Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Working Together on Think Tech Hawaii, where we discuss the impact of change on workers, employers, and the economy. I'm your host, Cheryl Crozier-Garcia, inviting you to join in the conversation. Please call in with your questions or comments to area code<PHONE_NUMBER> or tweet us at thinktechhi.com. Today we're starting a series of shows where we will be discussing social groups and how they have both positive and negative impacts on society. We're very fortunate to start the discussion with critical thinker at large, Chris Shelton, who has been studying cults for the past several years and who is himself a survivor of Scientology. If you recognize Chris, it's because he was featured on Leah Remini's show on A&E, Scientology, and the aftermath. Today, Chris is going to help us understand the impact of cult thinking on those who join these organizations, as well as how those who choose to leave these groups manage to rebuild their lives. Chris is joining us live via Skype from his home in the continental U.S. Welcome, Chris. Thank you. Thank you very much for having me on. I'm so glad that you were able to join us, because I think here in Hawaii, as geographically isolated as we are, we think that cult organizations or cult types of behaviors don't affect us, but they do. And so what I'd like to hear from you, you were a member of the Seagourg, which is sort of the clergy of Scientology. How did that, shall we say, limit your ability to think independently for yourself and create an environment in which you could be abused and preyed upon by people that had negative intentions? Yeah. It was pretty bad. It's a pretty cloistered group. And Scientology, we refer to these groups as destructive cults, because while a cult can be any group of people with a common belief or idea, a destructive cult carries with it the connotation that there's something wrong with the level of involvement or the attitude or approach of such groups. And in this, in my case, and in the case of far too many other groups, they sort of inculcate an us versus them mentality, where it's a kind of black and white thinking, where if you're part of the group, you're good or just or whatever or right. And if you're not part of the group, you're evil, blackhearted, horrible, and somehow must be dealt with or handled. But lots of organizations have these kinds of concepts. I was raised Catholic and our belief system said that there were certain things you needed to do to get to heaven, and if you didn't do them, there were other plans for you. So how is that that kind of, what we would consider, say, mainstream religions or mainstream social thinking? At what point does it become damaging? I would say the point is where it becomes a matter of you can no longer be friends or be associated with people who are not members or who are not members in good standing is how Scientology classifies it. If you were to speak out publicly against Scientology like I have done, then you are ostracized by this group. And the members of that group can no longer buy the dictates and rules of the group itself. They can no longer associate you with you, whether they want to or not. And this kind of thing is what separates families, business associates, long term friends. When I made the decision to speak out publicly, I did so because I had been made aware of this, disagreed with it so strongly that I lost a fiance, I lost friends I had for over 20 years practically overnight. That is an extremist group, and that goes far beyond what the demands that Christianity or Buddhism or something will put on a member. So there's a line there. And I think that when you're crossing over a line into where they're invading your personal life where you're not allowed to have secrets or things that you're not going to tell the group about, very invasive. And these are some of the red flags to use to identify such groups. I find it interesting that Scientology has a policy that has been discussed on Leah's show as well as in other forums. You've talked about it on your podcasts where you're not allowed to talk about what is going on within the group, outside the group, but then on the other hand you're expected to snitch on your fellow Scientologists inside the group. It seems kind of like a really sort of schizophrenic social model in which there is acceptable and unacceptable trash talking. Yes. Within the group, it's a high control group is another way of describing these groups. And not only are they invasive and demanding of your time and your resources, usually money, but there's a level of control that is unprecedented in say a social club or sports activity or even a political group. These groups are not going to come to your home and invade your life and this sort of thing. Scientology does. And so you have a snitching culture where there's a peer pressure that goes on where if some member becomes disaffected, it becomes slightly disillusioned with what's going on. The other members see that as a grim warning sign and feel it's their moral duty to report on that person in order to get that person in trouble so that they can be dealt with. And that's pretty Orwellian. And the other aspect of that is that you must always present a smiling, happy face to the world at large because everyone has to know that Scientology, for example, is the best organization, the best religion, the best of all possible moralities. And therefore that should be reflected in the attitude of all Scientologists to the public at large that everything is great. Everything could never be better. It is always the best of all possible worlds, even if the person is smiling while they want to kill themselves. And while I say that with a bit of a smile, it's actually an extremely serious thing because that's actually how things are in that group. Yeah, some of the stories that are coming out thanks to Leah and her show are absolutely heartbreaking. I just, I can understand, first of all, I can understand how people could become involved in groups that are so dystopian in their, in their makeup. How do you, and then when they, when they begin to experience these very abusive behaviors, why they just don't say, Hey, man, I'm out of here. Peace out. Actually tends to be the breaking point for people is when they do experience those kind of abusive behaviors, but up until that point, if it's happening with others, they're able to write it off. They're able to justify it or rationalize it somehow. And this is really, you know, a failing of us as human beings is that we, unless it hits us personally, we don't give it the credence that it really deserves. And so these abuses are allowed to happen because enough other people don't stand up and say, Hey, this is completely unacceptable behavior and I'm not going to tolerate it. If enough Scientologists inside the world of Scientology or any of these kinds of groups because there are many of them were to do that, then those kind of abuses wouldn't be tolerated and the groups would no longer be destructive cults. But unfortunately part of the ingredients of a group like this is a relative degree of what we'll call for lack of a better term, mind control, where people are given to the idea that this group is the best of all possible groups. It could never do any wrong. And if anyone else in the group sees things differently, that's their problem, not the problem of the group. And that unfortunately is actually indoctrinated into the group members purposefully. Did that, what made you decide, were you raised as a Scientologist? I was, yeah, I grew up with its principles and so I never really had any idea to the contrary in terms of the philosophy or the beliefs of Scientology. In the same way that anybody who's raised in a Christian household would be raised with Jesus as your savior. I wasn't raised with that belief. I was raised with the idea that Elron Hubbard was our savior. And so, you know, what Elron Hubbard had to say and what he thought was given greater importance in my life because my parents believed. When I was 15 years old is when I personally went into a Church of Scientology myself and started doing the classes and two years later right out of high school, I started working for the organization. I did that for 25 years. So it was a long journey for me before I finally woke up and got out. I'm a little bit of a slow learner that way. Did you feel brainwashed or did you, was there ever a time when you said, that's a term for it? Yeah, the indoctrination is not a one shot deal. It's a very gradual process. Because, you know, one of the problems people have is they see the extreme end of it and they go, well, how could anybody ever put up with that? But that's not how it goes.  That's not how they get new members in, right? It's a very gradual process where the first thing is you have a problem. You've come to us to help solve that problem. We're going to help you solve it. And the person goes, wow, this is wonderful. These people really care about me. I've never been anywhere where people listen to what I have to say, et cetera, et cetera. And they come on board for a $50 course, which is nothing, 50 bucks, yeah, great.  And then they do the next course. And this next course isn't 50 bucks, it's 100 bucks. And then there's the next one and the next one. And before you know it, you're involved and you're kind of fully into this world. And within a year or two or three, you've then started buying into things that on day one, you never would have accepted. And by then, you're in a place, I guess, where you're considering yourself a member of the organization in good standing. This has become your family. I spend all my spare time here. I give you all my money and things like that. And probably you're encouraged to, at some point, give up maybe outside relationships that might be a little bit critical or might encourage you to think a little more openly. That's right. Whether it's a family, whether it's a friend, whether it's a business partner, if somebody is critical of Scientology, they have a whole preset handling that they will put you through to convince you that they're on the up and up. And it's that person, that critic of Scientology who is in the wrong. And they'll show you pages and pages and materials to show how wonderful they are and how bad that person is. And then convince you that maybe that person is actually a destructive element in your life and really shouldn't be part of it. And maybe you should separate from that person. If you can't get that person to just shut up about Scientology, right? Then maybe that person is not a good part of your life. And gradually, again, very gradually, you find yourself separated from people who are not Scientologists. Chris, the folks in the booth are telling me that we need to take a break. So can you hang around for a minute? Absolutely. And because when we come back, I want to ask you questions about those destructive influences that actually helped you leave. OK. This is Think Tech Hawaii, raising public awareness. Aloha. I'm Winston Welch, volunteer host of Out and About on Think Tech Hawaii. But Think Tech is important to me and our community because it's a forum where we can discuss issues, topics, people, events, and organizations that are important to us here in the state, in our city, in our nation, in our world. We've got a lot of interesting great guests here, and this is the place where you can come and see them. For the first time, Think Tech Hawaii is participating in an online web-based fund raising campaign to raise at least $40,000. Give thanks to Think Tech is what we're calling it. And we're running it only during the month of November. And you, of course, are integral to this in helping out. Please donate what you can so that Think Tech Hawaii can continue to raise public awareness and promote civic engagement through free programming like mine. I've already made my donation and look forward to yours. Please send your tax-deductible contribution by going to the website thanksforthinktech.causevox.com on behalf of the community enriched by Think Tech Hawaii's 30-plus weekly shows. Mahalo for your generosity. We are back. Welcome to Working Together on Think Tech Hawaii. I'm Cheryl Crozier-Garcia, and we are speaking live with Chris Shelton, who is a cult survivor and an expert in destructive cults and the impact that they have on people and on society. Chris, you left Scientology having been in it for decades, your entire life, you're born into it. And then you had spent 20 years or so as a part of the C organization, which is essentially the clergy. But your parents left before you did. Were they supportive in your ability to leave and to feel safe with whatever adventures were coming your way? Very much so, yeah. My parents were really rocks for me. They had been divorced actually and remarried non-Scientologists and had gotten out of the sphere of influence of the church. They sort of faded away though. They never spoke out publicly and they never made a ruckus, and so it was still okay for me to be in touch with them. There were a couple times where the church tried to get me to disconnect from my mom, but I did not do that. I refused and I maintained that communication with her. So when I decided to leave the C organization, I still believed in Scientology principles at that time, but I still wanted to do Scientology, but I didn't want to work for the group anymore. And so my parents were a great support system for me.  And I proceeded from there and got a job and got a car and got a place to live and all. All the usual things people have to do that I suddenly had to do. Did you, when you left the organization, did you have skills that prepared you to be gainfully employed and things like that? To a degree, yes. I had some writing and copy skills. I had some graphic design skills and a little insy-winsy tiny bit of video skills and organizational project management type skills that I had learned over the years. I wasn't able to really put any of that on a resume. My first job was actually with a Scientologist where I had some cred. And I proceeded from there to just apply my strong work ethic, and then I got a job with a non-Scientology company. And they were actually enormously helpful to me in acclimating. And I've not been connected with Scientology ever since. How do you, there seems to be kind of a survivor club of people that have come out, not only from Scientology, but from other groups. And they seem to be an important part of the healing process. So if I had friends or relatives, say, who were in one of these destructive organizations and were leaving, what could I do as a non-member to support them in their healing process? Well, getting them hooked up with other ex-members is often a good thing to do. There are Facebook groups. There are support groups. There are counselors who actually do know what they're doing. Unfortunately, they are a little few and far between because cult recovery is a specialist activity. And if you run into a therapist who doesn't know a lot about it, you're going to have to educate them on it as you go. And that's not always a lot of fun. But the support groups that exist on social media are amazing. And there are many of them. And you can kind of talk through your experiences. And you'll be talking to people who may live on the other side of the world, but they're going to totally understand you. And that is invaluable. I spent months meeting people online who had been involved in Scientology, that some of them I had met in my years in, and some of them I had never met in my years in. But all of them came from a place of understanding and support and knew what I was going through as a newly out ex-member and helped me with the process of recovery. How is it, do you think, that obviously not everyone who is in Scientology experiences the kinds of abuses that we've heard about? And there are many people still in the organization who really do think that it is the bomb diggity. So how is it that some people are able to begin to spot those trouble areas of thinking, hey, this may not be the place for me anymore? And what keeps people continuing to connect and thinking that it's the greatest thing since sliced bread? It really is a matter of self-perspective and honesty, because I knew about problems in the organization for years when I was involved in it. But it took a long time for me to kind of look at it from a more honest perspective. Like, wrong is simply wrong. And when you have a really vested interest in sort of putting rose-colored glasses on and looking at things as you want them to be versus how they really are, it's a psychological problem of getting over yourself and getting over that.  That makes it rough. And that's, again, why we classify such groups as destructive cults, because lies and deception are kind of in their DNA. So you have to overcome that. Yeah, that's true. In order to get ready for this interview and the series of shows that I'm working on, I actually went to the library and got some of Elron Hubbard's old science fiction, because it appeared that a lot of what he had written as science fiction, pre-World War II, ended up becoming the basis for his theology and his ideas around spirituality and religion that became Scientology. And I have to say, I mean, it's mediocre science fiction in my mind, but I can't imagine a thinking person who is rational hearing those stories and thinking, yeah, this works. Yeah, it's a very subjective process. And like I said, it's also a very gradual process. Now, I don't mean to come across as an apologist. I mean, people who lack critical thinking skills will fall into this and they fall into it because they lack critical thinking skills. I mean, that really is what it comes down to. But I put the onus of responsibility on the organization because of the fact that it is knowingly and actively lying to its members. And it's not that the staff and the C-ORG members who work for Scientology don't know that. But it took me one day realizing that the majority of my day was spent lying to people before I twigged personally on the fact that I was involved in something I really should not be involved in. And when you invest more and more of your time and your money and your resources into a group, the harder it is for you to be critical of that group because of the vested interest in it, right? So there's a lot of barriers to overcome in kind of snapping out of it. And my process, I mean, when I really honestly look at how long it took me to wake up, it was about a 10-year process. Wow, to completely deprogram yourself? Yeah, from the point where I should say from the point where I started dawning on me in about 2002, 2003, that something was really wrong here. Well, it took me 10 years to come through the arc of, okay, I really need to get out of this organization now. And then only then, after I got out of the C organization, did I hit the internet and learn what I really should have known all along. So it's a process. Yeah, and it sounds like a difficult one. And one that people... It sounds like a lifelong process, like you continue to leave and you continue to move further and further away from the brainwashing or the indoctrination that you received. And you have to keep telling yourself... It sounds too like you have to keep telling yourself, no, no, we don't do that anymore. We think for ourselves now. There's a great deal to unlearn when you come out of a group like that, because there's so much stuffed in in the first place. And over a process of 27 years, we're talking about a lot of learning. And Hubbard was a very... Scientology specifically has been nailed as one of the most destructive of these destructive cults because of the sheer number of techniques that are used on its members in order to fool them. And the volume of material. I mean, Hubbard was extremely prolific. Yeah, he was. But there's thousands and thousands of pages. There's 5,000 lectures. I mean, there's just this vast library of material that I had studied. And so coming out of it, I had a ton to unlearn. And that's not something you do overnight. I've been out for four years now and coming up on five now, I think, this year. And I'm still unlearning things. I mean, this is going to be something I'll be doing for the rest of my life. Well, Chris, please know that in Hawaii, we are rooting for you to continue to grow and to share the word about Scientology and about all of these destructive cults. There are a lot of people out there who really want to make the world a better place. We see them running towards trouble when most of us are running away from it. And we're grateful for the heroism of those who join organizations that are dedicated to helping those others. And we often place those who we consider heroes on a pedestal. But there's a need. It's important to show gratitude for those who work to make a better society. But there's also a need for a healthy bit of independent thinking and skepticism. Exactly. You nailed it exactly. Without the ability to differentiate between those with true humanitarian motives, from those who are simply power tripping, individuals with even the most noble intentions can be victimized in the way that you were. And they end up becoming victims of those very organizations that they thought that they were going to change the world with. So just as we would reach out to others to help those in need, I think we also need to be aware of the need for self-protection so that our charitable intentions don't become chains that bind us to groups whose purpose is to harm us rather than to help us. And that's the actual lesson that I've gotten from you over these last, as I've assumed the new job of president of your fan club. And so I thank you for your candor and for your courage in being willing to come forward and to share your story with others. Thank you. Thank you very much. And thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about this.  I will make a very good point of calling you that. I hope you do because I know where all the good Hawaiian food is. Excellent. Right on, Chris. Thank you for joining us. And thank you at home. Thank you for joining us on Working Together on Think Tech Hawaii. I'm Cheryl Crozier-Garcia, and we will be back in two weeks. Till then, take care.


looking for money. It's just like a friendly company. Do you ever find any? That is crazy. What? Hey Bolo Buddies, thanks for watching. Amazing, right? All right, let's get started. All right, Bolo Buddies, are you ready to hit the bends? Super excited, loving this, and we are going to see what we can find today. I will tell you it starts out a little slow, but I am going to leave in some of this footage in case I missed something because there have been a few videos where you guys have pointed out things that I should have picked up. So I want your input during the video. At the beginning of the video, you saw some footage of that was uncut footage. We were digging through the purses and scarves and hats, accessories, stuff like that, bags, and a lot of people were looking inside of the bags. And you heard the one lady say that they have a friendly competition. So her and some of the other gals, when they go up there, they see who can find the most money. And a lot of them just find change and stuff like that. But the one gal said she found $300 once. So I put it out there to some of them that were digging and I'm like, well, how does that work? What do you guys do? Like if you find money, like do you turn it in? Is it just finder's keepers? Do you have to buy the item that it's in? And one person said, if it's in a pocket book, I just buy the pocket book. So that makes sense. But are there rules for finding money at the bins? Like what are the rules? Does anybody know? Let me know in the comments what you do if you find money in the bins. So I can't wait to see what you guys all put. I thought that would be a great opening to this video to kind of get some discussion going on because I know everybody's going to probably have either, it's either going to be like a bunch of people with the same opinion or a bunch of different opinions. So I'm kind of new to the bins, only been going there probably for about a year. And I went a few times and then I didn't go back for a long time. And now I'm just, I love it. I want to go every week. So can't wait to hear what you guys have to say. And let's keep digging here. All right. So like I said, kind of a slow start at the beginning. I found that dragon looking thing at the beginning, but it was missing a wing in one of its heads. I definitely would have picked it up if it would have been complete because you guys know if you watch my channel, I absolutely love toys. And I hit a garage sale before I came here and it was a really good garage sale. So stay tuned for that video. I'm not sure which one I'm going to post first, but definitely look for that because it was a super score in my opinion. And then after I left here, I went to a church sale, which was, oh my goodness, amazing. So those videos are going to be coming soon. So make sure you are subscribed to the channel and turn on bell notifications so that you get alerts when I post new videos. Got lots of fun content coming your way. So again, I like the hard goods. I don't really venture over into the clothes too much. That's not really my thing. If you're looking to learn more about clothing items that you can find at the bends, definitely go over and check out dad planet. He has a great channel and he is local to the same area as me. So we do a lot of collaboration videos where we have a challenge and we see who has the best haul. So you can stay tuned for those types of videos as well. I did put that in my cart along with another one and I ended up looking up comps and they just didn't comp out high enough. So I threw them back. You will see me put a lot of items in my cart that I end up throwing back. The reason I'm looking at those is tampons and pads that are vintage can be a big money bolo. A lot of times TV shows and stuff like that want those items to be in the movies. And then I also feel like maybe sometimes people want them for like maybe it's their favorite. They can't find them anymore. Maybe not for the really old ones, but maybe just something that's discontinued. So it's a good idea to always look up comps. All right, this right here is an Imaginex vehicle. I don't know, should I have asked them how much? I probably could have got it for like five bucks, those heavy items. That seems to be like the magic number. But somebody told me when I was looking at that that I think it was one day that week there was a whole bin that came out and it was full of Imaginex toys. And I guess I don't know if it was the manager or one of the store employees was like 30 bucks for the whole bin. You guys, if I would have been there, I would have jumped all over that. I totally would have done it. That would have made such a fun video. But I wasn't there. And I don't even know for certain exactly if I, if that's exactly how it went down. But that's what I was told. So I'm inclined to believe it. So how cool would that have been? I do pick up kids DVDs if they are sealed. Now, actually a viewer of mine just handed me that item. She knows that I like to sell Fisher price items and I like to sell toys. So that was really sweet of her. And what's cool about that is I got a video over on my reseller testing Bolo products that shows how it works. But I also cleaned it up in a special way with a special product I use. And I made a video about that also. So I ended up using that item in three different videos. So that's pretty cool. You did see the Paw Patrol item. I pick up Paw Patrol whenever I see it. Typically it's going to be a bread and butter item, but people are looking for it. Some of the vehicles, especially like the sea patrol, some of the ones that are harder to find can go for more. And I do find one coming up soon that is more of a hard to find item, especially the little character, the figure. And we'll talk about that. This is just a little mega blocks halo figure. I picked up those stickers. I've told you guys before when I find sealed stickers at the bends, I always grab them. I collect them and I just hang on to them and I will list them eventually probably in small lots unless they are something special. Some of the vintage sticker sheets can go for big money. This is a PJ Masks vehicle, no character. So just going to be a bread and butter item there. I think that was baby Einstein.  This here, I don't know. You guys let me know if I should have got this. I think it's definitely vintage. So I think that's like if you go to like a picnic or an outside catered event, they will put those nets over the food to keep the flies off of the food. I feel like maybe I should have got that. Was that a missed opportunity? Let me know what you think in the comments. All right, I did pick up this and this is a bread and butter bolo, but I have sold those before.  There's also a couple other characters that are part of that set. So I always pick those up when I see them. If I have more than one listed, it's really, I just change the quantity as long as the condition is the same. I think there's a dog and a frog maybe.  I think that's what it is. All right, it rattles too, by the way. Now I did pick these up and I found quite a few of them. I ended up putting them all back. They were, I think magic tricks or something, VHS. So here's an example of an item that I already have listed in my eBay store. Good condition. All I had to do was change the quantity. So I definitely threw the little Mickey Mouse in my cart. These VHS, I'm throwing in my cart, but I end up throwing back into the bends. This stuff was here the last time I was there. Nobody is grabbing this stuff. I wonder how long they're going to leave it out there. I don't know. I did see somebody that they had, I don't know if it was like a funeral home or, I feel like it was some type of place like that, and they were picking up like trees. So that was interesting. Okay, this is a vintage Fisher Price schoolhouse. I ended up getting that for $2. All of the things inside of it is what I was really looking to get. The schoolhouse had some damage to it, so I decided to just donate that and sell the accessories inside. Now, I did not find all the letters and all of the numbers, but I did find some of them and you guys, those sold within like 24 hours. They are marked and labeled Fisher Price as you saw in the picture. So if you see those, those are definitely a good pickup right here. This vehicle is broken. The back part is supposed to clamp up and stay, but it doesn't. But that little mini figure is a hard to find figure. So I am selling them separate. I'm going to sell the vehicle broken and sell the figure separate. And we're just going to see what happens. I know I can sell the figure. So it was definitely still a good buy. I did not know it was broken when I was there, but probably still would have picked it up. If you pop the front wheel up, it can still be played with just fine. All right.  So the Benz is definitely an interesting, it's always interesting. It's so exciting just to see what you're going to find. Let me know down in the comments what is the best thing you've ever found at the Goodwill Benz. All right. That little train I threw in my cart, that's just going to be lotted up with other trains and stuff. That was a Paw Patrol vehicle. Again, I'm going to pick those up every time. I do have a bunch of characters somewhere in my house that I could have added to those, but I didn't want to go digging for them. Some of them I listed with the character if I found it and if not, I just listed the vehicles separately. If you don't know, on Poshmark, they allow you to bundle and add items into your cart. So that's another great item to have in your cart for bundling on Poshmark. All right. I do find a cool item here. This is here is where we were talking about finding money. There was a North Face backpack that I threw in my cart and then I took it out and I kind of looked it over and decided not to get it. This right here is a little coach bag. Rachel Strickland has a video on how to know if coach is real or fake, but she just did one on Louis Vuitton. I think I said that right. She literally rips these purses apart and shows you every detail of how to know if they are fake or real. So if you guys are interested in getting into a higher end like Louis Vuitton and coaches and it's super high end, but coach is faked a lot, definitely check out those videos of hers because you are going to definitely learn some tips on how to identify whether something is real or fake. And I was actually talking to somebody I was digging with. They asked about a Michael Kors purse and she doesn't have a video on that, but I definitely referred them over to her channel because she knows her stuff when it comes to knowing if bags are real or fake. I've sent her photos before. I'm like, what do you think about this? So she's really great and she has an awesome reseller channel. That's not all she does. She's a Bolo Finder and super, super great content on her channel. So I highly recommend her channel. Okay, here was where we were talking about the find and money. I just pulled some of the raw footage from here and put it at the beginning. I thought that was super fun hearing them talk about that and I was like, no way. So there is something. So right now I wear like a fanny pack. It's like a really, I hide it under my shirt, but it makes my shirt look lumpy and I'm like, I have got to do something different here and look what I find. I find this awesome bag and it goes over my shoulder and I'm like, I am totally keeping this. I am not wearing this fanny pack. So next time you guys see me at the bends, I will be wearing that lands in little, I think it was lands in backpack thing. I did pick up this hat. I have had an offer on it. I did not accept the offer. I'm going to wait and see if I can get another offer. I did find two of those. So it is a quantity two and I definitely think those are going to sell. They've got the vintage advertising on them. This one right here. I wish I would have gotten this one now, but if I remember correctly, it had some damage or something. There was a reason I put it back down, but I think that might have been a radio station. So this one says hearts and Wendy's and Big Bear. So just some vintage advertising. Super cool. And again, yeah, that one I think was a little damaged, but maybe I should have got it. I don't know. They're cool, fun hats, you know, that people can wear in the winter. All right. So the reason I was telling you the fanny pack story, we'll get to that. This one I think also was damaged, but look how cool that secret Santa patches. That was cool. And we were doing a lot of talking here. Me and some of the ladies, we were chit chatting about the stuff we were finding. I know a lot of people say that their bins, people are aggressive and mean and oh my goodness, everybody has been so awesome that I have met. And it's just been really, really fun shopping with people. I did put this in my cart, but there's the fanny pack. Wait until you see this. Look, it's Michelle Obama. She threw it over to me like, here you go. Here's a fanny pack. I did not buy the fanny pack. But yeah, we were trying to figure out what was going on there. Like how funny is that? Would you have bought the fanny pack? Maybe I should have bought it to sell. I don't know. Here's another fanny pack. It was like fanny pack city.  So I don't have to worry about a purse. And you know, it's just easy. This right here, I think came as like a subscription box type deal. It was in nice condition. Maybe I should have gotten it. I don't know, but I've heard people say that sometimes you can get Vero's for stuff like that. I don't know. I think that was Panama Jack. I did put that in my cart. I think I looked up comps. I don't think I could find anything really comparable to it. So I ended up throwing it back in. What would you guys have done? Would you guys have grabbed the Panama Jack hat? I've done pretty good with some straw hats. I learned about those from Butterfly Hustles, her YouTube channel. If you haven't checked her out, definitely sub her up. But she would talk about straw. I think it's Rafia. I'm not sure if I'm saying that right. Hats. And after I saw it on her channel, I started finding them everywhere. And I have made so much money off of those hats, but I didn't know. So I definitely learned that from her. She gets all the credit. This thing right here is a Bolo. Unfortunately, when I powered it on, I couldn't get the vibration mode to stay on.  So maybe I didn't charge it long enough. I don't know, but I'm just going to sell the accessories. I figured I can make my money back doing that. And it is what it is. I was kind of excited, honestly, when I found it. I was like, yes, it had everything in there. It looks like it has never been used and won't want didn't work. So all right. I thought I was going to have like a really great thumbnail for the video, but nope. I think they retail for 70 to 150 depending on which model you find. And I could not find any listed on eBay, which is really weird. I did find another Paw Patrol coming up here and this is my total. This is what I spent 2235. How did I do? Be sure to check out the description of the video, like, comment, share and subscribe. Thanks for watching.


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What's up guys? I'm Brian Sakawa. You're watching He Spoke Style. And today we are talking about how to button a suit jacket. So buttoning a suit jacket properly seems like a pretty simple thing to do, but sometimes the simplest things are often the ones that are the most overlooked. And I've seen enough guys do this wrong that I thought making this video was important. So what we're going to do is talk about the three most common types of suit jackets you will find and the right way to button them. First up we have a simple two button jacket. Now you've got a 50-50 chance of getting it right if you're just guessing. The correct way to button a two button suit jacket or blazer is to button only the top button. Never just the bottom and never the bottom and the top together. Next we've got the two and a half button jacket also called a three roll two. Now this is kind of a more classy and elegant take on a three button jacket with a third button hole rolled softly into the lapel. This style of jacket you are just going to button the middle button. However, if it's cold outside and you want a little extra coverage it is acceptable to button the top button as well, though in most situations you will just roll with the middle button done. Again, never the bottom button and a good way to remember for this style of jacket is sometimes, always and never. Finally we have a double breasted jacket. Mine is a six by two or a six show two referring to the number of buttons. Before we talk about the outer buttons that you see we have to talk about the inner button also known as the anchor button. So this is a button that is hidden but is an important one to fasten it will help keep the jacket laying on your body the way it was meant to. Now for the outer buttons two of them can be fastened and you want to button the top of those two. It's not wrong to do the bottom one as well but for me I like the look of just having the top one done. There you go a very simple primer on how to button a suit jacket properly. If this video helped you out in any way please leave a comment and let me know. Also give it a thumbs up be sure to subscribe to the channel and until next time thanks for watching and stay tailored.