It's very appropriate that you decided to have that "may" in the title.
Sometime soon, perhaps not this year, or maybe not even in this decade, although I have personal doubts about that, we all could find ourselves once again at the mercy of a single someone... or something... that could determine the fate of our entire species at a whim.
If... no, not just "if", but when an entity emerges that possesses such power, pray that they emerge merciful, like Petrov was on that day.

It's very appropriate that you decided to have that "may" in the title.
Sometime soon, perhaps not this year, or maybe not even in this decade, although I have personal doubts about that, we all could find ourselves once again at the mercy of a single someone... or something... that could determine the fate of our entire species at a whim.
If... no, not just "if", but *when* an entity emerges that possesses such power, pray that they emerge merciful, like Petrov was on that day.


The scariest part about visualizing the tsar bomba is that it’s only showing half of the bombs capabilities. The destructive power of tsar bomba had to be cut in half because the explosion was so large and so fast that there was no feasible way for the plane to make it out of the blast zone fast enough


You seem fairly interested in this, you should read "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes. Very informative and you get, really, a general understanding of the foundations of our modern era and the men who built the atomic age from the ground up. One correction it makes is it wasn't actually Fermi who theorized the chain reaction, it was actually Leo Szilard theorizing how to get energy from the atom after the discovery of the neutron.


"So why did the bombs get so big?
Chicken."

Me: OF COURSE! The Soviets always did envy the West's poultry production!

"So why did the bombs get so big?
Chicken."

Me: *OF COURSE!* The Soviets always did envy the West's poultry production!

I don't think any country envies our meatpacking industry


Hey just wanted to say that your sense of kinetics is impeccable. Your WWF/WCW/WWE video was astounding, how you stitched images together to convey the scene without risking demonitization -- similar here. You've turned the limitations into the art itself and that's pretty neat


This series usually ends with "there will never ever be", but this episode ends on a more solemn and maybe ominous, by adding two word to the formula, "have to". For everyone's sake, I hope it's true that we will never ever HAVE the need for a man like Petrov.


It sucks that this type of amazing informative content can’t be monetized because it respectfully discusses topics like ww2 and nazis.


This is my favorite episode of Never Ever so far. The fifth one is also very good, but not as good as this.


Thank you, EmpLemon, for giving the world this gift.  It shouldn't matter what you are or where you come from, the merit you bring to the world should be based on a simple act of saying no when the world is screaming yes at you.  I feel lucky to be alive, all things considered, and I don't want to waste the gift Stanislav Petrov has left us all.


24:33 there was a russian man assigned to a nuclear sub off the coast of Cuba and they thought nukes had already been launched. 2 out of the 3 crewmembers voted to launch the nuke at Florida but the third man, who had picked that sub rather than the one he was assigned to, saved america and the world from a nuclear war


May God rest soul and thank you Mr.Petrov! Coming from an American!


I still come back to this video after many watches and knowing the story in full beforehand because this video is just that good


One thing I would have like to have mentioned is Stanislav's wife. At the time, she was at home, dying of cancer. Petrov, due to his security clearance, never told her. She died shortly after, Stanislav never remarried.


dam, almost didn't watch this episode because the subject wasn't interesting to me.

Of course, it had to be the best one, all thanks to lemon's amazing storytelling abilities


Was this video censored or something? I never remember getting a notification on this one and it also has far less views than all of the other 'Never Ever's. It just seems weird that I didn't realize this was here until now, when I actually went to your channel to see what recent videos I missed.

Could be because it's a pretty niche hard to hear topic


one man was in a position to be god and he, as such, was our savior


This guy really just used Half-Life music over a serious documentary <b>and</b> made it work well.

This guy really just used Half-Life music over a serious documentary *and* made it work well.


One of the greatest stories I’ve ever heard.


Fascinating and well produced. Thank you


Genuinely high quality content. Wasn't much a fan of the changes to the visual edits particularly toward the beginning, but you can kind of get used to them. The source names in big letters are a little distracting, mostly, kinda like how subbed anime makes you stop hearing the words that re being said because you focus on reading. Nice idea, but maybe make it take up less of the screen in future. Other than that a thoroughly entertaining video boyo.<br>edit I just realised this video came out a year ago and i never knew it existed. f. Your editing's improved.

Genuinely high quality content. Wasn't much a fan of the changes to the visual edits particularly toward the beginning, but you can kind of get used to them. The source names in big letters are a little distracting, mostly, kinda like how subbed anime makes you stop hearing the words that re being said because you focus on reading. Nice idea, but maybe make it take up less of the screen in future. Other than that a thoroughly entertaining video boyo.
edit I just realised this video came out a year ago and i never knew it existed. f. Your editing's improved.


The video's so good it gave me chills, man. Thank you.


Vasili Arkhipov<br>Actually stopped the cuban missle crisis because his fellow generals were ready to put their keys in and press the button but he said no due to this decision he singlehandedly stopped the cuban missle crisis

Vasili Arkhipov
Actually stopped the cuban missle crisis because his fellow generals were ready to put their keys in and press the button but he said no due to this decision he singlehandedly stopped the cuban missle crisis


I like to think that on that day the universe spilt in two timelines, one where human civilization effectively ended and this one.


This is a good video, but the bit about nuclear bombs ending WW2 omit the part where japan lost its last oil producing facility shortly before the bombs were dropped, and that Soviets were moving troops to fight japan, which the Japaneese tried to avoid the whole war after they got completly destroyed during the undeclared border war, they were going to such lengths as letting US convoy ships with land leese through to help out Soviets insted of sending them to the bottom of the sea. Sad truth is that US had a new toy and wanted to test it before the war ended.


thank god he thought "if it was real, why would the US only sent four missiles?"


I keep coming back to this video, and at this point, I think that it's definitely my favourite video on this website.


The build up to the"I did what I was trained to do" clip along with the punchline itself outdoes anything I've seen on this site. Damn.


The initial part was so crisp that I almost forgot that you are the same guy who made YTP, and the  ⬇ ➿. AND then you hit me with the Local58 reference. You are the tree that keeps on giving but which at the same time explains how we live in a SOCIETY.


MY GUY REPLICATED THE 2001 MATCH CUT! WHAT A GOD


Just wanna point out that the two nukes didn't really trigger the end of the war, Russia invading did. Japanese cities had been getting firebombed for years by the US (most of the buildings were wood so this was especially devastating), the nukes weren't realistically that different to the firebombs. Using the nukes had been a gambit to end the war before Russia joined in so as to prevent Russian claims on Japanese territory as opposed to a 'necessary evil to save American lives'. The war was going to end either way (and in fact analysts think Japan would have surrendered earlier, just not unconditionally.)


11:03 I’ve never seen a more perfect dunkey quote


Just sent this to my history teacher. He was alive and lucid for the Cold War. Let's see what happens.


Stanislav may just be the man I respect most in all of history.


After years on the platform, this is the greatest YouTube video ever!


also the way you did the famous 2001 "match cut" but with a nuclear weapon... really really good editing!


This is unironically the single best video i have <b>ever</b> watched, Period.

This is unironically the single best video i have *ever* watched, Period.


The tsar bomba was only half of it's intended size and they wanted to make a bomb 2× more powerful


This video deserves so much more attention


This man....this man is a beautiful man.


what a fucking incredible video... i mean really as a human being one can only hope to act as selflessly as stan petrov did that day. I hope with all my being that should the situation present itself, there is another person like stan in a position to stop humanity from destroying ourselves.


For an idea of how big the Tsar Bomba reference was at 22:43, I grew up about an hour drive from Manhattan, and my home town was still just inside the outer circle.


If our good guy Stan Petrov would have made the wrong decision, we wont be here now.

Got the biggest chill of my life.


29:29 - 30:50 Using that date, we get 38 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki and 26 years since the launch of Sputnik. In terms of space-time, that leaves basically nothing in our close range space neighborhood to observe any advanced technology we ever achieved and only 0.013% of our existence that we've been able to send out information to space. Granted we now have another 37 years on that total but we almost didn't. Given that, what hope is there that anything out there would be able to contact us deliberately?


This is the closest we will ever get to pretty good episode 4


7:09 I think it's "few people laughed, few people cried..."


The Einstein quote about WW4 really struck a chord with me


i just want to say thank you, lemon. im not sure why, but i have this feeling that i need to say this. call me crazy but, thank you.


Never ever be a man as powerful as Petrov. As powerful as Petrov. So someone can be more powerful but not as powerful as Petrov?


There was another Russian, on a nuclear sub, that came close to allowing nuclear war to begin.


Whay a documentory man! This is amazing. Should be broadcasted on TV or netflix and made a series


this is so fucking amazing dude holy shit. this video is so good I can't put it in words.


Stan Petrov is that one first-name-only desk guy that makes that one teensy A or B decision that could shift the entire story one way or another. Here's to some Russian guy who didn't follow protocol.


beautiful ending, shit nearly made me cry


this is so good, history channel aint got nothin on the boy EmpLemon


my new favourite youtuber. keep it up amigo, with love from Australia <3


So when nuclear apocalypse comes, I'm supposed to duck and cover and NOT run like hell?


Small nitpick, but the letter to FDR to pursue nuclear weapons was only signed by Albert Einstein, Leo Szilard actually wrote it.


And both Castlo Bravo and the Tsar bomba were fusion bombs, not "refined fission" bombs.


The advertisements used for the Patreon and NordVPN are very nostalgic.


In order to reach world peace we have to accept our differences, not brush them under the rug.


"We have been judged by Stanislav Petrov and found unwanted."


i appreciate the amount of half-life music in this video. very fitting


Dunkey was the last person I expected to hear quoted in this video about nuclear war ngl


The Half-Life OST was used very well here, good job.


This is one of the most terrifying videos I have ever watched.


The Halifax Disaster was not a TNT explosion, it had many other explosives including powder and picric acid.


Great Doc..  loved it and felt it.  Just watch thats all.


A lot of misinformation about the USSR but a well made documentary


That has filled the void left after the copyright takedown of Jon Bois' video on Stanislav Petrov. Thank you.


absolutely great incredible video good work


Maybe if Operation: Unthinkable had been enacted in the time before the Soviets had access to Nuclear weapons, meaning they could not retaliate, then the Cold War may have been averted. The oppression of the Iron Curtain may have been averted. There were millions of lives affected by Soviet oppression, perhaps dropping one bomb and steamrolling the USSR in a quick series of strikes may have been worth it. Alas, this did not happen.

[89thAH] ArmA III:Optre Shenaniganus Maximus


Thanks for not ending with Imagine by John Lennon


What would you do if you had the choice to decide humanity's fate in a few seconds.


Never Ever is to EmpLemon as Pretty Good is to Jon Bois


Stan Petrov and Vasil Arkhipov. <br>Remember their names.

Stan Petrov and Vasil Arkhipov.
Remember their names.


imagine we find a new alien civilization and the very next day we witness their judgement day before we could communicate

That would be a pretty good idea for a Short........

That would actually be kinda freaky, imagine how many books and movies would be made, and if it was the other way around. Damn, thats a good idea!


Holy shit, I can't believe humanity was saved because someone gambled... What luck!


Actually the president could fire nukes on a whim. The checks and balances are for lower level personell. There is essentially nothing to stop the US president from "pressing the button", because if there was, America might not get their missiles in air before the enemy's missiles hit.


Soooo....This is what happened to emperor lemon while I was gone.....wow.


I'm from Halifax, it's referred to as the 'Halifax Explosion' not 'Disaster'.


21:21 wow someone actually used nukemap I mess around on there all the time and I've never seen someone else mention it

dude, i used to do the same thing on Nukemap


Fun fact, einstein did not write the letter, Leo Szilard wrote it and then persuaded Einstein to send it to Roosvelt under his name to begin the Manhattan Proyect.


I just cried man. I was here to have a little laugh


Very good video, but there's one major mistake. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not force Japan to surrender, a different event made them commit such an act.


What about the Soviet officer on that submarine in the Cuban missile crisis who voted no to launch the nuclear missiles aboard after a American destroyer launched a dummy depth charge to tell the submarine to come up knowing its radar and communications were turned off even to it's own fleet and they freaked out, and all but the political officer wanted to launch a nuclear missile thinking war had just happened I forget the name but yeah


This is why we need to build Peacewalker.


I wonder why I feel like watching Dr. Strangelove now?


Holy fuck, I have never got the chills like that in my life


I know this comment will not be important, but I feel like I must say it. Stanislav, though I will never meet you, never get to thank you in person, I want you to know that I am grateful to you. If not for your right decision, I would not exist nor would the love of my life exist. Humanity as a whole would be gone, and I, being before your time, would have never know existents. So, I thank you, for being the right man, at the right place, at the right time.


and then able archer happened two months later


It's a good thing humanity learned from Petrov and stopped idolizing celebrities for the shoes they wear and worshipping athletes for playing children's games.


It’s absolutely disgusting that anyone thought that dropping the atomic bombs were necessary. So many innocent children dead.

It was a choice of either Dropping the Bombs or Invading Japan until they surrendered (they were unlikely to surrender until destroyed). The latter was likely to cause millions of more Japanese deaths and up to a million extra American deaths. War is not justified, but the choice Truman made to end it was the only logical one.

If they hadn't, the war would have continued for many years and many more innocent children would have died. World War 2 wasn't very epic overall.

It stopped the deadest war in human history.  How many lives spared it could be looked at it.


20:25
Is that Squidward? You can even see his nose if you look at it hard enough.


... I really should get around to watching <i>Dr. Strangelove...</i>

... I really should get around to watching _Dr. Strangelove..._


The statistic at 4:33 is misleading. Why are you comparing all US military deaths some time after WWII to an event that happened in WWII? There were 418,000 American casualties in WWII, 3x as many as were killed at Hiroshima.


the one claim you got from this was from  A SONG THAT SAMPLED THE SAMUEL L JACKSON LINE?????? unbelievable. You're three part series about the copyright system being busted is no joke.  <br>Amazing video!

the one claim you got from this was from  A SONG THAT SAMPLED THE SAMUEL L JACKSON LINE?????? unbelievable. You're three part series about the copyright system being busted is no joke.
Amazing video!


If I could get a clip of 22:00 - 23:00 i could find many a use for that


Fear of SJWs and runaway progressivism is not paranoia when we have historical precedent for precisely what it leads to and what the ultimate outcome of it will be.


Oak Ridge was not the headquarters of the project, Los Alamos was. That was where the main effort was located.


Stanislov petrov died on my birthday. That's sad to think about.


I am scared that this is the only never ever video that started with there may not there will


10:43 Radiation is not a chemical property.


500k view on this is fucking criminal, this should be shown in schools


If you want to honor someone, at least try to pronounce his/her name wrong. At least put the the accent on the right syllable. It ain't hard.


US and Russia are ALOT closer than 5k miles. Like 50 miles or some shit


Why is a YouTube Pooper such a great Video Essayist? Emplemon you have changed, for the better! I mean I still miss having the occasional YouTube poop, but this is even better.


I come back to 22:08 every now and then.


Isn't that ironic that less than a month after this video INF treaty was cancelled.


9:12 "Сила" doesn't mean "good". It's "power"

@Paketiq I don't think you know what a weeb is

Well, I'm really glad my comment attracted some weebs

@Alexander Korol haven't gotten into JoJo's or Mob yet. You can see everything on my channel (mainly the collection video and the ones afterwards). There is just too much to put in a comment. Some very cool things to see imo if you enjoy the medium and especially the physical volumes. My taste is not very orthodox so I can't really make recommendations aside from the consensus masterpieces.

@SiMe What manga do you read? If you haven't read them already. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Attack on Titan, The Promised Neverland, and Mob Psycho 100 are  all pretty great.

@Alexander Korol Hebrew. I live in Israel (guess who's under constant nuclear threat and other regular threats xD) but my mom is Russian. So she taught me Russian while the surroundings taught me Hebrew. I started using the internet around 7th grade and there I had no choice but to learn English and so I did. Learned some French in school but didn't do any of the homework (as all classes go) so I ultimately failed and have an extremely small understanding of the language. Learned a little Arabic in 5th/6th grade and my dad (he is from Iraq) taught me a tiny bit but it too is not sufficient to do anything with. Currently learning Japanese so I can read some of the untranslated comics (manga) that exists there which is often more interesting than the more popular stuff in both art and story. Really enjoy learning languages. It helps expand thinking and integrate concepts, percepts and ideas better. Highly recommend anyone pick any language and learn at least one extra. If you plan to have kids, get them to learn 1 or 2 extra languages early on you'll see some amazing results. My nephew's speak 3 languages and they are only 4 years old. Their dad speaks only Hebrew with them, their mom only speaks Russian with them and they live in Canada so their environment teaches them English. Pretty cool :]

@Alexander Korol власть ("vlast") means power in the sense of authority. It's more akin to the word "rule". Whoever rules over anything (usually a country/kingdom/empire/etc) is the vlast of it and its people. The United States government is the vlast of the USA. Kim Jon Un and his party are the vlast of North Korea. A chief of a tribe and his direct support are the vlast of the tribe - because the scale here is so small, other words like глава (head) or whatever the word for ruler is are used instead but I don't think using vlast here is entirely incorrect, just that there are better choices.

Russian is my second language and English is my third, so I'm sure there are better explanations of this and I am definitely missing some of the nuance of the vocabulary, but this should be fairly accurate. Hope this helps a little :]

Side note:
In Hebrew there is a direct word to vlast though: שלטון (shilton)
Not sure if this is useful to anyone but there ya go.

I thought that "vlast" meant "power" and "sila" meant strength

What does the word representing America mean, unless it just means evil.

Paketiq that may have been an accident but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was intentional.


"The spiritual death of a nation." I had never actually considered it like that, but now I realize it is obvious true. Jeez.


na , that title goes to my NC brother who singlehandledly dropped the biggest kill count in history


WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG THAT STARTS AROUND 5:20 PLEASE


i just noticed it's "there may Never Ever be" instead of "there will Never Ever be". that's perfectly chilling.

i just noticed it's "there *may* Never Ever be" instead of "there *will* Never Ever be". that's perfectly chilling.


There should be a fucking statue of this guy made out of pure gold in front of the UN building.


This is actually a higher quality documentation than you can see them on TV


Feel like 16:02 is a local 58 reference if so good work honestly

Yeah just watched it definitely a reference


If there was a standing ovation button I would press it my friend. Great video.


Watching this video while thinking about the uncredibles is something very strange. I know that was so long ago, but I can't help but think of your YTP roots. Regardless, this was a great video


Why isn't the nord VPN link in russian? <b>WESTERN SPY</b>

Why isn't the nord VPN link in russian? *WESTERN SPY*


Who said the line about pushing a game to its limit? I wanna find that


29:39 that song is from gran turismo 4 a spec on the ps2


"Bombs that would end ww2"

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


22:47 i was legitemately SHOCKED. I had no idea of the sheer size of JUST the explosion. That is absolutely terrifying.

That test was a scaled down version of the bomb as to allow the planes crew to survive as well.


I sincerely hope you're not still on the right after researching this.


I should have known this episode was better than the other ones, cause it's the only one that doesn't pop up on my recommends.


"We are now gods, but for the wisdom"<br>- Eric Weinstein

"We are now gods, but for the wisdom"
- Eric Weinstein


The hypocrisy on that Red Menace poster is hilarious


Dude is this just 10 high school lectures in 1 or what lmao


I hate the fact that the most recent video in this series is related to videogames (1.5 million views as of February 18, 2020), while  this video, with a very serious and scary topic only has 400,000 views


"searching for the next evil empire" maybe try a mirror?


14:58 – Hey, it's nice to see you collaborating with Mumkey again!

Emplemon just cloned bunch of mumkey jones so they can start in a Bruno Mars music video.

@Gyaku okay my bad but everything else (I think) is true

Oh hey! I feel like I recognize you from somewhere...

@Daniel Bull chill man , he is going through shit

@Daniel Bull I don't think Mumkey wanted to leech off of sheepover at first when they became gf and bf but I think Mumkey was corrupted

@Chef Remy idk about other countries but its a pretty common insult in australia ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ also could use "spaz" instead

You got me! I was like when? Than I saw the clip XD.


The comparison to the Hawaii false alarm is haunting. Brilliant analysis. Absolutely brilliant.


When you go from talking about cartoons to wrestling to racing to a man who for 12 seconds what's the most powerful person on earth

 PARKOUR


Everyone before September 26, 1983 should thank Petrov for still being alive, and everyone after September 26, 1983 should thank Petrov for being born.

I hope this comment doesn't get buried....

Mark your calendars. The twenty sixth of September's a day we should all remember.


talking about big decisions in life... o.o


Mirin' those production-quality gains Emp, keep up tbe good work!


The segment at 22:09 is truly terrifying to imagine if it occurred in reality

It wasn’t sent on civilians, it was just tested. So it was still set off, but imagine if it were used on a major city...

Well, the Tsar Bomba was detonated, so in a way, it happened.


This might just be your most well edited video yet.


“Now I have become death, Destroyer of worlds” - J. Robert Oppenheimer


i never noticed the local58  part in the middle

local58 is great


The title should be named “There should never ever be a man as powerful as Stanislav Petrov”


Man, the timeline we're on is freaking weird

Its not weird because we're lucky...its weird because we prop up sick people as super human, and let people like Petrov fade away.

We got goddamn lucky. I don't want to nor know how to do the math, but there's more than a handful of zeros that would accompany the number of odds against us getting to this point I bet. Nothing short of a miracle.

@douglas wahid Earth's civilization is more than just lucky.


After I hear that Campaign Advertisement, everytime I think of Fatboy Slim's "Bird of Pray" lol


Always hated these VPN ads back in the 30th


"Do you think God remains in heaven because he also lives in fear for what he has created? Protect your information today". Brought to you by Google Translate

Nigga I didn't even need Google Translate for that.


Ronald Reagan was one of America’s greatest Presidents 🇺🇸


Never ever will there be someone like EmpLemon. Glad iv lived to see you my friend.. 😶


Short form of Stanislav is Stas not Stan (Basically every Russian name has a short form, it does not have to be logical (example Wladimir - Wowa))


Thank you for these recent videos Emp. I think this documentary type style fits you way better than making videos about recent stuff on YouTube. The episodes in Never Ever and YouTube Geographic are some of the best things  you’ve made. I’ve been watching you for years, and this video has hit me hard. Keep it up.


Man if I wasn’t a broke college student I’d become a patron in a heartbeat. I honestly feel guilty watching this for free.... this documentary is just, incredible really.

Emp, if you’re still making documentaries like this in say, 4 years, expect to receive a donation from myself


your never ever & youtube geographic series is genuinely one of my favorites on the website, and an inspiration to my video editing... keep up the great work dude, can't wait for what's next.


God damn it Lemon, I truly think you make some of the best stuff on this entire website. The fact that you are just some guy who used to make youtube poops, and that now you, a normal guy, make highly passionate videos about anything and everything, is just so REAL. There's no fakeness involved with what you make, and you divert so much care and passion into all of it. And when you handle topics as powerful as the Cold War, and the complete nuclear annihilation of the planet, that same passion that leads to movie-length videos about meme theory or spongebob lends it so much credibility, it's amazing. You made me cry, Emp. You just made one of the best documentaries I've ever watched, to be honest.
Thanks for all you do, and truly, do whatever the hell you find yourself passionate about. That's what we love about you and everything you make.

God damn it Lemon, I truly think you make some of the best stuff on this entire website. The fact that you *are* just some guy who used to make youtube poops, and that now you, a normal guy, make highly passionate videos about anything and everything, is just so REAL. There's no fakeness involved with what you make, and you divert so much care and passion into all of it. And when you handle topics as powerful as the Cold War, and the complete nuclear annihilation of the planet, that same passion that leads to movie-length videos about meme theory or spongebob lends it so much credibility, it's amazing. You made me cry, Emp. You just made one of the best documentaries I've ever watched, to be honest.
Thanks for all you do, and truly, do whatever the hell you find yourself passionate about. That's what we love about you and everything you make.


22:09 - 22:55
Probably my favorite moment from the video. To think that a while after making a YTP revolving around Samuel L. Jackson, he would use him again for one of the most impactful illustrations of nuclear power I have ever seen. The biggest thing is this: there were weapons made after Tsar Bomba more powerful than Tsar Bomba. And it took one man to call launching them off.

22:09 - 22:55
Probably my favorite moment from the video. To think that a while after making a YTP revolving around Samuel L. Jackson, he would use him again for one of the most impactful illustrations of nuclear power I have ever seen. The biggest thing is this: there were weapons made after Tsar Bomba *more powerful* than Tsar Bomba. And it took one man to call launching them off.


This one resonates so well it’s just amazing the quality of it and it reflects the sheer passion of the series as a whole


EmpLemon has truly ascended past regular video composition. No franchise or media company will ever produce the way he can. I dream of one day becoming as good or even better than him.


This is absolutely phenomenal, one of the best made videos on youtube that I have ever seen, bar none. However, I would like to highlight something that is even more obscure than Stanislav Petrov, something that was essentially glossed over in this video.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, during the blockade where American and Soviet ships were facing off, just like in Berlin decades earlier, 3 Admirals on a submarine had the option of firing a nuclear missile, which would have inevitably lead to world destruction. Two admirals said yes. One said no. That one man, like Stanislav Petrov, saved the world with his critical thinking.

You ended this video with the hope that there will never have to be another man like Petrov. However, I would argue that he was the "other man" to this Admiral, who did something so eerily similar years in the past.


I am absolutely fascinated by your editing style and incredible content quality and research. Keep up the good work, emplemon. Do you have merch?


This is honestly one of the best researched and best edited video on YouTube. Fantastic job. This deserves more views than it has.


Holy shit this is so good, like I’ve been a fan of your never ever series since the spongebob one, and they’re just so well done. Also that dunky clip caught me so off guard.


Man, I only started watching these Never Ever videos just yesterday, but god damn these are so well produced <br>Keep up the good work, Emp.

Man, I only started watching these Never Ever videos just yesterday, but god damn these are so well produced
Keep up the good work, Emp.


Thank you for enlightening us about this great man! 💜

We take existence for granted.


For school I’ve written papers on the Cold War and the Manhattan project, meaning that I didn’t learn much new information from this. But this video is full of great information and one of the best documentaries on the Cold War I’ve ever seen.


This documentary is just so unrealistically well done! Outstanding work!


It would be pretty dope to see maybe a music never ever. Something like that will never ever be another song like this one or etc. it feels like that would be a cool and interesting video to watch since the other have been about pretty surprising topics, it would be interesting to se what a creator like you could do with a concept like that


Absolutely amazing content. Please continue making these for mine and everyone elses sake


This is the best show on YouTube and there may Never Ever be another show as creative and compelling as this one


Hey Emp lemon big fan of the series and your channel. I was wondering if maybe you would consider making a never ever on team fortress two and it’s impact on the video game industry. It seems like your a fan of tf2 and as someone who grew up playing the series I’m also a pretty huge fan. But overall I hope you continue the series no matter what you make next.


I Was Honestly shocked by this whole documentary, you do better work than most Big budget corporations. Needless to say, I'm Impressed and glad i watched this


While watching, I knew I recognized the music, I had no idea how truly haunting the half life soundtrack could actually be. Fuck. What an amazing video Emp, thank you for so much hard work.


Wow this really hit home.... thank you for creating such a fantastic and thought provoking film!


Another insightful and amazing documentary. Bravo Emp!


1983 had another moment where nuclear war came close. During November 4th-7th, NATO conducted a war exercise known as Able Archer. The soviets felt as if the games were them actually preparing to do a first strike, so the Soviet premier Yuri Andropov was ready to launch the Soviet Arsenal in his hospital bed if he felt if even in the slightest that the allies were going to attack


That part about Japan in the beginning is my favorite, what with perfect music, visuals, and a good topic as a lead up to how making the Japanese surrender was a big feat.


I like to think that some meta force created the false warning just to see if humanity could be trusted to continue or not. Seeing that one man, despite all of his training, still had faith that both his country and the enemy he’s lived all of his life hating would never usher in the apocalypse on a whim warmed their hearts. We passed their test.


A year later...

"There will Never Ever be another Giant Monster like Godzilla (Gojira)"


Note: this isn't the only time something like this happend during the cold war.


Your video work is incredible. I don't know how much time you spent making this and other great videos of yours but Thank You.


As someone who was born in the former Soviet Union, but grew up in the US, this type of content is super interesting


I honestly think that there have been and will be many more times where the worlds fate rested in a single persons hands, but nobody realized it at the time or after


even with 300k views i feel like this documentary is underrated


<i>GREAAAT</i> stuff Emp!  l LOVE that you're into the Prog music too! The Roger Dean Yessongs Album artwork blew me away!  l bought that album in '81, eight years after lt came out!

_GREAAAT_ stuff Emp!  l LOVE that you're into the Prog music too! The Roger Dean Yessongs Album artwork blew me away!  l bought that album in '81, eight years after lt came out!


Congrats emp, you made my favorite never ever video but also my new fear


That commie saved us! Thank you and God bless you Stanislav Petrov! Great video emp, these always get better and better, I really get the feelings and emotions from this vid. Thank you man!


In all seriousness, technically we've had multiple judgement days. Anyone remember the Goldsboro B-51 accident where a bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up at 9,000 ft? One of the bombs did arm but thanks to a malfuntioning high voltage arming device, it never exploded. The first one was disarmed by only one of four arming mechanisms. Think about that. I also believe we have another judgement day coming up. Our maniacal appettite for resources has already resulted in us using more resources in one year than the earth can supply. We're polluting at an alarming rate. The issue with this problem is that since its consequences aren't immediatly felt, I worry that our collective tendency to procrastinate on issues that aren't banging down the door will be our inevitable doom. I hope we come to our senses before its too late. But that's just another hurdle in the fight for survival. Remember, you're here today because every one of your ancestors fought and overcame their existential challenges. This is not a time to give up but to fight.


Good video EmpLemon. Fat chance you are reading this but for your next Never Ever episode, can you make There Will Never Ever Be Another Pitchman Like Billy Mays. He died 10 years and 4 months ago.


I've been watching you since the uncredibles, I know I'm a bit late to this video but it amazes me how much respect and research went into this video. You should do more video essays in this style


You have an exceptional talent. I hope you continue to develop and hone this talent.


This video is really well made, thank you


I think you've found your calling dude, these videos are some of the best I've ever seen on this site.


All of the other Never Ever videos: There will* never ever be-

This one: There may never ever be-
Never second guess humanity's power to place people into doomsday scenarios.

All of the other Never Ever videos: There *will** never ever be-

This one: There *may* never ever be-
Never second guess humanity's power to place people into doomsday scenarios.


In the 60s during the Cuban missile crisis something very similar to this happens in a Russian nuclear submarine and they almost launched the nuclear torpedo thinking world war 3 all ready started but the final commanding officer in the submarine didn't approve the launch therefore stoping the launch


I like that it pays some respect to him, cause thanks for not blowing us all up


That re-contextualization of the dunky quote was genius.


man never thought id see the day a ytper become a history channel for one vid


Also worthy of note is Vasily Arkhipov, another Russian (this time, aboard a submarine) who had to make the same call: approve the firing of nukes towards the U.S. and essentially destroy the world, or disapprove. I'm sure you can guess what choice he made.


7:25 So that's where that comes from. Fitting how it's being used to describe nuclear fallout.

7:25 So _that's_ where that comes from. Fitting how it's being used to describe nuclear fallout.


Vasili arkhipov was in a similar situation in the Cuban missile crisis


If the parallel universe theory is correct that means that there’s a universe where he reported the missiles and a nuclear holocaust ensued. Just let that sink in for a moment.


THIS IS BEAUTIFUL THIS IS THE BEST DOUCMENTARY I HAVE EVER SEEN!


7:02-7:35   what an unbelievably powerful statement


Your videos are insanely good

Thank you

Your videos are insanely good

Thank you


Thank you
This is the best most engaging video on this topic i have ever seen. If you never make another video then you can bie happy Becouse you have truly in reached the heman race as a hola with this work.

 I loved every moment of this video and spent 3 time longer the the video it self researching every point and running all your numders. Only to have my mind blown by what i found. The zare bomba bata my should was one of the most nightmarishly deep rabbit holes of All consuming Alsome i ever encountered. That scene for pop fiction but it perfectly. Ture werth of god shit. Its one thing to hear about it an another to do the math to the point you can feel the blast it self. Seeing it so completelt eclapes the Hiroshima blast  as to make it completely eralavent is laterally something i will never forgot or be able to un see.  Thank you


There was alot of sumillar situations on both sides.<br>I heard story that Soviet submarine almost launch all of it payload because it lost contact with HQ

There was alot of sumillar situations on both sides.
I heard story that Soviet submarine almost launch all of it payload because it lost contact with HQ


THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONFORMING AND USING THE METRIC SYSTEM!!! <3


I can not find words for how awesome 11:02 is!


I gotta admit i would have pushed the button. Wow THANK YOU Stanislav for making the correct choice


Honestly this is one of the best videos I have ever watchdd


I really like this video, wish you'd make one on the US and the middle east


I am proud of my city for making the nuclear bombs and nuclear power plants.


If you ever do another one of these about a sports player for the live of god please get Jon Bois in on it


This video has such a powerful effect on me


Did Emplemon use VideoGameDunkey to describe war using a video game review?

This video is a masterpiece.


Emplemon: Nuclear warfare has remained in the realm of fiction

japan: am I a joke to you


As an Alaskan, Cold War 2 would be catastrophic for me


Lemmino makes video about the apocalypse. Ends with a song from Aphrodite's Child called End of the World. (Stanislov Petrov was mentioned)

Emplemon makes a video about the development of nuclear weapons and the threat of annihilation. Ends with a Coke ad about love. (Stanislov Petrov was mentioned)

A double feature of two kinds of perspectives.


Mentions the victors of WW2

Doesn't mention the UK, nice


This dude saved the world, and his name is forgotten by most. HOW IN THE FUCK?!?!


The void stared back and Petrov didn't blink


Can you make more never ever videos that have to deal with the military in some way? NORAD maybe?


11:02 just here to leave the dunkey time stamp


that pulp fiction section was chilling to the bone


We started as people of creation and ended as gods of destruction


can we appreaciate the fact that at 3:00 he is playing half life music?


My American pride wants me to say that there will be a man more powerful, but this Russian did one of the most American things you can do, trust your gut and stand with your instincts.


16:03 Emp, are you secretly part of the local 58 project or something?


The tsar bomb section...

holy fucking shit dude oh my God


It happened all ways, multiverse bro, we're just here observing the only possibility that lead to us being able to observe.


Fuck it, I’ll still form the Brotherhood of Steel


The usage of a quote from videogamedunkey was genius.


Requesting there will never be another creator like Stan Lee


EmpLemon is <b>the</b> up and coming youtube creator.

EmpLemon is *the* up and coming youtube creator.


there may Never Ever be another athlete as fast as Barry Sanders


Loving those Quentin Tarantino references


Make a “Never Ever” about Avatar the last airbender


Last I looked you made a video about leafyishere going from nothing to something and to nothing. Now, today, I see this. I got goosebumps several times. Bravo, fantastic.


We where all saved because one man dare disobey orders.


I like it Lemon, but there is just too much that's glossed over or moderately incorrect without proper context.

I can't go into everything, but you should have also focused on the exact moment more than the history. The history overall is too much to talk about and you do a disservice to history.

Not a bad video, but there are some issues


Hold up was this your version of pretty good episode 4? The lost episode? And it's the 4th of yours too. Wow.


What if i didn't wanna be born and wanted humanity to not exist, does that make him my enemy?


18:40 "The U.S. and Russia are separated by about 5,000 miles"

Umm... (looks at the Bering Strait and Diomede islands)

18:40 "The U.S. and Russia are separated by about 5,000 miles"

Umm... _(looks at the Bering Strait and Diomede islands)_

Also it's worth remembering that while Alaska has population centers, they aren't on the scale of LA, NYC, Chicago, or DC. Also Russia is really just tundra in Siberia, and the only major Russian city on that side of the map I KNOW of is Vladivostok. Considering this, EmpLemon isn't exactly wrong...

You'll notice the line is drawn from Moscow to DC.

Their capital cities - as in where the countries are administered from - are 5000 miles apart.


please do never ever on kevin vandam for fishing or kelly slater for surfing


I love and hate these videos because they interest me yet terrify me at the same time


I dont like this assumption you have of how the military works. The human element is the first and foremost component of any kind of warfare and the idea that the military trains people be robots is absurd.

He's still overall right, especially considering the Soviet military's much more rigid nature, but it's still painting in very broad strokes.


the topic of nuclear annihilation really scares me. fr keeps me up at night. dont be stupid humanity. 🤞🙏


This is one of the most scariest videos i've ever watched


I made a video for school about this 2 months prior, just now finding it!


I feel like your explanation of Bushido was poor. But oh well. This isn’t a Japanese history video.


I used 22:40 to test our new subwoofer.
It works


I was so confused when Dunkey came in.. I had paused just before it, and when I unpaused he started talking and I was like "hmm some kinda youtube bug" 😂


they were warned that the city would be firebombed like tokyo did they should have listned oh and both bombs are still lower deaths then the tokyo firebombings


I can’t believe this documentary is free


You said none of us know how much time we have left but what about people on death row?


you should make a never ever about the WRC and the group b racing


9:11 it says "strength;evil" and what narrator says "good and evil"


USA: Hey Japan
Japan: Yeah?
USA: Vibe check
Hiroshima and Nagasaki gone

USA: Hey Japan
Japan: Yeah?
USA: Vibe check
*Hiroshima and Nagasaki gone*


8:04 I know this video is pretty old (and as such there's not much of a reason for you to respond), but I'm wondering how in the world you got such a discoloration/vhs effect going on?

hahah why is my brain so flimsy


i really cant comprehend what goes inside the minds of those people, they have the power to destroy life at a massive level, and they still can sleep at night.
Sure, drop the bomb, you will erradicate all your enemies, but you will also cause all the suffering for everyone else, including your own people.
imagine waking up, all is nothing but cinders, no building, no plants, no people at all, just the sound of the wind and the smell of hell, and knowing it was all your fault.


COME ON YOUTUBE LET THESE GET MORE VIEWS DAMMIT


Emp, did you just use an entire segment to reference Local58?


There Will Never Ever be Another Game like GTA: San Andreas


There will Never Ever be another band like Nirvana


Nobody : ...
America : *puts atomic bombs near Russia *
Russia : *puts atomic bombs near America *
America : I’m a good guy!


Do “There will never be another GTA IV/San Andreas”.


The videogamedunkey quote was a nice touch


>Emp puts local58 in the video<br>ah, a man of culture, i see

>Emp puts local58 in the video
ah, a man of culture, i see


16:40 It's the US Anthem from Local58 - Contingency!


There will Never Ever be another Never Ever video


Suggestion: There will never ever be another game like Minecraft


The conclusion that it was a false alarm doesn't seem like a difficult one to come to, I'm sure only the dumbest of people would've pressed the big red button on that, luckily Stanislav wasn't overtly stupid.


There Will Never Ever be Another Newspaper Comic Like Calvin and Hobbes?


28:35 Ya'll didn't mind killing 200k lmao, there was no good or evil side

It was either that or fire bombing, which would have resulted in more deaths.


why don't they play this in classes instead of the mostly BS and Oversimplified documentaries?


The 50th anniversary of the Moon Landings is in 13 days!!! Also, the description is a Russian translation of a certain famous quote from Spy Kids

@ceraypx123 Ah thank you very much. The translation is appreciated.

@cole train Do you think God remains in heaven because he also lives in fear for what he has created?

Is it possible that you could translate? I’d love to know what it says.


Ooooooh a Fermi paradox reference with an allusion to the Easter islanders.  Nice


Simply Astonishing sir !<br>You deserve the best !

Simply Astonishing sir !
You deserve the best !


You know, mankind's been trying to kill each other off since the beginning of time; now, we finally have the power to finish the job.  - The Comedian


I fail to understand how you made a 41 minute video on the 1983 nuclear alarm incident.... and somehow didn't even make a single "99 Luftballons" reference. Maybe you hid it too well. I'm impressed.


Dont think I missed that slick Local58 reference


22:41 I didn’t realize how scary a nuke was until now...


according to google transalate, the description says, "Do you think God remains in heaven because he also lives in fear for what he has created?"


That first NordVPN ad you put mid video, that background audio was made by the local58 channel on their "contingency plan"


We are now 100 seconds away from Midnight<br>Sleep tight brothers I hope for the best

We are now 100 seconds away from Midnight
Sleep tight brothers I hope for the best


Да, приятелю мой. Я тоже думаю Бог не лубит свой создал. Мы очень страшном.

@JSA Gaming Why did you say "Fuck America"? xD

@JSA Gaming Да я могу. Почему ты хочешь познаьсят?

@Fluff the Sergal Вы говорите по-английски


Using a Dunkey audio clip as a parallel to the nuclear arms race is the best thing I have ever seen


Dude, you don't have to look hard for equivalents of the "evil empire." Just ask North Koreans, Crimeans, Georgians, east Ukrainians, Tibetans, Chinese muslims, middle eastern gays, Kurds, Russian dissidents with radioactive poisoning, French cartoonists, 9/11 survivors, etc. What fucking universe are you from? Stop with the relativism. That's such a tired trope.


Well if we can't have Jon Bois' Pretty Good Episode 4, we can always have Never Ever Episode 4


38:39 That legitimately sent a chill down my spine.

The realisation that, if that man had been in Petrov's place, we would've all died, terrifies me. It doesn't just send a chill down my spine, it genuinely scares me.

I feel so bad for that man. He did everything right and yet is probably hated for it.


Bruh he used local 58 as the music for the sponsor I’m shitting my pants.


Wow. Truly breathtaking video Mr. Lemon. 15/10


why isn't stanislav petrov the ruler of the world.


It went from spongebob to nuclear warfare


Lol, anyone else here because they watched alternate history hub and were smug because they knew what the video was about?


Next Episode: There will <b>*Never Ever*</b> be another video like "The Death of H3H3"

Next Episode: There will **Never Ever** be another video like "The Death of H3H3"

Мбн Цринге Бох


EmpLemon is an internet treasure.  Damn this video is good!


6 months later...

"There will never ever be a YouTuber like Mumkey Jones"

2 months and a new state of YouTube video away

Lee Torry his channel got removed. Look it up. He recreated a new one named “simian jimmy” or something

@Darren Barten  whay the hell happened to the guy? his videos dissapeared n shit.


I love these never ever videos keep it up


Не делайте

frantic backspace

DO NOT PURCHASE

Не делайте

*frantic backspace*

DO NOT PURCHASE


God damn that production quality is A1... You deserve more views... One of my favorite videos on YouTube by far!!


you're like a mix of john bois and summoningsalt, but turned toward pop culture and memes. (you even used some of the same music as salt in your last NE video)


Welp, time to look back at this video considering the current political situation (Jan 4th 2020).


wonderful music, voice, and sound work. The Half Life songs fit especially well.


Do you think God remains in heaven because he also lives in fear for what he has created?


There may never be a man more powerful than Soulja Boy

All you wanted to be, a soulja, a soulja
All you wanted to be, a soulja, like me
All you wanted to be, a soulja, a soulja
All you wanted to be, a soulja, like me
All you wanted to be, a soulja, a soulja
All you wanted to be, a soulja, like me
All you wanted to be, a soulja, a soulja
All you wanted to be, a soulja, like me


Fucking great video again. Backed by the Half-Life soundtrack and all

You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers.

@NightRaven it's on sale currently.  And absolutely worth it.


Your documentary skills are getting stellar brother


well yes, because hilary clinton has that place now


DUNK TZU SAID THAT AND I’D SAY HE KNOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GAMING THAN YOU DO PAL BECAUSE HE INVENTED IT, AND THEN HE PERFECTED IT SO THAT NO MAN COULD BEST HIM IN THE RING OF HONOR!


thanks Emp, for reminding me i have coke in my fridge. now i can have a coke AND an existential crisis

but seriously amazing video.


Some of your editing reminds me of nexpo


20:25 why tf does it look like squidward


Huh I didn't know that Zone-tan song was a parody.


Love the use of Half-life soundtrack. Surprisingly fitting.


someone been watching local 58, haven't they.


God, I hope President Joe doesn't have the nuclear codes


Emp: "On July 20th, 1969, man would walk on the moon..."

Me: Nice.


39:39 Literally made me tear up in public. Thank you EmpLemon. You won the heart I didn't know I had.


I love the fact that I can finally show my family an EmpLemon video and not get weird looks from them.

On a serious note, your commentaries, documentaries, and just all-around production value just keep getting better and better with every video. I never realized how important storytelling was for documentaries until I saw this and your Dale Earnhardt video.

I hope one day my editing skills will be at least on par with yours (and my mic wasn’t so shitty lol) and I can produce content as quality as this.

It’s hard to believe that this is the same guy that made the Uncredibles 6 years ago.


This is an absolutely well done documentary on Stanislav Petrov. Thank you for making it. This is worth showing in history classes across the world.


May sound a tad hyperbolic, but you genuinely give me hope for the younger generations. Your production and editing skills are second to none and the content and  delivery is top notch, too.  If I could buy stocks in a YouTube channel, I'd plough as much as I could into yours.

Keep on spiralling, Mr Lemon.


Thank you for making this video, this was always I story I thought every person alive should here. How one man had the fate of the world as we knew it in his hands, how he trusted his instincts despite the cost, and won a silent victory for humanity


Without a single shred of doubt, I can say this is the greatest video that I've watched that you've made.

Please, keep up the good work.


This is some god tier work mate. I was already aware of this incident but you've presented in such a cohesive and compelling manner that I couldn't help but watch all the way through. Keep the spiral going


I actually cried at this, at work, god damn man you deserve every recognition sent your way


I love these videos so much. EmpLemon, that scene with Sam Jackon's quote from Pulp Fiction. Sent chills down my spine how badass it was.


Emp, I'm a bit late to this party, but I have to say, your skill in choosing exactly the right facts to say, but more importantly, creating the perfect imagery for the commentary and message is unparalleled. I always knew the nuclear arms race was terrifying in principle, but you gave me chills about it as if you lived through it, and neither of us have, and you did through this precise and effective imagery. Well done!! I appreciate that this series for you is about what you feel like talking about, and is thus eclectic, but I really would encourage you to start a separate series about major historical subjects like this.

Everyone really deserves quality history like this.


I genuinely teared up by the end of this video. Great work.


Actually there was another man just as powerful.
His name is Vasili Arkhipov, the one man who cast a vote against launching a nuke during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

I mean that did happen way before Petrov's incident, but let us not forget this man's great deed too, cause I noticed that there wasn't a single mention of him here...


Great Video. Schreibe nur selten Kommentare aber man merkt wie viel mühe in deinen Videos steckt, besonders das Ende hat mich zu Tränen gerührt. Du bist eine Inspiration für mich und sicher auch für viele andere Menschen. Mach weiter so!


Great subject matter. Amazing story. Wonderfully edited. A masterpiece.


Another situation happened similar to this involving a soviet submarine that lost communication during the Cuban missile crisis. Real life lore made a pretty good video talking about it


wow, how come people like you dont get famous here, such a well produced video. keep it up, proud of ya


I find it interesting how the man who saved the world was born a few days after the start of the war that would ultimately lead him into his situation


This is phenomenal. A mix of the beauty and humor of Jon Bois, and the glorious EmpLemon. Well done sir.


Very well written and produced video. The Kubrick cut and the Pulp Fiction scripture are my favourite examples of great allegorical work to emphasize a point. Well done. Truly.


I cannot believe I have found such an incredible collection of things that I enjoy so much, so well polished and good, I can´t believe it's free. From a former YTP creator and recently a maker of agry rants that didn't cease to swear every five seconds. This video made your channel take a huge turn for the better. The music, the voiceover, the tone, it was all so perfect. All I can say is thank you, you made my day.


This story has been told many times over, but you added so much to it. Very well done. (Also best sponsor promotion I’ve ever seen)


it may be because I'm sick and not fully here, my inhibitions are at a low, but this video really made me tear up. Thank you EmpLemon. this was a fantastic video.


EmpLemon makes some of the most beautiful videos I've ever seen, and not just on YouTube but on all media platforms yet has 1/200th the suscribers of Pewdiepie. Not sure how to feel about this......


Definitely your best work to date. I think it will be hard to top this in whatever kind of video you make next. <br>I'm glad the we were stuck with you.

Definitely your best work to date. I think it will be hard to top this in whatever kind of video you make next.
I'm glad the we were stuck with you.


Im so proud i knew who he is because there was this  article in this history magazine and it was about a guy who stopped the nuclear war.<br>Thank for telling the stuff that happend and need to be know to this generation by the way im 12.

Im so proud i knew who he is because there was this  article in this history magazine and it was about a guy who stopped the nuclear war.
Thank for telling the stuff that happend and need to be know to this generation by the way im 12.


holy shit man, i was just talking with my coworkers about this story the other day. I was not ready for the heavy weight of this video. Very well made.


The utter production value of these episodes are ludicrously good, YTP taught you well lol


Terrible how this man was treated. Read this story a few years ago, and seems that thanks to this video and other sources people are getting to know this instance of heroism. Hope some statue gets build someday if not by Russia by other country


Making me tear up man! This is a work of art! 🙌🙌🙌🙌


This kind of content is wat I subscribed for I have never known any of this an now I'm grateful that I do keep it up U Absolute legend


This isn't the first time I heard the story of Stanislav Petrov, but this is the first time I've heard his name. The story itself isn't that rare in the circles I'm used to. The Russian false alarm that decided the fate of the world. But what is normally a five minute story, tops, about an event that's played off as being the single most tense moment in history was turned into an hour long documentary about what I agree was the world's Judgement Day. And a nameless, faceless Russian soldier was transformed into the single most intelligent, humble, and calm man during the cold war. And when compared to that incident in Hawaii not too long ago it truly solidified that the most powerful man in the world is a position that, with any luck, nobody will ever take the title from.


Easily one of the best YTP's you've ever made


Damn it all to hell, I shed tears at the end. Been while Sir Lemon, been a while.


Never stop making these I don’t care if it takes you 15 years to make part five


good video but way too many people overlook the fact that there have been MANY other times this situation happened  but only stanislav gets attention


Incredible video as always.<br>Unbiased, fair and educational.

Incredible video as always.
Unbiased, fair and educational.

Абдуллоعبدالله

@Dare Run What exact biases did you find in the video.

Абдуллоعبدالله


this doesn't have even 1/100th of the views it should have. incredible work, lemon!


Ah yes, Never Ever, my favorite history class


I think that the Pulp Fiction clip used is really perfect, but in more ways than one. Without the context of the movie, it simply illustrates how nuclear weapons has given humans God-like power. However, using the context of the movie makes things more interesting. At the end of the film, Jules reflects that he thought he was the righteous man smiting evil, but was actually the evil tyrant, and truly wants to be the shepherd protecting the weak. Depending on your view of nuclear weapons (and which particular country possesses them) they can be seen as the shepherd protecting the weak or the evil tyranny.


This is the most incredible and moving thing I've ever seen


There's a documentary about this incident on youtube called Able Archer 83. It explains quite well the situation and the mindset around the events of '83


1986 I would have died during one of the happiest time in my life........thanks for nothing Stan.


Unfortunately, what you said in the end is exactly what is going to happen: We have, are, and always be in a conflict with ourselves. The only way to stop this biology within us is somehow transfer away our humanity in what we call today, trans-humanism.<br>You must understand that this internal conflict is what brought up as big intelligent life form. A double-edged sword, really.

Unfortunately, what you said in the end is exactly what is going to happen: We have, are, and always be in a conflict with ourselves. The only way to stop this biology within us is somehow transfer away our humanity in what we call today, trans-humanism.
You must understand that this internal conflict is what brought up as big intelligent life form. A double-edged sword, really.


Didn’t ask for the feels but I welcome them anyway


Putting Dunkey's commentary over the war montage was a masterful decision


It's because he was from the soviet union, which is why nobody knows who he is. nobody would ever be taught to learn about anything from there. Just like how we were taught that the first man in space was john glenn, but it was actually yuri gagarin.


im going to watch this over again, thanks for the existential angst mate


Beautiful video man. Wise beyond your years.


It's scary to know what we can do to ourselves and our planet


He did what he was trained to do. If circumstances were different it's possible the US could've fired and the world would've probably ended


I may be a little late, but these close calls were way to common. If you understand the idea of immortality through quantum suicide, then you can see the point I am putting forward. Maybe there are an infinite number of universes where these weren't close calls, where millions and billions of people were uselessly killed in an instant of pure human intuition. If the many worlds interpretation is correct, then maybe, as a society, we are... immortal.


I love these lengthy informative videos.


I love the editing new style. I have not seen anything like it. great job man. : )


there may Never Ever be another channel as good as EmpLemon


So I'm only just finding out this video exists because the last EMP lemon video I saw in my subscribed videos was the NASCAR Never Ever and I wanted to make sure he was still alive. Thank you so much for just straight up not showing me EMP's videos Susan W


Damn Stan we were this close to the Irl fallout, what a lost opportunity


Y’all know its YouTube when a meme channel makes you contemplate existence


I think the point abiut stopping to think if we became gods was very strong. But I think its instead the idea of forgetting where we are in relation to God. The postmodernist and Neo-Religious view that we are the Gods of this universe in our own respective reality is what leads to massive nuclear casualties and the equally staggering abortion casualties. Please make more videos like this.


Emp, you made a comment about loving jon bois videos in the Dale Earnhardt video and you took it so far that you LITERALLY MADE A PRETTY GOOD EPISODE.


Emp talks about the iron curtain<br>The video: a literal curtain

Emp talks about the iron curtain
The video: a literal curtain


The use of Half Life music near the end suites this video perfectly.


2:45
Is that Half Life music my ears have been blessed with?


Oh that’s cool, I didn’t know the Japanese Flag can be easily repainted into a WarFlag


unfortunately, the mentioned cases weren't the only ones of soldiers deciding to go against protocol, in order not to cause the destruction of all human life in the northern hemisphere (and most in the southern).
you'll find more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls

and then we haven't gotten into the cases which haven't been open to the public yet, due to secrecy.

about 10 years ago, Russia was getting hostile towards Poland and Czech Republic due to the building of anti-missile systems being installed (which were first mistaken for ICBM's). the result was threats going back and forth, regarding nuclear annihilation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_missile_defense_complex_in_Poland
the Obama government then reshaped the plan to this (due to public backlash in Poland and Czech Republic, making these nations in the frontline of future nuclear attacks, making them primary targets, together with locations such as Washington DC, LA, NY, Moscow, St: Petersburg, Tel Aviv and Teheran):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System

even though the cold war has ended, we are still close to nuclear warfare.
and if that day comes... we're all fucked, to put it nicely.


This has made me the most uncomfortable but intrigued I’ve been watching a video. Fantastic.


One of our world's greatest heroes: Not a God, not a Leader, not ambitious. Just a guy doing his job.


My man went from a shitposter to a history teacher


This is like a goddamn documentary, how does this not have any more views?

No wait actually i think i know why


Back for the 4th time because quality content is always rewatchable


description: Do you think God stays in heaven because he also lives in fear for what he created?


Cant wait for the next video keep up the great work


Best video that I've ever seen, and the best video on this entire site.


the editing in this video is so fucking good dude


all i could do is laugh at the horror of "i did what i was trained to do" at the end of the video.


HERES TO YOU, STANISLAV! NOSTROVIA!!!! (basically means "To your health" hen cheersing)


There will never ever be another band like The Beatles


I'd actually never heard the original version of the ending song, just the Zone version.


Does that mean if the theories of alternate universes are correct, then in some obscure reality, the world really ended in the 80's :/


Emp should do a never ever on filthy Frank, or perhaps a YouTube geographic.<br>It's true. There won't ever be another youtuber like Filthy Frank ever again. Not in the direction YouTube is going, at least.

Emp should do a never ever on filthy Frank, or perhaps a YouTube geographic.
It's true. There won't ever be another youtuber like Filthy Frank ever again. Not in the direction YouTube is going, at least.


my favorite video ever. i can't believe this only has 200k views wtf fuck youtube the world needs to see this


I like the part about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962

Keep it up emp!


Cmon. Stanislav deserves a national holiday


EmpLemon 2014: makes great YTPs
EmpLemon 2017: YouTube has been on a downward spiral
EmpLemon 2019: we are all gonna die

EmpLemon 2014: makes great YTPs
EmpLemon 2017: YouTube has been on a downward spiral
EmpLemon 2019: *we are all gonna die*


This is kind of video you watch in school, but the narrator has emotion.


Everything about this screams Ahoy and Local 58 and I love it.


Possibly the only time Emp was historical.


there will Never Ever be a better political-type YouTuber than EmperorLemon

There's your request, mate. Well done on this series.


And this scares me, that city map puts it into perspective and it's terrifying


Post WW2 documentary, written and edited by, <b>YouTube Pooper</b>

Post WW2 documentary, written and edited by, *YouTube Pooper*


While its true i miss your poops, you still make incredible content regardless.


Episode 1: will
Episode 2: will
Episode 3: will
Episode 4: may

Episode 1: will
Episode 2: will
Episode 3: will
Episode 4: *may*


Not all heroes wear capes<br>Some wear Ushankas

Not all heroes wear capes
Some wear Ushankas


Emplemon I love your work but I really do think that this piece could be cut in half. You need to decide whether or not this will be an informational or opinionated essay, and it appears that you are attempting to convey an information essay from the beginning. Later however you begin to tell the viewer on how Petrov only managed what he did due to disobeying orders and debate the ethics of millitary comforming tactics. I believe that this hampers your essay and you should either make it clear that this piece has an opinionated viewpoint near the end or keep it purely information, primarily because youtube audiences are quite impressionable and you should make it clear that they should form their own judgement.

Petrov's quote at the end really hammers it home how off Emp is here. It was literally a part of his job to determine whether or not a projected missile threat was accurate enough to warrant a counter launch.


I wish I saw this in history class, I might've actually gave a shit


20:30
EmpLemon used nostalgia

IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE

20:30
EmpLemon used nostalgia

*_IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE_*


this is the most metal youtube video ever created


Craz ppl: The End Is Near!
Cold War: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
chernobyl: Is a thing
Cola: 40:39

Craz ppl: The End Is Near!
Cold War: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
chernobyl: *Is a thing*
Cola: 40:39

I'm not gonna lie
this video made me consider life more than any pasifist
despite not being a forgiving guy


I really enjoyed the Dunkey reference at 11:01 lol


Supervillans are in power and are threatening each other with their 'ultimate weapons'  over black gold.


I recognized the use of Jupiter from the planets.


There will never ever be another video game series like Metal Gear


Girl's locker rooms: "OMG have you seen Rebecca's new boyfriend?"

Boy's locker rooms: 14:58


There will never ever be another Steve Irwin


Hey, I could use this for my ninth grade history report. Help me and my gang write out this report so we can use it for school.


Matthew 24:21-24:22

For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again.

"If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Honestly It feels like we're already in a judgement day.

It's hard to tell since people have continuously been giving false alarms about it for generations.  I don't dismiss it completely but it's not something I see happening in my lifetime.


Bro this video is 41 mins long and theres no ads


14:49
This is the same guy that plays tails in sonic high school

You mean emplemon was the voice actor in internet historians video?


this gives me jon bois energy. i love you


YouTube is terribly fucked, I have notifications on for this channel and yet I had no idea this existed even two months after it was uploaded.


40:42 I thought to g o d that that was Zone-Tan


why did i remember this video being about Rusev?


There will never ever be another person like Chris Chan

Oh really? Look up Dragonlord, he's basically Germany's Chris Chan


am i losing my mind or was that robot wars music at 4:25-4:50


Lol why are you comparing us troops death since 1975? Wouldnt it be more accurate to show us troop deaths during the pacific war?

@Mediocre DeadGuy i know that it is to show its devastation but why do it since the 70s? why not troop deaths in the pacific, people who were involved in the conflict with japan and what lead up to the use of nuclear weapons? Its misleading not using these statistics.

You kinda missed the point, it's not meant to be a comparison in that sense, it's meant to show that the bomb was so incredibly devastation, that its kill count was that much greater than ALL of our military casualties since the 70s.


Yugoslavia was not part of the iron curtain. Just wanted to correct that.


250,000 people now are more grateful than 42 minutes ago


There may Never Ever be another videogame as GTA San Andreas


I see someone's a fan of Local 58... The music tracks used during the advertisements are almost identical


Ах, я понял это описание

Ах, я понял это описание


Japanese:bombs pearl harbour and gets nuked: America get nae nae’d


Hey EmpLemon, how did you get Nukemap3D working? It's been dead for years for me


People think nowadays "What would happen if someone like Thanos can along and wiped out half the universe?" The answer is he already came, he just decided to go against his beliefs and spare us. Amazing work emp.


Ep 1: Spongebob :)
Ep 2: WWE Raw :OO!!
Ep 3: Nascar ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ep 4: NUCLEAR WAR

… Well that escalated quickly…

Ep 1: Spongebob :)
Ep 2: WWE Raw :OO!!
Ep 3: Nascar ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ep 4: *NUCLEAR WAR*

… Well that escalated quickly…


All Russian men are already powerful enough

@Ivan Correct, that's why you shouldn't be praising the Soviet Union or it's genocidal leaders, at any point of their history, be it in the revolutionary phase or the final, rotting years.

@First Name Last Name mass murdering civilians is not "kicking ass".

@Frog Glen germany kicked russias ass in WW1,and almost did in WW2 though?🤔


I remember hearing about Mr. Petrov in Lemmino's Grazed by the Apocalypse video.


There will Never Ever be another movie like Shrek.

Come on Emp, you know it’ll work.

*There will Never Ever be another movie like Shrek.*

Come on Emp, you know it’ll work.


Man. Those Youtube poops gave you great editing skills<br>I'm glad you made this. I found it very inspirational.

Man. Those Youtube poops gave you great editing skills
I'm glad you made this. I found it very inspirational.


yugoslavia was not part of soviet union tho.


17:30 EmperorTigerstar + EmperorLemon

In the words of Mr Peanutbutter, "Is this a crossover episode?".

How I wish these two emperors would meet.

+They could found a new field: shartpostography.

Sam Satore The Diarchy of Shitposting and Mapping lmao


straight outta nowhere dunkey voice, almost forgot I was watching emp


Never been faster to click on a vid. Thanks for another master piece Emp!


I don't think I've ever regretted clicking on one of your notifications. How do you keep raising the bar with every video, dude?


the way the sponsor was shown gave me local58 flashbacks


actually a good video, breath of fresh air for this website


Never ever: the Daily Show with Jon Stewart


🎵Standing.
On the edge.
Of the crater.
Like the prophets once said.🎶

doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo
doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo doot
doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo

doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo doot
doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo

doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo doot
doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo

doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo doot
doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo

doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo doot
doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo

doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo doot
doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo

doot doot doo-doo, doot doot doo-doo doot

Watching
from the edge
of the circus
For the games to begin

Desolation
Devestation
What a mess we made
When it all went wrong

Whispers
in the air
tell the tales
Of the brothers gone

And the ashes
are all cold now
no more bullets
and the embers are dead

God tier song my man, the metal gear saga is something else


This is very similar to jon bois, and I like that. Great job with the series, emp!


Jesus christ you just got instantly claimed, rip.


I didn’t even get a notification for this video wtf


Man you've came a long way from your origins as a Youtube Poop maker.


Damn you make me cry at 04:30 am<br>"I did what i was trained to do."

Damn you make me cry at 04:30 am
"I did what i was trained to do."


There will never ever be a war like the war on terror


22:41 WOAH

I just farded and shidded my self.

22:41 *WOAH*

*I just farded and shidded my self.*


POI #436
Internet Persona
EmpLemon

We act on behalf of our government.
We act in the name of peace and survival beyond a single solar system

You have been selected for our cloning and genetic preservation programme
Detais for collection of your genetic material to follow soon

We hope you share our vision.


Kungfupandacam Even has similar text too I’m glad to see youtubers going in Jon’s direction


I love that the title says “may” <br>There’s still a chance that this could happen again

I love that the title says “may”
There’s still a chance that this could happen again


Didn't know that EmpLemon was fluent in Russian.


Did you put the pink Bbckground on Igor Gouzenko as a Tyler reference?


I genuinely wanted to crack open a can of Coke after the vid ended, but all I have is Pepsi! :(


10:27 what is that song ?
10:27 what is that song ?


the sponsor part was cool, had effort put into it gj dude


Idiot me thought Stanislav Petrov was a YouTuber and we were talking about how there will never be a meme that is more meme'd than the atomic bomb.

I thought he was gonna talk about the guy who fought rocky balboa


Russia and the US are separated by less than a mile of water. Lol.


I’m calling it, there will never ever be a video game like team fortress 2

he might do minecraft and ride the minecraft train on YT rn, but tf2 is more probable


This is probably the best channel on YouTube.


Why does nobody talk about the korean airline massacre?


Ironic how Einstein’s work was involved in the work of the atomic bomb even though he a pacifist.

@Calvin_Coolage If you want to know more about his views, you use other sources of information as i am no expert in history.

@Max Mcdonald I just never realized his pacifism made up part of his reason to leave.

@Calvin_Coolage Pacifism was one of the reasons, not the only reason or even the main reason for him leaving as Nazi Germany's hatred of Jews to a extermination of the religion and any people who are Jewish including Albert Einstein as him staying in Germany would cost him his life so he went away to America, he never forgive Germany, his home country for committing the holocaust.

@Max Mcdonald I see. I knew he was a pacifist, I just didn't know he always was. Hell, I thought the reason he left Germany was because of the Nazi party's stance on Jewish people, not anything to do with his pacifism.

@Calvin_Coolage He was a lifelong pacifist which was one of the reasons he renounced his German citizenship as doing so would prevent him joining the army as his views were opposed by Germany's militant views which became more apparent after Hitler became the leader of Germany.

Was he a pacifist before or after the bombs dropped?


The world doesn't need religion, it needs understanding.