edgy teenager talks about the meaning of life - skywars 

"I guess you could have dreams of being the greatest farmer alive." 5 years later and he was, in fact, the greatest potato farmer to ever live.

“Dreams of being the greatest farmer of all time” little did he know

"Theyll keep me alive in the future when I get old" That hurts

16:47 "I need to do things that people don't think I can do, to show them I can." Unironically one of the greatest quotes I've ever heard.

"Shoot for the moon! Risk it all!" I hope techno never goes to a casino.

So basically his philosophy is "put in the work, no matter the reward" Which I feel really helps explain his potato insanity.

“I am the greatest at Lego pvp, which won’t matter at all in 3 years.” 3 years later, techno would win a $100,000 duel with Dream using his skills with Lego pvp.

And he lived his life according to his philosophy. He hit the button and won that 5% chance. He shot for the stars. That's a legend, I'm gonna tell my children. Anyhow It's great to be back here again. Just like he were here again

the first 15 mins or so of this were just unbridled adhd

Techno :Unless you have the dream of being the greatest farmer ever Later: The potato war

If he had played the safe route he'd still be gone, but with no legacy

"You gotta shoot for the stars in EVERY situation." Words to live by. Kid was truly meant to be a star. You can see, that mindset is what got him so far. Rest In Peace legend

“I have a healthy fear of death irl” This man clearly was going though awful things this past year and still decided to show none of it to us. What a champ. Thank you techno for everything.

"I like life" This hurt.

Just dropping the parts that I cried at. "I like life." "I ain't smack talking doctors. They'll keep my alive in the future when I get old."

When watching this video, I realized what makes techno's death so sad to me. He was really living his best life, shooting for the stars, and really just seemed to be enjoying being alive. For me, finding out that I have cancer and will die in a year wouldn't be such a big issue, because I'm not really enjoying life at the moment, and I think I would easily make peace with it. The hardest thing is to see someone so young, and so motivated, die right when they are beginning to experience big success. Technoblade succeeded in becoming a great RU-vidr, he kept his motivation, and then it all had to be cut short. I'm currently in college, but I'm not sure what I want to be. I don't know if I'll be here in ten years. All I really want out of life is to find something I really care about, spend my life doing it, and be at peace. Technoblade knew what he wanted, he went for it, and now he's... gone. Sorry for the rant, I just felt like saying something, this video really hit different.

10:20 "I guess you could have dreams of being the greatest farmer of all time" *T H E P R O P H E C Y I S T R U E*

“everyone loves buttons” little did he know

I'm so sad that I never came across Technoblade until I heard that he had died. I've been watching so many of his videos these past few days and this one connects with me on such a crazy level. His humility is endless, and his mind was so ineluctably grounded on what many would discourage and think to be impossible. He clearly never doubted his destiny and it's amazing what he accomplished before dying so young. R.I.P Techno, your words, humor, and philosophy will live on and continue to inspire countless people.. beyond what you could have ever imagined

this is weirdly haunting rewatching after Techno's death. it's a shame he had the chance to become an author taken away from him by cancer. it just goes to show, if you're reading this, don't be afraid to chase your dreams and try the impossible, in his far too short life, Techno managed to have such a massive influence on so many people simply by doing what he loved, you can do the same :) R.I.P Technoblade, thank you for everything

the point were he said "when i get old" really just made me tear up again fly high techno you will be missed

Imagine Techno writing a book, it would just jump from one thing to the other all the time because techno would get bored of writing about that thing. Also half the book would just be “anyhow”

"I have to shoot for the moon", and that's exactly what you went on to do. Much like how the moon affects the waves in the ocean, your influence has been monumental. I find it crazy how your philosophy represents your existence. The way you followed your passion because you wanted to be happy in life. I find that all so inspiring. You were the greatest of the great. "Burn twice as bright, burn half as long" Damn, you're awesome technoblade

"they'll keep me alive in the future" that hurt. A lot.

"everyone loves buttons" "greatest farmer ever" "stabbing people in lego game won't matter in 3 years" The foreshadowing in this video is on another level

This is exactly how Wilbur and Philza described Technoblade as a person! "If something didn't seem impossible, He wouldn't be interested doing it."

"Doctors are great, they'll keep me alive in the future" Oh christ, that one hit way too close...

"Being good at Lego pvp won't matter in 3 years" makes an entire career out of it. God this video. "I'm not going to smack talk doctors, they'll keep me alive in the future, when I grow old" it's so inspirational and also really sad

Techno: being good at lego pvp probably won't matter in 3 years 3 years later: wins several minecraft tournaments winning 20k usd and pig rank while getting 1 mil subs

the meaning of life is to stab nerds for coins

Hearing how Alex was afraid of death, more so than every other fear, is extremely disheartening (maybe not the right word, but IDK). He had much more of a sound philosophical base than I had at his age and even now. I'm sad that I didn't watch many vids before he passed and that I will never be able to meet the man. RIP, Techno

"This won't matter in like, 3 years" and that was when it mattered the most. Goodbye king. You will live forever in our hearts, You will never die.

"wont matter at all in 3 years" **Wins 100K**

we need an 'anyhow' counter

16:27-16:36 They did pretty well, doctors helped him cherish life for as long as they could. Without them, the world would have missed a whole other year of techno.

This is the most Technoblade video out there. His top-notch PVP, his ramblings about life, about random things that make us laugh. Man… And boy, did he shoot for the moon/stars. While most aspiring content creators don’t even expect to get subs (or at most, aim for 1 million), Alex shot for 10 mil (while sometimes joked about getting any sub). And now we’re approaching 15 mil

“Here come the coughs” People in 2020: OH GOD

I took him for granted. Rest In Peace Technoblade, you will forever be remember as one of the greatest to ever do it.

0:53 funny how almost exactly 3 years later, being the greatest at PvP helped this channel become one of the greatest, most well renown Minecraft channels on RU-vid. Rest in peace, Techno. Thank you for all the years of content, humor and nerd slaying

He aimed for the stars and landed so much further. What a chad. Rest In Peace techno

the fact his philosophy applies to his own life is just so incredible. like, he was talking about how he was willing to risk it all for success, and how he had a healthy fear of death, but like his whole belief was that people only matter for what they end up doing. and he did a whole lot, too, even if it was just within a minecraft community. even if he's not alive, it's still kind of reassuring to know that even if he didn't do everything he wanted to do, but he still did what he said he would. he pressed the button with a 5% chance of real success doing minecraft videos, and i think that's so admirable. and like-- he legitimately will never die, not as long as youtube's still around. he's still the dude who sat there playing skywars gambling with the philosophy he came up with, and out of every legacy, i think even 22 year old him would've rather had it be something he enjoyed than being safe. he spent five years actually enjoying his life, and in his philosophy, i think that's the real purpose of the button with a 5% chance of success. it's about being happy with what you leave behind, not being worried about whether or not it stays forever. and ultimately, he got the best of both worlds.

“PvP will probably not matter in 3 years” and now here he is killing people to raise 11 thousand dollars to charity and playing the Dream SMP fighting all the time. oh techno

"Even with all the odds, shoot for the stars" - Technoblades Philosophy He really did shoot for the stars. Statistically, being a youtuber has a low chance of making you popular, but being a MINECRAFT youtuber (it was still somewhat popular, but wasn't surging in a viral age of popularity in 2012-2013 and later in 2019). He was really fighting against very stupid odds, even before minecrafts popularity surge the only reason he managed to start reaching toward a million subscribers was because of a video where people accidentally autoplayed it after falling asleep from watching one of his videos to fall asleep (and of course his funny humor and comedic timing). This small coincidence.. gained him the boost he needed, it was his first video to reach a million views, he kept on growing. Minecraft, by some grace of god, became more popular in the streaming area, it became trendy again (it always had lots of players, but wasn't always 'popular'). Then he slowly began an extremely unlikely rise in popularity, playing with infamous superstars around the world, his crawl was surprisingly slow despite his instant notoriousness. It took time for people to warm up to him, if at all. He shot for the stars and he made it. I still miss him.

Techno said to comment on what a perfect future would look like so I'll focus on that: I want to become a physicist, one that will discover something important. I want to reveal a huge secret of the universe or find the right equation for a physics law that hasn't been discovered yet. I want to help people learn what everything is. I also want to write a book, maybe. I want to find people who understand me, who I feel like myself around and make a family with them. Not by marriage or a romantic relationship necessarily, just a family of choice. I want to live in a place I love and be happy. That's my ambition. That's my hope for the future.

I’m hear after the whole “so long nerds” thing. I just wanted to hear techno talk about the fragility of it all. Technoblade never dies, he continues within us. He hit that button and he got that 5% superstar life and made all of us cry all at once.

"I'll be homeless when im twenty" wins a hundred grand by playing minecraft.

Somehow, I never saw this video until now. Throughout most of my undergraduate degree, I have been watching Technoblade. It started off as background noise, then developed into being my favourite part of my evenings as I watched him after all my essays or readings were done for the night, my treat after a long day. I always thought Techno was brilliant- not just for his playstyle, but his approach to life. Witty, light-hearted, creative... I never knew he wanted to be a writer. I cried when I heard him say that. As I soon begin my journey as a graduate student, I can't help but remember all the times I listened to Techno as I wrote my work: long and tedious papers ranging from textual analysis to presentation responses, up to my own dissertation. I consider myself to be a writer. Maybe not a fun one (I study English literature- but I do not write it) but nevertheless, a writer. I really hope I can keep his spirit alive through my works. He's right: always guess, stay curious, take every opportunity and leave nothing blank. That is the very spirit of academia. So, thank you, Techno. I owe you so much. :)

Heqring techno saying "doctors will take care of me when I get old" had me crying. Rest in peace, legend.

Me just sitting here realizing how successful he has become: "he has the right philosophy"

Man rewatching this video after his death, really hits hard. The points he mentions. His philosophy. Him talking about being afraid of death. It's so sad to see you go techno, we love and miss you :) the doctors couldn't save you but we will always cherish you in our hearts

"What do you guys want to do with your life?" I want to be like you Techno. I hope to bring joy to people even after I'm gone.

...I simply can't fathom into words just how much of an inspiration this video alone was to me, I hope in the end he still had this incredible philosophy and mindset. Rest In Peace Technoblade, thank you for everything.

This video is criminally underviewed. It is so touching hearing him talk like this about his ambitions and his values. He really did shoot for the stars. o7

Notice how whenever he chose an alt skin or a default skin he always chose Alex over Steve. How we never noticed the seemingly meaningless decision. His name was Alex. We would have never known if technoblade's father didn't tell us. It was in our face the entire time. Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. - Sun Tzu

8:19 'shoot for the stars in every situation'

I wish I could be more like Techno. He had such a positive outlook on life. Never let anything get him down. It's one of the many things I loved about him. I miss him so much :(

Techno: *unless you're a gender studies major* Theology majors: *he forgot we existed We're safe for now*

Thank you for shooting for the stars :)

10:20 "Hey, I guess you could have dreams of being the greatest farmer of all time... I mean hey, I'd watch that movie" The Foreshadowing O-O

Watching this now, after what has happened, I've come to realize this is probably my favorite Technoblade video. I didn't really want to talk about his passing on random videos of his, but I would just like to say a few things here on this video, sorry that it'll be more than 5 sentences Techno but I assured you it isn't a boring book. I love this video because it really delves into his heart and what he truly wanted to be in the future, and it's really beautiful seeing this part of Techno. I'm glad you were able to achieve some of your dreams, and you really were a great RU-vidr, and for one, this video does serve as a philosophical writing piece. I myself too do wish to be a writer someday, maybe even pursue making youtube videos too, REGARDLESS, I'm glad I watched this video. It strengthened a belief within me that everyone should have, that you should always strive to be the best, and shoot for the stars and for greatness. You really weren't as dumb as you thought you were, you were much smarter than you gave yourself credit. The only thing I hoped you could do before your passing was to find faith in Islam, but alas, only Allah will decide your fate and I hope you may pass on to a better place. Farewell, and thank you for all your videos and the entertainment and impact you have bought on all our lives. So long Technoblade, you absolute nerd, so long. And bye to you too🫂.

This video literally predicts Techno’s entire career. He’s a prophet.

It’s actually so unbelievable how he predicted like 5 different things in his career completely on accident

''doctors will keep me alive when I'm old'' aww man

17:37 “What do you guys want to do with your life? That’s like the one thing I care about in a person, like, what’s your endgame, what do you, if everything went perfectly, what would you be? That’s the only- that’s like the question I need to ask more people in real life cause that’s the defining question of who someone is is what they want to be.” This thought has been in my head for months. Watching this video, years ago, is what got me on this train of thought to begin with as far as I’m aware. I’ve been spending months trying to figure out what I want to do with my life and I hope these thoughts will help me. I don’t know what I want to get but I’m going to have a hell of a lot of fun figuring it out.

Techno: this won’t matter in three years! *posted 3 years ago*

"Because I'm the best at minecraft which is a skill that probably won't matter in three years." Five years later: It continued to matter, he continued to be the best, and he died the best in a category that continued to sweep the internet to the point where he was loved and practically viewed as the face of minecraft by many.

This might be my favorite Technoblade video yet, he is such a inspiration man, I miss him

"They'll keep me alive in the future"

Watching this after his death and hearing him talk about needing doctors “when i grow up” honestly hit me so hard

"You think blindness will stop me?" "It did stop me" Lmao

"I ain't gonna smack talk doctors, they'll keep me alive when I get old" Auch that hurt

And he did shoot for the stars. The doctors kept him alive for a while, but not till he got old. Rip Technoblade. Your legacy is your book, your story, the peice that you wrote. You are the author and your story will be shared for many years to come. Thank you for writing this story.

“Minecraft RU-vid isn’t a reliable source of income” Little did he know...

when techno said hes 17... bro i forget so often that im not 11 anymore and the youtubers i like are gonna be closer to my age its so weird

10:20 that aged like fine wine

16:25 what he said there hit me like a truck Rip techno

thank you technoblade, I will now spend my life savings making a successful corndog business

I remember watching this video a REALLY long time ago and 14 year old me was like "screw it, techno has a point". I'm not yet where i want to be but i'm going to get there goddammit even if it seems very unrealistic to me and everyone else in the present. This just goes to show that Techno was truly the unique person he always wanted to be thru his philosophy, and also because he is able to say some words that can make someone re-think their life whilst he's entertaining them by styling on kids in a block game either if it was right now in 2022 or back in 2017, or any time in the future. His cool edgy philosophy will live on forever thru us.

He didn't just shoot for the stars, he enderpearled there and comboed them with ease.

Keep coming back to this video whenever I feel low Thanks techno, you are still remembered, always will be

Bro after hearing his whole "philosophy" everything makes sense now -I'm gonna get 10 mil subs (at 1.9mil rn!) -I'm gonna get/create pig rank ✅ -I'm gonna get 1000 bedwars win streak (twice lmao) ✅ -I'm gonna be #1 potato farmer ✅ -I'm gonna farm 500mil potatoes/win war ✅ -I'm gonna win minecraft monday/minecraft championship ✅ I think the difference, however, is how techno sets very unrealistic goals and "shoots for the moon" for things he's gonna do/achieve but then he works extremely hard to make everything happen, no matter how silly or time-consuming

This is basically a time capsule at this point. 17yo Technoblade would probably be shocked to find he genuinely reached the stars.

This is the first video of his I’ve watched since hearing the news. Strangely, as much as it hurt at times, this was probably the perfect video to watch again. Idk how to explain really, but it was. Thank you for everything, techno. I don’t think I’m ever going to forget the impact you’ve made on my life.

I wasn't even all that hurt when he said "They'll keep me alive when I get old", I was just crushed when he said, "When I get old".

It's because of Techno's starry-eyed idealism that the world has witnessed and been moved by his humour and creativity, and it's killing me to think about what his passion and potential could have achieved in the literary world had tragedy not struck. -Anyhow- Regardless, the joy and inspiration he's instilled in the world thus far will ensure his legacy lives on through all those his life has touched. We'll see you in the night skies, Techno.

i don’t know why but techno saying “okay?” at like 20:13 ish like made me start to tear up- he just sounds so wholesome and loving and supporting and ?????

"I'm the greatest at lego pvp which probably won't matter at all in probably three years" Congrads man. Technoblade never dies.

“if i had another hundred lives, i think i would choose technoblade again every single time, as those were the happiest years in my life.” - Technoblade We miss you techno

This video hits too hard after his passing knowing that he was scared but didn't show it shows just how much he cared about us nerds

He predicted his entire career, he is no longer whit us. He had 5 years left at this point. His wisdom amazed 20 year old me as much as 15 year old me. Thank you for all the happy times. You are and will be missed.

Hey Technoblade, it's been 10 months since you passed away. I cried a lot. You were my biggest inspiration and role model. I wouldn't be who I am today without you. I've definitely watched this video in the past, when you were still around, maybe 3 or 4 years ago, but its meaning never reached me. I'm 17 years old now. The same age you were when you made this video. The impact this video has on me now is completely different to the impact it had on me when I was around 13 years old. Your dream, your philosophy in life, the level of self-awareness you displayed. It's exactly the same as me right now. I want to be someone great, someone special, someone different, just like you. I know the you at the time had no idea what you'd become, and how you'd achieve your dreams, but your dedication and commitment to follow through with it, despite not knowing how it would turn out, is truly amazing. I wanna be someone great just like you, but I can't even begin to commit to anything. I don't even know what I want to do in life. I know you're gone, and that this message will never reach you anymore. It might not reach anyone for that matter, but that doesn't matter to me. Just leaving my mark on this video, letting it be known that I was here, is enough for me. Truly, thank you for everything Technoblade, -From the friend you never met

"The Doctors probably will keep me alive at some point, when I'm older"...god, RIP Alex (Technoblade)

Technoblade monologuing about his career path and seeing him now is really inspiring considering how I am the same age as he was when he made this video Edit (after his passing): He still inspires me and will continue to inspire me as an amazing person. Technoblade never dies.

“Doctors are great man, they’ll keep me alive in the future.” Well, he was right. Edit: I suppose any of you reading this comment at this point have heard the news that he is gone. I’m sorry for this comment and how badly it has aged now.

this video just randomly popped into my headspace today, and i'm really glad it did. i was really mad at myself for this school thing, i went for the harder option and it didn't work and that cost me the grade. i kept wishing i could go back and not take the risk, but i guess this was me hitting that button, not going with the safe option, because i knew there was a chance i'd have greater success. and today i didn't, but i think i'd have the techno philosophy stamp of approval

“I don’t ever want to look in the mirror and think that I could have been something better” hopefully he fulfilled that promise to himself

This video really sums it all up. I really hope everyone here is alright, we all have different walks in life but we can all agree technoblade helped us through many hardships Rest in piece to the legend TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES

it's hard to watch this while being sad because of how funny and naturally entertaining he is. Well miss you, king

“Doctors are great. I’m not gonna smack talk doctors. They keep me alive man. Well i mean i- they’ll keep me alive in the future probably when i get old.” *sobs*

i'm 17 (18 this year, i'm honestly quite scared for what is to come), just like he was in the video and if i'm going to be honest-- i feel rather lost, still unsure what i'm going to be a couple of years later because the only thing that makes me stand out from the crowd would be that i'm an artist. something he has made clear in this video is that i should shoot for the stars, so i'll try to do that. the last couple of days i've really been feeling down but as the video drew nearer to the end i just began to cry like i always do, cause he really was and still is an inspiration to many people til this day. one thing i will say is that i wish i had watched him more way, way before 2022. his words in the video would've definitely impacted younger me a bit more haha, but thank you to techno for everything. every video i watch from him continues to push me everyday to take small steps at a time and maybe one day i'll eventually reach the stars and thanks to anyone for taking their time to read this too