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  • Опубліковано 18 жов 2013
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    Top 1000 US first names over time INTERACTIVE: www.babynamewizard.com/voyager
    surname geographical distribution INTERACTIVE: www.worldnames.publicprofiler.org
    Dolphins using names: news.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
    Mental Floss VIDEO: things you didn't know had names: • 48 Names for Things Yo...
    US ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child:
    www.unicefusa.org/campaigns/pu...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_ratif...
    Freakonomics "How Much Does Your Name Matter?": freakonomics.com/2013/04/08/ho...
    Story of two children named "Winner" and "Loser": www.sahio.com/the-story-of-two...
    auto-antonyms: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym
    Most common surnames: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
    LONGEST NAME: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe+58...
    Adolf Hitler Campbell: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05...
    endonym vs. exonym: mentalfloss.com/article/30810/...
    name laws:
    nation.time.com/2013/08/12/fro...
    mentalfloss.com/article/25034/...
    Dads_Secret tweet: / 340242560503128064
    Legally mononymous people: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
    Name-letter Effect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name%E2%...
    Quirkology: www.quirkology.com/UK/
    Quirology on names: www.quirkology.com/UK/Experime...
    US State denonyms: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYL...
    New Zealand name laws: news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/...
    "hierarchy of disagreement": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gra...)

КОМЕНТАРІ • 24 тис.

  • @jordanr.2120
    @jordanr.2120 8 років тому +10258

    Number 16 Bus Shelter is gonna be watching this in a few years like "HEEEYYYY"

    • @number16busshelter57
      @number16busshelter57 8 років тому +1254

      HEEEYYYY

    • @damaged7080
      @damaged7080 8 років тому +84

      how did you know? lol wtf?

    • @damaged7080
      @damaged7080 8 років тому +308

      im violence btw

    • @AdhiPambudi
      @AdhiPambudi 7 років тому +91

      +Number 16 Bus Shelter you are really exist??!!?!?! 😲

    • @AdhiPambudi
      @AdhiPambudi 7 років тому +18

      +Number 16 Bus Shelter you are really exist??!!?!?! 😲

  • @DarthSass
    @DarthSass 8 років тому +7918

    I lost it at "Number 16 bus Shelter" you poor child.

    • @randomindianqwertyuiop835
      @randomindianqwertyuiop835 8 років тому +39

      same

    • @noscopesallowed8128
      @noscopesallowed8128 8 років тому +87

      +Salem Yeah! You can't even abbreviate that to anything either...

    • @moanilsson3448
      @moanilsson3448 8 років тому +40

      Haha saame that made me fall off my chair

    • @LRC92
      @LRC92 8 років тому +105

      Thought it was where that person came into existence.

    • @MiniMervii
      @MiniMervii 8 років тому +25

      +Max McTabish shelly, sheldon

  • @MusicDecomposer
    @MusicDecomposer 3 роки тому +1764

    3:37 But you could name it “Aretwodeetwo”.

    • @0ldfaithfu1
      @0ldfaithfu1 2 роки тому +92

      I used to have an officially licensed Star Wars sound book as a kid that spelled it "Artoo" on the back

    • @AaronKaiMCDNLD
      @AaronKaiMCDNLD 2 роки тому +57

      or just Artoodeetoo.

    • @Neel-xb1ok
      @Neel-xb1ok 2 роки тому +8

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @mauriciojuarez4001
      @mauriciojuarez4001 2 роки тому +26

      Arturito

    • @danielperales3958
      @danielperales3958 2 роки тому +4

      @@mauriciojuarez4001 Arturo

  • @bredinacanbusses
    @bredinacanbusses 2 роки тому +879

    Imagine this guy named "Violence" is a polite and kind-hearted guy but people avoid him because of his name

    • @mrac..
      @mrac.. 2 роки тому +16

      :(

    • @shan_masala90
      @shan_masala90 Рік тому +27

      V for short. All better

    • @jackhammergameplays267
      @jackhammergameplays267 11 місяців тому +20

      No different than a pitbull named 'Cupcake'

    • @NateS917
      @NateS917 10 місяців тому

      Tbf that's his fault for not changing it

    • @mopman9264
      @mopman9264 9 місяців тому +5

      I heard a story of two brothers, to summarise: One was named Success, the other Failure. Success became a criminal and Failure became a respected police officer (i think).

  • @drazzy71
    @drazzy71 6 років тому +30650

    "Mom, why is Paris named Paris?"
    "because we conceived your sister there"
    "thank you mom"
    "you're welcome number 16 bus shelter"

    • @opheon
      @opheon 6 років тому +215

      Hello Fenchurch

    • @youtubeusername1489
      @youtubeusername1489 6 років тому +75

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @laraivkovic4632
      @laraivkovic4632 5 років тому +52

      Hhahhahahahahahahhahahahha

    • @damagelmao4975
      @damagelmao4975 5 років тому +799

      "you're welcome number 15 burgerking foot lettuce"

    • @tynj6816
      @tynj6816 5 років тому +23

      LOL xD

  • @_GatoradeMeBitch
    @_GatoradeMeBitch 7 років тому +2980

    "911, what is your emergency?"
    "An armed man is chasing me, help!"
    "Okay, what is your name?"
    "Number 16 Bus shelter"
    "No, not your location: Your name."
    "No, actually, ill just die."

    • @jossmcalister9166
      @jossmcalister9166 7 років тому +23

      Gatorade Me Bitch you right

    • @diegobautista7511
      @diegobautista7511 7 років тому +131

      The emergency number in new zealand is 111.

    • @dioun1842
      @dioun1842 7 років тому +33

      the emergency number in Australia is 000

    • @derigel9783
      @derigel9783 7 років тому +28

      In germany it's 110 for Police and 112 for the Firewatch. But most people call the Police, because they can easly contact the other emergecyhelpers.

    • @ewstap9040
      @ewstap9040 7 років тому +2

      Gatorade Me Bitch 😂

  • @HENRY-wh1in
    @HENRY-wh1in 2 роки тому +545

    In my country Vietnam, the chance of you meeting 100 persons with Nguyen on their last names in a day is higher than finding a retail store within an hour

    • @vannhantran547
      @vannhantran547 Рік тому +13

      Recording to an Average Vietnamese living: That’s absolutely right

    • @awesomeman6948
      @awesomeman6948 11 місяців тому +6

      In my country USA, the chance of you finding someone with a last name in a day is higher than finding a retail store within an hour.

    • @resaresaresa3800
      @resaresaresa3800 11 місяців тому +2

      I live in Germany and have met two people called Nguyen

    • @potentiallylu6880
      @potentiallylu6880 9 місяців тому +1

      Really? I live here too but could walk to lotte mart in like 5 mins

    • @mestrealvarensis
      @mestrealvarensis 7 місяців тому +1

      almost half the people in Brazil is Silva...

  • @Normee
    @Normee 7 місяців тому +337

    Imagine dying, and then your opps convince everyone to use your name as a word for 'stupid person' for hundreds of years

    • @fathimathnabeela6247
      @fathimathnabeela6247 5 місяців тому +15

      That’s a pretty bad legacy, I’d rather be forgotten

    • @officialGoldMonkeVR
      @officialGoldMonkeVR 4 місяці тому +4

      Pretty sure there is something like that in the netherlands (where I live), but then for egoists instead of stupid person.

    • @marzan6561
      @marzan6561 2 місяці тому

      I feel like retard was a name

    • @WideJupiter_offical
      @WideJupiter_offical 26 днів тому +3

      I feel bad for John Duns Scotus

    • @mmsabir1030
      @mmsabir1030 18 днів тому +1

      @@WideJupiter_offical Me too.

  • @DaekoTan
    @DaekoTan 9 років тому +4104

    Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning in isolation and as such could never directly produce the 4000 Newtons of Force per square centimeter required to break bones.

    • @affinity3281
      @affinity3281 9 років тому +136

      You could indirectly break bones however. "Lay down in front of my vehicle." or "climb that ladder which is not supported properly."

    • @DaekoTan
      @DaekoTan 9 років тому +151

      Christopher W "... and as such could not *directly* produce the 4000 Newtons of Force..."
      Well, unless you're Goku.

    • @affinity3281
      @affinity3281 9 років тому +3

      Yuuichi Productions Ah L2R on my part.

    • @SgtSterling4
      @SgtSterling4 9 років тому +11

      But I thought letters were the smallest element of language...

    • @NobleBrutus
      @NobleBrutus 9 років тому +11

      Should be 'in isolation'. Also I believe Michael meant to say 'names' instead of 'words'. Then the 'saying' makes sense.

  • @OlliOtter
    @OlliOtter 5 років тому +3167

    “Alright, we’re taking attendance class. Uhh michael?”
    “Here”
    “Johnothan?”
    “Here”
    “Number 16 bus shelter?”
    “Here”

    • @sodo8990
      @sodo8990 5 років тому +8

      Looool

    • @orience2225
      @orience2225 4 роки тому

      Lol....

    • @skylerjade16
      @skylerjade16 4 роки тому +112

      I’m more concerned by how you spelled Jonathan

    • @lvbboi9
      @lvbboi9 4 роки тому +24

      Johnan Johnatran
      Also known as
      Jon Tron

    • @Cora-ck1du
      @Cora-ck1du 4 роки тому +4

      LVB animations and stuff jimmy neutron 😂

  • @nuclearprivat7383
    @nuclearprivat7383 3 роки тому +139

    The funniest thing about the "longest-name-dude" is that a lot of the German words make up sentences, talking about exploring space and living together with alien intelligences. Senior

    • @bas_ee
      @bas_ee Рік тому +19

      Its pretty much a story, and it goes like this: "Ages ago, there were conscientious shepherds whose sheep were well tended and carefully protected against attack by their rapacious enemies. Twelve hundred thousand years ago there appeared before these first earthmen, at night, a spaceship powered by seven stone and iridium electric motors. It had originally been launched on its long trip into stellar space in the search for neighboring stars that might have planets revolving about them that were inhabitable and on which planets a new race of intelligent humanity might propagate itself and rejoice for life, without fear of attack by other intelligent beings from interstellar space."

  • @leiladekwatro3147
    @leiladekwatro3147 3 роки тому +75

    6:56
    In chinese, the phrase 百姓, which refers to everybody, or all people in general, literally means "the hundred surnames."

    • @puppergump4117
      @puppergump4117 Рік тому +2

      Being named after everybody would be annoying lol

    • @sesidonkor
      @sesidonkor 9 місяців тому

      Still bambozzles me how two characters translate to three long words

    • @leiladekwatro3147
      @leiladekwatro3147 9 місяців тому +1

      @@sesidonkor because different languages are different

    • @sesidonkor
      @sesidonkor 9 місяців тому

      @@leiladekwatro3147yeh but that would would mean Chinese would have *a lot* of characters if just one can mean two words. Amazing how they remember all that.

    • @KonglomeratYT
      @KonglomeratYT 6 місяців тому +6

      @@sesidonkor I mean, you remember the alphabet and all the many seemingly random combinations it takes to turn these into words, and then how to turn them into sound despite none of them having singular consistent sounds. That's pretty amazing too. Give yourself some credit. There's Asians (Mostly japanese) that would think you are a genius for speaking English; despite being a native speaker.

  • @Trollmannnnn
    @Trollmannnnn 4 роки тому +5127

    Teacher: “Albin, the exam is over, stop writing!”
    Albin: “Over? I’m still writing my name on the front page”

    • @nars_bars8774
      @nars_bars8774 4 роки тому +238

      You spelt his name wrong, it's actually Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116

    • @sheikhfloppa7901
      @sheikhfloppa7901 4 роки тому +58

      Aww damn it!

    • @Win090949
      @Win090949 4 роки тому +72

      @@nars_bars8774 You know he changed it to A.

    • @eltuhamyy
      @eltuhamyy 4 роки тому +19

      Oh is this the first and last question bcuz all credit to him if he can write his name without COPIENG it

    • @Pfromm007
      @Pfromm007 4 роки тому +68

      Teacher: "Albin, hand over your paper now!"
      Albin: "Hold on, Mr. Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff!"

  • @anayshah13
    @anayshah13 4 роки тому +3179

    Elon Musk:laughs in wifi password

    • @vibeduck4934
      @vibeduck4934 3 роки тому +26

      I was laughing for like 5 mins straight lmao

    • @ltreno2753
      @ltreno2753 3 роки тому +15

      I honestly feel really bad for his kid

    • @altaaf8449
      @altaaf8449 3 роки тому +4

      in wifi password??

    • @fluff5
      @fluff5 3 роки тому +8

      @@altaaf8449 his son's name looks like a password.

    • @astranger8581
      @astranger8581 3 роки тому +5

      @@fluff5 it probably is xD

  • @superlounging
    @superlounging 2 роки тому +29

    2:55 shoutout to my boy V I O L E N C E

  • @toastedclubsandwich
    @toastedclubsandwich Рік тому +255

    Kevin looks like if Jesse Pinkman made better decisions in life

    • @ekathe85
      @ekathe85 Рік тому +38

      "Yeah Mr. Stevens! Yeah science!"

    • @danielrolesu5000
      @danielrolesu5000 9 місяців тому +16

      And Micheal Looks like Walter White

    • @farzanaakter3703
      @farzanaakter3703 6 місяців тому

      why tf does that make so much sense???

  • @Shikabambi
    @Shikabambi 7 років тому +4218

    "Hey, Number 16 Bus Shelter, wanna play soccer?"

    • @rectaalborween8471
      @rectaalborween8471 7 років тому +214

      WE ARE NUMBER 1.........6 bus shelter....

    • @Number16BusShelter
      @Number16BusShelter 6 років тому +140

      yes

    • @kage9426
      @kage9426 6 років тому +77

      Number 16 bus shelter you're late for 7 months

    • @Number16BusShelter
      @Number16BusShelter 6 років тому +43

      KAGE _ i am?

    • @sir9integra9jr
      @sir9integra9jr 6 років тому +25

      damn here i was saying i go by libby instead of elisabeth in classes at the start of the semester when i could have been saying i go by number 16 bus shelter

  • @ANDHISNAMEISJOHNCENA
    @ANDHISNAMEISJOHNCENA 4 роки тому +7932

    "Dad, why is Teresa named Teresa?"
    "Because Teresa is an anagram of 'Easter' and your mom likes Easter."
    "Thanks Dad!"
    "No problem, Alan."

  • @grcparis
    @grcparis 2 роки тому +64

    I think alphabetical discrimination is so interesting because now thinking back to how at the beginning of the year my 4th grade teacher made all of her lists A-Z and it was buisness as usual, but midway through the year she decided to start alternating so we would have one list A-Z then one Z-A and thinking back to it now, the last bit of that class was the best time in my whole elementary school experience, it turns out most of the “bad” kids in my class were the ones usually at the bottom of the A-Z list. Strange

    • @grcparis
      @grcparis 2 роки тому +9

      And I’m just now realizing also that this video was initially posted DURING MY 4TH GRADE YEAR WTF

  • @CastellANM
    @CastellANM 11 місяців тому +16

    Vsauce: Let's talk about Names
    *1 minute later*
    Children were executed

  • @romeo-be4gf
    @romeo-be4gf 8 років тому +431

    He could've named that video "CALLING YOUR CHILD ADOLF HITLER???" but he didn't because that's not all the video is about. That's something I like about michael.

    • @RandomGuy-hh4dk
      @RandomGuy-hh4dk 6 років тому +14

      Or calling your child" number 16 bus shelter"

    • @JERZFR3SH
      @JERZFR3SH 6 років тому +2

      I saw this nazi guy from this video at my doctor’s office last year

  • @PixelVarnox
    @PixelVarnox 5 років тому +2177

    "Violence"
    "Midnight Chardonnay"
    "Number 16 Bus Shelter"
    and of course
    "Two number nines, a number nine large, a number six with extra dip, a number seven, two number forty-fives, one with cheese, and a large soda."

    • @yerbadeldiablo6751
      @yerbadeldiablo6751 5 років тому +6

      LOL

    • @nicolosportelli2853
      @nicolosportelli2853 5 років тому +4

      Nines*

    • @PixelVarnox
      @PixelVarnox 5 років тому +9

      do you want an award

    • @nicolosportelli2853
      @nicolosportelli2853 5 років тому +4

      @@PixelVarnox I would greatly appreciate one, but the same way you don't know English, people don't recognise people that help them -> meaning no award :(

    • @PixelVarnox
      @PixelVarnox 5 років тому +2

      i do know english i just make mistakes, I also usually don't use grammar because I'm lazy.

  • @jaxmatthews2748
    @jaxmatthews2748 3 роки тому +138

    A couple in France once tried to name their daughter "Nutella." This was obviously rejected by the government, so they shortened her name to "Ella."

    • @ekathe85
      @ekathe85 Рік тому +34

      She's in for some terrible pick-up lines

    • @pizzaguy_
      @pizzaguy_ 11 місяців тому +29

      they should have shortened it to nut

    • @justusP9101
      @justusP9101 10 місяців тому +7

      @@pizzaguy_💀

    • @T-Dawg75
      @T-Dawg75 10 місяців тому +1

      In France, Nutella is apparently extremely popular, so it makes sense.

    • @Console-l0gger
      @Console-l0gger 10 місяців тому

      @@ekathe85 "do you want some of this nut, ella?" LFMAO

  • @yegor2letov
    @yegor2letov Рік тому +48

    Kid named finger:

  • @legallybidoof
    @legallybidoof 4 роки тому +2439

    Starbucks employee: What name do we write on the cup?
    Kid: Brfxxcxxmnncccclllmmnnrxvclmnckssglbb11116
    Employee: Albin?
    Kid: Sure

    • @jorian_meeuse
      @jorian_meeuse 3 роки тому +87

      Check it again an realise that you misspelled it by writing mmnn instead of mmnp

    • @aaryansachdeva
      @aaryansachdeva 3 роки тому +9

      you spelled it so wrong

    • @legallybidoof
      @legallybidoof 3 роки тому +28

      @@aaryansachdeva Yes of course, getting a single letter off in a long line of text is spelling it *so off*

    • @mizuki4002
      @mizuki4002 3 роки тому +27

      @@legallybidoof yea bc it's a name lmao. you wouldn't like it if i call you jd billiams right?

    • @legallybidoof
      @legallybidoof 3 роки тому +7

      @@mizuki4002 nah i wouldn't really care tbh
      i'm just too lazy to fix it

  • @justbecca7236
    @justbecca7236 4 роки тому +517

    “Here is your new baby”
    “Awww”
    “What is the name you would like to be on the birth certificate”
    “Hmmm he looks like a sex fruit”

  • @theholynoodle6676
    @theholynoodle6676 2 роки тому +53

    I once had a classmate with the name M16, her father was in the ARMY and he named his kids after guns.

    • @goose9955
      @goose9955 Рік тому +4

      America?

    • @crazy922blade
      @crazy922blade Рік тому +27

      How disgusting, over here in the uk, we find that appalling. I can’t imagine my children, tea and crumpets, having such strange names. My neighbour, colonisation, agrees.

    • @commitfelonyfeline
      @commitfelonyfeline Рік тому

      that's fuckin stupid

    • @Oreo_Dog
      @Oreo_Dog 8 місяців тому +3

      This is the most American thing I’ve heard today

  • @user-vi5vn1gm6p
    @user-vi5vn1gm6p Рік тому +7

    2:08 I don’t know what’s funnier, the fact that at first it’s just a name for every single letter in the alphabet, the sudden change to something that’s probably Deutsch, the unexpected Senior at the end or “hausenberger” in the 4th line, reminding me of Breaking Bad memes

  • @ArlGrmes
    @ArlGrmes 4 роки тому +10525

    Ah, UA-cam algorithm. You work in marvelous ways. This was recommended to me after Elon named his child "X Æ A-12"

    • @ejradventures3752
      @ejradventures3752 4 роки тому +90

      I can’t remember if it’s Kevin or Kyle.

    • @andyaasen1424
      @andyaasen1424 4 роки тому +137

      EJR Adventures that’s a joke it’s pronounced “ex ash Ay twelve”

    • @ArlGrmes
      @ArlGrmes 4 роки тому +125

      @@andyaasen1424 bro it's pronounced *effective. Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗*

    • @andyaasen1424
      @andyaasen1424 4 роки тому +26

      bean I thought A-12 was his favorite airplane or something

    • @ejradventures3752
      @ejradventures3752 4 роки тому +3

      bean Ash planet the 5th

  • @yash-sri
    @yash-sri 4 роки тому +1574

    Everyone :" Number 16 Bus Shelter is probably the weirdest name."
    X Æ A-12 : Hold my UFO

    • @randomdude9135
      @randomdude9135 4 роки тому +6

      Xash Archangel Musk
      Kyle

    • @Al-Hussainy
      @Al-Hussainy 4 роки тому +29

      Naah but honestly i would rather be that elon musk thing then become a bus shelter

    • @kamaltahir8567
      @kamaltahir8567 3 роки тому +5

      XÆA-II*

    • @yash-sri
      @yash-sri 3 роки тому +6

      @@kamaltahir8567 Does it even matter😂

    • @facemask6376
      @facemask6376 3 роки тому +17

      nahh, X Æ A-12 is way cooler than literally being called a BUS

  • @OlegMirdieeier
    @OlegMirdieeier Місяць тому +6

    My name is not VSauce, Michael.

    • @Malboop
      @Malboop 12 днів тому

      but your child could be

  • @coolguy9648
    @coolguy9648 2 роки тому +26

    2:45 what the fuck

    • @bignose420
      @bignose420 9 місяців тому

      😂

    • @papermangd
      @papermangd 7 місяців тому +3

      What a horrible mother

    • @calibvr
      @calibvr 24 дні тому +1

      she shouldnt be a mother

  • @Emmz3y
    @Emmz3y 5 років тому +417

    Number 16: Bus Shelter
    the last thing you want in your shelter is somebody's bus.

    • @--TOM--
      @--TOM-- 4 роки тому +19

      The last thing you want for your child is a terrible name they'll get made fun of for

  • @Vivi-mp9nn
    @Vivi-mp9nn 5 років тому +3567

    Violence is actually a really pretty words and would make a good name if it didn’t mean what it does

    • @kingmike1702
      @kingmike1702 5 років тому +301

      Animeislife they could call them viola for short

    • @yusurkassem4174
      @yusurkassem4174 5 років тому +348

      Yeah it’s similar to violet

    • @mixup2216
      @mixup2216 5 років тому +107

      Animeislife your right. It’s kinda sounds like violet that might be why.

    • @electricflyingpan7443
      @electricflyingpan7443 5 років тому +58

      Have 2 friends and we can ship their names together to make Violence

    • @newtonnewton2945
      @newtonnewton2945 5 років тому +5

      Names

  • @randomchaos69
    @randomchaos69 Рік тому +5

    I love my initials (TM) because every time i sign something it makes it look like theirs a huge fancy trademark

  • @OllieWales
    @OllieWales 2 місяці тому +5

    "Dad, why did you choose to name my sister Paris?"
    "Because, dear, thats where she was conceived, on your mother and I's honeymoon"
    "Oh okay, that makes sense, I love you dad"
    "I love you too Number 16 Bus Shelter"

  • @MM-up6kb
    @MM-up6kb 6 років тому +959

    Number 16, Bus Shelter. The last thing you’d want in your bus is someone’s shelter inside it, but that might be what you gæt.

  • @sweetsunia
    @sweetsunia 4 роки тому +1387

    7:25
    “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning and isolation and, as such, could never directly produce the 4000 Newtons of force per square centimetre required to break bones.” -Vsauce, 2013

    • @hairyputter5363
      @hairyputter5363 4 роки тому +33

      That hurts me

    • @sakalaka4153
      @sakalaka4153 4 роки тому +12

      Thnx imma copy this

    • @hithere9565
      @hithere9565 4 роки тому +1

      I was just on that part that's creepy

    • @bluecloud4652
      @bluecloud4652 3 роки тому +16

      Didn't notice but he put a lot of effort into not panting at the end of that sentence, his nostrils flare so much as he's breathing in lol

    • @houstongoodman8165
      @houstongoodman8165 3 роки тому +4

      Why is that so funny

  • @MichaelLear
    @MichaelLear 3 роки тому +3

    2012-15 vsauce is just iconic.

  • @PJ_ShortsOfficial
    @PJ_ShortsOfficial 9 днів тому +1

    I swear that I find Vsauce videos that I didn’t even know existed. It happens so often it is insane.

  • @joshuastreet8664
    @joshuastreet8664 5 років тому +4689

    When you realize that a name is literally just a sound that other humans emit when they want your attention.

  • @KieronGC
    @KieronGC 7 років тому +212

    "NUMBER 16 BUS SHELTER GO TO YOUR ROOM RIGHT NOW!"

    • @sarcasm-83
      @sarcasm-83 5 років тому +4

      AND TAKE MIDNIGHT CHARDONNAY WITH YOU

    • @memestrous
      @memestrous 5 років тому +2

      I saw a guy who's name was...
      ...NUMBER 15 BURGER KING FOOT LETTUCE THE LAST THING YOU WANT IN YOUR BURGER KING BURGER IS SOMEONE'S FOOT FUNGUS BUT AS IT TURNS OUT THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU GET

  • @lillyvx_
    @lillyvx_ 2 роки тому +3

    "hey kevin"
    "good morning number 16 bus shelter"

  • @morelukeplayz6953
    @morelukeplayz6953 Рік тому +3

    7:10 - My last name is Nguyen, cool too see Vietnam on Vsauce's channel.

  • @_eurocat_
    @_eurocat_ 3 роки тому +2505

    UN : Every human child born on Earth has the right to a name
    The kid born on the moon : 😭

  • @EvenWaysMusic
    @EvenWaysMusic 8 років тому +832

    Number 16 Bus Shelter..

    • @andrewoid4711
      @andrewoid4711 8 років тому +12

      Dude thats the best name ever

    • @gone.3852
      @gone.3852 7 років тому +9

      Integer 61 Tram House

    • @averybrokeit3710
      @averybrokeit3710 7 років тому +19

      the name might go back to an old tradition of naming the child where it was conceived so... someone go clean that shelter....

    • @Escrublet
      @Escrublet 7 років тому +4

      uno that that was where their parents had a waveeey beat after a night out

    • @kierangregan562
      @kierangregan562 7 років тому +16

      I know that guy. He went by Hamish

  • @deejasart7766
    @deejasart7766 2 роки тому +24

    Fun fact: every vsauce video is a question you’ve asked in your mind for years but didn’t explain to people because you could explain it

  • @tommypines1039
    @tommypines1039 9 місяців тому +7

    Dad, why was sister named Lily?
    Because son, when she was born, a Lily fell and landed on her head, so we named her Lily.
    Cool! Thanks dad.
    No problem, Brick. Now back to your cage.

  • @fordongreeman1764
    @fordongreeman1764 7 років тому +822

    No joke, there was this kid in my Kindergarten class named Boston Massachusetts.

  • @NippleCactus
    @NippleCactus 7 років тому +358

    My initials are C.S.I. so am I going to find some criminals?

    • @___von___7377
      @___von___7377 7 років тому +10

      Mine are L.M.F.A.O.Y.O.U.H.A.V.E.A.B.O.N.E.R.

    • @jakethemariofan2442
      @jakethemariofan2442 7 років тому +10

      +___Von___ Is your name Larry Micheal Francis Alex Orlando Ye Olli Undyne Harry Andy Victor Emily Aaron Baxtor Ollybar Nick Ebby Ronaldson?

    • @___von___7377
      @___von___7377 7 років тому +3

      Jake The Mario Fan Yes

    • @someguy9227
      @someguy9227 7 років тому +7

      Mine is J.E.R.R.Y.S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D.

    • @whatshappeninganymore2473
      @whatshappeninganymore2473 7 років тому +1

      Coilin Sawyer Mine is U.N.K.N.OW.N.F.R.O.M.M.E.

  • @CunnyRape
    @CunnyRape 9 місяців тому +5

    2:49 what a horrible mother.

  • @auragameryt
    @auragameryt Рік тому +4

    The lengthening of the phrase “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me” seems like something I would do for absolutely no reason.

  • @austinheinbuch8642
    @austinheinbuch8642 3 роки тому +3538

    Who looks their newborn daughter in the eyes, and decides: “I shall call this miracle of life....
    S e x f r u i t.”

    • @funfactswithcarson1173
      @funfactswithcarson1173 3 роки тому +64

      Very Accurite

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 роки тому +284

      Well, wasn't it the fruit that was conceived by having sex?
      I'm not saying it's a good name, but it is a logical name.

    • @brettkane9175
      @brettkane9175 3 роки тому +345

      @@Liggliluff I'm honestly more curious about Number 16 Bus Shelter.

    • @Isakube
      @Isakube 3 роки тому +17

      @@brettkane9175 ikr

    • @abdulsameeh_666
      @abdulsameeh_666 3 роки тому +2

      Hhaha

  • @uwuowo9030
    @uwuowo9030 4 роки тому +4723

    “You can name your child anything as long as it doesn’t have obscenity, numerals or symbols”
    Elon musk : 👁👄👁

    • @timdeathly
      @timdeathly 3 роки тому +18

      He doesn't have that.

    • @superlovescakes
      @superlovescakes 3 роки тому +94

      @Damian Simpson it looks funny ;-;

    • @forregom
      @forregom 3 роки тому +29

      Now whold on there partner.
      IT turns ou' tha' emojis are infact symols!
      Yeehaw! checkmate globeheads, Youhoouuwiie
      ***and then he rode into the sunset, never to be seen again...***

    • @imwithmyghouls
      @imwithmyghouls 3 роки тому +25

      Elon musk : hm too hard? Maybe i try this name--->đűřæēķïğč69

    • @sentinelrecon8836
      @sentinelrecon8836 3 роки тому +8

      Damian Simpson 👁‍🗨👄👁‍🗨

  • @ChaossX77
    @ChaossX77 Рік тому +2

    Amazing how much information is packed I to every one of his videos.

  • @redeemable8741
    @redeemable8741 2 роки тому +4

    1:23 I just realized this sounds so much like those Minecraft menu songs, so calming

  • @TheMrGazoline
    @TheMrGazoline 3 роки тому +1692

    In Sweden the parents of a child wanted to name their child as "Kvadratrot", meaning square root in English. They were both teachers in mathematics.

    • @TheMrGazoline
      @TheMrGazoline 3 роки тому +22

      @EnchantingEcho Oh no. Could have just named them the god and goddess of death instead.

    • @chiggen_wings5703
      @chiggen_wings5703 3 роки тому +41

      @Phương Nguyễn Hello, ².

    • @eragonian1240
      @eragonian1240 3 роки тому +70

      Kvadratrot is actually a cool name

    • @nienel
      @nienel 3 роки тому +14

      @@eragonian1240 substitute teacher: ...

    • @KO_Manic
      @KO_Manic 2 роки тому +11

      Elon Musk would be proud

  • @LanieMae
    @LanieMae 3 роки тому +331

    3:24 “in the US you can name your kid anything as long as it doesn’t have numbers or symbols”
    X Æ A-12 watching this in the future: ಠ_ಠ

    • @worstusernameintheworld9871
      @worstusernameintheworld9871 3 роки тому +9

      yeah, that's why Elon renamed the kid as "X AE A-XII" or smth like that so the kid doesn't get into any legal issues

    • @safwanljd
      @safwanljd 3 роки тому +14

      @@worstusernameintheworld9871 the hyphen is a symbol tho

    • @oo.-.
      @oo.-. 2 роки тому +2

      @@safwanljd Yes but hyphens are exceptions to the rule

    • @shaobues
      @shaobues Рік тому

      @@safwanljd lots of normal names use hyphens. Anne-Marie is a popular one

    • @BambinaSaldana
      @BambinaSaldana 10 місяців тому

      ​@@shaobues Julia Louis-Dreyfus too.

  • @sythenplayzgames9128
    @sythenplayzgames9128 2 роки тому +5

    Anyone getting this recommended like 9 years later?

  • @Archduke_Astatos
    @Archduke_Astatos Рік тому +3

    Naming your child "Number 16 bus shelter" should be considered an act of child abuse.

  • @americanluckycat369
    @americanluckycat369 7 років тому +841

    My initials are CJ. Do I have to follow a train?

    • @kkkunt692
      @kkkunt692 7 років тому +53

      American Lucky Cat nah,buy 2 number 9 for Big Smoke

    • @johnx140
      @johnx140 7 років тому +17

      ...Are you called Carl Johnson? :DDDDDDDD

    • @jasonscalzo9597
      @jasonscalzo9597 7 років тому +20

      American Lucky Cat Yes, the train is your dreams and you must follow it.

    • @jellyunicorn8347
      @jellyunicorn8347 7 років тому +20

      Jason why the hell does his dreams have gangsters standing on top of it shooting at him

    • @jasonscalzo9597
      @jasonscalzo9597 7 років тому +7

      Jelly Unicorn That's a good question. That's something for him to answer

  • @karmotrine8837
    @karmotrine8837 8 років тому +796

    "As the saying goes; sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning and isolation and as such could never produce the 4,000 newtons of force per centimeter required to break bones."
    Wow.

    • @claudiadepouli3979
      @claudiadepouli3979 8 років тому +3

      +Flubble Biscuitness as I said in a comment like a year ago what if you dropped a book on someone wich is made of words and the book caused him to fall off a cliff and he/she breaks EVERY BONE IN HIS BODY(XD LOL)

    • @brgmax11
      @brgmax11 8 років тому +11

      +Flubble Biscuitness Unfortunaly this statement is wrong. Morphemes are the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning.

    • @karmotrine8837
      @karmotrine8837 8 років тому +1

      Eh.

    • @karmotrine8837
      @karmotrine8837 8 років тому

      Words are most commonly used.

    • @claudiadepouli3979
      @claudiadepouli3979 8 років тому

      lol

  • @adityadhar4686
    @adityadhar4686 Рік тому +4

    How it started:- Discussion about names
    How it ended:- words can't break bones

  • @abdulsaboor-xc6gc
    @abdulsaboor-xc6gc 6 місяців тому +1

    Watching it after 10 years still mind blowing and up to date🤯🤯🤯

  • @Icysnowman256
    @Icysnowman256 7 років тому +373

    So, you can't name your kid R2-D2, but you can name him/her RtwoDtwo?

  • @susannadanner906
    @susannadanner906 5 років тому +589

    For those who don´t speak German:
    This guy´s ridiculously long name translates into something that sounds like the subliminal messages conspiracy theorists think you can hear when you play songs backwards.

    • @vi4269
      @vi4269 4 роки тому +15

      I agree with ur username

    • @raichugaming6413
      @raichugaming6413 4 роки тому +1

      Wh

    • @chickeninabox
      @chickeninabox 4 роки тому +2

      Arabic names what is your name Son of Apple then whats your Beautiful Beautiful

  • @jedsuki6054
    @jedsuki6054 3 роки тому +4

    "700 hundred letters long"
    Gintama Kyubei's monkey be like: "Shit that's cute"

  • @NoNilolsos
    @NoNilolsos Рік тому +3

    6:00 Every swede named "Andersson" 🗿

  • @actuallythepie
    @actuallythepie 3 роки тому +526

    Random Human: Whistles
    Dolphin: And I took that personally

  • @sarrealpro5264
    @sarrealpro5264 3 роки тому +354

    2:18 "You can name your kid Apple, or North, or Moon Unit"
    Kim Kardashian: *Write that down*

    • @pierogi_is_bae
      @pierogi_is_bae 3 роки тому +3

      HAHAHA

    • @eldunenorap2250
      @eldunenorap2250 3 роки тому +10

      Reminded me of an old joke:
      Three wise men visit the manger. On the way in, one of them bangs his head on the low door frame, and exclaims "Jesus Christ" in pain
      Joseph: "Write that down Mary, it's a lot better than Derek"

  • @blackandrosee
    @blackandrosee 6 місяців тому

    i like that background music and its timing

  • @abandoned4788
    @abandoned4788 2 роки тому +4

    "Hey dad why is the sun orange?"
    "Because it's a falming ball of heat"
    "Thanks dad!"
    "No problem Rasputin"

  • @rapidexal
    @rapidexal 3 роки тому +508

    Ah, I remember that saying, my parents said it all the time:
    "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning and isolation and, as such, could never directly produce the 4,000 newtons of force per square centimeter required to break bones."

    • @megaturtle9547
      @megaturtle9547 2 роки тому +14

      that sounded perfectly normal to me the first time i heard it, as that was long before i knew of the simplified version.

    • @JatPhenshllem
      @JatPhenshllem Рік тому +8

      I'm gonna use that on my child

    • @slitbodmod4473
      @slitbodmod4473 7 місяців тому

      In isolation*

  • @baguette5113
    @baguette5113 4 роки тому +411

    VSauce: names have names
    Me: *stop hurting my brain*

  • @pointyorb
    @pointyorb Рік тому +3

    2:44
    New Zealand just saved a child's life XD

  • @bluberrri6905
    @bluberrri6905 2 роки тому +2

    At 7:35 he’s wrong, words are not the “smallest element of language capable of containing meaning in isolation”, that would be a free morpheme.

  • @Number16BusShelter
    @Number16BusShelter 6 років тому +463

    hey...

    • @kusanagi-no-tachi5303
      @kusanagi-no-tachi5303 6 років тому +4

      lol

    • @kusanagi-no-tachi5303
      @kusanagi-no-tachi5303 6 років тому +2

      Btw, I read his name not "bus" but "bush"
      So, Number 16 Bush Shelter...
      I don't know why

    • @8-bitdolphin238
      @8-bitdolphin238 6 років тому +9

      Did you actually take the time to make an account under that name, just for the joke. Or, are you actually Number 16 Bus Shelter?

    • @maxonator3913
      @maxonator3913 5 років тому

      Number 16 bus shelter looool

    • @zappawoman5183
      @zappawoman5183 5 років тому +2

      @KevnoJiang We are all Redditors on this blessed day. There are literally dozens of us. Obligatory - please include me in the screenshot! Ty

  • @maskina9611
    @maskina9611 3 роки тому +683

    I'm naming my kid "The" so whenever someone says the he turns and listens

    • @lisacatarsi1615
      @lisacatarsi1615 3 роки тому +72

      This is actually pretty evil of you 😂

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 роки тому +84

      This would be *the* most evil thing ever.

    • @SemiMono
      @SemiMono 3 роки тому +31

      Speaking in old english would be very confusing. "I will get (The|thee) a glass of water."

    • @hamiltonianpathondodecahed5236
      @hamiltonianpathondodecahed5236 3 роки тому +9

      wut tHe phuck

    • @gael5841
      @gael5841 3 роки тому +32

      What the fuck?
      The: hold on

  • @333axstro8
    @333axstro8 2 роки тому +2

    Um 7 years ago and it’s on RECOMMENDATION

  • @thememery767
    @thememery767 Рік тому +3

    « Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest elements of language that can contain meaning in isolation, and thus could never apply the 4000 newtons per square centimeter required to break bones. »
    I’m using this on my bully.

  • @Ghost____Rider
    @Ghost____Rider 7 років тому +271

    When your parents call you by your full name when they're angry at you but your name is 700 words long so you never anger them out of pity because you don't want then to have to say an essay every time you annoy them

    • @durdleduc8520
      @durdleduc8520 6 років тому +27

      Or you purposefully anger them

    • @acookie7548
      @acookie7548 6 років тому +25

      lawful good vs chaotic evil

    • @jenniferhoppe6912
      @jenniferhoppe6912 5 років тому

      700 letters not words

    • @dearfauxpas
      @dearfauxpas 5 років тому +1

      "MY ESSAY FROM THE SIXTH GRADE THAT A BURNED AND SHREDDED BECAUSE I HATED IT AND WANTED IT TO DIE OH BY THE WAY MY NAME IS FORTNITE IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU THIS IS STILL MY NAME BY THE WAY I'M RECITING IT ALL" GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!

  • @bshaun2740
    @bshaun2740 5 років тому +1500

    I remember my kindergarten teacher said that in my class. sticks and stones may break my bones,
    But words are mearly the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning and isolation and as such could never produce the 4000 neutons of square force per square centimeter required to break bones.

    • @theholderscock
      @theholderscock 5 років тому +3

      Oreo-Wizard lol tf

    • @icantcomeupwithagoodusername
      @icantcomeupwithagoodusername 5 років тому +7

      If I ever get to know a person from "murica" im telling them that

    • @21jd_
      @21jd_ 5 років тому +48

      Sticks and stones may break my bones but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning *in* isolation and as such could never directly produce the 4,000 *newtons* of *force* per cm^2 required to break bones. owo

    • @joshuagoeij9217
      @joshuagoeij9217 5 років тому +1

      LOL VSAUCE JUST SAID THAT

    • @adamdodda3275
      @adamdodda3275 5 років тому +5

      *newtons

  • @Hasa07
    @Hasa07 2 роки тому +2

    Imagine u get born and there's a screen saying "Name Sky, +3 health stat"

  • @oskarpolanski3152
    @oskarpolanski3152 3 роки тому +2

    Asking somebody for their name is basically asking them what noise to make to get their attention...

  • @gavinmcleod3560
    @gavinmcleod3560 8 років тому +2172

    "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" said someone. The next day, they were hit by a dictionary.
    they broke their arm

    • @nippy7425
      @nippy7425 6 років тому +2

      Old but gold.300th like

    • @timothyburdette7631
      @timothyburdette7631 6 років тому +5

      Blobfish profile=amazing

    • @jtanaka7549
      @jtanaka7549 5 років тому +18

      Naming your child Sticks
      Naming your child Stones
      Naming your child Words
      Naming your child Dictionary.

    • @Digganob590
      @Digganob590 5 років тому +1

      Gavin Mcleod And they was right, because that dictionary’s not the smallest element of language capable of portraying meaning in isolation, fella.

    • @excs4619
      @excs4619 5 років тому +2

      stolen from garfield

  • @griocycommunity4529
    @griocycommunity4529 7 років тому +159

    Help me someone is chasing me!
    What's your name?
    Adolf Hitler
    *Call Declined*

  • @bdbailey
    @bdbailey 2 роки тому +7

    Me walking up to the 6 year old boy riding his bike across the street to extort information from him (he is a government sanctioned skinwalker in disguised that preys on my downfall): 0:06

  • @hayaokakizaki4463
    @hayaokakizaki4463 21 день тому

    I love how Vsauce just listed a Neo-Not See like it was completely normal. That definitely hit different when this vid came out.

  • @bucketsaremyfriend
    @bucketsaremyfriend 6 років тому +245

    But what if you spelled it "artoodeetu"?
    Hey? Huh?
    got 'em

  • @quigli
    @quigli 9 років тому +144

    You can't name your kid "R2-D2", in the U.S, but couldn't you just call him "Artoodeetoo"? :P

    • @fuelks
      @fuelks 6 років тому +2

      Arthur Deethur

  • @eryniscoolx
    @eryniscoolx Рік тому

    love the youtube algorithm. thanks youtube for reccomending this and micheal from vsauce for teaching me about names :)

  • @HagoveroGenerico
    @HagoveroGenerico Рік тому

    Increíble contenido como siempre, ojalá sigan con la historia latinoamericana

  • @keplerscat28
    @keplerscat28 7 років тому +722

    My initials are E.W.
    Just
    ew :(

  • @LambDraws
    @LambDraws 5 років тому +51

    my initials are K.F.C. i'm gonna live forever

  • @alex_theperson7064
    @alex_theperson7064 2 роки тому +1

    “16! Come down here and do the dishes!”
    “But mommmm”
    “Number 16 bus shelter, you get down here this instant!”

  • @elohim447
    @elohim447 Рік тому

    In my recommended 8 years later. Nice

  • @Lonewolf7798-1
    @Lonewolf7798-1 4 роки тому +1728

    Micheal: People that have a last name start near the end of the alphabet usually feel unsuccessful
    Mark Zuckerburg: Am i a joke to you

  • @Andominicus
    @Andominicus 3 роки тому +459

    What if Michael was like:
    My Name is Michael... or is it?
    *Theme song plays*

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 роки тому +25

      What if his real name is Michelangelo?

    • @Andominicus
      @Andominicus 3 роки тому +14

      @@Liggliluff **vsauce music plays**

    • @whoknows1447
      @whoknows1447 2 роки тому +1

      i mean he DID say he felt more like a gary in one video.....

  • @dudusbarbosa
    @dudusbarbosa 3 роки тому

    This is one of those videos i wish i could hit the like button a thousand times.

  • @milopuppet1
    @milopuppet1 3 роки тому +8

    If you want to know when Michael gets out of content again
    4:18