Thank you all with your Support! And don't be sorry that I didn't make it as a teacher, I absolutely love this job, I also saw many comments saying they find it interesting to hear it from that perspective. I also got messaged a few times, I am going to upload on this channel of mine and share more things I can and answer questions. If anyone is Interested stay tuned!
It's kind of amazing. Normally, the kinds of people that'd get interviewed are famous people. Celebrities with some cultural relevance, but this channel focuses on the normal everyday people and just how different and difficult our life can be. The people that *are* culture instead being in service to it.
I feel like historians far in the future will look back at youtube and specifically these kinds of videos for a good insight into what life was like for the people of our age
If you like interviews like these I would also highly suggest Anthony Padillas UA-cam channel. He makes interviews based on a specific group of people like fx. Interviewing people with ADHD, strippers, people with body modifications, 911 emergency station people (don’t remember what that job is called sorry) and so on and so forth. It’s great and gives you a good understanding of their perspective
@@shlimon7667 The dude from Smosh? Shit, I didn't know. Might look into it. Always found him a little on the cringe side no disrespect but that does actually spark my interest. The description reminds me of Special Books by Special People, though he specifically focuses on people with mental and physical sicknesses, but he's a really sweet person and treats the kids and adults that come to speak of their experience with a lot of kindness.
domino2515 yeah that’s the guy. I don’t really like the old Smosh either but I’ve found that I really like both Anthony’s channel and what Smosh does now (still sketches and stuff just a (little) more mature and a lot less cringe) so that’s kinda funny. I would suggest starting with the body modifiers video.
I can confirm this as true, as once I found the smallest star that died in the galaxy. When I tried moving its coffin it was to heavy and exploded, all the nearest planets were obliterated.
I know people are cracking jokes (and it's making me feel a little better ngl) but this shit just hit me like a brick :( reminds me of that sad story in a few words challenge and it was like "baby shoes for sale, not used" or something like that. Ugh, I'm being so over emotional but my heart God damn it OP :(
Captain Kaos when you said your coworker “carried his head around like a lantern” - was it just how it looked, or was it done as a sort of joke on the job? I got confused at that part, apologies..
Back in the day it was considered so, atleast in western society. Gravekeepers often lived away from their village/town to not only live closer to the graveyard, but also cause they carried a stigma as someone surrounded by death, people who feared death would avoided and/or shunned them. If he was living in say like ancient egypt though he would be incredibly respected, any society that put huge emphasis on taking care of the dead would praise him.
@@DocJamesH it's not that a person in front of the train exploded, it's just that he got turned into paste very very fast and at very high velocities so the mush flew all over and the non-mushed parts also flew away. It's not dirty at all, it's however slimey, gooey and sticky. It's not for everyone, but I mean I do sanitization work myself so I'm not really fazed by anything.
Very much so. If we didn’t have them, family would have to deal with it themselves which obviously would be very devastating. We should be grateful that people are willing to help in situations like that.
I thought this guy had the job of euthanizing people and the "That children didnt want to die" in the title meant he had to euthanize a kid that didnt want to die.
Vinicius de Moraes oh shit that would be awful, I don’t think anyone could do that as a job ever. I would quit and carry the child to a beautiful place that they would enjoy in their last moments and let life take its course if there was no other way!
My mother passed away at home a couple days ago and the morticians that came in to collect her body were very nice and professional. There was a man and woman, each dressed in a suit and tie, all in black. They showed up within 90 minutes, which gave us time to dress her and prepare her for departure. Once they arrived, they asked some simple questions and then began their process. They gave us a few minutes to say our goodbyes before beginning. They covered her in clear wrapping, and then a thicker black leather cloth with handles to carry her down the stairs to the gurney. They then take her to their vehicle, thankfully at night so no one else could see. I appreciated their professionalism and thanked them for their help and they went on their way. It was odd seeing them stay professional, but as noted in the video, they've done this hundreds of times, so I understand how this is just doing their job. It seems like a tough job but we need someone to do it, so I appreciate that there are people out their who can. Thank you for this video, and thank you to all the morticians for the services they provide. My mother is free from pain and in a better place now.
@Nick Gurr We did not have to, but we helped the nurse prepare her before the morticians arrived as she wasn't dressed in anything for a few days. We had been helping for 10+ days and kept to the duty until the end.
So I'm a med student. And during the first year on the first day (I was 17, cleared exam just after school), we wre shown cadavers. And told that they were my first teacher to be a successful doctor. Looking at the body it felt like she was a very cool and nice grandma. Polished nails, a cute tribal tatto on her left hand. I felt pity for her as she died a painful death of some liver problem. But thankfull that she chose to donate her body for education. From the next day we started dissection. Her body was assigned to my group and we dissected her to the bone and her last tissue. She is the base of my knowledge and will have always the utmost respect for her. RIP grandma 🙏🏻
I hope that the stigma against morticians lessens because even tho death is a hard and scary topic they are still essential workers. I’m excited for the second part cause even tho it’s a sensitive topic I find it interesting to learn about being a mortician and hearing his experiences in the field.
@@richardrussel4567 In Ancient Greece they were too scared to mention Thanatos the God of Death's name because they were scared of death. And funny enough Thanatos's brother is Hypnos meaning "sleep". Isnt that funny ? Death's brother is Sleep. Another intresting fact is that they buried people at night which I believe is Nyx which means "Night" is actually Hynos/Sleep & Thanatos/Death's mother. Of course though it makes sense as night was when they buried their dead.
Okay this is a bit eerie and this didn't happen in Germany but can confirm the train thing. I used to work at a gas station with a train track going right by it. From wall of the building only few funny meters to the railway and since there was no road (to cross the tracks) there was no gate or fence or anything. One sunny day a customer comes in all excited, tells me to go have a look. Since we work alone and this might be a ruse and there was no-one else around, I ask what's up. This grown man (guessing late 30s or up) is smiling from ear to ear when he tells me there's a bunch of firemen at the tracks and he just saw one of them pick up a head, a severed human head, and the way he waved and described it I can tell it was also handled like holding a lantern before put into a bag. At this point my curiosity gets the best of me, I lock the till so if it is a ploy to mug us at least corporate can't blame me, and join the man at the door and peek at the tracks. Sure enough, there were firemen but I missed the head or anything else gore worthy, if I hadn't know better it just looked like they were picking up trash. This guy was still acting like a kid in a candy shop, sure I get it must be exciting to see something so unusual. He said few years ago during summer vacation his son and his friend listened to the police radio and once the announcement came they raced their bikes to the tracks to see the body before it was cleaned up and they were so nauseated by the experience that they never did it again. He didn't remember what year it happened and I looked him dead in the eye and casually said "Too bad, it might've been my father. He killed himself the same way few years ago and I can tell you, it's a damn mess and there won't be a body to say goodbye to. The only way they identified him was because his phone survived." His face just sunk and he left in silence. I don't know if it was mean or wrong thing to do but dammit it felt good. Later that night I called my step-mom and asked where exactly did my dad die. So turns out, for the past 6 months I had worked maybe meters away from that spot and didn't have a clue. When I heard about the incident years ago I imagined a completely different part of the town for some reason. Asked my co-workers if many people commit suicide there and supposedly it's a popular spot since you can hide behind the corner of the building so whoever is operating the train has zero chance to slow down until it's too late. My father died at 41 years old so that's another parallel fact with the case in the video, anyways thanks for coming to my TED talk and obligatory sorry for my English.
I believe it was a good thing to put a whole different perspective in the guy's head. I dated a guy that had a concussion when he was a kid and (I cant remember why) they had a picture of the back of his head and people would be entertained by a traumatic thing that happened to him. He burned the picture and hardly mention it to anyone. Some people really get fascinated too much about scenes of death that they don't think what that person's life was.
My father also died by train (not suicide though) and I've been told his body was basically obliterated and the only way they could identify him was by his tatoos
In my experience living in a very train-heavy area, conductors get numbed to the carnage pretty quickly. From what I've been told by the ones I've talked to, after your first time seeing someone get splattered, it's no longer a matter of "HOLY SHIT" but "aww damn it, that's gonna throw off my schedule." You gotta understand that oftentimes trains are moving very quickly or have an unimaginable fuckton of momentum from the sheer weight of what they're carrying, so if a conductor hits the emergency brakes the moment they see someone or something get in front of them, the train might not stop for another mile or longer. In this way, it alleviates much of the guilt or feeling of responsibility that someone in a smaller vehicle might have in these scenarios--there was absolutely nothing they could do, the conductor's only responsibility is to report the incident and sit still until the police and the cleanup crew arrive to do their jobs. I've also heard that some conductors like to place bets on how many suicides there will be in a week, but my feeble brain doesn't want to comprehend the scale of that if it's true.
@@madprophet6891 if you ever work for one of the big railroads in the US, the conductor training does cover this. I can't recall but I believe they tell you that "if you decide to have a career here, you will have this happen at least once. It's not an if, but when type of situation." Suicides are big, but sometimes trainhoppers mess up and end up losing their life.
Met 2. One killed 12 people and over 100 cows. The other one had a break down from killing a women. Not a great job. Pretty boring alot of pay but boring and dangerous. (For others lol)
Talking to Kaos really shows what kind of things people can adapt to, really amazing to see what can become normal when you're exposed to it every day. A little bit scary to think about too
Think of it this way, people can survive and do what’s necessary whenever there is a need, but this can also make people do terrible things like it’s nothing.
If you look at war torn countries with many extremist organizations such as Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, etc. It is very normal to see just people being massacred for no reason. There could be a child's body laying in the street, or someone with their head chopped off sitting against a wall, maybe some pieces of brain and some legs in the street. People get used to it, even the children. The children just walk past these dead people like it's nothing, like walking past a garbage bag or something. For us, it's would unimaginable to watch a video of someone getting their brains blown out point blank, or a kid getting killed. But for people who have to live through these conditions, it's normal, and it's sad to see, but nonetheless intresting to see how the human brain copes with such horrors.
I work at a meatworks plant, nearly every room is soaked in blood and meat. I'm talking you can't even see the floor in some cases, going through 1000 animals a day. When I first saw it I was a bit shocked but nowadays I just stroll through it, might see a severed head and make a joke it's smiling at me. You get used to death real quick.
The most surprising thing about a corpse is how you realize how much micro movements irradiate from a living human body. A corpse is zero. All you have to do is look at it and you know there is nothing inside anymore.
coming from a 3rd world country, ive seen quite a few corpses, mostly motor accidents - squished and dragged and crushed it's not bad, but dont look them in the eyes, they will haunt your dreams for a while
@@stonecat676 Oh I can relate. I've been a paramedic for years now, and also worked at an undertaker's in-between jobs for a while. I've seen it all. I'm pretty numb towards this, it has an upside and a downside. Sometimes I still have to ask myself if I still feel anything at all. Something none of our even most veteran best trained medics can easily stomach or get over, are still child related deaths. Even our 30 year serving top guy, which I have so much respect for, had to take 4 days off after he didn't manage to resuscitate a child below the age of 5. It wasn't his fault, they called us too late. He couldn't have done anything better, it was all by the books.
Doesn't sit right with me calling it his "dirty job" as if it's taboo to be or talk about being a mortician. Unless of course it means the actual dirty work of collecting scattered flesh 👀 Either way the guy's an absolute legend just for talking normally about his job and giving other people a rare insight into it, thank you Captain Kaos and of course Syrmor.
Also i just wanna say im studing to become a morticion i love that this guy called it a non kid friendly job. Wich ig is true. But this dude give me happiness in my heart with him willing to talk about the job.
@@toenailclippings tbh there's still some parts im not sure about but having dealt with stuff like this most of my life. Im hoping I can handle it. So I guess in a way it is kinda scary.
Guy: Talking about his job and how he wanted his life to go And then Charles next to him with his boneless Winnie the Pooh Edit: 600- likes... I cannot thank you enough-
As a mortician myself In France I can tell you one thing at least, the numbers medias give are biased. We did a car accident last month. The man was tested for COVID after his death in this car crash and has been declared COVID positive.....
@@guiguijol Same for here in America too. People who die from car crashes or suicide are labeled as "covid deaths" even if they don't get tested. Hell, if your in a nursing home and die, your instantly a covid death, no questions asked, doesn't matter if you were 97, you died of covid.
He surely has a unique perspective on life that is apart from most of society. Many people don't realize how easy it is for life to just.. stop one day, suddenly. I've lost a cousin to death when we were young and it sticks with you. I felt the weight in his voice about being grateful for each moment.
I still can remember my little cousin voice saying "pacos culiaos" (fucking police). He died when he was 5 years old Pd: sorry for my English, is not my first language
7:15 It's weird but sorta amazing, that he's so incredibly calm and making sorta funny comparisons while explaining something that many people would find disgusting or gruesome, this man deserves respect not many people would be willing to have a job like that.
As a Hospital Security Officer, I had to count each body in the morgue, and helped the individuals who’d died & were being picked up by individuals like the person being interviewed (but in the US)...I’d assist in getting the body off of the hospital bed, and into a body bag/onto the gurney. The worst thing I ever had to do, was help a God-Mother & a Sister of a mother who had a full-to-term still-born (from what I understood)....I had to monitor them take foot/hand prints of the child’s corpse. I ended up offering to help because they were so emotional. The child was not in the actual morgue, but more of an office with a small Biopsy lab of sorts connected to it. The infant was in what I can only describe (and probably was) a small beer fridge/hotel/college mini-fridge. After gloving up, I gently pulled the child out, helped them take out the child, and held the baby as they mixed the white, clay-like mix they used for making the hand/feet impressions. The God Mother asked to hold the child. I allowed her to...it was a little girl, and something strange/notable was her little head. She had a deep dent in her head-where her skull was still soft cartilage, and wasn’t fully formed into bone...I am guessing this was due to stress of the birth, but more because of the lack of life/brain activity. I remember looking at her and thinking how beautiful of a child she was, and it made my heart ache to think what it’d be like to be in any of this childs loved one’s shoes. In an attempt to cheer up the two women with me, I talked about the child as if she were still alive...mentioned her attributes, asked who she looked like more, and mentioned how long her little fingers were. It seemed to be a cathartic move for all of us, because I actually got a little laughter out of them. One of the chilling things that happened prior to me putting her back into the fridge, was hearing the Aunt of the child say, “Im sorry that I didnt get to know you, but if God had to take you, I’m glad he took you now before I absolutely fell in love with you growing, and getting to know your little personality...I can’t wait to get to know you in Heaven; I know I’ll see you there. Watch after us until then.” With that, I helped bag her back up, and put her into the fridge. Without thinking, I lunged forward, and hugged them both real tight, one at a time, and told them how sorry I was. Then we all started crying, and hugged eachother as a huddled group and continued to hold eachother for a few moments. They thanked me, we left the lab, and we parted ways soon after I got them back to the Mother/Baby unit. It was such a heartbreaking moment...but I was glad I was there to experience it. It was such a human moment. 3 strangers, sharing a very real moment. I couldve been them, and they couldve been me...but either way, all three of us came together in love and support for a grieving mother & a precious child, that never got a chance to...even breath. It was so grim, yet so beautiful...very hard to explain.
I cant believe the human brain could get used to a dead severed body how horrifying could that be picking up parts of a body guts and heads and arms its horrifying to me
I mean, go on best gore for half an hour, it'll surprise how easily you can desensitise yourself to see (Mind you, ive seen half my body burned and fucked, so im possibly a rare case also for seeing my own self destruction and later being desensitised)
Why? People back in the days did see a shit loud of dead people, in war, during plagues, or even voluntarily at a public execution. It's actually more unnatural how far death got pushed away from our minds. People like him are just a luxury of our civilization, so we don't have to do it ourselves.
@@Mr_Makina I can look at it all day long, especially as it is something that already happened, it's not like I am in a life threatening situation, but I would find *touching*the flesh and blood to be gross I have worked on farms and dealt with dismembered bits of animal like docked tails, gonads etc, removing rotting placenta from a ewe's backside etc but I find humans more gross lol!
When he said "carry the head like a lantern" I was kind of in disbelief. I could never imagine doing what he did and thanks to all the people who have those difficult jobs.
These interviews are so interesting, seeing life from another perspective really opens your eyes. I wonder what they do to bodies that have been scattered (not whole) and what if they have no family? What do they do? Where do they go?
Its really scary and sad to think that when you die you simply turn into a thing, a body, a piece of meat and bones, or in the case of those guys that killed themselves, just, a blob of meat, just a thing, an object. I feel really bad when i think about it, so, seeing these guys work with these things, its weird, but i really respect them, they´re doing something that a really small percent of the people can do.
this such a real conversation... like something you would see in a cafe between two friends having a cup. VRChat is serving a very real need, regardless of what people say.
well... until he started going into the grizzly details >.> but im sure its something he needed to get off his chest... Good on Pooh for listening and allowing him to just talk.
I was just getting interested In being a mortician and this information seems pretty accurate to what I heard. Ofc there is some education required and schooling but yeah. You go pick up the bodies (keep in mind bodies come in various sizes and could be difficult, thus needing another person). You'd take them back and wait for the clearance to do your job because otherwise it's illegal and considered mutilation. You'd clean the body(actions this person once did every single day, something so personal). Massage them and use the chemicals then finish them up for preparation. However I'm upset that the topic of talking to the family was never bright up (maybe it will be in part 2?) Because apparently talking with the family for preparations and offering outlets and such is a big part (even attending the funeral). I played a game about a mortician and the emails were interesting. I never thought about the extent of different ecosystem friendly funerals there are and how sometimes families and the person who died have different funeral wishes. One case in the game was when a very young person killed himself and wanted a eco safe funeral but the family wanted a "normal" funeral, and because he didn't have any witness or offical proof to his wish the family got to decided how his funeral would be. The game also tslked on other very intereting topics such as the proccess of allowing the dead person to spend a few days with the family in their home (in the cold of course) to spend final momments with them. It claimed that for some people this helps the greiving proccess to spend time with them and watch as the corpse decays. Death is very interesting, we all face it, we all challenge it, but none of us beat it. The dead are such a passionate side of life to me. You see a vessel that someone used to take care of and live in. A body that's had it's own history that none of us know. A mortician has the job to prep the person for their final viewing, their final time with family.
I was by my grandpas side when he died, and it was very sad and scary, but at the same time a relief because I know he was free from his pain. It is very surreal to see the life leave a body. Someone you love so much, once their soul is gone, the body doesn't look like them. Not the same. it's weird. Sometimes I feel like it was something I shouldn't have seen, but sometimes I feel lucky in a strange way.. I witnessed it and got to know exactly what happened. He was surrounded by family that loved him.
I’m also a mortician and i’ve felt a lot of what he’s saying. It’s nice to get a look into a German mortician’s work as an American, though. I remember my more existential experience was when i picked up a baby from a hospital for the first time. I went there sort of expecting to feel really morose and depressed, but when i got there and actually held it in my hands, it was one of the most calm moments of my life. Maybe i was a little sad to see an infant that didn’t live to grow up, sure, but i felt more at ease than anything. I’m not really sure why, either. I can only gather that i felt that way because i knew i’d be treating it with care and respect, and that the last hands to hold it would be tender and gentle and loving. I would add onto this guy’s story that funeral work isn’t all just train accidents and gruesome reassembly. There are a lot of really important and rewarding moments in this line of work that you just can’t get anywhere else.
Everyone thinks it would be cool to be in one of those type of jobs, until you actually do it. I mean, just look at the type of people in those fields. They may come into the job sane but 99% don't leave the job in a good mental state. Taking a life changes you. seeing someone have their last breath almost every day changes you.
when he said the severed limb was mushy, i was a bit surprised because my dog who died around a month ago now was very stiff and i expected the severed limb to be the same, but i guess it makes sense because it could be different with other animals, and my dog still had all it's limbs attached.
He's so right. I don't know how much people think of us Germans like that but there are definitely some thinking every German is a nazi or emotionless or what else...
Can I recommend Ask a Mortician for anyone who wants to know more about this practice and death in general? She's really good at explaining darker topics while keeping upbeat haha
There's a brilliant movie about this very topic from 2008 called Departures. It's a very powerful movie and hearing him talk about his job it seems the job is portrayed very well in the movie given how similar it all sounds, with some cultural differences.
Found this channel by accident. Best UA-cam recommendation ever. My mind/head is in a very weird place. I'm living in misery but I'm not doing nearly enough to get out of it. Hearing strangers talk about their lives helps me get my thoughts back to where it should be, so I get to do what I should do more. Thank you and everyone willing to do the interviews and thank you all wholesome commenters.
I've only seen a dead body once, it was during a field trip in my last year of highschool, our class was for people who wanted to enter the medical field and the teacher always said that that trip would be the way to know if we really wanted to stay in the path of a medical career. We went to a university where they had a room where they stored the bodies, there were 4 students who separeted us into 4 groups of around 7 people. The bodies were from homeless people who were never claimed. It didn't have a leg and the eyes dried up and sunk into the skull. The skin was hard, like, really hard, like a leather sandal and it had tattoos that looked streched but it clearly was the name of a woman. Another tattoo was the name of a town in mexico, and a figure that i don't really know what it was. It was obviously a living person before with it's own story, but with the whole ambient it really didn't hit me. I could only think of it as a body and it was weirdly calm all around the room. Now the only one home who hasn't seen a body (outside of a funeral) are my brother and my mom, my father used to be a firefighter so he has told us plenty stories.
wow, just ended the video, his explanation was intense, im wondering about life and the risk of some things, in this pandemic im afraid of losing a loved one, i wish we could all stay safe and not die witout even saying goodbye
This video was recommended to me by the algorithm and it has very much inspired me to start working as a mortician myself. I was looking for a new part time job (I'm in university) and I sent a lot of applications. Today I finally got "the call" and accepted the offer. I think it's a very fascinating subject, it's a diverse profession and definitely honorable.
Is it strange because it's too short or too long a period of time, because you haven't really needed to think about it before? Curious to know why it would be strange in your opinion.
Emmanuel Adesina I’ve just never really thought about it before, I feel like it would take a very long time to get adjusted to that, but it seems like it’s quite the contrary
Man, I gotta get my friend on this show with you. He has had quite a character arc. He went from freelancing mortician work to medical school overseas, then back to the US to become a private investigator, and has worked on all sorts of stuff from man hunts, to missing persons, to surveillance of corrupt police officers and beyond.
Solid Snake says in Metal Gear Solid for the PS1: "Unfortunatedly, killing people is one of the things you get used to pretty fast." I'd say that phrase kinda suits this. And it's a shame that it does.
Thank you all with your Support! And don't be sorry that I didn't make it as a teacher, I absolutely love this job, I also saw many comments saying they find it interesting to hear it from that perspective. I also got messaged a few times, I am going to upload on this channel of mine and share more things I can and answer questions. If anyone is Interested stay tuned!
@@glokkpod84 You really don't notice it from the outside since it's seen as unsightly. Thank you though :)
what is the name of your job?
@@inzeez3721 I am a mortician :)
Bro so you play dark souls?
@@maxinea.sakaki4151 Do the 1k hours in each title answer that? Hehe
well someone has to do the job right??. I respect these people who are able to cope with this important job of handling dead bodies.
Thanks :) I gladly do this job over any other haha
@@CaptainKaos Jemand muss es halt machen
@@JohnSmith-rr3pq Genau :D
Not gonna lie I would definitely do this job. Sounds fun.
@@TheDivineSystem For some like myself it is, but its also very hard work and you work a lot overtime
It's kind of amazing. Normally, the kinds of people that'd get interviewed are famous people. Celebrities with some cultural relevance, but this channel focuses on the normal everyday people and just how different and difficult our life can be. The people that *are* culture instead being in service to it.
Facts
I feel like historians far in the future will look back at youtube and specifically these kinds of videos for a good insight into what life was like for the people of our age
If you like interviews like these I would also highly suggest Anthony Padillas UA-cam channel. He makes interviews based on a specific group of people like fx. Interviewing people with ADHD, strippers, people with body modifications, 911 emergency station people (don’t remember what that job is called sorry) and so on and so forth. It’s great and gives you a good understanding of their perspective
@@shlimon7667 The dude from Smosh? Shit, I didn't know. Might look into it. Always found him a little on the cringe side no disrespect but that does actually spark my interest. The description reminds me of Special Books by Special People, though he specifically focuses on people with mental and physical sicknesses, but he's a really sweet person and treats the kids and adults that come to speak of their experience with a lot of kindness.
domino2515 yeah that’s the guy. I don’t really like the old Smosh either but I’ve found that I really like both Anthony’s channel and what Smosh does now (still sketches and stuff just a (little) more mature and a lot less cringe) so that’s kinda funny. I would suggest starting with the body modifiers video.
The Thumbnail: "That child didn't want to die"
My Weird Brain: *child hitman*
🤝🏼*our* weird brain
i'm glad that other people were dumb like me and thought that too lol
Lol
Same
Yeah at first I was like is that actually a thing
"The smallest coffins are the heaviest."
Rest in power, my boy Plankton.
:(
@@Shiratto lol
I can confirm this as true, as once I found the smallest star that died in the galaxy. When I tried moving its coffin it was to heavy and exploded, all the nearest planets were obliterated.
I know people are cracking jokes (and it's making me feel a little better ngl) but this shit just hit me like a brick :( reminds me of that sad story in a few words challenge and it was like "baby shoes for sale, not used" or something like that. Ugh, I'm being so over emotional but my heart God damn it OP :(
not what i was expecting when i read the title and saw the thumbnail, but i definitely prefer this over a child hitman.
JDaddy Films I was expecting a hit man who killed kids too omg
Oh I was thinking human trafficking but that works too
@Jean Pierre Polnareff bro same
I assumed he worked in a Children’s hospital or something
I was expecting working at an abortion clinic.
"I dont ever talk about it to my girlfriend."
*Explains it all in detail while wearing a headset in the living room next.
She's probably not there, but yeah I see your joke.
@@waterfilledglass *** ***!! Derrr
@@waterfilledglass exactly
@@waterfilledglass it said “my girlfriend at the time” so idk
@@GjonBits That phrase is just to set a time frame typically.
Me: expecting him to sound like an old experienced man
What he actually sounds like: Some random German dude
I am just some random german dude haha
@@CaptainKaos I thought you were austrian akfococj
@@SurrealCereal lol
Dude actually sounds like Christoph Waltz in a Tarantino movie 😂
@@okramra thanks I guess haha :)
Man, people like this guy are actually heroes. Because someone has to do it, and these guys are willing to do it so we don't have to. Major respect.
Thank you kindly :)
@Dylan Campbell Hehe thank you ;) Andre's the man to be if you can
Agreed
Captain Kaos when you said your coworker “carried his head around like a lantern” - was it just how it looked, or was it done as a sort of joke on the job? I got confused at that part, apologies..
*heroes
Man: talking about death and corpses
Winnie: wiggling his belly
I think there is a little more than just honey in Winnie the Poo's diet...
Hahaha I saw that too
@@thatoneguy4584 the b e e s
I thought winnie had his hand a little low. Idk if death just excited him, but have some decency man.
He's got a chestburster
It's not a dirty job, it's actually respectful imo because they make our conscience feel better
Back in the day it was considered so, atleast in western society. Gravekeepers often lived away from their village/town to not only live closer to the graveyard, but also cause they carried a stigma as someone surrounded by death, people who feared death would avoided and/or shunned them. If he was living in say like ancient egypt though he would be incredibly respected, any society that put huge emphasis on taking care of the dead would praise him.
Dude exploded. It's dirty.
You dig dirt, dirt is dirty, it is a dirty job
@@DocJamesH it's not that a person in front of the train exploded, it's just that he got turned into paste very very fast and at very high velocities so the mush flew all over and the non-mushed parts also flew away.
It's not dirty at all, it's however slimey, gooey and sticky. It's not for everyone, but I mean I do sanitization work myself so I'm not really fazed by anything.
@@livedandletdie love your uploads, Einstein.
Hey I studied to become an english teacher and have my masters but now I'm a farmer...so yeah, life is strange
The education system tries to funnel you into certain areas of employment that are not even 20% of all the jobs you could have instead.
School is useless If you're aiming for 1 or 2 jobs
As one over-educated farmer to another let's both admit it's a damn fun profession. How did you get started farming?
Same bro. I’m a farmer with a bachelors in Art and animation
I wanna be a farmer
Mortician is a respectable profession.
Mñr*
Yeah, I mean, someone has to do it
Very much so. If we didn’t have them, family would have to deal with it themselves which obviously would be very devastating. We should be grateful that people are willing to help in situations like that.
O k
@a m where are you from?
so, every time you die in Dark Souls, Andre retrieves your body and place near the next bonfire?
Exactly! You got my secret exposed
O h
@@CaptainKaos yo man! *fist bump*
I just started dark souls 3 and man I really struggle
@@walter_9879 You gotta love jolly cooperation.
To quote Dirty Jobs: "Its a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it"
Yep someone has to do it.
Meanwhile, most people look for most comfortable jobs and complaining about working from home, comfortably.
Faith no More, dude.
Mike Roe
His name is Mike Roe and it was his quote, not the writers. Great man, very stoic, a man's man and worth checking out.
Brother...
I thought this was gonna be real illegal from that thumbnail but nah we good
Yeah, I was thinking we were gonna meet a hitman or something. Lol.
I thought he was a pimp or hitman
@@Adam-cq2yo Reminded me movie In Bruges, where hitman (Collin Farrell?) accidentally shot innocent child (through his actual target)
I thought this guy had the job of euthanizing people and the "That children didnt want to die" in the title meant he had to euthanize a kid that didnt want to die.
Vinicius de Moraes oh shit that would be awful, I don’t think anyone could do that as a job ever. I would quit and carry the child to a beautiful place that they would enjoy in their last moments and let life take its course if there was no other way!
I kinda actually feel bad for the guy all he wanted was to be a teacher:(
@@crowmagnon that's like the complete opposite of a teacher
i always wanted to be a science teacher but ended up as a domestic terrorist instead
STICC ah I hate it when that happens
Jean Pierre Polnareff don’t know if it true but if it is that is cool
Bro as soon as I saw death I almost immediately clicked off
"What do you think of germans? They looked like that" *nervous sweating*
well German people are known fkr being punctual but I don't think he meant them being punctual probably just professional or something
@@vcrrr123 oh shit i thought he meant they were like nazis 💀💀💀
@@kai-in1xt it is
@@vcrrr123 Grim and uptight, probably common for people who work with corpses for a living (come to think of it that does also apply to Nazis).
Bruh
My mother passed away at home a couple days ago and the morticians that came in to collect her body were very nice and professional. There was a man and woman, each dressed in a suit and tie, all in black. They showed up within 90 minutes, which gave us time to dress her and prepare her for departure. Once they arrived, they asked some simple questions and then began their process. They gave us a few minutes to say our goodbyes before beginning. They covered her in clear wrapping, and then a thicker black leather cloth with handles to carry her down the stairs to the gurney. They then take her to their vehicle, thankfully at night so no one else could see. I appreciated their professionalism and thanked them for their help and they went on their way. It was odd seeing them stay professional, but as noted in the video, they've done this hundreds of times, so I understand how this is just doing their job. It seems like a tough job but we need someone to do it, so I appreciate that there are people out their who can. Thank you for this video, and thank you to all the morticians for the services they provide. My mother is free from pain and in a better place now.
May your mother rest in peace, I'm so sorry 😭😢🙏💖💕
@Nick Gurr We did not have to, but we helped the nurse prepare her before the morticians arrived as she wasn't dressed in anything for a few days. We had been helping for 10+ days and kept to the duty until the end.
@@pstuddy Thank you ❤
@@JohnprestonGC1 you're very brave for sure and sorry for your loss
@@birdland4397 Appreciate it, and thank you.
Rest in peace everyone mentioned in the morticians stories.
This should be the #1 comment
R.I.P.. in Pieces 2 everyone who ever died ever
That lady killed in aus really made me wonder.. poor girl.
So this is how you process Yeet......wishing dead people well. Like they watch UA-cam. Interesting.
So I'm a med student. And during the first year on the first day (I was 17, cleared exam just after school), we wre shown cadavers. And told that they were my first teacher to be a successful doctor. Looking at the body it felt like she was a very cool and nice grandma. Polished nails, a cute tribal tatto on her left hand. I felt pity for her as she died a painful death of some liver problem. But thankfull that she chose to donate her body for education. From the next day we started dissection. Her body was assigned to my group and we dissected her to the bone and her last tissue. She is the base of my knowledge and will have always the utmost respect for her. RIP grandma 🙏🏻
whaaat? you dissected her? like what do u mean
well said.
@@lindsey8125 That's what cadavers are for. Studying the human body. Cut open all parts of the body. To teach how anatomy works.
@@lindsey8125 if you want to work in the medical field you have to dissect bodies.
This wolud scar my mind for entire life. Some people are not ment to do this.
I hope that the stigma against morticians lessens because even tho death is a hard and scary topic they are still essential workers. I’m excited for the second part cause even tho it’s a sensitive topic I find it interesting to learn about being a mortician and hearing his experiences in the field.
What's the stigma against them?
Stigma? Do you have any examples?
Death is not a scary "subject" our society made it scary by hiding it, this stuff used to be normal.
@@richardrussel4567 In Ancient Greece they were too scared to mention Thanatos the God of Death's name because they were scared of death. And funny enough Thanatos's brother is Hypnos meaning "sleep". Isnt that funny ? Death's brother is Sleep. Another intresting fact is that they buried people at night which I believe is Nyx which means "Night" is actually Hynos/Sleep & Thanatos/Death's mother. Of course though it makes sense as night was when they buried their dead.
@@itzplant3196 yup Nyx is the mother of both thanatos and Hypnos. I love Greek mythology. I find it fascinating
This is why Andre always says “don’t get yourself killed”
"i don't wanna pick up the rest of your body afterward"
“Prithee, be careful”
@@lemon4125 I don't want to see m'work squandered
@@skjell3439 hahahaha....
@@itzplant3196 well it's good to see you what needs smitheen today
First day: ew dead bodies, but aight...
1 week in: come on jimmy, get in the box!
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Wh
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Lol
The "corpse sack"
Okay this is a bit eerie and this didn't happen in Germany but can confirm the train thing. I used to work at a gas station with a train track going right by it. From wall of the building only few funny meters to the railway and since there was no road (to cross the tracks) there was no gate or fence or anything. One sunny day a customer comes in all excited, tells me to go have a look. Since we work alone and this might be a ruse and there was no-one else around, I ask what's up. This grown man (guessing late 30s or up) is smiling from ear to ear when he tells me there's a bunch of firemen at the tracks and he just saw one of them pick up a head, a severed human head, and the way he waved and described it I can tell it was also handled like holding a lantern before put into a bag. At this point my curiosity gets the best of me, I lock the till so if it is a ploy to mug us at least corporate can't blame me, and join the man at the door and peek at the tracks. Sure enough, there were firemen but I missed the head or anything else gore worthy, if I hadn't know better it just looked like they were picking up trash. This guy was still acting like a kid in a candy shop, sure I get it must be exciting to see something so unusual. He said few years ago during summer vacation his son and his friend listened to the police radio and once the announcement came they raced their bikes to the tracks to see the body before it was cleaned up and they were so nauseated by the experience that they never did it again. He didn't remember what year it happened and I looked him dead in the eye and casually said "Too bad, it might've been my father. He killed himself the same way few years ago and I can tell you, it's a damn mess and there won't be a body to say goodbye to. The only way they identified him was because his phone survived." His face just sunk and he left in silence. I don't know if it was mean or wrong thing to do but dammit it felt good.
Later that night I called my step-mom and asked where exactly did my dad die. So turns out, for the past 6 months I had worked maybe meters away from that spot and didn't have a clue. When I heard about the incident years ago I imagined a completely different part of the town for some reason. Asked my co-workers if many people commit suicide there and supposedly it's a popular spot since you can hide behind the corner of the building so whoever is operating the train has zero chance to slow down until it's too late. My father died at 41 years old so that's another parallel fact with the case in the video, anyways thanks for coming to my TED talk and obligatory sorry for my English.
I believe it was a good thing to put a whole different perspective in the guy's head.
I dated a guy that had a concussion when he was a kid and (I cant remember why) they had a picture of the back of his head and people would be entertained by a traumatic thing that happened to him. He burned the picture and hardly mention it to anyone.
Some people really get fascinated too much about scenes of death that they don't think what that person's life was.
Lost my father to suicide too, in my own strange way I can relate. Blessings to you!
Your English is very good and I found the description of different mindsets and perspective in your recollection to be interesting; thanks for sharing
Plot twist, dude saw your father and realized it too late
My father also died by train (not suicide though) and I've been told his body was basically obliterated and the only way they could identify him was by his tatoos
Everyone: Talking about morticians and their sacrifices
Me: Notices nobody is talking about the traumatized train conductors
In my experience living in a very train-heavy area, conductors get numbed to the carnage pretty quickly. From what I've been told by the ones I've talked to, after your first time seeing someone get splattered, it's no longer a matter of "HOLY SHIT" but "aww damn it, that's gonna throw off my schedule."
You gotta understand that oftentimes trains are moving very quickly or have an unimaginable fuckton of momentum from the sheer weight of what they're carrying, so if a conductor hits the emergency brakes the moment they see someone or something get in front of them, the train might not stop for another mile or longer. In this way, it alleviates much of the guilt or feeling of responsibility that someone in a smaller vehicle might have in these scenarios--there was absolutely nothing they could do, the conductor's only responsibility is to report the incident and sit still until the police and the cleanup crew arrive to do their jobs.
I've also heard that some conductors like to place bets on how many suicides there will be in a week, but my feeble brain doesn't want to comprehend the scale of that if it's true.
I heard some seasoned train conductors are actually happy when they run someone over because they get several months of paid leave
@@madprophet6891 if you ever work for one of the big railroads in the US, the conductor training does cover this. I can't recall but I believe they tell you that "if you decide to have a career here, you will have this happen at least once. It's not an if, but when type of situation."
Suicides are big, but sometimes trainhoppers mess up and end up losing their life.
Met 2. One killed 12 people and over 100 cows. The other one had a break down from killing a women. Not a great job. Pretty boring alot of pay but boring and dangerous. (For others lol)
@@madprophet6891 most of the people getting hit by train are commiting suicide. Even if there was a fence, they'd find a way over
"Don't get yourself killed, neither of us want to see you in that coffin."
Prithee be careful
Talking to Kaos really shows what kind of things people can adapt to, really amazing to see what can become normal when you're exposed to it every day. A little bit scary to think about too
CMDR Charles get noob
Yes this video was great. Can’t wait for a part 2!
Think of it this way, people can survive and do what’s necessary whenever there is a need, but this can also make people do terrible things like it’s nothing.
If you look at war torn countries with many extremist organizations such as Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, etc. It is very normal to see just people being massacred for no reason. There could be a child's body laying in the street, or someone with their head chopped off sitting against a wall, maybe some pieces of brain and some legs in the street. People get used to it, even the children. The children just walk past these dead people like it's nothing, like walking past a garbage bag or something. For us, it's would unimaginable to watch a video of someone getting their brains blown out point blank, or a kid getting killed. But for people who have to live through these conditions, it's normal, and it's sad to see, but nonetheless intresting to see how the human brain copes with such horrors.
I work at a meatworks plant, nearly every room is soaked in blood and meat. I'm talking you can't even see the floor in some cases, going through 1000 animals a day. When I first saw it I was a bit shocked but nowadays I just stroll through it, might see a severed head and make a joke it's smiling at me. You get used to death real quick.
The most surprising thing about a corpse is how you realize how much micro movements irradiate from a living human body. A corpse is zero. All you have to do is look at it and you know there is nothing inside anymore.
I saw a dead body once and it was traumatizing to be honest, it's like that person wasn't there anymore they're just gone, all you see is a body
coming from a 3rd world country, ive seen quite a few corpses, mostly motor accidents - squished and dragged and crushed
it's not bad, but dont look them in the eyes, they will haunt your dreams for a while
Yeah just a shell
@@stonecat676 Oh I can relate. I've been a paramedic for years now, and also worked at an undertaker's in-between jobs for a while. I've seen it all. I'm pretty numb towards this, it has an upside and a downside. Sometimes I still have to ask myself if I still feel anything at all. Something none of our even most veteran best trained medics can easily stomach or get over, are still child related deaths. Even our 30 year serving top guy, which I have so much respect for, had to take 4 days off after he didn't manage to resuscitate a child below the age of 5. It wasn't his fault, they called us too late. He couldn't have done anything better, it was all by the books.
@@imsojulia-b9k only once? how old are you where do you live?
Idk why, but "corpse sack" has such a good ring to it compared to "body bag"
Body bag has alliteration though.
@@jakemitchell7786 Sure, but it also doesn't sound like a grimey, underground grindcore band either lol
Good band name too
Meat bags
@@VoytekPavlik meat bag is a better band name
"My plan actually was to become a teacher. An English teacher. That didn't turn out quite well."
So pure!
the understatement of the decade
Doesn't sit right with me calling it his "dirty job" as if it's taboo to be or talk about being a mortician. Unless of course it means the actual dirty work of collecting scattered flesh 👀 Either way the guy's an absolute legend just for talking normally about his job and giving other people a rare insight into it, thank you Captain Kaos and of course Syrmor.
Thank you!
I interpreted the "dirty" as in human excrements and stuff
Dirty jobs are what Americans call jobs that most people would not do like the people who walk through sewers.
@@mariahgutierrez4481 I see, thanks for the clarification.
Picking up dismembered body parts off the front of a train sounds pretty dirty to me imo.
“Just live your life, have fun, & always be grateful.”
Wise words to keep in mind all 2021.
Also i just wanna say im studing to become a morticion i love that this guy called it a non kid friendly job. Wich ig is true. But this dude give me happiness in my heart with him willing to talk about the job.
What kind of stuff do you study
Ye
@@jokrwx3 mort from madagascar
Whats it like for you knowing that you'll eventually have to do this kinda stuff like go to a suicide scene. Is it scary to you?
@@toenailclippings tbh there's still some parts im not sure about but having dealt with stuff like this most of my life. Im hoping I can handle it. So I guess in a way it is kinda scary.
Guy: Talking about his job and how he wanted his life to go
And then Charles next to him with his boneless Winnie the Pooh
Edit: 600- likes... I cannot thank you enough-
I'm sorry, how did you want your winnie the pooh?
Lemme get uhhhh b o n e l e s s winnie the pooh wit a 2 liters of coke
This man deserves way more respect then he actually gets ! Especially during covid . I can only imagine what he has seen in them morgues ...
Same as hes used too, Germany didnt suffer much excess death as they didnt shut down the hospitals
As a mortician myself In France I can tell you one thing at least, the numbers medias give are biased.
We did a car accident last month.
The man was tested for COVID after his death in this car crash and has been declared COVID positive.....
@@guiguijol Same for here in America too. People who die from car crashes or suicide are labeled as "covid deaths" even if they don't get tested. Hell, if your in a nursing home and die, your instantly a covid death, no questions asked, doesn't matter if you were 97, you died of covid.
@@guiguijol Bro that's so messed up. Scaring people into thinking covid is an even bigger deal than it already is.
About the same as any other year?
"Prithee be careful."
"I don't want tah see my work squandered."
In battle, y' weapons are yer only friends. Forge them well, and they won't let y' down
What a strange time to reference Dark Souls
Don’t get yourself killed, neither of us want you to go hollow
i was wondering where I recognized him from... was racking my brain.
@@whereamihelpme6937 that's all I could think about as this dude was talking, considering his job
He surely has a unique perspective on life that is apart from most of society. Many people don't realize how easy it is for life to just.. stop one day, suddenly. I've lost a cousin to death when we were young and it sticks with you. I felt the weight in his voice about being grateful for each moment.
Sorry to hear that, hopefully you can still live life to the fullest!
I still can remember my little cousin voice saying "pacos culiaos" (fucking police). He died when he was 5 years old
Pd: sorry for my English, is not my first language
Me: is that Indian or a german accent ?
Guy: yes.
they sound similar dont they
Yep "Herman" accent best accent in the world.
The way you can tell is if you can imagine him saying "She was really a party pooper"
They sound pretty similar but I’m almost certain he’s German
It’s an aryan accent ;)
part 2 up ua-cam.com/video/ouypvzczKak/v-deo.html
It's going good, how is your day going?
good
Better now that you uploaded!
I’m tired
@@sarahm.5305 sleepy time
Damn all he wanted to do was teach kids but instead he had to bury them.
The one thing that most surprised me in the video was:
"My girlfriend was done with work. She had worked for 5 years."
What?
I think he meant set up with a job. As in she has already had a job for 5 years, while I was still trying to figure out what I want to do".
Either meant she had settled into a good job or he meant school work. English isnt his second language so theres some barrierers
He lives in one of those high functioning European social democracies, average age of retirement is 35.
@@JC-wg5xn that made me laugh. xD good one.
7:15 It's weird but sorta amazing, that he's so incredibly calm and making sorta funny comparisons while explaining something that many people would find disgusting or gruesome, this man deserves respect not many people would be willing to have a job like that.
Thankfully they usually get paid a decent sum, but it's gotta be a really rough job for sure, seeing all the death.
That McDonald's joke isn't getting enough respect in the comment section. That shit was funny
It was really just awkward
i heard that as “have you ever died before”
@@SickoMundos true that shit flopped hard
@@32Barco7 he laughed in response? If the person your telling a joke to laughs then you can't call it a flop lol.
@@beyondtrash1627 lol ok
This guy: talks about how someone became almost became unrecognizable from being hit with a train
Winnie’s bellie: Humgry
Well he is a bear...
Hungry*
It’s not exactly a dirty job, just a grim one.
isn't cleaning up viscera considered dirty though?
Raul Gal well it’s not always viscera and it’s not always dirty
Its used to make it seem like his job is worse than it is
Arhum Butt I mean saying that it’s grim would have the same effect while being more true
I didn’t expect that voice from that avatar 😂
🤣
word
@Earthworm Ben Rat I expected someone with like a deep raspy voice
“Prithee be careful”
“I don’t want to see my work squandered”
“Heh heh heh heh”
I’ve never thought about the fact that “yeah, people have to go pick up those body parts and put them back together for the funeral”
Interviewer: "So what's your experie---?"
Captain Kaos: "-Dead bodies."
Interviewer: "..."
Interviewer: "You're hired!"
Should call himself kratos the god of death.
Literally just got done watching some of his old videos and he’s already releasing a new video!!😆
Same 😂
Is it really that “😂😆” funny of a coincidence. Because it’s not really a coincidence at all that’s just how UA-cam works
LynnH 1223 I’m sorry I did not mean to offend you I just thought it was funny I’m sorry 🥺
Lil skilo No no, I’m being an asshole. you react however you want, nothing wrong with it
@@giant_rat7781 that mood change is vibe
No one talks about his avatar being Andre the Smith from DS3.
Or just DS1, andre is a legend that traverses games from trilogies lmao
Prithee be careful!
@@donalddavid8199 I don't want to see my work squandered
As a Hospital Security Officer, I had to count each body in the morgue, and helped the individuals who’d died & were being picked up by individuals like the person being interviewed (but in the US)...I’d assist in getting the body off of the hospital bed, and into a body bag/onto the gurney.
The worst thing I ever had to do, was help a God-Mother & a Sister of a mother who had a full-to-term still-born (from what I understood)....I had to monitor them take foot/hand prints of the child’s corpse. I ended up offering to help because they were so emotional. The child was not in the actual morgue, but more of an office with a small Biopsy lab of sorts connected to it. The infant was in what I can only describe (and probably was) a small beer fridge/hotel/college mini-fridge. After gloving up, I gently pulled the child out, helped them take out the child, and held the baby as they mixed the white, clay-like mix they used for making the hand/feet impressions.
The God Mother asked to hold the child. I allowed her to...it was a little girl, and something strange/notable was her little head. She had a deep dent in her head-where her skull was still soft cartilage, and wasn’t fully formed into bone...I am guessing this was due to stress of the birth, but more because of the lack of life/brain activity. I remember looking at her and thinking how beautiful of a child she was, and it made my heart ache to think what it’d be like to be in any of this childs loved one’s shoes. In an attempt to cheer up the two women with me, I talked about the child as if she were still alive...mentioned her attributes, asked who she looked like more, and mentioned how long her little fingers were. It seemed to be a cathartic move for all of us, because I actually got a little laughter out of them.
One of the chilling things that happened prior to me putting her back into the fridge, was hearing the Aunt of the child say, “Im sorry that I didnt get to know you, but if God had to take you, I’m glad he took you now before I absolutely fell in love with you growing, and getting to know your little personality...I can’t wait to get to know you in Heaven; I know I’ll see you there. Watch after us until then.”
With that, I helped bag her back up, and put her into the fridge. Without thinking, I lunged forward, and hugged them both real tight, one at a time, and told them how sorry I was. Then we all started crying, and hugged eachother as a huddled group and continued to hold eachother for a few moments. They thanked me, we left the lab, and we parted ways soon after I got them back to the Mother/Baby unit.
It was such a heartbreaking moment...but I was glad I was there to experience it. It was such a human moment. 3 strangers, sharing a very real moment. I couldve been them, and they couldve been me...but either way, all three of us came together in love and support for a grieving mother & a precious child, that never got a chance to...even breath.
It was so grim, yet so beautiful...very hard to explain.
This was a tragically beautiful story😞❤
The small dent in the head is normal for infants to have when they’re first born. Everyone is born with that, but it fills in soon after.
Thanks for sharing this story. You were just what they needed in that moment.
Damn, that was hard to read
thanks for sharing, glad you were there to help them that moment, good on you bro
I cant believe the human brain could get used to a dead severed body how horrifying could that be picking up parts of a body guts and heads and arms its horrifying to me
We get used to everything
I mean, go on best gore for half an hour, it'll surprise how easily you can desensitise yourself to see
(Mind you, ive seen half my body burned and fucked, so im possibly a rare case also for seeing my own self destruction and later being desensitised)
Why? People back in the days did see a shit loud of dead people, in war, during plagues, or even voluntarily at a public execution. It's actually more unnatural how far death got pushed away from our minds. People like him are just a luxury of our civilization, so we don't have to do it ourselves.
@@Mr_Makina I can look at it all day long, especially as it is something that already happened, it's not like I am in a life threatening situation, but I would find *touching*the flesh and blood to be gross I have worked on farms and dealt with dismembered bits of animal like docked tails, gonads etc, removing rotting placenta from a ewe's backside etc but I find humans more gross lol!
@@Mr_Makina how did your body get burned, did it get burned really that bad, just wondering
When he said "carry the head like a lantern" I was kind of in disbelief. I could never imagine doing what he did and thanks to all the people who have those difficult jobs.
Me:That child didnt want to die?IS THAT GUY A HITMAN?!
Me after watching:Oh.
“Sometimes there are pieces uh,.. all over the place and so that’s why I called it "loot""
Im sorry I ugly laughed at this
Vr players be like: 'Hi I'm Clancy, wanna be on my spacecast?'
I watched the last half of the show high on acid. It was an emotional roller coaster.
Ah yes, mind fuck
These interviews are so interesting, seeing life from another perspective really opens your eyes. I wonder what they do to bodies that have been scattered (not whole) and what if they have no family? What do they do? Where do they go?
You might wanna stay for the next part ;)
Its really scary and sad to think that when you die you simply turn into a thing, a body, a piece of meat and bones, or in the case of those guys that killed themselves, just, a blob of meat, just a thing, an object. I feel really bad when i think about it, so, seeing these guys work with these things, its weird, but i really respect them, they´re doing something that a really small percent of the people can do.
Thank you! noone really knows what happens after that, but you get used to it, the human mind can get used to everything
@@CaptainKaos Yeah, the human brain is super complex, and it can do almost everything. Btw, thx for replying man c;
So just don't die lol nerd
@@PiTaBoI94 Yes
Some people don't have to die to become objects, things or a piece of meat. Those are the ones we should pity and help.
"She was already done with work ... she worked for 5 years" most Europe sentence ever im so jealous
You guys dont actually believe we retire after 5 years right?
What do you fcukin talk about? I would be sooo happy to even HAVE a job!
@Timothy Damiani Friend gave it to me.
@@sloma111 "friend", "gave"
@@joekifa6034 uuh. I spelled something wrong? Im not native english.
"André of Astora talks about his dark past during Demon Souls era"
Quote of the decade : "Yeah you can put a beef patty together but do you know what its like to lose a loved one " best question in an interview ever
From the title I thought this guy was a hitman hired to killa child lmao
"Curiosity killed the cat" yea true i watched this while having lunch yep not weird at all
Remember though, the second half of the phrase is "... but satisfaction brought it back!"
Curiosity didn't kill the cat, ignorance did, and curiosity was framed.
"We went back to the workshop, built some coffins together and just talked." - Ok I'm out
Why?
you too soft
Damn morticians out here getting exodias, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, and head. SUMMON THE FORBIDDEN ONE
this such a real conversation... like something you would see in a cafe between two friends having a cup. VRChat is serving a very real need, regardless of what people say.
well... until he started going into the grizzly details >.> but im sure its something he needed to get off his chest... Good on Pooh for listening and allowing him to just talk.
I was just getting interested In being a mortician and this information seems pretty accurate to what I heard. Ofc there is some education required and schooling but yeah. You go pick up the bodies (keep in mind bodies come in various sizes and could be difficult, thus needing another person). You'd take them back and wait for the clearance to do your job because otherwise it's illegal and considered mutilation. You'd clean the body(actions this person once did every single day, something so personal). Massage them and use the chemicals then finish them up for preparation. However I'm upset that the topic of talking to the family was never bright up (maybe it will be in part 2?) Because apparently talking with the family for preparations and offering outlets and such is a big part (even attending the funeral). I played a game about a mortician and the emails were interesting. I never thought about the extent of different ecosystem friendly funerals there are and how sometimes families and the person who died have different funeral wishes. One case in the game was when a very young person killed himself and wanted a eco safe funeral but the family wanted a "normal" funeral, and because he didn't have any witness or offical proof to his wish the family got to decided how his funeral would be. The game also tslked on other very intereting topics such as the proccess of allowing the dead person to spend a few days with the family in their home (in the cold of course) to spend final momments with them. It claimed that for some people this helps the greiving proccess to spend time with them and watch as the corpse decays. Death is very interesting, we all face it, we all challenge it, but none of us beat it. The dead are such a passionate side of life to me. You see a vessel that someone used to take care of and live in. A body that's had it's own history that none of us know. A mortician has the job to prep the person for their final viewing, their final time with family.
I was by my grandpas side when he died, and it was very sad and scary, but at the same time a relief because I know he was free from his pain. It is very surreal to see the life leave a body. Someone you love so much, once their soul is gone, the body doesn't look like them. Not the same. it's weird. Sometimes I feel like it was something I shouldn't have seen, but sometimes I feel lucky in a strange way.. I witnessed it and got to know exactly what happened. He was surrounded by family that loved him.
If anyone has worked with a body. When he mentioned he always remember how cold it was (for the first time). Is spot on.
Being a mortician is the ultimate Memento Mori.
“it’s really amazing what the human body can do” -mortician
Brain*
I’m also a mortician and i’ve felt a lot of what he’s saying. It’s nice to get a look into a German mortician’s work as an American, though.
I remember my more existential experience was when i picked up a baby from a hospital for the first time. I went there sort of expecting to feel really morose and depressed, but when i got there and actually held it in my hands, it was one of the most calm moments of my life. Maybe i was a little sad to see an infant that didn’t live to grow up, sure, but i felt more at ease than anything. I’m not really sure why, either. I can only gather that i felt that way because i knew i’d be treating it with care and respect, and that the last hands to hold it would be tender and gentle and loving.
I would add onto this guy’s story that funeral work isn’t all just train accidents and gruesome reassembly. There are a lot of really important and rewarding moments in this line of work that you just can’t get anywhere else.
That's Andre from Dark Souls! Dude, I will absolutely move VR equipment up the priority list if I can be Big Hat Logan.
But why do they call him that???
@@supernerb6938 Call who what?
@@terriblehibibi4333 Big hat Logan!
"you always dream of being a firefighter , a astronaut. or what ever"
funny... i've always wanted to be a mercenary...
There's a series of PMC greentexts by Punished Creepswork that might interest you.
@Jose Castro Never stop trying. Maybe it'll pay
Oh youre one of those edgy kids
Everyone thinks it would be cool to be in one of those type of jobs, until you actually do it. I mean, just look at the type of people in those fields. They may come into the job sane but 99% don't leave the job in a good mental state. Taking a life changes you. seeing someone have their last breath almost every day changes you.
Wow........ ure so hardcore........wowe.....
when he said the severed limb was mushy, i was a bit surprised because my dog who died around a month ago now was very stiff and i expected the severed limb to be the same, but i guess it makes sense because it could be different with other animals, and my dog still had all it's limbs attached.
usually after death the muscles contract, takes some time until it gets soft
"What you think of Germans, those were those people."
Oh no, those were some *scary* interviewers.
He's so right. I don't know how much people think of us Germans like that but there are definitely some thinking every German is a nazi or emotionless or what else...
I just think of them as sturdy work people with a beer belly lol
Can I recommend Ask a Mortician for anyone who wants to know more about this practice and death in general? She's really good at explaining darker topics while keeping upbeat haha
Thankssss
Great channel!
I loooove her
Yoooo, this was an eye opener man. Huge amount of respect to the guy. I now give respect to all morticians, such brave souls
Perfect video to give me an existential crisis before I sleep
Maybe this is symor’s way of having us binge his other videos to get our mind off it
There's a brilliant movie about this very topic from 2008 called Departures. It's a very powerful movie and hearing him talk about his job it seems the job is portrayed very well in the movie given how similar it all sounds, with some cultural differences.
Great movie!
you should check out "SIx Feet Under", it's a great TV show that explores the life of people who work in a funeral home.
@@Anony298 Will do thank you!
Found this channel by accident.
Best UA-cam recommendation ever.
My mind/head is in a very weird place. I'm living in misery but I'm not doing nearly enough to get out of it.
Hearing strangers talk about their lives helps me get my thoughts back to where it should be, so I get to do what I should do more.
Thank you and everyone willing to do the interviews and thank you all wholesome commenters.
I've only seen a dead body once, it was during a field trip in my last year of highschool, our class was for people who wanted to enter the medical field and the teacher always said that that trip would be the way to know if we really wanted to stay in the path of a medical career.
We went to a university where they had a room where they stored the bodies, there were 4 students who separeted us into 4 groups of around 7 people. The bodies were from homeless people who were never claimed.
It didn't have a leg and the eyes dried up and sunk into the skull.
The skin was hard, like, really hard, like a leather sandal and it had tattoos that looked streched but it clearly was the name of a woman. Another tattoo was the name of a town in mexico, and a figure that i don't really know what it was.
It was obviously a living person before with it's own story, but with the whole ambient it really didn't hit me. I could only think of it as a body and it was weirdly calm all around the room.
Now the only one home who hasn't seen a body (outside of a funeral) are my brother and my mom, my father used to be a firefighter so he has told us plenty stories.
Hey that's André from dark souls
I see, a man of Culture
Don't want to see my work squandered
As a german I immediately knew he’s german
As an African i knew he was German, pretty sure everyone from everywhere would know he's German
@@ridgefrost Cause of low phone quality I at first thought it was an Indian accent then realized German. Half of my family is Deutschlandrs
i knew he was a german from the first word and i’m not German.
Im in switzerland so same here
As a Brit, I immediately knew he was German
wow, just ended the video, his explanation was intense, im wondering about life and the risk of some things, in this pandemic im afraid of losing a loved one, i wish we could all stay safe and not die witout even saying goodbye
This video was recommended to me by the algorithm and it has very much inspired me to start working as a mortician myself. I was looking for a new part time job (I'm in university) and I sent a lot of applications. Today I finally got "the call" and accepted the offer. I think it's a very fascinating subject, it's a diverse profession and definitely honorable.
Carried his head around like a lantern 😆 I'm sorry that made me laugh, I'm going to hell I know!
6:35 "his head like a lantern" the skull lantern from DARK SOULS
I wonder if thats why he made the connection in the first place, even if it was unconscious.
I bet he did, considering he’s using Andre, hehe.
@@HeadFacethePirate probably did lol
So this is what Andre of Astora does in his offtime.
That explains the coffins and gravestones all over firelink shrine.
I love the perspective he's gotten from his job, it's really gotta drive home how fleeting life is, I'm glad he's got a good perspective about it.
I lovvve his wholesomeness and modesty in talking about this. And the accent.
"looted the corpse... It's not whole"
Lost it there
It’s strange to think that it could only take about a week or two to get adjusted to carrying dead bodies around, very interesting
Part of it depend on the people, I know folk who can't even look at cuts without flipping their shit.
Welp, it's just dead body nothing much, there's no personnal/emotional connection between him and the corpse
Is it strange because it's too short or too long a period of time, because you haven't really needed to think about it before? Curious to know why it would be strange in your opinion.
Emmanuel Adesina I’ve just never really thought about it before, I feel like it would take a very long time to get adjusted to that, but it seems like it’s quite the contrary
He sounds like Kaze Emanuar. Heck, maybe that probably IS him talking about his real job when he's not on his computer making Mario 64 mods.
He’s a very charming guy actually.
The way he said his ambition that didn't come true is just sad . . .
The way Charlie was standing was so funny to me.
Man, I gotta get my friend on this show with you. He has had quite a character arc. He went from freelancing mortician work to medical school overseas, then back to the US to become a private investigator, and has worked on all sorts of stuff from man hunts, to missing persons, to surveillance of corrupt police officers and beyond.
Solid Snake says in Metal Gear Solid for the PS1: "Unfortunatedly, killing people is one of the things you get used to pretty fast."
I'd say that phrase kinda suits this. And it's a shame that it does.
Interesting but dark job, this sounds like a job I may want to consider if I ever leave the military and want a civilian job.