Solitaire was coded by a Microsoft intern

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  • @HenryBelcaster
    @HenryBelcaster  ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Learn more with us! SmartNonsense.com 🌈

    • @qwakalak9673
      @qwakalak9673 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to be that guy but first

  • @h3h3fun18
    @h3h3fun18 ปีที่แล้ว +20487

    Mate should get his payment, he created history with this simple game.

    • @PeterGriffinAtYouTube
      @PeterGriffinAtYouTube ปีที่แล้ว +256

      And a new way to slack off at work!

    • @Brycen.s
      @Brycen.s ปีที่แล้ว +338

      @@PeterGriffinAtTH-camdo you have a job Peter? I never noticed

    • @zhaiketoledo3658
      @zhaiketoledo3658 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@Brycen.sBrewery but I don't think it's really a job

    • @1080GBA_SC
      @1080GBA_SC ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Little people plays this

    • @s.c.p-foundation6923
      @s.c.p-foundation6923 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1080GBA_SC What do big men play? Your mom?

  • @Shabriri_the_reviled
    @Shabriri_the_reviled ปีที่แล้ว +6498

    The voice for bill is god tier

    • @popcat42069
      @popcat42069 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Agree

    • @vboiE39
      @vboiE39 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1.7k likes but 1 reply? lemme fix that

    • @imnotinfinity971
      @imnotinfinity971 ปีที่แล้ว

      xD 2.3k likes and 3 comments, pretty suprising honestly

    • @Shabriri_the_reviled
      @Shabriri_the_reviled ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imnotinfinity971 dude that's what I thought

    • @saifuddeenmahomed2851
      @saifuddeenmahomed2851 ปีที่แล้ว

      Want a reply? Watch what you compare GOD to and how you put GOD into context , Son.

  • @damnbrothatshot1315
    @damnbrothatshot1315 ปีที่แล้ว +8190

    Damn not even a dime? Atleast give this man an extra bonus

    • @Withered741
      @Withered741 ปีที่แล้ว +303

      Or at least a paid position with the company. They did my man dirty

    • @APerson-fj6yx
      @APerson-fj6yx ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Man I feel bad, but then again bill gates did originally shoot his idea down, and he was the boss man, so bill could have just gotten mad and not given him a paid promotion, but idk

    • @mocsmore1308
      @mocsmore1308 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      They actually gave him a +10% raise, he went from unpaid internship to unpaid internship!

    • @PlayingWithDanger7866
      @PlayingWithDanger7866 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Then donate to him.

    • @velporas
      @velporas ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Many people experience this

  • @BIacklce
    @BIacklce ปีที่แล้ว +1848

    This is why you never do side projects on company hardware.

    • @Robert08010
      @Robert08010 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      I temped at a government lab and they made everyone sign an agreement that stated "if you invent anything even on your own time even on your own hardware but you got the idea because of your associations at the lab, your invention is government property."

    • @ichigokurosaki7762
      @ichigokurosaki7762 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​@@Robert08010 what??? So even if you're no longer working in that position?

    • @Robert08010
      @Robert08010 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@ichigokurosaki7762 No, I don't think they ever said "even after you no longer worked here." But if they felt it could be proven that you got the idea there and then quit to exploit that idea, I suspect they would come after you. Sorry if I gave you a wrong impression. I did really enjoy working there.

    • @erasedkarma
      @erasedkarma ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ichigokurosaki7762it’s to deny the ability of stealing company secrets. If I know how X product works/is made and I copy it. They claim it so that I won’t compete with them. It sounds like it doesn’t make sense but it’s basically anti espionage.

    • @vikumwijekoon3166
      @vikumwijekoon3166 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Robert08010 pretty sure they'll lose that lawsuit.

  • @CloidGaming
    @CloidGaming ปีที่แล้ว +4051

    "The mother of all games, Solitare"
    Pong: "I'll just go fuck myself then"

    • @Shining4Dawn
      @Shining4Dawn ปีที่แล้ว +157

      I think the mother of all games is tag. Even animals play it.

    • @zaxuoz
      @zaxuoz ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Tic Tac Toe: Aight, thanks for the Acknowledgment

    • @ZedNebuloid
      @ZedNebuloid ปีที่แล้ว +29

      ​@@Shining4Dawn I think animals are playing "Cowboys and Indians".

    • @HRRN-gh3wj
      @HRRN-gh3wj ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Chess: am I a joke to you?

    • @zaxuoz
      @zaxuoz ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@HRRN-gh3wj I dont think that was on the Computer before that

  • @Zack_ChillIng
    @Zack_ChillIng ปีที่แล้ว +5545

    I've spent 1000+ hours playing solitaire and other default computer games when the internet wasn't as interesting as it is today

    • @evanmccue736
      @evanmccue736 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Same! Hearts, Solitare, and Minesweeper. Lol.

    • @LuciferAmoyai
      @LuciferAmoyai ปีที่แล้ว +48

      ​@@evanmccue736 Those words are embedded with Nostalgia 🗿

    • @garethkalum8297
      @garethkalum8297 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Still do occasionally, now it's just an app though

    • @circumcizednun1814
      @circumcizednun1814 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Don't forget the miniclip games!

    • @khairinarif369
      @khairinarif369 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Until now I still have no idea how to play solitaire 💀💀💀.

  • @ecart5077
    @ecart5077 ปีที่แล้ว +10955

    never played solitaire but damn justice for that intern

    • @skrill9306
      @skrill9306 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@aryanicallySad truth.

    • @BoZl_
      @BoZl_ ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@aryanically exactly

    • @DaniSC_l1
      @DaniSC_l1 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      solitaire is a bit tricky for me but you should try it

    • @therealxemperor7423
      @therealxemperor7423 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@aryanically And white

    • @orkkojit
      @orkkojit ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@@therealxemperor7423 Wes is white, just not rich

  • @twainrocks4771
    @twainrocks4771 ปีที่แล้ว +4973

    Imagine creating A top tier game and earning zero while your are there.

    • @irrespondible
      @irrespondible ปีที่แล้ว +87

      The guy who made Tetris says "hi"

    • @Justrandomeperson
      @Justrandomeperson ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@irrespondible solitaire made history so is tetris

    • @khurtandrei4142
      @khurtandrei4142 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Nikola tesla

    • @ItsJustAgamingThing
      @ItsJustAgamingThing ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@irrespondible woah Didnt Know that either

    • @-Cyuu-
      @-Cyuu- ปีที่แล้ว +65

      He didn't create solitaire it's a very old way of playing cards but he did translate it in an interesting way onto a computer

  • @LovleyLemonade
    @LovleyLemonade ปีที่แล้ว +551

    Thank you Wes Cherry for giving my grandmother her favorite computer activity.

    • @bweaddss
      @bweaddss ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cherry

    • @microteam4
      @microteam4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      rooooocks!!

    • @jek774
      @jek774 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My gramps played solitaire so much too. Rip gramp gramps. Hope you get to have as great a grams as I did a gramps

    • @rokitohi
      @rokitohi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good old times, I wish the man who made this possible got the praise he deserves.

    • @chadthompson3003
      @chadthompson3003 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My grandfather loved this game to pieces, he would always play it.

  • @mrkill2020
    @mrkill2020 ปีที่แล้ว +1732

    Billionaires are so wholesome

    • @tovsteh
      @tovsteh ปีที่แล้ว

      Bill nOw has the WEF boot on his neck because someone most likely have recordings of whatever he was involved with on Epsteins island.

    • @justsomerandomdude6078
      @justsomerandomdude6078 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      ye "wholesome" sure ye :D

    • @brickman409
      @brickman409 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Wholesome slave labor

    • @android12921
      @android12921 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ass wholesome as some can be....

    • @grorg7437
      @grorg7437 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah,yeah totally not being sarcastic😀

  • @dantederi5062
    @dantederi5062 ปีที่แล้ว +24811

    It's disgusting how office culture treats interns as free labor

    • @satan1189
      @satan1189 ปีที่แล้ว

      worked 5 years as IT for my countries 2nd biggest city. Very nice paycheck but if i worked a year longer i wouldve done a quadruple homocide-suicide.

    • @NoBandwidth-0
      @NoBandwidth-0 ปีที่แล้ว +449

      It sucks.
      But, that's just how it's been for decades.
      Trying to fight Big Corporation is not worth anyone's time, when the execs just find something/someone new to screw over.

    • @NoBandwidth-0
      @NoBandwidth-0 ปีที่แล้ว +287

      @Spacey👺 Wouldn't say that.
      Moreso, companies are getting more greedy.

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      ​@Spacey👺 If only there's no bootlickers. Spine's really failing, ey?

    • @LiatKolink
      @LiatKolink ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Welcome to Capitalism.

  • @satriaptr
    @satriaptr ปีที่แล้ว +4571

    i was speechless, all i can say was damn poor wes..

    • @taqoe6430
      @taqoe6430 ปีที่แล้ว

      billionaires are evil punks

    • @drdummy60
      @drdummy60 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He also only gets paid 5 dollars every day

    • @JmKrokY
      @JmKrokY ปีที่แล้ว +6

      True

    • @yuyuolozaga3023
      @yuyuolozaga3023 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's far to common of a story

    • @ianthewarriorgamer8180
      @ianthewarriorgamer8180 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@drdummy60 there's no way. He would be homeless in less than a month. That little pay would be way below minimum wage

  • @birdayo
    @birdayo ปีที่แล้ว +1866

    I feel an obligation to pay the man who solved my boredom in school

    • @gismosfinalform2031
      @gismosfinalform2031 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I never figured out how to play. Novice, I know...

    • @Victoria_Huot
      @Victoria_Huot ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gismosfinalform2031 you just need to sort the deck it’s a simple concept that’s simple to beat… well I think it’s supposed to be simple to beat. I’m absolutely horrible at the game

    • @birdayo
      @birdayo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Death to the Heretics nah fr but my school blocked the site after kids kept playing it 😒

    • @lstanmulaudzi
      @lstanmulaudzi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not a bad idea.

    • @DuplexWeevil337
      @DuplexWeevil337 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My school banned mobile phones, so I play solitaire for 40 minutes a day
      Edit: on real cards

  • @aekaralagonisi
    @aekaralagonisi ปีที่แล้ว +141

    My dad must have over 4000 hours playing solitaire. He’d love to meet this guy.

    • @jakeherter
      @jakeherter ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The guy didn't invent solitaire. You can play solitaire with regular playing cards and it's a game from the 18th century. He made a really simple computer virgin that a lot of people played because they recognized it.

    • @rokitohi
      @rokitohi ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@jakeherter eh?

    • @rokitohi
      @rokitohi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@jakeherter still if u think about it, would had it been there in the computer back on those days if he didn't insisted though it didn't work out well

  • @PubstarHero
    @PubstarHero ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "Computer games dont really exist"
    Uh, this statement could not be anymore incorrect.

    • @samphelps856
      @samphelps856 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It could be less wrong. Back then you had to be an intentional gamer. This was one of the first games that you could consume as a passive non deliberate gamer.

    • @PubstarHero
      @PubstarHero ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@samphelps856 Thats a really weird interpretation of that, considering how big the 8-bit micro boon was in the 80s and the game scene thriving since the very early 80s.

    • @pagatryx5451
      @pagatryx5451 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samphelps856 uh...thats not much of a defence at all.

  • @Kriegsmen89th
    @Kriegsmen89th ปีที่แล้ว +12733

    Poor dude, he deserved all the credit he needs and the reason why I say that is because I love playing solitaire
    I know that me doing this is basically pointless but thx for 9.3k likes, it's the most I have gotten so I hope you all have a wonderful year
    So I did not think that this little comment would get too 12k likes so I'm just editing this to say thanks for liking this comment, yall have a wonderful year

    • @Pale3110
      @Pale3110 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Me too, my mom also used to play it a lot

    • @notedgy0u0
      @notedgy0u0 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I agree demoman from the team defense fortress the second.

    • @Kriegsmen89th
      @Kriegsmen89th ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@notedgy0u0 lovely to know, I tavish degroot shall wish you a good day

    • @MonkeyBanjo7
      @MonkeyBanjo7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also why actors and actresses play that game in the office (the tv show)

    • @StanSmith69
      @StanSmith69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kriegsmen89th Is that THE FUCKING DEMOMAN FROM TF2

  • @EpicRigys
    @EpicRigys ปีที่แล้ว +574

    He's the only reason grandparents turn on their computers

  • @opticalbeast4947
    @opticalbeast4947 ปีที่แล้ว +1022

    That guy needs to be paid, and multiplied by the inflation rate.

    • @Raikos100
      @Raikos100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I feel like half the success is solitaire itself. It was so fun back in the day.

    • @VJT5370
      @VJT5370 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was paid. Just not with Cash, he got an IBMXT that he was perfectly fine with. It was made clear to him at that time that he could sell this idea but for no monetary value, it would be for a personal usage computer (and would be used incase they were bugs)

  • @DerMarkus1982
    @DerMarkus1982 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Oh yes, I remember hours and hours of playing the Microsoft Mouse Exercise card game!

  • @GMCLabs
    @GMCLabs ปีที่แล้ว +52

    "Computer games didn't really exist at the time"
    Wolfenstien enters the chat.

    • @waytothewill
      @waytothewill ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Seriously, what a huge load of bullshit that was!

    • @samuelwalston9828
      @samuelwalston9828 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Look up Sierra the gaming company… so many dos games and they were far from the 1st

  • @cocomelone4277
    @cocomelone4277 ปีที่แล้ว +716

    If solitaire made your childhood fun,gather here.

    • @IMP1G
      @IMP1G ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hi, Is this the solitaire meeting?

    • @phatakom
      @phatakom ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@IMP1G if it is, send me meet link or location co-ordinates

    • @epifny9614
      @epifny9614 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hello 90s

    • @basicpian0
      @basicpian0 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I still play to this day. From childhood to adulthood

    • @aaronsantschircsg1404
      @aaronsantschircsg1404 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Man... the memories

  • @RoronoaZoro23706
    @RoronoaZoro23706 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Average large company moment

  • @carterpritchard5063
    @carterpritchard5063 ปีที่แล้ว +1414

    Unpaid internships should be illegal it’s straight just forcing someone to work their ass off for very little in return

    • @LermaBean
      @LermaBean ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It's illegal now

    • @LermaBean
      @LermaBean ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It is illegal, at least in the US

    • @malindemunich2883
      @malindemunich2883 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@LermaBean - They are not illegal. There's a test to determine if they qualify.
      And no one forces anyone to work for nothing. They aren't captured. They're offered the internship and choose whether to take it.
      That said, yeah, unpaid internships suck. When I was completing my Bachelors in Accounting, I was required to have an internship for a semester and it had to be unpaid. It wasn't super long (about 200 hours if I remember correctly, so a little over a month), but still sucked. I'd laugh in the face of any company that said that was a requirement to start. Nah, it's cool. I can find people to pay me for work.

    • @runenorderhaug7646
      @runenorderhaug7646 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@LermaBean no it isnt

    • @chrissmith3587
      @chrissmith3587 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@malindemunich2883 it should be illegal though because they act as a direct hindrance to poorer kids with the same abilities (they can become an expectation for entry jobs), and prevent people being to move to be more efficient.
      An unpaid internship is a massive luxury, companies need interns you work you get paid
      Company are not charities, why should kids who have no savings have to volunteer so some megacorp can get higher profits

  • @SpaceflightSimulator
    @SpaceflightSimulator ปีที่แล้ว +268

    Billionaires are billionaires for a reason

    • @king_halcyon
      @king_halcyon ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bill-ionares

    • @jpatt85
      @jpatt85 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What should be his payment be exactly? I don’t know anyone who bought their computer to play Solitaire.

    • @pebblepod30
      @pebblepod30 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, they aren't really good people and have the opposite financial interests to the Public.

    • @jpatt85
      @jpatt85 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dominotik Ivan Tulovskiy I do not understand your logic. What profits did Microsoft make off of his contribution? What dollar amount would you say is fair to pay him and how do you justify this number?

    • @marvinsalmeron585
      @marvinsalmeron585 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jpatt85 what part of solitaire tied the package of the computer up do you not get? If solitaire didn’t matter, why did the execs bother to install it into their systems, they clearly saw something worth installing that you can’t.

  • @S42069
    @S42069 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got my first job when I was 12, and I realized then that I wouldn’t be working for someone else’s dream. I started a car wash and detailing business then, and now I’m 35 and have been running my own business which has grown steadily for 12 years. Tap into your creative side and do it for you and only you. Maybe for your family or those you love but definitely not someone using you for your skills.

  • @muntthedubious_9308
    @muntthedubious_9308 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Someone start a gofundme for the money this guy deserves

    • @darky4969
      @darky4969 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Actually a petition would be better to get microsoft to pay the damn man

    • @weebjeez
      @weebjeez ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darky4969 More equitable, if it works? Yes. More likely to succeed? Hell no.

    • @VJT5370
      @VJT5370 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He has made it clear, that he knew that he would not be getting paid in terms of cash, but they did let him use a IBM (Which he used for bugfixes, and has gone on record saying he’s fine with ut.)

    • @OhNotThat
      @OhNotThat ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We don't owe him money, Microsoft does. Even the guy who took the bliss photo for windows xp got paid.

    • @desuordie4856
      @desuordie4856 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He also recei wd shares in microsoft for some of his future works. And he owns his own cider business.

  • @snovbird
    @snovbird ปีที่แล้ว +281

    After all these years...
    I can finnally see what happens when you win a game of solitaire on windows
    my life is now complete

    • @flare1050
      @flare1050 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same 😂

    • @azmanabdula
      @azmanabdula ปีที่แล้ว +11

      really you have never won a game of solitaire?

    • @jd3455
      @jd3455 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@azmanabdula not that invested in it

    • @azmanabdula
      @azmanabdula ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jd3455 Still
      Thats weird

    • @charliemayfilms1550
      @charliemayfilms1550 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jd3455 some are so easy tho 💀 like it’s just about playing enough. Not every hand is winnable

  • @mierardi88
    @mierardi88 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    Shows how soulless Bill Gates is. The point isnt to win solitaire, the point is to get as close to winning if it's a winnable hand

    • @TheNerevahkiin
      @TheNerevahkiin ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @nooooooooo u

    • @recklesspangolin
      @recklesspangolin ปีที่แล้ว

      what can you expect with that evil bastard? he's friends with Epstein remember?

    • @mastersitorou8289
      @mastersitorou8289 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, he's a billionaire. What more can he ask we can't judge to beg the differ, same shit, different story.

    • @LiatKolink
      @LiatKolink ปีที่แล้ว +33

      ​@@mastersitorou8289 he's a billionaire for a reason. And that reason is thousands of overworked and unpaid employees like him.

    • @trailmountain8336
      @trailmountain8336 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bill gates is nothing compare to Ray korc

  • @asktoseducemiss434
    @asktoseducemiss434 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This guy is the reason all government offices are inefficient

  • @danethompson85
    @danethompson85 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I hope he doesn't think that this guy invented solitaire.

  • @TheWizardGamez
    @TheWizardGamez ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Man single handedly lowered the efficiency of every company with one game

    • @samueldacruz989
      @samueldacruz989 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmao 🤣

    • @wordzmyth
      @wordzmyth ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes he got no money but he got revenge on all corps to this day

  • @Moofshire
    @Moofshire ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Solitare was played so much that they made a hotkey specifically for when the managers would walk by the workplace so they wouldn't catch you playing solitare

    • @nubbyboi6523
      @nubbyboi6523 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The true backstory of Alt+Tab

    • @nubbyboi6523
      @nubbyboi6523 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wait actually there’s multiple
      Alt+Tab
      Win+D
      Win+.

  • @lelesucks
    @lelesucks ปีที่แล้ว +35

    He hits the bedroom and goes beastmode 🤔

  • @firecrand
    @firecrand ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another clear example that rich men aren't rich because they are smart, but because they steal the labor of others.

  • @jkkshhhab
    @jkkshhhab ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “he hits the bedroom and goes beast mode” with your yes closed that’s crazy 😂

  • @gravewalker9162
    @gravewalker9162 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Bill Gates really said I can't play solitaire

    • @runenorderhaug7646
      @runenorderhaug7646 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think from bill gates perspective at the time. He actually was thinking of the customers and was thinking that it wouldnt really be as enjoyable compared to real life games partly cause you cant win it.
      It actually makes sense to some level. He might have been wrong but it isnt too wrong a reason not to implement something

    • @agateslate7939
      @agateslate7939 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hate solitaire it's so hard to win I prefer freecell more fun to play

    • @nathon1942
      @nathon1942 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@agateslate7939solitaire is not hard to win by any means

  • @imnobodybye236
    @imnobodybye236 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Bro better be paid interest included😭🗿

    • @captainnyan-nyan2005
      @captainnyan-nyan2005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unpaid intern is still unpaid

    • @Cyborg_Lenin
      @Cyborg_Lenin ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nah he won't get a cent. That's how capitalism works. You make something, your corporate.master owns and profits.

    • @captainnyan-nyan2005
      @captainnyan-nyan2005 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Cyborg_Lenin that's why you don't share anything to a corporation

    • @aboi6638
      @aboi6638 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He got a years worth of pay lol
      Sadly however that's still nothing

  • @ayaa.1351
    @ayaa.1351 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I'm not usually for sue happy behavior, but he should have gotten *something.*

  • @Snowaxe3D
    @Snowaxe3D ปีที่แล้ว

    I worked as an Intern for 2 years, I should have left after 9 months but I signed a BS contract,
    They paid me so less $70/month this only covered my home-to-office travel, and my workload/responsibility was the same as one of their employees, who was getting good pay too
    The best thing I could do to get out of there was to get fired, and there was only one senior in my support, he told me to start some misbehavior so I started to watch movies on my work PC and that got me fired,
    I still got a clean Internship letter because they didn't want to lower their reputation, also thanks to this supporting senior

  • @limegoaty5757
    @limegoaty5757 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love these videos you teach me new things every time thank you

  • @mfarran84
    @mfarran84 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Typical greedy behavior from such corporations.

    • @mrblakeboy1420
      @mrblakeboy1420 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      agreed, this is why we need marxism

    • @CM-so1cf
      @CM-so1cf ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrblakeboy1420 😂

    • @Mike-77-YT
      @Mike-77-YT ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@mrblakeboy1420 are you suggesting that Marxism really is the way forward? To me it just sounds like another word for communism. I get the idea, but it'll be executed poorly by officials, just like with communism.

    • @goldenboy6667
      @goldenboy6667 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@mrblakeboy1420 marxism communism 😂

    • @zachb1706
      @zachb1706 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrblakeboy1420 lol. Ask the creator of Tetris how much he made
      If Wes wanted money, he should have fight for it. He essentially handed it over to Microsoft.
      I also believe that it wouldn't have been successful had it not come packaged with Windows.

  • @Randomness-Edits
    @Randomness-Edits ปีที่แล้ว +124

    "He goes to the bedroom and goes beast mode" 💀

    • @freecalradia
      @freecalradia ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw that Video here and so I tried that out too. It happened not to be my bedroom and so im in solitary now. As near as i can get to

  • @quesadeeowl7845
    @quesadeeowl7845 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Just wait until you hear the story of the man who made Tetris

    • @elokin300
      @elokin300 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @natmarelnam4871 they didn’t say he made solitaire

    • @DarrellerraD125
      @DarrellerraD125 ปีที่แล้ว

      So what? Everyone knows that.

  • @wiredforstereo
    @wiredforstereo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's how I taught my dad how to use a mouse. He won his first game. Sounds more wholesome than it actually was.

  • @David_538
    @David_538 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    He didn't invent solitaire, just coded it.
    Edit: Woahhh there calm down guys

    • @jacksonion650
      @jacksonion650 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Came looking for this comment loo

    • @zir456
      @zir456 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He never say He invent Solitaire though, I don't know why You need to explain this💀🗿

    • @evvte
      @evvte ปีที่แล้ว +70

      ​@@zir456 he explained it like he did though

    • @gecgoodpasi1654
      @gecgoodpasi1654 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​@@evvte well he invented the digital version of solitaire... so he definitly can make it sound like but he never said he imvented the rules of solitaire

    • @evvte
      @evvte ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@gecgoodpasi1654 "ummmm achutuallyyyy" dude was misleading, his script was shit.

  • @khalil-si
    @khalil-si ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Learning how to use the mouse was never a problem for me, it just clicked for me...

  • @genericbread175
    @genericbread175 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Microsoft, please pay that man

    • @1Rab
      @1Rab ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1 free year of Xbox Live

    • @BravoSix_6
      @BravoSix_6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@1Rab lifetime free

  • @munixi9351
    @munixi9351 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    You made it sound like he invented solitaire 😂

    • @_stupidbro
      @_stupidbro ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Fr; I was like nah, that can't be right!
      And it's not.

    • @VJT5370
      @VJT5370 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He also made it seem like he’s jaded by this experience. He’s completely fine with it, look up cherrys store

    • @storm_Polzek
      @storm_Polzek ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Waffle House Has Found Its New Host

    • @lainwired3946
      @lainwired3946 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@_stupidbro and computer games lol, there was a booming industry by the time windows came around...

  • @MrHeuvaladao
    @MrHeuvaladao ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! This man have no idea how much he impacted public service in Brazil (for worst).

  • @Detective_Lynne
    @Detective_Lynne ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was one of the game to learn keyboard users how to make a "drag" move via mouse

  • @thelonepianist17
    @thelonepianist17 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember how exciting it was to get the screen to fill up with the cards.

  • @snek9601
    @snek9601 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He deserves a lot of money for keeping me entertained for 2 hours a day

    • @DarrellerraD125
      @DarrellerraD125 ปีที่แล้ว

      for me, its an entire computer lesson this game got me entertained

  • @khadoujaaittaskourt2613
    @khadoujaaittaskourt2613 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I THOUGHT THAT THAT WATERFALL EFFECT WAS JUST A MADE-UP MEME

  • @thehand3882
    @thehand3882 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You make the best videos in animations

  • @GlitcherHex
    @GlitcherHex ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He had a villain backstory but never became a villain

    • @MadDunhill
      @MadDunhill ปีที่แล้ว

      didn't have enough money to become a villain

    • @GlitcherHex
      @GlitcherHex ปีที่แล้ว

      You don't need money to be one, you just kill with anything like a knife and you shall be declared a villain

  • @cooldud2573
    @cooldud2573 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    "iT fEeLs IlLeGaL tO bE tHiS eArLy"

    • @primordialsun
      @primordialsun ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It feels illegal to steal this poor man's work

  • @Digitalhunny
    @Digitalhunny ปีที่แล้ว +22

    If Wes _ever_ reads this, "Thanks man! You've helped save my sanity for _many years!"_ 💕

  • @demonitiztionssss5456
    @demonitiztionssss5456 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “It’s too hard to win” 💀

    • @DarrellerraD125
      @DarrellerraD125 ปีที่แล้ว

      And that is the beggining of history of skill issue

  • @slugintub1541
    @slugintub1541 ปีที่แล้ว

    “We’re making the mother of all games, Wes! Can’t fret over every cent!”

  • @HaryBane
    @HaryBane ปีที่แล้ว

    I wrote dozens of programs as an intern and never got paid for them. That's what being an intern is all about.

  • @BossHomieG
    @BossHomieG ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dude really thinks solitaire wasn’t around before Microsoft💀

  • @cameronhoffman4745
    @cameronhoffman4745 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Props to the man, he made one hell of a fun game

    • @sdrawkcab_emanresu
      @sdrawkcab_emanresu ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn't invent it. He just coded it. Patience was around since the 18th century. Of course that's still a shitty move

  • @TreforGordon
    @TreforGordon ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That’s what happens when you take an unpaid position. Any and all work is property of the company and they don’t have to pay you a cent.

  • @averageforzaplayer1048
    @averageforzaplayer1048 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bill was upset that people wouldn’t pay attention to his record on Minesweeper😂

  • @CIavis
    @CIavis ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was younger I used to watch my pops play solitare for hours on end. One of the best players I've ever seen; for the guy who made to get nothing honestly rubs me the wrong way.

  • @JoHn-gi1lb
    @JoHn-gi1lb ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm gonna play devils advocate here and say that he did a free work for them which they didn't even ask for. Just gave it to them and of course they accepted. They should've rewarded him something, but you shouldn't do free work in the hopes they appreciate it.

  • @SnapdWrench
    @SnapdWrench ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “He hits the bedroom and goes BEAST MODE” Ayo 💀

  • @ItzVicxity
    @ItzVicxity ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Poor Wes Cherry:(

  • @tofunmifamuwagun
    @tofunmifamuwagun ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's amazing how an intern could have access to the CEO and the board of execs 😂

  • @chicha_16
    @chicha_16 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “He hits the bedroom, and goes beast-mode.” 💀

  • @digiguy4
    @digiguy4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yo Henry is that a real nice blood blister or a single painted nail?

  • @littledmack4333
    @littledmack4333 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The worst part is he wouldn’t even be able to challenge it in court since he didn’t patent it or copyright it

    • @nomnomfpv3136
      @nomnomfpv3136 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He also didn’t invent the game. But since it had been around since the 1700’s it might have been public domain territory, and he could have put a patent or license on it.

    • @boopjackrex7598
      @boopjackrex7598 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nomnomfpv3136 could have, but too late now

    • @VJT5370
      @VJT5370 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please look up his story, he’s completely fine with it and he did get some compensation.

  • @djones02
    @djones02 ปีที่แล้ว

    I worked as the network admin for a medium sized company.
    I go into the General Mangers office to do something with his printer.
    The old guy had solitaire on his screen and nothing else.
    Like he didn't do anything all day.

  • @Robert08010
    @Robert08010 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, look at it like this. The millions of us who PLAYED it at work were paid for it.

  • @-rayjay-
    @-rayjay- ปีที่แล้ว +4

    damn

    • @Drayton226
      @Drayton226 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah you can say that again

    • @-rayjay-
      @-rayjay- ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Drayton226 yeah-

  • @misuki_moyuki
    @misuki_moyuki ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Such bs! Of course they steal someone else’s hard work

    • @zachb1706
      @zachb1706 ปีที่แล้ว

      He gave it to them

  • @vfxfate
    @vfxfate ปีที่แล้ว +711

    the waffle house has found it’s new host

    • @goldengage7522
      @goldengage7522 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      the waffle house has found its new host

    • @Lightcraftin
      @Lightcraftin ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The Waffle House has found it’s new host

    • @SG_Malachi
      @SG_Malachi ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The Waffle House Has Found It’s New Host

    • @TomahawkFL
      @TomahawkFL ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The waffle house has found its new host

    • @jasperrayne340
      @jasperrayne340 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The waffle house has found it's new host

  • @hermanwooster8944
    @hermanwooster8944 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is why I never go nuts over the latest "thing" that big tech companies produce. An intern produces the best stuff.

  • @meanmugging
    @meanmugging ปีที่แล้ว

    Solitaire as it's known was invented over a hundred years ago. He coded and created the microsoft game for it

  • @tsar6558
    @tsar6558 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the waffle House has found its new host

    • @FranLH1206
      @FranLH1206 ปีที่แล้ว

      The waffle house had found its new host

    • @DryWallisYummy.
      @DryWallisYummy. ปีที่แล้ว

      THE WAFFLE HOUSE HAS FOUND IT'S NEW HOST

    • @scythe.bullet
      @scythe.bullet ปีที่แล้ว

      The waffle house has found its new host

  • @awesomeperson1181
    @awesomeperson1181 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Waffle House has found it’s new host

    • @scythe.bullet
      @scythe.bullet ปีที่แล้ว

      The waffle house has found its new host

    • @hassaanabbass5669
      @hassaanabbass5669 ปีที่แล้ว

      The waffle house has found its new host

  • @InvisibleAvenger
    @InvisibleAvenger ปีที่แล้ว

    Computer games absolutely existed prior to this version of solitare. For example Sierra On-Line had already released the first two SPACE QUEST games and was on their way to releasing the third. There were tons of computer games available.

  • @problemletstalknoletschat2288
    @problemletstalknoletschat2288 ปีที่แล้ว

    The man's a legend for bringing us one of the best windows games!

  • @noobpro2293
    @noobpro2293 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Waffle House has found its new Host.

    • @mattery5434
      @mattery5434 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Waffle House Has Found Its New Host.

    • @FranLH1206
      @FranLH1206 ปีที่แล้ว

      The waffle house had found its new host

    • @DryWallisYummy.
      @DryWallisYummy. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THE WAFFLE HOUSE HAS FOUND IT'S NEW HOST

    • @scythe.bullet
      @scythe.bullet ปีที่แล้ว

      The waffle house has found its new host

    • @philosophicalnightmare
      @philosophicalnightmare ปีที่แล้ว

      The Waffle House has found it's new Host.

  • @chzxjh1541
    @chzxjh1541 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    not the algorithm showing me this after my classmates got kicked out of a programming exam for playing solitaire 💀

  • @grovermartin6874
    @grovermartin6874 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's terrible. No humanity at the heart of the company. Glad you featured him in this video, at least.

  • @etistone
    @etistone ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for giving back credit to this guy.

  • @Dumb-Comment
    @Dumb-Comment ปีที่แล้ว

    That's why people like Bill can climb the ladder of success and we can't

  • @zenova9926
    @zenova9926 ปีที่แล้ว

    Intern now : "My day as a software engineer intern at Microsoft"
    Intern back then :

  • @filgatecolin
    @filgatecolin ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't think that he invented solitaire before computers, and as a kid, we played this game, and it was called patients.

  • @darkfent
    @darkfent ปีที่แล้ว

    Microsoft today: so hey, we're going to blast you with ads unless you pay for your solitaire

  • @theconfederacyofindependen7268
    @theconfederacyofindependen7268 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heck even the teacher when he's being Chewed out by Khan Doorman, in his visions shows his brain playing Solitare

  • @jhbadger
    @jhbadger ปีที่แล้ว

    "Computer games don't really exist [in 1988]" Computer games very much existed at the time. I've been using computers since 1981 and there were computer games even in 1981.

  • @catts1037
    @catts1037 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know my dad still plays this! Thank you intern

  • @t0xc712
    @t0xc712 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Solitaire was coded by a Microsoft intern."
    "WELL, ACTUA-"

  • @dyldo_c13
    @dyldo_c13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "He hits the bedroom and goes beast mode" 😏

    • @dyldo_c13
      @dyldo_c13 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Dominotik Ivan Tulovskiy don't worry about it you're too innocent

  • @ligmabawlz1435
    @ligmabawlz1435 ปีที่แล้ว

    “He hits the bedroom and goes beastmode”

  • @TroLLoughlin
    @TroLLoughlin ปีที่แล้ว

    “We can’t have this, it’s too hard to win”
    Minesweeper: 👀

  • @OhWhaleJosh
    @OhWhaleJosh ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun fact, solitaire now has ads like a lot of ads that don’t let you play harder difficulty’s until you watch one. Also if you don’t have a network connection you just can’t play some modes