I don't get it, chat. Let's move on.

[@gamerman6172]

There are two outcomes after every meme: Option 1. Hikaru: I don't get it chat, let's move on Option 2. Hikaru: I get it chat, *proceeds to explain the joke*

[@danielescribanoromero8414]

Takes, takes, takes, takes and that's the joke

[@shlabedeshlub3334]

Option 3. Hikaru: "oh, I get it." Whilst not actually getting it

[@GDNashit]

Option 4. Hikaru: "Alright that's pretty good, let's move on" he says in an emotionless manner

[@tfwthewhen]

3. Hikaru: I get it chat, *explains it wrong because he doesnt actually get it*

[@shizx2z]

lol hikaru makes himself a victim everytime he does these meme reviews

[@beratopcu8474]

Hikaru is analyzing memes and tries to react like a human

[@alonewanderer4697]

Probably running on an older engine, doesn’t manage to imitate a natural response on all the memes

[@MrNikolidas]

Unfortunately he only goes to a depth of 20.

[@SkyFlaks]

Hello fellow humans my favorite hobby is drinking water, where is our leader?

[@alsoabacon609]

@@SkyFlaks the great one sent you to earth too? i mean duhh its our forever home but i agree where is our leader

[@hanniballecter5383]

I mean the memes being not funny at all doesn't help, the normal human reaction would be not to react at all

[@leoriso]

This guy makes me feel like I have a phd in understanding memes

[@adambest8817]

Me too

[@realbignoob1886]

Me too

[@kevin.s04]

Me too

[@cheesiechess3656]

There's a general misconception that, just because you're good at chess or math, you're just generally super smart at everything. It's not true. It's based on a misconception that, "I find math/chess hard, I'm just gonna give up, you have to be born smart to do that, otherwise I would be able to do it without too much effort". When these people see someone being good at something that they gave up on, they think "oh a born genius, let's make this guy fix my car". Well they can't. Hikaru is good at chess because he gets in to the specifics of every position, if you apply that to memes and want to know the specifics of everything it's suddenly hard to understand bc memes are usually not so precise. Lesson: don't give up on hard things, you can do it but it takes effort, other people can also do it, they are not born smart they worked hard, and that's how you get good at chess and math.

[@realbignoob1886]

@@cheesiechess3656 yeah, I’m good a math but I’m SHIIIIT AT CHESS

[@frame-perfectadskip9159]

I want to do a reverse speedrun where I get on Hikaru's account, try really hard to play chess and see how fast the rating gets below 1000

[@kheireddineattala1281]

People you play get a reverse rating refund of course

[@aiz1941]

I know it's a joke but if you play against great players for so many games, you will probably improve enough in that time to not get below 1000

[@realbignoob1886]

@@aiz1941 what if he has room temp iq

[@wf4860]

@@aiz1941 1000 is accounting for improvement of course

[@aiz1941]

Real Big Noob if you use Fahrenheit it's not that bad

[@lemonke8132]

*Meme that isn’t funny* Hikaru: hahaha 😂 that’s a good one *Meme that is actually funny* I dont get it chat let’s move on

[@samsunguser3148]

our humor is backwards I think lol

[@wellshit9489]

Well humour is subjective

[@agestatsega]

“Hikaru Was Built Different”

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

@@wellshit9489 not always

[@jesterpenetrate6912]

fr

[@dilyanbachvarov4927]

I came here early so Hikaru has time to get the jokes.

[@marted7135]

brutal

[@Tykool]

You're such a great person, thank you

[@jorgenunez6926]

What a gentleman.

[@techguy2696]

Fack

[@ilavayou.]

brutal (2)

[@jamesmiller1770]

Hikaru: one of the best chess players ever, can see up to 10 moves ahead in a chess game Also Hikaru: fails to recognize basic sarcasm humor

[@maxkho00]

Brilliant autistic people like likely Newton and Einstein: am I a joke to you?

[@fopeprancis3207]

@@maxkho00 “chess”

[@Tom-vu1wr]

@@maxkho00 I didn't know Einstein was autistic?

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@maxkho00 wjat

[@maxkho00]

@Andrew K You don't know that. Retrospectively, many psychologists have identified traits in both which are associated with Asperger's Syndrome. That doesn't mean that they necessarily had Asperger's, but it does make it likely.

[@YetAnotherScrub]

The fact that his favourite memes are the ones laughing at him for not understanding memes is so sweet tbh.

[@poopybutthole4947]

It's his favourite cuz he didn't get the other jokes😂

[@cheesiechess3656]

yeah that's pretty sweet and humble, I feel like people say that sometimes just to make themselves feel better because Hikaru is so much "chess smarter" than others, so they feel they have to look down on Hikaru in some way to feel better about themselves. I find this disturbing, if this is the case of most people.

[@alecbader7433]

He turned "Magnus and Hikaru" into "Hikaru and Magnus" lol

[@uh6348]

take a shot every time hikaru says “yeah, yeah-“

[@williammorris5322]

You might as well just give me an IV drip with vodka.

[@hongie2050]

I bet after 10 minutes i will became a slav

[@anotherfatyoshi10]

He will probably drink so much alcohol he will become a black scotish cyclops

[@klama4514]

@@hongie2050 I am slavic I became advanced alcoholic after this challenge fantastic

[@raghav4841]

I don't want to die

[@qianse22]

He didn’t get it chat

[@jamsnack6651]

Guys hikaru actually gets every joke he just isn’t conditioned to laugh at memes on sight

[@slashslash501]

He is not as fluent in memes

[@DasHackii]

i may miss mate in 1 but hikaru misses every joke in 1

[@tylerbrady3513]

I'm sure the board setup was done on purpose, it was to catch your attention and go wait a second that's not right and that got you to actually look at the ad.

[@imprincesswolfy2565]

And think “that’s wrong, I’m not buying that brand”

[@bleedingthroat8665]

Hikaru needs a meme coach.

[@zoklev]

he needs KYM installed on the ceiling next to his stockfish

[@NHLfromBN]

That ad pissed me off so much just google a chess board and set it up

[@josephburchanowski4636]

What if the point was to get the ad shared more by purposely setting up the board wrong?

[@kvinayak99]

Looks intentional to me

[@covertmemester6284]

it's fischer random lol

[@cheesiechess3656]

The movie Queen's gambit pissed me off when that guy in the basement said 1.d4 is the Queen's gambit. How did not the creators google for 1 second what the Queen's gambit is when they literally made a movie called Queen's gambit? The amount of low effort and low interest in chess for the creators of a CHESS opening name of a movie is incredible.

[@nemanjavuletic4647]

These clips should be titled 'Hikaru trying to prove that he understands some of the memes'

[@peterparker0999]

1:43 " I was just looking at the king and queen cause that's the obvious thing" hell no it's not the obvious thing but ok

[@peterparker0999]

@okikowski but every human being will first notice the misplaced bishops nd rooks

[@Wesley-wg2qi]

I also noticed the king and queen first for the same reason. It's what people usually mess up.

[@maxkho00]

He meant it's the obvious thing to look for in a wrongly setup chessboard, as 99% of the chessboard which are set up wrong only switch up the king and the queen.

[@rohangautam4453]

@@peterparker0999 every professional chess player will notice king and queen first

[@benmcclelland5541]

"Humans" When they see a funny, relateable meme: Yes yes, I understand, that is a good point. *Exhalation of air*

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

He missed the Lichess joke in the end, kinda disappointing when the joke is unnoticeable. Guys, make it so Hikaru will get the joke next time, so use a red circle or arrow to highlight the joke like the 21st century humor.

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065]

Lol probably that's a good idea

[@theepictallguy]

omg hikaru reacted to my video (6:07)

[@seandanielespiritused9863]

Nice

[@localmechanic3327]

Can you give link to video from real board?

[@highkage9535]

That video was really funny and genius dude lol

[@พัฒนพงษ์ชยากร]

Made me laugh histerically lol

[@anonymous-ik7li]

Waiting for the greatest pictall to comment

[@storm5492]

The King and the queen were OBVIOUS things. This is how my tutor says that the way I did was the long route and solving the equation with 30 different formulas at once was obvious.

[@alessandrofavaretto4360]

I’m here at 1 AM. Awake. But to see Hikaru reacting to memes... I can sleep later.

[@cheesiechess3656]

The reason HIkaru doesn't get some memes is sometimes because he's so much better at chess than most so he cannot even comprehend what some low rated chess players are thinking. One meme he didn't get was something like "me watching in a mirror so I can se my opponents point of view while playing chess. I'm so smart." He doesn't understand that meme because he actually looks at what his opponent can do when playing, from their perspective. So for him it's like, why would you need a mirror, I can see my opponent perspective, flipping board is not a problem for me I can play with any orentation of the board.

[@Skimeric]

Hikaru's chess skills take up all the space in his brain, leaving no space for emotion or social interaction.

[@shadecreeper1027]

The Yerba Mate ad probably set up the chessboard wrong so there would be more attention towards the ad.

[@kjkaran2432]

Average Human Being : *laughs at memes* Hikaru : Yes this is actually really funny, good point

[@bagdon8144]

There is the sacred KEKW line at 6:00 . 12 KEKWs long

[@prateekpatil5524]

Wow

[@melverys]

Hikaru uses all his brain power for chess and that's it

[@8292-d6n]

Look at that disciplined KEKW chain at 6:00

[@Mrgamer7281]

He even reads the thing the person says when they share the meme. Bless him.

[@Maasonn]

When your meme gets reuploaded on the hikaru subreddit and gets 10 times the upvotes 😔

[@gregothy9190]

Sadge

[@josepoktovianus5866]

10 times 0 is still 0

[@Strapbangingreazydon]

Hikaru's streaming career is one elaborate Turing Test

[@salatieljyrustumanan4929]

That wrong chessboard arrangement is just a Fischer Random setting.

[@RedStone576]

lmao nice

[@GaussianEntity]

Damn, beat me to it

[@mawillix2018]

With opposing King and Queen.

[@niconeedsanap8130]

The funniest joke ever: Hikaru: ??? No reaction Magnus blunders: Hikaru: BWAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH

[@picklenik9658]

How do so many media mess up chess boards, it’s always white on the right (right corner) and Queen on her colour. Super simple

[@dieucondorimperial2509]

04:00 : when you are french : I don’t have such weaknesses.

[@unsuspecting_man]

6:08 Theepictallguy !!!

[@danieltobias3908]

Hikaru: *doesnt understand the reference* Chat: "So you have chosen... death."

[@coastalbeaches7181]

Its so funny that he rarely fully gets a meme lol

[@Batistuta-ft3vs]

1:24 Orgullo Argentino papáaa

[@coosoorlog]

2:08 me multiple times watching Predestination.

[@rajeshpandey2198]

I hate how Hikaru just ignored the lichess meme

[@jensino]

Chillax it's PogChamps, so there is everything right with this ad. 😂

[@juice1530]

7 views 21 comments 101 likes “Balance, as all things should be”

[@RobinFleming_]

I don’t think that’s the quote

[@knizzer1387]

You mean "perfectly balanced as all things should be"

[@juice1530]

@@knizzer1387 u get the idea

[@vasilijeboskovic5948]

Hikaru, the greatest meme analyst

[@Samael140910]

5:03 Hikaruverse, 4 Hikarus at screen

[@metroboomin8895]

Why do i get so surprised when he reads the actual titles of the posts 😂 i just never expect it

[@ДаниилРабинович-б9п]

5:05 hikaru is about to get recursive.

[@gavinruan]

You know Hikaru has played too much chess when he calls the king and queen wrong setup "obvious" and misses the bishop being where the rook should be

[@Robin-zr4kj]

The point of the board setup is that the pieces have an easier time to get to the juicer.

[@menggokil2004]

Hikaru doesnt get the memes: i sleep Hikaru got a really funny meme: REAL SHIT?

[@TreeGGwi]

I was looking at the picture with the Yerba mate thinking that the pawn could attack the drink

[@kipu44]

😁

[@EnriqueTriana.]

Hikaru: can memorize squares blinfolded Me: can barely memorize how the board is set up Me at 1:25: it looks fine to me

[@reubensgosal8864]

Love the content you bring a smile to my face and I hope that you become a World Chess Champion one day love from India

[@greeky0396]

Another reddit recap lets gooo

[@آَّ-ض8ك]

nooo

[@آَّ-ض8ك]

i was 2nd

[@jd_lione3148]

0:40 Oh NOOO... That's where Frieza killed the whole squad on planet Namek right? Noooooo

[@boscochou9710]

The thumbnail is accurate lmao.

[@einsteindhayal3027]

1:29 the set up is correct, its just a different variation of chess called the Fischer random made popular by bobby fisher also known as chess 960

[@canaldeumpolitecnico9969]

Sad that the fight is 0:15 is from a Brazilian soccer match between Vasco da Gama and Atlhletico Paranaense, when Vasco was relegated to second division... I know it becouse I'm Brazilian

[@rafaelnhancale6079]

4:44 Hikarus laugh goated. 😂😂😂why did he blunder like that though🤣

[@justaguywholikeshentai9019]

9:47 these wolfs look sooo adorable btw hahaha

[@mountbolt8993]

no one: Hikaru when he sees a meme: this is actually pretty good / not bad / not good

[@danielendless]

That's a good one, that's actually a good one

[@waffledog7292]

everyone: congrats on 600k followers! Hikaru: *where.*

[@Vennox2]

1:53 now, you castle with a bishop not a rook

[@tobiasburkart2281]

The setup of the board seems to be on purpose, every piece is pointing to the can.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

0:50 LMAO it's X-Men First Class

[@BrekekeReal]

YES! 😂

[@TooShawn]

The entire chat having a mandela effect thinking it's not X-man, but rather X-man. Ngl, it also got me checking google for answers

[@vaderbuild]

last time I was this earl- SHUT UP SHUTUP SHUTUP

[@erayozsaray3526]

Shut up about the sun SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN

[@FireFlieX]

That chess board being set up wrong was done on purpose. It got Hikaru to talk about :)

[@christopher19894]

That yerba mate ad is actually a chess 960 game. Joke's on you!

[@JamesConley1234]

Definitely do more sub battles

[@rys4k]

5:05 now we have 4 od you

[@Dr.Atomic950]

The thing is Hikaru doesn't understand that there is a whole new world outside of chess.

[@promotional_bat5754]

5:06 Now we got 4 Hikarus on the screen

[@guramikamladze3938]

2:00 ..... that was on beat... yaikes

[@kubasowa4592]

Why does Hikaru have a big bedrock block chilling in the corner???

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

Cause he couldn't get rid of it

[@vitorvg2148]

0:45 "DamiGTS: FLAMENGO" hahahahhahahhah

[@moonset-]

5:07 now we got 4 Hikarus

[@aantoine5690]

5:01 can we get more hikaru? Here s one more !

[@Haplo-san]

Hikaru: We should definetely do more sub battles at some point. Last sub battle was 3 years ago.

[@linusmilster]

"Cuz that's the obvious thing" got me so hard

[@pedestrian2530]

There are those who understand memes, and then there are those who are genius at chess.

[@geraldbonhua3704]

Bongcloud theory video next?

[@traveller6yearsago869]

5:07 little does he know he is the 4th

[@aidenwinter1117]

Tbf tho that wrong chess setup could be a joke about pogchamps participants not being pros

[@gabriella2902]

Plot twist is that ad from pogchamps made the mistake on purpose.

[@Bluefandub]

When you do two brilliant moves with the only pawn that you have by coronate but you had finish with chakemate

[@palavonipal]

Hikaru: I don't get it Chat: *LOL HOW DO YOU NOT GET IT* The joke: I woke up in a night to drive a computer above the ceiling, then slept inside a floor under the pasement with a water pen.

[@Ardeact]

3:05 did this man named Hikaru Nakamura really call the Yakuza the yakuzo in the most english accent ever

[@deedd4401]

that Movie with plot twist - should have been labeled - - - watching Red Wedding on GoT

[@qureshiowais6951]

They set up Board wrong by so people share it ... basically it marketing strategy..

[@zescreaminmoose1821]

Juicer unboxing speedrun

[@nathaniel2007]

That Yerba Mate board set up was probably on purpose, I bet way more people looked at it just like Hikaru. All about exposure.

[@STOP_NotDAChess]

2:39 I was drinking very hot tea…

[@gillesbkf4315]

5:07 yes

[@MrWeyss]

5:05 he miscounts there are 4 Hikaru on the screen

[@lorenzofornasier185]

"Chat come and Pick me up i'm scared

[@g0ld.spl1t]

7:55 8:18 WTF? He literally analyzed the same meme twice and had completely different reactions!!! ??

[@sunnyzhang7661]

2:47 lmao the joke is that there's red bull in the corner