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[@NinetyLegos]

Your videos are amazing to listen to while gaming, keep it up dude

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@AskEmkay]

Thanks a ton!

[@plumjet09]

@@AskEmkay No Problem

[@DefenderoftheOctoberists]

Epic gamer moment

[@BombBoat]

Also when going to sleep.

[@rockinrootbeer1795]

My German teacher loved telling tales from being an exchange student in Germany (he's from the US). He said that the first time after he gave a presentation everyone started slamming their desks with one hand. He thought his project was so aweful that they sentenced him to some kind of heinous fate and the slamming was their way of saying they're out for his blood.

[@tomholland_is_life]

Holy shit, that must've been terrifying-

[@SnapshotOfASoul]

2:00 It's actually common in SOME parts of Canada to cheer when a glass is smashed. It all depends what percent UK diaspora there is

[@rinpaisys]

For the getting over someone (I think this applies to any kind of relationship lost, not just romantic) the best thing to remind yourself is “I don’t miss you, I miss who I thought you were/who you pretended to be.” So often things fall apart because the person doesn’t match the idea, and it’s ok to admit you miss the idea. Or in other words “sometimes I miss you, but then I remember you were an asshole. F**k that noise.”

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@PastelScoops]

I went to a doctor and I told her that I am a trans male and mention that I wanted to get top surgery. Her first question was "well what does your boyfriend think about that?" She didn't even know I had a boyfriend. When both of my exes got a vasectomy, their first question wasn't "Well what is your significant other think?", It was all about them (which it should be)

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@Arrowshotfive]

Damn that sucks

[@Raven-Jomi]

I was told that I needed to lose weight before I could get top surgery 😅 In my country every goes on BMI and to get to the right BMI I would have to lose like 40kg... I work out as much as I can and have a Normal amount of body fat (roughly 30% last time I checked), according to my BMI I should be very obise

[@PastelScoops]

@@Raven-Jomi Cripes, what country do you live in? 🤦🏻 That's bullshit, I'm so sorry dude

[@blissvful]

@@PastelScoops exactly

[@mollym.891]

1:06:32 Dude, The Last Unicorn kinda scarred me. As a toddler I had a potable mini dvd player and that was one of the movies I would watch. My parents just saw the cutesy rainbow cover and apparently I never mentioned how mildly traumatic and weird it was (I only remember bits and pieces but it was a LOT). My parents didn’t know about it until recently lol Should probably rewatch it

[@IrelandFyre]

You definitely should. My kids watched it in VHS (because I decided I wanted my kids to have that experience for some reason 🤣) but after they started school, not as toddlers, and they watched it in repeat until they burned out the tape and STILL talk about how much they love it. I would love to hear how you feel after watching it now in conjunction with you having that experience as a toddler (If anything is phrased oddly or misspelled I apologize; I'm literally half asleep and using only one eye 😅)

[@kp12_art]

“When she gave everyone hugs but only ever offered me a high five” Okay but I used to have a squish on my friend (mistook for a crush but I’m aromantic, it was actually purely platonic) I took years before I could hug them. I hug them every time I say goodbye to them now but I couldn’t hug them I felt so embarrassed & it felt so intimate, I couldn’t do it lol. Still get the awkward feeling sometimes but we’re like.. besties like we’re basically the same person & I love them 😌😌

[@Jacoe413]

I had an eating disorder and was in the hospital ( my heart wasn't coping well) The cardiologist on shift that day told me I weighed too much to have an eating disorder. I was in daily out patient treatment for it.

[@mikryan6567]

Big rumour in high school was I overdosed on heroin n died, I started smoking weed n ditched school because of bullying, still haven't even seen heroin

[@Japuckle]

I died from heroin too it really sucks i wish i was still alive

[@mikryan6567]

@@Japuckle that respwan opinion is great eh

[@dragonsfire286]

Then how are you commenting 😵‍💫

[@mikryan6567]

@@dragonsfire286 you understand that rumours are not real right?

[@dragonsfire286]

Oh I feel stupid now 😂

[@PastelScoops]

A graduate heard that I was expelled for flashing my chest at a group of students after being accused of having baloney nipples. In his defense, it does sound like something I would do, but no one had ever called me baloney nipples, sooooo 🤷🏻

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@3_ormorecharacters]

proud to be the first to call you "baloney nipples", baloney nipples

[@DPWFG]

I have a few for the doctor, one 12: while at the doctor to get a refill on my asthma medication, my dad brought up the concern that my 9yo little brother was getting fat. The doctor came over to where I was sitting hunched over on the table, grabbed my stomach and said "looks like you're getting a little chunky too." 18: had a spontaneous really bad breakout of cystic acne. Went into get looked at, first thing out of the doctor's mouth was "what happened to your face?!" 27: best friend of 15 years had unalived herself 3 months earlier, and I had gone in for a prescription refill on my anxiety/ depression meds. Doctor said that I still shouldn't be so upset because "at least it wasn't your father, mother or child." These were all different doctors by the way

[@ZacGames3]

1:11:15 "Warning: Slow to know, will attach rapidly if provided physical affection."

[@darcraven01]

13:11 im 35 and picked up a great motto from a book i listened to a few years ago. the motto is "not my barrel, not my monkeys, not my problem"

[@becca-lr6er]

Actually, in some countries it's the norm to put your baby in their stroller and leave them to nap outside, especially if it's chilly... But I assume now they *at least* watch them on camera...

[@DeathclawJedi]

have you ever held a grudge against a teacher. mine was my 7th grade home room teacher. She hated me from day one no clue why and tried to make my yr 7 and 8 in grade school hell. So I became best friends with her son just to piss her off and proceed to refuse to call her by her last name when ever I came over to his house to hang out. We're off school Grounds "Karen" I'm not calling you Mrs. W. Still call her by her first name 30+ years later and she still hates me.

[@dragonsfire286]

Really my sixth grade math teacher likes to yell at everyone when they’re talking while she teaches but I stay quiet so likes me

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@hexterspectre1191]

hey, sounds like you won in the end - you got a friend out of the whole thing, and all she got was pissed the hell off for no reason 😂

[@jayemover_16]

Ian McKellen is just Gandalf to me forever. I don't even know any other roles he played, he's just Gandalf.

[@poison-LICKTHEPOISON]

He's Dumbledore to me

[@HahNo-d9h]

21:47 There were, like, 6 of me dating/liking another kid. It was my first year at that school, and I was an idiot. Half of the kids were just being nice to me. The other half was the other way around. I have never had a crush before. People also thought (before he died his hair) that a (now ex-) friend was my brother because we looked so similar.

[@jennhernandz3912]

Something else that’s good hot and cold Dr. pepper. It’s also good if it goes flat.

[@mathiayuso]

the being single one kinda hurt me lmao, i broke up with my bf today for mental health reasons 😭 we'll still be friends bc we really love each other but we aren't in a good situation mentally + i moved across the country so it became really difficult for us :( so yeah i hope we can get back together soon

[@kitaradepena6753]

Update did y’all get back together or no?

[@Rootropday]

One of my brothers use to watch The 10th Kingdom from the time he woke up till he went to bed. The other watched Shrek the Musical every single day for like 4 years. He couldn't sleep if it wasn't playing either.

[@justluna8729]

1:03:45 It’s different and clothes keep me warm!

[@ariaakee]

I had the same prom experience. This was when I was a junior. I wasn't ditched right away but she did have a talk with the guy she just broke up with and suddenly it was just the two of them for the rest of the night. I was so crushed that the following year in the senior prom, another girl who was apparently genuinely into me got upset because I thought I was being pranked or her asking me was a dare or something. I just came to hang out with the homies anyway. High school experience was pretty bad for me but I guess it taught me a thing or two going into uni since I was able to graduate without any drama, though that's partially also because the people around me were also more mature.

[@Snakeofwrath]

What's normal in my country but not in others? Bagged milk.

[@jayemover_16]

My warning label would be "Extremely Fragile" in the emotional sense.

[@Owler45]

18:24 My head cannon is that this is actually a story a mother is telling to her child in a way more advanced future but this is still consider sci-fi fantasy to these future people.

[@SebTheSamMarten]

On the 'small x on mobile ads' thing: I have had nothing but ads I have to click like 6 different buttons on to actually close recently and it's getting very irritating. Gotta wait for 5 seconds and hit a >> and then wait for ANOTHER 5 seconds to hit an X and then it lpens another blank overlay with the ad's icon and a big blue button that says 'download now' with ANOTHER X 5 seconds later AND THEN THAT ONE OPENS UP A HALF-SCREEN GOOGLE PLAY WINDOW THAT I HAVE TO CLOSE AS WELL. Just to get part a single freaking ad.

[@amazingredfox8624]

science teacher is amazing he hangs out with us and understands us 21:42

[@lonely-lee]

2:47 this is why i started calling people "babe/babes" so if i forget their name i can just rename them babes and they'll find it normal

[@bananat0fu]

1:54, I'm in the US and I don't think the other lunch periods do this. My lunch period is the band lunch period (because I'm a band kid) and whenever they drop a pan or plate in the kitchen area we all clap, bang on the tables, and cheer.

[@Weatherbg11]

26:39 not dumb, but funny: "I'll tickle you internally" - mary on a cross - ghost (i think)

[@MidnightWildspirit]

one way to politely end a conversation with a person who won't stop talking, before You go out somewhere stop by the dollar store & buy a bunch of socks. Every Time You need to leave just hand Them a sock & just leave.

[@Yuruble]

23:55 - It was made by the grain company, or whatever. So of course they're going to tell you to eat a lot of grain products! You don't need that much grain.

[@falloutgamer347]

11:00 id say smoking since i get a really bad headache from the smell and having to be around someone who constantly smokes would be a deal breaker for me.

[@Wesley_H]

Winning every war we’ve ever fought without using nukes, and then being really nice aboot it.

[@Yuruble]

15:33 - SOme people aren't good with social cues, so you need to tell them straight/flat out.

[@vinchelofourie]

1st one is from south africa 🇿🇦

[@BrickBusterVideo647]

2:44 when you’re in someone’s way and then you move out their way but they do the same thing and you both move in the same direction

[@Yuruble]

8:30 - The Man who Never was! It's a good read.

[@1EmuFan]

13:32 once i was in new york just swinging on a swing then there was a tree abive me. I got so high up that i was close to the tree. I was yelling the whole time “I MADE IT TO TREE LEVEL!!!!!!”

[@keshaartis8365]

Thin mints frozen (cold cookies) in the summer are top tier amazing.

[@GymbalLock]

54:51 Starship Troopers. What Heinlein envisioned as a merit-based society at war with Communist aliens was turned into a farce about living in a Fascist nation. The powered armour was nowhere to be seen, the Bugs lacked any technology. In the book, a small squad of Mobile Infantry can hop around, laying waste to anything in their path. The book features dozens of lightly-armed soldiers getting torn about by each Bug. It's like turning The Moon is a Harsh Mistress into a first-person shooter game.

[@Yuruble]

0:35 - Sounds like Mexico, but that's just one. I''m sure there are other places like that.

[@dontforgetyoursunscreen]

6:26 all of human history especially post 2019

[@RooiRokBokkie]

0:31 sounds like South Africa. Security companies are also faster than the police.

[@Weatherbg11]

56:39 Anakin, start panakin. I DON'T HAVE A PLANAKIN

[@PhantomReeper]

51:15 SPOILERS FOR HFJONE Basically any of the deaths in hfjone, but mainly Liam and Bryce’s death. Episode 13 just came out and I had just gotten into it. I don’t even know what it was,, it just made me really emotional for some reason

[@noideawhoiam3855]

15:05 nailed that voice

[@atomicfallout67minis]

In a pub restraunt or bar in the UK you must go weeeeeehy when a glass smashes on the floor

[@TziporaRaphaella]

On the forgetting peoples name thing- it might be too late for this now but when Facebook was THE place to be on social media I would work that in and go “Hey can I add you on Facebook? How do you spell your name?” (Never admitting “I have zero clue what your name is” 😂) That said, I made the mistake of asking someone this whose name was like Sarah Clark and she looked at me like I was nuts but if the name is that common might as well hand your phone over and ask them to find their own profile amongst the dozens of folks also named the same thing.

[@veracaide1373]

Yeah so uh 2:40 it’s probably not the same type of magpie. Australian magpies are actually vicious and have killed. The swoop anyone too close to their nest and can remember you for years and will tell other magpies about it too. If you get swooped once you’ll almost definitely be swooped again. They use their claws and even if you don’t get hurt it’s still scary as fuck.

[@Yuruble]

1:05:00 - I thought bison were extinct until my mid 20s.

[@benji_bi_boi]

Literally any total drama drama series I'll just watch them on her p whenever I came home from a long trip from Boy Scouts, I would always rewatch one of the series.

[@Yuruble]

36:40 - Similarily, spam/scam texts.

[@Jacoe413]

1:10:22 "forgive and forget" I will forgive you if you make an honest apology and an effort to change. But if you break my trust or hurt me.... i can't forget that

[@jayemover_16]

"You have to watch one movie for 24 hours straight or your family dies" Guess I'm not looking at movies for 24 hours! Bye bye, see you in hell! (If I had to watch the same movie for 24 hours for a million dollars, I'd be torn between any Paw Patrol movie, Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro, and Isle of Dogs.)

[@emnorfolk5559]

Middle school, 4th year teacher, (I was 11yo) told me "your family didnt survive the Titanic disaster, you can't find their names on the list"... I was 11, couldn't remember and had photos and items belonging to them!

[@VoidPetsBack]

As for the nostalgia one, one that came to mind was Coming soon to own on Video and DVD

[@britishbirdie9113]

My dad leaves the bathroom door unlocked or open when he's using it, then one of us opens the door or walks in only to awkwardly back out. I know we're adults now BUT DAD WE DO NOT WANNA SEE YOUR DING DONG. DO YOU NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR OWN PRIVACY? Annnnnddd then he complains when we knock and go into his room when he's naked during the day. Mum also spends all her time in there, why wouldn't you expect us to come in often? When we all move out and you're maybe still alive, then you can sprawl your body for all to see.

[@RustyRaccoon808]

16:14 mine would probably be the Sam and Max cartoon

[@rachelhunt1231]

30:33 yes, you need to watch it AND the rest of the trilogy.

[@rainbow_vader]

3:14 my mom: why do I hear boss music?

[@camefrommars]

The first one, i dont really know, here is different depending from where you are, so everything is weird and normal

[@olieko]

In many cities in South Africa this is extremely common. Theft is a huge problem here, 20% of the country lives in poverty so ppl can get desperate.

[@lya9677]

We have absolutely zero night life during the week, and barely any during the weekend But, that doesn't stop anyone from partying until whenever We just don't do it in the streets nowadays

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@belthizor]

7:05 why does Brandon pronounce the name "Richard Park" instead of "Richard Parker"?

[@m3meist]

What is (probably) considered weird anywhere else in the world for me is saying sorry for the littlest thing. I don’t mind it

[@Aetheroth]

30:58 Sorry friend, I do that too

[@Jacoe413]

58:25 well that explains why I cant lift my toes... Didn't like crust ( honestly really still don't)

[@billysmith5409]

There are in fact more ways to arrange a deck of playing cards than there atoms in the observable universe.

[@MooseShower]

I freaking love the count of Monte cristo and the musical

[@Gabriel-lh7gy]

53:23 a teacher divided the classe in two teams for a game, skipped my teams turn took a my answer as out of them punished my team gave the point to the other team, scolded me in front of the class and made half of my class hate me I was 7 my entire self worth was destroyed i still have problems with public speech and I could never make friends trough out school It took years and learning a new language to me to be able to even comment on things online

[@moonlord8725]

0:40. Eh... Sounds like a normal Easter Tradition to me...

[@moonlord8725]

2:10. Hmmmm... Sauna...

[@romaboo6218]

6:40 and Carmania was disquised AS the german ship

[@camefrommars]

Something cool but weird, for less then a week Brazil's flag was a copy of the USA flag, but blue, green and yellow, i find it funny because since years ago Brazil has something that reminds about USA

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@perrytheplate]

I’m having a convo with someone on KZbin rn about apples being in refrigerators apparently some people don’t do this

[@possumprince]

australian magpies are completely different birds than eurasian magpies, they just happen to share a name. eurasian magpies are in the corvidae family and are related to crows and ravens. australian magpies are in the artamidae family and are related to butcherbirds.

[@ChloeEIizabethPrice]

1:05:41 People still do that, it's called Hellenism.

[@laughify2989]

For the first one, going places without shoes.

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@camefrommars]

That would hurt, I think

[@Orange_96]

The queen of england one showed how old thisbwas

[@nabra97]

I'm from Ukraine. Lots of stuff are now normal that are unheard of in XXI century Europe, mostly messed up, but sometimes glorious. Or just weird, like, recepies for the Molotov cocktails are normal thing to talk about. Also, unrelated to the war, Easter and spraying girls with water is a tradition here (not sure about sticks), it's done in the Monday after and is considered a good luck. But I guess these days it's mostly done as an activity during festivals, so everything is consensual. St. Andrew's day though... There is a tradition that if any woman in the household is looking for the marriage, all boys around are completely justified to still something from the household (preferebly something absurd) and hide it in a random places. It's considered a sign of affection. I haven't ever seen people doing it, and I'm pretty sure it's something that only happens in small communities (otherwise somebody definitely will less than appreciate it and call the police), but apparently it's still a thing or at least was in early 2000-th, and I'm not sure it only affects people who are looking for marriage.

[@oceanbanana4341]

1:03:00 this aged well

[@echognomecal6742]

53:03 "Have you ever held a grudge against a teacher you still think of today? How did they wrong you?" Not exactly a grudge... Every (high school) teacher that acted inappropriately toward students, whether friend or foe (does Not matter). Especially those taking advantage of the smitten ones & the creeps who'd look down shirts, pretending to check work. Any teacher/coach/etc. who thinks it's fine & that it makes them the "cool" or "sexy" or "young-minded" or w/e teacher: Know that the vast majority of us look back in disgust, with laughter, pity or all 3.

[@konikonitrainerwill5969]

1:11:17. "Does not shut up."

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@kyxliz]

For the country normal thing when a house in built in my country it has bars over the windows or anything of such sort

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaa2374]

I knew immediately when you you asked what you were addicted to lol. Pokémon duh

[@BackYardRejects]

see I would be watching life on the murder scene too save my family because um . . my chemical romance. Ive already watched it like a million times lol

[@taiga1295]

The one time you actually say something rightly you think you said it wrongly

[@Jade_1872]

Thing I hate most from a dr in my past was “you might not want kids but what if your future husband does” like dude… who gives a crap about what a spouse you haven’t even met yet has to say when it’s your health on the line.

[@Smilley85]

0:35 Yeah, that's Hungary for you.

[@DayDreamingWriters]

Thats Poland too

[@ragegaming1653]

the first 3 notes of Both never gonna give you up and megolovania can get people to go NOOOOOO!

[@Noo-My-Only-Weakness-Dying]

31:13 I do this too omg

[@ZA-mb5di]

14:32 freeze pops

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@sentienttoaster6961]

i accidentally made mustard gas. never again.

[@plumjet09]

How?

[@DarrinBouch]

I think the first guy was probably from South Africa because that sounds like my house 🤣

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

oh handing change to me as receipt, notes, then coins tell me you are new to retail. coins in their hands first, then stack the notes on top of the receipt and hand them over in 1 move.

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@noobyplayz2840]

14:32 IM EATING IT *RIGHT NOW*

[@dragonsfire286]

My friend showed me heads on google and one of the options was shopping 🤣

[@camefrommars]

Time to go shopping

[@dragonsfire286]

Da fucq

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@dragonsfire286]

@Plumjet09 You didn’t ask

[@imliterallymedkit]

I love how people are still commenting on here 8 months later, im also guessing where everyone is from.

[@jwalster9412]

I'm going to say eating poutine on a regular basis is not normal to other countries.

[@MrBisonorus]

Th national dish of the Isle of Man is essentially a variation of poutine

[@jwalster9412]

@@MrBisonorus how dare they rip off Canada.

[@MrBisonorus]

I am Manx so how dare you insult my home for ripping off Canada And we make it better anyway

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@jwalster9412]

@@MrBisonorus no, we make it better 😒 But I am curious, what is it?

[@majimakensetsu6085]

woah a new video awesome

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@PastelScoops]

31:00 I also have this weird compulsion to memorize license plates! I want to hunt down this comment so I can let them know that they're not alone

[@plumjet09]

Ok

[@NbNgMOD]

1:01:00 my entire personality is fake, i dont even know who i am unless im alone