Your friend from high school who's doing "pretty good"
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You just can’t beat the secure feeling of having a roof under your feet.
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This comment sent me. 😄
i always feel safe when i’m inside/outside my house
lol Did you make that up or steal it?
I did literally laugh out loud when I read the second half
"pretty good" can mean literally anything
I just started watching your old robocraft vids for nostalgia. RIP Robocraft
Venn Diagram of "pretty good" (pretend there a circle down there)
pretty good = not bad
not pretty good = bad
Thank you for reading this PSA, have a nice day
#TheLessYoKnowTheBetter(by Tame Impala)
I fully expected him to be living in a mansion
THE mordhau god :)
True that. Just like how I reply with "I'm doing good 😃" to every "How are you?"
I’m I the only one who sort of felt happy for Mike that it turns out his buddy wasn’t really judging him much? I mean, they both are doing pretty ok.
mans got a car, hes living like a king
There’s a lot that can go horribly wrong in life for a young person. Reaching financial stability is an accomplishment
U mean "pretty good"
@@yuufeternal5837 I feel pretty good for them too 😉
You read my mind
This hits pretty damn close to home. All of my high school friends including me are turning 27 next year and its such a weird stage in life where you either have it all together or everythings falling apart. There is no in between. Some of us have healthy relationships and a good job, some of us are single and still studying and some are severely depressed and struggling to hold on. Dunno why exactly but this video made me tear up a little bit.
Same here. We’ll be 27 next year and it’s so interesting seeing how our lives are different. I’ll be studying but they’ve got their careers
29 here. I don't talk to any of my old friends. I don't have friends. I don't even really feel like we were ever close now which is very strange. The video and comments are making me tear up too.
@@Erin-000 lol im 28.and at least i can talk to my friend whenever but yeah, gotta figure out the life thing.
Turning 28 this year. I'm still in school, doing what I wanted to do 10 years ago. Some have been very successful, gotten married, etc. Some are struggling. A few have died. And I may never talk to any of them again.
Some of my friends actually passed away already so yea that's kind of a thing too.
The moral of the story is... "Dont worry about comparing yourself to people from high school, their lives are probably falling apart just as much as yours"
We all have shitty lives and have no hope :D
I’m doing pretty good. No house tho.
Nah, sometimes it feels like i'm gambling my life away but so far it's pretty good.
or the house
What do you mean? He's pretty good
fuck, the cut to the wide shot at the end just made this whole thing feel too real
You call it "living in a car", I call it "Mobile House"
plebs like you wont understand such luxury 🙃
@@phasedcloak2835 sometimes, it can be fun to cover the windows, so people can't see in. Then you are stealth camping. You're basically a ninja.
Slept in a rental in Denver once. Had a early flight out & drove there the night before. Didn't want to pay for a room so I got some weed, found a cool spot & kicked it all night. Laid the seats down, had a blanket & my bad as a pillow, hotboxed the car & looked out over the skyline. It was nice.
@@st4ne4rmthevill63 its not a bad setup. There's been a lot of videos recently about it. They call it urban camping. Honestly, if I were single, it would be a great way to save money. A gym membership for showers, and you're good to go.
@@davespringer777 seriously. Rent in southern California is so expensive it would be a great way to save some money as long as you had a decent way to get some good food. You can workout, stay clean & live.
To most people, they see a guy living in a demolished shack, but I see a guy whose making the best outta what he's got
I see a run down shack on a property a dude owns, that is true freedom, something extremely hard to buy with money. The dude could do whatever he wants to and at a low cost too since he owns the property. The other guy i see is me living in a walmart, inside of a car that is owned by the bank and not paid off bound by the chains of the system. One guy doesn't need to worry about his credit, having a "good job" getting a "good career", the other, is trapped in the system, trying to find his way to freedom.
@@maoduida387 He rents his property from the state. Let him stop paying property taxes and see what happens.....
@@reesedaniel5835 Ok, your statement achieves nothing, and gets 0(Zero) points across, you can try again though!
@@maoduida387 hes right, you dont own your property if you have to pay taxes to keep staying there.
✨glamping✨
There's something about how they go from standing next to each other to ridiculously far away to uncomfortably close multiple times while being framed by the ruin of the house they're in that just makes this so much funnier to me. Good scene framing (or whatever it's called) and editing
cinematography is the word you're looking for
@@needlessnoise blocking
Its got the vibe its kinda like the youngest generation has been priced out of starter home and forced to live in shitholes. I like how his buddy invites him over with no hesitation but doesnt say anything. Kinda gives me a social media vibe, we’re all trying to find connection in these places people weren’t meant to live. But like anything else you deal with it and you find whats funny. This had woody allen vibes. Loved it.
Its called "blocking"
It’s a really unique video. So funny, but at the same time so touching (source: the WIDE wide range of comments)
This one popped in my feed around when it was uploaded & I had no idea who Joel Haver was, and wouldn’t for at least another year. Even after that, I didn’t subscribe until very recently.
Since then I’ve been going through his videos in chronological order & when I hit play here I couldn’t believe that the hilarious but sentimental video I’ve always remembered was him 😂
Anyway, I’m stuck in bed recovering from an injury right now so I typed a really long comment. Hope I remember to delete this embarrassing nonsense tomorrow.
"Is this a shoe-off kind of place?" I don't know why, but I loved this line.
It's the funniest line in the bit when taken together with the next shot of the ruined house.
"you should probably leave them on" got me, then you see all the spray paint on the walls
"Yeah no, same as in high school, shoes on. Don't you remember?"
...if you have to ask, the answer is probably “no”.
It's a...kind of place with no flooring.
I can't believe you destroyed that whole house just for this bit.
LMFAO lemme bump this comment
PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN THAT ONE JOEL!
This reminds me of a comment my step grandfather made once.
@@maxwellkelly4667 reminds me of that comment your step grandfather made once too. Hilarious wasn’t it?
You sure it wasn't a run down inhabited shack they found .
Ah yes I'm 33, living with my parents, been single my whole life, struggling with serious mental health issues but when I see my old friends from long ago and they ask how I'm doing I say "Pretty Good"
Good shit brotha
"Pretty good
Not bad, I can't complain
Because actually, everything is just about the same"
Rooting for you, dude. Mental health is no joke, from one human to another. Much love
It's hard to be honest, even with old friends. Mental health isn't something that changes overnight and nobody wants to be a burden. Thank you for sharing your struggles. From one stranger to another, I wish you the best of life.
Feel you, man
As somebody who rarely drinks and has never smoked or done drugs but has been homeless three times in my younger years I can really identify with this. It's nice to know that you are not alone.
America turned to shit sometime after 9/11 homelessness shouldn’t be common just goes to show how the greedy elite abuse their power positions to extort the middle class. It’s so bad that the lower clssses can’t afford a roof
Drugs are great. You’re missing out
not missing out on anything special
@@aubriellelucille1762 disagree, you just need more drugs more often
@@potta061 Janis Joplin, River Phoenix, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison and John Belushi are "missing out."
I feel personally attacked, but overall I’m doing pretty good
But your bathroom is intact right
Read my mind
@@tinyheadofficial777 oh yeah, yeah...it’s doing pretty good too. Nothin to complain about
Watching this from my toilet, so I'm feeling *pretty* superior right now.
@@tinyheadofficial777 Mine's barely intact.
Plot twist: Mike died 6 years ago in the hurricane, you need to let him go Steve. Please.
Most plot twist are funny but this one is actually just good!
@@Silentt29 how do you think I had the idea haha, straight up seemed like that's what they were getting at to me lol
His mental health took a dive after and now he lives in his jeep.
This is how I thought it was gonna end
Wtf!? Why does this hurt? Lol
Surviving is thriving, kids. Float on. You're ok.
every year that passes this hits even harder
It's crazy how much obvious pain and suffering we can avoid in small talk.
why did this comment make me so sad holy shit ur so right
This
And you think thats a good thing? Thats what makes people snap we will all snap at one point
@@watermelonheadiego No one said it was a good thing
It's comin up, I can feel it
I can just imagine the inner monologues going on here.
Mike: "Man, he probably thinks my house looks like crap. He's got a nice car, so he must be doing pretty good."
Steve: "Wow, he's got his own house. He must be doing pretty good."
"Same address as in high school"
So that's his parents' house.
@@bluishwolf could be his now
@@specialforces3114 probably wasn't hard to pay off after the tornado, and the earthquake.
LOL this feels
"Look at that new car!"
"I wish I could afford a car"
"I wish I could afford a bike"
As a 22 year old, this is pretty accurate to the reality. I’m in college still, but friends have dropped out, some still live with parents, nobody stayed in contact after high school, etc. That’s just real life
Truth. And it sucks.
@@cMind607 Honestly, I’m much happier now as an adult on my own than I was in high school. High school sucked for me. Why tf do people romanticize that shit?
@@mysteryuser7062 high school sucked big time !!!! ppl watch too many movies i think which paints high school very differently . way better as well after high school
@@mysteryuser7062 idk high school sucked for me but not nearly as much as adulthood.
Tell me once they start bathing in the same water boiled at a woodstove fired with smoking dry cow dung.
You notice how Mike does not ask Steve any questions at all. Steve just basically interviews Mike. I know these relationships all too well.
Why you think people do this?
@@melodydaftarian3360 I think there are multiple reasons actually. Some people are introverted to the point where they only see what is in their own world and either do not care or cannot even be at a place to ask others about what is going on in their world. I think the other part of this is that some people are just selfish to the point where they do not care about anyone but themselves. And I think more and more people are falling into this category and at a higher percentage rate than ever.
@@bnegs521 another reason could be social anxiety and/or autism. maybe my situation is really specific, but i relate to mike more than i have any other character in my life i think lmao so in my head he has the same issue- ive noticed i do this on accident occasionally because i just so anxious that i can only answer direct questions. it doesnt help that the only way i really know how to have a conversation is by answering your question and then asking the exact same question in return, which people find very annoying at times so i got nicknamed "repeat" as a kid because of it. now i occasionally notice myself doing it and get so focused on fixing that issue that i forget to actually have a conversation
@@somedude172 That is true. There could be number of conditions that would explain this. I think everyone who watches the video may have a different take.
Divorce destroyed the man's soul.
He’s doing well, *his house isn’t.*
a house is a house :D
Sad that Biden is giving illegals better homes than this guy
The house is an analogy for the rest of his life. They claim they're doing pretty good, but in reality everything is falling apart - not that they'll admit it.
@@lawrencetalbot8346 he also probably forced around 70,000 people to live in houses like this in his first week of office lol
Hes doing pretty good
That wide shot house reveal made me laugh so goddamn hard oh my.
Guess you could say you 'collapsed' from laughter, amiright
😎👉👉
I like to think your channels exist in the same cinematic universe
Same
It was so goood and unexpected it made me crackup
> "closure"
> "uh, nah, not really"
“Is this a shoes off kind of place?”
“You should probably leave them on”
Yep, you summed everything up pretty good.
When you are the guy who's doing " pretty good " it just looks like the world has gone away from you, it fells as you don't fit anywhere, or with anybody, you are not jealous of your friends, you are actually happy for them, and to see then, but then it comes the sadness you feel about yourself becoming nothing and you don't feel you can hang with them anymore.
Always looking for the next day, and thinking somehow you gonna pull through it all.
nothing would drive me to suicide quicker i stg
This description hits disturbingly close to home.
Alone but still got tires on the pavement, hitting "towns" here and there on your journey. Its ok to make friends and move on, if you've lost much its okay, because you can always find more good people and more good moments along the way. You might just not be one of those comfy on their butt types, keep meeting strangers and making friends every town you get to, don't lose faith
God dam man. Why you gotta hit it right on the mark
@@thebabyeateryuki push through my brother, nothing lasts forever, nor bad or good.
Basically we’re insecure about meeting up with friends because we don’t feel like our lives are progressing. But the truth is, a lot of them feel the exact same way.
Really good point. Thanks for sharing.
This was a good one, thanks for sharing. (Thumbsup)
Yes i feel like a piece of crap
@@GreatBirdOfHope you’re not :)
@@KK-ce2hf 💓
Mike “hey what’s your address I can stop by”
Joel “Black Jeep License plate GBL-6392”
“Walmart parking lot in the corner, by Arby’s”
"Second parking space next to the the Dollar Store"
When I was homeless and applying for work I would give an address that was near the building I slept in front of the night before.
@@stevem4391 were you able to get a job that way?
@@Steampunkkids I always used a UPS Store mailbox. Those look like apartments on paper and nobody checks. Got hired for several jobs. Own a house now.
I was the doing ‘pretty good’ guy in college. I lived at home, felt like a loser and was slightly depressed. I had some friends that were really cool hanging out at college parties, new girls every week, music festivals, etc. One of them, Harry, would always come back and hang out with me whenever he was around, never judged me, always made me feel good about my situation. I will always respect him for that.
There’s nothing wrong with living at home through college if your parents allow it. Great way to save money and get a head start on life
You were in college. That's not at all what this is about.
i had a group like that in college. only difference is the guy going to all the festivals and seeing all the girls would come by to 'hang out' with us only to talk about how good his life is and embarrass us every opportunity he could. needless to say i left that group soon after and would rather have 0 friends than put up with that
My friend cutter was like that for me. After high school I was the last of our friends to move out and start our lives. Which is funny, because I was also the first to move out. I got a seasonal job in Washington multiple states away from our home state and did that for a few months. But after that job I moved back to my moms until I could find out what I wanted to do. Instead I ended up living there for over a year with no job or realistic goals. He was in college at U of A and I was really jealous at the fact that he knew what he wanted to do. But every time he came home we’d hang out and he’d try to convince me that my position was completely normal and ok. After a while I decided it was time to move out and get on with life and he talked me through the whole process to get into college in Phoenix. I’ll be back home later this week, and now for the first time we’ll both be hanging out in our hometown on break from college.
For people that live in cars:
I used to work at Walmart and the company policy allows people to park on their parking lot overnight.
Not sure if that still stands but apparently Sam Walter (original founder) was into helping road traveling Americans.
Is this a new thing? My dad got chased out of Walmarts for years, until about 2010
It helps to rotate. I would stay in a loves parking lot, a Walmart parking lot, and a different Walmart parking lot. Did that for two months and made enough money to go home
As someone who chose to live in suv and then van. This used to be true. Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, California, and Arizona they will kick you off property when it gets a few hours after dark. Now this is big cities not small towns. It does still slide in some places. If you pull into parking lot and it specifically states no overnight parking they mean it. But this is coming from a helpful side so wish it was true and bless you for trying to help people 🤟
With covid cops started doing sweeps of all the parking lots. Only designated rest areas allowed resting. How that helped anything to do with viruses, nobody seems to know.
@@diarymadman-ju1ji Some don't mean it some do. the trick is to change which walmart you are at. Stay at one walmart one night, stay at another, the next night, go to another the night after that, then return to your first walmart... The signs do mean it sometimes(havent found one that did, but I also havent lived in my car for extremely long periods of time), and sometimes they dont, just don't park close to the store, take the farthest spot away from the store, or the least "liked" spot by the customer, if you're working a job you should have no problems because you'd be leaving their lot by 6AM to 9AM, and those aren't super active hours for a walmart.
When I lived in my car the walmarts I stayed at never came out and chased me off the lot, I pretty much stayed at the same walmart for multiple days at a time and never had issues, even though they had signs saying no over night parking.
"Keeping up with your hobbies?"
"Yeah, it's actually taking up most of my time."
What is it, _survival??_
exactly xD
yeah you should give it a try sometime
Trying to watch every Red Socks game
Can't even quote properly.
I CACKLED
These guys find an abandoned cabin in the woods, first thing they think is "yeah let's do a skit here" I don't doubt this is what happened
Thats the making of a short YT horror.
This is exactly what I thought lol
Funny video. But while watching this, I was kind of really hoping that none of that insulation material that's hanging freely there contained asbestos. Always be wary of old buildings, especially with this stuff hanging out.
@@a.programmer6831 disinformation
@@chunkersnut Well I'm not sure about the US in this regard.
The city is turning off my water tomorrow. I'm lying in bed thinking of where I can go. This skit feels so real.
good luck
How are you doing bro?
Get a gym membership. You shower and fill up water bottles if you need to
Hope you're alright.
hey are you good?
As someone who was also homeless in a car three times in my life. The ending was really solid and I love the comedic contrast on the perspective of it all.
Doing "pretty good" is only one small step above "living the dream", which is the lowest someone can sink.
As someone who says "living the dream," whenever someone asks... Yes. This is 100% accurate.
Most of my job is me asking ppl how their doing and they all say “pretty good” and then I tell them I hope they have an above average day. It’s horrible .
@@jucedecimus3448 What do you do for a carrer if you don't mind me asking!
@@ChaiKarl armed security
Accurate 😂
Joel asking for snacks and to use the bathroom is actually foreshadowing, since he doesn't usually have access to those.
That's so clever omg
😧 reall talk kinda makes the video feel less funny and more real from that perspective
Wow this is quite deep in the lore.
I kind of felt it when he called a high school friend out of the blue..in his car
I thought this video was going to be a dig or something at “that friend” because honestly I was and still am that friend, just trying to get my shit together and then I saw the end and it genuinely touched me seeing that everyone no matter who they are has their own struggle even if they seemed like they’ve been a well put together person. Not everything that glitters is gold and being able to visualize and feel it makes all the change
This is such a good skit, the underlying discomfort and awkwardness hits too close to home.
I don't have a bathroom. It's just gone.
"It's gone?"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yup.
His toilet just flushed itself down the drain one day.
cant have shit in detroit
*sweeping gesture to forest
I can't believe how pretty good this guy is doing!
very pretty good
Guys, don’t get me wrong but I think he is doing pretty good
Extremely pretty good
@@tarrasquescroll9385 nah ju- just pretty good
Mmm he's doin better than me
The real star of the skit is their gentleness. If we could all be gentlemen it could be a little more peaceful, even when times are tough as shit. I can learn from this.
"you should probably leave your shoes on" is never a good sign
Looks inside: "Is this a shoes off kind of place?"
You should... probably keep your shoes on.
"...you should probably leave them on"
Absolutely gut wrenching.
The miracle of Mike’s clean outfit is probably why he’s “doing fine”
That's probably his hobby.
That and he still had his old cell number.
@@jumpinjehosephat1877 and a way to charge his phone
He’s got the drip what more do you need
@@jeremyblock5990 A roof.
I'm now 31. My mother was all I had and she passed a year ago. I've been living in my car after one of my family members assaulted me and kicked me out because he felt entitled to the house when I lived in my own house with my fiancé so he lived with my mom and helped her. I asked my mom if she wanted to move in with us she didn't want to. My family always hated me and I never knew why. So i got kicked out and assaulted the day before my mother passed away. I currently live in my car and I go to school and work. I don't know what's in store for me but all I know is I'm going to keep trying.
Praying for u man
Man if you're happy and are in high spirits, you're already doing pretty good. Regardless of what your situation looks from the outside. All the best. 👍
I'm with you.
r u repeating highschool?
We have to work with what we’ve got. What have you got to lose, just try to work towards better things and enjoy the world around you
What I see in this is two people who, despite whatever is going on in their lives, value, care for, and want to support each other. And that the vulnerability of expressing that can feel awkward and hard, but it doesn't make it any less important. I'm trying to connect to and appreciate more people in my life like that too, and get past that voice in my head that says uncomfortable experiences are bad.
I feel like his house got more destroyed with each shot
How many subs can I get from this comment?
Current: 15
Or more and more artistic 😆
More like we get a more in-depth view of how much the house is in shambles along with how Mike's life is.
@Zak B That's what guns do, shoot and destroy ;)
Imagine being social enough to call up your old high school friend and come over without a second thought.
He had no where else to go. He was living in his car at the end lol
I do that but I’m only 21
Ikr, I got massive anxiety when he asked him to come over, I was already thinking of excuses to get out of it
He didn't sound to up to it.
grow a pair
I met two of my old friends today, its been about 10 years since ive seen them, and you have no idea how hard this hits.
As a 31 year old man this really hits home lol. Currently watching from my mom's house
Least you got a house
Damn ouch
Figure it out dude
It's a purely western notion that living with your family is immature. If you do your fair share and are content or working towards a situation you'll prefer, dont worry about it. I'm sure your mom is glad for the company at least :) I take care of my grandma, and the thought of not spending the time I have left with her is sadder than randos judging me for it, yknow?
@@dragonsrule20201 anyone who judges someone for living at home past 18,20,25 or whatever arbitrary number they conjured up based on societal norms is dumb. Albeit still living at home at 30 is weird who cares as long as said 30 yo is not a complete bum. Feel like most are though hence the judgement.
@@Ptrm594 I mean… his mom has a house
The amount of “yeahs” when saying good bye was accurate.
Fr i don't know when it started but good byes have become so awkward in my life 😂 it takes many empty farewells and yeahs to leave a place and still feels like i have no legit reason to leave or stay
Little did we know, the setting is modern Toronto. Mike's house is worth $2 million. Joel's parking spot is worth $800k.
No one cares about what houses cost with your monopoly money in Canada.
@crassgop Wait that's a thing? I always thought I was just weird having anxiety with phone calls.
@crassgop that used to hinder me in the past but then I learned that everyone around my age has that problem and it pissed me off so I started making more phone calls
As someone who's been living mostly in vehicles for several years now and is Denver-based ... We feel your pain, Toronto 😂
@crassgop Your comment is a case study in loud ignorance and secondhand embarrassment. Or it's really carefully crafted bait that turned out a little overly cautious. Either way, though, nobody who has even half a clue about how reality works will ever take your comment even slightly seriously. It's empty garbage.
I think it's _slightly_ more likely that you're trying to troll, so -- commit harder! Gotta push through the edgebaby phase before you can be a real edgeboy and get the really rewarding rustles instead of just occasionally making one or two people feel a little sorry for you 👍
“But you feel like you got closure with everything you had?” “Nah… not really” this video is too relatable lmfao 💀
This reminds me of a high school friend of mine who recently moved to one of the smallest towns in northern Maine to become a police officer, before his gf of a year moved in with him too. She has dropped out of college, has no job, has him pay for everything, & has a history of accusing her exes of abuse. When I texted him asking how he was doing the other day he told me that the job was just alright but that his relationship was perfect. I know people these days aren’t religious but I prayed to God last night asking to show me how my friend was actually doing & when I woke up & opened RUclips this was the first video that came up in my recommendations.
Update: He failed his psyche evaluation & was let go as an officer. I’m so worried about him.
Update #2: He’s still with this girl atm, but he did end up moving back to our home state
@@Ptrm594 😂😂😂😂
Talk to him. Try to let him know you're there to listen if he wants to talk.
You could try to understand how things seem from his perspective. If he seems open to it, you could try to let him understand why the situation has you worried.
Do what you can, and try to be content with that. Sometimes it turns out that fixing a situation is not within your power, so all you can do is try your best.
@@user-hr2zt9gd1l I have this done this before (granted it was a year ago) He just got angry, ranted how he had a perfect relationship, & how he doesn’t care about anyone from his past. Then it got stranger, because once he did talk again he was generally happy to talk, then I ran into him & his gf (before he moved) at a grocery store & he looked depressed (walking a few feet behind her, keeping his head in his phone, frowning the whole time) He’s not necessarily a person that opens up easily as he’s afraid of being vulnerable. I’m not gonna lie, I am afraid to reach out again as I just feel like he doesn’t really want to talk to anyone, he even told me that he doesn’t reach out to people anymore
sounds like the gf might be abusing him
@@urydhdhdbbcbcbctruegsgdhfh3837 I have no knowledge, because from what he’s shown off about her on social media (& from one time I was chaperoning her trick or treating) she was all sweet, & happy & giggly
Considering Mike has a house, he’s doing better than most millennials I know.
Damn, that's really a problem nowadays. Gotta make sure my kids could buy themselfs a house.
Lol yeah, true facts my dude.
That house would appraise for about $400,000 in California.
@@pffpffovich2398 people too worried about cars and partying to realize that their gonna want to own property soon after
I have to admit you have a point. It's sad to say most of my friends outside of my work I know still live with their parents.
It takes real talent to capture this level of authentic dialog in acting. The awkward goodbye, the one-sided dialog on the phone call... top-tier TV shows get that stuff wrong constantly.
I think it's just that this is truly inspired, he had a vision, idea or story that he wants to share for it's own sake, and for the sake of sharing the feelings it evokes. Most tv and movies are kind of just incidental to making money, and it doesn't matter how talented or creative a writer is, if there's no inspiration, everyone can tell. The big shows are always trying to write shit that *sounds* inspired, rather than just making the sort of things that they can really speak through.
@patriotic ak47That's kind of nonsense, but I understand where you're coming from. It certainly has just as much, or even more to do with who you know, or what you're willing to do, but most people who are successful in Hollywood *are* super talented. It's wishful thinking and sour grapes to pretend that they're not.
What do you mean by one sided dialog on the phone call?
@@googleuser9422 he means he's not repeating everything the other person says so the viewers know what he said
reminds me of ernest hemmingway. tv shows arent trying to be realistic though, realistic conversations might be charming but they arent that interesting
Man, this is too bittersweet.
This is like so sweet and heartbreaking/heartfelt at the same time, I loved it thank you
"same address as high school" is code for "unemployed"
Oh look, a verified person
To be fair it could also mean your parents died and you got the house.
@@lunastar2235 Damn checkmarks, they're in my comments now.
Yet dudes living in his car. Fuck outa with that shit
Exactly
I bet they were hiking and were like
"Look at that ruined house, let's come up with a video idea around it"
Had the exact same thought. :D
100% 🤣🤣
More like
"Look at that perfect house, let's destroy it for our video"
This is their actually living arrangements. They film a lot so they’re aren’t ‘home’ much. Joel does all the editing in an Internet cafe. Super humble guys.
@@lorenzoeldudethat's exactly what whistlindiesel would do lol
'You're still in town?' says the other guy in town
This is one of those where you go "hehe" and "😔".
You can tell after the wide shot, that when he said his friend was doing "pretty good" he wasn't being sarcastic despite the humorous situation of his house. How nice of him
thats crazy i thought the same thing
This is a fantastic example of dark comedy. It's obviously depressing, but it's presented with such everyday warmth that you're kinda acclimated to it all.
Probably because compared to him, his friend was doing good. He has a house at least, steve is sleeping in his car.
@@altusshow7574 I think I would rather sleep in the car than that house. Lol
Glad to see you here hirumaredx
I love how Joel basically showed up on everyone's radar one day and charmed himself into being the number one sketch comedian on the platform.
That's exactly what happened
So true 😂
I like CalebCity more, but Joel Haver is still absolutely amazing.
@@2minuss Caleb hasn’t been posting lately tho :( hope he’s doing alright. I like both of them
@@spidercatcorp Wait, but his newest video isn't even one week old lol.
I wouldn't mind having Mike's place tbh, seems peaceful out in the woods
Yeah until the trees decide they dont like you anymore and let the moose come rip u to shreds.
@@bellmayview2395 eh, if the moose think it’s time for me to go then so be it
@@set.cetera Yeah youre right, if its anyones choice it should be up to them
The lack of toilet seems like a bummer though
@@Hell_O7 i mean the toilet bit is kinda just laying around for you
I've literally been in this situation. Living at the very bottom of society people seem to just stoically deal with it and sometimes even stay happy.
I once spent a weekend with a friend who was staying in an abandoned private power station and spending his days chopping firewood to cook with, and taking walks into the local town for supplies. We had a really good time just hanging out to be fair
He really sounds like a fortunate guy. Hope he's doing well.
“Same address as high school”
Me: “I mean he can just say he lives with his parents, these days it’s a lot more common than- Oh... oh, Jesus...”
HIS PARENTS ARE DEAAADD
My parents have lived at more than 20 places in my lifetime so that wouldn't really work
My take: two people struggle to acquire real estate in this economy. One decides to stay in home town and watches basic necessities fall into ruin. The other sets out for a more transient lifestyle, but cannot afford the basic necessities in the first place. One runs from his troubles with a pathetic hobby, the other uses a mundane distance relationship to cope. Both exist in equivalent isolation and need meaningful connection to make it through. What they don’t realize is they could find it in each other. Behold, your twenties.
Fuck. So that's what I'm feeling. Send help plz.
It's a good take, Zane. These 20s do be like that
I used to live in a car. It was pretty good.
There should be laws to limit how real a comment can be.
Well now I'm sad
You are a comedic genius. I hope you get to have your own show one day. Your content always makes me die laughing. Much love!
The awkward conversation style reminded me who I was watching.
The first friend doesn’t think it’s strange that he doesn’t have a toilet, snacks or anything else.. since he’s living out of his car. He’s just like damn. You have a house.
Great. Legit did not realise this
The ‘snacks’ part made no sense- he’s fat
@@AmericastCasi
When you're poor, the cheapest option is usually junk food.
Inexpensive food is often fattening food aye
Poor people eat like white bread with nutella. They eat a lot of sugar and empty calories
In the Joel Haver™ Universe, the only places people can talk are in odd locations.
Ah, yes. The Haver Cinematic Universe. Colloquially, the HCU.
And with a visible microphone.
@@TheDarkOne508 And they all look and sound similar. Stuttering and pausing in the most bizarre, and uncomfortable times.
bro that's his house
god forbid you talk somewhere normal like at the office
I was expecting them to have a beer atleast.
I didnt expect the ending. This is really good, im so emotional at the end.
The worst part is he has to pay 2k a month rent for this "charming cottage in the woods"
I didn't know this was in california
@@nolan4453 pretty much anywhere that isn't the deep south nowadays.
San Francisco is a bitch... But ya know.. it's pretty good
0 bedrooms, 0 bath, no pets allowed
@@colonless7512 If this was in San Fran it'd be 4k a month
I can just imagine Joel finding this half destroyed house and thought “pretty good”
Who Joel from the last of us?
@@jonathanbelman8693 the youtuber, that you are watching right now, with the username joel haver
The reveal that he's living in his car, so he'd be like, "Wow, you got a house! I wish I had a house. That's pretty good."
I mean... he's alive , that's pretty good
This is one of the most underrated skits on RUclips.
when camera angle changed and it showed that he was sleeping in his car my heart droped, Joel is really good at doing that 2:36 to the end (when you get that feeling)
This is basically saying no matter how bad you're doing, someone else will look at you and think "that's pretty good"
I don't think this is the victim Olympics about who is suffering more. It's about the ones that put on a happy masks and pretend that they're okay but in reality we're all suffering. We might have more in common then you thought
@@humanbean7884 Me too
@@humanbean7884 me three. That destroyed house in the woods looks scary and dangerous
@@humanbean7884 I mean yeah same lol
This is an accurate depiction of West Virginian life with a minimum wage job.
Wait, he still has walls? This dude’s *LOADED*
The land alone would make him rich! But do the walls that have become floors still count?
Load bearing walls so double loaded
Yeah theres a wall over there, one there on the floor, one leaning against that other one.
@@jheanelltabana8713 no, they're, the, they're floors
He could sell all the dirt then sell the giant hole left to a quarry and be a billionaire
This is funny but also has an air of sadness.
I feel kinda blessed after watching this. I still regularly talk to my best friend, play video games with him, etc. And we've been out of school for over a decade now. And we're both, honestly, doing pretty good.
You seem like a very nice person Joel, I like that
I agree
I don't like that. He should be less nice
Haver doesn't waver
He's the saviour of labour. The aura of a friendly neighbour, fit like a tailor.
Everyone Liked That
Alright when it did the call in in bed and then did the reveal that the guy was sleeping in his car that got me, nobody is spared everyone is doing "mostly alright"
At this rate “pretty good” is “Well I have a structure over my head and money for food so... pretty good, yeah”
@@DeathnoteBB honestly "Life has been great" = "I have gotten 8hours of consistent sleep for 4 days in a row."
@@charlieterry8506 True!! 😂😭
Joel has this uncanny ability of making me laugh, followed by making me depressed, followed making me feel alright that I'm depressed lol.
This one hurts
Love the ending of him living out of his own car at the end after seeing his friend at the run down pos house, great storytelling
I'm now going to watch Little Man
I don’t think you should watch it though.
Lonely Goomba! Good seeing you here, love your videos man.
Please dont...
Why would you do that to yourself?
I started watching it one time but the Man was too little for my taste and I had to turn the movie off.
Mike died in a house fire and Steve blames himself so his ghost constantly haunts him
2:02 I like how they probably ended up a bit too close but were to awkwardly tense to change positions xd
If you know someone like this , they need your help.
"I'm tryin to watch every single Redsocks game"
"Every single game?"
"Yeah, like, from the beginning"
Best joke on RUclips.
Seeing Red Sox spelled this way makes me uncomfortable
Is there something I don't get? It was a little funny definitely, like something silly to say, but it's not very deep unless I'm missing something? All I'm saying is "best joke" is a huge jump here.
@@TylerTheTiler because it's an absurd waste of time
@@TheKillerLemons well kind of yes I just don't think it's all that deep and tbh it's not hugely crazy to do that if you enjoy baseball. It's context I guess.
@@TylerTheTiler Dude, this isn't Billie Eilish but like her there isn't anything deep about it.
I don't know why you're using that word, jokes don't always have a double meaning or an allegorical subtext.
This gives off strong "sitcom without the laugh track" type energy, nice
It's very true. For me most sitcoms when you remove the laugh tracks are either just unfunny, or plain sad. This skit wasn't very funny, but more like bitter-funny.
It really shows what kinds of things we’re conditioned to ignore lol
if the laugh track was replaced with the actors just saying "yeah" awkwardly
Finally a person using "energy" instead of "vibe" Lmao
@@Keatoil I had almost forgotten that this word existed for 2 short seconds. Damn you.
Bro this is what living in a smaller town is like and I can’t really explain why
Some people just get left behind, where they pass by places or things that remind them of the people who moved on and forgot them.
I feel like Joel randomly encountered that abandoned wreck and immediately thought to himself "I *have* *to* make a film using this spot, I mean, just look at it! It's pure art."
I can totally see this happening lol.
Just look at it
@@cyberzzaiki533 would you look at it
@@gabdg828 I looked at it
Yes lol he must have! My best friend is a filmmaker and she 100% does that. I’m a traditional artist and I love stumbling upon a great find, but the absolute hype that filmmakers make over a find is fantastic and so contagious
i seriously almost spit out my coffee when it showed the inside of his house omfg
What inside of his house?
@@coltonbates629 maybe the other side i should say
I thought it was a green screen at first
@@manylittlefish693 I did too... And then there was another angle.
Technically it was the outside
Honestly, this is one of the best short films I’ve ever seen. It was so funny and well done. The camera work flipping back and forth during the bathroom scene 😂 and the ending so on point. I think a lot of people could find this very relatable because so many people have lost their livelihoods after the pandemic began.
I think this was the short that made me subscribe.
Mike is a VERY humble guy. His riches are in Heaven.
Yo aren't you the guy who has the world record on Bowser's Big Bean Burrito?
Love you, Jesus
I’m no Christian but Jesus you’re cool
@@hayk3000 no you are confused with black Jesus aka video game dunkey
When your skits are so good you have Jesus commenting on them.
The reveal of Joel sleeping in his car was too perfect.
Nails painted lmao
Spoiler!
Yeah that got me good 😂
Just say ending, spoiler alert!
@@anonymeruser9962 ....Why would you even read the comment before finish watching the video. It's like 3 mins and a half.
this is my favorite video. I watch it every 2 months
As someone who spent most of my adolescence sleeping in couches, or on the sidewalks (for personal choice bc I wanted to be free) this evokes a very particular feeling of decadence