and then we'll be okay

[@steelblue8]

"he realized that matter is a particle, a wave, and a JOKE" is quite possibly the best line I've heard in ages

[@greasyboii5476]

I love the one about the fathers ashes being like meteorites all done being cosmic

[@Keiru21]

This sentence also crosses the line of being a little too close to actual reality

[@Taartin]

It carries so much meaning and is also a good joke itself :D

[@_modernmage]

@Virtual Sky Tate all matter has a wavefunction, it just gets stupidly tiny when you have anything big enough to see.

[@_modernmage]

@Virtual Sky Tate not my hypothesis, a core concept of quantum mechanics. First sentence from Wikipedia's "Wave-particle Duality" page: "Wave-particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that every particle or Quantum entity may be described either as a particle or a wave." It has a section devoted to the wave nature of large objects.

[@mikeph712]

"just exist for a while and be decent, that's heroism enough"

[@АлександърМакедонски-х7т]

succ

[@2ndYHWH]

Mikeph u can’t be commenting on spiritual shit with that profile pic

[@sfdgdrgdvxff]

@@2ndYHWH quite ironic I must say

[@jadynclark7686]

STONKS

[@MrRobotman]

Made it my Twitter bio.

[@sua7249]

"What's science?" "Sort of like magic but it works." idk why thats my favorite part

[@sorenstarkchessa2783]

Aiden Gaming agreed

[@capnam_12]

1000th like

[@StrazdasLT]

Some african tribes call their magic science too. They simply think science is "Westerner magic".

[@cleansingnight7332]

Science = Heresy. BURN IT!!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@heathmclaughlin]

I believe exurb1a is a Vonnegut fan - i've heard a few of his quotes scattered throughout his videos, and this is one of them.

[@streetvybzswag1.067]

This story is the "Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional" quote and it was done perfectly

[@santiagomolinaconeo3915]

arrow and malcom merlyn

[@SybilHolidayHolidayOHara]

That is the 4th Noble Truth of Buddhism.

[@bakeshi8170]

@@SybilHolidayHolidayOHarafirst and fourth

[@righteouslyfurious]

But what if you're living in poverty dying of a treatable disease? Or starving to death? Is suffering really optional then?

[@streetvybzswag1.067]

@@righteouslyfurious well that all depends on whether or not you in a bio chemical or radioactive wasteland but I think the root of its meaning is your not here for ever anyways and your life is pretty meaningless in the grander scheme so get high asf and watch the leaves fall starving to death? Dont do that eat bugs and rats theres always a choice and a consequence for it All a struggler can do is struggle after all

[@alexs.6711]

this video walks the line between completely idiotic satire and legitimate meaningful and introspective storytelling and the greatest factor that keeps it balanced is your raw skill of narration

[@alexs.6711]

@kido33 now you got me wondering... what is the story? who is the other alex s.? i'm intrigued

[@nicolaslambert4144]

Iron man idiocy

[@nicolaslambert4144]

Alex s opción thought suggestive choice of gratitude

[@nicolaslambert4144]

Foul in the way of choice in interpretation of snake you see I’m god bitch you’re the devil although I’m anti christ anti life at the same time kill with no empathetic conscious of your feelings as I wanna not think of you’re pain physical or emotional

[@justicebateman6025]

@@nicolaslambert4144 ?

[@vedvod]

This guy is crying over how his philosophy degree is a waste, but if this is what it gets you, then I'll be damned if that's a waste

[@frimi8593]

yo where can i waste my life? hit me up with that shit

[@Nero_Karel]

I have my doubts the degree is what's to be credited for this

[@phuchoang2023]

Wait he's got a philosophy degree?

[@mice2188]

@@phuchoang2023 it's been explicitly stated in many videos.

[@krishivagarwal5189]

It is those who seek philosophy, are who which will understand it's true meaning. We may be shunned by society and ignored by the universe, but what makes us humans great, is on the inside.

[@FidgetTheMidget8P]

"Stop! You look like you have unfinished snake related business" my new pickup line

[@santiago_n3651]

Ok now, this is epic

[@krissykatportal]

Lol good one

[@fireshort3984]

What are some reactions that you have had?

[@CarlosFlores-xb3gx]

@@fireshort3984 XD

[@flo1202xyz]

So like, a ... snake ... put it in a ... hole Get the joke

[@ptrdmr]

Write this in books. Paint it on walls. Carve it into the sky. Translate it into every language. People should know. They need to know.

[@user-uq5rm7io8h]

i copied the transcript and plan to print it out and leave copies everywhere, with credit of course.

[@popefrancis4630]

Ik im way too late but how can i get a physical copy of the transcript

[@Stonedreviews283]

People not only need to know, they need to understand. Truly in their core

[@LavLightKnight]

I think this one is specifically in one of his books?

[@guy-]

​@@user-uq5rm7io8hit's already a book though

[@parafoxl7619]

"The universe doesn't give a shit about you, but those people in your village, they do." - A more inspiring quote than most of the actual 'deep stuff'

[@parafoxl7619]

@Scupake it's just a char i made up my self lol xD

[@2Meows]

so 1000 likes and you have one comment that is completely unrelated? Sure, ok.

[@parafoxl7619]

@@2Meows how is this comment not related, it's just a quote from the video that I really liked :D

[@2Meows]

@@parafoxl7619 Nah fam, I was talking about the reply that was made on your comment

[@parafoxl7619]

@@2Meows ahhhh my mistake. Sowwey xD

[@squishmaus2041]

I didn’t realise he wrote it until I heard the swearing

[@romilrh]

His style is so distinct and recognizable that you can tell it's his words just by the way he speaks them so naturally.

[@rawtrout007]

he was on LSD

[@notbranch9657]

@@rawtrout007 yes

[@purr.romi.]

1000th like 🦍

[@joshaneter6147]

Ikr

[@louisdyer2983]

This is the story that took you 4 months I’m so grateful you never gave up

[@caseinnitrate5515]

well actually ikr. I’m so glad - it’s such a masterpiece

[@checkm8964]

This is my favourite KZbin video and honestly might be my favourite story I've ever heard

[@noicrtm4472]

Check M8 this and “were the last humans left” are my favourite pieces

[@randomstranger623]

Still wondering though, are the trashy videos on him being an abuser or something true? Because by God, I am a very impressionable person, and I hate being led astray.

[@checkm8964]

Random Stranger I don’t think they are true, a lot of the clips of him are very heavily edited to make it seem like he is saying stuff, also his girlfriend takes pills for her depression which are anti-psychotics and are very rarely given out to patients only suffering from depression. I think there could be a small amount of truth in those videos but i think it’s being twisted a lot

[@syntruss]

"we are not 'born to die'. does a book begin just to finish? does a song open with a beautiful chord purely to end? yes, we are born with the inevitable fate of death, but that is merely the final act of the play. we are born to love, be joyous, to move, learn, cry and feel. we are in fact, born to live."

[@guy-]

Who are you quoting?

[@Coppermeshman]

Often death is from deficiency, some thing missing that causes a living thing's foundation to form holes which will inevitably cause it to crumble, naturally life was shaped by the harsh, cyclic conditions of a world driven by disorder, but if all needs were fulfilled a living thing would then live forever. In the end all starve, slowly with holes begetting holes faster than they can be fixed. To make a system that will not crumble, it requires indefinite self-improvement and the improvement of its surroundings.

[@MintLemon-e3o]

Beautifully said.

[@joeyps2861]

What’s the quote from?

[@crypticshadows]

where is the quote from ?

[@leonorbalesteros]

"Don't try to be a hero, or a sage or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough." This is it.

[@fallendown8828]

Elon Musk: Press X to doubt

[@DislikeButton69420]

@@fallendown8828 x

[@sissitapaskou3131]

This is exactly my takeaway from this video!! thank you for your comment, take care

[@theevilbean]

@@fallendown8828 so true 💀

[@trevorfranks69]

Can be a gamedev though

[@momokoboyes8479]

Friend: why can’t you come? “Unfinished snake related business”

[@RED-sl2le]

I’m using this from now on

[@vancepeek8526]

im rolling lol thank you

[@katlegomathiane3759]

Like no 1K

[@al3440]

Friend: Seems a bit dodgy to me but okay, have fun

[@menelik6635]

@@vancepeek8526 haha rolling. And your pfp is a die. That's funny

[@casecao8412]

Can we just appreciate the fact that there are no ads or interruptions of any kind on this high-quality content? Edit: Nvm there are ads now. Thanks KZbin!

[@Guztav1337]

Support his patreon

[@aniofri]

because the video is sadly demonitized.

[@KANGAXRUU]

There is for me

[@kylie6701]

The ad in this video: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@elschaetty]

No this is what he thinks is supposed to happen any way

[@ground_cookie]

"The universe doesn't give a shit about you.. but your village? Your family? Me? We do." I love this line a lot. The universe isn't what will remember us. It'll be us, ourselves, that'll carry those memories. We'll all waste our time thinking of existential bullshit, wondering if we ever truly matter to the universe. The truth is, we don't matter to the universe. We matter to each other. We matter to the people who love us, and those people matter to us because we love them, too. We don't have to be part of some "grand scheme of things," because we're part of each other's lives. And sometimes, that's enough.

[@SoldierOfGod-n7y]

Everything matters and nothing matters.

[@gulleman5318]

xd?

[@Aaron-tc5gq]

Life does matter to the universe, Because the universe needs us.

[@Kappy25]

What makes us separate from the universe? If we care about each other the universe cares about us.

[@ElizabethVass]

we are the universe

[@alwayscoding4707]

Exurbia needs to make more of these. *And then we'll be okay.*

[@stagittarius9903]

Swaggity cattity maybe with patron, but his videos take too long to make and there isn’t enough audience to make a living off only these KZbin videos

[@okaygecko]

best one !

[@cherkunkleowo7214]

But we won't, because that's not how the game works.

[@davidstaley8203]

I think the point of the video is that we already are okay. It doesn't matter what we make or accomplish. Exurb1a isn't doing any of his videos because he wants to make life okay, but because he wants us all to know that life is hard, but we're okay anyway.

[@StrazdasLT]

He released multiple books. Go read them.

[@scaife]

"Just exist for a while and be decent. That's herosim enough."

[@madamofmayhem3781]

That was my favorite part ❤️

[@Trademark-g1t]

NOOOO I build Type-Ω civilisation

[@missseaweed2462]

@@Trademark-g1t Is that a Kurzesagt reference I see?

[@theunreadyone]

This is my life motto

[@memelikeseverybody3064]

Are you Jesus!!?!😇😂 But these words actually helped plus I clicked on this video by accident soo fate...huh!

[@schlubenno3827]

I feel like I shouldn’t be listening to this for free.

[@sauceaddict9569]

Pergrinepi FACTS🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏿👏🏿💯💯.

[@imliterallysostupid7781]

Schluben No i agree but all i can offer is fellatio

[@sherbetyt3613]

Same

[@hashkeeper]

yeah... i feel kinda dirty now

[@gammy5257]

I was the 1k like so I should watch this for free

[@keslio]

Came from "Then next comes" it really comes full circle huh.

[@lijoy_mathew]

SAME

[@cujo7600]

Bro, I commented on that vid about the crone showing up at the end, cuz I went through middle and highschool with this story to help me sleep, and went a little crazy it ended there

[@skarrven]

Same

[@Luigitrix12]

Crone? ​@@cujo7600

[@chloecarson7055]

"we must be the only creatures allergic to happiness"

[@andyoli75]

It's as true today as it was to Gilgamesh. He had to be convinced. Sing and dance. Eat your fill if warm food and cool beer. Pass the time away in joy with your chosen wife....It is decreed for you to enjoy short pleasures for your short days.

[@Robcarpentier12]

"There will never come a time when everything lasts forever and nothing hurts ever again, but strength is taking a good look into the abyss and choosing to still be a good person." -Exurb1a

[@jakesanchez6621]

How does that explain his "Misery Was" video, then?

[@bandir2377]

@@jakesanchez6621 By the time where misery was a human condition of the past, we will have found new problems to endlessly worry about. Such as the fact that happiness will have no meaning if there is no misery.

[@tsegmedodontuya1850]

@@bandir2377 only within the human condition. That's how our brains work, and in just a couple centuries we can change it. Our brains are meant to hunt deer and endlessly fuck around. Not quantum physics and the meaning of life, but we did it anyway, because we were lucky (and also opposable thumbs)

[@bobdagamer640]

It’s “and choosing to still be a good human”

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

@@bandir2377 We will be okay, and then we will be okay. But we still weren't.

[@Kopfkopf123]

Thanks for being our old woman exurb1a.

[@samuel6666ful]

This

[@mengasyiqkan]

is

[@IINFAA]

so

[@joshualawson272]

epic

[@Potatoyeeting]

420 likes nice

[@Itisheylel]

I’ve been very sad the couple of days. Very very sad. I saw my mom on the video call and noticed she was getting older. Mortality hit me like a truck. When I saw my happy dog after a long work shift, wagging her tail at the sight of me, I started bawling. Every night, I was grieving for all the people I know. It made me very sad that all of the things I know now will disappear. Thank you for this story. I’ve been reflecting on it. I don’t feel as okay right away but I just know I soon will. As everyone and everything should, we’ll all be okay.

[@danielbenavides8287]

Wait until you realize the cosmic JOKE our existence is… anyways enjoy your life, I know you won’t ever see this but… struggle and pain makes things feel real

[@bentisiphone]

I think it’s good you realized this, before you actually lose them. Some things you never notice until they’re gone. I think you’ve been given a chance to truly cherish the ones you love.

[@LunaRealized]

Weak times breed weak people

[@lilemont9302]

@@LunaRealized Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

[@Coppermeshman]

​@@danielbenavides8287 What's the cosmic joke?

[@AdmireTheStrange]

“What’s science?” “Sort of like magic, but it works” Lmao

[@The_Holy_Wooomy]

I mean, yeah

[@pochita4996]

"Magic is just science that we don't understand yet" - Arthur C. Clarke

[@Potato-ko3oc]

really, it is all manipulation of the fundamental physics of the laws of nature. made possible by the scientific method. by the acknowledgement that nature is bigger than us and that hers is the only game in town. -turtle guy

[@13.7BYITM]

thats what ill say now

[@LundiForest]

yeah funny thing coming out of her mouth.. proceeds to be involved in all kinds of things one would classify as the thing she discards to exist.

[@wolverineftw]

If this is what a philosophy degree gets you, I want one.

[@theanarkiddie4569]

Wolverine FTW considering he spends most his time complaining about such I don’t think it is

[@ghfryw]

dear friend, i have one ... you will be poor and jobless, so i hope you don`t plan to support a family with it. Otherwise best decision ever :)

[@danksamosa3952]

@@ghfryw I want to be a prof

[@dreamcore7]

Just read books and literature. Philosophy degree is useless.

[@sirbedivere5670]

dreamcore To say it’s useless is too much, but you can learn philosophy by reading books and watching youtube lectures. Studying Philosophy, I believe, is quite cheap, compared to things like biology or sth. ExistentialComic creator learns philosophy that way after all.

[@NStripleseven]

In 100 years, someone’s gonna discover this channel, and our descendants are going to have to deal with the most difficult English classes you’ve ever seen.

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Just think what they'll make of hentai fanfic 'documents' ...

[@anyyoulike1976]

@@OldNavajoTricks 👍

[@OldNavajoTricks]

@@anyyoulike1976 Did ancient Humans have intimate encounters with tentacley SpaceGods in bizarre rituals? Ancient Mk'Tnnga Nu theorists say yes!

[@poisonfish2176]

Don’t worry about school, just do your best, study a little at home and take care of yourself. That’s my philosophy anyway.

[@hellogtea]

@@poisonfish2176 are u a student yourself

[@dimitraBlissDk]

I love the line "what's science?" "Sort of like magic but it works"

[@sleepystar1638]

its etymology Magic means Knowledge, Science means to know

[@abby_5664]

yall this felt like a whole ass movie to me .

[@itstotallynotsai6577]

This would actually be a really good movie if made correctly

[@ahmedalfatih7723]

Nah feel like a fever dreams

[@justinelizalde5503]

Fr I watched this when I was baked not gonna lie and I swear it was hours long

[@angelicazordan5538]

Whole ass book to me

[@Aztesticals]

This would actually make for a great play

[@massivelegend5209]

"The universe dosen't give a shit about you" And i smiled For the first time in four months i gave a real genuine smile. Thank you for this gift sir no sarcasm no tricks. Just an honest thank you

[@Funiquinho]

this man... he is incredible, isnt he?

[@massivelegend5209]

@@Funiquinho yes he is

[@TheBestOfSweden]

The universe ARE you.

[@wespicedmemes]

Right, something relaxing and pleasant when you realize how insignificant you are. How we are not gods and we just globs of meat. Really humbling.

[@cherias.4069]

@@wespicedmemes --😂We certainly ARE MUCH MORE than "globss of meat"😂Research deeply.✌🤷💖🌹

[@zinkpieco]

this is the shit they gonna teach in classes in 100 years

[@Boy-vb4rz]

As long as the government is still as misguided as they are now we won't be here m8

[@cope_induced]

the thought gives me chills

[@blahbleh5671]

Jibida felipo haemmorroids

[@Baseiscc]

*reads comment about English teacher wanting to give this script to her kids* *reads this* Me: Welp...

[@zinkpieco]

@@Baseiscc where

[@stephenlabankajirujr3439]

“I’d give anything, to give up knowing everything” somehow reminded me of the story of Adam and Eve and how many folklores/stories/literatures talk about the curse of knowledge

[@BLFulle]

Adam and Even isn't folklore, it's true. Even scientist know this. DNA proves we have common genetic ancestors.

[@MrBoxinaboxinabox]

@@BLFulle The mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam lived over 100,000 years apart from each other. So not really like the Adam and Eve from the bible.

[@BLFulle]

@@MrBoxinaboxinaboxThen they have more research to do. That's the amazing thing about science.

[@Juju3947]

​@@BLFullethe story is told to be 6000 years old so the possibility of it being a 100% fact is highly unlikely.

[@thalmorjusticiar1]

@@BLFulle The burden of proof lies on the partying asserting an outstanding claim. When you can prove that the story of adam and eve, as in the bible, or in fact any story from the bible, is demonstrably and empirically true, then you can make statements about the "amazing" nature of science in relation to evidently and apparently fictional stories. Adam and eve isn't folklore, you're right. It's mythology.

[@sahilbansal5142]

"Humans are the only species allergic to happiness."

[@MOMOFCJ6]

Yes

[@rythemoire]

There's a medicine for that allergy, it'll just taste like shit, but at least you'll be happy in the meantime :)

[@williamromero-auila7129]

I'd pretend to concur someday :)

[@michaelhanford8139]

Modern humans* Are masochism is conditioned, not innate.

[@michaelhanford8139]

Our*

[@ajjpg-km3us]

"and they danced the nihilist waltz" I don't know why but thats a hauntingly beautiful quote...

[@antonsoderlund2139]

G O D A M R I G H T

[@Yickerman]

The Nihilist Waltz sounds like it would be a highly acclaimed piece of art what the fuck

[@ajjpg-km3us]

@@Yickerman yeah

[@Aadhitiya_Murali]

@@Yickerman yeah, that's what i was also thinking.

[@GrizzlyProductions]

What’s the song?

[@ShotsOfEspresso]

Whats science? “Sort of like magic, but it works”

[@robbielamont2816]

Wizard jizz

[@masteramogh]

Kurt Vonnegut

[@chasepierce1498]

fax af

[@Sam-dt9wr]

Whats science İts a refrance

[@_pyxeled]

What's science? The class I have a B in

[@katemcmillen1977]

“Go home, Tao. Don’t try to be a hero or a sage or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That’s heroism enough.” The way this made me start crying tears of relief-

[@darkyoumemento5307]

"Not to be rude, but you're drunk, and old and a bit useless, really." "You are being rude."

[@thomasvalen5814]

No u!

[@the1exnay]

Marcus Chorn You don't need to do much, including complaining about this. There's no need to be a killjoy

[@vwlz8637]

damn that's really funny should've been in the video

[@eatinghats1605]

UNO reverse card

[@kobaltmyst8074]

AND A MIGHTY SNEAKY SNEAKY WIGGLE HE HAD ABOUT HIM

[@tedcoombs7762]

Matter is simultaneously a particle, a wave and a joke

[@mcmodmod5533]

Ted Coombs best line in the whole video

[@___xyz___]

That pretty much sums up physics sophomores.

[@lucasdreesmann3319]

McMod Mod u spelled masterpiece wrong

[@ellw7830]

“Bad things happen, and the reasons for them are complicated. There is no snake, no witch, no evil genius; and there will never come a time when everything lasts forever and nothing hurts ever again.” “But the strength is in taking a good look into the abyss-into the eyes of the snake-and then choosing to still be a good human; even in the face of great uncertainty, and malice, and that day when everything will be gone, forever. It’s not gone yet. It won’t be for ages.” “Meaning and solace aren’t to be found in the heavens, but in the trenches of everyday living. We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be okay. And even then, we weren’t okay. Because that’s not how the game works.”

[@thousandblades.]

i came across this comment at exact same moment narrator was saying it

[@johnlemon5904]

@@thousandblades. same lol

[@nicoleweigelt3938]

Ellie W still, the story doesn’t explain why we should be good like it says in the quote

[@demon_xd_]

There will never be a time where everything will last forever... The heat death period, as the last black hole evaporates, and nothing but individual electrons remain: *umm excuse me but actually...*

[@shirori2004]

@@nicoleweigelt3938 You don't really have to be. The story isn't about being good per say so much as just living despite everything

[@paxthehedgehog7760]

I come back to this every time I feel lost, it always helps me feel better.

[@polboygiraffetamer6654]

Me too. Exist and stay decent.

[@monochrome3003]

Same. Been listening to it off and on for the past four years.

[@notagamer32]

Me too. I find solace in this video.

[@john1242]

i understand brother

[@xenomorph0623]

You can't tell me you never thought that just maybe the old woman was the snake

[@justcurious1146]

yes, I did think she was the snake then i felt like a fool for thinking it

[@nodiggity9472]

The Old Woman was the Snake. And the Mountain. And the River of blood, and the Old Gods, and the New. She's all of those things, and none of them. She's whatever we need her to be, She's the first of us, and the last of us, and everything in-between.

[@xenomorph0623]

@@nodiggity9472 that was beautiful.. And I love your name.. Listened to that song this morning actually 💪

[@nodiggity9472]

@@xenomorph0623 :-) I only found this channel just over an hour ago. Now my face is wet because I know I've been lost for so long. And you are the first note echoing back from a song I thought I'd forgotten. (Not that song, the other one that hasn't really got a name) I recently found this, I think it might be for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIrMpWdti7ukoas

[@pradipdutta2902]

@@nodiggity9472 queen Elizabeth

[@surrealentertainment]

This is truly amazing. You are amazing.

[@PigeonFlare]

True dat. You too!

[@xaviergalang9868]

I love you, babe.

[@Sea_witch_]

Oh this here, its love.

[@B-NITE]

Heeeeyyy I’m subscribed to surreal entertainment

[@danidavidov9120]

Life is pretty cool

[@thelegend8570]

"Sort of like magic, but it works." That is one of the best things i have ever heard.

[@other317]

The legend THE WORLD ISN’T WIZARD JIZZ.

[@gunjfur8633]

@@other317 Wot?

[@clommieclommerson5519]

@@gunjfur8633 He's referencing another one of Exurb1a's videos in which he raps about technology and stuff. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3aThpyjhKmrhMk

[@other317]

The Vortexian thanks, about to reply lol

[@MichaelRGB]

Go and hear more things.

[@glub1381]

This video made me realize that my beliefs that I was so confident about not even an hour ago are meaningless. I thought that I was satisfied with knowing that there's no reason for us to be here, and that's okay. But I realized that this whole time I was still looking for a meaning, and if I couldn't find one, I'd make one up. I think that deep down I believed that the meaning was to understand and know all, as has always been my goal. I never thought about how that belief is an insatiable one, one that can only lead to unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and even despair, just like if I had an insatiable lust for power like the kings and dictators of the past. I don't know what to think anymore. I understand why philosophers have always struggled with the question of the meaning of life now. I'm just rambling now, but I think this video really did change my life, or at least my outlook on it. I don't know anymore

[@Coppermeshman]

Often people ask more questions than they even bother answering. I once heard conversations about the meaning of life, but each argument was self contradictory, and the counterarguments were no better, each didn't seem to get the point of each concept they referencing. The Meaning of a concept, of a thing, would only make sense if it was self referencial, self evident, as a hammer hit, a knife cuts, a bed to be Slept on, In the end Life, all the forms it takes regardless seem to always direct to a goal. The act of continuing. The meaning of life is to live, How to live? Many forms take many techniques, all in attempt to improve one's ability to continue, because the things that don't hold of improve one's ability, don't exist anymore.

[@quinnencrawford9707]

You found the balance between philosophy and comedy. For this, i shall commend you.

[@heyhoe168]

There is no balance. Philosophy in a way is comedy and vice versa. Everything beyond is rubbish.

[@cope_induced]

agreed

[@tf2oshaaa]

Everything is comedic if said in the right tone and/or context 🗿

[@flask223]

Roelofs was, until the end of 2016, an artist who regularly collaborated with other creative people. Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the KZbinr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug. In February 2020, daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad confirmed it had taken Roelofs 6 visits to three different police stations between 2016 and 2017 before a criminal complaint was taken. When Roelofs was discharged from hospital, she gave up her career as an international photographer to focus on her recovery, as well as mental health and anti-rape activism

[@quinnencrawford9707]

@@flask223 ok will hold my subscription until further details

[@christopherdaube7055]

"meaning and solace aren't to be found in the heavens, but in the trenches of everyday living.'"

[@ItsAsparageese]

“In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment and will never be more divine in the lapse of the ages. Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but when I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away but eternity remains.” ― Henry David Thoreau

[@ItsAsparageese]

The line you quoted from this video makes me think of that Thoreau quote, every time.

[@luv_kofee]

"Tragedies happen, people die, it's all a game, it's all a facade!"

[@absurdismm]

"Every place is the center of the universe. Every moment is the most important moment. Everything is the meaning of the life."

[@frimi8593]

every moment is the only moment

[@krf1998]

the existentialist its optimistic but i like the implication of this omnipurpose

[@funkmaster101]

you forgot to quote dan harmon...from whom u got this lol

[@absurdismm]

wow 2 years ago :)

[@absurdismm]

wow 5 months ago

[@alexa.lampreht7077]

Every time I listen to this, it gives me new insight on how I perceive life. Sometimes I cry at it. Sometimes I laugh and cry at it. Sometimes I just smirk at the tragedy of chaos, and try to see the beautiful side if it. My man, you yourself made such a difference in my life, which even you can not comprehend. I would like to thank you explicitly, and I wish you put this amazing mind of yours to deliver humanity from itself, whatever that means to you. Every now and then I come back to this story, mostly so it keeps me not grounded, but elevated. Thank you.

[@WernerEdgar]

It's like you (exurb1a) are creating something like neo-myths - great stories, but not about the past, but the future, with the same goal: to reflect on the present and give context to it. Exceptional work - you have truly evolved your artistry. Please never stop.

[@jblakeplays2541]

Hm..... *you could make a religion out of this*

[@WernerEdgar]

@@jblakeplays2541 Agreed... And also, please don't. :)

[@TheColombianSpartan]

@@WernerEdgar you mean *please do*

[@mrjoe332]

@@jblakeplays2541 exurb1a is already my religion

[@LoveScreamTrue]

@@mrjoe332 exurb1a ism ? Who's the prophet, though? - It is not a real religion if not with the prophet .., but yeah .. .. we should make a religion out of this one.

[@iris3706]

He needs to start a podcast. He explains things so well and makes you think so hard, and his voice is so calm yet expressive.

[@degeneratelowlife3171]

he got one bro

[@iris3706]

@@degeneratelowlife3171 what where please I need it

[@degeneratelowlife3171]

@@iris3706 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4XbZ4hrhM2Aesk

[@no-jm3tw]

exactly

[@jasonliu7948]

@exurb1a

[@wshaffer79]

"Don't waste your time on snakes and windmills. Say goodbye." That's great advice. People spend too much time chasing things that are out of their control, and they miss out on things in life in their own back yard.

[@StrazdasLT]

That sounded like the woman was telling him to kill himself.

[@wshaffer79]

@@StrazdasLT I read it more like... There's nothing that he could ever do to bring his father back. Say goodbye to the father and go back to mourn with his loved ones back home. Many times in life, bad things happen that we can't control. We can't change the past. Learn from it, but don't lose sight of what we have in the present with the people who matter most to us.

[@leemaples1806]

I need a t-shirt that reads ` Don`t waste your time on snakes and windmills`Epic.

[@mattalluisi3954]

Your a coward bud live with that

[@wshaffer79]

@@mattalluisi3954 everyone is entitled to their opinion, even if it's wrong.

[@qaiwiwi]

I had this saved in my watch later and didn't bother to watch it until now. Thank god I did, this was such excellent storytelling and I absolutely loved every line. I'm in a time of my life where I'm currently questioning if I should continue on or not, as everything has just gotten so tiring and stressing for me. Even daily routines feel like a chore to do now, and the constant dread of "something bad might happen today" is always weighing me down in everything and anything I do. Listening to this made me, undoubtedly sob, but also made me feel a whole lot better on this entire situation I'm in. You made me remember that things aren't always supposed to be good and that bad things do happen, but in the end; if I let myself, I'll be okay. If you do end up seeing this, thank you, you've earned a new subscriber.

[@asharpnotbflat]

I feel for you, I went through a shitty time awhile back in the peak of covid isolation where my Grandpa died, I couldn’t handle my schoolwork and then fell into an existential crisis. It’s so hard to remember that good exists when you’re depressed, isn’t it? Thankfully it does exist and now I can notice it again. I know it’s been three weeks since you commented so I hope you have gotten better. ❤️

[@theanarkiddie4569]

This guy would make the greatest dungeon master ever

[@ajclark2218]

the most mentally deep dungeon in existence

[@boristheslav2860]

I want it and dont want it at the same time.

[@fabiotucci3029]

I Just came home from a one-shot d&d campaign based on this and It blew my mind

[@boristheslav2860]

@@fabiotucci3029 Did all the parties involved have an existential crisis afterwards?

[@fabiotucci3029]

@@boristheslav2860 more or less, i'd Say we were more confused than anything else due to It being the DM's first time running a game properly, but It had been still a very enjoyable session (Sorry for the late response but my phone doesn't like notifications of any kind apparently)

[@thevenator3955]

We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be ok. We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be ok. We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be ok. We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be ok. We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be ok. And even then, we weren’t ok, because that’s not how the game works.

[@slumpkiid3570]

What's the game, and what are the rules. I wish to play

[@belaireguy4117]

If you wrote a comment here, you are participating in the game and are in play. How you play is the key and the only cheat codes there may be must be found within ourselves. As long as one relishes this existence, that one is winning the "game." Play fair, truthful, and well my friends, have a great Sunday and a better week straight ahead.

[@ItsAsparageese]

Well written. I took the elements as being related to going through the five stages of grief, as though each item was the reward you come away that empowers you further once you get through that stage and conquer it. After denial you find truth, after anger you find control, after what-if-ing and wishing you find reality/emotional or literal sobriety, after depression you find resilience, and after acceptance you keep the memories.

[@theonlyjl17]

What is anything

[@josephjohnson-chavez4983]

Hehehe I lost the game

[@themo2476]

“You look like someone with unfinished snake related business”

[@hallunolla]

”Uhh not actually. I'm just here to jump off the mountain”

[@minewarz]

"Oh yes, and a mighty, sneaky, sneaky wiggly he had about him also."

[@aixcastles]

@@wrighteously I think so.

[@sweetenlemons8659]

@@wrighteously yeah

[@moth3562]

lajtningsped Pretty funny

[@Zerpderp0]

Isn't it a bit of a health hazard to live close to a mountain that has a river of blood on it?

[@waveii8615]

after all of the emotional comments, this one made me laugh :')

[@Zerpderp0]

@@waveii8615 I mean, am I wrong? That just can't be healthy

[@acrab7722]

@@Zerpderp0 Where is the blood coming from?

[@Zerpderp0]

@@acrab7722 indeed

[@Galaveria]

@@acrab7722 it’s probably a river full of iron.

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

19,5 minutes of exurbia content? What a time to be alive.

[@BryanDaslo]

19,5 minutes to inflict days of an existential crisis

[@drawlikevenom7112]

And then... It ended. And so our search for purpose began once again

[@devil4011]

But are we? What is "alive" at the end of the reality tunnel?

[@JoschuaSchmidt]

I never really understood optimistic nihilism I think now I kind of do...

[@shift7200]

Google absurdism and camus myth of sisiphus

[@ashevalentine6577]

Nihilism has always been an optimistic thing for me. If nothing means anything then it all only has the meaning that i decide to give it. Feels cool.

[@wiruwaruwolz]

@Jason and Julie Smith Kurzgesagt. German isn't easy, I know.

[@chloecohn2335]

Isn’t it just absurdism

[@Theodore_VII]

It’s what saved me from depression! To realise the lack of meaning in life, I think, brings more freedom and choice in who we are. Live life the way we want it.

[@Rose_Nebula]

“But the strength is in taking a good look into the abyss, into the eyes of the snake, and then choosing to still be a good human.”

[@teamakesgames]

Live by those words

[@allecio]

I think... that I'm okay now. We aren't meant to be happy all the time, and that's what makes happiness so precious. It's rare, and while we have it, it's enough. We shouldn't give up, but we shouldn't hurt ourselves thinking that we're lower than we are. When we measure ourselves by the future, we'll never be happy. We've got everything we could imagine. And maybe in the future, we'll have more. Thanks. I've spent a lot of time over the last few months hoping that I'd get just another day, another day to reach for that rare future. But you've taught me, helped me realize that today, yesterday... They were that rare future. I have what I wanted so long ago. I don't think it's wrong to want more, but now I know that I don't need to be disappointed in the amazing things I've done.

[@Virtuoso_9764]

Can we be friends

[@Tauan]

"- Who are you? - Oh, who's anyone?"

[@anhbayar11]

Everything is meaningless so just live with your family be happy .....

[@Jaylio]

If Exurb1a keeps on making videos, then we’ll be ok

[@joshr5151]

True that

[@justdiego3745]

I see what you did there

[@mrious01]

We will TRULY be okay

[@anonymouskitten4715]

WE WILLL BE OKAY

[@warpdrive9229]

And even then it was not ok.

[@narrasmlesh2326]

Now I’m gonna shout to people in the street “HEY you look like someone with unfinished snake related business!”

[@calistman222]

My room mate and I quote this to each other all the time. Especially "I'm going to go kill the snake. He must have gone further up."

[@heliogonzalez2663]

And am shouting you back with You ain't wise fat bitch

[@mixis1931]

And imagine you say that to someone who has lost a relative to a snake

[@TheOne-yq6qk]

Lol.

[@TheOne-yq6qk]

@@heliogonzalez2663Lmao

[@da_enderdragon]

Your stories were required reading in my senior year of high school, and I did not appreciate them nearly as much as I should have. Coming back to this as an adult, with no expectation of having to do an essay containing complex literary analysis, is really cool, and I have to say, your stories are great. Excellent work, wordsmith.

[@eaar]

What the hell, whatever teacher was responsible for putting this guys work in the system is legendary

[@HeavyXY]

I thought this was a silly youtube channel because of the introvert video. This is not a silly youtube channel.

[@quackqueen1750]

Andrew Martin there’s an introvert video hold up ima be right back

[@doggo1098]

@@quackqueen1750 yes it's brilliant sorry for talking to you, please get back to your day.

[@quackqueen1750]

@dogman always wear a seatbelt

[@thegreatnihil7854]

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand exurb1a. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of epistemology and existentialism, most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also exurb1a's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Alber Camus's literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike exurb1a truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in exurb1a's existential catchphrase "Go Home," which itself is a cryptic reference to the Zeno of Citium's greatest work "Πολιτεία". I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as exurb1a's genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a exurb1a turtle tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

[@quackqueen1750]

waow.

[@Avian98X]

Existential Crisis Value: 9.5/10 Well done, friend. Well done.

[@justADeni]

You mean 9999/10000

[@muitertje9197]

@@justADeni i agree, it's at least over 9000

[@florianr814]

I was thinking the same way Momiji. Every other video scared the out of me, this one just made me happy :)

[@fishtriestosing5426]

this perpetuated my crisis but it was worth it

[@evaahh9584]

Avian98X 950/100*

[@HistoryMatters]

I love this channel. It makes me want to die sometimes but by God is it wonderful.

[@Exurb1a]

Oi, I absolutely love your stuff mate. Found you some time ago with the Russian Revolution video. Link for those interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIuYZo2sd8pjbbc Keep up the amazing work, boyo.

[@HistoryMatters]

@@Exurb1a You too, I'm a huge fan of your work. History reminds me that people can make a difference, physics reminds me that we're all worthless specks in an uncaring universe. I had no idea you wrote books, I think I'll pick one up. Thanks for all of the content and hard work.

[@zoltantani8161]

When everything is goin' nicely mate and then suddenly, exurb1a uploaded a video. Time to fall into existential crisis :)

[@Fruzhin5483]

What is this Anime crossover?

[@nihal2055]

Vali Rusev something much more than that

[@KratosKhronos]

Then next comes…. …. …. …. then we will be okay.

[@skarrven]

I did the same, came here after the next comes... However, why do I feel more sad after watching this😢

[@planetoforts]

I feel thats the correct way

[@ethereal946]

"Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough, that's how it's always been done."

[@simarkaurbajwa]

Where is this from

[@killua9365]

@@simarkaurbajwa from the video itself lmao

[@gabrielcrews7583]

​@@killua9365it's I would have left them to wonder lmao.

[@AgentLeon]

This is the classic "stiff upper lip". The guy is British. You can leave England any time you like, but England never leaves you.

[@lonleyicecream]

Mom, the depression turtle is giving me hope; and that scares me.

[@lishanglong6762]

Depression turtle strikes again

[@ahumanbeingamnayplaceholde1746]

same

[@altaccount3124]

Depression turtle tactics

[@mixed_cheese9406]

Depression Turtle: *ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST*

[@beahgg]

I love our depression turtle ♡ he is the best honesty ♡♡♡

[@afallingtree9114]

Oh boy would you look at the time, *it’s existential crisis o’clock*

[@Freedom-cr8jz]

How does this give you an existential crisis ? if anything this video is rather meaningful and gives purpose to life which is to just live it.

[@afallingtree9114]

Freedom lol have you seen the rest of his videos? Yeah this one is a little more serious but they all still make you question life

[@TheCommentor-]

It’s crazy how this started where the prequel leaves off, a prequel that came out 5 years later, it’s like watching Star Wars episode 4 straight after 3 if episode 3 was actually good I mean the prequel is a direct reference to 4:05

[@mikakohanpepperoni8859]

"We'll know everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll kill everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll forget everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll live forever, and then we'll be okay. We'll cling to everyone, and then we'll be okay. And even then, we weren't okay. Because that's not how the game works."

[@Mr.McMuffin]

That line is amazing.

[@IGNaroura]

@V-Rex the comment was edited but it used to say generic quote that's why it is in quotation marks

[@EtherealVideos]

@V-Rex it's literally in the fucking video

[@yeetothecheeto5787]

I started reading this at the exact time he started saying that line. This was the first time I watched it too.

[@TH-xo4zx]

@@yeetothecheeto5787 we'll end the game, and then only then we'll be okay.

[@citizen_of_the_stars5144]

"You look like someone with unfinished snake related business" LMFAO

[@Alpha-Andromeda]

Indeed!!! Lol 😂

[@humcreeper]

lol

[@tomwanders6022]

I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to say it so here we go... I’ve seen this Hentai before!

[@papabird4425]

Lemony Snickett vibes

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

The snake did a mean and sneaky wiggle

[@uscdave1124]

This video really helped me process the death of my father from cancer. I have watched it a few times, and I can't get through it all the way without crying. I don't know that I've ever seen anything else on KZbin that made me feel quite the same way. The story is so poignant, and so beautiful. Thank you. It helped me.

[@hotdoge852]

Same story brother, be strong there

[@HollowHimself]

And exactly the same with me, this was posted 11 days after he passed away

[@luiseduardogomezdearandaju723]

The answer is: No. It's most likely that you've never seen another video that makes you feel quite the same. Nor will ever. That's exurb1a for ya. Whoever he is.

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

@@luiseduardogomezdearandaju723 I have. I am a person who is easily touched I suppose...

[@liamfinlay2039]

Same here brother, same here.

[@elitistconfusion]

The end reminded me really strongly of Jung's idea of the collective unconscious. How every human resorts to the archetypes to find meaning: We'll be okay when we know everything: seekers(soul), when we live forever: leave a mark(body), when we cling to everyone(heart), when we structure everything(mind). Jung talks about the surface archetypes and their shadows. The collective human struggle is to find meaning in the world. But the human embarks on this with an incomplete knowledge of their own self that is with a limited conscious. The first goal should be to find meaning from the shadows of their own psyche and to extract repressed experiences from the unconscious to the conscious. The last step is always to become more conscious and realise once humanness.

[@calistman222]

And after Tau departed, the old woman turned to the snake and said "Holy shit that was close! That guy was here to kill you!"

[@offthepoint1315]

underrated comment

[@elisa._.7999]

HAGHAGA

[@daynight3328]

lol u fu**ed it all

[@DragonWinter36]

Pfft, he wouldn’t have been able to scratch it, let alone kill it. Tau are trash in melee.

[@tayeb7031]

what a plot twist

[@boyfriendjin]

“B O I” the old woman said

[@an1mesh]

Read it! BOI

[@JuanPalomoM]

😂😂😂😂

[@spacechimp3199]

boyfriendjin BOAH!

[@lishanglong6762]

*FUCKING DANCE WITH ME*

[@anastasiachristina]

Excuse me Mr sir exurb1a, but who gave you the right to feed my imagination

[@Exurb1a]

sozzles

[@anastasiachristina]

@@Exurb1a thanks i cried

[@Thesunscreen]

@@anastasiachristina +1 on that one

[@lucaswhitfield718]

KZbin glitched as I went full screen and was stuck on the first image of the village, I didnt notice so was trying to imagine the whole thing... it didnt remove much from the experience tbh

[@anastasiachristina]

@@lucaswhitfield718 you missed out on that sick animation

[@tb4546]

I distinctly remember watching this years ago, and not understanding it or it’s message. It resonates hard with me now, after losing my brother. Every part, about going further up, about knowing and killing the grief and the anger, it clicks now. It resonates. It’s something I’ve been holding onto as I deal with this.

[@thedivinelaw9893]

I bet exurb1a is actually a philosopher from the future. He's warning us of what happened to the people of his time.

[@leavemealone3427]

​@Lennyplank we all live on a blob of dirt and we are atom sized compared to it and even that blob of dirt is quark sized compared to nearly everything else in the universe but yes

[@Minty_Mentos_]

@Lennyplank who knows, probably gives em a bit more entertainment

[@illyachan5901]

@Lennyplank i mean if i was a future person id also only talk in strange riddles and rhymes and songs. It's fun to fuck with people

[@BlueTheSquid]

​@Lennyplank Perhaps it is through these existential riddles, can he fully explain it. Only with them, can he explain all the little details that while little, are important and key to fully understanding his warning. Perhaps this is why.

[@SlowWinterNuts]

@Lennyplank The irony of expanded thinking/consciousness is that it's absurdly difficult to communicate with beings of lower comprehension. Try to converse with an a single celled organism, an ant, or hell just an infant. Or try your best to talk about the entire universe and its intricacies of existence, mathematics, physics, etc with a mere child. You have to chop up and simplify your perception into unbelievably basic chunks that make almost no sense unless the person you're talking to looks at them the right way, like being a little kid that's trying to draw a 3 dimensional cube within the confines of 2 dimensional space out of 1 dimensional strokes, without screwing up.

[@affordablecareactof]

Plot twist: the old woman is queen Elizabeth

[@Exurb1a]

Paha

[@kobenilover-jg8lb]

Now im just even more confused

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

@@Exurb1a Is that a confirmation?

[@joris5152]

@@Exurb1a wow you actually still read these comments. Love your work, keep it up!

[@joris5152]

And the snake is British railways

[@skeye1442]

"the universe doesn't give a shit about you" This line will always calm me.

[@zaggo3425]

Fr

[@TheFracturedfuture]

Well the feelings are mutual.

[@yesiknow5474]

You are the universe

[@TheFracturedfuture]

@@yesiknow5474 I guess the universe doesn't give a shit about itself then.

[@mr.randomly2799]

You a masochist?

[@dm299885]

I know you've probably moved on from this video, but I still watch it fairly regularly. Something about this keeps bringing me back. I think it's just the simplicity of it. It's a soft comfort.

[@callmejason3520]

You're not alone

[@kylepotts6784]

When Tao asked to keep the necklace, it broke me a little inside. God damn man, you are a spectacular writer. I needed this today. Thank you.

[@shirori2004]

I wonder if that was his way of saying that clinging to others is the best method

[@AstralDragn]

I don't think thats the intention, I think he had planned to say 'everyone has a vise' like how the old woman relies on drink, Tao relies on others, same as his father oh so clearly.

[@jesuisfudgeman874]

This story really needs to become a movie. Id pay so much money to watch this as a big budget film.

[@randomstranger623]

Is this 19 minute video not already a movie?

[@jesuisfudgeman874]

@@randomstranger623 I mean like, full length feature film. It would definitely be possible, and I feel like it would do pretty well. Especially considering that its somewhat similar to The Giver, except that if this was a movie, it wouldnt be shite.

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@jesuisfudgeman874 Oh man, I was so confused by your syntax at the end for a moment until I realized you were using the "it wouldn't be shite" modifier to draw on the comparison to the Giver, not opposing the movie to this original KZbin video and implying this original is shite lol. I'm gonna leave my comment here explaining my initial misreading (your wording is fine, it's just one of those situations where it's easy to read wrong by mistake) just in case anyone else gets the same confusion at first lol

[@jesuisfudgeman874]

@@ItsAsparageese lmao didnt realize it was worded in an awkward way. Thanks for clarifying for everyone.

[@hiZarki]

i think it would lose some of its magic, I really liked that we didn't see their faces, for example. And it'd probably get borng after a while. It's just perfect the way it is now

[@thesnoringgoatman]

That girl at the chic fil a drive thru was not prepared to see a grown ass man weeping in his truck getting food

[@thegreatnihil7854]

exurb1a: [BASIC PHILOSOPHY] Children: woW sO sMaRt

[@emiiui5205]

chris jones : hey look at me im super clever everyone : doesn't care

[@QuantumKitty_94261]

@@thegreatnihil7854 Chris mate if you have nothing better to do than respond with every comment on this video with this autistic copy paste message then you might want to re-evaluate your pathetic existence

[@martinszymanski2607]

@@QuantumKitty_94261 thank you.

[@theodoric7335]

exurbi1a does teach basic philosophy its just the way he puts it together and the ignorance of most people (admittedly often including myself) to basic philosophy that makes his content good. But we aren't stupid and he's not saying something new, its just that we have never considered it or actually encountered it before. Of course i had thoughts of how modern life is so easy yet we are always chasing something else instead of appreciating it but i never forced myself to truly consider it and get affected by it. But exurb1a did force me to do this which is what i believe makes his content good hopefully this settled the argument cuz i think that's what Chris Jones meant but whatever it is i must admit emiiui and Nemo have been sort of weak by not even trying to argue with Chris Jones, still if Chris Jones doesn't appreciate exurb1a and think's others shouldn't either then he should probably have a good argument

[@hey_lovely_people.]

Within a few minutes I feel like I watched a full movie for free and with the moral that opened my eye. Edit: OMG 😱 how come 500 people liked my comment.

[@baconheadhair6938]

I dont understand this

[@bunbynoysmiddleschoolaltacc]

Your username is good :)

[@hey_lovely_people.]

@@bunbynoysmiddleschoolaltacc THANKS MAN!!

[@danielbenavides8287]

💀

[@billyranger1236]

This dude is enlightened. Seriously. He just doesn’t want the guru post. Imagination combined with knowledge is the ability of the very few. Good luck. share. Share. Share. Don’t get tired. Don’t take to drink. More power to you.

[@darthmaul2742]

His stories have such a deep meaning. You could make a religion out of this stuff.

[@trealexander5271]

@@darthmaul2742 faith is blind, it's important that people actually understand the meaning or you won't actually gain anything

[@jameswarf6456]

Darth Maul *We could make a religion out of this*

[@mysticolin01]

@@jameswarf6456 And ruin a perfectly good thing?

[@HilleBilleMille]

"The only species allergic to happiness" I hate that I actually understand the essence of this

[@Jonas-hs5pu]

0 0 i don’t think so, how?

[@handlesRtrash354]

Yes me too

[@justicebateman6025]

@@Jonas-hs5pu yeah. We are made of most of the same things and mechanisms (mental emotional physical etc...) we just happen to be more complex on most levels so "being allergic to happiness" is almost infinitely more common in humans but animals can be too. Go to a crazy cat house and start studying their psychology/behavior and emotions and youll see animals are capable of some pretty complex shit inside the ol noggin

[@JM-hz1wl]

I think there is nothing wrong with being ambitious. But only if you apretiate small things, too.

[@dabossman5650]

@0 0 No they cant-not rlly-theyre content with surviving and frollicking and chasing and eating prey

[@ItsRuve]

Not exaggerating at all when I say this is one of the best videos in the Internet

[@DislikeButton69420]

That would be an understatement

[@justthisonestep1576]

Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough. That's how it's always been done. Wow... thank you. This is pure art - the visuals, the music, your voice, the story itself, everything. It has really touched me, and few things ever do. Somehow, it feels like it takes a huge burden off my shoulders. I'll try to keep remembering what I felt as I watched and listened to this story. Thanks again :)

[@MessYourself]

man I really needed this video today

[@TednTin]

I think you would have said that anyday you watched this video You are just making coincidence an incidence In this cynical world, which it always has been and probably will always be, every bit of clarity is longed.

[@Someone-ig7we]

OI MESSYOURSELF HOW'RE YA BUDDY

[@brickyboi3594]

TednTin shut the hell up fuck boy

[@brickyboi3594]

MessYourself hello messyourself

[@brickyboi3594]

Rabbit shut up you have aids

[@Aidensan11]

exurb1a: epic story about the death of a father old lady: oH yEa AnD a MiGhtY sNeAky SnEaKy WigGle He hAD aBoUt hIM

[@JustinMoralesTheComposer]

Aidensan old snakles

[@nahmaing8268]

Hehe

[@loYolVibes]

Old Angry Sneaky Wiggle Worm

[@eraukah]

Squiggly wiggly Mr. Snakles

[@savvyspirit7202]

It was the danger noodle.

[@aquagrip6876]

This needs to be a movie

[@MachineRot]

Aqua Grip it does It would work perfectly if they kept to the same story.

[@CuriosityDude]

Yes!

[@td1zzle15]

I was literally thinking of this like the whole video

[@Sp00kyDelta]

Seems like a good play

[@tomgustard9281]

Watch cloud atlas, its incredibly similar

[@theoardouin4273]

During a period of life, I went on chasing windmills. I wanted always more, never content with effort. I always found something wrong, and I was feeling miserable, but I had one single thread holding me up "When I will have finish with school, everything will be okay" "When I will move out, everything will be okay", "When I will find someone, everything will be okay" but it never was okay. One day, I looked back, and I had everything, Everything. Major of my school, a really good job, friends and loved ones, a good place to live in but it wasn't okay. Nothing was okay. I stumbled on this video at this moment. One night, I nearly attempted to do what I today consider a mistake, but at the time, it felt like the only way. I did still push for one last time, got diagnosed with some really bad depressive state, and got help. Psy, meds, you know the drill. One of the things that helped me push through the hardest days was the thought that "There is no snake". And today, still, this is a sentence I often say. I will not say that this story saved my life, because it simply wouldn't be true, but it helped me to heal when days were bleak. Soon, I will get a tatoo, "There is no snake". I strongly believe Exurb1a will never see it, but in the event that you do, thank you good man. This video, your content and books helped me a lot to heal, and I am forever grateful.

[@Maxime-bz2oe]

This video gave me a reassuring sense of meaninglessness

[@synapse0]

And that can be a good thing

[@liasprings6502]

I mean thats just par for the course by now, isn't it ?

[@eminorud1]

Thats the best feeling in the world, not sarcasm

[@ThOXeS]

Though you still made of stardust.

[@herscher1297]

Dont be sad because you are nothing compared to the univers, become the nothing that rules over it

[@musliksolihin8960]

Everyone: Old Lady: "You look like someone with unfinished snake related business"

[@lastchance1036]

Thank you this is the correct meme format😊😊 because if you have nobody saying nothing then everybody says something this way is more accurate

[@reidrobertson8072]

Chance Cox man stfu

[@willparry530]

@@reidrobertson8072 Be nice, he's right.

[@reidrobertson8072]

Will Parry no he’s not the meme itself became a meme. reason why so many people say no-one: also I don’t have to be nice and some fuckhead on the internet definitely isn’t going to make me. So piss off kid.

[@willparry530]

@@reidrobertson8072 Just because a meme is a meme doesn't mean it's correct. Grammatically, he *is* correct and just saying he's not, doesn't make you right. But it seems that's lost on you, as you are another thin-skinned individual who probably shouldn't be on the internet if they get so easily offended by a chance, passing comment.

[@romilrh]

exurb1a: *makes videos with names like "and then we'll be okay" * also exurb1a: *" U N L I M I T E D R I C E P U D D I N G "*

[@randomdude3318]

*3 2 6*

[@commanderkane0545]

Winston Churchill washing a unicorn

[@saffron6744]

Ah the duality of man

[@jakeford9073]

Genocide bingo!

[@rootabeta9015]

"We'll have unlimited rice pudding, and THEN we'll be okay"

[@glub1381]

This will be the third comment I've left on this video in the last 6 months. I've rewatched this more times than I can count. Something about this video is able to comfort me in a way that nothing else can. I am not in a good mental state right now, and I genuinely feel like I don't want to live anymore. When my thoughts start spiraling and I can't think of anything but death and pain, I come back to this video. I basically know the story by heart at this point, but every time I watch it, it comforts me and makes me just a little hopeful that things will get better. If I feel better one day, it will be because of you, exurb1a. Words cannot describe how important this video (and "The Answer is Not a Hut in the Woods on your other channel) have been to me. Thank you.

[@lucahofstee5077]

It will get better, stay strong king🙏 Just exist for a while and be decent