You Shouldn't Exist. So Why Do You?

[@tusharmulchandani3658]

Came here expecting to get anxiety, left with an enormous amount of motivation.

[@rewesandwich]

Same, I thought he was gonna say some unsettling stuff and I would go to bed frightened and unable to sleep.

[@andiwrath2293]

It's fascinating that we actually intentionally consume media that would cause us unease.

[@p.a.w.sthetravelinggamer6750]

@@andiwrath2293 no one watches a topless woman smack her skull against a a telephone pole while sticking her upper half outside the window, Watching her brain become fat and blood pudding within less than a second because it makes us feel good .-.

[@andiwrath2293]

@@p.a.w.sthetravelinggamer6750 dude! I did not mean it like that and I didn't say it makes us feel good. I was referring to the video, that we all watched, that we expected to make us feel uneasy. But we still watched it anyway.

[@bryanpage1292]

558o

[@2nd-place]

It would be kinda fun if, when you die, you get to watch a video montage of all the times you nearly died but didn't. There are probably so many close encounters that we don't even realize.

[@Ponderosa518]

Like when I fell headfirst off a jungle gym and managed to catch myself before I hit concrete.

[@AlphaQ23]

@@robbdudeson346 Im kinda thinking its because on your deathbed. If you are remembering your life it might be with calm and accepting this is where you be now. Trying to get those keys you are freaking out overlooking everything.

[@cysteater]

I want my montage to have sitcom laughter and goofy cartoon-y „boing“ SFX as well as these japanese comments floating across the screen from right to left

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Winning the genetic lottery is easier than attaining a mustache as magnificent as his.

[@rentalsnowman8009]

Jesus Christ how many completely different youtube video types do you watch? Your comments are everywhere and always high rated.

[@hosseinfaridnasr2778]

@@rentalsnowman8009 there are two accounts one with a mustache and one without

[@giyutomioka9935]

You again man

[@supasf]

@@hosseinfaridnasr2778 WWAAAAAAHHHHHHH

[@jdreid323]

Hello

[@dylanboucher5632]

Makes you appreciate being alive and really makes you wonder how long it took to get here.

[@mrmadunit3923]

my mouse wheel scrols a 3 lins a turn [about 42 seconds]

[@rcloud5271]

about 13 billion years

[@RobertCosper]

And where its all leading too. Just a simple comment on a random KZbin video chosen by a random algorithm can set in motion something far greater then anyone can guess

[@cruzmontelongo9615]

Yeah this guy tells you how to get rid of anxiety without giving you an existential crisis and giving you motivation to do anything in life!

[@xXxWhiskeytangoxXx]

13.5 billion years. Your DNA has enough storage/memory that goes back to the beginning of the universe. Also, your conscience has always been around. It's been reincarnated over and over and will continue, unless a nuke does a chain reaction on your atoms. Then you will no longer exist. This is why using nuclear fusion for weapons is so bad.

[@weed1726]

"Everybody dies but not everybody lives"

[@machiavelli612]

pre determinism baby, there's no alternate you there's no alternate me, we're all meant to exist in this beautiful universe, simple chemistry and physics baby

[@YsfWorld]

SteveChicken beautiful universe terrible world

[@gwarscout1825]

*A

[@immagnifo1641]

Thats deep

[@alishal8542]

Nice drake lyric 👍🏽

[@AMAS0]

The title: you shouldn't exist, so why do you. Suicidal people: No. No. He's got a point.

[@jakonjhn]

Should I laugh or should I cry 😂

[@DarthNVious]

No. He does not have a point. Each person is a shltty piece of garbage that should have died in a fire as a baby.

[@LincyMcGabby]

Not funny🙄🙄🙄

[@lol-yi4xv]

@@LincyMcGabby yes it is, you ever heard of dark humor and learned to take a joke once in your life and not be a snowflake?

[@yelezi7950]

@@DarthNVious LMAO

[@dareios1551]

In conclusion, if I don't have any children, I'll be the first one among all my ancestors spanning 4 billion years to fail at that. No pressure.

[@catman64k]

well, some of your ancestors might just split themselves into two =) which isnt technically a kid, rather than just a copy =)

[@medexamtoolscom]

Lots of those ancestors had brothers and sisters that didn't reproduce though. So it will hardly be anything remarkable or different.

[@nicklasroetz7100]

Yeah,no hardly a thing you should concern yourself with,..

[@PaNiiXoNe]

Me and my gf decided, having kids in such a place as it is at the time is not an option... we don't want our child to live for money and to be brainwashed by the social media... Great Video as always Arran, this one was mindblowing tho !

[@nvmffs]

There is no pressure since they're long dead and some of them reborn. Which reminds me reincarnation messes this whole concept about you being lucky up. It has nothing to do with your ancestors, it was 100% a divine plan.

[@Sonicity_110]

Video title: "you shouldn't exist, so why do you" Me:"... it's not my fault mom."

[@Luffy-Taro]

Omg its spoederman

[@zelda.1129]

spoederman!

[@Seánasadventure]

note to self: if i ever get in a near fatal crash, go buy a lottery ticket immediately.

[@Hitman_4Hire]

So i can buy a brand new car and hope i dont crash again

[@thezyreick4289]

I mean one person could argue that even if the odds of getting in a wreck are lower than the odds of one exact person being born. Then that means the odds of one exact person who was born getting into a life threatening wreck and surviving are much smaller since not only did they have too beat the odds to be born, but they also beat the odds of surviving instead of dying after being born

[@Atenejin]

Shit, lost my chance already 7 years ago... (Survived a near fatal crash in Christmas Eve 2013 but never thought of buying a lottery ticket! 😂)

[@BarryTGash]

Me: goes to scratch off cards in traffic...

[@mikitz]

This depends on, of course, whether the karma law existed or not. I would say not.

[@ohareair552]

Don’t lie, that moustache is what’s truly special

[@osl5686]

La Moustache - in French

[@Alex-zr7sj]

Inhedonia Hrtz What does that mean. Sorry, I’m a 9 year old and I don’t know things.

[@potentpotables5468]

That's not even his final form.

[@122scorpio5]

@@b3rgyp00 😂😂lol wtf

[@Pizzastan]

Mustache makes a man

[@adrs1380]

Quoting an evil mastermind “When everyone is special, no one is".

[@ronloc3309]

Exactly

[@PalnPWN]

Super*

[@mhill88ify]

Or even: "It isn't special when it happens, it's only special for you when it happens to you/"

[@williamrobinson5859]

Incredibles time 😎

[@brown3394]

The way I look at it is that from the perspective of me a conscious being, that I - either have to believe I won that unimaginable lottery -which seems so impossible - or I wouldn't exist. Or, I have to conclude that I believe in something more then just this one sperm being responsible for my consciousness, something that might be similar to re-incarnation, or having soul, even some kind of after life. Some sort of magical seeming inevitability that would have led to me existing one way or the other. Wether as me, or as someone else - or both. Which also feels kinda impossible, or magical thinking to an atheist-like type thinker. In short you're either the winner of the 1/10^483423049820934802938402398409823049820394820938402938420394802394 odds - or - something that's perhaps similar to reincarnation is real. I was hoping he'd offer some actual thoughts on the "So why do you?" part, its something I've pondered on quite a bit. Especially since most of science can't be exact and they rely on numbers with odds of 1 and 10 to the power of something far far far better then the odds required to exist, as a probability for their science being incorrect, for many theories that are considered to be fact. It almost seems more scientific to believe that theres some kind of inevitability to your existence, considering when you die you should be in an identical situation as you were in before you were born. Then - since time is no longer part of the equation - if the same circumstances could happen again that would cause you to experience existence in... whatever way, however similar or different to what you know now, it should happen once again in basically no time at all from your perspective. Even if its a near infinite amount of time later, you don't have to wait when you aren't experiencing time. Stuff like that really gets my head going lmao.

[@jaxxyjaxx5919]

“You shouldn’t be here.” Me: damn bro I already know stop rubbing it in.

[@redacted4125]

And this video and every other study also doesn't include the odds of earth existing, life even being able to exist, and every other tiny variable. Even the tiniest event billions of years ago could have affected the world today depending on the kind of event. The amount of different variables is virtually infinite. EDIT: Oh and also there's virtually infinite amounts of different combinations of variables at different times and also in very specific orders.

[@alexneigh7089]

Any deck of cards stacked in any particular order is very unlikely, so it should not exist.

[@poet_stowage4574]

alex ney that’s a big Deck 👀😂

[@kumarsukrit6962]

First of all, tell me where did you hide SCP-001!?!?!

[@zaceishen7974]

All of this is clearly evidence of a creator. Why elce would a universe suddenly explode from nothing. Space and time are a concept unique to this reality. There absolutely must be something outside of space and time, not governed by its rules that created us. How unique we are, how complex and beautiful life and nature is, the fact that we are all here right now existing is evidence that a God created us

[@AlphaQ23]

did you miss the part where when they put the roughly "1 in ten.. to the two million six hundred and eighty-five thousandth power" that was based on the results of one guy doing just roughly Your chances of being alive in .. again your "about" 150,000 ancestors .. not many around then or even after could really comprehend farther out that just that number.. hence the reason 1 in ten. to the two million six hundered and eighty-five thousandth power.. is such a large number for the average person to think of.. you just really started questioning that number and thinking there is more. which is great and good.. but yes.. it was in the sense starting to think of that scale

[@tiwoni972mad]

It's makes it even sadder for babies who die in the womb, or soon after they're born. Overcoming all these odds, and missing the best part. Smh.

[@diggerpete9334]

Or purposely aborted (murdered).

[@user-sd5kw1nt9c]

They're lucky.

[@michaelireland9592]

That kinda hit me

[@topheftyr533]

There are people that wouldnt exist were it not for an abortion happening that lead to their birth.

[@grubinator5237]

I was gonna like the comment, but then you added an smh, so I dislike

[@jerrythegnome7688]

When I was born, I won the lottery, but my parents lost.

[@ManiakPL22]

that's morbid...

[@alexanderabrashev1366]

You must be fun at parties

[@urethrafranklin9550]

OOF

[@smoke4131]

Oof

[@light5891]

Oof

[@nicoler.2156]

This is so eye opening. I have been battling so much depression and pointless stuff and I haven't realized that I did the impossible... My family did the impossible. We all did the impossible. It's so amazing. I love science.

[@patricksarama4963]

Espresso makes the depresso go away

[@WraithLK]

@@jessicatriplev9802 why did you have to trample on this dude’s happiness, especially when he’s found a way to hold back depression. Wtf is wrong with you?

[@ntnce2933]

@@WraithLK shes sad

[@karlhans6678]

do you still have the big sad?

[@aadamtx]

I'd been thinking of the those odds after reading some histories of the Middle Ages and even earlier. Considering all of the massacres, plagues, and whatnot, it's pretty amazing that my distant ancestors survived any of that.

[@SEB1991SEB]

They may not have though, they could've impregnated their wife and then went off to war and got killed.

[@TheRPGentleman]

It is but then, think about all those that didn't. Sure, it's amazing that any of us are here but then again, there are quite a lot of us.

[@SEB1991SEB]

@@sriramn1809 I'm not sure what you mean. I realise that if you went back in time and changed something like a father dying before the child is born, then that would drastically alter the child's life, so much that they'd probably have different kids and so you wouldn't be born. But I didn't mean that, I just meant that the original comment said that all of their ancestors survived all those wars etc., but I'm saying that they might not have. The fathers could've been killed, just that it would've been after they had impregnated the mother.

[@TigerTzu]

It's not really that amazing when you consider that your existence means their survival was an inevitability.

[@SEB1991SEB]

@@sriramn1809 Ok that's cool.

[@Anonymous-jf2gy]

You are unique... just like everyone else.

[@kefrov]

I don't have to comment now Thx.

[@skelitonking117]

Shonono Yeetus exactly, this video is incredibly pointless

[@thijsjong]

You are unique but unremarkable.

[@gingerdude4014]

But think about the trillions of sperm that weren't born and compare that number to the number of humans born. I'd say we are in fact all special.

[@nobudgetproductions7264]

@@skelitonking117 Deez nuts on your chin are unique

[@Domi-cv7oo]

We're also insanely lucky to be born in this time period, where we have things like the internet, airplanes and so many other things. A lot of people today take technology for granted. But if you stop and think about it, it's insane how amazing the world is today, imagine pulling somebody from 200 years ago and showing them this world. Showing them these electronic devices called computers which do all these things, one of them being connecting to a global network over which people can communicate and access almost all information ever produced by humanity. 200 years ago something like this would be a daydream, and yet here we are, we have it and we take it for granted.

[@Josh-rr7ze]

And in 200 years people will think the same about us

[@oberoiswisdom9589]

Id rather be born in future. It would be like what we consive heaven as. Today is not as good as tomorrow

[@robyyyne]

@Scientific Humanist Yeah

[@makisekurisu4674]

@Quincy Breed Is it really true though? Do we really know if our ancestors were really happy ?

[@Ovidiu_I.]

@@makisekurisu4674 Most probably, happy as in oblivious.

[@MisterVloop]

Aaran, this is the most beautiful video you've ever made. I've been binge watching all your content and this one here is the life changer. Thank you so very much for this. ❤️

[@taeebtcccc]

My ancestors are shaming me cause they had a full time job 5 kids when they were just 15 but shaming me for barely being able to talk to a female

[@uncrystallize3831]

Who tf has 5 kids at 15??😂

[@taeebtcccc]

@@uncrystallize3831 my ancestors

[@uncrystallize3831]

@@taeebtcccc you've got some effed up competition then 😂

[@camronskillz2613]

@@uncrystallize3831 it's a long time ago back when it wasn't considered wrong.

[@Cyberclone07]

@@uncrystallize3831 A lil history won't hurt

[@thedoctoroa7515]

I just watched a video on “why nothing matters” and I see this! The universe gotta love and hate it

[@thezyreick4289]

That's why I believe in egoistic altruism. Since nothing really matters, you can make it matter, if you want

[@Saber23]

TheZyreick egotistic altruism is just that extremely egotistical and inconsistent

[@Saber23]

Thedoctoroa 75 I never understood the point of view of people who say that because the universe is so damn big therefore life is meaningless and that the universe itself has no meaning, I'm not saying wether it has meaning or not but that argument has always come across as lazy and deluded to me

[@thezyreick4289]

@@Saber23 egoistic, not egotistic. Two similar words, but when paired with altruism, have completely different meanings.

[@thezyreick4289]

@@Saber23 egoistic altruism is helping others purely to help yourself, it means "hey I want a better home, and more income, guess I'll go and provide more jobs and better pay to everyone I make money from, and pour funds into construction and engineering research too spur technological advancements to improve my home with." Regardless of how inconsistent you try to claim it is, I have lived by it my entire life, any time I want better conditions for myself, I greatly increase the conditions of those around me to get them. Hell, when I was still a kid, I wanted a pool, but nobody in our town had the money for one, so what did I do? My 11 year old self typed out a simple paper on word and had a teacher print it for me, then I took this paper going door to door asking the entire town how many people wanted a pool, then I asked every person that wanted one, if they would be willing to pay $100 for a large pool, what was the result? The town got a large $784,000 swimming pool. Nobody complained and I even got recognized by the governor for being proactive in benefiting the community. All I cared about was I had a pool to swim in. So if you seriously think it's entirely egotistical and only beneficial to one person, sorry but you're entirely wrong. It's arguably the only reason any advancement to mankind has ever been made.

[@leonfoxworthy]

Thoughty2: "You shouldn't exist. So why do you?" Me: the condom broke

[@garnac3138]

Omg lol

[@TheHolyTrident]

So you had even higher odds to overcome congrats

[@shadowbeast9122]

Yeah that's exactly what happened 😂

[@friendlyoldbum9182]

Millennial

[@hiltonlabeki3381]

hahahha

[@bardson]

This hits on the "you only have one life, don't waste it" level

[@DanielIXVIMCMLXXXI]

I'm alive strictly because my mother didn't know you're supposed to take birth control every day.

[@machiavelli612]

that and a million other factors baby, the butterfly effect working in pre determinism making sure that you'd exist, if you don't believe in god, rest assured that you were always meant to be, we're all special in that sense, all existing in chronicled chapters of our universe... you're here on this earth because of reasons, make your time here have purpose, effect people in your life and make a difference, become a reason baby

[@hotcrazycatladyme168]

Or because your dad believed in the pull out method!?

[@bonfiregaming1747]

@@machiavelli612 can you stop saying every thing is predetermism in everyone's comments?

[@sageseeker9197]

My parents used birth control and a condom... and yet here I am.

[@knownasbomb790]

@@sageseeker9197 you my friend are a lucky one

[@LekisMedinaSiosi]

Still higher than the chances of me getting a girlfriend.

[@machiavelli612]

not odds, pre determinism baby, it's written in the fabric of the universe whether or not you'll get one, you were meant to exist since day one of the universe, I'd say good "luck" finding one but I don't believe in luck, just in your ability, go on out there and do your best baby

[@Alexander-zt9kz]

@@machiavelli612 there is no proof of predeterminism / free will

[@jadsmvs8651]

@@Alexander-zt9kz There is no proof that life actually exists. You could be the only one. We think, therefor, we are. Anything beyond that is endless.

[@StayMadNobodycares]

Most of us would rather die alone than live the life with the social bracket we were born into.

[@jakefromstatefarm7363]

@@machiavelli612 nope, you are absolutely wrong. I remember watching one vsauce or thoughty2 video that talked about the fact that the future is not pre determined. Its about something to do with molecules interacting with each other

[@BritishEmpireV2.0]

Old title: if you don't feel special watch this New title: you shouldn't exist Ouch

[@machiavelli612]

our chances of living are 100%-100% simple physics and chemistry baby, we're all meant to be on this good earth -pre determinism gang

[@bonfiregaming1747]

@@machiavelli612 stop messaging that stuff in everyone's comments before I predermine a spam report

[@ellebell9139]

Yeah but I clicked on the new title because it was more important

[@machiavelli612]

@MALEK001 001 yes baby

[@machiavelli612]

@Mecha James not a spambot, just passionate about the truth baby

[@magikarpediem637]

This man has a way of touching my heart and mind in ways I cannot describe. I've been watching nothing but his content since KZbin suggested a video a few days ago. You, sir, are what this world needs exponentially more of.

[@magikarpediem637]

@Din Do Nuffin Everything he puts out. Never going to miss a video.

[@Betuelvalladares]

I recently got in a car crashed. And honestly ever since questioned my well being. And asked why i survived. Thank you for this video. I really needed this

[@vicentevazquez3917]

"You shouldn't exist" sound like my parents.

[@mikitz]

Then again, where would we be if accidents never happened...

[@lifeisagameofknowingyourro6327]

Lmao

[@ringgame]

mikitz in heaven

[@tmr4342]

I'm sorry. No parent should ever say that to any child.

[@eluspets]

So you're telling me I won a lottery I never wanted to participate in in the first place?

[@KombatW0mbat]

...yes

[@williambouchard-robichaud5503]

I never ask to be born, but while I'm here I will born again in the spirit

[@tipoima]

Sounds like something from a scam email tbh

[@poofypoof6508]

Being born to existence is in my mind the complete opposite of having won the lottery. We might have won, but the price is nothing we asked of, and will now forever bind us to conditions of the universe we exist in. We would have been at no loss if we had never existed in the first place.

[@himl994]

You value your ability to choose so much but you don’t realize that if it not were for your incredible luck, you wouldn’t even have it because you wouldn’t exist. It’s the stupidest thing to say. How could somebody ask you “hey, do you want to exist?” if you don’t even exist. This is the epitome of ungratefulness. Value your life because it is of infinite worth. You can start doing that by not saying stupid shit like this.

[@KidFresh71]

I'm glad that *you* were made, for you have provided us with hours and hours of fantastic KZbin content!

[@ackantha]

"My father says she was born lucky, he says I was lucky to be born." ~ Prince Zuko

[@kentoscocos5238]

that's rough, buddy.

[@AveryyHD]

Yes

[@kalanaherath3076]

Underrated

[@digicerttechmedia7128]

Hahahaha

[@AnguishedMan]

Ok boome

[@bp.pradhan9494]

Imagine you time travelled back in time just like in the movies and you accidentally stepped a worm but the worm actually turned out to be your greatest grand father. Aww Man!!

[@cravex06]

The problem with that idea is if you eliminate your own existence by killing your own great grandfather, then you would not exist in the first place to be able to do it. It's called the grandfather paradox.

[@tagunprice9762]

@@cravex06 Yeah but the only reason it seems like a paradox to us is because we don't live in the dimension of time. So we only see a tiny sliver of time. Just like if you were two dimensional and a three dimensional object entered your world, you would only see a line. So to us time just seems to move forward, meaning when we try to think about time travel, we end up with paradoxes. But if we could live in a higher dimension, then we could look at time as a whole, and it would make sense.

[@catman64k]

@@tagunprice9762 your wrong, if you are a 2 dimensional being and your world would enter a 3 dimensional object, you will see a 2D Shape of a slice from the 3D object. a line is just 1 dimensional.

[@freshpressedify]

@@catman64k The only way you would be able to see the 2d shape is if you were floating above the 2d world. If you're inside the 2d world, all you see is 1 dimensional. Think about it, where would your eyes be?

[@1dan1609]

What you just mentioned is the grandfather paradox

[@keithdenmark4227]

Thoughtytwo: "you shouldn't exists" Me: "say no more fam"

[@moosamihran4839]

Bruh, you need a hug?

[@sophiacristina]

@@moosamihran4839 Nobody wants YOUR hug...

[@crqf2010ruler]

@@moosamihran4839 I want a hug.

[@Sunkenship2719]

moosa mihran, Must be 6ft apart at minimum lol

[@oxygen6005]

Ronin Riddim 6ft hug with robotic arms

[@EdwardGordington]

ive watched this video atleaast 10 times since i first seen it, and still to this day i get goosebumps and tears in my eyes every time, we are all so lucky to be alive, thankyou for helping me better understand how blessed i am to live in this world.

[@MadhuBala-md2sr]

you could have bought so many lotteries in that time

[@musicauthority-kt6zy]

Speak for yourself, I'm not lucky to be here. in fact my whole life has nothing more than a miserable existence.

[@rrrāmusic963]

Thoughty2: "You shouldn't exist. So why do you?" Me: Yeah I thought so..indeed what I'm I doing here? Nice vid tho..being born as a human is indeed a very rare opportunity..make good use of it my friends :)

[@JimmyMcGillsg]

Continues breathing

[@eultheripper]

Yeah, strip club on me 😀

[@ZioStalin]

I'd rather be a cat. They are the apex species on Earth. (=

[@rrrāmusic963]

@@ZioStalin haha

[@lazyartist1984]

I love it when a video is so deep, true, and life changing that viewers don't know what to say so they just make a depressing joke ignoring the point of their existence and this video..

[@fabric1928]

I notice that too. Well said brother..

[@machiavelli612]

amen

[@jesusdiscipledon1499]

“I yam becuase I yam.” - Yams

[@yeetedbot]

“Yams because yammy” - Yams

[@plaguemaster308]

Yam

[@jesusdiscipledon1499]

@YeetedBot #Yamgang

[@jesusdiscipledon1499]

@PlagueMaster308 #YamGang

[@kicknadeadcat]

Sounds like Popeye.

[@hippyjoe007]

I don't often comment on videos I watch, but I will in this case. That is a very helpful way to view ones position in existence. I have often felt that my own life has been very blessed. I am a talented musician, and enjoy a local minor celebrity status. Back in my youth my father instilled in me a profound sense of curiosity. Seeing that he taught me math and electronics. At the age of 17 I got a special disposition, and was allowed to join the U.S.A.F before I turned 18. In 1976 I then become a Navigation computer specialist. this was a couple of years before personal computers hit the marketplace. I never hit it rich, or won the lottery. but still I feel like a very lucky soul. Thank you so much for the well done report, on a topic the really struck me. I have seen many of your past videos and liked them, or felt indifferent, but this one stood out to me. I understand that responding to comments of 3m viewers would be to much to do for anyone, so no response is anticipated by me. But I hope that you continue your very thought provoking videos into the future. Again thank you very much.

[@TheAd021]

Thoughty2: You Shouldn't Exist. So Why Do You? Me: Please, don't be angry at me

[@MattQrillz]

I'm saving this to my homepage and watching it everyday. This was so eye-opening for me that i owe you 13minutes of my life each day.

[@JinED525]

what quarantine had done to us.

[@JinED525]

sorry I meant has

[@ardagus9917]

If I won this 'lottery' with such an infinitesimally small chances, then imagine how many 'lost' it It's like counting all the people / ancestors / alive things who were never born

[@MastaSmack]

And their hatred burns...from the realms of nonexistence.

[@barney2159]

When you think about it, because of the butterfly effect, if some random dude from 5000 years ago ejaculated a millionth of a second earlier, or positioned his genitals a millionth of a millimetre to the side, then another sperm would've gotten in first and that could've changed the entire history of mankind. It's freaking insane. By typing this comment I probably changed the entire future and possibilities of people born in the generations 1000 years ahead from now.

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

@@barney2159 actually not, you as you still wouldn't change much. Your DNA might be a bit different, but you upringing probably would have been about same. Not having kids at all aka breaking the chain itself is when things could change, but still probably not. For example what if Hitler wasn't born... nothing... someone else would have taken his place and most likely would have done same shit.

[@barney2159]

@@gamerdweebentertainment1616 We cant know for sure, we're talking about 5000 years worth of generations that could be altered (I'm going with the theory that every single sperm has a different person with different characteristics, personality traits, overall genetics and so on, even if these changes are minimal), so that means Hitler, and probably everyone who existed in the past, who knows.. 500 to 4000 years before that, wouldn't exist because of that. For example, the dude who was born because his dad hypothetically would have ejaculated in the way I explained, bumped into a dude on the street, causing him a bruise and he would treat it for like a minute and go on with his day, which would delay his sexual experience which will happen in a day or even a few months (even smaller things could alter this, that's why its called the butterfly effect, but this is just an example) This could alter this dude's future kids, because this time he will have an entirely different array of sperms. Now imagine that happening with everyone like a domino effect with millions if not billions of people throughout these 5000 years, and thats just from one person. However this could be completely wrong, so I'm just presenting my idea of it, you're free to disagree.

[@tenorong397]

yes you’re right. even if you do not have kids, your every interaction with others including everyone reading this comment will change the future too, and every change is multiplied so much due to the butterfly effect

[@annafox925]

As a product of IVF I frequently think about how I’m genuinely not supposed to be here at all, and how the likelyhood of having been able to exist in any other timeline is virtually nonexistent. My mom has actual pictures of me as an egg. Super freaky stuff.

[@crisptomato9495]

Holy shit dude same! Crazy how we still only make up like 1-2% of the population. Like we are alive in the same lifetime as the first ever human conceived in a lab. Feels kinda weird knowing how much of your existence was consciously caused by some stranger with a microscope and a petri dish. It honestly blows my mind sometimes.

[@BORGEBJ]

Except these lucky people ALSO were born ...

[@CertifiedHistory]

Lol

[@Zantides]

@Austin Martín Hernández Did Satan poop them out of his ear, or what?

[@MemerCat0]

@@Zantides i too poop from my ear

[@LSK2K]

@@MemerCat0 i three poop from my ear

[@teresamiranda5994]

@@LSK2K wtf is wrong with u guys

[@oDr0ppYx]

Sometimes when I look at certain people I just can’t imagine how they were the fastest swimmer..

[@bacon8353]

Lmaoo

[@kobejordan5518]

Just goes to show how poor the lineup was huh?

[@ayhamshaheed7740]

😂

[@regularhuman95]

maybe they werent the fastest, they were less slower than other lmao.

[@automnejoy5308]

All this insane evolution and yet people still snore. WTF.

[@MachinaOpus]

or “Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV.”

[@vladmelnikov94]

I love that

[@weareorigin]

Let's do it, Morty

[@roguewolf6487]

In a world, and a life.. full of humbling experiences. This video lifted my head today... thank you

[@stevenlouton6381]

Now that was truly one of his best videos of all time. I’m calling it now.

[@Pizza_Party]

"Why do you exist?" Idk why man, not like i signed up for this sh!t 🙃

[@quakewhatever]

Facts

[@jda79]

@Skylight wow so cynical. Life isn't that bad man

[@jda79]

@Skylight I see. I'm not and have never been religious so I see things differently than that. But I do believe we who have been given life have been given a great gift. The universe is a wonderful thing but it would be so much less without anyone to witness it

[@Pizza_Party]

@@jda79 A gift? Why? Just because some people are happy and grateful doesn't mean it's so for everyone. I see it more as a burden tbh. Now i have to go through it just because i happened to exist

[@davidbaines1425]

Son - "Dad I wanna be an Astronaut, I just wish I could be shot into space". Dad - "You would've been, if I hadn't have been pissed". What are the odds adjusted for intoxication..?

[@kittyaddison2800]

This is deep... My dad was from Canada and my mom was from the Philippines. He was in the USMC and met her while being stationed there. Imagine the chances of my existence with this concept!

[@MrMoz94]

"We take it for granted" is the biggest understatement of the 21st century

[@RidingLifesRoads]

Fine, you convinced me, the lottery is easy, I’ll buy a ticket tomorrow.

[@CM_Burns]

Thoughty2 was born with a mustache and raised right eyebrow. I feel special just watching him.

[@alexanderabrashev1366]

You must be fun at parties

[@fhuber7507]

His early videos he did not have the mustache... he looks odd with it to me.

[@JEMmusic-sn9qm]

@@fhuber7507 same lol, hard to get used to

[@Allen-eq5uf]

F Huber and he always wore a nice suit in those earlier videos too.

[@mhill88ify]

plus an impressive IQ no doubt...

[@rockerfaerie2]

I honestly think about this all the time. Every single moment in history that added up to exactly where I am now. When I get caught up in the small things, remembering how vast we are puts it in perspective. There’s a meme that shows earth from the perspective of moon and it says “you are here.” Every problem, issue, etc… it’s all on this floating rock in the middle of the universe. It’s so wild. Well done video!! Thanks for making this :)

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Imagine if this video was just him saying like "Welp that's because you probably aren't special"

[@cringetv2153]

Ylfa Karen Guðbjörnsdóttir he is hiding in a starbucks with free internet

[@supasf]

I saw ur comment earlier on Charlie's channel. Gotta say, This ain't it chief.

[@Zantides]

My mom told me i was an accident, just so we have that clear.

[@sunshower6560]

It's not accidental that your one in ten to the crazy power chance of existing came to be.

[@supasf]

Why you alive then? Get out

[@gwarscout1825]

It's only an accident if you Fk it up

[@MelB868]

Olav your not an accident you are part of God’s plan and He doesn’t make mistakes.

[@supasf]

@@MelB868 reminding me of the "grand plan" in outer worlds

[@1qstudios]

"unnfortunate rectum weakness" -Thoughty2

[@Kwastaken]

Not sure if I love this channel so much because of the supremely well researched and expertly delivered content, full to the brim with mind bending facts and ideas that never cease to amaze and leave me with a feeling of wonder and hope, or if it’s simply because the mustache holds the power to keep me hypnotized by its raw power and beauty... and tbh, I don’t care... I’m here for it either way

[@Alexander-zt9kz]

When we all win the lottery, we don't realize the prize

[@septianputra2496]

When everyone is unique, then who is actually unique?

[@unocualqu1era]

If uniqueness is common, then is uniqueness really unique? If it's not, then is common actually uncommon? Does that make unique a synonym of common and common a synonym of unique? Do these words even have meaning? Or do they exist in a paradoxical state where they're opposites but also identical? brain.exe has stopped working

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

@@unocualqu1era Unique would be rare/different. So, no, uniqueness is not common.

[@jambudweep289]

Whoever put that in your mind has successfully fooled you into thinking that being unique will improve your life in any way.

[@andrewgoode2558]

@@unocualqu1era Yeah you broke my brain. lol

[@septianputra2496]

@@jambudweep289 Nobody said about life improvements.

[@jakelafore4117]

Well, my mom says I'm special, so that's something. My doctor calls it bipolar disorder.

[@markfrost1375]

Ps...many movie stars are bipolar too....google then..ur in good company....the future of mankind...trick is to moderate it....’Jesus’

[@supasf]

@Shonono Yeetus 𝓕𝓪𝓰𝓰𝓸𝓽???

[@supasf]

@Shonono Yeetus *n00b*???

[@supasf]

@Shonono Yeetus ouch must feel tough.

[@hasanbasim9358]

Thank you, you made me feel so special and so loved by simply implying and proving how just by existing everyone not just me, is magnificent in their very own beautiful ways. Thank you so much Thoughty2, great respect for you my friend.

[@najeaishere8816]

Special-Ed kids reading the title be like :/

[@supasf]

JESUS lmfao too cruel... And funny hahaha

[@mosshivenetwork117]

Oh dear.

[@Genesis115]

Me, in my depressive phase: I wish I was never born. Thoughty2: am I a joke to you?

[@jcbvortex22]

I’ve had this discussion with my Mother. Talking about the man she all most married, before meeting my father.

[@freddiehall290]

"After all electricty is expensive" fine dark humour

[@thezyreick4289]

Na, the dark humor is realizing that electricity is only expensive because people want to make profit from it

[@themadmystic1688]

"You shouldn't exist. So why do you?" Raw spite.

[@xNeuker]

We have a proverb in Czech republic: "He who is to hang, will not drown."

[@madleners]

Similar proverb in Poland!

[@anonymousviewer2165]

Tf does that mean? I'm retarded sorry

[@nickmodmaggamingvids8958]

Same in Russian and Ukraine)

[@lil2808]

@@anonymousviewer2165 its about destiny, fate and that type of shit

[@itsaboutwhatsfair1532]

I heard Putin say tht first...😰😰😰

[@JLReanimated1991]

Thanks thoughy2, that was actually a pretty good cure for my daily depression routine. You’re pretty righteous man keep it goin

[@cojocoolio]

Ghosts watching this video: "Damn....we almost made it to this point."

[@Ethan-sr9fn]

Ghosts dislike this video

[@unicorntomboy9736]

Ghosts don't exist

[@celestialdesma6563]

@@unicorntomboy9736 maybe

[@explicit862]

@@celestialdesma6563 he made a video about why we think that we see ghosts.

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

@@unicorntomboy9736 There’s no definitive way to prove either.

[@WAVE0025]

aw sht, now the internet knows im a mistake

[@Itsbully06]

@Rigel Arndt how fascinating

[@JimBobMcGee220]

Dr. Hank McCoy once theorized: "In this galaxy there is a mathematical probability of three million earth like planets. And in all of the universe three million-million galaxies like this. And in all of that, and , maybe more, only one of each of us."

[@thezyreick4289]

But is there really only one of each of us? Maybe there's multiples of us out there, maybe we are all one, just at different times. Haven't you heard of the egg theory?

[@Baconchilldophin]

Mumen rider profile pic?

[@t0nje]

If space is infinite there Will be an probability for an exact copy of Earth and everyone on it

[@iansmith1965]

The info about the overwhelming odds of a single person being born, was so awesome, it actually made me cry!!

[@09192859901]

When a nerd tries to comfort and uplift your already damaged soul. (I love you Thoughty2! Haha! ❤️)

[@ccole1255]

Sounds like Thoughty2 just finished reading the first chapter of "A Brief History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

[@djs9931]

C Cole yup!

[@loneakmoperator507]

I tried to not exist twice, now I'm trying to start existing again.

[@gidlesbird7820]

thats dark

[@ayhamshaheed7740]

Deep

[@thezyreick4289]

Well smart people say if you fail at something then choose something else to try, but others say if at first you don't succeed, try again and again until you do. Not sure which advice applies here

[@user-tl2rp3kj5u]

@@thezyreick4289 I tried and failed existing 18 times now, maybe I should try not existing next.

[@deathbreach3448]

They’ve yet to make a movie about your parents meeting but instead of the possibility of having you, they have a different child than you, and you meet your alternative self in a different skin and face.

[@mikeutube011]

This may sound stupid to some, but I’ve been contemplating my mortality for a while now, and considering cutting it short. Whenever I feel like this again, I’m going to watch this video... thank you 🖤

[@Grugthegruggr]

We do be having low self esteem atm

[@Plism123]

“You shouldn’t exists. So why do you?” That’s what’s I asked myself every time I wake up.

[@n4meless24]

,.,., 608,108-2y "When you think about it, for you to be sitting here, on Earth, watching this video, rather a lot of things had to happen just right". This is one of those sentences that is so deep that just keeps me thinking for days. Not to mention the: "And they didn't just have to meet, people meet all the time and not have kids. Unless they're Mel Gibson and fornicate with anything that moves" Just great genius writing.

[@carlzombie6722]

Holy Shit ! I've seen every video Thoughty 2 has made with that being said this has got to be the deepest most humbling mind blowing video I've ever seen from him...wow

[@rrrāmusic963]

Yeah true😆

[@jamesblue3907]

I always thought in your introductions you said “hey 42 here” but your actually saying “thoughty 2” 🤦🏽‍♂️😂🗣🤙🏽🔥

[@feleciawhite7358]

No he is actually saying 42. It's a sort of play on Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. 42 is the meaning of life and everything and considering the nature of his channel is very well suited.

[@Mel-xz5ik]

same haha

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

Felecia White Thanks for saving me the time! 👍 4 U.

[@videoswithsubscribers-xk5hb]

"Imagine all the lives could have been, spat down the sink never to be seen" Aristotle

[@machiavelli612]

as much as I love aristotle, I never heard that quote ;) but don't worry, thanks to predeterminism, we were all meant to exist anyways, your chances of existing are 100% in 100%, simple physics and chemistry baby

[@dajonemma]

@@machiavelli612 lmfaooo I don't think you get it

[@TheRPGentleman]

@@machiavelli612 Prove it. You can't. So shut up. :)

[@joetroutt7425]

All spitters should never exist.

[@yearginclarke]

@@joetroutt7425 lmao!

[@mykincadult-store1219]

My grandmother once told me a story about her and my grandfathers date in 1950. They was walking up along the largest hill in my home town and when he got to the top he let out a mighty fart and made my nan laugh. My great grandmother had a fling during ww2 and fell pregnant. After the birth of my other nan, she took her to a hostel for adoption, she backed out at the last moment and ran with my nan. The next day the hostel was bombed during the blitz.

[@justcallme00oogy]

"your mother's fallopian tubes" I did not at all consider that today when I wake up I would hear those words

[@kencarp57]

Better that than “your father’s Vas Deferens”... 😳

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

Actually, the sperm and egg do not come together in the Fallopian tubes. If they did, it would be an ectopic pregnancy.....usually, not viable. The egg is deposited from the F. tubes and becomes attached to the cervix, where the sperm would join and fertilization occurs. Pretty cool, huh? The human body is such an amazing thing......just blows me away!!

[@amitolahalona4261]

13 minutes of a man calling us special. Perfect video to watch before bed

[@HSpartaL]

There are less than 10^2,000,000 possible humans. The only true way to come up with reliable odds will be when we figure out what consciousness is.

[@sunnyjim1355]

We know what 'consciousness' is; it's just an emergent characteristic of a sufficiently complex biological neural network, there's nothing paranormal about it. The only 'mystery' to it is how ours exactly operates, functions and developes.

[@firedragon3337]

Sunny Jim yeah that’s what he meant by figuring out what it is, he worded it bad put Im pretty sure he meant understanding consciousness

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

@@sunnyjim1355 that's only the start. We don't know what it truly is.

[@kiiturii]

@@sunnyjim1355 we know what it is but we dont understand it. Not even close

[@RonBest]

In a way it's unimaginably low odds for you to get to exist. But in another way it was 100%. Due to the cause and effect, the dominos started falling at the beginning of big bang, and they couldnt had fallen in any other way than they did, that led to you and all others that exists and have ever existed, to have been born. Maybe chance decided how the big bang would unfold exactly, but everything since is logically painfully predetermined. (unless there are true random factors at play that defy logic)

[@iceshadow207]

Exactly! If everything follows the laws of physics, the probability really is 100%

[@Ryan-jq8ov]

i agree. with an infinite amount of time anything and everything is bound to happen at least once since existence is a thing

[@MNZGamin]

That’s called destiny lol. If science holds true then no, you weren’t always predetermined to exist and that’s a lazy form of thinking. If the density religious aspect is true then you’re chosen by some unfathomable higher power

[@RonBest]

@@MNZGamin Destiny is the wrong word. It's used for a predetermined future with a meaning. Predetermined universe has no meaning, it happens for no particular reason. And it's not lazy form of thinking, its the only logical assumption unless true randomness exists. The dominos are falling and pushing the other dominos, no predetermined universe would be like the dominos falling on one another and then tipping over to the opposite side than the direction they were pushed towards. It's illogical and doesnt make sense. Only true randomness could make that happen.

[@jelly3166]

So you’re saying you don’t believe in free will, that or you don’t understand how chance works

[@redwood3036]

me: *reads the video title* also me: *looks at rope*

[@otherssingpuree1779]

N̶o̶t̶ today, old friend.

[@Chainmonkey77]

You good bro?

[@conlon4332]

4:33 Yeah, I have actually. I have. I'd say one in many million. I kinda feel lucky, but it mostly weirds me out. So many potential people that never existed. So much random chance. Yeah, it mostly just weirds me out. Even if everything happens again the same, the likelihood is a different sperm would have won, and that's not considering the exact time my mum got artificially inseminated.

[@Lit-E]

In a moment of unfortunate rectal weakness many people who had the possibility of being born where wiped out of existence lmao

[@unicorntomboy9736]

I don't know what you mean

[@Sachin25279]

@@unicorntomboy9736 did you watch the video?

[@jackdurden466]

Oh yeah, that one got me!

[@countrysideaquaticsfiltrat2004]

This has to be the most humbling video I've seen ever. It's so true and factual. It's done perfectly and explains brilliantly. Even bought a lump in my throat and tear in my eye. I love thoughty2 already but this one has taken it a new level. Legend. keep up the great work. Thank you.

[@cheewurz]

I tell my children the same thing on occasion when they get to feeling a bit down.

[@pherasabraxas]

I have never seen a Freddie Mercury mustache as magnificent as yours. Love your channel!! Keep at it, brother!! EDIT: My husband survived a fall by grabbing on to a branch on Petit Jean Mountain here in Arkansas. I'm gonna have him choose all my lottery tickets from now on.

[@prilinator_3274]

Love how Thoughty talks to us like we're not having this exact existential crisis every day 😅

[@cruzmontelongo9615]

What u mean

[@Manu-Official]

Love the versatility in subjects, and the witty sarcasm deadpan humour sliced in between.

[@Kenjiro5775]

"Why are we here. Because we're here, roll the bones" Peart

[@samsam18200]

"Though I’ve reached a signpost It’s really not the end Like Old Sol’ behind the mountain I’ll be coming up again…" I hope he will. Hope he will...