Oh yeah, he definitely was. I remember he had a channel or something where the username was pooplicker. When he started gaining popularity and doing more science, he become more serious. Over time his old personality seeped out
I mean that was what he was in 2012. Food smashers was in 2009. One of my first ever subscriptions was to Vsauce because he was so different than anyone else in 2012 on yt
I love half of Vsauce is genius-level and often existential discussions and the other half is him just doing random things. One moment he’s a college professor, and the next he’s your weird neighbor from down the street.
Bro your pfp and your humour really reminded me of techno like that's something techno would say and ngl that kinda made me tear up.... You made my day man :)
My favorite part of this is that the name "Vsauce" was randomly generated, meaning Michael didn't have any name in mind. He just knew he *didn't* want to name the channel Video Game Nation.
definitelly, as far as I know a lot of companies saw what he can bring - youtube included. I wish to sit down with him to hear all about his creative journey
Sometimes you need to step out of the sanity, in order to gain knowledge, lessons, and acceptance (ya ik this comment is nun butt jks and i said the obv)
I still revisit Bearded Nun once in a while. Shout-out to Mark Douglas, I miss his humour. Thank you for the years of entertainment, fun and knowledge Michael! Cheers from Greece!
@@isahak7 who knows. There's like 2 other vsauce channels hosted by kevin and Jake. Plus a channel as big as vsauce is made up of more people than just the face of it i.e Michael.
@@ThatGamerDude9000Yeah, it would be so successful FSN would be Food Smashers Network. Coming up next is Food Smashers, followed by Food Smashers, and then Vsauce.
"A company asked me to pitch them a show…" That setup felt like starting the Titanic movie with the ship snapping in half and never once mentioning the iceberg.
For me it was my math teacher who used to tell life stories and funny stuff, but he also taught physics before joining our institute, so basically it was a physica teacher in my case 😅
@@williamowens2063he was wearing a bandana like in that episode of The Office when Michael decided to be "Prison Mike" and his name is Michael as well.
Michael in 2009: How long does it take you to make a peanut butter and banana sandwich? Michael in 2024: How to attain nuclear fission by cutting a peanut butter and banana sandwich
yeah but what i mean is he saw it on this person does not exist and thought "what if the v stood for video games, that would be pretty fitting for that video game channel"
I was wondering why the nes cartridge and the v was about. Dope insight. My favorite channel since I found it in 2011. Thanks for everything you’ve done and keeping it going. Love it.
I think Micheal isn’t slowly going insane as we all think, he always was.
Oh yeah, he definitely was. I remember he had a channel or something where the username was pooplicker. When he started gaining popularity and doing more science, he become more serious. Over time his old personality seeped out
@@d.n.3652I thought that was Blippi 😂
It turns out, he's slowly becoming sane, instead
@@isekaibarnskye2125or is he?
He's just slowly showing it more
Turns out Michael has remained consistent. It's us that have gone crazy.
he agrees
He agrees
he agrees
He agrees
He agrees
Bro was an average 2012 youtuber then turned into a great philosopher
that was our goal.
eyes never lie.
wake up, face whats in the world what is of you?
brat za brata - xeli xelistvis
I mean that was what he was in 2012. Food smashers was in 2009. One of my first ever subscriptions was to Vsauce because he was so different than anyone else in 2012 on yt
@@heikkiaho6605 fr
@@heikkiaho6605 average? vsauce is anything but average
Or didn't he?
Food smashers -> HowToBasic
Video Game Nation -> Vsauce
E
Bro is on to something
wait let him cook
Vsauce >The universe in its entirety
😲
Food Smashers was just to far ahead of its time to be truly appreciated
S-tier shitpost material.
Food Smashers was the OG short form content.
@@aAtom596 this is proto HowToBasic
@@marhensafunny because Michael does know the HowToBasic guy
@@frostyelwood9898 Michael be like: "Well, Of Course I Know Him. He's Me!"
Presauce
Congratulations you beat all the "first"s 🏆
🤨
Presauce, Michael was there. Or was he..?
Pause
Goated
He was game theory before game theory was game theory
please stop trying to make sense, it's making my brain hurt.
@@foster3245Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
@@crestothegecko6279"Moo moo moo, moo moo, moo." - Cow, Diablo II
this makes robux though
"A company" is such an ominous way to describe his first partner 😂
And who could that be
I'm actually not sure@@dickylegita6211, why don't you regale us?
Who?
This is a wild stab in the dark but i'm guessing it was machinima
@@crestothegecko6279 Brownie points to you, good job! I still find it humorous how he referred to them, and the tone used.
Michael out here debunking the claims that he only went insane after the isolation room
Season 1Episode 1
@@quest-cequecesttonvisageliterally the pilot 😭
Vsause post ayahuasca hits different
@@theminishzestyeah. Hallucinogens DO change you. Its... Trippy
@@3xeplodng_3agle_studiosthey release the beast. You need to pull the least occasionally tho
This is that Vsauce Lore
This is that Vauce Lore
This is that Vauce Lore
This is that Vauce Lore
This is that Vauce Lore
This is that Vauce Lore
I love half of Vsauce is genius-level and often existential discussions and the other half is him just doing random things.
One moment he’s a college professor, and the next he’s your weird neighbor from down the street.
"You can't make a peanut butter banana sandwich in less than a second."
"Or can you?"
*vsause music plays*
I love how they saw that video and concluded "This will appeal to gamers"
I mean it was 2009-2010 hahahah
Sort by oldest
Yoooo!!!😂😂
and they were right
They're ahead of their time for that take fr
It is indeed, without doubt, shocking that food smashers was never made
Truly strange, and disappointing... Food smashers could have been so big, I have no doubt there was an audience for it
Fr this is like a solid adult swim infomercial
Clearly too intellectual for a wide audience.
@@Trolligiidk where they are, or what kind of audience they’d be, but they’d exist in some form
Well Howtobasic exists
Amazing how Michael managed to subdue his insanity for this long.
trueee
More like it's amazing how he's managed to subdue his sanity for our entertainment
He gave us his entire lore in 59 seconds on how it came up with the name
He isn't slowly going insane, he's going insane at like 60mph
Bruh, he’s gone to plaid speeds of increased insanity….
Bro your pfp and your humour really reminded me of techno
like that's something techno would say and ngl that kinda made me tear up.... You made my day man :)
He was always insane
No respect, dude. Get a different profile pic. Let him rest.
But how fast is 60mph really?
Food Smasher was ahead of its time
How to basic stole food smashers
Nah. It has the same vibes as “Will it blend” and “is it a good idea to microwave this?” This is very early UA-cam vibes
@@jade7372Also gta san andreaa radio vibes lol🤣🤣
Gallaghar??? Look him up. 😑
now gallagher was ahead of his time
I like that his response to getting a shot at television was basically "Fuck you."
vsauce casually went from looking like a cartel member to your usual beer drinking 40 year old pal
“Name it Video Game Nation. Got that?”
“Yeah sure”
“Did you do it?”
“Hell no”
"Yea i did it...
...or... did I?"
It wouldn't even have passed copyright since my brother's favorite TV channel in the 2000s was VGN, the Video Game Network.
"Your channel name is great. Or.. is it?"
"Did you do it?"
"Yeah, I did."
*_"or did I?"_*
My favorite part of this is that the name "Vsauce" was randomly generated, meaning Michael didn't have any name in mind. He just knew he *didn't* want to name the channel Video Game Nation.
Food Smashers was ahead of its time. You'd have a hit series with that now.
Maybe he did and called it "How to basic"
Wait, @@minhaophu3289's cooking
The way he ate that banana was disgusting
@@minhaophu3289let him cook
@@internet_userryou aren’t dirty minded, you’re just cringe as fuck 😭
This proves that Michael really is HowToBasic.
Bro is actually more sane now
This is adding even more to the plot that he is Howtobasic
+
omg yes...
HOLY SHİT
RIGHT???? LITERAL HOLD UP MOMENT HERE
How to basic is Australian and people already know who he is
Honestly if vsauce posted the video by itself i wouldn't even be that surprised
Mundane Monday Morning
Just Another Manic Monday
Bro isn't afraid of pulling a clip of his old self, Michael is bolder than a good majority of us.
“Less than a minute!?!?🥴”
Bro was always a goon.
🫥
*This has always been my favorite video game channel*
Plot twist: real life is a fully immersive virtual reality game and Michael is it's most successful Streamer.
@@DisgruntledPeasantyeah
Story is boring and repetitive
NPCs are dumb
Survival mechanics are too hard
But i still love this game
8/10
@@rahulverma8774 of course the gameplay is boring and repetitive if you never leave the tutorial area.
@@JonasRaphaelKallasch I am a practising lawyer
I have completed tutorial ages ago
@@DisgruntledPeasant so, Michael is actually Rick playing Roy, in Rick And Morty? 😂
"HowToBasic" verified
My immediate thought. Thinking that this was going to be another "HI, I'm HowToBasic" again
What happens in Fight Club stays in Fight Club.
Get egged🥚
Egg
He did say he met howtobasic once.
“Hey Food Smashers, Michael here…”
When you forgot you were not in the 90s anymore, or high school... or highschool from the 90s
Hence proved, HowToBasic is VSauce
Never seen them in the same room
EGG
@@communisthitler666big fan of EGG
True @@TheKarlton93
He was one of the few to know HowToBasic's name at one point, but straight up forgot.
American Michael doesn't exist he cant hurt you
American Michael:
Is he not American?
@@Player1776.Yeah, he is.
@@Player1776.He is but now hes more American
I see@@TygerHillis
@@Player1776. Normally, he's an American Michael. That was Murican Michael!
It’s never too late.
Bring back food smashers!
2024: Vsauce
2009: sauce
Old Vsauce was honestly a legend
the video game boobs compilation?
@@daggieYT 🤤🤤
@@daggieYTwhere
@@MrDJ2007NO WAY!!!
Old vsauce?🤨
ah yes, vsauce, my favorite video game channel
You should see his old videos
@@ishigami5071Hell nah ☠️
@@ishigami5071Old Vsauce was next level
Clearly haven't seen Mario farts
Vsauce is a gaming channel. Or is it? **Que the music**
So 2009 in truth is 1 B.V. =1 before VSauce
bro stopped playing games and started playing life
now it all makes sense, he's how to basic
Holy shit it all makes sense now
In his face reveal vsauce showed up
He also made a vid about "finding out htb's name and forgetting it" sus eh?
How To Basic ain't got shit on FoodSmashers
Yes he is 10000000%
Time traveler: kicks a rock
The Timeline:
Yea true XD
😂
"in 2009, 1 year before I created Food Smashers..."
@@CloutmasterPhluphyy Yea but maybe if the timetraveler kicked the rock the company accepted food smashers
@@SHOIOTERB that's what I was hinting at
Bro really went from gaming, to science, to physics, and math.
I love how Michael was always insane 😂
Now I understand the video game cartridge intro. Thanks, Michael!
Vsauce lore unlocked
Mind blown
You're right!
One of the proof that Michael is the man behind the How to basic
😂
Maybe that Justin is how to basic
@@podjeludochniythen Michael lied about forgetting his name
My inner child wants to say 999th like :/
@@aliveslice TBH, when's the last time we heard him say his own name? Maybe he wasn't lying.
Easily my favorite video game channel
My first experience with Vsauce is Mario Farts. I had shown it to everyone I knew. Best video to this day.
Ya know, this would definitely make it in early 2000’s MTV
Or today on TikTok and shorts.
Or adultswiim
The bandana alone screams MTV
I mean this guys profile picture is Eminem he would know
It looks like an Eric Andre Show skit
I hope Michael knows how much of a treasure he is for the internet, honestly
”Here we are today” pretty much explains it
Honestly bro
Yeah
michael, i love u michael
definitelly, as far as I know a lot of companies saw what he can bring - youtube included. I wish to sit down with him to hear all about his creative journey
Super interesting to see how this channel was made.
Food smashers potential will never be fully realised and that is the saddest thing about life today
In the bottom, Michael regretted that food smashers never saw the light of day, so he took his revenge by creating HowToBasic
U have a point
hmmm
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.COMMENT
You cracked the code!
Makes sense
Michael hasn't lost his sanity, he's just gained more power
That must be what he traded his sanity for
Sometimes you need to step out of the sanity, in order to gain knowledge, lessons, and acceptance (ya ik this comment is nun butt jks and i said the obv)
@@michealcrossan9302💀💀💀💀
He is just so much more inteligente then us that we think that he is crazy
That was the most 00s thing I've seen in ages
I still revisit Bearded Nun once in a while. Shout-out to Mark Douglas, I miss his humour. Thank you for the years of entertainment, fun and knowledge Michael! Cheers from Greece!
Alternate timeline where everything stays the same, but we get “Hey Video Game Nation, Michael here.” 💀💀💀
"Hey ViGaNa, Michael here"
@@aidanharper3784 AAAAAH
VGN
@@UrLocalGabeAVGN????
@aidanharper3784 that sounds like certain part of the female body
Gotta give it to the company, they saw that pilot and went "hey he might make a good youtuber"
Less Paula Deen, more Pewdiepie
@@DinoDino2202smosh is gay
That peanut butter jar looked really good
" Shockingly "😂😂😂
alt timeline:
hey foodsmashers, michael here, how long do you take to make that soup? more than a minute ? screw you
Underrated comment
All the while his desire to educate the masses is reduced to a short so we can watch full length foodsmashing *MuscleMan*WOOOOOOOOOOO
Wish we had that rick and Morty tv fr
That “SCREW YOU” felt personal wth
😡😡😡😡
lol he’s all pissed. Ain’t no one got time to wait one minute for a PB&J!
lol
Yea that show was basically the opposite of VSauce lol
I will discover the key to immortality just for abby so you don't have to go through that tugglord
Michael has always been the way he is.
A legend.
but this means he is not the owner of the channel right?
@@isahak7 who knows. There's like 2 other vsauce channels hosted by kevin and Jake. Plus a channel as big as vsauce is made up of more people than just the face of it i.e Michael.
Wow Michael was way ahead of the curve, filming videos in vertical mode.
@@MrDJ2007i hope i die
@@MrDJ2007dawg i can't even find the translation button
@@MrDJ2007 mrbreast give me money
@@MrDJ2007MR breast pls gib mony. Me brok
@@MrDJ2007 shut up you bot
I'm sorry but the food smashers clip ABSOLUTELY sent me 😭😭🙏🏻
Thanks to that company we have Vsauce
One of the few proofs we are in the best timeline
This a reply made just so you could have a reply that isn't a bot
@@MarwanHadidi 👏
I’m certain this is a bad omen. If we are in the best timeline, how shit are the other timelines?
Nah man, the best time line has both vsauce and food smashers. You're high on that copium.
@@ThatGamerDude9000Yeah, it would be so successful FSN would be Food Smashers Network. Coming up next is Food Smashers, followed by Food Smashers, and then Vsauce.
Food smashers was just ahead of its time. It would be an instant hit today 😂
Technically it was a hit...
"Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time"
It's what inspired Michael to create HowToBasic
Gallagher would like a word
Smosh food wars vibes
You’re probably right
I can’t imagine life without vsauce.
"A company asked me to pitch them a show…" That setup felt like starting the Titanic movie with the ship snapping in half and never once mentioning the iceberg.
"Efficiency is key"
How tf did i get 1.6k likes
Sainz ???????
Now I'm convinced that he is HowToBasic
He is he revealed it
That's his friend, but he forgot his name.
@@SinatraTarantinohe is his friend
EXACTLY what I was thinking LOL
I am HowToBasic
How can anyone not love this man? LOL
Love this channel! I think I started seeing it around 2012.
When your physics teacher finally decides to take a break and tell you about his life instead
Edit: Mum I'm famous!!
Fr why is it always the physics teachers who go off on random life stories
I remember really enjoying when my teachers told me something about themselves. It honestly made me pay more attention and helped me learn.
3/4 into the semester mine told us was in the navy
For me it was my math teacher who used to tell life stories and funny stuff, but he also taught physics before joining our institute, so basically it was a physica teacher in my case 😅
my physics teacher does parkour for fun ❤️
Food Smashers confirms that Michael is also HowToBasic 😂
That's what I thought of too
Ooooh I remember that video.
Well, it seems it really is him. 😂
I reckon it's maxmoefoe their breathing is too alike. Every time I hear it sounds the same.
i was literally just making that up as a theory last night remembering the short, it's the super secret vsauce sideproject
I thought the same thing but Michael has some hairy ass arms and i don’t see that in how to basic videos,
CHRIST, MICHAEL! I thought you were insane now, but younger you was completely cracked 🤣
Michael just needs to join Vinesauce at this point
And here we are today.
...or are we?
*cue to Vsauce music*
And how much does "today" weigh?
And how does 'today' taste?
Or yes?
@@thisguy00 but who is today? And how much does we weigh?
I think food smashers was very informational and taught me a lot about if chairs exist
@@Stossburg
Or is it?
@@Cheesburger1009Was it?
It taught me how strong jars can be.
This confirms he's one of many owners of HowToBasic
I remember you mentioning me and people in my comments thanking you for making them aware of my coin stack. 🎉
I think we need more of this.
This is essentially "Prison Mike"
@@batt300dawg what
how is this prison mike?
@@williamowens2063he was wearing a bandana like in that episode of The Office when Michael decided to be "Prison Mike" and his name is Michael as well.
Mike Portnoy
This is definitely How to basic lore in desguise.
Holy crap you're right!
How to basic is Australian and people already know who he is.
@@rottingpotatoes2483 Hmm. Thye really think they know..
But theres no eggs!!
What's that? 😮
"Your home security is great. Or is it?"
Michael in 2009: How long does it take you to make a peanut butter and banana sandwich?
Michael in 2024: How to attain nuclear fission by cutting a peanut butter and banana sandwich
Glass is my favourite ingredient in a peanut butter banana sandwich
Is that how Elvis died?
It was a plastic bottle.
@@elio7610 WOAH. That comes from fossil fuels, it’s not vegan. Not cool.
😒 bro flexing that he thinks peanut butter only comes in glass jars like only fancy people get.
@@_cloudface_😂😂😂
THE V DOES MEAN VIDEO GAMES! FINALLY! VALIDATION!
he states that it came from a name generator
yeah but what i mean is he saw it on this person does not exist and thought "what if the v stood for video games, that would be pretty fitting for that video game channel"
@@SaItogaming202 yup, and the fact that the classic outro is a videogame cartridge being squished out of it's 'sauce'
VINDICATION
Validationsauce
Food smashers was finally shown after years
This was a bigger lore update than I was expecting
Respect for not taking down those early videos. They are a relic from long ago.
if only it was a hydraulic press you would have been ahead of the game.
I was wondering why the nes cartridge and the v was about. Dope insight. My favorite channel since I found it in 2011. Thanks for everything you’ve done and keeping it going. Love it.
Michael's insanity has been before time began
Crazy how he went from FoodSmashers to ascending to the 4th dimension
I would unironically watch Food Smashers
okay Michael, we need a 2024 version of Food Smashers.
I remember the episode of Vsauce when he told us he got the name Vsauce from a random name generator and shared the link.
The lore grows deepa and deepa
name of video
@@starlight_garden dude that was like 6 or 7 years ago. I don't remember.
@@nicholaskratzert 😆
maybe someone else knows or can find it
Contrary to popular belief, Michael is actually slowly becoming more sane.
Most of us are on that path.
Or is he?
✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻