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  • Jordan Peterson tells a story about his friend who thought he was more intelligent than he was, and diners.
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  • @3nder93
    @3nder93 7 років тому +787

    I forgot what the point was half way through him explaining bad toast. 10/10

    • @sadmemeboi
      @sadmemeboi 5 років тому +5

      I still dont get it.

    • @BluntFogg
      @BluntFogg 5 років тому +45

      @@sadmemeboi Try your best in everything you do and do it in a positive way. Don't make a shitty breakfast just because you're resentful (and good at it).

    • @jamesmoore1803
      @jamesmoore1803 5 років тому +26

      I also take away that it takes a lot of work to be so good at being so bad, so why not make the same effort towards being good at something? This was hilarious, though.

    • @nelsonj2919
      @nelsonj2919 5 років тому +2

      This is a common problem with Jordan

    • @justiny2215
      @justiny2215 5 років тому +6

      @@nelsonj2919 this is just a cut out of the lectura. He later resumes his point

  • @SinMelchiah
    @SinMelchiah 3 роки тому +1

    Seeing Jordan Peterson smile and laugh while tackling a serious matter that somewhat hits home, made me smile and laugh too. First on his presentation of “hell” and then my own past young dumb self. Simply brilliant.

  • @Atlas92936
    @Atlas92936 2 роки тому +1

    Hearing Prof.Peterson laugh is the greatest thing 😂

  • @realexkav
    @realexkav Рік тому

    If you want to dive deeper into his friend's back story, there's a lecture named Toxic Masculinity that goes into detail. Probably my favourite lecture of his

  • @appleormac
    @appleormac 2 роки тому +1

    this story about his friend always gets me :\

  • @kevywevykevy
    @kevywevykevy 7 років тому +631

    So refreshing to watch Peterson crack himself (and the crowd) up talking about an awfully cooked breakfast.

    • @MrtinVarela
      @MrtinVarela 7 років тому +6

      No one would have though it takes years of energy and effort to be capable of making such a patently horrifying breakfast.

    • @carlotapuig
      @carlotapuig 7 років тому +24

      It's an archetypal breakfast, the worst breakfast that you can possibly cook. Amazing archetype of not caring about what you do

    • @MrtinVarela
      @MrtinVarela 7 років тому +5

      +carlotapuig
      How does one make a meaning for oneself by caring so much about caring as little as possible on what you do for a living?

    • @natedavis9598
      @natedavis9598 7 років тому +19

      Working in retail management I saw this happen all the time. Had to have a few carefully worded conversations that began, "You know, it doesn't really seem like you want to be here..."

    • @maatonne
      @maatonne 7 років тому +28

      It's a meta breakfast.

  • @lanemusic9166
    @lanemusic9166 7 років тому +829

    Turned into a bit of a stand up comedy act near the end there.

  • @timetherington1986
    @timetherington1986 7 років тому +788

    Thats not breakfast! Thats a hate crime!

    • @Malumultimus
      @Malumultimus 7 років тому +8

      Kinda' glad it did, because his original story felt like he was describing someone I know.

    • @UserName-ii1ce
      @UserName-ii1ce 6 років тому +6

      Is that Paula Deens' new show

    • @VeteratorianLove
      @VeteratorianLove 6 років тому +1

      InCaseOfEmergency EatAss and the best reply award goes to you.

    • @folkrocksage9666
      @folkrocksage9666 6 років тому

      That's the perfect punch line

    • @gloriouscontent3538
      @gloriouscontent3538 5 років тому +1

      Hey Tim, dont talk shit about cut in half bacon. It makes it curl less causing more even cooking resulting in perfect crispiness.

  • @1nzi
    @1nzi 7 років тому +1085

    Kitchen Nightmares ft. Jordan Peterson

    • @MusketWalrus
      @MusketWalrus 6 років тому +41

      1nzi *_WHERE'S_* THE ARCHETYPE SAUCE?

    • @TheAmericanPrometheus
      @TheAmericanPrometheus 6 років тому +8

      NINOOOOO

    • @MsZsc
      @MsZsc 6 років тому +23

      Is the lobster fresh?

    • @batboy5023
      @batboy5023 6 років тому +16

      THE LOBSTER'S BLOODY FUCKING RAW!

    • @ronikarlsson1546
      @ronikarlsson1546 5 років тому +22

      "This lobster is so raw, it's developing a dominance hierarchy!"

  • @wilfordbrimley1506
    @wilfordbrimley1506 6 років тому +406

    I love it when Jordan says man

    • @imperialwarhawk123abc5
      @imperialwarhawk123abc5 6 років тому +10

      Wilford Brimley
      Its so weird to hear someone like him use it the way he does. The only other person that i have ever met that uses that word like him and it seemed weird was a 60 year old marine corp sergeant from Tennessee. I expectes a harsh southern accent. What i got was a normal america accent with him saying dude or man everyonce and a while.

    • @solaveritas2
      @solaveritas2 6 років тому +19

      He's from northern Alberta and you can hear it. That's why he also drops the occasional "eh." He doesn't talk like a stuffy Toronto professor at all. It's very endearing, actually.

    • @werewolf873
      @werewolf873 5 років тому +1

      very shaggy doo

    • @missnukkinfutz
      @missnukkinfutz 5 років тому +3

      It always makes me smile.... My dad used to say "man" like that too.

    • @mistermasterful3556
      @mistermasterful3556 5 років тому +3

      Yea man

  • @shawntco
    @shawntco 7 років тому +567

    6:23 - "They're no longer potatoes, they've half-returned to Mother Earth"

    • @trynachill
      @trynachill 6 років тому +20

      probably the funniest line imo

    • @Majestic469
      @Majestic469 5 років тому +1

      Classic 😂👌

    • @juicewayne7351
      @juicewayne7351 5 років тому +3

      Is this college or standup? He’s pretty good at both

  • @Butterballs52
    @Butterballs52 7 років тому +2174

    I hope JBP someday gets too senile for lectures and is forced to shift his whole thesis into metaphysical stand-up comedy.

  • @1234Daan4321
    @1234Daan4321 7 років тому +473

    I just imagine him going to a place like that, order that from the menu and actually telling them "No! That's not breakfast! That's Hell!" and then just getting up and walking away.

    • @juliantn
      @juliantn 7 років тому +35

      I think he'd first have to go around and point out exactly how each and every thing was wrong.

    • @1234Daan4321
      @1234Daan4321 7 років тому +9

      juliantn That's a strong possibility

    • @DakotaGraftt
      @DakotaGraftt 7 років тому +22

      juliantn
      And while he's at it explain the metaphysical reasoning as to why he thinks the breakfast was made the way it was and psychoanalyze all the people who work there.

    • @kylewhitehead1684
      @kylewhitehead1684 7 років тому +20

      "These eggs are literal shit! Roughly speaking."

    • @1234Daan4321
      @1234Daan4321 7 років тому +1

      Kyle Whitehead generally speaking yes.

  • @GeeWhizzTV
    @GeeWhizzTV 7 років тому +221

    That was the most depressing dining experience I've ever imagined

    • @MannFace51
      @MannFace51 7 років тому +7

      Sounds like every diner I've ever been to
      I need to find better diners

    • @tylerthecalculator810
      @tylerthecalculator810 6 років тому

      It would TYLER you how good you´r live is.

    • @jonathanmcculley3728
      @jonathanmcculley3728 4 роки тому

      Mann Face what kind of area do you live in where that’s the standard? Even when I was in a tiny backwood town with a thousand people had a decent diner experience lol

  • @DevinPlaysitAll
    @DevinPlaysitAll 7 років тому +870

    Shall I take my own life or finish this piece of toast?

    • @mattnilsen8
      @mattnilsen8 7 років тому +4

      Devin Plays it All Camus reincarnate

    • @breakingthemasks
      @breakingthemasks 7 років тому +5

      Devin Plays it All ... maybe the two are one and the same... ;)

    • @amklein6206
      @amklein6206 7 років тому +20

      That's grappling with real problems, man.

    • @OptionallySavage
      @OptionallySavage 7 років тому +16

      It's not obvious!

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 7 років тому +6

      Why not both? Death by toast.

  • @kijijiallin
    @kijijiallin 7 років тому +86

    As a restaurant owner who cares, who is dedicated to quality, and is trying to sort himself out. I'm intrigued by how much Dr. Peterson seems to enjoy shitty diners. I should just run a shitty diner.

    • @KBA3AP
      @KBA3AP 7 років тому +46

      I think he's more fascinated by the psychosis that creates them.

    • @29Hazard
      @29Hazard 7 років тому +6

      I would suggest you to run not a shitty diner, but a diner that would remind people how shitty it might be (or was in the past) while serving something nice. Couple of places in Moscow revived soviet atmosphere with decoration, music and menu choices, however food is really good, not cheap and waiters are nice to you.
      There was an idea to run a hardcore soviet-style diner, where everything shitty about that time period would be gathered one in place, including personel that would swear in your face, but as far as I know it was never brought to life. Who knows why...
      P.S. Nice nickname. I saw what you did there Ю_Ю

  • @danacampbell1958
    @danacampbell1958 7 років тому +213

    2:58 There's a checkout guy at our local Safeway. He's been there for years. He has this incredible skill of keeping a conversation going from one customer to the next in a chain. Always funny and insightful and a bit risky/risque. Most people open up to him and spend two or three minutes telling him the craziest and most unpredictable things. The guy is a master of a simple job.

    • @daisy8284
      @daisy8284 6 років тому +20

      Dana Campbell do you know that the words risky and risqué mean two completely different things? You can't slash them like this "risky/risqué" as if they're similar.

    • @drianeb9711
      @drianeb9711 6 років тому +8

      He’d be fired if he was risqué LOL

    • @elastronaute1198
      @elastronaute1198 5 років тому +9

      @@daisy8284 give her a break. The point she was making got through

    • @veryconfused5158
      @veryconfused5158 5 років тому +1

      @@daisy8284 it's okay

    • @am.d7512
      @am.d7512 5 років тому +33

      I'm a cleaner in a hospital. I also study psychology in college (luckily is free where I am from) . . but I go in there most days noticing what my life could be if I don't keep pushing. The hospital is a strange place when notice the archetypes. Doctors looking down on you or not even noticing you. Nurses asking you to do the stuff they should be doing, people in the hall ways feeling sorry for you.
      Long story short, I try my best to get the most out of that shit job. I use my time to talk to patients, talk to other workers about their issues. Even some of my supervisors and listen to the conversations the doctors and nurses are having about different problems of the body or brain. I google patients symptoms, add it to my knowledge and know that shit might be useful in a cog exam or something down the line in my career. I talk to granny's about the weather and they tell me shit about the 50's I didn't know and then I talk to younger nurses my age and practise my day game when I can. I learn how to clean my room every day because it's my job to clean others.
      In the not so distant future, I hope to be a clinical psychologist like Jordan. To be honest, when I started watching his videos, I wasn't so sure what I wanted to be. A few years down the road and with his guidance I have literally done everything to follow in his footsteps.
      I guess my point is, if you have a shit job, value it because it's shit. See the worth in it because it shows you what you don't want to be and make a plan to upgrade how ever small. Saving to move away to somewhere with better money or better work. Going back to college. What ever it is, but get a plan. Then use that shit job to your advantage. Small talk like fuck. Use every second to learn shit. Even if it's totally unrelated to your life it is better than learning nothing and just building up hate. It's usually never too late and even if it is, there's a fuck load of people without that job who need it. So there's always a worse hell.

  • @0mnis14sh
    @0mnis14sh 7 років тому +88

    Jordan Peterson is my favorite stand up comedian.

  • @iAmTheSquidThing
    @iAmTheSquidThing 7 років тому +380

    So, what's the deal with airline food?

    • @feslerae
      @feslerae 7 років тому +6

      Andy Brice "Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one?"

    • @akaTbone1305
      @akaTbone1305 5 років тому +7

      The altitude and air pressure impact your tongues ability to correctly taste food ,it's why everything tastes worse on an airline.

    • @jasonborne5359
      @jasonborne5359 5 років тому +2

      Is this a jerry seinfeld bit?

    • @elastronaute1198
      @elastronaute1198 5 років тому +11

      @@akaTbone1305 Or it's the fact that most airlines just provide awful, processed, prepacked food, to save money. Like if what you're saying is true, how come people who fly first class and on emirates or other luxury airlines like that report having fantastic food?

    • @kyleprice9830
      @kyleprice9830 5 років тому

      I wanna play raciss kramer!

  • @Jazi2Kewl
    @Jazi2Kewl 7 років тому +78

    When you climb so far up the harky you can talk about the biblical archetype of the bad breakfast for several minutes and get a standing ovation

  • @phantomkate6
    @phantomkate6 7 років тому +151

    Last week at the post-talk meetup, I totally said "I can't wait for someone to make a clip of the diner story!" I bet it's going to become one of his most popular videos. 🤘

    • @hanskloss7726
      @hanskloss7726 6 років тому +2

      So were was this from - I want to hear what happened to the suicidal friend (I mean besides he committed a suicide).

  • @Pinedal
    @Pinedal 7 років тому +93

    The story about his friend really puts into perspective some of the advice he has given: "Do not try to rescue someone who does not want to be rescued, and be very careful about rescuing someone who does. "

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 6 років тому +4

      dan I learned that lesson the hard way.

    • @carrot92
      @carrot92 6 років тому +2

      Slappy what happened?

    • @25phyll
      @25phyll 2 роки тому

      Thank you, because I forgot the point at the end.

  • @hoereadyjoerogan-gorillake9050
    @hoereadyjoerogan-gorillake9050 7 років тому +221

    tfw you gotta save your breakfast from the underworld

    • @GuyFawkes051
      @GuyFawkes051 7 років тому +3

      That's not a whale belly you want to be traversing x)

    • @darcycomearound2936
      @darcycomearound2936 7 років тому +9

      roughly speaking

    • @MusixPro4u
      @MusixPro4u 7 років тому +4

      THAT NAME. Take the like, Sir.

  • @carlotapuig
    @carlotapuig 7 років тому +230

    JBP is the current King of Comedy. He has quickly climbed up the dominance hierarchy of stand-up comedy

  • @SweetStrawberryShell
    @SweetStrawberryShell 7 років тому +76

    I almost cried. From laughter, from hearing Dr. Peterson laugh, and from realising how much thought the good doctor was putting into the whole thing. Made my day, or even month ❤

  • @Supersonicboom7
    @Supersonicboom7 7 років тому +517

    Wow I really needed this, I feel like I would have related to Peterson's friend. Fortunate for me I did end up finishing a degree but I still feel resentful for not reaching my full potential, and I definitely have a similar worldview to him. Though I was depressed throughout my degree because I thought is was pointless, the education was quite literally a joke. I was scared that even after I finished (completed it two weeks ago) that some form of depression will still linger, and I guess it has and it's much stronger than I thought it would be. It actually helped to hear Peterson say that intelligence can devour you, because it's literally destroying me at the moment. Maybe in part I thought I was just being ungrateful for my gift, but that only made me feel worse for making me feel like I was being petty and pathetic, which in turn made me feel even worse that I was getting my brain stuck in a negative feedback loop. Also no one wants to hear your cries about how difficult you find it because you think on a different level to most, it just sounds self absorbed, arrogant, narcissistic and conceited.
    A recent experience has made this even worse for me. Apart from my close friends, when I am being myself I don't usually get very much appreciation for how my mind works and the ideas I have. I haven't yet learnt to articulate myself like Peterson or Harris or even Neil Degrasse Tyson, who are all really good at holding the attention of anyone. Though one girl seemed like she was interested in me for who I was, she explicitly said so. It actually made me really happy because it's been a long time since I felt desired like that. Though from out of nowhere without indication or sign, she flaked. That plunged me further into the darkness than I was before the encounter, like the last little light of hope I had was snuffed out. I can put on a fake persona to get people enamoured in me, but faking that is tiring and I don't enjoy doing it. Also I would be attracting people that I genuinely don't have any interest in, and don't have any interest in the real me either.
    A really depressing thought dawned on me, that even when I strive to fulfill my potential and achieve the goals I have set. Then how would I know if the people who flock to me actually care about me, or are just hanging around because of my success. Of course I will still have my close friends, but a partner is just as important and the thought depressed me. I conceptualized that it may be possible that I won't find a woman that will ever really care about me at all, the thoughts, the ideas, my very being, they may only care about what I represent, a young successful person. My ideas would only gain merit because they were useful in generating wealth essentially. Why am I a slave to my primal urges to want to eventually find a partner? Why is this so difficult?
    I know I can't be alone on this, but merely knowing others are going through something similar doesn't absolve this pain. By the end of the video I was quite literally laughing at Peterson's humor with tears in my eyes from the heaviness I feel in my chest. Now I have devolved into some sad pathetic form of human being that posts long unsolicited rambling stories about my life online, it does help take the edge of the pain though. I don't want to burden my close friends, and I really don't want to burden my Mum or Brother anymore then I already have. I want to be happy, if not for me but for them as it hurts them to watch me feel like this. Just having a partner, that one person who I can be momentarily vulnerable around and still feel loved would probably cure my insecurities about everything in just a few day.
    For now I am working on getting fit again, and developing my business into something I can be proud of. Hopefully through self improvement my outlook will change dramatically, I will give it my all and fight to the end but I might lose, break and become a demon. I am just trying to be honest, I'm capable of great good and evil, and I'm scared about falling to the darkside...

    • @johnsampson6387
      @johnsampson6387 7 років тому +33

      I read your whole post and I relate to it a lot.
      I too recently met a girl like that and she also flaked on me out of nowhere...It had also been a long while since a girl had shown interest in me like that. Back to square one I guess.
      I can also relate to people not giving a shit about my intelligence. They used to while I was still in school and could help them get better grades.
      Although, I never finished my degree and have lost contact with the close friends/family that I used to have...so I would cherish that if I were you.
      To be completely honest, part of the reason why I dropped out was because I thought women don't care about me anyways, even if I do have some fancy degree and job and making good money. (I know that's not the right attitude to have, but that was how I thought back then). So I wondered what the point of it all was.
      Anyways, best of luck.

    • @Supersonicboom7
      @Supersonicboom7 7 років тому +12

      +John Sampson
      Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
      It feels terrible right, I don't even know why they can't just be honest and say that they aren't interested anymore, instead of leaving you on the hook for days. It might seem little, but each time we hope they'll get back but never do it destroys our ability to hope a little more each time. My friends and family are the only thing keeping me sane, looking back on it it's a miracle I even have them in the first place. Is it too late to rekindle the friendship with at least one or two friends, could make a big difference? To be honest University is joke nowadays, all the information you need is readily online for next to nothing in a much easier format to digest too. You know dropping out might have been the right choice, carrying might of only increased the despair like it did with me.
      Thanks again, best of luck to you too

    • @Supersonicboom7
      @Supersonicboom7 7 років тому +10

      +ben nichols
      Thanks for taking the time to read my post
      It sounds like having serious relationships are really hard, only a few people who role big on the jackpot seem to get mostly joy out of them. Wow 136 is really high! I've never taken a proper one, there are some random ones online I have done, though they must be extremely inaccurate, managed to get 160 once (which should be impossible from normal tests). I actually want to do work in the future to reform schools, so young children who were like us don't need to go through that pain ever again. Seems like you came out of it a lot rougher, a lot earlier, it's amazing you were able to deal with it that young.
      Wow man thinking about what you went through actually breaks my heart. I am only 21 so I've still potentially got a lot of shit to wade through too. You are definitely not alone in contemplating destroying the universe, I've had those thoughts too. I theorized what it would take to make me want to kill myself, turns out if the scenario is just right it wouldn't be a lot. I also theorized how I would go, I think I would plot, scheme and execute a brilliant plan that could bring a civilization to it's knees. What country are you from? UK by any chance? At Least you are being considerate and still trying to do the best for your children, sounds like the mother almost doesn't care about the damage she's doing. You know apart from online I haven't really found a solution to someone who you can talk too. I theorized that it may be possible to find a woman who is also depressed, and then exchange loads in a mutually benefitting way. That way you don't have to trust them, as they have vested interests for a good outcomes which won't happen if she runs. Helping each other will make each other better of, but the act of helping another also usually has some healing element to it, sort of like a double win.
      Job wise I've heard people have a lot of success in digital marketing with no experience or training, it may not be a dream job but it pays well. Any job online is a really good place to be now. I think it can pay up to 6 figures in the US after a few years. Have you tried JP's Authoring suite? Seems like you might get a little relief from writing, it might help a bit, it's quite good. I can hook you up with a login for the suite as I have a spare one.

    • @jonnekytola5513
      @jonnekytola5513 7 років тому +7

      If you haven't, check out the Self Authoring Suite by JP.
      And find stuff you ENJOY doing and get better at them, not stuff you think you need to do to be respectable (obviously do both, but you need the former). For example I've realized that there is no amount of money that could buy me out of playing the bass guitar and barbell training. So I do those, along other things, and I am getting better and better to the point that I could teach either one pretty decently, and boy does that feel good, even if I won't do anything but keep them as personal endeavors.
      So: think and write carefully about yourself and find something productive that you can't stop thinking about, that'll do wonders.

    • @Supersonicboom7
      @Supersonicboom7 7 років тому +1

      +Jonne Kytölä
      Thanks for the suggestion
      Yh I've checked it out, even I was working on it this morning before I made my post. I'm naturally introverted, so I do relish in the things I love doing. Graphic design, film production, Music Production, Coding and gaming etc, so I guess I have found the things I love. Hopefully I'm just at a low point in time because it feels like it's hard to love myself when virtually no one else does. Even though what is wrong with me feels useful for my personal progression, it doesn't feel useful in my interactions with others. It makes it hard for me to truly enjoy and relish the moment with others, as it's not really me in that moment, but a projection of myself. Though I will continue to self evaluate and analyse myself and hopefully I will find a permanent solution and implementation to my distress.

  • @chairde
    @chairde 5 років тому +2

    I’ve met several people who thought that their job was below them. They are a miserable lot for sure. How they keep their jobs is beyond me. When you have to work with these people you quickly learn to distance yourself from them. I worked as a School Psychologist on a Child Study Team (CST) for a school district here in New Jersey, USA. Many of the teachers were just like what is described in this video. I had to stop going into the staff lounge in all the schools I serviced because of the constant complaints about the children and parents, not to mention complaints about the CST.
    One second grade teacher referred half of her students to us for evaluation. Never gave failing grades and these kids did well on standardized testing. They of course were never suspended for misbehaving and the parents were notified during report card interviews that their child was “slow” according to the teacher. When we tested the child and found nothing the teacher was convinced that we did a poor job. Several times she stormed out of the meeting between her, the parents and the CST. She was the most extreme example but there were others who were not far behind her. I found that several of these teachers thought that they were experts on everything. I oftentimes wondered if the same thing appears in the private sector. All these little EXPERTS wasted time and money.

  • @fluWmiR
    @fluWmiR 6 років тому +1

    There's a good point here. First he talked about a reasonably smart man who made himself so miserable that he killed himself, then he followed it up with an account of a totally miserable situation. He showed that far more important than the circumstances we face in life is the way we choose to take them. Doctor Peterson faces the misery of life with mirth and wonder instead of bitterness.
    Good advice, particularly for those who tend towards bleak views of the world.

  • @satan4725
    @satan4725 7 років тому +164

    holy FUCK he's literally describing me

  • @TheMilwaukeeProtocol
    @TheMilwaukeeProtocol 5 років тому +6

    I suspect this is more akin to what he's like when he's not interviewing or lecturing.

  • @thatone2297
    @thatone2297 5 років тому +2

    I love it when Jordan Peterson has those small comedic moments so this was a blast to listen to.

  • @mobphantom
    @mobphantom 4 роки тому +2

    It's so heartwarming to witness Jordan Peterson's sense of humour! He always comes off as the type of person who is serious all the time but he's just a regular guy who happens to be brilliant and very passionate about what he does.
    I bet you Jordan is deep down a softie 😊

  • @rustyblade9400
    @rustyblade9400 6 років тому +24

    As a guy who cooks at a diner and hates his job
    This is accurate

  • @KurNorock
    @KurNorock 5 років тому +6

    Orange juice that is orange in color only.
    This man is a genius.

  • @andrewdornan1786
    @andrewdornan1786 6 років тому +1

    i would love to have the opportunity to shake Dr. Peterson's hand and thank him for at least trying to offer some wisdom to ageneration of aimless and lost individuals who have never considered overcoming their own faults and neurosisies. I have been a resentful and honestly murderous person in my life often but over the last year i grew up a lot... i then started listeming to Jordan Petersons talks and lectures and tried applying what he has to say to my own life and it has given me hope in myself... sorry youtube im kinda ranting but i have tears in my eyes and im thankful for the existance of things like truth and hope and responsibility... thats all thank you Dr. Peterson.

  • @disparv
    @disparv 4 роки тому +2

    Listening to JBP is just pleasure.

  • @Agent99
    @Agent99 7 років тому +6

    He was saying all that in the context of showing the modern equivalent of the story of Cain and Abel... showing how you can do the same thing like Cain -- the horrific diner -- or like Abel, a wonderful diner, with good food, well prepared, where they care about their customers... and attaching all that to the travesty of his friend killing himself instead of doing something well and to enhance others' lives. His Bible lecture series is riveting, even for atheists.

    • @TheSeth256
      @TheSeth256 5 років тому

      You are kind of wrong about Cain and Abel though.Cain wasn't bad at his job(he was a farmer), if you don't remember/know the story, Cain was cultivating land while Abel was a shepherd.Both were doing sacrifices for God, Cain was offering vegetables while Abel was offering lambs.God rejected Cain's offering, despite him being honest and dilligent, while Abel's sacrifice was welcomed.Cain became resentful because of the injustice and in the end killed Abel, BECAUSE his life's work was being treated like shit for no reason. So yeah, presenting Cain as the horrific diner is completely wrong.

  • @Ladco77
    @Ladco77 5 років тому +5

    You can tell from the detail of the description that Mr. Peterson has eaten in that diner.

  • @benicedarnit
    @benicedarnit 5 років тому +2

    I love how he can be so funny yet make a meaningful point at the same time, made me smile

  • @FlamosSnow
    @FlamosSnow 5 років тому +1

    His laugh is the sun shining man, its beautiful

  • @jdoedoenet
    @jdoedoenet 7 років тому +11

    Holy fuck! Jordan Peterson talking about Charles Bukowski and Tom Waits in the same video.
    I have truly died and gone to heaven. :-)

    • @carlotapuig
      @carlotapuig 7 років тому +2

      JBP is a big Tom Waits fan. He has spoken with composer Samuel Andreyev about Tom Waits

  • @Kim-ut2xr
    @Kim-ut2xr 7 років тому +3

    UA-cam bliss: When your favorite professor mentions your favorite singer/songwriter while laughing about suicide and breakfast. Going to listen to Tom Waits reading "Nirvana", a poem by Charles Bukowski now. Thank, Pordan. Great clip! I'm saving this one.

    • @jdoedoenet
      @jdoedoenet 7 років тому +4

      Same here. JP talking Bukowski and Tom Waits...nearly fell off my chair.
      All he needs now is a Black Flag t-shirt. ;-)

  • @georgiag1896
    @georgiag1896 5 років тому +1

    It’s so precious when he laughs

  • @FriendofDorothy
    @FriendofDorothy 5 років тому +1

    Have just recently started watching his videos. Never thought he had much of a sense of humor. Guess I'm wrong. Oddly, he sounds like he is crying when he is laughing. What an astounding character he would make in a novel.

  • @sirnoba5507
    @sirnoba5507 6 років тому +35

    You have Netflix & chill? I have Breakfast & suicide.

  • @gearoidwalsh8606
    @gearoidwalsh8606 7 років тому +22

    I can be suicidal at times and I still know to treat food (and breakfast) with more respect than that. even if you're just making beans on toast, you should do it properly.

  • @ideapolice3074
    @ideapolice3074 6 років тому +1

    I love how he cracks himself up

  • @elisavetamilaeva5249
    @elisavetamilaeva5249 7 років тому +1

    I just keep falling in love with this guy ever damn time. What a remarkable human being.

  • @Caaarrl94
    @Caaarrl94 7 років тому +3

    this was by far the most i've smiled all week.
    watching jordan looking so healthy, happy and cracking himself up so much really cheered me up

  • @pilldolan9918
    @pilldolan9918 7 років тому +14

    That guy he described at start, was almost a word for word description of myself i'm ashamed to say. I'd really like a one to one conversation with Jordan himself.

    • @michaelbrent6099
      @michaelbrent6099 6 років тому +1

      pill dolan same

    • @SpookySkeleton738
      @SpookySkeleton738 6 років тому +1

      Nothing to be ashamed of man, "gifted kid burnouts" are everywhere if you know where to look.

    • @kennedycrevoiserat7095
      @kennedycrevoiserat7095 6 років тому

      Spooky Skeleton thats me

    • @emmaphilo4049
      @emmaphilo4049 6 років тому

      everyone does

    • @martymcfly88mph35
      @martymcfly88mph35 6 років тому

      It's not too late to get it together. Going to school isn't the option to a good successful life.

  • @grimble4564
    @grimble4564 5 років тому +1

    I love how close this gets to being stand up

  • @thomasmalatesta7331
    @thomasmalatesta7331 7 років тому

    This is better than 90% of the stand up comedy on the You Tube today.

  • @ladynottingham89
    @ladynottingham89 7 років тому +7

    To say that I relate to this sounds self-indulgent and arrogant, but I do. Intelligence is a two-edged sword for sure. My eyes are open to a lot of things that most of the people around me don't see. Especially when it comes to negative family dynamics. It's also lonely. I find that it's rare for people to want to discuss ideas, and when I really get going there's a point where the other person can't follow. I have few really close friends because of this. And when it comes to romance, forget it. I don't find most men interesting. The only guy I ever loved was an older man with a PhD, we could talk for hours and I felt completely fulfilled. However, the age difference made the materialization of the relationship unrealistic. I also have low conscientiousness, which has made it hard for me to get traction in life, hence why I relate to this guy Jordan mentions. At this point in my life I have had to settle for a career beneath my capabilities because being close to 30, I don't have the time to do what I really want and still be able to hsve children within a reasonable time frame. Being smart is not necessarily the only ticket to success. You have to be smart AND be willing to get your hands dirty. If you're high in intellectual ability and high on conscientiousness, you've won the golden ticket.

    • @memoriaedanae9194
      @memoriaedanae9194 7 років тому

      ladynottingham89 can we be friends? 😅
      I find that the people I spent time with on a somewhat regular basis, whom others would consider friends, are only interested in superficial topics and have no interest (or the ability) to see beyond these 😧

    • @MIKEO96
      @MIKEO96 7 років тому

      ladynottingham89 Message me

    • @ladynottingham89
      @ladynottingham89 7 років тому +2

      Intelligence is VERY valuable in this world, so it is not "overvalued" without reason. And I do consider it self-indulgent to toot my own horn by declaring I relate to a man with an IQ of 135. Most people are not as smart as they think anyways, as Jordan mentioned.

    • @marsfischer7161
      @marsfischer7161 6 років тому

      ladynottingham89 that was good

  • @Sternertime
    @Sternertime 7 років тому +22

    We're too thirsty for happiness. If the West could appreciate the tragedy a little more, we would be far more spiritually competent. And i mean if we were capable of surrendering to the sadness of what is occuring in the world, and always has been, we would be more resilient and flexible as human beings.

    • @MadMensDen
      @MadMensDen 7 років тому +2

      Not even that, but at the very least people should stop being extremely ungrateful for the things they have, the chancesw they have, and that they even live in the west in the first place.

    • @igorspitz
      @igorspitz 5 років тому

      @saganist Honest question, saganist. How this pressure propagate itself?

  • @survivalsquid
    @survivalsquid 7 років тому

    No work is beneath you, success is earned by taking the job no one wants and doing it to the best of your ability. In my time in the military the first job we gave everyone was cleaning the head, the restroom. Some young men spent weeks or months doing that everyday and some did it 3 times. One young man who had been doing bathroom duty for awhile came to me and asked why he had to do it everyday. I told him that until he could show to us that he could be trusted with a toilet no one was going to trust him with their lives.

  • @Sock1122
    @Sock1122 7 років тому +1

    so good to hear his analysis, so much to relate to and he's always touching deep

  • @doctorjordanb.dankerson1624
    @doctorjordanb.dankerson1624 7 років тому +21

    I only came here for the instructions on how to make a bad breakfast

  • @dopeyguy10
    @dopeyguy10 7 років тому +23

    So when does Jordan Peterson's HBO special come out?

  • @matthewjackman8410
    @matthewjackman8410 7 років тому

    Watching Dr. Peterson relish the story he is telling with such enthusiasm just made my day!

  • @markandrewbarrett7710
    @markandrewbarrett7710 5 років тому +4

    Those last four minutes...wow--I think Jordan has been to a Denny's somewhere in middle America recently

  • @robbiehoen
    @robbiehoen 7 років тому +3

    Just when i thought i couldn't possibly appreciate Jordan peterson any more than i do, he goes ahead and mentions Tom Waits reading a poem by bukowsky. This guy, man... He is something else.

  • @richspizzaparty
    @richspizzaparty 7 років тому +25

    He needs a new breakfast spot, asap.

  • @badgerrrlattin35
    @badgerrrlattin35 6 років тому

    Thinking oneself too good for a job, any job, is the beginning of failure.

  • @frederickpasco7607
    @frederickpasco7607 7 років тому +1

    If you skip breakfast and are depressed, by all means try changing that. But for many people skipping breakfast may improve their mood a lot. Let's not be dogmatic.

  • @richspizzaparty
    @richspizzaparty 7 років тому +8

    Boy did this ever speak to me, I have that job he's talking about and had to radically change my attitude about it.

  • @kylemccormack1785
    @kylemccormack1785 6 років тому +4

    "It's not so obvious that JOBS are BENEATH PEOPLE."
    Thank you.

  • @JesseWolfboy
    @JesseWolfboy 7 років тому +1

    I love to see him laugh and crack up! He's so funny, such a great orator, but he's always talking about such serious stuff... We can easily forget how FUNNY he is! He really could do stand-up comedy!

  • @jeffschwind2011
    @jeffschwind2011 7 років тому +13

    Jordan Peterson and Alan Watts my power animals

  • @MrBeaux
    @MrBeaux 7 років тому +7

    I'm just really happy to hear Jordan Peterson is a Tom Waits fan!

  • @keithode1737
    @keithode1737 7 років тому

    How terrifying to hear the story about his friend and realizing that every single word also describes me to a tee. I'm only 32, so I still have eight years to sort myself out. Better start cleaning my room...

  • @TheDudecof
    @TheDudecof 7 років тому

    Jordans such a well rounded guy and just has this unique ability to explain things in a really laidback yet profound way with a good sense of humor, I'd definitely have a beer with him

  • @MrCWL
    @MrCWL 7 років тому +15

    Thanks for sharing this upbeat piece, Pordan!

  • @IamIbrahim
    @IamIbrahim 7 років тому +28

    "That's not breakfast, that's hell" must become "The aristocrats" for intellectuals. We must all explore how one could do the worst possible job of a very ordinary gig in high resolution and end it with the same punchline every time: "That's not _______________, that's hell!"

  • @juliantn
    @juliantn 7 років тому +8

    I'll tell you how you cook the bloody potatoes. You don't cook them at all, you just push them around the grill so that they're nice and greasy and maybe a bit hot on the outside and then serve 'em while they still taste like the reheated week old abominations that they are that you'd be ashamed to feed to your dog even if he was like emaciated and half starving to death...

  • @michaeltraylor7171
    @michaeltraylor7171 6 років тому

    It's really good to see this man laugh. He really seemed to enjoy himself. He's usually put on the defense. Where people try, and fail to discredit him. I wish you would have put the point of the lecture on here.

  • @ladyblack8556
    @ladyblack8556 7 років тому +6

    That was excellent, thanks for the laugh this morning! I LIKE those little sausages.....they're probably full of rubbish but I like them.

  • @markotuna
    @markotuna 7 років тому +63

    first
    edit: I have no life, its 5:30 AM here and I am fucked. Im yet to go to bed :D

    • @georgemargaris
      @georgemargaris 7 років тому +3

      marko cinut , same here, except I DO have a life... maybe if you clean up your room, you'll find your lost life?

    • @goju09alt9
      @goju09alt9 7 років тому +8

      Same. I just have problems with Circadian rhythm.
      I'm sorting myself out.
      Also I'm eating breakfast.

    • @uglyn8653
      @uglyn8653 7 років тому

      iron man

    • @alcy0ne1
      @alcy0ne1 7 років тому +1

      Goju09 Alt
      Goju09 Alt
      My mind read that as "Canadian Rhythm" and man, that's the oxymoronic description of this Jordan Peterson crazy riffing stand-up routine. :)

    • @1234Daan4321
      @1234Daan4321 7 років тому +4

      marko cinut You should clean up your room, you know. And sort yourself out, roughly speaking.

  • @TimeGallon
    @TimeGallon 7 років тому +1

    It's funny. Most stand-up comedians couldn't write such sensory stimulated imagery if you gave them a year to do it and Peterson just rolls it out on the spot. Lol well done.

  • @maskeno
    @maskeno 6 років тому

    Jordan peterson is a God damn treasure man.

  • @dragunmane3029
    @dragunmane3029 7 років тому +15

    Think again sunshine

  • @anasamin8227
    @anasamin8227 5 років тому +4

    "The kind of orange juice that is only orange in colour" geniusss

  • @mannysmandatories5595
    @mannysmandatories5595 7 років тому

    this is very quickly becoming one of my favourite clips to come back to during random moments in the day

  • @ZombieOfun
    @ZombieOfun 6 років тому

    I don't even remember the transition from his friend to the description of the most despicable and spiteful breakfast ever

  • @ryanw3874
    @ryanw3874 7 років тому +3

    In case you ever wondered what Jordan doing standup comedy would look like

  • @WhatEver-ej9vs
    @WhatEver-ej9vs 6 років тому +6

    Jordan is the most unintentionally funny person I've ever seen.

  • @the1tigglet
    @the1tigglet 5 років тому

    One of the greatest lessons of hermitage is that you are as low as dirt not as an insult but as a truth, we are all dirt particles from space combining into our bodies, it's a lesson in humbleness. It's something that religions miss. They don't teach this because humility is a stranger to religion and the religious. They think they know but they really don't. It's similar to what scientists experience when they have an epiphany about how small our planet really is in the universe.

  • @alexhamel-snapp5390
    @alexhamel-snapp5390 6 років тому

    The joy he took in describing that godawful breakfast is truly beautiful.

  • @timetherington1986
    @timetherington1986 7 років тому +10

    Sausages so evil there isn't an orifice you could put it in which it isn't going to violate.

    • @FriendofDorothy
      @FriendofDorothy 5 років тому

      .. LOL! .and you win the award for best double entendre comment. I come here for the laughs; this is funnier than anything in the video itself.

  • @CrackedxVertibre
    @CrackedxVertibre 7 років тому +3

    someone needs to stitch together everything this guy says and make it into an audiobook

  • @xXWorldgamefunXx
    @xXWorldgamefunXx 6 років тому +1

    Jordan Peterson should've been a stand up comedian holy shit

  • @Lockn3s5
    @Lockn3s5 6 років тому +1

    I love this man. He's such a genuine human being

  • @kwakekamdivasi591
    @kwakekamdivasi591 6 років тому +6

    Did you know?? With just a drop of serotonin, cooked Lobsters come back to life right on your plate!

  • @K05H
    @K05H 6 років тому +4

    He really does sound like Kermit lol

  • @SF_Curious
    @SF_Curious 5 років тому

    Peterson helps a lot of humans by sharing this talks in the web

  • @SmileyNoteblock
    @SmileyNoteblock 6 років тому +1

    Well, I can actually relate a lot to this, and I gotta say, this video kinda helped me. I've been struggling with depression for a while, and it's nice to see everything from my friends' point of wiew, and how they feel and care about me... And the fact that intelligence can fuck you over, thinking about it, it's kinda true... I'm currently 14, 15 in 8 days, and next year I'll start 10th grade, last year in middle school. And I gotta say, when living in the middle part of Norway, where no one appreciates your intelligence, and only appreciate how many times you can jump up and touch the top of the doorframe, it's fucking difficult. After having no "real friends" between kindergarden and 8th grade, I got quite fucking alone and depressed. And it doesn't help that my school goes out of their way to ruin my grades. Next year I was supposed to have 2nd year high school math, but then they demanded that I payed them $1000 for the extra costs, when by law, they're the ones that have to pay. I've taken an IRL IQ test, and my IQ measures out at 148+, and since I got everything on the test right, I couldn't get any exact numbers, I only know it's above 148. But this still means that I, by law, have the rights to have extra education in math, and every other topic, if I want to. But the school straight out denies this, and gives me nothing, and if I want anything, I'll have to pay for it. My family not being very rich, means that I haven't gotten any extra education in math, and that I've just had to study in my spare time, at home. This whole thing just shows how society only accepts normal/dumb people, and how smart people get left out, since they can't touch the top of the doorframe 100 times in a row... I sometimes just wish that I was a dumb piece of shit, since intelligence isn't worth anything anyways, and it's the only thing that I have. I barely have friends, I look like shit, and I play fucking chess to have fun... I've just come to the point where I have nothing left in my life that's valuable, and I've just given up... I already failed suicide about half a year ago, on the 30th of January, and since then, nothing's been getting better. I just have all these things inside me, holding me down, and I'm not sure if I'm gonna make it through the next year of school... I've pretty much accepted death already, is there really any point in trying to continue? I just don't see a point, when everyone else arround me is indirectly telling me that I'll be better off dead, I just want this to end, and to not be held down by all these burdens that follow me arround, from early in the morning, to late at night. The only reason I'm not dead now, pretty much, is that I still have one friend that actually has a lot of the same problems as me, and that I actually can hang out with, and talk to. I've given up my own life at this point, I just focus on helping out other people when I can now, and I can't imagine how sad and depressed I'll make my friend's life by commiting suicide, since I'm also one of the two friends she has. I'm just staying alive to not ruin my friend's life basically... I just wish that everything would get better, but miracles are sadly just scientifically impossible...

  • @Gabbyreel
    @Gabbyreel 7 років тому +17

    I don't understand the point of this

    • @stephenwithaph1566
      @stephenwithaph1566 7 років тому +77

      Takeaway: Intelligence has no bearing on your ability to perform in a certain job, but it does have a bearing on the complexity of the task; simply put, nobody is "beneath" doing a certain task. Intelligence seems to instead describe the upper limit of complexity that any one person can manage.
      By implementing a healthy dose of bitterness and complacency into a job that you think is "beneath you", you very quickly fail at even the simplest of tasks.
      This does not mean you cannot be dissatisfied at a job, this just means you fail when you become bitterly complacent, because you end up carrying that bitterness and complacency around with you.

    • @MadMensDen
      @MadMensDen 7 років тому +3

      To express the capability of people, through resentment and bitterness, to create their own slice of hell here on earth, creating for themselves a cycle of misery, and trying to spread that misery through any means available.
      This is why jordan says "clean your room," by doing so you're already beginning to create a better and more tolerable life for yourself, and by extension the ones around you. You have to start at the bottom, the place closest to you and create that space in which you want to live by gradually improving it. The example Jordan gave is the opposite of this.
      It's not limited to the intelligence argument.
      I hope this was an adequate explanation.

    • @KazzArie
      @KazzArie 6 років тому

      You’ll get it when you’re older

    • @thescottsman4965
      @thescottsman4965 6 років тому

      well gabe, the good news is..in that case you dont have to worry about being either one of the subjects discussed ...~

  • @robynalice879
    @robynalice879 4 роки тому +1

    Fuck, the way Prof. keeps stifling his giggles is killing me. 😂😂❣

  • @mitchyman92
    @mitchyman92 7 років тому

    No matter what you're doing if you aim to do it well you will find so many benefits.

  • @PrometheusMonk
    @PrometheusMonk 5 років тому

    I love you Jordan! So great to see him express some humor.

  • @royalwoosher1758
    @royalwoosher1758 5 років тому

    I thought this was gonna be something relating breakfast to suicide but it was actually 2 separate stories on suicide and breakfast