This is still my favorite Tale. I can relate to everything except for riding on the bus, since I got a car before I got into reading Camus in public. The poetry thing? Guilty.
Come on Lev, don't say that your dad didn't succeed in his life. I was reading "Yilmaz theory of gravitation" on wikipedia the other day, and I got really fascinated.
People are generally pretty annoying. Most of the people I know like to talk about themselves all the time, and I just respond to those people with timid answers like "yeah, I know" and "haha". Sometimes I can easily go the whole day without talking to someone. It's quite refreshing not having to deal with other peoples dramas. It does get quite lonely at times. But overall, it's good being free.
I'm a loner to such a degree that I never go out and if I do it's at night so less people are out and about and I don't have to interact with them, but at the same time I do get that whole randomly socializing thing.
Wow it's like watching a video of myself u no being the type that dousnt fit in and has tryed every kind of group there is andkind find one man junior high is rough
Why do people find talking to others so hard? Just be nice and in most cases they'll be nice to you too. But then again, I live in Finland and there are polar bears walking on the streets in here so what do I know?
@Hheawy I think most loners don't find it hard to talk to others, they find it hard TO ENJOY talking to others. For example, I'm a salesman, I talk for a living, I'm good at it, I could sell fill-dirt to a ditch digger, but I find it very rare to be enjoying a conversation that I'm not getting paid to participate in. I think most loners are just narcissists that don't find strangers to be as interesting as they perceive themselves to be.
@GamerPat1 I'm almost like you, I have to pep talk myself mentally into talking to people like the store clerk because it really does scare me so much.
Yeah I'm a loner type, I hate socializing with people, and I honestly can't even stand most people. I find that when I go in public I spend most of my time observing other peoples' interactions, but I never actually interact with them instead mostly think about what I would say if I were to engage them in conversation. I disagree with the notion that loners often times strike up random conversations with strangers, the thought of talking to some random cashier, or clerk scares the **** out of me
Fucking Sheesh you've transcribed my thoughts verbatim. And that image of friends being deep and philosophical together with a candle between them--that was always my ideal exactly. Hasn't happened yet.
I can NOT understand how people manage to find stuff to talk about. I can hardly talk to my own family, so how is does one do it with "friends/peers"?
thank you for touching upon my loner existence. Now I'm a loner no longer. Now I kinda miss the the ability to camouflager myself....all loner like.....thanks for messing that up for me!!!
i used to try and converse with others, but i was so anxious over the act of socializing and mostly just wanting to come off well that i would completely fuck up half of what i said, or blank out on what i was going to say and just fumble horribly there forward; but now, i observe quietly and don't say shit unless i am confident in what i'm going to say or maybe just want to say it for my own amusement. i find alot of truth when the video says loners are people that can't deal with being judged.
i for mysel am a loner, who thinks it's to complex to be with someone else, not that i feel superior, just that i'm not a common person, who shares common thoughts about irrelvant world things. so hanging with common people feels weird, exhausting and unnatural.
@roflcats99 no one with that username has posted any comments in the last 20 pages. maybe it got removed, but idk. also, although i cant find what he originally posted (if anything), your reply is more than likely a better reason for flagging. that, and your use of caps lock, poor grammar, and pointless swearing makes you look like your about 13 years old. calm down, bro.
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Wow. I guess I am not such a loner after all, for I will always relate to you, Lev. That being said, I wouldn't have the faintest idea on what we could talk about...
the solution I found is that one should suppress the loner instinct, and since I didn't know how normal people interact I just copied the loudest guy. this makes me look like a jerk/douche but it's better than being solo. people who dislike you at least know you exist, plus you meet more people this way (though they're also douches). just can't win em all
I recently moved to a new town and I'm a loner at school.I've talked to people and made 1 friend but I can't relate to people. Like no one likes the music I like and when I ware my band shirts everyone looks at me weird.
i like your tales, i like them a lot but this is the one that i'm truly identify with.I to some times wonder how they do it? how for them it's sooooooooooo simply to socialize and for me it"s not!it's so frustrating and sometimes i just get the feeling that they don't even want to know JUST because i don't talk to much or i'm uncomfortable with strange people or ...or a simply just a loner.
I would like to say I'm a loner, but yet at the same time I'm very out going. Sometimes I want to be solitary without any human contact, and I usually enclose myself in my room. Other times, I yearn for companionship, and spend it with friends or family, being very loud, very talkative, and very amusing. My question is, is it possible to be both?
You know what... my friend from 1st to 6th grate, has same last name that you do, Yilmaz, and that's kinda funny cause I think that's pretty unknown name...
I guess I'm a loner, never really thought of it though. I only have a couple close friends, and we can talk about all sorts of deep stuff. Most people talk about the most worthless of things. Besides that, I spend most of my time alone. And yes, the social mood, as I call it, does hit at the weirdest of times.
I love "Tales of mere existence" because I can relate to so many of them, and bc apparantly soo many other people can too. The comments page underneath every video is everyone who has ever felt like only they feel this way joining hands and laughing at how they were all like the average person after all. And I have longed for friends who I can talk to all deep and stuff. One of my friends seems to only get friends who are willing to talk about that kind of stuff with her.
@AnOmiCKs isn't it interesting how the top rated comment is actually telling that he's someone whocan't relate to other people?
and this video has around 340k views so it might be appropriate to call this video "known".
The thing that's bothering me is that this kind of shows how we all are picturing ourselves as Loners and being unable to socialize while everyone else is perfectly normal.
I always felt this way at school. I had friends, but was never popular, and constantly worried whether people thought i was boring. I'm nearly 20 now, though, and i've totally embraced the part of me that finds it hard to relate to others. I'm no longer bugged by the fact that i'm often just happier being by myself. I love going to social places - bars, restaurants, etc. - by myself: being there, but not really a part of what's going on. I can't really describe it, but it makes me content.
I feel like I have very little to prove to people so yes, I fit this description, but I really don't give enough of a fuck to blend in. I have my best friend who is legitly the only person besides family and relationships I give a shit about and that's all I need. The rest of the time, I just observe and focus on bettering myself.
im pretty much a loner, but people always drag me into situations which i don't like, and i like that, im happy that my friends are pushy, and im only not shy and lonerish when i meet people even shyer or more of a loner than me, im usually really forward then
I am not sure about other people, but Im a loner now because I can't find too much common ground with people.I am pretty observant and apparently smarter compared to most by my teachers,but sometimes for me , it can get to me like during lunch where i sit and especially partner projects and picking seats. They know me and leave me be , but its those times it just.....feels weird.
"many people feel it as if life is caving in. a desperate need to feel like they don't exist, almost disappear in within. find that blank place between life and death. not wanting to exist isn't wanting to die. more a need to be numb, unable to feel. mockery doesn't heal the wounds if you haven't been here don't judge" i copied and pasted this from another video but i thought it fit well with the topic
I always tended to be like that, even when I was little. In kindergarden I sat on a bench at recess and either watched the other kids or talked to whatever teacher was on duty. As I grew older, I mostly read by myself, but the teacher became really worried, and my books were confiscated. They were really upset because my sister (only one year behind me) was so polular and friendly. To this day, even at a new school, all my teachers worry about me! if only they knew! XD
dude (addressing the maker of the video), you were a loner and look what fabulous things you're doing now. you're making amazing unique videos with over million views! so i think you can stop whining about being 'the loner', cause loners rock. :)
So maybe there's not just loners and group people, maybe there's aliens (people who have their own world independent of the rest) and I'm the adaptable friendly kind.
I'm.... not sure if I'm really a loner. I'm very friendly and certainly seek others but I am very selective of who those others are. I always am part of the group of accepting misfits which most of the time I help create. I am alone for the greater parts of my day though so maybe I get my loner dose filled.
For me, a loner seems very aware of their forlorn social status. I certainly have those moments but for I mostly am just oblivious in my own world of pretty concepts and personal worries.
I'm 16 and I've always been a loner, In the past I tried to fit in but I find when I try to socialize people cut me out because I'm "annoying" and when I stay quiet I'm "boring". Now though I've decided to embrace being a loner because I love just sitting observing people. I way prefer being on my own because you observe things most people would never see. At school they think I'm weird because I don't talk. They never think that I don't want to talk to them because I think they're weird.
@JennyBean43 I don't observe people, then they just turn around, ask why I'm staring at them ,and think I'm crazy. It's been working for me so far, just staying quiet and not talking to anyone because I'm apparently annoying but sometimes I find people I actually want to be friends with and I'm not sure really at all what to do about it.
I'm a loner in that I generally dislike being around other people. There are a few people who I can connect well with and enjoy spending time with, but at the end of the day I just want people to leave me alone.
i've been a loner i'll say about since 12 years old it's just who I am my fanily did not understand they thought i did not want to be around them that was not true. in my early 20's i came out of it a little but i guess it was not enough i was call a squar by my sister's friend and i even had one co-worker ask me if i was gay because she rarely seen me talking to women {no i'm not gay} but thats the life of this loner
I like these videos because they're honest; I'm tired of self-consciously artistic poets trying their best to prove to everyone else how intelligent they are, and seeing these videos revives some of my faith in the artistic community.
In my case I dont want to be rejected. I fear being rejected or that the other person replies but I can tell they do it because they dont want to be rude. Anyway, every time I try to start a conversation with someone is hard because my mind goes all blank and cant think of a thing to say, but I can talk if the other person is the one talking first, but it doesnt mean I'll be able to keep up xD Im 20 and still working this shit out, Im way better than I was 3 years ago, college can do miracles xD
Also I've been reading through all the comments and it seems that no one can understand how people have conversation it's really easy to do just have something your interested in and others are as well and talk about it, whatever it is you can always find something.
We who have mastered mimicry, are like eyes in the dark, seeing those within the light clearly, but, unable to be seen, can offer only an explanation, a discription of ourselves to any brave enough to enquire. In my expierience I find no fullfillment no matter the group, even within my family. Though the hands may reach for us, and though we crave it (thanks for nothing evolution) we are never able to offer ours in return. .. . ...?
i actually feel good about being the loner. really, i dont care if im sitting alone at a coffee shop or always have to go out to places like the mall all on my own. i always use that time to think about stuff... i hate to try and talk to people and fail miserable... although i think that is called "fear of rejection" it would be applied to me if i actually WANTED to talk to people.. is not that i dont want to its just that i have no need to make a fool out of myself.
I'm rather good at trying to pretend to be all chatty and cheery, while at the same time i's hard for me not to speak of the "boring" things I see that nobody else sees. Also, when somebody says something, it's hard for me not to ask why that person thinks that and if they're really thinking it, which somehow makes everybody thinks that I'm a liar while I'm just very observable. I'm just wondering, if I met someone as observable as me, would I still be a loner or would we be loner together?
Wow,I relate so much to this.I always observe others just having a normal,fun conversation.And when I try that,I either end up saying stupid shit or nothing at all.I don't want to be like that.My social life is absolute fuck.I just go to school,go home and wait for the day to end.
Reading the comments and seeing I'm no the only loner makes me feel a bit better. I too found it hard to connect to people on what I deemed a meaningful level in high school and still, have not been able to find intellectual social stimulation outside of occasionally conversing with professors in college. I remember dreading the cookie cutter conversations, but at least then I had some kind of social life. Sigh..I've given up I guess.
"Philosopher" is a rare sub-type and occasionally, one will find another and talk for hours about everything. Then, they typically get bored and play video games and eat fast food and drive around looking for something to do on a boring Saturday night. But mostly, they just don't like each other right off the bat.
What got to me was Clint Eastwood being a third grader. Anyway, for me its not that I'm a loner, but the specific group I hang out with are all Seniors and I'm the only Junior. Thinking about how alone I will be next year sucks. Without them I don't particularly belong anywhere else. I'm just the girl who is.. there.
i've made it my life goal to be a recluse. perhaps, just perhaps, someday i might attain enlightment on how people can be loud & sociable. it's not a bad thing to be a loner though, like Sallyh342 said, if a person didnt talk as much perhaps he'd have more opportunity to observe when he's around people. listening is important.. dont blame me for saying this, but i tend to find the loudest people being the most shallow.
I'm currently a loner. And it hurts like hell. I wish I had a friend to chat with about boys, watch movies with, laugh with. I'm an 18 year-old girl, I suffer from social anxiety. It's just not right, why should I be stuck indoors living not even a fraction of a life, it is just not fair and there's nothing I can do about it because I don't know how to make friends.
@FlavourLikeIceCream Just feel the need to say "hi": I'm an 18 year old girl too. I've been in college for a few months and still haven't made any more friends than I had in high school (which was almost always none). So, hi. This video is amazing, though I'm a little jealous that he tried out various friend groups. I never got that far; it would at least be an experience. I should invest in a trench coat. I'm already reading The Plague. I'm on the right track for this.
@FlavourLikeIceCream I'm 17 but in the same boat as you. I also get quite anxious around people, I think it stems from bad experiences in elementary school. I hate the fact that anxiety is like a disabler to meeting possible new friends. Ugh :(
I am 15, am still a quiet girl, but the good thing about being quiet is that u learn alot about people, u can tell whether they are lying, whether they like u or not, their feeling and their thoughts and what they have been through.. It's a valuable skil to have
@Sallyh342 I can relate to that strongly, same age, similar thoughts, same situation.
even though ive strayed from my skills due to the poison my "friends" seem to feed my mind. I just want to warn you of the things you may not know. with all your skills, always know that you need to work on your mentality so that you dont lose your way.
@Sallyh342 After a while of observing people you start to wonder why nobody values you like they value their other friends or why you don't seem to have as many friends as others, then you start associating your skills for reading people as the reason that people don't like you as much, but then you realize that everybody has their own fatal flaw that makes them unbearable and you start to accept the fact that you're so annoying and actually get what you want to say put in the open. I'm at here.
People annoy me. But being the only one without a partner in class is 5x's more annoying than that. Because then you have to deal with everyone not wanting you in your group, followed the the upset teacher, followed by people wanting you to be in their group because they remember that you're smart and you'll probably do all the work while they talk.
And that's why i spent all of 6th grade watching people. So i can socialize and avoid that. So far, so good... I guess....
I don't relate to anyone easilly, I just hang around with a small group of friends but up until 6 weeks ago i prefered being alone a lot of the time. Not anymore
I completely get this. Whenever I'm listening to my friends talk I always catch myself completely dazing off and not really listening, just mumbling an occasional 'yeah, totally' every few minutes. I've always wondered how people can get so interested in such redundant topics, because whenever I try, I just think, 'this is stupid'.
I'm 18, and I do all the things that he talks about in the beginning, but I never know if people think I'm dark and mysterious or if they think I'm just a loser. Also, I don't wear a trench coat, I prefer a dark hoodie with the hood up.
when i started 2ndry school i let everyone have 2 weeks to give me an idea of what they were like and then ignored them all when i deduced that they were all complete jackasses i then quickly went into loner mode and was bullied for my 1st year in 2nd year i attacked up the person i hated most and failed but it did stop bullying in 3rd year i decided id had enough of being secretly self-conscious so i started to cycle and showed my dislike of people now in my 4th year i now have friends? shocked
Well, this video seems to have a truth serum in it.. I never really wanted to fit in, although, it don't really work like that in Sweden. Schools here are mostly like a two category society, cool or uncool, no one does bother the other.
Why fit in to something shallow when you have the possibility to be yourself?
for a while i was going to parties and trying to make friends but it never felt right. it wasnt me. now i just do everything alone. i know what i am. a loner stoner. i dont need a million friends or stuff to do every weekend. i just wish i had someone (girl) to spend my time with alone. its all i need. i dont need a facebook or twittter. i need to find me. like johnny cash "till thing are brighter im the man in black"
I'm in high school, right now, and I have always felt this way. observant enough to know how to "fit" in, but I guess I have this vibe that makes me slightly or totally the third (or last, depending on the amount of people I am hanging around) wheel in whatever social situation. I guess it is because I don't connect with the facades put on or even have a specific group that I hang with. *shrug*
I was allways that guy in the background , allways listening to other peoples thoughts and never say shit. I allways wanted people to acknoledge me and guess never happened. im still kinda happy about it cuase atleast i hv friends and i go out with them even thou i dont talk to them or share any shit. its better then being a geek and a no life fat guy that has no friends and spend hes life time on the computer. this kind of life is good. the kind of life where ur popuper is excellent (spoiled).
This is still my favorite Tale. I can relate to everything except for riding on the bus, since I got a car before I got into reading Camus in public. The poetry thing? Guilty.
Towelietowel 3 hours ago
yah right no its NOT, well, partially
genoveva185564 4 hours ago
yah thats me
genoveva185564 4 hours ago
why AM I watching ThIs
genoveva185564 4 hours ago
cry. die. sigh. keep going . for nothing.
darktowersl 2 days ago
I think there are a lot of people who really want to seem like a loner because of films, but then in real life, they are just to chatty.
Martylovescats 2 days ago
Come on Lev, don't say that your dad didn't succeed in his life. I was reading "Yilmaz theory of gravitation" on wikipedia the other day, and I got really fascinated.
voodooros 3 days ago
agreed
SuperSuperRaccoon 4 days ago
People are generally pretty annoying. Most of the people I know like to talk about themselves all the time, and I just respond to those people with timid answers like "yeah, I know" and "haha". Sometimes I can easily go the whole day without talking to someone. It's quite refreshing not having to deal with other peoples dramas. It does get quite lonely at times. But overall, it's good being free.
roofdoubleflip 4 days ago
it's like watching my daily life in 3:42 minutes.
HARV1991 5 days ago
holy shit...for i minute that i really thought someone was narrating my life
TheBodyandMind 6 days ago
wow 99.56% like
CPUtech101 1 week ago
I really liked the image of the young Clint Eastwood cowboy walking away feeling dejected.
BMcCue7 1 week ago
I'm a loner to such a degree that I never go out and if I do it's at night so less people are out and about and I don't have to interact with them, but at the same time I do get that whole randomly socializing thing.
duces02 1 week ago
Wow it's like watching a video of myself u no being the type that dousnt fit in and has tryed every kind of group there is andkind find one man junior high is rough
Awsomesaylor 1 week ago
Why do people find talking to others so hard? Just be nice and in most cases they'll be nice to you too. But then again, I live in Finland and there are polar bears walking on the streets in here so what do I know?
Hheawy 1 week ago
@Hheawy I think most loners don't find it hard to talk to others, they find it hard TO ENJOY talking to others. For example, I'm a salesman, I talk for a living, I'm good at it, I could sell fill-dirt to a ditch digger, but I find it very rare to be enjoying a conversation that I'm not getting paid to participate in. I think most loners are just narcissists that don't find strangers to be as interesting as they perceive themselves to be.
Towelietowel 3 hours ago
@GamerPat1 I'm almost like you, I have to pep talk myself mentally into talking to people like the store clerk because it really does scare me so much.
cupcakeco1 1 week ago
Yeah I'm a loner type, I hate socializing with people, and I honestly can't even stand most people. I find that when I go in public I spend most of my time observing other peoples' interactions, but I never actually interact with them instead mostly think about what I would say if I were to engage them in conversation. I disagree with the notion that loners often times strike up random conversations with strangers, the thought of talking to some random cashier, or clerk scares the **** out of me
GamerPat1 1 week ago
Fucking Sheesh you've transcribed my thoughts verbatim. And that image of friends being deep and philosophical together with a candle between them--that was always my ideal exactly. Hasn't happened yet.
Nescitur 1 week ago
Loners are actually intelligent observers .. they are keen on learning about people in different walks of life.
Its only dat they never participate in anything.
confusedsoul1000 1 week ago
I can NOT understand how people manage to find stuff to talk about. I can hardly talk to my own family, so how is does one do it with "friends/peers"?
SubjectAlpha100 1 week ago
oh my god
THIS IS ME IN 10 YEARS
JordanClunn 2 weeks ago in playlist Season 2010
Damn, the story of my life point by point....What the hell should I be doing????
mc37man 2 weeks ago
thank you for touching upon my loner existence. Now I'm a loner no longer. Now I kinda miss the the ability to camouflager myself....all loner like.....thanks for messing that up for me!!!
lol great videos!!
ddlg4you 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from AgentXPQ
I am massively drawn to your videos because nobody talks about any deep subject to me unless they're completely stoned :/
jekari0 2 weeks ago
:)
Yupiax 2 weeks ago
Besides the whole trenchcoat thing n writing poetry n being observant, that's my social life right there ._.
pikachufan102 2 weeks ago 17
Tru story bro...
tabinekoman 3 weeks ago
Man... no wonder I have a fascination for people watching.
KnuckleDuster2194 3 weeks ago in playlist Season 2010
i used to try and converse with others, but i was so anxious over the act of socializing and mostly just wanting to come off well that i would completely fuck up half of what i said, or blank out on what i was going to say and just fumble horribly there forward; but now, i observe quietly and don't say shit unless i am confident in what i'm going to say or maybe just want to say it for my own amusement. i find alot of truth when the video says loners are people that can't deal with being judged.
catgrenade12 3 weeks ago
i for mysel am a loner, who thinks it's to complex to be with someone else, not that i feel superior, just that i'm not a common person, who shares common thoughts about irrelvant world things. so hanging with common people feels weird, exhausting and unnatural.
i just felt the need to write this =/
FPR 4 weeks ago 4
@FPR Story of my life.
TheLedCan 3 weeks ago
Holy shit I look just like him in the coat. Except Im a stoner, not a loner and we sit around and do talk about deep philisophical shit
ItsKALEB 4 weeks ago
@ENTERTAPTOR20 STFU WE WILL ALL FLAG U. U FUCKING BIBLE FREAK
roflcats99 1 month ago
@roflcats99 no one with that username has posted any comments in the last 20 pages. maybe it got removed, but idk. also, although i cant find what he originally posted (if anything), your reply is more than likely a better reason for flagging. that, and your use of caps lock, poor grammar, and pointless swearing makes you look like your about 13 years old. calm down, bro.
TheMrjshaw 3 weeks ago
YES! Emerson, Lake and Palmer!
toecutterr6 1 month ago
@toecutterr6 I noticed that as well, lol. Rock on prog rock.
legodarknight101 2 weeks ago
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IT’S FRIGHTENING FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW THE TRUTH.. WWIII, EARTHQUAKES –MAYBE MEGA EARTHQUAKE AND GREAT TRIBULATION ARE ALREADY AT THE DOOR AND SO IS THE –RAPTURE (1THESSALONIANS 4:17) --ONLY THE HOLY ONES WILL SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.REPENT!READ REVELATIONS IN THE BIBLE.SIGNS OF JESUS COMING:DAMASCUS(ISAIAH 17:1),EGYPT(ISAIAH 19:1),ISRAEL-DIVIDED(JOEL 3:1-2),WARS(EZEKIEL 38-39 AND PSALMS 83),EARTHQUAKES(MATTHEW 24:1-14),JONAH'S SIGN(MATTHEW 12:38-45).GET IN THE ARK NOW!JESUS IS COMING!!!
ENTERRAPTURE20 1 month ago
intj possibly
biglizzy1234 1 month ago
And now lev has many followers on YouTube. What a change
DJNeur0 1 month ago
You are my muse Lev :)
ckmojoblow 1 month ago
I'm a Loner haha
1018littlemissgoddy 1 month ago
Wow. I guess I am not such a loner after all, for I will always relate to you, Lev. That being said, I wouldn't have the faintest idea on what we could talk about...
GrimReaper1169 1 month ago 33
i used to be a loner, then i found a friend and it progressed from there.
MRwhatshisface1000 1 month ago
Solitude is Bliss
MGPSYCO 1 month ago
I call randomly saying strange things to people "Skyrim Syndrome"
AnchalagonTheBlack 1 month ago in playlist More videos from AgentXPQ
I am a loner, and I cannot deal being judged and unusually observant
Maaguaa 1 month ago
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Maaguaa 1 month ago
Jesus Christ this man is a mind-reader
jackstorm777 1 month ago
embrace yourself and get comfortable with what makes you happy
Bashirjafiya 1 month ago
I love it.
artistginger9 1 month ago
Boy! how do YOU know about me?????
aaalexdylan 1 month ago
loner boner
Necrumonger 1 month ago
the solution I found is that one should suppress the loner instinct, and since I didn't know how normal people interact I just copied the loudest guy. this makes me look like a jerk/douche but it's better than being solo. people who dislike you at least know you exist, plus you meet more people this way (though they're also douches). just can't win em all
Randomkloud 1 month ago
@Randomkloud So being alone and happy is worse than being around people and hated?
DeathnoteBB 1 month ago
I can relate to what you say dude. Somehow I dont feel so alone
TokyoMonsta1 1 month ago
The irony in this video is I - and probably a lot of other guys like me - can relate to him perfectly.
Syrus2006 1 month ago
@Syrus2006 true
TokyoMonsta1 1 month ago
I have been a loner for some time as well and I can relate to a lot of things here...but I wouldn't change anything at all c:
DrakkarVance 1 month ago
hmph...i can relate to some stuff here...
TwilightAngel35 1 month ago
This made ne feel depressed
TheHiphopneverdied 1 month ago
lev listen to The Brick Ballads from the Big O original score
theheckwithit 1 month ago
I recently moved to a new town and I'm a loner at school.I've talked to people and made 1 friend but I can't relate to people. Like no one likes the music I like and when I ware my band shirts everyone looks at me weird.
GrassPunks 1 month ago
i like your tales, i like them a lot but this is the one that i'm truly identify with.I to some times wonder how they do it? how for them it's sooooooooooo simply to socialize and for me it"s not!it's so frustrating and sometimes i just get the feeling that they don't even want to know JUST because i don't talk to much or i'm uncomfortable with strange people or ...or a simply just a loner.
alexsoare1 1 month ago
I would like to say I'm a loner, but yet at the same time I'm very out going. Sometimes I want to be solitary without any human contact, and I usually enclose myself in my room. Other times, I yearn for companionship, and spend it with friends or family, being very loud, very talkative, and very amusing. My question is, is it possible to be both?
YouCanJustPretend 1 month ago
This is awesome.
AMSMeier 1 month ago
I can really relate to this.
SacreligiousPorkchop 1 month ago
Get deep and philosophical yet NO one in COLLEGE has lasted in any of my conversations. Forever alone!
MotivatedSoccer18 1 month ago
That's me.....
MrPsyclown 1 month ago
You know what... my friend from 1st to 6th grate, has same last name that you do, Yilmaz, and that's kinda funny cause I think that's pretty unknown name...
Lennyyy13 1 month ago
I want to be your muse :DDDDD
LadyOfChance 1 month ago
loners are basically introvert
hcronos 1 month ago
i mean become a loner without being insane
bananaphoneman11 1 month ago
I can go with Loner without going insane.
bananaphoneman11 1 month ago
I guess I'm a loner, never really thought of it though. I only have a couple close friends, and we can talk about all sorts of deep stuff. Most people talk about the most worthless of things. Besides that, I spend most of my time alone. And yes, the social mood, as I call it, does hit at the weirdest of times.
gustjorodedheo 1 month ago
I can relate.
bknygurl 1 month ago
I love "Tales of mere existence" because I can relate to so many of them, and bc apparantly soo many other people can too. The comments page underneath every video is everyone who has ever felt like only they feel this way joining hands and laughing at how they were all like the average person after all. And I have longed for friends who I can talk to all deep and stuff. One of my friends seems to only get friends who are willing to talk about that kind of stuff with her.
herreguda 1 month ago
Well, you successfully described my social existence.
imrational 1 month ago
Readin my mind..
zigzagzom 1 month ago
I suppose I don't really understand much the way most people communicate either.
naejimba 1 month ago
if you were 15 we would get along so well... O_o
mrpicklesful 1 month ago
2:46 - 2:55 my mom
TheNixy27 2 months ago
agree i am a loner. and its not bad. i see most of the people in school with all there drama and shit. i have no problems. :D
undonexrsps 2 months ago
relating to people is easy if you're curious. Just ask questions and learn :)
ShinkaTV 2 months ago
the story of my life... :(
EveryBodySucks100 2 months ago
why aren't you in my high school brah?
8254988 2 months ago
F*** man, you always make me watch your videos and I never get bored of it.
Wesley95501 2 months ago
Wow. Our stories are very similar. I like how you think. You just earned your self a subscriber.
AoshiProduction 2 months ago
Story of my life Lev....
AnOmiCKs 2 months ago 98
@AnOmiCKs mine as well...
Maaguaa 1 month ago
@AnOmiCKs isn't it interesting how the top rated comment is actually telling that he's someone whocan't relate to other people?
and this video has around 340k views so it might be appropriate to call this video "known".
The thing that's bothering me is that this kind of shows how we all are picturing ourselves as Loners and being unable to socialize while everyone else is perfectly normal.
BlueBellBerry 1 month ago
I always felt this way at school. I had friends, but was never popular, and constantly worried whether people thought i was boring. I'm nearly 20 now, though, and i've totally embraced the part of me that finds it hard to relate to others. I'm no longer bugged by the fact that i'm often just happier being by myself. I love going to social places - bars, restaurants, etc. - by myself: being there, but not really a part of what's going on. I can't really describe it, but it makes me content.
incandescentsmile 2 months ago
I feel like I have very little to prove to people so yes, I fit this description, but I really don't give enough of a fuck to blend in. I have my best friend who is legitly the only person besides family and relationships I give a shit about and that's all I need. The rest of the time, I just observe and focus on bettering myself.
Simphany 2 months ago
im pretty much a loner, but people always drag me into situations which i don't like, and i like that, im happy that my friends are pushy, and im only not shy and lonerish when i meet people even shyer or more of a loner than me, im usually really forward then
senri44 2 months ago
I am not sure about other people, but Im a loner now because I can't find too much common ground with people.I am pretty observant and apparently smarter compared to most by my teachers,but sometimes for me , it can get to me like during lunch where i sit and especially partner projects and picking seats. They know me and leave me be , but its those times it just.....feels weird.
OfThings 2 months ago
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"many people feel it as if life is caving in. a desperate need to feel like they don't exist, almost disappear in within. find that blank place between life and death. not wanting to exist isn't wanting to die. more a need to be numb, unable to feel. mockery doesn't heal the wounds if you haven't been here don't judge" i copied and pasted this from another video but i thought it fit well with the topic
ThePistolero909 2 months ago
I always tended to be like that, even when I was little. In kindergarden I sat on a bench at recess and either watched the other kids or talked to whatever teacher was on duty. As I grew older, I mostly read by myself, but the teacher became really worried, and my books were confiscated. They were really upset because my sister (only one year behind me) was so polular and friendly. To this day, even at a new school, all my teachers worry about me! if only they knew! XD
RosePetalsFalling 2 months ago
dude (addressing the maker of the video), you were a loner and look what fabulous things you're doing now. you're making amazing unique videos with over million views! so i think you can stop whining about being 'the loner', cause loners rock. :)
BornChimera 2 months ago
we loners are artists in our own rights.
animals0feel1pain2 2 months ago
Why am I feeling the urge to comment every single one of your videos?
Subaquatika 2 months ago
So maybe there's not just loners and group people, maybe there's aliens (people who have their own world independent of the rest) and I'm the adaptable friendly kind.
kawaiichan1224 2 months ago
I'm.... not sure if I'm really a loner. I'm very friendly and certainly seek others but I am very selective of who those others are. I always am part of the group of accepting misfits which most of the time I help create. I am alone for the greater parts of my day though so maybe I get my loner dose filled.
For me, a loner seems very aware of their forlorn social status. I certainly have those moments but for I mostly am just oblivious in my own world of pretty concepts and personal worries.
kawaiichan1224 2 months ago
I'm 16 and I've always been a loner, In the past I tried to fit in but I find when I try to socialize people cut me out because I'm "annoying" and when I stay quiet I'm "boring". Now though I've decided to embrace being a loner because I love just sitting observing people. I way prefer being on my own because you observe things most people would never see. At school they think I'm weird because I don't talk. They never think that I don't want to talk to them because I think they're weird.
JennyBean43 2 months ago 40
@JennyBean43 I don't observe people, then they just turn around, ask why I'm staring at them ,and think I'm crazy. It's been working for me so far, just staying quiet and not talking to anyone because I'm apparently annoying but sometimes I find people I actually want to be friends with and I'm not sure really at all what to do about it.
DeathnoteBB 1 month ago
@JennyBean43
I'm just like you in a sense but I mock them to their faces :p
TheClockblocker 1 month ago
@JennyBean43 Yes I'm a loner too. I rather be by myself then a room filled with boring people.
That1Guy2Remember 1 month ago
I'm a loner in that I generally dislike being around other people. There are a few people who I can connect well with and enjoy spending time with, but at the end of the day I just want people to leave me alone.
BluW0lf 2 months ago 3
@BluW0lf I'm the same way... Being around people for longer then I have to gets me in a really bad mood.
LyanneKay1 2 months ago
I wish you luck Loners.
Be true with yourself and those around you.
Dont change for others just because of their ignorance.
theliveing 2 months ago
You remind me of Sydney Carton ^-^
LeonettiProductions 2 months ago
i've been a loner i'll say about since 12 years old it's just who I am my fanily did not understand they thought i did not want to be around them that was not true. in my early 20's i came out of it a little but i guess it was not enough i was call a squar by my sister's friend and i even had one co-worker ask me if i was gay because she rarely seen me talking to women {no i'm not gay} but thats the life of this loner
glock27gen 2 months ago
why is this so damn true.... why...
ModernClassMusic 2 months ago
I like these videos because they're honest; I'm tired of self-consciously artistic poets trying their best to prove to everyone else how intelligent they are, and seeing these videos revives some of my faith in the artistic community.
MarcBrightside 2 months ago
I've been watching your shit since 2006 e and just love every single one of your videos...
BRUNATLBR 2 months ago in playlist Season 2010
In my case I dont want to be rejected. I fear being rejected or that the other person replies but I can tell they do it because they dont want to be rude. Anyway, every time I try to start a conversation with someone is hard because my mind goes all blank and cant think of a thing to say, but I can talk if the other person is the one talking first, but it doesnt mean I'll be able to keep up xD Im 20 and still working this shit out, Im way better than I was 3 years ago, college can do miracles xD
Eiramzify 2 months ago
Also I've been reading through all the comments and it seems that no one can understand how people have conversation it's really easy to do just have something your interested in and others are as well and talk about it, whatever it is you can always find something.
duces02 2 months ago
That describes me too well.
duces02 2 months ago
We who have mastered mimicry, are like eyes in the dark, seeing those within the light clearly, but, unable to be seen, can offer only an explanation, a discription of ourselves to any brave enough to enquire. In my expierience I find no fullfillment no matter the group, even within my family. Though the hands may reach for us, and though we crave it (thanks for nothing evolution) we are never able to offer ours in return. .. . ...?
tsoleht 2 months ago
@tsoleht That was beautiful...
pennamb 1 month ago
I really want to meet you O.O
LaTripper 2 months ago
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anecann 2 months ago
@anecann
yup sounds like that branch of autism..
amonkyjunky 2 months ago
i actually feel good about being the loner. really, i dont care if im sitting alone at a coffee shop or always have to go out to places like the mall all on my own. i always use that time to think about stuff... i hate to try and talk to people and fail miserable... although i think that is called "fear of rejection" it would be applied to me if i actually WANTED to talk to people.. is not that i dont want to its just that i have no need to make a fool out of myself.
angonlu329 2 months ago
Wow, im not the only one who feels this way :/
TheWeehoo74 2 months ago
I'm rather good at trying to pretend to be all chatty and cheery, while at the same time i's hard for me not to speak of the "boring" things I see that nobody else sees. Also, when somebody says something, it's hard for me not to ask why that person thinks that and if they're really thinking it, which somehow makes everybody thinks that I'm a liar while I'm just very observable. I'm just wondering, if I met someone as observable as me, would I still be a loner or would we be loner together?
wolfjeismylovelycat 2 months ago 16
In school I played the "mysterious kid" to try and get girls.. it worked, but I never got out of mysterious mode when approached so it never worked.
06Casualty 2 months ago
Wow,I relate so much to this.I always observe others just having a normal,fun conversation.And when I try that,I either end up saying stupid shit or nothing at all.I don't want to be like that.My social life is absolute fuck.I just go to school,go home and wait for the day to end.
XILycanthropyIX 2 months ago
worst thing for me is when people do start talking philosophical and i don't say anything because i think everyone will instantly put it down.
SpecialKesh 2 months ago
This explains my life. I went to philosophy and still think this way.
dislexicocreader 3 months ago
Reading the comments and seeing I'm no the only loner makes me feel a bit better. I too found it hard to connect to people on what I deemed a meaningful level in high school and still, have not been able to find intellectual social stimulation outside of occasionally conversing with professors in college. I remember dreading the cookie cutter conversations, but at least then I had some kind of social life. Sigh..I've given up I guess.
laurarox80 3 months ago
"Philosopher" is a rare sub-type and occasionally, one will find another and talk for hours about everything. Then, they typically get bored and play video games and eat fast food and drive around looking for something to do on a boring Saturday night. But mostly, they just don't like each other right off the bat.
ParanoidYoshi 3 months ago 4
Once you see the hand in the background you can't unsee it :O
TheWaffleToast 3 months ago
I didn't understand why there isn't the same picture in the mirror at 1:21 :D
TheGreenExitus 3 months ago
I love your honesty lol
GreenGem24 3 months ago
What got to me was Clint Eastwood being a third grader. Anyway, for me its not that I'm a loner, but the specific group I hang out with are all Seniors and I'm the only Junior. Thinking about how alone I will be next year sucks. Without them I don't particularly belong anywhere else. I'm just the girl who is.. there.
Kagome259 3 months ago 2
Stumbling out of the bar and hoping to be able to make it home? Yup, sounds like my typical Saturday night.
forgottenprince 3 months ago
15 years old am I - my high school experience as a loner in a nutshell.
41100sue 3 months ago
i've made it my life goal to be a recluse. perhaps, just perhaps, someday i might attain enlightment on how people can be loud & sociable. it's not a bad thing to be a loner though, like Sallyh342 said, if a person didnt talk as much perhaps he'd have more opportunity to observe when he's around people. listening is important.. dont blame me for saying this, but i tend to find the loudest people being the most shallow.
PigSty1985 3 months ago 2
*sigh* I was also the rain coat waring guy in highschool that tended to get along with everybody but didn't seem to belong to a certian click.
bottlecapbill19 3 months ago
Hahaha I LOVE your work! <3
sockertricka 3 months ago
Bloody amazing!
Japanismus 3 months ago
I'm currently a loner. And it hurts like hell. I wish I had a friend to chat with about boys, watch movies with, laugh with. I'm an 18 year-old girl, I suffer from social anxiety. It's just not right, why should I be stuck indoors living not even a fraction of a life, it is just not fair and there's nothing I can do about it because I don't know how to make friends.
FlavourLikeIceCream 3 months ago
@FlavourLikeIceCream I'll be your best frend (>'-')>
MrLunaV 3 months ago
@FlavourLikeIceCream Just feel the need to say "hi": I'm an 18 year old girl too. I've been in college for a few months and still haven't made any more friends than I had in high school (which was almost always none). So, hi. This video is amazing, though I'm a little jealous that he tried out various friend groups. I never got that far; it would at least be an experience. I should invest in a trench coat. I'm already reading The Plague. I'm on the right track for this.
LizaLermontov 3 months ago 3
@FlavourLikeIceCream I'm 17 but in the same boat as you. I also get quite anxious around people, I think it stems from bad experiences in elementary school. I hate the fact that anxiety is like a disabler to meeting possible new friends. Ugh :(
SQueezieBodezie 3 months ago
I am 15, am still a quiet girl, but the good thing about being quiet is that u learn alot about people, u can tell whether they are lying, whether they like u or not, their feeling and their thoughts and what they have been through.. It's a valuable skil to have
Sallyh342 3 months ago 119
@Sallyh342
You're a lonely girl,
I'm a lonely guy,
Let's get together, and change all that.
WillPk4FOOD 3 months ago
@WillPk4FOOD
Stay classy, mate. Stay classy.
ArgonSpyder 3 months ago
@Sallyh342 Hey
MrAltron 2 months ago
@Sallyh342 I can relate to that strongly, same age, similar thoughts, same situation.
even though ive strayed from my skills due to the poison my "friends" seem to feed my mind. I just want to warn you of the things you may not know. with all your skills, always know that you need to work on your mentality so that you dont lose your way.
theliveing 2 months ago
@Sallyh342 After a while of observing people you start to wonder why nobody values you like they value their other friends or why you don't seem to have as many friends as others, then you start associating your skills for reading people as the reason that people don't like you as much, but then you realize that everybody has their own fatal flaw that makes them unbearable and you start to accept the fact that you're so annoying and actually get what you want to say put in the open. I'm at here.
jupino2 2 months ago
@Sallyh342 thats very true. I agree.
MultiBeatlesROCK 1 month ago
this is soooooo funny because I even read Camus on the bus! xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
hereismycoolnickname 3 months ago
People annoy me. But being the only one without a partner in class is 5x's more annoying than that. Because then you have to deal with everyone not wanting you in your group, followed the the upset teacher, followed by people wanting you to be in their group because they remember that you're smart and you'll probably do all the work while they talk.
And that's why i spent all of 6th grade watching people. So i can socialize and avoid that. So far, so good... I guess....
CrazedsHideout 3 months ago 3
@CrazedsHideout don't forget the pity offering, those who ask you to be in thier group out of pity.
pennamb 1 month ago
@pennamb Oh god, i hate that sooo much. Then you feel like you're some charity case. -_-
CrazedsHideout 1 month ago
I like how one of the kids is wearing a fugazi shirt.
VAlongboards 3 months ago
lol I'm a loner and I don't care what people think.
dontforgetlee 3 months ago
I don't relate to anyone easilly, I just hang around with a small group of friends but up until 6 weeks ago i prefered being alone a lot of the time. Not anymore
F12Y14N25 3 months ago
omg i fucking love you!!! your just like a man version of me :') and im 14..... bt still
dominikaK13 3 months ago
I completely get this. Whenever I'm listening to my friends talk I always catch myself completely dazing off and not really listening, just mumbling an occasional 'yeah, totally' every few minutes. I've always wondered how people can get so interested in such redundant topics, because whenever I try, I just think, 'this is stupid'.
dancingunicorn24 3 months ago
I'm 18, and I do all the things that he talks about in the beginning, but I never know if people think I'm dark and mysterious or if they think I'm just a loser. Also, I don't wear a trench coat, I prefer a dark hoodie with the hood up.
manmythlegend12 3 months ago
when i started 2ndry school i let everyone have 2 weeks to give me an idea of what they were like and then ignored them all when i deduced that they were all complete jackasses i then quickly went into loner mode and was bullied for my 1st year in 2nd year i attacked up the person i hated most and failed but it did stop bullying in 3rd year i decided id had enough of being secretly self-conscious so i started to cycle and showed my dislike of people now in my 4th year i now have friends? shocked
imvicky13 3 months ago
Well, this video seems to have a truth serum in it.. I never really wanted to fit in, although, it don't really work like that in Sweden. Schools here are mostly like a two category society, cool or uncool, no one does bother the other.
Why fit in to something shallow when you have the possibility to be yourself?
PatrikLarssonRang 3 months ago 2
These Videos Are So Boring Yet So Interesting And Addicting
MimiBaybee12 3 months ago
for a while i was going to parties and trying to make friends but it never felt right. it wasnt me. now i just do everything alone. i know what i am. a loner stoner. i dont need a million friends or stuff to do every weekend. i just wish i had someone (girl) to spend my time with alone. its all i need. i dont need a facebook or twittter. i need to find me. like johnny cash "till thing are brighter im the man in black"
BEARARMZ 3 months ago
I'm in high school, right now, and I have always felt this way. observant enough to know how to "fit" in, but I guess I have this vibe that makes me slightly or totally the third (or last, depending on the amount of people I am hanging around) wheel in whatever social situation. I guess it is because I don't connect with the facades put on or even have a specific group that I hang with. *shrug*
wordzscarforlife 3 months ago 35
I was allways that guy in the background , allways listening to other peoples thoughts and never say shit. I allways wanted people to acknoledge me and guess never happened. im still kinda happy about it cuase atleast i hv friends and i go out with them even thou i dont talk to them or share any shit. its better then being a geek and a no life fat guy that has no friends and spend hes life time on the computer. this kind of life is good. the kind of life where ur popuper is excellent (spoiled).
bling552 3 months ago
I feel the same way, i really connected with this video, thanks for making it.
trollman8888 3 months ago 3