November 29, 2019

Ramble: Why Snakes (and other recurring themes in videos which are not the focal point)

Hey all! Happy thanksgiving  and here is this month's  ramble video! Sorry this one clocks in a bit shorter; this was a more abstract concept and I was a little uncertain what to say on it! I hope I stayed enough on topic because it felt like it might have diverged into a bunch of anecdotes at some point

Why Snakes (YouTube)

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CPK Grownup · March 25, 2026

The funniest thing about watching all these ramble videos years after they were uploaded is now realizing how many interesting videos that we were deprived of for one reason or another.

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CPK Grownup · March 25, 2026

I don’t mind snakes and spiders as long as they aren’t in my house. I used to see a lot of snakes by the dock that’s not too far from my house and I can’t lie, I was disappointed when I stopped seeing them.

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The Latter Day Autist · December 30, 2025

About the Cars movie, which you mentioned in passing: I believe it takes place after the events of Wall-E, and the cars are actually life support systems. Their jacked into the machinery and what not. They don't know they're humans. They only see what they want to see.

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Limey Lime · May 9, 2025

I have severe arachnophobia and watching these are honestly functioning as a bit of exposure therapy 😆

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Limey Lime · May 9, 2025

But I love snakes! (They turn up inside in Florida a lot)

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Renaud · January 8, 2025

Jenny, you can still be a spider expert because there is no pinning. Spiders are soft bodied and preserved in alcohol. YaY!

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Orlando Correa · November 30, 2022

I know this is old, but if you do something on A Dog's Purpose, check out the Titmouse short animated film "A God's Purpose" ! Very cute and creepy

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Oooch · September 26, 2021

Private :(

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Chelsea Counsell · September 6, 2020

Why don't you sleep with Spidey anymore?? He needs your love

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Andrzej Kapolka · August 18, 2020

I've loved Emily Graslie's YouTube videos about insects/arachnids.

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Amery Chang · May 19, 2020

This is kind of a mental leap, but in at least 3 different videos, Jenny has described herself as a "texture person" when it comes to food, and I've just always wondered what exactly that entails.

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Gumby with a sombrero · February 10, 2020

At 19:59. you say "Noel was awful" and that made me sad

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Iskra Konovska · February 1, 2020

I'm very late to this party, but on the topic of scarecrows - strongly recommend the book Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. It's 100% smalltown scarecrow horror book for children. It's great.

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Brier · December 18, 2019

I would still want to know your thoughts about Noelle even tho the Disney Plus initial hype has died down tbh. Loved this topic <3

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noxteryn · December 17, 2019

Today I learned that Jenny used to be a spider hipster.

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Jovana · December 6, 2019

A Disney Plus originals round-up could be very funny! But I do always love a book/fanfic video

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FireBatV · December 4, 2019

Thanks for the ramble!

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Alison W · December 3, 2019

Yesss I love the book videos, looking forward to another one!

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Joy · December 3, 2019

wow i can't believe that you unknowingly played "hat" in your spider origin story

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Moira Laidlaw · December 1, 2019

I know Jenny doesn’t read the comments on YouTube but does she read these comments?

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CMC · December 1, 2019

She has left replies here before.

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Lost Johnny · December 1, 2019

Love the yellow and black. I assume your doing a kill bill review, can't wait!

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four or five owls · December 1, 2019

a dog’s purpose was unironically one of my favorite books as a kid and i cried gallons over it. scared to revisit it tbh

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Bree · December 1, 2019

Jenny I love pretty much all of your content. It's always fun to watch/listen to. But I would love if you did more of your longer, essay format videos. I am really looking forward to Star Wars Land Part 2: Electric Choo Choo. Buzzy and your other similar videos are like the cream of the youtube crop. I hope you still have interest in making those.

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Clarissa · November 30, 2019

Do the Disney plus video for patreon

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Bree · December 1, 2019

I am also secretly hoping for a Dinsey+ video. But i hope for a lot of Jenny content and there are only so many hrs in the day so *makes what are you gonna do face*

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George N · November 30, 2019

Jenny, if you’re looking for good content to read, there’s a whole subgenre on Wattpad of girls being adopted by Taylor Swift. They’re all seriously a trip.

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Sordahon · November 30, 2019

Like everyone else, I think Cats is gonna be hilarious, but I feel like all the dancing and singing might be too good to make fun of

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Brian L Hughes · November 30, 2019

I'd like to recommend a movie to watch because for me it really did define an age, 1976, Bad News Bears with Walter Matthau. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 97%. I don't think you will ever see another movie made like it again, we've lost the ability.

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Brian L Hughes · November 30, 2019

I like angry mop in that above link..... Where I grew up we had black widows and I liked them, I kept my distance of course. Snakes on the other hand, we had rattlers and I was afraid of stepping on one that was sleeping. I used to stay out of the countryside during summer.

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Brian L Hughes · November 30, 2019

https://www.boredpanda.com/objects-with-faces/

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ts_babyjane · November 30, 2019

lol I DO want a sequel to Jeff the killer, or a new fanfic. I also want the video of the twilight knockoff thing you mentioned. im down for anything tho. just throwing it out there.

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F W Pancakes · November 30, 2019

"you know what comes out in December..." CATS!

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CometTail · November 30, 2019

Jenny, have you watched the movie Itsy Bitsy?

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Dee Crosier · November 29, 2019

Thank you for this, and happy holidays! :) P.S. For any horse-lovers out there, the first episode of the "Dickinson" TV series features a couple appearances by ghost horses (pulling Death's carriage), and I thought they looked really cool. They didn't come back in any of the other eps I've seen though...

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Pj Martin · November 29, 2019

I think you mention "the perfect crime" a lot but I don't even know if that's a thing

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Steve Ray · November 29, 2019

And "the long con," but aren't those what fill *everybody's* waking thoughts?

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Mariayuri Kumagae · November 29, 2019

I always thought your obsession with spiders was weird, but this ramble reminded me I used to own this game with colorful plush spiders connected to elastic bands and you had to catch bug-shaped cards with velcros for points, and I genuinely liked it as a little girl. I don't know how to feel about this.

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Lauren.Bromberg · November 29, 2019

Yes, protect the spider! I still have a teddy bear from when I was a week old and I would never have taken him to a dorm

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Alive_in_tucson · November 29, 2019

The movie in December is Cats, right? Yeah, it’s Cats.

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Shred Cadmium · November 29, 2019

Before <i>There Make</i> there were the prophetic <i>Adventures of Darging Do</i>… 🐍🐴 https://youtu.be/3bWR-WkwOBo

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Shred Cadmium · November 29, 2019

PS For any snake fans desirous of additional snake content here is an excellent snake impression 🐍 https://youtu.be/TJGm8Sj7Qn8?t=4996

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Tabea Zeltner · November 29, 2019

Jenny, worms are studied SO MUCH

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Mtthw · November 29, 2019

Something tells me there make be snakes in this video

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Shaun Cheah · November 29, 2019

Great ramble, fun wig, and I am very on board for a Dog's Purpose video. Haven't seen the movies but got the start of a trailer for one of them in a YouTube ad once and found the premise quite... Um... Well, when the reveal of it as a video topic happened I was like "yeah that makes so much sense".

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Bryan Sutton · November 29, 2019

Everyone's collecting spiders that were displaced by the new elementary school, meanwhile Jenny's like "I liked spiders when they were still underground"

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Luis · November 29, 2019

Cool anecdotes and good ramble! As a child I was deathly afraid of spiders especially after going on a field trip in the Berkeley hills and my class volunteered me to pet the tarantula and the guy was like "be careful they shoot hair out of their abdomens if startled" and then showed me the horrible rash on his neck where he got hit after the last class was too noisy.

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Steve Ray · November 29, 2019

Recurring Themes That Could Have Been Covered: 1. Numbered Lists

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Neil Dutton · November 29, 2019

"Explain why you mention things!" gives me second hand anxiety, so making 20 minutes of answering that entertaining is appreciated!

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Tracey's Writing Corner · November 29, 2019

I was extremely amused and thought of you when The Knight Before Christmas name dropped Aldovia as a real location and functionally inserted itself into the apparent Netflix Christmas cinematic universe that now exists. A phrase I did not think I'd ever utter but here we are in 2019. Looking forward to your thoughts on Frozen 2 and that Star Wars movie, I Guess. ;)

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Eric MacMillan · November 29, 2019

Jenny have you considered making the movie commentaries a regular thing? The Solo one was so fun and I think most of us would love if they could be a monthly thing!

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Shred Cadmium · November 29, 2019

🤔 Maybe a brutal takedown of <i>Tangled</i>?...

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Spencer “Spence” deSpence · November 29, 2019

Staying on topic is a very low concern in any ramble, but especially one where the topic is “things that are off-topic”