Reggie Watts disorients you in the most entertaining way | TED

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  • @nprpodcasts
    @nprpodcasts Рік тому +51

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    • @jdmcnutt98
      @jdmcnutt98 Рік тому +4

      That’s great, thanks for sharing. Reggie is the single most fantastic mockery of TED talks ever done, just like the “Public Radio” scenes in Parks and Rec are the greatest mockery of NPR known to mankind.

    • @ravenoftheredsky
      @ravenoftheredsky Місяць тому

      ​@@jdmcnutt98 the no fun committee is here 😩

  • @jaredcarter1165
    @jaredcarter1165 6 років тому +2216

    He completely understands the nature of what voice sounds like, not actual communication or necessarily song. It's like he's doing an impression of all human noise, but not an impersonation, capturing just the essence without the details. Frickin brilliant

    • @God-mb8wi
      @God-mb8wi 6 років тому +38

      It's satire

    • @loudcloud6889
      @loudcloud6889 5 років тому +70

      is this you attempting to capture the essence of his sentences

    • @selos187
      @selos187 5 років тому +14

      Nothing is just satire with reggie

    • @bitwize
      @bitwize 5 років тому +93

      (in fake English accent) For Watts, the intrinsic nature of the voice is not to communicate something, but rather, to communicate the sense that something has been communicated.

    • @justincase6542
      @justincase6542 5 років тому +3

      Tbh. This is how I hear everything. Even music.

  • @dawniebug784
    @dawniebug784 5 років тому +3088

    He's not giving you time to comprehend and is not allowing himself to be predictable. The topic isn't comedy; *it's the present.*

    • @santiagogutierrez1594
      @santiagogutierrez1594 4 роки тому +14

      :o

    • @xxportalxx.
      @xxportalxx. 4 роки тому +41

      It sounds like being high to me lol

    • @JohnSmith-be2ny
      @JohnSmith-be2ny 4 роки тому +18

      @@xxportalxx. not much of a difference, but with drugs people tend to cling to their egos, making for bad times

    • @rootz420
      @rootz420 4 роки тому +7

      Wow. Comment of the year.

    • @briantrowbridge8134
      @briantrowbridge8134 4 роки тому +10

      You are a saint for pointing this out. Super cool method

  • @mateo-aupitre
    @mateo-aupitre 5 років тому +842

    Big up for the translaters doing their best with the subtitles...

    • @mikebarnes7441
      @mikebarnes7441 5 років тому +3

      It's automated

    • @aouissi
      @aouissi 5 років тому +14

      it says "sprachgewirr" in german.. literally meaning language-tangle haha

    • @accuser_of_the_brethren7816
      @accuser_of_the_brethren7816 5 років тому +5

      I wonder how the sign language translator did to the side of the stage 🤣

    • @Waldohasaskit210
      @Waldohasaskit210 4 роки тому

      (Gibberish)

  • @itssherm9390
    @itssherm9390 3 роки тому +772

    nobody here knows what they just watched but we’re all in agreement that it’s incredible

    • @Michael-nc3ib
      @Michael-nc3ib 3 роки тому +4

      Because of his accent of course

    • @silenttuber5802
      @silenttuber5802 3 роки тому +8

      I know exactly what i was watching . And i understand everything . If you do ,you will Love it even more

    • @gruese
      @gruese 3 роки тому

      Glorious gibberish

    • @connorpickering
      @connorpickering 6 місяців тому

      100% true

    • @Person0fColor
      @Person0fColor Місяць тому

      this is bs cosmopolitan af

  • @NastyCrimeBoy
    @NastyCrimeBoy 6 років тому +686

    *Clicks on CC*
    (Non English)
    "Wonderful"

  • @larrylentini5688
    @larrylentini5688 8 років тому +3456

    He would make a good politician

    • @larrylentini5688
      @larrylentini5688 8 років тому +58

      *braces for replies taking my comment seriously*

    • @joehenderson2194
      @joehenderson2194 8 років тому +24

      You are a potato

    • @larrylentini5688
      @larrylentini5688 8 років тому +51

      Joe Henderson Thank you so much. I've aspired to be one all my life.

    • @therealezio666
      @therealezio666 8 років тому +66

      It's basically already as coherent as a trump speech XD

    • @dannyacdc1
      @dannyacdc1 8 років тому

      Lawrence Lentini

  • @lokevoice
    @lokevoice 6 років тому +2328

    The French he was speaking at the start was utter jibberish as well. This guy is brilliant I love him

    • @lucaswhitfield718
      @lucaswhitfield718 5 років тому +130

      But, sometimes we can see, because the people here did things, we can eat. But when you're angry with someone...

    • @t77snapshot
      @t77snapshot 5 років тому +7

      @@lucaswhitfield718 Exactly.

    • @k9sway
      @k9sway 5 років тому +45

      So was the english

    • @baimbridgevoret2309
      @baimbridgevoret2309 5 років тому +10

      No it wasn't. Can't say whether the Portuguese was gibberish but the French was French.

    • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
      @the_original_Bilb_Ono 5 років тому +7

      @@baimbridgevoret2309 it had some french words but i don't think it made sense. He was probably repeating things he's heard French Canadians say.

  • @zorken123
    @zorken123 3 роки тому +2400

    This man has given us the meaning of life. But we can't translate it yet.

  • @mrjelly0077
    @mrjelly0077 7 років тому +579

    This guy is the best at what he does. No question. Now what is it that he does?

    • @Johndoe-gd4tb
      @Johndoe-gd4tb 6 років тому +57

      Sulfuric Gamers just a human that’s humaning

    • @travisbrown5184
      @travisbrown5184 6 років тому +30

      He is a comedian that does “stream of consciousness”

    • @edstirling
      @edstirling 6 років тому +11

      i'm sure there's another ted talk analyzing this performance to death.

    • @koza7676
      @koza7676 6 років тому +3

      Entertain.

    • @aduhaneh1057
      @aduhaneh1057 6 років тому +2

      he plays band for late late show with james corden

  • @Professicchio
    @Professicchio 9 років тому +2234

    Nothing better than a TED talk that completely takes the piss out of the whole 'TED talk' concept........

    • @MrCarKite
      @MrCarKite 9 років тому +55

      Well considering the E in TED stands for Entertainment I'm not really sure where you're going with this line of thought...?

    • @DoctorORBiT
      @DoctorORBiT 9 років тому +11

      +Synth You've been reported, enjoy you're warning, next time UA-cam ban

    • @DoctorORBiT
      @DoctorORBiT 9 років тому +16

      ***** Jeez, you must be 14 years old.

    • @DoctorORBiT
      @DoctorORBiT 9 років тому +1

      Alexander Poopslie Yeah, spoiling a movie is a real blessing...

    • @alexanderpoopslie9129
      @alexanderpoopslie9129 9 років тому +14

      Doctor ORBiT first they came for my ability to spoil movies, and I said nothing

  • @johnwayne9906
    @johnwayne9906 7 років тому +4605

    He literally roasts everyone who has ever done a TED talk while capturing the essence of the entire thing while speaking nonsense

    • @Johndoe-gd4tb
      @Johndoe-gd4tb 6 років тому +40

      John Wayne Sam Hyde did it first , it doesn’t matter but if you haven’t seen it you need to see that

    • @fancypenguins
      @fancypenguins 6 років тому +93

      john doe Sam Hyde's talk was recorded in 2013, about a year after this one.

    • @kahrdenas
      @kahrdenas 6 років тому +79

      It's nonsense only for unprepared minds,

    • @scarboroughstudio
      @scarboroughstudio 6 років тому +61

      LOL, you've literally proven the OP's point.
      It's the ones who claim to be the most "woke" are always easily the most hypnotized and arrogant.
      I get a kick out of it.

    • @JLWorks
      @JLWorks 6 років тому +16

      Speakers' reasons for speaking like that is nonsense. It's only snobby, uselessly pedantic, assholes that speak like that... and tech manuals

  • @maxmordon7295
    @maxmordon7295 3 роки тому +463

    A better title would be:
    From Hegel To Zizek: An Introduction To Postmodern Sublime Thinking Patterns (by Dr. Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts).

    • @mahalie23
      @mahalie23 3 роки тому +5

      yaaaas

    • @shoWbitz
      @shoWbitz 3 роки тому +8

      Module no. 2: The Understanding and Partial Understanding of This Simulation and the Negative Space.

    • @gruese
      @gruese 3 роки тому +7

      @@shoWbitz Module no. 7: Music and Meaning - Getting an idea of what the idea that wants to be transmitted wants to be.

  • @4ManGood
    @4ManGood 5 років тому +4479

    I forced a bot to watch 1,000 hours of ted talks, this is what it came up with

    • @TheExplosiveGuy
      @TheExplosiveGuy 5 років тому +10

      Lmao...

    • @mathewblackman2794
      @mathewblackman2794 5 років тому

      Bevis John - and you second. 😖

    • @Poolie
      @Poolie 5 років тому

      @@mathewblackman2794 And you third

    • @markio23
      @markio23 5 років тому +2

      Forest Good comment of the year

    • @heroesp100
      @heroesp100 5 років тому +1

      I second comment of the year

  • @godofspacetime333
    @godofspacetime333 4 роки тому +3316

    Actually saying nothing is a lot harder than you’d think.

    • @mwilliamson4198
      @mwilliamson4198 4 роки тому +81

      Exactly. it requires a lot of genuine creativity

    • @imorokr
      @imorokr 4 роки тому +59

      He's definitely not saying nothing though.

    • @mariodwir
      @mariodwir 4 роки тому +21

      But you can see the attached file is scanned image in PDF format you are you doing today my dudes see you in the left side of the time to say that I have a pool of the time to say that I have a nice day at work today and I don't know if you have any questions or concerns

    • @lukea977
      @lukea977 4 роки тому +14

      nah, if trump can do it, most can.
      *runs away after dropping the Trump bomb into the youtube comment section*

    • @stahllandon
      @stahllandon 4 роки тому +3

      @@mariodwir feels like I have aphasia

  • @K-bb2bc
    @K-bb2bc 8 років тому +2611

    This is like when you have a dream and someone in the dream says something really cool, so when you wake up you try to write it down word for word and it turns out to be something like "Spider Lighter Lumber Lloyd"

  • @0228christian
    @0228christian 3 роки тому +248

    This is Reggie's masterpiece. All the pieces fit together so perfectly.

    • @TrevorCurbo
      @TrevorCurbo 2 роки тому +4

      I also really liked his performance on Pop Tech

    • @0228christian
      @0228christian 2 роки тому +2

      @@TrevorCurbo I forgot about that one! I just went and watched it again, it really is amazing.

    • @eliaison
      @eliaison 28 днів тому

      I just saw him live 2 days ago and I still can’t get over it. He’s exactly like this (when he wants to be) with utter spontaneity between awesome songs. Brilliant set!

  • @premium-_-salt392
    @premium-_-salt392 5 років тому +1683

    10 min where someone has the opportunity to be absolutely insane in front of an audience without being committed to an asylum.

    • @hi_speed_chase
      @hi_speed_chase 5 років тому +19

      Talent × crazy = talent

    • @bbates9235
      @bbates9235 5 років тому +10

      Perception of everything is key to the underlying situation of the current present in retrospect to the right here and now. Day he go Into that rif of the opposite identicals will that be known all that is to be the epitome of the day before tomorrow.

    • @xxportalxx.
      @xxportalxx. 4 роки тому +2

      Me getting out of the shower lmfao

    • @ferencszilvasi2574
      @ferencszilvasi2574 4 роки тому

      If that's what it was, I think he nailed it.

    • @wirly-
      @wirly- 4 роки тому

      @@bbates9235 that is without a doubt.

  • @bakerygoblin6895
    @bakerygoblin6895 4 роки тому +2968

    "A genius is just a crazy person with an audience"
    Tim Minchin

    • @lionelcarnel9642
      @lionelcarnel9642 4 роки тому +14

      what is really a crazy man ? He know that the earth is not a sphere , he talks about truth in deep smile and everybody s laughing without understanding that's so big... sorry about my bad spell i m a french guy.....

    • @Someone-ig7we
      @Someone-ig7we 4 роки тому +12

      @@lionelcarnel9642 Your spelling was great! Just conjugation is a bit off, but it's understandable! :D I bet nobody can even understand my french haha.

    • @mikhahl
      @mikhahl 4 роки тому +5

      Crazy Biscuit. Oh, I would like to see Tim meet Reggie. Maybe he would make a remix of "The Good Book"
      Edit: My dear god they did meet ua-cam.com/video/jZkhV5IsdtA/v-deo.html

    • @mwilliamson4198
      @mwilliamson4198 4 роки тому +3

      Plus some epic musical talent...

    • @cbwavy
      @cbwavy 4 роки тому +1

      Kanye

  • @GameGeek9199
    @GameGeek9199 8 років тому +11133

    He sounds like me trying to reach a word minimum on an essay.

    • @fleskenialation
      @fleskenialation 8 років тому +17

      Ben Knudson hahahaha

    • @supravista
      @supravista 8 років тому +7

      bahahaha!

    • @Cosporcos-Q
      @Cosporcos-Q 8 років тому

      Ben Knudson same

    • @aeopmusic
      @aeopmusic 8 років тому +135

      Word minimums in school ruin our ability to communicate concisely and effectively.

    • @daniellekenehan852
      @daniellekenehan852 8 років тому +29

      Ben Knudson I hate word/page minimums, in school and Uni, most of the time I always get all the information needed as clear as possible in half the necessary count.

  • @RaoniLima43
    @RaoniLima43 2 роки тому +152

    This is not called talent, he is simply in a completely different plane, light years ahead than the rest of us. We're privileged to witness him performing for us, mere mortals.

    • @christianpage8143
      @christianpage8143 Рік тому +2

      What sounds like a compliment also sounds slightly like an insult lol

    • @pyreta
      @pyreta 7 місяців тому

      Agree. This is a masterpiece. We are lucky to be able to witness such an incredible level of talent

  • @mlouise17
    @mlouise17 7 років тому +5509

    This guy keeps pressing the middle suggested word when you typing a text

    • @SeventhShadow27
      @SeventhShadow27 6 років тому +60

      Mikaela C is the best medicine for you but I never heard of many people are getting kinda boring and my bed is the best medicine for you but I never heard of many people died in the straightest to communicate with a complicated process and my bed is the best medicine for you but I never heard of many people died in the straightest to communicate with each of these two are the only pic or not funny how 6th the same thing as in a complicated process and my bed is the best medicine for you but I never heard of many people died in the straightest to communicate and interact in a complicated process and my
      Imma stop there cuz it'll just keep repeating

    • @jorkles4691
      @jorkles4691 6 років тому +19

      Pock3tkn1fe 23 was the time to start my day with a good day and then I had to get to work today so I’ll probably get my car done before and I can see what I might do I have a couple more days off and I can get it to one of us to get to the shop tomorrow and I can do a couple things and get back home and then go pick it out I don’t want you guys tomorrow I’ll probably get it bye for you bye

    • @Korey47
      @Korey47 6 років тому +3

      Mikaela C hhahhahahaa

    • @Korey47
      @Korey47 6 років тому +8

      Mikaela C was a great night out there I was gonna I wanna is a time for y’all and me I wanna meet you at lunch I wanna is a time for me please let us get there and get back with the truck I’ll be back at my office and I can drive you to get gas money for y’all I gotta get a good night and I get some stuff to come pick you wanna I gotta get to you get ready for a ride and I’ll get it you know how to do this is the best thing I can have done for ya I wanna was a time for ya to be here for y’all I wanna ya got to go back and to go get back with the truck I’ll let y’all go back and I’ll let y’all go

    • @johnnelsestuen5793
      @johnnelsestuen5793 6 років тому +10

      Yea, and i am pushing the game of happy to be a mil and i 6th to them pedophiles and i am pushing it is so stupid to them pedophiles and i am pushing it is so hard drive us in the middle of the world trade center in danger of the head in a restricted free agent to them pedophiles and i am pushing it is so stupid to, (please ignore all of the pedophiles in there, i wrote a response to a vide that was about pedophiles.)

  • @3scrs334
    @3scrs334 5 років тому +4956

    This is what dogs hear when you bark at them

    • @br41nb0x7
      @br41nb0x7 4 роки тому +14

      I knew it!

    • @richhartnell6233
      @richhartnell6233 4 роки тому +7

      Comment made me lol.

    • @wirly-
      @wirly- 4 роки тому +22

      That is not a very direct assumption, but nevertheless it is a very important aspiration. People don't feel freely as if though they do not do the other without ever having to admit to the enevitable underlying victimisation of the truth. It is not contemporary to understand the very resemblance of psychology itself.

    • @wirly-
      @wirly- 4 роки тому +2

      It was at 999 likes and then i made it a thousand

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality 4 роки тому +3

      @@wirly- woof.

  • @John-ss6tb
    @John-ss6tb 8 років тому +355

    He makes a good point, you know.

    • @Cosporcos-Q
      @Cosporcos-Q 8 років тому +17

      Holy Bageebus he makes a lot of good points

  • @Zonday88
    @Zonday88 2 роки тому +484

    He detailed on a podcast years later that this entire performance was improvised on the spot

    • @JerryMetal
      @JerryMetal 2 роки тому +29

      that would be incredible

    • @lukehughes6943
      @lukehughes6943 2 роки тому +52

      The music, sure. There's absolutely no way he improvised the dialogue.

    • @brylaw
      @brylaw 2 роки тому +57

      @@lukehughes6943 idk - I saw him do an entirely improvised hour two times recently. I wouldn't be surprised if this were too!

    • @thewarrior195
      @thewarrior195 Рік тому +1

      @@brylaw recently?! Where? I feel he got the Corden gig and stopped doing live stuff.

    • @manmoth_1990
      @manmoth_1990 Рік тому +41

      @@lukehughes6943 Oh you bet he did. Every concert Reggie does is completely different. All the words, etc. His whole modus operandi is speaking and playing spontaneously without preparation.

  • @buttersXI
    @buttersXI 8 років тому +325

    Absolutely no clue what was happening but brilliant

    • @austinfull8941
      @austinfull8941 8 років тому +74

      There's nothing to understand. that's the point, to not make sense at all.

    • @matt_r_s
      @matt_r_s 6 років тому +1

      He’s trolling. Using big words and sounding scientific because most ppl on ted talks are smart ppl

    • @bvdek
      @bvdek 6 років тому +1

      +Matt Serna he's being ironically superfluous ;)

  • @oggyreidmore
    @oggyreidmore 9 років тому +269

    I sing this daily in the shower. Funny thing is, I was singing it long before I ever heard of Reggie Watts. I guess the future really is the collapsation of time in the mirror of our memories.

    • @Destro7000
      @Destro7000 9 років тому +10

      +oggyreidmore this is arbitrarily sound reasoning in the reverse way. While undulating.

    • @oggyreidmore
      @oggyreidmore 9 років тому +2

      Destro7000 Indubitably.

    • @Destro7000
      @Destro7000 9 років тому

      :D

    • @marcussegura395
      @marcussegura395 9 років тому

      What were u singing

    • @oggyreidmore
      @oggyreidmore 9 років тому

      Marcus Segura The song in the video.

  • @ChucksDream
    @ChucksDream 7 років тому +1067

    As a Englishman that is one of the best english accents ive ever heard from an American

    • @linuspauling9290
      @linuspauling9290 6 років тому +36

      Sounds like he's channeling Christopher Hitchens.

    • @DiscClub6
      @DiscClub6 6 років тому +15

      He is British

    • @linuspauling9290
      @linuspauling9290 6 років тому +69

      Reggie Watts is not British. Reggie lived in Germany and his mother is French, which probably explains why his French and German accents are pretty good too.

    • @Firewalkerbg
      @Firewalkerbg 6 років тому +3

      Uhm, he's German, actually.

    • @teejayyz
      @teejayyz 5 років тому +17

      @@Firewalkerbg He has lived more than 30 years in the US, since he was a teen. He's American.

  • @innapinch7112
    @innapinch7112 3 роки тому +108

    "there is no passage of time, other than the sensation of the collapsation of the memories we are living in".
    I had to pause to mull that one over. It's really good.

    • @moe42o
      @moe42o 3 роки тому +1

      Just now did the same as you!

    • @lilyhutchins9896
      @lilyhutchins9896 3 роки тому +1

      kinda makes sense

    • @PeacefulPeteable
      @PeacefulPeteable 2 роки тому +3

      @@lilyhutchins9896
      Makes perfect sense

    • @UnionJackandsally
      @UnionJackandsally Рік тому +5

      "the mirror of the memories" this is important, as the universe exists in the center of a dual wave form that is infinitely repeated

    • @mastod0n1
      @mastod0n1 Рік тому

      It's literally word salad nonsense meant to parody faux intellectuals

  • @hazeee1351
    @hazeee1351 4 роки тому +1588

    Love him or hate him he IS spitting straight facts

    • @burntchickennugget8142
      @burntchickennugget8142 4 роки тому +3

      Hahahaha God damn it

    • @jrhull3
      @jrhull3 4 роки тому +8

      Are... Are you sure?

    • @Isaidit247
      @Isaidit247 4 роки тому +3

      HaZeee no he’s not he just has a microphone

    • @cliffsousa4184
      @cliffsousa4184 4 роки тому +19

      @@jrhull3 Yes. The complexities of his jargon is space-time conundrum shattering and has a tinge of absurdity which can fill your brain with kantian voxtexes utilized by aliens.

    • @BEEFBRSKT
      @BEEFBRSKT 4 роки тому +5

      its completely improvised....mental.

  • @mattglover560
    @mattglover560 5 років тому +456

    The audio equivalent of "name one thing in this picture"

  • @j.r.w7636
    @j.r.w7636 4 роки тому +2902

    Imagine quarantining with this guy..... like having a new room mate every 30-35 seconds.

    • @ghxstyboi8858
      @ghxstyboi8858 4 роки тому +10

      Sounds like me lmao

    • @canadianroot
      @canadianroot 3 роки тому +13

      Imagine not quarantining because you can think for yourself.

    • @legenieuh
      @legenieuh 3 роки тому

      That's me! 😂

    • @vrldf8181
      @vrldf8181 3 роки тому

      Or you can have a Roommate with D.I.D (Google it).

    • @tomasviane3844
      @tomasviane3844 3 роки тому

      👉😳👈

  • @DaNewWrksOfMeh
    @DaNewWrksOfMeh 3 роки тому +207

    I feel like I actually know what he's talking about. It's like nonsense that makes sense because of the nonsense I've already experienced

    • @Jabbeorn
      @Jabbeorn 3 роки тому +10

      This comment is somehow one of the most amazing things I've read. Idk why , but thank you. If i ever write a story this statement gonna be in it.

  • @Crossneen
    @Crossneen 8 років тому +608

    Fully convinced Reggie Watts is a glitch in the matrix

    • @faticaj
      @faticaj 7 років тому +8

      Aaron Thompson you have no clue how right you are 😂

    • @ericoliver1603
      @ericoliver1603 6 років тому +2

      a glorious one at that

  • @gummyworld6606
    @gummyworld6606 8 років тому +5065

    For those of you who don't understand this video: it's a coassimulation of a paradilactic conduction between the infinite space of an interchanging tide and an outer sun of a distant melodramatically kinetic moon.

    • @nutmaster652
      @nutmaster652 8 років тому +241

      Ohhhhhhhh!

    • @digum04
      @digum04 8 років тому +33

      Amen!

    • @Tsunamiis
      @Tsunamiis 8 років тому +47

      I see what you did there.

    • @tabascopuffen2905
      @tabascopuffen2905 8 років тому +8

      WHat?

    • @duffmcduffee
      @duffmcduffee 8 років тому +210

      I respectfully disagree. You see, what it really does is explore the etymology of epistemological dialectic, vis-a-vis the ontological non-entropic dualism of anti-relavistic audition.

  • @Rowlandi11
    @Rowlandi11 10 років тому +417

    Not much of what he said meant anything, and I get that was the point, but when he said "Feel not as though it is a sphere we live on, rather an infinite plane which has the illusion of leading yourself back to the point of origin" it blew my mind a little.

    • @Dude31463
      @Dude31463 10 років тому +7

      What exactly are you trying to say?

    • @DaveYognaut
      @DaveYognaut 10 років тому +2

      ***** That.... that's why.... "Discworld".... *mind blown*.

    • @mickblock
      @mickblock 10 років тому +19

      He's really good at "stream of consciousness" expression. He has to pull from his own subconscious thoughts, so sometimes what comes out relates to your own subconscious thoughts. And he seems fine with letting those moments happen by accident or not at all. I don't know, it's interesting to watch him go!

    • @DaveYognaut
      @DaveYognaut 10 років тому +1

      Michael Block I can't tell if you're being serious, or if you pulled this information out of _your_ "subconscious"

    • @justinsburns2532
      @justinsburns2532 10 років тому +2

      Another alias with the name "Uzumaki" one in the same if he is being himseof

  • @officialtibby
    @officialtibby 3 роки тому +1716

    my guy sounds like someone put a bunch of ted talks into an AI and told it to write one

    • @HalfLegitProductions
      @HalfLegitProductions 3 роки тому +33

      I couldn’t agree more, the accumulation of knowledge this man has is amazing

    • @goodsirbear-7579
      @goodsirbear-7579 3 роки тому +8

      that's actually what they did why do you think his name is watts

    • @Anon2150
      @Anon2150 Рік тому

      Yes!😂

    • @hugheytheboi
      @hugheytheboi Рік тому

      Funnily enough it's really difficult to get ChatGPT or Bingbot to produce absurd material like this. Bots of New York managed it somehow

    • @masterlangtau
      @masterlangtau Рік тому +5

      And then 2023 came along...

  • @vitogentile6871
    @vitogentile6871 5 років тому +229

    6:47
    "And just remember: everything you are is more important to realize the negative space, as music is only the division of space. It is the space we are listening to, divided as such which give us the information in comparison to something other that gives us the idea of what the idea that wants to be transmitted, wants to be."

    • @micheal2458
      @micheal2458 5 років тому +15

      I was moved by that part.

    • @gregbly9089
      @gregbly9089 5 років тому +4

      The negative space in an image . Wabi Sabi. An image can be timeless and provoke a personal experience.

    • @andrewwesleyhudson5983
      @andrewwesleyhudson5983 4 роки тому +8

      Re-worded:
      And just remember: everything you are is more important (than something) in order to realize(??) the negative space, since music is only the division of space. We are listening to space, divided so as to make it a source of information. This can be compared to a certain something "x". Also, there exists an idea which wants to be transmitted, and also wants to be something "y". That something "x" gives us an idea of what "y" is.
      See it's all so clear.

    • @ianmoore5502
      @ianmoore5502 4 роки тому

      @@micheal2458 same.

    • @brunospasta
      @brunospasta 4 роки тому

      Same! Guess we all have the same average UA-cam comment scrolling speed ;)

  • @bravo9894
    @bravo9894 5 років тому +863

    When he said “Non-English” I felt that.

    • @jordanreger
      @jordanreger 5 років тому +1

      One Zero One lol

    • @samfur2165
      @samfur2165 5 років тому +6

      Only second to [gibberish]

  • @PlayingForChange
    @PlayingForChange 8 років тому +1026

    Wow he is so brilliant. He uses music and humor to heal us all. I have immense respect for this man that even in these trying times he can use music to make us all smile in the most genuine of ways

    • @Schmodin
      @Schmodin 7 років тому +19

      May I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?

    • @mutate9248
      @mutate9248 7 років тому +2

      and lsd?

    • @FR.A.U.D
      @FR.A.U.D 7 років тому +1

      w0w gr8

    • @dirtyblond2332
      @dirtyblond2332 7 років тому +2

      Playing For Change - Seems like a nice guy, but suppose my generation just doesnt "get it"...

    • @tykenneth1
      @tykenneth1 6 років тому

      or maybe he is just more advanced than most dirty blondes can comprehend

  • @13359610
    @13359610 3 роки тому +811

    If you ever feel useless, remember that someone made subtitles for this

    • @dansheffield4021
      @dansheffield4021 3 роки тому +4

      WHERE??!! Transcription, please.

    • @ShaunOfTheDodd
      @ShaunOfTheDodd 3 роки тому +22

      @@dansheffield4021

    • @sayunasoulmesseng839
      @sayunasoulmesseng839 3 роки тому +1

      Lol!!

    • @forgetmybelief
      @forgetmybelief 3 роки тому +5

      ROFL amazing comment. Remember, it's not if you succeed that's important. It's that you tried your hardest.

    • @13359610
      @13359610 3 роки тому

      @@forgetmybelief Haha true.

  • @vxel
    @vxel 4 роки тому +3323

    This is what it sounds like when you’re only kinda listening to something.

    • @bloodmaged
      @bloodmaged 4 роки тому +35

      The most accurate comment

    • @xblizbroke
      @xblizbroke 3 роки тому +30

      It's worse when you're only kinda listening to it

    • @jessekiirya
      @jessekiirya 3 роки тому +4

      LITERALLY

    • @lucasryan2692
      @lucasryan2692 3 роки тому +12

      I was just doing that and realised i had no idea what was going om halfway through

    • @skel2333
      @skel2333 3 роки тому

      spot on!

  • @Elbenzo64
    @Elbenzo64 10 років тому +146

    It's actually rather amazing how he can make a completely nonsensical sentence not only sound profound, but also borderline poetic- in fact, strike the "borderline" from that first sentence. This is poetry and it is amazing.

    • @moonanddarkness
      @moonanddarkness 10 років тому +12

      There is a human tendency to like lyrics that are ambiguous. Happens a lot with songs.

    • @TotalRookie_LV
      @TotalRookie_LV 10 років тому +5

      Alonso Quintero
      Which to me is scary to a degree, one can feed people really awful (violent, bigoted etc) messages and make then sound nice. There are a couple of songs that I liked as far as I wasn't looking into the lyrics. So it might make sense to treat music, all music as if it's text are completely nonsensical "word salad".

    • @moonanddarkness
      @moonanddarkness 10 років тому +1

      SwineNahNah
      You can always say you like the rythm or whatever just make it clear that the lyrics are awful or inapropiate, i have no problem saying that. And i think you will find a lot of people that agree with this view, just be sure to separate rythm from lyrics, it also works the other way around, some songs have beautiful lyrics but awful rythm.

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc Рік тому

      He doesn't really say anything but he says everything

  • @Mrmoe198
    @Mrmoe198 4 роки тому +92

    Every now and then I return to this, my favorite TED talk of all time. Reggie Watts is a treasure. Multitalented, musical, brilliant (his thesis of the music of negative spaces-iterated so simply and elegantly-alone could take up hundreds of explanatory volumes). I can't get enough.

    • @ibnorator
      @ibnorator 4 роки тому

      Greetings Beautiful soul! (forgive me abit i know I am not exactly what you may have come here for ..) but my name is Ibn Orator...I am an Avant-Garde, introspective & Political Hip Hop Artist from New Haven CT. I've recently released a project titled "The Fishbowl Syndrome" that is centered around the topic of our mental health and art; how they intertwine in experience or how they are sometimes viewed here in America;to which my first debut music video "The Horse on a Trampoline" works showcase on the spectrum of my own experiences with it, that i feel fans alike of FKA twigs, Janelle Monae , EarthGang, Flying lotus, Childish Gambino or those of Bjork, Logic , Lupe Fiasco, & Reggie watts may resonate with...id like to share this with you by giving a warm welcome to my Channel to not only, like and subscribe but to comment with genuine feedback. (Please leave a comment there underneath the video and not here) as i would like for my listeners to feel welcomed to give more in thought than in clout and start a conversation which is what my subject matter is based on ..."Commentary on our shared world".In hopes that this may be fruitful to you i look forward to your response
      The Horse on a Trampoline Official Music Video
      ua-cam.com/video/Sol3DsWhzpA/v-deo.html
      All the best
      Ibn Orator
      P.S. Im aware that for some us, if not all, are having a hard time this year..so id like to say that i love you very much, if you haven't heard it from anyone, and that things are about to change as they always do, for better or worse….#godspeed..

    • @altusshow7574
      @altusshow7574 2 роки тому +7

      Ha ha I like when he made mouth-drums

  • @don8lifemom
    @don8lifemom Рік тому +28

    I went to high school with Reggie, we graduated together. He was hilarious and so talented back then and has just kept on developing his talent! A friend and I went to his house once to see him about something and I met his Mom. I had taken 4 years of French at that time, she spoke French to me and I froze. I could not even think about what she was saying! Obviously those 4 years didn't prepare me for people who actually spoke French!

    • @bernardq
      @bernardq Рік тому +1

      😂 bro natives are crazy

  • @hawesg
    @hawesg 11 років тому +427

    Am I wrong, or did he just spend 10 minutes at a TED conference basically demonstrating that TED conferences are an indecipherable mass of jargon and gobbledygook? Well done, sir.

    • @keithhanley7796
      @keithhanley7796 4 роки тому +10

      Yes. Yes, he did.

    • @rallokkcaz
      @rallokkcaz 4 роки тому +3

      G Hawes and he did it in style.

    • @TheOrangeFlash
      @TheOrangeFlash 4 роки тому +13

      That is some top-class trolling! Take the piss out of the whole TED Talk concept, get paid for it, plus get a standing ovation from the audience!

    • @legendaryzodiac574
      @legendaryzodiac574 4 роки тому +3

      THiS HAD LAYERS...

    • @cliffsousa4184
      @cliffsousa4184 4 роки тому

      Absurdity at its finest.

  • @hotskull565
    @hotskull565 6 років тому +1683

    When you didn't write your speech and you had to improvise on spot

    • @brighton8002
      @brighton8002 5 років тому +5

      Welcome to Reggie

    • @birdie2282
      @birdie2282 5 років тому +4

      its damn good improvisation

  • @mcpenetwork
    @mcpenetwork 8 років тому +208

    this man just turned on predictive text in his head

  • @myriadpath
    @myriadpath 3 роки тому +63

    The way he mocks them to their faces and it's like, not even disrespectful? I love this performance so much

  • @linnycrocus6023
    @linnycrocus6023 4 роки тому +912

    He's way too talented to be James Corden's sidekick. He deserves so much more wow

    • @padkirsch
      @padkirsch 4 роки тому +4

      🤮😢🤯😍

    • @ibnorator
      @ibnorator 4 роки тому

      Greetings Beautiful souls! (forgive me abit i know I am not exactly what you may have come here for ..) but my name is Ibn Orator...I am an Avant-Garde, introspective & Political Hip Hop Artist from New Haven CT. I've recently released a project titled "The Fishbowl Syndrome" that is centered around the topic of our mental health and art; how they intertwine in experience or how they are sometimes viewed here in America;to which my first debut music video "The Horse on a Trampoline" works showcase on the spectrum of my own experiences with it, that i feel fans alike of FKA twigs, Janelle Monae , EarthGang, Flying lotus, Childish Gambino or those of Bjork, Logic , Lupe Fiasco, & Reggie watts may resonate with...id like to share this with you by giving a warm welcome to my Channel to not only, like and subscribe but to comment with genuine feedback. (Please leave a comment there underneath the video and not here) as i would like for my listeners to feel welcomed to give more in thought than in clout and start a conversation which is what my subject matter is based on ..."Commentary on our shared world".In hopes that this may be fruitful to you i look forward to your response
      The Horse on a Trampoline Official Music Video
      ua-cam.com/video/Sol3DsWhzpA/v-deo.html
      All the best
      Ibn Orator
      P.S. Im aware that for some us, if not all, are having a hard time this year..so id like to say that i love you very much, if you haven't heard it from anyone, and that things are about to change as they always do, for better or worse….#godspeed..

    • @c.mccool1123
      @c.mccool1123 4 роки тому +7

      Money talks

    • @bolingorastafari69
      @bolingorastafari69 3 роки тому +15

      This guy is an absolute GENIUS. I love his music.

    • @sauce4335
      @sauce4335 3 роки тому +18

      pretty stable pay tho

  • @nabiliman499
    @nabiliman499 8 років тому +70

    to the people in the comments who don't understand what this guy is talking about. You're not supposed, it's supposed to make you feel disoriented

    • @RonWolfHowl
      @RonWolfHowl 7 років тому +1

      CHEP c-137 right. It's literally in the title of the video

  • @CryingShayme
    @CryingShayme 5 років тому +339

    Reggie: I can't think of anything profound to say.
    Reggie: Great, let's lean into that

  • @snowghost1753
    @snowghost1753 2 роки тому +672

    This man just deconstructed language, musical tropes, and the experience of being conscious all in 10 minutes.

    • @siriansight
      @siriansight 2 роки тому +3

      FAX. YES.

    • @sunspung
      @sunspung 2 роки тому +8

      snow ghost ... And then he just left it like that! Just walked away, leaving this completely deconstructed messy piled-up heap behind him, and now nobody knows how to put it all back together again

    • @martinmartin8940
      @martinmartin8940 2 роки тому +3

      well said

    • @carstarsarstenstesenn
      @carstarsarstenstesenn Рік тому +3

      and made it feel like 3 minutes

    • @informant09
      @informant09 Рік тому +4

      Good job. You managed to understand the content.

  • @Labrynthetic
    @Labrynthetic 6 років тому +1711

    2:43 He says,
    "And I'm trolling you." Lol

    • @Korey47
      @Korey47 6 років тому +5

      Zu hahahahhahaaha!!!!!!

    • @jasminehouston-burns1691
      @jasminehouston-burns1691 6 років тому +38

      Thanks for pointing that out!

    • @nuetral1zm
      @nuetral1zm 6 років тому +32

      This needs more thumbs up haha

    • @SadieMage
      @SadieMage 6 років тому +7

      Zu omg I didn’t hear that the first time 🤣

    • @jamiedutton7257
      @jamiedutton7257 5 років тому +1

      he said liverpool at some point too so cool

  • @AwPheebs
    @AwPheebs 9 років тому +606

    This is just like one big Jaden Smith tweet

    • @Dong_Harvey
      @Dong_Harvey 9 років тому

      AwPheebs adn yte ist gamrmatcially crroect

    • @fizzyraygun3870
      @fizzyraygun3870 9 років тому +8

      Dong Harvey Your sentence was actually completely grammatically correct. You internet people need to learn the difference between spelling and grammar.

    • @billsplease
      @billsplease 9 років тому +9

      FizzyRaygun Punctuation? Capitalization?

    • @MattPetropoulos
      @MattPetropoulos 9 років тому +1

      AwPheebs I Am Me But Am I You?

    • @bryanasare1632
      @bryanasare1632 9 років тому

      FizzyRaygun he had no period.

  • @Dutchyman
    @Dutchyman 8 років тому +1243

    How someone can say so much, but say absolutely nothing at the same time, BUT at that same time everything.
    This guy found a paradox to a paradox in communication.
    The only thing that actually had context was the music. Even though he didn't say anything meaningful in the lyrics of the songs, they still bring across a message or a feeling.
    AKA: Music is a way to express yourself outside the boundaries of the human language. This is just my theory, but I think this is the reason why music inspires him so much. Music has a way stronger force of communication than our common sorts of communcation.
    But for me this means one thing: non-verbal communication is key to our world culture. It has a way bigger impact than most people think. We only have a limited amount books with limited amount of words that most people think is our base of communication. It's not about what you say with the context of the words. It's way more than that: Emotion, Voice pitch, Shape of your body, Your body language, tears, clothes, who your friends are, who your parents are, what care you drive and so on...

    • @PepperoniGaming
      @PepperoniGaming 8 років тому +14

      It really shows how a nonsensical system of orientation can override what would once be brought about by anyone else's sense of organization. When combined with the realization that however he moves his comparisons within the textures will, almost every time, convey a recurring show of speed-based broadcasting.

    • @masterm95
      @masterm95 8 років тому +26

      I know that I don't know what he knows, and that he doesn't know what I know but what I do know is that I know what he knows and he knows what I know although what he knows is not what I know and what I know is not what he knows, but we both know that what we know is known, thus knowing is knowing and not knowing, that's how you know what you know, and everyone knows. And to tell the truth,
      I don't know.

    • @kevinmoehring8259
      @kevinmoehring8259 8 років тому +11

      tl;dr
      masterm95 doesnt know.

    • @Dutchyman
      @Dutchyman 8 років тому +7

      But humanity remains to exist in this world of love and hate, even though our society keeps struggling with oppression of everything that remains to be as if there is nothing that really matters. So our lives are all part of special that will keep us around till the end of time even though its ordinary.

    • @kevinmoehring8259
      @kevinmoehring8259 8 років тому +6

      deeper into the unfathomable fathoms of depth to dive deep into the depths of what we fathom to deeply dive into our souls in depth.

  • @snidebastard9353
    @snidebastard9353 3 роки тому +133

    4:25 the one audience member who gets it

    • @mphomasuku754
      @mphomasuku754 3 роки тому +1

      HAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA

    • @snidebastard9353
      @snidebastard9353 3 роки тому +3

      @@silverfritzreah5598 The guy behind his left hand

  • @chefawkes
    @chefawkes 8 років тому +3097

    When you need to increase your essay word count.

  • @dteed6282
    @dteed6282 4 роки тому +31

    His boldness is so original and unique! It mocks labels and any attempt to define it. Very cool. A true artist.

  • @lilpisces7467
    @lilpisces7467 5 років тому +355

    I'm on shrroms and everything he says makes so much sense

    • @jjjd12346
      @jjjd12346 5 років тому +58

      @Bleed The Machines shut up nerd

    • @xxaidanxxsniperz6404
      @xxaidanxxsniperz6404 5 років тому +47

      @Bleed The Machines shrooms are for geniuses. Degenerates do fucking heroin

    • @zhou_sei
      @zhou_sei 4 роки тому +4

      @@xxaidanxxsniperz6404 coke*

    • @thenoobinater123
      @thenoobinater123 4 роки тому

      It would’ve been considerate of you to translate for your fellow man

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 4 роки тому

      Bleed The Machines
      And you may be a moron with many more go rounds before?

  • @DR-420-69
    @DR-420-69 2 роки тому +9

    I was an activity coordinator for an old folks home and I showed this to my group. They loved it

  • @peoplemcnuggetz
    @peoplemcnuggetz 9 років тому +356

    So, I don't know what was going on here, but I know how I'll be writing essays from now on.

  • @Roxanneredpanda
    @Roxanneredpanda 5 років тому +2211

    Better title:
    Reggie Watts roasts Ted Talks

    • @mefca86
      @mefca86 4 роки тому +61

      That's exactly what I was thinking. He's just making fun of the whole genre of TED talks.

    • @beirch
      @beirch 4 роки тому +32

      @@mefca86 He's not. All of his performances are like this, it's his thing. He's literally just being random, saying random things, and all his musical improvs are the same way.

    • @henryvanderwater6974
      @henryvanderwater6974 4 роки тому +41

      @@beirch it nonetheless parodies ted talks perfectly.

    • @dksemple
      @dksemple 4 роки тому +15

      But in a completely enjoyable way. It's not mean spirited, its tons of fun!

    • @mwilliamson4198
      @mwilliamson4198 4 роки тому

      @@dksemple Exactly!

  • @dennis_duran
    @dennis_duran 4 роки тому +35

    This guy clearly has a next level understanding of what makes music catchy and entertaining. He is the pure embodiment of grooviness.

  • @jacobsstories8093
    @jacobsstories8093 3 роки тому +10

    Dude I keep coming back for that song, he kills it on both pitch, tempo and his beats. Looped beautifully. This probably my favourite TED Talk to date

  • @Allagi22
    @Allagi22 8 років тому +505

    Hands down best TED talk ever.

    • @enkrypt3d
      @enkrypt3d 8 років тому +41

      I like looking into the audience and see the faces of total bewilderment.

    • @C00kii0
      @C00kii0 8 років тому +8

      +enkrypt3d exactly

    • @seaglassbc
      @seaglassbc 8 років тому +4

      sam hyde tedx. Enjoy.

    • @shook_man_18
      @shook_man_18 7 років тому +3

      i know i'm absurdly late but...tom thumb

    • @DHawkBeats
      @DHawkBeats 7 років тому +1

      Tiger Dat Exo I got this video in my recommended from watching the tom thum one

  • @Dread987
    @Dread987 4 роки тому +624

    Did he just summarize "TED talks" ?
    Yes, he did.

  • @dxcpt
    @dxcpt 5 років тому +23

    I think the message is clear : "Express yourself, be yourself, watch yourself but never be afraid"

  • @vickielawson3114
    @vickielawson3114 3 роки тому +47

    His spontaneous word-salad is fascinating and brilliant and so entertaining! I love him!

  • @jonfung566
    @jonfung566 7 років тому +140

    After watching so many of his performances, I have come to the conclusion that he is either a music genius or a god. Whichever one he is, there is a thin line between them.

    • @jamisonroach1864
      @jamisonroach1864 6 років тому +15

      Common knowledge, but important nonetheless.

  • @sceki2286
    @sceki2286 4 роки тому +397

    Reggie: Gives a passionate and emotional speach about space time continuum and the fact we live inside a simulation
    Audience: Laughs to hide the pain

    • @pineapplethief4418
      @pineapplethief4418 3 роки тому +16

      Laugh is just molecules of your body moving according to already preestablished pattern, or one of thereof, as in, a family of patterns, a preconceived notion, glimmering emotion searing in your brain, YEAH, YEAH, ARE YOU FEELING IT ARE YOU FEELING IT THE MOLECULES OF AIR IN YOUR LUNGS AND YOUR TRACHEA, MOVING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH MUTHAFAKKAS

    • @tysonatkins2236
      @tysonatkins2236 3 роки тому +2

      Or because they're still asleep because of anti-conspiracy theory propaganda that teaches people that it's wrong to do your own research.

    • @merlijnbell8747
      @merlijnbell8747 2 роки тому +2

      @@tysonatkins2236 This got real

    • @MattLagomarsino
      @MattLagomarsino 9 місяців тому

      shorty just got reggied

  • @MegaMellojello
    @MegaMellojello 9 років тому +216

    Leave it to Reggie Watts to Make fun of TED on TED.

    • @dose999
      @dose999 9 років тому +19

      Robert Wharry yes he's an absurd genius. He's a social anarchist.

    • @mattlevinson1607
      @mattlevinson1607 7 років тому +1

      He isn't making fun of TED at all.

    • @ZBritt92
      @ZBritt92 6 років тому

      He's using pretentious language to say nothing/nonsense.
      I like Ted Talks, but the amount of pretension and nonsense is pretty grating sometimes.

  • @OsmowSaïk
    @OsmowSaïk 3 роки тому +17

    This literally made me tear up. Didn't know you could tear up out of sheer awe. Thank you.

    • @zeeavi6280
      @zeeavi6280 3 роки тому +1

      I just left this comment on another video. I also didn’t know it was possible to cry to from awe. That’s an amazing feeling.

  • @r-nine632
    @r-nine632 8 років тому +279

    I like this dude. Gets on the stage. Goes crazy and starts making random sounds. Every1 claps and he leaves the stage.

    • @psychic__nomad
      @psychic__nomad 8 років тому +27

      He is not making random sounds at all, the man has a degree in Jazz Studies. He is very rhythmically aware and the ability to emit musical notes without any reference tone is just genius. People underestimate musical intelligence, but it's not as easy as it seems. Music = math; the difference lies in how they think about time.

    • @Icannottolerateit
      @Icannottolerateit 7 років тому +11

      Diego Salavarría lmao 😂 he's also a performer who happens to do comedy. "His ability to Emit musical notes without any reference tone is just genius"
      "Math = music; the difference lies in how they think about time"
      Dude quit trying to sound brilliant, the first bit is something any singer can do and the last bit is babble.

    • @psychic__nomad
      @psychic__nomad 7 років тому +6

      Dude, quit trying to make me sound brilliant. I meant what I said. The ability I speak of is called "Perfect pitch" or "Absolute pitch". You can read more on that here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch
      I bet you only hear pleb music in 4/4 and that's why you think that music is so simple and not at all related to math or patterns.

    • @MokuTom
      @MokuTom 7 років тому +2

      do you have perfect pitch? ...reading up on this makes me worry that i'm listening to music without its full potential ;

    • @psychic__nomad
      @psychic__nomad 7 років тому +2

      Unfortunately (or fortunately) I do not. If you're born without it you have to practice A LOT to acquire it. And don't worry if you're not listening to music with its full potential (rarely people do). What you can do is look for "Ear Training Exercises" online. Practice those regularly and you'll start recognizing more patterns inside music and enjoying it more!

  • @firstnamelastname4752
    @firstnamelastname4752 8 років тому +356

    Spheres being infinite planes kinda blew my mind. Our perception of being able to return to the same spot without changing direction does however imply that there is a recursiveness to that plane, so exactly how 'infinite' that is is up for debate. In a sense, walking around a sphere IS actually us constantly changing direction, because as we follow the curve of the surface we are not maintaining a straight one dimensional line but rather a line curved into a second dimension.
    I cannot, however, explain the level of awesomeness that is Reggie Watts' hair.

    • @tokyorain3984
      @tokyorain3984 8 років тому +9

      Firstname Lastname its also infinite in time, as in you percieve the illusion of returning to the same spot at which you began, but temporally it is a very different point.

    • @totalcompilation138
      @totalcompilation138 8 років тому +8

      Enter, non-euclidean geometry

    • @calegria
      @calegria 8 років тому

      If you are actually curious about this questions I can help you (they already have been answered!).

    • @novadream1184
      @novadream1184 7 років тому +6

      an infinite amount of straight lines can make a straight line. idk why are people so confused most of what he said with language and non-language made sense. a mere expression of the fundamentals nature or the essence of beings is along with various topics mixed into a single speech was well a great feat.

    • @shawnmanson4969
      @shawnmanson4969 7 років тому

      Firstname Lastname Yer dumb dude stop trying to sound smart, it wasn't supposed to make sense

  • @AhmadAmr98
    @AhmadAmr98 5 років тому +925

    Made me realize that good music really has nothing to do with meaning of lyrics

    • @michaeldaigle7207
      @michaeldaigle7207 4 роки тому +67

      Oh dude, just wait and keep listening to bunches of different music. There are so many different ways to appreciate sound

    • @zhou_sei
      @zhou_sei 4 роки тому +20

      and here i just started listening to lyrics after 30 years of ignoring them

    • @michaeldaigle7207
      @michaeldaigle7207 4 роки тому +12

      @@zhou_sei it's a good mix between what the lyrics say and what the music means man. Not everyone gets it and that's ok. Everyone listens to music in their own way.

    • @kathleen123
      @kathleen123 4 роки тому +3

      I heard that Kurt Cobain didn’t care about how the song sounded, he just cared about the lyrics... it goes both ways?

    • @michaeldaigle7207
      @michaeldaigle7207 4 роки тому +7

      @@kathleen123 Cobain almost always wrote lyrics last. It's hard to say for sure what the man cared about though, he left us too soon. R.I.P. In my opinion, music is enjoyed in many different ways. There isn't an objectively "good" way to appreciate music. I think that the artists that create the music we enjoy have their own reasons for, and ways to create said music, and everyone who listens interpretes it differently. Music is beautiful in all forms, you just have to be willing to truly listen for yourself. I can appreciate one form of music over another, but the one I consider to be less pleasing to me doesn't become intrinsically "bad" because of my opinion. I can still appreciate it as music in and of itself.

  • @leonardyoung1119
    @leonardyoung1119 3 роки тому +9

    the way he starts out with languages, moves to music, then goes back to English (as a language, and touches on physics + science!)! *beautiful*

  • @Netherlag1
    @Netherlag1 4 роки тому +406

    What's missing from my life is friends who appreciate his humor as much as I do.

  • @ej4267
    @ej4267 5 років тому +205

    He’s reenacting All the types of people that speak at the ted talks

  • @supersmashdragon
    @supersmashdragon 7 років тому +330

    I've been watching this guy for 15 minutes and I still have no idea what his real voice is.

    • @coconut37717
      @coconut37717 6 років тому

      supersmashdragon lol

    • @bekamantle2415
      @bekamantle2415 6 років тому

      supersmashdragon same! I was thinking I'll have to google him after this!

    • @vs_v0ld092
      @vs_v0ld092 6 років тому +4

      He uses it when he says "Thank you".

    • @gasser5001
      @gasser5001 6 років тому

      he just sounds like a regular guy. deep inviting voice.

    • @twodudesfrommaine
      @twodudesfrommaine 6 років тому +2

      He doesn't have one, but all are his real voice. ✌😎🖖

  • @mitchwhitener2885
    @mitchwhitener2885 Рік тому +5

    I met him and got to hang for like a half hour like 7 years ago. Such an awesome kind person!! And INSANELY talented!!!

  • @Madison-bw7rn
    @Madison-bw7rn 8 років тому +678

    Guy: "Tomorrows another day."
    Audience: *LAUGHTER*

    • @marshawn_ing
      @marshawn_ing 8 років тому +114

      Reggie: "My closest family members are being held hostage."
      Audience: **dies of laughter**

    • @TheDopeyElephant
      @TheDopeyElephant 8 років тому +53

      Reggie: "Dont be afraid, this is a stick-up" **shoots 16 people on the crowd**
      Audience: **Flops to the ground from laughing**

    • @JeguePerneta
      @JeguePerneta 8 років тому +62

      Reggie: Bazzinga
      Crowd: EXPLODES

    • @RonWolfHowl
      @RonWolfHowl 8 років тому +78

      They were laughing because he set it up by saying he was going to present the findings of a research study and then said "tomorrow is another day".

    • @anthonyorosco1850
      @anthonyorosco1850 7 років тому +3

      EdgeLord I thought that you were making up a scenario because the audience laughs at everything he says for no reason but no, he legit said that, and the audience legit laughed. They didn't even know what they were laughing at

  • @darwingreenheart
    @darwingreenheart 5 років тому +238

    To reiterate:
    "Now with the allocation and the understanding of the lack of understanding, we enter into a new era of science in which we feel nothing more than so much so as to say that those, within themselves, comporary (?) Or noncomporary (???), will figuratively figure into the folding of our nonunderstanding and our partial understanding to the networks of which we all draw our source and conclusions from."

  • @CloudMechanic
    @CloudMechanic 8 років тому +2785

    His hair is an extension of his being...

    • @Jack97798
      @Jack97798 8 років тому +93

      Arobene7494 each strand is an antenna that receives ideas and energy from the cosmos.

    • @CloudMechanic
      @CloudMechanic 8 років тому +3

      Jack97798 oh lord it's so true

    • @boyo7918
      @boyo7918 8 років тому +65

      His being is an extension of his hair

    • @Smommasboy
      @Smommasboy 7 років тому +7

      yep that how hair works, Poindexter

    • @Ben-rz9cf
      @Ben-rz9cf 7 років тому +1

      I was at a showing of at midnight and he either cut it or put it in a ponytail but it was disappointing he lost his fro

  • @virtual_balboa
    @virtual_balboa 3 роки тому +21

    I love the blank looks on many of the audience member's faces. Like they hadn't heard of him, went in thinking they would be inspired, but instead feel mocked and confused.

  • @ryansanders9273
    @ryansanders9273 7 років тому +1714

    I can't tell if he's high or if I'm high

    • @quizmo7150
      @quizmo7150 6 років тому +35

      Ryan Sanders imma get high and re watch this.

    • @wolfgangbr1576
      @wolfgangbr1576 6 років тому +23

      FINALLY a comment that captures my confusion in a perfect manner. Thank you Ryan!

    • @bigPianist99
      @bigPianist99 6 років тому +13

      Why not both?

    • @xxMrBaldyxx
      @xxMrBaldyxx 6 років тому +9

      I'm definitely high right now.

    • @min2heathen
      @min2heathen 6 років тому +10

      Ryan Sanders I am here because of high 👍

  • @jakofozz
    @jakofozz 10 років тому +28

    Sometime when I watch Reggie Watts I think about what his life was like long before he exploded and became ultra popular. He seriously rehearsed this stuff in his house like believing people would actually find this style of comedy funny. It was such a bold move to push a genre like this. Brilliant I say.

    • @Taobeth
      @Taobeth 10 років тому +1

      He was in the band Maktub and won the Andy Kaufman Award early on. :)

  • @leonhathway8096
    @leonhathway8096 5 років тому +973

    Me: I’m going to have an early night tonight
    My brain at 3am: 8:32

  • @Shadowrunner123
    @Shadowrunner123 3 роки тому +75

    I mean, I get it.
    I'm stoned past pluto, but I *totally* get it.
    It's Discordian.

    • @fakename503
      @fakename503 3 роки тому +5

      I beg to differ.
      I believe it is Accordian.

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean 11 років тому +27

    This guy made me happy that true art is still alive in well in popular media.

  • @alteo8588
    @alteo8588 4 роки тому +1322

    My Dad: *Enters the room*
    "What are you watching?"
    Me: "I don't know."
    My Dad: "What do you mean you don't know?"
    Me: "Come look..."
    My Dad: *Watches the video*
    Me: "Can you explain to me what that was?"
    My Dad: "Nope."

  • @TechReviewish
    @TechReviewish 5 років тому +248

    This should be called "stroke simulation"

    • @princehenryiv9207
      @princehenryiv9207 5 років тому

      This comment made me weak with 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @EricAustinYun
    @EricAustinYun 3 роки тому +51

    This man exudes more talent than every Got Talent show in existence...combined...I'm not entirely sure that the people witnessing this are aware of how fortunate they are

  • @touristtam
    @touristtam 6 років тому +227

    I keep coming back to this talk. It has to be the best TED.

    • @cheeseymann
      @cheeseymann 5 років тому +1

      Sorry to disagree

    • @Zephy-kun
      @Zephy-kun 5 років тому

      Sam Hyde 2020 Paradigm shift

    • @normnormlson7246
      @normnormlson7246 5 років тому

      @@cheeseymann Maybe the worst.

    • @cheeseymann
      @cheeseymann 5 років тому

      @@normnormlson7246 cant tell who your agreeing with

  • @theitalianwarlord2954
    @theitalianwarlord2954 8 років тому +269

    "Um it's a song about people...and Sasquatchs."

    • @K-bb2bc
      @K-bb2bc 8 років тому +23

      "and other French science, French science stuff, you know."

    • @MrTehAlex
      @MrTehAlex 8 років тому +20

      That's French science.

    • @ncedwards1234
      @ncedwards1234 8 років тому +2

      Not fringe science?

    • @checopodgorny1996
      @checopodgorny1996 8 років тому

      yeah he said fringe science lol

    • @absurdistcat
      @absurdistcat 7 років тому +3

      Fringe science - "study which departs significantly from mainstream theories." In other words, he was making fun of TED, and this line was a direct stab. lmao I love him.

  • @guard13007
    @guard13007 5 років тому +101

    I am curious how many people in the audience didn't know who this was, and therefore were completely unprepared.

    • @FallingOranges
      @FallingOranges 4 роки тому +14

      Can anyone truly be prepared for Reggie?

  • @mouseMan12321
    @mouseMan12321 3 роки тому +25

    I can listen to Reggie forever, in a finite type of way.

    • @OgBarryKendo
      @OgBarryKendo 3 роки тому +3

      A finite yet partially infinite kind of way.

  • @MohawkJonIs1311
    @MohawkJonIs1311 7 років тому +74

    Goes to Ted talk.
    Speaks straight up gibberish.
    Best Ted talk ever.

    • @kalebsmith7722
      @kalebsmith7722 5 років тому +2

      It's pretty good but does it beat Nardwuar crowd surfing?

  • @eyesofphysics97
    @eyesofphysics97 10 років тому +16

    Did anyone notice the " That I am controlling you" here: 2:44 There are plenty of quiet references to the audience throughout the piece, but the general meaning aside from his real talent is that the ted atmosphere is very socially "proper and uptight", and his message is that whatever I do, you will have to sit through it and laugh and clap along because that is what others are doing.

  • @MichaelDeGar
    @MichaelDeGar 6 років тому +382

    "Uh.. that's French science. Here we go. " Gets me every time