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  • Being sick is the pits. I should know.

  • [Captions by CN_Glitches]

  • Because I'm sick right now.

  • You can probably hear it in my disgusting, nasally voice,

  • and I probably shouldn't be recording a YouTube video right now,

  • but you know what? Life stops for no one and I'm not gonna get left behin-

  • *coughing*

  • But for real. I was like I need to get started on the next video,

  • but my voice sounds like I drowned in cheese graters.

  • Whatever, let's talk about being sick.

  • It's relevant enough.

  • I'm fortunate to have a really good immune system, I never get sick.

  • *coughs*

  • Believe it or not.

  • From elementary school through high school,

  • guess how many days I've missed from being sick.

  • Don't guess. I'm gonna tell you anyway.

  • It's two.

  • And they were back-to-back, so I was just really dying that one time.

  • I mean sure, I've gotten sick here and there and my mum was just like: "Oh, you're fine. Pack your bag,

  • you're going to school."

  • Missing arm? pffftt. If the lizards can regrow their limbs, so can you."

  • So that number doesn't tell everything.

  • But I think two is a pretty good score to have over 12 years.

  • I'm not like a crazy germaphobe thought.

  • I don't go out of my way to avoid being exposed to sickness

  • or actively try to kill and bacteria

  • that may give me some sniffles.

  • Sometimes, I forget to wash my hands.

  • I heard that kids who are more exposed to germs

  • and stuff when they were young were able to

  • more efficiently build immunities to them.

  • So maybe as a kid,

  • I just ate a lot of dirt.

  • But even though being sick makes you want to just give up on everything

  • because your eyes are red and your head hurts

  • and you're tired all the time.

  • But can't sleep, because you're nose is plugged

  • and you can't breathe and everything is agony

  • and life is pain.

  • And nothing is worth it in the end,

  • there's some pros that can come from it.

  • ...Like you don't have to share anything.

  • Because on one

  • wants to share anything with your

  • disgusting diseased self.

  • "Do you have a pencil I can borrow?"

  • "I've got a cold."

  • "Never mind."

  • "Can I have some of your food?"

  • "I have the flu."

  • "Keep it."

  • "Do you want to hang out?"

  • "I'm sick."

  • "Oh, no, it's okay!"

  • We can just-"

  • "Sick of your bullcrap!" OOOOOOOOHHH

  • Being sick is the best excuse to be a bad member of society

  • and get sympathy for it.

  • Any other time if you were to sleep in till 12

  • and then stay in bed all day on the computer,

  • people would just think you're

  • really lazy and have no motivation

  • but if you just say:

  • "Oh, I was sick."

  • All of a sudden; "Oh you poor thing, get better soon!

  • Can I get you anything? Oh you're such a trooper!"

  • It's great.

  • Also, you have the power to claim anything you touch.

  • *Cough and sneeze*

  • To each their own.

  • But I also use being sick as

  • an excuse to not talk to anyone

  • because I'm a pathetic shy blob.

  • Good job immune system.

  • You have failed me.

  • Once as a kid, my brother

  • got pinkeye and my family pretty much barricaded him

  • in his room and didn't let him touch anything.

  • It's funny how as soon as someone gets sick,

  • everyone is empathetic towards them...

  • but also kinda treats them like an unpredictable

  • rabid animal.

  • "Alright. You just stay right there. Don't go anywhere.

  • I got you some soup-

  • AH stay over there!

  • I'll push the bowl to you with this stick!

  • Feel better soon."

  • I think the worst thing I had growing up was a few

  • migraines here and there.

  • The first time I had migraine was in 6th grade.

  • I was sitting in class

  • and all of a sudden, my eyes started not working.

  • Like I would look in one direction

  • and I couldn't see anything in my peripheral vision.

  • It was all gray and foggy,

  • and at first, I was like "Whoa this is weird,

  • so this is what blind people see!"

  • and I was kind of fascinated by it.

  • Then all of a sudden, it felt like my brain exploded.

  • I got to go home early.

  • But I don't count that as a sick day

  • because I was at school for the majority of it.

  • If you've never had a migraine,

  • take a moment to just appreciate that.

  • Because they're one of the worst things ever.

  • I mean there's worse.

  • But they're up there.

  • I haven't even had any really bad injuries

  • either.

  • The only serious injury I've had was when I was 9.

  • I'm saying serious because I had to go to the ER.

  • But it's really not that bad.

  • For my birthday one year, my parents got me Heelys.

  • Do you remember those?

  • The shoes with the wheel in them?

  • I didn't specifically ask for them,

  • but after a few months,

  • I decided to start trying them out.

  • I'd roll around in the house

  • up and down the halls and it was pretty fun.

  • Then one time, I decided to take them out

  • on the streets.

  • Our neighborhood was on a slant,

  • so there was a bit of a steep angle to the

  • cul-de-sac and I was like:

  • "This is a good idea!"

  • Foreshadowing, it very wasn't.

  • I started going down the road and picking up speed

  • and like two-thirds of the way,

  • down the tiniest little pebble

  • was like:

  • "Hey there friend!"

  • And clogged the wheel and threw me forward.

  • I hit my head on the road

  • And opened a huge gash

  • in my chin.

  • My mum was outside talking to our neighbor so she

  • saw the whole thing and was like

  • "Okay, well I'll talk to you later Wendy,

  • we're gonna waltz on over to the hospital now."

  • My adrenaline was still pumping super hard.

  • So I didn't feel a thing

  • and I was like:

  • "No mum I'm fine.

  • It's not that bad!

  • I'm okay."

  • But she was like:

  • "No, we're going to the hospital.

  • I had to hold the towel over my chin

  • to keep from bleeding all over the car.

  • She didn't let me see the damage at

  • the time, but I asked her about it a bit ago,

  • and she said she didn't want me to see the cut

  • because even she was freaked out about it.

  • This description isn't for the squeamish, *skip to 5:00, there won't be much missed*

  • but she described it as like another mouth I gashed out of my head.

  • Jaiden's 'Second Mouth': "Hey FRIENDS sorry about all this."

  • Okay, yeah, that's probably for the best.

  • You didn't let me see that.

  • So I went to hospital and ended up getting

  • three stitches in my chin.

  • When I was waiting

  • for the doctor,

  • and doctor from another room walked in, to get some water

  • and was like:

  • "What are you in for?"

  • "She hit her chin on the road."

  • "Oh. *chuckle*

  • Yeah, I've been there before!"

  • And he showed us a scar on his chin

  • and then another doctor overheard

  • from the other room and was like

  • "Yep, same story!"

  • and he had a scar on his chin.

  • So that was a nice human bonding experience.

  • I didn't know so many doctors had Heelys!

  • When I went to school the next day,

  • I had a bandage on my stitches and all of my

  • two friends were like

  • "Whoa, what happened?!?"

  • *sigh*

  • I hit my chin on the road.

  • "Whoa!"

  • And I felt really cool,

  • and it made me want to like

  • break my arm or something

  • to be even cooler. *don't do that please*

  • So this video took a lot longer to get done

  • because I've bee super busy

  • and time is flying by

  • and now it's pretty much Christmas.

  • I'm not sick anymore,

  • but I am whispering because it's 5:45am

  • and I don't want to wake up anyone

  • else in the house.

  • It's weird how it takes being sick to forget

  • how nice it feels to just be.

  • ...normal.

  • Take a big breath through your nose right now.

  • *long inhale*

  • Doesn't that feel nice?

  • Unless you're sick right now.

  • Then do it later.

  • When you're not all gross.

  • But if you can breathe,

  • then enjoy it right now

  • because one day you'll get sick again,

  • and wish you could be that.

  • So it's been a while...

  • The Sceptile Doll got the contest winner

  • all safe and sound.

  • You can see who won on my Twitter.

  • Um, there's probably something else

  • I need to quickly say,

  • but I can't think of anything right now.

  • Why does time go by so quickly?

  • I feel like not a lot of people stay for these end cards

  • so I'm just gonna start rambling.

  • Back when I was in school, it felt like every week

  • dragged along and now it feels like I

  • have no time to do anything

  • probably because school is boring

  • and making YouTube videos isn't.

  • And I've got so much to do all the time well either way.

  • I hope you have a Merry Christmas

  • or Happy Hanukkah!

  • Or whichever holiday you celebrate.

  • Ari says Hi.

  • Also one of my friends showed me this cool thing

  • he found on Reddit about how to unclog

  • your nose when you're sick and congested.

  • I'll put a link in the description if you're interested

  • I tried it when I was sick,

  • and it actually worked for a bit!

  • Pretty cool stuff.

  • Anyway. Talk to you in 2018.

  • You're never gonna hear from

  • 2017 Jaiden ever again, bye. Cya.

Being sick is the pits. I should know.

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