JJEverettRose's fake sick day requires a sudden love of maths
His school-skipping sketch has viewers recalling the parental suggestion that ruins a carefully performed illness.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 486,370 views a day, 9.8 times a normal first day on this channel (49,650).
Such A Hard Decision...
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"I love maths. I love maths so much." JJEverettRose's uniformed student sounds desperate to make it to class, which is precisely the performance he's putting on.
In "Such A Hard Decision...", the comedian plays a pupil pretending to be ill while Mum, voiced off-camera by the creator, offers him a choice: school or home. Simply accepting the day off would apparently look too eager. Instead, he rubs his face, considers his timetable and expresses concern about infecting his friends.
The Short drew about 326,000 views in half a day, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for this format. It follows his chewing-gum classroom sketch, but this time the negotiation happens before the pupil even reaches school.
Viewers keep returning to Mum's suggestion that he go in and see how he feels. Several recognise it from their own mornings; another recalls the parental rule that being well enough for games means being well enough for school.
That suggestion also exposes the student's priorities. Faced with actually attending those supposedly beloved maths lessons, he produces a hurried cough and suddenly finds the decision much easier.
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What viewers say
The NOOOO when your mum tells ya to see how you feel in school is too accurate mate 😂
@JukesVRs_AltSee it on YouTube“Oh I love maths” genuinely giggled so hard 🤭
@Siana.12See it on YouTube“Remember, if you’re well enough to play games, you’re well enough to go to school’ 😂
@Mediaman996See it on YouTube
5 more comments
The amount of times ive done this
@Jaysrlq-s4cSee it on YouTubeThen you go to 6th form and it’s basically, “Unless I’m dying, I’m not staying off. I will be catching up for weeks if I miss this one day”
@DaHedguinSee it on YouTube“Why don’t you go in and see how you feel..”
is the TRADEMARK line of all parents I swear..@Angsty_Cat8See it on YouTubeI have this conversation with myself each day before leaving for work
@BlueSheeranSee it on YouTubeI used to pretend to sleep in the morning
@Infinity-m6bSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- JJEverettRose
- Subscribers
- 2,600,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,471,111
- Channel views, pace per day
- 672,763 (on a normal day: 627,041)
- Video published
- November 12, 2026
- Video views so far
- 326,076 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 486,370
The numbers
The Short had already passed the channel's usual first-day views and comments within its opening half-day.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which lesson does JJEverettRose's student insist he loves?
The student dramatically repeats his love of maths while pretending to weigh up whether to attend school.


