try not to laugh (ft. the fellas)

Overview

A group of exhausted friends launch into a late-night try-not-to-laugh challenge: laugh, and you get smacked with a tortilla. Their tiredness makes the rules hard to follow, and their reactions often become funnier than the clips themselves.

Running Gags and Reactions

The first running gag is a pun about where Darth Vader buys shoes: “Darth Maul” sounds like “the mall.” The group keeps repeating and explaining the joke until its persistence gets people laughing—and earning tortilla hits.

A clip about traditional British food, especially eel jelly and “spotted dick,” prompts disgusted comments and jokes about who would actually eat it.

Other clips spark disbelief: a chaotic navigation video involving a falling Dorito, a bizarre “main vein” joke about Hussain, and increasingly odd or alarming videos featuring a performer, a fall, and a spinning propeller. The friends debate whether some clips are real, cringe at the potential danger, and try to move on, only to laugh or rewatch them.

By the end, everyone is visibly worn out. The challenge becomes a struggle to stay composed through the final clips and the accumulated in-jokes.

People Mentioned

Personalities identified: Hussain (hxsain), Josh, Ninye, icycol, infernojae, Michael Storen, BucketJosh, and okcron.

Lucas is also mentioned during the video reactions.