Let's Play WAVELENGTH! | Overboard, Episode 17 

i was SCREAMING internally the WHOLE TIME that they put s o much discussion into “hey”

It was SUCH a Millennial take that they immediately went to texting when she LITERALLY spoke it. They had voice inflection and body language to work with but no, let's imagine she texted it instead.

Fogmoz ok boomer

@@c3p0worksatburgerking35 Dude that meme died. Show it some respect. At the very least, make sure you're using it on a boomer...

Fogmoz ok boomer

All the plants!

Wait what time was this?

The Seventh Ducks 16:20

It's always Pat... strong Burger Chainz energy

Bailey Granquist the look on his face whenever he realizes he’s made another mistake is... perfection

nasecoo you forgot 8:24 "/pre-sext", which honestly, as someone who texts Hey when I start a conversation with someone gives me more anxiety than the difference between talking to someone and talking to someone. Bear in mind there is purposefully no emphasis on any word in that last statement.

"hey" just sounds ominous to me, to my ears almost any other greeting sounds more auspicious

Hey

@Ties de Jong hey opens up to many ways a conversation could steer to, the context is very important and the worry comes from that lack of context.

@Ties de Jong The thing is there's a big difference between a text that says "hey." and a text that says "hey, what's up?" or "Hey, how's it going?" It's also different between text and speech because if someone just says a short "hey" in a more tired tone of voice, I can easily tell it's an acknowledgement of my presence, not an invitation for conversation. But if I wanted to do something similar over text or like messenger, I'd say something like "boop" or even just "*"

Okay so I already liked this comment a while ago but I only just now realized that was a pun bc that's what horses eat. I just assumed horses would know the greeting hey in the 1820s. I... dont know how i didnt connect the dots

Daniel Alexander you have no idea how much I appreciate this comment. This made my day. I absolutely love this

@@whatalovelybreadstick2449I'm glad u were able to find joy in my stupidity 💛

immediately dove into the comments to find this!! lol

Rewatching this video and only just noticed that joke. Most slept on Russ joke of all time.

Hewwo

hey

"Hello, I'm not mad at you for anything you've ever said or done. I hope you're having a nice day."

@@jq762 But wait, you had to explicitly say it... does that mean you ARE mad at me?

That whole social anxiety bit was so heightened when it came to his turn on the wheel...

And they all get it wrong

actual portrayal of any board game night tbh

Polygon team: Most normal people in the world.

I feel like Pat is always somehow doing both at the same time

I love how I just saw this comment on werewords

@@chloe102 I had to look that, didn't know there was such a similar comment

Remembers the werewolf train faint definitely both

"Hard to sit on"

Then someone ate it.

didn't the same person make a functioning gold toilet called america and then it got stolen?

@@epikitee2186 I have no idea, but I wouldn't be surprised

@@Iceax_ i just checked and it is indeed true. the banana was called "comedian," btw.

@@epikitee2186 the meaning of the art piece is that we should tape all comedians to a wall and then eat the least funny one as a sacrifice. in this essay, i will

"I've never seen Brian commit irredeemable food crimes"

Namely, mushrooms and apples.

I was thinking All The Strawberries - are mushrooms fruit?

Madi no, they’re fungi bruh. Also, is A S S a fruit?

Rie Spark someone hasnt watched brian make 78 recipes from breath of the wild

Along with, “Everyone knows the most underrated letter is W.”

Sam Lee, it is true. jan Misali has a great video about the letter W, named “w”. Edit: channel name updated.

@@felipevasconcelos6736 Jan misali

@@Viscidsquare040 the channel was named “Conlang Critic” when I made this comment. He renamed it to “jan Misali” a few months later.

@@felipevasconcelos6736 oh ok

Grace Lemmon I mean...they're not wrong.

I feel like it would be a crime to neglect saying that at this point in the timeline of the universe, this comment has four hundred twenty likes.

In Mexico we still do the alphabet song, but we have "LMNÑOP", which I think mostly ruins the Boyband Effect

_weeps into lace handkerchief_

As soon as I got to that part of the video I came looking for a comment like this

“Just slightly more art” than he left. Maybe he just doesn’t like art who knows.

He commited to doing it after making the "Pokémon Edibility" Unraveled.

I'm new to this chanel, who left?

Very true

Also, gesamtkunstwerk. Shit's art.

As well as pat sending nintendo diaper toad for like 12 weeks

Not just to put waluigi into a video game but to play waluigi in said video game

"I am going to throw myself into the sea."

But is it more or less underrated than I?

Tbh, this whole video is just pure gold. Hard to sit on, I wish it was science, willing to turn that dial all the way to commerce. This is the best Overboard episode by far, and they have many great ones.

Oh, and pre-sext and Are you thirsty? Are you thirsty right now?

"Am I unreasonable for being afraid of sharks?" With serious concern on his face.

​@@FeamT😊

It’s a weird greeting

Emma Koslosky accurate. And somehow emitting Persephone vibes- floral goddess and queen of the underworld. Like adorable cinnamon roll and also will stab you

actually that seems super accurate

Polygon has cursed all the bisexuals by hiring all pretty employees

Ah, that's why Justin McElroy is no longer there. Not enough of both.

@@toanoradian False, he may not be bi, but he is a definitive cutie.

when is this i need to know

@@jessehunter362 its shortly after 25:18 when brian suggests hugging oscar is about fixing someone

Anyone who didn't get the urge to hug Oscar the Grouch during that conversation is lying

Underrated moment. Glad I read this comment.

Something's telling me "No"

I totally understand that though,."Hey," as a stand alone text (as I took Jenna's, "Hey,") is terrifying as someone is usually gonna give you bad news or ask for a terrible favor.

mood tho

This was the most real thing anyone has ever said

Clowreader Really? Interesting. As a teenager who interacts with adults and students on a daily basis, I’d say “hey” is super common and chill among teens, and honestly a lot of adults use it in a normal way too, even over text

AND I STAND BEHIND HIM 100%

THATS NOT AN OPINION THATS FACT SIR

for some reason when I read this my brain parsed it as "Pat is the Luigi of video games" and I was just like yeah, makes sense, i'm with ya pardner

That video must have been released during the time Allegra was away. ONLY ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE

Amy W you have 5 of them??

that was my first goddamn thought when he said that

That deep water. That dark water.

Glass shark gon come, he come and eat your brotha!

Glass shark loveeee da fat kid, you gotta swim fat kid, pretend there’s a corn dog at the end of the pool!

git outta the DAHK WATER glass shark coming for YOU!

My favorite is BDG just contemplating what she just said for half a second

She's not wrong tho

@@elenpena42564 idk what planet you come from, but unless that "hey" is followed by peaches or eggplants or something, we bouta have a normal conversation

@@breadlast Hey.

@@janzacharias3680 hey.

I thought the same thing!

I was specifically looking for a comment like this

Masterful... Art

reminds me of a moment in anomia - brennan was explaining something shortly after the "any plant" incident, and simone went "this man knows his shit... and it's full of edible plants."

With the glance at the camera and the grin. Is perfect.

Also, the perfect name? "Hash Pipe", thank you Weezer

She had SO MANY good under her breath jokes in that section it was g r e a t

bryn grossmann A testament to the quality of this content that 8 months later we’re still talking about it

just in time to write his three memoirs

Edgar Allen Poe could never

...... Is Pat........ Hot ? ?

@@unknownusername5111 strong dad vibes

@@chekinemi951 what the the Victorian gentry class would do for that look

19:00

I know it's supposed to be thoughts, but I wish to live in this world

Pat, whose dial landed entirely in "Hard to Sit on" side: *Hard to Sit On* Everyone Else:...what? Pat: what did I do? Less than a minute later "POLYGON DOT C*M VIDEO CONTENT"

With a name like that...

@@JamesCPotter13 i feel like giving him a hug after that 😂

“‘Hard to sit on’ is 100% easy to sit on.”

Also shout out to Jenna being a headband queen. We need to support her in this tough time as she grows out her undercut

AvenRox BDG is babyfaced again and I’m all for it.

casual kevin as someone also growing out an undercut I feel her pain 😔

pat with short hair is almost unrecognizable as pat, yet wayyyy too handsome at the same time

Aromantic simone "if you text me that ill report you" de rochefort lol

I have news for you

The term for the weed version could be "bong dong"?

@@ChuckD99 it is weed dick It actually exists in many articles

@@suisui7481 ok but bong dong is fantastic, ngl

What episode was any "plant"?

@@dayalasingh5853 when they played Anomia

I had to pause the video for a while because I was laughing too much to keep up.

Max Moran it would need a picture of some kind to continue being slightly more art

@@haeilsey BDG's face.

@@notAshildr Honestly, I'd buy a shirt with BDG's face on it even without text. Scratch that, _especially_ without text.

When?

@@alyssashih2895 At the very end of the pseudoscience round. Jenna says there is no hard science, and Simone responds with "only soft science"

dig6394 ty

ya, that was gold !

My faves

Whistling Banshee he’s really doing a disgrace to that Waluigi epic he proposed

The whole unreveal series is art but if you see like, polygon things as whole, and also, his stuff can be art and also be commercial, because after a while he kind have to do the stuff because he needs food

@@-piras But… but? He can just do more Unraveled about food? A problem that fixes itself! If your art can't pay for your food, make sure the art is food! That way you can eat it after

@@dig8634 well he did do that and we know how that turned out

My heart goes out to Pat after 49:08 as well

hey pat, everyone loves you

I mean they weren't laughing at him to be mean, it was a funny accident, plus it's in a group of friends so it's endearing. But sure embarrassment is an important part of it

I was laughing because I KNEW it would be exactly something I would do

he really out there for us

Reeve a king for the people

big anxious solidarity here, folks

Hey

@@samlee5549 Pat and I are having a panic attack now, thank you and i'm sorry.

Why is nobody talking about the mouthfeel?!

@@danatronics9039 it rattles my chromosomes

*Hey*

what was she going to say... it haunts me

Not enough people talk about the Mouth Feel™️

@@quietkilljoy contrapoints

@@quietkilljoy Why is nobody talking about the Mouth Feel™️

the you are all dead to me had me wheezing

@@Accordingtoallknownlaws yes! It was so good :)

@@lgdebruin7256 when was that?

@@zerstreubar see his bloodborne episode

Plus he’s seen the “Muppets and Puppets Eating” live show a few times.

He's so good

Hey is a threat or bad news. Hey is not a normal greeting.

@@chronicuke3598 maybe to a horse

when addressing someone in passing, hey is fine (walking by, etc). when GREETING someone, like in a text or to start a conversation, hey always worries me. also, Jenna didn't say "hey!" or "hey," or even "hey" she said "hey." which is the worst greeting in existence. also, "hey, [insert name]" is very different than just "hey"

When I use “hey” to address someone I usually say “hey, man”. Just “hey” is a little weird.

you heard it here first, folks. Patrick Gill needs reverse Viagra.

I feel like "I wish it was science" could have its own wavelength card of "Stoners should be impotent" to "I want to be impotent"

@@squidbit4353 I thought it was more like " I wish I could blame marijuana "

@@candyh4284 I hope he covers that in one of his memoirs.

I don’t know if you’re right or not, but just like Brian’s claim I am not going to call you on it

Brian was there when it was invented In this essay I will-

The most normal would be "Hey, how are you?" or something like that. Just "Hey" means "we have to talk, something is wrong or something is going on"

Because it can be an ominous greeting.

how the f is “hello” more normal? im-

@@Jehty_ Depends on inflection. Hey, how are you? Can be just as weird.

@@Jehty_ i think that's mostly just with texting. if you see someone in real life, you're more likely to say something short

Ah, a man of culture.

u are my hero friend

May Alexander things went down in the waluigi unraveled

HallelujahHarlequin for real lmao

and no nail polish.

tbh in the teaser for this vid it went from a shot of Brian in front to Jenna in front so fast i thought they were the same person based purely on same hair length/colour and i havent been the same since

"I" was searching for this comment. Thakyou

i think simone but in an attempt

They’re definitely TRYING to a lot, they just keep failing

You can’t tell me pat doesn’t make a good argument though

Brian David Gorgeous

@@breadlast Simone de Rockin' It

jenna stealing-the-show

allegra frankly killing it

He love de fat kid, bettah swim fat kid

Glass shark love pat kid

BOTH of my parents will send me something and if I'm not replying within 20 seconds I'll get several "Hey"'s until I respond and it is the absolute worst.

The worst is when someone just texts "Hey." WITH a period It gives such a feeling of foreboding

hey with no period is something i only see from dudes with big serial killer energy trying to hit on me, its a greeting used solely by madmen

My mom will send "hey" and leave me on "..." for several minutes while she types. I was finally forced to confront her and tell her to just greet me and ask/tell me what she needed to in a SINGLE text because my heart literally can't take that every day.

my mum likes to start all messages with "Hey [Ellis], can we talk?" and doesnt see why i freak out everytime

What happened

he left polygon

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought that

I have Brian’s birthday on my calendar, because it’s also my birthday.

Would have liked this post but it's at 69 likes

Definitely 100% because waluigi

my immediate thought as well, especially after that unraveled lmao

W has an amazing history, that’s related (obviously) to U and V, but also F and H. The Greeks used to have digamma, that looks like for /w/, but then the sound disappeared, and they stopped using it. The Etruscans copied the Greeks, but they used it for /v/, and used a digraph with digamma an h-like consonant to make /f/, since the Greeks didn’t have a letter for /f/. Then the Romans copied the Etruscans and, since they didn’t have /v/, /w/ and /u/ as separate phonemes, they used for both, and for /f/ since they already had a letter for /v/. Then, /v/ case back in French, and other languages separated /u/ and /w/, so they tried lots of different strategies, most notably using two or for one sound, a single one for another, and the other letter for the remaining one if necessary. English used for /w u v/, German used for /f u v/, and Welsh decided that the should be longer than , so they made them /u w/. This puts W with J, Q and X in the weird letter category, but since Q really has no reason to exist, X is far too unpredictable, and J’s story is basically W’s but worse, W is obviously the best one.

@@felipevasconcelos6736 I like this explanation, because it goes through everything, but it assumes the reader totally knows what means and what // means. I have honestly no idea, but I think I could figure it out by this comment alone, since it is as thorough as it is, but I don't have the energy to try.

What if someone says I’ll kill you because you did smth shitty?

Yeah nah

i send hey regularly as a perfectly normal conversation starter, but y'know, i don't have your friend group, and i don't have the same subtle social rules you people have built up over the years

@@alyssa-vi4jt honestly i'd probably guess they're less angry about it than if they started it with like "we need to talk" "i'll kill you" is so absurdist as a greeting that i'd assume i accidentally sent a crappy meme or smthn