The mystery of "MICHAELSOFT BINBOWS"
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- 🚨UPDATE: 🚨 I went to Michaelsoft Binbows in person: • I flew to Japan to vis...
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Yoshinori Adachi - イースII「MOAT OF BURNEDBLESS 1998」（アレンジ曲
Torii Wolf - Lantern Room (Instrumental Version)
Marc Russo - Groceries (The Sims original soundtrack)
Peelander-Z - So Many Mike
Matt Large - Believe Me When I Say It
Yomoti - Before Chill
Kikoru - Happytown
Junichi Aoki - Temporary Peace (PC88 version)
STRLGHT - Hype
Age of Empires II - Shamburger
Flat Theory - Outer Circle
William Benckert - Clouded Mind
Google Earth VR OST
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Peter Sandberg - Butterflies
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Cora Zea - Elderly Melodia
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UPDATE: I finally visited Michaelsoft Binbows in real life: th-cam.com/video/QRIklga9IBQ/w-d-xo.html
that's not like nick to get a flight to japan
I feel like a chapter of my life is complete
Nice
Nice
LETS GO
“And so, I bought a ticket for the next plane to Japan to meet the legend himself: Michaelsoft.”
It will be mich"ae"lsoft not mich"ea"lsoft
You spelt Michael wrong 😤😡😡😤😠🤬😤
@@catfaceman1669 huh so?
Dr. Michael Soft, PhD
@@SaqinNoor he edited it and corrected it lol
I am Japanese.
For the first time, I learned that Japanese silly photographs have become net memes overseas.
And I love you who can work hard.
I'm Japanese. This video was unexpectedly fascinating.
I was surprised by his energy to try to find out a rondom meme's origin, which many people might concern for a moment but surely would forget in the next moment, and make it into an exciting 30 minutes drama! How precious the shreaking laughter at the moment he founded the exact building lol.
Anyway I'm glad he is not a stalker.
hahaha thank you!
@@babylonian michaelsoft binbows
@@babyloniando backrooms next please
同じくです。これ、知りませんでした。
@@babylonianmichaelsoft binbows
Imagine having some cheap PC parts shop in the middle of nowhere, that only stays in business for a couple of years, yet decades later it has become a meme that far outlives the actual shop, gets spread around the world, and has people uploading emotional videos about how they tracked down the original location. I bet "Michael" wishes his store could have gotten that level of exposure back when it was open!
That’s actually the only thing that is missing in this saga, an interview with the legend that thought up this genius marketing piece. Was it the owner of the shop or some marketing subcontractor? I really want to know! I don’t know how it is in Japan with accessing public information, but there should be a register of who owned or leased this place.
@@formdusktilldeath It would actually be interesting to hear from the original owner of the company.
We need Michaelsoft Binbows now more than ever before. The store looks available to lease too.
@@1pcfred we do.....
imagine the publicity he could get from this if he decided to re-open now lol
“HEY, vsauce. Michaelsoft here-”
Imao bimbows
Or are they?
Oh no 😂😂😂
Exactly what I was thinking lmao
Ok u win this one
"Hey, Binbouce, Michaelsoft here"
I am surprised that my website is introduced.
It's the legend himself. I admire the amount of dedication/passion you've poured into your website and the internet, thank you Adachi San 🙏🏼❤️
@Jordan Conery have you watched the video?
Hi
hello Adachi! ALF’S ROOM is great. thank you for all your help! ☺️
He even favorited this video on his channel. Legendary event. Very cool.
"Michaelsoft Binbows" is introduced to the TH-cam channel of American resident, and there are many viewers from outside Japan. Therefore, we created a special English version page. GUYS I found this on Alf’s room’s website and my heart is so happy
aww that's nice
Sounds like something Michael Scott would come up with.
Aww
@@BecauseoftheimplicatonsMichaelScott Binbows
Michael (owning vsauce1,2,3&D!NG) soft binb (D!NG with I replacing ! & B is D & G)ows?
Here there is a video of a guy, spending hours documenting his investigation of what might otherwise be considered a pretty meaningless detail of some tiny thing he came across in his life that seemed interesting. Like Yoshinori Adachi, this video is your three plants. And somehow, as you found enjoyment exploring Alf’s Room, I have no idea why, but I enjoyed the time and detail you put into your video.
thank you! and i love the adachi comparison hahah
You are nice for a white person, thanks for being out there
@@alfonso8989 "white person"?
@@alfonso8989 canceled
@@alfonso8989 What does skin color have to do with anything? People are people, and skin color means jack shit in terms of morality.
Adachi Yoshinori has added this video to his Favourites playlist on the Alf's room youtube channel!
Gone full circle.
Yes please give a link If you can.
Link needed
this makes me so happy
There is no link.
Take off your clothes.
@@clovers-vintage-all-sorts watch?v=yDzAAjzbV5g&list=FLuke05PvJqGQkmSDzbtTYZg I think it's this one
I think my favorite thing in this video is Maru seeing the legendary fruits of Nick’s efforts after a transcendental VR experience and going “lmao binbows”
ghjk
Yess
😕
Adachi is a true warrior. Documenting and hosting the stuff himself (not on Google, Amazon, Facebook servers) for decades.
Gotta be an autist.
@@eatcarpet is it bad though?
@@comfeytimid1207 No but it shows his obsessive personality. Gotta give him credit though since he seems to have a strict non-commercial policy.
I don’t normally like to guess about the neurotypes of people I don’t know, but it seems like king has autism. this kind of “obsessive” attention to details that seem unimportant to most people is my favourite part of having it and my favourite part of talking to other autistic people. so much information on everything you could imagine, and most of us are willing to share it to anyone interested (and often people who are not interested lmao)
@@cosmosisroseI’m really grateful that he documented all this. I too have a friend with autism and it really is fascinating to be made aware of such small details previously unnoticed.
Now see, this, THIS is what the internet should have been for. Sites like Adachi's.
That's pretty much what most of it was back in the 90s. It was all very experimental.
@@calebfuller4713 yeah and I really mis it
Adachi’s posts were a couple of steps above electronic bulletin boards. Very basic, limited and straightforward. The domain of enthusiasts and novelty seekers. The 90s was effectively the last decade without the internet for most people.
Well Tim Burners-Lee did say it should be, "a place to be found for any information or reference which one felt was important, and a way of finding it afterwards." So I guess technically this is perfect use case.
It used to be that way, until the internet was effectively "locked down" by google and other search engine sites. Now we just have TH-cam, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and a handful of other websites. It's really quite sad.
"i took the only 2 photos of Michaelsoft binbows and affixed it to my left arm"
This is a logical sentence
... The future is now, eh? >)X^D
I almost thought that he got the two photos tattooed on him
What are the odds of a random guy with a metodic website, taking a photo of a random funny building, helped someone to do an exhaustive search, and find the origin of an old internet meme. God I love this world
i don’t know but we beat the odds!
You know, I think I found the original souce where this image is from. For some reason it is from a website called: Velocidadmaxima.
What I find strange is that it is not a English website, how can someone understand how dumb the sign is if they don't know English?
@@interro588 Hello fellow researcher, you messed up, velocidadmaxima is not the original, it's just a blog/meme site where the image was repostrd
Love the internet
@@interro588 in the same way that somebody who doesn’t speak Japanese understands that the name is a pun.
But in all seriousness most people are familiar with windows and a lot people speak English as a second langue.
Imagine just chilling in your local town and this guy with a vr helmet who looks like he'd be called Michael just walks up to a building, checks his map, and starts laughing and staring at the building.
SO MANY MIKE!
I chuckled every time he said, "Michaelsoft Binbows"
lmao
binbows
@@SuperMistertoast hehe...Binbows (in homer simpsons voice)
I kept hearing "bimbos"
I love the implication that the only reason Nick didn't go to Japan this time is because of Covid travel restrictions. This man was 100% ready to fly to Japan just to find a store that closed 19 years ago.
He always is.
He flew to Japan to put a photo in SEGA's HQ. He totally would've done that.
Well going to Japan is like his whole gimmick
@@pyrotechnic96 yeah, if he was in smash bros his final smash would be Fly To Japan
His first trip to japan was to go to a domino's headquarters because of a youtube video that was taken down.
Americans: "all asians look the same"
Japanese: "M I C H A E L"
LOL! Yeah, when can we finally stop flipping out on each other and lust LAUGH at ourselves and how normal and silly and universal these responses are.
Expect to be misunderstood, and expect to misunderstand. Know that terrible things can result from small misunderstandings, especially when emotional reactions kick in. Close the gap with as much wisdom, honesty, and humor as you can muster. Learn and grow. Best wishes everyone!
John, Michael, Bob,
@@cliftut uP
@@cliftut Yeah I thought about that after I recovered from the fits of laughter that "So many Mike" gave me. We all just need to be able to laugh at ourselves and make jokes about stereotypes.
@@PentaSquares Jim
MY heart drops every time I'm reminded that a significant part of the audience currently viewing TH-cam is literally born after TH-cam
It's sad really.
@@airwalklp14 yeah, tragic that people are being born 😕
As someone born a little less than a year after TH-cam's creation imagining that at one point in time TH-cam wasn't a thing is very weird.
i sometimes have a really young teenie try and troll me. i tell them to be quiet my toob channel is older than them. that's usually the end of it
- [the channel is 17 this year]
Why?
Came for Michaelsoft Binbows, stayed for spiritual enlightenment
Hope you continue covering these internet obscurities Nick
10 year old me: "I'm going to be an astronaut when I grow up!!!"
25 year old me: Half hour documentary on Michaelsoft Binbows.
You can still become an astronaut ya know
@@hollanderson probably not.
i feel called out ouch
a wise unemployed engineer shared knowledge with me when i was in class 12. he said, "don't think about what u gonna do in future, think about what are u doing now"
i did not take this lesson seriously and did what my hormones and monkey brain led me to..
now i am here....
wer all gonna die, but people like us die inside long before physical death.. videos like this give short doses of pleasure, then again melancholy..
@@rajadhirajmaharaj May the Farce be with U!
There's something so touching about a guy updating his blog since the early internet, like literally before the millennium--- back when yahoo and AOL were relevant, 33 years diligently detailing his life and the world around him with such effort... and then one day he suddenly becomes the key part of a huge adventure involving an international viral meme. It's like witnessing "we're all important" in action. Everything we do has meaning, even if we don't realize it. Even long after we're gone.
"Even long we are gone"?
So the man died?
@@alexisventura7191 No, he's alive and well. It was more a statement that applies to all of us in general :)
@@alexisventura7191 He's actually seen the video and added it to his favorites playlist
@@BeeLy1011 is he on youtube?
@@_mossy_8520 The channel is AlfsRoom or something like that
This was a truly wholesome journey. An old meme that you hunted down and dug up, credited the man who took the picture and documented it, and found out exactly where it was even though it's gone now. I almost teared up myself when you found it.
the fact that he passed the michealsoft binbows building so many times is kind of relatable
him looking at earth with the two photos of michaelsoft binbows feels like an alien with the task of having to go to earth with the task of finding the building
The way he descends from the space too... :D
Just the building
That’s obviously the point lol
I love Maru's response. "Binbows lmao". What a legend.
Binbows lmao
Binbows lmao
Binbows lmao
Binbows lmao
lmao Binbows
It is literally video's like this why I can't watch curated media anymore. I absolutely loved this video. I laughed, I cried (not kidding either), and smiled the entire time. Thank you so much for content like this.
Ditto for me...
@@leemuanguyen8765 liewise
**Potted plants exist in a particular place**
Adachi Yoshinori: _Real shit?_
@Hand Grabbing Fruits what if he uses nick's videos to find where the plants are now
" the potted plants are gone... this is a glitch in the simulation we are all in... i always knew it... "
Someone please sub this video into Japanese and let Adachi watch it.
i love this idea! i’ve set up this page so any Japanese speakers can collaboratively contribute Japanese subtitles: amara.org/en/videos/jWGHEqu7yPxQ/info/michaelsoft-binbows-isnt-what-you-think-it-is/
+
YES
@@babylonian I've started taking a look at it, but it does say the language spoken in the video is Greek. Might want to change that. XD
@@babylonian lol, video language: greek
I find myself unbelievably sad that the plants were gone
There’s a special place in my heart for Cheap used computer parts stores of that era. In a time before fast shipping and frys electronics in small towns it was exactly that type of shop that kept my 300MHZ Intel pentium ii alive and connected. AOL messenger and yahoo chat and games was a life line at a time after we had immigrated here and hardly knew anyone around
i was so disappointed when the classic "desperate in search for answers i took a flight to Japan" couldn't happen
"...I took a flight to Japan in Google Earth"
@@The_Eray "I travelled through space and landed in Japan"
It's alright. This episode saw Nick come to terms with what a trip to Japan really means to him, it was huge for character development
Out of options. and desperate for a resolution, I knew what I had to do...in this case Nick pulled a Nintendo move by doing the unexpected but he did that with the McDonalds DS as well. There’s a structure and tone to his videos but he keeps you guessing and always surprises much like Nintendo which quite a bit of his videos have revolve around. Very talented creator.
jhkl
younger robinson: releases the new album reflecting his growth of artistic vision in 7 years
older robinson: M I C H A E L S O F T B I N B O W S
tbh both are peak art
Everyone is paying attention to Nick and Porter Robinson, but have you heard about the other two brothers? Do you even know that Robert Robinson and Mark Robinson exist? Give'em some love and see what they're about some day too.
Good detective work, Nick. I mean, just impeccable! And I'm glad the master himself, アルフの部屋 reached out through this video.
I'd pay for a series dedicated to finding bootleg stuff like this (even though this isn't really bootleg)
Whatever this is should be an entire genre of videos
Okay but why am I genuinely heart broken that the three potted plants aren’t there anymore…
New nick robinson vid idea: find out what happened to those plants and why they were there in the first place :’(
@@Calirinz yes!!!
@@Calirinz so i travelled to japan to figure it out-
They've grown big, they were freed
@@Derpyderpderper ¡Aaaaaand that's life!
Nick is going to find a time machine in 10 years, travel back in time and become Hidachi, and leave these clues for himself in the future
🥲
*Adachi
What a story. This is one of these few TH-cam gems.
I'm almost sad to see weird stores like these slowly disappearing over time. I just love the copyright infringing oddity of them. There was a kebap shop called "aladdin" near where i live, with a big picture of disney's aladdin plastered over the door. Its still open, but they changed their name to something generic
“So many michaels”
*Just wait until they discover the name Josh*
Wait till they find out about john
Nah, there's only one Josh.
What about steven my family has a steven steven 2 and me Steven 3
THE BATTLE OF THE JOSHES
@@nixel1324 yeah, after the battle
BRO
HOW THE FUCK THIS MAN HIT ME IN THE FEELS WITH "MICHAELSOFT BINBOWS"
because michealsoft binbows is one of the greatest stories of all time
yes, just yes
that's
Nick Robinson for ya
"Michaelsoft Binbows"
**cries and sobs**
Me too, man, I was almost in tears when he finally spotted it.
Brother! I absolutely loved this video. I suffer from depression and there’s not many things that give me a sense of happiness and contentment, but your personality and your story telling abilities are truly amazing. This video made me so happy. Thank you so much for being you. Never change bro. You’re a gem.
Kudos to you for your following your passion Nick. I am Japanese based in Japan. If there is anything I may be of any help, don't hesitate to reach me out.
my mind would be blown if your family name is honda
weebdweeb
Nick: mentions Japan
His wallet: *shakes nervously*
"I flew to Japan to buy a meme"
he should make it his office
Make, like a Meme retreat: to go sell cheap computer parts with Americans in suburban Tokyo - like WOOFing but more dedicatedly centred around Lulz
Japan: 'exists'
Nick: this is where the secrets of the universe lie
literally-
He's not wrong
I mean he buys a plane ticket for so many things i bet if he forgot to flush the toilet in the hotel in japan and remembered it in America he would prob fly back to flush it
the nick robinson channel boutta be lit once the pandemic is over
He's the platonic weeb
A masterpiece of a story. You did an amazing job.
6:24 that moment when nick wonders if a mystery is unsolvable but there's still nearly 30 minutes left in the video...
We need more of this: people genuinely enjoying apparently “useless” quests - it’s so exquisitely human and such little, unique stories make the world literally a better place
Yes, 100% respect that line of thought, and it seems that Mr. Robinson agrees too!
The world would be a worse place without whimsical nonsense.
The most useless thing about this is:
How he cannot keep his head still for 1/4 of a second. You are in serious need of medication. You're burning out synaptic areas like someone mainlining Molly and Cocaine. JFC, man. Calm TF down just 1%.
@@andrewstewart1464 The remarkable thing is that it's not even entirely nonsense anymore thanks to this video. I mean, when we feel emotions we change a little inside. And I dare say that maybe some of the emotions and thoughts brought up by this video might be helpful for some people.
Meaning and connection elevate us, and might even give us the chance to see ourselves more clearly for a moment.
@@cliftut 110% agree. Use of the word 'nonsense' is for lack of a better term, probably should have just said 'fun'. Just goes to show my own mental entrenchment in the hypercapitalist systems.
But yeah, doing things for yourself and others just because it makes you/them happy are always worth it, even if they are temporary. I don't want to imagine a world where such happiness is discouraged. That is true dystopia to me.
I used to live in Maebashi 10 years ago and I can remember me and my dad would drive around and find a place to go fishing. The buildings, the konbinis, the houses shown here… I can still remember it somehow. I’ve never been so very nostalgic about a video. Thank you, Nick.
wow
wow
wow
that's amazing :)
Do you know anyone still there that can go to take more photos?
I had no clue about this photo, but the entire story was amazing. Fun, emotional, mysterious…lots of emotions. Great job! Will check now other videos of you 😊
Thank you Nick, I love this sort of thing and often go down web rabbit holes myself albeit in a much less in depth way. Your vids really bring me joy every time regardless of the topic. I hope you are well
Start: lmao binbows
End: *crying* lmao binbows
lmao binbows but it’s funny in Japanese too now
the character growth. this video was our own arc!
*wipes tear: same bro. Same!
Wow, 1.5K likes and 3 replies
I dont know why but it made me cry. After 20 years, Michaelsoft Binbows was finally found. The internet is truly a Time Machine.
Right? I felt like crying too, I don't know why! But it was such a great moment in the history of Internet!
@@kallixo yep 2 decades is 20 years... watch the video
sissy
Yeah, that's the Nick Robinson experience
There's still some other stuff that ain't found on the internet. So... yeah.
Your excitement is palpable, love it!
This is not what I was expecting of this video, this is some kind of art and I feel inspired by you and Adachi to stop hesitating and just create whatever comes to my mind. Thank you.
You did tell Adachi, right? Of all the people in the universe, he would probably be the most interested in documenting images of an interesting building from 20 years ago
someone should
not sure if he told him directly but if you check the michaelsoft binbows page now it has a note at the bottom saying that it was introduced in this video and also links some fanart - very wholesome
honk
@@Scaramouche122 i sense a honk
@@spiderlilying Wow it's real, been on the page the message is indeed there. Wholesome.
“I’m sorry I can not be a help.”
Mr. Adachi... you were an extraordinary help; an absolutely instrumental help.
We stan Mr. Adachi and Alf!!!!
Wow this is one of the most emotional videos I’ve seen in a while. My love of documenting the mundane is something I feel is a waste of time. Until now. Thank you for this!
You are an incredibly talented storyteller. I started this video having never seen the Michaelsoft Binbows meme, and now thirty minutes later I’m so invested in this journey that when you found the building, I found myself welling up a little. Thank you
Imagine if foreigners start travelling to that building and taking pictures like it is some big deal. The locals are going to be very confused.
"Why are they all taking pictures of that building.... " I can just imagine lol
💀💀💀💀
Already happened in places like Yongen-Jaya when Persona 5 became a roaring success. Gaijins taking pictures of ordinary streets and stuff.
@@Mageman17 Awesome
As if that doesn't happen with "anime spots tourism"
no matter what, nick always finds a way to japan
I'm reading this sentence as if "Japan" is a verb and I'm having a whale of a time
@@MunkiZee 😂
@@WildWolf-pu4pj ඩ
@@ls200076 sussus amogus
I honestly wonder why he doesn’t just live there
One of the most wholesome videos I've seen, kinda funny it's about a seemingly irrelevant thing but nonetheless very interesting, thanks Nick. Also Adachi's blog is awesome I hope he keeps doing what he loves.
I really love this video. I cant explain how i felt the whole way through its all mixed and the moment you found the actual building just brought me to tears. Tha happiness, the relief and the frustration of not being able to go where you want. Feels so near yet still out of reach. What an awesome journey that is. You are awesome, adachi and alf's room is awesome, the vr streetview is awesome. Its all amazing.
I grew up in Japan, and I got emotional seeing you wander around Koaigimachi in Google Earth VR. Seeing the ordinary life there, the quirkiness of local businesses and landmarks, made me realize just how much I miss Japan.
And when you found where Michaelsoft Binbows once stood, I got misty eyed - maybe because when I visit my old hometown where I grew up, I wander around searching for recognizable things from my childhood so many years ago.
Awesome video, man. You should write Mr. Adachi an email explaining how significant Michaelsoft Binbows is on Internet and express all you said at the end of the video. I’m sure he’d be super proud of Alf’s Room.
💞
I LOVE HOW ALL THE RESEARCH AND PLANNING JUST LEADS TO
"lmao"
"binbows"
Lmao Binbows hahahahahahaaaa
I mean how else do you respond to something as childish and as cringe as this?
LMFAO
@@MultiSciGeek 😐
@@MultiSciGeek oooooo you're so grown up and mature that doesn't allow people to have fun no matter how childish it may seem oooooo so scary!!!
I love how this video went deeper than 90% of videos that cover mysteries.
"It turns out that 'Binbows' is a pun! It's not a knock-off or mistake at all!"
"That's really cool! I guess that's part of the mystery solved."
"And 'Michaelsoft" is probably a pun that works better in Japanese. But still, I wonder where it is. Clearly in Japan somewhere..."
"Ah well, it seems like the meaning behind the name is mostly solved anyway. Well done!"
"But I want to know where it is. Oh, I finally found it! This hidden website mentions that it's in Maebashi, in a section called Koaigimachi."
"Awesome, you found it! Well done on finding the answer!"
"But I want to know *where it is*."
releasing a video this month where i go one later even deeper - i hope you stick around to see it ☺️
@@babylonian I hope this means what I think it means!
This is the type of video which reminds you life is so beautiful and that things are definitely connected.
From the meme itself to thinking this could be a real place to literally finding the most wholesome person documenting this to then going on this ethereal vr journey, just wow
I shed some grown ass man tears, and alf is too damn adorable :D
*Nornal person* : haha funny name
*Nick* : goes back in time
Takes a virtual journey to the place
Solves its 20 year old mystery
Takes thousands of people on a spiritual journey doing so.
The modern Marco Polo
Lol; pfp sauce for no particular reason please
Woah woah woah, wait a minute! Is that... Is that Jotaro Kujo hentai on your channel banner?
@@aika1313 I try to be inclusive
@@PuckishAngeI what the fuck are your videos
@@aircraftmen_ 2016 was a wild year
I can’t believe Michaelsoft Binbows almost made me cry-
For real. That was an emotional journey.
I hope to see a follow up video where he actually goes to Japan. Hopefully whoever owns the place now could tell us some more about the old shop.
Same
same it was literally a used parts store but damn if the journey to find it didn't almost make me cry myself.
I honestly feel sad that it is closed.
Yes...almost...
I'd never seen this image before, but your passion caught my attention, and I went along for the entire beautiful journey. It really lifted something in my heart and filled me with wonder and odfly restored my faith in humanity. I actually wept, thank you for taking me along for this journey. 🌠
Have you lived under a rock all this time? This picture is almost as famous as the Windows XP 'Bliss' wallpaper...
@@MetalTrabant wow im amazed, G's postin w/ a typewritter :D
This is top shelf TH-cam content. Subscribed!
That's a 1000 IQ level pun right there. Two jokes in one, each in different languages
multi-lingual people probably do those daily
@@bartosz_xenon More like struglling to express themselves because they forget expressions or words in all languages that they speak daily..
@@bartosz_xenon Nah, I'm a multilingual Slav from the Balkans and it's not really that useful.. or funny.. I guess it applies more to people living in the Far East, where the cultural barrier is much greater, yet since the American territorial expansion on the Pacific they've become quite close to each other, and so pretty much overwhelmed by common American culture.
Knowing many languages, or at least partially understanding vastly different language families, however, does in fact help you grasp the world better, you know, lets you appreciate the different mentalities across the globe, or even deep-down similarities. So multilingual people tend to be, uhm, more versatile and all-encompassing with their thoughts.
It's a clumsy sentence, but what I'm trying to say is that multilingual people are less prone to subtle ideologies or "self-centrisms" typically hidden in overused localisms and are more likely to think about any topic from numerous angles. Sometimes that's all it takes to see what makes a German a German, and what makes a Russian a Russian. Languages we use encode the ways we live, and highlight the neural pathways we regularly use.
In my mind this is what it means to transcend the place of origin, and the concept of nationalism at the grander scale, and what gives you the ability to think, behave, and empathize like a true citizen of the world. In fact, this is necessary, and the reason why they though Esperanto was a good idea. Knowing the languages of the world, and how others think, is precisely the opposite of "divide and conquer".
The existence of blogs like Alf’s Room is so wonderful and reassuring to me, to know that there are little mindful eyes out there keeping up with the parts of the world that nobody else really pays attention to. I think I’m going to create a Wordpress (knowing full well that nobody looks at Wordpress blogs anymore) just so I can be a little mindful eye too. Create a virtual curiosity cabinet that stays for hypothetical future internet users to rummage through, so that the adorable little oddities of my surroundings don’t die with passing time. I hope Adachi knows what an inspiration he is being to thousands of people to look at the world more closely and with awe.
man, that’s beautifully put. i hope you go through with it - please share a link once it’s set up :)
mr. miller, i am a fan of your work and would love to see your curiosity cabinet once it's ready. give my regards to marilyn
@@babylonian u know u meme!?
Honestly these websites are the coolest
Yes
The wholesomeness of this video nearly made me cry. Much love ❤
Nowadays, google search is not the best way to search for things on the internet because google blocks thousand to millions of pages.
Edit: I recommend Rainbolt when I come geo guessing. He can pinpoint locations using old photos, etc. He can help you in your future video if you are trying to locate a place.
Google blocks millions of pages, yes... but are other engines crawling the same part of the Internet?
@@laplongejunior what
@@c0smo709
They say google hides a part of the Internet, but don't actually recommend a competiting search engine with all Google's data + the blocked part.
Hey man! English is probably your second language, and you seem to be struggling with something I also struggled with when learning English. He and She is only for people or at the most specific animals, but things that have a definite gender. For things like a search engine, you actually use "it" :D
Hope I've helped.
@@gustavolopes5094 Se tá falando do Rainbolt, ele é um cara, não um motor de busca.
I just spent 34 minutes learning about a meme i never heard about until today...
just started and realized that it was 34 mins
I've seen the Michaelsoft Binbows image but didn't know it was a meme lol
you've never seen the image before?
top 10 people who got burned alive
I was never born at that time so I never seen the meme
relatable
"So i traveled to japan to meat michael himself, and to ask why he is so soft."
He invites you into his bedroom to check it out.
And why he’s selling binbows
MEAT
@Inje Kim hehe
And poor
Nick I really appreciate your exceptional description of visiting Japan in Google Earth VR. This is one of the most wonderful feelings VR can deliver and I relate to your feelings. 💖
This storytelling is excellent. I had to set down the phone and do other tasks. Where I might often just forget I was in the middle of a video and move on, I kept coming back for the conclusion. Your message at the about just creating something regardless of your perceived lack of audience is inspiring.
I love how the knowledge of what Michaelsoft Binbows actually means and was does not take away *any* of the humour of the actual image. I mean, being a fan of these shop names and logos that are creative parodies of actual brands, knowing that "Michaelsoft Binbows" is an intentional pun makes it even _more_ funny and endearing. And knowing where the actual place is now is just delightful.
Took the words outta my mouth, this photo is hilarious
Yup. It makes the joke even funnier.
To me, it enhances the humour.
We need to make a Michaelsoft Bimbows pin on Google Maps, and give it a 5-star rating!
Edit: It's already added, as a place of worship. I tried adding the two photos, but it's pending verification.
I do hope you didn't spell it that way ;)
they got approved, and the first photo became the cover
@@kingminceraft9487 I added a label "Former home of Michaelsoft Binbows". Also, if you go to Street View at the pin, you can see that the other side of the same building used to be a Subaru dealership, albeit a VERY small one.
I’m so happy. Classic Japanese blogs like this are perfect old internet, and it’s so cool one comes in clutch like this here. I’m all for returning to this format, sharing what we find neat this way.
Not being aware of the image before seeing your video. The thumnail intregred and honetly it felt I was able to feel what you were feeling. You're way to stoytelling is really great along with the genuine tones. Definelty subscribing and looking forward to new content from your end.
Another historic meme has been found
I hope you better make a video for once the pandemic ends where you visit the binbows place
yeah, and he should keep his gold play button there
SUPERSOFT WIIBOWS
Implying the pandemic will ever end lol
@@Klonoahedgehog cdc just lifted nationwide mask mandate for all vaccinated people, ding dong!!
it closed 20 years ago
Nick is a person who is hugely obsessed with the weirdest and obscure things all across the internet, so much so that he dedicates a whole half-hour video trying to find the location of a famous sign in Japan. You guys gotta give Nick Robinson some respect for his dedication in tracking down the sign .
Actually, he found the building where the sign was. Finding the actual sign would be even crazier!!! :D
such an inspiring video. thank you for putting it out here
めっちゃいい動画に出会ったわ！Thank you Nick!
if i had only 10% of nick's dedication, i would be happy
then do?? no one is born motivated 😐
save_power()
or his luck
@@sparkbag_ yes.. that's the thing... you need to be motivated to get motivation to do some other things
I'll give you an advice that has personally helped me find motivation: *Just do it*
I know, it sounds basic and stupid. But most of the times that I've discovered stuff that I like my line of thinking has been "Why the frick not? Let's just do it for the anecdote or just to see what happens"
Clicking on random YT videos and discovering new youtubers to watch, trying out weird food and discovering new dishes you like, creating something crappy and discovering a new hobbie. Just do it for the fun man.
expecting a follow up video where he actually flies to japan
Yeah me too
"The seqeul"
Plot: He fought the the final boss and retrieve Binbows(Good ending)
Same
Won't happen bud.
@@Diathan sadge
Hey, Nick, I just want you to know I love your videos. I love seeing you going to these amazing lengths just to find answers to trivial things. Me watching you upload your videos all started with Harrison Koeppel, and his long-lost Blastoise. I'm glad he got it back in the end. That video, I will admit, kind of struck a nerve in me, and inspired me to get into Pokémon, and kind of going into depths like how Gary did with retrieving said lost Pokémon. Speaking of which, are you two, (Harrison and you) in contact with each other, or did you two go your separate ways after that?
You have such a gift for story telling. I never heard of Michaelsoft Binbows and still got emotional when you finally found it. Keep up the good work.
I'll be waiting for some crazy ass guy to translate alf's room in english, it looks so blessed and chill
Or a team of translators
"It's a HARDware store"
"but the name is Michael SOFT" lol I love that
Michael HARD would be… a different kind of store
For computers
@@vincent67239 and MICRO Hard would be a different, perhaps sadder kind...
@@vincent67239 hard lemonade store?
@@sleepytubbs9405 ha
This is one of the best TH-cam videos I've ever seen... I sucscribed to your channel just a few minutes in. Your enthusiasm is very winning.
24:40 I loved the frantic looking back and forth in the VR it reminded me of something from Wall-E for some reason, I haven’t seen the movie in years lmao
It's insane how he found the location of a building with two pictures and a forgotten japanese website
It’s not forgotten tho lol, even in the video you can see that adachi has been updating the website even now!
@@PixelRockett I was saying forgotten because since the website was old, I was guessing almost no one except for the creator visited it
@@Akronox. it’s definitely not forgotten now, which is super wholesome and sweet that tons of people now know about this one dude just documenting things that he found interesting in his life!
Let’s never let it be forgotten again.
Geowizard's pinpoint locations of fans series has entered the chat
I love how this whole thing is just an excuse for Nick to say "Michaelsoft Binbows" as often as he wants.
LMAO
@@astor_25 fortnite
jkhl
@@h-Films i don’t even play fortnite wdym, also what’s wrong if I like it
@@macaquekisser undertale
YOU ARE MY NEW FREAKING HERO. I LOVE YOU FOR PUTTING SO MUCH WORK INTO THIS MASTERPIECE.
Kudos from Uruguay!
Uruguay noma
ive watched this video a few times now (just get caught in how good it is every time youtube suggests it to me, its honestly phenomenal) and i think i have been inspired to actually be consistent with youtube now for no real personal gain, so thanks!