The Sydney Opera House Illusion

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**CREDITS**
Hosted by
Michael Stevens
Edited by
Hannah Canetti
VFX by
Eric Langlay
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Music by Jake Chudnow
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[@grimble4564]

That opening legit made me worried I was having a stroke. Thanks Michael.

[@zed7808]

Have you ever tried walking twice?

[@pixelpancakes489]

Have yosh ava Hanen siab e Have wou eywr Have you ejwe Have you ever rkaen Hake .gotta say slow Have you ever taken this many tries to type a sentence? Because I have.

[@jamesbryce3134]

1.2k likes and 2 replies nice(before mine)

[@literally_god]

MUG cylinDER, for watching. What does that even MEAN! I feel like Zuko talking to Iroh

[@travisogier7520]

I still can’t understand it

[@aidanfitzpatrick-oneill2072]

The first 10 seconds: Oh great bad jokes The next 30 seconds: *Confusion 100*

[@alexc8461]

Mug cylinder for watching.

[@southmainerailfan2781]

Paper towels

[@glennbonagua7765]

Ironically, i laughed more in the confusing part more than the puns.

[@mahirking5866]

CONFUSION OF DA HIGHEST ORDA

[@raphner2759]

Paper clip pe-n ba-thtub floor ca-toon....

[@daroldcarold3443]

Imagine being outside the Sydney opera house for a vacation and look at the hotel and see Michael just walking back and forth towards the window

[@liamolive7916]

That was the immediate visual I got watching this video! 😂 So good

[@hansonsun5198]

Micheal forgot the password to Vsauce channel

[@revhthboma7087]

I think KZbin just owns the rights to it.

[@rabihdakhlallah4485]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Ahmed-vs1ui]

I bet u he did

[@criodanomurchu1075]

The intro is actually part of it. It's like reawakening the Winter soldier, a sleeper agent lol

[@sami2351]

Hey vsauce Michael here

[@shiningskies47]

I have no idea what you were trying to say with that intro

[@axeldr_gold4517]

me too I lost him at the ruler

[@biyahenirue2576]

Me too

[@BobRossCat]

SAMMEE

[@joshpalmer3155]

I’m pretty sure it was just a joke

[@Quandaledillywingle]

He was high 😂

[@helenaren]

Normal people: “Woah what a beautiful view of the Sydney Opera house!” Michael: “Woah what a beautiful demonstration of the effects of angular size perception!”

[@mahak0964]

Weihuang Ren of course he's not normal, he's special... that's why we love his videos

[@nicknevco215]

well he did name the channel dong

[@tmpecho]

This is genius😂😂😂😂

[@king_noah_2692]

Zinaida Geeva I'm sure that's not a virus...

[@MrAdryan1603]

Nick Nevco DONG means "Things you can Do Online Now, Guys". Usually the channel DONG is him presenting you with tons of educational and/or fun online, like typically science-related things. Obviously hahah. :)

[@harsinsinquin4032]

Which of these circles looks bigger? Me an intellectual: the black ones on the left.

[@kasimhanif3478]

Lol

[@TravelerIkki]

Me: his mouth

[@kayracan3663]

That was exactly what I did! And I did it because I thought the circles in the middle were the same! So I think I'm smart! I had an IQ test when I was 13 and my psychologist said that my IQ rate could grow to rates like 160! It was 120 at the time which is significantly higher than the average (87). But I feel less smart now so I don't know how my IQ changed over the years..

[@exaucemayunga22]

Okay Einstein

[@kayracan3663]

@Tarbosaurus 87 is the average for 13 year olds.

[@icygmd3532]

Man, Micheal is so insane, Australia doesn’t even exist

[@rahstylz]

Where am I then? (Having an existential crisis)

[@olivianguyen860]

RahStylz youre in the upside-down

[@bencaulfield8323]

Tae Tae sese

[@skyborne01]

As an Australian, I can confirm this is true

[@jckmarsh]

As an Australian I can confirm this

[@Rainyjax]

that into and outro are DEFINITELY going into the next "Vsauce out of context"

[@bridgetmarie8798]

Yeah

[@brain7505]

Intro not into

[@NickleJ]

What's vsauce? /s

[@DubHead69420]

@@NickleJ you're joking, right?

[@averymorris42069]

/s stands for sarcasm...guess you don't spend enough time on here :P

[@GlennOrSomething]

0:17 I think Michael knows about the “Vsauce out of context” compilations

[@THEBACKROOMSEXPLORER7]

Glenn Bracy yah lol

[@LivingDeathGuy]

*puts a window around my male reproductive organ*

[@theultimatechampion154]

Nah, put a microscope around it.

[@xmaster6576]

Lmao I thought the same thing

[@hddiamondproytpositivelyco153]

@jordan haas ok...😅😅😅

[@tryAGAIN87]

You that then infer, if you have a smaller one, just have a relationship with someone with really small hands?

[@toast5850]

You that then

[@qalacticc]

why does every series you make sound oddly sexual like dong and michael's toys and also the pink comic sans does not help

[@777dan7777]

Yes

[@iTzStick]

Maybe

[@laszlojusztin949]

I love these replies

[@_Faisal_]

Oui

[@jerimiasweed7006]

Could you repeat the question?

[@ViIvaNunner]

The Opera House wasn't actually an illusion, it was actually growing and consuming everything in its path. Australia is being dominated by a giant slug-like opera house.

[@xhungryzombiex]

don't forget about the drop bears mate

[@johnarken1810]

That was strawberry jam.

[@mustacheboyo]

Hello my saviour

[@bloogaming8827]

ViIvaNunner Idk where your info. It’s obviously a giant opera house-shaped slug

[@gagejalbert5442]

ViIvaNunner that’s what the lizard people don’t want us to know

[@jarahgates7367]

Michael's having a stroke guys

[@culinarycrusader4978]

No u

[@vincentfox3616]

lol

[@acronus]

I noticed that too. If you listen to the first 30 seconds without watching the video, it kind of does sound he's having a stroke.

[@pwarelis]

punctuation is overrated

[@jarahgates7367]

^

[@iamscoutstfu]

5:26 You can break the illusion by looking at the point directly between the two dots.

[@guulkrul]

69th like after 1 year. I had to notify you

[@proffesionalweredog7426]

not really

[@iamscoutstfu]

@@proffesionalweredog7426 Well, everyone except you can, I guess.

[@iamscoutstfu]

@@guulkrul grats!

[@asheep7797]

98th like after 2 years.

[@Choinkus]

"I wood be lion if I said that today's show was not going to be elephantastic because today we're going to banana ascorbic acid paper towels tape yard stick 20 prepared slides for a microscopefully have fun." _???_

[@hddiamondproytpositivelyco153]

I don't know most of what Michel/VSauce said

[@dord4453]

Its just today we are going to have fun Can confirm i was the yard stick

[@DannyBoi2112]

How he came up with that i will never know

[@qei431.]

@@DannyBoi2112 crack

[@banik7414]

@Se Google Nutzer i just wasted 30 secs reading your comment 😡

[@araara7888]

Goes to Sydney. Spends most of the time in the hotel observing an illusion.

[@57thorns]

Just most of the time he spent in the hotel room (I assume most non-sleeping time). I guess he did not spend much time in the hotel room at all, who would? Except honey mooners.

[@storm14k]

Hell don't know if he's from the U.S. but I know my wife and I couldn't leave what appears to be the same hotel after that flight from L.A. for a whole day.

[@storm14k]

covfefe now's there's one from Houston direct on a 787. Don't know if I could do it.

[@ironcito1101]

There's a longer one Perth-London. And just today I was reading that they're going to start a Singapore-NY flight that's going to be the longest at about 20 hours non-stop in an A350.

[@robertheal5137]

the secret is to keep flying west.

[@sideswipebl]

Thank your for having a black background, makes theater mode look a lot nicer.

[@amojak]

and night mode :)

[@AuroraNora3]

Ditto there brother. Why isn't Night Mode default on KZbin?

[@pixels2564]

7:29 oof trash-can ruins the effect

[@liftlash98]

I have a feeling because of this comment, more people have used theatre mode on this video than any other video on youtube. Congratulations.

[@wilytw]

Hoo Dini ikr

[@TheRandomizerYT]

0:00 to 0:38 Hmm... *List this to my 'Vsauce Awkward Moments'*

[@JPGT]

Michael's intro (apr/2018): Hello! Michael's intro (may/2019): WAAAAZZZZZUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPP Ding Dongers

[@underscoredfrisk]

Welcome to D!ing, the only name this channel has ever gone by.... *Stares intensely*

[@sunaosatsubatsu2518]

I completely lost track of the puns

[@AfonsodelCB]

I think that was the point

[@The-Banana-Channel]

AfonsodelCB I liked the Banana!

[@themaximizier4653]

Sunao Satsubatsu it says 'I am how to basic'

[@dirtypure2023]

The Maximizier, how so?

[@andrewmitchell5807]

Switching each letter to its numerical value (a=1, b=2, etc.), and then taking the factorial of each letter, and then dividing that by nC26, (n choose 26), derived the code, "My msaetr is grolufl, hial to the geart lrdd staan." While the words are not correctly spelled based on their code, I think that we can all tell the true meaning of his pun-filled soliloquy, "My master is gloriful, hail to the great lord satan."

[@_Onlime]

The intro lost me after elephant

[@stevejobs5488]

The intro was pretty shifty tbh. The rest of the video really made up for it though.

[@matttorres5510]

Sometimes you gotta shake em up to keep you on your toes.

[@omar47hitman]

Thank God he didn't bring a real elephant tho

[@faithdavis8628]

Yeah it was pretty good until he said that lol

[@tiuri7128]

Same

[@incognitush1948]

What normal people do in a hotel room:Sex What michael does: This iilusion is amazing Humans evolve already

[@venturer9400]

He probably did some illusion sex too though

[@allenlark]

The easiest way to evolve faster would be to have more sex, ya boob

[@andrewj1754]

Consider how an illusion to make things look larger in a hotel room could be useful for the other purpose?

[@timoteimoldovan7812]

who said he didn't orgasm

[@Keidon1337]

Sex with illusions.

[@davidmccarthy4206]

"Today we're gonna talk about an illusion I witnessed in Australia" Did you mean Australia

[@williamwaffle1629]

u ok there

[@soviettape5311]

What

[@davidmccarthy4206]

@@soviettape5311 Australia isn't real

[@williamwaffle1629]

still confused

[@williamwaffle1629]

nevermind i get it does anyone sell cyanide pills

[@Legority]

Girlfriend: “So, where do you get your vibrators from?” Me: *m i c h a e l ‘ s t o y s*

[@Legority]

Anil Kumar so people can tell that I’m talking about adult toys and not normal toys

[@KC-bg1th]

Legoman718 He's asking why you, Lego *_man_* have a vibrator.

[@knownas2017]

Because it was a joke...

[@setokaiba7204]

Legoman718 thats how mum's perceive hahakkikkkakkqjsjs

[@12DAMDO]

dunno what's better: the joke or the replies analysing the joke?

[@MrSam1804]

you can do "vsauce out of context" compilation just from this video

[@Mikelaxo]

I noticed this effect when I was a little kid, when in front of the building I lived in was another building across the street that could be seen form the balcony. When I got further and further from the balcony towards the back of the house, that was the kitchen, I could see the the building appeared to grow and I had no idea why.

[@hairyputter5363]

.. i unironically believed that this is 'Vsauce but out of context' during that intro.

[@LONGLIVEMA30]

I appear taller when I’m standing next to short people :)

[@treypohe4593]

Same! 😂

[@TheRandomizerYT]

Prejudice!!!

[@oliverganski3509]

I appear smaller when I stand next to normal people

[@treypohe4593]

@@oliverganski3509 😶

[@goofyahhuncleproductions42069]

@@oliverganski3509 same im 13 and im only 5'1 im very short

[@doziaye]

When I was a kid. I would always walk back and forth in my room looking at the house next door from my window, because it looked like it was growing and shrinking. *Glad to know Micheal is gonna explain to me*

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

u must be dumb

[@ZztiffanyloveyouzZ]

no u

[@doziaye]

girlsdrinkfeck I was a little kid

[@theartsywhale]

Haha, same

[@probably4943]

Atomic ManAnimations! Apparently you still are using that grammar

[@tieb1407]

Vsauce crew: Hey Michael, how weird do you want the intro to be? Michael: yes

[@user-pb9kk6zt4n]

He missed a perfect opportunity to show a bee every time he said be in the intro.

[@Carlinze13]

🐝sauce, michael here

[@flare0080]

Hey Vsauce, Michael here and I'm having a stroke.

[@fgvcosmic6752]

Or am I? *cue vsauce music*

[@AbandonedVoid]

That nearly killed me, I was eating.

[@samgiles3515]

Michael, the Sydney opera house is not your toy

[@imasiontist653]

Sam Giles kek

[@Megalomaniakaal]

Everything == Michael's toys.

[@brandynkazali7160]

or is it?

[@SSilivone]

What IS a toy? *Vsauce music intensifies*

[@gibbyace5077]

Sam Giles it is now

[@jighardy]

0:16 help google translate doesn't have the answers

[@azur7362]

Nobody will know why this comment has 4000 likes

[@prettymuchanobody6562]

he just wanted those things to be LION around

[@apple54345]

i just chalked it up to the alcohol being the reason i couldn't keep up.. maybe it was all just gibberish?

[@t.c.4321]

You don't get he's comedic genius, you set-SQUARE

[@its_lucky252]

Same exact thing lmao

[@ggd3k0]

Azur Vajraca everything he emphasized was a word; Bananasspertastick oh yeah

[@xcutionunknown9634]

0:18 MichaelStevens.exe has stopped working.

[@fohnjoemmel1697]

Xcution Unknown [(continue anyway)] (cancel)

[@felixir7368]

But *Z U C C*...

[@demesnebrooks6275]

I think we need a video just to explain the puns.

[@PTNLemay]

I think those have moved beyond simple puns and are actually some kind of code.

[@snow8624]

I think it's an SOS.

[@PADARM]

is he kidnapped? hummm 🤔

[@Bozeman42]

the end was [tanks] for watching. I am willing to bet that the 'ascorbic acid' part was that it is vitamin C so it means "see"

[@sarahbellum006]

An entire episode for each pun

[@smutty1112]

He just confuses everyone in the world in these intros and honestly that's why I love it

[@mikem.a.253]

I know I'm a year late to the party (but I just discovered this channel) Banana: Internet accepted unit/instrument for size measurement Ascorbic acid=vitamin C: C sounds like see Paper towels and tape= rolls: rolls move in one direction (while fixed to an axis) may symbolize flow Yardstick: Larger than banana-size measurement instrument. 20 slides: many frames So the intro seems to be talking about seeing things change size as the frame around them changes

[@ruby8065]

Cool

[@one_man_community]

Michael's boys

[@deskinem_rooted]

ANIMA 51 we are Michael’s boys

[@saavestro2154]

bois*

[@PoisonFuri]

ANIMA 51 sounds nice

[@universalgleam7313]

Michael touches boys

[@justjack2131]

Michael’s другs

[@PentaPW]

0:16 Today we're going to baNANa ascorbic ACid paPER towels TAPE yard stick, twenty prepared slides for a microSCOPEfully have fun. *i still don't get it*

[@milena5067]

Penta Nanacpertapescope. Clearly translates to "help me"

[@themaximizier4653]

Penta it says 'i am how to basic'

[@andrewmitchell5807]

Switching each letter to its numerical value (a=1, b=2, etc.), and then taking the factorial of each letter, and then dividing that by nC26, (n choose 26), derived the code, "My msaetr is grolufl, hial to the geart lrdd staan." While the words are not correctly spelled based on their code, I think that we can all tell the true meaning of his pun-filled soliloquy, "My master is gloriful, hail to the great lord satan."

[@woopsoldcrap5564]

Three most used replies

[@palibakufun]

I swear, the more DONGs he releases, the crazier he's getting. I think Michael is losing his mind

[@sampsonkhaoprachan2103]

Litterally looks like a bad green screen

[@yeatnumber1Dmuncher]

I didn't understand anything from the intro lol

[@MrTurbo_]

You have good puns... You have bad puns... You have terrific puns... And you have michels puns...

[@yunoewig3095]

It seems we'll have to change the name of the show…

[@yunoewig3095]

Mr Turbo When I first read your comment, it had zero upvotes. I was the first to upvote and even left a comment. Now you have 20 upvotes and counting. Your are welcome.

[@scopedigitalpro]

am i the only one scrolling through the comments trying to find an answer to what he said in the intro?

[@krlwndll7543]

也是

[@krlwndll7543]

why does that have likes

[@sultanarfeen6752]

Brainy Tech same

[@faithdavis8628]

No trust me your not lol

[@krlwndll7543]

stop

[@blokvader8283]

Was that supposed to be English in the intro. No soap, radio. Edit: Why does this have so many likes

[@ikol458]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAAHA

[@GaryIV]

HAHAHA omfg 😂😂💀 I'm dying over here

[@shounakghosh8595]

OMG lol! Hahahaha XD

[@bulbasaur1375]

Bahahahahaha hillarious 😂😂😂

[@ahmadistiqlalathiab]

...can..can someone explain

[@Zlatan-gq4ny]

I also observed this as a kid (not on the Opera House of course). I was pretty amazed by this. I saw it again and again, took hundreds of photos of it. This video made me recollect it all

[@prxnce6588]

Is it jus me or is the hardest thing to work out in this video, his intro????

[@douglasphillips5870]

ウケルン your eyelash looking profile pucture is evil.

[@thegreatzandria]

Douglas Phillips not for me bc my yt has a black background and white text

[@prxnce6588]

Douglas Phillips lmaooo

[@norijager]

I tried blowing your profile picture off my phone screen

[@suwinkhamchaiwong8382]

Not alone.

[@valayna_2181]

Mom: Why are you walking back and forth whilst looking out your window?

[@xKomer]

Hey, how were your holidays? Nice What Did you do? Walking in my room, forwards and backwards Edit: Wow, this is literally True now

[@harshnandu102]

Or may be moving your hands forwards and backwards

[@ethanhester2603]

Harsh Nandu he must have some long arms then

[@aidanbartel1953]

That was the absolute best intro I’ve ever seen

[@Pietro-zh4gf]

At this point I'm just subscribed for MICHAELS T O Y S

[@hps362]

Mug Cylinder for watching

[@vonhousin4179]

ive always just been here for micheal

[@KerryCronic]

Damn that opera house thing is weird. I've never noticed anything like that before.

[@Yolokuusi]

Kerry Cronic Vlogs its not about the opera house actually it’s about the object outside the window. It can be done with anything

[@gameplaydrive]

this illusion was created 100s of years ago by the architects of Taj Mahal...www.nationalgeographic.com.au/videos/secrets-of-the-taj-mahal/the-architect-illusion-of-the-taj-mahal-3681.aspx

[@MedievalSolutions]

That is a great illusion.

[@factsverse9957]

Kerry Cronic Vlogs I noticed that at school. And I figured out why in a few minutes.

[@Drethy]

YOLO 820 what is the point of your comment? I think he knows that very well from just watching the video. "Opera house thing" was just to easily refer to the illusion

[@abelsm6270]

Michael: shows Sydney oprea house illusion Me: *rents room he was in Also me: I know what I'm doing all day

[@johnecott7429]

you are awesome Michael! I would love to meet you in person, I love all of your videos on all channels, so informative and you have such curiosity just like me, wanting to know how we fit into this universe. Keep making awesome videos, and teaching people, you are really one of my favorite channels about science on KZbin.

[@RBuckminsterFuller]

A walk down memory lane for all you hockey fans out there.

[@TommoCarroll]

RBuckminsterFuller genius 😂

[@watch426]

I scrolled down and saw this, just as he said that

[@andrewholmes5392]

Nagarath Assassination classroom

[@watch426]

Mrjmoople Wrong, this is Sakata Gintoki from Gintama parodying as Koro sensei

[@IBelrose]

As a hockey fan, I was hooked as soon as he said this.

[@sangheilientertainment5157]

My iq dropped trying to understand the puns.

[@Valigarmanda]

Sangheili Entertainment Mine improved when I understood (most of it)

[@PTNLemay]

You figured out what they meant?

[@setokaiba7204]

Sangheili Entertainment MENSA test anyone

[@quoipi]

What did the outro mean tho?

[@raythemanokit117]

Wart Wart

[@unrealnews]

I’d like an episode where Michael talks about the psychological illusion where he is aware that he’s playing a caricature of himself while walking back and forth in that hotel room, but is unsure of how much of the caricature is really him and how much of it is blown out of proportion.

[@Rafa.mudo.]

Intro: I would be lying if I said that today's show was not going to be fantastic because today we're going to bring in an amazing cipher planned towards make y'all stick 20 prepared slides for you hopefully have fun. Ending: please stay curious and apply your curiosity to making the world a better place, and as always thank you all people for watching.

[@luthien.tinuviel93]

Thanks!

[@pauljmorton]

I feel like DONG now is what Vsauce was two-three years ago.

[@oliver1355]

It's glorious.

[@SubjektDelta]

Did it even exist 23 years ago?

[@mateocalanni2360]

Calvin K nice

[@areebjamaliam]

Michael has just forgot the password of his Vsauce channel

[@eKalb33]

Two-three years is either 2 - 3 = -1 years or 2 * 3 = 6 years. -1 years doesn't make sense in the context of age, so I guess they meant 6 years ago ;-P

[@gpcaraudio]

You lost me at the beginning

[@jackbrown5199]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoXKkmeMjbabfqs listen to this show some love by like n subscribe 🔥🔥🔥♩

[@cutesywoot9572]

I know, right?

[@NickRoman]

I think he was just being weird.

[@ihateants6832]

a perfect shot for "vsauce out of context" compilations

[@unclejimmy7]

Even better shot for "Vsauce even with context" compilations.

[@InahCayabyab]

I see Michael in so many videos it's just all Vsauce to me now

[@schmidtycent2388]

Jesus Christ, I thought I was having a stroke

[@I.Fumblebee.I]

And that's why I always wear super tight shorts.

[@ValdVincent]

Interesting thought, my man. Thanks for sharing.

[@houssamalucad753]

Short skinny people are lucky... 😉

[@lilwombat]

Lmfao perfect

[@stardustreverie6880]

The Talented Philosopher Do you like leather bound books? :v

[@TheMiniMidge]

The Talented Philosopher AYYYYY SOOTY

[@addison6539]

Hey vsauce, withdrawal symptoms from michael here

[@Automatic-Diaphragm]

mug cylinder for that joke

[@saucysven1505]

1:33 the internet has ruined how i see the one on the left IYKYK

[@treypohe4593]

I live in Sydney and never knew there was something called "The Sydney Opera House Illusion"... 😅

[@Theniebobeanie]

They did surgery on a grape.

[@treypohe4593]

@@Theniebobeanie lol

[@tylergarza8695]

@@Theniebobeanie this is not what i expected when i clicked "replies" but i'm so glad it was here.

[@Denial06]

This meme is dehumanizing, it truly is.

[@courtneytuxford8667]

Trey Pohe haha same

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

This is identical to the "giant moon illusion." When the moon is at or near the horizon, it looks bigger than when it's overhead. Some people erroneously argue the thickness of the atmosphere creates a lens effect that magnifies the moon when it's low. But take some measurements with a caliper at arm's length and you'll discover the size does not change. The illusion is generated in our brain by comparative sizes: near the horizon, the moon looks huge because it's larger than buildings, trees, and mountains. Overhead, it appears smaller in the vastness of the sky because it is the only object we can see that has discernible features on it.

[@pradeepsahni8204]

I know right

[@kellydees1938]

The Devil In The Circuit hold a piece of notebook paper at arms length. The moon will ALWAYS fit within one of the three holes

[@AltarenGalil]

That intro had me in tears, im so happy people can parody themselves like that. Good job :)

[@Mel-bq4jd]

I enjoyed his frustration at viewers for knowing the illusion already, it reminds me of my sister's reaction to my mom's responses to her jokes 😂

[@jklrcreations8900]

Teacher: the test isn’t that confusing. The test:

[@ash.g155]

You are small brain

[@MaestroOblidemon]

Wow I didn't know Oprah had such a big house.

[@jake3551]

Honestly her real house is probably bigger. She is a billionaire after all...

[@Threedog1963]

She needs room so she can move around a bit.

[@roygbiv176]

Its not really that big lol, its an illusion

[@mank7230]

Jonathan Fay woosh

[@paper2222]

0:34 rip paper towel press f for respect

[@marksmith942]

F

[@satyamverma101]

Fart

[@yetabix4207]

F

[@paulmccharmley]

F

[@blongus]

F

[@szczypior2714]

In the intro he should have think of a toy bee for the word "be"

[@serenavoice66]

Love these videos

[@janban9148]

Because of the puns at the beginning, I was like "dang it, Michael, don't make me click off of this video"

[@evooff]

You wouldn't click off anyway. Nobody clicks off Michael Stevens.

[@janban9148]

Evoo lol you right, I didn't click off

[@ackebrocke9987]

ThEy WeRe FuNnY!!

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Some of them were so tortured that I lost what the hell he was trying to pun about.

[@MrAliquam]

What people have against puns?! I don't understand!

[@ridthetwoladders2870]

What infuriates me is that he said "A plier your curiosity" when he could have said "A plier curiosity" because "er" and "your" sound similar.

[@DanS044]

Thanks Michael, now I’m just pacing back and forth in my room

[@FireyDeath4]

The way he makes overly convoluted jokes that only his present self understands and finds thoughtful wonder in the most mundane-seeming things is an attitude I strongly resonate with

[@abdoumenouer7762]

Mug cylinder so much Michael!

[@hamedown]

Abdou Menouer help me understand the joke please

[@gagafafaf]

i dont get it

[@stef1096]

a mug and a cylinder are both storage *tanks*

[@raidzor5452]

ştef Do you have an IQ of 7 billion or do you watch rick and morty???

[@jamesjross]

Is this right... tanks... mugs cylinders? really?

[@thisguyisgreat1]

Where are my fingers

[@Pushpin06]

jack O you are typing with them. Hopefully

[@NGC-7635]

Steps to diagnosing where your fingers are: Step 1 - Look down and count Step 2 - Ask yourself when the last time you were in contact with the Yakuza Step 3 - Leave the country

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

Scathing Lemon do I still have to leave the country even if I have all my fingers and never met any Yamuna in my life?

[@sealstealer5007]

*WHERE ARE YOUR FINGERS?!*

[@black_platypus]

What does it mean to fing? And why do/did you have people doing that for you?

[@moonsaer]

Im just so happy Michael exists

[@offroad5798]

That Sydney opera house illusion was a trip

[@martinboylan1503]

Is anyone here injured after those puns?

[@alZiiHardstylez]

I don't know how I've been watching the first 44 seconds of the video 19 times over and over but... Well. I did. There's a hidden meaning behind it. Michael's Toys and we, the hockey fans. I know there's a link to the yardstick and the banana. The paper towel and tape are definitely up to something and I guarantee you the lion is behind this entire ordeal. I must understand it. I. Must. Go. Further.

[@TheClassicWorld]

I thought the two talking mice created the universe?

[@Vonias]

it's like those adult swim ARGs. "WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN"

[@ben_clifford]

Maybe it's something he's going to use on a future video? Like it's an experiment to see our reactions?

[@alZiiHardstylez]

Or... Now hear me out. He's summoning Cthulu. Prove me wrong.

[@ProdBy.JayLo3]

How many footlongs are in a foot?

[@matthewschneider6725]

@1:35 If the question truly is "Which circle looks larger" the answer is obviously "the one on the right."

[@katyungodly]

My thoughts exactly. Which circle _looks_ larger? The one on the right. Which circle _is_ larger? They’re the same size.

[@inventorofmachines]

5:26 Not if you're under a kid. The answer is *obviously* not so absolute, as perception isn't uniform.

[@thevalarauka101]

what you said at the end about putting more food on bigger plates - I'd actually noticed that tendency myself, and was wondering exactly why it worked like that

[@kaloianhadjiev3222]

Tf were you even saying at the beginning

[@gracklefpv8811]

Irk

[@shooky5522]

Grackle FPV i right, know?

[@gbird.]

f1 for life how do you not understand?? It made perfect sense

[@camelopardalis84]

+jesselle lopez For quite some time I thought "ikr" stood for "I can relate". Some people mix up letters (like Grackle FPV) others are just dumb at times (like me).

[@themaximizier4653]

f1 for life it says 'I am how to basic'

[@Cologne_Trooper]

Oh we’re getting a good Vsauce out of context video out of this

[@heresy_unfolding]

This has been 2 years now and I still have not decoded that intro.

[@francistorchio]

At the very beginning when he showed the opera house not changing in size but the container changing, I am reminded of a very famous illusion that Alfred Hitchcock used in his movie 'Vertigo'. The shot is called the Dolly zoom where the main subject remains the same size but the relationship between foreground and subject change.

[@piteoswaldo]

In all those "which is larger" illusions, I always wanted to make them actually have different sizes and see how people react. How larger can I make the one that usually appears larger, until the people who usually answer that they are the same size notice? How smaller it would need to be so that the answers are balanced?

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

Make the "smaller" ine actually slightly bigger than the "larger" one

[@Houshalter]

Yeah. I've always wanted to do one of these where the size/color is varied randomly so it's actually challenging even if you know it's an illusion. And doesn't feel like a cheap trick question.

[@PieChiefcountergamer]

2:14 plot twist the black dots are the same size

[@Rick-il3vn]

PieChief countergamer haha 🤣 that’s amazing I’m dieing lol

[@b_hazard]

This is the most convoluted way ever that someone has told me how sweet their hotel room was.

[@nguyenkhoa71]

Now that is mind blowing!

[@Warribo]

Right, time to throw out all my plates and buy smaller ones.... might as well buy some smaller underwear as well ;)

[@ayman.alsebaey7]

Warribo Smaller underwears won't change facts bro 😂

[@karl6149]

Warribo | I will do the same thing, thanks to you😂

[@DragoNate]

Ayman Alsebaey The smaller underwear will make what's inside appear larger lol

[@irocc]

I wear nothing, so jokes on you. Just ripped of my skin, now I am a bunch of bloody muscles. Ouch.

[@dustinchin3607]

This is the reason I only date girls with small hands

[@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote]

you lost me from banana to yard stick mug cylinder for watching?

[@TheMinecraftSandbox]

Someone else in the comment said that this could be the answer (something along the lines of): mug + cylinder are both vessels for holding fluid, i.e. tank, like a water tank Therefore: mug cylinder for watching = tanks for watching = thanks for watching Although I haven't a clue why he emphasised the 'lin' in cylinder...

[@ackebrocke9987]

But the cylinder was solid

[@PentaPW]

Mug Cylinder. Mugcy(linder) is whst he said. Saying mugcy sounds like merci, and merci means thanks in french. Thanks for watching

[@nerdyllama9330]

That opening was so trippy, I thought I was going insane 🤣🤣🤣

[@coriscotupi]

0:58 - I distinctly recall playing with this at the age of 5. I'd walk away from or closer to a window, making distant buildings "grow larger" or "shrink" at will, and was amused at the effect.