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  • There comes a time when every nice guy reaches a crossroad. After living his whole

  • life trying to treat everyone with care and kindness, he realizes it got him

  • nothing in return. In fact, it actually resulted in the one person he truly

  • cared about thinking he's an asshole. So here I am at the crossroad. If nice got

  • me nowhere and I'm already an asshole in Audrey's eyes, maybe I should just be exactly what

  • she thinks I am. Besides what do I have to lose?

  • Forget being nice, I might

  • I might even- I might even get more

  • That's really nice of you. Thanks.

  • Damnit.

  • I got to your tacos with extra pico de "nice guy-o".

  • I'm seriously gonna punch you. You should call them. Ask if they got home okay.

  • I'm sure they're fine.

  • You wanna talk about it? There's nothing to talk about. She doesn't have

  • any feelings for me, it's over.

  • She hates you. Hate's a feeling.

  • I just, wish I knew why. Well... you talked behind her back.

  • You acted really immature, got SUPER drunk. Then you soft blocked her. You soft-blocks a girl?

  • You never soft-block a girl!

  • Not why is she hates me. Why she doesn't like me.

  • What difference does that make?

  • I don't know, but if she's going to be this angry at me, I deserve to know.

  • Oh my god, I can't take any more of this bitching!

  • Derek, I feel for you. I've been rejected too, and my mind would run a wild. Am I not

  • pretty enough? Am I not cool funny, smart enough?

  • But ultimately I have to respect their decision. And most importantly myself!

  • She doesn't have to give you a reason why.

  • If she's not into, it she's not into it.

  • And even if you did know why, it's not gonna make you feel any better.

  • She's right. Sometimes, no one did anything wrong, it's just not there.

  • If that's the case, I wish I never said anything. I wish I never listened to all

  • those stupid videos telling me to risk it all! Because now look, I lost

  • everything. My pride, Audrey, that friendship. It just wasn't worth it.

  • Excuse me. Hello, excuse me.

  • Sorry were you having an inner monologue? Uhh, yeah sort of.

  • It's okay I do that too sometimes.

  • Anyways do you have this in a medium, I didn't see

  • any out there. Sure, let me go check. Cool, thanks.

  • It's HIM! The whole reason I'm in this crappy situation!

  • Excuse me, sorry we don't have that size. Ahh, okay no worries.

  • Actually is there anything I can help you about in particular with?

  • Nah, I'm just shopping around.

  • Mmm everyone's shopping for something, am I right? Night out, new job

  • special event maybe? Uh yeah I'm just uh trying to find an outfit for a shoot.

  • A shoot? Coooool. What do you do?

  • Uh... hard to explain I guess I make videos

  • Ohh. Interesting! That is very interesting. What about?

  • Uh I guess life, relationships

  • love. So you must consider yourself an expert then?

  • Hardly I still have a lot to learn.

  • No shit.

  • What did you say? Hmm?

  • Did you say something? No. Did you?

  • You just said- No I didn't. Uh, yeah I can help you right here.

  • You lied to me! Geezus!

  • What?! You made that video! You said you were a nice guy and

  • you made that bullshit story where you made a bullshit happy ending

  • you gave guys like me hope that nice guys don't finish last!

  • Yes, I think that's a good message don't you think? Well it's not, it's ruining live like mine!

  • What's your name man? Derrick.

  • Derrick, I made that video 10 years ago to help

  • quote-unquote nice guys have a little bit of courage and self-respect.

  • And you got the girl! I did everything right and I still got screwed.

  • Screwed as in you didn't get the girl? Yeah.

  • Well does she at least want to stay friends?

  • After this past week? Doubtful, but either way I wouldn't want to.

  • Why not? Because it'd

  • be awkward after I told her that I liked her. Because I care about her so much

  • that not being able to show her that would drive me crazy. Because every time

  • I'm around her I would just be reminded that, I wasn't good enough.

  • Man I'm really starting to feel that way but that's really how you feel then you

  • got to move on without her. I tried- Without being an asshole.

  • If I move on, that's it.

  • I- I lose. And everything you said in your short was wrong okay nice guys DO finish last!

  • Here's the thing, Derrick. When I made that video, I thought I was a nice guy

  • too okay? And I was probably going through the same frustrations that

  • you're going through right now, but over these last 10 years I've

  • learned a lot about what it means to be nice. And truth is there's no such thing

  • as nice guys and nice girls. There are only good decent people, and these good

  • decent people sometimes get rejected, and they look for a reason, because we're all

  • brought up wanting to believe that being good will bring about good, but sometimes

  • life doesn't happen the way we want when we want.

  • So why even try?

  • I don't know, I guess I still believe that good things eventually will happen to good

  • people. It's how you deal with all the sucky stuff in

  • the meantime that will make all the difference in your life. You can't really

  • say screw it all every time something doesn't work out. That's not really helping your future.

  • I know it's really hard, but try not to get jaded.

  • Use this experience to make a better version of yourself.

  • And don't take it out on her in the process.

  • [Cell phone buzz]

  • Whoa, he's gone!

  • What was that?

  • Huh? Oh, nothing, uh, never mind.

  • I mean you're on your phone, so I decided to get in my car

  • Did you think I disappeared like a fairy godmother or something?

  • What? No. Not at all. Okay well I'm gonna get in my car now.

  • Yeh yeh.

  • Not disappearing Okay, no I got it.

  • Okay good luck, Derek. Thanks

  • You too

  • Hey Audrey, I've acted really dumb and I'm really sorry.

  • I still want to be friends with you if you're open to it

  • Hey! So my friend Jack says he's all set for tomorrow's photoshoot! 2p Warren Fields! Cya!

  • Alright.

  • A little bit better please? No. something else. Something else. Something else

  • Oh yeah, that's, that's ok, that's ok, but you know what this is? This is the

  • last one, let's, let's see fierce!

  • No no no no that's that's not fierce. I want intensity!

  • Um, can we just smile?

  • Sure you could just smile, if you'd like some

  • basic ass graduation photos, but I'm trying to give you something that's

  • going to get you likes! Dammit, Jack just take the picture!

  • I don't think we're on the same page creatively

  • Take it! FINE!

  • Was that so hard? Yes, it was, and my vision's been compromised

  • Your vision? What about your vision?

  • How can it be compromised you don't have a vision, freaking Jack!

  • Audrey?

  • Derek. What are you doing here?

  • I saw on Sophie's story that you guys went ahead with the shoot so I figured that maybe I could

  • offer some help. That's nice- considerate of you.

  • But we actually just finished.

  • Oh. I see.

  • Actually, I had about 50 different texts that I wanted to send you but I

  • figured we're good enough friends that I could talk to you in person.

  • Are we? Good enough friends? Last you told me seemed like you wanted nothing to do with me.

  • Yeah, that's what I want to talk about. - Okay.

  • First, I want to apologize.

  • Everything I did since the night in the car was wrong and uncalled-for.

  • Thanks for saying that.

  • The thing is I didn't communicate why I

  • acted the way that I did. What do you mean?

  • You can understand how hard it is

  • to still be friends after being rejected, that make sense right?

  • I guess, but, it's

  • not like I was forcing you to get my way. I just wanted to be hopeful that we

  • could still be cool. - Don't worry, Audrey, we will be cool okay?

  • But being friends the way we were is something different. I think some people

  • could do it but I can't and that's just because I like you too much.

  • Too much to just be friends.

  • I'm not trying to hold her friendship hostage

  • and I'm not saying that I wasn't being genuine when we were friends

  • but it'd be too difficult to stay close to you knowing that I wasn't enough, and

  • some new guy will be.

  • I understand.

  • So, I sorta came here to say goodbye.

  • God that sounds so melodramatic but I think that

  • this is where our friendship needs to change. And not because I mad at you and I

  • hope that you're not mad at me either.

  • Of course I'm not mad at you Derek.

  • I'm not perfect either. I'm still learning how to handle these situations too and it sucks

  • that it has to come to this, but I understand why.

  • And I respect your decision. Thanks.

  • I really appreciate you being so mature and talking to me like this.

  • See this is the guy I want to be friends with-

  • Sorry, that's probably not what you wanna hear right now

  • Yeah no.

  • Do you think we can still be friends later on?

  • Maybe. I hope I can get to a place where that's possible.

  • That'd be cool.

  • I'm sorry things didn't play out how do you wanted.

  • Don't be.

  • It was still worth it.

  • See you later, Audrey.

  • See ya.

  • So I know it looks like I'm walking away all strong and resolved.

  • And for a closing internal monologue, that's what would be expected.

  • But, no, I'm dying inside.

  • This freaking sucks. I'm still head over heels for Audrey and I probably will be for some time.

  • But it's not meant to be right now, and that's okay, because in the

  • meantime, I've got a lot to be thankful for.

  • I've got great friends...

  • I have a fun job that - Excuse me.

  • Inner monologue again? Yeah, sorry.

  • Please finish.

  • Actually...Why don't you take this one?

  • The truth is life is not a sprint.

  • It's a really long marathon, filled with opportunities to grow,

  • find joy, and create happiness.

  • Those who live the best and fullest lives

  • don't focus on what's fleeting and temporary, but instead focus on making

  • it all the way through to the end.

  • Nice guys don't finish last.

  • Nice guys finish lasting.

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