The Most Unnerving PSAs 

My Twitter: twitter.com/Gearisko My IG: instagram.com/Gearisko My Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/Gearisko Suggestions Email: gearvidsuggestions@gmail.com PSAs Used: “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TpWSntxxiZw.htmlsi=fHyBfi88qX8NP48T Lessons From My Neighborhood 1 - Duck, Dodge & Roll: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L0EMZ6JYEaY.htmlsi=Xg_pjbkBBvsBW9pq Lessons From My Neighborhood 2 - Hunger: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-79ffTMZSosE.htmlsi=1tRkqyAt9JMHuCQd Lessons From My Neighborhood 3 - 0verd0se: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OpTKdu3s_Fs.htmlsi=-K_9SLYC3v8gUbkP CareNZ - No Brainer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dTFWc1PHVDQ.htmlsi=Fd2oCgQRQttjfbb7 SIRE “Vuurwerk” PSAs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qwzQl8AhBvU.htmlsi=rytTw3TLyvgHfDAN NZFS - “Speed of Fire”: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f83CISbM1Us.htmlsi=X1dX_154zs7AfCk0 Apaches: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1_J6_O4bn0s.htmlsi=2nwxchJV2_Jsaq13 Biggie Bear’s Surprise: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yzX3b5Guj-A.htmlsi=e0hQgYVNJ8Osnim1 Biggie Bear Says Hello: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--Cm3sZLNSRs.htmlsi=EmS242RuY3aEVILX Action Man - Battlefield Casualties: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MHlCZDzNLKQ.htmlsi=9vj1iuDLU1cLeQg1 SWR PSA - Amok: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tGkuXIbrV_M.htmlsi=dMjZqly6ORoV_oTF Songs Used: Starfox - Black Hole, Out of This Dimension: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_i2Ui7MmwHQ.htmlsi=IDXRvf8txEmSKYOv Giygas Theme Slowed 800%: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PTQhF70AlnU.htmlsi=snaT99qU2yZXr6qY The Walten Files: Every Single Part of Her Body Was Bl33d1ng: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AnjB9-452WQ.htmlsi=nU0esNehcCRBFtBZ OFF - Not Safe: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8bYfBEoFcBE.htmlsi=xVSDMPbTqFtBZ_sP Earthbound Halloween Hack - Winters: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cbZIQNk91ic.htmlsi=qom-Or_p4Lw-yBmF Rayman Origins - The Abyss: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gx9VBhH4Q_Y.htmlsi=_lvrIW-F4taiNVwU Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie’s Double Trouble - Water World: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WAJF02XXdLA.htmlsi=_M75BRlYkaQvxbtM Earthbound - You’ve Come Far Ness (Slowed): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I9a3ykvCfhI.htmlsi=wytwtet5-KEpU_y0 Metroid Fusion - Environmental Disquiet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v8HxoSAY_7w.htmlsi=ewaoFU6KwhfMJY39

alternative ending: the sheep actually lied about their age and has a job to hunt predators on the internet, the sheep goes to the house but calls the police

Addressing that last PSA, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: video games do NOT cause violence. Violent behavior, more often than not, is caused by an underlying issue that existed before the exposure to video games. While violent video games can sometimes inspire violent behavior, most people are able to separate the digital world from the real one, unless, again, there’s something off with the person’s mentality. It’s unfortunate that there’s still people out there today that don’t recognize this.

Some of the fireworks ones are just unnecessarily rude with disabled and scarred people. Imagine just being a dude that was born with no hands or with a nasty scar, and the TV is telling you "EVERYONE WILL LAUGH AT YOU, YOU WILL GET NO GIRLS, AND YOU CAN'T PLAY VIDEOGAMES LOL".

Call me f*cked up but the basketball one is weirdly heartwarming, like in the way that the guy’s friends support him and cheer him on even if he doesn’t have hands.

Drowning in a viscous, thick sludge like waste is such a haunting way to go, especially for a child. Atleast with regular drowning you can see around you. Can’t wait to see a video on it if you do go through with “Apache”!

The firework PSAs seem more like mocking than warning

The Netherlands really hates fireworks don’t they

For me, the PSA that always immediately comes to my mind as an 80's kid was: This is your brain: 🥚 This is your brain on drugs: 🍳 Any questions?

I really like how the first video takes a interesting spin on the concept of predators online, with a literal wolf wearing a sheep mask as he preys on a naive young sheep online by acting like he is a young sheep himself around the same age as his victim. Also, yeah I agree that the four sheep masks hanging on the wall maybe represents how the wolf most have preyed on four or three other young sheep. Like I said I find it interesting especially how the predator and the victims are shown as a wolf and multiple sheep.

As much as I love the messages of the fireworks ones half of them feel like “you’re a loser if you’re handicapped” whether or not it’s from foolish behavior with fireworks. Kinda puts a bad taste in my mouth.

The game in 14:40 is "Driver" released in 1999. It's pretty hard to play even for a person with 10 fingers. Also, I'm amazed at how many Dutch PSAs about firework safety there are. Whoever made them is a very creative and menacing person.

11:28 This really hit close to home for me. My dad was setting up a box of fireworks for New Year's a couple years back, and we didn't know how to open it. So Dad thought it would be a good idea to set the whole box on fire. When it inevitably exploded, the initial blast didn't hurt him, but it *did* cause him to stumble back, striking his face on a nearby fence. He was rushed to the hospital by my mom, and to this day you can still see the scars of the stitches in his forehead 😔 Luckily, he's still alive and well. My dad won't go down without a fight, that's for sure! 😅

its always so fucking insensitive when people blame videogames as a concept for mass shootings. bc videogames is a medium, its broad and vast, most of them have nothing to do with gun violence or violence at all. Tetris, Animal Crossing, and Bluey The Game are NOT going to turn you into the next columbine vteck sandy hook robb uvalde saying so is just a scapegoat made up by people who dont think mental health is real.

The male model one didn’t teach me anything about playing with fireworks it just made me gay

my high school agriculture teacher played Apaches for the class. then he told us about a boy he worked with on a farm that was pinned and killed by a tractor. industrial accidents are really scary, and PSAs about them can be brutal.

I distinctly remember seeing a seat belt PSA about a brother and sister who get into a car crash. With how it was shot I thought it was a T.V. movie, until it showed the crash and the aftermath. When the paramedics arrive they announce that there has been only one fatality. The brother frantically asks why she died when she was wearing her seatbelt, only to be told that her death was caused by him not wearing his. I also remember that the ASPCA would have commercials airing a lot on cartoon channels, I knew a girl from daycare who had to leave the room when they came on otherwise she'd start crying because on occasion the animals looked a lot like her own.

The lessons from my neighborhood are not creepy.. just heartbreaking. My heart aches for children who go through this

Over the years, I've come to realize something about PSAs. Their success is directly tied to how they engage or treat their audience. For instance, "Vuurwerk" fails spectacularly by never actual addressing proper firework handling while at the same time mocking victims who, for all they know, weren't playing around. Similarly, Biggie Bear fails because its a PSA about watching what content your kids see... that hypocritical shows off all the content parents don't want their kids to see. And with Amok I honestly don't have to explain that this is not a PSA... Its a noxious smokescreen.

The one ad where the girl gives birth and a kid goes flying. He ages fast and then he crashes into a grave. It was an XBOX ad. Its very weird.

As someone living under the poverty line, the hunger PSA really hit close to home.😢

As disturbing as the “another lesson from My neighborhood” PSA series are, I think they are kind of perfect all things considered. They don’t rely on shock value or gore and they get the message across very well! I deeply dislike “scared straight” style psa’s, especially if their broadcasted on television so it’s refreshing to see psa’s that can still be memorable without being bad for children to accidentally see

My sister works as a nurse in the ER of a children’s hospital and the 4th of July is always something she does not look forward to, really tiny kids who’s lives are permanently altered due to fireworks

My 4 story home burnt down in minutes a few years ago due to a “freak electrical fire”. By the time we smelled something like “an overheating x-box”, the first floor was completely engulfed. 2 weeks before Christmas 30 mins north of Manhattan. I had no shoes on, pajama pants & a hoodie as I grabbed my iPhone to use the kitchen porch exit to call 911 as I walked to the front yard. By the time I was speaking to the operator- I was in front of the house and- with the operator on the line, the windows of all floors EXPLODED as the roof burst into flames. Long story short- we own the house and land- so insurance covered the 3 years of living in a rental house. But I’ll never forget… Also, while my brother was able to get my schizophrenic mother out in time, all animals (2 cats, dog, fish) died in the fire.

the music you have in this disturbs me more than these psas

The game in the video game PSA is Driver. I do think stuff like that is pretty effective for putting people off, because it shows just how difficult day-to-day activities and hobbies can become as a result of your mistakes.

i hate the attitude of the fireworks psas.... like the psas almost encourage being cruel to firework/burn victims with the framing..

I remember as a kid there was this one psa about seat belt safety that ill never let go of, i dont remember everything exactly, but it went something like this: there was 3 people in a car, a guy in the backseat behind the drivers seat, his mom in the drivers seat, and the sister in the passenger seat, with the narrator saying: "unlike most people, (i forgot her name) knew her killer, it was her own son. " and then it showed a very graphic scene of the car suddenly stopping and the brother bashing forward into the seat infront of him and then sitting back down with blood all over his face, and then the narrator just says: "he bashed open her skull, and then sat back down again." And the ending scene was the cut off high pitched scream of the sister in horror that slowly faded away to show text saying "please wear your seatbelt" or something like that. Will never recover from that.

as someone who's a connoisseur of disturbing PSAs since I saw one about anti smoking that fucked me up I can usually tell when one's good or not based on how it shocks the audience. I think the best are the ones that juxtapose the glamourised version of the idea with the reality of it. Rather than scare the viewer it makes them question the point of doing said thing.

As someone who doesn’t have use of my right hand from birth. The firework ones made me roll my eyes. It’s also hurtful to hear that that’s so terrifying for people to loose a finger of all things. And how they made it seem like it was horrific. I know the intention is to make people aware that they can get seriously injured. But all it felt like to me was a jab at handicapped people.

The PSA that has always stuck with me is one for overdosing on prescription medication. The entire PSA is filmed form second person looking at two women’s feet while they wait for the nail paint to dry. While they’re talking, the second woman suddenly goes quiet, her feet go slack, and the first starts screaming her name. You can see she’s trying to shake her awake because her feet start rocking back and forth. Then the PSA comes to an abrupt end. Used to see it in movie theatres all the time and it was so horrifying to me I covered my ears and closed my eyes everytime it came on.

Just gonna say. After watching the Apache's short. Horribly dissapointing that you chose to highlight the mud drowning and not the horrific weed killer/rat poison scene. Her screams made it so fucking realistic its gonna keep me up tonight

2:28 Alternate ending Sheep: wtf no

The fireworks ones make me uncomfortable but for different reasons than what was intended. Particularly the one with the guys laughing at the handless guy, the guy at the club who can’t get a date, and the boy band one. I could just be reading to deep into it or mis-interpreting, but all of them have a somewhat ableist undertone to them. It’s almost like it’s saying if you get these disabilities, you’ll be treated like a freak, you won’t have any friends, get laid or get the jobs you want. Not to mention they all work on using the missing fingered and handless basically for shock value. Imagine being a person either born without these appendages or someone who got in an accident involving your fingers getting blown off and you see this ad basically saying your life is nothing but mistery where everyone views you as a freak? I can see how that could be pretty demoralising. On the other hand, I guess that’s kind of the point. Maybe the filmmakers were trying to convey the long term effects these kinds of injuries can have, not only on how you do certain tasks but also how society May mistreat you because of it. Maybe some other person who lost a finger from fireworks would relate to the way the characters get disadvantaged in every day situations like these, rather than hurt or offended. Maybe seeing these psa’s would make them feel less alone in the way they’re treated for their disability, and feel glad these ads may warn others about the dangers of messing with fireworks so they dont make the same mistakes they made. Which is probably the intended message. Idk I’m just rambling at this point. And tbh my perspective might not even be that informed since I’m not an amputee myself. I’d rather hear from the perspective of an actual hand/finger amputee. But I guess it’s just some perspectives to think about, y’know?

only the ogs remember “we’re not candy”

Little fire safety tip: if you ever have to ad flamable liquid to something that's hot, do NOT ad it staight from the bottle. If you ad it from the bottle, the liquid will catch fire which will blow up the bottle, shooting fire everywhere. And do NOT ad water to a grease fire. If there is a grease fire, you should put a lid on the pot and turn off the heat. Also test your smoke alarm at LEAST once a month, and change the bateries once a year.

The commercial break house fire hit close to home for me,as a few years ago a fire destroyed my childhood home. I am 15 now,and it happened almost 2 years ago,but it still tramatized me to the point I can't even smell smoke without panicking. Be safe around fire,it can ruin your life fast.

The firework one with the missing fingers really hits harder because it nearly scarred me, and I just saw it, so if a little kid was unfortunate enough to see this, I don't think they'll ever trust fireworks again.

Sadly the This is My Neighborhood hits home for me since I lived in a neighborhood that had certain streets to avoid at certain times due to gang wars and also having my step kid's mom ODing quite a few times (I really hope she can stay clean so she can more of a part of her kids' lives)

can we get a "most wholesome psas" videos now?

what’s wild is years and years ago i would watch “TOP 10 SCARIEST COMMERCIALS!” and now, i’m doing the exact same thing- only a little more mature and a little scarier.

The whole "You are an ass if you play with fireworks" campaign feels so demonizing towards victims of firework accidents and disabled people overall. Most people who get into those accidents are young, and dont know that what they are doing is stupid, and the PSAs feel like a big shame campaign towards them, even those who were not the cause of said accidents, they cant go back in time and undo the done, so its rather cruel to point a big middle finger towards them. Not to mention the message those PSAs are sending is "people with *insert deformity* are stupid and its their fault", but what if its not caused by fireworks? the whole thing was aired on tv, and if a little kid came across it they would get the idea, that would very effectively plant a seed of intolerance, victim blaming and ableism into their head that would probably stick with them for the rest of their life.

None of them are scaring me, they're just making me sad. Edit: the biggie bear one with Mr. rabbit actually got a reaction out of me.

Some of thoes firework ones rub me the wrong way, theres showing disfigurement as a way to shock people and then theres poking fun at people

It was so surreal to hear the name of the Kansas City youth ambassadors at 4:17 . I live in Kansas City and i remember being shown their PSAS in school once. The shootout one, while goofy, is (literally) close to home as I live in a moderate to poor area near several dangerous spots. We even had an abandoned house close by to us burn down due to squatters. I remember it happening, but I was really young. I could only see and smell the smoke. Since then they’ve repaired it and I believe the house is finally sold, but Kansas City is full of abandoned buildings that are dangerous to be in, and nobody does anything with them. They just keep building rich neighborhoods only a few blocks away instead of restoring the historical buildings. The redlining is real, and it even affects the rich folks, because no matter how big their houses are some are still pretty close by to some shady spots. Sadly, people tend to care more when the rich get hurt than the poor.

The fireworks one did trigger a shiver down my spine, I dunno why... Probably because people still underestimate fireworks and end up with wounds a war vet would have, just because they didn't listen to the warnings...

Some of those fireworks PSA are outright insulting toward ppl with disabilities or scarring FFS

As someone who lives in the Netherlands, firework accidents are really no joke. Young people even throw fireworks at eachother and there are dozens off accidents on new years eve. We tried to ban fireworks, but a lot of people are against it since its a Dutch tradition. And the worst issue we have is that there are so many people in those accidents that there are no ambulances left:( (Im sorry for my bad english, English isnt my first language and im dyslectic)

As someone who has PTSD, the action man PSA actually made me tear up a bit.

I think I figured out why I love your videos so much. Your voice gives me similar vibes to Jake the Dog from earlier Adventure Time episodes. Kind of a chill and safe, but also cool kind of vibe. No matter what you’re talking about, your voice reminds me of Jake the Dog, in the most respectful way I can try to communicate.

To share a personal story that informed my world view (and my childhood best friend’s as well) : At 15, back in like the 50s, my father was really skilled with chemistry. But he was also 15. So he decided to make his own fireworks after hours in the chem lab. The end result is exactly what you’d think it would be. Half a granite table turned into shrapnel and imbedded itself in his torso, his right hand is gone along with half way up his forearm, and his left hand has a mangled pinky, a half there ring, and scar tissue and more granite binding up his entire hand so he’s fairly reduced to using his thumb and forefinger, and sort of his middle which is curled inward from scar tissue and muscle damage. But the lesson to be careful in a chem lab (and to not _make_ fireworks, ffs) weren’t the two I took away. Of course I heeded that. But the first thing I took from his experience was to not run a risk of losing my dominate hand (he lost his right, I’m paranoid about losing my left), and the second thing, the thing my childhood best friend took away as well, was to not judge people who were missing limbs. To not find them “undatable” and to look past any of those physical traits. My father has a hook, yes, one he made himself (engineer) out of stainless steel because he kept using the plastic ones for projects and they weren’t meant to be strong enough to be reliable if you were handling lathes and welding tools. But because I was little, as was my best friend, he often had his hook off (to not hurt us since we were at eye height with the pointy end) so both she and I never saw his missing hand as weird, because little kids just accept things. And both my childhood best friend and myself have lost friends when they something awful like not wanting to date someone who is missing a limb and we shut that down. Especially when, around here, most people are missing limbs because they served in the military. I’ve talked to people with all limbs, and for reasons I literally do not understand, they find someone missing a limb to be “gross” or “not capable of being a full person.” It is an instant “press here to make me mad” button. Just because someone is missing a hand, foot, partial leg, partial arm, etc, doesn’t make them _less human_ and the dating stories my father has before he met my mom, were horrific. And it’s really sad that I’ve heard very similar stories from vets.

ive always had a strange interest in scary psas, so its cool to see that you made a video on them

The a word used to mean donkey.. "Youre a donkey if you play with fireworks."🤣

Apaches was shown in primary schools here in the UK, definitely stuck with me. I remember a lot of the railway safety PSAs growing up, and the Fire Kills PSAs (just double checked, they're called Nightvision or Get Out Alive) were very common on TV and some of the shots are burned into my brain. But the one PSA I remember shot-for-shot, word for word is the THINK PSA (also called 30 for a reason, iirc), it shows a girl dead on the pavement and starts with "If you hit me at 40 miles per hour, there's around an 80% chance I'll die"., then time reverses and all her bones crack back into place, she wakes up on the road and says, "Hit me at 30, and there's around an 80% chance I'll live". I don't find it particularly scary or unnerving, but definitely very memorable and very impactful, I think most people who saw it on TV still remember it.

The biggie bear suprise psa went from 0-1000 real fucking quick

19:01 Let me explain. The loss of letters, numbers, and/or symbols is a result of The man (the sign language guy) playing with firework and losing his fingers. (This is just an analogy video, don’t be creeped out)

i feel like the fireworks ones are just mean, because any form of firework can still go wrong and cause those accidents

11:14 Growing up in New Zealand I can confirm our PSAs would scare the sh*t out of me as a kid. I have a distinct memory of watching dragonball z one morning and seeing that "my boy's in the back" slow motion car crash one. I would wager every Kiwi who grew up in the 2000s was scarred by NZTA's safe driving campaign.

20:37 they took talking shit to a new level

people are talking about the video game PSAs, but, jesus christ, those fireworks PSAs are just... terrible. garbage. they're straight up ridiculing people without hands and fingers. like... they're aware that not everyone is guilty of having those disabilities, right? they at least acknowledge those who are just bystanders and get hit, but completely disregard those born like that. and the whole theme of "ass" is just cringy as hell. I'm at a loss of words. god damn it.

SORRY HONEY Gearisko MADE A NEW VIDEO

23:00 all it takes is 12 seconds a candle knocked over 2 seconds we see it 4 seconds i screem 8 seconds i warn my mom 18 my mom gets me out kf the house 24 im out 56 we yell at the neighbors for help 56 but no one came 57 but no one came 57 but no one came 57 *but no one cared* 78 back at the house 89 banging on my big sisters window 90 it breaks 93 we get her out 120 she is safe now banging on my big brothers windows 123 it breaks 123 he is not there 140 mom panicks 156 we get in the car 189 she gose inside the door is gone looking for him we hear screaming painful terrible screems 198 I can't do anything but wait 91023 help is here i am in a truck my big sister is in a different truck my mom is out but . . . . . . . . My big brother is . . . . . . I lied about the candle Didn't fall over I played with it It's all my fault it's all my fault it's all my fault it's all my fault it's all my fault it's all my fault it's all my fault it's all my fault it's all my fault it's all My fault I kiIIed them

The no fingers thing is super haunting with the individual clips, but my God when they're all put together like that, and you keep thinking he's going to move on, and then BOOM it's the no-fingers again I started to have to try not to laugh and I feel so bad about it but Jesus there are just so many

I like the detail how in the beginning (i’m talking about the first PSA) Lena was waving her feet but as the Wolf became creepier Lena looks more worried and distraught it’s a really nice detail

i watched all of the biggie bear psas and i think they add more to the issue than actually addressing the issue. 'biggie bear meets a friend' shows him s^xually assaulting a woman which NO kid should witness, even as a PSA. like, even as an adult I'm still really shocked so I couldn't begin to understand how a kid would feel. The action man PSA was the most depressing imo, it was heartbreaking watching the reality that veterans go through, ranging from hanging to bleeding out on the battlefield to navigating life in a wheelchair.

The firework section lasted way too long

The duck dodge and roll PSA sounds more like a skit then a PSA, but if it worked then thats good

So we all know the classic life-alert ad of that old lady saying “I’ve fallen and can’t get up”. But there was one in recent time where it isn’t as charming and funny as the old ones. It can’t really remember it well but I’m sure googling it will yield better results than me describing it. It’s a bunch of panning shots through a house while you hear someone crying in pain, after some time they cut to an old lady who’s fallen down the stairs crying a lot. And then it cuts to the life alert logo and some text I forgot. I saw that when I was a lot younger and it scared the absolute shit out of me because I always worried about my grandma as time went on as she got older. I was always worried something would happen to her. Good thing nothing has happened yet. But that ad I will NEVER forget.

26:11 Basically FNAF in a nutshell

The fire one literally made me shiver, living in California during the wildfires has forever changed me, and my God if this isn't a nightmare I have. Fire is seriously terrifying, people.

I like how the firework PSA’s are a mix of some disturbing stuff and what can only be explained as “only cool kids don’t mess with fireworks!”.

those firework psas hit home. a large group of my friends who live in a particular part of my city have a tradition that every new year's eve they shoot at each other with fireworks, calling it a war. me and many others have told them to stop, they never listen. maybe i should show this to them.

your channel is so underrated! i don’t know how something well produced like this goes without high praise!

speaking from experience, fire spreads a hell of a lot quicker than that psa shows.

The one back to school PSA where it's normal in the first half and then very creepy in the second half

Ok, that last one pisses me off. That's not only insanely insensitive to the victims of those events, but it's not even remotely true or accurate. VIDEO GAMES DO NOT CAUSE VIOLENCE.

Truly honored for the SWR Television PSA I uploaded to be sited. BTW, "Do not underestimate the power of video games" is supposed to be a riff of Playstation Europe's ad slogan at the time "Do Not Underestimate The Power of Playstation" Amok 2 is a rich title for that PSA considering, the actual Amok is a mech action game on Sega Saturn

9:13 their mom is fucking dying and the are getting it DOWN, the mom is overdosing and they are just "LETS MOVE TONIGHT!!"

Ive seen a lot of videos on this topic, but I thought this one was very thoughtful and well-made and i appreciate the commentary

the worst part about psa like these is they always play when its dark out too like why they gotta play at the creepiest times

The One with the hungry child kinda hit home not because we can never get food…we have food it’s just we don’t have enough for a little bit of food sometimes… and the “overdose” kinda hit home because my mom use to go to parties and get drunk….but she changed and now is the best mother that’s carrying for me, one 1 year, and 16 year old… love you mom.

The game mentioned in "Video Game" 14:35 is a game called Driver for the Ps1. It's an early predecessor to the GTA games.

the second psa about drinking water fast reminds of when i do that exact thing to avoid eating due to my ed… it’s sad to realize these are for kids and people who can’t afford food. my heart is sad.

I’m Dutch, and those anti- firework ads are the most obnoxious PSA’s I’ve ever seen. It’s a good message communicated in the worst way possible.

Gearisko upload? And its right after I get home form work?? And its on one of my favorite topics??? The stars have truly aligned today

I’m glad this channel was able to grow from miscellaneous to trollge incidents now he’s covering miscellaneous again but most horror types of miscellaneous, it’s nice to see the channel evolve, I can’t wait to se more content to come in the future ❤🙏

i want to thank you for making this video, teaching people about these issues with the hook of telling how creepy they are

Im so happy that someone knows what Lessons from my neighborhood is!! I found it randomly while doing a deep dive on some medical machine thats used to calm people by pressing them. Its literally the same machine they use to hold cows still so they can kill them.... I went on a random hospitals website to find more info on that machine and I saw these videos linked on it. The Food video honestly feels like the worst one because there's no obvious lesson. It just feels like their teaching you to eat air and suck it up if you dont have food, at least the others tell you what to do in a certain situation

South Africa is quite a ways behind the West in terms of progressivism, they didn't even have TV until 1976! While they might have something like adult swim now it would've been a bit too controversial to put something that seemed like that on air 20 years ago.

Biggie Bear R-Words a Friend has got to be the worst thing on this list, aside from the Action Man series, which I refuse to watch till the end.

Biggie Bear used to be something deeply terryfying, but now, it would be a dank meme or popular tik tok trend

duck dodge roll ad sounded like a meme

21:32 hits different because a house in my neighborhood completely burnt down recently

The quote by Sire about fireworks still gets used to this day in firework safety ads in the NL. I vaguely remember seeing some PSA's about it back in the day, they really wanna hammer in how dangerous playing with fireworks is, especially now that the government is trying to ban fireworks nationwide.

Oh shoot out is something that’s very casual in America

The third one just, I feel weak but… it made me cry… it’s been what I’ve dealt with my whole life

that plate gave me flashbacks to dont hug me im scared lol 6:18

4:31. This reminds me of the stories my mother would tell me when she lived in New York. She would tell me good and scary stories. She would tell me that being out at night in New York is a horrible mistake. America has it's fair share of dangerous cities.

I have to say, I think a lot of UK PSAs are absolutely haunting. There's some that have stuck with me, others that I've forgotten primarily because of the fact they were horrifying. I always remember the advert we had where it was a child in a war-torn country where she is celebrating her birthday and then all hell breaks loose. We see her and her family trying to escape and I believe her mum gets killed. Each time-skip that happens, the girl gets more and more glassy-eyed until she is a complete and utter husk by the end of it after being destroyed by PTSD. If I remember correctly, the 'twist' at the end was that all of this took place within one year although it was portrayed as if it had happened over multiple years. I remember that advert like it was yesterday, it was always so haunting and the worst part was that it was happening to children every day and still is. Scary shit.

Those fireworks PSA gave us a really important lesson: Ableism is OK if it is for public safety