Accidental Emoji Expert: Tom Scott at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail

[@turbo1431]

The deadpan delivery of "Japan what are those?" Gets me every time

[@UhOhTheStoveIsOn]

Same energy as “where’s the door” from drake and josh

[@JACKHARRINGTON]

*3:54*

[@spaghettipersonhello]

@Jack Harrington 4:02

[@kathrinehmunk]

It reminds me of James Veitch

[@crazyrobots6565]

@@spaghettipersonhello no, I agree that you need some lead up. Definitely 3:54.

[@oliverhilton6086]

"Japan, what are those?" That question is asked a lot

[@yevgeniygorbachev5152]

Hentai until proven otherwise. Actually, Hentai regardless.

[@maruftim]

They are living in the same world as Australia

[@yevgeniygorbachev5152]

@Tristan Basri Wow, this is old. Regardless, r/whooosh.

[@godassasin8097]

Stuff just flashed before my eyes

[@Digighost_5]

Ooh, nononono

[@TomScottGo]

I'm talking very quickly, and my microphone isn't perfect, so if you're having trouble hearing it, do turn on the subtitles! (It took me long enough to type them all...)

[@emmabelignazingwhate5150]

thank you so much! your efforts don't go unnoticed (:

[@joychapman9228]

Thank you

[@papaboot8076]

Thanks alot That was very helpful and the talk was awesome Good work like always

[@ВадимБаев-с9в]

you are too kind

[@sys_tem_]

Thank you!! Couldn't understand a word without them!!

[@maxximumb]

I wonder if we can campaign to get a Tom Scott, red t-shirt emoji included in the 2017 emojis?

[@TomScottGo]

+Maxx B I'm basically the "runner" emoji on iOS. 🏃

[@maxximumb]

+Tom Scott I want to see a plain red t-shirt. So it can be added to the list of weird things the Internet achieved.

[@AdrianMoisey]

+Tom Scott 🏃💨

[@karlkastor]

+Maxx B no, we need a tshirt modifier

[@SeanLynchiscool]

+Karl Kastor no a shirt motifer, pick any clothes for any emojjio

[@evilcam]

I love Matt's bit at the end. You really did do a youtube edit break when the glass dropped. You do it without thinking, which makes you among the most professional youtubers in the world.

[@insu_na]

I laughed first when I heard it at 8:24 and then again when Matt joked about it :D

[@Onimirare]

Dude, you never talked to anyone when some random noise interrupts you and you restart your sentence again? Or you just go like "no, i'm not repeating, I don't care that you couldn't hear me"

[@gemavaliente7675]

@@Onimirare take a chill pill mate, its not that deep

[@rosecityandbeyond]

I love tech-comedy. Wish there was more of it out there.

[@alexhannah8889]

I love whenever Tom does speeches, they are always so good.

[@simongreve]

8:25 is the time of the glass being dropped if anyone is looking for it after the outtro :)

[@LynxSnowCat]

9:46 for the second time it was dropped.

[@TomusMedia]

+simongreve that Matt Parker bit at the end was comedic genius

[@joopie99aa]

+simongreve That's amazing! :)

[@olligobber]

+

[@leandrolevant]

Thanks!

[@datenegassie]

You missed the most important question... Where is the levitating man in a business suit?

[@nyan0812nerd]

🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴

[@sump9306]

🖕🏻

[@CASTCorp]

It is in the activities section

[@stensoft]

Here: 🕴

[@farshnuke]

+TedCruzForPresident Thisv comment sums up why I hate the internet. Well done. pointess mean bullshit.

[@SergeofBIBEK]

Matt Parker and Tom Scott make for some awesome KZbin content.

[@katedoes...9783]

Search for Let's Play: Bar Billards

[@violetnhz]

+David Lam -flamingsword1 well Matt is kinda already a stand up comedian

[@standupmaths]

+Kate Does ... That was a while back! Loads of fun to film.

[@standupmaths]

+David Lam -flamingsword1 I'll keep that in mind.

[@HayleyJeffs]

11:04 where Matt talked about Tom's autoediting KZbin style made me laugh so hard! 8:23 for the bit he is referencing.

[@ChargePositive]

+Hayley Jeffs Thanks I was trying to find that

[@theredpanda3729]

It took me over 5 years to find this comedic masterpiece, I definitely exhaled at multiple of the red shirt man's jokes.

[@1_GigaWaffle]

Japan, what are those?(c) Just priceless XD

[@Knight_Astolfo]

+I am a cat? Quick, call a scientist, this cat's got amnesia! 4:02

[@Reitenshii]

+I am a cat? huh?

[@sirrobertwalpole913]

+Derpy Hooves typical Japan, doing all manner of strange things.

[@sirrobertwalpole913]

***** ??? Not sure this counts as clickbait.

[@tiltedtesseract8210]

3:55 "Whoa, Japan- Okay, that's fine, we'll put all these over... *NGH!* O-kay, right, that's fine, we're gonna, gonna put them in the standard just i- ō_ō ...Japan, what are those?"

[@tiltedtesseract8210]

+HyphenSam "Those aren't letters..."

[@tiltedtesseract8210]

+HyphenSam i see that :I

[@gigglysamentz2021]

+drew b. Thank yooou ! I couldn't hear it so I looked in the comments ^^

[@alexandermcclure6185]

They're 🕴.

[@NeatNit]

8:24 is the bit Matt talked about right at the end :D

[@aliciaclarke4693]

The last point he made is actual pretty interesting... I guess there have to be quite a few genius people who will feel kinda stupid when they see about what parts of their work the media will inform the people

[@lukethekuya]

Yep. It is sad...not everyone will really appreciate what other people give out and work hard so much for mankind...😢

[@rangerecho]

"That guy from the internet" is the most accurate job description Tom can get

[@dankengine8302]

TOM SCOTT HAS CHANGED HIS PROFILE PIC, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TOM SCOTT *HAS CHANGED HIS PROFILE PIC*! * Applause *

[@aimeemcdonald1581]

& nb people

[@Joeseanag24]

BREAKING NEWS, AFTER 8 YEARS, TOM SCOTT HAS CHANGED HIS PROFILE PIC, I REPEAT, *HE'S CHANGED IT AGAIN!* * Applause *

[@dark0films]

That edit break though when the glass was knocked over, even your hands movements.

[@orley6379]

Tom doesn't like shtick? Well he's in a.. SHTICKY SITUATION!

[@OfficialMexicanNinja]

get out.

[@cxmer7n]

orley leave life pls

[@LeonNFG]

orley automatically read that in a Connery voice

[@JamieThelin]

I love it when I see two of my favorite subscriptions in the same video

[@standupmaths]

I'll have to get Tom to introduce one of my videos next.

[@sznio]

+standupmaths Is there somewhere where I can find all the talks from this?

[@ethanedgington3561]

Tom Scott is that one friend everybody has that knows way too much about random things you didn’t know you cared about

[@RedDeadSakharine]

I'd love to see a continuation of this talk from a 2020 point of view!

[@Wheeze_NL]

Edit-Break, awesome! Will smile for a while now, thank you!

[@gordier6787]

0:05 “That guy from the internet who has an off red shirt” Grian?

[@muncherofpizza]

Grian.

[@cyber_dragon_123]

Too young.

[@gordier6787]

cyber_dragon_123 What

[@NimoClancy]

tom scott is to knowledge what grian is to building

[@renderproductions1032]

Who’s that graaaaaain character?

[@sophiew757]

love the "ready-made viral explosion of poo, which i guess is (insert disease)" phrase that came in both vids about this...

[@tamar597]

I was like: 'I could really use a Tom Scott video now.' I click on KZbin and Tom pops up with a upload from two minutes ago. Great timing! Thanks ☺😀

[@eloujtimereaver4504]

I wish I could attend these things. StandUpMaths and Tom Scott are two of my favorite channels.

[@MattNav]

Japan what are those ? Made me crack such a laugh

[@if3660]

WHAT ARE THOSE! I hate myself.

[@fredericapanon207]

Stupid? No. Frustrated? Definitely!

[@TheBassHeavy]

You are a brilliant speaker, Tom.

[@jessicawang6558]

For a second I thought I clicked on the wrong channel (numberphile) lol

[@standupmaths]

Surprise!

[@robinw77]

+standupmaths I like this Kinda Surprise (double joke, right there)

[@robinw77]

Elia Meyer Yes :-( I have to live with this every day though! :-)

[@erikakerberg1104]

Damn I wish I could present like that

[@wilsonouseph1347]

This guy is one of my favourite KZbinrs. I found him somehow back when he had 250 000 subs and watched a few videos. Then I watched his entire 'things you might not know' playlist in a single sitting.' Tom Scott is great. Well done mate.

[@MasreMe]

I have no idea as to when you upload, so seeing the video 12 seconds after it was uploaded is pretty remarkable to me

[@pjuklas]

4min. for me :D

[@Becky_Cooling]

8 years.

[@puhpuh3037]

"That Internet Guy" is the perfect description of Tom Scott.

[@ColHanko]

The “Japan what are those” line makes me laugh even today

[@MidnightAphelion]

This is one of those videos I file in both my educational and comedy playlists.

[@olicarpenter345]

We need more of this.

[@tncorgi92]

And America gets stuck with coverage of the presidential candidates until our colons leap from our bodies and strangle us in protest.

[@stensoft]

Sadly, condom emoji probably won't make it in 2017 as Unicode wants to create a whole safe-sex category for emojis. But this fortune cookie should be added: 🥠 (you won't see it until 2017 though)

[@mensrightsedinburgh4764]

+Barney Laurance do you want to work out the global legal implications of making "two men doggy style" a symbol in the text encoding standard? will Microsoft Word need to be 18+ all of a sudden?

[@HanabiraKage]

+Jan Sten Adámek Seems to me that condoms should most definitely be included if it's safe-sex. ^^

[@DerToaster97]

still can't see it..

[@mattomanx77]

Still can't see it. 2017 is almost over.

[@Sky-._]

No go on that cookie.

[@davidbuschhorn6539]

Back in my day we had emoticons and they were good enough for us.

[@tennicktenstyl]

but you didn't have pancake emoticon.

[@the1exnay]

But not all languages are as friendly to emoticons, and who can be bothered to switch languages on their keyboard. No they need emojis to be the universal language

[@mrmimeisfunny]

Please someone make ascii art

[@tennicktenstyl]

mrmimeisfunny ___ |\ | / \ | \ | | | | \| \___/

[@maixck]

Yeah, to the end user emoticons are the same as emojis. I remember messenger emoticons. Way before the iPhone. Being a pc user I was used to emoticons until they where in phones as emojis, so, no real leap there.

[@Dexbox]

3:09 *THE UNICODE CONSORTIUM*

[@trampledbygeese]

2022 and we might finally be getting a goose emoji.

[@firstlast6266]

I love both Tom and Matt Parker. Awesome video

[@standupmaths]

I love your taste.

[@Brewster227]

Tom, that's been one of your best talks! I loved it so much 😂👌🏻🏃🚶

[@ANigerianPrince]

8:23 is when he stops for the edit.

[@OrchidAlloy]

It's great that my two favorite youtube smart guys appear in the same video!

[@standupmaths]

One video could barely contain us both.

[@OrchidAlloy]

standupmaths I bet KZbin would explode if you two were to be on screen at the same time for more than a couple seconds.

[@CaptainClueless01]

Oh god me saying "it's you isn't it" got in there... I had no idea it was recorded. loved the talk, Tom!

[@darrenr49]

Really enjoyable to watch Tom! thank for recording these!

[@CBusschaert]

I'm sure someday someone will officialize the creation of an emoji-only language with strict grammar and vocabulary.

[@peter_smyth]

The kind of people who use lots of emoji, and the places they use them (casual conversation, social media) don't care about grammar now, let alone learning a completely new (and arguably pointless) system.

[@CBusschaert]

Peter Smyth nerds exist in all domains.

[@rosiefay7283]

Yes, there'll be an emoji for every word! We've already got an aubergine emoji and a pile of poo emoji we're already a good way there. and even if a word doesn't have an emoji all to itself, we'll work out a way to express it using two emoji together. And so we can write them with ordinary pens we'll invent a way to draw each emoji with a number of strokes. Stupid idea? Well, Chinese has done exactly this for thousands of years.

[@fredericapanon207]

But how would you translate abstract concepts such as existential angst as emoji?!

[@jamesharding3459]

@@rosiefay7283 I still prefer a simple alphabetical system like the Latin or Cyrillic system. Words are words, and that’s that.

[@inanjarif1388]

"And there was a ready made viral explosion of piles of poo,which I guess is dysentery" Never change Tom, never change

[@EmmaLiza]

Weirdly I was rewatching your last emoji talk before this uploaded. If this is my superpower it seems a bit bizarrely specific.

[@linkVIII]

time stamp for the glass thing or was that actually edited out?

[@homosapienssapiens19]

About 8:24

[@linkVIII]

+homosapienssapiens19 cool

[@TheNovanoid]

For anyone wondering: 8:22

[@-minushyphen1two379]

Also 9:25

[@flavoredchin]

I love that Tom talking fast immediately makes him hilarious.

[@SentinalKnight]

Did Matt Parker have a segment too?? Will it be on his channel soon??

[@HarryJeffery]

+sri charan Yes, he hosted the show and did a bit on "homonymetrics".

[@SentinalKnight]

+Harry Jeffery cool.... Hope it will up on his channel soon.... Fingers crossed....

[@standupmaths]

Yes, I did a few bits but did not film them. I have weekly videos on my channel though, so that should keep you going.

[@SentinalKnight]

+standupmaths cool ;)

[@kroneyt1493]

I bet Tom Scott cried the day The Emoji Movie was announced.

[@markl2065]

“Hire tom scott to speak at your conference” ah yes my conference

[@BloodyRainRang]

The Emoji Consortium, well here's a thing I never thought would end up existing. And just like Matt pointed out, that mental editing break was hilarious, although I was surprised when he said he didn't even notice doing it xD

[@Apollys]

Wow Matt Parker and Tom Scott, 2 of my favorite people!

Why I haven't been there, Matt Parker and Tom Scott in a one place! I really like them both!

[@standupmaths]

We've even filmed some videos together if you search hard enough.

[@ChuenLocke]

Tom is now the dude who introduces places

[@joe4490]

This is excellent, especially the last 30 seconds. How do you keep making so much awesome stuff!?

[@dananabread6632]

i'd love to see more of your talks, tom!

[@danielrees9977]

I think that was one of his best talks yet!

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

Don't get me wrong, I'm cool with Emoji existing, but I don't really understand why people need to have x emoji. I can sympathize for skin tone and I guess hair color, but what in the world do we need a pancake emoji for? Surely it takes longer to find an emoji than it does to just type out the word. Oh well, I guess it didn't make sense in Japanese either. 🍙

[@OriginalPiMan]

TheGuyWhoIsSitting I'm on Android, and for at least a few emoji I can type a word and the keyboard will suggest the emoji version of that word. 🐈 🍚 🍆 🌒 for example.

[@DarKnightofCydonia]

On Google Keyboard there's emoji search which makes using them way easier.

[@Liggliluff]

But then you two are typing out the word, and could just pick the word instead of the emoji.

[@andre1dewilbert]

@@Liggliluff which one looks cooler, 🥞 or *pancake*

[@jamesharding3459]

It came out of Japan. That’s all the explanation that we need. They do things…… differently.

[@entitledOne]

"Japan, what are those?" is quite a common question.

[@Grim_Cyanide]

this was like a mini TedX Talk xD

[@jimeans2281]

You crack me up. Enjoyed the talk tremendously.

[@NiraExecuto]

I lol'd at the end. Literally. Real literally, not fake literally. I legitimately laughed at the condom emoji part.

[@Tcop3]

Tom, please do a live event in California. America loves you, and America needs you!

[@GibusWearingMann]

That cowboy emoji turned out to be crucial in hindsight.

[@Slothells]

I feel you explained this much better here than you did in your other video approaching the same topic. Keep up the good work Tom!

[@polasragge1844]

Oh boy, those were some simplier times

[@MidnightSt]

I seriously LOVE your sense of humor, stage presence, all of it. If i ever get to try out doing standup on some open mike night, can I steal your jokes? Thanks :-D

[@benjaminfraeyman]

its now 2017 and guess what, we even got an emoji movie

[@mitigatekeeps1371]

Matt Parker! Never thought I'd see such a crossover!

[@standupmaths]

What is this, a cross-over episode‽

[@phazing9]

Absolutely amazing!

[@hawaiimaui123]

I'd love to know what model potato you used to record the audio!

[@dudds6699]

looks like a russet type

[@sznio]

+dudds6699 sounds* like

[@JaxMerrick]

Yukon Gold. I'd recognise that sound profile anywhere.

[@thewolfin]

Some person's phone in the crowd

[@abhishekthakker]

me watching this in 2021: these are sooo used now

[@KaathKilo]

Tom, you are amazing. This is why I watch your videos. You are smart, yet funny. I wish the best for you in the future.

[@Linaker22]

I really enjoyed this, performed like a stand up routine, but educational too, great combo!

[@matthewcrabtree]

The demand for more emojis will drive the production of an emoji lexicon the size of other human languages. The combinatorial power of the skin tone modifier can be applied to any combination of unicode symbols, and reminds me of how radicals work in chinese and japanese -- you combine them into a single character that takes on a new meaning; this, I imagine, will possibly be how this new emoji language evolves and is coded. Picture this: if you have an "emoji modifier" unicode symbol that is added to the unicode symbol for any japanese kanji, you suddenly have a placeholder for >75,000 new emoji, and only needed to create one new unicode symbol.

[@HW-ct1iq]

Tom Scott, I fucking love you. This was fantastic.

[@jaredfocose2048]

Funny running into you, Matt Parker! Get back over to Numberphile or StandUpMaths!!!! ;)

[@eatcarpet]

It's really amazing how much people take this seriously.

[@mcb187]

Matt and Tom in the same video? AWESOME!!

[@MrHat.]

Look up the YT channel 'Matt and Tom'

[@gsurfer04]

Hey, it's Matt Parker! I'd love to see you do a video together at some point.

[@standupmaths]

We've done a few but definitely due a new one.

[@philophos]

You and mental floss just released a video pertaining to emojis at the exact same time.

[@RainaRamsay]

+philophos Tom's was way better, though.

[@hendrikbg398]

Great talk, is there a video of the whole event?

[@standupmaths]

Sadly no, we tend to not film it. You'll just have to come along!

[@hendrikbg398]

+standupmaths I would really like to, but sadly it is a long way form Germany to London

[@PascalBrax]

that was genuinely brilliant!

[@007bistromath]

Man, imagine if they just broke down and added an extension character that somehow feeds in a user-supplied hex code for color.

[@CooksBooks]

Is it a coincidence that this video was uploaded at the exact same time as mental floss uploaded their video "Where did emojis come from"? Yes, absolutely but interesting none the less.

[@RainaRamsay]

+adamtheenglishteen I noticed the same thing.

[@user-qx7tm5df8j]

+adamtheenglishteen ................... you......................................

[@kylosalvesen]

And that wasn't the last time someone said "Japan, what are those???"

[@alsanova]

BRILLIANT!! Made me LOL at some parts 😄😂😄😆

[@Axalon45]

The "paused for an edit break" joke didn't really hit me until the aghast, revealitory admittance. Awesome presentation.

[@George_Azeria]

congratulations on your 401k

[@zJoriz]

Tom sure is a great speaker. He can make everything sound interesting. Even if it's blasted emoji.

[@skyew.3939]

THE UNICODE CONSORTIUM- coming to cinemas soon

[@MrInsdor]

Funniest thing I've seen in a while

[@MrInsdor]

DickyTracy Sure is! I've seen it two times now and it isn't becoming less entertaining :D

[@Laydralae_Joy]

Can't help but look at the colours chosen for the astrological signs and shout "WRONG! THOSE ARE ALL WRONG! DON'T YOU KNOW THE HEMOSPECTRUM?"

[@blancfilms]

How many red T-Shirts do you have in your closet? Honest Answer! :P

[@TheDolphiner]

There is a video on another channel Matt & Tom about this. Check it out :D

[@blancfilms]

Can I ask you for the link?

[@simwir]

+Lázaro Blanc kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmW2oIZ4pMShqas

[@kitkatchunky93]

+Lázaro Blanc kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmW2oIZ4pMShqas

[@Infragelb]

+Lázaro Blanc i think he mentioned it before, he ordered like a twenty pack to fill his wardrobe at university