that feeling when you bite into a pickle and it's a little squishier than you expected

we all can relate to this feeling
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[@Ericbomb]

"Oh it's just a simple sketch. That's rare for him." *vocals start* "There it is"

[@sanityisrelative]

Exact same. I felt a little zjierb at first before the music hit.

[@LolLol-ok4lr]

it's never simple

[@dylanjwagner]

As soon as he started snapping, my man. **Oh, here we go.**

[@checkerhat327]

I mean, he had to figure out the feeling through his character arc via song.

[@henriquebezzon6146]

subversion of expectation at its finest

[@danielwg514]

Him before: “moving on to bigger and better things” Him now: *z j i e r b n e s s*

[@31hashtag]

this is bigger and better things

[@epikitee2186]

*zjierbness. get it right.

[@skeletron1091]

zjierb is a new word thus is is a bigger and better thing

[@flap.d.jack247]

He ain’t lying

[@IgnatRemizov]

you're missing an 'i'

[@roosterjangles3335]

When you cannot express an idea with dialogue, you sing. When you cannot express an emotion with song, you dance.

[@wizzlet6821]

"I'll let my body confess the names that I cant express, yes it's time for the dream ballet" -brian david gilbert pokerap

[@beepboprobotsnot3748]

It's a Dream Ballet!

[@Oli.V]

Oh lord, it’s a dream ballet

[@alainpbat3903]

Exactly this

[@elonwhatever]

And when you cannot express it with dancing, when you can't do that, you find someone to make a meme for you.

[@connoremery9521]

The fact that their voices when they say "zjierb" and "zjierbness" sound like a text-to-speech program adds so much comedic value

[@TuckyBlue]

You oughta make it clear how something is pronounced when introducing it into the English lexicon

[@sweetmoonpigeon7469]

otherwise known as: "Brian went thrift shopping and wants to show off his cool new coat"

[@scutchys]

his nails tho almost better than the coat

[@pennypeas4665]

Okay but is no one going to mention the rubber pants????

[@gabriellevanduser2340]

OR THE MESH TSHIRT???

[@SuperNova-so2cj]

and moved into a new apartment

[@Prinnamon]

my brain read thrift shopping as shoplifting goodbye

[@avalonwillowbloom1590]

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Polygon was dampening his true power all these years

[@Romanticoutlaw]

there's no putting the pandora back into that box

[@kylekyle4169]

"are you holding your bdg back from their true intentions? the answer is always yes."

[@kylekyle4169]

@Taryll Moore that's really sweet and also probably more accurate

[@fernandocicconejr.6379]

The moment the Waluigi unraveled video dropped I knew brian had so much more potential than what showed.

[@alexmsevans]

@Taryll Moore ​ except his videos were also wonderful before he worked at polygon

[@samreid6010]

The real reason Brian left Polygon was because they wouldn’t let him wear that ensamble of fur coat, mesh shirt and latex pants. Be free to do you, sweet prince

[@SkeerdAint]

wait since when did he leave polygon?

[@vendettaswift9573]

I thought he left because he could make 20k a month just being his own boss.

[@maka5065]

@@SkeerdAint he announced in the last unraveled he was leaving

[@MrSpazbomb]

I would kill to sit in on BDG's taxes. Accountant: "So your claiming the mesh shirt as a work expense? Aaaand this one says hurdy gurdy?"

[@LTMotions]

@@maka5065 oh i didnt know he left... i thought the series was just over

[@unsnopable]

i choose to believe that BDG was playing scrabble, drew “zjierb”, and had to try to find a way to make it into a real word

[@zackbuildit88]

I hope so

[@checkerhat327]

Wish I had the superpower to interpret things this way.

[@hall_of_velcro]

I would like to point out that in this scenario he could play “re” or “be” as they are both valid words in scrabble

[@GilCAnjos]

Fun fact: This isn't a sketch, it's just a normal conversation between Brian and Karen

[@Therealpunksheldon]

That is probably true

[@heroino89]

Including the book changes.

[@Therealpunksheldon]

@@heroino89 also true

[@PuppygirlTrans]

Having the name karen is like playing life on hard mode

[@RecoveringChristian]

Aren't pickles bad for shingles???

[@HeyAndeeey]

The see-through shirt, leather pants, fur coat. The drama. The style.

[@bobdude0987654321]

The shirt isn't see-through.

[@LookinGoodAnya]

The drama. The style. *The* BDG.

[@kashiffarees881]

@@HeyAndeeey I thought it was a shirt with a man's chest on it, but upon closer inspection, it is in fact a see-through shirt.

[@sunshineflicker6120]

The trousers almost looks like they're made of latex they're so shiny

[@HeyAndeeey]

@@sunshineflicker6120 I'm not so sure anymore if this fact makes it so much better or worse 😩😩

[@jerryatrics2351]

Props to Karen for finishing multiple books while Brian thought about the right feeling.

[@Josuh]

I like to imagine that for days brian was freezed in plays between each shot and karen just went along with it, finishing several books before brian could come to terms with reality again and pop such a bop of a song

[@blanekaboom]

@@Mr.Beauregarde it changes in every scene

[@Mr.Beauregarde]

@@blanekaboom bruh..

[@blanekaboom]

@@Mr.Beauregarde what

[@Mr.Beauregarde]

@@blanekaboom you are where jokes go to die

[@chocolatesauxe]

you're laughing. he bit into a pickle and it was a little squishier than he expected and you're laughing.

[@mistermelty1578]

ITS FUNNY OK, DON’T JUDGE ME.

[@raz8752]

How about another pickle, Murray?

[@serptimis1552]

@@raz8752 This pickle is awful? You're awful, Murrraaay

[@VexWerewolf]

We live in a zjierbciety.

[@f1nnzy]

Shut up I’m totally not laughing

[@leebrady9669]

it’s the way brian de-aged like six years by cutting his hair and shaving

[@memmermiller]

I always felt like the moustache made him look like a kid cosplaying his own dad. That’s meant as a compliment, BTW 🥸

[@_mels_]

it feels... Fresh. Anti-zjierb. Maybe even blourg.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@_mels_ blourg [adjective]: unexpectedly satisfying in a way that removes zjierbness

[@ADHDandD]

He looks like Steve from blue clues now and I am here for it

[@noizepusher7594]

He only ages via hair growth

[@bthorner33]

I respect Karen for being such a willing participant in his shenanigans

[@nanya992]

Bold of you to assume she's merely a participant and not an accessory. An abettor, even.

[@pizzaman044]

"willing"

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@nanya992 An coconspirator, perhaps.

[@acerodh]

She's very patient considering he pawned her laptop to buy a hurdy gurdy

[@ElisonLugue]

Have you ever seen Wandavision? I kind of imagine it's like that.

[@MrFlip2247]

I like that brian owns leather pants, a fur jacket, and a see through blouse and somehow I know he already owned them before he made this video.

[@user-et3xn2jm1u]

He had the outfit sitting around, then it snowed and he thought "it's time".

[@terrapocalypse2457]

That's not a coincidence I think he had the jacket for the pepcorn video unless that came out after this I forgot

[@Fractlegoid]

Polygon was created to contain him so he could never reach his full potential. They have failed not only themselves, but all of humanity.

[@skrytetemnoty7590]

Polygon was protecting the masses from the ensuing madness that one experiences upon being exposed to such raw, unadulterated truth.

[@user-nj1qc7uc9c]

SCP-9999

[@johnangelle5975]

He wasn’t trapped in there with them, they were trapped in there with Brian.

[@apolloniakageaki1711]

Lmao someone make an SCP entry for him xD

[@ilonachan]

@@apolloniakageaki1711 sauce?

[@thelegend8570]

*_Man has existential crisis over the rigidity of his pickle._*

[@SebbyPlaysMusic]

Man problems. Classic man problems.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

Pickle turgidity has always been one of man's issues, since his first did the pickling.

[@Ash-ot2ic]

been there

[@bensonsj98]

Wouldn't be the first time.

[@fqidz]

I think the pickle was just a cover up for his actual problems with socializing with other his peers and other people. As you can see in the first scene he uses the rigidity of the pickle as an excuse to start up a conversation. His problems are deeper than what you might see in the surface. Take for example the pickle. On the outside it might seem rigid, solid and crunchy, but when you investigate deeper, it is quite the opposite. I think the moral of this video is you might never know what a person is going through or what problems they are currently experiencing. But if you look closer and bite deeper, you will see how much different person they might seem outside compared to the inside.

[@myad4103]

ah yes, the universal feeling of biting into a pickle when it is a little squishier than you expected

[@myad4103]

@Yeast Yeast this video simply appeals to EVERYONE

[@dvd.mp3]

Yes.

[@key099able]

Never had pickle

[@superlagbro192]

This is totally me when I am zjierb

[@seandegrand9294]

Zjierb

[@tophu7903]

The switching between major and minor to represent his conflicted emotions is one of the smartest touches I've heard in a comedy song like this.

[@zackbuildit88]

BDG is cool like that

[@Kyrbi0]

Where?

[@smil5961]

I love that Karen's face when Brian starts snapping isn't surprise or confusion, but rather just "oh, this again."

[@petermarsella6537]

@Michael Guy when you live with Brian, you need to expect the unexpected

[@ordinaryshiba]

What is the feeling when your roommate starts having a mental crisis again?

[@zealouszombie]

This Happens On A Day-To-Day Basis

[@leave-a-comment-at-the-door]

@@petermarsella6537 when you live with Brian, you need to and welcome to the show

[@RhetoricWalrus]

BDG really just went through a whole aesthetic arc in the Polygon years then just picked up where he left off afterwards

[@DragonWinter36]

short hair -> long hair -> dad -> long hair -> short hair

[@osbob1983]

It's a cycle It will, in time, begin anew, and when it does, the world had best be ready

[@BlueCat201X]

@@DragonWinter36 oh my god you're right... The next video... He's become Dad™ again...

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

@@DragonWinter36 dad?

[@Kriosaivak]

@@osbob1983 All this has happened before, and all this shall happen again.

[@endyrodriguez5761]

Can we just talk about karen changing books every time she appears?

[@zacharyp6806]

I just noticed that after watching this for the third time lol- that’s great

[@thewarriorofboros]

I love that it only starts after she starts engaging with Brian's bullshit and goes back once she has nothing more to say

[@DParkerNunya]

I noticed that as I read this comment omfg

[@swyxTV]

lol they really switched to a tintin book and a tiny ass book and i didnt notice, amazing

[@kayliehutson02859]

I like to think that it isn't a continuity error, but that she's just so fast of a reader that she's finishing each book and moving to the next.

[@FleurMarigold]

musical theatre - when a feeling becomes too strong to express in words, the character sings. if the feeling can't be expressed in song, they dance.

[@notjoe2314]

If the feeling can't be expressed in dance, get a better feeling

[@lizzy-qu7dh]

Ur so right

[@onionbot2]

DREAM BALLET

[@gemstone4264]

sideways?

[@flavoredwallpaper]

I mean, he did ultimately express it with a word. It just took an interpretive dance to invent the word. This is, after all, how all of human language was developed. Brush up on your history.

[@aronbrown7286]

This is the essence of musical theater: you can’t express your emotions so you have to sing them

[@Leah-yh5sj]

dream ballet

[@aronbrown7286]

I think the ranking is: talking, then singing, and when singing won’t cut it, DREAM BALLET

[@yungkoo7282]

this is theater kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2nPgI1vjruNY68

[@teshrobinson5525]

I can't sing so I shoot a gun! :D

[@aronbrown7286]

@@teshrobinson5525 😳 👀

[@dualfish6086]

Alternative title: Pickle causes theatre kid to have a musical meltdown

[@daguido742]

its his third musical meltdown this week the doktors have no idea what causes this medical anomaly.

[@s.g.7572]

Karen's expression at 1:54 says so much about what living with Gilbert, Brian David is like. Love, and compassion, combined with an absolutely earth-shattering amount of patience.

[@danielramon9917]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXiqg55rhqqpbNk

[@Biscotum]

You say that like she's not low-key exactly the same way. The book-changing gag was probably her idea.

[@Crooked_Mantis]

​@@BiscotumI did not notice that at all until you pointed it out. It might be because I always watched this video on my phone, but I never paid enough attention to that part of the screen to acknowledge the shape, color and size of her book changing with each returning shot. And I've watched this video at least 7 different times since it's release.

[@emilybaker1647]

My favourite part is Karen just letting him work through his emotions, like this is a very normal occurrence.

[@CorvusCoraxification]

She's just busy reading all those different books tbf

[@spacegay9309]

"Let it flow"

[@rocketstone9911]

this isn't "like" a very common occurence, it's just straight up a very common occurence

[@pippincovington1348]

Yes I'm jealous of her too

[@cookiecraze1310]

'ugh, he's having another episode.'

[@auditoryeden]

BDG: *starts snapping* Karen: "Here we fucking go again."

[@Sc4r4byte]

Pickle: *doesn't start snapping*

[@samburke9775]

no pickle here kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2nPgI1vjruNY68

[@HelloFutureMe]

the best part of this is the book changing Dead Astronauts is good though

[@aemuth8235]

so is Tintin and the Picaros

[@nathan-mk2rw]

RACIST

[@nachikahn8567]

didn't expect you here

[@Apathist1408]

Bruh when did the book change??

[@atarangi-qy5wb]

for those looking for the book change its @ 1:12

[@ahobbit1273]

I love how, when Brian begins the vigorous snapping as prelude to a song, Karen’s face is just “oh, here we go again.” This is just a regular day in the Han-Gilbert household.

[@lucienfelten8439]

can we just appreciate the underrated genius of Karen's ability to portray utter perplexity and yet lack of interest and general openness to the situation and also z j i e r b

[@432neptune]

I especially love the moment when she realizes Brian's about to sing again and there's no escape

[@silverrust2451]

she's just like, "oh, this again. okay."

[@tazpushkar5878]

A good Karen.

[@Beastintheomlet]

She absolutely nails the straight man part of comedy. It’s so much harder than it looks.

[@gunderalex]

Haha she tried to ignore him as long as possible hoping she’d be able to continue reading her book uninterrupted... but cmon she knew all along it was just wishful thinking.

[@levihernandez5250]

Zjierb - when you expect a result but instead get something different and you are neither satisfied nor disappointed by the new result, but rather conflicted and compelled to sing

[@MajesticCabbage]

i dont think he is conflicted, i think he hates biting into that pickle, but just cant describe it

[@looncroon]

I think the feeling is related to his schema ("a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them") of pickles being disrupted. Most of the time when you bite into a pickle it's crisp, but this squishiness has defied that and now he has to rethink his expectations

[@chaos-ivy]

Mild disgust

[@tigercors3308]

As someone who has bitten into a squishy pickle the closest emotion to zjerb is despair

[@emilywong8991]

Like when you think a drink is sweet tea, but it's unsweetened. Suddenly you have to reconsider everything.

[@andresvkfouri]

he bit himself into a pickle, funniest shit i've ever seen

[@marketablename6825]

There are two possible implications made by this song 1) Brian has never bitten into a pickle that’s a little squishier than he thought it would be in front of someone 2) Brian breaks into song and dance every time he bites into a pickle that’s a little squishier than expected and then he forgets about zjierb the moment before he does it again

[@TheInformerator]

note to future self: this is the post-polygon era, aka the reraveling.

[@jogbearcool8594]

No this him unraveling himself instead of the games

[@regancarver7263]

I just wanted to say, great username. I watched The Net quite a bit when I was younger.

[@bretthake7713]

Can't wait for the unreraveling tho

[@Gloomdrake]

@@bretthake7713 nah, the reunreunraveling is where it's at

[@kilobytes4537]

@@Gloomdrake he peaked at the ravelling.

[@kidthesage6300]

I’ve never met someone who is more of a theatre kid than Brian is.

[@lifeafterlab]

Graenolf?

[@Honsejpeg]

Chris Fleming?

[@Gork862]

@@lifeafterlab oyfum

[@seignee]

@@Gork862 oyfum

[@ZanraiKid]

Brian Jordan Alvarez, ngl

[@johnfaber100]

It is similar to, but not quite like, that feeling when you pick up an object that isn't nearly as heavy as you thought it'd be.

[@proxysrandomness9947]

Thats the opposite emotion

[@abyssGazerTV]

@@proxysrandomness9947 breijz

[@temporalCaster]

Or when you pick up an object expecting it to be light as all hell only for it to weigh like it's made of lead?

[@jasminelee3935]

Like that one sven Johnson video "when the milk isn't as full as you expect"

[@chrisdray5325]

it's similar to that in the back of the skull but not the front, the front is like looking up after you fell asleep on your desk

[@blitzkampire1193]

I watched this once, a year ago, the day it was posted and if you had asked me to recite a single line I couldn't have done it. Then I recently bit into a pickle that was a little squishy and this song started blasting in my head in perfect detail like it was an activated sleeper agent. How did it wait inside my brain for the perfect moment to strike like that.

[@COMBINEdotCOM]

Right the book changing made me go "neat, nice little continuity joke" but the fact there's no reflection of karen in the microwave but its perfectly centred on where shes sitting is fucking my day up

[@kieran.grant_]

I think she's filming Brian, and thus isn't on the couch for those shots.

[@marvelholt21]

Ghost karen

[@Silver-Rexy]

I dont really know what youre on about because the microwave is clearly *NOT* in line with her BUT I have made the discovery that BDG and I share the same microwave.

[@lol2Dlol]

@@Silver-Rexy There's one perspective from right next to Karen, and another closer to Brian in the kitchen. From the kitchen perspective, you can see a reflection of the fox pillow next to Karen but you can't see her next to it.

[@Silver-Rexy]

@@lol2Dlol u right

[@magnusdipasquale775]

this feels like brian bought this jacket and immediately knew he had to film something in it so it led to this masterpiece

[@musicaltheater8942]

He bought the jacket and then ate a squishy pickle

[@magnusdipasquale775]

@@musicaltheater8942 the squishy pickle pipeline

[@FreyaEinde]

Pour one out for the fleet of foxes who gave their lives for that sweet ass coat.

[@magnusdipasquale775]

@@FreyaEinde small price to pay for squishy pickle ballad

[@Randi-i9e4w]

Tbh i think it was the pants first then he had to go above and beyond to match it

[@razbuten]

i dunno why I expected anything else from this video

[@carsondubs]

I see you also expected True Enlightenment

[@lunarcowboy]

Nice to see you here

[@estud6411]

wow, I love your stuff man not as much as squishy pickles but still.

[@spyqui5505]

Oh hey paper bag man

[@rickvanleeuwen9589]

Honestly wasn't expecting you here. I guess you have good taste... Unlike the people that like their pickles squishy

[@sallybradshaw4576]

I feel like BDG found that coat and wrote the sketch around it.

[@almostjune6485]

He found the coat and he uttereth, 'ah zjerb!' And thus birthed the idea of zjerbness

[@desertdoggoalt]

No he bit into a pickle that was softer than he expected

[@paristracy8517]

I feel like that's how half of these videos were made. Brian finds thing, writes sketch around thing

[@nobody1795]

@@almostjune6485 you critically forgot the i

[@almostjune6485]

@@nobody1795 Dear God! I have failed to comprehend the truth of zjierb. My bad

[@daaaah_whoosh]

There's such a catharsis to this video. From the frustration of not knowing the word, to taking out that frustration through song, dance, and wearing a ridiculous outfit, to returning to the world with the word you sought. It's an entire hero's journey and I am here for it.

[@robinjay3141]

If Zjierb isn't a character in a hypothetical Inside Out 2 I'm going to cry.

[@selahanany5645]

you mean Zjierbness

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Stop giving Pixar ideas

[@thetrashtrain3774]

@@cartoonishidealism582 this is the one and Only idea we should give them

[@LeviathanLP]

Honesty I'm just glad they didn't do a "Surprise" character. Their absence is a deviation from prevailing theories of emotion, but how annoying would that character have been?

[@danielramon9917]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXiqg55rhqqpbNk

[@rockhead112]

All I could think during the kick-ass dance scene was this is the guy has sat down and read the entire Geneva Convention.

[@doubtful_seer]

Yes.

[@guccifer764]

And he has broken every single rule laid out in that treaty

[@yaboimagnus4776]

if someone ever asks me what having sensory issues as an autistic person is like i'm just gonna send them this video because yeah that's how it feels

[@thatsdisco]

yes!! This!!!

[@soupsoup4245]

Tired: "Hey can you quiet down please, there's a lot of noise going on right now and it's really overwhelming" Wired: "SHUT THE FUCK UP IM FEELING ZJIERB AND NEED TO APPRECIATE IT FOR A MOMENT"

[@bryce4395]

it's comments like this that make me wonder if I'm autistic"""

[@SquishyHo]

HOLY SHIT thank you so much for making that connection cause, heck yeah that's how it feels

[@dante.2639]

true

[@alexnewby2004]

Love how she just accepts that brian breaks out into song whenever he experiences a slight inconvenience

[@of_dog]

Me: Man, I think that edible was bogus Me an hour later:

[@k.h.9967]

Underrated comment 😂😂

[@oopsiexistnow]

*minute

[@of_dog]

@@oopsiexistnow dude you'd be absolutely FUCKED if an edible hit you that fast lmao

[@oopsiexistnow]

@@of_dog I like to imagine that edibles hear you talk shit about them and kick in whenever the fuck they want

[@of_dog]

@@oopsiexistnow lmaoo same bro, I mean that's gotta explain it

[@PROTAsoloproject]

- Theater - Music - Fashion - Literature - Comedy - Dream Ballet That's right guys. He did it again. It's a gesamtkunstwerk.

[@irischapman6509]

omg i love gesamtkunstwerk

[@oliviapg]

Please don't fault me for this, but I think I'm confusing it with the architectural definition of a gesamtkunstwerk

[@murdomaclachlan]

It's fine, happens to folks all the time. To clarify, we're talking about Richard Wagner's understanding of a gesamtkunstwerk, which is an all-encompassing artwork unified through theatre.

[@falazaria]

I am so confused what the fuck is a Gesamtkunstwerk i mean i am german myself and dont even know like this what it means

[@TacticusPrime]

@@falazaria kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJS3Z4iCpbiWkKM

[@huhhhhhhhhhhhh09]

The worst part is that after a year of quarantine and social distancing I feel like virtually any confusion can force me into this level of existential crisis.

[@oryyyyx3129]

That's exactly how I felt after watching Evangelion.

[@lordquintus1419]

Our life is filled so wholly with repetition and normalcy that any slight difference is a massive change in our life and is cause to question our entire life and it’s repetitiveness

[@wowanothercookie]

@@lordquintus1419 I dont think that's quite it, my life has become more repepitive in quarantine, and life changes a lot of times for some people without them queationing everything. It's just feels like limbo.

[@lordquintus1419]

@@wowanothercookie yeah it might be that too, it could be that with less social interaction people are more mentally and emotionally volatile and likely to respond with extremes from indifference to existential crisis. That’s just my theory though

[@rebeccarisk1772]

for frickin real, me too man.

[@Criomoom]

This feels like the precursor of "Im Just Ken" and I love it

[@davidfalterman8713]

Karen’s “sigh, here we go again” look when Brian starts snapping is terrific

[@doubtful_seer]

I got a very "this happens every third day of the fortnight" feeling from that look.

[@RDR911]

I didn’t notice any change lol.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

At least he didn't bring out the hurdy gurdy this time.

[@saccharinesilk]

that bit where he seemed like he was almost about to cry over not being able to name the feeling? i felt that.

[@Pheonix0114]

That's alexithymia!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Feelings suck, man. You always just, like, get an emotion you didn't ask for, and then you can't even understand it.

[@cegatisima]

@@Pheonix0114 There's a name for that?! Thank you

[@eastonchurchill697]

@adelaide abashov , what did it feel like?

[@scoobysnax]

emotional identification and regulation? we don't know her

[@atree9284]

Karen changing books every shot implies that a lot of time has passed and BDG has just been talking about squishy pickles the whole time and I don’t know what type of feeling that makes me feel

[@musicsaves71590]

Zjierb?

[@atree9284]

@@musicsaves71590 possibly

[@swirlingsun]

zjierbness :)

[@LuperisNone]

Mh. I'm indifferent.

[@xxVincentVxx]

I to can read through several books at a time while a friend tries to describe the feeling of biting into a pickle that was squishier than they had originally thought.

[@carsiccl]

karen just looks at him like "oh god not this again" like it already has happened before

[@Sam-on5jf]

i see unemployment is going well.

[@Ryocniel]

Clearly.

[@basher2689]

He’s only in the 2nd stage of grief so far...

[@lunella9277]

did he leave Polygon?

[@swirlingsun]

I see samvenger hunt is going well

[@largeboi4678]

@@lunella9277 yep

[@tacticalrover6428]

Zjierbness: expressive existential anguish one experiences when biting down a squishier than expected pickle

[@SkySilver2]

@Potion_Paletas Zjierbnesses of course

[@user-ys3jq3uf4p]

@Potion_Paletas Zjierbni

[@cjp3033]

And on that day Google employees were baffled as searches for the term “zjierb” skyrocketed.

[@HECKATE]

you think we don’t subscribe to bdg?

[@Tranzrights]

Bro spoilers

[@mioc7741]

Working on getting it added to urban dictionary.

[@nerotrine2949]

the shot of him walking at 2:17 is strangely mesmerising

[@interdimensionalgoober8769]

The real excitement of a new Brian David Gilbert video is trying to figure out whether or not it’ll be a psychological horror from the title alone.

[@willard1089]

How true.

[@parsleythefool]

yes

[@foiledagain1914]

It's either a musical, horror film, or both

[@aimelle3]

They all do some level of psychic damage regardless.

[@rattyeely]

This one kept me guessing ngl

[@muffindubs725]

Why is no one *talking* about the *mESH TOP* and the *PLEATHER PANTS*

[@ddeegan6532]

Because we're lesbians, muffin

[@sillygodmedia]

they're PVC baby

[@WitchyLadyLily]

Was it mesh? I thought it was a tshirt of a guy's bare chest

[@hindigente]

Actually, there are plenty of people talking about it.

[@SacredDaturaa]

DATM Mrk 12 oh my god

[@samuelkuhne1268]

Zjierb is just physically cringing thats followed by an emotional surge. This is to real

[@RuleroftheSandcastle]

*too

[@markoftheland3115]

Nice try, but zjierb is zjierb

[@samuelkuhne1268]

@@RuleroftheSandcastle i know who im addressing, my good pal real

[@samuelkuhne1268]

@@RuleroftheSandcastle thank you

[@leahkaye3119]

Kenergy well before it’s time (seriously the fur coat and choreography? Ryan Reynolds wishes)

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

Karen is great. She looks like the most patient and understanding person in the world, so when she loses her patience, it's instant gold.

[@brandybrown2673]

Really? I get the opposite impression!

[@another_useless]

Are they saying?

[@another_useless]

Are they dating

[@marisaliu3236]

@@another_useless yeah I think they’ve been dating for a while now from what I’ve heard

[@another_useless]

@@marisaliu3236 I always thought he was gay

[@petfama4211]

You’re angry, but not regular angry. You’re angry at God for stacking the odds against you in what you’ve been told is a fair and just world. That is the anguish of biting into a slightly squishier than expected pickle. That is " z j i e r b n e s s ".

[@ethantamales]

reading this kinda zjierbed me ngl

[@themarlboromandalorian]

Pretty sure zjierbness was from him biting into a pickle which was actually crisp...hence his joy, and the change of book.

[@dylanbraner7249]

@@themarlboromandalorian Don't forget the elevation of the mind-state of zjierbness.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

It's the sense of betrayal from the pickle, the one thing that you thought would be on your side in this messed up world. When you turn to the solace of a crunchy pickle, you are met only by the unwelcome sensation of squishiness, and you wonder where things went wrong.

[@ratom_]

Like the feeling when you're on stairs and you step up for the next stair but there is no next stair and you have an out of body experience for a split second.

[@stupiderandunnecessarier]

When your soul rises but you don't, and you feel an extreme disconnect to your senses, like receiving the no pain juice during a surgery or dentist appointment, but only for a moment.

[@galaxypedestalfan]

Or when you stand up too fast?

[@hopelessly.lavenderly]

or also when you dream of falling so u wake up.. trippy

[@Fae-Fey]

@@galaxypedestalfan it's the feeling missing a step on a descending ladder

[@jiffylou98]

According to Lemony Snicket, that's the feeling of immense grief at losing a loved one

[@michealholmes8803]

I'm sorry he took a bite of a pickle and put the pickle back into the jar and put the jar in the fridge and then took it out of the fridge and managed to pull out the exact same pickle. This man is a superhuman, I'm telling you

[@akunekochan]

Jokes aside, her ability to finish a book between each scene is truly impressive

[@GeeGe.]

"jokes aside"

[@yeetstreet2772]

obsessed with the return of karen’s “oh tell me he’s not about to burst into song” face

[@Favmir]

She forgot to remind him what a laptop is. Again.

[@Flowtail]

1:45 For anybody who wants to skip to The Best Shit

[@andrewblawson]

I wish someone would make a video to describe that feeling to me

[@JonathanDavidMorris]

Artists are never understood in their time.

[@lundylow]

1:44-1:59 When a good musical really hits that "when the emotion in the moment is so powerful that you can't just talk any more, you _have_ to sing." This captures the spirit of that so perfectly. He is _overcome_ with the feeling. He can't _not_ scream and dance.

[@cramerfloro5936]

I love it how her books start to randomly switch in the exact moment she chooses to interact with the Gilbert chaos.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

the chaos has spread to the book the chaos cannot be contained

[@voyagerwitch]

the first book was a jeff vandermeer novel so i can only assume area x is here

[@cramerfloro5936]

@@FloydBunsen same

[@robbiegarber898]

Post-Polygon Brian is reminiscent of pre-Polygon Brian, but just hits different.

[@smallghosts]

It's always been the same Brian just ~more~ every single time

[@scoobysnax]

[Brian intensifies]

[@farateq]

it’s brian, but brian

[@lev668]

the longer brian exists, the more brian he becomes until he ascends and reaches ultimate brianhood

[@sawdustanddiamonds99]

its the confidence

[@TheFatRat]

that feeling when you see a new BDG video and the title already makes your chortle

[@NatePhelps_]

TheFatRat is a BDG fan. My life is complete. Love your music btw

[@ethanedgington3561]

If you and BDG collab, y’all would probably make the greatest song of all time! ps: I love your work! You inspired me to learn how to write my own music (:

[@zetanone7211]

That feeling is called called rezganes

[@maelakyte]

Replying before I can't anymore

[@elizabethcabbage9817]

WHAT ARE ALL THESE RANDOM PEOPLE I ALSO ENJOY ON BDG'S CHANNEL WHAT IS THIS

[@09kingarthur]

the fact that the word zjierb is on urban dictionary because of this video makes me feel unending joy

[@Zearics]

This is the embodiment of "If i can't be accurate, I sure as hell am gonna be extra !"

[@user-oj5jf1ll2p]

oh my fucking god

[@boonk2805]

Nah What do you mean, this is 100% accurate

[@TheHeroOfMobius]

It makes sense that Brian would let his body confess the name that he couldn't express, in the form of interpretive dance.

[@StrangieStrange]

Thank you for putting my thoughts into words. This is exactly what I was thinking

[@talanium]

Is it time for the dream ballet?

[@GibbySaysHi]

Zjierb: A shortening of the word "Zjierbose" Definition: The feeling when something subverts your expectation, but not the extent of anger, disgust, or sadness.

[@bigdadbeefsticks]

Aka that feeling when you bite into a pickle that's squishier than you were expecting.

[@TheDocfri]

I disagree, I would suggest that it is not about a quantitative difference as is implied by "to the extent" but it is a fundamental, qualitative difference. The zjierbness can be more or less, it still wouldn't make you feel disgusted, angry or otherwise. It is a feeling like (but not the same as) expecting there to be ground where you step but slightly falling/stumbling, due to a misassumption regarding the height of the ground. It is a metaphysical betrayal of some sort.

[@tadhgknight3484]

@@TheDocfri my theory is that Zjierbness is a form of betrayal, but in the same way that apathy would be a muted, less significant form of sadness, zjierbness is a less significant, muted betrayal - you feel like you were promised something, a crisp pickle, and somebody has broken that promise, but the lack of a ‘somebody’ makes the full extent of betrayal unable to be felt, thus leaving a feeling of lingering zjierb.

[@c.mitchell2900]

@@TheDocfri Your existance is valued.

[@ragdollrose2687]

@@tadhgknight3484 Therefore, zjierbness is an authorless and aimless betrayal because it is happening only by the mere existence of something ordinary being ordinary in its ordinary form without this being expecting to be the cause of a betrayal and you, the receiver of that betrayal, knowing very well that the being could be subpar but still going with some expectation. Dare I say, it could be a sense of disappointment for having high hopes about something very possibly underwhelming that you have some attachement to. Could also be used in a situation like ''Not gonna lie, that heterosexual, single-occurence intercourse with Chad was pretty zjierb last night.''

[@XCHDragox115]

Brian: Started making sounds in the kitchen Karen: "Don't look, don't look, don't look...sigh..."

[@secretname3897]

She was so interested in reading Every Book Maybe next time

[@imaneeldealwithit969]

I like how when Brian starts breaking into song, Karen just looks like she's thinking : "god dammit, not this again."

[@scalliwag7787]

This, just this

[@thelastcube.]

Karen's book changes was a rollercoaster on itself.

[@DemonKyle]

She's just a fast reader

[@fluffygalaxy6]

How did I not realize the books changed? It was so obvious now that I read your comment. But yeah, I especially like the tiny one.

[@GuavaGirlAlice]

Definitely, it was like a whole side story next to Brian's.

[@joshm977]

the tiny book was my favorite

[@user-fc8mf2is4b]

once i noticed i just stopped paying attention and got too focused on making out the titles and all of the sudden brian is going into a musical number and im lost

[@thefrub]

You just know this skit started with Brian buying that roadkill jacket and devolving from there

[@ChelloMold]

I cannot figure out if that's a mesh shirt showing Brian's real human chest or a shirt with a realistic human chest printed onto it

[@taynamarinifontanela5106]

It's just see-through. Notice how the shirt folds and his chest stays the same

[@ChelloMold]

@@taynamarinifontanela5106 Ah dip, you right. A bit disappointed it's not a chest shirt.

[@Emma-Lumi]

Zjierb, a feeling of disconnect between the expected results of ones actions and reality

[@JacobPDeIiNoNi]

Me clicking on and then watching this video filled me with zjierbness. I wasn't expecting a full on dance sequence. In retrospect, I probably should have expected that.

[@Achalacha]

thank you for the definition.

[@sama1ander]

I don’t know why everyone was so down on Cats this looks amazing

[@Alex-fc8xn]

Underrated response tbh

[@ohno6919]

Sorry but my name is Cats and you made me do a double take

[@napustangwattanakarn4535]

As someone who doesn't consume pickles. This is exactly how it feels when you bite into a pickle and it's squishier than you expected

[@etheraelespeon1986]

It’s the same feeling as when you’re going up a staircase, and there’s one less stair than you think there’s gonna be.

[@splat_the_ghost]

Holy shit I forgot that existed

[@wren3815]

even worse when you’re going down and there’s one more stair than you thought there’d be

[@cezzan6586]

or when you try to adjust your glasses to see better and remember you're not wearing them

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

@@wren3815 or one less

[@sovietslime9016]

@@cezzan6586 i do that almost every morning when i wake up

[@ettoremirceafronza2377]

"I know what disappointment feels like" That's so subtle

[@c.j.2856]

disappointed at his disappointment 👀

[@IfIHadMyTimeAgain]

I love that Karen's book changes every time it cuts back to her

[@kilo3989]

wait what

[@reidleblanc3140]

okay good I was starting to think I was the only one who noticed

[@paleollama]

The best part.

[@blenjamin2760]

This is easily one of Brian’s most powerful outfits.

[@glerg6051]

Someone needs to go and make a urban dictionary entry for zjierb now.

[@blarg2429]

Make it yourself coward.

[@aquajackal7072]

Submitted it :)

[@raspberryjam]

Submitted one, and a giphy part pending

[@Lunar_Atronach]

Submitted

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

Done.

[@houndofcullin]

This has less to do with President's Day than I anticipated.

[@yeahbutthendragons152]

Now the question is... what’s the name for the feeling you have when you click on a video and it’s less President’s Day related than you expected?

[@HeyItsCettefille]

@@yeahbutthendragons152 Brian tweeted the night before release making a big deal that this video, while being released on Presidents’ Day, would have nothing to do with Presidents Day and he made a Very Big Deal™️ about it lol

[@bobthemouse6668]

Brian David Gilbert is the president of the internet

[@huntmich]

You're clearly missing the hidden symbolism.

[@fateisendemic7862]

Tbh I think It has more to do with presidents Day. I want this guy to rule over America. He at least puts in effort and is a good way to heal

[@pie6029]

Zjierb: the feeling when something negatively surprising happens. It lies somewhere between disgust and disappointment.

[@michaelhird432]

It's gotta be mild and underwhelming as well though

[@pie6029]

@@michaelhird432 yeah, that too.

[@pablopereyra7126]

when you eat food and it's a little colder than you thought it'd be

[@eyelessbun5785]

@@pablopereyra7126 or a little warmer

[@mellyflori6856]

Biting into a toaster waffle and it's soft, even thought it has the toaster marks that says it should not be soft

[@allergiccookies6735]

I have autism, the horrible feeling of some specific expectation not being met is something I experience regularly. Food Wrong Texture absolutely is a form of this

[@KuriosRayn]

Also, the whole song just being a constant alexithymia mood

[@felicitysmoak3757]

He was right, this has nothing to do with Presidents’ Day

[@bibliophilecb]

Please. Don’t you know that biting into squishy pickles and feeling Zjierb is a time-honored Presidents’ Day tradition?? Come on.

[@taloob493]

I bet george washington felt zjierb when he came back to be president against his will

[@0BucketMask0]

I love that his commitment to the bit was so strong that he wore that bomb ass outfit in the snow. That shirt was *mesh* .

[@EssentialNPC]

Oh wow, it *is* mesh!

[@Buffalomonger]

I like to call it "the revelation of dissatisfaction"

[@digitalbooklett9357]

Every video with Karen is great solely for the fact that Karen's face expresses how well we all know Brian's about to break out into song regardless of the circumstance

[@confusecius4448]

The feeling is sobriety. It's 5 PM on a Thursday. You just got done with a long day at work, and the house is empty. You reach into the fridge for your usual pickle snack. You bite into it, but the pickle is not as crunchy as you expected. You are reminded for a brief moment that not even the most mundane things in life are guaranteed. Nothing in life is owed to you, not even pickles. Maybe you feel pleasantly surprised at this fact, or a little confused. Maybe you are slightly disappointed, although your pride refuses to let you admit it because, after all, it's just a pickle; but, both you and I know that it's a little more than that. Despite this feeling, you move on with your day as if nothing had happened. But you can't help but get the feeling that something has changed. Sobriety.

[@guyspy21]

So zjierb is a synonym

[@arkhamsworstaj]

are you okay?

[@ketaminepoptarts]

no you just described zjierbness

[@mikegrapefruit4987]

zjierbriety

[@blaccoreo3110]

Klaus Hargreeves? Is that you?

[@taakotuesdays]

me: this edible ain't shit me twenty minutes later:

[@KnuclesCp1]

when the edible was a little squishier than you expected

[@johnnyjohnsonjohn2593]

It's a hollow mix of disgust disappointment and pure seething rage