Scary Nice Guys and Neckbeards

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  • @VinceyReads
    @VinceyReads  5 месяцев назад +34

    Thanks for watching everyone! What would you like to see next? 🔥☀️

    • @froakiejuju
      @froakiejuju 5 месяцев назад +7

      r/nicegirls, maybe?

    • @janemcgreal6562
      @janemcgreal6562 5 месяцев назад +1

      I love the comics. So wholesome and encouraging. Could you post a list of them and perhaps a link?

    • @AbnormallyOnline
      @AbnormallyOnline 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@froakiejuju
      Ooh, r/nicegirls would be cool!

    • @jennacarmen6761
      @jennacarmen6761 5 месяцев назад +3

      Nice Girls is definitely something I’d LOVE to see. Im a pool manager, so I work a LOT with teenagers and there’s wayyyyy more nice girls than you’d expect in real life.

    • @errantwinds-up8uu
      @errantwinds-up8uu 5 месяцев назад +4

      I know it's not the most active subreddit, but I always love stories about Kevin!!

  • @thecatherd
    @thecatherd 5 месяцев назад +160

    It's nice seeing posts about neckbeards going and touching grass and then discovering that people are pretty nice actually. Genuinely, I love that for them.

    • @yesterdayitrained
      @yesterdayitrained 5 месяцев назад +7

      Me too- I didn’t even know such transformations were possible!

    • @laur83
      @laur83 5 месяцев назад +11

      like, normal people are… normal 🤯🤯🤯

    • @MatthewBofenkamp
      @MatthewBofenkamp 5 месяцев назад +9

      Also it was so nice to see that neckbeard was open minded enough to give the other people in his community college a chance in the first place and not permanently shun them immediately based on stereotypes. There is hope!

    • @jakestrider3565
      @jakestrider3565 5 месяцев назад +2

      This makes me remeber shrimp guy from 4chan, still proud of that guy

  • @anna8328
    @anna8328 5 месяцев назад +149

    By the way, if these guys would be truly happy with robot women, that's awesome. Less creeps to bother us and men who want real relationships will be easier to spot because they will express that "dude, this is a robot, it's not real".

    • @lulolie
      @lulolie 5 месяцев назад

      I feel like it would end up the same way it is now, with men who based their social expectations and wants for *real* women off of the low effort and high "reward" they get from fictional women and girls. These guys aren't creeps just because they want a fictional idealized woman, they're creeps because they're trying to force the behavior of fictional women and girls onto real women and girls. (The women *and girls* phrasing is intentional btw, way too many of these creeps are also pedo/hebephiles that try to rationalize and I don't feel like that's talked about enough when their skeezball behavior is brought up.

    • @laur83
      @laur83 5 месяцев назад +14

      exactly. we’d be thrilled about that 😂

    • @faithpearlgenied-a5517
      @faithpearlgenied-a5517 5 месяцев назад

      Yes exactly. Real men can have genuine adult relationships. The silly boys can enjoy their robot wives 😂

    • @addicted2mako
      @addicted2mako 5 месяцев назад +16

      I get the feeling that even robot women wouldn't let these guys anywhere near them!

  • @ladyraven3418
    @ladyraven3418 5 месяцев назад +43

    That wife school one sounds like dystopian fiction. Creepy AF!

    • @dashzag
      @dashzag 5 месяцев назад +2

      Totally! But if it was even remotely possible, it's hilarious that dude thinks he would be able to get off on any floor lol. He'd also be graded on his looks, status and income and given women matching his level. Can you provide for a stay at home wife? Do you have a stable job, housing, proper amenities? No? Get tf out of here.

  • @andyhearth
    @andyhearth 5 месяцев назад +27

    The school for wives sounds like a handmaiden’s tale prequel. What the fuck was that! 😭

  • @_ksm0922
    @_ksm0922 5 месяцев назад +20

    *tells neckbeard they’re Korean*
    “I guess that’s ok.”
    💀

  • @Jo-er6tw
    @Jo-er6tw 5 месяцев назад +81

    That “wife school” bs legit made me have a deeply visceral reaction, you know when you watch or read something rly horrible and you get this cold feeling all over and get just the worst kind of shivers?
    That was what I just went through
    Do they think people are merchandise? The legit just want a form of slavery to be fully legal
    What a disgusting and pathetic excuse of a person, tf went wrong in their life for them to turn out like that??? 😭

    • @faithpearlgenied-a5517
      @faithpearlgenied-a5517 5 месяцев назад +12

      Same. Absolutely horrifying that some people view the humans that way.

    • @TitularHeroine
      @TitularHeroine 5 месяцев назад

      Shitty parents and little external guidance, probably

    • @ioannastergiou6068
      @ioannastergiou6068 5 месяцев назад +5

      And where are the 16-22 year old topless girls supposed to put their name tag? 😂

    • @fakenails
      @fakenails 5 месяцев назад +1

      That type of school sounds like what those cults would do in thier society. Eg. : FLDS of Warren Jeffs. Very creepy stuff.

    • @doll9340
      @doll9340 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@ioannastergiou6068on their bottom half of course lol

  • @Ophelia381
    @Ophelia381 5 месяцев назад +32

    The funniest thing about the robot wife thing IMO is...do you think women are not gonna get robot husbands? In my experience everyone is horny as fuck, but these guys are so entitled they can't conceive that women would be perfectly fine in this situation, they can't accept that if the woman of their dream is replaceable for a robot, they are completely repleacable too.
    I think they also don't get that not everyone is okay with a completely submissive partner and want relationships to be on more equal footing and the people who enjoy those kind of relationships will just find each other. I personally have no interest in a robotic partner, I am perfectly happy with the people I am dating right now.

  • @B_MacLevy
    @B_MacLevy 5 месяцев назад +20

    Oh my, this has to be the most unhinged batch of people I've seen in recent memory, which is actually terrifying

    • @dillongage
      @dillongage 5 месяцев назад

      Thankfully you didnt actually see them. I bet the stench is so strong itll melt your eyeballs just looking at em.

  • @MphoenixE
    @MphoenixE 5 месяцев назад +16

    Oooo that 16-22 year old woman perfect wife school was sickening

  • @Kruhee
    @Kruhee 5 месяцев назад +11

    The same sort of person who thinks up 'wife school' is also the kind who wouldn't be getting a wife.

  • @lostshadows768
    @lostshadows768 5 месяцев назад +10

    "Do you have any idea how many x want me?"
    As soon as someone types/says that, yes, I do and it's zero.

    • @melchiorlise2466
      @melchiorlise2466 5 месяцев назад +3

      Successful and confident people (wether it is in relationships or professional lives or everywhere else) never feel the need to tear other people down, they don't have to. On the contrary they will be smart enough to lift them up. Nearly every genuinely successful person I have met in my life has been humble and delightful

  • @gaylewinds4808
    @gaylewinds4808 5 месяцев назад +8

    13:21 Neckbeard goes back in time to 1961, transcript in hand. He walks nervously in the CBS lot until he sees the sound stage he's looking for. "The Twilight Zone". He approaches the distinguished gentleman in a suit, casually holding a cigarette. The Neckbeard's palms sweat even more than usual as he takes a moment to compose himself. "Mr. Serling?"
    The gentleman turns, mild surprise on his face. At first he is taken aback at the sight and, quite frankly, smell of the young man before him. When had he ever encountered anyone like this here? "Yes? I'm sorry, no one told me I was meeting anyone today."
    Our hero clears his throat, his time come at least. "I have something here I think you'll be very interested in. I don't want payment. Please, just spread the idea."
    Curious, Rod skims over the manuscript, the horror growing more apparent on his face. "This is the single most horrific thing I've ever read. Burn this and don't ever look back."
    Dejected, Neckbeard retums to his time, wondering why he didn't just post this online. More people would see in now than in 1961 anyway.

  • @Cman04092
    @Cman04092 5 месяцев назад +19

    I used to be a nice guy like you until I took an arrow in the knee... ... thank you arrow, lol.

  • @lmaChroma
    @lmaChroma 5 месяцев назад +12

    Wow, I zoned back in on the wife meat market bit and I'm horrified

  • @WaryJester
    @WaryJester 5 месяцев назад +12

    But imagine how much benefit full-time dual income couples could get out of a robot that does housework? As long as we respect to robots to avoid a Detroit: Become Human scenario, I don't see a problem.

    • @doll9340
      @doll9340 5 месяцев назад +2

      Definitely this

  • @jessicaholscher4097
    @jessicaholscher4097 5 месяцев назад +5

    6:31 she literally told him to just think of a freaking intresting convo and she'll talk with him, but the convo is just, 'Are you single? hey, why don't you respond? So, are you single? do you respond?"

    • @trajanpowell8925
      @trajanpowell8925 10 дней назад

      That's how you know he has nothing interesting to say and was looking for sex

  • @connorfrancis56
    @connorfrancis56 5 месяцев назад +6

    Hey Vincey I'm not sure if you'll see this but I suffer from tension headaches and anxiety attacks and listening to your videos while I play video games is very helpful. Thank you, you really make a difference with the positive content you produce! Love from NY!

  • @ms.annthropic6341
    @ms.annthropic6341 5 месяцев назад +21

    I keep waking up at 5am and not being able to get back to sleep, which sucks, but at least there’s been a fresh Vincey video waiting for me each time 😂

  • @TheHitsubasa
    @TheHitsubasa 5 месяцев назад +8

    10:12 see this is what happens when you stop being chronically online especially 4chan. Good for OP I hope things go well for him.

  • @IixiXOuOXixiI
    @IixiXOuOXixiI 5 месяцев назад +2

    9:31
    I am the type of person to make accidental eye contact because I'm staring into space half the time...

  • @CatsOverBrats
    @CatsOverBrats 5 месяцев назад +10

    This cat here I pet like the rest
    Like no one ever did
    To pet them is my real test
    To pet them is my cause
    I will travel across the land
    Petting far and wide
    Pet all the cats to understand
    The purring that's inside
    Pet the cats! Gotta pet 'em all
    It's you and me
    I know it's my destiny
    Pet the cats! Oh you're my best friend
    In a world we must pet on
    Pet the cats! Gotta pet 'em all
    A purr so true
    Our head boops will pull us through
    You pet cats and I'll pet cats
    Pet the cats!
    Gotta pet them all! Gotta pet 'em all!

    • @errantwinds-up8uu
      @errantwinds-up8uu 5 месяцев назад +3

      This completely made me laugh. I have two, and they are the best!

    • @ZenoSsj4Hero
      @ZenoSsj4Hero 5 месяцев назад +2

      Nekomon! 😂❤

    • @tiawheeler1153
      @tiawheeler1153 5 месяцев назад +2

      And to make it worse, I imagined Jason Paige (the guy who sang the original English Pokemon theme) singing it, Lol!

  • @BlueSkyCountry
    @BlueSkyCountry 5 месяцев назад +9

    Whoever wrote the "traditional wife school" one has watched The Handmaid's Tale or The Crucible, or both, and actually liked the society portrayed within. That is scary.

  • @selchert
    @selchert 5 месяцев назад +8

    I really wish they wouldn't block out who's saying this crap so we know who to avoid.. the ick is strong with this lot

    • @megand12345
      @megand12345 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah some of these people are legit offenders

  • @stephenbrennan4508
    @stephenbrennan4508 5 месяцев назад +8

    As someone with a japanesse cute wife shes a pain in the ass not submissive expects me to be good to everyone i meet and does whatever she wants regardless of what i think 😂 shes perfect 😌

  • @MorbidKat
    @MorbidKat 5 месяцев назад +4

    Aw the comment of the day punched me right in the heart 🥺 thank you, stranger

  • @awsomeepicninja
    @awsomeepicninja 5 месяцев назад +7

    I was sitting here like a puppy at a window waiting for todays video 🥺 hurray!

  • @lariel19
    @lariel19 5 месяцев назад +5

    13:20 This sounds like a potential plot of a dystopian novel

  • @frozenBird925
    @frozenBird925 5 месяцев назад +5

    One of my posts made it into one of Vincey's videos!!! I've been watching for a while, and it's so cool to see my messages in one of these videos 😊 Now when I think of that nice guy I dealt with, I'll just think about how I got into a Vincey video in the end

  • @pranavghantasala6808
    @pranavghantasala6808 5 месяцев назад +3

    I've been having a rough couple of days, but spending the bulk of today playing my favorite game with 13 Vincey videos queued up in the background made it all better!

  • @ichbinben.
    @ichbinben. 5 месяцев назад +5

    These people fantasizing about "wife schools" where they can buy an underage girl trained to be a "perfect wife" kinda make me want to turn this idea into a dystopian novel, it sounds kinda "Handmaid's Tale"-esque.

  • @3DPlagueDR
    @3DPlagueDR 5 месяцев назад +2

    12:50 that guy’s wife school idea sounds like a cool concept for a dystopian book series 🤔

  • @BexsBoxofConfusion
    @BexsBoxofConfusion 5 месяцев назад +12

    Watching this on my way to my parents house for some final Xmas celebrations for this season. Hope you’ve had a good holiday Vincey ❤️ also want to share some good news. I’ve been worried because I’ve had a huge increase in headaches for what seemed to be no reason. But as my glasses broke I needed to go see an optometrist (eye doctor lite basically) and apparently I’ve just developed another type of cross eye which causes that kind of headache!
    So no tumor or anything like that. Just have to get glasses that will help me compensate for that and I should be able to read again and have far less headaches! Yay!

    • @yesterdayitrained
      @yesterdayitrained 5 месяцев назад +1

      Whew! So glad for you! When my brother was little, he started to see cross-eyed, and I had never seen my mom so terrified in my life. They never found the exact problem (not a tumor, but so scary) but he wore glasses for a while and it went away thankfully.

    • @errantwinds-up8uu
      @errantwinds-up8uu 5 месяцев назад

      That is good news, yay!

  • @sopadumacacoumadelicia5
    @sopadumacacoumadelicia5 5 месяцев назад +4

    Given the title I thought it was a compilation

  • @katyushasokol7435
    @katyushasokol7435 5 месяцев назад +7

    i’ve missed the nice guy videos!! so lovely to hear your beautiful voice reading these awful posts. it truly makes my day. hope you’re doing well and having a good new year so far! 💕

  • @sailorsallyrockinrarity2130
    @sailorsallyrockinrarity2130 5 месяцев назад +3

    Vincey I've been watching your videos since August of 2021! That means I've been watching your videos for almost 2 and a half years, which is wild. When I first started watching your videos I was in a crappy marriage and now I'm in a new and way better relationship. Here's to happier futures for all the Vincey community!

  • @yamidelacroix6729
    @yamidelacroix6729 4 месяца назад +1

    The 'did 4chan lie to me' was just wow. If this is real, I'd imagine the realisation was wild

  • @ThePeak45
    @ThePeak45 5 месяцев назад +6

    It's "couldn't care less". How are people still making this mistake?

    • @doll9340
      @doll9340 5 месяцев назад +1

      Because people don't care for that kind of stuff

    • @dashzag
      @dashzag 5 месяцев назад +1

      It's such a pet peeve. If you stop to think about it even for a millisecond, you'd understand the meaning of what you're saying

  • @aussiemum32
    @aussiemum32 5 месяцев назад +3

    Although I have only a handful of experiences, 2 were relationships but nice guys can be scary, usually just weird or make you feel uncomfortable but occasionally very scary if they turn on you. Dating these days is like a minefield, even with dating apps to sift through to find a genuine person, it's still really difficult. I gave up finding someone years ago after some very bad relationships and becoming a mum.

  • @ared-ainu
    @ared-ainu 5 месяцев назад +3

    I politely said good morning and smiled to a guy at the bus stop the other day. He got off at the same stop as me and asked me out. I told him I am not really in the headspace right now, but he was nice and I told him that if we run into each other when it's gotten warmer, we could perhaps go for that coffee. He then let me know "I'm a really pleasant guy, you know!". I'm pretty sure that counts as calling yourself nice, especially since the word nice has a bid of a stigma in my language. 😄It just seems so weird, because in that short conversation, he WAS very pleasant, so why say that you are? Why not just be that way?

    • @Lunakitty1234
      @Lunakitty1234 5 месяцев назад +3

      It sucks that we can’t be a good person with basic good manners and respect without creeps jumping to conclusions . Being nice and saying good morning is something you should do for everyone, it’s not an invitation for anything sexual or romantic.

    • @ared-ainu
      @ared-ainu 5 месяцев назад

      @@Lunakitty1234 Yeah, I hate that. Unfortunately, I am terrified of being mean or disappointing people, so these encounters are my nightmare. I am working on it in therapy and I am getting better though. At least I didn't give him my number out of sheer panic this time!

  • @LunaMane
    @LunaMane 5 месяцев назад +2

    You should do hybrid uploads like this more often, Vincey. Like r/ChoosingBeggars and r/EntitledPeople together.

  • @RonanBodisch
    @RonanBodisch 5 месяцев назад +2

    I spat out my drink when the Grindr DMs came up😭

  • @brownbaggen
    @brownbaggen 5 месяцев назад +1

    I have not seen you in a minute and your channel blew up. Congratulations🎉

  • @yesterdayitrained
    @yesterdayitrained 5 месяцев назад +1

    Oh *more* nice guys! They are everywhere! Go Vincey!

  • @reubensweetman732
    @reubensweetman732 5 месяцев назад +2

    Vincey I love your videos so so much. Also, I have to ask, what game are you playing in the background?!?! I altered my screen time limit to watch your videos. Love it so much!!

  • @twichmcvey6065
    @twichmcvey6065 5 месяцев назад +2

    Funny how so many think "trad wife" is ONE JOB. 😂😂 not even. It is EVERY job from child care, nurse, house keeping, cooking, budget shoping, seamstress, animal care, farm/gardening to sex work

  • @Scrinwaipwr
    @Scrinwaipwr 5 месяцев назад +2

    13:11 if they're topless, how is the name tag attached?!

  • @eloisemturner2289
    @eloisemturner2289 5 месяцев назад +1

    8:06 totally Jim from FND

  • @Justanothervocalist
    @Justanothervocalist 5 месяцев назад +4

    I speak as the representative of the *Gays* the guy at 8:20 He will still continue bating zero even playing on both teams 🥱

  • @ZenoSsj4Hero
    @ZenoSsj4Hero 5 месяцев назад +1

    Hello from Maryland. Visiting my friend for a while ❤

  • @aussieamon
    @aussieamon 5 месяцев назад +4

    Look, I fucking love anime.
    My weeb cave is impressive and a constant drain on my finances.
    But anime is 100% the largest provider of the "submissive Asian girls" stereotype.
    I expect it from the stupidly horny anime, but even romcoms and shonen are guilty.

  • @alecmomenee-duprie2777
    @alecmomenee-duprie2777 5 месяцев назад +28

    Day 903 of reminding everyone to do things for yourself because you're worth it

  • @ared-ainu
    @ared-ainu 5 месяцев назад +2

    I was thinking r/datinghell ?

  • @piegirl8263
    @piegirl8263 5 месяцев назад +2

    These stories are good reminders on why we should get off the Internet

  • @mayawatkins6073
    @mayawatkins6073 5 месяцев назад +6

    Day 613 of reminding everyone to drink some water! Stay hydrated, friends!

  • @MikeJr9284
    @MikeJr9284 5 месяцев назад +5

    Nice guys? Neckbeards? What's the difference?

    • @DayDreamingWriters
      @DayDreamingWriters 5 месяцев назад +1

      NeckBeards have terrible Hygene, and they dont hide with fact they are weirdo
      NiceGuys try to at least pretend to be a nice person, but will lash out if you dont sleep with them, and try to hide that they are weirdo.

    • @AW-uv3cb
      @AW-uv3cb 5 месяцев назад +1

      A nice guy can usually be recognised only when he says something nice-guy-like. Neckbeards seem to be a specific subgroup that projects their identity externally ;-) They stereotypically tend to not shave (thence the name) and generally not take good care of themselves and their personal hygiene, like video games and anime, and consider themselves to be very intelligent and experts on Asian culture (they often have an East Asian woman fetish because of all the anime). They love lecturing everyone else on their supposed ignorance and use big words and act like they have a fantasy of being knights in shining armours (thence their frequent use of the term "milady", when they interact with women). A very stereotypical neckbeard look is a fedora hat, a long coat and a fake katana. They basically act like they think they're an edgy outsider character in an anime (while obviously not having any of the charisma) and then are offended when women are not impressed by it.

    • @melchiorlise2466
      @melchiorlise2466 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah I'm french and I'm not clear on what the difference is either...

    • @thepubknight6144
      @thepubknight6144 4 месяца назад

      ​@@melchiorlise2466
      Neckbeards are not as self loathing

  • @danadecker4855
    @danadecker4855 5 месяцев назад +1

    The thing about Wife School is its ranked by status. Even in their fantasy the high status men get the "best" women. I would bet good money the author of that bit of rubbish wouldn't have enough status to get their foot in the door. A loser even in their own fantasy!

  • @pumpkingkingoftoons6185
    @pumpkingkingoftoons6185 5 месяцев назад +1

    Are we back to the classic thumbnails? 😮

  • @TitularHeroine
    @TitularHeroine 5 месяцев назад +2

    Out of all the types of posts Vincey reads, these are the absolute worst. It makes me feel kinda ick a lot of times

  • @blisterbaby
    @blisterbaby 5 месяцев назад +1

    I'm sorry, we just gonna brush by Toilet Bound Hanako Kun? I'm scared to google

    • @DarkDemonOfHel
      @DarkDemonOfHel 5 месяцев назад +4

      I think it's a pretty decent Anime about a toilet Ghost which are Common in japanese Folklore. Havent Seen but it's on my watchlist.

    • @trajanpowell8925
      @trajanpowell8925 4 месяца назад

      This is probably late, but the name of the anime is based off a Japanese legend about a girl who haunts the bathroom stalls. The exact cause of death are different in each version (died playing hide and seek during a WW2 air raid, killed by parent or stranger, suicide due to bullying etc.). It's basically the Japanese version of Bloody Mary. The anime is said to be a slice-of-life/mystery, but I could be wrong.

  • @chv0205
    @chv0205 5 месяцев назад +1

    Whats the game playing in the background ??

  • @VibinWitch
    @VibinWitch 5 месяцев назад

    Damn i cant believe Bumble girl keeps entertaining this guy, just block him and move on you're never gonna convince him of anything

  • @notevenlistening6072
    @notevenlistening6072 5 месяцев назад

    What is that game in the background called? I'm sure this has already been answered, but I forgot 😅

    • @oyylumo137
      @oyylumo137 5 месяцев назад +1

      Superflight,if I remember correctly

  • @invadermaythe1st
    @invadermaythe1st 5 месяцев назад +1

    Just for fun, what’s everyone’s favourite colour?
    Mines pale/pastel pink 🥰

    • @errantwinds-up8uu
      @errantwinds-up8uu 5 месяцев назад +1

      Ayup, mine is red, though I also like a good forest green!

    • @invadermaythe1st
      @invadermaythe1st 5 месяцев назад

      @@errantwinds-up8uu oooo yes! I love forest green, something about it is very calming. Red is a great colour too, I like red and white together a lot!

    • @ZenoSsj4Hero
      @ZenoSsj4Hero 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yellow 😅

    • @tiawheeler1153
      @tiawheeler1153 5 месяцев назад +2

      For me, it's a tie between purple, black, and green.

    • @thepubknight6144
      @thepubknight6144 4 месяца назад +1

      Purple

  • @dragonssweets6841
    @dragonssweets6841 5 месяцев назад

    ….. funny thing is if there female robots then there will be males too lol XD but all just sad anyways

  • @haplessasshole9615
    @haplessasshole9615 5 месяцев назад +1

    20:57 -- The "burger dog" cartoon is quite funny, especially since dachshunds are notoriously prone to tubbiness. It would be downright hilarious if the cartoonist hadn't misspelled "wiener." You're lucky I saw it, and not my husband. We had a little dachshund girlie who was a complete Daddy's Girl. My sweetie is a linguist, so he gets... _shirty_ about the proliferation of the mistake. Our houndie has been gone for a bit over three years, but my husband still gets misty when she's mentioned, which may be why he gets so irritable about it.
    Edit: My all-time #1 best boyfriend just moseyed into the computer room. He had a look at the cartoon, and the first words out of his mouth were, _"They misspelled wiener!_ It's amazing how many people -- even dachshund owners -- don't know how to spell _wiener!_ Don't they even look at labels?"