Turning The Most Weirdly Specific T-Shirts Into Characters

Karina challenges Nathan, Jacob, and Julia to make drawings based on the text of hyper specific t-shirts.
Edited by David
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[@normalhuman9878]

I think my favorite random t-shirt I’ve seen is “this is what a gay clarinet player looks like. I’m not a gay clarinet player, I just really look like one”

[@Knight-Bishop]

I must have it.

[@Catairio69420]

What about all of that but "im not a gay clarinet player, im just gay"

[@CowgirlandFriend]

(Please let the right person see this, Oh, GOD, please) The perfect shirt for *Grant Anthony O'Brien* With his "bit" by wearing it being that the "clarinet player" part is the point of divergence Come onnnnnnnn

[@Sceptile29]

When I was in marching band in high school, there was one game where we were talking with the other band and all of the boys in their clarinet section were gay and were shocked that none of ours were (Little did they know it was the trombone section who was gay for us)

[@ellagage1256]

It's me... I was the gay clarinet player... 😂

[@AndrewPRoberts]

2:33 Saying you're an asskicking editor with no filter while simultaneously sensoring the word "asskicking" is so fucking funny

[@jane_wants_to_feel]

i was struggling to understand what it meant 😭😭

[@PhyrBurd]

I feel seen. I've been a forklift operator for almost 15 years and this is the first time Drawfee has mentioned me specifically. I'm sure there are others who watch Drawfee, but I think I'm the one they were talking about. 30:15

[@MMDAMV]

I think you're right

[@simonw560]

You are the chosen one!

[@timo1805]

I'm the hotshot forklift operator who's only been operating for a year. My ARPAC trainer said I was the best first time operator he has ever seen.

[@aj-the-crawfish]

yeah im also certified but they were talking about you

[@RaeLynn1632]

I've only been certified for like 5 years, i bow to your seniority

[@bakersdozent]

“The cosmic entity that I am a harbinger of has judged you and found you wanting” goes so hard

[@TheDrawfeeBraincell]

“NOoOOoo DON’T JUDGE MEEEE” 😢🥺

[@Xhumed]

The oratrice mechaniqué d'analyis cardinal?

[@althelor]

I'm surprised that none of them mentioned how powerful that line is.

[@chriswest6988]

There's something uniquely American about wearing a cheap t shirt with several lines of text claiming that you wear a bunch of luxury accessories.

[@joelhaggis5054]

There's something uniquely American about wearing a t shirt with several lines of text .

[@spencerellisor9795]

As has been said in other comments, it is just a Ric Flair promo.

[@rudrawhale577]

here’s some un American b ut t with several accessories .

[@KirbyCom]

@@rudrawhale577 Whoa how did I end up at the ass eating store

[@alexjenkins1777]

The Venn diagram of readily available manufactured custom clothing and the celebration of high profile status symbols is pretty much a circle

[@katie3944]

As someone who was once a certified forklift operator, I can confirm that my skull did in fact burst into blue flames upon arriving to work at the warehouse everyday. I don’t miss it

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Sans was THE certified forklift operator

[@tortillachips3911]

​@@L0rdOfThePies😂

[@althelor]

That sounds painful

[@HellInternAKACandyMD]

@@althelor To us yes, but where they're from, that's the equivalent of flashing someone. They thought it was a riot, and better than their cup of coffee to start the day. Oh, Sans.

[@icarusty6481]

Uh, just so you know, that’s not, that’s not us. I mean, that’s not… actually you got it wrong it’s actually a crocodile that’s not alligators. That one that ate those twelve children? That was an alligator that was not a crocodile we would never- I mean they would never do that. They would never in, uh, in a million years. We don’t, I mean they don’t… uh they’re not even… *sigh*

[@dohndabe3472]

I started reading this 3 seconds before they started saying it and let me tell you that was a confusing 3 seconds

[@NoiseDay]

It's okay, I believe you.

[@Stemorrow]

This is all typed in the comment.

[@firelordoregano5632]

@@Stemorrow it sure is!

[@november5437]

i got kinda spooked scrolling through the comments while the video was going and hearing this Right as i saw it

[@jerrythemagichamster8586]

can't believe Nathan is back from his cats 2019 workers strike!

[@NCRLouTenant]

The Game Changer set finally set him free

[@Cutegreydollwolf]

@@NCRLouTenant sam let him esacpe for this epsode

[@martenmaarten]

​@@NCRLouTenantdont be fooled, it is just an elaborate sam says

[@Lawsonomy1]

... AND recovering from his fatal bout of Ligma, and made it into the episode despite being kept out by the other hosts, and drew alligators!

[@ThatPazuzu]

Nathan is back from his strike! He got none of his demands!

[@whitherwhence]

34:45 no offense but Julia specifically would never. She could have all the free assets in the world and she'd still be breaking her back in the background mines, designing a logo for a fictional brand of kitchen appliances

[@MadCheshireHat]

I remember Jacob operating a forklift in that weird forklift dystopia game on SSS and several people claiming to be real forklift operators commented they were very stressed watching him.

[@TheLiar88]

I don’t remember that one so I’ll have to look it up and rewatch. I wouldn’t be surprised though if he played out the old training video with the forks going through a break room wall impaling a poor guy.

[@GreiH]

Ngl I read the "weird forklift dystopia game" as "weird forklift disphoria game"

[@echonvoid]

@@GreiHdude same

[@JosephMarr]

Jacob "I think I would really like operating a forklift" everybody does, until the real operator shows up and starts making you feel real foolish

[@xChristmas1]

the "editor's hyperspecific tshirt" at 2:20 tickled me WAY too hard and i would love if drawfee made a weirdly specific tshirt in that style 🤣 edit: i'm finding out that they did and i'm devastated i dont have one

[@Desimere]

i was bothered by the wrong "you're" and i felt like it would be cool otherwise, but that i wouldn't wear it with the typo. Now that i'm in the section where they're picking on the wrong "it's", i'm wondering if the beginning was a reference to it since the misspelled text was added in editing. I feel like a copypasta t-shirt would be cool. For example the comment i just wrote sounds pretty stupid out of context.

[@leopoldbloom4296]

@@Desimere wait, what wrong "you're"?

[@Desimere]

@@leopoldbloom4296 "we won't take you're shit"

[@Desimere]

@@leopoldbloom4296 ah, it's the one at 0:38

[@leopoldbloom4296]

@@Desimere Oooh I thought you meant the actual shirt for a sec. I think that "you're" was ironic, it would at least be really on brand with the episode

[@ewill3435]

As a REAL *FORKLIFT OPERATOR* I can confirm that the moment we get our license we burst into blue flame and shed our skin. Unfortunately it's not covered under worker's comp.

[@samgonzalez8662]

Pretzel is something uniquely undefinable in a specific way; soup is something uniquely undefinable in a general way.

[@leopoldbloom4296]

reminds me of the Salad-Sandwich-Pizza spectrum of all things

[@redtomato4903]

@@leopoldbloom4296pretzel, soup, or pervert

[@toyourliking]

and honestly sometimes soup can be a pretzel (minestrone)

[@gurosirevag2882]

@@toyourliking there’s also the symbiosis of bread bowl and soup

[@EbbermanEmily]

Haven't watched the video yet so I'm excited to find out what this means

[@cassielynn7074]

As an alligator, who is also a licensed forklift operator, I feel that I’ve been fiercely misrepresented in this Drawfee Program video.

[@jackalopexjackalope9870]

I need a tshirt with a pile of Nathan-alligators on it. They’re so PLUMP and HAPPY 🤣💕🐊

[@nolanchill]

I love those weird dogs

[@LightningLynx89]

Nathan’s shirt is an entire Ric Flair promo. It literally has Ric Flair in it. Holding the Alligators down is a reference to Ric Flair wearing alligator skin boots.

[@CactusJackter]

and, as multiple accusations of sexual harassment suggest, he definitely wasn't afraid to steal kisses.

[@TheseBananasAreBad]

It started and I went “that’s ric flair”

[@lucasblanchard47]

WOOOO!!!

[@blunderbass851]

And Ric Flair is... a wrestler, right? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@Stevonicus]

​@@blunderbass851yep. Big star from the 70s,80s,90s.

[@Version0111]

I was a forklift operator and let m me tell you, it's not hard. If I remember correctly the first time I ever drove one was on my first day on the job... during the test to get my operator's license. They literally took me to a place, told me where the lift controls were, and said "drive it around, lift some stuff, & don't drop anything".

[@Desimere]

i'd drop something

[@ZackC]

The whole forklift certified meme is based around the fact that it’s a completely useless certification that literally anyone can get in five minutes and which means nothing outside your immediate employer.

[@ethanrapp6998]

Why did the part about being a deeply lonely person and trying to connect with people using hyper-specific t shirts make me so emotional? Relatable tbh.

[@ravenqueen16]

I just want a whole picture of the happy, chubby alligators

[@noelleelizabethan]

Same

[@Arctor-qd5ve]

I love a Nathan giggle-fit. As someone who used to operate a forklift, that one tickled me too.

[@gl00myharvester]

"used to"? Did the real forklift operator turn up?

[@freddycalabrese319]

I don't know how Karina's "country boys make do" went unnoticed

[@sarahsant6248]

RIGHT???

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

When?

[@Greyalpha]

It should be no surprise Jesus a master forklift operator; There is a whole song about how he lifts you up so that you can stand on mountains.

[@Xhumed]

That's against several safety regulations, he'd lose his licence doing that. OHS would have a field day.

[@Arithryka]

31:21 I need a shirt that says "I only became a *~forklift operator~* because my ❤❤❤dad❤❤❤ was such a *LEGENDARY* one, but I'll never live up to his **legacy!**

[@andopodes]

i love the sisyphean implications of gym guy and skinny's relationship

[@ambitionandtea1166]

i hope everyone harbors immeasurable appreciation for the editor who put their own specific t-shirt text at the beginning

[@happytofu5]

6:39 "thats why I call most animals funny dogs" - that its how they approached drawing foreign animals in the middle ages 😂

[@Spadernator]

Nathan's laughter at Julia's shirt truly digivolved my digimon

[@anastasijahabarova1533]

Actually, Jacob, in that particular instance of its/it’s usage, the correct one is in fact i’ts. Hope this helps! 🙂

[@TehBuggy]

21:58 Actually, did you know that gym’s have something known as an Extra Apostrophe’s Rule? In 1572 a nobleman named Jim Apostrophe (pronounced Ah-poster-off) rescued a man from a huge fire, but Sir Apostrophe actually later died from smoke inhalation. The man he rescued was actually Graham Grammers (the man who created grammar), and when he learned about his death, he created the Extra Apostrophe’s Rule in his honour. Then when gym’s were invented they adopted the rule as well!

[@TheyhemMayhem333]

Suggesting again because I think it’s the best idea I’ve ever had in my 26 years of breathing: You four spend a lot of time together! But do y’all know what y’all look like? I’d love to see a speed draw of y’all drawing each other without any reference! Especially Julia!

[@nathanielswanson7949]

^

[@lichenthrope__]

places five pallets around me in a pentagram, chanting: "I AM SO EXCITED TO PUT THESE PALLETS AWAY WITH NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE OPERATING THE FORKLIFT"

[@allyndeimos]

Nathan just dying at the reveal of that last shirt gives me life.

[@worshipwormking2327]

David's (presumably) hyper specific screen is very good

[@geminiangel23]

I'm somewhat disappointed that Julia's drawing didn't involve the real forklift operator performing surgery on a forklift. 😂

[@leopoldbloom4296]

Jacob was right, this episode was 100% classic Drawfee Energy. I was in doubt until Nathan's laugh at 27:50

[@BosmaRae]

Nathan's Shirt is just a Ric Flair shirt based on his promo from the early WCW days which having artist draw a character based on Wrestling Promos isn't a bad idea.

[@MrSkerpentine]

Nathan must be exposed to Steiner Math. It is inevitable

[@uuh4yj43]

​@@MrSkerpentine yes they have to do steiner math if they ever do this

[@MrSkerpentine]

Also Von Wagner’s Come Tuesday promo

[@FraseThatPlays]

They could do just Ultimate Warrior promos - they were like the random sentence generators of the 80s!!

[@williandalsoto806]

I don't know guys, as a wrestling fan, I'm almost scared to see Drawfee get into this mess lol

[@newyin9214]

He may not be a true fork, but he’s the fork who lifted up

[@peat_moss856]

Driving a forklift can be pretty fun! It’s satisfying to just pick things up and put them down somewhere else. The less fun stuff comes from the hours and the constant pressure to be faster.

[@misterthegeoff9767]

don't forget the part where the clueless manager telling you to be faster tells you to do the exact same dangerous shortcuts that your trainer told you never to do under any circumstances.

[@mirandatagliamonte9754]

2:18 I have learned more about David from this frame than from any other video

[@MLE_blue]

Aaaactually there are actually forklift operating competitions… Also as one of the few female certified forklift operators at my job I resonate deeply with that shirt and Julia’s interpretation

[@kairi99roxas]

Hey, I'm also a female forklift operator!

[@thaumaturgeslit7759]

I am technically certified to operate a forklift, and i approve of this episode of Drawfee. Good job with the Gators, the Skinny, and the Boys lifting forks! Love your content.

[@casualdon]

Those actually were alligators, good job! The way I remember it is alligators have round snouts like a "C," and crocodiles have pointy snouts like an "A."

[@thlayliroo]

but thats so backwards ;-; nature/words why

[@AC-AC]

​@@thlaylirooif it makes you feel better, caimans have C-shaped snouts

[@WyrmasterLarkspur]

Good news! These do appear to be alligators! The fourth lower tooth isn't noticeably bigger than the others :D (Though, alligators are technically a kind of crocodile - I've been watching a lot of Clint's Reptiles lately lol)

[@entwinedinivy]

Yes, love Clint!

[@edwinadunn1433]

Suggestion: There are many characters based on the 7 Deadly Sins, how about characters based on the 7 Heavenly Virtues. Or Suggestion: Draw Horror Icons as Magical Girls.

[@Desimere]

the second one

[@adamsingleton7771]

Ric Flair in his hay day could hold so many alligators down.

[@YourInternetPandaFriend]

"I'm vegan- I never exercise- I still watch Survivor and I will not apologize-" Poetry is alive.

[@michaelclapper6247]

I love the sneaky David lore drop

[@AllisonWunderkind]

Skinny's favorite song is definitely the Eddie Murphy classic "Party All The Time"

[@theslimjames]

Weirdest one I saw was "I never expected to be the mother in law of an awesome son in law, but here I am living the dream"

[@illadiel6049]

Alligators and Caimans have a C-shaped snoot, Crocodiles have an A-shaped snoot with a toof nook, and Gharials have a bong-shaped snoot

[@AlkanetEXE]

As a forklift operator, I can confirm the secret discord channel is real and it is bumping

[@TheRatKingOwO]

YAYYYYY NATHEN IS BACK! The show feels weird without him sometimes.

[@Lordpooz09]

He finally escaped the Sam Reich, Game Changer dungeon.... lol

[@yate0128]

Speed Draw Suggestion: Finishing off *each others CHILDHOOD drawings* Similar to the 'Finishing each others line art' episode. But adding in the old 'Redrawing our childhood drawings' episodes. Interpreting each others childhood scribbles into full artistic beauty ~☆

[@marinagonc61]

Absolute baller of an editing on this one David you always do a great job but this one chef's kiss

[@acrojen03]

Probably my favourite series I've seen on youtube shorts, is of this mother daughter duo that go to thrift stores and films themselves saying the text on oddly specific tshirts while acting out how that person would probably be. And it's hilarious, because they're sometimes so freaking deranged that it cracks them up and they have to do multiple takes.

[@Chet_Thornbushel]

As someone who did hiring for a staffing company for a while- I saw a lot of fellas who worked mid-level blue collar jobs and these types of shirts were their jam. I was tasked with hiring many a forklift operator and heard rumors about employees who weren’t good operators. The manufacturing/warehouse field is a whole new world 😶

[@eg_manifest510]

40:01 I love how "mildly irritated round head beard guy" just spontaneously transforms into "equally frightened square heard no-beard guy" in the final render, and the guy on the left turns into Bobby Hill

[@Vantasies]

This is such a small detail but I loved the little animation to reveal the three renders next to each other, it was so cool!

[@williampearce4531]

I used to be a forklift operator. Honestly easy enough that most people could do it so i support the premise of the shirt.

[@MrScientist314]

As someone who worked with forklifts (not a forklift operator) in the past that third shirt rings true

[@theodoratheunknowable]

I gotta say, I genuinely miss operating a forklift at my old job, it was so fun and great, and the only thing I was licensed to drive. I bet Jacob would love it.

[@BK.47]

30:37 "I want to make a long-form shonen comic about forklift operators." Jacob, you might enjoy a little videogame called Battle Construction Vehicles. It's SO close to what you're thinking of.

[@seobscript]

WEHEHAJANJSJS i was so haunted that i hadn’t seen any comments abt bcv that i wrote out a whole paragraph just now. shoutout to u for mentioning it

[@Luneytoon]

That first one is THE NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR! WWWWOOOOOOO!!!!

[@banana_bonanza]

I am certified to drive literally every piece of warehouse machinery except for forklifts. Most are nearly identical in function though. Reach trucks, turret trucks, dock stockers, cherry pickers, scissor lifts, motorized pallet jacks (if you want to count those), everything except fork lifts

[@Keithnicity]

The fact that Ric Flair now exists in the Drawfee universe, has shaken me to my very core.

[@whizthesugoi]

thanks for the input David "ass kickin editor" Editor

[@Ottermyst]

I was trained to operate a forklift when I worked at a Home Depot, but their training doesn’t equate to REAL licensing so I’m unfortunately not the real FORKLIFT DRIVER

[@sarahglickfeld9077]

I really like that the shirt Nathan got started by addressing whomever may have been speaking to that man, but the text is on the BACK of the shirt, so I guess that implies that he always has his back to people he talks to.

[@throwawayclipchannel]

The first one literally being the Ric Flair promo until the alligator bit really got me

[@BigBadWolframio]

These last episodes have had incredible editing, and the animated transitions are a delight!

[@SS-xr7jf]

Nathan dying at Julia reading her shirt was chef’s kiss

[@tabeatamm3594]

Loving when Nathan does that Nathan laugh like when Julias shirt got revealed

[@Walmbat]

I'm here to continue to suggest my weirdly specific suggestion that: artists draw Muppets as Soulsborne Bosses/characters!

[@MeonLights]

Now I want them to try this with "shirts that go hard", which are often very short but just as wild.

[@Polyworth]

genuinely I think this is my favorite drawfee ep -- there is something about how on your game you all were for this, and the fact that bc Karina was hosting that left her free to just make whatever commentary came into her head.. I love eps when you guys are clearly having fun & laughing. I mostly listen to you guys talk while I work, and it really gets me through the day lol. I've watched this ep like 6 times so far I think?? I don't know what it is but like. It might have to do with Gym/Jim and his eternal battle with Skinny. Or the alligators. Or THE forklift operator. Anyways this one's a banger to me, thanks for doing what you do!

[@imkemae8536]

Sorry Nathan, that's a croc, Alligators are smoother, the main difference is the snouts ! Gators have a more flat U- shaped smile, while we- I mean crocodiles have a more jagged mouth!

[@W-West5555]

Do you,look like this 🤓?

[@BluePhoenixAlex]

​@@W-West5555I think you missed the joke

[@W-West5555]

@@BluePhoenixAlex I think you missed my sarcasm

[@drycin]

I drove forklift for around 4 years. You too can drive a forklift - if you can dream it, be it! I might still have my old Hyster key and I'll pass it on to you.

[@daltonmontgomery4198]

"Who would be a better forklift operator, Goku or Saitama." Both of those men would be terrible at forklift operating.

[@bunbunnio]

“it’s scary” “It’s skinny” MADE ME ALMOST CHOKE ON MY MUFFIN LMAO

[@madaian369]

now I'm strangely invested in forklift operating

[@678Dreamer]

Can we take a moment to compliment the editting on the episodes lately?? So many new transitions and little animations here and there!! So so cute!! Love love ❤

[@homemelanie]

David earned my like this time with that hyper-specific title card

[@iamconfused-ct1dl]

I accidentally fell asleep and started dreaming about these characters, 10/10 would recommend, very entertaining dream

[@gabrielparr6291]

David's super specific title card was awesome.

[@jaderush4141]

02:20 Thank you, esteemed Editor, for your sacrifice 03:16 I love to watch ChilledChaos talk about Yu-Gi-Oh and then switch to the next tab over where Karina is talking about Yu-Gi-Oh The variety is truly astounding 09:50 I was so ready for Julia to say "If you watch us on Twitch, you are a funny dog"

[@dtstinto]

Finally a chance to flex that I have a BA in English literature and a licensed fork lift operator. I use one of those accreditations more day to day than the other... moral of the lesson, don't major in English.

[@The_Calvary]

The first shirt is just describing a rich Australian and you CANNOT tell me otherwise

[@Thorite_Gem]

This video has one of the most fantastic Nathan laughs I've ever heard. There is so much joy in it!

[@CurlyStuffing]

All I could think think during the forklift segment was the Game Grumps' Forklift Simulator "It's my job and also my passion" 😂

[@Oh_Hael_No]

I was looking for someone to mention the Sbassbear song!! 😂 My brain had Arin’s “do-do-do”s at the beginning of that song playing on REPEAT all through Julia’s drawing

[@KayDeeKeySull]

It's almost like Skinny is a... slender man

[@andrewwestfall65]

I used to operate a forklift. It was a decent job, got a list of stuff to do and then people left me alone while I worked, which is my ideal work conditions

[@EvilGuacamoleGaming]

My kid (with the help of my spouse of course) got me one of those 'my dad is as smart as iron man, as strong as the Hulk...' etc which is really cute, even if it's silly.

[@PredictedCyborg]

I love hearing Nathan just lose it and laugh so hard at things. The third shirt is a good example of it. EDIT: And now in my head to 'Real Slim Shady' "Can the real forklift operator, please lift up?" xD

[@edwinadunn1433]

Suggestion: Holidays as Dark Soul bosses. Arbor Day, April Fools Day, and White Day are some examples. 🙂

[@septawatt]

i love the first short cause it starts with “you’re talking to the -“ but it’s on the back so if you’re reading it you are absolutely /not/ talking to that man hdhdhd

[@eclipsion136]

i actually love this concept & all hyper-specifics within this episode

[@matthewnguyen5100]

Hello Drawfee I've come from an alternate time line where you did my suggestions, my time line was destroyed by Porfo; so trying this again "Drawfee Parade" Celebrate TEN years of Drawfee by creating a Parade each float showcasing a different Drawfee host "Yugioh Telephone" Celebrate 25 years of Yugioh by playing art Telephone, the starting phrase being the description of a Yugioh card "Gamefee Drawing Tourney" Celebrate Nathan's Birthday by Drawing prompts in a videogame stage builder (Smash Bros.) and playing on those stages "Backwards Pokemon" Celebrations is a set in the Pokemon TCG, Draw new by reading old Pokemon names Backwards as inspiration (sabeeF)

[@RileyPaige]

the first shirt just being a context-less Ric Flair quote is fantastic, lol

[@JoshBrak]

Holding multiple alligators down? Those are some big challenges.