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Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by sidlls on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:08PM (#38492421)
I think there's definitely a qualitative difference, though. Salad fingers, at least, had better quality "stories", and the weirdness was less "basic." Skibidi Toilet is an excellent representation of the hyper-ADHD-ification of kids due to rapid-fire content consumption brought on by newer social media platforms.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by wayfinder on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:47PM (#38492941)
Tbh this kind of sounds like that old man saying music in the 80s was the best and it’s never been good since.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by sidlls on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:53PM (#38492997)
And this sounds like a convenient way to dismiss criticism/comparisons of new vs old. Not every such thing is an old man raging at change he doesn't understand. Sometimes there actually is some merit to the criticism.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by WendyTheWillow on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:55PM (#38493014)
But not here. Skibidi toilet has a plot and themes.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by sidlls on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:57PM (#38493043)
I never wrote or implied that Skibidi Toilet doesn't have a plot or themes.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by WendyTheWillow on Saturday December 02, 2023 @01:32PM (#38500753)
I never wrote or implied you did.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by blackshaw on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:51PM (#38495433)
But is that old man wrong?
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by hypertele-Xii on Friday December 01, 2023 @10:50PM (#38495713)
That's both sexist and ageist. Old men's opinions are deserving of consideration as any other.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by 5ADBEEF on Friday December 01, 2023 @05:33PM (#38493477)
I’ve watched all of the skibidi toilet episodes. It’s really the same as 2000s or 2010s gmod YouTube poop, it just managed to find a larger audience.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by mardifoufs on Friday December 01, 2023 @06:08PM (#38493836)
I'm a bit younger than the average commenter here, but not young enough to be in the "skibidi toilet" demographic. But looking at both skibidi and the older type of YTP and idk the talking orange videos for example, I just don't see the difference. Maybe it's because I was too young to grow up watching them a lot but yeah. And that's saying nothing of the much more ADHD type of videos that were also common back then.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by krapp on Friday December 01, 2023 @06:13PM (#38493892)
Yeah, a better comparison would be between Salad Fingers and something like Don't Hug Me I'm Scared or Local 58.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by anigbrowl on Friday December 01, 2023 @06:41PM (#38494148)
Really? I think it's pretty smart and funny, despite being in my 50s. Y'all need more Ma-Ma-Max Headroom in your lives.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by sidlls on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:19PM (#38495238)
I was there for Max Headroom. Wasn’t impressed by it.
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by mid-kid on Friday December 01, 2023 @07:34PM (#38494544)
asdfmovie is from, like, 2010
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by Apocryphon on Saturday December 02, 2023 @01:48AM (#38496518)
Badger Badger Badger
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by jimjimjim on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:11AM (#38496914)
Mushroom Mushroom
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by fsckboy on Saturday December 02, 2023 @04:05AM (#38497204)
arggg, a snake, it's a snake!
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by matrix87 on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:01AM (#38496857)
> had better quality "stories", and the weirdness was less "basic.

I don't think the basicness is unintentional. It's like it's making fun of action movies for being excessively loud and violent

Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by birracerveza on Saturday December 02, 2023 @04:28AM (#38497321)
Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by Kye on Saturday December 02, 2023 @07:39AM (#38498210)
You sure about that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

This is the era terms like "lolrandom" were invented for.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-so-random-lol-so-random-so...

See also: ROFLcopter, AEIOUAEIOUAEIOUAEIOUAEIOU, making funny noises with text to speech.

Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by sureglymop on Saturday December 02, 2023 @01:55PM (#38500948)
Why did you have to mention ADHD? It has nothing to do with ADHD... As someone honestly struggling with severe ADHD for years, it's as if you told a disabled person that the latest new movie is not a great watch because it makes whoever watches it disabled.