Q&A With Grey: Meme Edition

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024

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  • @BusinessCasual
    @BusinessCasual 7 лет назад +7220

    Looking forward to my grandkids studying late 2010s memeology in school.

    • @mikado6407
      @mikado6407 7 лет назад +135

      i love memeology

    • @socksinsandals1082
      @socksinsandals1082 7 лет назад +31

      Business Casual YEESSSSSSS

    • @tiavor
      @tiavor 7 лет назад +116

      and the great meme-wars of 2015/16

    • @phil_cassidy
      @phil_cassidy 7 лет назад +108

      Just call it memetics.

    • @brain5853
      @brain5853 7 лет назад +100

      It won't be the fun looking-at-cat-gifs-type though. It will be Richard-Dawkins-like boring one, where you study their meaning, influence, spreading, etc.

  • @sofi8245
    @sofi8245 7 лет назад +2730

    Honestly the fishing analogy is the best thing I've ever heard

    • @asadparvez2
      @asadparvez2 7 лет назад +18

      Its just so perfectly relevant!

    • @whimsicalhamster88
      @whimsicalhamster88 7 лет назад +3

      I want it on a poster

    • @tdcsguy
      @tdcsguy 7 лет назад +18

      Yeah, but if you ask me he's basically just rephrasing "do what you love", because, you know, you will love the good fishing spots. Honestly I think "do what you love" is great advice, and if you'd actually follow it (in the fishing spot kind of way), then you wouldn't have to feel bad about it because it's "an unrealistically high standard"

    • @karnematch
      @karnematch 7 лет назад +79

      I think the analogy was more of a "look for what you like to do and do that", which is more helpful than just random "do what you love"

    • @riverchebar
      @riverchebar 7 лет назад

      Sofi nam jeff

  • @raf221
    @raf221 5 лет назад +776

    A wise man said to me once:
    Life is short but it's the longest thing you'll ever do.

    • @trueaidooo
      @trueaidooo 3 года назад +13

      Aside from being dead I guess

    • @7aygames35
      @7aygames35 3 года назад +11

      I think experience is a better word here because when you die you're doing the action of being dead and hence you are doing the action of being dead longer than living, but you only experience life

  • @johanrunfeldt7174
    @johanrunfeldt7174 3 года назад +946

    If asked about whether the glass is half full or half empty, as an engineer I must reply: The glass is twice as large as it needs to be.

    • @byte7645
      @byte7645 2 года назад +6

      isnt that become 1/4th or are my math wrong

    • @slyar
      @slyar 2 года назад +10

      @@byte7645 Twice = x2

    • @6.28
      @6.28 Год назад +6

      the glass has a 2x engineering factor

  • @nathandestaart
    @nathandestaart 7 лет назад +2511

    Love this though: "School: A babysitting service obsessed with an endless game of trivial pursuit."

    • @henryg.8762
      @henryg.8762 5 лет назад +9

      lol true

    • @SomeFreakingCactus
      @SomeFreakingCactus 5 лет назад +78

      I’d give it a little more credit than that. Thanks to school, I learned how to study the world around me, turn that information into knowledge, and use that knowledge to improve my abilities as a person. But yes, such institutions occasionally focus too much on the incentives and not on the goal.

    • @celestialtree8602
      @celestialtree8602 5 лет назад +73

      @@SomeFreakingCactus looks like you got one of the seemingly rare good experiences from school, nice

    • @andyzhao7822
      @andyzhao7822 4 года назад +15

      Meow? Meow. I like to think that school aims to teach students the procedure of work and procuring information, rather than actually vital information

    • @andonivelasco8466
      @andonivelasco8466 4 года назад +13

      @@SomeFreakingCactus my school has never been about knowledge

  • @Ethan-mm9yk
    @Ethan-mm9yk 6 лет назад +652

    "Do I need to sacrifice a goat, RUclips? Because I'll do it."
    lol that caught me off-guard

    • @nafismubashir2479
      @nafismubashir2479 4 года назад +2

      timestamp?

    • @beccag2758
      @beccag2758 4 года назад +7

      @@nafismubashir2479 4:03

    • @TinyDeskEngineer
      @TinyDeskEngineer 3 года назад +5

      Garfield has mentioned sacrificing goats a surprisingly large amount of times too.

    • @peskypigeonx
      @peskypigeonx 3 года назад

      That seems like me

    • @john-wiggains
      @john-wiggains 2 года назад +1

      Probably my favorite of all of them 😂

  • @FactHubREAL
    @FactHubREAL 7 лет назад +1865

    Great video guys
    See you again in 4 months

    • @simonmitchell7789
      @simonmitchell7789 7 лет назад +13

      how true

    • @ryanl8226
      @ryanl8226 7 лет назад +100

      You made a mistake. You wrote "months" instead of "years".

    • @petervilla5221
      @petervilla5221 7 лет назад +15

      On the flip side, I hear Brady uploads often.

    • @Drew_42
      @Drew_42 7 лет назад +16

      Would you prefer a shitty video every day, or a masterpiece every once and a while?

    • @SimulDatCor
      @SimulDatCor 7 лет назад +5

      XD Lemmino fans be like:
      Also, would anyone like to provide some feedback to my animation videos? I'm looking to improve my work.

  • @Xtoff
    @Xtoff 7 лет назад +657

    My vote is for metaphorical "wings". He sets up the metaphor then just used it again.

    • @starslayer8390
      @starslayer8390 7 лет назад +54

      I don't even think it matters. Isn't a balrog a being of pure shadow anyway? Wouldn't that mean it could just have wings when it felt like it?

    • @durrandirtheblack3874
      @durrandirtheblack3874 6 лет назад +26

      Baleogs are not beings of pure shadow but they once were Maiar capable of creating themselves any body they desired and their power would allow. Sauron (who was technically a Balrog too) is said to have been able to change his appearance when he still had a body, but he was an exceptionally powerful Balrog, so.... We don't know what about the lesser ones like Durin's Bane in question.

    • @tomjackal5708
      @tomjackal5708 6 лет назад +32

      Morgoth chose Sauron to be his chief lieutenant, whom he gave command of all his military forces ... including the Balrogs. Sauron himself is not literally a Balrog. Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs was not as powerful as Sauron

    • @joelreckard1610
      @joelreckard1610 6 лет назад +2

      Umm the line in LORT is "The balrog made no answer. The fire in it seemed to die, but the darkness grew... and its wings were spread from wall to wall" its a page or two before the end of the chapter The bridge of KHAZAD-DUM. Not using the word like this time makes them real.

    • @elpapichulo4046
      @elpapichulo4046 6 лет назад +2

      wrong

  • @Tuen9
    @Tuen9 7 лет назад +673

    "The glass is at half capacity," is also a favorite of mine. Or to be pedantic about the water vapor content in the "air" above the water, claiming it's half full because if its presence. Really, it's about rate. If it's draining, it's half empty; if it's filling, it's half full; and if it's rate of fill is zero, it's at half capacity.

    • @joebothell2171
      @joebothell2171 6 лет назад +35

      Oh look I found the realist.

    • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
      @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 6 лет назад +33

      It's in four states at once: Half full of water, half full of air, half empty of water, and half empty of air.

    • @blunderbus2695
      @blunderbus2695 6 лет назад +8

      Or it could mean half empty

    • @sophiacai8157
      @sophiacai8157 6 лет назад +34

      The glass is twice as big as necessary.
      programmer logic

    • @legendmixer3111
      @legendmixer3111 6 лет назад +4

      Technically its 99.9999% empty because there is so much space between the molecules (both the water and air). This means everything made of matter is 99.999% nothing as well.

  • @Y337n3ss
    @Y337n3ss 6 лет назад +3103

    "the glass is _this_ full"
    "this full"
    *"f u l l"*
    subtly positive.

    • @jaydentt
      @jaydentt 4 года назад +89

      "It's this empty/full"
      Is what he should've said

    • @nandoslegend2685
      @nandoslegend2685 4 года назад +8

      Nah

    • @talongreenlee7704
      @talongreenlee7704 4 года назад +216

      If you have an empty glass and fill it halfway, it is half full, and if you have a full glass and you empty it halfway, it is half empty

    • @jaydentt
      @jaydentt 4 года назад +49

      @@talongreenlee7704 end of discussion

    • @thomasdu7922
      @thomasdu7922 4 года назад +45

      +Talon Greenlee, However, this system is complicated and prone to failure, as to analyze every situation to find the correct words to describe the glass is inefficient. A good alternative is to say the glass is at "This Capacity".

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 4 года назад +588

    "How would you rule the world?"
    "With compassion"
    (political compass slides left)
    *And an iron fist.*
    (political compass slides way up)

  • @Hellspooned2
    @Hellspooned2 6 лет назад +203

    The glas half full/empty discussion is stupid.
    It depends!
    It depends on what, I hear you not asking?
    Was the glass full or empty before it reached the midway point?
    If it last was full, then it currently is in progress of being emptied and thus when reaching the mid point has come half way to being emptied, as in half empty.
    And vice versa. Was it just empty and you are in the process of filling it? Then it is half full when reaching the midpoint.
    Period.

    • @KarateLauren
      @KarateLauren 5 лет назад +2

      GD PolarBunny facepalm

    • @andreasstock8539
      @andreasstock8539 5 лет назад +7

      and the funny thing is you cann aktually relate that to your life. When things are getting better its easyer to be happy with what you have. So its easyer to have a glase half full addetude

    • @hellcopterts8895
      @hellcopterts8895 5 лет назад +2

      half empty of water means its also half full of air, so its actually the same thing; there is no true "empty".

    • @liamgriffin218
      @liamgriffin218 4 года назад

      Marko Juric also you could simply say that it is at half capacity.

    • @IndigoGollum
      @IndigoGollum 4 года назад

      While I understand and can agree with this, I think that unless half of the glass contains a vacuum, it's half full.

  • @Shortline819
    @Shortline819 7 лет назад +240

    "Words mean things" - Grey 2017

    • @andrewknorpp9415
      @andrewknorpp9415 7 лет назад +3

      We get it poets things are like other things

  • @RandleSnipes
    @RandleSnipes 7 лет назад +227

    Wow, the fishing analogy about life really made sense to me.. cuz I hate fishing -.-

  • @sarahcoleman3194
    @sarahcoleman3194 4 года назад +24

    The "passion" advice was such a relief, it's something grown adults are still telling me to do when I know full well it isn't happening. I wish everyone used the fishing analogy instead.

  • @ArisFilms
    @ArisFilms 7 лет назад +894

    What would you do if you became immortal?
    ...I'd live a really long time.

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 7 лет назад +12

      ...i would be angry at whomever made me immortal and asked a refund:v

    • @the_really_tired_one
      @the_really_tired_one 5 лет назад +26

      Roy Foerster
      ‘Quoting a video doesn’t make a comment’

    • @bananya6020
      @bananya6020 5 лет назад +16

      I'd actually just hope I wouldn't age becaude being 800 years old and unable to do shit is bad

    • @Julio974
      @Julio974 5 лет назад +4

      r/madlads

    • @henryg.8762
      @henryg.8762 5 лет назад +1

      he's not wrong

  • @bernier42
    @bernier42 3 года назад +55

    It’s fun watching older Grey videos and seeing how he has always loved hexagons. As at 0:23.

    • @idiotmach1
      @idiotmach1 2 года назад +7

      hexagons are the bestagons

    • @MarcTelang
      @MarcTelang 2 года назад

      No its a civilization reference

  • @kerentan9446
    @kerentan9446 5 лет назад +127

    "I'd live a really long time"
    Mr. Grey, you have just disappointed an anonymous stranger with an obvious answer, how do you feel?

  • @ETMaligalig
    @ETMaligalig 7 лет назад +587

    #7thPlanetKingGeorge

  • @yunushangulsen9312
    @yunushangulsen9312 7 лет назад +758

    "The pleasure of burning down a forest and covering the world in concrete is difficult to explain"
    4:08
    Factorio in a nutshell

    • @astrofield6359
      @astrofield6359 4 года назад +16

      Lawful evil for anyone wondering

    • @trondordoesstuff
      @trondordoesstuff 4 года назад +6

      I'm pretty sure that quote was in reference to Factorio.

    • @nerdyspinosaurid
      @nerdyspinosaurid 4 года назад +3

      @@trondordoesstuff Maybe it was just a reference to real life.

    • @burghleyimeanberdly6513
      @burghleyimeanberdly6513 2 года назад

      I know a guy who keeps talking about carpet bombing russia/America, tarmacking over the detritus and building the world's biggest Lidl on top

  • @theteutonking3306
    @theteutonking3306 5 лет назад +475

    Why don't we just ask Tolkien?
    *sees he died in 1973*
    *sad balrog noises*

    • @jayd2279
      @jayd2279 4 года назад +7

      *'s son?
      Oh, he died too?
      ah, nevermind...

    • @micaiahkuhl6973
      @micaiahkuhl6973 4 года назад +14

      Ngl I mainly laughed at the image of a Balrog making sad noises

    • @ruslans2006
      @ruslans2006 3 года назад +2

      I read the year as 1793. lol

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 3 года назад +4

      @@ruslans2006 You too have been confused by Grey's yyyy/mm/dd format I see.
      (Just kidding. It's definitely the superior format for storing files.)

    • @ruslans2006
      @ruslans2006 3 года назад +1

      @@lonestarr1490 I only read the year wrong, not being confused by all of that.

  • @Mu51kM4n
    @Mu51kM4n 7 лет назад +144

    "Don't follow your passion, bring your passion with you." - Mike Rowe (paraphrased)

  • @nonenope886
    @nonenope886 7 лет назад +183

    a rare sighting of a cpg grey video

    • @kagitsune
      @kagitsune 7 лет назад +2

      God satan, I was just thinking - where's Grey??

  • @wamsang7818
    @wamsang7818 4 года назад +244

    Someone: "Is it half empty or half full?"
    Me: It's completely full because physics

    • @phenolphthalein10
      @phenolphthalein10 4 года назад +31

      But it’s mostly empty bc matter is mostly empty space

    • @knightmare__7487
      @knightmare__7487 4 года назад +22

      but nothing is truly empty because quantum physics

    • @itismethatguy
      @itismethatguy 3 года назад +5

      @@knightmare__7487 nothing is empty but it is still mostly empty😉

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 3 года назад +6

      So, to summarize this thread: Form the perspective of physics (which is really the only sane perspective there is), this question doesn't make any sense.

    • @7aygames35
      @7aygames35 3 года назад

      The glass is half full of water and half empty of air

  • @trifarianboi3043
    @trifarianboi3043 7 лет назад +494

    Glass half full or half empty? The glass is twice the required size.

    • @brh4015
      @brh4015 7 лет назад +1

      A glass twice the required size? You must be fun at parties.
      Are you from the US? I try to build up a stereotype since a US American I once met declined another drink on the basis that he already have had one.

    • @trifarianboi3043
      @trifarianboi3043 7 лет назад +9

      BR H No?

    • @gnomegerome1096
      @gnomegerome1096 7 лет назад +2

      BR H I appreciate your kindness but I'd rather stick to my beer instead of having 2 beers and one of them inevitably dying ( no idea what the non portuguese term is, but you know, when the beer tastes awful after a while)
      And nope! Im not shoving them down my throat because that will increase the vomit chance by 500%

    • @brh4015
      @brh4015 7 лет назад +1

      Have had. Like he already did drink something this night. And he didn't decline it from me.

    • @CanyonF
      @CanyonF 7 лет назад +10

      its completely full, half of liquid and half of gas.

  • @feynstein1004
    @feynstein1004 7 лет назад +1799

    Yes!!! I'm so glad Grey agrees with me on tribalism. Wait...........does that mean he's part of my tribe? The amount of irony is too damn high.

    • @dicemm5544
      @dicemm5544 7 лет назад +192

      Tribalception, when you become tribal about tribalism.

    • @jongyon7192p
      @jongyon7192p 7 лет назад +83

      tribes are unavoidable, but tribalism is putting excessive importance in these tribes, rather than letting people be whatever tribe they want.

    • @justAguyDs
      @justAguyDs 7 лет назад +2

      DeRockProject & the Attack of the Really Long Channel Name that's the thing, if we don't put importance on tibalism, then we wouldn't be talking about it

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 7 лет назад +16

      +Dice MM Lol I realize that. I was being sarcastic actually. I don't think Grey as fellow member of my tribe, just as someone who happens to think the same as I do. Idk if I feel like I have a tribe but if I do, it's definitely the entire human species. :)

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 7 лет назад +11

      Feynstein 100
      That's the best tribe to belong to, but also the very worst. Take care, fellow traveler.

  • @LostInEchoesFin
    @LostInEchoesFin 5 лет назад +63

    The fishing metaphor for what to do with your life is genuinely exactly what I needed to hear, cheers Grey, you've probably stopped me making a really bad life decision.

  • @Orikron
    @Orikron 7 лет назад +1723

    Looking at this title I'm just imagining Grey in the "How do you do, fellow kids?" meme.

    • @samcnut
      @samcnut 7 лет назад +42

      I would hang that on my wall

    • @Orikron
      @Orikron 7 лет назад +4

      Foda-se! Sou Português de Portugal, não me compares a esses colónos.

    • @beckettfordahl5450
      @beckettfordahl5450 7 лет назад +4

      He is kinda normie

    • @99nattes03672
      @99nattes03672 7 лет назад +2

      Steve buscemi is his name

    • @Paulinemoke
      @Paulinemoke 7 лет назад

      Hey - you comment frequently on videos, I just saw your fun comment on the vlogbrothers channel, right?
      I like that - we should all comment on mot stings we like.

  • @ryat66
    @ryat66 7 лет назад +176

    "The pleasure of burning down a forest and covering the world in concrete is difficult to explain."
    I've played Factorio, too. I understand.

  • @Alex-gv2jc
    @Alex-gv2jc 7 лет назад +174

    He switched hats like 5 times and I didn't even notice till the second watch

  • @fossilfighters101
    @fossilfighters101 7 лет назад +159

    Welcome to Myths & Legends podcast. Today we're going to be talking about the Grey, originally from American literature, but now popular across the world, and you'll see how fishing is a really good metaphor for life. The creature of the week is demon who has wings that maybe are metaphorical.

    • @vivienneleow
      @vivienneleow 7 лет назад +11

      Yes! Another fan! I was thinking the same thing when the song played, hahaha.

    • @MrBaasm
      @MrBaasm 7 лет назад +3

      Vie, it's funny because I think 'grey' when I listen to the myths and legends podcast...effectively the opposite

    • @vivienneleow
      @vivienneleow 7 лет назад

      Derek Wilson Grey and Jason do have similar voices! I think I actually thought 'wow this guy sounds like CGP Grey' when I first started listening. I've now listened to so many episodes of M&L that my mind jumps the other way when I hear the Broke For Free song.

    • @cwalter42870
      @cwalter42870 7 лет назад +2

      I knew I recognized the music, but couldn't place it until I looked at the notes.

    • @MrQuantumcomp
      @MrQuantumcomp 7 лет назад

      I knew I wouldn't be the only one!!

  • @UCH6H9FiXnPsuMhyIKDOlsZA
    @UCH6H9FiXnPsuMhyIKDOlsZA 7 лет назад +175

    #CGPGreyForDictatorOfEarth2020

  • @thepillowfortsystem109
    @thepillowfortsystem109 2 года назад +9

    On days like these when I feel like doing nothing. CGP Grey makes me ever so slightly more willing to get up and do something.

  • @Rikri
    @Rikri 7 лет назад +66

    "The pleasure of burning down a forest and covering the world in concrete is difficult to explain."
    -CGP grey

    • @ratman-f1b
      @ratman-f1b 4 года назад +1

      I wish when you burned down a forrest you didn't have to get rid of the burnt trees

    • @mmouse1886
      @mmouse1886 4 года назад +1

      The one time CGP burst out of his Redditor pseudo-intellectualism and became human. Only to dive back down with the rest of his videos, and it was three years ago.

    • @Aadhitiya_Murali
      @Aadhitiya_Murali 4 года назад

      @@mmouse1886 can you elaborate?

    • @mmouse1886
      @mmouse1886 4 года назад

      @@Aadhitiya_Murali CGP Grey in almost all of his videos tends to make himself less than human in his presentations, practically robotic whilst dispensing information at a constant rate without pause or wishing to elaborate on basically anything. He's also a gigantic Redditor which means he's a plague on this earth that happens to be blessed with a decent amount of intelligence, but wastes it infinitely on a website that is a gigantic echo chamber at the best of times. He hasn't made comments like this before or since he made this video.

    • @Aadhitiya_Murali
      @Aadhitiya_Murali 4 года назад

      @@mmouse1886 i guess you're right.

  • @user-qi1bx6ec6g
    @user-qi1bx6ec6g 7 лет назад +179

    "In a world of billions, no one is unique"
    Thanks. I'll make sure to tell that to my teachers

    • @JM-us3fr
      @JM-us3fr 7 лет назад +10

      It depends on the standard deviation and the definition of "unique"

    • @sechran
      @sechran 7 лет назад +5

      Even if you boil it down to pure chemistry the number of potential humans as dictated by cohesive DNA combinations is a number so vast as to dwarf the astronomical.
      Not only are you unique, but you're *so* unique that, unless you're already an identical twin, the chance of your DNA being naturally duplicated during the lifespan of the universe is essentially 0.

    • @boilpoil
      @boilpoil 7 лет назад +2

      You are failing to understand why Grey answered the question this way. If the question "what makes you unique?" is so easily answered, job interviews would surely become a lot less stressful. Unless you can systematically and effectively describe something like your fingerprints, your facial biometrics, or even map out your entire genome sequence, there is no practical way you can point out what is unique about you that no one else shares.
      As in, describe something unique about you that is guaranteed no one else shares, verifiably, and not an impractical answer. (Like "my DNA," because no one can possibly verify it save for an unprecedented international cooperation effort)
      Of course, I do not refute the argument that Grey should probably have chosen another question.

    • @LordWoffingshire
      @LordWoffingshire 7 лет назад

      the thing about no one being unique in a world of billions is kinda based off the presumption that there are less than 7 billion combinations of characteristics and experiences that make up a human being.

    • @sartresianez5332
      @sartresianez5332 7 лет назад +1

      CGP Grey: Nobody is really special
      Comments: But, what about me?

  • @physe8052
    @physe8052 6 лет назад +27

    2:55
    "Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination."
    - Brandon Sanderson's "The Stormlight Archive"

    • @BobBob-bm9kz
      @BobBob-bm9kz 3 года назад +1

      Life before Death, Radiant

  • @Carlos-ln8fd
    @Carlos-ln8fd 7 лет назад +43

    Sorry I'm guilty of the "follow your dreams thing". For a long time it was difficult for me to realize many people don't have dreams they base their entire existences on.

  • @JanSanono
    @JanSanono 7 лет назад +793

    Well, see you next year, guys!!!

  • @archangel8428
    @archangel8428 Год назад +12

    2:52 The fact that life is meaningless sets us free from expectations: it never matters anyway in the long run.

  • @ryconroleplays
    @ryconroleplays 7 лет назад +60

    Fantastic as always

  • @belowaveragegamer5993
    @belowaveragegamer5993 7 лет назад +325

    "I'm not unique" next question "I WANT A DEMON CHIMP!"

    • @_V_G_
      @_V_G_ 5 лет назад +34

      dameon actually, reference to The Golden Compass movie
      *pushes glasses up further*

    • @SomeFreakingCactus
      @SomeFreakingCactus 5 лет назад +12

      Science Time - *Repetitive pushing up of glasses intensifies, causing a small friction fire.”

    • @globalincident694
      @globalincident694 4 года назад +4

      @@_V_G_ Daemon?

    • @zorbix3652
      @zorbix3652 4 года назад +3

      @@globalincident694 It`s a type of thread.

    • @globalincident694
      @globalincident694 4 года назад +3

      @@zorbix3652 yes but its daemon not dameon

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 7 лет назад +38

    Man, the nine alignment texts got me real good. Oddly enough, I agree with the vast majority of them.

  • @RatoneroGris
    @RatoneroGris 7 лет назад +223

    Memes are the DNA of the soul after all

  • @connorhalleck2895
    @connorhalleck2895 7 лет назад +27

    I do the notebook thing too, but also with drawings! Super helpful to get to know myself and how to maximize my stats.

    • @Darkchipper07
      @Darkchipper07 7 лет назад +1

      How does that make you productive in life? And what would you write about?

    • @connorhalleck2895
      @connorhalleck2895 7 лет назад +2

      Well I'm a professional animator, so doing drawings and saving my books helps me keep track of my progress. As for writing, I write ideas down for later, but also I take account of my current goals and priorities. And as those change over time, I can keep old goals/ideas from falling through the cracks of time. It keeps my from getting anxious about all the stuff (golden shit, I am convinced haha) that goes through my head: ideas for projects, music I want to check out, goals for my future, ideas on how to be less depressed, weekly goal lists. If I write it down, I can trust myself to find it again if it's important. Thus, I don't try to constantly try to remember everything. I can be much more in the moment, which is vital for my work, and my enjoyment of my life.
      Also, the act of writing and drawing itself feels good and relieves anxiety in the moment, while also being good practice. Having a small, pocket-sized book allows me to fall into the comfortable pillow fort of my creative mind whenever I want.

    • @Darkchipper07
      @Darkchipper07 7 лет назад +1

      This is really helpful, thank you for your input and looks like I will have to keep a small notepad on me from now on.

    • @juliette117
      @juliette117 7 лет назад +2

      stop

  • @JFreitas0937
    @JFreitas0937 7 лет назад +110

    I read tribe for a summer reading assignment

  • @JoeAllenD
    @JoeAllenD 7 лет назад +115

    Nothing like seeing a Red Letter Media reference in CGP Grey's work. 4:16

    • @PeterDavid7KQ201
      @PeterDavid7KQ201 7 лет назад +5

      He's quite taken with the RLM reviews of the Star Wars prequels (as am I, for that matter)

    • @JoeAllenD
      @JoeAllenD 7 лет назад +12

      Everytime he references RLM on Hello Internet, my brain freaks out in happiness.

    • @EdPenwell
      @EdPenwell 7 лет назад +2

      Plinkett is lawful good

    • @thebaysix
      @thebaysix 7 лет назад +1

      Very cool.

    • @riverchebar
      @riverchebar 7 лет назад

      Joe Allen Dickerson nam jeff

  • @emilyoswin3830
    @emilyoswin3830 7 лет назад +92

    with the amount of free books on audible given by youtubers I could own their whole goddamn library

  • @KingAgniKai
    @KingAgniKai 7 лет назад +65

    The African Union Explained. I'd really like this video.

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 4 года назад +4

    Wow, I needed that "passion" talk real bad right now. Thank you.
    Also that writing down tip. So far, I've only consistently documented my dreams (the night ones), here's hoping I'll be writing more than that from now on!

  • @DatDaDatty
    @DatDaDatty 7 лет назад +173

    what do u meme?

  • @KushWhacker
    @KushWhacker 3 года назад +1

    I love the fishing comparison... that is definitly a great way to look at it

  • @BleachedTurtle
    @BleachedTurtle 7 лет назад +508

    CGP Grey and memes? Of course I'm going to watch.

    • @James-uw2xh
      @James-uw2xh 7 лет назад

      What does he know about memes

    • @IizUname
      @IizUname 7 лет назад

      100000000 likes! (base 2)

    • @riverchebar
      @riverchebar 7 лет назад

      Bleached Turtle nam jeff

    • @WeareIF
      @WeareIF 7 лет назад

      35,000 people cant be wrong.

    • @tuxedosteve1904
      @tuxedosteve1904 6 лет назад

      A Surprise to be sure but a Welcome one.

  • @linusdannull1247
    @linusdannull1247 7 лет назад +35

    Good vid, cya again in 4 years.

    • @IMindiffernt
      @IMindiffernt 7 лет назад

      You can always just listen to his podcast. . .

  • @metfan4l
    @metfan4l 7 лет назад +141

    4:15 Holy shit, is that Mr. Plinkett in the bottom right corner? :D

    • @tman301j
      @tman301j 7 лет назад +8

      And then a few seconds later, when all the youtubers return, CGP is standing in his place. He's even pointing at 'chaotic evil' on the alignment chart.

    • @villa7230
      @villa7230 7 лет назад +1

      who the fuck is Mr. Pinkett?

    • @dstinnettmusic
      @dstinnettmusic 7 лет назад +12

      Grey likes RedLetterMedia, specifically the star wars reviews

    • @CesarJoseee
      @CesarJoseee 7 лет назад +32

      Villa He's a guy who hired a couple of hack frauds to fix his VCR.

    • @SkRo0BEe
      @SkRo0BEe 7 лет назад +9

      Plinkett is chaotic evil

  • @kacee3472
    @kacee3472 7 лет назад +42

    The Hello Internet references in this are amazing! hahaha

    • @WannabeCanadianDev
      @WannabeCanadianDev 7 лет назад +2

      Examples? I haven't seen every ep.

    • @AnaseSkyrider
      @AnaseSkyrider 7 лет назад +1

      I must know!

    • @ianhamilton1997
      @ianhamilton1997 7 лет назад +2

      The flower emoji was my favorite.

    • @AndersTherkelsen
      @AndersTherkelsen 7 лет назад +1

      I think pretty much all quotes from the D&D alignment system are from episodes of HI; I felt familiar with all quotes.

  • @f1scherman
    @f1scherman 7 лет назад +97

    Chaotic Evil for RUclips would be Jake Paul.

    • @aLukepop
      @aLukepop 6 лет назад +14

      F1scherman No, he'd be lawful evil. Maybe neutral. Chaotic would be like, ISIS videos.

    • @frostcat5947
      @frostcat5947 6 лет назад +4

      Or Logan Paul.

    • @wyhiobcarlile4879
      @wyhiobcarlile4879 5 лет назад +6

      ehh more like chaotic neutral he is just reckless not purposely bad (I still hate him though)

    • @DeplorableMinecrafter
      @DeplorableMinecrafter 5 лет назад

      @@wyhiobcarlile4879 His troll of the flat earthers earned him the neutral rating.

    • @SomeFreakingCactus
      @SomeFreakingCactus 5 лет назад +10

      Evil works out of the desire to hurt others. Neutral works out of the desire to help themselves. Good works out of the desire to help others. How they choose to implement that is lawful vs chaos.
      A warlord who loves to rule over others is evil. A warlord who wants power is neutral. A warlord who wants to empower people is good.
      Logan Paul is egotistical. He cares for himself over anyone else. He gains this power by bullying others and demonstrating greatness over them.
      This makes him mostly neutral evil, leaning towards chaos and true neutral.
      A person like CGPGrey wishes to be an individual known for being smart and entertaining. However, he also wishes for his viewers to become smarter and entertained. His strong philosophies and ideologies originate from academics. This pushes him towards lawful good, but close to neutral good.

  • @alkmi2754
    @alkmi2754 7 лет назад +15

    I watched the whole ad for audible just waiting to see any hat changes.

  • @jacowagener4712
    @jacowagener4712 7 лет назад +29

    *CGP Grey uploads*
    Finally my life has meaning

  • @bartmans7
    @bartmans7 7 лет назад +1

    Watch the Q&A vids back to back and watch grey slowly becoming happier

  • @AtlasReburdened
    @AtlasReburdened 7 лет назад +9

    "I'd live a really long time" You made me spit on my screen Grey.

  • @Charlemagne57
    @Charlemagne57 7 лет назад +178

    The thing about school being a glorified babysitting service mixed with a game of trivial pursuit is so true. School does very little to prepare you for the outside world, and colleges do very little to prepare people for (most) vocations. Yet business still insist on you having this meaningless, very expensive, piece of paper, instead of using some sort of apprenticeship system where people can learn skills they will actually use while actually being productive. Additionally, high school gives everyone vast amount of general knowledge information that people forget like 90% of within a few years, and then colleges have the nerve to set general education requirements that do more of the exact same thing, except much much more expensive. Furthermore, blue collar wages continue to increase as many white collar jobs see a drop in pay because so many people are getting these degrees that the more menial jobs that require practical skills not taught in colleges are becoming more valuable. Yet, for the most part, we still need to commit thousands of dollars and years of our life to this institution that teaches us very little practical knowledge or life skills.
    tldr; our school system's f*cked up
    -sincerely, a frustrated college student

    • @davidhong1934
      @davidhong1934 7 лет назад +13

      That's why you take something like programming, which, for all practical purposes, is a self-taught skill that you'll learn anyways, but college also gives you a fancy paper for having done so. If you want to skip the whole college thing, do IT. Cisco offers certification exams, as does Microsoft, that are usable in certain job situations without any college degrees whatsoever.

    • @stroopwafelfalafel
      @stroopwafelfalafel 7 лет назад +7

      Allow me to guide you to "Hello Internet #7: Sorry, Language Teachers" and "Hello Internet #9: Kids in a Box" where CGP Grey and Brady Haran discuss their 'neutral' opinions on school.

    • @DavidAllen-px7gr
      @DavidAllen-px7gr 7 лет назад +5

      It made me think that all the way up to high school is preparing you for college, and college gives you keys to jobs. It's valueless at teaching adulting...

    • @arturocevallossoto5203
      @arturocevallossoto5203 7 лет назад +2

      I wouldn't hire a non-engineer for an engineering job.

    • @williamelmore4100
      @williamelmore4100 7 лет назад

      Chase Brown s

  • @onua136
    @onua136 6 лет назад +1

    I deeply appreciate the hidden positivity of your analytical viewpoints on life. Thank you for this video.

  • @aa-ut9ni
    @aa-ut9ni 7 лет назад +13

    chaotic good grey = happy brady

  • @Excard0n
    @Excard0n 7 лет назад +19

    Modern College = Daycare is probably the best and simple equation ever.

    • @davidhong1934
      @davidhong1934 7 лет назад +2

      Plus, it's way over priced and overrated, especially if you're learning something like coding, which can be self taught to a large degree.

    • @z-beeblebrox
      @z-beeblebrox 7 лет назад +3

      Technically, it can be self-taught to *no* degree, since you only get those at college

  • @ricc_fer
    @ricc_fer 5 лет назад +8

    3:29
    What would you do if you became immortal?
    CGP: I’d live a really long time.

  • @thatoneguywiththevoice328
    @thatoneguywiththevoice328 5 лет назад +7

    the answer to the question glass half whatever is when did fill it
    Half full: you fill it half way
    Half empty: you drank half

  • @eavannickolas4571
    @eavannickolas4571 3 года назад +10

    Hexagonal board at 0:28.
    Join the Hexagon cult- I mean group

  • @jeffseesselberg7348
    @jeffseesselberg7348 2 года назад +2

    "Are memes the future of humanity?"
    Fast forward to to 2022, and they have literally become currency.

  • @repmel
    @repmel 7 лет назад +23

    Wanted: The 7th planet King George, of metaphorical wings, non-unique in a world of billions, and wears a hat.

  • @UnderscoreZeroLP
    @UnderscoreZeroLP 7 лет назад +49

    Quoted from Richard Dawkins' book _The Selfish Gene_: "We leave two things behind us when we die: genes and memes"

  • @StudioNama
    @StudioNama 7 лет назад +1

    That fishing metaphor was beautiful.

  • @trifarianboi3043
    @trifarianboi3043 7 лет назад +426

    CPG Grey video??? is it Christmas??

  • @woosix7735
    @woosix7735 6 лет назад +12

    My fellow 7th grader says: "Set the bar super low, so if you fail, you expect it, and if it turns out good, then you have a reason to be happy." Best philosophy I heard ever.

  • @davidkeebler1777
    @davidkeebler1777 6 лет назад

    watching these videos clears and calms my mind, it's appreciated

  • @TheMaplestrip
    @TheMaplestrip 7 лет назад +249

    yyyy-mm-dd? Yes! You're in my tribe! :D

    • @Mafia200100
      @Mafia200100 6 лет назад +11

      ISO 8601, bitches!

    • @MrNateSPF
      @MrNateSPF 6 лет назад

      I'm in! Just let me know when we're to start our attack on those who don't understand numbers should be ordered LTR biggest to littlest.

    • @NorwayTracking
      @NorwayTracking 6 лет назад +2

      You’re such a WEEEEEEEEEEEEEnie, EVERYONE uses dd-mm-yyyy!

    • @mattdombrowski8435
      @mattdombrowski8435 6 лет назад

      Yes, everyone. That is except the Americans, Japanese, and Chinese (and probably several others I've missed).
      EDIT: did you know there's a calendar wiki!? It's actually super interesting.

    • @APFS-DS
      @APFS-DS 6 лет назад +1

      dd-mm-yyyy

  • @thatunknowndoot
    @thatunknowndoot 7 лет назад +5

    2073:
    Grandkid: grandpa, can you help me with a school report?
    Me: what is it about?
    Grandkid: Memes.
    Me: I finally am useful.

  • @tiikoni8742
    @tiikoni8742 5 лет назад

    1:45 - 2:09 I think that is one of the best advice and example I've heard for a long, long time.

  • @AmbitionMusic
    @AmbitionMusic 7 лет назад +321

    This comment is a *meme*

    • @hijack69
      @hijack69 7 лет назад

      This reply is a *meme*

    • @HVM_fi
      @HVM_fi 7 лет назад

      All human interactions are memes or based on memes, but not internet-memes. But maybe in the future like in Greg Bear's Eon. Ah emoticons language (what a horror that would be)...

    • @Del.Azahar
      @Del.Azahar 7 лет назад

      Ambitionnnnnn ❤

    • @Vercettislugger
      @Vercettislugger 7 лет назад

      I'm the guy who keeps donating $6.66 to your stream;$(#$

    • @rumplstiltztinkerstein
      @rumplstiltztinkerstein 7 лет назад

      But what if I'm not human but just a meme??????

  • @Pyronaut_
    @Pyronaut_ 7 лет назад +4

    Agreed on YYYY-MM-DD
    Makes sorting thing by date so much easier.

  • @jenkem4117
    @jenkem4117 7 лет назад

    It's weird how much of what you say sticks with me. Often times I look to myself for direction and hear your voice. I appreciate everything that you're doing mate. 🤘

    • @emcee4487
      @emcee4487 7 лет назад

      Dylan Thome If you're not already a Tim, you should check out Hello Internet, Grey's podcast

  • @quickclipsofpigs140
    @quickclipsofpigs140 7 лет назад +130

    I actually laughed watching this, nice vid. Bless you all.

  • @josephmorse3089
    @josephmorse3089 6 лет назад +3

    Re: the D&D alignment chart, I once envisioned bringing that to the 3rd dimension by adding the factors "Blue", "Orange", and "Neutral". This was quite some time ago, however, thus I cannot remember what the "Blue" and "Orange" factors meant. I would be quite happy if you, Grey, or anyone else in the comments were to supply their own meanings to "Blue" and "Orange". And before anyone asks, yes, these colors were inspired by the colors of the portals produced from the primary Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device from the Portal games.

  • @vralmeida54
    @vralmeida54 7 лет назад +1

    Grey's talk about passion is just the perfect pep talk for me right now. Thank you awesome sir. 😭
    --From the very lost trying to adult me

  • @Maddin1313
    @Maddin1313 7 лет назад +13

    Spotted Mr. Plinkett

  • @olibearws
    @olibearws 7 лет назад +146

    Inhale the memes. Exhale the memes. I inject the memes straight into my blood stream.

    • @Roverdrive_X
      @Roverdrive_X 7 лет назад +8

      *Blood str-meme

    • @maxscribner1743
      @maxscribner1743 7 лет назад +10

      misquoted from the song "meme machine"

    • @dascandy
      @dascandy 7 лет назад

      Yo dawg, I herd u liek memes, so I put an Xzibit in your reply so you can meme while you inject stuff into your blood stream.

    • @maxscribner1743
      @maxscribner1743 7 лет назад

      misquote from the song "meme machine"

    • @ignemuton5500
      @ignemuton5500 7 лет назад +2

      without memes i will die.

  • @TylerjoProductions
    @TylerjoProductions 7 лет назад

    Jesus christ I didn't think I'd find so much enlightenment by clicking on a Grey vid with meme in the title, this is amazing. Thank you for the analogies, it really hit for me as I'm sure it did many others.

  • @turtles10
    @turtles10 5 лет назад +8

    4:32 This question changed my life.

  • @alexharris7793
    @alexharris7793 7 лет назад +5

    Finally cgpgrey video

  • @yyangcn
    @yyangcn 7 лет назад +1

    I'm gonna rewatch that fishing part every time I have doubts about what I want to do next in my life.

  • @HVM_fi
    @HVM_fi 7 лет назад +59

    Breaking NEWS! CGP Grey has invented time travel! (2:49 Check arrows)

    • @FujibearGames
      @FujibearGames 6 лет назад

      While you may not be able to influence the past with communication, it changes the way you communicate in the present with your future self which to me makes the communication two way in a sense. So the arrow going forward is you writing something for the future, and the arrow going backward is your reflection on your past writing translating into your new writing. (You're welcome for ruining the 10/10 joke)

  • @TheVanuPhantom
    @TheVanuPhantom 7 лет назад +4

    The shadow reached out like two vast wings. ("like two vast wings" hits "reached" which was done by the shadow, so the shadow was like two vast wings, saying nothing about the creature, then, as you said, the creature has wings, and with this, we can say, once and for all, yes, it has wings!)

  • @pandemic4841
    @pandemic4841 6 лет назад +1

    Grey's alignment chart was pretty funny. I remember seeing one for Batman with a quote in each slot. The alignment chart idea is much more fun and poignant that way when you can use it as a measure of how dynamic they are.

  • @trombonegamer14
    @trombonegamer14 7 лет назад +5

    Lawful Good: vlogbrothers. Chaotic Evil: Jake Paul.

  • @MagellanLife
    @MagellanLife 4 года назад +4

    Didn't think Q&A With Grey: Meme Edition was going to be the wisest video I've seen all week 1:06

  • @koelkastkkn
    @koelkastkkn 3 года назад +1

    That segway was so smooth I only realised it after watching the video a second time

  • @legomacinnisinc
    @legomacinnisinc 7 лет назад +10

    Wait a second, I know that lake at 1:57! I hiked there this summer.

  • @zinzam6505
    @zinzam6505 5 лет назад +6

    6:21 - CGP Grey THE FINAL BOSS

  • @Abyssal_Dreamer
    @Abyssal_Dreamer 7 лет назад

    Wow... you've just changed my view of life and the world with a 7 min Q & A... this is... Awesome. Thank you.

  • @lordcawdorofmordor2549
    @lordcawdorofmordor2549 7 лет назад +63

    King George is BEST PLANET NAME
    #7thPlanetKingGeorge