The Michael Knowles Show - The Masked-Man: Wild CRYPTO Questions With Michael Knowles | YES or NO
Aired: 2024-08-04
Duration: 08:22


=== Bitcoin Yes or No Game (08:21) ===

[00:00:00]  The Michael Knolls Show is my favorite show.
[00:00:03]  Oh, well that's an obvious one.
[00:00:05]  Even before you put your answer down, it seems so obvious.
[00:00:09]  The answer would be yes.
[00:00:12]  Like, no?
[00:00:13]  No!
[00:00:13]  - No, no, what? - Sorry. - What?
[00:00:16]  I'm here at the Bitcoin conference.
[00:00:22]  I don't know anything about Bitcoin.
[00:00:24]  I don't know anything about most of the people here.
[00:00:26]  But I am going to get to know them through the yes or no game.
[00:00:30]  I'm joined by Mike Germano, president of Bitcoin Magazine, Russell Okung, the first player of any sort to do his contract in Bitcoin.
[00:00:39]  I'm here with Uncle Rockstar developer.
[00:00:41]  I feel that I'm at a bit of a disadvantage because we have to guess what the other person thinks.
[00:00:45]  That you are a complete enigma to me right now.
[00:00:47]  I'm joined by maybe the perfect guest for this game.
[00:00:51]  One of the very first guests on my show back in 2017.
[00:00:54]  That's true.
[00:00:55]  That would be the Mooch in Los Angeles.
[00:00:57]  Anthony Scaramucci, that's right.
[00:00:59]  You look good.
[00:00:59]  Thank you, sir.
[00:01:00]  You as well.
[00:01:01]  You've got good hair products, Norris.
[00:01:02]  Thank you.
[00:01:03]  I would have to.
[00:01:04]  This is not flattery.
[00:01:05]  I'm a student of hair products.
[00:01:06]  You're an expert.
[00:01:08]  The rules, you know, what kind of make them up as we go along?
[00:01:11]  I begin, I, so you have to answer if I, have watched a romantic comedy alone.
[00:01:20]  I am going to say, me, myself, and Irene.
[00:01:24]  Yeah, of course she did.
[00:01:25]  That's obviously, that counts.
[00:01:26]  She's like a little bit of a metrosexual, you know what I mean?
[00:01:30]  New York, Italian, sometimes it's hard to understand.
[00:01:33]  We probably cried during it as well.
[00:01:36]  Feminism has made women miserable.
[00:01:39]  Oh man, you guys have easy... Yeah, you don't even need to put the answer to that.
[00:01:44]  It's an obvious yes.
[00:01:47]  Can I go with maybe?
[00:01:48]  Maybe.
[00:01:50]  Okay, yeah, it's a yes.
[00:01:51]  It's a yes.
[00:01:52]  I mean, it depends on which group, but yeah, you need to take the ownership.
[00:02:00]  You can't be a victim.
[00:02:02]  So with feminism, a lot of it has turned into, okay, there are actual problems versus who is the best victim.
[00:02:11]  You don't want to platform those people because as soon as you solve their one problem, they're going to invent another problem.
[00:02:19]  That's the thing.
[00:02:20]  There's no end to it.
[00:02:21]  Yeah.
[00:02:23]  And I'm an absolute feminist.
[00:02:25]  I'm a woman.
[00:02:26]  You're a feminist.
[00:02:26]  I'm a woman.
[00:02:27]  You could be a woman.
[00:02:28]  For all I know.
[00:02:29]  What do I know?
[00:02:30]  She, her.
[00:02:31]  We should let pandas go extinct.
[00:02:35]  I'll put my guest down so I'm not cheating.
[00:02:39]  Okay.
[00:02:41]  Alright, now.
[00:02:43]  You have to guess what I think.
[00:02:45]  Correct, okay.
[00:02:46]  My answer, I believe that you believe pandas should go extinct because you don't like the fact that we have to rely on China in order to borrow them.
[00:02:55]  Is that correct?
[00:02:55]  You gotta put your card.
[00:02:56]  - Oh, no, you say yes, I say no.
[00:03:03]  No.
[00:03:04]  I say no.
[00:03:04]  Now, it's a little bit of a trick question, because I watched this YouTube video once where the guy convinced me that pandas don't actually exist.
[00:03:12]  Okay.
[00:03:13]  That it's just men in panda suits.
[00:03:15]  But then I now think they do exist.
[00:03:17]  And I don't like being reliant on China.
[00:03:21]  However, they're very big and cuddly and silly.
[00:03:24]  And because of how superfluous they are, I would like them to remain.
[00:03:32]  That's an easy one.
[00:03:34]  It should be easy for you.
[00:03:34]  Okay.
[00:03:37]  Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all time.
[00:03:44]  But now, because of the way you said it, it makes me think there's like a trick.
[00:03:49]  So I would just, my intuitive answer would be yes.
[00:03:55]  Yes, okay, alright.
[00:03:56]  I didn't know if there was some, like, trick in there.
[00:03:59]  Well, you know, some people... Like you played it in college or something?
[00:04:02]  No, I didn't play it, but some people should know better by now.
[00:04:04]  I don't know why it's even a debate.
[00:04:07]  Global warming is 100% fake.
[00:04:10]  Oh, well that's... No, I gotta guess what you think.
[00:04:13]  Oh, you're guessing what I... I'm gonna guess what you think about that.
[00:04:15]  Oh, okay.
[00:04:15]  I'm gonna say that global warming is 100% fake.
[00:04:21]  You're going to say no.
[00:04:22]  I'm going to say no.
[00:04:23]  It's only 99% fake.
[00:04:24]  It's probably 50% fake, but it's not 100% fake.
[00:04:28]  We are doing something bad to the environment.
[00:04:30]  I don't know exactly why.
[00:04:30]  That's a reasonable moderation.
[00:04:32]  I am close friends with someone who has pronouns in their bio.
[00:04:38]  You're a good person, so you have some people that are lost, so you're like, yes.
[00:04:43]  Well, I was trying to think, because when you say close friends, in their bio, I've got friends who are confused about all sorts of stuff on many levels, but then I was thinking, okay, but do they have it in their bio?
[00:04:54]  And I think they might, but it's usually as a joke.
[00:04:58]  You know, it's like, Pronounce His Majesty or something like that, you know?
[00:05:02]  Hey, Rockstar, right?
[00:05:04]  Rockstar.
[00:05:05]  No, as an immigrant, I must tell you something.
[00:05:08]  In most of the world's languages, there is a way to formally address someone versus informally.
[00:05:14]  That's true, yeah, yeah.
[00:05:15]  So there is no way for that in English.
[00:05:17]  So that's what pronoun people are trying to do.
[00:05:19]  That's interesting, like the respectful singular third or plural second.
[00:05:24]  Exactly.
[00:05:24]  I'm like, Michael, sir.
[00:05:26]  Yes.
[00:05:26]  But pronouns are messed up because it's about third person.
[00:05:30]  You and me are talking about someone who is not even present.
[00:05:33]  You make a good point.
[00:05:35]  Hey, I've been thinking about this for quite a while.
[00:05:38]  In the informal and the formal you, you make a good point.
[00:05:42]  Well, Donald Trump was the best president we ever had.
[00:05:45]  Ever.
[00:05:46]  Ever.
[00:05:47]  You have to think about, okay, so this is now my answer, right?
[00:05:50]  Yeah, so you pick your host, yes or no, and you put that one down so you can't change your answer.
[00:05:54]  Okay, so hold on.
[00:05:55]  So here we go.
[00:05:55]  There we go, close.
[00:05:56]  Okay.
[00:06:06]  The real debate is Trump or Washington, right?
[00:06:09]  I mean, that's... Okay, well, then I'm saying yes.
[00:06:13]  Well, I know you just met me and I'm wearing a Make a Bitcoin Great Again hat.
[00:06:18]  I'm gonna have to say no, because... I was judging your facial, it made it seem like... I get it, I get it, I get it.
[00:06:25]  Well, look, I mean, Teddy Roosevelt, I think, would be the best.
[00:06:30]  He was clearly a Bitcoiner.
[00:06:31]  He just didn't know it yet.
[00:06:32]  And the only reason no is because I'm looking forward to Donald Trump's presidency this time around when he's supportive of Bitcoin.
[00:06:39]  So, 45, not the best.
[00:06:41]  I'm looking forward to 47.
[00:06:41]  47 could be the best one.
[00:06:43]  The upgrade.
[00:06:43]  The upgrade Donald Trump.
[00:06:44]  Wow.
[00:06:44]  That's what I'm going to give.
[00:06:46]  Okay.
[00:06:47]  The problems all started when women We're allowed to vote.
[00:06:52]  Okay, now your answer.
[00:06:54]  You've got to put your answer down.
[00:06:55]  I have to guess what you would say.
[00:06:57]  My answer... I'm going to say you would say... No.
[00:07:00]  Correct.
[00:07:00]  It's no.
[00:07:01]  Yes, it's no.
[00:07:01]  It all started either with the French Revolution.
[00:07:05]  Some would say in the 16th century.
[00:07:06]  I actually think it was King John.
[00:07:08]  King John?
[00:07:08]  With the Maga Carter.
[00:07:10]  Yeah.
[00:07:10]  He should have just let himself run the whole thing and screwed all the lords.
[00:07:15]  Don't you think?
[00:07:16]  Kind of.
[00:07:17]  Yeah, at least if you're going to go back before the Glorious Revolution.
[00:07:21]  Yes, you guys are post-constitutional.
[00:07:23]  I know you people.
[00:07:24]  A hot dog is a sandwich.
[00:07:27]  This is a much more complicated question than, you know, Bitcoin or the Federal Reserve.
[00:07:31]  A hot dog is a sandwich.
[00:07:33]  My answer... How do you think I would answer that?
[00:07:41]  Yes.
[00:07:46]  Spot on.
[00:07:48]  Wow, I've never believed in crypto more than I believe, because if you are perspicacious enough to understand the nuances of the is a hot dog a sandwich question, then you might be right on crypto.
[00:08:01]  Russell, thank you, sir.
[00:08:02]  Pleasure to sit down.
[00:08:03]  Hey, do you own any Bitcoin yet or what?
[00:08:05]  I wish.
[00:08:06]  I wish I bought Bitcoin 10 years ago.
[00:08:07]  I don't own any.
[00:08:08]  All right, so we're going to spin you up a wallet, and I'm going to send you some of your first Bitcoin.
[00:08:14]  That sounds amazing.
[00:08:15]  That's ridiculous.
[00:08:15]  I would be honored.
[00:08:16]  You cannot be at a Bitcoin conference and not have any Bitcoin.
[00:08:20]  I really feel like I've won something in this game.