What if the World Ended?

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Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions

The World After Nuclear War by Carl Sagan

Climatic Consequences of Regional Nuclear Conflicts

Global Effects of Explosive Volcanism

Year Without Summer

***CREDITS***

Written, directed, hosted and edited by Jake Roper

Cinematography and VFX by Eric Langlay

Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi

Special thanks to Carré Callaway, Wes Borland, Ron Castellano, the city of Detroit, and RED Digital Cinema.

Intro Song

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[Vsauce]

Please rewind VHS cassette before returning.

[planetangelo]

Do you guys realize the amount of time and effort that these guys put into every single video? Every soundtrack. Every video clip. Every script. Every single visual presentation. The love that they have, they put into every part of everything they make. Thanks, VSauce.

[vityanikiforova]

this video's whole aesthetic is so good

[globsterjail]

Vsauce3 4 years ago: "What if the world ended?"

Vsauce3 By November: "What if the world never ended?"

[kieransmith]

I feel like if the world actually ended via nuclear war, I'd find myself wandering the wastes one day, all dressed up in my protective gear, and while wandering the ruins, one day, I'd just find a roaming Jake Roper, walking into random destroyed buildings and talking to a wall as if he's narrating a youtube video.

[krazykreeper]

1:18 "I need a can-opener. Do you have a can-opener? Let's get a can-opener."
-Jake, May 2016

[_Titanium_]

at 1:08 i thought he was gonna say war, war never changes

[ProfessorPolitics]

I love how you can end a video about the world literally ending on a positive note. Super informative and awesomely inspirational

[heretic]

I love that line "Where we stand is not destroyed, we are not in ruins but in something waiting to be built."

[lordmars]

7:56 is the part of the video I come back to even though it's been 4 years sense this video has been uploaded. I love watching that part when I'm going through something tough like this whole year of 2020. I always become hopeful about the future. That even if we mess up we learn and better ourselves and how we should drive more for unity rather then a divide. And if anyone reading this RN is going through something big or small just not it's better to talk to someone about it and to keep going through life the best you can and I wish I could give y'all a hug rn. Be hopefully for the future and live one day at a time take sometime for yourself and if your like me where you have a lot of time try new things and keep your self happy you got this.

[ComradeFewkes]

The cinematography in these videos are so cool. The camera men don't get enough credit for what they do

[klifton]

8:17 this is the most powerful and heartbreaking monologue I've ever heard

[jhlofficixl]

Once again, Jake's production is always exquisite.

[brandonhall]

Informative, great location and effects, and I love the whole 80's A E S T H E T I C.

[formulacam]

Just as long as the mosquitos are dead.

[zyzyx]

Damn this video is pretty

A E S T H E T I C

[simoncheung]

Thought he was going to say: War... war never changes.

[robbiecaputi]

In simpler words, we'd be fucked.

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There are not enough adjectives in the English language to describe how amazing this video is.
Vsauce is life.

[benschannel]

1:10 “You know they say that *WAR NEVER CHANGES* ”