Thought he was looking up the wikipedia page so he can read the synopsis of the scene he just watched, which, relatable.

Jesus Christ, that dude is gonna blind himself with that brightness.

People with dyslexia: “I can’t read” Google: you may have dyslexia Bing: intellectual disability

Unless he apologizes for not returning as Sharkboy, I don't see Taylor Lautner becoming President.

I can't imagine the pain of watching a movie with the boys to find out I'm intellectually disabled. I can only live it 🥲

The other guys look like they might have just not read it and don't care.

I didn't realize the scrolling text at the beginning of the Star Wars movies was actually important until I was like 17.

I've rarely seen something more relatable, except I don't go on my phone *whilst* the movie is playing because it risks missing even more 😂

You have such a perfect way of displaying deep worrying emotion with just your eyes it's brilliant

I'd like to see the actual movie about President Taylor Lautner, rebel cheese factory owner Gordo, and their rebellion in the Mojave desert.

the ending having the patreons flash away too quick was a nice touch

Whenever I need to read something quickly, it’s like I forget how to read and I actually end up reading very slowly

It’s unfortunate for you that you don’t have more subs, but’s it’s great for me because I can feel smug about watching your stuff before you blow up. It’s like I’m part of the cool club. :)

The worst is when you are ready for text to pop up, and you read it at a lightning speed with pure unadulterated concentration and it stays up for like another 40 seconds.. Then the next time text pops up at the end of the film you read it at a leisurely pace with the confidence the film gave you that it would stay on for a good amount of time... But for some reason this ones only up for 10 seconds and you only manage to absorb the first paragraph. It's so annoying. For me I can read things fast but it just creates a general synopsis or idea. I understand those things happened in this world. If I have time to read at a more relaxed pace I can enter the world myself, I can build that world inside my mind which lets me become more immersed in the film going forwward.

I can relate TOO well! It is like when I ask “what did he say?” In a movie and they only repeat back the bit I understood!’

Joel, you have a real gift for acting. As much as I love your animations, I’m almost glad they are a pain in the ass to make. These live action shorts are hilarious

This one's pretty much perfect. Love how you go from boyish glee at the lion, to profound depression at the reading disability. Great acting, keep it up.

How many people went back to the sinopsis and paused it so they can read it all? 🤣🤣🤣

The training arc for Gordo is my favorite part of the anime. I never thought he would leave his precious cheese factory to fight for the rebellion.

I went through this exact sequence of emotions every day in school when a stupid teacher would say "everybody take 2 minutes to read the next page of the textbook then we will talk about it." No one but me ever seemed to be dumbfounded and infuriated at the impossibly short time constraint given to read an unbearably long passage. It was very discouraging.

Why does he always look like a startled child despite his facial hair

Between this and the inside joke video, please stop attacking me personally (But dont actually stop making videos, you're awesome and criminally underrated)

It's not that the others can read fast & you can't, it's that most of them are casual watchers who don't care about the plot sequence by sequence, unlike you who is emotionally invested.

Plot twist: he can’t read due to years of blinding exposure to that phone brightness.

When your friends skip game dialogue

This was a work of art

I love how the Patrons list is also ironically unreadable

that was me trying to read de patrons in the end of the video lmao

From an overgrown wolf to the president of the United States, that's what I call character development.

You might be one of the funniest human beings walking this earth right now, not gonna lie.

omg the amount of empathy I feel when I see Joel‘s sad facial expressions...

I love the idea that Joel watches films with two alternate versions of himself but he's still the dumb one

"President Taylor Lautner" good lord.

I feel dumb everytime this happens in real life. Give me enough time to re read it once haha.

An INCREDIBLY specific, yet totally relatable scenario.

Wait, why have I never seen this guys videos before. That was incredible. The freaking heart wrenching emotional in his eyes! Dude cab act! Well done sir!

Then there's me who pauses it to everyone's annoyance.

The rule is to leave it up long enough to read it aloud three times. That guarantees everyone has time to read it.

Watched this through the recommend tab preview. Was amazingly hilarious without sound.

I love re-watching these old Haver shorts. I really miss him since he stepped on that old soviet era land mine.

The pain in this man's face was real. I hurt inside just from seeing his anguish.

Just discovered this channel, it's so brilliant! Well done!

Always get a great laugh out of these brilliant videos of yours! Thank you

Yo he just hit everyone’s algorithm so hard in the past like month. I’m really happy for this dude 😂 he’s been making content for a long while now, so I’m glad his hard work is paying off

Being one of the slowest readers in the world, this is relatable.

Im being 100% fr. Your phones brightness blinded me.

This video popped up in my recommended today and now I’m hooked. Love your channel!

I've found your other videos interesting but this one made my ass crack up for 30mins straight, so full of emotion🥺 keep it going

Max brightness

I'm like this but with songs, I can't for a million dollars tell the lyrics of a song

HAHAHAHAHA THAT EXPRESSION AFTER LOOKING UP I'M DYING

That acting was on point, true emotions in the eyes. Beautiful.

You are underrated and OVER THE LINE!! Love it :*

I'll let you in on a lil' secret... *Nobody reads those things*

ok this was better than expected, bravo 👏🏻

I was not looking for these. I did honestly not want to watch small shorts. Yet I keep watching. And I keep comming back.

President Lautner Vs. Gordo? My money's on Gordo.

I’d rather watch this guys channel than any recent SNL skit.

There were so few ways this could have played out that would have surprised me, and he somehow managed to do it anyways.

you have such a gift with making me feel the deepest anxiety in a minute

You fucking nailed it dude. I also can't read for shit.

“President Taylor Lautner has ordered the army to round up...”😂😂😂 “Gordo, once a normal cheese factory owner....” “It’s training time.” Poetic literature!

Haha, that face in the last scene - Dude, your acting truly is brilliant!

Bro I love the description. It would be a great movie. Love your shorts so keep it up baby

I would watch again. Just watched

Broke: Donald Trump or Joe Biden Woke: TAYLOR LAUTNER

You look like you're gonna cry but don't. Thats deep.

The no words affect really shows your experience and efficacy. This is a brilliant and high quality short film even for the quick blip it is. The end left me with "ha. He's getting sad about it." With an immediate epiphany of "omg. Just a look. That was so good!"

LMFAO, was not expecting this to be as funny as it was

🤣 Every movie my whole family has to ask me what's going on. Apparently I'm the only one who can read those fast enough. The trick is you don't have to read every word. Just paraphrase your reading and fill in the gaps as the movie plays. 😉

i love coming back to amazing videos I never seem to have commented so here it is... like 2.5 years later. like finishing that prompt

Yes, they always expect one to be hyperfocused on reading prose when a movie starts. No waiting, no deciding, no jumping back to connect the points or parts of a sentence one missed when trying to speedread, or anything like that, be in "the mode" or "the zone", instantly. And in Sar Wars it always looks significant, but the meaning still sounds like nothing, so one has to not just read but read with extra concentration in order to make sure that it is as meaningful as it seems or confirm that it is not meaningful.

I have a theory that the guy editing the film didn't want other people to think he reads slow, so he put text up for only a really tiny time so no one made fun of him / judged him for having it up too long. It's a pathetic ego thing. Here we all are... None of us are able to read these things fast enough 85% of the time because of fragile human ego. Mystery solved. None wants to be the editor who leaves the text up unnecessarily long and everyone thinks he reads slow. So instead they put it up for too short a time.

A "cheese factory owner" sounds like a euphemism for someone who owns a cow but wants to sound more important.

Lol, this is one of your most brilliant really short ones

Seriously though, I had an undiagnosed learning disability until I was 30 and I had a moment like this that led to my diagnosis and treatment.

Plotwist: After the middle guy stopped looking up his phone and started watching the movie confused both guys on his sides looket at him pulled up their phones and started searching the intro text too

Wait... What did he type into the search bar on his phone? It went too fast, I couldn't read it.

This is why Star Wars is a timeless classic

Your comedy is something else! I love it!

You should try watching anime and multiple characters start talking simultaneously

I actually feel like I have something I call “lyric deafness”, which applies to movie dialogue and onscreen text. With music I don’t pay attention to the lyrics partly because I suck at interpreting what’s being said and partly because I value a song based on its musicality. When I watch a movie I care much more about the visual presentation and it contributes to me missing out on nearly all quickly paced conversations until watching the 4th time. On-screen text is a lost cause, because I get too distracted by the fact that I know the text is going to go away without my permission whether I like it or not and I know it’s generally brief and so I try to hurry and read and I read too fast to understand what I’m reading then I try to go back and reread so it makes sense, but then I panic because I know it could go away any second. This is why the Star Wars scrolling text is my least favorite thing in all cinema (especially since the text you inevitably have to reread has become tiny and distant).

Patron list: *appears Me: I have intellectual disability.

This is all the validation I needed.

Are those your brothers?

why his phone screen so bright

Seriously the phone light turning off to reveal your watery eyes is the best transition ever

That’s what makes the star wars exposition so great because if you’re dyslexic at least you can take comfort in the fact you have good eyesight.

Very well done, with no words you were able to say so much.

THIS made my day.

Yo this was very good man keep it up!

This is perfection.

This is brilliant

No wonder he can’t read, with how bleeding bright he’s got his phone set.

Gosh I forgot about some of these older videos. This is so funny lol a classic

Subbed keep it up this shit makes my day better. Thank you

This is how I feel at the beginning of Star Wars. I can’t comprehend all of that history so quickly with triumphant music playing at the same darn time!

Another masterpiece

This man has effectively made the most relatable meme on the planet

I've randomly skimmed some of your videos recently but this one took the cake for me! haha Subscribed!