Today I learned.

[@bittersweet_tragedy03]

"don't insult my heritage" i wasn't expecting that ending lollll

[@brijessie1521]

lmao...neither was i 😮😅

[@haichen]

Same.

[@Muho_is_me]

Yeah

[@HazySkies]

It was gunexpected

[@NotGoingToGiveMyRealName]

Spoilers ):

[@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid]

Ok but... 'Pistols and Petals' is a very clear pun on 'Guns n' Roses' and i can't believe nobody is talking about that😂

[@brickbot2.038]

It's a double pun, as a "pistil" is a part of a flower!

[@MichelStubblefield3356]

Wait, what???

[@kingdonut6675]

I’ve never learned so many amazing puns from a video and it’s comment section before!

[@kingdonut6675]

Also someone needs to make this into a real thing so I can read it!

[@paperstrawsYT]

Exactly what I thought!

[@annew1912]

NOT EVERYBODY (me neither)

[@dragonstarwolf240]

Welcome to the cyborg club

[@JeDindk]

I didn't know either .... I always thought it was weird, but in fact I never thought about WHY people would talk about their arms like that.

[@elvwood]

Nor me

[@pawssum]

ME NEITHER, it's not obvious at all, it's actually kind of obtuse! You have to make MULTIPLE connections to get there. It's not an A to B pun but any means!! I bet if you asked people why arms are called guns, 90% of people don't even get it. It's just a meme and nobody talks about it.

[@Gillsing]

With the focus being on the biceps, which are only _part_ of the arms, I would've expected "gun parts" if I knew where it was coming from.

[@ralphblack9380]

This makes me think of the time I started taking to my sister about how 'Netflix' is 'flicks' on the 'internet' and blew her mind. And then we went through all of the social media apps to analyse their name choice. I love this kind of stuff. The evolution of words.

[@Brainalicious]

Great fun, I agree!

[@ralphblack9380]

@@Brainalicious With a username like yours, you must! (Meant entirely positively, it's a great username.)

[@Brainalicious]

​​@@ralphblack9380thanks! Here's a fun one for you. My grandparents, both retired English teachers in their 70s, came up with great words. Pointing fingers at their own generation, they coined a word to describe old people: Brittles! They nicknamed a local apartment house for seniors, "The Brittle Arms". 😂 Gosh I miss them!

[@RandomMaximal]

Wait… what? I didn’t even realize Netflix… huh?! Hold on, I gotta go google some stuff…

[@ralphblack9380]

@@RandomMaximal Ha! Oh, do have fun. Let us know if you come across some really mind-boggling ones.

[@justinn8541akaDrPokemon]

Today I learned not to insult the heritage of cyborgs.

[@spongesop8953]

The relatable feeling of someone telling you that “everyone knows” something that blows your mind… 😂 happens more often than I’d like for sure

[@CountryBoi7]

This guy is the peak of comedy yet confusion yet relatability

[@lightningjadejavier]

And Relaxitivity, cause bro's voice can DEFINITELY be good for an asmr

[@Brainalicious]

I'm in my 50s and until just now, I assumed guns referred to power or something. Never heard the guns/arms pun thing. It's clever! Geez, as I look at my comment I wonder if KZbin is going to keyword flag me. 😂

[@VikingTeddy]

Was news to me too, another old fart. Lucky 10k eh? As for keywords. Don't even try to comment on anything political, 50% of your comments just disappear like a fart in the Sahara. Can't even comment on science videos in some circumstances, because the name of the center of atoms are also used for the bombs. It's really quite dystopian. I'm just waiting for the day when complaining about it flags your comment for removal...

[@LB-ge8ih]

Don’t feel bad, that’s one of the many recently made-up origin stories for words/phrases that have been popularized by the internet, but it’s not historically accurate. The slang “gun” for biceps originated with early baseball and referred to a strong and accurate throwing arm. Reference Oxford English Dictionary, their online commentary “From battistas to baseball players: the revision of ‘gun’” delves into the ways the word “gun” has been applied over the years. So it was initially a baseball reference (which makes sense, as they are throwing and aiming a projectile), then broadened to mean powerful arms in general.

[@VikingTeddy]

Need a question answered? Just post the wrong answer and someone will eventually correct you. Thanks @LB-ge8ih :)

[@MichelStubblefield3356]

@@LB-ge8ihLol, as Chris Hallbeck said once in another animation: “Now I need to find new stuff to think about!”. But then again, that’s the fun part! :-)

@@LB-ge8ih Sadly, sooooo many people will go away from this video and from this comment section believing this. That's how misinformation spreads. Granted, "guns=arms is a pun" is a tame one, and won't hurt anyone, but the principle is the same.

[@TheWyvernSlayer]

0:48 I thought the same thing

[@Gonetoanewacc]

WAIT THATS WHAT IT MEANT

[@silentshade7975]

Having same revelation and existential crisis right now 😅

[@simonpaga4232]

Nobody knows, including me😂😂

No.

[@Deathnotefan97]

Reminds me of the time I figured out that the song “bare necessities” from The Jungle Book was also a pun because he’s a bear I was in my twenties

[@thesuperginge1348]

Omg I didn't know! I always just thought it was because they were suggesting their arms were so powerful you may as well compare them to guns.

[@Random_Kelsey]

Another random fun fact--the legendary Pokemon bird trio of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres get their names from the Spanish numbers uno, dos, and tres.

[@AkaiAzul]

And yet, they still didn't show up in Paldea.

[@adrianblake8876]

Because that pun is only in the English name, in Japanese they're just called "Fire" "Thunder" and "Freezer"...​@@AkaiAzul

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

In my defense (and in defense of I'm sure, dozens of people), anyone kissing their biceps and calling them their "guns" was enough of a joke that I never looked into the "guns = arms" thing.

[@Deuce_and_a_half]

Yeah same here. It’s just something people with big muscles did. I didnt care to analyze it further.

[@bland9876]

Well he used to be peddling arms and now he's trying to pedal flowers.

[@pattheplanter]

The earliest quote the OED has is 1973 "Guns, the biceps and triceps part of the arm. (Where potential firepower lies.)" M. Andrews & P. T. Owens, Black Language iii. 79. Andrews and Owens then write "See FIRE ON" which they define as "To swing on somebody with your fists." The example quote is “That cat called me a punk and I FIRED ON him.”

[@TheIantoJones]

This video *is* how I found out! Thanks for this / literally TIL :)

[@flarewolf]

Glad to see I'm not the only one.

And three comments (IINM) are how *I* found out that the pun thing isn't true. It's an Internet invention.

[@antred11]

That you're a Cyborg?!!! 😲

[@TheIantoJones]

@@antred11 Shhh...

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

the last part jumpscared me!

[@DiegoSepulveda-tw9vg]

I love Chris’s calm, soothing voice. It is so smooth but also has a tiny bit of roughness to it, and has a reassuring tone that tells you everything will be alright and oh my god what is happening to me dude Chris look what you have done to me.

[@rokaq5163]

0:23 Seeing a Chris Hallbeck character shaped like anything other than a lowercase i is kinda cursed, but also very funny.

[@RossycondobleS]

“Not everybody” I learned this today with this video! :O Thank you :D

[@michaelcheng9987]

This #1. needs to be a real book, and #2. needs to have a tattoo parlour right next door to the flower shop, with the sweetest tattoo artist the arms dealer falls for immediately and tries to keep out of their secret life.

[@beefchicken]

This was me at 42 finally getting to punchline to “why did the chicken cross the road?”

[@MuffinHunterX]

I've seen multiple people finally get it and the look on their faces range from comprehension to outright horror at how bad the pun is.

[@cholsreammos]

Can you tell me it than? isn't it just an anti-joke?

[@RandomMaximal]

That is the pun in the chicken crossing the road…?

[@MuffinHunterX]

@@cholsreammos Double meaning, either the other side of to road or the afterlife.

[@sarahpanther]

​@@cholsreammos Apparently, the joke is that the chicken dies. Like, it's hit by a car or something. "The other side" doesn't literally mean the other side of the road. The chicken is going to the afterlife.

[@theatmosphericstoryteller]

Twist ending - loved it! I also learned something today.

[@waaanacry]

Wait I was clueless af too damn 😂

[@g0ldER]

I actually didn’t know this

[@ThatIdiotOmega]

Honestly, same. I feel kinda dumb now.

[@JeDindk]

I'm with you .... 😁

[@Iris-r6o]

I think practical; guns is a firearm weapon. Arms are arms.

[@HarmonyTRE]

Yes, this video is how I found out. And the ending took me off guard!

[@Mya_Billy]

This guys voice is so calming i could listen to it for hours

[@weareallbornmad410]

I just assumed Americans find nothing impressive unless it has bullets inside, so anything impressive must be at least metaphorically a gun.

[@junemacauley6813]

I did not realize this- I’m glad you posted this and I saw it. It makes so much sense!

[@bradinator343]

I'm with the guy on the left. I didn't understand until it was pointed out either. I can say that not everybody knew

[@henriquegomes8401]

Guns n Roses been real quiet since this dropped.

[@BrokeInfinity3309]

I lik whenever Chris talks about small things in his vids. I don't know why, but I like it.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I didn't realize that either till this cartoon. * sigh *

[@windest22]

Your voice is cool, also i really love Your vidéos, they're so cool

[@sadshawtyyy]

today i also learned

[@-My-Alter-Ego-]

This was a rollercoaster, and I'm all here for it

[@nikazoe7990]

I actually hadn't realised that's why they called them 'guns'🙊👀👀

[@MrFlame-zk5cy]

That was a completely unexpected punchline

[@Hankerson-i7h]

WAIT THATS WHAT I MEANS???? 😂

[@PalmDEV]

I had no idea!!

[@That_random_girl22]

That ending surprised me lol😂😂

[@Marialla.]

All along I thought it was gonna be a "Guns and Roses" joke...

[@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid]

Same

[@OptimusPhillip]

I'm still skeptical

One of the few… keep being skeptical, because this time, you're right.

[@-radioactivity-]

I was NOT expecting that ending

[@Stardiplomaticincident]

I didn’t know…

[@erickteodosio]

...at gun point

[@spobpopicle921]

I didn’t know

[@filipinosonicfan]

I clicked because i never thought this guy was gonna draw non-stick limbs

[@r38478]

I didn't know until this short todat

[@Geogod18]

I love this dude.

[@randomperson6454]

I had the exact oh sh!t moment at the exact same time and now I keep asking myself why I never put 2 and 2 together untill this.

[@Renny_Barcelos]

I didn't know either 😂

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

There's a line you can't cross lol

[@pyromania321]

TIL 😂 Also, that ending 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@g0ldER]

lol who else watched the short of this?

[@H3ll0o]

idk why the thumbnail jumpscared me 😭

[@srepinS]

Perfect Ending

[@junusavior65]

Oh shoot! I am totally just learning that too. In everyway I am in agreement with the guy on the left. Wow, thanks!

[@SwordGuardian]

I, too, did not know this.

[@Itsgonnabeok1325]

I did not get that until you posted this previously

[@GravityButterfly]

These twist are sp good.

[@Jammybobs]

i didn't know

[@TheNonameHousehold]

Oh I get it, ha! -Tucker

[@the_guy_from_the_voults]

0:39 i didn't until now of course

[@mitchjohnson4714]

I leaned by watching this cartoon.

[@TheCrazyStix]

Read ur book it was nice

[@mutomboinprogress]

Well, I'll be! Omgg! I learned today!!

[@YseultIfrit]

yeah I definitely knew that was why they were called that also

[@angryface01]

Ok but I didn’t know the “arms are guns” thing until I saw your cartoon. I literally thought the same thing. 😳

[@wipstudios503]

i didn't know that O-O

[@schattentaenzerin]

English not being my first language can make it hard to spot puns. Sometimes it's years later that I have a sudden moment of realization out of nowhere 😅

[@justinlipkin]

. . . I never thought that "look at these guns" referenced _arms_ dealing. I just thought it was meant in a "look how powerful these are". I'm part of the "not everybody knows" group

[@kiybutterfly3663]

Same but now we know

Gah… it's unrelated to "arms dealing". Completely. If it were true (and it isn't) it would only be related to arms = weapons = guns.

[@iimileena8404]

How did I never realize that

[@HarrytheDinosaur]

I genuinely just figured this out.

[@LarsJ1977]

They say puns are the lowest form of humor, but that just makes it hurt even more when you didn't get it. :D

[@kingjb554]

Yesterday I found out the reason its called "Chick-fil-A" is because its a play on a chicken fillet

[@Madfattdeeb]

Well, I just leaned something. I, too, just thought it was them saying that their arms are like weapons or something along those lines. 😂

[@DNAHCKR-19114]

My brother you've got to be kidding me. I had this same crisis until very now 😭😭

[@LeagueofJay137]

That ending 😅

[@lateefcarrere1649]

I see by the comments that a lot of people didn't make the slang correlation between guns and arms 'til this video 😁 Chris is not only entertaining, he's occasionally educational!

I see by at least one comment that this is wrong…

[@morganisapro8k]

i am the guy who never realised...

[@pixlblue1]

i actually didn't know that

[@MaVerik1727]

I'm going to be honest, I never got the thing between Armed dealer and "look at these guns."

[@Ilovetulinspower23]

I didn't know!

[@toranoshiryou]

Epiphany... I just heard this explanation for the first time 😀

[@TheIqbal227]

0:37 … WHAT

[@awesomegabi1685]

I also thought that

[@jolmerhier]

Whelp... today I learned "look at these guns" is a pun... I feel called out a little bit😂

[@Zimo868]

Well TIL that this is where the term comes from

[@Aether_Athea]

Oh- that’s why-

[@Antooo2011]

I didn't know :0

[@Cybix504]

I was today years old when I found this out

[@Thelucky_ducky]

I wasn't expecting the ending And somehow I actually didn't know that😂

[@chekote]

I am in my 40’s and still continually learning things that are supposedly obvious to everybody 😅

[@RasheedaParker-qn9ec]

Awesome 🤩

[@aheimbig]

XKCD makes a relevant point. If literally everyone knows something, for that statistic to remain true given birth and death rates, about 10,000 people need to learn that thing every single day. (1) Congrats on being one of today’s lucky 10,000! 🎉 (2) PLEASE KEEP SHOWING ME WHEN THIS HAPPENS! It’s so much funnier that way!

XKCD, or rather, Randall Munroe, would probably also add that this pun thing isn't true. So a lot of people learned a falsehood today. But maybe they'll learn about this being false later and then learn to be more critical and less gullible.

[@iwuedfh]

i insulted the cyborg's heritage worst mistake of my life

[@hsavietto]

I didn't know!!