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[@songohan3321]

"Don't click this." Sorry, but the rules of the Madlad says otherwise.

[@zdelrod829]

My man. You are just a comment bot MAGNET!

[@frostwee43]

@Bilma Soki What the actual f*ck is wrong with people making these comment bots, especially that one

[@zdelrod829]

@Gепshlп Iмраст 🅥 Well played bot creator. Well played

[@zdelrod829]

@TappyLePao I think Emkay can ban certain words in comments, which would remove the bots

[@songohan3321]

@@zdelrod829 They can. In fact, most other channels do.

[@purple4216]

Man, I feel bad that Robin got SO angry, he had to take two breaks. I hope he is relaxed and not angry anymore.

[@friendly_ghozt]

@@krisdayanti9282 BRO WHAT

[@Eve_heart]

@@friendly_ghozt it’s a bot

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

@@friendly_ghozt Yup, just report the bot. They reply to multiple comments. I tend to take a minute or two and report a few instances.

[@ChalkyWaters]

Imagine if lexi was reading this. she would get so mad

[@jinsakai2047]

@@ChalkyWaters is lexi a she or a he ? Cuz he/she said Lexi had a wife

[@cjlite0210]

14:15 Ok I've never heard Robin get legitimately angry, and now I know not to make him angry

[@shadowgirl765]

He totally lost it

[@elisabethsun7059]

Yep

[@wackyanimations3326]

this is really, really late, but i have no idea why he's mad at the post after that

[@defaultdan7923]

@@wackyanimations3326 this is also really really late, but allow me to explain the op of that post was upset at her wife for writing a book and securing their child’s future. why? he thought that his wife had to ask for the lunch breaks, and that’s why she was coming home late. this is understandably upsetting to robin, because he, as a functioning adult, understands that lunch breaks are mandatory. you cannot refuse a lunch break and get out an hour earlier. that’s literally not how it works. not to mention the simple things too, like the husband being upset that she secured the future of their child because they had a stupid “deal”. all in all, that dude was incredibly stupid.

[@wackyanimations3326]

@@defaultdan7923 I said after this post

[@RandomPerson-fg1jf]

The fact that the first person got "taken aback" is actually really impressive.

[@henrybear2293]

That first one fits better on r/boneappletea

[@idkimjustsortahereiguesslo672]

@@krisdayanti9282 Hey!....Shut up!

[@theshortsking5330]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5qQqJWGec6inNU

[@anakinlowground5515]

@@idkimjustsortahereiguesslo672 Hey!... It's a bot!

[@diamondyoshi6649]

@Dog Silence

[@SuddenReal]

17:25 I completely agree. My grandfather smoked a pack a day, and he died at the age of 82. My uncle on the other hand, never touched a cigarette, died at 24. He got hit by a truck.

[@fluffierthenafox2766]

I thought you were serious for a second there

[@EliSingsSometimes08]

XD

[@konan7002]

Oh jeez, I got hit by a truck and I only ended up with a stiff hip 🙄

[@LineOfThy]

... I see

[@LineOfThy]

​@@konan7002 You joking?

[@eli-is]

That guy who got mad at his wife for making money by writing a book, and thought that having a lunch break meant that you came home 1 hour later than you usually would.

[@lyrikoss4146]

That comment that says "That guy who got mad at his wife for making money by writing a book, and thought that having a lunch break meant that you came home 1 hour later than you usually would."

[@theshortsking5330]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5qQqJWGec6inNU

[@Skia_Woodling]

That reply to that comment that says "That guy who got mad at his wife for making money by writing a book, and thought that having a lunch break meant that you came home 1 hour later than you usually would." that said "That comment that says "That guy who got mad at his wife for making money by writing a book, and thought that having a lunch break meant that you came home 1 hour later than you usually would.""

[@unslaadkrosis9435]

The wife should divorce his ass, he's stupid and ungrateful

[@meat._loaf]

That reply to that reply says "That reply to that comment that says "That guy who got mad at his wife for making money by writing a book, and thought that having a lunch break meant that you came home 1 hour later than you usually would." that said "That comment that says "That guy who got mad at his wife for making money by writing a book, and thought that having a lunch break meant that you came home 1 hour later than you usually would."" ""

[@theenigma2861]

"they aren't even real American's" is the most ironic thing to say, as a descendant of the British who colonised America, about the Native Americans

[@MirrorHall_Clay]

"they aren't real Americans" says the person descended from _immigrants_ to a country that stole land from and killed the tribes that lived there ...because if they say shit like that they sure as hell aren't related to the _actual_ Americans

[@LineOfThy]

it's just shameful

[@janiscrammond7046]

Love it when Robin loses his stuff, he does such a great job narrating. Keep safe eveyone

[@caidensexy]

eveyone

[@pvnkcloudxx]

@Gепshlп Iмраст 🅥 u ain't real

[@rixtunz3625]

Can you imagine the fun watching FoxNews with him?

[@TatsugiriTheFeesh]

Ye

[@TatsugiriTheFeesh]

@@pvnkcloudxx press share, tap copy link and tap the paper/files icon

[@evalowrain]

When robin yelled about the lunch break thing I FELT his shear anger. Pure. Enraged.

[@poison-LICKTHEPOISON]

With the whip noises makes it sound even more angry

[@novaknavekey]

I love how mad you got about the lunch break. I love knowing there are cool people like you

[@franl155]

Monica at the front desk is a psychic mirror: she just reflects beck to you the negative energy that you're blasting out everywhere you go.

[@franl155]

@@krisdayanti9282 - sod off, slapper

[@Spiders_With_Socks]

as a clarvoiyant person i approve this message

[@theshortsking5330]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5qQqJWGec6inNU

[@gunsandroses896]

@@Spiders_With_Socks as a fellow mystic, I also approve.

[@lord_arsenic]

10:48 "I'm looking for a woman with conservative values" One of the requirements: "liberal"😂😂

[@anthonybenci9035]

Most liberals are actually quite conservative.

[@Ussonan-Foderation2016]

Liberalism≠progressive

[@accaliamurraymusic]

That is the angriest I have ever heard Robin before - it was a pleasure to be a part of it. That post was so fucked but I love the way he reacted.

[@maimaikoa]

Damn, man. You had such a raw anger that I felt through my screen. Nice job

[@Talon1124]

I think it burned off my eyebrows.

[@theshortsking5330]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5qQqJWGec6inNU

[@erikarussell1142]

Robin getting shook at all the right moments is why I watch. Yall entertaining us while not entertaining the neck beardy bs from haters is another reason. Also the narrators are amazing. All of ya.

[@c00KieDuderoo]

the Kit Kat tweet, knowing the person's tweet history, is hundred percent troll and I love that it made it into r/facepalm as it shows that most things can be r/facepalm taken out of context.

[@wxbrainiac]

it still fits either way even having context

[@theshortsking5330]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5qQqJWGec6inNU

[@cullenbones13]

Anyone else feel like the siding with Seth Rogan was a bad take like sure, calling a city a shit hole could be mildly offensive to people living there but the fact that Seth thinks that it’s wrong to feel violated when you personal property gets destroyed/ stolen seems strange and I also find it weird that hes just ok with people breaking into his car and leaving behind actual deadly weapons

[@risottopose9970]

Yeah, the facepalm is definitely targeted toward Seth Rogan and that was definitely a bad take

[@frostyx1531]

Thank you! I was looking for this comment

[@AndOK-qy2tv]

15 car break ins and he thinks everything’s fine, and why did it seem like Robin agreed with Seth?

[@RackBrissell63]

I never knew Robin would actually scare me by yelling

[@samuelous]

Samee, just feel like Robin will murder me

[@phillyp6969]

When?

[@samuelous]

@@phillyp6969 14:10

[@phillyp6969]

@@samuelous thank you

[@samuelous]

@@phillyp6969 yw

[@realAwesomeX]

"Fun fact, blueberries are the only fruit that is named after a color!" Me: b l a c k b e r r y

[@the_maged_maniac_7637]

All my dumbass could think of what Orange F**KING ORANGE.

[@Ryanthedoctor11]

8:26 look at the license plate, that man knew EXACTLY what they were doing

[@danm8004]

... are you a troll

[@CursedSFMS]

@@danm8004 wdym it says jizlord

[@danm8004]

@@CursedSFMS it was their grammar I was calling into question.

[@LineOfThy]

@@danm8004 ... I see nothing wrong

[@dazeoliver]

@@danm8004 what's wrong with their grammar?

[@minotaurbison]

the fact that Rogen acted like it was no big deal the he had been robbed 15 times blows my mind...

[@troodon1096]

Either he just doesn't value his property or he's got some kind of weird fetish for being robbed. Either way, he disproved his own point about LA supposedly not being crime-ridden. Tip for everyone living in California: you can leave, they legally can't stop you. Just sayin'.

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

14:12 I’ve never heard that side of him before and I’m genuinely terrified.

[@Wolfy_569]

It feels like 2019 wasn't a while ago and it seems crazy how fast this channel has grown! Also when Robin got really really *mad* it was so flumping scary

[@MrSir-vv5xp]

14:13 just a thought, I think Robin should stop narrating r/facepalm, for his own sanity.

[@theawsomecheese9714]

16:36 this is one of those divorces that is the kids fault, and the kinds that weren’t lying to their child about either

[@pokemonyugiohmettaton]

“Don’t click this” *Oh, I think I will click this*

[@pokemonyugiohmettaton]

@ I’ve noticed

[@C-Midori]

@ Susan should take her life.

[@that_slow_35]

8:03 thats someone thats clearly never heard of drum brakes. I am impressed be the fact that there's just a drum brake assembly with nothing else around it.

[@LincolnDWard]

"that is a shape 💕" kills me _every single time._

[@T-34Reacting]

watching Robin breaking down at the end has made me question the ethicality of the Emkay channel, so I will be sending 10,000 FBI agents to raid a suspected Emkay *special sugar* lab in retaliation to the human right violations

[@WhatsInANameArts]

the pure rage about the lunchbreak author thing was so visceral lmao

[@catguy5425]

12:25 If companies or individual/solo sellers could delete reviews on their products, I have no doubt in my mind that they would abuse this privilege to delete negative reviews.

[@CuteLilEldritch1010]

It’s pretty much a lose:lose situation. People write fake/dumb reviews that can be especially harmful to small businesses, but we all know if companies/people could delete reviews of their products, they’d create an echo chamber of nothing but positive reviews and take down any reviews with genuine criticisms and complaints. It sucks that we can’t find a middle ground.

[@Templarfreak]

@@CuteLilEldritch1010 its still a possible problem to solve by creating a review process to review the, uh, reviews lol

[@lac4389]

“Don’t click this” DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!

[@bell2023]

@Yenta Elna 👍🏿 ^^Don’t click this :)

[@ActuallyLydia]

3:13 Pretty sure this was a charge for a "brief emotional assessment." I work in healthcare and I've heard of charges like this. Not saying it was okay to charge extra for it though. I think that emotional assessments are just as important as physical assessments and should be a bigger part of healthcare.

[@xenopace5345]

it is not because she cried like a bitch, it was because a psicological test/scan/thing idk (sorry for bad english)

[@nethascotx24]

6:52 IIRC the CEO was a part of this because he was duped into it from negligence, while the homeless dude had a knife (or gun or something) and violently robbed a bank

[@sha1060]

I remember this story, he threaten a woman with the pen making her think it was a knife. And it wasn't his first time robbing. There was a long post detailing the two stories and it was concluded that the articles' titles were clickbait.

[@Gamerdog-io3ow]

I love how true he was about the "can't wait to see this in Inside Job season 2" joke

[@Leaky_Gasket_Garage]

8:07 just incase anyone was wondering, that's a drum brake off a old car, not a bear trap

[@nzcroc1229]

Thank youuu. I was hoping someone in the comments would specify for my dumbass

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

8:26 I SWEAR that guy did that intentionally; after all, look at his liscense plate.

[@commandolando901]

I honestly feel kinda bad for Robin, he doesn’t sound pleased at all reading this sub. stay safe my guy and keep on!

[@unnecessarycensorpolice]

Well said bro

[@ItsYaBoi418]

10:44 I could be wrong here, but I think “keep yourself fairly clean” is a requirement that almost everyone has for dating, and therefore this picky piece of human garbage didn’t actually need to specify that. Glad they specified the rest, though, so that nobody ever makes the mistake of entering into a relationship with this terrible individual.

[@randomobserver0]

You know it's going be a great day when two Emkay videos come out.

[@EbuCallinav]

0:01 that awkward moment when you think you clicked the wrong video because you were expecting a facepalm but were greeted with a bone apple tea.

[@DrelvanianGuardOffic]

1:01 in his defense, Indian was a term used by europeans by accident thinking they were near India. Should be Native American Day or Indigenous Americans Day.

[@darkprismarine4999]

well yeah i guess but even then it's still a really big facepalm

[@noahbecker8690]

Yeah in Canada it’s the same

[@TACTICAL_TICKLER69]

it’s always a good day when robin narrates the video.

[@grandzeno558]

Mate, be real. Its a good day when anyone narrates a video

[@TheOnlyPedroGameplays]

Ok Homestuck fan

[@CryoSpwan]

but not a good day for him

[@C-Midori]

@Yenta Elna 👍🏿 Wet donut churros? Mmm!

[@TACTICAL_TICKLER69]

@@grandzeno558 Man you’re right. My bad my bad.

[@TheSolidMidgetOfficial]

The drunk girl at a party story had me rolling. 😂

[@ezzypeez]

This is it huh. This is the video where Robin finally loses his shit. We're close to the end folks, stay safe out there.

[@yukitai9063]

13:50 TL;DR Wife earns the money and looks after the kid, OP's job unknown. OP is just upset because the wife can't rid herself of her creativity birthed from new experiences. the "she could be home an hour earlier if not for lunch breaks" might just be misspoken. AITA? Yes, OP's the jerk. Imagine marrying someone but not expecting their habits to linger because you ask. Especially when the agreement's related to a soon-resuming job.

[@PPA-tz1xi]

But that "bear trap" is the friction plates on the inside of drum brakes. It foold me for a quick second but after I took a closer look I figured it out

[@demogod4955]

I came to the same conclusion.

[@darkclownKellen]

Brake shoes off a parking brake

[@PPA-tz1xi]

@@demogod4955 nice I didnt know a highly advanced fighter jet could speak lol. The only reason I knew what there were is because I had to replace my trucks drum brakes

[@Crow_Smith]

I think that's what the point of it being in Facepalm is? That it's not actually a bear trap? I feel like a bear trap wouldn't "open" when something was tossed into it, it'd likely close.

[@WooShell]

8:00 omg that "bear trap".. especially because bear traps _open_ when you hit them with something..

[@DepressinglyOptimistic]

😆 Robin I am so sorry for the frustration you go through making these videos, but the honest reactions are truly priceless. Hearing yo I lose your shit the same way I do makes me feel less extreme. 🖤

[@DJace3000]

14:12 All I hear is an angry Kermit and I love every second of it. Made my work day.

[@Josh_the_jester]

11:11 this is the equivalent of bosses charging their employees for drinking a glass of water from their taps, and I look it up, a glass of water is the equivalent of $0.04 on your water, bosses are bitching about loosing four pennies when someone requests a damn drink

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

And in some places, denying a drink of water to someone who lawfully entered your place of business is blatantly fucking illegal! Soooooo... Check up on local laws- some people have a case if their employer pulls this bullshit.

[@Josh_the_jester]

@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 yeah well some time in the future capitalism we get so cutthroat that they'll make us pay for the air we breath "yeah I grew the trees that provide the oxygen you breathe so that cost an extra $150 a month"

[@gordonramsayslambsauce]

@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 Capitalists don’t care about the law unless it can put more money in their pockets

[@Angel_Fizz]

it makes me happy that from 0:13 to 0:18 is perfectly in sync with the background audio

[@nightwolf7k863]

1:11 in to the video and I’m contemplating humanity’s thought process.

[@theludicrousleopard6624]

7:17 that genuinely made me angry

[@usernameed]

‘It’s lovely here, but don’t leave anything valuable in your car because of the crime I’m trying to argue doesn’t exist’

[@animaysons728]

4:08 same lol, gonna be a great episode, and the fact that there was a flat earth post before this just adds to this lol

[@snailboi6902]

12:34 'don't leave anything valuable in it' It's a fucking car, Einstein. You can fill it with manure and it will still be worth thousands.

[@Avistew]

If people are stealing stuff they saw inside your car and not the car itself, then this is a perfectly adequate solution.

[@NeggiHorrorParty]

Every video I feel like robin is ascending to a new level of anger.

[@mekas7216]

I feel the anger in Robin's voice, it made me angry too

[@vincentvanghool6723]

Hey Robin? You okay, bro? That was a hell of a rage, dude.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Please give Robin one of the wholesome memes or similar soon. He clearly needs a break. 😉🤗

[@theprankster2007]

I’ve genuinely never laughed at anything more than Robin’s reactions in this video

[@ramune_u]

fun fact: the pixel peace sign in the silent sub plug has only 4 fingers, but space for a fifth. The pinky finger is missing.

[@YahyaFalcon]

Holy shit yubitsume

[@loosewire6718]

Me: Enjoying the video and Robin Reading Robin at 14:00 Me: Robin Scary when mad

[@jan-Pala]

Robin scary when mad fr 😅😅

[@baileyvidican6998]

I am genuinely worried about Robin. Is he OK?

[@north6927]

He's as okay as the rest of us

[@turnerthe75themperor19]

@@north6927 which mean no, he's not

[@north6927]

@@turnerthe75themperor19 exactly

[@awilddon.8570]

Hes definitely not okay if he's as okay as me

[@north6927]

@@awilddon.8570 exactly

[@satanicpanic4565]

The editor should be given a good ass vacation for how much cussing he had to censor

[@thebulletbot3329]

8:28 jizzlord knew EXACTLY what he was doing. that was no mistake

[@pangolinsarecool]

14:55 If anyone's wondering, I think CERN is normally pronounced with a soft C 🙂

[@stephenwright8824]

It is. French has hard C's normally, but not for loanwords or science-related acronyms, apparently.

[@thedarklord9546]

13:00 is Robin really telling CASEY to grow up? When Seth Rogen straight up just basically said that he’s so privileged that he doesn’t care when his car gets broken into 15 times?

[@AimbotFreak]

Sophia does food horror on the regular, the facepalm moment is censoring her name but never noticing the sticky note with it.

[@michaelashbrook3195]

to be fair, everyone needs a good cookbook

[@PartytimeYOLO]

@@krisdayanti9282 on a completely unrelated note, did you know you could survive on 2 liters of semen a day.

[@the_stray_cat]

6:45 i can actualy explan this, its not how much he stoll but the fact the old man comited armed robery that got him alot of time, as for the other part of why he got so little time is it was a group thing and he was not part of the planers he just got in and then rated them off to get less time

[@aeowrynn7950]

Duke Energy: That's only the beginning. They got fined for the spill, raising customers bills. Then got a government grant for the cleanup and got volunteers to do it. They spiked bills again after being fined *again* because they decided to let go of the volunteers after being caught. Then didn't hire anyone still and asked for more grants.

[@thespudlord686]

You know, at 9:58 I find it funny that someone is claiming to have a 4.3 GPA when GPA is typically counted on a 4.0 scale. There is a scale that goes to 5.0, and another one that goes to 11.0, but only schools with very high standards go that high. If she cannot get into that school, it is not because of race, but rather, her GPA isn't high enough on their scale. this is regardless of the school she's applying to

[@urbanshadow777]

"don't click this" Don't tell me want to do... In fact I think I'll also like this video too. That'll teach'em.

[@north6927]

Exactly. Maybe I'll just subscribe too, that'll show em to not tell us what to do

[@permafrost3432]

I just realized I wasn’t subscribed to this channel until now, content is great I love it!

[@josepalestino7005]

I feel all the emkay members should join a discord call and make a q and a

[@Crazyttv]

8:27 the jislord plate makes the text so much better

[@juliuskaiser3965]

Bro at 10:27 really thought he was at Build-a-girlfriend💀

[@dwaynetherockjohnson9513]

the point of this was legit the same as those girls that ask for a 6'4 guy built like the rock, he did it to show how scummy it is if the roles are flipped and people ate that bait like cereal

[@wta1518]

@@dwaynetherockjohnson9513 It's fucking disgusting no matter who it's coming from, although this being a joke should have been obvious from the requirement to be liberal with conservative values.

[@joeywomer]

I love the lady's tweet about her saying that blueberries are the only fruit being named after a color. Obviously she's never seen oranges before.

[@MrHypnofan]

The fruit was named first. We used to call things either "red-yellow" or "citirine", before we decided to refer to things having the same color as an orange.

[@jasondeng7677]

the clips presented in this video are so ridiculous i'm literally taking a bath rn as i type

[@SerGamingGG]

10:23 be like: BLUEBERRIES ONLY BERRY NAMED AFTER COLOUR me: Blackberries?

[@mailcs06]

9:23 How did they even wash the coyote without it attacking them lmao

[@moviewatcher7255]

Don’t worry Robin, I’m with ya. Now I understand what this woman on TikTok (I forget most people’s names) meant when she said that common sense isn’t a gift, it’s a curse, because you have to put up with everyone else who doesn’t have it.

[@pinklantern]

Robin, sweetie, I'm sorry. But MatPat was right in his #facepalm. The post asked if "Zelda" was a woman; which she is. The character she was dressed as is the hero, Link. He wasn't commenting on the gender swapping, it was the character mislabeling. Kinda fitting for MatPat, really.

[@melorawr1608]

I'm pretty sure Robin got that, and was upset for the way matpat worded the tweet. Much mad, such wow

[@indian4914]

I dont think robin got the facepalm as he sounded just as angry as rest of memes.

[@akurexburners]

@@melorawr1608 he got mad at wording seriously🤣

[@Zeltros2010]

I absolutely hate people that call link Zelda

[@mechengr1731]

It was unfortunate placement of the post. He hadn't recovered from the misogynistic husband who was angry his wife could still be a writer, work a job, and be a new mother

[@pumpactioncrusader6035]

14:13 Holy shit, I don't think I've ever heard him legitimately _mad_ before...

[@DimtheEnderman]

I dont blame Robin, I would be fuckin' raging through this as well

[@lilharm]

I’ve never seen the background get so red from one of the narrators getting so mad and it was over how a lunch break works

[@dragonmastertheedgeking1595]

Fun Fact: No form of Iron is iconic, because if it was it would be considered "Ironic"

[@C-Midori]

@@horis1736 Y’all are unoriginal

[@C-Midori]

@Bilma Soki Cry harder.

[@C-Midori]

@Sentinel it’s fun though

[@dreamingpichu2334]

14:28 Wendigoon cameo, everybody!

[@ferrucyon9149]

Thanks for making my day better!

[@C-Midori]

@@horis1736 Coping so hard right now.

[@aRandomPolandBallfan]

Rocks that glow? Phosphorous, Uranium, various other radioactive elements... you get the point

[@endgamerplays]

6:38 that was on purpose, a rogue McGraphicDesigner did that one!

[@whiteought1981]

The 100$ and 3b dollar cases have been summed up like that alot but theres a lot more story to both then just rich people get away with everything

[@j.p.6932]

0:55 to be fair, they really should have used the term Native American rather than American Indian

[@ryanm2]

That background is trippy. You look at one spot and you can see the hands, but anything in your peripheral is hidden until you look there.

[@rust5846]

i just love how robin slowly loses it

[@TheJ.M.C]

Angry Robin is more scary than any horror game I’ve played

[@cleventinetheclementine195]

"dating tip: if a guy tells you he's not very political, he's conservative but has learned that won't get him laid" Life tip: if someone is so paranoid about political beliefs that they automatically label you as something they're against just because you don't like getting into politics, that's a red flag.

[@doodlesyoru2108]

2:01 This is why James from TheOdd1sOut believes that everyone should work in retail or a fast food chain at least once in their lifetime. This makes sense, as not only this service is going to be available for everyone, as long as every +16 year old gets at least a temporary job there, and this also provides valuable experience for them and everyone that did/does that on "how it feels to be the employee".