finally, no more boomers screaming about technology. no more gen x screaming about smartphones. no more millennials screaming about social media. and no more gen z screaming about AI.
You have such a beautiful way with words, both comforting and scary at the same time. An exurb1a video never fails to calm me down, replacing my daily worries with existential distress. Please keep doing this forever.
"And the syntax bomb, a sentence so deadly, just hearing it will result in complete mental collapse. The listener refusing to believe in their existence. Reading only single words at a time will result in nausea and a profoundly erotic attraction to dodecahedrons." thats just an exurb1a video
What use is to write plays if Shakespeare exists, or sculpt after Michelangelo? This is not an amateur writer, or an expert, may his subscriber count fool you. This is exurb1a.
Great thought. I just finished it. o e of my favourite stories ever. watching this for the first time. more like a prologue than an preqil I recon your not far off for sure.
Maybe I'm an idiot because it just sounds like what me and friends would talk about doing drugs. Sounds thought provoking like "how do you know if my blue is your blue," but really it's irrelevant
@@princememphis7726 most of us have had conversations such as you mentioned. however, this vides is an amazing art piece, thought experiment, and philosophical take on the meaning of our consciousness/existence and if you can't see the value here... then I'm sorry, mate.
Value is subjective. However, I'm glad this video gives you faith to believe in its insistence on being of high value to you. It's wonderful to have differing outputs of perspective generated by a common input (this video).
This is a quote from a Canadian poet! The poem goes: To unlearn grass and sky in favour of next and why, to relinquish the soft, uncertain edges of the world for the cold hard steel of learning. This is the first knowledge I gained: that the mind is a knife, and cuts, always cuts, for its own sake.
"Have you considered that maybe the day you declare yourself so old and wise that nothing new can ever happen again is exactly when you confirm when you're so young and ignorant you can't imagine the fantastic shape of what's coming next? It is your cynical certainty that reveals your youth" 🖋🔥🔥
Watching this again, for the millionth time, in the middle of a pretty severe panic attack. The way you masterfully mix words into such beautiful poetry helps to bring my peace back. My sanity thanks you, and I could never put into words how much I appreciate what you do.
“But strangely, as much as we can guess back on Earth from what they report-they’re all still _us._ For all they present, with tentacales and bumblebee wings, they still pee and argue, still party and mourn; everything that makes life what it is, all the weird worrying and terrible longing to belong, and why some weeks am I sad without reason, and how do I know a brave choice from a stupid one, and that morning. Why were you so cold with me? Did I offend you in a dream? And I walked you to work in that awful silence, the thing threshing like a bell between us, and when I came to meet you at the end of the day I was sure you were going to tell me you were leaving, when suddenly, you took my face in your hands and kissed me on the mouth so perfectly and by surprise my soul exploded right out the back of my head in way I’ve simply never been able to fold back inside, nor would I want to. What are we, but wanting, willing, dying things; out of the dirt, a little dance, then back under; mayfly creatures, twilight fandango; then cowering again to pray again that for whoever comes after, there’s laughter.” this might be the best exurb1a video yet
This video was so beautiful it actually made me cry. Its delivery, writing, music, visuals are all just perfect. Thanks ever so much for making this and putting it on the internet for free.
Your writing has improved so much over the years I swear you've managed to nestle into a niche where punchlines make me tear up and existential outbursts of panic make me laugh, the association game that seems so random but instinctively congruent. Keep at it man I'm a huge fan and I can't wait for you to continue improving.
7:13 the slide show of memories that I haven’t experienced. The profound explanation to a humans existence as “wanting, willing, dying things. Out of the dirt, a little dance and back under. Praying again for whoever comes after there’s laughter.” Hearing those words in such a tone felt like I had my eyes briefly opened to my own mortality and place in the universe. Only to have them shut forcibly as if a higher being were saying “Come and see.”
You made me go through the cliché and cynical reflexion about humanity's cyclical nature, feeling a incomprehensible nostalgia and longing for a future I will never live and finally, those last few minutes, brought me to the verge of tears. Beautifully written and narrated, beer truly is the best invention ever.
Sometimes i avoid clicking on your videos for months because they are uncomfortable. But every time i walk away feeling like the world is a beautiful place after all
Exurbia feels like slowly being led around a room full of the most beautiful art in existence through a tinted lens, and all of a sudden at the end your vision clears and you can see the masterpiece that he has created, step by step. And everything just comes together and you’re suddenly surprised and amazed and impressed and everything in between. These videos are here to be cherished for centuries to come. When I have them, I will show my kids this channel and their kids as well. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with the world turtle.
But fr though why is it so beautiful and why do I understand them, it's great and all but I feel so burdened with boundless knowledge of a potentially better future that we might never experience and that's so depressing to think about.
No matter how big and famous you might one day become, to me you will forever be underrated. As a creator, a writer, but most importantly as an artist.
@@jjones8033 The art of this video isn’t the images in it. The art is the story he tells. The images are just a nice visual aid for it. Art isn’t just paintings/images my dude
@@NathanChoimo i love the stockimages 😂 its a hidden beauty when you get to listen to philosophical ideologies and look at a stockimage of a tennis rack 😂😂😂
Really wish I knew how these were created. Like which programs and prompts. I can never figure out the right words other than it being painterly with visible brushstrokes.
And then the next comes - they forget they were ever gods, as in the search of experience the finality of existence captures their attention and the cycle starts anew.
My wife and I are putting our cat down today. I took the day off work and was sitting with my cat, fighting the urge to get up and do something. Be it wipe something down, vacuum and other odds and ends around the house. I’d watched this video a few days ago and it was an excellent reminder to just be. So the cat and I are being together the next couple of hours we have left. Thank you for this.
"A wheel for the cart, a cart for the road, a lamp for the dark, and gloves for the cold" That little simple line felt infinitely significant to me, and I've no idea why.
solutions to problems, keeps our meat brain busy. And when there’s no more problems to solve we act as if there were, keeping on looking for answers because thats what we’ve always known and done… EDIT: This is why some of the richest people are some of the unhappiest. The problems get so abstract and manufactured that its almost impossible to find a solution to them, in return making us unhappy because „we can’t solve the problems that our brain deems necessary to solve“
I feel it as a reminder that the point of invention and innovation is to bringe ease. It's to lessen suffering. Being more productive is meant to give us more time to relax, not incentivise even more effort. Remember what these things are FOR. A lamp FOR the dark, and gloves FOR the cold.
WHY is there NEVER a video you post, or a book you write, that I can finish without goosebumps or a new outlook. My mother as a child would always tell me to take the time to just be, and just like them it took me until a few years ago to start to get it, and you just summed it up for everyone to understand in minutes. Keep up the great work man, ill always be the biggest supporter from the sidelines. also wanted to note, my mother fuckin loved this
i’ve been watching your videos since i was 14… turning 23 in a couple weeks. times flies thank u for the 9 years of existential dread but also thank u for making content that puts my worries at ease
How is it that you can fill me with such existential pain the first half of a video, and then ground me, and fill me with a sort of existential acceptance, and wonder in the second half. You are an inspiration, and my worst nightmare all at once. Keep it up.
it does seem to be similiar to this one too, the old woman, the small village existing without worry at the foot of a mountain, the last humans that just accepted being...
Got three that I like to throw on and have a listen to: "Sleep is Just Death Being Shy", "You Will Never Do Anything Remarkable", and "The Answer is Not a Hut in the Woods". You can tell a lot about someone based on their Exurb1a taste, I think.
This video is awesome. My ex-girlfriend and I were into mind-bending existential stuff. We used to watch a different channel that would delve into similar topics/concepts and we would stay up late tripping out on the videos. We watched every single video on that channel and it kinda helped bring us back down to earth (We were kinda in our own little world). After we broke up I started searching for meaning and somehow I came across this channel. I wish we would have discovered it when we we were together, it could have saved our relationship...
The connection between your videos through out the years is astounding. The direct connection to And Then We'll be Okay made me rewatch that video, which is still one of my favorites. This is truly thought provoking poetry and fantastical story telling.
It's always such a pleasure when this man randomly decides to share his existential dread with us. I've watched your videos for years and it's so nice to just get this sort of prompt to take a step back from time to time.
Exurb is like a drunken father that ran away when you were young but occasionally appears in your life just to remind you of what failure you are, but for some reason you enjoy the time hes there
I am sorry to tell you - I used to watch his videos plenty as well - you gave your money to a cruel, sadistic man. I suggest you look into what he did to his ex in your own time. I'm not able to link sources here.
@@user-rg5hb6jr7p "we should improve society somewhat" "AND YET YOU PARTAKE IN IT! CURIOUS!" Kind of response. Please tell me how I'm "profiting" exactly, what makes me immoral in this scenario, while you sit there and defend abusers with the excuse that they're beautiful intellectually in your eyes. Yes, I'm taking the time out of my day to leave multiple comments - because people like you refuse to hold him accountable for his actions. Because unlike you I broke out of my worship for him, my awe in him as a creator, and saw the person.
@@user-rg5hb6jr7p So quick question, you'd be OK if someone decided to aggressively attack you and, to put it in light terms, violate, provided they were "beautiful" enough intellectually? You'd be fine with them continuing on without consequences as though nothing happened, as if it didn't traumatize you? Do you know what empathy is at all?
@@user-rg5hb6jr7p The way you say "well nobody's perfect :)" like he didn't make her bleed or use her in his experiment without informed consent or take advantage of her mercy repeatedly... what have you done in your life that makes Exurb1a look like a saint in comparison, exactly? What consequences have you run from, that makes you shrug off what he did so easily?
@@user-rg5hb6jr7p To improve society we should probably stop letting violent and sadistic people get what they want so we don't resort to animalistic rulership where the strongest wins, and instead value empathy and consideration for others as a form of intelligence. Maybe we shouldn't be valuing people on how many pretentious words they can spit out in a string or how they make the same observation that we're simultaneously insignificant and insignificant in the universe or potentially non-existent altogether that thousands before them already shared. Living day to day isn't "profiting". I'd argue it's the opposite. If cruel people hadn't encouraged others to breed like rabbits - rather than acting like actually sapient beings with heightened intelligence - I wouldn't be here - and that would be a grand thing indeed, to never have to be trapped between a life I never asked for, surrounded by cruel people and their enablers (yes, you) and the biological drive to survive and avoid death baked into our DNA. It would have also meant you and the man you sing praises for could have done no harm, would have meant his victim could never have been harmed either. What do you think should be my answer to my life being inherently cruel, if not to self terminate - keeping in mind encouraging such a thing is against the law and the barrier of anonymity is thinner than one might expect. Does it comfort you to continue to worship the people who contributed to pain in this world? Do you think you will be spared when their gaze turns your way, if only you kiss their boots hard enough?
I am literally writing my thesis due in a few days and was watching exurb1a's old videos for motivation and wondering when the next one would come. This can't be a coincidence
It's on the death of stars: supernovae. I find runaway star - neutron star pairs which are produced after a supernova in a binary star system. @@CIC699
If I was healthy, I would have bought everything you've ever created, all your books. But I'm dying, doesn't make sense for me to spend money material possessions. For all it's worth, you have given me one too many perspectives on life and I'm truly thankful for that. Thank you. May your curiosity never stop.
Or, you can buy the books, then spend time pondering and doodling within them. And once you've filled them with your you-ness, or once you feel too close to the edge, you can pass them off to someone else, so that they may ponder and doodle, changing the whole, taking a part of each of you. And the outcome, if ever a time exists for it, will be a unique line of thoughts and feelings from one to the next. An odd thing, filled with ramblings, and lines of "haha, I'm so smart, look at this oddness that I add because I'm so different.". Some will try and rectify or cover up their previous oddness, some will carry on, feeling a need to stick with their prior decisions, some will let was be what was, and change into what will be. "But why?", you might ask. Well, why not? I don't know your situation, so maybe you don't have time to ponder and doodle. But if not, what's stopping you?
To the contrary: I would say that if you're dying to be dead sooner than later, it makes all the sense to spend money on matters that are meaningful to you. Given that you no longer need monetary means to either survive or live.♡ Farewell with meaning, stranger!☆
to catch an exurb1a video so early really is a treat, when youre just beginning to spiral after a couple of drinks to be reminded that youre nothing at all and that the future and the past might be the same and both equally unimportant is why ive always enjoyed this channel
ive been watching since i was somewhere around 11 years old. you have been a huge part of my childhood and formative years and i wouldnt have it any other way. parasocial relationships be damned im glad i found your channel. keep doing what makes you happy man.
I was introduced to exurb1a by a stranger in a taxi when I was about 17. I'm glad you found him earlier. Much of my personality is also shaped by these videos :)
Your writing is brilliant, you and everybody watching your videos know it, but sometimes we forget that you have to choose every background track. And your taste in music is top-tier. Every song fits the vibe of the story. And even if we don’t acknowledge all the details you’re putting in your work, I think I speak for all of us when I say thank you. The amount of effort in every video is ridiculous. Music at 5:00 reminds me of Northern Shaanxi storytelling songs, I don’t know why. But I would be infinitely thankful if someone could help me find it. Thx exurb1a! You make our thoughts colourful and beautiful.
3:12 there's a cool paradox here if you think about it: If both parties agree to drink the cocktail, they would be acting maturely by accepting the end of the relationship and letting eachother go regarless if the drink works or not, thus finishing on good terms
Or they’re both bitter and in pain and they decide to meet to drown their miseries at the same time so neither one of them reminds the other what a shitstorm it actually was. Accepting a relationship ending doesn’t always mean finishing it on good terms. They think it was on good terms but the growth of character and acts required to end something on good terms never happened so really they’re just kidding themselves. Or not, I have no idea what I’m talking about
But you forget that they drink it not out of will but of obligation, cultural obligations pressures, the “well this is what everyone else does in this situation” sort of deal
I just want to say that so many videos of yours leave me crying a bit. I can’t even explain why. But everything you say is just so beautiful. I loved all your books. I really look forward to hearing your thoughts and stories every time
A couple of years ago I introduced my girlfriend at the time to this channel and she fell in love with it. We are not be together anymore but I'm so happy to know that this video will pop up in her feed and fill her mind with this amazing cocktail of emotions, this dance of contradictions-hopeful and hopeless, curious yet apprehensive, caught between awe and dread about the future. For those interested to see, these videos provide such a poetic glimpse into the human condition and its a gift I'm very proud to have shared with someone I loved once.
This is not mere content for likes or profit, this is modern art, Philosophical mind coitus expressed in poetic storytelling, his words are hand picked like crotchets in a symphony that pierces your soul so deeply that you discover new depths yourself. Exurb1a you are undoubtedly one of the most brilliant minds humankind has ever produced, one in a trillion. ..........what......next?
I love how you convey your thesis of reality through art. I’ve been following your content for years and your worldview of this cosmic cycle is obvious throughout your work - where we came from, where we’re headed, why we should strive to attain peace within ourselves. At times you’ve painted a dystopian future, surely in some part due to the entertainment value, but ultimately I believe you explore those possibilities to contrast and frame your profound optimism. It always ties back to this moment - the possibility that there is a purpose for our existence; a purpose not realized at the end of a road, but along the road itself. And while you leverage your understanding of physics, philosophy, and consciousness studies, you only use these to uniquely portray your thesis as a story whereas another might attempt to formalize a thesis through rigorous logic; but you know that approach is unlikely to be taken seriously. Maybe there is a place for a more academic approach one day, but for now, and for most of us, your storytelling is a far more effective way to give a wide audience a glimpse of your worldview. That’s where the magic is anyway - seeing it, and seeing ourselves in it. I hope I’ve done your art justice by comprehending even a fraction your worldview. If so, I’m happy to have shared this vista with you.
Whenever im watching your videos and see the way you view and aproach things in general i feel like you re another version of me, but your brain is unlocked.
I could sit under a tree with Platon right now, and he would ask me 'So what did you see?' And i would say 'Just.. the journey' He would slowly nod, pass me the blunt, and ask again 'But was it a good journey?' And after a deep inhale, with extra deep voice, I'd answer 'Yes. Maybe the best. A journey of pure and true beauty.' Again he would nod, and one of the greatest thinkers of all time would sit there in peace, for no more words are needed in that moment. There was a video once when you talked about a book, using language so well and just nice, it inspired you. You good Sir have the same effect - at least for me. The words you use, the stories you tell, the awakening of an adventurous mind that sometimes just needs the smallest steps for the biggest leaps.. Also i just wanna say again Catastrotivity [2 especially] is in fact way more than a guide for art. Thank you for your kind words.
@@KeepsYouUpAtNight He was busy when the video came up, but you are probably right. Look, over there he is, smokin buckets outta Diogenes barrel. >.> Classic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I let my guard down during the first half and did not expect that roller coaster... even made me cry. Well done once again, especially in reminding me of my arrogance (that "I am wise") while turning me to the present rather than to doom gloom into the unknown future. Well done, and thank you
The day you declare yourself so old and wise that noting new can ever happen again is exactly when you conform you're just so young and ignorant you can't imagine the fantastic shape of whats coming next. "It is your cynical certainty that reveals your youth", "Welcome to adolescence"
This video very much helped with my depression. This is not an exaggeration. I feel as though I were taught a lesson by one of the best professors; A topic I couldn't previously understand and that I grappled with has suddenly become clear and easy to understand, even enjoyable in retrospect. Thank you Exurb1a. Ignorance may very well be bliss, in a grand philosophical way. I needn't think too hard about... everything. Especially not that of which I won't be around for. I'll only continue to do my best, and not worry about when I don't. Trying to change the thoughts of others, even, isn't something I should concern myself so much with that I put in a particularly exhausting effort; We will all come back around one day, no matter the means. So let's just enjoy the ride.
Call me a pessimist but if 18 minutes helped you in less than 24 hours then it’s gonna go downhill soon. That’s only a peak. Usually feels that way before everything goes to shit
@@Enju-Aihara you don’t get me, if you genuinely feel like it’s getting better quick it’s bound not to last. At least im my personal experience. And the delusion I tried to stay in, forcing myself to think things would improve didn’t carry me for long.
@@reedy_9619 You're wrong, you simply have confirmation bias. You want to think you're in the pit once again. Because this is how it always feel once you're in it. You're deep in sadness unable to forsee a positive future. He's right about his feelings
That "tea around the kettle now" poem from the asteroid seed part made me tear up. And then it happened again about six more times before the end. Bloody. Good.
Im currently on a 5 weeks road trip across the US, first time leaving my home & this reminder to “just be” couldnt have come at a more perfect time. Thank you again for being you & making people like me feel like we belong. Like what we do makes sense, when really we’re all just existing
Couldn't agree more. The whole video was an emotional rollercoaster, but the last 2 minutes, when the mountain lady appeared and explained everything that my brain already grasped from the video, I started to cry.
14:54 "How good it feels to find another mind just as strange as oneself and say 'I would like you by my side until my little race is run'" I feel this. Holy fuck.
It really doesn't seem to matter which of your videos I watch or how many times i watch them, i always end up crying by the end, because of your poetry and rhythm, the existential beauty and hopeful dread, from your words, they well up inside me, and, as tears, spill from my head.
Horrors and Living (a poem I wrote one time about a similar topic to this) Myriad of consciousness... In the future, people will be liquid, or generated; Death and Life will mean nothing And perhaps neither will the sun and moon Grass and trees replaced by wires Florescent nightmares of flesh and steel Neural mysteries and bleeding dreams; And from this, Time will keep going on. Eternally. There's no end, no beginning; After humanity rots and something else arises, And after they rot, too. Ouroborus' corpse will be eaten by another snake; A conquerer worm dies and then is fed upon. Angels dragged down and die, For the thing above them in the hierarchy, And the same occuring with demons. The endless ladder of existence never topples; Horrors forever written. But the experience of life will go on The stories worlds forge and creative development As long as that real heart keeps beating, The world is true.
This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on this platform and it has been a few very long years of non-stop binge watching of the slop that this website has to offer. Thank you for finishing the script and I wish you and me many more videos like this
I discovered your channel about a year ago and every video, story and tale you put up here is just amazing. However, this one in particular has really moved something inside me. It comes at a moment in which pondering about the existence of life is more prominent in my day to day basis. I wanted to tell you that I really love your work and the way you put concepts together. Thank you for such an amazing work.
I've rarely stopped pondering existence since I was a child. The 'why' of everything. Now in my midlife, I still ponder daily. Best of luck on your journey.
@@sodiumscrub when I was about 11 I remember looking out of the window and paying especial attention to the trees that were in front of me in my neighborhood. I thought " one day, all of this will disappear and I won't see it anymore. When I'm gone" That was my first realization that I will not live forever. When I had my daughter, and I came from the hospital with the newborn I thought " what a sad day when mother and daughter must be split when death comes". That was my other big realization of how really small we are in the big scheme of things. Thanks for your reply. Best
I swear this always happens like litterally 2 days ago i rewatched like so many it was a random spur of the moment kind of thing and ta da a video today
Goddamm beautiful ---- thank you for creating this. Teared up. Over the years watching your existential rants --- the struggles of life -- self doubt about your work ---- but man, that doubt sprouted into a beautiful flower. Then Next Comes.
The ending 1 minute of the video got to me so much I didn't even realise the tears that were running down my cheeks until I saw my reflection on the black screen. I can not believe I found this channel. I want to thamk you Exurb1a, from the bottom of my heart. Your writing has touched my feelings like nothing before, please never stop being. Best regards, friend
I cannot express what this made me feel. I will need to listen to it again, calmly, and maybe write a bit around his ideas. What a person. He's so good at being.
Hey man, thanks a lot for this. I've been keeping up with you for years, and I legit cried at the end. It's true, that's how life goes, that's the way the cookie crumbles... so true, yet so simple... true happiness is possible to achieve..
01:17 that's not a dodecahedron, that's an icosahedron *rights glasses with two fingers over nose bridge
Also that was a bolt, not a screw.
Came here to say exactly this. I have one tattooed on me 😂
I'm a total bastard and I apologise deeply
@@Exurb1awhat happened to your criminal case
@Exurb1a dw you're not alone, I ashamedly have yet to develop an attraction and am striving to improve
"Shhhh...He's gonna say his first words!"
"Bullshit cancelling headphones"
Now that's something I'd gladly pay for
:D
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Fascism will finally fall on deaf ears...
Then Next Comes...
finally, no more boomers screaming about technology. no more gen x screaming about smartphones. no more millennials screaming about social media. and no more gen z screaming about AI.
“And soon they forgot they were ever humans, just as humans forgot they were ever fish”. I absolutely love this
Have always been and always will be human
@@ronaldpettifurd5957 I think you missed the point my guy.
@@brittanyk6651I think he’s describing the continuity as human - which is poetic but a bit homo sapien centric
There’s no such thing as fish except as a type of food. And we are ultimately food.
I cant believe he spent 8 months building a time machine to warn us about the future
'Is there beer?'
'Of course. The best invention.'
He didn’t even bring back unlimited rice pudding 😔
@@RevenantMain1you should look up “exurbia allegations”
I js bought one of his books. The fifth science. Anyone know if it’s good?
As long as the culture war is over, I'm cool with it.
You have such a beautiful way with words, both comforting and scary at the same time. An exurb1a video never fails to calm me down, replacing my daily worries with existential distress. Please keep doing this forever.
Thank you, that's terribly kind
@@Exurb1a you wouldn't happen to know the song at roughly 11:13
@@randommemebean686 Or perhaps even just a full list of all of the bangers used throughout?
@@Exurb1a weird, I read this comment in the voice of the narrator in the video.
Petition to make this channel an internet time capsule to be opened in the 55th century
“How the fuck did he-?”
“Must’ve been a lucky guess.”
Good Idea, let's make them think we made Time Machines to make the Prediction Accurate.
@@arcticthehunter7099 The truth tortoise knows all... Just don't look into it's eyes.
It was
BRO I keep seeing the number 55...
I love how every sentence of this is a plot for a 3 hour film
Sounds like a GPT prompt
Yeah! In the first few minutes I was like "Someone could write an entire book series about one aspect of any of these ideas".
@@WhizPill Hes been writing some really good stuff since before GPT got huge, if he uses it he has well-earned it.
@@tylergust8881 "he's written some good scripts before so i don't care if all that comes after is AI vomit" wow, great logic
@@miscellaneous663Justify and clarify your conclusion and then you can expect a better response.
“What are we but wanting, willing, dying things; out of the dirt, a little dance and back under”
How poetically beautiful!
Got me too
Literally just got done putting it in my bio (with credit ofc)
The most quotable youtuber imo.
AI wrote 90% of this
"And the syntax bomb, a sentence so deadly, just hearing it will result in complete mental collapse. The listener refusing to believe in their existence. Reading only single words at a time will result in nausea and a profoundly erotic attraction to dodecahedrons."
thats just an exurb1a video
Nam shub anyone?
Born too late to explore Antarctica, but too early to do whatever was said in this video
just in time to be
@@bboxkain …be what???
@@Untrustedlife ...be.... yeah....
Born in time to witness art from the foundation of the soul 😌
Dude hasn't been following the news much, heh?
An uncanny ability to arrange ordinary words into such an exquisite order they give a brief reassurance to us troubled ones. Thank you for ever.
Bullshit canceling headphones
@@icarob-engThe Portable Nap Drone
@@Lev0t0nThe elixir of eternal nightlife
@@MarcTelangexperimentally pissing on electrified fences
13:00
Every time I think I’m a wordsmith; I come here to be humbled. This man deserves extreme success.
What use is to write plays if Shakespeare exists, or sculpt after Michelangelo? This is not an amateur writer, or an expert, may his subscriber count fool you. This is exurb1a.
@@edgedgwhat
@@jchud13 no if you watched this video you followed that don't fuck with us
@@jchud13 edge god
You bring to the table something he doesnt. That's why people other than the best of the best still exist and still put in effort!
IT'S THE PREQUEL OF "And then we'll be okay"!
Woah nice catch
holy crap i just watched that before this and thought that this all was eerily familiar haha. especially on the woman having a great taste for beer 😂
Great thought. I just finished it. o e of my favourite stories ever. watching this for the first time. more like a prologue than an preqil I recon your not far off for sure.
"To unlearn grass and sky in favour of where next and why" beautiful, just beautiful
Maybe I'm an idiot because it just sounds like what me and friends would talk about doing drugs. Sounds thought provoking like "how do you know if my blue is your blue," but really it's irrelevant
@@princememphis7726 most of us have had conversations such as you mentioned. however, this vides is an amazing art piece, thought experiment, and philosophical take on the meaning of our consciousness/existence and if you can't see the value here... then I'm sorry, mate.
Value is subjective. However, I'm glad this video gives you faith to believe in its insistence on being of high value to you. It's wonderful to have differing outputs of perspective generated by a common input (this video).
This is a quote from a Canadian poet! The poem goes:
To unlearn grass and sky
in favour of next and why,
to relinquish the soft,
uncertain edges of the world
for the cold hard steel
of learning.
This is the first knowledge
I gained:
that the mind is a knife,
and cuts, always cuts,
for its own sake.
@@denthayes4599 what is the name of the poet if you know?
HE REMEMBERED HIS PASSWORD 🤯
woooooooooo
SO BACK
Good one 😂, came right when I was rewatchinv "Big Oxygen"
Hate it when he does that
LETSSSGOOO
"Have you considered that maybe the day you declare yourself so old and wise that nothing new can ever happen again is exactly when you confirm when you're so young and ignorant you can't imagine the fantastic shape of what's coming next? It is your cynical certainty that reveals your youth" 🖋🔥🔥
Welcome to adolescence
Yes. This part. This. I had to relisten to it, and i love it.
This was the line that really hit home for me
16:33
absolute bars 🔥
Watching this again, for the millionth time, in the middle of a pretty severe panic attack. The way you masterfully mix words into such beautiful poetry helps to bring my peace back. My sanity thanks you, and I could never put into words how much I appreciate what you do.
This is art, philosophy and poetry consumed in a 21st century way.
sorry there were no subway surfer videos or family guy compilations
The golden age of information.
@@Androidonator 21st century way, not a brainrot way. Fortunately one doesn't necessitate the other.
Yes+
@@Androidonatorthere's a whole lot of bread tube or flat earther channels.. you say that here?
"Praying that for whoever comes after, there's laughter." Beautiful...
That one struck a chord more than any other sentence in the video. Profound.
bible?
Oh God
@@zaierkaelt.villas6327 bible?
“But strangely, as much as we can guess back on Earth from what they report-they’re all still _us._ For all they present, with tentacales and bumblebee wings, they still pee and argue, still party and mourn; everything that makes life what it is, all the weird worrying and terrible longing to belong, and why some weeks am I sad without reason, and how do I know a brave choice from a stupid one, and that morning. Why were you so cold with me? Did I offend you in a dream? And I walked you to work in that awful silence, the thing threshing like a bell between us, and when I came to meet you at the end of the day I was sure you were going to tell me you were leaving, when suddenly, you took my face in your hands and kissed me on the mouth so perfectly and by surprise my soul exploded right out the back of my head in way I’ve simply never been able to fold back inside, nor would I want to. What are we, but wanting, willing, dying things; out of the dirt, a little dance, then back under; mayfly creatures, twilight fandango; then cowering again to pray again that for whoever comes after, there’s laughter.”
this might be the best exurb1a video yet
This part is what stuck with me also.
Im crying
It undoubtedly is.
This video was so beautiful it actually made me cry. Its delivery, writing, music, visuals are all just perfect. Thanks ever so much for making this and putting it on the internet for free.
It’s been 8 months since the last exurb1a video. I’m not okay.
And then we’ll be okay
Check his other channel exub1a2 posted there 2 months ago short vid brilliant poem
I Bought all his books to hold me over lmao
It’s going to be
almost half a million subs and not one told you this guy is a rapist? lmao
“They’ve remembered everything forgotten and forgotten everything worth remembering” How I’ve missed you dearest Exurb1a. How I’ve missed you 🥺
Your writing has improved so much over the years I swear you've managed to nestle into a niche where punchlines make me tear up and existential outbursts of panic make me laugh, the association game that seems so random but instinctively congruent. Keep at it man I'm a huge fan and I can't wait for you to continue improving.
I make your words mine
7:13 the slide show of memories that I haven’t experienced. The profound explanation to a humans existence as “wanting, willing, dying things. Out of the dirt, a little dance and back under. Praying again for whoever comes after there’s laughter.” Hearing those words in such a tone felt like I had my eyes briefly opened to my own mortality and place in the universe. Only to have them shut forcibly as if a higher being were saying “Come and see.”
The prequel to "and then we'll be okay"
EDIT: IT LITTERALY ENDED WITH A RANDOM AMBIGIOUS LADY ON A MOUNTAIN WISER THEN EVERYONE
good thought
Woah
than* everyone
literally* :)
ambiguous*
You made me go through the cliché and cynical reflexion about humanity's cyclical nature, feeling a incomprehensible nostalgia and longing for a future I will never live and finally, those last few minutes, brought me to the verge of tears. Beautifully written and narrated, beer truly is the best invention ever.
I made tears
To be complacent is to be young. To be content is to be old
Not until Next buys me dinner first.
😂
HEYo
😂😂😂😂😂
Next always "comes"
Your comment and your profile pic is an amazing combination.
Sometimes i avoid clicking on your videos for months because they are uncomfortable. But every time i walk away feeling like the world is a beautiful place after all
he really has a way with words that makes you take comfort in everything, even your hardships
Oh shit. The turtle of existential dread is back!
You saw them too! There were turtles all the way down! 😮
Pretty sure its a tortoise
Ah yes, I sure do love questioning everything.
this isnt dread. it is pure wonder at the miracle that is existence
The rapist turtle!
Exurbia feels like slowly being led around a room full of the most beautiful art in existence through a tinted lens, and all of a sudden at the end your vision clears and you can see the masterpiece that he has created, step by step. And everything just comes together and you’re suddenly surprised and amazed and impressed and everything in between. These videos are here to be cherished for centuries to come. When I have them, I will show my kids this channel and their kids as well. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with the world turtle.
Nothing can express the range of emotions I just felt better than this.
Download them. Download everything !! YT will one day make stuff like this unavailable. Could be 50 years down the line ..or it could be 15.
yes we must not lose such masterpieces
Bullshit cancelling headphones
But fr though why is it so beautiful and why do I understand them, it's great and all but I feel so burdened with boundless knowledge of a potentially better future that we might never experience and that's so depressing to think about.
No matter how big and famous you might one day become, to me you will forever be underrated. As a creator, a writer, but most importantly as an artist.
Did you not see the blatant ai generated images
@@jjones8033 i dont think they meant artist as in drawing art, I think it's more as in the metaphorical essence of creating something.
@@jjones8033 The art of this video isn’t the images in it. The art is the story he tells. The images are just a nice visual aid for it.
Art isn’t just paintings/images my dude
Fr
@@jjones8033You say blatant as if anyone was under the illusion that he did it himself
Please never stop your work. Your videos give me hope.
Ai images must have made this guys job either easier or more stressful
IMO recent videos are so much better than his previous videos with stock images
@@NathanChoimo i love the stockimages 😂 its a hidden beauty when you get to listen to philosophical ideologies and look at a stockimage of a tennis rack 😂😂😂
omg yeah they fill into his vibe of existentialist imagination soup soo well
Really wish I knew how these were created. Like which programs and prompts. I can never figure out the right words other than it being painterly with visible brushstrokes.
@@Archflip real
13:13 "And soon they forget they were ever human, just as humans forgot they were ever fish."
What an incredible thought.
We were all mycelium on a comet bro. Not bots nor fish. Something unique.
I agree.
Godless nonsense
@@d0nn13m0n0finally someone sane. evolution is a load of nonsense
And then the next comes - they forget they were ever gods, as in the search of experience the finality of existence captures their attention and the cycle starts anew.
Exturb1a is a national treasure. No- global treasure. No- cosmic treasure
Just treasure
regional, I would argue. there are no nations to do for next
Look up the exurb1a criminal case. Not sure if it's true, but likely
@@peerkleyboldt221its been completely dismissed and the claims have no backing and the person never pushed on it.
I dont believe its true
No EXURBIAN TREASURE
My wife and I are putting our cat down today. I took the day off work and was sitting with my cat, fighting the urge to get up and do something. Be it wipe something down, vacuum and other odds and ends around the house. I’d watched this video a few days ago and it was an excellent reminder to just be. So the cat and I are being together the next couple of hours we have left.
Thank you for this.
"A wheel for the cart, a cart for the road, a lamp for the dark, and gloves for the cold"
That little simple line felt infinitely significant to me, and I've no idea why.
its because tools are just for us to enjoy the world, the wonder we have is enough.
I need to write some short stories to this
solutions to problems, keeps our meat brain busy. And when there’s no more problems to solve we act as if there were, keeping on looking for answers because thats what we’ve always known and done…
EDIT: This is why some of the richest people are some of the unhappiest. The problems get so abstract and manufactured that its almost impossible to find a solution to them, in return making us unhappy because „we can’t solve the problems that our brain deems necessary to solve“
because it rhymed
I feel it as a reminder that the point of invention and innovation is to bringe ease. It's to lessen suffering. Being more productive is meant to give us more time to relax, not incentivise even more effort. Remember what these things are FOR. A lamp FOR the dark, and gloves FOR the cold.
this turtle remembered his password
He never forgot, it takes time to make art
@@error-hz4lq and fighting legal battles, that also takes time
WHY is there NEVER a video you post, or a book you write, that I can finish without goosebumps or a new outlook. My mother as a child would always tell me to take the time to just be, and just like them it took me until a few years ago to start to get it, and you just summed it up for everyone to understand in minutes. Keep up the great work man, ill always be the biggest supporter from the sidelines.
also wanted to note, my mother fuckin loved this
Don’t start a war please. Anyways, cheers.
"My mother as a child would always tell me to take the time to just be" that is a nifty trick!
@@blackphoenixfamily8477😂
does the fact you glaze over a rap1st not give you goosebumps? his first book is dedicated to his victim. go figure
I know
i’ve been watching your videos since i was 14… turning 23 in a couple weeks. times flies thank u for the 9 years of existential dread but also thank u for making content that puts my worries at ease
How is it that you can fill me with such existential pain the first half of a video, and then ground me, and fill me with a sort of existential acceptance, and wonder in the second half. You are an inspiration, and my worst nightmare all at once. Keep it up.
I feel mostly wonder, excitement, and optimism from start to finish. I don't get the existential pain at all.
He learned how to do those one by one
I feel the same hahahah
The depression turtle blesses us with his presence once again yay
I still come back to "Then We'll be Okay" every time I feel down. And recommend it to others. Just wanna express how much I enjoy your content.
The snake.
For me it's "A Guide to Worrying", but yours is good too
it does seem to be similiar to this one too, the old woman, the small village existing without worry at the foot of a mountain, the last humans that just accepted being...
Got three that I like to throw on and have a listen to: "Sleep is Just Death Being Shy", "You Will Never Do Anything Remarkable", and "The Answer is Not a Hut in the Woods".
You can tell a lot about someone based on their Exurb1a taste, I think.
‘Nothing can ever ruin this’ got me though a horrific breakup
This video is awesome. My ex-girlfriend and I were into mind-bending existential stuff. We used to watch a different channel that would delve into similar topics/concepts and we would stay up late tripping out on the videos. We watched every single video on that channel and it kinda helped bring us back down to earth (We were kinda in our own little world). After we broke up I started searching for meaning and somehow I came across this channel. I wish we would have discovered it when we we were together, it could have saved our relationship...
The connection between your videos through out the years is astounding. The direct connection to And Then We'll be Okay made me rewatch that video, which is still one of my favorites. This is truly thought provoking poetry and fantastical story telling.
And the connection to don’t hex the water
every video is just incredible
It's always such a pleasure when this man randomly decides to share his existential dread with us. I've watched your videos for years and it's so nice to just get this sort of prompt to take a step back from time to time.
Exurb is like a drunken father that ran away when you were young but occasionally appears in your life just to remind you of what failure you are, but for some reason you enjoy the time hes there
Well said haha
@@pbh7235 Oh. Yes.
it's okay, bro. It's okay
after watching this i proceeded to watch all of your videos , subscribe , and buy multiple of your books ... this was amazing
I am sorry to tell you - I used to watch his videos plenty as well - you gave your money to a cruel, sadistic man. I suggest you look into what he did to his ex in your own time. I'm not able to link sources here.
@@user-rg5hb6jr7p "we should improve society somewhat"
"AND YET YOU PARTAKE IN IT! CURIOUS!"
Kind of response. Please tell me how I'm "profiting" exactly, what makes me immoral in this scenario, while you sit there and defend abusers with the excuse that they're beautiful intellectually in your eyes. Yes, I'm taking the time out of my day to leave multiple comments - because people like you refuse to hold him accountable for his actions. Because unlike you I broke out of my worship for him, my awe in him as a creator, and saw the person.
@@user-rg5hb6jr7p So quick question, you'd be OK if someone decided to aggressively attack you and, to put it in light terms, violate, provided they were "beautiful" enough intellectually? You'd be fine with them continuing on without consequences as though nothing happened, as if it didn't traumatize you?
Do you know what empathy is at all?
@@user-rg5hb6jr7p The way you say "well nobody's perfect :)" like he didn't make her bleed or use her in his experiment without informed consent or take advantage of her mercy repeatedly... what have you done in your life that makes Exurb1a look like a saint in comparison, exactly? What consequences have you run from, that makes you shrug off what he did so easily?
@@user-rg5hb6jr7p To improve society we should probably stop letting violent and sadistic people get what they want so we don't resort to animalistic rulership where the strongest wins, and instead value empathy and consideration for others as a form of intelligence. Maybe we shouldn't be valuing people on how many pretentious words they can spit out in a string or how they make the same observation that we're simultaneously insignificant and insignificant in the universe or potentially non-existent altogether that thousands before them already shared.
Living day to day isn't "profiting". I'd argue it's the opposite. If cruel people hadn't encouraged others to breed like rabbits - rather than acting like actually sapient beings with heightened intelligence - I wouldn't be here - and that would be a grand thing indeed, to never have to be trapped between a life I never asked for, surrounded by cruel people and their enablers (yes, you) and the biological drive to survive and avoid death baked into our DNA. It would have also meant you and the man you sing praises for could have done no harm, would have meant his victim could never have been harmed either.
What do you think should be my answer to my life being inherently cruel, if not to self terminate - keeping in mind encouraging such a thing is against the law and the barrier of anonymity is thinner than one might expect.
Does it comfort you to continue to worship the people who contributed to pain in this world? Do you think you will be spared when their gaze turns your way, if only you kiss their boots hard enough?
I am literally writing my thesis due in a few days and was watching exurb1a's old videos for motivation and wondering when the next one would come. This can't be a coincidence
This is a sign hopefully your thesis is good.
Good luck
The Universe speaks through synchronicity
what's the topic, if you don't mind me asking
You are the pivot around which the universe turns .
It's on the death of stars: supernovae. I find runaway star - neutron star pairs which are produced after a supernova in a binary star system. @@CIC699
If I was healthy, I would have bought everything you've ever created, all your books. But I'm dying, doesn't make sense for me to spend money material possessions. For all it's worth, you have given me one too many perspectives on life and I'm truly thankful for that. Thank you. May your curiosity never stop.
I don’t know what’s lead to your predictament but I hope it gets solved and even if it doesn’t that you will be remembered.
Or, you can buy the books, then spend time pondering and doodling within them. And once you've filled them with your you-ness, or once you feel too close to the edge, you can pass them off to someone else, so that they may ponder and doodle, changing the whole, taking a part of each of you. And the outcome, if ever a time exists for it, will be a unique line of thoughts and feelings from one to the next.
An odd thing, filled with ramblings, and lines of "haha, I'm so smart, look at this oddness that I add because I'm so different.". Some will try and rectify or cover up their previous oddness, some will carry on, feeling a need to stick with their prior decisions, some will let was be what was, and change into what will be.
"But why?", you might ask. Well, why not? I don't know your situation, so maybe you don't have time to ponder and doodle. But if not, what's stopping you?
@I.I.I....IoI....I.I.Iare you trolling or actually just this cringe?
To the contrary: I would say that if you're dying to be dead sooner than later, it makes all the sense to spend money on matters that are meaningful to you. Given that you no longer need monetary means to either survive or live.♡
Farewell with meaning, stranger!☆
@I.I.I....IoI....I.I.I Redditor spotted
to catch an exurb1a video so early really is a treat, when youre just beginning to spiral after a couple of drinks to be reminded that youre nothing at all and that the future and the past might be the same and both equally unimportant is why ive always enjoyed this channel
“And after that?” They ask
“Oh,” she says, “then next comes.”
I love how it’s the same as just *being*
This is beautiful ESPECIALLY with the the context of “and then we’ll be okay”
The old gods came home
The prodical gods, come begging @@josueestrada6170
This literally brings a tear to my eye. What ridiculously beautiful writing....
Good.
Remember, if he is capable of this, you are also capable of incredible things.
pretentious millennial lisp and nothing else
@@ArtyomKalendjiyou saying that is pretentious in itself tbh
Same
@@ArtyomKalendjiso what you’re saying is you have no media literacy?
ive been watching since i was somewhere around 11 years old. you have been a huge part of my childhood and formative years and i wouldnt have it any other way. parasocial relationships be damned im glad i found your channel. keep doing what makes you happy man.
I was introduced to exurb1a by a stranger in a taxi when I was about 17. I'm glad you found him earlier. Much of my personality is also shaped by these videos :)
bro i been watching him since i was 11 too
Same
What a terrifying thought
same here. i’ve went through (and still going through!) my formative years with him, it feels very familiar and safe.
Your writing is brilliant, you and everybody watching your videos know it, but sometimes we forget that you have to choose every background track. And your taste in music is top-tier. Every song fits the vibe of the story. And even if we don’t acknowledge all the details you’re putting in your work, I think I speak for all of us when I say thank you. The amount of effort in every video is ridiculous.
Music at 5:00 reminds me of Northern Shaanxi storytelling songs, I don’t know why. But I would be infinitely thankful if someone could help me find it. Thx exurb1a! You make our thoughts colourful and beautiful.
10:00 plot twist: it was just a misspelled "bye"
its already in the atoms, it's not like they have a backspace lmao
poetic
Good one
"Stay Kind, Walk Good and Be..."
And be okay
Be kind?
@@MustovMusa They already said kind, you fuckin bellpiece. You can't say it twice.
And bee
be happy
3:12 there's a cool paradox here if you think about it:
If both parties agree to drink the cocktail, they would be acting maturely by accepting the end of the relationship and letting eachother go regarless if the drink works or not, thus finishing on good terms
I didn’t think of it that way. Yikes
Or they’re both bitter and in pain and they decide to meet to drown their miseries at the same time so neither one of them reminds the other what a shitstorm it actually was.
Accepting a relationship ending doesn’t always mean finishing it on good terms. They think it was on good terms but the growth of character and acts required to end something on good terms never happened so really they’re just kidding themselves. Or not, I have no idea what I’m talking about
@@rem-wm5ejthat was a journey
But you forget that they drink it not out of will but of obligation, cultural obligations pressures, the “well this is what everyone else does in this situation” sort of deal
@@Ribbons0121R121 A good, clean ending to a relationship is socially obliged regardless.
I just want to say that so many videos of yours leave me crying a bit. I can’t even explain why. But everything you say is just so beautiful. I loved all your books. I really look forward to hearing your thoughts and stories every time
A couple of years ago I introduced my girlfriend at the time to this channel and she fell in love with it. We are not be together anymore but I'm so happy to know that this video will pop up in her feed and fill her mind with this amazing cocktail of emotions, this dance of contradictions-hopeful and hopeless, curious yet apprehensive, caught between awe and dread about the future. For those interested to see, these videos provide such a poetic glimpse into the human condition and its a gift I'm very proud to have shared with someone I loved once.
Beautiful words.
Beautiful ❤ truely beautiful ❤
This is not mere content for likes or profit, this is modern art, Philosophical mind coitus expressed in poetic storytelling, his words are hand picked like crotchets in a symphony that pierces your soul so deeply that you discover new depths yourself.
Exurb1a you are undoubtedly one of the most brilliant minds humankind has ever produced, one in a trillion.
..........what......next?
"Philosophical Mind Coitus" sounds exactly like what the turtle himself would mockingly call his own work.
I don't think he wants coitus with you. Especially if it comes with stalker vibes.
Hop off it mate, it was a good video. Don’t break youre arm jerking him off.
@@DogmaticAtheistman I mighta been high but I was led to tears
this shit is beautiful
And, guess what, we appreciate it. That takes brilliance as well. 😉
I love how you convey your thesis of reality through art. I’ve been following your content for years and your worldview of this cosmic cycle is obvious throughout your work - where we came from, where we’re headed, why we should strive to attain peace within ourselves. At times you’ve painted a dystopian future, surely in some part due to the entertainment value, but ultimately I believe you explore those possibilities to contrast and frame your profound optimism. It always ties back to this moment - the possibility that there is a purpose for our existence; a purpose not realized at the end of a road, but along the road itself. And while you leverage your understanding of physics, philosophy, and consciousness studies, you only use these to uniquely portray your thesis as a story whereas another might attempt to formalize a thesis through rigorous logic; but you know that approach is unlikely to be taken seriously. Maybe there is a place for a more academic approach one day, but for now, and for most of us, your storytelling is a far more effective way to give a wide audience a glimpse of your worldview. That’s where the magic is anyway - seeing it, and seeing ourselves in it. I hope I’ve done your art justice by comprehending even a fraction your worldview. If so, I’m happy to have shared this vista with you.
Wow very good
Art is awesome
@@LGranado-pj6nbjust.. shut up
@@jamueI**some art**
@@LGranado-pj6nb Just like exurb1a, but you didn't skip this video did you?
Whenever im watching your videos and see the way you view and aproach things in general i feel like you re another version of me, but your brain is unlocked.
I could sit under a tree with Platon right now, and he would ask me 'So what did you see?'
And i would say 'Just.. the journey'
He would slowly nod, pass me the blunt, and ask again 'But was it a good journey?'
And after a deep inhale, with extra deep voice, I'd answer 'Yes. Maybe the best. A journey of pure and true beauty.'
Again he would nod, and one of the greatest thinkers of all time would sit there in peace, for no more words are needed in that moment.
There was a video once when you talked about a book, using language so well and just nice, it inspired you. You good Sir have the same effect - at least for me. The words you use, the stories you tell, the awakening of an adventurous mind that sometimes just needs the smallest steps for the biggest leaps..
Also i just wanna say again Catastrotivity [2 especially] is in fact way more than a guide for art.
Thank you for your kind words.
Those down to earth kind of reflecions and meditations are more reminiscent of Aristotle's character, but you painted a poetic picture nonetheless!
@@KeepsYouUpAtNight He was busy when the video came up, but you are probably right. Look, over there he is, smokin buckets outta Diogenes barrel. >.>
Classic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Truely needed some existential dread to balance out my current state of procrastination based inner terror
Oh Gods this
now I can procrastinate with the good stuff, toughts
vibes
9:15 "Hell no" = 4 letters + 2 letters = 4 + 2 ... The answer is 42
I let my guard down during the first half and did not expect that roller coaster... even made me cry. Well done once again, especially in reminding me of my arrogance (that "I am wise") while turning me to the present rather than to doom gloom into the unknown future. Well done, and thank you
The day you declare yourself so old and wise that noting new can ever happen again is exactly when you conform you're just so young and ignorant you can't imagine the fantastic shape of whats coming next.
"It is your cynical certainty that reveals your youth",
"Welcome to adolescence"
yes we watched the video.
This video very much helped with my depression. This is not an exaggeration. I feel as though I were taught a lesson by one of the best professors; A topic I couldn't previously understand and that I grappled with has suddenly become clear and easy to understand, even enjoyable in retrospect. Thank you Exurb1a. Ignorance may very well be bliss, in a grand philosophical way. I needn't think too hard about... everything. Especially not that of which I won't be around for. I'll only continue to do my best, and not worry about when I don't. Trying to change the thoughts of others, even, isn't something I should concern myself so much with that I put in a particularly exhausting effort; We will all come back around one day, no matter the means. So let's just enjoy the ride.
Call me a pessimist but if 18 minutes helped you in less than 24 hours then it’s gonna go downhill soon. That’s only a peak.
Usually feels that way before everything goes to shit
@@reedy_9619 lol
@@reedy_9619 you dont understand, its like a permanent fix, it wont go away that easiely
@@Enju-Aihara you don’t get me, if you genuinely feel like it’s getting better quick it’s bound not to last.
At least im my personal experience. And the delusion I tried to stay in, forcing myself to think things would improve didn’t carry me for long.
@@reedy_9619 You're wrong, you simply have confirmation bias. You want to think you're in the pit once again. Because this is how it always feel once you're in it. You're deep in sadness unable to forsee a positive future. He's right about his feelings
That "tea around the kettle now" poem from the asteroid seed part made me tear up. And then it happened again about six more times before the end. Bloody. Good.
once again you’ve created something so beautiful i want to cry
“Your cynical certainty reveals your youth”. this was a humbling statement to hear. Amazingly though provoking
WOOOOOOO EXISTENTIAL CRISIS TURTLE POST
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
*domestic violence turtle
@@cruncmcfuncle564it must suck to not be able to separate art from the artist
@@thisisdevin pretty sure the allegations were fake
am I not "turtlie"enough for the turtle club?
This was so beautifully written. The ending where they return to earth made me cry. Thank you for your writing!
Im currently on a 5 weeks road trip across the US, first time leaving my home & this reminder to “just be” couldnt have come at a more perfect time. Thank you again for being you & making people like me feel like we belong. Like what we do makes sense, when really we’re all just existing
have fun being!! it's awesome!
I haven't cried in a long time. This broke that dry streak. It felt so good. Thank you.
Couldn't agree more. The whole video was an emotional rollercoaster, but the last 2 minutes, when the mountain lady appeared and explained everything that my brain already grasped from the video, I started to cry.
Knowing words can be cathartic in some way to someone somewhere gives me hope for humanity.
14:54 "How good it feels to find another mind just as strange as oneself and say 'I would like you by my side until my little race is run'"
I feel this. Holy fuck.
This is. Damn.
It really doesn't seem to matter which of your videos I watch or how many times i watch them, i always end up crying by the end, because of your poetry and rhythm, the existential beauty and hopeful dread, from your words, they well up inside me, and, as tears, spill from my head.
That was actually beautiful, amazing work exurb1a!
Horrors and Living (a poem I wrote one time about a similar topic to this)
Myriad of consciousness...
In the future, people will be liquid, or generated;
Death and Life will mean nothing
And perhaps neither will the sun and moon
Grass and trees replaced by wires
Florescent nightmares of flesh and steel
Neural mysteries and bleeding dreams;
And from this,
Time will keep going on.
Eternally.
There's no end, no beginning;
After humanity rots and something else arises,
And after they rot, too.
Ouroborus' corpse will be eaten by another snake;
A conquerer worm dies and then is fed upon.
Angels dragged down and die,
For the thing above them in the hierarchy,
And the same occuring with demons.
The endless ladder of existence never topples;
Horrors forever written.
But the experience of life will go on
The stories worlds forge and creative development
As long as that real heart keeps beating,
The world is true.
Remarkable!!
It's very beautiful man, keep going!
Most poetry made feels phoned in, or badly constructed, or overly wordy. This is none of those. Your wordplay is really beautiful - don't stop making.
Simply beautiful. The reader really feels the feelings you evoke upon them
His way with words is second to none. Above anything else, I'd consider this video a piece of art.
This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on this platform and it has been a few very long years of non-stop binge watching of the slop that this website has to offer. Thank you for finishing the script and I wish you and me many more videos like this
8 months and his first line is bullshit cancelling headphones
Perfection
this is one of my favourite pieces from you so far. absolutely beautiful
This is the most profound, beautiful and touching video i've seen on youtube. Immensly comforting aswell.
God this was beautiful I can’t even begin to describe what your videos make me feel
I discovered your channel about a year ago and every video, story and tale you put up here is just amazing.
However, this one in particular has really moved something inside me.
It comes at a moment in which pondering about the existence of life is more prominent in my day to day basis.
I wanted to tell you that I really love your work and the way you put concepts together.
Thank you for such an amazing work.
I've rarely stopped pondering existence since I was a child. The 'why' of everything. Now in my midlife, I still ponder daily. Best of luck on your journey.
@@sodiumscrub when I was about 11 I remember looking out of the window and paying especial attention to the trees that were in front of me in my neighborhood.
I thought " one day, all of this will disappear and I won't see it anymore.
When I'm gone"
That was my first realization that I will not live forever.
When I had my daughter, and I came from the hospital with the newborn I thought " what a sad day when mother and daughter must be split when death comes".
That was my other big realization of how really small we are in the big scheme of things.
Thanks for your reply.
Best
Other then this video, what was you're favorite
Damn. I needed this.
It’s weird how I started rewatching your videos and suddenly you make a new one.
Thank you
I swear this always happens like litterally 2 days ago i rewatched like so many it was a random spur of the moment kind of thing and ta da a video today
@@stufflifeart6103love weird synchronicities like that. he actually did an experiment about it, you can look it up! wild stuff.
Exurb1a just went to the same club as Sam O’ Nella 😅 and just like that, he’s back.
1:05 Monty Python - The Funniest Joke In the World
Goddamm beautiful ---- thank you for creating this.
Teared up.
Over the years watching your existential rants --- the struggles of life -- self doubt about your work ---- but man, that doubt sprouted into a beautiful flower.
Then Next Comes.
Just ever so much love, cheers
This is absolutely incredible. Some of your best work ever. I felt so many emotions
This is so heartbreakingly beautiful. It's so existential but somehow still feels like a warm hug.
The ending 1 minute of the video got to me so much I didn't even realise the tears that were running down my cheeks until I saw my reflection on the black screen. I can not believe I found this channel. I want to thamk you Exurb1a, from the bottom of my heart. Your writing has touched my feelings like nothing before, please never stop being. Best regards, friend
How can you explain this dreamlike human experience so elegantly.
Philosophy studies
@@matopotato1 nah bro there is smth unique about him
I cannot express what this made me feel. I will need to listen to it again, calmly, and maybe write a bit around his ideas. What a person. He's so good at being.
I don’t fully understand the feelings this video has pulled from me. All I know is that my mind is blown and I’m crying and that’s ok.
Well done.
Hey man, thanks a lot for this. I've been keeping up with you for years, and I legit cried at the end. It's true, that's how life goes, that's the way the cookie crumbles... so true, yet so simple... true happiness is possible to achieve..