Cookie Clicker Explained

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  • čas přidán 4. 05. 2024
  • This is a video about clicking cookies.
    Cookie Clicker: orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclic...
    Cookie Clicker Patreon: / dashnet
    Alt Shift X subscribe: / @altshiftx
    Alt Shift X Patreon: / altshiftx
    Alt Shift X Twitter: / altshiftx
    Created with Adobe After Effects and a Shure SM7B microphone: www.amazon.com/shop/altshiftx
    Cookie Clicker subreddit: / cookieclicker
    Cookie Clicker wiki: cookieclicker.fandom.com/
    Special thanks to Patrons Cameron Weiss, Michael Appell, Ryan Steele, Eric Louis-Dreyfus, Triangle Wine Company, Harry, Shane Veglia, Nikos Moraitakis, Zach Gordon, Steven Placencia, Joel Soucy, Ali Almuhanna, Trace Mychal, Ria McDoodle, Tim Cunniff, Livesundersink, Joshua, Travlis Hallingquest.
    0:00 Cookie Clicker
    3:41 Cookie strategy
    6:46 Cookie apocalypse

Komentáře • 14K

  • @brridk9296
    @brridk9296 Před 3 lety +4434

    “what radicalized you?”
    “....cookie clicker”

    • @_boykissa
      @_boykissa Před 2 lety +9

      type all info of that messages and all the achievements

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople Před 2 lety +2

      nostalgia

    • @uly22
      @uly22 Před 2 lety +4

      Cookie clicker is the reason we got all the world wars and the cold war

    • @baseddepartment1645
      @baseddepartment1645 Před 2 lety +6

      Based

    • @eges72
      @eges72 Před měsícem

      @@uly22 We click the cookie since 16th century

  • @DanneJackie
    @DanneJackie Před 11 měsíci +2969

    "Disaster is actually an opportunity, to exploit the vulnerable, to make more wealth" Wow. Speechless

    • @hazukichanx408
      @hazukichanx408 Před 10 měsíci +87

      Hang on, feels like I've seen this one before... seems really familiar for some reason!

    • @user-te7rf8ik7z
      @user-te7rf8ik7z Před 8 měsíci +23

      Disaster is a ladder... Made of cookies.

    • @stevenhetzel6483
      @stevenhetzel6483 Před 7 měsíci +23

      "Never let a good disaster go to waste."
      It repeats. Time and time again. Ukraine, the Hawaiian fire crisis, wealthy mouths snapping up lands and resources, increasing their imaginary numbers for the sake of numbers.
      But it's okay because I got TikTok dancers and Kim Kardashian is in the new AHS.

    • @born2ryde1990
      @born2ryde1990 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Hi

    • @crisrufo6988
      @crisrufo6988 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Covid be like

  • @DieysonGomesCC
    @DieysonGomesCC Před rokem +2750

    I saw my kid playing this game and I got curious, so I decided to watch this video. I wasn't expecting anything past the first 30 seconds

  • @schizoamphibian
    @schizoamphibian Před 3 lety +15693

    "I promise I won't get political"
    3 drinks later:

    • @krystofdayne
      @krystofdayne Před 3 lety +76

      Haha that hits way too close to home 😂

    • @Mikelica69
      @Mikelica69 Před 3 lety +12

      XD

    • @MechanicWolf85
      @MechanicWolf85 Před 3 lety +81

      More like 3 coockies later

    • @parxalot
      @parxalot Před 3 lety +13

      This is my favorite comment

    • @ikethethotslayercertifiedw5782
      @ikethethotslayercertifiedw5782 Před 3 lety +132

      Honestly when you disregard the "haha funni cookiez" part this game becomes a pretty good metaphor for how capitalism has warped our society into something that thrives off of pieces of paper that would normally be worthless. Except instead of paper it's cookies.

  • @Terlinilia
    @Terlinilia Před 2 lety +7678

    Beginning: "Oh cool, a grandma!"
    Late game: ⟟ ⊑⏃⎐⟒ ⏁⍀⏃⋏⌇☊⟒⋏⎅⟒⎅ ⏁⍜ ⏁⊑⟒ ⊑⟟☌⊑⟒⌇⏁ ⌿⌰⏃⋏⟒ ⍜⎎ ☊⍜⋏☊⟟⍜⎍⌇ ⏃⋏⎅ ⟟ ⋔⎍⌇⏁ ⋔⏃☍⟒ ⋔⍜⍀⟒ ☊⍜⍜☍⟟⟒⌇

    • @BoneJuices
      @BoneJuices Před 2 lety +62

      Haha yeah I know that… language…

    • @BoneJuices
      @BoneJuices Před 2 lety +31

      Totally

    • @karl3814
      @karl3814 Před 2 lety +35

      @@BoneJuices its the ender man language

    • @G0nz4x
      @G0nz4x Před 2 lety +1

      Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

    • @bullymaguire2402
      @bullymaguire2402 Před 2 lety +20

      Į HÆVË TRÆÑÇËÑDĘD ŪPŒÑ THË HÜMÆÑ ŚPĮĆĒŠ

  • @kariem6998
    @kariem6998 Před 4 lety +14810

    Season 8 really messed him up didn't it

    • @fps8786
      @fps8786 Před 4 lety +62

      Which show?

    • @heisenberg2712
      @heisenberg2712 Před 4 lety +379

      When you play the cookie game you either win or you die

    • @stfnknbb
      @stfnknbb Před 4 lety +7

      Heyo!

    • @larl07
      @larl07 Před 4 lety +17

      Actual LOL at this

    • @TwelveK
      @TwelveK Před 4 lety +8

      😂😂😂😂

  • @mikkel1
    @mikkel1 Před rokem +568

    The transition from "The only way we can escape such a game... is to stop playing" and the nonchalant "Thanks for watching this video about cookie clicker". 10/10.

  • @Misurji
    @Misurji Před rokem +1472

    It's the web game that you think is for 30 minutes of clicking, but once you play for a little bit longer you discover how fricking complex this game is. I mean even Clicker Heroes isn't that complicated and extensive.

    • @JustAJosuke
      @JustAJosuke Před rokem +82

      And to think: The ascension system alone took the devs of cookie clicker a few YEARS to make it as good as it was, of which it came out at about march of 2016.

    • @louiserbn7689
      @louiserbn7689 Před rokem +18

      ​@@JustAJosuke isnt orteil the only dev?

    • @DarkzPlaya
      @DarkzPlaya Před rokem

      it's finally here czcams.com/video/2hFUyRR_Kho/video.html

    • @shanggosteen9804
      @shanggosteen9804 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@louiserbn7689Orteil and Opti, their friends and roomates and their the devs of cookie clicker

    • @CerealExperimentsMizuki
      @CerealExperimentsMizuki Před měsícem

      Clicker Heroes is a bigger and longer game and thr income you can generate goes well past the Googolplex and into the 4\⁴⁷⁶³ numbers which is absurd but there is less to do in it and less things to upgrade and all that.

  • @potatorecipe742
    @potatorecipe742 Před 2 lety +5894

    Did not expect to leave with an existential lesson

    • @averagehuman8452
      @averagehuman8452 Před 2 lety +21

      i am so tired of people fucking replying "first" to a verified youtuber's commment

    • @averagehuman8452
      @averagehuman8452 Před 2 lety +13

      like what the fuck does it provide to you

    • @shikupo
      @shikupo Před 2 lety +13

      @@averagehuman8452 it doesnt provide you anything but hate, and stuff. It provides others the knowledge of you bein first

    • @averagehuman8452
      @averagehuman8452 Před 2 lety +1

      @@shikupo yeah

    • @unbleed1337
      @unbleed1337 Před 2 lety +1

      e

  • @AgentM124
    @AgentM124 Před 3 lety +7152

    "This site uses cookies"
    *Accepts*
    The website:

  • @Micha-Hil
    @Micha-Hil Před rokem +357

    "...you can increase economic production by risking the lives of the elderly."
    shit got real

    • @Nate9273
      @Nate9273 Před rokem +10

      shit got covid real

    • @clasher3732
      @clasher3732 Před rokem +3

      valid.

    • @andrewcgs
      @andrewcgs Před rokem

      Wait until they introduce child labour... oh wait...

    • @eges72
      @eges72 Před měsícem +2

      @@Nate9273 Not just covid-19, climate change can also be comparable, that is also an opportunity for many business owners to make more profit

  • @sivander8740
    @sivander8740 Před 9 měsíci +60

    "Disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth" hardest fucking quote ever for cookie clicker

  • @Cathowl
    @Cathowl Před 2 lety +6837

    When I stop playing other games for a while I usually say, "I got distracted", "I've been slacking", "Oops, I should get back to that".
    When I stop playing Cookie Clicker for a while I say, "I escaped".

    • @evandelck8541
      @evandelck8541 Před 2 lety +13

      Bruh

    • @Darrk_77
      @Darrk_77 Před 2 lety +39

      me who doesn't know what cookie clicker is: [laughs]

    • @microooo
      @microooo Před 2 lety +187

      @@Darrk_77 haha bake cookie, cookie get popular, enslave grandma, oh shit the world is worshipping me, oh fuck the grandmas are taking over, I have ended the universe

    • @phantom8699
      @phantom8699 Před 2 lety +17

      @@Darrk_77 have u lived under a rock or are you just 12? Everyone knows cookie clicker??

    • @Darrk_77
      @Darrk_77 Před 2 lety +5

      @@phantom8699 idk if you're stupid or something, but i said that as a joke.

  • @arikyuui
    @arikyuui Před 4 lety +3309

    “You can increase economic production by risking the lives of the elderly” oh

    • @YellowTailHorse
      @YellowTailHorse Před 4 lety +146

      I wonder what parallels can be drawn from this

    • @My-nl6sg
      @My-nl6sg Před 4 lety +32

      too soon

    • @jj0493
      @jj0493 Před 4 lety +54

      Cynthia Chamberlain “write that down write that down”-world leaders

    • @MokuTom
      @MokuTom Před 4 lety +10

      i think those scientists in china's lab had the same brainwave.. /s

    • @michaelwaymire2037
      @michaelwaymire2037 Před 4 lety

      Smart thinking.

  • @BakedPotato4832
    @BakedPotato4832 Před 11 měsíci +105

    Gotta love how this game goes from hiring grandmas to help make cookies to pulling in cookies from throughout time and space

  • @semiii4403
    @semiii4403 Před rokem +103

    this game is social commentary at it's finest and i'm **living** for it

  • @giobrach
    @giobrach Před 4 lety +2547

    Me: "Pssh, how profound could the lore around a game about clicking on a cookie be?"
    Me, a few minutes later: "Wow this guy wasn't kidding around"

    • @nicholasdragomanovits9284
      @nicholasdragomanovits9284 Před 4 lety +4

      Right?!?

    • @feargalohagan6510
      @feargalohagan6510 Před 4 lety +1

      Well, I guess they just showed you lolol

    • @Agora13
      @Agora13 Před 4 lety +17

      google: a marxist analysis of potato salad

    • @kevinw712
      @kevinw712 Před 4 lety +4

      I can't be the only one who remembers the "paperclip generator" game from a couple years back, right? I mean, before THIS video showed its very obvious parallels to coronavirus response, that was the first thing I thought of. It was a game I heard about on some message board a couple years back and it seems completely identical to this one. You clicked on your mouse repeatedly to produce paperclips, which you could do at an exponential rate the more you did it, and it also got into some really bizarre, reality-warping lore. I myself never wound up playing it for more than a couple days worth of time, but it was pretty much the exact same setup as this. In fact now I think about it, I suppose it's likely there were other version after the paperclip one and before this cookie one.

    • @wybo2
      @wybo2 Před 4 lety +7

      @@kevinw712 FYI, Cookiclicker was released in 2013, Paperclip universe was released in 2017.

  • @ArkayeCh
    @ArkayeCh Před 3 lety +17341

    When you walk into a political studies class with zero context.

    • @beesechurger7799
      @beesechurger7799 Před 3 lety +144

      @Sophia Graziani *#video** call incoming#* This is [redacted] from the year 30#2, god help us, GOD HELP US, humanity is doomed the cookies, they took over, the-...., I can hear them they’re coming HEEEEEEEEE- *#video** call ended#*

    • @bhavneetkaur5883
      @bhavneetkaur5883 Před 2 lety +48

      Don’t worry we are sending help.. the cookies shall PERISH

    • @Belete5000
      @Belete5000 Před 2 lety +17

      @@beesechurger7799 💀

    • @Belete5000
      @Belete5000 Před 2 lety +5

      @@bhavneetkaur5883 DESTROY THE COOKIES!

    • @bhavneetkaur5883
      @bhavneetkaur5883 Před 2 lety

      Im to late…

  • @BlockyHead_BLUEYFAN
    @BlockyHead_BLUEYFAN Před rokem +24

    "Cookie Clicker Is a Game About Clicking A Cookie" Famous Words Said

  • @BouncingElf10
    @BouncingElf10 Před 5 měsíci +11

    I swear every year this gets recommended to me, I open up my cookie clicker save and I just feel nostalgic, thank you for making this video, and I’ll see you next year.

  • @thunderclap7154
    @thunderclap7154 Před 4 lety +17006

    A cookie economy is always gonna crumble

  • @Nick.Georgiev
    @Nick.Georgiev Před 4 lety +49812

    I feel like at one point we stopped talking about cookies.

  • @Flightkitten
    @Flightkitten Před rokem +39

    I like how this game is just Capitalism
    It even has a stock market minigame that Ortiel intentionally made dull just to be realistic to the real thing

  • @RuriRurouni
    @RuriRurouni Před měsícem +7

    I firmly believe every single person alive today should watch this video. It is ridiculously effective at conveying the rot at the core of our society. Thank you so much for this.
    The standout quote, as others have pointed out, is "Disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth." What a ruinously poignant line, after the last several years.

  • @IlBalivoDiUzhitz
    @IlBalivoDiUzhitz Před 3 lety +13665

    you are laughing, the grandma's are merging together into one mass of flesh and you are laughing

    • @slk7376
      @slk7376 Před 3 lety +381

      How about another joke, Grandma?

    • @DCcopter
      @DCcopter Před 3 lety +160

      R/cursedcomments

    • @jf2801
      @jf2801 Před 3 lety +127

      You fool! He's laughing, because he's the mastermind behind their fusion into an Eldritch Horror!

    • @hatkid5252
      @hatkid5252 Před 3 lety +10

      Lol

    • @sr.deathglare4636
      @sr.deathglare4636 Před 3 lety +44

      it all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down~

  • @noahrivera724
    @noahrivera724 Před 3 lety +3033

    Me: *clicks to a random point in the video*
    The Video: "There is no value, no ideology, and no meaning beyond cookies".

  • @__8120
    @__8120 Před rokem +15

    4:35 you having three active multipliers and then three cookies on screen and then NOT CLICKING THEM drove me insane

  • @Malo_Rezon
    @Malo_Rezon Před rokem +54

    I always played this game in class with my friends;
    I never knew how intense it could actually be;
    We found a hack to get unlimited cookies, but we never got _that_ far!

    • @CharaDreemurrUT
      @CharaDreemurrUT Před rokem +2

      I remember using it, it was op as Heck and I completed it at a speed like 40 rebirths/ascensions per hour. It was funny because not a single other person knew so everyone was so confused on how I got so many cookies

    • @DARKMK-lj4bx
      @DARKMK-lj4bx Před 10 měsíci

      Crispy saysopensesame dev tools ruin the fun

  • @stinksorstonks1498
    @stinksorstonks1498 Před 3 lety +11422

    This is such a high effort shitpost that ive actually started playing cookie clicker again

    • @ZeroutlawRBLX
      @ZeroutlawRBLX Před 3 lety +824

      shitpost? This is a powerful critique of the capitalist system.

    • @stinksorstonks1498
      @stinksorstonks1498 Před 3 lety +407

      @@ZeroutlawRBLX my apologies, i was foolish before i entered cookie crisis

    • @infnub
      @infnub Před 3 lety +83

      the thing is this isnt about cookie clicker at all...

    • @johnwagner668
      @johnwagner668 Před 3 lety +14

      i haven't. i don't get why people find this entertaining lol

    • @MrWiscow
      @MrWiscow Před 3 lety +98

      @@johnwagner668 i'd rather have people accumulate imaginary cookies than real currency. also haha numbers go brr

  • @derekrequiem4359
    @derekrequiem4359 Před 3 lety +2213

    "You can increase economic production by risking the lives of the elderly. Disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth." - quote from a video about a clicking game

  • @randomplaylistshere6616
    @randomplaylistshere6616 Před 8 měsíci +5

    As someone who played cookie clicker because it was the only thing I could play on my schools blocked computers I can tell you that that game is something more, something much more

  • @CoeGr
    @CoeGr Před rokem +5

    It's been years, but I just love this video.

  • @sumlem
    @sumlem Před 3 lety +13179

    The line "disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth" hurts extra hard

    • @ironvicho20
      @ironvicho20 Před 2 lety +99

      Chaos Is a ladda!

    • @alyaar6072
      @alyaar6072 Před 2 lety +369

      companies a year ago raising the price of sanitiser be like

    • @MuddafukhingdisKUST
      @MuddafukhingdisKUST Před 2 lety +271

      @@alyaar6072 grid companies hiking the price of electricity several hundred times during a deadly winter storm be like

    • @callum5209
      @callum5209 Před 2 lety +39

      covid moment

    • @susamogus8331
      @susamogus8331 Před 2 lety +77

      Well I mean just look at the America hospital bill

  • @deadhookerproductions1068
    @deadhookerproductions1068 Před 2 lety +4365

    "But it's more effective to let the end of the world continue, because it gets you more cookies"
    I feel like we may have possibly stopped talking about cookies at a certain point

    • @susamogus8331
      @susamogus8331 Před 2 lety +171

      But you see, cookie clicker is a game all about politics

    • @JTL69
      @JTL69 Před 2 lety +105

      Cookies are *nothing* without *politics*

    • @biggiesmartypants
      @biggiesmartypants Před 2 lety +71

      Everything is political, especially cookies.

    • @somestupiddudewithayoutube4676
      @somestupiddudewithayoutube4676 Před 2 lety +53

      @@JTL69 it’s a *metaphor* for capitalism

    • @differentgamer2737
      @differentgamer2737 Před 2 lety +6

      Tbh I forgot half way through and my brain Ever left or started to think it was a cookie(Politics apparently)

  • @spacetaco048
    @spacetaco048 Před rokem +21

    In the end, the final joke is that there is no joke... The game successfully made our reality into cookies and money into cookies by connecting cookies to philosophy of life.

  • @dankerdown
    @dankerdown Před 11 měsíci +1

    This video is what introduced me to this game back in 2020. Thank you very much

  • @cryo311old
    @cryo311old Před 2 lety +10457

    The beginning:
    "Click 15 times for a cursor"
    The end:
    "Every part of life is perverted to serve the purpose of the economy, nothing is too sacred to be sacrificed upon its altar. And for what? What's the point of a massive global economy if it fails to protect the elderly and the vulnerable? Even those with the most cookies don't really benefit from the system. Once you're past a certain level of wealth, you can never spend that many cookies. And it's not like the game ever ends, you can never win Cookie Clicker. You just keep making cookies until you stop or die, you're just hoarding cookies for its own sake."

    • @desk1235
      @desk1235 Před 2 lety +277

      Change cookies to money and you got the irl economy

    • @froggie610
      @froggie610 Před 2 lety +71

      @@desk1235 Same applies, you are just watching a number increase.

    • @burritowyrm6530
      @burritowyrm6530 Před 2 lety +18

      I chose Cookies

    • @2fleekgeek
      @2fleekgeek Před 2 lety +13

      dude this is one of the best comments i"ve ever seen

    • @ss-bq2ee
      @ss-bq2ee Před 2 lety +4

      to lonj

  • @evieashton8099
    @evieashton8099 Před 4 lety +1607

    “our website uses cookies-”
    *GET IT OUT OF HERE*

  • @iPodpadphoneWhatever
    @iPodpadphoneWhatever Před rokem +3

    This is super inspiring, my heart has brightened up, I am much happier then before!!!!

  • @user-ys8bu1li1r
    @user-ys8bu1li1r Před 8 měsíci

    wow. Did not expect cookie clicker having such social commentary. Great vid

  • @Darthxim
    @Darthxim Před 4 lety +1997

    "You can increase economic production by risking the lives of the elderly"
    Ah, I see the new coronavirus patch has come out.

    • @ebk7073344
      @ebk7073344 Před 4 lety +21

      Yeah this corona virus has really boosted the economy and increased economic production.

    • @doxiedomian
      @doxiedomian Před 4 lety +57

      @@ebk7073344 he's talking about the proposal that people go back to work soon despite the ongoing pandemic. Boosting economic production while putting peoples lives at risk, particularly the elderly

    • @unpapelcascaron7463
      @unpapelcascaron7463 Před 4 lety +2

      mexico

    • @MatsueMusic
      @MatsueMusic Před 4 lety +3

      Maybe, since the world’s economy seems to be held up by hand sanitizers and surgical gloves. Both of which the elderly, need even on a non-apocalyptic day.

    • @UnderageStrangeGames
      @UnderageStrangeGames Před 4 lety +2

      Fwooty but it wouldn’t boost production compared to pre-corona, it would just mitigate losses.

  • @memebois6987
    @memebois6987 Před 3 lety +2089

    he went from
    "Cookie Clicker, is a game, about clicking a cookie."
    to "the universe is now cookies. and only cookies" in less then 10 minutes

    • @alextheghost8211
      @alextheghost8211 Před 3 lety +21

      and then to "how about we stop doing this whole capitalism thing"

    • @seankrkovich2869
      @seankrkovich2869 Před 3 lety +9

      @@alextheghost8211 Seems kinda meh. Capitalism is ultimately just not taking people's stuff. Closer to greed really

    • @alextheghost8211
      @alextheghost8211 Před 3 lety +5

      @@seankrkovich2869 Yeah it is mostly about greed but capitalistic greed and exploiting grandmas and the natural resources of the planet to make more cookies that you don't need

    • @normalcat7296
      @normalcat7296 Před 3 lety +6

      Every VSauce intro ever

    • @TheOneGuy1111
      @TheOneGuy1111 Před 3 lety +3

      The universe becoming cookies is only 3 minutes in; the remaining 7 minutes is going _even further._

  • @brionreid7316
    @brionreid7316 Před 8 měsíci

    Had this not been from you I would have assumed it was just about the game and never clicked but it was & is you so I clicked and was not disappointed. Thx

  • @chestnuteevee927
    @chestnuteevee927 Před rokem +2

    "In the beginning, you click the cookie"
    *True Neverclick speedrunners would like to access your location*

  • @KingAwesome8218
    @KingAwesome8218 Před 4 lety +6729

    I think I speak for everyone when I say pivoting to this content is truly the best direction for this channel.

    • @Parenegade
      @Parenegade Před 4 lety +81

      You joke but I bet ASX would dominate if they made informational gaming videos.

    • @BikesTrainandAuto
      @BikesTrainandAuto Před 4 lety +37

      @@Parenegade Agreed. Imagine him with Dark Souls and Bloodbourne analysis videos.

    • @ianpopp87
      @ianpopp87 Před 4 lety +107

      You mean anticaplitalist content? Couldn't agree more.

    • @KingAwesome8218
      @KingAwesome8218 Před 4 lety +22

      @@ianpopp87 You damn well know what I mean ;)

    • @dirtypure2023
      @dirtypure2023 Před 4 lety +15

      @@ianpopp87 I don't think the video is anti-capitalist. It reads more anti-greed to me. Greed is the cause of much tragedy and suffering, and you may say that is enabled by capitalism, but I disagree. I think the fault can only be laid at the feet of individuals. Capitalism has enabled countless advancements in technology, medicine, and allowed millions (if not billions) of people to be lifted out of poverty. People just need to stop being so damn greedy imo.

  • @possiblyend5537
    @possiblyend5537 Před 3 lety +2076

    Grandma: “You disgust me”
    Also grandma: “Moist cookie”

  • @elanasilverman4468
    @elanasilverman4468 Před 10 měsíci +3

    This needs to be required viewing at every house of worship, played before the beginning of all company board meetings, workdays at the Fed, and days at school. If you're not going to teach reading or math in the remaining 5 hours and 50 minutes, this ten isn't going to to turn the tide but maybe we will have adults who will care about it. As opposed to the (most recent)th congress.

  • @sigh..4372
    @sigh..4372 Před rokem +2

    I love coming back to this video every once in a while,

  • @ilect1690
    @ilect1690 Před 3 lety +4828

    Beginning: "click 15 times for cursor" End: Capitalism must be abolished

    • @carnatpocait8633
      @carnatpocait8633 Před 3 lety +66

      @SPONGEBOBMEBOY communism is bad. It failed everywhere.

    • @StarryxNight5
      @StarryxNight5 Před 3 lety +110

      @@carnatpocait8633 But comrade, we must spread glory of communism so it is truly bad _everywhere_

    • @carnatpocait8633
      @carnatpocait8633 Před 3 lety +36

      @@StarryxNight5 i don't know where are you from, but i'm from Romania. This country was a communist country. It was bad

    • @dw3yn693
      @dw3yn693 Před 2 lety +90

      @@carnatpocait8633 only because caucescu did mistakes and was pretty bad with his austerity and debt management, does not mean Socialism as a system is bad or inherently unfunctional. Many people of former socialist states had way better lives, East Germany, most of the Soviet union, China etc And also Romania many people wish for old times, since they see how capitalism failed them. The goal is not to replicate Socialist Romania the goal is to learn from the mistakes of Socialism and adapt, because we know that the goal cannot be capitalism. Socialism can be better, capitalism cannot.

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 Před 2 lety +13

      @@carnatpocait8633 Eyo fam, communism must spread fam. *THE COOKIES MUST EXPAND*

  • @619Gotenks
    @619Gotenks Před 4 lety +1224

    Start of the video: haha so silly
    End of the video: OMFG

    • @AliceDiableaux
      @AliceDiableaux Před 4 lety +46

      My mouth was literally hanging open at the end. Brilliant. Absolutely amazing. This is officially the best video on this entire site.

    • @damiandohshinobi8127
      @damiandohshinobi8127 Před 4 lety +3

      the April's fool's video we all have been waiting

    • @hUCK-
      @hUCK- Před 4 lety +13

      @@damiandohshinobi8127 This is actually an incredibly real/serious video.

    • @Generic_Gaming_Channel
      @Generic_Gaming_Channel Před 3 lety +2

      @@AliceDiableaux have you seen the Ronald Mc Donald vids?

  • @acaterpillargivingbirth

    This was relaxing. I loved it. Thank you.

  • @baconboy69
    @baconboy69 Před rokem +1

    I have no idea how many times Ive watched this video. I rewatch it every time it shows up in my recommended.

  • @cheetopawz8776
    @cheetopawz8776 Před 3 lety +2921

    This guys first words. "Cookie Clicker is a game about clicking a cookie."
    Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

    • @ee3254
      @ee3254 Před 3 lety +9

      Ya dont say

    • @zenixrl_
      @zenixrl_ Před 3 lety +5

      wow we watched the same video

    • @lupaloops4166
      @lupaloops4166 Před 3 lety +5

      wow what else 😮 are you gonna tell me he's also human???

    • @justarandomdragonontheinternet
      @justarandomdragonontheinternet Před 3 lety +2

      Right like no it’s a game about dogs making cakes

    • @imnotacat5299
      @imnotacat5299 Před 3 lety +1

      @@justarandomdragonontheinternet I don't see why not, it's not like all game titles are literal.
      Or did you think Metal Gear was a game series about an actual gear made of metal....

  • @scripttonight4471
    @scripttonight4471 Před 2 lety +3881

    8:02 "disaster is actually an opportunity to exploit the vulnerable to make more wealth" This is probably the line that got me the most

    • @lukakomarov1014
      @lukakomarov1014 Před 2 lety +53

      Yeah, makes me think of one old bearded German and his friend

    • @foggyforest2625
      @foggyforest2625 Před 2 lety +41

      There's a saying by someone:
      Chaos is a ladder!

    • @thesamejackalsniperthatkil117
      @thesamejackalsniperthatkil117 Před 2 lety +29

      Reminds me of that Applebee's CNN commercial that played during the Russian Ukraine conflict

    • @AJ-vr9hf
      @AJ-vr9hf Před 2 lety +5

      Reminds me of a old game someone played, Liberty something…

    • @haidiwu7968
      @haidiwu7968 Před rokem +7

      covid, that you?

  • @agoodname3056
    @agoodname3056 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Very detailed explanation of the game, I gotta applaud your efforts in articulating the underlying message!
    Nontheless, this game cleverly satirizes the materialistic tendencies prevalent in our society, where money often becomes the ultimate pursuit for many individuals. The game employs cookies as a metaphor, which effectively draws attention to these issues and prompts us to reflect on our own behaviors. Such is truly commendable.

  • @devinvm
    @devinvm Před 18 dny

    Our world needed this video. As a humble resident, I thank you.

  • @redcharget5894
    @redcharget5894 Před 3 lety +2147

    “ video games cause violence”
    Kid playing cookie clicker: lol how can this game make me violent?
    Him after hours of progress: *sacrifice.... more.... grandmas....*

  • @TheSowut
    @TheSowut Před 3 lety +3507

    now i finally understand the economy.

    • @robertagren9360
      @robertagren9360 Před 3 lety +33

      How can it be that every year the economy increases in size but the planet hasn't

    • @lyrimetacurl0
      @lyrimetacurl0 Před 3 lety +5

      It will when they unlock space mining.

    • @miguelgo4039
      @miguelgo4039 Před 2 lety

      TRUEEEEE

    • @prodpexxos
      @prodpexxos Před 2 lety +1

      Economy made me talk alien i mean Ecomoney tade le me to tlacc aleeen

    • @msmegaserga2228
      @msmegaserga2228 Před 2 lety

      Spore?
      You the True gamer

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y Před 10 měsíci +1

    As always, the first piece of art clearly shows what the genre is really about. These kinds of videos included

  • @Spunglebub
    @Spunglebub Před 7 měsíci +1

    I keep coming back to watch this

  • @lighto1531
    @lighto1531 Před 3 lety +657

    "you buy your first grandma"
    enough internet for today.

    • @Gilsworth
      @Gilsworth Před 3 lety +51

      You get an achievement for selling a grandma called "Just Wrong" with the added text "I thought you loved me"

    • @guardianofthetoasters2323
      @guardianofthetoasters2323 Před 3 lety +18

      @@Gilsworth holy shit im never gonna sell one

    • @12DAMDO
      @12DAMDO Před 3 lety +26

      >sell grandma
      >get achievement (and therefore more milk)
      >get more cps based on milk
      we truly live in a society

    • @sniper9395
      @sniper9395 Před 2 lety

      Nice lightning reed pfp

    • @DeanwoodBand
      @DeanwoodBand Před 2 lety

      r/cursedcomments

  • @AmericanIdiot7659
    @AmericanIdiot7659 Před 3 lety +4701

    "It's simple at first but gets increasingly complex"
    my autoclicker with 5000 clicks per second: haha click go fast

    • @benyt1583
      @benyt1583 Před 3 lety +74

      click go NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWMMM

    • @NexusBladeGaming
      @NexusBladeGaming Před 3 lety +90

      Ehem... Mouse goes brrr

    • @lei2069
      @lei2069 Před 3 lety +31

      ha ha click go: *f22 jet plane noises*

    • @JohnSmith-wz9cx
      @JohnSmith-wz9cx Před 3 lety +17

      I always just inspect the page, click the “element” tab and type in something like “cookies = 9999999999”.

    • @shazboi9841
      @shazboi9841 Před 3 lety +3

      wat ur auto clicker

  • @fehit1446
    @fehit1446 Před rokem

    Those were the shortest 10 minutes of my life. Great video!

  • @tergartcunninghan2013
    @tergartcunninghan2013 Před 7 měsíci

    Deadass, my first time hearing about this. The first twenty seconds of this video have already blown my mind.

  • @dasoon0220
    @dasoon0220 Před 4 lety +17413

    I know it’s April fools and all, but this was unironically a great video.

    • @abailumlerrad1037
      @abailumlerrad1037 Před 4 lety +57

      I though it was a Cookie 🙃

    • @elsanti4220
      @elsanti4220 Před 4 lety +5

      truer

    • @ParadoxAll
      @ParadoxAll Před 4 lety +251

      I didn't even realize, I was just like "Hum, may I judge this game to quick, this game ins't that bad, it has a story and all"

    • @abailumlerrad1037
      @abailumlerrad1037 Před 4 lety +5

      @@elsanti4220 *TRUE ******R*******

    • @coffeedude
      @coffeedude Před 4 lety +14

      @@ParadoxAll it's a great idle game

  • @mihaiioc.3809
    @mihaiioc.3809 Před 2 lety +6810

    "Whatchu got there?"
    *hides lesson about capitalism*
    "A cookie"

    • @Ken-no5ip
      @Ken-no5ip Před 2 lety +40

      - written on mihaiio's iPhone

    • @khazarhay
      @khazarhay Před 2 lety +219

      @@Ken-no5ip ah yes the good all socialism no iphone

    • @crapfucr6491
      @crapfucr6491 Před 2 lety +68

      @@Ken-no5ip socialism DESTROYED

    • @Jacob-es5tv
      @Jacob-es5tv Před 2 lety +9

      @@khazarhay supporting a system that you don’t like. seems kind of. dumb.

    • @theinternetpolice2078
      @theinternetpolice2078 Před 2 lety +85

      @@Ken-no5ip
      Communism no food no iphone 10 quadrillion dead kulaks

  • @lightningmonky7674
    @lightningmonky7674 Před 22 dny +1

    You got me hooked on this game again

  • @d_camara
    @d_camara Před rokem +3

    Oh, a video about cookie clicker! And totally not about anything that starts with a C and ends with human extinction unless we stop it!

  • @ir0ngamer393
    @ir0ngamer393 Před 4 lety +1913

    “For 100 cookies you buy your very first grandma”
    I thought human trafficking was illegal?

    • @bounceb
      @bounceb Před 3 lety +52

      Everything is legal 'till the cops show.

    • @Talkingworms
      @Talkingworms Před 3 lety +13

      Releasing nameless eldritch horrors is generally considered a no-no, as well.

    • @razkanaz
      @razkanaz Před 3 lety +4

      Well buying it with money is

    • @Progeusz
      @Progeusz Před 3 lety +5

      You can buy your first grandma. You never had one before. Let it sink in.

    • @kirbyinhalesjotaro4471
      @kirbyinhalesjotaro4471 Před 3 lety

      Not if you have enough cookies

  • @illuindb
    @illuindb Před 4 lety +9028

    Ya know, I wasn’t expecting a cookie clicker video to be a critique of capitalism and pandemic response, but now that I’ve watched it I don’t know how I could have expected something else

    • @Diepvries11
      @Diepvries11 Před 4 lety +341

      That's because you haven't read the Cookie Clicker books.

    • @Hevvvyyy
      @Hevvvyyy Před 4 lety +15

      This reminds me of the Billy Madison industrial revolution analogy

    • @christianfarren1179
      @christianfarren1179 Před 4 lety +29

      Illuin DB Then again, this is Alt Shift X we’re talking about.
      For an encore, let’s see what analyses he can make from I Am Bread or Random Goose Game next year

    • @illuindb
      @illuindb Před 4 lety +3

      Diepvries ah shit you right. I was planning to when the series was done but they just take so long to come out ya feel?

    • @jessielefey
      @jessielefey Před 4 lety +44

      @@christianfarren1179 Untitled Goose Game is cheating, as it has a surprisingly deep reading any day of the year not just the first of April. ;-)
      What is the village? How many bells *has* the goose stolen and why is nobody *really* doing anything about it? What primal urges does being a goose give a player?
      My headcanon is that the village is an undercover SCP containment site, designed to keep the goose occupied. There's a continual debate about if the success of containment means they should reduce its class to euclid, but that's a trap. The goose is always keter. Never feel secure.

  • @HM-rc7nn
    @HM-rc7nn Před rokem

    This is now my favourite video on yt

  • @derrattenlord2780
    @derrattenlord2780 Před měsícem

    Literally the best youtube video ever made

  • @oozetube4204
    @oozetube4204 Před 3 lety +2105

    Are we not gonna talk about how he has 37 trillion ascensions ready

    • @lykaeon8082
      @lykaeon8082 Před 3 lety +165

      no its 37 trillion prestige and heavenly chips. Yes it is a ginormous amount of cookies he earned, but it is possible to hack in cookies as he said so maybe he hacked in the cookies as playing this game to that point takes over a year.

    • @regulatormachine2788
      @regulatormachine2788 Před 3 lety +61

      @@lykaeon8082 except playing this game for over a year is typical...

    • @lykaeon8082
      @lykaeon8082 Před 3 lety +18

      So he played this over a year for a single video?

    • @lykaeon8082
      @lykaeon8082 Před 3 lety +7

      Cos he filmed it from the start

    • @millenity9245
      @millenity9245 Před 3 lety +8

      @@lykaeon8082 how could any computer hold that much video information without making what the video is completely unrecognizable

  • @holyloli69420
    @holyloli69420 Před 2 lety +3164

    Cookie Clicker Gameplay:
    Haha click click go brrr
    Cookie Clicker Lore:
    👵👹💀👽👓🔪💣🍪🌊🌋🌎🌏🌍🕛

  • @LethalPigeon7
    @LethalPigeon7 Před rokem

    God dammit, every single video of a normal topic I see from this channel is absolute G O L D
    But all it pumps out is stuff about stupid tv shows that aren't even over. I wish I could forget it existed, gonna mess around with the plugins and block this to stop myself from getting my hopes up before I rememember that *oh* it's *that channel* again

  • @minglau8485
    @minglau8485 Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you for your help! It works perfectly!

  • @theonlygate
    @theonlygate Před 2 lety +6695

    It's not about the journey it's about telling people at school how many cookies you have

    • @guccisnek2454
      @guccisnek2454 Před 2 lety +76

      Its not always about the cookies schpidaman

    • @marcworkout2484
      @marcworkout2484 Před rokem +3

      Samee

    • @RealRainbowBlox
      @RealRainbowBlox Před rokem +1

      shush

    • @majorvonstroheim151
      @majorvonstroheim151 Před rokem +41

      I love how they always have a look of shock, disbelief, and horror when I tell them a number of cookies that I have witch is a number they’ve never even heard of

    • @RealRainbowBlox
      @RealRainbowBlox Před rokem +1

      @@majorvonstroheim151 shush no need for paragraphs here

  • @okboomerbutitsacat8050
    @okboomerbutitsacat8050 Před 3 lety +1377

    Me, who played cookie clicker for fun and didn't actually do most of this:
    WHAT

    • @elizapetrie-nattress9552
      @elizapetrie-nattress9552 Před 3 lety +58

      me who played it at school because it was the only game that wasn’t blocked: **happiness noises**
      Edit: I've found that the school blocks the full one which kinda sucks

    • @zooeyhill6006
      @zooeyhill6006 Před 3 lety +9

      At this point I'm making 345 decillion cookies a second and I've ascended like 7 times.

    • @volly910
      @volly910 Před 3 lety +1

      How do I find this game all I find is dumb scratch I want this one

    • @stockimagedog7382
      @stockimagedog7382 Před 3 lety +1

      yeah... that's possible

    • @toughpuff1799
      @toughpuff1799 Před 3 lety +1

      @@volly910 the link to the game is in the description

  • @whatismylife879
    @whatismylife879 Před rokem +1

    this video is a masterpiece

  • @veez4425
    @veez4425 Před 8 měsíci

    I rewatch this video every single year

  • @dfmce
    @dfmce Před 2 lety +2180

    The Beginning: I own 5 farms! Cool!
    The End: What is the meaning of life? What are feelings? All your memory will be lost like tears in the rain. Live life while you can because it's not long.

    • @eyeover7307
      @eyeover7307 Před 2 lety +35

      the early game is a game, the late game is political statement of our captilist society

    • @baboonery3
      @baboonery3 Před 2 lety +5

      oh if you live in this universe you DoNt DiE

    • @binifff3057
      @binifff3057 Před 2 lety +3

      @brixk oh my fcking god i just did that, why did I do that, I am heartbroken

  • @TheSabrist
    @TheSabrist Před 2 lety +11530

    At the start of this video, I was laughing my ass off about how absurd this game is.
    By the end of the video, I'm legitimately perturbed by how absurd the whole world is.

    • @fatalos6855
      @fatalos6855 Před 2 lety +55

      You've seen nothing yet !

    • @karmatraining
      @karmatraining Před 2 lety +193

      Cookie Clicker is art. Real art makes you question your existence.

    • @Bob-bs9ok
      @Bob-bs9ok Před 2 lety +20

      @@sudanemamimikiki1527 universal paperclips is the best with this

    • @Persun_McPersonson
      @Persun_McPersonson Před rokem

      @Sick Disgusting Freak
      Bro, get a life.

    • @BiggestAmerican69
      @BiggestAmerican69 Před rokem

      @Sick Disgusting Freak r/woosh

  • @Lucas_Vanes
    @Lucas_Vanes Před 9 měsíci

    I love this video I keep on coming back to it

  • @Chazzvc
    @Chazzvc Před 7 měsíci

    9:40 these exponential games probably count up to 1,000 and once you hit 1,000 you are sent back to 1 and the title of your numbers changes to the next tillion amount.
    So its not like the game is tracking dozens of digits but rather 4 digits and a dozen titles given to each bracket you reach.

  • @ninesalive
    @ninesalive Před 3 lety +2283

    "is cookie clicker a metaphor for capitalism?" was the last thing i thought i would think about today

    • @inkblade3115
      @inkblade3115 Před 3 lety +9

      exactly!

    • @AnonGZ
      @AnonGZ Před 3 lety +37

      it applies to any kind of economy in the end

    • @Kshea44ify
      @Kshea44ify Před 3 lety +8

      I don't think any actual capitalist system involves any money printers going brrrr.

    • @raggaeflow
      @raggaeflow Před 3 lety +47

      @@AnonGZ No, American Capitalism more than anything. An economy is required for society to exist; however once that society exists at the expense of itself is when shit starts going south. Balance in everything.

    • @vladthecon
      @vladthecon Před 3 lety +9

      @@AnonGZ not really in capitalism economic growth is exponential punctuated by crashes in communism growth follows the function 1/X and in feudalism it is nearly flat.

  • @artifexmusic
    @artifexmusic Před 3 lety +2472

    "the universe is now cookies. and only cookies"
    the first grandma: So when you payin me?

  • @bigmanbigplans7953
    @bigmanbigplans7953 Před rokem +2

    This got way darker than I thought it would but I loved it!

  • @FunkinDraven
    @FunkinDraven Před 4 měsíci

    His voice is so calm, I just want to watch this video over and over again

  • @breezeshooter42
    @breezeshooter42 Před 4 lety +2011

    Damn I didn't think a video about cookie clicker would be this relevant

    • @AltShiftX
      @AltShiftX  Před 4 lety +591

      What are you talking about man, this is clearly just about cookies 🍪

    • @Tioy0
      @Tioy0 Před 4 lety +137

      @@AltShiftX "The problem is that, a system designed to make cookies is not design to make wellbeing or justice or hapiness, any system of endless growth, of singular purpose, that warps the whole world around one goal can only grow until it self destructs. And the only way we can escape such a game, is to stop playing."
      yeah sure just good ol' cookies :D

    • @avian8778
      @avian8778 Před 4 lety +3

      Breezeshooter, это что мэддисон на аве? xD

    • @JimtheOtter
      @JimtheOtter Před 4 lety +2

      Or this terrifying.

    • @AkariInsko
      @AkariInsko Před 3 lety +2

      @@Tioy0 i reached that part of the video while reading this

  • @sevengnomesinatrenchcoat
    @sevengnomesinatrenchcoat Před 3 lety +674

    "you can increase ecenomic production by risking the lives of the elderly"
    -alt shift x, 2020

  • @JSheerXeno54
    @JSheerXeno54 Před rokem

    i love this video. its my new favorite video.

  • @the_numb_skull
    @the_numb_skull Před rokem +4

    I know this was meant as an April Fools joke but as someone who has played Cookie Clicker for years he is 100% on point with this

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. Před 3 lety +4691

    Everyone's gangsta until you use quantum entanglement to produce cookies eldritch beings from another alternative timeline

  • @Afish8me2china
    @Afish8me2china Před 2 lety +964

    “Grandfather, how did the world start?”
    “Well, it all started one day when one man started making cookies…”

    • @HY-ti4bh
      @HY-ti4bh Před 2 lety +50

      “Well how did it end?”
      “The same way it started”

    • @garrettcarr8689
      @garrettcarr8689 Před 2 lety +29

      "What was before the cookies grandpa?"
      "Nobody knows.... nobody will ever know"

    • @kyvilfongkot6372
      @kyvilfongkot6372 Před 2 lety +17

      What happen to grandma grampa

    • @anawesomepet
      @anawesomepet Před 2 lety +6

      @@garrettcarr8689 it was cookies

    • @hogrider6361
      @hogrider6361 Před 2 lety +14

      Grandpa: So you want to know what happened to grandma? Let me tell you something kid...
      (Sits down on chair)
      Grandma, she tried to find the truth... She almost found out what happened before the cookies. On one day the cookie agents came to our house. Asked us some questions. One day she just didnt come home...
      Kid: Grandpa? Where is she now?
      Grandpa: I suspect that the cookie agency has her... She might be dead or is in a cell somewhere underneath. We might never now...
      Kid: ...
      Grandpa: Thats enough story time. Go back to bed...

  • @straighttothepoint219
    @straighttothepoint219 Před rokem +1

    havent seen a better youtube video in years

  • @Taiki11
    @Taiki11 Před 7 měsíci

    Awesome vid :D very entertaining 🤣

  • @sam7741
    @sam7741 Před 4 lety +3079

    Beginning: "I cant sleep, this looks interesting"
    Middle: "Oh it's an April's Fool joke! Hahaha"
    End: "WE MUST SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION"

    • @jonty4332
      @jonty4332 Před 4 lety +4

      🍪

    • @smileguyanimations8776
      @smileguyanimations8776 Před 4 lety +6

      Me: *Reading comment before video is done*
      Also me: ha, well I figured out the near end of the video so I'm not like y- *checks video*
      2. m i n u t e s - h a v e - p a s s e d

    • @1337w0n
      @1337w0n Před 4 lety +1

      Solidarity Forever.

  • @frostcrackle2374
    @frostcrackle2374 Před 3 lety +701

    "The late game meta has elaborate strategies to maximise cookie production."
    me: Pff...you just click cookies
    my mind wasn't ready.

    • @anon2279
      @anon2279 Před 3 lety +6

      Cookies from anti matter lmao

    • @Niiue
      @Niiue Před 3 lety

      Coffee by Anon on Spotify grandmapocalypse

  • @Derekyounan
    @Derekyounan Před rokem +1

    This was an amazing video

  • @Pwop_
    @Pwop_ Před 2 lety +3830

    I remember everyone getting hooked on clicker games in HS and some kid suggested that all our clicking was contributing to free labor for somebody for some monetizable purpose. We all thought he was weird for that, and the story of Cookie Clicker helps me to finally understand what he was getting at..

    • @wykon6700
      @wykon6700 Před 2 lety +252

      He was ahead of the Curve.

    • @sonicatyt1082
      @sonicatyt1082 Před rokem +14

      I only played dogeminer

    • @imbored7073
      @imbored7073 Před rokem +14

      Cool math games

    • @TheEuropeanFox
      @TheEuropeanFox Před rokem +70

      If I were in your position and still remembered his name, I'd try reaching out by sending this video.
      Kinda weird? Probably.

    • @RealRainbowBlox
      @RealRainbowBlox Před rokem +1

      shush