"My Successful Friends" Tales Of Mere Existence

[Deathjolt]

omg i get it your drawing from behind the paper! :O

[jakobsson85]

You should be proud of your self, you´re an great artist who will probably make a living of these brilliant works that you have here on Youtube, If you haven´t already!

[Aunpaidintern]

Woah, is your voice oddly a bit deeper in this video?

[speedstriker]

You sound a little bitter, to say the least. I wonder if I will be as well a few more years down the road.

[sarepaar]

I know what you are talking about but then I always have the idea that they get more attention from boys and when they get a boyfriend I'm very happy for them while I'm still single. Or when they get great new friends and I stay alone in my room.

[ArtisanGibby]

I'm in school for graphic design, and looking back, my peers and I all started at about the same level of skill. But as the years have passed, they've all found their little niche, and they got really good at what they like doing, and by now they can pretty much design whatever, whenever without really pushing themselves too hard. But when I work harder and longer on my less than stellar design, I'm totally not jealous of their effortless success.

[txvoltaire]

It's a good thing you're not bitter!

[Frankxasome]

Um

[unorthodoxJ]

Agreed. I don't mind if someone achieves in something I really don't care about, like oh look he's a model now with lots of money psh what do I care. But when it's something I'm envious of like working for NBC or getting their work published I'm a tad pissed

And in general I don't like being around people who have far surpassed me in certain ways, stupid jealousy I know

[consgrl14]

You have a terrifying dark side 0_0

[Apiaanilol]

I love your videos and I could never think that I would steal your account and make videos like this and everybody would think that I'm smart and I would get famous and finally lose my virginity. Never crossed my mind.

[soufianeMystikal]

I admire your truthfulness

[mesCheerios]

'well fucking hooray for John!' hahahaha

[TheOrator371]

Right that's it, I have seen enough... I am subscribing!

[freddakiko]

you could probably make a living off youtube if you put a single add at the begining and at the end. seriously, who the fuck consciously watches the add at the end of a video?

[uliyay12]

Let's see...at least you make awesomely intellectual videos!

[malaspuzvicalnakrpa]

If you don't want this to happen to your friends, I really don't wanna know what you don't want to happen to your enemies...

[BlueBellBerry]

while this seems like a really sarcastic video i'm actually not sure if you're trying hard to hate them or trying hard to ignore them.

While it's not like you actually feel inferior you just do for the heck of it since you feel envy but you actually don't.

[jjdelg]

The moutain lion looked like a weird lookin alligator or crocodile

[SmallCaz]

Dude, do you know who is the father of things getting blown up ? Georges Melies from way back then. You need to watch his Journey to the Moon (Voyage dans la Lune 1902) it's epic. Things get blown up for no reason. Things that can't possibly blow up, ever.

[thoughtsthroughsound]

every video you make hits me

[mcdudly00]

you are successful my friend..

[BioBooster2001]

Just know they'll never be as cool as you.

[naimonmarcus]

john pisses me off

[BazookaChipmunk]

These get oddly specific.

[OscartheGrouch8888]

You must realy love John when you totaly did'nt think of him falling in water and DIEING.

[TheFirstClassLounge]

well fucking hooray for John

[Subaquatika]

I love when I open many many videos in many many new tabs and all the videos are playing at the same time. Many many Levs say many many interesting things and it is very very soothing.

[cyanmanta]

According to Bill Watterson, most newspaper comics get dropped almost as quickly as they're picked up; the turnover rate is really high. If an artist wants to make a living selling his strip, he has to sell it constantly everywhere he goes. And this was back in the 80's and 90's; it's got to be even harder today.

[artistginger9]

LOL. That is funny.

[kazyBarbarian]

LOL

[NoeBernardin]

OMG THIS MADE ME CRY FROM LAUGHTER!!!!

[bluestreek004]

i hope my successful friends gets fired from their jobs.. no not really I just want them to contract anal warts so thats not so bad

[dstrbdxxxprncess]

i like how with your friend dave, you arent envious of him. I think that if I gave someone advice, and they were able to take that advice and be something great, it would be because of me, and Id feel accomplished myself because I created that.

[caohanlu]

"Computers blow up worldwide."

Wow. Imagine that.

[JonasMigas]

cmon you basicaly created a "show like seinfeld" : P everyone relates to everything you said. you have potential to create a show that could pass on adult swim or something related to that. keep up the good work!

[winsumsprifa]

Well fucking hooray for John! haha

[HALOspartandude]

Your specialty is entertaining people. :)

[DeadPossom]

Your voice is making me think you're being sarcastic.

[yushinzzo]

I honestly cannot tell whether this man is being sarcastic or he is truly a bigger person than most. Based on me putting myself into his position. I am going to be polite and assume he is the later.

[JasonBrazen]

LOL!

[IamJanini]

So there's this guy on youtube who makes these videos about universal truths that everyone can relate with and he always has people comment about how great his videos are and how much they understand him and he gets 6,483 likes and only 75 dislikes on a website notorious for flaming and two year old youtuber syndome... and I'm very proud of him and I never think about youtube pulling all his videos down for copyright infringment and I never think about one upping him and him losing views and...

[IamJanini]

@IamJanini I never wish that he would suddenly make a video about his true self saying to everyone that they suck and he was jus making fun of them.and I never wish that he'd stop getting any more ideas for videos... and I'd never wish that I had somehow thought of doing this first because we always wish we had thought of the new thing first but then someone else shows up and does it anway and youre jsut another person sitting there whose no better or worse than any1 else cuz sum1 else suceeded

[Fr0mTheBlind]

Do you have some breathing exercises that you do for these videos?

[JupiterKat410]

.......... I fucking love you Lev. XD

[willywonkausername]

I love your videos. Your great!!

[enjoizmusic]

So how can John's comics be better than yours?

I guess that's impossible...

[number1historybuff]

Dude! You have a book deal! Who cares about a guy getting a locally circulated comic strip? 

[AnimeWaterFall]

I think the same way o.o

[aamicatherine]

Your voice is very sleep inducing

[hicarbut]

well your famous on youtube and i am very proud of you.

[EvilTim1234]

*is increasingly tempted to leave a comment saying* "you suck" just to be a dick and i will get a little chuckle out of it. but your voice is very soothing and makes me want to listen even though i don't agree with over half the shit you say

[YumeNoKuniNoAkira]

Yeah and I never had the thought of you going into an actual rut or all of a sudden losing all of your videos and subscribers or having your artistic talent disappear one day.

Haha I'm joking, you're videos always make my day coz their funny and relatable so I hope nothing bad happens to you~

Though I get what you mean. ^^;;

[MrTarantula1000]

fuck i just wanted to open some music than i saw a voideo of urs and i cant leave!

[Knoiv]

you know what friend... Im just like you...

[wickandde]

lol I wonder if his friends have seen this?

[Mat397]

Yeah your famous, we're nothing lol

[RightMeow69]

Tales of mere existence is awesome and has made you marginally famous... GO LEV!

[SentryGoinUp]

@Mr10eggman They're all from his own life. Maybe a couple are made up, but for the most part i really think these are all real-life experiences. Just the way he conveys it and over-exaggerates everything he says makes it so downright absurdly funny...

[snorlax42]

Wow, John must really bother you.

[SilphenCelosia]

74 people drove their cars off a 500 foot cliff into the Pacific Ocean.

[xqingthingx]

i feel the need to hold my breath while you're talking all in one go and then exhale when you finish.

[iszalgocomin]

You really dont like JOHN

[song48]

i fucking love this video :D

[faisalOrb1]

I've a friend called Lev, he was one of those guys who was too pessimistic about about life to give shit. He was always awkward and could never talk to anyone and would always get worse grades than me. Now he's making popular YouTube videos and books and has his own website. I think it's great that he got so successful by just talking about what he thinks. And I would never hope he goes bald, or breaks his right hand, or looses his insight, or gets hacked, or just gets terribly unpopular. Really

[Ciupakapra]

u'v got youtube now

[DrSuperMarioMan6464]

I love the way you continually say things and you don't stop for a breath and that you keep me interested while also telling the truth and that you keep your ideas fresh and that I always agree with you and that you can draw so well.

[KisamierofRuairi]

@DrSuperMarioMan6464 This is Dave, he's a few years younger than me. -breathe-

[MidnightRedemption]

vroom vroom... vroom vroom

[theheckwithit]

i actually think like this so when people ask why im so envious i refer them to this video :(

[davethehostage]

"Well fucking hooray for John!"

[YourMasterDennis001]

seems like he's the kinda guy to try and take over the world?

[troflmfao]

Youtube censorship is pathetic. I have to wait 2 years just to watch the rest of these videos. fuck shit piss!

[RetardedAnime]

shoulda faked your age. most people do that.

[troflmfao]

@RetardedAnime I just created a back up to counter this

[RetardedAnime]

great

[samhblackmore]

Surely you too are successful what with this YouTube channel and everything?

[841accmj]

Yes your totally not annoyed or jelous

[lissaluther]

lol

[GongFuWushu]

Let me guess, the last guy is you and the video is so full of irony, that it becomes hard to detect?

[T16Akatsuki]

this needs to be a show on like adult swim. it would be the best show ever

[salmonson1]

So your not Bitter about this at all? XD



[nakedstudiopty]

You dirty devil.

[KnightSlapp]

Why do your friends have the same names as my brothers?

[charlieharlot]

I love you man.

[Amazon198]

Yep. That is how I feel about a lot of people I know. Could not have said it better.

[BL4CKR0ZE]

So WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG XD

[undrugged]

So very true.

[sabbywins]

Why do all your friends names' have four letters? =P

[marcegiraldob]

juas!!! so funny....i love how u r SO NOT jelous

[CatCandy122]

X3 You are jelous aren't you. XD

[ravenfan130]

you scare me sometimes

[A13x24]

I love how in ever one of his Vids I've watched (I've watched alot) everyone post this is the best one

[dirtybug82]

this one is DEFINITELY the best

[Musthavebeenyou]

You seem mad.

[TheSillysally1234567]

I love 2:00

[Juggernog1995]

Lol at the black death scene

[mastertomi8]

"...or coming down with the bubonic plague..." =)) srsly dude?

[cyanmanta]

Heh... that's one of the saving graces of this endless downward spiral we call the economy: even though I'm not all that successful, most of my friends are unsuccessful, too. I have a 4-year degree that I'm basically wasting by doing a job that's totally unrelated, but even my friends who are working on their Masters and Ph.D.'s don't really have jobs or lives that are any better or more interesting than mine.

[inuyashalivesbaby]

Passive aggressive much? lol.

[HarbucksFML]

Jesus. Lev must really hate John. 

[kykyouche1]

I-LOVE-YOU.

[SEENOfell]

Oh those endearing successful friends.... 

[madmanslullaby1]

i cant tell wether he is proud of them or if he envies his friend and does want all those tragic things to happen to him because he wasnt as lucky as his friends

[peasncrackers]

HAHAHA goodness im dying from laughter.. i love your videos, man

[CzlowiekOto]

reading the comments on Lev's videos i feel like we all had the same problems all over again in the whole freaking world.

[V3NOMXIII]

the mountain lion looks like a rabid chimp lol

[morikahjo]

Lets see: Dave...Owen....John...and then Levni Yilmaz....AHAHHAH! They have very ordinary names...you'd think that their life would be dull compared to yours.....I would guess that you would have the most sucess out of all of them!

[NeonGlowification]

Im guessing you hated John the most huh? Lol

[LiveOutLoud87]

@NeonGlowification ...I noticed that too hahaha.

[Bbodysplash]

how bitter

[Uprising771]

hilarious!

[juandahero]

" or gettting sick with th bubonic plege..."

[gieterrr]

You can just SMELL the sarcasm!

[PeaceLoveFairytales]

ur successful too! :)

[swebril]

I youst love how you speak

[ultraepicman]

@AgentXPQ dude, you are one misebrable bastard

[Uprising771]

@ultraepicman LMAO

[toxicMDR2]

*sarcasm smellometer activated.

[jeffthrone]

That's so sweet and honest of you there XD

[itsmecrystallee]

I sensed sarcasm.....

[GraceIn]

Hahahahahaha!!!

[c668442]

Your nice caring and light hearted your perfect dude

[MaidMujan]

1:58 HAHAHAHAHAHA :D

[soaper4]

Why did this and "Project" just show up as new in my RSS feed today?

[mcmit2008]

Your very clever and witty videos are analogous to classic potato chips ....... I couldn't watch just one.

What kind of paper were you using? Hey! .... I like paper, so what?

[redfusiond]

I don't know why but I cracked the fuck up at 1:23 

[thanatosofthefuture]

sarcasm at its best!

lova ya clips levni

[MrPez5]

The dose of cynicism and sarcasm received from this video is so awesome that my eyes and ears are bleeding! And my brains starts to hurt too...

[Nouta1]

Good lord all of these. just amazing. But I'm sure they also never think that of you either. hahaha. Also, anyone else find themselves, like me, watching his hand behind the paper mostly?

[iTheFoxyGirl]

Yes and it's annoying.

[celine342a]

oomggg reminds me of myself so much !!!!!!!!!!

[varer]

damn you are so full of envy.. i guess that it is not something you could control but dude...

[Spectic]

I don't know if you earn money from these videos somehow, but you could, easily. You could get a newspaper strip.

[LittleRainbowMiss]

Why don't you draw comics to papers? o.o

[whynotzoidburg]

2:13

Lol I love your drawing of a mountain lion. LOL

I have to admit I thought it was an alligator at first. :P

I love the video.

[vjm3]

Shit happens.

[laridama]

0:45 - 1:02 oh please, BREATHE! o.O

[higurashicatcher]

Why do all of these just scream, "MY LIFE. RIGHT ON THESE VIDEOS."

[xAmaya13x]

I hate when people I hate are doing better than me D:<

[whitetigerpals]

But the atlantic ocean is colder :)

[sparkytrick]

Well fucking hooray for John....



[mlmlml13]

Sounds like when i heard my friend got a car all the more power to the guy its not like i hope he runs out of gas, or gets stuck in the middle of no where, or crashes into a coffee shop, or drives off a cliff into the middle of a garbage dump...

[cluecluefinder]

I'm sensing the slightest hint of irony...

[ImperialEarthEmpire]

yeah... thats the story of life... every single human being in this world actually walk through this in their lifetime...

[DrSuperMarioMan6464]

What comic does John write?

[Hlvillaire]

CAN. RELATE. all my richie university friends who get to go to college cause their parents can afford to send them hile i try tto scrape by in community college with scholarships. getting to travel all around the world and still finding shit to complain about.... my amazing friends.

[BlackHawk2669]

this is the only so far I can not relate to (I'm actually happy for my succesful friends lol)

[alostwolf]

Well hey, I think you are way better than what I could ever be so hooray to your internet popularity success, you DO have something to be happy about !!

[technonickhun]

this guy is awesome he is like the artist from diary of a wimpy kid

[xxrebel2uxx]

Lol at 2.00

[Michaeljustarock]

Heemmm, something tells me that lev does not like john, thumbs up if you agree :D

[miramiros]

BAHAHAHAHA

*e

[Arnechk]

Why envy or be mad at anyone.. it wont change your position anyway... So, leave them, if anything, respect them.

[Collaboratory]

Suppose it's what your subjective definition of successful is. Thinkers in my eyes are more successful, it's only when you don't execute those thoughts that they do not bloom. But you are very much in bloom.

[ievolver]

Dude, you're awesome. Don't ever think anything else.

[lifeofbob]

You're the only one of these people I've heard of, Lev.

[thevideovan]

Do I detect a hint of sarcasm ?

[ssbb164]

all my friends are losers so it's ok :D although that results on the fact that i don't think much about improving myself, now i think i should get better friends who'd influence my life in a more possitive manner, still those new friends-to-be would believe i'm a loser and might not want to hang out with me, so i suposse i'd better just improve on my own -_- or not, whatever

[p4kiprincess]

BREATH!!! :O

[tenor9216]

that strangely seems like foreshadowing for me... being a classical music student :p

[metalrocks19737]

well fucking hooray for john

[TotaLoco]

i like how the one with the worst demise(s) was the one who draws for a living. jealous lev? lol

[another505]

you are the best storyteller ever!

[skrullaloff]

SOO funny

[jjFife]

Huh. Four letter names really make it big I guess.

[sophocrat]

REEL BIG FISH - WE HATE IT WHEN YOUR FRIENDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL

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