you’re laughing. i’m dancing naked and you’re laughing.

@andriesbrouwer8666

Жыл бұрын

Every 8 seconds someone is liking you

@wyattfowler4868

Жыл бұрын

the poor bear

@andriesbrouwer8666

Жыл бұрын

Why is nobody liking me every 8 seconds

@user-fy6kr7yr9c

Жыл бұрын

lmao

@billyalarie929

Жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

Real

@ManCarryingThing

Жыл бұрын

now its really real

@blownupfishnchips9071

6 ай бұрын

or is it?

@Theguineachannel

5 ай бұрын

Its mr blood meridian

@garrettsondergaard3308

4 ай бұрын

It's him......... The legend himself.

@AbdullahiBakad

4 ай бұрын

It’s John meridian himself…

If the judge becomes a “literally me” character, our world is doomed.

@DussyBestroyer69

Жыл бұрын

It would make sense if starts on Twitter since thats where the "MAPS" hang out

@Imonaeatyobabies

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry. Those guys don't read.

@villageronps5317

Жыл бұрын

Judge from book I’ve never read or heard anything about is literally me ngl

@redtexan7053

Жыл бұрын

Things are crummy enough without a bunch of edgy nerds running around larrping as the actual devil.

@jdng86

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry, that won't happen until it's made into a movie.

*watches Wendigoon once*

@hameltheanimal90

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t have my glasses on and thought this said “Watches Paddington Once”

@thebaseandtriflingcreature174

Жыл бұрын

Watches Wendigoon once First box of Magic Spoon invades your home Think nothing of it at first Magic Spoon starts crawling out of tv

@exudeku

Жыл бұрын

Watches Wendigoon once Shot myself in the back of my head 4 times with a .45 and drives myself on the Appalachian mountains no where to be seen, definitely no glowing people is responsible

@omarnsimpson908

Жыл бұрын

@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 Magic Spoon starts moving their car randomly around parking lots Magic Spoon leaves lewd voicemails on their boss's phone in their voice Magic Spoon hides a rotten fish in their HVAC system

@thebaseandtriflingcreature174

Жыл бұрын

@@omarnsimpson908 hell kinda Alternates are you dealing with???

The thought of Judge Holden getting one of those “literally me” tiktok edits is equally hilarious as it is deeply terrifying.

@carolfromhr9900

Жыл бұрын

Let’s just be glad there’s no movie.

@roylee6466

Жыл бұрын

@@carolfromhr9900 Unless fucking James Franco gets his way with the film adaptation.

@greatcoldemptiness

Жыл бұрын

Holden on that grind, he puttin' in that work

@crunglemcbungley

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, literally me, a violent, soulless pedophile. Definitely the kind of thing you want to put on tiktok for everyone to see

@thenablade858

Жыл бұрын

@@roylee6466 After he ruined As I Lay Dying? Somebody stop this man.

Honestly, the main takeaway I got from Blood Meridian was that McCarthy really knows all the specific names for different types of rock formations

@Spiegelgeist

Жыл бұрын

MALPAÍS

@emiliianoportillo1311

Жыл бұрын

Also that being an Indian fucking sucks

@pickleneck526

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget movement in general, across different kinds of terrain. I can't tell you how many times i had to look up a dictionary just find out they "went" through something in this or that sort of way.

@gnomschild

Жыл бұрын

I swear Cormac puts at least one instance of "bivouac" in all his books

@Kevinakletva

Жыл бұрын

read "Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidović if you liked Blood Meridian. Also send me examples of samelike books

Damn Wendigoon really woke up some new type of "Literally me" personalities.

@sympatheticflake890

Жыл бұрын

hell nah boi

@HereForTheComments

Жыл бұрын

Is there something I'm not aware of regarding this book and Wendigoon?

@agiammarco94

Жыл бұрын

@@HereForTheCommentsWendigoon did a video covering the book

@KitchenSinkSoup

Жыл бұрын

Literaryly me

@billyalarie929

Жыл бұрын

LMFAO WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME OUT IN THIS WAY

“The freedom of birds is an insult to me.” “Omg me too”

@breeeegs

Жыл бұрын

"What say you Priest?" "LOL fr fr, straight up fam"

@zach415

Жыл бұрын

@@SillyFrenchKing based

@Kevinakletva

Жыл бұрын

read "Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidović if you liked Blood Meridian. Also send me examples of samelike books

@toad_of_the_sky

Жыл бұрын

"He's just like me! He's just like me fr!"

@TheMuffinManIsHappy

Жыл бұрын

“Classic Judge W”

*goes into a Judge esque monologue* “Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars”

@WuttaBeast

5 ай бұрын

One of the best comments I've ever read lmfao

@Gooberpatrol66

4 ай бұрын

The Judge ships Mordetwi

@RayDrawzDragonz

2 ай бұрын

😭😭😭😭😭😭

quick we have to give him a fun, realistic and down-to-earth slice-of-life novel to make him return to normal

@jenna_gia

Жыл бұрын

child of god and outer dark will fix him right up

@MrEgofreak

Жыл бұрын

On My Honour is a pretty good YA novel! Should bring him back down to earth! Either that or make him cry!

@jazzyjay_

Жыл бұрын

Try Stoner by John Williams

@vasvas8914

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Blood Meridian that sort of novel? 🤔

@georgia860

Жыл бұрын

​@@vasvas8914 I mean, they do a lot of slicing life in it

As someone who never read a single page of Blood Meridian I can confirm this is 100% accurate representation of someone who has read Blood Meridian once.

@karsten11553

Жыл бұрын

As someone who once read Blood Meridian once, I can confirm; I have been exactly like this ever since!

@122josh

Жыл бұрын

Well I've read it three times and I don't own a pair of cowboy boots SO THERE lmao

@Rotom2304

Жыл бұрын

@@122josh ah, I guess you sold them after the second or third reading then

@122josh

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotom2304 😂

@Kevinakletva

Жыл бұрын

read "Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidović if you liked Blood Meridian. Also send me examples of samelike books

Whatever meme who exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.

whenever talking about blood meridian, it is mandatory to precede it by talking about how weird twitter is

@joshstraub6972

Жыл бұрын

True

@EmeraldLavigne

Жыл бұрын

Twitter IS weird

@wrs6565

Жыл бұрын

People tweeting about the Comanche attack would be pretty damn weird

@largelump3613

10 ай бұрын

Why?

It would be such a testament to the terrifying charisma that The Judge possesses and the skill of McCarthy for being able to portray that to see people start going "literally me" over a child predator who may or may not be the actual devil solely because he gives powerful monologues that make some of the most wretched ideas sound logical.

@johnr6087

Жыл бұрын

And it’s a testament to the humanity the Child possesses because, though he’s not a hero or protagonist in any real way, he still possesses enough room for mercy in his heart to reject the Judge’s attempt to turn him into a spiritual son figure. Even in a world of greed, mindless violence, and the eternal dance of the judge, the room for compassion and mercy in one boy’s heart still wasn’t fully extinguished.

@LacoSinfonia

Жыл бұрын

@@johnr6087 oh, it definitely got extinguished. Just ask that dude that had to pee

@gigangreg7837

Жыл бұрын

​@@GeminiPlatypus Cap

@sacharubinstein5305

Жыл бұрын

@@GeminiPlatypus this abominable fictional character who represents everything wrong about humanity personified is literally just like the political faction I don’t like fr

@followingtheroe1952

Жыл бұрын

This is foreshadowed by the Judges introduction and the persecution of the preacher. After they realize the Judge never met him, they all just laugh at what they just did. They were true sigmas lmao

Cormac McCarthy literally has a vocabulary so big I can only suspect he's secretly 250 years old

@concars1234

Жыл бұрын

He says he will never die

@ab3ki84hayate

Жыл бұрын

I have a sneaking suspicion McCarthy just reads a dictionary for 5 hours daily

@wrs6565

Жыл бұрын

"crozzled"

@Dwarkle

Жыл бұрын

​@@wrs6565Perfectly cromulent word there.

@mixhex7344

Жыл бұрын

​@@concars1234👀

Wendigoon putting this book on the spotlight was both a great and terrible action.

@billyalarie929

Жыл бұрын

This is an already overrated sentiment. It was just great. That’s it. More awareness is a good thing.

@itsaUSBline

Жыл бұрын

It was already an incredibly famous book. It's a book that's regularly taught in American Lit courses.

@THICCTHICCTHICC

Жыл бұрын

@@itsaUSBline yeah it's also considered to be one of the great writing achievements of the modern era. McCarthy has been revered for like 30 years now.

@MrTheevilmage

Жыл бұрын

I'm tempted to ask youtube to take it down just so more easily inpresionable idiots with no personality stop ruining the book...cause all honesty Wendigoon doesn't need the money and I can this is gonna make the internet more shit.

@AdamFunk

Жыл бұрын

...who and/or what

“The kid is LITERALLY me. I also sit around and abide vicious murders in exchange for money and shallow camaraderie.”

@breadg1818

10 ай бұрын

Pretty sure thats just a soldier 90% of the time

@allbirdsareedible

10 ай бұрын

@@breadg1818 The camaraderie is a bit deeper, but pretty much.

@naturesquad9174

10 ай бұрын

@@allbirdsareedible its real, but its still shallow. bloodstained Mules for the suits who make the real money, getting sold a gaudy, mercenary psychobabble to inhabit while they do someone else's dirty work.

@QwertyoUip

7 ай бұрын

Judge Holden is literally me 💀

@nicosd3017

3 ай бұрын

I am toadvine.

I was on a boat on the Mekong in Laos with my girlfriend (who was an American lit major) and some people we'd met in Thailand. The trip was supposed to take 12 hours, but ended up lasting 4 nights and the best part of 5 days. Whilst our rations dwindled to spicy cup noodles, some weird Thai Pringles rip off, an unholy number of nasty Vietnamese cigarettes, increasingly warm Beerlao, and a couple of bottles of scotch, we passed the time playing cards, staring into the passing jungle, and taking turns reading my girlfriend's dog-eared copy of Blood Meridian. Mass-delirium brought on by sleep deprivation, hunger, and, let's face it, a constant state of mild intoxication, really amplified the effects of the book on a bunch of pretentious 20-something Arts students far from home. At some point it started to feel like we were traveling towards some Colonel Kurtz-type encounter with the Judge.

@elguerotapatio9258

Жыл бұрын

Wtf were y'all doing travelling the mekong outta curiosity lol

@ambatuBUHSURK

Жыл бұрын

@@elguerotapatio9258 tourism is huge in Laos and is a significant portion of their economy. The Mekong river is significant ecological spot that supports two entire nations.

@omarnsimpson908

Жыл бұрын

Man the new season of Black Lagoon sounds fucking wild

@BreezyStreamy

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that is such a unique way to have read BMed and just really etched itself in your mind. I am envious!

@ArabicNameGuy

Жыл бұрын

so when did you propose?

Yeah, that's pretty accurate. I read Blood Meridian for the first time when I was like 11 and my mom asked me how my day at school was and I was like "my origins are remote as is my destiny and not again in all the world's turning will there be terrains so wild and barbarous as to test whether the stuff of creation may be shaped to man's will or whether my own heart is not another kind of clay."

@JDoe-gf5oz

Жыл бұрын

Book sounds incredibly obnoxious.

@jeremyhopkins577

Жыл бұрын

@@JDoe-gf5oz It's pretty great. Believe the hype. Nothing comes even close to its level of being Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy.

@JDoe-gf5oz

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyhopkins577 So The Counselor is his best work?

@brynleyjones2674

Жыл бұрын

11 is way too young to read blood meridian lol

@ambatuBUHSURK

Жыл бұрын

@@JDoe-gf5oz anything just a little dense idiots : obnoxious!!!

All jokes aside, he was one hell of an author. RIP CMcC

@Mortablunt

10 ай бұрын

Just an edgelord with a thesaurus.

@jacknagel9387

10 ай бұрын

@@Mortablunt Say what you will, "The Road" is still my favorite book of all times and I always look to it when things seem bleak.

@Seyanoo

10 ай бұрын

@@MortabluntI’m sorry I spat my drink when I read your comment, I love McCarthy books but the way you define him is actually how I would describe him LOL.

@Mortablunt

10 ай бұрын

@@Seyanoo Amusing as I'm not a fan. Though if we can have the same read despite opposite opinions, I'll give him another go.

@ravendeafening192

9 ай бұрын

@@Mortablunt I don't think he's an edgelord I just think all these new Wendigoon viewers are just tainting McCarthy's original message.

I really don’t want to live in a world where people have decided to make Judge Holden their whole personality.

@robozinn5405

Жыл бұрын

👳💥

@ShinseiX

Жыл бұрын

I don't know who Judge Holden is but if he is like the guy in the video than he is cool

@lostonegrey1555

Жыл бұрын

@@ShinseiX Oh your in for a treat

@underplague6344

Жыл бұрын

​@@ShinseiXhe's cool as hell, mainly because all of his other traits are also from there

@rhx8902

Жыл бұрын

If people start making Judge their personality I would hide the children.

Only the True Great American novel can cure him, so give him Green Eggs and Ham.

Some characters in books, movies, games, and other forms of media are just not meant to be impersonated by the people. They are meant to be a warning, a terrible display of how not to be a human. Coincidentally, these characters are often the favorites of the internet.

@thenablade858

Жыл бұрын

This is because the internet media comprehension is pretty bad. Also, you got to blame Hollywood a little for making villainous protagonists like Humbert Humbert more ‘likable’ for the audience.

@raiden_187

Жыл бұрын

Well that's the thing people like absurd characters they find them fun. Villains like joker, Johan, Darth Vader. U guys looks too deeply into this, it really isn't.

@bigoj7917

11 ай бұрын

@@raiden_187absurd characters like Joker and Darth Vader are fine. It’s when people start idolizing realistic evil people that the problems arise.

@randomnerd3402

10 ай бұрын

​@@bigoj7917*cough cough* Patrick Bateman *cough cough* This is mainly due to the "Literally Me" crowd not reading the book

@bluemagician9724

10 ай бұрын

​@@thenablade858No, just because people have a rebellious idolization for a character doesn't mean they don't understand that they're supposed to be bad. Sometimes just the awe of how horrifying someone is can sort of hypnotize people into a shocked sort of reverence, alongside people seeing basic similarities between individual parts of themselves and individual parts of the character. But regardless, it doesn't mean they don't understand the character's place, in fact you honestly shouldn't use condescension as a first resort against people you disagree with

Judge Halden's good traits: Good at everything he proposes, knows many languages, a wealth of scientific knowledge, good fiddle player and excellent ranger (which makes him even more terrifying). Judge Halden's bad traits: - Literally his entire personality and everything else.

@angkhoa1216

10 ай бұрын

Man im sure love Judge Holden long lost brother, Judge “Halden”

@whiteevropean

10 ай бұрын

whats a rangee

@bencarlson4300

8 ай бұрын

He’s the worst possible combination of extreme competence and malevolent intentions. He wants to do harm and easily has the capability to do so.

@jacobydove8213

7 ай бұрын

​@@bencarlson4300 best description I've ever seen to describe what makes Holden so terrifying

@sabersin7694

6 ай бұрын

@@angkhoa1216Judge Holden DEEZ NUTZ!

I haven't read the book in awhile, but basically I remember two things: - Vistas are described in 10,000 different ways that make you look at them fresh every time, that make them somehow both awe-inspiring and a reminder that you like the hares and the lizards will one day molder and in your putrefaction leave no trace upon this world to the utter disregard of any divine eye that may have once turned Its sights unto this blighted and dreary universe. - Scalping a thousand people in order from least sympathetic to most sympathetic.

@daviec1816

Жыл бұрын

Is that what happened in the outhouse?

@tincanmaniac1931

Жыл бұрын

The judge, too. Pretty impressionable. Dancing naked and all.

@Kevinakletva

Жыл бұрын

read "Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidović if you liked Blood Meridian. Also send me examples of samelike books

@PrettyH8Mach1n3

Жыл бұрын

Spoiler warnings. Least sympathetic to most sympathetic? Seems like almost everyone being scalped is far more sympathetic when compared to the gang or the filibusters. Do you mean people who we would expect to be most relatable or sympathetic to gang as a whole? If in reference to the latter, I did notice people saying the events show how ready thie gang members just become more more sociopathic and only about themselves as individuals. They'll refer to how the gang started with dehumanized natives, moved on to Mexicans and then to their own injured comrades, and other white Americans, but I think it's a bit of an oversimplification. They were always hints that this is just the way they were as men who seemed chained to this personification of violence and social Darwinism.

@cam4636

9 ай бұрын

@@PrettyH8Mach1n3 I mean, about 50% of the way through they take the time to single out a toddler, make everyone coo over how cute the baby is, then scalp him too. So I wouldn't say it's a direct, linear approach to "least to most sympathetic"

actual footage of me 5 seconds after i finished Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian for the first time

My high school English teacher somehow finangled this book into our curriculum and the farther I get away from that experience the more shocked I am that he was able to do it in the first place.

@bear5945

Жыл бұрын

Haha what a legend, how the school board let that past is a miracle

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

He could be executed for that in Florida now.

@wrs6565

Жыл бұрын

Your high school English teacher is a fucking genius, and one of the greatest fucking men who ever fucking lived.

@PattyWinters123

Жыл бұрын

​@Kelly Moses Blood Meridian isn't propaganda from the alphabet sex cult though.

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

@@PattyWinters123 As compared to Jesus cultists who engage in ritualistic cannibalism and consider it to be holy?

This also summarised Daniel Day-Lewis's acting career.

@dancegregorydance6933

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of Daniel Day-Lewis as the Judge. He could of definitely done it

@alpharoo2581

Жыл бұрын

Rust from true detective type moment

@Robb1977

Жыл бұрын

​@Dance Gregory Dance i dont know... i love Lewis' work, but im not sure he could have been the judge. A great bill cutting, a great lincoln... a great oil baron even... but the judge? I dont think anyone can play the judge. I think hes too... literary a character to be brought to life on screen. I get why this boom was/should never be a film. Its written too visually, too emotionally... too interpretively. You get to choose if the judge truly revels in his words with zeal and emotion, or if he speaks them with cold calculating logic... or if he changes it up, you pick when. To give an actor that task would be too much, because it would yield too little.

One man is clean cut with a hawaiian shirt and 5 hour video Another looks like a McCarthy character and has a 56 second long video Both remarkable The world is complete

@g.sergiusfidenas6650

Жыл бұрын

To be fair IIRC Wendigoon's look in that video was more like Scarface or GTA Vice City-like.

@EdWard-ie5wn

11 ай бұрын

One man looks like a Puerto Rican ftm transexual Elvis impersonator with lip filler

The viewers filed in out of the dusty stillness of the warm evening to watch the man carry his thing, like wayward supplicants prostrating themselves before the altar of some familiar yet distant deity. The man's words simultaneously offered comfort and estrangement. The bitter fruits of an unknowable lecturer.

"Whatever exists in creation without my knowledge exists without my consent."

@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y

Жыл бұрын

Did anyone reply ''OK, boomer'' ?

@shagarumedic

Жыл бұрын

Then Candice exists without your consent

@Kevinakletva

Жыл бұрын

read "Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidović if you liked Blood Meridian. Also send me examples of samelike books

This has been on my bookshelf for years. It seems so daunting.

@Fivetimesthree

Жыл бұрын

Read it but don’t read it during a low point in your life.

@wellesradio

Жыл бұрын

Why does it seem so daunting? I remember at 18, being a high school dropout, working a dead end job and trying to read Ulysses and it took me a year. Oddly, I didn’t see it as daunting at all. But 20 years later despite being more knowledgeable I wonder at my mental stamina at the time and the foresight to l read multiple companion pieces alongside the novel. Is Blood Meridian anything like that?

@YodasPapa

Жыл бұрын

Honestly dude it's not difficult to read, it's just relentlessly dark and violent. But it's also just very fun and the writing pulls you along because it's so good. You'll come across english and spanish that you don't understand but the gist and the tone is always apparent.

@bronzeandsteel3344

Жыл бұрын

It's just hard because of the lack of attribution. It's not too difficult

@MilesWilliams88

Жыл бұрын

Read it.

I got stranded once while camping due to an flash flood caused by unexpected torrential rain. I was there for 11 days longer than I meant to be. I had only Blood Meridian to read as someone had told me it was the kind of rollicking Western I liked to read whilst camping. They lied. Over and over I read it. I don’t think I was very well when I finally got home.

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

That is hilarious.

Nice to see Wendigoon making an impact.

@user-fy6kr7yr9c

Жыл бұрын

Wasnt the book already famous before Wendigoon? Its the most acclaimed novel from one of the most revered contemporary American writers.

@henrychitham3172

Жыл бұрын

@@user-fy6kr7yr9c yeah but I didn't see people talking about it outside of literary circles.

@infinite-ichthyologist

Жыл бұрын

​@@henrychitham3172man carrying thing is *definitely* part of literary circles but I get what you mean

@henrychitham3172

Жыл бұрын

@@infinite-ichthyologist fair point, I forget he started with literature stuff and not the skits since that's how I "met" him.

@user-fy6kr7yr9c

Жыл бұрын

@@henrychitham3172 Fair enough.

Standing hours talking about Blood Meridian... that's Wendigoon

I saw this thumbnail and I was like "At least I'm not the only who became a tad obsessed after watching Wendi's video".

@Qertii

Жыл бұрын

Please don’t call him that

@hubudubebububububeubub

Жыл бұрын

He read it before that. it already was in one of his favorite book video's.

@LegoDude3258

Жыл бұрын

@@hubudubebububububeubub Yeah but the sketch about poking fun at the people who were obsessed over it came out shortly after Wendigoon's video did.

this video is nice and all, but it doesn’t distract from the horrors of our existence nor the tendrils of the night’s infinite dark

This is me (I haven't even touched a book in my life)

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pXlllM2mYKXcgrQ.html

"If WAR is not holy, man is NOTHING but antique clay!" Guy behind the counter: "Sir, this is a Wendy's, may i take your order?"

@govnopochta69

11 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@kykise1395

5 ай бұрын

Who orders inside tho

@pickleneck526

5 ай бұрын

​@@kykise1395My Dad. He also told the the store clerk that he spoke in the desert for him and that he was a witness against himself. My Dad smiled, his face shining with grease. After being urged to put up an order for the final time, or leave the premises, he replied: "Ah clerk, what could i ask of you that you not already given."

This is completely different to what would happen if you read blood meridian twice, in which case he would have been completely fine.

@screwyourhandle

Жыл бұрын

I'm assuming you have to read it backward the second time in order to successfully break the curse

Okay but this was genuinely and unironically me after reading Blood Meridian for the first time, but instead of with my personality it was with my writing style and if I'm being honest I haven't fully outgrown it and I still use commas like they need to be rationed.

@VixxKong2

Жыл бұрын

I literally couldn't read that book for long because I was getting out of breath after a few lines.

@mclovin7969

Жыл бұрын

@@VixxKong2 me to I had to give up after the 15th “AND” in one sentence 😅. Was near the end though so there’s that will have to do a finish read on it at some point though.

@sacharubinstein5305

Жыл бұрын

@@VixxKong2 literally why I didn’t read it but rather listened to an audiobook. Good thing I was already familiar with this aspect of McCarthy

@VixxKong2

Жыл бұрын

@Nathan Reade I think he turned it into his own style to distinguish himself from others.

@buddygettingnutty8351

Жыл бұрын

@Nathan Reade He wrote it the way he does to mimick how people actually speak, you may think you speak like a normal book, but in reality you actually don't, you just don't realize it.

"Twitter is weird" Best solution to deal with Twitter : dont use it at all, save your sanity

If it ever gets adapted, get Robert Eggers to do it. That's all.

@accipitrid

6 ай бұрын

it’s funny seeing someone else say this because as i’ve been reading the book and especially in reading the infamous dancing and “he says he will never die” bit i totally envisioned an eggerian shot of the judge dancing in the dark accompanied with a low orchestral drone as the only source of sound

I'll be honest, there was the briefest moment where I actually bought into the 'war is god' monologue. I thought, 'y'know that makes sense'. Then I started living in reality again.

@FlowerInTheMachine

Жыл бұрын

I mean. It kind of is from a historical perspective, or maybe more accurately in its sheer cruel profitability and the way it forces technological progress. However this is something humanity should strive to overcome. 😅😅😅

@demaistre2458

Жыл бұрын

But it's not wrong in a metaphysical sense. Of course If you think that the fundamental conflict of existence is the problem of difference and duality, the issue that's been in play since creation. War is man's way of manifesting that conflict in our own way. It's our way, in a fucked up irony, of reaching towards the divine...almost in the same way art does...but for completely different reasons

@_Ciaran_Maher

Жыл бұрын

@@demaistre2458 So what you're saying is, it's ok for me to put the waistcoat and cowboy hat back on

@demaistre2458

Жыл бұрын

@Ciaran Maher Bro, it's always been ok! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise... Just, you know, don't randomly go around scalping people

@Kevinakletva

Жыл бұрын

read "Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidović if you liked Blood Meridian. Also send me examples of samelike books

isn't it a joy when a book sparks such enthusiasm in you?

Honestly after the 5 hour video essay I want to read it too

I loved when Man mentionned himself by saying "Man and War"

Your videos actually never miss it’s insane. I read Blood Meridian in January and didn’t think your channel could get any more relatable😂

“Anything that exists in this world without my knowledge does so without my consent!” Yeah…I just finished Blood Meridian…after letting it age on the bookshelf for fourteen years! Might as well say, “Whatever I haven’t read yet is still on my to-do list!”

A few folks in a writing class have been reccing this pretty hard. Rather than read the book, I think I'll send this to them for kicks.

@mycaleb8

Жыл бұрын

You should still read the book.

@ididgt4259

Жыл бұрын

You don't have to read the book.

@mycaleb8

Жыл бұрын

@@ididgt4259 No one has to read anything. He should though.

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

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He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

No joke though Cormacs works helped me get through my writers block after reading some of his books, gave me confidence towards my writing style and grappling heavy subjects or events in human history.

@Badficwriter

9 ай бұрын

"This is TERRIBLE. I can do better." Spite is great impetus.

@serdownofhousebad1127

4 ай бұрын

​@@Badficwriter I'm not entirely sure what you're referring to

So true Mr. Carrying , couldn't have said it better myself, especially because I definitely know what this is referencing

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

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me after reading animorphs

Proceeds to see the Judge in every bald man

Seen this around a year ago and ordered Blood Meridian straight after it. I can confirm this is what happens as soon as you close the final page of this masterpiece ...

Tried reading it last year and had to stop. Not because of how harrowing it was or how violent. I’m just a fucking idiot who got a quarter way through and realised I wasn’t even paying attention. Will get back to it once I start reading again.

Really like how the man went all in with the props for this character even the teeth is on point

I actually thought this was a Wendigoon video lmao

Never forget that Cormac McCarthy did LSD while it was still legal in the early to mid-60's and then wrote a dozen books about incest, rape, pedophilia, murder and living in a Godless universe where the only certainty is death, so never forget that there's always drugs if you're looking for inspiration!

I hope he saw this at least once before passing.

@vangoghsear8657

11 ай бұрын

I hope not...

I heard Ridley Scott had an interest in adapting this book into a movie. I didn't know Wendigoon covered it, I'll have to look up that video.

@ManCarryingThing

Жыл бұрын

its good

@davidcatlett4052

Жыл бұрын

@@ManCarryingThing Enough of a review for me. I will make it the next book I pick up and get through it (actually haven't finished a book in years). The disturbing elements intrigue me as a fan of horror. I did read The Road at least (same author). Thanks again!

@MrEgofreak

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcatlett4052 The Road was awesome! Took me a while to get used to the odd writing style, but once I did, it was a damn good read!

@uberfeel

Жыл бұрын

Hot take: I hope nobody makes a movie/series out of this book. The book is beautifully written and the scene's are very detailed as if you are reading and watching a movie in your head. Also not to mention this book is filled with very brutal scenes and racial slurs so if the book ever gets adapted to a movie then we all know the movie will be a watered down version of the book.

@MrEgofreak

Жыл бұрын

@@uberfeel Movies always are. One thing I've learned, if you'll pardon me, from being a cinephile and a bibliophile (though sadly I've seen numerous more movies then I've read books) is that movies are summaries intended to get you interested in the source material. Very few movies (comparatively) are made out of original ideas and most are adapted from much longer source material. But hey, they are almost a quality of their own! Take, for example, The Lord of The Rings. The movie trilogy fails to capture the original ethos of the book for most people (myself included), but as far as being faithful to the source material and to get people inspired to delve into Tolkien's world, I dare you to find a cinematic adaptation with more impact. As I read once, "They are masterpieces in their own right."

This channel gives me constantly new ideas how to be unwillingly annoying for my friends.

This is why you should never read books. Also Blood Meridian doesn’t have symbolism, Judge Holden is like that because the author thought it would be cool.

@tito420

Жыл бұрын

This is actually my school of literary theory

Dude, you posted video EXACTLY in the moment when I was reading the final pages of this novel!! What the hell!?

Just finished this book and confirm the accuracy of this video. Currently smoking outside acting just like this.

It's on my list of things to read, so I'm eagerly awaiting this now. Thanks for the look into my future, Man Carrying Thing!

Finished it today, can confirm. Rest easy Cormac

I’m so glad this book is coming back in popularity.

As someone who has literally never heard of blood meridian I can say this is accurate.

@Qertii

Жыл бұрын

1985 novel by Cormac McCarthy

@ExtraQuestionableContent

Жыл бұрын

​@@Qertii Corman

@Qertii

Жыл бұрын

@@ExtraQuestionableContent My bad, fixed

@Kevinakletva

Жыл бұрын

read "Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidović if you liked Blood Meridian. Also send me examples of samelike books

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

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My favourite part of the book was when the Judge said "its judging time" then judged everywhere

This might actually just be my favourite video ever 😂

This is like watching Starship Troopers and wanting to join the fleet.

I'm about to read Blood Meridian, and im fully prepared to completely embrace the toxic cowboy personality to everyone else's detriment

This video made me look up for every of McCarthy's books, and finally moved me to read some more books. Thank you so much

This video was funny because it really reminds quite a bit cormac's writing and the acting is very good and i like how you acted two different characters and it was just the right length for the video not stretch to much and more than enough to not be considered too short and it was a good experience and it was fun and i liked it and the kid liked it and the judge made explosives out of piss

Reading that book was like carrying a Horcrux. Important work to do but I think it made me a worse person to be around.

this is why we need to gatekeep reading now i have to find a new favorite book

''if something exists without my knowledge, it's actually because I'm a fucking moron''

It's good to knwo im not alone and support groups are forming locally. Thank you for helping to spread the awareness.

Okay you don't have to call me out like this.

I haven't read this book but I am sure this is a very funny skit! Well done Man Carrying Thing you've done it again!

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

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For me, War is not an Answer but a Question and the Answer is YES

"[...] And if the dried and blackened shell of him is found among sands by travelers to come yet who can discover the engine of his ruin?"

Books: not even once.

One of the few endings to a book that made me feel exhausted. Like, I just had to take a breath after reading it.

@smurfsmurf4502

Жыл бұрын

literally just went oh no, why is it ending on a bathroom visit?? FUCKKKKKKKK FUCK.

@pickleneck526

Жыл бұрын

@@smurfsmurf4502 the judge just wants a hug bro.

@bit_sean8001

10 ай бұрын

he says that he will never die

Great performance 😂 I love the editing 👍

I’ll base my personality around his other famous book: the road. I’m gonna sit around and cry all day.

Before man carrying things was, youtube skits waited for him, the ultimate meme format awaiting its ultimate creator

I read this book like 2 years ago and loved it but I would be lying to say I understood it all the first round. I plan to read it again eventually. This book actually made me want to read more though.

@bear5945

Жыл бұрын

Check out child of God

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

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i just finished "no country for old men" and bought "the road" from mccharthy thx to ur recommendations thank you so much

@ManCarryingThing

Жыл бұрын

the road is amazing

@beddypk2778

Жыл бұрын

@@ManCarryingThing yes your review really pushed me forward to that book the plot and the world sounds so immersive thank you so much once again love you man

@kellymoses8566

Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed Blood Meridian more than The Road but The Road affected me more.

Imagine judge holden literally me edits when/if they make a movie 💀

and the two halves of man carrying thing have been married in the most beautiful fashion. combining literary insight with goofy shorts. and god smiled upon us this day

"War is God!" "Yeah, whatever you say, buddy."

Blood meridian is my favorite novel of all time. Perfect video

Finished blood meridian yesterday, can't say I enjoyed it as much as I thought I would. Love the timing of this video though

I've got half a mind to go scalphunting, but there's no one around worth scalping.

I've been meaning to read it; but I feel like this is gonna be me.

The man carried the thing like an acolyte upon some task of heathen means trudging through the ash of the smitten dawn with its apocalyptic glare and on his penance he spied cadavers slithering within the murk aside the road and he carried the thing towards the steeple of the church and the sky hung close around it, the cosmos watching as the man carried the thing.

LMAO I finished Blood Meridian a few months ago, thanks for the cautionary tale