The Diabolical Business of 2024

[@OrdinaryThings]

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[@atomskate4882]

womp womp

[@PatrickTouma]

I love your videos. Please be less cynical.

[@Chillichez22]

At least it’s not honey 🍯

[@big_sea]

yes

[@0ceanman990]

shaving

[@arianna6917]

It’s my fav time of the year where I get to say “that was this year?” Every few minutes for an hour and half

[@jrbowler84]

Lmao well said. That is how I experience these annual slideshows too

[@OszkarFulop]

and our next property (and most popular type of house) is a giant rock, very spacious

[@foxtrotdelta225]

Had that with the boat bridge incident

[@weamibrahim2146]

Not when there is a specific date though lol. But yeah

[@Nymphadora45uvyu]

Omg yes, same for me! lol! Time flys!

[@kushblazin4393]

I like how YT fact checker was so scrambled on this one it just flagged climate change.

[@AnotherAustin-z7b]

It does that a lot. AI has a hard on for climate change.

[@MIDNITE69]

@@AnotherAustin-z7b The absolute irony...

[@maxxvii2037]

Went for the safe option tbh. At this point there must be more flatearthers than climate change deniers.

[@benbrist]

Tells you what they're trying to push the most... AI doesn't choose things for no reason.

[@Sisyphus.3.3.3]

Im glad it wasn't the one about the elections. I don't need it to remind me Trump won every time i watch youtube lmao

[@thepoglin8479]

"Luigi Mangione has been declared a terrorist, finally ending the centuries long debate over whether italians are white" -the internet

[@TheMntnG]

he‘s a hero, but not italian

[@fart63]

@@TheMntnGhis name is literally Luigi Mangione

[@franjkav]

@@fart63I’m guessing they’re being pedantic and arguing about how Americans say they are X ethnicity which I’m sure they know is just shorthand for X-American or of X heritage/ancestry

[@tony3760758956]

@@TheMntnG That's two Italian heroes we have now. Mario and er..... Could it?

[@TheMntnG]

@@fart63 and if my name was john wayne I wasn‘t american. he is not from italy and has no idea how italy is.

[@davidfirth]

Please don't stop doing these. You're keeping the "yearly Wipe" concept alive after Charlie Brooker stopped doing them about 8 years ago. Nobody else has been able to fill his shoes.

[@counterpicky]

High point of the pandemic was the anti-viral wipe, such a mental sigh of relief. I rewatch a bunch of the old wipes every Christmas and it never gets old. Totally agreed though, Ordinary Things is a more than worthy successor and brings back that old feeling just as well! Keeps the brain rot at bay by reminding me that indeed things did happen amongst the slop.

[@jfrfilms6697]

did not expect to see you here.

[@Voidakari]

The GOAT

[@stevenwiece19]

I read this in Jerry Jackson's voice

[@DireRainX]

Not who i expected to see here

[@a-rah9001]

Congrats on getting married from iran. Our president dying to a mountain was the most fun day i had on the internet. As a zoomee who grow up on the Internet in one of the fartest places from Western cultural dominance, thank you ordinary things for having this community that i can be a part of while being so far far away

[@youshouldntknowmyname706]

raisi kir shod

[@Grungus27]

Fartest 😂 all jokes aside stay strong. Love from the USA

[@chrisalex82]

Fartest is a very funny word that i will using from now on Thank you dear sigma random youtube user with a vpn probably Have a nice day and probable fall of the regime in a few years

[@victorkreig6089]

It brought a whole new meaning to the phrase bring the mountain to Mohammad

[@jonathanbarner121]

Yes, with the added fun of the Israeli "Eli Copter" pun on top. Note that this happened again later with the Ismail Haniyeh assassination, where some Israeli joker called the assassin "Amit Nakesh", which some Turkish paper picked up. It's a pun on the Hebrew word for assassin (Mitnakesh, מתנקש), a little like naming him "Mr. A. Ssassin"

[@detectivesunshine1760]

“I feel like I am playing half life” gives me so much hope for the world.

[@mattmullett9521]

I'm so glad I watched til the very end for the HL close.

[@gamechip06]

Plus I've seen that hl3 may get a reveal in '25 👀

[@jimbojones1848]

we all know that pagers cant communicate with cell phone right??? right??? and that this guy isn't actually using one. RIGHT?????

[@squid11160]

So relatable that it makes you forget that these "revolutionaries" are throat cutting psychopaths, even compared to the blatant lies about Assad.

[@SexDrugsNpostprod]

Half-Life 3 confirmed

[@miguelmira8615]

"In the 2000s the internet was nerd culture, in the 2010s it was youth culture, and today the internet simply is culture." DAMN this hit so hard. Undeniably true. Spot on!! 52:43

[@Urammar]

Can someone point me to the march gemini thing at 12:50? Whos that dude what was the question?

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

Today it is fake culture

[@ynraider]

@@Potent_Techmology Peak "Democracy/Capitalism"...so yes...

[@ynraider]

"and notice I said WE, I'm what THE CULTURE'S FEELING!"- Euphoria, Emperor Kendrick Lamar

[@victorkreig6089]

@@ynraider that's uh not the same thing Democracy is a system of government and capitalism is an economic model

[@copacelu93]

"murder is wrong. No one should get to decide if a person lives or dies, unless they're a healthcare denial algorithm" - best line by far

[@kiwi_commander]

Ordinary Things being KZbin's resident Coup expert and giving out coup ratings made me fall out of my chair.

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

One could even say you got, overthrown! :^)

[@greebj]

He missed the opportunity to give the attempted 2020 coup a retrospective 10/10 given the coupers there now have control of the white house, congress and the courts, and the couper-in-chief has escaped all criminal responsibility for it

[@brockobama4408]

Moo deng moo deng moo deng!!!!

[@KyleHeinig]

Every time I heard about a coup this past year I always thought of his video.

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

Tbh, now I wanna attempt one just so he gets to rate it.

[@cillianennis9921]

I love how these videos cover the whole world instead of just the main western countries that other videos would cover allowing us to get a full picture of the events during the year. Edit: Sir Swag basically does these videos every month so anyone interested should take a look at the channel. Similar humour & coverage from what I've watched. The current channel he uses is called Not Sir Swag.

[@ryanwhitaker4444]

I agree. I personally didn't realize there were countries such as Tywan and Doobye.

[@joshfellows6607]

​@@ryanwhitaker4444don't forget inglund

[@ThemMightyPies]

Do ya?

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

@@cillianennis9921 Yeah they even included a plagiarist for diversity

[@joshuacr]

I bless the rains down in Africa.

[@willfrommel508]

I recently moved to Japan, one day I was sitting in a bar and an old Japanese man can and sat beside me. He didn’t know a word of English and I didn’t know nearly enough Japanese to hold a conversation. The one thing we were able to talk about though “Green Day, Metallica, Iron Maiden, etc…” we were able to communicate the songs we liked, and it was a very neat experience.

[@setco6536]

Very charming. Thanks for sharing that

[@dougsvlogs2127]

Reminds me of visiting Prague and a random dude said to me and my family “You’re American? I like Michael Jackson!”

[@SoulDevoured]

My grandpa went deaf and I have an auditory processing disorder. We would have full conversations not have any idea what the other was saying. Both smiling and nodding and having a good time in each other's company. It's some of my fondest memories of him.

[@benjaminfigueroa1833]

It also happened to me in southern China!!! I can't speak Kunmingese, but the shared taste was enough to hold a conversation

[@Aerosmith1999-j6h]

How's the alcohol over there?

[@themachineeatsitself]

Congrats on the marriage, man! Hope you both spend the rest of your lives together happily. Your sorta catchphrase "Don't let the bastards grind you down" has been my mantra through several stagnating jobs and uncertain living situations, and I take it to heart. (Also, hello from 2025, i guess)

[@heronoverdose]

Why don’t you make this the year you be assertive and stop adding I guess to end of sentences for no reason, bloody millennials.

[@Miyananana]

Don’t let the bastards get you down is originally from the book the handmaids tale btw. Good mantra still tho

[@ngotemna8875]

​@@heronoverdose That's not nice to say........i guess

[@SirGa1ahad]

This is the video I look forward to the most each year!

[@noamporat613]

sameee

[@Dangerpants48]

My thoughts exactly

[@TattooMyWombat]

A Year Long Wait.Worth It.

[@rickrossismydad2061]

No truer statement has been spoken!

[@EspiIsHere]

Every time something major happened I’m like “yep, that’s going into the ordinarythings 2024 vid”

[@bunnywae]

The year hasn't ended until Ordinary Things releases his annual reminder that deleting all my social media is the single greatest thing I've ever done for my mental health!

[@SenkoisWatchingYoutube]

And yet you're here lol

[@joshuacr]

Leaving Twitter saved my life.

[@AlanShore4god]

This time I felt the exact opposite. I've been condescendingly proud of not being chronically online, but for the first time I feel like an out of touch libtard that doesn't show due respect to today's real cultural institutions.

[@Super_Saiyan_Ginger]

@bunnywae I do it on a yearly basis. Do recommend. Just give yt or reddit at least 2 months before you return

[@CMA418]

It’s totally understandable, but sticking your head in the sand won’t stop the lion from eating you.

[@moohymoojy8639]

I was born in Syria under the Assad regime and have spent the last 20 years of my life living with the psychopaths that ran our country. I hated living here, was always looking for a way out, and had anxiety attacks over my bleak future. All that is to say that we Syrians are incredibly happy right now, yes the future is uncertain but we have hope. I am finally happy to say that I am proud of being a Syrian. I've been watching your videos for a couple years now Mr. Funny British Man and I would like to thank you for the laughs you gave me when days were tough and for the outlook you gave me on the outside world. Here's to a better Syria and a better world in 2025. Cheers everyone

[@castingspells_cz]

Good luck.

[@Resuone]

Hopefully no major world power takes advantage

[@jamesoclaire4512]

Cheers man

[@SoulDevoured]

Happy and hopeful for you. I know it feels like the whole of the western world just moved on after some extremely unhelpful intervention but many of us, who don't have much power to do much otherwise, have been watching and waiting for things to get better for you.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

May Syria’s people know peace + prosperity for all..

[@Skyraider_23]

The worst part of these videos is having to wait a whole year for the next. Cheers to the new years lads and good luck

[@Falchanco]

32:16 "I didn't realize Iran was in a holy war with the concept of gravity"

[@I.am.not.in.your.house.or.am.I]

Issac Newton was later convicted for treason

[@babscabs1987]

Or helicopters

[@detectivesunshine1760]

Glad someone got this timestamp

[@marcinkrz3140]

Issac Newton was allegedly a Mossad agent.

[@wouldiwasshookspeared1087]

These videos always give me that feeling of Christmas/new years season past when I would run down the stairs Christmas morning to watch the new season special or whatever. 10/10 please never stop

[@OrdinaryThings]

thank you!

[@carvinguptrails]

@@OrdinaryThingsI actually completely agree. I saw in the last few days that other KZbinrs were posting year end videos and this is the first one that came to mine

[@chrisdaily2077]

I normally don't watch the news and Ordinary Things is my only source normally. Though after the election I still paid attention enough to realize December was just full of news stories for no reason other than to make his video harder to finish on time.

[@baumaffe7649]

​@@OrdinaryThingsbro i said the exact same thing a month ago and you didnt heart my comment:(( I feel hurt

[@alexgx550]

From a mediocre American to a brilliant Brit: really appreciate your insight, commentary, and videos. Can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to your rundown of this absolute shit year

[@cleo4548]

Thank you for donating so much. I can't afford it but I can appreciate that you did it! Happy new year

[@davywavy3724]

The most mediocre American is greater than the most brilliant Brit

[@alexgx550]

​@@cleo4548 And to you too-Happy 2025! I've been watching Ordinary Things since I moved to London for school and all of his videos are 10/10 (and continue to get better). He deserves more recognition

[@hankenstein12]

What’s funny is a mediocre America is still greater than a brilliant Brit 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@matthewsmith2682]

you're a fool.

[@zerosozha]

I've watched quite a few thinkpiece videos about the American election, but I think you make the most concise and damning argument about the difference between Harris and Trump. The DNC made the same damn mistakes from 2016 while the GOP got deep into the trenches of the Meme War.

[@victorkreig6089]

it's almost like only people who aren't involved in it at all are the only ones who can make sober observations about it because everyone directly affected by it are too far up their own ass to pay attention

[@UGMD]

I disagree that this was the most pressing issue for why Harris lost, but it does help paint the wider problem of how incompetent the campaign was. Harris capitulated on rightwing framing on every issue but abortion. She was tough on the border, tough on crime, jingoistic, and shut down any discussion of hurting billionaires’ bottom lines. This normalized and uplifted republicans’ misinformation riddled policies. She offered squat for minorities and eviscerated her boom in popularity upon taking Biden’s spot. She desperately wanted to have Biden’s voter base, and fell in the same hole that lost in 2016.

[@Thect]

I have never noticed the resemblance between Assad and skibidi toilet and no I can’t unsee it anymore

[@joshuacr]

I can't believe I finally found something useful for skibidi toilet.

[@Ohtechnik]

No wonder why Syrians didn't like this guy

[@no0n34ta1l]

>says climate change like once >labelled by youtube

[@OSRSKyill]

It was probably added by a algorithm that's using a bunch of power and adding to climate change lmao

[@giulianovilardi269]

I mean, I would prefer the labels be unnecessarily sensitive rather than the other way around

[@sammorgan31]

@@giulianovilardi269 I would prefer that a supposed "platform" didn't insert their two cents into everything.

[@Jamaramlolz]

@@sammorgan31 fact checking is one of the only responsibilities a platform has

[@NyQuilDonut]

​@@JamaramlolzIt shouldn't even be their responsibility.

[@Zyppah.]

After seeing this im so happy i missed the whole costco guys thing this year

[@LostLargeCats]

Same. I somehow had never seen or heard of them. I guess I found a better part of the internet.

[@losfogo7149]

In my country the hawk tuah girl was a meme for a week and a half

[@Exaggeratedreality]

I had missed them until Meatcanyon posted one of his cartoons. Even then I thought they were a parody until my algorithm decided I needed to know of the real them afterward.

[@artemisiakyrell7727]

Fr I now have no idea what's going to make it into these videos cuz' I've never used tiktok & don't really use twitter anymore

[@fireant202]

Yeah I find it interesting I’d never heard of them but I had heard of hawk Tuah girl…but I think that’s cause her podcast/crypto stuff bled into the tech media I follow.

[@erickhian]

Brasil not directly mentioned?, that's great, things are going strangely smooth down here. Long live Maggione!!!

[@korhol2065]

The internet is like a rigged game of chess, to the point where even winning will have the internet come into the stadium to beat you up and then forget you as they get distracted by a butterfly

[@joshuacr]

The real winner of 2024, ADHD.

[@zxyamato1570]

Watching this makes me feel like I'm not online enough. I had no idea who the costco guys were, and a lot of other moments worldwide surprised me. At the same time, I don't really want to be that online...but it's not like the internet is going anywhere. Thank you for recapping the year worldwide for people like me, who want to know what's going on but can't help getting overwhelmed by it all.

[@sizanogreen9900]

Well, I also learned about this and many similar stuff in this video. But you know, one can't keep up with all of culture and ones own interests. You gotta choose what you want to invest your time and attention in, ideally resulting in a routine that benefits youself the most.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

Me neither. Pretty sure most meme culture happens on tiktok these days. Never had an account and never will. I am addicted to youtube for sure, but mostly long-form educational content. Still a problem of course, brain still fried, just a bit less crispy than tiktok users.

[@sizanogreen9900]

@@HoboGardenerBen yeah, that is also basically me. Just add a bit of gaming content as well as short form often somewhat humorous educational content. So maybe I'm a degree more crisp.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

@@sizanogreen9900 Yeah, I'd imagine. It's all relative, very few people remain completely unspoiled by social media. Good luck to you :)

[@franjkav]

You might want to try introducing some different types of content into whatever you currently consume. Follow some subreddits you might have only vague interest in, add a new and/or opposing news source to your feed, ask a friend once a week to share a YT video or news story they liked, etc. But yeah like the other person said either way, we all only have some much time ….

[@anonym1984]

I think you glossed over the burning of the old Copenhagen stock exchange palace. There was a really uplifting side to the fire; people from all walks of life trying save as much art and as many cultural artefacts from the burning building as possible - Trademen, office workers, random passers by, dropping their bags, jumping off their bicycles, charging into the building and hauling out paintings, busts, and whatever wood carvings weren't nailed down. Theres a particular part of the spectacle where one moment a group including former minister of justice and head of the Danish chamber of commerce Brian Mikkelsen is bringing out the 1895 painting "From the Copenhagen Stock Exchange" and a few moments later a policeman and a waiter from a nearby café is dragging out its 1995 spiritual successor "The Chamber of Commerce".

[@datadavis]

Worst part about that for me is as a swede i have always used that tower as a landmark when drunkenly looking for christiania. At least i have 40 years practice in finding it although i hear the freetown is greatly curtailed these days.

[@heathmcrigsby]

He glossed over a lot of things to tailor his leftist perspective.

[@markwilliams2620]

​@@heathmcrigsby Awwww.... Somebody has a different opinion than you.

[@scatt2233]

@@heathmcrigsby ah yes a man who shittalked the dems for a third of the video is a "leftist" definietly yup yup

[@rapchee]

@@scatt2233 the dems are not leftist fyi, just left of the republicans

[@TheHellbentkiller]

Thanks!

[@Nachtjuwel]

Pronouncing “Schadenfreude” as “Scheidenfreude” (joy about a vagina) is actually absolutely hilarious

[@flamingo_with_Hat]

diese kommentarsektion ist nun eigentum der bundesrepublik deutschland?

[@Nachtjuwel]

@ exakt.

[@HellecticMojo]

I can't tell if I should learn German to not make this mistake or never learn German to have plausible deniability when I inevitably make this mistake.

[@Nachtjuwel]

@@HellecticMojo meh, complicated language, just learn basic pronounciation and you should be fine! This is “Sha-den-froi-de” (pronounced the last “e” like in “den”). German consists of a lot of (spontaneously) put together words - “Scheidenfreude” is NOT a real word, so people would probably realize something is off, though they might be a little confused or amused :D

[@fraugiblets6955]

​@@Nachtjuwel Germans can be amused?

[@loveless131]

I somehow missed the Costco people this year. Lucky me.

[@johnathandoe6034]

They're literally just a family having fun lol

[@loveless131]

@johnathandoe6034 Yeah, I don't hate them or anything. Good looking group, but certainly not my kinda content. I just never heard of them before now.

[@deeznoots6241]

Literally my only knowledge of them comes from the meatcanyon video lol

[@loveless131]

@deeznoots6241 meatcanyon did one? Musta missed it. I'll take a look haha.

[@redwiltshire1816]

How could you miss baby gronk the rizz king and big justice

[@Btgates]

2024 was a shit show, here's to next year only getting worse

[@Amylan1]

Cheers 🥂

[@Afterglow.Studios]

2025’s gonna be wild

[@K1NG-976]

I hope it gets a lot worse

[@garfieldcouch4443]

True facts. The USA is going to leave the EU.

[@josephross8753]

Well im starting the year getting exiled.

[@JanusOrdinisFlammantisRosae]

You can critique the slavadorian president all you want for being a dictator or braking human rights, but when you were rised around the violence of criminial groups, experience such violence first handed, and watching someone finally doing something that actually changes the situation, you cannot help but feel glad that finally someone have the balls to do something about it. And no matter how "cruel" the salvadorian government could be, it will never compare on how cruel those criminal groups actually are

[@CarlosConsorcioCastellanoPerez]

Growing up in mexico I felt the same way.

[@pineappleenjoyer9297]

Have you nor figured out that he just spews leftist nonsense 50% of the time? This videos would be so much better if he stopped pushing his awful agenda at every stop he can.

[@osheroth]

You traded unorganized crime for a politically organized one, which has no plans of leaving power any time soon. Because, of course, that has worked *so* well for neighboring Latin American countries.

[@CarlosConsorcioCastellanoPerez]

@osheroth you don't know what's it's like, your morals don't help people here feel safe or prosper, if punishing criminals turns out to be a good thing I hope more latin countries try experimenting with the idea. Maybe then our most ambitious/wealthy won't feel the need to flee to the usa, and will start to atleast help things improve here.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

RIP to Jimmy Carter, someone drank the only bottle of Billy Beer in existence, which as we all know was his phylactery

[@chrisdaily2077]

Just when the year was winding down Jimmy Carter really just decided to die for one last news event.

[@connorferguson2269]

Rip, one of the best human to have graced the oval office

[@Dong_Harvey]

The Kissingergheist got to him

[@guccifer764]

@@Dong_Harvey We know Jimmy gave him a hell of a fight

[@RaptorBum]

I heard his peanut farm went sour

[@brentongersbach]

Just a few hours ago, I thought to myself 'I wonder if that ordinary man will spoon-feed me this year's events with some funny on them soon.' You did not disappoint, and your timing has rattled me.

[@Ratmo_beewee]

HES GOT TWO CAMERAS!!!

[@OrdinaryThings]

a second camera has hit the building

[@turbojurpo]

​@OrdinaryThings does this mean we get to invade the Middle East again

[@MonzaniaStrike]

@@OrdinaryThings Good zoom, flash and explosio... i mean exposure. No 9/11 jokes here, i'm a good boy

[@joshuacr]

​@MonzaniaStrike I would make a joke about it all being a setup, but we agreed, no 9/11 jokes!

[@AlleonoriCat]

@@OrdinaryThings I give this joke a solid 9/11

[@hawkthehunter]

I think you did a great job highlighting how stories that shouldn't be news go viral, while important things, like all these coups I didn't hear anything about, get litter coverage. Another awesome video.

[@blu3622]

Over 4 years ago, on a random day in mid 2020... I was lucky enough to get your video about exams in my feed. I remember how good it was to laugh while watching from your playlist. The video about credit rating, Gaia, and the history of coups are 3 of my personal favorites ❤

[@silviamoro9061]

I teach modern history and international politics and I use your videos with my students. Thank you for amazing quality content you produce and congratulations on getting married!

[@ynraider]

He omitted every major incident that involved "African Americans" controlling/reshaping Modern Politics/Culture. ESPECIALLY those ugly PUBLIC anti-black race-riots in Britain! That's a repeated racist bias from previous coverage too...

[@robin13392]

For the past couple of years, these videos have been the one few things I look forward to at the end of the year. Thanks Josh!

[@MomirBacic]

Insane to see you at a million subs, I was here since the video about cellars

[@squiremuldoon5462]

I’m proud of myself for not ever hearing about these “Costco guys” until this video.

[@justinbarion2269]

Me too!

[@raditts]

What a blessed life you must live

[@king_tiger5263]

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Ordinary Things. Thank you for the great content this year and I hope you have a great 2025, and that its a bit easier of a year to report on.

[@robo1000]

Waited all year for this!

[@big_sea]

yes

[@asmongold2028]

its the one time you can count on him to post X D

[@BleachDemon707]

🙄

[@Iukini]

Did Internet historian ever acknowledge his plagiarism or what

[@antondal4370]

He did not, but He did ignore it until it went away.

[@UnknownUser-wf5kr]

kinda disappointing that he's in this video if OT gets along with him, I sure hope those rumors about IH being right wing aren't true

[@jettrooper19]

When IH got introduced I genuinely thought it was a bit.

[@Man35671]

@@UnknownUser-wf5kr he did record videos with john tron who is pretty open about his neo nazi ideas soooo

[@tangerin__a4804]

He ignored the whole thing. I don't know if him being in this video is a good idea, it kind of makes it lose some credibility

[@No-uc6fg]

1:23:00 I'm still baffled by the fact the dude is almost literally named "Luigi's Mansion".

[@FancyRPGCanada]

Dude, I never realized that before 😂. Now I’m never gonna get it out of my head

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

If only he was The Third or something Luigi's mansion 3

[@dariusbrown7870]

It came at the same time the minigame “wanted” from Mario 64 DS went viral as people universally decided to lock in to find Luigi while authorities were doing the same.

[@Mrmidknight-yx9pg]

Also he was self medicating using shrooms it just cannot be better

[@Axel230]

This was a surprise (But welcomed) late Year of Luigi release >:)

[@yohannesyilma7046]

"trust me pagers are going to blow up in a big way this year", brilliant.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

Don't joke about terrorist attacks

[@tovrobi5097]

Please joke about terrorist attacks.

[@raditts]

​@@thewhitefalcon8539It was really more of a war crime than a terrorist attack, wouldn't you say?

[@bloonman1236]

Was a very simple joke, not really clever at all.

[@josecipriano3048]

You can only joke about terrorist attacks when our elites aren't ok with the attackers.

[@therwfer]

Yo Internet Historian cameo! Hide your homework!

[@thiscommentsdeleted]

I've spend all day creating a hilarious comment and then Internet Historian came, looked at it, laughed, copied it and got tons of likes without crediting me :( True story

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

@@therwfer internetplagiarist*

[@Mrmonkeyman1345]

@@thiscommentsdeletedoh my goodness gracious

[@TetraDax]

Ayyyy I was wondering whether we would see known content thief and known far-right advocate Internet Historian again in those videos.

[@zapikankaiz]

@@TetraDaxhis entire segment is clowning on CPAC

[@greenthefirst]

make sure internet historian's segment isn't stolen from an uncredited article

[@thedittogirl11]

Looks like googling his words exactly doesn't bring up anything

[@OrificeHorus]

​@@thedittogirl11 still don't trust it, I actually added two timestamps that are the beginning and end of it.

[@YinYangAvenger]

@@OrificeHorus Nerd redditsoy alert!

[@thedittogirl11]

@@OrificeHorus the words are so generic that with any other person I'd expect them to not be stolen but I don't know lmao

[@chrisjfhelep5095]

Dude, wrong app, this is not reddit

[@sharksareneat8723]

Thought the part where Internet Historian comes on was so good, nobody can read someone else’s script better than that guy.

[@pantalaemon]

it gives me a painful kind of satisfaction to see people haven't already forgotten

[@Elderahn]

Yeah, 2024 seems to be a year of tainted fun.

[@beebeelicious]

I still ❤ IH.

[@ripred42]

Facts. Dude should just be a voiceover guy instead of trying to cosplay as a creator.

[@TheHarshWay]

@@beebeelicious You like a talentless thief?

[@druggafly2511]

I had just gotten off the bridge in Baltimore prior to the collapse. Like minutes before. I remember the blackout and everything in my rearview thinking to myself "Huh, Weird?" Got home to find out about the collapse like "Man, glad I didn't take longer in the city"

[@jacknickolstine3355]

Im up in Cecil, glad you wasn't on it. Shit was crazy.

[@druggafly2511]

@jacknickolstine3355 My boy lives on NW Ave and Bentalou. I used to live off N Canton Ave

[@Level1Hera]

I'm not minimizing, and glad you were safe, but didn't they have time and purposefully cleared the bridge before collapse, and the people who were on the bridge when it went, were some sort of construction? Sincere question.

[@prfstm2579]

Wow. This makes me want to walk outside and throw my phone in the bin. I'm not, but it makes me want to.

[@joshuacr]

I bought one of the newer Pixels. I am so tempted but damn it. It's just like flushing cash down the toilet if I do.

[@shuhratm2]

This video deserves to be shown on all screens worldwide tbh. It’s become my yearly tradition to catch up on things I missed and revisit events that I witnessed

[@StiffyGriffy]

Thank you so much for apologizing for that season 2 wire joke. I know this channel is primarily comedy, but some things are not to be joked about

[@waseemh3863]

Oi 2024 is not over. We can definitely make it worse on the last remaining day.

[@joshuacr]

If we destroy the Earth before 2025, then challenge completed.

[@jusk2ru]

A few hours remaining🤞

[@adiamond563]

lets fuckin do it lads

[@waseemh3863]

So I got robbed today... Guess my last day of 2024 really did get worse.

[@skaterhaube6026]

2025 Started off with a bang though quite literally

[@babysealsareyummy]

I’m tired. I’m so very tired.

[@sonnyvarcoe8970]

One day at a time, one step at a time. Some things you can affect, some things you can't. Try to make the best of what you have around you, to the best of your abilities. Find strength where you can, take care of yourself.

[@imslicc]

i don't think things got worse. it's might just be better documented compared to the past.

[@ixsketch]

Me too. I’m going to bed. Wake me up when it’s 2030…

[@kevinslaney486]

This is natural and been said by millions and millions for centuries. Believe me, if you were living in occupied Europe in the 2nd World War, or starving to death in Ireland during the famine, imagine hiw tired you would feel. Be grateful for all the modern world has to offer my friend and do yourself a favour, get off the Internet. 🕉

[@hooey_mgoose]

I feel you bro

[@CharleswoodSpudzyofficial]

Being so out of the loop for the whole year and watching this is a total jaw dropper

[@rundmv93]

As someone who remembers and misses Charlie Brookers Screenwipe from when I was a teenager, this was well written and just lovely

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Better, I'd say.

[@mikem7900]

I cant believe he didn't give the coups a "boom or doom"

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Too obvious

[@Hassan_Alqarni]

This is genuinely my favorite series on KZbin, and fucken live on this app. Congrats on your wedding and thanks for creating such an un ironically important thing. Signed: A bearded Saudi man

[@turtles6480]

Hey man! As an Anthpo enjoyer (the guy behind cheeseballman and the look alike contest) I must say that an interesting point behind the look alike contest is that he did 2. One for Kai Cenat and one for Timothee Chalamet, well you haven't heard of the Kai Cenat one since only 15 people showed up, the one of Timothee Chalamet was headline news. This imo shows that mainstream media hasn't lost to online culture yet.

[@TheMrDozey]

Yet.

[@nice3333333333]

Please join Nebula so we may experience your madlad schizo conspiracies in full glory, beyond the boot of KZbin censorship

[@Resuone]

Means is better

[@Dudofall]

Floatplane is better

[@darthballscratcher]

Y'know for how cursed this year was, I'm still glad that Gojira performed the opening ceremony for the olympics. Shit was absolutely epic

[@Jekyll_Jackal]

Metalheads should be proud of that moment

[@ZephyrFate]

The people who cried about that ceremony were hilarious to mock

[@Treescantjump-94]

Was hoping he’d mention it, but alas. Glad to see it here.

[@horseheadkid]

for real. i'm a lifelong metalhead and i think i may have shed a tear

[@matturner6890]

Appropriate since Mario Duplantier is an olympic-level drummer

[@spoilthatsong2544]

When Charlie Brooker's 2024 Wipe is nowhere to be seen, Ordinary Things comes to the rescue!

[@D-Rguitar]

Was just about to comment something similar. This fills a Charlie Brooker shaped void.

[@elmarko12341]

Amen, I get screen wipe vibes - which is awesome.

[@BlyatimirPootin]

And is far superior.

[@novideohereatall]

Love how the costco guys had the most screentime in the video and yet I have never seen them before.

[@Jms_Hcy]

57:57 no no mr ordinary things, raygun isnt hated for that - not anymore - no now people hate her for suing a comedian who was putting on a satirical musical called raygun the musical

[@lawnbowls8391]

Not only that, it was intended to be a small show seated for around 100 people with cheap tickets and its profits donated to a domestic violence shelter. That musical is going to be selling out theatres ten times its initial size, all because of her spite.

[@Jms_Hcy]

@@lawnbowls8391 i see a fellow aussie in the crowd thing is these are a popular pass time for us. shane warne, paul keating, bill shorten, etc. some of these guys went to watch them because they could take the piss out of themselves. instead she did the unpopular pass time for arrogant aussie c-grade celebrities, politicians and corporations. sue the person and tried to keep them quiet COUGH john barilaro COUGH clubs nsw

[@LTDLetsPlays]

i thought raygun was mostly mocked and nothing else

[@Jms_Hcy]

@@LTDLetsPlays it started as that, but she took it too far

[@thatfunkyduck]

​@@lawnbowls8391 Streisand effect?

[@oo-vivian]

i really like what you had to say on the "Kamala is Brat" thing on the July chapter. i saw a lot of people say that she was running the "anti-hillary" campaign, but i feel that's actually not right, Kamala herself WAS very different from Hillary but her campaign not so much imo

[@ThiagoBits-lz7yo]

started as the anti hillary and delfated to being a hillary

[@joshuacr]

Her campaign was so Hillary, it was scary how many people missed it. Including the part of not learning from the mistakes of how Hillary Clinton failed in 2016. But yeah, let's just see people do the same old establishment stuff and not use the current medium of communication and fail. Oh well, time for another demented president for another 4 years!

[@avancalledrupert5130]

Drunk divorced aunty vibes didn't win. Shock😮

[@AlleonoriCat]

@@avancalledrupert5130 on the one hand a 34 times felon. On the other - weird auntie. Truth is, the game was rigged from the start.

[@oo-vivian]

@@AlleonoriCat people like (perceived) outsiders and outcasts by the establishment

[@Grace-er9ep]

In a weird way I'm excited to watch the world change. Sometimes the mechanisms of change are straight up terrifying though, but there's something about not knowing what the world will look like tomorrow that makes me keep going out of pure curiosity

[@HoboGardenerBen]

Yup. A lot of it will suck but I have been wishing for the end of the world-devouring machine we live inside for about 30 years. I didn't think it would happen in my lifetime so I feel strangely blessed to be alive right now. We're in a convergence of tipping points. Change more rapid and at a bigger scale than the human species has ever been faced with. I expect massive collapse and then rebuild.

[@nimroids6587]

@@HoboGardenerBen You know how people say as technology advances the world moves faster and faster until hitting a mythical “singularity?” I’m starting to doubt there is a singularity to save us and now we are just free falling into a perpetual state of accelerationism.

[@rachdachamp]

The end of this video has a welcome message. I have found myself distraught and depressed due to the sheer amount of suffering and conflict the world experiences in 2024, but that message and the whole video gave me a new perspective on things. As horrible as it is to be living through history, one, at least I'm alive to see it, and two, it's so ridiculous and dejecting that it kind of spins back around and becomes a bit motivating. If I fall and give up now, I let all things negative win. If I continue to engage and make my voice (however small) heard, maybe things can change. December was one big month of change for me in terms of depression and pessimism about the world. I hope 2025 is just as eventful in terms of change for the common people. Also that half-life clip... oh my heart... it reminds me of seeing palestinian ARMY (BTS fans) on twitter

[@pengujedi4559]

I'm gonna stop paying my internet bill this is just depressing

[@bobthegamingtaco6073]

Well before they cut the wires, lemme just leave a message here for you and everyone else who feels the same thing: Hang on. If all the sane people disconnect then you're letting culture be dictated by the insane. You're letting every future year look like this. You can take breaks, of course, but don't give up. Don't run and hide, because you will have to interact with this on some scale, whether it's the new products coming out or the culture your children will be raised in or even just the jokes your friends make. Hang on, and fight for your future. Make jokes, and art, and silly little skits, if we don't like what popular culture is then change popular culture. Even if it's just among your friends and family. Find things you enjoy. Share them. And for everyone you hold dear, Just. Hang. On.

[@chumwuka]

@@bobthegamingtaco6073 Well said

[@jakobwithak3805]

You didn't mention, the city of Chicago actually filled in the rat hole after gained all that popularity. Remember what they took from us.

[@nimroids6587]

Just goes to show: if you want your city to fix public infrastructure, act like you like the damage.

[@Max-kh1cf]

I'm so thankful I have neither Tik-Tok nor Instagram, so this shit is brushing past me without me noticing.

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Same

[@0symandias]

Fantastic video man, great way to end 2024. Congratulations on your marriage! Wishing the both of you the best.

[@GooberFace32]

Congrats on your wedding! The best thing about this year was gained wisdom. The worst things were several deaths in my family including one of my parents. It is truly humbling when one can gain wisdom from experiencing chaos.

[@Colddirector]

Wow. I don’t watch SNL, and this might be hindsight bias but I’m pretty sure even before the election that Kamala SNL bit would’ve made me want to crawl out of my skin. The dems managed to take someone with none of Hillary’s baggage and repeat the mistakes of her campaign. That’s incredible

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Impressive really. Now we have orange buffoon again.

[@justinbarion2269]

I know, I can't believe they thought black Hillary would win.

[@raditts]

to be fair, they instead stood by while the Republicans attached Biden's baggage to her instead and just kept pretending they were running against him

[@ekki1993]

It's how boomer politicians think, and the US is a gerontocracy, SNL was their internet memes. The Republicans are only marginally better on public opinion because they managed to find the guy who happens to be good at generating long lasting memes, and he brought the entire clown car with him. In the end, they are all enemies of the people, as you can see with the reaction to Luigi, which shows support from most common people and criticism (or silence) from most of the elites, irregardless of political party.

[@crunchbuttsteak8741]

I mean fwiw, she basically had 0 chance to win regardless of what energy she put out. The world is anti incumbent now.

[@cravcave]

This year I found my first love, got engaged, took motorcycle trips all over the west coast of the USA, put on 14lbs of muscle, quit my pr0n addiction, quit video games, and uninstalled social media. Its been amazing. Great video Josh! Cya in 2025 (edit guys chill we will be engaged for 1-2 more years before getting married and a prenup agreement is being signed. I know what I'm doing bros)

[@yomamma369ify]

Congrats but quitting video games? Why?

[@thearousedeunuch]

@@yomamma369ify Because they can be addictive. It was another reason for him to waste time in front of a computer/smartphone instead of going outside and taking those trips.

[@Crazyapple16]

Happy that you found happiness but arent you going too fast? Getting engaged in less than a year of dating and to your first? Idk man seems like you are about to go thru some charcter development

[@lucbloom]

@@yomamma369ify video games are part of “Infinite Scroll” culture for a lot of people. They are viewed as the opposite of “Touch Grass”. I advise “enjoy everything in moderation”, but sometimes that can’t be sustained (e.g. smoking)

[@mesudalshikho2178]

Great man! Keep going, keep improving!

[@Raegasm]

This always my favorite upload every year. You did a banger job!

[@ShihammeDarc]

Calling Nayib Bukele a "D tier Far Cry villain" is diabolical 💀Which is extra funny because his outfit in the inauguration speech looks like Dusan, an F tier Ubisoft villain.

[@JakeMelvin]

It’s crazy how much your channel has grown bro. I remember subscribing when you had like 50k followers

[@OrdinaryThings]

@@JakeMelvin thanks for sticking around!

[@NarcissistAU]

Competence pron will always be in demand. 👍

[@joshuacr]

I can't remember when I subscribed. I blame the brain rot.

[@bigpimpin110011]

Feels like Ordinary Things is angling for the peoples revolution. Lets not let him down

[@Regalbird-r8b]

I am surprised you did not mention the deadly protests carried out by the youth in Kenya

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

I've been waiting all year for this

[@OrdinaryThings]

wait no longer

[@BradW-ye8cn]

​@@OrdinaryThingsI'm waiting on 2025s video now

[@bpgpatitas7246]

Omg it's you! Hi!

[@SirRichardHardenThicke]

We spell his name ORDINARY THINGS! You know better. ALL CAPS!

[@OrificeHorus]

​@@OrdinaryThingsdid InternetHistorian plagiarize his segment again May wanna double check if he did

[@aaronwilson9261]

Thanks for the banger of a video. Congrats on getting married.

[@lightspiritblix1423]

2024 was "That wasn't on my bingo card": The Year

[@lulzyboy]

Cheers Josh! Thanks for the video again this year. Loved it!

[@stadtbekanntertunichtgut]

2024 was a fever dream! Let us hope that 2025 will be way calmer.

[@goferlp7011]

Yes it will be smooth sailing with trump as president. 😂😂

[@WhyKeepGoing]

Missed you, glad you're back before the end of the year

[@Sofuretu]

"No matter how bad you think things are, just know it's only gonna get worse."

[@walterlopez5054]

not if people follow Luigi's example.

[@kevinslaney486]

Try telling that to the millions and millions of people who have suffered through war over the centuries, starved in famine, lived in utter poverty.. and on and on over many centuries. Get real

[@TheBfutgreg]

@@walterlopez5054 It's cathartic, but it's not solving anything....history tells you power vacuums are usually a terrible thing, which makes the whole thing worse

[@cammydavies4901]

16:30 is that famous plagiarist Internet Historian?

[@NameHere2243]

No its a copycat

[@OrificeHorus]

Sadly yes, I think. His section ends at 21:10

[@krombopulos_michael]

Yep, the very same, sadly

[@MrDanielcool13]

@@krombopulos_michaelthat’s very awesome. Glad his doing great

[@osheroth]

Nono, that was the other world famous Internet Historian, the guy that will cut in line for a chance to cover a story involving ridiculous racism and not make a single effort to call out the sheer stupidity of it all. They're quite similar though, so it's easy to mix them up.

[@felixschindler6836]

Danke!

[@calighis]

That bit about season 2 of the wire was a gem and your writing team deserves a raise.

[@kkplx]

I know you won't see this, but look up "social inflation" as it pertains to insurance. The murking was just another increase in magnitude of the same social pressures the insurance industry has felt rising over the last 2 years and change. I'm in said industry (not health insurance, thank fuck), and it was surreal to see a concept that the boss talked about only weeks prior escalate this directly.

[@EenYouTubeGebruiker]

@OrdinaryThings

[@velocirapper]

Nice of ordinary things to support a small channel like IH

[@bladedicedragon]

another banger from the ordinary things, now to wait for the reupload in 4 months after takedown strike claims

[@utf8redactedcharacters]

In 2024 my girl left me after proposing to her. My business didn't make a dime. And my heroes died. But i quit smoking cigarettes and stopped drinking alcohol.. thats my win this year. Inshallah 2025 will be a better year.

[@mouf725]

Assalamu alaikum brother, inshaAllah may Allah swt make your affairs easy for you and for all of us in the Ummah of our Beloved Rasool saws, ameen thumma ameen

[@utf8redactedcharacters]

@mouf725 thanks brother :) for you as well inshallah

[@Aerosmith1999-j6h]

Get yourself a PS2, and go through Jak 1 - 3. You'll thank me later.

[@jonathonmcghee-u9k]

@@Aerosmith1999-j6h My Jak and Rachet and clank cases are empty. Settling for Defender.

[@poisonedlava]

Proud of you 😊 best of luck in the new year

[@VanBourner]

Holy shit those apple glasses released this year? Feels like it was ten years ago...

[@domhuckle]

Thank you for doing these videos, it's become the only way I make sense of what's happening in an Adam Curtis/Charlie Brooker kind of way

[@domhuckle]

I forgot - Don't let the bastrads grind you down!

[@GermanEscobedo]

I immediately knew what you were going to say when they guy said, this is like playing Half-Life. I literally cried at those last 30 seconds. 2025 is going to be INSANE.

[@PopcornMax179]

It's cool to think how there's plenty of people on the other side of the globe with different languages and life experiences but we share in common that sense of ambience and immersion from exploring the same videogame worlds.

[@EpicGamer-gl7ht]

I like how that pro-genocide, pro-terrorist joke effectively pissed off both sides in the comments. Good job.

[@benas_st]

This is the neutral reporting the internet wants to see! Lol

[@Evelina_412]

As someone also born on December 4th, it's nice to now share a birthday with an international holiday.