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Written by: Natalie Metcalfe
Starring: Natalie Metcalfe & Julie Nolke
Shot by: Samuel Larson
Editor: Alec Mckay

[@julienolke]

If you enjoyed this sketch, please Like and Subscribe! 🥓🤠🤸‍♀️🏆

[@oceanicmage]

Okay then.

[@gyroscopicme]

Very real. Very, very real.

[@JoshBryan]

I'm always impressed with the timing of the line delivery. My assumption is that this is not a single take, but you could never tell with the production and the acting, especially the non-verbal cues. Superb.

[@qs4177]

So this got real very very fast...good job

[@bidmcms3]

Many states (and tens of millions of people) have been living normal lives for months. And they’re fine. So...

[@Alia-bc3rc]

"I watched people's puppies grow up outside my window." One line to describe my entire life.

[@DJ-fn3jm]

That might have been the most depressing thing I've ever heard.

[@froginablender2019]

I read this as soon as it was said in the video lol

[@Llamanescent]

I got a kitten so I could watch him grow up inside my house.

[@louissivo9660]

At the start of this last year I noticed an increase in dogs being walked. I found many of my neighbors decided now was the time to buy. (They also had kids. So the whole family is home now.) So yes, I've watched them grow too. I love Julie's insight.

[@emmasimmons9150]

Ava the pupper across the street and the tiny French Bulldog next door

[@elliehunt]

“I didn’t do KZbin workouts, I just skipped to the end when the lady’s just lying there like a star and I did that for an hour” Best quote 🤣🤣

[@LegoEddy]

It's called yoga

[@elliehunt]

@@LegoEddy It’s a quote from the video, just thought it was funny 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@LegoEddy]

@@elliehunt No worries, I was just making fun of yoga (:

[@Hydrograd57]

That was so relatable. 😂

[@luroka3854]

4:40

[@darleneschneck]

Julie’s pandemic storytelling is so darn accurate it will be studied by social scientists 100 years from now.

[@bartroberts1514]

There will be scientists 100 years from now?

[@riccards]

@@bartroberts1514 no shit

[@bidmcms3]

It’s “accurate” for a subset of people who live in irrational fear of something that poses less risk than the flu or a car accident. Unless you’re 85yo and/or have multiple chronic diseases, get a grip.

[@darleneschneck]

@@bidmcms3 Wrong. Unlike the flu, no one has natural immunity to this virus, and it has already killed more than 550,000 Americans of all ages. It can affect the heart and other organs long term. Please keep your ignorant comments to yourself.

[@BB-mq9qk]

@@darleneschneck 550,000 is in accurate even the CDC quietly updated their data months ago proving that number to be 2 or 3x lower than the projected 550,000 and I can only suspect how lower the true mortality rate is due to the fuckery surrounding this entire covid debacle.

[@CreativeCalmASMR]

It’s just too damn relatable.

[@copperheadroad567]

Right!? I was cringing because of how awkward it was and then sad because of how relatable and personally true it was... I miss 2019 so hard right now.

[@ComicSams48]

Eyyyy, it's Lucy! Fancy seeing you here!

[@Shockwave99999]

Wtf I just saw ur comment on an ASMR vid

[@copperheadroad567]

@@Shockwave99999 fancy meeting you here under a comment by an ASMRtist I'm guessing we both appreciate. It's a small world wide web, isnt it? Also, out of all the suggestions, I'm surprised she went with the spaghetti one, it did sound like cracking knuckles a bit.

[@wandafisch4411]

@@copperheadroad567 I think everyone is missing 2019 now.

[@mauroinentertainment]

I was almost expecting a low-key suicide prevention hotline number at the end because that closing was brutally relatable and sad.

[@Raison_d-etre]

Suicide prevention hotlines should be recommended more often.

[@graceb9202]

Here it is: Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All calls are confidential.

[@gericko4931]

@@graceb9202 sad that we dont have that in Colombia, a happy country hence a country in which people tend to suicide more (yes, you read it right)

[@godgirl001]

@@gericko4931 Let me guess, it’s mostly because of toxic positivity, right?

[@gericko4931]

@@godgirl001 close,it is because depressed people can't usually relate to people around them since the other people are mostly happy, and with no one to talk to then that feeling (depression) is harder to overcome

[@jainsushree]

This makes me feel better knowing people aren't always having as much fun as they pretend in their pictures

[@benvoliothefirst]

OMG yes, that's the totality of social media. Rarely does anybody post, "Nothing excited happened," or "I had a bad day," so you're only seeing what people WANT you to see! The world is not as social media claims!

[@jainsushree]

@@benvoliothefirst yah I used to really feel bad thinking other peoples' lives are so adventurous but now I know better

[@aurorahill9551]

They never are. But now the attempt to project success has gone from questionable to kind of funny. The balance used to be like : POST: Romantic cuddle on the beach. REALITY: Totally just went to the beach to look outdoorsy! Time for a bowl of porridge and a nap. Now- POST: couple drinking champagne by the FIRE. REALITY: Photo is a year old. Partner is stuck abroad. Post the photo, then go back to reattaching buttons to your coat while wearing your dinosaur onesie.

[@Elvings92]

It makes you feel better that people are actually miserable? Not so healthy, maybe explains why people would try to look good on social media

[@RussellColeman]

​@@Elvings92 didn't you know that misery loves company?

[@crazykenna]

"How have you been?" has never been more existentially horrifying.

[@noa0172]

To people with depression, it's always been like that

[@Lauren-zb9rk]

@@noa0172 preach

[@gliderpig]

Terrible, thanks for asking!

[@ToyKeeper]

It's always fun answering that question when you've recently acquired a debilitating health issue and have to spend most of your time laying down while waiting for the next doctor appointment. Even if you're not depressed about it, mentioning it makes everyone else feel super awkward.

[@dorianr4770]

yes

[@tektauron]

not even 10 seconds and I'm already uncomfortable HAHAHAHA

[@julienolke]

oops sorry!

[@chrismcdowell7138]

Yes. It was very funny, until the very end when it sorts of hits you, that we all are trying to reach that ‘normalcy’, which may not be as easy as we hope.

[@yardleybottles6025]

@@julienolke You said "Sorry" heh heh heh heh heh!

[@CronoCloudAuron]

@@yardleybottles6025 Sore-y, heh heh heh. I can't help it.

[@cristianosouza7052]

I go through this every day to try to answer "How are you?"

[@WebsterAnn]

When she started crying because she hadn't done her taxes, that felt astonishingly cathartic

[@jokkehasa5298]

I also haven't done them 😔

[@redguy2215]

@@jokkehasa5298 do it man!!! think of the money you get back. that's my primary motivation.

[@jokkehasa5298]

@@redguy2215 Did them today 😊

[@ElvenChaos]

I've been putting it off too, and my face during that was 👀

[@stealthis]

If you do you taxes best, you shouldn'tgetting back tons of money

[@lastwhovianx1719]

"I watch people's puppies grow up outside my window" I can't comprehend how sad and adorable that is at the same time

[@nueroptera]

That's one of my top hobbies

[@toriless]

I have watched the neighbors kids grow up, let alone puppies.

[@madiqismal4186]

I watch the trees grow, and take solace that they will probably still be around long after I'm dead and forgotten.

[@artemischen4086]

@@toriless Same, there was a kid who I saw once in a while through my window. He'd always be helping his dad water the garden. Each time I saw him he grew like 10 inches. Last time I saw him he already looked like an adult. I haven't seen him in a long time, probably because he went to college or he got a job.

[@Chillmanitbaight]

@@madiqismal4186 goodness your comment or your name… idk how to react. XD

[@SteveEdwardCooper]

When "it's funny because it's true" visits the darkest timeline.

[@voyance4elle]

👏👏👏😂

[@alexmuller6752]

six seasons and movie!

[@Jennaros1ty]

Abed stokes his evil beard in approval.

[@idontevenhaveapla7224]

@@alexmuller6752 NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@MikeJackson690]

"I'm as real as a woman's fear to walk down the street, baby!" Sheesh 😳

[@neuralmute]

I died. And not in that "kidnapped and murdered by a British cop" sort of way...

[@loverrlee]

It’s funny cuz it’s true

[@craigcutler6919]

And the stats say that it is less than a mans chances of being assaulted while walking down the street... but facts feel bad dont they...

[@Llamanescent]

@@craigcutler6919 That actually depends entirely on where you live and your definition of assault. It is true that women are more likely to be assaulted by people we know rather than strangers, so when talking about random street violence, you would be correct in some situations. Most women who are afraid on the street aren't afraid we'll be jumped and robbed though; we are afraid we will be stalked and sexually assaulted, which is far more likely to happen to a woman.

[@alexmuller6752]

@@craigcutler6919 let's say, hypothetically, i were to post a reaction to the joke in this video that references sexual assault. would you be compelled to tell me that there are other types of assault? just asking.

[@lowlander04]

Always amazed how all of us around the globe are kinda living the same life. I mean: I'm from Germany and I felt this so hard😶

[@aurorahill9551]

Yup. Australia here.

[@throwaway1076]

This would be so funny if it weren't so damn true. *sigh*

[@sasaoldbarn]

Another german here!

[@rebeccagreen7241]

It's comforting, isn't it?? We're less connected to the people around us, but more connected to the whole world, through this shared disconnection! Greetings Germany, Australia, and Unknown, from (Portland, Oregon) USA ❤.

[@lowlander04]

@@rebeccagreen7241 Great thought and well said! Greetings to Portland!

[@Nosnoug]

This sketch got unexpectedly real. It was a bold move, and I like it

[@time2livelife]

Moral of the story: Never ask anyone “What’s new?” because they might ask you the same question.

[@MrCarpediem6]

What's new? ;D

[@lokhuajenzahl6462]

@@MrCarpediem6 I'm not really sure how to respond, so... What's new with you? >:)

[@kevinpanahon9702]

Julie Nolke, queen of self-deprecating comedy. 🙌🏽

[@Thefredzilla]

Julie is the hero that we didn’t know we needed.

[@OwenRozeboom]

@jack lazer why not light day?

[@mike9512]

But the one we deserve!!!! (that's how it goes right?)

[@cryofpaine]

Or the therapist we did know we needed.

[@toriless]

You didn't, I have seen that for a while now.

[@Nerdfighter1123]

It hurts how real this is. I saw my sister the other day for the first time in a long time, and it was like, "You! Hey! Umm, awesome! Hug? No hug, right. Uh, umm, how're you doing? Right, you got married! Awesome! Sorry I couldn't be there, you know... but hey, we're hanging out, right?! haha, umm... now what do we say?"

[@toriless]

My mom "forced" me to hug her before leaving, not any more.

[@FruitOfTheSpirit]

I think it’s time to hug your sister and meet her husband my friend

[@QuidamByMoonlight]

“Did you know you don’t have to get fully nude for online appointments? He was surprised.” 😂 I love how that’s a full story revealed without actually being told.

[@isaacj.elliott2137]

That’s what makes it so good, having confidence that the audience is intelligent enough to get context without over explanation

[@sudesezin]

@@isaacj.elliott2137 oh gosh exactly. i hate it when shows explain the jokes 5 times because they don’t think the audience is smart enough to understand it the first time. it feels insulting really. jokes like this is very refreshing.

[@personone1382]

@@sudesezin i didn't get the joke ._.

[@AbbyCox]

The Micarah toenail clipper reference 🤣😂🤣

[@old-mad-madum]

Ahh abby, also same! Loving the reference 💖

[@mattofthenorth]

18th Century toenail clippers from the blacksmith shop = next level quarantine hair stylin

[@danimiller9932]

I noticed that too! Love your channel Abby!

[@Gtree43]

Wth I thought that was a trend or something eff yeah

[@rayzerkill3189]

Yessssss bahaha

[@cam4894]

The sad comedy is the stuff that makes me happy... maybe that's why I've not totally lost my shit during the past year.

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

same

[@sterlingarcher8041]

same

[@julienolke]

Proud of you!!

[@kage3069]

same

[@annap7678]

I agree. About 4-5 months into the pandemic-after I had recovered from 6 weeks of yep-definitely-Covid-I discovered that an hour or so of watching videos of current earthquakes and hot spots around the world discussed on a map, alternating with Google Earth, was oddly calming. I decided that was pretty strange until I realized I was not alone in this endeavor to shift the focus of anxiety. It helped that the guy doing the videos (Dutchsinse) was something of a comedian who (oddly) kept getting kicked off KZbin even though he never talked about politics or the virus. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@drivers99]

“I walked around the block a lot.” This.

[@LucasDanielSantoro]

Hahahaha 🤣 the same 🙌

[@lyndamcdonald7701]

I’ve been doing this and calling it exercise, even though once my walk is over, I hardly walk anymore throughout the day!

[@IndigoIndustrial]

It's better to do this than not do it. It's healthy.

[@halcyon_echo42]

Literally everyday, just to feel like there is an outside of my home box & my work box 😔

[@toriless]

I have no blocks, the suburbs is matrix of cul-de-sacs.

[@skooterbrah]

In all honesty, even introverts like myself are starting to get pretty screwed up by this current situation.

[@Me-zm7cr]

1 day ago. 😞

[@noobstoise1024]

This is true.

[@maukomaunde7075]

Same

[@JTSleep]

correct

[@belowaverage7539]

yuuuuhp

[@StillJustDreaming]

I almost feel like we are all going to need to be retrained in our social skills when things start to go back to "normal"

[@thegreenxeno9430]

Shut up. This is normal. IRL people would just be yelling at each other or ignoring each other. Probably won't see snuggle clubs or free hugs again in my lifetime.

[@johnmarx3919]

@@thegreenxeno9430 no it's tragic: we've now all been conditioned to fear each other by godless power Mad people. It'll take a miracle to undo the psychological abuse we've undergone because of our beneficent "leaders"

[@CrazyMazapan]

Why do you even think we will EVER go back to normal? Normal doesn't exist anymore. We have to reinvent it.

[@StillJustDreaming]

@@CrazyMazapan I hear that - I guess we will have to find or create a new normal, whatever that may look like :-(

[@squeet6831]

I said the exact same thing

[@LaughBoys]

So modest...acting like she has nothing new when she had that wild ingrown hair story just waiting in the holster!

[@alexmuller6752]

just like the hair! it even made it's own tiny holster of pain!

[@lh9591]

I have a stye and told that to a friend when she asked what’s new? Running out of things to say really.

[@khartoumist1031]

This made me want to curl into a ball and die I love it

[@julienolke]

eek sorry

[@khartoumist1031]

@@julienolke in a good way

[@luminanceandsound8107]

Big mood

[@toriless]

@@julienolke Hey, I was worried until you two started crying. Then I knew it was OK to laugh.

[@whocares269]

as someone from the uk, I'm honestly ashamed and embarrassed that the rest of the world can now watch our reality TV 😳😳

[@julienolke]

but it's soooooooo good

[@whocares269]

@@julienolke I respect the shit out of you but I cannot accept this!

[@druiry]

I'm sorry, but Taskmaster absolutely slaps.

[@Dan007UT]

uhhh have you seen U.S shows? Can it really get worse? :)

[@tristanneal9552]

@@druiry Lmao my wife is addicted to Taskmaster 😂

[@laurazweig1464]

I’m not crying. 😭😢🥲 This year has been hard. It’s okay to not be okay.

[@Mama_Bear524]

I know. 🤗. I’m so stressed out. The anxiety 😟

[@crashofthemoons]

This is me before we got chickens. Now I just tell chicken stories no one asked for

[@toriless]

Cats work too and are not dirty when they cuddle you.

[@budihamzahX3]

@@toriless yes. but cat judges you. chicken don't even understand us, so they won't.

[@gingermaniac5484]

This is someone asking for them we need chicken stories

[@eliselorene]

Is this where we sign up for chicken stories??

[@wmweeza]

Coincidentally a chicken randomly showed up in my yard today and has since laid an egg in our garden

[@Rumade]

I'm living at home at the moment, with parents. We started eating at the table because we were sick of slobbing in front of the TV. After a month of this, we're eating in silence. It's haunting. I feel like I'm on some weird retreat

[@wastedanguish9927]

I would give everything l ever owned to have one more meal with my parents. They are both gone now. Don’t take this for granted, because it hurts like a bitch when it’s over.

[@Rumade]

@@wastedanguish9927 I'm sorry for your loss, and promise I'm not taking it for granted. Even though the quality of conversation isn't there, I still love cooking for and eating with my parents. Feel very blessed to have had this home to come back to when I lost my job.

[@micah3966]

Can we just appreciate how Julie makes everyone’s day better?!

[@julienolke]

😘😘😘

[@micah3966]

@@julienolke 😘😘😘

[@micah3966]

@Sylvia Morgan ?

[@joicardinal4125]

@@julienolke why isnl;t there any new content?

[@crowzier]

@Sylvia Morgan lmao what

[@OLBastholm]

This feels a little too real

[@julienolke]

tell me about it

[@Laecy]

Minus the obvious comedic elements, I had darn near this exact conversation with my friend yesterday. The video just got more and more disconcerting as it went on.

[@Engineer_Who]

“We don’t have to pretend.” Yeah. Yeah, we don’t. Thanks for the reminder, Julia. I needed to hear that. ❤️

[@helenetrstrup4817]

Me meeting up with my best friend: Her: "Your hair looks like shit." Me: "I know!" 😆

[@amandalane4971]

Hahaha. Your friend is so brutally honest!

[@helenetrstrup4817]

@@amandalane4971 It goes both ways. 😄

[@csblakeley]

Every phone call with my parents: "So, tell me something new and exciting!" Uhhhh.... I bought yet another book I have yet to read? Yet?

[@RustinChole]

I know. I triumphantly told my mom I’d discovered Nathaniel West (see didn’t know who he was anyways) but still haven’t read any of em and they’re like. 100 pages long.

[@lauradamon5024]

No doubt!

[@matildealmeida9367]

Julie's the best thing on KZbin these days... I said it

[@spurcalluth6300]

She and Ryan George. Too bad they got divorced.

[@LisaBowers]

@@spurcalluth6300 But the divorce was super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@spurcalluth6300]

@@LisaBowers, it only felt that way because of the harpoon-related feelings.

[@ledojaeger7474]

"It turns out, when you don't put anything new in there, nothing changes." my entire 2020

[@halcyon_echo42]

Honestly, childhood seemed so much more varied and interesting

[@MuttFitness]

Slowly starving

[@MLIrons]

And we are just going to ignore how Natalie's doctor had her do a pap test online and she did it?

[@melindadawn5]

😯 That's awesome.

[@paddywhack9261]

I think you put your finger on the problem.

[@Daggeira]

Ngl, "What's new?" has elicited a panic response from me for years before the pandemic. Nothing. Nothing is new. That's what happens when you're anxiety-ridden, hate most people and rarely go outside.

[@melindadawn5]

Hehe... I hate people... I haven't willingly left my house for five years now. Before the pandemic, I only left every 58 days, for three hours, round trip, for a med refill appointment... I have always hated having to interact with other people... People suck... Anxiety sucks too... Hope your anxiety stays down and that you don't have to interact with too many people. From one anxiety ridden introvert to another. 🕉 🙏🏼नमस्ते🙏🏼 (ηαмαѕтє)

[@Daggeira]

@@melindadawn5 God, I've never thought to calculate how much I go out pre-pandemic. I think the norm is hitting up Fabricland and/or shopping at the mall maybe 2-3 times in the summer because mama needs A: random makeup and fabric and shit, and B: sunlight. I get hella depressed if I don't do the outside a couple times in summer . Used to go to an anime convention in my hometown, but it sucks now.. (When I could smoke more weed, I would also go out for nature walks to have a joint) I have roommates to deal with and I can't g outside alone without freaking out, so I can't _completely_ avoid the peoples lol

[@monkiram]

I have social anxiety, that question gave me so much anxiety for YEARS. Until I accepted that it's okay to just say nothing much, how about you. Until somebody decides to keep asking it....... then the panic all comes back again

[@Daggeira]

@@monkiram Yeah, that's exactly my problem; even people who live with me will keep asking lmao. I know it's an attempt at small talk, but c'mon; try literally _anything_ else lol

[@sarahg3267]

I’m with Maria Bamford when she responded “oh…no, see, I’m DONE. Yeah. I’m done. So.”

[@sianspherica]

As a fellow Torontonian this one hits SO HARD. I'm seeing an old friend for a walk on Sat downtown and I have to think of some shit to talk about....besides that I did a rewatch of the Sopranos

[@StillJustDreaming]

Talk about your latest binge watching "project" and your upcoming zoom meetings (oh, sorry, I think that's all a lot of us have to say)

[@samuelb7546]

Greatest show ever made.

[@pandahead4150]

“What’s new?” The most dreaded question these days...

[@Gtree43]

My family asks me at LEAST once a week what's new 😓 I almost got depressed cuz I felt I should have a better answer.. but now I feel so much better lol

[@antred11]

I wasn't particularly fond of it before the pandemic. 😏

[@baerververgaert1308]

Did you know today is the first time we hit april second 2021 on the Gregorian calendar? It's true. Look it up.

[@shreyasathe7313]

I swear channels like these make my bad days much better than some people IRL.

[@julienolke]

😘😘😘

[@toriless]

@@julienolke Did you write your friends pathetical lines or did both help.

[@madi7178]

The line from Endgame, “He cried when the salads came, and I cried before dessert,” feels way too relatable nowadays.

[@johnjon4688]

This is basically my life. EXCEPT that my _siblings_ all had _babies_ in 2019, like they knew this shit would happen in 2020. So they ask me "what's new?" and I have to react like this video, and then I ask _them_ "what's new?" and they go on for an hour about every little fart their baby made. Bastards. /s

[@thebestwillow]

Damn.

[@sarav9798]

Same, brother got married just before the pandemic, so new family, new kid, tons of news while I keep working from home and feeding the fish until like... forever... yei covid...

[@NielMalan]

The lesson to learn from this little story is to first pour the drinks, then try to start the conversation.

[@robguttridge6591]

So true. Mirror Julie could have told her that, had she asked....

[@cchapa7470]

No, no, no. First drink the bottle Then start sharing!

[@jamssnana4084]

I feel like we live in a snow globe that someone keeps shaking, but instead of snow, we get disease, hate, and political insanity. I feel off- balance all the time.

[@aienbalosaienbalos4186]

I think it is important to occasionally do a sanity check regarding the idea that the world is getting horrible. Sometimes, it is just that we are learning about the bad stuff, but it was always there. Sometimes, the word is actually getting better and better consistently for decades, and we still feel like it is getting worse, maybe because we focus on the negatives or because “violence is down” doesn’t make for an attractive news title.

[@Aeradyren]

I feel off-balance all the time too, but then I see examples of other people doing good and holding each other up, and it reminds me that there's a lot of good in this world, too. It's not always enough to get me back to normal, but it helps me keep going. And videos like this definitely help me to feel better that I'm not alone.

[@spacemomsdaughter3549]

Yes. Same.

[@nathy0308]

That is such a great way to put it. Wow. ❤

[@magiv4205]

That's... a really good way to put it...

[@SashenkaKun]

I don't think I've had anything new in my life in 4 years.

[@krampus225]

@SF1034 to be fair it's been a shitty 4 years. Since November, 2016. Getting incrementally better since January 20, 2021. 👍

[@HAYAOLEONE]

Those are rookie numbers.

[@bridgettem9]

5 years for me.

[@tallinn5086]

I've dreaded that question for most of my life.

[@toriless]

@@HAYAOLEONE Do not start, I am sure people could bury any number.

[@RS-ny8my]

Even before the pandemic, I’ve always hated the question ‘how are you?’. It’s too open ended. I ain’t got no energy to carry the conversation.

[@darkhorse811]

Agreed. I feel the same way. I never know how to respond when people ask me that.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

You say how you feel, politely, in response to the polite question. Society is turning unnecessarily problematic when politeness is considered invasive or confusing.

[@korkenzieherhaselnuss3354]

2 years ago doing absolutely nothing with friends sounded like an amazing day. Now it is just our terrifying day to day life. Without friends. Without relaxation. Without fun. It is just stress from doing nothing, not being able to do anything, and not accomplishing anything whilst waisting our short life. Yeih.

[@PBAmygdala2021]

I went for an hour-long walk today. That made today a win. Now back to bed.

[@kellytdlima]

I relate that no matter what situation we’re in, even if its the end of the world, we’re all mad that school never taught us how to do taxes.

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

Or any basic life skills.

[@saviramuliadewi6643]

I know that I live in a complete different side of earth than you, but we got the same problem here.

[@toriless]

I just use software, I really do not see why anyone else would not. You get 5 returns per copy. efile is so painless.

[@alexiacamilo8929]

" I interview myself in front of the mirror" Sooo glad it's not just me 😂😂

[@ChristianNat]

I'm so glad it's not just ME!

[@voyance4elle]

I am planning interviews and conversation with the famous people I watch online 😂

[@alexiacamilo8929]

@@voyance4elle 😂sometimes I pretend I'm the famous people 😅

[@voyance4elle]

@@alexiacamilo8929 true very true 😆 I can relate 😘

[@toriless]

She is stealing the Mirror Julie bit.

[@chase7972]

I freaking love Julie Nolke and her crew. The purest.

[@julienolke]

thank you!!

[@rebeccaelliott9770]

'I hate that month' - this is genius

[@luns486]

Julie hits the nail on the head yet again. This channel is a great reminder to not be too hard on yourself at the moment, life is tough for all of us right now 🧡

[@jonbongjovi1869]

Life was ALWAYS tough....and is for everyone, rich or poor, young or old, black or white, gay or straight. Nature is cruel.

[@bec9255]

To be fair, this is how I felt being asked this question before the pandemic.

[@dorianr4770]

likewise

[@dorianr4770]

it's like now the world gets a glimpse into what it's like to - have depression - be isolated and lonely - be trapped in an uninteresting life - turn to alcohol for solace

[@vani7493]

@@dorianr4770 accurate. it's like in that: "first time?" meme

[@cbltblu7]

“To be FAHHHH” for all the Letterkenny folks...

[@thepreacher621]

‘As real as a woman’s fear to walk down the street’ that’s an itchy one

[@craigcutler6919]

So not so real? Women are statistically less likely to be physically assaulted than men are... but let's not let facts get in the way of feelings, right?

[@RuskePerson]

@@craigcutler6919 The fear itself is real, regardless of the actual threat of assault. Ironically, it is possible that the greater amounts of fear women typically feel (in comparison to men) regarding walking down streets alone or in the dark informs their actions and accounts for some significant percentage of *why* they are less likely to be assaulted. Of course, that's just a possibility since I haven't looked into any research or studies on it or anything.

[@Merlincat007]

@@craigcutler6919 That's only because men tend to fight much more often. We should be talking about unprovoked assaults and sexual violence instead here.

[@indrinita]

@Tara Craig is probably the type that goes around saying "all lives matter" or hell even "blue lives matter". He sounds like he swallows the boot whole.

[@gray_mara]

@@craigcutler6919 If we're talking about fear, which gender, statistically, commits these assaults? Is it men? It's men, isn't it? And you wonder why women are afraid?

[@khanhfident]

Honestly, the people who don’t have anything new are the ones who have been staying safe in this pandemic. 👏🏻

[@dorianr4770]

I like your glass half full attitude! and, true.

[@minkaja861]

I like the sentiment, but there are ways to stay safe and have something new. A lot is possible by yourself if you want to do things. Not saying people should feel like they have to reach anything though. It's a worldwide crisis, just getting through is already amazing

[@risk5riskmks93]

Excellent point

[@toriless]

It is funny, every time someone warns me to be safe I just tell them my practices. They shut up real quick. It is amazing how few people understand how easy cross contamination of vectors (in the case germs) occurs without diligence.

[@justinbrashear5124]

That doesn’t sound very safe to me

[@jamesvanbuskirk6661]

I get serous anxiety thinking about going back to the call center after working from home for over a year. I've completely forgotten how to people in person.

[@Taratreehugger]

I like that phrase! “How to people”

[@RS-ny8my]

Julie, you got so much new shit. Your career blew up during the pandemic. And now you have almost a million people watching your videos to not feel empty inside. So... congrats!

[@Mshannon75]

You don’t have to be fully naked in a zoom meeting with your doctor… killed me😂😂😂

[@FuzzyStripetail]

Even though the educational system never provided me with a class that helped me calculate my earnings for tax purposes, I was able to calculate that Julie's house was 50% bigger than her friend's house since it took Julie 18 steps from her desk to her bathroom while it only took her friend 12 such steps.

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

Julie might have had to detour round a piece of furniture.

[@loverrlee]

Or the bathroom could just be closer to the desk in one of their houses? They could still have the same square footage...

[@Axel-nc5dp]

I hate to be that guy... But sometimes the world needs a villain. 12/18 = 2/3 The difference between 3/3 and 2/3 is 1/3; therefore, Julie's house is 33.33% bigger assuming identical layouts.

[@moonhunter9993]

@@Axel-nc5dp no. if 12 steps is 100%. then 6 steps is 50%. so 18 steps is 150%. if you take 18 steps as 100% then you get your answer.

[@loverrlee]

@@Axel-nc5dp My point is it is ridiculous to assume same layouts? We have no information that tells us they would have the same layout? It’s not like they said they live in the same apartment complex? Why would anyone assume they had the same layout? It’s like people don’t live in completely different houses lol

[@johnnyeppelseed]

“You ever remove yourself from your house?” Bane: “it would be extremely painful.”

[@corvusdove874]

As an American....."I HATE THAT MONTH" referring to January, totally works out.

[@kataclysm6]

I haven't had a job for like 8 months, and I have a friend who calls once a week to ask what's new. It's so awkward, I always say "nothing." This video is too real 😂

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"I have a friend who calls to ask what's new"

[@imani0nline]

The only thing new for me this week is this video 🧍🏾‍♀️

[@crowzier]

If this is the conversations that I’ll have when the bad virus is gone, I’m never going to talk to anyone again- this seems to realistic

[@craigcutler6919]

Virus isn't going away. It is something called endemic.

[@crowzier]

@@craigcutler6919 well, when it’s calmed down and people have gotten the vaccine

[@wastedanguish9927]

@@crowzier It’s not about the virus, it’s about controlling society. We are the proverbial frog in the boiling pot. Most people don’t realize it yet or are too stupid to care. The worst is yet to come

[@toriless]

We were so lucky with this one. It could have been so much worse. There are germs out there that make covid-19 look like a loser.

[@melindadawn5]

@@wastedanguish9927 useful idiots or as i call them useless idiots, indoctrination, propaganda, cognitive dissonance... Ideological subversion did its job well, and that was back in the 80's, but it kept going.... MKUltra/trauma based mind control, programming, predictive programming, memetic warfare... And that's not even including the mind control technology and energy weapons at play... We lost this war a long time ago. I get so torn between being upset at society and feeling sorry for them because despite trying to warn everyone since 2006, and getting nowhere, they have been manipulated and molded into the useful idiots they are, unable to critically think or use logic and reasoning skills, Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov's description of the useful idiots, was what made me feel compassion and pity for them, despite them being so much of the problem. I quit leaving my house five years ago though because the useful idiots became way too much for me to handle, on an energetic level... 🕉 🙏🏼नमस्ते🙏🏼 (ηαмαѕтє)

[@jakerazor703]

"Anything new?" Julie: "Me?" "Yeah you! Anything new?" Julie: "Hm?" "ANYTHING NEW?" Julie: "YESN'T."

[@CosmickCowboy]

Truly depicts how many extremes we’ve collectively been through lately.

[@monkiram]

I don't know why your comment gave me "professional movie critic review" vibes lol

[@ZachsMind]

[after the commercial. it's getting dark. they're still sitting together.] J: "You mind if I drink the whole bottle then?" N: "Oh no. Go right ahead." J: "Okay thanks." (starts drinking heavily) N: "I did that on the way here..." J: (continues drinking) N: "...In the car..." J: (continues drinking) N: "...I needed the courage to get here..." J: (comes up for air) "Yeah." [awkward silence] J: "Me too." N: "I probably shouldn't drive home." J: "Me either."

[@MattRosvideos]

Damn, I end up half bald trying to cut my own hair and Julie's out here cutting it with toe nail clippers and looking fabulous... WTF

[@julienolke]

some of us are gifted

[@MattRosvideos]

@@julienolke Speak for yourslef 💁

[@ThisIsMego]

I simplify that. i just shave my head bald to begin with.

[@aurorahill9551]

It's curled! Cheating!! Also, the gorgeous face and charisma might be a misdirection technique.

[@MattRosvideos]

@@ThisIsMego Nice!

[@someone3195]

Why is this so depressing and accurate??

[@GeographicallyFree]

Right?!

[@aarontelander]

“I don’t think I can drink today.” Yeah...that is definitely not me 😅

[@alexmuller6752]

"oh, i've been doing this 10 min workout videos once a week" there is no need to call me out this directly, ok?

[@Justin-dy2sm]

I'm convinced your videos genuinely help people seeing how easy it is to fall into the trap of thinking "I'm the only one who feels this way".

[@lunalie1449]

YES! This video is conforting!

[@jenniestevens1166]

This was so cathartic. Thank you for showing that it's okay to not be okay.

[@jacquelinedimattia774]

I'm finding this sooo accurate...this last year has been sooo depressing ☹️

[@julienolke]

it's been tough for sure

[@jediknightanon]

Me: "Imagine if Julie Nolke posts on April 1st, she would do the funniest joke!" Julie: *uploads SUPER relatable video, makes me laugh but also kind of cry*

[@gedrictudio]

Yup, we're the "It doesn't matter what we're doing or feeling at the moment, but we still need to post on Instagram"-generation. I had so much trouble finding something to post there during quarantine.

[@elbowache]

I love how dark and profound these videos get. And dammit, this was so validating. I'm just now coming to realize that 2020 etc. may have really fucked me up. That's last cut of you staring into the void was on par with The Graduate's last shot. What a majestic being she is.

[@jasonlee6936]

Skyping with friends now: “Nothing. Nothing’s new. My life is boring” “lol same”

[@toriless]

What is new? I now change my sock daily.

[@danieoberholzer5373]

This video hit me differently. Its like the social version of a car crash. It's hard to watch but i cant look away. Resonating so much with me right now.

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

thats a great way to describe it, the instragram video was the opposite, a trainwreck I just couldn't watch, this one i can't turn away

[@rrfilm-o5o]

You know what's new? That fact that you don't have to get naked for a zoom Dr.'s meeting! I think my doctor came out depressed from that encounter.

[@carola-lifeinparis]

I certainly stripped on camera for my doctor... I guess that depends on the issue :)

[@SashenkaKun]

@@carola-lifeinparis I did that, too. In retrospect, I probably didn't need to do that for an eye doctor.

[@rrfilm-o5o]

Oh my.... *blushes*

[@peisenxu952]

@@SashenkaKun Beat me to the joke.

[@glennoc8585]

Well at least there's no smellavision with online Dr's visits that's got to be positive.

[@tammy3721]

This was both funny and incredibly sad at the same time

[@imaginerc3254]

I fully did not expect to tear up at the halfway mark. Darn you, Julie.

[@Mama_Bear524]

I know. I lost it 😢

[@AnisQiz]

"Are you working? ", "yes and no. No." haha What's new? Someone asked me that literally this morning! Didn't know what to say

[@sianspherica]

The final "I didn't do my taxes" line had me literally laughing aloud. Well done

[@anyways3114]

Really, a classmate who decide never been a mom had a baby, another one is a firefighter now, my best friend run for congressist suplent ...what in the name?

[@shoubhiksaha2788]

Why are these videos so relatable even in a completely different landscape in a country

[@Narniangirl17]

Always good to know you're not the only one who felt depressed, lonely and bored yet simultaneously overwhelmed during this rough winter. Hang in there everybody! ❤

[@samredmond728]

I have never been so triggered by something I felt like I was supposed to laugh at 🤣🤣🤣

Right? I just found this unspeakably relatable and sad.

[@alfie7199]

“I cut it myself with toenail clippers” same girl same, barbers just vanished

[@bekind913]

I cut mine with a scissor. Parted hair in the middle and cut equally. I feel very proud of the weird cut. Shorter at front.longer at the back.

[@netbenefits4595]

Putting on a mask just for the picture was hilariously accurate.

[@skf2658]

Truth! January and February 2021 made me realize I have a ton of issues I have effectively ignored for the last 15 years of my life. I get to go see a therapist now.

[@anubhavchandrakar6844]

Btw u can continue ur series of "explaining my past self" cuz the world is so weirdd place that you'll always get some crazy stuffs to talk on in that video😂😂😂

[@Guderian2]

Wait... what is this? Humans interacting, outside? Talking to each other? Having a... wait what's it called again... not Zoom, the thing you did in person?!

[@jacobgrace7974]

I was in school, but this seemed more important.

[@TheEnemiez]

:D

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Like dear ol’ Gammy used to say, they can take away your education, but a Nolke video will serve you well, all of your life.

[@julienolke]

I appreciate you

[@josephwalsh7546]

I live in Philly. With our school system, not being there for a year might Raise standardized test scores.

[@snabbott]

@jacob, it's not like they were going to teach you how to do your taxes, so no big loss. ;P

[@machomancake]

I realize the sketch couldn’t have happened without the question, but an easy solution would’ve been to simply not ask a question you yourself don’t wanna answer lol

[@sterlingscott3008]

Lost it at the “laying out like a star” line 😂

[@SkarletKelly]

I really thought they were going to pull out their phones to video call each other, while next to each other, to feel more comfortable!😂