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Can I get into the Top 100 of tiddlywinks in one day?

1.1M views · Sep 21, 2026 · Education

Comments · 1.4K

  • @TomScottGo · 2 weeks ago · pinned

    Yes, when I was a couple of decades younger, this is exactly the sort of thing I&apos;d get involved in. Also, the next episode&apos;s on Nebula right now! <a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/tomscott-when-i-blow-this-whistle-a-swimming-pool-appears">https://nebula.tv/videos/tomscott-when-i-blow-this-whistle-a-swimming-pool-appears</a>

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  • @louigovi · 9 days ago

    The competitive Tiddlywinks community going to be in shambles after this much exposure to an audience.

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  • @JessieTrinket · 8 days ago

    For a half second I was like &quot;Huh, cool they would let Tom present the trophy.&quot; But then realized this is a bunch of college students playing an obscure boardgame from the 50&apos;s; <i>of course</i> they&apos;re Tom Scott fans. 😂

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  • @niyo919 · 9 days ago

    Every new term in this video is so aggressively British.

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  • @GrumpGoose · 9 days ago

    So when playing Tiddlywinks, you have to get your winks in the pot with a squidger, hoping for a panhalligan or potting out, while trying not to get squopped and boondocked so you have enough tiddlies to win.<br><br>That&apos;s a completely sane sentence!

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  • @benoitterneyre5064 · 9 days ago

    This entire episode feels like a Monty Python skit

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  • @OddMaverick · 9 days ago

    This is peak university culture, People from all different walks of life coming together to do something profoundly silly but fun.

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  • @Serenity_Dee · 9 days ago

    Only Tom Scott would go to one of the most prestigious, venerable, and respected research universities in the world and play tiddlywinks.<br><br>It&apos;s the content I crave.

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  • @Hakabas01 · 9 days ago

    Tiddlywinks sounds like a hobbit family name

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  • @8-bitcentral31 · 9 days ago

    I love how that one student looks exactly like Tom did 20 years ago and is in the signiture red T-Shirt and Jeans

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  • @PetronPendrake · 9 days ago

    College shenanigans? What? What&apos;s next? Some college student running for office as a pirate?

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  • @jtharp · 9 days ago

    While I have no increased interest in playing Tiddlywinks, I love that we live in a world where, no matter the thing, there&apos;s a wildly enthusiastic community out there geeking out and mastering it and also that we live in a world where someone wants to show us.

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