Why Do We Feel Nostalgia?

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  • čas přidán 26. 05. 2013
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  • @All_i_want_is_a_slammed_Mk4R32

    “But what IS nostalgia?”
    **Vsauce music starts and makes us all nostalgic**

    • @dolandumb2867
      @dolandumb2867 Před 5 lety +52

      Freddie Goodchild yup.

    • @lucschrav
      @lucschrav Před 5 lety +14

      Freddie Goodchild so true !!

    • @tomkocian6710
      @tomkocian6710 Před 4 lety +7

      Do you know the name of that specific song?

    • @deadpirateroberts9937
      @deadpirateroberts9937 Před 4 lety +9

      Tom Kocian
      Just look up “vsauce music”
      If u want to listen to other BGM
      Search up “Vsauce soundtrack” and check out the playlist with like 12 songs its his most common BGM

    • @tomkocian6710
      @tomkocian6710 Před 4 lety +7

      @@deadpirateroberts9937, thank you mate. I have already found some of these masterpieces on Jakes channel. (the guy, who makes music for Vsauce)

  • @williamharmon6854
    @williamharmon6854 Před 7 lety +4163

    nostalgia is a hell of a drug

  • @FoxGoalie
    @FoxGoalie Před 3 lety +3593

    "Why don't you feel nostalgia for when the video started?"
    8 years later: "I do."

  • @solomonthegrundit8737
    @solomonthegrundit8737 Před rokem +515

    I’m 23, and for all you teens out there, I have one piece of advice. When you go somewhere for a few days that you know is gonna be one of the best things you’ll do for a while, (for example, for me, it was a school football tour with my mates, and a trip to Germany with my best friends), listen to 4 or 5 songs only, whenever you have the time in that trip. They don’t have to be songs that u love, and u can do other things while you’re listening.
    What that did for me was, whenever I listened to those songs in the future, I had such nostalgia. Please, just try it.

    • @SaiSunday
      @SaiSunday Před rokem +25

      This is a good idea, thank you, I hope I don't forget this

    • @codyhuffman2265
      @codyhuffman2265 Před 10 měsíci +18

      Hey, kid, you want nostalgia?

    • @Layththelion21
      @Layththelion21 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I do this as well, It's a great way to remember the times you were first listening to them.

    • @countryoffelines
      @countryoffelines Před 9 měsíci +2

      Im not going anywhere for a few days so this is useless but thanks i guess

    • @iiCounted-op5jx
      @iiCounted-op5jx Před 9 měsíci +6

      as someone who's wasting their teen years being stuck inside the house every day, I see this as an absolute lose!

  • @valksasss
    @valksasss Před 5 lety +8593

    Isn’t it weird that day by day, nothing changes, but when we look back everything is different

    • @FinleyUwU
      @FinleyUwU Před 4 lety +617

      or. . is it? *vsauce music plays*

    • @RAWRzooted
      @RAWRzooted Před 4 lety +89

      5,000 subscribers with no videos? THATS EXACTLY HOW 2017 WAS 😭😭

    • @RAWRzooted
      @RAWRzooted Před 4 lety +91

      R.I.P Etika 2019 I’m not 10, I’m 14
      But all my friends left me in 2018
      Thank you though

    • @okbasto9541
      @okbasto9541 Před 4 lety +50

      When we look back, we look at the events that are important which they are different of the actual time

    • @annielester
      @annielester Před 4 lety +97

      @R.I.P Etika 2019 years are different for everyone. Everyone experiences different things every year. Maybe he had a good year i 2017. I had a good year in 2013 and 2016

  • @dave34
    @dave34 Před 5 lety +3146

    Last seen online: 5 years

  • @MrAlli67
    @MrAlli67 Před 3 lety +507

    Nostalgia makes you happy that something existed, but sad that it ended

  • @IlBenso
    @IlBenso Před 2 lety +296

    there's an effect called anemoia, nostalgia of something you haven't even experienced

    • @joemo1921
      @joemo1921 Před rokem +7

      Me watching The Last Dance

    • @fatemehk.1094
      @fatemehk.1094 Před rokem +22

      I have this kind of nostalgia about japan.
      I've never been to japan.

    • @IlBenso
      @IlBenso Před rokem +33

      @@fatemehk.1094 i have this feeling when listening to vaporwave music

    • @s0urkandies67
      @s0urkandies67 Před rokem +35

      I feel nostalgic for a lot of early 2000's aesthetics even though I was born in the tail end of what would be considered the 2000's

    • @martiananomaly
      @martiananomaly Před rokem +7

      @@IlBenso damn dude same. Listening to vaporwave music reminds me of the memories of when I was driving a car down the highway at night or sunset. The thing is, I have never driven a car and neither are any of those memories real. Still love em though!

  • @dawnslayer
    @dawnslayer Před 3 lety +4376

    "Why do we feel nostalgia?"
    **shows James May**

  • @KiritoYager
    @KiritoYager Před 5 lety +3213

    It's weird knowing that future me will probably be nostalgic about this current time period in the future

    • @HazyHaydn
      @HazyHaydn Před 5 lety +42

      Kirito Yager Right??? That’s what I was thinking

    • @KiritoYager
      @KiritoYager Před 5 lety +88

      @@HazyHaydn Haha originally thought this was a comment of another video. But you never know when you're in the good old days until they're gone

    • @msMuffet.
      @msMuffet. Před 4 lety +3

      YAS ikr

    • @ramade9040
      @ramade9040 Před 4 lety +34

      Your future self is watching you through memories.

    • @hayleyscomet3447
      @hayleyscomet3447 Před 4 lety +15

      Kirito Yager ya. I find myself remembering and wanting to relive the 2000s. More so the early 2000s. I, however, also feel a type of nostalgia for a time i never really knew. The 1980s. Im asusming its because my mother was a young adult in the 1980s so it influenced me but idk. Anemoia is interesting.

  • @soulassassin0g
    @soulassassin0g Před 2 lety +342

    Ironically I have nostalgia watching this since I watched it 8 years ago. Time flies, man.

    • @MelGibsonFan
      @MelGibsonFan Před 2 lety +4

      Shit makes me feel old.

    • @BF1_enthusiast
      @BF1_enthusiast Před rokem +6

      I've watched it like 6 years ago or so

    • @PremiFi
      @PremiFi Před rokem

      al of ulu are adulteys! popy ones am uhh 46 and uh half life, hotlin mami, crim, elec state tribloz anndnndnd yhhh, yhh stufs and zartan maye @ZARTANISGONE maaaatttte😊

    • @PremiFi
      @PremiFi Před rokem

      youre right, youre right. i think i have alzheimer's. i think i have alzheimer's.

  • @ehhhhhh1885
    @ehhhhhh1885 Před rokem +36

    "returning home" and "pain" really does sum up nostalgia for me

    • @da3musceteers
      @da3musceteers Před 7 měsíci

      Yeah. Must be related to homesickness too

  • @aliwithamiddlepart985
    @aliwithamiddlepart985 Před 5 lety +4743

    So we learned what nostalgia IS, but how much does nostalgia WEIGH?

  • @TheArtificeer
    @TheArtificeer Před 3 lety +4450

    "James May, from the youtube channel Headsqueeze"
    Top Gear does not exist

    • @LetoDK
      @LetoDK Před 3 lety +238

      More like "I'm more than a single television show".

    • @jahoyden
      @jahoyden Před 3 lety +173

      @@LetoDK exactly, i think the trio are famous enough to be addressed by simply their name, not "the guy from top gear"

    • @janejanebobanebananafannaf2522
    • @dickJohnsonpeter
      @dickJohnsonpeter Před 3 lety +67

      @@jahoyden Yea pretty sure none of them need an introduction. It was just a plug for the channel.

    • @NavyNukerz1337
      @NavyNukerz1337 Před 3 lety +50

      I think the purpose of that was to advertise James May's youtube channel he was trying to do. No need for a youtuber to advertise an already well established show.

  • @maltlickey
    @maltlickey Před 9 měsíci +61

    It’s been 10 years. This video is now giving me nostalgia.

  • @RWclippy
    @RWclippy Před rokem +83

    This had to have been my new personal record on the game. Thanks Michael (yes I’m watching for the first time in 2022)

    • @callmeimpure
      @callmeimpure Před rokem +9

      When I heard him mention the game, I audibly yelled out loud " SON OF B****" lmao.

    • @bruce_08
      @bruce_08 Před 5 měsíci +2

      he will continue to get us for years to come

    • @jaffa3717
      @jaffa3717 Před 26 dny

      He made me lose the game!!!!!

  • @imverycreative5819
    @imverycreative5819 Před 4 lety +2507

    "James May..." from Top Gear?
    "...from the youtube channel Headsqueeze"

  • @sanskartiwari2996
    @sanskartiwari2996 Před 4 lety +3520

    The fact that this video is 7 years old makes this nostalgic too 😭😭

  • @MarkWilliams-oi5wu
    @MarkWilliams-oi5wu Před rokem +54

    Ironically I’ve not watched this nostalgic video since 2014. Takes me back to being a depressed 18 year old at uni. Now I own a home, have a family and a career. Where the hell did 9 years go??

    • @doodle2763
      @doodle2763 Před 9 měsíci +13

      Now I’m the depressed 18 year old going to uni 😂

    • @rainofrest7778
      @rainofrest7778 Před 9 měsíci

      its a cycle @@doodle2763

    • @pewienczlowiekag3111
      @pewienczlowiekag3111 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@doodle2763same

    • @saltyshirmp6536
      @saltyshirmp6536 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@doodle2763and then you'll be nostalgic about this particular time line where u read this comment😂

  • @YourBoyDonald
    @YourBoyDonald Před rokem +14

    When I'm 60, I'm probably gonna rewatch this video and cry in pure happiness.

  • @augustrush7400
    @augustrush7400 Před 5 lety +11244

    P.T.S.D is just spicy nostalgia.

    • @iggyplayz4170
      @iggyplayz4170 Před 5 lety +340

      I got ptsd homie. Its weird

    • @abhinavprajapati5962
      @abhinavprajapati5962 Před 5 lety +442

      @@iggyplayz4170 yeah an I am depressed
      hey 1 yr later: I am fucking amazing...improved a lot found amazing friends and been focusing on my studies for past months...
      i forgot i commented this thanks to the person who decided to reply to me today

    • @ivomihailov370
      @ivomihailov370 Před 4 lety +37

      Alexei

    • @velvaete2688
      @velvaete2688 Před 4 lety +25

      @@ivomihailov370 oh shit

    • @abril443
      @abril443 Před 4 lety +47

      fatass did you know PTSD can happen to anyone who has gone through trauma? Does not need to be a war veteran.

  • @ollieg4169
    @ollieg4169 Před 5 lety +1531

    The biggest hit of nostalgia is when you leave high school and the realisation that nothing will be the same ever again.

    • @jakefunaki5635
      @jakefunaki5635 Před 4 lety +48

      LilVurte3N I’m starting high school should I be excited?

    • @lufetm
      @lufetm Před 4 lety +149

      Just finished it this year... For 4 years in high school I felt like it was boring, I was just waiting for it to finish but the closer I got to an end of it I felt more and more nostalgic about all things that happened and I realised it was actually better than collage will ever be and I want to go back in it already

    • @andrewmattson1101
      @andrewmattson1101 Před 4 lety +22

      Jake Funaki I’m just starting as a junior In high school so it’s best to enjoy it as much as possible

    • @bendistraw111
      @bendistraw111 Před 4 lety +11

      Luka Vukovic Kinda reminds me of the Tik Tok memes where it says they hated high school and then they show all the amazing memories

    • @dp_upperscore8119
      @dp_upperscore8119 Před 4 lety +31

      I just finished Highschool and this is already making me sad😢

  • @JoryStultz1234
    @JoryStultz1234 Před 8 měsíci +11

    To me it feels quite similar to mourning for a lost loved one, but instead of a person it's a certain period of your life.

  • @TheDennys21
    @TheDennys21 Před 9 měsíci +14

    And now this video is a perfect example of nostalgia. 2013 was my last year in highschool, i can't believe it's been 10 years already.

  • @12luiguti
    @12luiguti Před 5 lety +616

    Realizing you were happy and didn't notice

    • @daspicybirb9356
      @daspicybirb9356 Před 5 lety +37

      luis gutierrez That hit me hard

    • @diabolus9466
      @diabolus9466 Před 4 lety +2

      @Hydreigon_Polarzz Nostalgia is a minor emotion. It won't hit anyone hard.

    • @MR-zk3fy
      @MR-zk3fy Před 4 lety +21

      There are a lot of people who will disagree with you here. I think your assessment is narrow. Nostalgia itself may be minor, but it leads to possibly massive emotions related to the memory.

    • @queenbiscuit311
      @queenbiscuit311 Před 4 lety +11

      Diabolus you’ve clearly never felt it because it hits you like a truck

    • @diabolus9466
      @diabolus9466 Před 4 lety +2

      @@queenbiscuit311 I've felt it before of course and know it's a minor thing. People just blow it out of proportion.

  • @themanman2885
    @themanman2885 Před 5 lety +2196

    Minecraft on a cool summers night

    • @henryvelasco3278
      @henryvelasco3278 Před 5 lety +59

      The Manman playing Minecraft 2am alone in ur room lights are off and all u have us the Minecraft music and your headphones

    • @giancarlo_music
      @giancarlo_music Před 5 lety +21

      I missed does days

    • @gangstasteve5753
      @gangstasteve5753 Před 5 lety +5

      I play Minecraft and cheat on it.

    • @saferehman8234
      @saferehman8234 Před 5 lety +26

      Just think about your dog, waiting in your minecraft world for you to come back ... but you never did

    • @presto0194
      @presto0194 Před 5 lety +13

      it’s been 6 years since I last played.....
      I’ve only now realized how great Minecraft was
      “Let’s go to the river then come back to the house to go build a town in Minecraft” - my old friend Riley 2013

  • @jelicaandric8962
    @jelicaandric8962 Před 3 lety +8

    This was so much more then I expected. Been binging your videos and love I em.

  • @Plasmabro
    @Plasmabro Před 7 měsíci +6

    This video just gave me nostalgia for the era of CZcams when creators would colab by having one video on each channel

  • @growleen4782
    @growleen4782 Před 7 lety +1722

    Nostalgia from the old windows startup sound

  • @jacobely6826
    @jacobely6826 Před 3 lety +4631

    James may and Michael was the crossover i never knew i wanted.

  • @TGangGaming
    @TGangGaming Před 11 měsíci +11

    I often go to certain videos and be like damn that was that long ago. Instantly start to feel nostalgia
    This is a prime example of it. 2013 😔 😢

  • @DawstheYTBoss
    @DawstheYTBoss Před 8 měsíci +11

    This just shows that if I press random notes on a keyboard wait 50 years later… and play the exact same notes… it’s nostalgic…

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous Před 8 lety +685

    nostalgia sometimes makes me sad that the future wasn't as good as the past.

    • @OMagnatinho
      @OMagnatinho Před 8 lety +13

      I thought i was the only one

    • @KidJames81
      @KidJames81 Před 8 lety +3

      True

    • @PrototypeFTW
      @PrototypeFTW Před 8 lety +32

      Same I miss the days were me and my sister played outside all day. Watching Pixar movies and living in the world without a worry. Writing and thinking about it tears me up because I miss the days we got along like two peas in a pod! Also the days life wasn't as hard as before. Now my nostalgia makes me feel like I'm home......

    • @mmmagus1
      @mmmagus1 Před 8 lety +1

      +Elijah Lockwood Happens to me all the time.

    • @emioljowosimi6452
      @emioljowosimi6452 Před 8 lety +14

      +Elijah Lockwood well time is an illusion so it's happeng right now:3

  • @theallmemeingeye5927
    @theallmemeingeye5927 Před 6 lety +1936

    I bet in twenty years time I'll get nostalgia from hearing the vsauce music.

  • @LendriMujina
    @LendriMujina Před rokem +6

    Three years ago, I coined a term for the opposite feeling: Fugratia, the feeling of disdain at the past, being glad it's behind you, wanting to *forget* instead of remember.
    The etymology of this is Latin instead of Greek, but I picked opposing words: Fugere, meaning "to flee", and Gratus, meaning "thankful" or "pleasing".
    I feel nostalgic for the 2000s, but fugratic for the 2010s.

  • @malindrome9055
    @malindrome9055 Před 10 měsíci +6

    I feel nostalgic after watching this video 10 years later, time sure flies by!

  • @juliakirsten3485
    @juliakirsten3485 Před 4 lety +525

    nostalgia is like a happy heartbreak

  • @gavin4916
    @gavin4916 Před 4 lety +1899

    Me: Why do we feel nostalgia?
    vsauce: good dancers are more desirable as mates

    • @weezor9578
      @weezor9578 Před 3 lety +21

      I legit saw this comment RIGHT AFTER hearing that

    • @zerosabs3603
      @zerosabs3603 Před 3 lety +47

      Dude I fucking hate dancing. Guess I’m a loner forever

    • @DamianSzajnowski
      @DamianSzajnowski Před 3 lety +9

      @@zerosabs3603 That's not how correlation and causation works! :d

    • @raynel1000
      @raynel1000 Před 3 lety +1

      Ironic there's a vsauce recomendation after this video xd

    • @mrsackboyfreak
      @mrsackboyfreak Před 3 lety +1

      @@weezor9578 same dude!!

  • @riskyridge1177
    @riskyridge1177 Před rokem +3

    bruh the cues, rhythm, and even the lines from these videos are all locked in my neural pathways from when i was 13 binge watching this. this shit feels so meta-nostalgic now a decade later, it's kinda unreal dude
    while i'm at it, i have to credit this channel for playing a big part in my life. it taught me how fascinating this world is and how to think about it more critically. i was raised in a cult, and if i didn't learn how to think critically and for myself, i never would have learned the fallacies to f their logic.
    thank you for being a beacon of knowledge in this world

  • @Paramithiakaibangers
    @Paramithiakaibangers Před 8 měsíci +6

    i really love the relaxing way you explain your knowledge and your thoughts . Your videos are very interesting and they help me with the anxiety thank you michael

  • @ChrisS1mp
    @ChrisS1mp Před 9 lety +3010

    Seeing James May in this makes me pretty nostalgic for Top Gear

    • @3ds12Game
      @3ds12Game Před 9 lety +3

      Chris Simpkins So true XD

    • @Sushiman118
      @Sushiman118 Před 9 lety +23

      RIP hilarity
      RIP Jeremy

    • @titleguy1
      @titleguy1 Před 9 lety +11

      Too soon, too true.

    • @ethownzbh
      @ethownzbh Před 9 lety +19

      Chris Simpkins I have hope that the 3 of them will get back together and make the same top gear but with a greater focus on ripping the BBC and political correctness a new one. It. Could. Be. Better. Than. Ever.

    • @RetroRhythmRepeat
      @RetroRhythmRepeat Před 9 lety +1

      Chris Simpkins too soon

  • @arielbazan9425
    @arielbazan9425 Před 8 měsíci +2

    i remember learning about the concept of nostalgia with this very videos 9 years ago. crazy how time flies.

  • @Josheuwah
    @Josheuwah Před 3 lety +19

    I remember first watching this video on my old futon in my old bedroom in my old house, none of which exist anymore. This video brings such a wave of nostalgia. Congratulations Michael, your video about nostalgia gave me nostalgia.

  • @a_bear
    @a_bear Před 8 lety +2936

    nostalagia... makes me always sad. Am I the only one?

    • @Chris-dr8xw
      @Chris-dr8xw Před 8 lety +84

      +a Bear It makes me sad sometimes.

    • @felipeoyarzun5424
      @felipeoyarzun5424 Před 8 lety +293

      +a Bear It's a comfortable sadness for me, it's weird tbh I actually enjoy it

    • @ukkomies100
      @ukkomies100 Před 8 lety +299

      Me too. I wish i could live those times once again and knowing that i cant depresses me.

    • @Cropod
      @Cropod Před 8 lety +48

      Me too, glad I'm not the only one.

    • @jakeballou5147
      @jakeballou5147 Před 8 lety +17

      +a Bear dude same hear

  • @nukacolacompany2534
    @nukacolacompany2534 Před 6 lety +709

    Everyone else gets happy I just get depressed and miss it so much and remember that it's never coming back

    • @addictedtoskiing27
      @addictedtoskiing27 Před 6 lety +143

      Nuka Cola Company I’m with you on that. It’s so hard to live in the present when the past brings you much more happiness. And you get that horrible gut feeling and it just brings you more down. Your not alone remember that

    • @water1966
      @water1966 Před 6 lety +31

      Me 2 holy shet especially that never coming back part fk me man

    • @matthewshivel635
      @matthewshivel635 Před 6 lety +19

      Nuka Cola Company fr its very saddening... just the thought of it’s never ever coming back .

    • @HyperCriticalCommentator
      @HyperCriticalCommentator Před 6 lety +1

      Nuka Cola Company nah, same here

    • @grgbstankichannel5384
      @grgbstankichannel5384 Před 6 lety +1

      Same

  • @mustbefamousjr4888
    @mustbefamousjr4888 Před 3 lety +7

    He maid me think of a movie or anime scene. I wish I could remember. It was a beautiful quote about living on in the hearts of the people we've touched

  • @masongovender9231
    @masongovender9231 Před 3 lety +6

    Watching this after Mindfield series and that episode of False memories. Michael has come so far. Nothing but Respect.👏👏👏

  • @jackl8349
    @jackl8349 Před 6 lety +1458

    Back in 2014 I was nostalgic of around 2007-2012. But now I'm so nostalgic of 2013-2015.... I feel like a make memories seem way better than they actually were.

    • @the_boss2194
      @the_boss2194 Před 6 lety +121

      Jack L same. Right now, I feel nostalgic for 2010-2014. In about 5-10 years I'm gonna feel nostalgic about this time.

    • @jackl8349
      @jackl8349 Před 6 lety +68

      The_Boss yeah same I will look back at now and miss it.. for no apparent reason

    • @andrewcarpinella1217
      @andrewcarpinella1217 Před 6 lety +97

      Jack L To be honest, I can get nostalgic about things that happened only a few months ago. It's such an amazing and bittersweet feeling in the world.

    • @augustinius6586
      @augustinius6586 Před 6 lety +24

      thats probably because you might be young and life gets harder while getting older

    • @danvanthevacumman
      @danvanthevacumman Před 6 lety +7

      This is true lol i still remember back in 2011 how awesome it was bavk in 2000 2005 lol

  • @Nathan-ty4vf
    @Nathan-ty4vf Před 5 lety +468

    The smell of a summer night gives me HARDCORE nostalgia

    • @devin8057
      @devin8057 Před 4 lety +23

      christmas nights and halloween nights are the most nostalgic

    • @dakshs9528
      @dakshs9528 Před 4 lety +8

      Nostalgic songs...............fucking hell man

    • @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433
      @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433 Před 4 lety +1

      @@devin8057 Halloween 💯

    • @GC_-mu3he
      @GC_-mu3he Před 4 lety

      Macintosh plus... just look it up, it’s litteraly nostalgia in a song.

    • @popsitheclown3588
      @popsitheclown3588 Před 4 lety +4

      Whenever I smell something that is being cooked on a grill I get severe nostalgia

  • @jonathanmcclintock7431
    @jonathanmcclintock7431 Před rokem +13

    This channel gives me nostalgia

  • @Hitman-li1hg
    @Hitman-li1hg Před 5 měsíci +1

    Seeing May anywhere is always a happy surprise

  • @jan.mmmmmmm
    @jan.mmmmmmm Před 6 lety +292

    I feel nostalgic when I think of me when i was a small child when my parents actually paid attention and affection, and I felt so innocent, not knowing much about life. Man it just makes me want to cry 😞

  • @teclinsoro4523
    @teclinsoro4523 Před 5 lety +431

    Seeing James May made me nostalgic for the good old days watching top gear with my brother

    • @isabelle_4207
      @isabelle_4207 Před 4 lety +4

      Teclinsoro me too

    • @-kp3
      @-kp3 Před 4 lety +7

      Bro yes the good ol days

    • @loui__hounsell
      @loui__hounsell Před 4 lety

      Yes yes good times

    • @putinsplayground
      @putinsplayground Před 4 lety +5

      I fucking swear this could have been me commenting. I too have a brother and we would also watch Top Gear back then together

    • @alvarohernani6645
      @alvarohernani6645 Před 4 lety +1

      Clarksoooooon

  • @Sirawesomej904
    @Sirawesomej904 Před 8 měsíci +4

    You know I’m really glad I found this video. Because every so often I just get nostalgic about the first month after I was born I can remember everything from back then. I lived in my aunts house while my mom went training for something with EHR or something. I remember playing connect four in the kitchen of my aunts house. Eating the wax fruits thinking that they were actually edible. Playing with the light bright in the hallway but best of all snack wise, eating a honeycomb cereal straight from the box. Playing with the ceiling fans and the pump organ. (which I have in my house now). Boy I could just go on and on and on and on about this but my little fingers can only type so much. When I got that old pump organ back all those memories are flooding in and there was a song that kind of started to represent that it’s called the chill piano guy is ambient by MK and the song abruptly ends just like those memories in my aunts house she no longer lives there anymore so I’m really sad about that. Before we continue if you’re reading all of this you’ve got a great reading skills! And I’ve got great typing skills. Anyways, just like the memories ending seemingly abrupt.
    That song ends abruptly. I really get really sad about it sometimes because things were crazy after I was born and when I was in that house the first time I ever felt at peace. I’m kind of starting to tear up a little bit. But of course you can’t hear me through this. thank you for your time. 😢 ❤ also please consider subscribing to my CZcams channel actually posted a couple videos about that organ I talked about.

  • @natty7959
    @natty7959 Před rokem

    the way you connect certain things to make them reciprocate the other is amazing

  • @perhapscabbage1743
    @perhapscabbage1743 Před 4 lety +1365

    Vsauce: the game
    Me: I was going on like 2 years and now it’s all ruined

    • @destinykrypt1395
      @destinykrypt1395 Před 3 lety +68

      Same never thought v sause would make me lose

    • @patrick__swayze
      @patrick__swayze Před 3 lety +33

      I don’t understand, I didn’t understand in the video, and I continue to not understand.

    • @patrick__swayze
      @patrick__swayze Před 3 lety +23

      Jonathan Ashby thank you!

    • @Acaladon
      @Acaladon Před 3 lety +10

      Honestly didn't even see it coming. I lost.

    • @zkmarkov2984
      @zkmarkov2984 Před 3 lety +5

      I read this before he said it -_-

  • @alesta2212
    @alesta2212 Před 3 lety +988

    "Why do we feel nostalgia?"
    *turns over to James May*
    Yeah that seems about right I miss old Top Gear.

    • @goose5200
      @goose5200 Před 3 lety +6

      Who doesn’t?

    • @Cockalicious
      @Cockalicious Před 2 lety +1

      @DarthAnonymous not as good as top gear

    • @Olo_f
      @Olo_f Před 2 lety +3

      @@Cockalicious true but its still better than todays top gear

    • @tom_.h7
      @tom_.h7 Před 2 lety

      @DarthAnonymous not any more 😢

    • @yanromano33
      @yanromano33 Před 2 lety

      I lost

  • @ruasi
    @ruasi Před měsícem

    one of the best talks ive ever heard! this is a great video :)

  • @azmingthecybercat7280
    @azmingthecybercat7280 Před 2 lety

    i follow you is the song that is stuck in my head for 6 years and i dont know how to stop it anymore

  • @francescomassaro546
    @francescomassaro546 Před 7 lety +471

    He got off-topic at 00:01. That's got to be a world record.

  • @patrikoreb6722
    @patrikoreb6722 Před 6 lety +227

    Nostalgia just makes me feel sad

    • @HoneyBee-bi8fy
      @HoneyBee-bi8fy Před 5 lety +1

      Same i thought that was only me

    • @fireredorange4910
      @fireredorange4910 Před 5 lety +9

      Makes me cry, especially songs from movies that I had watched in my childhood (life is a highway) I HATE IT

    • @t6amygdala
      @t6amygdala Před 5 lety +2

      It hurts my stomach

    • @Shadowsdeity
      @Shadowsdeity Před 5 lety

      Same. It's really bizarre

    • @AaronAardvark
      @AaronAardvark Před 5 lety +1

      I feel nostalgia for past stuff from like 2010-2014 that I missed out on in my early 20s. If I missed out does that count as nostalgia? Or is that just "past FOMO."

  • @mario_64
    @mario_64 Před rokem +3

    I had watched this as a child who never experienced nostalgia at that time. Now, I feel it watching this video again.

  • @united_abominations4472
    @united_abominations4472 Před 2 lety +1

    I love music so much that when I get an ear worm or a song stuck in my head it’s almost always a positive experience

  • @jinjunliu2401
    @jinjunliu2401 Před 6 lety +482

    In a few years watching a vsauce video will give me nostalgia

  • @LuigiCotocea
    @LuigiCotocea Před 3 lety +712

    Ahh i remember my old molecules
    Such nostalgia😥

  • @macbooksinmotion
    @macbooksinmotion Před 3 lety +4

    Nostalgia makes my skin warm and have bumps on it. Nostali-bumps.

  • @aLID-sh5xn
    @aLID-sh5xn Před 2 lety

    Bro I can't get enough of his videos

  • @KLAX06
    @KLAX06 Před 3 lety +382

    "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them." -Andy Bernard

    • @notyourdamnbusiness5974
      @notyourdamnbusiness5974 Před 3 lety +38

      Also
      The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
      -Bob Marley

    • @saeransimp189
      @saeransimp189 Před 3 lety +13

      There is a way just live in the present

    • @Izaac1337
      @Izaac1337 Před 3 lety +16

      the past always seems better than it actually was

    • @vittoriapagliardini1937
      @vittoriapagliardini1937 Před 2 lety +8

      @@Izaac1337 so make the present good, so when you look back all you see is greatness

    • @lostinthewoods3918
      @lostinthewoods3918 Před 2 lety +2

      That’s why they say live in the moment

  • @mariamhany1533
    @mariamhany1533 Před 5 lety +199

    Nostalgia is the painful beauty

    • @effecteyvee864
      @effecteyvee864 Před 5 lety +10

      A lot of my friends cry and hate it when they feel nostalgic, but I actually enjoy reliving in it. Seeing my past and longing for it brings sad yet joyful feelings to me

    • @Benjamin-S
      @Benjamin-S Před 4 lety +2

      Wisdom that’s exactly how I feel. I love feeling nostalgic. It’s the best feeling. Just thinking about happy past memories that I miss so much it hurts brings me a joyful, sad and happy experience. I’m so happy I have those amazing memories.

    • @ryanl.1085
      @ryanl.1085 Před 4 lety +1

      I feel extremely sad when I feel it knowing I’ll never get those times back but I still enjoy feeling it for some reason...

    • @raptorm8242
      @raptorm8242 Před 4 lety

      How about shut the fuck down your ass

  • @SB-wb8mw
    @SB-wb8mw Před 3 lety +2

    almost forgot about him until I recalled him the other day. Now I'm back and even experiencing "nostalgia"!

  • @thenativemartian5169
    @thenativemartian5169 Před rokem +1

    I never thought I'd see captain slow on this channel. Very nice work Michael!

  • @neveseos5423
    @neveseos5423 Před 4 lety +406

    "You are not that different from music"
    That is _incredibly_ wholesome...

    • @huzzzer6083
      @huzzzer6083 Před 3 lety +15

      Yeah he always tries to be wholesome/inspirational at the end of his videos and it works very well. I love it.

    • @_deletus_
      @_deletus_ Před 3 lety +1

      When does he say that?

    • @neveseos5423
      @neveseos5423 Před 3 lety +1

      @@_deletus_ He doesn't say that directly

    • @t0asteDBunS
      @t0asteDBunS Před rokem

      @@huzzzer6083 well Michel is very charismatic

  • @traumaloop
    @traumaloop Před 6 lety +332

    old minecraft music is nostalgic for me,

  • @Ashs-mini-vlogs
    @Ashs-mini-vlogs Před 7 měsíci +4

    I’m having nostalgia watching this

  • @auragameryt
    @auragameryt Před rokem

    I will watch this now, and then in a few years, I will see that a video about nostalgia makes me feel nostalgic.

  • @matthewterry8575
    @matthewterry8575 Před 7 lety +141

    nostalgia about top gear Man I loved that show

    • @r0n1n-
      @r0n1n- Před 7 lety +1

      Opens a video about nostalgia, gets nostalgia by the first ten seconds.

    • @the_last_raposa3810
      @the_last_raposa3810 Před 7 lety

      yea but at least they have an amazon sereis

    • @samkhodr9975
      @samkhodr9975 Před 7 lety

      Same, it's gone down the drain now tho.

    • @tylerhanley1409
      @tylerhanley1409 Před 7 lety +10

      RIP old top gear.

  • @oldthug2309
    @oldthug2309 Před 7 lety +444

    This video gives me nostalgia. i used to watch michael with my girl.

  • @sharkbait398
    @sharkbait398 Před 2 lety +2

    I'm feeling nostalgia with this video

  • @ColdLemonJuice
    @ColdLemonJuice Před 2 měsíci +1

    As someone who has echolalia, any song you play will become an earworm for me, no matter how catchy or uncatchy

  • @jd2833
    @jd2833 Před 5 lety +447

    why does christmas not feel the same anymore 😔

  • @MustashBoyeTheOneAndOnly
    @MustashBoyeTheOneAndOnly Před 4 lety +442

    Vsauce: "The Game"
    Me: *starts screaming in the middle of the night*

    • @aitotem
      @aitotem Před 3 lety +26

      It's been fucking YEEEAAARRRSSS....
      Since I thought of a pink elephant

    • @tantibusking7095
      @tantibusking7095 Před 3 lety +1

      Same dude, same.

    • @JoeMama-ud2nf
      @JoeMama-ud2nf Před 3 lety

      What is this game?

    • @philipwenger1982
      @philipwenger1982 Před 3 lety +1

      @@JoeMama-ud2nf no don’t ask run away while you can 😭

    • @Tyminator502
      @Tyminator502 Před 3 lety +12

      @@JoeMama-ud2nf a game where if you think about it, you lose. you're always playing, and you can never win, only lose. to avoid losing again, try not to think about The Game.

  • @blondedivy
    @blondedivy Před 8 měsíci +2

    i’m already feeling a huge wave of nostalgia just by the first 2 seconds of this video

  • @meaghenstandlee6644
    @meaghenstandlee6644 Před rokem +5

    This video (from 9 years ago) is now nostalgic to me 😆

  • @servez_2build67
    @servez_2build67 Před 6 lety +702

    What is nostalgia?
    Talks about atoms

    • @snipezz_4
      @snipezz_4 Před 5 lety +10

      season 2 fortnite

    • @Flqwlessly
      @Flqwlessly Před 5 lety +44

      Rainbow gamerNL get that shit outta here

    • @brandono_s
      @brandono_s Před 5 lety +14

      The Enchanted Creeper Fortnite isn’t a bad game but it is out of place of what we are talking about.

    • @Flqwlessly
      @Flqwlessly Před 5 lety +14

      Brandon Ortega hey thx for responding to my comment in a calm matter, I knew someone would reply with something stupid but I appreciate what you did instead.

    • @josemine8863
      @josemine8863 Před 5 lety

      Lol

  • @justacasualguy13
    @justacasualguy13 Před 6 lety +88

    the ps2 start sound brings me back every time

    • @knuxuki1013
      @knuxuki1013 Před 5 lety +1

      Don't get me started

    • @MikkaPower
      @MikkaPower Před 5 lety +1

      For me it’s PS1, that startup is soo powerful and majestic!

    • @maxm6986
      @maxm6986 Před 5 lety +1

      The xbox scares me

  • @danie1893
    @danie1893 Před rokem

    ive come back to watch this 9 year later. i feel nostalgia

  • @Azad_ca
    @Azad_ca Před 2 lety

    When in an August evening after a hot sunny day it starts raining and I happen to be outside where the ground is dry and starts to absorb the water. It makes a scent that takes 19 years back to my childhood when we were playing soccer in the neighbourhood. Those innocent days of my life oh how I longed to grow old not realizing how blissful childhood is.

  • @Hanabi782
    @Hanabi782 Před 5 lety +105

    i feel depressed whenever i felt nostalgia...

    • @fookermooker8612
      @fookermooker8612 Před 5 lety +21

      Its because I feel like I miss something from my past, but I have no idea what.

    • @XeonGame
      @XeonGame Před 4 lety +8

      a really unfunny person No kidding. It’s literally a feeling of sadness.

    • @clarkg8694
      @clarkg8694 Před 4 lety

      @TheBlondie it works for now. but find piece within yourself my friend. for that is the only lasting peace.

    • @ken3243
      @ken3243 Před 3 lety

      no

  • @Cionaoith
    @Cionaoith Před 4 lety +908

    Michael: "Cheesecake and music are not necessary for survival."
    Me: "False."

  • @Claugustus
    @Claugustus Před 9 měsíci

    The part about this video not being nostalgic hits different 10 years later. Now this video is nostalgic of my high school years.

  • @ladyalicent705
    @ladyalicent705 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Micheal: Why don’t you feel nostalgia for how this video started?
    Me who would literally sell my left kidney to experience these videos for the first time again: I do, Micheal, I do…

  • @wumarNart
    @wumarNart Před 8 lety +481

    you mean James May from the tv show top gear :P

  • @theMad_Artist
    @theMad_Artist Před 6 lety +193

    I'm already heavily nostalgic of happy moments from only six months ago...

    • @the3diamonds472
      @the3diamonds472 Před 6 lety +4

      Literally the exact same thing as me. I was playing TF2 6 months ago and miss it and the friends I made on a community discord. Sad I am.

    • @lucienrichardson8027
      @lucienrichardson8027 Před 5 lety +1

      Abhik Mazumder That's the worse kind

    • @wane5949
      @wane5949 Před 5 lety +2

      Abhik Mazumder I am nostalgic of only 3 months ago...

    • @amertube7654
      @amertube7654 Před 5 lety

      Yeaaaaah me too

    • @wowieme6350
      @wowieme6350 Před 5 lety

      Me too, dawg

  • @lorddashme
    @lorddashme Před 3 lety +1

    after 7years I have nostalgia with this video.

  • @VICKY0497
    @VICKY0497 Před 2 lety +6

    Nostalgia hits hard

  • @dhobiejr9078
    @dhobiejr9078 Před 3 lety +646

    Why do we feel nostalgia
    C418 sweden: Cause I’m here

    • @xerz6546
      @xerz6546 Před 3 lety +31

      fuck i miss minecraft

    • @barbaricwarrior964
      @barbaricwarrior964 Před 3 lety +63

      @@xerz6546 it still exists lol it never left

    • @h0tblond3
      @h0tblond3 Před 3 lety +4

      Beggining 2

    • @logicalpetrol2721
      @logicalpetrol2721 Před 3 lety +13

      litterally every minecraft and terreria song
      cause im here

    • @Izaac1337
      @Izaac1337 Před 3 lety +25

      @@xerz6546 www.minecraft.net/en-us/download it still exists. go play it. nobody's stopping you

  • @vlogsbyrow
    @vlogsbyrow Před 4 lety +103

    A few years ago I binge watched Vsauce and now I'm doing it again. **Nostalgia intensifies**

  • @benshocker7393
    @benshocker7393 Před rokem

    I just realized. i feel nostalgic about this period of Vsauce videos.The music and all brings me back to 2014.

  • @Herbertti3
    @Herbertti3 Před rokem +3

    I feel nostalgic for these videos.

  • @jahoyden
    @jahoyden Před 4 lety +152

    When James May gives you Nostalgia before they even start talking about nostalgia.