This Tiktoker is Gaslighting The Internet (maddzack)

[@topotondo828]

He looks pretty clean shaven and not sunburned for being in the ocean for a month and a half.

[@grimlytv2577]

He would to have a way to charge his phone to keep posting videos

[@mweed7194]

He can also just … call authorities if he can post a Tik tok

[@alliedog6678]

@@mweed7194 it would’ve been easy to call the coast guard than post multiple TikTok’s especially since he knows he 30 miles of the coast of a known location 😭

[@kaylamoreno2647]

Imagine waking up everyday for a month and a half and going into a lake with a wetsuit and life jacket and just sit there screaming for hours then going about with the rest of ur day.

[@Arosukir6]

I didn't realize it might just be a big lake! 🤣 Granted, he's probably only going out there once or twice a week, filming a bunch of short videos over a couple hours, then releasing them as if it's a day-to-day thing. That's why he can't go live.

[@sofiastj]

Imagine going for a nice, quiet day on the lake and seeing this guy

[@lautaroescarlon7501]

Sounds perfect

[@Maria_745]

I'm assuming people are replying with logical things like "call the coast guard" or "if you have cell service you're probably close to land" or "use gps to swim to shore" but he really replies to "why are your teeth still clean"

[@dyutibasu4589]

“Life of Pi but it’s live streamed” Saji please don’t give the millennial screenplay writers “gen z friendly” film ideas 🧍🏽‍♀️

[@JuQui228]

More like Gen X screenwriters let’s be honest… 😬

[@ananyaneralla5382]

The Life of Pi where you wished Richard Parker had eaten Pi first.

[@soapybagle]

@@ananyaneralla5382 kinda wish he did though, ngl. That book was boring omg

[@xavibefartin]

"upstream" i can see the preview already

[@Hannahgs]

Gen x, come on lol aren’t the top livestreamers mostly millennials?

[@silver_f0x360]

Oh no Saji broke both his legs permanently? Everybody smash like

[@marang_a_letsatsi]

The kid named like: 👁👄👁

[@kayden7103]

@@marang_a_letsatsi 😳😳

[@Apozane]

@@marang_a_letsatsi Like pretty hot ngl

[@boomitscocosucker]

@plushypony damn it, I was gonna say that.

[@leelee353]

him floundering with that dead fish? its camp. its iconic. showstopping prop work.

[@eroticmanhole]

The dead fish has me SOBBING uncontrollably holy shit.

[@rio6653]

Bro clearly he’s actually been stranded; eating fish he manages to grab with his catlike reflexes, his phone is charged by the power of lighting, his body has developed the ability to filter the salt out of sea water, he has special telekinetic powers that allow his phone to float while he’s asleep so it stays dry.

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

No. He's a mermaid duh

[@rio6653]

@@crazyowlgirlcncowner n how do u explain the dry phone?

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

@@rio6653 You said it yourself. Telekinetic mermaid

[@rio6653]

@@crazyowlgirlcncowner oh ok yea just checking, telekinetic mermaid

[@peachiiieevee]

goddamn the video's only been up for half an hour and it already has 10 morbillion views, saji really is a cultural sensation

[@peachiiieevee]

@@Tikatree he does so much for us, what a king

[@anthonyhenriques7654]

him very unsuccessfully attempting to make it look like the current overtakes him at 8:00 is fucking golden

[@kiralonely]

Seriously. At least the second one looks like a vague attempt, but that first one is comedic gold at it's core-

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

That part made me laugh so much. I saw your comment before that part and idk what I expected but that was NOT it. Made me lose my mind lol

[@anthonyhenriques7654]

@@nomoretwitterhandles I just can't understand how no one asked him for a 360° shot edit: Great username lol

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

@@anthonyhenriques7654 Ikr? And lmao thank you!

[@beepbeeep2265]

yet when he sleeps the current never overtakes him in the slightest.

[@BeTheAeroplane]

I'm actually a little impressed with his commitment. That's still a lot of time to spend in water just to make some tik toks.

[@polly-fe3pq]

his hands must be raisins damn

[@BeTheAeroplane]

@@polly-fe3pq That's how you know it's fake! If he was really in the water for a month, he would've shriveled away into nothing!

[@kiralonely]

@@BeTheAeroplane Have you seen what happened to the feet of people who fought in the trenches? They basically were constantly ankle deep in water, and it caused Trench Foot, aka Immersion Foot Syndrome. It's a whole thing of what happens when your feet are wet for too long, lmao. It wouldn't be just his hands, he'd have some serious physical problems from being in the water too long.

[@BeTheAeroplane]

@@kiralonely I feel bad for thinking this but it would be kind of hilarious if he gave himself some kind of (minor) medical issue because he spent too much time making tik toks in the water... Imagine explaining that to a doctor. And asking him if he accepts payments in the form of clout.

[@kiralonely]

@@BeTheAeroplane PFF. I think that is hilarious to consider. It would be hilarious, I don't wish it upon him, but it would be hilarious. Very ironic considering what he's claiming, lmao.

[@leelee353]

completely unasked for fact, but sea snakes drink freshwater and can swim long distances in the ocean by drinking the film of rainwater on top of the surface! idk why zack couldn't do that

[@DiMagnolia]

Because he’s a silly little boy

[@vogelvrouw]

Thats a sick nature fact, thats so cool

[@LovelyLori193]

Doesn't crazy zach know that DJ khaled on a jetski already filled the niche at being lost at sea and surviving

[@DiMagnolia]

This reminds me of stories my mom has told me about her grandma, whom I didn’t get to meet because she unfortunately passed before I was born. Grandma grew up without electricity let alone tv so she didn’t quite understand the concept of acting. So she would watch the Mexican telenovelas and as per usual, there would be a cliffhanger on the Friday episode to get you hyped for the resolution on Monday. Poor grandma believed it was real, so she would agonize over the cliffhanger all weekend. One in particular that my mom remembers is that grandma’s favorite character was stranded in the ocean for a Friday cliffhanger, the whole weekend she was telling the family that they needed to go save him. So cute and funny, but it really goes to show that some people are very gullible. Try as they may to explain to her that it wasn’t real she would argue that they were trying to fool her hahaha I love her even though I didn’t get to meet her.

[@holidayin7962]

That’s kinda cute. Grandmas are the best.

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

Awwww la pobre abuela angustiada sin razón. Ya me la imagino afligida por el protagonista y todo. Do you remember what novela she liked?

[@shannond1511]

@@crazyowlgirlcncowner I'd love if someobe replied to me in Spanish because my grandmother was Mexican and only spoke Spanish because none of that means I speak Spanish. I only speak english, in fact.

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

@@shannond1511 Excuse me what? I replied on Spanish because *I* speak Spanish and that's the language I know how to speak best. KZbin automatically translates comments anyway so I don't see the problem with me using the language I want to write in.

[@coffeecatichino5332]

@@shannond1511You aren’t even the original commenter. Where did this come from?

[@giovannatotino]

not him purposely getting into the water to make it look like the waves were so ‘tall’ as if he wasn’t two meters away from the fucking shore😭

[@mothlarvas5066]

"like im pretty sure the water is probably about like 100 feet deep or at least 200 max" and then he catches a supposedly live flatfish, which live on the bottom of the ocean... he swam down 100-200 feet and then back up again with no scuba gear whatsoever what

[@mothlarvas5066]

also "at least 200 max" lol

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

I have at least 0 friends max. And he is a mermaid, that's why he's okay

[@AuntBee42]

Also he accidentally caught his feet in a flash down and it looked like he was touching the floor lol

[@rayejohnston2821]

not gonna lie, him just holding his phone in the ocean stresses me the hell out. I would drop it so quickly and it would be lost forever

[@foxgloved8922]

I had one of those solar chargeable power banks and it barely charged at all. The solar panel is way too small to give you significant power even if you leave it in direct sun all day.

[@catiekent596]

does he just go out into the ocean everyday, all day? That's a lot of work

[@Arosukir6]

It's likely he would only have to go out on the water once a week and just film a bunch in a row using comments/questions from the last batch. Then he can release them throughout the rest of the week. My partner and I film our skits that way. That's probably also why he never goes live.

[@JasminMiettunen]

He fell off a friends boat so he probably has a house by a big lake or something like that lmao

[@sophiaglapion1744]

how are his fingers not super pruny and basically falling off after more than a month of being stranded in the ocean

[@sallyk5733]

And hypothermia, he would have lost control over his fingers already. I suppose No one is even supposed to believe this. And he would be sun burnt.

[@kristym7149]

Guys he's clearly dying rn, how dare we make fun of him. He can't be standing on a rock, he literally ate his feet

[@stapleworm2116]

this is just the boy who cried wolf. one day he will actually be stranded and nobody will believe him

[@nerds-nonsense]

if he actually gets stranded and does this instead of calling for help he deserves to be stranded

[@stapleworm2116]

@@nerds-nonsense so true. natural selection!

[@siginotmylastname3969]

If he got stranded and had anything showing what it was like, we'd spend the whole time laughing and telling him how bad his acting was and saying, see how bad you were at faking and now you're really stranded you ass.

[@tydencruze8200]

how tf does he have service? also if he does have service why can't he call emergency services. also that water ain't no joke he shoulda BEEN dead due to hypothermia

[@kai_maceration]

I love how that implies the emergency services watch his tiktok and therefore wouldn't believe him

[@bonjosireads]

the fact that you can also tell how shallow the water is bc it’s way too light of a shade of blue to be “in the middle of the ocean” 😭 also: if he has enough service to be on tiktok he definitely has enough service to call 911 or open the f*cking maps app

[@juicybuttercup5393]

I know no one is questioning it but his hands and feet would be so pruned if he was stranded at sea for months lmao

[@liz-yp6wd]

apparently your skin starts to fall off after a couple days in the water 🤢

[@boomitscocosucker]

@@liz-yp6wd welp that's not terrifying at all. /s

[@char4177]

If he has his phone and it’s working and he was actually stranded, he could’ve literally just called for emergency help or even used some sort of map to try to swim towards land (Edit: lol just finished the video & Saji did mention calling 911)

[@blue-dabad33]

Zak: "I'm stranded in the middle of the ocean and I don't know how to find land!" the Map app: ???? Zak: "lol I guess I'll just film a tink tonk"

[@emilyd.2796]

He can hold his breath a super long time when he goes fishing, considering he said the ocean floor was 100-200ft deep. Just impressive, mad respect.

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

This is false. He's a mermaid 😒

[@weirdokate8840]

i mean i immediately laughed when he said his friends left him there - right after he dramatically tossed himself off the boat.

[@chambelana1974]

bro imagine trying to convince thousands of people that hes been “stranded” for a whole ass month💀💀 props for the dedication ig

[@idontknow898]

This whole video my mind was just: CALL. THE. COAST. GUARD. WHY HAS NO ONE CALLED THE COAST GUARD?!?! Especially the people who actually believed that this was real

[@cookingwithsilence]

He needs to stop reading the comment sections and focus on swimming... god I hope he's okay.

[@turboshazed7370]

😂😂 fucking gold

[@JasminMiettunen]

He's been there for months, wouldn’t the waves have brought him to some kind of land at some point already lol

[@cookingwithsilence]

@@JasminMiettunen the way he's been holding his phone is interrupting the tides so he stays in one place... dude needs to put it down but he just can't :/

[@ickyvicky497]

No i think you’re gaslighting us into believing he’s gaslighting us. 🧐🧐🧐

[@ananyaneralla5382]

Nah but I feel like you are gaslighting us into to thinking Saji is gaslighting us into believing madzack is gaslighting us...

[@ickyvicky497]

@@ananyaneralla5382 🙀🙀 i would never gaslight u! I would never gaslight. That’s crazy awful.

[@ananyaneralla5382]

@@ickyvicky497 😂😂😂

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

@@ickyvicky497 IDK, sounds like gaslighting to me

[@tinyghost4337]

@@ickyvicky497 U gaslighter I know you are gaslighting us into thinking u r gaslighting us to think u r not gaslighting us into thinking Saji is gaslighting us into believing madzack is gaslighting us even though u tried to gaslight us into thinking Madzack is gaslighting us into thinking he's gaslighting us

[@dayax1207]

16:53 that would good question would be how does he shit (or pee) if he's underwater all the time??? most absurd aquaman cosplay

[@hotasice6475]

You can shit and piss underwater just fine

[@sydneym5595]

literally one of the funniest commitments ive ever seen. i hope hes still giving shampoo tutorials in three months

[@cloverboyblue]

watching the "i just drink the rain" tiktok now, after all rain on earth was declared unsafe for human consumption, is bizarre

[@rookwind]

idk if it was one of his previous stranded moments but i swear i saw someone a year ago also do the "im stranded in the middle of the ocean" bit ... new type of influencer dropped

[@tabuni.notfound7770]

Saji coming in clutch w a video right when i go on break at work

[@VenusianLissette]

lmfao the fish bit actually got me hahaha Can’t believe how chaotic this man’s life is…every day.. for fictional clout.🤠

[@edenwinter9055]

No one asked him to do a 360 shot?

[@mythicalmayhem4667]

Wow I can’t believe he could totally dive 100 or maybe 200(max) feet, snatch a flounder off the bottom of the ocean, and find his life vest again only to loose it again. How sad :(

[@lunacy3]

I would love for someone to record this man as he gets out the water to go home after filming these tiktoks 🙂

[@AuntBee42]

He’s making his family seem like the worst people ever by not looking for him in this scenario lmao

[@theletterm8865]

ok so 1. mad props to you saji, great content. it is nearly 6 am here and i've been binging your content for at least seven hours, you're the goat. also you're beautiful. 2.i just wanna give my two cents on the "catching a fish" portion. obviously the fish is dead, looks fresh outta the store, and this is the fakest part (in addition to the unscathed phone, the lack of physical evidence such as sunburn to prove he's been stranded for a while, the pristine editing, etc.). but to add to that, he is pretending to have caught some kind of flatfish, likely flounder. flounder live in sediment on the seafloor, which is why they look so weird; they lie on one side and one of their eyes migrates as they age to the side of their body facing towards the sky, in order to see predator and prey while hidden. now, our boy maddzack claims the water is anywhere from 100-200 feet deep. so, the idea that he would go out of his way to swim alllll the way to the seafloor, locate a flounder, grab it and resurface, with absolutely no diving equipment, no experience, and the face of a spoiled rich kid... is hilariously stupid. like if he wanted to make it remotely believable, there are other fish and invertebrates in the ocean someone could have more easily caught, though still with some difficulty. but nah fuck that people are gullible

[@jaeden28]

bruh if he puts his phone on his life jacket it would 100% end up fall off due to the waves💀

[@hm-fy5iz]

if he wants to imitate life of pi, can we go for the book version ? more of a horror fan myself

[@icecreamsamwich]

up there w/ the sequel to A Wrinkle In Time for the most baffling book Ive ever read

[@mooiioo8094]

@Big Ups i second this

[@playdoh658]

@@mooiioo8094 I third this

[@icecreamsamwich]

@Big Ups Do u mean life of pi or the other one bc both of these would make me sound like a madman

[@bigups62]

@@icecreamsamwich life of Pi please

[@ilyysai]

i stared at the steve lacy poster in the back for a good 5 mins

[@MicroMeowz]

Aren’t life jackets technically only water-resistant too? Like after several hours, it’s not buoyant anymore…

[@evil993]

No. If it is inflatable, which his is not, it will float forever basically. It's made out of closed cell foam which traps air in little pockets all throughout the material. The foam is sealed with various plastics, and even if were breached, the fact that it's closed cell foam means that water will not permeate the foam, and air will still be there inside.

[@MicroMeowz]

@@evil993 ah gotcha. Didn’t know that! It makes sense that there are life vests that are watertight, but his looks like ones that I have owned that have very explicit notes on the tags that they will not float after a certain amount of water exposure.

[@evil993]

@@MicroMeowz there's a type of life jacket that's not sold this way, but used the following way: Technically passes as a "life preserver" according to the law, cheap, and can be purchased in bulk to fulfill requirements of the law. Think like, a guy who owns a small boat and buys the exact amount required by law and stuffs them in a compartment somewhere on the boat so they're technically in compliance. Those type of life jackets I'd say typically are like how you described. But most life jackets of what I would consider a regular/decent quality should basically float forever. Since he's wearing one that looks like it cost more than $5 lol, I'd assume it's of decent quality. From my experience it's usually those tiny bright orange ones that go around the neck that suck the most and wouldn't work for extended durations.

[@ditavarma]

I fell down a rabbit hole of your videos and I have zero regrets holy shit they’re so entertaining

[@grahamcareyyt]

"I'm gonna try be alive in a little bit"

[@shamanbc9952]

I’ve used a solar charging pack for a phone and it simply does not work well enough on purely sunlight to keep any phone charged for this period of time

[@bea4846]

i enjoy the matching top and nail polish combo

[@DystortdSacrifice]

When I found you last week you had 10k. Now you have 15. 🥺🥺🥺 Omg be so proud it’s gonna be 100k before you know it.

[@Tree-House69]

If it was real then emergency services would hop out there for some reason or another. Plus friends or family would stumble upon it lmao, though honestly there are so many other problems with it, it's funny af.

[@AndromedaD]

I have a solar powered phone charger, and it's incredibly slow at both building and transferring a charge. He also showed the whole thing getting dunked underwater while filming his origin story cinematic, and it's probably been spashed and sprayed with salt water the whole time, which would probably have corroded something by now. This point didn't need to be disputed, it's clearly fake, but I wanted to leave a comment to help boost the video anyway. I like your style

[@isabelll999]

CONGRATS ON 100K!!!!!

[@alinahaehsler]

literally found you 20 minutes ago and i’m obsessed

[@tabuni.notfound7770]

also happy juneteenth everyone

[@lilystardew1559]

Bro it’s 30 miles. Depending on how often he streams if he went a mile a day or .25 miles per stream he would be at shore already.

[@number420dad]

Just wanted to check back in, as of 3 days ago he is STILL doing this

[@rebeccaalers]

thank you for spreading some common sense ^^

[@laceydean8426]

It's July 29th and he's still pretending to be stuck out there 😂

[@KA-bm6kj]

This video is so good!! 😭😭😭 The editing overall, the bit at the start, the subtle camera shakes, and the background music during ur intro!!!! ur an icon

[@emilyo.6933]

THANK GOD SOMEONE IS TALKING AB THIS HE ANNOYS ME SO MUCH😭😭😭

[@kafrink]

Omg Saji the room is looking great already!! It’s so peaceful but fun at the same time

[@roxiejohn6155]

i recently found you from your video with jacob and i loved it! i have been binging all of your videos and you are so fun to watch. i love your commentary and your skits. you are a breath of fresh air and your vibe is everything. i’m loving the new setup. when i first saw your sub count i was so confused why it wasn’t 100k+ LOL!! you deserve it this is a topic i’ve been thinking about, i’ve been seeing this guy everywhere and i haven’t see anyone question it!! what an alpha male at sea for weeks with nothing but tiktok 😭😭

[@cabcalloway674]

A solar panel the size of a smart phone would generate negligible amounts of electricity, there's no way you could reliably charge a phone that way. Even those much larger portable solar chargers you sometimes see hardly work at all in the best conditions. If it's just a case, surely he can simply take the case off to show us.

[@bubblylydz]

not ur nails matching perfectly to your shirt 💅🏻💅🏻10/10

[@callie1702]

i’ve been obsessed with ur channel lately

[@israeljohnson5336]

Saji put more thought into the alien backstory than maddzack put into his tiktok answers

[@likeag6216]

Dude went from 10k to 22.2k in 3 days. Just found him. You’re a funny munchkin 🌚💖

[@-cookieberries-300]

I just found your channel yesterday, but your videos are so entertaining and great quality! I love your videos

[@pasta957]

Idk why but saji sounds like Jarvis Johnson to me

[@Karrokick]

He wouldn’t even have reception if he was stranded in the middle of the ocean.

[@Karrokick]

Bruvvvv he took his life jacket off and it wouldn’t float away? And he’s just gonna … eat raw fish? And how he gonna descale it 🥲 i am so tired 🙃

[@Smelly2]

Right now its December 2 2022 rn and he's still stuck in his ocean

[@SajiSharma]

How did you figure out the calculations for time travel? i’ve been working on it for years but to no avail

[@Smelly2]

@@SajiSharma 😆

[@trala8911]

So to catch fish, you first take off your life jacket, obviously, so that the buoyancy doesn’t interfere with your ability to sink. But then, where are you putting it while you go faff about with shop-bought dead fish? If there’s a current, it would float away while you’re down there. Also, it’s very clearly fake. The question I’d like answered is, if someone on TikTok contacts the emergency services, WTF are you going to tell them when you’re potentially fined or otherwise prosecuted for wasting their time and/or creating a public nuisance?

[@adri4502]

Nah dude you are growing every day. Happy 20k!!!

[@gushercrusheralinne]

Your quirky survival tutorial took me out hahaha Also sorry about your hand injury that is definitely NOT related to this video

[@lilyspohr7296]

Commenting so I can tell People I've been following you since 14k when you're famous

[@brittanycorralejo2259]

This was only a month ago and you’re already closing in on 50k followers! I’m here for the ride 🤟

[@sukaisage]

the real question: who lit a cloud of gas on fire and thought "this is a good name for mental manipulation :)"

[@randomtree5671]

The Take actually has a video about this. The name originates from a play named the same i believe. in the play/movie a husband manipulated he’s wife about being crazy and the gaslights have something to do with it i guess

[@RegularBeams]

​ @randomtree The husband actually kept dimming the lights and when his wife brought it up the husband insisted that she's imagining it. Every time he would dim the lights the wife asked the husband if he notices it too be the husband just was like tf u talkin about the lights are fine, and slowly the wife started to doubt herself and what she used to be convinced was reality. The husband did this to be able to commit her to a mental hospital because she's gone insane, and then steal her money (Y) Edit: this term has become quite popular these days among people who misuse it. It's important that gaslighting isnt the same as lying, it's manipulating people and circumstances in a way that they themselves come to the conclusion that what they believed is actually wrong or fake or untrue.

[@randomtree5671]

@@RegularBeams Thank you i wasn’t sure of the exact plot so i brought up the details i remembered

[@holidayin7962]

Great movie go watch it. It’s one of those classic black and white movies that everyone should see.

[@maroonguy]

Questions that still cross my mind: Does he take off his wetsuit and *then* shit in the water and *then* struggle to put that thing on again?? And if not does he just sit in his shit????

[@oberyncarzer5620]

Happy to find this channel! Keep it up.

[@redwine.99]

1:03 man did a "I'm hurt" skit and then actually hurting himself XD

[@maxwell1364]

Aside from the fact that he's clearly lying, the way he talks makes me think this is meant for kids?? Like he talks like jaystation

[@steponmemothman]

It’s like jaystation pretending to live IRL subnautica

[@1sma1lZxRy]

They must have a cellphone tower in the water 💀

[@somethingstupid1075]

holy crap dude your channel is growing so fast! I can’t wait to watch you get more and more successful!

[@lizabethrose415]

"Right now? You want me to drink the rain right now?"

[@BipolarBear_pen15]

“But the current’s so strong, I don’t know what to do now. It’s getting-“ *dunks head in water* “so strong, I don’t know what to do. I’m gonna try to live in a bit, but-“ *dunks head in water deliberately again*

[@kristi6274]

How's he gonna dive and still have a working phone? Mate check

[@callsign_lurk]

he's still in the ocean. he's been at it for 7 months now

[@maric.theirin]

"Thank you for 10k subscribers" 3 days later has over 21k. Love to see it!!

[@holidayin7962]

That’s a flounder and they hang out in the sand of the sea floor. He can dive that deep but can’t swim somewhere else?

[@anonymus.ferrett]

it’s just weird that he’s trying so hard to make people think that he’s stranded. like why is that his goal 😭

[@kirayoshikage1491]

What I’m disappointed in is that he didn’t say that he was just drinking the seawater, but in a ‘are you for real? It’s that obvious’ kinda way, since everyone that isn’t a kid already knows it’s clearly fake, he should just be more absurd for the meme

[@chemicalvampire1151]

I thought it was about this one tiktoker who got his computer and went on a raft to the middle of the lake but then I remembered he was fine with a damaged laptop

[@lunadestiny1238]

That fish is a fresh water fish That lives on the sea floor Which is apparently several hundred ft below him.

[@kristym7149]

I'm sorry but all I picture when you filed the skit about the rain was you fake crying in silence and it was honestly very funny

[@zoeg1013]

love the hair 🫶🏻 ALSO is that the fleetwood mac poster that comes inside the rumors vinyl??

[@Ijustwatch18]

Your that much closer to the 100k play button keep up the great work