Cookie Clicker Explained

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 เม.ย. 2024
  • This is a video about clicking cookies.
    Cookie Clicker: orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclic...
    Cookie Clicker Patreon: / dashnet
    Alt Shift X subscribe: / @altshiftx
    Alt Shift X Patreon: / altshiftx
    Alt Shift X Twitter: / altshiftx
    Created with Adobe After Effects and a Shure SM7B microphone: www.amazon.com/shop/altshiftx
    Cookie Clicker subreddit: / cookieclicker
    Cookie Clicker wiki: cookieclicker.fandom.com/
    Special thanks to Patrons Cameron Weiss, Michael Appell, Ryan Steele, Eric Louis-Dreyfus, Triangle Wine Company, Harry, Shane Veglia, Nikos Moraitakis, Zach Gordon, Steven Placencia, Joel Soucy, Ali Almuhanna, Trace Mychal, Ria McDoodle, Tim Cunniff, Livesundersink, Joshua, Travlis Hallingquest.
    0:00 Cookie Clicker
    3:41 Cookie strategy
    6:46 Cookie apocalypse

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  • @brridk9296
    @brridk9296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4391

    “what radicalized you?”
    “....cookie clicker”

    • @_boykissa
      @_boykissa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      type all info of that messages and all the achievements

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      nostalgia

    • @uly22
      @uly22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cookie clicker is the reason we got all the world wars and the cold war

    • @baseddepartment1645
      @baseddepartment1645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Based

    • @eges72
      @eges72 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@uly22 We click the cookie since 16th century

  • @Terlinilia
    @Terlinilia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7634

    Beginning: "Oh cool, a grandma!"
    Late game: ⟟ ⊑⏃⎐⟒ ⏁⍀⏃⋏⌇☊⟒⋏⎅⟒⎅ ⏁⍜ ⏁⊑⟒ ⊑⟟☌⊑⟒⌇⏁ ⌿⌰⏃⋏⟒ ⍜⎎ ☊⍜⋏☊⟟⍜⎍⌇ ⏃⋏⎅ ⟟ ⋔⎍⌇⏁ ⋔⏃☍⟒ ⋔⍜⍀⟒ ☊⍜⍜☍⟟⟒⌇

    • @BoneJuices
      @BoneJuices 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Haha yeah I know that… language…

    • @BoneJuices
      @BoneJuices 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Totally

    • @karl3814
      @karl3814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@BoneJuices its the ender man language

    • @G0nz4x
      @G0nz4x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

    • @bullymaguire2402
      @bullymaguire2402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Į HÆVË TRÆÑÇËÑDĘD ŪPŒÑ THË HÜMÆÑ ŚPĮĆĒŠ

  • @DanneJackie
    @DanneJackie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2937

    "Disaster is actually an opportunity, to exploit the vulnerable, to make more wealth" Wow. Speechless

    • @hazukichanx408
      @hazukichanx408 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

      Hang on, feels like I've seen this one before... seems really familiar for some reason!

    • @user-te7rf8ik7z
      @user-te7rf8ik7z 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Disaster is a ladder... Made of cookies.

    • @stevenhetzel6483
      @stevenhetzel6483 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      "Never let a good disaster go to waste."
      It repeats. Time and time again. Ukraine, the Hawaiian fire crisis, wealthy mouths snapping up lands and resources, increasing their imaginary numbers for the sake of numbers.
      But it's okay because I got TikTok dancers and Kim Kardashian is in the new AHS.

    • @born2ryde1990
      @born2ryde1990 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi

    • @crisrufo6988
      @crisrufo6988 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Covid be like

  • @DieysonGomesCC
    @DieysonGomesCC ปีที่แล้ว +2728

    I saw my kid playing this game and I got curious, so I decided to watch this video. I wasn't expecting anything past the first 30 seconds

    • @DarkzPlaya
      @DarkzPlaya ปีที่แล้ว

      it's finally here th-cam.com/video/2hFUyRR_Kho/w-d-xo.html

    • @ThatOneCatGamePlayer
      @ThatOneCatGamePlayer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      Biggest mistake

    • @L.AWNM0.W3R
      @L.AWNM0.W3R 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      your kid wants to learn how to conquer the world with cookies. Stop them now!

    • @mydasthought
      @mydasthought 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cap

  • @schizoamphibian
    @schizoamphibian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15679

    "I promise I won't get political"
    3 drinks later:

    • @krystofdayne
      @krystofdayne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Haha that hits way too close to home 😂

    • @Mikelica69
      @Mikelica69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      XD

    • @MechanicWolf85
      @MechanicWolf85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      More like 3 coockies later

    • @parxalot
      @parxalot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This is my favorite comment

    • @ikethethotslayercertifiedw5782
      @ikethethotslayercertifiedw5782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Honestly when you disregard the "haha funni cookiez" part this game becomes a pretty good metaphor for how capitalism has warped our society into something that thrives off of pieces of paper that would normally be worthless. Except instead of paper it's cookies.

  • @Cathowl
    @Cathowl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6811

    When I stop playing other games for a while I usually say, "I got distracted", "I've been slacking", "Oops, I should get back to that".
    When I stop playing Cookie Clicker for a while I say, "I escaped".

    • @evandelck8541
      @evandelck8541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Bruh

    • @Darrk_77
      @Darrk_77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      me who doesn't know what cookie clicker is: [laughs]

    • @microooo
      @microooo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      @@Darrk_77 haha bake cookie, cookie get popular, enslave grandma, oh shit the world is worshipping me, oh fuck the grandmas are taking over, I have ended the universe

    • @phantom8699
      @phantom8699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Darrk_77 have u lived under a rock or are you just 12? Everyone knows cookie clicker??

    • @Darrk_77
      @Darrk_77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@phantom8699 idk if you're stupid or something, but i said that as a joke.

  • @mikkel1
    @mikkel1 ปีที่แล้ว +557

    The transition from "The only way we can escape such a game... is to stop playing" and the nonchalant "Thanks for watching this video about cookie clicker". 10/10.

  • @Misurji
    @Misurji ปีที่แล้ว +1466

    It's the web game that you think is for 30 minutes of clicking, but once you play for a little bit longer you discover how fricking complex this game is. I mean even Clicker Heroes isn't that complicated and extensive.

    • @JustAJosuke
      @JustAJosuke ปีที่แล้ว +82

      And to think: The ascension system alone took the devs of cookie clicker a few YEARS to make it as good as it was, of which it came out at about march of 2016.

    • @louiserbn7689
      @louiserbn7689 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​@@JustAJosuke isnt orteil the only dev?

    • @DarkzPlaya
      @DarkzPlaya ปีที่แล้ว

      it's finally here th-cam.com/video/2hFUyRR_Kho/w-d-xo.html

    • @shanggosteen9804
      @shanggosteen9804 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@louiserbn7689Orteil and Opti, their friends and roomates and their the devs of cookie clicker

    • @CerealExperimentsMizuki
      @CerealExperimentsMizuki หลายเดือนก่อน

      Clicker Heroes is a bigger and longer game and thr income you can generate goes well past the Googolplex and into the 4\⁴⁷⁶³ numbers which is absurd but there is less to do in it and less things to upgrade and all that.

  • @noahrivera724
    @noahrivera724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3020

    Me: *clicks to a random point in the video*
    The Video: "There is no value, no ideology, and no meaning beyond cookies".

    • @SariffSheriff
      @SariffSheriff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      "a hive of mutant grandmas rise"

    • @Algorithm_God_Cult
      @Algorithm_God_Cult 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@SariffSheriff looks like a terraria boss

    • @armyshope
      @armyshope 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      But cookies taste good

    • @lolvapecat4523
      @lolvapecat4523 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      666th like

    • @phoenixgods1
      @phoenixgods1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "To be sacrificed on it's altar"

  • @AgentM124
    @AgentM124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7141

    "This site uses cookies"
    *Accepts*
    The website:

  • @sivander8740
    @sivander8740 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    "Disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth" hardest fucking quote ever for cookie clicker

  • @Micha-Hil
    @Micha-Hil ปีที่แล้ว +348

    "...you can increase economic production by risking the lives of the elderly."
    shit got real

    • @Nate9273
      @Nate9273 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      shit got covid real

    • @clasher3732
      @clasher3732 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      valid.

    • @andrewcgs
      @andrewcgs ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait until they introduce child labour... oh wait...

    • @eges72
      @eges72 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Nate9273 Not just covid-19, climate change can also be comparable, that is also an opportunity for many business owners to make more profit

  • @arikyuui
    @arikyuui 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3305

    “You can increase economic production by risking the lives of the elderly” oh

    • @YellowTailHorse
      @YellowTailHorse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      I wonder what parallels can be drawn from this

    • @My-nl6sg
      @My-nl6sg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      too soon

    • @jj0493
      @jj0493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Cynthia Chamberlain “write that down write that down”-world leaders

    • @MokuTom
      @MokuTom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      i think those scientists in china's lab had the same brainwave.. /s

    • @michaelwaymire2037
      @michaelwaymire2037 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smart thinking.

  • @giobrach
    @giobrach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2539

    Me: "Pssh, how profound could the lore around a game about clicking on a cookie be?"
    Me, a few minutes later: "Wow this guy wasn't kidding around"

    • @nicholasdragomanovits9284
      @nicholasdragomanovits9284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Right?!?

    • @feargalohagan6510
      @feargalohagan6510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, I guess they just showed you lolol

    • @Agora13
      @Agora13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      google: a marxist analysis of potato salad

    • @kevinw712
      @kevinw712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can't be the only one who remembers the "paperclip generator" game from a couple years back, right? I mean, before THIS video showed its very obvious parallels to coronavirus response, that was the first thing I thought of. It was a game I heard about on some message board a couple years back and it seems completely identical to this one. You clicked on your mouse repeatedly to produce paperclips, which you could do at an exponential rate the more you did it, and it also got into some really bizarre, reality-warping lore. I myself never wound up playing it for more than a couple days worth of time, but it was pretty much the exact same setup as this. In fact now I think about it, I suppose it's likely there were other version after the paperclip one and before this cookie one.

    • @wybo2
      @wybo2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kevinw712 FYI, Cookiclicker was released in 2013, Paperclip universe was released in 2017.

  • @BakedPotato4832
    @BakedPotato4832 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

    Gotta love how this game goes from hiring grandmas to help make cookies to pulling in cookies from throughout time and space

  • @semiii4403
    @semiii4403 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    this game is social commentary at it's finest and i'm **living** for it

    • @chessman88
      @chessman88 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      *clicking

  • @IlBalivoDiUzhitz
    @IlBalivoDiUzhitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13662

    you are laughing, the grandma's are merging together into one mass of flesh and you are laughing

    • @slk7376
      @slk7376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +380

      How about another joke, Grandma?

    • @DCcopter
      @DCcopter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      R/cursedcomments

    • @jf2801
      @jf2801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      You fool! He's laughing, because he's the mastermind behind their fusion into an Eldritch Horror!

    • @hatkid5252
      @hatkid5252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lol

    • @sr.deathglare4636
      @sr.deathglare4636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      it all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down~

  • @stinksorstonks1498
    @stinksorstonks1498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11419

    This is such a high effort shitpost that ive actually started playing cookie clicker again

    • @ZeroutlawRBLX
      @ZeroutlawRBLX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +824

      shitpost? This is a powerful critique of the capitalist system.

    • @stinksorstonks1498
      @stinksorstonks1498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +407

      @@ZeroutlawRBLX my apologies, i was foolish before i entered cookie crisis

    • @infnub
      @infnub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      the thing is this isnt about cookie clicker at all...

    • @johnwagner668
      @johnwagner668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      i haven't. i don't get why people find this entertaining lol

    • @MrWiscow
      @MrWiscow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@johnwagner668 i'd rather have people accumulate imaginary cookies than real currency. also haha numbers go brr

  • @BlockyHead_BLUEYFAN
    @BlockyHead_BLUEYFAN ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "Cookie Clicker Is a Game About Clicking A Cookie" Famous Words Said

  • @BouncingElf10
    @BouncingElf10 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I swear every year this gets recommended to me, I open up my cookie clicker save and I just feel nostalgic, thank you for making this video, and I’ll see you next year.

  • @derekrequiem4359
    @derekrequiem4359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2211

    "You can increase economic production by risking the lives of the elderly. Disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth." - quote from a video about a clicking game

    • @distinctloafer
      @distinctloafer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Corona

    • @jolt745
      @jolt745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@distinctloafer virus

    • @redacted-19
      @redacted-19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jolt745 is

    • @siggi556
      @siggi556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@redacted-19 the

    • @tasse0599
      @tasse0599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The GDP goes up when natural disasters happen

  • @sumlem
    @sumlem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13178

    The line "disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth" hurts extra hard

    • @ironvicho20
      @ironvicho20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Chaos Is a ladda!

    • @alyaar6072
      @alyaar6072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +369

      companies a year ago raising the price of sanitiser be like

    • @MuddafukhingdisKUST
      @MuddafukhingdisKUST 2 ปีที่แล้ว +271

      @@alyaar6072 grid companies hiking the price of electricity several hundred times during a deadly winter storm be like

    • @callum5209
      @callum5209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      covid moment

    • @susamogus8331
      @susamogus8331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Well I mean just look at the America hospital bill

  • @__8120
    @__8120 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    4:35 you having three active multipliers and then three cookies on screen and then NOT CLICKING THEM drove me insane

  • @RuriRurouni
    @RuriRurouni หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I firmly believe every single person alive today should watch this video. It is ridiculously effective at conveying the rot at the core of our society. Thank you so much for this.
    The standout quote, as others have pointed out, is "Disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth." What a ruinously poignant line, after the last several years.

  • @redcharget5894
    @redcharget5894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2147

    “ video games cause violence”
    Kid playing cookie clicker: lol how can this game make me violent?
    Him after hours of progress: *sacrifice.... more.... grandmas....*

  • @kariem6998
    @kariem6998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14804

    Season 8 really messed him up didn't it

    • @fps8786
      @fps8786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Which show?

    • @heisenberg2712
      @heisenberg2712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +377

      When you play the cookie game you either win or you die

    • @stfnknbb
      @stfnknbb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Heyo!

    • @larl07
      @larl07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Actual LOL at this

    • @TwelveK
      @TwelveK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂😂😂😂

  • @Malo_Rezon
    @Malo_Rezon ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I always played this game in class with my friends;
    I never knew how intense it could actually be;
    We found a hack to get unlimited cookies, but we never got _that_ far!

    • @CharaDreemurrUT
      @CharaDreemurrUT ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember using it, it was op as Heck and I completed it at a speed like 40 rebirths/ascensions per hour. It was funny because not a single other person knew so everyone was so confused on how I got so many cookies

    • @DARKMK-lj4bx
      @DARKMK-lj4bx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Crispy saysopensesame dev tools ruin the fun

  • @spacetaco048
    @spacetaco048 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    In the end, the final joke is that there is no joke... The game successfully made our reality into cookies and money into cookies by connecting cookies to philosophy of life.

  • @deadhookerproductions1068
    @deadhookerproductions1068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4364

    "But it's more effective to let the end of the world continue, because it gets you more cookies"
    I feel like we may have possibly stopped talking about cookies at a certain point

    • @susamogus8331
      @susamogus8331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      But you see, cookie clicker is a game all about politics

    • @JTL69
      @JTL69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Cookies are *nothing* without *politics*

    • @biggiesmartypants
      @biggiesmartypants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Everything is political, especially cookies.

    • @somestupiddudewithayoutube4676
      @somestupiddudewithayoutube4676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@JTL69 it’s a *metaphor* for capitalism

    • @differentgamer2737
      @differentgamer2737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tbh I forgot half way through and my brain Ever left or started to think it was a cookie(Politics apparently)

  • @thunderclap7154
    @thunderclap7154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16999

    A cookie economy is always gonna crumble

    • @reckzom
      @reckzom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Ong lol

    • @strangwax1020
      @strangwax1020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      That's why too much can make you dough up

    • @eivind3263
      @eivind3263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      And that's the way the cookie crumbles

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      NOT FUNNY
      DIDN'T LAUGH

    • @senboy9002
      @senboy9002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nice one

  • @Flightkitten
    @Flightkitten ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I like how this game is just Capitalism
    It even has a stock market minigame that Ortiel intentionally made dull just to be realistic to the real thing

  • @randomplaylistshere6616
    @randomplaylistshere6616 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    As someone who played cookie clicker because it was the only thing I could play on my schools blocked computers I can tell you that that game is something more, something much more

  • @ArkayeCh
    @ArkayeCh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17336

    When you walk into a political studies class with zero context.

    • @beesechurger7799
      @beesechurger7799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      @Sophia Graziani *#video** call incoming#* This is [redacted] from the year 30#2, god help us, GOD HELP US, humanity is doomed the cookies, they took over, the-...., I can hear them they’re coming HEEEEEEEEE- *#video** call ended#*

    • @bhavneetkaur5883
      @bhavneetkaur5883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Don’t worry we are sending help.. the cookies shall PERISH

    • @Belete5000
      @Belete5000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@beesechurger7799 💀

    • @Belete5000
      @Belete5000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bhavneetkaur5883 DESTROY THE COOKIES!

    • @bhavneetkaur5883
      @bhavneetkaur5883 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im to late…

  • @memebois6987
    @memebois6987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2088

    he went from
    "Cookie Clicker, is a game, about clicking a cookie."
    to "the universe is now cookies. and only cookies" in less then 10 minutes

    • @alextheghost8211
      @alextheghost8211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      and then to "how about we stop doing this whole capitalism thing"

    • @seankrkovich2869
      @seankrkovich2869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@alextheghost8211 Seems kinda meh. Capitalism is ultimately just not taking people's stuff. Closer to greed really

    • @alextheghost8211
      @alextheghost8211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@seankrkovich2869 Yeah it is mostly about greed but capitalistic greed and exploiting grandmas and the natural resources of the planet to make more cookies that you don't need

    • @normalcat7296
      @normalcat7296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Every VSauce intro ever

    • @TheOneGuy1111
      @TheOneGuy1111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The universe becoming cookies is only 3 minutes in; the remaining 7 minutes is going _even further._

  • @CoeGr
    @CoeGr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It's been years, but I just love this video.

    • @zfoska
      @zfoska 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      +1

  • @iPodpadphoneWhatever
    @iPodpadphoneWhatever ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is super inspiring, my heart has brightened up, I am much happier then before!!!!

  • @cheetopawz8776
    @cheetopawz8776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2921

    This guys first words. "Cookie Clicker is a game about clicking a cookie."
    Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

    • @ee3254
      @ee3254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ya dont say

    • @zenixrl_
      @zenixrl_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wow we watched the same video

    • @lupaloops4166
      @lupaloops4166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wow what else 😮 are you gonna tell me he's also human???

    • @justarandomdragonontheinternet
      @justarandomdragonontheinternet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right like no it’s a game about dogs making cakes

    • @imnotacat5299
      @imnotacat5299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@justarandomdragonontheinternet I don't see why not, it's not like all game titles are literal.
      Or did you think Metal Gear was a game series about an actual gear made of metal....

  • @Nick.Georgiev
    @Nick.Georgiev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49784

    I feel like at one point we stopped talking about cookies.

    • @that_one_guy934
      @that_one_guy934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      @@ericlee7844 hE sAiD bOoBiEs!😳

    • @that_one_guy934
      @that_one_guy934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +492

      *le gasp*

    • @jacobweber9768
      @jacobweber9768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1693

      It’s about capitalism

    • @TheDiazDarkness
      @TheDiazDarkness 3 ปีที่แล้ว +514

      You never stop talking about cookies. Never... Is impossoble... There is always the cookie.

    • @maeveheart7464
      @maeveheart7464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      No, no... He's got a point......

  • @dankerdown
    @dankerdown 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video is what introduced me to this game back in 2020. Thank you very much

  • @ihavetwofaces
    @ihavetwofaces 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This video is fantastic, but I think you missed an opportunity at 7:05 to call them "the dentured, indentured workforce". 😂😂

  • @KingAwesome8218
    @KingAwesome8218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6728

    I think I speak for everyone when I say pivoting to this content is truly the best direction for this channel.

    • @Parenegade
      @Parenegade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      You joke but I bet ASX would dominate if they made informational gaming videos.

    • @BikesTrainandAuto
      @BikesTrainandAuto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Parenegade Agreed. Imagine him with Dark Souls and Bloodbourne analysis videos.

    • @ianpopp87
      @ianpopp87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      You mean anticaplitalist content? Couldn't agree more.

    • @KingAwesome8218
      @KingAwesome8218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@ianpopp87 You damn well know what I mean ;)

    • @dirtypure2023
      @dirtypure2023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@ianpopp87 I don't think the video is anti-capitalist. It reads more anti-greed to me. Greed is the cause of much tragedy and suffering, and you may say that is enabled by capitalism, but I disagree. I think the fault can only be laid at the feet of individuals. Capitalism has enabled countless advancements in technology, medicine, and allowed millions (if not billions) of people to be lifted out of poverty. People just need to stop being so damn greedy imo.

  • @potatorecipe742
    @potatorecipe742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5888

    Did not expect to leave with an existential lesson

    • @averagehuman8452
      @averagehuman8452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      i am so tired of people fucking replying "first" to a verified youtuber's commment

    • @averagehuman8452
      @averagehuman8452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      like what the fuck does it provide to you

    • @shikupo
      @shikupo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@averagehuman8452 it doesnt provide you anything but hate, and stuff. It provides others the knowledge of you bein first

    • @averagehuman8452
      @averagehuman8452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shikupo yeah

    • @unbleed1337
      @unbleed1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      e

  • @lightningmonky7674
    @lightningmonky7674 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You got me hooked on this game again

  • @user-ys8bu1li1r
    @user-ys8bu1li1r 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wow. Did not expect cookie clicker having such social commentary. Great vid

  • @illuindb
    @illuindb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9029

    Ya know, I wasn’t expecting a cookie clicker video to be a critique of capitalism and pandemic response, but now that I’ve watched it I don’t know how I could have expected something else

    • @Diepvries11
      @Diepvries11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +341

      That's because you haven't read the Cookie Clicker books.

    • @Hevvvyyy
      @Hevvvyyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This reminds me of the Billy Madison industrial revolution analogy

    • @christianfarren1179
      @christianfarren1179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Illuin DB Then again, this is Alt Shift X we’re talking about.
      For an encore, let’s see what analyses he can make from I Am Bread or Random Goose Game next year

    • @illuindb
      @illuindb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Diepvries ah shit you right. I was planning to when the series was done but they just take so long to come out ya feel?

    • @jessielefey
      @jessielefey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@christianfarren1179 Untitled Goose Game is cheating, as it has a surprisingly deep reading any day of the year not just the first of April. ;-)
      What is the village? How many bells *has* the goose stolen and why is nobody *really* doing anything about it? What primal urges does being a goose give a player?
      My headcanon is that the village is an undercover SCP containment site, designed to keep the goose occupied. There's a continual debate about if the success of containment means they should reduce its class to euclid, but that's a trap. The goose is always keter. Never feel secure.

  • @cryo311old
    @cryo311old 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10457

    The beginning:
    "Click 15 times for a cursor"
    The end:
    "Every part of life is perverted to serve the purpose of the economy, nothing is too sacred to be sacrificed upon its altar. And for what? What's the point of a massive global economy if it fails to protect the elderly and the vulnerable? Even those with the most cookies don't really benefit from the system. Once you're past a certain level of wealth, you can never spend that many cookies. And it's not like the game ever ends, you can never win Cookie Clicker. You just keep making cookies until you stop or die, you're just hoarding cookies for its own sake."

    • @desk1235
      @desk1235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +277

      Change cookies to money and you got the irl economy

    • @froggie610
      @froggie610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@desk1235 Same applies, you are just watching a number increase.

    • @burritowyrm6530
      @burritowyrm6530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I chose Cookies

    • @2fleekgeek
      @2fleekgeek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      dude this is one of the best comments i"ve ever seen

    • @ss-bq2ee
      @ss-bq2ee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      to lonj

  • @brionreid7316
    @brionreid7316 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Had this not been from you I would have assumed it was just about the game and never clicked but it was & is you so I clicked and was not disappointed. Thx

  • @elanasilverman4468
    @elanasilverman4468 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This needs to be required viewing at every house of worship, played before the beginning of all company board meetings, workdays at the Fed, and days at school. If you're not going to teach reading or math in the remaining 5 hours and 50 minutes, this ten isn't going to to turn the tide but maybe we will have adults who will care about it. As opposed to the (most recent)th congress.

  • @dasoon0220
    @dasoon0220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17413

    I know it’s April fools and all, but this was unironically a great video.

    • @abailumlerrad1037
      @abailumlerrad1037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I though it was a Cookie 🙃

    • @elsanti4220
      @elsanti4220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      truer

    • @ParadoxAll
      @ParadoxAll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      I didn't even realize, I was just like "Hum, may I judge this game to quick, this game ins't that bad, it has a story and all"

    • @abailumlerrad1037
      @abailumlerrad1037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@elsanti4220 *TRUE ******R*******

    • @coffeedude
      @coffeedude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@ParadoxAll it's a great idle game

  • @619Gotenks
    @619Gotenks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1224

    Start of the video: haha so silly
    End of the video: OMFG

    • @AliceDiableaux
      @AliceDiableaux 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      My mouth was literally hanging open at the end. Brilliant. Absolutely amazing. This is officially the best video on this entire site.

    • @damiandohshinobi8127
      @damiandohshinobi8127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the April's fool's video we all have been waiting

    • @hUCK-
      @hUCK- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@damiandohshinobi8127 This is actually an incredibly real/serious video.

    • @Generic_Gaming_Channel
      @Generic_Gaming_Channel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AliceDiableaux have you seen the Ronald Mc Donald vids?

  • @baconboy69
    @baconboy69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have no idea how many times Ive watched this video. I rewatch it every time it shows up in my recommended.

  • @acaterpillargivingbirth
    @acaterpillargivingbirth ปีที่แล้ว

    This was relaxing. I loved it. Thank you.

  • @possiblyend5537
    @possiblyend5537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2076

    Grandma: “You disgust me”
    Also grandma: “Moist cookie”

  • @evieashton8099
    @evieashton8099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1607

    “our website uses cookies-”
    *GET IT OUT OF HERE*

    • @hidolok3919
      @hidolok3919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      this deserves to be the most liked comment

    • @evieashton8099
      @evieashton8099 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hidolok lolol thank you 😂

    • @BeanGeist
      @BeanGeist 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @autumnanurasys9461
      @autumnanurasys9461 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was so hard to make/format on a phone (・∀・")

  • @fehit1446
    @fehit1446 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those were the shortest 10 minutes of my life. Great video!

  • @agoodname3056
    @agoodname3056 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very detailed explanation of the game, I gotta applaud your efforts in articulating the underlying message!
    Nontheless, this game cleverly satirizes the materialistic tendencies prevalent in our society, where money often becomes the ultimate pursuit for many individuals. The game employs cookies as a metaphor, which effectively draws attention to these issues and prompts us to reflect on our own behaviors. Such is truly commendable.

  • @TheSowut
    @TheSowut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3506

    now i finally understand the economy.

    • @robertagren9360
      @robertagren9360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      How can it be that every year the economy increases in size but the planet hasn't

    • @lyrimetacurl0
      @lyrimetacurl0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It will when they unlock space mining.

    • @miguelgo4039
      @miguelgo4039 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      TRUEEEEE

    • @prodpexxos
      @prodpexxos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Economy made me talk alien i mean Ecomoney tade le me to tlacc aleeen

    • @msmegaserga2228
      @msmegaserga2228 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spore?
      You the True gamer

  • @breezeshooter42
    @breezeshooter42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2011

    Damn I didn't think a video about cookie clicker would be this relevant

    • @AltShiftX
      @AltShiftX  4 ปีที่แล้ว +591

      What are you talking about man, this is clearly just about cookies 🍪

    • @Tioy0
      @Tioy0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      @@AltShiftX "The problem is that, a system designed to make cookies is not design to make wellbeing or justice or hapiness, any system of endless growth, of singular purpose, that warps the whole world around one goal can only grow until it self destructs. And the only way we can escape such a game, is to stop playing."
      yeah sure just good ol' cookies :D

    • @avian8778
      @avian8778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Breezeshooter, это что мэддисон на аве? xD

    • @JimtheOtter
      @JimtheOtter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or this terrifying.

    • @AkariInsko
      @AkariInsko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Tioy0 i reached that part of the video while reading this

  • @devinvm
    @devinvm 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Our world needed this video. As a humble resident, I thank you.

  • @derrattenlord2780
    @derrattenlord2780 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Literally the best youtube video ever made

  • @artifexmusic
    @artifexmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2472

    "the universe is now cookies. and only cookies"
    the first grandma: So when you payin me?

    • @josephslifeinvestingandgen6430
      @josephslifeinvestingandgen6430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Oh yeaaahhhh.... About that...
      Here. A deed for half of my business. You deserve it.

    • @emmaisvibing9843
      @emmaisvibing9843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      the 1st cursor: am i a joke to you?

    • @theeman2577
      @theeman2577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@emmaisvibing9843 Cookie:

    • @maddyg2214
      @maddyg2214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nick Wilde productions o

    • @yes2.039
      @yes2.039 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oof

  • @ir0ngamer393
    @ir0ngamer393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1913

    “For 100 cookies you buy your very first grandma”
    I thought human trafficking was illegal?

    • @bounceb
      @bounceb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Everything is legal 'till the cops show.

    • @Talkingworms
      @Talkingworms 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Releasing nameless eldritch horrors is generally considered a no-no, as well.

    • @razkanaz
      @razkanaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well buying it with money is

    • @Progeusz
      @Progeusz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You can buy your first grandma. You never had one before. Let it sink in.

    • @kirbyinhalesjotaro4471
      @kirbyinhalesjotaro4471 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not if you have enough cookies

  • @LethalPigeon7
    @LethalPigeon7 ปีที่แล้ว

    God dammit, every single video of a normal topic I see from this channel is absolute G O L D
    But all it pumps out is stuff about stupid tv shows that aren't even over. I wish I could forget it existed, gonna mess around with the plugins and block this to stop myself from getting my hopes up before I rememember that *oh* it's *that channel* again

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As always, the first piece of art clearly shows what the genre is really about. These kinds of videos included

  • @ninesalive
    @ninesalive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2283

    "is cookie clicker a metaphor for capitalism?" was the last thing i thought i would think about today

    • @inkblade3115
      @inkblade3115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      exactly!

    • @AnonGZ
      @AnonGZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      it applies to any kind of economy in the end

    • @Kshea44ify
      @Kshea44ify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don't think any actual capitalist system involves any money printers going brrrr.

    • @raggaeflow
      @raggaeflow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@AnonGZ No, American Capitalism more than anything. An economy is required for society to exist; however once that society exists at the expense of itself is when shit starts going south. Balance in everything.

    • @vladthecon
      @vladthecon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@AnonGZ not really in capitalism economic growth is exponential punctuated by crashes in communism growth follows the function 1/X and in feudalism it is nearly flat.

  • @ilect1690
    @ilect1690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4829

    Beginning: "click 15 times for cursor" End: Capitalism must be abolished

    • @carnatpocait8633
      @carnatpocait8633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @SPONGEBOBMEBOY communism is bad. It failed everywhere.

    • @StarryxNight5
      @StarryxNight5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@carnatpocait8633 But comrade, we must spread glory of communism so it is truly bad _everywhere_

    • @carnatpocait8633
      @carnatpocait8633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@StarryxNight5 i don't know where are you from, but i'm from Romania. This country was a communist country. It was bad

    • @dw3yn693
      @dw3yn693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@carnatpocait8633 only because caucescu did mistakes and was pretty bad with his austerity and debt management, does not mean Socialism as a system is bad or inherently unfunctional. Many people of former socialist states had way better lives, East Germany, most of the Soviet union, China etc And also Romania many people wish for old times, since they see how capitalism failed them. The goal is not to replicate Socialist Romania the goal is to learn from the mistakes of Socialism and adapt, because we know that the goal cannot be capitalism. Socialism can be better, capitalism cannot.

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@carnatpocait8633 Eyo fam, communism must spread fam. *THE COOKIES MUST EXPAND*

  • @d_camara
    @d_camara ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh, a video about cookie clicker! And totally not about anything that starts with a C and ends with human extinction unless we stop it!

  • @HM-rc7nn
    @HM-rc7nn ปีที่แล้ว

    This is now my favourite video on yt

  • @Darthxim
    @Darthxim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1997

    "You can increase economic production by risking the lives of the elderly"
    Ah, I see the new coronavirus patch has come out.

    • @ebk7073344
      @ebk7073344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah this corona virus has really boosted the economy and increased economic production.

    • @doxiedomian
      @doxiedomian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@ebk7073344 he's talking about the proposal that people go back to work soon despite the ongoing pandemic. Boosting economic production while putting peoples lives at risk, particularly the elderly

    • @unpapelcascaron7463
      @unpapelcascaron7463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      mexico

    • @MatsueMusic
      @MatsueMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe, since the world’s economy seems to be held up by hand sanitizers and surgical gloves. Both of which the elderly, need even on a non-apocalyptic day.

    • @UnderageStrangeGames
      @UnderageStrangeGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fwooty but it wouldn’t boost production compared to pre-corona, it would just mitigate losses.

  • @dfmce
    @dfmce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2180

    The Beginning: I own 5 farms! Cool!
    The End: What is the meaning of life? What are feelings? All your memory will be lost like tears in the rain. Live life while you can because it's not long.

    • @eyeover7307
      @eyeover7307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      the early game is a game, the late game is political statement of our captilist society

    • @baboonery3
      @baboonery3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      oh if you live in this universe you DoNt DiE

    • @binifff3057
      @binifff3057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @brixk oh my fcking god i just did that, why did I do that, I am heartbroken

  • @bigmanbigplans7953
    @bigmanbigplans7953 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This got way darker than I thought it would but I loved it!

  • @sigh..4372
    @sigh..4372 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love coming back to this video every once in a while,

    • @TheOnlyGr7
      @TheOnlyGr7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fr

  • @scripttonight4471
    @scripttonight4471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3879

    8:02 "disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth" This is probably the line that got me the most

    • @lukakomarov1014
      @lukakomarov1014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Yeah, makes me think of one old bearded German and his friend

    • @foggyforest2625
      @foggyforest2625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      There's a saying by someone:
      Chaos is a ladder!

    • @thesamejackalsniperthatkil117
      @thesamejackalsniperthatkil117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Reminds me of that Applebee's CNN commercial that played during the Russian Ukraine conflict

    • @AJ-vr9hf
      @AJ-vr9hf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Reminds me of a old game someone played, Liberty something…

    • @haidiwu7968
      @haidiwu7968 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      covid, that you?

  • @oozetube4204
    @oozetube4204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2105

    Are we not gonna talk about how he has 37 trillion ascensions ready

    • @lykaeon8082
      @lykaeon8082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      no its 37 trillion prestige and heavenly chips. Yes it is a ginormous amount of cookies he earned, but it is possible to hack in cookies as he said so maybe he hacked in the cookies as playing this game to that point takes over a year.

    • @regulatormachine2788
      @regulatormachine2788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@lykaeon8082 except playing this game for over a year is typical...

    • @lykaeon8082
      @lykaeon8082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      So he played this over a year for a single video?

    • @lykaeon8082
      @lykaeon8082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Cos he filmed it from the start

    • @millenity9245
      @millenity9245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lykaeon8082 how could any computer hold that much video information without making what the video is completely unrecognizable

  • @Spunglebub
    @Spunglebub 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I keep coming back to watch this

  • @deadhookerproductions1068
    @deadhookerproductions1068 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "you can sacrifice some economic gain, to save everyone. But, it can actually be more efficient to continue the disaster and send everyone back to work anyway"
    This is what makes this video one of, if not the best video essay on youtube. The entire video slowly turns from an explanation of cookie clicker, to an explanation of cookie economics, and finally the essay drops possibly the hardest line in video essay history. The metaphor cannot become any more literal, and without hiding behind cookies, the truth reveals itself.
    In 2020 alone, during the midst of a pandemic, the largest exchange of wealth (in recorded human history) from the working class to the rich elite happened.
    "Disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth."
    Edit: so there is no point wuoting individual lines, everything from the cookie apocalypse segment deserved to be put into a museum.

  • @AmericanIdiot7659
    @AmericanIdiot7659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4701

    "It's simple at first but gets increasingly complex"
    my autoclicker with 5000 clicks per second: haha click go fast

    • @benyt1583
      @benyt1583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      click go NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWMMM

    • @NexusBladeGaming
      @NexusBladeGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Ehem... Mouse goes brrr

    • @lei2069
      @lei2069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      ha ha click go: *f22 jet plane noises*

    • @JohnSmith-wz9cx
      @JohnSmith-wz9cx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I always just inspect the page, click the “element” tab and type in something like “cookies = 9999999999”.

    • @shazboi9841
      @shazboi9841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      wat ur auto clicker

  • @TheSabrist
    @TheSabrist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11530

    At the start of this video, I was laughing my ass off about how absurd this game is.
    By the end of the video, I'm legitimately perturbed by how absurd the whole world is.

    • @fatalos6855
      @fatalos6855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      You've seen nothing yet !

    • @karmatraining
      @karmatraining 2 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      Cookie Clicker is art. Real art makes you question your existence.

    • @Bob-bs9ok
      @Bob-bs9ok 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@sudanemamimikiki1527 universal paperclips is the best with this

    • @Persun_McPersonson
      @Persun_McPersonson ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sick Disgusting Freak
      Bro, get a life.

    • @BiggestAmerican69
      @BiggestAmerican69 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sick Disgusting Freak r/woosh

  • @xbepool
    @xbepool ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Props to the first ever person to eat the first ever cookie you made 👏👏

  • @That2J
    @That2J 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I won’t get over how you reach insanity at the 2 minute mark and still have another 80% left of the video

  • @holyloli69420
    @holyloli69420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3164

    Cookie Clicker Gameplay:
    Haha click click go brrr
    Cookie Clicker Lore:
    👵👹💀👽👓🔪💣🍪🌊🌋🌎🌏🌍🕛

    • @BoneJuices
      @BoneJuices 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      True that

    • @bruhhby5024
      @bruhhby5024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Sussy baka

    • @aryabintangkalea9406
      @aryabintangkalea9406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      But you didn't had to cut me up

    • @diddlysheep6690
      @diddlysheep6690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      *Somebody I used to know- Trap remix intensifies*

    • @BlazeBlueY3
      @BlazeBlueY3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bruhhby5024 stfu among us is dead

  • @holoenjoyer8470
    @holoenjoyer8470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1454

    ..."and the only way to escape such a game is.. to stop playing."
    Couldn't have put it in a better way.

    • @palmerpatel6390
      @palmerpatel6390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      "The only winning move is not to play."

    • @raizumichin
      @raizumichin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Have. Couldn't HAVE.

    • @aurelia8028
      @aurelia8028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have t have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have Couldn't have*

    • @holoenjoyer8470
      @holoenjoyer8470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aurelia8028 I commend your dedication.

    • @ommzi6428
      @ommzi6428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@raizumichin Couldn't. COULDN'T.

  • @Taiki11
    @Taiki11 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome vid :D very entertaining 🤣

  • @the_numb_skull
    @the_numb_skull ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I know this was meant as an April Fools joke but as someone who has played Cookie Clicker for years he is 100% on point with this

  • @lighto1531
    @lighto1531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +657

    "you buy your first grandma"
    enough internet for today.

    • @Gilsworth
      @Gilsworth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      You get an achievement for selling a grandma called "Just Wrong" with the added text "I thought you loved me"

    • @guardianofthetoasters2323
      @guardianofthetoasters2323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Gilsworth holy shit im never gonna sell one

    • @12DAMDO
      @12DAMDO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      >sell grandma
      >get achievement (and therefore more milk)
      >get more cps based on milk
      we truly live in a society

    • @sniper9395
      @sniper9395 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice lightning reed pfp

    • @DeanwoodBand
      @DeanwoodBand 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      r/cursedcomments

  • @theonlygate
    @theonlygate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6695

    It's not about the journey it's about telling people at school how many cookies you have

    • @guccisnek2454
      @guccisnek2454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Its not always about the cookies schpidaman

    • @marcworkout2484
      @marcworkout2484 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Samee

    • @RealRainbowBlox
      @RealRainbowBlox ปีที่แล้ว +1

      shush

    • @majorvonstroheim151
      @majorvonstroheim151 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I love how they always have a look of shock, disbelief, and horror when I tell them a number of cookies that I have witch is a number they’ve never even heard of

    • @RealRainbowBlox
      @RealRainbowBlox ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@majorvonstroheim151 shush no need for paragraphs here

  • @tergartcunninghan2013
    @tergartcunninghan2013 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Deadass, my first time hearing about this. The first twenty seconds of this video have already blown my mind.

  • @FunkinDraven
    @FunkinDraven 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    His voice is so calm, I just want to watch this video over and over again

  • @okboomerbutitsacat8050
    @okboomerbutitsacat8050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1377

    Me, who played cookie clicker for fun and didn't actually do most of this:
    WHAT

    • @elizapetrie-nattress9552
      @elizapetrie-nattress9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      me who played it at school because it was the only game that wasn’t blocked: **happiness noises**
      Edit: I've found that the school blocks the full one which kinda sucks

    • @zooeyhill6006
      @zooeyhill6006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      At this point I'm making 345 decillion cookies a second and I've ascended like 7 times.

    • @volly910
      @volly910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How do I find this game all I find is dumb scratch I want this one

    • @stockimagedog7382
      @stockimagedog7382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah... that's possible

    • @toughpuff1799
      @toughpuff1799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@volly910 the link to the game is in the description

  • @mihaiioc.3809
    @mihaiioc.3809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6811

    "Whatchu got there?"
    *hides lesson about capitalism*
    "A cookie"

    • @Ken-no5ip
      @Ken-no5ip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      - written on mihaiio's iPhone

    • @khazarhay
      @khazarhay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      @@Ken-no5ip ah yes the good all socialism no iphone

    • @crapfucr6491
      @crapfucr6491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@Ken-no5ip socialism DESTROYED

    • @Jacob-es5tv
      @Jacob-es5tv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@khazarhay supporting a system that you don’t like. seems kind of. dumb.

    • @theinternetpolice2078
      @theinternetpolice2078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@Ken-no5ip
      Communism no food no iphone 10 quadrillion dead kulaks

  • @whatismylife879
    @whatismylife879 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this video is a masterpiece

  • @minglau8485
    @minglau8485 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your help! It works perfectly!

  • @sam7741
    @sam7741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3080

    Beginning: "I cant sleep, this looks interesting"
    Middle: "Oh it's an April's Fool joke! Hahaha"
    End: "WE MUST SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION"

    • @jonty4332
      @jonty4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🍪

    • @smileguyanimations8776
      @smileguyanimations8776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me: *Reading comment before video is done*
      Also me: ha, well I figured out the near end of the video so I'm not like y- *checks video*
      2. m i n u t e s - h a v e - p a s s e d

    • @1337w0n
      @1337w0n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Solidarity Forever.

  • @lordlem
    @lordlem ปีที่แล้ว +2938

    I remember in grade 5 everyone was obsessed with this game to the point where friendships were broken because people had less cookies. It was crazy. I gave up as soon as I got the first "you make me sick-Grandma" because I immediately got deeply unsettled, and slowly realized how messed up some of the headlines were.

    • @fgwag3fgwag398
      @fgwag3fgwag398 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      158 likes and no replys? let me fix that

    • @CharcoalMarsh
      @CharcoalMarsh ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I think games like these are so pointless. In other games like subway surfers, at least you're actually doing something instead of just mindlessly clicking the screen, waiting for the next upgrade.

    • @kendisnauss
      @kendisnauss ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@fgwag3fgwag398 2 likes and no replies? Let me fix that

    • @bruteng836
      @bruteng836 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      @@CharcoalMarsh bro missed the whole point of the video

    • @CharcoalMarsh
      @CharcoalMarsh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bruteng836 then please enlighten me on the point of the video

  • @tanakisoup2246
    @tanakisoup2246 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We need an updated version of this video

  • @veez4425
    @veez4425 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I rewatch this video every single year

  • @sevengnomesinatrenchcoat
    @sevengnomesinatrenchcoat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +674

    "you can increase ecenomic production by risking the lives of the elderly"
    -alt shift x, 2020

  • @Afish8me2china
    @Afish8me2china 2 ปีที่แล้ว +965

    “Grandfather, how did the world start?”
    “Well, it all started one day when one man started making cookies…”

    • @HY-ti4bh
      @HY-ti4bh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      “Well how did it end?”
      “The same way it started”

    • @garrettcarr8689
      @garrettcarr8689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      "What was before the cookies grandpa?"
      "Nobody knows.... nobody will ever know"

    • @kyvilfongkot6372
      @kyvilfongkot6372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      What happen to grandma grampa

    • @anawesomepet
      @anawesomepet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@garrettcarr8689 it was cookies

    • @hogrider6361
      @hogrider6361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Grandpa: So you want to know what happened to grandma? Let me tell you something kid...
      (Sits down on chair)
      Grandma, she tried to find the truth... She almost found out what happened before the cookies. On one day the cookie agents came to our house. Asked us some questions. One day she just didnt come home...
      Kid: Grandpa? Where is she now?
      Grandpa: I suspect that the cookie agency has her... She might be dead or is in a cell somewhere underneath. We might never now...
      Kid: ...
      Grandpa: Thats enough story time. Go back to bed...

  • @Lucas_Vanes
    @Lucas_Vanes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this video I keep on coming back to it

  • @straighttothepoint219
    @straighttothepoint219 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    havent seen a better youtube video in years