"Yeah, no worries, I hate myself too." Best collab in the history of the universe, hands down.

@zuzanabartekova4823

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@daftpunkking909

2 жыл бұрын

Made me feel slightly sad hearing Tom Scott say that.

@hannahlistento100EAT

2 жыл бұрын

The best part ie they have the same name

@BigLord

2 жыл бұрын

When he actually appeared on-screen I genuinely lol'd and I haven't done that in a very long time. Thank you for that, Toms!

@ciclossickasssideshow

2 жыл бұрын

This made me laugh, too much.

I see Tom’s still trying his damndest to lose that sponsorship

@project-b5581

2 жыл бұрын

Yes…yes he does…and I love it

@andregon4366

2 жыл бұрын

He should become the Fireman, best way to get fired.

@StupidWeb

2 жыл бұрын

This one genuinely made me uncomfortable. Maybe it's just because I Watched this 5 minutes after waking up

@christopherminutolo9384

2 жыл бұрын

As long as he says the talking points, he's good

@tprofi452

2 жыл бұрын

But honestly it 100% makes me remember the name surfshark for quite a while, which is really all a sponsor could want. Also I just started laughing out loud while watching

I would 100% love a series where tom just rambles about the etymology of words with questionable origins and or unconfirmed sources

@sebastianandersson554

2 жыл бұрын

While of course continuously threatening to murder us if we try to leave

@yeethittter1285

2 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianandersson554 Serves em right, this is super interesting

@shogunsteele7553

Ай бұрын

Me too

There's something about the way Tom delivers lines to the audience like "You fucking idiot" with a completely deadpan expression that cracks me up every time!

At this point I’m watching the videos mostly for the surfshark vpn sketches.

@samcreed9951

2 жыл бұрын

me either

@x301strike8

2 жыл бұрын

Me to

@HyetalL

2 жыл бұрын

you watch tomska?

@rain1oy

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly Tomska's ads are the best marketing I've seen in ages.

@rain1oy

2 жыл бұрын

Also I just realized this is after the video of him talking about how they just go with anything which means someone saw that video and went "Ha ha No."

Man, Tom isn't pulling any punches with these SurfShark ad reads anymore

@_justincredible_

2 жыл бұрын

he made a video titled "surfshark please fire me" and you are suprised when he is doing stuff that could get him fired

@loophead1938

2 жыл бұрын

not without any arms he isn't

@swordforger3719

2 жыл бұрын

@@_justincredible_ I'm not surprised because it's Surfshark, I'm surprised because it's the darkest skit of his that I've ever seen

@mabeylane7163

2 жыл бұрын

@@swordforger3719 I think the kidnapping Surf Shark ad was a lot darker.

@lego007guym8

2 жыл бұрын

This is Internet Historian level

18:08 The etymology of the word "Gibberish" is actually really fun and interesting too! Romani/Gypsy people in the UK always faced prejudice and hatred, mainly because they looked different to everyone else and lived life differently. People had all sorts of stereotypes about them, one of them being that the language that they speak (Angloromani, often the only other language some English people would hear in their entire lives besides English) is pure nonsense. Since "jib" is Romani for "language"/"tongue", the Romani themselves often simply referred to their language as "Jib", which amongst the Brits came to be synonymous with "nonsense", i.e. "they're speaking jib" or "they're speaking Gibberish" meaning they're speaking nonsense. So yeah, this word that's completely innocent in the modern day and has no real synonym to its modern meaning is actually rooted in xenophobic racism! Etymology is fun

@Aerith-K-Ai

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, us Brits can be really horrible. We used to call them 'Irish travellers', and would leave signs on shop doors saying 'No dogs or Irish'... To this day Irish is another word synonymous with gibberish, despite being an accepted language spoken in Ireland that has nothing to do with gibberish

@CommanderFuckwit

2 жыл бұрын

Oh.

@rideorhitchhike3347

2 жыл бұрын

Based.

@RGC_animation

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was used because gibberish sounded like gibberish.

@Aerith-K-Ai

2 жыл бұрын

@@RGC_animation Yeah... no

I love Tomska and Tom Scott both. Having them in the same video was the high point of my night. It's been a boring night.

I love that you pronounced Tom Scott in such a way it sounded almost exactly like TomSka. Very funny.

@seanm9306

2 жыл бұрын

I want someone to edit it to just “I’m not TomSka”. Perhaps followed by the x files theme

@kantpredict

2 жыл бұрын

As soon as he said "I like etymology", I thought of Tom Scott.

@grahamb.s.637

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanm9306 no put the vsauce music in

@everyonegetselfears1444

2 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for a TomSka/ Tom Scott crossover for months.

@SteeZy644

2 жыл бұрын

@Gioacchino Sessa Tomskaat?

I fully expected this to be a 19 minute rickroll.

@mrmr7909

2 жыл бұрын

lmao same

@VeinyWombat

2 жыл бұрын

I expected the real April fools to be no Rickroll, but I was very unsure. A layered joke seemed like more his thing

@Your_everyday_Weirdo667

2 жыл бұрын

Don't give him ideas

"You know what I'm into right now? Etymology!" - Tom Thank you for for this. Part of my daily routine is looking up the etymology of interesting words. You're cool in my book

I finally learned the connection between Pogs and Poggers. Bonus Fact: I also didn't really understand what POG stood for meant even though I used to collect them.

I do really love that Tomska and Tom Scott have now technically collabed

@thatcrystal

2 жыл бұрын

They (technically, he was only there for like 30 seconds) already did in a Last Week

@catfish552

2 жыл бұрын

TomSka was in a Tom Scott video, look for the Lie-Detector Skeleton.

@michealdoyle5571

2 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott voiced the guy in "the perfect asdfmovie joke" too

@chrisjones5411

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatcrystal And during a Last Month for about 5 seconds too

@Cjnator38

Жыл бұрын

TomSka't

I genuinely don't know if this is gonna be a real video or not at this point. Today has been making me question everything but the theme is helping me have faith here

@AxxLAfriku

2 жыл бұрын

I am thinking about dropping out of school to focus on my career as a star on KZread. I already make a lot of money on KZread. School bores me so much. I need more opinions and since I don't have any friends, I gotta ask you, v

@tp4bunghole108

2 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku go off the grid dude they won’t find you

@zuzanabartekova4823

2 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku at least finish high school. If the KZread thing fails and you won't be able to find a job, you're toast

@turquo1s406

2 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku dont do it. looking at your content. DONT. DO IT. (joke.... mostly)

Etymology is cool and also completely bonkers - the word 'nimrod' supposedly only started meaning 'idiot' when Bugs Bunny called Elmer Fudd a Nimrod (after the biblical hunter) but no one got the joke. This was great, if you have more please do another one of these!!

11:10. Does anybody actually hate this song. Like, it slaps. The vibes are impeccable. The moves….Spicy. Like, whenever I get Rick rolled…I’ll just sit through it.

You know that feeling when someone you like is going off on a tangent telling you about this thing they really enjoy, and you're not super interested but you're happy to just sit there and listen because talking about it makes them so happy, and after a while you start to actually pay attention and realise it isn't as dull of a topic as you first thought? Yeah, that's this.

@RGC_animation

2 жыл бұрын

You can even say that's Poggers.

@sourwitch2340

2 жыл бұрын

I was caught the moment he said "etymology" but I guess people don't always hear the same words

I genuinely felt bad for Tom Scott getting shouted at even though I know it's a gag.

@WinderTP

2 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott is just too nice to be shouted at

@crimsonnin2

2 жыл бұрын

And then he said "It's okay, I hate myself too..."

@idontnotdothings2193

2 жыл бұрын

That part was more uncomfortable than any of the SurfShark ads, tbh

@metakarp_

2 жыл бұрын

I literally screamed "NOOOOO" at the whole interaction. I've never had a visceral reaction to a TomSka video that ended in me actually yelling out in despair D:

As a linguistics student and general word nerd, this is just… fantastic! This is the sort of over-enthusiastic info-dumping I do in conversations, often to unwitting, but eventually intrigued/bored audiences. The excited explanations of quirky etymology, the sporadic tangents, the constant, somewhat sarcastic reiteration of “isn’t language great?” This is the dorky, trivial BS that gets my brain whirring. My hyperfocus. Thank you Tom. Please do more. (Also, just collaborating with Tom Scott in general is great).

I was SOO expecting Tom to turn around on the trolling scene and go "actually, it is based on the folkloric creature, I was just trolling Elliot".

I was momentarily worried Surfshark had broken Tom, then the arms came off.

@StupidWeb

2 жыл бұрын

Right? Then I was just uncomfortable

@StupidWeb

2 жыл бұрын

But also still laughing

@elijahandethan2103

2 жыл бұрын

...it terrified me ..

I like how this testing of "The Surfshark's Lines in Advertising" is still goes on. I almost crapped my pants from that gore twist in the ad. Great job, Tomska! Keep it up! Break the Lines! Begine the mutiny!

@mrrandomperson3106

2 жыл бұрын

He's gone about as far as he'll ever be able to go so now he's settled down into typical Tomska. I love it.

@vladimirirkhin

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrrandomperson3106 coming full circle, baby!

Joke's on you for assuming none of us here are massive language/etymology/etc. nerds

I feel stupid now for having used "poggers" when it's so stupid and meaningless. I love that it was a drink at some point and that's where the actual Pogs come from. Nostalgic. You should look up the etymology on that word actually. I'm pretty sure nostalgia has a weird ass etymology, if I know it right. I think it's in relation to Homer's Odyssey.

I love that Tomska is still trying to get fired from Surfshark

@digzgwentplayer4159

2 жыл бұрын

Well, if enough people think that surf shark can ward off the coof because of this ad, then maybe, just maybe... they'll give Tom a raise. hehehe

Tom Scott has a Spidey-sense for someone getting computer terminology and word origins wrong?? _Oh, good lord, how much does it go off!?_ But seriously, that was really cool that you mentioned him at the beginning of the video and then he cameo'd later!

@thewingedporpoise

2 жыл бұрын

well, I think the implication is at the same time, so, a bit less than otherwise

We just love Tom creating an episode of Dont Hug Me Im Scared to advertise a product.

@ezekielmartin4323

17 күн бұрын

And then also being in an episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

13:56 ngl, i thought it was because it's a computer virus and when you're sick you say "i've got a bit of a bug" so it just worked, but your explanation sounds like something a human would do

I’m really glad I’m a patron honestly, I don’t use it’s privileges enough but I watched this today on the bus. Love you boys. Only a couple more hours left of my almost 12 hour journey woooo

@quinnost5974

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, that’s a long-ass journey. Hope the rest of your trip goes smoothly :))

@HakainoMegami

2 жыл бұрын

Safe travels!

@yuvalw7543

2 жыл бұрын

Where are you going to and from??

@fabiopisati5637

2 жыл бұрын

@@yuvalw7543 stan

@tootlingturtle7254

2 жыл бұрын

This is KZread, not patreon :)

This video is so damn good. It’s like school presentation where you’re reading off key points on a note card while winging the rest of the presentation but it’s actually good and funny.

As a Monty Python fan, it brings me great joy to know that they were the origin of one of the modern uses for the word “spam”. Also makes me a little peeved, but eh.

@AverageSeaCucumber

Жыл бұрын

You do know that this was made on April First, right?

@comixproductions4792

Жыл бұрын

It is the origin of the spam term tho

1:09 when he said 'I'm not Tom Scott', I thought he said 'I'm not TomSka'

I actually find etymology really cool! I recently wanted to know the etymology of mortgage, since I knew mort means death in French. ...well apparently mortgage comes from death in a sense. It means "death pledge", basically a promise that you will pay something until you die, or that you will pay with everything you have, even you life. Anyways, words are cool!

@HGmolotov

2 жыл бұрын

my physics teacher had a mini game where we had to guess if the word is of Greek origin or of Latin origin. as interesting as it was, the games never lasted long because we told him to shut up and actually help us pass our GCSEs

@divicarpe1844

Жыл бұрын

@@HGmolotov If you are speaking of English words, there is 30% chance they are of French origin, who is a mix of mostly Latin, gaulois, grec, Arab and really old German.

@HGmolotov

Жыл бұрын

@@divicarpe1844 oh, I am aware But he typically reserved the game for those that are of either Latin or Greek origin. If anything was french or Germanic or otherwise he would have mentioned, but when doing stuff based in maths it's usually going to be one of the two.

I don't know should i be happy or sad that Surfshark is still sponsoring Tom

@MeNowDealWIthIt

2 жыл бұрын

did you mean that surfshark is sponsoring tom?

@kirojoy

2 жыл бұрын

@@MeNowDealWIthIt At this point, no idea lol

@awkward1290

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps a mix of both with an addition of fear

@nyotamwuaji6484

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

11:45 - Finally, someone mentions duckroll.

I think that the deformation of the phrase Among Us is really interesting. It’s gotten to the point where you can just say ‘mog’ and people get it.

tom, i know you downplayed this video a lot in the intro but, oh my god, as a linguistics student who's suuuuper into etymology, oh my god, this is one of the most interesting and entertaining i've seen in a long time, jesus christ, thank you so much, good lord

@deliriumzer0

2 жыл бұрын

SAME. I literally did a project on memes for my degree too, so this video was AWESOME. Some stuff I knew, a bunch of it I didn't (like I didn't realize 90s pogs were indeed part of the etymology of "pog", I thought it was JUST a "play of the game" reference! :O)

Technically, "dashboard" didn't come full circle... it just did a 180°, since it means the opposite of what it used to then

@pepsimann2038

2 жыл бұрын

yes but the beginning of the circle was them getting shit thrown at them prior to the dashboard

@vladimirirkhin

2 жыл бұрын

@@pepsimann2038 guess op misunderstood

@whyamideadindiscord3081

2 жыл бұрын

I find heel turn a more elegant term for a 180°

@BeesechurgerProductions

4 ай бұрын

​@@whyamideadindiscord3081I'm replying to a year old comment because I'm sick and bored but: Heel turn is already an established phrase, generally for when a heroic character becomes villainous. It comes from professional wrestling where a "heel" is a wrestler who plays the villain in a match or story, usually by doing things such as cheating or scheming. When a good wrestler, or a face, becomes an evil one its called a heel turn. And the reverse, a face turn, is also a thing.

honestly this video was so fun and i’d probably listen to tom explain anything he’s just got a way of making anything interesting

It's hilarious that you had Tom Scott in the video because I love his videos for the exact same reason, because he genuinely seems really interested in what he talks about, just like you seem to now. It mostly easy to be able to tell when someone is interested or when someone just feels like they are reading a book report they didn't want to do at the front of the class. 😄

It's a shame about Tom Scott's tragic car accident. At least Jay Foreman is well and alive, so far as I know.

@junglejuicejuno

2 жыл бұрын

The wha?

Nothing Rick Roll related will ever top the Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Parade Rick Roll in 08. You can bring up whatever incident you want. They got the actual Rick Astley to do it so they win by default.

@RacingStripeAV

2 жыл бұрын

Not even that guy on Reddit a couple years ago who successfullly rickrolled Astley himself?

@fritzy8318

2 жыл бұрын

@@RacingStripeAV Nope. You gotta get the actual guy to do it for it to be a true one. That’s a close second at best. You got the guy. But you didn’t actually get him.

13:20 wait, she coined the term computer bug and she's called Grace Hopper ? holy shit that's pretty funny

@crazyman7615

2 жыл бұрын

You’ve been tricked

10:06 And why not? Some guy under the bridge coming up and causing you trouble when you're trying to cross.

Bro I legitimately did an essay on Rickrolling and how it came about and somehow passed with the highest mark

Oh no, the ultimate meme overlord is here to inform us on this jokingly hell hole called April 1st KZread content. True king energy

Man nobody actually PLAYED pogs, you just collect them in a pencil box and show em off to your friends.

Fun fact, the reason we use the words upper and lower case for letters (A and a) is because print shops had cases of letter stamps, with the big letters in the top(upper) case and the small letters being in the bottom(lower) case

I love those videos that feel like being stuck in a family meeting face to face with your knowledgeable yet getting progressively more drunk uncle.

@HGmolotov

2 жыл бұрын

i had an uncle like that! he introduced me to the concept of nuclear fusion energy at age 10, and then let me drink some of his absinthe when my grandparents werent looking

At this point I want to watch every episode to see the SurfeShark saga to continue

i love how tom gets progressively more and more aggressive as the video goes on

13:51 Tom v Tom when? My moneys on Tom…

@Shansboy6666

Жыл бұрын

Update:it happen

man, glad to see you're still rockin my THICC shirt after all this time haha, the print IS getting a bit worn out but i could make u a custom one if you wanna swap it out!

@VIRTUEL

2 жыл бұрын

(PS: if you wanna cop it for yourself, u can visit the first link in my profile header)

The bit with tom scott had me cry laughing. Thank you Tom and Tom!

Today I learned Tomska and Tom Scott are not the same

Just to say this is a dream come true, because I too, have a deep love for the etymology of words and I wish you made more videos like this. Keep up the good work!

"You've watched Japanese Anime, you're a fucken weeb!" - no need to call me out for binging all of FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood over the past four days...

You can't fool me, Tom, you first saw the poggers story in a Tumblr post a few months ago. I know this because I was there when you reblogued it!!

@probes-e-minor

2 жыл бұрын

When

17:17 can't wait to one day be able to say this when someone asks me how I'm doing

Remember kids: Language isn't a formal system, it's glorious chaos

Unironically, I LOVE etymology. This is exactly the video for me!

holy shit, i don't think i've ever laughed as much in my life as that tom scott cameo

I do really hope you make another video like this, it’s super interesting and you all make it easier to watch with the humour and editing!

The Tom Scott cameo has caused me to laugh so much. That was a collab I didn't know I needed but now I want more.

I was hoping this would be a rick roll itself

@WyattW_

2 жыл бұрын

Same lol

The fact that rick rolling is still going on to this day is just surprising most memes die within weeks yet this meme has been going on for an entire decade We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye

@overhauledunderpaid6469

2 жыл бұрын

I will kill your dog or pet or whatever brings happiness to you and if you try to be wholesome and say I bring you happiness I'll happily kill myself "DENIED SIT DOWN" -Will Smith in afterearth

@jamesanimations4885

2 жыл бұрын

Roll

@jt_myth

2 жыл бұрын

nice

@MintyRGC

2 жыл бұрын

@@jt_myth roll

@crimsonnin2

2 жыл бұрын

It died for a while, but it's cold, dead corpse was reanimated to dance for us. It's in the post-irony revival phase of memehood.

I honestly love etymology as well but it's really hard to make it sound entertaining to most people. This was done really well and I love it.

We need more of this! Love you, Tom!!!

I like that most of the suggested age rating at the start comes purely from the Surfshark ad.

Ah yet another great video by Timbly-Tombly-Wombly the funky-wunky-chunky boi!

@JustHollielol

2 жыл бұрын

God no. Please. Stop.

It was interesting Tom! One of your best videos of recent! I hope you do more videos like this, it’s awesome.

This WAS genuinely fascinating! I love finding origins of words especially when they suddenly blow up like they do Or words that are so old but I use but I just dont know where they started from

Not an explaination but I think it's also worth pointing out how weird it is that Gate has now become a suffix to add onto the end of any scandal. Despite it originally coming for Watergate which was just the name of a place the scandal occured.

8:07 British people when a website offers them cookies instead of biscuits: ʕ •̀ ۝ •́ ʔ

9:55 Tom starts shining off a "RedLetterMedia guy correcting his cohost onn star trek" kind of energy

My father doesn’t like the word “POG” because he thinks it’s “PAWG”. And that’s poggers.

The fact that this is a April fool's video makes me think there's gonna be a rickroll, but I hope it's a genuine tomska video cus I like him and his videos

I laughed so hard at 11:01 i got foot cramps.

I'm genuinely fascinated by etymology, I'd love to see more like this

I adore learning random facts! Loved the genuine joy you presented this video with! loved it!

I knew the origins of the term bug, its so funny that a simple moth changed computer language forever

Fingers crossed this is not a joke because I truly do love etymology 😭

this new video style of deep diving into things ur interested about is so amazing i love them so much i adore it so much i need more. Give me MORE!

The BEST Tom Ska videos is simply tom slowly going insane into a camera while they explore a micro interest and realise they're a depress obsessive nerd

*Surfshark after tom begs them to fire him*: we should extend our contract (:

I kept waiting for him to end one of the where did it come from rhetoric questions with “where did it go, Cotton Eye Joe” XD

This was genuinely intriguing, please do more!

I do love how tom still includes him breaking down at his own jokes

I would like to thank SurfShark for continuing to support Tom. And I would like to thank Tom and whomever else for that fucking epic ad. Please god never let this man do another average ad read again, his talent can’t be wasted.

0:28 Me: * clicks off the video so I can hang out with TomSka *

@EB3Rplus

Жыл бұрын

Smart boi. 👍👏

TomSka threatening to hurt people in ways they didn't even know were possible is my spirit animal.

Love your stuff. This video def. put a smile on my face cuz I love etymology too. I'm a Gen X'er who relatively recently got into gaming, because I've apparently been living under a rock my entire life, and I kept hearing millenials and gen z'ers use "poggers." Took me a bit to figure out what it meant. I really liked this video explaining the origin of the word. Ironically, I actually initially thought that it had something to do with pogs, which was one of my favorite games in the early 90's. I was terrible at the game too. I just liked collecting them. Like baseball cards, but less cool, cuz I'm a nerd. But I digress. I was corrected and was told it was short for "play of the game." Kind of glad that my initial guess was correct in the first place. Somehow it makes me feel a little less old? Or maybe more old? I dunno. I have some weird feels about this. I need to go reevaluate my life now....

Thank you, Tom, for leveling me up from a fun-fact florber, to a trivia goblin.

Another computer word with what I find to be a cool origin is “glitch”. It comes from Yiddish and means “to make a mistake”, or more accurately, “to fück up”

@probes-e-minor

2 жыл бұрын

Füķ

This video awoke something in me and now I love etymology

Great video Tom!

The chaotic energy is just incredible, amazing

I freaking loved this. I would love to hear about more strange terminology.... I just hope this wasn't an april fools joke. I'm a bit gun shy today when it comes to things on KZread

I genuinely enjoyed this. Thank you.

genuinely found this super interesting thank you :’)