A Video About Digging A Hole

Jacob Geller

1.2M subscribers

1,156,367 views

"Every kid in the world wants to dig a great big hole," said X-Ray. "To China, right?" | Watch all my exclusive videos by joining Nebula at https://go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller Buy my book: https://www.lostincult.co.uk/howagamelives Social media and merch links at https://jacobgeller.com/ Watch my Nebula-Exclusive video on the book and movie “Holes”: https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-digging-deep-into-holes Watch THIS video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-a-video-about-digging-a-hole Sources: Amateur treasure hunter plunges 130 feet: https://nypost.com/2024/01/08/news/amateur-treasure-hunter-plunges-130ft-to-his-death-in-hole-he-dug-inside-his-home/ After 40 years' burrowing, Mole Man of Hackney is ordered to stop: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/aug/08/communities.uknews The deepest hole we have ever dug: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190503-the-deepest-hole-we-have-ever-dug The Kola superdeep borehole in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4mzEGeMNAI&t=1200s Kola Superdeep Borehole: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kola-superdeep-borehole?mc_cid=69025636df At 2.8 km down, a 1-of-a-kind microorganism lives all alone: https://phys.org/news/2008-10-km-of-a-kind-microorganism.html Media shown: A Game About Digging A Hole, Motherload, Minecraft, Holes, The Shawshank Redemption, The Core, Fantastic Mr. Fox, God of War II, Dragon’s Dogma II, 1000xRESIST, Neva, Echo Point Nova, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Cookie Clicker, PegIdle, Uzumaki Music Used (Chronologically): Main Theme (SteamWorld Dig), New Heights in El Machino (SteamWorld Dig 2), Heavy Industry HQ (Motherload), Mergo’s Lullaby (Bloodborne), Ending (SteamWorld Dig), Human Resources (Perfect Vermin), Old World (SteamWorld Dig), The Rattlesnake (Holes), Dig It (Holes), Lorena 2 (Red Dead Redemption 2), Outlaws From the West (Red Dead Redemption 2), The Magnificent Four (Sunset Riders), The Sticks-for-Hands Rag (West of Loathing), Stage Clear (Sunset Riders), Ear to the Ground (Hanna Lindgren), Thorofare Hike (Firewatch), Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound Additional footage from Storyblocks and Getty Images Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://twitter.com/HotCyder Description credit: “Holes” by Louis Sachar

4,228 Comments

@JacobGeller

4/24/2025

For even more hole talk, check out my exclusive video on Nebula (should I rephrase that? no, probably fine): <a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-digging-deep-into-holes">https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-digging-deep-into-holes</a>

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@pallehansen1145

9/9/2026

Well, men like holes a lot..

@the_owner_of_bread

9/3/2026

We have a new mole man to add to the team

@Nylahyoon

8/25/2026

I know plenty of girls that dig holes

@slabofbeef7104

8/23/2026

DIG

@Masonatordagod

8/23/2026

I LIVE FOR THE HOLE.I DIE FOR THE HOLE.AND I PRAY TO THE HOLY ONE

@5naxFax

8/23/2026

Seeing the gem mine in a video from a well known youtuber is such a sureal thing. It's such a hidden intimate spot, kind of wild to think of the millions of people that have now laid eyes on this isolated little local spot.

@SensoryVAaudios

8/19/2026

For a video about digging a hole, I'm surprised he didnt go into Vivarium! Wild movie that it is XD haha, either way, I love watching your videos, amazing work and fun to think about. I love content that makes you think. 😊

@TheLightNeverChanges

8/18/2026

I always love these videos :)

@basedplants

8/10/2026

A lot of words to tiptoe around the conclusion that 'number go up" games are worthless trash

@jamesburk8145

8/3/2026

The Sopranos really made me underestimate the time and effort it takes to dig a hole.

@jamesburk8145

8/3/2026

I had an Atari Plug n' Play game (one of those cheapo arcade systems you could get in the checkout line at wal mart) and the most played game on it? Dig-Dug.

@AthosJosue

7/29/2026

People, if you are going to dig a hole, for any reason, take with you a digging bar, it's as important as the shovel, if not more.

@ersu.t

7/29/2026

oh no no one mentioned it. You needed to use post hole diggers, they let you dig down, shovels are too hard to use for digging down there better for making sloping the sides. Get yourself a large post hole digger that looks more like an auger then two tiny shovels hinged. Post hole diggers cut throught the tree roots and their motion is side ways so no real strain on the back unlike shovels.

@kev_whatev

7/26/2026

Y’all can come landscape my backyard if you want. I need a flat spot for a pool

@JakubMenšík-q2m

7/24/2026

People also dont mention this but clay sometimes smells pretty bad

@Lavlikessquids

7/20/2026

In the famous words of Martin K. Blackwood, DIG.

@Lucas51397

7/19/2026

Listen, these videos can be entertaining. But it's insanely irritating when people act like they learned some deep, philosophical lesson that will forver change their lives. 😂Go on, go dig a hole for 10 hours and then come back and tell us in full detail the spiritual awakening you had. 😂 nah. You would come back and be like "I had to stop after 3 hours bc my entire body was on fire and I could barely stand. And I got about 2 feet deep." What lesson would you have learned? Hole dig is hard. That's LITERALLY it.