Q&A With Grey: Meme Edition

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[@johanrunfeldt7174]

If asked about whether the glass is half full or half empty, as an engineer I must reply: The glass is twice as large as it needs to be.

[@byte7645]

isnt that become 1/4th or are my math wrong

[@slyar]

@@byte7645 Twice = x2

[@6.28]

the glass has a 2x engineering factor

[@Y337n3ss]

"the glass is _this_ full" "this full" *"f u l l"* subtly positive.

[@jaydentt]

"It's this empty/full" Is what he should've said

[@nandoslegend2685]

Nah

[@talongreenlee7704]

If you have an empty glass and fill it halfway, it is half full, and if you have a full glass and you empty it halfway, it is half empty

[@jaydentt]

@@talongreenlee7704 end of discussion

[@thomasdu7922]

+Talon Greenlee, However, this system is complicated and prone to failure, as to analyze every situation to find the correct words to describe the glass is inefficient. A good alternative is to say the glass is at "This Capacity".

[@nathandestaart]

Love this though: "School: A babysitting service obsessed with an endless game of trivial pursuit."

[@henryg.8762]

lol true

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

I’d give it a little more credit than that. Thanks to school, I learned how to study the world around me, turn that information into knowledge, and use that knowledge to improve my abilities as a person. But yes, such institutions occasionally focus too much on the incentives and not on the goal.

[@celestialtree8602]

@@SomeFreakingCactus looks like you got one of the seemingly rare good experiences from school, nice

[@andyzhao7822]

Meow? Meow. I like to think that school aims to teach students the procedure of work and procuring information, rather than actually vital information

[@andonivelasco8466]

@@SomeFreakingCactus my school has never been about knowledge

[@raf221]

A wise man said to me once: Life is short but it's the longest thing you'll ever do.

[@trueaidooo]

Aside from being dead I guess

[@7aygames35]

I think experience is a better word here because when you die you're doing the action of being dead and hence you are doing the action of being dead longer than living, but you only experience life

[@sofi8245]

Honestly the fishing analogy is the best thing I've ever heard

[@asadparvez2]

Its just so perfectly relevant!

[@whimsicalhamster88]

I want it on a poster

[@tdcsguy]

Yeah, but if you ask me he's basically just rephrasing "do what you love", because, you know, you will love the good fishing spots. Honestly I think "do what you love" is great advice, and if you'd actually follow it (in the fishing spot kind of way), then you wouldn't have to feel bad about it because it's "an unrealistically high standard"

[@karnematch]

I think the analogy was more of a "look for what you like to do and do that", which is more helpful than just random "do what you love"

[@candieflip]

Sofi nam jeff

[@BusinessCasual]

Looking forward to my grandkids studying late 2010s memeology in school.

[@mikado6407]

i love memeology

[@socksinsandals1082]

Business Casual YEESSSSSSS

[@tiavor]

and the great meme-wars of 2015/16

[@phil_cassidy]

Just call it memetics.

[@brain5853]

It won't be the fun looking-at-cat-gifs-type though. It will be Richard-Dawkins-like boring one, where you study their meaning, influence, spreading, etc.

[@Ethan-mm9yk]

"Do I need to sacrifice a goat, KZbin? Because I'll do it." lol that caught me off-guard

[@nafismubashir2479]

timestamp?

[@beccag2758]

@@nafismubashir2479 4:03

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

Garfield has mentioned sacrificing goats a surprisingly large amount of times too.

[@peskypigeonx]

That seems like me

[@john-wiggains]

Probably my favorite of all of them 😂

[@petersmythe6462]

"How would you rule the world?" "With compassion" (political compass slides left) *And an iron fist.* (political compass slides way up)

[@BradyPostma]

Also, sarcasm meter goes off the scale.

[@somethingrandomasmekevin4538]

All hail king grey

[@user-xh6eg1ts1t]

Ah, a communist

[@BradyPostma]

@@user-xh6eg1ts1t - It wasn't "way left."

[@MarkAlcarezBoston]

ALL HAIL KING GREY

[@FactHubREAL]

Great video guys See you again in 4 months

[@simonmitchell7789]

how true

[@ryanl8226]

You made a mistake. You wrote "months" instead of "years".

[@petervilla5221]

On the flip side, I hear Brady uploads often.

[@Drew_42]

Would you prefer a shitty video every day, or a masterpiece every once and a while?

[@LegitGuy45]

XD Lemmino fans be like: Also, would anyone like to provide some feedback to my animation videos? I'm looking to improve my work.

[@Shortline819]

"Words mean things" - Grey 2017

[@andrewknorpp9415]

We get it poets things are like other things

[@Tuen9]

"The glass is at half capacity," is also a favorite of mine. Or to be pedantic about the water vapor content in the "air" above the water, claiming it's half full because if its presence. Really, it's about rate. If it's draining, it's half empty; if it's filling, it's half full; and if it's rate of fill is zero, it's at half capacity.

[@joebothell2171]

Oh look I found the realist.

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

It's in four states at once: Half full of water, half full of air, half empty of water, and half empty of air.

[@blunderbus2695]

Or it could mean half empty

[@sophiacai8157]

The glass is twice as big as necessary. programmer logic

[@legendmixer3111]

Technically its 99.9999% empty because there is so much space between the molecules (both the water and air). This means everything made of matter is 99.999% nothing as well.

[@ArisFilms]

What would you do if you became immortal? ...I'd live a really long time.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

...i would be angry at whomever made me immortal and asked a refund:v

[@the_really_tired_one]

Roy Foerster ‘Quoting a video doesn’t make a comment’

[@bananya6020]

I'd actually just hope I wouldn't age becaude being 800 years old and unable to do shit is bad

[@Julio974]

r/madlads

[@henryg.8762]

he's not wrong

[@nonenope886]

a rare sighting of a cpg grey video

[@kagitsune]

God satan, I was just thinking - where's Grey??

[@Orikron]

Looking at this title I'm just imagining Grey in the "How do you do, fellow kids?" meme.

[@samcnut]

I would hang that on my wall

[@Orikron]

Foda-se! Sou Português de Portugal, não me compares a esses colónos.

[@beckettfordahl5450]

He is kinda normie

[@99nattes03672]

Steve buscemi is his name

[@Paulinemoke]

Hey - you comment frequently on videos, I just saw your fun comment on the vlogbrothers channel, right? I like that - we should all comment on mot stings we like.

[@bernier42]

It’s fun watching older Grey videos and seeing how he has always loved hexagons. As at 0:23.

[@idiotmach1]

hexagons are the bestagons

[@marceltelang7825]

No its a civilization reference

[@kerentan9446]

"I'd live a really long time" Mr. Grey, you have just disappointed an anonymous stranger with an obvious answer, how do you feel?

[@Xtoff]

My vote is for metaphorical "wings". He sets up the metaphor then just used it again.

[@starslayer8390]

I don't even think it matters. Isn't a balrog a being of pure shadow anyway? Wouldn't that mean it could just have wings when it felt like it?

[@durrandirtheblack3874]

Baleogs are not beings of pure shadow but they once were Maiar capable of creating themselves any body they desired and their power would allow. Sauron (who was technically a Balrog too) is said to have been able to change his appearance when he still had a body, but he was an exceptionally powerful Balrog, so.... We don't know what about the lesser ones like Durin's Bane in question.

[@tomjackal5708]

Morgoth chose Sauron to be his chief lieutenant, whom he gave command of all his military forces ... including the Balrogs. Sauron himself is not literally a Balrog. Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs was not as powerful as Sauron

[@joelreckard1610]

Umm the line in LORT is "The balrog made no answer. The fire in it seemed to die, but the darkness grew... and its wings were spread from wall to wall" its a page or two before the end of the chapter The bridge of KHAZAD-DUM. Not using the word like this time makes them real.

[@elpapichulo4046]

wrong

[@sexytiger63]

:( *Turn that frown upside down* ):

[@Master_Therion]

Hey, don't I know you from Jacksfilms????

[@unflexian]

🙃

[@Alex-gv2jc]

Ahahahahahahahahaha

[@notiashvili]

That frown would still be :( upside down

[@MouseGoat]

when i turn my frown upside down :( :( nothing happens... do to it being sideways.

[@wamsang7818]

Someone: "Is it half empty or half full?" Me: It's completely full because physics

[@phenolphthalein10]

But it’s mostly empty bc matter is mostly empty space

[@knightmare__7487]

but nothing is truly empty because quantum physics

[@itismethatguy]

@@knightmare__7487 nothing is empty but it is still mostly empty😉

[@lonestarr1490]

So, to summarize this thread: Form the perspective of physics (which is really the only sane perspective there is), this question doesn't make any sense.

[@7aygames35]

The glass is half full of water and half empty of air

[@theteutonking3306]

Why don't we just ask Tolkien? *sees he died in 1973* *sad balrog noises*

[@jayd2279]

*'s son? Oh, he died too? ah, nevermind...

[@micaiahkuhl6973]

Ngl I mainly laughed at the image of a Balrog making sad noises

[@ruslans2006]

I read the year as 1793. lol

[@lonestarr1490]

@@ruslans2006 You too have been confused by Grey's yyyy/mm/dd format I see. (Just kidding. It's definitely the superior format for storing files.)

[@ruslans2006]

@@lonestarr1490 I only read the year wrong, not being confused by all of that.

[@RandleSnipes]

Wow, the fishing analogy about life really made sense to me.. cuz I hate fishing -.-

[@henryg.8762]

f

[@spysearice5695]

moooooooood

[@yunushangulsen9312]

"The pleasure of burning down a forest and covering the world in concrete is difficult to explain" 4:08 Factorio in a nutshell

[@astrofield6359]

Lawful evil for anyone wondering

[@trondordoesstuff]

I'm pretty sure that quote was in reference to Factorio.

[@nerdyspinosaurid]

@@trondordoesstuff Maybe it was just a reference to real life.

[@burghleyimeanberdly6513]

I know a guy who keeps talking about carpet bombing russia/America, tarmacking over the detritus and building the world's biggest Lidl on top

[@sarahcoleman3194]

The "passion" advice was such a relief, it's something grown adults are still telling me to do when I know full well it isn't happening. I wish everyone used the fishing analogy instead.

[@LostInEchoesFin]

The fishing metaphor for what to do with your life is genuinely exactly what I needed to hear, cheers Grey, you've probably stopped me making a really bad life decision.

[@ETMaligalig]

#7thPlanetKingGeorge

[@Koala1203]

Planet King George? I think Planet Georgia is better. #7thPlanetGeorgia

[@Psychomaniac14]

#7thPlanetKingGeorge

[@labrynianrebel]

#7thPlanetOuranos

[@LuisAntonImperial]

#7thPlanetSeventh

[@suetraptor2703]

#7thplanetbigbluemarble

[@JanSanono]

Well, see you next year, guys!!!

[@Regimeshifts]

2019

[@fossilfighters101]

+

[@william41017]

Nice... nice! 👍

[@candieflip]

Jan Sanono nam jeff

[@candieflip]

Jan Sanono nam jeff

[@Rikri]

"The pleasure of burning down a forest and covering the world in concrete is difficult to explain." -CGP grey

[@evanbates3062]

I wish when you burned down a forrest you didn't have to get rid of the burnt trees

[@mmouse1886]

The one time CGP burst out of his Redditor pseudo-intellectualism and became human. Only to dive back down with the rest of his videos, and it was three years ago.

[@Aadhitiya_Murali]

@@mmouse1886 can you elaborate?

[@mmouse1886]

@@Aadhitiya_Murali CGP Grey in almost all of his videos tends to make himself less than human in his presentations, practically robotic whilst dispensing information at a constant rate without pause or wishing to elaborate on basically anything. He's also a gigantic Redditor which means he's a plague on this earth that happens to be blessed with a decent amount of intelligence, but wastes it infinitely on a website that is a gigantic echo chamber at the best of times. He hasn't made comments like this before or since he made this video.

[@Aadhitiya_Murali]

@@mmouse1886 i guess you're right.

[@Hellspooned2]

The glas half full/empty discussion is stupid. It depends! It depends on what, I hear you not asking? Was the glass full or empty before it reached the midway point? If it last was full, then it currently is in progress of being emptied and thus when reaching the mid point has come half way to being emptied, as in half empty. And vice versa. Was it just empty and you are in the process of filling it? Then it is half full when reaching the midpoint. Period.

[@KarateLauren]

GD PolarBunny facepalm

[@andreasstock8539]

and the funny thing is you cann aktually relate that to your life. When things are getting better its easyer to be happy with what you have. So its easyer to have a glase half full addetude

[@hellcopterts8895]

half empty of water means its also half full of air, so its actually the same thing; there is no true "empty".

[@liamgriffin218]

Marko Juric also you could simply say that it is at half capacity.

[@IndigoGollum]

While I understand and can agree with this, I think that unless half of the glass contains a vacuum, it's half full.

[@ryat66]

"The pleasure of burning down a forest and covering the world in concrete is difficult to explain." I've played Factorio, too. I understand.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

you rascals!!!! tree are good, do you breaths CO2?

[@noyz-anything]

Levi is on the Evil scale

[@lucasparis7284]

Memes are the DNA of the soul after all

[@kanzkat420]

did you just...

[@johncarlucci6863]

The memes Jack.

[@hey7328]

I GOT LOYALTY ROYALTY INSIDE MY DNA

[@shadowregards5903]

More like the DNA of CULTURE. Scientifically Speaking of course

[@FlandreScarlet]

Your memes end here.

[@Alex-gv2jc]

He switched hats like 5 times and I didn't even notice till the second watch

[@nolanwestrich2602]

That trickster didn't wear _a_ hat for the rest of the video.

[@henryg.8762]

ahem what

[@8-bitsarda747]

nani?

[@thepillowfortsystem109]

On days like these when I feel like doing nothing. CGP Grey makes me ever so slightly more willing to get up and do something.

[@feynstein1004]

Yes!!! I'm so glad Grey agrees with me on tribalism. Wait...........does that mean he's part of my tribe? The amount of irony is too damn high.

[@dicemm5544]

Tribalception, when you become tribal about tribalism.

[@jongyon7192p]

tribes are unavoidable, but tribalism is putting excessive importance in these tribes, rather than letting people be whatever tribe they want.

[@justAguyDs]

DeRockProject & the Attack of the Really Long Channel Name that's the thing, if we don't put importance on tibalism, then we wouldn't be talking about it

[@feynstein1004]

+Dice MM Lol I realize that. I was being sarcastic actually. I don't think Grey as fellow member of my tribe, just as someone who happens to think the same as I do. Idk if I feel like I have a tribe but if I do, it's definitely the entire human species. :)

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Feynstein 100 That's the best tribe to belong to, but also the very worst. Take care, fellow traveler.

[@BleachedTurtle]

CGP Grey and memes? Of course I'm going to watch.

[@James-uw2xh]

What does he know about memes

[@IizUname]

100000000 likes! (base 2)

[@candieflip]

Bleached Turtle nam jeff

[@WeareIF]

35,000 people cant be wrong.

[@tuxedosteve1904]

A Surprise to be sure but a Welcome one.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Man, the nine alignment texts got me real good. Oddly enough, I agree with the vast majority of them.

[@archangel8428]

2:52 The fact that life is meaningless sets us free from expectations: it never matters anyway in the long run.

[@UCH6H9FiXnPsuMhyIKDOlsZA]

#CGPGreyForDictatorOfEarth2020

[@Haaklong]

Yeah, ¿but what if he's not a member of our tribe?

[@juanmanuelgonzalez4135]

Kat The Nerdfighter +

[@Mu51kM4n]

"Don't follow your passion, bring your passion with you." - Mike Rowe (paraphrased)

[@eavannickolas4571]

Hexagonal board at 0:28. Join the Hexagon cult- I mean group

[@KingAgniKai]

The African Union Explained. I'd really like this video.

[@fossilfighters101]

Welcome to Myths & Legends podcast. Today we're going to be talking about the Grey, originally from American literature, but now popular across the world, and you'll see how fishing is a really good metaphor for life. The creature of the week is demon who has wings that maybe are metaphorical.

[@vivienneleow]

Yes! Another fan! I was thinking the same thing when the song played, hahaha.

[@MrBaasm]

Vie, it's funny because I think 'grey' when I listen to the myths and legends podcast...effectively the opposite

[@vivienneleow]

Derek Wilson Grey and Jason do have similar voices! I think I actually thought 'wow this guy sounds like CGP Grey' when I first started listening. I've now listened to so many episodes of M&L that my mind jumps the other way when I hear the Broke For Free song.

[@cwalter42870]

I knew I recognized the music, but couldn't place it until I looked at the notes.

[@MrQuantumcomp]

I knew I wouldn't be the only one!!

[@trifarianboi3043]

Glass half full or half empty? The glass is twice the required size.

[@brh4015]

A glass twice the required size? You must be fun at parties. Are you from the US? I try to build up a stereotype since a US American I once met declined another drink on the basis that he already have had one.

[@trifarianboi3043]

BR H No?

[@gnomegerome1096]

BR H I appreciate your kindness but I'd rather stick to my beer instead of having 2 beers and one of them inevitably dying ( no idea what the non portuguese term is, but you know, when the beer tastes awful after a while) And nope! Im not shoving them down my throat because that will increase the vomit chance by 500%

[@brh4015]

Have had. Like he already did drink something this night. And he didn't decline it from me.

[@CanyonF]

its completely full, half of liquid and half of gas.

[@physe8052]

2:55 "Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination." - Brandon Sanderson's "The Stormlight Archive"

[@BobBob-bm9kz]

Life before Death, Radiant

[@belowaveragegamer5993]

"I'm not unique" next question "I WANT A DEMON CHIMP!"

[@_V_G_]

dameon actually, reference to The Golden Compass movie *pushes glasses up further*

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Science Time - *Repetitive pushing up of glasses intensifies, causing a small friction fire.”

[@globalincident694]

@@_V_G_ Daemon?

[@zorbix3652]

@@globalincident694 It`s a type of thread.

[@globalincident694]

@@zorbix3652 yes but its daemon not dameon

[@kacee3472]

The Hello Internet references in this are amazing! hahaha

[@WannabeCanadianDev]

Examples? I haven't seen every ep.

[@AnaseSkyrider]

I must know!

[@ianhamilton1997]

The flower emoji was my favorite.

[@AndersTherkelsen]

I think pretty much all quotes from the D&D alignment system are from episodes of HI; I felt familiar with all quotes.

[@AtlasReburdened]

"I'd live a really long time" You made me spit on my screen Grey.

[@jeffseesselberg7348]

"Are memes the future of humanity?" Fast forward to to 2022, and they have literally become currency.

[@newcantinacrispychickentac7754]

That's not what he meant by memes, but that's hilarious

[@user-qi1bx6ec6g]

"In a world of billions, no one is unique" Thanks. I'll make sure to tell that to my teachers

[@JM-us3fr]

It depends on the standard deviation and the definition of "unique"

[@sechran]

Even if you boil it down to pure chemistry the number of potential humans as dictated by cohesive DNA combinations is a number so vast as to dwarf the astronomical. Not only are you unique, but you're *so* unique that, unless you're already an identical twin, the chance of your DNA being naturally duplicated during the lifespan of the universe is essentially 0.

[@boilpoil]

You are failing to understand why Grey answered the question this way. If the question "what makes you unique?" is so easily answered, job interviews would surely become a lot less stressful. Unless you can systematically and effectively describe something like your fingerprints, your facial biometrics, or even map out your entire genome sequence, there is no practical way you can point out what is unique about you that no one else shares. As in, describe something unique about you that is guaranteed no one else shares, verifiably, and not an impractical answer. (Like "my DNA," because no one can possibly verify it save for an unprecedented international cooperation effort) Of course, I do not refute the argument that Grey should probably have chosen another question.

[@LordWoffingshire]

the thing about no one being unique in a world of billions is kinda based off the presumption that there are less than 7 billion combinations of characteristics and experiences that make up a human being.

[@sartresianez5332]

CGP Grey: Nobody is really special Comments: But, what about me?

[@DatDaDatty]

what do u meme?

[@sexyscientist]

Single by 30 reference?

[@Billyissilly_]

I’ve found you again

[@Ardkun00]

"ponte verga"

[@sweetpotatobestpotato9893]

Dat Ayy I know you!

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Wow, I needed that "passion" talk real bad right now. Thank you. Also that writing down tip. So far, I've only consistently documented my dreams (the night ones), here's hoping I'll be writing more than that from now on!

[@davidkeebler1777]

watching these videos clears and calms my mind, it's appreciated

[@quickclipsofpigs140]

I actually laughed watching this, nice vid. Bless you all.

[@onepieces3560]

Jesus Christ holy shit

[@rarusvitae835]

Filthy N'wah

[@UberStar]

Yes

[@thekiss2083]

Thanks Christ

[@Ardkun00]

Amen

[@JoeAllenD]

Nothing like seeing a Red Letter Media reference in CGP Grey's work. 4:16

[@PeterDavid7KQ201]

He's quite taken with the RLM reviews of the Star Wars prequels (as am I, for that matter)

[@JoeAllenD]

Everytime he references RLM on Hello Internet, my brain freaks out in happiness.

[@EdPenwell]

Plinkett is lawful good

[@thebaysix]

Very cool.

[@candieflip]

Joe Allen Dickerson nam jeff

[@ricc_fer]

3:29 What would you do if you became immortal? CGP: I’d live a really long time.

[@JFreitas0937]

I read tribe for a summer reading assignment

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Sorry I'm guilty of the "follow your dreams thing". For a long time it was difficult for me to realize many people don't have dreams they base their entire existences on.

[@pickles4263]

*"Do I need to sacrifice a goat, youtube? because i'll do it."* uhh, grey? you okay pumpkin?

[@kappadistributive]

Luna Torres The algorithm put him in a dark place. We collectively decided not to talk about this...

[@rimbo420]

Head to Satan for the money during an adpocalypse, child. Its your only hope.

[@davidhong1934]

draders43 sample text Satan has recently been run out of Hell by investment banker and insurance companies.

[@Nukepositive]

Those were all quotes from Hello Internet.

[@f1scherman]

Chaotic Evil for KZbin would be Jake Paul.

[@aLukepop]

F1scherman No, he'd be lawful evil. Maybe neutral. Chaotic would be like, ISIS videos.

[@frostcat5947]

Or Logan Paul.

[@wyhiobcarlile4879]

ehh more like chaotic neutral he is just reckless not purposely bad (I still hate him though)

[@DeplorableMinecrafter]

@@wyhiobcarlile4879 His troll of the flat earthers earned him the neutral rating.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Evil works out of the desire to hurt others. Neutral works out of the desire to help themselves. Good works out of the desire to help others. How they choose to implement that is lawful vs chaos. A warlord who loves to rule over others is evil. A warlord who wants power is neutral. A warlord who wants to empower people is good. Logan Paul is egotistical. He cares for himself over anyone else. He gains this power by bullying others and demonstrating greatness over them. This makes him mostly neutral evil, leaning towards chaos and true neutral. A person like CGPGrey wishes to be an individual known for being smart and entertaining. However, he also wishes for his viewers to become smarter and entertained. His strong philosophies and ideologies originate from academics. This pushes him towards lawful good, but close to neutral good.

[@KushWhacker]

I love the fishing comparison... that is definitly a great way to look at it

[@ryconroleplays]

Fantastic as always

[@jacowagener4712]

*CGP Grey uploads* Finally my life has meaning

[@joesf4601]

I like your channel and your view on things, thanks a lot for all of your effort mate!

[@onua136]

I deeply appreciate the hidden positivity of your analytical viewpoints on life. Thank you for this video.

[@TheMaplestrip]

yyyy-mm-dd? Yes! You're in my tribe! :D

[@Mafia200100]

ISO 8601, bitches!

[@MrNateSPF]

I'm in! Just let me know when we're to start our attack on those who don't understand numbers should be ordered LTR biggest to littlest.

[@NorwayTracking]

You’re such a WEEEEEEEEEEEEEnie, EVERYONE uses dd-mm-yyyy!

[@mattdombrowski8435]

Yes, everyone. That is except the Americans, Japanese, and Chinese (and probably several others I've missed). EDIT: did you know there's a calendar wiki!? It's actually super interesting.

[@flakmag1004]

dd-mm-yyyy

[@connorhalleck2895]

I do the notebook thing too, but also with drawings! Super helpful to get to know myself and how to maximize my stats.

[@Darkchipper07]

How does that make you productive in life? And what would you write about?

[@connorhalleck2895]

Well I'm a professional animator, so doing drawings and saving my books helps me keep track of my progress. As for writing, I write ideas down for later, but also I take account of my current goals and priorities. And as those change over time, I can keep old goals/ideas from falling through the cracks of time. It keeps my from getting anxious about all the stuff (golden shit, I am convinced haha) that goes through my head: ideas for projects, music I want to check out, goals for my future, ideas on how to be less depressed, weekly goal lists. If I write it down, I can trust myself to find it again if it's important. Thus, I don't try to constantly try to remember everything. I can be much more in the moment, which is vital for my work, and my enjoyment of my life. Also, the act of writing and drawing itself feels good and relieves anxiety in the moment, while also being good practice. Having a small, pocket-sized book allows me to fall into the comfortable pillow fort of my creative mind whenever I want.

[@Darkchipper07]

This is really helpful, thank you for your input and looks like I will have to keep a small notepad on me from now on.

[@juliette117]

stop

[@danbrooks5060]

That alignment chat with quotes from HI was great.

[@anonymoustextingstories1258]

"I would rule with compassion and an iron fist" I pledge mine sword to thy my lord of knowledge

[@emilyoswin3830]

with the amount of free books on audible given by youtubers I could own their whole goddamn library

[@minimooster7258]

same though

[@josgeerink9434]

IKR

[@linusdannull1247]

Good vid, cya again in 4 years.

[@IMindiffernt]

You can always just listen to his podcast. . .

[@bartmans7]

Watch the Q&A vids back to back and watch grey slowly becoming happier

[@Abyssal_Dreamer]

Wow... you've just changed my view of life and the world with a 7 min Q & A... this is... Awesome. Thank you.

[@trifarianboi3043]

CPG Grey video??? is it Christmas??

[@AttilaAsztalos]

Must be a leap year. Don't these come only on leap years?

[@Javier-kv3eg]

It's not christmas, the next video will be on christmas tho

[@anameidontknow1134]

Nah

[@bidgitbinner7430]

YEAH DUDE

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

No, it's not November 1st yet.

[@alkmi2754]

I watched the whole ad for audible just waiting to see any hat changes.

[@vralmeida54]

Grey's talk about passion is just the perfect pep talk for me right now. Thank you awesome sir. 😭 --From the very lost trying to adult me

[@zinzam6505]

6:21 - CGP Grey THE FINAL BOSS

[@repmel]

Wanted: The 7th planet King George, of metaphorical wings, non-unique in a world of billions, and wears a hat.

[@boltstrikes429]

Danger levels: Chaotic Evil

[@metfan4l]

4:15 Holy shit, is that Mr. Plinkett in the bottom right corner? :D

[@tman301j]

And then a few seconds later, when all the youtubers return, CGP is standing in his place. He's even pointing at 'chaotic evil' on the alignment chart.

[@villa7230]

who the fuck is Mr. Pinkett?

[@davidnotonstinnett]

Grey likes RedLetterMedia, specifically the star wars reviews

[@CesarJoseee]

Villa He's a guy who hired a couple of hack frauds to fix his VCR.

[@SkRo0BEe]

Plinkett is chaotic evil

[@neofoxboi]

I just want to say I very much appreciate your CGPlinkett

[@thelonewanderer4084]

Love your channel. Learned a lot

[@mmaakk32]

But CTP Green! What if dreaming IS my passion???

[@Leathania]

Become a writer.

[@LyricalDJ]

Keep on dreaming, even if you can't make it your living. There's nothing saying you _have_ to make your job be connected to one of your passions. Although if you can, well, that's probably quite nice. :o) Work to live, don't live to work.

[@vornamenachname2727]

Mahoole Magic School May you be so nice and correct the mistakes in your comment really quick, please?

[@wtfkiffer]

Then go to sleep

[@lethos7104]

let's make CTPGreen new meme

[@Maddin1313]

Spotted Mr. Plinkett

[@TylerjoProductions]

Jesus christ I didn't think I'd find so much enlightenment by clicking on a Grey vid with meme in the title, this is amazing. Thank you for the analogies, it really hit for me as I'm sure it did many others.

[@dwaynecharlton]

Loved the fishing analogy. That was beautiful.

[@aa-ut9ni]

chaotic good grey = happy brady

[@joemother6200]

2073: Grandkid: grandpa, can you help me with a school report? Me: what is it about? Grandkid: Memes. Me: I finally am useful.

[@yyangcn]

I'm gonna rewatch that fishing part every time I have doubts about what I want to do next in my life.

[@Someone-ee3ny]

I was thinking about death for about a week and when I watch this video it really put me back up in a better place thank you CGP Grey

[@Excard0n]

Modern College = Daycare is probably the best and simple equation ever.

[@davidhong1934]

Plus, it's way over priced and overrated, especially if you're learning something like coding, which can be self taught to a large degree.

[@z-beeblebrox]

Technically, it can be self-taught to *no* degree, since you only get those at college

[@Pyronaut_]

Agreed on YYYY-MM-DD Makes sorting thing by date so much easier.

[@charlesjames6517]

Meme edition EU: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@biliminsrlar5752]

COPPA:My time has come.

[@jenkem4117]

It's weird how much of what you say sticks with me. Often times I look to myself for direction and hear your voice. I appreciate everything that you're doing mate. 🤘

[@emcee4487]

Dylan Thome If you're not already a Tim, you should check out Hello Internet, Grey's podcast

[@simonmitchell7789]

The pessimist says the glass is half empty, the optimist says the glass is half full, and the physist ducks

[@satiric_]

Meanwhile, the engineer comments that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

[@samwallaceart288]

Saying 50% is so much simpler; then the receiving listener will automatically interpret that to mean "full" or "empty" to align with their opinion; and then, with creative use of vague language, you have tricked them into thinking you are part of their tribe.

[@GoldenredDragon]

I say it's full. Half air, half water.

[@bloogaming8827]

I'm only commenting because these other replies completely missed you XKCD reference.

[@passodibasso9430]

It's 50% what though?

[@Charlemagne57]

The thing about school being a glorified babysitting service mixed with a game of trivial pursuit is so true. School does very little to prepare you for the outside world, and colleges do very little to prepare people for (most) vocations. Yet business still insist on you having this meaningless, very expensive, piece of paper, instead of using some sort of apprenticeship system where people can learn skills they will actually use while actually being productive. Additionally, high school gives everyone vast amount of general knowledge information that people forget like 90% of within a few years, and then colleges have the nerve to set general education requirements that do more of the exact same thing, except much much more expensive. Furthermore, blue collar wages continue to increase as many white collar jobs see a drop in pay because so many people are getting these degrees that the more menial jobs that require practical skills not taught in colleges are becoming more valuable. Yet, for the most part, we still need to commit thousands of dollars and years of our life to this institution that teaches us very little practical knowledge or life skills. tldr; our school system's f*cked up -sincerely, a frustrated college student

[@davidhong1934]

That's why you take something like programming, which, for all practical purposes, is a self-taught skill that you'll learn anyways, but college also gives you a fancy paper for having done so. If you want to skip the whole college thing, do IT. Cisco offers certification exams, as does Microsoft, that are usable in certain job situations without any college degrees whatsoever.

[@stroopwafelfalafel]

Allow me to guide you to "Hello Internet #7: Sorry, Language Teachers" and "Hello Internet #9: Kids in a Box" where CGP Grey and Brady Haran discuss their 'neutral' opinions on school.

[@DavidAllen-px7gr]

It made me think that all the way up to high school is preparing you for college, and college gives you keys to jobs. It's valueless at teaching adulting...

[@arturocevallossoto5203]

I wouldn't hire a non-engineer for an engineering job.

[@williamelmore4100]

Chase Brown s

[@tiikoni8742]

1:45 - 2:09 I think that is one of the best advice and example I've heard for a long, long time.

[@AndreBorisov]

Thank you, the one who asked the question, and the one who chose to answer that question.

[@videogyar2]

yyyy/mm/dd Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well:)

[@niallmchugh7255]

Perhaps he is part of your tribe :P

[@user-uj7dp6ik7g]

ISO 8601 master race!

[@Kaedynlimon]

@@mateozapata3112 It's that way because when you speak of dates at least in America, you say November 7th, 1999. Instead of the 7th of November 1999. That's why its that way. Don't hate the way other countries do something just because you don't understand or think your own method is superior.

[@Sparrow420]

dickhead our tribe IS superior.

[@nolanwestrich2602]

Eve time.

[@olibearws]

Inhale the memes. Exhale the memes. I inject the memes straight into my blood stream.

[@Roverdrive_X]

*Blood str-meme

[@maxscribner1743]

misquoted from the song "meme machine"

[@dascandy]

Yo dawg, I herd u liek memes, so I put an Xzibit in your reply so you can meme while you inject stuff into your blood stream.

[@maxscribner1743]

misquote from the song "meme machine"

[@ignemuton5500]

without memes i will die.

[@koelkastkkn]

That segway was so smooth I only realised it after watching the video a second time

[@turtles10]

4:32 This question changed my life.