ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

More profile about the speaker
Ze Frank | Speaker | TED.com
TED2014

Ze Frank: Are you human?

Ze Frank: Ar jūs - žmogus?

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Ar kadanors susimąstėte: ar aš esu žmogus? Ze Frank siūlo seriją paprastų klausimų, kurie padės atsakyti šį klausimą. Prašome atsipalaiduokite ir sekite nurodymus. Nagi, pradėkime...
- Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since. Full bio

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(MusicMuzika) This is the humanžmogus testbandymas,
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(Muzika) Tai yra žmogiškumo testas,
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a testbandymas to see if you are a humanžmogus.
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skirtas nuspręsti, ar jūs esate žmogus.
00:19
Please raisepakelti your handranka if something appliestaikomas to you.
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Prašome pakelkite ranką,
jeigu kas nors atitinka jus.
00:23
Are we agreedsusitarta? Yes?
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Susitarėme? Taip?
00:27
Then let's beginprasideda.
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Tuomet pradėkime.
00:29
Have you ever eatenvalgyti a boogerbooger
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Ar kada nors esate suvalgę snarglį,
00:31
long pastpraeitis your childhoodvaikystę?
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jau būdami nebe vaiku?
00:34
(LaughterJuokas)
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(Juokas)
00:36
It's okay, it's safesaugus here.
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Viskas gerai, čia saugu.
00:40
Have you ever madepagamintas a smallmažas, weirdkeista soundgarsas
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Ar kada nors išleidote tylų, keistą garsą,
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when you rememberedprisiminti something embarrassingnepatogus?
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prisiminę ką nors gėdingo?
Ar kada nors specialiai
parašėte mažąją raidę
00:49
Have you ever purposelysąmoningai lowercasedlowercased
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00:51
the first letterlaiškas of a texttekstas
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pirmąjame teksto žodyje
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in orderįsakymas to come acrossvisoje as sadliūdnas or disappointednusivylusi?
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norėdami pasirodyti liūdni arba nusivylę?
00:57
(LaughterJuokas)
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(Juokas)
00:59
Okay.
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Gerai.
01:02
Have you ever endedbaigėsi a texttekstas with a periodlaikotarpis
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Ar kada nors padėjote tašką teksto gale
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as a signpasirašyti of aggressionagresija? Okay. PeriodLaikotarpis.
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norėdami parodyti agresiją?
Gerai. Taškas.
Ar kada nors esate
nusišypsoję ar nusijuokę
01:11
Have you ever laughedjuokėsi or smilednusišypsojo
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when someonekas nors said something shittyšūdas to you
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kai kas nors jums pasakė ką nors niekingo,
01:16
and then spentišleista the restpoilsis of the day
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o tuomet praleidote visą dieną
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wonderingįdomu why you reactedreagavo that way?
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svarstydami, kodėl taip pasielgėte?
01:22
Yes.
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Taip.
01:24
Have you ever seemedatrodo to loseprarasti your airplanelėktuvas ticketbilietas
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Ar kada nors jums atrodė,
kad kokį tūkstantį kartų
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a thousandtūkstantis timeslaikai as you walkedvaikščiojo
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pamėtėt liektuvo bilietą,
01:29
from the check-inĮsiregistruoti to the gatevartai?
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eidami nuo registracijos
stalo iki skrydžio vartų?
01:32
Yes.
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Taip.
01:34
Have you ever put on a pairpora of pantskelnės
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Ar kada nors užsidėjote kelnes
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and then much latervėliau realizedsupratau that there was
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ir tik po kiek laiko supratote,
kad prie jūsų šlaunies
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a looselaisvas sockkojinių smushedsmushed up againstprieš your thighšlaunies?
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yra prisispaudusi kojinė?
01:41
(LaughterJuokas)
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(Juokas)
01:43
Good.
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Gerai.
01:46
Have you ever triedbandė to guessatspėti
someonekas nors else'skitur passwordslaptažodis
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Ar kada nors bandėte atspėti
kažkieno slaptažodį
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so manydaug timeslaikai that it lockedužrakintas their accountsąskaita?
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šitiek daug kartų, kad sugebėjot
užblokuoti jų paskyrą?
01:53
MmmBenas Spulginas.
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Mmm.
01:54
Have you ever had a naggingkibimas feelingjausmas that one day
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Ar kada nors turėjote įkyrų
jausmą, kad vieną dieną
01:58
you will be discoveredatrado as a fraudsukčiavimu?
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jūs būsite demaskuoti kaip sukčiai?
02:02
Yes, it's safesaugus here.
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Taip, čia saugu.
02:05
Have you ever hopedtikėjosi that there was some abilitygebėjimas
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Ar kada nors tikėjotės,
kad turite kažkokį gebėjimą,
02:08
you hadn'tnebuvo discoveredatrado yetvis dar
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kurio dar neatradote,
02:10
that you were just naturallynatūraliai great at?
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tačiau esate savaime tam labai gabūs?
02:13
MmmBenas Spulginas.
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Mmm.
02:15
Have you ever brokensunaikintas something in realrealus life,
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Ar kada nors tikrame
gyvenime esate kažką sulaužę,
02:18
and then foundrasta yourselfsave looking
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o paskui supratote,
02:20
for an "undoanuliuoti" buttonmygtukas in realrealus life?
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kad ieškote "atgal" mygtuko.
Tikrame gyvenime.
02:25
Have you ever misplacednetinkamas your TEDTED badgeženklelis
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Ar kada nors pradanginote TED bilietą
02:27
and then immediatelynedelsiant startedprasidėjo imaginingįsivaizduoti
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ir iš karto pradėjote fantazuoti
02:29
what a three-daytrijų dienų VancouverVankuveris
vacationatostogų mightgali look like?
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kaip atrodytų trijų dienų
atostogos Vankuveryje?
02:35
Have you ever marvelednustebino
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Ar kada nors stebėjotės
02:37
at how someonekas nors you thought was so ordinarypaprastas
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kaip kažkas, būdamas
jums toks įprastas žmogus
02:40
could suddenlystaiga becometapti so beautifulgrazus?
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gali staiga pasidaryti toks gražus?
02:45
Have you ever staredstebėjo at your phonetelefonas
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Ar kada nors susirašinėdami SMS
02:47
smilingšypsosi like an idiotidiotas while textingtext with someonekas nors?
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spoksojote į savo mobilųjį
ir šypsojotės lyg kokie idiotai?
02:52
Have you ever subsequentlyvėliau textedtexted that personasmuo
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Ar kada nors jūs, tą supratę,
atrašėte frazę
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the phrasefrazė "I'm staringžvilgsnis at the phonetelefonas
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"Aš spoksau į telefoną ir šypsausi,
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smilingšypsosi like an idiotidiotas"?
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kaip koks idiotas"?
03:01
Have you ever been temptedpagunda to,
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Ar kada nors jums kilo pagunda,
03:03
and then gavedavė in to the temptationpagunda,
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pašniurkštinėti po kieno nors mobilųjį,
03:05
of looking throughper someonekas nors else'skitur phonetelefonas?
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o vėliau, jūs tai pagundai atsidavėte?
03:09
Have you ever had a conversationpokalbis with yourselfsave
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Ar kada nors esate kalbėję su savimi
03:11
and then suddenlystaiga realizedsupratau
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ir vėliau staiga supratote,
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you're a realrealus assholeasilas to yourselfsave?
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kad jūs esate sau tikri šikniai?
03:16
(LaughterJuokas)
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(Juokas)
03:19
Has your phonetelefonas ever runpaleisti out of batterybaterija
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Ar kada nors jūsų mobilusis išsikrovė
03:22
in the middleviduryje of an argumentargumentas,
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viduryje kivirčo
ir tai kažkaip jautėsi lyg mobilusis
03:24
and it sortrūšiuoti of feltjaučiamas like the phonetelefonas
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was breakinglaužymas up with bothabu of you?
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bandė išsiskirti su abiejais pašnekovais?
Ar kada nors pagalvojote,
03:30
Have you ever thought
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that workingdirba on an issueklausimas betweentarp you was futilebeprasmiška
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kad bandyti išspręsti
problemą tarp jūsų abiejų
yra bergždžias reikalas
03:34
because it should just be easierlengviau than this,
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šiaip tai turėtų būti daug lengviau,
03:37
or this is supposedtariamas to happenatsitikti just naturallynatūraliai?
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o gal išvis tai turi įvykti savaime?
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Have you ever realizedsupratau that very little, in the long runpaleisti,
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Ar kada nors suvokėte,
kad ilgainiui beveik niekas
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just happensatsitinka naturallynatūraliai?
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nenutinka savaime?
03:48
Have you ever wokensuvokti up blissfullypalaimingai
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Ar kada nors atsibudote laimingi,
03:51
and suddenlystaiga been floodedužtvindytas
by the awfulbaisus remembranceatminimas
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tačiau staiga jus užpludo
baisus prisiminimas,
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that someonekas nors had left you?
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kad jus kažkas paliko?
03:57
Have you ever lostprarastas the abilitygebėjimas to imagineįsivaizduok a futureateitis
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Ar kada nors praradote
gebėjimą įsivaizduoti ateitį
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withoutbe a personasmuo
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be žmogaus,
04:01
that no longerilgiau was in your life?
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kuris jūsų gyvenime jau nebebuvo?
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Have you ever lookedatrodė back on that eventįvykis
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Ar kada nors pažvelgėte atgal į tą įvykį,
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with the sadliūdnas smilešypsena of autumnrudenį
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liūdnai ir rudeniškai besišypsodami,
04:10
and the realizationrealizavimas that futuresateities sandoriai will happenatsitikti
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ir suvokėte, kad rytojus vis tiek ateis,
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regardlessnepriklausomai?
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kad ir kas benutiktų?
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CongratulationsSveikinu.
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Sveikinu.
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You have now completedbaigtas the testbandymas.
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Jūs pabaigėte testą.
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You are all humanžmogus.
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Jūs visi esate žmonės.
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(ApplausePlojimai)
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(Plojimai).
Translated by Monika Ciurli
Reviewed by Sandra Antanaviciene

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

More profile about the speaker
Ze Frank | Speaker | TED.com