The Puzzle I Was Never Able To Solve

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  • @Happymbm
    @Happymbm Před 24 dny +33395

    "It was a joke all along"
    Michael said with vengeance in his eyes

    • @caseonmyface
      @caseonmyface Před 24 dny +450

      thats what the v stands for

    • @PaladinZ8008
      @PaladinZ8008 Před 24 dny +188

      Bro's about to start his villain ark, he will be unstoppable, he can bombard you with confusion before beating you senseless with his insanely buff arms.

    • @DantheManZ-wn6zg
      @DantheManZ-wn6zg Před 24 dny +132

      ​@@caseonmyface Michael VengeanceSauce

    • @bituniverse8677
      @bituniverse8677 Před 24 dny +70

      Remember all the vSauce home security jokes? Well it’s gonna be reality for the author soon.

    • @BeaglzRok1
      @BeaglzRok1 Před 24 dny +13

      Sounds like sour grapes to me. It's a great brain teaser, the question sets up the expectation that there's a correct matching set, despite the fact that all of the eggs and cups are clearly the same size. The obvious answer is the correct one, but by convincing you to think about it, you start finding wrong answers.

  • @icevlad148
    @icevlad148 Před 24 dny +64625

    That's an anti-puzzle. The only way to get a wrong answer is to think about the solution.

    • @user-si8ey8th9u
      @user-si8ey8th9u Před 23 dny +130

      Huh what?

    • @whisperofghosts6969
      @whisperofghosts6969 Před 23 dny +627

      I might have a talent for anti-puzzles

    • @jc_art_
      @jc_art_ Před 23 dny +913

      ​@@user-si8ey8th9uin a problem where there is no solution, it is the wrong course of action to try to think of a solution. This is the opposite of how normal puzzles work, where the goal is to find the solution, hence why this comment refers to the egg brain teaser as an "anti-puzzle".
      The flaw in the book, and the reason Michael V-Sauce is mad at this outcome, is that it is never presented anywhere in the book, the problem, or even hinted at at all that this puzzle has no solution, it is framed as a puzzle with a solution when there is none.
      Basically, Its a troll.

    • @eow4317
      @eow4317 Před 23 dny +14

      Spoliers

    • @icevlad148
      @icevlad148 Před 23 dny +109

      @@eow4317 well finish watching the short before looking in the comments my man. You brought it up on yourself

  • @SuperGamersTV35
    @SuperGamersTV35 Před 12 dny +1173

    buddy's on his villain arc

    • @Unkown55Traken
      @Unkown55Traken Před 6 dny +4

      Bro reminds me of young Sheldon and the big bang sheldon

    • @tuttuti123
      @tuttuti123 Před 6 dny +2

      nah I think that vsauce is the villain arc, it just started when he was a kid and saw that puzzle.

    • @zethstuuffff
      @zethstuuffff Před 4 dny +2

      Always has been

    • @triple5202
      @triple5202 Před 6 hodinami

      @@Unkown55Trakenjoeseph seed from far cry 5

  • @soundofsilence21
    @soundofsilence21 Před 5 dny +506

    I feel like there aren't many people in this world who would wait decades to look at the answer key. Well done

  • @FamousByCommenting
    @FamousByCommenting Před 24 dny +56993

    Rare footage of Vsauce being confused rather than confusing us

    • @eastonrocket3273
      @eastonrocket3273 Před 24 dny +196

      WE NEED HIS VIDEOS BACK 😭😭

    • @littlebillygoat
      @littlebillygoat Před 24 dny +209

      Which in itself, is a bit confusing…

    • @austinrimel7860
      @austinrimel7860 Před 24 dny +146

      He's not confused. He's angry.

    • @ashergoober
      @ashergoober Před 24 dny +26

      ok but did any one else notice the pictures of a swimsuit mannequin next to the picture he showed us

    • @thiccboy8336
      @thiccboy8336 Před 24 dny

      Being the 1000th liker is kinda cool

  • @kaycke5073
    @kaycke5073 Před 23 dny +13942

    "Why is this villain so evil?"
    The villain backstory:

  • @RichasinghParihar-np1jn
    @RichasinghParihar-np1jn Před 12 dny +123

    If "my whole life is a lie" was a person....

  • @YashaHarari
    @YashaHarari Před 8 dny +28

    The answer was literally an Easter Egg in the game of solving the puzzles in that book. It let you choose any egg together with any cup. Eggcellent! What a great yoke!

    • @DatHombre
      @DatHombre Před dnem +2

      It made me just egg white??
      "Ask why". It's a stretch, I know, but I tried! I just said cluck it, I'm gonna say the horrible pun n stop being a chicken.

  • @shanshansan
    @shanshansan Před 14 dny +5085

    You know he's MAD when there's no music to come along with it

    • @user-bb8fx2yh3k
      @user-bb8fx2yh3k Před 14 dny +64

      He was not holding back his demons
      His demons were holding HIM back

    • @idehenebenezer802
      @idehenebenezer802 Před 13 dny +10

      TO EVERYONE IN THIS CHAT:
      *THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD IS DRAWING NIGH.*
      REPENT TODAY AND GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS TO ESCAPE ETERNAL DAMNATION!,.

    • @lillianhenderson-saunders5119
      @lillianhenderson-saunders5119 Před 11 dny +4

      You know he’s mad when he doesn’t say v sauce here

    • @toomanywhales
      @toomanywhales Před 10 dny +6

      It's funny because I always thought the music just followed him everywhere he went

    • @Impossible_not_possible
      @Impossible_not_possible Před 9 dny +1

      HA, FR

  • @insulator_999
    @insulator_999 Před 24 dny +5896

    I have never seen Michael so angry 😰😰😰

    • @wiggletonthewise2141
      @wiggletonthewise2141 Před 24 dny +57

      The one thing that grinds every one of his gears is brain teasers not having witty answers

    • @Brain-washed2
      @Brain-washed2 Před 24 dny +30

      He is Michael , we are vsauce

    • @wiggletonthewise2141
      @wiggletonthewise2141 Před 24 dny +9

      @@Brain-washed2 so true bestie

    • @aceman0000099
      @aceman0000099 Před 23 dny +10

      This egg cup question should be on the autism test. I knew immediately that it was a trick question, spending 40 years on something like that is a sure fire sign of being on the spectrum

    • @user-lv8bq7uu7x
      @user-lv8bq7uu7x Před 23 dny +1

      @@Brain-washed2 dude wtf🤣 the channel is vsauce

  • @elifminasvgn3959
    @elifminasvgn3959 Před 10 dny +36

    Vsauce isn’t going to make us believe he’s 37 with a story of his failure.

    • @Le_xii_
      @Le_xii_ Před 17 hodinami +3

      He looks 45 💀

  • @joshuabesite4990
    @joshuabesite4990 Před 10 dny +81

    Me casually saying that the egg will fit into any of the cups because the patterns are just distractions just like how things in real life that distract us from knowing what is the essentiality of life...

  • @CJ0611
    @CJ0611 Před 24 dny +11071

    The book author: "This will be a fun little puzzle that will take people 5 seconds to figure out it's a troll"
    VSauce: Devotes his life to solving the puzzle

  • @rob98000
    @rob98000 Před 24 dny +5059

    It fits in the square hole.

  • @brandomadeit
    @brandomadeit Před 9 dny +9

    Dude I can’t lie, I thought that was common sense.

  • @abangry
    @abangry Před 11 dny +26

    When he said "I hope it makes you as angry as it made me" I just knew the answer 😂

  • @dabatman5187
    @dabatman5187 Před 23 dny +2864

    Putting an anti-puzzle in a book of puzzles is S tier evil

    • @MrSofazocker
      @MrSofazocker Před 22 dny +104

      The book is about Illusions, not puzzles.
      it asks a simple question, yet your mind conjures up assumptions and constraints that never were there to begin with.

    • @MrSofazocker
      @MrSofazocker Před 22 dny +34

      it's about the illusion that the problem has anything to do with the pattern, and that there is a singular answer.

    • @JusNoBS420
      @JusNoBS420 Před 22 dny +4

      Indeed 😂

    • @ursamajo.r
      @ursamajo.r Před 22 dny +15

      Illusion of a puzzle. Lol

    • @OHsiao-sz6jw
      @OHsiao-sz6jw Před 22 dny +2

      That’s what makes it a puzzle 🤔

  • @justinpickens1
    @justinpickens1 Před 20 dny +3424

    The fact that you were able to resist looking at the back of the book for the answer for 30+ years is remarkable.

    • @K.Maroon
      @K.Maroon Před 19 dny +8

      It's less
      The internet 2.0 wasn't always a thing you know

    • @brad1838
      @brad1838 Před 19 dny +120

      ​@@K.Maroonreading comprehension 100

    • @MrZebanHai
      @MrZebanHai Před 19 dny +45

      @@brad1838 Gotta give her a break. She's probably too young to remember the days when the answers were in the back of the book, lol.

    • @rickydoesstuff
      @rickydoesstuff Před 19 dny +13

      @@MrZebanHai they still are

    • @al-saif_
      @al-saif_ Před 19 dny +13

      @@MrZebanHai wdym too young that still happens

  • @bigounce5004
    @bigounce5004 Před 12 dny +5

    The fact that it was a joke is crazy. I thought I figured out the solution, too. If you squint, or relax your eyes, the patterns on the eggs and bowl rims blend into different shades, so I thought you just had to match the shades.

  • @xojaxproductions7090
    @xojaxproductions7090 Před 2 dny +4

    I cant be the only one who figured it out as soon as he showed it😭

  • @ethandolny
    @ethandolny Před 17 dny +658

    I instantly thought “they’re all the same size” 😂

    • @Fweaka
      @Fweaka Před 12 dny +10

      I wish I’d written this before seeing the answer because we sound ridiculous saying it after the fact.

    • @randomnonsense6333
      @randomnonsense6333 Před 11 dny +6

      Me too

    • @nestea007
      @nestea007 Před 11 dny +5

      Well tbh, you get hinted towards such an unusual no-solution by the fact of him not being able to find a "real" solution from the beginning on...

    • @jessicabarton5913
      @jessicabarton5913 Před 10 dny +2

      Me too 😅

    • @Schneltor
      @Schneltor Před 9 dny +3

      It looked like it to me too. Little me would have gotten a ruler, measured everything to verify and move on.

  • @Lucid_Kitty
    @Lucid_Kitty Před 22 dny +2405

    This hurts more because he was showing restraint and that kind of self accountability that seems to not exist. He never looked at the answer his whole childhood.

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 Před 22 dny +56

      The ULTIMATE winner of The Marshmallow Test

    • @stavrosgeorgios5577
      @stavrosgeorgios5577 Před 22 dny +16

      He could have easily Google'd the answer in 1991

    • @yumeno-w-
      @yumeno-w- Před 21 dnem

      ​@@smartalek180RIGHT HAHAAHAKAHACHNX

    • @elpapa68
      @elpapa68 Před 21 dnem +17

      @@stavrosgeorgios5577 No he couldn't. Google came out in 98, the web itself in 93. Also, the answer's in the book, so why would he?

    • @gunsizey
      @gunsizey Před 21 dnem +11

      @@elpapa68that was a joke i think

  • @RichasinghParihar-np1jn
    @RichasinghParihar-np1jn Před 12 dny +3

    At that moment he knew his whole life was a lie...💀💀

  • @user-sl5el7iz3j
    @user-sl5el7iz3j Před 19 hodinami +1

    Bro spent 75% of his life trying to solve a puzzle and it tuned out to be a joke

  • @professional5026
    @professional5026 Před 18 dny +1705

    "it was a joke all along"
    Michael said Calmly.

  • @fuecOHKO
    @fuecOHKO Před 21 dnem +2680

    I literally instantly got it. Not because i'm smart, but because I have trust issues when it comes to puzzles.

    • @makerudji6682
      @makerudji6682 Před 21 dnem +101

      I literally had the same thought i saw that cups are all the same size, didnt even look at the patterns 😂

    • @jt.brewster
      @jt.brewster Před 21 dnem +8

      YUP

    • @samhall5096
      @samhall5096 Před 21 dnem +46

      likewise, the operative word is "fit". As long as you take it to imply the physical size and not referring to a pattern it is easy.

    • @Catincuta
      @Catincuta Před 21 dnem +8

      Same here, it took a second (0.0)'

    • @journeymanic9605
      @journeymanic9605 Před 21 dnem +7

      My first thought was, "What if troll?"

  • @depressoespresso1115

    He finna use 0.1% power to hunt down whoever made that joke 💀

  • @AidenKane19
    @AidenKane19 Před 3 dny +1

    Bruh I guessed the answer as soon as I saw his frustration lol, I was like " I bet it says the eggs can fit into all of the cups."

  • @bladeswillxbleed
    @bladeswillxbleed Před 20 dny +1016

    I immediately thought "they all fit interchangeably, but Mike's going to have some wild explanation to convince me otherwise."

    • @ellengrace4609
      @ellengrace4609 Před 19 dny +28

      Same, and thought it’s too simple. 😂

    • @jmilosho
      @jmilosho Před 19 dny +14

      Same….had the answer immediately and at the same time was super pissed that he said he was 1 year old in 87 when I was sure he was no younger than me born in 82……

    • @driggs2109
      @driggs2109 Před 19 dny +6

      Same! It's one of those KISS (Keep it simple, stupid) method sort of things.

    • @Der666Tod
      @Der666Tod Před 19 dny +7

      But you all have to ask yourself would you have had this thought without the information of how long he was thinking about this.

    • @miaouew
      @miaouew Před 19 dny

      same lol

  • @YourLocalCaucasian
    @YourLocalCaucasian Před 16 dny +1492

    “It was a joke all along.”
    Dumbledore said calmly.

    • @iamapokerface8992
      @iamapokerface8992 Před 14 dny +4

      cringe this is the unfunniest kind of jokes u can do btw nobody finds it funny hsy

    • @zaycandance
      @zaycandance Před 14 dny

      @@iamapokerface8992you must be a bot, kid

    • @darthpotato2871
      @darthpotato2871 Před 14 dny +25

      @@iamapokerface8992 whys bro so angry 💀💀💀

    • @goofygrass
      @goofygrass Před 14 dny +9

      ​@@iamapokerface8992shiver me timbers 🥶

    • @MaynorMayHam
      @MaynorMayHam Před 14 dny +9

      @@iamapokerface8992* something something brainrot 💀*

  • @Slickllama2
    @Slickllama2 Před 9 dny

    You're HEATED lmaooo this is the best!!!

  • @IggyB-Music
    @IggyB-Music Před 11 dny

    I could sense the anger in his breathing after he said “each egg fits into all the egg cups”

  • @pavarottiaardvark3431
    @pavarottiaardvark3431 Před 20 dny +1851

    To quote XKCD: "Communicating badly and then acting smug when you are misunderstood is not cleverness"

    • @TheQuark6789
      @TheQuark6789 Před 20 dny +15

      AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @mikovril7750
      @mikovril7750 Před 20 dny +44

      To me the word fits is what made me think size, if it was belongs in each cup, or some alternative, and the answer was the same then I'd support your use of this saying. But with the egg scenario as a stand alone (not in a puzzle book) I think more people might give the answer.

    • @meinbherpieg4723
      @meinbherpieg4723 Před 19 dny +28

      But the author did not communicate badly. It was specifically asked, "which egg fits into each cup". That's pretty clear to me.

    • @willowkepler
      @willowkepler Před 19 dny +11

      My sister really needs to hear this. She'd talk nonsense and then treat people like they're idiots for not understanding what she's saying. Always leads to conflict.

    • @berwynsigns4115
      @berwynsigns4115 Před 19 dny +9

      XKCD really is our generation's version of Aesop's Fables

  • @Ervo
    @Ervo Před 24 dny +1905

    "My disappointment is immeasurable and my life is ruined"
    - Michael Vsauce, probably

    • @blakesimmons5130
      @blakesimmons5130 Před 24 dny +13

      He's Michael. You're vsause

    • @grokcaveman
      @grokcaveman Před 24 dny +22

      -Doesn't know his last name
      -Puts Vsauce as last name
      -Refuses to elaborate
      🗿🍷

    • @KronoCrimes
      @KronoCrimes Před 24 dny +13

      I like that we're giving Michael the sans undertale treatment

    • @Nick12_45
      @Nick12_45 Před 24 dny +4

      Michael vsauce stevens

    • @CheatOnlyDeath
      @CheatOnlyDeath Před 24 dny

      You just can't let stupid jerks ruin your life. Always consider that a person might be a jerk or dishonest or uncaring or unprincipled. If you find one or two exceptions you have had a fortunate life.

  • @xwxgamerxwx
    @xwxgamerxwx Před 8 dny +1

    That almost made me plan a trip to Vienna art academy

  • @Helloyou1364
    @Helloyou1364 Před 2 dny

    You can see that pure anger in his eyes..

  • @CompanionCube
    @CompanionCube Před 23 dny +4694

    i got it right. i achieved vsauce

  • @Silver-Rose
    @Silver-Rose Před 21 dnem +1490

    The amount of restraint it takes to not give up and look at the answer to a brain teaser in a book is speaks volumes for his character. Whether that self-control or insanity I don't know

    • @headrockbeats
      @headrockbeats Před 21 dnem +20

      I love that you've put the "is" in the wrong place and I can actually see in my head how I've done the same thing in the past.

    • @Sasseater
      @Sasseater Před 21 dnem +6

      ​@@headrockbeatsit's in such a wrong place that it shouldn't be there at all

    • @WereWade
      @WereWade Před 21 dnem

      I eventually ended up unpausing the video in defeat too after seeing no clear correlation. The only one that make sense was the dithering egg to the cup with dots on it. Other than that, I thought each fit each since they are all equal size, but I discarded the thought to my graveyard. 💧

    • @headrockbeats
      @headrockbeats Před 21 dnem +1

      @@Sasseater No, no, it should be there... between "that" and "self".

    • @Sasseater
      @Sasseater Před 14 dny

      @@headrockbeats fair. It's a sentence away tho so I'll give it a B-

  • @LuizOSonicfan
    @LuizOSonicfan Před dnem

    I love how he isn't in character, he's genuinely pissed

  • @WhatKindOfNameNow
    @WhatKindOfNameNow Před 2 dny

    This is how a puzzle-obsessed child who has grown into a puzzle-obsessed man becomes a puzzle-obsessed villain.

  • @nunyabeeswax275
    @nunyabeeswax275 Před 22 dny +2015

    My fist thought was that they all fit, but then I started doubting myself like "no, surely not, there's got to be more to it"

    • @3RR0RNULL
      @3RR0RNULL Před 22 dny +46

      Your fist has a brain inside of it?

    • @nunyabeeswax275
      @nunyabeeswax275 Před 22 dny +33

      @@3RR0RNULL 😂 no I think with my fist

    • @kennyherzet8524
      @kennyherzet8524 Před 22 dny +30

      From what I’ve seen on the comments that’s called an anti-puzzle, if you think about it too much, you can’t find a solution.

    • @Lego_Whis255
      @Lego_Whis255 Před 22 dny

      Me too

    • @pampolanco25
      @pampolanco25 Před 22 dny

      Me too

  • @silversnow4777
    @silversnow4777 Před 24 dny +1913

    Being unable to solve something until truly and fully giving up is a Simpleflips classic

    • @PuppetMasterIX
      @PuppetMasterIX Před 24 dny +102

      The community was in remiss. They had never seen an illusion like this.

    • @BryceDyce
      @BryceDyce Před 24 dny +41

      Yo waddup

    • @Goldenblade14
      @Goldenblade14 Před 24 dny +51

      Bruh shoutouts to SimpleFlips

    • @tinyky2598
      @tinyky2598 Před 24 dny +27

      Shoutouts to simpleflips

    • @helm2505
      @helm2505 Před 24 dny +20

      Shoutouts to SimpleFlips

  • @eternosbloodsaber1173
    @eternosbloodsaber1173 Před dnem +1

    THAT WAS LITERALLY MY FIRST THOUGHT WHILE LOOKING AT THE PUZZLE AM I AUTISTIC 😭

  • @thepepper191
    @thepepper191 Před dnem

    “It was never a brain teaser, it was a joke all along” just like life

  • @imcommunist
    @imcommunist Před 15 dny +683

    michael: gives up after 20 years
    me: somehow gets it in 10 sec

    • @KarolHaltenberger
      @KarolHaltenberger Před 14 dny +19

      Same..........comrade.

    • @cyranodebergerac6587
      @cyranodebergerac6587 Před 13 dny +12

      Yeah. There's obviously no common or mathematical correlation given the simplicity of the patterns on the eggs.
      Not realising this sooner is a bad look.

    • @akaraven66
      @akaraven66 Před 10 dny +49

      Someone with a high enough IQ thinks the easy answer cannot be correct, because it's a brain teaser in a puzzle book, there has to be something else to it and therein lies the puzzle.

    • @Fuzzsaphire
      @Fuzzsaphire Před 9 dny

      ⁠@@akaraven66 Mensa finna be taken over by blind folk

    • @bubness1587
      @bubness1587 Před 9 dny +26

      @@cyranodebergerac6587 "There's obviously no common or mathematical correlation" is a bold statement to make especially considering the countless incredibly complex systems in the world to just make that claim without spending an adequate amount of time analyzing it either means you're a genius or an idiot. I'd lean towards the latter if you think not "realizing this sooner" is somehow a bad look when there are many things most people will never find the correlation for even when it objectively exists.

  • @felinehermetica
    @felinehermetica Před 18 dny +1643

    oh hell no. I’m pissed off for you, dude. I feel that lifetime of frustration. Not only that, but knowing the answer was at the back of the book for 37 years some how makes it even worse.

    • @developer_zino
      @developer_zino Před 18 dny

      😂

    • @UsernameNULL755
      @UsernameNULL755 Před 18 dny +5

      Imagine what kind of a giga bamboozle the creator of that puzzle just pulled off

    • @craigemcmillan1927
      @craigemcmillan1927 Před 18 dny +1

      U r 5 years older than I am, yet u look like my grandfather 😂

    • @Hitman12.
      @Hitman12. Před 18 dny +8

      I'm pretty sure Micheal was purposefully not looking at the answer because he wanted to figure it out for himself.

    • @nunocolon
      @nunocolon Před 18 dny

      lol same

  • @odvlogs2020
    @odvlogs2020 Před 9 dny +1

    Vsauce knew the answer really, his brain cells just lost the file

  • @orionizaqt
    @orionizaqt Před dnem +1

    I'm not gonna lie, the first thing I thought when I saw the picture is that each egg would fit into any of them, but then I immediately second guessed myself because I thought that was too obvious lol

  • @bigt6510
    @bigt6510 Před 23 dny +1288

    Maybe the puzzle was the friends we made along…

    • @Zeta4
      @Zeta4 Před 23 dny +15

      That’s so deep😢

    • @janX9
      @janX9 Před 23 dny +5

      ​@@Zeta4he was referencing a comment that Michael made on another vsauce video.

    • @i_am_a_boy5655
      @i_am_a_boy5655 Před 22 dny +3

      ⁠​⁠@@janX9and @zeta42 was being darcastic

    • @blackads9687
      @blackads9687 Před 22 dny +3

      ​@@i_am_a_boy5655 *sarcastic

    • @blanc-2468
      @blanc-2468 Před 22 dny +3

      ​@@janX9I see, cause I seen variations of that quote but forgot where I first heard it.

  • @remington6180
    @remington6180 Před 24 dny +819

    Michael really took years trying to find an answer just to find out he was getting trolled.

    • @FatherManus
      @FatherManus Před 24 dny +7

      He’s trolling us. He didn’t take that long to figure that out. I figured it out in 30 seconds and I’m not as smart as him.

    • @harrydix
      @harrydix Před 24 dny +33

      ​@@FatherManuscongrats lil bro you want a trophy or something

    • @JRGUSC
      @JRGUSC Před 24 dny +8

      ​@@harrydixYes, I do. One inscribed with: "If you ain't first, you're last."

    • @CheatOnlyDeath
      @CheatOnlyDeath Před 24 dny

      His mistake was assuming the author was sincere as he would be, himself loving puzzles and not having the evil capacity to harm others by toying with their faith in humanity. I feel for him and all decent people, and I wish I hadn't learned that lesson over and over again.

    • @anonymousapproximation8549
      @anonymousapproximation8549 Před 18 dny +1

      He trolled himself, lmao. Granted, that's probably the point of the patterns; to get over thinkers to gaslight themselves when the patterns have nothing to do with the question being asked.

  • @Manikanta.Rapolu
    @Manikanta.Rapolu Před 4 dny +1

    Real life, Sheldon guys 🤣

  • @BjornsTIR
    @BjornsTIR Před 3 dny

    That's exactly what I expected from a book like that

  • @dragetto9653
    @dragetto9653 Před 24 dny +423

    This is how you create a villain.

    • @CheatOnlyDeath
      @CheatOnlyDeath Před 24 dny

      What about those who do not want to be a villain? And don't have a youtube channel and a million followers.

    • @gubpack
      @gubpack Před 23 dny +2

      I swear at the end I saw Joseph Seed for a second

  • @TomNookIsnotevil
    @TomNookIsnotevil Před 20 dny +169

    That’s genuinely so tragic, I’m sorry Vsauce

  • @enochbird3862
    @enochbird3862 Před 15 minutami

    Is nobody gonna mention this man's inhuman level of discipline? He's had this book his whole life and never looked at the back of the book for the answer.

  • @erioldman
    @erioldman Před dnem

    "It was never a brain teaser, it was a joke all along"
    I heared it in Sheldon's voice

  • @humanrightsadvocate
    @humanrightsadvocate Před 24 dny +160

    I am not that smart, but... When I looked at the puzzle I instantly thought that each egg fits every cup.

    • @kiiturii
      @kiiturii Před 24 dny +9

      same lol.. didn't think that would actually be the solution though so my second thought was that egg a goes into cup A, egg b goes into cup B and so on.. I feel like that would've been a way better "solution" while keeping it trolly, at least it would kinda challenge your perspective

    • @Skywalker2016GD
      @Skywalker2016GD Před 23 dny +11

      Same. I was literally like "Uhh... All of them?" the first time I saw it

    • @luca5867
      @luca5867 Před 23 dny +7

      We got the answer quick because we are not smart

    • @fei0x
      @fei0x Před 23 dny

      Came here to say this.

    • @greensteve9307
      @greensteve9307 Před 23 dny +4

      The trap is over-thinking, so it makes sense that you might get it!

  • @offlineable
    @offlineable Před 24 dny +183

    And so begins his villain arc

  • @jankemjunkie6564
    @jankemjunkie6564 Před 11 hodinami

    The brief moment I spent trying to figure it out gave me a brain aneurysm

  • @butterbruhh
    @butterbruhh Před 4 dny

    Teased your brain into thirsting for knowledge. Classic.

  • @HairlessRaccoon
    @HairlessRaccoon Před 24 dny +332

    The illusion was the illusion of complication

    • @larryjohnston9204
      @larryjohnston9204 Před 24 dny +17

      The most meta illusion in the book, probably lol

    • @bztube888
      @bztube888 Před 22 dny +1

      The real puzzle is: why is it in the book? It is a good solution.

  • @itsmemakz
    @itsmemakz Před 24 dny +53

    Maybe the real puzzle was the friends we made along the way..

  • @Frantic_AJ
    @Frantic_AJ Před 7 dny

    This puzzle should be a part of the “are you an overthinker?” Test/exam

  • @garyv2498
    @garyv2498 Před 4 dny

    LOLOLOLOLOL that was my immediate thought when you held up the picture. "Who cares, they all fit in all the cups. What's with the designs?"

    • @Devilofdoom
      @Devilofdoom Před 3 dny

      Yeah, I thought it was either that. Or they were going to just match the letters.

  • @teenagestacker6063
    @teenagestacker6063 Před 22 dny +354

    And the world shook with fear as it felt Michael’s rage

  • @RobwithoneB
    @RobwithoneB Před 24 dny +768

    Michael, you are INFINITELY smarter than I am, without any question. But like... that was my first assumption lol

    • @mcgoldenblade4765
      @mcgoldenblade4765 Před 24 dny +149

      I think that might be the issue. He was overthinking what the shapes on the eggs and the cups mean and how they fit together instead of taking the question at face value.

    • @qwertyqwertperson
      @qwertyqwertperson Před 24 dny +38

      real bro he just be overthinking it

    • @johnmoff9324
      @johnmoff9324 Před 24 dny +5

      Maybe it's not Michael who is infinitely smart after all lol

    • @pepeedge5601
      @pepeedge5601 Před 24 dny +22

      Yeah... my first thought was: Does not matter, they fit in all.
      Started questioning if I am neurodivergent or just stupid.
      Guess I am neither.

    • @romangiertych5198
      @romangiertych5198 Před 24 dny +1

      Same

  • @SoulDragonWithFlow
    @SoulDragonWithFlow Před 12 dny

    "It was a joke all along" Dumbledoor said calmly.

  • @SpeshalOfficial
    @SpeshalOfficial Před 13 dny +2

    The master has finally met his match

  • @KingDeadMan
    @KingDeadMan Před 19 dny +780

    I'm happy I didn't overthink it. In an instant, I saw them all & said "It doesn't matter, they all fit". I'm proud of myself. 😊

    • @Vik1919
      @Vik1919 Před 18 dny +36

      Same, it was a logic puzzle. I eat puzzles for breakfast, so I figured it out.

    • @voxieart
      @voxieart Před 18 dny +7

      Same lol

    • @worldofthunder
      @worldofthunder Před 18 dny +13

      That's the first thing I thought 🤷

    • @lordfrz9339
      @lordfrz9339 Před 18 dny +15

      I think the issue come from having 50 of the previous brain teasers on your mind. With just this one its easy to see it as a simple logic trick. But in context if the other puzzles, it probably hits you with brain fatigue.

    • @Bot_6P_42O
      @Bot_6P_42O Před 18 dny +9

      @@Vik1919 I eat food for breakfast, I didn’t figure it out

  • @duncanidaho8234
    @duncanidaho8234 Před 21 dnem +813

    This is a life lesson that a lot of people need to learn.
    “Stop making things harder than they need to be.”
    Should be a poster in most workshops.

    • @xl000
      @xl000 Před 21 dnem

      ok, but why in workshops ? That's really specific.

    • @duncanidaho8234
      @duncanidaho8234 Před 21 dnem

      @@xl000 The specific does not preclude the general. I guess it might apply elsewhere as well but I know it applies (at least sometimes) in the workshops I have experience of.

    • @youknowimright1725
      @youknowimright1725 Před 20 dny +2

      Omfg, ikr..? It doesn't take being "smart" to solve it, its almost the contrary lol.

    • @Abizcool12
      @Abizcool12 Před 20 dny +1

      Yeah, I overthink things so I would buy that for 9.99$

    • @DanT10
      @DanT10 Před 20 dny +1

      Someone I know said stop looking for zebras when a horse has will do.

  • @Phoenixda_man
    @Phoenixda_man Před 11 dny +1

    When I saw the puzzle, I immediately noticed that all the eggs and all the egg cups were the same size.

  • @ryouarozado1350
    @ryouarozado1350 Před 10 dny +1

    I knew it, I was like, what? All the Eggs fit in the cups?
    I hate people sometimes.

  • @Blorgus96
    @Blorgus96 Před 23 dny +1113

    That’s a very Occam’s razor type of question

    • @melfmz1509
      @melfmz1509 Před 23 dny

      House

    • @mdashrafulahmed2820
      @mdashrafulahmed2820 Před 22 dny +2

      @@melfmz1509 "The simplest explanation is almost always somebody screwed up"

    • @Zei33
      @Zei33 Před 22 dny

      @@melfmz1509is that really the only time you’ve heard of this razor? House got it from somewhere…

    • @MrSofazocker
      @MrSofazocker Před 22 dny +1

      what? its literally about how your assumptions you make lead you down a wrong path. 😂

    • @mdashrafulahmed2820
      @mdashrafulahmed2820 Před 22 dny

      @@MrSofazocker It's a House MD reference. The quote was from the main character who made the theory that someone messed up which caused the patient to feel sick again despite people thinking he is wrong

  • @niemandfaxenmindestlohn
    @niemandfaxenmindestlohn Před 24 dny +122

    This video feels like he told this to some bound and gagged hostage right before he violently stabbed them to death because he needed to bring his anger out on somebody about this

  • @The-Guys.
    @The-Guys. Před 11 dny

    I actually felt bad for bro, I mean he’s just to smart.

  • @davidmichaels307
    @davidmichaels307 Před 5 dny +1

    "In 1987 when I was 1..." Another person who I think is 10 years older than me turns out to be 10 years younger than me.

  • @disguy6886
    @disguy6886 Před 24 dny +325

    subject 1037 has started to develop hobbies

    • @Fri3n_d
      @Fri3n_d Před 24 dny +26

      You have been terminated as an employee for breach of contract by leaking info to the public.You may gather your belongings on monday.

    • @josipsusnjara3203
      @josipsusnjara3203 Před 23 dny +2

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @Forbiddensirenz
    @Forbiddensirenz Před 18 dny +25

    Lmaoooo me just sarcastically saying “well they probably can go wherever if they’re the same size.” And it being the actual answer.

  • @BOSPALADIN0727
    @BOSPALADIN0727 Před 11 dny +1

    That was literally my first answer, i thought "the cups and eggs are all the same size..."

  • @Mangoowasthere
    @Mangoowasthere Před 2 hodinami

    vsauce was holding back from destroying the universe in this video

  • @ToastEditor
    @ToastEditor Před 24 dny +80

    The book is more powerful than Vsauce. It must be quarantined.

  • @jonathanyes112
    @jonathanyes112 Před 24 dny +216

    Paused it for a bit to think of an answer, couldn’t, got annoyed by the actual answer. Can’t imagine Michael’s frustration lol

    • @redfoxsheenyshow4153
      @redfoxsheenyshow4153 Před 24 dny +3

      I did exactly the same thing!😅

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle Před 24 dny +2

      I did the same. I found that there's 2 eggs without lines and 2 cups without individual symbols.
      I thought I found a relationship there 😅

    • @PuffingOnClouds
      @PuffingOnClouds Před 24 dny +3

      Don't lie. You thought that they all fit right away, but then you overthink and tell yourself that it can't be that obvious 😂

    • @riamemi
      @riamemi Před 24 dny +6

      ​@@PuffingOnClouds this is actually super interesting now that you mention it... the first thing we think about is that all eggs fit the cup because they're basically the same size, however since it's a book about < optical > illusions you would deem the answer as ridiculous and assume there's something much deeper about it if that makes sense? like " oh these eggs are all the same but these are illusions so there must be another answer "

    • @riamemi
      @riamemi Před 24 dny +1

      i think it would be hilarious if the optical illusion is simply that the eggs are all the same and they're just tricking you with the patterns and stuff that's most likely not the case though lmfao just funny to think about

  • @nate7790
    @nate7790 Před 5 dny

    First look at it, my brain: "Yeah, they all fit everywhere"

  • @error_port
    @error_port Před dnem

    The first thing I thought was, every egg fits into every egg holder

  • @RamDragon32
    @RamDragon32 Před 20 dny +282

    Not a joke, a riddle.
    "What has four letters, Sometimes has 9, but always has 6." is my favorite word puzzle of this type. You see, verbally it's, also, impenetrable, but when you type it you see the period instead of a question mark. it's a statement and not a question at all. Riddle not puzzle. Everyone should be able to identify the difference because you approach each problem differently.

    • @Tim-is-short
      @Tim-is-short Před 18 dny +17

      My first thought to the riddle was immediately "yes".
      My ability to solve riddles seems to get better when I'm distracted by something and not giving it a lot of thought. Not very helpful when I'm actually working on something.

    • @natedogtrainer3812
      @natedogtrainer3812 Před 18 dny +19

      Not even a riddle. Just a statement. Saying it’s a riddle is the misdirection

    • @ehhh2547
      @ehhh2547 Před 18 dny +2

      pizza

    • @clementfermn6711
      @clementfermn6711 Před 18 dny

      Sure but it's BULLSHIT when you put it in a book about optical illusions.

    • @DJDoena
      @DJDoena Před 18 dny +1

      but when you pause the video, the riddle is phrased as a question.

  • @djp5668
    @djp5668 Před 20 dny +65

    My optic nerves snapped with how hard my eyes rolled after hearing the answer.

  • @antoniodamaso2143
    @antoniodamaso2143 Před 12 dny

    "Wait, it's all a joke?"
    "Always has been."

  • @user-km3dj4bu3p
    @user-km3dj4bu3p Před 2 dny

    Yooooo
    That is actually smart because it makes your brain think differently as long as you keep trying

  • @stephenphillips7699
    @stephenphillips7699 Před 22 dny +1951

    Not lying but I just literally said, they are all the same size.

    • @kcbrandon4386
      @kcbrandon4386 Před 22 dny +50

      Same thought. I'd like to think I only got that answer from all the vsauce I've watched and rewatched over the years.

    • @cadefilms4072
      @cadefilms4072 Před 22 dny +7

      yes

    • @zak_hale_
      @zak_hale_ Před 22 dny +54

      Same. I looked at the patterns for a few seconds then went "It doesn't even matter they'll all fit" then went on with the video to see the actual answer and was delightfully surprised to actually be correct

    • @DugguEinstien
      @DugguEinstien Před 22 dny +3

      lol same here

    • @SerLagsalot
      @SerLagsalot Před 22 dny +2

      Yup

  • @DoctorPhilGud
    @DoctorPhilGud Před 24 dny +24

    That is the greatest supervillain backstory ive ever heard

  • @cecilrhodes2153
    @cecilrhodes2153 Před dnem +1

    That was my first thought lol, the eggs are all the same size!

  • @daschesser
    @daschesser Před 10 dny +1

    he must've burned that book

  • @aleycolt3824
    @aleycolt3824 Před 21 dnem +652

    I like that little problem. Sometimes people just look for solutions to problems that don't exist, I know I do on occassion. It's nice to see something like that as it snaps me out of the problem solving funk.

    • @davidhoward4715
      @davidhoward4715 Před 21 dnem +14

      Except the reader was effectively told that it *_was_* a problem.

    • @wolfrainexxx
      @wolfrainexxx Před 21 dnem +3

      ​​@@davidhoward4715Government problems require Government solutions, when (without Government) such a problem would never exist in the first place.
      My point is, you were *_told_* there was a problem, and couldn't imagine that you were being bamboozled.

    • @user-nc4vw9cf2j
      @user-nc4vw9cf2j Před 21 dnem

      @@wolfrainexxxlet

    • @blurgle9185
      @blurgle9185 Před 20 dny

      ​@@davidhoward4715
      "I'm sorry I killed all those Jews. I read a nazi pamphlet and was presented a problem that needed solution. I couldn't stop for a second in my germanic solution-oriented pathology to recognize that the real problem was in ourselves all along."

    • @blurgle9185
      @blurgle9185 Před 20 dny

      ​@@davidhoward4715​
      Meanwhile at Nurnberg:
      "Yes I realizd much later how wrong we were. I read a nazi pamphlet and was presented a problem that needed solution. I couldn't stop for a second in my germanic solution-oriented pathology to recognize that the real problem was in ourselves all along."

  • @TerryTags
    @TerryTags Před 24 dny +353

    The real illusion is the friends we made along the way...

  • @PGeraghtyrebel
    @PGeraghtyrebel Před 11 dny

    Aha!! Great book. I grew up with that on my shelf for sure!

  • @laranja0990
    @laranja0990 Před 2 dny

    VSauce is gonna start his villain arc thanks to that puzzle

  • @DrclicBox
    @DrclicBox Před 24 dny +224

    The only thing Vsauce can’t solve is something that was never supposed to be solved at all

  • @SamuelPulseGaming
    @SamuelPulseGaming Před 21 dnem +36

    What makes this funnier to me... I glanced over it and realized they were all the same size 🤣

    • @metinEsturb
      @metinEsturb Před 20 dny +2

      Me too. The question is actually very precise.

  • @biologicallyawptimized

    my first thought was "well they all fit" but then I was like "that would be too stupid" I appreciate your frustration

  • @MOG_SALES_UNV
    @MOG_SALES_UNV Před 11 dny +1

    Vsauce is litterally my moms age age💀