Insane Urban Legends - Internet Edition

[@brainblaze6526]

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[@DanzoTheManzo13]

Ayo Liam, light glaring off his mic stand & giving the scene an angelic glow 😂

[@-Slinger-]

Damnit Simon, you should have said: "Drug dealers have Telegram and spies... HAVE SURFSHARK! ;)

[@Baughb99]

Lorelei, I am at work, I cannot play your drinking game. Stop encouraging bad habits 😤

[@blinddave88]

For anybody who is interested, Julian and I spent a fat amount of time discussing time traveller John on the first episode of “pints and ports“ which can be found over on my channel :-)

[@clubjed6276]

Dave were you born in 88 or just use that to discriminate jews😅? Actually curious about 1988 because that was the last year they made good looking dudes 😂

[@lopendepaddo]

@@clubjed6276 Obviously he cant stand the sight of minorities. I mean, does it even have to be said?

[@JoelSolomons8]

​@@clubjed6276I'm Jewish and didn't even know 88 was anything other than a number until I just looked it up! Dave is a certified legend

[@Unfortunately_Mickey]

More Dave lore? I'm down

[@sarahissersohn5495]

I will absolutely check this out- that subject is one that intrigues me in the same way it adorably broke my then-4YO daughter’s brain, when she got to meet an actress portraying Cruella DeVille (fully decked out w/ voluminous fake furs and long, elegant cigarette-holder) at a kids event, right before we left, and she insisted on going back to double-check and confirm whether she was the real Cruella DeVille, or not. Five times. It was actually pretty awesome to watch her brain constructing itself in real time; I loved it. That’s how I feel about a select few time traveler stories, like John. I’m pretty sure I know it’s bunkum, but am I 100% sure?? Weeeellll, maybe let’s just double-check and be sure, shall we?

[@xessenceofinsanityx]

I knew it was a Lorelei video the second an inanimate object talked. What did that poor box ever do to you, Simon?

[@EveryFairyDies]

I have such interesting conversations with all the inanimate objects in this basement.

[@mikieswart]

lorelei on absolute FIRE this ep, bravo 👏🏻👏🏻

[@EveryFairyDies]

Thank you! So much fun.

[@droomzy]

Just missed out on the opportunity to put the "NERD!" meme from the Simpsons after Simon mentioned jailbreaking any kind of tech

[@j0wwify]

Lorelei edits always crack me up

[@Unfortunately_Mickey]

​@@EveryFairyDies I was wondering which editor was a Dr who fan 😂

[@Wortnik]

Should we tell Simon that CTRL+SHIFT+T opens the tab he just closed by mistake? 😆

[@keatoncampbell820]

No

[@SafetySpooon]

(My son keeps having to remind me....)

[@Nipplator99999999999]

Shh...don't ruin our fun.

[@robaba89]

was my first thought.. so many shortcuts, so little time xD

[@Guy-cb1oh]

Hey I didn't know that... Thanks 😅.

[@phforNZ]

Hey Simon (and anyone else), if you closed a tab you didn't mean too - Ctrl+Shift+T

[@chitlitlah]

Or right-click one of the still-open tabs and click on "reopen closed tab".

[@zaza7594]

Or on Mac : shift + command + T

[@sylvanrotscheid7498]

Putting Marko Hietala on the Tarot card was a brilliant move. I applaud your relentless efforts to metallify this channel, Lorelei!

[@duncanglen3452]

The candyfloss machine tangent again 😂😂

[@blinddave88]

I don’t know if you herd this one but, a couple of weeks ago, simon was able to access the engineers menu on a candy floss machine. Don’t tell anyone, I think he wants to mention it one day in a brain blaze episode

[@TheKalaxis]

Dave: "I've been to the bottom of the internet" Me: "Ah yes. Reddit"

[@zarasbazaar]

Omg. Someone on FB was citing a reddit post as proof that what they were saying was true. How are these functioning adults?

[@solo1014]

Lol Reddit isnt the bottom of the internet. (Its en route, but not the bottom of the barrell.)

[@Jigkuro]

Oh it goes much further down than that...

[@whom382]

Spoken like someone who hasn’t been to 4chan or even worse 8cham

[@EveryFairyDies]

Last time I was this early, ETA was still in charge.

[@nugboy420]

Fuckin ETA

[@phforNZ]

ETA and the sign, 2024!

[@christinebenson518]

ETA subscribed to me a while ago. Poor delusional ETA.

[@Narangarath]

ETA for Supreme Leader 2024!

[@seanet1310]

Simon sent ETA to "the farm"

[@jefffoy530]

Excellent work team. Great script, awesome edits, and, as always, Simon’s tangents. My favorite part was the “take..” inserts.

[@EveryFairyDies]

I think he broke a record on this one for retakes.

[@daxleone]

Has anyone thought to turn Simon off and back on again? 🤔

[@EveryFairyDies]

We tried that once, it didn't end well.

[@RolandHazoto]

I could probably turn him off, but I doubt I can turn him on

[@daxleone]

@@EveryFairyDies 😲😲😲😲😲😲

[@blackc1479]

Pretty sure that's what's happened whenever YTs down.

[@daxleone]

@@blackc1479 🤣🤣😂😂

[@86wezza88]

I already knew I had a lot of similar interests to Lorelei (probably helps I'm also an Aussie), then I can add another one to the list with the Men In Tights clip LOL. Bloody love that movie.

[@benstrbich8813]

I saw a bald man with a beard at my local pub last Friday. I had a chat with him and he said his name was Simon and he has a friend named Liam. Can’t believe I finally met fact boy, he’s much shorter in person.

[@liamwilkinson5563]

He is very short.

[@dr.fancyngandwe4129]

Am also short I will become wrong boy

[@liamwilkinson5563]

@@dr.fancyngandwe4129 no your all good

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Well, to be fair, the internet was telling people he was 6'8" tall. Not sure if it still says hes that tall or if its been corrected yet, but hes definitely not that tall.

[@Hillbilly001]

That Devil's Lettuce will make you have hallucinations.

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

0:05 Simon feeding the basement dwellers

[@jessicalypsojessicakyliemc9879]

Yeah, Simon doesn't need the boxes of Magic Spoon for his ads anymore..

[@kestrel8787]

@@jessicalypsojessicakyliemc9879I was wondering if I saw what I thought I saw.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:30 - Mid roll ads 2:50 - Chapter 1 - Time travel 10:50 - Chapter 2 - Webdriver torso 18:35 - Chapter 3 - The 4chan alien

[@Kate_P]

I was listening and not watching (I’m usually just listening while doing other things) and everytime the clapboard went I thought it was the editor inserting someone being slapped or like an animation of Simon being slapped. So, all I was imaging was Simon being slapped everytime he got something wrong. Until the very end when I saw the clapboard 😂😂 have to say the slapping image I had in my head was way more fun and I have to recommend it to the editor for next time 😂😂😂

[@urownpersonalgod]

Lmao, the drinking game would do you in in 25 minutes and five seconds. Good luck everyone! Nice editing! The clapper freaking kills me every time

[@u-neekusername4430]

I almost drown trying to keep up while laughing at yet ANOTHER one (n if I die from inhaling liquid, I'm calling it drowning dammit it!).

[@audreymuzingo933]

I would have found it funny when I was 8 years old, but now it is just irritating.

[@moorsyjam]

If you accidentally close a tab, press CTRL+shift+T to reopen the most recently closed one. Or press it a bunch to open a load of em

[@mikieswart]

@@moorsyjam this, unfortunately, doesn’t work in incognito mode… i will not elaborate

[@chekote]

I came here to say the same thing. 👏🏻

[@adriannaconnor6471]

On a Mac it's command+shift+T

[@moorsyjam]

@@mikieswart Sounds like a Chromium skill issue

[@EarlWynn]

If this doesn't work, you can always push Alt+F4

[@pmgn8444]

Nice job Lorelei! Now, any suggestion on how I get a liver transplant? After this episode, I need one. Oh, and a hangover cure.

[@EveryFairyDies]

Hang over cure: more booze. Liver transplant: sorry, can't write down my crimes. Good luck!

[@thegreenbee83]

Become a member of the yakuza then donate to an American hospital to be bumped up the list (shhhh)

[@Narangarath]

​@@thegreenbee83 Or just skip the yakuza step and go straight to donating.

[@RealShebang]

"Strange websites that were stumbled across once and never found again" -- yes, that one page that had the hilarious and extremely relevant meme that I want to share.. only to give up, just another legend.

[@TaterFarmer]

I always end up tipsy and out of beer every time the drinking challenge happens. 😂

[@jenna2720]

Simon talking about aliens at 19:06. "As a completely uninteresting aside-" and then a youtube ad for Atera with a UFO destroying a city plays. For a sec, I thought it was a part of the Blaze.

[@stevenjlovelace]

I've been hoping for a Decoding the Unknown episode about John Titor. Don't know if there's enough for a full hour.

[@blinddave88]

They’re most definitely is. It’s just that most of the people who would watch it definitely already know the outcome :-) I may pitch it anyway :-)

[@svenrio8521]

The most interesting thing about that is it was used in Steins Gate

[@am53n8]

Lorelei please, I'd need 3 new livers for this game

[@nugboy420]

I just switched to bong rips

[@EveryFairyDies]

Don't go near any open flames

[@85priesty]

I love Lorelei's editing...definitely Australian humour 😂 and the music clips are brilliant.

[@85priesty]

"Drunk yet" at about 21 minutes... not quite. But careening... no 8 standard drinks in at 23 minutes in...

[@85priesty]

At 8% Alcohol, this episode will result in between 9 and 10 "Standard Drinks". Has to refill atfer hte lsat wun, dfnlty nto drunk. Cna sumwun snd a kebab ASAFP for medical reasons. Was a good rewatch with alcohol though... and yes it's before 11am where I'm watching this... but I'm a musician so mid week during the day is weekend time for me. I definitely won't be driving for the rest of the day after playing along with this game. But it's a lot less dangerous than watching "Red Dwarf" and drinking every time the word "Smeg!" Is used...😂

[@Plaprad]

A whole chapter on the John Titor story, and not one Steins; Gate meme? I am disappoint.

[@PillowWords]

El Psy Kongroo

[@TheDopekitty]

Lorelei is the real hero here

[@allisonbergh4429]

I’ll always drop a like for Tom Ellis as Lucifer! Spectacular editing as always!

[@EveryFairyDies]

Why, thank you! And who doesn't love a Lucifer clip!

[@easybreezy4559]

@@EveryFairyDiesI love Tom Ellis as Lucifer period lol

[@sethchapman8001]

he is really good, my fave is Peter Stormare in Constantine, though Peter wouldn't work in the same show as Tom just a different portrayal

[@allisonbergh4429]

@@sethchapman8001 I love Peter Stormare in The Movie Hero!!

[@velzekt]

When someone says they can tell when something is CGI, that just means they're too stupid to know that they don't realize when something is *good* CGI.

[@moogle68]

Exactly. If you could actually tell, you'd prove it by... _telling_ the reader of your comment what specific details you were looking for that you did or didn't see. You could also make yourself more credible by referring to at least one or two moderate to advanced editing techniques that might have been used. Simply saying "I can tell good CGI from reality", means nothing, and proves nothing.

[@EShirako]

...by about 9:45 I was finally expecting the clapperboard to 'clap...CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP!' and eat the rest of the screen up chunk by chunk Pac-Man-style or something. There was a lot of re-takes in this already so far, and it amuses me a lot. Let's see how many more times that happens before the end.

[@TrafficCamWatch]

Red rooms aren't real...they are however very plausible. They aren't real because there's never been a news report or police report confirming one ever existed but it's possible because the technology exist that allows it to be possible....sort of. If you some how own the entry and exit nodes anonymously, and are running an OS that has is virtually bulletproof with no possible exploits, which doesn't exist. Plus the video quality would be absolutely abysmal since tor doesn't support UDP nor is the service designed to or capable of handling a shit ton of bandwidth all at once. Now a delayed red room type thing is not only possible but actually happens but unless the FBI is holding out on info, they are sexual in nature and involve small individuals who do not deserve to experience anything sexual. A completely anonymous internet is far more terrifying than one that isn't anonymous as long as child and animal abusers exist.

[@mikes2622]

Thank you KZbin for finally putting Randy Feltface in my feed. Everytime I've seen that purple puppet in one of these videos I've asked what it is and never got an answer from anyone.

[@darkstarr984]

Oh my gosh the time traveler on Coast to Coast AM is hilarious! It’s funny because I have this vague memory of hearing a witch do an interview on there warning against black magic practices while explaining basic white magic and that’s why I always feel uneasy about communion: it’s blood magic if you actually believe in the transfiguration or whatever the term is, and pseudo-blood magic if you don’t, which is prone to all kinds of evil influences if you believe in magic at all.

[@arianamaria_]

1:11 fun fact: ctrl+shift+t will reopen your closed tabs (starting with your most recent tab closed and working its way back with each new press of the command)

[@shaneeslick]

Yeah or ctrl+H for Google History Page

[@DANGMQ]

So Simon doesn’t believe in time travel backwards. He’s in for a surprise if he is in the States and travels from New York to Los Angeles.

[@robynsmith4164]

That’s hilarious! 😂

[@chitlitlah]

You mean because of time zones? He'd already be turning back the clock going from Europe to the US. Or from the Czech Republic to the UK.

[@sean5662]

Today’s episode starring Simon and his sidekick Clapper Board! Wonder who has more screen time 😂

[@LissaC3072]

Thank you very much for the high pitched tone warning! Very much appreciated.

[@slb159]

Back then, aliens were ashy. More recently, Bill Burr has been their go-to skin-care specialist.

[@blackc1479]

Do they have that special sheen that you only get through lots of exercise and very expensive soap?

[@slb159]

@@blackc1479 Yes they do. It's mostly from EBO...Extraterrestrial Baby Oil.

[@betht1983]

That moment when you realize 20 seconds in that it's a Lorelei edit and you immediately get more excited. It's nice to have a variety outside of anime and daddy chill memes (seriously dudes, step it up. She's just embarrassing you now)

[@EveryFairyDies]

Awwwww. I'm blushing. Thank you!

[@PastelBrushes-n-Donuts]

Congrats to the editor of this one, also. So much fun to watch. The editor deserves a raise.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

14:00 thats the kind of backstory i hear often for hackers. Simon trying to hack the cotton candy machine cracked me up. Also him being surprised at the default passcode was hilarious

[@gabriellearterburn4428]

1) Lorelei is on point in this video 2) I love that i just saw Dave and Liam in the comments

[@phforNZ]

Good god Lorelei, quality as usual. AI art was brilliant... And a Men In Tights reference that isn't the usual? 👌

[@EveryFairyDies]

Gotta love a Men in Tights reference when and where you can!

[@francoislacombe9071]

That box being knocked away and going "Ow" at the very beginning was the humor summit of this video. It was all downhill from there. Allegedly.

[@PopeOf420]

Bruhhh I'm getting so LiT taking Tokes for each Clipboard CLAP lmfao

[@nugboy420]

I’m down

[@sarahlovell2]

😂

[@brs690]

So shadowy government agencies in non descript office buildings is an urban legend? That's the courthouse in my hometown and they basically just take money from people, we didn't have a jail.

[@zogar8526]

Now to be clear, the government is not your friend. They do a lot of messed up stuff and suck in just so many ways. That said, they don't run crazy conspiracies like people always talk about. They can barely do the most basic functions. Even when they try to do some shady stuff on the DL it is done terriblt and leaks out nearly instantly. Governments are just too incompetent to pull massive conspiracies like people dream up.

[@rossnorris2351]

The second Simon Video I'm watching today. Just caught the Casual Criminalist video.

[@maddiethomas5892]

Great job, all. Nice script Mr. Page.

[@trishapellis]

The more videos edited by her I watch, the more I'm convinced that Lorelei is a D&D fan. First Brennan Lee Mulligan and now Neil Newbon.

[@taylorslade961]

Lorelei retains her title of Funniest Editor in the Basement

[@laurachapple6795]

The midjourney recreations almost made me spit my drink out. He looks like he's enjoying his trip to Joshua Tree National Park very much!

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

15:10 on numbers stations. Who else watches Ringway Manchester?! I know you're here 😂

[@S.Sparrow]

hell yeah

[@DeGoosey]

A fellow RM Goose? Heck Yeah!

[@MiaAngridere]

I absolutely LOVE John Titor. Always have. Didn't know someone had come forward taking credit, though.

[@mclartychannel]

You should do a video on the "Mandela Effect," the narcissistic assumption that one's delusions and erroneous memories are so interesting they must be evidence of an alternate reality or parallel universe.

[@dwashbur]

Art Bell thrived on this stuff, but what caught my eye was the time travel block at 2564. That sounds like a reference to a Chicago song to me, "25 or 6 to 4". Coincidence? Suuure.

[@WellHelloBlue]

4:58 took me out 😂😂

[@EveryFairyDies]

it's a classic for a reason!

[@jarkkooksanen9651]

That Tarot card with Marko Hietala was a nice touch. Suomi mainittu!

[@curtislindsey1736]

Lorelei's editing is a whole mood!😂😂😂

[@EveryFairyDies]

Twas a moody mood, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@TaterFarmer]

3 beers in 25 minutes. Im feeling good. Damn clipboard

[@starrywizdom]

Simon is a Legend. I am an Urban Legend. Lorelei is an Editing Legend.

[@jc6800]

Yazzzzzzzzz 🎉🎉🎉 Simon the British urban legend 🙌

[@claudiamcfie1265]

We all travel through time at the rate of 60 seconds per minute.

[@akhagee4707]

Sleeping feels like faster travel.

[@robynsmith4164]

Wow, I caught Brain Blaze only 17 minutes in… that’s a first! I hope everyone is having a great week! Love from Texas ♥️🤠🌴

[@YoutubrYoutubr-ip1md]

Brain blaze drinking game but it’s Simon trying to read a Michael Crichton novel! It’ll be a at least a 6 pack per monologue by Ian Malcolm mixed with 8 tangents of his own probably agreeing with most of it

[@EveryFairyDies]

Idea for a members stream, maybe? 🤣

[@JdeeGeekyGao]

Lorelai's edits always get me laughing. It's that across the ditch humor every time that makes me laugh.

[@mrb3405]

The editor on this video needs to receive some kind of Noble Prize.

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

10:28 so... all the clapper boards and yet he manges to get through this in one go? Died.😂😂😂😂😂

[@Count_Smackula]

Lorelei slaying it once again. 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻 p.s. Not drunk, but I am into my 3rd pint.

[@darthtac]

21:48 nope but I swapped drinks for bongs and orange toads are dancing on my desk.

[@Llepidoptra]

In this introduction, Simon admits he doesn't know about CTRL+SHIFT+T

[@martinbaxter4783]

The greatest mystery about 4chan users is that they can sit in front of their computers (in their parents’ basements) while eating and not eat their computers.

[@margaretwhite961]

It took me 30 seconds to get drunk. At least that's what HR wrote me up for today.

[@CatharinePizzarello]

Ask'em tomorrow's million dollar Lotto number 😂

[@bozzyrox]

I gota say I got just a lil spooked when after a few seconds of the webdriver toros example yt popped an ad on me haha took me 5 whole secs to not freak out and skip the ad

[@juha-mattikoponen1625]

I once saw an atm booting up. And it was running on Windows 95! I instantly started thinking how easy it would be to break the software and just order the atm to spill out all the cash. Bit of tech savvy and a thing you could enter in to the card slot maybe?

[@ZAV1944]

Simon did didn't cover Webdriver Torso on DTU but he did cover Unfavorable Semicircle which is similar to Webdriver Torso.

[@twocvbloke]

ooh, also, on the Eiffel Tower theme, seems the same applies to the Hollywood sign, even Tom Scott went and looked at it, but couldn't show us, of course... :P

[@creamertaco2956]

It would be fun to have a beer with Simon

[@robsquared2]

Let's all take Eiffel tower photos at night and then upload them when no longer in the country. What a bunch of BS.

[@corkbulb2895]

12:44 The purpose to those videos is actually extremely simple. They are in fact designed to break youtube's copyright algorithm! So basically, youtube and many other websites use specific pixels at specific times in the video as well as analyzing sound frequencies. That channel was out to figure out *exactly* what pixels and when were checked, so they can broadcast copyrighted materials simply by changing a few pixels at specific times in a video.

[@cgoad]

Oh yes!! A Dave script and Lorelei's editing. Wonderful! I even sussed that if was an E🎉D edit from the opening shot of the box saying:"Ow!" She has such a lovely, twisted mind and a nice sense of snark.❤ Now i have to try and deal with my clapperboard hangover. 😢

[@lloydkgoode]

Life sucks, and you make me laugh. Thank you!

[@DMSrunit]

Hey Simon you can hire me as the studio crew to tell you cut and action, just make enough space in the basement lol

[@carinkoch357]

Man I love the random Baldur's Gate 3 voice actors memes, especially Neil Newbon. He's hilarious! I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but it's certainly entertaining to see peoples' theories. 😂

[@ma9x795]

That clapperboard drinking game is about as lethal as the Withnail & I drinking game ..... and that one includes lighter fluid!

[@ClellBiggs]

Good thing this wasn't the episode where Simon was pretending he would be killed if he made a mistake.

[@stoneostrich129]

5:51 I'm not sure I have enough beer, given how this episode has gone so far.

[@keithwalmsley1830]

Was there ever a time before Simon was on KZbin? I think not, the combined lengths of all his videos would violate the rules of Time and Space and force us to rethink the Big Bang!!! 👽😳

[@jennorton9854]

Staring litigation I wasnt an alcoholic before this episode I now am😂

[@OneMansHeretic]

I would die for that mid journey alien.

[@EveryFairyDies]

He just wants to hang and check out Earth's biggest ball of twine!

[@thcusandsunny]

As someone who usually listens to Simon's videos, I'm surprised it's a clapper board edited in - always thought it was a slap noise 😂

[@jorgelotr3752]

If you close a tab, many browsers have a "recently closed" item on their main menu, which may or may not be faster than going through your history.

[@TaterFarmer]

Oh, you got me with that. Trump with a dunce cap. Priceless!😂😂😂🤣 I nearly choked on my beer.

[@ZOB4]

Kevin needs to reclaim his internet crown

[@kimaaron3507]

Ten minutes in and I'm already drunk. Somebody call an ambulance!

[@luisesquivel2364]

Playing this drinking game with vodka was a bad idea 😂 -9:09 🥴🫠

[@audreymuzingo933]

I don't like this constant interruption because of Simon's bloopers. This episode is chaotic enough as it is.

[@ZOB4]

Surely not Simon criticizing Dave for uninteresting asides

[@twocvbloke]

I think people would have more of a chance of travelling through time on an 'alf inched Klingon bird of prey than with a thingy someone created in their garage... :P

[@EveryFairyDies]

I understood that reference.

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

🖖🏼