The Game You Can't Win

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Комментарии • 2,9 тыс.

  • @drkatel
    @drkatel 4 года назад +9845

    The person who walked away first may not have won, but she lost less than the others.

    • @indysahota2495
      @indysahota2495 4 года назад +173

      deep.

    • @timmoh
      @timmoh 4 года назад +386

      DrKate L. The implication is that they committed suicide though

    • @OXhuls
      @OXhuls 4 года назад +246

      @@timmoh thought the same. or maybe she didnt strive for the same things the others did. she settled with what she had

    • @Nestoras_Zogopoulos
      @Nestoras_Zogopoulos 4 года назад +137

      @@timmoh the video is indeed symbolic but this is definately open for many interprentations other that the game of life

    • @drkatel
      @drkatel 4 года назад +55

      Timmoh, I hadn't considered that angle. That puts a whole different spin on it. Hmmm.

  • @LUVROCK5800
    @LUVROCK5800 4 года назад +4089

    I was thinking this was gonna be some type of impossible riddle not induce an existential crisis

    • @muichiroutokito9159
      @muichiroutokito9159 4 года назад +24

      Sameee

    • @lay-2356
      @lay-2356 4 года назад +77

      this channel is basically just asking what life is tbh

    • @good1742
      @good1742 4 года назад +28

      Flip a coin. If it's heads you loose. If it's tails you loose.

    • @Someone-ej7kd
      @Someone-ej7kd 4 года назад +13

      I thought it was a showcase of a new game in the app store/play store.

    • @Someone-ej7kd
      @Someone-ej7kd 4 года назад +5

      @@lay-2356 And the answer is in a dictionary.

  • @guipinhao602
    @guipinhao602 3 года назад +744

    "Are ya winning son?"
    No, I'm not. I can't.

  • @BeanBurgh09
    @BeanBurgh09 4 года назад +1637

    The game you can’t win.
    “Okay, so, don’t die.”
    30 years later...
    “Ha, you lost.”
    “Idiot.”

    • @Mcha_1
      @Mcha_1 3 года назад +4

      69th like :D

    • @hikerieger6319
      @hikerieger6319 3 года назад +4

      @@Mcha_1 Nice :)

    • @Mcha_1
      @Mcha_1 3 года назад +3

      Wait where tf did the the 69likes go

    • @hikerieger6319
      @hikerieger6319 3 года назад +3

      @@Mcha_1 they destroyed it.. but we can get to 420 likes!

    • @sugamnema9103
      @sugamnema9103 3 года назад +2

      After which he just realises that he just wasted 30yrs!!

  • @giofiore5
    @giofiore5 4 года назад +4648

    this should be an episode of black mirror

    • @merixdd
      @merixdd 4 года назад +41

      gio fiore yesss that would fit the series perfectly!

    • @IvanLDiaz
      @IvanLDiaz 4 года назад +28

      This comment deserves way more likes.

    • @matthewmorgan582
      @matthewmorgan582 4 года назад +63

      this whole channel is like black mirror

    • @lillybye1
      @lillybye1 4 года назад +8

      Exactly!

    • @essel3630
      @essel3630 4 года назад +5

      Omg yes

  • @schimmilol8580
    @schimmilol8580 4 года назад +4179

    not really sure how to feel about this video

    • @sourabhanand80
      @sourabhanand80 4 года назад +20

      Suicidal?

    • @shenanigans2639
      @shenanigans2639 4 года назад +67

      It is a metaphor for life

    • @thingonathinginathing
      @thingonathinginathing 4 года назад +1

      Yeeaaaah..

    • @rasn
      @rasn 4 года назад +6

      @@shenanigans2639 okay so what, we all supposed to just die then? makes no sense

    • @shenanigans2639
      @shenanigans2639 4 года назад +5

      @@rasn What are you trying to say. I can't tell if you are criticizing my comment, complimenting my comment, or saying something random. Could you please elaborate for me?

  • @LudosErgoSum
    @LudosErgoSum 4 года назад +171

    I never knew Snakes and Ladders could be this deep.

    • @TheFinnish1
      @TheFinnish1 2 года назад +2

      Oh my god, never even realized that

  • @CyberCy2
    @CyberCy2 3 года назад +524

    I'm the person who immediately asks "what do we win at the end"

    • @alexac.9295
      @alexac.9295 3 года назад +15

      cybercy taylor i was thinking why they werent asking that

    • @BenziLZK
      @BenziLZK 3 года назад +14

      @Neverbeen Petty we will receive suffers, depression, boredom and anxiety after we completed 18 years of tutorials in the game of life

    • @user-uy6ds1nf3g
      @user-uy6ds1nf3g 3 года назад +7

      Ahhh i get it... So when someone asks that the moderator says... "Life" when you leave the room you will die

    • @Bebe-wb7un
      @Bebe-wb7un 3 года назад +1

      I asked it at the beginning too

    • @dizzy_jump
      @dizzy_jump 3 года назад +2

      but what is the prize

  • @ithinkknot3564
    @ithinkknot3564 4 года назад +15391

    Why does this feel so deep and yet pointless at the same time

  • @intekhabahmed9114
    @intekhabahmed9114 4 года назад +6757

    Sounds like a game Mr. Beast would play with his bros.

    • @siinxx7656
      @siinxx7656 4 года назад +93

      Dude I thought the exact same thing hahahaha

    • @devduhh
      @devduhh 4 года назад +130

      And Chandler will lose

    • @eris4734
      @eris4734 4 года назад +112

      "Last to stop playing infinite game wins $20,000"

    • @intekhabahmed9114
      @intekhabahmed9114 4 года назад +18

      @@devduhh He will quit first as usual.

    • @Syoval
      @Syoval 4 года назад +9

      But you win 100000 dollars

  • @mepnet
    @mepnet 4 года назад +1249

    How to win:
    1. Get a lot of points.
    2. Constantly yell random annoying phrases and/or noises.
    3. Wait till everyone leaves because they're done with you.
    4. *S T O N K S*

    • @randomnerd4600
      @randomnerd4600 3 года назад +7

      lmao

    • @whatshouldinamemyself809
      @whatshouldinamemyself809 3 года назад +34

      2. is basically me in a nutshell

    • @N0URii
      @N0URii 3 года назад +18

      or coordinate with others to leave with promise the prize will be spread equally

    • @abrahamk741
      @abrahamk741 3 года назад +13

      But you get nothing in the end.
      *stinks*

    • @TheExiledMeriler
      @TheExiledMeriler 3 года назад +9

      Then lets see the result: you wasted time on this stupid game and won noyhing, you are horrible person, you have no friends(if they were friends for you).

  • @mr.sofcok7981
    @mr.sofcok7981 4 года назад +89

    this is like life, every decision is like a move in the game, it can set you forward or back, and you finish when you die and everything is random

    • @Samuel-ck2jw
      @Samuel-ck2jw 3 года назад +4

      reminds me of chess

    • @sylviaisafoot6570
      @sylviaisafoot6570 3 года назад +6

      And you can leave whenever you want to which is basically suicide.

  • @HumansOfVR
    @HumansOfVR 4 года назад +2566

    *_Pursuit of Wonder_* is about to give thousands of people another existential crisis

    • @domenico9992
      @domenico9992 4 года назад

      @I know I’m gay when I say this but for sure you will have plenty of funny screenshots to send to your friends. Genius

    • @kyialo
      @kyialo 4 года назад +6

      @I know I’m gay when I say this but It’s easy to not see the value in life when you look at the bigger picture, for example, comparing an ant hill to a house. The ant hill seems worthless when you view it like that. But what is the point? It’s not your responsibility to stress about the Universe ending. Your life is about you and what you make of it.

    • @Representing4II0I7
      @Representing4II0I7 4 года назад

      @I know I’m gay when I say this but 2 years ago the exact same thing happened to me when I watched a video about our universe being in a simulation I wasnt able to get it out of my head and later beacuse of that I got depressed but now when I look back it just feel stupid nothing much
      Even I feel glad I didnt do anything stupid back then having suicidal thoughts or things like that

    • @itsez1129
      @itsez1129 4 года назад +2

      @@nikhilpatel9910 If you are interested in this topic then I shall mention a great channel called exurb1a almost all the videos provide a nice dose of existential crisis

    • @nikhilpatel9910
      @nikhilpatel9910 4 года назад +1

      @@itsez1129 thanks for the recommendation!

  • @jaylenpence9732
    @jaylenpence9732 4 года назад +1446

    Woke up just in time for my next existential crisis.

    • @florianpeter7045
      @florianpeter7045 4 года назад +3

      Cow Juice watch kurzgesagt the egg

    • @isaacm5549
      @isaacm5549 4 года назад +3

      Well you did just learn that we are living in a simulated reality.

    • @abbasnoman6842
      @abbasnoman6842 4 года назад +1

      Cow Juice I have your 100th like

    • @rickyf3448
      @rickyf3448 4 года назад +1

      Existential crisis + acceptance = Enlightenment

    • @jaylenpence9732
      @jaylenpence9732 4 года назад +1

      Ricky F your comment = shortcut to enlightenment

  • @charmeleonevolves5553
    @charmeleonevolves5553 3 года назад +100

    "The game you can't win"
    Yes, I know. Stop making fun of me for being bad at games

  • @kirsten007
    @kirsten007 4 года назад +179

    the game:
    you’ve been playing it since you were born. when you think about the game, you’ve lost. you just lost.

    • @pinkythepinkslime6170
      @pinkythepinkslime6170 3 года назад +14

      Thanks a lot, jerk. >:[

    • @chrono-glitchwaterlily8776
      @chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 3 года назад +3

      But I didn't think about the game I was playing but the game my dog was playing. Does that count

    • @carriegrasty8852
      @carriegrasty8852 3 года назад +2

      I didn't think about it i just read you saying i was thinking about it

    • @jg1946ify
      @jg1946ify 3 года назад +7

      Joke's on you I dunno how to read, in fact I'm my owner's dog and I'm typing for him. I won't tell him about the game. You all lost. My owner won.

    • @catonpop
      @catonpop 3 года назад

      fuck you

  • @thewizardpanda7785
    @thewizardpanda7785 4 года назад +3916

    I feel like if I was in this game I would quit immediately and go home

  • @faizannehal1
    @faizannehal1 4 года назад +1821

    This game sounds like life, people just want to win in their life not knowing what will happen to them once they die

    • @LL-tr5et
      @LL-tr5et 4 года назад +40

      Faizan Nehal losing is dying. Walking out is akin to su ic ide

    • @faizannehal1
      @faizannehal1 4 года назад +69

      L L I don’t think so, because there are many people in the world who are not running in the rat race, they are the ones who have walked out of the game.

    • @hata6290
      @hata6290 4 года назад +10

      Faizan Nehal what?? What do you even mean bruh

    • @theradicalaxe553
      @theradicalaxe553 4 года назад +20

      Faizan Nehal You’re right, and those people can live out their lives how they please.

    • @KamiFrost99
      @KamiFrost99 4 года назад +16

      Well, even if you lose you wouldn't win anything. Life is not actually about winning or losing, because everyone will die someday. Life is about experiencing, but some might experience it better than others. You live, because you can. It's like god is giving you an opportunity to experience. Even nowadays there are games with no objective, you don't win, or more like you can't win. You just play it because you can.

  • @muffinszss
    @muffinszss 3 года назад +128

    he could’ve just raised their friendliness and likability so they would all become friends and want to stay there together, having fun just playing a game.

    • @darkira2129
      @darkira2129 3 года назад +9

      I want to give you a headpat

    • @failure4452
      @failure4452 3 года назад +10

      Problem is it’s a boring game

    • @cacophony435
      @cacophony435 3 года назад +6

      It would be a boring game if they all got along/no drama. And out of courtesy, they would all quit together at the first major loss. The game wouldn't be able to run for as long if the players were decent human beings.

    • @hanoli7933
      @hanoli7933 2 года назад +1

      Look at monopoly, friends go into eachother. Probably not so different here

    • @darrenflips7346
      @darrenflips7346 2 года назад +2

      @@hanoli7933 monopoly is the end of all friendships

  • @treehugger0241
    @treehugger0241 3 года назад +27

    My question would have definitely been "What's the prize for winning?", and when told nothing, I would have noped out. I've got better things to do.

  • @Zack_Euler
    @Zack_Euler 4 года назад +1314

    I feel like I’m getting held at gun point while playing this

    • @nicolam_
      @nicolam_ 4 года назад +5

      You probably feel threatened by life then

    • @m2useinu
      @m2useinu 4 года назад +2

      Not threatened by life. Capitalism

    • @TotalTech_
      @TotalTech_ 4 года назад +3

      You kinda are when you think about it

    • @dweeep03
      @dweeep03 3 года назад +1

      So... Russian Roulette

    • @ola-ks3rg
      @ola-ks3rg 3 года назад +1

      @@TotalTech_ just just shut up. I do not need another existantial crisis after watching "sleep is death being shy"

  • @andrewtorres5950
    @andrewtorres5950 4 года назад +2793

    The game you cant win:
    Fighting with your mom

    • @abandonedacc02
      @abandonedacc02 4 года назад +11

      Andrew Torres
      Yes

    • @patricksarama4963
      @patricksarama4963 4 года назад +53

      Your mom bends the rules in her favor

    • @randomnerd4600
      @randomnerd4600 3 года назад +30

      mom is basically an ai - she uses cheats such as "because i said so" and stuff

    • @amna6842
      @amna6842 3 года назад +7

      Specially if you have a brown mom

    • @SounakXD
      @SounakXD 3 года назад +4

      Facts.

  • @csquaredfilms
    @csquaredfilms 3 года назад +85

    me, a big brain: alright this was a fun three hours, cya.

  • @EarthySmerky
    @EarthySmerky 3 года назад +393

    The game that you can’t win
    Crossy road subway surfers and any endless game: i'm you but better

  • @lazy7789
    @lazy7789 4 года назад +536

    I knew there was something off when the moderator didn’t mention what the prize would have been if someone wins.

    • @cking4869
      @cking4869 4 года назад +26

      The prize is the experience of the game. They lost.

    • @sennatibia4065
      @sennatibia4065 4 года назад +3

      Ego boost.

    • @AlexPBenton
      @AlexPBenton 4 года назад +2

      I thought I had skipped past that part XD

    • @ares3052
      @ares3052 4 года назад +3

      Don’t u understand... it’s a resemblance of life

    • @staffbox1811
      @staffbox1811 4 года назад

      E No r/woooosh is a term often used by instagram meme accounts. What is reddit?

  • @-fantasyfallen914
    @-fantasyfallen914 4 года назад +882

    This, I’m getting vibes from this. I feel like the game is life and we all are just simply trying to win, which is pointless. People fight and argue- trying to get to the top. People mock those beneath them, but when people decide to choose another road- they’re ridiculed, yet it’s smarter to be on a road that isn’t influenced. Think about how the first person left, they had enough, when the second one left they realised there was no point in playing- when the last few left, they realised there’s no point also- but when one talks about how they don’t want to lose and return to the game- the others are influenced by him and also return to the same cycle of the same game.
    It’s frightening how close this is to reality.

    • @christophergomez701
      @christophergomez701 4 года назад +4

      👍👍🔥🔥

    • @erievhs
      @erievhs 4 года назад +13

      I dont think its life i think its just conformity, like a shitty 9-5 job

    • @Satanic-Coper
      @Satanic-Coper 3 года назад +15

      It’s all pointless and we all die. Nobody cares if we win if lose. There are no winners or losers. Only if you reproduce or not from a biological perspective otherwise it don’t matter at all.

    • @nickolasdiamond5619
      @nickolasdiamond5619 3 года назад +14

      But there is a point to life, life itself is its own point, you win by enjoying it, and unlike this game life actually has an ending which just makes it that much sweeter. You know you only have one shot and that time is limited, sure you can waste it and many do, but that still makes life way more fun than this game, the two are nothing like each other.

    • @zildjian2381
      @zildjian2381 3 года назад +1

      the platform

  • @sakuyaizayoi8946
    @sakuyaizayoi8946 3 года назад +104

    *_who else would enjoy to just sit and periodically tap the tablet and watch others emotions while they get more and more pissed off_*

    • @SamuelNasta
      @SamuelNasta 3 года назад +4

      Isn't it? Yeah. I'll think we should just stop this bullshit and go back to tv and watch Big Brother hahaha

    • @jg1946ify
      @jg1946ify 3 года назад +2

      You mean like an internet troll?

    • @desadograisedrobot515
      @desadograisedrobot515 3 года назад

      I'd just be there and look at there expressions for 5 days then ask "what do I win?" then leave saying "welp I certainly got my prize".

  • @warpzone8421
    @warpzone8421 3 года назад +17

    I feel like this breaks down as an allegory. It's 2020. Nobody has any self-esteem anymore.

  • @KiDn0cuDi
    @KiDn0cuDi 4 года назад +1575

    Lol people are so like this. Wanting to change the rules as long as it benefits them.

    • @pritpalsingh3609
      @pritpalsingh3609 4 года назад +10

      Wow another hidden message.

    • @ryan-zd4jm
      @ryan-zd4jm 4 года назад +45

      modern day feminism be like:

    • @arpitkumar4525
      @arpitkumar4525 4 года назад +18

      Yes. Equivalent to reservations in real life. The difference is in the game of real life, some people do succeed in changing the rules to benefit them.

    • @Nestoras_Zogopoulos
      @Nestoras_Zogopoulos 4 года назад

      woke !231!1!!!!

    • @ti2218
      @ti2218 4 года назад +10

      @@arpitkumar4525 like the huge billionare companies destroying the Earth who have and sometimes still pay "scientists" to tell people on news media that climate change isn't real and the fossil fuel industry is, and I quote, "Great!"
      Yeah and Trump, the president of the strongest nation in the world right now, whines about fake news yet he's the dumbass who still thinks climate change is fake despite 50 years of clear proof.

  • @Hunter-mw9mb
    @Hunter-mw9mb 4 года назад +2247

    John literally had already won. They all decided the game was over and he was in the lead

  • @sabers31skip35
    @sabers31skip35 3 года назад +80

    answer: at the start they all leave making their points all equal meaning they all win

    • @TheExiledMeriler
      @TheExiledMeriler 3 года назад +4

      Not exactly. Draw is neither winning or losing. So you didn't win.

    • @ranaoblivious2122
      @ranaoblivious2122 3 года назад +15

      Unfortunately there's always that one person who wants it all

    • @Non_Consistent_Potato
      @Non_Consistent_Potato 3 года назад +2

      @@ranaoblivious2122 but what if there wasn't that person?

    • @ranaoblivious2122
      @ranaoblivious2122 3 года назад +3

      @@Non_Consistent_Potato Very rare chances I must say. If we go back to our basic instinct, we want to gain and win while destroying our enemy. We are greedy and wants everything. If not all, one will stay and try to win it because of greed and curiosity. Since it is more easier to be bad than good, this will most likely to happen. Of course, I do except possibility but the chances to gef a draw with a complete stranger are near impossible. Even if all of them were nice, it was doom to happen because at the start they were told "you will be competing against each other" which automatically trigger there respond to win. This game were new to them so they will compete against each other no matter what. I'm sorry but I don't think this will help to get a draw even if all of them were a good person

    • @samisikdar5417
      @samisikdar5417 3 года назад +1

      I mean, they can’t just make it so that they all have equal points. The chances of that are very unlikely

  • @plsbuffme5470
    @plsbuffme5470 3 года назад +33

    This was pretty dark... darn it...
    So this was like a metaphor to life and how winning it is so addictive and corrupting at the same time ... the conclusion of "whats the point of this game if we dont actually win anything?" Is basically the conclusion of "whats the point of living if after dying you don't get anything".
    All the people who left basically suicided (how most people do in the real world too) bcs they didn't see the point of the game...
    But the message is a little bit wrong tho... not all about life must be a competition that you have to win, you shouldn't think about it this way, it should be about having fun and be happy with your beloved ones...

    • @plugshirt1684
      @plugshirt1684 3 года назад +1

      Also it shows how all of life is complete luck that can just go completely wrong or right at any time for no reason. I agree that the point of life is just to get as much enjoyment from it as you can but that is also what creates serial killers and other horrible people because for them the only thing in their lives that gave them enjoyment was the terrible things they did but for most people the relationships and hobbies we have are what gives it to us and we know if we did anything as bad as those people we would not be able to enjoy the other things we do as much

    • @rebon6
      @rebon6 3 года назад +2

      Life really is random,you either get lucky or be lucky enough to get misfortunes..its all random,random events that will eventually lead you to death

    • @f52_yeevy
      @f52_yeevy 3 года назад +2

      In fact, I don’t see this as being about our existence, our lives are NOT pointless, they may not have a role in the hypothetical “scheme of things”, but they are worth it. I feel like the story was more about wasting your existence, especially by attaching yourself to vain things. This applies to the excessive attention to the hierarchy in society and relationships, social media (we’re creating a billion-worth market around digital things that do not have an intrinsic value and do not really serve a useful purpose to society) and toxic capitalism.

  • @nonversate
    @nonversate 4 года назад +2511

    sounds oddly familiar ...
    *like we are playing now.*

    • @joserobinho356
      @joserobinho356 4 года назад +55

      Nonversate ❽ nice one Sherlock, really cracked the secret on that one eh?

    • @nonversate
      @nonversate 4 года назад +71

      Joseph Robinson perhaps you should do your own detective work before speaking to the overlord in such a windbag manner.

    • @pyewackett5
      @pyewackett5 4 года назад +7

      Yup

    • @plaguex1
      @plaguex1 4 года назад +21

      Yup absolutely what I was thinking now. Life is a game as they say..

    • @borrehandgraaf700
      @borrehandgraaf700 4 года назад +8

      @@plaguex1 if you think life hasn't got a meaning, give it one

  • @Dan-pi6dx
    @Dan-pi6dx 4 года назад +365

    how to use stock images in a profesional way . the tutorial

  • @Rikri
    @Rikri 4 года назад +58

    5 minutes in and I just realized where this was going.
    This is genius. Great job.

    • @dzidkapl
      @dzidkapl 2 года назад +1

      5 minutes is more than a half of the video. You're not a very observant individual.

    • @darrenflips7346
      @darrenflips7346 2 года назад

      @@dzidkapl lmao

    • @nikhilsingh6243
      @nikhilsingh6243 2 года назад

      Initial 1 min was enough to understand that what is this all about.

    • @PvblivsAelivs
      @PvblivsAelivs 2 года назад

      I have to admit that I didn't predict the "everything simulated" aspect. But the whole thing makes little sense to me. I get that it is supposed to be a commentary on the human experience. But even for a competitive game where you want to "win," there needs to be a clear way to do that. And a win condition of "your opponents agree that you win" does not sound like a fun game, no matter what trappings you place on it. The spaces and the points don't matter. They are a distraction. You are trying to get the other players to agree that you won.

    • @Fact_core
      @Fact_core 2 года назад

      @@dzidkapl do you are have stupid

  • @PebsBeans
    @PebsBeans 4 года назад +10

    I feel like there's a deeper meaning to this video than just a story about aliens running a simulation, but I can't find it.

    • @dizzy_jump
      @dizzy_jump 3 года назад +3

      Yeah, that deeper meaning is cheetos

    • @Haynster
      @Haynster 3 года назад

      @@dizzy_jump gelatin moment

  • @TehAntares
    @TehAntares 4 года назад +799

    Moderator: "... the game only ends once everybody decides to stop playing-"
    Me: "Okay, I'm outta here."

    • @Camelotsmoon
      @Camelotsmoon 4 года назад +9

      Right? Show me the way out.

    • @daveycrocker4466
      @daveycrocker4466 4 года назад +3

      Everyone dont have kids, game over.

    • @failure4452
      @failure4452 3 года назад +5

      That’s the problem. There will never be a time when everyone agrees because the people who are behind know they will lose

    • @PieMaster2425
      @PieMaster2425 3 года назад +4

      @Omar Valentini Adam and Eve suicide pact

    • @maevealthea2621
      @maevealthea2621 3 года назад

      Same

  • @Wubbazt
    @Wubbazt 4 года назад +435

    hah, bold of you to assume that there's a game i CAN win.

  • @OneOhEff
    @OneOhEff 3 года назад +5

    I absolutely love this, I’m usually productive by drawing and I like to use RUclips as background noise. The energy made by this video was extremely satisfying, I love this

  • @LK-ui9rx
    @LK-ui9rx 3 года назад +10

    john was in the lead when the whole group decided to quit at the same time, meaning John would've won the game. However, he still decides to return to his seat wich results in the other players also continuing the game, meaning he lost his chance to win. Why did john return to his seat?

    • @4ylo
      @4ylo 3 года назад +1

      I'm wondering the same thing...

    • @amgm1996
      @amgm1996 2 года назад +2

      Because hes dumb ah

  • @kaushikassagur769
    @kaushikassagur769 4 года назад +1618

    Welcome to another episode of " *Why* *am* *I* *even* *watching* *this* *video?* "

    • @kevinjacob2652
      @kevinjacob2652 4 года назад

      lol , thats cool

    • @danielchan1668
      @danielchan1668 3 года назад +4

      Because it is titled in a similar way to some videos on game theory (the mathematical concept) to game the algorithm and viewer interest

    • @korochun453
      @korochun453 3 года назад +1

      The Algorithm recommended it lol

    • @Thegoodgamerpro72jdq
      @Thegoodgamerpro72jdq 3 года назад +2

      Come on where is the first episode

    • @Z.A.N.E
      @Z.A.N.E 3 года назад +2

      My answer: because I've stayed up all night and it's now 5am and my phone battery is at 10%

  • @fenrisredacted2870
    @fenrisredacted2870 4 года назад +898

    Before even watching the whole thing I knew this was a metaphor for life

    • @maximomanabat8382
      @maximomanabat8382 4 года назад +52

      You should win 10 Nobel prize for that

    • @Andreluiz-dp2ho
      @Andreluiz-dp2ho 4 года назад +43

      Metaphor for capitalism, since life isn't a competition.

    • @MrWuddles1
      @MrWuddles1 4 года назад +10

      Whoa it's almost like that's what he wrote the video about

    • @edgelordcutting
      @edgelordcutting 4 года назад +7

      hmm but yet you are still playing

    • @pavleilic7383
      @pavleilic7383 4 года назад +18

      @Nicholas Major how the hell did you manage to make 3 different assumptions in one comment you generalising fuck

  • @sandraavaleriee213
    @sandraavaleriee213 3 года назад +11

    I don't know why but this gave me MASSIVE ANXIETY 😭

    • @JimmyBoosterCrate
      @JimmyBoosterCrate 2 года назад

      It has the vibe of those futuristic rooms in movies, those empty white rooms that fill you with nothingness. Void is terrifying.

  • @Navrem1990
    @Navrem1990 3 года назад +2

    Why am I sleepless in my bed and watching this super random recommended??
    Noone will ever know..!!

  • @jessehan1925
    @jessehan1925 4 года назад +3006

    Lies, the only game you can't win is minecraft hardcore

  • @ixalaz4536
    @ixalaz4536 4 года назад +468

    I feel like I've heard of this game... It's called life

  • @rakusko33
    @rakusko33 3 года назад +2

    I just discovered this channel and cant stop watching their videos having existential crises that dont let me sleep at night

  • @autumnanurasys9461
    @autumnanurasys9461 3 года назад +3

    I was just in a constant state of "what" and when the video was done I just sat there for a few seconds before going, *"What the hell was that?"*

  • @UnableToBrain
    @UnableToBrain 4 года назад +397

    8:28 "the gay moderator"

    • @undefined6512
      @undefined6512 4 года назад +13

      *Nice of the princess-*

    • @polapusta7467
      @polapusta7467 3 года назад +7

      Confusion of da highest orda!

    • @HollywoodF1
      @HollywoodF1 3 года назад +5

      Freud would have an observation for you based on your comment.

    • @moonlightcocktail
      @moonlightcocktail 3 года назад +4

      Art imitates life

    • @q.m17
      @q.m17 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @lonleyicecream
    @lonleyicecream 4 года назад +67

    we are all in a simualtion, and audible is in controll

  • @harryo1948
    @harryo1948 4 года назад +14

    After watching this, I feel like I also have wasted my time.

  • @julianbocanegrakeller1771
    @julianbocanegrakeller1771 3 года назад +1

    It represents life, some people win, some people lose, you can fall in a second, there are fights/enemies, people who want to change the rules, suicides, realizations, and a constant continuation.

  • @AydenHub
    @AydenHub 4 года назад +336

    The Game is a mental game where the objective is to avoid thinking about The Game itself. Thinking about The Game constitutes a loss, which must be announced each time it occurs. It is impossible to win most versions of The Game. Depending on the variation of The Game, the whole world, or all those aware of the game, are playing it all the time. Tactics have been developed to increase the number of people aware of The Game and thereby increase the number of losses.

    • @sapphirestarblazer6805
      @sapphirestarblazer6805 4 года назад +24

      Congrats
      you made me lose with your explanation, and not for the first time either.

    • @user-xt9oi9if2c
      @user-xt9oi9if2c 4 года назад +5

      fcuk u

    • @tiagopalomino8658
      @tiagopalomino8658 4 года назад +5

      I lost.

    • @shells1596
      @shells1596 4 года назад +4

      a pass went out at the beginning of the year that the “game was finished”

    • @haulin
      @haulin 4 года назад +1

      How is this still a thing?! I haven't lost in years! Thanks very much...

  • @fortnitevirgingg2111
    @fortnitevirgingg2111 4 года назад +287

    Bruh I already know this is gonna give me an existential crisis

    • @KiceDz
      @KiceDz 4 года назад +16

      this is the existential crisis. This is what we do with chasing the money, wealth, or whatever the fck we put our aim at. It's just a game of chasing with no end. It's a recursive function, a fractal from the microorganisms eating each other to survive and spread, to us, and the universe, spreading outwards, eating and destroying/recycling/ changing the entropical value.
      Welcome to the simulation.

    • @pyewackett5
      @pyewackett5 4 года назад +1

      @@KiceDz
      Kafka - esque

    • @KiceDz
      @KiceDz 4 года назад +1

      @@pyewackett5 nah, just continue with the ultimate feeling to better yourself, the world for the sake of our source code - the dna. The betterment of the code and the spread of it is the ultimate life goal.

    • @florianpeter7045
      @florianpeter7045 4 года назад +1

      Watch kurzgesagt the egg

    • @KiceDz
      @KiceDz 4 года назад +2

      @identity crisis yes. It gives you purpose. Another thought that I like a lot is : you owe your intelligence and your abilities to all the people that are unable to achieve it, and you owe it to everyone that is not that lucky and hasn't won the genetics lottery. It's selfish and disgraceful to live your life knowing your potential and not getting the best out of it. Life is about optimization. People optimize things around them and in them all the time. Optimize yourself. You owe it to the universe.

  • @dolly8714
    @dolly8714 3 года назад +2

    4:23 me spawning a ton of villagers and one zombie in an enclosed space to watch them get slowly infected in minecraft

  • @RedditBliss_
    @RedditBliss_ 3 года назад +3

    This is soooooo deep and I don’t think anybody here notices it. If ur reading this comment, do u play any games? That could mean very few real, irl games, and basically all video games. Ok, so the ppl in the simulation are ur competitors, and ur stuck in a loop of trying to be at the top, boasting when u r, and when u win, u don’t know it, but u have wasted time on a pointless loop that results in nobody winning anything.
    Edit: I watched this again and realized a few things. (This is in the video game idea) The first person leaving is the people not wanting to play because it’s not fun for them. The next person leaving is the people realizing that there is no point in playing the game. The scene where everybody considers leaving, I’m not sure yet but I might make another edit for that. The final scene is the creators, making and coding ideas for the game. But in the end, they are simply coding you into staying.

  • @sake171
    @sake171 4 года назад +154

    Your voice is absolutely AMAZING

  • @triyanshu1
    @triyanshu1 4 года назад +181

    Nice
    Game of DICE
    Cause in the end
    Life is Vice

  • @maanimo4507
    @maanimo4507 3 года назад +2

    so no matter what happens they all still decided to play and try to win, this is giving me a vibe like no matter what happens in life no matter how hard it seems when it seems like a game u can't win keep playing. that's life damn i sound like my dad

  • @tomruss2477
    @tomruss2477 3 года назад +3

    Why does this video give me anxiety

  • @ixalaz4536
    @ixalaz4536 4 года назад +81

    Ah, finally my dose of existential crisis

  • @riggybogger5408
    @riggybogger5408 4 года назад +99

    im rooting for sam
    edit: why is sam so bad
    edit 2: at least sam stayed quiet and didnt ridicule krista, what a nice guy
    edit 3: never mind, sam, i wouldve done the same thing. you did well
    edit 4: oh hes back and better than ever
    edit 5: oh theres a 3 minute ad

    • @ALGARIC
      @ALGARIC 4 года назад +3

      SimplySomeBody 😂

  • @purple_was_the_imposter5274
    @purple_was_the_imposter5274 3 года назад +4

    I watched this when it came out, and it's still scary to me.

  • @bonburn
    @bonburn 3 года назад +4

    Life is just a game where you can't win but you keep on playing for no reason.

  • @chiney9372
    @chiney9372 4 года назад +92

    Oh lovely, another metaphor for life that is too close to home.

    • @RuggedPanther
      @RuggedPanther 4 года назад +3

      But how is it close to life? I mean, we can change ourselves and thus what happens to us in real life, but this game is completely random...

    • @Nestoras_Zogopoulos
      @Nestoras_Zogopoulos 4 года назад +1

      @@RuggedPanther i guess the idea is that while we do try to change our lives , the end result is affected mostly ,or entirely, depending on your view of life, by forces outside our reach ; innumerable factor that we do not know.

    • @dabossman5650
      @dabossman5650 4 года назад

      Nestoras Zogopoulos No it isnt-it works on wat u do

    • @Nestoras_Zogopoulos
      @Nestoras_Zogopoulos 4 года назад

      @@dabossman5650 I'd recommend you to google determinism.

    • @dabossman5650
      @dabossman5650 4 года назад

      Nestoras Zogopoulos I learnt it in schl-I Just Disagree

  • @somespecies
    @somespecies 4 года назад +233

    The Game You Can't Win aka The Game of Life

    • @fe9335
      @fe9335 4 года назад +23

      More like; The game of ego, insecurities and social conditioning. Don't confuse "life" with the system/society.
      I've wasted so much time and energy for the sake of my "self image", I rejected myself to get accepted by others. Needless to say it didn't work and the more I've tried, the more I've lost until there wasn't much left to lose but I still kept going since I thought I was already too far to go back and make a change.. and so I kept running after other people's standards instead of my own values. Until, i hit a very low point in life which made me suffer, a lot, and then I finally realized what I have done and how pointless this entire "race" was.
      At first I was really mad and resentful, unfortunately i still am to some degree. But now I'm also grateful for the lesson, which I will never forget.

    • @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385
      @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 4 года назад +11

      Then some Idiot will come by and say we win the game of life when we praise God lmao.

    • @vittxrio5198
      @vittxrio5198 4 года назад +5

      Jesus dude, I was scared by your profile picture

    • @cking4869
      @cking4869 4 года назад +5

      F E
      I think the point of the video was to say there is no way to way to win in life, because there is no real winning. The points are arbitrary, and in reality, there is no concrete purpose in playing in the first place. I personally believe we come up with our own purpose in life, and I’m glad it sounds like you either have or are on the right track to finding yours.

    • @vittxrio5198
      @vittxrio5198 4 года назад +1

      @@cking4869 perfectly sums the video up.

  • @keane2160
    @keane2160 4 года назад +8

    This felt like a Black Mirror episode wow!

  • @katleho366gmail
    @katleho366gmail 4 года назад +5

    I wouldve negotiated with the group to tell them this is a task that. The second the Game starts, we all forfeit

  • @hellohunter8083
    @hellohunter8083 4 года назад +329

    Is it just me or has everyone else’s had this feeling that there life is just a simulation were in like a game

    • @lakshaykochhar9802
      @lakshaykochhar9802 4 года назад +5

      You should check-out other comments, they already came to the same conclusion.

    • @fallingstars3572
      @fallingstars3572 4 года назад +1

      that means your comment is only real for me

    • @hellohunter8083
      @hellohunter8083 4 года назад

      falling stars no only real for me

    • @fallingstars3572
      @fallingstars3572 4 года назад

      @@hellohunter8083 then I'm not important for you and that does not make sense because why would I be able to see your comment which had such an impact on me like wtf that does not make any sense. Oh and by the way how are you :)

    • @hellohunter8083
      @hellohunter8083 4 года назад

      falling stars it’s because we’re all the same person playing the same game over and over again just in different body’s and different places just like a new save file for a video game

  • @balazs7808
    @balazs7808 4 года назад +467

    *Selling popcorn to all the comment readers* :)

    • @AniketSingh-hr8mi
      @AniketSingh-hr8mi 4 года назад +5

      Thank you for popcorn

    • @balazs7808
      @balazs7808 4 года назад +2

      @@AniketSingh-hr8mi aww

    • @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385
      @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 4 года назад +4

      Wow is funny how people become retarded by each passing day😂

    • @balazs7808
      @balazs7808 4 года назад +2

      @@lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 it's nothing serious... if you couldn't tell already.

    • @balazs7808
      @balazs7808 4 года назад +5

      @@lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 The ironic thing is that you watch a bunch of videos about POSITIVITY. Then you write a comment like that :c
      You made me sad :c
      Have a great day mate 😆

  • @thcatt
    @thcatt 3 года назад +1

    "Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and th king ain't satisfied til he rules everything..." - Bruce

  • @Pheatan
    @Pheatan 3 года назад

    The eerie parallel here is that the goal is not just to get a certain amount of points, but specifically to gain more than your opponents, it automatically forces the players against each other and entirely based on luck whether your on top or not means its not your fault the opponents don't like you.
    I dont think I need to explain what this parallels, but it still gives me a somber feeling that this is how it is

  • @pratikjain9018
    @pratikjain9018 4 года назад +13

    the best way to end the game is from mutual understanding of the people that they should decide how much more turns will everyone would play before the ramp up. The winner is not the smartest or best but he is just lucky.

  • @firsttimegameplays7752
    @firsttimegameplays7752 4 года назад +296

    Haven't Watched Anything But Ready To Be More Depressed Than I Already Am

  • @FluffyOrionlol
    @FluffyOrionlol 4 года назад +1

    Heads I win, tails you lose.

  • @LuiGrande
    @LuiGrande 3 года назад

    The lesson of the game is that mere competition between people causes unnecessary contradiction and evil unless you give up competition. The player who stays last to play only proves to be the best in evil.

  • @Isemij
    @Isemij 4 года назад +22

    It kinda reminds me of:
    ‘Nobody wins, but Mumbo lost.”

    • @-1f
      @-1f 4 года назад

      ???

    • @Isemij
      @Isemij 4 года назад +2

      Hermitcraft (/ or just a minecraft) reference

  • @lucydrexel3073
    @lucydrexel3073 4 года назад +345

    so basically
    We all live in a computer simulation that people pay to run. Wow.

    • @lucydrexel3073
      @lucydrexel3073 4 года назад +2

      GrapeSkoda lol yeah

    • @KamiFrost99
      @KamiFrost99 4 года назад +4

      I don't like how these people are thinking today. In the future this could go the wrong way.

    • @cookiecakeeater6340
      @cookiecakeeater6340 4 года назад +3

      KamiFrost IKR this is basically promoting suicide

    • @someonesomewhere8869
      @someonesomewhere8869 3 года назад +2

      2020... f

    • @allisonthefox9900
      @allisonthefox9900 3 года назад +2

      Wow.
      My life *does* have meaning.
      For alien entertainment!

  • @vangelissitras3591
    @vangelissitras3591 4 года назад +19

    I would just tell everyone that we should have a 30 minute timer, and the one with the most points after the 30 minutes have passed is the winner

  • @Ihelpanytime
    @Ihelpanytime 3 года назад +2

    7:09
    They had me in the first half not gonna lie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @nitipriyasingh1387
    @nitipriyasingh1387 4 года назад +32

    Felt like I was watching a metaphor for stock market.

  • @trash9598
    @trash9598 4 года назад +8

    i love how this was supposed to be like deep and philosophical and then it turns into someone swinging

  • @07jackg
    @07jackg 4 года назад +1

    I had hoped the extra variable was *love* and that, when the screen rebooted, the narrator would say, “The six players take their seats, Sam catches Krista’s eye; she holds his gaze...and smiles.” Fin.

  • @vsaens5195
    @vsaens5195 4 года назад +5

    How I feel while playing Monopoly-

  • @augustaverbian
    @augustaverbian 4 года назад +12

    Same question click in my brain as when a group of fish escaped from an aquarium... "Now what?"

    • @SkyRied1
      @SkyRied1 4 года назад +1

      Nothing. You will continue your existence in the same way before you watched the video.
      Do you think that something will change if you are "woke"?
      Doubtful. But at least you are a bit aware now. Which is way better than just being ignorant like most people.

  • @noahfence9559
    @noahfence9559 4 года назад +66

    And the name of the game is "monopoly"

  • @1994CivicGLi
    @1994CivicGLi 3 года назад +24

    There’s a game like this that already exists. It’s called *Yandere Simulator.*

  • @icecreamsundaegaming5651
    @icecreamsundaegaming5651 3 года назад +3

    Narrator: **says something along the lines of “the screen loads a moderator and six people”**
    Me: Whaaaaaaaaaa-

  • @phos4us
    @phos4us 4 года назад +20

    Pink: Canyon City Oregon (kind of near Portland)
    Blue(dark): Dover Tennessee (near Nashville)
    Green: Botucatu Brazil (near São Paulo)
    Magenta: Meymaneh Afghanistan (kind of near Kabul)
    Yellow: Sisaket Thailand (North of Cambodia)
    Blue(light): Middle of nowhere (Close to Tallaringa Conservation Park which is nowhere near anywhere populous)

  • @grrimley6571
    @grrimley6571 4 года назад +25

    Haven't watched this at all, I bet it's the game of life

  • @akoya5139
    @akoya5139 3 года назад +1

    the fools didnt just unanimously quit while they were all at 0

  • @rockstar.mindset
    @rockstar.mindset 3 года назад

    this game is LIFE. sometimes it's pointless but we choose to continue until it makes sense, or we die to utter disbelief that we just quitted along the way why we lived in the first place.

  • @edisonhanchey654
    @edisonhanchey654 4 года назад +110

    3:40 you can tell that person is American since their head is a gun

    • @jamescase6465
      @jamescase6465 4 года назад +7

      Shut up America isn’t defined by just guns

    • @edisonhanchey654
      @edisonhanchey654 4 года назад +15

      @@jamescase6465 if you go a couple seconds earlier, and rotate the streen 180 degrees, you will see a second hidden sign of America, an "M" meant to represent McDonald's

    • @Nobody-pv9jt
      @Nobody-pv9jt 4 года назад +10

      this whole thread is more pointless than the video

    • @Nestoras_Zogopoulos
      @Nestoras_Zogopoulos 4 года назад

      @@Nobody-pv9jt i think ,pointlessness, is not measurable its either with meaning or fully devoid of it , not just partially without meaning.

    • @Nobody-pv9jt
      @Nobody-pv9jt 4 года назад +2

      @@Nestoras_Zogopoulos r/thatsthejoke

  • @OokileyGMR
    @OokileyGMR 4 года назад +5

    The fact that I was already having a depressive existential crisis on how unfair and random the world is when this came out is leaving me insane

  • @soma_donat
    @soma_donat Год назад

    I need somebody to do this as a social experiment. I so want to see real people play this.

  • @falconmanjanik1574
    @falconmanjanik1574 3 года назад +2

    Someone: wins
    Everyone: wait that’s illegal

    • @q.m17
      @q.m17 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @juno8672
    @juno8672 4 года назад +42

    Persuit of wonder always makes me question my existence ughhh

  • @cottagebirder
    @cottagebirder 4 года назад +12

    This is stressing me out, what am I watching, I can't stop.

  • @tracks6984
    @tracks6984 4 года назад +1

    Imagine you take two steps and you get a red x12 or something and you lose automatically

  • @milesfoster5295
    @milesfoster5295 4 года назад

    This channel shouldn't be called pursuit of wonder but pursuit of an existential crisis