Should I Die?

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  • 게시일 2018. 12. 25.
  • If I could live forever, should I? How does being reminded of our own mortality affect us psychologically? In this episode I speak with mortician and death positivity activist Caitlin Doughty and visit a cryonics facility trying to extend human life indefinitely. Will I take them up on their offer, or will I choose to die?
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  • @Kriegter
    @Kriegter 3 년 전 +34074

    imagine when michael dies and then in his fueneral he ropes down from the ceiling and says "or am I" and the vsauce music plays while michael explains why a ball is actually not round

  • @1OutOf8Billion
    @1OutOf8Billion 4 년 전 +13152

    “Should I die” - recommended for you.

    • @bingbongjoel6581
      @bingbongjoel6581 4 년 전 +309

      You probably should, but not anytime soon

    • @falconpunch2855
      @falconpunch2855 4 년 전 +317

      lmao fuck you too youtube.

    • @teemomain3753
      @teemomain3753 4 년 전 +44

      Like he's not wrong

    • @Leto85
      @Leto85 3 년 전 +53

      KRplus loves you.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 3 년 전 +41

      "Or should you?!" Hmm....
      Consciousness is like a running computer "program/code", it runs while the human body is powered on with blood flowing, but once the heart stops so does the brain and thus the "program/code". The body is nothing but a "tin can" a "vehicle" or a "laptop" if you will. Once the brain dies the body is nothing but an empty shell... just burn it, bury it, there's really nothing sexy about it. lmao

  • @nobodyofimportance3922
    @nobodyofimportance3922 8 개월 전 +746

    "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." - Mark Twain

    • @momokaka321
      @momokaka321 6 개월 전 +36

      It actually gives us an interesting debate,is after death same than before birth ?Because its still speculation,and what is asserted without proofs can be refuted without proofs.

    • @nobodyofimportance3922
      @nobodyofimportance3922 6 개월 전

      @@momokaka321 There's good evidence to suggest that consciousness is a function of the brain. Once the brain dies, consciousness dies with it. Hence, nothingness before, nothingness after

    • @rnomromro6715
      @rnomromro6715 6 개월 전 +29

      @@momokaka321It’s not a debate, it’s a fact that sadly the majority of the world cannot accept. When our brain dies there is nothing left to be capable of feeling anything. Death is the end

    • @sprshb1852
      @sprshb1852 6 개월 전 +39

      @@rnomromro6715 You still cannot assume that with what we know now, if that was the case how did we go from "dead" to "living" in the first place. If you can spontaneously live from nothing, what is to say you cannot do it again. I don't mind if I am wrong because I do know I won't care nor will I be able to care after I die lol.

    • @momokaka321
      @momokaka321 6 개월 전 +25

      @@rnomromro6715 The question of what happens after death is a deeply philosophical and existential one, and it has been a topic of debate for centuries among theologians, philosophers, and scientists.
      However, it's important to note that the question of what happens after death remains a matter of belief and speculation because there is no conclusive scientific evidence or empirical proof that definitively answers this question. The nature of consciousness, the existence of an afterlife, or what might happen after death are still open questions without universally accepted answers.
      In summary,you have expressed a specific viewpoint on death, it's important to recognize that the nature of death and what, if anything, comes after it is still a topic of philosophical debate and remains open to interpretation. It's not a settled fact but rather a matter of personal belief and perspective.

  • @exitcall3762
    @exitcall3762 년 전 +1439

    This made me realize that a lot of people taking the test probably don't realize how severe a 10 year sentence is.

    • @grezende4056
      @grezende4056 9 개월 전 +168

      YES. This is CRAZY. People do NOT understand what encarceration is and do

    • @modzpdx559
      @modzpdx559 8 개월 전

      10 years for VANDALISM?? Do they not know the things people get away with?? Theres no justice fr

    • @cyberdragon1000
      @cyberdragon1000 8 개월 전 +102

      I agree lol, except the medical case none of them deserved a 7

    • @ryans7972
      @ryans7972 8 개월 전 +30

      Yeah i noticed that and i feel like that has to be taken into account as far as possibly skewing the results

    • @TheeggMAN_
      @TheeggMAN_ 8 개월 전

      @@cyberdragon1000 naw hat child scammer deserves it to

  • @Hexra_
    @Hexra_ 4 년 전 +2858

    Death: I'm gonna take your life now
    Michael: but should you?

    • @belisarius6949
      @belisarius6949 4 년 전 +191

      Priest: "Here lies Michael Vsauce..."
      Michael: *Jumps out of grave as vsauce theme plays*
      Michael: OR DO I?

    • @theflash9735
      @theflash9735 4 년 전 +10

      @@belisarius6949 XD

    • @StoneCoolds
      @StoneCoolds 4 년 전 +1

      Hahaha

    • @farn69
      @farn69 4 년 전 +15

      vsauce theme song is the path to the power mortals shall not possess

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 4 년 전 +23

      god: You have died.
      Michael, talking to god in heaven: Or have i?
      Weird dude with wings:

  • @jowl5203
    @jowl5203 4 년 전 +2147

    "And I've decided that I want to die."
    "Oh, I'm so glad you've made that decision."

  • @antoncabotta5364
    @antoncabotta5364 년 전 +507

    You, Sir, have truly created a legacy. All of the content you have created, people you have influenced, things you have changed, will persist for a long, long time. Thank you for all that you've done.

  • @owen2037
    @owen2037 년 전 +824

    I'm curious about the language used by the actor to introduce the questionnaire to the control group. To me, "this is just about your gut-level reactions" could have prompted the control group to answer faster than the study group, which in turn could've affected the interpretation that the study group members were more thoughtful. Basically, it seems that the control group was encouraged to answer quickly.

    • @regards7229
      @regards7229 년 전 +98

      id like to think the followed the same protocol for both groups

    • @james__anna_burns4885
      @james__anna_burns4885 년 전 +64

      the actors were likely told ot say the exact same thing

    • @Badspot
      @Badspot 년 전 +41

      Mate, it's a sociology study run by Solomon and 'berg. The point isn't to do things correctly, the point is to get grant money. I'm sure it's wildly successful.

    • @owen2037
      @owen2037 년 전 +2

      @@Badspot 😂 fair point

    • @fireyegaming414
      @fireyegaming414 년 전 +37

      I would hope that Michael would have kept her stuck to a script, and they cut it in post.

  • @eldon8712
    @eldon8712 4 년 전 +5244

    Michael's last words: And as always, thanks for watching.

  • @russellchido
    @russellchido 4 년 전 +4108

    Moral of the story: the average person will hand out a 10 years sentence for almost anything.

    • @alexn1168
      @alexn1168 4 년 전 +782

      Ikr they jump straight to 10 years for something like vandalism, I get that it is a national monument but thats basically a life changing amount of time

    • @EhrenCG
      @EhrenCG 4 년 전 +454

      If by "average person" you mean "insufficient sample size of people", yes.

    • @lucasamoriim5126
      @lucasamoriim5126 4 년 전 +468

      Holy fuck i couldn't believe people were giving those sentences for things like Vandalism. Shit, 10 years is a lot of time

    • @danielchoi4490
      @danielchoi4490 4 년 전 +315

      I mean, it's nationalism and pride. The dumbest part of humans, but a part nonetheless

    • @34shuno
      @34shuno 4 년 전 +348

      10 years of imprisonment for public indecency ROFL

  • @tony9622
    @tony9622 년 전 +285

    Always coming back here when my death anxiety kicks in

    • @mikudubskasai8725
      @mikudubskasai8725 년 전 +37

      It’s crazy when you REALLY sit and think about an inevitable death clock we all have on our heads. What is the final tick? would you know all of a sudden, you’re not alive, dead? Where would you be in time? Will you know the cancellation of existence??? How can you? Why is this even a thing everyone experience?? We’ve been around advancing in knowledge for centuries, yet still can’t dig into the unknown realm of death. I always end with the fact that despite I know nothing about death, I someday will… or will I? I guess I wouldn’t be able to comprehend that I’m dead. Shits crazy but it’s gonna happen 🥲

    • @the.simart5129
      @the.simart5129 년 전 +2

      @@mikudubskasai8725 thats such a good comment bro :D

    • @02tenma
      @02tenma 년 전

      @@mikudubskasai8725 so real

    • @TheBlackSpartan103
      @TheBlackSpartan103 년 전

      Welcome to the club friend. I'm worried on what comes after death. Reincarnation? Heaven? Becoming a Ghost? It's scary

    • @tony9622
      @tony9622 년 전 +1

      @The Black Spartan nobody knows, and the fact that we are made to survive and to fear death makes deaths inevitability scarier.

  • @studtistics2448
    @studtistics2448 년 전 +21

    That one person that gave a 1 for the person impersonating a doctor but a 7 for someone sunbathing nude.

  • @greenshark45
    @greenshark45 5 년 전 +32465

    Can't believe I just watched Michael have an existential crisis for entertainment

    • @sharpno2pencil476
      @sharpno2pencil476 5 년 전 +670

      greenshark45 that’s so true he seems so anxious throughout all of this haha

    • @jasonlast7091
      @jasonlast7091 5 년 전 +333

      I was going to make a joke about that also being the ayahuasca episode... but really this is all his content ever is.

    • @TheFunniBaconMan
      @TheFunniBaconMan 5 년 전 +556

      Well, I guess he deserves it, since he's caused some many of us to have existential crisises over the years.

    • @etizoman5662
      @etizoman5662 5 년 전 +50

      TheGamingBaconator xD

    • @8948380
      @8948380 5 년 전 +197

      Also he was close to his grandma, who was dying through the making of this episode- see the episode after this

  • @nobody_really
    @nobody_really 4 년 전 +2563

    "I've decided I want to die"
    "I'm glad you choose to die"

  • @minecrafter3448
    @minecrafter3448 년 전 +54

    I would prefer a button that added 100 years to my life. After that 100 years, I’d decide whether I’d press it again

    • @irequisite
      @irequisite 개월 전 +3

      A bit late on this video, and this comment. When I think about death I relate it to my (at the time) life long best friend that passed abruptly when we were 18.
      I remember how absolutely gutted I was, how unfair it felt etc etc. Now many years later, I can't help but think about how full those 18 years were. When I compare it to my own life, even with all these extra years I've lived passed him my life still feels less full than he had with much less time.
      It's hard to always keep perspective on this, but living hundreds of years of working a job that doesn't fulfill you will never be as meaningful as living 18 full of love and adventures, and I think without death lurking around the corner for us all, we'd never care enough to give that love or spend the time needed to make life worth it.
      I hope you find your transcendent purpose so you don't feel the need to ever press that button.

    • @theeyeofomnipotent
      @theeyeofomnipotent 개월 전

      Hmm, Though i want both, to be fulfilled and live long and more,
      The unfulfilling life is the result of a system that demands efficiency and exploitation over sentient decency. An emphatiless system..., so if one wants to work, try to work on a more human centric company or people hehehe
      This reality has a lot more to offer,
      I don't think about death nor does it motivate me to do meaningful stuff. Those things are meaningful by themself. We are the ones that gives meaning to the meaningless.
      I want to experience an era where we can save the sun, and put a tracker on consciousness... an era of rejuvinators, so we can even save even those who have died, and of ressurectors
      The mark of a non-ideal civilization is deaths and suffering, so the mark of an advanced civilization would be the reverse of that,
      Even if we can't act. We are the witnessers, and I wanna witness more
      Let's see if a pure consciousness can insert itself into this universe, a unientity.
      I hope you all have a fulfilling life and more

  • @finfen9730
    @finfen9730 년 전 +150

    Michael should look at organic burial pod options. I think it's an amazing idea to become the source of life for a tree. Also it's a really cool landmark for family to visit.

    • @JatPhenshllem
      @JatPhenshllem 년 전 +22

      Sounds wonderful, the roots tangling themselves around my bones, breaking me down faster, turning me to dust, to be forgotten easier than before. Honestly, that sounds nice

    • @blokvader8283
      @blokvader8283 6 개월 전 +5

      Honestly my decaying body feeding a tree would be more of a use than I am right now.

    • @a.q.2330
      @a.q.2330 5 개월 전

      Hopefully this will be considered weird by the general population within this century

    • @blokvader8283
      @blokvader8283 5 개월 전

      @a.q.2330 What's weird about it? Literally every dead organism feeds another in some way. Why do you think corpses turn into bones? Decomposers like Fungi and Bacteria break down the soft parts of the body to sustain themselves. It's just natural.

  • @hugo2242
    @hugo2242 4 년 전 +2678

    Mind field season 4: ” today i will commit suicide to see if there is life after death ”

  • @prest01
    @prest01 3 년 전 +2391

    imagine if he just never dies. like whenever hes about to die he just says "or am i" and stops dying with facts and logic

  • @sexcannonmusic284
    @sexcannonmusic284 년 전 +47

    Man , this episode was really powerful , thank YOU Michael for bringing this to our attention.

  • @tylerlicko5352
    @tylerlicko5352 4 개월 전 +14

    I've been dealing with death a lot as a 22 year old. Nobody has died around me but just the realization that I'm going to be in a moment like this one looking through my eyes and thinking internally and it's gonna be the moment when I take my last breath and everything will fade away I assume. I don't know how to even think about what it will look like after that. After it all goes black or after I fall asleep or whatever it feels like in that moment. It's terrifying. That moment haunts me and it's never even happened yet. Everything I've ever known and experienced will just not be anymore. No more internal dialogue, no more dreams, no more love or anger, or pain or happiness. My atoms will fall apart and turn into nothing again. How am I supposed to even deal with that? It's an endless cycle that I can't come to terms with. I also disagree with that lady when she said that death brings life meaning. I'm haunted by that moment, yes, but it's not why I'm thinking right now. It's not why I'm getting up and feeding myself right now. It's not why I'm wanting to feel sunlight right now. It's the utter absence of all of those things. how am I not supposed to be upset that I won't get to experience those things anymore?

    • @fredegundestratton4891
      @fredegundestratton4891 2 개월 전 +2

      Exactly. The thing that has helped me the most to cope with these same thoughts is the sentiment she kinda touched on with "Living as long as i can till technology saves me" because i doubt ill live long enough to see technology reach that point even if im cryo frozen. What i take from that statement tho is something that ive already told myself many times and its the thought that even tho that moment will come, im going to keep going out of spite. To say fuck you, ill last as long as i want to and im going to keep running every time the reaper is close because i know eventually itll catch me. But that doesn't mean i have to let it win till it has to. While this thinking doesn't help everyone it has certainly helped me. Especially with making decisions in my life and teaching me what i really want from this existence. Each moment im not true to what i really want from this life is a moment wasted. And i wont let the reaper win by lettin me waste more time stressing about its inevitable arrival.

    • @VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes
      @VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes 개월 전

      “After Life NDE”
      On KRplus.
      It’s a very Christian biased channel. They only pick Christian’s to talk to on Zoom, but it’s very interesting hearing the thousands of reports of people describing their experiences with near death experiences. You’ll be okay ❤

  • @sandwich3290
    @sandwich3290 3 년 전 +2429

    28:05
    "I could die at any time-"
    "You sure could." *smiles*

    • @Dalek_Scientist
      @Dalek_Scientist 3 년 전 +153

      Run michael, RUN!!!

    • @arbor_
      @arbor_ 3 년 전 +52

      The Sandwich killing people since the 1900's

    • @jevil8714
      @jevil8714 3 년 전 +29

      SANDWICH DON'T DO IT!!!!!!

    • @user-hk8yp7cw1v
      @user-hk8yp7cw1v 3 년 전 +11

      We shall die at any moment. Objective truth hits hard fr.

    • @Angelo-r-b
      @Angelo-r-b 3 년 전 +3

      Sandwich is gonna git you

  • @AL-su8el
    @AL-su8el 4 년 전 +2969

    Michael : "I could die anytime"
    Caitlin : "You sure could"
    *pulls out a gun*

    • @sauldownbadman876
      @sauldownbadman876 4 년 전 +159

      She looked way too happy when he said that

    • @sauldownbadman876
      @sauldownbadman876 4 년 전 +14

      @@TanyaSehgal95 she reminds me of the spooky black guy in final destination

    • @ilarious5729
      @ilarious5729 4 년 전 +9

      Omg is it her, is it the Mortician. Im not there yet

    • @ilarious5729
      @ilarious5729 4 년 전 +2

      Ah yesss

    • @tinaw.5538
      @tinaw.5538 4 년 전 +14

      Caitlin would never touch a gun, too liberal. It would make more sense for her to stab him to death with a trocar and then hide the body by cremation or something. No body no crime.

  • @BRUHHHHH999
    @BRUHHHHH999 년 전 +12

    The title makes it seem like Michael is having a suicidal breakdown 💀

  • @willzombieking8100
    @willzombieking8100 6 개월 전 +7

    I'm 18 and I've been thinking about death since at least 12. Seeing this is a nice comfort, ideas of how I can accept death rather than keep fearing it.

  • @FoxBlocksHere
    @FoxBlocksHere 4 년 전 +2746

    Michael, 10 seconds before dying:
    "and as always, thanks for watching"

    • @Digspig
      @Digspig 4 년 전 +131

      ItzMichaelPhillips That’s sad and beautiful. Don’t make me cry at 10:45 in the morning, dude

    • @no-pz7xy
      @no-pz7xy 4 년 전 +12

      @BASIL!!!!! The pumpin' Seagull bruh step on a Lego homie

    • @mistuslordus
      @mistuslordus 4 년 전 +10

      that will be very sad.

    • @alvisvalencia
      @alvisvalencia 4 년 전 +11

      ItzMichaelPhillips wholesome and I almost cried. It was so believable

    • @no-pz7xy
      @no-pz7xy 4 년 전 +5

      @BASIL!!!!! The pumpin' Seagull don't take me seriously either.

  • @zeg0ld
    @zeg0ld 4 년 전 +12818

    TLDW:
    Michael: I wanna become a neuro so I can be revived in the future
    Linda: That'll be $80k
    Michael: "I've decided I want to die"

    • @joelcoll4034
      @joelcoll4034 4 년 전 +181

      Lol

    • @apple54345
      @apple54345 4 년 전 +95

      inb4 top comment

    • @donuts6240
      @donuts6240 4 년 전 +142

      Or am I?

    • @Apastorfield
      @Apastorfield 4 년 전 +56

      I seriously want this done

    • @ComradeUshanka
      @ComradeUshanka 4 년 전 +381

      Sounds scary, imagine dying. Being revived in the future as one of the first guinea pigs, then it failing over and over again dying again and again. Sounds like Golden Experience Requiem torture to me.

  • @LysbethMiranda
    @LysbethMiranda 년 전 +6

    Omggg I love Caitlyn! I watch her videos all the time! I was genuinely shocked and pleased to see you being her on here!🥰

  • @orinblank2056
    @orinblank2056 년 전 +18

    It would be really interesting to see a large-scale study of Terror Management Theory that looks at a lot of different angles. One of the things that I'm most curious about is how TMT applies to cultures that have differing perspectives on death. I would imagine that how someone feels about what happens to them after death would have a fairly dramatic effect on how the presence of death influences their perceptions

  • @brightenyourday9196
    @brightenyourday9196 3 년 전 +3190

    It’s always “Hey Vsauce” never “How’s Vsauce”

  • @philipcarl8088
    @philipcarl8088 4 년 전 +5608

    Vsauce: Makes all of his episodes free
    People who paid for it: Should I die?

    • @zwz.zdenek
      @zwz.zdenek 4 년 전 +786

      Those who paid for it had the honor to support Michael's work. It's not a reason for sadness as you imply.

    • @dominicekezie2011
      @dominicekezie2011 4 년 전 +92

      @@zwz.zdenek ok boomer

    • @hitmanqo
      @hitmanqo 4 년 전 +543

      @@dominicekezie2011 how original and witty

    • @dominicekezie2011
      @dominicekezie2011 4 년 전 +61

      @@hitmanqo k boomer

    • @spec___
      @spec___ 4 년 전 +441

      @@dominicekezie2011 hey guys i said the funny words can you laugh now

  • @tyronethethird2394
    @tyronethethird2394 년 전 +14

    seeing people say this gave them comfort just confuses me, only because I’m so terrified of the idea of death. Recently it’s come to my mind a lot, i often find myself having a laugh or a good time only to remember this sad fact. Is it bad that i want to stay? is it bad that i don’t want to go indefinitely? I wish this wasn’t a truth of life or something to accept as i feel i can’t accept it. i’ve heard different perspectives and have talked to many people who i feel are wise enough, but that doesn’t change the fact that one day i will dissipate from what i once was. i tried not crying multiple times this video over it as it’s just been such a tough topic for me. regardless i just hope everyone here finds the comfort i haven’t and i hope i can find as well (sorry i just had to vent somewhere).

    • @rynvail521
      @rynvail521 년 전 +7

      I think one thing people find comforting about the video is that this is something every person grapples with. You aren't alone in your anxieties. It can be scary, and that's okay.
      There a couple of things I would suggest that might help you, because they've helped me, but if they don't that's okay as well. Remember that even if someone else's ideas don't work for you, that doesn't mean they don't understand. You aren't alone.
      The first thing I would recommend, particularly for the moments where anxiety is particularly strong, is to ground yourself in the moment. Take a deep breath and feel that you are alive right now. You can see and feel the world around you. Your mind might keep straying to detrimental anxieties about death but try to just focus on the physicality of where you are right now. Maybe look into mindfulness techniques. This doesn't mean pushing your fear down or ignoring that death is an option, just regrounding yourself in reality when your mind starts to spiral.
      Second, reframing things might be useful. Death doesn't mean your existence never was. Your convinces is an emergent pattern born from the way the universe is currently ordered. You aren't the same person you were ten years ago, and you aren't the person who will be here ten years from now. Your atoms come from the universe and you are made up of the same matter as everything else. When you die, you will change. But that doesn't mean you stop existing. You will be part of this universe, your impact on places and people will shape what comes, and new things will take form. You've been stardust before and you'll be stardust again. And we'll be stardust together. Even if you won't quite be you, you won't be alone.

    • @alexandrafidnorova4357
      @alexandrafidnorova4357 3 개월 전

      ​@@rynvail521 thank you so much for this💘

    • @maydaymemer4660
      @maydaymemer4660 28 일 전

      @@rynvail521yea but not existing is a big bummer

  • @the_Odditorium_by_CvG

    A powerful piece, and very respectful. Well done!

  • @berkeleymorrison
    @berkeleymorrison 3 년 전 +4867

    my own death never disturbed me but knowing that michael is going to die someday is really depressing

  • @abelharbison239
    @abelharbison239 3 년 전 +2304

    Imagine their Wikipedia pages (1945-2019; 2050-present)

  • @kaifeng_jack5532
    @kaifeng_jack5532 년 전 +3

    Michael never fails me, awesome content!

  • @EmmyOnline_
    @EmmyOnline_ 5 개월 전 +15

    Seeing Caitlyn get so excited to hear that Michael is willing to make choices about his death is so cool. Especially because it is exactly what she advocates for. I love her so much, she has helped me become more comfortable with death even if it still is horribly terrifying. I hope i get to meet her one day.

  • @freshfireballjuice
    @freshfireballjuice 4 년 전 +1319

    "Should I die?"
    Actually Michael, if you could like, not, do that, that'd be nice.

  • @kirbyquartz5609
    @kirbyquartz5609 3 년 전 +6111

    I’m just imagining Michael’s burial.
    Michael: I am going to die
    *Michael dies*
    *Michael is buried*
    *Michael sprouts of the ground*
    Or *am* I?

    • @taxevader2376
      @taxevader2376 3 년 전 +212

      I love the idea of his last words just being, “I’m gonna die”. It’s so casual lol

    • @joshMorgan111
      @joshMorgan111 3 년 전 +139

      What is death? And how much does death weigh?

    • @pouria1254
      @pouria1254 3 년 전 +97

      the death angel: c'mon Micheal let's go I don't have all day.
      Micheal: so am I going to die?
      the death angel: yes
      Micheal: but the real question is "What is death" [mind field theme music]
      the death angel: How the hell do you even play music? Ahhh never mind Micheal I'm gonna get u to the other side.
      Micheal: How many things are in the other side? What is even this question "what is"? what is question at all? How many holes do you have?
      the death angel: PTSD

    • @Bugsfuckingbunny
      @Bugsfuckingbunny 3 년 전 +6

      @@joshMorgan111 death weighs 1 last pound

    • @nssrinidhi5753
      @nssrinidhi5753 3 년 전 +18

      No last one have to be
      "as always thanks for watching "

  • @nth256
    @nth256 년 전 +41

    Love to see Caitlin Doughty, I love her perspective on life and death.

  • @Lukusprime
    @Lukusprime 10 개월 전 +7

    I’ve got to be honest, the theory is honestly completely opposite of what my personal experience has been. I used to be very judgmental and harsh on a certain group of people who I have extremely different opinions with, and I used to want all sorts of bad things to happen to them. Not death or torture, but being ostracized, treated differently, instilled with fear and terror, etc. Once I had my own months-long death scare (extremely health anxiety and frequent panic attacks, nothing’s actually wrong with me thankfully) I began to have a change in attitude, wishing to treat them equally and not wanting anything bad to happen to anyone. Because as Megatron said when he disbanded the Decepticons, “I now know the true meaning of oppression, and have thus lost my taste for inflicting it”.

  • @failed_K
    @failed_K 3 년 전 +5257

    In an alternative Universe, everyone is immortal, and Death is the greatest honor to have

    • @milan3066
      @milan3066 3 년 전 +493

      This sounds hell. I swear.

    • @DibIrken
      @DibIrken 3 년 전 +402

      Imagine being with the same people you hate, the same people you just put up with, and the same people you love for all eternity. As time passes, will the people you love become people you just put up with or worse, the people you eventually hate?

    • @agentofchaos2901
      @agentofchaos2901 3 년 전 +182

      @@DibIrken that sounds horrible. Or maybe not. Imagine not having kids. Sounds good. Only one generation of adults. But that means adults need higher capacity thinking also I can learn everything I want to and waste my time however I want. That's interesting. I don't know how I feel about this.

    • @Fissey_Gaming
      @Fissey_Gaming 3 년 전 +13

      @@agentofchaos2901 same

    • @agentofchaos2901
      @agentofchaos2901 3 년 전 +27

      @@Fissey_Gaming we are just a bunch of people full of unsureness

  • @KatM26
    @KatM26 4 년 전 +2526

    "hey, vsauce... michael died today"
    michael jumping out of casket: *or did i?*
    **intense vsauce music**

    • @Yobyman
      @Yobyman 4 년 전 +60

      "Hey, vsauce, Michael is no longer here..."
      "or is he?"

    • @pinkdude9017
      @pinkdude9017 4 년 전 +23

      Then he says:
      "I didn't really die"

    • @iboopyournose8194
      @iboopyournose8194 4 년 전 +8

      @@pinkdude9017 what if he is now dead and someone else uploads his older videos?? Or he made those videos free because he knew he would die and would no longer get money from these

    • @pinkdude9017
      @pinkdude9017 4 년 전 +7

      His mind was affected by the constant MRI scanning. He mentioned that he took a lot of them during mindfield 2

    • @lazyken6468
      @lazyken6468 4 년 전 +5

      *High pitched black and white character screaming*

  • @brodielynn5273
    @brodielynn5273 년 전 +2

    Caitlin!! 😍🖤🖤🖤
    You are both delightful human beings…love seeing you sitting together 🖤
    …the fear or death for me….is forgetting. The thought that I could forget all of those I have loved…all of those moments I have cherished. I just want to remember…always.

  • @andrewh.8403
    @andrewh.8403 9 개월 전 +1

    Caitin does such a great job discussing death ,what happens when we get there and how that should happen.
    Coming up after the break, taxes....

  • @soap5547
    @soap5547 4 년 전 +1920

    Micheal: "I could die any moment"
    Girl smiling and grinning: "You sure could"

    • @user-zu6ts5fb6g
      @user-zu6ts5fb6g 4 년 전 +127

      "Im glad that you decided to die"

    • @mimi_n_emi8382
      @mimi_n_emi8382 4 년 전 +30

      I love her she's so funny. Go check out her channel and you'll see why she was like that lol. You might like it

    • @SkyRied1
      @SkyRied1 4 년 전 +1

      @@mimi_n_emi8382
      What's her name or channel?

    • @mimi_n_emi8382
      @mimi_n_emi8382 4 년 전 +13

      @@SkyRied1 its Caitlyn Dougherty. She runs undertaking LA. And her channel is Ask a Mortician

    • @SkyRied1
      @SkyRied1 4 년 전

      @@mimi_n_emi8382
      Thanks alot.

  • @williamwesemann8770
    @williamwesemann8770 4 년 전 +1399

    Plot twist: Michael has already figured out a solution to immortality and this is his way of asking us if he should release it to the public or not

    • @GuyInBlackClothes
      @GuyInBlackClothes 4 년 전 +10

      Funny thing is I do that alot.

    • @Platypus_3112
      @Platypus_3112 4 년 전 +52

      @@GuyInBlackClothes Figuring out a solution for immortality?

    • @kianpfannenstiel
      @kianpfannenstiel 4 년 전 +19

      @@Platypus_3112, not finding a solution for immortality, immortality itself. I'm not solving it, I'm creating the pandemic. And Vsauce, weak ass punk, decided to keep it secret. Don't worry, mine is still going to be released (can't say you'll be able to use my method, though).

    • @_ruted
      @_ruted 4 년 전 +9

      BUT THAT'S JUST A THEORY *A GAME THEORY!* (oof I got fat fingers)

    • @pastaronravioli4238
      @pastaronravioli4238 4 년 전

      vsauce is edtah

  • @TerrenceIII
    @TerrenceIII 년 전

    This changed my life man.
    You're the great philosopher of our time.

  • @KiWiiU-wasTaken
    @KiWiiU-wasTaken 2 개월 전 +3

    "I could die at any time"
    "You sure could :) "

  • @thatguymich2829
    @thatguymich2829 4 년 전 +1373

    "I could die anytime"
    "you sure could"
    *is that a threat?*

    • @thorsell4357
      @thorsell4357 4 년 전 +22

      Its a treat

    • @Benimation
      @Benimation 4 년 전 +14

      Incorrect, you can only die now or in the future

    • @kleinmeisterlein
      @kleinmeisterlein 4 년 전 +6

      ​@@Benimation Well, if dying is an ongoing process (beginning on the day of my birth for example) then I'm dying all the time, anytime, and whenever I can. Or maybe even, as Screamin' Jay Hawkins had put it: "One day I won't die." And you know when that'll be.

    • @Joao-vq1ty
      @Joao-vq1ty 3 년 전 +7

      "I want to die"
      "You've come to the right place."

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 3 년 전 +15

      Has it occurred to anyone, that KRplus is probably littered with comments by people who have passed away at some point?
      It's the closest thing to immortality as long as the servers never crash or keep good backups. lol

  • @gabrieldenouden7301
    @gabrieldenouden7301 5 년 전 +1091

    Michael: I want to die
    Mortician: You've come to the right place
    COCKS GUN

    • @TylerMatthewHarris
      @TylerMatthewHarris 5 년 전 +2

      I lol'd

    • @nomore9004
      @nomore9004 5 년 전 +9

      Get Jordan Peterson on this show.

    • @d3line
      @d3line 5 년 전 +3

      That’s basically what she’s doing. Only it’s the cure for the deadliest decease, and she’s ripping it out of your mind.

    • @noteboxes
      @noteboxes 5 년 전 +1

      LOL

    • @stm7810
      @stm7810 5 년 전 +1

      that's very accurate when you die, it happens in the now, it's suicidal and anyone who says that needs help.

  • @FS-ml9ce
    @FS-ml9ce 7 일 전

    I loved this episode! it was really unique and interesting, thank you!

  • @thejusmani6473
    @thejusmani6473 년 전 +8

    Even if you cryo-preserve yourself and wake up in like 80 years or so, the horrifying truth is that you will be entering a whole another world where you will have close to zero role, your friends won't be there and neither will your family. It will be truly lonely, atleast from what I make of it. I believe that I'm in this world for a specific timeframe that is, say a hundred years, after that I am nothing but but an outsider in a new world.

  • @samuellawson8266
    @samuellawson8266 4 년 전 +1329

    BREAKING NEWS: Death rate drops to 0% because of local hero Michael Stephens saying his historic words: ‘or should I?’

  • @Meeminator
    @Meeminator 4 년 전 +1976

    Michael: I’m willing to accept dying
    Mortician: *So you have chosen death*

  • @saadkt6707
    @saadkt6707 년 전

    The best episodes of all 3 seasons 🌍
    lacking words to appreciate enough the choice you made and helping us making a good choice.....

  • @Screebles
    @Screebles 4 개월 전 +1

    When he mentioned death acceptance, I was PRAYINGGGG he was talking about Caitlyn!!

  • @kolinasaelt6289
    @kolinasaelt6289 5 년 전 +679

    "I have decided I want to die"
    "I'm so glad and you've come to the right place"
    ....RUN!!!

    • @alittleofeverything4190
      @alittleofeverything4190 4 년 전 +11

      Right, each person should come to their own conclusion and should be supported. What if Michael said Neuro, would she have been disappointed?

    • @alittleofeverything4190
      @alittleofeverything4190 4 년 전 +6

      @@ileikts I know the comment was made in humor, but the lady did have a clear bias towards coming to that conclusion from her earlier segment. Good times! Michael rocks!

  • @mrkitloin
    @mrkitloin 3 년 전 +2055

    Me: _does anything mildly embarrassing_
    Also me: *should I die?*

  • @RedAstralFox
    @RedAstralFox 년 전

    My girl Caitlyn is so excited, I love her!! Excellent video!

  • @beethimbles8801
    @beethimbles8801 년 전 +2

    I love Caitlin so much! Her channel rocks x

  • @beep_69
    @beep_69 4 년 전 +1038

    2050, Michael: hey vsauce today i died
    or did i.

    • @veritasdeutsch6608
      @veritasdeutsch6608 4 년 전 +22

      "Music starts"

    • @sabelongubo4571
      @sabelongubo4571 4 년 전 +2

      Thats macabre

    • @Zenoc_gamer
      @Zenoc_gamer 4 년 전 +5

      Sadly he choose to be eaten by worms and become a tree, so we wont get a vsauce in the future

    • @BeeBN
      @BeeBN 4 년 전 +1

      micheals only 33, so in 30 years he'll be 63, far from dead lol

    • @beep_69
      @beep_69 4 년 전 +3

      @@BeeBN or will he

  • @TheMeGuy1
    @TheMeGuy1 3 년 전 +5697

    "I want a place in the world where people can go and say 'Hey, Vsauce, Michael's there.'"

    • @ayuubismail3239
      @ayuubismail3239 3 년 전 +117

      Goddamnit that’s beautiful man

    • @ryanallers9805
      @ryanallers9805 3 년 전 +38

      Its called KRplus, and your here too...

    • @alicem1961
      @alicem1961 3 년 전 +15

      My friends and me greet each other like that

    • @reaperx7026
      @reaperx7026 3 년 전 +4

      @@ayuubismail3239 truly

    • @michaeldavis6993
      @michaeldavis6993 3 년 전 +11

      24:54 it feels great to hear a guy call this bs, because I hear alot of people say that, and I agree with him.

  • @j0nnyism
    @j0nnyism 년 전 +1

    The knowledge of ones imminent demise concentrates the mind wonderfully- Dr Johnson

  • @thrashmetalmaster
    @thrashmetalmaster 8 개월 전

    I love everything you do for humans Micheal your truely an amazing human being man 🙏❤️

  • @miguelisaurusbruh1158
    @miguelisaurusbruh1158 2 년 전 +9303

    Michael: "I want to die"
    Mortician: "I'm so glad you've made that decision"
    *shoots him*

    • @andrewhamel1
      @andrewhamel1 2 년 전 +90

      Shit I just wrote this comment didn't scroll far enough to see that many people already said it

    • @alfonseemanuelle3470
      @alfonseemanuelle3470 2 년 전 +72

      now that is fucking comedy

    • @bibbilyton329
      @bibbilyton329 2 년 전 +130

      Michael: “or did you”

    • @Namse21
      @Namse21 2 년 전 +17

      I just imagined the mortician lady continue the expression on her face, pull a gun out from under the table, shoot him and then stare into the camera maintaining her smiling expression...

    • @tajkoreddeninthearctic194
      @tajkoreddeninthearctic194 2 년 전 +27

      @@bibbilyton329 now I’m imagining a fight scene with an ultra powerful Michael with the intro piano music

  • @comradegarrett1202

    I feel like different experimental scenarios would be useful for this. If I were in the experimental group, I think the main thing that would have given me pause would have been specifically that the punishments consisted of jail sentences - time taken away from someone. the more aware of morality you are, I think anyway, the more cognitive dissonance it's going to cause to say "ten years of this person's life should be spent in jail." It's taking away a limited and precious resource.

  • @pikmin750
    @pikmin750 년 전 +3

    I can’t remember a day I didn’t think about dying and my mortality and it utterly molds the way I live my life and spend my time. I definitely think this affects how u act, just I think the level it affects your actions varies with everyone

  • @krishnakantpatil1660
    @krishnakantpatil1660 3 년 전 +929

    English Literature - I will die for honour
    French Literature - I will die for love
    American Literature - I will die for freedom
    Russian Literature - *I will die.*

    • @oosmanbeekawoo
      @oosmanbeekawoo 3 년 전 +5

      this is so dope!

    • @evildragon1774
      @evildragon1774 3 년 전 +5

      lmao this is so true as hecc

    • @theworldofchachundar5628
      @theworldofchachundar5628 3 년 전 +28

      In mother Russia death doesn't chase you, you chase your death

    • @ChrisTheMemeMan
      @ChrisTheMemeMan 3 년 전 +5

      I will die for mother russia, comrade. Now let's go hack important American government operations.

    • @xavierrodriguez2463
      @xavierrodriguez2463 3 년 전 +25

      "In Russian literature someone is suffering, its either the author, the protagonist, or the reader, but someone must suffer."

  • @anduro7448
    @anduro7448 4 년 전 +1209

    28:22
    "I decided i want to die"
    "you have come to the right place"
    Nothing schetchy going on here just a normal conversation between 2 people

  • @moodyrick8503
    @moodyrick8503 년 전 +3

    *I'm not afraid of the fact that I will die one day.*
    _But I greatly fear the circumstances of my death._
    A quick death in my sleep Vs. a long slow painful, agonising death.

  • @anonyme2938
    @anonyme2938 4 개월 전 +3

    Am I the only one who does want to die? Not right now but I can't imagine living forever. Even without the whole aging process I think 100-200 years is way more than enough. Even beyond 100 years of healthy happy life it's getting absurd. I'm a scientist and the biggest and saddest realization is to know I will die not knowing a billionth of what there is to know. But without a deadline there is no drive to move forward. and I'd prefer a short life of knowledge than an eternity of ignorance

  • @lukejac0562
    @lukejac0562 4 년 전 +882

    10 years in prison for a woman whose sunbathing naked are you mad!?

    • @mw2withcamyay405
      @mw2withcamyay405 4 년 전 +3

      @@Baigle1 d

    • @hampusnyhlen2961
      @hampusnyhlen2961 4 년 전 +30

      That isnt what it Said. It was something like 500 dollar fine plus 6 months communityn service

    • @nelzelpher2088
      @nelzelpher2088 4 년 전 +22

      Why do you have a male pornstar as you profile pic?

    • @ForeignNeptune
      @ForeignNeptune 4 년 전 +30

      @@nelzelpher2088 Don't fucking judge him he's trying his best

    • @brennenjohnson6616
      @brennenjohnson6616 4 년 전

      LukeJac05 at the naked woman yes they are hahaha

  • @roger9678
    @roger9678 4 년 전 +880

    The lady looks like if death were a person and the dude looks like if business was a person

  • @avenged7peep958
    @avenged7peep958 년 전 +1

    Omg, that was so eye-opening for me the part with the mortician (mid video)

  • @dananthony6258
    @dananthony6258 년 전 +4

    I’m more concerned with other people mortality than my own. I’m afraid of people not being here in my life.

  • @ghostie8341
    @ghostie8341 3 년 전 +2421

    Imagine going to prison for 10 years for spray painting a statue with washable paint

    • @myggen2111
      @myggen2111 3 년 전 +351

      that was fucked, these people are not thinking straight.

    • @CafePancake
      @CafePancake 3 년 전 +497

      what blew my mind is the 10 years for sunbathing while nude.

    • @CafePancake
      @CafePancake 3 년 전 +111

      @@DJVolte We will send, you, your family and your next generation to prison for life.

    • @bigmoose7
      @bigmoose7 3 년 전 +32

      @@DJVolte yeh we will

    • @omarsabry9489
      @omarsabry9489 3 년 전 +27

      @@CafePancake
      You forgot the death penalty.

  • @metemete9859
    @metemete9859 3 년 전 +2010

    My mom when I accidentally slam the door during an argument : 30:09

  • @utkarshkumar6297
    @utkarshkumar6297 년 전 +21

    I felt pretty sad seeing that Michael accepted his death, I mean, I didn't expect that from him.

  • @eliteintelectual.9948

    Buen documental, adoro la objetividad de este hombre en todos los temas que trata.

  • @puplun1965
    @puplun1965 4 년 전 +522

    "I want to die with dignity"
    So I decided to make all mind field episode for free

  • @chickennuggetpaw
    @chickennuggetpaw 년 전 +5204

    I have to say, I am far more terrified of the people I love dying than of my own death.

  • @jbkgamr
    @jbkgamr 년 전 +1

    The new sandman show has an awesome episode, i believe its episode 6. Its about the god of dreams offering a stranger immortality, every 100 years he asks the stranger how eternity is and asks if he would like 100 more years. Really awesome.

  • @domhuckle
    @domhuckle 년 전 +2

    So good - a nuanced and open look at the subject of death
    Who else would, if the option was free, choose chryo?

    • @DavidSartor0
      @DavidSartor0 년 전 +1

      I plan to be frozen.
      I don't have enough money yet, though.

    • @maydaymemer4660
      @maydaymemer4660 28 일 전

      I dont think itll work if i chose it

  • @Zombie81212
    @Zombie81212 3 년 전 +402

    "I have decided that I want to die" is such a quote

  • @yaycookieyay
    @yaycookieyay 4 년 전 +383

    (26:38) "Am I really so important that [the universe] should never not have me again?"
    Yes Michael we need you please

    • @MrJgreenwell2000
      @MrJgreenwell2000 4 년 전 +9

      literally said this out loud to my computer screen at that moment

    • @marcywantsto7553
      @marcywantsto7553 4 년 전 +4

      let the man rest

    • @_ruted
      @_ruted 4 년 전 +9

      VSAUCE MICHAEL'S UPLOADED BRAIN HERE

    • @commie281
      @commie281 4 년 전

      @@_ruted lmao VSAUCE WILL LIVE ON FOREVER!!! oh and btw I met him and it's so weird that I shook a person's hand that wants to die once and for all.

    • @goldngamer1365
      @goldngamer1365 년 전

      Micheal is actually a god-like being he's just saying that to throw us off

  • @JosueC730
    @JosueC730 년 전 +16

    One of the reasons I have come to accept my own mortality, is that even if life could be prolonged, it hardly makes sense to be done indefinitely. Aging is hard, and as time passes, it's not just a fight against aging but a fight against time and entropy itself. Immortality doesn't make sense without eternal youth. So, I guess that's right, someday I will have to return the atoms in my body to Earth and the universe.

    • @maydaymemer4660
      @maydaymemer4660 28 일 전

      I think people will find a way to end aging

    • @JosueC730
      @JosueC730 28 일 전

      @@maydaymemer4660 that's whishful thinking, it goes against the laws of physics, it goes against the principles of entropy, unless you mean prolonging youth, not eternal youth. Anyways, I don't want to exist forever given how reality is.

  • @rileyhartman4842
    @rileyhartman4842 9 개월 전

    This is very utterly fascinating to me

  • @willblack7353
    @willblack7353 4 년 전 +649

    "I have decided I want to die"
    Psychiatrists: *We don't do that here*

  • @stubbztheman3052
    @stubbztheman3052 5 년 전 +368

    Michael: “I could die at any time”
    Mortician: *maniacal smile* “You sure could”

  • @Nturner822
    @Nturner822 년 전

    Wow you really changed my mind on this one brother…I’d go neuropreservation so my body could give something back, and my mind could glimpse the human expanse.
    Sadly I could never hope to afford such a dream

  • @VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes

    Once you realize we are all truly one, and I mean truly, you realize you never die. Because you are pure awareness and consciousness. “You’ve” been here a lot longer than you may think. You are not only your name, your identity or current body- you are all of it. It’s all you.

  • @presidentwilliamhowardtaft5932

    “When I die just throw me in the trash”
    -Danny Devito

  • @GermaphobeMusic
    @GermaphobeMusic 4 년 전 +675

    Finally, now I can die without having to buy KRplus Premium.

  • @vulpinepanther2001

    I've always hated the platitude that the only thing giving things meaning is that it ends, including life. It's not a perspective I'm able to process as it seems like a complete non-sequester fabricated by people in denial about what death and non-existence are, and seeking to make it more romantic.
    Things have value because it incites a feeling of some kind (in yourself or others,) be it sating curiosity, deriving fulfillment, or simply experiencing non-descript joy. To me that has nothing to do with time or timing. I do things because I want and can experience them, not because I might not tomorrow. Yes, you could do that thing in two-hundred years, but why would you? It's interesting and fun now.. That's all you should need as motivator.
    Should things no longer incite those feelings, and become a dull monotone, then sure, that's the point where living no longer makes sense. But I could live a thousand lifetimes and always have something (new) to learn or do on this planet alone, let alone the galaxy, let alone the universe. I don't foresee ever wanting to die out of a sense of being 'done,' it's simply a horrific inconvenience I have to make my peace with.

  • @michaaleksanderchmielewski

    Came for the funny line "Or is it?", came back with an existential crisis

  • @Joey_ott
    @Joey_ott 5 년 전 +3063

    Some of then said 10 years in prison for graffiti wtf

    • @bradtaasevigen9777
      @bradtaasevigen9777 5 년 전 +362

      on a national monument. still dont think 10 years is appropriate probably could do eith just 1 year and an ass beating.

    • @nomore9004
      @nomore9004 5 년 전 +77

      Get Jordan Peterson on this show.

    • @ing8404
      @ing8404 5 년 전 +160

      Patriotism is a belief of following land and government.
      When beliefs are challenged, people are naturally offended.
      Vandalism to them is blasphemous action.

    • @eyewarsx
      @eyewarsx 5 년 전 +41

      Graffiti on 1000 peoples eye balls. You said "LITERALLY ANYTHING" :P

    • @eyewarsx
      @eyewarsx 5 년 전 +22

      "LITERALLY ANYTHING"

  • @thirtyfiveoutoffiftycharacters

    Michael: "I could die at any time"
    Lady: *smiles* "you sure could!"
    Micheal: "I've decided I want to die"
    Lady: "oh I'm so glad you made that decision"
    I think she wants him to die

  • @dotails
    @dotails 3 개월 전 +2

    I think the right answer is to try to live, keep trying, we are more likely to fulfill the purpose of the universe if we are capable. So live. Sounds like he pretended to listen then doubled down on what he wanted rationalizing suicide rather than fighting for his priceless life.

  • @P3RPL3X
    @P3RPL3X 년 전 +1

    28:21 "...and you've come to the right place!"
    The following moments had to be fully cut from Michael's last episode of Mindfield due to graphical expressions violence.

  • @mezmezzy1870
    @mezmezzy1870 4 년 전 +508

    "Ha, well I'm glad that you've decided to die"
    Why do I hear boss music?