My most favorite conversation in this thread was "Great book steviep! I'm gonna kill myself now." "Thanks! Also, don't do that." "Why not? You gave me every reason to." "There is more to life." "Maybe you should've said that in your fucking book."
That's one hell of a bruh momento. Also regarding the book, while he's not wrong, it very much could have been phrased better / included good things as well.
I expected the book to end with “and that’s ok. You don’t need to be special. You don’t need to be remembered or have unique opinions. Learning is stealing, and it’s needed to grow as a person. Enjoy your life. Enjoy the small moments. It’s ok to be unimportant. You don’t need to be unique. You need to be yourself.” But it didn’t. It was just “you’re not special”. And that’s how you get people to kill themselves
I felt like this guy could've waited until April 1st to release his "children's book". That way, it could've been played off as a subversion of expectations. A weird gag even. Though I do believe it would still be controversial, given that it's twitter and all
@@legomac1213well, not necessarily. I more agree with JHXC, and, to be honest, this book is very very cynical and doesn’t look at the positive side. It only lists things is a negative way, but you can see those as positive as well (well maybe except the death one, that’s just not true lol)
@@sweetcorm yeah same tbh, a lot of the points very much seem to me as cynical opinions and half truths stated as facts. that being aside from the just blatantly wrong ones. although i definitely subscribe to the belief that there`s always someone better at what you do than you. how its said really irks me cause it feels very closeminded, enjoying your life is so much more important than being the best at anything.
I disagree with all the messages of the book. And with it being used as a way to put down toxic twitter users. It's just not right. 1. You Are Not Special. - There is nobody exactly like you and with free will there is no chance there will ever be someone who works exactly the same as another. 2. There are Billions of people like you - That's true (well maybe not billions) and it's a good thing. Humans want to find belonging with people like them and to never find anyone who you can truly click with would be a sad existence. 3. Many people are better at other things than you, you will probably never be the best - Not really true, you can find a small enough niche and become a staple of that community. It's also irrelevant, comparison is the thief of joy. It doesn't matter if someone is better than you at something, you should focus on yourself. It isn't like the one's at the top will be happy with that mindset either since it's always greener on the other side. 4. Your opinions aren't unique & everything you know you stole from someone else - Just not true, scientists think up new things all the time, and babies for example are learning things on their own constantly. Normal adults do so too, but most good simple ideas have been thought up already so when somebody thinks one up, it has been done already and so it's quickly discarded. You constantly have to think more out of the box if you want to think up truly new concepts. 5. You could make a difference or make someone smile but you probably won't. - Statistically idiotic. 88% of adults have friends meaning they almost surely made their friends smile at least once and most people make a difference in someone's life constantly. Like for example 86% of people will become parents and for the kids their parents mean the world to them, they couldn't imagine a world without them. It's a gigantic undertaking to raise a child but still the vast majority of people do it. 6. Nobody will remember you after you die - Where do people get this stuff, many people will remember you. Let's assume you have zero friends, at the very least your parents will remember you. But realistically you do have friends, they will remember you, so will your spouse, children, the people you worked with for 40 years. Spending so much time with people will leave an impact. For example, my dad's brother died before i was even born, was barely/not even an adult yet but he still left an impact. I still think about him sometimes and i don't even know him, this shows that someone's love for you can even make other people think about you. I hate when people don't maintain other people's dignity, a perfect world is where people talk to each other like they do in that famous "school of Athens" painting. An optimal environment is one where the people discussing have full faith in their abilities while being humble enough to truly listen to their opponent.
Thank you for the video, this is rought "children's book", it's true, but as always is a matter of perspective, thank your for share yours, and I concur with you on staying possitive. Thank you again! and keep your hard work!
For me, it's always like: Okay, now what? When I'm introduced to these cynical takes. Which is why I think a lot of these types of individuals who adopt this ideology are often suicidal and depressed. I'm not dissing their mental issues, as I suffer from the same problems. It's just something I can't help but notice, takes one to know one 🤷🏿♀
First part seems ... forgivable, but then the book literally doesn't try to salvage it at all. I expected a "you can be special to the people you care about" or "a normal life can still be fulfilling" or maybe just a "well in reality there is nobody in the world quite like you". But nah.
Those people who managed to even get to where they are, being better than another person at something, they at one point we’re like us, and that proves that you can be special. You can try to make a difference despite what this “kids book” says.
I would definitely go out of my way to say that there's many people on Twitter that need to see this, the beautiful thing is it's not necessarily political. He's not wrong, so not wrong that we can all kind of admit this to ourselves on our own time. So fire away. 🏃But that's a story for another day...
This video just reminded me of Mob Psycho 100 1st OP, 99. From the video being just pessimistic/cynical truth (which I agree in some parts), to the comments balancing out the cynicism part, making it just some harsh truth that you can get by.
I liked the lego movie tie-in! One of the few good kids' movies i know. One thing you should do is give actionable things to make you more special to yourself, I think introspection is very good for this. To be more specific, you have to spend time with yourself to learn how specifically you are unique, and one specific thing that impedes this is spending too much time passively consuming content on, say, twitter (or youtube)
When I first saw this Twitter thread, I thought that when he said it was supposed to be a Children’s book, he was probably joking, or that this was actually a satire on children’s books, before realizing that was a bad idea and dropping it onto a Twitter thread instead
I won’t lie when you were first saying it I actually thought about it in the way of the Lego movie. That no one is truly special, but in that way it doesn’t matter how many people are better than you at something as long as you enjoy doing it
"I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a demarcation. 'Oh you mustn't tell them that. You mustn't tell them that.' You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true you tell them." -- Maurice Sendak, author of Where The Wild Things Are, one of the most famous children's books of all time. Children can handle anything, as long as it is presented with truth and love. This lacked love, but so does any book apart from someone presenting it. With an adult there to comfort and to provide the necessary context of "There are people who will lie to you to convince you you're special, and they do this to avoid this truth themselves and to boost their own confidence, or to manipulate you, rather than because it's true," this would be a fantastic children's book.
I just got on twitter for the first time ever this week. I am trying to put the pieces together to start a journey as a content creator, so I thought I may as well grab a name I like and maybe I will use it for something. The very little of it I have seen has been almost totally negative. I felt it try to suck me in to the negativity and chose a side. A few days later I decided I won't post anything inflammatory and I won't support it either. I went and removed any like I had given to posts trying to degrade another person. We can't save the world, but we don't have to participate in war with our neighbors either. In the end it won't matter how right we were about anything if we can't stop acting like children long enough to build something positive in the world.
The dude who wrote this is obviously just a nihilist wallowing in depression. In other words, he's just childish. The dumbest part is the "no one will remember you" crap. Obviously, you'll be remembered by friends & family. Hell, if *you* remember *someone else* after they died, that alone is enough to demonstrate that his claim is bullshit.
Everyone is special, there is no one that is a copy of you. The only thing you're probably not special in, is society. Unless you make a sort of change, or do something that people will remember and also love you for. Stop laying around. Get off of your social media apps that you constantly scroll on.. And go do something that you will be remembered for.
It's a lame piece of edgy comedy that is tired beyond belief at this point. Seen too much of this edgy crap, mfs like this gotta come up with better material.
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My most favorite conversation in this thread was
"Great book steviep! I'm gonna kill myself now."
"Thanks! Also, don't do that."
"Why not? You gave me every reason to."
"There is more to life."
"Maybe you should've said that in your fucking book."
That's one hell of a bruh momento.
Also regarding the book, while he's not wrong, it very much could have been phrased better / included good things as well.
Damn, this really sums up the flaws in this book.
Yeah the whole book is just nihilism lmao
I expected the book to end with “and that’s ok. You don’t need to be special. You don’t need to be remembered or have unique opinions. Learning is stealing, and it’s needed to grow as a person. Enjoy your life. Enjoy the small moments. It’s ok to be unimportant. You don’t need to be unique. You need to be yourself.”
But it didn’t. It was just “you’re not special”. And that’s how you get people to kill themselves
As the child of a Spanish mother I can assure you this “children’s book” has been read to us for generations
When I was a kid, I ask my mom if I was special, she paused and stared at me, "Everyone is special".
if everyone is special,
nobody is special
as it equals out
so your mom said nobody is special
She means by like in their own way
@@Epoilable its a joke :|
@@imibuks-replit is that an excuse to blank face me?
@@Epoilable no
your point is correct
Really thought it would pull a 180 into positivity by the end to subvert the reader's expectations, but I expected too much from twitter doomers.
Looking at it like that, it ACTUALLY subverted our expectations by not having a positive ending
Great video, but you didn’t use “aight” enough
Aight, aight
We won't reach 1000 "aights" with this kind of progress...
You’re joking, aight?
*Goes to an orphanage
*_"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!"_*
"leave it to twitter users to be miserable" - rev
"You will shit yourself"
Best tweet.
I felt like this guy could've waited until April 1st to release his "children's book". That way, it could've been played off as a subversion of expectations. A weird gag even. Though I do believe it would still be controversial, given that it's twitter and all
i think i've struck gold with your channel.
very much a gold mine of good content. original and not screaming at you every single second like some other commentary channels i could mention...
I would say that even though that this “book” is just cynical truth, it’s just a tad too harsh for what it is
@@legomac1213well, not necessarily. I more agree with JHXC, and, to be honest, this book is very very cynical and doesn’t look at the positive side. It only lists things is a negative way, but you can see those as positive as well (well maybe except the death one, that’s just not true lol)
@@sweetcorm yeah same tbh, a lot of the points very much seem to me as cynical opinions and half truths stated as facts. that being aside from the just blatantly wrong ones. although i definitely subscribe to the belief that there`s always someone better at what you do than you. how its said really irks me cause it feels very closeminded, enjoying your life is so much more important than being the best at anything.
@@legomac1213 exactly. you should strive to be the best version of yourself, not someone else
I disagree with all the messages of the book. And with it being used as a way to put down toxic twitter users. It's just not right.
1. You Are Not Special. - There is nobody exactly like you and with free will there is no chance there will ever be someone who works exactly the same as another.
2. There are Billions of people like you - That's true (well maybe not billions) and it's a good thing. Humans want to find belonging with people like them and to never find anyone who you can truly click with would be a sad existence.
3. Many people are better at other things than you, you will probably never be the best - Not really true, you can find a small enough niche and become a staple of that community. It's also irrelevant, comparison is the thief of joy. It doesn't matter if someone is better than you at something, you should focus on yourself. It isn't like the one's at the top will be happy with that mindset either since it's always greener on the other side.
4. Your opinions aren't unique & everything you know you stole from someone else - Just not true, scientists think up new things all the time, and babies for example are learning things on their own constantly. Normal adults do so too, but most good simple ideas have been thought up already so when somebody thinks one up, it has been done already and so it's quickly discarded. You constantly have to think more out of the box if you want to think up truly new concepts.
5. You could make a difference or make someone smile but you probably won't. - Statistically idiotic. 88% of adults have friends meaning they almost surely made their friends smile at least once and most people make a difference in someone's life constantly. Like for example 86% of people will become parents and for the kids their parents mean the world to them, they couldn't imagine a world without them. It's a gigantic undertaking to raise a child but still the vast majority of people do it.
6. Nobody will remember you after you die - Where do people get this stuff, many people will remember you. Let's assume you have zero friends, at the very least your parents will remember you. But realistically you do have friends, they will remember you, so will your spouse, children, the people you worked with for 40 years. Spending so much time with people will leave an impact. For example, my dad's brother died before i was even born, was barely/not even an adult yet but he still left an impact. I still think about him sometimes and i don't even know him, this shows that someone's love for you can even make other people think about you.
I hate when people don't maintain other people's dignity, a perfect world is where people talk to each other like they do in that famous "school of Athens" painting. An optimal environment is one where the people discussing have full faith in their abilities while being humble enough to truly listen to their opponent.
I wish I could will this into having more likes. I love your perspective :)
Thank you for the video, this is rought "children's book", it's true, but as always is a matter of perspective, thank your for share yours, and I concur with you on staying possitive. Thank you again! and keep your hard work!
For me, it's always like: Okay, now what? When I'm introduced to these cynical takes. Which is why I think a lot of these types of individuals who adopt this ideology are often suicidal and depressed. I'm not dissing their mental issues, as I suffer from the same problems. It's just something I can't help but notice, takes one to know one 🤷🏿♀
This video ends up beautiful. Really needed that today. Whoever is reading this, you are special
First part seems ... forgivable, but then the book literally doesn't try to salvage it at all. I expected a "you can be special to the people you care about" or "a normal life can still be fulfilling" or maybe just a "well in reality there is nobody in the world quite like you". But nah.
Thanks for giving me an existential crisis right at the beginning of the video
Those people who managed to even get to where they are, being better than another person at something, they at one point we’re like us, and that proves that you can be special. You can try to make a difference despite what this “kids book” says.
3:09 is the best line i heard on youtube in a looong time
and also nice video :)
Good video! The book was fake though, he made a tweet about it a few hours after the tweet blew up and while he was getting told to off himself.
I would definitely go out of my way to say that there's many people on Twitter that need to see this, the beautiful thing is it's not necessarily political. He's not wrong, so not wrong that we can all kind of admit this to ourselves on our own time. So fire away.
🏃But that's a story for another day...
okay, time to forget you for a year and then come back to see you with 500k subscribers
This video just reminded me of Mob Psycho 100 1st OP, 99.
From the video being just pessimistic/cynical truth (which I agree in some parts), to the comments balancing out the cynicism part, making it just some harsh truth that you can get by.
Or, devil's advocate, we give kids depression
I love the message at the end of the video, thank you for making this!
I liked the lego movie tie-in! One of the few good kids' movies i know. One thing you should do is give actionable things to make you more special to yourself, I think introspection is very good for this. To be more specific, you have to spend time with yourself to learn how specifically you are unique, and one specific thing that impedes this is spending too much time passively consuming content on, say, twitter (or youtube)
Like Fred Roger said "You're one in a million"
The Lego Movie is such a good movie, I'm glad it was used as the counter-example here
I can bet that he was the biggest edge lord in his school
When I first saw this Twitter thread, I thought that when he said it was supposed to be a Children’s book, he was probably joking, or that this was actually a satire on children’s books, before realizing that was a bad idea and dropping it onto a Twitter thread instead
This kinda make me wonder, if this book was given to a child how would he react, what will be his thought, will it change him and his future?
yknow? I like your perspective! Great Video!
I won’t lie when you were first saying it I actually thought about it in the way of the Lego movie. That no one is truly special, but in that way it doesn’t matter how many people are better than you at something as long as you enjoy doing it
"I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a demarcation. 'Oh you mustn't tell them that. You mustn't tell them that.' You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true you tell them." -- Maurice Sendak, author of Where The Wild Things Are, one of the most famous children's books of all time.
Children can handle anything, as long as it is presented with truth and love. This lacked love, but so does any book apart from someone presenting it. With an adult there to comfort and to provide the necessary context of "There are people who will lie to you to convince you you're special, and they do this to avoid this truth themselves and to boost their own confidence, or to manipulate you, rather than because it's true," this would be a fantastic children's book.
You are special JHXC 🥰
So glad this was never released.
What if I feel I SHOULD be special though? Who wants to be mundane?
Good content. Definitely an underrated channel.
yeah that makes sense
We are all special! :)
awesome video bro, i can tell you have big plans for the channel. keep up the grind
Aight used sparingly, yet effectively - everything is awesome \m/
this should be shown to twitter users
Hey, just here to remind you that you need to update the aight counter. Great content btw 👍
I just got on twitter for the first time ever this week. I am trying to put the pieces together to start a journey as a content creator, so I thought I may as well grab a name I like and maybe I will use it for something. The very little of it I have seen has been almost totally negative. I felt it try to suck me in to the negativity and chose a side. A few days later I decided I won't post anything inflammatory and I won't support it either. I went and removed any like I had given to posts trying to degrade another person. We can't save the world, but we don't have to participate in war with our neighbors either. In the end it won't matter how right we were about anything if we can't stop acting like children long enough to build something positive in the world.
twitter isn't really good unless you know exactly what you want to do when you follow people and like posts or interact
The least insufferable nihilistic doomer:
I subbed to you like a few weeks ago and he only had 29 subs wow
Now he has 3k
Incredible video, incredible message, love it.
The dude who wrote this is obviously just a nihilist wallowing in depression. In other words, he's just childish. The dumbest part is the "no one will remember you" crap. Obviously, you'll be remembered by friends & family. Hell, if *you* remember *someone else* after they died, that alone is enough to demonstrate that his claim is bullshit.
Everyone is special, there is no one that is a copy of you. The only thing you're probably not special in, is society. Unless you make a sort of change, or do something that people will remember and also love you for.
Stop laying around. Get off of your social media apps that you constantly scroll on.. And go do something that you will be remembered for.
i would like if i wasn't 912'th
Wow.
loving the videos!
Please tell me what editing software you use I am putting this comment on every one of your videos I want to make a video like you
You should read the book for bullies
it's weird how people think he is the bad guy. he didn't even publish it anywhere as a children's book lol
this was a great video
Great book looks cool but certainly not for kids
great video
you are so fucking underrated dude
I feel good being early.
Bad childrens book and you are not talking about "Becky the throat goat"? 😂
krunker
It's a lame piece of edgy comedy that is tired beyond belief at this point. Seen too much of this edgy crap, mfs like this gotta come up with better material.
You damaj my heart 😂
Very entertaining
Day 1 of asking for a discord server
It's the truth lol
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