ESOTERICA + BRILL SPONSORSHIP - BIG DISCOUNTS ON ESOTERIC BOOKS! (2024 April Fools)

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  • Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
  • I would like to express how profoundly sorry I am for any and all criticism I have made against Brill Publishers. I pledge myself as their humble servant until my dying day.
    Johannes Goropius Becanus - Origines Antwerpianae - www.google.com/books/edition/...
    #HAILBRILL

Комментарии • 451

  • @TheEsotericaChannel
    @TheEsotericaChannel  Месяц назад +73

    The Good News is that Brill didn't actually kidnap my family. The Bad News is that the fake discount code in this video (.00025% off) would still be more than what Brill does offer, which is nothing off because academic publishing is a cartel enforced scam.
    Consider Supporting Esoterica!
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    • @yamabushido6238
      @yamabushido6238 Месяц назад +3

      It is and its atrocious to always release these hardbacks at very high prices. April 1st aside however, all the major academic publishers are in on it. Not sure why Brill gets the thick end of the stick though: I have many of their Ukiyo-e books in particular of theirs and to be fair to them they're amongst the finest printed volumes I own.

    • @LegendaryDesu
      @LegendaryDesu Месяц назад

      Just wondering if you could do a video on Casteneda and his Darkroom practices? Modern day sorcery?
      Lots of correlations drawn between consciousness studies and the Assemblage point.

  • @MisterCynic18
    @MisterCynic18 Месяц назад +152

    I was extremely confused for like half a second until I remembered what day it was.
    The morse code at the end really sells it 😂

    • @gabecunha2411
      @gabecunha2411 Месяц назад +1

      icing on the cake

    • @joannakuyt1512
      @joannakuyt1512 Месяц назад +2

      That totally freaked me out but I love the comedic relief. 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭🥲🥲🥲😌😌😌

    • @darrach1953
      @darrach1953 Месяц назад +2

      I copped it when he said low priced 😂

    • @patrycjanievieska3373
      @patrycjanievieska3373 Месяц назад +1

      Nice 👹

  • @kangev8662
    @kangev8662 Месяц назад +164

    OH NO I GOT FUCKING TROLLED

    • @genghisgalahad8465
      @genghisgalahad8465 Месяц назад +9

      More like Brilled?

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  Месяц назад +14

      No, that happens mostly to me I think.@@genghisgalahad8465

    • @expertexcrementexpediter
      @expertexcrementexpediter Месяц назад +3

      I was super excited for about 3 seconds.

    • @genghisgalahad8465
      @genghisgalahad8465 Месяц назад

      @@TheEsotericaChannel true! true! Second, third mortgages, all that, beyond ALL our pay grades, and yours, come to think of it! How you survive!

  • @tommiematherne2842
    @tommiematherne2842 Месяц назад +94

    Quite possibly the most transparent and funniest April Fools Day video. Thank you, Dr Sledge

  • @peryton115
    @peryton115 Месяц назад +134

    The Dutch did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG 🤣🤣

    • @BiZkWiK87
      @BiZkWiK87 Месяц назад +10

      Four hundred years of nothing wrong at all.

    • @strawberryego6669
      @strawberryego6669 Месяц назад +3

      “Free at last…with boundless energy and #BoundariesBitches”
      This is one of the best uses of April Fools ✂️ everrr
      #IfYouKnowYouKnow⚖️

    • @catoelder4696
      @catoelder4696 Месяц назад +2

      KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

    • @Mdme.X
      @Mdme.X Месяц назад

      😂❤

  • @TheModernHermeticist
    @TheModernHermeticist Месяц назад +23

    Aw but if I use the code and take a dollar off the book, then there will be no dollar left to go to the authors for all their hard work!

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  Месяц назад +13

      Onze auteurs worden simpelweg betaald ter ere van hun publicatie!

  • @gmccaughry
    @gmccaughry Месяц назад +52

    I’m telling you Justin, if that gig ends up not working; consider stand up ;) 😂 loved it!

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  Месяц назад +31

      Dit is geen grap maar een prachtige kans om Brill allemaal te dienen als de ware occulte uitgever!

    • @gmccaughry
      @gmccaughry Месяц назад +6

      @@TheEsotericaChannel The ONLY TRVE publisher LOL

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  Месяц назад +15

      ᛒᚱᛁᛚᛚ \m/

    • @gmccaughry
      @gmccaughry Месяц назад +5

      @@TheEsotericaChannel 😂🤣

  • @jimsharkey551
    @jimsharkey551 Месяц назад +46

    And he gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark majesticness of his beard. O cruel needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast of their athenaeum! Two absinthe-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was alright, everything was all right, the struggle for affordable and accessible academic publications of the esoteric was finished. He had won victory over himself. He loved Big Brill. - Orwell paraphrased on the first day of April in the year of our Dutch overlords two thousand and twenty four.

  • @kangev8662
    @kangev8662 Месяц назад +43

    I wish I knew morse code so I could understand your cry for help at the end, sadly I do not.
    Best wishes and warm regards, Tristan

  • @hessex1899
    @hessex1899 Месяц назад +23

    10/10 It sounded even better on $20k open back headphones made from Brazilian rosewood and blood diamonds.

  • @prestonlight122
    @prestonlight122 Месяц назад +24

    HA!! It’s the blinks at the end. I am deceased.

    • @griffinbeaumont7049
      @griffinbeaumont7049 Месяц назад +1

      Gecondoleerd, en welkom in de hel. Uw Nederlands examen begint over 5 minuten, en het leerboek kost $4000 ($3999 met kortingcode)

  • @Axisjampa
    @Axisjampa Месяц назад +14

    Dr. Sledge would be a killer stand up comedian.

  • @Cloudryder
    @Cloudryder Месяц назад +28

    .00025% SLEDGELOVESBRILL 😂🤣😂

  • @dan_goodman
    @dan_goodman Месяц назад +21

    What a generous discount. Hail Brill! Ik kijk uit naar de nieuwe Nederlandse essays.

  • @Idalb0e
    @Idalb0e Месяц назад +18

    Bro you cannot play with my heart like this 😂😂😂😂 I clicked so fast and then realized what day it was.
    To Brill CEO: I'm gonna cast a million locusts on your village using a spell from a pirated Brill book

  • @NastyCupid
    @NastyCupid Месяц назад +14

    You had me until the public apology 40 seconds in 😂

  • @FuratActor
    @FuratActor Месяц назад +16

    In order for a 0.00025% discount to save you $1 I think the book would have to have a base price of about $400,000.

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  Месяц назад +25

      Dat zou een volkomen eerlijke prijs zijn voor zulke prachtige boeken!

  • @EbonySaints
    @EbonySaints Месяц назад +12

    I, for one, welcome our contact with the divine Dutch overlords. Hopefully, this revealed knowledge will allow you to cover the _Boek van de Beurs_ where we can utilize the purification ritual of wearing clogs, black hats, and inhaling the fumes of the mystic herb known as _Cannabis sativa._ so that we can be able to understand the language known as Dutch and gain knowledge on how to build dikes and EUV machines. You might have to switch over the Black Metal t-shirts to a Sludge Metal font and styling though.
    But seriously, happy April Fools' Doc. Your videos are always a treat to listen to while at work.

  • @CarlosGarin-zg7ez
    @CarlosGarin-zg7ez Месяц назад +6

    Glad to see you survived, seemingly without any visible effects, your homemade alchemical concoction.

    • @lapurta22
      @lapurta22 Месяц назад +3

      Well, it does seem to have made him a little wackier. 🤔

  • @deeann730
    @deeann730 Месяц назад +6

    the split second emotional rollercoaster of seeing this thumbnail 😭

  • @JohnnyKooter
    @JohnnyKooter Месяц назад +10

    I didn't even realize what day it was, but knew it had to be goof and a spoof.

  • @danieltetreault5455
    @danieltetreault5455 Месяц назад +13

    this height of humor is in the armsdel's altitudes!! cheers!!

  • @danielbroening
    @danielbroening Месяц назад +8

    "Perhaps you think you’re being treated unfairly."

  • @DanLizotte
    @DanLizotte Месяц назад +9

    The ironic inside-baseball April Fool's joke is the only acceptable April Fool's joke. 👍

  • @demiurgeatemyhamster
    @demiurgeatemyhamster Месяц назад +20

    *terse aunt voice* Oh Justin! 🤣

  • @JeremyBowkett
    @JeremyBowkett Месяц назад +4

    I can't wait for the "Hail Brill" and "Trust the Brill-Ya" merch at the ESOTERICA shop!

  • @gmccaughry
    @gmccaughry Месяц назад +24

    😂 Best April Fool EVER!!!! 😂😂😂😂 (got jealous for a second)

  • @clydegriffith6732
    @clydegriffith6732 Месяц назад +10

    Angela now You, is it Dan's turn next?
    How long did you have to practice blinking Moris code!?

  • @AdrienneLaVey
    @AdrienneLaVey Месяц назад +8

    That was hysterical!

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Месяц назад +9

    This is great on like, 7 levels.

  • @WolfoxBR
    @WolfoxBR Месяц назад

    The "blinking in morse code" was a nice touch. Thanks for this, Dr. Sledge ;)

  • @jessetosado
    @jessetosado Месяц назад +3

    As soon as you started apologizing and retracing, I was in stitches. 😂😂😂😂

  • @MelindaKucsera
    @MelindaKucsera Месяц назад +5

    The morse code blinking at the end sent me! 😅 I hope this was a prank and no kids were threatened to make it.

  • @stevepbrady
    @stevepbrady Месяц назад +5

    Totally fell for it at first. Well played man.

  • @ashleydewing1420
    @ashleydewing1420 Месяц назад +7

    Was not expecting to be learning Morse code this morning but here I am.

  • @rehabhymn
    @rehabhymn Месяц назад +1

    Awesome April 1st video! That just made my day. I was confused/excited until I heard the 'dutch did absolutely nothing wrong' bit, at which point I began involuntarily chuckling, before my brain caught up. Well done.

  • @johnt.chambers4204
    @johnt.chambers4204 Месяц назад +1

    I guess since the title clearly says April Fool, I can only blame myself for not reading it. I was sitting here watching the beginning of this thinking WTF is going on here? I always appreciate your videos and your, for the most part, unbiased approach at knowledge. I found your channel about three years ago and it has been one of my favorites ever since.

  • @Frithogar
    @Frithogar Месяц назад +6

    Just in time for Dr Angela Puca's New Book 🤓

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  Месяц назад +4

      Met veel plezier publiceren wij haar boek!

    • @Frithogar
      @Frithogar Месяц назад +1

      @@TheEsotericaChannel In naam van Spinoza's God dank ik u.

    • @JeremyBowkett
      @JeremyBowkett Месяц назад +4

      Alas, it's her twin brother Angelo's channel now, after her announcement today. _Angelo's Symposium_ . He has no credentials, but he promised to take the Symposium to new heights!

    • @Frithogar
      @Frithogar Месяц назад

      @@JeremyBowkett 🤣

  • @vrixphillips
    @vrixphillips Месяц назад

    the ending though omg, the blinking for help and the "please stop pointing that at my children" xD more reasons to love ya, Dr. Sledge.

  • @mentatphilosopher
    @mentatphilosopher Месяц назад +3

    April Fools aside, Brill does have an Open Access PDF section of about 1000 books. None of which has been to now referenced on this channel but there are a selection of Dead Sea Scrolls, Nag Hammadi, and at least one Alchemical title along with a few on subjects you never thought you might be interested in until you find out somebody wrote about them.

  • @astral_null
    @astral_null Месяц назад +7

    We hebben een serieus probleem

  • @ingramjd
    @ingramjd Месяц назад

    Now you got me looking for this holiday on the Hebrew calendar.

  • @jac6981
    @jac6981 Месяц назад +2

    Behold a video that made me laugh audibly at lunch. A video in which I cannot even begin to try and explain to my coworkers why it’s funny

  • @craigdelaney8737
    @craigdelaney8737 Месяц назад +7

    😱...! HAHAHA🤣hahaha..! THAT.., Was Seriously Twisted!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🌹👍🏾😝🤘🏾

  • @nickoftime5759
    @nickoftime5759 Месяц назад +8

    Brill Cream… a little dab’ll do ya!

  • @markdpricemusic1574
    @markdpricemusic1574 Месяц назад +1

    Total respect for getting through this without collapsing into laughter. Either you possess Ninja-Yogic levels of self control or you've had your chuckle muscles surgically removed.

  • @James-ll3jb
    @James-ll3jb Месяц назад

    Congratulations! Recognition long overdue❤

  • @TheStageClear
    @TheStageClear Месяц назад +4

    I love your sense of humour ❤

  • @seankerr9158
    @seankerr9158 Месяц назад

    Happy Easter Monday, Dr. Sledge 🐇💀🐣

  • @cuteswan
    @cuteswan Месяц назад +2

    The blinking was a great touch. ;)

  • @jamiegallier2106
    @jamiegallier2106 Месяц назад

    ❤❤❤
    Much love to you Dr. Sledge.

  • @krszm
    @krszm Месяц назад

    I found this video later at 4th April but still chuckled like crazy xD
    best prank vid ever!

  • @EmilyCoffeyMusic
    @EmilyCoffeyMusic Месяц назад

    The second I read the title, I knew. But still so well-played 💀👏🏼

  • @dexocube
    @dexocube Месяц назад +4

    Ok you had me for a minute there, well done. Last year's was better though, that was a work of genius.

    • @Whimsicalbrainpan
      @Whimsicalbrainpan Месяц назад +2

      Last year's was a work of art! It had me grinning for an entire week.

    • @durnsidh6483
      @durnsidh6483 Месяц назад +2

      Link?

    • @samsaekgoyangi
      @samsaekgoyangi Месяц назад +2

      Link pleeease?

    • @0mn1vore
      @0mn1vore Месяц назад +1

      ​@@durnsidh6483- I want to see previous ones too, but it looks like he deletes / unlisted them after Apr.1st, maybe so they won't be mistaken for legit posts. I scrolled back exactly one year and didn't see anything short anough to be a prank. He did redo the channel intro though.

  • @jonmcklevey
    @jonmcklevey Месяц назад +7

    Can I get a 0.0002% refund for my kidney I sold for a previous purchase?

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  Месяц назад +6

      Wij bieden restituties alleen aan in de echte munteenheid: guldens!

  • @tarotgraphe
    @tarotgraphe Месяц назад

    I will check this editor, thank you 🙏

  • @phillipbernhardt-house6907
    @phillipbernhardt-house6907 Месяц назад +1

    When you were blinking in that long pause toward the end, I thought, "This joke has gone too far--Dr. Sledge is having a stroke!" No...may you never have a stroke!
    Interestingly (perhaps?!?), the only publication of mine that I've had translated into another language thus far has been an article I wrote for a Dutch Celtic Studies newsletter; I don't speak or read Dutch myself, but a colleague who is Dutch very kindly translated it so it could appear, and it remains one of my more amused and content moments (I won't say "proud" because I don't think that's the appropriate term!) in my academic publishing career up to this point! ;)
    I am not sure if I'll be there to see it or not, but I would certainly like to be...at Kalamazoo in the exhibits hall, it would be hilarious if someone at the Brill booth knew about this video and knew you were coming, and a whole scene follows, with Dr. Attrell and I having to play Secret Service agents for you (though he'd be far more effective at that than I am...I'm just tall!). But, I am one who is also prone to imagining elaborate musical numbers playing out in casual situations just for fun, so there's that.

  • @dylanmonk8734
    @dylanmonk8734 Месяц назад +1

    Lmao 😂 great bit! Just wanted to say hey, new to the community. Have had one burning thing to ask you (other than thanks for your scholarly rigor of course) which is:
    Where do you get off having a name as cool as Dr. J. Sledge?!?! The audacity lol, thats way too cool and you need to calm down sir! 😂😂😂 Seriously though thanks for presenting this info in digestable ways, and for adding critical historical/cultural context for us "spiritual athletes" that want to be well informed, but also unfettered by the yoke of scholastic research. You've been a huge help to me in my spiritual journey, and Ive only known about this channel for 2 days! Thanks Dr. J. Sledge!

  • @Junkyarddog-bu1re
    @Junkyarddog-bu1re 20 часов назад

    The sledge hammer of all esoteric knowledge 🎆

  • @johnlaws9670
    @johnlaws9670 Месяц назад +6

    You have become the very thing you swore to destroy 😂

  • @nathanb.t.q.1200
    @nathanb.t.q.1200 28 дней назад +1

    "Brill Editorial, the real Archons of this World".
    - Prof. Sledge, 2023.
    😅

  • @kathleen88863
    @kathleen88863 Месяц назад

    You are awesome Dr. Sledge! Nice!

  • @bobtalbott336
    @bobtalbott336 Месяц назад +4

    That was actually funny.

  • @NullStaticVoid
    @NullStaticVoid Месяц назад +1

    you had me there for moment.
    The morse code at the end
    🤣

  • @davidroberts1026
    @davidroberts1026 Месяц назад

    Lol! Well done!
    That's great, sad I missed it on the 1st, haha.

  • @elliedb5656
    @elliedb5656 Месяц назад +4

    And to think I was sure that Sophia VPN was their first sponsor...

  • @chromographia106
    @chromographia106 Месяц назад +2

    Congratulations on your sponsorship, Dr Sledge! #HAILBRILL
    This vid got me giggling, absolutely hilarious.

  • @SepulvedaBoulevard
    @SepulvedaBoulevard Месяц назад

    Oh man, you had me until "SledgeLovesBrill!" Thank you for a much needed kaugh❤😂

  • @akgunkel
    @akgunkel Месяц назад

    Awesome! I can't wait for this new direction of your channel, I'll begin learning Dutch immediately!

  • @scarletleigh7273
    @scarletleigh7273 9 дней назад

    omg, I'm watching this later and was about to congratulate you :D

  • @jm8361
    @jm8361 Месяц назад +3

    Finally the Dutch language getting the respect it deserves.

  • @VIP-ry6vv
    @VIP-ry6vv Месяц назад

    Excellent! Maybe they'll reprint Einar Thomasson's "the spiritual seed".
    Happy 1st Dr.

  • @Dane565
    @Dane565 Месяц назад +1

    ❤😂 I think it's too late now! He put this out an hour ago 🙏🏼🕊️

  • @dmitrygaltsin2314
    @dmitrygaltsin2314 Месяц назад

    This is more than brilliant. I could never imagine I can admire Dr Sledge more.

  • @anthonystark6379
    @anthonystark6379 Месяц назад

    I got absolutely bamboozled. This was probably the funniest joke of the season, but also the most painful 😂😩

  • @Ezekiel_Allium
    @Ezekiel_Allium Месяц назад

    Alright, Ill admit this genuinely got me for longer than Id like to admit. You had me hook like and sinker and I was really thinking to myself "Wow, Kinda disappointing to here Dr. Sledgr walking back his views for a sponsorship like this" and then I got to the 'the dutch did nothing wrong' segment and remembered the date.

  • @Karnakwarlock
    @Karnakwarlock Месяц назад

    Dude this is gold !!!!!!

  • @trenchmarian
    @trenchmarian Месяц назад

    this is amazing i’m happy you made this

  • @user-ed4tq3vu3f
    @user-ed4tq3vu3f Месяц назад +1

    😂😂,thought your spirit juice from the other episode might of had a hangover,good one Doc.✌👍

  • @siobhanomalley1968
    @siobhanomalley1968 Месяц назад

    😂 it was about 43 seconds in when i remembered what day it was! Absolutely howling at the understated sarcasm saturating Justins entire demeanor 😭💀

  • @roys.1889
    @roys.1889 Месяц назад

    The way you didn't flinch throughout the bit. I have to wonder how many takes this took.

  • @evawsee8327
    @evawsee8327 Месяц назад

    Bravo Mister Sir! 👏👏👏

  • @whatevernotmatter18347
    @whatevernotmatter18347 Месяц назад

    i 100% dreamed of this years before knowing of this channel! xD

  • @espiritufati
    @espiritufati Месяц назад +2

    The blinks at the end!! ❤😂😂😂 this was so funny

  • @TheSilentPrince-mt5mx
    @TheSilentPrince-mt5mx Месяц назад +1

    I woke up from a seriously bad dream to this. Nearly did myself a serious injury laughing. Disturbingly I was hoping this was true as there is a Brill-published history (nothing 'esoteric') that I want but it was worth having my slim (volume) hopes dashed for the level of amusement.

  • @w.adammandelbaum1805
    @w.adammandelbaum1805 Месяц назад +3

    For this you deserve a Bruegel and lox with a shmear.

  • @jamesgalway8814
    @jamesgalway8814 Месяц назад +1

    Classic Justin .. bravo 👏

  • @thewizardofawes8194
    @thewizardofawes8194 Месяц назад +1

    April the 1st!!! 😂😂😂 Brill’s sponsorship to Dr. Sledge’s channel was simply hilarious!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @danielrobinson1347
    @danielrobinson1347 Месяц назад

    I was so confused by the title until I realized the date

  • @sinshamsh11
    @sinshamsh11 Месяц назад +2

    Brill backwards is llirb which is really incredible if you think about it.

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo732 Месяц назад +1

    Absolute Legend.

  • @DuncSargent
    @DuncSargent Месяц назад

    This was the first video I shared with my wife. She's still laughing. Thanks for the vid!

  • @pmgn8444
    @pmgn8444 Месяц назад +1

    Love the SOS near the end! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @fraterzigmund
    @fraterzigmund Месяц назад

    Dr Sledge I would love if you made a tier list video of something ridiculous like 14th century manuscripts or just ranked something silly like the Platonic virtues

  • @ryanbeaudoin7391
    @ryanbeaudoin7391 Месяц назад

    Actually, I was really happy to see this video for multiple reasons, one of them being the chance to see that Dr. Sledge survived that alchemical brew he drank last time.

  • @lona.pouliuli-popoki
    @lona.pouliuli-popoki Месяц назад +2

    🤙Aloha LOL Isn’t it so appropriate that tax month begins with April Fool’s Day & ends with cries of "May Day! May Day!"

  • @niccoloaurelius1587
    @niccoloaurelius1587 Месяц назад +2

    LOL I knew this was April Fools immediately.

  • @TomRyanMKE
    @TomRyanMKE Месяц назад +1

    Not gonna lie, you got me until I realized the date.

  • @thothasterianinfinitelovet2765
    @thothasterianinfinitelovet2765 Месяц назад

    😂😂😂 the morass code eyes 👀 blinking waz the killa an stop pointing that claug at mi LIL BABIES ! HAPPY APRIL 1ST almost got worried 😯 Oscar worthy sir

  • @theeccentrictripper3863
    @theeccentrictripper3863 Месяц назад

    I'm dying, I knew what it was before I clicked but it still got me lol