The Science of the Friend Zone

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    MUSIC BY: / jakechudnow
    Wild Sex episode: bit.ly/VNLpGl
    My episode about how much money love is worth: bit.ly/UO91ZJ
    Can guys and girls just be friends? VIDEO: bit.ly/UO8R4H
    Jenna Marbles on "nice guys" [NSFW language]: bit.ly/UOdpIa
    FRIENDS episode about the Friend's zone: www.imdb.com/title/tt0583579/
    Clip of friend zone moment on FRIENDS: bit.ly/10iUITd
    Know Your Meme on the friend zone: knowyourmeme.com/photos/241341...
    Limerence: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerence
    Bateman's Principle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateman'...
    Assortative mating: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assortat...
    Homogamy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogamy...)
    Marshall Fine description of the friend zone: www.huffingtonpost.com/marshal...
    Scarcity principle and attraction: www.psychologytoday.com/blog/t...
    Escaping the friend zone (includes Ben Franklin effect): www.psychologytoday.com/blog/t...
    Good article on other reasons we desire what we can't have: arabia.msn.com/lifestyle/valen...
    BOWLING ALONE book: bowlingalone.com/
    Sad article about friendship decline: usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/n...
    Cyberbalkanization: www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cyber...
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  • @patrickbatman1908
    @patrickbatman1908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8487

    Wife: I'm leaving you.
    Vsauce: *OR ARE YOU?*

  • @Ray-jg5dj
    @Ray-jg5dj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25798

    "The Science of the Friend Zone" - Vsauce
    *recommended for you*

  • @tommasobanfi8133
    @tommasobanfi8133 ปีที่แล้ว +1000

    came here to know how to escape friendzone and got a lesson on how important friendship is

    • @redrosin99
      @redrosin99 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Women friendzoning men is an abusive behaviour. If that's your concept of friendship, seek therapy.

    • @tommasobanfi8133
      @tommasobanfi8133 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      @@redrosin99 🤓☝️

    • @apcebat
      @apcebat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      ​@@redrosin99wtf therapy? Just leave her and that's all

    • @cantthinkofaname5046
      @cantthinkofaname5046 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

      @@redrosin99a therapist would tell you thinking women owe you any type of romantic relationship when they don’t feel the same way is deluded and selfish. If you can’t handle rejection to the point where you need to lie about what healthy is, YOU need therapy

    • @techoutsider5631
      @techoutsider5631 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@redrosin99and trying to force a romantic relationship isn’t?

  • @comedyclosure4144
    @comedyclosure4144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4729

    Crush: No, we're just friends.
    [V-Sauce music kicks in]
    **Or are we?**

    • @grudeasnaots210
      @grudeasnaots210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Welcome to fact or cap

    • @pistooki7774
      @pistooki7774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Bruh this got me laughing

    • @starlight7866
      @starlight7866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lmao

    • @isabellach
      @isabellach 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Crush be ready to question literally everything you ever though before

    • @zigzag8338
      @zigzag8338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      *pulls out knife*
      "Or are we?"

  • @vx8093
    @vx8093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28002

    when you can't afford a therapist

  • @TheJordanChronicles
    @TheJordanChronicles 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24668

    I forgot where I heard it, but the funniest thing I ever heard was a guy saying, "Dude, I'm so deep in the friendzone that I've met her boyfriend's parents."

    • @LicoriceLain
      @LicoriceLain 8 ปีที่แล้ว +427

      Little Oven I have preferences (as a lady person) and I don't have that much trouble. Just don't get too caught up on one individual.

    • @kudacg1389
      @kudacg1389 8 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      hahahahahahaha

    • @alphajnitro0072
      @alphajnitro0072 8 ปีที่แล้ว +644

      +LicoriceLain
      a lot of people frown upon leaving the friendship. a lot people assume that if the dude leaves he was just in it for sex/romance.
      Also some say "if you really like her then you would be happy that she is happy with someone even if it isn't you."

    • @dimitrispantazopoulos378
      @dimitrispantazopoulos378 8 ปีที่แล้ว +319

      Oh god that poor guy

    • @INTJ92
      @INTJ92 8 ปีที่แล้ว +411

      So deep Adele is still rolling in it

  • @shresthaditya9731
    @shresthaditya9731 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +173

    1:08-Limberance
    1:50-Batemen Principle
    3:28-Homogamy
    4:14-Unobtainable
    4:45-Scarcity principle
    5:08-Ben Franklin
    5:58-Robert Putnam
    Social Media is less about conversation and more about being stage
    8:15-Cyberbalkanisation

  • @_Infocars
    @_Infocars ปีที่แล้ว +102

    The fact that you presented this 9 years ago & this holds very true in 2022

    • @fivemagics18
      @fivemagics18 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why wouldn’t it?

    • @AngellishV
      @AngellishV 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      2024 boooooi

  • @Tiernan422
    @Tiernan422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5543

    Michael as a kid
    Girl: I just wanna be friends
    Michael: well actually...

    • @smradztoiek
      @smradztoiek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Michael Myers?

    • @coneac1
      @coneac1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@smradztoiek what the fuck is wrong with you

    • @UtubeAccount84
      @UtubeAccount84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Michael Jackson

    • @p7outdoors297
      @p7outdoors297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@smradztoiek Do you know who the heck Vsauce is?
      Michael Stevens

    • @smradztoiek
      @smradztoiek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@p7outdoors297: Yes, it was a joke. Do you know who Michael Myers is?

  • @hastley64
    @hastley64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5341

    "how did you guys get married?"
    "yeah he used the Ben Franklin effect on me"

    • @Yuti640
      @Yuti640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      But should you use the Ben Franklin effect?

    • @milkbread5036
      @milkbread5036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      looool

    • @ahmadsaleem9384
      @ahmadsaleem9384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      or did he?

    • @coremanishmehta
      @coremanishmehta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Scarcity effect didn't work😂

    • @CozmikOra
      @CozmikOra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahaha

  • @heatherperleberg7816
    @heatherperleberg7816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    "Bateman's Principle"
    Uh oh
    "Named after Angus Bateman"
    Hoo boy, dodged a bullet there.

    • @strelokand7306
      @strelokand7306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I need to return some videotapes.

  • @kopiro
    @kopiro ปีที่แล้ว +65

    It’s incredible how Vsauce videos from 9 years ago still looks like 2022 videos; the quality of the video and the density of the content aged very well.

    • @catchyname58
      @catchyname58 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, when he shows other people videos like jenna marbles, there is a huge contrast which feels like as if he is mentioning past

  • @rougenarwhal8378
    @rougenarwhal8378 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6579

    "video title*
    reccomended for you
    gonna need some ice for that burn

    • @jim4671
      @jim4671 8 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Mr. Narwhal, I feel Sorry for you, BUT THAT WAS HILARIOUS! XD

    • @kevindevos4698
      @kevindevos4698 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Your comment made my day!

    • @MeinDeinSeinCraft
      @MeinDeinSeinCraft 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Same here FeelsBadMan

    • @Creeamie
      @Creeamie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      it's OK same here bruh 😁

    • @theromanpenguin1051
      @theromanpenguin1051 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      xD

  • @AquaSkye
    @AquaSkye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4475

    why does all vsauce videos look like they were made in 2018 even if it was actually made in 2012 or 2013? like damn, that quality

    • @sladechan368
      @sladechan368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +410

      Cause he's smart. Or, is he?

    • @isaacandersen1
      @isaacandersen1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      He has been doing this for a while so hid equipment is top of the line so he doesn’t need to upgrade.

    • @Monika-nu4ie
      @Monika-nu4ie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Time travel. Or is it....?

    • @brandonjennen3673
      @brandonjennen3673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Slade chan *music starts

    • @kokonut373
      @kokonut373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How does jurassic world 1 better than this

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore3236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Wow, I actually feel pretty great now about being friend-zoned … Thank you, Vsauce, for stretching my self-delusion to even greater heights.

    • @godnyx117
      @godnyx117 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Hahahahaha! At least you are cool enough to have fun. In contrast to all these people who want to keep their delusion and even pass it to others.
      Good luck man!

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@godnyx117
      “You can use your illusion,
      Let it take you where it may;
      You live n learn, and then, sometimes,
      It’s best to walk a-way …”
      (Before you become Mayor of Friendzone Town)

  • @kayskreed
    @kayskreed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Seems to be a euphemism for unrequited love or general incompatibility. The tricky thing is that it cannot progress if it's one sided, or if only one person is sexually attracted and not the other. So it's fairly common, but it shouldn't be viewed as the end of the world. Even in the most stable of long term romantic bonds, friendship represents the foundation. I think part of the solution is that we have to start valuing friendships again.

    • @brucenadeau2172
      @brucenadeau2172 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      but it is not real friendship the friend zone is a place they put a guy so they can use the guy he bad guy if want to leave because he respect the woman that does not want or he is a creep for trying to get more then she want to give him

    • @bnhalemon7098
      @bnhalemon7098 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brucenadeau2172had a stroke?

    • @bnhalemon7098
      @bnhalemon7098 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Another major problem is that people, guys especially, either believe that a relationship should happen when sexual attraction is present, *or* they confuse sexual attraction with a romantic one. People who are sexually attracted to each other can be, and often are friends

  • @robertlewandowski3973
    @robertlewandowski3973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19021

    Who tf friendzoned my guy Vsauce???

    • @mohamadalsawafi6017
      @mohamadalsawafi6017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +596

      No one. He is a scientist. #ISSAJOB

    • @DantesInferno96
      @DantesInferno96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +891

      Lol he has a wife.

    • @geo-lite69
      @geo-lite69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      My sister

    • @robertlewandowski3973
      @robertlewandowski3973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      Mohamad Alsawafi no shit sherlock I was joking

    • @SGTemerario
      @SGTemerario 4 ปีที่แล้ว +359

      @@robertlewandowski3973 wife friendzoned him?

  • @michaelcutler5538
    @michaelcutler5538 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4325

    Science of the friend zone:
    She's not into you bro.

  • @millerrepin4452
    @millerrepin4452 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I really like that recontextualization at the end. Where friend zone isn't a knock down but instead an outside 3rd party that can give you insight on yourself. This can give step ahead of finding a mate as you may finally realize who is really compatible with you rather than who think is.

  • @Monipm54
    @Monipm54 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Vsauce: makes a video about beds
    Vsauce at the end of the video:
    "And that is how nuclear fusion is created"

  • @Josue-kr1jv
    @Josue-kr1jv 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2307

    The last thing I need is a scientific explanation as to why I can't get a girl goddamnit

    • @seanp4644
      @seanp4644 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah... Watching this probably isn't a good idea

    • @mikkow54321
      @mikkow54321 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      +Reps ForJesus Get outside more and talk to people. Keep moving.

    • @TheSamttatze
      @TheSamttatze 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Reps ForJesus then i guess you dont want to change something about it. which is great if that makes you happy. rock on ;)

    • @Josue-kr1jv
      @Josue-kr1jv 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      it was a slightly true comment but mainly said it to try and be funny. im doing better. just being friendly and outgoing can do a lot. im talking to a girl right now that may or may not go somewhere but its progress.

    • @ashtonsmith1252
      @ashtonsmith1252 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Reps ForJesus or you might just get friendzoned

  • @MinimiMax
    @MinimiMax 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4139

    But.... what about the "brother zone" where they tell you "you're like a brother to me"?

    • @morgancarr9037
      @morgancarr9037 8 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      I get that all the time

    • @wolfmiawolf
      @wolfmiawolf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      +MinimiMax i get "your like a sister to me"

    • @MinimiMax
      @MinimiMax 8 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Clau007 That's fucked up, dude.

    • @clarenceconstantino5237
      @clarenceconstantino5237 8 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      well thats even worse than the friend zone... good luck bout getting outta that bruh

    • @BlakeSOTC
      @BlakeSOTC 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Clau007 A1 comment sir. April can not get here soon enough

  • @zedankhan6123
    @zedankhan6123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "The Science Of The Friend Zone"
    Me : You know , I am something of a scientist myself

  • @dontreadmyname5165
    @dontreadmyname5165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Vsauce’s girlfriend: We're breaking up.
    Vsauce: *Or are we?*

  • @clasby2378
    @clasby2378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7036

    Michael’s son in the future asking for relationship advice:
    Michael: ah yes, but first, what exactly IS a relationship?

    • @Jupiter_Claw
      @Jupiter_Claw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      He has a daughter

    • @mightyc3313
      @mightyc3313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      varun mahankali and a son

    • @6telephone
      @6telephone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      cue the music

    • @miraeja
      @miraeja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@6telephone this comment is underrated

    • @6telephone
      @6telephone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@miraeja ikr

  • @nox1633
    @nox1633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4489

    Ok so this is recommended to me on Valentine's day
    *Perfect*

  • @mintyhippo8125
    @mintyhippo8125 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Naming something the friendzone is so sad because it diminishes the value of friendship. Platonic love is still very valuable and fulfilling. Plus, you can’t date everyone.
    If you start viewing all of your relationships as “what value can I add to their life, and what value can they add to mine?” Instead of, “why don’t they like me?” Then you start seeing life more as passive positive experiences less that the labels matter.
    What can you do to make your situation better? And, part of that is understanding your boundaries. People can’t be available 24/7 and you can’t be either, etc. it’s much better to have a friend or partner who is honest with things like that, too. A true loving relationship is balanced between what each person can contribute.

    • @jrdan2628
      @jrdan2628 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i don't think the problem is being "friend zoned" the one time lol, it comes from the consistent act of it, not to mention holding the bonds one already has with their friends.

    • @dopamineinaformofashort
      @dopamineinaformofashort ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Men have already friendships and it's witg other men. We see women as mates not friends.

    • @niranjanrajesh1058
      @niranjanrajesh1058 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You went so deep on this even though there was no reason to. Seems like you just wanted to write an essay. I already have friends. I want a girl to be even greater than a friend,someone i can confide in,talk about everything to,be one with. And if they then make me just a friend,its coz they are doing it as a last resort. Its an insult basically

    • @mintyhippo8125
      @mintyhippo8125 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@niranjanrajesh1058 you confide and trust friends, though.

    • @DajuSar
      @DajuSar ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@niranjanrajesh1058 so they either go out with you or they are being rude? wtf haha

  • @FahradPraktikant6969
    @FahradPraktikant6969 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    so crazy that it doesnt feel like this video is over 10 years old

  • @schlaemzas
    @schlaemzas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12558

    Girl: I like you.. but as a friend. I'm sorry..
    Guy: Am i getting friendzoned?
    Girl: Umm yes... i think so..
    Michael: *OR AM I?*
    **Vsauce music plays**

    • @TheYoungSeth
      @TheYoungSeth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +513

      Hey Girl, Michael here

    • @miguelchacon2717
      @miguelchacon2717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Or are you*

    • @restiaashdoll6179
      @restiaashdoll6179 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@miguelchacon2717 r/wooooooosh

    • @adrian71807
      @adrian71807 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      @@restiaashdoll6179 r/itswooooshwith4os r/ihavereddit

    • @patatos879
      @patatos879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's 666 so i liked it

  • @jacobpeterman2046
    @jacobpeterman2046 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2327

    When Vsause overthinks why he's in the friendzone

    • @jacobreed8753
      @jacobreed8753 8 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I can't stop laughing

    • @sebanovonpiano6793
      @sebanovonpiano6793 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      xD

    • @linel2130
      @linel2130 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      rip

    • @BrainiacN5
      @BrainiacN5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Intelligence is attractive to some people just as fame is. He's got both. What about you?

    • @ilyasssaadi9594
      @ilyasssaadi9594 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +BrainiacN5 Well said brainiac

  • @happygolucky9004
    @happygolucky9004 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    Friend zone is pretty easy to understand. The person likes to be around you but for some reason isn't attracted to you. That could be physically, lifestyle, some other fundamental incompatibility. So it's not something you are put into. That person offers you friendship and it's your decision to take it or leave it. The only person who puts you in the friend zone is you.

    • @seanking6184
      @seanking6184 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Bingo, if you don’t like it don’t stick around 👍

    • @_--Reaper--_
      @_--Reaper--_ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah but its more insulting to a guy who has genuine feelings for a girl because whenever she eventually finds a bf he's just gonna have to sit and watch them make love from the side lines, knowing she's getting her back blown out. It's like a form of cuckoldry, it's better for his own mental state to let him go and not put him through that if she really cares about him.
      And the guy she chooses alot of the times treats her badly so eventually she's gets her heat broken and comes running back to mr friendzone guy but will never give him a chance.
      Thats like if a girl really likes a guy and they have so much fun togther and she really enjoys his company, he gives her butterflies in her stomach and she really loves him and she cooks and cleans for him, yet he ignores all that and goes to be with some trashy bimbo slut who treats him like crap, then complains about it all the time but then tells this female friend, she's so special any man would be lucky to have her yet, he would never do it and they can only be friends while he only goes after trashy women then keeps complaining about.
      Sounds kinda stupid doesn't it?

    • @_--Reaper--_
      @_--Reaper--_ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@panthornberry do you even know what you're talking about? No one said they shouldnt have the ability to say no 🤡
      The op was insinuating that it is some how a good thing to be friends with a guy thats romantically interested in her

    • @_--Reaper--_
      @_--Reaper--_ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@panthornberry bruh🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ (reading comprehsion is needed)
      Thats not what it's talking about... or atleast that not what _I'm_ talking about here

    • @_--Reaper--_
      @_--Reaper--_ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@panthornberry i didnt delete anything lmao

  • @JayFlowie
    @JayFlowie ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can't believe this was made 9 years ago. The last 2 minutes feel eerily current more than ever.

  • @fxscorpio2458
    @fxscorpio2458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9004

    me with some friends at a party : wow that girl is hot af
    Vsauce : *Or is she? And what is even beauty?* _(starts talking about quantum physics)_

    • @aguy7726
      @aguy7726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Stefan Iliev 😂

    • @tay-tay-tay-tay4314
      @tay-tay-tay-tay4314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Vsauce: How many men a day spend time in the comments of my video telling strangers they go to parties and objectify women? Hmm...

    • @neuroticallyghast6313
      @neuroticallyghast6313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Surfs Up Tay how is that objectifying?

    • @iLiokardo
      @iLiokardo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes.

    • @chamibrosnetwork7043
      @chamibrosnetwork7043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OMG 666 likes

  • @michasbagietka8281
    @michasbagietka8281 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2002

    "I'm Coyote Peterson and I'm about to enter the friend zone"

    • @vbuszko
      @vbuszko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Miguel La Baguette 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂

    • @jamesplatt6738
      @jamesplatt6738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Lmao this is underrated

    • @dimitripapadinikolaus
      @dimitripapadinikolaus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      *Starts screaming*

    • @cerve6853
      @cerve6853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hahaha

    • @itrains1841
      @itrains1841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Insert Dora theme song**

  • @PRubin-rh4sr
    @PRubin-rh4sr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I am back, I watched this 6 years ago. I fell in love, we dated twice just last year but ultimately it's the friendzone for me, time to rewatch.

  • @loonitick
    @loonitick ปีที่แล้ว +5

    being recommended this video on valentines is incredible. thanks youtube

  • @bradymassimiliano888
    @bradymassimiliano888 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1372

    the "friend zone" more like palcatraz.

    • @TheRedstoneTaco
      @TheRedstoneTaco 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      True. So true.

    • @radiocontrolled3958
      @radiocontrolled3958 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      my soul..............
      and the official definition of my dating life

    • @attekayhty7584
      @attekayhty7584 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pretty much... both are just pure ass

    • @ameliacrossley8485
      @ameliacrossley8485 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I found the one tru friend

    • @SimbaBrank23
      @SimbaBrank23 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      "Palcatraz"...coining it...

  • @AveRay_
    @AveRay_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15117

    a very rare phenomenon- A vsauce video where he actually stays within 10% of the actual topic

    • @funnylazychannel
      @funnylazychannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

      very rare

    • @zynischekartoffel3779
      @zynischekartoffel3779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +876

      there is only one in which he stays on topic for the entire time
      prime numbers for 3 hours

    • @buoghuoj
      @buoghuoj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Maybe michael was friend zoned

    • @drgeorgek
      @drgeorgek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      You can tell he’s definitely speaking from experience ... especially the “nice guys finish last” comment

    • @jamyjansen5614
      @jamyjansen5614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      exactly

  • @shivanshsinha426
    @shivanshsinha426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Micheal on his marrige-
    The priest: Do you agree with this marriage
    Micheal: I do......or do I?

  • @aleksmeister92
    @aleksmeister92 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Put this on my watch later list 12 years ago. Feel like it's time to watch it

  • @sangria-margarita
    @sangria-margarita 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2032

    1:45 “Batman’s Pineapple”
    I need to go to bed

    • @samridhsharma416
      @samridhsharma416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @rayasky9621
      @rayasky9621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      thank you, this made me laugh :,)

    • @sadhna7865
      @sadhna7865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Your hearing power is hilarious. It's a compliment.

    • @myalt3019
      @myalt3019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Did you go to bed yet?

    • @ariz0naheat622
      @ariz0naheat622 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @GooseMcBruce
    @GooseMcBruce 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2125

    But Papa Franku said there's no such thing as the Friendzone and that im just fat and gay

    • @mattesses70
      @mattesses70 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Goose McBruce PAPA FRANKU SHUT DOWN SHUTTUP

    • @NikK0las
      @NikK0las 6 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Goose McBruce nonono, your mom gay and fat, you are just a fucking goose

    • @afnanalnajar9196
      @afnanalnajar9196 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Haha very funny.. but sad

    • @en2336
      @en2336 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      He's right. Not necessarily about you but the friend zone is a toxic idea that doesn't exist and more people should research it before latching onto it as an excuse for their shortcomings or lack of communication.

    • @volatile5460
      @volatile5460 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Goose McBruce
      Yeah, that too.

  • @batterysandwich5348
    @batterysandwich5348 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    i never got why being in the friendzone was made out to be worse than never seeing the other person again.
    every romantic relationship ends in either breaking up or dying, and if in your culture you tend to have only 1 romantic partner at a time, then every single one of your relationships apart from one (if you are the first to die in a couple, or they die and you don't date again) ends in breaking up. Can't say that about friendship!

    • @polyforge3d
      @polyforge3d ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes, but the friendzone is worse because you suffer throughout that friendship, for the reason that you can't have what you love, or worse - you see that person loving someone else.

    • @dopamineinaformofashort
      @dopamineinaformofashort ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Friendship is great if that's what you want. But if you want more and can't have it; not so great. So leaving the person is ideal.

  • @peteremmanuelkitsamba4867
    @peteremmanuelkitsamba4867 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    love the ending: perhaps the friendzone is where we need you most....😂😂😂😂

    • @sabinamakubo926
      @sabinamakubo926 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah, imma gonna use it to anyone who's in my friend zone

    • @Kritikanbringer
      @Kritikanbringer หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@sabinamakubo926Either you are joking or you are just a terrible person without any empathy.

    • @sabinamakubo926
      @sabinamakubo926 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Kritikanbringer like seriously 🙄

    • @sabinamakubo926
      @sabinamakubo926 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Kritikanbringer like seriously 🙄

    • @Kritikanbringer
      @Kritikanbringer 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@sabinamakubo926 It seems you don't have any empathy. But you're a woman, you're just incapable of empathising in this case.

  • @GoldenTV3
    @GoldenTV3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1579

    So Harvard university recently published a new way to get out of the friendzone
    Step 1: Be attractive

    • @nickjohn2051
      @nickjohn2051 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What the journal dumbass?

    • @liquidpebbles7475
      @liquidpebbles7475 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Is this what you tell yourself to justify your lack of girlfriends?

    • @ScarletEdge
      @ScarletEdge 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      shallow, you get fans not friends this way

    • @rubysauce
      @rubysauce 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Explains it to a certain extend, since attractive people will get chosen instead of brushed aside, no matter how incompatible they might be. The relationship won't last, but attractive people are much less likely to be friendzoned I'd imagine

    • @papychull
      @papychull 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Shit... Already failed

  • @chester0104
    @chester0104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19226

    How to get a friend:
    1. Tell a girl you like her
    2. She tells you that we can only be friends
    Bammm You got a friend!

    • @Jojo-sh7xp
      @Jojo-sh7xp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1432

      Instructions unclear theres a miniature human thingy that's been walking around in my house im scared help!!

    • @Cat-ki3hy
      @Cat-ki3hy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +366

      @@Jojo-sh7xp rip, gotta shoot it with a gun I guess
      *THIS IS AMERICA*

    • @FranciumBoron
      @FranciumBoron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      @@Cat-ki3hy 'Murica!

    • @user-su6js9po4l
      @user-su6js9po4l 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      oh yeah its big brain time

    • @neoncosmo.garden
      @neoncosmo.garden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      @@Jojo-sh7xp hol up

  • @soeungseyha3820
    @soeungseyha3820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    On 6:52
    2013: we're also now spending time on this new thing called the Internet.
    Now : Tiktok takes over the humanity.

  • @annache250
    @annache250 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One thing I find concerning/funny about my experiences on dating apps is that I’m not interested in making friends because I tell myself “I don’t want any friends,” but deep down inside I know I need them.

    • @gentleman7476
      @gentleman7476 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good times, friends are hard anyway

  • @sophiedufresne7459
    @sophiedufresne7459 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4127

    You know it's bad when you turn to Michael Stevens for relationship advice

    • @Rockytubes123
      @Rockytubes123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Too much panic! Not enough disco why you so LOUD!?!😭

    • @sophiedufresne7459
      @sophiedufresne7459 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cheesey McCheese 😖 I'm sorry!!

    • @primerprime596
      @primerprime596 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      You kidding? Michael is the best at this! I'd turn to him even if I wasn't desperate.

    • @sophiedufresne7459
      @sophiedufresne7459 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Primerprime 5 😂😂 I mean yeah, he is pretty good at understanding things us plebs don't and the first time I watched this video I was binge watching vsauce videos, so I was just desperate for vsauce knowledge tbh 😂 but fast forward like 3 years and now it's back in my recommended... yt's really tryna tell me something eh 🤔

    • @false7095
      @false7095 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao that shits funny

  • @lilywalatahersweet21
    @lilywalatahersweet21 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6945

    Did Michael just spoil the whole plot of Friends?

    • @theman1860
      @theman1860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      All 10 seasons were out for a while. You should have finished it!

    • @lilywalatahersweet21
      @lilywalatahersweet21 6 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      I finished Friends way before watching this. But that's not what this is about. Not all people have seen all things. No one was born having watched Friends. I hate people like you who say 'well it's out so doesn't matter if you're spoiled, your fault'. And then there's the improper grammar...

    • @GarlicGoat
      @GarlicGoat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I haven’t yet...

    • @MrMalformedllama
      @MrMalformedllama 6 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Who gives a fuck, if you think him saying Ross getting Rachael is a spoiler you my friend need some new hobbies

    • @SimoneAF1
      @SimoneAF1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Taher Lilywala come on

  • @khangalb.5187
    @khangalb.5187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    6:10
    2020: *Drops to Zero*

  • @MasterCuddless
    @MasterCuddless ปีที่แล้ว +7

    why is this recommended to me on valentines day? 😭

  • @monarchblue4280
    @monarchblue4280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3361

    It's safe to say that Micheal has transcended relationships.

    • @felipebrunetta2106
      @felipebrunetta2106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Underrated comment right here bous

    • @paciasus
      @paciasus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But what does SAFE means?

    • @dalailamabama
      @dalailamabama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Or has he?

    • @shajialamusmani3105
      @shajialamusmani3105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dalailamabama you copied my comment by 1 month

    • @MichaelMcNay
      @MichaelMcNay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      atm he's happily married and has a child

  • @1spence923
    @1spence923 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1929

    what if you get gayzoned

    • @MrSlenderman
      @MrSlenderman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      if you're gay, not big deal

    • @1spence923
      @1spence923 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Eduardo A. Iñiguez just a joke

    • @MrSlenderman
      @MrSlenderman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      same her mate

    • @1spence923
      @1spence923 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Eduardo A. Iñiguez oh shit i just realized lmao. that went right over my head

    • @Vitorruy1
      @Vitorruy1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      whats a gayzone?

  • @claysanimation2674
    @claysanimation2674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So this is how my grandpa has so many friends

  • @arealhumanbeing4651
    @arealhumanbeing4651 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching all that older youtube content...feels so vintage. And makes me feel so old...

  • @nathaniellancaster2
    @nathaniellancaster2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4626

    Birth control effectiveness:
    Condoms: 97%
    Birth control pills: 98%
    Talking about physics on parties: 100%

    • @gido230
      @gido230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      🤣🤣

    • @maximilianthomas3006
      @maximilianthomas3006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      If a hot guy talked about physics at a party, the girls would be all over him, take the black pill my friend and enjoy it.

    • @nathaniellancaster2
      @nathaniellancaster2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@maximilianthomas3006 well some people chill on parties and try to forget about school. But in most *cases* you decrease the probability of getting your chances with a girl.

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@nathaniellancaster2 not true, if anything, depending on the type of people there, it increases the chances.

    • @frankop3857
      @frankop3857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      No joke,at university it really does work

  • @randomsquidproductions4061
    @randomsquidproductions4061 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1085

    Use the Ben Franklin effect
    *strolls into room wearing wig*
    ladies ;)

    • @asherlewis5974
      @asherlewis5974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      tried it. worked pretty well

    • @wolverine9632
      @wolverine9632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Hundred dollar bills work well, too

    • @Spear_of_the_Raven_Ash
      @Spear_of_the_Raven_Ash 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You forgot that he asks them to do him a favor...
      "Ladies, my garter has become loose, would any of you care to tighten it for me?" At the very moment his garter has been tightened, he farts and cuts the cheesy tension...

    • @edoardopulcini9432
      @edoardopulcini9432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      M'lady

    • @jacobhise8044
      @jacobhise8044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      **gets killed by a lightning bolt while flying a kite with a key on it during a storm**
      **omg Rebecca no he’s mine**

  • @williammcdonald2320
    @williammcdonald2320 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Theirs no getting out of it.. if your meant to be in the friend zone its all you will ever be

  • @NoodlesUniverse
    @NoodlesUniverse ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There will always be vsauce videos I haven’t seen yet

  • @sealion6030
    @sealion6030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3853

    I bet he always got an A on his essays

    • @technoultimategaming2999
      @technoultimategaming2999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +340

      On essays you need to stay with the topic, he strays away from the topic

    • @saucepls7530
      @saucepls7530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +450

      @Kyrlics or does he?

    • @Extreme11
      @Extreme11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      @@technoultimategaming2999 when you think about it, what is considered straying away from a topic?

    • @Necrodzentelmenel1
      @Necrodzentelmenel1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      @@Extreme11
      And what even is.... A topic?

    • @howsitgoingbros3711
      @howsitgoingbros3711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      @@Necrodzentelmenel1 *Vsauce music plays*

  • @bnhdeluxe
    @bnhdeluxe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1498

    Doctor: you’re in the hospital, Michael.
    Michael: *oR aM i?*
    Doctor: yes...yes you are.

    • @fakefirstnamefakelastname8305
      @fakefirstnamefakelastname8305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      BNH DELUXE Michael: So first, we have to understand the meaning of “hospital”, and what it actually means to be in a hospital. *Starts talking about quantum physics and questioning the universe as a whole*

    • @MultiWBN
      @MultiWBN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      But Are we ever REALLY in a hospital?

    • @benparsons7480
      @benparsons7480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      MultiWBN or maybe, is the hospital IN US?

    • @heinzdoofenshmirtz6818
      @heinzdoofenshmirtz6818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Doctor: the mental hospital

    • @alexeysaranchev6118
      @alexeysaranchev6118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      But what IS a hospital? You see, a hospital is a place, designated to cure the ill, but who decides the designation? Back in 1679 the famous British doctor...

  • @NutheadComedy
    @NutheadComedy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its for some reason so satisfying to hear "or, is it?" And then the iconic vsauce music

  • @bobxbaker
    @bobxbaker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i think there are 2 ways you can end up in the friendzone.
    one is not stating your intentions in the early stages of getting to know someone meaning they never got a chance to reject you to begin with while you are still just acting just really friendly that's all you really did so they never got to see you as anything else for anything else.
    the other is falling in love with an already established friend who most likely doesn't feel the same because they never developed feelings for you because it's quite rare to develop feelings between already established friends.
    so the friendzone is in one case inevitable, the other is simply just being afraid of rejections or just lacking knowledge into how to actually approach someone with a romantic interest in mind thinking it's the same thing as making friends when it really isn't.

  • @riley1c218
    @riley1c218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4993

    Everyone else:
    is sad about being friend zoned
    Me who usually has no friends:
    it is... acceptable

    • @soughtthrone1325
      @soughtthrone1325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      I'll be your friend :)

    • @alper8441
      @alper8441 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dumb

    • @shanks9874
      @shanks9874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Wow we kinda same I want to have experience like going with a group of friends to some place someday , or I'll go alone probably 😂

    • @shh4582
      @shh4582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I don't need friends :')

    • @MrWeebs-gc2jj
      @MrWeebs-gc2jj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wanna play valorant?

  • @EdrianLP
    @EdrianLP 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1557

    This is in my recommended on valentine's day, are u serious ?

    • @fandyus4125
      @fandyus4125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Hilarious.

    • @nikoolay
      @nikoolay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oh snap

    • @whooocares2684
      @whooocares2684 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Tasty give your heart a good ol rub my brother

    • @alexspace4269
      @alexspace4269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Happy Friendzone, friends! XD

    • @SpressieAvi
      @SpressieAvi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tasty xD

  • @gamer3642
    @gamer3642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching this 8 years later mr Bateman was telling us simping was natural

  • @gud3742
    @gud3742 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You are loved and cherished. You have nothing to fear. There is nothing you can do wrong. If I had to boil this entire message down to one sentence, it would run this way: You are loved. And if I had to boil it down further, to just one word, it would (of course) be, simply: Love.

  • @even42
    @even42 7 ปีที่แล้ว +879

    Its hard to be hard to get when you are hard to want

    • @kahlil2638
      @kahlil2638 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Eivalan lmfao

    • @black990ops
      @black990ops 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ffs I loled and woke everybody up lmao

    • @sashacarter4251
      @sashacarter4251 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Meee

    • @Brody1312
      @Brody1312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Eivalan had to take like 10 min to think about that

    • @goxr3plus_studio
      @goxr3plus_studio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Eivalan MA Nigga this is so good to read and so deadly to think.

  • @mrwise6177
    @mrwise6177 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1900

    Can't be friend zoned if you don't have friends 😏👈🏽

    • @anacchka
      @anacchka 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      jack ryan uhhhhh yeah you can

    • @manshichhetri5389
      @manshichhetri5389 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jack ryan 😂😂 lol

    • @emmethefangirl8785
      @emmethefangirl8785 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Exactly. Better to just be a shipping fangirl. lol

    • @filipedias7284
      @filipedias7284 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Roll safe

    • @skaruts
      @skaruts 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha! True. :)

  • @Heyim18bro
    @Heyim18bro ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I got friend zoned by the girl I'm currently with almost a decade ago, and was told stuff like what's in this video by people not familiar with our relationship and thought I was legitimately crazy because I couldn't get over her for a decade. If you're still obsessing over someone who friend zoned you years after the fact, then much of what is said in this video won't apply to you. Things like a neutral observer thinking you're not as compatible as you think didn't apply to my situation (from anyone actually familiar with our friendship) and probably doesn't to yours.

    • @polyforge3d
      @polyforge3d ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How it happend that you are together now? Did you confessed your feelings to her or isolated from her and then she confessed or just it developed naturally from both of you?

    • @nefth1363
      @nefth1363 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How did you get with her again?

    • @EatYourVegs
      @EatYourVegs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait long enough for her circumstances to match your looks

    • @EatYourVegs
      @EatYourVegs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Jk. That was from Luis C.K. But really female attractiveness peaks at 20 and male attractiveness peaks at 35 so you can meet each other somewhere along the way.

  • @huntercool2232
    @huntercool2232 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’ve been friends with someone I’ve had feelings for ever since we were children. It’s been over a decade and I’m still good friends with them, but I don’t think they feel the same way about me. And that’s honestly ok, because no matter what I want them to be happy even if it’s not with me because she’s one of my best friends. She’s been going through hard times recently and I’ve always been someone she can talk to about it and she seems to be appreciative of that. I’m pretty introverted and don’t know too many people so I suppose when I think of someone I’d be in a relationship with it’s always been her. But the reality is that it very well may never happen. And people must learn to accept this, it’s alright to still be “just friends” with someone and respect their preference. Although it hasn’t happened to me yet I know there are plenty of people out there who I might have a future with, and even if I want to be more than friends which may never happen, I’ll still always be her friend and wish the best for her because that’s what relationships are all about whether it be romantic or just someone you care for.

  • @llibrehpic6886
    @llibrehpic6886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3307

    This guy could literally tell me about mud for 15 hours and I'd still be entertained

    • @Spammard
      @Spammard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      “But when you really think about it, what *is* mud?”

    • @boogleballs6934
      @boogleballs6934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@Spammard Does mud even exist?

    • @shh4582
      @shh4582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@boogleballs6934 Maybe not?

    • @slowrunn3r88
      @slowrunn3r88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      “Mud is so boring, it’s just mud…. Or is it? You see, mud comes water mixing with dirt. And little bacteria inside that mud….”
      “…..which is why, fossils solidify…”
      “….so therefore, dinosaurs went extinct, except for birds. And as always, thanks for watching”

    • @eitan1434
      @eitan1434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      well, he has a 40 min long video about do chairs exist so knock yourself out

  • @WhyAreYouGhe
    @WhyAreYouGhe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6107

    This man made the Friend Zone seem like a good thing....someone give him a prize FFS.

    • @oscarthagrouch
      @oscarthagrouch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      it is a good thing 😈😏

    • @rebekahmikaelson1198
      @rebekahmikaelson1198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      it _is_ a good thing. who doesnt want new friends???
      EDIT:
      in general, the friendzone is a sexist concept. if you become friends with someone bc you want them to have sex with you, that's manipulative. the friendzone puts the blame on the woman for the man's feelings. like no, you're responsible for your own feelings for someone and they dont owe you shit for liking them. women arent a vending machine where you give friendship and they give you sex. the kinds of people who complain abt the friendzone just dont see women as people.
      if you're genuinely friends and then you fall for someone, thats fine. you can go a couple different routes: you can keep your feelings quiet, or you can confess. both are valid. personally, i wouldnt want to risk the friendship, but to each their own. if you keep quiet about it, then you continue being their friend and that's it. if you confess and get rejected, then again, that's it. you're rejected. you can continue your friendship like before (but slightly more awkward now, probably). or you could decide that you need a break from your friendship to get over them. sometimes its just too painful to be around them but not _with_ them, so you can end the friendship. that's a valid option too. but the key here is that 1) you didnt enter the friendship in order to manipulate them into a relationship, and 2) you dont put the blame on them for not returning your feelings. its not your fault you fell for them, but its your feelings that ultimately ended the friendship. which isnt a bad thing, necessarily, but its important to acknowledge that its not their fault.

    • @ponternal
      @ponternal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      It is a good thing if you wanna emotionally support a girl you like while she gets smoked out by other dudes

    • @Broxalax
      @Broxalax 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@ponternal just because she doesn't want to fuck you, doesn't mean the friendzone is bad.
      She is never going to fuck you, either be friends or fuck off. She doesn't owe you anything you fuck head

    • @ponternal
      @ponternal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@Broxalax I agree with you im just saying that you dont owe her anything either. It is much better to move on from a girl you like than to be her "friend" and orbit her.

  • @Delos_Shoe
    @Delos_Shoe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    His videos really ARE timeless, amazing!

  • @Zeurgthegreat
    @Zeurgthegreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you, Michael, for telling me the science behind why no one fucking loves me.

    • @boginoid
      @boginoid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Technically loving someone and having romantic feelings for someone are not the same. We humans don't even need both to go into a relationship. Or any of those, really.

  • @Tipen
    @Tipen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2006

    He said gay as soon as I took a bite of my banana lmao

    • @captaincal6447
      @captaincal6447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      eating banana is gay tho

    • @sdsd8122
      @sdsd8122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Do people really thing eating bananas is gay??😂😂

    • @mg-tn2ch
      @mg-tn2ch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I'm not liking cuz it has 69 likes

    • @darkspd31
      @darkspd31 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      YOU'RE GAY

    • @DeepakSharma-rb1gd
      @DeepakSharma-rb1gd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Assuming Gender😂😂😂😂😂

  • @shadabhussain841
    @shadabhussain841 7 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    it was in my recommended section....youtube understands me better.

  • @okuhhiii
    @okuhhiii ปีที่แล้ว +4

    why do I only get this video recommended to me after I get friend zoned bruh

  • @jdlk-ny5yo
    @jdlk-ny5yo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As someone who has friendzoned someone, I can tell you that it is as simple as zero physical attraction, plus the idea that you actually want to be real ‘friends’ is also over estimating it, all the initiative is on their side. They are tolerable at best, pitiful at worst

  • @vikipetrovic5381
    @vikipetrovic5381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1707

    "wish I had a guy like this"
    "Sup"
    "Ew no"
    "I'm literally the guy in the pic, or am I?"

    • @agavini1
      @agavini1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I get it

    • @Yuti640
      @Yuti640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      *VSause music plays*

    • @cashewhobbiticus8644
      @cashewhobbiticus8644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bilo kuda, balkan svuda

    • @Alberto-zh5yf
      @Alberto-zh5yf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice one

    • @ellie-qt4bo
      @ellie-qt4bo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You see, pictures are just a...

  • @kuroshiroOwO
    @kuroshiroOwO 8 ปีที่แล้ว +470

    Is it my imagination or did he actually stay on topic this time.

    • @meemstermcgee5405
      @meemstermcgee5405 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @DreamerTrain
      @DreamerTrain 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well he kind of did when we went on to discuss the social statistics of how much time people spend with friends. The topic I would've thought was attraction (or lack thereof)

    • @215dagby
      @215dagby 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I'm surprised he didn't start talking out outer space in the middle.

    • @KamranYounis1
      @KamranYounis1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      I like how he goes and talk about other stuff.

    • @DreamerTrain
      @DreamerTrain 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But yeah he did actually not stay on topic there

  • @EnzoHB
    @EnzoHB 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my god. 8 years later and yet so up to date

  • @docv6950
    @docv6950 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why don't you get any maidens? **Vsauce music plays**

  • @stackflow343
    @stackflow343 7 ปีที่แล้ว +841

    how to avoid the friendzone:
    don't drag your feet hoping the person will magically pick up on your feels
    don't constantly offer favors when what you really want is to ask them out
    learn how to actually flirt instead of mixed signals
    if a 'moment' presents itself, don't hold back
    stop being scared of rejection
    don't be a doormat
    don't listen to tumblr
    the friendzone is not simply being rejected
    if you get the "I just like you as a friend" excuse, it's usually just them trying to be polite. respect that instead of summoning your fedora/neonhair trigger powers. feelings might change down the line, but only if you allow them to organically.

    • @ivanlagrossemoule
      @ivanlagrossemoule 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      As some dumbass who got friendzoned throughout his teenage years, this seems quite accurate.

    • @evan-dq2vm
      @evan-dq2vm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      stackfl0w how to avoid the friendzone :
      step 1: be attractive

    • @RedZeee
      @RedZeee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Getting someone to like you is fucking science

    • @PrometheX
      @PrometheX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      +L Lawlier Step 2: Be rich.

    • @Strindom
      @Strindom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      +PrometheX step 3: blame the cosmos and wallow in pointless self-pity

  • @RestingJudge
    @RestingJudge 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1532

    I find it funny that women find the hole friendzone thing to be exclusively about sex, has it ever come across there mind that maybe a man wants a emotional connection with you? If you live in the world where you think all guys care about is sex, then that is sad.

    • @WilliamSlaght
      @WilliamSlaght 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      ***** depends, unless you knew the women since your early years of childhood and life, then there can be this attachment, yet from what I notice after puberty, it is simply about sex to get a deep emotional connection, and other than that, it's just blahh

    • @WilliamSlaght
      @WilliamSlaght 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dinis Ferreira Yet I understand that a "best friend" can happen with a girl at a time, but it isn't really as deep as you can go with another guy. Like eventually you two will stop being so close and barely talk to one another. Through my experience, all the girls I was close to and didn't have sex, it always ended up a couple of years later that this was the case. Then the few girls I did have sex with for fun, end up to still talk to me and be kinda close friends, yet not compared to my guy friends. I see the same for other guys. Maybe it's the type of people I'm hanging around with, but this is what I see.
      Anyway about your girlbestfriend, you're saying that when you first met her, you didn't go like "oh wow she's cute, I want to befriend her" and not necessarily just for a relationship, yet because you found her cute and you wanted in. If she were to be ugly, you wouldn't even pay attention, right? Then you're saying even if this situation is unlikely to happen that if both you guys were a tad bit drunk, and she whispers to you that she wants sex you would refuse? And you would be like "oh no, we're best friends, no sex happening here, I've never imagine each other like that, sorry :S"?
      Yet there could be reason to say no, like she's an Ex of a friend, or you do find her unattractive and you just see her like another male (a non-sexual entity), or she's related to your family, or you're afraid of being too attached to her and you prefer not to have the drama, or maybe you're a homosexual, or maybe you're already in a relationship, or maybe she's already in a relationship. If so, well, of course you have your reasons not to have sex.

    • @user-mr6mj7xg1j
      @user-mr6mj7xg1j 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      وزن

    • @motokuchoma
      @motokuchoma 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      ***** Way to be sexist bro. Good thing women mean nothing more than sex to you, otherwise you would care that sentiments like yours could hurt their feelings.

    • @WilliamSlaght
      @WilliamSlaght 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Enilias Nailo Women mean more than sex obviously...

  • @ryanduffy5301
    @ryanduffy5301 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Michael has always been so good at explaining things even a genius can understand.

  • @matthewhanks7169
    @matthewhanks7169 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the expectation flip at the end. Thanks Michael

  • @yuta.0K
    @yuta.0K 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3140

    Me: "would you like to be my friend"
    Girl: "sorry I only see you as a boyfriend.... wait"
    Me: Task failed, successfully

    • @agenericusername2488
      @agenericusername2488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      You: *No tagbacks*

    • @simsonchin
      @simsonchin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      I'm sorry, but this does NOT happen.

    • @zynel413
      @zynel413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      @@simsonchin wow who would've guessed.

    • @TactfulWaggle
      @TactfulWaggle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@simsonchin you're like that one nerdy kid that tells other kids that the "no yes no yes no yes yes no" doesn't happen

    • @simsonchin
      @simsonchin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@TactfulWaggle wdym?

  • @ggfdd5925
    @ggfdd5925 5 ปีที่แล้ว +986

    I actually prefer people who are very kind, chill and dont play hard to get. They bring much less conflict into a relationship

    • @vivaciousmyosotis
      @vivaciousmyosotis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gg Fdd me too

    • @gekkokoalaman9385
      @gekkokoalaman9385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Conflict is needed tho

    • @SpicyMeatAhBall
      @SpicyMeatAhBall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Yea without conflict there is no growth. Soon you're just gonna get bored of each other

    • @angelcortesjr5063
      @angelcortesjr5063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Yea I met this girl two years ago and she’s chill and very kind and doesn’t play hard to get. I told her how I felt about her and all she did was find it adorable. And till this day she knows that I like her but to her it’s like it’s a normal thing so we’re just really good close friends. But here’s the thing she likes some other dude sadly 😔😪. I think he’s too cocky because he likes another girl and he can’t like two girls and expect to be with my crush. My crush is going for the wrong guy. Literally because of him she got in trouble and got all her things taken away, not only that her stepdad was all up on her face screaming at her and since she was frustrated she cried for three hours long. She didn’t do nothing wrong. She got in trouble just because the dude she has a crush on kissed one her friends and she told one of the teachers through messages and her parents thought the teacher had bad intentions so it’s really the dudes fault for playing with her feelings. If he truly liked her. He wouldn’t have done what he did behind her back. They don’t even go out they’re just friends but it’s whatever. And I’m like, “Hello I’m here waiting for you to see that I’m the right guy for you.” (In my mind) But no she still likes him even though it’s his fault that her life right now sucks. 😢 I hate not being her favorite boy 😪.

    • @skyriotAndKadeGaming
      @skyriotAndKadeGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@angelcortesjr5063 tell her directly. Do NOT help her to get with him at all. Tell her the problems he causes and why she needs to snap out of it before its too late. Be bold amd harsh, she would be mad at first but eventually she will thank you for that in the future. Outcomes could include:
      - Her agreeing with you
      - Her Disagreeing with you
      - Her getting mad for a short while before things are patched up
      - her realising that you're a great person and maybe even leading towards feelings

  • @RafaGold210
    @RafaGold210 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The way he said Bateman’s Principal sounded like we were all supposed to know what that is and he wanted us to gasp

  • @daniellem.gibson4658
    @daniellem.gibson4658 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was friendzoned for being a long distance partner. I wasn’t available and that was the problem. But in my defense, the man wanted to be with me knowing full well it was a long distance relationship, so I was really caught off guard when he broke up with me for the distance.

    • @godnyx117
      @godnyx117 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As long as you are honest, let the people do whatever they want!

  • @pep3001
    @pep3001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2071

    I can't see him in the same way after seeing him on a filthy Frank episode

    • @utaghoul1093
      @utaghoul1093 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      yeess haha

    • @armak7774
      @armak7774 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Same here! That's the last place I expected to see him :D

    • @josgeerink9434
      @josgeerink9434 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      and at vidcon in maxmofoe vlog

    • @rhyno4152
      @rhyno4152 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Don't forget getting McNuggets with iDubbz

    • @AllanElMelon1043
      @AllanElMelon1043 7 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      That's actually how I discovered Vsauce

  • @Toaster-ln1nw
    @Toaster-ln1nw 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1221

    In soviet russia, girl doesn't put you in friendzone. Friendzone puts you in girl.

    • @Toaster-ln1nw
      @Toaster-ln1nw 10 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      ziyad ibrahim
      Well that just turned dark

    • @midnightwolf14000
      @midnightwolf14000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      ziyad ibrahim
      woah woah woah what? I was thinking friendzone put you "in" girl I was not hearing anything about rape I WITHDRAW MY OFFER *runs*

    • @ziyadibrahim7830
      @ziyadibrahim7830 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol dude i was just kidding xD

    • @ziyadibrahim7830
      @ziyadibrahim7830 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      but did you know, that in RUSSIA, ciggarate smokes YOU!

    • @midnightwolf14000
      @midnightwolf14000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ziyad ibrahim
      much nicer then rape ^^ X'D lmao

  • @aarohgokhale8832
    @aarohgokhale8832 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now let's see Paul Allen's principle

  • @zenekthemonkeydknwknwrk
    @zenekthemonkeydknwknwrk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know he is gonna start going off topic when the beat comes in

  • @toomuchllama481
    @toomuchllama481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3461

    Imagine being asexual and getting friendzoned by yourself

  • @nikoskabbadias
    @nikoskabbadias 8 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    How to escape the friendzone
    Gym.
    Go to the gym.
    "But, women appreciate a sense of humour and.."
    Gym
    "But, its too superficial, we are humans not obj..."
    Gym
    "But, .."
    NO! Gym!
    "Character and social interactions in multiple levels, gender stereotypes, societal pressure..."
    Bro, do you even want to get laid?

    • @drunkenrampage1588
      @drunkenrampage1588 8 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      +Fevos Man Yeah. Jim is a great guy.

    • @GFmanaic
      @GFmanaic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      +DrunkenRampage Thanks dad

    • @nikoskabbadias
      @nikoskabbadias 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      ***** It is quite safe to assume that if friendzone meant sex, men wouldnt mind it.

    • @GFmanaic
      @GFmanaic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Incoming white knights

    • @tylerpitts3388
      @tylerpitts3388 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I want to like this so bad but it won't let me on my phone

  • @markprice5651
    @markprice5651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I suppose this leaves out a couple of things that I think are important in the "friendzone" issue:
    Good looking or not to the other person
    financial status

  • @Piccolo_core
    @Piccolo_core ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is more helpful than any video on relationships I've ever seen, and this one just randomly showed up in my recommended. It's a gift from God.