American Reacts Randy buys a bookshelf off Gumtree

[@ShadowSpark-dx4jq]

I like how you actually double the length of the original video because of the amount of commentary you do That’s how you do reactions folks

[@Dr_KAP]

The dude wrote a 300 odd word text message with zero punctuation. Zero. That’s not normal. Sure take a shortcut here and there, but no punctuation at all is defo batshit crazy. 🇦🇺 🐨

[@tfrowlett8752]

If you’re wondering, Gumtree is Australia’s Craigslist

[@oliversherman2414]

And in the UK too

[@capatheist]

@@oliversherman2414really? Gumtree is? Huh…

[@oliversherman2414]

@@capatheist yeah

[@deano2506]

It's a uk Craigslist as it's a uk company.

[@warmmilk9480]

I think most people can piece that together

[@megdelaney3677]

I highly recommend the full show, this is just a part of it.

[@cireenasimcox1081]

Mate, never be apologetic about communicating your ideas/thoughts. I think that's a way of finding links/understanding from total strangers. As you said, if people prefer to, they can always skip ahead.😊 But yes, I was really engrossed in what you were saying - it came pouring out of you - which was rather exhilarating👍

[@McJibbin]

Thanks for that!

[@AnxiousTrixie]

And if people didn't want thoughts and discussions they shouldn't watch reactions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@ace0135]

@@McJibbin Interesting theory

[@fishtigua]

Email or Text, use FRIGGIN' punctuation. It's like pukeing word-soup otherwise

[@oliversherman2414]

Gumtree is basically Craigslist in some commonwealth countries like the UK, Australia, New Zealand ect (Randy is Australian btw)

[@stevew8513]

I spell everything out properly, in emails and text messages. Why? I was raised by a schoolteacher mother. I was taught to communicate properly and use good grammar. And now my mom's retired and I will talk to her and correct her grammar (the way she used to do to me as a kid), and it ticks her off to no end.

[@NothingwrongwithmeitsaYOU]

If you message someone without even using a simple punctuation then something must be wrong with you. 😂😂😂

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

Without punctuation the message can be misunderstood, or people might think you are batshit crazy.

[@SprayInk-Kreatïv-Nouveau]

It is very likely that a person like Morgan exists, someone who has gone through similar events and probably with a similar outcome.

[@armandoguzmannieves5472]

Connor… The man made no separation between sentences. That would actually be UNREADABLE to some people.

[@esraeloh8681]

My god, the amount of time & effort it can take with some sentences, all for want of their lazy ass not puting in a fucking couple of commas.

[@QuayNemSorr]

The entire show is pure genius

[@yuriatsugi3696]

4:47 dont feel bad i absolutely love people getting excited about topics in the video and it was a very happy surprise to see you agree and immediately elaborate on the subject!! You earned yourself a sub with this one ~ (and i'm not even fully through the vid lol)

[@thelorax9622]

Randy is brilliant - he's been a legend in Australia for many years.

[@tarrynharris373]

You have to check out everything to do with Randy Feltface. The old stuff and the new. On Monday his new show will be available on youtube. Can't wait. I love his collaborations with Sammy J as well as his solo stuff, but this show - I think - is his best work.

[@Snaakie83]

Thats very good news 🎉

[@SpikeMatthews]

If ye like this, watch the whole show, "Randy writes a novel"; it's on KZbin in full. It's really, REALLY worth it.

[@LoneRanger100]

The bit at 14.30 was him saying what he did as per the mad text - which perfectly illustrates why it looks so mad!

[@alloramora]

1:19 "Can I just say, super good with the puppetry here" That's because Randy's puppeteer used to work for the legendary Jim Henson!

[@Lottaquizzes]

Great video! So funny, and I always love to hear your thoughts. I hope you do more of these.

[@freemovies411]

7:30 aH shet I"m a '93 kid too. And yeah, I do getcha, though I don't think I've ever thought about it in that way. Where the standard is set based on surroundings - and the generations after us has been surrounded by millions of expectant eyes instead of drip-fed. It's really interesting. 19:40 So maybe if it was just the 0 punctuation in a thesis-length text message, it would be fine, whatever, dude just doesn't like hitting the special key to switch keyboards. lol But it's also the first message back being "It was my wife's bookshelf" like he was seeking therapy, like you said. And then the "y" in which you have to guess what he means. "Why?" or "Yes" which is totally a real shortcut that people mix up all the time. I think the insanity of Morgan text-wise is how it /builds/. Also thank you for appreciating the puppetry; he really is SO GOOD.

[@swampje1985]

Totally get what you're saying as I'm from 1985. 😊 Social media used to be about fun, staying in touch with your friends and expanding your horizons when it was first introduced. I consciously spend less time on social media these days and more time connecting to people in real life, engaging in face to face conversations. 😊

[@stuarthumphrey1787]

Hilarious. More of this Connor if possible

[@taniaPBear]

Randy Feltface is my favourite comedian. He's not just hilarious but really smart, and while I don't always agree with every observation or opinion, you always walk away from a show with sore stomach muscles and a lot to think about. You should watch this whole show if you ever get the the chance, or any of his full shows. Thanks Connor, great reaction. ❤

[@talisredstar1543]

Yeah his puppeteering is amazing. you get caught up so much in the story, because the puppeteering doesn't pull you out, to the point it no longer even matters that he is a puppet. You simply there for the ride.

[@tonyabomia7217]

I think he's so good at the puppeteering because he actually got to spend time working with Jim Henson.

[@LadyDeft30]

You must do the whole show. It's available for free on youtube. legit.

[@Chrisjames504]

Randy is a legend

[@craigdawson7564]

The puppeteer, Heath McIvor, is a world renowned puppeteer, he worked on The Hobbit, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Walking With Dinosaurs, the Live Experience. He rarely gives interviews, preferring Randy to speak for him.

[@jessquinn6106]

Randy has been around for decades. He even had a TV series "Rickets Lane". I got to see Rants last year in Seattle. You really have to watch a whole show to understand where tit all comes from. He just finished a new stand up 2 months ago. It's on youtube with all his other shows.

[@arthurgoonie4596]

I was born on 99 honestly thought we were the same age you should have seen my face when I found out how old wendigoon is

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

Bloody hilarious. What a fantastic storyteller and puppeteer.

[@rodneybever9583]

I was always taught to present myself in all ways the way I want to be perceived. I am a middle aged pothead hippie but I have intelligence as well as pride. Not saying that people who don't type like me don't have pride or anything. That is just my reasoning. I want to be taken seriously and believe in being well spoken.

[@babyboomerinc]

I remember a time before tv!! I was 7 when got our first

[@tammyfinnemore]

RANDYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Love our Aussie humour

[@speasj]

I feel the text preference is really a generational thing. Most of us Gen X/Elder Millennials were mostly through school when texting became a regular thing and had writing/grammar shoved down our thoughts. I know I'm generalizing here but that's my thought.

[@thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556]

Next check out another Randy Feltface gem: The life of Ernest Hemingway in 3.5 minutes!

[@IanDarley]

I wouldn't send a text message with poor grammar and / or punctuation, because I would expect to be judged as a moron. In the old days before qwerty keyboards, you could give a bit of T9 keyboard leeway, however there is no reason since circa 2007.

[@lemdixon01]

As Oziman would say ''destination fcuk'd''

[@trailerman2]

That was bloody brilliant ;-)

[@dianaruman8723]

I run out of breath reading a text with no punctuation. Longer then 3 lines of that and I'll literally not read it. At least use a period so i can take a mental breath.

[@tonybaker55]

I interact with my kids and grand kids and i am a boomer! Brilliant puppeteer and punctuation is important.

[@DerekEdwards-cz4ft]

you should check out randy and the life or hemmingway

[@TheKadanz]

I love the saying that 'millenials were the last generation who's childhood pics weren't taken on i-Phones'

[@WilliamAllen-f4u]

Your vibes are emaculate. Subbed 😊

[@colinp2238]

Just in case you don't know in the UK, Randy is the word we use for horny. I don't know if it's the same in Australia. Btw in Scotland Jesse means effeminate. You don't see these words on the usual comparison videos.

[@Seppppy38]

The guy who plays randy did some work with the Jim densest company

[@eliasaltenberg]

you need to see the Hemingway biography thing he does before this bit to get the last part of that joke.

[@999maza]

I think the texting thing also is a symptom of being a millennial, we had to text on the fucking flip phones and blackberries, so we made our texts as simple as possible because typing on those was a pain in the ass, now on smartphones it's not laziness it's just old habits die hard. Most people outside that generation will have only ever used smart phones to text, with autocorrect, autocomplete, tts, a much better keyboard, etc

[@bevhowell7665]

well said

[@Millennial_Manc]

Social media isn’t that new. I was in pIRCh and mIRCh chat rooms talking to people from my town and all over the world by 1994. Still friends with a guy in Texas I met. Then ICQ, MSM etc came out before MySpace. It’s just that you used to go on there to meet new people but now you go on there using people you know in real life as the starting point. Facebook is like a family tree of your friends and their friends rather than a mechanism to meet totally new people.

[@Snaakie83]

MIRC was fun

[@Zabiru-]

It's such a dumb thing to remark on but I've seen this clip so many times in reactions that eventually it began to annoy me that Randy says "... used a single consonant ..." Y is a vowel.

[@jackbarnes8037]

That was great 🤣🤣🤣

[@tonybremner4424]

Check out smug druggles randy feltface😂😂😊😊

[@sjeses]

The reason you cringe now, over stuff in the past, is because you've grown and gained perspective. Being perfect is the end of growth, of learning, of discovering. Richard Feynman once had a nice way of putting it: "If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room"

[@edwardmalone5339]

I enjoy your videos very much and am curious to know what Mcjibbin means. If it is a surname it's one that ive never come across before.

[@markwalford-groom]

i type like i speak i type it as i think it

[@sallytsang9444]

Is Randy a creation of Jimmy Rees the voice sounds very familiar?

[@Dr_KAP]

No he isn’t

[@markwalford-groom]

comedy and psychology

[@tommyau2006]

Master of Puppets................

[@Chris_Seccull]

If you're confused as to why he thinks that style of text message is bat shit crazy, I might be able to enlighten you. The guy that puppets Randy is about 15 or so years older than you. Last of the Gen X'ers. I myself am a bit older still (born 1972) and like many Gen X'ers find the grammar and language of the younger generations baffling almost to the point of being abhorrent. Using text speak and no punctuation when conversing with your friends is fine. But, in any sort of formal, professional or contractual context such as selling an item to someone you don't know is downright disrespectful.

[@Zero-ph4qk]

Guess I'm weird.😔 But I am proud to be!😆

[@Chrisjames504]

Good on Morgan

[@realPenrodPooch]

You don't use punctuation in your texts?

[@Mediawatcher2023]

gumtree is like ebay with a difference

[@firstnamelastname-bu1xm]

your "rant" was very interesting. Don't beat yourself up so fast.

[@Doomturtlescottydemonking]

Tbh if someone gets caught cheating the person who cheated shouldn’t get jack shit whether it's a man or woman imo

[@thomasgriffith2953]

Love that damn puppet!!! 👍🤣👏

[@rancidrabbitspensley3475]

i get it, agree , Also pause too much couldn't watch , Neee neee

[@martinbrandtkristensen1984]

So funny

[@paulbromley6687]

Connor…. You start three sentences and end sometimes less than one.

[@connortrowbridge]

...what?

[@Amm1ttai]

Just admit you're wrong about the text messaging and move on.

[@KufLMAO]

WHY ARE U STRETCHED UR LIKE THE PUTIN MEME LMAO

[@ToniBingi]

Buddy, if you text like Morgan, you are a terrible texter. When I get a text like that it can be z nightmare to parse through. Maybe with close friends and family I'd let that slide, but in a professional context? With a stranger? Hell no, it's incredibly unprofessional.

[@janolaful]

Gen z are thick

[@Jessy-cs1jz]

Whats gumtree ? sounds shit ..... is it a Harry and Meghan thing ?

[@Snaakie83]

It's like Craigslist... Obsessed much? 😂

[@Mahal_kita1077]

Flip phones were out in gen x

[@Mahal_kita1077]

Gen z is after the millennials gen z is what is going on now