The Mad Genius Behind Sea Monkeys

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  • This is the story of how a tiny, magical creature was transformed into a cultural phenomenon by inventor, marketing genius and complicated eccentric Harold von Braunhut. Full of fun facts (both charming and disturbing), Just Add Water is a colorful short film about a half-century of marketing directly to children, the force of nostalgia in pop culture, and an unlikely meeting of flim-flam and hard science. A film by Penny Lane.
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  • @ravenlord4
    @ravenlord4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4719

    Well, that escalated quickly.

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      *Meg got Triggered? I now wanna order a 1000 of these.*

    • @johanjohansen9133
      @johanjohansen9133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      no, it did not.
      People just make nazis into boegymen. Other socialists killed far more, & in far more horrible ways.

    • @alvinlam1437
      @alvinlam1437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      IM THE 1000th LIKE

    • @lerquian1970
      @lerquian1970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@johanjohansen9133 ok...

    • @cutienerdgirl
      @cutienerdgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@johanjohansen9133 Umm...racism and zoinism isn't okay which is why people hate Nazis.

  • @goodthingenthusiast9436
    @goodthingenthusiast9436 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4306

    "He put the eggs in packet number one, and blue dye in packet number two."
    "Haha, that sneaky bastard!"
    "He was also a racist nazi"
    "...Oh..."

    • @bdoglance
      @bdoglance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      you forgot self-hating

    • @jakespacepiratee3740
      @jakespacepiratee3740 6 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @Colin Feezell A possible Nihilist! This guy was certainly very creative, but he was also probably very deep in self-loathing, hopelessness, and a desire to feel companionship, all of us have that. and, as you know, the combination of these feelings spiralled into giving millions to a Third-Reich wannabe group. Sad.

    • @marieantoinettescake9513
      @marieantoinettescake9513 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Queen Molly Aren't WE ALL of those things at the end of the day 😄😱😉😈

    • @serenegenerally
      @serenegenerally 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      also a hypocrite

    • @troophWVrrIor
      @troophWVrrIor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You mean human?

  • @Momo-bu3le
    @Momo-bu3le 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4961

    “The second packet actually only contained blue dye!”
    Me: Whaat? That’s crazy!
    “Oh and he was also a nazi and member of the KKK.”

    • @thorntails
      @thorntails 6 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      _wHEEZE_

    • @xember6697
      @xember6697 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      KKK? Lyk the Philippine's Kataas-taasang Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng Anak Ng Bayan?

    • @iberis361
      @iberis361 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Bro, that's a different kind of KKK

    • @IkeOkerekeNews
      @IkeOkerekeNews 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He was just a Nazi.

    • @theobnoxiouslycharming1747
      @theobnoxiouslycharming1747 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@IkeOkerekeNews they're the same thing lol. Same ideologies, same insecurities pretending to be pride. Just a different word lol

  • @Gemma402
    @Gemma402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3321

    I know there's bigger issues but he should have called them sea fairies.

    • @sev9642
      @sev9642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      gemma that sounds so beautiful

    • @namesaretuff
      @namesaretuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Sea Pixies?

    • @traftras1687
      @traftras1687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Sea flowers??

    • @miareanna7533
      @miareanna7533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      less kids woulda bought em

    • @yoced8213
      @yoced8213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      needs to appeal to both *genders* and attack helicopters

  • @XXxJustNikkyxXX
    @XXxJustNikkyxXX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5586

    Lmao jeez, when they said “things get weird” I didn’t think “racist nazi” was gonna be up there

    • @CookiePieMonster
      @CookiePieMonster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Don't forget self-hating.

    • @madchemist5926
      @madchemist5926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Racist JEWISH Nazi

    • @roylanabrewton4639
      @roylanabrewton4639 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      God

    • @PhoenixRoseYT
      @PhoenixRoseYT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Hey, you can’t just go around calling people Nazis because you disagree with them! (sarcasm)

    • @Money_Shot-j8u
      @Money_Shot-j8u 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@PhoenixRoseYT shut up, Nazi.

  • @wheeze2429
    @wheeze2429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3515

    Love how every child hood memory has to have a dark past.

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      *"Meg" sounds triggered. Makes me want to order 1000 of these.*

    • @luchadorfromthefuture2077
      @luchadorfromthefuture2077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree

    • @meliodas5585
      @meliodas5585 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your pfp 😂😂😂

    • @stueygriffith4671
      @stueygriffith4671 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stan Lee sold poisoned milk to school children.

    • @tonystavola9325
      @tonystavola9325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@michaelomalley1856 stfu racist pig 🐷

  • @cosmicstar1414
    @cosmicstar1414 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23751

    The invisible gold fish... *clap *clap *clap

    • @zaya5360
      @zaya5360 6 ปีที่แล้ว +977

      Cosmicstar1 you will NEVER see it...........
      or feel it

    • @dapperparraper860
      @dapperparraper860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +796

      then again the pet rocks were a thing so I question should i really be so surprised, also anyone want to buy an invisible fish I guarantee you will never see, hear, smell or feel it its like ut never existed

    • @lezlethal
      @lezlethal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +652

      At least you could see the pet rock. The invisible fish is just a scam.

    • @dapperparraper860
      @dapperparraper860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +742

      1. good point
      2. You just gave me a great idea the invisible pet rock

    • @Somkent
      @Somkent 6 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      Totally... How foolish were american kids back then... And the parents let them buy that crap without slapping them for thinking it....Crazy times.. I blame the education system:P Thank god things have gotten better and the planet is smarter as a whole, now where did I put my Pokemon toy.... Have to collect them all!!!

  • @HughWalenski
    @HughWalenski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4371

    I know it's too easy, but I really did Nazi that one coming.

  • @Deeeeeeee33333
    @Deeeeeeee33333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5493

    The invisible gold fish got me
    Ive never laughed so hard

    • @Deeeeeeee33333
      @Deeeeeeee33333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@vorzky1164 true... Is it?

    • @kaseyshay
      @kaseyshay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      Such a messed up scam 😂🤣 I was cracking up too.

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      And sad to think of kids at christmas 5 days on....really sad.

    • @iepurulbazil2857
      @iepurulbazil2857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Danny Walker that was so fire

    • @rjrenee4783
      @rjrenee4783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Dyandra Clevia
      That's like them selling the pet rock 😾😂😂😂😂💀💀💀
      My mother told me, " If you want a pet rock, just go outside and take your pick." ROTF 😂😂😂👏👏👏👏

  • @ward61898
    @ward61898 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4229

    That went from 0 to 1945 real fucking quick

    • @koikat3708
      @koikat3708 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      FUCK
      I CAN'T

    • @kirbyis4ever
      @kirbyis4ever 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      How does one TH-cam Went from 0 to +6 million real quick

    • @bryanmartinez6600
      @bryanmartinez6600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ZaPhobos more like 80 million

    • @emawerna
      @emawerna 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      When she said the story goes dark and referred to the patent for the "spring whip," I was fully expecting her to say that his next big toy idea was the whip and that it killed a bunch of kids.

    • @lonestarlibrarian1853
      @lonestarlibrarian1853 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That Specific Gentleman If you are going to troll, just do it less obviously please.

  • @doncheeto8343
    @doncheeto8343 7 ปีที่แล้ว +716

    this shit went for kid friendly to sham to white supremacy then back to kid friendly. great animation i especially like the von brauhn voice actor sounds like stan lee.

  • @miasiayup3091
    @miasiayup3091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1925

    bruh it went to "look at the sea monkeys" to " he was a member of the KKK"
    Edit: wow I come back a year later and They're having a whole argument.
    Edit: interesting though

    • @billcipher2467
      @billcipher2467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      And a Nazi :(

    • @lad9071
      @lad9071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      he's jews and nazi, that kinda irony

    • @Angel_Billy4-30-23
      @Angel_Billy4-30-23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I know, that shit was crazy.

    • @copeharder7554
      @copeharder7554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      and whats bad with that?

    • @sistershook1397
      @sistershook1397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@copeharder7554 uhhhh

  • @spakwi
    @spakwi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +726

    OK TH-cam ill watch it so you stop recommending it...

    • @shadowmyluv97
      @shadowmyluv97 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Real shit tho

    • @ateez_stan777
      @ateez_stan777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ikr

    • @cooolguy2.070
      @cooolguy2.070 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Omg that is so true

    • @enderdrache
      @enderdrache 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I am just here to trash Artemia. Triops are superior!
      They can and will eat those ugly back-paddlers.

    • @jaydo4545
      @jaydo4545 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      literally why I just clicked

  • @rachael6823
    @rachael6823 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5806

    well that escalated quickly

  • @waywardhero1177
    @waywardhero1177 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1730

    the voice actor makes me feel like he's either going to shoot and rob me in the mojave wasteland, or trick me into blowing up the underwater city of rapture

    • @preludetodemise
      @preludetodemise 6 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      would you kindly give me all your caps

    • @sierra6music
      @sierra6music 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      It almost makes me wish for a nuclear winter.

    • @ElainaLycan
      @ElainaLycan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      "You're nobody 'til somebody loves you, and that somebody is me. I love you."

    • @kevindavies5978
      @kevindavies5978 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha nv ref

    • @RandyTwang
      @RandyTwang 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha, yes!

  • @paulineburrows2417
    @paulineburrows2417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +884

    Me at the start of the video: harold sound like a nice guy making fun kids toys
    Me now : .......

    • @comic12558
      @comic12558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah but this is pretty sad and dark at the same time but if he had noting to do with that dark stuff he would be a pretty good guy tbh

    • @_Shadows__
      @_Shadows__ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@comic12558 he would still be kind of a scammer lmao but yeah, the sea monkey watch aquarium thing was pretty genious i think, the kids would have their pets everywhere haha

    • @tiffanyherridge6032
      @tiffanyherridge6032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know...my childhood was just crushed. What an awful, horrible thing children's and parents money went to. My heart completely broke when I heard the one man say hate is just like love.

    • @mn1q
      @mn1q 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Knowledge is both power and burden.

    • @burgernthemomrailer
      @burgernthemomrailer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tiffanyherridge6032 care about the art not the artist

  • @BethyCaraBethy
    @BethyCaraBethy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1348

    I’m almost 25 and have had sea monkeys since I was 19, I’ve never replaced the eggs, rarely buy the treats and rarely change the water fully.
    I genuinely think they’re amazing, you can see when the females are pregnant, the babies are cute.
    I’ve had multiple tanks so can vouch that a good 40% of the eggs don’t work - i always buy a few of the egg sachets for one hatching.

    • @jub8891
      @jub8891 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      did you feel a little clucky when you saw the baby sea monkies

    • @lucashiroshins
      @lucashiroshins 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      You could vlog about that

    • @kayosensei
      @kayosensei 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      BethyCaraBethy they still havent died since u were 19????

    • @painkillerjones6232
      @painkillerjones6232 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      You've never replaced eggs, bought treats or changed the water, yet you have multiple tanks where 40% of the eggs don't work while buying a few.....aahh, screw it! Anyone who's had sea monkeys for 6 years should have it looked at. Could be contagious.

    • @angelofdeath8739
      @angelofdeath8739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You made them live for 19 years! Now isn't that magic! What code did you use? I know you cheated through the source code!

  • @sobbski2672
    @sobbski2672 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2377

    > Does class presentation about Harold von Braunhut
    >do a kickass slides about him being a bright inventor of happiness
    >ask class to raise hand if they like this dude
    >wait for EVERYONE to raise their hand
    >immediately switch to the nazi/confederate flag
    >"He was actually a high ranking KKK member" I say

  • @TanTan-ni4mg
    @TanTan-ni4mg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +835

    But someone somewhere came along and made people buy "pet rocks" .

    • @feartheghus
      @feartheghus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Tan Tan admittedly, no one “made” people buy pet rocks, people did it all by themselves, all the inventor did was provide the pet rocks.

    • @PerplexiaX
      @PerplexiaX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tan Tan I just made my own Pet Rock! Why buy one!?! hahaha :-)

    • @justanotherhappyhumanist8832
      @justanotherhappyhumanist8832 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      My mom went to school with the guy who invented them. She said he was a huge slacker, and no one thought that he would ever do well, but he came up with the idea and bought all these adds in magazines. Everyone thought he was crazy, but he did well!

    • @PerplexiaX
      @PerplexiaX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Christine Moeller I knew someone who knew him too... can't think of who it was though...
      I remember something like that though, he was a lazy kid (with rich or well to do parents),
      and just started buying ads after ordering up a good stock of the boxes...
      amazing what people will buy... oh, sorry, my Furbie is calling me... gotta go! LOL :-)

    • @AaronDuck
      @AaronDuck 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Christine Moeller
      lol

  • @officialnezquick
    @officialnezquick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    My sister boiled my sea monkeys once when I ate the last clementine

  • @Vapor_Roads
    @Vapor_Roads 7 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    1. The voice in the beginning was very nostalgic.
    2. This channel needs more recognition.
    3. I’m glad I found this channel.
    Seriously the voice brings back memories.

    • @michaelkochalka3251
      @michaelkochalka3251 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/bhKiqo-nqm0/w-d-xo.html

    • @ChanupaBellGrande
      @ChanupaBellGrande 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This channel is headquartered in New York and has two locations in Europe. They have a million subs and views in similar volume. This isn't exactly some hidden gem it's pretty mainstream

    • @claroquesi471
      @claroquesi471 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought this was a subdivision of CNN because I always see these on the CNN app.

    • @ChanupaBellGrande
      @ChanupaBellGrande 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr.SlappyMcgee i just went by their about section but yeah they're owned by CNN films. Not exactly a grass roots voice of the people

  • @MissJ619
    @MissJ619 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1343

    I had sea monkeys when I was a teenager, I got them from Toys R Us, and mine lived for years, they even grew kinda big, they mated and had babies. It was crazy....lol.

    • @rickvalentino6920
      @rickvalentino6920 6 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      I had these as a kid. They were interesting, but I always wanted them to look just like the cartoon drawings of them in the comic books. So I was a little disappointed. you really had to use your imagination as a kid.

    • @coqui917
      @coqui917 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What did they eat?

    • @MissJ619
      @MissJ619 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@coqui917 this food that came with the kit. And it lasted for a few years bc you only needed a very little.

    • @jayjordan5555
      @jayjordan5555 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I had Sea Monkeys as a kid, and I was disappointed that they didn't look like little people with crown shaped heads!

    • @guslook3184
      @guslook3184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I got em through the mail in the early 90s an they didn't work. Got em from Walmart ten years ago an they were like yours.

  • @NatorNoah
    @NatorNoah 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3445

    Wait did this guy invent clickbait?!

    • @69weinerdog
      @69weinerdog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      yessss

    • @yoshipilot
      @yoshipilot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      Always knew the inventor of clickbait was a nazi

    • @casperd2100
      @casperd2100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Millennials/ Generation Zs that think ads to scam are called "clickbait"

    • @off-whiteangel3429
      @off-whiteangel3429 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no

    • @natearw
      @natearw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Actually no, in the late 1890s the yellow papers did

  • @OfTheiAm
    @OfTheiAm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3640

    LOL
    Me as a chid: *used already purified water*
    Also me: *Always skipped packet one*
    Me again: *Wonders why the egg packet never worked...*
    0_0 Me: _Omg I killed them._
    --->2019 Me: _Everything I knew was a LIE_

    • @mirangames6642
      @mirangames6642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      haha thats how life works :D

    • @MissTique247
      @MissTique247 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      LMAO! 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Now...THAT was funny AF!

    • @seka1986
      @seka1986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Stop wondering, you left out packet one.

    • @WeaMiner
      @WeaMiner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      s o r r y

    • @patricialynnmoore
      @patricialynnmoore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Boy, ain't that the truth. Everything was a lie! But why? The truth is so much more easier. It teaches a new generation life lessons that help in navigating this whole dream we are in. Contemplate that ~ we think we are doing life, good choices, bad choices, etc. and then find out down the road that we were actually someone else's dream. Yea, so all this shit doesn't matter, does it?

  • @javachup522
    @javachup522 7 ปีที่แล้ว +918

    At the end they called it a tiny story yet the title says it is a great big story.
    Who should I trust?

    • @stefanfrunza1697
      @stefanfrunza1697 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Javachup Trust no one

    • @byxtremez1831
      @byxtremez1831 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      pulls out gun *TRUST NO ONE*

    • @obamayomama8291
      @obamayomama8291 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Javachup It's conspiracy?!

    • @liawatson5789
      @liawatson5789 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Javachup Don't trust CNN; fake news.

    • @nonyabeeswax
      @nonyabeeswax 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Remember packet number 1 is incomplete until you add the packet number 2

  • @elroyscout
    @elroyscout 6 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    Nobody suspects the brine shrimp guy

    • @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush
      @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Christopher OBrien nobody

    • @lamp1515
      @lamp1515 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @lamp1515
      @lamp1515 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TakeAmericaBackfromISRAEL trying to start a fight are we? 🤔

    • @frankiebigrings7048
      @frankiebigrings7048 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TakeAmericaBackfromISRAEL shut up you bigoted piece of shit

    • @lamp1515
      @lamp1515 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      TakeAmericaBackfromISRAEL just ignore this guy, he wants attention

  • @lizzyfrizzle8986
    @lizzyfrizzle8986 6 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    Many years ago I once bought sea monkeys and they worked ,and there were actually a few generations of them and in one of them there was an absolutely massive one and I watched it eat the others and when it laid its eggs and they grew they eventually killed or waited for the big one to die and then they ate it ,so that's something I guess ,hope you liked that short story

    • @aaau8742
      @aaau8742 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      the darkness within I did like that short story.

    • @tasteyfoood
      @tasteyfoood 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was great, thanks.

    • @Nayradharma
      @Nayradharma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      the darkness within what a touching little story

    • @mustanaamiotto3812
      @mustanaamiotto3812 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i wish we had them in finland...

    • @theliveing
      @theliveing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's the kind of thing I was expecting to hear in the video, but unfortunately they wanted to remind us that white supremacists have bad opinions.

  • @Greendragon434
    @Greendragon434 5 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    show me one kid ever who was fixated on their watch, counting down the hours until they could get home to play with their beloved sea monkeys

    • @MissTique247
      @MissTique247 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I think it was pretty standard that after that magical moment of putting in the, what we now know was only dye, amazing & mysterious 2nd packet, the fascination immediately started it's downslide. Within a week, tops, we were well on to the next thing!

    • @gojistopmotionguy8171
      @gojistopmotionguy8171 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wait to come home...

    • @rachelgroth7108
      @rachelgroth7108 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It really was good marketing. It worked but they are not entertaining enough so they die. They were magical anyways so the deaths were no tragedy and you could always buy more and try again in a few months

    • @user-ye9bc7nw2c
      @user-ye9bc7nw2c 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rachelgroth7108 wanna do the se

    • @user-ye9bc7nw2c
      @user-ye9bc7nw2c 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rachelgroth7108 x

  • @dare2554
    @dare2554 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1299

    You win TH-cam. You kept showing this damn video in my recommended list and I finally watched it even though it's almost a 2 year old video.

  • @stephaniejoobern1001
    @stephaniejoobern1001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    3:25
    Shoulda gone with "Sassy Shrimp" tbh

    • @bobbylawrence3517
      @bobbylawrence3517 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree !! Sounds cooler

    • @Famously5518
      @Famously5518 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Would have made the general disappointment a whole lot less

    • @lilmissmonsterrr
      @lilmissmonsterrr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Famously5518 he wasn't worried about disappointment, he was focused on the hook. And he sure hooked a lot of kids with that catchy name.

    • @Famously5518
      @Famously5518 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AssaultedPeanutt You right you right

    • @marianadelgadopease3031
      @marianadelgadopease3031 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sassy shrimp will be my new tumblr url for sure

  • @choptopjo
    @choptopjo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    I had sea monkeys as a kid and I loved them, I became insanely good at growing and breeding them to insane sizes and numbers and I would scoop up a little container of them, take them to my babysitters and feed them to her collection of guppies. I learnt very quickly what they were and I thought it would be really cool to supply a live diet to the fish. The guppies loved it, they were so healthy and thrived. I think I was 10 when this all happened.

    • @morefilms04
      @morefilms04 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You raised them as their parent and then sacrificed them 💀

    • @internetmonkey8326
      @internetmonkey8326 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you breed the, to make them big like that

    • @CallyWasHereOfficial
      @CallyWasHereOfficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bro….they were supposed to be pets wtf…. 10 yo minds r dark

    • @user-ye9bc7nw2c
      @user-ye9bc7nw2c 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ew

    • @Fr0zenNightmare
      @Fr0zenNightmare 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CallyWasHereOfficial Why "Bro"? Name and picture looks like a female, bro would be a term for brother, which is male...

  • @mjinme
    @mjinme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    My son, as a 4yo, after we ordered Sea Monkeys:
    Tim: Mama, can we buy a leash?
    Me: A leash? For what?
    Tim: So I can take my Sea Monkey for a walk!

    • @ElPinguinLoco
      @ElPinguinLoco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Silly Timmy, that's what the Sea-Monkeys Aquarium Wristwatch® is for

    • @TheNamesSpencer
      @TheNamesSpencer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ElPinguinLoco why the actually fcuk did you add the r bit

    • @minekid4624
      @minekid4624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheNamesSpencer lolllll

    • @barryblanchette7826
      @barryblanchette7826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ElPinguinLoco ok kk

    • @thacow7603
      @thacow7603 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No wait until these tiny cell organism evolve into a lizard then a monkey ur son will be happy

  • @alyssaa6925
    @alyssaa6925 6 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    i'm supposed to be studying for my senior year final exams but here i am... watching a 16 minute video on the history of sea monkeys

    • @stephcurry8725
      @stephcurry8725 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hope you pass 👌

    • @lofarm7290
      @lofarm7290 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good luck! Hope you found some focus!

    • @alyssaa6925
      @alyssaa6925 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you so much

    • @istillcantbelievetheseahaw7963
      @istillcantbelievetheseahaw7963 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alyssa A You have final exams in october? School just started for me lol.

    • @alyssaa6925
      @alyssaa6925 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      IStillCan'tBelieveTheSeahawksDidn'tRunTheBall lol, i live in australia btw so our schooling system works differently to the rest of the world :c

  • @keeweefroot2692
    @keeweefroot2692 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1720

    I often find myself thinking "everyone in those old black and white films are dead. Including the dog"

    • @francogiobbimontesanti3826
      @francogiobbimontesanti3826 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Keewee Froot all dogs from the 90s are dead

    • @CommandLineVulpine
      @CommandLineVulpine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      *notices ur icon* owo I know that character

    • @canofspam4337
      @canofspam4337 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      You are just shiting rainbows all over the place Jesus Christ

    • @Chris-ek1uh
      @Chris-ek1uh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Especially the dog.

    • @Bishka100
      @Bishka100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      So do I. But......
      If you are over 17 years old, you are older than every dog in the world
      If you are over 4 years old, you are older than every Robin in the world
      If you are over 3 years old, you are older than every butterfly that has ever lived.
      if you are over 2 DAYS old, you are older than every Mayfly that has ever lived.

  • @Funnyfish66
    @Funnyfish66 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1575

    Kids love pets. Just pour water, and watch them eventually starve to death!

    • @deespot3
      @deespot3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      I was thinking theee same thing? No starter food packet? Gotta buy THAT seperate...plus s&h...sad

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      *Hit a baby bird with a hammer and drop him in. Instant food!!!*

    • @jyll1608
      @jyll1608 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      MummyChunks I fed mine thankfully haha

    • @merume5199
      @merume5199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I bought fish food separately and fed mine, they would never die, they lasted for 1 year

    • @brandonwachter2264
      @brandonwachter2264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I had them when I was a kid. You DID get a starter packet of food equal in size to purifier/egg packet. As I myself bred guppies, I had plenty of "aquatic" food stuffs onhand. My sea monkeys did well. They even mated & had new generations of offspring. You would see a little, dark, egg mass toward the tail end before they were released. 😊✌

  • @cc3184
    @cc3184 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    The fact that they didn't look like they did on the box truly disappointed 1970's child me.

    • @jessstuart7495
      @jessstuart7495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I remember pouring in the 1st packet, and a day later seeing little white things swimming around in the plastic container and being really confused.

  • @romeysiamese6712
    @romeysiamese6712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +662

    I really thought they would look like little sea people with crowns.

    • @hustlebunny7740
      @hustlebunny7740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Me too 🤦😄😄

    • @day2day4kids
      @day2day4kids 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Me too wth? Why bother showing me a happy family wearing crowns?

    • @michelleadams474
      @michelleadams474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol, I'd thought they'd look like the Whos in Dr. Seuss! Boy was I a disappointed kid.

    • @Thewildlifeenthusiast123
      @Thewildlifeenthusiast123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When i was a child i love animals i do not believe that and i have a book about inverts i found them as brine shrimps

    • @_chifalafel
      @_chifalafel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Back then i thought sea monkeys eats eachother until 1 survives into a monkey

  • @CoxJoxSox
    @CoxJoxSox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1875

    Why does a German guy have a Jersey mob accent? LOL

    • @gigglesmansonn
      @gigglesmansonn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Seriously 😂😂

    • @ooferkassl6595
      @ooferkassl6595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      He jewish and he was born in new york

    • @bingbonghafu
      @bingbonghafu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Jews are all over the globe, his recent ancestors probably emigrated to the US from Germany (and that area) or Israel

    • @ozstewart7650
      @ozstewart7650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      be isn’t german

    • @ozstewart7650
      @ozstewart7650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      he was born in NY

  • @cal505
    @cal505 6 ปีที่แล้ว +720

    Did you read his autobiography Brine Kampf?

  • @marshiemellow
    @marshiemellow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Sassy Shrimp 💀💀
    Aqua Fleas
    Zombie Barnacles

    • @Emanresuadeen
      @Emanresuadeen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I've got it....Sea Nazis!

    • @Dat-Boi
      @Dat-Boi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Emanresuadeen brilliant !

  • @cognitohazard3
    @cognitohazard3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +574

    at first i was like 'why is this a dark past he seems like a genius'
    then she goes 'the aryan nation" and i'm like 'i see'

    • @thedarkmasterthedarkmaster
      @thedarkmasterthedarkmaster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well I mean it doesn't really had snuff to do with SeaMonkeys themselves

    • @slow71971
      @slow71971 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      So do you..listen to yourself.

  • @ShookOnesTO
    @ShookOnesTO 7 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    When I was kid we just had these sponge things. They just expanded in water. They were shaped as monkey's and they were called "sea monkey's". They weren't living things though.
    I've seen them in shows like the simpsons but I didnt know you could actually get the real thing. Im 28 btw.

    • @joegreen_
      @joegreen_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yeah i remember those! :D

    • @nedisahonkey
      @nedisahonkey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      J Grizzle I'm 23 and it was still easy to get sea monkeys and another slightly larger brine shrimp that looked kinda like a small horseshoe crab when I was a kid.

    • @spooky5762
      @spooky5762 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Shook Ones I got those too mine was an octopus and it grew really large and then it just crumbled into pieces they were made in china btw

    • @richardwu9013
      @richardwu9013 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those are triops, which use the same trick.

    • @xjxnniferx.terraria4239
      @xjxnniferx.terraria4239 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shook Ones i had those to but i had dinosaurs and the dissolving dinosaur eggs.

  • @doublechin8088
    @doublechin8088 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1965

    you deserve a lot more respect and views considering how well done your videos are made

    • @Mr.Welton
      @Mr.Welton 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes you do

    • @JaehyunLim1
      @JaehyunLim1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Isn't this CNN?

    • @ComboMon-
      @ComboMon- 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bryan Arevalo same

    • @ComboMon-
      @ComboMon- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bryan Arevalo it's like a history documentary

    • @mr.hihi2291
      @mr.hihi2291 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bryan Arevalo AQ

  • @EpicGamerEG
    @EpicGamerEG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Not gonna lie, they had us in the first half.

  • @aliv6321
    @aliv6321 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1505

    Are you happy TH-cam? After seeing this for the longest time I clicked it, are you happy now? -,-

    • @hayleysharples3060
      @hayleysharples3060 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂

    • @moved5387
      @moved5387 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Everyday I wake up to watch a youtube video, I would always find this in my recommendeds.

    • @duhanegod1532
      @duhanegod1532 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      jddsdssjddsds this is me

    • @gremlin0890
      @gremlin0890 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fuckin same.

    • @gremlin0890
      @gremlin0890 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fuckin same.

  • @Eli-akad
    @Eli-akad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    The invisible gold fish is the greatest inventions of all time. Truely one for the pros

    • @pmolqrcd3370
      @pmolqrcd3370 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Definitely up there with the pet rock.

    • @viveus_
      @viveus_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Don’t forget the money duplicator!

  • @Sara-uz1rz
    @Sara-uz1rz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    this video showed up in my recommendations but i’m so glad i watched it, so interesting and well made

    • @jordanreid7076
      @jordanreid7076 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I gave you a thumbs up cuz your pic is Alaska ThunderF*ck 5000. Right on! Luv her!

    • @amaezbotany4101
      @amaezbotany4101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I stan your profile pic omg

    • @yukiko5819
      @yukiko5819 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @itsqueerinhere
      @itsqueerinhere 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love seeing Drag Race fans pop up in random videos :')

  • @germanboy5392
    @germanboy5392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Shit..50 frikkin years and I just find out I had to purify water for 24 hours?

  • @ash4783
    @ash4783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    The biggest scam was the invisible goldfish lol

    • @re-upb4now920
      @re-upb4now920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Right lol feeding the water gold fish food 🤣

  • @vizthex
    @vizthex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    God level marketing skills

    • @user-fq1ig3uy3q
      @user-fq1ig3uy3q 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      IKR!

    • @xmikemillsx
      @xmikemillsx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kind of like Hitler lmao

    • @bazoinker
      @bazoinker 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, vizthex.
      Btw I love the profile picture.

    • @aeis3007
      @aeis3007 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bazoinker So in a way you supported the Nazis and the KKK. You make me sick!

    • @KCN8er
      @KCN8er 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like our president.

  • @Shortshortsandpizza
    @Shortshortsandpizza 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1715

    WTF THEIR JUST SHRIMP...I LITERALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE LITTLE WEIRD PEOPLE

  • @alanmorris7669
    @alanmorris7669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    When I was a kid in the 1970s, I had no idea that my pet Sea Monkey's were actually just a bunch of brine shrimp. One thing's for sure, you can't teach them to do tricks like the comic book ad claimed. I was only 9 years old and it was my first experience in getting scammed.

  • @sminthian
    @sminthian 6 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    I always figured packet 1 was a dechlorinator. I have non-chlorinated well water, so we just used packet 2, the eggs. I guess this explains why nothing ever hatched...

    • @PixlRainbow
      @PixlRainbow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      sminthian I was honestly surprised *brine* shrimp could survive in freshwater. I expected them to be specialized solely to saltwater.

    • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc
      @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Also, if you freeze-frame the patent text, you'll see that there's a dechlorinator in packet 1 as well. And at least in the original iteration of the product, there were eggs in the second packet too, to ensure "mommy & daddy" sea monkeys _and_ "the kids". But if you were missing out on the dechlorinators and other water-conditioners from packet 1, yeah, perhaps your packet 2 aquasimians were doomed.

  • @mikespanj
    @mikespanj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    Yes let me spend twelve minutes bringing nostalgia back from your childhood and then ruin your vision of toy makers

    • @mrrobot8973
      @mrrobot8973 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      SpanJ let me tell you how you supported the Nazi party, when you were 8 years old

    • @Jacqthepossposs
      @Jacqthepossposs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so is the way of CNN

    • @lightdark00
      @lightdark00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ruin? It made it better!

    • @mrrobot8973
      @mrrobot8973 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jay Eisenhardt the voice acting was incredibly good!

    • @jadam.2410
      @jadam.2410 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lightdark00 for you, not for us. Some of us aren’t sick.

  • @kennyman115
    @kennyman115 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1295

    i have my own invention its call the invisible girlfriend :(

    • @pdph-kk4ut
      @pdph-kk4ut 6 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      your hand isn't invisible

    • @doxiekitten6526
      @doxiekitten6526 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@pdph-kk4ut THIS COMMENT AND REPLY NEEDS MORE UPVOTES OH MY ACTUAL GOD.

    • @FUSHICHOorKURAYAMI
      @FUSHICHOorKURAYAMI 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *HAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*
      YOLO......Yolo Indeed.

    • @mitchwrench239
      @mitchwrench239 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      HA HA HA HA

    • @swagduragyt
      @swagduragyt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol same

  • @samtheperson6863
    @samtheperson6863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I checked at the part where he was vibing in a castle how much time was left in the video. When there was 12 minutes left, I simply braced for whatever plot twist was coming, and godammit a plot twist there was.

  • @IAmTheRainbowDash1
    @IAmTheRainbowDash1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    It’s 2am and I came to watch this to try and fall asleep. Now I’m woke af

    • @doxiekitten6526
      @doxiekitten6526 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      3AM And I Am Watching This For The Same Reason. 13 Minutes In And I Am Very Woke And Conflicted. Someone Please Help Me.

    • @ryanbashaw4513
      @ryanbashaw4513 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sheeple living in their webs following the strings

    • @outsidercain3038
      @outsidercain3038 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      next step, go broke

    • @mcuserton
      @mcuserton 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Day later, 2:30am, same situation.

    • @commandermeow6790
      @commandermeow6790 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @ghostestwiththemostest
    @ghostestwiththemostest 6 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    "This is where things get a bit strange..."
    A BIT?

    • @Yartarb
      @Yartarb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hannah Koufos 😂😂

  • @stephaniejoobern1001
    @stephaniejoobern1001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +595

    I guess you could say the creator of sea monkeys was...
    Anti-SEAmetic.

    • @illumathoti
      @illumathoti 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stephanie Joobern hahahahahah oh god that was hilarious.

    • @jakemcmullen4864
      @jakemcmullen4864 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And the best pun award goes to...

    • @luciasofia8890
      @luciasofia8890 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well done. Well done.

    • @Thomes-Maisling
      @Thomes-Maisling 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...Somebody else

    • @jasminekim9987
      @jasminekim9987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🏆 here just take it

  • @Marzetty23
    @Marzetty23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Holy shit this video was actually good. Can't believe what the hell they found about him.

    • @danielcadwell9812
      @danielcadwell9812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What the fuck does it matter if the man who invented sea monkeys was a racist?

    • @ran6643
      @ran6643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@danielcadwell9812 well first of all, it's bad for obvious reasons.. the KKK killed people (as far as I know) I'm not trying to get into an argument with your right of speech, but I'm just saying that i think it's bad

    • @viperlife914
      @viperlife914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They literaly had no evidence of that this is obviously fake you really believe everything you watch huh this is what wrong with the world now believing everything you see on the internet even if the evidence is ass

    • @mariaadeel2423
      @mariaadeel2423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@viperlife914 Well do you have any evidence proving against their accusations? If not then-
      You have trust issues.

    • @ajarofmayonnaise3250
      @ajarofmayonnaise3250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@danielcadwell9812 seriously hope your kids are okay

  • @spiritnc2031
    @spiritnc2031 6 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    only 1 dollar ? well now its 15$

    • @dphorgan
      @dphorgan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Inflation baby...

    • @incognito4825
      @incognito4825 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Trumps tariffs ?

    • @aimeemaurer4862
      @aimeemaurer4862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeh and mine didn’t hatch

    • @ecosti
      @ecosti 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      1 dollar that time had more value of 15 dollars today

    • @miirxh
      @miirxh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      in australia they cost $30+ now ...

  • @tristanbaravraham6349
    @tristanbaravraham6349 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2198

    I'M 53 and as a kid read comic books, etc. Remember in "A Christmas Story" how Ralphie felt after the Ovaltine debacle? That was how I felt after I got my Sea Monkeys. It was also the 1st time I was directly f*cked by marketing. BTW GREAT voice acting.

    • @zeusmid7980
      @zeusmid7980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Great scene.

    • @scientificbrony
      @scientificbrony 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Very good voice acting

    • @WanagiAkicita
      @WanagiAkicita 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm 53 too, friend! We saw all the same things at the same age.

    • @WanagiAkicita
      @WanagiAkicita 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Robo Waifu, you're not "on youtube". You're just another pointless commentor. Upload a video, freeloader.

    • @dianac.9648
      @dianac.9648 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      WanagiAkicita but he has

  • @slainedsoldier1269
    @slainedsoldier1269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1759

    Oh sheit Nazi brine shrimp plot twist

    • @chasethecat2399
      @chasethecat2399 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Didn't see that coming, like how the first package is the eggs!

    • @strangerbynight
      @strangerbynight 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Slainedsoldier o

    • @strangerbynight
      @strangerbynight 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Slainedsoldier i

    • @bigblackchungus336
      @bigblackchungus336 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Slainedsoldier wow

    • @no1ded476
      @no1ded476 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slainedsoldier should have put tiny bombs in the eggs and then they would have exploded

  • @PetrisDF
    @PetrisDF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I was looking into the voice acting work that my Grandpa did and came across this! Sam Mercurio is a great man, a wonderful voice actor, and my inspiration to get into voice acting in the first place!

    • @Danz009
      @Danz009 ปีที่แล้ว

      is that the voice thank you i was looking for that😊

  • @Veronica1477
    @Veronica1477 6 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    I'm a teenager now and as a kid these were fucking magic but now knowing that these are just brine shrimp killed me

    • @imcmart6037
      @imcmart6037 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Wasikoi 재 I'm sorry for your immeasurably small loss. My condolences.

    • @ryanclemons1
      @ryanclemons1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      one less furry in the world :)

    • @Cyrilcynder1
      @Cyrilcynder1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Excuse me..... Mutant brine shrimp..

    • @zaya5360
      @zaya5360 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I didint care what they were, they were fucken cool to me

    • @postshift19
      @postshift19 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RIP Wasikoi 재

  • @chrishammock4544
    @chrishammock4544 6 ปีที่แล้ว +768

    So, once I had a fish tank in the back of my classroom. We studied brine shrimp once in the nearby biology classes. I didn't feel like feeding fish so eventually I started buying brine shrimp and learning how to hatch them. DIRT cheap! So, I had some, left them, forgot about them. Put them in the bottom of a plant I was growing in just water. Ignored them for about 6months. Maybe even a year.
    I came back LONG after any reasonable amount of time to a plant that I had kept watering. Sure it had brine shrimp for a while, but I didn't expect any microbes. One day I see movement in among the roots of the plant. Upon checking it out, I found I had a MASSIVE brine shrimp about the size of a quarter. It had gossamer wings and was a tiny angel living in my plant jar. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Lasted almost another year. I would just go back and watch for it and it would glide around with these massive wings. STUNNING how large and beautiful it became.

    • @Fae_van
      @Fae_van 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Omg stop

    • @MrMichaeljay1965
      @MrMichaeljay1965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      I bought these for my kids and after many, many months, some of them got huge. Not along the lines of what you're talking about, but pretty damn big. I enjoyed watching them grow, along with my kids...Then, our angel fish had babies and I found out that I had to breed brine shrimp to feed the tiny fish. This was the end of my innocence.

    • @mastercleanseNOTdiet
      @mastercleanseNOTdiet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      +1up *OR* what the person said is the f*cking truth & it did grow that big. and some complete stranger on the comp just saying "false memory" is diarrhea of the mouth & know-it-all assumption lol

    • @fictatiousnameees6752
      @fictatiousnameees6752 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'M BATMAN!

    • @GeeaRCee
      @GeeaRCee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You high?

  • @theatlasmoth6580
    @theatlasmoth6580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +603

    Is it just me or is his voice in this video really satisfying to listen too?

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The Atlas Moth sounds like somet he’s part of the MOB

    • @MagnusTonitrum117
      @MagnusTonitrum117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The Atlas Moth Honestly, whomever voiced him did an amazing job

    • @snoopdawg21
      @snoopdawg21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@MagnusTonitrum117 That man would be Sam Mercurio, my grandpa on my mom's side

    • @MagnusTonitrum117
      @MagnusTonitrum117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Petris IRL Noice, he has an awesome voice

    • @wendyladybug355laurie4
      @wendyladybug355laurie4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@snoopdawg21 Way Cool!!!👼👼

  • @squoosetiel
    @squoosetiel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Why was this put on unlisted this is the best sea monkeys video I've seen

    • @JLYCCLK
      @JLYCCLK 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also couldnt find it on youtube

    • @squoosetiel
      @squoosetiel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JLYCCLK i had to google for a good five minutes to find it

  • @sackheadjones5407
    @sackheadjones5407 6 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Jesus this went sky high instantly.

  • @marnsdnfois7006
    @marnsdnfois7006 6 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    First 10 minutes: Wow, this Harold guy was a marketing genius.
    1 minute later: Oh shit.

    • @Kaff231
      @Kaff231 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dartmoorian X IKR Exactly.. As brilliant as everyone said he was about marketing was actually a downright fu*%#+? idiot really.

    • @MRafaelDS
      @MRafaelDS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe he knows something you dont...

    • @LORDNAG1
      @LORDNAG1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MRafaelDS stupid sells?

    • @MRafaelDS
      @MRafaelDS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nestor Gonzalez stupid buys?

    • @jamesoverby5095
      @jamesoverby5095 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      still a marketing genius, just a pos too lol

  • @uncleben1922
    @uncleben1922 6 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    It just goes to show that we shouldnt judge someones morality by their intelligence

    • @Maimimika
      @Maimimika 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Rocky Bearboa theres a lot of truth to this

    • @blakecarnes9400
      @blakecarnes9400 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We get it, you watch Rick and Morty

    • @medic8377
      @medic8377 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or vice versa. Lol

  • @HeyItsLR
    @HeyItsLR ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wonder why the video got unlisted

  • @kimchi8022
    @kimchi8022 7 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Wow..I really did not expect this video to take a dark turn. Keep making these amazing interesting videos. You deserve all your likes and subscribers. Coming from a person that has been watching TH-cam videos for years.

  • @nikburton9264
    @nikburton9264 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I wanted sea monkeys when I was a kid. My Pop said he'd get me some. I came home from school and he had a gallon jar of them swimming around on my dresser with a small lamp behind them. I found out years later that he got them from the neighbors who raised brine shrimp for their tropical fish. They were cool for a week till I dropped in couple tiny minnows who ate all my monkeys. Then I got a dog, so who cared?

    • @aleeburitz7310
      @aleeburitz7310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "who cared" the minnows...
      They were hoping for seconds and maybe dessert.😝😁😝😁

    • @whitehorse1959
      @whitehorse1959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Your pop was a smart guy

    • @knowhereman1
      @knowhereman1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You need to write a book!

    • @thethreeoregonchicks2745
      @thethreeoregonchicks2745 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aww what a nice Dad

    • @kappa3667
      @kappa3667 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ahahahaha. Thats pretty hilarious this comment gave me a good laugh and I really needed it after hearing how Harold was a Nazi.

  • @marie-helenemartel7147
    @marie-helenemartel7147 6 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    the two paquets trick is kind of genius...

  • @MetalizedButt
    @MetalizedButt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I feel like I just watched a Netflix documentary god dammit

  • @turtleking7772
    @turtleking7772 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2176

    It’s fine, I didn’t need to enjoy my childhood at all it’s fine.

    • @TheOriginalGamerdud
      @TheOriginalGamerdud 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      TurtleKing777 lmao

    • @lilegg4390
      @lilegg4390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TurtleKing777
      Hey dad

    • @sherrifrazier5722
      @sherrifrazier5722 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TurtleKing777 omg right!!!!! I had the glass ball necklace but my lil 💩💩never survived but I loved it!!

    • @ReptilianTeaDrinker
      @ReptilianTeaDrinker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hunt J. Laurs And you can't even differentiate between you're and your.

    • @personalaccount1388
      @personalaccount1388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Unless youre like 60, then this probably wasnt your childhood

  • @lauren2480
    @lauren2480 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2121

    *”The Dark Past of Sea monkeys”*
    alright time to get off the internet
    edit- 1.5K likes??? This is the most fame I will ever get

  • @JustinJustinBeats
    @JustinJustinBeats 6 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    Damn when you guys said dark past, I thought it was just some bullshit clickbait. But that was totally unexpected..XD

  • @spankytheirishman1408
    @spankytheirishman1408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I too raised Sea Monkeys.
    I also noticed the existence of the Sea Monkeys on packet number one.
    Kinda proud.
    I was only ten years old.
    I had the ocean view aquarium too. On my second batch they actually got to the point of mating.
    I remember some members of the school were happily connected. Makin brine love.

  • @TowerMom
    @TowerMom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +568

    I just bought my 8yro a sea monkey kit. Living in an apartment complex that charges out the butt for pets, they were the best choice for her first pet. They're easy and cheap. I was very open with her about what they actually are, and how long they usually last. Bless her heart, she doesnt care. I think that's the while point. Kids will still love something no matter what.

    • @MrMigido
      @MrMigido 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Kids want to create love. Nurturing animals is important in that process.
      Then they go to school.

    • @Dark0neone
      @Dark0neone 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Rico Williams that doesn't mean anyone has to like it, and the more aware of it we are, the better off future children will be.

    • @TowerMom
      @TowerMom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Mrs. R.D yep. If you look hard enough you can find them. If not online, then at toy stores. 😉

    • @alishal.9566
      @alishal.9566 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mine never worked

    • @AndrewHupert
      @AndrewHupert 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bastydragon no;

  • @ananimity7332
    @ananimity7332 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1084

    Anyone remember Mexican Jumping Beans?

    • @Beromite
      @Beromite 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Ana Nimity those were my frickin childhood I loved them

    • @ananimity7332
      @ananimity7332 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me too!!!

    • @morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333
      @morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Next video: The inventor of Mexican Jumping Beans was also Jewish and supported Pinochet.

    • @ananimity7332
      @ananimity7332 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Michele Theriault i loved Gilligan's Island

    • @lzeph
      @lzeph 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Michele Theriault
      I was quite enamored with my Mexican Jumping Bean until someone told me there was a worm trapped inside. Think that's why I suffered claustrophobia in my youth -- which must have been during the same years as yours, but my 39 year old son tells me I'm 'older than god' so maybe I'm a wee bit older. Or not. =-D

  • @brittybrad
    @brittybrad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Lol a dollar is pretty expensive, it's like the 19.99 $ tv ads now adays

  • @fatcunt4029
    @fatcunt4029 6 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    That went from 1 to 100 real quick

  • @halfpint2502
    @halfpint2502 6 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Tbh I thought the dark part was them only giving you one months worth of food so they'd just end up starving...

    • @joeymeyer6956
      @joeymeyer6956 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Half Pint not the whole “Harold is a nazi” thing?

    • @uwumaster3272
      @uwumaster3272 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Joey Meyer read it again they said they THOUGHT as in before they watched the vid

    • @PowerPunk31590
      @PowerPunk31590 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You could buy more food for them

    • @robotnoir5299
      @robotnoir5299 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait, are there people who _aren't_ nazis? I thought the definition of nazi was "someone I disagree with on some minor point". Did it have a more sinister definition in the past?

    • @bazinga479
      @bazinga479 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      robot noir, a nazi is someone who follows hitler, u seem to have been mislead on that definition there.... look it up on google

  • @Archie0pteryx
    @Archie0pteryx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    I really wanted these when I was a kid but my parents would refuse to buy them for me because they assumed I thought that they were like the stupid illustrations, but I'd learned something cool about them, that they always swim upside down with their bellies towards the light so if you put them in a dark tank and shine the light from below they would go upside down or to one side they would align and swim in a vertical plane or a horizontal or whatever, so I managed to get some for my science fair project, they were fun :D
    If you ever get to Salt Lake City, the lake has really pretty brine shrimp that range in colour from a deep reddish orange to sunflower yellow to cream colour. I wasn't able to get them to breed though

    • @rosysingh6699
      @rosysingh6699 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nicky Pearson Where in SLC?

    • @cherrybansx7398
      @cherrybansx7398 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had one till my dickbag friend tipped the tank over and kill them all. I never invited him over after that

    • @Archie0pteryx
      @Archie0pteryx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nooooooo. When older and wiser I was better at aquariums I got them again (to raise as fish food) but rather than using the provided "water conditioner" I used my own chlorine remover and aquarium salt because I was raising them in a bigger tank. They never got born! I thought they must have gotten too cold (I was living way up in Canada at the time and they may have gotten zapped with -40 degree weather and I was disappointed but didn't stress over it that bad. Way later I learned that the "eggs" aren't eggs ad the eggs are in the water conditioner (which I had chucked) D'oh! XD

    • @Archie0pteryx
      @Archie0pteryx 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rosy Singh: In the Lake- the Great Salt one. :)

    • @wintrwrld5068
      @wintrwrld5068 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cherry Inmato wowwwww I would've did the same thing

  • @altaraiser1054
    @altaraiser1054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Why was this Unlisted?

  • @OneEyedJack01
    @OneEyedJack01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    Lies! Next you'll be claiming that those x-ray glasses don't really work! Ha!

    • @steveirwinsleftnut6925
      @steveirwinsleftnut6925 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      OneEyedJack01 well I have bad news for you

    • @candarieyellow1925
      @candarieyellow1925 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *pinches nose*
      It seems we may need to have a talk.

    • @patrickthebaptist-sharingt428
      @patrickthebaptist-sharingt428 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They work real well if you put some gasoline on a rag and put it to your face and breathe deep before using your xtard glasses..... Maybe count to potato at the same time if you want 4k quality....

    • @bobbyslater1198
      @bobbyslater1198 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were two pigeon feathers on the lenses. This doubled the image.

    • @crystalmobley3424
      @crystalmobley3424 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      umm I think that's a joke folks

  • @callummarriott7818
    @callummarriott7818 6 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Holy shit, the turn of tide at 11:45 completely took me by surprise. It went from "I actually really want to buy some Sea Monkeys" to "oh my god I might have indirectly given money to the Aryan Nations as a kid"

    • @FixedFace
      @FixedFace 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Callum Marriott oh my god, you might be a boring bimbo too!

    • @MaxJ.ProfessionalLilGuy
      @MaxJ.ProfessionalLilGuy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I was sitting here thinking “Dude, this guy made millions of off scams and extremely clever deception, I kinda want to be like him! That’s awesome!” I then thought “lay off the Nazi a little, alright? I was enjoying this dude.”

    • @callummarriott7818
      @callummarriott7818 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Boring, yes but bimbo?

    • @SNNetwork
      @SNNetwork 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      yep. that dollar funded many shaved heads

    • @maxsrebro6072
      @maxsrebro6072 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Fixed Face who's more boring? The "bimbo" or the guy replying to her

  • @enterprisingcaptian875
    @enterprisingcaptian875 6 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    If you added the blue dye to the goldfish could you see them too?!😏

    • @user-fq1ig3uy3q
      @user-fq1ig3uy3q 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Nah, just foggy water.

    • @orsoncallankrennic7245
      @orsoncallankrennic7245 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      The invisible goldfish are so invisible that they no longer have physical forms, making the dye useless. Even ghost hunters can’t find them.

    • @hairycrocs5038
      @hairycrocs5038 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      FBI: DON’T MOVE

    • @brandoniv5295
      @brandoniv5295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@orsoncallankrennic7245 dang

  • @HazzyBae
    @HazzyBae 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Invisible Gold Fish WTF😂😂

  • @what7287
    @what7287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    this doesn't seem like a really dark pastnevermind.

    • @aez8
      @aez8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your right

    • @angelluis4423
      @angelluis4423 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your dog is ugly as fuck...

    • @jmwjrsmom
      @jmwjrsmom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@angelluis4423 your mom is ugly as fuck

    • @kasdfg776
      @kasdfg776 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @What...Cute Shep!

    • @hugono3938
      @hugono3938 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tabatha Wilson the dog is ugly but it’s cute ugly.

  • @veelalynne
    @veelalynne 6 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    Somebody once claimed that you could market anything. Hell, you could bottle frigging water and if you marketed it right, people would drink it up and you could make millions, even if they could get it easily for free out of drinking fountains and their own damn tap. That's brilliant marketing. Yep.

    • @OldNavajoTricks
      @OldNavajoTricks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      veela lynne peckham Spring...

    • @MrMichaeljay1965
      @MrMichaeljay1965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Or, in the words of George Carlin, "Nail two things together that have never been nailed together before, and some schmuck will buy it."

    • @ginnymiller2448
      @ginnymiller2448 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      In some places the water that comes out of the tap is garbage, and the only way you can safely consume water is to get it elsewhere. Bottled water is convenient for this problem. Real spring water tastes better than tap water in many places. Just sayin'.

    • @YABBAHEY1
      @YABBAHEY1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And if you promote it well to the plastics industry you'll even have instant financial backing !

    • @KK-tl4ih
      @KK-tl4ih 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol there are even people selling air in jars. The air is "clean" and "not polluted"

  • @jscotthatcher380
    @jscotthatcher380 7 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    great video! also thanks for ruining my childhood. ; P

    • @5trafficcone921
      @5trafficcone921 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      J Scott Hatcher bro, it's not like your childhood never happened, if something was s special to you then no amount of white supremacy can tear away your special moments with your brine shrimp

    • @jscotthatcher380
      @jscotthatcher380 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "bro" it was joke.

    • @5trafficcone921
      @5trafficcone921 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      J Scott Hatcher dude, I caught your intentions, I'm just peeved by people who say that such and such ruined their childhood, so I used you to make a point.

    • @shaunroberts6025
      @shaunroberts6025 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      how can your childhood be ruined, if you're not a child anymore?

    • @gelatinemychelle6686
      @gelatinemychelle6686 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably because.."Real life...is just downright crappy." XD sorry I had too

  • @Mrgingerdread1
    @Mrgingerdread1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +700

    Mien shrimp

    • @omegayeet6183
      @omegayeet6183 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      *mein*

    • @tomatotom984
      @tomatotom984 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      matthew brookes congrats have just enough followers to make a cult

    • @admiralackbar4487
      @admiralackbar4487 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mein Shrimpf

    • @assymcnasty1035
      @assymcnasty1035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol you all. Too funny. Over shrimp? 420 love ya'll

    • @thecapone45
      @thecapone45 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When I first read this comment I didn't understand.
      Now I do. ):

  • @TheLadyLiddell
    @TheLadyLiddell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Anyone else think the actual brine shrimp are cute?

    • @haaxxx9
      @haaxxx9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sorry but, Fuck those shrimp!

    • @Pluteus808
      @Pluteus808 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They indeed are!

    • @denzelwashington543
      @denzelwashington543 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      they're adorable :3

    • @bkondrk
      @bkondrk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah, in a strange way, they are cute.

    • @jyaneane
      @jyaneane 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I do..

  • @aaronburratwood.6957
    @aaronburratwood.6957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    WHAT! THERE ARE NO REAL FLEAS IN FLEA CIRCUSES! MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD WAS ONE BIG SHAM!!!

    • @carsonhardstaff3035
      @carsonhardstaff3035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      actually some did, made by watchmakers,

    • @gildedpeahen876
      @gildedpeahen876 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ive seen real flea circuses with real fleas

    • @masterbruce556
      @masterbruce556 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There are in some. It shows how strong they are for their size. Sir David Attenborough gave us a close look at one

    • @gildedpeahen876
      @gildedpeahen876 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@masterbruce556 yep, I'm obsessed with Attenborough and have seen *everything* he's made. thats where I remember it from.

    • @swizzleproxi4810
      @swizzleproxi4810 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And then to top it off Santa was a lie too.

  • @JLYCCLK
    @JLYCCLK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Why is this unlisted now?

  • @tararabuffo9937
    @tararabuffo9937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    this guy just sounds like a scam artist
    those X-ray googles
    invisible goldfish
    smh

    • @fueki03
      @fueki03 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's a nazi imbecile.

    • @doxiekitten6526
      @doxiekitten6526 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment Needs more upvotes

    • @jimmyrustled4373
      @jimmyrustled4373 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fuck..look around. this kind of stuff is still happening and not just kids...people are fed all kinds of bullshit by media, advertisers,teachers ..anyone who thinks they are not being lead around by their nose is seriously delusional ..me included..it has gotten to the point you just do not know who to believe...sorry for rant

    • @tactknightgaming2066
      @tactknightgaming2066 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And somehow idiots keep preordering games.