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H.I. #63: One in Five Thousand

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CGP Grey

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4.89.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2016

⏱️ 125 minutes

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0:00.0

I don't fit, uh, no, I did, none of this needs to happen now, really.

0:03.4

Okay.

0:04.2

They can go into that list of things we say I will do it next time.

0:06.6

They grow, it's grown to about 5,000 things.

0:09.1

What's this one in the show?

0:10.1

And actually, you're dinosaurs, will they go extinct or not?

0:14.0

This friend of mine's boyfriend,

0:15.9

of all the things I know about him and all the skills and things he exhibits about himself,

0:20.3

his ability to clap loudly is perhaps his greatest skill.

0:24.6

Like, it's noticeable.

0:25.9

Like, if you're in a group of people and everyone claps,

0:28.0

people will look at him and think, wow, you are an amazing clapper.

0:31.1

It's like his gift from God.

0:32.9

I'm trying to think about how to interpret the thing that you have just said as in the best thing that he does is clap.

0:39.9

He does nothing in his life better than his clapping.

0:42.9

Yeah, which you could, you could read that two ways that there's not much else to him or he's an amazing clapper.

0:48.4

And I think we should go with the amazing clapper and give him the benefit of the doubt.

0:51.9

He's just an uncommonly good clapper.

0:53.8

Basically, the story in summary is, I know a guy who's really good at clapping.

0:58.1

That's the story.

0:59.1

But, but I almost think if you stand out in a crowd with your clapping, I think you're bad at clapping.

1:05.6

Not in how about that.

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