Cool to see Michael spend 3 days as a discord mod

"I've known Michael for 3 years and I've never seen him do a pushup."

I was ready and willing to throw down a couple dollars to see other episodes on youtube red since I love VSauce and the exploratory analyses that Michael Stevens does, but after watching the first episode, I just can't. It was full of so much of the BS that makes me loathe reality TV - dramatic shaky cam, cutting to reflectionary 'interviews', a doctor wearing a white lab coat and stethoscope to remind mouth breathers he's a doctor (despite dressing like an actor pretending to be a doctor), the camera zooming in and framing peoples' reactions to otherwise innocuous statements to create the facade of drama, a B-List celebrity (not to imply an A-Lister would be any less repulsive in an otherwise educational video), a red, spinning warning light outside the test chamber to add tension that really contributes nothing but aesthetic value, just to name a few things off the top of my head. These are trademarks of reality TV that I've grown accustom to spotting steering far clear of, though I'm sure they're appealing to many people, otherwise they wouldn't be used ad nauseam. I would pay for the standard VSauce videos to continue before I would pay to promote dumbing down and mass market appeal the way this new series looks like it's heading.

My biggest toxic trait is thinking I'd be able to get through this with my adhd alone💀

Where are your fingers?

this looks quite good but i aint paying for youtube red

big deal, i sit in my room and play cod for weeks at a time

I'm curious as to what he 'dreamt' that made him open the door.

Never thought there would come a day when I'd be pirating vsauce lol

The camera gives him an outlet for companionship, so it's not really complete isolation.

“Being in a room like this can lead to brain damage”

"I think I'm gonna have dinner now."

William: “I spent years, sometimes months on end, in this little room with no external stimuli, only food slipped through a slot in the door and my own thoughts. It is, quite literally, mentally scarring.”

There's 2 things that actually make it easier for him 1. He knows if he gets too crazy he gets released. 2. He knows he's being watched, he still has a camera to interact with.

Imagine when they walked in they say “Oops totally forgot that you were in here Michael, it’s been a month”

When Michael says “good morning” and he’s only slept for like an hour and a half... actually weirdly disturbing.

28:29

I love this video but i cant help but laugh at Michael spinning in circles at

I worked as a prison guard in a solitary confinement area. The other guards really just stayed in their central area. I would actually get out and go by each cell and talk to everyone for a bit. Let them know what all was happening in the world, what time it was, what was going on in the world, etc.

The last several minutes of Michael's time in the room were literally identical to depression;