This is also not a cactus: www.patreon.com/rareearth

@HercadosP

5 жыл бұрын

Are you a cactus?

@gnothseed8135

5 жыл бұрын

You look lovely together! This channel is great i love it!!

@isaiahwolftail867

5 жыл бұрын

^this is not a cactus

@toytrain2355

5 жыл бұрын

So is it a cacti? Unsubscribed from this nonsense..

@oddish2253

5 жыл бұрын

Europe: Imperialism Try it Japan: Sure Europe: Did you like it? Japan: Nope China: Lemme Try

I like how she just sits there quietly looking smug about the whole situation.

@SecretSquirrelProduc

5 жыл бұрын

the most polite shit eating grin i have ever seen

@GuntherRommel

5 жыл бұрын

Hungarian-Canadian. So she's got the smug from the Magyar, and the polite from Canada. Victory of Canada's rich tapestry.

@petebrian2841

5 жыл бұрын

Of course she does, she was right.

@jimsomers8915

5 жыл бұрын

she totally looks at his crotch every three second

@Doom2pro

5 жыл бұрын

She was f-ing him with her eyes IMO, even had a few junk gazes here and there.

Somewhere in Japan, there's a guy that hopped everyone forgot about the floor licking incident and hates this video.

@marmac83

5 жыл бұрын

Anyone who has been to Japan knows that "Kazuki" is such a common name that it's unlikely anyone would ever figure out who he truly was.

@echalone

5 жыл бұрын

All hail Kazuki the floor licker!

@sebastianodiraviolo499

5 жыл бұрын

@@marmac83 no because you forget that we have a hot lead. Just find out where he Served in the kindergarten, then find kazuke and follow the path

@arfarfarf256

5 жыл бұрын

He's one of the downvoters.

@Jaroneko

5 жыл бұрын

@@marmac83 But there's only one true Kazu-cheese.

Kazuki-san, are you watching this video?

@prantikchakraborty8052

5 жыл бұрын

Haha

@udontsayxxx8622

5 жыл бұрын

umm kazuki "kun".

@colormesarge

5 жыл бұрын

@@udontsayxxx8622 lol not anymore.

@dogchaser520

5 жыл бұрын

That's Kazuki様 to you.

this man just turned a story about not-a-cactus into a story about a boy that looked like a mouse and licked the floor to philosophical retrospect. wtf.

@matt2m

5 жыл бұрын

Yash Budhiraja I know it’s like an acid trip lol love his mind

@falconJB

5 жыл бұрын

@@matt2m Read the comment thread about how he started teaching in Japan, it gets stranger.

@saltservice4024

5 жыл бұрын

I know right, lets pull up a chair, fetch grandpa his slippers & pipe and listen to how it was back in the 'good ol days' when Japanese toddlers licked floors and that cactus grandpa always thought was a cactus, turned out not to be a cactus. A sort-of interesting 5 mins tbh lol.

@BabakoSen

5 жыл бұрын

Very Zen, right?

@cmw3737

5 жыл бұрын

It's one of the most lighthearted, subtle but deep observations I've been hit by for a while. We sometimes infer so much, get so arrogant in our assumptions and defend them so much before we are willing to stop and actually ask the easy question of 'let me just see for myself if I'm right about this'.

"Eventually, there comes a time when you stop liking floors and just start imagining what they taste like" -Evan, Rare Earth

@user-tr8kr1jd2o

4 жыл бұрын

That time has yet to come for me

I would like it if one day you talked about your life...I mean how does a 17 year old decide to go teach in japan ?

@julienbelair6524

5 жыл бұрын

And how were you qualifier? Im getting a whole ass degree to teach kindergarten.

@HackSawSees

5 жыл бұрын

Be the son of someone who would make such decisions, like an astronaut?

@RareEarthSeries

5 жыл бұрын

My friend Dave was visiting the Russian military compound I grew up in, and one night when we were drunk I said I wanted to go to Japan and he laughed at me so to spite him I moved to Okinawa to teach for and eventually fail to stop an American pedophile cram school owner. It's a long story, but those are the core elements.

@CeoLogJM

5 жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries ah yes, the average "I failed to stop a pedophile while teaching 6 year-olds in Japan at the age of 17", who hasn't had that experience, really?

@phillipmaciejewski9872

5 жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries Wow, that's pretty nuts! Sounds like a hell of an adventure

​ Rare Earth You sir, are a ridiculously interesting person. -son of an astronaut -taught kids in japan at 17 -has a successful youtube channel -constantly travels around the world

@gaetaboss_mattj3047

5 жыл бұрын

@@CM-oy2kd what

@BrandonNolet

5 жыл бұрын

- lost a bet to his wife

@shubhamsonawane5716

5 жыл бұрын

One of best storytellers on youtube

@mimis.4093

4 жыл бұрын

He has the Best Woman Ever! Not once in camera did she say "I told you so!" you're a Good man! ❤

The look on your wife's face is the perfect mix of "I TOLD you I was right!" And "I love this guy so much."

@Destrothjaan

5 жыл бұрын

100/10 Best comment ever! Love this

@Ginsoakedboy21

4 жыл бұрын

Combined with "Why am I here"

Well actually I liked how you made a "lose a bet with my wife" video into something worth thinking about. Nice work, as usual.

Evan, my dude, I love ya, but these arrows you've got pointing at the descriptive words and not the object the word refers to... they're killin me.

@RareEarthSeries

5 жыл бұрын

Those arrows are the foundation this entire series is built on.

@kkfoto

5 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't be Rare Earth without the backward arrows.

@marmac83

5 жыл бұрын

This is very meta. In fact the words draw their meanings from the objects, so it makes perfect sense that the arrows point from the objects to the words.

@harriehausenman8623

5 жыл бұрын

Pleeeease make up your mind about the direction of the arrows.

@crywhit4619

5 жыл бұрын

And I bet you are the type of person to hotly debate the unified universal direction one must apply the toilet paper roll to its roller.🙄

"This is not a cactus." *Screams in Arizonan*

taking words out of context " i licked the floor and it tasted like cactus"

@edwardnigma9756

5 жыл бұрын

I licked the floor and it tasted like something that is not a cactus

@jewiesnew3786

5 жыл бұрын

Only an AI would probably say that.

Me: This is a silly video idea. Evan: I lost a bet to my wife. Me: Oh that makes perfect sense then. Go on.

Imagine this guy telling you bedtime stories... I wish I had a dad like that

@GuntherRommel

5 жыл бұрын

And they apparently don't have any kids.. Yet. I hope they do.

@IvanNOFX

5 жыл бұрын

It's never too late to get a good father!

@merdab8

5 жыл бұрын

Actually this guy has the coolest dad ever. His father is the astronaut that sang Space Oddity. ...IN SPACE. I'm pretty sure Evan wins. If you can win that sort of thing.

@mrnice4434

5 жыл бұрын

@@merdab8 I mean born in Canada is already a 9/10 best place to be born at but them having a astronaut dad that's like 9.81/10

@wasd3108

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrnice4434 pretty sure having an astronaut dad is not much of having one at times, u dont have a brain the way u use it

A man losing an argument with his wife is *NOT* "Rare Earth". It's as common as dirt.

@jkbecker

5 жыл бұрын

A man turning it into a really good video about something you probably didn't know, however, is.

@rebelliousnature4795

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah..... even if you are right...

@SG-qh4jz

4 жыл бұрын

Bryan Schmidt 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@richardbarry04553

4 жыл бұрын

It’s just what you do

It was big of you to feature her sitting there elegantly, silently, gloating. Yep. We could here the whisper, "I told you so." Good one.

"And I'm making this video because I lost a bet to my wife about whether or not this was a cactus" *_SMASHES_* that like button.

@js4540

5 жыл бұрын

No it tastes like my wife's ass he said

As someone very into Succulents/Cactus, I also knew it wasn't a cactus :) I have one on my windowsill in the UK! A cactus is a succulent but a succulent is not a cactus. I watch all your videos, thank you for making them :)

Your wife's soo cool!

No one: Not one single soul: Random nature dude:THIS IS NOT A CACTUS

The look on Kata's face was priceless. Great job guys, you rock!

I learned a long time ago never to make a bet with my wife - I ALWAYS end up doing the dishes.

@js4540

5 жыл бұрын

Yep even if you were right you never are....

It looks like a cactus and I'm not gonna hurt its feelings so I'm gonna call it a cactus.

Tbh,the story about kazucheese is better than entire video 😆😆

Imagine her life if he always talks like this

Been watching Rare Earth videos for a while and always enjoy the different take on things that people seldom notice, but this video, man... you're one hell-of-a story teller! Love it!

The most thuroughly delivered apology *not* at gun point, but by the ever present threat of marital judgement😂

the video is very good. The description hilarious!!! pls don't stop making these videos!!!

I learned from safariLIVE a while ago, Africa doesn’t really have cactus. I was surprised, and disappointed. But I learned.

This is one of my favorite channels on KZread, I love how every story is presented in such an interesting way, I mean I just watched the single most interesting video about (not a cactus) I have ever seen.

You just randomly came up on my recommended, I haven’t watched the video yet but I will subscribe and like. I hope your future videos will be amazing enough to keep me subbed!

Love the blatant honesty. Humility is a wonderful thing. I need more of it.

Guy 1:So the moral of the story is that I should lick the floor or be bested by my wife Rare earth: no dont lic- Guy 1:If you say so Proceeds to lick the entire airport floor

"This is not a cactus" That's just what the plant wants you to think!

@beyblademan1234567

5 жыл бұрын

Justin Y. This guy

I've seen a few of your videos, but its this one that has earned my subscription and bell ring.

Humble pie, the most distasteful yet illuminating of all the pies. :)

@chadatchison145

5 жыл бұрын

@MsBizzyGurl Haha! very true. :)

I love this, I watch all your vids and it's nice to see you have a bit of fun!

“Your best video.” signed, Mr. Cactus 🌵

This cactus bamboozled us all

I love how you can do a video about not a cactus and the narrative is so interesting.

I appreciate the visual aid of 'cactus' and 'not cactus'. One day, I will also be able to watch smugly as my SO has to make a video about not-cacti.

Wow Evan. There is a serious level of existentialism and the warping done expectations in this video. I'm glad I had my morning coffee before clicking on this one. Cheers and bottoms up.

Love the channel! Keep it up!

Thank You for Your Video. Informative, Entertaining, and at times Funny.

This really inspired me a lot. Thank you so much. 😇

awesome video, love the fitting words at the end.

I will just leave this

I'm really glad you made this video.

Woooo I never been so early! Love you guys' videos!! Keep the good work 👍

For some reason this is one of my favorites, beautifully told.

That was awesome. Absolutely loved this episode. Wise kid.

This is not a cactus but you guys are awesome and I enjoy every bit of your content.

In my primary school, from pre-kindergarten through grade 8 we were expected to keep the space under and around our desks clean.

Story telling at its best! Loved it

This episode was awesome! I love those personal story-driven anecdotal ones

Imagine getting a captcha where you have to select all the images with cacti on them.

Finally someone puts into words why I licked that subway pole in 2016

I totally want to lick the floor here rn. Cuz i never have! I can't believe I'm seriously debating this with myself. Damn you Evan!

@videogamebomer

5 жыл бұрын

Do it

Love this new video. Keep it up!

I love the drone videography in your videos.

Wow, I can't tell you how profound your cactus analogy is. It just blew my mind when I think about it.

Euphorbia esula: another plant in the euphorbiaceae family, commonly known as "leafy spurge." The spurge, indeed, comes from its laxative properties. It's invasive where I live and a huge problem in the rangelands, but since I'm in a city I get to enjoy its interesting flowers and milky sap. Sure it spreads quickly but it's also easy enough to pull out along with being a short-lived perennial so it isn't a problem for our 100% pesticide, herbicide and added fertilizer organic garden that it borders!

You both look great, hope you're feeling that way too!

Another case of convergent evolution with cacti. Cactus vs ephedra.

I unironically think this is one of the best videos you've ever made.

SO to me - "What stupid thing are you watching now?" me - "A video about how a husband was wrong and his wife was right?" *SO smirking intensifies*

Kata looks very regal on that balcony.

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

5 жыл бұрын

Very regal in her rightness. Lol

Another incredible content. Rare earth

Wait until you've been married almost 40 years as I've been. Nothing changes! LOL!

I think all little kids should be taught to clean their own spaces as soon as they enter school

This video is great and you two are great

I was expecting him to say "This is not a cactus, this is Rare Earth."

Her subtle nod @ 4:46 when he admits he lost the debate is the best

Hahaha this is amazing! My wife gives me exactly the same face a few times a day. =)

I really love your videos. You voice and tone are perfect. You and your wife are perfect. Would love to see the two of you talking on camera one day.

The hotel you're at is right around where I live. Hope your stay here was great!

"I lost a bet..." Most inspiring phrase ever said on KZread ever.

A rare moment of humble pie.

I hope someday someone will look and listen to me with as much care and love as you wife does! Truly beautiful.

glad some evolutionary biology popped up in this channel :D

That is hands down the wiseist thing i have heard in some time. Bravo

Very interesting and simple video. Loved it. Inferrence is definitely something you do more when you're older. And I am blessed that I am still eager to learn new things every day. Also: あなたはすごいですと！

damn it, I’ve caught up with all of rare earth. now I have to wait for new episodes like a peasant

I had the same education from a former girlfriend while riding a train through Spanish countryside years ago...that is when I first heard the terms "euphorbs" and "convergent evolution"...I'm from New Mexico desert, it was a delight to see this and understand the process in biological terms

I spent two months living on a desert island off Eritrea. Aside from some scrubby grasses, euphorbia was the major plant life. Goats love to munch on it.

A plant that looks like cactus but not actually a cactus, losing bet with wife, licking floor, and some dude named Kazuki. Makes perfect sense.

Only Evan Hadfield can make a deep, interesting, philosophical and meaningful video about the fact that something isn’t a cactus.

Another great episode.

You have the best of both worlds. A father who takes you to the stars and a wife who brings you back to earth. A rare earth.

This is what a loveletter looks like... I'm so happy for you and your wife! :)

The look she gives you at 4:44, so much fun. I love it.

I came here to comment about that look Kata was giving you but everyone already did that. You are a one hell of a lucky man, Evan!

I saw a different type of them in Kenya. They grew so tall and had a trunk like a tree but leaves that looked like cactus.

The short videos are nice also to accompany the long ones

Kazuki needs to be on r/madlads

Her look was like the gun pointing at a radio operator being forced to send a message

That woman looks professionally stoic.

“this is not a cactus” me: *buckles seatbelt*

I would like to hear more about your time in Japan. Or about your life in general. It seems so interesting