In this informal, self‑addressed vlog recorded on October 4 2015, the creator speaks directly to their future self ten years later, planning to upload the video in 2025. They share current YouTube statistics (≈8,000 subscribers, 1.8 million views) and set an ambitious goal of reaching one million subscribers, framing failure as not achieving that milestone. The speaker outlines personal life expectations—finishing high school, attending college, possibly making YouTube a full‑time job, and speculates about marriage. They humorously contemplate mortality and the oddity of watching their own past self. A brief mention of an upcoming history test serves as a concrete present‑day anchor. Throughout, the tone is conversational, self‑deprecating, and hopeful, with recurring anxieties about future success and relevance.
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Hi, me in 10 years. I'm gonna schedule upload this video 10 years in the future, so you're gonna see this in 2025. It's 2015 for me right now. Dude, what if I'm dead? Dude, if I'm— oh, that would be weird. That'd be so weird. RIP. Oh, that would— dude, that'd be really weird. But so let's see, 10— dude, if I don't have a million subscribers when you see this video, My entire life has been a failure. I hope I have a million subs. I better have a million subscribers when you guys see this. But by the time you see this, I'll have finished high school, gone to college, probably be doing YouTube as a job, hopefully. Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe. Um, yeah, uh, as of right now, I'm enjoying YouTube. Hopefully I still— future me still enjoys it. And I don't know, I'd be crazy if I had some ridiculous amount of subscribers. At the time I'm recording this video, I have 8,000 subscribers and 1.8 million views. So whenever you see this, compare these numbers to whatever I have when you watch this. Dude, I really hope I have a million subs by now. Please, future me, please. What am I doing with my hand? Please have a million subs. I, I probably should have thought about what I was gonna say. Just, hey, hopefully you have a million subs. And, uh, dude, I wonder if you still— all right, so I should be studying for history test, and, uh, I wonder if you and— or me in 10 years remembers what grade I'm gonna get on this history test that I take tomorrow that I'm not studying for because I'm making these videos. So I'm probably gonna do Dude, if you still remember the grade I get on this history test in 10 years, that's crazy. Dude, I'm probably gonna be married and stuff, man. Alright. Oh, watch me not be married, not have a million subscribers, not have any of this, and then you guys just think I'm a big loser. That, yeah. I don't know. Hopefully you're still doing YouTube. Dude, what if I don't do YouTube when this goes public? That'd be weird. What if I'm dead when you see this? That'd be even weirder. If you wanna see what time it is, just so you know what the date is, that's the date. Hopefully you can see that. Hopefully you still do YouTube. Um, yeah, I don't know. Hey, oh, my hair's messed up. Alright, yeah, I don't care. Hey future me, hopefully you're having a good day. So yeah, I better have a million when this goes public. 10 years, man. 10 years. I'm gonna be so different. I really am gonna be so different. Oh man, man. All right, well, all right, see you guys. See you guys. See me. Hey me. One last thing, just so you know what I'm talking about, it's currently October 4th, so yeah, like I said, this is October 4th.
