@@mrscsi6472 be careful, its almost time for the PTA meeting of teachers who regulate gym class. and im sure that asian kid will be taddling after he got hit with 2 Nerf Nukes.
@@brandoncrum5843 i’m calling bull on that. weapon testing aside, no nerf nukes have ever been fired on school grounds, let alone two of them. That asian kid is a naive activist who thinks nerf nukes shouldn’t exist. he’s hoping that the pta will believe him and spearhead widespread disarmament. The operative word here being “widespread”, and not ubiquitous. There’s always gonna be some nerf nuke hidden away somewhere, and the fewer of them there are, the more likely they are to be used.
@@mrscsi6472 but you didnt see him go after that kid with the cool boat toys. he totally didnt see the nerf football that was coming at him later that day. like you had to be there. its real i tells ya
@@NTLMBigBench you're clearly a European, so unself aware is disgusting. If Europeans were just allowed to exist without American intervention you would have killed each other a long time ago
Nah, history channel would be about how humans didnt invent nukes, aliens created the very physics that allow for fission. Unless you mean History channel back in the early aughts. I loved watchin Mail Call with father of mine. R. Lee's glee at destroying watermelons was always a treat.
@@paulatredies All I remember from History Channel was every ad was like; "and you know what also happened in World War 2...?" and also "So you already heard that one, eh? Well hear it again!"
The best part is that, in the real world context, the poor kid never had a nerf nuke, and was also poor because the neighborhood had set his house on fire and refused to let him shop anywhere for 7 years.
@generalpeeps true, but the poor kid was in a position of power because the neighborhood killed his dad, didn't like his older brother, and gave him weapons. Ya know, I think this would be a very dark episode of the WKUK
why do i have the feeling a teacher somewhere in the US actually used this video to explain the cold war and the concept of mutually assured destruction
Me too. I'm impressed at how, without taking a side, they showed mankind flail about helplessly as we do. I've outgrown some of their stuff, but much of it is still wildly entertaining.
What worries me the most is not the problem of weapons of mass destruction for kids but the way time flies. You don't see this kind of colourful summer clothes anymore .
@biqbagel Nope. Right-wingers are always screeching about the anti-christ and Dems taking their guns and anti-vax blah blah all the time. The Right-wingers are the ones that loved their lack of an education. 🤷🏻♂️
I still love these sketches, they were a great part of my teens. So sad that Trevor died so young. Sometimes I rewatch these and laugh my ass off thinking of the ol times, before or at the punchline, just to go "Cheesus fucking christ (in a diced heist) " afterwards while reflecting and letting all the globally applicable socio poltical commentary etc. that is expressed in subtext sink in. Then I feel like in that weird space where you are 3h after an 10h long LSD trip, in Peru where it is legal, where you don't know wether to be happy ro sad, feeling like you understand so much more of reality, while at the same times feeling like understanding even less about all the intricacies of existence and, ya know, space-time as a whole and where humans are at right now, where we are gonna go, wondering what our path is gonna be like. Man I'm starting to sound like a Hippie. I still love these sketches.
Years of cold war knowledge and geopolitics. All that history and philosophy absorbed. And now it all clicks into place. That was a waste of time, I could've just watched this...
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Expectation: watching a Nerf Nuke explotion
Reality: watching a cold war negotiation.
didn’t you hear? you can’t even do nerf nuke testing as that was banned in the lincoln elementary treaty of 3rd period
@@mrscsi6472 be careful, its almost time for the PTA meeting of teachers who regulate gym class. and im sure that asian kid will be taddling after he got hit with 2 Nerf Nukes.
@@brandoncrum5843 i’m calling bull on that. weapon testing aside, no nerf nukes have ever been fired on school grounds, let alone two of them.
That asian kid is a naive activist who thinks nerf nukes shouldn’t exist. he’s hoping that the pta will believe him and spearhead widespread disarmament. The operative word here being “widespread”, and not ubiquitous. There’s always gonna be some nerf nuke hidden away somewhere, and the fewer of them there are, the more likely they are to be used.
@@mrscsi6472 but you didnt see him go after that kid with the cool boat toys. he totally didnt see the nerf football that was coming at him later that day. like you had to be there. its real i tells ya
There are 2 ways to explain nuclear deterrence and history to kids:
-The long one (Metal Gear)
-The short one (this video)
Yeah, it's hard to make history any more interesting than Metal Gear.
Metal Gear?
@@Karlwasright Interesting? Kojima's writing is non-sensical at best.
@@nikushim6665 So is the nuclear arms race.
@@nikushim6665 don't you feel special with your lack of enjoying things and your unwanted contrarianism
I learned more about geopolitical relations when it comes to nuclear proliferation from this skit than from 4 years of high school ever did.
They had another great bit about communism th-cam.com/video/mB98IT28f1k/w-d-xo.html
Should've paid attention then
@@MintyLime703 Might be American, so can’t expect the greatest things from their school system.
@@NTLMBigBench you're clearly a European, so unself aware is disgusting. If Europeans were just allowed to exist without American intervention you would have killed each other a long time ago
@@NTLMBigBench keep it real you hate America because you need to overcompensate for the fact that your Nation wouldn't be able to exist without us
i think this was the whole cold war put into one 2 minute video
It's still going on.
*Entire Cold War & 90s/2000s. Poor kid seems like an obvious reference to the WMDs that Iraq had/didn't have.
More like Afghanistan at the end
No
North korea maybe
Funny thing is the Nerf Nuke doesn't do anything, it's just deterrence :)
Thanks captain obvious
No it's a legit nuclear bomb
Congratulations, you just explained the joke.
You're wrong, the Nerf Nuke has a plutonium core--it's an actual nuclear weapon, for children
... it said that it had a plutonium core. It can do something.
Although the satire was epic, I would also have liked to have seen what the Nerf Nuke does when it the launch button is pressed.
Well now the inter-neighborhood nerf nuke committee needs to make sure YOU don't get your hands on one...
@@michaelfranciotti3900 The U.N., per haps? United Nerfers?
@@Mr._Matt well they ain't buffing shit, that's for sure.
You and every Cold War General who didn't get to go to a testing facility.
wHAT THE FUCK?! *staticky*
BAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Zack's voice is actually perfect for commercial narrating and it's funny because he plays the poor kid we well.
And the mom!
Rewatching this for the first time in 8 years. This sketch makes soo much more sense now.
What do you mean lol it's been making sense everyday ever since the arms race.
@@peaaanuuutz they probably mean that they were younger (and thus less informed on politics) when they saw it for the first time
How about now?
@@nickkerr5714 i said it makes sense now.
How 'bout now?
Nuclear geopolitics in a nutshell hahaha
That do be the joke though
That's literally the joke
Haha he said *NUT*
a nerfshell
Damn dude super proud you got the joke, and then you were able to explain it to the rest of us.
I think this link is broken. I clicked on what I thought was a funny skit and instead got redirected to the History Channel.
Nah, history channel would be about how humans didnt invent nukes, aliens created the very physics that allow for fission.
Unless you mean History channel back in the early aughts. I loved watchin Mail Call with father of mine. R. Lee's glee at destroying watermelons was always a treat.
@@paulatredies All I remember from History Channel was every ad was like; "and you know what also happened in World War 2...?" and also "So you already heard that one, eh? Well hear it again!"
@@mikedangerdoes two different generations of the history channel.
Oh did you guys watch dinosaurs in the civil war too?
It be fit for an episode of horrible histories.
*gives son 6-month advance on allowance*
Mom: “Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds...”
I suppose we all thought that one way or another.
Congratulations, you just made the smartest joke in this comment section.
"destroyer of playgrounds" FTFY
oddly enough you are more accurate... attributing that line to a female AND a matriarch.
did you do this on purpose or serendipitously?
Never give a nerf nuke to a civ player!
The best part is that, in the real world context, the poor kid never had a nerf nuke, and was also poor because the neighborhood had set his house on fire and refused to let him shop anywhere for 7 years.
And he only wanted the nerf nuke because he wanted to build a new house and was afraid the neighborhood will set that one on fire too.
@Zodroo Tint and the neighborhood sent inspectors to look for a nerf nuke for years, and accused him of hiding one in a basement that didn't exist.
I mean the kid did abuse his family for years and repeatedly broke into the neighbours houses to steal things so....
@generalpeeps true, but the poor kid was in a position of power because the neighborhood killed his dad, didn't like his older brother, and gave him weapons.
Ya know, I think this would be a very dark episode of the WKUK
@@leonardorestrepo5196 yeah I'm waiting on THAT show now
"Speak softly and carry a Nerf Nuke."
-Theodore Roosevelt, probably
1:48 the makers of WHAT!
uhhhh
That thing your mother gets from me!
(A legitimate product, as a holiday gift, she's a wonderful lady)
AYO NAW BRO THATS TO FAR
The cum bomb. It’s from the makers of the cum bomb.
Cum Bomb, open your ears! It's a bomb....with cum.
I feel like this is the best thing to show a class to talk about nuclear proliferation.
8 years later and TKUK is still the peak of humor lmao
i love The Kids U Know
Funny enough, someone did eventually make a nerf nuke toy, it looks awesome
I keep meaning to build a nerf Fatman & use modified nerf footballs for the mininukes...
It's not real, it was just an april fool's prank that shows up every now and again
Joel Creates just put out a video detailing his process of building a foam war crime
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I love that all warfare is nerf based until the poor kid without nerf comes into the picture, then it's just a jump beating lol.
@Juel92: Sadly accurate given that curbstomp Third World proxy wars have a distinct tendency not to follow international rules...
Came here for the laughs, stayed here for nuclear deterrence 101
Dude this is literally what the entire Metal Gear series was trying to get across
Memes, dna of the soul
They shape our will.
Beat up poor people. Got it.
Cold war in a nutshell
It's still going on.
yo im rewatching this yearrs later after watching this stuff as a kid
this hits differently now
I thought this was about making fun of call of duty or something like that. Then i learned that this is how nations actually behave
why do i have the feeling a teacher somewhere in the US actually used this video to explain the cold war and the concept of mutually assured destruction
70% of americans think that cold war was called that way because it was cold
Mine did when I was in high school
This is way more intelligent than I was expecting
This should be shown in school. Also RIP Trevor Moore.
I’ve been rewatching WKUK recently and they honestly did political humor the BEST
Me too. I'm impressed at how, without taking a side, they showed mankind flail about helplessly as we do. I've outgrown some of their stuff, but much of it is still wildly entertaining.
This perfectly encapsulated Nuclear Geopolitics and the problem with Iran and N. Korea lol
And Iraq/kuwait
it's kinda funny to watch this as an adult and get the clear reference to global politics.
Doesn't that just mean you were dumb as a kid?
bro this isn’t even a reference it’s literally just what it is
@@XCeazyX dude shut up
This is a good summary of nuclear proliferation. Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying.
Yep, this is Metal Gear Solid V.
+Calvin Jackson I think you mean Peace Walker man.
You mean real life
The ending is the Iraq war and I love it good satire.
who's here after the Joel Creates Nerf Nuke vid?
The joke is that this isn't a joke... and that is why it is funny, well until some looney in power pushes their launch button.
Also it’s just really well executed
1:10 - [North Korea enters the chat]
Pretty sure it's a direct reference to Iraq lmao. Especially given when this skit originally aired, given America and other countries attacking Iraq.
Fun fact. When primed and used, the nerf nuke instantly trigger explosives hidden in all your nerf toys within a mile radius.
I wanted to see a mushroom cloud made of Nerf darts.
"Hey guuuuuyyys! My mom just got me the nerf niüüük" the way he says it is just so perfect
What worries me the most is not the problem of weapons of mass destruction for kids but the way time flies. You don't see this kind of colourful summer clothes anymore .
MAN - Mutually Assured Nerfed
This was put up 9 years ago and YT just tonight decided I might want to see it. I did. I really did.
Damn, the comedic genius behind this is gold.
I would have legit watched suburbia get flooded with bajillions of nerf darts.
Holy shit that was topical
speaking of which this is some onion shit
This aged extremely well
give it a couple more months until putin donates the 1st tactical nuke
well it was already funny back then cause cold war already existed u know
@simunator Found the paranoid right-winger.
@@lococomrade3488 isnt that the left wing? 💀
@biqbagel Nope. Right-wingers are always screeching about the anti-christ and Dems taking their guns and anti-vax blah blah all the time.
The Right-wingers are the ones that loved their lack of an education. 🤷🏻♂️
It's funny, but really spooky how accurate this is. I'm still trying to figure out what detonating it would look like.
They were before their time, this was a piece defining the geopolitics of the Cold War.
This needs to be showed in social studies
Operation Shock and Awe
I think I remember watching this as a 10 year old and I’m here again.
I think I'd rather get directly hit with a nerf nuke, since there's likely no aftermath to experience as opposed to a "cumbomb?".
I think you should do a field test.
Thanks WKUK, now nerf mushroom clouds haunt my deams.
The fact wkuk is now pretty much a documentary of things to come later, Holy shit... fuuuck
Came to see what the nerf nuke would do, stayed for the apt summary of a nuclear proliferation, Cold War stalemates and “preemptive” strikes
R.i.p. Trevor i miss the wkyk.😢
RIP Trevor
I love that it never shows it being used in the entire skit, they're just treating it like a regular nuke in real life. lol
I still love these sketches, they were a great part of my teens.
So sad that Trevor died so young.
Sometimes I rewatch these and laugh my ass off thinking of the ol times, before or at the punchline, just to go "Cheesus fucking christ (in a diced heist) " afterwards while reflecting and letting all the globally applicable socio poltical commentary etc. that is expressed in subtext sink in. Then I feel like in that weird space where you are 3h after an 10h long LSD trip, in Peru where it is legal, where you don't know wether to be happy ro sad, feeling like you understand so much more of reality, while at the same times feeling like understanding even less about all the intricacies of existence and, ya know, space-time as a whole and where humans are at right now, where we are gonna go, wondering what our path is gonna be like. Man I'm starting to sound like a Hippie.
I still love these sketches.
I’m surprise this doesn’t have 1 million+ views already.
They left out the part where the other kids who weren’t ever part of the fight are now all part of the fight.
TH-cam recommending this right now... Not relevant yet, but... We'll see...
1:32 I wonder what country SAM is supposed to represent.
He has the perfect voice for that character “hey guys my mom got me the Nerf nuke”
iraq
Iraq or North Korea, presumably
This aged very well
This can be an actual history lesson with the countries overlaid
Oppenheimer plot revealed😮
USSR: I have a Nuke
America: We have 2 Nukes
Japan in Background: Oh shi-
Poor Kid: North Korea
I miss when subtlety and clever nudges were how we told our views in comedy
This video taught me more about the Cold War than the past 5 years of university
Eternally disappointed they didn't pop one off, just to see what a Nerf Nuke blast would look like.
learned about world politics as a kid with this video still funny 10 years later
I love growing up and finally understanding this is a Cold War skit after all these years
the nerf nuke war is like 2 men standing waist deep in gasoline. one man has 3 matches, the other has five.
This was much better than I expected
Sam is SO funny in this skit, it's unbelievable. Trevor Forget: Their Late Fearless Leader was not the only genius in the group!
They forgot to show the quiet British kid down the street holding a Nerf Nuke watching quietly as they beat up the other kid
nice touch having the USSR be a group of kids
I will show this to my children as their Cold War History 101 class.
If the wind is just right, the cloud of darts could be distributed over several neighborhoods- making lawns unmowable for decades to come.
This is the best satire that has ever been posted since I started using Internet in 1993.
I'm not afraid of the kid that wants a bunch of nerf nukes, I'm afraid of the kid that only wants one.
What they don't tell you is aliens disarmed those nerf nukes years ago.
WITH FREAKIN LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR MOTHERSHIPS.
Holy shit this was surprisingly... Politically accurate
The foam fallout will imoact generations to come.
I’ve searched AliExpress up & down and i cannot find a Nerf Nuke for myself. I feel deprived…
I’ve seen every episode of this show cannot remember this skit.
The real genius is making this skit 7 years ago
Make sure to take the poor kid’s lunch money too! He might use it to buy Nerf Nukes!
“Just the fact that he’s looking for one…”
Years of cold war knowledge and geopolitics. All that history and philosophy absorbed. And now it all clicks into place. That was a waste of time, I could've just watched this...
I'd imagine the Nerf Nuke explosion would be like a wave of marshmallows or one giant marshmallow.
I think the nerf nuke keeps the nerf gun wars from getting out of hand.😆
Lol finally getting this sketch as a 32 year old adult. Ffs where has time gone?
getting recommended again after so many years lol
I didn't realize what was going on until the poor kid showed up and they decided he can't have a nerd nuke.
I have information that the poor kid is 2 years away from achieving nerf fusion
Remember folks....you can't hug the world with nurf nuke arms. Something to think about....
Nerf nuke launches, but UFO appears in route and disables
Game theory
Oppenheimer looks great
How did this guy just summarize the NPT in one nerf skit