ISMO | I Enjoy Words

[@user-cg3tx8zv1h]

You're in a league of your own... Liiiiterally...

[@suakeli]

I figuratively died 💀

[@shipsahoy1793]

Same here, as 70 is "comin' up around the bend." I don't want to "catch a ride to the end of the highway" because it's coming soon enough..

[@karinfend2980]

😂👍

[@ekhyddan]

No!

[@draculakickyourass]

@@shipsahoy1793 as english is not my first language,as i first heard at the bar that a neighbour kicked the bucket, i was looking on his yard expecting to see some spilled paint,assuming it was one of the buckets with paint he had behind the house.

[@user-cg3tx8zv1h]

@@shipsahoy1793 Highway never ends… 🌈

[@TheOriginalJBone]

One of the most funny people I’ve ever seen live! Keep it up, ISMO!! Can’t wait to see another show.

[@AlexRejba]

*funniest

[@donmiller2908]

@@AlexRejba literally

[@HaiZhung]

They should add a campaign that “literally means figuratively”.

[@PockASqueeno]

Oh man, he totally should have used that one! 😂

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

Literally 😎

[@Spesifico]

But what does it mean, if I say that literally means literally figuratively?

[@pietarikairamo595]

literaly true'' :)''

[@Ulbre]

This dudes brand of funny is the absolute bees knees

[@KismetKat11]

I saw Ismo in Dallas earlier this year. He’s the funniest person I’ve ever seen, I laughed the entire time. Literally!

[@Yupppi]

I literally died watching this. I'll haunt Ismo.

[@silka9187]

Ismo, thank you for educating us in such a funny way. Literally. Lol, and best wishes to you.

[@SteveBrecht]

Saw you when you were in Toronto and loved the show. Hope you can visit our way again soon!

[@tk3141]

Thank you Ismo - we need you in the world. It’s far too a serious place. We need to learn to chill first, and then think seriously, much better outcomes.

I always knew that Finnish people are amazing...especially these ones who live abroad :))) Well done Many years ago I read such information about your nation: " they care about their health, they love sauna, they drink loads of alcohol". They just forgot to mention that Finnish people have spectacular sense of humor :) thank you

[@alanhill769]

I love this bloke literally.

[@sebassalgado]

You're sooooo good, man! I really LOL when you mess with language 😅

[@karinfend2980]

Oh ISMO, you pragmatic Finn give US their language literally back! 👏🤣

[@shipsahoy1793]

Great stuff.. Ismo has the "laughs."

[@paavometsaluoma2653]

And he does this without offending anybody.. He get's so mixed audiences.. and everybody relates.. Hi's mind is jinxed in a good way :)

[@XanderDDS]

i literally laughed my butt off watching this! (i should probably throw out my chair)

[@FanTazTiCxD]

I am sorry for the loss of your butt. But I think you need to get a second opinion. My theory is that you still have your butt

[@JackContinent]

Furniture!

[@regd809]

That hut tut tut tut at the end cracked me up. Literally. I've got a cold and I started laughing and then coughing and it hurt! He is very funny.

[@Ville-u8g]

Nyt naulasit Ismo homman kotiin! Tossa oli sitä perinteistä Ismoa, jota kaikki rakataaa eikä sitä pidä muokata. Älä korjaa sitä jos se ei ole rikki. Olit taas sellanen oma höhlä, naiivi analysoija... Täydellinen veto.

[@calbackk]

Samaa mieltä

[@JulienSorelEatsSabras]

I littorally moored my heart to this video.

[@EdgarAllenPoetry]

If I could meet Ismo I would tell him he’s the funniest and my favorite new comic ! That’s what I’d tell Ismo by jove

[@miroslav.hlavicka]

When I first saw the phrase "He literally died", I imagined a person who - for example, in a library - has several tons of books crashing down on his head and he dies as a result. He literally died. Of course, a person can also die musically if a piano falls on him from the fifth floor. Or he can die dancially if he crashes into the orchestra pit during a ballet and gets impaled by the violinists' sharp bows.

[@phyllisgermany2563]

Oh wow 😮you're a brilliant comedian also!! 🙏🏻🥳❤️🤣

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

I virtually died earlier, in a computer game

[@frednimzowi9852]

I literally survived😅

[@metalzonemt-2]

I'm illiterally dying.

[@valtsu56]

No means no. Yes, there are also those annoying telemarketers, who don't understand, that no means no. They sell things like new teleoperator, internet operator, electricity contract, vitamins, etc. I often have to yell them: "Do you have problems in hearing, or problems in understanding Finnish?! When I say no, i'm not interested, it means i'm not interested!"😄

[@Indy64738]

Love you bro! Can’t see your shows! Where/how to download/buy them? Your videos are sooo frustrating!!😅😅

[@raafmaat]

Ah yes, i remember words! i enjoy them too i think

[@Zara-Zen]

I literally love this hahaha

[@SnerdeyCo]

ISMO is a very funny human :)

[@jiorts]

Health!!

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

Next time someone says they literally died, yell "Language! Literally means literally!"

[@dalesperlin6618]

YES, words are efficient that sticks.

[@FanTazTiCxD]

No means no is actually quite helpful. Not every word equals to itself. For example: Literally means figuratively

[@sail4life]

Literally means literally, look it up. However, people saying "literally" tend to mean it figuratively.

[@frankdeville515]

He would have a field day here in Oz :-)

[@Giorgi_Kordzaia]

Two thumbs up 👍👍

[@reqq47]

So funny, I illiterally died!

[@christinae30]

His little in between noises sounds like a Mumintroll/moomin!

[@RowanAckerman]

Semantic drift is a pain, isn't it?

[@mjaada]

When special? It's been shot?

[@Afrohare]

It has, so probably very soon.

[@pahis1248]

indeed!!!! no means no

[@wojteklabuc]

"No means literally no"

[@aahyes9068]

It is a bit ironic that the word "literally" is commonly used figuratively.

[@ryanpurdy4633]

Ismo you should cum to winnipeg man.people would literally love your show here

[@cgbmads]

English used in different contexts, in different cultural meanings can be hilariously different

kiitos

[@kingcognito]

If you put ”I literally died’ to your tombstone are you then figuratively getting the last laugh?

[@Emboaba]

The Fanny thinj is it's impossible not laugh

[@NotNateDiaZ]

It's language bingo. During bingo, you don't yell _"I have bingo!"_ you yell _"Bingo!"_ Instead of _"Watch your language!"_ you yell _"Language!"_ Still, funny AF though 😂

[@MikaTarkela]

I see a lot of americans use that world incorrectly. It seems to be a trend to add it to anything you say. Crazy.

[@imsnezhn8610]

Recursion means recursion, literally

[@laszlobandi6456]

missed opportunity on 'no means no' as a hungarian I would of thrown in 'űrállomás' means 'űrállomás'

[@MrConverse]

4:01, “Combustion!”

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

he kinda sounds like the Pig character from Stronghold rts game series

[@leszekwolkowski9856]

he sure is funny..... ....looking

[@jdsmit4761]

No means no. Is for when someone does not wamt to take no for a awnser.

[@kuukeli]

komiaa touhuu

[@ScallywagArtist]

Yea women changed the meaning of the word literally to figuratively

[@vindolanda6974]

his little ums and ahhs sound like Yoda

[@georgenorris2657]

hilarious!

[@samuelmasvovi3833]

For someone who does not know NO they might not know what means mean as well😅😅

[@isaacribeiro6823]

6:00 in english it does in portuguese nada means 2 things

[@frasergibson5763]

What’s with all his noises he makes between words?

[@johanessmercado7711]

😂😂😂👏

[@OeTroll]

😂😂

[@Anonymous_20004]

Zero new info 😅😂😂😂😂

[@janiutter]

😆😅🤣😂

[@Munakas-wq3gp]

The punchline was a bit washed out without the preceding jokes

[@MikkoRantalainen]

It's hard to make short clips for a gig that uses back references to jokes way earlier in the same gig.

[@Crisscool6]

couldn't help but get distracted from laughing by the constant sounds he makes in between jokes... the dude is insanely funny but that takes me out of it sometimes

[@judygranberg4018]

The whole phrase is 'watch your language'

[@hedonismunderstands2469]

that's literally just as unhelpful...

[@JK-ev7fu]

It should be 'listen to your language'.

[@hedonismunderstands2469]

@@JK-ev7fu similarly unhelpful. how about - 'don't use foul language' or similar??

[@leilahakulinen]

Just lose the excessive use of the word "like" because it's just "FILLER" word 🙄

[@grahamekellermeier8280]

I literally thought that is funny.

[@judygranberg4018]

We saying means no' often to children-- that no amount of nagging will make me change my mind and buy you that toy' so stop whinging.

[@dennism.1697]

Pretty funny 🙂 although I found the weird noises he made between his sentences literally annoying.

[@Mielenvapaus]

Olisipa suomitekstit. Kirjaimellisesti.

[@leonig01]

Lucky you. You get to watch and understand all Ismo's standup in Finnish.

[@moonliteX]

how about new material and just don't only mix up 7 year old comedy?

[@makkerix]

Your mom was mixed up when she had you...

[@karinfend2980]

Still good. Give the Comedian Credit!

[@Motgenror]

Ismo, come on. Negation and opposition are not the same thing. Opposition depends on a point of symmetry, whereas negation just means that you exclude one thing from a set of things - the set still remains. So, "not figuratively" means anything in the world - anything at all - that is not figurative. Thank me later.

[@randomsurfer007]

🥱 Do you even read what you write? It literally is nonsense. 😂 I hope you are not an AI bot. If not, then be clear in what you are trying to communicate!

[@Motgenror]

@@randomsurfer007 Ismo says "literally is by definition the opposite of figuratively. The definition of literally is that it's not figuratively". I know what he means and it's funny, but strictly speaking he's wrong, here's why: For two things to be opposite to each other, there must be a point of reference (symmetry) between them. For example, "light" being the opposite of "dark" refers to an axis or a scale of brightness where the point of reference is some brightness value that humans perceive as neutral between "dark" and "light". Or, if "hot" is the opposite of "cold", then some neutral "not-yet-cold-and-not-yet-hot" value is assumed to exist between them which acts as a point of reference. Or, if you say +5 is the opposite of -5 you're using 0 as a point of reference (symmetry). When you're saying "not figuratively" you're making a negation. That's just how language works: "not" is a negation and negation is not the same as "opposition". For example, "not white" doesn't mean "black". It means any other colour except white. So, "not figuratively" doesn't mean "literally". It just means whatever it is, it's not "figuratively". You could argue that if a statement is said to not be figurative it automatically means it's literal, but that's incorrect, it could be: ambiguous, symbolic and so on. You make fun of AI bots writing nonsense, but the irony is that ChatGPT understands perfectly what I'm talking about and if you're still confused, you could talk to it and learn some interesting things about logic and language. And also don't be intimidated by this stuff, it *is* somewhat confusing and counter-intuitive, especially if you're learning this for the first time. It's not something they explain in schools. But I was "come on"-ing Ismo because he talks about his physicist education and how he analyzes words, so I would expect him to know and understand this stuff. But maybe he does and ignores it for comic effect. :)

[@randomsurfer007]

@@Motgenror My response is as follows: [1] Let me explain this via set theory. A (figuratively) and B (literally) are disjoint sets, i.e. they don't intersect. Then the set notA contains “literally” among several other things. So while "not figuratively” doesn't equal "literally", in set theory parlance, the set "not figuratively" contains “literally”, and therefore it could mean that under certain circumstances, get it? [2] Your first comment could have been better written. I put it through ChatGPT, which gave me a much better version. The second comment clearly communicates your idea, showing you have put time into writing it. [3] As you say, Ismo is a physicist, so he would understand this stuff, he does it for comic effect (in your words). Bending the rules of formal language is one of the tools comedians use. This is not a lecture on linguistics - it is a standup comedy piece, so "come on", enjoy it if you can; no need to split hairs!😃 [4] Lastly, I am not intimidated in any way. I have pretty good knowledge of English, its grammar (and its illogical structure at times), and mathematical logic. Thanks for your advice, but no thanks!

[@ilmari9534]

Eka