Veritasium - 2016-02-10
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When you graduate high school, that's the point when time starts to accelerate
Why did it start to accelerate for me at the start of high school
Exactly. When I was in school each year felt like an eternity but after I graduated years felt like months
Completely depends on which college and especially which classes you’re taking and what you’re majoring in. If you’re going to community college it feels just like high school except you can usually leave whenever you want (some professors treat you like high schoolers and take attendance though nowadays )
Stop it, you're scaring me
I agree
when at work, a 1 hour lunch break feels like 5 min.
and 5 minutes of work feel like 1 hour xD
damn dude. thats one long lunch, lucky
We only get 40 minutes
@STICKMASTER 500'S MOM tell your boss to buy robots for workers and that you are leaving
I only get 30 minute of lunch and 15 minute of break but the break feels like 8 minutes I hate time lol
My theory is a bit different. I believe things appear longer when your younger because you are always waiting for a event. Birthdays, school, Christmas and many more events. Waiting seems to extend time in my mind. Therefore as we age we have less things to be excited about and time appears to slip by.
Thats my theory.
# 2 I just turned 17 a week or two ago man I’m starting to regret saying I wanna get older faster when I was younger
emille mcmillan same age as you turned 17 a month and a half ago and now I’m getting more upset as time goes by. Can’t believe I’m a legal adult next year.
We ignore time more as we age.
So when you are waiting for death you live longest
It's not a theory, it's a fact :D
want to slow down life and feel like you live forever?
go to prison
damn I didn't expect a comment on this video that would become so dark
Or go to a maximum security prison where you are locked in a room for 23 hours and only get to get out for 1 hour
When you are busy time run so fast.But when you sit and boaring then time run very slowly.
+ you are bored in prison that makes time slower
Go to school,it feels like an eternity
Longest 5 seconds?
waiting to skip a youtube ad.
2 youtube ads*
With demonetization spreading does he even get any money now?
>not using adblock in 2019
69th reply lets gooo
Haha
Life seems fast because 85% of it is spent at a 9-5 grind.
@Cyph18 I agree with you partly. On the surface it seems you do have a choice not to go that route, but there's many interlocked underlying factors that pushes you to (your ethnic background/environment, education, economic/social status, ur unique situation etc.) Again I'm not saying you don't have a choice but to confirm to the standard 9-5 job, all I'm saying that it's not as simple as saying "well just don't do it. You can choose otherwise" Tbh I do have conflicting opinions on this matter, but mainly I find these jobs generally unfulfilling and just limiting to the human capabilities. Atleast that's mainly the way I see it, could be different to someone else.
I will never work and never had work I will enjoy life not working that the miserable and depression life
It depends if you enjoy that grind. If you're stuck in a job you really hate then life may seem slow, wouldn't it?
Bread
Why do people complain about the "9-5 grind" so much. Slavery? You've got to be kidding me. People are entirely missing the point. It seems no one is being taught to appreciate the fact that even the most trivial of tasks can be very rewarding with the right mindset. You get all these old people complaining that today's generations don't know the value of hard work, and is absolutely true. My grandfather worked his entire life as janitor because he saw it as a source of pride with knowing he has improved conditions for everyone. He would always describe any sort of disarray or uncleanliness "disgraceful". So much so that he continued to do it until his 80's and physically couldn't do it anymore. It doesn't matter if the task you do is boring and repetitive, but just half-assing them until you clock out is why it feels like slavery. If you do something WELL and know you put EFFORT into it, it becomes the complete opposite. So stop complaining about something you don't like but haven't even put the effort into fixing it. If you're bitter because you think you're capable of improving some facet of society and blame your "slave drivers" for "forcing" you to hate your life, well, what are you waiting for? Quit. No one would want you working at McDonald's stuffing junk down peoples' increasingly fat throats either.
it’s so weird to think that if two people are doing the same activity, time is passing at different speeds for both people
Not really, time passes at the same speed for everyone, people just have different perceptions depending on what they're doing.
Relativity?
Klaux [GD] you’re a twat. The person obviously meant the perception of time you dunce. Time is relative
When I was a kid it felt like Christmas took forever, now when Christmas comes it feels like we just went through it a couple of months ago..
No matter how young you are, time will slow down by at least 10 times when you’re working.
Actually. Not always since you are doing something. It would be longer if you are bored. I understand that it was a joke though
depends on the job. mine is boring as all hell, so it goes pretty slow. so yeah, time AT work goes by slowly. but technically it would go by slower at work if there was no work to do and you are just counting down the time to go by. but yeah it was a joke, i did not need to reply with this comment, but i did anyway, lol. jeeze.
@No Hackers but yes that's true. During tests that are 2h i sometimes feel i had only 30min
@Thomas S.
Examiner: This is a 2 hr exam
Me:Ok Question 1 out of 5 is done. That was pretty quick
checks time
Me: OHH NOO ONLY 30 MINUTES LEFT...
That’s actually sad if you think about it
The duration of a minute depends on wich side of the bathroom´s door you´re in.
@Rayi make a poster slogan of it with a split picture with a guy chilling on the toilet looking at his phone and reading a newspaper while a guy is outside the door holding his groin in pain HAHAHA! Motivational Masterpiece!
@TraumaER Imma hit up an artist friend of mine and I think I can actually get this done lol
and the closer you get to the facilities the more urgently you need them.
Holy sh** that is gold.
Thats a good and original one!
I believe it's a problem with not living in the present moment. When you were a kid you lived in the now you didn't think about the past and you didn't worry about the future and as we got older we started worrying and thinking about other things that took us away from the present moment and time is percieved to speed up the more you think.
I need to learn to live in the present moment so I can slow down time🤔
Trueee
True
100% agree
2019 just started 8 months ago! 😳😱 WTFFF
Feels like it started yesterday
@qAkxme ikr
And now only 2 days until 2020!!!!!! Someone please slow the days
WtF I realized dat 2019 is gonna over.....wtf
we in 2020 now wtf
“Life moves pretty fast...if u don’t stop to look around once in a while...u could miss it...”
Great movie!!
Bueller....bueller
OHHHH BOW BOW
Well yeah I stay in my room alot and don't really go out.....could that be the case..?😬
Excellent comment!!
The year just started and it's already August. How's Xmas in 4 months already?
Xmas is next month what are you talking about 😂
Azeem A 8 days now
+1 day now
patric j 2020 now
I'm reading this comment in February. You made me panic for a second. I thought "What, Xmas is in 4 months!? Oh wait, it was just 2 months ago"
I wanted to slow time, so I switched over to Internet Explorer.
I'm confused. How do you identify as a 'Sikh Atheist'? 🤔
After 3 years, *le internet explorer "Happy New Year 2016"
g...o...o...d... ... o...n...e...!
@ابو ليث الخطيب Stop trying to convert lol, nobody wants to join your cult.
and windows 95
I just graduated high school but how am I already 67 years old?
You know that the people who guessed correctly the time were constantly adding numbers in their head until they reached 60
You mean counting?
@goated - stop bullying the robot
I tried this and wasnt counting, but I couldnt help but to think "okay this is probably around 10 seconds now" and then after same amount passed I thought "ok probably 20 maybe 25?" and when i went to check how much time passed i got 57.6 seconds
@miguell Just keep on counting tbh in general its usually best not to hesitate on a decison and just do it well of course not on evrything but more of quick decisons
Never mind why, the more important question is 'how do I stop it?"
4g of shrooms should do it, I looked at a clock and I thought it stopped
DiceDecides 😂😂😂👍👍👍👍
If you could start thinking with more than speed of light then time will slow down due to time dilation😉
ZA WARUDO
Cyborg
Do away with sleep while you're at it
“When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute—and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.” Albert Einstein
You ever done planks? That 2 minutes is forever.
Jack Productions Holding Account that was rude
Wall sits though
@Kailash Shah ouch
Thats so true 😂
Damn so tru
This may explain why it seems like driving to a new location takes longer to arrive. But when you use the same route you seem to return faster. Maybe because the landmarks you pass by have become familiar to you.🤔
I get the same, also if your desperate to get somewhere time drags and you think you'll be late
Crazy to think 4 years ago I was 12, in 4 years I’ll be 20. 😬😬
I feel like 4 years ago I was 10, but i just turned 18, and I'm 2 years 20, it's going too quick
Azeem A 1 more month 2019 will be gone this year just started in January here it is November Thanksgiving is Thursday you gotta be kidding me you can’t be serious
@Torian McNeill 2019 went FAST bro.... Im senior this year (12th grade) and I miss 11th grade. It was my best year in my whole school life!
crazy that 5 years ago i was 20 and now i'm 37
In the 70's when I was a teenager so many things happened I could write a book, Now that I'm older decades go by and there's nothing to write about!
We make alot of memories while we are young and learning. Everything is so new and exciting. The shine on life does tarnish as we age I fear, but it makes you appreciate the important things in life. We cling to our familys and friends and music we hold dear. Ive noticed most adults get kinder and more patient with age also. But I would pay a kings ransom to go back to the 70s and ride it again.
And that's good.
Who wants to try that new thing?
@Yngsatchvai well said. although i struggle to appreciate anything. being old sucks, lol. i want a second run at this youth thing.
I was to give your comment thumbs up, but your image and name got me scared.
Yngsatchvai yeah me too. What I wouldn’t give to go back even just for awhile 👍
Life is like a roll of toilet paper:
The closer you get to the end......the faster it goes!
Best description of life.
Reality Check: 1990 is just as far away as 2050
When getting ready for work 2 hours feels like 20 minutes but once you get to work, 8 hours feels like 18 hours.
Thats the truth!
I remember when a YouTube video said “5 years ago”, it was probably only posted in 2008.
But now when a YouTube video says: “5 years ago”, it means that it was posted in 2015...
deep stuff
Omg sooo true....
When doing something I don’t want to do: Time goes by slow.
When doing something I do want to do: Time goes by fast.
looking at a pretty girl while with hand on a stove
Richard Castanon bending a pretty girl over a stove while looking at her pussy from behind
Looking at a pretty stove while your hand is on a girl
Perfectly balanced. As all things should be.
That's genius
That'll stop time!
Time speeds up due to responsibility and the fact we are all slowly dying.
Perception of time is directly tied to responsibility. When young, we have very little responsibility. So time feels longer. As we get older, we acquire more responsibility, so time goes faster. Why? Because time is your most valuable resource when you are dealing with responsibilities because most responsibilities are driven by deadlines and time. Thus, perception of time is directly correlated to responsibility. This is my theory and I thought of it when I was 20.
Hmm. I think it comes with age because we have been observing longer. A week or a month till Christmas is like a blink because we have a better frame.of reference.
Ha, for me its different, it because I enjoy wasting time thats why time flies
Why did you have to mention you were 20
Totally agree.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. - Groucho Marx
One word to summarize the main reason: Responsibilities
I always felt bad when my wife tells me that our sex doesn't last very long.
Now i can tell her it only feels quick because how much she is enjoying herself...
Best comment. lol
@Bjorn Ironsides that's true.
Brilliant 😂
that's disgusting.
The pen is in her face will do the same as the spider
Its like when I watch a movie the second time it feels like the movie is shorter
Simple answer, Time is relative.
I agree I always would wish I was older when I was like 4 and 8 years later I feel like I time is going by rapidly
Kinda scary NGL
To me the car lasted longer!
Congrats
I watched this on 1.5 speed because I'm old and don't have time
saleh alsayaad 😂
@Ratus I thought I was the only one
😯😯😯 I'm going to start doing this
You too??
@saleh alsayaad all we are doing is occupying our minds. It's not a waste, it's just keeping busy doing something
I'm just gonna not do anything so that I can be bored all day so that my life feels like I lived a lot more.👌
Translation: When you're over the hill, you pick up speed.
2019 just started 9 months ago! 😳😱 WTFFF
onkar pawar exactly Thanksgiving is Thursday seriously? it’s crazy unbelievable ridiculous I’m going out of town to see my aunt
so many vivid memories of when i was a very young child, my dad was in his 30's at that time, and soon i will be in my 30's..
Miss the good memories i had when i was a kid, i guess this is why i want a child of my own so maybe i can experience my childhood again through them
You’re right, when I was on elementary school, 1 year felt like 50 years!
Yonathan fr
For me it is the opposite for some reason
Michael McNamara it’s because your brain then wasn’t capable of really understanding time at a high level
@mysterical_arts r/woooosh
Michael McNamara and it was great
Time is Slow when you wait!
Time is Fast when you are late!
Time is Deadly when you are sad!
Time is Short when you are happy!
Time is Endless when you are in pain!
Time is Long when you feel bored!
Time is most beautiful when you are in love .
Time is determined by your feelings and your psychological conditions & not by clocks.
So Have A Nice Time Always
True
Time is also amazing when you’re enjoying it.
It's the same thing when I eat a whole pizza by myself. The first half goes quickly, the second half goes a bit slower
I remember as a kid a school semester, or waiting for Christmas or a birthday, seemed like an eternity. Now 6 months or even a year just fly by.
I believe, also, that social media has to do alot with time speeding up.
I don’t see how social media could have anything to do with it lol
@VinceTheGiraffe It's pretty simple, time is highly consumed with the constant usage of that sorce.
Victor Laguna Hmm...I guess that could have an effect on some people who use it a lot.
Wanna slow down your time?
Go shopping mall with your wife
(Or your mom)
Beta male detected
トキ ik it’s a joke but I don’t understand what you mean so wdym?
LOL! I think this is a universal feeling. In Brazil is the same way. LOL.
grans are even worse.
Mean Mike Bojak lol I’m with you 👍👍
mufasaa hunter - 2019-06-01
Every single school year feels faster each year
DragatonWarrior - 2019-12-20
Ya
Ivan Moreno - 2020-01-07
Freshman year felt like a month
2D - 2020-02-09
im five months in and i feel 2 months in
Vladszack Gaming1v1 - 2020-02-18
yes 😥
Nicole Bushey - 2020-03-19
So true I’m in 6th grade and it’s going by so fast there’s only 2 months of school left