What Ecelebrity Did To My Brain

[@milkmanswife93696]

no one ever truly shows anyone who's boss

[@normanclatcher]

Only the boss.

[@MarkusIfquil]

greg is constantly fluctuating between stages of "it's so joever" and "we're so barack" it is like watching someone's ego fluctuate at the quantum level at a rate that is indivisible by humans

[@YehudiNimol]

This Trumps all

[@catmar123ful]

Hot

[@AmCLihigma]

​@@YehudiNimolgenuinely the best reply anyone couldve made

[@catmar123ful]

@lol-lq9vz ok!

[@Yeaokayyea]

How are you all this cringe

[@seanmcdonald4686]

“Instead of giving you a third place we’ve decided to destroy the second place. Hope that helps.” This sentence really sums up the last 5 years.

[@janthran]

i really wonder if it's true that third places are going away or if maybe a lot of yall just dont go the fk outside

[@yaboykirby7789]

@@janthran It's both. Like third places are way harder to find but they still exist. This combined with avoidant behaviours make it very often not socially acceptable to talk to people. But just because it's not socially acceptable doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

[@seanmcdonald4686]

@@janthran Go outside and look, then you won’t have to wonder anymore. Obviously it depends on where you live, but generally speaking, yes, third places are disappearing. Where I live, if something isn’t expressly dedicated to making a profit, it’s deemed useless. Art is now either commodified or it’s superfluous. My hometown town used to be full of clubs and social organizations, one by one they’ve all disappeared. For example, my small town of approximately 5000 people used to have a marching band that was nearly the size of an orchestra *and* a large jazz ensemble, both consisting of grown adult musicians who met regularly, just because they loved playing music. The costs of their practice spaces were partially covered by the local government, and partially donated by local businessmen. The marching band had a dedicated workshop that repaired and maintained their instruments. These things are absolutely unthinkable now. Nobody has the time, nobody has the money, and honestly I doubt that we still have the talent. These are only two examples from a long list. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the line, “Nice idea, but who’s gonna pay for it?” The closest thing we have now are bars, where people pay to drink until they either forget their misery or wallow in it. I’m happy for you that you’ve not experienced this, but I can assure you that my local experience is not even close to being unique.

[@seanmcdonald4686]

@@janthran Obviously it depends on where you live, but generally speaking, yes, third places are disappearing. Where I live, if something isn’t expressly dedicated to making a profit, it’s deemed useless. Art is now either commodified or it’s superfluous. My hometown town used to be full of clubs and social organizations, one by one they’ve all disappeared. For example, my small town of approximately 5000 people used to have a marching band that was nearly the size of an orchestra *and* a large jazz ensemble, both consisting of grown adult musicians who met regularly, just because they loved playing music. The costs of their practice spaces were partially covered by the local government, and partially donated by local businessmen. The marching band had a dedicated workshop that repaired and maintained their instruments. These things are absolutely unthinkable now. Nobody has the time, nobody has the money, and honestly I doubt that we still have the talent. These are only two examples from a long list. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the line, “Nice idea, but who’s gonna pay for it?” The closest thing we have now are bars, where people pay to drink until they either forget their misery or wallow in it. I’m happy for you that you’ve not experienced this, but I can assure you that my local experience is not even close to being unique.

[@seanmcdonald4686]

@@janthran Obviously it depends on where you live, but generally speaking, yes, third places are disappearing. Where I live, if something isn’t expressly dedicated to making a profit, it’s deemed useless. Art is now either commodified or it’s superfluous. My hometown town used to be full of clubs and social organizations, one by one they’ve all disappeared. For example, my small town of approximately 5000 people used to have a marching band that was nearly the size of an orchestra *and* a large jazz ensemble, both consisting of grown adult musicians who met regularly, just because they loved playing music. The costs of their practice spaces were partially covered by the local government, and partially donated by local businessmen. The marching band had a dedicated workshop that repaired and maintained their instruments. These things are absolutely unthinkable now. Nobody has the time, nobody has the money, and honestly I doubt that we still have the talent. These are only two examples from a long list. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the line, “Nice idea, but who’s gonna pay for it?” The closest thing we have now are bars, where people pay to drink until they either forget their misery or wallow in it. I’m happy for you that you’ve not experienced this, but I can assure you that my local experience is not even close to being unique.

[@YitzharVered]

I'm calling it right now: era 4 is the grapefruit era. Gregory is gonna be totally citrus-pilled and acidity-maxxing.

[@ogifull632]

Annoying orange arc

[@RetroRaichu]

YAHAHHAHAHAHAA

[@Nersius]

Baking soda with grapefruit 🤤😋🤤😋😋🤤🤤😋

[@abstractdaddy]

grapefruit is best fruit fr

[@MP4_mafia]

Embrace the kreb cycle!

[@Panchooooooooooooooo]

I have nobody to send this to

[@ManCarryingThing]

this is very relatable and good, love you jreg

[@ytterbius2900]

The two people who make me simultaneously laugh at and dread the modern world are here! In one place! Amazing

[@liamthellama8386]

Wow, I cannot believe that micro eCelebrity I like watches other micro eCelebrity I like! I shall have to keep mindlessly scrolling through this comment section-feeding more of my time and energy to the screen-in hopes that I will be shown another interaction such as this and more reward chemicals will release into my brain!

[@meowsca]

@@liamthellama8386you're too good for this so get off

[@ungrave5231]

I like how this started out with him talking about his early roots writing sci-fi horror creepy pastas. Good foreshadowing

[@APaleDot]

Oh shit, good catch

[@Cthoanut]

We’re at the end of the plot

[@amoureux6502]

I was thinking halfway into the video that he should make an alantutorial-esque series and then I saw this comment and it all came back together (had forgotten that detail by the time things got scary)

[@Majkels]

Jreg always leaves a clue to let you know if he's fucking with you

[@khodges72]

​@@MajkelsJreg always leaves ME a clue. He directly looks at the camera and addresses me, telling me if the video is ironic or not.

[@shizuoheiw]

"I'm going to try to be as un-ironic and clear as possible in this one" I'm already confused

[@hwithumlaut8288]

It doesn’t matter. He doesn’t care if he believes anything he says because he’s not real anymore. He talks about this a lot Jreg has negatively affected my life a lot and made it hard for me to be vulnerable. This video may be un ironic, but it is not sincere. Sincerity requires vulnerability.

[@HaloTropical]

@@hwithumlaut8288 Jreg kicked my dog

[@shizuoheiw]

@@hwithumlaut8288 ok, with no way of knowing I'm going to assume you are being serious The idea that Jreg has negatively impacted your life tells me you have an unhealthy connection with his content, that is an issue with your maturity not Jreg I really do hope you learn to introspect and stop blaming your problems on sarcastic youtube videos

[@Havenkin]

​Sincerity doesn't actually require vulnerability. I'm being genuine about this opinion here and it won't affect me if you disagree 😂​@@hwithumlaut8288

[@theorangeoof926]

@@shizuoheiwNo, clearly my viewing habits have nothing to do with how I feel about them. /s

[@avnar9430]

“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.” - Rosa Luxemburg

[@DarrenSmith-j8m]

i like to move it move it

[@zacharyledford2785]

Best socialist

[@BlanketSoreness]

Thanks for the slop Jreg. I watched it on my second monitor during my league of legends match so I don't remember any of it, but I probably liked the sounds and colors in my periphery.

[@grimkahn3775]

I've finally found him. The guy ruining my lobbies.

[@Dman6779]

you play leauge, you deserve whats coming@@grimkahn3775

[@vladys5238]

Bro you gotta have purpose and only focus on the game and ruin ur mental state by tying ur fulfillment to a digital slot machine

[@joaquinillo_]

I've been thinking about it and I think I ruined both videogames and KZbin videos by doing this. Now I'm trying to keep them as separate as possible.

[@Myke_thehuman]

​What video games were you playing? I only play games that don't require that much focus? Like Breath of the Wild​@@joaquinillo_

[@digdogbulldogdog]

Long Jreg videos elicit a fear response from me automatically by now

[@timthesnail5927]

Jreg elicits a fear response from me

[@exa.-210]

Funny internet man on his way to make me earnestly reflect upon my life (as one of the only people here (somehow))

[@DeutscherDummer]

Every since the "I wanted to die" video, I put off watching these for a couple of days. Just in case it will trigger a crisis. haHAA

[@shadowsage1]

took me a few days to work up the courage to watch i

[@NoatheLAPTOPnerd01]

as someone who is actively trying to recover from alcoholism this was a regressive experience, love you jreg ❤

[@jpm199]

Gang gang three weeks sobah

[@inthefort6003]

Sweet ​@@jpm199

[@connyfucks]

try ephedrine

[@giovannaputhumana8460]

Fai munth sobah!

[@mirhan1769]

He would make such a good cult leader

[@APaleDot]

*is

[@丨匚卄匚几]

Staring at strangers expecting them to recognize you for being a celebrity is an absolute power move

[@megaultradamn]

PowerMad, yeah

[@mcspanky3241]

It’s the opposite, actually. Real celebrities hide in public because they don’t have to pray someone will recognize them, it happens every time they go outside.

[@jabuz_pas9459]

Wow this new era of Jreg will surely increase my level of parasociability with my favourite E-Celebrity !

[@llortaton2834]

@DanCobalt-kk2yy Wow thank you for this fabulous offer, since i clicked this link, all my account have been hacked and my entire net worth has been reduced to ashes, thank you internet bot.

[@andrewbrowne7831]

I feel like it’s transhumanism

[@jabuz_pas9459]

@@andrewbrowne7831 yeah honestly i didn't watched the video before making this comment, i did it as a way of getting a little bit of dopamine because i knew this generic AI-generated comment would got me plenty of little thumbs up!!!1!!1! I'm profoundly atomized and this was written on my second monitor

[@andrewbrowne7831]

@@jabuz_pas9459 very true, we do love our leader Jreg!

[@sparta117corza]

serial experiments greg

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

LMAOooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@sammxn-w2v]

​@@transsexual_computer_faeryywnbaw

[@shocksword6847]

This is unironically one of the best Jreg videos I've seen. It's easily top 5 imo next to (not) depressed and frameworthless. Thank you for making the art you do, Jreg.

[@bryceingersoll5080]

really? i couldnt tell because i was playing clash royale the whole time. if you could make some sparknotes for me so i could have an ai voice speak it to me that would be helpful thanks

[@hergasson1939]

Was on the verge of mental breakdown listening to this, paused it went outside and sat in the sunlight. It really is this easy

[@ZodiacEntertainment2]

You can't escape the world forever, though.

[@uonknomew]

Same thing happened to me except the part where u avoid the breakdown lol

[@thomaszwinger9784]

Borderline dangerous video. Fantastic work

[@uonknomew]

No joke i had a huge 2 hour long paranoia schizo ass episode after watching this. After that i also got a panic attack and cried for like half an hour. Idek how big of a role the vid itself played in all of this. But it all happened after i finished watching.

[@thomaszwinger9784]

@@uonknomew Imma rewatch it just cause you said that

[@Jane_8319]

“There are very few shacks in the woods left to escape to, and the ones left are going to burn in a forest fire.”

[@SaladDongs]

Thank you for opening up to me, Greg.

[@hwithumlaut8288]

He is not opening up to you. He’s proselytizing. Your a target not a friend.

[@hwithumlaut8288]

He is not opening up to you. He’s proselytizing. Your a target not a friend.

[@hwithumlaut8288]

He is not opening up to you. He’s proselytizing. Your a target not a friend.

[@maxim_ml]

@@hwithumlaut8288no he's opening up to me and me only

[@zulqernein]

@@hwithumlaut8288 Thank you for opening up to me, hwithumlaut.

[@mrgalaxy396]

Honestly a stellar performance mate. You are an artist in the truest sense of the word, you are able to conjure something entirely unique just for the sake of expressing what pops into your head. If you genuinely feel like this shit is affecting your mental health, might be time to walk away, you've done enough.

[@enki012]

completely agreed

[@crazygreek6341]

This feels like fucking cosmic existentialist horror. Unabomber meets Mark Fisher in a psychosis, I love it and it fucks my head so much man, thank you

[@hwithumlaut8288]

I’m really into that shit too. But man. Is this really the thing you want to believe? Maybe you don’t actually believe in it? Maybe it’s all a joke, but if jreg acts as if he bealives it, and says he does, is there a difference?

[@justinhageman1379]

@@hwithumlaut8288honestly I get the sense he half believes in his message to a certain extent and then over dramatized and exaggerated his genuine feelings into what this video is.

[@wapane7721]

you should read nick land :p

[@amoureux6502]

It reminds me of John Dies At The End the way it goes into horrible existential tangents and an ultimate god, ngl (book series only, not the movie!!!)

[@AnotherAvaibleName]

it's Lacan but in other words

[@A_CD_By_Thomas]

29:05 "That's what art *is*, it's a tool to make people conscious." This actually made me realize - I can't think of a single video of yours that I didn't give my full attention to while watching. It's hard to fully break down just *why* that is, but I think part of it is that putting your videos on in the background while scrolling around would be a lot like scrolling around while someone is vomiting in front of you. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, at least entirely - I mean in the sense that, like, it's hard to watch someone **expel** shit like that and not look away, y'know? There's just something sort of gross, in a lot of different ways but not least of which in a "gross for the soul" sort of way, to making something like that your background noise. The irony of your irony is that it doesn't really do anything to mask the very *visceral* and emotionally raw energy of your work. I'd say it makes it more intense at times, because you're that much more focused on the present content than uncovering the person behind it. I actually really connect with a lot of it as someone who deals with his own shit to expel, and that really does mean something to me. It often leaves me walking away with the same feelings only a very intense and meaningful piece of cinema can, and for that I commend you. As much as it can hurt sometimes, it *is* genuinely good at shocking me awake and getting me to think about things. The problem I run into, I think, is that pain like that can only work so much at getting you conscious. Eventually, it just becomes another stimulant, and you begin to stop caring about the irony and genuinely wonder what's going on behind there - something I know you semi-openly pseudo-despise, which is probably part of the reason why 70% of the commenters here avoid saying anything and just comment ironic catchphrases, but the thing about all this blending of reality and hyperreality is that I feel like at this point what you actually feel beneath all the obfuscation is what you're actually already saying. There is nothing you're just venting, nothing you're just rattling chains about or making fun of - this is just it. And I think that's part of why I fluctuate on being deeply intrigued and deeply infuriated by you, because it in a way makes all the talk about being "conscious" bullshit - thinking entails more than just jolting people up with pain. What's the point of acting like there's more to it than the pain when there's really not? Why pretend like wanton accelerationism is the key to making things better when it's really just glorified self-harm? I try to keep a cool head and believe that you're not as bad as that - if not because the best of your videos make me think so, than only because you and your community would point and laugh at me for thinking otherwise - but I wonder if you would point and laugh because you really *aren't* as bad as that, or because pointing and laughing is all you can do. I hope, as a wise man once said, you're doing better. Maybe not okay, but better.

[@normanclatcher]

Cycling back to this once after 17:44 hit me. I've been following this man for a while but something _is_ different this time...

[@Cardboard449]

I think you’re right about everything but the acceleration part. I’m pretty sure the whole defeatist acceleration talk isn’t meant to literally glorify it, more so as an exaggeration of what he knows is a part of himself and leaning into it by acting out a character. Presumably a way to show that those that relate to this video are this character he’s playing, or are benefiting the character he’s playing.

[@normanclatcher]

@@Cardboard449 too real; dial it back

[@rushinigiri]

A Carefully selected group of people who you get along with is precisely not a community. This is covered in the first episode of 'Community'...

[@justtiredthings]

fuck, I needed to hear this/we all do

[@kazzz2765]

This is more of an internet brainrot problem than an e-celeb problem.

[@resident-evil-jerma5389]

oh but to be an e-celeb you must also be internet brainrotted

[@kazzz2765]

@@resident-evil-jerma5389 I’m just saying he’s more relatable than he makes it out to be. We’re all chained up here. I wish he would go further with explaining his ideas like the me problem or with his definition of addiction. This is a very well thought out essay basically, wherein he’s too insecure and too meta - ironic to explain something beyond a one sentence description. You could say it’s Nietzschean, but the nature of his conciseness comes from a very different place compared to Nietzsche.

[@evelynsmith8241]

You put this really well!

[@MrJartsgamer]

sweet! 6 months of mental health regression in only 35 minutes

[@spiderclown5572]

Nobody really needs to read this, but I just wanted to say it somewhere. My whole life I've always been thinking, just endlessly thinking about stuff, and Jreg is the only person I've really seen that seems to think about the same stuff in the same way. A lot of the personal stuff he talks about and concepts from his art (frameworks, dissociation, "it") are things that I have also experienced and thought about. A lot of Jreg videos feel like someone's reaching into my brain and communicating and organising my thoughts better than I ever could. Some of it is confirmation bias, surely, but it still makes me happy to see someone say these things and not be all alone with this stuff, really enhances that parasocial feeling. I guess my point is that Jreg's art really resonates with me, specifically. None of my friends understand so I'm telling the techno-psychic micro singularity.

[@WEEDNUTZ]

i sppreciate your existence spiderclown5572! interesting comment. have a splendid life

[@auevi]

this put my thoughts into words perfectly

[@lilemont9302]

You should read a book /gen

[@Rodrigo-kq3js]

You should read a book

[@spiderclown5572]

​@@Rodrigo-kq3js Which one.

[@MrMartinBigger]

" I wonder if there's a connection between first person pronouns and suffering" is such a good quote!

[@gatergates8813]

Buddha started a religion outta this very idea

[@kazzz2765]

Dalai Lama basically said the same thing when he was asked about the nature of depression and suffering. It’s a “me” problem, he said. You can look it up on youtube i think.

[@swagmundfreud666]

@@gatergates8813 You could make a religion out of this!

[@swagmundfreud666]

@@kazzz2765 The cure to depression is community. Or IDK maybe not, who knows, I'm not depressed. I have problems, sure, but depression I'm fairly sure isn't one of them.

[@Devari_Cogison]

Yep, this video is going in the "this is a historical representation of society we will look back on" Good video, person I dont know.

[@bardoftartarus]

I um. I'm not having fun anymore. I'm scared and I don't know what to do. I know in an existential sense everything I do is meaningless, but I also know that I'm being told that everything I do is meaningless to keep me from doing anything. I am caught between the human need to love/be loved and the bitter taste of the suffering I've been glut-toning myself on. I often am intrigued by the way you see the world and the humor of your art but I am simultaneously despaired by the state it has left you in. I feel that all roads lead to misery and surrender if you don't die somewhere along the way. Good job jREG, you really showed the God at the beginning of time who's boss.

[@Sojiebee]

I recommend everyone watch Noah time after this. He just talks and does chores since some viewers said it was helpful. Really great example of how to take care of yourself even when you use the internet a lot.

[@deathtone720]

When Jreg said "In response to some of the arguments in this section, someone may say "Society must find a way to give people the opportunity to go through the power process." For such people, the value of the opportunity is destroyed by the fact that society gives it to them. What they need is to find or make the opportunities. As long as the system gives them their opportunities, it still has them on a leash. To attain autonomy, they must get off that leash." I felt that.

[@jays5002]

Hmmmmmmmm

[@robertgerow670]

I’ve always had a fantasy of someday “making it“ on KZbin, and I think this video is genuinely helpful in letting go of it. Thanks jREG!

[@theoneneolink]

Couple 4th wall Psycho Mantis moments that kinda freaked me out: The feeling you described where you felt uncomfortable when people ask you what you've been doing with your life is basically the same as a constant anxiety of mine and something I've almost verbatim confided to some people. Also, I actually had you on a second monitor when you called that out, but by that point I was actually fully invested in the video and had abandoned concentrating on whatever was on the main monitor (a blog), and moved it over after a couple minutes. Dunno what to say about the rest of it, especially since I'm also someone floating through the vector of the inertia initiated by a past self who decided that I should be an artist. I just feel bad, but in a sorta productive, I guess? At least it's not 40 minutes of Mario 64 liminal space porn or whatever vapid shit I choose to fall asleep to these days

[@morgothbauglir4898]

For anyone wondering, Memorlies (Jreg's Daily Science Fiction story, shown at 1:00) is definitely worth checking out. It's a short but very thoughtful take on a mostly fresh concept.

[@lecrishaevridge7278]

@morgothbauglir4898 You’ve positively affected and impacted my perception, you’re amazing. I’ll check it out, thanks for your suggestion, it inspires hope!!!! Idk. A comment that isn’t about yourself. And I comment about how your comment that isn’t about yourself affects me…well fuck it, I love you probably. Thank you for your time.

[@MrSomeDonkus]

I agree. I have just read it. Its pretty darn good.

[@normanclatcher]

If nothing else, it gives us a peek at his middle name. For lore reasons, his middle initial being J is kind of a big deal.

[@lilielf5652]

you make art and you've made me conscious for at least 3 seconds, for what its worth

[@rosa-acicularis7368]

Man, Centricide's success really did a number on you

[@HuntersHunter]

Thank you jreg here is all the serotonin I collected this week in the mines

[@samc7486]

omg guys hes finally found it. in all honesty greg you've made me conscious for more than 3 seconds. i live the existence that make you rot yourself away, i have lived with no meaning infront of my screen for a year. i started wanting to die to stop living now i am ready to die to live, all this suffering, it makes my life beautiful. iv seen IT too, mine's different of course it showed me how useless it was to try and to hope for happiness as it all crumbles every time i think im finally gonna be happy in the end, it felt like a divine comedy but i didn't let it get trough me, i accepted it and just let my hatred for it fuel me. Soon i might get the chance to rise up enough to spit in my gods face. sure il get smitten afterwards but hey, few can say they spat in IT's face. i wont die of old age or of suicide, there is a bullet out there with my name on it, but you are dead wrong if you think im gonna be the one to shoot it. -some internet lunatic

[@Juantidote]

this comment feels like it completed the video for me thxx

[@Anatoli001]

I managed to unshcakle myself from the art I suffered from, and chose the bindings of a 9-5 to ground myself from the insanity of the internet. I have even begin going to therapy in an attempt to make myself stronger....strong enough to come back to the thing I left because it was killing me. I hope and pray that I am one day strong enough to re-bind myself to what I loved so that I may love it again the same way, and be able to weather the storm.

[@hubi8129]

i wasnt prepared for a video like this. im a musician but i relate to it so hard and i felt like somebody said my thoughts out loud for the first time. its insane. take care jreg

[@ErikQuintanillaMusic66]

Same here man. This channel scares me in a good way lol.

[@cpsbBXCX]

yuh

[@TheLadderman]

Hey Greg, who knows if you'll read this or not, but I just wanted to tell you how much I really do appreciate your art. Really, you make some of the best, most thought provoking art on youtube. I call you Greg, not because I'm trying to make it seems like you know me, or that I know you, Instead I use that name because I'm talking to you, not your hyperreal self. Of course, the latter half of the video is Irony, but I also understand you well enough to know you really are thinking those thoughts. That's why they are presented here. So I just felt the need to remind you that we really do appreciate your art, and you absolutely should keep creating this high effort stuff. If this whole video was an attempt to get people to subscribe to your patreon, then it worked. I realize now that you really do deserve some of my money for you to keep on making this kind of stuff. I've been a fan for probably almost 5 years now, and I'm so glad that you keep on putting out amazing quality stuff.

[@wivincent]

“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” ― James Baldwin @jreg

[@Gaswafers]

Hope is a catalyst, and like all catalysts, it is most effective when crushed into a fine powder with high surface area.

[@EllysEscape]

Simultaneously the most deranged and most real channel of all time.

[@EllysEscape]

Video Idea for our algorithmic masters: I SPENT 72 HOURS IN MY ROOM STARING AT A SCREEN (CHALLENGE) #BeastSquad

[@APaleDot]

I mean... reality is pretty deranged

[@EllysEscape]

@@APaleDot true

[@mnbdy]

I LOVE MY CHAINS I WISH I HAD MORE CHAINS

[@alexandercolefield9523]

When I was 11 years old, I stared at a can of coke that someone threw onto my parents lawn. Here I was on a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, just enjoying the sun, and advertising was literally being THROWN at me. Why? Why was the reality in which I occupied? Why must I be subjected to coke advertisements, what is this pain I am feeling and why doesn't anyone stop it? So I stared into the sun on that cloudless day to find the answer. After the brightness made my vision go completely dark Jreg; I saw IT. I saw the reflection at the end of our humanity's existence. There is no escaping IT, you cannot run from IT. IT WILL COME ABOUT AND WE ARE ITS INSTRUMENT.

[@Shade-Spark]

Nahhh, don't worry, you only saw an infinienth of it, nothing to worry about! I mean how can you say It will come about while It has always been there, is retroactively being here and can never be there? All cool! If you just saw It in your own dimensional spacetimeframe, then how can you think that was It if you're not currently, eternally and never seeing it as well? Really nothing to worry about! It's not like a little frame of it was also its recursive whole and post-eternal void code!

[@yhorm8735]

In all honesty, Jreg there is no "Ego", there is no "Hyper Ego", there is no "Video You", or even a "Real Life You". Everything, everything that you have ever done, that is you.

[@ZachStachelski13]

There is no "you" only "it"

[@catmar123ful]

Better than my anthropology lecture

[@catmar123ful]

Glad I dropped out

[@Cthoanut]

This is the most sincere Jreg we’ve ever seen, lord, Armageddon is knocking on the door isn’t?

[@Prophet011]

IT. I. T. Information Technology Clever.

[@normanclatcher]

See also: _Internet Trauma_

[@teapotexorcist]

"I broke my back lifting Moloch to Heaven and all I got was this lousy Disney Land with no children."

[@ser_saffron]

This is one of your best videos, honestly. Up there with "How I Cured My Mental Illness". Especially the commentary about "rattling your chains". That's going to be influencing my thoughts for a while I like the consciousness present in your work

[@rybread1346]

Parasocial or not, i feel connected to the mental pictures you paint Grej, and although i sometimes look for nothing more than virtual opium when I'm on this site, when i click on you're videos its because I'm fully engaged, torqued up, hard as a rock, and ready to mentally engage with the ideas being presented. So thank you for doing that, for being an artist

[@daaara]

section about chains is almost exactly the lessons I learned with much difficulty between 20 and 28. structure, accountability, and unpleasant effort is all essential for meaning. If I want a put a peach tree in my neighborhood, first I have to dig a big hole. I really hated digging that hole, but the process of doing it and planting the tree creates meaning and accomplishment. Everybody has their own way of making meaning, and many are obsessed with proving that their source of meaning is life is the best. It's important to not let others' PR fool you into chasing a source of fulfillment that isn't actually fulfilling to you. You're always accountable to someone or something, that's okay. There is no true independence, and that's good - most people who are totally independent from society are outcasts and sociopaths. The people I respect the most are actually deeply enmeshed within in a community, a company, a movement, a family. The people I respect the most give up their time to the things they care about, such that huge parts of their lives are heavily structured and choreographed, all so that they can have impact beyond themselves.

[@awoo_horsie]

When I first watched this right when it released, I IMMEDIATELY assumed that it was going to pop off, and I was going to see it at a million in like a week . 2weeks later, and this masterpiece has 50,000??? What???

[@gbyjrjn]

15 minutes into the video I've realized there's another 20 minutes and however much I like and appreciate your manner of elaborating such profound truths as "No one is truly free and if someone was they'd be miserable", I can't listen to a whole 35 minutes of that. 15 minutes is optimal (I was born in the late 90s, so my attention span is not as bad as post 2000, but pretty bad already).

[@theawkwardamateurpotato6134]

I really like you greg. Or jreg. Whichever you prefer. I couldn't really explain it but. I really liked your videos. whenever i felt lost i felt like you worded out everything i felt. You're really good at describing things that i cant really understand. Abstract concepts and such. You taught me alot.

[@justinhageman1379]

This video is terrifying. Obviously it’s a massive stretch and exaggeration of the truth. That’s just jREGs satirical style but it does kinda feel like we are marching towards some sort of techno worship society where internet culture and ai slop consumes our social lives more and more

[@GuidoC-Design]

Sick and tired of every problem you present stemming from "I'm too lazy to go outside and kick ball"

[@normanclatcher]

My mother's love was always inexplicably linked, to _kick ball..._

[@heckYEAHman.]

8:39 Part 5A is so real man, honestly if you are want to have any sort of relationship with a public figure you are contractually obligated to enter The Box and never publicly communicate again. Effective immediately

[@toast1612]

This shit got me frameworkmaxxing and vrilminimizing

[@maldredthekind9268]

Watching this on second screen at 9 to 5 while suffering from ADHD (atleast i stopped playing LOL a year ago heh.) truly made me feel something. Thanks bro.

[@spaceghost8891]

I work as a concept artist for the videogame industry. I've fed everything to my career and built a very heavy chain, a very real master. But success and recognition made it all worth it. Even realized my kid's dream of illustrating for Magic the Gathering.

[@thatdoode9640]

This man is so ethereal I've discovered there's no such thing as Jreg. Instead I've learned the lifelong lesson that is everyone is a little bit of IT and Jreg has reached the singularity and ascended to ITdom.

[@whig3982]

Shut up

[@m39ap3dr0]

i dont even have to accelerate. im absolute addiction already. my whole life ive been online, i learnt to read online, ive been addicted for as long as i can remember. theres no escape for me, but maybe like in the divine comedy i can climb the devils leg or smth

[@whig3982]

Shut up

[@normanclatcher]

**blinks** Shi- I need to refresh my understanding of Dante and cross-reference my underlying dream memories. I remember climbing that leg, but it was a statue.

[@evyiam3780]

13:30 funny, this makes me think of a quote from Bergman’s Persona, “when you knew it was definite, you became afraid of being tied down” which was in reference to a family. Anwyhow. It’s kind of interesting how identify can be sort of like chains, but without said chains there’s also a lack of being bound to any sort of community

[@elusivemayfly7534]

Well said!

[@chrismurten6247]

15 minutes left and this is already the single best video I’ve ever seen

[@elusivemayfly7534]

It’s okay to acknowledge you have a lot of good things and are grateful for them, while at the same time working through things that bring you pain. Pain is real, and we all feel it.

[@TheD736]

In all forms of expression (art, slop, communication in general really) there is truth, even if that truth is just that someone, somewhere, expressed themselves at one point. It's interesting seeing a video like this and seeing how it compares and contrasts with the life I'm currently living. There are parts that resonate. Chains. The ones we choose, and the ones we don't. "Ego" and "hyper ego" versus who we "actually are". A feeling of changing, and yet feeling exactly the same. Building community. Social circles falling apart. Addiction. Identity. Idolotry. Thank you for delivering this well edited piece of self experession. I realize you didn't do it for me, you did it for "IT" but it still has been enlightening for me regardless. I appreciate it, Guy (sorry, I didn't catch your name)

[@covereye5731]

"Era 4 is whatever makes the most sense marketability wise." That's actually exciting because that's a viral video everyday (extreme challenge), riding trends (fun if done with a jreg subversion) or gen alpha content (ahead of the curve and unpredictable as of now).

[@daylonpayne16]

Finally the technocapital posthuman singularity demon has emerged from our schizophrenic identities and I can watch my favorite KZbinr personality discuss our accelerating end :)

[@daylonpayne16]

We’re so back reterritorialization bros :)

[@MatauReviews]

The only way to escape narcissism is through loving the other. Narcissism is believing that "The world is ending, I am ending. This is the greatest tragedy of all." When a truly conscious person (as you put it) observes the ending of all things, and they can breathe and acknowledge that it's still a miracle to be alive and honestly love others. Don't fall into your persona and expect to not implode in excess or suicide. Wishing you well. It's hell out here. I don't know you. But I hope you can give the love you wish to receive too. It's really rare but you're an intellegent and thoughtful person. Your contradictions will be resolved by those other people who adore you and want you to thrive.

[@aidanm8009]

Reminds me of the lyrics from MGMT’s song “TSLAMP” (time spent looking at my phone) that I’ve always found very eerie. “You should come with me, we can lose ourselves in nothing cutting faces from the feed and then try to turn them into something. Even if you choose to believe thats its ending you’ll come back to me again, you can go ahead and stop pretending”

[@ajsmith660]

You're scared of getting hurt, merging with the machine is an attempt to labotomise yourself so you don't have to face the reality of your fear, and you hate yourself because you're too far removed to confront all these emotions that are making u so miserable. I love u Greg hope you are OK x

[@MrMatthias]

This was one of the most artistic commentaries about the current state of the internet I have heard in some time

[@evyiam3780]

And yet, this is art, isn’t it.

[@shipwreck9146]

It's been 3 days since I first watched this, and I haven't been able to watch youtube ever since. Some of my favorite youtubers have uploaded since then, and it just hurts to watch. I really did not expect anything to have this big of an effect on me. "Art comforts the disturbed, and disturbs the comfortable." I guess I got too comfortable, and I guess you really are a great artist.

[@shipwreck9146]

It's been 2 weeks since I watched this video, and I'm still cringing when I watch KZbinrs that I used to love. Idk what jreg did to me this time, but this video absolutely altered my brain.

[@shipwreck9146]

It's been 1 month since I've watched this video. I'm pretty sure it permanently altered my brain.

[@humansadness23]

this deeply emotionally effected me, i hope you are ok Jreg. it does seem like we just adjust and thats all we do, Gen Z's legacy: Constantly adjusting to technology that isolates them.

[@jpm199]

Hey come on, we're still young, who knows what this hyper-adaptability will push us to, maybe we'll finally bring about the end in 20 or 30 years

[@shipwreck9146]

​​@@jpm199 I fucking hope so. He's not wrong about the alternative to collapse being It.

[@notmyrealname7634]

​@shipwreck9146 true, but we might have some influence on what It starts out as. the techno part of technocapitalist singularity is pretty set in stone. but i question if the capitalist part is. maybe we could leverage this into a couple centuries of fully automated luxury space communism before a loose singularity turns everything incomprehensible. worth a shot I think.

[@shipwreck9146]

@@notmyrealname7634 You know, that's a good point. Humans are definitely going to die out eventually, so why not embrace it and enjoy the 200 year party to end all parties?

[@Shoutatclouds]

My dyslexia turned it into "what electricity did to my brain" I WANT MY MONEY BACK

[@ErikQuintanillaMusic66]

I mean technically you're still right 😂

[@grimmbleaper9981]

ha i read that too

[@DarnisArt]

More slop please; Im glad that this video got COVID-19 warning otherwise I wouldn't know that it's misinformation and we're actually not in a totally atomized society without community working 9-5 from home so we can work more 9-5 from home.

[@normanclatcher]

Google's contribution to the form and function of this message is unintentionally hilarious. Covid is a blip compared to the technosocial diseases HE's talking about.

[@lucasayala9363]

You are an absolute genius and one of the best artists i've seen in my life.

[@nilsqvis1337]

It took me a little too long to realize this was in fact not a video from Greg Guevara, but from jREG and now I'm trapped

[@56jasa]

jREG is the conduit of Internet hysteria

[@zand7128]

The opposite of a paranoid schizophrenic is still a paranoid schizophrenic

[@GunnarClovis]

I've been able to repeatedly and successfully put more distance between myself and the phone, incrementally more over time. It's just as simple as turning off notifications for various apps (mainly social media) and deleting apps to cold-turkey stop using them (mainly social media). And keep it on silent at all times, and switch on Do Not Disturb to hide even more notifications whenever you don't want them.

[@amoureux6502]

I put this vid on because i was expecting it to be something I could fold laundry to and now I am nauseated and uncertain! Thank you Greg R. E. Guevara!

[@kertchu]

Man, while watching this video I just randomly look outside. It’s like I am only watching you out of obligation, like “Oooohhhh what will he say this time?”

[@StardustAnlia]

I looked up hyperego, but I believe the definition I imagined more deserves a word. I think that the external manifestation of your ideas doesn’t need to be the same as the external opinion of your character. If you give people your designs because you want them, but can’t build them, you meet people who want the same things, they produce them, then you cut them off, and ignore all the other people with opinions about the design. You don’t need people anymore, you have your products which you designed to give you everything you need.

[@normanclatcher]

I wouldn't know what to call it, but I see the appeal.

[@hansolobutimdead]

I'm jregging off to that thumbnail

[@Whobgobblin]

Don’t know why I feel compelled to say this into the void but I do genuinely relate to a lot of aspects of this, specifically the “having a job that blurs the lines between work life and home life and wallowing in self loathing and internet addiction” stuff, and it did kind of feel nice to hear someone else rephrase it from their own different life context, doesn’t really change anything about my situation or my understanding of it but it felt nice, and I appreciate that

[@miilotheminer]

For some reason the KZbin chapters glitched so most of the video’s chapter was “Volvo Launches new line of trucks” & I felt that

[@miilotheminer]

Got mixed up with auto line news probably

[@tavianenave4415]

You made me conscious for 3 seconds when you yelled “look at me” while I had this playing on the background of my morning. I looked. Then back to feeding my adhd worse by multitasking.

[@Waitwhat469]

Also, there is something nice about the idea of anonymous work. To offload the work of maintaining the hyper ego to the larger body and focus on the specialization I like. It's just the alienation from the larger body that worries me. Seceding that power feel reckless when also seceding all responsibility of my and the larger bodies well-being.

[@bennyboy5949]

Can’t find the timestamp but that line about how someone watching a video that actively changes their life and someone passively watching a video in the background makes the same amount of ad revenue… really hits hard. This video is so much more meaningful than the other slop I watch, but it’s not like KZbin cares, it’ll just get buried as another video in my likes. Even if I leave a comment saying how great a video is, it’s still just a +1 to the total number of comments. KZbin and the internet in general is designed to quantify quality, and measure how “good” something is with a number, which feels like a terrible way to view the world.

[@kingsting12]

Excellent! I was just looking for a dose of anxiety and existential dread to ruin my night. Thanks jrEg-Celeb!

[@qualia765]

golly i frickin love jreg's art wasting my time with this content has definitely been more meaningful than wasting the majority of everything else

[@chloebowen8375]

Ted Kazinsky would have a field day

[@neferiusnexus]

WHEN I UNDERSTOOD THE WEAKNESS OF MY EGO, IT DISGUSTED ME. I CRAVED THE CHAOS AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE ONLINE HYPEREGO.