conned by the lang (100k special)

that's right. one HUNDRED subscribers. thank you so much!
this is a parody of Struck by the Rain, from Rhythm Heaven (DS), with lyrics taken from one particular comment thread that I've goofed about many times before. it's a "sequel" to dreams of our "conglang" community (cute fraud), which was the same idea but with Dreams of Our Generation from Rhythm Heaven Fever instead.
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[@GoldenSandslash15]

Anthony McCarthy had no idea what he started when he made that comment...

[@oleksiishekhovtsov1564]

Idk, if you read the behemoth that is that comment thread, I think you'll find that the madman knew exactly what he was doing

[@TheRealBFKelleher]

He knew what he was starting: a fight.

[@yonatanbeer3475]

What video is it under?

[@blunderbus2695]

@@yonatanbeer3475 The main Anthony McCarthy saga that these are all based off of is on the Ido video.

[@larsfrisk6658]

@@blunderbus2695 I just went back and looked at some of it. Holy shit, imagine getting that irrationally angry over an episode of conlang critic.

[@zionj104]

I don't think anyone in the history of KZbin has celebrated a milestone with hatemail

[@JanneSala]

Nor with a Rhythm Heaven parody song...

[@daniellemurnett2534]

Only with jan Misali!

[@henryrichard7619]

It’s probably been done before, but I doubt it’s been done this well.

[@mangoe9523]

@@henryrichard7619 its been done to death but this is unique

[@jacquelinwicklund8559]

There's lots of "reading hate comments" and creators that pin particularly incompetent trolls for a laugh, but I'll admit I've never seen this sort of thing put to music.

[@MatsuHiroshi]

"Show me the bibliography." is still one of the better insults I've heard in a long time

[@bohdanpyzh2712]

I showed you my bibliography, please respond

[@rateeightx]

I Will Use It Whenever Arguing With Someone, Whether It Makes Sense Or Not.

[@mariafe7050]

"I suppose you think that's cute. What it makes you is a fraud."

[@jeraldjoyce2995]

I'm stealing that one

[@synthetic_creature]

@@rateeightx holy shit queen deltarune

[@stagelights_]

"i suppose you think thats cute" "I SUPPOSE! HEY!"

[@professoryeetus8955]

and it fits the syllable count of the first i suppose cue... oh no

[@pisidhb2381]

My headcanon is that jan Misali and Anthony McCarthy are opposing gods of the “con-langue” locked in eternal conflict of banter. I’m sure B. Gilson factors into the pantheon somehow, I’m just not sure how yet.

[@jiffylou98]

I like to think Anthony McCarthy is Jan misali’s alter-ego

[@zucchini_flowers]

B. Gilson is the the arbiter of the pantheon. The gatekeeper if you will

[@anonymousidea9119]

Gilson B. Pontes is the best game dev

[@ateium2409]

And where does Otto Jespersen fit ?

[@kirby_tardigrade]

I'm a little afraid to ask, but who is B. Gilson? like I know the comment thread but I don't know who he is

[@StormForthcoming]

the one dislike is Anthony McCarthy

[@guavagudetama6355]

There’s 3 now, he got his only 2 friends to dislike

[@crowsareprettycooliwouldsa9053]

and now his two alt accounts

[@Wubbazt]

i have no doubt that he will dislike this video if he comes across it.

[@eggy543]

Not true!

[@redo3073]

And B. Gilson

[@scrappedmetal]

i love how you just keep on clowning on this comment thread its one of the funniest ongoing things on your channel

[@shoofle]

god, i love being such a cute fraud. has anyone actually figured out who b gilson was?

[@procyon6370]

He hosted an Esperanto (good or bad?) debate forum iirc

[@gmestanley2214]

yeah; apparently his relation to conlangs involves being a huge supporter for novial, and spitting on esperanto

[@shoofle]

thanks :)

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

@@gmestanley2214 oh cool! I didn’t know that we ever actually found out- all my searches turned up random other people & this exact question.

[@nyarthecat8195]

iirc they were active on the conlang mailing list in the late 90s

[@rcoder01]

"that's right. one HUNDRED subscribers. thank you so much!" I can't believe you've made it all the way to 100! Next stop: 1,000!

[@fireballninja01]

no then he'll have 1 subscriber

[@sankang9425]

Dang, 100! is a large number. it is larger than the number of subatomic particles in the entire universe.

[@xcreeperbombx61]

@@sankang9425 You mean 10 is larger right

[@usernametaken017]

@@xcreeperbombx61 ! In maths moment

[@jiffylou98]

you could trade that many dollars for, like, a bunch of pennies!

[@calvincrady]

Anthony McCarthy may have been conned by the lang, but we've _all_ been janned by the misali

[@bananacat3109]

considering what “jan” means in toki pona, we have been personed?

[@ConfusedRambutan]

@@bananacat3109 yeah. we weren't people until we started watching this channel

[@Confused-Rock]

I can't imagine anyone writing this and inventing conlang elitism without realising how they sound.

[@davidgustavsson4000]

Imagine thinking "the most superficial commentator on con-langues" is some huge put down.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

@@davidgustavsson4000 Mitch even made the title of his show “the show that gets facts wrong about your favorite conlangs”

[@MatrixTheKitty]

that's esperantists for ya

[@thesunwillneverset]

@@MatrixTheKitty it's hilarious how the most mainstream part of a community tends to foster the elitists

[@sponge1234ify]

@@thesunwillneverset i mean, it being advertised as _the_ solution for easy international communication and actually gaining pretty good traction until it gets surpressed for somehow """being Zionist Propaganda""" does help fostering some patriotic fervor

[@chantolove]

why wasn’t I expecting it to be McCarthy again

[@TCATORVENVODS]

You are SURPRISINGLY GOOD AT SINGING

[@nanigov4725]

Congrats Mitch, you more than deserve it

[@Beanly002]

I read this as "more than you deserve" and man, I thought you were being rude af.

[@Biospark88]

Where’s the IPA symbol for a bimanual percussive? Oh right. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@AndrewIHanna]

Wait is his name not jan Edit: just realized that jan misali is toki pona

[@seilaessecanalnvaitervideo6414]

mitch mean not walk or stay in my proto world conlang

[@snowman7514]

lit

[@dyb368]

100k people haven't yet realised they've been conned by the cutest fraud

[@jangamecuber]

And we are ok with that fact

[@mitchellboyce9853]

In loving memory of Barbara Gilson (1925 - 2020), whom I have no reason to think is the B. Gilson mentioned in the comments, but who comes up if you search B Gilson. Gone but not forgotten

[@amoledzeppelin]

Nope, he meant Bruce R. Gilson.

[@AgmaSchwa]

We've done it, we've pushed this cute fraud into the 6th digit

[@k.umquat8604]

We've done it Reddit

[@JustAnthon]

I remember him typing out an essay as a response to "lol"

[@porglezomp7235]

when jan Sonja scams you, that means you were -

[@carlomarx7412]

I don't think there were 100k people in the world who cared about conlangs before jan MIsali. Keep doing what you do, you erratic and esoteric content maker.

[@jobobrien1420]

The hobby of conlanging owes a lot to the game of hangman

[@zetanull9631]

Holy fuck I remember when he only had around 5k

[@namanmishra703]

@@jobobrien1420 w

[@karolkozik5918]

You clearly haven't seen enough of the linguistic side of KZbin. The most popular video by Bibliardon has 474k views. Nativlang fetches on average 70k to 800k. And Tom Scott on his linguistic videos (new and old) has from 700k to 1 MILLION views.

[@namanmishra703]

@@karolkozik5918 Yeah but this is about subs and Bibliardon has fewer. Also I don't think Tom has made a single video on conlangs. He is more interested in natural language quirks (mostly English).

[@Nathouuuutheone]

That commentator really should have written all that in a conlang if he wanted to be taken seriously.

[@macmansfield-parisi5812]

nobody stops to consider the old radio shows....

[@mbalicki]

I’d love to shame Anthony McCarthy by posting that in the biggest Esperantists’ group on Facebook, but it seems he’s not a member. 😂

[@jiffylou98]

What does that make him?

[@thesunwillneverset]

@@jiffylou98 What it makes him is a fraud.

[@masicbemester]

@@thesunwillneverset(Palpatine voice) _ironic_

[@jangamecuber]

@@thesunwillneverset He supposes it makes him cute.

[@jiffylou98]

Every time I hear this joke it gets funnier to me. Anthony McCarthy is an incoherent poet

[@cassiopeiasfire6457]

Ok this is my favorite response to weird hate comments I've ever seen

[@IcedTheLocalClown]

And there is that one subscriber, who unsubbed, at the right time to just pissed us off I mean, im not disagreeing

[@ChrisLeeW00]

Probably one of those lojban speakers, eh?

[@gamerrfm9478]

@@ChrisLeeW00 jan pi toki Losupan li ike tawa mi

[@larsfrisk6658]

It was anthony i bet

[@trash_chan]

Y'know what? Anthony, if you're still out there, I hope you never change.

[@burstdragon1]

@Aaron Where at? I might compile a legend of Anthony and put in on an ancient scroll

[@JustAnthon]

@@burstdragon1 The Esperanto episode

[@bananacat3109]

also the Ido episode

[@evilsorosfundedgovernments433]

I love how much content you've been able to make out of this one comment chain.

[@migsy1]

The real question is: which conlang are you fluent in? (Congrats on 100k!)

[@jr637-1]

We must have missed it.

[@aname8155]

I think he said was fluent in toki pona

[@thalesvondasos]

toki pono or whatever it is?

[@eskipotato]

Give me a break.

[@Ellyerre]

Show me the bibliography.

[@emilee4268]

this was an absolute knee slapper. I love this. it legit goes hard. probably going to be including it in some playlists soon. please never stop making fun of anthony mccarthy it will NEVER get old this shit is so good. Congrats on the well deserved milestone!

[@hindigente]

I thought you were supposed to be an expert in geometric shapes. In which geometric shapes are you fluent in?

[@gresi2580]

i wish every youtuber did rhythm heaven themed subscriber specials. this is awesome.

[@sharkatzor]

Now I’m just imagining the story told by Struck By The Rain except instead of it being about a breakup it’s just someone absolutely pissed about conlangs

[@CacoPholey]

So uh I COULD have been the entire reason this was released (emphasis on could) In the Conlang Critic discord, I kept saying that if Mitch hit 100K before Thanksgiving, I would sing the original version of this song featured in his Rhythm Heaven DS to Megamix comparison video. Out of nowhere, Mitch DMs me with a google drive link to the mp3 of the song, to which I replied "beautiful" Later in the CC discord, he asked what we thought the 100K special would be, and I answered [REDACTED] since I figured nobody else would know this existed. So, now that I can actually refer to it properly: I fucking called it

[@gavinthecrafter]

This channel is the weirdest mix of Rhythm Heaven, conlanguages, and whatever the creator comes up with that day, none of which I have a particular interest for. …and I love it.

[@EnigmaticLucas]

Imagine if Anthrax McCarpool finds this video and goes on another deranged rant

[@celestialamber174]

I wouldn't be surprised at this point.

[@yarde.n]

"Anthrax McCarpool". Nice.

[@jiffylou98]

He still responds to the Esperanto video.

[@haymyellow1880]

im proud of you, my dude! i dont watch the conlang stuff, but let the bodies built to scale is what got me into rhythm heaven in the first place! so i never wouldve taken interest in this series if it werent for you! congrats on 100k, and keep it up! im proud of to be one of those subscribers!

[@ferociousfeind8538]

You know, I'm starting to think think that popularity doesn't determine quality in a conlang... Nor fluency determine expertise, now that I think about it. But, you know, while I might think it's cute, that might just make me a fraud.

[@juneguts]

Heart goes out to fluent Esperantists out there.

[@luccaburgess]

esperantist watching here. taking one for the team.

[@faruenesperanto4805]

Thank you ToNi, thank you. It'll be tough but I'll soldier on.

[@keldwikchaldain9545]

What about us fluent lojbanists!? :P

[@semicolon4452]

@@keldwikchaldain9545 enjoy your stinky logic

[@rauljosegarcia]

Damn, thanks. I needed that lol. Taking one for the team indeed.

[@crpalstuck2966]

The efforts you go to bridge your interests are amazing. I applaud you.

[@eggy543]

*conned by the lang* lyrics by Anthony McCarthy sang by Mitch Halley

[@ThanksEtc]

every time mitch posts new radio shows content its the internet equivalent of someone doing this with the navy seals copypasta or the man door hand hook car door story

[@HBMmaster]

the implication being that those are usually not internet things

[@gamerrfm9478]

This is the quality content I like to see I am proud to be fraudulent

[@Melecie]

but you're a cute fraud, right?

[@RyanTosh]

Don't forget cute! We're cute _and_ fraudulent. Why does this sound like one of those big budget action movies...

[@gamerrfm9478]

Because this *is* a big budget action movie. At least the soundtrack is on par.

[@Zeigren]

Rhythm Heaven & that comment thread are like your {}, whatever the conlang equivalent of bread and butter is

[@zozzy4630]

The comment is the vocabulary, and Rhythm Heaven is the grammar.

[@ppenmudera4687]

Oh, I didn't know that being interested in conlangs obligates you to be fluent in them. Thanks McCarthy for clearing that up! I'll go learn Iqglic now or something

[@masicbemester]

nah, learn Breadspeak

[@Ruminations09]

I've always wondered who "B. Gilson" even is. Every time I've ever tried to search him, I just get directed to that comment. I've genuinely wondered this for months now. Who is B. Gilson? Who was the person who was *THE* most superficial commentator on con-langues?

[@jangamecuber]

Bruce R. Gilson

[@lonewolf711_]

The comments by Anthony both don’t fit and fit perfectly as a milestone for your channel Keep it up, your content is amazimg

[@jackpumpoen]

hi bro congrats on 100k let’s turn that into a whole 1 billion by the end of 2029 conlang critic world tour

[@Shuriport]

Why only stop at one billion? By that year there will be way more people. I say we aim for 10 billion by the end of 2030

[@bananacat3109]

HELL YEAH

[@Shuriport]

Power move. Not only celebrating with hate comments, celebrating 100k at 99.9k. I respect so much

[@anitamaki5289]

Not hearing hearing the queues for karate man feels off there's just something about it. I need the punch kick and the hit three

[@probablyants]

This is from a comment thread on episode 14 of conlang critic if nobody knows

[@fgvcosmic6752]

Never did I think you'd make it so far! I doubt you'd read my comments or remember me, but I've been following you since your channel was still small and watching you grow as your content diversified and improved, and i just want to say congrats on the milestone!

[@logval8019]

I spent 3 hours reading that comment argument on the Ido video

[@kuhoku9268]

This truly came out of nowhere and honestly it made my day. Thank you for the masterpiece

[@camelcaseco]

the cutest fraud on the internet :))

[@BeingTheHunt]

I think fast and type fast. I write several thousand words most day. This is child's play. - Anthony McCarthy

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

(Proceeds to spell "con-langue")

[@strideryourself]

i like how this is the only other version of struck by the rain i’ve listened to. the other one is the spanish version.

[@braedendenison9525]

100k? thats cute, fraud

[@larsfrisk6658]

I wonder if Anthony McCarthy will see this video.

[@Junaetzia]

@@jainparish1596 Lmao he probably did, he made a new comment under the original video and it's very recent

[@bagelmeister2295]

@@jainparish1596 You underestimate Anthony's persistence

[@larsfrisk6658]

@@Junaetzia Which one?

[@Junaetzia]

@@larsfrisk6658 The Esperanto one

[@larsfrisk6658]

@@Junaetzia Of course lmao

[@cyril7257]

ok honestly ??? i love your channel so much. it's such a weird combination of my interests in rhythm heaven, obscure educational videos, and linguistics. this channel has actually inspired me to start learning a conlang!! i love this channel a lot and i'm glad you make content. you totally deserve 100k and more !!

[@ashaler__]

cometimes the real conlang was the friends we made along the way

[@DarthFennec]

This meme never gets old

[@second-handyt3958]

YES! 100k! I'm so proud of you! I found your channel through your Super Mario Bros. video, and have since been a fan of all your content. Cheers

[@saqvobase4301]

You've got good rhythm. Truly a man of many talents

[@ratedpending]

Wow, I'm so proud of you for reaching 100 subs! 1k club, here we come!

[@koth_harvest_final]

the true combination of all the important aspects of the channel

[@Jx_-]

Imagine being this mad about unofficial languages. Words man, we made 'em up

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

Esperanto purists or elitist or whatever you call them are so funny.

[@mrelephant2283]

They're dorks tbh - An Esperantist

[@gysoran]

i'm so glad you celebrated one HUNDRED subscribers with another cute fraud video. it made my day

[@__rikaisuru]

I love these in-jokes. They're one-of-a-kind, unique, distinct, and special.

[@guada.loop.e]

This is the most hilarious thing I’ve heard in a while. Also congrats for 100k! You deserve it, bringer of chaos

[@WaluigisBulge]

Congrats my dude! Love to see music from you, and anything related to cute fraud is always great, let alone a sequel!

[@orsonzedd]

A special thank you to Anthony for making this possible

[@bajelman]

Congrats on 100k! Relatively recent subscriber here. Fell in love with your mashups and your video on W. Stayed for everything else!

[@DairunCates]

Back down to 99.9k. Must've pissed off Anthony McCarthy and B. Gilson.

[@mishinegluposti1466]

I've been following this channel since it was a baby (about 4k subs) and it warms my heart to see it grow up like this :') Congrats Mitch, you're awesome!

[@Fopenplop]

I'm just grateful someone else appreciates the beauty of Struck by the Rain

[@ProactiveYellow]

o sitelen e toki sina kepeken toki pona taso tan ni: toki pona li ike tawa jan Antoni Mikasi.

[@evanswart480]

Calling this as the Conlang Critic S4 end theme

[@DanielC01000100]

Best 100k video ever. Congrats man

[@sophiasmith7750]

Ok, imma just listen to this on repeat because it’s hella catchy and groovy

[@leocorbett7352]

Congrats on reaching 100k!!

[@FortTheMighty]

so glad to finally be present for one of these. feels like I'm finally a part of the conglangue community

[@joannasthings]

We, as a kulupu, can confidently say, we are cute frauds.

[@daisybrain9423]

Congratulations on a 100k subscribers! Also this video is amazing.

[@josephd871]

i sometimes catch myself humming this.

[@frodotherodeo]

3 years in the making! Jamming.

[@GreenT100]

I wish KZbin rewind was like this.

[@complienscreator00]

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

[@lepidotos]

who even is b. gilson

[@brunocabral2032]

I'm actually crying from laughing. I was not expecting that (but, to be honest, I should). keep up the good content.

[@Jaichbinhier]

😂😂😂 Jan, I think you missed a word in the description... Otherwise you're a bit late with this milestone celebration. 💯 Nevertheless, congratulations on all the audience growth! Hopefully it helps with motivation for producing more shows. 🙂

[@loiseauxmort9568]

This was an entire spritual experience, also congrats on 100k man

[@zanyegg9111]

Your Rhythm Heaven content gives me life

[@TheButterKing1000]

congratulations!!! ♥

[@BGDMusic]

congrats on one hundred subscribers my friend

[@RedChestedBird]

ive had this stuck in my head all week god damn you jan Misali from youtube....

[@binhomeless1790]

Love this channel it’s what inspired me to get a linguistics degree

[@feluriandelights4156]

nice too see the 100k sepecial up

[@maggi_knorr]

There's people like Jan, who speaks toki pona, and people like Anthony, who speak Esperanto... and finally there's people like me, enjoying videos on conlanging while being a Latin student. Well... at least if I wanna do the speaking community think I can always resort to Ouija or necromancy. :P