Michael REACTS to "Brain Rot" TikToks: Try NOT To Laugh

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Join Michael Knowles in a hilarious new challenge as he tries not to laugh at a collection of 'brain rot' TikToks. Watch as Michael, known for his incisive political commentary, navigates through this minefield of comedic gems, where each TikTok tests his poise and wit to the extreme. Will he keep a straight face, or will the bizarre world of TikTok humor prove irresistible? Tune in to find out, and be sure to subscribe for a regular dose of laughter and a side of unexpected insights as Michael breaks down the funniest and most bewildering moments from TikTok.
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[@nikkidarkangelpnope8400]

The dog pushing the guy off the cliff should be a Canadian healthcare ad 😂😂😂😂

[@akshonclip]

I thought it was Kamala pushing Joe off a cliff. 😂

[@silverfireVRgaming]

That was a Democrat ad in the past. Okay, not really, but there was an ad smearing a Republican by saying he wanted to push Grandpa off a cliff and showing Grandpa being pushed off a cliff.

[@nikkidarkangelpnope8400]

@@silverfireVRgaming I'd say we have the world's most bat sh*t liberal government here in Canada and it isn't just Grandpa they are pushing off the cliff it's everyone they can convince to walk to the edge. The increase in MAID deaths year over year was so high the government decided not to report on it anymore because it made them look bad.

[@Annoyedtaurus]

That was the only one that actually made me laugh…of course I only just started on y tube shorts…is my brain not rotten enough?🤷‍♀️😂

[@amandagreene4990]

Yes. XD

[@treytison1444]

This isn't really brainrot this is antihumor absurdism. Brainrot is like when everyone on tik tok is doing the same dance to the same song over and over and watching the same videos of it.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

The only remotely creative and decent one was the dog stretching it's nose to push the guy off a cliff one

[@real_skye]

Can someone tell this Boomer what's so funny about the three onions bit?

[@johannesstephanusroos4969]

​@@real_skyeIt's just the absurdity of it, it's antihumour

[@real_skye]

@@johannesstephanusroos4969 🤔

[@2oshow]

@@real_skyeyeah people confuse it but what we watched is in a category called, anti humor. It’s supposed to be absurd and stupid. The brain rot that’s on tiktok is the kids repeating things like, ”Skibidi toilet” or “GYAT” Things like that.

[@randywise5241]

"God is good, the world is stupid, and people are crazy". That is all I have on this.

[@TandyAndersson]

"God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy" - Billy Currington

[@shellykidvid]

The most true thing ive heard today other than the facts that I'm ugly

[@DD-mp9ok]

I'll add... the last 2 are interchangeable.

[@FourthExile]

idk whether I'm getting old but yeah I continually say now: yeah people don't care, society is slowly crumbling, dont pay too much attention to what people say, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner.

[@NX2-30]

@@TandyAnderssonI was gonna comment that 🤣

[@JuanAppleseed-ge6tb]

"TikTok has a thing called brain rot" Yeah, we have known this.

[@HumanPerson_final]

Facebook, KZbin, Instagram, Reddit, etc. etc., the silly thing is we're all focusing on TikTok when it's every social media site. They're manipulating people to get them to stay and click on the next thing as long as possible. - Guy on KZbin at 12 AM.

[@BenDoverII354]

KZbin shorts is way worse buddy

[@kyliejean4938]

So does KZbin lol

[@sigmashot]

*knownst’v

[@ghvandyk]

I didn’t find the actual TikToks funny, but I was dying laughing watching the guy on the left think that this absurd stuff is so hilarious to him. 😂 The real humor here is the contagious type

[@zr3755]

The only reason I laughed for the first few was because of Prof. Jacob

[@user-tw2es7nv7h]

Yes.

[@461weavile]

Agreed. Professor Jacob and the lovely Marquella laughing is much funnier than the videos. I think there were two that were worth a laugh, though.

[@nickynicks_]

The only one that made me laugh was the dog pushing the guy in the wheelchair off the cliff and even then the stupid music almost made me not laugh

[@user-zt6bt8dp2c]

That guy was fake laughing or high these were dumb

[@renaldamarkos7913]

The producer laughing hysterically is what got me laughing. Laughter is contagious

[@Raeperk57]

I didn't laugh. I have no idea what was funny about it. I thought it was STUPID.

[@pocketsand1690]

To get Rick rolled and hit with a Frankie McDonald Hellen Keller meme in 5 seconds from a Micheal Knowles video was NOT on my 2024 bingo card

[@medicbabe2ID]

The producer in the hat laughing so hard he couldn't breathe was the funniest thing about this 😂

[@lilywhite]

I love when Michael laughs, he has a childlike smile, it’s pretty adorable

[@pepperonipizza8200]

1:00 You can see Michael get a lobotomy in real time.

[@crashlandstudios]

Fire in the HOLE!!!!!!

[@CedanyTheAlaskan]

@@crashlandstudios NO NO NO NO NOT THE GEOMETRY DASH VIDEOS

[@republikentalks4454]

That's enough internet for me today, I'm going to read a book now.

[@Junkvid]

Nerd

[@republikentalks4454]

@@Junkvid I'm a nerd because I have an attention span that allows me to read?

[@Junkvid]

@@republikentalks4454 what a goofy response

[@Nov_Net]

​@@republikentalks4454yes. Try some Skibbidy Rizz in Ohio instead

[@-_Y0urFather-]

@@republikentalks4454pretty nerdy, that’s ok though, I’m also a big stinky nerd. But I’m a nerd about less nerdy things.

[@CaioLeo-ox7vj]

We got Michael Knowles brain rot before GTA6.

[@woznyk1]

the good ending

[@papalouie27]

This was certainly one of the videos of Michael Knowles I've seen.

[@Savitar.2020]

It indeed was one of the Michael Knowles videos of all time.

[@alech9418]

*Tik Tok is this thing called brain rot. There, I fixed it for you.

[@jesterday2222]

Exactly was I was thinking 🤣

[@BenDoverII354]

Don’t act like you don’t watch KZbin shorts which is way worse

[@alech9418]

@BenDoverII354 It is a major struggle. I go weeks without them, then catch myself doomscrolling for an hour aimlessly. You always feel terrible after it, too.

[@FrankieVos]

i suspect that this type of comedy is a result of hyper stimulation caused by high caffeine and energy drink consumption.

[@jonathanbrown6439]

Wouldn’t say it’s caused by high caffeine and energy drinks at all, but yes. Fried dopamine receptors are a large element of Gen Z humour. There was a genre of video that was big a while back (and still is to a lesser degree) that was basically just cramming as many memes references, sound effects, and jokes into a short clip as possible. Entirely absurdist and nonsensical unless you understood the references, and then it was just sensory overload causing laughter hahahahha

[@The_Novu]

@@jonathanbrown6439 "I get irrationally angry when people find something funny that I don't find funny." Humor is subjective, seethe.

[@dj393]

It reminds me of 52 yrs ago, smoking pot and watching reruns and laughing at nothing. Every stupid thing was hilarious.

[@dave7825]

I'm gen z and I like memes and I didn't find this funny. I only laughed at some because of how ridiculous they are, but it's too much brainrot for me, I don't know how the guy on the left was laughing so much.

[@damienmulder909]

@@The_Novu "I get irrationally angry when someone points out something i like is stupid." And there is such a thing as objectively not funny. All of these are objectively not funny and you cannot identify where the humor lies in any of them. And no "i think it's funny" does not mean it is funny.

[@nicholasanton4237]

Is no one talking about how the Michael Knowles show just rickrolled us all???

[@kierstenjennings142]

Literally what I was about to say!!! Lol

[@kierstenjennings142]

Literally what I was about to say!!! Lol

[@Quincy_Morris]

No

[@twlightnightfall1315]

I was looking for this comment. The search bar even says "gotcha" as well. XD

[@wyatts.4513]

Id like to see Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh react to brain rot tiktoks

[@mommalion7028]

Michael is definitely the sweetest Daily Wire host. He would be so fun at a slumber party, like, in an innocent way. Not a weird way. This comment isn't going the way I hoped it would.

[@scottmcley5111]

The hilarity turned to horror when it was realized the confused shopping guy is a regular voter....😂😢

[@johnosborne1873]

The COD zombies screech over Michael reacting to ASMR was GOLD

[@csosa68]

So brainrot is the 21st century version of Charlie the Unicorn. Total respect! LOL!

[@jordanhildebrandt3705]

CHAAAAARRRLIIEEEEE!!!

[@hplovecraft1402]

'Shun the non believers. ' 'What Happened. Oh they took ma friggin' kidney' I got introduced to the sweet sugary goodness of Candy Mountain and future Charlie escapades in 2008 .

[@lorenzogeere1956]

the fact that nobody on tiktok has the attention span to enjoy charlie the unicorn nowadays is so sad

[@Romans-un8nx]

​@lorenzogeere1956 The weird thing is, my attention span changes depending on what I'm doing. I can read a novel written in 1912 for two hours, but can hardly watch a three minute video without scrolling😂

[@logical582]

The fact that many "non-existent" parents allow their children to consume this content (same with YT and other digital platforms) and still wonder why their kids are behaving poorly boggles my mind the most.

[@murrothbro195]

Still seems more tame than the stuff I was stuffing into my head and soul on 4chan back in 2010ish. But to be fair our generation's parents truly had no idea. By 13 we were already running circles around them as far being internet savy. I mean good grief at 17 I was ordering narcotics off the Silk Road with BTC (back when it was so cheap relative to today... should have kept some!) completely unbeknownst to my parents. The millennial parents have less of an excuse. They ought to know how depraved the internet can be and how irresistably enticing it all is to a young mind. But as a childless degen I'm in no position to judge. Regulatory intervention on the part of the state is probably necessary.

[@libratude9595]

The parents are doing the same thing. Technology is the new parents and babysitters.

[@louisegoins7630]

That is delinquent parenting.

[@renaldamarkos7913]

​@murrothbro195 yea bro. Ur parents were way derelict. My parents didn't know everything I was doing but they knew most of it. They for sure would have caught on in an instant if I was doing drug

[@erikERXON]

when parents were raised by idiots and now they are raising their kids by AI, what else would u expect? exactly as it is called - BRAINROT.

[@Asinnersavedbygrace-lc1fy]

I have never felt as old as I do after watching these. I found two to be mildly amusing; the rest were just confusing and/or stupid.

[@bethfox5615]

I must be getting old, because I really don't understand them at all. The funniest part was their reactions to them.

[@starrysurprise2]

@@bethfox5615 My thought exactly. Maybe they're not really supposed to make sense?

[@jordanhildebrandt3705]

The joke is often the absurdism and stupidity. Some of it is laughing at the fact that something this stupid actually exists. Sort of a surprise reaction.

[@rookangaroo5460]

​@@starrysurprise2that's pretty much it. For example, the onions one sounds like a typical commercial. When it asks you to imagine two onions, you're wondering where it will go. It then asks you to imagine 3 onions, you're led along even further, wondering what this could possibly be building up to. But as the music plays and the dialogue ceases, you suddenly understand that that really was it, there's nothing more. That subversion of your expectations is where the humor is found.

[@montarakid1943]

@@rookangaroo5460 I didn't find anything funny in this other than everybody laughing hysterically. Just looked sorta odd. Actually, I think I feel pretty good not getting it.

[@cecilseatertan9540]

Honestly half the video is the producers 😂

[@mav4516]

Why have I been getting rick rolled again and again lately 😭

[@Nyrfan30]

The one with the markers was hysterical!! I was crying laughing.

[@TonyThePerson7]

Ayy he got the producers on video

[@aboymom1910]

This does remind me a lot of early 2000's internet humor. Or the bizarre and hilarious commercials of the same time period. I don't hate it! 😆

[@joeymedina7115]

One of us!

[@wesleyblake6249]

What goes around comes around. And this time I hope it stays

[@wesleyblake6249]

It’s like Newgrounds without the gore.

[@thefriesens1071]

I dunno. I certainly wouldn't rate it anywhere near Homestar Runner.

[@michaelroy6630]

More of Jacob choosing the memes please. Genuinely didn't expect to laugh this hard 🤣

[@AriesCrowInsanity]

I never thought that in my 20 years of existence that i would see the day that Michael Knowles would say "mewing and mogging"

[@MPaez-lq5ig]

I had a Matt Walsh reaction in that I never laughed once through this. 😅

[@jesterday2222]

Glad I'm not the only one 😏 Well, I laughed when Michael was laughing, does that count?

[@MPaez-lq5ig]

@@jesterday2222 same!

[@wispyluma76]

You’ve got an expensive sense of humor then. Not a compliment.

[@Heaven-LeighB]

YTMND was basically my homepage for years. I asked my coworkers about it and no one knew what I was talking about. I’m glad it wasn’t just a fever dream!

[@CaliforniaGal]

Sometimes when others laugh, you can't help but laugh too. Laughter is contagious and laughing is good for your health.

[@DennisJ42]

I think I got some brain rot just watching the video.

[@davidwinokur2131]

I think I just lost 10 IQ points.

[@b80011]

As someone with Tourette’s I’m pretty sure I’ll be randomly repeating “egg roll” for months….😂

[@judithkimmerling770]

Well, that’s minutes I’ll never get back again.

[@LifeAsItMayBe]

I can't tell if these were actually funny or if I was only laughing because they were laughing. 🤷‍♀️

[@vancouver8129]

They’re not funny.

[@vancouver8129]

Except Helen Keller😂

[@lucasolson7045]

It always surprises me when I realize I'm about the same age as Michael Knowles. His referencing of YTMND really hit that point home. I too enjoyed YTMND as a child.

[@brianwoodbridge88]

I’m either not smart enough to get these or not dumb enough and I’m honestly not sure which

[@cambridgehathaway3367]

yes

[@brianwoodbridge88]

@@cambridgehathaway3367 🤔🤣

[@JamesBrohard]

Is this the new equivalent of people like me growing up watching British comedies? More than the content that guy laughing the entire time at the absurdity of it all made me chuckle. Laughs, like yawning and vomiting are contagious.

[@deansthedevil1]

This is why I don't go out in public.

[@kattilathehunfreedomfighter]

I had 3 youngsters approach me and ask me this same question a couple days ago as I exited the grocery store. I told them I don't get it and I'm too old for this cr*p. Kids are so brain rotted today. Illogical nonsense is not funny, it's terrifying.

[@leah6997]

as a tiktok lobotomy-core brainrot enjoyer myself, i love this video

[@queeflover]

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[@ichigomiku8586]

As someone who has to deal with peoples' kids after they watch this crap... I couldn't be more overjoyed at the idea of getting rid of tiktok universally.

[@The_Novu]

Tiktok didn't invent this kind of content lol.

[@brando3342]

Wow, if you can’t have a sense of humour for stupid stuff… I would hate to have you watching over me as a kid. You sound like a blast 🙄

[@ichigomiku8586]

@@The_Novu but it did make it worse, easily accessible and far too popular.

[@Watchoutho]

@@ichigomiku8586I’m glad TT is going bye bye.

[@xjmg007]

To think one of the most valuable apps won't be replaced immediately with an equal or more annoying app is the peak of boomer brain

[@BurstyHimself]

bro just rick rolled everyone watching

[@raydhaliwal3576]

The onion one made me cry, I was laughing so hard 😂😂😂

[@skiu4ea434]

i'm an idiot, i don't get the onion one. Is the point of it is that it doesn't make sense at all?

[@divyanuthayanan8782]

@@skiu4ea434yes

[@starrysurprise2]

@@skiu4ea434 I didn't get any of them.

[@rookangaroo5460]

​​@@skiu4ea434yeah lmao, it makes you feel kinda silly for expecting it to make any sense at all

[@KlaustheViking]

That is quite the irony, isn’t it?

[@skyttyl]

This reminds me of just random humor of the early 2000s. So stupid, but so weirdly funny.

[@kuricat16]

I have no idea why I laughed so hard... I cannot explain why it was funny... I am concerned-

[@thorman2005]

In about 2 days Michael is going to find himself accidentally quoting "eggwahhhhl"... And then he'll realize how funny it is out of context

[@CSB12004]

Michael is cultured

[@GraniteStateofMind]

Most of these were pretty stupid, but that marker one was absolutely freaking hilarious

[@josephjordan7736]

The egg roll is objectively the funniest one though😂😂😂

[@andresgonzalez1236]

4:12 no way i just got Rick rolled in a Michael Knowles video 😂😂

[@LarissaDawn]

The dog has no hair so he's chili. The dog has toe beans and the dog's name is Potato ^^"

[@johnosborne1873]

I ROARED laughing at this!! Thanks guys.

[@palmanardozza2041]

“That one’s not funny at all.” Me watching clips of Saturday Night Live over my fiancé’s shoulder while he’s on TikTok

[@taylorhorne1046]

this is what happens when you put gen z'ers on your production staff. this comedic gold.

[@LuisGustavoBD]

I'd pay good money to see Matt Walsh reacting to these.

[@samanthamcgaughey9693]

getting rickrolled by michael knowles was not on my 2024 bingo card 😂😂

[@quandaledingle8367]

he put the producers on lol

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Brainrot is basically not new. Rickrolling is literally previous generation Brainrot.

[@fyiicheckforspies]

The camera room's reaction is funnier than the videos they're showing. Guess I'm getting old because I don't get any of this

[@captaindanger13]

10:42 I will admit, there was a split second where my brain didn't recognize this was an edit and for some reason thought that was actually Michael. Only a split second tho. I came to my senses real quick. I was like "HUH", but then I was like "oh nevermind lol." I was about to say. 🤣

[@arostilis]

I seriously don’t know what the hell I’m watching; the funniest thing about this video is literally the laughing.

[@krageon4430]

1:07 Michael done did himself dirty with this one 💀💀💀

[@meglukes]

I feel like I’m too old for this style of humor but I’m younger than Knowles

[@KidFifty]

It is a good example of the concept of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. There have been memes like this for years: frenchiest fry, durr plant, about anything earning the title of "sh*tpost material".

[@ruthbueneman541]

People who have spent their lives watching videos and miss their childhood cartoons find this humour funny. These are also the same humans that fall in love with people that dont exist and look for guidance from rom coms for love. Everyone trashes the internet. I learn alot from the internet And am wary of cliches so I state that the internet can substitute for real life if you need it to. I am thankful for that. There can be treasure in the trash. Sincerely The Obese Ghost

[@nicknack5697]

The Palpatine edit had me dying 🤣

[@alisiamondragon3013]

4:21 I CHOKED!! 😂 😂 😂

[@MisterEvvvSymphoenix]

Michael Knowles' poker face slowly breaking into a wry smile. You know how this is gonna go from the get go 🤣. He never stood a chance.

[@PhonySopran0]

The egg roll one has me dying.

[@etsequentia6765]

Michael Corleone STORNGLY SUGGESTS we use express VPN. I feel we should not refuse his offer.

[@robertshank8412]

I guess you guys got some pretty good weed over there. I thinking that there's 10:47 that I can't get back.

[@EdginLegend]

We got Michael mewing before GTA VI

[@Carburetedofficial]

Dont eat or drink anything at 4:20 you will shotgun spray all over the table laughing like I almost did

[@SlapMyBass3825]

No wonder why Gen Z's humor is broken.

[@tippiergnome8471]

Is this skibbidy rizz?

[@queeflover]

ermmm :/ boi 😅✋🏻🫱🏻 what the fart! that comment wasnt very skibidi ohio rizz of you

[@saulmoran7369]

Spongebob one made me laugh because I remembered the creatures I see on my college campus

[@ml8452]

Great…I just got Rick rolled by Michael Knowles. 😂

[@Myir12]

I’m so glad this got turned into a KZbin clip so I could watch this twice in the same month. Imagine two onions imagine three onions.😂

[@taylorandgraphite4772]

The editor at the daily wire needs a raise 😂😂

[@AustinPowell.]

We need way more of this

[@ChristianSonicTheHedgehog]

We need Micheal’s team to be at these more often. Their collective laughter is so funny.

[@Gfan-yi7tm]

Never did I dream I'd one day see Michael Knowles reacting to a Godzilla x Kong meme. And LAUGHING.

[@isaiahellsworth3244]

"God is great, Beer is good, and people are crazy" Billy currington

[@joe35]

You guys need to show Michael all of the eggwah videos so he can understand the lore!!!

[@Mason-dh8zh]

God bless you Michael and this made my day better.

[@herr.schmidt]

Imagine doing this videos with Matt Walsh. He wouldn't even smile.

[@TrueFreedomReal]

Guy in SpiderMan mask cheese grating a chain was the only one that broke me 😂😂😂

[@isaac_r_s2716]

Oh man, I thought I was over it because I haven’t taken a dive into memes all that much in the last 4 months but it still kills me, the brain elasticity just built upon the rot

[@user-mj9ny7lh8h]

Ah he Rick Rolled us.

[@realtradingstoic]

That was great ! I think we would all enjoy a 2nd part

[@somebody8748]

Are they pumping nitrous oxide into that studio? I did not find any of those worth laughing at.

[@wispyluma76]

Well you have an expensive sense of humor then. Not a compliment.

[@PMacKing]

Bonus points for the Rick Roll. Never gets old

[@majorcellar1707]

4:30 that’s Frankie doing his tornado siren impression.

[@hagenrudisaile1028]

This is one of the best pieces of content I’ve ever seen

[@Jaster832]

You have to do this without them laughing in your ear, as though you were watching it alone, without two cackling hyenas and a normal person sitting between them influencing you.

[@JoeBeaudette]

Never thought I’d get rick rolled by a Michael Knowles video in 2024, but here we are.

[@Akial2935]

"In the future, entertainment will be randomly generated"- Veggietales, 2003