Mullen's adulthood rant

[@ty2666]

The existential dread he describes when watching old Simpsons episodes is now how I feel when revisiting classic Cum Town clips

[@AllowedKarma660]

It actually made me sad to see this is a 7 year old clip

[@Looneyboy]

Yes!

[@CrackdanieIs]

Same brother

[@sammygunnsOfficial]

Well my friend diiiiiiiiiied

[@JohnDoe-qh5xg]

You grew up on cumtown you had a childhood Imagine flashing back to bs like the Simpson Flanders okely dokely ass... that's true despair

[@byemef]

Don't know what the sound part is and who these guys are, just here for the trains footage. Really nice.

[@shayZero]

Thomas Nerd

[@ohokcool]

These guys are known as the cum boys. Their podcast is called Cum Town.

[@pointlessopinion611]

@@ohokcool ,if you are a true fan, how could you give a shit about them when there are Twaaaains!!

[@MulTfrancis]

NO - Next stop Cum Town. All aboard!

[@ohokcool]

@@MulTfrancis WOOO WOOOOO

[@LoadPast]

Lmao nick is just describing the symptoms of clinical depression

[@jeremyp2164]

@@andressantos9130 huh what do you mean?

[@jeremyp2164]

@@andressantos9130 if you think those numbers are real you are very gullible

[@ganginfr4923]

@@michaels6391 man really thought he was specially smart for a second lmao

[@nelsonvontitfuk1471]

KSGV Specially smart huh?

[@RemixedVoice]

There are homeless people who are happy and laugh every day, and there are billionaires who kill themselves. The world is not black and white and happiness can not just only be produced from external factors

[@environmentart]

"you can't be 11 for the rest of your lives" says the man who makes gay jokes into a mic for 400k a year.

[@nathana.4752]

seethe harder

[@Whatsuppbuddies]

Nathan A. Projecting?

[@timdolinger1352]

Are the jokes themselves gay, or are they about being gay?

[@timdolinger1352]

@@MrJimShorts yes

[@goatsmcgoatson9291]

nonono ITS DIFFERENT, they are 14 year olds for the rest of their lives

[@benh2339]

man it is unbelievable how much this 11 minute bit has negatively impacted my life.

[@newcoffee5645]

Therapy and exercise. You can accept that you're gay, and then get mad dick because you're jacked

[@nosequiters]

zen bro

[@DISTR4CK]

@The Shaman because its so true that even laughing the pain away doesn't work anymore.

[@user-73a]

you have no life if this had a huge impact on you

[@50shekels]

@@DISTR4CK Then it wasnt the video. It was you shoving that stuff you knew you needed to confront into a locker for too long, and suddenly you couldnt lie to yourself anymore

[@jakechinatown]

Every generation thinks they're so different but it's literally all the same. Everyone's gay.

[@spencerjames9417]

Everyone's gay with their dad

[@zeltzamer4010]

All generations think that the generation before condescended to them. The Lost Generation thinks the Baby Boom generation condescended to them, the Baby Boom generation thinks the Roaring Twenties generation condescended them, the Roaring Twenties thought the same thing about the turn-of-the-century people, and so on and so forth. Everyone thinks their problems are unique but they’re really not. Everyone is, indeed, gay.

[@matthewsmith6051]

I'm pretty sure it's pronounced 'ghey'

[@noridesleft]

Hey I’m still gay you’re right

[@conron1830]

the "weird nausea" about old stuff is such a perfect way to put it. Having fun in ways you used to have fun as a kid, when you're on your own as an adult, is so uncomfortable. It just feels like you wasted everything just to be right back where you were but sadder.

[@coreygolpheneee]

It's like it highlights all the reasons I can't enjoy this as much as I used to

[@gardensaladdude90]

Yeah basically, I genuinely feel next to nothing when good things happen to me and just keep focusing on things I don’t like

[@chadwilliams9141]

This changed my life i went from my local community college to an entry level poisiton as a middle school janitor. #tangiable #goals

[@BrianScalabrineMVP]

Chad Williams go off king!

[@philiportiz234]

Chad Williams this literally happened to me 2 years ago, I work at a casino now #tangible #goals

[@zackklein2225]

@Benjamin Rallo I give a fuck 😠

[@zackklein2225]

@Benjamin Rallo Exactly! 😡

[@Blickyrobyason]

Benjamin Rallo hell yea dude

[@3rdhand712]

i like how this clip starts out with Nick trying to do social commentary but once he starts talking about the Simpsons he's sucked into the gravity of his own anhedonia, and then it just dissolves into 7 minutes of his depression rebuffing every single attempt that Adam and Stav make to point out his accomplishments, uplift and encourage him, or point out the ways in which he's being irrational / using binary thinking.

[@liltick102]

I would look for these moments in the semi early eps through my earlier years in addiction / depression. It’d be ridiculous, which is how I think and am anyway, but insanely relatable.

[@samentzian3646]

The way you talk is mad autistic

[@johnorson6907]

I hate you for making me look up a word, but that’s a good word so I forgive you

[@gummyboots]

Honestly hearing someone switch into that mode of thinking, from the outside, really helps me to keep from doing it myself. Like I must have been that guy so many times in college.

[@KnoxWheelerJr]

You're using bonary thinking

[@Sonicthehedgefundmanager]

Nick is just prone to depression, I completely relate to everything he said, and when he said “being terrified to die while also embracing it” I laughed, but as corny as it is and as jaided as you are you need to force yourself to look at the positive, it really does make a difference, and it’s a hard habit to form and sometime it can feel douchey but being miserable and thinking about death all the time is not a fun way to live.

[@qojte]

you’re right but I don’t know if i can be positive about life and like myself

[@Sonicthehedgefundmanager]

@@qojte I’ve felt the same way, the truth is you have to really WANT to change to make a change, so if you really want to become positive or have positive outlook you will find a way, but you have to really want it, I can’t stress that point enough. Ps I used mdma to get ahold of my depression and it helped me get out of a 5 year opiate addiction, it’s not for everybody but if you’re a severely depressed person like I was it’s something to think about, it helped me. It doesn’t give you all the answers but it can give you a lot of tools that can help, again it’s not for everybody.

[@nonope4110]

Yea think about death constantly and all that definitely is not a way to live. I know it firsthand, still struggling with it. Might have BPD, not sure though, also not entirely hopeful meds will help. I do see what you mean though with having to really want to change your outlook and all that.

[@svpuppies2651]

Seems kinda gay

[@Sonicthehedgefundmanager]

@@svpuppies2651 so gay dude, so gay

[@michaeldeguzman8675]

it's like the lead up to someone's friends trying to convince him not to jump off the bridge.

[@BrianScalabrineMVP]

Michael de Guzman and then nick gets mad at adam for trying to stop him

[@djjamesporter4740]

jemimallah explain plz

[@classicpinball9873]

@jemimallah context?

[@dankestranch8738]

@jemimallah plz tell us lol

[@electricblu6615]

@jemimallah I'm p sure Nubian fidance posted a vid where it shows the clip where Nick calls Adam his best friend

[@herespaul]

excellent train vid, strange choice for background music though

[@clayjack9969]

Combustible Lemons Trains are cool.

[@purplelegsandthespiderette3929]

@Ellis Dee I'm confused apparently like you.

[@purplelegsandthespiderette3929]

@@clayjack9969 Explain yourself unless you are just a jerk face. If so great job and congrats pal.

[@Komnen0s]

The implication is that Nick is standing on a bridge overlooking a railroad and Adam & Stav are trying to talk him down from leaping beneath the wheels of an oncoming street car.

[@gabrielgolden4336]

Trains rule so hard.

[@shanecoopershow]

yeah dude

[@fittinggraves7235]

Hell ya dude

[@spagelsmegal]

Genuinely the best form of transportation

[@Ian-hd3od]

You autism is showing

[@roflmau5108]

"We wear hoodies dude, we say cuss words"

[@skiddzie9526]

what if hillary was harry potter

[@RATD0GG]

And also gay

[@airosfter131]

Man was never meant to live this way. You spend 18 years growing up, building a community with bonds of friendship and love with friends, family, and then every one jets off across the country to pursue higher education and some vague sense of "career." Then you're in some new city, far away from your friends and family, trying to form new bonds, but as an adult your ability to form meaningful bonds is completely shot, so you end up always being alone even in a room full of people. You can't make new friends, you can't find love, you almost never see your family. And when you do see your family or old friends, it still feels hollow and lackluster. We were better off a hundred years ago.

[@TheSpiritOfTheTimes]

Insanely stupid comment.

[@Harry_Stylus]

Yeah its funny listening to 3 grown men who are all unmarried and childless trying to find a way to make their life substantial.

[@gavinferguson2938]

Still if I had a choice between living rn in this time and 100 years ago id still choose this time.

[@NoAffiliation]

Keyword here is "you"

[@majestic._]

Recently dropped out of a prestigious out of state college so I could go to the in state colleges with all my high school friends. It was really lonely at the out of state college even if I was in a room full of people so I decided it just wasn't worth the fancy degree.

[@alexanderjakubowski5673]

The idea that everything in your life has to be in some way meaningful, or serving some higher purpose, is just another flavor of existential anxiety IMO.

[@Sealed_Chamber]

Yeah.

[@LotusHart01]

Well put.

[@VashTheDamnFiend]

Yurrrrr

[@heylookitsummer]

I'm still working through this, but an almost insignificant amount of anyones life is impactful in that way. Lying in wait for those moments is living in hell. You have to make your monotonous day to day as passively enjoyable as you can, because really that is life, it's all you get, minus a couple hours of excitement. And you have to really figure out what is enjoyable, long term (ie not gaming and not cocaine). That being said, it is hard to dig yourself out of a cynical rut, especially after wearing it deeper for years and years.

[@ehfoiwehfowjedioheoih4829]

Midwit Rick and morty fan

[@bshhhhhhh]

3 unmarried men who abuse drugs and food talking about how gaming is bad, then saying nostalgia is bad, to which their fans view, despite it being a nostalgic clip because it’s 6 years old, is awesome.

[@Snaaaked]

im autistic and gay depressed and addicted .🐻

[@bshhhhhhh]

@@Snaaaked Cool as fuck

[@maxwellhesher1790]

There’s 3 wolves inside of you, Nick is ultimately the most correct. Stav doesn’t really know what’s happening. Adam legitimately will become a Disney adult. All 3 of those wolves are gay btw.

[@maxwellhesher1790]

@@SnaaakedYou’re a combination of all of your friends, you have stavs addiction, nicks depression, Adams autism, and all of them are gay.

[@RicardoGarcia-rp9pw]

I'm here, 1+ year later, relating more to the comments than the actual video. You gay guys are alright.

[@milesisterrible]

damn the dialysis machine analogy really hit hard

[@TruStoogeDrew.]

Not to sound straight or anything but ever since I heard this I cringe everytime my buddy wants to play madden or someshit. I barley watch tv now. Now I’m just an alcoholic who watches cumtown (RIP) clips

[@As-qz5lr]

I feel this way whenever I watch sports now. I wasted so much of my life watching sports.

[@Robb1977]

if you get rid of the comforts modern life tells you to indulge and distract with, it hits you how sad just living and working can be. When I lost video games because I had to work, the idea i could play them again later made me realize how dull they were. Same with tv, movies, food even. I dont even get excited to have good food anymore and i used to love to cook.

[@vyviid]

@@TruStoogeDrew. Don't be a dick to your friend because of a gay podcast, drinking and listening to podcasts is just as regressive as playing video games, Nick is talking about creative output and general fulfillment, not just trying to not look like a baby.

[@TruStoogeDrew.]

@@vyviid hell yeah brother

[@chriskasatka2095]

"Fear death while simultaneously embracing it." Haha jesus!

[@BeRoyal37]

Thats so accurate

[@talon6890]

Don't go chasing waterfalls, Mullen. Not every cherished moment needs to be novel or unique, it just needs to be special.

[@DweeD1516]

Like you

[@nolanmartin6601]

If everything is special, nothing is

[@alnat950]

@@nolanmartin6601 He said cherished moments need to be special, not everything

[@user-73a]

@Nolan Martin i'm 12 and this is deep

[@nolanmartin6601]

@@user-73a you’re 12 and gay

[@mattjohnholmes]

I absolutely hate gaming as an adult, it makes me feel like I'm dying

[@Perfect-dude-bro]

@Barnaby Jones I feel the same way about gaming at 23, its like locking yourself in this synthetic mirage of reality that can no longer satiate you. Its what I imagine something like a Tiger or Gorilla experiences living its entire life in a zoo

[@WrangleMcDangle]

Nick went ahead and described how I've been feeling for the past year

[@street8651]

Vince Williams you good dog

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

I used to be in that place I got out through just trying to improve myself and my life. It got my to see through that shitty world view.

[@neverpass04]

How’s it been after 5?

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@neverpass04 marginally better

[@RitTF2]

@@WrangleMcDangle glad to see you’re still with us and doing (relatively) good, criminal retard

[@alfielb8040]

the nausea thing really is true, music, tv, games, whatever - rising panic at the passage of time

[@UpperCrustthe3rd]

I don't even like the things I like anymore. I'm 27

[@smangosmooly9538]

Age 19/20 I already had this sense. Couldn’t stomach more than a bit of the games music and entertainment I used to like. I think part of this feeling and the feeling of lost-nostalgia stem from modern children having such a connection to their entertainment sources in the western world.

[@BazookaTooth707]

I still play Halo 3. That's how fucked I am

[@HitRockBoglim]

​@@UpperCrustthe3rdDid you take the big nap yet

[@NiceTryBill]

Lol Adam is right but he's too inarticulate to fully convey mark Fisher's concept of capitalist realism and just gets steamrolled

[@PresidentGorbachev]

my man be readin

[@theJaSwA123]

PresidentGorbachev he’s just repeating what he’s read on twitter

[@theJaSwA123]

He not wrong tho

[@blickluke]

CSN u do it for us/me? I'm very deu k

[@blickluke]

Drunk

[@SaudiHaramco]

"you can't stay 11 years old for the rest of your life" - Nick Mullen, comedian

[@jonathannagel7427]

But you can remember being 11 for the rest of your life, something Nick’s taught me

[@arempy5836]

But you can still be disappointed by everything because deep down you still want to be 11. Nick is not mature, just conscious of his own arrested development and depressed by it.

[@Patrick.Weightman]

and im gay

[@fightinglionenjoyer4503]

Nick stayed at the height of an 11 year old

[@bri1244]

I just got a ps5 thinking I’d enjoy it but ugh, nick is so right. Too many adult thoughts. Truly feels like I’m just passing the time, and waiting to die every time I turn it on. The weird nausea hits hard

[@lordgilesIV]

same...

[@NoPe-n1j]

Weed is the only way I can avoid this feeling, but as soon as I sober up it all hits at once.

[@M.TTT.]

@@NoPe-n1j try weed and drinking at the same time

[@bbbbbbb51]

It never really hit me. Maybe it's because I'm not motivated by money in the slightest. Sure, I could spend that time volunteering or something, but apathy and lack of greed lead me to feeling content doing what is realistically nothing at all.

[@sethdickfield2949]

Cool vid, but who are those guys talking? They won't friggin shut up

[@Finn-pe7uj]

Seth Dickfield i miss the reddit

[@EricToTheScionti]

LOL

[@jonvia]

I think the most depressing thing when you get older is that your realize most adults arent any smarter than kids and in fact, a lot of adults are like kids. So it was always funny as a kid thinking that all adults are better than me and all adults have it all figured out. I shouldve said "fuck off" a lot more as a kid. Damn. Missed opportunity.

[@jasonlitherland4270]

It’s not too late

[@plantain.1739]

@Shawn Allen Forever sixteen is giving some people too much credit. Some people regress to single digits.

[@Fart_Simpson]

I still haven't let go of that opportunity I had. I'm pathetic asf and a huge coward for it and many other things. But fuck man I'm pathetic for not believing in myself essentially

[@j.r.b.1885]

⁠@@Fart_Simpsonkeep talking like that and you’ll get a punch in the dick! Always believe in yourself especially when no one else does!

[@Robb1977]

I think the sad thing is now people just expect that its normal to stop mentally growing after their high school years. Like, we have this weird cult of youth where nobody feels they're even allowed to grow up because they'll lose something. its ok to not be a kid, and "adulting" or doing responsible things shouldnt be treated like a chore. Like, pay your bills, clean your house, and then buy some cigarettes and whisky, and drink alone and accept who you are. People will try to normalize watching cartoons into their 50s before they adopt some stable adult-vices and hobbies. Your old, stop skateboarding, start writing, stop playing videogames and start whittling. If you buy nintendo shit, it should be for your own children, not for you.

[@IronBloodedLion]

Nick is both extremely depressed in this, and also completely right about the nostalgia trap we’ve all fallen into. You can still have your dumb interests, but there’s still something to be said about going out and living a fulfilling life. I grew up loving Star Wars, but watching grown adults cry tears of joy for a trailer to a new movie is not healthy. Also it’s clear the Podcast was holding these guys back. I think Nick is the more talented of the three, but Stav was smart enough to realize it was time to move on.

[@benzo546]

skip forward to now, stav is doing very successfully touring. as easy as it is to be cynical, being positive and just plugging away consistently, works. him and nick are the tortoise and the hare.

[@namedidii]

stav has long been a good comic. nick burned out like 6 years ago

[@2Eliishere]

Nick is a sociopathic narcissist, he rants about this shit but doesn't actually advance as a person.

[@iannordin5250]

@@2Eliishere is he actually a narcissistic sociopath?

[@nefm]

@@iannordin5250 yeah that's why all the dumb kids listening think he's so cool (me included)

[@ReplicantBattyman]

all i gathered from listening to this is nick is lazy as shit. if he hasnt finished a project in the past 5 years he needs to get some discipline.

[@alexanderbridge161]

And now NIck and Adam are killing it with TAFS and Stav went full time with the stand up, they all found projects and things they are honing. Proud of them.

[@noahculp9900]

Me too. I love my best friends

[@JC-wg5xn]

Sounds like the narrative at the end of a sappy college movie

[@eXiLe824]

It's nice to see someone actually post something positive and encouraging about Stav. So much vitriol at the guy for going on his own after 6 years.

[@sneed1208]

TAFS is collapsing. Adam needs to be fired.

[@harrydavey9884]

Yeah, I feel like Nick making the observation that dumb bullshit absolutely KILLS in modern stand-up, really resonated with Stav and made him realise it was possible for him to make a living mentioning that he's fat and loves sex.

[@RedPlaystationController]

Life after graduation is lonely. I miss all my friends.

[@mattsterh7740]

You have to make new friends. Something i realized is that i constantly go through friend because they all move on to other things and leave me behind ever since elementary school or middle school. It might not even out of malice its just how it is.

[@jackwebb3757]

They were never your friends

[@M.TTT.]

gay friends?

[@jackwebb3757]

@@M.TTT. one could only hope

[@JTKatz07]

The whole point of being a comedian was not to have a 9-5 job. These guys took the risk but our generation wasn’t taught to take risks we were taught to “be ourselves” in a society that says one thing but doesn’t practice it.

[@TheorizingWithBen]

The first six minutes are startlingly accurate. The interesting part of this is how Baby Boomers don't acknowledge any of these afflictions, but pretend they don't exist, ramping it up. Whereas, Gen X'rs are more understanding.

[@TheorizingWithBen]

Found out since that nobody invests in America, so most college grads go in extreme debt to ignorantly await unemployment. Boomers are the first generation to unlovingly leave their kids nothing, like ancient Egyptian assholes. The future is corporate poverty or regular poverty in America. Also, the girls are so amazingly selfish that don't settle for anything less than a millionaire, totally wasting their ovaries.

[@calzone.mp3]

@@TheorizingWithBen Middle class white women and boomer extermination when?

[@christopherrapczynski204]

@@calzone.mp3 boomer extermination in progress

[@nothingforyouhere418]

Christopher Rapczynski 😂

[@swampnutz5201]

@@calzone.mp3 after the minorities

[@danecraighead373]

"I just don't think about things in a funny way anymore." I felt that.

[@campfortson4387]

God that's sad

[@THApeanutMagician]

I think about everything in a funny way now , I am fundamentally incapable of taking life seriously

[@atomicalien4]

@@THApeanutMagician same! Best way to live 🙌

[@Nobody-dc8dp]

You're out of your mind

[@M.TTT.]

@@THApeanutMagician its all a joke, this reality

[@jeanzeus6420]

I didn't think I was a train autismo but this footage is oddly calming

[@tedcrilly46]

kinda makes you wanna ... buy an olive green jacket. with a fluffy hood.

[@kharismith3747]

Nick definitely romanticizes his own depression. Part of the reason hes stuck in this loop

[@nutsackmania]

we're all dying

[@DrawQuick2014]

i've been listening to this podcast for half a decade and this rant is about watching your life drip away that just hit me harder than i expected...im gay

[@enzoferrari8223]

They absolutely nailed what adulthood means. Their entire adult lives are recapitulations of their childhood so they qualify as experts

[@JoeyPepperoni101]

"I got pretty close to going to the gym... I did put my gym shorts on" -Stav

[@MrKajithecat]

I'm Nick right now. Totally deconstructing my life on the daily. Nobody is really happy right now.

[@Bebopopotamus]

Spoke too soon. You thought we were unhappy before, haha.

[@bokoura]

Speak for yourself.

[@wiz823]

Somehow it's gotten worse 😅

[@Jambi555]

it is economic though, the root is economic. TVs, computers, smartphones, videogames etc. have all gotten WAY better and WAY cheaper while the cost of housing, food, gas, utilities, education etc. has skyrocketed and wages have been stagnant for 50 fucking years while unemployment explodes from automation, of course millennials are depressed "failures" and living with their parents playing videogames and tweeting all day, wishing they were 12 years old again. We would all be buying houses and starting families and businesses and buying cars and boats and going on vacation if we had even a fraction of the opportunities our parents had when they were young. I've talked to so many boomers about their early work experience and the memes are accurate they all walked into easy peasy bullshit jobs with no education or experience and got paid the equivalent of at least 30/hr in today's money. I met a dude who got handed a warehouse inventory job literally right out of highschool and got paid the equivalent of 100/hr to count motor parts all day and he quit cause he was bored fuck these boomers and the nightmare society they created. Don't even get me started on climate change and retirement I'll just say every peer I've talked to has admitted they plan to blow their brains out before they hit 60

[@pat6146]

Your peers are crackhead retards who can't plan to save their lives then

[@satisfiedconsumer649]

Took a guitar class in high school about 5 years about. Literally every dude that I talked to in there was depressed/talked to me about suicide or killing themselves if things didn't work out at a certain point in life. I'm no different.

[@gavinferguson2938]

Its an unfortunate truth, im studying politics & society in college rn and if there is one thing ive learned thats corroborated and agreed upon by everyone its that the economy controlls effectivley everything.

[@Clowncentral101]

Fucking facts man excellent analysis

[@Clowncentral101]

@Lucas I know this sounds like fucking boomer “I walked into the CEO’s office and demanded a job and he gave me one” advice but I’ve found that after you’ve submitted your application calling the location and asking to speak to the hiring manager and telling them your name and asking them to please be on the lookout for your application dramatically increases your chances of getting hired, like you said putting a face or even just a voice to the name really sets you apart from the hundreds of other applications

[@adamsymington2992]

Ken Burns really nailed this.

[@rontia]

Drugs, regrets, dissapointment, Final Fantasy.. Yep that's me.

[@THApeanutMagician]

I listen to this clip on a weekly basis

[@pinkfloydguy7781]

The regressive shit where you try to recreate the years you were happiest as a child misses the mark because those things are done. They’re dead and shouldn’t be resurrected. You miss the feeling of being excited by every new thing, and the only way to get back to that is to just get that back, somehow. I guess probably through some kind of zen or advaita or stoicism or some other meditation or contemplation based tradition. You definitely have to think about death a lot. I’ve realized what was missing but it’s very hard to work on simultaneously having an adult sense of self-awareness and responsibility while relearning a way to be childishly happy and excited about life. That’s what enlightenment is supposed to be, I probably won’t ever achieve that but I’ve thought about the philosophy of traditions like that a lot and tried to actively practice it, and sometimes I think I notice myself doing better at it.

[@brian3634]

Oh man that's relatable. Stay strong dude, hope things work out for you.

[@eriqvaldivia3496]

Very well put. I think this is why people come out of psychedelic trips and have newfound appreciation. Everything being familiar yet new because of the reality-shattering experience.

[@adsffdaaf4170]

you should try heroin

[@miguelcastorena4293]

Sounds gay

[@HeyDevilBetween]

Good shit man

[@neotower420]

The video of trains behind this symbolic of the passage of time and leaving your cherished memories at the station as you travel onward to new memories

[@bshhhhhhh]

you sound autistic

[@thecaptain6520]

​@fishtexture797 the video of trains is symbolic of autism

[@Patrick.Weightman]

I used to find comfort in surrounding myself in nostalgic memorabilia, or stuff even before I was born, but eventually it started making me twice as depressed because I was constantly being reminded how these things were dead and slowly disappearing. Made me see how toxic of a mindset it can really be if you let it.

[@Cheemsonabike]

I went back and downloaded super mario sunshine the most nostalgic game of my childhood and could only get frustrated with how dated it felt until i hated it and all the negative feelings took over the good memories and now its not even a nostalgic game anymore xD

[@Sheepheadz]

@@Cheemsonabike filtered

[@murphy.1947]

The world has moved on

[@southerndiy1]

I’ve been selling off all my old childhood possessions, video game consoles etc. Revisiting them in my mid 30s is depressing and selling them off has made me feel better about my whole existence.

[@Patrick.Weightman]

@@Cheemsonabike Bro I never finished super mario sunshine and to this day it still eats at me 💀

[@Ryan-Petre]

To be honest I think it's a pretty natural thing to always gravitate to the art/media you grew up with. My parents still like 70's music more than any other era, same for my grandparents with 50's music. Because the thing is, pre-capitalism, stylistic evolution in art was a very slow and organic process. Unlike today where new trends, styles and genres rise and fall every year. So I don't really see being forever caught up in the fickle and constantly fluctuating world of media as being a natural or mature frame of mind.

[@namedidii]

He's talking about Pokemon and Mario Kart

[@Ryan-Petre]

@@namedidii Yeah, and? Everything I just said still applies to Pokemon and Mario Kart. If you love a song your whole life because you grew up with it, why would the games you grew up with be any different? Maybe it's not cool in your eyes, but it's still pretty banal and normal.

[@Stiltonator]

@@Ryan-Petre I'm assuming he grew up pre-mario-kart and he's one of the 'mature' people you mention... For him it's 'outrun' or you're a godless heathen. Incase the subtlty is lost btw, i disagree that being 'stuck in your ways' in terms of taste is a mark of maturity -- it's the opposite. Preference is fine, but to avoid exposure under the guise of maturity makes no sense to me. But i make no judgement for how people choose to consume their media :)

[@Ryan-Petre]

@@Stiltonator Well, I wouldn't advocate for anyone to turn a blind eye to new media because you can always learn something from newer stuff, and maybe "mature" was the wrong word. However, I think if you go and talk to pretty much any seasoned film director and ask them their favourite films, usually what you'll hear is movies from *their* era or earlier. You can like newer stuff, but I think most people outside of trend chasers are comfortable to rest on their baseline influences.

[@low3242]

that 25 year old doomer edit: also nick was on the meme way before /biz/

[@asdfasdf3989]

Never take the blackpill.

[@johnnyoverpour]

Online it says nick is 47, Adam is 40, and stav is 32. I know it has to be wrong but I can’t stop thinking about it since I discovered it last night. It’s like a situation from a sequel to the Orphan or something

[@tommyers576]

Real insightful from a guy who’s never grown up

[@BrianScalabrineMVP]

Tom Myers it was funny at first but the bullying has gone too far. Can you lay off nick?

[@milesisterrible]

holy shit it's tom myers

[@andressantos9130]

F

[@andressantos9130]

G

[@PanarchyTheater]

Entirely agree with Nick. Nostalgia is a sickening feeling for me, I don't like it. This rant for instance, it's apparently been 5 years since I first heard it. Time flies.

[@Adam-hp5hj]

Now it's been 6 and I'm gay

[@shamicentertainment1262]

It's kind of sad nick feels so bad, coz honestly he could be one of the best comics, he has a really unique sense of humour. It's kind of sad but also heartwarming hearing stav trying to build nick up a little

[@ishmael802]

He could have be a contender

[@durrdoydurrdoy5512]

He’s the best comic for people with autism

[@grimsnark4849]

2:55 to 3:20 - words to live by

[@TheorizingWithBen]

Grim Snark The word dysphoria covers a lot of terrain here. Careers, respect, accomplishments, etc. Idk if it's an existential crisis en masse, though.

[@Avengerie]

Nick describes very well why I can't enjoy "packaged humor" (standup, sitcoms etc). Even if the observation is original, after a while you start to get turned off by the formulaicity. I used to enjoy British panel show "9 out of 10 cats", because, in addition to all the prepared bits, sometimes you'd see the humorous "emergent" interactions between panel members. Nowadays all I notice is packaged humor formula for your average TV viewer. That or my autism and depression got progressively worse.

[@hm09235nd]

my exact experience with that show, QI etc ...

[@alligatormonday6365]

Something made me genuinely laugh out loud yesterday for the first in probably months, shit is whack. I've got almost complete anhedonia, it's really hard to enjoy anything that isn't an opiate.

[@st2udent_650]

@@alligatormonday6365 I feel that, I seek sex but I don't even enjoy it anymore. I feel like I'm trying to find intimacy but I don't know how. I hate this.

[@fabwan3274]

8 out of ten cats**

[@Avengerie]

@@MrJimShorts Totally agree. I only remember one joke I laughed at from the recent Chappelle Netflix special ("Brenda, I ain't no n***er either..." and it was mostly the delivery rather than the joke itself, which you could see coming from a mile away). And I can't get rid of the feeling that the guy is there for the sole purpose of making me laugh. Especially when it's multiple short contrived setups and punchlines you don't care about ("I went to the sex shop the other day...", "A buddy of mine has this huge German Shepherd...", "You ever wonder why people at the vegan aisle..."). The interaction between people and the unintended things happening are the best part for me, usually. The YMH Joey Diaz 10-minute leg story was funny because Pazitsky was getting progressively more and more outraged and disgusted and it culminated in an obscene joke that made Segura spit his water out. The funniest moment in Nick and Stav's Auschwitz Announcer bit was when Nick's character ran out of jokes ("The ovens? Hmmm..."). Such a beautiful and surreal moment (the whole bit was). Or Norm setting Andy Dick up with "a 9/11 call from Johnny Carson" with Andy crying with laughter. Also agree on sitcoms. Comfy setting, comfy characters in humorous situations. But not exactly laugh riots (especially if you remove the laugh track).

[@iprrdm6353]

This was sad.

[@Jvd1925]

That's the point. Nick's saying some real shit and sometimes real shit is sad. Life is complicated.

[@MrAjYes]

Good shit, though. I've had what they talked about in my head constantly for months and it felt really cathartic to hear them lay it out.

[@Terf1988]

life is sad, let's all die :)

[@oliverboye4616]

Nick is legitimately depressed. Lol

[@harrydavey9884]

This was the moment Nick convinced Stav that he could truly be successful as a dogshit stand-up.

[@glasscake]

Seeing Nick go from here to having one of the best comedy specials of all time is the message you should take from the existence of this video.

[@NotAdamSandler]

true, life is a long fucking process

[@glasscake]

@@NotAdamSandler not if you die in 3 minutes

[@conjointoates]

>one of the best comedy specials of all time come on now

[@Deathfromabove5]

His special was just okay and he's still depressed.

[@j.r.b.1885]

If you’re reading this I hope your happy.

[@M.TTT.]

happy? aka gay?

[@mr.goldenproductions_0143]

No

[@j.r.b.1885]

@ sorry brother. Hope things’ll be okay 👍

[@M.TTT.]

@@j.r.b.1885 things may not be okay, but they'll always be gay

[@tomjoad8272]

I know he's probably fucking around, but Nick's summary on adulthood is so spot on for many folks. At least sometimes and I include myself in the latter category

[@PrivateAckbar]

Nick is in that place where he's questioning the meaning of adulthood and it could cause him too act out and do something dumb. That's why Cumia got married. To prove to the guys at the bar that he wasn't a kid.

[@dollydrill5816]

He's unfilled because he lives in a emotionally disconnected shithole with middling friends and a meh relationship. Things he'd see and get out of or never be put into in the first place if he didn't have shitty parents or was american.

[@vrvds]

+dolly drill being unfilled sucks

[@enzoferrari8223]

@@dollydrill5816 hes unfulfilled because he has not acknowledged his latest homosexualiy.

[@woodman2855]

@@dollydrill5816 there's only so much you can do blaming the outside world for your problems

[@breakfastfoodanddarkhaired280]

I haven't watched TAFS in 6 months, but I miss my nostalgic boys

[@morganschmitz7902]

Is it ironic that Nick's bitter tone of voice is what makes him relatable?

[@JMarT96Dx]

this was too real

[@nosam20031]

This video makes me extremely upset but i still come back to it like once a week

[@Robb1977]

I do agree that too many people obsess over childhood, but there is a non-damaging way to do that. As a kid i knew a few local dads who had a "train table" for them the fun wasnt "TOY TRAIN!" in fact theyd really only run the trains if a bunch of their kids friends were over. For them the joy was in creating model houses, bushes, people... realistic scenery. At its base, toy trains are a childs thing... but they became a somewhat acceptable upper-middle class dad thing to do because it gave them this creative outlet, and maybe their kids could marvel at it.

[@couchman-sw6jy]

Nick is just depressed lol. He doesn't have the "right" way of thinking like he makes it out to seem

[@iannordin5250]

The fact that Stavos moved on to brighter things while nick is still stagnant and miserable proves this

[@aquamidideluxe5079]

It's a recurring theme in the show that Nick has convinced himself that any way people make themselves happy is "wrong" and his own bitter stagnant nihilist contrarianism is "right" and noble

[@leorickt.9604]

@@aquamidideluxe5079 thats just part of "depressed realism" or whatever its called.

[@Jetstoanywhere]

I'm sure there is a link between comedians and depression

[@Sewnkinmusic]

@@iannordin5250 no one is ever really anything

[@caffeinatedbuffalosauce883]

“You can’t continue being 11yr for the rest of your life” realest statement ever... as a person who still socially thinks like a middle schooler, I agree

[@CaptainPancakes]

I'm definitely losing interest in everything I used to like. Movies, video games, music, even weed. I find myself smoking weed and watching TV while in bed because it's at least more enjoyable than working at my shitty job. All I know is I don't enjoy these activities as much as I used to. But then I start feeling things like "How can anyone care about anything? How do they hold interest? And if nobody cares about anything, how could they care about me? What do I have to offer anyone?" I'm 35. My dad had kids at this age. He raised a family. Most people my age already have started families. I feel like all the destruction I've done to my mind and body (my teeth especially) from over a decade of drug addiction has made me undesirable. Shit I wouldn't want to date me, and it feels like it's pointless to even bother trying to improve things because all I've ever experienced in life is things progressively getting worse. The only living thing in my life I care about is my dog, and I feel like when he inevitably dies I'm not going to be able to cope and will end up killing myself. And just like when my parents died suddenly in 2015, only a select few people will even care, and in a few days they'll go on with their lives as though I never existed.

[@thegimp7796]

I got a puppy when my dog turned 8 so I don't kill myself when he dies

[@louismyatt1507]

Hope ur doing ok now man

[@BillyBurnsfield]

find something that means something to you. it takes effort but it will be worth it

[@McDonaldsCalifornia]

Try quitting weed. That is an obvious one.

[@RC-hv1yx]

I mean, I’m not gonna pretend I don’t have similar existential dread and nihilistic sentiments…. But come on. All you do aside from work is smoke weed, lay in bed and watch movies and TV shows? And you wonder why you’re completely numb and dead inside? Try doing something. Learn an instrument, try developing new skills, volunteer somewhere. My god. People do literally nothing but work and passively consume entertainment and wonder why they hate being alive. How is this a mystery?

[@jackcrater9725]

The secret to life is simply just being comfortable with being miserable all the time

[@Jackfirecracker]

Legit good insight from Nick on here

[@villedocvalle]

This bit is another in why Stav bounced. He should have worked out something better such as taking a step back and only occasionally appearing on the show but to cut ties completely means there was way more than we have heard.

[@MenTaLisKing]

I'm not much of a train guy but that train @5:24-6:05 was a pretty cool one

[@Cabesandia]

woah

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

Yeah, a not much of a train guy would think that's cool, but as a train expert and sex expert that train is cringe

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

@@corncobjohnsonreal you can be a train expert or a sexpert, but not both

[@sophisticated_patter]

all podcast clips should have train footage.

[@GornubiusFlux]

Life is supposed to be suffering and hardship. We live in an age where most people don't really have a hard life in the grand scheme of things (not accounting for any events in their life). But that's a double edged sword, because the lack of a hard life is making life hard for them. You need to have something it doesn't matter what it is, podcast, twitch, job, whatever. It just has to be something to get you out of bed and into a routine in the morning.

[@harrydavey9884]

Nick's such an accidental philosopher, I love it.

[@sadketchupg]

nick is lashing out at whatever he enjoys by extrapolating it with depression.

[@iannordin5250]

Well that is what depression is

[@giantzombiechild]

I relate. During the most depressed periods of my life I would really start to hate on myself and anything I enjoyed in a pretty fucking similar way and I tried to pick up more what I saw as adult hobbies but then It wouldn't be long before I started to hate on those too and just increasingly seeing everything as a waste of time. Like the only thing that helps get out of this shit is picking up a more positive mindset or getting in a better place mentally where your not constantly just looking for excuses to put yourself down.

[@Kman-jm9no]

That’s not what the word extrapolating means.

[@the701squad1]

Hearing stav and Adam trying to keep up with nicks brain is painful

[@martiniversen4898]

Adam is painfully and shockingly stupid sometimes.

[@weedtaco1443]

The is the saddest song by my favorite band Cumtown

[@yanille4109]

I listen to this every time I want to off myself

[@Ifraneljadida]

I agree with Nick. We are the first generation, in history, that has fondness and nostalgia about their childhood. The Chinese made it illegal to have good feelings about childhood and that's why they'll overtake us. Also, to add further to this point, I'm gay.

[@alextom3781]

"What Happened to Gary Cooper, The Strong Silent Type?"

[@Detroittruckdoctor55]

I feel like this at this point in my life. Video games are like dialysis machines hit home

[@DannySullivanMusic]

wow. 1000% correct

[@TheKornesczuk]

1:14 "yeah dude i--" drop from nickbot video

[@PigeonPaperbacks]

I love how he holds the shot steady and pans right at the end as the last train car is going by

[@Lobotommy110]

Yeah that part was great!

[@TheForsale10]

"I did come pretty close to going to the gym today, I did put my gym shorts on." - Stavros Halkias Everyone

[@obamabiden]

the train stations in the dark footage is very appropriate, always something about travelling alone that gets you thinking against your will

[@JJJ111JJJ]

I agree video games are a waste of time, even though I play sometimes myself. However, I don't really consider it a manchild thing. Prior to the 80s and 90s, no generation grew up with video games, so naturally they consider it a kid thing that you should stop doing once you grow up. Soon enough it will just be a thing you do, no matter your age. By the way, those older generations just fill their days with other but equally meaningless stuff, like watching tv or following some sports team. They're just different ways to forget about death.

[@simonh9987]

finding this video randomly was life changing. for the better? nah.

[@bloodwrage]

That’s the problem with much creative output. If it’s not in-line with the current political thinking or if it isn’t on the topic of something popular, you just won’t be able to do it. Grants and pop artistry only get you so far as a society

[@hotsauce4169]

I'm 19 almost 20 and I've really been struggling with these issues myself. I do kinda get comfort hearing someone else say it yet not really because i dont like these feelings and i don't think anybody else should feel them.

[@RamonesFan201]

You haven’t even lived yet, Wait til 30+ then start that train of thought.

[@Elsancho24]

@@RamonesFan201 what’s it like having the name crum

[@martiniversen4898]

People that live in warzones dont have theese problems. When survival is guranteed, and you simultaneously dont have any meaningful struggle, people just coast from one hedonistic high to the next.

[@Avengerie]

I used to feel content with what Stav says (Vice City and Hot pockets), but the things that sustained me up until the age of 29 suddenly stopped being effective. Like a switch was flipped. It's like I was thrown out of a Matrix pod. Nothing gives your life meaning. Nothing brings you joy.

[@89joshuadavies]

if you have a family you dont have time to mope

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Joshua Davies I think you’re right. Procreating is our highest order function. If you get to 40 and don’t have kids you’re fucked.

[@MFSPOON1242]

These train videos are to help sooth all the autistic fans

[@DendyJungle]

I don't really agree because I'm not as naturally attractive and naturally funny as nick so video games and sopranos re runs is all I have.

[@richardjohnson1088]

Same. Fuck

[@BillyBurnsfield]

naturally funny isnt a thing, charisma is earned

[@dontdothngs]

the way adam says RANGE has such a like , velocity to it

[@Mary-rq3cn]

Prior to this video I would say I was someone who was afraid of trains but i thinkg I have had a change of heart

[@1OTDM]

Existential dread hits people hard when they stop having to worry about money.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Or when they don’t have any. What a fucking dumbass statement.

[@X8X8X6X4X]

If that's the case then lord Rothschild should have blown his brains out years ago.

[@timothykyagambiddwa1301]

I think it hits you harder when you don't have money.