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@RetroGameSpacko
@RetroGameSpacko 4 года назад
What you call "low effort" is "high production" for others.
@williamreid6255
@williamreid6255 4 года назад
Retro Game Spacko Yes, he’s on a budget, of course, but he already has a pretty high monthly income just on Patreon alone
@DJNokem
@DJNokem 4 года назад
My wife works in stained glass conservation. I'll ask her if she knows of a suitable paint for getting the result you're after. Edit: So apparently what you're looking for in terms of glass paint would be a solvent based paint such as the Pebeo Vitrail or Artiste Aquaglass. You will need to make sure you get the transparent variety as they also come in opaque. Can't say for certain if you'll have the same issue with the blue being overbearing as the wife hasn't actually used them with a direct light source like your led INSERT GENERIC HOLIDAY HERE lights. The other option she posed was glass enamels, which contain powdered glass so are transparent. Don't see those an option because they require firing in a kiln and you can wave goodbye to your bulbs if you do that. Hope this points you in the right direction if you happen to see this.
@Tahngarthor
@Tahngarthor 4 года назад
"no effort November" *puts way too much effort into altering the color of holiday lights*
@fuzzlenutberry
@fuzzlenutberry 4 года назад
Next year he'll start a crowd funding page to manufacture his own line of Christmas lights
@dradis101
@dradis101 4 года назад
I would support this.
@scaper8
@scaper8 4 года назад
"Multiple season holiday lights!"
@waylonnicholson371
@waylonnicholson371 4 года назад
Sign me up. I’m in my late thirties and have fond memories of the mini incandescent Xmas lights of my youth. The mini led color spectrum is just too cold.
@Soloist1983
@Soloist1983 4 года назад
I sure hope so
@oxybrightdark8765
@oxybrightdark8765 3 года назад
It’s 2020, get on it nerd
@StarkRG
@StarkRG 4 года назад
The best solution, obviously, would be just to learn how to blow glass and construct new bulbs yourself out of colored glass.
@Pheonixco
@Pheonixco 4 года назад
Well aren't the led "bulbs" Plastic?
@StarkRG
@StarkRG 4 года назад
I'm not talking about the LED ones.
@sacwingedbatsatadbitsad4346
@sacwingedbatsatadbitsad4346 4 года назад
So much easier to make plastic ones. All you really need(I'm guessing) are a nice chunk of aluminium, a Dremel tool, and some clear plastic and I guess a pan to melt it in. You could also pump them out by the dozens pretty quickly as opposed to glass blowing which takes time, effort, skill, and probably most importantly, more expensive equipment.
@StarkRG
@StarkRG 4 года назад
@@sacwingedbatsatadbitsad4346 Injection molding clear plastic is difficult, particularly if you want it to look half decent. Unlike glass and metal, plastic doesn't generally melt into a liquid and what it does melt into usually changes chemically so you don't end up with something transparent.
@sacwingedbatsatadbitsad4346
@sacwingedbatsatadbitsad4346 4 года назад
@@StarkRG I'm sure there's a special plastic made for home use that melts nicely. But it's not my area, I'm a metalworking guy, so I may be wrong.
@CKTofu
@CKTofu 4 года назад
"painfully aware of how my audio sounds. I'm working on it" Working on it? Working on it!? That doesn't sound very No Effort November of you.
@amymo5187
@amymo5187 4 года назад
No no no he means he is on top of the microphone
@apolloapostolos5127
@apolloapostolos5127 4 года назад
Alwsomex Studios lmao 😂 yes
@johnhonda93
@johnhonda93 3 года назад
@@amymo5187 you made me lol
@williamreid6255
@williamreid6255 3 года назад
He knows he can’t bear to bother the audiophiles out there cuz he’d probably lose some subscribers, every RU-vidr’s nightmare
@AMD1
@AMD1 4 года назад
11:01 "sit in my corner painting light bulbs like a mad man" I can totally relate to you being fussy about Christmas lights. Ugly monochrome colors is also the biggest drawback to LED lights for me, followed by horrible power factors on certain sets. Many times I find myself painting lights with sharpies, zip tying sockets 90° down to their wires on icicle lights, scraping faded paint off cheap C9 bulbs to make them clear, cutting and soldering wires so a set can be powered with 12vdc, ...
@elmosexwhistle
@elmosexwhistle 4 года назад
This episode should be great. I always love it when one person is on an obsessive quest!
@johnttracy
@johnttracy 4 года назад
"Silly songs of small shimmering string suspended shiney sources of sparkling light. Since striving for savings seems sensible sometimes scores of stores sell some super slick..." No effort November indeed.
@Rudofaux
@Rudofaux 4 года назад
What if that's the way he is normally?
@LRM12o8
@LRM12o8 4 года назад
silly *sums* of... Sorry to be pedantic about it, but was just confused as songs didn't seem to make sense. Nice comment though, didn't even recognize the alliteration wnt on for two sentences, since he made a rather long break in between them, lol.
@falcon-ng6sd
@falcon-ng6sd 4 года назад
Now read that while thinking of this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tFZKgzg8Dq8.html
@SarahRWilson
@SarahRWilson 4 года назад
@@Rudofaux That would be a bonus.
@HaydenX
@HaydenX 4 года назад
Acquire an attitude to always alliterate and avoid apathy in application of alluring articulations.
@SamCyanide
@SamCyanide 4 года назад
Your mix of comedy and Interesting Information(tm) is great, don't ever drop your silly business.
@SMGJohn
@SMGJohn 4 года назад
Its just like how old American infomercials, informative videos and documentary videos were made, brilliant how they put those together with that bit of humour to maintain engagement of the viewer.
@joshuaschluter6802
@joshuaschluter6802 4 года назад
Interesting Information™
@christopherbiomass7155
@christopherbiomass7155 4 года назад
THE reason I subscribed.
@cheater00
@cheater00 4 года назад
why did i watch this. what is wrong with me,
@coolguy-xd1bg
@coolguy-xd1bg 4 года назад
Agree. He's a real treasure!
@Nighthawkinlight
@Nighthawkinlight 4 года назад
What setup are you using for your teleprompter? I like that you can use a track pad to scroll through.
@williamreid6255
@williamreid6255 3 года назад
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YeRu4xYH_W0.html Here ya go :)
@lucianodinino
@lucianodinino 4 года назад
Ever since you once said “poopy nonsense” in a video, I’ve since used it in casual conversations. Thank you.
@HSAC.WDTK.DTKT.LFO.
@HSAC.WDTK.DTKT.LFO. 4 года назад
2020: So I contracted a suppler on Alibaba to make custom LED strings, but the minimum order is 100,000 units.
@TheMonthlyJack
@TheMonthlyJack 4 года назад
2021: I'm shutting down the channel because i need to focus on my Christmas light bulb business. We are a multi billion dollar company after all.
@bbgun061
@bbgun061 4 года назад
He has 497k subscribers right now...
@SkylarsTerribleMemes
@SkylarsTerribleMemes 4 года назад
kickstarter when
@Reactor89
@Reactor89 4 года назад
A minimum order of 100,000 light caps isn't that bad really. I would sell caps in sets of 100 (maybe throw in couple extra in case some break) because most Christmas lights are sold in multiples of 100. That's 1000 sets of 100 and I could see that many sets being sold world wide over eBay and Amazon in a year or two.
@johnbennett1465
@johnbennett1465 4 года назад
@@Reactor89 except it is 100,000 strings of lights, not 100,000 caps.
@gplechuckiii
@gplechuckiii 4 года назад
Me: This guy is a nut case for painting Christmas Lights Also Me: I am going to watch everyone of his videos
@mal2ksc
@mal2ksc 4 года назад
You can't watch until December 1 then because it's no-nut November.
@Dreddy72
@Dreddy72 4 года назад
@@mal2ksc its ok, hes not a nut, hes just a case for nuts. acceptable for no nut november.
@sadroses2
@sadroses2 4 года назад
You're in for a treat, I found him because of last year's lights video...& promptly watched every. Single. Video.
@treborironwolfe978
@treborironwolfe978 4 года назад
I thought that painting lightbulbs was what we paid other countries' cheap labor force to do.
@stevesstuff1450
@stevesstuff1450 4 года назад
"There's no use trying the Glue with the Blue, so I abandoned that Too. Boo Hoo" Ah...that's lovely! A terrific video...and hilarious! :-D
@toddreese2145
@toddreese2145 4 года назад
My new favorite description for failure: "Poopsicles."
@williamreid6255
@williamreid6255 3 года назад
Kinda unrelated, but I’d luv to go for some Fudgesicles rn 😂
@AidenGoode004
@AidenGoode004 4 года назад
This is still so much effort (especially in the joke department) and I love it!
@the3nder1
@the3nder1 4 года назад
Yeah I'm thinking he just isn't filtering out any of the jokes he thinks of and that's the "no effort" part. Lol
@ericcartmann
@ericcartmann 4 года назад
The guy simply cannot handle not putting in the extra effort.
@TheVonMatrices
@TheVonMatrices 4 года назад
@@the3nder1 But if you watch the captions there's even more jokes in there so there's definitely effort involved.
@c182SkylaneRG
@c182SkylaneRG 4 года назад
@@TheVonMatrices Thank you for telling me! I was about to watch it without captions (or just listen to it in the background). I'm glad I didn't miss the little gems! :D
4 года назад
FruitBasket now I am going to have to watch it again.
@nooranik21
@nooranik21 4 года назад
I came for the technology, I stayed for the connections and smooth jazz.
@centurybug
@centurybug 4 года назад
Ah yes, my favorite cowboy song, "Great Ball of Plasma in the Sky"
@jordanzish
@jordanzish 4 года назад
Ball of Fire by Tommy James and the Shondells immediately came to mind. Definitely not a cowboy song though.
@nicholaschestley4879
@nicholaschestley4879 3 года назад
I can't wait for 2020's light video! Your relentless search for holiday lighting perfection is astonishingly enjoyable to watch! It's not often you get to see such a well shot and produced work featuring a slow descent into madness. Thanks! And happy whatever!
@Dark.Shingo
@Dark.Shingo 4 года назад
Wife: You have an unhealthy obsession with such and such project of yours, that's not normal. *Me, pointing to this video.* We are legion.
@harryt9348
@harryt9348 4 года назад
Stephen Anthony he... didn’t say that
@simonmikkelsen
@simonmikkelsen 4 года назад
I'm looking forward to part 5.
@f15sim
@f15sim 4 года назад
...and part 6!
@stonent
@stonent 4 года назад
@@f15sim Make it an even part 10.
@rogermohn3650
@rogermohn3650 4 года назад
Oh my god, even your captions are hilarious. "(how pretentious)" lol
@Cobras7111
@Cobras7111 4 года назад
“No effort November” Translation: Still way, way, _wayyyyyy_ better than any video I could ever make
@nighthawk2k3rsx
@nighthawk2k3rsx 4 года назад
Dude, that alliteration was legit.
@OutOfNamesToChoose
@OutOfNamesToChoose 4 года назад
I fully agree with you! That's why you should translate this video to Mandarin and post it to Weibo. We'd get the lights cheaply on eBay in no time
@KaleunMaender77
@KaleunMaender77 4 года назад
I wouldn't trust them with false teeth. Sorry. I don't find anything from there to be totally legit.
@joshm264
@joshm264 4 года назад
Technology connextras Me:"No" Alec: "DEAL WITH IT" Me: ok fine
@williamreid6255
@williamreid6255 4 года назад
Josh McCellan If only he cleverly lowered some shades onto his eyes in editing (Like ur profile pic btw)
@76horsepower
@76horsepower 4 года назад
This is one of those rare times when being colorblind actually makes things easier. Just sayin’.
@tanya5322
@tanya5322 3 года назад
Now I’m curios to know how the glaring blue LEDs would compare to the other colors when filmed with true B&W film
@K-o-R
@K-o-R 4 года назад
Something similar to coloured caps in 50-packs exist; Railway model signals use them as bulb covers. Search eBay for "grain of wheat covers". Pricey though; £12 for 150. Unless this is one of the things for next year ;)
@pmsteamrailroading
@pmsteamrailroading 4 года назад
K.o.R most model railroaders use LEDs indeed they now make them in the official FRA colors.
@remotecontrol1408
@remotecontrol1408 4 года назад
There is also Paint sold for that: www.conrad.com/o/light-bulb-paint-1201031
@volksrod6926
@volksrod6926 4 года назад
Pricey? Id say cheap.
@K-o-R
@K-o-R 4 года назад
@@pmsteamrailroading That's probably why they're so pricey now then; lack of demand.
@volksrod6926
@volksrod6926 4 года назад
Over 10peices for a dollar is cheap.
@fatjesus1584
@fatjesus1584 4 года назад
"give the people what they want" It's you. You are the people.
@BilisNegra
@BilisNegra 4 года назад
2:17 That side by side photo comparison really illustrates your point. The LED strip on the left makes the VCR look very much like the inside of a gaming PC. It's showy, but it's cold. The warmth in the incandescent strip both brings back childhood memories, and, by some sort of synesthetic association, feels actually confy and warm in that freezing cold part of the year.
@MrVolksbeetle
@MrVolksbeetle 4 года назад
Suffering succotash, that was a satisfyingly superb special on the subtleties of shopping for specific spectrums of strings of lights. Seriously, your jib is a supreme cut of silliness that is right in my wheelhouse.
@ChrisPlaola
@ChrisPlaola 4 года назад
"Technology Connextras"...Genius! I love it!
@maighstir3003
@maighstir3003 4 года назад
For some reason I heard "Connectrons".
@guywiththebottle
@guywiththebottle 4 года назад
@@maighstir3003 I heard connextress
@Heksu99
@Heksu99 4 года назад
It's all a big con
@guywiththebottle
@guywiththebottle 4 года назад
@@HelloKittyFanMan. Bad troll. Shoo, shoo!
@maighstir3003
@maighstir3003 4 года назад
What was said and what I heard isn't necessarily the same.
@Reddles37
@Reddles37 4 года назад
As a colorblind person, I have no idea what you're talking about...
@mikewalsh68
@mikewalsh68 2 года назад
I came across this because I've had the same dilemma/annoyance for years. I have no idea why companies haven't made LED lights that look incandescent. I've also had the custom lights idea like you. Your effort on this is commendable.
@MrBrelindm
@MrBrelindm 4 года назад
I was annoyed with the blue LED lights at first too but have grown to appreciate them. Royal Blue is a fitting tribute for the birth of The King!
@stevorobo692
@stevorobo692 4 года назад
What it must be like to be in your head 🤣
@SlartiMarvinbartfast
@SlartiMarvinbartfast 4 года назад
The world is unprepared for such a revelation. ;-) But seriously, thanks to Mr TC for doing this, I'm now going to order some LED bulbs (style as shown in the video) and some transparent acrylic paint.
@RyanTosh
@RyanTosh 4 года назад
Probably filled with multicolor lights and CEDs
@Tina-Brune
@Tina-Brune 4 года назад
You could experience it 2 hours a night by becoming a holiday lights executive and turning on your telepathy receiver
@RyanTosh
@RyanTosh 4 года назад
@@Tina-Brune ur so stupid im 9 amd even i know theres no such thing as telepathy ur all idits if you belive this. and executive isnt a word idiot
@ParanoimiaUK
@ParanoimiaUK 4 года назад
Scary, but fun. Like your first rollercoaster ride. But with less throwing up. Maybe.
@MarceldeJong
@MarceldeJong 4 года назад
This video was lit!
@darkhoodchief
@darkhoodchief 4 года назад
No
@gfrewqpoiu
@gfrewqpoiu 4 года назад
Marcel de Jong 13:08 Nope
@ryanblakeslee1406
@ryanblakeslee1406 4 года назад
Boooo your pun was bad and you should feel bad. Or maybe I'm just jealous.
@DrFreeeman
@DrFreeeman 4 года назад
By Christmas lights.
@theannoyedmrfloyd3998
@theannoyedmrfloyd3998 4 года назад
This video is illuminated!
@BThings
@BThings 4 года назад
I like that you have a mix of carefully researched explanation videos and videos, like this one, where you share your thoughts about technology. You do a really good job!
@ritamoresco2307
@ritamoresco2307 3 года назад
I can't believe there is someone else in this world that has a bug-a-boo about Christmas lights like I do. I also prefer incandescent colored lights to LED colored lights. I also like white lights. But what is the prettiest is a mix of white and color lights which you cannot find. So what I did was buy same size and brand of lights, one color strand and one white strand. Lay them out on the floor side by side and switch every other bulb so you have 2 strands of color and white the same. Makes decorating the tree easier and the effect was perfect in my opinion. The right mix of color and white lights. Do this for as many strands as you need.
@metjetfan23
@metjetfan23 4 года назад
The blue lobby isn’t happy and they are showing it with dislikes.
@otter968
@otter968 4 года назад
I actually really enjoy this level of effort, it's still high quality but it feels more casual and fun, keep it up!
@PainterVierax
@PainterVierax 4 года назад
Nerdy painter's comments here. You saved a lot of time by not really testing the glue because those are prone to fast crackling and UV yellowing so those experiments would have ended like the sharpies' method. Depends on the glue but it's true for the standard poly-vinyl ones. That's why acrylic (or epoxy) medium is more suitable but you may not have used enough paint in your mix. That's not too surprising that the red painting is more transparent than other colors. As I said one year before, different pigments even with the same hue produce different opacity (and different UV resistivity). In fine art it's noted on the packaging and we generally use two coloring palettes : one with opaque pigments, the other with transparent equivalencies. Also the thinner the layer of paint is, the more it will stain. That's a bit tedious to do multiple thin layers but it generally gives better durability and you gain better control of the intensity and the uniformity of the coloration and it may be easier to have good results when painting the inside of the bulb. Something more obvious but good to remember is that cleaning the support improves stain of the paint because dust and grease residues (like finger's sebum) reduce the gripping surface of the support. If those bulbs aren't made of glass, very gently sanding them will increase contact area and improve durability of the painting, otherwise the glass paint is certainly the most suitable product. Finally, it's generally a bad idea to use a heater to dry paint or vanish quicker. If the surface dries too fast compared to the bottom, the result is (micro)crackling and it reduces the durability of the layer. That can be an effect in "faux" decoration but here it's not what you aim.
@I_Santos_
@I_Santos_ 3 года назад
Alec’s awesome alliteration always astounds and amazes.
@khristkannon1172
@khristkannon1172 4 года назад
As always great stuff. And yeah, they should definitely sell the lights year round. Students have used them to decorate their dorm rooms for as long as I can remember.
@xenonram
@xenonram 4 года назад
They do seem them year round. They're not as plentiful, but you can still buy them anytime of the year.
@SeanBZA
@SeanBZA 4 года назад
They make them al year round, so as to have enough stock for that single month of sales.
@sirBrouwer
@sirBrouwer 4 года назад
here they use those LED strips. they are even cheaper and you can set the colour how ever you like. plus they are so cheap in power consumption that even if you would have them on 24/7 they still don't cost much at all.
@bkstarkey
@bkstarkey 4 года назад
I’m actually really glad you made this video. Makes me feel like much less of an oddball! Main reason I don’t buy led lights is because of the colors.
@CODMarioWarfare
@CODMarioWarfare 4 года назад
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
@Littlewing6was9
@Littlewing6was9 4 года назад
Diodes are demons!
@CODMarioWarfare
@CODMarioWarfare 4 года назад
Doped-up demons!
@cjc363636
@cjc363636 4 года назад
Alec, you remind me of my own silly inner voice at the times when I'm in the weeds with a tech problem and I don't understand why the industry just doesn't do it the WAY I WANT IT!!! I'm truly grateful for your channel and all the work you put into it!
@WalnutBun
@WalnutBun 4 года назад
You looked like you were about to snap when you said "I'll just sit in my corner painting light bulbs like a madman. The end!"
@ahmadalhwejh9026
@ahmadalhwejh9026 4 года назад
This is the most "first worldy" problem i ever encountered.
@TechnologyConnections
@TechnologyConnections 4 года назад
No one said it wasn't
@ahmadalhwejh9026
@ahmadalhwejh9026 4 года назад
@@TechnologyConnections no one said i don't like it
@metaforth1271
@metaforth1271 4 года назад
Christmas Light Executive getting ready for bed: Huh? What's that sound...? Oh goddamnit MARGRET THE VOICE IS BACK!!
@allmycircuits8850
@allmycircuits8850 4 года назад
We better do what this guy says. He has CONNECTIONS!
@realvanman1
@realvanman1 4 года назад
I smiled the whole time. ;) You’re absolutely correct. The harsh, monochromatic light of colored LEDs sucks. They also have a cold and uninviting look to them. I use around 80 C-9s on my house, running on about 75 volts. They use about 300 watts, coming on at dusk and off at midnight. Their consumption is irrelevant compared to the fact that I have not even one child.
@andriypredmyrskyy7791
@andriypredmyrskyy7791 4 года назад
"No effort November" PSHAW I SAY, your captions are still amazing beyond comprehension.
@quietsamurai1998
@quietsamurai1998 4 года назад
Oh my god, I totally forgot about my lite brite! Thanks for the nostalgia trip
@mute8s
@mute8s 4 года назад
This channel makes me so happy telling me things I didn't need to know. Well... telling me things I didn't think I needed to know. Keep up the good work!
@MrGul
@MrGul 4 года назад
I giggled all the way through the video, but that final "lit" pun at the end was so great and unexpected that I burst out in hysterical laughter. Absolutely love how you combine extensive research, fantastic information, top-notch presentation and great humor in a single package. Never ever quit being awesome!
@FernandoGastelo
@FernandoGastelo 4 года назад
It boggles my mind why you would go to such extent and i probably wont do this excercise myself. Yet i enjoy the hell of it. So thank you
@yorgle
@yorgle 4 года назад
I totally love your writing and delivery style. Awesome info too! I’m gonna have to try some of this. :D. And I totally love the use of a videotape spindle as a painters palette.
@valuevinyl110
@valuevinyl110 4 года назад
Bonus points for alliteration attempt at the beginning. Well worth the effort.
@SamTheBattleshipp
@SamTheBattleshipp 4 года назад
The only channel I watch with subtitles. Thanks for another great video!
@CupidFromKentucky
@CupidFromKentucky 4 года назад
This is why I love your channel. You described my problem with modern Christmas/Holiday/Whatever lights perfectly. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
@ucitymetalhead
@ucitymetalhead 4 года назад
my dad is equally obsessed with Christmas lights he won't even touch those evil leds.
@eric4946
@eric4946 4 года назад
“How technology connections stole the LED color pallet” - Seuss
@namewarvergeben
@namewarvergeben 4 года назад
If it was a Euro-pallet, I hope he traded an empty pallet in return.
@FranticPixel
@FranticPixel 4 года назад
You’re seriously my favorite omg 😂 also that make your own color/lite brite thing is genius because pixel art would be a amazing with that!
@Jasa12265
@Jasa12265 4 года назад
3:09 *applies sunscreen directly to christmas lights*
@KurtHectic97
@KurtHectic97 4 года назад
i know it's christmas, but i've missed the classic jazz ending music XD.
@Full_Otto_Bismarck
@Full_Otto_Bismarck 4 года назад
Floaters - Jimmy Fontanez In case you need that fix lol
@cybermonkey81
@cybermonkey81 4 года назад
@@Full_Otto_Bismarck Thanks, I was looking for the name of that smooth jazz.
@Gameboygenius
@Gameboygenius 4 года назад
When you realize that the colloquial name for the Blue Lobby would be Big Blue, that puts a lot of things in a whole new light!
@ianwatts6342
@ianwatts6342 4 года назад
Using VHS spool sprocket holes.. er.. cogs.. was a nice touch for mixing your colors and glue together. Worked well to flow from the previous video. Nice touch.
@thatclintguy
@thatclintguy 4 года назад
As a marketer and an electrical engineer, this video spoke to the deepest depths of my soul. Especially your interchangeable color globes idea!
@pvtpain66k
@pvtpain66k 4 года назад
"Ok, that's enough of that" I was enjoying the abuse of alliteration. :>
@ClokworkGremlin
@ClokworkGremlin 4 года назад
I was looking forward to this year's installment on LED madness.
@davidratliff5282
@davidratliff5282 4 года назад
Ok I cannot believe it, but i am right there with you in regards to you bulb dilemma. and i thought back to really old school bulbs and how they had colored the inside of the bulb. and it gave me the idea of taking each bulb cover off, i know i know, but bear with me, and try painting the inside of the bulb cover, letting it dry and putting it back on the white bulb. i will actually try this out, because yeah, thats what i will do. I love your channel man, it brings me cheer.
@CyhAnide
@CyhAnide 4 года назад
Neighbor: "I love the colors of your lights! Where did you get them?" This guy: "I painted each individual bulb on a clear strand to achieve my desired perfection. (◉‿◉) " Me: [contemplates the meaning of life]
4 года назад
I've just lost it when you shown the VCR internals with the christmas lights on top. :D
@volvo09
@volvo09 4 года назад
And the "mixing cups" 😄
@Lanthanideification
@Lanthanideification 4 года назад
@@volvo09 Ooh, that's what that was. I thought it was some weird artsy thing where you can mix just a tiny bit of paint and then put blobs of it out onto the radial parts like an artist's palette, but you do it with different shades, eg start off with green and then add some white, mix it up and move it to one of the radial bits, then add more white, mix it further and move that one onto a different radial segment, etc.
@Tarkov.
@Tarkov. 4 года назад
I've been waiting a whole year for this video.
@AlKaBen
@AlKaBen 4 года назад
Man we don't have Christmas in my country but I love your yearly lights videos. Keep it up And merry Christmas to all of you. 👍
@elliotburing87
@elliotburing87 4 года назад
It’s cool to see someone else so obsessed about colors. Certain smells bring me back to my childhood, but it’s the same for me with color. Not a huge pink fan, but the color of the original Gameboy A and B buttons, that is my favorite color. And certain Christmas lights REALLY bring me back to when I was two years old and pulled the tree onto myself while checking out the light strings. XD
@Leightspeed_
@Leightspeed_ 4 года назад
As someone with a hard-on for alliteration, I was hoping you'd keep going.
@hhjones9393
@hhjones9393 4 года назад
"Do it!! Do it!!" LMAO! Thanks for sharing my dislike of non-Christmas colors on Christmas lights!
@minkymootwo
@minkymootwo 4 года назад
I've been using Sharpies for years, I used to revive my old sets of incandescent xmas lights that had faded and the heat had burnt off the original colour after a few years of use.
@robertpucovsky
@robertpucovsky 4 года назад
Just in time! I already started to repair old set and color, of course, are gone, so I need to paint them. Last year I've tried sharpie method for indoors and it worked!
@stimpy_thecat
@stimpy_thecat 4 года назад
You put more effort into your captions than most people put into their whole video. 👍
@rocketkids4
@rocketkids4 4 года назад
Remember Kids "GrEeN iS nOt A cReAtIvE cOlOuR"
@Simufreund309
@Simufreund309 4 года назад
Well, then let us all agree to never be creative again.
@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639
@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639 4 года назад
@@Simufreund309 Wrong month for Father's Day.
@HolyKhaaaaan
@HolyKhaaaaan 4 года назад
It's not easy being green.
@Ericisnotachannel
@Ericisnotachannel 4 года назад
"Whoa there friends I think you might need to slow down."
@meowcat385
@meowcat385 4 года назад
Just stumbled on this video randomly and oh my gosh, you're out here solving my biggest problem with Christmas. That LED blue is just the worst. Bless you.
@teaser6089
@teaser6089 4 года назад
Honestly, this is the best channel out there! I have watched(waay too many) of your video's haha!
@CalvinWalton
@CalvinWalton 4 года назад
I think you might have forgotten to de-ess the first part of this video. There's some substantial sibilance straining my sanity.
@vcolinc
@vcolinc 4 года назад
Ah, what sonorous silliness!
@cb1671
@cb1671 4 года назад
It's okay, it's no-effort November.
@Ndlanding
@Ndlanding 4 года назад
His jacket: Sports jackets and clothes hiss me off. I can just HEAR it!
@BilisNegra
@BilisNegra 4 года назад
It makes you go nuts most likely because you are into content creation as well. bet that went unnoticed to 95+% of viewers
@Innomen
@Innomen 4 года назад
"If they did this video would be LIT!" jesus XD lol4r
@colbatronbmw
@colbatronbmw 4 года назад
man! as that tongue twister at the 50 sec mark was going my excitement was building. Your scripts are awesome.
@kurtownsj00
@kurtownsj00 4 года назад
You're certainly right. I'd just taken for granted my old lights, and when I bought some LED ones recently realized how much less they rock.
@smwillia
@smwillia 4 года назад
Instead of a paint brush, have you considered using a sponge with a roughly Christmas light sized hole cut in it with which you soak the sponge in the desired color and insert the light?
@zmknox
@zmknox 4 года назад
That was successfully less effort than the last video, I like it!
@Thermalions
@Thermalions 4 года назад
He did still have outtakes though, so there's still room for a suitably lackadaisical effort.
@ducewags
@ducewags 4 года назад
After the many wonderful years my wife and I have been together, we have come to the conclusion and agree on one thing together. We need brown pinecone lights. Thank you for the time spent on the family friendly vidoes. BACON.
@Stellardoor
@Stellardoor 4 года назад
I never thought I'd ever come across another person that has obsessed over the color of Christmas lights as I have and painstakingly painted each one. I'm in love.
@BHK0000
@BHK0000 4 года назад
“That great ball of plasma in the sky...” lol
@azyfloof
@azyfloof 4 года назад
11:00 I expected you to appear in front of a green screen, yelling "Just DO IT!!" at the camera :P Missed a trick there! xD
@herrskymarshall
@herrskymarshall 4 года назад
This is the sort of dedication I want for my RU-vid videos but not for myself.
@xaninator
@xaninator 4 года назад
You are definitely right about the perfect colours. I don't want a single wavelength of light, I want something natural looking. The single wavelength also makes digital media look really weird
@jimbo2150
@jimbo2150 4 года назад
4:59 - poopcicles
@Francois_Dupont
@Francois_Dupont 4 года назад
hes the kind of guy that told you at school "Black is not a color", while you were coloring.
@RyoLeo
@RyoLeo 4 года назад
Francois Dupont no he was the guy who corrected that idiot and say black is all colour in painting and black is no color in lighting
@johnnylochs6704
@johnnylochs6704 4 года назад
My dude you're hilarious!! thanks for all the laughs and these November videos are great. Keep up the great work!
@HavokTheorem
@HavokTheorem 4 года назад
You are just impossible to not enjoy watching. Don't stop.
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