Ze Frank: Are you human?

Have you ever wondered: Am I a human being? Ze Frank suggests a series of simple questions that will determine this. Please relax and follow the prompts. Let's begin ...

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[Thiccolo]

He should have ended this with "And that is what the human do-o."

[NotDopler]

Ze frank is a social genius. He made every one comforable by making them uncomforable as a joke then kept making them laugh so they could deal with the heavy part

[angelitasheets]

The way he raises his hand at the end makes me want to give him a hug

[jbkjbk]

I feel like the reason this is so fantastic is the way that he manages to slip in an actual sad thing we do amongst all the humor.

[groatswerth]

“‘Everything will be alright, ’ is not the same thing as ‘Everything will stay the same.’” - Seth Godin

[MindLaboratory]

Come for the comedy, leave with tears in your eyes...

[Blottskie]

"Have you ever marveled at how someone you thought was so ordinary could suddenly become so beautiful?"

[animatedphysics]

I have another question for the human test: Do you miss Ze Frank on YouTube?
- raising hand -

[JustinWayneTM]

Ze Frank is quite adept at making you laugh then suddenly making you want to cry.

[oooooo]

This man is so incredible. For me, it's because he simply is rawly honest with himself and his human state. Our existence is silly, obsurd, painful, lonely and sometimes throws us into a state of bliss. We all see ourselves in him and that is why we love him. For his quirkiness and comedy but also loneliness and pain he is willing to expose.

[KristinaNyberg]

_Have you ever woken up, blissfully, then suddenly been flooded by the awful remembrance that someone had left you? Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that no longer was in your life? Have you ever looked back at that moment with a sad smile of autumn and the realization that future will happen regardless?_

*Congratulations, you you have completed the test - you are all human*

[spazzful]

True fact, this mans voice makes everything feel better.

[peacetreaty]

how stupid would he feel if an alien was in that audience

[KrabFish]

"Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that no longer was in your life? Have you ever looked back on that event with the sad smile of autumn and the realization that futures will happen regardless? Congratulations. You have now completed the test. You are all human." Wow.... That hits deep . Thankyou for depicting the subtle beauty of the travesties in us all

[geoleo]

I need his voice for my GPS navigation.

[CreeperMask]

Many people may not realize it, but this is a work of genius, all the questions may be humorous or sad but look at the deeper meaning of them and they are in fact somehow relating to human traits. Ze Frank the absolute genius

[silaslsilasl]

I think TED talks are given in the spirit of sharing ideas, and the idea for this is helping people feel that they are not alone in experiencing screwups and being imperfect. It's nice to have someone empathise in this manner. If you want to go by the title, this goes under entertainment. So yeah I find this relevant enough to be a TED talk.

[erictaylor]

I heard an interview with a super centurion who was "celebrating" his 110th birthday.
As they always seem to ask such people, they asked what advice did he have for anyone who wanted to live more than 100 years.
He said, "Don't." he said that his wife, all of his friend, his children, and now even some of his grandchildren had all passed away.
It was pretty clear that he had had enough life to satisfy him and he was now just waiting for the end.
It really brought home that old Queen Song, "Who Wants to Live Forever"

[DrJiKentauriuzHero]

It's 2023 and it's the first time I watched this video. That was beautiful. I feel like crying.

[chaoticoracle]

In consideration with all the negative views this video is receiving from tradition TED viewers, you have to open your mind to possibilities of the psychological perspective that  Zefrank is trying approach here.  He incorporates his comedy as a way to introduce possible emotional struggles that every individual may go through at some one in their lives and is trying to bring rise to the awareness if these matters. His main focus is the loss of interest that arises from these issues. He incorporates subliminal messages into each of his videos and speeches with a gentle comic start to a more serious tone afterwards and it works for him. So it might not be the traditional TED video that you all expect but consider the messages that possible psychological he is trying to send.