@E6toM15 I forgot to add..by the "Nazi's" I mean 7 billion people..you can't expect everyone to be the way you want them to be,..unless you execute/imprison and have a totalitarian regime to force everyone to be the way you want them to be.
2. I watched this in my speech class the other day, and now everyone calls me out on using "like" or "you know," even appropriately (i.e. You know that concert? There were something like 300 people there.") Makes me hate my generation more.
3. It's rooted in the idea that you need to keep interacting with people. I add "do you know what I mean?" whenever I feel like I've lost someone, which is often because people don't pay attention. Not my fault.
@naibalucian I don't think you got it. He is saying that the current generation has a problem with speaking from the heart. They instead choose to hide their intelligence and passions in bad speaking grammar.
At first glance, this guy's appears to be some blue comedy comedian to me. I was completely wrong. It is always great to see someone who has thoughtfulness in the performance.
Just to be more specific, have a glance at how the older generation in Ancient Greece felt about the younger generation. Yes, Ancient Greece. This message is dry, boring, and played out. It's a stale excuse for those with authority to shirk responsibility for fucking things up. You want to say there's no hope for the youth; I'll happily say you've created no hope for the future. Who in their right mind would look forward to the nation -- no, the world -- that you will be leaving us?
I had to go back and listen to the video twice because I didn't think I had heard any aspersions cast upon any particular generation, let alone the younger one. As someone in the way older generation, I hear this kind of saying nothing from everyone around me, except for those in my mother's generation. Usually, when some one asks me, "You know?" I'm startled because, I'm still waiting for them to say something important. It DOES give us something to say when we forget.
Perhaps today's generation simply has a different view of what is important in this world? People dump on this young generation just the same as they have been doing since...forever. Pardon me if I sound crazy, but it will be this young generation that starts the revolution to take this country back to where it started -- the older generations have had their shot, and they've quite plainly fucked this nation raw dog. And you can criticize my language all you please. It's the truth.
I've always wished for a commanding voice and tone like his...he is the ultimate public speaker, it would be fucking awesome if I could learn to master elocution like he has, it is a vital talent that is often taken for granted. You could truly rule the world with such a skill.
I do sometimes make a statement with a question mark at the end because I'm trying to get my friend to continue the conversation. But now seeing his point I'm going to avoid that.... you know?
This phenomenon comes from this Hegelian Dialectic groupthink pandemic that few of us hear about but everyone knows about deep down. It says that it is WRONG to actually stand on your position, rather than behave relationally, because "there is no right or wrong."
If you doubt me, ask yourself if you've heard yourself say this: "You can't push your values on me!" Reality check: THAT is a value that you are pushing on me.
@InsanityandChocolate My point exactly! EVERYONE pushes their values on everyone else, even if that value is that you can't push values onto people. What they really mean is that some people can say whatever they want, and other people have to shut up and take it because they're rocking the boat.
I say we have a level playing field, and everyone quit being so easily offended. Let's look at it objectively!
@cometkite The statement isn't meant to say that my perspective is right or wrong; it's to say that there is a truth that is true regardless of why my opinion of it is. THAT is what people today tend to say, "You can't say that; you can't push your values on me." No one bothers to evaluates the merit of the statement because the "audacity" to claim that truth is knowable is considered offensive. And yet they treat truth's "unknowability" as absolute truth. Hypocritical.
@KnightofMotley The claim that normative claims are undecidable is not itself a normative claim, but instead a descriptive claim about normative claims (a meta-normative claim, if you will). So the statement that "you can't push your values on me" is not inherently self-contradictory. In fact, it's perfectly reasonable to believe that normative claims can never be proven, because of the is-ought distinction.
@cometkite I wasn't insinuating a contradiction, but an obfuscation. Is truth knowable? Is there a truth of a matter beyond our perceptions of it? Some say, "You can't claim absolute truth." That's an absolute statement. What they're really saying is, "I get to claim absolute truth; you don't."
Normative doesn't enter into it. Normative is relation-based, not factual or didactic in nature. We must get beyond the self to interpret truth, for self is bias.
@KnightofMotley If you're going to ask yourself if you're right or wrong, you can't. You can never govern your own bases on being right or wrong towards your thoughts because there is no legal or different frame of view. You don't decide if you're right or wrong through your thoughts, you just think. It's the actions that are carried out that define if you're right or wrong.
@XxGonixXFAN Interesting, especially about actions. Right or wrong compared to what? On what basis are we determining right and wrong? I'm interested in your response. (ie: these questions are not meant as statements)
If only language was completely rigid and never changed over time. Curses be thy ever-changing tongue, for the wise man knoweth one best represents thineself through one's archane voice.
Just listened to a two minute interview on ESPN with one of the Patriots draft picks. He used 'you know' 27 times! I immediately thought of this and had to post. Please people, especially athletes, learn how to talk.
I love this guy for doing this. He is so right and dead on. I have two sisters that are almost in their 30s and they talk like this all of the time. %90 of their vocabulary is like, totally, you know, right and exactly.
We watched this video in my Communication Arts Class today. After the vid, the class talked about it, and my classmates couldn't stop saying "like" in their sentences :)
this was shared in my 9th grade english class and countless people didn't understand why the audience was laughing. This is basically common sense. Society today is filled with people that explain or talk about something as if it were a question rather than a statement. Saying "like" after almost every word and putting "you knows" to confirm the other person knows what your saying. At my age I do this(and that's ok) but I'm certain it won't last when in I'm in my 30's
This is awesome! Finally, another person who agrees with me. It seems that every time I sit next to a group of young women, they say the words "like", and "you knows?" every other words. Those are the women I don't date. lol
This is awesome! Finally, another person who agrees with me. It seems that every time I sit next to a group of young women, they say the words "like", and "you knows?" every other words. Those are the women I don't date. lol
This video has definetly sent a message by its own generation for us to consider the way in which we are communicating in society today. Are we getting our messages across? Are we articulating well enough to create and sustain successful relationships in business, family or with our peers? These are questions this video poses and they are great questions which challenge us to look further at ourselves and our methods of learning.
i knew it to be called "up talk". you raise your voice at the end of a sentence while makeing a declaritive sentence, but rather sounds like a question. Makes one sound not so sure of what they are saying. Or, perhaps not so challenging. Not so sure what he is saying.
I was just talking about that in my Reporting Class today. The book tells you to use simple language like for example "About vs. Approximately" or "Built vs. Constructed" &c. and I had to question this because I believe journalists have, on top of their responsibility to report facts, also the responsibility to educate the reader with the use of the English language. If they never use these "more than three syllables" words, how will the reader ever know what the word "approximately" means?
So I implore you, I entreat you, and I challenge you to speak with conviction. To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it because, contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to simply "question authority". You got to speak with it too.
I think he's right on the imaginary question marks and...stuff :P But, don't you think that if we could go back in time. say...just about a hundred years, the people from that time would be going: "what is that drivel? It is "thou"not "you", imbicile!" Language evolves..btw: i'm not a native english speaker. if have made any spelling or grammatical misstakes please don't use it as ammunition if you disagree with me. it seems to be the modus operandi for a lot of people on youtube. Too easy :P
Your right, Obama got elected cause he speaks well.......... when hes reading off a teleprompter. When he "tries" to speak off the cuff he sounds horrible. Taylor Mali would demolish O on his speaking ability.
Don't think I'm a nerd just cuz I have like noticed this, okay? I have nothing personally invested in my own opinions. I'm just like inviting you to join me on the bend wagon of my own uncertainty... ? <-- BRILLIANCE!!! :D
At the ancient age of 58, I have had the misfortune to see language change. I have almost no talent, and fewer skills, but public speaking was one I did have. I am on a city commission and hear staff reports given by the young "talents" of our time, and I have started betting on how many times I will have to hear LIKE in a professional report. And as Taylor says, when did the voice start going up at the end of every sentence? I blame Moon Unit Zappa, and her Valley Girl song.
@wmcollins2 That's an example of political correctness. It has the same meaning now attached to other words but when we use those other words they carry a double meaning; they mean "retarded," while also conveying our presumed sensitivity, altruism, and enlightenment. As the cache on this laptop becomes cluttered during a long session, my ability to navigate from one web page to another is retarded.
@SmashLordSpoon Please do not use the word "retarded". It's the third word/phrase on the list after "like" and "you know?". It also perpetuates the stigma associated with having an intellectual disability.
@SmashLordSpoon You're making a good point, but you should definitely remove the word 'retarded' from your vocabulary unless it's preceded by 'mentally' and referring to an intellectual disability. Otherwise, it's just really disrespectful.
I had to look at this for a PHI paper i'm working on, I'm glad my professor had us look at this, this is greatness and so true and I love me some def poetry jam!
this is something i have both identified and am guilty of so it is great to hear someone talk about it on stage. the uk is somewhat less struck by this than the states, but unfortunately we're getting there
I love this poem, another awesome poem by Taylor Mali. I love the way he breaks down the use of language in this one. It's so intelligent and thought out.
And part of the problem with society today is that we don't believe in the concept of truth anymore. We're so wishy washy and "everyone has their own truth" that we don't even believe "our" truth anymore because there are so many other "truths". People who speak with any sort of conviction or belief are shot down because their ideals might offend some or another group and are therefore invalid to a discussion. We have become afraid to declare truth, even in the smallest of things.
@ryan4144 in a world where life, materials, and actions are absolutely there regardless of perception it doesnt matter what the idiot spouts out of their mouth. It is as it is regardless of what anyone tries to argue. Thank you for defining a paradoxical statement for me as my fragile little mind was so blissfully unaware of double negatives, but grant me the liberty to point out to you that your statement does nothing to lessen my argument or move yours forward if we're using reason as our base
@muion0 i am not sure what you meant by 'my argument' as i have posited nothing. i merely pointed out a logical flaw in the original statement (the one you disagreed with...i was also disagreeing with it).
on another note, i just got done studying some Quantum Mechanics, and i am not so sure i live, as you say, 'a world where life, materials, and actions are absolutely there regardless of perception'. What do you think of the measurement problem? and so forth.
@ryan4144 you'll have to excuse me as i thought you were just another troll who played too much assassins creed and was trying to argue with me with an incoherent statement. And in answer to your last statement, I'm not sure if your a science or philosophy major, but in regards to the measurement problem, the probability of an outcome does not change the fact that at that singular moment, the object is in existence as is.
@ryan4144 you'll have to excuse me as i thought you were just another troll who played too much assassins creed and was trying to argue with me with an incoherent statement. And in answer to your last statement, I'm not sure if your a science or philosophy major, but in regards to the measurement problem, the probability and definitiveness of an outcome does not change the fact that at that singular moment, the object is in existence as is.
@roninalchemist I am in a literary criticism class and we are going over that in specific. We went from a religiously centered society to a scientifically centered, into the one you just described. Information and "tolerance" (our misconception of tolerance) have become our center and it is sad.
My English teacher let me borrow WHAT LEARNING LEAVES poems by Taylor Mali. I love it. I remember she showed us this video. The book is signed by Taylor too. I am very thankful about this. Glad I was exposed to him.
I have nothing invested in my own opinions. I'm just like inviting you to join me in the bandwagon of my own uncertainty.
What has happened to our own conviction?
Have we gotten to the point where we are the most aggresively inarticulate generation to come along since, you know, a long time ago?
yitz0987 1 day ago
OMG my sister and I talk to each other all the time like this
but not really to other people when we are alone with them and the other is not around it is so freaking weird lol
93staybeautiful 4 days ago
My teacher showed me this in English my whole class was laughing afterwards, if you don't get this, then you are not that smart...like ya know?
BTW like 71 people like......ya know?
TheShinyZorua322 1 week ago
have they been like chopped down with the rest of the rainforest...ya know?
meganlibero 2 weeks ago
excelente!!!!!!!
anitasseo 3 weeks ago
71 people are like, you know, totally not liking this?
awesomemagicalness 3 weeks ago
Strange, it's people that think they're always right that anoy me, each to their own i guess. Right?
markieness 3 weeks ago
Wow @ubermisogynist. I've never known a misogynist to be able to spell the word. Congratulations, I think.
deathbymessenger 4 weeks ago
I've actually stood up and walked out of a room before, because I couldn't stand listening to a woman's continuous use of the word 'like'.
I find it a highly irritating habit.
Jason99942 4 weeks ago
71 people are like...you know...
TheRemyDance 1 month ago
its like.... you know... really true what he's saying... right?
thelordofdub 2 months ago
"...I have nothing personally invested in my own opinions. I'm just, like, inviting you to join me on the bandwagon of my own uncertainty...?"
Hahaha. Love it.
iLUVHKK 2 months ago 3
why dont we have more people like him ?
E6toM15 2 months ago
@E6toM15 because we aren't the Nazi's??
ubermisogynist 1 month ago
@E6toM15 I forgot to add..by the "Nazi's" I mean 7 billion people..you can't expect everyone to be the way you want them to be,..unless you execute/imprison and have a totalitarian regime to force everyone to be the way you want them to be.
ubermisogynist 1 month ago
1. Love the Scrabble shirt.
2. I watched this in my speech class the other day, and now everyone calls me out on using "like" or "you know," even appropriately (i.e. You know that concert? There were something like 300 people there.") Makes me hate my generation more.
3. It's rooted in the idea that you need to keep interacting with people. I add "do you know what I mean?" whenever I feel like I've lost someone, which is often because people don't pay attention. Not my fault.
ziggo3 2 months ago 2
Like, fix the title.
And like, like this 2!
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I don't get what the problem with being uncertain is.
This is dumb. Then again, when's the last time a comedian made any kind of sense, anyway?
naibalucian 3 months ago
@naibalucian You know, totally like, like this you know?
ngentotsemua 3 months ago
@naibalucian He's a poet.
jamirophan 3 months ago
@naibalucian I don't think you got it. He is saying that the current generation has a problem with speaking from the heart. They instead choose to hide their intelligence and passions in bad speaking grammar.
ZDrums24 3 months ago
@naibalucian the problem with being uncertain is that you're pretending that you know the subject really well.
k6ka1 2 months ago
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naibalucian 3 months ago
a comedian and a poet!
limeysweetdog 3 months ago in playlist Slam :Poetry
he came to my school today. he is AMAZING.
TheHyperNight 3 months ago
That scrabble shirt is like... You know, Awesome?
lunarknightlucian 4 months ago
digging the scrabble shirt!!!
0toothpick 4 months ago
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swimmingmaddy 4 months ago
"Ya know????"
SirkleMusic 4 months ago
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ExistUNDRGROUND 4 months ago in playlist ExistUNDRGROUND's Favorited Videos
this is like...you know awsum!!!
imaIslandboi 4 months ago
this man is amazing, ya know?
permanentinc717 5 months ago
At first glance, this guy's appears to be some blue comedy comedian to me. I was completely wrong. It is always great to see someone who has thoughtfulness in the performance.
davidmjeong926 5 months ago
LOVE TAYLOR MALI
poetryfiend311 5 months ago
Love the end.
BearWindAppleyard 6 months ago
Just to be more specific, have a glance at how the older generation in Ancient Greece felt about the younger generation. Yes, Ancient Greece. This message is dry, boring, and played out. It's a stale excuse for those with authority to shirk responsibility for fucking things up. You want to say there's no hope for the youth; I'll happily say you've created no hope for the future. Who in their right mind would look forward to the nation -- no, the world -- that you will be leaving us?
IHaveAPodXTLive 6 months ago
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I had to go back and listen to the video twice because I didn't think I had heard any aspersions cast upon any particular generation, let alone the younger one. As someone in the way older generation, I hear this kind of saying nothing from everyone around me, except for those in my mother's generation. Usually, when some one asks me, "You know?" I'm startled because, I'm still waiting for them to say something important. It DOES give us something to say when we forget.
sueswoodhues 2 months ago
Perhaps today's generation simply has a different view of what is important in this world? People dump on this young generation just the same as they have been doing since...forever. Pardon me if I sound crazy, but it will be this young generation that starts the revolution to take this country back to where it started -- the older generations have had their shot, and they've quite plainly fucked this nation raw dog. And you can criticize my language all you please. It's the truth.
IHaveAPodXTLive 6 months ago
I've always wished for a commanding voice and tone like his...he is the ultimate public speaker, it would be fucking awesome if I could learn to master elocution like he has, it is a vital talent that is often taken for granted. You could truly rule the world with such a skill.
offtheheazy6 6 months ago
all generations seperate themselves with language,
Mcshoot 6 months ago
I do sometimes make a statement with a question mark at the end because I'm trying to get my friend to continue the conversation. But now seeing his point I'm going to avoid that.... you know?
lovelylostlady 6 months ago
hahahhahah he is goood! one of my favorite poets. hes speaking the truth.
hilarious too! :)
sweet2u09 6 months ago
This phenomenon comes from this Hegelian Dialectic groupthink pandemic that few of us hear about but everyone knows about deep down. It says that it is WRONG to actually stand on your position, rather than behave relationally, because "there is no right or wrong."
If you doubt me, ask yourself if you've heard yourself say this: "You can't push your values on me!" Reality check: THAT is a value that you are pushing on me.
KnightofMotley 7 months ago 17
@KnightofMotley Isn't this a value you are pushing on me?
InsanityandChocolate 4 weeks ago
@InsanityandChocolate My point exactly! EVERYONE pushes their values on everyone else, even if that value is that you can't push values onto people. What they really mean is that some people can say whatever they want, and other people have to shut up and take it because they're rocking the boat.
I say we have a level playing field, and everyone quit being so easily offended. Let's look at it objectively!
KnightofMotley 3 weeks ago
@KnightofMotley Is it wrong to consider that you might not be right all the time?
cometkite 3 weeks ago
@cometkite The statement isn't meant to say that my perspective is right or wrong; it's to say that there is a truth that is true regardless of why my opinion of it is. THAT is what people today tend to say, "You can't say that; you can't push your values on me." No one bothers to evaluates the merit of the statement because the "audacity" to claim that truth is knowable is considered offensive. And yet they treat truth's "unknowability" as absolute truth. Hypocritical.
KnightofMotley 3 weeks ago
@KnightofMotley The claim that normative claims are undecidable is not itself a normative claim, but instead a descriptive claim about normative claims (a meta-normative claim, if you will). So the statement that "you can't push your values on me" is not inherently self-contradictory. In fact, it's perfectly reasonable to believe that normative claims can never be proven, because of the is-ought distinction.
cometkite 3 weeks ago
@cometkite I wasn't insinuating a contradiction, but an obfuscation. Is truth knowable? Is there a truth of a matter beyond our perceptions of it? Some say, "You can't claim absolute truth." That's an absolute statement. What they're really saying is, "I get to claim absolute truth; you don't."
Normative doesn't enter into it. Normative is relation-based, not factual or didactic in nature. We must get beyond the self to interpret truth, for self is bias.
KnightofMotley 3 weeks ago
@KnightofMotley If you're going to ask yourself if you're right or wrong, you can't. You can never govern your own bases on being right or wrong towards your thoughts because there is no legal or different frame of view. You don't decide if you're right or wrong through your thoughts, you just think. It's the actions that are carried out that define if you're right or wrong.
XxGonixXFAN 1 week ago
@XxGonixXFAN Interesting, especially about actions. Right or wrong compared to what? On what basis are we determining right and wrong? I'm interested in your response. (ie: these questions are not meant as statements)
KnightofMotley 1 week ago
aggressively inarticulate...that phrase alone is so interestin..
osahju914 8 months ago
@osahju914 Yeah; I'm stealing it.
KnightofMotley 1 week ago
65 people dont know what he means
bounacklie 8 months ago
If only language was completely rigid and never changed over time. Curses be thy ever-changing tongue, for the wise man knoweth one best represents thineself through one's archane voice.
michelle050384 9 months ago 4
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I say 'like' or 'you know' when I am thinking what I gonna say next.
zbtisdtc 9 months ago
I use 'like' or 'you know' when I am thinking what I want to say next
zbtisdtc 9 months ago
i actually use the word "like" as a filler to think of a way to properly portray my message :P hahaha. but i love this guy
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smbake 9 months ago
Just listened to a two minute interview on ESPN with one of the Patriots draft picks. He used 'you know' 27 times! I immediately thought of this and had to post. Please people, especially athletes, learn how to talk.
smbake 9 months ago
This guy's boss. lol
varekai918 9 months ago
64 people don't, like, know what they are talking about.
thatonegurl5 9 months ago 2
i like..really like him,you know?
nellandrhonda 9 months ago 2
I love this guy for doing this. He is so right and dead on. I have two sisters that are almost in their 30s and they talk like this all of the time. %90 of their vocabulary is like, totally, you know, right and exactly.
YourADrag 9 months ago
We watched this video in my Communication Arts Class today. After the vid, the class talked about it, and my classmates couldn't stop saying "like" in their sentences :)
rrolandfanega 9 months ago
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RAD88 10 months ago
this was shared in my 9th grade english class and countless people didn't understand why the audience was laughing. This is basically common sense. Society today is filled with people that explain or talk about something as if it were a question rather than a statement. Saying "like" after almost every word and putting "you knows" to confirm the other person knows what your saying. At my age I do this(and that's ok) but I'm certain it won't last when in I'm in my 30's
MJ4829 10 months ago
This gives me chills you know,
mrspoonses 10 months ago
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This is awesome! Finally, another person who agrees with me. It seems that every time I sit next to a group of young women, they say the words "like", and "you knows?" every other words. Those are the women I don't date. lol
NevadaWPFan 10 months ago
This is awesome! Finally, another person who agrees with me. It seems that every time I sit next to a group of young women, they say the words "like", and "you knows?" every other words. Those are the women I don't date. lol
NevadaWPFan 10 months ago 3
@NevadaWPFan lol! nice.
mrjr03 9 months ago
@NevadaWPFan So in other words you dont date any girls?
shadyzone20 3 months ago
@shadyzone20 Yes Shadyzone20, you are correct. I don't date girls, I date women! :)
NevadaWPFan 3 months ago
This video has definetly sent a message by its own generation for us to consider the way in which we are communicating in society today. Are we getting our messages across? Are we articulating well enough to create and sustain successful relationships in business, family or with our peers? These are questions this video poses and they are great questions which challenge us to look further at ourselves and our methods of learning.
elliedp1 10 months ago
I try to watch this video at least once a month. I love this guy! If he was insulting me, I wouldn't be offended. lol
rjmoly 10 months ago
I try to watch this video at least once a month. I love this guy!
rjmoly 10 months ago
thanks for posting a good resolution
dtkunz 10 months ago
Is it just me or do his lips not, like, seem quite synced with his speech, you know?
infinity8ball 10 months ago
absolute genius!
kman5473 10 months ago
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kevinkp7 10 months ago
Wow, I just noticed there are at least 60 VERY BIG DUMBASSES on youtube. I mean, who'd dislike this GOD?!
TheButtable 11 months ago
@TheButtable correction 61.
dagger13uchiha 10 months ago
i knew it to be called "up talk". you raise your voice at the end of a sentence while makeing a declaritive sentence, but rather sounds like a question. Makes one sound not so sure of what they are saying. Or, perhaps not so challenging. Not so sure what he is saying.
Up talk.. get a backbone.
EzraAbu 11 months ago
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60 people have becomed too conflicted with feelings of neeaueh
Hafplo 11 months ago
60 people have becomed too conflicted with feelings of neeaueh
Hafplo 11 months ago 3
Pause at 2:05-2:06 -> Laugh
uzcategui 11 months ago
@2010DA It says 'It's my word against yours."
checkthishitout1 11 months ago
I want his shirt. haha.
see you later
35Cory85 11 months ago
lol ironic enough hes wearing a scrabble shirt lol
19EckoAddict72 1 year ago
I was just talking about that in my Reporting Class today. The book tells you to use simple language like for example "About vs. Approximately" or "Built vs. Constructed" &c. and I had to question this because I believe journalists have, on top of their responsibility to report facts, also the responsibility to educate the reader with the use of the English language. If they never use these "more than three syllables" words, how will the reader ever know what the word "approximately" means?
JokeeGA5 1 year ago
@JokeeGA5 Good to know that at least SOMEONE out there is protecting the integrity and intelligence of America's media. Thank you for this.
roninalchemist 11 months ago
@roninalchemist You want to know whats the funniest though? Im not even American. Hell, Im not even English First Language speaker :D
JokeeGA5 11 months ago
I think he needs to be a weekly feature talent on Jon Stewart or The Colbert Report
3dogsdesert 1 year ago
"I'm just inviting you to join me on the bandwagon of my own uncertainty" :)
Anna22493 1 year ago 2
So I implore you, I entreat you, and I challenge you to speak with conviction. To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it because, contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to simply "question authority". You got to speak with it too.
commandolam 1 year ago
my teacher showed my class a typography version of this and i was sure this guy was black based on his voice, but i guess not.
OnlyTheWeakNeedHelp 1 year ago
59 people totally, like, don’t know what they’re talking about, you know.
hidey0urloveaway 1 year ago 3
Taylor Mali is awesome!... you know what i mean?
weirdo1243 1 year ago 2
Totally
MonumentEncasedInAsh 1 year ago
@MonumentEncasedInAsh you know
FLAlVlE 1 year ago
Spoken Word Is Truth.
cmofbarefoot 1 year ago
I think he's right on the imaginary question marks and...stuff :P But, don't you think that if we could go back in time. say...just about a hundred years, the people from that time would be going: "what is that drivel? It is "thou"not "you", imbicile!" Language evolves..btw: i'm not a native english speaker. if have made any spelling or grammatical misstakes please don't use it as ammunition if you disagree with me. it seems to be the modus operandi for a lot of people on youtube. Too easy :P
rodkongasan80 1 year ago
Oh bummer, there's now some sort of audio/video delay in this clip. It used to not be like that. Anyone know what happend? Any way to change it back?
gtowncook 1 year ago
Bunnnnee,
Your right, Obama got elected cause he speaks well.......... when hes reading off a teleprompter. When he "tries" to speak off the cuff he sounds horrible. Taylor Mali would demolish O on his speaking ability.
lilbrother45 1 year ago
Brilliant!
lilbrother45 1 year ago
Don't think I'm a nerd just cuz I have like noticed this, okay? I have nothing personally invested in my own opinions. I'm just like inviting you to join me on the bend wagon of my own uncertainty... ? <-- BRILLIANCE!!! :D
Betientje 1 year ago
At the ancient age of 58, I have had the misfortune to see language change. I have almost no talent, and fewer skills, but public speaking was one I did have. I am on a city commission and hear staff reports given by the young "talents" of our time, and I have started betting on how many times I will have to hear LIKE in a professional report. And as Taylor says, when did the voice start going up at the end of every sentence? I blame Moon Unit Zappa, and her Valley Girl song.
toadabc 1 year ago
i really like what he's...you know....saying.....?? XD
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mauminelunika 1 year ago
While put forth in an amusing style, one cannot escape the reality, in truth and
sadness, that he is spot on. Intelligence is power, and we can wield that power to our collective benefit, if only we try.
dedharvey 1 year ago
I'm like diggin this video, and there's like so much truth to what this guy is saying you know...
bigdaddydave1984 1 year ago 3
@bigdaddydave1984 that was pretty cool lol
Ladysexalot 1 year ago
anytime I say "like" or "know what I mean" now I can't help but hear it in my head and think I like, sounded retarded. know what I mean?
SmashLordSpoon 1 year ago 137
@SmashLordSpoon LOL~
Htowngurl123 1 year ago
@SmashLordSpoon
Please don't use the word "retarded." It is very offensive.
wmcollins2 10 months ago
@wmcollins2 It's only offensive because people make it offensive.
jackiechanrpm 10 months ago
@wmcollins2 That's an example of political correctness. It has the same meaning now attached to other words but when we use those other words they carry a double meaning; they mean "retarded," while also conveying our presumed sensitivity, altruism, and enlightenment. As the cache on this laptop becomes cluttered during a long session, my ability to navigate from one web page to another is retarded.
TheCreativeNuisance 10 months ago
@SmashLordSpoon Please do not use the word "retarded". It's the third word/phrase on the list after "like" and "you know?". It also perpetuates the stigma associated with having an intellectual disability.
privatepile762 7 months ago
@privatepile762 Funny, I was just about to say that.
Telecasterpunk 7 months ago
@SmashLordSpoon You're making a good point, but you should definitely remove the word 'retarded' from your vocabulary unless it's preceded by 'mentally' and referring to an intellectual disability. Otherwise, it's just really disrespectful.
misslenariel 7 months ago
Is the audio off a little on this?
cranks9593 1 year ago 2
@cranks9593 Be confident and you'll have the answer.
Marinoninewb 1 year ago
Thanks for my friend Raymond and his son Ryan for turning me on to this.
VenaB 1 year ago
This guy is hilarious!!!!
felishad25 1 year ago
The guy @ 2:20 doesn't get it, "huh, oh yeah, hehe"
TheAnnotatist 1 year ago
i am very entused by his words and teachings... he is an awsome poet
SCO6R9PIA 1 year ago
I had to look at this for a PHI paper i'm working on, I'm glad my professor had us look at this, this is greatness and so true and I love me some def poetry jam!
labellaconsultant1 1 year ago
Taylor Mali should be our generation's inspiration to take charge in this world. Thank you for posting this video, very much so.
truthforrealtruth 1 year ago
this is something i have both identified and am guilty of so it is great to hear someone talk about it on stage. the uk is somewhat less struck by this than the states, but unfortunately we're getting there
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Natalie1189 1 year ago
He is an Amazing Poet
daffyisaghost 1 year ago
I love this poem, another awesome poem by Taylor Mali. I love the way he breaks down the use of language in this one. It's so intelligent and thought out.
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He is so right.
TheRealJoseph3 1 year ago
Now *this* is poetry.
Metzae 1 year ago
Teffercat Me too!
smile678 1 year ago
I think that guy is, like, lip syncing. :| His speech is funny, but I'd be more impressed if he'd bothered to memorize it before going on stage.
shellyonee 1 year ago
@shellyonee I think it is just the video that is somewhat mess up.
MrChange31 1 year ago
@shellyonee bad conversion is all... there should be a better version on youtube somewhere!
DjDedan 1 year ago
@shellyonee are you kidding.. the video and audio is out of sync.. he's really saying it.
JannaLynn10 1 year ago
@shellyonee he's not lip syncing i've seen a better version of the video with the audio not out of sync.. welcome to the interwebs
aarondirt 1 year ago
Its a sin that Jeff Dunham has 118million views and Taylor Mali has 500thousand.
EMT22637 1 year ago 6
hell yeah, dude's original
batongbakalpare 1 year ago
this is funny
DanceoffEarPlug 1 year ago
ture
threeringsone 1 year ago
im confused
brittnigreen 1 year ago
@brittnigreen Then pay attention, because this poem's about you.
clockworkred2009 1 year ago
59 people don't like Scrabble
darn808pinoy 1 year ago 4
This is the best speech that I have ever seen on youtube! Really great
bluecheetah1992 1 year ago
like... you know!
Aartisticc 1 year ago
I love this poem, I performed it for a school speech contest. Taylor Mali rocks!
Lucy8947 1 year ago
LOL @ teffercat! hahaha
thejourneywithIN 1 year ago
Now there's someone who understands American culture
ObjectiveBob 1 year ago 4
This is a classic (like...you know what I'm saying?)
stringcheese9 1 year ago 5
Awesome!
lionchilde 1 year ago
our teacher was showing us this video in language arts :)
missshuzz 1 year ago
Look Up "Nia Scott", Now Thats A Young Female Whom Can Spit Slam Poetry Just As Good As The Best. Maybe Better!
imanijonny123 1 year ago
daaaamn right.
wallmunky503 1 year ago
You are what you speak!
fluffywuffles 1 year ago 3
so awesome
tmonster 1 year ago
And part of the problem with society today is that we don't believe in the concept of truth anymore. We're so wishy washy and "everyone has their own truth" that we don't even believe "our" truth anymore because there are so many other "truths". People who speak with any sort of conviction or belief are shot down because their ideals might offend some or another group and are therefore invalid to a discussion. We have become afraid to declare truth, even in the smallest of things.
roninalchemist 1 year ago 43
@roninalchemist I think that's pretty spot on, actually.
mandypants11 11 months ago
@roninalchemist This is true. But then again nothing is true. That's the real problem.
Yosamania1337 11 months ago
@Yosamania1337 you are retarded. if nothing is true then reason cannot be established.
muion0 11 months ago
@muion0 if nothing is true, then to say 'nothing is true' is not true...and then some things must be true. (paradox.)
ryan4144 11 months ago
@ryan4144 in a world where life, materials, and actions are absolutely there regardless of perception it doesnt matter what the idiot spouts out of their mouth. It is as it is regardless of what anyone tries to argue. Thank you for defining a paradoxical statement for me as my fragile little mind was so blissfully unaware of double negatives, but grant me the liberty to point out to you that your statement does nothing to lessen my argument or move yours forward if we're using reason as our base
muion0 11 months ago
@muion0 i am not sure what you meant by 'my argument' as i have posited nothing. i merely pointed out a logical flaw in the original statement (the one you disagreed with...i was also disagreeing with it).
on another note, i just got done studying some Quantum Mechanics, and i am not so sure i live, as you say, 'a world where life, materials, and actions are absolutely there regardless of perception'. What do you think of the measurement problem? and so forth.
ryan4144 11 months ago
@ryan4144 you'll have to excuse me as i thought you were just another troll who played too much assassins creed and was trying to argue with me with an incoherent statement. And in answer to your last statement, I'm not sure if your a science or philosophy major, but in regards to the measurement problem, the probability of an outcome does not change the fact that at that singular moment, the object is in existence as is.
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@ryan4144 you'll have to excuse me as i thought you were just another troll who played too much assassins creed and was trying to argue with me with an incoherent statement. And in answer to your last statement, I'm not sure if your a science or philosophy major, but in regards to the measurement problem, the probability and definitiveness of an outcome does not change the fact that at that singular moment, the object is in existence as is.
muion0 11 months ago
@roninalchemist I am in a literary criticism class and we are going over that in specific. We went from a religiously centered society to a scientifically centered, into the one you just described. Information and "tolerance" (our misconception of tolerance) have become our center and it is sad.
Judg3m3nt 10 months ago
teachers should show this poem to their classes.
chefawkes 1 year ago
wicked...........
urdifferent 1 year ago
So like true.
edgeguy99 1 year ago
My English teacher let me borrow WHAT LEARNING LEAVES poems by Taylor Mali. I love it. I remember she showed us this video. The book is signed by Taylor too. I am very thankful about this. Glad I was exposed to him.
smallkill69 1 year ago
I have only recently been introduced to the work, speeches, presentations and videos of Taylor Mali. He is great. He is fantatsic. Wonderful stuff.
MarkMcPherson1 1 year ago
i think taylor mali is so so neat. fo realz.
quoththeraven73 1 year ago
EPIC
nskyz 1 year ago