Graduating to the Next Level | Ancient Aliens and Heaven's Gate

[@KnowingBetter]

April Fool's. Check out AlternateHistoryHub's video - The History of the World According to 'Ancient Aliens' - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHXUaamHZdlpbaM Check out the Director's Commentary live on Twitch on Sunday - twitch.tv/knowingbetteryt

[@Daniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiielle]

"Aliens!" I get the meme

[@clickclackbadabingbadaboom3738]

Ancient Aliens is what I am most interested about because you connected the dots from the stories of different cultures..

[@clickclackbadabingbadaboom3738]

Very well researched because it all makes sense

[@Personmr]

A funny April Fools video and informative too. Well played

[@صدامحسين-ب6و3ح]

Can you please make an economics video where you talk about capitalism vs socialism/communism where you talk about and compare different economic policies.

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

My eyes are now open and I can never shut them again. Thank you for cursing us with this forbidden knowledge

[@arnilbiswasreborn3799]

Ooh is cody

[@DisapprovalWew]

“As many ancient astronaut theorists claim”

[@shinsenshogun900]

"It's been 9 years from the apocalypse, yet this doesn't look like what anybody would expect to be... it's idyllic, yet it feels like the writing on the wall had come true, yet the warning had come too late. As it gets tantalizing, I'd like to ask one question: Have we been always fools?" "No, we've been lied all along... And there'd be nothing to redeem from the great calamity. There can be only vengeance, and there will be little mercy..."

[@dont-rump901]

Love how you both made these video. Gonna enjoy watching them later!

[@mrningstar651]

Lol I'm subbed to both of y'all and was just wondering what in the world is going on with both of you covering this. Lol gonna be a good morning listening to both videos.

[@setlerking]

The use of vague and suggestive language like “could it be”, “is it possible” or “misinterpreted” is straight out of ancient aliens. Brilliant stuff

[@topman8565]

You cant outright reject therefore you will only ignore or agree

[@Flameblight]

@@topman8565 It's an actual tactic used by cults. Get you to agree to anything. Literally anything no matter how vague or pointless like "could aliens possibly exist somewhere in the universe". Because each time you say yes to something it becomes easier to say yes to the next thing. And the next. Until you're agreeing to something truly batshit based on a mountain of agreeing to fractionally less batshit things that you've been manipulated into tricking yourself into believing.

[@simplethings3730]

Tucker Carlson.

[@jlaw131985]

The whole “mine precious metals for them” part is silly when you know how common those metals are in asteroids.

[@tomlxyz]

Afaik the common theory is to why there's even metals on the surface (rather sunken to the core when earth still had a liquid surface) is that those came from asteroids. So rather than getting the eggs from the hen they go on a Easter egg hunt

[@jlaw131985]

@@tomlxyz Some of the metals are from asteroids (Like iridium) but others are because they chemically combine with other elements that make them into less dense materials, which let them persist in the crust.

[@olachens]

@@tomlxyz I think you might be thinking of the theories as to how some groups in non-mineral-rich locations got their hands on tool-usable metals.

[@jtzr1371]

You've personally tested asteroids for their metal contents? Please tell me more

[@jlaw131985]

@@jtzr1371 Saying I have to have personally tested asteroids to have some knowledge of their composition is a rather extreme standard. It's basic astronomy. When a planet forms, it is very hot and all of the materials are molten. During this time, materials tend to differentiate themselves, with denser materials settling closer to the core. If heavier materials form compounds with other materials that are less dense, then they can float higher and become a part of the crust. Asteroids are much smaller and easier to mine, and go through relatively low amounts of this differentiation, meaning they tend to have much higher concentrations of heavier metals that are rarer on Earth.

[@eyydude7991]

It starts off as a barely grounded conspiracy theory, and slowly develops into pure madness. The amount effort put into this character is pretty impressive.

[@mgelliott86]

Imagine how much history channel he had to watch for it

[@frankmarano1118]

I feel bad for the person you just KNOW will watch this & just believe every word automatically because he says it with confidence lmao

[@1Hawkears1]

I love when he says "obviously" followed by some wild shit xD

[@StoutProper]

@@frankmarano1118 oh there’s going to be a lot of them. I got nothing but ancient alien adverts all the way through this video. The algorithm really knows its stuff

[@4CardsMan]

@@1Hawkears1 My trigger word is "clearly". About the same.

[@coreytaylor447]

alternate title: "army vet with split personalities gathers an unhealthy amount of costumes"

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

That’s pretty much a fair assessment of his channel. Good content and it definitely made me know better, but boy that’s a lot of costumes.

[@Julianna.Domina]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 He's got to be a former theater kid or something, to own and use that many costumes, use them that well, and have the costumes themselves are damn good.

[@zelja.]

I read that as "Army Veterinarian" lol

[@1983Nny]

🤣🤣🤣 brilliant

[@pennyforyourthots]

@Russ Olson just don't get confused and drop your cats off at the VA and take yourself to the vet to get neutered. Made that mistake once myself.

[@lovelylavenderr]

Cody manages to parody the Ancient Aliens narrator so well its terrifying.

[@JSSell25]

5 mins in: "Man, he's talking about this pretty differently than usual, like he actually believes...Wait..." *looks at calendar* "Well, that's one mystery solved, at least."

[@aneutralopinion1712]

It only clicked for me once I read this.

[@CommieHunter7]

You're 4 minutes smarter than me.

[@JSSell25]

@@CommieHunter7 Lol, I'd already had one youtuber fool me earlier this morning, so I kinda had it in the back of my head

[@kylehayden3113]

No no, at the end he says the data is just a coincidence. It's totally legit

[@petrusjnaude7279]

@@aneutralopinion1712 Same here.

[@Squiddy00]

That descent from "vaguely plausible ideas attached to incidentally true facts" to "utter lunacy" in the first half was top notch. Really felt like getting indoctrinated.

[@SuperSupermanX1999]

It was so slickly done! This is definitely one of his best videos so far

[@janl2207]

Welcome to the ancient aliens arc. It's in every episode. Its why I love this show so much

[@rooney0423]

The "intentionally captured asteroids" was the point where it got too ridiculous for me.

[@harveyholmes9533]

He had me on absolute strings I thought it all sounded plausible

[@jessez8503]

@@harveyholmes9533 I didn't just think it was plausible. I paused the video and started coming up with ways I could use this the next time I had to deal with a a religious person

[@charlescrumpler510]

I go back to this video every so often as a mental exercise. The Ancient Astronaut character makes a lot of arguments that sound convincing until you look a little closer at them. This is a stellar tool to work on critical reasoning and constructing counter examples to stories about the real world. I don’t know if that was the intention of the video, but if it was, you hit the nail square on the head.

[@Elite7555]

Not gonna lie: Your confidence when talking about Aliens had me a little worried ;)

[@nilesbutler8638]

Ehh, he has a long history of confidently talking about stuff he seems to have not researched longer than a bored afternoon googling. I do like KB´s presentation skills. He is easy to watch. But things like the two columbus videos or calling the outright direct military takeover of panama "supporting an independence movement" or claiming the iraq occupation wasnt about control of oil because "we brought in disel-trucks every week" made me .... quite guarded about the factuality of his content. Its a good thing he is moving to theatrical, entertainment content instead of claiming to make educational stuff. Its more his lane.

[@amphilochusofmallus5070]

@@nilesbutler8638 unless I'm misunderstanding you, it seems like your issue with the potential historicity of his his statements comes down to semantics though. I'm not sure how not using the wording you prefer in those situations (I am not a fan of the downplaying through specific wordplay of those events either btw) makes the statements themselves invalid or untrue. To me that seems like his biases showing through

[@nilesbutler8638]

​@@amphilochusofmallus5070 Question: Somebody comes up to you, pulls his gun, sets it on your brow, blow your brains out. The police describe the death as : You ran into an active shooting lane and sadly got killed by being irresponsible. Is that semantics in your mind? Same thing, but said in different words? Because... I dont care about semantics or "my preferred wording" - I would prefer describing something correctly instead of completely turning a historical set of facts on their head by massively misrepresenting them. Like KB did with Panama or Columbus for that fact. Panama didnt seek independence, asked the US , and they gave some. Thats not semantics, thats simple untruth. Teddy Rosevelt sent the marines, they invaded the colombian province, executed colombian officials and military leaders, and installed a puppet governement. There is a difference beyond language, right?

[@daxie__3210]

@@nilesbutler8638 yeah no even kb called out his first Columbus video as potentially spilling misinformation and the second video is even called “columbus in context” he is trying to look at things in a neutral view not construed by biases and about iraq, the us could care less about kuwait and oil..... because the US produces most of its oil domestically. And with panama he was very clearly saying that in a sarcastic tone.

[@daxie__3210]

@@nilesbutler8638 tbh your first example is probably true in america but in the rest of the world that is the dumbest example you could give

[@Theo_Caro]

This April fool's prank feels like the first half of his normal videos just without the break down and critique that normally follows.

[@vsaucepuppet697]

for so long i was waiting for him to cut into where he starts criticizing what he just said as normal knowing better

[@d00m139]

@@vsaucepuppet697 become your own knowing better

[@jakehix8132]

@@d00m139 Hitler: "I can't believe it's not better".

[@PhilLesh69]

Religion was started accidentally on April 1st, 100 AD.

[@AD-hw3nk]

Fr

[@theavocado6061]

Thought Knowing Better lost his mind until “this is obviously an ancient alien space port.” Knew he had to be messing with us after that. 😂

[@MasterTMO]

April Fool's jokes are a bit rougher when the KZbin algorithm doesn't present them to you until several days later. :P

[@LKVideoFun]

Same

[@BrillouinBoi]

Yup. Kept waiting for the shoe to drop but then it didn’t and then I looked at the publishing date.

[@seleneblackthorn1752]

Yeah, I didn't get it till he said "pay no attention to the date this was published" xD

[@xerxeskingofking]

yhea, didnt see this until a week later, and took me about 10 mins of patiently waiting for the transition to redicule before i actaully looked at the date of publishing.

[@m1k3y48]

Two weeks later and I was waiting for the “psych!” but it wasn’t coming. Had to come look up the comments.

[@autodidacticartisan]

When your civilization is so successful that future civilizations' best guess is, "must've had help from aliens"

[@thek2despot426]

I've always said that that's gonna be on my tombstone: _"Whatever you do, do it _*_so_*_ well future generations will think aliens did it."_ 👽

[@autodidacticartisan]

@@thek2despot426 kinda hard for one guy to do but hey _shoot for the stars_ and all that right?

[@dgd947a15fl]

How could ancient civilizations with slavery and lots of time figure out how to make very large piles of bricks (aka pyramids)? Must've had help. Stacking piles of bricks is way too complex.

[@chavaspada]

@@dgd947a15fl It's just a WASP cope about their civs being in mudhuts while middle easterns, north africans and mediterranean people had huge empires.

[@highjumpstudios2384]

It’s really sad when you think about it. I mean, come on! Is it really so hard to believe that even without the cumulative knowledge of today, people back then are the exact same humans. With the exact same level of ingenuity and will to succeed. They’re more successful than I am that’s for sure.

[@laurenharmon6482]

The LRH brain quote really sealed my enjoyment of this hilarious video. Also - HOW MANY TAKES DID THIS VIDEO REQUIRE?? You had to such a straight face the entire time!

[@cactuspulp]

Well, brain is brain!!

[@Thecoolestguyeva69]

My dad is absolutely OBSESSED with ancient aliens. So much so that my dad, who has not so much as read a book, wrote a 200 page single spaced novel based on ancient aliens. Its barely readable because he clearly voice to texted it but its.... something lol

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

Voice to text too, truly dads will be dads...

[@Julianna.Domina]

That's one of the most middle aged man things I think I've ever heard

[@obiwan3375]

My friend in his 20s and a science student ( PhD student) is a ancient alien fanboy history TV is a virus

[@Enter54623]

Bro please publish this😭😭

[@tannerkenney7160]

Any chance you’re going to publish this somewhere?

[@bankuei]

"And that's when the castrations began" is pretty much a phrase that says everything went wrong long before you got to this point.

[@Itsthatoneguy371]

You would have to know at that point that “shit ain’t right”.

[@CooperAATE]

The casual LRH drop at the end always cracks me up

[@waywardwillard]

I’m really impressed by how committed your costumes are.

[@woodsmand]

i just noticed that myself

[@notibutthespicegirls9372]

They're not costumes.

[@learncat8771]

Alternate interpretation: How committed the costumes are to an insane asylum.

[@ahouyearno]

Yeah almost as good as Contrapoint's

[@dayrkflaugh]

Giving the Dean from Community a run for his money!

[@neurotransmissions]

"We were also given new names. Usually 2 or 3 letters followed by -ody" KB's ferret Pbody part of Heaven's Gate confirmed.

[@KnowingBetter]

I hadn't thought about that 😳

[@PigIA]

Second

[@oranjethefox8725]

damn, I guess that means that Cody from AHH is also part of heaven's gate.

[@Tybron]

@@KnowingBetter Well, assuming they're neutered, they're halfway there, right?

[@voyager272]

Literally Lead-ody

[@TheRiskyBrothers]

I've read a theory that the great flood story comes from the inundation of the Persian Gulf after the end of the last ice age. It does make a certain amount of sense, that region would have been very fertile like in mesopotamia, so for the people living there it might seem like the world is flooding. Especially if the flood came in a number of extreme weather events that each suddenly submerged a large chunk of the gulf, rather than a more gradual advance of the tides.

[@wjpmitchell3]

Watching this not on April Fool's day, not realizing it premiered then, I spent the first ten minutes thinking "Wow, this is a great bit, he's really nailing it." I spent the next five minutes thinking, "Oh my god, I don't think this is ironic." Then you relieved my anxiety. Appreciate it.

[@tomlxyz]

Whenever he says something that sounds bogus I just assume he's playing a character, explaining it from the perspective of someone that believes in it

[@markc5728]

I had to read the comments just to make sure before watching the video 🤣

[@mdj.6179]

I was waiting for his antennae to come from out behind his head?

[@amb600cd0]

fr i was like damn this bit is low-key taking up a lot of run time

[@firiel2366]

Oh man I was SO confused his videos are usually so well-researched and rational I was like "what is going on???"

[@juicebox9465]

I think a big flaw in the logic of these theorists, is assuming everything has a logical and practical purpose. It's like if theorists 3000 years in the future said "Why do these people appear to repeat the phrase poggers over and over again? It's entirely possible "poggers" is some kind of warning, likely against aliens." Sometimes Humans do random and weird things for no logical reason.

[@garret1930]

Yo, that's poggers

[@raulpetrascu2696]

Get in ya bunker poggers

[@rosegold2025]

For the love of my alien god, wtf is poggers?

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

"Many humans referred to themselves or others as 'pogchamps''. Based on the words' clear origin as a fusion of the words 'poggers' and 'champion', we can surmise that these 'pogchamps' served some greater purpose amongst ancient humans, possibly as leaders against the alien threat."

[@johnmcclure5051]

I took acid one time and it made me way more conscious of peoples body movements and language while I was tripping; and to this day I find myself learning more and more about people, the more focused I am on their movements. This guy's movement is a pure joy to watch along with his content because it tells me how passionate he is about his lifelong goal (Being a teacher)

[@evolutionarydeadend6812]

I really hate doing things and then noticing every little social cue. It's maddening.

[@alfredcummings6010]

Go back to plebbit

[@racket753]

taking acide for the first thine this week what should i do

[@johnmcclure5051]

@@racket753 Don't listen to the idiot above me. Get comfortable and relax. Have snacks ready. Water tastes amazing while tripping so have that. Don't fight anything, understand if you start having bad feelings that it's only temporary and try to have a familiar movie or something to ground you. When you take it, you'll recognize everything as it is, but it will feel as if it was the first time you saw it. Basically don't think bad thoughts, enjoy the visuals, and have something to ground you. And most of all have fun and be yourself 😁

[@GumSkyloard]

@@johnmcclure5051 A year late, but try to get a sober friend with you to help you out, too. It can help.

[@redbread6852]

Wikipedia says that Sun:"is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence". But who heated it? Could it be aliens? Could falcon-headed aliens LIVE inside the hollow sun?

[@herzkine]

Dont be stupid, everyone knows Wiki is an elite lizard people slaves lie. The Sun is a lamp on the firmament dome over the flat earth.

[@marsupius]

Nope

[@Emily-ye1rj]

Ancient aliens theorists say yes, and point to the fact that they don't know any word for disaffermation

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

@@Emily-ye1rj every time I hear the phrase "ancient alien theorists" I can't help cracking up. It just sounds so official and legit.

[@praveshdeotale]

What the fu

[@NicolaiDufva]

You totally cracked me up at the line about how the pyramids perfectly divide up the Earth by longitude and lattitude!

[@SorenCowellShah]

Can you believe it was on the longest longitudinal line? That implies they’re all of totally different lengths!

[@NicolaiDufva]

@@SorenCowellShah This is how you can tell it's aliens

[@anilmahabirsingh422]

I thought that was hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂

[@nathanwi1147]

Actually the spear so it dose make sense

[@s-tierkeyboardwarrior-lvl4686]

I'm ashamed I had to see this comment to realize the joke

[@johnnyvalverde7987]

It's the small asides that make me laugh the hardest at this video. Every time you say "it's entirely possible" or when you declared that "they can't all be fake" when discussing crop circles had me in tears. I hope we get a great April Fools video this year too.

[@LostRoswellian]

This. I'm new to this channel so it took me a little longer to realise he was playing a character, but I think once he started jumping from thing to thing I just started laughing.

[@lynnzerben]

Ok, I was giggling throughout this video, but I absolutely lost it at “ Civilization sprang up from nowhere. And started in the Americas.” Like he just said that with a straight face. 🤣

[@GT-wj3gl]

I literally screamed "OUT OF NOWHERE!? YOU MOTHERFU-" and then I realized this video was satire lol

[@janetshew5028]

My dad used to watch 911 and would get upset over some of the skits not realizing it was satire. Seriously hilarious. Perhaps he had a bit of early onset dementia - but, it only showed up when actually being duped by Reno 911 of all things .

[@unclearsector4266]

It took me an... embarrassingly long amount of time... to realize what the date was today

[@jelegget]

Bro same lol

[@jorenbosmans8065]

I knew the date and I was still wondering if he was serious

[@FFriday]

took me 9 minutes. If I wasn't reading sapiens right now (which mentions the interbreeding theory) I would've needed some more time

[@ispartacus1337]

Y'all are just lucky you watched it yesterday, I was really starting to worry he drank the kool-aide!

[@MrTekKnowledge]

7:30 tipped me off that they ware joking. It gets way worse from there. Lol

[@CmdrEsteban]

“Brain is brain” 😂 priceless L. Ron Hubbard wisdom slipped in at the end there.

[@bengreen171]

ah yes - the one day of the year where, if you haven't been paying attention to the date, you suddenly get all nervous and sweaty that your favourite rational youtubers are really nutjobs, and wonder why you didn't notice before now.

[@noahkarpinski1824]

It was the costumes. Kept us distracted

[@Kyotosomo]

Got it Jesus was actually an alien confirmed

[@arnilbiswasreborn3799]

he very much was

[@meowcat9636]

I suppose in some respects, he was.

[@oligultonn]

If you say it then I believe it. No evidence your word is enough.

[@arnilbiswasreborn3799]

Well the fact that gods like Jesus and Moses could also be aliens is bloody interesting, innit?

[@fredkruse1748]

Well he did say I am not of this world

[@bobfurguson1721]

you know sometimes i get very worried about how easy i might be to feed misinformation to but despite not knowing this was an April fools video until i checked i still was not fooled. you have given me some faith in my critical thinking skills, thanks.

[@BobGenghisKahn]

This is, by far, the most effort I've seen put into an April fools prank today.

[@harveyholmes9533]

So it turns out I’m super susceptible to conspiracy theories because everything in the first half seemed at least plausible

[@GZQ9]

The part of Moses learning the story of Gilgamesh honestly does make sense

[@Anderhils]

there is always a possibility

[@alphasword5541]

He does present it in a really... effective way.

[@MsJeanneMarie]

I think it IS plausible at first blush. Which is part of the reason it’s so popular. But there are better explanations for most if not all of the phenomena he mentions

[@TheGenxennial]

@@MsJeanneMarie Occam's razor is quizzically undervalued.

[@friddevonfrankenstein]

"My vehicle is attracted to your vehicle" just has to be THE pick up line, hands down xD

[@kkuwura]

Man, you're really good at this. Nailed the formula for a History Channel "documentary". The "profound" images of small egg-headed alien people, sunsets and sunrises, random DNA strands, luminous churches and holy books, pLAnEtS and GaLaXiEs. Everything necessary for a vaguely spiritual video. Love it!

[@beneficent2557]

Ancient Aliens is more of an excessive bong rip than a "formula." Even marketing departments are embarassed.

[@kkuwura]

@@beneficent2557 porque no los dos?

[@than217]

The awkward moment you accidentally get hired by HistoryChannel doing an April Fools Day prank.

[@justinbradley2865]

But then the prank becomes so popular HistoryChannel makes you continue it for 16 years.

[@Jopeth23]

A little nitpick about cargo cults: they dont view foreigners as gods, but rather people who happen to possess powers to summon the blessings of the gods which gives them access to "blessings" i.e. cargo. Hence, they imitate the mannerisms, uniforms, structures, and even military drills of these foreigners, believing that doing such would bring the same blessings these foreigners are receiving.

[@dexis9412]

That’s it. The flood in Noah’s ark is now permanently the flood from halo in my head. No one can convince me otherwise.

[@anotherdrummer2]

Were it so easy.

[@DoctorCyan]

Does that make Master Chief a prophet

[@vincegonzalez2171]

But that's like.... literally what it is. It was designed to wipe out all sentient life. Just like Noah's flood.

[@dexis9412]

@@vincegonzalez2171 no, they are one and the same

[@AnEnemySpy456]

I mean, it is named after it. It's no coincidence the safe haven from the Flood is called the Ark.

[@AlienValkyrie]

Fun fact regarding the end of the video: We _have_ invented cryostasis (more specifically, a vitrification process known as cryonics); we just haven't invented a way to safely reanimate people from stasis yet.

[@singletona082]

In fairness the peocess we have developed for vitrification might not have a practical reversal method. So while working on a revival procedure for cryptics is something of value for a lot of ressons. Working on less damaging vitrification is a good idea too.

[@jpaysgamer8877]

So we can freeze them but we can’t wake them up. That doesn’t sound like an achievement

[@spongebobsquarepants8403]

Give humanity a few decades and maybe we would get something close enough to that

[@pennyforyourthots]

What? We can't just freeze dry a human and then add hot water to wake them back up? Well, I have a few things to hide...

[@AlienValkyrie]

@@singletona082 Yeah, we need to work on all parts of the process - the better preserved a patient is, the easier it's going to be to wake them up.

[@limbikaniseyani6626]

I love how it started very plausible and then slowly descended it outlandish claims. But it happened so smoothly which I can only take my hat off to you for brilliant writing of the script

[@Shenaldrac]

"After a few centuries of oral tradition, you end up with something like this." Ah, centuries of oral tradition gives us Deviantart, it all makes sense!

[@AdmiralBison]

The problem with oral traditions is its susceptibility to a 'people purple monkey eater' effect.

[@merrittanimation7721]

You portray the History Channel ads shockingly well

[@beneficent2557]

Oh my god. I see it! Its so beautiful.

[@JoeBrommer]

Somehow even though your channel was essentially built for me, I only came across it a few weeks ago. So I’ve been slowly watching. I got to this video and was excited to hear more about Heaven’s Gate, especially from your perspective. I was almost instantly terrified that I had accidentally spent my time watching a conspiracy nut and not only that, but recommended a bunch of your videos. I was so relieved when I came to the comments and saw that not only was this satire, but an elaborate April fools joke that I was 2 years late for. Bravo KB. Bravo.

[@acepedro12]

Not sure if that was intentional or not, but Raynor, who is sitting on the shelf just behind you, is voiced by Robert Clothworthy, the narrator of Ancient Aliens. I hope this was intentional, would be a great easter egg.

[@KnowingBetter]

Intentional. That's also why I've been playing starcraft of twitch.

[@Matkatamiba]

I love all the "It's entirely possible"

[@tomh2572]

I think it's a reference to Joe Rogan

[@aukofx6393]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYrVcpetqt18rq8

[@livethefuture2492]

its a play on ancient aliens,

[@tomh2572]

@@livethefuture2492 I know that but Joe Rogan often talks about aleins and is literally known for saying "it's entirely possible that"

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

"A buddy of mine"

[@MNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMN]

Watched five minutes waiting for a punchline, then I realized I should check the publish date- thank you for giving us satire so good that, for a moment, I needed to wonder if you'd lost your mind

[@robhenry4616]

How ironic that this April fools parody is more cogent than the ancient aliens series.

[@jessebrook1688]

It truly is amazing how low our standards for entertainment can be. Paint drying? Yeah, we'll watch that. Badly-written "reality" TV? We'll watch that, too. I love just how off-the-rails but on-point this April 1 video is.

[@equalssign44]

@@jessebrook1688 reality TV's appeal lies more in its mindlessness than in the quality of its content; it momentarily reduces the rather complex lives of humans into oversimplified shlock that you can digest easily.

[@acracehorse22]

Exquisitely distinguished, is this very poignant use of language, signifying that which I feel we ought all perceive unmistakably as the Crux.a

[@joeevans5770]

Even when I was a ten year old child I only watched Ancient Aliens to laugh at the silly people

[@danielovadia4284]

@@XanderDDS lol

[@Illier1]

I was interested in the idea. Yeah sure i could buy that aliens were seen and maybe helped out. But then they started going off the deep end with aliens killing dinosaurs and shit and I checked out.

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

That's why we stopped watching the History Channel

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

@@XanderDDS the "theorist" in that name is an Oxymoron as much as "Theory" is in Conspiracy theory.

[@jonnysinclair2186]

Ah ancient aliens, the stoners lullaby

[@MalloonTarka]

I've sort of developed a defence-mechanism to these types of conspiracy theories (not immunity, but I 'd _like_ to think a resistance): Instead of letting the rapid-fire claims overwhelm me into accepting them, I try and hold each unsupported claim in my mind until it becomes supported. If I develop a splitting headache, I know I'm dealing with a conspiracy theorist (or someone acting like one, at least). So... thanks for that.

[@acasualcactus5878]

This is without a doubt the best April fools’ joke ever.

[@wilkinlow]

Or is it? What if that's what the aliens want you to think. Hmm

[@Chiller01]

I was a veterinary student in 1976. We had to do postmortem exams on dozens of dead cattle that had been “mutilated” from all over Colorado, Wyoming and even Utah. Some had been dead for several days. It was a disgusting job and we found no evidence of alien involvement. Also if you shaved your beard and got that haircut for this video, respect, that’s serious dedication to your art.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

You think the aliens would leave evidence?

[@Hargrovius]

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Why would aliens bother with randomly killing livestock?

[@arthurmead5341]

You wouldn't exactly know alien involvement if it was staring you in the face, and the 70s wasn't the heyday of cattle mutilation anyways.

[@Chiller01]

@@arthurmead5341 as a veterinarian I have studied the anatomy and physiology of more extant species on this planet than any other existing professional. I have studied reptilians, fish, avians and more mammals than I care to remember. If there is anyone who is capable of detecting evidence a sentient life form foreign to this globe it is a veterinarian. Seriously Arthur, lm offended.

[@mjstray7961]

@John John disease tracking by the government is a more plausible explanation than aliens traveling light years just to mutilate cattle.

[@Spencer-wc6ew]

I just find it hilarious that a conspiracy theory hinges on "humans are too dumb to achieve anything on their own"

[@jona3684]

You did a great job subtly demonstrating the enormous jumps in logic AA theory makes. Perfectly valid questions and plausible coincidences followed by the most insane conclusions. A then B then C then Z.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

But we can't say for a fact it's NOT Z! Soo.... Clearly since it cannot be 100% disproven it must be almost certain to be true! 😅

[@spudsbuchlaw]

"What if Noah's Ark was just an alien space ship meant to save only a select few?" Bro, I just got the sickest idea for a Shin Megami Tensei game

[@brotbrotsen1100]

Damn that would kinda fit

[@jacobnoelle8428]

oh no.....

[@travisoliver6741]

Wasn't that the climax of Shin Megami Tensei II?

[@Corey-dk3xi]

A little late, but "It's more of a baptism of the mind" is such a beautiful line. You should feel very proud of that one

[@edplaysbass7003]

My favourite episode of Ancient Aliens is the one where they said aliens came down and gave Stan Lee and Jack Kirby the ideas for superheroes.

[@thejason755]

And thats the thing that really twists my nuts about the show: it’s really out here trying to make all human accomplishments (big or small) out to be aliens. You like being able to tie your shoes; guess what, its really et making you tie them.

[@pengwin_]

@@thejason755 this is a pretty good guacamole dip you made there....but did you make it? or did the aliens telepathically control you to make it so good? think about it...

[@ezgolf1764]

@@pengwin_ my eyes have been opened, thank you et

[@randomtinypotatocried]

What happens if we find out we were the aliens this whole time? Idk it keeps me up at night

[@donniejefferson9554]

I like the one where they said Bigfoot was an alien convict exiled to earth and has secret tunnels to the Himalayas so he can also be yeti

[@ProjSHiNKiROU]

Knowing Ferrets = Ian N Drivel of Philosophy Tube

[@hq4287]

Like it ❤️

[@lemmonboy6459]

THE DRIVELATOR

[@trixiblue4701]

Ancient aliens, please respond

[@colonelweird]

Ian's a lot more convincing.

[@emilyrln]

SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON IF YOU WANT MORE DRIVEL!

[@SpenceReam]

Just when you thought you were safe from *@**24:42* … NOW YOU KNOW BETTER. 😂

[@mylesj4380]

I like the L Ron Hubbard “brain is brain” bit at the end there

[@mohammedjalloh7658]

Same ! That was a great touch !

[@CooperAATE]

Probably the best part. I was like "DAMMIT Hubbard!"

[@theangryholmesian4556]

"Brain and brain what is brain?!"

[@John-Perry]

I was hoping others noticed that

[@onfrolicker9317]

“Hey what was your favorite part of April fools day 2021” “Costume addicted socialist veteran debunking ancient aliens” “My favorite was when coke said they were going to replace the sugar in their drinks with sulphuric a-“ “Costume addicted socialist veteran debunking ancient aliens”

[@user-sm5sj6mg2t]

Wait, he's a socialist? Didn't he call himself a political moderate like ten times?

[@Zwickerly2]

@@user-sm5sj6mg2t Either: 1. He read books and changed his mind 2. being liberal is more lucrative on youtube

[@bamman7028]

@@Zwickerly2 Nah it's super profitable to be conservative on youtube so long as you don't do anything racist or spread covid/election misinfo. That being said, it's still wayyyy easier to be a conservative on Facebook where the company literally had talks with the Heritage Foundation as to "how to address the bias on Facebook" back in 2018 with no left-leaning groups there, which is why people like Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens are so big over there, along with the fact that Facebook just has an older demographic overall

[@bamman7028]

@@Zwickerly2 Like let's be real here, some random dude can just find a camera and record himself saying nonsense and as long as it's conservative adjacent, it'll get a good number of views. I mean Rubin exists for godsake. Compare that to Knowing Better vids which take much MUCH longer to make, and if he really just cared about profits he could still just continue the "enlightened centrist" thing he did in the past or just as a whole make something much more crude than his current work which is quite high quality.

[@joma5721]

this dude definitely isn’t a socialist, left-liberal/welfare capitalist at best. socialists wouldn’t be arguing in favour of columbus

[@DrCocheRico2]

As an Aurebesh user, I appreciate your use of the "NG" glyph, nen, instead of nern and grek. Your work exudes attention to detail. :-)

[@evilkillerpoptarts]

I know! I was cackling every time Aurebesh popped up.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

The Heaven's Gate mass suicide was 24 years ago last month and still to this day I get shivers down my body when I see that video of Applewhite speaking.

[@aaronmarks9366]

Same. I was in 8th grade when it happened. To this day I still have that image of a police flashlight sweeping over the dozens of dead bodies in bunk beds burned in my head

[@moroni0096]

This whole time I was like “I thought he was smart 😂” then he said check the date. He got me good

[@kevinfriesen4324]

You covered so much stuff in such a short video. Pretty amazing. And you were quite convincing, some will cite this as a documentary ;)

[@thepresence365]

"These lines...are city streets" 🤣🤣🤣 I loooove the commitment to this insanity. Are there outtakes of helpless laughter?

[@jasonrichard6631]

I actually fell for it in the first 11 minutes of the video until I relise that this video was uploaded in April 1

[@euansmith3699]

The title sequence is great. Cody from Alternate History Hub does a great job of nailing the BS voice over of alternate archaeology media.

[@thejason755]

I legit just discovered KB’s channel from watching cody’s video, it truly is the team-up i didn’t know i needed. Its a surprise, but certainly a welcome one.

[@Neymarinet]

His voice over the mars moons part decimated my sides

[@CaptainTimeStories]

I love how you used aurebesh (with actual multiletter characters). My inner nerd is satisfied.

[@TalkingVidya]

You have granted me eyes, now I await for the return of Kos, or some say Kosm

[@mattnutella]

Micolashposting

[@frybread002_3]

Praise the Sun!

[@zzodysseuszz]

MAJESTIC!

[@clannadcryer6605]

Dad? I thought you were dead. It’s ur orphan

[@justanotherhuman.3649]

Can you hear our prayers mother Kos?

[@josemaria8177]

Erich Von Daniken has my respect. He is being grifting this crap for over 50 years and just keeps going. That takes some commitment

[@manospondylus]

The guy even had his own amusement park dedicated to his theories

[@theDENIMMAN]

@@manospondylus we NEED a Defunctland on that

[@killergoose7643]

I get the impression that he was an honest believer when Ancient Aliens started, but eventually decided to say whatever the show wants him to because it's a steady paycheck. His ideas were always open-ended but fairly moderate, now he just goes along with each new episode even if it makes no sense or directly contradicts another.

[@seditt5146]

@@killergoose7643 Yeah it is clear he believes it and to be totally honest his theories at their core as originally written are not as fucked as they seem these days. We could replace alien with any culture that is worlds ahead of the one they are contacting and his theories start to make sense. That being said that fucking History channel show really just shit on it all every way it possibly can. Last I heard big foot was an interdimensional alien pet or some stupid shit like that.

[@robertdougherty349]

Jesus is the Secret Hidden Boss in DOOM when you beat the game in the hardest mode 666 times. Confirmed by voices in my head.

[@carterpaulson2068]

Well, as a true fan of Jesus, I mean I read all the lore and stuff, I have to get to work now. Gotta play every appearance.

[@thetooginator153]

I am pretty gullible, but I’ve seen a LOT of “Knowing Better” videos, and checked the date this was published pretty quickly, BUT you did a FANTASTIC job of putting this together AND making some excellent points at the same time. You rock!

[@InquisitiveHombre]

“Brain is brain. What it does I’m not never quite sure, and I’m not sure anybody else is either.” Greatest string of words ever uttered to have graced my ear holes

[@manospondylus]

“One of the few shows we were allowed to watch as a class was Star Trek.” Oh well, I guess that’s not too bad. “According to Doe, we should aspire to be like the Borg.” What Edit: Little fun fact about me: I actually got to see Erich von Däniken live in person once, because by pure coincidence he was giving a talk about his theories right in the neighbouring Swiss village. I was 13 at the time and into all that conspiracy crap I don‘t believe in anymore, so it was pretty entertaining.

[@damiancampbell1743]

"As many ancient astronaut theorist believe..." *Sigh* *Takes a shot*

[@jpheitman1]

Don't do that every time, or you'll wind up in the hospital.

[@jeremyreff6511]

Worth the rewatch. I've been subscribed long enough to have watched the original when it came out.

[@liberatordude1988]

This is the best April Fools joke ever.

[@spongebobsquarepants8403]

Hey no spoilers please

[@Unsensitive]

He's obviously 💯% serious, I can't believe you think this is a joke.

[@fredphoesh]

The fools are the religious.

[@SamuraiGuy]

Joke?

[@abdurrazzaq2314]

" My vehicle is attracted to your vehicle." THE BEST PICK-UP LINE EVER. YEP. IT'S STILL LOCK-DOWN HERE.

[@Julianna.Domina]

That's the line I used when I last got into a car accident. For some reason, the guy was still angry...

[@juztnlast953]

"Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults" is on HBO/Max and it really goes into detail with this group. Very interesting.

[@SomeoneNamedTygget]

AlternateHistoryHub's segments sound like they've been lifted directly from an episode of Ancient Aliens. He really captured the vibe

[@thejason755]

Tbf, he did sacrifice his sanity watching the entire series for research. His sacrifice wasn’t in vain.

[@Diembee]

I didn’t realize this was an April fools video until halfway in, I was like “Knowing Better, are you okay?”

[@evilkillerpoptarts]

I'm just sitting here chuckling at how the alien spellings are in Aurebesh from Star Wars.

[@vincegonzalez2171]

"So, if you aren't one of them, what qualifies you to talk about them?" Uhh, my ability to use the most basic functions of the internet and learn things?

[@TheRiskyBrothers]

Yeah, anybody's allowed to talk about whatever they like. Their qualifications might give them more or less credibility, but the text has to speak for itself. A good example would be one of the current preeminent WW2 historians, John Parshall, whose formal education is a geology degree. That being said, it is also incredibly irritating when academics (usually engineers/physicists) who know a great deal about their own field think it gives them authority over all knowledge. But to keep it fair my example is also a geologist, John Wesley Powell, who corectly predicted the US's current water crisis, but also wrote a book ranking how "civilized" various native tribes were. Yike.

[@JW-be8wf]

Either we are alone in this universe or we are not. Both these possibilities are equally terrifying

[@beneficent2557]

Is it? Are you terrified of the strangers on the bus? I think not. The "hidden" truth is mundane. If we meet aliens, they will most likely be interstellar bureaucrats, or invertebrates, fungi, or microbes.

[@dayegilharno4988]

@@beneficent2557 Relax, it's a quote...

[@existentialpyro99]

Given how advanced civilizations often treat other ones within humanity themselves, I can’t imagine how an extraterrestrial civilization thousands and thousands of years more advanced than humans would treat us lol... Survival of the fittest, I suppose.

[@KrausHaus0]

I was really into ancient aliens in middle school but idk I just naturally shifted to understanding it was shallow and repetitive. However it took reading Carl Sagans The Demon-Haunted World sometime in Highschool to help me fully think critically on the matter. Great video!

[@partycitydumpster]

"whenever I talk about the 70s I black out or something" is a mood

[@cherrynorthful]

Now I know what it would look like if Knowing Better used his powers for chaotic neutral

[@hopebadger]

I'm disappointed that Wendigoon wasn't summoned when giants were mentioned.

[@xmgr2711]

Brain is brain. Love the L. Ron Hubbard quote at the end

[@user-en7dx1qp3k]

Brain is Brian

[@petermazug7704]

That bit was genius

[@kommandantbaker]

I nearly choked on my cereal when I got to that part

[@katrijndekeersmaecker1904]

I was just scrolling through the commentaar looking for someone mentioning it. 😂

[@carsoncoleman7]

29:42 "Well, I don't know, brain is brain." Nice one.

[@curtisowen3233]

What i love is that the actual history of the earth and universe is far more interesting.

[@mattking9220]

Fun fact: Here in the UK, we actually have a popular Christmas song called "A Spaceman Came Travelling", which is about Jesus, who they call "a spaceman"

[@williamsledge3151]

I love that song. Reminds me a lot of Stargate for some reason

[@GranRey-0]

After it started to get suspiciously convincing I realized it was for April Fools...but I liked how informative it was near the end.

[@justyourfriendlyneighborho903]

"Brain is brain, and what it does I'm not really quite sure" lmfao not the ron hubbard quote 💀💀💀

[@krump5469]

Solid April Fool’s video; i’m ashamed to admit that it actually had me going for the first 10 minutes

[@larsfrisk6658]

For me it was when he said human civilization sprang up in Peru.

[@Kafen8d]

It genuinely got me for about that long too

[@CreeperOnYourHouse]

While I got it was a joke from the comments, what broke me off from pretending was the part where he says that Moses adapted the epic of Gilgamesh, only then to say "Noah and Gilgamesh are both part alien", as if they're 2 separate entities.

[@swiftfated]

That is 5 full minutes after he says Noah is a part alien? Dude

[@eagenthorror]

@@swiftfated It was only until after the whole video that I realized it was a joke.

[@Mattipedersen]

I take it your main costume is supposed to represent "Giorgio A. Tsoukalos" of the "Ancient Aliens" Series. The hair totally gave it away.

[@marcpapas5866]

So a tangential story, but the Heaven’s Gate cult subleased a house from my parents. Either late 94 or 95 in AZ. My mom thought they were extremely weird (all androgynous, shaved heads, tons of coolers and grills in the back of the house), but my dad had no problem with them because they always paid their rent on time. They then caught wind get my dad was a movie producer, so a few of them got together and wrote a bloated screenplay sci-fi screenplay about these good and bad aliens fighting eachother and gave it to my dad. He thought it had some promise, but when he told them it needed to be edited down they essentially told him “oh no. We can’t change any of it. Because it’s all true!” He bought the film rights to it, but I don’t think it ever got made. All the while, my mom thought these people were absolutely crazy and verbatim said they were going to end up killings themselves and my dad thought she was overblowing it. They eventually moved on when the sublease ended. And 2 years later he was waiting for a flight and saw the news report on TV and immediately went to call my mom to eat crow 😆.

[@mrmoment6061]

no way to confirm your story, however, the idea they wrote a screenplay makes me sad. idk its sad they passed even though they could create and enjoy together.

[@UntitledNotes]

I think the scariest part is using your cadence to present all of this information