one must imagine ludwig happy

[@dejinnthedjinn5311]

1:48 I don't want to be a nerd, but Sisyphus's punishment was originally just to die. However, because he tricked Thanotos and later Hades and Persephone, he got the boulder punishment. He tried to do a pointless task, escaping death, and thus he must do a pointless task for the rest of eternity.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodotaku]

I mean, was it really a pointless task if he succeeded? man who knew I was smarter than a philosopher these are some dumb mother fuckers

[@Fletchyroo5]

nerd

[@dog-ez2nu]

@@Fletchyroo5 OOOOOOO GOTTEM

[@YourSmolGoblin]

Also wasn’t the punishment for Prometheus more brutal 1. Because he was one of Zeus closest friends and betrayed him by stealing the fire from Olympus and 2. Because he essentially gave humans the ability to thrive without the gods I’m not too educated in Greek mythology so someone please correct me if I’m wrong or if you can articulate it better! :D

[@Fletchyroo5]

but i think its really cool tbh

[@devin3620]

Okay “stop that boulder he stole my purse” is fucking hilarious

[@mylegalname9852]

11:52

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@josephrodriguez9819]

Ty for showing me I'm not alone, that was maybe funniest thing I've heard Lud say

[@TabbyVee]

21:58 Thats the entire point of Foddian games, described by Bennet himself in Getting Over It. "An orange is a sweet juicy fruit locked inside a bitter peel. That's not how I feel about a challenge. I only want the bitterness, its coffee, its grapefruit, its licorice."

[@badger6882]

Patricia Taxxon’s essay on getting over it is a really good one on these games

[@SlightSmile]

Bennet's essay in that game is amazing, it's unfortunate that it's overshadowed by the hell he's casted

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@josephjoestar953]

@@SlightSmile Yeah my favorite part when I was playing was just listening to him talk; the challenge was fun, but my favorite part was the things he said.

[@spoony8485]

@@SlightSmile Its funny being a viewer of a player for getting over it. Because as a viewer you listen to the essay and actually find it interesting and enjoyable, as he's saying alot of interesting and thoughtful concepts that relate to the struggle of the game. But as a player its more like "shut the fuck up with this psuedo intellectual bullshit so i can beat your stupid fuck ass game."

[@LiterallyMe91]

Sisyphus was punished because he imprisoned Death (the personification of death, like the Grim Reaper) when Death came for him (he did not want to die). And then when he got caught and was to be judged for his crimes, he tricked Hades and his wife, Persephone and once again escaped death for a while. So his punishment is fitting, since he did get his immortality at the end, just not in the way he wanted to.

[@jordanrijsdijk5496]

Did he really get his immortality though? He’s stuck in the fields of punishment in the underworld. Stuck doing a meaningless task for all eternity, because he tried escaping death.

[@LiterallyMe91]

@jordanrijsdijk5496 immortality just means being forever. It doesn't specify what you do in that forever. Sisyphus gets to exist forever, just not doing anything he wants. I'm not sure about this exactly, but in Greco-Roman Mythology, Apollo used the exact same technicality to punish the Sibyll of Cumea by giving her immortality but not specifying eternal youth.

[@_APV_]

He also trapped the Greek version of deathbringer for a while, right? And the god of war was upset about wars becoming pointless, because people stopped dying. And someone else was upset about old and sickly suffering.

[@T0NI_]

@@LiterallyMe91 God, that whole "you live forever but your body still ages" branch of immortality really is one of the absolute worst things.

[@bobshnitzel2608]

@@jordanrijsdijk5496 for all eternity, you said it yourself

[@HeisenbergFam]

"im not a masochist, I just want to test the limits of my body" - Lud playing rage games

[@ic3yfr0ggy51]

It’s been 1 minute and you are already quoting

[@CapnWarpBeard]

He’s preparing his mental strength for something big 🧐

[@ginjuice_art]

bro is NOT markiplier

[@xavierbarker6840]

Takes after Markiplier himself.

[@fernandolemus5965]

Bro wanna be markiplier soo bad 💀

[@NateMiner8]

I love the fact he talked about the control menu in the beginning multiple times, yet never sees the mouse controls that make the game 400% easier until so much later hahahaahah

[@rasengdori13]

5:00 little bro skipped 20 minutes of him getting absolutely destroyed by chat for not reading the controls

[@Karan-Aujla]

You little bro him as if you're not 5'6

[@nido84]

​@@Karan-Aujlaobjection: he's is french and the only possible outcome of being french is being napoleon

[@JenkemWatchman]

@@Karan-Aujla you call him 5'6 as if you're not a literal gnome

[@_Toewastaken]

@@Karan-Aujlalittle bro ain’t all that tryna defend somebody who doesn’t even know he exists 💀🙏😭

[@Karan-Aujla]

@@nido84 Very true.

[@rasengdori13]

i love this running joke of being 28 is like being 82 in internet years

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@Apricityz]

2:00 Sisyphus was punished this way, Hades told him that if he pushes the boulder all the way to the top, sisyphus could come back from the dead. The catch is that whenever the boulder reachers close to the top, it instantly rolls back down, often rolling over sisyphus. If Sisyphus takes a break, he gets whipped and tortured relentlessly until he goes back to work.

[@vibinjackals6711]

Ludwig must REALLY love balls for spending so long with this one

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@DevonLadd]

that fresh pickles TTS was the best use of whatever it cost

[@Dubvexxx]

FRESH PICKLES

[@thebrightdiamondtp7871]

FRESH PICKLES

[@KingIyyovi]

FRESH PICKLES

[@tor-WX]

*-fresh pickles-*

[@swinguwu3466]

if only he had nine boulders, they could roll each other up

[@gemoxcore]

10/10 comment.

[@VaIimity]

9/10 comment

[@litterbox019]

by zobros

[@ThorfinnSkuII]

oooo this was easily the smoothest and most slick lines I've seen in this thread. Good shyt on your certified, emanating hand in greatness

[@aaronruinslives]

I’m slow what’s the joke

[@autumnchiu]

"one must imagine ludwig happy" is my favorite video title of all time

[@stickyrubb]

I think it came from a Yard episode where Slime said _'One must imagine Ninja happy'_

[@JuvenileStacks]

​@@stickyrubbI think the original author of this quote is Albert Camus, when he said "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

[@stickyrubb]

@@JuvenileStacks Aha, that's right. Thanks!

[@Login2play]

Ludwig: "It's so rude of them to give me the controls again" Ludwig 20 mins later: 4:45

[@Tbone300]

I was waiting for Ludwig to find out once you beat the game you unlocked a skin for the bolder that makes it faster to push and do speedruns with

[@kobitz9001]

Foddian games being an analogy for Sisyphus is so genius that I'm legit mad that I hadn't thought of it before this vid.

[@VixeyTeh]

TTS: "Fresh pickles" Ludwig: "I'm not tilted!" Morgan Freeman: He was indeed tilted.

[@NaudVanDalen]

2:33 "I think I can cheese it." Famous last words.

[@mownta]

I'm watching the video again to match the vibe

[@rasedbetard]

lmfao

[@beesbrownies]

How'd it go

[@LORDovrthm]

@@beesbrownies gotta give it a few more watches

[@adamhossam4895]

One must imagine mownta happy

[@mcplays9010]

19:57 i did NOT know zeus was chill like that

[@shaheenthomas]

Lud knows a lot about rolling up

[@tragickk1355]

Niceee 💚

[@entonz2576]

💯💯💯🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@ethanfilch1621]

You need help

[@ametuergamer1524]

I don't get it

[@Dankster-yo8xv]

you need a blunt ​@@ethanfilch1621

[@baconman8044]

This comment will be forgotten

[@ThorfinnSkuII]

Your comments days of being forgotten are numbered bub, it's locked in the ol' iron maiden mental steel trap that is them brains homie.

[@arshn_]

True

[@alexgriggs7260]

Nah, I'll remember it for you

[@OhertRasmus]

Yup

[@timmytws]

Never

[@Leapedsqush]

8:04 funniest scream of the video

[@erwan3204]

Ludwig is spreading misinformation here: Prometheus wasn't whipped every day for eternity, but had HIS LIVER EATEN BY AN EAGLE every day for eternity

[@Wolfkidplayzzz]

Crow not eagle

[@thatguy9715]

@@Wolfkidplayzzzeagle, Zeus’ favourite bird

[@Wolfkidplayzzz]

@@thatguy9715 I might be wrong but I still stand strong in my answer of crow

[@dekusprout4136]

He said the right thing like 30 seconds after.

[@KnijpKanjersxxx]

Listen for 30 sec more

[@littlecreature5182]

This man just keeps finding heavier boulders to role up steepers hills

[@bostonmattos5950]

Finally an accurate representation of my parents walk to school every morning

[@JayzBOT]

Even when Ludwig beat the game he wasn't happy, there was pure pain in his eyes

[@rutimo]

16:55 the fact it landed PERFECTLY on the edge of the catch

[@TheO416]

0:59 was so well placed, especially the fresh pickles >.

[@44444ever]

ludwig filled me good with this one

[@Tiaguex-bn5do]

No one: bloodborn enemies: 16:18

[@tomking8552]

I'm so glad i found this comment this is exactly what i thought

[@ThatOneItaliankid1]

1:35 whenever Sisyphus stopped trying to push the boulder he got whipped by 3 demons that had whips lit on fire until he started pushing the rock again. personally, ima keep pushing that damn rock, But hey you do you

[@dylan_1313]

Make the goat gamer gauntlet 24 hours for all the main foddian games

[@aikentang]

Just finish the World 10 supermonkeyball

[@racecat318]

Bro Sisyphus’ punishment was to push an impossible boulder up an extremely steep hill, which was actually impossible, he was whipped and tortured for stopping. He had no shortness of punishment

[@TherealRandy657]

1:07 I’m having flashbacks testicles…. testicles…

[@azrielangel1492]

5:54 perfectly conveys Ludwig stream viewers

[@rubentelur]

hm, a visitor? indeed, i have slept long enough.

[@ghostsniper752]

the kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name, and i am EAGER to make them remember

[@truehero3]

20:31 I know a baker who would disagree

[@snaifhassnan6348]

Why not?

[@truehero3]

@ because they have to get up at 2 in the morning and work holidays so that everyone can have their bread on time

[@JyotiSharma-hu9vo]

5:40 it's insane how no one in chat asked Ludwig that and he just decided to ask that on his own

[@minirazorback]

5:42 forgot to include the part where the actual question asked was about one piece

[@electro806]

12:38 this is so funny for no reason😭

[@JenkemWatchman]

15:56 That's what I was hoping for ngl. Would've made more sense "lore wise" and been way funnier if it was procedurally generated and there just wasn't an ending

[@PETEYBOY954]

18:00 Ludwig is LOCKED IN here 😂

[@Stizzl]

+100 points for the Silksong OST

[@user-.--.-]

1:33 sisyphus was not allowed to chill at the bottom of the hill, he was forced to roll the rock for all eternity

[@xuedustin1641]

STOP THAT BOULDER HE STOLE MY PURSE 11:54

[@largbunny5512]

the world record is indeed an hour of pressing W

[@ethanstyant9704]

2:01 i think youre confusing him with Tantalus who cooked his son and served him to the gods Sisyphus was the guy who kidnapped death and then escaped it again, as punishment for escaping death he was senteced to roll a boulder uphill for all time. A pointless task with no end, like trying to escape death. In some tellings he was promised a return to life if he reached the top

[@almicc]

This type of game really demonstrates how most games truly operate, there is a gameplay loop and the developer's job is to make it fun, challenging, and rewarding. The simple additional threat of losing all progress to any mistake is so powerful that it fundamentally changes how we perceive these games completely. Any game can do this, and that's a big realization to have.

[@Dylan-jb8vy]

Can confirm, I was the boulder

[@shairneshadowfell9879]

YOOO actual absurdism and Camus reference with that ending!!

[@brothercuber3288]

Bro is addicted to foddian-styled games

[@TimTimTimTimTimTimTimTimTim]

Ludwig’s next video will be called “Speedrunning Sisyphus was the worst decision I’ve ever made”

[@Sanguiris]

If Sisyphus had to do this for all eternity and never actually "win", why even bother doing it at all?

[@RovichSevidal]

Because in Albert Camus' book, The Myth Of Sysiphus, Camus' interpretation Sysiphus is a man who struggles and keeps on struggling despite suffering eternally, despite how meaningless it truly is, despite the fact that he will never win, and despite the fact that he can just end himself in someway anytime if the gods are okay with that, he keeps on pushing the bolder, because he enjoys it. He enjoys his eternal punishment despite how pointless it is and how he can never reach the peak, and that it's easy for him to just give up and let the gods punish him via death or some other worse eternal damnation, he doesn't care about winning, he doesn't care about how it's meaningless, he doesn't care about why he has to do this, he doesn't care about any of that, cause' why bother caring about all that sad stuff and the absolute pointlessness of it all when he's currently happy with himself and enjoys his bolder pushing punishment, so he will simply not care and enjoy his eternal task of pushing a bolder and then some at least that's what Camus thinks and says in his book. Or in short summary; Sysiphus basically says "ehh why not, it's not like I really care, and damn this is a huge ass bolder, and heavy too" and then names his bolder "Baldy" or smthn, and then chooses to have a relationship with it cause it has beautiful curves in his opinion. Anyways I enjoy commenting this, pointlessness be damned I still feel happy either way.

[@Purple_Octagon]

​@@RovichSevidal Bruh i ain't reading allat 😭

[@MythicalTurtle]

Lud retelling his monsters university story was not what I expected

[@hathim1242]

THIS IS A CAMUS REFERENCE

[@noteliassmith]

Lud was an English major so this kinda tracks, still did a double take at the title tho

[@Joeden88]

Hell yeah. One of Camus' best works if you ask me too. Also I believe answering 4 at the end also is a reference to his book, since Sisyphus is his analogy for absurdism, or true meaninglessness.

[@hathim1242]

@@Joeden88 YES I noticed that. Very cool

[@Exploshi]

its a meme on tiktok so everyone knows camus now

[@yankeeshater]

@@Joeden88 One of my favorite philosophical works. The absurd mad changed my view on life

[@Comrade_Dom]

Whoever said he was 80% of the way was almost spot on lmao

[@C_DhatGoat]

His comment was forgotten

[@KirinMage]

1:36 funnily enough sisyphus tried this at one point, and was threatened with a much worse punishment if he stopped

[@quinnencrawford9707]

Fresh pickles

[@THE_AZT3C]

11:52 what Zeus hears everyday from Sisyphus

[@RepOfAntarctica]

12:40 That felt like a bit of an extreme reaction. I get that I'm forever going to be chasing getting my own place in this climate, but you don't have to rub it in just because someone told you to itch your thigh. Doesn't he also own his own house with his roommates? Jeepers, man.

[@tendo649]

yeah like I get he's trying to clap back but jesus fucking christ dude

[@MarshmallowMidgets]

Yeah that shit genuinely pissed me off… why am I catching a stray?

[@umyes6729]

4:13 "hey check me out" 😭😭😭

[@jacobpage8028]

1:45 First of all, Sysiphys didnt just have to lift a boulder, he was basically sent to hell and had to lift that boulder for all of eternity. Imagine playing a foddyian game forever, except it has a physical toll on you and you can never beat it. Second, Prometheus didnt just give fure to humans, he stole it from the gods. So sure giving fire to humans isnt as bas as killing a bunch of people, but from the gods perspective, anyone who stole from them deserved a mich bigger punishment then anything done to humans because they believed themselves above us. Also, keep in mind that Sysiphys was also basically sent to hell, so its not like Promethius was sent to hell and Sysiphys just had to lift a rock. Remember he was liftinf the rock for all eternity. Anyway just wanted to get that off my chest. I also know that it may sound like it, but i do not believe greek gods were actually real, i was just talking from that perspective.

[@chaotic.taco14]

sisyphus didn’t have to lift a boulder, he had to lift a boulder.

[@seb48752]

2:48 One must imagine Ludwig -Dracaro

[@Wolfkidplayzzz]

Did you guys know reading the controls explains the controls

[@iSammii]

“…where we kind of figured it out with calculators - AHHHHHHH! - so you don’t really need it…” -Ludwig, 2024

[@k1ng_chamberlain]

Not my proudest but

[@d0onut]

I love all the death screams

[@Neolcy]

That housing crisis comment you made 12:55. -unsubscribed. You took a joke too far my man.

[@blankuser48]

I love how he’s mad at the game before he even starts playing

[@chadspamton2159]

This comment will not be forgotten

[@Qdobafett]

lol I love the person who just says “eat shit KZbin” and it’s there when zoomed in on the webcam

[@Urbs-In-Horto]

1 view in 29 seconds. Lud fell off

[@krillin2591]

I once saw that Ludwig mirrors whoevers he’s watching the most, and he always falls back onto NL… need more duo content with them 🗣️

[@dotanon]

He definitely is using a lot of NL-isms here.

[@badger6882]

1:46 “Why don’t I just grind the wall” now we’re talkin

[@mrbgarles6724]

Albert Camus has had an incredible effect on the modern person via meme culture and I think he would love that.

[@Guillermo-hv1vj]

Dude that title is massive, that's knowing filosophy right there.

[@T0NI_]

7:30 that's just how my friends play when it's not real money lmao

[@Birdthefeatheredone]

Daedalus must have been commissioned for Sisyphu’ punishment for trying to cheat death.

[@Calebwilliamson-se9sx]

Prometheus was actually punished by being tied down and having his liver eaten and generated every day for eternity.

[@themrmcnuggett2529]

5:40 the only “shower” is drake.

[@Ryzawa]

Can't imagine Ludwig unhappy with how lucky he's gotten in life lol

[@draco4450]

prometheus gets organs ripped out by birds daily, not whipped

[@YMilkshake]

Fitting for the audio to become muddy at the mud section

[@mcplays9010]

2:00 being the nerd i am they did NOT whip promethus instead they attached him to the top of a mountain and made it so that every noon an eagle will devour his insides, and promethus will always regenerate so an unending cycle

[@SullySadface]

You believe in Bouldy, and Bouldy believes in you.

[@J3C0R3]

5:20 I'm eating mac and cheese while watching and you say that

[@Lickstitseatsass]

Bro is the 2 days elden ring stream of his is removed

[@rolk679]

Damn I really felt like A VISITOR when watching this video. HMM INDEED that was very enjoyeble. I couldve SLEPPED LONG while watching this video ENOUGH. THE KINGDOM truly has sent all OF this footage from HEAVENS

[@addisonmarriott6131]

22:05 so the lesson we’ve learned is Ludwig is a masochist

[@Genix-x6w]

The furien (idk english name) will torcher Sisyphus if he doesn't roll the roch. Btw Sisyphus tricked death twice so he deserved the punisher

[@GuyWhoKnowsThings]

I feel like jumping while pushing is the fastest but hardest speed run strat, not to mention tnt speed or using the stuff around you to launch it

[@Michael-sg6sr]

Funny how you thought the game was trolling you by repeatedly showing the controls but you actually needed to look at them again.

[@FlabbyButter]

Ludwig needs to try Noita. He’d love it

[@mineblocks4102]

my guy cant stop rolling balls

[@0zaria0]

Ludwig: *complains about the game controls popping up on screen when he has to restart Also Ludwig: wait, I can use my mouse, i've been able to do that for the past 30mins

[@racecat318]

18:09 MY ANXIETY

[@AidanS99]

Can’t wait to see Ludwig Speedrun this

[@endvour2017]

9:20, ogs know this ain’t the first time he’s told this story lmao

[@KOTAYO_FTW]

"one must imagine Sisyphus happy"- Camus