@Virtual Sky Tate not my hypothesis, a core concept of quantum mechanics. First sentence from Wikipedia's "Wave-particle Duality" page: "Wave-particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that every particle or Quantum entity may be described either as a particle or a wave." It has a section devoted to the wave nature of large objects.
@@righteouslyfurious well that all depends on whether or not you in a bio chemical or radioactive wasteland but I think the root of its meaning is your not here for ever anyways and your life is pretty meaningless in the grander scheme so get high asf and watch the leaves fall starving to death? Dont do that eat bugs and rats theres always a choice and a consequence for it All a struggler can do is struggle after all
this video walks the line between completely idiotic satire and legitimate meaningful and introspective storytelling and the greatest factor that keeps it balanced is your raw skill of narration
Foul in the way of choice in interpretation of snake you see I’m god bitch you’re the devil although I’m anti christ anti life at the same time kill with no empathetic conscious of your feelings as I wanna not think of you’re pain physical or emotional
I think the point of the video is that we already are okay. It doesn't matter what we make or accomplish. Exurb1a isn't doing any of his videos because he wants to make life okay, but because he wants us all to know that life is hard, but we're okay anyway.
Still wondering though, are the trashy videos on him being an abuser or something true? Because by God, I am a very impressionable person, and I hate being led astray.
Random Stranger I don’t think they are true, a lot of the clips of him are very heavily edited to make it seem like he is saying stuff, also his girlfriend takes pills for her depression which are anti-psychotics and are very rarely given out to patients only suffering from depression. I think there could be a small amount of truth in those videos but i think it’s being twisted a lot
"we are not 'born to die'. does a book begin just to finish? does a song open with a beautiful chord purely to end? yes, we are born with the inevitable fate of death, but that is merely the final act of the play. we are born to love, be joyous, to move, learn, cry and feel. we are in fact, born to live."
Often death is from deficiency, some thing missing that causes a living thing's foundation to form holes which will inevitably cause it to crumble, naturally life was shaped by the harsh, cyclic conditions of a world driven by disorder, but if all needs were fulfilled a living thing would then live forever. In the end all starve, slowly with holes begetting holes faster than they can be fixed. To make a system that will not crumble, it requires indefinite self-improvement and the improvement of its surroundings.
Can we just appreciate the fact that there are no ads or interruptions of any kind on this high-quality content? Edit: Nvm there are ads now. Thanks UA-cam!
"The universe doesn't give a shit about you.. but your village? Your family? Me? We do." I love this line a lot. The universe isn't what will remember us. It'll be us, ourselves, that'll carry those memories. We'll all waste our time thinking of existential bullshit, wondering if we ever truly matter to the universe. The truth is, we don't matter to the universe. We matter to each other. We matter to the people who love us, and those people matter to us because we love them, too. We don't have to be part of some "grand scheme of things," because we're part of each other's lives. And sometimes, that's enough.
It's as true today as it was to Gilgamesh. He had to be convinced. Sing and dance. Eat your fill if warm food and cool beer. Pass the time away in joy with your chosen wife....It is decreed for you to enjoy short pleasures for your short days.
Bro, I commented on that vid about the crone showing up at the end, cuz I went through middle and highschool with this story to help me sleep, and went a little crazy it ended there
In 100 years, someone’s gonna discover this channel, and our descendants are going to have to deal with the most difficult English classes you’ve ever seen.
really, it is all manipulation of the fundamental physics of the laws of nature. made possible by the scientific method. by the acknowledgement that nature is bigger than us and that hers is the only game in town. -turtle guy
It is those who seek philosophy, are who which will understand it's true meaning. We may be shunned by society and ignored by the universe, but what makes us humans great, is on the inside.
I’ve been very sad the couple of days. Very very sad. I saw my mom on the video call and noticed she was getting older. Mortality hit me like a truck. When I saw my happy dog after a long work shift, wagging her tail at the sight of me, I started bawling. Every night, I was grieving for all the people I know. It made me very sad that all of the things I know now will disappear. Thank you for this story. I’ve been reflecting on it. I don’t feel as okay right away but I just know I soon will. As everyone and everything should, we’ll all be okay.
Wait until you realize the cosmic JOKE our existence is… anyways enjoy your life, I know you won’t ever see this but… struggle and pain makes things feel real
I think it’s good you realized this, before you actually lose them. Some things you never notice until they’re gone. I think you’ve been given a chance to truly cherish the ones you love.
"The universe dosen't give a shit about you" And i smiled For the first time in four months i gave a real genuine smile. Thank you for this gift sir no sarcasm no tricks. Just an honest thank you
"There will never come a time when everything lasts forever and nothing hurts ever again, but strength is taking a good look into the abyss and choosing to still be a good person." -Exurb1a
@@jakesanchez6621 By the time where misery was a human condition of the past, we will have found new problems to endlessly worry about. Such as the fact that happiness will have no meaning if there is no misery.
@@bandir2377 only within the human condition. That's how our brains work, and in just a couple centuries we can change it. Our brains are meant to hunt deer and endlessly fuck around. Not quantum physics and the meaning of life, but we did it anyway, because we were lucky (and also opposable thumbs)
“Go home, Tao. Don’t try to be a hero or a sage or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That’s heroism enough.” The way this made me start crying tears of relief-
dreamcore To say it’s useless is too much, but you can learn philosophy by reading books and watching youtube lectures. Studying Philosophy, I believe, is quite cheap, compared to things like biology or sth. ExistentialComic creator learns philosophy that way after all.
“Bad things happen, and the reasons for them are complicated. There is no snake, no witch, no evil genius; and there will never come a time when everything lasts forever and nothing hurts ever again.” “But the strength is in taking a good look into the abyss-into the eyes of the snake-and then choosing to still be a good human; even in the face of great uncertainty, and malice, and that day when everything will be gone, forever. It’s not gone yet. It won’t be for ages.” “Meaning and solace aren’t to be found in the heavens, but in the trenches of everyday living. We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be okay. And even then, we weren’t okay. Because that’s not how the game works.”
There will never be a time where everything will last forever... The heat death period, as the last black hole evaporates, and nothing but individual electrons remain: *umm excuse me but actually...*
It's like you (exurb1a) are creating something like neo-myths - great stories, but not about the past, but the future, with the same goal: to reflect on the present and give context to it. Exceptional work - you have truly evolved your artistry. Please never stop.
@@mrjoe332 exurb1a ism ? Who's the prophet, though? - It is not a real religion if not with the prophet .., but yeah .. .. we should make a religion out of this one.
“I’d give anything, to give up knowing everything” somehow reminded me of the story of Adam and Eve and how many folklores/stories/literatures talk about the curse of knowledge
@@BLFulle The mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam lived over 100,000 years apart from each other. So not really like the Adam and Eve from the bible.
@@BLFulle The burden of proof lies on the partying asserting an outstanding claim. When you can prove that the story of adam and eve, as in the bible, or in fact any story from the bible, is demonstrably and empirically true, then you can make statements about the "amazing" nature of science in relation to evidently and apparently fictional stories. Adam and eve isn't folklore, you're right. It's mythology.
The Old Woman was the Snake. And the Mountain. And the River of blood, and the Old Gods, and the New. She's all of those things, and none of them. She's whatever we need her to be, She's the first of us, and the last of us, and everything in-between.
@@xenomorph0623 :-) I only found this channel just over an hour ago. Now my face is wet because I know I've been lost for so long. And you are the first note echoing back from a song I thought I'd forgotten. (Not that song, the other one that hasn't really got a name) I recently found this, I think it might be for you. ua-cam.com/video/VYit47VVqkI/v-deo.html
Roelofs was, until the end of 2016, an artist who regularly collaborated with other creative people. Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the UA-camr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug. In February 2020, daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad confirmed it had taken Roelofs 6 visits to three different police stations between 2016 and 2017 before a criminal complaint was taken. When Roelofs was discharged from hospital, she gave up her career as an international photographer to focus on her recovery, as well as mental health and anti-rape activism
I had this saved in my watch later and didn't bother to watch it until now. Thank god I did, this was such excellent storytelling and I absolutely loved every line. I'm in a time of my life where I'm currently questioning if I should continue on or not, as everything has just gotten so tiring and stressing for me. Even daily routines feel like a chore to do now, and the constant dread of "something bad might happen today" is always weighing me down in everything and anything I do. Listening to this made me, undoubtedly sob, but also made me feel a whole lot better on this entire situation I'm in. You made me remember that things aren't always supposed to be good and that bad things do happen, but in the end; if I let myself, I'll be okay. If you do end up seeing this, thank you, you've earned a new subscriber.
I feel for you, I went through a shitty time awhile back in the peak of covid isolation where my Grandpa died, I couldn’t handle my schoolwork and then fell into an existential crisis. It’s so hard to remember that good exists when you’re depressed, isn’t it? Thankfully it does exist and now I can notice it again. I know it’s been three weeks since you commented so I hope you have gotten better. ❤️
“In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment and will never be more divine in the lapse of the ages. Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but when I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away but eternity remains.” ― Henry David Thoreau
This video made me realize that my beliefs that I was so confident about not even an hour ago are meaningless. I thought that I was satisfied with knowing that there's no reason for us to be here, and that's okay. But I realized that this whole time I was still looking for a meaning, and if I couldn't find one, I'd make one up. I think that deep down I believed that the meaning was to understand and know all, as has always been my goal. I never thought about how that belief is an insatiable one, one that can only lead to unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and even despair, just like if I had an insatiable lust for power like the kings and dictators of the past. I don't know what to think anymore. I understand why philosophers have always struggled with the question of the meaning of life now. I'm just rambling now, but I think this video really did change my life, or at least my outlook on it. I don't know anymore
Often people ask more questions than they even bother answering. I once heard conversations about the meaning of life, but each argument was self contradictory, and the counterarguments were no better, each didn't seem to get the point of each concept they referencing. The Meaning of a concept, of a thing, would only make sense if it was self referencial, self evident, as a hammer hit, a knife cuts, a bed to be Slept on, In the end Life, all the forms it takes regardless seem to always direct to a goal. The act of continuing. The meaning of life is to live, How to live? Many forms take many techniques, all in attempt to improve one's ability to continue, because the things that don't hold of improve one's ability, don't exist anymore.
This video really helped me process the death of my father from cancer. I have watched it a few times, and I can't get through it all the way without crying. I don't know that I've ever seen anything else on UA-cam that made me feel quite the same way. The story is so poignant, and so beautiful. Thank you. It helped me.
The answer is: No. It's most likely that you've never seen another video that makes you feel quite the same. Nor will ever. That's exurb1a for ya. Whoever he is.
Every time I listen to this, it gives me new insight on how I perceive life. Sometimes I cry at it. Sometimes I laugh and cry at it. Sometimes I just smirk at the tragedy of chaos, and try to see the beautiful side if it. My man, you yourself made such a difference in my life, which even you can not comprehend. I would like to thank you explicitly, and I wish you put this amazing mind of yours to deliver humanity from itself, whatever that means to you. Every now and then I come back to this story, mostly so it keeps me not grounded, but elevated. Thank you.
"Don't waste your time on snakes and windmills. Say goodbye." That's great advice. People spend too much time chasing things that are out of their control, and they miss out on things in life in their own back yard.
@@StrazdasLT I read it more like... There's nothing that he could ever do to bring his father back. Say goodbye to the father and go back to mourn with his loved ones back home. Many times in life, bad things happen that we can't control. We can't change the past. Learn from it, but don't lose sight of what we have in the present with the people who matter most to us.
@@boristheslav2860 more or less, i'd Say we were more confused than anything else due to It being the DM's first time running a game properly, but It had been still a very enjoyable session (Sorry for the late response but my phone doesn't like notifications of any kind apparently)
I know you've probably moved on from this video, but I still watch it fairly regularly. Something about this keeps bringing me back. I think it's just the simplicity of it. It's a soft comfort.
I like the message here about value. It is not the universe that brings us value. It is not our possessions that bring us value. It isn't even ourselves that bring us value. It's how we impact the lives of those around us that truly matters. One could create the best device ever, but if their fellow humans never use it it is entirely worthless. One could imagine the most inspiring story ever, but if it falls upon no ears it is uninspiring. But if you speak kindness to those around you, even only briefly, you've achieved more than most.
Your stories were required reading in my senior year of high school, and I did not appreciate them nearly as much as I should have. Coming back to this as an adult, with no expectation of having to do an essay containing complex literary analysis, is really cool, and I have to say, your stories are great. Excellent work, wordsmith.
Will Parry no he’s not the meme itself became a meme. reason why so many people say no-one: also I don’t have to be nice and some fuckhead on the internet definitely isn’t going to make me. So piss off kid.
@@reidrobertson8072 Just because a meme is a meme doesn't mean it's correct. Grammatically, he *is* correct and just saying he's not, doesn't make you right. But it seems that's lost on you, as you are another thin-skinned individual who probably shouldn't be on the internet if they get so easily offended by a chance, passing comment.
"We'll know everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll kill everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll forget everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll live forever, and then we'll be okay. We'll cling to everyone, and then we'll be okay. And even then, we weren't okay. Because that's not how the game works."
I distinctly remember watching this years ago, and not understanding it or it’s message. It resonates hard with me now, after losing my brother. Every part, about going further up, about knowing and killing the grief and the anger, it clicks now. It resonates. It’s something I’ve been holding onto as I deal with this.
Oi, I absolutely love your stuff mate. Found you some time ago with the Russian Revolution video. Link for those interested: ua-cam.com/video/ZZ55ZvBe07U/v-deo.html Keep up the amazing work, boyo.
@@Exurb1a You too, I'm a huge fan of your work. History reminds me that people can make a difference, physics reminds me that we're all worthless specks in an uncaring universe. I had no idea you wrote books, I think I'll pick one up. Thanks for all of the content and hard work.
Within a few minutes I feel like I watched a full movie for free and with the moral that opened my eye. Edit: OMG 😱 how come 500 people liked my comment.
@@Jonas-hs5pu yeah. We are made of most of the same things and mechanisms (mental emotional physical etc...) we just happen to be more complex on most levels so "being allergic to happiness" is almost infinitely more common in humans but animals can be too. Go to a crazy cat house and start studying their psychology/behavior and emotions and youll see animals are capable of some pretty complex shit inside the ol noggin
I don't think thats the intention, I think he had planned to say 'everyone has a vise' like how the old woman relies on drink, Tao relies on others, same as his father oh so clearly.
It’s what saved me from depression! To realise the lack of meaning in life, I think, brings more freedom and choice in who we are. Live life the way we want it.
The end reminded me really strongly of Jung's idea of the collective unconscious. How every human resorts to the archetypes to find meaning: We'll be okay when we know everything: seekers(soul), when we live forever: leave a mark(body), when we cling to everyone(heart), when we structure everything(mind). Jung talks about the surface archetypes and their shadows. The collective human struggle is to find meaning in the world. But the human embarks on this with an incomplete knowledge of their own self that is with a limited conscious. The first goal should be to find meaning from the shadows of their own psyche and to extract repressed experiences from the unconscious to the conscious. The last step is always to become more conscious and realise once humanness.
This dude is enlightened. Seriously. He just doesn’t want the guru post. Imagination combined with knowledge is the ability of the very few. Good luck. share. Share. Share. Don’t get tired. Don’t take to drink. More power to you.
It’s crazy how this started where the prequel leaves off, a prequel that came out 5 years later, it’s like watching Star Wars episode 4 straight after 3 if episode 3 was actually good I mean the prequel is a direct reference to 4:05
I think you would have said that anyday you watched this video You are just making coincidence an incidence In this cynical world, which it always has been and probably will always be, every bit of clarity is longed.
Niether, this is a purgatory torture designed by AIs which uploaded our intelligence for torturing purposes because we abused machines in our lifetimes.
There is neither heaven nor hell, because you've created them yourself in this moment. This is a video, and you may create the realm that you see fit around it. Go now, make it heaven or hell, but it will still remain ones and zeros on a screen. What matters is what you make of this clash between the silicon in the machine and the carbon in your brain, between that which feels and which doesn't.
I think... that I'm okay now. We aren't meant to be happy all the time, and that's what makes happiness so precious. It's rare, and while we have it, it's enough. We shouldn't give up, but we shouldn't hurt ourselves thinking that we're lower than we are. When we measure ourselves by the future, we'll never be happy. We've got everything we could imagine. And maybe in the future, we'll have more. Thanks. I've spent a lot of time over the last few months hoping that I'd get just another day, another day to reach for that rare future. But you've taught me, helped me realize that today, yesterday... They were that rare future. I have what I wanted so long ago. I don't think it's wrong to want more, but now I know that I don't need to be disappointed in the amazing things I've done.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand exurb1a. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of epistemology and existentialism, most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also exurb1a's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Alber Camus's literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike exurb1a truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in exurb1a's existential catchphrase "Go Home," which itself is a cryptic reference to the Zeno of Citium's greatest work "Πολιτεία". I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as exurb1a's genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a exurb1a turtle tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
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We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be ok. We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be ok. We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be ok. We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be ok. We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be ok. And even then, we weren’t ok, because that’s not how the game works.
If you wrote a comment here, you are participating in the game and are in play. How you play is the key and the only cheat codes there may be must be found within ourselves. As long as one relishes this existence, that one is winning the "game." Play fair, truthful, and well my friends, have a great Sunday and a better week straight ahead.
Well written. I took the elements as being related to going through the five stages of grief, as though each item was the reward you come away that empowers you further once you get through that stage and conquer it. After denial you find truth, after anger you find control, after what-if-ing and wishing you find reality/emotional or literal sobriety, after depression you find resilience, and after acceptance you keep the memories.
Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough. That's how it's always been done. Wow... thank you. This is pure art - the visuals, the music, your voice, the story itself, everything. It has really touched me, and few things ever do. Somehow, it feels like it takes a huge burden off my shoulders. I'll try to keep remembering what I felt as I watched and listened to this story. Thanks again :)
Me: Hey I found this really cool channel the other night. Friend: Yeah? What’s it called? Me: ............... it’s complicated. Friend: …okay. What’s it about? Me: .............. it’s complicated.
@@randomstranger623 I mean like, full length feature film. It would definitely be possible, and I feel like it would do pretty well. Especially considering that its somewhat similar to The Giver, except that if this was a movie, it wouldnt be shite.
@@jesuisfudgeman874 Oh man, I was so confused by your syntax at the end for a moment until I realized you were using the "it wouldn't be shite" modifier to draw on the comparison to the Giver, not opposing the movie to this original UA-cam video and implying this original is shite lol. I'm gonna leave my comment here explaining my initial misreading (your wording is fine, it's just one of those situations where it's easy to read wrong by mistake) just in case anyone else gets the same confusion at first lol
i think it would lose some of its magic, I really liked that we didn't see their faces, for example. And it'd probably get borng after a while. It's just perfect the way it is now
"he realized that matter is a particle, a wave, and a JOKE" is quite possibly the best line I've heard in ages
I love the one about the fathers ashes being like meteorites all done being cosmic
This sentence also crosses the line of being a little too close to actual reality
It carries so much meaning and is also a good joke itself :D
@Virtual Sky Tate all matter has a wavefunction, it just gets stupidly tiny when you have anything big enough to see.
@Virtual Sky Tate not my hypothesis, a core concept of quantum mechanics. First sentence from Wikipedia's "Wave-particle Duality" page: "Wave-particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that every particle or Quantum entity may be described either as a particle or a wave." It has a section devoted to the wave nature of large objects.
"What's science?"
"Sort of like magic but it works."
idk why thats my favorite part
Aiden Gaming agreed
1000th like
Some african tribes call their magic science too. They simply think science is "Westerner magic".
Science = Heresy. BURN IT!!!!🔥🔥🔥
I believe exurb1a is a Vonnegut fan - i've heard a few of his quotes scattered throughout his videos, and this is one of them.
"Stop! You look like you have unfinished snake related business" my new pickup line
Ok now, this is epic
Lol good one
What are some reactions that you have had?
@@fireshort3984 XD
So like, a ... snake ... put it in a ... hole
Get the joke
This story is the "Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional" quote and it was done perfectly
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That is the 4th Noble Truth of Buddhism.
@@SybilHolidayHolidayOHarafirst and fourth
But what if you're living in poverty dying of a treatable disease? Or starving to death? Is suffering really optional then?
@@righteouslyfurious well that all depends on whether or not you in a bio chemical or radioactive wasteland but I think the root of its meaning is your not here for ever anyways and your life is pretty meaningless in the grander scheme so get high asf and watch the leaves fall
starving to death? Dont do that eat bugs and rats theres always a choice and a consequence for it
All a struggler can do is struggle after all
"just exist for a while and be decent, that's heroism enough"
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Mikeph u can’t be commenting on spiritual shit with that profile pic
@@2ndYHWH quite ironic I must say
STONKS
Made it my Twitter bio.
this video walks the line between completely idiotic satire and legitimate meaningful and introspective storytelling and the greatest factor that keeps it balanced is your raw skill of narration
@kido33 now you got me wondering... what is the story? who is the other alex s.? i'm intrigued
Iron man idiocy
Alex s opción thought suggestive choice of gratitude
Foul in the way of choice in interpretation of snake you see I’m god bitch you’re the devil although I’m anti christ anti life at the same time kill with no empathetic conscious of your feelings as I wanna not think of you’re pain physical or emotional
@@nicolaslambert4144 ?
Exurbia needs to make more of these.
*And then we'll be okay.*
Swaggity cattity maybe with patron, but his videos take too long to make and there isn’t enough audience to make a living off only these UA-cam videos
best one !
But we won't, because that's not how the game works.
I think the point of the video is that we already are okay. It doesn't matter what we make or accomplish. Exurb1a isn't doing any of his videos because he wants to make life okay, but because he wants us all to know that life is hard, but we're okay anyway.
He released multiple books. Go read them.
Write this in books. Paint it on walls. Carve it into the sky. Translate it into every language. People should know. They need to know.
i copied the transcript and plan to print it out and leave copies everywhere, with credit of course.
Ik im way too late but how can i get a physical copy of the transcript
People not only need to know, they need to understand. Truly in their core
I think this one is specifically in one of his books?
@@user-uq5rm7io8hit's already a book though
This is the story that took you 4 months
I’m so grateful you never gave up
well actually ikr. I’m so glad - it’s such a masterpiece
This is my favourite UA-cam video and honestly might be my favourite story I've ever heard
Check M8 this and “were the last humans left” are my favourite pieces
Still wondering though, are the trashy videos on him being an abuser or something true?
Because by God, I am a very impressionable person, and I hate being led astray.
Random Stranger I don’t think they are true, a lot of the clips of him are very heavily edited to make it seem like he is saying stuff, also his girlfriend takes pills for her depression which are anti-psychotics and are very rarely given out to patients only suffering from depression. I think there could be a small amount of truth in those videos but i think it’s being twisted a lot
Friend: why can’t you come?
“Unfinished snake related business”
I’m using this from now on
im rolling lol thank you
Like no 1K
Friend: Seems a bit dodgy to me but okay, have fun
@@vancepeek8526 haha rolling.
And your pfp is a die.
That's funny
"The universe doesn't give a shit about you, but those people in your village, they do." - A more inspiring quote than most of the actual 'deep stuff'
@Scupake it's just a char i made up my self lol xD
so 1000 likes and you have one comment that is completely unrelated? Sure, ok.
@@2Meows how is this comment not related, it's just a quote from the video that I really liked :D
@@parafoxl7619 Nah fam, I was talking about the reply that was made on your comment
@@2Meows ahhhh my mistake. Sowwey xD
"we are not 'born to die'. does a book begin just to finish? does a song open with a beautiful chord purely to end? yes, we are born with the inevitable fate of death, but that is merely the final act of the play. we are born to love, be joyous, to move, learn, cry and feel. we are in fact, born to live."
Who are you quoting?
Often death is from deficiency, some thing missing that causes a living thing's foundation to form holes which will inevitably cause it to crumble, naturally life was shaped by the harsh, cyclic conditions of a world driven by disorder, but if all needs were fulfilled a living thing would then live forever.
In the end all starve, slowly with holes begetting holes faster than they can be fixed. To make a system that will not crumble, it requires indefinite self-improvement and the improvement of its surroundings.
Beautifully said.
What’s the quote from?
where is the quote from ?
Can we just appreciate the fact that there are no ads or interruptions of any kind on this high-quality content?
Edit: Nvm there are ads now. Thanks UA-cam!
Support his patreon
because the video is sadly demonitized.
There is for me
The ad in this video: “Am I a joke to you?”
No this is what he thinks is supposed to happen any way
I didn’t realise he wrote it until I heard the swearing
His style is so distinct and recognizable that you can tell it's his words just by the way he speaks them so naturally.
he was on LSD
@@rawtrout007 yes
1000th like 🦍
Ikr
"Don't try to be a hero, or a sage or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough."
This is it.
Elon Musk:
Press X to doubt
@@fallendown8828 x
This is exactly my takeaway from this video!! thank you for your comment, take care
@@fallendown8828 so true 💀
Can be a gamedev though
"The universe doesn't give a shit about you.. but your village? Your family? Me? We do."
I love this line a lot. The universe isn't what will remember us. It'll be us, ourselves, that'll carry those memories.
We'll all waste our time thinking of existential bullshit, wondering if we ever truly matter to the universe.
The truth is, we don't matter to the universe. We matter to each other. We matter to the people who love us, and those people matter to us because we love them, too.
We don't have to be part of some "grand scheme of things," because we're part of each other's lives. And sometimes, that's enough.
Everything matters and nothing matters.
xd?
Life does matter to the universe, Because the universe needs us.
What makes us separate from the universe? If we care about each other the universe cares about us.
we are the universe
I feel like I shouldn’t be listening to this for free.
Pergrinepi FACTS🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏿👏🏿💯💯.
Schluben No i agree but all i can offer is fellatio
Same
yeah... i feel kinda dirty now
I was the 1k like so I should watch this for free
"Just exist for a while and be decent. That's herosim enough."
That was my favorite part ❤️
NOOOO I build Type-Ω civilisation
@@Trademark-g1t Is that a Kurzesagt reference I see?
This is my life motto
Are you Jesus!!?!😇😂
But these words actually helped plus I clicked on this video by accident soo fate...huh!
"we must be the only creatures allergic to happiness"
It's as true today as it was to Gilgamesh. He had to be convinced.
Sing and dance. Eat your fill if warm food and cool beer. Pass the time away in joy with your chosen wife....It is decreed for you to enjoy short pleasures for your short days.
Came from "Then next comes" it really comes full circle huh.
SAME
Bro, I commented on that vid about the crone showing up at the end, cuz I went through middle and highschool with this story to help me sleep, and went a little crazy it ended there
Same
Crone? @@cujo7600
In 100 years, someone’s gonna discover this channel, and our descendants are going to have to deal with the most difficult English classes you’ve ever seen.
Just think what they'll make of hentai fanfic 'documents' ...
@@OldNavajoTricks 👍
@@anyyoulike1976 Did ancient Humans have intimate encounters with tentacley SpaceGods in bizarre rituals?
Ancient Mk'Tnnga Nu theorists say yes!
Don’t worry about school, just do your best, study a little at home and take care of yourself. That’s my philosophy anyway.
@@poisonfish2176 are u a student yourself
Whats science?
“Sort of like magic, but it works”
Wizard jizz
Kurt Vonnegut
fax af
Whats science
İts a refrance
What's science?
The class I have a B in
“What’s science?”
“Sort of like magic, but it works”
Lmao
I mean, yeah
"Magic is just science that we don't understand yet"
- Arthur C. Clarke
really, it is all manipulation of the fundamental physics of the laws of nature. made possible by the scientific method. by the acknowledgement that nature is bigger than us and that hers is the only game in town.
-turtle guy
thats what ill say now
yeah funny thing coming out of her mouth.. proceeds to be involved in all kinds of things one would classify as the thing she discards to exist.
I love the line "what's science?" "Sort of like magic but it works"
its etymology Magic means Knowledge, Science means to know
This guy is crying over how his philosophy degree is a waste, but if this is what it gets you, then I'll be damned if that's a waste
yo where can i waste my life? hit me up with that shit
I have my doubts the degree is what's to be credited for this
Wait he's got a philosophy degree?
@@phuchoang2023 it's been explicitly stated in many videos.
It is those who seek philosophy, are who which will understand it's true meaning. We may be shunned by society and ignored by the universe, but what makes us humans great, is on the inside.
"Not to be rude, but you're drunk, and old and a bit useless, really."
"You are being rude."
No u!
Marcus Chorn
You don't need to do much, including complaining about this. There's no need to be a killjoy
damn that's really funny should've been in the video
UNO reverse card
AND A MIGHTY SNEAKY SNEAKY WIGGLE HE HAD ABOUT HIM
yall this felt like a whole ass movie to me .
This would actually be a really good movie if made correctly
Nah feel like a fever dreams
Fr I watched this when I was baked not gonna lie and I swear it was hours long
Whole ass book to me
This would actually make for a great play
I’ve been very sad the couple of days. Very very sad. I saw my mom on the video call and noticed she was getting older. Mortality hit me like a truck. When I saw my happy dog after a long work shift, wagging her tail at the sight of me, I started bawling. Every night, I was grieving for all the people I know. It made me very sad that all of the things I know now will disappear.
Thank you for this story. I’ve been reflecting on it. I don’t feel as okay right away but I just know I soon will. As everyone and everything should, we’ll all be okay.
Wait until you realize the cosmic JOKE our existence is… anyways enjoy your life, I know you won’t ever see this but… struggle and pain makes things feel real
I think it’s good you realized this, before you actually lose them.
Some things you never notice until they’re gone. I think you’ve been given a chance to truly cherish the ones you love.
Weak times breed weak people
@@LunaRealized Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
@@danielbenavides8287 What's the cosmic joke?
"The universe dosen't give a shit about you"
And i smiled
For the first time in four months i gave a real genuine smile. Thank you for this gift sir no sarcasm no tricks. Just an honest thank you
this man... he is incredible, isnt he?
@@Funiquinho yes he is
The universe ARE you.
Right, something relaxing and pleasant when you realize how insignificant you are. How we are not gods and we just globs of meat. Really humbling.
@@wespicedmemes --😂We certainly ARE MUCH MORE than "globss of meat"😂Research deeply.✌🤷💖🌹
"There will never come a time when everything lasts forever and nothing hurts ever again, but strength is taking a good look into the abyss and choosing to still be a good person." -Exurb1a
How does that explain his "Misery Was" video, then?
@@jakesanchez6621 By the time where misery was a human condition of the past, we will have found new problems to endlessly worry about. Such as the fact that happiness will have no meaning if there is no misery.
@@bandir2377 only within the human condition.
That's how our brains work, and in just a couple centuries we can change it.
Our brains are meant to hunt deer and endlessly fuck around.
Not quantum physics and the meaning of life, but we did it anyway, because we were lucky (and also opposable thumbs)
It’s “and choosing to still be a good human”
@@bandir2377 We will be okay, and then we will be okay. But we still weren't.
Matter is simultaneously a particle, a wave and a joke
Ted Coombs best line in the whole video
That pretty much sums up physics sophomores.
McMod Mod u spelled masterpiece wrong
“Go home, Tao. Don’t try to be a hero or a sage or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That’s heroism enough.”
The way this made me start crying tears of relief-
If this is what a philosophy degree gets you, I want one.
Wolverine FTW considering he spends most his time complaining about such I don’t think it is
dear friend, i have one ... you will be poor and jobless, so i hope you don`t plan to support a family with it. Otherwise best decision ever :)
@@ghfryw I want to be a prof
Just read books and literature. Philosophy degree is useless.
dreamcore To say it’s useless is too much, but you can learn philosophy by reading books and watching youtube lectures. Studying Philosophy, I believe, is quite cheap, compared to things like biology or sth.
ExistentialComic creator learns philosophy that way after all.
“Bad things happen, and the reasons for them are complicated. There is no snake, no witch, no evil genius; and there will never come a time when everything lasts forever and nothing hurts ever again.”
“But the strength is in taking a good look into the abyss-into the eyes of the snake-and then choosing to still be a good human; even in the face of great uncertainty, and malice, and that day when everything will be gone, forever. It’s not gone yet. It won’t be for ages.”
“Meaning and solace aren’t to be found in the heavens, but in the trenches of everyday living. We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be okay. We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be okay. And even then, we weren’t okay. Because that’s not how the game works.”
i came across this comment at exact same moment narrator was saying it
@@thousandblades. same lol
Ellie W still, the story doesn’t explain why we should be good like it says in the quote
There will never be a time where everything will last forever...
The heat death period, as the last black hole evaporates, and nothing but individual electrons remain: *umm excuse me but actually...*
@@nicoleweigelt3938 You don't really have to be. The story isn't about being good per say so much as just living despite everything
It's like you (exurb1a) are creating something like neo-myths - great stories, but not about the past, but the future, with the same goal: to reflect on the present and give context to it. Exceptional work - you have truly evolved your artistry. Please never stop.
Hm..... *you could make a religion out of this*
@@jblakeplays2541 Agreed... And also, please don't. :)
@@WernerEdgar you mean
*please do*
@@jblakeplays2541 exurb1a is already my religion
@@mrjoe332 exurb1a ism ? Who's the prophet, though? - It is not a real religion if not with the prophet .., but yeah ..
.. we should make a religion out of this one.
“I’d give anything, to give up knowing everything” somehow reminded me of the story of Adam and Eve and how many folklores/stories/literatures talk about the curse of knowledge
Adam and Even isn't folklore, it's true. Even scientist know this. DNA proves we have common genetic ancestors.
@@BLFulle The mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam lived over 100,000 years apart from each other. So not really like the Adam and Eve from the bible.
@@MrBoxinaboxinaboxThen they have more research to do. That's the amazing thing about science.
@@BLFullethe story is told to be 6000 years old so the possibility of it being a 100% fact is highly unlikely.
@@BLFulle The burden of proof lies on the partying asserting an outstanding claim. When you can prove that the story of adam and eve, as in the bible, or in fact any story from the bible, is demonstrably and empirically true, then you can make statements about the "amazing" nature of science in relation to evidently and apparently fictional stories.
Adam and eve isn't folklore, you're right. It's mythology.
"and they danced the nihilist waltz"
I don't know why but thats a hauntingly beautiful quote...
G O D A M R I G H T
The Nihilist Waltz sounds like it would be a highly acclaimed piece of art what the fuck
@@Yickerman yeah
@@Yickerman yeah, that's what i was also thinking.
What’s the song?
You can't tell me you never thought that just maybe the old woman was the snake
yes, I did think she was the snake then i felt like a fool for thinking it
The Old Woman was the Snake. And the Mountain. And the River of blood, and the Old Gods, and the New. She's all of those things, and none of them. She's whatever we need her to be, She's the first of us, and the last of us, and everything in-between.
@@nodiggity9472 that was beautiful.. And I love your name.. Listened to that song this morning actually 💪
@@xenomorph0623 :-) I only found this channel just over an hour ago. Now my face is wet because I know I've been lost for so long. And you are the first note echoing back from a song I thought I'd forgotten. (Not that song, the other one that hasn't really got a name)
I recently found this, I think it might be for you.
ua-cam.com/video/VYit47VVqkI/v-deo.html
@@nodiggity9472 queen Elizabeth
"Sort of like magic, but it works."
That is one of the best things i have ever heard.
The legend THE WORLD ISN’T WIZARD JIZZ.
@@other317
Wot?
@@gunjfur8633 He's referencing another one of Exurb1a's videos in which he raps about technology and stuff. ua-cam.com/video/qE0UimODxNg/v-deo.html
The Vortexian thanks, about to reply lol
Go and hear more things.
I come back to this every time I feel lost, it always helps me feel better.
Me too. Exist and stay decent.
Same. Been listening to it off and on for the past four years.
Me too. I find solace in this video.
i understand brother
He needs to start a podcast. He explains things so well and makes you think so hard, and his voice is so calm yet expressive.
he got one bro
@@degeneratelowlife3171 what where please I need it
@@iris3706 ua-cam.com/video/5Tx6U5OhMDg/v-deo.html
exactly
@exurb1a
You found the balance between philosophy and comedy. For this, i shall commend you.
There is no balance. Philosophy in a way is comedy and vice versa. Everything beyond is rubbish.
agreed
Everything is comedic if said in the right tone and/or context 🗿
Roelofs was, until the end of 2016, an artist who regularly collaborated with other creative people. Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the UA-camr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug. In February 2020, daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad confirmed it had taken Roelofs 6 visits to three different police stations between 2016 and 2017 before a criminal complaint was taken. When Roelofs was discharged from hospital, she gave up her career as an international photographer to focus on her recovery, as well as mental health and anti-rape activism
@@flask223 ok
will hold my subscription until further details
Thanks for being our old woman exurb1a.
This
is
so
epic
420 likes nice
I had this saved in my watch later and didn't bother to watch it until now. Thank god I did, this was such excellent storytelling and I absolutely loved every line.
I'm in a time of my life where I'm currently questioning if I should continue on or not, as everything has just gotten so tiring and stressing for me. Even daily routines feel like a chore to do now, and the constant dread of "something bad might happen today" is always weighing me down in everything and anything I do.
Listening to this made me, undoubtedly sob, but also made me feel a whole lot better on this entire situation I'm in. You made me remember that things aren't always supposed to be good and that bad things do happen, but in the end; if I let myself, I'll be okay.
If you do end up seeing this, thank you, you've earned a new subscriber.
I feel for you, I went through a shitty time awhile back in the peak of covid isolation where my Grandpa died, I couldn’t handle my schoolwork and then fell into an existential crisis. It’s so hard to remember that good exists when you’re depressed, isn’t it? Thankfully it does exist and now I can notice it again. I know it’s been three weeks since you commented so I hope you have gotten better. ❤️
this is the shit they gonna teach in classes in 100 years
As long as the government is still as misguided as they are now we won't be here m8
the thought gives me chills
Jibida felipo haemmorroids
*reads comment about English teacher wanting to give this script to her kids*
*reads this*
Me: Welp...
@@Baseiscc where
"meaning and solace aren't to be found in the heavens, but in the trenches of everyday living.'"
“In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment and will never be more divine in the lapse of the ages. Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but when I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away but eternity remains.”
― Henry David Thoreau
The line you quoted from this video makes me think of that Thoreau quote, every time.
"Tragedies happen, people die, it's all a game, it's all a facade!"
19,5 minutes of exurbia content? What a time to be alive.
19,5 minutes to inflict days of an existential crisis
And then... It ended. And so our search for purpose began once again
But are we? What is "alive" at the end of the reality tunnel?
This video made me realize that my beliefs that I was so confident about not even an hour ago are meaningless. I thought that I was satisfied with knowing that there's no reason for us to be here, and that's okay. But I realized that this whole time I was still looking for a meaning, and if I couldn't find one, I'd make one up. I think that deep down I believed that the meaning was to understand and know all, as has always been my goal. I never thought about how that belief is an insatiable one, one that can only lead to unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and even despair, just like if I had an insatiable lust for power like the kings and dictators of the past. I don't know what to think anymore. I understand why philosophers have always struggled with the question of the meaning of life now. I'm just rambling now, but I think this video really did change my life, or at least my outlook on it. I don't know anymore
Often people ask more questions than they even bother answering. I once heard conversations about the meaning of life, but each argument was self contradictory, and the counterarguments were no better, each didn't seem to get the point of each concept they referencing.
The Meaning of a concept, of a thing, would only make sense if it was self referencial, self evident,
as a hammer hit, a knife cuts, a bed to be Slept on,
In the end Life, all the forms it takes regardless seem to always direct to a goal.
The act of continuing.
The meaning of life is to live,
How to live? Many forms take many techniques, all in attempt to improve one's ability to continue, because the things that don't hold of improve one's ability, don't exist anymore.
"Every place is the center of the universe. Every moment is the most important moment. Everything is the meaning of the life."
every moment is the only moment
the existentialist its optimistic but i like the implication of this omnipurpose
you forgot to quote dan harmon...from whom u got this lol
wow 2 years ago :)
wow 5 months ago
“You look like someone with unfinished snake related business”
”Uhh not actually. I'm just here to jump off the mountain”
"Oh yes, and a mighty, sneaky, sneaky wiggly he had about him also."
@@wrighteously I think so.
@@wrighteously yeah
lajtningsped Pretty funny
This video really helped me process the death of my father from cancer. I have watched it a few times, and I can't get through it all the way without crying. I don't know that I've ever seen anything else on UA-cam that made me feel quite the same way. The story is so poignant, and so beautiful. Thank you. It helped me.
Same story brother, be strong there
And exactly the same with me, this was posted 11 days after he passed away
The answer is: No.
It's most likely that you've never seen another video that makes you feel quite the same.
Nor will ever.
That's exurb1a for ya. Whoever he is.
@@luiseduardogomezdearandaju723 I have. I am a person who is easily touched I suppose...
Same here brother, same here.
Every time I listen to this, it gives me new insight on how I perceive life. Sometimes I cry at it. Sometimes I laugh and cry at it. Sometimes I just smirk at the tragedy of chaos, and try to see the beautiful side if it.
My man, you yourself made such a difference in my life, which even you can not comprehend.
I would like to thank you explicitly, and I wish you put this amazing mind of yours to deliver humanity from itself, whatever that means to you.
Every now and then I come back to this story, mostly so it keeps me not grounded, but elevated. Thank you.
"Don't waste your time on snakes and windmills. Say goodbye."
That's great advice. People spend too much time chasing things that are out of their control, and they miss out on things in life in their own back yard.
That sounded like the woman was telling him to kill himself.
@@StrazdasLT I read it more like... There's nothing that he could ever do to bring his father back. Say goodbye to the father and go back to mourn with his loved ones back home.
Many times in life, bad things happen that we can't control. We can't change the past. Learn from it, but don't lose sight of what we have in the present with the people who matter most to us.
I need a t-shirt that reads ` Don`t waste your time on snakes and windmills`Epic.
Your a coward bud live with that
@@mattalluisi3954 everyone is entitled to their opinion, even if it's wrong.
This is truly amazing. You are amazing.
True dat. You too!
I love you, babe.
Oh this here, its love.
Heeeeyyy I’m subscribed to surreal entertainment
Life is pretty cool
"Humans are the only species allergic to happiness."
Yes
There's a medicine for that allergy, it'll just taste like shit, but at least you'll be happy in the meantime :)
I'd pretend to concur someday :)
Modern humans*
Are masochism is conditioned, not innate.
Our*
Then next comes….
….
….
…. then we will be okay.
I did the same, came here after the next comes... However, why do I feel more sad after watching this😢
I feel thats the correct way
"You look like someone with unfinished snake related business"
LMFAO
Indeed!!! Lol 😂
lol
I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to say it so here we go... I’ve seen this Hentai before!
Lemony Snickett vibes
The snake did a mean and sneaky wiggle
This guy would make the greatest dungeon master ever
the most mentally deep dungeon in existence
I want it and dont want it at the same time.
I Just came home from a one-shot d&d campaign based on this and It blew my mind
@@fabiotucci3029 Did all the parties involved have an existential crisis afterwards?
@@boristheslav2860 more or less, i'd Say we were more confused than anything else due to It being the DM's first time running a game properly, but It had been still a very enjoyable session (Sorry for the late response but my phone doesn't like notifications of any kind apparently)
Mom, the depression turtle is giving me hope; and that scares me.
Depression turtle strikes again
same
Depression turtle tactics
Depression Turtle:
*ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST*
I love our depression turtle ♡ he is the best honesty ♡♡♡
I know you've probably moved on from this video, but I still watch it fairly regularly. Something about this keeps bringing me back. I think it's just the simplicity of it. It's a soft comfort.
You're not alone
"- Who are you?
- Oh, who's anyone?"
Everything is meaningless so just live with your family be happy .....
Existential Crisis Value:
9.5/10
Well done, friend. Well done.
You mean 9999/10000
@@justADeni i agree, it's at least over 9000
I was thinking the same way Momiji. Every other video scared the out of me, this one just made me happy :)
this perpetuated my crisis but it was worth it
Avian98X 950/100*
I like the message here about value. It is not the universe that brings us value. It is not our possessions that bring us value. It isn't even ourselves that bring us value. It's how we impact the lives of those around us that truly matters. One could create the best device ever, but if their fellow humans never use it it is entirely worthless. One could imagine the most inspiring story ever, but if it falls upon no ears it is uninspiring. But if you speak kindness to those around you, even only briefly, you've achieved more than most.
Your stories were required reading in my senior year of high school, and I did not appreciate them nearly as much as I should have.
Coming back to this as an adult, with no expectation of having to do an essay containing complex literary analysis, is really cool, and I have to say, your stories are great. Excellent work, wordsmith.
What the hell, whatever teacher was responsible for putting this guys work in the system is legendary
“But the strength is in taking a good look into the abyss, into the eyes of the snake, and then choosing to still be a good human.”
Live by those words
And after Tau departed, the old woman turned to the snake and said "Holy shit that was close! That guy was here to kill you!"
underrated comment
HAGHAGA
lol u fu**ed it all
Pfft, he wouldn’t have been able to scratch it, let alone kill it.
Tau are trash in melee.
what a plot twist
Everyone:
Old Lady: "You look like someone with unfinished snake related business"
Thank you this is the correct meme format😊😊 because if you have nobody saying nothing then everybody says something this way is more accurate
Chance Cox man stfu
@@reidrobertson8072 Be nice, he's right.
Will Parry no he’s not the meme itself became a meme. reason why so many people say no-one: also I don’t have to be nice and some fuckhead on the internet definitely isn’t going to make me. So piss off kid.
@@reidrobertson8072 Just because a meme is a meme doesn't mean it's correct. Grammatically, he *is* correct and just saying he's not, doesn't make you right.
But it seems that's lost on you, as you are another thin-skinned individual who probably shouldn't be on the internet if they get so easily offended by a chance, passing comment.
Isn't it a bit of a health hazard to live close to a mountain that has a river of blood on it?
after all of the emotional comments, this one made me laugh :')
@@waveii8615 I mean, am I wrong? That just can't be healthy
@@Zerpderp0 Where is the blood coming from?
@@acrab7722 indeed
@@acrab7722 it’s probably a river full of iron.
"We'll know everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll kill everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll forget everything, and then we'll be okay. We'll live forever, and then we'll be okay. We'll cling to everyone, and then we'll be okay. And even then, we weren't okay. Because that's not how the game works."
That line is amazing.
@V-Rex the comment was edited but it used to say generic quote that's why it is in quotation marks
@V-Rex it's literally in the fucking video
I started reading this at the exact time he started saying that line. This was the first time I watched it too.
@@yeetothecheeto5787 we'll end the game, and then only then we'll be okay.
Now I’m gonna shout to people in the street “HEY you look like someone with unfinished snake related business!”
My room mate and I quote this to each other all the time. Especially "I'm going to go kill the snake. He must have gone further up."
And am shouting you back with
You ain't wise fat bitch
And imagine you say that to someone who has lost a relative to a snake
Lol.
@@heliogonzalez2663Lmao
exurb1a: epic story about the death of a father
old lady: oH yEa AnD a MiGhtY sNeAky SnEaKy WigGle He hAD aBoUt hIM
Aidensan old snakles
Hehe
Old Angry Sneaky Wiggle Worm
Squiggly wiggly Mr. Snakles
It was the danger noodle.
I distinctly remember watching this years ago, and not understanding it or it’s message. It resonates hard with me now, after losing my brother. Every part, about going further up, about knowing and killing the grief and the anger, it clicks now. It resonates. It’s something I’ve been holding onto as I deal with this.
"the universe doesn't give a shit about you"
This line will always calm me.
Fr
Well the feelings are mutual.
You are the universe
@@yesiknow5474 I guess the universe doesn't give a shit about itself then.
You a masochist?
I love this channel. It makes me want to die sometimes but by God is it wonderful.
Oi, I absolutely love your stuff mate. Found you some time ago with the Russian Revolution video. Link for those interested: ua-cam.com/video/ZZ55ZvBe07U/v-deo.html Keep up the amazing work, boyo.
@@Exurb1a You too, I'm a huge fan of your work. History reminds me that people can make a difference, physics reminds me that we're all worthless specks in an uncaring universe.
I had no idea you wrote books, I think I'll pick one up. Thanks for all of the content and hard work.
When everything is goin' nicely mate and then suddenly, exurb1a uploaded a video. Time to fall into existential crisis :)
What is this Anime crossover?
Vali Rusev something much more than that
exurb1a: *makes videos with names like "and then we'll be okay" *
also exurb1a: *" U N L I M I T E D R I C E P U D D I N G "*
*3 2 6*
Winston Churchill washing a unicorn
Ah the duality of man
Genocide bingo!
"We'll have unlimited rice pudding, and THEN we'll be okay"
Within a few minutes I feel like I watched a full movie for free and with the moral that opened my eye.
Edit: OMG 😱 how come 500 people liked my comment.
I dont understand this
Your username is good :)
@@bunbynoysmiddleschoolaltacc THANKS MAN!!
💀
"The only species allergic to happiness"
I hate that I actually understand the essence of this
0 0 i don’t think so, how?
Yes me too
@@Jonas-hs5pu yeah. We are made of most of the same things and mechanisms (mental emotional physical etc...) we just happen to be more complex on most levels so "being allergic to happiness" is almost infinitely more common in humans but animals can be too. Go to a crazy cat house and start studying their psychology/behavior and emotions and youll see animals are capable of some pretty complex shit inside the ol noggin
I think there is nothing wrong with being ambitious.
But only if you apretiate small things, too.
@0 0 No they cant-not rlly-theyre content with surviving and frollicking and chasing and eating prey
When Tao asked to keep the necklace, it broke me a little inside. God damn man, you are a spectacular writer. I needed this today. Thank you.
I wonder if that was his way of saying that clinging to others is the best method
I don't think thats the intention, I think he had planned to say 'everyone has a vise' like how the old woman relies on drink, Tao relies on others, same as his father oh so clearly.
I never really understood optimistic nihilism
I think now I kind of do...
Google absurdism and camus myth of sisiphus
Nihilism has always been an optimistic thing for me. If nothing means anything then it all only has the meaning that i decide to give it. Feels cool.
@Jason and Julie Smith Kurzgesagt. German isn't easy, I know.
Isn’t it just absurdism
It’s what saved me from depression! To realise the lack of meaning in life, I think, brings more freedom and choice in who we are. Live life the way we want it.
The end reminded me really strongly of Jung's idea of the collective unconscious. How every human resorts to the archetypes to find meaning: We'll be okay when we know everything: seekers(soul), when we live forever: leave a mark(body), when we cling to everyone(heart), when we structure everything(mind).
Jung talks about the surface archetypes and their shadows. The collective human struggle is to find meaning in the world. But the human embarks on this with an incomplete knowledge of their own self that is with a limited conscious. The first goal should be to find meaning from the shadows of their own psyche and to extract repressed experiences from the unconscious to the conscious. The last step is always to become more conscious and realise once humanness.
This dude is enlightened. Seriously. He just doesn’t want the guru post. Imagination combined with knowledge is the ability of the very few. Good luck. share. Share. Share. Don’t get tired. Don’t take to drink. More power to you.
His stories have such a deep meaning. You could make a religion out of this stuff.
@@darthmaul2742 faith is blind, it's important that people actually understand the meaning or you won't actually gain anything
Darth Maul *We could make a religion out of this*
@@jameswarf6456 And ruin a perfectly good thing?
"Just exist for a while and be decent.
That's heroism enough, that's how it's always been done."
Where is this from
@@simarkaurbajwa from the video itself lmao
@@killua9365it's I would have left them to wonder lmao.
This is the classic "stiff upper lip". The guy is British. You can leave England any time you like, but England never leaves you.
Dude I don't know what you experienced, but I'm glad you did because you gave us this masterpiece.
It’s crazy how this started where the prequel leaves off, a prequel that came out 5 years later, it’s like watching Star Wars episode 4 straight after 3 if episode 3 was actually good
I mean the prequel is a direct reference to 4:05
man I really needed this video today
I think you would have said that anyday you watched this video
You are just making coincidence an incidence
In this cynical world, which it always has been and probably will always be, every bit of clarity is longed.
OI MESSYOURSELF HOW'RE YA BUDDY
TednTin shut the hell up fuck boy
MessYourself hello messyourself
Rabbit shut up you have aids
Oh boy would you look at the time, *it’s existential crisis o’clock*
How does this give you an existential crisis ? if anything this video is rather meaningful and gives purpose to life which is to just live it.
Freedom lol have you seen the rest of his videos? Yeah this one is a little more serious but they all still make you question life
*20 minutes of exurb1a? Is this heaven or hell???*
Niether, this is a purgatory torture designed by AIs which uploaded our intelligence for torturing purposes because we abused machines in our lifetimes.
yes
Panther yes
There is neither heaven nor hell, because you've created them yourself in this moment. This is a video, and you may create the realm that you see fit around it. Go now, make it heaven or hell, but it will still remain ones and zeros on a screen. What matters is what you make of this clash between the silicon in the machine and the carbon in your brain, between that which feels and which doesn't.
That's a different video.
I think... that I'm okay now. We aren't meant to be happy all the time, and that's what makes happiness so precious. It's rare, and while we have it, it's enough. We shouldn't give up, but we shouldn't hurt ourselves thinking that we're lower than we are. When we measure ourselves by the future, we'll never be happy. We've got everything we could imagine. And maybe in the future, we'll have more.
Thanks. I've spent a lot of time over the last few months hoping that I'd get just another day, another day to reach for that rare future. But you've taught me, helped me realize that today, yesterday... They were that rare future. I have what I wanted so long ago. I don't think it's wrong to want more, but now I know that I don't need to be disappointed in the amazing things I've done.
Can we be friends
I thought this was a silly youtube channel because of the introvert video.
This is not a silly youtube channel.
Andrew Martin there’s an introvert video hold up ima be right back
@@quackqueen1750 yes it's brilliant
sorry for talking to you, please get back to your day.
@dogman always wear a seatbelt
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand exurb1a. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of epistemology and existentialism, most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also exurb1a's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Alber Camus's literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike exurb1a truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in exurb1a's existential catchphrase "Go Home," which itself is a cryptic reference to the Zeno of Citium's greatest work "Πολιτεία". I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as exurb1a's genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂
And yes, by the way, i DO have a exurb1a turtle tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
waow.
my brain broke very fast, thank you for everything
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@@ilikepezles2436 then there was a pebble........(mysterious music plays)
i watch this guy for a month and i still don't know what's this channel for, but i like it
We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be ok.
We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be ok.
We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be ok.
We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be ok.
We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be ok.
And even then, we weren’t ok, because that’s not how the game works.
What's the game, and what are the rules. I wish to play
If you wrote a comment here, you are participating in the game and are in play. How you play is the key and the only cheat codes there may be must be found within ourselves. As long as one relishes this existence, that one is winning the "game." Play fair, truthful, and well my friends, have a great Sunday and a better week straight ahead.
Well written. I took the elements as being related to going through the five stages of grief, as though each item was the reward you come away that empowers you further once you get through that stage and conquer it. After denial you find truth, after anger you find control, after what-if-ing and wishing you find reality/emotional or literal sobriety, after depression you find resilience, and after acceptance you keep the memories.
What is anything
Hehehe I lost the game
Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough. That's how it's always been done.
Wow... thank you. This is pure art - the visuals, the music, your voice, the story itself, everything. It has really touched me, and few things ever do. Somehow, it feels like it takes a huge burden off my shoulders. I'll try to keep remembering what I felt as I watched and listened to this story. Thanks again :)
If Exurb1a keeps on making videos, then we’ll be ok
True that
I see what you did there
We will TRULY be okay
WE WILLL BE OKAY
And even then it was not ok.
“what do you want for your birthday, son?”
“yeah i want a meteorite.”
“ok”
And it hits him like how a meteorite does
this is my type of humor
yea man
"Come on son, ask something more realistic"
'I want to kill the snake'
*flashback insues*
"What color do you want your meteorite?"
@@KruCorn i got a meteorite for my birthday lmao
Me: Hey I found this really cool channel the other night.
Friend: Yeah? What’s it called?
Me: ............... it’s complicated.
Friend: …okay. What’s it about?
Me: .............. it’s complicated.
Michael Grossi philosophy turtle
Depression turtle
Vladimir Lenin
Nihilistic VSauce is the name I’ve given the channel
not really
it's not complicated you just suck at talking to people
the prequel to this just dropped 😭
hmm?
I tought the same thing,just finished watching
It's really good
This story really needs to become a movie.
Id pay so much money to watch this as a big budget film.
Is this 19 minute video not already a movie?
@@randomstranger623 I mean like, full length feature film. It would definitely be possible, and I feel like it would do pretty well. Especially considering that its somewhat similar to The Giver, except that if this was a movie, it wouldnt be shite.
@@jesuisfudgeman874 Oh man, I was so confused by your syntax at the end for a moment until I realized you were using the "it wouldn't be shite" modifier to draw on the comparison to the Giver, not opposing the movie to this original UA-cam video and implying this original is shite lol. I'm gonna leave my comment here explaining my initial misreading (your wording is fine, it's just one of those situations where it's easy to read wrong by mistake) just in case anyone else gets the same confusion at first lol
@@ItsAsparageese lmao didnt realize it was worded in an awkward way. Thanks for clarifying for everyone.
i think it would lose some of its magic, I really liked that we didn't see their faces, for example. And it'd probably get borng after a while. It's just perfect the way it is now
Dude, this is really great content, I feel like I should pay for watching this. Wow
There is a book in the description. Maybe it is in that book of 12 short stories that he wrote.
You can pay him on his Patreon
pay him on patreon then, or buy his book.
This needs to be a movie
Aqua Grip it does It would work perfectly if they kept to the same story.
Yes!
I was literally thinking of this like the whole video
Seems like a good play
Watch cloud atlas, its incredibly similar
7:05 "Why is the world dead?"
"Everyone got clever". Chills.
Revelations was right.
@@kidhubServer What makes you say that?