I clicked on every Minecraft ad I saw... (again)

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024

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  • @ChuckNasty
    @ChuckNasty  Год назад +2122

    Idk how this was worse than last time lol. Subscribe so my ad history doesn't get audited by the FBI.

  • @ryantale
    @ryantale Год назад +3513

    The fact that youtube had to take down the video because of a thumbnail that shows one of THEIR ads is crazy bro, happy you managed to upload this.

    • @thelazyidiotsclub806
      @thelazyidiotsclub806 Год назад

      No the other one is still up.

    • @ryantale
      @ryantale Год назад +63

      @@thelazyidiotsclub806 nah he tried to upload it today at like 3-7AM (i was asleep idk exactly when) and it got took down instantly because the thumbnail was uncensored

    • @Volatilesurfact
      @Volatilesurfact Год назад +6

      e also posted it at like 9:00 pm yesterday

    • @chops987
      @chops987 Год назад +14

      Peak moderazation

    • @hollowknightenjoyer
      @hollowknightenjoyer Год назад +4

      video is still there

  • @BuiHieuDong
    @BuiHieuDong Год назад +3700

    RUclips allowing these inapproriate ads and then going to ban you if you slightly swear on the platform is such an ironic thing.

    • @jojoboy123
      @jojoboy123 Год назад +107

      because the ads make them a lot of money

    • @Nafiur13
      @Nafiur13 Год назад +123

      ​@@jojoboy123GODDAMN RIGHT, THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT MONEY.

    • @meticakolli1237
      @meticakolli1237 Год назад +11

      @@Nafiur1312 seconds ago

    • @JosephJoestar69420
      @JosephJoestar69420 Год назад +14

      Only on youtube

    • @SCP-457-
      @SCP-457- Год назад +21

      your everywhere and I hate it

  • @rockwastaken
    @rockwastaken Год назад +1050

    the most surprising thing in this video is that customer service was an actual person with beliefs, thoughts and emotions

    • @Erti-SamC
      @Erti-SamC 11 месяцев назад +72

      and bisect hosting is also a legit service

    • @rawlicious3790
      @rawlicious3790 10 месяцев назад +139

      He even used the skull emoji correctly

    • @Stalker_Monkee
      @Stalker_Monkee 9 месяцев назад +78

      Bro loves his job 100% hope hes getting paid well

    • @WHATISTHISSHITNICKNAMESYSTEM
      @WHATISTHISSHITNICKNAMESYSTEM 8 месяцев назад +6

      i heavily doubt he has a wife since hes working for this

    • @NaishiGaming
      @NaishiGaming 6 месяцев назад +17

      Fr. I thought it was AI at first😭

  • @postal2forthe3ds
    @postal2forthe3ds Год назад +399

    fun fact, the ad featured in the thumbnail was an actual multi part minecraft series that was on youtube for several years. it was not clickbait, it was actual minecraft 🌽 that was on youtube for FAR too long. i saw it myself when i was about 8 or 9 and it messed me up permanately, its off youtube now luckily. it was a futuristichub video, of course.

    • @scoopidyschloop
      @scoopidyschloop Год назад +12

      welp

    • @MATTGREGORYNWEE
      @MATTGREGORYNWEE 11 месяцев назад +6

      Hol up what

    • @the_goatini
      @the_goatini 10 месяцев назад +35

      oh yea i remember that, me and my friend stumbled across the old touch me blind challenge vids or whatever and we watched it FULL BLAST, we were like 8 T_T, WE GOT COOKED

    • @Jok.r
      @Jok.r 10 месяцев назад +8

      Nahh same, i still remember the ones I watched☠️

    • @00FDABOOF
      @00FDABOOF 8 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@Jok.r Nahhhh 💀

  • @_revann_
    @_revann_ Год назад +771

    brandon needs an award for being the most chill customer service employee

    • @LowEffortContent-
      @LowEffortContent- 11 месяцев назад +14

      @@cdgbdrhvnh he didn’t?

    • @Ianholymoly
      @Ianholymoly 11 месяцев назад +19

      @@cdgbdrhvnh WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH GOD

    • @braydenwavrecan2827
      @braydenwavrecan2827 10 месяцев назад +2

      yessirrrr

    • @hakuizunami6421
      @hakuizunami6421 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@BirdGWwhat did he comment I think the original comment was taken down

    • @hakuizunami6421
      @hakuizunami6421 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@LowEffortContent-what did he comment? He deleted the original comment

  • @errortm99
    @errortm99 10 месяцев назад +207

    Having been a customer support agent at an MC server hosting company, I can confirm Brandon's experience on Livechat is a regular occurrence and we're just used to it

    • @tyundraii
      @tyundraii 10 месяцев назад +12

      bro i always thought they were bots or sum

    • @hakuizunami6421
      @hakuizunami6421 8 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@tyundraiimeh sum are but a lot arnt

  • @JosephJoestar69420
    @JosephJoestar69420 Год назад +266

    They allow literal porn and scam ads but when a youtuber says the F word they get demonetized, what a great platform.

    • @MrPrince-i6l
      @MrPrince-i6l 9 месяцев назад +10

      fr ive seen A LITERAL NSFW ANIMATION OF JENNY MOD BUT ZOOMED IN.. jesus

    • @hakuizunami6421
      @hakuizunami6421 8 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@MeIsSmogeeyou gotta be making lots of money for RUclips and apparently be pretty controversial to be a RUclips favourite

  • @Peeby
    @Peeby Год назад +961

    RUclips age restricting your video with an ad that’s ALREADY in their site is the most RUclips thing they could do.

    • @NaraSherko
      @NaraSherko Год назад +11

      Its obvious the video got taken down

    • @justahammer
      @justahammer Год назад +2

      fr man

    • @IlQwertylI
      @IlQwertylI 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@justahammerFellow Rickroll

    • @donovanj0623
      @donovanj0623 11 месяцев назад

      Bro is spitting facts

    • @RhettMueller
      @RhettMueller 9 месяцев назад +6

      RUclips is not for kids, and they need to stop treating it like it is. If kids wanna use youtube then they should use youtube kids.

  • @petcrab7026
    @petcrab7026 Год назад +86

    RUclips: "Our ad service isn't bad or malicious-"
    Literally every ad that pops up:

  • @Yes2rollercoasters
    @Yes2rollercoasters 8 месяцев назад +25

    13:48 “Any furry friends here?”
    Chuck Nasty: “Alright, I think this is a good time to leave”

  • @novo121
    @novo121 Год назад +235

    Press F to pay respects to Chunk Nasty's PC

  • @Lokipro_13
    @Lokipro_13 Год назад +238

    That customer service guy was really chill lmao
    Dont wanna be that guy, but HOLY SHIT 85 LIKES

  • @claudiualexandru6330
    @claudiualexandru6330 Год назад +37

    he fact that youtube had to take down the video because of a thumbnail that shows one of THEIR ads is crazy bro, happy you managed to upload this.

    • @hakuizunami6421
      @hakuizunami6421 8 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah they allow literall Minecraft 🌽 but show there dumbass mistake and oh buddy get demonetized

    • @hakuizunami6421
      @hakuizunami6421 8 месяцев назад

      They allow Minecraft🌽 but not a RUclipsr to mention there mistake fitting for youtube

  • @donutstudios6353
    @donutstudios6353 Год назад +197

    plot twist: he made a second part to this because he secretly enjoyed the ads in the first part and wanted an excuse to click on more of them

  • @ChromaAqui
    @ChromaAqui Год назад +75

    4:47 That one the quiz got wrong (not sure about the other questions). The brewing stand potions always were and, from what I know, still are red for any potion you put into it. The only versatility on this block's texture is the amount of potions being based of the amount of potions inside it
    EDIT: My bad. I rewatched the video, and the quiz actually got it right. I just swapped the answers from Chuck and the quiz actual right option in my mind. "Red" was actually in green (which is kinda ironic)

    • @chaosdigger6563
      @chaosdigger6563 Год назад +9

      I'm pretty sure Skeletons also don't take damage from poison...

    • @ChromaAqui
      @ChromaAqui Год назад +2

      @@chaosdigger6563 Yeaa, I think the quiz got that wrong too

    • @fifamobilefan471
      @fifamobilefan471 Год назад +5

      @@ChromaAqui im not sure, but I think that the quiz meant what you said, and the correct answer was red because of that

    • @ChromaAqui
      @ChromaAqui Год назад +5

      @@fifamobilefan471 Oh wait, now I saw the video again. The quiz was right. The answer was actually "red", I thought the "depends on the potion" was the quiz answer XDD

  • @Omegas_XB
    @Omegas_XB Год назад +39

    The fact that they took down a video that used images from RUclips advertisements which were promoted to kids, even though these ads probably weren't taken down likewise, really shows what RUclips as a platform has become.

  • @gabrielbogarimperez8550
    @gabrielbogarimperez8550 Год назад +55

    the am i gay ad on 5:54

  • @oberynne5043
    @oberynne5043 Год назад +46

    Bro that minecraft quiz at 4:00 is WRONG... Skeletons ARE immune to poison.

    • @samvsmedia8680
      @samvsmedia8680 9 месяцев назад +15

      They are immune to both poison and drowning, 10th grade english didn't teach Jake that apparantly

    • @osterhai
      @osterhai 9 месяцев назад +2

      I knew it, i knew it there is no way in hell my 13 years of minecraft fooled me into believing skeletons are fucking immune to poison

    • @goldngamer1365
      @goldngamer1365 8 месяцев назад +2

      I remember specifically that Undead mobs heal from the effects of instant damage, so you would think that it works the same for poison, but no, Undead mobs are JUST immune to poison.

    • @Metal-Sonic
      @Metal-Sonic 6 месяцев назад

      No way in hell it was incorrect, why would you add in TWO RIGHT ANSWERS AND ONLY ONE IS CORRECT?

  • @YayaMCYT
    @YayaMCYT Год назад +102

    At this point chuck is slowly losing his sanity

    • @andriakiller
      @andriakiller Год назад

      @@compositeboson123❤😩🥰

    • @frokality
      @frokality Год назад

      ​@@compositeboson123ja

    • @ya_hya
      @ya_hya Год назад

      this website isnt big enough for 2 yahyas who are chucknasty fans 😠

    • @YayaMCYT
      @YayaMCYT Год назад

      @@ya_hya YOU i know you you were in echo's stream

    • @altair-tf8fp
      @altair-tf8fp Год назад

      ​@@compositeboson123sa

  • @aunber
    @aunber Год назад +17

    11:35 😭 better luck next time lil bro

  • @cvoopr
    @cvoopr Год назад +34

    omg i thought this was an actual ad. The placing on the home page was exactly where the ads normally were 💀

    • @priyanthabandara9190
      @priyanthabandara9190 Год назад +2

      then why click 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

    • @cvoopr
      @cvoopr Год назад +6

      @@priyanthabandara9190 because i saw it was a chuck nasty video, you think im THAT down bad 💀💀💀

    • @Writer_Productions_Map
      @Writer_Productions_Map 4 дня назад +1

      ​@@cvoopr Seeing how many people watch p, wouldn't be surprised anymore

  • @KenzFNYT
    @KenzFNYT Год назад +17

    Fun fact:
    I got an ad once showing the offline dinosaur game saying play online games now💀

  • @genesisknight9948
    @genesisknight9948 7 месяцев назад +4

    3:12 As a fellow human from Saskatchewan, I did not think that anyone would ever have a hard time pronouncing the name of our province.

  • @universe-_
    @universe-_ Год назад +12

    yo that customer service is W bro 😂

  • @Camphreneas
    @Camphreneas Год назад +13

    Any ad that has SlipperyT’s Jenny, or FuturisticHub involved is, and will ALWAYS be something you shouldn’t delve into XD
    Also, RUclips having to take down a video, with one of their *_OWN ADS_* being shown on the thumbnail, or in the video at all, while uncensored, truly says a lot about the state of ads being displayed on YT’s platform, and even they themselves indirectly thinks the ads they show are messed up to an extent.💀

  • @lonesouleater
    @lonesouleater Год назад +23

    0:39: Bro what was that laugh 💀?

    • @VilactEats5SnicklesEveryDay
      @VilactEats5SnicklesEveryDay 7 месяцев назад

      literally 87% of internet users use it for laughing, bts isn't special if they shit in a toilet

  • @PanzersnCricket
    @PanzersnCricket 4 месяца назад +3

    Bro at my school, if you put a music video on RUclips there's always an add in the top right saying "attractive women seeking companionship"💀💀💀

  • @mdasfak1329
    @mdasfak1329 5 месяцев назад +5

    1:02 love the grox alright bet

  • @BAHAHAHAHHH
    @BAHAHAHAHHH 26 дней назад +1

    "Brandon was a nice person, but he had one problem, he was too naive"
    -Brandons Wifes POV while telling him shes working but playing mc all day

  • @dasupremehusky
    @dasupremehusky Год назад +8

    ngl brandon is chill af

  • @MalaysianBallProductions
    @MalaysianBallProductions 8 месяцев назад +2

    Google Ads, should be sued for this, especially youtube themselves.

  • @duif九
    @duif九 Год назад +4

    "Time to stop harassing customer support" this make me laugh

  • @zacharyfayant5717
    @zacharyfayant5717 4 месяца назад +2

    Chuck trying to pronounce Saskatchewan is quite funny as a Canadian. I never think about how difficult some of our city names are to Americans

  • @Sniperspartan74
    @Sniperspartan74 Год назад +3

    “The Duper Trooper” just destroyed the fruity smp because it was so Pay-to-win (he’s the Batman of Minecraft servers 😂)

  • @TSKyanite
    @TSKyanite 11 месяцев назад +10

    I am going to say, although it was a bit expensive, Bisect does a lot of discounts, and I used it for a modded server with my friends. The staff there was actually really helpful when the server was having issues

  • @seemetta9811
    @seemetta9811 Год назад +15

    9:31 I got nothing to say

  • @PALICORN_HQ
    @PALICORN_HQ Год назад +4

    funny thing is last time they Restricted his video for the ads shown in the video, WHICH the yotube THEMSELVES allowed to show,
    How Ironic isn't it?

  • @duif九
    @duif九 Год назад +8

    4:51 why does it look like the iron golem hit Jonesy's balls

  • @MrGamerX48
    @MrGamerX48 8 месяцев назад +1

    The fact that I know the video of the thumbnail and know it WAS on youtube at some point truly goes to show how unantended I and many people were as kids

  • @PDartmaster2011
    @PDartmaster2011 Год назад +27

    A moment of silence for this man. he sacrificed his mental health for our entertainment.

  • @ThePsycho-j6m
    @ThePsycho-j6m 10 месяцев назад +9

    Brandon deserved better than a free server for his wife

  • @LimePopsicles
    @LimePopsicles Год назад +23

    YOOOO THATS ME AT 7:30

  • @icommitdie8756
    @icommitdie8756 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love how your editing style manages to stay in the year 2018, amazing

  • @fasty93
    @fasty93 10 месяцев назад +3

    3:05 🤓um actually stardew valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" actually had some trouble with a stardew valley quiz devs don't always know everything about their game like the playerbase does

  • @GalaxyYT-
    @GalaxyYT- Год назад +16

    0:02 this ad is everywhere

  • @Nicovonstorken
    @Nicovonstorken Год назад +6

    Posting this glorious video in November gotta be a crime

  • @ryeoma
    @ryeoma Год назад +15

    3:48 "crotch" 💀

    • @Aezzy
      @Aezzy 11 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂

  • @Koifishyoutube
    @Koifishyoutube Год назад +16

    Bro at 2:13 he makes the most true statement. I got deep respect.

  • @SpicyUSB
    @SpicyUSB Год назад +20

    We need to get Chuck Nasty an ad blocker😂

    • @MCCamels
      @MCCamels Год назад +4

      Your Auto-Correct changed it to "add blocker"

    • @SpicyUSB
      @SpicyUSB Год назад +1

      @@MCCamels tnx

  • @SCP-457-
    @SCP-457- Год назад +2

    youtube ads can have the most inappropriate picture but youtubers cant say "shit" without getting demonitised

  • @plasmaflippy9376
    @plasmaflippy9376 10 месяцев назад +7

    That lgbt server is famous for using their players like wallets

  • @Biologyman63
    @Biologyman63 Год назад +2

    “Bro you can’t beat up your wife”
    “Ofc I can, I have over 5 million power in rise of kin-“

  • @Val-j8w
    @Val-j8w 8 месяцев назад +3

    0:07 well uh that was unexpected

  • @vivvi6099
    @vivvi6099 Год назад +1

    Yet another reason I will never regret having YT premium, I haven't seen an ad in like 6 years

  • @joyfulstone
    @joyfulstone Год назад +8

    the censored ad showed really quickly: 9:47

    • @AngelPlaysGamesYT
      @AngelPlaysGamesYT Год назад +3

      Ayo sus 🤨

    • @CoolDaPosts028
      @CoolDaPosts028 7 месяцев назад

      Bro i saw it

    • @littlefox3099
      @littlefox3099 5 месяцев назад

      Not futuristichub 😭🔫

    • @casultaser
      @casultaser 4 месяца назад

      Make sure to set the video to 720p60 or 1080p60, and use 0.25x playback speed to get a better shot at pausing on the correct framr

  • @TheWizardsOfOz
    @TheWizardsOfOz Год назад +2

    You are so funny, I had a blast... with that employees mom at work.

  • @karimrakhmatullim-zx6ou
    @karimrakhmatullim-zx6ou Год назад +7

    8:09 ncs invincible

  • @canmum_ok
    @canmum_ok Год назад +1

    Literally the reason why people use ad blocker so they never have their eye removed permanently.
    But no. RUclips doesn't allow those types of things but let us suffer by seeing weird ah ads.

  • @zartblack
    @zartblack 10 месяцев назад +6

    4:30 moto gang for sure bro

  • @Mrhorse8761
    @Mrhorse8761 10 месяцев назад +1

    Respect this guy for going through these cringy apps

  • @Useott
    @Useott Год назад +9

    10:23 WAIT THAT'S IGEBM'S BLOG I KNOW HIM (I'm a member on PlanetMinecraft, but i make skins and resource packs instead of blogs)

  • @SillySonka91
    @SillySonka91 9 месяцев назад +1

    That last server might get shut down due to events correlated with me…

  • @CannonKid
    @CannonKid Год назад +25

    Chuck, thank you so much, you are such a great RUclipsr! Your videos are great! Have a good day!

  • @Ambedge
    @Ambedge 11 месяцев назад +1

    2:03 I’m surprised you got results videoes in french and (3:13) I realized you didn’t travel in Canada

  • @mvplaying9987
    @mvplaying9987 Год назад +18

    Big respect for wasting your braincells just for entertaining us❤

  • @cookiemantv1411
    @cookiemantv1411 Год назад +2

    "bro when did I become a bee keeper" Killed me

  • @ppggddtt1170
    @ppggddtt1170 Год назад +2

    RUclips when ads show quite slightly explicit pictures to promote shitty scams : i sleep
    RUclips when a youtuber play a copyrighted song for 0.1 : real shit?

  • @kakarot3963
    @kakarot3963 Год назад +4

    I respect that hustle Brandon

  • @mattandreact691
    @mattandreact691 4 месяца назад +1

    Btw just saying, ads are not URL checked, and when you click it you go through a ip grabber very quickly and then it sends you to website like the servers list and stuff. It really evil

    • @GamingCoderzX
      @GamingCoderzX 2 месяца назад

      every website does that, ip grabber is common.

  • @Paradisegeometrydash
    @Paradisegeometrydash Месяц назад +3

    6:23 Is that illegal?!?

  • @nelsiventura3504
    @nelsiventura3504 2 месяца назад +2

    C. Notch 😊
    B. Scotch 😐
    D. Splotch 🤨
    A. Crotch 💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @wilbertvanlanen8500
    @wilbertvanlanen8500 Год назад +6

    How does this masterpiece not have a billion views yet

  • @Crombka
    @Crombka 11 месяцев назад +4

    cantolupe moment 8:02

  • @ApertureDemonOfficial
    @ApertureDemonOfficial Месяц назад

    the part when he said Alrightt bett.. Made me laugh

  • @Peeby
    @Peeby Год назад +3

    Deja vu at its finest

  • @fujin008
    @fujin008 10 месяцев назад +1

    I just realized the server chuck was playing at 6:27 was based off solo leveling the anime

  • @CCCPRusRus
    @CCCPRusRus Год назад +8

    3:12 As a Canadian, I can confirm that is the easiest name to pronounce 😂

  • @SportsShortsA
    @SportsShortsA Год назад +2

    RUclips taking down someone’s vid because of their own ads is the most RUclips thing they could’ve done

  • @Lavande420
    @Lavande420 Год назад +4

    Saskatchewan is a goated province. Regina is beautiful

    • @ZeKingSG
      @ZeKingSG Год назад

      Regina? more like V-
      (I’m so unfunny akfkqkncnqm)

    • @Lavande420
      @Lavande420 Год назад

      @@ZeKingSG Virgin V*gina Fan vs Chad Regina Enjoyer 💀

  • @necromancer1436
    @necromancer1436 Год назад +1

    ok lowkey that one server where you pick ur class and just fight looked kinda fun ngl

  • @RumblySkate1286
    @RumblySkate1286 Год назад +15

    its always a good day when chuck nasty uploads

  • @MR_GoldenRobloxian
    @MR_GoldenRobloxian 10 месяцев назад

    0:06 fairly certain this was out on RUclips, before swiftly being taken down and the youtuber being banned of the platform

  • @jonnjacob
    @jonnjacob Год назад +10

    0:44 Nice supra you got their villager

  • @hello33368YT
    @hello33368YT Год назад +1

    Crazy those ads are put infront of children...

  • @eliyananmintesnot2732
    @eliyananmintesnot2732 Год назад +9

    I like pandas

  • @roroo
    @roroo 5 месяцев назад

    That customer support guy was actually funny asl 😂

  • @Xavix0024
    @Xavix0024 10 месяцев назад +4

    terraria servers are already free 💀 1:10

  • @peggygawel7244
    @peggygawel7244 8 месяцев назад

    Him: Searches minecraft
    RUclips: ah yes. Here is an ad with a Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus

  • @RidgeLinden
    @RidgeLinden Год назад +4

    classic chuck top tier content

  • @StevenMcSteve
    @StevenMcSteve 13 дней назад

    6:01 minewind isn't a girl only server, I remember me and a friend playing on it for a bit, it's just a standard anarchy server

  • @DumbCrumbFR
    @DumbCrumbFR 10 месяцев назад +6

    0:49 this is the most unhinged customer support I’ve ever seen

  • @mrdoor12323
    @mrdoor12323 Год назад +1

    I think bro is starting to enjoy it

  • @viktoriyamokhnatyuk4665
    @viktoriyamokhnatyuk4665 11 месяцев назад +4

    in 11:07 it is not a metaphor but a simile.

  • @MrFruitSnak
    @MrFruitSnak Год назад

    I have literally gotten that "wife spends too much time in the bathroom" one

  • @kend8723
    @kend8723 Год назад +3

    10:09 its a simili not a metaphor because it uses like or as

  • @holeshimmer
    @holeshimmer Год назад +1

    brandon got it rough bro 💀

  • @CrazedKen
    @CrazedKen Год назад +4

    12:51 i remember seeing that this was p2w and someone duped because they were p2w.

  • @aeoifjapefijl
    @aeoifjapefijl Год назад

    dang you made me feel unexpectedly old by saying "school's old ass macbooks" because my school didn't have em but just classic olllllllld fashioned computers

  • @ChickenisaBirdOG
    @ChickenisaBirdOG Год назад +6

    A part of Ulysses:
    Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned:
    -Introibo ad altare Dei.
    Halted, he peered down the dark winding stairs and called out coarsely:
    -Come up, Kinch! Come up, you fearful jesuit!
    Solemnly he came forward and mounted the round gunrest. He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower, the surrounding land and the awaking mountains. Then, catching sight of Stephen Dedalus, he bent towards him and made rapid crosses in the air, gurgling in his throat and shaking his head. Stephen Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms on the top of the staircase and looked coldly at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, equine in its length, and at the light untonsured hair, grained and hued like pale oak.
    Buck Mulligan peeped an instant under the mirror and then covered the bowl smartly.
    -Back to barracks! he said sternly.
    He added in a preacher’s tone:
    -For this, O dearly beloved, is the genuine Christine: body and soul and blood and ouns. Slow music, please. Shut your eyes, gents. One moment. A little trouble about those white corpuscles. Silence, all.
    He peered sideways up and gave a long slow whistle of call, then paused awhile in rapt attention, his even white teeth glistening here and there with gold points. Chrysostomos. Two strong shrill whistles answered through the calm.
    -Thanks, old chap, he cried briskly. That will do nicely. Switch off the current, will you?
    He skipped off the gunrest and looked gravely at his watcher, gathering about his legs the loose folds of his gown. The plump shadowed face and sullen oval jowl recalled a prelate, patron of arts in the middle ages. A pleasant smile broke quietly over his lips.
    -The mockery of it! he said gaily. Your absurd name, an ancient Greek!
    He pointed his finger in friendly jest and went over to the parapet, laughing to himself. Stephen Dedalus stepped up, followed him wearily halfway and sat down on the edge of the gunrest, watching him still as he propped his mirror on the parapet, dipped the brush in the bowl and lathered cheeks and neck.
    Buck Mulligan’s gay voice went on.
    -My name is absurd too: Malachi Mulligan, two dactyls. But it has a Hellenic ring, hasn’t it? Tripping and sunny like the buck himself. We must go to Athens. Will you come if I can get the aunt to fork out twenty quid?
    He laid the brush aside and, laughing with delight, cried:
    -Will he come? The jejune jesuit!
    Ceasing, he began to shave with care.
    -Tell me, Mulligan, Stephen said quietly.
    -Yes, my love?
    -How long is Haines going to stay in this tower?
    Buck Mulligan showed a shaven cheek over his right shoulder.
    -God, isn’t he dreadful? he said frankly. A ponderous Saxon. He thinks you’re not a gentleman. God, these bloody English! Bursting with money and indigestion. Because he comes from Oxford. You know, Dedalus, you have the real Oxford manner. He can’t make you out. O, my name for you is the best: Kinch, the knife-blade.
    He shaved warily over his chin.
    -He was raving all night about a black panther, Stephen said. Where is his guncase?
    -A woful lunatic! Mulligan said. Were you in a funk?
    -I was, Stephen said with energy and growing fear. Out here in the dark with a man I don’t know raving and moaning to himself about shooting a black panther. You saved men from drowning. I’m not a hero, however. If he stays on here I am off.
    Buck Mulligan frowned at the lather on his razorblade. He hopped down from his perch and began to search his trouser pockets hastily.
    -Scutter! he cried thickly.
    He came over to the gunrest and, thrusting a hand into Stephen’s upper pocket, said:
    -Lend us a loan of your noserag to wipe my razor.
    Stephen suffered him to pull out and hold up on show by its corner a dirty crumpled handkerchief. Buck Mulligan wiped the razorblade neatly. Then, gazing over the handkerchief, he said:
    -The bard’s noserag! A new art colour for our Irish poets: snotgreen. You can almost taste it, can’t you?
    He mounted to the parapet again and gazed out over Dublin bay, his fair oakpale hair stirring slightly.
    -God! he said quietly. Isn’t the sea what Algy calls it: a great sweet mother? The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea. Epi oinopa ponton. Ah, Dedalus, the Greeks! I must teach you. You must read them in the original. Thalatta! Thalatta! She is our great sweet mother. Come and look.
    Stephen stood up and went over to the parapet. Leaning on it he looked down on the water and on the mailboat clearing the harbourmouth of Kingstown.
    -Our mighty mother! Buck Mulligan said.
    He turned abruptly his grey searching eyes from the sea to Stephen’s face.
    -The aunt thinks you killed your mother, he said. That’s why she won’t let me have anything to do with you.
    -Someone killed her, Stephen said gloomily.
    -You could have knelt down, damn it, Kinch, when your dying mother asked you, Buck Mulligan said. I’m hyperborean as much as you. But to think of your mother begging you with her last breath to kneel down and pray for her. And you refused. There is something sinister in you....
    He broke off and lathered again lightly his farther cheek. A tolerant smile curled his lips.
    -But a lovely mummer! he murmured to himself. Kinch, the loveliest mummer of them all!
    He shaved evenly and with care, in silence, seriously.
    Stephen, an elbow rested on the jagged granite, leaned his palm against his brow and gazed at the fraying edge of his shiny black coat-sleeve. Pain, that was not yet the pain of love, fretted his heart. Silently, in a dream she had come to him after her death, her wasted body within its loose brown graveclothes giving off an odour of wax and rosewood, her breath, that had bent upon him, mute, reproachful, a faint odour of wetted ashes. Across the threadbare cuffedge he saw the sea hailed as a great sweet mother by the wellfed voice beside him. The ring of bay and skyline held a dull green mass of liquid. A bowl of white china had stood beside her deathbed holding the green sluggish bile which she had torn up from her rotting liver by fits of loud groaning vomiting.
    Buck Mulligan wiped again his razorblade.
    -Ah, poor dogsbody! he said in a kind voice. I must give you a shirt and a few noserags. How are the secondhand breeks?
    -They fit well enough, Stephen answered.
    Buck Mulligan attacked the hollow beneath his underlip.
    -The mockery of it, he said contentedly. Secondleg they should be. God knows what poxy bowsy left them off. I have a lovely pair with a hair stripe, grey. You’ll look spiffing in them. I’m not joking, Kinch. You look damn well when you’re dressed.
    -Thanks, Stephen said. I can’t wear them if they are grey.
    -He can’t wear them, Buck Mulligan told his face in the mirror. Etiquette is etiquette. He kills his mother but he can’t wear grey trousers.
    He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.
    Stephen turned his gaze from the sea and to the plump face with its smokeblue mobile eyes.
    -That fellow I was with in the Ship last night, said Buck Mulligan, says you have g. p. i. He’s up in Dottyville with Connolly Norman. General paralysis of the insane!
    He swept the mirror a half circle in the air to flash the tidings abroad in sunlight now radiant on the sea. His curling shaven lips laughed and the edges of his white glittering teeth. Laughter seized all his strong wellknit trunk.
    -Look at yourself, he said, you dreadful bard!
    Stephen bent forward and peered at the mirror held out to him, cleft by a crooked crack. Hair on end. As he and others see me. Who chose this face for me? This dogsbody to rid of vermin. It asks me too.
    -I pinched it out of the skivvy’s room, Buck Mulligan said. It does her all right. The aunt always keeps plainlooking servants for Malachi. Lead him not into temptation. And her name is Ursula.
    Laughing again, he brought the mirror away from Stephen’s peering eyes.
    -The rage of Caliban at not seeing his face in a mirror, he said. If Wilde were only alive to see you!
    Drawing back and pointing, Stephen said with bitterness:
    -It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked lookingglass of a servant.
    Buck Mulligan suddenly linked his arm in Stephen’s and walked with him round the tower, his razor and mirror clacking in the pocket where he had thrust them.
    -It’s not fair to tease you like that, Kinch, is it? he said kindly. God knows you have more spirit than any of them.
    Parried again. He fears the lancet of my art as I fear that of his. The cold steel pen.
    -Cracked lookingglass of a servant! Tell that to the oxy chap downstairs and touch him for a guinea. He’s stinking with money and thinks you’re not a gentleman. His old fellow made his tin by selling jalap to Zulus or some bloody swindle or other. God, Kinch, if you and I could only work together we might do something for the island. Hellenise it.
    Cranly’s arm. His arm.
    -And to think of your having to beg from these swine. I’m the only one that knows what you are. Why don’t you trust me more? What have you up your nose against me? Is it Haines? If he makes any noise here I’ll bring down Seymour and we’ll give him a ragging worse than they gave Clive Kempthorpe.