Doomer Optimism, The Economics of Book Publishing, and More

**Sam Parr** (0:00)
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My brain hurt for 24 hours, but then I feel great for that.

**Shaan Puri** (0:34)
Okay, well, you're all right now. Well, we'll see. We'll see, actually. At the end of this episode, I'll give you a grade on your CTE status.

**Sam Parr** (0:41)
Thank you. But let's just remember to say something about, you can review on Spotify now.

**Shaan Puri** (0:58)
Ha ha, we're here. You can leave reviews on Spotify now. Go do that.
I have done what was asked of me. All right, let's start.

**Sam Parr** (1:05)
All right, we're supposed to tell people to give us a review on Spotify, but you can only leave stars. You can't leave comments. I read all of our comments to understand what we're doing good.

**Shaan Puri** (1:14)
I read our stars. So between the two of us, we got it covered.

**Sam Parr** (1:17)
Okay, well then we're good. Dude, we have a lot to go over today.
I, because you're like a pain in the ass to get a hold of, I wanted to ask for your advice today. But you've got some interesting stuff. Wait, you want to ask if I got knocked out?

**Shaan Puri** (1:36)
Well, first of all, yeah, are you going to be able to do this pod or are you like post-concussion syndrome right now? What happened and how did it feel?

**Sam Parr** (1:43)
Yeah, it was like a flash. I was like, I was on a conch.

**Shaan Puri** (1:46)
You were sparring. It looked like you were practicing boxing. So you were sparring with somebody. Is that an amateur, a coach?

**Sam Parr** (1:53)
Is that just a dude? The kid was probably 20 years old. He's a young guy. I'm going against all these young guys. And for the most part, they kicked my ass.
And I was doing great.
I was doing really good. And then he just caught me on the chin. And did you saw the video? I got knocked out.

**Shaan Puri** (2:07)
I saw the video. You just look like you had wobbly legs for a second. You didn't look like you got knocked out.

**Sam Parr** (2:11)
No, I was falling over.

**Shaan Puri** (2:13)
You didn't fall down though.

**Sam Parr** (2:15)
No, I was out. It went black and I started tipping over and then I caught myself and I woke up. Yeah, I was just for about two seconds I was out.

**Shaan Puri** (2:22)
And what does that make you feel? Do you are you questioning your chin? Do you feel like a new man? Like what's going on?

**Sam Parr** (2:27)
It didn't like it.
OK, so here's how I feel right now about boxing.
I love it. It's awesome. I think we should all do it. I am scared about the long term pain. Like I think that is not good to do long term. I'll probably do it for six more months. And then I'll probably chill. I think that Jake Paul has said that like he has like memory loss already. And like people mocked him. They're like, oh, yeah, OK, sure, Jake. I totally believe that dude. Like, like when I got hit, I was I was in pain for 24 hours.

**Shaan Puri** (2:54)
Oh, you were in pain. OK, what was the pain? Just like the concussion type pain.

**Sam Parr** (2:58)
I just had a headache. Yeah, I had to go home and go to sleep. My head hurt.

**Shaan Puri** (3:01)
Had you had a concussion before or is that the first concussion?

**Sam Parr** (3:03)
I've had concussions before from falling and playing ice hockey. Yeah, it hurt. I was in pain for 24 hours. My brain hurt for 24 hours, but then I feel great for that.

**Shaan Puri** (3:12)
OK, well, you're all right now.
And then we'll see. We'll see. And then at the end of this episode, I'll give you a grade on your CTE status.

**Sam Parr** (3:19)
Thank you. That night, I was at a bar or a restaurant sitting outside and three or at first three and then like 12 police pull up with their lights on, like a screeching stop, just like a movie. They go, they pop out of their car. They grab their A.R.s, they cock it. They go, everyone run inside.