Fatal Familial Insomnia - Documentary

[ASwiftHippie]

2:32

Is it just me, or do those watery pictures look creepy as fuck?

[DrDeathAribertHeim]

@ASwiftHippie i know right? holy fuck

[Ernests11245]

@ASwiftHippie OMG... i swear I won't look them again!! 

[TimmyGal]

I think having a child when you know that disease is running in your family is cruel. That predisposes them to having it. Even if the mother tested negative. She may not get it, but she can pass it on to the child. "We're all going to die of something" sure! But why purposefully add the possibility of dying a long, suffering death to your child's life?

[amlioful]

Damn, this is NOT the video to watch right before you go to bed.

[WolfClant]

just a theory:

ffi comes from holes in the brain, right?

what if the cure to it is BRAIN CANCER?

[Minhs3]

@WolfClant Aww f NO!

[papo352]

marijuana can come in handy

[RyanPerson]

@papo352 marijuana doesn't help you sleep if you have insomnia

[richbdd01]

Wouldn't a warm milky drink help before bedtime?? Or a Horlicks?

[alchemic85]

derp

[jjj5006]

what happens if i have this and they catch me jackin off in my sleep?

[lotlat]

at 2:01 I thought it said vsauce

[jrodriguez979]

yea pop bought 5 xanax n a 2ble shot of jack...youll be fine

[WPLxochitl]

sleeping pills??

[Be3p123]

@WPLxochitl dont work..

[galaxyman27]

Is that Jack Nicholson at 1:38?

[iconseeivebleroom]

Meditation, sleeping pills, sledge hammer? None work? If I knew I had this I would start doing what ever the fuck I want!

[7Naro7]

Nothing to see her non-vsaucer folks, just THE MIND passing through

[loploplopful]

@7Naro7 I love Vsauce.

[DaZapper12]

smoke em out everyday then they will be knocked out :D

[livedandletdie]

we all got a terminal something. WRONG. Most people die of old age that means no terminal something. And heart attacks and Strokes aren't lethal at all. My grandpa age 70 have had heart attacks since his 20's and strokes since his 20's regurarly. Cancer isn't always lethal and most forms are curable by surgery. A car accident isn't a terminal something because only things like diseases can be terminal and if it was a terminal something we wouldn't have cars still.

[PirataPower]

Yes, Final fantasy 1, produces the insomnia due to it's infinit

[mickycheese27]

fuck it's 3 am in th morning and i can't sleep :p

[JoshuaS153]

So, if they didn't actually donate their brains we wouldn't know anything about The final fantasy insomnia!?

They're dead anyway, take their brains with or without their permission, I don't think they'll mind..

[theh1n1shot]

we all have a terminal something? sorry lady you are wrong

[TheFidodude]

Cba 2 watch this

[jamese888]

well back to half life

[TheSilencedOne19]

Sleep doesn't exist when you're in university...

[Tridecalogism]

@TheSilencedOne19 What's sleep?

[Daniil101]

Who felt sleepy after watching the video?

[yipfrr]

Sleep... NOPE CHUCK TESTA

[GeoTown123]

Being human is scary.

[ReplayGamerSF]

Ok this is serious - I have found a cure, Large quantities of TTX ( Tetrodotoxin ) administered through the mouth!

[afms93]

I know another disease that has the same effect as this one..It's called 9gag.

[tennicioustime]

they say one of them must have the disease. But the change you have it is 50% that doesnt mean one of them must have it. They could have it both. There is a 25% change that they both dont have it.

[gangstervural]

THE MIND!

[Mordazan]

If we live long enough we're gonna die from something...

[yamatoyukihiro]

yeah, adoption should be the automatic option for people with this history...

[StopItUrKillingMe]

Good job on spreading the decease. Congrats on behalf of all mankind.

[cruelbusiness1984]

@8:30 how exciting that research about this disorder can help others if and when the break throughs happen :)

[burritoboy49]

stupid bitch

[vanation321]

this is pretty sad :(

[PaintedAcorn]

I'm going to waste my life watching this. LIFE WELL SPENT!

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

The cow scared the shit out of me.

[ebarahonab]

FFI = Final fantasy I, she just wanted to play....

[898samtheman]

@ebarahonab you stole my comment!

[crazystrongtower]

wow the brain is an amazing mystery, and scary enemy

[Jackstar12341]

Anyone else get really sleepy after this?

[92EZ]

Nothing a little weed can fix!

[yesthebeatles]

2:37 what is Nicholas Cage doing here?

[swixomix]

Even though this disease CAN be genetic, the most common cause are video games, elder scrolls games are the most common cause.

[TZSaul]

That Cow Moo Scared the shit outta me

[imAWESOMEb1tch]

carolyn your a bitch for having fucking children

[ComradeNikolai29]

tbh, become a vampire so you don't have to sleep.

[QCmaxthebeast]

"i have a deadly disease....better have kid so i don't feel lonely with my problem"

[Konflict7993]

1000 ways to die :I

[sh0gun119]

that bitch that didn't get the test is so selfish.

[s6ef4enko]

So they should find a cure to this vicious disease...

[JewPlaysAGame]

im i too late for the vsauce army?

[Speedygamer7]

I AM SCARED NOT TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP NOW :( !!!

[NobodysOffTheHook]

Does this mean there is a higher chance that the other sister DOES have the mutation? I clapped in joy when the one sister's test came back negative. What a horrific disease.

[fredrick01]

We're all here from Vsauce

[Spacetojump]

What they don't realise, is that even if caroline didn't carry the disease, there is still a chance her children will get it.

[bkdarkness]

@Spacetojump No that is not the case, her children would've had a 50/50 of developping the disease if their mother had it.

[Durza995]

@bkdarkness no, the gene can be a recessive one and her kids could have it

[Spacetojump]

@bkdarkness You obviously don't know anything about genes. If the gene was recessive, then she might not have the disease, but she still might carry the gene. Do you understand what a Punnett Square is? If she did have the disesase, her children would have had either a 1/4 or 3/4 chance of developing the disease, whether it was recessive or dominant respectively. You ignorant person.

[rusman74x]

@Spacetojump Congratulations, you know what a Punnett Square is... unfortunately your lack of genetics comprehension is surpassed only by your smug, discourteous attitude. @bkdarkness was right, you are wrong. FFI is autosomal dominant, offspring of carriers have a 50/50 chance. I give you a "A" for effort, but an "F" for being a total prick.

[pclarkeo]

wats the results?????? tell me!!

[ChadDowning]

this sounds like the start of the Zombie Apocalypse 

[pocapaypay]

if that other sister ever has kids she better take that freakin test first man...

[THEROTATINGFOOT]

mmmmmm.....I'm tired

[UnKN0wnChinChilLa]

That cow scared me! :O

[flawns]

Vsauce signing out

[SashaLigress]

Life is terminal. 

[baums5808]

now im scared to try and sleep tonight..

[thehugman]

"If we live long enough, we're going to die from something."

Did anyone else find this funny?

[justanotherflamer]

at 1:58 ifirst read V-cauce :D

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

@justanotherflamer

Subliminal message!

[psychoVivi]

@justanotherflamer you spelled vsauce wrong... ^^

[morpheoss]

ok she didn't have it but cant her kids still get it? is it like one of them diseases that skips a generation

[morpheoss]

to people asking why not take drugs or knock them out some how did you even watch the video they said why they cant do that my god pay attention

[jongmagee]

i remembered watching this back then.

[croman2000]

click the button right from the view counter

look at the diagram

the number of viewers is incerased in 9.1.2012

[TheTaben]

WHY! would anyone knowingly have kids with that...... ADOPT

[nvrfrgt3]

@TheTaben Cause they dont know they have 1 until they have kids.. beside people prefer their own kid rather than adoption.. and its only 50% chance

[TheTaben]

@nvrfrgt3 Lets see. Bring a new child into an overpopulated world with a 50 percent possibility of dieing horribly Or adopt a child who has no one.

[Jeffersonwazright]

@TheTaben Nice. Their DNA hates you.

[aelix56]

@TheTaben I choose watch a movie. Much more rewarding.

[NovaGypsy]

@TheTaben The world isn't overpopulated, we have enough resources to have another 7 Billion people if we wanted to.

[TheTaben]

@NovaGypsy Even if we could sustain 7 billion more people, witch we cant, it still isnt a good idea to have a child that is going to die like that when you could adopt a child who would have a good, full, life instead. We cant sustain 7 billion more people because of all the extra food required and all of the extra waste output, every day just one person throws away at a minimum of 4 pounds. Thats far too much of an increase. Not to mention they will grow up and start using cars..

[NovaGypsy]

@TheTaben Have you any Fucking idea how to sustain a population? NO YOU FUCKING DO NOT, so shut the fuck up because you have no idea how the world works. People dreaded us hitting 10 Billion by 2050 and that economies and countries will collapse, which they WON'T. When the global population of the world hit 1 Billion people thought after reaching 2 Billion the Earth would not have enough resources to sustain it. Look at us now, 7 Billion and growing strong. No problems fo far idiot.

[PajaroFlores]

@NovaGypsy Plenty of problems actually.

[RequiredSpam]

@NovaGypsy China didn't enact their one child policy for nothing...

[TheTaben]

@NovaGypsy  Even if you assume that they were 7 billion babies thats even more waste, each babe produces about 1.5 pounds of babe diaper waste a day. 1.5*7 billion is 10.5 billion pounds of waste a day.. If you think we can have another 7 billion people on this planed your retarded.

[megaphone69]

@TheTaben lol!

[RequiredSpam]

@TheTaben Exactly. Not taking this test when you know your parent had it, then having children, means each of your children has a 25% chance of both dying from it, in addition to possibly passing it on to THEIR children. To me that's the epitome of irresponsibility.

[thecow777clone]

@TheTaben Many stupid parents have children and put the burden they have onto their children. Look at most poor people, they can't even feed themselves but they decide to have 4 or more children.

[TheTaben]

@thecow777clone I say exterminate all stupid people.

[evanandodd]

THEN STOP HAVING KIDS!

[evanandodd]

can you drug them to sleep?

[TheTaben]

@evanandodd Im afraid not. The sleep enducing drugs couldnt trigger a sleeping reaction because the sleeping centers of the brain arent there anymore...

[gomukaizoku]

@TheTaben What about knocking them out? With a strong enough hit in the back of the head... like they do in movies :P

[TheTaben]

@gomukaizoku You seem to not understand what i said. The sleeping centers of the brain are dead.... that means that they cant sleep.... and the seritonen depletion dosent help either.

[Frozenflutter]

2:32 That family photo creeps me out. The smiles o-o

[RenonUthZhakrin]

Fuuuuuuuuuuu... I'm watching this at 3 AM with classes tomorrow morning O___________O

[Haha24beast5]

@RenonUthZhakrin 1:25 same

[metalsaxman]

@RenonUthZhakrin LOL, me too.

[Hyrinm]

We have to actually sleep, or we could just rest? Can they just shoot them with a tranquilizer gun?

[taptapping]

I got freaked out at 1:58 cause I thought they wrote "Vsauce" and I was just thinking: "how do they know?!?"... yeah...Venice, Italy.... got it.

[00LAVALAMP]

its so sad to have this, its so strange, crazy and wow.. o.0

[sillystrawberry7]

That's so selfish of them to have kids and yet know that they might carry the disease and pass it on to their offspring. There's many kids in the world that want to be adopted but people are just determined to have their own kids I guess

[TheAndrewBen]

2:00 Vsauce???

[Amidammarru]

@TheAndrewBen Venice lol.

[ZeroArrival]

perhaps this has already been discussed but what about administering DMT (Dimethyltryptamine)? My weak understanding is that the pineal gland produces DMT which is what is responsible for R.E.M. sleep. I'm very interested to see if anyone has tried using this drug as therapy for this disease.

[Samstorm139]

I'm tired...

[Awesomecraft99]

well, technically, they both could've avoided the gene entirely. Every time you have a child there is another 50/50 chance, so there is a 1/4 chance that neither has it.

[rusman74x]

@Awesomecraft99 Well, technically, technically... that we know the one sister doesn't have it doesn't affect her sister, her odds are still 50/50. Therefore the odds are 50% that neither has it.

[Awesomecraft99]

@rusman74x Oh, sorry. I posted that at the beginning of the video :P.

[rusman74x]

@Awesomecraft99 LOL, then in that case it would be 1/4, you were right. Of course we have to assume it is autosomal dominant... but lets not open that can of worms. :D

[Awesomecraft99]

@rusman74x True, I did forget to factor that in my (very simple) calculations. :P

[ImUndefeatedDude]

Lets see Weed Cure this Insomnia.

OG Kush < Insomnia on Steroids

[omgitzcarlos]

YO THAT IS FUCKED UP! cause what if the bitch who didnt test herself, gives it to her child.

its so fucking selfish. its like someone who has aids and keeps having sex

[GenieandHammie]

if I was them, I wouldn't have kids!! there's a 50% chance they'll suffer from it too!!

[akcasama]

@GenieandHammie in that case, no one should have kids... because there is a 100% chance they will one day suffer of death!!!!

[FTWMFXD]

@GenieandHammie mother of god i might have it cause sometimes i can't sleep FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

[cobei12]

@GenieandHammie watch 8:00

[corbilly]

@GenieandHammie yeah, adoption would be a better solution

[GenieandHammie]

@corbilly exactly!

[TheDannyRulez]

@GenieandHammie So just cuz they're gonna die, that means people shouldn't be born? We're all gonna die. Atleast they have a 50% chance to NOT suffer from it.

[SkyHunter00013]

@TheDannyRulez Yeah, pass it onto one of your children and see how fucking great full they will be to you.

[ripedreality]

@GenieandHammie hmmmmmm but isent any life better then none at all?

[GenieandHammie]

@ripedreality yah looking at it morally one could say that.

[Klause5425]

@GenieandHammie Fuck kids!!

[GenieandHammie]

@Klause5425 lol

[nightbreeze12]

@GenieandHammie the longer it goes the bigger the tree gets and the virus will no longer be family isolated.

[GenieandHammie]

@nightbreeze12 yah good point :)

[swixomix]

@GenieandHammie It said, it is rarely diagnosed later in life "after child bearing years"..listen to the whole fucking video before commenting idiot.

[GreenChemicalBoy]

So if it is a 50/50 shot of being passed on, and one sister does not have it, does that mean the other sister is screwed?

[Nevaine]

that's unfair for someone to know they have such a dangerous disease yet go on reproducing and spreading it through the population.

[xPHOENIX269x]

@Nevaine The drive to reproduce is a powerful bitch, no?

[ThaUnpronounceable]

what about that man who hasn't slept for over 33 years? why isn't he suffering the same things these people do?

[thekilladave101]

This is mind blowing, I should sleep on it

[suicidefilming]

What would happen if you hit them so hard in the head, it should knock them out cold? Would they get knocked out?

[ThaUnpronounceable]

@suicidefilming yeah, the problem is, they don't reach the REM sleep. which is the part of sleep you dream in. It is also the part where your body rests. people sleeping, but not getting trough this part still suffer from, ''restlessness'' I guess?

[TheEstherinator]

yes but university of baloney? I have a degree there!

[IlIlIlIlIlIlIllIlIII]

well fuck you Vsauce.. I'm on 80 hours without sleep at the moment.. did you have to link this?

[x7seth7x]

tl;dw

[LittleMissRootBeer26]

5:57 for the mad cow :D

[uwanthits]

shit this may cause zombies

[Gabberz123]

"Unwittingly passed it on to their kids" my ass. Why the fuck would you procreate knowing that you're doing this to your future children?

[Salir]

@Gabberz123

Did you realize that it was WAY back in day. Italian medicine was good but it wasn't THAT advance! There's no way that he would have known

[springfeild90]

I think I'ma go sleep now.



[Modaragamage7]

we all need our nightly psychedelic trip from DMT

[TheGabyFe]

Thumbs up if your watching this in 2012...RANDOM!

[Gloppagus]

Dude the sister that didn't get tested is totally gonna have it. That's usually how it works.

[xxZubzer0xx]

Well, i'm going to bed...

[greeeyedboi]

@xxZubzer0xx oh my god, this had me dying, thank you for that.lol

[xkingxx00]

Slay them all!!

[imrandomwashere]

haha, at 1.56 i thought it said vsauce :P

[OKEKOBEB]

does she have it or not, dammit? Fucking US TV commentary bullshit

[xkingxx00]

@OKEKOBEB You just have to pay attention, one sister got the test done and she doesn't have it. The other sister refused, but it's a 50/50 shot so only time will tell if she has it.

[CakesnakeFilms]

american documentaries piss me off so much, they have to make it like a fucking game show.

[DelphianSociety]

Damn I would not want to be in that other sister's shoes.. not knowing if you have a HORRIBLE disease, the maths working against you (50% of getting it, sister didn't get it, so..)..

[ninjasquidface]

2:01 "Vsauce"

[jenjerx]

الحمد لله على كل شئ

Thank God for every thing

[rockrulez1234]

Americans *facepalm*

[tha]

I started yawning while watching this video... i'm good :-)