs Minecraft and he'll be fine.
00:10:15
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yeah yeah because we're getting to the point now where wifi starting and to be used on flights. And to me, that's so alien. And um I don't like it. I like being- It's always a shame. It is shit. I think we'll get to the point where it's going to get become become usable, make extreme videos. And at that point I'm like, I kind of like going on a flight and just feeling like you're completely disconnected. And I'm going to be that old guy who was it like, all things were better when you could use internet on flights. Also I remember downloading the entire library of Netflix on my phone so I can not watch it. I feel like there's like going to be some level of like nostalgia to it as well, because it's a very like novel thing. Where it's like, you know, like that the airplane movie experience is like, you know, we're going to be that generations like back in our day. so we had to look at a jason statehamfield this small
00:11:05
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do You guys remember when they change the rules so that you can finally fucking use your whatever electronic device all your yeah yeah ah Because you have to you have to turn it off once they change it When airplane mode was invented on like no, no, it was not that long ago. Really? Yeah. Yeah. And it was like the greatest change of all time. Cause every time, why, why do I have to put it away? Yeah. Or even some like flights, they still like make you put it away or they still announce that you're not allowed to use it. How dare they. And then nobody just listens, basically. I'd be on my phone and then a student would walk up to me and be like, oh, excuse me, you have to put your phone back. That hasn't happened to me in like forever. It happened to me once. She was like, you have to put your phone away. And I was like, oh, okay. And I put it in my pocket. She walked off and I said, put my phone back down. As anyone would do. Yeah, because no one's out. I'm sure he doesn't play by the rules. What a terrorist. Jesus Christ.
00:12:02
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Cause I'm walking around and no one's following it. Everyone's doing the exact same thing. Cause it's like, it's what the fuck? Did you have the thing where like recently I think some of the planes, they have it so that when you, if you leave your mobile data on or something, like but the phone and knows somehow that you're on a plane and it turns into like plain something. It's a kind of some data, but it's like the plane. It's really weird. I don't know what this is. I've never used it. I'm never going to make a call. I do not want to make a call on a flight. I'm not that much of a businessman. No, no, I don't. I'm too lazy. Would you say then you're still like on your honeymoon phase in Japan or is the reality kind of slowly starting to sink in?
Life in Japan: Honeymoon Phase?
00:12:38
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The reality. What is the reality, Joey? The reality of like, Japan is cool, but it's not like- Well, it's me. You have to surf every week. Oh no. Yeah. I mean, we kept thinking it would. I think we actually had a different,
00:12:52
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So the experience where the first month we were like, oh shit, we actually like reset everything. Yeah. And now we kind of have a lot of shit to do to. kind of get always fill yeah And there was a lot and we kind of it kind of stressed me out a bit I was like, oh damn that's actually not like it's not it's not like a roller coastster right away Yeah, I think and we just settle in more and more and more and now we've been here four months So still really really enjoy it yeah, it's really fun. That's good. But I do think I mean obviously like yeah, I don't know I Cause I because i remember when when you finally announced that you were gonna you and Marzia were gonna be moving here yeah and just like on on your videos, just the the amount of comments you probably got of like, well, Japan's not that
Perceptions of Japan
00:13:34
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great of a country. Do you know all of these statistics? And blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Cause people- Every weird about Japan. Yeah, they are they're really weird. And it's like only Japan, I feel.
00:13:42
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Cause like, if you were like, oh, I'm moving to, you know, the UK, people won't be like, well, did you know all these stats in the UK? It's like, why is it only Japan that is like put up on this like golden platter of standards? People either idolize it or they hate it. yeah There's no in between. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. It does feel like, especially on the internet. I don't know if it's just on the internet or with like everyone, but people like Japan has like this really weird image of just being like things that come from Japan are very like, I don't know. Is that meme of that guy being like thing, thing from Japan? Whoa. That's like, and that's- It's so true then. Yeah, 50% of the time it's pretty fucking right. I mean. There are a lot of things where you're like, actually, this is pretty fucking sick. And other times you're like, yeah, it's liberated. Like, I don't
Efficiency of Services in Japan
00:14:32
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know. Like when you see videos of like, did you guys know they still use fax machines? It's like, all right, okay. All right, thanks for that. I mean, yeah, cool. I get it. It's not gonna make my life easy. Yeah. Even just going to like a, what is it called, a Titian?
00:14:45
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ah ti yeah I went here and it was such a streamlined quick experience. yeah yeah And UK is fucking awful. It's forever. Really? yeah yeah Everything to do with healthcare care in the UK, it just takes it was forever. yeah i don't know I thought it would have been the opposite. I don't know. i don't know they