The Invention of Collecting
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- “A card collection is a magic carpet that takes you away from work-a-day cares to havens of relaxing quietude where you can relive the pleasures and adventures of a past day - brought to life in vivid picture and prose.”
-Jefferson R. Burdick
Thanks to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
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Thanks To Guinness World Records
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Huge thanks to ALL the Vsauce fans who submitted their collections!
Jefferson Burdick Collection At The Met
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BOOKS
Collecting: An Unruly Passion by Werner Muensterberger
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Cultures Of Collecting by Roger Cardinal
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To Have And To Hold: An Intimate History Of Collectors by Philipp Blom
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The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions by Jaak Panksepp
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ONLINE RESOURCES
A Hobby To Many, Card Collecting Was Life’s Work For One Man by Ken Belson
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The Psychology Of Collecting by Mark B. McKinley
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Why You Can’t Stop
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Why Do We Collect Things?
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Collecting Vs Hoarding
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ASSET CREDITS
Specimen Jars Photo by Rolf Brecher
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Westinghouse Television Commercial 1950
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Honus Wagner Card Fetches $2.1 Million At Auction
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Navajo Triple Weave And 12 Point Odama Dreamcatcher by Native Eye
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Baseball Game and Weehawken Ferry, New York, Stock Footage By Internet Archive
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Umberto Eco - I Was Always Narrating by Louisiana Channel
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Compulsive Hoarding Apartment by Grap
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Hoarding Living Room by Shdwwulf
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Sir Hans Sloane by Stephen Slaughter, Stephencdickson
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The British Museum History by BHO
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Lunch boxes by nickd
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Rock Collection by LookyThat
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Elvis Presley's X-Ray Auction
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Maryly Snow Toothbrush Collection Photo By Luz Marina Ruiz
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Special Thanks To Psychologists Joshua And Tara Clapp
VIDEO CREDITS
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
Instagram: / kevlieber
Twitter: / kevinlieber
Website: kevinlieber.com
Contributing Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
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VFX by Eric Langlay
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Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi
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Coordination By Lisa Solimeo
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Select Music by Jake Chudnow
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Outro Music Fathoms by Tom Peters
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Vsauce2 Links
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Facebook: / vsaucetwo
Website: www.vsauce.com
Canine Cameo by Lucy
Kevin, this is honestly my favorite video you have made thus far. Loved the narrative structure and thought you used the MET (and their collections) incredibly well. Plus, the montage of Vsauce viewer collections was RAD!
+Jake Roper Thanks dude!!!!!!
+Jake Roper Wasn't your dog somewhere in this Video? :)
+Jake Roper I thought you guys worked together on all vids. ;3 I guess you all make your own awesome content then. ;3
Did you guys remove your April fools video?
Im with Jake this video is far and away my favorite. Probably because ive been a collector my entire life. :)
Wow. That's a lot of information to take in. Allow me to Re-Collect myself.
Ayyyyyyyy
+Kyran Ky lmao!
+Spork25 Well, I prefer to stop and collect my thoughts before watching...
+Spork25 rotfl!
+The Lich God no need to be a spork in their side.
It's pretty funny how Vsauce2 has become like classic Vsauce1 and Vsauce3 has become like classic Vsauce2. And Vsauce1 has become like TED Talks.
It's a franchise...
But then what does TED Talk become?
_Ionastic _ MIT
a collection of Vsauces...
Lucky Luis irrelevant
What's the difference between a hoarder and collector?
The smell.
+Shrek T Lol
I don’t get it lol
SciBlast Official / New Videos “hoarders smell bad” not entirely true, but basically assumed to be so.
If you’d like to know why, search up “hoarder houses”
what if he smokes or he never takes a shower or just sprays
WHAT A LOVELY COLLECTION OF COLLECTORS WITH THEIR COLLECTIONS!
Win
+kevtino someone should start a colection museum where they colect the bodies of colectors and show them next to their colections
+1kili2 agree
Kevin please rename this video A collection of Collectors with their collections lol
+kevtino Didn't appreciate seeing a Saudi in the reel. Anyone from that shithole doesn't deserve positive attention. I don't care if that guy's a good guy, if he's with the Saudis, he's a pig.
All of the Vsauce channels consistently set the bar for quality content on TH-cam.
No I think kurzegarts in a nutshell does that f you haven't seen them you must NOW!
>kurzegarts
@@cutecommie kurzgesagts
...it did not kill him, it is what kept him alive...
if he had focused more on his health, he would have lived healthier and longer.
scir 91 Maybe, but I think life is not just about living for as long as possible. People need a purpose and a reason to keep going, and a lot of people would be willing to shorten their lives to have that purpose, whatever it may be.
Video Games Are Fun . Probably not.
This is the tenth time I've watched this video. Seriously, Kevin. This has to be one of the best educational/interest videos on TH-cam. Congrats.
That is awesome - thank you so much!
innit
+Vsauce2 I mean It, mate. Your material is absolute quality.
Thank you for replying to my comment. Out of 3 million+ subscribers. You've made my day.
Kevin! Both this one and your new scurvy one are some of the absolute greatest TH-cam videos, man! SO much love and passion was put into these, and it shows! Thanks for making them!
i recommend nerdwriter1 he's a great education/interest youtuber! he makes more videos on artsy topics like music, poetry, movies etc, but also other topics!. Definitely worth checking out!
This was a very Michael-ly video and it was top notch, more of these please!
Yup
+NotCallum It was MichaelBackInTheDayWhenHeTalkedAboutGettingInsideABlackWholeAndNotDeepMaths-ly. Don't get me wrong still love Vsauce, but don't you agree his videos became kinda duller and more complicated to follow and his jumpy style doesn't make it easier.
+Wacky Cousins I guess it's just me :)
+Illegitimate Fundamentalist I enjoy it more, Im in college in physics so yea, its fun to me
+Illegitimate Fundamentalist I like it though, as much as the first one. it's not deepmath-lysed, it's just because we you go too deep, math becames the answer.
ps. maybe I'm biased for loving math.
I'm not a nobody, my mom says I'm special!
*"special"*
+The B World speshal
+The B World Your mom lied to you. BTW, your mom is your dad and your dad is you
+The B World U r special like everyone ^_^
Sisi ni sawa buffyrulez
This was REALLY great
Wow, you are there?
Before the fame?
Wtf chippy lel
What are you song here? This isn't Terraria
oh hey its chippy
I could start a tear collection from how much this episode made me cry. Thank you for making this, and collecting the memories of collectors together to make this amazing video.
I collect money...but it's not going very well.
Days later, I'm still getting goosebumps. That ending monologue and the fans collections, amazing, beautiful and inspiring.
I collect dust, I just can't stop
But you have stopped one thing... moving.
Protagnis YT
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it been two years, but do you sniff it?
I collect images I find unique online. There is no box, only 30+ file folders. Some I'm ashamed of, while others I couldn't tell where I got them. Thousands of images. Plants animals objects abstract art, they all are mirrors of me. I archive my thought and stories too. I'm no more or less than these.
Hmm... I thought that I was the only one that collect things and does not notice that I'm actually collecting, I collect music and did not notice that I collected that much ;p
um ur stuff takes no physical space. big difference dude.
I love that
Video Games Are Fun Still a collection, really no difference at all
That ending 11:49, was so beautiful ... awesome video Kevin
On a side note, collecting can also be a form of memory retrieval. I associate certain memories with particular objects, specifically stuffed animals. I can remember who gave them to me, or particular games I played with them when I was a child. That collection is safely in a rubbermaid tub now, and I've moved onto semi precious rocks. But the same principal applies. I could tell you where I got every rock in my house and I make a point of collecting a new one when I go on trips and such. My friend went to india and brought me back a rock me dug out of the earth for me. So yea, that is another reason people collect.
"He didn't die from collecting, he lived from it." That quote caught me off guard and really opened my eyes to the point of this video. Thanks, Kevin!
Welp
This might explain why I got those 30 000+ Touhou pictures on my disk drive.
I'm not kidding.
Heya there, fellow touhou fan
Etienne de la Rosa Hello~
l1o2q3u4i5n weeb confirmed
l1o2q3u4i5n Are they 'normal' pictures
Or Hentai? 🌚
I feel the urge of adding info cards with the title and the artist of every Hong Meiling .png and .jpeg I posses.
This is so interesting! Thanks for an awesome video.
+BrainCraft Thanks!!! I'm really glad you enjoyed it!!!
+Vsauce2 this is what I wish all of TH-cam was like. There is too much TH-cam drama and it turns everyone against each other. There should be more colabs and TH-camrs working together on bigger projects.
Wonderful video. I can't say I've known a person who doesn't collect something (and I've known homeless people). I've only, personally witnessed one hoarder. They had newspapers mostly, several parrots and dogs, mice (I'm pretty sure that was a byproduct of the clutter.) I was installing cable at the time. The stacks of newspaper were all waist high and created a labyrinth throughout the home. They were proud of their collection and tried to share with me, but I was working 16 hrs a day, six days a week and didn't have time to appreciate their passion, unfortunately. I'm sure any person with such a specified passion can embue a wealth of knowledge pretty quickly. My loss.
You should do a video about essentialism - the reason an X-Ray of Elvis sells for $3500, but even a perfect copy is worthless. It deserves your explanation and philosophical analysis. I would actually personally be very pleased if you did such a video and also touched on the idea of collection of digital 'objects' because I find it fascinating. At first blush, the concept seems inane, as there is no 'essential' or 'original' combination of bits, and they can be duplicated and spread around with nearly zero effort as perfect copies, and even if I did obtain a 'valuable' set of bits, I would create and move around copies, destroying any 'essential' value. They are inherently only a big number. And yet, if a digital copy of, say, a recording of Kurt Cobain singing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' for the very first time, existed on my computers hard drive, and no other versions exist, it would be valuable. No one could reproduce it, even if given infinite time and infinite resources aside from knowing what the big number is. And once the last copy was deleted, it would be impossible to reproduce at all. An infinite computer given infinite time could generate the number, sure, but it could not distinguish it from any other number and say 'this one is certainly the recording being sought'.
I consider my collection to be a form of shrine building.
And I feel solace at the presence of things that have lived before me,
and will probably outlive me.
I have been collecting Miniature Cars for over 50 years, mostly Matchbox.
Never, besides the older they are the more I played with them and they are dented and scratched up. Would not be worth much anyway.
Dennis Morin Yeah, same here! I'm 26 and have been collecting since my mom gave me my first set before school age. An old Beetle, Cadillac Eldorado, and an early model Ford F-100. All of those are trashed lol. Now I've since collected around 18 cars and counting... hard to collect at around $60 a pop lol. But like you said, older ones were played with and damaged by either me or my younger brothers.
I collect dust
I hate dust.
TheCoissac :(
+TheCoissac Agreed. Dust II is a lot better.
+TheCoissac IHE reference or coincidence?
Chatshark01 IHE
im not a nobody, im smart, im loyal, im a genius
exactly.
+David F I appreciate you.
U da best
+David F Your're smart and a genius? Incredible.
+David F we are all nobody's and sombody at the same time. the more you think about it the more sense it makes.
Pokemon cards took over my life
Yes.
Same tho
I would like a collection of Vsauce
Yes! Glad to be here ^_^ (and my teddybears are glad, too :D )
+Grizzly Ho fatto un salto quando ho visto i tuoi baffoni arricciati sullo schermo.XD
I love that you're name is Grizzly and you collect bears
Actually is my nick, but all my friends calls me Grizzly, indeed ^_^
May I ask what got you started on your collection?
It started as a simple game: I always said friends and customers "You can call me 'Grizzly', but it's up to you understanding if I'm a ferocious bear or a tiny smiling teddy". Turns out someone decided to gift me a little teddybear for this, and I started keeping them on a shelf. Then I did a couple of big works (a little bbs software in the past and a couple of self-pubblished books) asking to send me a teddybear as a sign of appreciation of my work. Now it's still growing ;)
I like how he goes really deep and then answers all questions with 'maybe'
Had to reevaluate life for a sec.
The ending was so beautifully edited, and the music choice was impeccable
So museums are like official special collections right?
Basically yeah
But are somewhat more prideful because it's a piece of history and culturally appreciated to the public
+SniperNator
Well thats cool
A museum is just a collection that's open to the public
Is it just me or does the thumbnail looks like Rhett from GMM? I'm tripping lol
No.
+Marcos Amparo NOPE
kinna....
+Marcos Amparo Maybe a little.
i thought the same thing
"A nobody like me, a nobody like you"
Thank you, Kevin. I kind of love you for that.
One of the best Vsauce videos hand down. I had goose bumps the full 14 minutes
I'm a lot like Burdick, I'm not so much a collector, though, as I am someone whose creating a collection. I feel a desperate need to create, art, sculpture, games, animations, I want to make a collection of things great enough to leave some positive impact on the world, and , like Burdick, I find myself hindered by the pain in my hands, and my own disabilities. To know that someone facing similar obstacles could be remembered in such a way is so incredibly inspirational. Thank you so much for this video,. It doesn't make what i'm doing easier but, it makes it feel that much more worth it.
That awkward moment when a 15 minute video teaches you more than one week of school.
hmm, never seen that comment before. It's almost as though the comment below your comment said the same thing near word for word...
I love how the video always takes an even more inspiring turn at the end.
That kind, sympathetic smile at 13:02. He looks so nice and proud of his collection. Bless him!
That last bit was so beautiful. It's so touching watching someone sharing a bit of themselves like that. You could see it in their faces: 'This is me, This is what I love.'
So honoured to see my hair collection featured.
Hey ThisExists! Awesome channel.
+This Exists How much hair have you collected? :o
+This Exists hey, YOU here?! AWESOME!
I collect coffee. I get a new cups worth every morning. For safety, I store it within myself.
Great video, the montage of fans' collections was nice.
Our lasting legacy is not in the things we collect, but in how we use what we have to benefit others. By donating his collection to a museum for the public to experience, Burdick did both.
"A nobody like me, a nobody like you, each in our own unique way has a chance to leave a lasting positive mark on the world"
That really hit home for me. Amazing video as always.
"Holding on to one's poop, then becomes holding on to one's object."
Go home Freud. You are high.
Thank you! Especially your words at the end were inspiring
Right? The way he thanked those two companies... _sniff_
Hmm mustard
There is something hugely satisfying in seeing a complete collection of all things of a certain kind, so satisfying, it makes it all worth while.
0:45 "They're not rocks. They're minerals, Marie"
Yay, my collection got featured! :D
12:36!
+Hjälte Björkdahl that's actually awesome dude. :3
Yokai Music
Thank ya!
I honestly lost my passion in collecting before I watched this video. After I moved out of my parents home they took most of my gaming & toy collection & it devastated me. I thought about giving up on collecting & selling the rest of my collection. But after watching this video I realized that it doesn't matter what others say about my passion or do to my collection. I will always keep doing what makes me happy. Thank you Vsauce
When I was in high school, my friends took my soda bottle and started drawing on it with a marker. One of them sarcastically told me to keep it forever, four year later I still have that bottle.
I said I'd keep it, I'm gonna keep it.
I learn so much more than a week of school in a single video of you're guys.
+Michael Jayens r/im14andIthinkthisisdeep
+Michael Jayens
Then pay more attention in school
watch out, you might cut yourself on that edge
+Michael Jayens
Then you clearly don't listen.
School is more important than you know. You'll see.
Does that ending look like a collection of people showing their collections?
+Gamepopper101 Collectception?
+Unix One Do u mean...colleption?
Kitty Cat OHHHH! Nice.
Unix One Yep. Nice Nice
yes
Love the quote "he didn't die from collecting, he lived from it" truly epic...
Everyone showing their collections at the end warmed my heart way too mcuh
Q: Why do we collect?
A: Because I can't let someone else have more human heads than I do.
I'll never look at collections the same way again, I understand their meaning so much better now. Awesome video! Loved every second of it
I collect helmets and it's funny how you mentioned how collecting can make you feel safe when I collect something that quite literally will make you safe.
I think you just may have changed my life with this video.
My collection is something that I bring with me every day, and I guess I never really consciously thought of it as a source of comfort before.
the fan videos at the end made my day :')
"He didn't die from collecting, he lived from it"
Damn, that's one strong phrase
Vsauce2 is my new favorite TH-cam channel, just saying
This, to my opinion, is one of the better video's on this website. Not only am I a collector myself, but found some slight reasoning to acts I could not explain myself doing up till now. funny how simple some things might seem after someone explains it, simply by showing a different direction.
Combine that with excelent storytelling and a very nice montage to top it all off in the end and I suddenly realise again why Vsauce 1, 2, 3 have never left my subscriptions.
Sometimes I wish I could leave more than just a like though, especially with inspirational and even slightly comforting pieces of video art like this.
Please keep up this kind of work. ;) And as a collector: Thanks for the professional insight into collecting.
The small clips of the collectors at the end of the video invoked some strange feels in me.
Idk man.
18:03 was cute af
6:37 V A P O R W A V E _ A E S T HET I C S
No pls b0ss
C A N C E R
Nice display picture
+MrBenjamino
Collecting vaporwave tapes is a fun thing as well )
+[PATRYK FILMS] Is that you Ludamage?
Very well done Kevin! I'm not a collector of any kind but I think I can relate to how collected items throughout our lifetime shapes our identity. Looking back at my old toys (I was particularly a huge fan of Pokemon card when I was a young boy), I feel a huge sense of nostalgia and I wouldn't want to lose the things that I've collected and grown up with. You can even say that most of us have a mild degree of Hoarding disorder, especially with things we can never buy back with money.
The same psychology in collecting different items can be observed in artists, as each masterpiece can only satisfy them for so long until they have the urge to create another one, an endless feast on the food for our soul.
You can tell this guy spends a lot of time on these videos before posting. Man takes pride in his work.
4:38 i guess that's why one says my sh*t when referring to one's possessions
13:07 So Harry Potter after he left the school decided to start his own collection of Rubik's Cubes.
*****
I wonder what spell he uses to solve the puzzle.
I love meeting people who collect things. They’re always so happy to talk about their favourites pieces and what all the differences are and it’s so refreshing to hear someone speak about it with passion :)
How come I only see this video now? I'm glad I did! I almost cried. The enthusiasm felt when Kevin talks about the collector Burdick was very touching..
OMG THAT FEATHER COLLECTION AT THE END!!!!!
Its what we do. We are a species that curates EVERYTHING. Personal collections are just extensions of that base nature. Even language comes out of our need to label and categorize things; thus allowing us to communicate with each other more effectively.
Collecting originating from out nature could be argue in a sense that why we collect today is not for self-love as animals would do in order to survive but rather out of desires. This is a result from intelligence where recognition of the "self" and others lead males us what to stand out from the rest of the crowd. If look for the piece from Plato about poets and artist then it might be more clearer what I'm saying. (°♡°)
the part that says "male us..." is supposed to be "make us want to stand out..." My Bad.
You made me feel so sentimental about my many half-formed collections. Shells, stones, coins (many coins), pokemon cards, yugioh cards, receipts (more like hoarding), cacti and carnivorous plants, folders, hard-back spiral-bound B5 size notebooks... I do gain comfort from controlling and organising a small part of a chaotic world. Thank you.
I love that ending :) I collect so many types of things and I have a lot of my things packed up right now, but this is so cool!
I've been collecting nutcrackers for about 6 years and I love them. Yes my family thinks I'm weird
Deez Nuts!
+Jack J it's not an actual serious collection , just a few ones my family gets me for Christmas every year. but I'm actually want to seriously get interested in it
nice man ! Collect whatever you want. If there is a value to something for you, it would be dumb not to keep it
+Donnie Montoya if you collect money your whole family will find you awesome
+metallhak my fathe rtried collecting coins once, it didn't go well.
I miss mind blow and lut. Mostly miss game lut but still I miss the good ol days of vsause 2 and 3
Kevin, that was a stunning and heart felt story of a man's life long dedication to something that he really loved !! It even appeared to be the very thing that kept him alive in the end and sadly, without the drive to work on his dream anymore...his body gave up.
i question your choice to make P perfume instead of pokemon
perfect! xD
And for D, I question why he didn't put Daleks
*cough* *Digimon ;p
*cough* *Digimon ;p
You know Nintendo's business practices, they'll probably sue him.
Kevin, this easily one of the most beautiful and well told video i have ever seen.
One of your best for sure! Great job Kevin! :) I really really enjoyed it and learned
I cannot put into words how great the presentation is for this video.
Someone give this guy a medal. So many documentaries could be so much better if they had you.
Hi Kevin, Thankyou for including all the people and their collections at the end. That sequence with its music was very peaceful and moving.
I was so sad when I saw the baby and the word alone on top of it!! :c
boo hoo
get a grip
+Grammar Nazi Cry alittle
Grammar Nazi What problem?
I told you to grow old, and cry over nothing.
We all do eventually..
13:09 Din't knew Daniel Radcliffe had a Rubik's Cube collection
i love how you cover all bases of your topics, adding your point of view as the punch line
its authentic
I'm a serious collector of rocks, fossils, minerals, antique marbles, old bottles, old coins, antique padlocks, pocket and wrist watches, knives, guns, and all kinds of other collectables/antiques.
How could this be?! I feel...POSITIVE on a Monday. D:
I told my grandmother to record herself in front of her Snow White collection but I guess she didn't do it :/ It's huge. she's 83 and has been collecting since the movie came out. Her whole house is full of Snow White.
I knew I'd find some answers in this video. Thanks for the Freud and Jung part. It was a missing piece of puzzle for me to make sense of who I am. I see how certain events from when I was a fetus destined me to be the hoarder I am today. I used to run around the house with a big empty biscuits carton, and collect whatever man-made small objects I find. I later started collecting coins and stamps. I now collect many things. I can't easily let go of normal everyday things. I find sentimental meaning in every little insignificant thing. I reached the point where I materialise my thoughts, and I put each one of my thoughts in a written or recorded form and I save it somewhere safe. I'm trying to stop.
Wow, 11 minutes in and the video gets philosophical. The collector who's collection kept them alive. I'll be pondering that one for a long time. Thanks you :)
A quality video, very professional. I will put this into my collection :D
got real deep there vsauce...... I needed that today. Thank you
the ending few lines really touched my heart everybody's a nobody but what we decided to focus on, to love, cherish and pursue is what we will be remembered by "our mark on the world"
Paul was not afraid to show his anime (or more specifically, Kill La Kill) collection to the world.
He deserves a lot of credit and a hug for that. A huge majority of anime fans with their own collections are afraid of even mentioning their collection to the public, especially with people outside the anime community, in fear of being judged negatively.
I want to be someone as brave as he is.
N Studios ft45h
Hey, the guy that collects Zippos actually has a TH-cam channel. It's called Pizzscn.
That last line gave me the chills. Shit.
And as always, thanks for watching?
That "I shan't be back" is, so far, the most powerful sentence I have ever heard.
Kevin, I just wanted you to know that i really enjoy your content. You are definitely one of the best youtubers in this genre.