Throwback Binge: Wholesome Humanity

[@stacia2016]

The best thing I've ever overheard was my mom on the phone when she suddenly shouted, "WHO WOULD GET A WARRENTY ON A CASKET?!" *long pause* "Well, what are they gonna do? Dig him up and check?!"

[@weotu]

I had the video game problem with Breath of the Wild. I was going to Mom's in the Blue Ridge mountains and stopped at a 'scenic overlook' to stretch my legs and my brain had to tell the other half of the brain 'You don't have a paraglider, OR the upper body strength to hold onto one even if physics worked like that. You can NOT get to Mom's house faster by yeeting yourself off the mountain and pulling a glider out of your butt. _What about your car? And PHYSICS??'_

[@LexYeen]

That's me with Tears of the Kingdom. "No, dork, you can't Ascend through the overpass."

[@weotu]

@LexYeen if only, right? No stairs for me!

[@MadsH5859]

Ditto with Breath of the Wild, I was trying to fill up my Hyrule Compendium with photos of everything and saw a small bird irl and had the sudden urge to take a picture of it before it could fly away

[@dooblom]

the tetris effect at its finest amirite

[@weotu]

@dooblom I hum the tune whenever I'm packing anything

[@CerberusConstellation]

"Was it wrong?" "That's not the point!"

[@logansray]

Honestly my favorite part😂

[@noellelavenza]

"Morally, it's indefensible. Legally, it's questionable. Personally, I love it!"

[@CAT_GIRL-64]

But like totally young Sheldon doing the taxes

[@TheCybroid]

@@CAT_GIRL-64 Real

[@SakhotGamer]

The child picked up construction crew language, of course

[@LexYeen]

And she understands that Lowes is better for small projects too!

[@Lunam_D._Roger]

​@@LexYeenOr they would be, if they'd ever deliver the fucking sheet rock!

[@basilefff]

The ability for brain to immerse itself into the game so fully, that video game logic becomes, even just for a second, real, is incredible to me

[@taniabaildon9696]

Our brains were designed to learn from our experiences over millennia. It can't tell the difference between 'real' and 'imaginary'. This is why visualization exercises work to help athletes practice, and people from every profession and lifestyle to use affirmations or hypnosis to change their thinking and their lives. It is also why watching too many violent movies can be bad. If repeated messages don't affect you, why would big corporations spend billions on repeat advertisements called commercials? They wouldn't. It is just another form of mental programming. With all of that said, I game a lot (many different games) and find myself seeing all sorts of things in the world and reacting to them for a moment. My husband games with me, and we laugh at ourselves as we point out the bush over there that we both want to pick the berries from for health, or the sound something makes that makes us jump or look for treasure or whatever. The reaction is very real, because we have been programming our brains to be looking for those things. It can’t know they are only ‘real’ in the game.

[@TheCybroid]

TetrisTetrisTetrisTetrisTetrisTetrisTetrisTetrisTetris T E T R I S

[@srandom3867]

I used to have a trampoline. I played with some balls on it, as children are wont to do, and my dad told me that it was my responsibility to keep them on the trampoline. It was a windy day, and we were going shopping. I had also just been playing Minecraft. While driving away, I thought to myself, ”Should I have brought the balls into the garage? Nah, they’re not within render distance, it’ll be fine.” I then realized my mistake.

[@data_corrupted]

18:05 This reminds me of when I was hyperfixating on Portal/Portal2 and every time I saw a white wall irl, my brain would go "hmm I can put a portal on that wall"

[@KeeleyTheGamer.]

I once tried to open my inventory in real life, I was sitting in a desk chair in my dad's tech booth (he works sound) and I just thought "oh I should get something from my inventory" *aggressive trying to open inventory even though this is the real world* "...wait a minute"

[@TheGuardDuck]

I've tried turning on my flashlight from Halo when I go into dark areas.

[@food-fight]

Life would be so much better if we had an inventory

[@ajente2o254]

16:44 I feel this, after playing "SWAT 4" (the "father" of "Ready or Not") for hours i decided to go to the kitchen to drink a glass of water, and i literally looked around every one of the corners of my house before arriving to the kitchen as if a suspect could appear at any moment, i was not scared mind you, i was FOCUSED

[@BrambleBones-ec5mm]

You can bet in a heartbeat I'm going to try to pet everything.

[@Hug_the_Bunny]

That’s my dream too. About every animal looks so cute and needs love (not roaches though).

[@SewardWriter]

​@Hug_the_Bunny Some larger species of roaches are adorable.

[@LexYeen]

OP please do not the cacti.

[@Ella.199]

Lmao, pettina levy

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

read in the theme song jingle

[@TheM8]

Oh the end of the radio thing got me! Meow!

[@tartarussauce2498]

mrrow

[@tialsmakesstuffz]

Meow!

[@Raegoer]

Meow :3

[@Flourish38]

Meow! :3

[@PWNDON]

Meow!

[@Not_Dane_Heart]

The last one actually made me laugh out loud

[@Flourish38]

Paper airplanes and the lost wallet side quest both got me crying (good), but honorable mention to the 5 year-old construction worker! Thanks a bunch for this video, I really needed that. It’s nice to have heartwarming content delivered at a slower pace than scrolling r/HumansBeingBros and bawling my eyes out.

[@Axolautism]

No but BROTHel really does sound like a place for soupmaking and NOT the primordial kind. Chicken broth. Beef broth. Veggie broth. Soups of all flavors.

[@hyzr]

The primordial kind 😂😂

[@mrlarrydapuppet4337]

Lmao okay the primordial soup comment got a chuckle outta me

[@Voidi-Void]

Broth-all

[@phyphor]

Hey, Bettina, I've not been doing so great for a while but your posts, distilling some of the greats from Tumblr to here, have helped me get through some of the worst. Thanks for spreading some joy & good feels. It genuinely means a lot, even if when I was in the depths of it I couldn't find the words to say something. And, to anyone else going through a tough time, just remember to keep going. I can't promise it'll get better quickly but whilst you are still here there's always hope.

[@kyokono6465]

People you meet in retail: Rude because they are in a rush to leave, and know they likely have to put their too-expensive groceries into their too-expensive car. People you meet in food service: Hungry. This can either lead to them treating you like a saint that seeks to feed them, or an obstacle between them and food. Flip a coin unless the food service primarily involves coffee... If you are a Barista, like I once was: I am sorry. You know the wrath of humanity. The worst face we show to the world, and every heinous word that comes with it. I am sorry. I cannot stress that enough. I am so, SO sorry.

[@TheMimiSard]

Yes, got to appreciate a wedding officiant who understands his Star Wars.

[@IB_M1]

"God I fucking love the internet." Indeed. But mostly sometimes. And 17:33 You are your brain and nerves, inside of a flesh-robot. You are within your skull and around your bones. Your skull is around you, you are a gelatinous mass and some voltage. We all are.

[@leeshajoi]

None of which will function without the other squishy bits feeding it oxygen and nutrients, and offloading waste products.

[@seantaggart7382]

Indeed

[@logansray]

Actually it's a calcium robot with a meat casing

[@terdragontra8900]

You are the pattern that is contained in your body (and indeed most “dense” in the brain), but I would say you aren’t your brain, your brain is holding you. Your brain and other flesh is the medium; you are the “software”, which could in theory exist in another medium once we have the technology.

[@leyrua]

"you are a gelatinous mass and some voltage" 😂

[@jadetheslime3140]

16:25 ah yes, the Tetris Effect.

[@oliverer3]

That was an interesting Wikipedia article, thank you!

[@TheCybroid]

:( experienced

[@jadetheslime3140]

@@oliverer3 you're welcome :D

[@DiamondSG]

The video game phenomena mentioned near the end of the video may or may not be commonly called the Tetris effect, since it is easy to get it from long Tetris sessions. I've been there, and games play themselves out in your mind when you close your eyes. This also occurs with artistic pursuits, such as sculpting.

[@Spingus_Rongong_III]

I was originally going to leave a silly, unserious comment. Then I realised that wasn’t enough for me, because this video is special to me. Due to some emotional issue I still haven’t identified, I have been entirely unable to cry (yes, no matter what, even when a loved one of mine died), until this video made me tear up. Only for a moment, but I really teared up. Just for a moment, I felt okay.

[@TheGuardDuck]

Damn, man. See a therapist!

[@supernerd4623]

I hope you're doing allright kind stranger. Crying can be hard. May you find what you need in life ❤

[@thugpug4392]

What's helped me is when I do cry, I don't try to fight it at all. I don't try to think about the stuff I couldn't cry about before. I just focus on the thing that made me cry, and it's gotten easier to. It's a relief. Crying releases oxytocin and endorphins. It relieves stress. But focusing on the stuff I feel almost guilty about not crying for makes my tears dry up again. Worrying or thinking about crying, same thing.

[@daniellelondon439]

These are all so good omg. My favorite has to be the first one though with the email mix up. Or the paper airplanes.

[@charleston1789]

Heartwarming video, just when needed 😊 my favourites were the lost wallet (because so many people got joy from helping that guy, that’s proof that we love being kind) and the last one, so funny 😆

[@metalgear6531]

16:27 I had a moment like this myself. I binged Valkyria Chronicles 4 for a day, and when I got up to get a snack, I was asking myself if I had enough AP to make it to the kitchen and back in one move.

[@verdanteridium]

I've literally paused and started moving again to continue my movement like i'm using two movements to get a unit futhur than normal

[@metalgear6531]

@@verdanteridium Ah, but did you have enough AP to get where you were going?

[@Ziffelzoovop]

I love happy stories like all of these. I need more of this in my life

[@drakinabites]

I remember finding someone's bank credit card in a parking lot while on a walk to the nearby Starbucks. It looked like it had been there for a little while and there weren't any vehicles in the lot, so I took it home with me. Once I got home, I called the bank, punched in the card number and explained the situation to the person on the phone and gave them the cardholder's name so they could let them know that they lost the card. The person on the phone thanked me for letting them know and told me to destroy the card.

[@nagash2731]

I binged a lot of Arkham City when it came out, and one day, I heard a strange noise in my uncle's room while I was walking past. My left hand closed on nothing as I tried to activate Detective Mode (LB on Xbox).

[@mozzapple]

I love wholesome stories. Best vid ever!!

[@LexYeen]

I needed this shot of hope today. Thanks.

[@FlowWolf7]

The last 2 were so funny to me. I was also a smart ass as a kid and love when kids can make smart comebacks or speak at an adult level

[@silverrraven5349]

re: video games but not really, i had a minesweeper phase in high school. i lived and breathed minesweeper. i haven't played minesweeper in over a year (because it really was a problem, my autism knows no moderation), but to this day i still get what i think is almost a visual aura, my vision has a border that is a game of minesweeper in progress. now it only really happens when i'm tired or thinking about minesweeper or thinking about thinking, but it was permanent for a long while. i wish i could be normal about minesweeper, i want to play it again :(

[@comradewindowsill4253]

on an only slightly related note, i have a specific scene in my story that is indelibly linked to minesweeper in my head now, just because i thought it through while playing minesweeper. for a long while, every minesweeper game I played would bring me back to that scene, and I'd play minesweeper until the scene finished.

[@AtanaaTheCurious]

Could you set up a parental control for yourself? IDK if it would work for you, but maybe having an something external stop you playing more than, for example, 1 hour per day (even though you could techniquely over rule it) might work? On the other hand if your brain is firmly attached to minesweeper that you are kind of hallusinating it when it isn't even there maybe that isn't a good idea

[@LucienOfChaos]

"Meow!" "Meow!" my turn meow

[@boorango122]

meow! :3

[@tartarussauce2498]

meow :3

[@leeshajoi]

Meow?

[@NorninTGK]

Meow~

[@no1mayohater]

meow! :3

[@sepiar7682]

I think the bar one was my favorite, i like humans not only doing good things but being very happy to do so

[@chiliwithonel]

16:30 ah the good ol Tetris effect. One time my sister played a whole buncha tetris, and then next time she was in the car with our mom, she begged her not to pull up all the way at a stoplight because then the row would be complete and all the cars would disappear.

[@demolisherman1763]

Thank you for the excellent laughs!

[@interruptingPreempt]

This is so wholesome. 🥰 Thanks, Bettina! I was doing some chores and listening to you read these posts made the work easier. Thanks tumblrites for the wholesome posts!

[@roseevelyngaming]

Your videos honestly are great - and make me smile and laugh ^^ thank you

[@PuckLokin]

My favorite was ABSOLUTELY the kids working. Like, not to condone child labor, but I haven't howled with laughter like that in a WHILE

[@tieflingcorpse9817]

the cloud guy in the radio post is totally me

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

Meow!

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

I love these so much thank you

[@winnerwannabe9868]

This is going im ny ultimate playlist simply titled "yes."

[@charleston1789]

I need to know how Theodore’s bassoon recital went!!!

[@MightBeASyren]

This is amazing

[@NorninTGK]

I too would like to be a cat. No responsibilities, just eat, play, and be cute.

[@Stickboi]

this made me smile and laugh. good video.

[@Frozenkoldfury]

"My heart genuinely hurts right now." "Oh no bro, did you have too much salt on your lunch again?" This is Team Skull behaviour.

[@MaridoDoFelps]

I had something similar to the videogame problem, but with crochet lol I crocheted for so long one week, that my brain's "loading" screen was crocheting... i would actually do the correct movements, pass the yarn through, to each stitch, but in my brain lol. I was making mental plushies...

[@AtanaaTheCurious]

At one point I was doing a lot of hand sewing - making small toys. I dreamed I was sewing one night, dropped the needle in the dream and woke up in a panic because I couldn't find the needle and was worried I'd lean on it and get pricked! It took a little while of lying confused in the dark before I realsed it had been a dream and there wasn't really a needle in bed with me!

[@WDWM_choose_a_shorter_handle]

I liked the last one the most because that was the one that made me laugh out loud :)

[@Luxof_]

I have the video game thing but for old messages. Sometimes, I read a lot of very old messages in the group chat and when I get up I feel like everything has already happened before unless I focus on the moment, like I feel like I'm just replaying old memories and viewing them like old messages.

[@rainyrayrae]

the video game thing reminded me of a similar problem - i do both digital and physical art. on more than one occasion i have slid or tapped my fingers on my sketch book in the "zoom in" and "undo" motions i use on my tablet 😂

[@thoughtsaboutrodger2956]

Very nice video! I did find that the music was a bit loud and I had trouble hearing your voice at times

[@thedorkknight9684]

i once overheard my dad yell "So I read it, do do do, *IT'S ALL IN GERMAN!!!!"*

[@whatTFisThis]

that last radio caller def sounds high asf, very wholesome tho

[@mcpecommander5327]

Love this :heart:

[@cosmicvoidtree]

I have tried to free cam in real life because one game I play with a mod that lets me do that. And it’s not even video games, I’ve tried looking down and to the side to look behind me because driving. (Someone who plays way too much golf is gonna think that the last line is golfing related and are gonna be so confused before they realize)

[@mrbones9332]

I've been playing a lot of Vermintide 2 (it's basically my comfort game) and in that game you can tag special enemies so your friends don't get blindsided by them. I swear. to GOD. I have heard the little noise it makes when you tag enemies in real life and it is disorienting.

[@tacticalassaultanteater9678]

"exit" is a meme in a discord server because often when I go AFK I attempt to leave my chair by typing "exit"

[@RasheedaParker-qn9ec]

Awesome 🤩

[@SewardWriter]

I want to be a cat, too.

[@Dustinlove102]

19:23 SO TRUE THOUGH 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FlamingSnowflakeProductions]

18:00 I play a lot of puzzle games. I will just see colors and my brain will start playing Dr. Mario…

[@HereKittyKitty1989]

I mean, to be fair, if isabella is still alive that is a good indicator that she's telling the truth

[@waferwofer3340]

this was a great idea and i hope you try this again!

[@TyphinHoofbun]

The radio worker dealing with the caller who said all the random stuff was good. I don't think "I want to be a cat" is weird, but then, I'm a Schrodinger's Mess of dragon, hoofbun, and yinglet. ^_^;; The little girl with the construction crew gave me a flashback to when I was a really little kid. Like, six or seven. There was a construction crew outside my house, I think they were doing work on the sewer or something? They were there for a few days. I remember one time, I thought, "They must be bored and lonely." So I brought out my Speak n Spell and tried to hang out with them, and let them play on it, since it was the most fun thing in the world for me. (I also had Speak n Read, but my favorite was probably Speak n Math, and so I probably brought that out in addition to or instead of the Spell.) Kid me was completely oblivious to the fact that the dude was like, "Why is this random kid trying to shove a plastic toy in my face?" Ah well. My favorite, though, was probably the "gaming logic" one. I think my worst one was back when I was working at an arcade, so around 2004ish. I had gotten badly hooked on Polarium on the DS (a game in which you draw a single continuous path across a field of black/white tiles, flipping all tiles on that path, and try to get solid lines of white or black tiles), and one time when my alarm clock went off, I shot up and tried to drag a finger across the display to "solve the puzzle" thinking that's how I turned off the alarm clock.

[@AtanaaTheCurious]

The cat thing isn't wierd to think, but it is a bit unusual to verbalise it to another adult without it being part of a related convasation.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

Ed Casey was my favorite

[@dumkenadine1268]

That's heartwarming love comes from whole heart only a few have Such people, i have had such s*** experiences sighh😊🙂😮‍💨😕very amazing your Video!

[@ikmwrime29sorryaira60]

I hope you end up having some great ones soon!

[@dumkenadine1268]

@ikmwrime29sorryaira60 ^^ i hope it very

[@sethicusiii7878]

13:58 Is that the hollow knight font?

[@rockandtoon2112]

More Tobey Keith, be a cat. Relatable.

[@NoahtheGameplayer]

I miss undertale comics you did

[@zoebandalan4987]

This reminds me to check my email

[@DiamondzFinder_]

Meow! :3

[@xenno8496]

That radiocallers section is...NOT wholesome, why is that in here? It's 99% people complaining/making a fuss about things :( that part made me really sad

[@no1mayohater]

Because meow

[@verdanteridium]

Big cloud, it's just big

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

18:37 that is also super creepy

[@Senatorlemonsouth]

I disagree completely coming from a construction workers child

[@verdanteridium]

Buddy, you might be projecting feeling you really don't want to be projecting in the open like this If 'creepy' is the first connection drawn, we'll it says a lot about you as a person I'll let your reading comprehension to figure out the implication I am drawing

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

14:10 main character syndrome

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

12:20 that is insanely creepy

[@verdanteridium]

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