Viva La Dirt League's lazy adventurer gets reading tips
The sketch's unread journal has commenters proposing shortcuts, while one viewer actually paused to read the pages.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 540,749 views a day, 8.8 times a normal first day on this channel (61,398).
Too lazy, not reading comments either
One viewer paused the pages. Others suggested giving the book to the prisoner, which would rather neatly solve Viva La Dirt League's latest fantasy-game predicament without making its adventurer do any homework.
In "Too lazy, not reading comments either", a captive needs rescuing before orc reinforcements arrive. The code to his cage is hidden in an orc mage's journal. Unfortunately, his would-be rescuer opens it and discovers backstory instead of an immediately usable answer.
"This isn't a code. This is a frickin' lore dump," the adventurer says. The book contains five pages, but he would much rather skip to the end and let the quest log supply the important bit.
As we reported here, required reading was already the troupe's latest quest obstacle. Now the Short has drawn roughly 540,000 views in its first day, almost nine times its usual Shorts start, and the comments have become a collection of alternative solutions.
Some suggest scanning for emphasized words or trying every possible code. Another points out that avoiding the reading takes longer than simply doing it. A Skyrim reader, meanwhile, recognizes the opposite habit: opening every book the game offers.
The most fitting response comes from the viewer who stopped the action to read the journal and wished more of its text had been visible. The adventurer wants less lore; that viewer wants the missing pages.
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What viewers say
Truth be told, I paused the screen on each page so I could read it and was a little bummed they didn't show the rest of the text. 😅
@isibane777See it on YouTubeDude spent more time avoiding it than just reading it
@ThatthingistSee it on YouTubeGive it to the prisoner to read lol
@zdtu8See it on YouTube
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I saw the thickness of the book felt sorry for him but then I saw the in game UI count is 5 pages.
@Jordan-jf2hgSee it on YouTubeIt's simple really, just skip to the words written in bold italics and there's your code.
@BoneBulletSee it on YouTubeMeanwhile, I'm the person who reads every page of every book I find in Skyrim lol
@tonyace87See it on YouTubeI love the irony of "can't read because too much screen time" in a video game.
@donaldsutton4350See it on YouTubeHe forgot the secret technique of any adventurer. BRUTE FORCE
@spirit5923See it on YouTubeAdventurer should have made the prisoner read the text, and tell him the code win-win
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- Channel
- Viva La Dirt League
- Subscribers
- 7,530,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 25,796,744
- Channel views, pace per day
- 3,387,054 (on a normal day: 3,483,114)
- Video published
- October 15, 2026
- Video views so far
- 661,055 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 554,448
The numbers
The Short's first-day views rose far above the channel's usual start. Comments also arrived more than five times as fast as usual.
💡 Test your knowledge
The adventurer says he's only helping for the XP. What does XP stand for?
XP means experience points, commonly earned by completing quests or other activities in role-playing games.