Omicron is the Greek ‘O’ and the other Greek letters between delta and omicron were also notable COVID strains, just not in the news as much as delta and omicron so we don’t know about them
They've been going through the alphabet and originally this one was designated "nu" but I guess that makes it sound like you're saying "new" so they changed it 🤷♀️
There’s actually been variants all the Greek alphabet letters in between omicron and alpha, just not as notable. If this continues, it is possible we may get a SIGMA VARIANT.
except qui, the Chinese communist party thought it sounded too much like their leaders name so they skipped that one, the French president obviously didnt have as much clout as the communist party because they went with omicron
@@Gameferret16191 4 made it to the news, but there's been many. Omicron is pretty far down the greek alphabet, and they did use almost every letter up to there.
They're naming them in the order that the letters appear in the Greek alphabet. They skipped "Nu" because it is too easily confused with the Enlgish word "new", and they skipped Xi because it's a common last name--apparently they were worried about offending people.
Darcy's acting as his twin brother Dr Ahrns was off the medical charts. You could feel his years of studying medicine being injected into every scene like an overdose
I hope they realize they've just been following the Greek alphabet! there's been variant epsilon, zeta, eta, and so on they just weren't as notable. lambda and mu were briefly concerning but they didn't go anywhere
@@mattgraziano7310 They litterally didnt name xi bc they didnt wanna offend anyone. (Bc its a last name a lot of people have) it has nothing to do with chinese dictators
@@mattgraziano7310 They also skipped Nu because it sounded like "Nu". It is standard practice within medicine to not name diseases based on locations or people. The lesson was learned after Spanish Flu.
It's so weird that foil arms and hog released the same sketch with the same jokes at exactly the same time. Like neither of you could have copied each other because they both came out two hours ago, but it's the same sketch
you think it's a letter? the word itself has 6 letters. spoilers. that was a joke. "itself" has 6 letters, but you were meant to think that I was talking about "omicron", which has 7 letters. it sucks that I have to spell it out, but the joke will just be lost on people, and then when I explain it, people will just say that I'm making an excuse because I said something dumb and I don't want to admit it. there's always some kid in the comments who has to be a wise ass. this is why we can't have jokes anymore. so anyways, if you were waiting for me to spell it out, here it is: I-T
@slam slam Xi is a Greek letter like Omicron, Delta, and Alpha. There were other Covid variants which occupied the letters between Delta and the letter Nu, but they skipped Nu since it sounded like 'new' and they skipped Xi because it's a very common surname. Contrary to the original commenter, the letter Xi was not skipped solely because of the Chinese President Xi Jinping (who has the mocking nickname Winnie the Pooh in case you were confused about that).
@slam slam Each strain is named after a letter in the Greek alphabet. After Nu (which wasn't used due to it sounding too similar to the word 'new') is Xi, which is the president of China's surname who people say looks like Winnie the Pooh.
@slam slam all mutations occur on an exponential level not a linear one, far as I know it just comes down to how broadly they get categorized which is just up to the organization to decide
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Edit: I was wrong about the alphabet. Check out the replies! Jokes aside, the variants are named after letters of the Greek alphabet. After delta, the letter is nu. But nu sounds like 'new' so they skipped that. The next letter is xi, and that sounds like the first name of Xi Jinping, the Chinese President. So they made it Omicron, the letter after Xi.
Nope. Delta is D, so it's followed by E which is Epsilon. There are more variants than are widley publicised (though Lambda was more discussed in America, as it originated in South America) and they were up to N, after the Mu variant.
Its like the Don Henley song "Dirty Laundry" about how the media gets over exited about bad news and dirty secrets. I was going to post a link to it but it seems Henley won't allow it to be posted online. All I found are cover versions. He was outted himself over something he did in the past.
FAH was right, it really does sound like a transformer... Kinda funny that my two fav comedy channels came out with a 'Why they called it omicron' video within 40 minutes of each other...
In 30 years they’ll be saying “we just need to wear masks for a little bit longer, the Twister Jacker-3000 variant has killed a whopping 22 people, stay strong and make sure you get your 62nd booster shot”
They are actually naming them going by the greek alphabet but not all the variants that receive letters (like gamma) make it into the media and they had to skip some letters because of concerns they sounded too similar to other things. Love the creativity tho!!
I’m a grad student studying geophysics and the way this video ends is the way everyone in my field reacts when there’s a giant earthquake somewhere in the world.
Can't believe WHO are just okay with this footage being leaked from their meeting like this
You totally beat me to this comment! 😀
WHO?
@@Blstnpls216 world health organization
@@letmeskyforce9928 possibly /r/WHO(osh) ?
@@letmeskyforce9928 who?
I've been calling it "omnicron" this entire time and didnt notice until now, but also realising how much cooler it sounds compared to "omicron"
i realised this in my research
so it isn't omnicron
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Hahaha. Same.
Yes
thats what joe biden called it
as someone who's used it as their name for the past 7 years, this is pretty accurate lol
oh god.. are you behind all of this?!
And you just gained a new sub because of your name lmao. Looking forward to diving into more of your content!
As soon as I heard of this new variant, my mind immediately went to you lmao.
I would like this comment but it has the perfect number of likes.
was waiting for you to comment
Every time people say “omicron” I just think of Lrrr saying “I am Lrrr, ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 8!”😂
Thank you! I thought I was the only one! How haven't other people noticed that yet! Lol
the fact they tried to make a rick and morty reference instead of the futurama reference was kinda disappointing lol
The anagram of OMICRON is MORONIC..
Have you woken up yet? Y'all being played.
Back in my day, Omicron Persei 8 used to be a planet!
Glad i’m not the only one, noice ;)
Nd’nd threw me out, can I crash on your couch?
Thanks Lachlan for writing W.H.O. on the whiteboard to help set the scene! Really helped!
Who?
Darcy’s performance as the pen’s ink was fantastic as always.
First base!
i farmed your kind in the past, you dropped good exp + pearls !
Their budget must have been insane
"It needs to sound like a planet from Rick and Morty!"
*names it after a planet from Futurama*
came here for this comment lol
Lmao
I love how there's the cut to of you having to re-write Omicron and it's in a completely different spot on the whiteboard than originally haha
No it’s the same spot lol I thought the same, it’s just that you only see him write «on» instead of the whole thing
@@donb2527 Oh haha you're right, I was reading it as the start and the n being the start of the m
@@stabdu same I had to watch it like 3 times 😂
I also thought he had miscalculated the space (again)
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@@sutirk looks like lachlan is learning
Omicron is the Greek ‘O’ and the other Greek letters between delta and omicron were also notable COVID strains, just not in the news as much as delta and omicron so we don’t know about them
lambda and mu variants in asian countries
I still remember gamma, lambda and mu.
They've been going through the alphabet and originally this one was designated "nu" but I guess that makes it sound like you're saying "new" so they changed it 🤷♀️
came to comments to say this. thanks for gettin there first
also, xi was jumped over because of a certain Chinese dictators name.
credits to darcy for coming up with the best name: “The Mongoose Strain”
The amongus strain
@@doppelminds1040 Sussy baka strain!
Darcy's acting as Dr. Ahrns was truly insane, didn't recognise him!!
Ikr
Darcy’s acting as Darcy was brilliant
Very nice
One of like 70 comments that is on every video
Congratulations for being original
Agreed
Nice comment, really original,
@@rileybourke nah I saw it on the previous video
There’s actually been variants all the Greek alphabet letters in between omicron and alpha, just not as notable. If this continues, it is possible we may get a SIGMA VARIANT.
Beta variant with delusions.
except qui, the Chinese communist party thought it sounded too much like their leaders name so they skipped that one, the French president obviously didnt have as much clout as the communist party because they went with omicron
So hype for this new drop! Been waiting months for the Omicron
@UCEuc-TMBQCuonLrhDpQwaNw Fr hope that patch fixes most if them
Can’t believe it’s already here!, have been looking forward to it since its announcement at E3
Same
@@lukecollis9634 Exactly the panel was so 🔥🔥
Did anybody else just watch something similar on Foil Arms and Hog. God both channels are so good, love you guys
I love how you and Foil Arms and Hog came to the same transformer conclusion
Hey, true!
Tbh I just thought they copied it
@@andrewelliott5639 nah came out at the exact same time
well it's not like it's the actual reason
This shall become a series considering there's a new strain every 2 months lol
Theres been like 4
Lol nice one
@@Gameferret16191 4 made it to the news, but there's been many. Omicron is pretty far down the greek alphabet, and they did use almost every letter up to there.
More like 2 days.
They're naming them in the order that the letters appear in the Greek alphabet. They skipped "Nu" because it is too easily confused with the Enlgish word "new", and they skipped Xi because it's a common last name--apparently they were worried about offending people.
Just remember that the CCP donates a metric fuck ton to the W.H.O.
It's not even in the top 400 names in China. They did it for a certain Pooh reason
Just the fa&h that got realised minutes before this
What about epsilon zeta eta theta iota kappa labda and mu?
@@huub1164 as far as i know they exist, just searched one of them: www.sciencefocus.com/news/lambda-variant/
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About to say
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yes
I’ve been watching these guys for like the past month and just realized I wasn’t subscribed! I’ve now subscribed!
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Video idea: Australian Malcom in the Middle starring Darcy as Malcolm, Lachlan as Reece and Jaxon as Dewey
Can you repeat the question
What a coincidence, Foil Arms and Hog uploaded a very similar sketch. Loved both of them lol..
I had no idea they were filming parliament during the decision. Thank you for providing this footage
I love how many overlaps there are between this and the foil arms and hog sketch 😂 Great minds think alike, only one hour apart too
I love you guys. You are so much fun. Australians are the best!!
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Darcy's acting as the whiteboard with W.H.O. written on it was masterfully executed. Method acting at its finest.
Darcy's acting as his twin brother Dr Ahrns was off the medical charts. You could feel his years of studying medicine being injected into every scene like an overdose
I hope they realize they've just been following the Greek alphabet! there's been variant epsilon, zeta, eta, and so on they just weren't as notable. lambda and mu were briefly concerning but they didn't go anywhere
Except for Xi because China created this virus so we can't name the strains after their dictators
@@mattgraziano7310 They litterally didnt name xi bc they didnt wanna offend anyone. (Bc its a last name a lot of people have) it has nothing to do with chinese dictators
@@nataliatheweirdo awwwwwww. Xi is a cool Greek letter though :(
@@mattgraziano7310 They also skipped Nu because it sounded like "Nu". It is standard practice within medicine to not name diseases based on locations or people. The lesson was learned after Spanish Flu.
@@xero2715 west Nile? Ebola?
It's so weird that foil arms and hog released the same sketch with the same jokes at exactly the same time. Like neither of you could have copied each other because they both came out two hours ago, but it's the same sketch
I was just thinking the same thing🤣
Thats just because the jokes write themselves.
I got notifications for both haha
Ok, so Omicron is actually still a greek letter.
Lol, there are also several variants after Delta
The "Omega war game".
you think it's a letter? the word itself has 6 letters.
spoilers. that was a joke. "itself" has 6 letters, but you were meant to think that I was talking about "omicron", which has 7 letters. it sucks that I have to spell it out, but the joke will just be lost on people, and then when I explain it, people will just say that I'm making an excuse because I said something dumb and I don't want to admit it. there's always some kid in the comments who has to be a wise ass. this is why we can't have jokes anymore. so anyways, if you were waiting for me to spell it out, here it is: I-T
@@chadd990 ok.
@@Denzel_Plays thanks.
The celebration of the naming followed by the realization of a new variant was glorious.
Darcy's acting as Dr. Arhns and the whiteboard marker was top notch, really impressive
Shut up
@@sg_fatal7818 no u
They came up with it because next in line was xi. But they made it omicron not to offend Winnie the Pooh. It’s the Greek thing.
@slam slam Xi is a Greek letter like Omicron, Delta, and Alpha. There were other Covid variants which occupied the letters between Delta and the letter Nu, but they skipped Nu since it sounded like 'new' and they skipped Xi because it's a very common surname. Contrary to the original commenter, the letter Xi was not skipped solely because of the Chinese President Xi Jinping (who has the mocking nickname Winnie the Pooh in case you were confused about that).
@slam slam Each strain is named after a letter in the Greek alphabet. After Nu (which wasn't used due to it sounding too similar to the word 'new') is Xi, which is the president of China's surname who people say looks like Winnie the Pooh.
@slam slam all mutations occur on an exponential level not a linear one, far as I know it just comes down to how broadly they get categorized which is just up to the organization to decide
@slam slam You have, Delta is the predominant variant, but there have been many others. There have been over 100 variants, most are uncommon.
I like how they where so hyped for making a new name until they realised it's for a variant
I swear I love you guys! Literally just felt like shit. I see this & im laughing feeling normal again’. Thank you!
I faaaaaarkn love these bros. Team Fairbairn, your work ethic, and the effort you put in is exemplary!
Awesome mahi bros.
I always look forward to the 2-3 minutes of crackup humour your 3 bring!
Always satiated for laughs!
Shot boys!
You lads & @foilarmsandhog need to do a crossover! I hear they're popping over to Aus sometime in the near future 😏
Brilliant idea! 👍
Edit: I was wrong about the alphabet. Check out the replies!
Jokes aside, the variants are named after letters of the Greek alphabet. After delta, the letter is nu. But nu sounds like 'new' so they skipped that. The next letter is xi, and that sounds like the first name of Xi Jinping, the Chinese President. So they made it Omicron, the letter after Xi.
Nope. Delta is D, so it's followed by E which is Epsilon. There are more variants than are widley publicised (though Lambda was more discussed in America, as it originated in South America) and they were up to N, after the Mu variant.
It's not just for Ping pong, Xi is a surname in China, so you'll have to find a balance with those people too.
wish Omicron was a less contagious variant or they skipped it bc the next one would be Pi and the Pi variant would ruin the lives of math teachers
@@JPH1138 Oh shit you're right!
I'm a big fan and have been watching from when you had 50k subs I subbed 2 u then
Love the Transfomers reference❤....I'd love a video off executives coming up with Transfomers name's🤣🤘
Thought they would point out the fact that if you assemble the letters in the correct order it spells Moronic Variant.
Oh boy! Foil, Arms and Hog just made a very similar sketch
I love your videos and podcasts, thanks for making me laugh everyday
Congrats for 1.69M subs
Btw this video was preety lit haha
Darcy is so friken funny bro
yeah he honestly doesnt get enough credit
_starts speaking fluent Greek_
malaka
Darcy’s acting as the couch and Darcy at the same time was phenomenal 👌
I was literally complaining about this yesterday. Thank you
as a doctor, I can confirm this is exactly the accurate process of naming a virus
7th like :)
im just pissed they just didn’t want to skip that and go to Pi which was the next one. Pi variant would be tough
love the WHO in the background
and also so happy that there is new varient.
stay safe guys, love ur vids
Congratulations on 1.69 Million Subscribers :)
I was literally just thinking about your podcast
When the first case of Omicron in the US was reported on the news, the anchors were so excited about it lol.
Reminded me of how happy the weather channel people are when there's some horrible natural disaster happening somewhere lol.
Its like the Don Henley song "Dirty Laundry" about how the media gets over exited about bad news and dirty secrets. I was going to post a link to it but it seems Henley won't allow it to be posted online. All I found are cover versions. He was outted himself over something he did in the past.
COVID every 2 months: you fool this isn’t even my final form
Honestly Zionitron is a fuckin beauty Darcy my boy keep it up, you’ll get the next variant for sure!!!
Video idea: A family relative says “I remember when u were little” but u have no idea who it is
good idea!
"aw, HELL yes... wait shit, that's bad..."
this is what happens when you're having too much fun, i mean when you're at the W.H.O
The music at the end made me want to sub three times over
Darcy’s ability to play as both the backwards caps is impressive
Darcy's acting as the quarks was unreal
Darcy's acting as Propelletron was spot on.
Hey Fairbairn Films
Great video but just wanted to point out that there’s a typo at 2:02 for omicron
I’m mad you didn’t make a single Futurama reference in this
You legends
Noice
I have also been wondering WTF WHO, going from the fourth number to the fifteenth number, but you guys cleared all the confusion up for me ;-)
Love the Abbey Road feature at the end🔥🔥🔥
Bet Darcy made it because I called him out on creating an earthquake in Victoria 😕
What
Omicron is a Greek letter just like Delta. Gamma is also before before Delta in the Greek alphabet, so that makes Jaxon's suggestion silly.
I love your vids.
I love ur videos
when is covid Sigma variant coming out 💪😤
Nah, I’m waitin’ for COVID-Pi
wake up babe, new COVID strain just dropped
Darcy’s additional performance as the virus was incredible
Haha that ending got me. Very well done.
How the actual f*ck did they come up with *Omicron*?
You just saw how.
No one can pronounce it! 😂
Omicron legit does sound like a cartoon villians name lol
I kept thinking it was an existing Transformers name when I first heard of it
FAH was right, it really does sound like a transformer...
Kinda funny that my two fav comedy channels came out with a 'Why they called it omicron' video within 40 minutes of each other...
Be quiet about this omicron was the last transformer to know where the all spark is. Megatron could come
Missed golden opportunity for a Futurama reference.
I laughed just reading the title. Hadn’t even seen the skit yet.
In 30 years they’ll be saying “we just need to wear masks for a little bit longer, the Twister Jacker-3000 variant has killed a whopping 22 people, stay strong and make sure you get your 62nd booster shot”
what are you talking about you won't even be here in 30 years
The anagram of OMICRON is MORONIC.
Have you woken up yet? Y'all being played.
You guys posted a covid naming video at the same time as Foil, Arms & Hog.
They are actually naming them going by the greek alphabet but not all the variants that receive letters (like gamma) make it into the media and they had to skip some letters because of concerns they sounded too similar to other things. Love the creativity tho!!
the fact that you end with beatles is just the cherry on the top
Do you know which song that was?
video idea: idk something about microwaves please i need this
Im not joking, I legit was thinking it sounded so much like transformers as soon as I heard about the new variant.
I knew I wasn't the only one who thought of Transformers with this variant!
"Omicron Prime"😂😂😂
I’m a grad student studying geophysics and the way this video ends is the way everyone in my field reacts when there’s a giant earthquake somewhere in the world.
These suggestions are all gold, astrozam.... Zionitron... The battle for omicron....
Haha okay the Rick and Morty part got me
Omicron is literally a start planet on Empyrion; haven't played it in a long while but it was the first thing I thought of when the variant was named.
Everyone: omicron sounds like a transformer
Unicron: are…are they talking about me? I can’t tell.
I won’t worry until the Percii-8 variation
Darcy did a fine job playing the whiteboard
Literally have had this conversation before. By the way love the podcast boys!