Jennifer L - 1

You are now tuned in to the most ignorant podcast in America. This is the Unemployment Law. I am the DOK and I'm sitting here with my main man Larry P. What you got to say, my man? Ice Spice. Okay. I just don't understand her. Like, I've talked to a lot of people about this. And I've gotten all types of answers. I mean, well, I haven't gotten the same answer. Like, why Ice Spice is still moving the meter. But she just... At first I was saying, like... I'm too old for this. At first I was saying, you know, she may be on the spectrum. But at this point, you know, I think she has a good enough sense to know what she's doing. My problem is she raps like an 8-year-old. And I think that's what it really boils down to. I can take... What it boils down to is people find her attractive. And that's what I said. That was the common denominator when I had this conversation with other people. They were like, she's attractive. That's why she's moving the meter. And I was like, I've never seen somebody that attractive that can rap the same... I got an 8-year-old cousin in Atlanta that she can't rap to save her life. But she'll get up there and say a couple of words and a couple of raps. She sounds just like Ice Spice. And I just don't get it. Every song... I haven't heard really one song by Ice Spice. Well, I'm going to tell you this. I couldn't name you a single Ice Spice lyric. Now, I also say that as a grown adult in their 30s. I shouldn't be able to name you any. Well, she's the one that said you thought I was feeling you. You a munch. I don't know. I don't know. Drake would know. Gratata. But my thing is... I think people underestimate the value of being attractive. Here's the truth of the matter. And I know y'all facially challenged people ain't going to want to hear this. But don't nobody like even being around people who ain't attractive? You think about your everyday life. When you look at your friend group in a purely platonic way... When you look at your friends... Do you look at any of your friends and be like... She ugly. He ugly. Don't nobody want ugly friends? No. I'm going to have to disagree with everything you just said. You want to hang out with ugly people? I think people like hanging out with ugly people. I don't. You don't. But I honestly think people... I don't like ugly people in my orbit. I try to minimize my interactions with the facially challenged community. I have ugly friends. I have ugly friends. And it's not necessarily for my advantage or to my benefit. But I will say... Having ugly friends makes you realize that it increases your attractiveness. See my self-esteem ain't that low. And my self-esteem ain't that low either. But however, back in the day, if we were in a group or at a bar or out and about... Like yeah, when you are the most attractive person in an ugly group... Then that basically shines like a light on you. It's like basically... Being in a group of ugly people and you're the most attractive... Versus being in a group of attractive people... This is a thing. See that's... That's minimalizing. You need to increase your level of self-esteem. No it's not. Because this is a thing. If you're in a group of attractive people, one of y'all is ugly. One of y'all is ugly. Okay. In that orbit, that's fine. And you don't want to be the person that's ugly. Like you go to the club. You go to the club. I'm fine being the ugly friend. All the girls in the club are like... Hey, what's up y'all? And you're just sitting over there like... Hey, what's up ladies? And you're like... No, nobody wants to dance with me. You the ugly friend. I'm like... My self-esteem ain't low. But you know what I'm saying? I'm also, you know, I'm not a gambler either. I like to go into every situation with the highest odds. So you know what I'm saying? I'm not going to sit at the table if I know there's a 50% chance that I'm going to lose. I will sit at the table if I know I got a 120% chance. You will never get better by surrounding yourself with mediocrity. If you tell me... What I got to get better with my look? What I'm telling you is if you tell me I'm in a group of five and the four people with you are smarter than you, that tells me hey, I got to get smarter. If you tell me I'm in a group of five and the four people with me are more attractive than me that lets me know like, hey man, I'm going to have to make some moves. I'm going to have to be the funny friend. I'm going to have to be the caring friend. I'm going to have to be the smooth-talking friend. I'm going to have to develop my skills so that I can compete in this land of sharks. You don't want to be a wolf in a room with sheep. So basically you're just trying to make yourself an attractive, ugly person. Okay. I already know I'm not ugly. I don't need the self-esteem. I don't need to boost that. Being with more attractive people don't make you ugly. It just means they're also attractive. No. I like to increase my odds. When I used to be in college, when I was in college, I was part of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated. You know what I'm saying? Would you like to denounce right now? No. People are denouncing. Nobody's talking about that. Those are usually the pretty boys, the attractive guys and stuff like that. I had a bunch of LBs that the ladies were flocking to. My logic always was y'all can all take a shot. We can all take a run at the tens. Right? But if we all take a run at the tens, we all ain't coming home with the tens. So I let y'all have the nines and the tens. I'm cool chilling with the eights and the sevens because eights and sevens are still attractive. But, however, my odds have increased because y'all are all shooting over there, shooting for the stars, and I'm just coming over here going for the moon. See, that's the thing. We're not saying anything incredibly different because this was my approach. Now, my old lady, Emma, when I was out here on the scene, in the street, of that life, that was always my approach. If there was a group of five women that came around, right, I would always look for, like, the third, maybe even the fourth most attractive one in the group. And that's why I would focus my attention. But you don't have to focus on the third or the fourth most attractive if you're hanging out with ugly people. No, but see, that's the thing. See, that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. And maybe that's a burden I don't want to carry. I don't want to carry the pressure of having all the ugly friends. Like, I can't do that. I can't be the one person that can go over to this group and convince them that, hey, y'all should come hang out with us. I need somebody else. You're not even a wingman. You know what another thing a group of ugly friends do? They know how to play their role. If I'm with a group of attractive people and there's a girl that is like, is she the one? And I'm like, she the one? And I'm shooting my shot? These other attractive guys I'm with, they might also think they got a chance. Ugly guys would be like, yeah, you know what I'm saying, that's all there right there, you know what I'm saying, that's his speed right there. I'm going to let him, but I am going to run interference everywhere else so he get all the focus on her. Ugly people know their role. They know their lane and they stay in it. I just... Man, let me tell you something, man. There are ugly people out here with delusions of grandeur. There are ugly people out here who really think like, you know, they that guy. You ain't never walked up to a girl, she look real good, and then you look at her group of friends around her and it's just a bunch of mug hugs. See, I wouldn't want to... Listen, I would not want to approach in that scenario like the one attractive friend in a group of five and like the other four like... It's like playing Mortal Kombat and just making it go like, I mean, you need to think, but you do have to fight past all the gargoyles. I have questions about her self-esteem at that point. Why don't you have any attractive friends? Maybe it's not about her self-esteem. Why can't I ask you, hey, you got somebody for my man? I should be able to ask you that and not you turn over to your friend who my man ain't even gonna want. You know what I mean? Hey, man, the last conversation you want to have is, hey, bro, I need you to take the L tonight. No, man, that's the conversation I want to have. That's the conversation I want you to come to me. I know she ain't with me, but... I want you to come to me and tell me I need to take the L because you know what? Because you want to know what I know? I know I'm attractive. So I already know, like, first of all, if you need me to take your attention, me and that girl, we gonna talk about life. But see, that's the thing. I want to be that friend as well. See, what I've learned in life is, you know, the assists are far more rewarding than scoring. And so what I always like to do, I don't know who rung that bell because we are not at a break point. What I like to be able to do is approach a situation in which I can say to you, like, hey, man, I see you looking at her, man. I'm gonna go ahead and talk to her for the rest of the experience for you. I'm that friend. I'm willing to take the L. What I don't want to do is have to request of one of my friends to have to take an L. I don't want none of my friends to have to take an L on my behalf. I'm willing to take the L. But what are we talking about today? Whoa, that was a long segment. We're talking about... Hey, man, we have to let the intrusive thoughts win now. Yeah, we're talking about J-Lo, Bennifer, Bennifer 2.50376. Bennifer 2.50376. Bennifer 2.50376. Bennifer 2.50376. I'm gonna let another intrusive thought win right now just because I gave all them numbers. I went to my nephew's high school graduation. You know they talk about valedictorians, salutatorians. Valedictorian had like 4.73335 GPA. I didn't realize until after I graduated college that I was dumb. Because... You're not dumb, though. I was striving... Look, I thought I was big money with that 3.85. I didn't know the numbers went above 4.01. So they've adjusted scales over the years. There was a point where the scale went up to 5. There was a point where the scale went up to like 4.5, but you had to take all these honors and classes and all of this stuff. Here's what I need people to understand. I feel like things get skewed because people are operating on the assumption that if you're not like an A-B student you ain't smart. Average is average for a reason. And average percentile-wise, the 50th percentile, average school-wise is like a 70. So if you're like a C student, you're still gonna graduate. That means they're like C students out here in the world with jobs and living their life. So for you to be a high B or A-B student, that don't mean you're dumb. It just means these people are extra smart and they probably need to invest their time into doing something that impacts society. Me? I need a regular job because I'm regular people smart. I'm not rocket scientist smart. I'm not Ivy League smart. It's okay to be regular people smart. Let me tell you, there's a lot of dumb people out there. I really thought I was doing big stuff with that 3.8, but anyways. That's just when I came up with the Bennifer 2.5073. So when we talk about Bennifer 2.753, what are we talking about with that? Well, there's rumors that Jen and Ben are possibly getting divorced again. Again? And they've already been divorced once. Did they get married? I think they were married to Alex Rodriguez. So they're about to get divorced. So basically they're about to break up again. Rumors. Because I think they just dated the first time and I think they broke up. They was dating when they was doing a movie together. Which, you know, one of my rules in life and I failed before, but you probably shouldn't mess around with people you work with. It's just not a good idea. It doesn't end well. It gets messy. Now their situation was a little different because it was a temporary work situation. But some of y'all was out here working regular jobs and messing with people at the job. And it ain't gonna end well for you. What I wanted to check with my staff is Jennifer Lopez is 54 years old. Yeah, she's in her 50s. And I think this is a conversation as we always say. This isn't about Jennifer. This isn't about Ben. This is about you. Um, and I think I think it finally has to get to the point where maybe it's you. Jennifer has to look in the mirror and says, maybe it's just me. Maybe it's me. Like, maybe I'm gonna Okay, I think I can say it this way. Maybe it's trash. Basura. Like, I'm just, I mean, like What is, like, cause I think, she has a good marketing campaign because she presents it in such a way of, I chose not to be with these men. But eventually eventually Yeah, eventually it gets to so many men where it's like Are you? Like, I was about like what is it, like three or four? Yeah, I'm choosing the best for me. Like, Lori Harvey is at that point. Lori Harvey is at the point where she's like I'm choosing the best situation for me. If Lori Harvey gets to 54 and she's still doing the same thing, it's like Are you? Really? Cause this is a long time, Lori. So when we come back, what I want to talk about is how to recognize that you are the red flag in the relationship.