S03E06 Two naked middle aged men have a spontaneous funeral of sorts. RIP Louinator59

This episode is dedicated to Louis Austad,  a loving father, grandfather, husband, dedicated dog owner and caring friend, passed away just after thanksgiving this year. 

He was also the President of the North American division of the Global Shirtless Men Association.

(that's why we have our nipples out)

His message was:

"Be a Good Human.

If you can't be good, be better.

if you can't be better, try harder."

Lou and I, we weren't terribly close, but whenever we spoke or interacted in various ways, I always felt like I was welcomed into a warm cabin or something, that I had forgotten how cold it was out there. You know? Lou was a man from an other time, sometimes watching his videos I felt like I was watching a very enthusiastic time traveler in a way.

He lived to be 60.  I met him through the social media platform, BEME, years ago and we kept in touch for many years, through collaborations on YouTube, an ongoing conversation on Twitter and he was always kind, always caring, always supporting. Even though we might have had different opinions and beliefs, we never had a problem getting along. We had lost touch, but got back in touch a earlier this fall, when he was in the hospital. His last words to me was to tell my daughter Amina, that he sends her his love. 

I my heart and thoughts goes out to his wife Tammy, his sons and daughter in laws, his grandchildren and his dog, Snoop Doggy Dogg. 

I also think of those who were closer to Lou than I was.

Especially Roadside Rick who was the one to break the news.

Rick used to travel through the US, living in is car and vlogging his experience. At one point he lost his grandfather and after putting the house in order he hit the road again. I imagine it wasn't the same. Then his car broke down. He thought of giving up. And out of the blue came Lou, with $500, enough to fix the car up, get Rick back on the road and down to California where Lou and Tammy were waiting with arms and doors open.

Lou pimped his ride, they shared meals, went on road trips and made videos together.

I am sorry for your loss, my guys, I am happy you had these moments together. 

I am grateful you shared some of those moments so I could see experience some of it as well, through YouTube. 

I've linked the channels down below, there's also a link to Lou´s merch there, I don't know how to contact the family, and I don't know if its my place to do so, so I bought some memories so I can keep Lou with me in a way. Kind of neat. Kind of weird talking about this sounding like I got a suvenir from a funeral or something. idk, Ive struggled with technology today. Also down below is a link to Mr Sing´s channel with video of Part two of this episode, so if you've watched that video already you don't really have to listen to all that again.

Louinator59

URL: https://louinator.com 

Merch; https://louinator.com/Shop-L59-Merch/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Louinator59

Roadside Rick

URL: https://louinator.com/RoadsideRick/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/pineapplepat1 

BONUS:

Just in case you want to see us naked: https://youtu.be/U0dL7KhT8hM 

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