and then we'll be okay

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ย. 2018
  • Any resemblance to actual deities living or dead is purely metaphysical.
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    I also make horrendous music ► / exurbia-1
    The majority of the village pictures are from a nice spot in Bulgaria called Melnik. This summer I met a small dog there called Sharo. We hung out for a bit. I fed him some of my lunch. He seemed quite satisfied and went to sleep. All in all it was a good day.
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  • @zinkpieco
    @zinkpieco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3095

    this is the shit they gonna teach in classes in 100 years

    • @Boy-vb4rz
      @Boy-vb4rz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      As long as the government is still as misguided as they are now we won't be here m8

    • @cope_induced
      @cope_induced 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      the thought gives me chills

    • @blahbleh5671
      @blahbleh5671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jibida felipo haemmorroids

    • @Baseiscc
      @Baseiscc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      *reads comment about English teacher wanting to give this script to her kids*
      *reads this*
      Me: Welp...

    • @zinkpieco
      @zinkpieco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Baseiscc where

  • @AdmireTheStrange
    @AdmireTheStrange 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4997

    “What’s science?”
    “Sort of like magic, but it works”
    Lmao

    • @The_Holy_Wooomy
      @The_Holy_Wooomy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I mean, yeah

    • @pochita4996
      @pochita4996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      "Magic is just science that we don't understand yet"
      - Arthur C. Clarke

    • @Potato-ko3oc
      @Potato-ko3oc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      really, it is all manipulation of the fundamental physics of the laws of nature. made possible by the scientific method. by the acknowledgement that nature is bigger than us and that hers is the only game in town.
      -turtle guy

    • @13.7BYITM
      @13.7BYITM 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thats what ill say now

    • @LundiForest
      @LundiForest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah funny thing coming out of her mouth.. proceeds to be involved in all kinds of things one would classify as the thing she discards to exist.

  • @streetvybzswag1.067
    @streetvybzswag1.067 ปีที่แล้ว +4671

    This story is the "Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional" quote and it was done perfectly

    • @santiagomolinaconeo3915
      @santiagomolinaconeo3915 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      arrow and malcom merlyn

    • @SybilHolidayHolidayOHara
      @SybilHolidayHolidayOHara 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      That is the 4th Noble Truth of Buddhism.

    • @bakeshi8170
      @bakeshi8170 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@SybilHolidayHolidayOHarafirst and fourth

    • @righteouslyfurious
      @righteouslyfurious 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      But what if you're living in poverty dying of a treatable disease? Or starving to death? Is suffering really optional then?

    • @streetvybzswag1.067
      @streetvybzswag1.067 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@righteouslyfurious well that all depends on whether or not you in a bio chemical or radioactive wasteland but I think the root of its meaning is your not here for ever anyways and your life is pretty meaningless in the grander scheme so get high asf and watch the leaves fall
      starving to death? Dont do that eat bugs and rats theres always a choice and a consequence for it
      All a struggler can do is struggle after all

  • @peterdemore7239
    @peterdemore7239 ปีที่แล้ว +1795

    Write this in books. Paint it on walls. Carve it into the sky. Translate it into every language. People should know. They need to know.

    • @user-uq5rm7io8h
      @user-uq5rm7io8h ปีที่แล้ว +45

      i copied the transcript and plan to print it out and leave copies everywhere, with credit of course.

    • @popefrancis4630
      @popefrancis4630 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ik im way too late but how can i get a physical copy of the transcript

    • @Stonedreviews283
      @Stonedreviews283 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      People not only need to know, they need to understand. Truly in their core

    • @LavLightKnight
      @LavLightKnight 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I think this one is specifically in one of his books?

    • @guy-
      @guy- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-uq5rm7io8hit's already a book though

  • @darkyoumemento5307
    @darkyoumemento5307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6153

    "Not to be rude, but you're drunk, and old and a bit useless, really."
    "You are being rude."

    • @thomasvalen5814
      @thomasvalen5814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No u!

    • @the1exnay
      @the1exnay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Marcus Chorn
      You don't need to do much, including complaining about this. There's no need to be a killjoy

    • @vwlz8637
      @vwlz8637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      damn that's really funny should've been in the video

    • @eatinghats1605
      @eatinghats1605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      UNO reverse card

    • @kobaltmyst8074
      @kobaltmyst8074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      AND A MIGHTY SNEAKY SNEAKY WIGGLE HE HAD ABOUT HIM

  • @momokoboyes8479
    @momokoboyes8479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6520

    Friend: why can’t you come?
    “Unfinished snake related business”

    • @RED-sl2le
      @RED-sl2le 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I’m using this from now on

    • @vancepeek8526
      @vancepeek8526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      im rolling lol thank you

    • @katlegomathiane3759
      @katlegomathiane3759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like no 1K

    • @al3440
      @al3440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Friend: Seems a bit dodgy to me but okay, have fun

    • @menelik6635
      @menelik6635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@vancepeek8526 haha rolling.
      And your pfp is a die.
      That's funny

  • @somedandy7694
    @somedandy7694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4350

    When he meets the old woman: "She's the snake, isn't she?"
    At the end: "Holy shit! That was SO MUCH BETTER!!!"

    • @liyuhh7144
      @liyuhh7144 ปีที่แล้ว +194

      i thought the exact same thing. i was expecting the woman to turn into her real form of the snake in the end but god what actually happened was so much better.

    • @neonraytracer8846
      @neonraytracer8846 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@Beyond_XP The snake is you. The snake is very much real, and you create it within yourself.
      The lesson is to realize it, deal with it, and not to waste your life looking for meaning in things that happen. Absurdism is the red thread with exurb1a. Well, the base. Reality is a wonder in itself, there's not enough life in a person for them to not explore possibility.
      From what I gather, he's interested in letting people wonder about whatever it is they want to. But to successfully do that, one needs to let go of things like finding the evil, searching for god, etc.
      I hope that helps the understanding a bit. The snake is within us all, it's the analogy for obsession, rage, and resentfulness over essentially meaningless things. People die, how or why doesn't matter. Honor them if you feel like it, but that also doesn't matter in the end. I remember my mom, she passed before I became an adult; and I make sure she'd have been proud. But I'm not mad at cancer, resentful for doctors not discovering at a saveable state, and I refuse to hate myself for not being there when she died. Stuff happened, horrible stuff. But stuff nonetheless, and that's all there is to it.
      The real meaning is the one you create for yourself, and when you realise that, you'll truly be okay.
      Just live, now. Live in the moment, explore whatever, and have fun when you can. I choose to help others, and I'm doing good by the standards I set.

    • @krzysztofcyran3593
      @krzysztofcyran3593 ปีที่แล้ว

      She is the snake and he lost

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Is it that the snake is within us

    • @russellschlack3950
      @russellschlack3950 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

  • @syntruss
    @syntruss ปีที่แล้ว +1605

    "we are not 'born to die'. does a book begin just to finish? does a song open with a beautiful chord purely to end? yes, we are born with the inevitable fate of death, but that is merely the final act of the play. we are born to love, be joyous, to move, learn, cry and feel. we are in fact, born to live."

    • @guy-
      @guy- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Who are you quoting?

    • @Coppermeshman
      @Coppermeshman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Often death is from deficiency, some thing missing that causes a living thing's foundation to form holes which will inevitably cause it to crumble, naturally life was shaped by the harsh, cyclic conditions of a world driven by disorder, but if all needs were fulfilled a living thing would then live forever.
      In the end all starve, slowly with holes begetting holes faster than they can be fixed. To make a system that will not crumble, it requires indefinite self-improvement and the improvement of its surroundings.

    • @user-bi2gj7lz1w
      @user-bi2gj7lz1w 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Beautifully said.

    • @joeyps2861
      @joeyps2861 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What’s the quote from?

    • @crypticshadows
      @crypticshadows 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      where is the quote from ?

  • @sua7249
    @sua7249 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5628

    "What's science?"
    "Sort of like magic but it works."
    idk why thats my favorite part

    • @sorenstarkchessa2783
      @sorenstarkchessa2783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Aiden Gaming agreed

    • @capnam_12
      @capnam_12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1000th like

    • @StrazdasLT
      @StrazdasLT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Some african tribes call their magic science too. They simply think science is "Westerner magic".

    • @cleansingnight7332
      @cleansingnight7332 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Science = Heresy. BURN IT!!!!🔥🔥🔥

    • @heathmclaughlin
      @heathmclaughlin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe exurb1a is a Vonnegut fan - i've heard a few of his quotes scattered throughout his videos, and this is one of them.

  • @parafoxl7619
    @parafoxl7619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4126

    "The universe doesn't give a shit about you, but those people in your village, they do." - A more inspiring quote than most of the actual 'deep stuff'

    • @parafoxl7619
      @parafoxl7619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Scupake it's just a char i made up my self lol xD

    • @2Meows
      @2Meows 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so 1000 likes and you have one comment that is completely unrelated? Sure, ok.

    • @parafoxl7619
      @parafoxl7619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@2Meows how is this comment not related, it's just a quote from the video that I really liked :D

    • @2Meows
      @2Meows 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@parafoxl7619 Nah fam, I was talking about the reply that was made on your comment

    • @parafoxl7619
      @parafoxl7619 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@2Meows ahhhh my mistake. Sowwey xD

  • @dimitraBlissDk
    @dimitraBlissDk ปีที่แล้ว +928

    I love the line "what's science?" "Sort of like magic but it works"

    • @sleepystar1638
      @sleepystar1638 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      its etymology Magic means Knowledge, Science means to know

  • @ground_cookie
    @ground_cookie ปีที่แล้ว +351

    "The universe doesn't give a shit about you.. but your village? Your family? Me? We do."
    I love this line a lot. The universe isn't what will remember us. It'll be us, ourselves, that'll carry those memories.
    We'll all waste our time thinking of existential bullshit, wondering if we ever truly matter to the universe.
    The truth is, we don't matter to the universe. We matter to each other. We matter to the people who love us, and those people matter to us because we love them, too.
    We don't have to be part of some "grand scheme of things," because we're part of each other's lives. And sometimes, that's enough.

    • @user-sl9yh4sd6w
      @user-sl9yh4sd6w 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Everything matters and nothing matters.

    • @gulleman5318
      @gulleman5318 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      xd?

  • @themo2476
    @themo2476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5964

    “You look like someone with unfinished snake related business”

    • @halluminium
      @halluminium 5 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      ”Uhh not actually. I'm just here to jump off the mountain”

    • @minewarz
      @minewarz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      "Oh yes, and a mighty, sneaky, sneaky wiggly he had about him also."

    • @aixcastles
      @aixcastles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@wrighteously I think so.

    • @sweetenlemons8659
      @sweetenlemons8659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@wrighteously yeah

    • @moth3562
      @moth3562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lajtningsped Pretty funny

  • @harbingerofdemiseandmisfor6075
    @harbingerofdemiseandmisfor6075 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6044

    “what do you want for your birthday, son?”
    “yeah i want a meteorite.”
    “ok”

    • @KruCorn
      @KruCorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      And it hits him like how a meteorite does

    • @sadwrld520
      @sadwrld520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      this is my type of humor

    • @hero9402
      @hero9402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      yea man

    • @flamingwheel9926
      @flamingwheel9926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      "Come on son, ask something more realistic"
      'I want to kill the snake'
      *flashback insues*
      "What color do you want your meteorite?"

    • @lexiouse5357
      @lexiouse5357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@KruCorn i got a meteorite for my birthday lmao

  • @atoaster9854
    @atoaster9854 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    My grandfather crossed the barrier but barely more than a week ago. The snake's grim eyes stared into mine. His heart beat its last notes, his life story done and wrote. But no matter what the years do to me, there will forever be my memories. Rest in peace, and thank you for this video. I'll come here whenever I wish to remember.

    • @liyuhh7144
      @liyuhh7144 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      we'll all remember him together:)

    • @UwUWarden
      @UwUWarden ปีที่แล้ว +3

      About a year ago today i lost my grandpa to COVID. I didn't think Thanksgiving of 2021 would've been the last time i saw him but it was. I told him i would come out there and see him sometime and i never got to.

    • @yourbroskijack
      @yourbroskijack ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rest in love

    • @Crushed2Pieces
      @Crushed2Pieces ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and then we'll be okay.

  • @Itisheylel
    @Itisheylel ปีที่แล้ว +462

    I’ve been very sad the couple of days. Very very sad. I saw my mom on the video call and noticed she was getting older. Mortality hit me like a truck. When I saw my happy dog after a long work shift, wagging her tail at the sight of me, I started bawling. Every night, I was grieving for all the people I know. It made me very sad that all of the things I know now will disappear.
    Thank you for this story. I’ve been reflecting on it. I don’t feel as okay right away but I just know I soon will. As everyone and everything should, we’ll all be okay.

    • @danielbenavides8287
      @danielbenavides8287 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Wait until you realize the cosmic JOKE our existence is… anyways enjoy your life, I know you won’t ever see this but… struggle and pain makes things feel real

    • @bentisiphone
      @bentisiphone 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think it’s good you realized this, before you actually lose them.
      Some things you never notice until they’re gone. I think you’ve been given a chance to truly cherish the ones you love.

    • @LunaRealized
      @LunaRealized 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Weak times breed weak people

    • @lilemont9302
      @lilemont9302 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@LunaRealized Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

    • @Coppermeshman
      @Coppermeshman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@danielbenavides8287 What's the cosmic joke?

  • @FidgetTheMidget8P
    @FidgetTheMidget8P 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2973

    "Stop! You look like you have unfinished snake related business" my new pickup line

    • @santiago_n3651
      @santiago_n3651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Ok now, this is epic

    • @krissykatportal
      @krissykatportal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Lol good one

    • @fireshort3984
      @fireshort3984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What are some reactions that you have had?

    • @CarlosFlores-xb3gx
      @CarlosFlores-xb3gx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fireshort3984 XD

    • @flo1202xyz
      @flo1202xyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So like, a ... snake ... put it in a ... hole
      Get the joke

  • @mikeph712
    @mikeph712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8095

    "just exist for a while and be decent, that's heroism enough"

    • @user-sf4zu2dy3z
      @user-sf4zu2dy3z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      succ

    • @2ndYHWH
      @2ndYHWH 5 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      Mikeph u can’t be commenting on spiritual shit with that profile pic

    • @sfdgdrgdvxff
      @sfdgdrgdvxff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      @@2ndYHWH quite ironic I must say

    • @jadynclark7686
      @jadynclark7686 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      STONKS

    • @MrRobotman
      @MrRobotman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Made it my Twitter bio.

  • @stephenlabankajirujr3439
    @stephenlabankajirujr3439 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    “I’d give anything, to give up knowing everything” somehow reminded me of the story of Adam and Eve and how many folklores/stories/literatures talk about the curse of knowledge

    • @BLFulle
      @BLFulle 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Adam and Even isn't folklore, it's true. Even scientist know this. DNA proves we have common genetic ancestors.

    • @MrBoxinaboxinabox
      @MrBoxinaboxinabox 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BLFulle The mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam lived over 100,000 years apart from each other. So not really like the Adam and Eve from the bible.

    • @BLFulle
      @BLFulle 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MrBoxinaboxinaboxThen they have more research to do. That's the amazing thing about science.

    • @Juju3947
      @Juju3947 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@BLFullethe story is told to be 6000 years old so the possibility of it being a 100% fact is highly unlikely.

    • @thalmorjusticiar1
      @thalmorjusticiar1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BLFulle The burden of proof lies on the partying asserting an outstanding claim. When you can prove that the story of adam and eve, as in the bible, or in fact any story from the bible, is demonstrably and empirically true, then you can make statements about the "amazing" nature of science in relation to evidently and apparently fictional stories.
      Adam and eve isn't folklore, you're right. It's mythology.

  • @paxthehedgehog7760
    @paxthehedgehog7760 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    I come back to this every time I feel lost, it always helps me feel better.

    • @polboygiraffetamer6654
      @polboygiraffetamer6654 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too. Exist and stay decent.

    • @monochrome3003
      @monochrome3003 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same. Been listening to it off and on for the past four years.

    • @notagamer32
      @notagamer32 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too. I find solace in this video.

    • @john1242
      @john1242 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      i understand brother

  • @leonorbalesteros
    @leonorbalesteros 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10361

    "Don't try to be a hero, or a sage or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough."
    This is it.

    • @fallendown8828
      @fallendown8828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Elon Musk:
      Press X to doubt

    • @DislikeButton69420
      @DislikeButton69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@fallendown8828 x

    • @sissitapaskou3131
      @sissitapaskou3131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      This is exactly my takeaway from this video!! thank you for your comment, take care

    • @theevilbean
      @theevilbean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fallendown8828 so true 💀

    • @trevorfranks69
      @trevorfranks69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can be a gamedev though

  • @squishmaus2041
    @squishmaus2041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2303

    I didn’t realise he wrote it until I heard the swearing

    • @romilrh
      @romilrh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      His style is so distinct and recognizable that you can tell it's his words just by the way he speaks them so naturally.

    • @rawtrout3402
      @rawtrout3402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      he was on LSD

    • @notbranch9657
      @notbranch9657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@rawtrout3402 yes

    • @purr.romi.
      @purr.romi. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      1000th like 🦍

    • @joshaneter6147
      @joshaneter6147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ikr

  • @polboygiraffetamer6654
    @polboygiraffetamer6654 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    7:05 "Why is the world dead?"
    "Everyone got clever". Chills.

    • @kidhubServer
      @kidhubServer 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Revelations was right.

    • @polboygiraffetamer6654
      @polboygiraffetamer6654 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@kidhubServer What makes you say that?

  • @glub1381
    @glub1381 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This video made me realize that my beliefs that I was so confident about not even an hour ago are meaningless. I thought that I was satisfied with knowing that there's no reason for us to be here, and that's okay. But I realized that this whole time I was still looking for a meaning, and if I couldn't find one, I'd make one up. I think that deep down I believed that the meaning was to understand and know all, as has always been my goal. I never thought about how that belief is an insatiable one, one that can only lead to unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and even despair, just like if I had an insatiable lust for power like the kings and dictators of the past. I don't know what to think anymore. I understand why philosophers have always struggled with the question of the meaning of life now. I'm just rambling now, but I think this video really did change my life, or at least my outlook on it. I don't know anymore

    • @Coppermeshman
      @Coppermeshman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Often people ask more questions than they even bother answering. I once heard conversations about the meaning of life, but each argument was self contradictory, and the counterarguments were no better, each didn't seem to get the point of each concept they referencing.
      The Meaning of a concept, of a thing, would only make sense if it was self referencial, self evident,
      as a hammer hit, a knife cuts, a bed to be Slept on,
      In the end Life, all the forms it takes regardless seem to always direct to a goal.
      The act of continuing.
      The meaning of life is to live,
      How to live? Many forms take many techniques, all in attempt to improve one's ability to continue, because the things that don't hold of improve one's ability, don't exist anymore.

  • @vedvod
    @vedvod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10358

    This guy is crying over how his philosophy degree is a waste, but if this is what it gets you, then I'll be damned if that's a waste

    • @frimi8593
      @frimi8593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      yo where can i waste my life? hit me up with that shit

    • @Nero_Karel
      @Nero_Karel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

      I have my doubts the degree is what's to be credited for this

    • @phuchoang2023
      @phuchoang2023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Wait he's got a philosophy degree?

    • @mice2188
      @mice2188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      @@phuchoang2023 it's been explicitly stated in many videos.

    • @krishivagarwal5189
      @krishivagarwal5189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      It is those who seek philosophy, are who which will understand it's true meaning. We may be shunned by society and ignored by the universe, but what makes us humans great, is on the inside.

  • @citizen_of_the_stars5144
    @citizen_of_the_stars5144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4054

    "You look like someone with unfinished snake related business"
    LMFAO

    • @Alpha-Andromeda
      @Alpha-Andromeda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Indeed!!! Lol 😂

    • @MrClips666
      @MrClips666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol

    • @tomwanders6022
      @tomwanders6022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to say it so here we go... I’ve seen this Hentai before!

    • @papabird4425
      @papabird4425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lemony Snickett vibes

    • @BisexualPlagueDoctor
      @BisexualPlagueDoctor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The snake did a mean and sneaky wiggle

  • @qaiwiwi
    @qaiwiwi ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I had this saved in my watch later and didn't bother to watch it until now. Thank god I did, this was such excellent storytelling and I absolutely loved every line.
    I'm in a time of my life where I'm currently questioning if I should continue on or not, as everything has just gotten so tiring and stressing for me. Even daily routines feel like a chore to do now, and the constant dread of "something bad might happen today" is always weighing me down in everything and anything I do.
    Listening to this made me, undoubtedly sob, but also made me feel a whole lot better on this entire situation I'm in. You made me remember that things aren't always supposed to be good and that bad things do happen, but in the end; if I let myself, I'll be okay.
    If you do end up seeing this, thank you, you've earned a new subscriber.

    • @asharpnotbflat
      @asharpnotbflat ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I feel for you, I went through a shitty time awhile back in the peak of covid isolation where my Grandpa died, I couldn’t handle my schoolwork and then fell into an existential crisis. It’s so hard to remember that good exists when you’re depressed, isn’t it? Thankfully it does exist and now I can notice it again. I know it’s been three weeks since you commented so I hope you have gotten better. ❤️

  • @katemcmillen1977
    @katemcmillen1977 ปีที่แล้ว +807

    “Go home, Tao. Don’t try to be a hero or a sage or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That’s heroism enough.”
    The way this made me start crying tears of relief-

  • @steelblue8
    @steelblue8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2888

    "he realized that matter is a particle, a wave, and a JOKE" is quite possibly the best line I've heard in ages

    • @greasyboii5476
      @greasyboii5476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I love the one about the fathers ashes being like meteorites all done being cosmic

    • @Keiru21
      @Keiru21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      This sentence also crosses the line of being a little too close to actual reality

    • @Taartin
      @Taartin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It carries so much meaning and is also a good joke itself :D

    • @_modernmage
      @_modernmage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Virtual Sky Tate all matter has a wavefunction, it just gets stupidly tiny when you have anything big enough to see.

    • @_modernmage
      @_modernmage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Virtual Sky Tate not my hypothesis, a core concept of quantum mechanics. First sentence from Wikipedia's "Wave-particle Duality" page: "Wave-particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that every particle or Quantum entity may be described either as a particle or a wave." It has a section devoted to the wave nature of large objects.

  • @alexs.6711
    @alexs.6711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3919

    this video walks the line between completely idiotic satire and legitimate meaningful and introspective storytelling and the greatest factor that keeps it balanced is your raw skill of narration

    • @alexs.6711
      @alexs.6711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @kido33 now you got me wondering... what is the story? who is the other alex s.? i'm intrigued

    • @nicolaslambert4144
      @nicolaslambert4144 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Iron man idiocy

    • @nicolaslambert4144
      @nicolaslambert4144 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alex s opción thought suggestive choice of gratitude

    • @nicolaslambert4144
      @nicolaslambert4144 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Foul in the way of choice in interpretation of snake you see I’m god bitch you’re the devil although I’m anti christ anti life at the same time kill with no empathetic conscious of your feelings as I wanna not think of you’re pain physical or emotional

    • @justicebateman6025
      @justicebateman6025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@nicolaslambert4144 ?

  • @alexa.lampreht7077
    @alexa.lampreht7077 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Every time I listen to this, it gives me new insight on how I perceive life. Sometimes I cry at it. Sometimes I laugh and cry at it. Sometimes I just smirk at the tragedy of chaos, and try to see the beautiful side if it.
    My man, you yourself made such a difference in my life, which even you can not comprehend.
    I would like to thank you explicitly, and I wish you put this amazing mind of yours to deliver humanity from itself, whatever that means to you.
    Every now and then I come back to this story, mostly so it keeps me not grounded, but elevated. Thank you.

  • @Zerpderp0
    @Zerpderp0 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    Isn't it a bit of a health hazard to live close to a mountain that has a river of blood on it?

    • @waveii8615
      @waveii8615 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      after all of the emotional comments, this one made me laugh :')

    • @Zerpderp0
      @Zerpderp0 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@waveii8615 I mean, am I wrong? That just can't be healthy

    • @acrab7722
      @acrab7722 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Zerpderp0 Where is the blood coming from?

    • @Zerpderp0
      @Zerpderp0 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@acrab7722 indeed

    • @Galaveria
      @Galaveria ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@acrab7722 it’s probably a river full of iron.

  • @musliksolihin8960
    @musliksolihin8960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3297

    Everyone:
    Old Lady: "You look like someone with unfinished snake related business"

    • @lastchance1036
      @lastchance1036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Thank you this is the correct meme format😊😊 because if you have nobody saying nothing then everybody says something this way is more accurate

    • @reidrobertson8072
      @reidrobertson8072 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chance Cox man stfu

    • @willparry530
      @willparry530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@reidrobertson8072 Be nice, he's right.

    • @reidrobertson8072
      @reidrobertson8072 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Will Parry no he’s not the meme itself became a meme. reason why so many people say no-one: also I don’t have to be nice and some fuckhead on the internet definitely isn’t going to make me. So piss off kid.

    • @willparry530
      @willparry530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@reidrobertson8072 Just because a meme is a meme doesn't mean it's correct. Grammatically, he *is* correct and just saying he's not, doesn't make you right.
      But it seems that's lost on you, as you are another thin-skinned individual who probably shouldn't be on the internet if they get so easily offended by a chance, passing comment.

  • @wolverineftw
    @wolverineftw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7122

    If this is what a philosophy degree gets you, I want one.

    • @theanarkiddie4569
      @theanarkiddie4569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      Wolverine FTW considering he spends most his time complaining about such I don’t think it is

    • @ghfryw
      @ghfryw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +399

      dear friend, i have one ... you will be poor and jobless, so i hope you don`t plan to support a family with it. Otherwise best decision ever :)

    • @danksamosa3952
      @danksamosa3952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ghfryw I want to be a prof

    • @dreamcore7
      @dreamcore7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Just read books and literature. Philosophy degree is useless.

    • @sirbedivere5670
      @sirbedivere5670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      dreamcore To say it’s useless is too much, but you can learn philosophy by reading books and watching youtube lectures. Studying Philosophy, I believe, is quite cheap, compared to things like biology or sth.
      ExistentialComic creator learns philosophy that way after all.

  • @dm299885
    @dm299885 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I know you've probably moved on from this video, but I still watch it fairly regularly. Something about this keeps bringing me back. I think it's just the simplicity of it. It's a soft comfort.

  • @justthisonestep1576
    @justthisonestep1576 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough. That's how it's always been done.
    Wow... thank you. This is pure art - the visuals, the music, your voice, the story itself, everything. It has really touched me, and few things ever do. Somehow, it feels like it takes a huge burden off my shoulders. I'll try to keep remembering what I felt as I watched and listened to this story. Thanks again :)

  • @casecao8412
    @casecao8412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15144

    Can we just appreciate the fact that there are no ads or interruptions of any kind on this high-quality content?
    Edit: Nvm there are ads now. Thanks TH-cam!

    • @Guztav1337
      @Guztav1337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +294

      Support his patreon

    • @aniofri
      @aniofri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +262

      because the video is sadly demonitized.

    • @KANGAXRUU
      @KANGAXRUU 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      There is for me

    • @kylie6701
      @kylie6701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      The ad in this video: “Am I a joke to you?”

    • @elschaetty
      @elschaetty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      No this is what he thinks is supposed to happen any way

  • @ShotsOfEspresso
    @ShotsOfEspresso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4851

    Whats science?
    “Sort of like magic, but it works”

    • @robbielamont2816
      @robbielamont2816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Wizard jizz

    • @masteramogh
      @masteramogh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kurt Vonnegut

    • @chasepierce1498
      @chasepierce1498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      fax af

    • @Sam-dt9wr
      @Sam-dt9wr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Whats science
      İts a refrance

    • @_pyxeled
      @_pyxeled 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What's science?
      The class I have a B in

  • @tb4546
    @tb4546 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I distinctly remember watching this years ago, and not understanding it or it’s message. It resonates hard with me now, after losing my brother. Every part, about going further up, about knowing and killing the grief and the anger, it clicks now. It resonates. It’s something I’ve been holding onto as I deal with this.

  • @allecio
    @allecio 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I think... that I'm okay now. We aren't meant to be happy all the time, and that's what makes happiness so precious. It's rare, and while we have it, it's enough. We shouldn't give up, but we shouldn't hurt ourselves thinking that we're lower than we are. When we measure ourselves by the future, we'll never be happy. We've got everything we could imagine. And maybe in the future, we'll have more.
    Thanks. I've spent a lot of time over the last few months hoping that I'd get just another day, another day to reach for that rare future. But you've taught me, helped me realize that today, yesterday... They were that rare future. I have what I wanted so long ago. I don't think it's wrong to want more, but now I know that I don't need to be disappointed in the amazing things I've done.

    • @Virtuoso_9764
      @Virtuoso_9764 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can we be friends

  • @affordablecareactof
    @affordablecareactof 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5756

    Plot twist: the old woman is queen Elizabeth

    • @Exurb1a
      @Exurb1a  3 ปีที่แล้ว +984

      Paha

    • @kobenilover-jg8lb
      @kobenilover-jg8lb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Now im just even more confused

    • @f1r3hunt3rz5
      @f1r3hunt3rz5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +216

      @@Exurb1a Is that a confirmation?

    • @joris5152
      @joris5152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@Exurb1a wow you actually still read these comments. Love your work, keep it up!

    • @joris5152
      @joris5152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      And the snake is British railways

  • @scaife
    @scaife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2301

    "Just exist for a while and be decent. That's herosim enough."

    • @madamofmayhem3781
      @madamofmayhem3781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That was my favorite part ❤️

    • @user-cb9kp1tx8p
      @user-cb9kp1tx8p 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      NOOOO I build Type-Ω civilisation

    • @missseaweed2462
      @missseaweed2462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@user-cb9kp1tx8p Is that a Kurzesagt reference I see?

    • @couchpotato4928
      @couchpotato4928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is my life motto

    • @memelikeseverybody3064
      @memelikeseverybody3064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you Jesus!!?!😇😂
      But these words actually helped plus I clicked on this video by accident soo fate...huh!

  • @hadkinsbree
    @hadkinsbree ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It feels so wrong to watch this for free, this guy's content is just beautiful, I'm going through the worst months of my life so far, and this video has just made me realise many things, this has just made me really reconsider things and it just made my brain travel without the need of a substance.
    Thank you a lot for this content

    • @jmax8692
      @jmax8692 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wonder if that feeling lasted for you? Did you change? Or did you just move on once the chemicals in your brain returned to baseline?
      Curious

  • @nostopit179
    @nostopit179 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    almost four years now and this video still ruthlessly brings me to tears every single time I watch it

  • @Kopfkopf123
    @Kopfkopf123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10237

    Thanks for being our old woman exurb1a.

  • @louisdyer2983
    @louisdyer2983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26251

    This is the story that took you 4 months
    I’m so grateful you never gave up

    • @caseinnitrate5515
      @caseinnitrate5515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      well actually ikr. I’m so glad - it’s such a masterpiece

    • @checkm8964
      @checkm8964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +321

      This is my favourite TH-cam video and honestly might be my favourite story I've ever heard

    • @noicrtm4472
      @noicrtm4472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Check M8 this and “were the last humans left” are my favourite pieces

    • @randomstranger623
      @randomstranger623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Still wondering though, are the trashy videos on him being an abuser or something true?
      Because by God, I am a very impressionable person, and I hate being led astray.

    • @checkm8964
      @checkm8964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Random Stranger I don’t think they are true, a lot of the clips of him are very heavily edited to make it seem like he is saying stuff, also his girlfriend takes pills for her depression which are anti-psychotics and are very rarely given out to patients only suffering from depression. I think there could be a small amount of truth in those videos but i think it’s being twisted a lot

  • @crystaltulip_
    @crystaltulip_ ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This literally made me cry. Thank you so much for this beautiful story

  • @alwayscoding4707
    @alwayscoding4707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3064

    Exurbia needs to make more of these.
    *And then we'll be okay.*

    • @stagittarius9903
      @stagittarius9903 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Swaggity cattity maybe with patron, but his videos take too long to make and there isn’t enough audience to make a living off only these TH-cam videos

    • @okaygecko
      @okaygecko 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      best one !

    • @cherkunkleowo7214
      @cherkunkleowo7214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      But we won't, because that's not how the game works.

    • @davidstaley8203
      @davidstaley8203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think the point of the video is that we already are okay. It doesn't matter what we make or accomplish. Exurb1a isn't doing any of his videos because he wants to make life okay, but because he wants us all to know that life is hard, but we're okay anyway.

    • @StrazdasLT
      @StrazdasLT 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He released multiple books. Go read them.

  • @chloecarson7055
    @chloecarson7055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    "we must be the only creatures allergic to happiness"

    • @andyoli75
      @andyoli75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's as true today as it was to Gilgamesh. He had to be convinced.
      Sing and dance. Eat your fill if warm food and cool beer. Pass the time away in joy with your chosen wife....It is decreed for you to enjoy short pleasures for your short days.

  • @tanna7641
    @tanna7641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I can not express how much I love and appreciate this video. I have watched it so many times, especially when I was at my lowest, darkest moments. And even now, years later. It is beautiful. Truly beautiful.

  • @bloodhound..
    @bloodhound.. ปีที่แล้ว +35

    you are one of the only people whos videos can send me into a state of disassociation and so much questioning, i know i should stop watching this video but i cant

    • @mitch5944
      @mitch5944 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't worry hehe that's just u experiencing the gift/curse of consciousness as humans perceive it :)

  • @schlubenno3827
    @schlubenno3827 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42416

    I feel like I shouldn’t be listening to this for free.

    • @sauceaddict9569
      @sauceaddict9569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      Pergrinepi FACTS🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏿👏🏿💯💯.

    • @imliterallysostupid7781
      @imliterallysostupid7781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +360

      Schluben No i agree but all i can offer is fellatio

    • @sherbetyt3613
      @sherbetyt3613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Same

    • @hashkeeper
      @hashkeeper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      yeah... i feel kinda dirty now

    • @gammy5257
      @gammy5257 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I was the 1k like so I should watch this for free

  • @Aidensan11
    @Aidensan11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3343

    exurb1a: epic story about the death of a father
    old lady: oH yEa AnD a MiGhtY sNeAky SnEaKy WigGle He hAD aBoUt hIM

  • @hey_lovely_people.
    @hey_lovely_people. ปีที่แล้ว +638

    Within a few minutes I feel like I watched a full movie for free and with the moral that opened my eye.
    Edit: OMG 😱 how come 500 people liked my comment.

  • @elitistconfusion
    @elitistconfusion 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The end reminded me really strongly of Jung's idea of the collective unconscious. How every human resorts to the archetypes to find meaning: We'll be okay when we know everything: seekers(soul), when we live forever: leave a mark(body), when we cling to everyone(heart), when we structure everything(mind).
    Jung talks about the surface archetypes and their shadows. The collective human struggle is to find meaning in the world. But the human embarks on this with an incomplete knowledge of their own self that is with a limited conscious. The first goal should be to find meaning from the shadows of their own psyche and to extract repressed experiences from the unconscious to the conscious. The last step is always to become more conscious and realise once humanness.

  • @abby_5664
    @abby_5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3434

    yall this felt like a whole ass movie to me .

    • @itstotallynotsai6577
      @itstotallynotsai6577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      This would actually be a really good movie if made correctly

    • @ahmedalfatih7723
      @ahmedalfatih7723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Nah feel like a fever dreams

    • @justinelizalde5503
      @justinelizalde5503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Fr I watched this when I was baked not gonna lie and I swear it was hours long

    • @angelicazordan5538
      @angelicazordan5538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Whole ass book to me

    • @Aztesticals
      @Aztesticals 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This would actually make for a great play

  • @NStripleseven
    @NStripleseven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8087

    In 100 years, someone’s gonna discover this channel, and our descendants are going to have to deal with the most difficult English classes you’ve ever seen.

    • @OldNavajoTricks
      @OldNavajoTricks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +386

      Just think what they'll make of hentai fanfic 'documents' ...

    • @anyyoulike1976
      @anyyoulike1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@OldNavajoTricks 👍

    • @OldNavajoTricks
      @OldNavajoTricks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      @@anyyoulike1976 Did ancient Humans have intimate encounters with tentacley SpaceGods in bizarre rituals?
      Ancient Mk'Tnnga Nu theorists say yes!

    • @poisonfish2176
      @poisonfish2176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Don’t worry about school, just do your best, study a little at home and take care of yourself. That’s my philosophy anyway.

    • @Gweentee
      @Gweentee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@poisonfish2176 are u a student yourself

  • @rythmiccoma2809
    @rythmiccoma2809 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I still come back to this one every once and a while. It's a point in time that's brought me a gentle comfort since it came out.

  • @Sean_mag
    @Sean_mag 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "It's not gone yet" has to be one of the most powerful sentences spoken

  • @Tauan
    @Tauan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +501

    "- Who are you?
    - Oh, who's anyone?"

    • @anhbayar11
      @anhbayar11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Everything is meaningless so just live with your family be happy .....

  • @xenomorph0623
    @xenomorph0623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3053

    You can't tell me you never thought that just maybe the old woman was the snake

    • @justcurious1146
      @justcurious1146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      yes, I did think she was the snake then i felt like a fool for thinking it

    • @nodiggity9472
      @nodiggity9472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +348

      The Old Woman was the Snake. And the Mountain. And the River of blood, and the Old Gods, and the New. She's all of those things, and none of them. She's whatever we need her to be, She's the first of us, and the last of us, and everything in-between.

    • @xenomorph0623
      @xenomorph0623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@nodiggity9472 that was beautiful.. And I love your name.. Listened to that song this morning actually 💪

    • @nodiggity9472
      @nodiggity9472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@xenomorph0623 :-) I only found this channel just over an hour ago. Now my face is wet because I know I've been lost for so long. And you are the first note echoing back from a song I thought I'd forgotten. (Not that song, the other one that hasn't really got a name)
      I recently found this, I think it might be for you.
      th-cam.com/video/VYit47VVqkI/w-d-xo.html

    • @pradipdutta2902
      @pradipdutta2902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@nodiggity9472 queen Elizabeth

  • @mae.exe23e93
    @mae.exe23e93 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Couldn't bring him breakfast, or bring him blankets, or bring him back". That's poetry.

  • @shadowthehedgehognumber1fan
    @shadowthehedgehognumber1fan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I discovered this channel a few days ago, and i think, without a doubt, that this is my favorite video on this website. I've been rewarching it over and over again, but I always end up almost crying in the end. It's so deep, meaningful and beautiful, I love it so much. Thank you.
    Edit: I watched a few more videos from this channel, and I can't even explain how much I love the way these deep existential thoughts are portrayed in such a short time. It doesn't matter if it's serious or jokingly portrayed, EVERYTHING is so interesting and I can't put the feeling in words. Its so beautiful. Sorry, English is not my native language, so I can't fully explain my feelings. But it means so, so much. Thank you.

  • @boyfriendjin
    @boyfriendjin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1378

    “B O I” the old woman said

  • @tedcoombs7762
    @tedcoombs7762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1164

    Matter is simultaneously a particle, a wave and a joke

    • @mcmodmod5533
      @mcmodmod5533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ted Coombs best line in the whole video

    • @___xyz___
      @___xyz___ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That pretty much sums up physics sophomores.

    • @lucasdreesmann3319
      @lucasdreesmann3319 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      McMod Mod u spelled masterpiece wrong

  • @trenttournour5846
    @trenttournour5846 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watch this video probably 3 times a year whenever I'm unsure of exactly where I am in life. It never fails to bring me back to a place of peace and understanding. What a beautiful piece of work, thank you so much for this. I really don't know where I'd be without it.

  • @khaledbentag892
    @khaledbentag892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I absolutely adore your work exurb1a. This is absolutely pure genius and you deserve the world, each time i click on one of your videos its either peak entertainement or a beautiful life lesson like in this case. Uve said in one of your videos that you like when people present complex ideas with simple words and not the other way around and i think its something you excel at and yet still manage to keep the peotic/literate aspect pronounced. I know u probably wont ever read this comment but if u do, thank you so much for enlightening my mind, intellect, and psychic. Im watching this video at 4 a.m and i should be studying for my genetics exam, but this video made me understand that there are things much more important, and i think loving something as much as i loved this video falls in that category. Thanks again, ure brilliant and u deserve the world.

  • @narrasmlesh2326
    @narrasmlesh2326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +648

    Now I’m gonna shout to people in the street “HEY you look like someone with unfinished snake related business!”

    • @calistman222
      @calistman222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      My room mate and I quote this to each other all the time. Especially "I'm going to go kill the snake. He must have gone further up."

    • @heliogonzalez2663
      @heliogonzalez2663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And am shouting you back with
      You ain't wise fat bitch

    • @mixis1931
      @mixis1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And imagine you say that to someone who has lost a relative to a snake

    • @TheOne-yq6qk
      @TheOne-yq6qk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol.

    • @TheOne-yq6qk
      @TheOne-yq6qk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@heliogonzalez2663Lmao

  • @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries
    @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries 5 ปีที่แล้ว +806

    19,5 minutes of exurbia content? What a time to be alive.

    • @BryanDaslo
      @BryanDaslo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      19,5 minutes to inflict days of an existential crisis

    • @drawlikevenom7112
      @drawlikevenom7112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And then... It ended. And so our search for purpose began once again

    • @devil4011
      @devil4011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But are we? What is "alive" at the end of the reality tunnel?

  • @AffectionateMud
    @AffectionateMud ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i still come back to this video every couple months. it will forever be one of my favorite pieces of art ever. thank you so much for making it

  • @glub1381
    @glub1381 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This will be the third comment I've left on this video in the last 6 months. I've rewatched this more times than I can count. Something about this video is able to comfort me in a way that nothing else can. I am not in a good mental state right now, and I genuinely feel like I don't want to live anymore. When my thoughts start spiraling and I can't think of anything but death and pain, I come back to this video. I basically know the story by heart at this point, but every time I watch it, it comforts me and makes me just a little hopeful that things will get better. If I feel better one day, it will be because of you, exurb1a. Words cannot describe how important this video (and "The Answer is Not a Hut in the Woods on your other channel) have been to me. Thank you.

    • @lucahofstee5077
      @lucahofstee5077 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It will get better, stay strong king🙏
      Just exist for a while and be decent

    • @Royallyzee
      @Royallyzee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for existing

  • @thelegend8570
    @thelegend8570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    "Sort of like magic, but it works."
    That is one of the best things i have ever heard.

    • @other317
      @other317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The legend THE WORLD ISN’T WIZARD JIZZ.

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@other317
      Wot?

    • @clommieclommerson5519
      @clommieclommerson5519 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gunjfur8633 He's referencing another one of Exurb1a's videos in which he raps about technology and stuff. th-cam.com/video/qE0UimODxNg/w-d-xo.html

    • @other317
      @other317 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Vortexian thanks, about to reply lol

    • @MichaelRGB
      @MichaelRGB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Go and hear more things.

  • @lonleyicecream
    @lonleyicecream 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2320

    Mom, the depression turtle is giving me hope; and that scares me.

    • @lishanglong6762
      @lishanglong6762 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Depression turtle strikes again

    • @ahumanbeingamnayplaceholde1746
      @ahumanbeingamnayplaceholde1746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      same

    • @altaccount3124
      @altaccount3124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Depression turtle tactics

    • @mixed_cheese9406
      @mixed_cheese9406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Depression Turtle:
      *ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST*

    • @beahgg
      @beahgg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love our depression turtle ♡ he is the best honesty ♡♡♡

  • @fefe1179
    @fefe1179 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can’t even describe how much I needed this and at this point in my life. This video has been saved in my Watch Later for a couple weeks but I’m so glad I chose today to watch it. I’m at ease.

  • @lobster821
    @lobster821 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The title of the video is literally the most confusing thought loop catalyst for when I’m on shrooms

  • @Kekesos
    @Kekesos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    Category: Comedy
    Well these are not tears of joy

    • @behemoth2887
      @behemoth2887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Koray Çelikel tbh ,I don’t even know what type of tears these are.Not happy but not really sad either

    • @violetsmith7203
      @violetsmith7203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do tears of spiritual contentment count?

    • @overlordsmashalot3891
      @overlordsmashalot3891 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      tears of "holy shit this is so good". Is that a thing? I feel like it is

  • @ajjpg-km3us
    @ajjpg-km3us 3 ปีที่แล้ว +987

    "and they danced the nihilist waltz"
    I don't know why but thats a hauntingly beautiful quote...

    • @antonsoderlund2139
      @antonsoderlund2139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      G O D A M R I G H T

    • @Yickerman
      @Yickerman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The Nihilist Waltz sounds like it would be a highly acclaimed piece of art what the fuck

    • @ajjpg-km3us
      @ajjpg-km3us 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Yickerman yeah

    • @Aadhitiya_Murali
      @Aadhitiya_Murali 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Yickerman yeah, that's what i was also thinking.

    • @GrizzlyProductions
      @GrizzlyProductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s the song?

  • @LoneLupine
    @LoneLupine ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I watch a lot of reptile care videos (Snake Discovery, Clint's Reptiles, etc) I clicked on this genuinely thinking this was a snake video. LOL. I wasn't paying enough attention 😂 Pleasantly surprised at the great story. It has Dark Tower vibes in a way

    • @treycopeland1368
      @treycopeland1368 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not really a story, but more of a message.

  • @9ine0nline
    @9ine0nline 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of my favorite short stories, I’ve been a bit depressed recently, so I sometimes watch your videos to get a new perspective. Thank you for making such intriguing content.

  • @sahilbansal5142
    @sahilbansal5142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2673

    "Humans are the only species allergic to happiness."

    • @MOMOFCJ6
      @MOMOFCJ6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes

    • @rythemoire
      @rythemoire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There's a medicine for that allergy, it'll just taste like shit, but at least you'll be happy in the meantime :)

    • @williamromero-auila7129
      @williamromero-auila7129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'd pretend to concur someday :)

    • @michaelhanford8139
      @michaelhanford8139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Modern humans*
      Are masochism is conditioned, not innate.

    • @michaelhanford8139
      @michaelhanford8139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Our*

  • @justapotota4330
    @justapotota4330 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1464

    and nothing can ever ruin this

  • @dikshachouhan1351
    @dikshachouhan1351 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    WTF... bruh the animation was not the best I have seen but it was perfect for a story like this and your voice was the best suited and you even managed to engage me so much into the story that a minute ago you managed to make me believe in your story so bad that for a minute I thought I didn't exist... I mean I can't exactly point out what I felt but the feeling was very different... like I just felt out of the world and was completely mesmerized........like all my senses were blanked out and only your visuals were being processed in my brain.. amazing job done bro..

  • @thevenator3955
    @thevenator3955 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2598

    We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be ok.
    We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be ok.
    We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be ok.
    We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be ok.
    We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be ok.
    And even then, we weren’t ok, because that’s not how the game works.

    • @slumpkiid3570
      @slumpkiid3570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      What's the game, and what are the rules. I wish to play

    • @belaireguy4117
      @belaireguy4117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      If you wrote a comment here, you are participating in the game and are in play. How you play is the key and the only cheat codes there may be must be found within ourselves. As long as one relishes this existence, that one is winning the "game." Play fair, truthful, and well my friends, have a great Sunday and a better week straight ahead.

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well written. I took the elements as being related to going through the five stages of grief, as though each item was the reward you come away that empowers you further once you get through that stage and conquer it. After denial you find truth, after anger you find control, after what-if-ing and wishing you find reality/emotional or literal sobriety, after depression you find resilience, and after acceptance you keep the memories.

    • @LegendaryLlama_
      @LegendaryLlama_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What is anything

    • @josephjohnson-chavez4983
      @josephjohnson-chavez4983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hehehe I lost the game

  • @massivelegend5209
    @massivelegend5209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4523

    "The universe dosen't give a shit about you"
    And i smiled
    For the first time in four months i gave a real genuine smile. Thank you for this gift sir no sarcasm no tricks. Just an honest thank you

    • @Funiquinho
      @Funiquinho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      this man... he is incredible, isnt he?

    • @massivelegend5209
      @massivelegend5209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@Funiquinho yes he is

    • @TheBestOfSweden
      @TheBestOfSweden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The universe ARE you.

    • @wespicedmemes
      @wespicedmemes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Right, something relaxing and pleasant when you realize how insignificant you are. How we are not gods and we just globs of meat. Really humbling.

    • @cherias.4069
      @cherias.4069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@wespicedmemes --😂We certainly ARE MUCH MORE than "globss of meat"😂Research deeply.✌🤷💖🌹

  • @BeckAshton
    @BeckAshton 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    “Don’t waste your time on snakes and windmills, say goodbye”

  • @sarahrahman7471
    @sarahrahman7471 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I loved this video 3 years back in 2020 during covid when I was there in my room locked up with my devices. This hit me then. This hit me again after 3 years in a very different manner. Made me shed tears and be happy at the same time. To understand one's insignificance alongside its impact, a beautiful composition.

  • @Robcarpentier12
    @Robcarpentier12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4710

    "There will never come a time when everything lasts forever and nothing hurts ever again, but strength is taking a good look into the abyss and choosing to still be a good person." -Exurb1a

    • @jakesanchez6621
      @jakesanchez6621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How does that explain his "Misery Was" video, then?

    • @bandir2377
      @bandir2377 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@jakesanchez6621 By the time where misery was a human condition of the past, we will have found new problems to endlessly worry about. Such as the fact that happiness will have no meaning if there is no misery.

    • @tsegmedodontuya1850
      @tsegmedodontuya1850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@bandir2377 only within the human condition.
      That's how our brains work, and in just a couple centuries we can change it.
      Our brains are meant to hunt deer and endlessly fuck around.
      Not quantum physics and the meaning of life, but we did it anyway, because we were lucky (and also opposable thumbs)

    • @bobdagamer640
      @bobdagamer640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It’s “and choosing to still be a good human”

    • @SaltpeterTaffy
      @SaltpeterTaffy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bandir2377 We will be okay, and then we will be okay. But we still weren't.

  • @quinnencrawford9707
    @quinnencrawford9707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2317

    You found the balance between philosophy and comedy. For this, i shall commend you.

    • @heyhoe168
      @heyhoe168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      There is no balance. Philosophy in a way is comedy and vice versa. Everything beyond is rubbish.

    • @cope_induced
      @cope_induced 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      agreed

    • @tf2oshaaa
      @tf2oshaaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Everything is comedic if said in the right tone and/or context 🗿

    • @flask223
      @flask223 ปีที่แล้ว

      Roelofs was, until the end of 2016, an artist who regularly collaborated with other creative people. Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the TH-camr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug. In February 2020, daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad confirmed it had taken Roelofs 6 visits to three different police stations between 2016 and 2017 before a criminal complaint was taken. When Roelofs was discharged from hospital, she gave up her career as an international photographer to focus on her recovery, as well as mental health and anti-rape activism

    • @quinnencrawford9707
      @quinnencrawford9707 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flask223 ok
      will hold my subscription until further details

  • @theoardouin4273
    @theoardouin4273 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    During a period of life, I went on chased windmills. I wanted to always better, never content with effort. I always found something wrong, and I was feeling miserable, but I had one single thread holding me up "When I will have finish with school, everything will be okay" "When I will move out, everything will be okay", "When I will find someone, everything will be okay" but it never was okay.
    One day, I looked back, and I had everything, Everything. Major of my school, a really good job, friends and loved ones, a good place to live in but it wasn't okay. Nothing was okay. I stumbled on this video at this moment.
    One night, I nearly attempted to do what I today consider a mistake, but at the time, it felt like the only way. I did still push for one last time, last diagnosed with some really bad depressive state, and got help. Psy, meds, you know the drill.
    One of the things that helped me push through the hardest day was the thought that "There is no snake". And today, still, this is a sentence I often say.
    I will not say that this story saved my life, because it simply wouldn't be true, but it helped me to heal when days were bleak. Soon, I will get a tatoo, "There is no snake". I strongly believe Exurb1a will never see it, but in the event that you do, thank you good man. This video and your content (& books) helped me a lot to heal, and I am forever grateful.

  • @glub1381
    @glub1381 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's been a few months since the last time I watched this video, and my life has changed pretty drastically since then. I can't express in words how important this video has been for me. You have a talent that very few others have. Of all of the books I've read and videos I've watched, this one has had the largest effect on me and my outlook on life. Never stop doing what you're doing, exurb1a. The world needs you.

  • @Avian98X
    @Avian98X 5 ปีที่แล้ว +862

    Existential Crisis Value:
    9.5/10
    Well done, friend. Well done.

    • @justADeni
      @justADeni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You mean 9999/10000

    • @muitertje9197
      @muitertje9197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@justADeni i agree, it's at least over 9000

    • @florianr814
      @florianr814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking the same way Momiji. Every other video scared the out of me, this one just made me happy :)

    • @fishtriestosing5426
      @fishtriestosing5426 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      this perpetuated my crisis but it was worth it

    • @evaahh9584
      @evaahh9584 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Avian98X 950/100*

  • @HilleBilleMille
    @HilleBilleMille 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1745

    "The only species allergic to happiness"
    I hate that I actually understand the essence of this

    • @Jonas-hs5pu
      @Jonas-hs5pu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      0 0 i don’t think so, how?

    • @handlesRtrash354
      @handlesRtrash354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes me too

    • @justicebateman6025
      @justicebateman6025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Jonas-hs5pu yeah. We are made of most of the same things and mechanisms (mental emotional physical etc...) we just happen to be more complex on most levels so "being allergic to happiness" is almost infinitely more common in humans but animals can be too. Go to a crazy cat house and start studying their psychology/behavior and emotions and youll see animals are capable of some pretty complex shit inside the ol noggin

    • @JM-hz1wl
      @JM-hz1wl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think there is nothing wrong with being ambitious.
      But only if you apretiate small things, too.

    • @dabossman5650
      @dabossman5650 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @0 0 No they cant-not rlly-theyre content with surviving and frollicking and chasing and eating prey

  • @UwUWarden
    @UwUWarden ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this master piece of a story. Like it matters now or anything but the past 3 years of my life have been hell it feels like. Now that 2023 has begun I feel a huge change within myself. I've learned a lot over these hard times and it's that you can't give up. No matter how hard it gets you gotta keep going. Even if there's no light at the end of the tunnel it'll be there. I really hope one day everyone can be with life.

  • @CAPLON
    @CAPLON ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been listening to this again and again, and never once got tired of this, love every part of the armor, the boots, the glasses, the indulgence, the sword and the necklace, they hold so much meaning in this, I love it..

  • @theanarkiddie4569
    @theanarkiddie4569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    This guy would make the greatest dungeon master ever

    • @ajclark2218
      @ajclark2218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      the most mentally deep dungeon in existence

    • @boristheslav2860
      @boristheslav2860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I want it and dont want it at the same time.

    • @fabiotucci3029
      @fabiotucci3029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I Just came home from a one-shot d&d campaign based on this and It blew my mind

    • @boristheslav2860
      @boristheslav2860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fabiotucci3029 Did all the parties involved have an existential crisis afterwards?

    • @fabiotucci3029
      @fabiotucci3029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@boristheslav2860 more or less, i'd Say we were more confused than anything else due to It being the DM's first time running a game properly, but It had been still a very enjoyable session (Sorry for the late response but my phone doesn't like notifications of any kind apparently)

  • @christopherdaube7055
    @christopherdaube7055 5 ปีที่แล้ว +872

    "meaning and solace aren't to be found in the heavens, but in the trenches of everyday living.'"

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      “In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment and will never be more divine in the lapse of the ages. Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but when I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away but eternity remains.”
      ― Henry David Thoreau

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The line you quoted from this video makes me think of that Thoreau quote, every time.

    • @amethyst5047
      @amethyst5047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Tragedies happen, people die, it's all a game, it's all a facade!"

  • @Gunwook010
    @Gunwook010 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This Is one of my favorite videos ever and when I heard that this was the story that took months in other of your videos, I felt so grateful that you didn’t give up on it no matter how much trouble it gave you at first

  • @calistman222
    @calistman222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2754

    And after Tau departed, the old woman turned to the snake and said "Holy shit that was close! That guy was here to kill you!"

    • @offthepoint1315
      @offthepoint1315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      underrated comment

    • @elisa._.7999
      @elisa._.7999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      HAGHAGA

    • @daynight3328
      @daynight3328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      lol u fu**ed it all

    • @DragonWinter36
      @DragonWinter36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Pfft, he wouldn’t have been able to scratch it, let alone kill it.
      Tau are trash in melee.

    • @tayeb7031
      @tayeb7031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      what a plot twist

  • @surrealentertainment
    @surrealentertainment 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5698

    This is truly amazing. You are amazing.

    • @PigeonFlare
      @PigeonFlare 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      True dat. You too!

    • @xaviergalang9868
      @xaviergalang9868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I love you, babe.

    • @Sea_witch_
      @Sea_witch_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh this here, its love.

    • @B-NITE
      @B-NITE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Heeeeyyy I’m subscribed to surreal entertainment

    • @danidavidov9120
      @danidavidov9120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Life is pretty cool

  • @artzistired
    @artzistired ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I think this is the story that needs to be broadcasted worldwide.