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  • @ShortHax
    @ShortHax 2 года назад +8014

    Every IT problem gets solved in a community board website from 2009

    • @seventeen777
      @seventeen777 2 года назад +254

      Damn 3 bots in a row, that's impressive

    • @Revengeance_
      @Revengeance_ 2 года назад +35

      Sounds like car forums

    • @ThatBugBehindYou
      @ThatBugBehindYou 2 года назад +149

      because all the modern issues solved in the current decade just have the original poster saying "solved it" and closing the thread with nothing else.

    • @cinnamon4183
      @cinnamon4183 2 года назад +153

      Correction: someone in 2009 had the same vague error message as you
      User replys "Thanks I solved it" with 0 explanation of what solved it

    • @AWOOGO
      @AWOOGO 2 года назад +83

      But the worst part is "Thanks guys i fixed it!" With no information on how it got fixed

  • @RonaldFinger
    @RonaldFinger 2 года назад +9202

    The only thing worse is when they do figure out a fix and just say "nvm got it working"

    • @GoTeamScotch
      @GoTeamScotch 2 года назад +794

      Or when the first page of google results is from forums where other users are telling the OP to stop being lazy and Google it.

    • @dshcfh
      @dshcfh 2 года назад +495

      Or "Why don't you google it and click on the first thing that pops up"
      Uh... you mean this thread that I am reading right now?

    • @kokonutmilkshake703
      @kokonutmilkshake703 2 года назад +158

      This is giving me unpleasant flashbacks to when I first started out coding
      (That was a lie, I still can't figure out why my code isn't working and when it works, I also dk why)

    • @audio_boys
      @audio_boys 2 года назад +8

      NOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @silverblaize
      @silverblaize 2 года назад +169

      "nvm got it working"
      Yes, but HOW? TELL US WHAT DID YOU DO SO WE CAN DO IT TOO!

  • @austinburt9058
    @austinburt9058 2 года назад +1481

    I will never again hunt down obscure tech bugs again without thinking of this video. Most relatable video I've ever seen. It captures the hopelessness and abandonment in a way I never thought possible. 10/10 love your stuff Joel

    • @BrokenSymetry
      @BrokenSymetry 2 года назад +51

      Nothing feels quite as lonely then realizing no one on the entire internet can help you with your tech problem

    • @jenm1
      @jenm1 Год назад +1

      My exact thoughts, and condolences

    • @superkewlyoutuber2927
      @superkewlyoutuber2927 Год назад

      exactly like my escape key only works on some programs on mac,

  • @Corrupted
    @Corrupted 2 года назад +338

    Even worse: a lot of people have the same problem and you find 10 different solutions, each of them has dozens of people commenting "thank god, this one worked for me!" and you just keep going like a lone wanderer and keep finding more problems along the way - parts of the interface are just missing for you for some reason and you dig deeper into more and more weird issues no one can help you with until you're about to cry

    • @machete660
      @machete660 Год назад +52

      Yeah. Like ‘Step 4: click “Advanced Settings”’ but there’s no advanced settings option anywhere to be found

    • @Corrupted
      @Corrupted Год назад +31

      @@machete660 Lmao exactly - Now you're looking for help on why the setting is missing, digging deeper and deeper until you don't even remember why you were looking for a fix in the first place

    • @Not_the_Panque
      @Not_the_Panque Год назад +5

      Still haven't been able to change my Microsoft account, found a guy who had every problem I faced till the last part of the interface missing, chatted and somehow the guy solved it, told me the solution and still didn't work. At least I can proudly say I'm the person with the most bugged Microsoft account in the world.

    • @AnoNymous-dh2sv
      @AnoNymous-dh2sv Год назад +1

      if it's a youtube video, many of those are scams, fake accounts commenting to generate traffic.

    • @SCNewbCaster
      @SCNewbCaster Год назад +8

      "Select menu and click on the advanced settings." Then you select menu and the advanced settings option is greyed out and you have no idea why.

  • @DarkestDawnZK
    @DarkestDawnZK 2 года назад +5029

    “Who? Who are the 12 people who found this helpful??”
    I felt that. I FELT that.

    • @GruppeSechs
      @GruppeSechs 2 года назад +70

      The same people who click Dislike on this video. Agents of CHAOS.

    • @snaip6874
      @snaip6874 2 года назад +22

      Cats, mostly.

    • @TheReapergod36
      @TheReapergod36 2 года назад +1

      YES!

    • @darkslayer1161
      @darkslayer1161 2 года назад +3

      Are you one of the chosen 12?!

    • @darkslayer1161
      @darkslayer1161 2 года назад

      Is Joel, Jesus in this scenario? Is he your Messiah?

  • @DadaIorian
    @DadaIorian 2 года назад +2520

    Joel finds the coolest locations for these sketches.

    • @CannaCJ
      @CannaCJ 2 года назад +14

      Cities are just crap is all. Places like these are everywhere cities aren’t.

    • @sinisterthoughts2896
      @sinisterthoughts2896 2 года назад +31

      @@CannaCJ not really, the tunnel was not natural.

    • @thechroniclesofthesuperhob167
      @thechroniclesofthesuperhob167 2 года назад +28

      @26 mic wasn’t a fan.

    • @jacobburch7555
      @jacobburch7555 2 года назад +20

      @26 mic bruh you have no videos and the videos shown on the home tab arent yours

    • @Faisal-jo5vk
      @Faisal-jo5vk 2 года назад +2

      literally just a forest

  • @tommeakin1732
    @tommeakin1732 2 года назад +189

    It's strangely comforting knowing how relatable this is to literally everyone lol

  • @Bendoverstoke
    @Bendoverstoke 2 года назад +113

    This perfectly expresses a minor problem that feels so overwhelmingly tragic when it happens to you.

  • @Cyranek
    @Cyranek 2 года назад +2086

    guy with original problem posts "nvm fixed it" but with no solution

    • @acomingextinction
      @acomingextinction 2 года назад +120

      a crime against humanity.

    • @maybetomorrowmaybe
      @maybetomorrowmaybe 2 года назад +33

      are your guys shift keys not working eithER? ow my nose

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious 2 года назад +15

      This is what is in the number one spot in those top ten anime betrayals compilations

    • @mxn36
      @mxn36 2 года назад +20

      I thought that's where this was going. That he was just going to say he figured it out and walk away.

    • @sindex
      @sindex 2 года назад +12

      special place in hell for those people...

  • @UselessDuckCompany
    @UselessDuckCompany 2 года назад +3925

    I really like the atmosphere and emotion in this one. I have felt this situation so many times in my life.

    • @Weelneel
      @Weelneel 2 года назад +3

      joel's vocal cadence get's better every vid1111 super powerful1 can't wait for the next one11

    • @myda881
      @myda881 2 года назад

      You should start making some more inventions!

    • @therealwillsmith
      @therealwillsmith 2 года назад +10

      bots are really hitting the joel comments section hard

    • @michaelclarke1716
      @michaelclarke1716 2 года назад

      I agree. Where was he at when he filmed this? Scenery is beautiful

    • @babybirdhome
      @babybirdhome 2 года назад +1

      @@therealwillsmith they hit every channel with any views that doesn’t moderate the heck out of their comments. :(

  • @hasiumcreeper5384
    @hasiumcreeper5384 2 года назад +47

    Whoever was playing Katy from Microsoft support nailed that sad smile at 3:30. It's like she wanted to help him but knew there was no way to do so.

  • @thatonekid100
    @thatonekid100 2 года назад +77

    so he was in a old forum the whole time. thats pretty cool

    • @DonRoyalX
      @DonRoyalX 2 года назад +5

      Yeah haha the whole starting bit of him walking is him scrolling through tons of forums and sites before finally finding what he’s looking for lol it’s so witty

  • @gonzomiller1720
    @gonzomiller1720 2 года назад +3363

    God this is so accurate. There's always that problem that no one ever had but you and that other guy on the forums from 12 years ago, that either comments "solved" and says nothing more, or simply got ignored by everyone on the forums.

    • @TheMrPankakes
      @TheMrPankakes 2 года назад +244

      PM’d you the fix

    • @ZicajosProductions
      @ZicajosProductions 2 года назад +213

      @@TheMrPankakes I never understood people like that. Completely defeats the purpose of a forum post being in a forum.

    • @dr.mailman
      @dr.mailman 2 года назад +108

      @@ZicajosProductions It's so no one can get an edge over me

    • @gearoidoconnell5729
      @gearoidoconnell5729 2 года назад +7

      This happens to me after the windows 10 update that chrome stop work and has use Edge. I try everything i.e. clear DNS work for 1 minute and stop work again. But end up use Edge. Chrome starts work again when M$ change Edge to Chrome So clear the knows about bugs as the fix it.

    • @rumory
      @rumory 2 года назад +13

      @@dr.mailman they say knowledge gets you power but you're not getting either

  • @TrentLenkarski
    @TrentLenkarski 2 года назад +1226

    Sometimes you just have to live with the double shift nose error. Just know you’re not alone ❤️

    • @jinxedpuppy
      @jinxedpuppy 2 года назад +22

      Hi Trent :)

    • @TrentLenkarski
      @TrentLenkarski 2 года назад +19

      @@jinxedpuppy Hello! : )

    • @cappuccinovonswagmeister1050
      @cappuccinovonswagmeister1050 2 года назад +4

      When you're in the woods looking for PC solutions, you're never alone.

    • @JW-qd3ol
      @JW-qd3ol 2 года назад +4

      Hi Trent

    • @Mosamania
      @Mosamania 2 года назад +13

      Your voice is so distinctive that I read this in your voice like it is one of your videos. By the way I love your videos.

  • @KingSulley
    @KingSulley 2 года назад +54

    The one time somebody does respond it's:
    "So what did you do to solve it?"
    "I'm surprised you found this old thread! Well, after I made that post 5 years ago I moved out of my van and went to live with my ex-wife. She had a Mac. -Random guy from Tom's hardware forum.

  • @cujotwentysix7519
    @cujotwentysix7519 2 года назад +72

    Man Darcy's acting as the fire was impeccable. A true talent

    • @AdezeosClips
      @AdezeosClips 2 года назад +14

      Never thought I'd see the Fairbairns in a Haver video

    • @FolstrimHori
      @FolstrimHori 2 года назад +3

      Wrong channel but lmao

  • @sifyre
    @sifyre 2 года назад +1553

    "Who are these 12 people?"
    In stitches. The delivery of Joel's punchlines are amazing.

    • @thebluedragon493
      @thebluedragon493 2 года назад

      @26 mic the idea of your name and the fact that I found this reply and it says 26 minutes ago is some coincidental bullshit

    • @omolattayvideos
      @omolattayvideos 2 года назад +1

      I also make skits :)

    • @hugofontes5708
      @hugofontes5708 2 года назад

      It was a line and it punched me in the gut but I didn't realize it was supposed to be a punchline

    • @Rhomagus
      @Rhomagus 2 года назад

      The same twelve people that decide the fate of the planet.

    • @subtledemisefox
      @subtledemisefox 2 года назад

      @@Rhomagus The Wisemen's Committee

  • @poshko41
    @poshko41 2 года назад +486

    This is actually what Microsoft tech support forums feel like. They’re weirdly more sterile and almost offensively less helpful than most forums…

    • @dameonk
      @dameonk 2 года назад +37

      I find a lot of 3rd party IT forums equally hostile, but in the opposite way. Microsoft will have a lot of useless solutions and people saying they tried everything. 3rd party sites will have zero solutions and the case marked as [Solved]. Then when you try to find out what the fix was you get told you need to post your own logs, even if it's literally the same issue.

    • @sundaynightdrunk
      @sundaynightdrunk 2 года назад +29

      And the "12 people found this helpful" is so damn true. I'll see a dumb, generic answer from the Microsoft person assigned to that forum and it'll have that below it. IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. HOW IS IT HELPFUL?

    • @ForeverZer0
      @ForeverZer0 2 года назад +31

      Sooooo true, the MS forums are abysmally awful. In over a decade, I don't recall having ever found a helpful response on them. I still occasionally misclick a search result that leads me to one, and each time am still surprised how they can be so bad after scanning over a lengthy (repetitive) thread that answers nothing in the end.
      Answers are generally answered in such an obtuse manner, without any context to the original question. They don't bother taking into account whether the person asking is competent and obviously tech-savvy, or an old grandma who is asking how to minimize a window, they answer it the same way regardless.

    • @5h4d0w5l1f3
      @5h4d0w5l1f3 2 года назад +1

      EA forums be worse, they just get mad at you

    • @JimmyJoeBob
      @JimmyJoeBob 2 года назад +3

      "We already have your money, why should we help you?" ~Joe McCeo

  • @samgee500
    @samgee500 2 года назад +25

    My favorite part is the look on Katie's face as she stares back at Joel through the fire 🤣

  • @jinxed7915
    @jinxed7915 Год назад +7

    Katie's delivery, expressions, everything is just perfect.
    Also, that stare, Jesus. Katie has absolutely killed someone in the woods before and hid their body.

  • @rohingill1032
    @rohingill1032 2 года назад +704

    The way Joel builds up in despair and finally burts into tears has me crying with him every single time

  • @qikink1
    @qikink1 2 года назад +1490

    The sheer panic and horror behind the "who!? who are these twelve people?" was breathtaking.
    This is such a weird piece of trivia and it's hard to find good info, but this video has one of the most incredible like/dislike ratios of anything I can find. Not Pop Music Video smash hits, not heartfelt reunions of familymembers, not rousing speeches by beloved orators, nothing is as universally appreciated by its youtube audience.

    • @tojiroh
      @tojiroh 2 года назад +1

      "No, you're breathtaking!"

    • @paulroche6969
      @paulroche6969 2 года назад +1

      I hadn't noticed it until I looked at your comment, but holy crap you're right; .18% dislike rate.

    • @75hilmar
      @75hilmar 2 года назад

      Is this Oregon or Maine? 😂

    • @f3ynman44
      @f3ynman44 2 года назад +8

      @@paulroche6969 sadly one can't see the dislikes anymore 😢

    • @taterpussy3825
      @taterpussy3825 2 года назад +7

      @@f3ynman44 Oh my god, finally. Someone with the same problem. May I ask, what did you do to resolve this!?

  • @BrokenSymetry
    @BrokenSymetry 2 года назад +13

    This video captures perfectly that moment of despair and loneliness when you realize it's actually been five years and the one person you thought could help you is long gone with no solution to offer..

  • @tuddgrimley8532
    @tuddgrimley8532 2 года назад +10

    The words, "For the last week, I've been sending work emails" carried such a pure tone of genuine desperation, I nearly shed tears of empathy. Very well done

  • @Sam_995
    @Sam_995 2 года назад +346

    The scariest part is that this is based off a true story

    • @Encysted
      @Encysted 2 года назад +8

      Many, many stories, in fact, and how I wish it wasn't.

  • @PgLangGang
    @PgLangGang 2 года назад +960

    “I don’t know if people think I’m quiet, or like a child-baby.”😂😂😂

    • @DadaIorian
      @DadaIorian 2 года назад +5

      😂 Because that’s exactly what we think when we see all lowercase.

    • @MrMongoose221
      @MrMongoose221 2 года назад

      Made me lol too

    • @100dead
      @100dead 2 года назад +7

      holy fucking shit there's so many spam posts

  • @StoryMode180
    @StoryMode180 2 года назад +9

    Joel, this is a masterpiece
    This resonates with me and I presume thousands of others on a level I didn't think possible.

  • @GenericInternetter
    @GenericInternetter 2 года назад +4

    The writing and acting is so perfect. The timing is astonishingly good. Just listen to the part where they're both describing the keyboard problem to each other.

  • @CyberScoundrel
    @CyberScoundrel 2 года назад +804

    Joel I’m not sure if you can read this but I’m actually a version of you from the future here to tell you that you are in fact handsome, always have been handsome, and quite frankly Joel I do not think the handsomeness will ever subside. This is your first and final warning. Please do not change anything about your handsome nature, life is pretty good right now on account of the handsome thing so if you could keep that going I’d probably be grateful or at the very least pretty okay about it and maybe even accepting of it

    • @Joel-Haver
      @Joel-Haver  2 года назад +518

      Thank you me from the future, this is very useful to know. I will continue being handsome because of this knowledge.

    • @CyberScoundrel
      @CyberScoundrel 2 года назад +110

      @@Joel-Haver that is okay me from the past, it’s pretty great being handsome, especially if you’re in the past present or future (including tax)

    • @CyberScoundrel
      @CyberScoundrel 2 года назад +25

      @Lèmon Lēe it hurts because it’s true :(

    • @thephoenixsystem6765
      @thephoenixsystem6765 2 года назад +14

      @Lèmon Lēe I disagree, it made me chuckle. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it right up, ya big dingus!

    • @TheMyNeooo
      @TheMyNeooo 2 года назад +10

      @26 mic dude you have a second acc too? Stop the self promote spam... already wrote that to your 30k subs acc.

  • @irishcoffee
    @irishcoffee 2 года назад +283

    Katy sounds all business, but you can see in her eyes that she knows the futility of what she's doing.

    • @k3l0gg24
      @k3l0gg24 2 года назад +19

      Painful bureaucratic empathy.

    • @DrKaii
      @DrKaii Год назад

      ​@@k3l0gg24 ah the good ol pbe

  • @artiemilano378
    @artiemilano378 2 года назад +9

    The "I'm still here with one other person but the other person is just a lifeless bot on loop, so I'm really not here with anybody at all so I guess I'll maintain curteousy and make small talk with technical support while I continue to roll around in my own mud of self pity" type acting you pull at the end of this video is fucking genius. Love you.

  • @katerspam
    @katerspam Год назад +1

    I keep coming back for a re-watch.
    This is a true gem

  • @kaizenkltr
    @kaizenkltr 2 года назад +304

    "12 people found this helpful"
    Who? Who are these 12 people??
    TOO ACCURATE

    • @oldcowbb
      @oldcowbb 2 года назад +2

      @ᴍᴇᴛᴢɢᴇʀᴍᴇɪᴤᴛᴇʀ don't even check next time

    • @jimj3700
      @jimj3700 2 года назад

      @@oldcowbb @ᴍᴇᴛᴢɢᴇʀᴍᴇɪᴤᴛᴇʀ Yeah, good advice. Don't give these bots any clicks/views.

  • @cyberbug578
    @cyberbug578 2 года назад +297

    I’m very impressed that Joel can make himself cry like that

    • @snipdizzle
      @snipdizzle 2 года назад +50

      I'm sure it's not that difficult to tap into the frustration that one builds up over time from having to hold down both shift keys and press the third key with your nose

    • @KrepsyK
      @KrepsyK 2 года назад +11

      Nah man that was real sadness. That was true "IT problems and no fix" sadness.

    • @MrCheezeNip
      @MrCheezeNip 2 года назад +5

      All he has to do is think of his father....

    • @keithdick3720
      @keithdick3720 2 года назад +14

      ​@@MrCheezeNip unnecessary insensitive

    • @jacobderp1667
      @jacobderp1667 2 года назад +3

      @@keithdick3720 Its how I do it.

  • @dovidstaples9985
    @dovidstaples9985 2 года назад +5

    It's amazing how Joel tells these weird quirky stories that are 100% relatable on a level you'd never think of

  • @aaronsalenga3221
    @aaronsalenga3221 2 года назад +3

    This video was an emotional roller coaster-I was laughing, then crying, then had an existential crisis. I feel sorry for those who haven’t stumbled upon this work of art.

  • @gmartinez7004
    @gmartinez7004 2 года назад +422

    It’s weird that you can feel abandoned by someone you never met, talked to, or even knows you exist. Every time I see someone get advice on their question I’m like “please….please..update your answer and tell me if it worked, I don’t want to make an account 😔” then I realize how long ago someone else faced the issue and realize I’m just screwed.

    • @travv88
      @travv88 2 года назад +41

      Whenever I figure out how to do some annoying thing for computers I go to the video I learned it from and confirm it, and comment the solution on a few other videos.
      Comments like that have helped me in the past.

    • @tobybartels8426
      @tobybartels8426 2 года назад +29

      @@travv88 : You're one of the world's heroes.

    • @dr.mailman
      @dr.mailman 2 года назад +8

      I've gone out of my way to make an account just to clearly explane how I solved it in my case. Its such a let down to only find theyve solved the problem 6 years ago and they don't want to tell anyone or follow up to the guy who said 2 years before me 'Same please help'...Long after I've forgotten maybe 9 years from someone's going to have that same issue and see that I got their back.

    • @kevgmei
      @kevgmei 2 года назад +3

      Or when you post a detailed question and just get banned half an hour later

    • @tula__
      @tula__ 2 года назад +1

      Ikr it's like they mostly probably dealt with a very different version than yours. All hopes go crashing down again. 😂

  • @faraga1
    @faraga1 2 года назад +161

    The completely useless answer from Microsoft hits the nail on the head. Had me rolling.

    • @EnigmaticRPG
      @EnigmaticRPG 2 года назад +2

      The Microsoft Tech Support team is made of volunteers and NOT representatives of Microsoft! Or am I thinking about the Google Help support? Either way, they usually ghost you after that first reply, too orz

    • @fprintf
      @fprintf 2 года назад +4

      And who the F@#$# are the 12 people that found this answer helpful g*ddammnit?!?

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious 2 года назад

      @@EnigmaticRPG You are correct in a way. They are contracted, usually very tech-illiterate people from a third world county just reading off a script. Big tech is so greedy and scummy they actively block "right-to-repair" activities, cripple help forums, hire the least-talented webpage developers to create low-effort pages that are designed to create confusion and force you off user-commentating, all to force customers to just buy a new product. It works, very well, and they will never stop.

  • @charliecharliecharlie26
    @charliecharliecharlie26 Год назад +1

    The tears !!! my god, you’re my favourite actor and creator rn, I’ve seen so many of your videos in the past few days that the image of your face just doesn’t leave my brain anymore, and I’m NOT complainin

  • @juda9954
    @juda9954 2 года назад +2

    This might be my favorite short film so far!

  • @AkuraTheAwesome
    @AkuraTheAwesome 2 года назад +397

    Once again, Joel is making the most relatable content on the platform.

    • @midnitestate
      @midnitestate 2 года назад +1

      The minute the girl started talking it hit my soul hard…we’ve all been there

    • @jakey477
      @jakey477 2 года назад +1

      I particularly find his visiting series to be relatable

  • @StuartRobertM
    @StuartRobertM 2 года назад +670

    Does anyone else get a sort of weird sadness when they see that someone they don't know has not been online for many years? It's hard to explain. Kind of like a "I'll never get to know them" feeling.

    • @zzzzzz-ti2rv
      @zzzzzz-ti2rv 2 года назад +11

      recently i really, really wanted to get to know this girl and realized she didnt want to know me and well it felt like shit when shr ghosted me

    • @normanaziz5600
      @normanaziz5600 2 года назад +117

      I've visited many abandoned forums of old games many times and I know this feeling all too well. 8+ years since the last post, some of the last ones talking about where everyone has been or a friend that has passed away. Many many promising projects that have long since been abandoned with the last post usually being the creator talking about a hardware or irl issue preventing them from continuing it. And here I am many years after the last person. Wandering around this ruin of what was a lively home for many. Breaks my heart to see places like this. But I guess that's just how life is. You gotta move on, cant stay in the same place forever now can you.

    • @bobbyconover
      @bobbyconover 2 года назад +41

      @Skyblue Flash 10 years from now someone will see this, and wonder how you're doing.

    • @Ranstone
      @Ranstone 2 года назад +19

      In that case, let's get to know the poster! How you doin', StuartRobertM? Hows your mental health? What are your dreams? How was your day? My favorite color is white and blue, and I tried to shoot a zipline out of a crossbow today. Doesn't work like in the movies. XP

    • @StuartRobertM
      @StuartRobertM 2 года назад +16

      @@RanstoneHello, bud. Thanks for asking but in all honesty I don't want to drone on about how broken my life is.
      Rather I want to know a lot more about you shooting a zipline out of a crossbow.
      Why were you doing it? Were you trying to put one up or just testing if it did work like in the movies and video games?
      I would love to see a video of it, btw. You got one or plan to make one?

  • @aaronsalenga3221
    @aaronsalenga3221 2 года назад +6

    This is a masterpiece.
    It had comedy, tragedy, and the duality of the human condition.
    And I am seriously impressed that he managed to get that one tear to roll down his cheek. Lol that was beautiful.

  • @WTFlulz1233
    @WTFlulz1233 2 года назад +1

    One month and 20+ watches later and I am still stunned at almost every single shot in this film. The expressions and movement, down to the perfect blinking and pacing every word. You can see all the effort that went into making this.

  • @samcormackk9849
    @samcormackk9849 2 года назад +243

    There's no greater bond in the human experience then this connection

  • @euphonyfff2316
    @euphonyfff2316 2 года назад +886

    Ok Katy from microsoft support has the BEST VOICE for this role like God damn it sounds like an automated message. The guy's face when he refuses to make eye contact and leaves is priceless too, so full of guilt and shame, not to mention Joel's consistent perfect acting which makes me think he just filmed a documentary. Why is EVERYBODY on this channel such good actors????

    • @retroxify
      @retroxify 2 года назад +43

      Good direction, I believe. Joel is Tarantino tier talent.

    • @WTFlulz1233
      @WTFlulz1233 2 года назад

      @@retroxify seconded, comment for visibility

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum 2 года назад +4

      They all do a good job of "awkward", as does everyone in Joel's videos. Even his RPG ones. I think that's tied to his age, the generation he's part of, where acting like you're awkward and helpless and don't know what to do, is de rigeur. Something something society something.
      Hopefully he'll grow out of it, though what sort of videos will he make then? What sort of man will Joel grow up into?

    • @qikink1
      @qikink1 2 года назад +14

      @@greenaum Tarantino was an apt comparison. Not every talented director needs to be Spielberg or Ford Coppola. If you're good enough at what you do, folks will let you keep making the gratuitously violent love letters to 70's pulp - or the deeply awkward and real interactions of modern-day humans in all their dysfunctional weirdness.

  • @Tirful
    @Tirful Год назад

    Those misty fields and woods at the start of this are beautiful - they'd be such a good location for a music video 🍃🍂

  • @andrewevenson2657
    @andrewevenson2657 2 года назад +1

    Ngl, this one cuts me deep. I really felt the “5 years ago”

  • @Unclevertitle
    @Unclevertitle 2 года назад +149

    It's these moments that make you feel incredibly close to someone you've never met and also inconceivably far away.

    • @staygreasy
      @staygreasy 2 года назад

      Never have I felt so close to another soul
      And yet so helplessly alone

  • @AsterBonRacioArec
    @AsterBonRacioArec 2 года назад +335

    I'm speechless. You captured an ineffable moment we all feel and put it in visuals, yet it still remains ineffable.
    I wanted to laugh at first, but when the man vanished and his tag was the only thing left I was just crestfallen.
    I too wanted to know who these people are who find these unhelpful tidbits to be helpful. Knowing other people find things to be helpful just sounds like a form of gaslighting now that I think about it.

    • @Doomroar
      @Doomroar 2 года назад +8

      Is Microsoft own PR department liking their own post!

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 2 года назад +3

      It makes me feel similar to when I see a cute kitten video posted 10 minutes ago with 4 dislikes on it. Who are these 4 people disliking a video about kittens?! Why?! What could possibly be so offensive about furry balls stumbling around and meowing that within 10 minutes 4 people said "Nope, hate it, its stupid and its bad." Maybe people just like clicking buttons, idk

    • @nothosaur
      @nothosaur 2 года назад +5

      Exactly. They should tell us how many people found it unhelpful, and how many people wanted to punch the screen.

  • @iamdannyel3285
    @iamdannyel3285 2 года назад +2

    Only Joel Haver's channel could've pulled this off. An amazing piece of film, a true emotional see saw. Just wow

  • @BAGG8BAGG
    @BAGG8BAGG 2 года назад +4

    This video describes a loneliness that not many fiction writers can hardly convey,let alone even explain. Yet, in this comedy short you have encompassed that feeling of having a problem no one around you can comprehend or understand yet affects you significantly. I have no words, I relate completely.

  • @Movie_Games
    @Movie_Games 2 года назад +1400

    Hi, i'm Katy from Microsoft Technical Support.
    Did you try buying any cheese wheels at the market today?

    • @Mswordx23
      @Mswordx23 2 года назад +68

      *HERE'S EVERY CHEESE WHEEL IN THE GAME.*

    • @whimsicalstray
      @whimsicalstray 2 года назад +32

      This works better now that Microsoft owns Bethesda.😂

    • @ropeatemyluck8583
      @ropeatemyluck8583 2 года назад +5

      @@Mswordx23 nice reference

    • @francesmacias698
      @francesmacias698 2 года назад +4

      Nice

    • @Ingrid922
      @Ingrid922 2 года назад +3

      @@ropeatemyluck8583 DId you read the first comment right above that?

  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica 2 года назад +451

    From my experience, it's reassuring to know that after roughly seven differently phrased Google searches, I can always find someone from an archived forum thread on a dead website from a decade ago who has the answer to my outstandingly specific, trivial question that has no influence on my day-to-day life.

    • @jr-bh5rm
      @jr-bh5rm 2 года назад +29

      searching for things in 10-15 years will suck so hard because everyone is emigrating to discord or reddit.

    • @kenzito101
      @kenzito101 2 года назад +25

      This is what helps me sleep at night.
      But...
      Is it just me or are there a lot of spammers in the comment section these days?

    • @dopaminecloud
      @dopaminecloud 2 года назад +12

      @@kenzito101 Channel owners have the option to hide users and from what I can tell it's just the same 3 accounts going to any comment with enough upvotes. It'd be a small hassle to clean up.

    • @chronica6457
      @chronica6457 2 года назад +9

      @@kenzito101 They have absolutely increased in the past few months
      Funnily enough, the whole reason youtube disabled comments in Randomly generated music videos it's so they could "stop the spammers that would comment in those", but instead it just made them migrate to actual youtube videos

    • @1x93cm
      @1x93cm 2 года назад +1

      Back when the internet was actually useful...

  • @raycroza
    @raycroza 2 года назад +2

    I'm quite new to Joel's content, but I've been introduced through his animations.
    It's weird how his live-action videos feel exactly like the animated ones. I'm loving it!

  • @gumbyisaac
    @gumbyisaac 2 года назад +1

    This short was so accurate, eerie, well-made, it’s just 100% perfect!

  • @terrynieuwoudt8586
    @terrynieuwoudt8586 2 года назад +108

    "Who! WHO ARE THESE TWELVE PEOPLE! DON'T LOOK AWAY!!"
    You're a God amongst insects Joel

  • @lazersoupe
    @lazersoupe 2 года назад +29

    My experience is you find someone who has the same problem and they respond with "Nevermind I figured it out" and they never say what solved it

    • @Nothingseen
      @Nothingseen 2 года назад

      Ways it goes:
      1: Like the sketch
      2: Like this comment
      3: A fix behind a dead link
      4: Someone writes out a simple solution that you swore you tried already and it works

  • @TVDaJa
    @TVDaJa 2 года назад +1

    love the fact that the subscribe message at the end was written in lower case

  • @JoelJMusic
    @JoelJMusic 9 месяцев назад +2

    This is very funny, deeply depressing, and intensely relatable.

  • @dhv2852
    @dhv2852 2 года назад +621

    People say that quality goes over quantity, but you, Joel, have consistently made excellent video after excellent video.

    • @ComedyBros5
      @ComedyBros5 2 года назад +3

      And he's been more than religious with his uploads! I swear the man uploads every other day!

    • @torstenaan
      @torstenaan 2 года назад

      When it comes to crafting quantity leads to quality :)

    • @jschnei3
      @jschnei3 2 года назад

      It's absolutely impossible that anyone would put out nothing but pure gold regularly and consistently. Even geniuses have their duds. So where are Joel's?? Seems fishy.

  • @techiechar
    @techiechar 2 года назад +34

    "Who?" (Voice breaks in tragedy) "Who are these 12 people?" - dying

    • @ComedyBros5
      @ComedyBros5 2 года назад +3

      His delivery couldn't have been any better. So relatable.

  • @Cj-cv4wb
    @Cj-cv4wb 2 года назад +1

    This is how I feel every time someone DM's me about an ancient post to see if I got an answer. They seem about this happy when they get a response as well.

  • @Tirilonde
    @Tirilonde 2 года назад +1

    That was actually... heartbreaking :D You are bringing whole new perspective on storytelling and plot twists, Joel, thank you :)

  • @ilmu011
    @ilmu011 2 года назад +70

    There will come a day, where someone will search for a problem like this and find a thread that is more than 100 years old...

    • @CaptTelnet
      @CaptTelnet 2 года назад +3

      They’d probably say: “我他妈的读不懂.”

    • @swiftfox3461
      @swiftfox3461 2 года назад

      This is guaranteed to happen.

    • @cottoncandy2023
      @cottoncandy2023 2 года назад

      Lord

    • @annabelle228
      @annabelle228 2 года назад

      i don’t think they’re going to have the same problems with their windows ten 100 years in the future

  • @NewArchipelago
    @NewArchipelago 2 года назад +127

    I was sure this would end with
    "Never mind, thanks guys, I figured it out". And the guy walking away.
    The most typical ending after you've finally found a thread from 2011 that was walking you through the exact problem you're having and multiple people giving advice

    • @ComedyBros5
      @ComedyBros5 2 года назад +5

      Gosh. That's so true it physically hurts

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious 2 года назад

      wow, you didn't have to personally attack me like that.....

    • @Fortune090
      @Fortune090 2 года назад +6

      He totally should have added this character as someone else walking in out of the blue, sounding super knowledgeable and just about to get it, then just leaves, saying that. Happens. All. The. Time.

    • @NewArchipelago
      @NewArchipelago 2 года назад

      @@Fortune090 Haha, exactly

  • @MinorityRespecter88
    @MinorityRespecter88 2 года назад +3

    "Never mind, I fixed it"
    *Doesn't post solution*

  • @leahl5007
    @leahl5007 Год назад +1

    Omg that “Last Online 5 Years Ago” made me feel that pain again 😂

  • @ItsameDesire
    @ItsameDesire 2 года назад +142

    "12 people found this helpful"
    This is too relatable. You received an update you didn't ask for? Try clean install. Windows keeps installing buggy drivers after each feature pack? Try clean install. Can't delete a (non-system) folder? Clean install.

    • @mrshmuga9
      @mrshmuga9 2 года назад +7

      They suggest clean installs more often than I restart my computer. If their computer was a person, they’d “clean install” more often than it takes to brainwash a person.

    • @gigabytemon
      @gigabytemon 2 года назад +1

      "Did your friend sit on your pet hamster? We recommend a clean install of Windows 10."

  • @CH-zi7fl
    @CH-zi7fl 2 года назад +100

    Who knew a guy with a van can capture such gorgeous sceneries.

    • @GoTeamScotch
      @GoTeamScotch 2 года назад

      His green screen work is incredible

    • @ComedyBros5
      @ComedyBros5 2 года назад

      @@GoTeamScotch Lol, don't think this is green screen

  • @PhoneLosersofAmerica
    @PhoneLosersofAmerica 2 года назад

    Your videos are like you took a bunch of really amazing photographs, and then made movies in them. I never realized how great framing could be until your videos showed me. Thanks, Joel.

  • @michaelflynn3970
    @michaelflynn3970 2 года назад

    I found this helpful!
    I also liked the range of emotions it gave off in such a short clip! Wandering, unknown, fear. Then the humor of the windows situation, then it became honestly sad and hopeless, with a little dark humor at the end. Great stuff!

  • @yeonlyn
    @yeonlyn 2 года назад +206

    Watching Joel seeing a glimmer of hope and then being crushed by a state of total despair is so enjoyable.

    • @JW-qd3ol
      @JW-qd3ol 2 года назад

      Lol hello fellow sociopath.

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious 2 года назад +2

      @@JW-qd3ol That's not what sociopathy is. That's just plain ol' depression.

  • @Luiz_orneduom
    @Luiz_orneduom 2 года назад +646

    I already love Joel's angle game, but this time it's insane, it's like he chugged a jar of cinema juice. On top of that, the lighting on the campfire gives the expressions such a weight i didn't know they could have. I don't know crap about film-making but even i could notice all of this. I love your videos, and they just keep getting better! Keep up the good work, Joel!
    Also i love how eerie Katie's presence is. When she showed up i instantly shivered.

    • @flaetsbnort
      @flaetsbnort 2 года назад +42

      "chugged a jar of cinema juice" is breathtaking criticism

    • @joz3700
      @joz3700 2 года назад +7

      He really should write and direct a movie.

    • @jackg5321
      @jackg5321 2 года назад +10

      I agree, I notice how well he uses the torch. Those shots he just has a single thing in light and surrounded by darkness is great.
      And i love the nature angles too, they really do make me feel I'm also climbing that hill or going deeper into the forest

    • @flobell
      @flobell Год назад +3

      i also love that at the end when the camera is further away joel is the only one fully illuminated by the fire putting emphasis that katie is not a real person there to help him

    • @nothosaur
      @nothosaur Год назад +1

      And, Katie's voice is just.spot.on. This is brilliant.

  • @HJ-tg1ux
    @HJ-tg1ux 2 года назад +2

    This video is genius. I don't know how, on a regular basis, Joel continues to make these amazing cinematic style videos with such clever premises but I really hope he keeps it up. Easily one of the most talented creators on RUclips in years!

  • @tomlynagh7412
    @tomlynagh7412 2 года назад +1

    Bro, this guys is a fucking genius. He has the greatest ideas and never fails.

  • @33drum33
    @33drum33 2 года назад +74

    The tunnel in the beginning is the Snoqualmie Tunnel, it's about an hour outside of Seattle. It's an abandoned train tunnel you can hike through - it's over two miles long so it's a very spooky hike.

    • @PaxsonRussell
      @PaxsonRussell 2 года назад +6

      AH it's my hometown and as soon as I saw the chair lifts at Snoqualmie pass I was like wtf so I looked for confirmation and so glad someone else knew! The iron horse trail is awesome!

    • @timopper5488
      @timopper5488 2 года назад +2

      Who in their right mind would hike through a two-mile long train tunnel?

    • @thewerp
      @thewerp 2 года назад +4

      @@timopper5488 Actually a really cool hike/ bike ride, the whole tunnel is maintained and actively used so it's not sketchy or anything.

    • @timopper5488
      @timopper5488 2 года назад +2

      @@thewerp
      Oh, well that’s totally different. It did sound sketchy as all hell, and 33drum33 did say it was at least “spooky.“

    • @ryankunst668
      @ryankunst668 2 года назад +3

      @@timopper5488 I mean, I've done it before in a different tunnel and was wondering where this one was so I could check it out. But then again, I'm not sure I qualify for your definition of "in their right mind".

  • @dillasoul2228
    @dillasoul2228 2 года назад +39

    Katie was so accurately played that I almost wanted to throw my phone out the window out of PTSD flashbacks

  • @zynthio
    @zynthio 2 года назад +6

    I haven't laughed this hard in so long. So unbelievably accurate to how it feels. This video would have been 100% perfect if the guy went, "Never mind, I found a solution" and then got up and walked into the darkness without sharing the answer

  • @rayray0987
    @rayray0987 Год назад

    Oh my god, I swear I was looking for this skit like over a year ago to find that it was gone. But now it's been back for a year? I'm so happy.

  • @saturten
    @saturten 2 года назад +72

    the idea of someone pressing buttons on the keyboard with their nose is hilarious. I can totally see someone giving up and doing that instead of just reinstalling

    • @victorkreig6089
      @victorkreig6089 2 года назад

      I have big hands, this would never be a problem

    • @swiftfox3461
      @swiftfox3461 2 года назад

      I mean, I've done it when I had to press a key combo and couldn't do it with two hands.

  • @prestonlong3451
    @prestonlong3451 2 года назад +270

    I like to think this is a metaphor for the grieving process. Joel's character searches for a perfect solution to his shift key problem, but he realizes that he'll always have to hold down both shift keys- just like how learning to live with grief is the only way to deal with it. Thank you Joel. This really helped me deal with the loss of Windows 9.

    • @feru1071
      @feru1071 2 года назад +9

      Its a last desperate attempt for someone in the comments to tell hin how to fix it

    • @madeleine253
      @madeleine253 2 года назад

      F

    • @corbans5796
      @corbans5796 2 года назад +5

      And in the end all he's left with is unhelpful advice, and unthinking words.

    • @madeleine253
      @madeleine253 2 года назад

      @@corbans5796 FF

    • @keineken_3281
      @keineken_3281 2 года назад +6

      This is like deeper than it should be

  • @raymondcoventry1221
    @raymondcoventry1221 2 года назад +1

    this one went right to the gut, i'm just going to curl up and cry all weekend

  • @joecarl5473
    @joecarl5473 2 года назад +1

    Oh man this one hurt too much..... Last online 5 years ago.... What even is the internet anymore but a rotating graveyard? Some things take a long time to smother out, like this pain. Others live forever, like Joel Haver.

  • @NakedSquid24
    @NakedSquid24 2 года назад +42

    Katie truly captures the soul sucking essence of the unhelpful microsoft tech support, well done

  • @frenchtoast2319
    @frenchtoast2319 2 года назад +71

    Man this is so relatable. Every time windows updates something goes wrong. The last install killed my WiFi and it took me two hours to find the solution. Reading forum posts from years ago.

    • @mariza--------8278
      @mariza--------8278 2 года назад

      AISURU.TOKYO/mizumi?[Romantic-sex]💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧.*18 years and over 🌟🤗
      RUclips: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      RUclips: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

    • @mariza--------8278
      @mariza--------8278 2 года назад

      AISURU.TOKYO/mizumi?[Romantic-sex]💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧.*18 years and over 🌟🤗
      RUclips: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      RUclips: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

    • @remyllebeau77
      @remyllebeau77 2 года назад

      Thank Microsoft for firing all the testers that were supposed to find bugs and fix them before they sent out patches or the next Windows.

    • @sinisterthoughts2896
      @sinisterthoughts2896 2 года назад

      Been there, done that, and the skit was SO relatable.

    • @Bluestar12
      @Bluestar12 2 года назад +3

      Lol, an update about a month ago killed my laptop's ability to change the brightness and a 240p youtube video from 2007 with 57 views solved my problem when no one else could.

  • @gabrielfair724
    @gabrielfair724 2 года назад +1

    They Don't Think It Be Like It Is But It Do

  • @luiztomikawa
    @luiztomikawa 2 года назад

    I love it... So much effort in those videos, and it's so relatable, impecable in all the fronts!

  • @Arkantos117
    @Arkantos117 2 года назад +25

    I'm that guy who eventually solves the problem and then forgets to post the solution anywhere.

    • @ComedyBros5
      @ComedyBros5 2 года назад +8

      Damn you.

    • @camille-rj3if
      @camille-rj3if 2 года назад

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ/?[Making-love]💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over🍎🍑
      RUclips: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      RUclips: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

    • @TheJunky228
      @TheJunky228 2 года назад

      Or the forum is locked so you can't post the solution

  • @jinxedpuppy
    @jinxedpuppy 2 года назад +21

    This representation of windows troubleshooting truly embodies the unnavigable twisted hellscape that it is

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious 2 года назад

      found the linux user

  • @VillainousPixels
    @VillainousPixels 2 года назад

    This one got me on the verge of tears. This hits so close. Wish this pain could go away. 😢

  • @ViperRulerlm
    @ViperRulerlm 2 года назад +1

    2:42 The most beautiful transition I've ever done seen.

  • @blakechildress944
    @blakechildress944 2 года назад +104

    When the other guy at the campfire disappears right after if you look closely you can see that Joel sheds a small tear. (3:24) I'm super impressed by Joel's ability to convey distress and grief in his line delivery and his facial expressions. I swear Joel is just as talented at acting as he is at filmmaking and writing screenplays.

    • @ElDuderinoh
      @ElDuderinoh 2 года назад +3

      I think it was a classic film trick where they just put a few eye drops in right before the shot but either way Joel is on point and totally sold it

    • @nanipanini
      @nanipanini Год назад

      he was born to do it so universum euqipped him with the needed talents 🤍

  • @beardedjack0g488
    @beardedjack0g488 2 года назад +31

    That 12 people found this helpful part got me.

    • @camille-rj3if
      @camille-rj3if 2 года назад

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ/?[Making-love]💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over🍎🍑
      RUclips: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      RUclips: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

  • @spaghettiman3757
    @spaghettiman3757 2 года назад +1

    The locations in Joel's videos are always so scenic and breathtakingly beatiful :O

  • @arknark
    @arknark 2 года назад +3

    You're a damn genius, Joel.

  • @TobyHonest420
    @TobyHonest420 2 года назад +62

    Joel's locations are consistently wonderful, his videos are downright eye-candy

    • @brandon6759
      @brandon6759 2 года назад +10

      @26 mic What makes me laugh is when someone thinks spamming on someone else's creative achievements will get people to watch their stuff.

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious 2 года назад +3

      @@brandon6759 Buddy, it's a bot. They link to other spam accounts that lead to viewer farm accounts so they can be sold off to advertisers. You may as well be talking to the 16th generation bot of just one shitty view farm account out of millions. Just report it and move along, do not engage with it.

  • @Pavideus
    @Pavideus 2 года назад +24

    Crazy how Joel can just capture the emotional feelings of something as outwardly mundane as IT troubleshooting and translate it into cinematography.
    This guy never misses. He's filling shelf after shelf with bottles of lightning.

    • @ComedyBros5
      @ComedyBros5 2 года назад +1

      Exactly. It's kind of concerning me with how hard at it he's been, releasing non-stop HQ content that only gets better...and he's only like, mid-20's. How long can this man keep at it like this!

  • @SonnyBone
    @SonnyBone 2 года назад +1

    Goddamn dude. You nailed the feeling. Your best video yet.

  • @Dodododododododododoodod
    @Dodododododododododoodod 11 месяцев назад

    This video is my favourite from you Joel, so far. I love the way it is shot, it's atmospheric.