1. EmpLem puts effort into his content. 2. EmpLem is an unprofessional professional memeticologist. 3. EmpLem isn't a Normie. 4. EmpLem has a reputation of reasons #1-3. 5. Fuck I miscounted
“Not often can a YouTube video make me feel like harassing a guy and nearly making him take his life make he feel good for 30 minutes”
You need to open those curtains
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AL The Boi2021-08-17 14:50:29 (edited 2021-08-17 14:52:00 )
Looking back on this, It’s so fuckin weird how this dude was doxxed, harassed, and bullied by big content creators for explaining memes but now Lessons in Meme Culture is thriving and seen as a Chad for doing the exact same thing I’m glad Emp has matured since, wonder how he reflects back on this
In one if his videos about the importantace of the dislike button, he says that this video had fair criticism put against it and his content improved from there. So Yeah this video in hindsight it's kinda not it lol.
Btw like your content man. Hope you're doing well.
I feel like a major factor behind LiMC succeeding where BtM failed has to do with presentation LiMC has a nice voice that "sounds educated," which makes his videos much better to listen to, whether you're actively watching or just having them as background noise He also often gets right to the point and tries to explain a deeper meaning to the meme subject, giving a potential reason for just why it was relatable and thus spread LiMC is liked because not only does he explain memes to anyone not in the loop, but even kinda explains it to anyone actually in the loop that didn't really think about the subconscious "why" to it all
BtM, in contrast, had a grating voice, a bad habit of dragging things out, and generally didn't offer much in the way of information that you couldn't just find on the topic's Know Your Meme page
He still stands by his criticism. While the harassment to Kyle was unjustified, Emp, as well as other people like Fantano, as well as me are entitled to criticise his content. People think Emp was gatekeeping, but he isn’t when he has stated that anyone can get into different types of memes, but it was about how Kyle was making content for the wrong audience. So I imagine that Emp doesn’t think differently, and he realised how bad the criticism was to Kyle, so he’s defended him. It was more than the fan backlash than anything else.
Emp’s argument that the content was poorly executed is fair.
However looking back at it, he probably misread the intent of BTM.
If you look at his video where he defended the guy, Lemon clearly thought that he was making those videos for fun, whereas in this video, he thinks the purpose was either money, influence or killing meme culture (and in fairness, given the videos did have the format and appearance of something that was produced to trend on YouTube at the time I could see why he would think that without knowing anything else).
As for the video on Behind the Meme ruining the Memescape, it does have its points (in particular the breakdown of the YTP video was good), but the one mistake he made in my opinion was mentioning that he wasn’t actually mad at the guy until about 29 minutes in (in his YouTube Downward Spiral video he showed this video’s creator page and that the watch time was only 7-8 minutes on average).
So unless someone was skipping around, they probably didn’t hear that part of his opinion on BTM.
This is probably one of Emp’s worse videos (especially in terms of how it’s aged compared to some of his others), but it also is one of his first where he went long on a topic, so he was in the process of becoming a documentary channel, but not exclusively doing that yet.
@Mr Jevil Could it also be said that if Behind the Meme had better descriptions and sources (ergo: Didn’t assume know your meme was accurate), he probably wouldn’t have been criticized as much?
If you find yourself in a "vs. 4chan" situation, it's best to just lie down and cry softly, because there's nothing you can do and your demise is inevitable.
Though to be fair I can understand why his Normie Audience was applauding him for "Taking on 4Chan" a site based on hating everyone and everything tends to get little to no Sympathy
You can just sit down and watch something t'ill 2 days pass. Having a raid means getting off your ass, doing something, not watching gore, and not playing videogames. That's why they are more often than not a failure. If you just don't give them a reaction they'll just crawl back to /gif and call it a day
4chan are the wolves off the edge of the youtube battleground cliff and getting thrown down there is the ultimate punishment any youtuber can be subjected to
heres what 4chan does:(insert something "offensive"/"racist" here) and spam that all over your shit. and then you realize that they're not causing any harm, so you let them be until they go away.
@Based Sneedclave exactly, memes will die eventually, and soon 4chan will say "hey this isn't that funny, what now?" until someone says "HEY LOOK AT THIS NORMIE SHIT" and then they flock to that. not that this is a bad thing though, i do that too, just not on 4chan
Free HD McGee2021-05-14 22:30:36 (edited 2021-05-14 22:31:36 )
Yes, because a bunch of DDosing neckbeards that can't handle an opposing opinion is something that I should worry about. Woopedy doo, I'll just get a VPN. Still not good enough? Oh no, I guess I'll just have to interact with the rest of the world like a normal human being, something that they'll never actually be capable of.
This is something I realized with the retelling of the Tumblr vs 4Chan event, and I realized… 4Chan’s like a chaotic storm, a continuous never ending swarm of killer wasps that- if messed with, with rip you apart slowly as they eat your family with the bones of your closest friends. Listening to smash mouth.
@Turkish Delight can't speak for all of 4chan, but based on the people I've met on SS13 I imagine it's the place where all the people who start ranting about China and Tumblr under the SpongeBob meme videos hang out.
Tea perhaps it shall be a mystery forever. The universe goes on, and the cycle continues with no end in sight. An answer that seems to be out of reach.
this is so fucking reddit moment, "the normies and the outsiders" this is disgusting and cringe af. how come people hate someone for making content the creator enjoyed
Normies like stuff just because they are popular, and don't understand it. Also behind the meme, isn't immune to criticism, just because he's making what he likes. He should atleast put some more effort into his shit videos, so that more people have a depth of understand the meme instead of just a superficial understanding.
No one: Absolutely nobody: Not a single soul: BurgerStanky: If anything r/dankmemes is far more damaging to memes than behind the meme ever was r/dankmemes: That wasn’t very Keanu Chungus Wholesome 100 of you. Jesus: I like this guy./s
@ERW NBE maybe years ago, but now? You have to filter through all of the bullshit to find maybe one good meme, then the mods will delete it before it gets to hot.
To be honest, people always say things like "redditors are ruining memes" but not every redditor is an immature sheep who sends death threats to others, reposts an artwork that is made by someone else without giving credit, makes the most unoriginal and unfunny memes possible and disrespects anyone who doesn't hate on somebody because some guy on twitter did
@duncan chillake the fuck are you talking about? If you want to see stolen artwork look no further than r/gaming and r/pcmasterrace. Original creators are not given credit and those are two of the biggest subreddits on there.
@Dante's Inferno i already know that bro, those kind of people are the majority of redditors (sorry for bad grammar) but people keep forgetting about the minority of redditors who actually work hard on their reddit posts, my problem is how that minority keeps being forgotten about
@Ephexia tbh anything subreddit that has above 500k usually turns to shit pretty fast. It's hard, but possible, to find smaller more niche meme subreddits that are actually decent. honestly though, the effort to do so isn't even worth it half the time, because eventually they all get ""corrupted"" eso to speak).
Ephexia I mean the only reason those are still half-decent is because mods ban memes quickly so they aren’t overused. The meme flow there isn’t natural, it’s very fast and oftentimes stifling.
bruh, okay. So I'm an around everyday user of Reddit and memer myself, considering that most users are defensive of their memes I'd say it's helping it. It's literally producing more goods for the trade. I use 4Chan as well pretty often and if I had to guess most of you guys use neither so let me fill you in without trying to be bias, in r/dankmemes some people use old formats and re-use dead memes but those are dubbed 'Low Effort' memes, most of which either get removed by the mods or never get to 'hot' (the reddit version of trending) the best ones and or ones that get the most instagram normies attention are the 'fully' [OC] memes, these are ones that are completely original, not just the caption but nothing in it has been used in a meme before. Those are the kind I make which are usually gifs rather than pictures with a caption. Please do your research and don't make false claims, this was literally the main point of this video!
@Vincent Lira i like some of them and i also lile r/gocommitdie man i dont wanna be a normie but i kinda like the memes. Mainstream medias bullshit though
I am not a r/Dankmemes user I personally hate the subreddit but the misunderstanding of the jokes posted on it and everyone thinking they still post shit like keanu chunges no I went there once recently to see if the sub has gone into peak stupidity and there was not even a single one of those dumb unfunny memes everyone who does not use Reddit likes to call damaging to meme culture.
@Dante's Inferno lmao no one likes either of those subreddits, the subreddits r/banvideogames and r/consolemasterrace were made specifically to make fun of those subreddits.
Agreed. In fact the whole of Reddit at this point is probably one of the more harmful forces in the current 'memescape'. I remember back when they used to make fun of ifunny, nowadays they've basically become the new ifunny
@BurgerStanky if you stay away from some key subreddits (r/dankmemes, r/wooosh, etc), Reddit is honestly pretty decent. I learned how to mod my NES mini from Reddit
After looking into it, I’d argue that Behind the Meme was a badly executed channel, and while the person who ran it came off as condescending in his reactions, I don’t get why people would send him death threats or doxx him.
@Detah his more recent stuff is more like a mix of documentary/story telling and it's really, really good. And well doesn't go well with the edgier stuff since he talks about things that clearly makes him curious.
He's also a god at explaining things and how amazing his enunciation is. It really becomes apparent when he has guest commentators pop in for a bit. Every now and then one of them will require captions or rewinding, but EmpLemon has this perfect pacing where I always fully get what he's trying to say.
He’s very good at analyzing media and his content is entertaining, but his editing and humor is eye rolling, I have to explain to everyone that it was a product of the time whenever I watch his videos at the dinner table. I still really like his videos though. And maybe I’m just not immersed in the era.
When I was in highschool, I used to browse 4chan alot. I introduced the site to this one kid, and now I'm pretty sure he's why /b/ is full of interracial porn and gore.
>implying a single person turned /b/ into a gorefest and porn forum >implying you could've possibly had a hand in this at all, let alone caused it entirely >inb4 >meme arrows on youtube
You have broken Rule 2 of the internet. You have talked about /b/ and now you are being sentenced to "Play Party Time with Winnie the Pooh on PS1 until the end of time"
Hearing the word normie is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it’s a old meme on its own that people have just written as cringe. On the other hand, it’s accurate as a definition. We need a new term to describe these smallbrain Internet tapeworms.
@Cameron Roper well the thing about that is tik tok isnt even bad. These people mock it as Musically 2.0 but if they would actually try it, they'd find it has many communities of many different types of people. Some even getting similar to 4chan levels of organization. Like when leftist tiktok trolled a trump rally by ordering tickets in mass then not showing up.
Yes, I can argue that Normies are the ones who think they know everything, like EmpLemon. The actual people are who we call ‘normies’ are just average people who like their specific things.
I propose The Greys. A nod to the NPC meme without committing to the dehumanizing, but also pointing to the ALIEN[ayyy]ation the Outsiders feel when their once cozy interest groups are supplanted in membership and executive power, by percieved outsiders. An Invasion, if you will, by the non-understanding foreigners, as it were.
@CommanderGuy Well pewdiepie can do anything. he can clickbait super hard, but its ok because its a joke. he mentions it for 5 seconds half way through his reddit video. so its technically just something exaggerated from the video. Its not click bait. annoys me.
@Cindy Aurum wdym and? the area 51 raid literally hit the public news and some people actually went there to area 51 trump literally is a walking meme a meme is not a stupid post on facebook its a form of expression
@some of my comments are cringe I don't care about a meme dying. But at least Pewdiepie didn't pretend to commit suicide to try and guilt trip his critics.
He mostly only reviewed memes that had already gotten big on his subreddit meaning the normies probably already had seen them. He also ignored less mainstream memes like steamed hams. Also his reviews unlike behind the meme's were actually funny
Pewdiepie’s channel is just a hive mind for redditors to clang rocks against each other and talk about how they’re superior because they aren’t normies just as half of the old comments in this videos comment section were doing lol
my first time watching this almost 5 years later and wow some of this has not aged well and behind the meme didn't deserve the hate from the terminally online crew.
Internet Historian does a different role but there's a lot of overlap, and in the context of EmpLemon's theory he's quite easily an outsider due to the references he makes
internet historian is meant for the 4chan userbase. also he doesnt "explain" memes, he just explains certain events related to 4chan, which may become memes or are related to memes.
麻王 That does NOT mean he focuses on memes mostly , as from what you can tell internet historian's channel name means that he talks about things that happened on internet , events not exactly memes.
Jean Mouawad2020-11-12 19:06:50 (edited 2020-11-12 19:16:24 )
@aceman0000099 big boss isn't so bad either. he might be a ripoff to Internet Historian, but i see him as good, and i consider him as a replacement rather than a ripoff ( i know his editing style is the same as internet historian, but it doesn't matter to me as long as the content is good unless it's a watered down, dumb, obviously tryhard ripoff)
tbh i dont enjoy lessons in meme culture either but certainly technically better than behind the meme was. i just find lessons' presentstion boring. i want something like meme review/minute memes again.
@kitmrngold Idk, I’ve learned more from LIMC about memes I already fully understand than being taught about memes I haven’t heard of from other channels
@ekmad for real, people give him a pass because they like him but if Behind the Meme's a normie then so is Internet Historian. He LIKED Behind the Meme, for the record. This comment section is full of hypocrites lmao
Lessons in meme culture is the exact fucking same thing except emplemon didn't talk about him so he's more liked because emplemon viewers are the exact fucking same type of "Normie" they complain about. Instead of going on facebook or whatever they go on reddit to post on dankmemes or some shit and pretend like that's some esoteric part of the internet nobody will understand when it's got massive traffick and its humour has such wide appeal even fucking instagram accepts it.
People who think lessons in meme culture is somehow decent or different in any way from behind the meme need to accept that humour isn't something you explain, it ruins the joke to talk about it in an analysative matter.
Internet historian never did this, he focused on interesting happenings on the internet instead of trying to explain away jokes, you can't compare behind the meme to internet historian because they are totally different channels discussing different topics.
@Neurono C. you've been in multiple comments replies defending this guy like your life depended on it lmao, d.ickriding a YouTuber is crazy. he don't know u bro.
@D-Skull Gaming Was it really asinine though? Do you even really know what that means? I mean, the fact that you pinheads are STILL attacking this five year old video kind of speaks for itself...
@D-Skull Gaming So, you did it because your overlord effectively told you to do it. You didn't find this video, you were, well, to quote past Emp, spoonfed the content.
@Neurono C. You mean exactly what idiots did for Emp? Not at all, Wavy never sent anyone here. He, like any other YouTuber, discourages that. I'm here cause I saw a snippet on wavy's video and came to check out the rest of it & I'm sure Emp doesn't care if people hate on this 5 year old video, specially one that was immensely stupid.
every couple months i come back to this video to remind myself ive come so far in life, far away from the me that used the give a shit about the "memescape"
I mean...while yes at the end of the day we are just talking about memes on the internet, they were still special forms of entertainment and comedy. Unique ones at that. It's extremely similar to talking about movies. Film criticism has been around for years and people treat it like war, even myself since I am passionate about movies, but if its so non-sensical why are you even bothering? I'd argue that the "memescape" that Emp talks about actually matters since it is part of the internet's version of comedy. And I'm guessing you yourself would look at memes nowadays, so there would be an interesting change. Regardless of it being a silly topic, it's a topic nonetheless. I think it's pretty interesting how memes have changed.
People since 2018 has latched onto the sympathy side of seeing Kyle as an innocent soul who only wanted to bring joy to the world. Yes, he was just a naive guy who didn't know that he was making content in a field of an audience that is sardonic and hard to please. I could tell from day one that Kyle was just that. However, Emp's points still stand since Kyle's content was fundamentally flawed.
Yeah it may be true and silly that I'm defending this adamantly about memes on the internet, but it's an interesting topic like I said before, and mainly because saying Emp is bullying Kyle is none other than a blanket criticism that is completely flawed. When you say stuff like that, you don't understand what you are saying, nor what Emp is trying to say.
@Flybreaker Footage LIMC's newer videos are worrying because he immediately explains some recent memes that like in a day or two without it being COMPLETELY POPULAR.
@Detah the best solution for stuff like this might just be to keep inside jokes, well, inside jokes. since for a long while, internet memes were just that: just general things people at the time were a funny joke but then either slowly faded naturally or ended up prevailing somewhat (nowhere near at its height of popularity though), since thats what i ended up seeing in one community i took part of... although, i see this ends up being the case with some 4chan memes like pepe the frog and stuff (the fact that they were inside jokes), and they were able to attract the "normies" somehow? so in the end, there could be a lot of factors as to why "current dead memes" exist, like maybe its people explaining the joke; or the memes end up being mostly based on media that ends up being really popular in the moment, but then is forgotten; it could be the overuse and misuse of the meme which bores people; and probably others. but there is no single reason you can pinpoint with exactitude as to why it happens when dealing with things of this caliber.
@Sonic2Metro genuine criticism of behind the meme died out right in the beginning. after that it was just people whining about how he explained jokes to "normies" and how he was "ruining the memescape" which is just bullshit.
@Rishabh Vailaya Yeah the criticism should have just stayed as BTM was mediocre when it came to researching said memes and talked down to his audience with his delivery of almost everything he said. It devolved quickly unfortunately.
@Rishabh Vailaya the core of the argument is VERY real tho . Ruining entertainment by catering to the lowest denominator is a real phenomenon , as real as the oxygen you are breathing and you cannot deny that fact... like how online video games have devolved into casinos that farm the underage and gambling addicts , instead of content for love to the art . Or how most people complain that Marvel movies have conditioned audiences in the cinemas to laugh after a character says anything , because they are expecting some jab or family friendly joke. Mainstream media is always devolving. That's why people become more attached to less accesible things. Same way people DO NOT want Dark Souls to become more "like others" by having an easy mode or clear linear story... Radio became more corporative , so then it got boring and people moved to TV . TV became more corporative , so then it got boring and people moved to the internet. The internet is becoming more corporative , trends ar egetting boring and people are looking for a new piece of media that gives more freedom.
Fascinating. This back then very young man lacked of self-awareness *cough* NORMIE according to his own definition *cough* and understanding of what was going on on the Internet. Seriously, a Zoomer that fills his video with excerpt from Spongebob episodes he watched as a kid and from Simpsons episodes he watched years after the previous generations did? Seriously, Weird Al as an outsider icon? He got platinum records thanks to his AUTHORIZED parodies. Look, a Mon Calmari dressed as WWE wrestler! Every cultural references are very standard in this video. Being that much deferential toward Fantano and 4Chan isn't an outsider thing at all.
2017's Internet was bigger and more central in our world than 2011's. So of course memes got a faster lifecycle in 2017 than in 2011. That scapegoating was ridiculous.
You know, just under a year after this, behind the meme went on a complete downward spiral and hasn't uploaded since. Considering Emplemon's entire brand is a downward spiral, I am shocked someone outclassed Emp's legendary spirals.
looking back on this w hindsight, 2016 was the moment where u notice this cyclic progression of memes, starting as niche injokes, and headin mainstream. just on a near planetary scale. its surreal seeing an injoke just materialise in the real world after its gotten old for me, so i guess its just some eternal cycle of natural selection. whats new grows old, it happens to everyone i think though.
the outsiders grow old into the mainstream, and the young form the new bell curve. shock humor was the antithesis to the impact font before it, and now thats given way to a far more abstract humor, an identity of the current generation (and maybe that shows in the political atmosphere lmao). memes are reflective of something far more innate than just a funny joke, and thats something i think about a lot. even this channel shows that, 2016 marks a drastic shift in not just content, but greater ideals, which i appreciate.
its still so fucked up that the internet has accelerated this pop culture progression, but i guess its always been accelerating. from the market square, to the tv, and now the internet. now we see the whole world on a macro social scale, with the progression of ideas and beliefs being visible to the new generation. idfk why i wrote this and idk if anyone will see it, but its something to think about i guess.
PewDiePie is literally doing the exact same thing as behind the meme with his "meme review" videos But Emp did not criticize PewDiePie because has really high sub count Emp is criticizing behind the meme because it has a lower sub count now I'm not defending behind the meme at all I actually hate behind the meme but the fact that Emp only criticize behind the meme is disappointing even though PewDiePie "meme review" videos IS LITERALLY THE SAME THING AS BEHIND THE MEME
Sorry for my bad English I'm an Indonesian citizens so if you don't understand what I said then it's okay
I mean... it's the meta of an internet site, discussed in a video which takes itself semi-seriously. I don't see why he wouldn't take the issue seriously.
@Bigb 2029 Same concept and problems; “Guys the door is made of sticks not straw this time it’ll hold up against that murderer!”. At least with BTM you could laugh at the low quality of it all, but with lessons in meme culture you’re just… you feel nothing. You know what’s the worst part of a joke? Explaining it, and yet it’s the only thing the guy does. Every single day, some niche joke falls victim to his lazily made and mass-produced content scheme. Literally just compare the thumbnails of his videos! It’s the same thing with a different topic!
Memes are like age ratings on games. You see an age rating of "17+" on it, but a bunch of 9 year olds still wanna play it, and they do, but they make the game worse because they just don't have the maturity to play it.
Then they give a bad name to kids who play the game minding they're own business not trolling anyone or raging and actually helping noobs Only to be kicked because we are kids
I remember I had a game that was rated M at 5. It was a good game, never beat it. The reason it had the rating was because at the end, Hitler's head is blown up. Otherwise, the game could have easily gotten an E or maybe a T. Pretty good game.
It doesn't always have to be a mature rated game and kids ruin it. There are plenty of games which has a bad reputation due to little kids, you get what I'm saying?
going back to this video 4 years later this is the video that made me subscribe to your channel it's interesting to see how your content evolved since. better video and audio mixing, tighter script. your music selection definitely improved, but it's somewhat charming to hear and see modern WWE references. your script writing definitely became more and more impersonal and the years went on. i do miss the rustic YTP charm your older video essays had. it shows through some skits though.
I love the evolution of his production for all of the reasons you stated too, but I've noticed two flaws grow with his current content that I am critical of him for nowadays: his monotone voice-overs and being needlessly wordy. Listen to how passionate he sounds in this video. The energy he pours into his voice about the subject makes us care about it simply by his tone. Of course the substance matters as well, but for YouTube the message is the medium, and even in a vacuum this type of delivery much more compelling than him using a completely flat, "professional" voice reading out a dull script that's so verbose sometimes it sound like a high school essay trying to reach a minimum word count. Being a little more concise and animated would give a lot more zest to his content, which is already top notch besides my criticisms.
It's also really interesting that we have lessons in meme culture now, which is actually respectful of memes while still being very approachable by normies.
@CommanderGuy I don't really watch limc but I think he handles memes a bit better then btm, I think his content is mybe just a little bit above average
@ToxicTurtle907 I don't think I've noticed the wordiness of his current scripts. However, current youtube essayists feel the need to produce over 90 minute-long videos and I'm grateful Emp hasn't truly followed that bandwagon. I think Emp reserves his passion for youtube-related videos. The copyright series is a good example, especially the final part. I really doubt he would care as much for something like rare items or the themes in The Thing; he doesn't have much commentary on these topics. I can understand why you would find it off-putting, especially when you compare his current cadence to videos like these.
I do quite like his more smooth and subtle approach in his editing style. But his crazy YTP style of editing gives me mad dopamine rushes. It just adds to the comedy.
I come back to this video at least once a year because it’s honestly one of the most inspiring videos I’ve ever seen on this website. Sure, it is a major critique but to me the amount of editing skill, wit, and raw unfiltered emotion conveys to me the ideal youtube. A place where you can create whatever you want, about anything you want. Among a mass of sterile and emotionless videos there are those like Emplemon who make content they want make, rather than the content that will get them the most views, and I think that’s just really neat.
And this comment, expressing a love for a particular type of video although not amassing likes, is also pretty sick, and it's nice to see others like this type of content.
@Alkind Pretty sure no one thinks like that. Nothing wrong with being mediocre. Tho ppl like to try to achieve better than that,there's nothing wrong with it
It's wild watching this after that one smear article fried Fantano's brain and turned him into a parody of his former self. Maybe if BTM made a video about the Sam Hyde connection first their channel would still be a hit, oh well!
fattylugia I watched a Super Mario Maker 2 Tips Video where the person referred to a “ground pound” as a “butt bounce” and so many of the comments were talking about it. I seriously find it hilarious (and kind of depressing) how big of a deal people were making out of it. That’s like flipping because someone said “level” instead of “course” or “leaping” instead of “jumping.”
Watching Emp put youtube poops on a pedestal like its some new age art is ridiculous. I compare youtube poop to edm. There are some beautiful pieces out there but its mostly random garbage hobbled together by 13 y/o kids
I find myself coming back to watch this video after 3 years. Yup still just as good and even more relevant. Emp, you really are a master of your craft sir.
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Miguel Torres2022-06-24 06:43:24 (edited 2022-06-24 14:52:42 )
this recommendation 4+ years ago revealed a content creater that surpassed the commentary community at its time and continues to create content that is interesting to us. Thank you emplemon. You are truly an underdog in the youtube landscape.
Ngl tho, I've stopped even keeping up with memes cause there's like a new meme every 2 days or some shit, or they've managed to live a couple of months cause they're forced as hell.
Formula Uuno true, but what we are saying here it's that if you wanna be super you need to do the efforts for it. For example, you wanted to be a cook ? Nice you learned how to make pizzas and work on it for 2 years. And there comes a guy(The normies) who said he knows how to cook too but the only thing he does is taking a pizza in the refrigerator (that he didn't make) and put it in the oven. He's not a cook because he dont want to be it. He just want to be like the real cooks who actually cook but he dont want to inform himself on the subject first.
Well yeah. People are so superior for watching ear rape and finding it funny or liking marginally humorous shit. Get over yourself. There's nothing special in that. There is something 'special' in finding yourself special. So hey. I invalidated my argument. You are in fact special. Congratulations. Now what was I doing? Oh yeah. Leaving
Not exactly, according to my eyes, there are two types of normies, there’s the ones who go on with their life with out getting offended by a Pepe meme, and there is the one who get offended to memes on an instant
I think a better definition for normies and outsiders is a matter of taste. Normies have a vague, extremely loose taste defined mostly by the culture of the day. Outsiders have a clear, refined taste that suits their own beliefs and opinions.
There, you did it without being smug, condescending or petty for an entire half an hour.
The term "normie" used to define any definite person in reality is already pretty flawed by its premises. "Normies" while onto a pretty decent understanding of certain groups of people and their interests, "normies" aren't really representative of any genuine "real" individuals, and those who try to make it seem that way it are often highly smug elitist individuals who often want to form some narrative over their superiority over and others and are the "unique" "deep" "outsider" unlike the "generic" "dull" "uncreative" plebians, when in actuality everyone to some degree has their own niche at one time or other or act in ways that are somewhat quirky and outside the bounds of "typicality", however for various reasons, some act out far more than others or go into their own echo-chambers (which with the rise of the internet this process has greatly accelerated) and EMP fails to understand that to make an overgeneralized understanding of how trends work to suit his own narrative regarding a youtuber he had a vendetta against and who wanted to see their absolute destruction.
I think the rapid death of memes can mostly be blamed to the memes just going down a chain from 4chan to reddit to twitter to ifunny to instagram to Everyone In days
it's not really a chain per se, 4chan doesn't make every meme (though it does make a lot), it's more like the meme is originated on one of those social medias, then gets shared to the next, to the next, then it dies.
@Gordo Pendejo "most memes... are made in reddit or instagram" shit tier take, seems like honest-to-god-or-whatever-you-believe-in-or-lack-thereof projection, memes come from anywhere, and you're right that a lot come from normies. But that's the problem. Memes have evolved from outsiders making them and the normies oversharing them killing them, now normies are the ones making the memes, and so when back then memes die in a month or so, nowadays it's about a week. A fucking week. Memes are dying.
I'm sorry emp but after thinking about this for years, this video is heavily outdated. I'd argue more dated than the dead memes themselves, especially when compared to your new content!
The internet's first meme is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early meme's a flower; But only so an hour. Then meme subsides to meme. So 4chan sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
You are a genius. Parodying a poem most people know about through a book called the outsiders. And the outsiders are those who understood memes are the outsiders and those outsiders enjoy this poem.
Mr.Dank LMFAO!! For your sake, we'll pretend you were just trolling. Johnny dies in a fire of a burning church, He's saving some kiddies in there that were trapped.(I think they were trapped. I forgot) Novel's 50 years old Film's almost 35 years old
P.S. Norman dresses as his long dead mother to kill people in Psycho.
I loved that crazy editing style. He doesn't do it as much in something like the Sympathy for the Villain since that wouldn't make sense. HIs YTP style of editing was awesome.
God, when the Melon was still somewhat cool. Emp, promise me to stay the way you are. The human heart can only take so much pain and suffering.
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Lord Friedrick2020-11-30 01:43:29 (edited 2020-11-30 01:46:50 )
I think Emplemon is happy to know Anthony Fantano crushed Behind the meme by a large number of subscribers (even though subscribers are not fundamental to "internet cred") At least Anthony has the recognition he deserves now
Well, you actually suprised me with this video, I went into this as a fan of Behind The Meme and expected to come out of this hating you, but I actually agree with what you said, and I feel all the better for watching this. So, from the deepest depths of my heart I thank you.
I was once a BTM subscriber as well. At the time, I thought it was an interesting new idea that was worth exploring, and he wasn't overtly terrible, so I gave him a chance. I think, perhaps the first thing that pushed me away, however, aside from the barely watchable Antony Fantano "Comeback" video, was when he changed his outro to "memes are keeeengagagagagah!" possibly the most blatant and clumsy attempt to be quirky and humorous I've seen in years. Then I noticed something else too. Every time he made a video, the subject would be new and unique to me, but I quickly reached a point where I just hated everyone who tried to use each new meme. The jokes got slower and the timing got worse, with the punchline almost never marking the end of a gag. And then he said the words, "After literally two hours of research, I came up with nothing!" and I realized I'd wasted every minute I'd spent watching his shoddy, poorly researched, dime a fucking dozen content. Anything would be better than this. I unsubscribed and felt ashamed for having subscribed in the first place.
Travel further Normie. Do you hear that? That is the sound of pepe ,oh bless that name, beckoning you. Come join the brotherhood of KEK, and have your mind,soul,and body (yes your body), opened.
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No Cool Dudes2017-05-20 04:55:53 (edited 2017-05-20 04:56:12 )
BitStreak funny thing he actually confessed he was a normie
Man, I like how the public perception of this EmpLemon video has changed so much over the course of 5 years. After looking at the more recent comments, they are really dunking on Emp's old video or are talking about how much he has grown, of which he has grown and matured quite a bit. But I think this video in particular grew from a place of passion about funny memes, and BtM was pretty bad even in foresight, but he probably shouldn't have gotten so much hate though.
Oh boy... When people start to get too attached to memes, that they become insanely protective to them... Their stuff just earns to burn on normie-fire. This concern is so pretentious that their treasures just earn to get normified. At least then they must find something more meaningful to define their identities.
holy shit dude. that samoa joe theme is the hardest audio that has ever been piped into my ears. i looked it up thanks to your tracklist and have been looping it for 20 minutes. i’m in astonished awe at what these waveforms are doing to my brain right now. thank you for this, EmpLemon. eventually i’ll get back to the video but i need another few rounds of this theme on repeat first. wow
roan macphee more like Meme Theory: How Behind The Meme is ruining the Meme scape except for every "meme" there is more ear rape and distortion, and every "Behind the Meme" is a new Behind the Meme video.
MEME Theory: How Behind The Memes Is Ruining The Memescape As We Know It but every time flashing lights and distortion appears it cuts in to a 3000 degree knife and every time it cuts through something it cuts back to MEME Theory 2x faster but every third time this happens it gets more distorted and slowed but the 24th time that happens Toy Story 3 starts playing start to finish and every time the colour blue appears it gets slower and when the MEME Theory video ends it begins again backwards at 7.000.000.000 times
MEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we Know It, but it's actually funny, interesting to watch, and my ears aren't bleeding over his shitty voice.
As someone who makes a lot of music playlists its easy to accidentally add a video to a playlist on mobile without knowing it. If you addicentally press the "save" button it adds the video youre watching to a random playlist. People that make many playlists dont look at their playlists too often and a video that was accidentally added a long time after the playlist was made will slip under the radar of most creators.
SilverStar555 it adds it to the playlist you most recently added something to, so if they’ve been adding stuff to that playlist and slip up, it can be weird.
People getting pissed at this video for gatekeeping ironically only proves some of the video's point. Dont agree with everything, but people's "critisms" comes off as vindictive rather than insightful.
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High Definition2021-08-15 01:34:17 (edited 2021-08-15 01:37:06 )
Wasn't the video's point just that Behind the Meme was a normie and EmpLemon didn't like that
@High Definition it was. The main point was that "normies" were people who liked to act like they know or understand something when at best they have is surface knowledge. People like to cry out gatekeeper when small communities don't want others with barely any knowledge of the subject either spread false information or overdoing it on the hype.
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Andy F.2021-09-18 19:36:36 (edited 2021-09-18 19:39:30 )
Translation: "I want memes to be understood by only a small amount of people so I can feel special!" It's like saying a joke isn't funny if you understand it and why it's funny.
@Andy F. Not really, its like repeating a joke and completely missing the point of it, and getting angry when people get confused at the way you use it.
I feel like a lot of people just think it’s pathetic to see a grown man complain about someone explain a meme. I feel like the ‘go touch grass’ insult is perfect here.
@LogicallyImpared it can go both ways then. why obsesses yourself and get upset at something that seems so inconsequential. If people see it pathetic, then why obsess over it too. Now it about the lack of self awareness
I remember when I didn't liked the video initially I mean I didn't even watch the entire thing. Later I saw YouTube geographic abt the 1st video and then I was impressed and watched more of your videos and became one of my favourite creators Emp.
2. It's the name of a community on Reddit, if the post I made ever gets noticed, be ready to get buttraped by everyone lmao. That being said I'm surprised nobody already destroyed you on this comment section previously seeing how much of a tryhard hardcore badass you have been.
Anyways, if you want to continue to spam me, don't even mind to do so since I'll simply screenshot everything you say and if there's enough content I might even make a video reading out loud the stuff you said for the lulz.
Mrgoodvibe....just stop, you aren't funny or cool, stop being salty for no reason. And if you respond to this, then it just shows that you are just like behind the meme when it comes to criticism, you get pissed off just because someone disagrees with you and you try to either, A. Look like a hero or B. Try to "be cool". Just stop.
This rant isn't really as great as a lot of his future videos. I especially love "YouTube Has Been on a Downward Spiral", "MEME Theory: How Donald Trump used Memes to Become President", "and about all of his YouTube Geographic videos thus far, especially his most recent video over LeafyIsHere.
The Jimmy Kimmel rant was also good, but it was certainly less structured.
Judging it as a rant, this was pretty entertaining; watching people complain passionately is sometimes just funny(agree or disagree with them). You even made some interesting points. And, "4chan ain't good for much, but..." lol that was a funnier and more original way of just saying, "4chan overall sucks."
Hey, glad to see you here! :) Been watching your videos ever since the first Dinosaur Story all those years ago, and your videos are still consistently great! Keep up the great work, and always remain motivated and inspired, no matter what happens.
@ChristianSkelton You do realize that the entire thing is based off of The Bible? The majority of your proof has little to nothing to do with your statement, sure, some of it does help your statement, but still, I'm sure you never even read it all.
By "normies" I believe you mean the productive members of society who push along progress and don't live on their computer. We are not leaching off our parents and dont have our hands out going "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme". Honestly you guys are just as lazy as socialists or communists. Always with your hands out begging for more.
"Noooo you can't let people who aren't on the internet 24/7 understand memes! Only a small group of people can understand what memes mean or else I can't feel special!"
There's not wrong on liking more mainstream things or popular stuff, hell, those same subjects may have been underground and underappreciated some day, something got popular what you gonna do, stop liking it? no. IMO, what makes someone truly a normie is settling for mediocrity and mindless consumerism of media and content without consideration on what that means for you as a individual, following trends for the sake of following.
emplemon single handedly took down a dude who felt like making easy to produce meme explanation videos for fun by basically telling him its “cultural appropriation” edit: and then an army of 14 year old kids who thought they were cool and edgy harassed him until he gave up
Hello ıñţəřņėţ, welcome to BEHIND THE *MEME*, where I will now -REGURGITATE-, I mean ggggggggggggggggg yall about memes in a biased w ay because (I'm afraid of no one remembering me)
"It seems some people don't like it when memes are shared with the rest of the world and want them all to themselves." All read in his fucking emotionless voice like the soulless automaton he is.
You know he won't be able to. He only has time to research on KYM and google random xd funny gifs for his videos. Watching this video would take longer.
We need to get him to see this video. It faces him with two dead ends: accept the video and take his place as a normie or respond, which he will not be able to do.
Good to see even so I was conservative edgylord, I still disliked this video back in the days, not because I watched BTM but because I always thought protecting shitty memes and calling them "culture" was painfully pretentious.
Nah I love this video. It was a really nice dissection of BTM’s content. The problem I had with Emp was not the video but for the fact that he never had noticed how Kyle was just a regular guy who didn’t read the room well. And even then, didn’t deserve to get slaughtered by tons of people. If you didn’t like this video, idk it just feels like you wouldn’t like Emp. He’s the master of talking about pointless topics but finding them extremely interesting.
Users like Behind the Meme and Ryan have become an epidemic on the platform, from stolen art to the overall exploitive nature of the content. Quite frankly, it's annoying.
2017, when insufferable r/DankMemes redditor teenagers were complaining about the le nOrMiEs taking their memes, as if they're not normies themselves, and as if their memes aren't all super popular and easily accessible. Good times. Behind The Meme really was the chad all along, looking back.
@Pundit07 So you'd rather take the side of insufferable teenagers who watch Pewdiepie and browse Reddit all day and use le funney internet images xdd as a replacement for having interests and personality and a life? Ok then...
5:17 i feel like the "If something works, why change it?" is the reason why a lot of games have "metas" since one thing is so good, nobody is going to bother trying to do it a different way because it won't be as effective as the thing everyone does
I remember when this was a huge deal. Memes ended up better than ever. I think everyone who felt so strongly like this during the time had their heads stuck in the reaction animal times. You mentioned how memes at the time were dying a lot faster, but failed to notice how many more new memes that were coming out. How memes were evolving.
Mr. Clean I’m not a Prog Rock Expert but Tarkus or Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, 2112 by Rush, the Close to the Edge by Yes are a pretty good first few set of Prog Rock compositions.
@Akiel Steewart Bruh please go be woke somewhere else. It was already clear that the point of my comment was to express both agreement with and approval of his taste in music. Pointing it out doesn't make you look any smarter or cultured, bud.
@The Arachnid woke = "alert" to injustices in society, especially racism, or acting pretentious about a political issue.
Yh my comment was sooo woke and political.
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The Arachnid2021-07-15 10:48:39 (edited 2021-07-15 10:49:44 )
@Akiel Steewart For the record, you can't just take definitions off the internet and then tack your own addendum to them and then expect them to hold up in an argument. 😂
According to the Oxford Dictionary, woke means, "alert to injustice in society, especially racism." You will find that the words "especially" and "exclusively" have different meanings. Therefore yes, my argument that you were being "woke" by pointing out that my opinion on music is only an opinion and thus your implications that calling it objectively "good" is an injustice hold up.
So please... Go listen to some music or something. We can agree to disagree here, but know that your opinion is wrong. 😂
Today most people who get into memes are trend chasers because they know memes will make them HIP bruh. It's not actually about enjoying the spontaneous humor or clever responses, or even knowing the context. It's like making a joke except all you said was the punchline and expecting everyone to laugh.
Dixon PSYduck yep all the normie meme accounts like Daquan’s children HAVE POSTED THEM and all the normies are like “woahooAYY DU YU NO DEE WÆ HEHEHEH” and that’s how our meme died
I think it’s pretty normal to think you’re not a normie. And although there is a difference with normies and outsiders. Don’t think you’re better than someone else just because you like your stuff underground and not mainstream and blah blah. The truth is, most of the outsiders consume media just the same as a normie. I don’t like how this guy said outsiders are creative and better. Because no, I could literally come up with a stereotypical outsider as well as a normie. Being a creative isn’t about consuming media at all really. It’s about getting that shit done. Making music, painting, sculpting, making videos. So many people try and try and try, but they just are not creative, and as much as they think they are, they aren’t. Cause at the end of the day, you can think you can do so much stuff. It’s really about going out there and doing it, from start to finish. Then letting the world observe it and take it, not from your perspective, but from their own. And that’s it. We are all human and we are all equal. This has nothing to do with the whole thing of the video, but I just want whoever is reading this to know.
@CommanderGuy yea I’m not saying it’s wrong either, normies make the world go round! However the reason people achieve greatness, is because they themselves within are great. You know? Everyone has untapped potential, some people sadly never achieve it or never believe in themselves that they are great
Aight, Imma be real here. I first found EmpLemon because of this video, but the way it got recommended to me was that I was an avid Behind the Meme viewer back then, and I loved all those videos, I tought they were actually informative and helped my young teen brain understand them more.
When this video came up, I was so oblivious that I tought this was another Behind the Meme video about the middle finger image on the Thumbnail, and I was interested in knowing where that image came from, I didn't even realize it was from another channel or the title of the video.
When I started watching it, I quickly realized I found something completely different, it was shocking and took me aback, I was tempted to leave due to not being what I was looking for, but the editing was so intizing and well made that it caught my attention enough to finish watching it right then and there, and I learned so many things about how the Internet words at its core, I was properly introduced to YouTube Poop, and the issues with Behind the Meme's content, it made me reconsider my position as a regular BTM viewer, and if I remember well, I stopped watching him right then and there, while EmpLemon's editing style and pacing was so great that I wanted to see more from him, and I saw the other modern videos he made back then.
Back then and to this day I have never liked YouTube Poop, but I respect it for its creativity and skill, but the fact they were just used to do nonesensical things for the hell of it, turned me away, but when harnessed for a concise objective, such as this video, it enamours me like nothing else I had seen back then and today aswell. I remember that I actually chose to subscribe to Emp because of this and ever since I never skipped any of his new videos, none of them.
In retrospective, I think that back then I was a Normie and didn't realize, but this video opened my eyes (I think) and made me disgusted with that fact, and I want to think I've drifted away from the Sheep Herd at least. So thanks Emp, thanks for giving me a better place to go in the Internet. (Well, not sure if better still, but it's a lot more interesting at least, and I wouldn't want it any other way)
i got reminded of this exercise in unwarranted self importance from wavy’s video. when i first saw this video almost 5 years ago i thought it was a parody of people who think “meme culture” is a thing and act like memes are some form of high art. i didn’t understand why all the comments were actually agreeing with the message. i’m glad to see ppl in the comments aren’t buying this bullshit anymore and that emp grew up and has made better quality videos since this. personally if my classmates in 2009 knew what memes were i would have been ecstatic. maybe that would’ve made me less of a loner. guess that makes me a normie pleb.
2016 was a paradise for memeing. And this year you can just tell the presence of normies everywhere. I say time and time again, invest in edgy shit and normies will steer clear
ITS ALL BECAUSE OF THAT DAMN MEME WAR DAMNIT. Ever since Trump declared meme blitzkrieg on Hillary and the democrats, the meme factories have been kicked far too much too many good memes in a single sitting. Because of this, we are currently in a meme depression due to the lack of resources needed for memes.
My friend, no one has won. The normies will be stuck as usual with their content, while we will be forced to rebuild the factories and find a different source of meme energy to produce good content for us outsiders. Til then, WE WILL ALL FEEL THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT WILL COME IN THIS DARK TIME!
The Roid Raged Trex I'd consider it more of a meme recession rather than a meme depression, we got black thinky guy, he was around long enough to be funny but left before the normies took over.
we can't even have a meme of the month, it's more like meme of the week. and it takes time and thought to make a good meme, and when one is created, normies just reuse and repost. no innovation.
The Great Meme Depression of '17.... Yeah.. I remember that. Couldn't find a good meme anywhere. We were all lining up to get bee movie memes and we are number one memes. Dad came home and sold our meme account. He told me "Son, thats it. We won't have any more memes." One of the saddest days of my life. Every week we ended up with only 3 memes worth looking at, when we used to have hundreds. Instead, we got memes so bad we had to destroy the computer. Sad days, I tell you.
Wow you're right. Even Anthony Fantonio in his last meme review said that memes were moving slow lately. And all he had for that Spongebob meme was a long "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CARES!?!?
I dont know why but I really enjoy listening to your rants while practicing drawing they do kinda border on being whiney sometimes but they're all really good and bring up genuinly good points.
so when are we going to get a similar video about Pewdiepie's meme review videos, where he not only kills memes, but entire subreddit communities at the same time?
sirinterweb I used to enjoy pewds content and was probably responsible by association for killing memes. awareness can stop others making the same mistake spread the word
@Tarkus well how about now? As fas I'm voncerned he's no longer the "meme master" like what you stated in your comment? I'm just curious, you can hate him and I can't change that because everyone has different tastes and preferences. Just curious.
@Tarkus "People don't seem to realize pewdiepie was never good" aka. I don't like him therefore he is bad and no one can be entertained with his videos
Thotticus Supremus Because Emp is a hypocrite who calls some people out for the shit the people he likes does. I love emplemons content but it really fucking bugs me.
@my man Pretty much everything he would have to say about Pewdiepie doing the same shit Knowyourmeme did has already been said here, there's no reason to make the same video twice.
@Just some goose with internet access I watch PewDiePie's content, therefore he is subjectively good for me. You can say that I like it despite being bad or "not good" but that's just your subjective opinion.
@ScurvyBoi What i was trying to say is that something doesn't have to be good to be LIKED I never meant to say that Pewdiepie's content is good OR bad because that is subjective and everyone has their opinions about that all I said was that something doesn't have to be good to be enjoyed because you said "and nobody can be entertained by his videos" but that person probably didn't mean that.
@OFFLINE 0 Doesn't really refute my argument though, emp would still just be making the same video again. If you want to stand up to Pewdiepie, then do it yourself, share this video around and say "this all applies to Pewdiepie too," instead of expecting people to repeat themselves
@Jiggles the Clown he still shouldnt have done it and make a video for pewdiepie still doesnt make it okay and he knows that but keep worshiping emplemon whos your God
@Jiggles the Clown I didnt even watch behind the meme I just found it insane how much hate he got for making simple meme videos its honestly dumbfounding
@OFFLINE 0 It's that he made bad videos, which really would have stopped there if he didn't also proceed to *feed the trolls*, that one in particular is the main ingredient, like, he actually had to get his mom to come defend him in a video, at that point he was kinda asking for it
@OFFLINE 0 Again, he needed his mom to come defend him from Anthony Fantano lightly teasing him. If that's not asking for it, I dunno what is. But by all means, keep defending your king
I love the inclusion of classic rock in all your videos, really gets me interested. Especially Pink Floyd and Zeppelin. Now you just need some Skynyrd and you’ll be set
Excellent criticism of Behind the Meme. When I first found him I just thought he was just annoying and his content was bland but I never took the time to really delve deep into the true shittiness of his content. Overall very good video, good points, and pretty entertaining as well.
@AlonWoof emplemon really is an elitist in whatever he talks about, he is special and you should feek bad for even trying to be special like him. See that on the state on youtube and "oh how good and original YTPs were", because what he does is special
No-one says anything about Lessons in Meme Culture, because he actually knows what he's talking about and he actually puts some effort into his videos.
@SpainCat he still explains the meme. Same thing behind the meme did. Now I’m not saying that LIMC also deserves hate because let’s be honest, nobody does for EXPLAINING A FUCKING MEME
@RannettaPalelee123 so just because his videos were poorly made. Ok sure. Criticism of that is ok. However doxxing him and having this extreme hate is stupid
@AlonWoof have you watched of any of Emp's recent videos that is less than 2 years old? This video certainly didn't age well but I'm sure you did some really dumb and cringy stuff as a teenager.
@Mint Goldheart Well, I used to be subscribed for his YTPs. I used to watch them when I was a teenager. 10 years ago. So unless he was making YTPs in elementary school, I doubt he was a teenager when he made this one.
@AlonWoof he started his YTPs at 13 in 2010 if I remember correctly. That would make him 20 years old when this video came out and at 20 you're still not quite an adult. And I don't know if you looked at the video he made a year after this silly drama, but clearly he isn't proud of it. And you had watched any of his recent content you'd know Emp doesn't deal with YouTube drama anymore.
@Siddiq 069 Good its still up. Its shows confidence in how much he has grown since then instead of deleting it and acting like it never happened. His content in my opinion improved.
Doc, I'm pretty sure you said some pretty cringy shit 4 years ago. You should have left a relevant opinion years ago, but here you are feeding off the algorithm lol
Yes but the worst part was, other normies actually enjoyed and were inspired by those videos, causing even more "meme" accounts to be born on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
These are dark times for meme culture. There are still kids at my school, get this, WHO STILL TALK ABOUT HARAMBE. Then come the kiddies from vine, who watch a actual OG dank meme comp and then create fucking unfunny ear rape videos. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG ITS FUNNY BECUASE THERE TALKING CASUAL BUT LOUD RANDOM VIBRATIONS AND EMOJIS HAHAHA. Those aren't memes anymore goddammit, it's now normie territory.
I probably said this some time in the past somewhere on this channel, but your content is addicting and I can't help but rewatch these videos from start to finish every few days. No, I will stay an empty subscriber. Come at me, bro.
Hey EmpLemon. I'm loving your videos BUT I must say (as a sound engineer) that your audio mixing is abismal dude. And I don't say it like you suck, because that isn't true. I'm telling you because is pretty irritating having to run from across the room to low down the volume in some parts of MANY, if not all, of your videos. To accomplish this, I recommend applying a COMPRESSOR to the final mix and then a LIMITER. I understand that you used to make poop content but now you don't and these audio practices are so annoying in your videos, they don't add anything important neither, just a jump scare and makes you lower the volume immediatly and let yoy thinking "wtf man". Keep up the good work!! Love ya
Thats his ytp personality coming through. He has bin pretty Big in the scene when it was popular. It’s just Kind of his personality and Taste that there are just some louder scenes
Dat Guy2021-02-28 12:13:18 (edited 2021-02-28 12:15:02 )
Bro i need to say this. Im about to make YouTube videos and i really respect everything you say. Im legit TAKING NOTES! You Leafy, Spongebob and Simpsons video's all gave me TONS of input, stuff that i already knew got reenforced, things i "knew" but never actively thought of are brought to my attention, stuff i felt but wasn't sure if it was just me being weird makes me value those views. I could go on for ever.
If i get mildly successful, i will let you know because your a HUGE Inspiration to me in SO many ways right now! <3
@Dogeyboy Learned a shitton of things necessary already, (how to use different programms from 3D modelling to videoediting and Drawing, principles of animation, fundamentals of art, anatomy, etc.
Been slacking a little lately but by the end of this year i want my first video done. x)
Don't wait, work on something yourself. Time Investment is OP
everyone finding this nowadays calling this video so bad dont understand this happened in the time where basically everyone that followed any memepage below 100k thought this same exact thing
This video aged like milk as others have said. Imagine harrassing someone just because they were just trying to make memes more accessible, like dude, they are memes. Crazy how times have changed, now memes don't even live past 3 months. Emplemon was an edgy prick in this video.
No. His points are pretty valid. It is a content analysis, and sure it took time for Emp to realise that Kyle was just a naive person, but doesn't change how his content was generic crap.
@Sonic2Metro I don’t think it can be chalked down to naivety. Those videos of him doing that to himself we’re not that good of a thing to post I will agree on that. However it still was an actual interpretation of his own feelings. And yet emp just said “oh he’s stupid” instead of addressing how he actually had these thoughts. It’s a bit like kicking someone while they are down. A Bit of a dick move honestly
@Sonic2Metro the low effort is a good point but the idea of killing meme culture was basically just head cannon and him using it to create this us vs them mentality that encouraged the trolling were extremely damaging and irresponsible. Tbh I think after that vid defending BTM he ought to have taken this one down.
I think about this video a lot, mainly the first 6:30 mins. Like how normal can a normie get? And has memes let outsiders become normie benders, those with the power to control public discourse through the use of dank memes? I think that the first 6 or so minuets is one of the most intriguing view on society.
The way he categorizes people into two groups, normies and outsiders is extremely flawed.
There none or even few people who just “normy”. As in only consume mass media content and has absolutely 0 interest in any fringe media, hobbies or ideas. Most everyone has fringe personality traits. Some people like indie movies, some indie music and others it’s video games and others it’s cars. There’s typically something. And at the same time we call consume mass media. We all seen the newest Star Wars or marvel movie. Normie content is not not content dictated by a certain kind of person. It’s content that’s made to appeal to the most amount of people and that includes individuals with fringe and obscure likes and cultures. Your outcast meme lord is going to consume mass media. This idea that media is made for normies is just silly. There are no “normies”, everyone has their unique likes and interest. I’m sorry if yours mean that you’re alone and with no friends
The fact that the soundtrack of this video is not only formed by excellent songs, but are extremely well timed just makes it a thousand times better. Lemon really is a master of edition, even outside of YTP's.
My problem with BTM is not that he talks about memes (as if he was the first one to do it, which isn't), rather his format is BAD, no matter whether he talks about memes or movies or books or shit stains. It's dull, repetitive, carbon-copied and i felt like i had watched Disney Junior (or a kindergarten channel).
Ramón Elbal Ruiz He does that just to explain a meme what do you expect ? Something like this ? " HELLLOUTUB i am Xx_MeemzAreLIIfe69_xX666 woah aNd nOw i wiill show sOmE meemz so ur NuT lUNgEr a Normee REEEEE and tHis isa meem" its like a documentary it doesnt need to be funny its most for the data
Not necesarily that (that's extremely cringey), but he beats around the bush a lot (in a video about Crash Bandicoot's "woah" he went and talked about how technology has improved over the years, in a completely unrelated way), directly reads from KYM and Wikipedia (if you want to explain something, at least try to look like you know wth are you talking about) and shows really few or not so informative examples of the meme (in the YTP video, he could have shown clips from YTPs when he was explaining the techniques instead of using a bland reaction gif, besides, his attempts to reenact them weren't that good either).
Banana Forever imo that would probably be better. That would still be kinda obnoxious and stale, but it at least would be closer to meme culture. Either that or I would prefer something more akin to Digibro's content, where the analysis goes in depth and involves a decent amount of research. BTM honestly looks like Buzzfeed from what I've seen, not a decent discussion on memes.
The video brings good points on the subject but I just found some of the jokes done here attempting to be edgy and just end up being obnoxious and annoying. I like the video, if only the video didn't have ear rape every 5 seconds then I'd say this is a great video. Also yes I have seen your later videos and I've seen that you don't do that stuff anymore, I just wanted to point it out here.
I feel that Lessons in Meme Culture does this right. A great narrator, actually researches for the origins of memes, and brings normies up to our level, while at the same time, being good content for outsiders.
Why are people calling him a normie of been doing memes for some odds of times, and helping normies come to be not a normies who like memes, but become part of the meme world, from transforming from normies to memers? Is that we call our self? Well I started with yt p in 2014 because I was in a special ed school and I got out and started in public school, then the transforming of a ytpooper to normal memer? Don't know what to call it btw . Started from my new friends as behind the meme, so he help me from being that ytp guy in school to a dank memer. Thanks behind the meme. If you don't agreed with me, that is your opinion and yo
Shit didn't finish it. But your opinions and you are entitled to them. I accept it you don't agree with me, and I accept your rights to have an opinion. But I'm trying to enlighten you guys to see the ideas from another person.
Well he doesn't know his age group of his audience, and there for need to talk slower and explain what meme he is doing, and he use the internet for information. Wikipedia could be shady, but at least it is not CNN or WSJ
Hi I don't know you at all but here's a thank you for changing your mind on a topic based on information provided on the internet, you are a national treasure now congratulations.
It's not on the Know your meme page or Wikipedia so it's going to be hard to explain unless he Screenshots it or records it. But it will be a pretty good downvote video by EmpLemon Fans and Anthony Fans.
Let's wait for it to be on Know Your Meme or iFunny so that Behind The Meme can copy and paste it into his video and for him to edit it in with stock image and lazy GIFs.
He comes off as very condescending in this video. He is essential saying he is above, superior and more intelligent than the average person. This is the first time I've seen him like this
His Nascar video about the cursed racetrack was the first video I watched of him so this fieels pretty silly and cringe in comparison. People unironically using normie is also kind of grating.
When did you get that impression? His points are incredibly valid. Of course he realised that Kyle was just an innocent guy, and sure it isn't good that Kyle was harrassed. But this is the content analysis of fundamentally bad content
This was one of his first essay videos that he made, right when he was transitioning from making YTP. In retrospect, yeah this video didn’t age the best. But overall his videos have increased in quality so much since.
I think the reason these comments are so negative is because people honestly don't understand why Behind The Meme is generally damaging on a communications level. People seriously need to research the history of what we commonly know as "memes." Also, with people criticizing his use of Normie, what other word could he use to describe the people who get meme leftovers when internet culture is done with them?
Tupac Smalls Mathers its a problem because normies will use the meme so much that even normies will not find that meme anymore,did you even watched the video?
Salvo Denti I watched the video. It was trash. Who cares if people get sick of a meme. There is always a new great one on the way. Also stop saying the word normie.
Explaining a meme is like open mechanism of a gun you understand it better but if you put a part (Normies) to wrong place it will be explode in your hand.
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D D2017-09-15 20:01:21 (edited 2017-09-15 20:02:40 )
And why is this such a problem? It's seriously ironic that the community is complaining that "normies" are invading their personal "safe space". Almost as if there's this exclusive club with special snowflakes...
I see this history repeating itself with "meme"' channels that upload 20 edits of a meme per day. The pissing in a meme pool metaphor is so true that more people are pissing, and theyre pissing more. The day "meme channels" are eradicated. Memes will stop dying in 3 days.
Holy shit this was one of the funniest videos I've seen In a while. Emp, you're an excellent historian, but you truly are a god of earrape and poops. When you throw that in these videos, it's like if Michael Jordan was teaching a history class then suddenly did a massive slam dunk. Please do it more
God damn so gald emp grew out of this social outcast phase with an elite mindset. Can't believe he thought meme culture was "delicately" made and can be taken down just by some dude lol
You know what, I think teachers should let their students watch this video so the students can understand what's a normie and what's an outsider. The students can also be outsiders and they can avoid being a normie. I want a future where the balance of normies and outsiders returns or the future where the world doesn't have normies anymore. What do you think?
But actualy the fact that that memes become overused by normies is actualy good as it forces change and devolopment in the meme culture which makes things always intresesting and have more chance of being more and more entertaining
ayy lmao Which one is more rational? A person who compares memes getting killed to buildings burning or someone who doesn’t compare memes getting killed to buildings burning?
@ayy lmao stop this toxic behavior. The original comment said "become overused by normies". Meaning the quick life span of memes forces constant change that gives room to constant "improvement". That logic really doesnt work with houses, its a bad comparison. I think it could be compared to Presidents. New Presidents will always show up, make mistakes and go. This cycle of each president failing to fix something always gives room to change and actually forces it, also people would be bored if their country would be perfect. With each improvement life gets better, but there is a limit to that, when that limit is reached or exceeded its bad.
@ayy lmao as always, a person im talking on the internet behaves like they arent the problem. Great. Nobody said i wasnt toxic, i only said stop being toxic. There was no hint at me saying/meaning "im not toxic". Your made up crap, keep it to yourself. Your analogy isnt as good as mine. Im rn gonna think about your analogy 1 last time........no it just doesnt make sense, it doesnt involve the masses like memes. Presidents to involve masses....since they vote.
This video is too short. We need more commentary from ya man. It's my favorite part of this channel when you mix memes and commentary into a smoothie like this
The best way to describe a normie is like that annoying little cousin that comes over to your house and starts touching and ruining all the Lego creations that you worked so hard on and spent so much time building. In fact they ruin your creations so badly that you cant even build the model anymore because half the pieces are missing so you just end up giving them the old pieces to let them make whatever garbage they want to. After a while you cave in and decide to get another lego set but once again the cycle repeats itself.
@Incognito Of course there's a point where it becomes just being an asshole, but niche content is more valueable than mainstream media. It's like diamonds, why are they so valuable? because they're rare. Not only is niche content harder to create because there aren't anywhere near as many known conventions to follow as there is with mainstream media, but often niche stuff honestly is more complex. Basic things appeal to everyone, look at the logos for just about any mainstream company and I'd be surprised if you could spot more than 2 colours. Back when these companies were smaller their logos used to be more elaborate 9 times out of 10, just look at the old Google Chrome logo. Complex things appeal far more, but only to the people that appreciate them. I mean - I hate rock music, but I personally would have far more respect for some metal head that listens to hardcore screamo saying it's the best music ever, than someone who listens to nothing but Gangnam Style, Ed Sheeran and Kanye West songs on repeat and claims to have the best taste in music. (not targetting them in particular, just talking about pop music in general.)
I will agree that while I agree with EmperorLemon's overall philosophy in this video, he goes a bit too far into the realms of pretentious, but I mean can you blame him? The YTP community's constantly misunderstood by people outside of it, and BehindTheMeme made the situation much worse. At the point he's made this video too, he's just had to deal with hundreds of his new "fans" constantly spamming him to make a sequel to one of his videos he explicitly said he was not going to do. He's had to deal with the ignorance of others around him for a while at this point. Things have gotten better now, but at the time of this video things were not going well for him.
Jose Rivera or the lil cousin who wants to play games and DELETES ALL MY SAVED FILES TO START A NEW GAME WHEN HE COULD HAVE STARTED A NEW GAME WITHOUT TOUCHING MY SHIT
thatistheplan You know what I am sold. I don't hate BTM but he isn't that great. He did a terrible job at explaining some memes and I know this (ESPECIALLY Ken Bone it made him look bad). The "roast" on you felt awkward and unneeded.
Edit: I unsubbed to him while I was scrubbing my YT channels to channels I was no longer interested. I felt the videos were all too similar and there was nothing I could look forward to that I haven't seen. I will check your channel in greater detail later but if EmoLemon likes you I think I shall like you.
Hey it's you!!! The guy who was mentioned in the video!!!
But yeah that's probably the response Behind The SENTENCE SHIFTING's gonna give to this (I'm being too optimistic with my idea of him getting the message). But I'm a woman myself and I try you know?
I'm okay with being called a normie because I kinda am. I'm just doing my best to be an outsider (even though I just realised I kinda am in a way).
But I don't see why the FUCK he didn't just roast you himself. Probably too scared.
And he should be especially now!!! The meme nation will attack.
@Jose Castillo no but we should raid the channel as an act of revenge or maybe we could give these guys a taste of their own medicine by accusing them of alt right like how they did to Fantano's channel so the rest of the MSM can give them a bad reputation and the MSM will fall for anything
Dude had a bright future ahead of him, seems like the hate got to him, feels kind of undeserved. Although I guess this was during a time of when edgyness was thriving, wrong place wrong time.
Posts shitty videos to earn easy money Fakes his suicide after slight criticism States that he promotes mental health Yeah, no. Nothing of value was lost that day
I remember when I was like 8 and loved watching Behind the Meme and remember when the whole thisistheplan situation happened and how I was so mad at Anthony for criticizing one of my favorite channels.....not my best moment
Inside jokes are only funny among a few people, no? Well, if more people know about it, you abandon it...WHY? Because now if you tell the joke, more people will find it funny? Wow, cool. I didn’t know that was a valid reason to HARASS SOMEONE AND PUT THEIR LIFE IN DANGER ONLINE
An Inside Joke is something only a few people should know. The saying "the more, the merrier" is false in the modern era. Because in this case, more people who know a joke, more people will say a joke. And by that, the joke becomes bland and repeated everywhere. So, that joke becomes an abandonment.
Freddi Why do you guys even pay attention to the people who are supposedly "ruining your memes?" They don't have to exist to you if you don't want them to.
Luke Mixon Maybe if that’s bothering you, you should get off the Internet and stop consuming memes altogether for regular periods of time. This will allow the joke to not go to rectal matter. Other people don’t enjoy it anymore? That’s their problem.
Luke Mixon I don’t think I ever saw a meme that was completely unavoidable no matter where you went. I never searched up “how to install blah blah blah” and then saw a massive wave of unhelpful jokes.
my man really didn't know how to balance his audio back in the day, these old videos are pretty much unwatchable on speakers without adjusting the volume heaps
@Lolita Goth You're calling something cringe, then proceed to spew out stuff like "special snowflake" and "do your homework, kid". Classical normie boomer meme lord wannabe.
Just one question: is the US economy really so far down that being employed is considered... well, something worth mentioning at all? I've been bumping into people who boast about simply being employed more and more often in recent years. What the fuck?
@Lolita Goth I'm not though, that's why I'm asking.
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Familia Youtuber2020-07-14 01:43:04 (edited 2020-07-14 02:11:32 )
@Lolita Goth Dude, neither you nor the others in this comment section quite needed to throw shit at each other in a fruitless manner, I really don't think someone who is actually aware of how meaningless, and sometimes even harmful to your relationships with others, these discussions are would still go into the comment section, go annoy someone who they know won't sit and take it, and then respond to every single reply they get. You can do whatever you want with your time, but trying to always get the last response due to whatever your asspulled reason for arguing with these guys is wouldn't be on the top of my priority list. Really the only reason why I'm even replying in a "battle" that's not even mine is because it's always annoying to see people who are not aware of how condescending they sound, especially with how you think you already got out of that "superiority complex phase" just to sit down and type furiously on your phone or computer a comment that no one's gonna care about but that people will remember for future interactions with you, if you think that channels like these are full of hornet nests, then don't go around flailing a bat randomly at the first thing you see that doesn't sit right with you, you're right, a lot of people have sh*tty or rather unmemorable lives, so it would be best to show them that going into the internet while desperately looking for a distraction won't reward them with just some random dude on the internet who thinks their opinion matters more than yours, hell, the world is kinda sh*tty in general, so I would recommend acting in a more empathetic way so people know that at least someone out there acknowledges their existance and that there are communities to which they can go if they need help instead of the almost childish, nonsensical debates that one can find on nearly any youtube video, regardless of topic. Life usually ain't nice, and telling others discouraging things just because you think you have a pride to defend isn't gonna make it nicer neither for them nor you
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Familia Youtuber2020-07-14 02:15:23 (edited 2020-07-14 02:17:50 )
@Lolita Goth Well, I wouldn't expect you to go through the metric shit ton of stuff that I wrote and memorise it for a test, but I at least hope that you take something from it and maybe even correct if I'm wrong on something instead of writing it all off for its length, though I accept that I went a bit overboard for a simple comment
You did the worst thing, 1.6M views, you probably explained what a normie is to a normie. We are about to enter a dark age where normies think they are outsiders.
The only solution is for the outsiders to become normies. Once all the normies are outsiders and the outsiders are all normies, then the outsiders will still be outsiders, but will ironically be known as normies.
Why can't we all just like stuff because we like it, not because less people like it or more people like it, I like games that have a mass following not because of that fact, but because I enjoy it. Call me a normie, but atlest ill be happy
Thats bullshit even tho i found this video hilarious and I despise behind the meme boy, there is no such things as normie and even if there is there are definitly not "outsiders". Whole explenation of outsider sounded like bullied kid crying about others being normies while hes special.
3 years later look at this video's comment section, OP's prediction came true and it's true generally for all of the internet except for what little places we have left.
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Jerry Smith2021-10-29 17:08:56 (edited 2021-10-31 14:34:51 )
Ooh boy, how the internet has changed over the last 4 years
the amount of people in this comment section that call this cringy and cancer just pisses me off. even if emplemon put a bunch of ytp edits in, doesnt change the fact that he called out btm on how bad he is at memes, like did nobody fucking watch the video, or did they stop after the 3rd earrape? like when i see emplemon use earrape and his normal jokes in other videos, its fine, but for some reason now he gets hate for it? people these days, cant take jokes. all these people that have no idea what they are talking about can just get off the stage, they are making me miss the contest. great vid emplemon, keep it up.
Fosterpin the latter, besides if emplemon was taking memes seriously, it was to prove a point that behind the meme doesnt know jack shit about them, besides if people really think he takes memes too seriously, they are going off one video that they saw. he talks about memes seriously, he doesnt take them seriously. just because a meme is silly, or retarded, doesnt mean you can have serious discussions about them
This is so relevant today, anyone even remember the grubhub ad? that thing stopped being used after almost 2 weeks. That thing with the "Oh you like Star wars? Name every clone trooper then." was able to get a bit of an exhale at first, but channels begun milking it and milking it until it was all you'd see them upload.
I actually edited the comercial for fun because I do bad edits when I am bored to an extreme, I just wanted to do something related to All Star from Smash Mouth
You also had that " Eekum Bokum " meme. That died out faster than an infected goldfish. I never even found it funny, it's just some random person repeating a Banjoo Kazooie sound effect.
Remember the oversimplified logos meme? That's right, you don't. Because 90% of the memes about it were text-to-speech saying "oh good day to be alive. I hope [company name] doesn't oversimplifie my logo!". Nowadays memes are so oversaturated and repetitive, that they die in less than 2 weeks.
Yea its kinda depressing. I remember when memes would last a good while. It may as well not even be called memes at this point since everyone knows the meme. Memes from what I understand are basically inside jokes but mass spread. once the normies got ahold of meme culture it was bound to get bad. because normies make everything worse.
Just discovered your channel and have been binging your old videos for two days but I gotta say, watching this after watching you complain about the YTP community hating on you is kind of ironic. It’s not a 1-1 situation but it’s pretty ironic still
Good grief. I’ve watched this about three times and never bothered to look at that Britain-Made WWII-era poop. Our senses of humor haven’t changed all that much.
Always loved you Emp. Back when BTM was still thriving I was on your side on this, but now, as an adult with morals and definitely not as nerdy as I was 5 years ago, a lot about this videos just feels more wrong. Sure, exploring the history and culture behind memes was a job anyone could do, but tell that to anybody else nowadays because it makes no sense to me that you say that, but THEN you fucking say he can't have that role. I mean, if your goal was, in the end, give him constructive criticism to fix his videos, then maybe you and Anthony Fuckface or whatever that guys name was should've been more direct, and actually constructive rather than demeaning and rude ON TOP of your normal criticisms. You can't expect change if you don't actually present it in a way the other person might like. I'm gonna be a little hypocritical here, but I think this video contains some of the most nerdy lines ever spoken. "hE's eXPoSinG OuR prECIouS mEMEs tO tHE nOrmIEs." is definitely hyperbolic, but things along those lines came up in the video several times and it really, genuinely just gives me Reddit energy. You also present this video as a theory, I can't remember 2017 all too well but I imagine theories were just a big thing at the time because there's literally no point now, or then, in calling this video a fucking theory. It's just a roast that led a man off of his throne by assholes who just couldn't be nice or constructive. In conclusion, this video is 5 fucking years old. Me replying to it probably has no effect because maybe you've learned since then, or maybe you'll go on not caring that a big channel carried by a kind soul was brought to it's knees. Maybe I shouldn't be caring either by this point. I know I have a lot more important things to do than remember a meme historian from several years ago and rant about him a little. But it's whatever. I still love your videos, Emp. Just thought I'd share my thoughts on this old piece.
Matthew Root No, if people really wanted to find out about memes, then they can check it themselves, find out new things about the meme. While I may be a normie, at least I want to find out even a tiny bit about what I'm being shown. It takes two minutes to go though a KYM page, not much life lost there and if you have 2/3/4/5G you can check it on the go, so no, your argument holds no water.
I fall somewhere in between normie and outsider. I believe most people fit that category. With that being said. I love my dank memes, and hate it when they get diluted by people who don’t respect the source material.
Yesterday we went to the graveyard to grieve over one of my uncles who just died.
2 of my cousins came (who are 6 and 7 years old) started DABBING, saying "swag" (of all things) and doing BOTTLE FLIPS (the ones that landed perfectly made them scream) around other graves, i was so fucking mad at them i wanted to let them know that shit is gonna get them humiliated in the future.
Yes that cringy shit is an epidemic in elemntary and middle schools right now, my younger cousins are doing the same exact shit and I see it everywhere
Every time my brother dabs, does a bottle flip, or tries to act cool I want to punch him. I am sorry for your loss to I know how you feel. My grandmother died of cancer two years ago. My brother didn't want to go to the funeral.
Many of The kids in my grade dab , some use fidget spinners and use Them All The time(1/3 are girls),one uses memes that died 3 years ago,two still fanboy about roblox( one Doesn't use The internet that much,The other one was mentioned before) luckily theres five more people like me.
For my birthday, my parents bought me a fidget spinner because they knew I disliked them. I still have it to this day, and I'm thinking of either tossing it in a fire or selling it to an immature kid at my school.
Nobody probably cares, but I thought I could elaborate on this.
Jack Redplay in 5th grade I was in special ed and my teacher would let me sit with the general ed kids (witch i regret) and 80% of the time they would dab bottle flip their milk jugs and lie that they have you tubers in there Xbox live friends list and they think I'm weird the teachers then got sick of the kids bottle flipping there milk jugs and told them to stop and then they kept doing it anyways and then they were saying school is prison because they can't share there food even though you never know we're the fuck they put there hands the one thing that always bothered me is the youtubers in their Xbox live friends list part they would say: I hAVe H20 DerUeS in MY friends list sigh I always wonder what the new generation of kids will be like probably awful little shits.
I have no friends at my school because everyone they're all normies they bully me and when I'm stressed they say DAB IT OUT and when I go tell them to stop because they are annoying they say dab on those haters... YOU CANT ESCAPE THE NORMIES. EVEN IN DECEMBER OF 2017
Anti-normies aren't really that different from normies. They just want to find some meaning for themselves and find it in some pretty worthless stuff. At least normies realize how worthless it really is and just roll with it while anti-normies get all twingy gatekeepers for something worthless. Their stuff earns to get normified.
26:50 I think we ran out of clean water. The unsustainable roaring '20s esc economy of memes from this time finally caught up with us, and it seems like it's collapsed into a depression in, ironically, the 2020s. We are still using the same old memes over and over again, and there hasn't been a big super meme in awhile. This isn't just another meme drought like '16 or '19, google trends shows that after march 2020, the economy collapsed. It has been decreasing over the past 2 years, and has reach a low not seen since 2015, 6 years ago. Just like the actual economy during the 20th century, all it took was a spark like the lockdown to blow the whole thing up. Now we have memes that last as long as they did in the pre-normie era, but since normies now have excess to this stuff like never before, memes have the shell life of a meme during the 2015-2019 era, the worst possible combination of each era's respective traits. It's like going from a fine wine that you can drink for years, to a bottle of juice that only lasts a few weeks, to continuingly poisoning yourself by drinking something that only lasts a few weeks for 2 years. All we do now is swim in the same old piss travelling aimlessly, hoping and praying that we can find a new lily pad to jump onto before we drown.
this video is- eh i love emp but honestly this video is kinda hard to watch, he was in highschool and it shows lol. some of his points were- kind of right? i think it’s just the way he brings up his points just makes him look like an asshole on the internet glad he ended up being a m u c h more adept content creator over time, also the earrape still is awful here holy shit lmao
But when you try to make new a new frog ot try something new with a frog, it can help a lot when you know the literal ins and outs of the frog and use it to innovate new... frogs...
lessons in meme culture does a really good job of exploring the origin of memes as well analyzing the ideas that go into their creation and deeper developments they represent within internet culture
it's been 4 years. we're in hell. creativity is almost entirely dead. memes live for days at best. 4chan and tumblr and the closest we have to homes. all hope is lost
@キノ eh, they moved now on Twitter ever since the nsfw purge. Tumblr's pretty dead but I'd rather chill there for fanarts and stuff rather than lose braincells on the birb site
The lego movie shows the difference between normies and the outsiders. Think about it. Emmet, the main character was an outsider trying to fit in with the normies until he realized that there was other outsiders.
Furthermore, Pres. Business wanted to keep his own world ( he rules the entire world.... ) the exact way it was until our lil hero told him people were making something new out of his creations.
well the funny thing is, I was a normie, I confess, and I learned memes from Behind The Meme, and here I am, hating the creator that brought me into this world
Where you seriously getting worked up over him “ruining meme culture”? Really? Memes aren’t suppose to be taken seriously yet here you are defaming a person over criticism that, while subjective, wasn’t warranted in hindsight.
I personally believe that "Lessons in meme culture" is far, far greater, it gets to the point, and has a commentator that doesn't sound like he lacks vocal chords causing him to use his fucking ears, or his ass, so yeah, that's why he's so good, but fantan is still perfection in my opinion and in the opinions of every sane person on Earth
Brendan 4 Emp has different morals. Syndrome had the goal of everyone being low and the same. If I were to guess, Emp would most likely rather everyone unified higher up together, then low.
I remember in 2018 I kept saying I wasn't a normie, but whoever made memes to me wasn't a normie, and I'd always repost memes to Snapchat and Instagram and twitter and always wanted everything easy. Thought I was cool. Well I completely proved myself to be a normie in 2018. and when I did make a meme, it was unfunny. Anyway, that is just special needs at it's finest... No, I don't use any sm anymore so that's one thing.
Also, my child self detail on what youtube poops are "Tv shows that are edited and are inappropriate"
Tbh Limc is leagues better than behind the memes in quality since Limc just gets to the point of his videos and does his research But I agree the internet does go through phases that last a few years
Emp doesn't just blindly follow trends though, he wouldn't do it for two other reasons:
1. His 1st video caused BTM to literally get doxed and he felt bad about it. 2. LIMC is a much better channel and way less condescending, so he probably doesn't have a problem with him.
Aged like fine milk. Honestly miss this guy. Not lemon… behind the meme. Genuinely didn’t deserve the hate and would probably be very successful if he covered tiktok trends or something. He was actually very ahead of the curve
Marii Nito2022-03-04 04:55:02 (edited 2022-03-04 14:20:00 )
@SpainCat Criticised? Definitely Rallying a bunch of 12 year old Redditors who thinks liking memes is a "Personality trait" + makes you a "cool non normie outcast" thus cyberbully someone for doing what he liked even though he didn't ask for it? Definitely not
His videos were low quality and 98% of the time he completely missed the point of each meme and poorly explained them to his wide audience. Lessons in Meme Culture is a way better channel that serves his purpose, and I'm glad BTM gave way for that channel instead.
Meme's are the "inside joke" of the internet. you sometimes keep it away from people you deem "uncool or unworthy" and share it with people you share similarities with. just think about it, you watch a movie with a friend, you both find a quote funny, then later you keep quoting it.
No wonder the circle game transitioned easily, it was a meme before meme awareness.
"You'll die in seven days if he makes of video of you" behind the memes channel seems lacking now, ironically he seemed to be a content creator who can kill trends.
BtM is the kid talking during class and the teacher stops and says "Well seems like you know this already, how about you come up here and teach the class?" And he actually tries to teach the class and be funny about it but nobody is laughing.
Emplemons content is really good but please do not make this your overall impression of him. This video has aged horribly bad and his new content is much better
I see you quite often, your-ah bring reason to most comment sections ; I hereby awahd you with a Presidential Medal of Freedom for bringing peace and redpills never stop, never ponder - bring the truth. Also 10/10
internet historian is a million times more informative, interesting and UNIQUE than BTM. The majority of what IH focuses on is 4chan events that only 4chan users would even recognize, and 95% of the rest would have never even heard about. BTM is the lowest hanging fruit of this kind of culture
“Our task is not to champion the degrading of the revolutionary to the level of an amateur, but to raise amateurs to the level of revolutionaries.” — Lenin
I agree. EmpLemon pointed out real problems with his content and never attacked him personally. I feel sorry for BTM though, as the "haters" weren't as polite about it as emplemon.
BTM shoved himself in mirror, blurred face, shooting himself with a fake gun that had gunshot sound and blood effect edited. With at the end it says “BTM is dead (kinda)” and even if it was real, in the fake videos he says that he has no friends, and if he had no friends who would upload the video after he would die and still edit it.
@Jo Eb Yeah, considering this video is about how shitty his channel is, he did expect that. What you are probably trying to say is "he wanted to get people to personally attack the person behind the video", but that is false.
26:55 God, this is so true. I miss back when memes were still relevant YEARS after being made. Now one doesn't even last a month...(looking at you, 'Jack-o Challenge')
1:10 Chapter I: The Normie Dilemma 5:55 Chapter II: 21st Century Memescape 9:00 Chapter III: Behind The Me-diocre CONTENT 10:49 Chapter IV: Behind The Meme: A Content Analysis 17:06 Chapter V: Behind The Meme vs. Anthony Fantano 23:13 Chapter VI: Behind The Meme vs. 4chan 25:39 Chapter VII: The Trial of Behind The Meme 29:49 Chapter VIII: Loose Ends
+Apandah When Lemon legit said that he isn't "exposing" Behind the Meme but viewers (aka Normies) wish to incite drama. Basically how YouTube drama happens I guess, one YouTuber makes a video of light criticism, then the normies in the fanbase or a normie viewer wishes to take this to incite drama.(or attempt) I admit, not always normies incite drama, but generally they do.
I find it kind of strange that Emp calls out BehindtheMeme for stealing meme review from Anthony Phantano, but when PewDiePie does it ( didn't even change the name) he doesn't say anything...
@Gustav Ferreira That's not part of the argument. I was saying that Pewdiepie downright stole meme review from Anthony Phantano. He didn't even change the name and the rating system is the same. Also, does he really review memes better? All he does is reacting to the memes, the same thing he does in LWIAY and You laugh, you lose. At the beginning he also used to rate the memes, but as the parts went on he did it less and less, so it's not even a review anymore, it's just a try not to laugh, except he laughs anyway.
@Wapoose Normie memes have completely deviated from regular memes now. Although I do like Sonic text to speech memes though. I was one of SuperSonicgamer03's original viewers. Probably one of the most original memes to come out in a while. Perish your marketable plushie or I will send you to Minecraft!
@EmpLemon I think your take on normie vs. outsider culture is extremely interesting, but do you think that it's possible to switch sides on this? A person becoming swallowed by a mainstream culture and becoming a normie without realizing it or a normie delving into a niche community to the point where they find themselves uncomfortable with others that aren't a part of said community?
I know this is old video but I agree with what you’re saying. Reminds me of the truism that by the time fashion trends reach soccer moms (now called Karens in 2021) the trend is over.
I like to think that 4chan is like a great meme mine. It’s dirty, dark, and not pretty, but they smelt the best memes from the dankest ore deposits. It’s not for everyone, but they’re the foundation of the meme economy.
Arturs Krasnickis omg. All this time i had a misconception, iam deeply sorry for my stupid assumption as i have anger issues also, might as well delete it.
Iam deeply sorry and i hope you forgive me.
Edit: didnt read all of it because i now already noticed that u said u bashed on the normies
Hello, i know im 5 years late to ask this question but I have a quick question and yes, it is related to the video. Is memes still short or have they become longer? Im asking since you released the video 5 years ago and it would make my day. Thanks for taking your time to read this comment and have a amazing day
Another analogy that could explain why Behind The Meme is bad could be this, say you made a cake, a dang good cake in fact. It's got a decent fanbase that respects the cake. But then someone gives a horribly made tutorial on how to make the cake, and soon everyone who hadn't seen the cake makes it so badly and now you want to stop doing anything related to the cake.
SuperGamelyGamer basically the whole "poor" job workers, the ones you claim are "contributing to society", but they're more like being cogs in a system.
SuperGamelyGamer not all of them, but there were some. granted, they weren't fond of gore or whatever, but they didn't blindly follow trends. Normies think school is completely necessary for intellect. Edison didn't.
Normies also refuse change.
When Aristarchus came up with heliocentrism, he wasn't supported, because blind Faith was trendy at the time.
Granted, only one person I mentioned was an actual inventor, but the point is that outsider isn't necessarily synonymous to "NEET".
SuperGamelyGamer that's the thing. Most good "memers" don't follow the crowd. And no, we don't look at them 24/7, like you normies stereotype. Many of us game, too.
Memes have gotten to the point that people don't like seeing a meme more than once, as if they've lost all of their comedic value through one viewing. It's sad.
I wanted to add that the word meme I believe was coined by Dr Richard Feynman to describe infectious ideas Also it’s hard to listen you complain about memes lol 😂
@I'm a rock. its not about the memes, its about btms content did you even read what i said? Emp was upset that behind the meme made a shitty, pandering video poorly explaining ytps that would make the general audience think every instance of a ytp would be like the first one.
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@WeebGunner Yeah, I did read it. That why I said, and will say once again, who cares? So the hell what if BTM made shitty meme videos? They are about fucking memes. Memes are not important. It's pathetic that people legitimately got angry, and harrassed a dude over some bad meme videos. Liking memes, and making ytps aren't personality traits. I beg of you; touch some grass, please.
@I'm a rock. oh no i completely agree with you about the harassment, but that doesn't mean genuine criticisms like emps aren't valid, even if he was poking fun at btm also, touched grass this morning, on my way to school, thx for the reccomendation tho i'll do it again.
@I'm a rock. It's not important to you, but people care about it. Which is why it makes sense for the people who care about it to try and keep people like Behind The Meme from fucking up the whole thing. In the end, sports don't matter. Video games don't matter. YouTube arguments don't matter. But we still care about these things because not everything needs to be the most important thing on the planet.
@BedrockCastle777 imagine caring this much about reddit-tier memes, especially 2017 memes when BTM was harassed. memes that literally no one gives a shit about a month later
@TheNextGeneration Nobody gave a shit about 2017 memes after a month because BTM was slaughtering them. You are pointing at what destroys your own argument and using it as evidence.
@BedrockCastle777 by your logic, lessons in meme culture (an almost carbon copy of BTM) is also killing memes, yet no one here seems to bitch about him or they move the goalpost saying his content is somehow different
I mean people talking about meme culture is basically like any entertainment franchise. People only say meme culture because the internet has really specific humour. Because I use the internet a ton I’d catch onto that. It’s just your strawmanning is silly, if you didn’t care about meme culture than you wouldn’t be a fan of EmpLemon.
They were memes of the moment. They are bound to die fast anyway, like This Is America memes, Even Steamed Hams. They are funny at the beginning, then people start making shit because the good ideas run out and they die. Things that never die easily are memes normally used during a conversation Like posting a pun and a carlos pic. Memes like these only die when people start using it for everything without giving a shit about the context. kinda like what happened with certain frog or the badly drawn guy with a white face and a big smile
I know that Behind the Meme was severely criticized, but remember that EmpLemon gave constructive criticism. Behind the Meme was looking at it from the wrong angle. Negative things tend to attract more attention. He most likely assumed that 75% of the viewers hated his guts. I too thought Behind the Meme was just a normal normie who wasn't insecure and had family and friends. It's because he seems to be extremely distant from people, he made videos about memes because it gave him a reason to keep going. As of today, he compares himself to Icarus, "you get too close to the sun, you fall". You get a little too happy, you get all of that joy sucked out like it was never there. He feels like he can't enjoy happiness, because if he feels a little joy, it will be taken away as soon as he begins to believe that his life doesn't suck. Just like EmpLemon, I don't like mediocre content and I don't give UN-constructive criticism. Behind the Meme could have pulled himself out of his mistakes, but continued in his mistakes anyway. EmpLemon was a bit harsh and overcritical about Behind The Meme's content, but he didn't directly hate the guy nor influence hate on Behind the Meme. The point that EmpLemon was making, was that mediocre/effortless content in general was and still is being rewarded more than actually exceptionally, qualitative, and innovative content. The principle that was being taught, is destructive on society. Behind the Meme was just a great example at the time to discuss about this recent issue.
True, but him criticizing BTM due to effortless content and gaining views, kind of looks like jealousy. Emp having 300k+ subs and quality videos and BTM having 700k+ subs and effortless vids, who gives a shit? The audience are the ones to decide whether or not he would watch the video. Either Emp's content is bad or uninteresting or BTM's videos are "good" or interesting.
The problem is that the main hate bandwagon started off by people misinterpreting the meaning of emps video (which he addressed in some of his older videos I believe) so he did have a reasonable amount of influence on what happened or is about to happen. Also, a lot of "memers" are just glorified shit posters so I don't think they have the right to judge anyone's content.
@CB0931 1. YOUTUBE IS NOT EMPLEMON’S JOB SO HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT SUBS HES SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES 2. Behind The Meme appeals to a waaayyy larger audience (those who don’t think for themselves and need someone to explain stuff for them) 3. BTM’s content is legitimately mediocre at best, you cannot deny that
@73days The amount of effort shitposters put into their memes is very evident even in this video. They have the right to criticize someone who puts little to no effort into their content
This is like the tenth time I have watched this and I can’t explain how much I love this rant. The editing style and the way you put together your points is so entertaining that I can’t settle watching this just once, twice, or even five times. Many applauds to you, Emp
I keep watching old EmpLemon vids bc I tend to consume as much of a “video essay” type creator’s content when I first sub to them, and this stuff that’s over a year old is so mean Maybe being 4 years ahead makes this outdated, or maybe it’s because I’m from a completely different part of the internet, but there’s a real resentful streak in these guys I guess in the downward spiral video he talks a little about it, and this is part of that trend, dunno, it’s just a little funny because I started watching because of the video about hungrybox and melee It’s funny because the things I like about his vids are similar to things I like in a youtuber like super eyepatch wolf; some guy talking about a thing he likes whilst keying the audience into the history and details of why fans find it important Funnily enough, it’s the same kind of thing he praises Anthony Fantano (did i spell that right) for here I’m just glad I found this channel after all the YouTube drama stuff died down, because I’m not a fan of the whole looking down on “normies” (heavy scare quotes) mindset It isn’t the average media viewers fault for what they consume, it’s big ass media creators for marketing their stuff to such a huge audience. When you come down to it, internet people just aren’t the “outsiders” anymore. Every toddler with an iPad has access to the internet nowadays, but that isn’t inherently a bad thing; just means we’re more connected I didn’t even know about behind the meme before watch EmpLemon’s videos about him, clearly he wasn’t actually leaving that much of a negative impact (which ofc Emp actually has another video about how he was kind of harsh in this video, man ain’t stupid) The thing that is super missing from this video about memes though, is the actual academic analysis of what a meme is. They are defined by being easily spread, and today’s memes are infamous for how self referential they are. The memefication of memes. Plus, there’s no “meme economy”, we don’t have finite memes, and internet edgelords don’t get to control who is and isn’t allowed to make jokes for god’s sake Anyway go watch EmpLemon’s other video about that nascar racer named dale eahr… earh… “air-hart”, it’s very very good
modern youtube in general became super sanitized (artificially) and I don't mean as in "we can't say racial slurs anymore jksfdsf" compared to pre adpocalypse YT. Everyone has to worry about everything they say due to the constant threat of demonetization/sponsorship loss and corporations are the primary focus, not the creators. I thought he was a loser but a good example of this was when YT changed policy specifically bc they wanted to delete leafys channel from the site. so people were able to speak a lot more freely on the site (in terms of cadence/style not content) back then so of course some people would be negative.
people like to spam the "gatekeeping" and "normies" nomenclature and its generally cringe (even back then) but there is some truth in it (and if people discount it completely they are part of the problem). if you've ever been on reddit you can see this just by going to r/popular and see how almost all of the top subreddits are the same (there is also an issue of powermods manipulating content there but thats not close to as important as the general size increase). when communities are small, you inherently have to be more interested in the subject to find it and have more passion for the topic than someone who joins a community with 10 million members. not trying to say that popularity is indicative of quality for media bc i disagree with that notion, but moreso that larger communities trend towards a lower quality of posts because even if the same core demographic of dedicated fans is there, a majority of the new fans will not care about the subject as much and dilute the quality and identity of the community. however, i think this is just inevitable bc its not ok to bully people to keep them out of your group so there's no ethical ways to prevent this from happening. the best we can do is try to assimilate them but every group has a different breaking point for how many people they can integrate without losing the identity of what made the group special in the first place
also sorry for the essay in reply lol i just find these changes over time in internet dynamics to be really interesting, i'd recommend checking out the channel internet impact as she discusses a lot of similar ideas
@kstiemsma This is true! You're getting at a lot here that I wasn't able to cover in my original comment. I'll meet your essay in reply with another one if you don't mind, I also find this stuff really interesting.
I think some of this comes down to whether you consider there being more bad quality content in a community a bad thing. It's a give and take; the more fans making stuff for something, the more good and bad quality content you have PERIOD. Granted, I'm not on Reddit, so I can't speak to that side of it, but on YouTube at least, taking video essays as an example, a few years ago you had very few channels making this kind of stuff, and there was a lot of run over between film review and commentary and all sorts of other popular topics. The people who were more "video essay" focused, for the sake of our example here, probably had higher quality stuff they were putting out. Now that the genre is more defined (and because YT has realized this is a type of content they can shove viewers down a watch hole for) there's a lot more video essays and essayists, inevitably leading to more content that's gonna be low effort or not interesting, ie lower quality. Thing is, from my view, I'm watching a lot more video essays these days by a lot more people, and I find them to be more interesting than the stuff I was watching in say 2014. Just taking EmpLemon here, since that's the video we're on, I like a lot of his new content, obviously better than I like this video or any of the older stuff, and I didn't even know who he was when the amount of content coming out from the genre was smaller. When something gets bigger there's more infrastructure to support it, so it gets easier for people to make content. The easier it is to make something, the more people are gonna make something that might not take as much effort, but that's also gonna make it easier for people who are really passionate to make something even better. Actually there's a really good example of this in Folding Ideas' video on NFTs irt to websites, how things went from individual pages that were easy for anyone to code, to social media and platforms because of the increased capacity of the internet to make these more quality webpages, but it being harder for an individual to do. I could... go on, this is a huge topic, but I think you get my point, lol. Thanks for the good read, I'll check out that channel you recommended too
I know I'm really late to the party here. but come on, why put such good music as background? I find it hard to focus on the script, I lose myself too much in the songs
You do realize how calling yourself an "outsider" is the equivalent of saying "I'm not like the other kids", you just come off as an egotistical nerd worrying about your memes being ruined to me. Glad you grew out of this content.
What's even more sad is that people actually cared about memes this much back then. And some still do now, for some reason. Like...memes...of all things to get heated over...memes... Wow
@I'm a rock. memes are a fundamental part of internet culture, it's kind of hard not to get into how they operate if you're interested in the topic whatsoever
@I'm a rock. isn't it kind of hypocritical of you to complain about a video that's a decade old on the internet and say I'm the one who needs to go outside for engaging in discussion with you?
fun fact, a long time ago i thought this was an episode on the enough is enough episode and i saw it was a rant form a guy that i used to watch from and unsubbed without watching the video.
Why can't we just get along? For goodness sake, YT is for the viewer's benefit. Not a internet war plain. This drama scene is ridiculous and annoying! YT is broken!
Also normies are so lazy, they only watch a video once. That's why there are so many dislikes because normies watched the video once, hated it, disliked it, never looked back and forgot about it.
To be honest, i'm trying to forget Behind The Meme even exists Basically he is the main normie target i mean i don't wish him anything bad but his deplorable videos are stuck in my head O_o
So I, being a normie, just spent over 2 hours watching YouTube poops. And I can confirm that they are shit. And I will continue to be a normie, if only to ensure I never witness such dogshit ever again.
Behind the Meme is like a kid in a group of friends who tries to explain every joke to not only the group of friends, but to everyone who happens to overhear anything the group says. Any inside joke is ruined, and whenever any person in the group comes up with an inside joke he has to either keep the joke to himself or only to one person, or he has to risk having this kid ruin the joke for everyone and make the group even less likely to try to joke around.
Damn man this video is like every time you make a joke someone erects a fucking border wall around it and starts demanding people's privilege to use it and sets up code words for who can use it.
Cave Johnson It really is just that an entire group of people was formed based off of these inside jokes, and it got/is getting ruined for them. I don't think it's so serious like the video portrays but I still think it sucks to people who actually put a lot of effort into making these inside jokes, and then it ends up getting dilluted so quickly to where all of that work happened and nobody finds it funny anymore.
Look out guys, it's the meme police. Here to pretend to promote free speech while also trying to place guidelines on who, how and when you use dumb internet jokes.
LieutenantJoey I'm not enforcing anything though, just saying it's a bummer that this whole type of culture is being ruined because this guy wants to make quick cash without having any knowledge on the subject.
What, you mean M E M E C U L T U R E ? The idea of which is hilarious on the face of it? Anyone who takes the whole MEME CULTURE thing seriously is a walking contradiction, because all memes are one big, dumb, effortless joke. The fact that there's a guy making money off of putting low amounts of effort (I assume, I've never watched one of this Behind the Meme guy's videos) into doing the job Know Your Meme already does is PURE COMEDY GOLD.
As far as I'm concerned (I'm not entirely sure, I only watched 8 minutes of this video), this EmpLemon guy is totally full of himself. People who get pissed that their internet memes are entering the mainstream are just hipsters, all totally full of themselves. And if a joke gets beaten clean to death (like that Skyrim one that I hate so much I won't repeat it), then that was its fate. Life goes on. It's not worth getting all butthurt and going, "MY JOKES R SOOPER CEREAL, YOU GAIZ!"
You people are like the nerds who argue about whether the Stones were better than Zeppelin or whether their anime is better than the other guy's anime; you're getting butthurt over dumb, inconsequential non-issues because you need problems that can't be sourced from you yourself in your life. And I've just wasted about ten minutes on you trying to inject some self-awareness into your ass. So thanks for that.
And why do memes only last 2 weeks now? What defines a meme and whether or not it is dead? Most of the memes THIS video uses are far older than 2 weeks - so is this a channel of dead normie memes? Wouldn't that render the entire message irrelevant, since "a man who knows about memes" is using only "dead normie memes?"
Let me take a poke at this since meme isn't a word that the internet invented. A meme is an easily spread or "contagious" idea that lends itself well towards repackaging and re-use. Internet memes were called "memes" because they fit this definition perfectly. A 5-10 second clip of an orange video game character with weird audio that can be placed over literally anything to make it weird? Easy to use, tempting to spread, and thus a great meme. When does a meme DIE? Speaking based on definition, only when people stop thinking about it and spreading it - something BTM actually encourages. So it looks like we're going to need a definition change to even make your argument logical enough to debate.
If a meme, when spread to "normies," is dead, then we're assigning a memes life based on it's relative rarity and how little it has spread among the general public. This isn't the definition of "meme" - this is called an in joke. An in-joke is a joke that only makes sense to a small handful of individuals and loses its appeal when explained to the masses. To re-phrase this in meme form, "I liked this trend before it was cool."
Yes. You read that correctly. Logically speaking, you're not "a dank memer in a field of normies" - you're an internet hipster. In fact, given how pervasive hipster culture, the desire to be part of a clique, and the drive to be part of a small group of "experts" on a subject is, you might actually be the true normie afterall.
Memes will never get WORSE when shared to people, if the reason we enjoy memes is because they're entertaining. The only reason a meme can "die" when shared like this is because we derive an intense sense of elitism from being the only group "in the know." In essence, we use the fact that "we're the memers, they're the normies" to derive self esteem in our lives. We find BTM so "destructive" because it actively takes away that distinction and thus begins to undermine our self esteem as we know it.
How about that for a downer? I'll never be able to say this is what the situation is, but I can say that this is what you've accidentally tried to prove with your statement. If we accept that "normies kill memes" this is the only plausible answer.
actually almost every meme died because of it (f spinners, Repost in wrong neihborhood, dat boi and many more memes that you don't see today) This is sad ;-;
you know what killing memes instead? lets think about Robbie Rotten he has cancer right now. lets look at Gabe... he died from something. so we know who hates memes DEATH DOES
you know what killing memes instead? lets think about Robbie Rotten he has cancer right now. lets look at Gabe... he died from something. so we know who hates memes DEATH DOES
I Have a degree in memes Yeah, but that isn't saying much since they weren't that good to begin with. And I've actually seen better ones now than when this meme first started.
Yes, I recently subscribed to grandayy and a couple other youtubers so that I can smoke memes everyday and here's this guy making memes die too quick T R I G G E R E D
Meme Justice logically speaking, your comment makes no sense. It would be impossible for him to be an abortion, or aborted because he's well, alive. If he were an abortion, he would be dead.
The crash meme died because it was an avant trash-tier meme meant to defeat normie memeing because the "outsiders" can't properly adapt to their new landscape, inhabited by normies and half-normies who are learning faster than anyone can comprehend like fucking Tetsuo from Akira.
Burrito Uzumaki or it just wasn't funny. You know that woah joke was around in the ninties? You've probably never heard of them let me explain. The ninties was a time were people would tell jokes face to face because they weren't completely incompetent in a social setting. For the most part when an outsider would use the joke (remember still talking about the ninties) we would laugh and maybe make a new friend unlike now of course which is a bunch of screechers complaining when someone new uses "their" joke and putting up a stink online like a child. The thing you guys have to remember is just because you have the net now does not mean people didn't know how to joke around before the net existed.
As long as you have the heart of a Funny Boy, Crash's rash will never stop growing on you. A Funny Boy giving up on a an inside joke is like Chris not making a funny scream, or JOOOLIAN not making a wheeze.
dunkedbeta YT because he's explaining memes to N O R M I E S who misuse and overuse memes to the point to where their killed so he does deserve hate for ruining memes
Burrito Uzumaki No, it's not because he's explaining them. It's because he misinforms normies about memes and then the meme gets overused and then it's not funny anymore.
d3pr3553d weeb Sadly, I just don't know how to stop him. The least desirable solution would be to stop making memes so he stops ruining them, but no one wants that. Maybe we can hope that idubbbztv makes a content cop about him so less people would overuse the memes and they die more slowly.
The Woah meme wasn't even funny in the first place. I don't know why everyone is making a big deal over him "killing" a meme that was already normie to begin with.
That Generic2017-08-26 19:22:48 (edited 2017-08-26 19:25:29 )
TheMountainDewGamer WHOA! You might wanna try changing your name if you're gonna say that kappa. I just ignore Behind the Meme now. Btw I still respect your opinion.
Honestly, it wasn't a great meme to begin with. It was basically just Ugandan Knuckles except watered down from the start.......and it wasn't even the WOAH sound from the game which would've been funnier to use.
I can't understand why people want you to do more YTPs, your recent content is so full of the same YTP feeling that straight YTP seems a little outdated.
1:55 no the mass extinction was actually 66 million years ago, and the many years prior they were dwindling anyway. But people don’t reall get how long they lasted, it was way longer than the age of mammals that we’re in now.
I would definitely say that you were the one to A S C E N D me from the normies, and while I still have much to learn, you will be my professor of memes.
I don't understand why we need to explain memes. As a normie, isn't the entire point of memes to get across a point by using imagery that is universal enough so that even if you don't get the reference, you still understand what its all about? I for one, never researched into something like Dat Boi but I still understand the meaning of it just by looking at it. Why watch a video to explain it to you?
is it because of the fact that he unironically respects fucktano? or because the memes here haven’t totally aged if that’s the problem then yeah I see thst
I see so many people hating on reddit when the real target should be the generic you tuber comment section it’s so annoying and filled with the same things that every comment is nearly identical, a5 least reddit can do something right.
Just Another Guy With A Moustache They aren’t reddit templates, the only one that came from there was the quoting one which had already been everywhere. Also you deserve to be treated with less respect if you use tik tok.
Huh, that’s funny. I was writing a culture essay and came back here, and you hit on some similar beats that I was writing about too, like with the fact that mainstream communities extract ideas/practices away without recognizing the context they reside in.
I dunno, it’s kinda reassuring that others recognize this, though obviously there’s a certain percentage that will inevitably do so.
Came back to see if I remember this whole little controversy like I thought I did.
My first time watching this I was a btm fan and hated it. The second time I thought about what and I thought the vid was actually pretty good. The next time I thought about it even more and did some more research and now my view point of the internet has shifted. Dare I say I have ASCENDED. Good vid. I hope it isn't too late for me to at least try to change.
Pluguts01 If you can't tell the difference between a normie meme and a actual meme then either those "acutal" memes are classified as normo memes or you, yourself are a normo
Normie memes = situational memes. like a sitcom in an image. often found on facebook, twitter, ifunny, instagram, 9gag
Outsider memes: inside jokes. jokes that people inside the group who created the meme only know (which is why they get angry when people like BTM expose it to normies). often found on 4chan and reddit
Deep Fried Jesus2017-08-05 19:11:45 (edited 2017-08-05 19:13:20 )
No.
Without spoonfeeding you, the question itself is wrong. You should not be asking the difference between outsider and normie memes, because that's not really the distinction people are talking about when they talk about outsider vs normie memes. Instead, it's a matter of meme vs anti-meme.
An example of where your definition falls apart is in reaction images, which are situation images, and some of the dankest memes, reserved only for certain situations. In contrast, there is trash dove, which is the cringiest anti-meme ever, and an honest to god inside joke.
My issue isn't with things being mainstream my issue is with things being accepted or adopted with no other consideration than simply for it being popular, or some other reason other than considering it for yourself. Being a sell out vs having agency. Essentially big corporations or government, or someone who is genuinely doing something they love or trying to help people. There are many influences but essentially you are either trying to please something you like, or avoid and appease something you don't like. People want to be loved and powerful, and the best at everything and they want it for nothing, they want it to be given to them. Well it comes at a cost!! At least realize that.
I wonder why this video has such a high ratio of dislikes, I mean I can't imagine it's behind your meme people because they are pretty unlikely of finding this video
Kick Face your fault it probably had an epilepsy warning like most ytp do. If you didn’t know you were epileptic, doctor’s fault. If it didn’t even have a warning, then is he at least in jail?
hi again, it's ya boi. behind the meme caters to people who are unaware of what the purpose of the meme described is, and through poor education will likely misuse it, but use it nonetheless as to feel part of it. This would not be a problem if there weren't many, but the sheer amount of people unaware of how to use a meme correctly leads a meme to become overused. This likely won't do anything to change your mind but here I am typing it up anyway, see you in another comment
Ya'll need to go outside and touch grass. BTM wasn't as this offensive you guys were making him out be. I never cared about him because memes back then were not meaningful and his videos were like any other videos I saw back in 2016 to 2018. So confusing to see him getting intense backlash, it was very bizarre.
knowyourmeme is kinda like a highschool history book. It goes through the history of the world, without getting into too much detail about specific events. It's much better to read the Greek History book if you want to know the whole story of Ancient Greece accurately.
Who else smelled that Avatar intro reference a mile off? Also, by the sounds of it, memes have been a thing even before the web, wasn't the original purpose of that icthys symbol associated with Christians a way for the then-marginalized Christians to covertly identify one another?
Sideburns I'm in the sixth grade. Moving on to the 7th in the end of August help the cringe is power in middle school End of school in the 12th of June. Kid screams "do u kno de wae!" people at this point are at least fucking 11 or 12. Hope they don't still find that normie shit funny in the 7th grade when they're at least 13 years old. Then that's embarrassing, coming from a person who has been embarrassed many times in Elementary.
oh my god, there's this youtuber named LOKMAN, he's an OK youtuber, but his fanbase is what's weighing him down. He'll try something new only to be pestered by his audience to "make more Ugandan Knuckles videos lol it's June and I think this meme is still funny"
pretty much think of it like this, a new popular song came out and a school is having a dance the school will most likely play the song just to be cool and hip with the kids
Luckily, I don't talk to anyone not in my immediate social circle, so I don't have these issues. Of course, this only means that I can count my friends on one hand. But at least we have obscure Gmod server references...
Sheeple annoy me, people who just hear something 'cool' and 'trendy' and do it regardless of the depth of their understanding on the subject or their actual opinions on said subject. Everytime they utter even a word from their lips it's completely and utterly stupid, both to any listeners and themselves, even.
Angelo_Gaming_Animations Say lit? Use spinners? Dab? Emojis? Follow the latest trends? If these things apply to you.. You're an Normie, there's no such thing as "both".
Me: this is great! However, you are absolutely correct for meme overuse. I am noticing that memes are now dying out in a super-fast rate, like literally less than a week ago r/dankmemes burned though 2 feminist memes in less than 18 hours. 18 HOURS, I miss the days when memes actually lasted at least 2 weeks even though I may be relatively new to memes I think this video bridged that gap for me on how memes today now die faster than any time before. (additionally if there are more memes sources you can recommend because r/dankmemes is turning into a decaying ceaspool and I'm actually getting bored of the blandness of the memes there just like how behind the meme was (I regret yet appreciate it so I would at least discover and survey memes) and I just like craving the less diluted soda, I want better memes, any channels, sites, or accounts I should follow to get a general direction for higher quality memes?)
Haha normie bad. While I agree with the video, I do not like the visualization of normie culture as a monotonous garbage heap. Many "made for nomies" stuff can be enjoyable, entertaining, or inquisitive. I believe both sides are attempting to gatekeep, making it annoying to get into niches or enjoy generalized content. I love memes and Reddit and my complex strategy games. I would be happy if more people were interested in them and the communities grew. This is kinda off topic and might be a controversial opinion so I'm going to end with: Behind the Meme is a bad attempt of bridging the gap in culture and only serves to push them apart.
While stuff made for normies can definitely be enjoyable, most normies only enjoy that stuff because it's popular and not because they actually like it. While memes are good when there's too much exposure to it dies.Like an inside joke the joke gets ruined when too many people know about it, when too many people know about it, the joke will be used more and more until it dies, and becomes unfunny.
@Hydro Zyrge This is an observation created from a different effect. Jokes are not funny because they are "inside" or "isolated", while humor is complex, most comedy is derived from a surprise factor. When a joke is constantly retold and shared it loses the surprising effect and is instead expected. On a different note, I do not believe most people enjoy things because it is popular. Popular things are evolutionarily more likely to be good (not in today's modern age however) and people expect to like them, that doesn't mean they will, but having a constant placebo makes it easier for a popular thing to be shared and become more popular. What I am trying to oppose is DISliking something because it is popular, and a common argument for people who act as if everything popular is bad is that "normies only like it because it is popular" Sorry for the rant, I just have a lot of oppinions and enjoy sharing them.
Pequod at LZ I didn't know what name to put. I just wanted the most random name I could ever have. Perhaps I could have named myself after a dead meme, but anyway. What's done is done. Now I can't poot another name because I have helped a friend of mine in a video.
to clarify... would I be classified as an outsider considering I am generally disgusted by most of the fads and popular (overused) memes? I hate dabbing, hated bottle flipping, hated fidget spinners (as a fad not as a device as I think it is generally somewhat useful for those that need it), and many of the subsequent things that pop up every few months for 90% of the population to get attached to for a brief period of time and then have media outlets catch on several months later and make cringe... hmmm... not sure if I just answered my own question...
This fucking comment chain gives me the feeling of those 'mememaster' memes where a kid shouts cringy memes like "hello this is dog" to others just to feel special. Please don't tell me you guys are for real.
(For example: "I'm the king of memes" video on youtube)
I love emp but this is probably my least favorite video of his. It's basically him saying "Bow before me simpleton for you enjoy [Popular Property Here]" for 30 minutes
It's genuinely sad that Behind The Meme got so much hatred for no reason and yet Lessons In Meme Culture does the exact same thing but with no hatred towards them. I don't get the internet sometimes.
The hate and raid was a accident and was not intended, the doxxing and stuff was not intended, and was addressed in one of his videos. and by the way LIMC make WAY better ways to show what a meme is with its history, meaning, the joke, etc. this guy just found one website, clicked on it, read off the information, and THAT was the video
Late but I think the dude hosting the playlist accidentally saved it there, because pressing Save saves the video in a recently interacted playlist. That sheit happens to me too when I accidentally add music videos to one private playlist.
Good video, but it seems that a lot of people who both like this content and hate it have taken it in a wrong way.
Behind The Meme is not a bad guy, I think, but rather just has stale content that takes minimal effort. If he did something awesome with his videos like shared personal anecdotes, glorified the origins of the meme, discussed in depth some variances the meme has and so on, his target audience could get a better look at what beautiful memes the Internet spawns. Just like EmpLemon I wish he put like actual effort in his videos instead of just reading Know Your Meme.
I have never watched most meme channels with much dedication, but channels like Behind The Meme have potential if they are not done in a copy-paste style that takes little effort.
One personal anecdote is that as a fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure I watched BTM's video on the 'To Be Continued' meme that JJBA's anime adaptation made more mainstream. BTM made me feel like I knew less about the meme since he handled the topic so quickly and gave no insight on either JJBA as a series or the meme in question. A three-five minute video of padding and reading off of Know Your Meme is not enough to highlight the beauty of a meme, if there is any. I hope BTM put some actual effort in his videos and made his fans appreciate the evolution of these funny things in a medium that have evolved to become memes over time.
Plus EmpLemon raised a good point, new memes die out really quick due to the increased exposure and spread. I wish we could do something about this, but what can we do? I don't want those new funny memes to get stale and boring rapidly, but that is eventual based on how quick they spread, all thanks to catalysts like Behind The Meme. His actions unfortunately make jokes become stale quicker and that is sad, but I don't think we should crucify him for it or anything.
Well, this comment was pointless and dragged on for too long. Anyone who made it here, have a digital cookie.
I'm not sure whether or not I should like Behind The Meme. I mean I did watch some of their videos and I thought that they we're okay, but after watching EmpLemon's video, I don't know if I should keep watching their videos. Now, that I have all of this knowledge, it seems pointless to keep watching Behind The Meme. It's probably better if I don't.
Another problem is that no one wants new memes. Just SpongeBob, sex, and earrape. Believe me, I tried. I wanted to expand the meme scape. I made completely fresh memes, but no one wanted anything to do with it. I quit memes after that.
But hey, it's not shameful not to know. It's shameful not to learn. There's a banner in my uni saying that, and it's one of the most valueable things I've learnt there.
@Gamer Pigeon Aka FBI 82 I know admiral akbar over here makes YouTube poops. I'm just saying that this segment of the video reminds me of the old YTPs before 2010 so it's pretty nostalgic for me.
Well that's the point... Outsiders hang out on the internet, Normies should go outside. The internet space is for outsiders, The mainstream space is for normies. What's the point of going outside if you can't talk with anybody? What's wrong with wanting to have a specific person you can talk to and you have the same tastes? Normies destroy that space by inserting themselves to it.
@Carlson Ray Withers "touch grass" is not exactly the nicest way to put it, but I'm sorry you feel like you can't talk with anybody. Staying on the internet constantly isn't really healthy and the world isn't as clearly divided as you think. I don't have an easy time talking to people outside but I try and that's how you can find friends with similar interests IRL too. Normies and outsiders aren't a thing, we're all just going about our lives and enjoying what we want to enjoy!
Wow. Honestly, that speech was incredible. I have always loved your YTPs and knew that you were a pretty clever and talented person. You've shown your opinions spectacularly and it's shown me that you are not only hilarious, but also extremely intelligent. I know it's probably highly unlikely that you are going to read this, but if you do, I just want you to know that you are one of my favorite YouTubers of all time. EmperorLemon, I give you my word. LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!
Wow, I'm actually surprised. You not only were able to make a 32 minute video and keep it fresh and non-repetitive, but you also managed to keep in entertaining. You made sure to not repeat yourself in your arguments and actually use logic and valid points in your case. Congrats man, that's actually incredible.
I want to thank this wonderful man for saving my non-normie(ness?).
I watched EmpLemon a while back, but I forgot about his channel.
I used to watch BTM a lot before I saw this video but I always thought his videos were helpful, but when I first saw this video he opened up my eyes and helped not become a normie.
Is it just me or did we only hate BehindTheMeme because he made low effort content that gained so many views while YouTube poopers were crying about getting copyright striked by Viacom for the 5th time?
this is the most 2016/17 thing I've seen in my life. Why am I getting hate Bass boosted ear rape Contrast boosted everything The term "normie" Edgy no no words It's literally a commentary video about memes and criticizing a channel destined for doom.
4 years later and this video is still what people call cringe, not because behind the meme, but to actually think that explaining memes kills them. Like what kind of idiotic shit is that, lol.
Super saiyan Lord my school is Posting memes that been dead for months but making ether PG despite the fact that the school is a highschool and most of the students are seniors or making them school related.
You know the old crusty meme that shows the little baby fist pumping. They had that and it said WHEN YOU PASS YOUR TEST LIKE A BOSS dear God I want to fucking die 😔🔫
like doge and rick roll? man i remember getting rick rolled so much when trying to search for a bug fix on a video game. those were the golden days cartoon network wasn't shit and YouTube wasn't filled with trash like the oceans and lakes.
I remember I met a farmer a couple days ago and he explained he found this weird and funny video trend on the Internet called "The Harlem Shake".... fuck. To be honest I kinda forgot about that one and then the nightmare came back.
4chanham ik, I'm actually gonna mock the spirit by photoshopping his face, even replacing that giant Terminator boss from contra's face with the god face
That anyone considers internet "memes" sacred is ridiculous. I may not like "Behind the Meme" much, but if he makes all you people angry he can't be that bad.
There are two bad spectrums, the memes are sacred group and the people who use memes to death group. I think emplemon was a moderate but was so mad at the misrepresentation of BTM that he considered himself for this video the messiah of the sacred group just to show how BTM is appealing to the people who use the memes to death.
all memes follow a cycle. actually scratch that every game and song that's different and pushes the envelope that manages to get popular follows the same cycle. at first it starts will a small fan base that's dedicated. however young kids and young adults also happen to find this once obscure game song or joke and they begin to ruin it. they misunderstand what the original work meant as it devolves into an endless list of unfunny jokes and bad representation. when people then look at that original idea or piece of media they don't even bother to look at it anymore or try to understand why some of the original fans liked it. they associate it with young kids and bad jokes and all people who once enjoyed that content are now looped into the same category as all the new fans. this leads to them getting bullied for liking it because its now just a "dumb kid thing." and that's pretty much how the story goes.
I am very critical of the normie label as by labeling a group of people without a 100% definitive version of who is what, everyone claims to be whichever one gets the most respect. So the normie label just leads to a flood of people who claim to be "outsiders" but really aren't. Evidence of this is that every single 12 year old claims to be "nerd" or an "outsider" but in reality, every twelve year old is a normie.
@Spiderham55 not even close to what it’s like today, the scale is so huge it’s like comparing a baseball to the Milky Way galaxy. And calling memes 2015 is a stretch
So glad emp has changed since this video, or at least his attitude and general style. While i agree with most points in this video, this entire fucking video gives off the 25 yr old screaming at some 11 yr olds over xbox live. Like jesus christ, how many games of tf2 did emp have to loose to record this video with that ammount of hatrid?
The start of this video made me wonder what the "outsider thing" is these days.
What's seen as nerdy and weird, when it's really great? What just has a dedicated niche and isn't catering to the mainstream? What has a group of people who really get and genuinely discuss and have standards for their thing?
I don't know. With how much you can see on the Internet and how much is accepted here, I don't know.
Reading books??
I'm just so sick of mainstream culture and frankly indeed, normies and I don't feel like I belong pretty often and I have terribly picky standards... You know yer shit about the 00's internet and I felt good there.
I guess you just really have to look really hard for particular people these days or something. It feels like everything is full of shit and normies and everything gets really heavily corporate I'm sick of that too.
I would say that furries are like what an outsider was but at the same time I don't believe it.
Maybe 4chan has been and will be the outsiders' last bastion, not all of it is /b/ or /pol/, it has more niche boards (if we could call them like that).
To put it simply, the outsider are the ones who put a lot of genuine effort and arent so big. For example the soundcloud rapper community could be cinsidered an outsider community as they search for their media and greatly appriciate lesser known songs
@diapason You mean something has to be outside the current cultural zeitgeist to be outsider art? Yeah, it's always been that way, like the Underground Comix from the 60s and 70s. It's always the stuff that's bizarre and offensive which tends to bring in a more interesting and less mainstream audience. The mindset of "how do I find things which are good but not mainstream" is the problem in the first place. It's like going up to a film buff and saying "what are all the best films to watch so I'll become a film buff too?" If the best non-mainstream material was easy to find, then it'd probably be fuckin mainstream, wouldn't it?
Nerds and outsiders aren't defined by liking things which aren't popular, that just makes you a hipster. They're defined by a level of dedication that goes beyond the average. For instance, Pokemon has a pretty large casual audience of young children which it has always been targeted to, but noone would say the obsessive fanatics who know every aspect of the meta, play every obscure side-game and autistically breed competitive teams for tournament play are 'normies', because they've put in effort that goes beyond normal social acceptability. Likewise, if you actually want to get into any outsider subculture or more obscure medium, you just have to put effort into things you actually enjoy, rather than searching for the perfect 'anti-normie' haven. Same way Emp describes old YouTube, how it was more fun because you actually have to get off your ass to find new and interesting material. And just like old YouTube, a lot of really nerdy shit and outsider media is obscure for a reason; because the content has big flaws or bizarre and confusing aspects which scare newcomers off. Searching for niche hobbies and expecting to find great content is like playing obscure Commodore 64 games and expecting to find Skyrim or something. If you have really picky standards and can't look past flaws that make something awkward, frustrating or uncomfortable to try and find the truly unique and exciting aspects, then you'll never experience the true nerd nirvana of finding the one perfect thing that appeals to you and noone else. You won't find the perfect band or comic book series right away, you have to build a genuine interest in a medium over years, and yes, usually you have to start off at the normie level before you start to build an understanding and appreciation for what's outside the mainstream. If you aren't interested in doing that, might as well go back to watching the Avengers and playing Call of Duty or whatever else is perfectly designed to stimulate your ape brain without seriously challenging you in any possible way.
TL;DR if you care about not being a normie, then You're Probably a Fucking Normie
There are no more niches that exist outside of those that require pre-requisite knowledge as a gatekeeper (think quantum mechanics or some shit). Outsider culture exists within niches inside of niches now, as normies have attempted to sterilize everything that was once fun and interesting.
@Sandjack I try just to live and have my strange tastes. I for example love Rhythm Tengoku, an obscure Nintendo rhythm game that blowed up a bit some months ago, I knew about it since 2019 more or less but I never played hard enough, but that made me play the game and I actually liked it. I don't care about being an outsider or an normie, I just want to live my life and like what I like.
I just think if you're getting into a field you should try to learn by working first. If you want to start drawing, do you first watch some 7 year old draw a stickman for your base understanding? Memes aren't a job field, of course, but getting info from any third source is a pretty bad idea.
I unsubscribed after the Nebby get in the bag one. I was really hoping that it would not be a genwunner view (saying that is "was" popular and all that) AAAAAAAAAND it was. And he does not even explain how it works with the storyline.
@Joshua M holy fucking shit dude I'm not reading all that but if you have the time to type a thesis on the terminology and usage of the word "normie" then I genuinely have nothing else to say
As a normie, I'd recommend that next time the Outsiders want to use an exclusive platform for them, they better not again choose one that will become important for Normies as well. Because Normies will always take over the platforms they need.
When did memes become so bad? Anything can be memed now a days its filled with tryhards with really stupid dank memes that make 0 sense. No offense but all the memes shown in this video highlights the problem with memes. Im not sure if that was the point. Why is everything green or loud or distorted and weird its just bas.
Holy fuck truth. I felt like nobody had the same opinion cause i’d get ratio’d and everyone would say i’m the normie cause i don’t like this repetitive shit.
@sussedEEXZ naw man your good. People just looking for that meme clout and the meme world.has been tsken over by normies bro. I mean if you want loud and crasy but still pulled it off with class was filthy frank.
@kapi barra i’m thinking of making an updated video like emplemon. I’m getting $2k every month from my job (i’m 17 btw) so i can afford high quality equipment for this. I’m thinking on making it about either how meme culture has declined or just general mediocrity seen in 2019-2021.
Fun fact: It's been over a month since Behind the Meme uploaded a video on Youtube. I won't hold my breath on this, but I can assume he's dead at this point.
I love you man but there pixles in a screen, could immagine if pewds, reddit or btm didn't kill a meme, we'd be laughing at waterd down big Chungus memes. Memes need to die
memes do die, because we get tired of them. they evolve and change, but more people using them incorrectly kills that lifespan of memes and forces everything to be produced faster, degrading quality of memes. 2011 memes have died out or evolved into something new and fresh, and that was long, long before this problem.
This meme shit is actually complicated, like I thought calling it complicated was stupid but now like I have to figure out what's the most popular, what's the most funny meme of the fucking week, not month or year, like they die so fast till they go into a final stage till they're just gone and unliked, an ironic meme, it's basically a white dwarf star, it'll be there but it has a small impact on anything, then it dies. It sucks tbh
Jace Nicholson just stick to the memes you like. if you care about what meme is trendy or hot this week, that's normie behavior. I don't play every videogame so I'm not going to pretend to care about every video game meme. 👌
Same here, surely did open my eyes. At first I was like "well them just explains harmless jokes, why does everyone hate them" After this video i'm like : grabs pitchfork "Did someone say behind the meme?"
I'm in the exact same situation. I found Behind The Meme interesting first, because it explains memes (and as someone who is at a weird middle ground between outsider and normie, I can use that). But this video showed me the true effects of the channel... wow...
I was a freshman when this dropped and I hated it too. His normie vs outsider curve made no sense and still doesn’t. We shouldn’t hate people for “ruining” memes but instead hate companies that try to use memes to connect to their buyers. That always seemed like a bigger deal to me.
Me and my friends have a rule that every if a meme is covered by behind the meme, the meme instantly dies and we can never talk about that meme again, that’s how bad his content is
LiMC is better because the content he makes is up to date and relevant to the memescape to the time. I agree with Emp that BtM was bad, but he was bad because the memes he covered were either dying, dead, or were fresh enough for his target audience to play with it past the expiration date. Along with that, BtM basically just read from the Know Your Meme page directly for every video, while providing lukewarm examples\
Lessons in Meme Culture covers the origins of memes that showed up the same week of his upload, if not only a few days before. The memes he covers are still fresh, and he doesn't talk down to his audience with his explanations.
@Cielnova While your not wrong that limc's have a better way of explaining the memes helped him not suffer the same fate as btm.
There's also the fact that while btm came onto the scene where the intermet was more edgy and willing to pounce on someone for reasons as dumb as this, limc came onto the scene where making videos like these nowadays would make you look like a cornball.
This is evident by the fact that if you go on the comments and select newest first and scroll down, you can see a good number of the comments being pretty critical of emp over this video.
Thank you for making this. I was expecting this video to get some heat, but my god, most of the people in the comments are completely braindead. They probably didn't even watch the full video. They just say "ur a normie!!!1 this video is bad!1!" failing to properly criticize or point out any potential false/misleading information. But then again, they are normies
Don't bother making a damage control video trying to explain yourself or anything if you're planning to do so. It's not worth wasting your time.
heres some serious criticism. since when were meme's an exclusive club? they're on literally ever image sharing site and used by teachers in classes now. why does he make such a amazingly black and white dichotomy between people being "normies" or "outsiders?" surely if this were any kind or thought out he'd have recognized that people dont work that way nor will they ever agree to who belongs in what group. even more than that, meme's spawn from different subcultures. some groups will call something a meme while others will have no clue that it was ever one in the beginning. and even if you do find one meme thats universally known, it wont be used the same way by everyone nor will it last in its current form for very long. look at pepe, I have seen thousands of pepe variants used each with different connotations and specific situational uses. and even when you look at one single instance of a meme from one time not everyone will use that meme to mean the same thing. from using it ironically to using it as a subversive punchline, memes are basically used as words in the language of the internet.
also what the fuck was that god awful piece of shit dinosaur reference at the beginning about the internet being the meteor and all that shit. I think i have cancer now.
Andrew, normies are hated on because they're known to usually not know about the meme all that much about the meme and tend to mess it up when using it. Yes, there are normies who know what they actually are and don't mess up the joke but there's not that many out there. Also, no one is not allowed to use memes, like how no one is not allowed to make food. But sometimes the person just needs help to make that spicy meatball meme good or else it could be raw or burnt, or just taste bad. A lot of meatball memes taste bad because they use the wrong spices and seasons in the wrong order, too much or too little. If anything we just need to give them some well made factual instructions with some good imagery examples. Behind The Meme, gives the instructions, but they're not good instructions, they are made very blandly, contain old and outdated informatiion and bad examples. Also, there actually is a big difference between normies and the outsiders that is based on their knowledge of the meme, its type and the use of it. With some good and hard research, you can clearly tell the difference between what meme has been used by a Normie or an outsider and if they fit into either one of these categories. I hope this answered some of your questions and/or cleared up some confusion you may have had my dude, have a nice day/night. :)
Amature Producer you do realize EVERYONE started out as being a "normie" no one was just born knowing memes. Behind the memes might be the Difference between them looking deeper or not.
Pink Storm, I don't think I said anything about anyone being born a normie or outsider, but you are right on how everyone started out as a normie and yes Behind The Meme could actually be the difference in looking a meme up or not as you say, but I just can't see it considering his use of outdated information and just plain old boring content.
@shed You sure about that? Do you honestly think we have the audience large enough to counter Cocomelon? Do you think we will have a 2nd pewdiepie in the top 10 channels?
Before it was a meme, dabing was about celebrating a incredible action (e.g. finishing a super hard level) Right ? Please don't call me a normie, i watched YTP of spongebob when i was 9 ! Even when i didin't understood what they said (i a 9 year old French) i stayed because of the animation.
I wasn't sure of my classification before, but now it is well defined that I am a normie in the majority of aspects. Thank you for the clarification Emp.
I know this has nothing to do with what he is saying here, but 4Chan is like a fickle god; it will sometimes pick fights with you and win, or it will let you stay and look at memes. There are also the many different things that could happen, including: 1: A meme or story scars you for life 2: you get addicted and never leave 3: You learn the secrets of being an Edgelord on the internet, and are currently posting a meme and conducting a fight with a normies that stumbled into 4chan 4: obviously there are more options....
@Furjaden Wrong. Most people in the FGC has heard of 'hungrybox'. And he is backed up by some good buddies (like Axe)
Emplemon has little to no allies. The community he's 'representing' is long gone (his doc on his downward spiral explains this). And to top it all off, he's a vegan that supports PETA, in a time when the Irwin Anniversary death was recent.
DAY-V Entertainment™ the only reason I watch BTM is so I can hear the history of a meme
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The Eagle2017-05-23 04:29:32 (edited 2017-05-24 00:22:17 )
Elbow Grease they've always died within weeks. Remember the agressive pizza thing, grand-dad, and Clone High meme. Anyway, memes are cancer and shouldn't be spread or kept alive.
+The Eagle Did you not see the example emplemon used, where google searches lingered for the sparta meme for almost a year? What I was referring to was old ass 2007 memes, like this is sparta, I dont need google search data to tell you that memes like those lasted a while.
This video aged terribly. I like emp, but hearing him use the word "normie" unironically makes him sound like a turbo-virgin with acne all over. The idea that you would make a 30 minute video about a normie "stealing" your memes sounds beyond ridiculous, especially since he did not deserve to be bullied over that. I'm glad emp has moved on from this.
@A Isopod the fake suicide video was after this one of Emps. I love Emp's content but this series was embarassing af. but well, he was like 22 when he made these videos.
@SandboxArrow To be honest, I think that meme would be better if they showed more of their more insane dance moves, and used the music the Ghanians played themselves instead of the modern electronic music. Some of my thoughts on the coffin dance meme.
Impossible the people who like memes can't just be growing and has a lot of people who like memes and now they last so little time because everyone tries to just one up the other
Here is my knowledge of how a meme dies, I got it from beasty: When a meme is explained it dies. Like how you explain the Da Wae meme and its whole purpose, it dies because it lost its funniness and its original meaning.
Memes used to last years, some almost a decade, but thanks to normies memes are all 2 weeks long, the only meme that lasted more was "we are number one" and that was because stefan karl had cancer, did we reach a point where only cancer makes memes last more than a CAN OF FUCKING SOUP?
Cinos the Dense potato The reason they lasted so long was because the Internet was bad. People laughed at surprised gopher or keyboard cat because it had no competition.
Master Rosie Your statement is wrong. You say that "BTM & his followers will never understand"but I was once a fan of his, but now I do understand. You guys are right to be mad.
And why do memes only last 2 weeks now? What defines a meme and whether or not it is dead? Most of the memes THIS video uses are far older than 2 weeks - so is this a channel of dead normie memes? Wouldn't that render the entire message irrelevant, since "a man who knows about memes" is using only "dead normie memes?"
Let me take a poke at this since meme isn't a word that the internet invented. A meme is an easily spread or "contagious" idea that lends itself well towards repackaging and re-use. Internet memes were called "memes" because they fit this definition perfectly. A 5-10 second clip of an orange video game character with weird audio that can be placed over literally anything to make it weird? Easy to use, tempting to spread, and thus a great meme. When does a meme DIE? Speaking based on definition, only when people stop thinking about it and spreading it - something BTM actually encourages. So it looks like we're going to need a definition change to even make your argument logical enough to debate.
If a meme, when spread to "normies," is dead, then we're assigning a memes life based on it's relative rarity and how little it has spread among the general public. This isn't the definition of "meme" - this is called an in joke. An in-joke is a joke that only makes sense to a small handful of individuals and loses its appeal when explained to the masses. To re-phrase this in meme form, "I liked this trend before it was cool."
Yes. You read that correctly. Logically speaking, you're not "a dank memer in a field of normies" - you're an internet hipster. In fact, given how pervasive hipster culture, the desire to be part of a clique, and the drive to be part of a small group of "experts" on a subject is, you might actually be the true normie afterall.
Memes will never get WORSE when shared to people, if the reason we enjoy memes is because they're entertaining. The only reason a meme can "die" when shared like this is because we derive an intense sense of elitism from being the only group "in the know." In essence, we use the fact that "we're the memers, they're the normies" to derive self esteem in our lives. We find BTM so "destructive" because it actively takes away that distinction and thus begins to undermine our self esteem as we know it.
How about that for a downer? I'll never be able to say this is what the situation is, but I can say that this is what you've accidentally tried to prove with your statement. If we accept that "normies kill memes" this is the only plausible answer.
OMG I thought I was the only one who realized this. Finally there is someone who actually makes sense. I hope you don't mind me copying and pasting this to other people, I just think that you gave a really good explanation on how this whole normie situation is dumb.
So many people crank out content on a constant basis and kill a fad quicker than you can say "it's not funny anymore". Some of this has to do with the growing number of people getting involved in internet culture, including advertisers. If something gets popular on the internet these days, people are gonna drive it through the ground and beyond. This is why memes "die" so fast - everyone gets tired of everyone blasting the same joke over and over for weeks on end so they move to the next. That's just from what I've seen from my point of view, though. To Nicholas, for me it isn't "normies" that kill memes, it's people who overuse them.
Cinos the Dense potato honestly, the memes in 2017 and late 2016 are shit,they are all just either a song that you make different versions from sound effects or a mashup with another song,or a sound effect that people make different version of songs with,it's just boring and predictable,that's why memes nowadays die quickly, because it's repetitive and boring and we Run out of ideas quickly,and it just the same formula,we are number one dies,the lorax turns into a meme and try to revive WANO with it,Lorax dies,shooting stars turns into a meme,people try to revive those two with it,shooting stars dies,fireflies becomes a meme,people try to revive those with it,fireflies dies,woah becomes a meme,people try to revive those with it
Yeah these videos are just minpilation 1st video was just "bo ho pity me i have sad songs in the background" 2nd video is the death of the number 1 guy so ppl can't hate him for it 3rd video was just fake out depression thing he even got a week alcohol so ppl thik he is depressed 4th video is just bad video that had no meaning
ironic name even if that's true he really didn't deserve the hate he got. His content didn't ruin memes for the rest of us or anything so he should have just been left alone
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H G2018-09-29 13:38:13 (edited 2018-09-29 13:38:30 )
Have watched almost all your vids and… honestly this so bad compared to all your other output. Idk so defensive & condescending in tone. Like compared to your more recent vids this could be a parody
Dude, I already loved your content, just found it today, but then I hear the music you chose for Chapter 7 of your video. Choosing to use Pink Floyd's "The Trial" was a decision of an almost....human nature. Well done sir.
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Steve Hess2020-05-06 17:31:53 (edited 2020-05-06 17:33:22 )
Huh, most of your thumbnails have spirals. is this a m e m e ?
4chan is basically “I find I will kill you” scene YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO STOP THEM THERE IS NO POINT IN FIGHTING THEM Remember what happened to tumblr
Nah, limc actually does research on when it began and other important stuff, whilst behind the meme just rambles for 8 minutes straight and narrates straight off a know your meme article....
No, but only because he explains new memes and people have an idea of them. If he went with older memes the story would repeat... the normie thing applies to him tho
@Totally a Human Personally i enjoy LIMC more and find him fun to watch but i think its a good thing the same thing hasnt happened to him because its shown how the internet has matured from 3 years ago
In lovecraft books, the story is usually about a force, being or concept that is so advanced or intelligent, that we humans would go insane by just looking at it. They say those books are fiction... That's a lie
You realize in the grand scheme of things how pointless things can be, Lovecrafts story is about a journey and learning of something so terrible. We never get to see this terrible thing, we are left to speculate, whatever they saw broke their worldview and only a few individuals walk away sane.
@zikkimeister - There's a reason why former 4chan members moved to Telegram, even myself. The content in Telegram, yes mostly dissident extrimism, there's channels and chats that embodies the old 4chan.
I came because of the content, the site itself is better in my opinion, because even alternative social media is censoring on "Naughty Ideas". BitChute aready banned many channels, but not many people know this.
I feel like everyone took this video the wrong way. Emplemon didn't hate btm because he showed memes to normies, he hated him because he superficially explained memes and plagiarised from know your meme. He even explains this at the end of the video. That's also because limc is loved; he presents memes with background and context and most importantly writes his own goddamn scripts.
even if LIMC is better at explaining memes than behind the meme he kills memes faster because he exposes them to a broader audience. A meme could last a year now they last only like two weeks. He's still a normie
Thank you EmpLemon. You made me understand what is going on with Behind The Meme and what is the difference between an outsider and a normie. You have liberated me from cancer. #BehindTheMemeNeedsToStop
The worst thing you can ever do to a joke is blatantly explain it. It's not surprising that someone is receiving strong negative feedback for dedicating their channel to explaining jokes in such a manner.
Behind the Meme's mom reminds me of this one girl at school who always comes to school fresh off 420. This isn't really relevant at all, but it's something interesting I noticed.
For those who don’t give a shit, and mean ACTUALLY don’t give a shit about the term “normie” or “outsider,” and you are exploring content on your own accord, you are taking the step in the right direction.
Yeah.. me too There are so many stupid people too dumb to realize someone can have a serious passion on something they don’t consider serious and that it is something to be respected
Doubt it. All memes nowadays try and do are be insanely “ironic” and rely heavily on a meta-satire type deal. It’s like one big competition for who can be “the funniest”
I like how you talk about the 90's with any sort of authority when you were born in 1998. And I think there's a lot more crossover between normies and "outsiders" than you describe.
memes are cool cause they're contextual, basically hieroglyphics, if you see enough of a certain memestyle suddenly it just clicks, being literally told what it means is like explaining a joke.
LS 77 technically speaking he is making a point on a opinion and therefor analytically is impossible to contain one lick of truth without just backing up his opinions
Mr. Snaplles2022-05-31 19:50:03 (edited 2022-05-31 19:54:40 )
This video has aged horribly, I can't believe I agreed with this video and unironically believed the outsider supremacy thing, fortunately I matured and so has emplemon
Many of the points Emp tried to make at the time was that Behind the Meme was making bad content. The normie vs outsider thing was really stupid, I gotta admit.
I'm a behind the meme fan so when I saw this video I first thought it was just hate but after completely watching the video he does have some good points towards behind the meme.
Wow, this was an INCREDIBLY good rant video, you go on about how things Should be, and what YOU personally dislike about the content/creator. But instead of fully talking about how much you hate the content, you give REASONS instead of babbling on like a mindless idiot. And you made the video actually FUNNY like all of you other videos, it kinda relieves the stress/tension in the video for people who are BTM fans, which also, i am a fan of BTM, but i agree with over half of the things you say in this video. And also, you are HONEST and you ADMIT you will get hate for this, and you seem so down to earth, because you know you will get criticism from such a video like this. Truly a good rant.
The Ranter you do know that winning an argument on YouTube is like winning the Special Olympics?
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Ian E2020-09-22 03:02:22 (edited 2020-09-22 03:04:15 )
i feel like this comment i found on this video sums this up pretty good "I think I was confused as to what BTM meant. But it's just Behind The Meme.
I do think however that it is, as they say, a dick move. It's censoring people expressing your opinion, and if you try to defend BTM in any slight way, you just get called a normie chad yourself."
edit: the context to the "I do think however that it is, as they say, a dick move. It's censoring people expressing your opinion" part was about this reporting comments that btm made
bruh mans said he know memes yet not 4chan 4chan is not a meme i know but the mfer should have known not to mess with them if the vids he makes are about a section of the internet
literally every normal filipino that think’s they’re funny on facebook posts generic memes alot. I would know because I am a filipino, Im unfortunately white washed.
Man, i just wish Behind the Meme is more creative, he has the most resourceful content but yet fail to demonstate it, like the "Sing it at my funeral" meme, man, that guy spend half of video explaining what is a funeral and put some lame joke
Binh Phuong Nguyen he just explains it in the most easy-to-understand way sure his jokes are lame... But does he really deserve this much hate?, no he just explains stuff, which is the reason WHY he's called behind the meme
Master Rayquaza But most of the time he uses wrong information, and then he can't take any fucking criticism. He deserves the fucking hate because he acts like he knows everything but can't help people learn shit
Terminal Velocity yes and no. Yes, he deserves criticism and no, he doesn't deserve hate.
Jessica Steward Because not understanding the joke makes it so much funnier, right? Actually no. If you want to laugh at a joke, you have to understand or otherwise it is not possible. If you don't understand the joke THEN it's ruined.
Very good content but you are not good at narrating. Your voice isn't totally grating like the channel you're covering here at least, I'd put behind the meme right around TGFM as far as voices that make me want to shoot myself
Thank you Emplemon. I was once an (semi) idiot normie. But when I first watched your video in 2017, it basically changed my entire meme perspective forever. You taught me what 4chan is and what a normie is and now trying to ever learn how to an outsider. Thanks Emplemon.
Mario king7 He was the YouTuber that taught me a new and better meme perspective. If it weren't for him and the rest of 4chan, I would be dabbing autistically while spinning a fucking Fidget spinner while also singing despasito. I genuinely thank the meme community for changing my life in a good way and ending my misery of trying to fit in the norm culture.
@Brandon great. Applause. The problem is that before he destroys the guy's life because he couldn't stand that somebody was getting more views than him.
Getting mad at a hate comment from 4chan is the equivalent of getting mad at a bear shitting in the woods. PERFECT FUCKING ANALOGY!!! You earned a sub--but wait you hurt my whittle ears with da earbwape. (Jk I've always been subbed ;) )
@Akogiri most of it reeks of mid 2010’s culture which isn’t representative of his content anymore, yeah yeah ik there’s are also 50% of it being abt an analysis but trying to unironically analyze why meme culture is dying while shoving earrape and ytp’s in my face isn’t a good indication that you’re making a good point. Besides emp’s other vids are clearly superior.
@Crone the fact that it's aged isn't indicative of it being a bad video. Sure some parts of it might be a little overstimulating, but it's sincere and passionate AND he makes a good point.
@Akogiri yeah I get it when it comes to his point abt meme culture but he sounds like an ultra turbo virgin and I can’t see anyone defending that type of behavior irl. We’re not gonna take a guy seriously talking about funko pops and being elitist abt it as “passionate” and “sincere” so the same logic can be applied here, bc honestly who tf takes memes seriously other than Redditors.
@Crone sure we're not, but that's not because that guy put memes in his point, it's because the point itself is dumb. However, here, his rhetoric is actually cohesive and I'm pretty sure that this video could be just as successful as the others if said rhetoric had a bit different of a context
I read through this comment thread and would like to summarize:
(This comment is long)
"Normies": normal people who don't know a lot about memes. They are not completly glued to their computer and are actually productive. They were drawn to the amazing innovation of the internet but it was not part of their daily lives. These people are the good workers who make money and contribute to society.
"Outsiders": People that have discovered the strongest adhesive known to man and have used it to weld their computers to their face. They are kind of like a ball and chain on the ankle of progress and were heavily ridiculed in the past due to their uselessness. However, the internet opened up to the "Outsiders" and they felt special until "Normies" came and shown "outsiders" how useless they were again. Getting tired of the ridicule, outsiders came up with an insult for those more successful people: normies. These people are the fat teens/ young adults who live with their parents and don't contribute at all. Again, ball and chain.
Behind the meme: A normie who wants to educate other normies because he and others are tired of being ridiculed for being a normie.
All the people bothered by Behind the Meme: Outsiders who are afraid that, by educating normies, the outsiders will be seen as useless again.
(Disclaimer: I don't care about Behind the Meme, but I don't like it when people like the "outsiders" become stuck up narcissists for petty things)
Billy The Helicopter I have seen so much disease in this thread. Can everyone take a moment to stop insulting people to have a insightful conversation? No? Fine time for a flame war.
Can't believe younger me took this shit seriously. Now I see how pointless it all is to argue over. Yeah, there is still a mainstream, but the great thing about the internet is you can SURF AROUND AND CONSUME WHAT EVER YOU WANT. Hope Emplemon has also grown after the two videos he made surrounding BTM, seems like he has.
Nah. His criticisms are justified. It’s just BTM attracted the wrong kind of audience. Although going as far to attack someone viciously was what went too far. This video still slaps imo.
So what I believe there to be is multiple levels of memers. One is people that have casual interst in memes. Two are people who think they are hard core meme a leans and shit on casual enjoyers by calling em normies. And three the master tear of loser. Who just enjoy memes create and share and aren't total assholes about it.
Max Chamberlain thanks for explaining your point to such an indepth level! i truly walked a way from this terrible comment with a hightened understanding of what it truly meant.
Not gonna lie, this video is pretty cringeworthy watching it now. Am glad to see you've really matured since then, now make banger video after banger video!
Unfortunately people are trying to cancel him over a 4 year old video I mean yeah this video did age poorly but people can change in 4 years they aren't always the same person as they were 4 years ago and yet they are gonna still try to cancel him ugh
@DJ Swaggot some people in the comment section all because of a video by wavywebsurf about behind the meme that's who not sure if there still trying to cancel him but most likely they have given up considering I have not seen those comments on his newest video about Mac tonight to answer your question
Hey Emp. Just circling back to this classic. I don't think I noticed the first time around how beautifully you constructed this. Everything, down to the fucking Pink Floyd instrumental toward the end. Keep fighting this fight for our peoples. You might just be the guy... /ourguy/ ... who can give us a voice.
Fight your our people? This guy put so much attention on BTM that the poor guy got doxxed and sent fucking death threats. I can’t respect a person who does that.
He literally is a YTP, and the reason he took this seriously was because it felt like he was mentioning that ALL YTP's are similar to the ones back in 2009-2012 or so
Ngl this pretty cringe now. Like I agreed fully when I watched this years ago, but now every time I hear “I’m an outsider” or “normie” I’m just like… bruh that’s more cringe than BTM
I dont really care if im a normie or n outsider but i dont care about bland videos whoever watch them can watch them, if they dont do jack shit to bother me then i dont "hate" normies.
Not saying it isn't true. But there certainly is good content creators who use the medium to its advantage, like it or not, you can feel the elitism in his portrayal as if anything like that would automatically be immediately bad, for memes, when to some extent I would say it has given rise to certain niche people to find each other and create their own content and trends. In a way, the term "when everyone is special, no one will be" actually has weight because more and more normies are becoming more niche in certain regards and have their own sub-cultures.
I tried to look up that parody Anthony Fantano made of BehindTheMeme, but I can't seem to find it. All I can find is BehindTheMeme's stupid response video. Anyone have a link of the video Anthony Fantano made?
got the joke but taking my like back.. so much disregard for some sort of spectrum where you should keep the volume.
not once, not twice, not even a third time was enough. you really needed to make sure everyone watching this video tries to convince himself to accept this stu.id cheap volume shift just because why? wtf dude... liked every one of your videos so far but this was pretty poor even though you are trying your best to give people a reason to lock themselfs into weak constructs of groups like normies and internet heros xD
@Mercury would be interesting to talk to you in person only to surprisingly shout every 10th word only to get some reaction out of you. yes you can go away but still the question remains.. why? whats the point of getting on peoples nerves..
@Mercury no i am exaggerating a little bit but still think it is really not good to use ear rapes several times. i write nice commenatries and no one complains... it would not be fair to not tell my honest critic only because people do not like critic
usually if we cite someone else we should try to not change the meaning. i did not say i can not hear the rest at all if i turn it down, i can not hear it comfortably. try it out its pretty reasonable
@Toasted Crayon my whole point is that emplemon has really good videos but this ear rape has no comedic value its just bad
*ps: especially because he repeats that "joke" several times.. thats just like someone shouting you in the face for a comedic purpos ... its not funny its bad
@Worxt it actually does have comedic value you just don’t find it funny, it’s funny because it makes you jump or panic. He also doesn’t overuse the joke repetition is a common practice he uses it multiple times yes, but not to the point where he uses it every other sentence
@Toasted Crayon true, humor is subjektive. it probably has a lot to do with my own preferences.
the reaction is not really a panic or jumping one its more like a annoyance that makes me twist my face because its unpleasant. if i recall it correctly i counted around 7 different ear rapes. the first one would have been informative. the second one could have been counted as joke. the third one would be to much but i would have accepted it but using it 7 times is nothing someone does to an audience he cares about especially because he even talks about how only the cool kids realize that ear rapes are cool and those who don`t like it are not the targed audience.. well i think i belong to this part of the audience he does not even want :P
@Toasted Crayon as much as i like unasked online mentorship i am calm. i am especially happy someone answered my comment. more reaction i could not have hoped for. i had way more time to descripe what i wanted to say and reassert my opinion. it would not be honest to only write fanboy comments as i do often enough. sometimes it is ok to tell whats wrong even though it is not liked very much
This video is from years ago, he never intended the backlash against Knowyourmeme to get as far out of control as it did, and he did a followup video where he basically told everyone to cool it. This video was not harassment or at least wasn't intended to be. And pretty much everything he would have to say about Pewdiepie doing the same thing has already been said here, his points have already been made, so there's nothing more to say.
@Scott Williams you missed the point, the problem wasn't that he was presenting information about memes, it was that he was doing a bad job at doing it.
@Scott Williams *While doing a shit job of it, resulting in people who watch the video spamming the meme, using it incorrectly, and then just as quickly as it popped up, it stops being funny.
@john sweeney that's the thing I've watched 3 of his videos so far and he just gave a brief explanation for example the "to be continued" meme and the "snoop dogg 420" meme and memes always get overused regardless and mis-use of memes only really happen with older people but gate keeping memes is really ridiculous when you sit and think about it
@Scott Williams if you're talking about the top ten dank memes of 2016 video then that's not really fair since that's intended purpose is to basically be a recap of the entire year rather than a full on history lesson of each meme involved as that would reach up to like 1 hour mark when you account for the fact that there were a total of ten memes in the video. Also while misuse is inevitable, i don't think it's entirely useless. I know I used to watch behind the meme videos back in 2016 and I know a lot of people did, regularly getting over 1 million views per episode, if it did a proper job of actually teaching meme culture that could've lead to better memes coming out as a result of more people being involved in meme culture (more people = more potential memes being made, obviously). I just know when we had this anti normie culture memes were better with stuff like steamed hams and you don't really see anything creative like that anymore as the anti normie sentiment has died down. I know this whole topic is incredibly cringe but it's still kinda true at the end of the day from what I can tell.
@john sweeney god I fucking hate the word normie in my opinion meme culture isn't that special since every other week a new meme is made for example the joe exotic meme as soon as I saw that episode I knew it would be a meme and reddit did not disappoint and if were gonna be real here most memes you see are from popular TV shows,movies,games,celebrities and youtubers and most memes nowadays aren't that hard to grasp on the context, also I wasn't talking about the top 10 rank memes of 2016 I just listed those video cause those was the one I watched sorry if I confused you
@Scott Williams just because you don't personally care about meme culture doesn't mean that others don't want it to be cancer like it is now. It used to not be like this, there was always shitty memes but there was also good memes too such as steamed hams. This simply just doesn't happen nowadays and I feel this is why.
Because memes have no memeing. Some may say that memes give memeing to their life but they do not, and it's all a big lie, because memes have no true memeing.
This video is just terrible gatekeeping when you look at it in retrospect, and it’s frankly embarrassing, some of his points are good like the way BTM badly explains memes and his general lazy style, but his thesis statement about normies is so cringey.
Most of Emplemon’s old videos have aged so badly and are perfect snapshots of the rekt-SJW era of YouTube. Especially the Jimmy Kimmel video. I’m not a fan of Jimmy Kimmel at all, he’s incredibly unfunny but most of that video is just Emp getting mad over Kimmel making jokes about Trump and pulling up old videos of Kimmel doing more problematic jokes. I sure hope Emp has changed and matured since these videos, since his new ones are pretty good.
@Big Yoshi "I make meme compilations, Consider subscribing if you like them" this you? See normies should be embarrassed about talking like this, because this video isn't for you. You're the normie. Big yoshi? ok.
@YMP I feel like your missing a large point of why he would even do that. Its just over your head. Even if they are dated it probably went over your head back then too.
When we face god. Is it gonna matter if we were in the majority or not? No it isn’t. All that’s gonna matter is how we treated each other and how we loved god.
@Staringcorgi6 If it was that easy i would of maybe you should stop being so eltiste about the content you consume yourself i just want to understand and be a part of the community in a way that doesn't take away from the origional media or maybe you should just go back to complaining about the behind your meme fans
@Staringcorgi6 since you know what google is i advise you try searching "decency" as i'm fairly certian if everyone told you to find information for yourself you'd never learn how to read or write besides isn't a large respectful audence always a good thing in a fandom?
@Kurtis Gibson writing and reading is complicated that's why you learn about in school but behind the memes videos are boring as fuck school lesson that teached you how to sleep with your eyes open
@Kurtis Gibson I wouldn't learn memes from behind the meme because 1 he waste his time making stupid jokes instead of teaching something and he reads of know your meme
@Staringcorgi6 then why do you suggest i read it i'm certian you'd never be able to find your way in to every fandom on your own without ever being told they exist or where to find them if memes are inherntly sharing cuture why do you feel the need to tell me I should go and watch someone that doesn't respect the memes nor my time it's like asking you to learn about hollow knight from matpat
This video is pretty much the beginning of something large. If it blows up enough, it may mean more content creators willing to tackle this divisive personality that is BTM. Heck, Internet Historian has repeatedly stated his interest in going to war on his Discord server- Not just the drawing on the rules channel, no, there was one time when the whole server was ironically renamed to "BEHIND THE MEME OFFICIAL". It's clear that BTM (I believe his name is Kyle? IIRC that's what some investigation of the old Shidam! channel led to) has made a lot of enemies, and I hope this video helps motivate more people to fight back. Excellent job Lemon, keep it up.
we don't need hate, we just need to explain to him what hes doing wrong, and this is how to fix what you're doing wrong. uncle dane put it pretty well when he was explaining how some of reddits users didn't have the best outlook on tf2 having broken updates: "let's cut out this "I REJECT THIS! BRING OUT THE PITCHFORKS!" mentality" Uncle Dane -2016. BTM might not listen, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try. hate only makes more hate, and for the lack of a better term, in a "hatewar" no one wins.
This video is from 2017, back then it wasn't so "cringe" to use that word. The internet in general was kinda different. I guess he was right about the meme culture being overtaken by people that don't even try to understand it
@Sillimant Dude, I indulged in memes ever since like 2010, its all just for laughs and kicks of it. Idk man, bullying and doxing someone that likes to do things for the fun of it is fucking disgusting, just ignore the dude if you don't like his content, and ffs "bEaFore yOU nOrmieS bArGed iN", not this shit again, its just a MEME, is it just a big thing to you that you harassed someone for it? Grow up and get a life outside of the internet
@Point It yeah we know, but you didn’t have to go hard at the dude replying to you. Istg everyone is using “go touch grass” phrase like it’s gonna change their entire world view on smth bc u sound like a Twitter user rn
I have noticed memes dying a lot faster... And I notice some kids in my school trying to be a part of this meme culture but they do so by creating ifunny accounts and just steal shit and fake laugh at things they don't understand. It's kind of annoying at this point.
Imagine thinking there is a meme culture that needs to be delicately preserved and protected so much so that you nearly drive an innocent and once happy man into taking his own life.
@Neurono C. oh yeah definitely, I believe he said the video series showed real emotions that he felt at some point. Also I just wanna say this because the Pepe pfp along with the comment might make some people think I'm a 4chan user (they still think it's 2016, still say "normie" unironically): I'm not defending this video, I just wanted to point out the fact that the video series was fake
Why the hell are normies watching a video title MEME Theory? Did you think you were going to enjoy the content? Im sure there are plenty of Tik-Tok dances and dog videos you could be watching instead.
In 2017, I wanted to know why Behind The Meme was so hated, since no one gave good arguments to why. If I watched this video back then, I would be satisfied, instead I watched it 3 years later when I forgot his existence.
I remember when I started seeing and using memes, there were formats that had been in use for years, and continued to be used for years. Now, a format gets burned out in a matter of months. Every time I see one of my co-workers say "check out this meme I just discovered!" I know it's time to move to greener pastures. *Cue Simpsons "he's already dead" clip*
"With these outdated jokes and my unfunniness, I can continue to run memes into the ground until they're destroyed, while masquerading as a typical YouTuber explaining them. Just watch me, EmpLemon... I'll explain memes with my right hand, and explain unrelated backstories with my left... I'll take a meme... Heh... And KILL IT!"
-Behind the Meme, 2019 (not confirmed he said this)
I remember two year ago coming to this video as a normie fan of BTM and thinking “fuck this guy” and funny enough two years later I’m stilled subbed to this downward spiral and BTM has been long vacant from my subscriptions
I did like the video, but my main issue with it was the analogy used to describe normies, which was kind of shit. For someone who already knew what a normie was, the explanation of the word wasn’t necessary for my understanding, but for someone who didn’t understand, the analogy was about as good as the explanation of YTPs by BTM. The explanation afterwords helped clear up the definition for those who didn’t understand, but for the introduction to the topic and the word, it was stupid and nonsensical.
After watching the defend of BHM and watching this again just show how much he regret about attacking BHM and show how much he grown after 1 year, he change from meme lord to people that have feeling for other
@Sopho He's right though, the entire normie vs outsider narrative is completely like those people who think they're better than others for not enjoying content most other people do, which in of itself is egotistical and pretentious.
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Ani Kol2019-10-25 07:51:57 (edited 2019-10-25 07:52:21 )
4Chan’s impact on internet culture is absolutely incredible
My favorite part of behind the meme was going and reading the comments. Nothing better than seeing an entire group triggered all at once.... every upload. But man those videos were bad.
What does it really mean to "disrespect [v.tr.] meme culture"? Does it refer to ruining everyone's fun by telling Mum and Dad that Fonzie puts his thumb up and says "Eeeeyyyy!" So now Mum and Dad go around saying "Eeeeyyyy!" Do you care that much about The Fonz? You talented innovative outsider!
So, Behind The Meme's mom is Hillary Clinton? That explains everything. Anyway, don't you doggone forget to Pokemon Go! to the polls, my homeslices! dab
I would like to add my perspective about this whole theme here, just remember though that I prefer to dedicate most of free time on making subliminal videos currently so you won't get a full video response from me in the next two months. (And yes I love philosophy) === Anyway, I seriously believe that anyone can become anything they want if they do choose the "hard" way. Normies can become outsiders, vice-versa and some people even be a weird mix of those two groups. I understand these are trends and the majority of people will stay in the normies' category, but I felt like my whole argument tree needed some more emphasis and explanations so let's go.
First and foremost, let me tell you that I am part of the outsiders but with some curiosity towards normies. Yes, I do exist, but why though? Because I am a autistic INTP-T " 16personalities.com " personality which, in his quest towards self improvement and obsessive curiosity to understand more and more, get to care alot about what makes successes+failures so I can learn from these. And normies, by making so many errors in their methodologies, are really useful to the "outsiders" when they are actually understood in the right fashion, which turns out to be think tanks of lessons to learn from and iterate upon instead of doing all of that research/introspection exclusively on yourself. I understand the normies creates shitty social situations more often than not, but that's also plenty of lessons and ideas pre-iterated, which in turn makes you knowledgeable enough to teach other people (perhaps some of those will be curious normies, so you actually help the bigger picture) about those same mistakes.
Second point, I would like to point out that some normie individuals may be interested in become outsiders or at least understanding their media properly. For example, I have a brother which turns out to be a normie. But as he grows older, he definitely have gotten to respect me and the outsider media so much that he does get vastly interested in the original old Marvel comics and that sometimes we share some weird YT stuff on our TV. Just remember that he's not autistic like me and my other brother, which would be problematic if we weren't a somewhat nuclear (and closely knitted) family and weren't from around the same generation, as two Zillenials and a Gen Z sound like the same gen here.
<del>Thirdly, </del> === Yeah, you can see where I am going and I happened to fall out of ideas.
Feel free to comment me anything under my comment, I seriously recommend watching the whole video throughout and I really appreciate all you, including you comrade EmpLemon from my southern border's country.
Always like the music in the background, as I hear the MF DOOM music, then Madlib, and more classic hip hop shit. as I am a hip hop head, the music is something I always notice
Honestly I can't watch Anthony fantano and it's not because he has bad content or anything it's because I instantly get annoyed when I look at him I don't know why but I'm sure he makes great reviews
I don't like Behind The Meme's content. Not a big fan of Anthony Fantano either. Mostly because he seems incapable of listening to music with any sort of emotional investment and that's a totally alien concept to me.
While large masses of people not adapting to a medium and it’s culture is a genuine problem, I think it doesn’t mean anything if BTM put wood on 5e fire since it’ll burn your house down anyway. Also, There’s no need for that attitude on top of using the term normie- why not just use normalfag?
This video aged so well with the minecraft bandwagon only a year ago I was insulted on a pewdiepie vid for having a minecraft profile pic on another account I have
wow so i watched this video REALLY late (like 3 years late lol) and i think i wanted to say some things, i think your divide between normie and outsider does exist and is p much obvious it does (the bell curve and stuff), but you heavily imply that you find normies to be below outsiders or that the content that they consume is lower quality in some way, that being accesible is inferior and that liking what the masses is cheap and not genius (i didnt fact check if u exactly said that and idk if that is is or was your actual opinion but i think that a view similar to that was heavily implied), i find a lot of problems with saying that. First of all, you have all the rights to say whatever opininon you have about popular media, you can say its garbage, empty, cheap, lacking of content, accesible, etc, and i think you can convince a lot of people that it is, but i think i can also argue that that is not always the case with every popular media and that being that way is not neccesarilly a bad thing, it just depends on taste and what every person prefers, something accesible can sacrifice some things like oversimplification, being comfortable, stagnant, etc, but not all people want a 30 min extensive analysis on eveyrthing, some people are new to subjects and want an easy to digest introduction to it, some people just dont care enough to go so in depht with everything, i know you may feel somewhat offended if they are saying something like that about a topic you really like but at the same time you have to understand that a lot of people have reasons to like certain "normie stuff", im all out for getting new people onto obscure stuff but at the end of the day everyone has the right to decide what they like or not, you may even enjoy some normie stuff too so even if you have the right to say that every normie thing is inferior, i find that it is a very naive view. Also, i think you really simplify the "divide", like it was this impenetrable binary, i think, i doubt there is really a full normie or a full outsider, i bet even you enjoy some stuff that is considered normie too, it reminds me of the "im not like other girls view", like someone cant be both in a way and that everything comes in extremes. (i was gonna try to write a coherent thing but i got tired and no one is gonna read this anyways so im gonna leave this as a jumbled mess)
Ah, yes, the internet truly is a place that I'll probably never learn to understand. There's weird kinds of porn, YouTubePoopers, TikTok skits, comic dubs, commentaries, movie reviews, MEMES, shit posts, repetitive Vine compilations, animations, GIFs, social justice warriors, people who rant about stuff they'll never do anything about, top 10 videos, gaming videos, advertisements, lazy reaction videos, weird commercials some random dude uploaded, Discord streams, roleplaying, FURRIES, VIDCON, racist fucks like Keemstar, DOWNWARD SPIRAL-
I wish my parents would stop using my cool catch phrases because when they do, my cool catch phrases aren't as cool any more. Stop it mom and dad. I want to keep saying the same shit over and over. Because I'm an outsider.
Actually, I saw this right around the time it came out, and looking back to rewatch, im still surprised at the amount of dislikes lol, this has some pretty valid points and is exceptionally edited.
Literally can't find that sempsins video because YouTube keeps showing aweful modern episodes and returns no results if I search for NunofYerbizness :(
Kind of weird how you talk about normies while also using WWE footage. I keep thinking to myself, "Does he think WWE is outside the Normie's viewpoint? Has this guy ever watch New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah, Pro Wrestling Guerilla, Lucha Underground or any other wrestling that's actually outside the box?" I guess things just get weird once you're into niches within niches, but it's why I never buy "Normies" as a hardline transition. You're a normie for one thing and an outsider for others.
Nick MaGrick2020-02-17 07:47:41 (edited 2020-02-17 07:47:57 )
yeah, im good without the sudden loud screams, thanks. I don't think I have to be part of normie culture to appreciate long lasting hearing and no headaches. Intentionally pissing people off, doesn't really count as good content either, since thats what you kept going on about.
I would much rather have Earrape then tired out repetitive jokes for the 500th time or XD random memes that have no other properties than just being random.
Thing is, by just talking about him you've given him more attention that he wants. Also, the memes used here had already lost all their dank long before this video was made.
Majority of normies don't care much about memes. They're just in it for the laughs, they see memes nothing more than just jokes to laugh at and relax at a Sunday night. That's why you still see people doing impact font memes in 2017. If the meme also turns out to be a current trend, then that's just a fucking bonus for them.
To us however, our memes are obviously more than just mediums of humour. It's like a way of life, an alter ego of sort, and the memes fuel that ego.
PanQuakes It's objectively true that memes are just jokes, but there are people who treat memes like their alter ego or something. This is the same type of people who hate Behind the Meme. Same type of people who hate Facebook memes.
Informational Satire: A genre mixed with true feeling and trolling to get a point across. Some people will take these claims at face value and argue against it, others will understand the point of the art and attempt at discussion. This is what separates us "human beings" as two separate think tanks each with their own subgroups.
see /AnyEpisodeOfSouthPark/Ever/
Yin and Yang people. Normies and Outsiderz. Understand The Meme.
Damn, I'm a few years late and all, but I'm a little disappointed Anthony didn't swing through and say "thanks for the kind words" or something. You really showed him a lotta love, kinda bummed he didn't show u some love back; I really like him and his opinions/reasons on why he did/didn't like a song/album/etc., but...IDK, hope he atleast PM'd you a "thanks for the love" comment or something.
Now there is another problem. Ever since btm came the word normie has been everywhere. So now using the term is not only beating a dead horse, its blowing up the remains of a horse who was stabbed, sent to the sun, destroyed by nuclear fission, and fed to Godzilla twice. I may have been over dramatic but the point is that the word normie has lost its meaning.
Edit: more people seem to be complaining about the word becoming stale. I'm pretty sure in the near future complaining about normies saying normie will mean you're a normie. You just wait and see.
this man is the cliche character who speaks the truth and deserves recognition but gets ignored (sadly) some day this man will lead the anit-normie army
@D I V I N E B E I N G He could not take the criticism others were giving, he could have understood what he was doing wrong and change his methods in a more positive way, but instead he decided to guilt the people who criticized him by making the edgy videos
I laughed when he said outsiders only settle for intelligent humour when half of memes are shitposts, honestly I wish people would start embracing that memes are actually terrible and is the lowest and most pathetic source of comedy.
Yes! Also, how come the whole comment section is people complaining about the video, yet they constantly mention about how much they didn't bother to watch it?
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Chad Sponge2019-12-15 20:18:57 (edited 2019-12-15 20:22:05 )
Perhaps it's time to start discussing the Normie Question. Maybe we can scare them away?
Yay, BTM is gone. I once started watching his videos like an idiot, and didn't note it was misinformed. Now that I notice BTM is destroying memes, well. I stray away from him. I researched more about memes, and know more about them. I somewhat like reading. Some stuff may slip off my memory, but seeing the content again just manages to refresh it. I heard that the Hitler marching with his soldiers, um. "Parody" was just to shame him. It seems that this may have caused problems with Hitler itself.
Ah, Kekcroc. It's a rumored unreleased game. One of the reasons it doesn't exist it's because it has KEK on it. KEK is literally a laugh that 4chan created.
Also I researched about rick--- ahem, DUCKroll when I noticed it sounded like Robo's Theme from Chrono Trigger.
As a certain teacher said to me, knowledge is ｐｏｗｅｒ．
And I thought iFunny was bad, memes go there to die, and Behind the Meme is the one who files the report, Spongegar and Harambe are the absolute best examples, I advise you not to ever take a trip to "iFunnyland"
DylanPickleGaming "I want to find out something, but rather than searching for the source and being exposed to the purest form of what I am researching, which would make my research more accurate, I'm going to go to a second party, that has outdated articles and overgeneralises, and then I will proceed to overgeneralise the already overgeneralised." Do you see the problem here?
Absolutely not. I feel as though there has become an even blurrier distinction, but if you're an "outsider" _you will know_. It is not following meme pages on Instagram, I'll tell you that.
50% of people in the comments are with him (including me) 49% of the comments are defending behind the meme 1% of the comments is why isn't the simpsons green?
no, behind the meme got slammed with death threats and doxxes after this video came out. he hasnt posted for 2 years and im pretty sure he faked a suicide at one point.
HEY I LIKE YOUR VIDEOS,BUT GOD CREATED THIS UNIVERSE,MAN AND EVERYTHING HERE THAT MAN HAS MADE, THE BIG BANG THEORY IF ANY PLANET WAS OUT OF ALINEMENT WED BE OFF COURSE ,ALL THIS DIDNT COME OUT OF AN EXPLOSION,WE DIDNT EVOLE FROM THE SEA OR FROM MONKEYS
Or, you know, spam a bunch of emojies due to the fact that you really want to see the Emoji Movie and want to be accepted because your to insecure about your own isolation from the internet and others so you do what you see a metric crap-ton of people are doing because it's "Hip and Cool." Take ya normie friends outta da picture and what da ya got? Answer: A sad and abandoned individual who can't be their own self.
I love your content primarily for the music. Of course, the content itself is top notch, but the music makes it so much better! Gran Turismo ost? Led Zeppelin?! What more could guy ask for!
Don't make enemies of content creators or the viewers. But if nothing else, _if nothing else, _ don't Fuck With 4chan. They have a reputation for being Merciless and Effective.
MEME REVIEW by PewDiePie is much more effective than a lot of formal meme reviews because he doesn’t really try to explain them. He really watches them with his audience and compiles them, which may seem basic and useless, but he actually does a good job representing a variety of memes as they actually are, not just how he interprets and analyzes them.
Also he generates some of his own sort of YouTube Poop.
Joe Ryan You've gotta be joking. Pewdiepie makes low effort"meme review" content that only saturates the memescape with more and more normies, along with killing all of them. I understand he has to upload daily so he can't make the best content, but that by no means excuses him.
@Fluffynator my point is that they're not broadly "normie" or niche. To state one way or the other misses the point, since memes are an inherent part of internet culture as a whole. What non normies get mad at is when normies steal their memes, making what was once an inside joke low effort shitpost fodder.
@Fluffynator I'm not saying anything bad is happening; you're missing the point of what I'm saying. What I said about how outsiders feel is completely incidental.
SERIOUSLY THOUGH PEOPLE STOP SPAMMING EMOJIS IT MAKES THE COMMENT EITHER LESS FUNNY OR HARDER TO TAKE SERIOUSLY WHEN IT'S SPAMMING CRYING EMOJIS ON A PUPPY RESCUE VIDEO ONE OR TWO EMOJIS ARE FINE, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ONE FUCKING CENTILLION
Nobody: No one: Still nobody: Not a single soul: Not even your mom: Not even Minecraft Steve: Not even Keanu Reeves: Not even Shaggy: Not even Ugandan Knuckles: Not even Thanos: Not even Reddit: Not even Big Chungus: Not even Pewdiepie: Not even surprised Pikachu: Not even MrBeast: Not even Area 51 aliens: Not even Grandayy: Not even Jacksepticeye: Not even anti vax moms: Not even coronavirus: Not even Doge: Not even Instagram normies: Lego City guy: HEY!
lmao imagine thinking liking comic book characters makes you not a normie. in 2019 and even in 2017 when this video was made, comic book movie are the norm
And now we face the extinction of mammals, memes are dying and all of the culture is being corrupted. It seems we've come full loop and the normies are the outsiders, and the outsiders are the normies.
Imagine a world where every word ever written, every picture ever painted and every film ever shot could be viewed instantly at your home via an information super highway.
It's 2019 as I type this and I just checked behind the memes channel and its gone waaay down hill, he doesn't post behind the meme vids no more but posts things like "the cops came to my house for my videos" or " I bought my 89 grandmother a sex toy" he's now doing click bait shit because his channel died and he's desperately trying to get relevancy. He even has "I FEEL LEFT OUT" video as his opening ad on his channel.
I think chris ray gun said it best when he compared the internet to rdr2 with the death of the wild wild west, to think we're gonna one of the last generations to remember the "free" internet, we're the old gaurd, the dying breed, the gunslingers, the death of one of the few last remaining cultures untouched by the "main stream". But people like you, Anthony, pewds, pyro, Dolan, grandayy, chris ray gun and many other meme lords (if any one else can think of any more pls reply)...you guys give me hope...you guyz really care about the culture...
I really liked this video, however, I hate the ear rape thing. I do think It can be funny when used in the right context, but it seems like it's used way to often. Similar to a loud noise and a jump scare in a horror movie, It gets a instant primal response that you have little to no control over.
Wow full circle... Pixar=normi ...but you been there... Typ, uncredible ...its the same argument, you as an outside elder know its like coming of age when "just trying to do you" hits the wall of "we have been doing this" that guy will learn or burn. Hiphop has the same sort of problems. "Keeping it real" making deals... He cant defend his actions, its kind of like giving 4th place gold medals... They must evolve n grow... Not drop the bar.
You’re doing gods work man, channels like this are why I have hope for society. I don’t agree with all your political views... but you steam a good ham.
When you load up a save file of an old game you haven't played in a long time and you can't remember how to play and your in the middle of the game but you try are damn hardest to beat the level LEEROY JENKINS!!!!!!!
yeah u can criticize his yt channel for being 'cringy' and all, but did he really deserve the hate? i mean it's not he harmed anyone or caused actual trouble to anyone.
I've realised how hypocritical we are as people. If you play shooter games, you've probably made fun of a squeaker or two, which we all were at some point. If you play TF2 you've probably made fun of an F2P, which we've all been at some point. If you're an outsider, you probably make fun of normies, which we've all been at some point.
@Noah May I'm guessing comments in support of BTM? The fact that someone had all that time and dedication to do such a thing both scares and enthralls me.
@Chris Bartek I think I was confused as to what BTM meant. But it's just Behind The Meme. I do think however that it is, as they say, a dick move. It's censoring people expressing your opinion, and if you try to defend BTM in any slight way, you just get called a normie chad yourself.
This isn't hate, this is useful criticism about how a certain channel is poorly explaining and misinforming people about memes. Emp's showing reasons why BTM'S videos are problematic rather than showing actual hate.
@ELCHEESEBURGER Yeah. It's my brother's account who doesn't even play fortnite anymore. Besides, I can woooosh people by saying negative statements about fortnite.
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb In the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running Didn't make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see So what's wrong with taking the back streets? You'll never know if you don't go You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey, now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder You're bundled up now wait 'til you get older But the meteor men beg to differ Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin The water's getting warm so you might as well swim My world's on fire. How about yours? That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored
Hey, now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold
Hey, now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars
Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas I need to get myself away from this place I said yep, what a concept I could use a little fuel myself And we could all use a little change
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running Didn't make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see So what's wrong with taking the back streets? You'll never know if you don't go You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey, now, you're an all star, get your game on, go play Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold
And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold
Oh so when behind the meme steals meme review from Anthony Fantano, he gets criticized, but when pewdiepie literally steals the name as well as the concept he's praised and everybody thinks that he's funny. Not defending behind the meme I'm just realizing how pewdiepie isn't treated the same way
At the time when they were putting out videos I was subscibed to both and honestly, although I prefered Fantano's show, I thought he was being a dick in criticising Meme Review. After looking back at their formulaic content and marry poppins Romper Room naration, I kinda agree more with Fantano. I admit there's alot about meme culture that I don't understand and sometimes having Normie explanation is helpful. I came to 4chan through Encyclopedia Dramatica- those guys I understand, but sometimes, usually, I look at a page of 4chan and go "this looks interesting and informative, but I really don't know what I'm looking at.
I was a normie for a good two years just because I started memes in 2011 was a normie from 2015 to 2016 not because I was a normie but because I watched behind the meme every now and then
Even if he wasn't popular in highschool, look at his popularity on youtube right now. When you achieved absolutely nothing in life, probably sitting around and watching videos, emplemon has inspired and entertained many; millions of people with his high quality highly researched videos.
Personally, idgaf. I don’t agree with how Behind the meme handled his hate. I understand that Normies are typically attracted to him because they don’t understand the og source. But I find his videos rather amusing. Not because they’re “AMAZING BLOCKBUSTERS” no it’s not the best formula and no it’s not necessarily good but it’s amusing to say the least. I can understand both sides, but I’m staying in the middle. And it’s not like there’s some things he doesn’t understand, he’s just a normie. There’s some jokes that fly over my head. And some crap that flies over others like Danganronpa jokes (those “weird TikTok poses” for example).
Of all of the poops to showcase, BTM shows the fossil of YTP. Could've shown Skeleington's Revenge: a poop that follows a dramatic story with multiple sources, Deliver Us: one of the most surreal poops currently on Youtube, or even Mashed Bandicoot: a modern poop that utilized poopisms to have a hilarious plot, to show how much YTP's have evolved from Hot on our tails and the Spahdinners. But doing research is hard and hurts.
Silver Blade, no, youtube never monetized his videos, even if they were unlisted. He assumed that they put him on an automatic blacklist where his videos would never be monetized. As a result of YouTube's shit, he unlisted all of the videos on the channel, meaning you can still watch them if you have a link to them
Silly EmpLemon, using terms like "normie" and "outsider". We have new terms for those now. It's Kekistani's for outsiders, and Cuckistani's for normies.
I think that modern memes are just as good as the old ones but when normies start walking around in real life saying them all the time and it turns into a "catchy phrase" that makes you want to take your ears and burn them off
I mean, apparently if you take it so seriously that you think mean comments are harassment, you can make quite a bit of money off of well meaning idiots, so i suppose like button is right, that has changed.
Brandon Salgeuro doshishayad dollarsignriyaal? mate please don't use ruski symbols as makeshift english characters, if you want an asythetic then google up that vaporwave font.
I'm imagining it now... him making a video about his own channel, and then his subscribers spamming Behind the Meme all over the Internet, killing the meme within 24 hours.
First of all, I want to say that I love your videos. You are incredibly passionate and do your research well. It's evident the amount of effort you've put into creating a solid argument, and I'm not just talking about this video.
But I have to disagree with the "us vs. them" mentality here. Behind the Meme is a bland, dull-colored paste who insults people who call him out and refuses to learn more about the very culture he claims to understand. No wonder people lampoon him. But when you go on further to insult "normies" and draw a huge line between them and the "outsiders", I think that's counter productive.
It doesn't encourage people to better understand Internet culture, it drives them away- leading the "outsider" community to become one massive circlejerk (which frankly, I think it already is). Just my two cents!
While your video was Great & had Solid points, There was no Outsider or Normie back then, Everyone enjoyed Memes back then, & only then the Idea of the Term: "Normie," took rose during the final days of MLG, and even now the term has Died out.
you can’t just classify people by normie or outsider. that’s pure bullshit. i enjoy a good cock and ball torture meme here and there but i’m also a fan of some pop culture shit, while my favorite music is anime openings. where does that put me? “normie” or “outsider”?
Can your content even be considered challenging? Seems like the opposite. But maybe it's because I don't get offended over literally anything. Anyways, thanks for explaining this. I knew people hated him, and I sort of get why, but I didn't know some of the specifics.
See the whole outsider/normie dynamic isn't totally viable. There are some people who consume and criticize both ends of it. For example, I was fond of outsider culture when I was younger, video games and comics being my niche. When I stumbled across YTP I really found another medium I loved. But the thing is I still consume normie content by the bushels. But there's a happy balance, I'm up to date on memes yet I still watch homogenized normie media. In fact, no shame, I played and enjoyed CoD:IW, while also play EDF, a much more obscure title that is fucking amazing. The classification of tastes can't account for every individual. Other than that, good vid. Keep up the spicy memes you god.
@Fade I guess it's up to the person, and after all things like cod get popular because of the people in the first place, but cod is typically played by normies simply because they are a majority.
It's amazing how different the comments are between the top and newest filters, gatekeeping is usually a good thing but trying to gatekeep "the integrity of memes" is pure autism. Memes have been normie shit since the dawn of the internet and it's extremely rare that they're not complete cringe especially back when this video was made.
you don't need to be smart to know about memes, just have good friends that'll give you some good memes and research them by yourself and you'll be a top tier meme reviewer
I'm being serious. I thought Behind The Meme did stuff right. But this YouTuber had opened my eyes. How he is disrespecting the meme culture.
On my lonely channel, I'm trying to be the less cringe possible (maybe the reason why people stopped rapidly subscribed when I deleted a video that I felt shame with), but I can't identify myself if I'm a normie or not.
Not really, he has talked about some topics against youtubers who have done some messed up shit, also some history, and that sort of thing, look into the channel before you talk about it maybe.
Who remembers when "Behind the meme" pretended to kill himself and it turned out to be a whole think about "Rasing awareness" or some sh**
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Two For Five2019-12-01 02:57:02 (edited 2019-12-01 03:02:19 )
This is the definition of toxicity. Like, I love your video, and I realize you made a video talking about how you were wrong, but, you do realize that there is no such thing a meme culture. No, I'm not a normie. I have my own specific tastes, and find them my self.
The most cancerous is ppl trying to be over-edgy and ironic all the fucking times just to not be called "normie", they are wayyy more cringy than anything else.
Anyway great video, idk how these people find great concepts (i guess) and find a way to fuck it up
Chorosso I'm part of some "Dank Meme" groups on Google Plus (people actually use it!), and there is a bounty of anti-"normie" sentiment. For the most part, they are just trying to be "edgy" (whatever the heck that means specifically) and don't actually mean most of what they say. Pathetic that some people are trying make the enjoying of memes something exclusive.
Well yes, he's mostly in the same mentality as those ppl who wan't to make fun of "normies" while thinking they are any special because they know ThE NeW MoSt epiC NEw DaNk mEmEs, and those people are just annoying.
But i can't give him the point that behind le meme is awfully lazy content.
Well being anti-normie has became like a trend, if you don't want to be trashtalked you have to permanently act edgy and insult ppl that laugh at "normal stuff", mostly the same event that happens in college where you have to make fun of the less loved one if you don't wanna end up in his position.
So i think that just most of these people are just teens or pre-teens.
Oh, YOU'RE EmpLemon? I recognize you. It's just, my friend constantly shows me your tweets on his phone out of nowhere, reading them in a strange and unfunny voice, and it's super annoying. Because I'm just not interested in it. Thought you'd like to know.
kevin reese2019-03-12 04:39:24 (edited 2019-03-12 04:42:32 )
not to mention ytmnd preceeded youtube and youtube poops by a good few years. with the creation of youtube it just let you be more creative with the style since it moved to actual video editing.. if you want to get real technical you could consider some flash cartoons in a similar style on newgrounds even earlier examples of the style although its in a completely different category.
That seems to be the problem with the entire counterculture “normie” hatred wave. You become so hyper focused on being counterculture that you end up forming a culture just as basic and annoying as the one you left. What’s the difference in hating something for being weird and different and hating something for being popular. That’s why you should never form a culture purely around being obscure and “unique.”
I think Behind the Meme is a good addition to meme culture. If the normies never took media and made it unbearable, the outsiders would never move forward, never discover new places. They drive our innovation, because they're so unbelievably, insufferably boring
His spiritual successors are people trying to greentext everywhere they can leave comments I'm not saying that there should be exaggerated violence and disdain directed towards these people but i am strongly implying it
There’s better ways to understand memes, like joining the cultures/fanbases the memes originated from. Like how after I joined the JJBA fandom, I realized it had a fuckton of memes that originated from it.
One thing i want to criticize is your example for Memes that die through too much repetition. You used a graph of Harambe to visualize the point, even though Harambe got that repetition from the media as well, since its not ,,just a meme'' However even then, the usage of the graph told us nothing, since you cut out anything after the spike of popularity. In your Meme Theory about Trump the full graph was shown AND SURPRISE Harambe got searched really often after that point.
Anyways, the the video is really enjoyable, despite some minor flaws and your ,,YouTube personality'' feels really genuine.
@Basti EiseNKrafT He makes pretty well reasoned points a decent amount of the time, but I forgot that anything you don't agree with can just be called "Orange Man Bad". Weren't the right complaining about everything they do being called "racist" not too long ago?
Old Random Computing well if you go deep enough into the really weird part, you find some really crazy people, but you’ve got to go really far to find the real shit
@Smuggy Mcsmugface same with Instagram. Full of nothing but man behind the slaughter repost with comment sections full of people calling eachother simps despite not knowing what it even means
Ive just started really listening and watching Emplemon and I have to say I enjoy his music choices. Its always enjoyable to hear some new music and then suddenly hear King Crimson or Cream playing and other older rock musicians play. Very good video structure too. Keep up the good work!
3 weeks? That would be a haven nowadays. Most memes on the dreaded shitty subreddits, known to be better than most sites, only last 1 or 2 weeks but get so overused that they get old after a day. I'd love to go back to 3 weeks.
Anybody think Behind The Meme purposely puts out false or inaccurate examples and descriptions of memes so normies get a small dose of the actual thing but won't understand the true nature of it making it easier to spot normies?
Hey bud I would like to point this out as some one just taking a simple critique of the video you may in the future want to put the disclosure of not hating on the other channel earlier in the recording. I say this because in another video you talk about average viewership being only 8 minutes. Which if the purpose of the video is to communicate your opinion or point to people would mean that would make it the most effective way to communicate that your not calling people to burn his "house" down.
aaa yes the good old colorFlash/actualEarRape/and actualy funny video editing thing. i legit forgot that ear rape use to make me take off my headphone. good old time
Honestly it’s pathetic that people are actually telling this guy to kill himself because he is telling people about memes. So called “Meme enthusiasts” are taking this too seriously. It’s just a fucking meme. It isn’t a life for death situation. Let people do what ever the hell they want damn
There is a mass of people here that are using the terms normie excessively and out of proportion. If you do this you probably are a normie yourself thinking that's how outsiders really fucking act
Mmm. Figures. YTP is an old format of video. There are tons of great ones. The best way to understand what they are is to watch some. You're allowed to learn what they are, but please, just do it organically.
i have a theory that game theory was a spy normie and years ago he appealed to outsider but has now dropped the disguise to appeal to normies about fortnite.
alex derpy racc2019-02-05 20:28:20 (edited 2019-02-05 20:39:44 )
Wow memes even existed before i was born lmaotopkek yes no I'm not sure am I a normie? I would have to go with no cuz I meme all day long originally at work and everyone thinks I'm crazy
I just have to say that the only thing I don't like about us meme patricians these days is that we're sometimes even TOO condescending to the normies just because they're lacking of context.
"Normies": normal people who don't know a lot about memes. They are not completly glued to their computer and are actually productive. They were drawn to the amazing innovation of the internet but it was not part of their daily lives. These people are the good workers who make money and contribute to society.
"Outsiders": People that have discovered the strongest adhesive known to man and have used it to weld their computers to their face. They are kind of like a ball and chain on the ankle of progress and were heavily ridiculed in the past due to their uselessness. However, the internet opened up to the "Outsiders" and they felt special until "Normies" came and shown "outsiders" how useless they were again. Getting tired of the ridicule, outsiders came up with an insult for those more successful people: normies. These people are the fat teens/ young adults who live with their parents and don't contribute at all. Again, ball and chain.
Behind the meme: A normie who wants to educate other normies because he and others are tired of being ridiculed for being a normie.
All the people bothered by Behind the Meme: Outsiders who are afraid that, by educating normies, the outsiders will be seen as useless again.
(Disclaimer: I don't care about Behind the Meme, but I don't like it when people like the "outsiders" become stuck up narcissists for petty things)
a bit of a generalisation to say "all of them are the same". everyone is different. you might've just been exposed to those who have a short attention spam.
You DARE disagree with an opinion made in this video? THOSE ARE VALID GROUNDS TO HARASS AND THREATEN YOU AND CALL YOU A “”””””””””””””””””””NORMIE””””””””””””””””””””
@Void of Space and Time Everybody starts not knowing something.
Do you instantly know how to spell or read the first time you are asked to do it? You don't. The same applies to the world of memes. You start as somebody that don't know shit
It's an evolutionary thing. Some normies evolve into memelords, some become even bigger normies. All we can do is hold their hands hoping natural selection takes the right path.
Yeah I think you really have to take his depiction of normies and non-normies with a grain of salt, but that's kinda part of the joke so don't think too much about it. If you take part in sites like reddit, 4chan or the image boards like imgur you automatically start taking part in the current meme culture, and usually each site as well as fanbases develop their own style of communicating via meme and it's all good. Except tumblr memes nobody likes them.
The only thing I really kind of dislike is his non-normie description, we're shitposting shitlords and I like it that way, but I think most of us are not some social outcasts, feels more like a double life if anything.
I bet if you noticed the line from chapter VII that goes something like this, I am not against normies learning about memes, people just need to be careful about them. You would think in somewhat of a different manner. Additionally, I am not hating on you for making this comment. I know it is hard to watch some guy talk about memes for over 20 minutes.
I will be pissed when BTM makes a video on the new crash woah meme. It's amazing and he will shoot the dog before it's even hit by the car. Thank god it hasn't come out yet.
You're all saying its ded but its just as funny to me as it was before the btm video, how did its funny factor go down? Seems like youre talking about magic
Emp, I love this video and all, but instead of just shitting on the normie, why not make an actual video on the actual History of YTP from your first hand experience?
And do the same for memes for that matter, which you've pretty much done already with your meme theory vid, but that was focused on the God Emperor and how he gamed the meme economy.
In his video "explaining" the Cory In The House meme, a.k.a Top 10 Anime (Insert thing here), all he does is just explain what the show Cory In The House is.
"When everyone know about a meme, not even the normies want to swim in them." This encourages people to create new memes. Thus, it grows the meme economy.
If memes are killed off faster than they can be produced, they become stale, and unoriginal. Recently it's nearly impossible to have 5 prominent memes existing at the same time, while prior to that, as showed in the video, this is sparta lasted a year, and memes were still produced. The system isn't like a factory, if people see memes dying out quickly, they may get discouraged, whereas if they stick around for a while and are enjoyed, that encourages people to make new memes. People don't get payed for making memes, but receive dopamine hits. and if the source of the dopamine is running out memes may stop entirely. It's honestly a cool thing to see you sticking up for normies (can't believe the word hasn't been replaced yet) but this isn't working. People were complaining about there being too many memes on the topic of elon musks kid the day after it was announced. This isn't a sustainable economy, but things haven't changed. I know it's impossible to change someones view of anything on the internet, but I appreciate it if you took the time to read this.
@germanpogostick I agree that overused memes are boring, but that doesn't make it less famous. When more people know about a memes, it becomes more famous or prominent. If overused memes are discouraging someone from making more memes, then don't pay attention to it. This will prevents unoriginal memes from discouraging people. In the end, people can keep their dopamine from making new memes. All I want to say is that the enjoyments of memes are sustainable for anyone by just changing the way you think.
@Yo bruh hey just wanted to say that's a great mindset you have, and that you seem like a pretty chill guy. If people could look past overused memes, then perhaps the economy could recover. The problem is, memes provide joy in 2 separate ways: by creating them, and by observing them. You are defending the overdoing the production side, which, on it's own, is fine! Nothing wrong with the idea that everyone can make something they enjoy, or get into a new hobby, and it doesn't matter if it's low quality, because you'll get better, and it's for yourself more that anyone. But most people enjoy memes by observing them, including people who make memes. Let's think of a bakery you enjoy, where this awesome chef you know makes incredible pretzels, which you happen to enjoy, and he happens to enjoy making. Win-win situation. Then he starts to teach his 3 year old how to make them. That's fine, it's great to get other people into the business. But it's not fine, because every now and then you'll order a pretzel, and it comes out with too much salt, stale or undercooked, as it was prepared by a 3 year old. It makes sense they don't know how to make perfect pretzels, they just started learning. And that's the problem with thee short crash-courses provided. The 3 year old might get the hang of pretzels after a while, and boom! more quality pretzels! But if the only training they receive is a 6 minute rundown on how to make pretzels, they may misunderstand the objective, as well as never improve. This isn't just shown to one person anymore, but is widely spread among those who want to make pretzels without going through that much effort, instead of taking their time to understand how to make them. And this would still be fine for the economy if they didn't flood popular meme locations with low effort generally misunderstood memes, but kept them to themselves. But that doesn't make sense. And telling people who want to buy a pretzel to just ignore the fact that some might be terrible is putting the responsibility on the wrong person. Putting all the responsibility on behind the meme is not entirely justifiable either, and usually the learner is at fault, regardless of their age. I was someone who didn't know better as well and uploaded garbage memes, but I happened to watch the right people and eventually understood them better for the most part. I don't really make memes anymore tho. Overall, the people who kill memes through quantity over quality productions are mainly at fault, but channels like btm, whether or not they intended it, are enablers. Sorry about the essay again, I think that was your point. I think it was that ignoring overused memes is beneficial for everyone, and my point was that it's hard to ignore it if they're everywhere and you're specifically looking at them hoping they will be good. It just makes good memes tedious to find more than anything. That's just my 2 cents tho. Once again, I'm not disagreeing with you're lifestyle, who knows we might become friends (tell me your discord), just with this one point. It doesn't matter too much if you agree with me on it or not in the grand scheme of things, after all when was the last time you saw someone change their mind on the internet? That's all I really have to say though despacito, A german pogostick
Just last night me and some friends found normies invaded our dank meme collections with there shitty unfunny vine tier videos. Is there nothing sacred to these horrible monsters?
Hating PewDiePie and Reddit nowadays is basically the exact same situation as hating Normies 2 years ago, soon in a couple of years PewDiePie and Reddit won't be that hated and something else will be hated exactly how Normies, PewDiePie, and Reddit were a while ago, so your point doesn't stand Plus Reddit isn't worse, PewDiePie fans isn't worse, though I would say PewDiePie himself is worse since he's actually aware that he's hurting memes unlike Behind The Meme where I don't even think he was aware about his harm to memes before this video was made I do kind of dislike PewDiePie though I don't hate him, though Reddit just gets unnecessary hate and honestly is just hated on because that's the new thing to hate on (Kind of how some game fandoms are unnecessarily hated on just for no reason and are only hated because that was the cool thing to hate at the time)
The reason people are complaining how emp is being a whiny gatekeeper is bc of a thing I like to call Leafy Syndrome. In short, back in 2015 to about 2017 it was cool to be edgy and mad and shit all over content and many other things we consider cringe today. But people can change, look at Pyro, he used to make the same content as leafy with a deeper voice but now he can make 2 hour long game retrospectives. Even emp changed, he went from complaining about the memescape to making videos about the history of jumping.
I honestly never liked this take on shit. Calling it like "outsiders vs. Normies shit." Not only is it really cringe imo (even for the time it came out) if also just creates an us vs. them mentality and makes everyone want to just shit on anyone who doesn't understand the culture of the internet instead of being welcoming
why should it be welcoming? is there really any good reason for making a community welcoming to all? just look for another community, or ingrain yourself properly, theres something for everyone, you just gotta look for it. and if anything goes wrong? it dosen't matter, its the internet! truth is, everything is a we vs them because people are different and similar, thats a simple fact of life. stay hydrated.
@No Name yeah... but now everything is getting corporatized, that's no fun, that's boring. That's also dangerous because law making cannot keep up, but that's another topic entirely. Stay hydrated, its important.
Edit: I’m now cured from being normiefied, although I still feel ashamed of myself. This marks the 1 year anniversary of when I stopped supporting him. Thanos Car is a great meme. Ugandan Knuckles was a horrible meme. I am a good human being, although I am still ashamed of myself. I think I need to be sent to the execution chamber because I’m afraid the virus will come back. I need help.
I think there’s another channel that, on the surface to behind the meme: lessons in meme culture. Could you look at it? You’ve changed my mind on BTM, I want to be sure on what you think of LIMC.
i think by this point honestly emps mentality has changed so much that im not even sure if he would even care by this point, it was kinda interesting to see him mature like that, by this point he had already developed his documentary-style content but it wouldnt be until around a year from this vid where his mentality would somewhat change and truely became what it is now around the year after that
Please help me I used to be an outsider but I have become a normie and I need help. Please direct me twords a place for me to become one of you guys again
Call McDonalds and call them stupid and then hang up, I don't think anyone has ever done that and that'll make you not normie and you'll be funny in the process
so I watched the right opinion video on this and he seems like a cool guy, gave him a sub. But he agreed with most of emplemons points, that he responded poorly (or not at all) to criticism, and that he endangered he ecosystem of memes while being disillusioned of where his standing on the topic was. The only major flaw I can find with this vid is that emp blames it entirely on btm, while there were more factors. I don't understand how the right opinion defended him, he ends he video saying that he can't really make an argument on his behalf due to him refusing to step out of his comfort zone. The right response would include being hurt, but also trying to unserstand the motivation, and growing as a result. Did he deserve it? As a person, he meant no wrong. But this video has every right to exist as a piece of criticism that could have been beneficial to the channels very growth. I'm Germanpogostick and in this essay I will
if i'm not mistaken, the term "normie" just aged horribly, and at the time emplemon used this word with proper context to refer to these "normies", or i'm probably wrong
It's because people (probably actual normies) misuse the word to the point that it's cringe. Although actual normies do exist and we need a term for them.
@Andy Blanton he was doing bad job and double it down with his lack of self awareness. He will be an equivalent of meme compilation, nothing more with that ignorance.
4:05 Thanks for summing up my my annoying mainstream citizen of a school and my teacher tryna talk about the "wild web" side of shite, him tryna talking about it is kinda cringey and weird cuz you would get called out as "clinically insane" like, when you and us know about all that stuff... Well yous get the idea
I love this video, but only have one disagreement with it, but it doesn't really concern BTM. The part about outsiders applying themselves, and getting and getting a higher grade never really made sense to me. What if said subject that is being taught is something uninteresting and will not help said person in their career pursuits? For example, I love history. I always want to know more about the politics and nations of the past, in this case subjects such as math and certain sciences will not be of use to me, since I want to get a PHD in history, and become a Historian.
Normies like old memes or outdated outsiders constantly grab onto a new meme and when it gets even a tad bit stale we throw it away -definition or some shit about differences
I just want to put this out here a couple years later since we've seen your metamorphosis from someone who used to be a pretty decent pooper to now where you do stuff like this more often... People often when they do things especially in a creative medium tend to shift focus a lot due to what's going on around them. My guess is Emp got tired of pooping and wanted to do something EASIER.
As long as his editing stays tight, I don't see what the problem is. Its not a bad thing for people to shift the focus of their content. He has the experience, skill, and perspective to produce good commentary
It was kind of bold of you to straight up say that people into the weird, nerdy and obscure are often more impactful to the world than those who thrive on the mainstream. Makes me feel kind of vindicated since I was often bullied in my youth for finding lots of mainstream entertainment (though not all of it) uninteresting, to the point where I desperately craved to be a normie just to be accepted. You brought up some good points in this video and it's nice to know that the football and rap worshipping normies from my youth were the ones really holding society back.
Just recently discovered you and I completely support you on your opinions and no one has seem to noticed the amount of Pink Floyd music you use and I love you for it, Keep it up!
On the topic of documenting internet memes, Encyclopædia Dramatica served and still serves that function as well, though the nature of ED means it'll probably remain purely for outsiders at least for a while longer.
The same shit happened to Imgur. I started going on there years ago because it was surprising and original but then they started putting adds on the site and censoring everything. Now lame shit gets to the front page and its sad.
The stupidest thing about responding to that 4chan thread is........ his target audience will most likely never visit 4chan ! Why are you pulling out a criticism from the place that you're safe from (in the eyes of your audience) and bring it for your audiences to see ?! Like you said in this video, outsiders will not depend on Behind the Meme to get their meme. Why try so hard to pander to those people when your target audience is clearly normies
i disagree on YTPs not being the grandfather of memes. earrape is still used today, and even though they have evolved almost recognisably, the music memes have developed from YTPs (i argue the sparta meme started it). meme channels even use YTPs here and then as a way of making nods to where they started. YTPs definitely have roots to where we are today.
As spine shuddering and annoying as the "hupadurp normies haha! What fags!" Message is, it has an underlying truth. Once a piece of content becomes oversaturated and main stream, it gets fucking annoying. That applies to now, in 2018, more than ever, because memes barely last a few weeks before I want to slam my head against a table from being so god damn sick of it. We're also repainting long dead memes. Remember keyboard cat? Say hi to Bongo Cat. (Few months dead, but still.)
@Dumbo Octopus Had he actually done some research on the topics that he wanted to cover, none of this would have happened. Look at the Internet Historian, he is loved by every community (even 4chan), because his videos are actually informative and don't spoil memes at all. BTM on the other hand, gave an open challenge to 4chan itself....
@Dumbo Octopus would you want students to learn about their subject with an out-dated, poorly researched, and lazily written text book? There's nothing wrong with trying to teach normies about good memes, but when you make them believe that dead memes are still funny, miseducate them about important details and make the memes look bad, it's over-all detrimental to the community
YouTube Algorithm logic: Videos that actually explain memes well and people generally like them? Screw that! Videos that poorly explain memes and get lots and lots of views and subscribers? Put that on Trending!!!
How else is Behind the Meme more popular than you or Anthony Fantano?
If I were to run YouTube, I'd have the algorithm prioritize relevance first, then it's like-dislike ratio, then how many likes and views it has. Subscribers and watch time don't really matter much.
Edit: this coming from a guy with ~250 total views, 1 like, 7 dislikes, and no subscribers (so you know it's not me, but rather guys who make actually good content who benefit from these changes)
Unfortunately, Youtube is running under the rules of "Popular, recognizable, and safe content [mostly]"; from a business perspective, they need to maximize what will drive revenue, and what better content is going to pander to the mass, general, homogeneous market? Yes, the safe and popular content. The edgier stuff won't fly, since this stuff is a way smaller market than you think. The majority are people who are casual viewers, and don't put much effort into watching. The edgier [or less general] people are a lot more engaged, but also smaller in size, resulting in less total revenue driven by that market. TL;DR Youtube will only go for the safe and pandering stuff, not this kind of content.
Actually, I would propose the opposite. Funky Kong has the highest natural speed stat AND is a heavyweight character, which means that combined with the Flame Runner (inside-drifting bike), he is a speed demon whose weight keeps him from being knocked around like a lightweight. His acceleration is garbage, but the stand-still mini-turbo pretty much neglects that. Daisy with the Mach Bike is also a good combo. Daisy is SLOWER and LIGHTER than Funky Kong, which automatically makes her a worse choice, but she has the sharpest drift out of anyone else.
im nine and love irish rock band and all forms of music and play a lot of game thanks alot and im not sarcastic and thank you for shining light on outsiders
WUWHWUWH WAIT. Am i a normie for liking Pokemon and Mario? (stuff like shorter meme life cycles is why ive not been enjoying memes lately like you just see them used EVERYWHERE and it gets grating! imo)
I just looked up thatistheplan and he's not on youtube? I just see a bunch of reupload videos... unless I misspelled it, entirely possible.
Also HUGE PROPS for citing your music. HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE props, THANK YOU DUDE, can't count the number of youtubers who DON'T put the music in their information. It really pisses me off when people don't cite their sources for music. Sorry for all the caps, but you really made me happy with that little extra info. Thanks dude.
@Nernx Ultima He's always been Needledrop, it's a different channel entirely. Thatistheplan was his shit posting channel, which was taken down due to YouTube's shitty system.
not even just 4chan but random sites too. its like shifting through a load for crap for a single diamond that you yourself then share or create. its an annoying job i wish i was better at.
Throughout the video he plays a song from midnight club 3 DUB edition in the car customization shop! And alot of other video game music from my childhood!! LOL!!
He's telling people to unsubscribe, therefore unsubbing is for normies. Subscribing is something normies also do. would never subscribing make someone an outsider?
creemyice Well hearing him talk about this "culture" behind memes and how a youtube channel that tries to explain memes, is destroying that culture, makes it seem like he takes memes way too seriously.
HanniballXII he mention in his “youtube have been on a downward spiral” video that he made this rant to criticize behind the meme, not because he hates him but to help him make better content
I feel like you're the exact kind of person who emp doesn't like. You hear the word "meme" and rather than find out why he takes it so seriously, you dismiss it as "vapid".
You know that dinosaur metaphor you used? Well it's kinds false but not in terms of use. What I mean is mammals did not start to exist after the meteor, they just started to evolve after the meteor.
Also, its a little more fitting because the only group of dinosaurs that survived are the birds, which would learn to live in every environment and outnumber mammals 2 to 1.
Look at me guys, im super edgy...I use unfunny ear rape & act like I could careless if people like me..you're like the hipster of the internet, "I liked all this stuff first, now its not cool that its cool." If the internet is older than you..you're probably a fucking "normie" too..those dislikes tho...XD
Where were you months ago when 4chan literally summoned an ancient primordial god of darkness and chaos through the power of shitposting? Where were you during the last election season when Kek and the powers of meme magic helped Donald Trump become president?
We shall defend our memes, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on IFunny , we shall fight on Reddit , we shall fight in 9gag and 4chan , we shall fight on the internet; we shall never surrender.
im sure outsiders like mainstream media aswell its just they dont live by it and outsiders dont like the same things repeated so dont worry your probaly not a normie
Killerwhale 6011 You wrote a couple paragraphs of bullshit. How? How is his content garbage? It is more entertaining than EMPLemon at least... Along with that, tell me how more people knowing about a meme kills it, or overuse, whatever you mean by overuse kills it. Along with that, tell me what you know about meme culture, the secrets. Wow so intelligent, you know the secrets of meme culture that NO ONE should know!!! Along with that, I watched this whole video believe it or not. And you countered none of my arguments as well.
Chill, ok sure it's the internet, you said it yourself, anybody can post ANYTHING on the internet, so just let Behind The Meme post his stuff, if you don't like it, don't watch it, you post what you want, and if people don't like it, they don't have to watch it
Kek actually came from World of Warcraft, as Orc's who said "lol" to an alliance player, the alliance players would read it translated to "kek". Topkek however is indeed the cupcake.
The fact he has no clue about the shit 4Chan has done to people like him, as well as being considering how much 4Chan has shaped memes, meme culture, the history of memes, etc.
Anyways, great video. The only criticism I have is the overuse of seizure inducing effects without a seizure warning, since people with epilepsy can't really help getting a seizure.
Who the fuck cares if normies want to learn about memes? How would that ruin them for the rest of us? As far as I see it, it's good that normies are at least trying to understand memes when they could just say "that's weird, unfunny shit" and move on. Plus this behind the meme person isn't trying to hurt or bully anyone like Leafy, he's just trying to share memes with a wider demographic.
@Julia Belyung If everyone and their grandma knows a meme and references it, it gets old much, much faster.
The problem people see is that memes don't have a long shelf-life anymore; a couple years ago people could get months to years of enjoyment out of these silly internet jokes but that isn't happening in this new age.
SCP: 749 "Behind the meme" Or "Normie" This SCP is known for killing every single meme that gets near it. This SCP can also repeat anything as much as they want. Heres an example. WARNING What you are about to read is real text from behind the meme...
Day 1: Hello internet welcome to behind the meme!
Day 629: hello internet welcome to behind the meme!
This SCP hasnt been contained yet. If you see this SCP please call 1800-742-SCP And stand still. Thank you for listening.
When you get to the point of calling someone a normie makes you a normie
Also teach me your ways of making normie nullifying memes. I know a lot about memes and how long they last and thier average lifetime due to the amount exposed to the meme, but removing normies is now needed to save the economy.
Marcus Marcus, really. Do you know how a virus works? If more people get it more people die and can't get it again. This applies to memes, once you find it not funny you won't find it funny again. And more people introduced the faster it dies. It's like a virus. The more people (normies) the faster they die or become normiefied
The Meme economy will crash soon! There is only one way to escape this Downward Spiral, Comrades, seizethememesofproduction! Destroy the normie class! For a Dank future!
If you're sorting by newest all your gonna see below me are normies, redditors and generics fucks who joined the internet during the social media age etc. Half the video is talking about how memes were part of outcast culture, and like everything that only outcasts people like, normies eventually come along and ruin it. These guys are sad, what happened to the old internet?
I still very much love this video and have every time I’ve watched it, but it’s weird watching it with Behind The Meme at the very least giving the appearance of some pretty sever depression (and possible thoughts of suicide). I’ve got respect both EmpLemon and Behind The Meme’s defense of their sides here, but this whole little piece of YouTube drama has gotten significantly more serious in tone.
@JoeShmoe102 Same here, man. And I just want to say how funny it is that people call us and Emp elitists when all we want is for them to put in some effort and have some fucking passion instead of being ignorant and bland.
Hulkieus Because TY does fuck all for recommending good channels, if you want to find the good shit you just kinda have grab a shovel dig through the shit hope you hit gold.
No, he's not dead, but the channel is. The last part to BTM's series of videos (5. The End [RIP Behind the Meme]) was removed shortly after being uploaded. It has been re-uploaded by another user here https://youtu.be/1duIkZnLh_o
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KA 2372018-08-10 00:52:19 (edited 2018-08-10 00:53:00 )
Ah, I still watch old YTPs and stuff. I never really was able to watch your videos because of your liberal use of ear rape. It is just that ear rapes aren't my shit. Cs188 is probably still my favorite. (I know some guys don't like his content because he basically just fills his videos with sex jokes instead of the artistic methods of YTPs, but what could I say? I am still an immature teenager.) CD-I YTPs were my thing back then. King Mah boi!_, Morshu the Jewish shopkeeper, and _yor face symphonies.
i actualy used to watch behind the meme but it was like a month and i had had enough with the normie and i never thought about it for i think a year until i see this
Edit: I’m now cured from being normiefied, although I still feel ashamed of myself. This marks the 1 year anniversary of when I stopped supporting him. Thanos Car is a great meme. Ugandan Knuckles was a horrible meme. I am a good human being, although I am still ashamed of myself. I think I need to be sent to the execution chamber because I’m afraid the virus will come back. I need help.
Anime has become part of normie culture. Back when I was growing up if you watched Anime it was just like reading comic books in the 60's-80's. It was considering very nerdy and you were often made fun of for liking it nowadays it has gotten so mainstream as many normies have flooded the market so much that I bet the normies watching Anime don't even know their normies. Also same with kids cartoons back then and yes back then watching kids cartoons as an adult you were looked as a manchild that has no job and lives in your mom's basement disappointing her every day with your existence.
God No not really, not to say we're the same as how we were at birth. But there's more things that makes a normie a normie other then the fact that they don't know anything about memes, a normie isn't just someone who doesn't know anything about memes. A normie is someone who subsists entirely on the mainstream no matter how terrible and bland the mainstream may be. Normies always follow the trends and believe whatever the mainstream corporate puppets tell them to believe. No one is born a normie or an outsider, but you end up falling into one of those two categories eventually. Is it possible to have that changed, most of the time the answer to that question is no. Most people who've already fallen into one category can't switch to the next, no matter how hard they try.
they can, you cant say people cant change, legit on the video himself he says some people are lucky enough to change on what they believed are thought.
God I never said people can't change, I said most people can't just switch from normie to outsider and visa versa because certain types of peoples personality ends up in line with either category. It's in a lot of ways like your character traits, trying to manually change them can be difficult but not impossible.
We didn't start out as normies, we started out as newbies. A normie is just (according to Emp) a person who doesn't look for challenging, niche media, so as long as you're open-minded you could be listening to the Top 40 and watching The Big Bang Theory and not be a normie.
@ScusaChannel well think about when u were younger. If u started from there ur frontal lobe wouldnt even know what a normie is and just start at the bottom of the food chain. I think thats what im trying to say here. Of course we all can change butat a young age who can say much.
Nope. This comment is going to hurt me, because just saying "Normie" or "Outsider" relapses me back into my childhood self. I was an outsider, bullied for being a nerd, no matter what I did. I decided not to dress to impress anyone or gain attention, but that just led to me being bullied more as they assumed I just couldn't afford make-up or I was lesbian or couldn't afford nice clothes. I was bullied for being myself, which made my childhood self very resentful, even at an early age. When I first got a PC at age 8, I consumed the internet, indulging in everything because I felt like it was somewhere I could be me without judgement (because my face was hidden by a screen). People can become outsiders after being ..."Normies".... (ugh...) but being an outsider from a young age can have a very strange effect on people. It's a weird trauma from exile that leads to a lot of hatred for the people who didn't get it... which I think is why the internet is perpetuated by rage today. A lot of people who stay hidden behind a screen find no reason to mature, so they just keep living the same bitterness from their youth, which comes out as cowardly lashing-out anonymously on a site like this.
Sadly, outsiders who started as "Normies" will never get IT. The day-in day-out harassment followed throughout a decade or more of school. It takes it's toll and it can mess people up.
I get it. I can remember the anger I had back in the day. For example; back when I was about 11 was when "Nerd culture" started being cool... With the "Normie" definition of the Nerd trend being to wear the new-at-the-time novelty 3D glasses from the cinema with the lenses poked out (and an odd amount of neon clothing to contrast the thick black lenses). Suddenly, they had taken a word they had bullied me with for 4+ years, (a word I had battled with and eventually adopted as a badge of honour) and used taken it for their own, which I originally thought would make me The Cool Kid, but that dream was shot down pretty swiftly, proceeding to tell me I wasn't Nerdy enough. I was so unbelievably bitter, I started complaining about people being mainstream and started being a hipster (before hipsters were ironically the opposite of hipsters). With the rise of mainstream shows like "Big Bang Theory" making the life of a nerd even more difficult, the lack of understanding just frustrated me more. I began lashing out at more mainstream things, like Justin Bieber and High School Musical and Twilight, being increasingly negative to an almost selfish and entitled degree. This is where people like 4chan-ers and redditors and Outsiders stand today; living with that rage they just can't let go of from being misunderstood by simple-minded people.
(I hate using "Simple-minded" too, but I didn't have a word for Basic-bitches and Normies back then, so that's probably what I would have called them. For me, it was the "Dweeks" that pissed me off like nothing else, and it still pains me today. I have been a fanatic for Doctor Who since I was 5. I had been a "Whovian" and active in the fanbase since I was 7. I held Doctor Who on a pedestal as an icon and probably one the most influential pieces of media in my childhood... when suddenly, 2010 rolled around and Doctor Who started airing on BBC-America... and it dragged in some awful "Fans." These were teenage girls who claimed to love Doctor Who, with no caring for the history, had seen a maximum of 4 seasons and only really cared about debating whether David Tennant or Matt Smith was more dreamy. They called themselves "Dweeks," naming a new fandom for a show who already had an avid fandom who were named before these bitches were even born. These American Dweeks were the epitome of Basic-bitches/Normies. Their ignorance of not only the show's history, but the fanbase's long history, made them very easy to hate for an Outsider, and it felt like they stumbled into the lion's den. Now, the ball was in our court. They were on our turf and the Whovians were out for Dweek blood. We'd intentionally made them look like dumb assholes and chase them out of fan groups, gleefully hunting and sniping them in the only way we knew how; through vicious hateful comments.)
I grew out of all that behaviour as I understand more mellow approaches can reach the same goal without the intense hate. In my mid teenage years, I hung out with metalheads, goths and other types of nerds, basically all the outsiders I could be with so they could understand that we didn't have to be alone. Eventually I brought them all together for the last 2 years of school as a huge group who could no longer be bullied, as the "Normies" had all separated into small groups, ironically meaning we were more popular than them as they were sat at lunch in groups of 4-9 people whilst we sat in a group of 21-34 (yes, at one table). The friends I made then are still my closest friends today, but I am a rare case, which is why I am all of this saying this.
I mellowed out of my hatred because I realised that there are as many Outsiders as Normies and because I found my people. Most Outsiders do not find that. Ever. That is why they are stuck in an enraged loop even as an adult. They lash out because they are making up for all the times they were made to feel wrong in youth. Not all haters are outsiders and not all Normies are dumb, 100% mainstream sheep. You can become an Outsider and you can have started as an Outsider but still be a nice person... but this is my point.
An outsider is someone who sees a perspective not shared by everyone, usually not shared by the majority. As a nerd, I find fun in analytics, learning trivia and the dissecting of all subjects. Goths see a pessimistic look at life as logical and freeing. Metalheads enjoy hearing music that is new to them and make them feel something not shared normally in recent popular music. An Outsider is not just someone in-the-know, like Behind the meme, but someone with a particular way of thinking that is not typical of everyone around them. As people who lived on the outside at a young age, we get angry at people who decide that being socially accepted as normal is more important than finding yourself. We get angry when we aren't given the luxury of being seen as normal just because the way our brains work or our hobbies and choices we decide are worth embracing are different that of a less creative, thoughtful or self-aware person. Some "Normies" do become "Outsiders," but not everyone. The younger you were when you saw yourself as an Outsider, the more you understand what causes this divide and the bitterness that Outsiders hold for "Normies" and why they decided to name them something so scaving in the first place. A Normie can become an Outsider when they gain better awareness of the world around them later in life. It's true. They can then choose to not be a sheep and learn to not give a fuck like the rest of the Outsiders... but young Outsiders were practically forced into their status of "Outsider" by the social circles created by school social dynamics and media influence of "What is normal." If you were never "Normal" you were wrong and that self hate and hate of others never goes away, leading to a backlash that can't be easily extinguished. I think the best way to show my point is "Atheists." Atheists are ruthless in America, being usually quite hateful and up their own arses, because they want to believe they are better than Theists because they have science as actual evidence for their beliefs. Meanwhile, I am an Atheist/Agnostic. I rarely say it, however, as I don't want to be associated with scummy American Atheists who hate people for believing something different. I live in Britain, where it is completely normal to be Atheist. 35% of Britain is Atheist, whereas less than 9% of Americans are Atheist, so it is relatively abnormal to be Atheist compared to Britain. Here, no one needs to get angry and try to force these views on others to be heard because no one is rebelling. No one needs to prove anything because no one is being threatened. No one feels wrong for not being theist here. There are far less Anti-theists here than America in recent years too. And sure, you can become Atheist as an adult and have no real issues doing so, but if you were an Atheist at age 15 or younger in America, there were probably many issues, having to fight maybe religious parents, grandparents, catholic schools, preachers and more. That's the true difference between Normies and Outsiders. Outsiders are fighting everyone to be who they want to be, whilst a Normie just conforms. A Normie can join a fight as an Outsider later in life, but they can never be a Veteran-Outsider.
Wow, sorry, I did not expect a rant like this to evolve. I just kept writing. I think I had an epiphany or an crisis or a moment of self discovery or something. I just couldn't stop. Apologies for the rambling. Ignore it. I may just make this into a script and make my own video on it instead.
Mamamew TheRani I like your explanation. This could be a great article or video. You are very well-spoken. Your sword of discernment has been sharpened by rough circumstances, and your will has been hardened by fire.
@Ideoform Sun Thank you. It means a lot to me that you even read my long venting session, let alone being nice enough to compliment it. I'm going to sub to you out of grattitude.
Mamamew TheRani I think you should copy it onto your web page or another place where others can read it. We need good descriptions like this about what it's like. Thank you.
@scorepit I was raised a normie. I followed a lot of trends and I thought that This Is Sparta was a meme that I could use, like, everytime I kill someone on Roblox. I'd also follow popular opinion and when I see anything like XD, I'd use it at the end of all sentences that I type out in comments and games. But now, when I find anyone unironically using trends and being corny as hell, I cringe hard. It's why I respect The Emoji Movie. It's why when my normie classmates and friends do the bottle flip to be cool and not to pass the time (p.s everyone in my class bottle flips), I reject them for a day. I'm a semi-outsider. I can usually understand a meme, and I like some dead memes. But, there comes times when I overuse a new meme that had not been infected yet/are dead. e.g Illuminati, B, E, Yeet, Oof.
So yes, it is possible to change categories, but you need to be changed before you reach 10 years old. (My transition started when I was age 9.)
@sonny wdym emplemon is equal, the same as us its not possible for even him to have not liked a trend once, just once in his life. He may be the only one who knows whether he started out as a normie or not, who are we to say if he was or not.
I’m starting to break out of it. Not that I was fully normie in the first place I was just a little of both. My problem was being too preoccupied with sports and school but over the last few years i grew a whole new appreciation for the internet and now I’m doing my best to find out as much about it as I can, especially meme culture (even though I’ve always enjoyed memes throughout most my life). I’ll admit I’m not as versed at EmpLemon here but it’s obvious i started later than him lol. Though I like some main stream stuff, mainly video games like Wow or Runescape, I’ve always questioned a majority of main stream shit and always hated it for the most part for as long as i could remember but I just didn’t bother to actually investigate it for myself at the time. As George Carlin said “it’s all bullshit, and it’s bad for ya”
@Obelisk No, that is not what I am saying. What I'm saying is that there are specific kinds of people that like mainstream media and support trends, then there are people who don't like all mainstream media and don't submit to trends just because they are trendy. People who fall into one category most likely will not just switch to another, that'd be like saying you love pop and then all of a sudden deciding that pop isn't good and that you love rock and then immediately expecting to be treated as a fellow fan of rock.
@King Dededelicious God I wish the old memes were still viable in the new meme economy. I miss the Fry-Futurama meme, as I wish to write across it in Impact, black-bordered, white font "...Can't tell if compliment, or just trollin'."
God As I was reading through this I was like holy shit, it keeps going. I don’t mean to crap on the commenter or anything, this was literally the War and Peace of YouTube comments.
not because you start as an idiot it means that you should keep like that, you can just try to make a personality and that would be enough, or at least accept your self as a normie but dont make corporate morrons like buzzfeed and fine bros make some brain wash on you. that problem is that most of the people cant even accept themselfs and everytime someone like emp say to them that they are normies without personality they answer "U r EliTTIZt, yOu cAnt say THat".
@Mamamew TheRani thanks for a great comment here. I cant defenetly agree with everything(it is always like this,so i guess it's okay) but found myself related very much to the major point. Thank you.
@Mamamew TheRani Thanks for sharing your point of view with us. I've just become aware of what the terms "normie" and "outsider" actually mean and their implications in the social environment that we live in today, thanks to this video, and your little speech helped me further understand just how far this terms go. I was kind of born an outsider, but I was lucky enough to not receive a lot of rage during my early childhood. So, even though I have been an outsider all my life, I don't feel hate towards normies, but I also don't think it eould be fair to call myself a true veteran outsider.
I don't even know what kind of content you make on your youtube channel, but I'm going to subscribe just because I liked how deep your original comment was. You sound like someone with very coherent ideas, and also someone who is able to recognize their situation, as well to accept and aknowledge them, which are all very valuable abilities. Sorry for the long comment, but I wanted to say that it means a lot to me that you shared your story with so much detail, and please, don't be sorry for sharing your opinion or personal experiences.
TL;DR: I liked your comment, it helped me better understand what "normie" and "outsider" is and where it comes from, you seem like a smart person with good writing skills. Thanks for sharing your personal experiences.
I used to love all the pop shit that came in my area because I never knew about what stuff is really out there. I still remember the old youtube though. But I completely changed a few years ago when I realized all of this mainstream propaganda and corporate intervention ruining the quality of every single internet thing. I got into an existential crisis, started a thirst to find non-mainstream stuff (and some of the older stuff I used to see on YouTube when I was a kid loving mainstream shit but I also used to play Counter Strike and Halo so I guess that separated me somewhat off. All of that old shit is now forgotten or gone thanks to YT's stupid search algorithm too.) and so I've realized the great message EmpLemon is trying to send.
@DaveBob I started out as an outsider, but started following the mainstream later on. I did it until I realized I didn't like following the mainstream, and it became super boring for me, so I became an outsider again. (Especially after discovering emplemon's channel and figuring out this was the channel for me) Edit: wow too many commas. Gotta change that.
The trial of behind the meme music anyone. Emplemon: He was caught helping normies Behind the Meme: CRAZY TOYS IN THE ATTIC I AM CRAZY TRUELY GONE FISHING
People are taking this whole "normie and outsider devide" too seriously. I might be wrong, but wasn't that supposed to be satire? I don't think the joke delivered as expected.
Fatter Platter It just seems to breathe elitism/pretension. I guess I do know where he’s coming (as a reference, I in particularly enjoy avant-garde works of music such as Velvet Underground, Yoko Ono, and La Monte Young, all very alienating, underrated and underground music that is looked down upon by many) however, to look down upon people for “not getting a joke” or “for being a normie” seems quite counter intuitive. When I recommended someone listen to extreme or experimental music, I like to sail them through it, show them what I appreciate. His approach to indoctrinating people to the comedy he enjoy is to scoff at these people and go on to state why he and his circle-jerking friends are “the outsiders” misunderstood, ahead of the curve, different people that mainstream people just don’t get because they are so advanced. Everyone feels alienated one way or another. You’re not fucking special. You just make more abrasive and different forms of comedy. So why not help people understand it?
@Joe Joseph K lol this is perfect. I agree with your argument nonetheless.
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Stephen Wood2019-01-19 17:46:15 (edited 2019-01-19 18:09:13 )
I see a lot of people cringing about his normie/outsider terminology but I haven't seen anyone in these comments provide the creator of this video with a good explanation of what he's getting wrong. The idea of it being satire doesn't add up for me even though I can relate to wishing it were so, because to some of us it is quite palpably flawed. But how could it be satire? This dichotomy underpins most everything being said in the video, much of which is quite obviously heartfelt and very well argued. In fact it only seems worthwhile to elaborate on this underlying problem because this is video is so well made. I enjoyed so much of it, especially when his arguments were presented through repeated demonstrations of his skill in the specific genre in question. But some very fundamental mistakes are being made.
There's a lot I could say about this but in an effort to keep it simple I'd like to respectfully suggest to the creator that the primary error lies in a too narrowly considered historical context. In another video he suggests it is reductive to suggest Leafy was taken down by a single Content Cop. And I'm suggesting that in this video he's guilty of a very similar misunderstanding concerning the forces at work in "ruining" memes and their increasingly shorter life cycles. Outsider niche culture did not exist only for isolated individuals trapped within a vacuum up until the internet came along. And if you want to understand any sort of "golden era" that was brought about by this technology and the forces that appear to threaten its demise, you have to look at the larger historical context. Counter cultural forces have always been forming bubbles that later get popped and/or coopted into the mainstream. The internet obviously changed the playing field, but you can't understand how the rules have changed if you can't see what remains the same.
And once you look at how your experience of these issues resonates with those of others within the larger historical context, I guarantee that you will soon find the word "normie" to be downright nauseating. Because in order to embrace that sort of concept you also embrace the homogenization of anything that is not "normie". To be an "outsider" is no longer about being free thinking and critical but is instead just another meaningless label used by mindless consumers of memes or alt-this or indie-that.
So that's why you shouldn't talk about "normies".
And that stuff is why memes die.
Sorry I couldn't explain myself better and be more concise. But I'll stop there. Good job on this video. And good luck out there.
Colin McGreevy well how do you know? The girls that say they aren't like the "princess" they don't even fucking realize every one is different. But the normies vs outsiders actually means something. The definition of normie is a person who goes into the most popular media. The definition of outsider is a person who stays outside of main media. Those are two fucking different things
The difference between hipsters and outsiders is hipster reject anything that’s popular and go for anything “vintage” but with outsiders they can still like mainstream media as long as it is good original media but most mainstream media is really mediocre so they generally explore their media to find better media.
Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to BTM. The car turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Meme Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza.
Bullets struck the memekiller's neck and head and he slumped over toward Somali sonic. The a different affiliate of BTM was also hit in the chest. Vice President F E L I X K J E L L B E R G takes Oath of Office The car sped off to Parkland Meme Altar just a few minutes away. But little could be done for the memekiller. A memetic priest was summoned to administer the last rites, and at 1:00 p.m. Behind the meme was pronounced dead. Though seriously wounded, The affiliate would recover.
The memekiller's body was brought to normie Field and placed on Normal Force One. Before the plane took off, a poker-faced Pewdie stood in the tight, crowded compartment and took the oath of office, administered by US District Court Susan Washingmachine. The brief ceremony took place at 2:38 p.m.
Less than an hour earlier, normie police had arrested Emperorlemon, a recently hired employee at the Texas School Meme Depository. He was being ridiculed for the assassination of BTM and the fatal shooting, shortly afterward, of Patrolman Rageface on a Dallas street.
On Sunday morning, November 24, Lemon was scheduled to be transferred from police headquarters to the county normalfag hell. Viewers across America watching the live television coverage suddenly saw a fucking normalfag aim a gun emoji and fire at point blank range. The assailant was identified as Norman Fagotti, a local nightclub owner. Lemon A S C E N D E D two hours later at Parkland Meme altar.
I know, this post is about as long as the video itself, so here’s a bit of a TL;DR:
This post reads out as the story of JFK’s assassination with Behind the Meme as JFK, EmperorLemon as Lee Harvey Oswald, and for some odd reason, Pewdiepie as Lyndon Johnson.
People are pointing to Emplemon as the source of all this recent shit, and imma just say that behind the meme doesn't know how to react to criticism, you should listen to constructive criticisms and adapt and change your content. And yes, emp and pyrocynical both may have pushed it far, but I believe both parties are in the wrong. If behind the meme brings back his content he needs to listen to constructive criticism, and with emp and pyro and everyone else, don't push the poor man so far, this video was both constructive criticism and attack in my opinion. BOTH PARTIES ARE IN THE WRONG AND SHOULD CORRECT THEMSELVES.
@CB0931 If Behind The Meme actually took the criticism well and changed for the better at first the community wouldn’t be fucking him with dislikes. Stubbornness shouldn’t be left unpunished especially if that stubbornness is making below mediocre content that kills one the internet’s most prominent art forms.
@SonicGman2001 True. But, BTM fans and other normies needed someone to blame it on (that was on YouTube since normies don’t know any other sites) for BTM’s garbage content so they went after the person who actually made good content and put up good criticism
But think about this now. This guy was a real human being with feelings getting sent hate and death threats everyday. How would you feel if this happened to you? You guys bullied a person into submission like a bunch of jackasses and now he hasn’t uploaded for 4 months. This is why sometimes I hate the meme community.
For the 70% of the fans of EMPLemon who don't understand what he EXACTLY wants from BTM and are going through false information that BTM wanted to ruin people's live. Stop sending death threats to him as that's not helping anymore. Instead of going with the information EMPLemon provided, you went and send death threats to BTM.
I now checked EMPLemon's twitter. Yes he didn't want this. But right now in my honest opinion. EMPLemon did nothing wrong. But most of his fans in his fan base is the fault of why this happened. I know it's hard to completely control a bad fan base or most of a fan base. So right now I have a better image for EMPLemon but I have a worse image for the most part of his fan base.
But JC Cast, BTM made something wrong, he complained about some stuff and made an invalid opinion. Yeah he is wrong in that shit he created. But since he knows he created a lot of bad shit. He decided to go off youtube for months and think for the best. But after those 5 months. He wasn't making any invalid opinions anymore of youtubers. And in his beginning to end videos I don't hear him making too many invalid opinions as he's just talking about his life. But there are still some fans that are still sending death threats to him and are still encouraging him to die because they're very unintelligent of what EMPLemon actually wanted.
And I also say that to myself because I thought he wanted some bad stuff to BTM. But that's not what he wanted at all, he wanted to expose him. His fans want the shit. So I'm gonna be editing my comment now.
It isn't divided into two groups, there are internet hierarcies Facebook< 9gag < IFunny <Instagram <Reddit <4Chan That excludes a lot but you get the point
Without behind the meme I would have been dead for a long time with all these memes coming from nowhere and I couldn't explain myself wtf is this and why is it supposed to be funny.So idk why hating upon him.
When I first encountered him, when he covered Whoa Technology, I said, "Hey, this might be a great video!'
BOY WAS I WRONG.
It was basically three minutes of corny jokes, one minute of stock images and bad GIFs, two minutes of intro and outro and thirty seconds of actual content.
Memes is, in just opinion, the new media. And because how special it is, some people like EmpLemon will be more passionate about it. He's like one of the front runner of this new media.
I've been a massive fan of Youtube Poop and meme culture since 2007; But even before that, memes like "All Your Base" and the dancing baby/banana were making me chuckle in the earlier half of the 00s. I watched tons of stupid Volvic ad shit, at a time when slowing things down and speeding things up was the funniest shit in the world and I'd literally come home from school and just binge watch that crap until my fondest childhood memories were context deficient random nonsense from some obscure YTPs I can't even remember the names of.
Zelda CDI was a classic. I remember getting the videos from Quebec Gamer and making my own shit tier YTP which again was hilarious back then for me, it was great being a part of something. 300 memes to this day are among my favorite - I even went as far as to download the remix on my old laptop - Dr Robotnik poops by Stegblob and Boogidyboo were my favorite videos in particular and I will never forget CHOCOLATE COVERED COCK! Or any of the many quotes from those classics.
Now with all that being said; this whole normie bashing thing I can't appreciate. I totally agree Behind the Meme is just fishing for views at the cost of YTP culture and is doing a disservice to what was truly the golden era of the internet, but as cool as you are EmperorLemon - love your work, love your poops. You come off as pretentious as fuck. Please don't become another Pyrocynical - to quote Rocky in a fitting meme fashion "You're better than that!"
suresren i know exactly what you mean. Everyone wants to be so different. When in reality most of the people in these comments are just barely getting on the meme culture. Hell I still consider myself new and I have been an "Outsider" since around the same time as you.
Oh my god, same dude. IMO, the best memes are the old ones that still hold up. My favorites were the ones where it was a reusable image where you put text over it. Like the "x, x everywhere" or the "one does not simply x" meme, or the "yo dawg" meme. Especially loved the rage comic ones. Now, memes are pretty fucking low down trash that I wouldn't be inclined to laugh at 8 years ago.
Isaiah Allen those are pretty recent memes, but yeah they were good. It was cool when only a few memes were out there. Now everyone who makes a shitty meme thinks they are GOAT. It's annoying. Miss when people did it for the laughs
What if we are looking at this in the wrong way... don't we want the Normies to become an outsider? Sure I mean people have behind the meme all those other websites but if the get "educated" in any way even if it's wrong, that will help them understand the way of the meme.
Probably because he spends the entire first half of a 30-minute video calling people brainless normie trash, with a side of pointless earrape, and spends the rest of it being elitist about fucking jokes. Yes, they are a part of Internet culture/history, but when you go on a thirty-minute rant to hate on "brainwashed normies", you should probably seek professional help.
Also, complaining that BtM is creating unneccessary drama... in a THIRTY MINUTE RANT.
Stug I need to pay attension to the ending because he said that he wants people to enjoy memes but he also wants them to know how to use them properly instead of flooding everything
lilpaladin1 here's a reason to hate this video. It's a full grown man getting mad at someone because he's ruining memes. Process that for one second and you'll see why this video is cringy af.
Archmage Madara dude...if you have been been on the internet for as long as I have then you should know that taking the internet seriously is not a good idea.
Never in my life have I seen a comment not understanding of anything in my life.
A. I don't go to any Behind the Meme videos so don't lump me into the haters. I do something better. Not go to his videos what so ever because if I do not like something after watching it, I simply don't watch it. Also you swore too but all you did was apply partial Roblox filter to hide the word.
B. I don't care if you can't stand ear rape or memes you still need to watch the video in order to understand context and find flaws in the arguments. The moment you said you didn't watch the video you lost. So B. is out of the picture.
C. Same as B. YOU NEED TO WATCH THE VIDEO IN ORDER TO MAKE ARGUMENTS.
Also I like how you say we insult everyone when 1. This is the internet and 2. You're doing that by insulting everyone else so just stop.
This has been your long rebuttal paragraph about an internet topic because we are all just wasting our lives on this. The end.
Luke Friederichsen Well is it not unfair to call them vapid when the majority of his audience haven't watched past the 30 minutes mark and outright resort to character attacks? I'll explain why it's important to watch the whole video at the later part of my comment.
Out of all the comments siding with behind the meme, only two guys have posted a decent comment so far.
Speaking for myself, I've tried to explain my reasoning to those who took the video way too seriously. Heck I'll say the same thing I said to them. It's OK to be an outsider. It's also OK to be a normie. After all, all of us at some point have started as normies. Once you are willing to know something on a deeper level and commit to that desire, you are no longer the normie. Thing is, it's disingenuous to present yourself as someone knowledgeable on a subject when all you do is read from an outdated wikipedia article/ know your meme page. That's what behind the meme does. Example: Sentence shifting when it's sentence mixing. Also teaching others what youtube poop is by showing only the most archaic examples. Not informing how YTP has evolved at all. It's like introducing you to the concept of cars by showing you the first car ever created and nothing else. You wouldn't even want to know anything about cars after that. As a result, his viewers have a skewed understanding of what a meme means then proceed to misuse it to the point where the meme has lost its meaning. Compare the lifespan of the newer memes to the older ones. When memes weren't as widely accessible, they lived way longer. Data doesn't tell lies.
And here we are dealing with an overabundance of behind the meme dick riders who spam cringe, resorting to ad hominem attacks and you tell me we are suddenly the bad guys. Aside from some faggots who ironically spam normalfag, sorry but no. We are not blind enough to mistake real drama for a wrestling style promo. You heard me. It's an act. Emplemon is cutting a promo on behind the meme. For entertainment. If only you watched the ending where he breaks character. It's almost as he's a fan of wrestling or something. Who would have thought that a guy who makes rants a la wrestling promos took inspiration from said wrestling promos. Who would have thought the one who doesn't have a deeper understanding, makes an assumption based on a false true and makes and ass of themselves. Who would have though that behind the meme didn't understand Anthony Phantano's video and reacted as if it's character assassination. Wow it's almost as if judging something based on a false truth makes you look like a fool. Which is the point of emplemon's video.
You should have know better, but just like the rest of people like you, you were too lazy to find out what even is what you are ranting about. You weren't even trying. It's almost as if this proves what Emplemon said in the video. Some people are too lazy to search the information for themselves and stop half way through. Maybe spoonfeeding, turns us into lazy slugs who are satisfying with understanding the surface level - the bare minimum. The C minus. The average. The passing grade.
I actually like YouTube comment sections, because it is a place where people can decide to say what they say and isn't it just great that with "cancer" and stuff like flame wars we still understand each other in arguments.
i think it's mostly B because it's too fucking long, i watched it because i have nothing else to do atm. he could easily shortend it up for like 5/10 minutes and te 'normies' could be convinced faster. hell he could sum it up in one minute talking he lacks content and get all his stuff from know your meme and they are convinced
Who is actually going to spend 32 min watching a video about a grown man talking about why he's upset someone "ruined" jokes on the internet I like memes and all but that's a bit too much
Instead of watching a 32 minute video of a grown man quite possibly making an unironic argument to defend the "quality" meme culture, how about we all just watch pyrocynical trash BTM in half the time?
Mamma memes? More like mama Mia that was cringy! (Can't be as cringy as this joke)
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Blaze of Glory2017-11-13 12:20:45 (edited 2017-11-13 12:22:10 )
That “Argument”... I don’t think you could even CALL it that... It’s so pathetic, that it’s hard not to laugh at. It’s like a raccoon getting it’s head stuck in a jar. It’s so pathetic it’s funny.
I think you make a mistake thinking anything can ruin the meme economy. Competition breeds excellence. General audiences pick up on memes several days after their inception, by which point they're already replaced by better ones, which leads to new jokes to fill the purpose of the old. It's like watching comedic evolution in fast forward. It's beautiful and involving, and those that can't keep up are never going to catch up. Those at the forefront will always be four steps ahead.
I've never seen BTM's video on YTP, nor do I watch either of your channels (just saw my first BTM video today randomly and the comment section alluded to this video), but GOD do you sound pretentious. I can understand being upset about another youtuber getting popular while not doing as deep of research as you'd like, but you sound like a stereotypical "everything that's popular is lame" hipster. Using "normies" in a derogatory fashion as if it's a bad thing to fit into the mainstream media? Not sure if you just intentionally made this rant provocative, but then you would be appealing to mainstream media preference and soliciting " normies (making you a huge hypocrite when a large part of your video is bashing another person for "selling out" to a mainstream audience). Where is the hate for the other youtubers who are popular and put little effort into their videos? Holy Jesus I can't stand people like this.
Personally I agree with Emp here. Theres times when gatekeeping a joke is beneficial. Take a look at the Mr Incredible meme. Because it wasn’t gatekeeped (and because there’s no dislikes), the meme has gone straight to hell; it lost its initial punch. It’s pathetic.
Do you really think that gatekeeping memes is such an important thing to the world that it’s worth driving a man to nearly take his life when he doesn’t do so? What kind of drugs are you on to think that up?
So YT unsub'd me from your chnl....again. Sighhhhh...........WTF YT, GTF Off my ass!
What's you tube got against your chnl, lol?! I don't get why they unsub me from some chnls constantly. and not others. And the ones they unsub me from are the ones I watch on a regular, so it's not that they think I'm no longer interested in the chnl. It's so fucking annoying. It's not bad enough the bell does NOT work for over 3/4 of the chnls I sub too, but NOW they are unsubbing me from chnls too. Grrrr.....anyway, just venting bc I've been dealing w it for almost a yr now.
@Zero Black oh geez, that's crazy! What's more, when I don't resub, and click the video, I'm subbed to the chanl. I just gave up clicking the sub every time I saw it was red again.. And, I have YT red, I'm not sure if any of that matters... I also have no idea how to change anything.. Lol! But, I wonder if I call and ask them to check mine and if I'm listed as that, to have them fix it? I don't see why not, they'd be talking to me, and know I'm me, lol, seeing as they have all my info as a red subscriber for like 2+ years.. I actually called them about something else, about 10 months ago and said this was happening and they said they'd put a ticket in, and gave me a free month, but nothing was done about the issue. The notification thing pisses me off tho. I miss so many vids.
@Zero Black lol, ohhh, ok, that's easy enough! And, maybe I'll send in a report to YT, and call again. Hopefully, with enough calls and sending reports, they'll fix it within the next year... Prob not tho. Lol!
Bog Child2017-05-20 05:23:48 (edited 2017-05-20 05:24:14 )
You shouldn't really get hate for advocating for outsiders. I don't know where I fall on the outside/normie scale, but I make sure I know what the hell I'm talking about, and BTM is making no effort to even understand what he's doing. And he basically killed dat boi
@Dead Children Playing What do you mean, they talk and sound completely different. If anything BTM sounds like a more energetic and happy version of Chills.
@Jason Jia Yeah he made the intro like that on purpose, but his voice doesn't sound like BTMS. He also definitely doesn't talk like him either with the pAtRonIsInG yOuTubEr vOicE.
oo copy right song ,, now ur intruble !@! lol Stupid Internet , messing up good vids ,, and the money that goes in the ppl pocked that make that content ,, stupid comanpys taking money they didnt earn ! 5:00
this was actually so stupid why did people get mad over this my god this makes me glad i didnt know english until recent years and didnt know about this
not often can a youtube video keep me captivated for 30 minutes
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Cyranek
83 likesThree reasons to that:
1. EmpLem puts effort into his content.
2. EmpLem is an unprofessional professional memeticologist.
3. EmpLem isn't a Normie.
4. EmpLem has a reputation of reasons #1-3.
5. Fuck I miscounted
This is Emperor Lemon we're talking about here.
2 likesthis video was not an exception for me lel
2 likesTRASH MAN
1 likeThat's like telling leukemia it has a tumor.
FishyLemon878 He will NOT be banned, how the fuck has he broken the terms of service?
2 likesFishyLemon878 That still does not break any of the terms of service, so there's no actual way to stop him
4 likesholy fuck, just realized the video had 30 minutes
9 likesI was bored until I found this video for 30 mins! Thanks EMPLEMON!
2 likesyou need to learn how to use youtube better or expand your attention span. kids these days
2 likessame
0 likesFishyLemonDude 4. Destroy the man behind the channel by overreacting due to your hobby being made mainstream
1 likeSame
0 likesOnly a normie could have such a short attention span.
0 likesI tend to watch long ass videos
0 likesTry mixedmollywoppery.
0 likesYou're everywhere
0 likes@FishyLemonDude wow.
0 likesNot often are people fucking sentient.
0 likesHoly shit Cyranek watches EmpLemon.
0 likesIndeed. Also, I prefer the Briezerker class, but sure.
0 likes@(This Channel will be deleted in early 2022) You should probably delete your channel sooner than that. Like today for example.
0 likeswell that was 4 years ago lol
0 likesSo you think that bullying and doxxing someone over cringe images is ok? Please go outside.
4 likes@Cheese Wizard average redditor
0 likes“Not often can a YouTube video make me feel like harassing a guy and nearly making him take his life make he feel good for 30 minutes”
2 likesYou need to open those curtains
Looking back on this,
148 likesIt’s so fuckin weird how this dude was doxxed, harassed, and bullied by big content creators for explaining memes but now Lessons in Meme Culture is thriving and seen as a Chad for doing the exact same thing
I’m glad Emp has matured since, wonder how he reflects back on this
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In one if his videos about the importantace of the dislike button, he says that this video had fair criticism put against it and his content improved from there. So Yeah this video in hindsight it's kinda not it lol.
19 likesBtw like your content man. Hope you're doing well.
@Just Call Me Kai Likewise, thank you so much!
8 likesI feel like a major factor behind LiMC succeeding where BtM failed has to do with presentation
19 likesLiMC has a nice voice that "sounds educated," which makes his videos much better to listen to, whether you're actively watching or just having them as background noise
He also often gets right to the point and tries to explain a deeper meaning to the meme subject, giving a potential reason for just why it was relatable and thus spread
LiMC is liked because not only does he explain memes to anyone not in the loop, but even kinda explains it to anyone actually in the loop that didn't really think about the subconscious "why" to it all
BtM, in contrast, had a grating voice, a bad habit of dragging things out, and generally didn't offer much in the way of information that you couldn't just find on the topic's Know Your Meme page
He still stands by his criticism. While the harassment to Kyle was unjustified, Emp, as well as other people like Fantano, as well as me are entitled to criticise his content. People think Emp was gatekeeping, but he isn’t when he has stated that anyone can get into different types of memes, but it was about how Kyle was making content for the wrong audience. So I imagine that Emp doesn’t think differently, and he realised how bad the criticism was to Kyle, so he’s defended him. It was more than the fan backlash than anything else.
5 likesEmp’s argument that the content was poorly executed is fair.
4 likesHowever looking back at it, he probably misread the intent of BTM.
If you look at his video where he defended the guy, Lemon clearly thought that he was making those videos for fun, whereas in this video, he thinks the purpose was either money, influence or killing meme culture (and in fairness, given the videos did have the format and appearance of something that was produced to trend on YouTube at the time I could see why he would think that without knowing anything else).
As for the video on Behind the Meme ruining the Memescape, it does have its points (in particular the breakdown of the YTP video was good), but the one mistake he made in my opinion was mentioning that he wasn’t actually mad at the guy until about 29 minutes in (in his YouTube Downward Spiral video he showed this video’s creator page and that the watch time was only 7-8 minutes on average).
So unless someone was skipping around, they probably didn’t hear that part of his opinion on BTM.
This is probably one of Emp’s worse videos (especially in terms of how it’s aged compared to some of his others), but it also is one of his first where he went long on a topic, so he was in the process of becoming a documentary channel, but not exclusively doing that yet.
Well LIMC has quality content so it makes sense for him to be praised
0 likes@Mr Jevil Could it also be said that if Behind the Meme had better descriptions and sources (ergo: Didn’t assume know your meme was accurate), he probably wouldn’t have been criticized as much?
0 likesIf you find yourself in a "vs. 4chan" situation, it's best to just lie down and cry softly, because there's nothing you can do and your demise is inevitable.
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at the very momemt you start a discussion with a troll, you already lost
164 likesThere's no way to defeat 4chan once you have outraged them
110 likeslet the wookiee win
26 likesThough to be fair I can understand why his Normie Audience was applauding him for "Taking on 4Chan" a site based on hating everyone and everything tends to get little to no Sympathy
35 likesReddit can hold them off for a while
1 likeUnless you are homestuck
0 likesFetal position for best results
3 likesi know this sounds like something that they teach you at school but and this only works with a troll, just ignore them lol
2 likes@A Fez but haha big chungus dood hahahahahha
5 likesLiterally just wait it out
2 likesYou can just sit down and watch something t'ill 2 days pass.
14 likesHaving a raid means getting off your ass, doing something, not watching gore, and not playing videogames.
That's why they are more often than not a failure. If you just don't give them a reaction they'll just crawl back to /gif and call it a day
4chan are the wolves off the edge of the youtube battleground cliff and getting thrown down there is the ultimate punishment any youtuber can be subjected to
4 likes@Dante's Inferno feds: haha paid moderators and jannies go BANHAMMER!*, *SHILLSRUNFREELY
2 likes@Slacker Shrub you've never been to /pol/ in the last months right, it's full of magapedes not neo-nazis
5 likes@Q Anon same thing
4 likes@Slacker Shrub haha, i wish...
4 likesThere is.
8 likesDon't play. 4chan are literally like bears. If you aren't entertaining, they lose interest really quickly.
Unless your Fred Golluchi
0 likesheres what 4chan does:(insert something "offensive"/"racist" here) and spam that all over your shit. and then you realize that they're not causing any harm, so you let them be until they go away.
9 likes@Based Sneedclave exactly, memes will die eventually, and soon 4chan will say "hey this isn't that funny, what now?" until someone says "HEY LOOK AT THIS NORMIE SHIT" and then they flock to that. not that this is a bad thing though, i do that too, just not on 4chan
1 like@F Is pay for sex morally wrong?
0 likes@John M I guess election fraud can stop the memes
0 likesYou could just ignore them ._.
1 likeYes, because a bunch of DDosing neckbeards that can't handle an opposing opinion is something that I should worry about. Woopedy doo, I'll just get a VPN. Still not good enough? Oh no, I guess I'll just have to interact with the rest of the world like a normal human being, something that they'll never actually be capable of.
1 like@Hakime Hamdouchi look at you interpreting intent... Nice.
0 likesThe problem with 4chan is hiroshimoot who literally sold data to the Japanese government about 2chan which he used to own.
4 Chan is a honeypot, lurk if you like, but never ever post unless you're behind 6 or 7 firewalls and vpns.
@Slacker Shrub a broken clock is right twice a day, but a slow clock never is.
0 likes@Impericalevidence actually, depending on the speed, a slow clock is still sometimes correct.
1 likeDepends on which part of 4chan. /pol/ is full of useless neo nazis so you'll be fine. Cant say the same for others.
0 likes@roetemeteor exactly
0 likesWatch internet historian if you want an example.
1 likeUnless you two are scheming.
0 likes@Slacker Shrub Absolute state of this normie.
0 likesThey are the naked women cutting cocaine in American gangster of tbe meme econony
0 likesThis is something I realized with the retelling of the Tumblr vs 4Chan event, and I realized… 4Chan’s like a chaotic storm, a continuous never ending swarm of killer wasps that- if messed with, with rip you apart slowly as they eat your family with the bones of your closest friends. Listening to smash mouth.
0 likesi know a group of furries that tricked pol into thinking there were hidden trump ballots in the middle of nowhere
0 likesSomeone who had a channel teaching about memes should have known this
0 likesWait so does liking pokemon make me a normie? Because I actually find stuff on 4chan really funny
0 likes@Dante's Inferno bg kumbie did
0 likesMost of 4chan sucks and has had a great decline since the heyday. There's still some cool stuff but not like the past
1 like@Zachary Vogel man..
0 likes@Shane what
0 likes@Turkish Delight can't speak for all of 4chan, but based on the people I've met on SS13 I imagine it's the place where all the people who start ranting about China and Tumblr under the SpongeBob meme videos hang out.
0 likes@Micheal can u elaborate?
0 likes“Content cuck”
2095 likesGod that’s so fitting right now
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ok.
21 likes@Steve Senar .Ok
5 likesTea ok
2 likesTea Tbh idk why I made this reply 2 months ago lol
10 likes@Steve Senar Idk why I replied
8 likesTea perhaps it shall be a mystery forever. The universe goes on, and the cycle continues with no end in sight. An answer that seems to be out of reach.
22 likesYour pc
0 likes@Face McShooty sneed, feed and seed
3 likeschuck, __ and __
this is so fucking reddit moment, "the normies and the outsiders" this is disgusting and cringe af. how come people hate someone for making content the creator enjoyed
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Normies like stuff just because they are popular, and don't understand it. Also behind the meme, isn't immune to criticism, just because he's making what he likes. He should atleast put some more effort into his shit videos, so that more people have a depth of understand the meme instead of just a superficial understanding.
12 likes@Hydro Zyrge
12 likesya mean he deserves getting bullied off Reddit... fair enough
Yeah. Why aren’t we attacking PewDiePie for killing memes ON PURPOSE unlike Behind The Meme who kills memes accidentally?
9 likes@Hydro Zyrge Who cares? Get a grip, go outside, do something with yourself.
5 likesSo nothing is able to be criticized anymore. Why can't anyone dislike people who spread misinformation?
0 likes@ReallyReal Bro, the thing is, it really doesn’t matter. They’re memes, why does it matter at all. It’s honestly not that deep.
1 likeIt was 2016 it was a different time
1 like@Hydro Zyrge Popular thing bad.
0 likesIf anything r/dankmemes is far more damaging to memes than behind the meme ever was
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“No one:
767 likes(Insert character): (insert le epic maymay quote)”
Every meme on reddit
@Major Mutant Let me retract my statement.
663 likesThose who use reddit are far more damaging to internet culture
@BurgerStanky citation
97 likesSpeedrunning, Smol Fighting games and ye old games communities being an exception
probs some gear or unknown hobbies subs too like audiophile and yoyos byt eh who are to know which part of reddits are bad0
@Mach holy shit reading this gave me an aneurism
185 likes@ERW NBE 2015-2018 only
10 likesNo one:
214 likesAbsolutely nobody:
Not a single soul:
BurgerStanky: If anything r/dankmemes is far more damaging to memes than behind the meme ever was
r/dankmemes: That wasn’t very Keanu Chungus Wholesome 100 of you.
Jesus: I like this guy./s
Just typing that out hurt my soul.
BurgerStanky heyheyhey
29 likesReddit memes are bad for meme culture but don’t judge me if I waltz on over to r/cats or something
Bob Henrison ...are you okay?
8 likesThat's probably because r/dankmemes is still active, while BTM is not.
20 likesprobably just by having a karma threshold and STILL producing stale and repetitive memes that never try something new helps a lot in the killing
33 likes@ERW NBE maybe years ago, but now? You have to filter through all of the bullshit to find maybe one good meme, then the mods will delete it before it gets to hot.
18 likes@Meat vortex gaming Only the meme subs.
30 likesThere is no subreddit that is not cancerous. I lose brain cells there.
19 likesDon’t forget most of youtube’s comment section
25 likesCough pewdiepie cough i know that was before the video but still
5 likesTo be honest, people always say things like "redditors are ruining memes" but not every redditor is an immature sheep who sends death threats to others, reposts an artwork that is made by someone else without giving credit, makes the most unoriginal and unfunny memes possible and disrespects anyone who doesn't hate on somebody because some guy on twitter did
34 likes@duncan chillake the fuck are you talking about? If you want to see stolen artwork look no further than r/gaming and r/pcmasterrace. Original creators are not given credit and those are two of the biggest subreddits on there.
16 likes@Dante's Inferno i already know that bro, those kind of people are the majority of redditors (sorry for bad grammar) but people keep forgetting about the minority of redditors who actually work hard on their reddit posts, my problem is how that minority keeps being forgotten about
26 likesn00baddict 53 hell no
21 likesr/dankmemes r/pewdiepiesubmissions
r/memes r/animememes are all shit holes.
@Ephexia tbh anything subreddit that has above 500k usually turns to shit pretty fast. It's hard, but possible, to find smaller more niche meme subreddits that are actually decent. honestly though, the effort to do so isn't even worth it half the time, because eventually they all get ""corrupted"" eso to speak).
4 likesZa Ya meh I think OKBR is pretty fine so far, same with comedy epilepsy
2 likesEphexia I mean the only reason those are still half-decent is because mods ban memes quickly so they aren’t overused. The meme flow there isn’t natural, it’s very fast and oftentimes stifling.
4 likessomething 123 hell no. Instagram memes are eons better than anything r/dankmemes, r/memes, and r/pewdiepiesubmissions can ever put out
2 likessomething 123 even the “hoodclips” memes on #memes have more substance than reddit’s
0 likesBased.
1 likeAnd also I would argue Pewdiepie
@Dante's Inferno r/redditmoment and r/averageredditor are good
1 like@Ephexia it's getting ruined thanks to pewdiepie
0 likesSomeone 234 I feel so bad for pewdiepie, he’s a nice guy but his fandom is such a shir show hivemind
7 likesbruh, okay. So I'm an around everyday user of Reddit and memer myself, considering that most users are defensive of their memes I'd say it's helping it. It's literally producing more goods for the trade. I use 4Chan as well pretty often and if I had to guess most of you guys use neither so let me fill you in without trying to be bias, in r/dankmemes some people use old formats and re-use dead memes but those are dubbed 'Low Effort' memes, most of which either get removed by the mods or never get to 'hot' (the reddit version of trending) the best ones and or ones that get the most instagram normies attention are the 'fully' [OC] memes, these are ones that are completely original, not just the caption but nothing in it has been used in a meme before. Those are the kind I make which are usually gifs rather than pictures with a caption. Please do your research and don't make false claims, this was literally the main point of this video!
3 likesMeme: haha boom boom was said millions of times.
0 likesMmmmm funny
@Vincent Lira i like some of them and i also lile r/gocommitdie man i dont wanna be a normie but i kinda like the memes. Mainstream medias bullshit though
0 likes@J.T. Please get off 4chan.
2 likes@BurgerStanky So should I uninstall Reddit or leave r/"dank"memes
1 like@Jason don't the comment above is cringe and I don't agree with it anymore
1 like@BurgerStanky
2 likesOk, I understand my man.
Stay safe and have a great day
I am not a r/Dankmemes user I personally hate the subreddit but the misunderstanding of the jokes posted on it and everyone thinking they still post shit like keanu chunges no I went there once recently to see if the sub has gone into peak stupidity and there was not even a single one of those dumb unfunny memes everyone who does not use Reddit likes to call damaging to meme culture.
6 likes@Packle Kackle i know, my old comment is dumb.
2 likes@BurgerStanky That was genuinely an unexpected reply.
0 likes@BurgerStanky thats a lot of people
0 likesJett’s Dad Died You have never used Reddit not even once
0 likes@Dante's Inferno lmao no one likes either of those subreddits, the subreddits r/banvideogames and r/consolemasterrace were made specifically to make fun of those subreddits.
1 likeyou mean reddit in general
1 likeReddit is a site filled with corruption and power-hunger.
2 likes@Classclown 102 everyone liked that
0 likesit's come to such a point where r/memes is a better source of funny than r/dankmemes
0 likes@DaveBob you think theres a difference?
0 likes@BurgerStanky As a reddit user I wholeheartedly agree.
2 likes@BurgerStanky While I agree, TikTok is 15 times more damaging to MY SANITY so I really only have YouTube.
2 likesAnd pdp too
0 likeshot take: reddit isnt very different from twitter
0 likessorry for using the "hot take" meme ):
Agreed. In fact the whole of Reddit at this point is probably one of the more harmful forces in the current 'memescape'. I remember back when they used to make fun of ifunny, nowadays they've basically become the new ifunny
2 likes@BurgerStanky and childs
0 likesreddit in general
2 likes(random news article)
1 like(reaction image)
80k upvotes and a bunch of wholesome awards
reddit as a whole*
0 likesReddit is damaging to Society as a whole
2 likesAny reddit
0 likesr/dankmemes is the result of people watching behindthememe
2 likesNobody:
1 likeNot even a single soul:
Not even the subatomic quarks:
Not even the fabric of space and time:
Me: agrees
@ERW NBE cursed comment
0 likes@Ephexia they are the same shit, both are: nobody: chungus minecraftimus 1000
0 likes69th replies
0 likesRepost button goes brrr
0 likesThere are good memes on Reddit, they’re just hard to find
0 likes@BurgerStanky if you stay away from some key subreddits (r/dankmemes, r/wooosh, etc), Reddit is honestly pretty decent. I learned how to mod my NES mini from Reddit
0 likes@Mach reddit is only good for indie media, porn, speedrunners, and hobby-stuff like audiophiles or trains
0 likes@BurgerStanky as a redditor, never before have i been so offended by something i 100% agree with
0 likes@BurgerStanky hey man I just needed help with building a pc
0 likesHonestly reddit is pretty cool for smaller communities imo, just r/dankmemes and shit like this is pretty bad.
1 like@Mach Godzilla had an aneurysm reading this and fucking died.
0 likesI’m a reddit
0 likesi thought they ban repetitive meme formats now?
0 likes@BurgerStanky le reddit hahhahahahahahhah kill me now hahahahhahahahahha
0 likessmaller subs like r/ComedyNecrophilia are actually pretty decent
0 likesGuys, I made ANOTHER relatable meme! Gimme some of that upvote and award shit!
0 likes@Meat vortex gaming
0 likesYes.
In your opinion why?
0 likesAfter looking into it, I’d argue that Behind the Meme was a badly executed channel, and while the person who ran it came off as condescending in his reactions, I don’t get why people would send him death threats or doxx him.
0 likes@Monkey D. Luffy In your opinion why?
0 likesReddit as a whole
1 like@BurgerStanky no no, what you meant was meme culture is damaging to our society as a whole
0 likes@Jason both
0 likestbh dank memes in general are dead. I think they've just became mainstream memes
0 likesR/dankmeme cringe
0 likesLmao
0 likesReddit memes in general except for inside ones
0 likes@Classclown 102 people who start memes with nobody are far more damaging to meme culture thsn blt ever was
0 likesComing back to this today really shows just how much Emp has grown in his style of commentary and his methods. It’s honestly inspiring.
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though part of me misses his edgier crazier more rebelious videos. His modern stuff is nice and all but it feels more, sanitized more corporate
4 likes@Detah his more recent stuff is more like a mix of documentary/story telling and it's really, really good. And well doesn't go well with the edgier stuff since he talks about things that clearly makes him curious.
3 likes@Detah Not sanitized. Mature.
10 likesThis might have been the first video he made that is close to a documentary.
0 likesNot that he did anything wrong here, but I would not consider this one of his best videos.
EmpLemon did a simpsons and predicted idubbbz's cucking.
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Ironically he supports iDubbbz in that situation lmao
62 likesExept they're green....
6 likessquee
2 likesRogal Dorn holy shit youre right
5 likesRogal Dorn downward spiral*
3 likesIdubbbz’*.
3 likesWhy do I feel like he knew something we didn't.
0 likeswait what happened
1 likeMans a GENIUS
1 likeit's never ogre
0 likeshe wasn’t cucked lol
3 likesTime stamp?
0 likesI can get behind this theory
0 likesEmplemon is such a god at pacing out his video, I never once wanted to leave, nor divert my eyes.
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Yo, small balls.
5 likesYo 👋
0 likesHa youtuber no likes
7 likesverification = automatic likes
9 likes@Maquina and?
1 like@Snowmaske's Dead Channel its a blessing and a curse lmao, i just wanna watch youtube for gods sake
7 likes@Snowmaske's Dead Channel your left small ball?
1 likeIts because he was one of the founding fathers of this video format, everybody else is just replicating
2 likesWow, this actually explains why I love these.
0 likesHe's also a god at explaining things and how amazing his enunciation is. It really becomes apparent when he has guest commentators pop in for a bit. Every now and then one of them will require captions or rewinding, but EmpLemon has this perfect pacing where I always fully get what he's trying to say.
1 likebro you're late
0 likesBased woohoo
0 likesHe’s very good at analyzing media and his content is entertaining, but his editing and humor is eye rolling, I have to explain to everyone that it was a product of the time whenever I watch his videos at the dinner table. I still really like his videos though. And maybe I’m just not immersed in the era.
0 likesIt’s amazing how every vid is like this. New fave youtuber 100%
0 likesWhen I was in highschool, I used to browse 4chan alot. I introduced the site to this one kid, and now I'm pretty sure he's why /b/ is full of interracial porn and gore.
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Please elaborate
49 likesHow did he do it?
yes please
13 likesYou made the problem.......
39 likes@Danny Caracciolo 🤷♂️
9 likesPlease explain...
5 likeslol was he Australian
17 likes>implying a single person turned /b/ into a gorefest and porn forum
124 likes>implying you could've possibly had a hand in this at all, let alone caused it entirely
>inb4 >meme arrows on youtube
@Cameron Thayer holy fuck dude yikes
46 likes@Cameron Thayer >inb4 implying implications
19 likesGreentext with the sneed wojak pepe 4chan kek janny
18 likes@TheFoodAtHome >
2 likesWhat a hero.
1 like@MonkaKonga *an hero
4 likes@10 Outta 10 fuck, thanks dude
4 likes@MonkaKonga lmao get trolled
0 likes@10 Outta 10 lamooo
0 likesI'm not complaining
0 likesthanks for sharing with us@Booty eatin' Benadryl bandit
4 likesWho is this 4chan
11 likes@Booty eatin' Benadryl bandit a well known hacker
8 likesWas he a hapa?
0 likes?
0 likesYou have broken Rule 2 of the internet. You have talked about /b/ and now you are being sentenced to "Play Party Time with Winnie the Pooh on PS1 until the end of time"
3 likesHow the fuck does that happen, explain
0 likesWhat’s wrong with interracial porn? Not porn itself but why does making it interracial make it bad?
1 like@Zombies4EvaDude Shekelstein asking the real questions
0 likes@Zombies4EvaDude good question but this comment is a year old so he prob wont reply
0 likesIs his name Tenda Spender?
1 likewhat I love about having a bad memory is that I can watch these videos over and over and they never get old.
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Same
16 likesSometimes I watch his vids so much i can almost quote any part of it because ive watched it so much
27 likesWatching videos while being stoned has the same effect! I am amazed by videos over and over and over again:)
5 likeslmao
1 likeUnfortunately yeah
1 likeHonestly if you don't have a bad memory, stuff like this is still good repeatedly.
12 likes@Lexi Lou yeah, this video has pretty good rewatch ability.
5 likesFor real lol
1 likeI watch these while eating lunch or dinner. Much better than TV.
7 likesI may know it all too well, but I still love this video and it will never get old for me, because I love his style.
4 likesI've watched Emplemon's videos so many times that I've lost count. But yay for that glorious watch time!
1 likeThis
1 likeBro same
1 likeYup
0 likes@Dr. Doppeldecker that's everyone that liked his comment lol when else is a better time 😂
1 likeIkr
0 likesHearing the word normie is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it’s a old meme on its own that people have just written as cringe. On the other hand, it’s accurate as a definition. We need a new term to describe these smallbrain Internet tapeworms.
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normie has become normie?
91 likesa normie is someone who doesnt understand pewdiepie memes and plays anything other than minecraft
34 likes@Cameron Roper I really hope you are being ironic.
136 likes@creative_name_here i was kidding and yeah fluffy i agree that its pretty silly to attack someone for liking a popular thing (tik tok for instance)
39 likesnoobs?
4 likesnewbies?
4 likesReplacement word: Redditors
78 likes@Fluffynator That's exactly what someone from the other group would say, banish!
2 likesI like smallbrain internet tapeworms
24 likes@Ballz If you stay away from any meme specific subreddit reddit isnt that bad. Ive genuinely laughed at r/copypasta some stuff on there is funny
22 likesFluffynator yes pls
1 like@SilverStar555 Or anything related to politics. Or music. Or video games.
7 likes@Mr. Personal Space Whats wrong with the video game and music subreddits? I find r/consolerepair quite useful frankly.
1 like@Cameron Roper well the thing about that is tik tok isnt even bad. These people mock it as Musically 2.0 but if they would actually try it, they'd find it has many communities of many different types of people. Some even getting similar to 4chan levels of organization. Like when leftist tiktok trolled a trump rally by ordering tickets in mass then not showing up.
5 likes@Mr. Personal Space not really Chapo sub was the best as long as it existed
2 likes@The Shield At least I can think for myself and I have actual reasons for liking it that arent "dance look funny"
0 likesHow does calling someone a "Kasey Combs" sound?
1 like@Slacker Shrub 4 chan is pro trump
3 likesThe Majority.
3 likesYes, I can argue that Normies are the ones who think they know everything, like EmpLemon. The actual people are who we call ‘normies’ are just average people who like their specific things.
2 likesChildren?
2 likesreddit users
1 likeNormie is literally just internet slang for minority/conservative
2 likesThe term was ruined by redditors and now anyone who says that word is asscociated with redditors and is labeled a "redditard"
Any person with common sense can figure out the hilarious irony of this
normalfig was the word
7 likesnormies define the word targeted towards them as "cringe" and insult whoever uses it as an incel neckbeards
3 likeswho could have possibly seen this coming?
I propose The Greys. A nod to the NPC meme without committing to the dehumanizing, but also pointing to the ALIEN[ayyy]ation the Outsiders feel when their once cozy interest groups are supplanted in membership and executive power, by percieved outsiders. An Invasion, if you will, by the non-understanding foreigners, as it were.
3 likes@Viscount Rainbows if you use or like the NPC meme or any wojak for that matter you ARE the normalfig
2 likes@10 Outta 10 Reading comprehension: Do you keep it?
0 likes@10 Outta 10 also pretending to be a normalfig detector over Wojaks. Oh do tell us your arcana, supreme Memelord 😹😹
1 like“Standies.”
0 likes“Libs”
0 likesNothing is more normie than gatekeeping memes. You are not special.
3 likes@Slacker Shrub hope the tickets were free because then they still gave money to the people they dislike
0 likes@High Definition and neither are the people who want in on the club. no one deserves a free pass and that’s not changing.
1 likeNah the word is straight cringe
0 likesHoly shit that’s cringy
0 likesThe concept of normie is an ancient meme, as old as outsider culture itself. It's been called many things. "Normie" will not be its final name.
1 like@r32guest
0 likesThere should be a word to distinguish average joes to internet users
Mouth breathers
0 likesNon-internet user?
0 likesI call them "normals". It's more dystopian, less funny word, it works.
1 likeOr I use normie when I'm just fuckin around
I think there is a word for that. I think it's "Sheeple".
1 likesheeple?
1 like@Viewer betas
0 likesmaybe try going outside
2 likesTouch some grass bro 💀
1 likeI've heard Basic but that's in itself a normie term, huh...
0 likesmost people just call them npc's now
0 likespeople when behind the meme kills a meme: how you dare to kill it, disgusting
338 likespeople when Pewdiepie kills a meme: lol thats fun
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i really dont care if anyone kills a meme, after all that meme was most likely made by normies for normies
52 likes@Gordo Pendejo facts
20 likeslmao
0 likesMemes are nothing special
26 likesIts probably cause of the self-awareness
3 likes@Cindy Aurum
2 likesThank you
@Cindy Aurum area 51 raid?
8 likesWe are number one?
Rickroll?
@Oi Mate And?
6 likesToday in Meme Culture: laughs nervously
18 likes@CommanderGuy Well pewdiepie can do anything. he can clickbait super hard, but its ok because its a joke. he mentions it for 5 seconds half way through his reddit video. so its technically just something exaggerated from the video. Its not click bait. annoys me.
4 likes@Cindy Aurum Your life is also nothing special tho
3 likesMemes die by themselves and they do it all the fucking time, blaming someone is childish
3 likes@Cindy Aurum wdym and? the area 51 raid literally hit the public news and some people actually went there to area 51 trump literally is a walking meme a meme is not a stupid post on facebook its a form of expression
1 like@السراق المجهول Your overreacting
4 likes@Chicken Nugget Ik, but at the long run they're not that special, really...
4 likes@Cindy Aurum bro in the long run nothing is special because destruction is inevitable but thinking like that where does that get you in life
1 like@Chicken Nugget Now your going off-topic
3 likes@some of my comments are cringe I don't care about a meme dying. But at least Pewdiepie didn't pretend to commit suicide to try and guilt trip his critics.
0 likes@some of my comments are cringe unpopular opinion:people who still call people normies are normies
0 likesHe mostly only reviewed memes that had already gotten big on his subreddit meaning the normies probably already had seen them. He also ignored less mainstream memes like steamed hams. Also his reviews unlike behind the meme's were actually funny
1 likePewdiepie’s channel is just a hive mind for redditors to clang rocks against each other and talk about how they’re superior because they aren’t normies just as half of the old comments in this videos comment section were doing lol
1 likeemp is rather shrill here, can't believe he made this compared to his current content
15 likesmy first time watching this almost 5 years later and wow some of this has not aged well and behind the meme didn't deserve the hate from the terminally online crew.
25 likesHonestly. Internet Historian is basically Behind The Meme done right.
8111 likesEDIT: This comment was made before Lessons in meme culture. Please stop.
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BIKER BOT agreed
174 likesyeah I love that guy
219 likesnot quite memes though, meme related events
601 likesnice cameo
29 likesDank senzu weed 420 he should change his name to *4chan historian tbh
40 likesYeah, that guy fucking knows what's up
75 likes22:11
39 likesdude internet historian is damn good quality content
156 likesInternet Historian is the Meme Savior.
77 likesSkech8 literally about to.comment this, good eye mang
4 likesInternet Historian does a different role but there's a lot of overlap, and in the context of EmpLemon's theory he's quite easily an outsider due to the references he makes
82 likesBIKER BOT For Sure
2 likesBIKER BOT yesss
1 likeBIKER BOT Yep. I'd rather him than some guy ranting about BTM for half an hour.
16 likesI respectfully disagree.
3 likesAlicia Kistner-King understandable, have a nice day
6 likesHe also documents major meme events as well, like the whole HWNDU fiasco.
28 likesBIKER BOT Exactly
1 likeThe Disgruntled Anon Admit it, you only like him for his teeth.
2 likesinternet historian is meant for the 4chan userbase. also he doesnt "explain" memes, he just explains certain events related to 4chan, which may become memes or are related to memes.
32 likesBIKER BOT true
1 likeBIKER BOT neet
1 likeBIKER BOT yes
1 likeSuicideKing yessssss
1 likeYup
2 likesAgreed
2 likesSuicideKing 10
0 likesCan't disagree.
1 likeHe's cooperated with emplemon in his 2nd channel (Internet Historian: Incognito mode) about a video of YTP.
5 likesIf you found the right video you will find Japanese domino
YES
1 like@Jazz Handz Gon't
0 likesDude's really creative about it and presents the silliest things as if it's animal planet lmao
2 likesbehind the meme is internet historians evil cousin*
1 likeOof
1 likeSo is Lessons In Meme Culture.
13 likesWhang! is nice channel too with his tales from the internet series.
1 likeYee 👁👄👁
0 likesYuppppppp🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
0 likesLove your profile picture.
1 likeNice buckets pfp
2 likesYES
0 likesDon’t forget lessons in meme history
2 likesAnd limc
0 likesI am
0 likesInternet Historian is like a good version of BTM
2 likesTRUU
0 likesYhang! And Internet Historian are the mystics of Internet culture
0 likesTheMEATman facts tho
0 likesAgreed
0 likesOr lessons in meme culture
6 likesfoudn that guy like 2 years ago, hes great
1 likeTyler Harris Your opinion, m8.
0 likesAnd Internet Odyssey.
0 likes@Tyler Harris even his sponsors are interesting. he's that good
1 likearuce9 I agree. LIMC has educated me on memes I wasn’t even aware of, possibly making me a normie
0 likesAnd he doesn't cover boring shit
0 likesor limc
0 likesInternet Historian is Youtube done right.
0 likesBasically , no? @TheMEATman
0 likesInternet Historian was Not as normie as BTM
0 likes麻王 That does NOT mean he focuses on memes mostly , as from what you can tell internet historian's channel name means that he talks about things that happened on internet , events not exactly memes.
1 likeLet's not forget lessons in meme culture
4 likesLIMC is up there aswell
0 likes3 years ago
0 likesAnd Lessons In Meme Culture.
3 likesNo.
0 likesYour profile picture shows that u are a man of culture
0 likeslessons in meme culture
2 likesNo
0 likesLessons in Meme Culture wants to know your location
1 likeSame thing with lessons in meme culture
3 likeswhat a bout a lesson in meme culture
2 likes@aceman0000099 that’s what makes it correct
0 likesThat and limc
0 likes@aceman0000099 big boss isn't so bad either. he might be a ripoff to Internet Historian, but i see him as good, and i consider him as a replacement rather than a ripoff ( i know his editing style is the same as internet historian, but it doesn't matter to me as long as the content is good unless it's a watered down, dumb, obviously tryhard ripoff)
0 likesMeme analysis takes a deeper and more philosophycal take on memes, I really recommen his channel
0 likestbh i dont enjoy lessons in meme culture either but certainly technically better than behind the meme was. i just find lessons' presentstion boring. i want something like meme review/minute memes again.
0 likesLessons in Meme Culture sucks
1 like@Migaloo he kills memes lol
0 likesobligatory LIMC mention goes here
1 like@SourSugar ok
1 like@kitmrngold exactly
0 likes@kitmrngold Idk, I’ve learned more from LIMC about memes I already fully understand than being taught about memes I haven’t heard of from other channels
0 likesWell your definitely not wrong tho
0 likes@Tyler Harris if only he uploaded more
0 likes@Aster Risk wat dee fok
0 likes@Eighty8percent your 100% wrong I'm sorry
1 like@HillWoop yeh
0 likes@ekmad for real, people give him a pass because they like him but if Behind the Meme's a normie then so is Internet Historian. He LIKED Behind the Meme, for the record. This comment section is full of hypocrites lmao
0 likeslessons in meme culture is legit just btm but in a new coat of paint. we just are fucking morons
2 likesWhat about Lessons in Meme Culture??????? SMH
0 likesLessons in meme culture is the exact fucking same thing except emplemon didn't talk about him so he's more liked because emplemon viewers are the exact fucking same type of "Normie" they complain about. Instead of going on facebook or whatever they go on reddit to post on dankmemes or some shit and pretend like that's some esoteric part of the internet nobody will understand when it's got massive traffick and its humour has such wide appeal even fucking instagram accepts it.
1 likePeople who think lessons in meme culture is somehow decent or different in any way from behind the meme need to accept that humour isn't something you explain, it ruins the joke to talk about it in an analysative matter.
Internet historian never did this, he focused on interesting happenings on the internet instead of trying to explain away jokes, you can't compare behind the meme to internet historian because they are totally different channels discussing different topics.
@Mikado Mucho texto
0 likesI wonder if he ever looks back on this video and realize how ridiculous he was being and how this aged like milk🤣
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nah fr, mad over MEMES💀
51 likesImagine actually still using normie as an unironic term 💀 go buy some grass
36 likes@Neurono C. and what are you? A meme expert? Spend some time outside of the internet
17 likes@Neurono C. Weirdo
3 likes@Neurono C. you've been in multiple comments replies defending this guy like your life depended on it lmao, d.ickriding a YouTuber is crazy. he don't know u bro.
15 likes@mike bazinga I'm not defending him, I'm just attacking you level 5 apple thinkers for fun.
1 likenah it aged fine. Meme culture has been ruined
5 likes@Neurono C. lmao, no
1 like@Neurono C. "his rant about normies and outsiders was correct." Yeah, the most asinine part of the video was totally correct XD good one
3 likes@D-Skull Gaming Was it really asinine though? Do you even really know what that means? I mean, the fact that you pinheads are STILL attacking this five year old video kind of speaks for itself...
1 like@Neurono C. It was. Saying BTM was destroying "meme culture" was beyond fucking stupid (aka asinine).
5 likesAlso, not that weird seeing new people here after a YouTuber like Wavy makes a video on the topic.
@D-Skull Gaming So, you did it because your overlord effectively told you to do it. You didn't find this video, you were, well, to quote past Emp, spoonfed the content.
0 likes@Neurono C. You mean exactly what idiots did for Emp? Not at all, Wavy never sent anyone here. He, like any other YouTuber, discourages that. I'm here cause I saw a snippet on wavy's video and came to check out the rest of it & I'm sure Emp doesn't care if people hate on this 5 year old video, specially one that was immensely stupid.
3 likes@D-Skull Gaming Then why even bother if he won't care?
0 likes@Neurono C. That's a very deep and introspective question, my dude. There answer is: why not?
4 likesNah. It was criticism of his content. The backlash was overkill however.
0 likes@Neurono C. that is alot of free time, do you work or study? Do you have a girlfriend?
0 likes@lucca guimarães Why did you reply to a comment that was a few months old?
0 likesevery couple months i come back to this video to remind myself ive come so far in life, far away from the me that used the give a shit about the "memescape"
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Ikr. Imagine getting this worked up about fucking memes lol
19 likesOurselves. Wild time it was
0 likesI mean...while yes at the end of the day we are just talking about memes on the internet, they were still special forms of entertainment and comedy. Unique ones at that.
0 likesIt's extremely similar to talking about movies. Film criticism has been around for years and people treat it like war, even myself since I am passionate about movies, but if its so non-sensical why are you even bothering? I'd argue that the "memescape" that Emp talks about actually matters since it is part of the internet's version of comedy. And I'm guessing you yourself would look at memes nowadays, so there would be an interesting change. Regardless of it being a silly topic, it's a topic nonetheless. I think it's pretty interesting how memes have changed.
People since 2018 has latched onto the sympathy side of seeing Kyle as an innocent soul who only wanted to bring joy to the world. Yes, he was just a naive guy who didn't know that he was making content in a field of an audience that is sardonic and hard to please. I could tell from day one that Kyle was just that. However, Emp's points still stand since Kyle's content was fundamentally flawed.
Yeah it may be true and silly that I'm defending this adamantly about memes on the internet, but it's an interesting topic like I said before, and mainly because saying Emp is bullying Kyle is none other than a blanket criticism that is completely flawed. When you say stuff like that, you don't understand what you are saying, nor what Emp is trying to say.
4 years later and EmpLemon, Fantano, and a lot of people like him stopped BTM in 2018 and thus, Lessons in Meme Culture was born.
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Now LIMC is on a downfall with a different problem, Oversaturation, and another one called "Nobody has fucking seen the memes he covers now"
33 likes@Flybreaker Footage every time I scroll past a LIMC video I realize I am a complete normie to internet culture now
18 likes@Flybreaker Footage LIMC's newer videos are worrying because he immediately explains some recent memes that like in a day or two without it being COMPLETELY POPULAR.
14 likes@marko 2001 people were complaining about BTM for being normie and now people are complaining LiMC isn't normie enough. Fucking pick a lane
64 likes@High Definition actual
2 likesLIMC is basically behind the meme but he sounds smarter and acts like vine booms are a form of art
7 likesHonestly seems like the same as BTM but with a accent
2 likes@Nullpointer I mean it is, it's classified as one now. Also imagine using normie unironically must be sad
6 likes@Zanvesta I don't think the anti defamation league counts as some website
2 likes@Rocky Curo imagine listening to the Anti Defamation League
4 likesYeah sadly he is basically btm just more covert and slightly more tolerable but he is killing memes all the same
0 likes@Detah oh no, memes are dying, AHHHHHHHH!!!!!
0 likes@Detah the best solution for stuff like this might just be to keep inside jokes, well, inside jokes. since for a long while, internet memes were just that: just general things people at the time were a funny joke but then either slowly faded naturally or ended up prevailing somewhat (nowhere near at its height of popularity though), since thats what i ended up seeing in one community i took part of... although, i see this ends up being the case with some 4chan memes like pepe the frog and stuff (the fact that they were inside jokes), and they were able to attract the "normies" somehow?
0 likesso in the end, there could be a lot of factors as to why "current dead memes" exist, like maybe its people explaining the joke; or the memes end up being mostly based on media that ends up being really popular in the moment, but then is forgotten; it could be the overuse and misuse of the meme which bores people; and probably others. but there is no single reason you can pinpoint with exactitude as to why it happens when dealing with things of this caliber.
bro killing memes or not at the end they're both just covering dumb images people laugh
0 likescan't believe I took a dude whining about internet jokes for 30 minutes seriously
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True it is about memes out of all things. But I still agree with everything Emp talked about. BTM's content was generic and lame.
1 like@Sonic2Metro genuine criticism of behind the meme died out right in the beginning. after that it was just people whining about how he explained jokes to "normies" and how he was "ruining the memescape" which is just bullshit.
13 likes@Rishabh Vailaya Yeah the criticism should have just stayed as BTM was mediocre when it came to researching said memes and talked down to his audience with his delivery of almost everything he said. It devolved quickly unfortunately.
4 likes@Rishabh Vailaya the core of the argument is VERY real tho . Ruining entertainment by catering to the lowest denominator is a real phenomenon , as real as the oxygen you are breathing and you cannot deny that fact... like how online video games have devolved into casinos that farm the underage and gambling addicts , instead of content for love to the art . Or how most people complain that Marvel movies have conditioned audiences in the cinemas to laugh after a character says anything , because they are expecting some jab or family friendly joke.
0 likesMainstream media is always devolving.
That's why people become more attached to less accesible things.
Same way people DO NOT want Dark Souls to become more "like others" by having an easy mode or clear linear story...
Radio became more corporative , so then it got boring and people moved to TV . TV became more corporative , so then it got boring and people moved to the internet.
The internet is becoming more corporative , trends ar egetting boring and people are looking for a new piece of media that gives more freedom.
@Rishabh Vailaya It was never a point with Emp’s criticism. Rather the fans being the problem.
0 likesFascinating. This back then very young man lacked of self-awareness *cough* NORMIE according to his own definition *cough* and understanding of what was going on on the Internet.
7 likesSeriously, a Zoomer that fills his video with excerpt from Spongebob episodes he watched as a kid and from Simpsons episodes he watched years after the previous generations did? Seriously, Weird Al as an outsider icon? He got platinum records thanks to his AUTHORIZED parodies. Look, a Mon Calmari dressed as WWE wrestler! Every cultural references are very standard in this video. Being that much deferential toward Fantano and 4Chan isn't an outsider thing at all.
2017's Internet was bigger and more central in our world than 2011's. So of course memes got a faster lifecycle in 2017 than in 2011. That scapegoating was ridiculous.
Behind the meme wasn't needed for the degradation of meme culture, Reddit has that covered.
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Reddit pewdiepie Keanu reeves wholesome 100 big chungus
3 likesEdit:thank you for the gold kind stranger
@o you forgot Elon Musk
2 likes@Atlas
0 likesI haven’t seen many Elon simps on Reddit, maybe I’m just not looking in the right places
People love a scapegoat. Memes have been shit for a long fucking time now and it's not becayse of dome YouTube channel
3 likes@o Tbh everytime I someone use that it's ironic
0 likesYou know, just under a year after this, behind the meme went on a complete downward spiral and hasn't uploaded since. Considering Emplemon's entire brand is a downward spiral, I am shocked someone outclassed Emp's legendary spirals.
38 likeslooking back on this w hindsight, 2016 was the moment where u notice this cyclic progression of memes, starting as niche injokes, and headin mainstream. just on a near planetary scale. its surreal seeing an injoke just materialise in the real world after its gotten old for me, so i guess its just some eternal cycle of natural selection. whats new grows old, it happens to everyone i think though.
28 likesthe outsiders grow old into the mainstream, and the young form the new bell curve. shock humor was the antithesis to the impact font before it, and now thats given way to a far more abstract humor, an identity of the current generation (and maybe that shows in the political atmosphere lmao). memes are reflective of something far more innate than just a funny joke, and thats something i think about a lot. even this channel shows that, 2016 marks a drastic shift in not just content, but greater ideals, which i appreciate.
its still so fucked up that the internet has accelerated this pop culture progression, but i guess its always been accelerating. from the market square, to the tv, and now the internet. now we see the whole world on a macro social scale, with the progression of ideas and beliefs being visible to the new generation. idfk why i wrote this and idk if anyone will see it, but its something to think about i guess.
MEME Theory: How MEME Theory is ruining the Memescape as we Know it
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lol nice username
4 likesHamxa Kron nice profile pic
4 likesBut thaaaat's juuuust a theeeeory, a MEEEEEEME theeeeory! Thiiis is my reeeeal fucking voooooice.
8 likesBluehawk2008 mg
0 likesDOTA 2 SALT ALERT, PLEASE SEND IN WATER
2 likesMEME THEORY BOUT MEME THEORY: How MEME Theory about MEME THEORY is ruining the Memescape as we Know it
4 likesOne two three, one two three four, how many normies are in my store
9 likesNurmie
0 likesBehind the meme? More like...BEHIND THE NORMIE
0 likesI'm Grammy Norma, I'm old and I've got gray hair
1 like🐵🔫👮😃😎🍆😍🐵🔫👻💜
Follow The Grow Normie
0 likesHamxa Kron bruh pewdiepie is
0 likesHe just explains how they were made
0 likesBtw if were all outsiders, why do we want to keep the memescape as it is? This makes no fucking sense
0 likesMEME Theory: How Hamxa Kron is ruining the Memescape as we Know it
0 likes@Hamxakron Chromium There's too many of them (question: it can't be too normie to use a King Dedede profile picture right?)
0 likesKing Dededelicious It’s a monarchist American flag, in any single way, how would that be a meme?
0 likesChris Bartek That is the joke
0 likesPewDiePie is literally doing the exact same thing as behind the meme with his "meme review" videos But Emp did not criticize PewDiePie because has really high sub count Emp is criticizing behind the meme because it has a lower sub count now I'm not defending behind the meme at all I actually hate behind the meme but the fact that Emp only criticize behind the meme is disappointing even though PewDiePie "meme review" videos IS LITERALLY THE SAME THING AS BEHIND THE MEME
0 likesSorry for my bad English I'm an Indonesian citizens so if you don't understand what I said then it's okay
That was such a Reddit moment, bravo.
27 likesWanna know two other people who do Behind the memes content but better? Internet historian and Lessons in meme culture.
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Whang's quite good, if you can cope with feeling chronic facial hair inadequacy.
29 likesLessons in meme culture is also shit
22 likeslessons in meme culture is rather a reincarnation of btm
36 likeswith better content and less hate
16 likessame shit
8 likes@kata true
1 likeInternet historian doesn't talk about memes often
15 likesMeme analysis is a really good channel that well, analysis the meme in a more phylosophical level.
3 likesLessons in Meme Culture is also bad.
8 likes@Rayman true
0 likesBut they still kill the memes by exposing them to more and more normies
0 likesInternet Historian liked Behind the Meme tho. I honestly don't think he'd condone the hate that was thrown to him
3 likes@Rayman elaborate?
1 like@Bruh Momento More of a honest look, but straight and he networked with YouTubers, which heavily contrasts from BTM
1 like@Marshaler the essence is he is a person who explains memes like BTM, however made much better content, choices and etc
1 like@Raymanexplain why
1 like@bathroomshy care to elaborate
1 like@The lasagna Man some of his videos felt forced or too recent for a meme that came recently for Like 5 minutey
0 likes@Bruh Momento there's less filler
0 likes@Simon Petrikov 39 well yeah better content so no need for more filler
0 likes@Bruh Momento filler itself docs points for me
0 likes@Detah you're still using the word normie unironically, get a grip
1 likeI can’t believe people (including me I won’t lie) used to take this stupid internet shit so serious
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I mean... it's the meta of an internet site, discussed in a video which takes itself semi-seriously. I don't see why he wouldn't take the issue seriously.
1 like@Akogiri Yeah. It’s in its own little community.
0 likesComodification of art is a problem and should be taken seriously
0 likessame why was i like this 4 years ago
0 likesAnd now, he is reborn as “lessons in meme culture”.
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It’s not as shit as behind the meme plus it’s a different guy
12 likes@Bigb 2029 Same concept and problems; “Guys the door is made of sticks not straw this time it’ll hold up against that murderer!”. At least with BTM you could laugh at the low quality of it all, but with lessons in meme culture you’re just… you feel nothing.
1 likeYou know what’s the worst part of a joke? Explaining it, and yet it’s the only thing the guy does. Every single day, some niche joke falls victim to his lazily made and mass-produced content scheme. Literally just compare the thumbnails of his videos! It’s the same thing with a different topic!
Memes are like age ratings on games. You see an age rating of "17+" on it, but a bunch of 9 year olds still wanna play it, and they do, but they make the game worse because they just don't have the maturity to play it.
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ahem
125 likesfnaf
Soon enough the games popularity crashes and burns
73 likesYou mean 6 year olds in cod
37 likesThen they give a bad name to kids who play the game minding they're own business not trolling anyone or raging and actually helping noobs Only to be kicked because we are kids
79 likesIsn't that just CoD in a nutshell?
16 likes@Antonio Mendez gta too
4 likesGuess what? Anyone can play the game! It's not your frickin' game! Pretty surprising, huh?
16 likesDevvrat Singh no, you have to have an ID and be 18 years old to purchase an M rated video game. Pretty surprising huh?
27 likessolorhypercane 695 The irresponsible parents are to blame. They buy the game, not the children.
20 likesWat were u sayin wen ppl r say dat they all played san andreas
0 likes666th like
0 likes>: )
TheSquidThatDid ah yes the maturity to play such hits as modern war and battlefield
6 likesGet over yourself
@anon ymous
6 likesLol, he wasn't talking about that, tf
I remember I had a game that was rated M at 5.
4 likesIt was a good game, never beat it.
The reason it had the rating was because at the end, Hitler's head is blown up.
Otherwise, the game could have easily gotten an E or maybe a T.
Pretty good game.
robert I'm thinking that's somewhere between Sniper Elite and Wolfenstein
1 like@TheSquidThatDid Bionic Commando Rearmed for Xbox 360
3 likes@Devvrat SinghYes.
0 likes@iLB "FNAF bad am I cool yet?"
6 likesgta moment
0 likesIt doesn't always have to be a mature rated game and kids ruin it. There are plenty of games which has a bad reputation due to little kids, you get what I'm saying?
6 likesExcellent analogy
0 likes@solorhypercane 695 17 not 18
0 likesThe Titan false
0 likesAnd then 20 somethings end up playing Splatoon.
6 likesah yes you have to have a very high Iq and maturity to use reddit to understand the humor they use.
8 likesPie2 Spot on. I don't get why memes are seen as some complex art untainted by the evil cringe normies!!!!
2 likes@Anonymous T mate not to be rude'but you need to work on your grammar.
1 likeDevvrat Singh you are normie
0 likesInternet was better when it was populated by teens and 5-8 years olds. Now its adults, teens, 12 year olds and corporations
2 likesNo, memes are just in-jokes/ideas
1 likeLet's be fair here. We all did the cars fly cheat in gta san andreas when we were 9.
1 likegoing back to this video 4 years later
87 likesthis is the video that made me subscribe to your channel
it's interesting to see how your content evolved since. better video and audio mixing, tighter script. your music selection definitely improved, but it's somewhat charming to hear and see modern WWE references.
your script writing definitely became more and more impersonal and the years went on.
i do miss the rustic YTP charm your older video essays had. it shows through some skits though.
looking forward to 4 more years, emp
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Same
2 likesThis video is a time capsule and the reason why he has 780k subs today
2 likesI love the evolution of his production for all of the reasons you stated too, but I've noticed two flaws grow with his current content that I am critical of him for nowadays: his monotone voice-overs and being needlessly wordy. Listen to how passionate he sounds in this video. The energy he pours into his voice about the subject makes us care about it simply by his tone. Of course the substance matters as well, but for YouTube the message is the medium, and even in a vacuum this type of delivery much more compelling than him using a completely flat, "professional" voice reading out a dull script that's so verbose sometimes it sound like a high school essay trying to reach a minimum word count. Being a little more concise and animated would give a lot more zest to his content, which is already top notch besides my criticisms.
5 likesIt's also really interesting that we have lessons in meme culture now, which is actually respectful of memes while still being very approachable by normies.
6 likesIt’s weird coming back to lemon as a former YTP addict, as a current YouTube documentary addict
0 likesSome btm defenders using lessons in meme culture as a gotcha moment, assuming that since we dislike btm that we hate limc as well
1 like@CommanderGuy I don't really watch limc but I think he handles memes a bit better then btm, I think his content is mybe just a little bit above average
0 likes@ToxicTurtle907 I don't think I've noticed the wordiness of his current scripts. However, current youtube essayists feel the need to produce over 90 minute-long videos and I'm grateful Emp hasn't truly followed that bandwagon.
4 likesI think Emp reserves his passion for youtube-related videos. The copyright series is a good example, especially the final part. I really doubt he would care as much for something like rare items or the themes in The Thing; he doesn't have much commentary on these topics. I can understand why you would find it off-putting, especially when you compare his current cadence to videos like these.
I do quite like his more smooth and subtle approach in his editing style. But his crazy YTP style of editing gives me mad dopamine rushes. It just adds to the comedy.
0 likesI come back to this video at least once a year because it’s honestly one of the most inspiring videos I’ve ever seen on this website. Sure, it is a major critique but to me the amount of editing skill, wit, and raw unfiltered emotion conveys to me the ideal youtube. A place where you can create whatever you want, about anything you want. Among a mass of sterile and emotionless videos there are those like Emplemon who make content they want make, rather than the content that will get them the most views, and I think that’s just really neat.
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Definitely agreed. It's such a joy to watch someone talk about a topic with passion. It's gotten very rare on Youtube these days...
19 likesUnless you're Behind The Meme,then you make the content you want,but you get slandered and pursued for being yourself and getting death threats.
18 likesAnd this comment, expressing a love for a particular type of video although not amassing likes, is also pretty sick, and it's nice to see others like this type of content.
2 likes@Alkind Pretty sure no one thinks like that. Nothing wrong with being mediocre. Tho ppl like to try to achieve better than that,there's nothing wrong with it
8 likes@Guilhermessj being mediocre means little effort with less quality, this what btm does. Viewer rising and people support him for that is wrong.
3 likesDid you even watch the video bruh?
@Alkindi look what i want and i don't need a guide to show me which content is the "right" content. Get a life
2 likesFacts. I absolutely adore this video. Not just for the points but the Youtube Poop editing style is just awesome. Makes it much more funny.
1 likeIt's wild watching this after that one smear article fried Fantano's brain and turned him into a parody of his former self. Maybe if BTM made a video about the Sam Hyde connection first their channel would still be a hit, oh well!
15 likesAs a former pooper myself, I almost threw up when he said “sentence shifting”. That is unforgivable.
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@Fluffynator its called sentence mixing.
12 likesfattylugia I watched a Super Mario Maker 2 Tips Video where the person referred to a “ground pound” as a “butt bounce” and so many of the comments were talking about it. I seriously find it hilarious (and kind of depressing) how big of a deal people were making out of it. That’s like flipping because someone said “level” instead of “course” or “leaping” instead of “jumping.”
3 likesWatching Emp put youtube poops on a pedestal like its some new age art is ridiculous. I compare youtube poop to edm. There are some beautiful pieces out there but its mostly random garbage hobbled together by 13 y/o kids
2 likes@lugia's VHS archive it's not that he got it wrong, it's that he makes a video about it without being informed on the topic
3 likesLooking this deep into memes is a meme in and of itself
18 likesI find myself coming back to watch this video after 3 years. Yup still just as good and even more relevant. Emp, you really are a master of your craft sir.
8 likesthis recommendation 4+ years ago revealed a content creater that surpassed the commentary community at its time and continues to create content that is interesting to us. Thank you emplemon. You are truly an underdog in the youtube landscape.
2 likesNgl tho, I've stopped even keeping up with memes cause there's like a new meme every 2 days or some shit, or they've managed to live a couple of months cause they're forced as hell.
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amog us
5 likesHuh I thought I just grew out of memes.
2 likesSome are still r***d till this day.
1 likeAnd they're extremely unfunny as well. Then they call people who think their memes are bad normies lol
6 likesAMOGUS
0 likesA someone who was in Highschool when modern internet memes took off around '12-'13, the older you get, the less you give af about internet culture...
1 likeThat's how you know you're now Old
1 likeIt's like Syndrome said "when everyone's super, no one will be"
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Btw great video
70 likessad cena :(
32 likesWell said fam
7 likesFUCKING NORMIES REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
30 likesFuck I got a giggle out of that
5 likesyeet
1 likele riparoni
4 likesWhen everyone makes memes, memes will be normified.
39 likesdolfin mann
0 likesIntergalactic Human Empire holy shit, how can i not see that
2 likesdang you I literally just watched the Incredibles within the past week
7 likesi for one welcome our new normie overlords
6 likes"oh my god if these many normies start using memes i wont feel special anymore!"
23 likesyeah i think behind the meme has some kind of syndrome
5 likesREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
2 likes"When every one's super."
16 likes*Laughs*
"No one will be."
Or Mrs. Incredible says everyone's special
Then dash says that's another way of saying no one is. Ah screw it not really.
When everyone is dank...............
10 likesno one will be.
Formula Uuno true, but what we are saying here it's that if you wanna be super you need to do the efforts for it. For example, you wanted to be a cook ? Nice you learned how to make pizzas and work on it for 2 years. And there comes a guy(The normies) who said he knows how to cook too but the only thing he does is taking a pizza in the refrigerator (that he didn't make) and put it in the oven. He's not a cook because he dont want to be it. He just want to be like the real cooks who actually cook but he dont want to inform himself on the subject first.
1 likeAt least there are a few safe lily pads. Don't tell the normies about TJ """""""Henry""""""" Yoshi.
2 likesWell yeah. People are so superior for watching ear rape and finding it funny or liking marginally humorous shit. Get over yourself. There's nothing special in that. There is something 'special' in finding yourself special. So hey. I invalidated my argument. You are in fact special. Congratulations. Now what was I doing? Oh yeah. Leaving
2 likes2 Years later...
2 likesEveryone looks at memes and memes have become in itself part of normie culture...
Sadly that means that casual memes have become normie memes.......
Not exactly, according to my eyes, there are two types of normies, there’s the ones who go on with their life with out getting offended by a Pepe meme, and there is the one who get offended to memes on an instant
1 likehe was evil
0 likesJex Cala I wish that were true, ‘twould be quite hilarious.
1 likenice pfp bro
1 likeHe also sold nuclear weapons and shit so not an apt comparison
0 likesTranslation: "I want memes to be understood by only a small amount of people so I can feel special!"
5 likesPfp fits with this song 13:34
0 likesI think a better definition for normies and outsiders is a matter of taste.
10 likesNormies have a vague, extremely loose taste defined mostly by the culture of the day.
Outsiders have a clear, refined taste that suits their own beliefs and opinions.
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There, you did it without being smug, condescending or petty for an entire half an hour.
1 likeThe term "normie" used to define any definite person in reality is already pretty flawed by its premises. "Normies" while onto a pretty decent understanding of certain groups of people and their interests, "normies" aren't really representative of any genuine "real" individuals, and those who try to make it seem that way it are often highly smug elitist individuals who often want to form some narrative over their superiority over and others and are the "unique" "deep" "outsider" unlike the "generic" "dull" "uncreative" plebians, when in actuality everyone to some degree has their own niche at one time or other or act in ways that are somewhat quirky and outside the bounds of "typicality", however for various reasons, some act out far more than others or go into their own echo-chambers (which with the rise of the internet this process has greatly accelerated) and EMP fails to understand that to make an overgeneralized understanding of how trends work to suit his own narrative regarding a youtuber he had a vendetta against and who wanted to see their absolute destruction.
I think the rapid death of memes can mostly be blamed to the memes just going down a chain from 4chan to reddit to twitter to ifunny to instagram to Everyone In days
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it's not really a chain per se, 4chan doesn't make every meme (though it does make a lot), it's more like the meme is originated on one of those social medias, then gets shared to the next, to the next, then it dies.
8 likesmost memes at the moment arent made in 4chan, most are made in reddit or instagram, and thus are targeted to normies
0 likes@Gordo Pendejo "most memes... are made in reddit or instagram" shit tier take, seems like honest-to-god-or-whatever-you-believe-in-or-lack-thereof projection, memes come from anywhere, and you're right that a lot come from normies. But that's the problem. Memes have evolved from outsiders making them and the normies oversharing them killing them, now normies are the ones making the memes, and so when back then memes die in a month or so, nowadays it's about a week. A fucking week. Memes are dying.
2 likes@Cameron Thayer when memes started dying in a month was the beginning of the normie invasion, memes werent supposed to die that quickly
1 like@Gordo Pendejo I agree with you on that brother, it's a tragedy
1 likeYou know that order's inaccurate
1 likeThis aged like fine milk spilled on the floor
40 likesThank fuck your Melee video is more popular than this
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Ikr, I remember when there was so much drama on youtube over this.
3 likesI'm sorry emp but after thinking about this for years, this video is heavily outdated. I'd argue more dated than the dead memes themselves, especially when compared to your new content!
10 likesThe internet's first meme is gold,
1261 likesHer hardest hue to hold.
Her early meme's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then meme subsides to meme.
So 4chan sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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This is genius 😂
33 likesGameToon robert frost? nothing gold can stay
55 likesHaha yes :D Didn't expect anyone to get the reference, well met stranger have a good day :)
40 likesGameToon "ah I see you are a man of culture aswell"
47 likesStay gold memes, stay gold
18 likesLosc ander idk it was a good book
9 likesnice poetry referenc
3 likesLosc ander i watched the movie before the book lol
3 likesI personally liked the book more.
4 likes+Snailbob12765 lol i never even noticed that! xD
4 likesThe outsiders?
1 likeGameToon STAY GOLD PONYBOY
12 likesProfessor Hershel Layton rip Johnnie
7 likesGameToon
0 likesLosc ander my god now i wanna watch the movie and read the book now
0 likesGameToon the best nothing gold can stay rendition I've ever heard
4 likesYou are a genius. Parodying a poem most people know about through a book called the outsiders. And the outsiders are those who understood memes are the outsiders and those outsiders enjoy this poem.
8 likes+Doc Scratch Yeh i was pretty chuffed that I came up with that :3
0 likesver nice poetr refence frind!
0 likesHoly Johnny dies in the outsiders!
0 likesAquamarine bruh its been out for years fuckin watch the movie or read the book
0 likesHAHAHAAHAHAAA!!!
0 likesAre you serious? R. Frost? You truly did win. Cookie in the shape of a gold star is in the mail.
Mr.Dank
0 likesLMFAO!! For your sake, we'll pretend you were just trolling.
Johnny dies in a fire of a burning church, He's saving some kiddies in there that were trapped.(I think they were trapped. I forgot)
Novel's 50 years old
Film's almost 35 years old
P.S. Norman dresses as his long dead mother to kill people in Psycho.
GameToon that was on my literature test lmao
1 likethe outsiders is not a good book
0 likesJust another person who understands the reference..
1 likeGameToon I get this reference
0 likesGameToon
0 likesoh I love me some Robert Frost lmao
Robert frost is frickin' cool. HA! "cool", BAH DUM BUM Heh heh...
1 likeSave it.
Gonna go die now.
is this a joke on the "outsiders"
3 likesHOLY SHIT I JUST GOT THAT LMAO
0 likesI fucking saw the poem when I was reading the book, The Outsiders. The book and movie were surprisingly, not that bad.
2 likesGoddamn this madman tried to post something of quality in the comment section equivalent of autism.
4 likesSuch an hero
Poetry and memes. Get me some apple juice in a wine glass, and I think we've got a day for my top ten.
4 likesNothing beats a good literary reference
1 likeI had to read the Outsiders in school.
0 likesGameToon the outsiders... good book
1 likeThe Outsiders reference?
1 like"Though gooold soooo gooooolddd".
0 likesHa! I like this version better than the original poem
0 likesStay silver, horseman
4 likesStay gold, Review Brah...
1 likeLosc ander I only read the book.
1 likeThe Outsiders is Great
3 likesWike mazowski The poem came into mind because when he first mentioned "outsiders" i thought of the book, and I decided to
1 likechangeimprove the poemGameToon Bruuuuuh, nice reference
0 likesRIP Dally and Johnny.
1 likeWe couldn't get along without the both of you.
Yo dude, I cried when dally died, half the tears were sadness the others were laughter of how far he flew when he was shot
1 likeit was a baby
1 likeGameToon I remember that from the outsiders
5 likesGameToon Robert Frost’s best work.
1 likeStay gold my dude
0 likesMan, your editing style these days is a lot more subtle and a lot less loud noises.
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It’s because when he was making this video he was still making YTP which tends to be as chaotic as this video
3 likesIkr. I kinda miss his angrier and more chaotic days but people have to grow up i guess.
2 likesI loved that crazy editing style. He doesn't do it as much in something like the Sympathy for the Villain since that wouldn't make sense. HIs YTP style of editing was awesome.
0 likesWe have someone far superior to behind the meme and it's lessons in meme culture
10 likesGod, when the Melon was still somewhat cool. Emp, promise me to stay the way you are. The human heart can only take so much pain and suffering.
9 likesI think Emplemon is happy to know Anthony Fantano crushed Behind the meme by a large number of subscribers (even though subscribers are not fundamental to "internet cred")
16 likesAt least Anthony has the recognition he deserves now
Well, you actually suprised me with this video, I went into this as a fan of Behind The Meme and expected to come out of this hating you, but I actually agree with what you said, and I feel all the better for watching this. So, from the deepest depths of my heart I thank you.
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StuartTheVoracious Same
0 likesI was once a BTM subscriber as well. At the time, I thought it was an interesting new idea that was worth exploring, and he wasn't overtly terrible, so I gave him a chance. I think, perhaps the first thing that pushed me away, however, aside from the barely watchable Antony Fantano "Comeback" video, was when he changed his outro to "memes are keeeengagagagagah!" possibly the most blatant and clumsy attempt to be quirky and humorous I've seen in years. Then I noticed something else too. Every time he made a video, the subject would be new and unique to me, but I quickly reached a point where I just hated everyone who tried to use each new meme. The jokes got slower and the timing got worse, with the punchline almost never marking the end of a gag. And then he said the words, "After literally two hours of research, I came up with nothing!" and I realized I'd wasted every minute I'd spent watching his shoddy, poorly researched, dime a fucking dozen content. Anything would be better than this. I unsubscribed and felt ashamed for having subscribed in the first place.
11 likesTravel further Normie. Do you hear that? That is the sound of pepe ,oh bless that name, beckoning you. Come join the brotherhood of KEK, and have your mind,soul,and body (yes your body), opened.
1 likeBitStreak funny thing he actually confessed he was a normie
3 likes+The Division Nub
2 likesI respect them a little bit more for even confessing to it.
me too
0 likesMan, I like how the public perception of this EmpLemon video has changed so much over the course of 5 years. After looking at the more recent comments, they are really dunking on Emp's old video or are talking about how much he has grown, of which he has grown and matured quite a bit. But I think this video in particular grew from a place of passion about funny memes, and BtM was pretty bad even in foresight, but he probably shouldn't have gotten so much hate though.
0 likesYou can taste the 2017 in this video!
19 likesI think that we're living in an 'outsider only' world, and that's terrifying for many reasons.
5 likesOh boy... When people start to get too attached to memes, that they become insanely protective to them... Their stuff just earns to burn on normie-fire. This concern is so pretentious that their treasures just earn to get normified. At least then they must find something more meaningful to define their identities.
4 likesholy shit dude. that samoa joe theme is the hardest audio that has ever been piped into my ears. i looked it up thanks to your tracklist and have been looping it for 20 minutes. i’m in astonished awe at what these waveforms are doing to my brain right now. thank you for this, EmpLemon. eventually i’ll get back to the video but i need another few rounds of this theme on repeat first. wow
4 likesMEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we know it but everytime EmpLemon says "Normie" there's more earrape and distortion
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MEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we know it but every normie is replaced with the entire 🅱ee movie script
66 likesroan macphee more like Meme Theory: How Behind The Meme is ruining the Meme scape except for every "meme" there is more ear rape and distortion, and every "Behind the Meme" is a new Behind the Meme video.
28 likesI got a bee meme but it's funny and Luke warm tho ;)
0 likesMEME Theory: How Behind The Memes Is Ruining The Memescape As We Know It but every time flashing lights and distortion appears it cuts in to a 3000 degree knife and every time it cuts through something it cuts back to MEME Theory 2x faster but every third time this happens it gets more distorted and slowed but the 24th time that happens Toy Story 3 starts playing start to finish and every time the colour blue appears it gets slower and when the MEME Theory video ends it begins again backwards at 7.000.000.000 times
14 likesroan macphee emplemon IS already earrape
4 likesWHAT?!?!?!?!?
0 likesYou know it's good to let shitty memes die, right?
4 likesMEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we Know It, but it's actually funny, interesting to watch, and my ears aren't bleeding over his shitty voice.
1 likeMEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we know it 🅱ut Stingy claims everything
1 likeroan macphee yes
0 likesAnd when you can no longer hear the word Normie it resets the video to normal and you can start the process over again.
1 likethis ethnic cleasing of true memers
1 likehe also kills memes because he shits out new memes so quickly
0 likesMemeseption
0 likesi agree on what ep is saying, but, if I'ma be honest ep really dose sound (and act) like the guy in your class who would say normie un ironically
20 likesthis video is definitely a product of its time but it's still fun to look back at nonetheless. i'm glad emp (and myself) is not uber-edgy anymore
5 likesWhy is this at the end of a Danganronpa OST Playlist lmao
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What? did you miss behind the meme's trial and execution? It was my favorite part
170 likesAs someone who makes a lot of music playlists its easy to accidentally add a video to a playlist on mobile without knowing it. If you addicentally press the "save" button it adds the video youre watching to a random playlist. People that make many playlists dont look at their playlists too often and a video that was accidentally added a long time after the playlist was made will slip under the radar of most creators.
88 likesSilverStar555 it adds it to the playlist you most recently added something to, so if they’ve been adding stuff to that playlist and slip up, it can be weird.
13 likesSend me the link.
2 likesI hoped there was a comment abt it lmao
2 likeslmao really adds to the experience
3 likesnow it's in my recommended
1 likeBecause danganronpa v3 stands for (spoilers)
2 likes53, and there are 52 black osts and they were like:
“Oh no there HAS to be 53”
Don't tell me 537 people have never misclicked on adding a video to yt playlists
0 likes"i predict this video is going to get a shit load of views because im being critical of someone"
209 likesbecomes his most viewed video
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let me guess
0 likesthe playlist right
his most viewed video is a ytp
25 likesI personally never understood how that was funny. Maybe it was a little funny at first but it grown so stale.
0 likesImagine caring that much about fuckin memes lmao
27 likesgod this is so cringey looking back why were we like this
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“We” whose we??? Like Nintendo wii????
3 likesPeople getting pissed at this video for gatekeeping ironically only proves some of the video's point. Dont agree with everything, but people's "critisms" comes off as vindictive rather than insightful.
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Wasn't the video's point just that Behind the Meme was a normie and EmpLemon didn't like that
6 likes@High Definition it was. The main point was that "normies" were people who liked to act like they know or understand something when at best they have is surface knowledge. People like to cry out gatekeeper when small communities don't want others with barely any knowledge of the subject either spread false information or overdoing it on the hype.
14 likesTranslation: "I want memes to be understood by only a small amount of people so I can feel special!" It's like saying a joke isn't funny if you understand it and why it's funny.
7 likes@Andy F. Not really, its like repeating a joke and completely missing the point of it, and getting angry when people get confused at the way you use it.
2 likesI feel like a lot of people just think it’s pathetic to see a grown man complain about someone explain a meme. I feel like the ‘go touch grass’ insult is perfect here.
2 likes@LogicallyImpared it can go both ways then. why obsesses yourself and get upset at something that seems so inconsequential. If people see it pathetic, then why obsess over it too. Now it about the lack of self awareness
0 likesI remember when I didn't liked the video initially I mean I didn't even watch the entire thing. Later I saw YouTube geographic abt the 1st video and then I was impressed and watched more of your videos and became one of my favourite creators Emp.
12 likesThis is a surprisingly constructive Rant. I've rewatched it 3 times already just for the amount of effort put into it
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Yeah i also watched it alot. i don't even think its rant though.
8 likesIsThisAName ??? No it's not behind the meme fanboy
60 likesI've rewatched like 4.
6 likesI like rants
0 likesEd Unce sameee 😂😂😂😂😂
0 likes"Catorgies"
12 likes"I could easily take this guy's girlfriend"
Ten year old spotted.
mrgoodvibe100 Nope.
4 likesmrgoodvibe100 WATCH OUT WE GOT A BADASS OVER HERE
6 likesI'm not really sure if it's constructive or not. However, thing for sure, it's entertaining.
1 likeGuess what? r/sadcringe
6 likes1. *You're
7 likes2. It's the name of a community on Reddit, if the post I made ever gets noticed, be ready to get buttraped by everyone lmao. That being said I'm surprised nobody already destroyed you on this comment section previously seeing how much of a tryhard hardcore badass you have been.
Anyways, if you want to continue to spam me, don't even mind to do so since I'll simply screenshot everything you say and if there's enough content I might even make a video reading out loud the stuff you said for the lulz.
Trolling or not, you should probably see a doctor about getting on some meds.
8 likesmrgoodvibe100 It's sad to see someone with no life at all would waste their time writing to someone who hasn't responded back.
6 likesmrgoodvibe100 I love you
0 likesWhy? Just why?
0 likesyou sure have a lot of time ..
0 likesR E E
0 likesgtfo
0 likesMrgoodvibe....just stop, you aren't funny or cool, stop being salty for no reason. And if you respond to this, then it just shows that you are just like behind the meme when it comes to criticism, you get pissed off just because someone disagrees with you and you try to either, A. Look like a hero or B. Try to "be cool". Just stop.
2 likesWhats nice is theres only one ad. Ive seen 10 minute videos with more ads
1 likeEd Unce B
0 likesSometimes I rewatch this from start to finish again, but sometimes I came here back to check out the highlights I like more from this rant video <3
0 likesThis rant isn't really as great as a lot of his future videos. I especially love "YouTube Has Been on a Downward Spiral", "MEME Theory: How Donald Trump used Memes to Become President", "and about all of his YouTube Geographic videos thus far, especially his most recent video over LeafyIsHere.
0 likesThe Jimmy Kimmel rant was also good, but it was certainly less structured.
Ed Unce Same
0 likesEd Unce this is the second time I’ve watched it all the way through, I just love this guys content
0 likesboi get on my level, im on 11
0 likesHm, please explain. WHY!
0 likes'cause
0 likes>"Stop teaching normies about memes!"
27 likes>Plugs his subreddit
ok
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.. 4 years ago
9 likesreddit moment
6 likes>"Stop misrepresenting memes to normies"
2 likeshonestly. I dont mind the documentary style vids of emplemon but I miss the chaos of it all.
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i do too, but it's a natural change
0 likesJudging it as a rant, this was pretty entertaining; watching people complain passionately is sometimes just funny(agree or disagree with them). You even made some interesting points.
3 likesAnd, "4chan ain't good for much, but..." lol that was a funnier and more original way of just saying, "4chan overall sucks."
(25:36) The Trial was probably the most genius song you could’ve put in there. THAT is culture at its finest.
8 likesThat dinosaur metaphor is even more fitting than you think -- not only are dinosaurs still alive (as birds), but they outnumber mammals 2 to 1.
1103 likesEven in a world ruled by outsiders, the normies are still the majority. Damn those cunning bastards.
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It's always a surprise to see you again!
25 likesHey, glad to see you here! :)
9 likesBeen watching your videos ever since the first Dinosaur Story all those years ago, and your videos are still consistently great! Keep up the great work, and always remain motivated and inspired, no matter what happens.
But the mammals reign supreme. Then again, there are a lot of stupid mammals.
20 likesHoopsAndDinoMan Yes, birds are dinosaur
1 likeHoopsAndDinoMan NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD! FISFNRJDIGEMSFRAAAAAAAAAA!!!
2 likesthats why there are still normies today, they are the birds
6 likesHuh, shit
1 likeHoopsAndDinoMan and the T-Rex has a brain the size of a walnut
1 likejust delete the word "meme" normies will catch on to using them and we'll have our things
0 likesDude I totally get the metaphor u mean to say but...
1 likeJesus Christ save these fucking atheists
HoopsAndDinoMan Outsiders are the renegades, normies are our rulers.
2 likesThat's how good Emplemon is.
0 likesNormien are killing memes so thats pretty sad
1 likeHoopsAndDinoMan I agree with you but I think there are more Humans than dinosaurs
0 likes5,416 mammal species vs. 9000-10000 bird species.
0 likesChildhood memories
0 likesPart normie part outsider
0 likesSmartest man alive
0 likesHoopsAndDinoMan...HoopsAndDINOMan
0 likes@ChristianSkelton You do realize that the entire thing is based off of The Bible? The majority of your proof has little to nothing to do with your statement, sure, some of it does help your statement, but still, I'm sure you never even read it all.
1 likeHoopsAndDinoMan Democracy is garbage so i suggest outsider-fascism.
0 likesbut there isn't
0 likesBy "normies" I believe you mean the productive members of society who push along progress and don't live on their computer. We are not leaching off our parents and dont have our hands out going "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme". Honestly you guys are just as lazy as socialists or communists. Always with your hands out begging for more.
0 likesGlobstersMessenger| I disagree, but I am not going to elaborate a response because I got things to do.
1 likeClever girl
0 likes@Tech Von Eldreth and there are cats (which are mammals) who kill birds.
0 likes"Noooo you can't let people who aren't on the internet 24/7 understand memes! Only a small group of people can understand what memes mean or else I can't feel special!"
1 likeAnd now memes die so fast that zoomers consider memes to be obsolete, supplanted by Tiktoks of all things.
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I think meme culture is dying
0 likesThere's not wrong on liking more mainstream things or popular stuff, hell, those same subjects may have been underground and underappreciated some day, something got popular what you gonna do, stop liking it? no. IMO, what makes someone truly a normie is settling for mediocrity and mindless consumerism of media and content without consideration on what that means for you as a individual, following trends for the sake of following.
14 likesemplemon single handedly took down a dude who felt like making easy to produce meme explanation videos for fun by basically telling him its “cultural appropriation”
20 likesedit: and then an army of 14 year old kids who thought they were cool and edgy harassed him until he gave up
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Comodification of art is a problem
0 likesThis video had made me single-handedly resent mainstream society. I still face the psychological tribalism to this day. Bravo.
3 likesCan't wait for Behind The Meme to make a response video to this
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THAD YT me too
4 likesHello ıñţəřņėţ, welcome to BEHIND THE *MEME*, where I will now -REGURGITATE-, I mean ggggggggggggggggg yall about memes in a biased w ay because (I'm afraid of no one remembering me)
64 likesTHAD YT It'd just be dead air. He cannot win in this argument, all points are laid out and the carpet is rolled.
33 likesPfffft. What the fuck is he gonna do?
23 likesWell, he responded when /b/ tried to prank him with a fake meme.
38 likesW H Y
56 likesA R E
T H E
S I M P S O N S
G R E E N
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0 likesTHAD YT btm is gonna make a cringey comeback like the one he did with Anthony fantano
29 likes"It seems some people don't like it when memes are shared with the rest of the world and want them all to themselves." All read in his fucking emotionless voice like the soulless automaton he is.
13 likes"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!! People are making fun of me on the internet!! Plz roast them for me, git the noobs gud."
20 likes(See what I did there I used outdated memes because BTM doesn't know god damn shit about memes)
Please send this to him.
4 likesTHAD YT HE WILL PROBABLY IGNORE IT
1 likeYou know he won't be able to. He only has time to research on KYM and google random xd funny gifs for his videos. Watching this video would take longer.
3 likesTHAD YT hey I got 666th LIKE ON YOUR COMMENT
1 likehis dad will roast emp lem
1 likealso he wont emp lemon exposed him too much
2 likesYaaah me neither (I am not a cow).
0 likes(Okay this part of the comment is serious) But this video's so well done that I think he'll actually get the message.
THAD YT to tell the truth, i doubt he will.
4 likesTHAD YT Well that going to be fucking soon
1 likeProbably another video where he can't come up with an argument. Then he will rely on Mama Memes and his emo younger brother to "ROAST" him.
17 likesWe need to get him to see this video. It faces him with two dead ends: accept the video and take his place as a normie or respond, which he will not be able to do.
0 likesShadeX XD Yea.
1 likeTHAD YT Its funny because its true!
5 likeshe doesnt need to he is too big for this little fellaw over here
0 likesTHAD YT he wont tho
0 likesnitro nut you know that's the exact symptoms of the Liberals but he is become one
0 likesi know right lol
1 likeTHAD YT It's unlikely that he will.
0 likesThis is a video about memes and i cant take it seriously-
3 likes+Jest Meister Because they talked about it in 4chan instead of a fucking Discord server
0 likeskirbyfan 12 watch as EU is about to ban MEMES. Are you still not taking it seroiusly?
0 likesGood to see even so I was conservative edgylord, I still disliked this video back in the days, not because I watched BTM but because I always thought protecting shitty memes and calling them "culture" was painfully pretentious.
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You have a playlist of anime songs you can’t speak on politics or culture. (I agree the vid is bad)
3 likesI like you, emplemon, but i think you need to understand that Normieism itself is an ever evolving, ancient, effective, and the original meme.
11 likesKnowing the normie meme is a path to powers many would find... unnatural.
as much as I love you and your channel, coming back to this video is one of the ironically cringe experiences in my life. This shit is awful lol.
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Yup, this gives off awful school shooter vibes
5 likes"How dare you appropriate my memes, reeeee"
Nah I love this video. It was a really nice dissection of BTM’s content. The problem I had with Emp was not the video but for the fact that he never had noticed how Kyle was just a regular guy who didn’t read the room well. And even then, didn’t deserve to get slaughtered by tons of people. If you didn’t like this video, idk it just feels like you wouldn’t like Emp. He’s the master of talking about pointless topics but finding them extremely interesting.
1 likeUsers like Behind the Meme and Ryan have become an epidemic on the platform, from stolen art to the overall exploitive nature of the content. Quite frankly, it's annoying.
3 likesIDubbbz: the cop
1737 likesNerd City: the forensics team
Emplemon: the prosecutor
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InternetHistorian: The Detective
182 likesProsecutors are lawyers
60 likes@(STUDENT)William Giles Keem writes the transcript of the court case
14 likes*IDubbz: The simp cop
16 likesPewdiepie: Ace Attorney
7 likes@SockEater4293 THE LONGER THE ICON OF SIMP IS ON EARTH, THE STRONGER HE WILL BECOME.
9 likesThen who’s the executioner?
1 like@sh4d0w2013 And The Outsiders: The Judge(s)
0 likes4chan: the executioner
3 likes@Therworldtube STOP!!!!
0 likes@Therworldtube it reminds me when pewdiepie yells stop in his Swedish accent
1 likeEmp doesn't need to update the autopsy report to win, AND knows what a breakfast burrito is.
0 likesIdubzz aged like milk
0 likes@sh4d0w2013 IH is the guy who makes a documentary on the crime. Except it's an actually entertaining documentary like Tiger King
1 likeRekieta law the lawyer
0 likesTechnicals: The good villan
0 likes2017, when insufferable r/DankMemes redditor teenagers were complaining about the le nOrMiEs taking their memes, as if they're not normies themselves, and as if their memes aren't all super popular and easily accessible. Good times. Behind The Meme really was the chad all along, looking back.
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Reddit is the normie central but BTM was normie radiactive cancer
11 likesSo a person who has to get their mom to defend them from the internet on camera is a chad? Ok then...
1 like@Pundit07 So you'd rather take the side of insufferable teenagers who watch Pewdiepie and browse Reddit all day and use le funney internet images xdd as a replacement for having interests and personality and a life? Ok then...
2 likes@Pundit07 when you get a paper cut you bet youll be calling for mama
0 likesWho knew there could be such a passionate level of...
4 likes...telling jokes the right way
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its kinda annoying when you tell a joke and someone else you know misuses it. Then you have to explain before being told that it doesn’t matter.
2 likesYeah, they’re right to an extent but it’s kind off annoying right?
5:17 i feel like the "If something works, why change it?" is the reason why a lot of games have "metas"
3 likessince one thing is so good, nobody is going to bother trying to do it a different way because it won't be as effective as the thing everyone does
I remember when this was a huge deal. Memes ended up better than ever. I think everyone who felt so strongly like this during the time had their heads stuck in the reaction animal times. You mentioned how memes at the time were dying a lot faster, but failed to notice how many more new memes that were coming out. How memes were evolving.
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And oversaturating (mr incredible becoming uncanny)
1 likeI would like to take a moment to appreciate just how amazing EmpLemon's music taste is...
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Yeah
7 likesCertainly
i swear, also hes one of the only youtubers that leave the music in the description
19 likesI’ve discovered a lot of really great Prog Rock thanks to this guy.
18 likesMr. Clean I’m not a Prog Rock Expert but Tarkus or Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, 2112 by Rush, the Close to the Edge by Yes are a pretty good first few set of Prog Rock compositions.
9 likesYes, this man listens to both MF DOOM and blank banshee
16 likesAmazing
1 likeYeah but I gotta say I was waiting for the CAUSE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTYS WHAT IM ....
1 likeI agree
0 likes3:18 Gran Turismo 4 arcade mode music to add to the list of good songs put in this video.
2 likesi'll never understand what "good" music taste is. You mean his music taste is similar to yours.
1 like@Akiel Steewart Bruh please go be woke somewhere else. It was already clear that the point of my comment was to express both agreement with and approval of his taste in music. Pointing it out doesn't make you look any smarter or cultured, bud.
3 likes@The Arachnid woke = "alert" to injustices in society, especially racism, or acting pretentious about a political issue.
0 likesYh my comment was sooo woke and political.
@Akiel Steewart For the record, you can't just take definitions off the internet and then tack your own addendum to them and then expect them to hold up in an argument. 😂
3 likesAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, woke means, "alert to injustice in society, especially racism." You will find that the words "especially" and "exclusively" have different meanings. Therefore yes, my argument that you were being "woke" by pointing out that my opinion on music is only an opinion and thus your implications that calling it objectively "good" is an injustice hold up.
So please... Go listen to some music or something. We can agree to disagree here, but know that your opinion is wrong. 😂
Is this a joke
0 likes@High Definition more than likely
0 likes@Akiel Steewart exactly.. hate it when people say that. music is subjective
0 likes@High Definition what about is a joke
0 likesThe use of 'The Trial' was an exellent choice for the outro.
0 likesMan Emp has changed a lot from this.
8 likesPeople getting mad over there precious memes is dumb and pathetic.
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Normies getting mad about a guy who doesn't even care about the subject he was so livid about 3 years ago are even more so.
5 likesEdit: Sorry, FOUR.
@Neurono C. NoRmIeS
11 likes@Neurono C. Soon 5 years
2 likes@Neurono C. 🤓
4 likesThis video aged like milk.
9 likesI miss Thatistheplan. it was good seeing another side of the Internets busiest music nerd. especially when his content was so nice to watch.
7 likesToday most people who get into memes are trend chasers because they know memes will make them HIP bruh. It's not actually about enjoying the spontaneous humor or clever responses, or even knowing the context. It's like making a joke except all you said was the punchline and expecting everyone to laugh.
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People are hopping on the anti normie band wagon left and right. Before this video, only 4chan bitched about normies.
34 likesHEY! The ting goes Skaraaaa!!!!! LOL! 😂
4 likeshey.... bike is short for bichael.... why is no one laughing....
2 likesWell spoken.
1 likeCinemaSlackerTV 50 emojis that basically say that I agree and found your comment funny
6 likesCinemaSlackerTV pls don't tell me the normies found ugandan knuckles
0 likesDixon PSYduck yep all the normie meme accounts like Daquan’s children HAVE POSTED THEM and all the normies are like “woahooAYY DU YU NO DEE WÆ HEHEHEH” and that’s how our meme died
0 likesArbaaz Patwari Normies over- saturate them. End of story.
2 likesSono e
0 likesSono
0 likesThis kind of thing is why I can't understand most memes these days.
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF EIGHT TO FIFTEEN CHILDS IN MY SCHOOL SHOUTING 'DO YOU KNOW DA WAY' OUT IN CLASS I WANT TO DIE
4 likesHELP ME
0 likesSono lol im part of the people who are constantly on the internet that they know every meme and the reference.
0 likesSono what do you think happened to monty python and space balls over thirty years.
0 likesSono sadly
0 likesI lost my ear drums watching this, to the point where i can’t even play the drums anymore.
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W-what?
0 likes@Matthew Rease
0 likesnani desu ka?
Drumroll, please- wait fuck
0 likesI always forget how insanely hilarious this is.
3 likeslooks like emp predicted the future. i mean look at memes today its a week at most then its gone
7 likesI think it’s pretty normal to think you’re not a normie. And although there is a difference with normies and outsiders. Don’t think you’re better than someone else just because you like your stuff underground and not mainstream and blah blah. The truth is, most of the outsiders consume media just the same as a normie. I don’t like how this guy said outsiders are creative and better. Because no, I could literally come up with a stereotypical outsider as well as a normie. Being a creative isn’t about consuming media at all really. It’s about getting that shit done. Making music, painting, sculpting, making videos. So many people try and try and try, but they just are not creative, and as much as they think they are, they aren’t. Cause at the end of the day, you can think you can do so much stuff. It’s really about going out there and doing it, from start to finish. Then letting the world observe it and take it, not from your perspective, but from their own. And that’s it. We are all human and we are all equal. This has nothing to do with the whole thing of the video, but I just want whoever is reading this to know.
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Emplemon literally said it's not wrong to be a normie.
1 like@Angad Grewal haha man in a beautiful way, I think we are all normies
0 likes@CommanderGuy yea I’m not saying it’s wrong either, normies make the world go round! However the reason people achieve greatness, is because they themselves within are great. You know? Everyone has untapped potential, some people sadly never achieve it or never believe in themselves that they are great
0 likesbruh did you not look at the upload date of this video?
0 likesIt just matters about things being good. There is normie content that I enjoy. Although I have to agree outside content is soooo much better.
0 likesEmpLemon may be a down-to-earth guy, but he's also got hella good taste in music.
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CoinWasher quite a lot of pink floyd in this one
7 likesI know right? Found achillies last stand and echoes via a meme vid.
0 likesRemember when Earrape was the peak of comedy? Good times.
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It was never funny.
0 likesi wonder what a take on lessons in meme culture from emp would look like
2 likesAight, Imma be real here.
10 likesI first found EmpLemon because of this video, but the way it got recommended to me was that I was an avid Behind the Meme viewer back then, and I loved all those videos, I tought they were actually informative and helped my young teen brain understand them more.
When this video came up, I was so oblivious that I tought this was another Behind the Meme video about the middle finger image on the Thumbnail, and I was interested in knowing where that image came from, I didn't even realize it was from another channel or the title of the video.
When I started watching it, I quickly realized I found something completely different, it was shocking and took me aback, I was tempted to leave due to not being what I was looking for, but the editing was so intizing and well made that it caught my attention enough to finish watching it right then and there, and I learned so many things about how the Internet words at its core, I was properly introduced to YouTube Poop, and the issues with Behind the Meme's content, it made me reconsider my position as a regular BTM viewer, and if I remember well, I stopped watching him right then and there, while EmpLemon's editing style and pacing was so great that I wanted to see more from him, and I saw the other modern videos he made back then.
Back then and to this day I have never liked YouTube Poop, but I respect it for its creativity and skill, but the fact they were just used to do nonesensical things for the hell of it, turned me away, but when harnessed for a concise objective, such as this video, it enamours me like nothing else I had seen back then and today aswell. I remember that I actually chose to subscribe to Emp because of this and ever since I never skipped any of his new videos, none of them.
In retrospective, I think that back then I was a Normie and didn't realize, but this video opened my eyes (I think) and made me disgusted with that fact, and I want to think I've drifted away from the Sheep Herd at least.
So thanks Emp, thanks for giving me a better place to go in the Internet. (Well, not sure if better still, but it's a lot more interesting at least, and I wouldn't want it any other way)
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This beautiful just beautiful, such a great story
1 likeThis video educated me more then anything I woulda found in the same time. Very well made.
2 likesI guess I'm a normie tho I had no clue about the "meme economy"
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"Meme Economy" is a normie thing
0 likesOh how time changed. I wonder what were the results after this bullshit lmao
11 likes27:30 and whaddya know - we already ran out of clean water.
10 likesAlmost every image meme nowadays is just a clone of the Drake/Hotline Bling meme
Now the meme reddits are killing memes every minute
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Who cares really
4 likesFr. Memes die fast. It’s mainly the reason why I actually like to reminisce on dead memes for the time that they had.
0 likesi got reminded of this exercise in unwarranted self importance from wavy’s video. when i first saw this video almost 5 years ago i thought it was a parody of people who think “meme culture” is a thing and act like memes are some form of high art. i didn’t understand why all the comments were actually agreeing with the message. i’m glad to see ppl in the comments aren’t buying this bullshit anymore and that emp grew up and has made better quality videos since this. personally if my classmates in 2009 knew what memes were i would have been ecstatic. maybe that would’ve made me less of a loner. guess that makes me a normie pleb.
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Nah, normies aren't gonna 42% themselves.
1 likehilarious and original
5 likes@Guzma teddie masterrace no stinky morgana
2 likes@Guest C i do gotta admit teddie is more likeable than morgana
2 likesI've been tellin my bros for months, we are currently in a Meme Depression
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Or getting there per say
10 likesThe Roid Raged Trex and normies are getting loans they can't pay off
10 likesHow many memes have we had besides the trump presidency? I can't name more than five to be honest.
16 likesYou could be the first memeconomist
17 likesRiley Melbourne there are a bunch on /r/memeeconomy
4 likesThe Roid Raged Trex technically a meme hyperinflation period.
1 like2016 was a paradise for memeing. And this year you can just tell the presence of normies everywhere. I say time and time again, invest in edgy shit and normies will steer clear
20 likesmeme stocks have plummeted. I would sell them asap.
22 likesITS ALL BECAUSE OF THAT DAMN MEME WAR DAMNIT. Ever since Trump declared meme blitzkrieg on Hillary and the democrats, the meme factories have been kicked far too much too many good memes in a single sitting. Because of this, we are currently in a meme depression due to the lack of resources needed for memes.
25 likesLTMLG No.
25 likes2011: The golden age of memes, memes consumed the market.
Late 2015-2017: It's "lit fam, fidget spinners! Dab! Look at dis dude, cash me outside how bout that, emojis, squad goals."
You see here, the Normies have won, there is no way for the memers to win once again.
My friend, no one has won. The normies will be stuck as usual with their content, while we will be forced to rebuild the factories and find a different source of meme energy to produce good content for us outsiders. Til then, WE WILL ALL FEEL THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT WILL COME IN THIS DARK TIME!
22 likesThe Roid Raged Trex literally the last good meme was let it grow and that was from January
0 likesThe Great Meme Depression Of 1929
5 likesM E M E I N F L A T I O N
7 likesThe Roid Raged Trex I'd consider it more of a meme recession rather than a meme depression, we got black thinky guy, he was around long enough to be funny but left before the normies took over.
13 likesironic meming is killing memes
16 likesA-Bomb Mori cheap memes, Imgur makes memes that are comparable to a chinese sweatshop.
9 likesAlot of memes around, but cheap and die in a week
4chan and reddit making memes however is comparable to having them painstakingly crafted in a european workshop.
Sure theres only one meme there, but it lasts and everyone can have a laugh at it.
And yes this is a meme depression, memes are forced now and if you don't overuse them you won't be "le trending kiddo"
A-Bomb Mori irony right? bait, right?
0 likesEmpire of the rising Kek Reddit is filled with Normies and neck beards
4 likesAND THATS WHY YOU GO DEEPER
2 likesnothing is going to be good on the surface theres probably hundereds of spicy memes buried across the internet
we can't even have a meme of the month, it's more like meme of the week. and it takes time and thought to make a good meme, and when one is created, normies just reuse and repost. no innovation.
12 likesThe mememarket crash of 2016 causing the Meme Depression. What can be done about the global inflation of memes.
12 likeswe need a new meme war for a post war meme miracle.
3 likesWe need a leader in these trying times
7 likesidk im trying to do memes but its not working :/
1 likeThe Great Meme Depression of '17....
10 likesYeah.. I remember that. Couldn't find a good meme anywhere. We were all lining up to get bee movie memes and we are number one memes. Dad came home and sold our meme account. He told me "Son, thats it. We won't have any more memes." One of the saddest days of my life. Every week we ended up with only 3 memes worth looking at, when we used to have hundreds. Instead, we got memes so bad we had to destroy the computer. Sad days, I tell you.
maybe...Cave Johnson is on to something.
3 likesD E P R E S S I O N
1 likeWow you're right. Even Anthony Fantonio in his last meme review said that memes were moving slow lately. And all he had for that Spongebob meme was a long "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CARES!?!?
2 likesI keep thinking of 2016 memes
0 likesif the Meme War led into a depression then shouldn't Meme War II end it?
5 likesvmp916 we are on meme war 7 or something, along with a bunch of minor operations with btm and cnn
0 likesWe haven't gone much from there, but we may just be onto something soon.
0 likesI just realized how much of a redditor acted like in this era of his content jfc
22 likesBruhh, I thought emp was spitting facts back in 6th-7th grade lmao
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Same. Glad I grew out of that.
3 likesI dont know why but I really enjoy listening to your rants while practicing drawing they do kinda border on being whiney sometimes but they're all really good and bring up genuinly good points.
0 likesso when are we going to get a similar video about Pewdiepie's meme review videos, where he not only kills memes, but entire subreddit communities at the same time?
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Sirinterweb thank you
7 likessirinterweb I used to enjoy pewds content and was probably responsible by association for killing memes. awareness can stop others making the same mistake spread the word
21 likesPeople don't seem to realize pewdiepie was never good
27 likesTarkus I disagree
4 likesI feel nothing about the destruction of reddit
25 likes@Tarkus well how about now? As fas I'm voncerned he's no longer the "meme master" like what you stated in your comment? I'm just curious, you can hate him and I can't change that because everyone has different tastes and preferences. Just curious.
7 likes@Tarkus
24 likes"People don't seem to realize pewdiepie was never good"
aka. I don't like him therefore he is bad and no one can be entertained with his videos
He knows he ruining good content that will never compare to his yet he did it.
9 likesHe better not ruin dogelore next
Exactly, EmpLemon needs to make a video on this topic. Pewdiepie toxic fan base fucks memes up.
9 likesTarkus Pretty much this is spot on.
1 likeThotticus Supremus Because Emp is a hypocrite who calls some people out for the shit the people he likes does. I love emplemons content but it really fucking bugs me.
8 likes@my man Pretty much everything he would have to say about Pewdiepie doing the same shit Knowyourmeme did has already been said here, there's no reason to make the same video twice.
6 likes@ScurvyBoi Ya can still like shit even if it isnt good now cant you?
0 likes@Just some goose with internet access I watch PewDiePie's content, therefore he is subjectively good for me.
1 likeYou can say that I like it despite being bad or "not good" but that's just your subjective opinion.
@ScurvyBoi What i was trying to say is that something doesn't have to be good to be LIKED I never meant to say that Pewdiepie's content is good OR bad because that is subjective and everyone has their opinions about that all I said was that something doesn't have to be good to be enjoyed because you said "and nobody can be entertained by his videos" but that person probably didn't mean that.
6 likesTarkus damn chill haha
0 likesgood riddance to the subreddits, that site is cancerous
2 likesgerman pogostick they are just fucking memes lol damn you guys take this too seriously.
0 likesgerman pogostick you guys should focus on your life instead of some stupid memes.
0 likesWell he's kinda stopped doing them and hasn't done a meme review for a while...
0 likes@Faun471 he’s too “ironic funny” for my taste
0 likes@Jiggles the Clown doesnt make it any better they are too diffrent peopke who only stands up to people with a similar channel size to him quote @ibz
0 likes@OFFLINE 0 Doesn't really refute my argument though, emp would still just be making the same video again. If you want to stand up to Pewdiepie, then do it yourself, share this video around and say "this all applies to Pewdiepie too," instead of expecting people to repeat themselves
6 likes@Jiggles the Clown he still shouldnt have done it and make a video for pewdiepie still doesnt make it okay and he knows that but keep worshiping emplemon whos your God
0 likes@OFFLINE 0 Still have yet to give me a reason for why he should make the same video twice
2 likesKeep worshiping Behindthememe who I guess is your god
@Jiggles the Clown I didnt even watch behind the meme I just found it insane how much hate he got for making simple meme videos its honestly dumbfounding
0 likes@OFFLINE 0 It's that he made bad videos, which really would have stopped there if he didn't also proceed to *feed the trolls*, that one in particular is the main ingredient, like, he actually had to get his mom to come defend him in a video, at that point he was kinda asking for it
3 likes@OFFLINE 0 Again, he needed his mom to come defend him from Anthony Fantano lightly teasing him. If that's not asking for it, I dunno what is. But by all means, keep defending your king
3 likes@OFFLINE 0 Keep defending yours :o)
2 likesCry about it
0 likes@Someone 234 there's nothing to ruin in dogelore, it's already terrible. If that's what you consider good memes, I feel sorry for you lol
0 likes@High Definition I made that comment a year ago so my tastes have changed
1 likeThis channel is brilliant. Thanks for the content.
2 likesThis man really just went from vaporware, to led zeppelin, to crimson king
9 likesI love the inclusion of classic rock in all your videos, really gets me interested. Especially Pink Floyd and Zeppelin. Now you just need some Skynyrd and you’ll be set
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don't forget king crimson
0 likesOkay looking back as a big emp fan since 2017 this video really ain't great
12 likesExcellent criticism of Behind the Meme. When I first found him I just thought he was just annoying and his content was bland but I never took the time to really delve deep into the true shittiness of his content. Overall very good video, good points, and pretty entertaining as well.
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yay
10 likessorry...
lol no I'm not
Solar Sands I didn't think I'd find you here.
37 likesSolar Sands wow didn't except you here
15 likesSolar Sands I am real super sands
7 likesSolar Sands sure....
0 likesoh wow you're here
1 likeSolar Sands Oh hey. Didn't expect to see you here. XD
1 likeTheRedOcelot same
0 likesI feel totally same with you!
1 likeWhy, hello there, hour glass person! How are you doing? =P
0 likesoh wow
0 likesSolar Sands Hi
0 likesayyy its mah boi giant ball of flaming gas very small particles of rock
4 likesPhijkchu Euphoric Pizza It's really more of a flaming ball of plasma.
0 likesQuartzGoat Even though you are Undertrash, this comment is funny
1 likeI'm still subscribed, though, sooooo.
0 likesyou dont know who this guy is do you?
0 likesThe huge, sandy fusion reactor in the sky approves.
0 likesOh wow.
Solar Sands first didn't expect you here 10/10 woodmans on your vids and also yours Emp "very noice"
0 likesSolar Sands Gsap Hai solar
0 likesI'm pretty sure Matty gave you some excellent criticism with some good points too.
0 likesOh wow
0 likesi wasnt expecting to see you there
0 likesOh shit, didn't think I'd see Papa Solar here
0 likesSolar Sands, Oh great so you agree with this guy?!
2 likesWoah Solar Sands?! I never expected to see you here! 0_0
1 likeCalder Worthington yes
0 likesSolar Sands oh it's the criticiser. I didn't expect you to go to emplemon's rant video or some shit, and comment a simple declarative.
0 likesBtw I love ur devian art rants.
Is it really you?....
0 likesSolar Sands
2 likesYou just can't stop rationally criticising... I guess it's in your blood.
How are you everywhere
0 likesSolar Sands Agreed
0 likes@Lunokhod
0 likesO hey I subbed to you awhile ago
Best comment section crossover yet.
1 like☝️
0 likesNowadays, I believe reviewing or explaining any sort of meme before it dies is a great way to kill it. No matter the channel.
0 likesI like how every recent comment is either "This video aged like milk" or "This is truly a classic". No in between
4 likesYa, but at least Behind the Meme isn't alt-right
12 likesThis video certainly aged like milk. Especially considering no one says anything about Lessons in Meme Culture.
385 likesThis whole “normie” “outcast” shit is childish and pointless.
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The reason barely anyone hates on LIMC can be summarized by a quote from the all mighty Megamind:
47 likes“Presentation!”
I always thought this video was stupid and made me lose respect for EmpLemon.
80 likesHe should really, REALLY go outside. This video is just cringey and sad tbh.
I must've repressed this in my head until I saw the new wavywebsurf vid. Emplemon still one of my favorites tho and I'm glad he grew up
16 likesi like the part where he says "im not like other girls"
7 likes@AlonWoof emplemon really is an elitist in whatever he talks about, he is special and you should feek bad for even trying to be special like him. See that on the state on youtube and "oh how good and original YTPs were", because what he does is special
10 likesThis video is just a massive reddit moment lol “NOOOO YOU CANT JUST EXPLAIN MEMES MUH CULTURE”
16 likesapparently he apologize him after a year. guess he grew up. kinda weird that this video still up
7 likesCause LiMC does not sound annoying and like he is talking to mere children. He also doesn't put so much filler bullshit in each video.
9 likesNo-one says anything about Lessons in Meme Culture, because he actually knows what he's talking about and he actually puts some effort into his videos.
13 likes@SpainCat he still explains the meme. Same thing behind the meme did. Now I’m not saying that LIMC also deserves hate because let’s be honest, nobody does for EXPLAINING A FUCKING MEME
7 likes@RannettaPalelee123 so just because his videos were poorly made. Ok sure. Criticism of that is ok. However doxxing him and having this extreme hate is stupid
7 likes@SPRINGY BOI I agree with that 100%. There’s a difference between harassment and criticism, criticism is ok, harassment is not.
8 likes@RannettaPalelee123 glad we can agree on that
2 likes@AlonWoof have you watched of any of Emp's recent videos that is less than 2 years old? This video certainly didn't age well but I'm sure you did some really dumb and cringy stuff as a teenager.
0 likes@Mint Goldheart Well, I used to be subscribed for his YTPs. I used to watch them when I was a teenager. 10 years ago. So unless he was making YTPs in elementary school, I doubt he was a teenager when he made this one.
1 likeBut ah, I'm glad if he matured a bit.
@AlonWoof he started his YTPs at 13 in 2010 if I remember correctly. That would make him 20 years old when this video came out and at 20 you're still not quite an adult. And I don't know if you looked at the video he made a year after this silly drama, but clearly he isn't proud of it. And you had watched any of his recent content you'd know Emp doesn't deal with YouTube drama anymore.
1 like@Mint Goldheart I see. Well, I'm happy for him, then.
1 like@AlonWoof he even made a video on why he stopped making YTPs if you're curious about that
1 like@Mint Goldheart Not particularly. I hope he's doing what he truly loves now though.
1 likeI know I am, lol.
@Siddiq 069 Good its still up. Its shows confidence in how much he has grown since then instead of deleting it and acting like it never happened. His content in my opinion improved.
6 likesDoc, I'm pretty sure you said some pretty cringy shit 4 years ago. You should have left a relevant opinion years ago, but here you are feeding off the algorithm lol
0 likessounds like something a normie would say
0 likesYeah this is one of the most cringe videos of all time
1 likethe most cancerous outbreak was when little kids started uploading "dank" memes and thought they were funny and that they were meme gods lmao
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Yes but the worst part was, other normies actually enjoyed and were inspired by those videos, causing even more "meme" accounts to be born on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
8 likesThese are dark times for meme culture. There are still kids at my school, get this, WHO STILL TALK ABOUT HARAMBE. Then come the kiddies from vine, who watch a actual OG dank meme comp and then create fucking unfunny ear rape videos. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG ITS FUNNY BECUASE THERE TALKING CASUAL BUT LOUD RANDOM VIBRATIONS AND EMOJIS HAHAHA. Those aren't memes anymore goddammit, it's now normie territory.
5 likesLivid Evil if you use dank you should have "N" for Normie branded on your forehead
1 likeJesus christ Wise words by Jesus Christ himself.
0 likeshey bro i know its been like 4 years but I hope to god ur not thinking like this anymore
0 likes0:31 Emp can predict the future
6 likesI probably said this some time in the past somewhere on this channel, but your content is addicting and I can't help but rewatch these videos from start to finish every few days. No, I will stay an empty subscriber. Come at me, bro.
1 likeHey EmpLemon. I'm loving your videos BUT I must say (as a sound engineer) that your audio mixing is abismal dude. And I don't say it like you suck, because that isn't true. I'm telling you because is pretty irritating having to run from across the room to low down the volume in some parts of MANY, if not all, of your videos. To accomplish this, I recommend applying a COMPRESSOR to the final mix and then a LIMITER. I understand that you used to make poop content but now you don't and these audio practices are so annoying in your videos, they don't add anything important neither, just a jump scare and makes you lower the volume immediatly and let yoy thinking "wtf man". Keep up the good work!! Love ya
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Thats his ytp personality coming through. He has bin pretty Big in the scene when it was popular. It’s just Kind of his personality and Taste that there are just some louder scenes
0 likeshe's a funny man basically.
0 likesBro i need to say this. Im about to make YouTube videos and i really respect everything you say. Im legit TAKING NOTES!
11 likesYou Leafy, Spongebob and Simpsons video's all gave me TONS of input, stuff that i already knew got reenforced, things i "knew" but never actively thought of are brought to my attention, stuff i felt but wasn't sure if it was just me being weird makes me value those views. I could go on for ever.
If i get mildly successful, i will let you know because your a HUGE Inspiration to me in SO many ways right now! <3
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good luck on your journey :)
3 likes@Squelar Thanks man <3 pretty sure ill need it
1 like@Mercury lmao as if you were in a position to know xD you seem to be projecting much?
0 likesim waiting.
0 likes@Dogeyboy Learned a shitton of things necessary already, (how to use different programms from 3D modelling to videoediting and Drawing, principles of animation, fundamentals of art, anatomy, etc.
0 likesBeen slacking a little lately but by the end of this year i want my first video done. x)
Don't wait, work on something yourself. Time Investment is OP
everyone finding this nowadays calling this video so bad dont understand this happened in the time where basically everyone that followed any memepage below 100k thought this same exact thing
7 likesYou know I'm feelin that MF DOOM sample in there.
6 likesThis video aged like milk as others have said. Imagine harrassing someone just because they were just trying to make memes more accessible, like dude, they are memes. Crazy how times have changed, now memes don't even live past 3 months. Emplemon was an edgy prick in this video.
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No. His points are pretty valid. It is a content analysis, and sure it took time for Emp to realise that Kyle was just a naive person, but doesn't change how his content was generic crap.
5 likes@Sonic2Metro I don’t think it can be chalked down to naivety. Those videos of him doing that to himself we’re not that good of a thing to post I will agree on that. However it still was an actual interpretation of his own feelings. And yet emp just said “oh he’s stupid” instead of addressing how he actually had these thoughts. It’s a bit like kicking someone while they are down. A Bit of a dick move honestly
7 likes@Sonic2Metro the low effort is a good point but the idea of killing meme culture was basically just head cannon and him using it to create this us vs them mentality that encouraged the trolling were extremely damaging and irresponsible. Tbh I think after that vid defending BTM he ought to have taken this one down.
4 likes@Sonic2Metro lol, no
0 likesI think about this video a lot, mainly the first 6:30 mins. Like how normal can a normie get? And has memes let outsiders become normie benders, those with the power to control public discourse through the use of dank memes? I think that the first 6 or so minuets is one of the most intriguing view on society.
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The way he categorizes people into two groups, normies and outsiders is extremely flawed.
8 likesThere none or even few people who just “normy”. As in only consume mass media content and has absolutely 0 interest in any fringe media, hobbies or ideas. Most everyone has fringe personality traits. Some people like indie movies, some indie music and others it’s video games and others it’s cars. There’s typically something. And at the same time we call consume mass media. We all seen the newest Star Wars or marvel movie. Normie content is not not content dictated by a certain kind of person. It’s content that’s made to appeal to the most amount of people and that includes individuals with fringe and obscure likes and cultures. Your outcast meme lord is going to consume mass media. This idea that media is made for normies is just silly. There are no “normies”, everyone has their unique likes and interest. I’m sorry if yours mean that you’re alone and with no friends
The fact that the soundtrack of this video is not only formed by excellent songs, but are extremely well timed just makes it a thousand times better. Lemon really is a master of edition, even outside of YTP's.
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Especially the moment with 21st Century Schizoid Man
0 likesYeah, he took this too seriously, but I will give emp this, this is one of the best edited video essays I’ve ever seen to this day.
6 likes"I've got twice the-YEE"
15 likesI shouldn't have sipped at this exact moment :''D Back to the video
why are people still getting mad at this its like four years old and emp went back on pretty much everything he said here
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So? He still kept the video up and it lead to people doxing BTM. If he cares so much about getting shit for it he should just remove it.
2 likesModern day, a meme dies in a week or a month at most
6 likesMy problem with BTM is not that he talks about memes (as if he was the first one to do it, which isn't), rather his format is BAD, no matter whether he talks about memes or movies or books or shit stains. It's dull, repetitive, carbon-copied and i felt like i had watched Disney Junior (or a kindergarten channel).
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Ramón Elbal Ruiz He does that just to explain a meme what do you expect ? Something like this ?
8 likes" HELLLO UTUB i am Xx_MeemzAreLIIfe69_xX666 woah aNd nOw i wiill show sOmE meemz so ur NuT lUNgEr a Normee REEEEE and tHis isa meem" its like a documentary it doesnt need to be funny its most for the data
Not necesarily that (that's extremely cringey), but he beats around the bush a lot (in a video about Crash Bandicoot's "woah" he went and talked about how technology has improved over the years, in a completely unrelated way), directly reads from KYM and Wikipedia (if you want to explain something, at least try to look like you know wth are you talking about) and shows really few or not so informative examples of the meme (in the YTP video, he could have shown clips from YTPs when he was explaining the techniques instead of using a bland reaction gif, besides, his attempts to reenact them weren't that good either).
22 likesFair enough
0 likesBanana Forever imo that would probably be better. That would still be kinda obnoxious and stale, but it at least would be closer to meme culture. Either that or I would prefer something more akin to Digibro's content, where the analysis goes in depth and involves a decent amount of research. BTM honestly looks like Buzzfeed from what I've seen, not a decent discussion on memes.
1 like“Outsiders”, god that’s cringe..
8 likesThe video brings good points on the subject but I just found some of the jokes done here attempting to be edgy and just end up being obnoxious and annoying. I like the video, if only the video didn't have ear rape every 5 seconds then I'd say this is a great video. Also yes I have seen your later videos and I've seen that you don't do that stuff anymore, I just wanted to point it out here.
1 likeBack in 2017 some people call this video cringe, ironically this what i feel when i rewatch this video.
5 likesI feel that Lessons in Meme Culture does this right. A great narrator, actually researches for the origins of memes, and brings normies up to our level, while at the same time, being good content for outsiders.
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Agreed, the guy called Tyrone to do his outro.
7 likesBut now it's gotten kinda shit
3 likes@Flybreaker Footage it has? damn shame.
0 likesThis☝️
0 likesI was going to hate on this dude, but he speaks truth.
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Eli Martinez Same Story Here
3 likesEli Martinez noooo
0 likesEli Martinez forreal
0 likesWhy are people calling him a normie of been doing memes for some odds of times, and helping normies come to be not a normies who like memes, but become part of the meme world, from transforming from normies to memers? Is that we call our self? Well I started with yt p in 2014 because I was in a special ed school and I got out and started in public school, then the transforming of a ytpooper to normal memer? Don't know what to call it btw . Started from my new friends as behind the meme, so he help me from being that ytp guy in school to a dank memer. Thanks behind the meme. If you don't agreed with me, that is your opinion and yo
2 likesShit didn't finish it. But your opinions and you are entitled to them. I accept it you don't agree with me, and I accept your rights to have an opinion. But I'm trying to enlighten you guys to see the ideas from another person.
1 likeVoltaic King : since he doesn't know what he is talking about and has to use wikipedia and know your meme and talks to you like your a kindergartener.
7 likesWell he doesn't know his age group of his audience, and there for need to talk slower and explain what meme he is doing, and he use the internet for information. Wikipedia could be shady, but at least it is not CNN or WSJ
0 likesEli Martinez Well this guy has 150k+ subscribers, he's just jealous to behind the meme
0 likesnina belandres 😂😂😂😂🔫 no
2 likesnina belandres HAHAHAHAHSHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
1 like420 likes? Fuck imma normie.
0 likesSend a how to convert back pack to dank memer please!
Hi I don't know you at all but here's a thank you for changing your mind on a topic based on information provided on the internet, you are a national treasure now congratulations.
0 likesThe overpopulation of memes is also why community-specific memes last longer
2 likesI love how this video has more views than the Behind The Meme video on YouTube Poop itself. EmpLemon, you've done your job and you've done it well.
0 likesWhen life gives you Lemons, create an Empire of Lemons. Rule it.
18 likes0:33 this aged like fine wine
26 likesI hope this video becomes a meme so Behind the Meme can explain it.
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It's not on the Know your meme page or Wikipedia so it's going to be hard to explain unless he Screenshots it or records it. But it will be a pretty good downvote video by EmpLemon Fans and Anthony Fans.
32 likesHE GOT MEMED
0 likesand becomes cancer
1 like#bamboozled
3 likesSpace Ace perfect:3
0 likesSpace Ace The irony would be off the roofs.
1 likeKoge -mo But will it be more layers of irony than the succ guy?
0 likes@EmblemBlade9 Oh boy, you have no idea.
4 likesLet's wait for it to be on Know Your Meme or iFunny so that Behind The Meme can copy and paste it into his video and for him to edit it in with stock image and lazy GIFs.
0 likesYou really put the Midnight Club 3 garage music as the background to your already amazing presentation. I respect you.... so much
1 likeI fucking LOVE "The Trial" never thought I'd hear it casually used in a youtube video. You always have great music in your vids!
0 likes“Welcome to content cuck” this aged beautifully.
9 likesI like this channel, but looking at this episode again, its kinda cringe how he sometimes double downs in the edgy shit for the sake of being edgy.
7 likesKinda makes sense why it has so many dislikes.
Are you telling me that this guy's MOM had to defend him from Anthony Fantano...
13 likesReally love the new subtext that was added to the ''Content Cuck'' line, aged like a fine wine.
2 likesThat "content cuck" joke was oddly prophetic...
5 likesHe comes off as very condescending in this video. He is essential saying he is above, superior and more intelligent than the average person. This is the first time I've seen him like this
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I agree this is one of his worst vids
19 likesi disagree, i believe his points are valid
2 likesi think its sarcasm. I like EmpLemon so I hope it is?
0 likesHis Nascar video about the cursed racetrack was the first video I watched of him so this fieels pretty silly and cringe in comparison. People unironically using normie is also kind of grating.
4 likes@HYBRIDZ HQ in 2017 normie wasn't as cringe
0 likes@cheeseman the 2nd honestly was pretty cringe even back then, I remember only ever using normie ironically to mock ppl using it years ago
1 likeWhen did you get that impression? His points are incredibly valid. Of course he realised that Kyle was just an innocent guy, and sure it isn't good that Kyle was harrassed. But this is the content analysis of fundamentally bad content
0 likesThis was one of his first essay videos that he made, right when he was transitioning from making YTP. In retrospect, yeah this video didn’t age the best. But overall his videos have increased in quality so much since.
0 likesI think the reason these comments are so negative is because people honestly don't understand why Behind The Meme is generally damaging on a communications level. People seriously need to research the history of what we commonly know as "memes." Also, with people criticizing his use of Normie, what other word could he use to describe the people who get meme leftovers when internet culture is done with them?
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Joy I completely agree.
5 likesThere will always be good memes and you can enjoy them. Who the fuck cares if a "normie" likes it.
8 likesTupac Smalls Mathers its a problem because normies will use the meme so much that even normies will not find that meme anymore,did you even watched the video?
8 likesSalvo Denti I watched the video. It was trash. Who cares if people get sick of a meme. There is always a new great one on the way. Also stop saying the word normie.
14 likesExplaining a meme is like open mechanism of a gun you understand it better but if you put a part (Normies) to wrong place it will be explode in your hand.
13 likesAnd why is this such a problem? It's seriously ironic that the community is complaining that "normies" are invading their personal "safe space". Almost as if there's this exclusive club with special snowflakes...
4 likesThat mom joke says everything about you.
0 likesYes. A troll. How did that not hit me?
0 likeshow do you research memes
0 likesIf you want to see behind the meme done right just watch lessons in meme culture.
8 likesI see this history repeating itself with "meme"' channels that upload 20 edits of a meme per day. The pissing in a meme pool metaphor is so true that more people are pissing, and theyre pissing more. The day "meme channels" are eradicated. Memes will stop dying in 3 days.
3 likesHoly shit this was one of the funniest videos I've seen In a while. Emp, you're an excellent historian, but you truly are a god of earrape and poops. When you throw that in these videos, it's like if Michael Jordan was teaching a history class then suddenly did a massive slam dunk. Please do it more
3 likesi used to watch behind the meme and watch mojo when i was a stupid kid
14 likesI'd say Lessons In Meme Culture is a great alternative to BTM. He's quite engaging and explains memes pretty well.
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agreed
0 likesHow does he not know the first rule of the internet?
4 likesYOU DON'T FUCK WITH 4CHAN
I like how even a vocoded version of ice cube still gets screwed.
0 likesThe whole Normies/Outsiders argument is one of if not the most pretentious things I've ever heard to be completely honest
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true
9 likesAh a shred of reasoning.. Finally.
14 likesDissecting a joke is like dissecting a frog: no one cares, and the frog dies. Saw that on a Vsauce video and instantly thought of behind the meme
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FroffNix
2 likesI feel like your comment was a thinly veiled threat against KEK
Except Behind the Meme just kind of pokes the frog from a distance until it dies, so he doesn't even learn anything from the 'dissection'.
1 likeThis video is like a social experiment in retrospect
6 likesHe predicted the memepocalypse. Good memes don’t even last a week now.
0 likesGosh. Its not a big deal.
14 likesStarting at 20:47, I think that is the funniest thing Emp has ever done.
0 likesI don't pay attention to background music often but holy shit does it fit well in this video
2 likesBehind the Meme is gone these days. I'm saddened.
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I'm rejoicing
1 likeBehind the meme is like that one kid who crys over the littlest things in the world
1 likeI still never got the hate about this guy
3 likesGod damn so gald emp grew out of this social outcast phase with an elite mindset. Can't believe he thought meme culture was "delicately" made and can be taken down just by some dude lol
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Don't think I'd like his stuff nearly as much as I do now if he was still like this 😖
0 likesShit, guess I'm failing my finals cuz this takes precedence over studying
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S H I N Y
49 likesSame
6 likesWho said you could take even a second to STOP making quality, Schaff?!
15 likesSchaffrillas Productions deadass
4 likesNigga i got finals in two weeks lmao
3 likesSchaffrillas Productions i got a 100 on my ww2 final exam
3 likesMaybe that studying really helped me
You know what, I think teachers should let their students watch this video so the students can understand what's a normie and what's an outsider. The students can also be outsiders and they can avoid being a normie. I want a future where the balance of normies and outsiders returns or the future where the world doesn't have normies anymore. What do you think?
1 likeFilius Caturza if everyone’s an outsider, than no one is
7 likesF
0 likesWow the great Schaffrilias
1 likeYo
0 likesWoah, what the fuck is schaff doing here?
5 likesDid you fail?
0 likesOh look it's that YouTuber, cool
0 likesdid you fail bestie?
1 like@the heckler woah bestie why are you so aggressive
1 like@the heckler lol
1 likeAw shoot! Was literally just watching your content 2 minutes ago before coming here, what are the chances of that huh.
0 likesIt was your job ytp man! Now go tell Arthur that can't eat lunch in this town again!
1 likelol
0 likesyooooooo shiny no college
0 likesLol
0 likes**SEAFOOD**
0 likesOf course!
0 likes@Gus Mudkip he made youtube poops
1 likei love the jokes you put in this video. i come back to rewatch it just for em
1 likefav one is the entire "Did you know Anthony Fontano is a music critic??" section
LMC actualy tells about the meme without any corny jokes.
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Go to 9:57, pull up LIMC’s channel, and watch as you realize he’s behind the meme’s second incarnation
2 likesOh I get it now
1 likeThis video didn't age well lmao
4 likesBut i still find it kinda funny
But actualy the fact that that memes become overused by normies is actualy good as it forces change and devolopment in the meme culture which makes things always intresesting and have more chance of being more and more entertaining
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The downside is that the lifespan of a given meme is far shorter. Memes used to be able to last months, now many memes die within 1-2 weeks.
0 likesyeap 101 Basically quantity over quality
0 likesayy lmao Which one is more rational? A person who compares memes getting killed to buildings burning or someone who doesn’t compare memes getting killed to buildings burning?
0 likes@ayy lmao stop this toxic behavior. The original comment said "become overused by normies". Meaning the quick life span of memes forces constant change that gives room to constant "improvement". That logic really doesnt work with houses, its a bad comparison. I think it could be compared to Presidents. New Presidents will always show up, make mistakes and go. This cycle of each president failing to fix something always gives room to change and actually forces it, also people would be bored if their country would be perfect. With each improvement life gets better, but there is a limit to that, when that limit is reached or exceeded its bad.
0 likes@ayy lmao as always, a person im talking on the internet behaves like they arent the problem. Great. Nobody said i wasnt toxic, i only said stop being toxic. There was no hint at me saying/meaning "im not toxic". Your made up crap, keep it to yourself. Your analogy isnt as good as mine. Im rn gonna think about your analogy 1 last time........no it just doesnt make sense, it doesnt involve the masses like memes. Presidents to involve masses....since they vote.
0 likes@ayy lmao ngl, you're actually the good guy here
0 likesThis video is too short. We need more commentary from ya man. It's my favorite part of this channel when you mix memes and commentary into a smoothie like this
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Agreed
1 likeCluke115 / Ninja games tru
0 likesI’m from the future. He’s started a series called Never Ever which is basically this video but a little nicer.
1 likeHe predicted the future of idubbbz.
50 likes12:54 was the funniest moment for me personally
4 likesThat feel when I kinda relate to both normies and outsiders.
1 likeBehind the meme Telling us how the meme became ruins the fun of how the meme was created.
1 likeThe best way to describe a normie is like that annoying little cousin that comes over to your house and starts touching and ruining all the Lego creations that you worked so hard on and spent so much time building. In fact they ruin your creations so badly that you cant even build the model anymore because half the pieces are missing so you just end up giving them the old pieces to let them make whatever garbage they want to. After a while you cave in and decide to get another lego set but once again the cycle repeats itself.
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This is so accurate
28 likesJose Rivera I can't tell which side you are on
2 likesAnd then you step on the Legos at the cousin’s house cuz the little shit was too lazy to clean up after himself
18 likes@Incognito Of course there's a point where it becomes just being an asshole, but niche content is more valueable than mainstream media. It's like diamonds, why are they so valuable? because they're rare. Not only is niche content harder to create because there aren't anywhere near as many known conventions to follow as there is with mainstream media, but often niche stuff honestly is more complex. Basic things appeal to everyone, look at the logos for just about any mainstream company and I'd be surprised if you could spot more than 2 colours. Back when these companies were smaller their logos used to be more elaborate 9 times out of 10, just look at the old Google Chrome logo. Complex things appeal far more, but only to the people that appreciate them. I mean - I hate rock music, but I personally would have far more respect for some metal head that listens to hardcore screamo saying it's the best music ever, than someone who listens to nothing but Gangnam Style, Ed Sheeran and Kanye West songs on repeat and claims to have the best taste in music. (not targetting them in particular, just talking about pop music in general.)
24 likesI will agree that while I agree with EmperorLemon's overall philosophy in this video, he goes a bit too far into the realms of pretentious, but I mean can you blame him? The YTP community's constantly misunderstood by people outside of it, and BehindTheMeme made the situation much worse. At the point he's made this video too, he's just had to deal with hundreds of his new "fans" constantly spamming him to make a sequel to one of his videos he explicitly said he was not going to do. He's had to deal with the ignorance of others around him for a while at this point. Things have gotten better now, but at the time of this video things were not going well for him.
Jose Rivera or the lil cousin who wants to play games and DELETES ALL MY SAVED FILES TO START A NEW GAME WHEN HE COULD HAVE STARTED A NEW GAME WITHOUT TOUCHING MY SHIT
8 likes@Grave Book and that's why I don't trust anyone around my precious game files
4 likesSounds like some trauma.... Wanna talk about it?
1 like@Januzai Ramli How dense are you? He is obviously an outsider.
1 like@Doublechindoge 7
2 likesDiamonds aren't that rare, the supply is just artificially restricted to keep the price up.
@Delta 118 Yeah, I know, I'm just saying for the sake of an analogy.
6 likes@Doublechindoge 7
0 likesAh. Excuse me then.
That happens to me a lot. Literally. But you end up with a bunch of extra pieces that you can use to make your own creations.
0 likesthats weirdly over specific r u oo
1 like@nine I would preferably stomp on his lego builds with a steel capped boot
0 likesBehind the meme mislabeling memes that have changed over the years since they were made!
3 likesA prime example of Behind the Meme mislabeling a meme that has changed since it was created: YouTube poops
It's ironic how most of your of your viewers started as "normies" but you dislike them so much
7 likesi may be a normie, but at least i can research memes and like outsider media. i might be evolving
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Yes my friend you are keep going
24 likesIt's the other way
2 likesDont call yourself a "normie" if you can act like a decent human being, you dont deserve that title
11 likesKeep going brother
0 likeswell now we have lessons in meme culture
4 likesTHANKS FOR RESPECTING WOMEN, BRO! 😤🤜🤛😤
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fantano what are you doing here
89 likesthatistheplan your lit fam
15 likeswattup cuccboiiii
34 likes😤
1 likeThe BEST TEETH IN THE FUCKIN' GAME is here guys!
37 likesthatistheplan
11 likesYou know what I am sold. I don't hate BTM but he isn't that great. He did a terrible job at explaining some memes and I know this (ESPECIALLY Ken Bone it made him look bad).
The "roast" on you felt awkward and unneeded.
Edit: I unsubbed to him while I was scrubbing my YT channels to channels I was no longer interested. I felt the videos were all too similar and there was nothing I could look forward to that I haven't seen. I will check your channel in greater detail later but if EmoLemon likes you I think I shall like you.
What're you doing here melon?
2 likesFANTANO IS A NORMIE WHO IS CULTURALLY APPROPRIATING MEMES AND IT IS V. OFFENSIVE
5 likesReview the new EmpLemon YTPMV album review.
5 likesthatistheplan "I barely lose I barely take any damage"
3 likesthatistheplan holy shit!!
0 likes420th like... i had to comment this
0 likesкак
1 likeBut we all know that Drake vs Josh is the best one.
4 likesthatistheplan I subbed to you. thanks to Emp
2 likeswhen a man sticks his I play Pokemon Go every IN A WOMAN's V-
4 likesthatistheplan prase kek REEEEEEEEE
2 likeswum🅱️🅾️!!!
1 likeHOLY CRAP
0 likeso shit its 🅱️an🅱️ony 🅱️an🅱️ano
2 likesthatistheplan 🅱️espect 🅱️omen
2 likeswell, behind the meem got rekt
2 likesI have been converted
0 likesThank you
Hey it's you!!! The guy who was mentioned in the video!!!
5 likesBut yeah that's probably the response Behind The SENTENCE SHIFTING's gonna give to this (I'm being too optimistic with my idea of him getting the message). But I'm a woman myself and I try you know?
I'm okay with being called a normie because I kinda am. I'm just doing my best to be an outsider (even though I just realised I kinda am in a way).
But I don't see why the FUCK he didn't just roast you himself. Probably too scared.
And he should be especially now!!! The meme nation will attack.
thatistheplan come back please.
13 likesCome back :(
1 likeF
9 likesF
8 likesf
8 likesf, ThatWasThePlan
4 likesF
4 likes@Viper Volkan mind filling me in? Did Fader invade Anthony Fantos second channel?
1 like@Jose Castillo no but we should raid the channel as an act of revenge or maybe we could give these guys a taste of their own medicine by accusing them of alt right like how they did to Fantano's channel so the rest of the MSM can give them a bad reputation and the MSM will fall for anything
3 likesRIP
1 likeR.I.P. thatistheplan ⚰
2 likesI can visit his channel
1 likeF
3 likesRip
1 likethatistheplan MAD RESPECT MEMELORD! 🙇♂️👏👌
1 likeF
2 likesDamn this hurt to read. Miss you bby
3 likesF
3 likesSup
3 likesThe plan is to be honest with your viewers…
3 likesF
3 likeswhy are we here, just to suffer
2 likesThatwastheplan
4 likesI miss you.
1 likeHell yeah
0 likesLol
0 likesWonder what emp thinks of fantano in 2020 lol what the hell happened
12 likesS I M P
1 like@The Plush Palooza Bruh what
1 likeMiss u.
1 liket
0 likes@The Plush Palooza just because someone is respectful doesn’t mean they’re a simp
1 likeBro why dont you have an avatar?
1 like@Dr _ Nomz abandoned channel sadly
2 likes69th reply
0 likes@Staples Inc. who own the channel beofre it was abandoned?
0 likes@ZAIPOLLIZAM ABDUL MALEK Anthony fantano
0 likes0:30 did emp predict a meme 3 years in advance
20 likesDude had a bright future ahead of him, seems like the hate got to him, feels kind of undeserved. Although I guess this was during a time of when edgyness was thriving, wrong place wrong time.
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Posts shitty videos to earn easy money
6 likesFakes his suicide after slight criticism
States that he promotes mental health
Yeah, no. Nothing of value was lost that day
HOLY SHIT IS A FUNNY BIG CHUNGUS JOJO REFERENCE
1 like@The lasagna Man if you're going on about how saying the same jokes over and over is unfunny, why don't you take a look at yourself
0 likes@Uncle Gyro HOLY SHIT YOU SAID A WORD WE ALL KNOW THATS A JOJO REFERENCE
1 likeKill me
I remember when I was like 8 and loved watching Behind the Meme and remember when the whole thisistheplan situation happened and how I was so mad at Anthony for criticizing one of my favorite channels.....not my best moment
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RIP ThatIsThePlan
2 likes"funding for meme theory is paid by FUCKING NO ONE" made me spit out my drink, good music choice. i love coming back to your old vids. :)
2 likes100 percent accurate.
147 likesInside jokes aren't funny anymore when everybody knows them.
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Inside jokes are only funny among a few people, no? Well, if more people know about it, you abandon it...WHY? Because now if you tell the joke, more people will find it funny? Wow, cool. I didn’t know that was a valid reason to HARASS SOMEONE AND PUT THEIR LIFE IN DANGER ONLINE
3 likesNa Zhao,
16 likesAn Inside Joke is something only a few people should know. The saying "the more, the merrier" is false in the modern era. Because in this case, more people who know a joke, more people will say a joke. And by that, the joke becomes bland and repeated everywhere. So, that joke becomes an abandonment.
Freddi
0 likesWhy do you guys even pay attention to the people who are supposedly "ruining your memes?" They don't have to exist to you if you don't want them to.
Luke Mixon
0 likesI know, they will still exist. That's not the point.
Luke Mixon
0 likesGot that out of the way, then. Now why don’t you read my original comment?
Come on, this is being spoon-fed to you.
Luke Mixon
0 likesAs if you had to pay attention to them in the first place.
Luke Mixon
0 likesMaybe if that’s bothering you, you should get off the Internet and stop consuming memes altogether for regular periods of time. This will allow the joke to not go to rectal matter. Other people don’t enjoy it anymore? That’s their problem.
Agree with this guy who posted the comment
0 likesLuke Mixon
0 likesI don’t think I ever saw a meme that was completely unavoidable no matter where you went. I never searched up “how to install blah blah blah” and then saw a massive wave of unhelpful jokes.
Unknown Society normies are the majority, it’s not like you can ignore them. Go to school or work, I bet 99% if the people there are normie like you
0 likesThis video is a masterpiece and a turning point on internet culture
5 likesmy man really didn't know how to balance his audio back in the day, these old videos are pretty much unwatchable on speakers without adjusting the volume heaps
1 likeI love that There is actually someone here with a brain when it comes to Memes
1 likeFor me its humility and realizing humbleness , im more of a underground guy, but i usually do some stuff thats considered normie
2 likesKno why? Because it helps me with communications and others.. its like you notice your falses and realize what helps you
Sociology actually helped me realize, love your videos Emp
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Bro, stop smoking weed and get a real job
0 likes@Максим already got one , thanks for the concern
0 likesI love it how normies here act as obnoxious as possible in the comments, because that's how they imagine not being a normie.
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They make paragraphs on why people's jokes are """""wrong"""""
127 likesusage of the word normie qualifies you as a normie
135 likesI am getting mixed messages
18 likesAnd that, everyone, is a perfect example of 'situational irony'.
52 likesDevvrat Singh lmao don’t take me back to 6th grade
5 likesIt's cute, really.
5 likes@Jeyphr I like eating popcorn watching these animals run around
6 likesMayonaise.
1 like@Pengu Comrade is it an instrument?
4 likes🅱️eans
1 likeImagine using the word "normie" unironically
18 likes@Karnachi that means your one too
4 likes@Karnachi that means your one too
2 likes@name Thanks for the illustration, friend!
0 likes@Maggerama np bro
0 likesWhy are you actually using the term normie, you are the definition of cringe.
12 likesSurprised Pikachu, amirite fellow kids?
2 likes@Lolita Goth You're calling something cringe, then proceed to spew out stuff like "special snowflake" and "do your homework, kid". Classical normie boomer meme lord wannabe.
4 likes@Lolita Goth Damn, you're too typical to talk to. Next!
2 likesJust one question: is the US economy really so far down that being employed is considered... well, something worth mentioning at all? I've been bumping into people who boast about simply being employed more and more often in recent years. What the fuck?
1 like@Lolita Goth I'm not though, that's why I'm asking.
1 like@Lolita Goth Dude, neither you nor the others in this comment section quite needed to throw shit at each other in a fruitless manner, I really don't think someone who is actually aware of how meaningless, and sometimes even harmful to your relationships with others, these discussions are would still go into the comment section, go annoy someone who they know won't sit and take it, and then respond to every single reply they get. You can do whatever you want with your time, but trying to always get the last response due to whatever your asspulled reason for arguing with these guys is wouldn't be on the top of my priority list. Really the only reason why I'm even replying in a "battle" that's not even mine is because it's always annoying to see people who are not aware of how condescending they sound, especially with how you think you already got out of that "superiority complex phase" just to sit down and type furiously on your phone or computer a comment that no one's gonna care about but that people will remember for future interactions with you, if you think that channels like these are full of hornet nests, then don't go around flailing a bat randomly at the first thing you see that doesn't sit right with you, you're right, a lot of people have sh*tty or rather unmemorable lives, so it would be best to show them that going into the internet while desperately looking for a distraction won't reward them with just some random dude on the internet who thinks their opinion matters more than yours, hell, the world is kinda sh*tty in general, so I would recommend acting in a more empathetic way so people know that at least someone out there acknowledges their existance and that there are communities to which they can go if they need help instead of the almost childish, nonsensical debates that one can find on nearly any youtube video, regardless of topic. Life usually ain't nice, and telling others discouraging things just because you think you have a pride to defend isn't gonna make it nicer neither for them nor you
5 likes@Lolita Goth Well, I wouldn't expect you to go through the metric shit ton of stuff that I wrote and memorise it for a test, but I at least hope that you take something from it and maybe even correct if I'm wrong on something instead of writing it all off for its length, though I accept that I went a bit overboard for a simple comment
5 likesI was a normie, god I was a normie
0 likes@Lolita Goth just do as he said and don't get a mullet
0 likes@Fluffynator 🤷🏻♂️
0 likestypical normie deflection, gb2fyad
0 likesI just don’t get why emp didn’t make a video on pewdiepie who is arguably worse than btm
1 like@o Nah, he's okay now.
0 likesImagine seriously labeling yourself an “outsider”
2 likesAs dumb as this video is, it’s a piece of internet history and it holds a special place in my heart.
1 likeThis video aged so well. All the normies finding this vid years later proves it
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The fact that people refer to normal people as “normies” is just sad.
12 likes@Rush Highlights Alright, normie.
7 likes@Grabahan nerd
13 likesLol, so true
0 likes@Grabahan 🤡
1 like1:52 Holy fucking shit, man, you put The Gates of Delirium in your video?! Respect. What a great fucking song.
6 likesEdit: The soundtrack of the video in general is awesome. Good shit.
I legit don't get why this video has a 5:1 like to dislike ratio. It's baffling how some people just won't listen to reason.
5 likesYou did the worst thing, 1.6M views, you probably explained what a normie is to a normie. We are about to enter a dark age where normies think they are outsiders.
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they already do
211 likesExactly
29 likesJoseph Stalin to who are you replaying to?
8 likesTo you Im an outsider, to my people im a normie.
19 likesKaiser Krysalis same
4 likesThis is exactly what I was afraid of. The time has come
22 likesCOMUNISTS THERE EVERYWHERE
7 likesnormie do not care to watch half an hour of trash talk
12 likesI know it happened to my friend, he was called a normie by a normie(he's no normie)
9 likes+Tequila59
3 likesTHE SPIES ARE HERE
The only solution is for the outsiders to become normies. Once all the normies are outsiders and the outsiders are all normies, then the outsiders will still be outsiders, but will ironically be known as normies.
20 likespoke
0 likesNuz -Dudenoooooooo
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0 likesI'm an edgy memer do I count?
2 likesRip X 🐒🔫🐵
😔🙏
They always have, I think I'm one of the outsiders, yet I very well could be a normie.
3 likeskas : oh right rawr XD is offensive to dinosaurs
1 likeDerp Ink do you say "im so randum lol"?
2 likessonicj Polygon, no I'm a normie
0 likesNo one is to be trusted
1 likeThis mentality is absolutely ridiculous
4 likesbetter start taking exlax
1 likewe need to get those shits out of here
We are royally fucked
0 likeswe can't trust anyone if they are a normie
0 likesTimcinema Cringe, if popcorn was chicken, what would happen to the normies?
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0 likesNuz -Dudeit's been a thingWhy can't we all just like stuff because we like it, not because less people like it or more people like it, I like games that have a mass following not because of that fact, but because I enjoy it. Call me a normie, but atlest ill be happy
3 likesThats bullshit even tho i found this video hilarious and I despise behind the meme boy, there is no such things as normie and even if there is there are definitly not "outsiders". Whole explenation of outsider sounded like bullied kid crying about others being normies while hes special.
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1 likeNuz -DudeIt's too late, the normies could already be lurking among us in this very comment thread...It is a very good video tho
0 likesShadow The Hedgehog
1 like> Implies knowledge of edgy memes with a profile named Shadow the Hedgehog.
3 years later look at this video's comment section, OP's prediction came true and it's true generally for all of the internet except for what little places we have left.
0 likesOoh boy, how the internet has changed over the last 4 years
11 likestheres a fine line between memeing and just shoving every meme in existence and buddy chum pal friend
0 likesyou just crossed it
imagine gatekeeping memes
12 likesI came expecting a YTP. What I got was a philosophy.
17 likesI am satisfied
the amount of people in this comment section that call this cringy and cancer just pisses me off. even if emplemon put a bunch of ytp edits in, doesnt change the fact that he called out btm on how bad he is at memes, like did nobody fucking watch the video, or did they stop after the 3rd earrape? like when i see emplemon use earrape and his normal jokes in other videos, its fine, but for some reason now he gets hate for it? people these days, cant take jokes. all these people that have no idea what they are talking about can just get off the stage, they are making me miss the contest. great vid emplemon, keep it up.
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SGT.Sharkle lookeverybody imhomersimpson
2 likesLouftos look get off the stage ralphy
0 likesFosterpin the latter, besides if emplemon was taking memes seriously, it was to prove a point that behind the meme doesnt know jack shit about them, besides if people really think he takes memes too seriously, they are going off one video that they saw. he talks about memes seriously, he doesnt take them seriously. just because a meme is silly, or retarded, doesnt mean you can have serious discussions about them
3 likesCryo Temporal triggered
0 likesU know a good way to trigger people with "chill" in their name lmao
3 likesThis is so relevant today, anyone even remember the grubhub ad? that thing stopped being used after almost 2 weeks.
96 likesThat thing with the "Oh you like Star wars? Name every clone trooper then." was able to get a bit of an exhale at first, but channels begun milking it and milking it until it was all you'd see them upload.
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I actually edited the comercial for fun because I do bad edits when I am bored to an extreme, I just wanted to do something related to All Star from Smash Mouth
9 likesI'd say the current era of milking memes until they die is even worse than it was in 2016-17
26 likesYou also had that " Eekum Bokum " meme.
15 likesThat died out faster than an infected goldfish.
I never even found it funny, it's just some random person repeating a Banjoo Kazooie sound effect.
Remember the oversimplified logos meme? That's right, you don't. Because 90% of the memes about it were text-to-speech saying "oh good day to be alive. I hope [company name] doesn't oversimplifie my logo!". Nowadays memes are so oversaturated and repetitive, that they die in less than 2 weeks.
9 likesYea its kinda depressing. I remember when memes would last a good while. It may as well not even be called memes at this point since everyone knows the meme. Memes from what I understand are basically inside jokes but mass spread. once the normies got ahold of meme culture it was bound to get bad. because normies make everything worse.
5 likes@J(gay)Rock (official MELONLORD) “Some random person”
0 likesYubi Yubi!!
Just discovered your channel and have been binging your old videos for two days but I gotta say, watching this after watching you complain about the YTP community hating on you is kind of ironic. It’s not a 1-1 situation but it’s pretty ironic still
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What video is that?
0 likes@Zig Zoinks Frying comments
1 like@Who's Who
1 likeThanks, man.
Good grief. I’ve watched this about three times and never bothered to look at that Britain-Made WWII-era poop. Our senses of humor haven’t changed all that much.
2 likes5 years later, and this is still funny
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It's not funny now and it wasn't funny 5 years ago
4 likes@Broly grand Youtube Comments be like
5 likes@Broly grand please dont use emojis
1 like0:32 Emp my boy you just predicted a 2020 Ian SIMPson meme
29 likes6:54 - that was one of the bassiest bass hit i've ever encountered.
3 likesLessons in meme culture and internet historian are behind the meme done right.
0 likesLike the more videos of yours I watch, I enjoy them more because there's a built structure of reoccurring gags
0 likesAlways loved you Emp. Back when BTM was still thriving I was on your side on this, but now, as an adult with morals and definitely not as nerdy as I was 5 years ago, a lot about this videos just feels more wrong. Sure, exploring the history and culture behind memes was a job anyone could do, but tell that to anybody else nowadays because it makes no sense to me that you say that, but THEN you fucking say he can't have that role. I mean, if your goal was, in the end, give him constructive criticism to fix his videos, then maybe you and Anthony Fuckface or whatever that guys name was should've been more direct, and actually constructive rather than demeaning and rude ON TOP of your normal criticisms. You can't expect change if you don't actually present it in a way the other person might like.
7 likesI'm gonna be a little hypocritical here, but I think this video contains some of the most nerdy lines ever spoken. "hE's eXPoSinG OuR prECIouS mEMEs tO tHE nOrmIEs." is definitely hyperbolic, but things along those lines came up in the video several times and it really, genuinely just gives me Reddit energy. You also present this video as a theory, I can't remember 2017 all too well but I imagine theories were just a big thing at the time because there's literally no point now, or then, in calling this video a fucking theory. It's just a roast that led a man off of his throne by assholes who just couldn't be nice or constructive.
In conclusion, this video is 5 fucking years old. Me replying to it probably has no effect because maybe you've learned since then, or maybe you'll go on not caring that a big channel carried by a kind soul was brought to it's knees. Maybe I shouldn't be caring either by this point. I know I have a lot more important things to do than remember a meme historian from several years ago and rant about him a little. But it's whatever. I still love your videos, Emp. Just thought I'd share my thoughts on this old piece.
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Akogiri, if you reply to this I'm gonna be real sad because I genuinely have nothing else to say or argue with here. Lmao
0 likesAnd I don't have the time, but eh. I expect the worst.
0 likesI read this
0 likesI have NEVER watched a YT video that's over 20 mins long and didn't repeat itself ONCE throughout the whole video.
902 likesWell Done, Sir
WELL DONE, INDEED
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E drop Watch Idubbbz's new content cop, that's a long video that you'll like too
19 likesTHAT PEPE PROFILE PIC!
3 likesSplatdude431 haha funy me me pe pe y a ya???!? M m mmm mm??
1 likeE drop do u know who IdubbbzTV
3 likesThat's sad
3 likesDebunked Monk Becaus3 apparently dragging out a video is K.
0 likesYouve never watched gaming videos?
1 like.
0 likesDidn't repeat itself? The guy said "Normie" too many times to fucking count.
1 likePastelBleach emphasis isnt always redundant
0 likeswell
0 likesit had chapters
He did at last part of video
0 likesI watched a speedrun
0 likesEmp, this video is too short. Next time, I want an hour long video to feast my eyes on.
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do u like smash bros?
2 likesbee
0 likesBehind The Meme ruined a whole generation of memes
7 likes6:56 Hits harder now.... rip legend
10 likes5 years later and this is one of my most favorite videos to watch. Thank you emp lemon
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you need help then
2 likesBehind the Meme was an inside job.
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Thanks Obama.
15 likes>911 likes
1 likeI want to like but it's 911 likes
0 likesI want to like but I am not about to change that 911 joke.
0 likes@Mamamew TheRani someone already ruined it
0 likesOh ok
1 like@EXPLODYZ at least I will always have a screen capture to remember it by. I sent it to EmpLemon on twitter.
0 likes@Mamamew TheRani good
0 likes16:40 had me laughing my head off I spit water everywhere
1 likeAt this point in time, L.I.M.C. has really become what Behind The Meme should have been.
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He’s for normies who think they are not normies
3 likesYes
0 likes@Napoleon Bonaparte 😐
0 likesIt's [current year] and I am still definitely putting this in my favorites list
1 like@EmpLemon hi love your content. Question: What is your opinion on lessons in meme culture?
2 likesBehind The Meme: For people who are too lazy to use Know Your Meme
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UGH, R E A D I N G
86 likesKYM used to be great, and it's still handy for old stuff
38 likesI see you everywhere lol
5 likesOr people who don't know Memethony Reviewtano
5 likesStickMaster500 Found a TF2 commenter!
2 likesStickMaster500 oh shit it's you again
4 likesGamersFromTheWeb All
1 likeWhat Crax says.
0 likesWhat are you doing here outside TF2 videos!? TOURISM!?
0 likesStickMaster500 666 likes. A perfect reason. This video and it's haters came from hell.
0 likesP I S S
1 likeMatthew Root
0 likesNo, if people really wanted to find out about memes, then they can check it themselves, find out new things about the meme. While I may be a normie, at least I want to find out even a tiny bit about what I'm being shown. It takes two minutes to go though a KYM page, not much life lost there and if you have 2/3/4/5G you can check it on the go, so no, your argument holds no water.
For some reason, my comment got more likes than yours, StickMaster5000. Should I be proud?
1 likeStickMaster500 true
0 likesStickMaster500 which is already outdated
4 likesIts the same shit
1 liketake a shot every time emp says "normie"
5 likes;)
Emplemon really likes MF DOOM
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Who wouldn't
0 likesLessons in meme culture replaces btm
6 likesGod damn what a time capsule this is
2 likesYour editing is absolutely fantastic
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Abilawa andamari He's been doing it for like a decade. I wish more ranty youtubers could edit like this.
7 likesIt's like a revolution is starting or something
0 likesSir_Tactical_Slime Lmao no, there's not enough people who give a shit to make a change
0 likesOrgspasm, Mister Amazing
0 likesThe video that pretty much ruined the word "normie".
10 likes0:32 He saw the future
19 likesNo to behind the meme
9 likesMe and homies watch lesson in meme cultural.
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Or Limc for short
2 likesAll though I prefer Know your meme
dude they're just memes... you can't live without them?
31 likesgo outside
I fall somewhere in between normie and outsider. I believe most people fit that category. With that being said. I love my dank memes, and hate it when they get diluted by people who don’t respect the source material.
2 likesI can't believe its already been 3 years.
9 likesI know a good meme - but I will never proclaim myself to be an expert but this, this is good
0 likesMan, times have changed.
5 likesYesterday we went to the graveyard to grieve over one of my uncles who just died.
752 likes2 of my cousins came (who are 6 and 7 years old) started DABBING, saying "swag" (of all things) and doing BOTTLE FLIPS (the ones that landed perfectly made them scream) around other graves, i was so fucking mad at them i wanted to let them know that shit is gonna get them humiliated in the future.
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Jack Redplay Your cousins must be normies
126 likesJack Redplay I know right. Kids at school are FUCKIN DABBING. Everytime I see them dabbing, I litterally die of CANCER.
104 likesSantos Medina same
3 likesJack Redplay oh,those are still things?
6 likesNinjabat _ and your problem is
0 likesSantos Medina Colony of Normies the schools are
5 likesYes that cringy shit is an epidemic in elemntary and middle schools right now, my younger cousins are doing the same exact shit and I see it everywhere
36 likesMreverything11 and so is your hate
0 likesMreverything11 then elaborate on why I love YouTube poops
0 likesSo much if I'm such a normi
I took a webcam photo of your comment because it does such a good job at explaining why this generation is screwed and screwed up.
8 likesDORBEES thanks i guess, hope to see it around
2 likesFor fuck's sake, that's just disrespectful to those poor deceased human beings.
28 likesThat is Disrespect with a capital D! Who's dabs and bottle flips around the dead?!
29 likesDaringReporterino Kripperino It's a Kripperino in the wild!
0 likesi work at a graveyard and i hope ill never see that, and if i do they are digging their own grave
13 likesJack Redplay
5 likesThere is a time and a place for everything. Even memes.
Jack Redplay normie culture is indeed terrifying
9 likeswow, at my schools teaparty there was a fucking figit spinner cafe
6 likesImagine 20 years from now people will do stupider things...
3 likesThat is just disgusting...people are grieving someone who died and 2 kids this let's start dabbing and screaming.
8 likesEvery time my brother dabs, does a bottle flip, or tries to act cool I want to punch him. I am sorry for your loss to I know how you feel. My grandmother died of cancer two years ago. My brother didn't want to go to the funeral.
9 likesMy uncle also died in 2016. I wanted to go to the funeral but my mom made me want to just stay, due to her reaction.
0 likesand they didn't get in trouble?
6 likesJack Redplay your cousins are those kids that everyone hates because they are late to every trend and try to act cool
6 likesHire Me Taco Bell i was the only one who noticed they were doing those things
0 likesJack Redplay oh my god, dabbing and bottle flips still happen at my school, ugh.
5 likesJUST. MOVE. ON. FOR. FUCKS. SAKE.
Jack Redplay
1 likeI only dab to offend other memers, but I know I'm not a normie. Which is nice
Many of The kids in my grade dab , some use fidget spinners and use Them All The time(1/3 are girls),one uses memes that died 3 years ago,two still fanboy about roblox( one Doesn't use The internet that much,The other one was mentioned before) luckily theres five more people like me.
3 likesSebastian Hidalgo Stop acting like you're special
0 likesSteinsline L i have five more people like me im not really special
0 likesBottle flips died a long time ago.
0 likesNow everyone obsesses over Jake Paul
1 likeI see people still dabbing at my school legit thinking it's funny.....and they also think bottle flips are still relevant
1 likesigh
Jack Redplay the people in the graves must've died the second time
5 likesJack Redplay That is fucking disrespectful.
6 likesHyperdrifter20 z
0 likesOnly a fidget spinner can make this worse
0 likesCaroline Dotcheva this is why I like the friends that I have.
0 likesKaulinis the cubes are way better than the Spinners, but I don't have one cause no ADHD
0 likessUus floofyer wtf
0 likesSalam Bam oh no... I can't imagine...
0 likesYou should've gotten the gucci belt out to teach them a lesson.
2 likesJack Redplay I only dab ironically
0 likesJack Redplay well im going to /pol/
1 likeFor my birthday, my parents bought me a fidget spinner because they knew I disliked them. I still have it to this day, and I'm thinking of either tossing it in a fire or selling it to an immature kid at my school.
2 likesNobody probably cares, but I thought I could elaborate on this.
Humanity is fucked
0 likesJack Redplay in 5th grade I was in special ed and my teacher would let me sit with the general ed kids (witch i regret) and 80% of the time they would dab bottle flip their milk jugs and lie that they have you tubers in there Xbox live friends list and they think I'm weird the teachers then got sick of the kids bottle flipping there milk jugs and told them to stop and then they kept doing it anyways and then they were saying school is prison because they can't share there food even though you never know we're the fuck they put there hands the one thing that always bothered me is the youtubers in their Xbox live friends list part they would say: I hAVe H20 DerUeS in MY friends list sigh I always wonder what the new generation of kids will be like probably awful little shits.
0 likesMy class hates one person.
1 likeHe fucking dabs at the wrong moment
Jack Redplay
1 likeThey're KIDS!
KIDS!
I have no friends at my school because everyone they're all normies they bully me and when I'm stressed they say DAB IT OUT and when I go tell them to stop because they are annoying they say dab on those haters... YOU CANT ESCAPE THE NORMIES. EVEN IN DECEMBER OF 2017
1 likeKinda ironic considering your profile pic, but its still pretty horrible that your cousins did that
0 likesHyperdrifter20 (or maybe they are kids.)
0 likesThat my friend is the eighth deadly sin known as yeeting a grave.
0 likesThat's pretty F'ed.
0 likesAnti-normies aren't really that different from normies. They just want to find some meaning for themselves and find it in some pretty worthless stuff. At least normies realize how worthless it really is and just roll with it while anti-normies get all twingy gatekeepers for something worthless. Their stuff earns to get normified.
1 likeEveryone considers LIMC BTM done right when it comes to going straight to the point.
2 likesNo one talks about LIMC killing memes.
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Meme will dead anyways with or without LIMC.
3 likes@Alkind yes
1 like@Maggot Smasher I just find his newer videos forced.
0 likes26:50 I think we ran out of clean water. The unsustainable roaring '20s esc economy of memes from this time finally caught up with us, and it seems like it's collapsed into a depression in, ironically, the 2020s. We are still using the same old memes over and over again, and there hasn't been a big super meme in awhile. This isn't just another meme drought like '16 or '19, google trends shows that after march 2020, the economy collapsed. It has been decreasing over the past 2 years, and has reach a low not seen since 2015, 6 years ago. Just like the actual economy during the 20th century, all it took was a spark like the lockdown to blow the whole thing up. Now we have memes that last as long as they did in the pre-normie era, but since normies now have excess to this stuff like never before, memes have the shell life of a meme during the 2015-2019 era, the worst possible combination of each era's respective traits. It's like going from a fine wine that you can drink for years, to a bottle of juice that only lasts a few weeks, to continuingly poisoning yourself by drinking something that only lasts a few weeks for 2 years. All we do now is swim in the same old piss travelling aimlessly, hoping and praying that we can find a new lily pad to jump onto before we drown.
1 likeidk why samoa joe's theme made me laugh so much. it was the last thing i expected
0 likesthis video is- eh
14 likesi love emp but honestly this video is kinda hard to watch, he was in highschool and it shows lol.
some of his points were- kind of right? i think it’s just the way he brings up his points just makes him look like an asshole on the internet
glad he ended up being a m u c h more adept content creator over time, also the earrape still is awful here holy shit lmao
Analyzing a joke is like dissecting a frog. Sure, you’ll understand more about the frog, but you’ll kill the frog in the process.
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BUT THE FROG IS ALREADY DEAD.
86 likes@Tiny Ghoul true tho
22 likesDat Boi
5 likes@Tiny Ghoul In a way, we are all the frog.
3 likes@Revolver Ocelot I at a frog... Taste like chicken for me.
0 likesHERE LIES DAT BOI
2 likes@Tiny Ghoul and in that case, it’s totally fine. However, Behind The Meme was dissecting some live frogs...
3 likesAnalyzing a joke is like dissecting a frog. Sure, you’ll understand more about the frog, but the frog is Pepe, who is obviously now a symbol of hate.
9 likes@Tiny Ghoul mines still moving... what do I do?
0 likesIf you understand enough about frogs maybe you can create your own frogs that have guns and lazer eyes
1 likeExcept the frogs lifespan is a day
0 likesTiny Ghoul not if you do it right
0 likesfellow Vsaucer
0 likesBut when you try to make new a new frog ot try something new with a frog, it can help a lot when you know the literal ins and outs of the frog and use it to innovate new... frogs...
1 likebehind the meme doesn't dissect the frog, he just pokes at it from a distance so nothing new is learned
0 likesIt's like saying a joke isn't funny if you understand it and why it's funny.
0 likesthe best thing behind the meme has done to me is introduce me to meme culture and subsequently (around 5 videos later) make me realise he isnt good
0 likesI just want to say I appreciate just how much Pink Floyd music you use.
1 likeI still remember when Behind the Meme did a video on the Woah meme...
1 likeThen went on a downward spiral.
4:17 When the levee breaks had me dying 🤣
0 likesThis is basically Content Cop - Behind The Meme
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WHAT WE DO HERE IS GO BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
111 likesContent COC
53 likesEveryone go to idubbbz and spam "Content Cop - Behind The Meme"
25 likesEmpLemon collabs with Idubbbz conformed
8 likesThat's literally what he said at the beginning of the video
5 likesWHAT WE DO HERE IS GO BACK-BACK-DOWNWARD SPIRAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL
16 likesisnt this dude just making basically the same vids btm is?
1 likeWHAT WE DO HERE IS DOWNWARD SPIRAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL
5 likes@Hoodi_47 top ten anime crossovers
1 likeNo points, did you even understood what he said? He Explained why behind the meme sucks.
6 likesReuben Holland the only anti-behind the meme comment I will actually like. Kudos to you, Reuben.
1 likeContent Lemon
0 likesVideos explaining memes or some internet phemenom that happened back in the day are still the lowest form of content, full stop
1 like2021, meme's pretty much don't exist anymore
3 likeslessons in meme culture does a really good job of exploring the origin of memes as well analyzing the ideas that go into their creation and deeper developments they represent within internet culture
3 likesit's been 4 years. we're in hell. creativity is almost entirely dead. memes live for days at best. 4chan and tumblr and the closest we have to homes. all hope is lost
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I bet that in 4 years memes will last for some hours
4 likesGood
0 likes@キノ eh, they moved now on Twitter ever since the nsfw purge. Tumblr's pretty dead but I'd rather chill there for fanarts and stuff rather than lose braincells on the birb site
7 likesThe lego movie shows the difference between normies and the outsiders. Think about it. Emmet, the main character was an outsider trying to fit in with the normies until he realized that there was other outsiders.
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Harmon Brown holy shit you’re right
36 likesYT reviewer that's a good message.
13 likesThe Lego Movie will never be the same again!
19 likesWAIT A FUCKING MINUTE
9 likesFinally my childhood toys making a difference in the world XD
4 likesFurthermore, Pres. Business wanted to keep his own world ( he rules the entire world.... ) the exact way it was until our lil hero told him people were making something new out of his creations.
9 likesGood shit.
A S C E N D E D
1 likeThe Harmon dang!
1 likeAwkward way to describe but youre still right
0 likeswell the funny thing is, I was a normie, I confess, and I learned memes from Behind The Meme, and here I am, hating the creator that brought me into this world
0 likesWhere you seriously getting worked up over him “ruining meme culture”? Really? Memes aren’t suppose to be taken seriously yet here you are defaming a person over criticism that, while subjective, wasn’t warranted in hindsight.
2 likesthe real meme was the friendships we made along the way
0 likesI personally believe that "Lessons in meme culture" is far, far greater, it gets to the point, and has a commentator that doesn't sound like he lacks vocal chords causing him to use his fucking ears, or his ass, so yeah, that's why he's so good, but fantan is still perfection in my opinion and in the opinions of every sane person on Earth
3 likesHim trying to convert all normies to being outsiders is like Syndrome from The Incredibles saying, "When everyones super, no one will be."
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Brendan 4 Emp has different morals. Syndrome had the goal of everyone being low and the same. If I were to guess, Emp would most likely rather everyone unified higher up together, then low.
10 likesI know it's been 4 years but goddamn go touch some grass if you're going to cry over a meme.
43 likesBut hey,that's just a theory.
1 likeA meme theory!
Thanks for spiraling
I remember in 2018 I kept saying I wasn't a normie, but whoever made memes to me wasn't a normie, and I'd always repost memes to Snapchat and Instagram and twitter and always wanted everything easy. Thought I was cool. Well I completely proved myself to be a normie in 2018. and when I did make a meme, it was unfunny. Anyway, that is just special needs at it's finest... No, I don't use any sm anymore so that's one thing.
0 likesAlso, my child self detail on what youtube poops are
"Tv shows that are edited and are inappropriate"
This video has so many likes! Must not be controversial at all!
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Cuz it isn't 😎
2 likes- Did youtube poop for 7 years
1169 likes- is still called a normie
Aight.
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Who?
2 likesMasterOFlame The one who made the video, EmpLemon. All those edits are his works.
92 likesHuh.
28 likesI'd comment, but i'm just an unimportant normie.
I think.
Were all normie in our own way
111 likesCorporate Shill ...what?
13 likes@MasterOFlame What's not to understand?
2 likesMatchsticks M'kay.
7 likesCorporate Shill was talking bout EmpLemon but aight dude
1 likeNormie
0 likesYTP is the normiest form of memes
0 likes@Töxoplasma Gandhi a true veteran
1 likeI am so happy hearing someone sharing my hate on Watch Mojo. ... There is nothing worse then that sterile delivery on every topic.
1 likeBehind the meme: remember me outsiders when I ruined your Memes I talked JUST... LIKE... THIIIIISSSSS
7 likesRoger rabbit reference
This video is a relic of its time like no other
2 likesAs controversial as this video was... It takes me back to a simpler time...
2 likesThe fact that he didn't do a video like that about LIMC proves that the internet had changed and the people don't care that much now.
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Tbh Limc is leagues better than behind the memes in quality since Limc just gets to the point of his videos and does his research
6 likesBut I agree the internet does go through phases that last a few years
Emp doesn't just blindly follow trends though, he wouldn't do it for two other reasons:
3 likes1. His 1st video caused BTM to literally get doxed and he felt bad about it.
2. LIMC is a much better channel and way less condescending, so he probably doesn't have a problem with him.
Emplemon never said you cant explain memes. why do people keep making this arguement
0 likesJust once I'd like my ears to not bleed after one of these masterpieces
0 likesThe way a normie sees this is you are gatekeeping meme culture lmao
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Good
6 likes@Juror #8 I agree with this
4 likesNormies like to forget they used to call them " me mes " lol
6 likesENOUGH IS ENOUGH
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I HAVE HAD IT
67 likesWITH THESE MOTHERFUCKING SNAKES ON MY GODDAMN PLANE
52 likes*HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD IT!!!
25 likesCassandra Andrade I have HHAAADDDD IT
12 likesI have HAD IT!!!
2 likesThat's quite an adequate amount and it will suffice
4 likesGimp - Filters - Lights and Shadow - Supernova
0 likesCassandra Andrade # pray4bougie
0 likeswhat happened to boogie?
0 likesCassandra Andrade is it spherical
0 likesCassandra Andrade What a fitting profile pic.
3 likesI have haaaaaaaaaaad it!
10 likesHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA IM AM DEDFAFFF
0 likesCassandra Andrade
2 likesI HAVE HAAAAAD IT...
Give me your profile pic
0 likesD O W N W A R D S P I R A L
1 likeREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
1 likeCassandra Andrade EnOuGh Is EnOuGh
4 likes1000th liek
4 likesFast forward, Instagram meme pages are the rock bottom of meme culture
1 likeA complete waste of time? Yes.
4 likesA great waste of time? Abso-fucking-lutely.
Aged like fine milk. Honestly miss this guy. Not lemon… behind the meme. Genuinely didn’t deserve the hate and would probably be very successful if he covered tiktok trends or something. He was actually very ahead of the curve
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Are you saying he shouldn’t be criticized?
0 likes@SpainCat this is not critic. This is bulliying
8 likes@SpainCat Criticised? Definitely
9 likesRallying a bunch of 12 year old Redditors who thinks liking memes is a "Personality trait" + makes you a "cool non normie outcast" thus cyberbully someone for doing what he liked even though he didn't ask for it? Definitely not
@SpainCat you weren’t criticizing him you were bullying him
0 likes@OxiTape how was I bullying him?
0 likes@MiraMuchachito I mean I feel like the video is a little too harsh, but it’s not fuckin bullying. Do you even know what bullying is?
0 likes@Siddiq 069 Hell naw. Does that change the fact that his content is still mediocre to the majority?
0 likes@SpainCat no. I like to talk about things i don't know just to look interest online. Nothing fancy. Quite average actually.
0 likes@MiraMuchachito aight den
0 likes@SpainCat not you specifically, the Internet as a whole
0 likes@SpainCat is that wrong? the fact that people mad over a funny internet meme is stupid. they treat like it's a culture thing
0 likesbut that was a past. he did apologize him after a year later
His videos were low quality and 98% of the time he completely missed the point of each meme and poorly explained them to his wide audience. Lessons in Meme Culture is a way better channel that serves his purpose, and I'm glad BTM gave way for that channel instead.
0 likes2006 was the perfect time to grow with youtube and memes
1 likeMeme's are the "inside joke" of the internet. you sometimes keep it away from people you deem "uncool or unworthy" and share it with people you share similarities with. just think about it, you watch a movie with a friend, you both find a quote funny, then later you keep quoting it.
48 likesNo wonder the circle game transitioned easily, it was a meme before meme awareness.
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30:22
5 likesIsn't the definition of a meme something that spreads from one person to another? No I pick them over them kinda thing involved?
2 likes"You'll die in seven days if he makes of video of you" behind the memes channel seems lacking now, ironically he seemed to be a content creator who can kill trends.
0 likesThat Seinfeld - Lincoln Park mix hit different
6 likesBtM is the kid talking during class and the teacher stops and says "Well seems like you know this already, how about you come up here and teach the class?" And he actually tries to teach the class and be funny about it but nobody is laughing.
1 likeEmplemons content is really good but please do not make this your overall impression of him. This video has aged horribly bad and his new content is much better
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The video it's self is fine, it's just how acts in it is awful, that's why is bad
0 likes@A Isopod he’s ranting about normies that are ruining memes, if you did that shit nowadays you’d actually be a laughing stock
0 likesInternet historian > behind the meme
598 likesany day
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Not really.
3 likesImmaLittlePip I can find you ANYWHERE
1 likeAlso 10/10 banner
0 likesFoodFrogs
23 likesif you see me on mistermetokur, sargon and others
Just know I take my redpills
I've subscribed to you a few months ago just because of how often I see you.
1 likeSchwachkorb yes really
4 likeshe's good, not the best though.
1 likeImmaLittlePip Fuckin love him
3 likesSchwachkorb honestly way better
6 likesThese are facts
5 likesFoodFrogs
0 likesHey thanks
Lol true but you're comparing diamonds to nuggets of shit.
16 likesI see you quite often, your-ah bring reason to most comment sections ; I hereby awahd you with a Presidential Medal of Freedom for bringing peace and redpills never stop, never ponder - bring the truth. Also 10/10
1 likeare you fucking kidding me
11 likesinternet historian is a million times more informative, interesting and UNIQUE than BTM. The majority of what IH focuses on is 4chan events that only 4chan users would even recognize, and 95% of the rest would have never even heard about. BTM is the lowest hanging fruit of this kind of culture
you should not be proud of liking sargon and those entry level types of non-national socialist conservatives.
1 like@mario2371
0 likesYou're not wrong
16:31 "Funding for Meme Theory is provided by FUCKING NO-ONE!" I wish more channels would make this joke.
0 likes“Content Cuck” definitely makes more sense today
2 likes“Our task is not to champion the degrading of the revolutionary to the level of an amateur, but to raise amateurs to the level of revolutionaries.”
1 like— Lenin
0:32 he was warning us
22 likesIf BTM isn't faking it and actually kills himself the blood is NOT on Emp's hands.
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I agree. EmpLemon pointed out real problems with his content and never attacked him personally. I feel sorry for BTM though, as the "haters" weren't as polite about it as emplemon.
39 likesBTM faked it for attention. Nice
45 likes@H G were you able to watch the vid? Got taken down before i could see what happened
1 like@Inx Madrazo
23 likesBTM shoved himself in mirror, blurred face, shooting himself with a fake gun that had gunshot sound and blood effect edited. With at the end it says “BTM is dead (kinda)” and even if it was real, in the fake videos he says that he has no friends, and if he had no friends who would upload the video after he would die and still edit it.
haha it was fake
0 likeshe is faking. emp already posted a new video in response to this
1 likeJo Eb He never did that.
4 likes@Jo Eb Yeah, considering this video is about how shitty his channel is, he did expect that. What you are probably trying to say is "he wanted to get people to personally attack the person behind the video", but that is false.
7 likesIf he does end up dead the world would be a better place.
2 likesI wish it was fake but I do think all the doxxing broke his mind
0 likes@Isaac's Channel lol cope please go touch grass
2 likesBehind the meme is actually a normie himself.
16 likesA worse version of Logan Paul when he clickbaits.
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Knew it
0 likes6:11 Damn EMP been on that metal fingers stuff since before it was a moderately popular ytpmv. Good shit.
1 likeYou have really good taste in music
3 likesImagine gatekeeping memes, and bullying a guy who just wants to make a video about memes
7 likeswhenever i watch emplemon i always feel theres some earape just around the corner...
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S E N T E N C E S H I F T I N G
2 likes26:55 God, this is so true. I miss back when memes were still relevant YEARS after being made. Now one doesn't even last a month...(looking at you, 'Jack-o Challenge')
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Jack-o isn't a meme though
0 likesWhy does emp sound alot like behind the meme (voice)? is it just me?
2 likesThis video gets a thumbs up just for playing Gates of Delerium and Blank Banshee - Start Up back to back.
1 likeI love the fact that you’ve literally played the same racing games I have, and play their music and reference them in your videos.
0 likes1:10 Chapter I: The Normie Dilemma
123 likes5:55 Chapter II: 21st Century Memescape
9:00 Chapter III: Behind The Me-diocre CONTENT
10:49 Chapter IV: Behind The Meme: A Content Analysis
17:06 Chapter V: Behind The Meme vs. Anthony Fantano
23:13 Chapter VI: Behind The Meme vs. 4chan
25:39 Chapter VII: The Trial of Behind The Meme
29:49 Chapter VIII: Loose Ends
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Thanks
1 like3:00
0 likes*Starts to mutate into SEMP*
Oh wow thanks I can get to my favorite parts more easily like chapter lll and Everything after that
1 like100th like right here.
0 likesExplaining the joke spoils everything.
3 likesBehind the meme should review himself, oh wait he wouldn't understand how to explain it
0 likesPeople make fun of people for calling normies normies when they literally fit the definition of normie, just a thought.
1 likeI love how you use Rapp snitch kanishes. Never thought I would meet another doom fan on youtube.
1 likeLIMC is the vastly superior version of behind the meme
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@Adolf Hitler if having “soul” is reading off of know your meme word for word, then yeah it is
0 likesThank you for making this video. We need more people to shed light on this garbage "content"
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OH HELLO THERE
3 likesmemes aside, I really do agree with you and EmpLemon.
8 likesApandah EXSPOSES really
0 likesagreed
0 likes+Apandah When Lemon legit said that he isn't "exposing" Behind the Meme but viewers (aka Normies) wish to incite drama. Basically how YouTube drama happens I guess, one YouTuber makes a video of light criticism, then the normies in the fanbase or a normie viewer wishes to take this to incite drama.(or attempt) I admit, not always normies incite drama, but generally they do.
2 likesBTIsaac Behind the meme was pretty popular. Keeps popping up in weird places.
2 likesApandah Glad he wasted 30 minutes to talk about the dumbest YouTube channel and not the topic as a whole
2 likesApandah normie
0 likesI find it kind of strange that Emp calls out BehindtheMeme for stealing meme review from Anthony Phantano, but when PewDiePie does it ( didn't even change the name) he doesn't say anything...
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Maybe it's because, unlike Behind the Meme, PewDiePie does a good job at reviewing memes.
4 likes@Gustav Ferreira That's not part of the argument. I was saying that Pewdiepie downright stole meme review from Anthony Phantano. He didn't even change the name and the rating system is the same.
0 likesAlso, does he really review memes better? All he does is reacting to the memes, the same thing he does in LWIAY and You laugh, you lose. At the beginning he also used to rate the memes, but as the parts went on he did it less and less, so it's not even a review anymore, it's just a try not to laugh, except he laughs anyway.
@Leo V. this video is over three years old. I watched it in high school when this video came out. Now these days he doesn’t do meme content anymore.
1 like@Gustav Ferreira
0 likesPewdiepie was worse lmao look at reddit
First When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin and then Lazy by Deep Purple? Goddamn Emp, you've got excellent taste in music!
0 likesIf you're explaining the 'in-joke' to everyone each time a new one is made, you're killing the in-jokes.
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who cares?! it's not like the Internet is gonna run out of in jokes!
0 likesBTM was made for normies to explain memes to them.
1 likeThe fact that I find that channel boring is my certificate of not being a normie.
1 likeLessons In Meme Culture is like BtM but better.
3 likesIt's too late now. Normies have brought back Rage Comics.
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I will cover myself in hot tar if I see another 'cover yourself in oil' joke.
17 likes@Wapoose Normie memes have completely deviated from regular memes now. Although I do like Sonic text to speech memes though. I was one of SuperSonicgamer03's original viewers. Probably one of the most original memes to come out in a while. Perish your marketable plushie or I will send you to Minecraft!
4 likesIf you use the term "normie" unironically, you need to get some fucking sunlight and be an actual human for a day.
18 likes@Danyul Nutt yea I don't like the word either, but I agree with this Arcade Jaguar guy, these new rage comic memes are getting pretty annoying.
6 likes@Wapoose google Bandwagon Effect
1 likewoops wrong account
@Danyul Nutt Why did "normie" become the other N word no one likes? There is nothing more accurate than this word.
4 likesAh yes,
1 likeWhen meme trends came from 4chan.
@EmpLemon
6 likesI think your take on normie vs. outsider culture is extremely interesting, but do you think that it's possible to switch sides on this? A person becoming swallowed by a mainstream culture and becoming a normie without realizing it or a normie delving into a niche community to the point where they find themselves uncomfortable with others that aren't a part of said community?
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Seat Cheeks hmm
0 likesI have seen both happen.
0 likesI know this is old video but I agree with what you’re saying. Reminds me of the truism that by the time fashion trends reach soccer moms (now called Karens in 2021) the trend is over.
1 likeI remember never having a problem with him when I was younger but seeing him now it was literally so repetitive and garbage 😭
2 likesI like to think that 4chan is like a great meme mine. It’s dirty, dark, and not pretty, but they smelt the best memes from the dankest ore deposits. It’s not for everyone, but they’re the foundation of the meme economy.
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William Grike mine diamonds
3 likesWilliam Grike Play Minecraft
0 likesWilliam Grike lmao, their content is used up and recycled. Why the fuck is everyone jumping on the "4chan is where the good maymay is at" bandwagon?
6 likesBecause 4Chan is the closest thing to “outside meme culture” that normies know of. 4Chan has been normie trash for years now.
10 likesArturs Krasnickis that's the normiest comment I've ever read
3 likesArturs Krasnickis omg.
0 likesAll this time i had a misconception, iam deeply sorry for my stupid assumption as i have anger issues also, might as well delete it.
Iam deeply sorry and i hope you forgive me.
Edit: didnt read all of it because i now already noticed that u said u bashed on the normies
two three hmm... ok.
1 likeMarsel B. I don't know 4chan, but the best memes are from 9gag. 9gag is so cool and edgy.
0 likeshaha gai bois
0 likesi m weeell you need to dig deeper in more obscure boards or underrated like /o/ and /rk9/
0 likes4chan fan boys make gag
1 likeman pronounces "niche" as "nitch"
4 likesMama Meme is clearly a mean girl who peaked in high school.
1 likeholy hell your soundtrack slaps
6 likesHello, i know im 5 years late to ask this question but I have a quick question and yes, it is related to the video.
1 likeIs memes still short or have they become longer? Im asking since you released the video 5 years ago and it would make my day. Thanks for taking your time to read this comment and have a amazing day
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From my experience, the life expectancy of a meme has lowered dramatically since 2018
1 likeAnother analogy that could explain why Behind The Meme is bad could be this, say you made a cake, a dang good cake in fact. It's got a decent fanbase that respects the cake. But then someone gives a horribly made tutorial on how to make the cake, and soon everyone who hadn't seen the cake makes it so badly and now you want to stop doing anything related to the cake.
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From one normie to another, stay a normie and contribute to society unlike these outsiders
0 likesSuperGamelyGamer that's normish for "wageslaving".
5 likesSuperGamelyGamer basically the whole "poor" job workers, the ones you claim are "contributing to society", but they're more like being cogs in a system.
1 likeSuperGamelyGamer >innovate
3 likesPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, if us (not so neet) outsiders were inventors, we'd probably have established a colony on Europa by now.
SuperGamelyGamer not all of them, but there were some. granted, they weren't fond of gore or whatever, but they didn't blindly follow trends. Normies think school is completely necessary for intellect. Edison didn't.
2 likesNormies also refuse change.
When Aristarchus came up with heliocentrism, he wasn't supported, because blind Faith was trendy at the time.
Granted, only one person I mentioned was an actual inventor, but the point is that outsider isn't necessarily synonymous to "NEET".
SuperGamelyGamer that's the thing. Most good "memers" don't follow the crowd. And no, we don't look at them 24/7, like you normies stereotype. Many of us game, too.
2 likesSuperGamelyGamer and you aren't? Your name suggests it.
0 likesOh my god you are so right
0 likesWtf is this? a constructive conversation where it should be at least 10 replies saying "The cake is a lie"????
0 likesI am dissapointed. I give up the internets. Tomorrow i will get a job and a girl. Thank you for forcing me to do this. I hope you are happy now.
Memes have gotten to the point that people don't like seeing a meme more than once, as if they've lost all of their comedic value through one viewing. It's sad.
0 likesI wanted to add that the word meme I believe was coined by Dr Richard Feynman to describe infectious ideas
0 likesAlso it’s hard to listen you complain about memes lol 😂
When I was young I used to watch behind the meme and now I feel ashamed
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hey at least you're here now any progress is good progress
0 likes7:00
2 likesHe certainly ascended.
R.I.P meme_GOD
8:56 yo this part hits so fucking strong
0 likesI'm here because recently MF DOOM passed away :(
2 likesPeople actually took memes this seriously back then, and cared about "meme culture"...
26 likesWtf
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So sad.
3 likesit digs a lot more deeper than that, BTM genuinely made bad content, despite the fact that he was trying to teach, which i do respect.
1 like@WeebGunner Its fucking memes...
14 likesIt's not deep at all...
Who cares if someone made "bad content" about fucking memes?
@I'm a rock. its not about the memes, its about btms content did you even read what i said? Emp was upset that behind the meme made a shitty, pandering video poorly explaining ytps that would make the general audience think every instance of a ytp would be like the first one.
1 like@WeebGunner Yeah, I did read it.
7 likesThat why I said, and will say once again, who cares?
So the hell what if BTM made shitty meme videos? They are about fucking memes. Memes are not important.
It's pathetic that people legitimately got angry, and harrassed a dude over some bad meme videos.
Liking memes, and making ytps aren't personality traits.
I beg of you; touch some grass, please.
@I'm a rock. oh no i completely agree with you about the harassment, but that doesn't mean genuine criticisms like emps aren't valid, even if he was poking fun at btm
1 likealso, touched grass this morning, on my way to school, thx for the reccomendation tho i'll do it again.
@I'm a rock. Memes do have a deep and rich history. They might not be important in the grand scheme of things, but they still have a rich history.
1 like@BedrockCastle777 And?
6 likesJust because something has a "deep and rich history" doesn't inherently make it important or worth anything.
@I'm a rock. It's not important to you, but people care about it. Which is why it makes sense for the people who care about it to try and keep people like Behind The Meme from fucking up the whole thing. In the end, sports don't matter. Video games don't matter. YouTube arguments don't matter. But we still care about these things because not everything needs to be the most important thing on the planet.
3 likes@BedrockCastle777 imagine caring this much about reddit-tier memes, especially 2017 memes when BTM was harassed. memes that literally no one gives a shit about a month later
3 likes@TheNextGeneration Nobody gave a shit about 2017 memes after a month because BTM was slaughtering them. You are pointing at what destroys your own argument and using it as evidence.
3 likes@BedrockCastle777 by your logic, lessons in meme culture (an almost carbon copy of BTM) is also killing memes, yet no one here seems to bitch about him or they move the goalpost saying his content is somehow different
5 likes@TheNextGeneration No, LIMC does actual research and his content is far better than BTM's. LIMC's content IS different.
1 like@BedrockCastle777 there we go. you are doing exactly as i described. what id expect from a redditor NPC
5 likes@TheNextGeneration lol
0 likes@BedrockCastle777 no comeback, i win
2 likesI mean people talking about meme culture is basically like any entertainment franchise. People only say meme culture because the internet has really specific humour. Because I use the internet a ton I’d catch onto that. It’s just your strawmanning is silly, if you didn’t care about meme culture than you wouldn’t be a fan of EmpLemon.
3 likes@TheNextGeneration Man U didn’t have to end that reply like a pseudo intellect
0 likesThis video needs an epilepsy warning, this could actually hurt someone
1 likethis entire argument on both sides is sad
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^^
22 likesSebastian indeed so
12 likesSebastian I think it's a joke..
20 likesSebastian saem
2 likesshow me what you got
10 likesIniquis _ I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE GOT
2 likesKen Jacinto THANK YOU
4 likesJarred Yeah this guy made a 32 minute long joke....
23 likesikr!!!
0 likesWhy not start a meme about how sad it is?
20 likesWe need someone to explain memes way better so normies won't misuse them and kill the meme.
3 likesSebastian your a normie aren't you
1 likeShout out to all the fellow ousiders who noticed and loved the prog rock inclusion.
2 likesI played this when my speaker had water in it at full blast and atarted to get rid of water
1 like20k normies that felt personally attacked
4 likesLesson in meme culture actually has understanding it's genuinely interesting in his respect for meme culture
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LIMC is the goat.
3 likesLol nope he’s the meme serial killer
1 likeNormies watch LIMC to feel like they are not normies
1 likeThis is too true. This is why memes like Uganda Knuckles and Woah are dying out quickly.
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Francis Filth i know the origin, i just don't find ugandan knuckles and wow particularly funny
12 likessame
0 likesSolomon Addison Jesus
0 likesNo, it is because those memes are trash.
1 likeHow can you tell a meme has died
1 likeI know it’s like Ugandan Knuckles was popular just a few days ago and now it is considered a dead meme
0 likesSolomon Addison ikr
0 likesSolomon Addison i miss Uganda Knuckles.
0 likesSolomon Addison yeah
0 likesThey were memes of the moment. They are bound to die fast anyway, like This Is America memes, Even Steamed Hams. They are funny at the beginning, then people start making shit because the good ideas run out and they die. Things that never die easily are memes normally used during a conversation Like posting a pun and a carlos pic. Memes like these only die when people start using it for everything without giving a shit about the context. kinda like what happened with certain frog or the badly drawn guy with a white face and a big smile
0 likesWoah is still alive.
0 likesYeah ugandan knuckles killed pepe and that was because of normies not getting what a pepe was.
0 likesUganda Knuckles was alive for too long.
0 likesCASH ME OUTSIDE HOW BAUT DAT
0 likeswhy is this in the end of the Daganronpa Ost playlist-
5 likesI wish someone do a "behind the meme" to those crappy youtube comment "memes" like the "nobody" shit .
13 likes0:31 aged like a fine wine
1 likeWatching this in 2021 hearing him say Anthony fantano is knowledgeable on memes lmao
8 likesI know that Behind the Meme was severely criticized, but remember that EmpLemon gave constructive criticism. Behind the Meme was looking at it from the wrong angle. Negative things tend to attract more attention. He most likely assumed that 75% of the viewers hated his guts.
199 likesI too thought Behind the Meme was just a normal normie who wasn't insecure and had family and friends. It's because he seems to be extremely distant from people, he made videos about memes because it gave him a reason to keep going. As of today, he compares himself to Icarus, "you get too close to the sun, you fall". You get a little too happy, you get all of that joy sucked out like it was never there. He feels like he can't enjoy happiness, because if he feels a little joy, it will be taken away as soon as he begins to believe that his life doesn't suck.
Just like EmpLemon, I don't like mediocre content and I don't give UN-constructive criticism. Behind the Meme could have pulled himself out of his mistakes, but continued in his mistakes anyway. EmpLemon was a bit harsh and overcritical about Behind The Meme's content, but he didn't directly hate the guy nor influence hate on Behind the Meme. The point that EmpLemon was making, was that mediocre/effortless content in general was and still is being rewarded more than actually exceptionally, qualitative, and innovative content. The principle that was being taught, is destructive on society. Behind the Meme was just a great example at the time to discuss about this recent issue.
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nice essay
4 likesTrue, but him criticizing BTM due to effortless content and gaining views, kind of looks like jealousy. Emp having 300k+ subs and quality videos and BTM having 700k+ subs and effortless vids, who gives a shit? The audience are the ones to decide whether or not he would watch the video. Either Emp's content is bad or uninteresting or BTM's videos are "good" or interesting.
18 likesThe problem is that the main hate bandwagon started off by people misinterpreting the meaning of emps video (which he addressed in some of his older videos I believe) so he did have a reasonable amount of influence on what happened or is about to happen. Also, a lot of "memers" are just glorified shit posters so I don't think they have the right to judge anyone's content.
17 likesCB0931 He would be jealous of leafy then. But no one likes leafy right?
3 likes@CB0931
17 likes1. YOUTUBE IS NOT EMPLEMON’S JOB SO HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT SUBS HES SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES
2. Behind The Meme appeals to a waaayyy larger audience (those who don’t think for themselves and need someone to explain stuff for them)
3. BTM’s content is legitimately mediocre at best, you cannot deny that
@73days
13 likesThe amount of effort shitposters put into their memes is very evident even in this video. They have the right to criticize someone who puts little to no effort into their content
Screw the doxxers though
0 likesthey should teach meme culture in college
0 likes0:30 well that didn't age too well
12 likesEmp if you’re seeing this, I just want to apologize that your comment section is the way it is
18 likesI like his content it’s pretty interesting
1 likeThis is like the tenth time I have watched this and I can’t explain how much I love this rant. The editing style and the way you put together your points is so entertaining that I can’t settle watching this just once, twice, or even five times. Many applauds to you, Emp
13 likesI keep watching old EmpLemon vids bc I tend to consume as much of a “video essay” type creator’s content when I first sub to them, and this stuff that’s over a year old is so mean
1 likeMaybe being 4 years ahead makes this outdated, or maybe it’s because I’m from a completely different part of the internet, but there’s a real resentful streak in these guys
I guess in the downward spiral video he talks a little about it, and this is part of that trend, dunno, it’s just a little funny because I started watching because of the video about hungrybox and melee
It’s funny because the things I like about his vids are similar to things I like in a youtuber like super eyepatch wolf; some guy talking about a thing he likes whilst keying the audience into the history and details of why fans find it important
Funnily enough, it’s the same kind of thing he praises Anthony Fantano (did i spell that right) for here
I’m just glad I found this channel after all the YouTube drama stuff died down, because I’m not a fan of the whole looking down on “normies” (heavy scare quotes) mindset
It isn’t the average media viewers fault for what they consume, it’s big ass media creators for marketing their stuff to such a huge audience.
When you come down to it, internet people just aren’t the “outsiders” anymore. Every toddler with an iPad has access to the internet nowadays, but that isn’t inherently a bad thing; just means we’re more connected
I didn’t even know about behind the meme before watch EmpLemon’s videos about him, clearly he wasn’t actually leaving that much of a negative impact (which ofc Emp actually has another video about how he was kind of harsh in this video, man ain’t stupid)
The thing that is super missing from this video about memes though, is the actual academic analysis of what a meme is. They are defined by being easily spread, and today’s memes are infamous for how self referential they are. The memefication of memes.
Plus, there’s no “meme economy”, we don’t have finite memes, and internet edgelords don’t get to control who is and isn’t allowed to make jokes for god’s sake
Anyway go watch EmpLemon’s other video about that nascar racer named dale eahr… earh… “air-hart”, it’s very very good
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EARNHARDT. it was Dale Earnhart. I like that one
1 like@Ugly Bastard aw thanks boo <3
0 likestwo things i'd say
1 likemodern youtube in general became super sanitized (artificially) and I don't mean as in "we can't say racial slurs anymore jksfdsf" compared to pre adpocalypse YT. Everyone has to worry about everything they say due to the constant threat of demonetization/sponsorship loss and corporations are the primary focus, not the creators. I thought he was a loser but a good example of this was when YT changed policy specifically bc they wanted to delete leafys channel from the site. so people were able to speak a lot more freely on the site (in terms of cadence/style not content) back then so of course some people would be negative.
people like to spam the "gatekeeping" and "normies" nomenclature and its generally cringe (even back then) but there is some truth in it (and if people discount it completely they are part of the problem). if you've ever been on reddit you can see this just by going to r/popular and see how almost all of the top subreddits are the same (there is also an issue of powermods manipulating content there but thats not close to as important as the general size increase). when communities are small, you inherently have to be more interested in the subject to find it and have more passion for the topic than someone who joins a community with 10 million members. not trying to say that popularity is indicative of quality for media bc i disagree with that notion, but moreso that larger communities trend towards a lower quality of posts because even if the same core demographic of dedicated fans is there, a majority of the new fans will not care about the subject as much and dilute the quality and identity of the community. however, i think this is just inevitable bc its not ok to bully people to keep them out of your group so there's no ethical ways to prevent this from happening. the best we can do is try to assimilate them but every group has a different breaking point for how many people they can integrate without losing the identity of what made the group special in the first place
also sorry for the essay in reply lol i just find these changes over time in internet dynamics to be really interesting, i'd recommend checking out the channel internet impact as she discusses a lot of similar ideas
@kstiemsma This is true! You're getting at a lot here that I wasn't able to cover in my original comment.
1 likeI'll meet your essay in reply with another one if you don't mind, I also find this stuff really interesting.
I think some of this comes down to whether you consider there being more bad quality content in a community a bad thing. It's a give and take; the more fans making stuff for something, the more good and bad quality content you have PERIOD. Granted, I'm not on Reddit, so I can't speak to that side of it, but on YouTube at least, taking video essays as an example, a few years ago you had very few channels making this kind of stuff, and there was a lot of run over between film review and commentary and all sorts of other popular topics. The people who were more "video essay" focused, for the sake of our example here, probably had higher quality stuff they were putting out. Now that the genre is more defined (and because YT has realized this is a type of content they can shove viewers down a watch hole for) there's a lot more video essays and essayists, inevitably leading to more content that's gonna be low effort or not interesting, ie lower quality.
Thing is, from my view, I'm watching a lot more video essays these days by a lot more people, and I find them to be more interesting than the stuff I was watching in say 2014. Just taking EmpLemon here, since that's the video we're on, I like a lot of his new content, obviously better than I like this video or any of the older stuff, and I didn't even know who he was when the amount of content coming out from the genre was smaller.
When something gets bigger there's more infrastructure to support it, so it gets easier for people to make content. The easier it is to make something, the more people are gonna make something that might not take as much effort, but that's also gonna make it easier for people who are really passionate to make something even better.
Actually there's a really good example of this in Folding Ideas' video on NFTs irt to websites, how things went from individual pages that were easy for anyone to code, to social media and platforms because of the increased capacity of the internet to make these more quality webpages, but it being harder for an individual to do.
I could... go on, this is a huge topic, but I think you get my point, lol.
Thanks for the good read, I'll check out that channel you recommended too
That Maynard version of 21st century schizoid man you played in this video demanded I subscribe
2 likesFor the first minute I thought this would be a half an hour YTP
1 likeIf you want a decent meme channel, go to Lessons in Meme Culture, he sounds more natural.
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Not really. He’s still on par with BTM, just more interesting and less normielike
12 likes@No Name Basically.
1 like@**————Znahejebe I never used it, not even ironically. I just hate that word.
0 likes@Conic I was talking to no namw
0 likesThis guy's voice sounds so much like Behind the Meme I thought he was Behind the Meme and that he was making fun of his fans but I guess not lmao
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racist
2 likesi thought the same haha
2 likesfunny how, now memes last only one of two weeks before overuse and death.
0 likesHonestly used to like behind the meme. But the dude kinda shat on memes back then. And then disappeared for months and came back with no explanation
1 likeIf it weren't for him, no one would move onto surreal humour, and now, were in the post irony era
4 likesI know I'm really late to the party here. but come on, why put such good music as background? I find it hard to focus on the script, I lose myself too much in the songs
1 likeImagine using the word normie unironically
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this was 2017 dude
1 like0:32 did emp just predict the future?
3 likesi like that you're a DOOM fan instant credibility subscribed
1 like5:37 kind of a bad comparison, infinite warfare was one of the times they actually tried something slightly unique, and were bashed for it
0 likesThis video strangely makes me feel nostalgic, back in the 90s and 2000.. the internet was incredibly different.
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Eross Van Leer and better
2 likesEross Van Leer yeah
0 likesYes. It's truely interesting where the internet has e/de-volved to. But EmpLemon is good content.
0 likesI miss it but post irony can be good sometimes
0 likesEspecially the Judas Preist music video
0 likesEmpLemon has some of my fav videos on this website.
1 likeYou do realize how calling yourself an "outsider" is the equivalent of saying "I'm not like the other kids", you just come off as an egotistical nerd worrying about your memes being ruined to me. Glad you grew out of this content.
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It was never "his content", it's a situational video. And yes, he is an outsider, he's got a history of participating in meme culture.
0 likesWhat's even more sad is that people actually cared about memes this much back then. And some still do now, for some reason.
2 likesLike...memes...of all things to get heated over...memes...
Wow
@I'm a rock. memes are a fundamental part of internet culture, it's kind of hard not to get into how they operate if you're interested in the topic whatsoever
2 likes@Akogiri Touch grass, please for the love of God.
4 likes@I'm a rock. isn't it kind of hypocritical of you to complain about a video that's a decade old on the internet and say I'm the one who needs to go outside for engaging in discussion with you?
3 likes@Akogiri normies Seething in these replies
3 likesfun fact, a long time ago i thought this was an episode on the enough is enough episode and i saw it was a rant form a guy that i used to watch from and unsubbed without watching the video.
3 likeswell damn.
In 2022 this is still the best critique video ever on Youtube history and I'll stick by that opinion.
5 likesyoutube drama 2017 looks great
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marja 1 When someone says "I wanna go back to 2016"
24 likesLe ecks dee drama
3 likesmarja 1 What's the music as 20:55
0 likesHere's an other example of normie! :)
1 likeImAresh do you mean me?
3 likesflipping normie. RRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
0 likesmarja 1 Looks dank so far 👌
1 likeWhy can't we just get along? For goodness sake, YT is for the viewer's benefit. Not a internet war plain. This drama scene is ridiculous and annoying! YT is broken!
4 likesPhoenix Ellis Normie
2 likes2 drama 4 me
1 likeThat's when you know shit has hit a new low.
2 likesI feel what he's saying.
8 likesI once did a thing with memes, and 10 years later they're cringy af, even
though back in the day they were the hottest load of shit.
Normies and little kids are making one's hard work become cringy even faster, which obviously isn't desirable.
marja 1 f u c c u
0 likesmarja 1 jake paul is my waifu.
0 likesmarja 1 your pfp scares me
1 likemarja 1 what the hell is your profile pic
2 likesWow we already have Bendy r34
8 likesBoi it’s 2018 over here
0 likesmuh drama
0 likeswhy cant people get along and live in my rainbow world of unicorns and everlasting peace
+St. Zahren Not until world peace were not
0 likesNgl there was no reason for BTM to get that much harassment
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"harassment"
1 like@『duk』 yes
3 likesbut once everyone is the outsiders
2 likesthere is no outsiders
It’s insane that the led zeppelin didn’t get this video dmca’s lmao, and Pink Floyd Jesus Christ
1 likelooking back, jesus this was silly wasn't it.
6 likesSad to bother doing a 30min video about it really and fantano ran away pretty quickly too.
I can't stop rewatching this, it's gold.
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Same
6 likes20:41 i'm laughing so hard
0 likesthis reminds me so much of a fucking leafy video, great job dude
4 likesJust appreciating some fine history here
0 likesHey, Emplemon. You should cover Lessons in Meme Culture. He's basically Behind The Meme 2.0.
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Dont think so, he is straightforward and have a good point in explaining the meme. Compared to BTM, that is too bland and repetitive
2 likes@Alkind how is lesson in meme culture not repetitive
3 likesS E N T E N C E
150 likesS H I F T E E N
Also the fact that you have to make the simpsons green really shows how much fuck the copyright system is.
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BonziBUDDY I kinda like the green Simpsons aestetic now, I don't think I could go back to yellow now without it looking weird.
27 likesBonziBUDDY It adds to the shitposting imo
2 likeslistening to this while working was a grave mistake for my ear drums
0 likes9:28 Man.. seeing Fantano in thatistheplan brings back memories...
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melon🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
1 likeAlso normies are so lazy, they only watch a video once. That's why there are so many dislikes because normies watched the video once, hated it, disliked it, never looked back and forgot about it.
6 likesJust like Behind The Meme.
How Ironic.
When I heard when the levee breaks it was an instant like
1 likeCaution: this comment section may contain arguments about memes, autism, and behind the meme's cancerous normie fanbase. Enter at your own risk.
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Pepe The Frog I scrolled way too far for this, save me oh great prophet of kek
1 likePepe The Frog Shadilay brother
0 likesPepe The Frog bless you my lord top kek.
2 likesPepe The Frog k
0 likesThe internet is basically my only escape from real life
3 likesI'm usually very self conscious about my content being bad and I hardly upload
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Bro I was a dumbass 5 months ago. I literally forgot that I wrote that comment until now.
2 likesYou should probably look at when I wrote that shitty comment
26:53 an actual meme business plan that came to fruition. God 4chan
0 likesRIP Ascended Meme God Alex Trebek 6:55
2 likes16:34 is my favorite part.
0 likesMost reddit users are normies + meme reviewers are normies
3 likesEarlier somebody drank all the soda and i was pissed, now im ×10 more pissed
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are you a normie or an outsider i cant tell from this comment
0 likeswhy did Behind the Meme make a rant on himself?
1 like5:54
6 likesFUCK YEAH KING CRIMSON
To be honest, i'm trying to forget Behind The Meme even exists
47 likesBasically he is the main normie target
i mean i don't wish him anything bad
but his deplorable videos are stuck in my head O_o
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Same
0 likesWhy did you put me in the intro without consent
89 likesJesus Harold Christ, this video aged badly.
11 likes16:25 why is this so funny.
3 likesSo I, being a normie, just spent over 2 hours watching YouTube poops. And I can confirm that they are shit. And I will continue to be a normie, if only to ensure I never witness such dogshit ever again.
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you do you.
2 likesBehind the Meme is like a kid in a group of friends who tries to explain every joke to not only the group of friends, but to everyone who happens to overhear anything the group says. Any inside joke is ruined, and whenever any person in the group comes up with an inside joke he has to either keep the joke to himself or only to one person, or he has to risk having this kid ruin the joke for everyone and make the group even less likely to try to joke around.
391 likesAnd he's getting paid to do this.
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Damn man this video is like every time you make a joke someone erects a fucking border wall around it and starts demanding people's privilege to use it and sets up code words for who can use it.
4 likesCave Johnson It really is just that an entire group of people was formed based off of these inside jokes, and it got/is getting ruined for them. I don't think it's so serious like the video portrays but I still think it sucks to people who actually put a lot of effort into making these inside jokes, and then it ends up getting dilluted so quickly to where all of that work happened and nobody finds it funny anymore.
11 likesEricTheBoringOne thank you, I appreciate your pointless words :)
6 likesMæverick No problem bro! I got ur 6 anytime!
1 likeMæverick So basically me in like Elementary school.
0 likesMemes take effort to make...?
0 likesnitro836 This video likely took hours to make itself. Of course they do...
0 likesLook out guys, it's the meme police. Here to pretend to promote free speech while also trying to place guidelines on who, how and when you use dumb internet jokes.
0 likesLieutenantJoey I'm not enforcing anything though, just saying it's a bummer that this whole type of culture is being ruined because this guy wants to make quick cash without having any knowledge on the subject.
0 likesWhat, you mean M E M E C U L T U R E ? The idea of which is hilarious on the face of it? Anyone who takes the whole MEME CULTURE thing seriously is a walking contradiction, because all memes are one big, dumb, effortless joke. The fact that there's a guy making money off of putting low amounts of effort (I assume, I've never watched one of this Behind the Meme guy's videos) into doing the job Know Your Meme already does is PURE COMEDY GOLD.
2 likesAs far as I'm concerned (I'm not entirely sure, I only watched 8 minutes of this video), this EmpLemon guy is totally full of himself. People who get pissed that their internet memes are entering the mainstream are just hipsters, all totally full of themselves. And if a joke gets beaten clean to death (like that Skyrim one that I hate so much I won't repeat it), then that was its fate. Life goes on. It's not worth getting all butthurt and going, "MY JOKES R SOOPER CEREAL, YOU GAIZ!"
You people are like the nerds who argue about whether the Stones were better than Zeppelin or whether their anime is better than the other guy's anime; you're getting butthurt over dumb, inconsequential non-issues because you need problems that can't be sourced from you yourself in your life. And I've just wasted about ten minutes on you trying to inject some self-awareness into your ass. So thanks for that.
I fell asleep to this video, and the Inception ending part was a hell of a rude awakening lmao
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Now that’s an earrape
2 likesJust here for the nostalgia
2 likesA classic emplemon video.Godlike!
0 likesOh, I see now its just daily dose of internet with memes instead of the internet.
0 likesThe Crash Bandicoot meme died in like 2 weeks because of Behind the normie
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More like "Normie the meme"
272 likesThanks
50 likesHe did the vid before the MEME died
13 likes2D Reviews Because it died right after he posted
94 likesConus I respect your opinion
27 likesBurrito Uzumaki the outsiders enjoy the memes. Then behind the meme just takes the memes and throws them into a pit of normies who shred them to bits.
77 likesShanePlayz 100% accurate
40 likesThe MEME could have rested in peace but Behind The Meme atked
24 likes2D Reviews yep
4 likesAnd why do memes only last 2 weeks now? What defines a meme and whether or not it is dead? Most of the memes THIS video uses are far older than 2 weeks - so is this a channel of dead normie memes? Wouldn't that render the entire message irrelevant, since "a man who knows about memes" is using only "dead normie memes?"
35 likesLet me take a poke at this since meme isn't a word that the internet invented. A meme is an easily spread or "contagious" idea that lends itself well towards repackaging and re-use. Internet memes were called "memes" because they fit this definition perfectly. A 5-10 second clip of an orange video game character with weird audio that can be placed over literally anything to make it weird? Easy to use, tempting to spread, and thus a great meme. When does a meme DIE? Speaking based on definition, only when people stop thinking about it and spreading it - something BTM actually encourages. So it looks like we're going to need a definition change to even make your argument logical enough to debate.
If a meme, when spread to "normies," is dead, then we're assigning a memes life based on it's relative rarity and how little it has spread among the general public. This isn't the definition of "meme" - this is called an in joke. An in-joke is a joke that only makes sense to a small handful of individuals and loses its appeal when explained to the masses. To re-phrase this in meme form, "I liked this trend before it was cool."
Yes. You read that correctly. Logically speaking, you're not "a dank memer in a field of normies" - you're an internet hipster. In fact, given how pervasive hipster culture, the desire to be part of a clique, and the drive to be part of a small group of "experts" on a subject is, you might actually be the true normie afterall.
Memes will never get WORSE when shared to people, if the reason we enjoy memes is because they're entertaining. The only reason a meme can "die" when shared like this is because we derive an intense sense of elitism from being the only group "in the know." In essence, we use the fact that "we're the memers, they're the normies" to derive self esteem in our lives. We find BTM so "destructive" because it actively takes away that distinction and thus begins to undermine our self esteem as we know it.
How about that for a downer? I'll never be able to say this is what the situation is, but I can say that this is what you've accidentally tried to prove with your statement. If we accept that "normies kill memes" this is the only plausible answer.
Burrito Uzumaki im still piss about that.
0 likeswe can save him, we have the technology
2 likesKaiju2296 ...maybe
1 likeJust...maybe
1 likeBrian Martinez as am I
2 likesBurrito Uzumaki woke as fuck
0 likesWatching behind the normie: i sleep.
5 likesWatching the meme review: woke as fuck
DragonFox i sleep
0 likes_ DonutMaster56 _ ah fuck it i give up
0 likesBut the video was only up for a week
4 likesR.I.P CRASH
4 likesYou were a great bandicoot...Wait, does such thing as a bandicoot exist? Oh yeah, it does.
Burrito Uzumaki weeaboo
0 likesThat right there broke my heart, man. The meme had so much potential.
6 likes*sniff*
we can revive the woah lord
5 likesBurrito Uzumaki to be fair, after about 4 or 5 videos, it kinda got annoying
8 likes*
1 likeZ y c h o n i x* How?actually almost every meme died because of it (f spinners, Repost in wrong neihborhood, dat boi and many more memes that you don't see today) This is sad ;-;
4 likesIts not over yet Crash's BTM video was copyrighted by PinkieOats
6 likesChristopher Romeo what i do
1 likeSupreme Disappointment Shin almost rigth: normify your mem
0 likesA W G E E Z R I C K
4 likesBurrito Uzumaki he deleted the video
0 likeslego reviewer 2000 no Pinkieoats got it deleted for copyright
2 likeslego reviewer 2000 really? Fucking awesome
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki Rip chrash ;-;
2 likesBTM DELETED HIS WOAH VIDEO!
11 likesWE MUST NOW BEGIN TO REVIVE WOAH!
Herobrine Crasher yes
2 likesDevin Animation Go to 4chan and go to /h/ you get a recipe to make BTHM videos
2 likesITS FLURP KIRE ain't nobody got time for that
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki I actually liked the crash meme now I'm afraid to talk about because of being associated with normies
5 likesNo it didn't
3 likesit died before it even was a meme
6 likesBurrito Uzumaki IT WILL NEVER GO DOWN TO A NORMIE
3 likesMemes are dying before they even are a meme now, that why dank meme compilations are scarce in YouTube
4 likesPechuspice True
0 likesEnsign Minneapolis hell yeah
3 likesBurrito Uzumaki it barely even got funny and ran it's course it really sucks
3 likesRyan Elgie no its good
3 likesit came back alive people started making videos about it
0 likesyou know what killing memes instead? lets think about Robbie Rotten he has cancer right now. lets look at Gabe... he died from something. so we know who hates memes DEATH DOES
0 likesyou know what killing memes instead? lets think about Robbie Rotten he has cancer right now. lets look at Gabe... he died from something. so we know who hates memes DEATH DOES
0 likesMeme died cause it died. Behind the memes video is (spoiler!) a video that can be skipped, or simply not clicked on
3 likesBryan Ramirez Though that is true , even knowing that a normie has made a video on a meme instantly kills it.
1 likeDevin Animation This isn't 2012
3 likesI Have a degree in memes Yeah, but that isn't saying much since they weren't that good to begin with. And I've actually seen better ones now than when this meme first started.
0 likesit died in 2 days. It wasnt even really funny
3 likesYes, I recently subscribed to grandayy and a couple other youtubers so that I can smoke memes everyday and here's this guy making memes die too quick T R I G G E R E D
2 likesITS JUST FUCKING SAD. EVEN IF HE DOESN'T DO MEME SOON THE MEME WELL DIE! nobody does the SnoopDog meme anymore or the Gabe meme anymore
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki Do you have a friend called Sriracha Uchicha?
0 likesTyreese Wellington wow well spoken! i agree
2 likesIt could have lasted longer, but no.
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki he can kill a meme in two weeks good god how is this posible
1 likeIt never lived lmao
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki yeah
0 likesMeme Justice logically speaking, your comment makes no sense. It would be impossible for him to be an abortion, or aborted because he's well, alive. If he were an abortion, he would be dead.
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki It also died because of overuse WOAH in peace Bandicoot
0 likesWhat
0 likesMore like normafiy the meme
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki Would have died anyway, Nacho Hokage
0 likesWhy does it die because of the page? Does it get more popular instead of being dead?
1 likeMuammar Gibran the meme gets over used it becomes unfunny and then it dies
1 likeMuammar Gibran literally explained in the video
0 likesThe crash meme died because it was an avant trash-tier meme meant to defeat normie memeing because the "outsiders" can't properly adapt to their new landscape, inhabited by normies and half-normies who are learning faster than anyone can comprehend like fucking Tetsuo from Akira.
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki to be fair, that meme was destined to die either way. It was used 20 times per day.
0 likesAce D. Well btm makes them die to early
0 likesIs there a mirror of the video Behind the Meme uploaded that they later removed?
0 likesI don't know man. Maybe its just not very funny...
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki holy shit I remember you from the theme of infinite video
0 likesSomeone reuploaded BTM's Woah video
0 likesTyreese Wellington he is resurrecting the memes
0 likesDevin Animation because reking bear resurrected it
0 likesthat meme was dead on arrival.
3 likesThe only people who killed that the meme were people who are saying its dead.
1 likeCake Gaming cause it is dead
0 likesThe best part is he got doxed
0 likesSKELESANESSS he will survive slightly longer because people are posting their last woah video to say goodbye to what could have been great
1 like1st time i saw it i thought it was already dead
2 likesBurrito Uzumaki Rest in spaghetti never forgetti
0 likesIt was only a matter of time, as long as BTM exists it will continue to mercilessly slaughter all memes.
1 likeWoah.....his last words........
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki It's dead if you make it dead. Believe it's dead, then it's dead. Believe it's not, then it's not.
4 likesIt was already shit.
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki dran....
1 likeOnly 2 week? Well shit
it was dead before it even began,
3 likesMemes are dead.
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki EXACTLY
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki it's not really dead yet, it's trying to survive
0 likesno as they do not know the memes and use them incorrectly and unironicly and kill them quickly and swiftly
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki or it just wasn't funny. You know that woah joke was around in the ninties? You've probably never heard of them let me explain. The ninties was a time were people would tell jokes face to face because they weren't completely incompetent in a social setting. For the most part when an outsider would use the joke (remember still talking about the ninties) we would laugh and maybe make a new friend unlike now of course which is a bunch of screechers complaining when someone new uses "their" joke and putting up a stink online like a child. The thing you guys have to remember is just because you have the net now does not mean people didn't know how to joke around before the net existed.
4 likesYou mean Normie the Normie right?
1 likeNORMIE!!!!!!!111111
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki why and how?
0 likesLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOL (btw that wasnt a hate comment)
0 likesthat is so true he ruins literally every meme he should be removed from youtube
0 likesShanePlayz. Please, you people just want all the memes to yourself.
0 likesTyreese Wellington. You sir, took my thoughts and put them into words, thanks for getting the message out, its really the most logical to me.
0 likesWhich was a stupid meme, and lasted about as long as most memes do; a week to a month.
0 likessad woah
0 likesxX_MLG Ben _Xx e
0 likesAs long as you have the heart of a Funny Boy, Crash's rash will never stop growing on you. A Funny Boy giving up on a an inside joke is like Chris not making a funny scream, or JOOOLIAN not making a wheeze.
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki we must revive it
0 likesOh look you got top comment
0 likesOr maybe it was already an old meme when BLM made a video about it?
0 likesMore like grandayy.
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki the crash bandicoot meme was on life support the minutes it came into existence it was going to die soon anyway
2 likesBurrito Uzumaki from woah to no
1 likeWelp time to add another to the graveyard of m3m3z.
2 likesRIP
Woah
Lasted 2 Weeks
Killed by the normies.
it would have been nice to see some old ps1-2 shit become relevant again
2 likesdunkedbeta YT because he's explaining memes to N O R M I E S who misuse and overuse memes to the point to where their killed so he does deserve hate for ruining memes
8 likesLol more like it died in 2 weeks because it was a shit meme by Normies for Normies, Dat Boi was the same way.
3 likesWOAH WILL NEVER DIE BECAUSE
3 likesHEROS NEVER DIE!!!
Burrito Uzumaki w
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki woah!
0 likesYep
0 likesnormies REEEEEEEEEE
0 likesMore like 2 days
1 likeActually It Died From Cyranaek.
1 likeIt wasn't even that good of a meme anyway!
3 likesit did before i even heard of it
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki im glad
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki I drew it's grave.
0 likesit died because people on youtube milked it too much.
1 likeWhoa in whoa
0 likesWhoa the fuf
0 likesoh shish
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki ……but it wasnt funny as all for me,it want funny when i watch it the first time ,the second time and so on,so it wasn't funny at all
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki woah
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki yup
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki the meme was dead, it was bad, really bad, thats why it died so fast
0 likesTyreese Wellington nice explanation
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki No, it's not because he's explaining them. It's because he misinforms normies about memes and then the meme gets overused and then it's not funny anymore.
1 liked3pr3553d weeb Sadly, I just don't know how to stop him. The least desirable solution would be to stop making memes so he stops ruining them, but no one wants that. Maybe we can hope that idubbbztv makes a content cop about him so less people would overuse the memes and they die more slowly.
1 likeBero256 Harambe wasn't impressive, yet it took a year for people to shut up about it.
0 likesLets take him down
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki rip
0 likesThat Would Imply It Was Good In The First Place.
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki Fucking crash died as lived.
2 likesBurrito Uzumaki I
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki u mean behind The cancer
1 likeWoah......
0 likesBelieve it's "Kill the meme"
3 likesr u kidding me
1 likeThe Woah meme wasn't even funny in the first place. I don't know why everyone is making a big deal over him "killing" a meme that was already normie to begin with.
0 likesHPFMav tbh i wish I dead fast aswell
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki woah
1 likeIt died before he even touched it.
0 likesRip sweet badicoot
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki not dead for me lol
2 likesBurrito Uzumaki woah
0 likesYeah that's how you kill a meme
0 likesI think it had more to do with shitty mediocre remixes like the Evangelion one popping up and making it stale, Behind the Meme just sealed the coffin
0 likesLets revive it!
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki THE VIDEO WAS TAKEN DOWN FOR COPY RIGHT!
0 likesBehind the normeme
1 likeIt was grandayy that killed the crash meme
2 likesBurrito Uzumaki because it sucks
2 likesits just unfunny lmao
0 likesit wasnt funny in the first place lol
1 likeBurrito Uzumaki like your mom
1 likeThat shit died before he even made a video
1 likejoanollasPN ^^^
0 likesTheMountainDewGamer WHOA! You might wanna try changing your name if you're gonna say that kappa. I just ignore Behind the Meme now. Btw I still respect your opinion.
0 likeshow does crash bandicoot have anything to do with my name
2 likesRest in peperonis
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki Get a job.
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki No. It was because that was a bad meme.
2 likesW O A H a meme killer
0 likes+Andrei Berekhovski ya it wasn't really a good meme to begin with
0 likesGOOD. It wasn't funny anyway, it was just stupid.
0 likesRiley theTyrant Grow up Man People are using old Memes to make em popular again
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki And Haters Please step away from your computer or cellphone for a sec and say: What Am i doing with my life?
0 likesDud i have the game so ur supposed to be the normie then!
0 likesShanePlayz i like crash bandicoot
0 likesBurrito Uzumaki what did i just said?!
0 likesU know what i know how to stop this comment!....Im...A....Brony!
0 likes+Volvox Fraktalion i found it quite enjoyable
0 likesyeah
0 likesI used to like behind the meme! I'm turning myself around. THANKS EMPROR LEMON. U turned me from a shitty normë to a dazzling outsider.
0 likesDaniel Bainbridge
0 likesI agree behind the meme is a normie
But I don't agree Emp Lemon is talking like ear rape
Honestly, it wasn't a great meme to begin with. It was basically just Ugandan Knuckles except watered down from the start.......and it wasn't even the WOAH sound from the game which would've been funnier to use.
0 likesWAOH!
0 likesIt's just a FUCKING meme
0 likesI can't understand why people want you to do more YTPs, your recent content is so full of the same YTP feeling that straight YTP seems a little outdated.
0 likes1:55 no the mass extinction was actually 66 million years ago, and the many years prior they were dwindling anyway. But people don’t reall get how long they lasted, it was way longer than the age of mammals that we’re in now.
0 likes20:37 if you guys wanna skip the cringe comeback but see the next joke set up, here
0 likesThat content Cuck part was poorly dated
3 likesJust hearing My Time in the background makes this video sooo much better!
0 likesI would definitely say that you were the one to A S C E N D me from the normies, and while I still have much to learn, you will be my professor of memes.
9 likesI don't understand why we need to explain memes. As a normie, isn't the entire point of memes to get across a point by using imagery that is universal enough so that even if you don't get the reference, you still understand what its all about? I for one, never researched into something like Dat Boi but I still understand the meaning of it just by looking at it. Why watch a video to explain it to you?
0 likesYou use so much great music in this
1 likeThis whole video is embarrassing. 💀 Doesn't help that emplemon was around 19-20 at this time. Really crying over memes at that age is just yikes.
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Go back to Reddit.
6 likes31:04 Well, it was part of our high school program. Wouldn't you know it. Let that give you some perspective on its evolution.
0 likesWhen you realize how much Emo references the downward spiral
0 likes24:53
1 likeAh, the chef's kiss.
Watching this from the future makes EmpLemon seem like a redditor
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is it because of the fact that he unironically respects fucktano? or because the memes here haven’t totally aged
2 likesif that’s the problem then yeah I see thst
I see so many people hating on reddit when the real target should be the generic you tuber comment section it’s so annoying and filled with the same things that every comment is nearly identical, a5 least reddit can do something right.
0 likes@Griffon The YouTube comments are Reddit meme templates, Reddit bullies kids for liking TikTok
1 likeJust Another Guy With A Moustache They aren’t reddit templates, the only one that came from there was the quoting one which had already been everywhere. Also you deserve to be treated with less respect if you use tik tok.
0 likesHuh, that’s funny. I was writing a culture essay and came back here, and you hit on some similar beats that I was writing about too, like with the fact that mainstream communities extract ideas/practices away without recognizing the context they reside in.
139 likesI dunno, it’s kinda reassuring that others recognize this, though obviously there’s a certain percentage that will inevitably do so.
Came back to see if I remember this whole little controversy like I thought I did.
meme culture is just fashion and fashion is ever changing. Fads go away like...the dinosaurs..
3 likesNormie my ass!
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alrighty then.
1 likenormie
@p/ebah..
0 likesOk NORMIE
0 likes"I rate this video a 7/10" -Anthony Fantano
1 likeYour perspective could make a history of the progression/growth of Youtube poops interesting.
0 likesgreat, now do this on lessons in meme culture
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@THOMAS THE GUY yeah, his videos are shorter and yet more effort, understandable, context, and researched than Behind the Meme. Totally better
7 likesI think people misunderstand why BTM got the flak he did.
2 likesYet people like LIMC manage to stay beloved by the very same meme community that hated BTM.
Meme Theory: How Lessons in Meme Culture is advancing the Memescape as we know it
2 likes@AkiraAndrew I could’ve said it better myself
1 like@THOMAS THE GUY he really isn't their is practically no difference between them
0 likesMy first time watching this I was a btm fan and hated it. The second time I thought about what and I thought the vid was actually pretty good. The next time I thought about it even more and did some more research and now my view point of the internet has shifted. Dare I say I have ASCENDED. Good vid. I hope it isn't too late for me to at least try to change.
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I was the same. please accept me
42 likesGood job! We'll help you learn about memes, young learner.
30 likesas a member of 4chan we are always looking forward to new people to have a new creative place in the community. thank you
12 likesWelcome to the army.
16 likeswoke
12 likeswelcome brother
7 likeswelcome
8 likesSame happened to me. By the way, do you guys still accept members or some shit?
8 likesYou're welcomed here we always welcome and encourage newcomers
4 likesOnce a normie always a normie.
0 likessame, but, now, I say so many memes, and understand most, thanks do dis video,
4 likesso a normie can change
Same here
1 likeThanks mate
1 likewelcome to our kingdom, you are the jewel of our crown
1 likeUr Boi Is it ok to be an Normie and to watch the Meme Review buy Savagethony?
2 likesUr Boi what's the music at 20:55
1 likeSame. ACCEPT ME. Teach me the ways.
1 likeWelcome to the outside.
1 likeI have been cleansed as well.
1 likei changed
1 likeDeep Fried Jesus And what would that be?
0 likesI... wasn't serious.
0 likesDeep Fried Jesus
0 likesOK. now, how do I tell the difference between normie memes and actual memes?
Pluguts01 If you can't tell the difference between a normie meme and a actual meme then either those "acutal" memes are classified as normo memes or you, yourself are a normo
2 likesPluguts01
1 likeNormie memes = situational memes. like a sitcom in an image. often found on facebook, twitter, ifunny, instagram, 9gag
Outsider memes: inside jokes. jokes that people inside the group who created the meme only know (which is why they get angry when people like BTM expose it to normies). often found on 4chan and reddit
Sharkcaster wood next to ifunny.
0 likesplus ultra
0 likesThank you
fixed. thanks. just went to their site and most of the memes are cancer
0 likesplus ultra So there were a few exceptions?
0 likesUr Boi I was like this. Accept me to please.
0 likesNo.
0 likesWithout spoonfeeding you, the question itself is wrong. You should not be asking the difference between outsider and normie memes, because that's not really the distinction people are talking about when they talk about outsider vs normie memes. Instead, it's a matter of meme vs anti-meme.
An example of where your definition falls apart is in reaction images, which are situation images, and some of the dankest memes, reserved only for certain situations. In contrast, there is trash dove, which is the cringiest anti-meme ever, and an honest to god inside joke.
Deep Fried Jesus Whomst'd've is this for?
0 likesDeep Fried Jesus
0 likesOh
Ur Boi yes I didn't like him ever but I was a normie about a year ago and I have been blue pilled
0 likesMy issue isn't with things being mainstream my issue is with things being accepted or adopted with no other consideration than simply for it being popular, or some other reason other than considering it for yourself.
0 likesBeing a sell out vs having agency.
Essentially big corporations or government, or someone who is genuinely doing something they love or trying to help people.
There are many influences but essentially you are either trying to please something you like, or avoid and appease something you don't like.
People want to be loved and powerful, and the best at everything and they want it for nothing, they want it to be given to them. Well it comes at a cost!! At least realize that.
You are now no longer allowed to complain about elitist gatekeeping, thank you and good night
4 likesWhen I seen "Behind the meme vs 4ch" I was like OHHHHHHH NO
1 likefun fact, since behind the meme no longer makes meme videos, the lifespan of memes significantly increased.
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it aint by much, but it's significantly better
0 likes@Omabat <--- cringy stan here
0 likesThe salt in the comments section is delicious.
94 likesAnd I hope Behind the Meme responds to this so he can make a bigger fool of himself.
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GokensLetsPlays .
0 likesGokensLetsPlays It's enough salt to sculpt a meme, perfect.
0 likesGokensLetsPlays By explaining shit, yeah kiddo
0 likesI wonder why this video has such a high ratio of dislikes, I mean I can't imagine it's behind your meme people because they are pretty unlikely of finding this video
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i showed this to my fellow friend and he didn't like being called out normiw
1 likebecause normies
0 likesPress 4 (or 12:58) for some earrape; you're welcome 🙂
1 likeI always gotta be high when watching emplemon there I said it
1 likeDig the fact that you obviously like cars. The midnight club beat had me bopping.
0 likesJust noticed emp has overtaken behind the meme in subs
1 likeThey targeted memelords. MEMELORDS.
0 likes"Leafy has lots of subscribers"
1 likeoh how the mighty have fallen 😢
BIG R.I.P.
1:55 So we not gonna talk about poor Yoshi?
0 likesI had my first epilepsy seizure when I watched youtubepoop as a kid.
251 likesMemes don't come without costs.
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Kick Face your fault it probably had an epilepsy warning like most ytp do. If you didn’t know you were epileptic, doctor’s fault. If it didn’t even have a warning, then is he at least in jail?
3 likesMost YTPs back in the day didn’t have these warnings, which obviously ended in them being added due to things like this.
24 likesw h o o s h
1 likeDon’t do memes, kids.
2 likesKick Face To be honest isn't it common sense not to watch youtube poops if you have epilepsy.
1 likeTo be fair, he might not have known yet, as was the case with myself when I was young.
1 likeI must be a normie because it took me 4 1/2 years to stumble upon this video.
0 likesHow do you know that behind the meme fans are over using memes?
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hi again, it's ya boi. behind the meme caters to people who are unaware of what the purpose of the meme described is, and through poor education will likely misuse it, but use it nonetheless as to feel part of it. This would not be a problem if there weren't many, but the sheer amount of people unaware of how to use a meme correctly leads a meme to become overused. This likely won't do anything to change your mind but here I am typing it up anyway, see you in another comment
2 likesYa'll need to go outside and touch grass. BTM wasn't as this offensive you guys were making him out be. I never cared about him because memes back then were not meaningful and his videos were like any other videos I saw back in 2016 to 2018. So confusing to see him getting intense backlash, it was very bizarre.
11 likesi want to know what is emps opinion on lessons in meme culture
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probably positive since he gives a better and faster explanation while still being clear about what the meme is
10 likesI wonder why he didn’t make a video on pewdiepie who was far worse than btm
0 likes13:31 had me rolling lmaoo
1 liketoo much earrape, but thanks for trying
7 likesbro if u dont have hearing damage u havent lived on the internet
2 likesLove how he uses Gran Turismo Music
2 likesThis video's perspective is actually pretty wise. Mad respect
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So do you see why an entire channel dedicated to explaining "pie to the face" tier jokes is fucking stupid?
0 likesI love how normie pinheads are proving past Emp right in every way.
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“Pizza mozzarella, Pizza mozzarella, rela rela rela rela rela rela rela, Pizza gorgonzola, Pizza gorgonzola, zola zola zola zola zola zola zola”
11 likes@Doc Vince Such a beautiful song! I love it!
3 likesLmao still using normie in 2022 . Go touch some grass
12 likes13:09
3 likesThat aged well XD
knowyourmeme is kinda like a highschool history book. It goes through the history of the world, without getting into too much detail about specific events. It's much better to read the Greek History book if you want to know the whole story of Ancient Greece accurately.
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only thing wrong with that comment, the high school history book is made by someone who knows nothing about history.
0 likes@Shitty Speedruns Might I add that everything is probably a lie.
0 likesA closer comparison is a 1st grade history book
0 likes6:14 love the fact you know about MF DOOM
0 likesI didn't mind him at first.
19 likesafter his first few videos I was sick of it.
he's literally just cashing in on memes
edgycating is a new term he brought unintentionally taught us.
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LOL
0 likesI always thought he was satire, but in hindsight, it was just c r i n g e
4 likes"Content Cuck".... oh god
6 likesWho else smelled that Avatar intro reference a mile off? Also, by the sounds of it, memes have been a thing even before the web, wasn't the original purpose of that icthys symbol associated with Christians a way for the then-marginalized Christians to covertly identify one another?
0 likesi saw the title, and i saw the thumbnail and i thought behind the meme became self aware
92 likes3:04 damn that was beautiful
0 likesWhat are your thoughts on Lessons in Meme Culture?
2 likesHey Emp, what do you think of the channel Lessons in Meme Culture?
5 likesVideos that changed the internet.
4 likesbehind the meme is the reason my school still thinks uganda knuckles memes are funny
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Byiob • My 6 and 8 yr old think it's hilarious...
4 likesBrett VV
24 likesThe time has come.
Execute Order 66.
Dude Its just a name I thought it would be cool
0 likesSideburns then Ugandan Knuckles just died because of the normies, and it didn't alive one month.
0 likesSideburns I'm in the sixth grade. Moving on to the 7th in the end of August help the cringe is power in middle school End of school in the 12th of June. Kid screams "do u kno de wae!" people at this point are at least fucking 11 or 12. Hope they don't still find that normie shit funny in the 7th grade when they're at least 13 years old. Then that's embarrassing, coming from a person who has been embarrassed many times in Elementary.
7 likesTenderkats yes
0 likesoh my god, there's this youtuber named LOKMAN, he's an OK youtuber, but his fanbase is what's weighing him down. He'll try something new only to be pestered by his audience to "make more Ugandan Knuckles videos lol it's June and I think this meme is still funny"
2 likesAnd my school still funds it funny.
3 likesPlease help me
Undying Legend then create Ugandan Knuckles Isn't Funny Club
0 likesCameron Williams I can't, I'm in a literature club.
3 likesUndying Legend oh, do you have a friend who thinks Ugandan Knuckles is not funny?
0 likesCameron Williams all of my friends think it's unfunny.
3 likesUndying Legend ok
0 likesSideburns
0 likesreally? in March ??
You said that because you don’t know da wae
0 likeslol face_9 is a normie
1 likeIts not behind the meme its just for the sake of it being a meme
0 likesSonicchronicleX it is?
0 likespretty much think of it like this, a new popular song came out and a school is having a dance the school will most likely play the song just to be cool and hip with the kids
0 likesSonicchronicleX yes
0 likesI gets annoying after hearing it every single day in June.
0 likesmy god, at least the normies at MY school just listen to k-pop and shit,
0 likesand rarely reference any kind of meme.
Luckily, I don't talk to anyone not in my immediate social circle, so I don't have these issues. Of course, this only means that I can count my friends on one hand. But at least we have obscure Gmod server references...
0 likesIm glad i left school before that ugandan knuckles meme. "My name is jeff" and "21 you stupid" was bad enough. Condolences.
0 likesSheeple annoy me, people who just hear something 'cool' and 'trendy' and do it regardless of the depth of their understanding on the subject or their actual opinions on said subject. Everytime they utter even a word from their lips it's completely and utterly stupid, both to any listeners and themselves, even.
0 likesbehind the meme is why my school thought ugandan knuckles memes were ever funny
0 likesmemes are banned at my school ( the outsiders still use them though )
0 likesWelp, time to change schools
0 likes@Smogfellows normies don't get truly embarrassed
0 likesEmpLemon's head looks like the inside of Donatello's mouth in the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film...
1 liker/iamverysmart the video.
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L opinion in my opinion
0 likesI don’t know why but I’m anxious while watching this
1 likeso i found this funny meme yesterday and its this funny green frog called peter
2 likestoo many normies have access to memes these days
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Munchies I am natu happy about these normies
3 likesMunchies We still have 4Chan. At the very least, we have that.
4 likesMemes Took A Major Role Of The Internet!
1 likeBernieSandersVEVO BUT I'M BOTH. . . . .
2 likesAngelo_Gaming_Animations Say lit?
12 likesUse spinners?
Dab?
Emojis?
Follow the latest trends?
If these things apply to you.. You're an Normie, there's no such thing as "both".
Oops, I mean comments like yours
0 likesScrewingLogic you dont get it
1 likethey don't get access to it they just straight up kill it
1 likeMunchies is it just me or did rickrolling just die.
3 likesPuff Splix It disappeared. It was going for years and years and... gone
2 likesMunchies I agree
0 likes"Gas the normies! Meme war now!"
4 likesYOU MUST LOVE AJIT THEN! his plan is make people pay for memes so then "normies" (also known as people who will lose their virginity) can't get them!
0 likesLANGUAGE!!! The EU
0 likesmy favorite video evar
1 likedeserves to be in my playlist
MF DOOM beat 6:21 im in love
3 likesOh no, I made the mistake of listening to this on full volume... I should have known
0 likesI blew my switches speakers two times watching this
1 likethis made me think more than anything. it was well thought out, well assembled, and well explained. i respect you now.
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Shavono Same. This video is just too good.
4 likesGeneral Ape It is definitly not. He takes the memes tooooo serious
1 likeThats part of the joke.
2 likesYoooooo that Midnight Club Dub Edition garage music... spicy.
2 likes6:51 what gets me mad the most is that they all come from Ivy league schools, like did they not know anyone playing the game in college?
0 likes*3 years later*: Video is not hated
14 likesMe: this is great!
However, you are absolutely correct for meme overuse. I am noticing that memes are now dying out in a super-fast rate, like literally less than a week ago r/dankmemes burned though 2 feminist memes in less than 18 hours. 18 HOURS, I miss the days when memes actually lasted at least 2 weeks even though I may be relatively new to memes I think this video bridged that gap for me on how memes today now die faster than any time before. (additionally if there are more memes sources you can recommend because r/dankmemes is turning into a decaying ceaspool and I'm actually getting bored of the blandness of the memes there just like how behind the meme was (I regret yet appreciate it so I would at least discover and survey memes) and I just like craving the less diluted soda, I want better memes, any channels, sites, or accounts I should follow to get a general direction for higher quality memes?)
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most mainstream memes from mainstream sites like reddit or instagram are made by normies and for normies, nobody cares if they die
0 likesHaha normie bad. While I agree with the video, I do not like the visualization of normie culture as a monotonous garbage heap. Many "made for nomies" stuff can be enjoyable, entertaining, or inquisitive. I believe both sides are attempting to gatekeep, making it annoying to get into niches or enjoy generalized content. I love memes and Reddit and my complex strategy games. I would be happy if more people were interested in them and the communities grew.
14 likesThis is kinda off topic and might be a controversial opinion so I'm going to end with: Behind the Meme is a bad attempt of bridging the gap in culture and only serves to push them apart.
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While stuff made for normies can definitely be enjoyable, most normies only enjoy that stuff because it's popular and not because they actually like it. While memes are good when there's too much exposure to it dies.Like an inside joke the joke gets ruined when too many people know about it, when too many people know about it, the joke will be used more and more until it dies, and becomes unfunny.
7 likes@Hydro Zyrge This is an observation created from a different effect. Jokes are not funny because they are "inside" or "isolated", while humor is complex, most comedy is derived from a surprise factor. When a joke is constantly retold and shared it loses the surprising effect and is instead expected.
9 likesOn a different note, I do not believe most people enjoy things because it is popular. Popular things are evolutionarily more likely to be good (not in today's modern age however) and people expect to like them, that doesn't mean they will, but having a constant placebo makes it easier for a popular thing to be shared and become more popular. What I am trying to oppose is DISliking something because it is popular, and a common argument for people who act as if everything popular is bad is that "normies only like it because it is popular"
Sorry for the rant, I just have a lot of oppinions and enjoy sharing them.
So, basically, a normie is most of my classmates.
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I understand how it feels.
102 likesYou know the feeling, bro
70 likesRandom Guy youre not the only one.
54 likesYup it's the same for me
7 likesRandom Guy I feel you man
5 likesPequod at LZ I didn't know what name to put. I just wanted the most random name I could ever have. Perhaps I could have named myself after a dead meme, but anyway. What's done is done. Now I can't poot another name because I have helped a friend of mine in a video.
13 likessame
3 likestrue story a normie kid in my class said another normie kid had normie memes.
7 likesRandom Guy neeeeeerd
4 likessame 4 me
1 likeBoi my class just found out aboot Pepe
9 likesI'm No one damn, i thought the final time people cared about pepe when it was declared as a hate symbol
1 like+Random Guy All of my bloody classmates. I'm scared for myself.
2 likesmy class is full of dabbers and normies
9 likesto clarify... would I be classified as an outsider considering I am generally disgusted by most of the fads and popular (overused) memes? I hate dabbing, hated bottle flipping, hated fidget spinners (as a fad not as a device as I think it is generally somewhat useful for those that need it), and many of the subsequent things that pop up every few months for 90% of the population to get attached to for a brief period of time and then have media outlets catch on several months later and make cringe...
3 likeshmmm... not sure if I just answered my own question...
Random Guy Oh my god all of my classmates, even my friends are normies
0 likesMy classmates are worse, they start DEAD MEMES!
5 likesSo, they're nostalgic?
5 likesi feel your pain brattan
0 likes2024Samuel Trent You think THAT'S bad?! My normie classmates still dab
3 likesI feel your pain...
1 likei feel the pain
1 likeRandom Guy same
0 likesRandom Guy
0 likesLeave just go to a 3 world country they don't have normie
Random Guy eyyyyyy mate
0 likesIf you would so kindly read my username.
3 likesThere are like 10 kids in my school that AREN'T just huge normies. And there are over 500 kids in my school.
0 likes666 likes, don't ruin please
0 likesEDIT: It got ruined right when I finished this comment.
Random Guy when my friend go on the Internet I look up a new meme and there like 'GET THAT SHIT OUT OF MY FACE'
0 likesRandom Guy ikr
1 likeI am not a normie or outsider I am the most annoying thing you can't think of multiplied by aids god help me.
4 likesMy classmates don't even know about memes.
0 likesRandom Guy I know the feeling. It's so painful
2 likesPretty much like Argentina.
0 likessame
0 likesFast Cow Did you happen to find that image in your pfp from the EB wiki?
0 likesRandom Guy same
0 likesYou too
0 likesyes
0 likesIt's okay m8
0 likesYou are more normie because the word desu is in your sentence.,
0 likesI understand it a lot. However, there aren't many normies in my class. me
0 likesNOOORRRRMIIIEEEE
0 likesNo insult to you, but normies are viewed the same as f2ps in tf2. "I see you everywhere"
1 likeThis fucking comment chain gives me the feeling of those 'mememaster' memes where a kid shouts cringy memes like "hello this is dog" to others just to feel special. Please don't tell me you guys are for real.
0 likes(For example: "I'm the king of memes" video on youtube)
ITS A ME! WAA , HAA, HEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
0 likesSteinsline L My classmates don't like memes.
0 likesTHATS BAD
0 likesSame here
0 likesRandom Guy This is the only fucking comment i like in this comment section
1 likegoof.
0 likesI remember when Behind The Meme did a whole video where he like
3 likesPretended to be depressed or some shit
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nah he wasnt pretending to be depressed it was just a really shitty attempt at social commentary
0 likesI love emp but this is probably my least favorite video of his. It's basically him saying "Bow before me simpleton for you enjoy [Popular Property Here]" for 30 minutes
5 likesI have 2 things to say 1 good video 2 why is evry thing a shit post it's perfect I genuinely love this video
2 likesMeme review becomes worse after that one famous youtuber review memes for 9 years old weekly
1 likeusing the gates of delirium in this vid makes it instantly based
0 likesIt's genuinely sad that Behind The Meme got so much hatred for no reason and yet Lessons In Meme Culture does the exact same thing but with no hatred towards them. I don't get the internet sometimes.
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When I noticed some of LIMC's newer videos, they felt forced like Tiki.
0 likesThe hate and raid was a accident and was not intended, the doxxing and stuff was not intended, and was addressed in one of his videos. and by the way LIMC make WAY better ways to show what a meme is with its history, meaning, the joke, etc. this guy just found one website, clicked on it, read off the information, and THAT was the video
4 likesAged like fucking milk
16 likesWhat the hell I found it in the danganronpa v3 soundtracks playlist ? What does that video doing here ?
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This is some internet history
7 likesLmao same, I also found this video there
5 likesLate but I think the dude hosting the playlist accidentally saved it there, because pressing Save saves the video in a recently interacted playlist.
1 likeThat sheit happens to me too when I accidentally add music videos to one private playlist.
Good video, but it seems that a lot of people who both like this content and hate it have taken it in a wrong way.
77 likesBehind The Meme is not a bad guy, I think, but rather just has stale content that takes minimal effort. If he did something awesome with his videos like shared personal anecdotes, glorified the origins of the meme, discussed in depth some variances the meme has and so on, his target audience could get a better look at what beautiful memes the Internet spawns. Just like EmpLemon I wish he put like actual effort in his videos instead of just reading Know Your Meme.
I have never watched most meme channels with much dedication, but channels like Behind The Meme have potential if they are not done in a copy-paste style that takes little effort.
One personal anecdote is that as a fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure I watched BTM's video on the 'To Be Continued' meme that JJBA's anime adaptation made more mainstream. BTM made me feel like I knew less about the meme since he handled the topic so quickly and gave no insight on either JJBA as a series or the meme in question. A three-five minute video of padding and reading off of Know Your Meme is not enough to highlight the beauty of a meme, if there is any. I hope BTM put some actual effort in his videos and made his fans appreciate the evolution of these funny things in a medium that have evolved to become memes over time.
Plus EmpLemon raised a good point, new memes die out really quick due to the increased exposure and spread. I wish we could do something about this, but what can we do? I don't want those new funny memes to get stale and boring rapidly, but that is eventual based on how quick they spread, all thanks to catalysts like Behind The Meme. His actions unfortunately make jokes become stale quicker and that is sad, but I don't think we should crucify him for it or anything.
Well, this comment was pointless and dragged on for too long. Anyone who made it here, have a digital cookie.
> Digital cookie <
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Your comment deserves more likes.
0 likesReally now? Thanks for the support, I just wrote it to vent my frustration at this situation.
3 likesFinally, a safe haven in the wasteland of people who have just been told again and again why Behind the meme is ruining memes. I can rest in peace.
2 likesAlso we should put a pad lock on the comment so no haters can get in.
We have found intelligent life in the YouTube comment section.
3 likesI'm not sure whether or not I should like Behind The Meme. I mean I did watch some of their videos and I thought that they we're okay, but after watching EmpLemon's video, I don't know if I should keep watching their videos. Now, that I have all of this knowledge, it seems pointless to keep watching Behind The Meme. It's probably better if I don't.
0 likesAnother problem is that no one wants new memes. Just SpongeBob, sex, and earrape. Believe me, I tried. I wanted to expand the meme scape. I made completely fresh memes, but no one wanted anything to do with it. I quit memes after that.
1 likeBoush 117 btm is just trying to make money with all these shitty demonitisation bots on YouTube
0 likeslook at ur fingertips... *breathe in* boi
0 likesWhy is this video at the end of a danganronpa v3 soundtrack playlist
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I don't know, but this video is pretty entertaining.
6 likeslook at the dislikes!
4 likes6:56 rest in peace to Alex Trebek
0 likesHey, At least there is no Behind the Meme video on Big Chungus
dislike count before youtube hid it all: 20778
8 likesI remember when I fucking defended Behind The Meme, I was such a dumbass
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@Hot Single Horses Ok, with your logic?...
1 likeDang you really went and hit is with that led zeppelin im suprised youtube hasnt taken it down (suprised and glad)
0 likesYou need to make one of these but with reddit
2 likesI don't think this video aged that well.
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@Name it's a part of meme history isn't it? both the video and the meme
0 likes>be me
2680 likes>be watching this with my cousin
>"hey, what's a normie?"
I knew it
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>be me
258 likes>why tf are people greentexting in YouTube comments?
<assert dominance by redtexting.
^ me: blue and yellowtexting on /yt/
47 likesv also me: therefore existsing's
@Doctor Mikhail lol we all start as normies until we shot a bank with a pistol and GET TO LEVEL 35
47 likes@Vyllix thats how 4chan works
26 likesEducate the poor kid
11 likesWalid El Sayed says the one who liked a spotify ad
4 likesfirst your profile is fox shine twice
0 likesHe's not your cousin anymore
1 likeGuess it's time to go full alabama, huh bud?
1 likeNoU 🤔🤔🤔🤔
0 likesThe fact that you couldn't immediately tell puts your non normie status into question
3 likes@heegy I've been waiting for this in every yt greentext comment. thank you
1 like@Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz any day babe.
1 likeBut hey, it's not shameful not to know. It's shameful not to learn.
0 likesThere's a banner in my uni saying that, and it's one of the most valueable things I've learnt there.
be me
0 likesconfused about these texts
trying to fit in
∆I blacktext
0 likesCarlos Gutierrez cringe
0 likesStop
0 likes@Anonymous Male ikr their are so much people in the comments saying how much they hate "normies" and thinking they are a special snowflake.
1 like"normies"🤓
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This is a 2017 video my dude
6 likes“Meme culture”🤓🧑💻
0 likes@Zan Molecules "go outside" 🤓
0 likes16:25 this has genuine ytp energy
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Hmmmmm I wonder why.......
0 likes@Gamer Pigeon Aka FBI 82 I know admiral akbar over here makes YouTube poops. I'm just saying that this segment of the video reminds me of the old YTPs before 2010 so it's pretty nostalgic for me.
3 likes0:30 😳😳 Simpson’s predicted my parents divorce?
4 likes4 years men....... aged soon good
2 likesimagine living a life where you are a self-proclaimed meme master
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pine needle Imagine living life as a normie.
12 likesexplain why you needed to copy and paste the same thing as him?
4 likes6:58 may Alex Trebek Rest in Peace
1 likeThis whole fucking “Oh no Behind the meme is killing the memes” shit was so childish cause memes will always die not a big deal just go outside
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Well that's the point... Outsiders hang out on the internet, Normies should go outside. The internet space is for outsiders, The mainstream space is for normies. What's the point of going outside if you can't talk with anybody? What's wrong with wanting to have a specific person you can talk to and you have the same tastes? Normies destroy that space by inserting themselves to it.
3 likes@Carlson Ray Withers you are a grown man (at least I’m assuming you are) saying the word “normies” in 2022. Touch some grass.
6 likes@OxiTape Why don't you get off my grass then? The only ones who complain about gatekeeping are the ones who are meant to be kept out, after all.
1 like@Carlson Ray Withers you are not alone my comrade. Together we shall reclaim the resistance!
1 like#BringBackTheDislikeButton
@Carlson Ray Withers "touch grass" is not exactly the nicest way to put it, but I'm sorry you feel like you can't talk with anybody. Staying on the internet constantly isn't really healthy and the world isn't as clearly divided as you think. I don't have an easy time talking to people outside but I try and that's how you can find friends with similar interests IRL too. Normies and outsiders aren't a thing, we're all just going about our lives and enjoying what we want to enjoy!
0 likesUntil papa frank came back and restored the meme economy and the internet was saved
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has yet to happen, we are not in the end times yet battle brother
0 likesEdgy emplemon vs history of the worlds Highest jump emplemon
3 likesThis guy is gold. He plays led zeppelin and puts pink floyd references in his videos. This guy's is pure outsider
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Nate Farrell yep
0 likesONE
3 likesOF
US
Wow. I was complimenting a guy on his taste of music....
0 likesCoo
0 likesa japanese kamikaze just went thru a timeloop and flew over my house
0 likesI come from 2021, I used to watch BTM back in 2016 I think and I forgot he ever existed until I saw this video.
0 likesLessons of meme culture is just know your meme but 1089282829x better
0 likes13:10 did it for the memes
0 likesRest in peace, thatistheplan. Was really hoping to see the sequel to the deep fried meme review
37 likesWow. Honestly, that speech was incredible. I have always loved your YTPs and knew that you were a pretty clever and talented person. You've shown your opinions spectacularly and it's shown me that you are not only hilarious, but also extremely intelligent. I know it's probably highly unlikely that you are going to read this, but if you do, I just want you to know that you are one of my favorite YouTubers of all time. EmperorLemon, I give you my word. LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!
7 likesWow, I'm actually surprised.
7 likesYou not only were able to make a 32 minute video and keep it fresh and non-repetitive, but you also managed to keep in entertaining. You made sure to not repeat yourself in your arguments and actually use logic and valid points in your case.
Congrats man, that's actually incredible.
Every day someone comments no this video. Let's take a moment to think about that.
7 likes"outsiders" you mean hipsters?
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yes
0 likesYou could argue tik tok is doing the same thing now
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you don't have to argue about facts
1 like*reddit
0 likes4 years later and meme culture has been destroyed by normies.
3 likesI want to thank this wonderful man for saving my non-normie(ness?).
6 likesI watched EmpLemon a while back, but I forgot about his channel.
I used to watch BTM a lot before I saw this video but I always thought his videos were helpful, but when I first saw this video he opened up my eyes and helped not become a normie.
demotivational poster were the best! All my buddies and I did was look those up in Photoshop class
1 likeIs it just me or did we only hate BehindTheMeme because he made low effort content that gained so many views while YouTube poopers were crying about getting copyright striked by Viacom for the 5th time?
1 likeNow, we have the superior lessons in meme culture
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they're the exact same channel but less obnoxious
0 likesstill awful though
so liking something not everyone likes makes me a smart person?
2 likes*opens sound clound on a linux from 1987 while drinking tea and reading poetry*
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No
1 likeSlackwear and other inital linux versions weren't released until 1991 you
0 likesｎｏｒｍｉｅ
I consider myself like, truly neutral.
3 likesI like both Normie stuff AND outsider Stuff
fuck.
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@EmpThatYouHate
0 likesWhat?
16:54 why am I getting osu! flashbacks?!
1 likeMans be Using 21st Century Schizoid Man in a Video? Count me in
0 likesif anyone wants to go into a pool of bad critism, set comments to newest first.
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thats exactly what I did
6 likesyep
2 likes21ST CENTURY SCHIZO MAN!!! 6:00 this reference is normie repellent
0 likes4:07 who else thought it was the beastie boys at first?
0 likesthis is the most 2016/17 thing I've seen in my life.
1 likeWhy am I getting hate
Bass boosted ear rape
Contrast boosted everything
The term "normie"
Edgy no no words
It's literally a commentary video about memes and criticizing a channel destined for doom.
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bruh
0 likes@Griffon Yeah I fucking noticed
0 likesHonestly I liked the 2016-2017 period of YouTube that was probably the Golden Age for me
0 likes@GoldenChainy same
0 likesI appreciate the CM punk pipebomb outfit
1 likeMy mother just told me what Leeroy Jenkins was and I don't know how to respond.
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I bet she sounded like she thought she was the cool kid in town.
3 likesyou have an epic gamer girl as a mom, epic
3 likesNormie
0 likesEmp called it, 2.2 mil views so far!
0 likes4 years later and this video is still what people call cringe, not because behind the meme, but to actually think that explaining memes kills them.
16 likesLike what kind of idiotic shit is that, lol.
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Man you really got some time to waste to spend days into the comment section of a nearly 5 years old video that Emp himself probably regrets doing
3 likes@Mint Goldheart zzzzzzzzz
2 likes@Hecatom let’s be fair here, he’s got a point
0 likesLessons In Meme Culture and Internet Historian are better in my opinion.
1 likeMy school uses cringy old school appropriate memes.
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Like which ones?
15 likesdamn daniel
72 likesor my name i jeff
or deez nuts
i think so
The funny thing is Ma name Jeff is actually having an ironic resurgence
71 likesreally?
7 likesPeople don't have dignity. Fucking hell....
4 likesDolan Darker is bringing it back bro
15 likesSuper saiyan Lord my school is Posting memes that been dead for months but making ether PG despite the fact that the school is a highschool and most of the students are seniors or making them school related.
10 likesmine too
2 likesnow what
Super saiyan Lord my school does that to.Whats even worse is that most of the kids laugh at it
6 likesI saw the bulletin board with the memes. I contracted hepatitis c.
7 likesYou know the old crusty meme that shows the little baby fist pumping. They had that and it said WHEN YOU PASS YOUR TEST LIKE A BOSS dear God I want to fucking die 😔🔫
20 likes3 years later our teachers are gonna use harambe memes
20 likesSuper saiyan Lord my school uses what are those memes still and it makes me cringe
3 likesSuper saiyan Lord oh god why
1 likeMy school uses minion gifs in assembly's.
10 likesSuper saiyan Lord thankfully, my school campaign ended
0 likesOGKEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
0 likesso annoying
Natethegoat975 i know right
0 likesWe have signs in our school that say
18 likesNot doing work? Cash me at lunchtime how about dat?
And we also have fucking minions everywhere.
I want to die.
My seventh grade teacher literally uses 2002 memes
12 likesSuper saiyan Lord my school still thinks keyboard cat is popular
5 likesMy school dabs.
5 likesA Certain School I Know Does That.
1 likeSuper saiyan Lord same
0 likesSuper saiyan Lord
6 likesteacher: HEY KIDS, LETS WATCH A FUNNY CAT VIDEO
Berserker2812 Yep
0 likesSuper saiyan Lord so does mine...do I know you?
0 likesSuper saiyan Lord I love what he just said
0 likesRational Rice I love what he just said.
2 likesMy school has fucking Facebook minion memes.
13 likesPlease kill me now
+Jonathan Dahlberg My school has "Dab on the test" and shows a emoji dabbing. fuck me
4 likesAt my school I find day old memes, nobody gives a shit. Some popular kid steals my meme a month later and he's Jesus himself.
6 likesYesterday, my school hung up sum art...................................it was the mocking spongebob chicken meme
0 likeslike doge and rick roll? man i remember getting rick rolled so much when trying to search for a bug fix on a video game. those were the golden days cartoon network wasn't shit and YouTube wasn't filled with trash like the oceans and lakes.
5 likesLucy Fur not all of Cartoon Network is shit.
2 likesLucy Fur Youtube was actually about its slogan back then "broadcast yourself".
4 likesSuper saiyan Lord saem
0 likesdab
0 likesharambe
fidget spinners
COD
bottle flip
@EZ-Helix looks at pfp
0 likesMinecraft
as far as you know i havent played mc in 2 years
0 likesFriikz how dare u maek fun of meincreft imma hack u!!1
0 likesI just thought of all these cough MEMES being at schools
0 likesE N D M Y S U F F E R I N G
im sorry you have to go through this, Sayan.
1 likeHoly balls 700 likes on this comment!?
1 likeI remember I met a farmer a couple days ago and he explained he found this weird and funny video trend on the Internet called "The Harlem Shake".... fuck.
3 likesTo be honest I kinda forgot about that one and then the nightmare came back.
My school is Bottle flipping, we are number one and bee movie.
2 likesFlare Gamer 64 lmao
0 likes+Comment Reader Fortunately my school is mature enough to to know that musical.ly is trash
1 likeLike bruh? Because one person in my class uses bruh unironicly. sorry can't spell
0 likesFlare Gamer 64 lucky
0 likesSuper saiyan Lord on Christmas my school had a grinchmas special and it was so cringy like it had Andys coming and dab jokes
0 likesCoolkid536 Oh god
0 likesThey can't kill a dead meme.
0 likesI'm glad I finished school before this was a thing.
0 likesSuper saiyan Lord my teacher does too..
0 likesMine too
0 likesMy school has minions on a bulletin, representing colleges. Vomit.wav
0 likes4chanham also even though rage comics died, I actually like your pfp because it fits your rage
0 likes4chanham ik, I'm actually gonna mock the spirit by photoshopping his face, even replacing that giant Terminator boss from contra's face with the god face
0 likesOk i cant tell if he is using the word normies ironically or not.
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i doubt it, 3 years ago people uses unironically
4 likesI can't believe this video came out 3 years ago.
0 likesThat anyone considers internet "memes" sacred is ridiculous. I may not like "Behind the Meme" much, but if he makes all you people angry he can't be that bad.
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He was a sketchy dude.
1 likeThere are two bad spectrums, the memes are sacred group and the people who use memes to death group. I think emplemon was a moderate but was so mad at the misrepresentation of BTM that he considered himself for this video the messiah of the sacred group just to show how BTM is appealing to the people who use the memes to death.
3 likes2:13 Birds are technically dinosaurs but whatever
0 likesall memes follow a cycle. actually scratch that every game and song that's different and pushes the envelope that manages to get popular follows the same cycle. at first it starts will a small fan base that's dedicated. however young kids and young adults also happen to find this once obscure game song or joke and they begin to ruin it. they misunderstand what the original work meant as it devolves into an endless list of unfunny jokes and bad representation. when people then look at that original idea or piece of media they don't even bother to look at it anymore or try to understand why some of the original fans liked it. they associate it with young kids and bad jokes and all people who once enjoyed that content are now looped into the same category as all the new fans. this leads to them getting bullied for liking it because its now just a "dumb kid thing." and that's pretty much how the story goes.
25 likesThat Midnight Club 3 beat thoughhhh
0 likesYou should do a video on Lessons on Meme Culture
0 likesHappy 3 year anniversary of this video.
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Happy 4 year anniversary.
0 likeswhy is this video in a DRV3 OST playlist
3 likeswhy am i not upset about that
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My gosh, I came from there as well. I was looking for the main jazzy intro theme & saw that this was here
0 likesI am very critical of the normie label as by labeling a group of people without a 100% definitive version of who is what, everyone claims to be whichever one gets the most respect. So the normie label just leads to a flood of people who claim to be "outsiders" but really aren't. Evidence of this is that every single 12 year old claims to be "nerd" or an "outsider" but in reality, every twelve year old is a normie.
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Ian Hoopes "every 12 year old is a normie" try again honey puts random picture of a 12 year old "outsider" trying to be relevant
2 likesI see what you did there
1 like10:30 oh damn I was that kid
4 likesWell now memes are 100% normiefied so is the internet :’(
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That's a good thing
1 like@Spiderham55 no it’s not. Memes last for a week (and it’s worse if they don’t ex: among us) because they get incredibly overused very quickly.
4 likes@Spiderham55 it was always accessible it is now a cesspool
1 like@Dookie nookie not hugely accessible like now
1 like@Spiderham55 what was stopping people from logging onto the internet in 2015? Lmao
1 like@Spiderham55 literally 6 years ago before memes where mainstream, did you not watch the video?
0 likes@Spiderham55 not even close to what it’s like today, the scale is so huge it’s like comparing a baseball to the Milky Way galaxy. And calling memes 2015 is a stretch
1 like@Spiderham55 and 2015 was the last good year, after that it went down hill fast.
0 likes@ayy lmao yeah but 2012-15 is the golden age compared to today I do agree 2007-2011 was way better, id even throw 2012 in there
0 likesgoddamn, thats a great graph at 8:28
0 likesedit: oh shit it got better at 8:43
You make some really good points. And your arguments are solid and convincing. Good use of analogy
8 likesFor me, ignorance is useless, apparently. I feel like ignorance is a bad thing, even when it comes to parenting.
1 likemy anti loudness headphones saved my ass
0 likesSo glad emp has changed since this video, or at least his attitude and general style. While i agree with most points in this video, this entire fucking video gives off the 25 yr old screaming at some 11 yr olds over xbox live. Like jesus christ, how many games of tf2 did emp have to loose to record this video with that ammount of hatrid?
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Same
0 likesBest part of the video: 6:27
0 likesThe start of this video made me wonder what the "outsider thing" is these days.
186 likesWhat's seen as nerdy and weird, when it's really great?
What just has a dedicated niche and isn't catering to the mainstream?
What has a group of people who really get and genuinely discuss and have standards for their thing?
I don't know. With how much you can see on the Internet and how much is accepted here, I don't know.
Reading books??
I'm just so sick of mainstream culture and frankly indeed, normies and I don't feel like I belong pretty often and I have terribly picky standards... You know yer shit about the 00's internet and I felt good there.
I guess you just really have to look really hard for particular people these days or something. It feels like everything is full of shit and normies and everything gets really heavily corporate I'm sick of that too.
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I would say that furries are like what an outsider was but at the same time I don't believe it.
17 likesMaybe 4chan has been and will be the outsiders' last bastion, not all of it is /b/ or /pol/, it has more niche boards (if we could call them like that).
To put it simply, the outsider are the ones who put a lot of genuine effort and arent so big. For example the soundcloud rapper community could be cinsidered an outsider community as they search for their media and greatly appriciate lesser known songs
30 likesit's getting to the point where you have to be actually offensive to get excluded from mainstream catering
17 likesJojo fandom? 🤷♂️
3 likesi don't check my notifications one word: fanfiction
5 likes@diapason You mean something has to be outside the current cultural zeitgeist to be outsider art? Yeah, it's always been that way, like the Underground Comix from the 60s and 70s. It's always the stuff that's bizarre and offensive which tends to bring in a more interesting and less mainstream audience.
25 likesThe mindset of "how do I find things which are good but not mainstream" is the problem in the first place. It's like going up to a film buff and saying "what are all the best films to watch so I'll become a film buff too?" If the best non-mainstream material was easy to find, then it'd probably be fuckin mainstream, wouldn't it?
Nerds and outsiders aren't defined by liking things which aren't popular, that just makes you a hipster. They're defined by a level of dedication that goes beyond the average. For instance, Pokemon has a pretty large casual audience of young children which it has always been targeted to, but noone would say the obsessive fanatics who know every aspect of the meta, play every obscure side-game and autistically breed competitive teams for tournament play are 'normies', because they've put in effort that goes beyond normal social acceptability.
Likewise, if you actually want to get into any outsider subculture or more obscure medium, you just have to put effort into things you actually enjoy, rather than searching for the perfect 'anti-normie' haven. Same way Emp describes old YouTube, how it was more fun because you actually have to get off your ass to find new and interesting material. And just like old YouTube, a lot of really nerdy shit and outsider media is obscure for a reason; because the content has big flaws or bizarre and confusing aspects which scare newcomers off. Searching for niche hobbies and expecting to find great content is like playing obscure Commodore 64 games and expecting to find Skyrim or something. If you have really picky standards and can't look past flaws that make something awkward, frustrating or uncomfortable to try and find the truly unique and exciting aspects, then you'll never experience the true nerd nirvana of finding the one perfect thing that appeals to you and noone else. You won't find the perfect band or comic book series right away, you have to build a genuine interest in a medium over years, and yes, usually you have to start off at the normie level before you start to build an understanding and appreciation for what's outside the mainstream.
If you aren't interested in doing that, might as well go back to watching the Avengers and playing Call of Duty or whatever else is perfectly designed to stimulate your ape brain without seriously challenging you in any possible way.
TL;DR if you care about not being a normie, then You're Probably a Fucking Normie
Extreme metal and dreamcast mmo communities xD
0 likesThere are no more niches that exist outside of those that require pre-requisite knowledge as a gatekeeper (think quantum mechanics or some shit). Outsider culture exists within niches inside of niches now, as normies have attempted to sterilize everything that was once fun and interesting.
3 likesAnyone not on social media who meets up with people IRL is a weirdo now days
2 likes@Sandjack I try just to live and have my strange tastes.
0 likesI for example love Rhythm Tengoku, an obscure Nintendo rhythm game that blowed up a bit some months ago, I knew about it since 2019 more or less but I never played hard enough, but that made me play the game and I actually liked it.
I don't care about being an outsider or an normie, I just want to live my life and like what I like.
@butterman59 how tf is JoJo even remotely outsider, everyone knows about it
1 like@El Sakamoto que duerme yes
0 likesHave you seen the new behind the meme claimant?
0 likesMF DOOM is outsider music nice
1 likerip MF DOOM
Most people call the outsiders the chads.
1 like4chan don’t make dank like that anymore unfortunately
1 likeyeah, Behind the Meme is good for beginners, but terrible when you realize he doesn't really know what the meme is.
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I know, I sometimes I wish he went deeper with the meme.
12 likesHEHEHE I AM DEDEDELICIOUS you can never go deep enough into the meme
0 likesMaybe he could take up a musical instrument?
0 likesTheZapingNinja Infinity
3 likesI agree 100 percent with this. I recently unsubbed. A little after 4/20.
Beginners shouldn't get regurgitated info. They should start looking at uncommon memes and maybe make their own.
8 likes"beginners" god how much more cringey can memers get
4 likesI just think if you're getting into a field you should try to learn by working first. If you want to start drawing, do you first watch some 7 year old draw a stickman for your base understanding? Memes aren't a job field, of course, but getting info from any third source is a pretty bad idea.
0 likesI unsubscribed after the Nebby get in the bag one. I was really hoping that it would not be a genwunner view (saying that is "was" popular and all that) AAAAAAAAAND it was. And he does not even explain how it works with the storyline.
7 likesNebby can get out of the bag because Cosmog gets Teleport
0 likesSwissThreese >memers
0 likesEAT SPICY GOODNESS LIKE A BOSS
Perfect song choice at the end
0 likes22:06 Spooks the Skeleton? Is that really you?
0 likes13:30 S E N T A N C E S H I F T I N G
1 likebehind the meme just evolved into limc
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Totally lel
1 like@A L B E R T O its good
0 likesFriend; hey can i use your phone?
307 likesMe: Yeah wait a sec, unsubs behind the meme
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Quick Clips XDXD
0 likesQuick Clips lmao
0 likessupercat420 EKSDE
0 likeslol so "I like BTM but since one video told me that it wasnt good so ima change my opinion" get some personality
21 likesMe: hey friend can I use your phone?
11 likesFriend: yeah sure, here you go
Me: opens up YouTube and unsubs from behind the meme
Why is this in a Danganronpa V3 OST playlist
3 likes16:53 theirs flashing lights i suggest you skip ten seconds to prevent a seizure if you have epilepsy
2 likesthis guys insane!
2 likesSomeone using the word normie sends a shiver of cringe down my spine
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Yea but this was made like 6 years ago lol
0 likes@Joshua M holy fucking shit dude I'm not reading all that but if you have the time to type a thesis on the terminology and usage of the word "normie" then I genuinely have nothing else to say
1 like"Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog, You understand it better but it dies in the process"
709 likes666 Likes. I was born 06/06/06 (2006) Coincidence? i think not.
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Well said
18 likesThats really true.
3 likesKabaGamingTV why kill something thats already dead?
7 likesYou almost got me.
2 likesNot today internet!
KabaGamingTV thats some insporation shit
6 likesThe best description yet
3 likes+Music Central :D :D :D
1 likeBut what if the frog is already dead?
2 likesThen Its not a joke
1 likeVikrinox understandable, have a nice day/night.
3 likesTry doing surgery, you might learn something new.
0 likesthe frog is Pepe
1 likeAlan D. That's hilarious- I mean poor Pepe
0 likesKabaGamingTV Wow so original...
0 likesNo shit Sherlock
0 likesActor In Disguise Well philosophical quotes have deep meanings mate
0 likesRexamini Everyone uses this quote in the comment sections of BTM though.
0 likesWell I only have seen this quote on one Video yesterday...
0 likesand i was searching through all BTM videos...
0 likesJust like how behind the meme killed the woah meme
1 likeHOLY SHIT 666 LIKES
0 likesTHIS MUST BE A WORK OF AN ENEMY STAND
The thing is, I was born 06/06/2006
0 likes+70niner Minecraft And More Behind the meme is killing all memes...
1 likeKabaGamingTV 10 year old minecraft lover
0 likesAn 11 year old Minecraft youtuber has just said some wise words...Looks like I need not give up my hope in humanity yet.
2 likesur young
0 likes+maciej wasilewski No, I'm Georgios..
0 likesAlbulushi Gaming i have, toxic 11 year old minecraft you tuber "I don't have a fucking minecraft Fetish" your profile pic is a minecraft character
0 likesso what?
0 likesa shoe?
0 likeshelp me
So many Normie dislikes lmao
6 likesAnd we ruinded him.
1 likeGen adopt takes over is the best YTP ever
1 likeWas that a MGR meme I Spy with my little eye?
0 likesBruh... If dinos didn't get what they deserve then why do I use their juice to power my car?
0 likesYellow Simpsons!?!? IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
2 likesWe gonna talk about pewdiepie or…..
7 likesthe music in this video is top class
1 likeand thus a innocent channel was destroyed
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Looking back, it was never that deep.
0 likesAnd no one will keep that energy for bigger channels.
I thought this was a controversial video but with that massive lick count I guess I should agree with everything and take it at face value
0 likesBehind the meme says hello like a Dutch person
0 likesAnthony Fantano is acc pretty good looking tbh
1 likeI love how using the word "Normie" is now considered normie due to normies calling other normies normies.
314 likesFuck this shit somebody make a new internet.
Also praise Anthony.
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IneptOrange I'm with ya'
0 likeswithout the mainstreams
0 likesAs a normie, I'd recommend that next time the Outsiders want to use an exclusive platform for them, they better not again choose one that will become important for Normies as well. Because Normies will always take over the platforms they need.
0 likesok
0 likesWell the outsiders call each other outsiders which would turn into a supposedly 'normie' thing
2 likesThis entire situation is as pointless as eating cerial with a fork.
4 likesWhat if you're stingy as fuck, you could strain the milk from the cereal, and save precious milk >:0
0 likesAshesAndSketches Brilliant idea. I'm taking out a patent.
0 likesyes
0 likesIneptOrange How about Normio
0 likesIneptOrange normies are extinct
0 likesYou have good taste in music
2 likesso what about ''A lesson in meme culture''? is he bad to
0 likesStill smiling from 21:00
1 likeSo what if Behind The Meme exposed them to ''The Normies''?
10 likesOut of all the things people want to pointlessly gatekeep and get irrationally angry about, it has to be memes.
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JamesTheGoo you miss the whole point, the point is he was doing a bad job
6 likesIt's not about the gatekeeping, it's about how he misinforms people and he's doing an overall bad job at explaining memes
3 likes@Whatever Bro
0 likesnot worth harassment, NOTHING is worth harassment
@Hot Single Horses emp never condoned harassment at all in his video.
2 likesInfact he even said not to harass behind the meme
@Bird Brain but this is the internet and they ALWAYS get the wrong message, so he got harressed and hated on
0 likesThat like to dislike ratio is tearing my skin off.
232 likesWhen did memes become so bad? Anything can be memed now a days its filled with tryhards with really stupid dank memes that make 0 sense. No offense but all the memes shown in this video highlights the problem with memes. Im not sure if that was the point. Why is everything green or loud or distorted and weird its just bas.
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Holy fuck truth. I felt like nobody had the same opinion cause i’d get ratio’d and everyone would say i’m the normie cause i don’t like this repetitive shit.
0 likes@sussedEEXZ naw man your good. People just looking for that meme clout and the meme world.has been tsken over by normies bro. I mean if you want loud and crasy but still pulled it off with class was filthy frank.
1 like@kapi barra i’m thinking of making an updated video like emplemon. I’m getting $2k every month from my job (i’m 17 btw) so i can afford high quality equipment for this. I’m thinking on making it about either how meme culture has declined or just general mediocrity seen in 2019-2021.
0 likes@sussedEEXZ well you do you man good on ya. Im sure theres an audience waoting for that nieche
0 likesgeneric old man yelling at new thing cliche
2 likesNice king crimson you got there
1 likeNo, I can't unsubscribe. Stop asking.
8 likes( Ned screams to Notorious B.I.G's Big Poppa as it plays )
0 likesFun fact: It's been over a month since Behind the Meme uploaded a video on Youtube. I won't hold my breath on this, but I can assume he's dead at this point.
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Update: It's been three months and there are still no signs of return. Let's keep our hopes high
30 likesYes!
12 likesHe's finally dead.
Or...
We've ran out quality memes bcuz he's squeezed all the high quality ones dry.
Let's poke hi with a stick and find out.
0 likesThe way you describe normies vs outsiders is really pretentious. Cool video tho
2 likesI love you man but there pixles in a screen, could immagine if pewds, reddit or btm didn't kill a meme, we'd be laughing at waterd down big Chungus memes. Memes need to die
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memes do die, because we get tired of them. they evolve and change, but more people using them incorrectly kills that lifespan of memes and forces everything to be produced faster, degrading quality of memes. 2011 memes have died out or evolved into something new and fresh, and that was long, long before this problem.
1 like2:18 I'm searching for the source of this clip any information would be helpful.
1 likeIn other words, Sauce?
Ngl this video is definitely dated but JEEZ was this an improvement of quality vs btm
2 likes0:32 fucking prophet
4 likesis there such thing as a normie who wants to become an outsider but can't fully become one. is there a middle ground and what would that be called?
1 likefor some reason most of the people i watch were former ytp makers
0 likes6:55 then normies start using THIS meme sound in Tiktoks in 2020, YEARS after Emp used it wtf
2 likesThis meme shit is actually complicated, like I thought calling it complicated was stupid but now like I have to figure out what's the most popular, what's the most funny meme of the fucking week, not month or year, like they die so fast till they go into a final stage till they're just gone and unliked, an ironic meme, it's basically a white dwarf star, it'll be there but it has a small impact on anything, then it dies. It sucks tbh
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Jace Nicholson
2 likesjust stick to the memes you like. if you care about what meme is trendy or hot this week, that's normie behavior.
I don't play every videogame so I'm not going to pretend to care about every video game meme. 👌
Be yourself. as corny as it sounds, thats basically how outsiders and non-normies behave and think
0 likesYou know
5 likesThis nonesense basically Is the basis for cancel culture as a whole
30:53 And that's the bottom line cuz stone cold said so.
0 likesI wonder how many people recognize the UHF poster..
0 likesEdit: and King Crimson damn
this is one of the worst videos on the internet
13 likesThank you for finally opening my eyes and turning me against behind the meme
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Xbox Clips welcome to the family son
3 likesSame here, surely did open my eyes. At first I was like "well them just explains harmless jokes, why does everyone hate them" After this video i'm like :
4 likesgrabs pitchfork "Did someone say behind the meme?"
same here
0 likesI'm in the exact same situation. I found Behind The Meme interesting first, because it explains memes (and as someone who is at a weird middle ground between outsider and normie, I can use that). But this video showed me the true effects of the channel... wow...
0 likesyup agreed
0 likeswhy is this in the danganronpa v3 ost playlist-
5 likesHated this video from day 1, guess I'm the cool kid now.
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bro same glad I wasn’t the only one
4 likesI was a freshman when this dropped and I hated it too. His normie vs outsider curve made no sense and still doesn’t. We shouldn’t hate people for “ruining” memes but instead hate companies that try to use memes to connect to their buyers. That always seemed like a bigger deal to me.
2 likes(Date added newest: last upload 2 years ago) Ladies and gentlemen, we got’em
2 likesWhy do people hate Behind The Meme and not Lessons in Meme Culture?
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If you watched the video you'd know, it is self-explanatory
4 likesMe and my friends have a rule that every if a meme is covered by behind the meme, the meme instantly dies and we can never talk about that meme again, that’s how bad his content is
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That is just stupid.
9 likesGod BLESS you.
3 likesyou said "me and my friends" so its your choice to consider it dead.
0 likesTangerine Bean I sense a fan
1 likethe man speaks the truth ( TheMysteriousCatPerson)
0 likesThe most recent comments on this are very whiny
8 likes"Guys behind the meme is ruining meme culture, but Lessons In Meme Culture is doing fine."
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LiMC is better because the content he makes is up to date and relevant to the memescape to the time. I agree with Emp that BtM was bad, but he was bad because the memes he covered were either dying, dead, or were fresh enough for his target audience to play with it past the expiration date. Along with that, BtM basically just read from the Know Your Meme page directly for every video, while providing lukewarm examples\
2 likesLessons in Meme Culture covers the origins of memes that showed up the same week of his upload, if not only a few days before. The memes he covers are still fresh, and he doesn't talk down to his audience with his explanations.
@Cielnova While your not wrong that limc's have a better way of explaining the memes helped him not suffer the same fate as btm.
5 likesThere's also the fact that while btm came onto the scene where the intermet was more edgy and willing to pounce on someone for reasons as dumb as this, limc came onto the scene where making videos like these nowadays would make you look like a cornball.
This is evident by the fact that if you go on the comments and select newest first and scroll down, you can see a good number of the comments being pretty critical of emp over this video.
A rose by any other name
0 likeslmao this video is partially YTP
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woah, did you figure that out on your own?
9 likeslol Emp is always mellow af in his newer vids, hella caught me off guard. Don't get me wrong I've watched loads of YTP since like 2010 at least.
1 likeYour the Obi Wan of the internet, our last hope
0 likesThank you for making this. I was expecting this video to get some heat, but my god, most of the people in the comments are completely braindead. They probably didn't even watch the full video. They just say "ur a normie!!!1 this video is bad!1!" failing to properly criticize or point out any potential false/misleading information. But then again, they are normies
107 likesDon't bother making a damage control video trying to explain yourself or anything if you're planning to do so. It's not worth wasting your time.
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normies in the comment section
2 likesnot counting this OP
>Thank you for making this
7 likes>You should stop
u wot
+Antwain Jackson on the first day, god created memes.
0 likesGood boy
0 likesheres some serious criticism.
3 likessince when were meme's an exclusive club? they're on literally ever image sharing site and used by teachers in classes now.
why does he make such a amazingly black and white dichotomy between people being "normies" or "outsiders?" surely if this were any kind or thought out he'd have recognized that people dont work that way nor will they ever agree to who belongs in what group.
even more than that, meme's spawn from different subcultures. some groups will call something a meme while others will have no clue that it was ever one in the beginning.
and even if you do find one meme thats universally known, it wont be used the same way by everyone nor will it last in its current form for very long. look at pepe, I have seen thousands of pepe variants used each with different connotations and specific situational uses.
and even when you look at one single instance of a meme from one time not everyone will use that meme to mean the same thing. from using it ironically to using it as a subversive punchline, memes are basically used as words in the language of the internet.
also what the fuck was that god awful piece of shit dinosaur reference at the beginning about the internet being the meteor and all that shit. I think i have cancer now.
to summarize, fuck this lemon and his opinions
"here's some serious criticism"
1 likeYeah, from a normie. lol
Andrew, normies are hated on because they're known to usually not know about the meme all that much about the meme and tend to mess it up when using it. Yes, there are normies who know what they actually are and don't mess up the joke but there's not that many out there. Also, no one is not allowed to use memes, like how no one is not allowed to make food. But sometimes the person just needs help to make that spicy meatball meme good or else it could be raw or burnt, or just taste bad. A lot of meatball memes taste bad because they use the wrong spices and seasons in the wrong order, too much or too little. If anything we just need to give them some well made factual instructions with some good imagery examples. Behind The Meme, gives the instructions, but they're not good instructions, they are made very blandly, contain old and outdated informatiion and bad examples. Also, there actually is a big difference between normies and the outsiders that is based on their knowledge of the meme, its type and the use of it. With some good and hard research, you can clearly tell the difference between what meme has been used by a Normie or an outsider and if they fit into either one of these categories. I hope this answered some of your questions and/or cleared up some confusion you may have had my dude, have a nice day/night. :)
1 likeEmp would not make a damage control...HE would make a literal FUCK YOU ALL if anything, haven't you seen his Frying Dory? XD
2 likesAmature Producer you do realize EVERYONE started out as being a "normie" no one was just born knowing memes. Behind the memes might be the Difference between them looking deeper or not.
0 likesWackyClock so you have no way to refute the criticisms?
0 likesPink Storm, I don't think I said anything about anyone being born a normie or outsider, but you are right on how everyone started out as a normie and yes Behind The Meme could actually be the difference in looking a meme up or not as you say, but I just can't see it considering his use of outdated information and just plain old boring content.
0 likesAndrew Harding maybe because they are red memes a new name I just thought up for this branch. BTM are blue memes and I am shadow meme.
0 likesRusty red memer
0 likesThis video aged extremely poorly.
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This video aged extremely greatly
0 likes@dandaniel yes channel died "We did it youtube!"
0 likesall the memes are dead now, the end.
0 likesI love this segment 20:40
0 likesJust like Pierre Bourdieux puts it: If you do not own the social capital or habitus, you will always be exposed by the higher society.
0 likes"HELLO INTERNET!" Every time i hear him say that i cringe and want to punch something, am i the only one?
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no lmao.
17 likesi used to feel that way but after i heard my friend watch him say it i had somthin to punch so my urge is gone
7 likesfor now......
Tremendous. Believe me. im not a normie ek de
0 likesHaxor9000MAX the only idk dont kno if any human can comprehend that much of a powar
0 likes+Buzz no your not the only one
0 likesBuzz I used to like that phrase.......USED TO!
0 likesHe sounds like he weighs 90lbs and has hair past his shoulders, but as long as he keeps making Ps I am okay with that.
0 likesPokemario Fan well said
0 likesBoi even old joker can't catch a break
4 likesBuzz
5 likesStay away from Gay Theory.
Buzz is it spherical
0 likesAt least it's not ohnickel's intro...
0 likesCosimo Faieta BRUH, DON'T EVEN GET ME FUCKIN STARTED ON HIM!
1 likeCGP Grey pulls it off way better
0 likesThere are 7 billion people on the Earth. No, you are not the only one.
4 likesBuzz I cringe every time he says "Here.. We.. GO"
1 likeI think everyone wants to punch him even his fans.
0 likesBuzz he is more successful than you
1 likelolkek
0 likesI HAVE HAD IT
0 likesAether. Game theory started in 2011 that as he would. Say"hello internet and welcome to game theory"
0 likesWho even says that? "HELLO INTERNET"
0 likesEverytime I hear "cringe" and want to punch something. Anyone else?
0 likesNo, you aren't the only elitist here.
0 likes0:32 how prophetic
0 likes19k normies disliked the video lol
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Reddit alert
2 likesIt appears i found the BehindTheMeme fans
0 likesthe war will never end
0 likes@erik_cucumber_ lmao ikr
1 likeOr dracopa fans who some how got here from a playlist?
0 likesThis video fucking S P A N K E D ! ! !
1 likeI miss ThatIsThePlan.
0 likesAbsolute sellout.
emp's definition of outsiders literally describes furries tho
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It also describes the Youtube community
0 likes@Therworldtube hahahahaha no it doesn't
1 like@shed You sure about that? Do you honestly think we have the audience large enough to counter Cocomelon? Do you think we will have a 2nd pewdiepie in the top 10 channels?
0 likesYes. And?
0 likes@iLB I dunno I just expected his fanbase to get fussy over that, cool to see that's not really the case tho :)
0 likes@iLB ?
0 likesTell me, which channel in the top 10 other than pewdiepie, which can be considered a part of the youtube community
oh. oh no
0 likesI wonder what emp thinks about this video now
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He made a video defending btm
1 likebest video on the fucking internet
1 likeIt’s pretty funny hearing him say ‘normies’ unironically.
2 likesAllthough, i truly dispise BehindTheMeme, Please explain it without normie memes.
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what do you mean? these arent normie memes?
0 likesmemes for dreams
6 likes>spongebob memes
>not normie memes
pick one
Ruski Looking back at behind the meme, I don't mind him. I thought he's entertaining.
0 likesYeah, I didn't even care if he was doing it wrong. We all know we can just Google the rest of it.
1 likeDid you put in that audio clip of Bootsy at 14:22 or is that in the game? Cause I need that to be in a game @emplemon or whatever
0 likesHe is doing meme culture appropriation
0 likesBefore this video I thought I was a normie but I now know im an outside
0 likes13:35 this is my life
3 likeshow to find a normie: ask someone if they've dabbed ironically
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What about the ones who do it unironically to be cool?
25 likesBefore it was a meme, dabing was about celebrating a incredible action (e.g. finishing a super hard level)
0 likesRight ? Please don't call me a normie, i watched YTP of spongebob when i was 9 ! Even when i didin't understood what they said (i a 9 year old French) i stayed because of the animation.
Sir David Dabbing is a way of smoking marijuana.
10 likesWhat's a dab?
1 likeI did
2 likesKayvon Rad
0 likesEveryone I know either dabs unironically or doesn't dab at all.
goddammit
Kayvon Rad how to find a normie: ask if someone if they watch Behind The Meme
4 likesi love the song he uses, Cornbread from MC3
0 likesBTM literally cried to mommy about the internet “bullying”. Wow.
2 likesEveryone here be complaining about pewds when he only reviews Instagram memes
2 likesI found this in a Danganronpa V3 music playlist
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Sit down this is some internet history
7 likesI wasn't sure of my classification before, but now it is well defined that I am a normie in the majority of aspects.
9 likesThank you for the clarification Emp.
I know this has nothing to do with what he is saying here, but 4Chan is like a fickle god; it will sometimes pick fights with you and win, or it will let you stay and look at memes. There are also the many different things that could happen, including:
0 likes1: A meme or story scars you for life
2: you get addicted and never leave
3: You learn the secrets of being an Edgelord on the internet, and are currently posting a meme and conducting a fight with a normies that stumbled into 4chan
4: obviously there are more options....
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when you search deep enough
0 likesyou can never come back
God the midnight club music distracted me from the video. I'm sure what you were saying was interesting, but God damn
0 likesYou’re the hbox of memes lol lovin it
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Nah, the unpopular king of YTP
1 like@Therworldtube i.e. Hbox of memes, he is the unpopular king of smash, or at least was.
0 likes@Furjaden Wrong. Most people in the FGC has heard of 'hungrybox'. And he is backed up by some good buddies (like Axe)
1 likeEmplemon has little to no allies. The community he's 'representing' is long gone (his doc on his downward spiral explains this). And to top it all off, he's a vegan that supports PETA, in a time when the Irwin Anniversary death was recent.
@Therworldtube Well if you want to get into the VERY FIBERS OF HIS SKIN THEN YEAH, THIS GUY IS NOT HUNGRYBOX.
0 likes2:49
1 likeNot "Niet(z)che", "niche (nEEsh)"
Saying Behind the Meme is good at explaining memes is like saying AVGN is good at convincing people that alcohol is bad
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Gumfondle Or saying BTM is as unique as WatchMojo.
1 like@Santos Medina actually that's true.
4 likesOR saying AVGN is funny, or a good content creator
0 likesLessons In Meme Culture. Is the better version of him.
0 likesWhat is one to do if they are not quite a normie, but not quite one to peruse 4chan or the like for the latest dank memes?
0 likes@ EmpLemon did you get copirighted for using when the levee breaks without lyrics?
0 likesI regret using headphones and im not even half way in
1 likeMemes are not meant to be explained. We're just supposed to hear, cringe or laugh about it.
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they arent meant to die in the span of weeks either, but look what happens now.
6 likesDAY-V Entertainment™ the only reason I watch BTM is so I can hear the history of a meme
1 likeElbow Grease they've always died within weeks. Remember the agressive pizza thing, grand-dad, and Clone High meme. Anyway, memes are cancer and shouldn't be spread or kept alive.
0 likes+The Eagle Did you not see the example emplemon used, where google searches lingered for the sparta meme for almost a year? What I was referring to was old ass 2007 memes, like this is sparta, I dont need google search data to tell you that memes like those lasted a while.
0 likesikr? Dab has died months ago and btm never explained it
0 likesIs this a behind the behind the meme video?
0 likesOkay but can someone explain why this is in a Danganronpa V3 OST playlist-
1 likeLooking back on This whole thing now it was like two band kids scrapping each other, so corny
5 likes6:33 i cant escape it
1 likes e n t e n c e s h i f t i n g
3 likesi actually have no idea what ytp is until i see this vid and realized that ive been enjoyin r6s ytp for a whole year lmao
0 likesIn Behind the Meme’s last video there are a ton of people defending him which is disturbing. One of them being a verified youtuber
3 likesIt's funny cos the entire interpretation of how memes work at the time of the video is so different from now that some of his points don't apply.
0 likesYou are turning behind the meme into a meme subsequently giving behind the meme the opportunity to make a behind the meme video about behind the meme.
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D00M SHR00M but when behind the meme reviews a meme it kills the meme
0 likesIf it's good why is it called poop?
0 likesThis video aged terribly. I like emp, but hearing him use the word "normie" unironically makes him sound like a turbo-virgin with acne all over. The idea that you would make a 30 minute video about a normie "stealing" your memes sounds beyond ridiculous, especially since he did not deserve to be bullied over that. I'm glad emp has moved on from this.
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@A Isopod the fake suicide video was after this one of Emps. I love Emp's content but this series was embarassing af. but well, he was like 22 when he made these videos.
8 likes@HempLemming that makes this so much worse. I thought the guy was in high school or something
2 likes@Charlie Everhart Being in highschool and having a channel with half a million subs+ would be quite a feat still.
0 likesLooking back on this video, this is probably the most soy thing I've ever seen
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nice Deltarune pfp
1 likeAhh yes my favourite danganronpa ost
8 likes2016 literally killed meme length
311 likesthey only last like 3 weeks now
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Pewdiepie did
33 likesI'm too scared to use memes now
8 likesbut your name is a meme
0 likesIt’s 3 days now maybe 5 if it’s lucky
0 likes@Albert Morty that meme was terrible. At first I thought it was a Facebook meme
3 likesyeah if you browse shit like r/dankmemes
1 likeNot all of them though
0 likesSome last longer than a month but can't think of one
0 likes@Johnny Instagram is the worst place for memes
0 likes@SandboxArrow To be honest, I think that meme would be better if they showed more of their more insane dance moves, and used the music the Ghanians played themselves instead of the modern electronic music. Some of my thoughts on the coffin dance meme.
1 likeImpossible the people who like memes can't just be growing and has a lot of people who like memes and now they last so little time because everyone tries to just one up the other
0 likesMemes die quick because they weren't good enough. Plenty of memes have lasted to this day because they're so reusable
5 likesBruh AMO gus is still here for some reason
0 likesThey die quicker because more people use the internet nowadays.
0 likesBernie in the mittens lasted about 1.5-2 weeks. The half-life of internet memes is rapidly degrading.
0 likesHere is my knowledge of how a meme dies, I got it from beasty: When a meme is explained it dies. Like how you explain the Da Wae meme and its whole purpose, it dies because it lost its funniness and its original meaning.
1 likeI love Triple H old song.
0 likeswhen everyone is super, no one is
0 likes16:30 Still cracks me up to this day
0 likesYour music choice is fucking incredible
38 likesI got twice the YEE oh my I didn't see that coming
2 likesThis is such a 2017 video
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Wdym
0 likesidk how you can make such a broad statement but somehow be completely right
1 likeRIP thatistheplan and the OG Meme Review
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What happened to it?
1 likethis video is embarrassing looking back at it
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it was pretty embarassing at the time too
15 likesIt should be implied that you NEVER wage a war on 4chan
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It took tumblr 2 days to figure that out.
3 likesJoe Bertrand More powerful then that.
0 likesHey emplemon i kinda wanna get into ytps i just dont get them please explain them
1 likeLol he predicted iDubbbz's cuckening.
1 likeYou killed their channel lol
4 likesAll these folks here talking about being Normies or Outsiders and I'm just like: "It is wrong to be both?"
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What the hell are you talking about?
0 likesThis is definitely Danganronpa OST
2 likesIt is pronounced "niche"
0 likeswhy the fuck is this in the drv3 playlist im tryna listen to some murder tunes here
1 likeI feel like memes have gotten stupider since BTM came along.
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Memes died when Ugandan Knuckles came along
4 likesMemes used to last years, some almost a decade, but thanks to normies memes are all 2 weeks long, the only meme that lasted more was "we are number one" and that was because stefan karl had cancer, did we reach a point where only cancer makes memes last more than a CAN OF FUCKING SOUP?
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Sadly, yes.
21 likesEven Woah wasn't able to escape the Normiepocalypse
65 likesIkr?
40 likesIt's sad.
Unfortunately, it seems BTM & his followers will never understand.
Cinos the Dense potato The reason they lasted so long was because the Internet was bad. People laughed at surprised gopher or keyboard cat because it had no competition.
15 likesI miss those reaction images using the faces of real people.
10 likesStephen Weiler i think the word you are looking for is "basic".
8 likesRemember 2011 rage comics? They were trash but at least they remained relevant for a few years
12 likesKola2 they werent that terrible, sure the troll face was the worst thing to ever happen to the internet but hey they could waste a minute.
21 likesCinos the Dense potato I still like troll dad. They were pretty funny but then I realized my dad doesn't do dad jokes and I got sad.
3 likesCancer takes life... And gives life... Wow.
8 likesWoah is still alive. If you claim it's dead, you're a meme killer. A N O R M I E
6 likesSoup is canned so it will last a long time
0 likesMaster Rosie Your statement is wrong. You say that "BTM & his followers will never understand"but I was once a fan of his, but now I do understand. You guys are right to be mad.
0 likeswhat soup are you eating? mine only last less than a day let alone 2 weeks
4 likesthe crash meme lasted about F I V E D A Y S
8 likesCinos the Dense potato You forgot jojo memes it's been there for like 7 months
0 likesSir Hotline nah only 2 weeks
0 likesA can of soup, if sealed correctly can last indefinitely
6 likesGreen Sheep Very true, good sir.
2 likesI vote in favour of a new internet.
4 likesThat is correct
0 likesAnd why do memes only last 2 weeks now? What defines a meme and whether or not it is dead? Most of the memes THIS video uses are far older than 2 weeks - so is this a channel of dead normie memes? Wouldn't that render the entire message irrelevant, since "a man who knows about memes" is using only "dead normie memes?"
0 likesLet me take a poke at this since meme isn't a word that the internet invented. A meme is an easily spread or "contagious" idea that lends itself well towards repackaging and re-use. Internet memes were called "memes" because they fit this definition perfectly. A 5-10 second clip of an orange video game character with weird audio that can be placed over literally anything to make it weird? Easy to use, tempting to spread, and thus a great meme. When does a meme DIE? Speaking based on definition, only when people stop thinking about it and spreading it - something BTM actually encourages. So it looks like we're going to need a definition change to even make your argument logical enough to debate.
If a meme, when spread to "normies," is dead, then we're assigning a memes life based on it's relative rarity and how little it has spread among the general public. This isn't the definition of "meme" - this is called an in joke. An in-joke is a joke that only makes sense to a small handful of individuals and loses its appeal when explained to the masses. To re-phrase this in meme form, "I liked this trend before it was cool."
Yes. You read that correctly. Logically speaking, you're not "a dank memer in a field of normies" - you're an internet hipster. In fact, given how pervasive hipster culture, the desire to be part of a clique, and the drive to be part of a small group of "experts" on a subject is, you might actually be the true normie afterall.
Memes will never get WORSE when shared to people, if the reason we enjoy memes is because they're entertaining. The only reason a meme can "die" when shared like this is because we derive an intense sense of elitism from being the only group "in the know." In essence, we use the fact that "we're the memers, they're the normies" to derive self esteem in our lives. We find BTM so "destructive" because it actively takes away that distinction and thus begins to undermine our self esteem as we know it.
How about that for a downer? I'll never be able to say this is what the situation is, but I can say that this is what you've accidentally tried to prove with your statement. If we accept that "normies kill memes" this is the only plausible answer.
i cant wait until the part 5 anime for the reinvigoration of king crimson memes
0 likesOMG I thought I was the only one who realized this. Finally there is someone who actually makes sense. I hope you don't mind me copying and pasting this to other people, I just think that you gave a really good explanation on how this whole normie situation is dumb.
2 likesCan someone make a list of all memes that didn't make it through 2 weeks? I'm curious to see how many stale memes we have now.
3 likesSo many people crank out content on a constant basis and kill a fad quicker than you can say "it's not funny anymore". Some of this has to do with the growing number of people getting involved in internet culture, including advertisers. If something gets popular on the internet these days, people are gonna drive it through the ground and beyond. This is why memes "die" so fast - everyone gets tired of everyone blasting the same joke over and over for weeks on end so they move to the next. That's just from what I've seen from my point of view, though. To Nicholas, for me it isn't "normies" that kill memes, it's people who overuse them.
3 likesKitanai Sunshine Memes becoming a fad wouldn't have even happen if Tv Networks weren't trying to relate with the kid's.
0 likesI don't care if you copy and paste it :) it will get the message out.
2 likesThe Mine Song...
1 likeOverkilling Machine oh that, yeah it might be because its the only anime that isnt garbage.
1 likeGood. Now how do we work on killing them faster...
0 likesCinos the Dense potato honestly, the memes in 2017 and late 2016 are shit,they are all just either a song that you make different versions from sound effects or a mashup with another song,or a sound effect that people make different version of songs with,it's just boring and predictable,that's why memes nowadays die quickly, because it's repetitive and boring and we Run out of ideas quickly,and it just the same formula,we are number one dies,the lorax turns into a meme and try to revive WANO with it,Lorax dies,shooting stars turns into a meme,people try to revive those two with it,shooting stars dies,fireflies becomes a meme,people try to revive those with it,fireflies dies,woah becomes a meme,people try to revive those with it
1 likeCinos the Dense potato the ones that lasted years and decades are shit though
1 likeCinos the Dense potato I'd like to argue that Pepe lasted for most of 2016, but that was mostly for reaction images and trolling people in politics
0 likesthat is true, but you also have people on 4chan and shit that collect rare pepes to keep away from everyone else. so you still have shit like that
0 likesI really like this Video, but you could do with more earrape.
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0 likesyeah
0 likesWhen Call of Duty made another WWII game 5:27
0 likesWhat's the music used at 20:40? I went through the list that emplemon provided in the description but couldn't find it
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It's time by Hans Zimmer
1 likeKid gatekeeps memes for 30 minutes
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@John Doe says the normie with a doge picture
1 like@AirDrip can't believe you're using normie unironically...
7 likesAnyone reading this now, go to “behind the memes” channel and watch his update videos. The internet hating you is not something anyone wants
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Yeah these videos are just minpilation
3 likes1st video was just "bo ho pity me i have sad songs in the background"
2nd video is the death of the number 1 guy so ppl can't hate him for it
3rd video was just fake out depression thing he even got a week alcohol so ppl thik he is depressed
4th video is just bad video that had no meaning
ironic name even if that's true he really didn't deserve the hate he got. His content didn't ruin memes for the rest of us or anything so he should have just been left alone
0 likesBTM faked the videos
2 likes@Julia Belyung he did. did you watch btm's response video to this and fonato's btlm parody? Btm handled it very poorly
0 likes32:00 im not kidding when i say that i almost threw up there
0 likesI just want to say this one thing wtf is going on in the background!! EXPLAIN
0 likeswhy is this in the drv3 soundtrack playlist?
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D: eh...
1 likeDon't you remember the btm trial? That one was my favorite
0 likesNobody's gonna talk about the fact he said BO1 was for normies?
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yeah no one is gonna talk about it since it was mainstream so
0 likesAll the normies watching this are going to think there outsiders now.
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Shit.
1 likebeen 1200 be gone normie
1 likebeen 1200 can I ask what ur point is it's obvious that it's my thing
0 likesbeen 1200 is that the only thing u can say?
0 likesThey're
1 likeThey’re*
1 likeTaz
0 likesThey’re*
@Suuwooski that's because everything has at least a little normie in it
1 likeHave watched almost all your vids and… honestly this so bad compared to all your other output. Idk so defensive & condescending in tone. Like compared to your more recent vids this could be a parody
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It was a different time, I don't think he likes this video either but leaves it up for posterity
0 likesDude the amount of DOPE classic rock in here is fuckinf awesome. When Pink Floyd’s the trial came on, I was like ok yeah that’s sick
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the rock was the only good part.
0 likesEric Harris cameo at 21:59
0 likesAnthony Fantano is a professional music
0 likes20:55
Dude, I already loved your content, just found it today, but then I hear the music you chose for Chapter 7 of your video. Choosing to use Pink Floyd's "The Trial" was a decision of an almost....human nature. Well done sir.
14 likesHuh, most of your thumbnails have spirals. is this a m e m e ?
1 likeLooking back at this its kinda messed up how this guy single handedly destroyed this guys YouTube channel simply because he made memes understandable
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He didn't do it single handedly
0 likespure nostalgia
0 likesWhat's the origins of ear rape where do I go to make that funny and get the context
1 like4chan is basically “I find I will kill you” scene YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO STOP THEM THERE IS NO POINT IN FIGHTING THEM Remember what happened to tumblr
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Ah yes, I'm remember the 4chan tumblr war.
0 likesWould this apply to LIMC?
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Nah, limc actually does research on when it began and other important stuff, whilst behind the meme just rambles for 8 minutes straight and narrates straight off a know your meme article....
2 likesNo
0 likes@PyroToast3 fair enough
2 likes@PyroToast3 but the meme exposure thing still kind of applies.
0 likes@TCS15 yeah, but limc describes in a kind of language that normies barely understand
1 likeNo, but only because he explains new memes and people have an idea of them. If he went with older memes the story would repeat... the normie thing applies to him tho
0 likes@Facetron Exactly
2 likesYes but his fans deny it
5 likes@Totally a Human true
0 likes@adzo yes he did nothing wrong. But LIMC is doing the same thing.
1 like@Totally a Human Personally i enjoy LIMC more and find him fun to watch but i think its a good thing the same thing hasnt happened to him because its shown how the internet has matured from 3 years ago
1 likeI can see a future where the outsiders spoon-feed the normies their ousider content
1 likeThis video was on a danganronpa v3 playlist
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Why?
0 likesIn lovecraft books, the story is usually about a force, being or concept that is so advanced or intelligent, that we humans would go insane by just looking at it. They say those books are fiction... That's a lie
312 likes4chan is that being.
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You realize in the grand scheme of things how pointless things can be, Lovecrafts story is about a journey and learning of something so terrible.
29 likesWe never get to see this terrible thing, we are left to speculate, whatever they saw broke their worldview and only a few individuals walk away sane.
And much like 4chan, Lovecraft was insanely racist.
6 likes@zikkimeister - There's a reason why former 4chan members moved to Telegram, even myself. The content in Telegram, yes mostly dissident extrimism, there's channels and chats that embodies the old 4chan.
3 likesI came because of the content, the site itself is better in my opinion, because even alternative social media is censoring on "Naughty Ideas". BitChute aready banned many channels, but not many people know this.
@Sonic Man rude
0 likes@Sonic Man Lovecraft's cat...
0 likesI feel like everyone took this video the wrong way. Emplemon didn't hate btm because he showed memes to normies, he hated him because he superficially explained memes and plagiarised from know your meme. He even explains this at the end of the video. That's also because limc is loved; he presents memes with background and context and most importantly writes his own goddamn scripts.
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Maybe. But the whole “normies, outsiders” shit is fucking stupid. It’s the definition of “I’m not like other girls”.
13 likeseven if LIMC is better at explaining memes than behind the meme he kills memes faster because he exposes them to a broader audience. A meme could last a year now they last only like two weeks. He's still a normie
0 likes@Doc Vince I agree, but it was ok at the time. Can you really hate a guy for doing blackface 100 years ago?
0 likes@Detah There will always be a sort of meme explainer on YouTube and I think that were lucky that we have someone rn that actually knows his shit.
0 likesThe video is 50% Valid criticisms and 50% gatekeeping memes
5 likesYou're right, but screw the doxxers though
0 likesThe music is way too fucking loud
1 likebest video ever!!!
0 likesYou've predicted idubbbz's controversy this year
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Flying kitty made a great YTP on him
1 likeNinjaQwert 0:30 where Emp calls himself Content Cuck
3 likes0:30 Time travel is real.
6 likesThank you EmpLemon. You made me understand what is going on with Behind The Meme and what is the difference between an outsider and a normie. You have liberated me from cancer. #BehindTheMemeNeedsToStop
4 likesI can't believe people gatekeep memes
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I can't believe people take this video this seriously.
0 likes@TimmyGrOundOg I can't believe you've responded to like 3 people with this same retort thinking it actually means anything
5 likes@Anii That's I know it means nothing, this is a YouTube comment section in a non-serious video about memes, you shouldn't take it seriously.
0 likesWell y’all got him to delete the channel lol
1 likeReading the comments before watching the video makes me extremely confused
0 likesThe worst thing you can ever do to a joke is blatantly explain it. It's not surprising that someone is receiving strong negative feedback for dedicating their channel to explaining jokes in such a manner.
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Oh my, they explained a joke, it's the end of the world.
1 likeFor an entire culture that is damn near based solely on jokes, that's one way of putting it. (Well, for those extremists out there, that is.)
5 likesOmegaManZero2 that just tells you how sad people are :/
2 likeswhy are people going after this channel for this one video, it's irrelevant
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I dont think people can complain that ol emps getting some heat for this. How do you think BTM felt when this one dropped?
8 likes@Shameful Display probably saddened I do feel bad for kyle
2 likesbehind the meme is the average redditor
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no he's the average ifunny user
3 likesme: lmao you r so raight
0 likesjohn whick: wholesome 100
This aged terribly not gonna lie
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in style? A bit. In rethoric? Not really.
4 likes@Akogiri You’re a Saint for replying to all of these poor people with closed ears and and no context or perspective. You get it
5 likes@Lord Tachanka I'd say I do my best, but that'd definitely be an overstatement considering how much effort they put into misunderstanding the topic
1 like“Everyone I disagree with is a normie”
3 likesUtube poop is very nostalgic since I've first watched it 10 years ago
0 likes2:22
0 likesDead already......damn.
That's a rather bit cringe, innit bruv?
9 likesWhat do think about meme then and meme now?
0 likes(Jeez, I remember little bit old part of the internet, I feel old for thinking that, even though I am not really old)
Behind the Meme's mom reminds me of this one girl at school who always comes to school fresh off 420. This isn't really relevant at all, but it's something interesting I noticed.
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She reminds me of that one kid who smokes blunts in the school bathroom and that also brings Monster in her backpack
0 likesLIMC is the new behind the meme.
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he does a way better job though of explaining the memes and their origins competently though
6 likes2:21ive got twice the EEEEeee
0 likes0:31 oh boy
12 likeslmao i used to be a fucking cunt of a commenter, you do good work brother
1 like"Outsider" sounds like a nice way of calling someone a hipster.
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Or a "special little snowflake"
11 likesor a nerd
8 likesNah, more like a nerd
0 likes16:31 just putting this for me
1 likeCrying over someone explaining a joke online
7 likesthis like dislike ratio, its magic
0 likesNot often do you see random Cyriak clips in the wild.
0 likesFor those who don’t give a shit, and mean ACTUALLY don’t give a shit about the term “normie” or “outsider,” and you are exploring content on your own accord, you are taking the step in the right direction.
6 likesI found this in the Danganronpa V3 soundtrack playlist wtf
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You and many others it seems
1 likeBro I love gates of delirium
0 likesWent the simpsons green to avoid copy right?
0 likesThe fact he knew about contact cuck before Ian simped is funny
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Literal word play.
2 likes@Pointers and it became true lol.
1 like7:00 had to take off my headphones for a bit...
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crank dat volume down
0 likesThe soundtrack is awesome
2 likesThey have the exact same voice
1 likeI feel bad for him
0 likesaw man. It's too bad fantano became a normie.
0 likesI was told I would lose brain cells by searching comments by newest... and I did
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Yeah.. me too
3 likesThere are so many stupid people too dumb to realize someone can have a serious passion on something they don’t consider serious and that it is something to be respected
Can't lose something you never had
0 likes@George Liquor I can’t tell why I’m being roasted but, respect.
0 likesMe to
1 likeAnyone ever see a Logan Hub meme explained video? those were weird and fun
0 likesI miss these days
0 likes14:00
0 likesi am looking for this picture for a new meme i am making, anyone know where i can find it?
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ez, screenshot
0 likesnot worth it
0 likesThis is a great video, but the editing makes me think that you thought you were the peak of comedy when you just weren’t that funny.
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IS IT really great though?
5 likesI used to watch behind the meme because I didn't know what memes were
1 likeRIP to my ears tho
1 like2017 normies and outsiders fight over what is the meaning of memes,and I am here just like why was earth created
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blenderfreaky Same shit
0 likesDeslonic thanks for the positive vibes
0 likesme, an intellectual
0 likesI have a question, why is this video at the end of a danganronpav3 ost playlist
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Not sure really.
0 likesmemes have been so dry..
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I haven’t really laughed at a meme made after 2017. They’re so repetitive and interchangeable. Not to mention unfunny
0 likes@sussedEEXZ it breaks my heart honestly. they seem like maybe they're having a resurgence.
0 likesDoubt it. All memes nowadays try and do are be insanely “ironic” and rely heavily on a meta-satire type deal. It’s like one big competition for who can be “the funniest”
0 likeswhy is this in a danganronpa ost playlist
2 likesgimme that sweet sweet earrape
0 likesSEIZURE WARNING
2 likesI jumped out of my seat when I heard King Crimson
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Yeah I shat myself when I heard it
0 likesI like how you talk about the 90's with any sort of authority when you were born in 1998. And I think there's a lot more crossover between normies and "outsiders" than you describe.
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That’s like saying you can’t talk about literally any year before 1910 with authority because you weren’t alive in that time.
9 likesmemes are cool cause they're contextual, basically hieroglyphics, if you see enough of a certain memestyle suddenly it just clicks, being literally told what it means is like explaining a joke.
1 likeWe need a level 100 YouTube hero to fucking end btm
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Admiral Mudkip I'm on it
14 likesWhich youtuber
2 likesJoseph Stalin we need to call idubbz, the meme lord.
14 likesI herd u liek mudkipz
0 likesIf you start a Patreon I’ll be your first one
2 likesMy brother was so happy in the middle of the video that he started dancing on the floor
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I don’t want to explain a joke, even if it is overused. I’ll just give you a hint, flashing lights
4 likes> Anthony Fantano
0 likes> Intelligent
> ThE DrUmMiNg In FeAr InOcUluM wAs BaD
About it Chief.
0 likesTALENT.
This is 100% truth
229 likes>normies deny that its the truth
This is fine.
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"I'm fine with the events currently unfolding right now"
3 likes(BTM passes 1M subs)
"That's ok..."
Yes,let's do it before he can destroy any more memes.
0 likesLS 77 technically speaking he is making a point on a opinion and therefor analytically is impossible to contain one lick of truth without just backing up his opinions
0 likesI guess you got a point videoworld Gaming
0 likesLS 77 thank you for being generous towards my statement and took no retailiation
0 likesso we live in a society
2 likesI not mammal I'm not dinosaur I'm a grogonops
2 likesThis video has aged horribly, I can't believe I agreed with this video and unironically believed the outsider supremacy thing, fortunately I matured and so has emplemon
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Many of the points Emp tried to make at the time was that Behind the Meme was making bad content. The normie vs outsider thing was really stupid, I gotta admit.
2 likesWhy is this at the end of the Danganronpa V3 Soundtrack playlist? lol
1 likeI'm a behind the meme fan so when I saw this video I first thought it was just hate but after completely watching the video he does have some good points towards behind the meme.
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This. Just how did you come to be?
4 likesElijah Mestre welcome, normie. It is time to shed your normie habits and identity.
20 likesElijah Mestre finally a btm fan with common sense.
11 likesElijah Mestre reported for the first 6 words
1 likeElijah Mestre S e n t e n c e S h I f t I n g
1 likeSame thing, heck, I don't even watch behind the meme's videos anymore.
11 likesJesus fucking Christ someone please tell me EmpLemon stops trying to blow out my fucking speakers 18 times per video
6 likesWelp, turns out I'm a normie since I hate earrape
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Video is four years old, you’re good
6 likesI love watching top gear YouTube poops
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Jet McGee i love then too
0 likesGood video, I agree with it, but I’m glad you chilled with the earrape in newer videos because it’s gotten on my nerves
3 likesWait until the next 4 years
0 likesAs a car guy I can say that, that automobile is not an auto...
0 likes0:31
1 likehey wait a minute
>Be me
2 likes>I’m a normie but I don’t want to get exposed
>what do do...
>I know I’ll make my comment look like a greentext
>Am I cool yet?
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>bee
1 likeWhat you basically do is just still be a normie. I don't really think many people even care anymore
0 likesWow, this was an INCREDIBLY good rant video, you go on about how things Should be, and what YOU personally dislike about the content/creator. But instead of fully talking about how much you hate the content, you give REASONS instead of babbling on like a mindless idiot. And you made the video actually FUNNY like all of you other videos, it kinda relieves the stress/tension in the video for people who are BTM fans, which also, i am a fan of BTM, but i agree with over half of the things you say in this video. And also, you are HONEST and you ADMIT you will get hate for this, and you seem so down to earth, because you know you will get criticism from such a video like this. Truly a good rant.
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Agreed.
1 likeDivineDemise Its right to give the reason why BTM content was shitty, about the content is shit way to explain.
0 likesDivineDemise finally a long comment that's not a hate comment
2 likesDivineDemise This is a good comment.
0 likesAlso wanna say it kinda pisses me off that over 9K PEOPLE/BTM FANBOYS DISLIKED Like i said, i like BTM, but this is fucking ridiculous.
0 likesUpdate 17k
@***** yea
0 likesGoes to show what an amazing guy/YouTuber EmpLemon is.
0 likes29.000th comment.
0 likesOk a few years after it happened, I'll finally check why the channel got killed off.
classic
2 likesToo many random loud noises, couldn't make it far
2 likesThe dislikes are a bunch of normies that got triggered for being called normies.
7 likesEdit: Found one of the butthurt normies that got triggered by this comment.
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The Ranter Proving my point.
3 likesMason Williams you said your opinion, i win the argument guys
0 likesThe Ranter you didn’t win anything
2 likesThe Ranter you do know that winning an argument on YouTube is like winning the Special Olympics?
3 likesi feel like this comment i found on this video sums this up pretty good "I think I was confused as to what BTM meant. But it's just Behind The Meme.
0 likesI do think however that it is, as they say, a dick move. It's censoring people expressing your opinion, and if you try to defend BTM in any slight way, you just get called a normie chad yourself."
edit: the context to the "I do think however that it is, as they say, a dick move. It's censoring people expressing your opinion" part was about this reporting comments that btm made
Basically this channel back then :
12 likesNormies / normal people : bad
Neckbeards and autistic grown adults that have nothing better to do except watching memes and goofy vids : Good
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@Artician yes
0 likes@Bob The builder i'm autistic too
1 like@Artician eyy nice
0 likesI came for midnight club music but didn't find it
0 likesthe music at act VI tho
0 likesbruh
0 likesmans said he know memes yet not 4chan
4chan is not a meme i know but the mfer should have known not to mess with them if the vids he makes are about a section of the internet
this video didn't age well
7 likes3:00 "neerrRRDDDD-AAHHCCHHNNNN"
4 likesOverusing memes?
0 likesHeh. In the Philippines, it's quite normal for normies to do that.
Except, you crank it up 10 times and share it on Facebook just to try and gain clout
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hoi sev gaunsa mn ka ani
0 likesliterally every normal filipino that think’s they’re funny on facebook posts generic memes alot. I would know because I am a filipino, Im unfortunately white washed.
0 likes@Geson Anthony Dumayaca wtf HAHAHAHAH
0 likesRap snitch knishes👌👌👌👌by MF DOOM
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He passed away recently :(
0 likesMan, i just wish Behind the Meme is more creative, he has the most resourceful content but yet fail to demonstate it, like the "Sing it at my funeral" meme, man, that guy spend half of video explaining what is a funeral and put some lame joke
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Link have any reason why assuming me a "normie"?
8 likesAnd the one time BTM explained the concept of Pokemon in his Nebby video. That was when I stopped tolerating.
14 likesBinh Phuong Nguyen he just explains it in the most easy-to-understand way sure his jokes are lame... But does he really deserve this much hate?, no he just explains stuff, which is the reason WHY he's called behind the meme
2 likes(Yes I took my time to make this)
Master Rayquaza do i need half of the video explaining things that everybody already know, some memes are easy to explain
0 likesBinh Phuong Nguyen that's the point its just people suggesting memes to be explained
0 likesMaster Rayquaza But most of the time he uses wrong information, and then he can't take any fucking criticism. He deserves the fucking hate because he acts like he knows everything but can't help people learn shit
0 likesI had to watch BTM when "cash me outside" was a thing, because it was so stupid and spontaneous.
0 likesMaster Rayquaza If you explain a joke it ruins said joke.
0 likesTerminal Velocity yes and no. Yes, he deserves criticism and no, he doesn't deserve hate.
0 likesJessica Steward Because not understanding the joke makes it so much funnier, right? Actually no. If you want to laugh at a joke, you have to understand or otherwise it is not possible. If you don't understand the joke THEN it's ruined.
Kyutora So if someone destroys some people's passion you don't hate him?
0 likesThe fact that you use the words normie, and memescape unironnically makes me cringe so hard
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The fact that you use the word in your comment unironnically makes me cringe so hard
2 likesThis was in 2017, when it was being used.
0 likesVery good content but you are not good at narrating. Your voice isn't totally grating like the channel you're covering here at least, I'd put behind the meme right around TGFM as far as voices that make me want to shoot myself
3 likesMeme review is worse for memes.
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Also reddit
4 likes@Staringcorgi6 subreddits like r/dankmemes are but there are good ones like okbr and dogelore
0 likesGod this video is so embarrassing jesus christ
11 likeshey emp how do you feel about limc
1 likeWhy are the Simpsons green?
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It's never orge!
1 likeIgnore the extreme timegap lol but king crimson y e s
0 likesIf only you did this to someone else in2020
0 likesThank you Emplemon. I was once an (semi) idiot normie. But when I first watched your video in 2017, it basically changed my entire meme perspective forever. You taught me what 4chan is and what a normie is and now trying to ever learn how to an outsider. Thanks Emplemon.
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welcome to the WILD WEB
21 likesMario king7 welcome to the internet and thanks for diving into the world of memes and the biggest universe this world has to offer
11 likesCatz400 nahh
3 likesI guess I found my double
1 likeWelcome to the outsiders
1 likeMario king7 He was the YouTuber that taught me a new and better meme perspective. If it weren't for him and the rest of 4chan, I would be dabbing autistically while spinning a fucking Fidget spinner while also singing despasito. I genuinely thank the meme community for changing my life in a good way and ending my misery of trying to fit in the norm culture.
17 likesThe Hero NadeemTM
1 likeTHE WILD WEEB
Same Here Sir, though I saw this in 2018
1 likeSkully Plays i thankhim as well
0 likesThis video is actually somewhat cringy. Not kidding, gatekeeping jokes is dumb.
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He changed his content so much from this point
1 like@Brandon great. Applause. The problem is that before he destroys the guy's life because he couldn't stand that somebody was getting more views than him.
2 likesI didn’t think so. I adore this video from the YTP style editing.
0 likes(Why is this in the Danganronpa v3 OST playlist?)
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this is the trial and execution of Behind the meme
0 likesPewdiepie does the same thing and it’s even worse because his community is a huge group of normies and redditors
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pewds explained memes well. behind the meme's problem is because he explained them poorly.
2 likeshe actually does it right though, that's the difference.
1 like@Voidy pewdiepie actively murders any new meme that comes out.
5 likeswhats the song at 16:52?
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Darude Sandstorm
3 likesr/memes is fucking worse.
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Reddit in general is the worst
4 likesJokes on u, I turned notifications on.
0 likesyeets self into Wikipedia
1 likeSiense knolege
Blank banshee is cool
0 likesGetting mad at a hate comment from 4chan is the equivalent of getting mad at a bear shitting in the woods. PERFECT FUCKING ANALOGY!!! You earned a sub--but wait you hurt my whittle ears with da earbwape. (Jk I've always been subbed ;) )
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no
0 likesyes
0 likesthank you!
0 likesHow do you make the Simpsons green?
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they just are
2 likes@Omabat oh
0 likes13:10 I’m just gonna sub for this
2 likesEdit: was just stoned
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Nobody cares
1 likeRIP Alex
1 likeMemes in the 2000's = Jokes and references on forums
3 likesMemes now = Shitty jokes on Twitter
Trust me. One day, Susan Wojcicki is going to do what Behind the Meme did. Lash out at criticism on YouTube Creators.
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From a year in the future. She has and the dislike count is gone. You are right.
0 likes@Obscurus Was she influenced by Putin by any chance
0 likesEmp, you are my favorite YouTuber, but this is your only bad video.
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How so
0 likes@Akogiri it kinda is man
0 likes@Crone explain how pls
0 likes@Akogiri most of it reeks of mid 2010’s culture which isn’t representative of his content anymore, yeah yeah ik there’s are also 50% of it being abt an analysis but trying to unironically analyze why meme culture is dying while shoving earrape and ytp’s in my face isn’t a good indication that you’re making a good point. Besides emp’s other vids are clearly superior.
0 likes@Crone the fact that it's aged isn't indicative of it being a bad video. Sure some parts of it might be a little overstimulating, but it's sincere and passionate AND he makes a good point.
0 likes@Akogiri yeah I get it when it comes to his point abt meme culture but he sounds like an ultra turbo virgin and I can’t see anyone defending that type of behavior irl. We’re not gonna take a guy seriously talking about funko pops and being elitist abt it as “passionate” and “sincere” so the same logic can be applied here, bc honestly who tf takes memes seriously other than Redditors.
0 likes@Crone sure we're not, but that's not because that guy put memes in his point, it's because the point itself is dumb. However, here, his rhetoric is actually cohesive and I'm pretty sure that this video could be just as successful as the others if said rhetoric had a bit different of a context
0 likesThis is very pretentious wow
5 likesThis man is ruining the internet as a whole.
470 likes(Behind The Meme not Lord Lemon)
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elaborate further
6 likesMemes are like half the internet and Behind The Meme comes up acting like our saviour despite everything he does.
14 likesIf I was a normie, I would like Behind The Meme.
16 likesBilly The Helicopter, Lord lemon not behind the meme*
2 likesI read through this comment thread and would like to summarize:
4 likes(This comment is long)
"Normies": normal people who don't know a lot about memes. They are not completly glued to their computer and are actually productive. They were drawn to the amazing innovation of the internet but it was not part of their daily lives. These people are the good workers who make money and contribute to society.
"Outsiders": People that have discovered the strongest adhesive known to man and have used it to weld their computers to their face. They are kind of like a ball and chain on the ankle of progress and were heavily ridiculed in the past due to their uselessness. However, the internet opened up to the "Outsiders" and they felt special until "Normies" came and shown "outsiders" how useless they were again. Getting tired of the ridicule, outsiders came up with an insult for those more successful people: normies. These people are the fat teens/ young adults who live with their parents and don't contribute at all. Again, ball and chain.
Behind the meme: A normie who wants to educate other normies because he and others are tired of being ridiculed for being a normie.
All the people bothered by Behind the Meme: Outsiders who are afraid that, by educating normies, the outsiders will be seen as useless again.
(Disclaimer: I don't care about Behind the Meme, but I don't like it when people like the "outsiders" become stuck up narcissists for petty things)
Billy The Helicopter I have seen so much disease in this thread. Can everyone take a moment to stop insulting people to have a insightful conversation? No? Fine time for a flame war.
0 likesWell 4Chan loves to troll, destroying meme culture would be a pretty good one haha.
0 likesWoah, I said "screw you?" That's sad. I'm not gonna delete it or anything, but man am I disappointed in myself.
0 likesNOOoOoO pEwDiEpIe MaDe MeMe ReViEw
0 likeswhy is this on a danganronpa v3 ost playlist?
1 likeCan't believe younger me took this shit seriously. Now I see how pointless it all is to argue over. Yeah, there is still a mainstream, but the great thing about the internet is you can SURF AROUND AND CONSUME WHAT EVER YOU WANT. Hope Emplemon has also grown after the two videos he made surrounding BTM, seems like he has.
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Nah. His criticisms are justified. It’s just BTM attracted the wrong kind of audience. Although going as far to attack someone viciously was what went too far. This video still slaps imo.
0 likesHEADPHONE WARNING ⚠️
1 likeYou'll get earraped if you ignore this.
So BTM is the WatchMojo of memes?
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Yep.
26 likesyes
5 likesMhm.
2 likesYeah except nobody at WatchMojo has commited suicide.
18 likesYah
0 likesBulgarian Mapping except he didn’t commit suicide
3 likesYeah
0 likesand Know Your Meme but in Video.
0 likesWelcome to WatchMojo.com and today we're counting down our top 10 memes from 2018
2 likes@Vladimir Yanchev
0 likesDidn't expect a mapper would be here.
@Kaizo Uchiha Well I'm not an actual mapper, I was just kind of a fan when I made my account and I'm too lazy to change it now
1 like@Vladimir Yanchev oh ok
0 likesYup
0 likesYes, oh yes
0 likesThe “memescape”. Fr?
1 likeHey thats the samonella music
1 likeFagthony Fagtano is an outsider?
1 likei wonder what BTM is doing now, i have completley forgotten about him lol
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I think he completely abandoned his channel.
1 likeMan, I really miss Anthony Fantano's meme review. RIP in peace, sweet prince.
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Hate At Chee yeah
0 likes13:10 As you wish
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Yay
0 likesaaand he stoped Uploading Meme Videos.
0 likes25:36 PINK FLOYD PINK FLOYD PINK FLOYD
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um
1 like16:06 CoCa cOlA eZpUmA!
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кока кола еспума
0 likesSo what I believe there to be is multiple levels of memers. One is people that have casual interst in memes. Two are people who think they are hard core meme a leans and shit on casual enjoyers by calling em normies. And three the master tear of loser. Who just enjoy memes create and share and aren't total assholes about it.
15 likesP.s. the third does not exist.
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Max Chamberlain thanks for explaining your point to such an indepth level! i truly walked a way from this terrible comment with a hightened understanding of what it truly meant.
0 likesPoo poo heads
0 likesi misread the comment oops sorry
0 likesWhy did you show black ops instead of mw3
0 likesNot gonna lie, this video is pretty cringeworthy watching it now. Am glad to see you've really matured since then, now make banger video after banger video!
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Unfortunately people are trying to cancel him over a 4 year old video I mean yeah this video did age poorly but people can change in 4 years they aren't always the same person as they were 4 years ago and yet they are gonna still try to cancel him ugh
4 likes@Zachary Allbrook Who is trying to cancel him?
1 like@DJ Swaggot some people in the comment section all because of a video by wavywebsurf about behind the meme that's who not sure if there still trying to cancel him but most likely they have given up considering I have not seen those comments on his newest video about Mac tonight to answer your question
1 likeLesson in meme culture is behind the meme but good.
1 likeHey Emp. Just circling back to this classic. I don't think I noticed the first time around how beautifully you constructed this. Everything, down to the fucking Pink Floyd instrumental toward the end. Keep fighting this fight for our peoples. You might just be the guy... /ourguy/ ... who can give us a voice.
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Fight your our people? This guy put so much attention on BTM that the poor guy got doxxed and sent fucking death threats. I can’t respect a person who does that.
1 likeThe last time something fought memes, they lost the US Presidential election.
9 likesWhat's this doing in the Danganronpa V3 Ost Playlist?
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this is the trial and execution of BTM
0 likes@DashN
0 likesIs this excluded from the main chapters?
@Hugh Neutron it was too good for the main game
0 likesDownward spiral
0 likesIt ain’t that deep
2 likesReddit moment.
7 likesLiterally the only time I've actually learned something from KYM was when i was first getting into the SiIvaGunner fandom way back in October.
8 likesJob done bullied him off the internet
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"reddit cheerfully dancing"
6 likesWholesome 100
6 likesThe victim shot him self in the foot by faking a suicide.
7 likesThe fact that this one little channel is "ruining the memescape" is hilarious to me
10 likesLike wtf even is a memescape I thought memes were just stupid jokes you post online
The fact people are taking this seriously is absurd
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He literally is a YTP, and the reason he took this seriously was because it felt like he was mentioning that ALL YTP's are similar to the ones back in 2009-2012 or so
0 likesone """"little"""" channel
0 likesdo you know what a "view" is?
@Omabat ok so pewdiepie killing memes and even being self aware about it is just fine then even while he has more views
1 likeI love the led
0 likesam I the only one here that found this video at the end of a Danganronpa V3 OST playlist?
0 likesVery good explanation; I already love the channel. Thanks for being a voice.
5 likes10:25 hey, just like me
1 likeSorry but does anybody know what the song is at 20:46 I know his music is in the description but I didnt see it. Thanks I would appreciate it!
0 likesNgl this pretty cringe now. Like I agreed fully when I watched this years ago, but now every time I hear “I’m an outsider” or “normie” I’m just like… bruh that’s more cringe than BTM
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Glad he makes better content now
8 likes@Hart and they were all the most normal looking dudes in high school too
0 likesI dont really care if im a normie or n outsider but i dont care about bland videos whoever watch them can watch them, if they dont do jack shit to bother me then i dont "hate" normies.
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This is why we can’t have nice things
0 likes25:04 hey its gamzee
0 likesAt least the mom was better than his usual content
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Cus their editing is just superior
1 likeContent good
1 likeThis aged like fine wine
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No
9 likesNo or yes idk
0 likesWell nowadays meme are oversued and litteraly last 3 days that why it aged like that
4 likes0:32 dudeee ahahha
1 like5:10 tiktok in 1 sentence
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Not saying it isn't true. But there certainly is good content creators who use the medium to its advantage, like it or not, you can feel the elitism in his portrayal as if anything like that would automatically be immediately bad, for memes, when to some extent I would say it has given rise to certain niche people to find each other and create their own content and trends. In a way, the term "when everyone is special, no one will be" actually has weight because more and more normies are becoming more niche in certain regards and have their own sub-cultures.
1 likeNomries never heard of 4chan
0 likesWhat's the song at 16:51 ?
1 likeYour going to grow doing things like this. Your a meme YouTuber that actually knows about memes. Keeps it up, it will pay off.
33 likesI tried to look up that parody Anthony Fantano made of BehindTheMeme, but I can't seem to find it. All I can find is BehindTheMeme's stupid response video. Anyone have a link of the video Anthony Fantano made?
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believe it’s lost due to all of his videos being demonetized and he had to shut down the channel cause of that
0 likes@GMDrandom 628 Thanks! :D
0 likesWhy was this in a DRV3 playlist
0 likesBro do you want to fucking murder my ears
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Yes
8 likesgot the joke but taking my like back.. so much disregard for some sort of spectrum where you should keep the volume.
1 likenot once, not twice, not even a third time was enough. you really needed to make sure everyone watching this video tries to convince himself to accept this stu.id cheap volume shift just because why? wtf dude... liked every one of your videos so far but this was pretty poor even though you are trying your best to give people a reason to lock themselfs into weak constructs of groups like normies and internet heros xD
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changed my mind after the probably seventh ear rape ... dislike to go
2 likes@Mercury great idea but you did not get my point. i can turn down the volume but then i can hardly hear the more tuned down momentes comfortably.
0 likesif the whole video would be loud ok but its only for short periods of time but repeatedly
@Mercury would be interesting to talk to you in person only to surprisingly shout every 10th word only to get some reaction out of you. yes you can go away but still the question remains.. why? whats the point of getting on peoples nerves..
0 likes@Mercury no i am exaggerating a little bit but still think it is really not good to use ear rapes several times. i write nice commenatries and no one complains... it would not be fair to not tell my honest critic only because people do not like critic
0 likesusually if we cite someone else we should try to not change the meaning. i did not say i can not hear the rest at all if i turn it down, i can not hear it comfortably. try it out its pretty reasonable
@Worxt the ear rape is for comedic purposes, its too loud you say? That’s the fucking point
1 like@Toasted Crayon my whole point is that emplemon has really good videos but this ear rape has no comedic value its just bad
0 likes*ps: especially because he repeats that "joke" several times.. thats just like someone shouting you in the face for a comedic purpos ... its not funny its bad
@Worxt it actually does have comedic value you just don’t find it funny, it’s funny because it makes you jump or panic. He also doesn’t overuse the joke repetition is a common practice he uses it multiple times yes, but not to the point where he uses it every other sentence
1 like@Toasted Crayon true, humor is subjektive. it probably has a lot to do with my own preferences.
0 likesthe reaction is not really a panic or jumping one its more like a annoyance that makes me twist my face because its unpleasant. if i recall it correctly i counted around 7 different ear rapes. the first one would have been informative. the second one could have been counted as joke. the third one would be to much but i would have accepted it but using it 7 times is nothing someone does to an audience he cares about especially because he even talks about how only the cool kids realize that ear rapes are cool and those who don`t like it are not the targed audience.. well i think i belong to this part of the audience he does not even want :P
@Worxt it’s not a big deal you just don’t like a joke he made calm down
0 likes@Toasted Crayon as much as i like unasked online mentorship i am calm. i am especially happy someone answered my comment. more reaction i could not have hoped for. i had way more time to descripe what i wanted to say and reassert my opinion. it would not be honest to only write fanboy comments as i do often enough. sometimes it is ok to tell whats wrong even though it is not liked very much
0 likesgood that im a furry we are ALL OUTSIDERS cuz we are ''strandge'' to the normies
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Lmao that’s not what the outsiders are that’s the little dot two miles away from the original graph.
0 likesya we kinda got yeeted to the side. so now we just take people in that where also yeeted
0 likesI like how when someone with the same popularity as him is "nOrmiE" he harrases them, but when someone like pewdiepie does it he bats an eye.
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This video is from years ago, he never intended the backlash against Knowyourmeme to get as far out of control as it did, and he did a followup video where he basically told everyone to cool it. This video was not harassment or at least wasn't intended to be. And pretty much everything he would have to say about Pewdiepie doing the same thing has already been said here, his points have already been made, so there's nothing more to say.
9 likes@Scott Williams you missed the point, the problem wasn't that he was presenting information about memes, it was that he was doing a bad job at doing it.
4 likes@Scott Williams *While doing a shit job of it, resulting in people who watch the video spamming the meme, using it incorrectly, and then just as quickly as it popped up, it stops being funny.
4 likes@john sweeney that's the thing I've watched 3 of his videos so far and he just gave a brief explanation for example the "to be continued" meme and the "snoop dogg 420" meme and memes always get overused regardless and mis-use of memes only really happen with older people but gate keeping memes is really ridiculous when you sit and think about it
0 likes@Scott Williams if you're talking about the top ten dank memes of 2016 video then that's not really fair since that's intended purpose is to basically be a recap of the entire year rather than a full on history lesson of each meme involved as that would reach up to like 1 hour mark when you account for the fact that there were a total of ten memes in the video. Also while misuse is inevitable, i don't think it's entirely useless. I know I used to watch behind the meme videos back in 2016 and I know a lot of people did, regularly getting over 1 million views per episode, if it did a proper job of actually teaching meme culture that could've lead to better memes coming out as a result of more people being involved in meme culture (more people = more potential memes being made, obviously). I just know when we had this anti normie culture memes were better with stuff like steamed hams and you don't really see anything creative like that anymore as the anti normie sentiment has died down. I know this whole topic is incredibly cringe but it's still kinda true at the end of the day from what I can tell.
1 like@john sweeney god I fucking hate the word normie in my opinion meme culture isn't that special since every other week a new meme is made for example the joe exotic meme as soon as I saw that episode I knew it would be a meme and reddit did not disappoint and if were gonna be real here most memes you see are from popular TV shows,movies,games,celebrities and youtubers and most memes nowadays aren't that hard to grasp on the context, also I wasn't talking about the top 10 rank memes of 2016 I just listed those video cause those was the one I watched sorry if I confused you
0 likes@Scott Williams just because you don't personally care about meme culture doesn't mean that others don't want it to be cancer like it is now. It used to not be like this, there was always shitty memes but there was also good memes too such as steamed hams. This simply just doesn't happen nowadays and I feel this is why.
4 likesi was an outsider , pushed to be a Norme ,,, now im Back to being an outsider. Rip norme me in 2002
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Cringe
0 likesthis video changed how I saw youtube forever
1 likeI'm extremely glad that I never watched him on my first time on the internet
3 likesI would argue that Animeme is/was worse but by a very slim margin.
0 likes12:58 😆😆😆
0 likesDo I have everyone’s attention now?
0 likesI've noticed behind the meme only tells you where and when the meme originated but doesn't tell you the true meaning behind the meme itself!
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Because memes have no memeing. Some may say that memes give memeing to their life but they do not, and it's all a big lie, because memes have no true memeing.
4 likesI know this was 4 years ago but I can’t believe I talked like this. Talking about Normies and shit. I’m happy I moved past it
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Lol for real it's embarrassing
6 likesThis video is just terrible gatekeeping when you look at it in retrospect, and it’s frankly embarrassing, some of his points are good like the way BTM badly explains memes and his general lazy style, but his thesis statement about normies is so cringey.
12 likesMost of Emplemon’s old videos have aged so badly and are perfect snapshots of the rekt-SJW era of YouTube. Especially the Jimmy Kimmel video. I’m not a fan of Jimmy Kimmel at all, he’s incredibly unfunny but most of that video is just Emp getting mad over Kimmel making jokes about Trump and pulling up old videos of Kimmel doing more problematic jokes. I sure hope Emp has changed and matured since these videos, since his new ones are pretty good.
@YMP idk the jimmy kernel one he was right as that show is like the Wii U
3 likesit had no targeted demographic,so it wasn t politics neither interview show,just a mix bag
@Big Yoshi "I make meme compilations, Consider subscribing if you like them" this you? See normies should be embarrassed about talking like this, because this video isn't for you. You're the normie. Big yoshi? ok.
2 likes@YMP I feel like your missing a large point of why he would even do that. Its just over your head. Even if they are dated it probably went over your head back then too.
2 likesWhen we face god. Is it gonna matter if we were in the majority or not? No it isn’t. All that’s gonna matter is how we treated each other and how we loved god.
1 like@Big Yoshi dude this is a video about memes why are you making a pretentious comment trying to sound deep
1 like@mr freakout I don’t mean to sound pretentious. And you are right but what I said stands
0 likes@Big Yoshi true
0 likesWhY iS tHIS 30 mInUTEs?!?!
0 likesFunny now looking bad at this how cringe this video is. Who says normie? Lmao
0 likeswhere can I find good info on memes?
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Or read know your meme
0 likes@Staringcorgi6 If it was that easy i would of maybe you should stop being so eltiste about the content you consume yourself i just want to understand and be a part of the community in a way that doesn't take away from the origional media or maybe you should just go back to complaining about the behind your meme fans
4 likes@Staringcorgi6 since you know what google is i advise you try searching "decency" as i'm fairly certian if everyone told you to find information for yourself you'd never learn how to read or write besides isn't a large respectful audence always a good thing in a fandom?
1 like@Kurtis Gibson it's easy to find information because you have Google right search up what meme you want to use and how to
0 likes@Kurtis Gibson writing and reading is complicated that's why you learn about in school but behind the memes videos are boring as fuck school lesson that teached you how to sleep with your eyes open
0 likes@Staringcorgi6 then why don't you teach it if it's that big of an issue or help point out people that do outside of santano i don't know anyone
1 like@Cat it's hit or miss
0 likes@Kurtis Gibson I wouldn't learn memes from behind the meme because 1 he waste his time making stupid jokes instead of teaching something and he reads of know your meme
0 likes@Staringcorgi6 then why do you suggest i read it i'm certian you'd never be able to find your way in to every fandom on your own without ever being told they exist or where to find them if memes are inherntly sharing cuture why do you feel the need to tell me I should go and watch someone that doesn't respect the memes nor my time it's like asking you to learn about hollow knight from matpat
0 likes@Kurtis Gibson you seem like the person to play mario odyssey on assist mode
0 likesI recommend lessons in meme culture
0 likes@Antoninmp thank you
1 likeGoogle
0 likes@Eater of children if i want shit yeah
0 likes@Kurtis Gibson Or you want everything spoon fed like a baby
0 likes@Eater of children not really i just like knowing what the inside joke is without having to half guess at it like a normal person
0 likesThis video is pretty much the beginning of something large. If it blows up enough, it may mean more content creators willing to tackle this divisive personality that is BTM. Heck, Internet Historian has repeatedly stated his interest in going to war on his Discord server- Not just the drawing on the rules channel, no, there was one time when the whole server was ironically renamed to "BEHIND THE MEME OFFICIAL". It's clear that BTM (I believe his name is Kyle? IIRC that's what some investigation of the old Shidam! channel led to) has made a lot of enemies, and I hope this video helps motivate more people to fight back. Excellent job Lemon, keep it up.
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Internet historian is going to do a video on him?
0 likesHe has no plans for it AFAIK, but he really wants to. I haven't been to his discord for a while though.
0 likessaying normie unironically is cringe
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The video is 5 years old, and Youtube would have banned him if he used the (then) newer term for "normie".
1 like@DrewPicklesTheDark wait you can’t say “normie” on YT anymore? Wtf?😂😂 I mean it’s fucking dumb to use but not ban worthy
0 likes@OmniFluxx No you can say normie, I am referring to what outsiders used when normies started using the term normie.
1 likePress 4 for earrape
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0 likesHey leave us c students out of this 😔
0 likesI was genuinely pissed off when he said sentence shifting
0 likesOUTSIDER LEGION
0 likesayy King crimson
1 likeIt's a shame you didn't mention pewdiepie even once. I dont care if you like his content, hes still actively killing memes
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@Pleedi I used to like pewds content. Its becoming more and more for younger audience
0 likesPleedi dude the Video came out three years ago... in 2017...
3 likes@Jannic Oder so right, my mistake
1 like0:27 or 0:26 my ears are bleeding
1 likeYES! We needed more BTM hate! Thank you for doing us this service, EmpLemon. You're one of the greats.
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Yeah but
1 likeNah, didn't liked the guy anyway
Yeah but
0 likesCAN YOU UNSUBSCRIBE??
Yeah but
0 likesNo I can't.... I refuse!
we don't need hate, we just need to explain to him what hes doing wrong, and this is how to fix what you're doing wrong. uncle dane put it pretty well when he was explaining how some of reddits users didn't have the best outlook on tf2 having broken updates: "let's cut out this "I REJECT THIS! BRING OUT THE PITCHFORKS!" mentality" Uncle Dane -2016. BTM might not listen, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try. hate only makes more hate, and for the lack of a better term, in a "hatewar" no one wins.
1 likeLOUD IS FUNNY GUYS LOOOOOOL
1 likeThose who say normie unironically should go out and touch some grass, its just a meme jfc it would die less than a month or so
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This video is from 2017, back then it wasn't so "cringe" to use that word. The internet in general was kinda different.
6 likesI guess he was right about the meme culture being overtaken by people that don't even try to understand it
@Sillimant Dude, I indulged in memes ever since like 2010, its all just for laughs and kicks of it. Idk man, bullying and doxing someone that likes to do things for the fun of it is fucking disgusting, just ignore the dude if you don't like his content, and ffs "bEaFore yOU nOrmieS bArGed iN", not this shit again, its just a MEME, is it just a big thing to you that you harassed someone for it? Grow up and get a life outside of the internet
2 likes@Point It yeah we know, but you didn’t have to go hard at the dude replying to you. Istg everyone is using “go touch grass” phrase like it’s gonna change their entire world view on smth bc u sound like a Twitter user rn
0 likesDude sounds like Chris fix.
0 likesgreat vid, now do pewdiepie
0 likesI have noticed memes dying a lot faster... And I notice some kids in my school trying to be a part of this meme culture but they do so by creating ifunny accounts and just steal shit and fake laugh at things they don't understand. It's kind of annoying at this point.
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Yeah I checked out iFunny and it was nothing but bae memes, stale doggos, and dead memes
0 likesI can't find people with the same opinion as me on the internet...
0 likesMy opinion is that 1.14 is terrible and ruined Minecraft
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The new textures are better from a design standpoint.
0 likesThe textures are fucking nasty and a very big reason I don't use the new updates (Also plus 1.13 and on are kind of laggy for me)
0 likesImagine thinking there is a meme culture that needs to be delicately preserved and protected so much so that you nearly drive an innocent and once happy man into taking his own life.
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Behind The Meme is alive, that whole video series wasn't real, he did it to kill his channel
8 likes@IIFan2001 Poor guy definitely got mindbroken though. Emp even tried to defend the guy when his fanbase started turning on him.
1 like@Neurono C. oh yeah definitely, I believe he said the video series showed real emotions that he felt at some point. Also I just wanna say this because the Pepe pfp along with the comment might make some people think I'm a 4chan user (they still think it's 2016, still say "normie" unironically): I'm not defending this video, I just wanted to point out the fact that the video series was fake
1 like@IIFan2001 I know I’m a month late, but thats why I said nearly. I knew he really didn’t but there’s no way he didn’t at least consider it a few times
0 likes@Zan Molecules yeah, when i first made that comment I missed the "nearly", sorry about that
2 likesThat series was a skit. Nothing actually happened.
1 likeWait, this is not Danganronpa V3 OST
0 likesperson : wait dosn´t this feels wrong , like ... we going suddenly...
2 likesEmplemom floating nearby
EmpLemon :Downwards ? ...get used to it
Why the fuck is this video at the end of a Danganronpa V3 ost playlist? I love this video but still wtf
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same, just trying to groove
1 likelol the simpsons r greeN
2 likesWhy the hell are normies watching a video title MEME Theory? Did you think you were going to enjoy the content? Im sure there are plenty of Tik-Tok dances and dog videos you could be watching instead.
4 likesThe wet breakfast hypothetically remember because norwegian expectedly murder out a literate australia. glistening glorious, flashy punch
1 likeOh no, people are taking memes seriously
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Alan Rendon because it is his job
2 likesmemes are not jobs, they are memes
25 likesDerk The Jerk 720 says the guy with the Doge profile picture
3 likesscarce gets memes - hey what's up guys it scarce here
0 likesSomemong So, what's your point. How is your comment relevant to this video?
0 likesmemes are jokes
2 likesdon t take them seriusly
Alan Rendon this isn't too serious to be bad tbh
0 likesWarning: dont filter comments to newest first. You will lose brain cells
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I did, what's 1+1 again
1 likehaha... gran turismo 4
0 likesgr8 satire
0 likesha ha loud noises and random things is funny
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That’s 2017 for you
0 likesHomer I don't have pizza oh wait uuuuur I don't have dounts
0 likesIn 2017, I wanted to know why Behind The Meme was so hated, since no one gave good arguments to why. If I watched this video back then, I would be satisfied, instead I watched it 3 years later when I forgot his existence.
3 likesthis dude is actually using King Crimson. This dude is a boss
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KINGU CRIMSON NO NORIUKU
1 likeI remember when I started seeing and using memes, there were formats that had been in use for years, and continued to be used for years. Now, a format gets burned out in a matter of months. Every time I see one of my co-workers say "check out this meme I just discovered!" I know it's time to move to greener pastures.
12 likes*Cue Simpsons "he's already dead" clip*
0:30 has aged like fine wine
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Verr tru
11 likesYes
8 likes@Digicraftmon the Crystal Gem xdddd
0 likes0:32 he predicted it
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Lmao
1 likeEveryone: *mad that EmpLemon insults a terrible youtuber*
102 likesMe: I’m here for that Sempsins skit in between
I actually was a fan of Behind the Meme before I watched this. Now I see how bad it is.
1 like"With these outdated jokes and my unfunniness, I can continue to run memes into the ground until they're destroyed, while masquerading as a typical YouTuber explaining them. Just watch me, EmpLemon... I'll explain memes with my right hand, and explain unrelated backstories with my left... I'll take a meme... Heh... And KILL IT!"
7 likes-Behind the Meme, 2019 (not confirmed he said this)
Content Cuck? he called it 3 years in advance, the mad lad
14 likesI remember two year ago coming to this video as a normie fan of BTM and thinking “fuck this guy” and funny enough two years later I’m stilled subbed to this downward spiral and BTM has been long vacant from my subscriptions
4 likesHis impact in undeniable. I didn't even know about memes until I found his channel.
3 likesI did like the video, but my main issue with it was the analogy used to describe normies, which was kind of shit. For someone who already knew what a normie was, the explanation of the word wasn’t necessary for my understanding, but for someone who didn’t understand, the analogy was about as good as the explanation of YTPs by BTM. The explanation afterwords helped clear up the definition for those who didn’t understand, but for the introduction to the topic and the word, it was stupid and nonsensical.
1 like"welcome back to another episode of content cuck" unintentionally prophetic
44 likesAfter watching the defend of BHM and watching this again just show how much he regret about attacking BHM and show how much he grown after 1 year, he change from meme lord to people that have feeling for other
2 likesLessons in meme culture
0 likes~free sponsorship to a channel that is truly the “meme explanation” channel done right”
after returning to this video years later, i realized emplemon is like those redditors with a supersized ego
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@Sopho
0 likesHe's right though, the entire normie vs outsider narrative is completely like those people who think they're better than others for not enjoying content most other people do, which in of itself is egotistical and pretentious.
4Chan’s impact on internet culture is absolutely incredible
0 likesThe Mama-meme part made me implode.
1 likeAnd the 4chan part made me fucking explode.
Chapter 6: Behind the Meme vs 4chan, "Oh you fool, you utter fool"
6 likesLIMC (lessons in meme culture) is pretty good as well. (i think?) there's not much filler, he just jumps in and explains them with ACCURACY.
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Plus, he actually explains WHERE memes came from and, yes, no filler. Also no obnoxious youtuber voice and obnoxious stock music every video.
2 likesMy favorite part of behind the meme was going and reading the comments. Nothing better than seeing an entire group triggered all at once.... every upload. But man those videos were bad.
0 likesyo my boi emp predicted the damn future
8 likesYou got some really nice taste in music
3 likesIf I were to introduce someone to YTP, I’d probably start with a Spongebob edit
0 likesThe Virgin Behind the Meme vs the Chad Memelogia Tuga.
3 likesThis is the start of memes truly being taken by the normies like all other media
0 likesWhat does it really mean to "disrespect [v.tr.] meme culture"? Does it refer to ruining everyone's fun by telling Mum and Dad that Fonzie puts his thumb up and says "Eeeeyyyy!" So now Mum and Dad go around saying "Eeeeyyyy!" Do you care that much about The Fonz? You talented innovative outsider!
0 likesrevisiting this video and I forgot how good emperorlemon’s background music is
0 likesIt sucks that Anthony’s thatistheplan channel was removed thankfully there’s a reupload channel
5 likes0:32 you predicted the future
6 likesIn regards to Anthony Fantano, this video has aged terribly.
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why's that?
2 likesDead Children Playing you guys literally broke the poor man trying to do what he wanted to over some jokes that weren’t funny in the first place
38 likes@SnanS TV He's definitelt fine. don't you know what hoax means
6 likesRevolver Ocelot Of course you don’t, you were most likely part of the reason he quit mentally destroyed.
18 likesSnanS TV that’s behind the meme
2 likesWhat happened?
0 likesSnanS TV What the hell happened
2 likesPax Americana he’s gone
0 likesFool’s Gaming BTM? Oh. But why?
0 likesPax Americana ?
0 likesFool’s Gaming ???????
0 likesSo, Behind The Meme's mom is Hillary Clinton? That explains everything. Anyway, don't you doggone forget to Pokemon Go! to the polls, my homeslices! dab
4 likesI would like to add my perspective about this whole theme here, just remember though that I prefer to dedicate most of free time on making subliminal videos currently so you won't get a full video response from me in the next two months. (And yes I love philosophy)
4 likes===
Anyway, I seriously believe that anyone can become anything they want if they do choose the "hard" way. Normies can become outsiders, vice-versa and some people even be a weird mix of those two groups. I understand these are trends and the majority of people will stay in the normies' category, but I felt like my whole argument tree needed some more emphasis and explanations so let's go.
First and foremost, let me tell you that I am part of the outsiders but with some curiosity towards normies. Yes, I do exist, but why though? Because I am a autistic INTP-T " 16personalities.com " personality which, in his quest towards self improvement and obsessive curiosity to understand more and more, get to care alot about what makes successes+failures so I can learn from these. And normies, by making so many errors in their methodologies, are really useful to the "outsiders" when they are actually understood in the right fashion, which turns out to be think tanks of lessons to learn from and iterate upon instead of doing all of that research/introspection exclusively on yourself. I understand the normies creates shitty social situations more often than not, but that's also plenty of lessons and ideas pre-iterated, which in turn makes you knowledgeable enough to teach other people (perhaps some of those will be curious normies, so you actually help the bigger picture) about those same mistakes.
Second point, I would like to point out that some normie individuals may be interested in become outsiders or at least understanding their media properly. For example, I have a brother which turns out to be a normie. But as he grows older, he definitely have gotten to respect me and the outsider media so much that he does get vastly interested in the original old Marvel comics and that sometimes we share some weird YT stuff on our TV. Just remember that he's not autistic like me and my other brother, which would be problematic if we weren't a somewhat nuclear (and closely knitted) family and weren't from around the same generation, as two Zillenials and a Gen Z sound like the same gen here.
<del>Thirdly, </del>
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Yeah, you can see where I am going and I happened to fall out of ideas.
Feel free to comment me anything under my comment, I seriously recommend watching the whole video throughout and I really appreciate all you, including you comrade EmpLemon from my southern border's country.
"I'm not like other girls"
9 likesThe use of midnight club 3 songs adds a nice touch
0 likesOMG... where have I been for the last 20 years? Memes are AWESOME!
0 likesthat led zeppelin to king krimson to mf doom transition had me FUCKED UP
0 likesThis video definitely hasn't aged well considering Anthony Fantano went full Simp.
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And he never knew what he was talking about with respect to music more than anyone else with a basic music background. 👀
2 likesHow? I don't watch him I just wanna know what happened
1 like17:58 i mean he wasn't wrong
1 like10:59 that clips from a damn good album, thank you for using that song, I’ve always liked that album
0 likesAh yes, my favorite song from the Danganronpa v3 soundtrack, "MEME Theory: How Behind the Meme is Ruining the Meme Landscape as we Know It"
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Lmao
0 likessomeone definitely had a seizure watching this
3 likesMorgz's mum vs. Behind the Meme's mom
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What about Pyrocynical vs Morgz Mum (subscriber wars)
1 like@Therworldtube No use. His intro is gone. The covenant is broken. The imperial line is dead. The enemy has one.
0 likes@Argoyle But the lesbian has sogai
4 likes@Therworldtube this is also true
0 likes@Argoyle Do you know what sogai is?
0 likesYou have good music taste
3 likesAlways like the music in the background, as I hear the MF DOOM music, then Madlib, and more classic hip hop shit. as I am a hip hop head, the music is something I always notice
0 likes3:00 Don’t mind me, I’m just bookmarking the best part of this video
0 likes20:35 XD one of the best roasts ive seen in a while.
0 likesthe cm punk body really fits with this
3 likesI love the Gran Turismo 4 music!
8 likes8:56 Is that Deathwing?
1 like4Chan being elitist about memes because they make elite memes? UNHEARD OF!!!
0 likesThis video fucking killed his channel. Welp. Now we partition ourselves and complicate our memes!
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Really, it kind of revitalized it, unsubscribe all you want but your comment is quite at fault
1 likeNo it didn't you bogan. It was a gradual build up that ended his channel years after this video
0 likesI sure like watching earape with migraines. Fun!
0 likesMeme Theory good. Behind the Meme bad. Know Your Meme meh. Drop my key.
0 likesHey man, I didnt appreciate you calling out my school ethic of C level work and doing just enough to pass
0 likesAfter the anthony fantano response view, behind the meme became the meme
0 likesHonestly I can't watch Anthony fantano and it's not because he has bad content or anything it's because I instantly get annoyed when I look at him I don't know why but I'm sure he makes great reviews
0 likesHoly shit its been 2 years... Im a fukin normie for watching Behind The Meme (when he was still small)
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We broke behind the meme
0 likesWho else noticed the Midnight Club 3 music... Ah...brings back memories...
0 likesOkay I’m watching in 2019, and Let’s check on behind the meme now... hmmm
1 like9:09 👏Meme👏Review
0 likesI like how u use an image of cm punk during his pipebomb talk
0 likes8:22 "located in one location" bothers me so much
0 likes13:16 Hitler invented Youtube Poops confirmed
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wow
0 likesAnd Fegelein ruined it.
0 likesLazy - Deep purple is my favourite song. I did not expect that to be in here.
0 likesOh, and good video btw :)
this didnt age that well
0 likesI what to listen to a 10 hour version of 16:52-17:05.
0 likesYoutube poop
4 likesI KNOW MY SHIT
I see what you did there
This says a lot about our society.
0 likesTLDW: Behind the Meme had committed internet cultural appropriation.
0 likesI love those wrestling clips.
0 likes11:11 Midnightclub 3 vibes
0 likesWhat is your take on lessons in meme culture's video on ytp which he released 2 months ago?
0 likesI understood nothing I just watched, but I must say I am interested
0 likesMan, this is a crazy video.
0 likesAyyye you got that midnight club dub addition. Sound track
0 likesNobody noticing how behind the meme has been gone for a year now
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Good.
3 likesI don't like Behind The Meme's content. Not a big fan of Anthony Fantano either. Mostly because he seems incapable of listening to music with any sort of emotional investment and that's a totally alien concept to me.
1 like3:00 bro this is humor
0 likeswait. what if behind the meme was being hated on, Why didn't he make a behind the meme of Anthony to make his fan base shit?
0 likesWhy was this in the Danganronpa V3 OST playlist?
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Yeah
0 likesDanganronpa fan and an EmpLemon fan. I see you are all very cultured
4 likesdidnt you see the trial and execution and behind the meme right here
2 likesWhile large masses of people not adapting to a medium and it’s culture is a genuine problem, I think it doesn’t mean anything if BTM put wood on 5e fire since it’ll burn your house down anyway. Also, There’s no need for that attitude on top of using the term normie- why not just use normalfag?
0 likesRemember Rocketboom's Know Your Meme?
0 likesdude, this was a very informative and accurate video. fantastic job. no wonder why I love outsiders
3 likes11:10 OHH YA MIDNIGHT CLUB 3 BABY love that game i Spent alot of time on that game shit... Man C;
0 likes9:48 ANYTHING BUT KEVIN MACLEOA!!!
0 likesPLEASE ANYTHING BUT HIM
This video aged so well with the minecraft bandwagon only a year ago I was insulted on a pewdiepie vid for having a minecraft profile pic on another account I have
6 likesi wonder how emp feels about pewdiepie.
0 likesGran Turismo...true man of culture 😎😎
0 likesI think Emp and I like GT4 too much
0 likesthis is really funny, really truthful, but kinda obnoxious (I think the word outsider and normie are kinda obnoxious that's all)
0 likesThis video got me into nirvana
0 likeswow so i watched this video REALLY late (like 3 years late lol) and i think i wanted to say some things, i think your divide between normie and outsider does exist and is p much obvious it does (the bell curve and stuff), but you heavily imply that you find normies to be below outsiders or that the content that they consume is lower quality in some way, that being accesible is inferior and that liking what the masses is cheap and not genius (i didnt fact check if u exactly said that and idk if that is is or was your actual opinion but i think that a view similar to that was heavily implied), i find a lot of problems with saying that. First of all, you have all the rights to say whatever opininon you have about popular media, you can say its garbage, empty, cheap, lacking of content, accesible, etc, and i think you can convince a lot of people that it is, but i think i can also argue that that is not always the case with every popular media and that being that way is not neccesarilly a bad thing, it just depends on taste and what every person prefers, something accesible can sacrifice some things like oversimplification, being comfortable, stagnant, etc, but not all people want a 30 min extensive analysis on eveyrthing, some people are new to subjects and want an easy to digest introduction to it, some people just dont care enough to go so in depht with everything, i know you may feel somewhat offended if they are saying something like that about a topic you really like but at the same time you have to understand that a lot of people have reasons to like certain "normie stuff", im all out for getting new people onto obscure stuff but at the end of the day everyone has the right to decide what they like or not, you may even enjoy some normie stuff too so even if you have the right to say that every normie thing is inferior, i find that it is a very naive view. Also, i think you really simplify the "divide", like it was this impenetrable binary, i think, i doubt there is really a full normie or a full outsider, i bet even you enjoy some stuff that is considered normie too, it reminds me of the "im not like other girls view", like someone cant be both in a way and that everything comes in extremes. (i was gonna try to write a coherent thing but i got tired and no one is gonna read this anyways so im gonna leave this as a jumbled mess)
1 likeR.I.P thisistheplan
2 likesThe background music is so familiar!! It's from a PSP game that I don't remember...can anyone remind me please and thank you
0 likesAh, yes, the internet truly is a place that I'll probably never learn to understand.
1 likeThere's weird kinds of porn, YouTubePoopers, TikTok skits, comic dubs, commentaries, movie reviews, MEMES, shit posts, repetitive Vine compilations, animations, GIFs, social justice warriors, people who rant about stuff they'll never do anything about, top 10 videos, gaming videos, advertisements, lazy reaction videos, weird commercials some random dude uploaded, Discord streams, roleplaying, FURRIES, VIDCON, racist fucks like Keemstar, DOWNWARD SPIRAL-
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Evan Dinosaur Don’t forget out sponsor RAID SHADOW LEGENDS
2 likes@Senator Armstrong
1 likeStop :)
Zac sesz WHAT ABOUT AFK ARENA?
0 likes@Zac sesz Okay, stop :|
0 likes@Senator Armstrong ALRIGHT, STOP, YOU'RE FREAKIN' ME OUT NOW! <:(
0 likesI wish my parents would stop using my cool catch phrases because when they do, my cool catch phrases aren't as cool any more. Stop it mom and dad. I want to keep saying the same shit over and over. Because I'm an outsider.
0 likes0:30 topical for all the wrong reasons
4 likesStill don't know if I'm a normie or not.
0 likesThis video is a fucking classic
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Vae Victis it's the only Content Cop made by someone else
2 likesCommon Zenoric i wish people would stop calling people's video the content cop of whatever. It's annoying.
2 likesVae Victis who cares if it's annoying. It's true.
1 likeCommon Zenoric you do know that, Youtubers including Idubbz find it annoying when call other people content, the content cop of whatever.
1 likeCommon Zenoric fine, Rocket boy
1 likeCommon Zenoric bye babe ;-)
0 likesVae Victis ;-)
1 like;-)
1 likeVae Victis Welcome to the internet.
1 likeNah it's kinda cringy
0 likesTrevor Phillips gtfo normie
1 likekhehehe~
Trevor Phillips OKAY~
1 likeActually, I saw this right around the time it came out, and looking back to rewatch, im still surprised at the amount of dislikes lol, this has some pretty valid points and is exceptionally edited.
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reason: the normies left dislikes then left imedietly
1 like0:30 welp, funny story about this now... hehe
7 likesNormies in 2030 : We the outsiders now
1 likeI love triple h
0 likesdrinking this video makes me want to watch bleach
0 likes10:07
1 like12:58
13:10
16:34
You scared my lizard
0 likes3:08 What internet education video is that from?
3 likesI don’t know about you guys but I feel bad for the guy
0 likesLiterally can't find that sempsins video because YouTube keeps showing aweful modern episodes and returns no results if I search for NunofYerbizness :(
0 likesI considered BTM a harmless channel, but after that video, wow. This really changed my mind. Thanks for that.
3 likesWhen pink Floyd's the trial was playing I subbed
1 like21:24 oh hell no
0 likesKind of weird how you talk about normies while also using WWE footage. I keep thinking to myself, "Does he think WWE is outside the Normie's viewpoint? Has this guy ever watch New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah, Pro Wrestling Guerilla, Lucha Underground or any other wrestling that's actually outside the box?" I guess things just get weird once you're into niches within niches, but it's why I never buy "Normies" as a hardline transition. You're a normie for one thing and an outsider for others.
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Ok
0 likesImagine it being 2 years and still not realizing the use of "normie" is satire
0 likesCarlitonsp1 Imagine thinking that WWE is for normies when it is the only reason you have your NJPW or PWG.
0 likesLove the content commenting for algorithm.
0 likesWhy is this in the NDRV3 ost playlist
1 likeThis video introduced me to Nirvana
0 likesyeah, im good without the sudden loud screams, thanks. I don't think I have to be part of normie culture to appreciate long lasting hearing and no headaches. Intentionally pissing people off, doesn't really count as good content either, since thats what you kept going on about.
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I would much rather have Earrape then tired out repetitive jokes for the 500th time or XD random memes that have no other properties than just being random.
3 likes@help help ear rape IS a tired out repetitive joke. And it was never particularly clever.
2 likesNormies ruin everything.
0 likesdanganronpa musics is soo good, don't you think?
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yea
0 likesI'm for free speech but things like Behind the Meme and the Daily Dot's meme department shouldn't exist
6 likes>be me
0 likes>imagine being you
Haha normie
I want to be mad at you but I cannot make myself
0 likesYou have officially earned the title of Meme Cardinal in my church
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Noah Burrow Nah, he's the Pope
7 likesI can't unsubscribe - I have subscribed, instead.
0 likesThing is, by just talking about him you've given him more attention that he wants.
28 likesAlso, the memes used here had already lost all their dank long before this video was made.
Anyone else saw this in Danganronpa v3 ost playlist?
1 likeMajority of normies don't care much about memes. They're just in it for the laughs, they see memes nothing more than just jokes to laugh at and relax at a Sunday night. That's why you still see people doing impact font memes in 2017. If the meme also turns out to be a current trend, then that's just a fucking bonus for them.
62 likesTo us however, our memes are obviously more than just mediums of humour. It's like a way of life, an alter ego of sort, and the memes fuel that ego.
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weed75 Black true,memes are love,memes are life
0 likescrTV Why is it always the ones with Anime profile pictures that have an attitude similar to yours?
10 likesI don't mean that as a bad thing, just an observation.
crTV Objectively, you're right. Memes are just repetitive jokes. But what you think about it is entire subjective and is just your point view.
11 likesDifferent people view memes differently. If everyone truly treated memes the same way, the 4channers wouldn't be making a fuss over the normies.
Impact font doesn't need to die because memes were created for laughs
0 likesPanQuakes It's objectively true that memes are just jokes, but there are people who treat memes like their alter ego or something. This is the same type of people who hate Behind the Meme. Same type of people who hate Facebook memes.
0 likesweed75 Black. Did you read what you typed down? If you say yes that means you're lying
0 likesStuff Here What's wrong with it?
0 likesInformational Satire: A genre mixed with true feeling and trolling to get a point across. Some people will take these claims at face value and argue against it, others will understand the point of the art and attempt at discussion. This is what separates us "human beings" as two separate think tanks each with their own subgroups.
4 likessee /AnyEpisodeOfSouthPark/Ever/
Yin and Yang people. Normies and Outsiderz. Understand The Meme.
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All absolutes are subject to starting an argument. Especially when ignorance is at play.
0 likesIt's also just a theory.
2 likesYouTube takes videos&comments way too seriously.
even when "Theory" is written in the title
(EDIT: There's so much truth in this damn video I cant help but watch it again and again)
Damn, I'm a few years late and all, but I'm a little disappointed Anthony didn't swing through and say "thanks for the kind words" or something. You really showed him a lotta love, kinda bummed he didn't show u some love back; I really like him and his opinions/reasons on why he did/didn't like a song/album/etc., but...IDK, hope he atleast PM'd you a "thanks for the love" comment or something.
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He did in his dms and also made a video mentioning this
2 likesHe did actually respond to this video...
0 likesOh word. My mistake then.
0 likes3000 B.C.E Indian caste system for civilization
61 likes2016 A.D Internet caste system for memes
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That in itself should be a meme.
0 likes20:43 Chris GAY gun mah boyyy
0 likesNow there is another problem. Ever since btm came the word normie has been everywhere. So now using the term is not only beating a dead horse, its blowing up the remains of a horse who was stabbed, sent to the sun, destroyed by nuclear fission, and fed to Godzilla twice. I may have been over dramatic but the point is that the word normie has lost its meaning.
257 likesEdit: more people seem to be complaining about the word becoming stale. I'm pretty sure in the near future complaining about normies saying normie will mean you're a normie. You just wait and see.
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It's like the word cringe
30 likesUr Boi Truth has been spoken
3 likesliterally
2 likesUr Boi True.
2 likesUr Boi The word "normie" is always used by normies now
4 likes7th subscriber why?
5 likesHe got fissioned then fusioned to get beat up some more
1 likei was going to say "this comment is so meta" but I'm pretty sure I got that from a video about memes.
0 likesMountainC yes
1 likeGood.
0 likesUr Boi well he did say he was gonna use the word normie a lot in the video
0 likesUr Boi Using a word isn't beating a dead horse?
0 likesSo what word do we use now?
1 likeFruitpunch that's exactly the problem
1 likewhy is this in the danganronpa v3 ost playlist
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Yeah wth
0 likesThis is a trial after all.
1 likeWhat if I enjoy normie shit, and outsider shit?
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cancer
1 like@Ash walter
0 likesthis man is the cliche character who speaks the truth and deserves recognition but gets ignored
30 likes(sadly)
some day this man will lead the anit-normie army
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He is the Karl Marx of memes
8 likesScootssayy um excuse me sweetie but Tyrone will wage war against all normies
0 likesEM Lemonk crisscross applesaucing 🏋️
0 likesAnd now he's pretending to commit suicide.
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Woah, you can order a subscription that has a comet filled with sewage and apple cider
8 likesxX_ LongTailKitCat3333 _Xx
13 likesWha.?......
his channel has fully changed all his recent videos aren't as they used to be
3 likeswe changed him...
we turned him into a monster...
@D I V I N E B E I N G He could not take the criticism others were giving, he could have understood what he was doing wrong and change his methods in a more positive way, but instead he decided to guilt the people who criticized him by making the edgy videos
27 likes@adleZ yup like did you see the last video he posted? it disgusts me
1 likeThen we should make him actually do it
0 likesThen let's make him actually do it
0 likesadleZ I mean,it was more than critism
0 likesWhen you want people to show how you feel but you don't want to actually Kermit sewer side
0 likesthe unknown we made him do it and kiyru, will send hate to him
0 likesLooking back, I think people were being too hard on behind the meme.
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I mean, not really.
1 likeIf by "too hard" you mean behind the meme faking suicide and depression then no, they weren't too hard.
complains about normies
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uses the yee meme
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SillyBobby nyan cat troll face
0 likesyee
3 likesXD
0 likesW H A T S W R O N G W I T H Y E E
18 likeswell fuck, you actually got me there.
0 likesDoes nobody realize BTM made a video about YEE or is it suddenly not a bad thing anymore when BTM makes videos about something? I don't get it.
0 likesWho's "Leeeroy Nyenkins"?
0 likesWe did it boys! BTM is no more!
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@Arceus Bowser 212 combien de kantanas avez-vous?
0 likes@Arceus Bowser 212 lmao I'm guessing you're not the brightest bulb in the chandelier
1 likeMy man, this had an excellent selection of music.
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I was about to give up hope on my search for a like-minded commenter.
2 likesCome, we've much to discuss.
Normies... any relation to "Pinks"? Oh... Praise "Bob"!
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What
1 likeI laughed when he said outsiders only settle for intelligent humour when half of memes are shitposts, honestly I wish people would start embracing that memes are actually terrible and is the lowest and most pathetic source of comedy.
9 likesI love how everyone says "What is he doing wrong?". WATCH THE FUCKING VIDEO.
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Yes!
5 likesAlso, how come the whole comment section is people complaining about the video, yet they constantly mention about how much they didn't bother to watch it?
Perhaps it's time to start discussing the Normie Question. Maybe we can scare them away?
2 likesI love you grandpa
0 likesI’m normaphobic.
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Me too
0 likesYay, BTM is gone.
1 likeI once started watching his videos like an idiot, and didn't note it was misinformed.
Now that I notice BTM is destroying memes, well. I stray away from him.
I researched more about memes, and know more about them.
I somewhat like reading.
Some stuff may slip off my memory, but seeing the content again just manages to refresh it.
I heard that the Hitler marching with his soldiers, um. "Parody" was just to shame him. It seems that this may have caused problems with Hitler itself.
Ah, Kekcroc. It's a rumored unreleased game. One of the reasons it doesn't exist it's because it has KEK on it. KEK is literally a laugh that 4chan created.
Also I researched about rick--- ahem, DUCKroll when I noticed it sounded like Robo's Theme from Chrono Trigger.
As a certain teacher said to me, knowledge is ｐｏｗｅｒ．
told me to unsubscribe uh oh guess im subscribing now
0 likesAnd I thought iFunny was bad, memes go there to die, and Behind the Meme is the one who files the report, Spongegar and Harambe are the absolute best examples, I advise you not to ever take a trip to "iFunnyland"
4 likesYes okay but why is this on the danganronpa v3 ost playlist?
0 likesSo outsiders do not like normies, because normies make outsiders to not feel special and unique anymore, within the memes society?
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MC Albert Einstein pretty much
4 likesThe whole point of memes is to copy the same old joke anyway. This seems to be 'I know a joke but you don't! That makes me feel important!'
2 likesLike hell does it even really matter? It's a clip of crash bandicoot saying woah, it's light hearted fun, you don't need to get upset over it.
+Morkney oh these people need to get upset by it. They define themselves by getting upset at this nonsensical shit
0 likesMC Albert Einstein
1 likeI think the real Einstein would agree with that statement if he knew about all this
It's no different from fake fans within fandoms. They experience the bare minimum of content, yet act like they're experts about it.
2 likesHibub Games
0 likesI have failed intelligence
7:52 murdoc
0 likesThis dude is looking like admiral akbar
0 likes23:13 holy shit
2 likes"Behind The Meme" is where Normies who don't know or care about memes and 4chan go to find relevant content to post on Twitter.
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You don't know that
2 likesMr.Dr.Professor Toaster twitter and 9gag
1 likeIt hurts to read this comment
1 likebehind the meme litteraly has to do "research" to figure out what a meme
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He uses know your meme for his research, yes its research, but not adequate research.
0 likesDylanPickleGaming "I want to find out something, but rather than searching for the source and being exposed to the purest form of what I am researching, which would make my research more accurate, I'm going to go to a second party, that has outdated articles and overgeneralises, and then I will proceed to overgeneralise the already overgeneralised." Do you see the problem here?
0 likesIwona Kaplon I
0 likesA Guy who likes stuff yes
0 likesMy only complaint is that "we" should be capitalized.
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and "is", I guess.
0 likes@Nate Ashbrook Fine. What about "The" and "We"?
0 likes🧖🏾♂️
0 likesSo using ear rape every five seconds somehow makes you an "outsider"? Never knew it was that easy.
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Yes, because it's a great way to alienate a mature audience.
49 likesIf alternate media is supposed to be a cringy collection of ear rape and pubescent rage, then I think I'll go back to mainstream media then.
32 likesno rejecting main stream media makes you one.
2 likesLegacyGaming ok your decision m8. Just stay out if you dont like it.
2 likesIts natural selection.
1 likeLegacyGaming those two arent related to eachother, nor were they implied in the video.
3 likesAbsolutely not. I feel as though there has become an even blurrier distinction, but if you're an "outsider" _you will know_. It is not following meme pages on Instagram, I'll tell you that.
0 likesUsing ear rape every five seconds makes you a normie. Making an original dank meme makes you an outsider.... yeah not the book tho ;)
0 likesI could argue some of these comments, but I won't. I think 223 likes and counting speak for themselves.
0 likesLegacyGaming well aren't you on a high horse. shouldn't let fake internet points get to your head
1 likeLegacyGaming if executed properly, yes
1 likeguess you didnt make it past the first ten minutes
1 likeI feel like the terminology and mindset behind this should be changed
1 likeThe idea that liking niche or unpopular things makes you better than other people is some serious cringe hipster shit.
WOW!
0 likesAh yes, my favorite Danganronpa V3 song
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it's the mine too
0 likes50% of people in the comments are with him (including me) 49% of the comments are defending behind the meme 1% of the comments is why isn't the simpsons green?
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What about the percentage of comments screaming about normies?
2 likes50% are with his hate inciting video against a bigger channel
1 likeFlagged
Guilherme Branco lol...so defensive. It's okay BehindTheNormie fan...everything will be okay.
0 likesElitism intensifies.
0 likesWhy so much dislikes? Did his fans bombard your video?
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no, behind the meme got slammed with death threats and doxxes after this video came out. he hasnt posted for 2 years and im pretty sure he faked a suicide at one point.
1 like@stuckonaslide hope they are okay
2 likeswell shit i dont think earrape is funny guess im a normie
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No it doesn’t
0 likesI thought this video was just hating on a new group of people entering a community, but I'm gladly wrong.
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And you’re gladly wrong!
4 likes9:46 hey kids
3 likesHEY I LIKE YOUR VIDEOS,BUT GOD CREATED THIS UNIVERSE,MAN AND EVERYTHING HERE THAT MAN HAS MADE, THE BIG BANG THEORY IF ANY PLANET WAS OUT OF ALINEMENT WED BE OFF COURSE ,ALL THIS DIDNT COME OUT OF AN EXPLOSION,WE DIDNT EVOLE FROM THE SEA OR FROM MONKEYS
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Stop this, stop forcing religion on other people. I know your thinking your doing good, but you aren't helping anyone
0 likes"I know how to use the caps lock so I must be intelligent"
0 likesWhat the hell are you talking about
0 likes@GoldenChainy I think he's trying to say god created the universe and that the big bang never happened. So basically religious shit
0 likesWhy was this in Danganronpa V3 OST?
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I found this video in the same way lol
0 likes@Simone Politi same
0 likes"a video has been discovered!"
2 likesI'm a simple man
8 likesSomeone writes intelligent comment about how gatekeeping memes is bad
I write shut up normie
I'm hilarious I know
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ok normie 👌
8 likesYou litterally called me a normie in another thread when I was saying gatekeeping is good
2 likes@John Doe Did you reply a whole day later because you were salty over some youtube thread lol
1 like@LW yes
0 likes@John Doe ok
0 likesMan, your taste in music is soo amazing. Also, very good analysis.
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I guess your true!
6 likesYeah, when Led Zeppelin started my jaw really dropped!
2 likesG.O.A.T.
0 likesUm... why is this in the danganronpa v3 ost
1 likeHOLY SHIT DUDE. You have become my FAVORITE youtuber since you put Gates Of Delirium by Yes in this video.
1 likePlease don’t say I’m the only one who recognized Awful Fawful...
1 likeLOL EmpLemon been makin' YTP for 7 years, knows his shit, still has crippling downward spiral. So much for his Dino allegory.
3 likesbruh mama memes
0 likesEar rape... ow
0 likesthis video is very 2017
0 likeswhy the fuck is this in the danganronpa v3 ost playlist
1 likea half hour rant about memes. now this is the kind of content that should be trending😂😂😂😂😂👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿 mememememememememem
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Cheeb Fork not sure if using emojies ironicly or normie
14 likesOr, you know, spam a bunch of emojies due to the fact that you really want to see the Emoji Movie and want to be accepted because your to insecure about your own isolation from the internet and others so you do what you see a metric crap-ton of people are doing because it's "Hip and Cool." Take ya normie friends outta da picture and what da ya got? Answer: A sad and abandoned individual who can't be their own self.
0 likesi do wath tv and play mostly mainstreem games but im a FURRY so im a outsiders WHY ITS VERY ODD furry haters are normies
0 likesYt unsubbed me from you :(
4 likesOUTSIDER GANG!
1 likeI like the channel, but you are acting as if you have such high brow tastes; and you produce something appropriately named after poop
5 likesStill one of the biggest mic drops
6 likesWait this isn't danganronpa v3 ost
1 likeBut he quit YouTube with makes me feel bad for him
3 likesWhat is this reply section
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@Mercury
1 likeEh i yes it wasn’t much of an effort but at least it had charm
Also wait what this was supposed to be a reply to another comment not an actual comment
@Mercury he didnt just failed, he became the internet laughing stock cuz he made normie meme videos? does he really deserve all the hate?
0 likesbtm also gave away his address! :)
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Wtf why bro
0 likes@Kattagory idk.
0 likesI have no idea if I'm a normie but I don't give a fuck, I really enjoyed this video, thank you good sir
7 likesblank banshee
0 likesGape from silvermania :D
0 likesOut of all the things you can gatekeep you choose memes something you'll forget about in a year?
6 likessssss HHHHH sssss HHHHH , all CAPS when you spell his NAME, Emp >:(
0 likes20:04
0 likesAnd can we take a moment to talk about how freaking pewDiePie is killing Memes with his stupid meme review. Exposing them to all of those Normie’s
5 likesI love your content primarily for the music. Of course, the content itself is top notch, but the music makes it so much better! Gran Turismo ost? Led Zeppelin?! What more could guy ask for!
2 likesThinking explaining memes can help the memevironment is like trying to better an economy by printing more unsupported money.
1 likeDon't make enemies of content creators or the viewers. But if nothing else, _if nothing else, _ don't Fuck With 4chan. They have a reputation for being Merciless and Effective.
6 likesOne of my favourite things about this channel is the great music he uses
0 likes+100 cool points for playing Led Zeppelin's" when the levee breaks"
2 likesWhen everyone is a memer no one is
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soviet Russia why?
3 likeswhen everyone is human noone is
4 likesMEME REVIEW by PewDiePie is much more effective than a lot of formal meme reviews because he doesn’t really try to explain them. He really watches them with his audience and compiles them, which may seem basic and useless, but he actually does a good job representing a variety of memes as they actually are, not just how he interprets and analyzes them.
1 likeAlso he generates some of his own sort of YouTube Poop.
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Joe Ryan You've gotta be joking. Pewdiepie makes low effort"meme review" content that only saturates the memescape with more and more normies, along with killing all of them. I understand he has to upload daily so he can't make the best content, but that by no means excuses him.
3 likesMe: I always thought- you were Behind the Meme!
11 likesEmperor Lemon: o.O So did I!
What if memes are becoming normie.
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You will send them to the gulags , then.
50 likesTop 10 anime betrayals we should’ve seen coming
37 likesThat's not how memes are supposed to work.
9 likesWow, such wisdom dear leader!
1 likeThey are
14 likescough cough TikTok
6 likesSadly they have
11 likesGood memes are becoming rarer by the day
6 likesNef36 Memes and normie culture are not concepts that opposed to eachother.
0 likesSoMeThInGs WrOnG i CaN fEeL iT
0 likesIf memes have become normie, then we shall find new holy land, defend it from those Normie’s for as long as we can. We will find new land.
0 likes@Fluffynator my point is that they're not broadly "normie" or niche. To state one way or the other misses the point, since memes are an inherent part of internet culture as a whole. What non normies get mad at is when normies steal their memes, making what was once an inside joke low effort shitpost fodder.
2 likes@Fluffynator I'm not saying anything bad is happening; you're missing the point of what I'm saying. What I said about how outsiders feel is completely incidental.
0 likesWe’ve come full circle
0 likesI like how this video exploded in popularity with normies.
3 likesThis meme format:
805 likesNormies: 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
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omfg lmfao i am dying. help. 😀😁😂🤣
36 likesYou did the funny!
20 likesNormies: 😊🙂😂🙂🤑🙂😊🙂😌😙😘🙂😊🙃😃🙂😆😘🙂😊😀🙃😍🙃😛🙃🙃
58 likesSERIOUSLY THOUGH PEOPLE STOP SPAMMING EMOJIS IT MAKES THE COMMENT EITHER LESS FUNNY OR HARDER TO TAKE SERIOUSLY WHEN IT'S SPAMMING CRYING EMOJIS ON A PUPPY RESCUE VIDEO
ONE OR TWO EMOJIS ARE FINE, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ONE FUCKING CENTILLION
sorry for that little rant I couldn't help myself
@Ultimate Thot Slayer • 999 years ago No amount of emojis are ok.
29 likes@DaeDreaming Hail ASCII!
14 likesNobody:
42 likesNot a single soul:
Not even fuck this fORMAT I HATE IT FUCKIGNGDDW
@shrynk pretty sure they were being ironic
2 likes@shrynk sorry
0 likesNobody:
33 likesNo one:
Still nobody:
Not a single soul:
Not even your mom:
Not even Minecraft Steve:
Not even Keanu Reeves:
Not even Shaggy:
Not even Ugandan Knuckles:
Not even Thanos:
Not even Reddit:
Not even Big Chungus:
Not even Pewdiepie:
Not even surprised Pikachu:
Not even MrBeast:
Not even Area 51 aliens:
Not even Grandayy:
Not even Jacksepticeye:
Not even anti vax moms:
Not even coronavirus:
Not even Doge:
Not even Instagram normies:
Lego City guy: HEY!
WHOLESOME 100
SNEAK 100
MEME 100
MINECRAFT 100
BIG CHUNGUS 100
[Everyone liked that.]
We don't do that here
Holy shit you fucking killed her dude
Because that's what heroes do
Say sike right now
A small price to pay for MINECRAFT
@DaeDreaming what about obamium?
4 likesQuickscope One Eighty XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
5 likesBut I like emojis tho. I hated them but over time I've learned to like them. I even have a 😂 throw pillow.
6 likesSource: sh*tposter on /pol/ & /o/.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAG FUNNYYYYY YOU DID THE FUNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
3 likesAnd then you get the
4 likes“So true 😂🤣”
Broooooo this is so dank you can't say that 😂👌🔥🔥🔥🔥
1 likeNormies legit laugh so hard when they see a :
3 likesEmoji spamming makes me want to die. It’s annoying as hell.
2 likesHAHAHAH U SAID NORMIES SOO FUUNNY 😐
2 likes@dieguito dieguito it isn’t supposed to be funny
2 likes@Estebann wdym it was totally it got me laughing my ass out
2 likes@dieguito dieguito nice
3 likes@Estebann ikr
1 likeNo no he's got a point
4 likesEdit1: thanks for the gold kind stranger!
Edit2: omg Thanks for the updoots my wifes boyfriend is proud of me!
Someone 234 rip
1 likeYou say or make anything mildly funny and then the normies go
1 like😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😁😀😀😂😀😂😀😂😁😀😂😀😁😀😁😀😀😁😂😀😂😁😀😂😁😀😂😁😀😂😁😀😂😀😁😋😋😋😋😋😋🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
Nobody:
1 likeNobody:
lmao imagine thinking liking comic book characters makes you not a normie. in 2019 and even in 2017 when this video was made, comic book movie are the norm
1 likethis is a masterpiece of cultural analysis
15 likesAnd now we face the extinction of mammals, memes are dying and all of the culture is being corrupted. It seems we've come full loop and the normies are the outsiders, and the outsiders are the normies.
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Thesis and antithesis gone wrong.
0 likesImagine a world where every word ever written, every picture ever painted and every film ever shot could be viewed instantly at your home via an information super highway.
5 likesAn unregulated meme economy will regulate itself.
1 likeBruh we all know Hitler was the OG outsider and YouTube poop maker.
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Yes I am homie
2 likesIt's 2019 as I type this and I just checked behind the memes channel and its gone waaay down hill, he doesn't post behind the meme vids no more but posts things like "the cops came to my house for my videos" or " I bought my 89 grandmother a sex toy" he's now doing click bait shit because his channel died and he's desperately trying to get relevancy. He even has "I FEEL LEFT OUT" video as his opening ad on his channel.
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Thunder Wolf The "I feel left out" one was the introduction of his usual content back in the day, not right now.
0 likesi still believe in old school meme format.
0 likeschange my mind, im living the future, ive seen.
On the day this was posted is when I decided to finally change my life around by asking that girl to Prom. We are now engaged.
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Congratulations mate
5 likesSeriously, GG.
0 likesWait, so meme-makers are non-normies?
0 likesWell, I guess because I hate memes I'm a normie.
I think chris ray gun said it best when he compared the internet to rdr2 with the death of the wild wild west, to think we're gonna one of the last generations to remember the "free" internet, we're the old gaurd, the dying breed, the gunslingers, the death of one of the few last remaining cultures untouched by the "main stream". But people like you, Anthony, pewds, pyro, Dolan, grandayy, chris ray gun and many other meme lords (if any one else can think of any more pls reply)...you guys give me hope...you guyz really care about the culture...
1 likeChapter VI
1 likeBehind the Meme vs 4chan
Even though I don’t know what happened to Behind the Meme, I already know he’s fucked by that point
I really liked this video, however, I hate the ear rape thing. I do think It can be funny when used in the right context, but it seems like it's used way to often. Similar to a loud noise and a jump scare in a horror movie, It gets a instant primal response that you have little to no control over.
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Have you seen EmpLemon's channel. His most popular video is a one consisting of earrape and edits; a youtube poop.
0 likesIt's not bragging when you can back it up.
4 likes22:51 Interesting observation on the T-Series vs PewDiePie situation.
22 likesMy friend told me to stop being critical of his art. I said "Are you on your period?" I'm kind of a prick I know.
5 likesI haven't seen behind the meme in a freaking long time
0 likesnot sure if it was good or bad
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Trust me it sucked
1 like@BBDC, you're right
0 likes"An outsiders language" Translated from Wingdings.
53 likesI know I'm late
We gonna mention how it wasnt even behind the meme didnt even respond to it himself and had his mom do it
0 likeshis music editing and splising skils is on point
0 likesWait, then why is it called meme insider, not meme outsider?
1 likemy favorite part is when he says funding is provided by FUCKING NO ONE!
1 likeJust like papa franku saif in the world of the internet ignorance is a choice and they're still choosing ignorance
2 likesWow full circle... Pixar=normi ...but you been there... Typ, uncredible ...its the same argument, you as an outside elder know its like coming of age when "just trying to do you" hits the wall of "we have been doing this" that guy will learn or burn. Hiphop has the same sort of problems. "Keeping it real" making deals... He cant defend his actions, its kind of like giving 4th place gold medals... They must evolve n grow... Not drop the bar.
1 likefinally, some good content
4 likesBruh, having when the levee breaks kicks in is great
0 likesYou’re doing gods work man, channels like this are why I have hope for society. I don’t agree with all your political views... but you steam a good ham.
2 likes11:10 Oh man! You had to hit me hard with that Midnight Club 3 music oof hit me right in the feels...
0 likesThank you Thank you very much for open my eyes and make me understand what going on (im know it 1 year late)
1 likeAnd you make me interesting in history again.
Behind the meme supporters disliked
5 likes0:23 MY MOTHER FUCKING MEMES
3 likesbehind the meme has done this for 3 years
0 likesWhen you load up a save file of an old game you haven't played in a long time and you can't remember how to play and your in the middle of the game but you try are damn hardest to beat the level
9 likesLEEROY JENKINS!!!!!!!
We need to do a renaissance of memes and revive the meme culture like it was before the normies invaded
1 like18k normies watched this, can't find a single one in the comments.
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Nah just people that dont like Anthony Fagtano
3 likesLook in a mirror
0 likesJk I'm just teasting you haha
Now it's 19k holy shit
3 likesyeah u can criticize his yt channel for being 'cringy' and all, but did he really deserve the hate? i mean it's not he harmed anyone or caused actual trouble to anyone.
18 likes@Jason rogers Nah I ain't sayin' anything bad about emp lemon, I love this guy, you must've misunderstood.
2 likes@Gladius Draco I have understood i was very mad because i got hacked
0 likesI'm here man.
0 likeshe responded to the hacker known as "4chan" that guys crazy!
1 like4:09
0 likesAs soon as I heard John bohnom, I just knew that shit just got real
See an emp lemon video in the feed, watch, subscribe. Halfway through video, unsubscribe because emp asked you to. Rinse, repeat.
1 likeHe was correct. Now memes die in a few weeks. Even Days!
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AbodyAbdalluh these days are really bad
2 likes@LLHAMMER nobody I'm bout to end this whole man's carea stonks
1 likeI've realised how hypocritical we are as people. If you play shooter games, you've probably made fun of a squeaker or two, which we all were at some point. If you play TF2 you've probably made fun of an F2P, which we've all been at some point. If you're an outsider, you probably make fun of normies, which we've all been at some point.
0 likesVideo about normies posted
0 likesEmp Lemon: IT,S A TRAP!
Video posted by Behind the Meme
6:00 FUCK YEA! KING CRIMSON!!!
2 likesInternally singing "my time" as it plays in the video.
0 likesMost great things gets killed from the inside out from the outside.
3 likesI was half way through thinking it was done. But there was more. Might as well get candy and sit down and relax.
0 likesThe concept memes have been around since 1976 look it up. Https are from the early 2000
1 like13:46 love how the background music is from one of the old midnight club games...or at least that's where I heard that from...it was dub edition
2 likesI think somebody went through and reported all the BTM comments, I looked really far down in the comments and saw none
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An_Annoying_Cat BTM?
0 likes@Noah May
3 likesI'm guessing comments in support of BTM?
The fact that someone had all that time and dedication to do such a thing both scares and enthralls me.
@Chris Bartek I think I was confused as to what BTM meant. But it's just Behind The Meme.
7 likesI do think however that it is, as they say, a dick move. It's censoring people expressing your opinion, and if you try to defend BTM in any slight way, you just get called a normie chad yourself.
@Noah May yeah u agree. i mean uh epic reddit fortnite bad minecraft good keanu reeves moment
0 likesThis video made me understand how dark&creepy is the internet to share the hate of another contents wildly like this.
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This isn't hate, this is useful criticism about how a certain channel is poorly explaining and misinforming people about memes. Emp's showing reasons why BTM'S videos are problematic rather than showing actual hate.
2 likesAlthough the calling out snowballed into a hate trai, but Emp condemned the hate and even apologized. He wasn't the one encouraging the hate.
0 likes13:30 actually funny
1 likeok this channel has me SOLD to the Car analogy joke X )
0 likes"When I was just a kitten, They said I'd be a gem, but now that I'm a Cheshire Cat, It's odd how odd I am"
0 likesCheshire Cat
21:12 best part
0 likesHoly shit it’s been 2 years
3 likesThis video cured my epilepsy
0 likesDid you know Anthony Fantano is a professional music?
1 likeHonestly "normie" sounds like something a poser would say.
1 likeBest part (12:53)
0 likes3:20 Love the Gt4 soundtrack In the background
2 likesI find memes extremely annoying.
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Some are, some aren't.
4 likes@Inversion yes. I guess that the fact that they are repeated to death is the thing that makes them annoying to me.
2 likes@Nikola Krastev Although many are enjoyable before it's overused.
2 likes@inversion man you have a fortnite pp and you except to be respected
0 likes@ELCHEESEBURGER Yeah. It's my brother's account who doesn't even play fortnite anymore. Besides, I can woooosh people by saying negative statements about fortnite.
1 like@Inversion fortnite bad
1 like@LLHAMMER This is just circlejerking. Fortnite even isn't that bad. Except for the giant skill curve.
0 likesdoes anyone have the timestamps for the music?
0 likesSomebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
6 likesI ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey, now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now wait 'til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The water's getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire. How about yours?
That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored
Hey, now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
Hey, now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars
Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place
I said yep, what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey, now, you're an all star, get your game on, go play
Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
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1 likeWe need to buy Sicily.
0 likesBTM hasn't posted anything in 9 months, is he okay? Do an ASOT interview or something Emp
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Maxbotnick yea
0 likesThat's just what he does
0 likesAfter two years, this video still holds up.
0 likesOh so when behind the meme steals meme review from Anthony Fantano, he gets criticized, but when pewdiepie literally steals the name as well as the concept he's praised and everybody thinks that he's funny. Not defending behind the meme I'm just realizing how pewdiepie isn't treated the same way
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Agreed
1 likePewDiePie stole the name of Fantano's show which he deserves criticism for, but he didn't misinform people about memes.
1 like@Inversion Most got on the hate train just for lolz too.
1 likeBlank banshee! you like Objectively good music.
0 likesSo he is ruining memes by trying to explain them? but i am on your side because he faked suicide
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BTM misinformed people about memes.
2 likesInversion ohh yeah that would be pretty bad huh
1 likeGreat vid but PLEASE... SPARE MY EARS
1 likeDo you think Avengers: Endgame is normie material? Even though it started from comics, I can't help but think it's become normie material.
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What? People who don't accept memes and watch Endgame for it being mainstream, and only mainstream are true normies.
0 likesOf course it is normie material. But that doesnt make it a bad movie.
4 likesmeme economy
2 likesAn outsider, just like everyone else
0 likesWhat about the amphibians or the birds?
1 likeoh wait birds evolved from dinosaurs
But what about amphibians?
This video is my ascension point.
0 likesis liking monster girl quest honestly and openly considered normie or outsider (its a good hentai game)
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Depends on the quality and in some ways, obscurity.
0 likes@Noah Fessenden undertale ripped it off and the creator never mentioned it obscure af just because its a hentai
1 likeAt the time when they were putting out videos I was subscibed to both and honestly, although I prefered Fantano's show, I thought he was being a dick in criticising Meme Review. After looking back at their formulaic content and marry poppins Romper Room naration, I kinda agree more with Fantano.
0 likesI admit there's alot about meme culture that I don't understand and sometimes having Normie explanation is helpful. I came to 4chan through Encyclopedia Dramatica- those guys I understand, but sometimes, usually, I look at a page of 4chan and go "this looks interesting and informative, but I really don't know what I'm looking at.
Audio balance : ear rape
0 likes26:00 good morning the worm your honor #empsachad
0 likes10:58 THE WALL
1 likerip meme review
1 likeearrape my voice because i can't yell or i'll wake my parents up
0 likesEmpLemon's BTM Rant viewers then raid BTM videos mentioned in this video
0 likes6:10 rap snitches tell em all yo business
2 likesexplaining memes is very normie
0 likesVery unique? Dude... you lost me.
0 likesThats the music from Midnight Club 3 you scallywag
0 likesYou know what they say? If you can't do, teach
0 likes12:53 I come back to the video just for this
0 likesWas that triple h 1st theme at the start??
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Yes
0 likesI was a normie for a good two years just because I started memes in 2011 was a normie from 2015 to 2016 not because I was a normie but because I watched behind the meme every now and then
1 likevery good soundtrack
0 likesknow your meme is boring emplemon is cool because he has creativity and kym don't
1 likeMy ears are fine.
1 likeI can unsub but I love you too much.
0 likesYou can tell that this guy wasn't very popular in high school 😂
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Even if he wasn't popular in highschool, look at his popularity on youtube right now. When you achieved absolutely nothing in life, probably sitting around and watching videos, emplemon has inspired and entertained many; millions of people with his high quality highly researched videos.
5 likes@iiopas I fuck with Emp bro chill I was just making a joke😂
4 likes@Jerrel Lmao What's with the emojis?
0 likes@Inversion the laughing emoji shows that I'm joking bro
1 like@Jerrel Lmao Okay, thanks for the explanation.
1 likeDeliver Us is the best YtP
0 likesGood... he’s gone.
0 likesThis was 2 years ago! Holy shit
0 likesPersonally, idgaf. I don’t agree with how Behind the meme handled his hate. I understand that Normies are typically attracted to him because they don’t understand the og source. But I find his videos rather amusing. Not because they’re “AMAZING BLOCKBUSTERS” no it’s not the best formula and no it’s not necessarily good but it’s amusing to say the least. I can understand both sides, but I’m staying in the middle. And it’s not like there’s some things he doesn’t understand, he’s just a normie. There’s some jokes that fly over my head. And some crap that flies over others like Danganronpa jokes (those “weird TikTok poses” for example).
5 likesI will never fucking use earphones on your videos
0 likesGood video
0 likesLiked the inception music
0 likesWow dude you're so special, I wish I could be a special outsider snowflake like you
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normie
5 likesliberal
0 likeswhy the hell does everyone have that profile picture i keep seeing it everywhere
1 likeEthfan Agnin Lmao u clown
3 likesIt was actually pretty kinky
0 likesEthfan Agnin just letting you know, sleeping with my mom isn't gonna bring your hairline back. It won't bring your husband back either
2 likes@Zenshmuck that was a little uncalled for
0 likesOf all of the poops to showcase, BTM shows the fossil of YTP. Could've shown Skeleington's Revenge: a poop that follows a dramatic story with multiple sources, Deliver Us: one of the most surreal poops currently on Youtube, or even Mashed Bandicoot: a modern poop that utilized poopisms to have a hilarious plot, to show how much YTP's have evolved from Hot on our tails and the Spahdinners. But doing research is hard and hurts.
3 likesthis is the most normie shit ive ever heard in my life HAHAFACSFS WHAT THE FUCKKK
0 likesyou have a similar voice to behind the meme
1 likeThe internet was a mistake.
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Yet your on it.
0 likes@Blake Schultz My on what?
0 likesYou have fantastic taste in gaming music.
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And a fantastic taste in music in general
7 likesI'VE GOT TWICE THE yee
1 likeWatching this again makes me miss Anthony Fantano...
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Toad Bros Even though his main channel is still up?
1 likeI know, but I still miss those teeth.
50 likessame
0 likesToad Bros why did he delete the meme review and were is cal. I miss both real bad.
0 likesTony D We all miss Cal.
0 likesi hope he comes back this year, we need to know what happened to anthony fantano in the deep fried dimension
0 likesTony D + YouTube took his meme review channel down
0 likesSilver Blade, no, youtube never monetized his videos, even if they were unlisted. He assumed that they put him on an automatic blacklist where his videos would never be monetized. As a result of YouTube's shit, he unlisted all of the videos on the channel, meaning you can still watch them if you have a link to them
3 likesPeachyAlexFTW + actually his other channel got taken down because of some fake controversy
1 likeFrom what I heard, it was because he was apparently supporting the alt-right or something along those lines.
0 likesNothony Normietano
0 likesSo you also know about WWE
1 like.....mmmm delicious rap snitch knishes
0 likesSilly EmpLemon, using terms like "normie" and "outsider". We have new terms for those now. It's Kekistani's for outsiders, and Cuckistani's for normies.
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Caprikel hail our Lord kek
6 likestop kek
4 likesWatch out everyone! People are getting angry.
3 likesI love comment sections so much I married it IKR
1 likeCaprikel What's the point? Those terms will die out in some time either way...
0 likesMemes are like consumables. They have a Best Before: sign.
RIP thatistheplan
0 likesI think that modern memes are just as good as the old ones but when normies start walking around in real life saying them all the time and it turns into a "catchy phrase" that makes you want to take your ears and burn them off
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[terrible wendy's commercial]
1 likeGod, that Wendy's meme commercial was the start of it all.
0 likes15:36 o dear patrick is blackfacing again
0 likesYour content reminds me of when I was always on YouTube strolling though YouTube poops and laughing my head off for no reason lmao.
3 likesI been watching your content and idk why I haven't found you sooner, this channel is so original and I agree with most of your opinions.
Damn man,god bless your meme knowledge. If only it was 2016 and Ytp's were still going....you would be a legend...even though you ARE.
6 likesWhat is this behind the ma ma. is that a Facebook group?
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Jdsjxjsjakk hello george
0 likesFirst rule of the internet friend:
57 likesWhen you take it serious, you lose
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Whitestell thank you
0 likesOh shit
0 likesR E K T!
0 likesWrong. That used to be true, but not anymore.
0 likesI mean, apparently if you take it so seriously that you think mean comments are harassment, you can make quite a bit of money off of well meaning idiots, so i suppose like button is right, that has changed.
0 likes3:48 ...just sayin.....
0 likesPink FLOYD
0 likesD Ø Ш И Ш А Я D $ Р I Я А L
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I T ' S И З У Е Я Ф G Я Э
71 likes⍼ downward spiral.
8 likes﴾ paste that symbol into ms word with a bigger font size ﴿
£ И Ф U 9 Н 1 $ € N Ø Ц G H
30 likesBrandon Salgeuro why the Russian letters?
5 likes@Name a yellow fruit Orange Why not
12 likesSTAIR
19 likesCASE
RIGHT INTO
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Doshishayad $piyaal
1 likeSolid album.
9 likesBrandon Salgeuro doshishayad dollarsignriyaal? mate please don't use ruski symbols as makeshift english characters, if you want an asythetic then google up that vaporwave font.
5 likesi ' M S w E a t I N g L I k e i ' M I n a r A v E
5 likesBrandon Salgeuro ＭＥＭＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣ
1 likeUpward staircase?
0 likesS E N T E N C E S H W I F T H I N G
0 likesI'm Ukrainian and I НАТЕ ЯЦЗЗІАИ 1ЕТТЕЯЗ
7 likes$ Є Є К ! N G A T T Є И T Ю N $ Р I Я А L
0 likes@Little Leonard ITS IZUEYA FGYAE
0 likesdont type like that
what if behind the meme became a meme, and destroyed himself
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I'm imagining it now... him making a video about his own channel, and then his subscribers spamming Behind the Meme all over the Internet, killing the meme within 24 hours.
0 likes4:08 ayyy when the levee breaks
0 likesI hope he responds to this video, it would be hilarious
29 likesAlso I love these videos they're so entertaining
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HEHEHE this joke isn't funny nice >:]
0 likesI like Emp, but this video comes off as highly condescending.
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@Маджик Ман Magic Man
0 likesIt's smug aura mocked me.
'Using' the memes they created. As if it's legal property. Smh
2 likesBEHIND THE MEME theory: how EmpLemon is ruining the normiescape as we know it
4 likes16:24 I have a problem
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what problem?
0 likes20:06
1 like18K 13 year old normies wearing supreme shirts disliked this video.
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Supreme is dead lol
4 likes@demonsako Yeah but you know what I mean. The type of kid that wore that shit when it was "cool".
20 likes@An_Annoying_Cat Calm down, you are just insulting some comment that is several months old.
3 likesNick Jones, this is off topic, but I love your profile pic.
2 likesactually 18K people who think that emplemon drove btm to insanity disliked the video.
4 likesWho still wears Supreme? Lol
0 likesAnd the people who didn't get past the 5 minute mark
0 likesGood prof pic
0 likesI love how that number hasn't changed in a year.
0 likes16:24
1 likeFirst of all, I want to say that I love your videos. You are incredibly passionate and do your research well. It's evident the amount
85 likesof effort you've put into creating a solid argument, and I'm not just talking about this video.
But I have to disagree with the "us vs. them" mentality here. Behind the Meme is a bland, dull-colored paste who insults people who call him out and refuses to learn more about the very culture he claims to understand. No wonder people lampoon him. But when you go on further to insult "normies" and draw a huge line between them and the "outsiders", I think that's counter productive.
It doesn't encourage people to better understand Internet culture, it drives them away- leading the "outsider" community to become one massive circlejerk (which frankly, I think it already is). Just my two cents!
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hahaha you say that like thats how it works Neon
1 like@Maxie Primo Who? EmpLemon?
0 likes@Jaime Bustillo Fernández yes.
3 likesSyndrome voice and when everyone is an outsider... No one will be.
0 likesanyone know the music at 20:45?
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idk sorry for the inconvenience
1 likehttps://youtu.be/MuAGGZNfUkU Hans Zimmer- Time
0 likes@Sans Spiritus cheers
1 likeWhile your video was Great & had Solid points, There was no Outsider or Normie back then, Everyone enjoyed Memes back then, & only then the Idea of the Term: "Normie," took rose during the final days of MLG, and even now the term has Died out.
1 like17:04
0 likesyou can’t just classify people by normie or outsider. that’s pure bullshit. i enjoy a good cock and ball torture meme here and there but i’m also a fan of some pop culture shit, while my favorite music is anime openings. where does that put me? “normie” or “outsider”?
1 likeCan your content even be considered challenging? Seems like the opposite. But maybe it's because I don't get offended over literally anything.
5 likesAnyways, thanks for explaining this. I knew people hated him, and I sort of get why, but I didn't know some of the specifics.
See the whole outsider/normie dynamic isn't totally viable. There are some people who consume and criticize both ends of it. For example, I was fond of outsider culture when I was younger, video games and comics being my niche. When I stumbled across YTP I really found another medium I loved. But the thing is I still consume normie content by the bushels. But there's a happy balance, I'm up to date on memes yet I still watch homogenized normie media. In fact, no shame, I played and enjoyed CoD:IW, while also play EDF, a much more obscure title that is fucking amazing. The classification of tastes can't account for every individual. Other than that, good vid. Keep up the spicy memes you god.
3 likesthis Is in a danganronpa v3 ost playlist
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Link to playlist?
1 likeThis video was 4 years ago lmao
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And?
0 likes9:49
1 likeWatching danganronpa ost and then this
0 likesI agree
0 likesWhere's this clip from? 10:09
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Meme Potato original apple Super Bowl commercial
2 likes@Anthony Catanese Thanks m8!
0 likes@Krumenbarg Government I know right.
0 likes19:18 music? I cant find it
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No Vaseline by ice cube
1 likewhy are the sinsons grean
0 likes.?
Plot Twist:
778 likesEmpLemon is actually Behind The Meme
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ISHERWOOD75 he sounds a lot like him
40 likesGaming Godzilla and he uses a lot of shitty gifs too
19 likesThE MoRE YoU KNoW
5 likesPlot twist, EmpLemon is actually a downward spiral meme,
8 likesHes the smarter one
1 likeISHERWOOD75 WHAT A TWIST
7 likesISHERWOOD75 says the one with the starter Xbox 360 profile picture as a profile picture on YouTube
0 likesISHERWOOD75 dam dam daaaam
0 likesDamien Esponiza Damn that's fucked up
0 likesDamien Esponiza aren't you triggered
2 likesA SAD TALE OF TWO TWINS, SEPERATED AT BIRTH. ONE SUCCUMBED TO THE NORMIES AND ONE SUCC-UMBED TO THE OUTSIDERS.
4 likesWhy is your picture an Xbox 360 gamer picture lol
2 likesYou're definitely right, their both sound (and most definitely their seem) stupid to me as well. I agree.
3 likesISHERWOOD75 you do realise people can have similar voices
0 likesenderdestroyer 102 better question: Do YOU understand the concept of a joke?
1 likePlot Twist: Behind The Meme is EmpLemon's evil brother and EmpLemon's father is Anthony Fantano.
1 likeISHERWOOD75 to be honest he dose sound like him, just with a somewhat different recording/audio style.
0 likesbruh it fine
1 likeI remember when i hated this video, but that was when i was a cringy child...
1 likeOkay i may still be a cringy child, but i'm a little bit less cringy okay!
16:25
0 likesDid he just reference cod to normies? BRUH
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Yeah but isn't cod a game with a multi million dollar net worth and millions of players?
0 likes@Joe Biden Gaming yeah but cod is like more of an outsider thing in my opinion
0 likes@Fade I guess it's up to the person, and after all things like cod get popular because of the people in the first place, but cod is typically played by normies simply because they are a majority.
0 likesAlso being normie isn't a bad thing.
I'm glad he's gone now.
1 likegatekeeping jokes is so pathetic
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so is using "gatekeep" lmao get off reddit
2 likes@DJ Swaggot my guy you're defending a grown man who is pissing his pants over a guy explaining memes, good god 😂
0 likes@Izanagi If explaining memes was the problem why does this guy have a series explaining memes?
0 likesIts Never Ogre
0 likes13:29
0 likesOh shit there's no salt in my chips
261 likesgoes to the comment section there we go
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Mustachegamer underrated comment
3 likesAril such as yours.
1 likeSorry
6 likesThis is a
Christian Server
No cussing
You Want Some Peppers Too?
1 likeChips with salt are disgusting
1 likeYup.
3 likesƗ Λɱ ΞÐǤƳ so you don't like chips all chips have salt
0 likesƗ Λɱ ΞÐǤƳ Well Played.
1 likeIt's amazing how different the comments are between the top and newest filters, gatekeeping is usually a good thing but trying to gatekeep "the integrity of memes" is pure autism. Memes have been normie shit since the dawn of the internet and it's extremely rare that they're not complete cringe especially back when this video was made.
5 likesI’m not really creative and smart, but I don’t wanna be a normie :(
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be who you want to be there is nothing bad about either side
2 likesyou don't need to be smart to know about memes, just have good friends that'll give you some good memes and research them by yourself and you'll be a top tier meme reviewer
0 likes@Omabat thanks :)
0 likes@Omabat you must be <10 years old
0 likesWhat music is playing at 10:47?
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There's a list in the description
0 likes12:52
0 likesPisses me off that you get almost a million per video and you only have 200k subs. You deserve more
10 likesTHE ..V.. MEMEANATOR .FRIDAY THE 13TH MEME .. NEVER SAY DIE ..V..MIX
0 likesI get he might of annoyed people but WTF happened to him like as said I get u don’t like him but I really fear that something happened
0 likes2:59
1 likeNo seriously, what is a YouTube poop?
0 likesThank you for this rant. I once liked Behind The Meme, but once I saw your video, you opened my eyes. Now I can see how cringe Behind the Meme is.
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NormieAlert // NORMIE DETECTED REEEE // If this is a mistake or woooosh, please reply with such.
0 likesHow could you even stand him before in the first place? I considered his content to be terrible since day one.
0 likesI'm being serious. I thought Behind The Meme did stuff right. But this YouTuber had opened my eyes. How he is disrespecting the meme culture.
2 likesOn my lonely channel, I'm trying to be the less cringe possible (maybe the reason why people stopped rapidly subscribed when I deleted a video that I felt shame with), but I can't identify myself if I'm a normie or not.
I can relate man. I used to like him until Emp opened my eyes.
1 likenORMiES rEEEEeeeE aLl thEse GoddaMN nomiES in tHE commeNT sesSION
0 likeslol you guys are normies
2 likes13:24
1 likeThis is sad,
0 likesI'm a normie😔😔
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Yes
0 likesNormie vs outsider isn't as black and white as this video makes it seem
3 likesYou've got a point but goddamn does that "Outsider" word sound cringey when spoken out loud.
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𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸❗
9 likesKynValkynaz becuz the whole thing is...
12 likesHave you heard of the High Elves?
6 likesM Ammar M outlander
1 likeI just don't care Hey man, maybe less with the hurtful comments and maybe start working on Undertale part 6, yeah?
9 likes有りさと港 I'm sorry I don't speak weaboo
8 likesLmao these replies you are a legend
3 likesRompotMechanikos Amen to that
1 likeKynValkynaz Outlander is a weird word? Judging by your name...
1 likeAUSLANDER, RAUS!
sorry, kill me.
Cloгох Вleacн I think you forgot this ä
0 likes9:45
1 like0:23
0 likesLove how he talks about over saturated negativity when that’s all his channel is
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Not really, he has talked about some topics against youtubers who have done some messed up shit, also some history, and that sort of thing, look into the channel before you talk about it maybe.
0 likesWho remembers when "Behind the meme" pretended to kill himself and it turned out to be a whole think about "Rasing awareness" or some sh**
1 likeThis is the definition of toxicity. Like, I love your video, and I realize you made a video talking about how you were wrong, but, you do realize that there is no such thing a meme culture. No, I'm not a normie. I have my own specific tastes, and find them my self.
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@fanta ya. Just like apologizing to someone who killed him
0 likes@Mohammed Riadh Which he didn't. It happened overtime. Emplemon was a very small part of what made him quit
0 likes@Mr. Mars still part nonetheless
0 likes3:06 change da world
0 likesmy final message
goodbye
oopsie daisy
0 likeswhats the song at 16:52 ?
0 likesThe most cancerous is ppl trying to be over-edgy and ironic all the fucking times just to not be called "normie", they are wayyy more cringy than anything else.
13 likesAnyway great video, idk how these people find great concepts (i guess) and find a way to fuck it up
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Chorosso I'm part of some "Dank Meme" groups on Google Plus (people actually use it!), and there is a bounty of anti-"normie" sentiment. For the most part, they are just trying to be "edgy" (whatever the heck that means specifically) and don't actually mean most of what they say. Pathetic that some people are trying make the enjoying of memes something exclusive.
0 likes+Nedya Carranza tell me what dank meme groups you follow on google plus. MOST JUST POST DEAD MEMES.
0 likesWell yes, he's mostly in the same mentality as those ppl who wan't to make fun of "normies" while thinking they are any special because they know ThE NeW MoSt epiC NEw DaNk mEmEs, and those people are just annoying.
1 likeBut i can't give him the point that behind le meme is awfully lazy content.
Well being anti-normie has became like a trend, if you don't want to be trashtalked you have to permanently act edgy and insult ppl that laugh at "normal stuff", mostly the same event that happens in college where you have to make fun of the less loved one if you don't wanna end up in his position.
0 likesSo i think that just most of these people are just teens or pre-teens.
So funny
0 likesMusic at 20:47?
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Time by Hans zimmer
1 likeRino Pellino thank you!
1 likeY O U
1 likeN O R M I E
WHY ARE THE SIMPSONS GREEN?M
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Probably to evade copyright filters
2 likesIt's never ogre
1 likeI like this video
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Congrats
1 likeGood
0 likesOh, YOU'RE EmpLemon? I recognize you. It's just, my friend constantly shows me your tweets on his phone out of nowhere, reading them in a strange and unfunny voice, and it's super annoying. Because I'm just not interested in it. Thought you'd like to know.
0 likesWeegee
0 likesnot to mention ytmnd preceeded youtube and youtube poops by a good few years. with the creation of youtube it just let you be more creative with the style since it moved to actual video editing.. if you want to get real technical you could consider some flash cartoons in a similar style on newgrounds even earlier examples of the style although its in a completely different category.
2 likesdude, this is so well made! this shit makes memes look like science!
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well i would say a culture
1 likeIf we exclude the normies from the meme-culture, doesnt that turn us into normies for excluding them because of their character?
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That seems to be the problem with the entire counterculture “normie” hatred wave. You become so hyper focused on being counterculture that you end up forming a culture just as basic and annoying as the one you left. What’s the difference in hating something for being weird and different and hating something for being popular. That’s why you should never form a culture purely around being obscure and “unique.”
4 likesI never thought that someone could talk about memes like they’re a form of art.
0 likesI could take classes about memes.
I think Behind the Meme is a good addition to meme culture. If the normies never took media and made it unbearable, the outsiders would never move forward, never discover new places. They drive our innovation, because they're so unbelievably, insufferably boring
8 likesOnce 4chan got a hold on him, get's killed by memes
8 likesIts only a matter of time until the normies take over
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Yep
2 likesThey... already did
1 likeRealy love this vid and the whole series keep making them
1 likeIM in orbit. That "i've got twice the EHH" part. Well done.
3 likesWe must act by force and regain our Memes.
0 likesHis spiritual successors are people trying to greentext everywhere they can leave comments
5 likesI'm not saying that there should be exaggerated violence and disdain directed towards these people but i am strongly implying it
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>whitetext
1 likeThere’s better ways to understand memes, like joining the cultures/fanbases the memes originated from. Like how after I joined the JJBA fandom, I realized it had a fuckton of memes that originated from it.
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JJBA boys rise up
1 likeBehind The Meme: Hello Internet, Welcome to Behind The Meme.
169 likesDirector: Cut! Isn't this line already used?
Mattpat (GT/FT): in another studio nearby Hello Internet, Welcome to (GT/FT)!
Behind the Meme: NOPE! Not at all!
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Oh nice Comedy skit that you made!
5 likes5/10
0 likes@Ryan Dodgy
0 likesDo you even know what a skit is?
One thing i want to criticize is your example for Memes that die through too much repetition.
3 likesYou used a graph of Harambe to visualize the point, even though Harambe got that repetition from the media as well, since its not ,,just a meme''
However even then, the usage of the graph told us nothing, since you cut out anything after the spike of popularity. In your Meme Theory about Trump the full graph was shown AND SURPRISE Harambe got searched really often after that point.
Anyways, the the video is really enjoyable, despite some minor flaws and your ,,YouTube personality'' feels really genuine.
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I appreciate this.
2 likesRIP thatistheplan
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What happened
1 likeThe Tempest got deleted
16 likes@Basti EiseNKrafT He makes pretty well reasoned points a decent amount of the time, but I forgot that anything you don't agree with can just be called "Orange Man Bad". Weren't the right complaining about everything they do being called "racist" not too long ago?
5 likesBehind the meme is like an evasive species
3 likesFacebook is normie central.
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Old Random Computing well if you go deep enough into the really weird part, you find some really crazy people, but you’ve got to go really far to find the real shit
11 likesNowadays reddit is even more normie than facebook
32 likes@Smuggy Mcsmugface same with Instagram. Full of nothing but man behind the slaughter repost with comment sections full of people calling eachother simps despite not knowing what it even means
20 likesNah dude, IG is
1 likeSometimes i use it just for family stuff but nothing else cause everythings boring there
2 likesso are most subreddits and YouTube channels
3 likesAlso reddit
0 likesNice choice of music. 21st Century Schizoid Man is a classic
1 likeThe meme community is dying. Lord Kek help us.
5 likesI take my previous comment back. I look around and see that BTM has ushered in an era of memes getting huge, then dying quick.
0 likes"...it was to piss off the squares. THE SQUARES ARE WEARING THEM!!" - George Carlin.
0 likesWas this video before the numbers mason meme was a thing? If so, then I can see why he’d show a Black Ops image for a mainstream/normie product.
0 likesIve just started really listening and watching Emplemon and I have to say I enjoy his music choices. Its always enjoyable to hear some new music and then suddenly hear King Crimson or Cream playing and other older rock musicians play. Very good video structure too. Keep up the good work!
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21st century schizoid man is a banger
0 likesI am so grateful I didn’t use my headphones to watch this.
0 likesrap snitches? i see a man of culture
2 likesI just realized I watched a 32 minute video about fucking memes. I need friends.
2 likes2017 was simpler.
3 likesWhen The Levee Breaks, nice touch
0 likesMr lemon Game theory is also doing this shit, please make a call out about him
4 likes>Talks about the ever diminishing life of memes in 2017
0 likes>meme lifespans drop to less than 3 weeks in 2018
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3 weeks? That would be a haven nowadays. Most memes on the dreaded shitty subreddits, known to be better than most sites, only last 1 or 2 weeks but get so overused that they get old after a day. I'd love to go back to 3 weeks.
0 likes@Potatitis 1 or 2 weeks? You would get lucky if your meme stayed for more than 5 or 6 days.
0 likes>Hears Samoa Joe’s music.
0 likessomething is about to go down
You always use the best music
1 likeAnybody think Behind The Meme purposely puts out false or inaccurate examples and descriptions of memes so normies get a small dose of the actual thing but won't understand the true nature of it making it easier to spot normies?
0 likesI'm sure you raise good arguments in this video,
2 likesI just don't want my eardrums to burst.
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It's literally just loud noises. They don't even go on for that long.
0 likesturn down volume
0 likesDont take memes so seriously they are just memes
0 likesi'm still sad how the internet is being pussified, with all "OFFENSIVE" shit
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I know it's horrible that when you are racist people call you out for it
0 likesThe great meme war..
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more greater then WW1
0 likes1:30
1 likeBefore watching the wrestling vid: Who are those guys?
After watching the wrestling vid: Oh look, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash-
Hey bud I would like to point this out as some one just taking a simple critique of the video you may in the future want to put the disclosure of not hating on the other channel earlier in the recording. I say this because in another video you talk about average viewership being only 8 minutes. Which if the purpose of the video is to communicate your opinion or point to people would mean that would make it the most effective way to communicate that your not calling people to burn his "house" down.
1 like-Love your vids man keep making original shit.
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i think he mentioned to not hate on him
0 likes@AnduRo yeah he did but later in the video.
0 likesHonestly...agreed. It comes in during the final chapter, Loose Ends. It should have been presented up front. But oh well... what's done is done.
0 likes9:50 - you nearly gave me a seizure
0 likesThe only thing going for behind the meme is that 4chan is full of elitist bs.
0 likesThis video is so eternal and classic
0 likesI saw Cyriak
0 likesHOLY SHIT EMPLEMON HAS WATCHED CYRIAK AT LEAST ONCE
aaa yes the good old colorFlash/actualEarRape/and actualy funny video editing thing.
0 likesi legit forgot that ear rape use to make me take off my headphone.
good old time
It only gets worse from here.
870 likesDon't keep scrolling.
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Oh ok
9 likesThanks for the heads up
11 likesToo late
21 likesYou did me a favor my man
8 likesIs it a downward spiral?
39 likesOk
2 likesDOWNWARD SCROLLING DOWNWARD SCROLLING
11 likesMy name jeff ecks dee.....
1 likeI'm gonna keep scrolling
0 likesThanks comrade.
0 likesWell, time to go on the downward spiral
1 likeThx
0 likessing sood your oppinion might be good, but skidadle skiday I'm gonna do it anyway
1 likethank you anthony fantano!
1 likeI must do it, my curiosity will make me die if I dont
1 likeAlright thanks for the heads up
0 likesToo late and wrong
0 likesAngelo morgos lmao
0 likesWhy do you think I’m checking the comments?
0 likesHeading down...
0 likesImma keep scrolling anyways
0 likesYOU'RE STILL SCROLLING
0 likesWow you’re actually right
1 likeI agree! Us outsiders need to stick together. It's fine if normies want to become outsiders, but this ain't the way.
14 likesI did a double take when I heard a Yes song
0 likesHoly shit was that God of War Music I heard immediately after the 4chan segment?
0 likesI felt alone til I found this channel
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You are still alone
2 likes@Bent Bean well now I feel double alone upon finding this channel, you didn't allow me to elaborate.
6 likes9:52 hilarious
0 likesI'm not sure where I am on the outsider to normie list but I can tell you I am better than him.
0 likes13:10 is best part ngl
0 likesThe og meme review.
5 likes👏👏
One of the songs in here his B:/Startup
0 likesBruh i swear we go the same taste in media. I hear that HHH intro. The best one.
0 likesWhere do you get all this off brand music
2 likesHonestly it’s pathetic that people are actually telling this guy to kill himself because he is telling people about memes. So called “Meme enthusiasts” are taking this too seriously. It’s just a fucking meme. It isn’t a life for death situation. Let people do what ever the hell they want damn
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lmao yes this is cringy, now memes and mainstream consumerism are totally compatible, these people that call other people normies are also normies
0 likesHold the fuck up. At WHAT point in this video is BTM told to kill himself?
1 likeYou're going on my cringe list
0 likesi love the trial
0 likesJust saw your trump meme one and was afraid to skip the ad. Didnt click skip.
1 like0:00 - 0:40 The hardest meme seconds of my life
3 likes11:20 notices that *d o w n w o r d*
8 likesIt took a week for big chungus to die
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I saw people complaining about the amount of X Æ A-12 he day after they started
0 likesAnd thanks to the rise of ironic memes he’s become relevant again. The magic of the internet
0 likes@Master of P A S T A I just can't wait for doge memes to die for good, the oil ones have been pretty ok though
0 likes10:48 Oh I know that song!!!! It's focus, from Hocus pocus!
1 likeOr wait was it pocus? From focus hocus? Or was it Hocus, from pocus focus? Hmmmmmmmnmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Dolan was Finnish, if i remember correctly. Someone posted it from kuvalauta or from ylilauta to 4chan
0 likesOutsider
1 likeLikes earthbound
Wants mother 3
8:42 do you guys see the sperm?
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Yes.
0 likesI'm so confused now I can no longer tell if im a normie or not
0 likes>outro music is lazy by deep purple
1 likefucking top tier emp
King of the Hill YouTube poops 😩
2 likesThere is a mass of people here that are using the terms normie excessively and out of proportion.
0 likesIf you do this you probably are a normie yourself thinking that's how outsiders really fucking act
this is it. The beginning of the end for BTM.
3 likesf for respects? does he even deserve it?
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I guess if you want......
0 likesI feel bad I once liked this guy so sorry that kind of pissed on memes a while ago
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Stroke?
0 likesWhy aren't memes taught in schools?
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Imagine updating the standard curriculum everyday.
1 like19:18 - Ice Cube - No Vaseline
1 likeHaha, this was funny. At least the first 4 minutes were. Good memeing bro
0 likes4:10 t h a n k y o u
3 likesBehind the meme was the Ultimate Downward spiral
18 likesI still don’t know what YouTube Poop is or whether I am allowed to find out. I found this virtually unwatchable. Worse than Nam June Paik
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Mmm. Figures.
1 likeYTP is an old format of video. There are tons of great ones. The best way to understand what they are is to watch some. You're allowed to learn what they are, but please, just do it organically.
superfalconpunch2 Thank you for your cordial response.
0 likesMF Doom, Nice.....
0 likes...this seems at least a little bit harsher in hindsight, right? Given what emp said a few months back...
1 likeThis is kind of elitist bullshit.
0 likesEdit: I've never watched any of BTM's videos before.
Chris Benoit theme song in the beginning? Nice
0 likesRAPP SNITCHES, TELLIN ALL THEY BUSINESS
0 likesfunny that even the normies want to be the outsiders
0 likes(but they can't)
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sorry, but normies nowadays have consumed almost all of the outsider media, things happen...
1 likeΙ love how much of a WWE fan you are. You are my spirit animal...
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That’s probably true!
0 likesi srsly think i gonna learn more cuz this video hmm
1 like12:33 or a copyright strike
0 likesWanted to check out thatistheplan but from what I can tell he is no longer on YT because of demonitization.
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search for reuploads of his content. it'll be worth it trust me
2 likeshavent heard of him until now thank pepe "xd"
0 likesi acctually feel bad for seeing myself as a normie
1 like<:(
30 min video with no ads. ok
0 likesI use to like him. I liked him so much I disliked this. Well now it’s liked
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oh
0 likesDoes Anthony Fantano watch Rick and Morty?
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I don’t know.....
0 likesWhat’s the instrumental from 11:11 onwards btw?
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It was stated in the description, but it's not too noticeable. Either way, it's Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition Soundtrack Game Theme #2
1 likeThank you!
0 likesDELUVER US!
1 likei have a theory that game theory was a spy normie and years ago he appealed to outsider but has now dropped the disguise to appeal to normies about fortnite.
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Nah, he simultaniously whipped and nae naed, he's obviously a lvl 99 memelord
0 likes@Boko damn your right
0 likesngl you kinda sound like the man himself
0 likesNew drinking game: take a shot Everytime he says Normie
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ok david gayson
0 likes@don_chanGD damn you got me good 🤣
0 likeswait no don't do that
0 likesyou'll die
downward spiral
1 likeSentence Shifting
0 likesDamn normies
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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
0 likesWell shit
0 likesNo wonder he stopped doing behind the meme
Next time ITA FUCKING PEWDIEPIE
So guys we did it we have a great YouTube video ;)
1 like18k normies have seen this video
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You mean “disliked” it
0 likesP L E B S
1 likeWow memes even existed before i was born lmaotopkek yes no I'm not sure am I a normie? I would have to go with no cuz I meme all day long originally at work and everyone thinks I'm crazy
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what
0 likesUmmmmm
0 likesNormies can make memes too
pls stop
0 likesWhoever doesn’t use the word normie in an ironic way should be crucified
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@AnduRo holy shit
0 likes@don_chanGD ok
0 likeslmao 16:33
1 likeI wish I could edit to be a YouTube poop creater
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ok mom
0 likesThe people who disliked this, are normies.
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Says this as they go back to running their instagram meme page
0 likes@Matyho videa cringe
0 likesNo, they are people who didn't like the video. Now move on with your life.
0 likesI hope BTM doesn't come back this year
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Seriously
0 likesI don’t know if he can upload anymore.....
0 likesare you allowed to play When the Levee Breaks in the background of your video???? is it like not copyrighted or sumn??
1 likeClicked cause it said scape scaper4life
0 likesThis vid is so addicting to watch
1 likeI began to find BTM less and less interesting as time when on.
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same
3 likesSame
0 likesbecause all the videos were the same
0 likesIt's really boring, but this guy is also cringe.
0 likesTHE MUSIC Kreygasm
0 likesDrag him queen.
8 likesI just have to say that the only thing I don't like about us meme patricians these days is that we're sometimes even TOO condescending to the normies just because they're lacking of context.
BUT NORMIES GET OFF OUR CULTURE REEEEEEEEEE
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you can never be too condescending towards normies
3 likesHey.
15 likesYou should say that Cyriak made the clip at 5:45 and Oney at 13:02.
It doesn't mean you are bad, i just like it this way.
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Rida yakoubi Cyriak is god
2 likesRIP thatistheplan
0 likesI watched him and learned memes of now and started not being a normie and can understand memes
0 likesHave you seen the lifespan of memes these days?
44 likes* clap * * clap *
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Around a week now
0 likesBlank Banshee
0 likesI loved the midnight club 3 garage music for ch3
0 likes20:17
4 likesBehind the meme is the meme graveyard
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Aswell as Know Your Meme in that case I suppose.
3 likesFlynn Tom yep
0 likesI watched the video and would like to summarize:
0 likes(This comment is long)
"Normies": normal people who don't know a lot about memes. They are not completly glued to their computer and are actually productive. They were drawn to the amazing innovation of the internet but it was not part of their daily lives. These people are the good workers who make money and contribute to society.
"Outsiders": People that have discovered the strongest adhesive known to man and have used it to weld their computers to their face. They are kind of like a ball and chain on the ankle of progress and were heavily ridiculed in the past due to their uselessness. However, the internet opened up to the "Outsiders" and they felt special until "Normies" came and shown "outsiders" how useless they were again. Getting tired of the ridicule, outsiders came up with an insult for those more successful people: normies. These people are the fat teens/ young adults who live with their parents and don't contribute at all. Again, ball and chain.
Behind the meme: A normie who wants to educate other normies because he and others are tired of being ridiculed for being a normie.
All the people bothered by Behind the Meme: Outsiders who are afraid that, by educating normies, the outsiders will be seen as useless again.
(Disclaimer: I don't care about Behind the Meme, but I don't like it when people like the "outsiders" become stuck up narcissists for petty things)
Flynn Tom Know your meme is like the grim reaper
0 likesHi_I_Put_ Virus_In_Computer| Or, just a normal person. Have you thought of him as just some guy?
0 likeshahaha
1 likeb e n i s
You think normies would even watch this?
359 likesNormies have a short attention span, and this video is 32 minutes long
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I'm CIA I was interested the whole time, dunno why
3 likesI thought it was five minutes it was that interesting
49 likesI'm CIA bro,im watching this full video
0 likesI'm CIA well i watched half of it and i get it. you dont have to watch a 30 min video to prove you aren't a normie
2 likesTheGekey77 Not good idea to reply to CIA, the Bolice will arrest you :DD
0 likesthis is very nice comment
0 likesWhy thank you!
0 likesI'm CIA then why do they still think harambe is funny?
2 likesa bit of a generalisation to say "all of them are the same". everyone is different. you might've just been exposed to those who have a short attention spam.
0 likesThat was 32 minutes? felt like 3.
2 likesSeeing the comments a lot of normies have watched this and they are all getting triggered lmfao.
0 likesDaniel Francis thank you
0 likes99% of shitposts can be watched on like less than a minute though.
1 likeI'm CIA - The irony is strong and how do you know their attention span?
0 likesI'm CIA boss aron PS :I saw this guy: that's where your wrong........ OUTSIDER!!
0 likesYou DARE disagree with an opinion made in this video? THOSE ARE VALID GROUNDS TO HARASS AND THREATEN YOU AND CALL YOU A “”””””””””””””””””””NORMIE””””””””””””””””””””
0 likesyou say that when 1 hour tv shows exist.
0 likesEverybody starts as a normie. You can't start being an edgelord when you begin getting to the world of memes.
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@Void of Space and Time Everybody starts not knowing something.
47 likesDo you instantly know how to spell or read the first time you are asked to do it? You don't. The same applies to the world of memes. You start as somebody that don't know shit
Muammar Gibran You don't start as the common denominator though. You have to have consumed some media to get to that point.
7 likesIt's an evolutionary thing. Some normies evolve into memelords, some become even bigger normies. All we can do is hold their hands hoping natural selection takes the right path.
5 likesYeah I think you really have to take his depiction of normies and non-normies with a grain of salt, but that's kinda part of the joke so don't think too much about it.
2 likesIf you take part in sites like reddit, 4chan or the image boards like imgur you automatically start taking part in the current meme culture, and usually each site as well as fanbases develop their own style of communicating via meme and it's all good.
Except tumblr memes nobody likes them.
The only thing I really kind of dislike is his non-normie description, we're shitposting shitlords and I like it that way, but I think most of us are not some social outcasts, feels more like a double life if anything.
I bet if you noticed the line from chapter VII that goes something like this, I am not against normies learning about memes, people just need to be careful about them. You would think in somewhat of a different manner. Additionally, I am not hating on you for making this comment. I know it is hard to watch some guy talk about memes for over 20 minutes.
3 likesi started watching shitty MLG videos and vaporwave arround 2013 , then i evolved
0 likesMidnight club 3 music?
0 likes13:10 you don't own me, subscribed
1 likeWatching people fighting over this video is more entertaining than the video itself
3 likesAnd I really enjoy this video
20k Normies spotted
31 likesBTM instantly kills any meme he makes a video of.
3 likesThere's only five words to describe this video:
5 likesN O W T H A T ' S A L O T T A D A M A G E!
All the normies who watch Behind the Meme don't WANT to know how right you are
28 likes13:28 this almost killed bro
0 likesThis is fucking perfect
15 likesalmost at 2M views.
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It’s now 2M views!
0 likesI enjoy Behind the Meme, but I'll gladly listen to your counterpoints and reasons behind the hate.
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You make some good points, my friend, but couldn't you, along with your masses decrease the "damage" by requesting older memes on his channel?
0 likesNope Nopington I didn't realize how long the video was until I read your content
0 likes+redGhost_7 Thanks, I guess.
0 likesI will be pissed when BTM makes a video on the new crash woah meme. It's amazing and he will shoot the dog before it's even hit by the car. Thank god it hasn't come out yet.
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Romzilla The Ramen What do you think now
47 likesRomzilla The Ramen I feel sorry for you
40 likesrip
25 likesF
21 likesSpoke to soon...
19 likesFhack. I dun jinxed.
11 likesGo dislike it, and maybe he'll get the message
9 likesMongolianSkank He'll just get more money and views from it
0 likesSadly the woah meme is ded
0 likesSadly, you jinxed it
6 likesRomzilla The Ramen
1 likeCrash Whoa was already stale by the time you commented that.
I have news for ya bud...
0 likesRomzilla The Ramen you jinxed it ffs
0 likesRomzilla The Ramen yup its official, its dead.
0 likeswhen i went to a notifacation it brought me to the vid and it said it was copyrighted
0 likesRomzilla The Ramen He did it already but he deleted it
0 likesYou're all saying its ded but its just as funny to me as it was before the btm video, how did its funny factor go down? Seems like youre talking about magic
3 likesHe did, but people took it down.
1 likeWoah no
0 likesPoor poor soul
1 likeEmp, I love this video and all, but instead of just shitting on the normie, why not make an actual video on the actual History of YTP from your first hand experience?
6 likesAnd do the same for memes for that matter, which you've pretty much done already with your meme theory vid, but that was focused on the God Emperor and how he gamed the meme economy.
Stephen Hawking's Pro Wheelchair had me dying
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its a good game yes
3 likes21:10
0 likesI was a fan of behind a meme about a year ago, even that meme only lasted like 3 weeks
3 likesi like you, but this is your video bro
0 likesSo memes die when normies, who are people who don't understand memes, overuse them?
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Yep
0 likesWell now things make to much sence
0 likesMemes aren't a different language. Anyone with a second grade education can probably understand a meme.
0 likesI've been on the forums and in these communities for years, i'm part of your group!"
20 likesTHAT'S LIKE SAYING TO GORDON RAMSAY THAT YOU'RE ON HIS SAME LEVEL BECAUSE YOU WORKED AT A FROOKIN' MCDONALD'S
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Or saying your a master at street fighter after winning in Wii sports boxing.
6 likesAnd you know what's worse?
1 likeIn his video "explaining" the Cory In The House meme, a.k.a Top 10 Anime (Insert thing here),
all he does is just explain what the show Cory In The House is.
No explanation of the WatchMojo origin of it,
No explanation of how it ties into other memes,
And no explanation of how it's used.
what's the music at 21:13?
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heart shaped box?
0 likesAnd now thatistheplan is dead by the hands of YouTube®™. corp. inc.
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Wait, he's dead?!
1 likeNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Press F to pay Respects.
1 likeFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Memes haven't been cool since 2012.
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fact
0 likesAnd memes are never funny either.
2 likesTruth. Name one “meme” you’ve laughed at in 2021
0 likes@sussedEEXZ the only memes ive thought were funny were troll ones, but even those were only because people brought them back
0 likes"memes havent been cool since 2021" a guy from 2029
0 likes"When everyone know about a meme, not even the normies want to swim in them." This encourages people to create new memes. Thus, it grows the meme economy.
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If memes are killed off faster than they can be produced, they become stale, and unoriginal. Recently it's nearly impossible to have 5 prominent memes existing at the same time, while prior to that, as showed in the video, this is sparta lasted a year, and memes were still produced. The system isn't like a factory, if people see memes dying out quickly, they may get discouraged, whereas if they stick around for a while and are enjoyed, that encourages people to make new memes. People don't get payed for making memes, but receive dopamine hits. and if the source of the dopamine is running out memes may stop entirely. It's honestly a cool thing to see you sticking up for normies (can't believe the word hasn't been replaced yet) but this isn't working. People were complaining about there being too many memes on the topic of elon musks kid the day after it was announced. This isn't a sustainable economy, but things haven't changed. I know it's impossible to change someones view of anything on the internet, but I appreciate it if you took the time to read this.
1 like@germanpogostick I agree that overused memes are boring, but that doesn't make it less famous. When more people know about a memes, it becomes more famous or prominent. If overused memes are discouraging someone from making more memes, then don't pay attention to it. This will prevents unoriginal memes from discouraging people. In the end, people can keep their dopamine from making new memes. All I want to say is that the enjoyments of memes are sustainable for anyone by just changing the way you think.
0 likes@Yo bruh hey just wanted to say that's a great mindset you have, and that you seem like a pretty chill guy. If people could look past overused memes, then perhaps the economy could recover. The problem is, memes provide joy in 2 separate ways: by creating them, and by observing them. You are defending the overdoing the production side, which, on it's own, is fine! Nothing wrong with the idea that everyone can make something they enjoy, or get into a new hobby, and it doesn't matter if it's low quality, because you'll get better, and it's for yourself more that anyone. But most people enjoy memes by observing them, including people who make memes. Let's think of a bakery you enjoy, where this awesome chef you know makes incredible pretzels, which you happen to enjoy, and he happens to enjoy making. Win-win situation. Then he starts to teach his 3 year old how to make them. That's fine, it's great to get other people into the business. But it's not fine, because every now and then you'll order a pretzel, and it comes out with too much salt, stale or undercooked, as it was prepared by a 3 year old. It makes sense they don't know how to make perfect pretzels, they just started learning. And that's the problem with thee short crash-courses provided. The 3 year old might get the hang of pretzels after a while, and boom! more quality pretzels! But if the only training they receive is a 6 minute rundown on how to make pretzels, they may misunderstand the objective, as well as never improve. This isn't just shown to one person anymore, but is widely spread among those who want to make pretzels without going through that much effort, instead of taking their time to understand how to make them. And this would still be fine for the economy if they didn't flood popular meme locations with low effort generally misunderstood memes, but kept them to themselves. But that doesn't make sense. And telling people who want to buy a pretzel to just ignore the fact that some might be terrible is putting the responsibility on the wrong person. Putting all the responsibility on behind the meme is not entirely justifiable either, and usually the learner is at fault, regardless of their age. I was someone who didn't know better as well and uploaded garbage memes, but I happened to watch the right people and eventually understood them better for the most part. I don't really make memes anymore tho. Overall, the people who kill memes through quantity over quality productions are mainly at fault, but channels like btm, whether or not they intended it, are enablers. Sorry about the essay again, I think that was your point. I think it was that ignoring overused memes is beneficial for everyone, and my point was that it's hard to ignore it if they're everywhere and you're specifically looking at them hoping they will be good. It just makes good memes tedious to find more than anything. That's just my 2 cents tho. Once again, I'm not disagreeing with you're lifestyle, who knows we might become friends (tell me your discord), just with this one point. It doesn't matter too much if you agree with me on it or not in the grand scheme of things, after all when was the last time you saw someone change their mind on the internet? That's all I really have to say though
0 likesdespacito,
A german pogostick
Gates of fucken delirum
0 likes🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️
0 likesJust last night me and some friends found normies invaded our dank meme collections with there shitty unfunny vine tier videos. Is there nothing sacred to these horrible monsters?
14 likesHonestly, normies aren't that bad compared to reddit users and the average pewdiepie fan
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I dont know man those facebook videos get to me than reddit or pewdiepie
0 likesHating PewDiePie and Reddit nowadays is basically the exact same situation as hating Normies 2 years ago, soon in a couple of years PewDiePie and Reddit won't be that hated and something else will be hated exactly how Normies, PewDiePie, and Reddit were a while ago, so your point doesn't stand
0 likesPlus Reddit isn't worse, PewDiePie fans isn't worse, though I would say PewDiePie himself is worse since he's actually aware that he's hurting memes unlike Behind The Meme where I don't even think he was aware about his harm to memes before this video was made
I do kind of dislike PewDiePie though I don't hate him, though Reddit just gets unnecessary hate and honestly is just hated on because that's the new thing to hate on (Kind of how some game fandoms are unnecessarily hated on just for no reason and are only hated because that was the cool thing to hate at the time)
The reason people are complaining how emp is being a whiny gatekeeper is bc of a thing I like to call Leafy Syndrome. In short, back in 2015 to about 2017 it was cool to be edgy and mad and shit all over content and many other things we consider cringe today. But people can change, look at Pyro, he used to make the same content as leafy with a deeper voice but now he can make 2 hour long game retrospectives. Even emp changed, he went from complaining about the memescape to making videos about the history of jumping.
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You said like gatekeeping is a bad thing
2 likesGatekeeping is good, go back to reddit
1 likeWhat about Pewdiepie? he ruins memes but nobody cares.
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this was 3 years ago smh
3 likesduring that time pewdz was actually funny
@asd I mean right now people still don't care
0 likesBecause EmpLemon loves Pewds and won't call his friends out for the same shit he calls other people out for.
0 likes@my man the video was uploaded 3 goddamn years ago jesus fucking christ
2 likesEverysecondThroughwhichImustenduremediaispureunadulteratedsufferingpleaseendmylife
0 likesLiked for the music if for nothing else
0 likesthis seems like an April fools video
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Because its so bad?
1 like@N D ye
1 likeSkip the bs 8:26
2 likesRemind me to never make you angry.
4 likesAlso in b4 1m subs
when he said "CAN YOU UNSUBSCRIBE?" i turned on notifications XD
1 likeFok'in Normies Mate
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Its been 4 years.
9 likesyo your choice of music in yer vidz is tops mate
0 likesOg wagon og wagon!
0 likes> evolution
0 likeslol. such a vulgar and profane belief.
I honestly never liked this take on shit. Calling it like "outsiders vs. Normies shit." Not only is it really cringe imo (even for the time it came out) if also just creates an us vs. them mentality and makes everyone want to just shit on anyone who doesn't understand the culture of the internet instead of being welcoming
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for real, this is the only emp lemon video I disliked
5 likesHe's good now
0 likeswhy should it be welcoming? is there really any good reason for making a community welcoming to all? just look for another community, or ingrain yourself properly, theres something for everyone, you just gotta look for it. and if anything goes wrong? it dosen't matter, its the internet! truth is, everything is a we vs them because people are different and similar, thats a simple fact of life. stay hydrated.
1 like@Nuclear Ash remember when memes were meant to be fun
2 likes@No Name yeah... but now everything is getting corporatized, that's no fun, that's boring. That's also dangerous because law making cannot keep up, but that's another topic entirely. Stay hydrated, its important.
0 likesHaha cool
0 likesMy man
0 likesThis is basically a shitpost
0 likesI am actually 25% normie and 75% outsider. Why am I still at Nostalgic Drive?
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Thomas Lind IV can we not use normie as a word thanks
0 likesThomas Lind IV if you are 1% normie it ruins the rest of the outsider you have to be a 100% outsider to be part of the kek army
9 likesits not too late
0 likesHow ı get good maymes? (I want to join kekistan but normie goverment ban it and ı use know your meme.)
0 likesejder ya güzel isim kardeş
0 likesI rarely use iFunny.
0 likesOk I’m now an outsider. Kek finally recognized me.
0 likesTylerorsomething alright. I’m clean and cured.
0 likesEdit: I’m now cured from being normiefied, although I still feel ashamed of myself. This marks the 1 year anniversary of when I stopped supporting him. Thanos Car is a great meme. Ugandan Knuckles was a horrible meme. I am a good human being, although I am still ashamed of myself. I think I need to be sent to the execution chamber because I’m afraid the virus will come back. I need help.
0 likesI think there’s another channel that, on the surface to behind the meme: lessons in meme culture. Could you look at it? You’ve changed my mind on BTM, I want to be sure on what you think of LIMC.
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"please tell me what to think!"
8 likes@MrMormon I felt the two were similar and as I know emplemon knows a lot about memes, I was curious about his opinion
1 likei think by this point honestly emps mentality has changed so much that im not even sure if he would even care by this point, it was kinda interesting to see him mature like that, by this point he had already developed his documentary-style content but it wouldnt be until around a year from this vid where his mentality would somewhat change and truely became what it is now around the year after that
4 likesPlease help me I used to be an outsider but I have become a normie and I need help. Please direct me twords a place for me to become one of you guys again
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Go to 4chan and ask how to not be a normie.
0 likesCall McDonalds and call them stupid and then hang up, I don't think anyone has ever done that and that'll make you not normie and you'll be funny in the process
0 likesBENIN :--DDD
1 likeI really am glad that The Right Opinion talked about this. Behind the Meme had no right to be destroyed by this.
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so I watched the right opinion video on this and he seems like a cool guy, gave him a sub. But he agreed with most of emplemons points, that he responded poorly (or not at all) to criticism, and that he endangered he ecosystem of memes while being disillusioned of where his standing on the topic was. The only major flaw I can find with this vid is that emp blames it entirely on btm, while there were more factors. I don't understand how the right opinion defended him, he ends he video saying that he can't really make an argument on his behalf due to him refusing to step out of his comfort zone. The right response would include being hurt, but also trying to unserstand the motivation, and growing as a result. Did he deserve it? As a person, he meant no wrong. But this video has every right to exist as a piece of criticism that could have been beneficial to the channels very growth. I'm Germanpogostick and in this essay I will
3 likeswhen you watch 32 minutes and 25 seconds and thought it was 10 minutes
25 likesYou sound like behind the meme
2 likesPeople who unironically say normies are normies( this isn’t targeted to emplemon by the way cause I’m assuming he is using it ironically)
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if i'm not mistaken, the term "normie" just aged horribly, and at the time emplemon used this word with proper context to refer to these "normies", or i'm probably wrong
2 likesIt's because people (probably actual normies) misuse the word to the point that it's cringe. Although actual normies do exist and we need a term for them.
1 likeYTPs are made for cheap laughs with a “deep meaning” that would make a Wesleyan grad jizz.
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nah
2 likessome day, students will read about memes on history books
0 likesI personally don't think his content was a problem and I hope he decides to return.
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Wdym
0 likesHe was doing a bad job "just" explaining the history of memes, but he had a lot of potential.
0 likes@Andy Blanton he was doing bad job and double it down with his lack of self awareness. He will be an equivalent of meme compilation, nothing more with that ignorance.
6 likesYEET FINALLY SOMEONE GOT DIS
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@XXXKAZASHIMO ik
0 likesWell at least he doesn't post anymore
0 likesYEAAA BOI FANTANO
1 likeJOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE MAMA
0 likesPeople are calling this video dated, but no doubt it still has it's punches. 12:53 for example will always be funny
6 likesExactly 3 years ago
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Exactly 3 years ago
2 likes4:05 Thanks for summing up my my annoying mainstream citizen of a school and my teacher tryna talk about the "wild web" side of shite, him tryna talking about it is kinda cringey and weird cuz you would get called out as "clinically insane" like, when you and us know about all that stuff... Well yous get the idea
0 likesWhy did I find this on a Danganronpa V3 Ost playlist 😂😂
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exactly wtf lol
0 likesnora lol this must be for the next U P C OM I N G gAme
0 likes@Juicy Coochiefruit you're right, THIS IS FORESHADOWING
0 likesnora lol YEEEEEEEEEEE
0 likesLmao
0 likesI love this video, but only have one disagreement with it, but it doesn't really concern BTM. The part about outsiders applying themselves, and getting and getting a higher grade never really made sense to me. What if said subject that is being taught is something uninteresting and will not help said person in their career pursuits? For example, I love history. I always want to know more about the politics and nations of the past, in this case subjects such as math and certain sciences will not be of use to me, since I want to get a PHD in history, and become a Historian.
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However, regarding BTM, I found his content uninteresting.
0 likesHAHAHAH! Why is this on the end of Danganronpa V3 ost playlist XDD, I can't stop laughing for some reason
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yeah... I was just listening to the ost and then I got an jumpscare
0 likes3:00
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2:59
0 likesNormies like old memes or outdated outsiders constantly grab onto a new meme and when it gets even a tad bit stale we throw it away -definition or some shit about differences
0 likes20:47 song?
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Hans Zimmer - Time
1 likeDarude-sandstrom
0 likesSIREX__ HOLY SHIT what is that meme XDXDX so funny Xd im gonna watch behind the meme to understand it 😂😂
3 likesI just want to put this out here a couple years later since we've seen your metamorphosis from someone who used to be a pretty decent pooper to now where you do stuff like this more often... People often when they do things especially in a creative medium tend to shift focus a lot due to what's going on around them. My guess is Emp got tired of pooping and wanted to do something EASIER.
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As long as his editing stays tight, I don't see what the problem is. Its not a bad thing for people to shift the focus of their content. He has the experience, skill, and perspective to produce good commentary
0 likesof course. he's in college
0 likesHave you seen limc
2 likesmuh meme cultural appropriation.
2 likesI’m confused, what was so bad about behind the meme while lessons in meme culture is accepted
3 likes❤️❤️
1 likeThe dynamic cupcake behaviourally spill because boundary metrically list at a peaceful century. weary, billowy polyester
0 likesIt was kind of bold of you to straight up say that people into the weird, nerdy and obscure are often more impactful to the world than those who thrive on the mainstream. Makes me feel kind of vindicated since I was often bullied in my youth for finding lots of mainstream entertainment (though not all of it) uninteresting, to the point where I desperately craved to be a normie just to be accepted. You brought up some good points in this video and it's nice to know that the football and rap worshipping normies from my youth were the ones really holding society back.
1 likeJust recently discovered you and I completely support you on your opinions and no one has seem to noticed the amount of Pink Floyd music you use and I love you for it, Keep it up!
1 likeOn the topic of documenting internet memes, Encyclopædia Dramatica served and still serves that function as well, though the nature of ED means it'll probably remain purely for outsiders at least for a while longer.
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Memes are the most important thing in the internet!
1 likerewatching, i love how you put Samoa Joe's theme when talking about BTM,which was good to represent him as a monster
0 likesI love this channel--and I'm not even a fan of YTPs.
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Do you love this channel because of the memes or?
0 likesYou're not really supposed to dissect a meme you just look at it and enjoy it
0 likes2:19 Why did I laugh so hard at that dinosaur falling in that purple ass water??? 😂😂😂😂😂
4 likesYou're my favorite YouTuber now. I really enjoy your content!
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I think he enjoys making the content that you enjoy!
0 likesThe same shit happened to Imgur. I started going on there years ago because it was surprising and original but then they started putting adds on the site and censoring everything. Now lame shit gets to the front page and its sad.
2 likesI love the fact that you used "Gates of Delirium"
0 likesNever saw that one coming.
Memes in 2018 live far less than they did in 2017
0 likesgod the random sound effects makes listening to this feel like a fever dream
0 likeswasn’t the point of the video that btm ruins memes by explaining them wrong, therefore making normies use them wrong as a result
2 likesand not normie discrimination
the scoring for this video is fucking brilliant
2 likesYou used King Crimson music and their debut album cover. Major points in my book.
1 likeThe trial is an awesome Pink Floyd song.
2 likesYour editing is amazing
1 likei dont need to know a meme all i need is for it to be funny
3 likesThe pattern you showed from the 90's was on drink cups at a waterpark I worked at in the 90's
0 likesdeep cut dank
late 2018 this is NPCs and Players. not normies and outsiders.
3 likesfuckin love these comments about BTM's suicide shit. btw "ironic meme" good job making the comment section more fun
1 likeI'm just here because the middle finger in the thumbnail makes me envious. Imagine the happiness u could bring with that thing
0 likes20:39
1 likeThe best moment in YouTube history
Love the when the levee breaks addition
0 likes21:02 it was so beautiful it made me cry :'(
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21:10 for me
1 likeThe stupidest thing about responding to that 4chan thread is........ his target audience will most likely never visit 4chan ! Why are you pulling out a criticism from the place that you're safe from (in the eyes of your audience) and bring it for your audiences to see ?! Like you said in this video, outsiders will not depend on Behind the Meme to get their meme. Why try so hard to pander to those people when your target audience is clearly normies
2 likesi disagree on YTPs not being the grandfather of memes. earrape is still used today, and even though they have evolved almost recognisably, the music memes have developed from YTPs (i argue the sparta meme started it). meme channels even use YTPs here and then as a way of making nods to where they started. YTPs definitely have roots to where we are today.
0 likes21:02 I’m fucking laughing my ass off
0 likesAs spine shuddering and annoying as the "hupadurp normies haha! What fags!" Message is, it has an underlying truth. Once a piece of content becomes oversaturated and main stream, it gets fucking annoying. That applies to now, in 2018, more than ever, because memes barely last a few weeks before I want to slam my head against a table from being so god damn sick of it. We're also repainting long dead memes. Remember keyboard cat? Say hi to Bongo Cat. (Few months dead, but still.)
2 likesIn a fistful of words: memes are a meme now, they'll stop being popular to normies soon
0 likesThe video is 1-1/2 years old, memes are already Internet dinosaurs. Everyone sees himself as an outsider so outsiders are now the new normies.
0 likesNot a "complete waste of time" -- nobody's perfect. Keep trying.
4:10 I was actually just thinking about this as an analogy.
1 like18:00
1 likeTruer words have never been spoken
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Agreed.
0 likesThis entire comment section is pure cringe
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Yes.
1 like@Dumbo Octopus I don't
2 likesDumbo Octopus ok boomer
0 likes@Zarabatana Productions he is a normie
2 likes@Dumbo Octopus Had he actually done some research on the topics that he wanted to cover, none of this would have happened. Look at the Internet Historian, he is loved by every community (even 4chan), because his videos are actually informative and don't spoil memes at all. BTM on the other hand, gave an open challenge to 4chan itself....
6 likes@Choyba
0 likesYou aren't disgusting. But try to be a decent human being. Or don't.
I don't really care at the end of the day.
@Dumbo Octopus would you want students to learn about their subject with an out-dated, poorly researched, and lazily written text book? There's nothing wrong with trying to teach normies about good memes, but when you make them believe that dead memes are still funny, miseducate them about important details and make the memes look bad, it's over-all detrimental to the community
1 likeI love all the modern and classic wwe themes
0 likesIf you didn’t already know the meaning of normie, you are a normie.
1 likeExcellent use of Gates of Delirium :D <3
0 likes25:07 That explains why Dr. Bright posts classified information there
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SHIT CALL THE FOUNDATION. HES FIGURED ME OUT!
0 likesSHOWING FEELINGS, SHOWING FEELINGS OF AN ALMOST HUMAN NATURE
0 likesWho is here after his defense for BTM.
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Not me....
0 likes4:09 thought you were gonna play some Beastie Boys up here
0 likesLove that you're a wrestling fan
1 likeI watched like 1 video from them and I DESPISED IT
2 likes👏meme review👏
0 likesJust sittin' here, jamin' to Pink Floyd.
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The trial is pretty cool
0 likes“On the internet, ignorance is king”
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Despite the fact that he has been dealing with memes for up to 9 years, and thus understands what he is talking about.
2 likesDamn didn’t know that other people did content cops
3 likesYes I can unsubscribe, anything for emp.
3 likesYouTube (Google) recommends EmpLemon to me all the time...
0 likesYouTube Algorithm logic: Videos that actually explain memes well and people generally like them? Screw that! Videos that poorly explain memes and get lots and lots of views and subscribers? Put that on Trending!!!
47 likesHow else is Behind the Meme more popular than you or Anthony Fantano?
If I were to run YouTube, I'd have the algorithm prioritize relevance first, then it's like-dislike ratio, then how many likes and views it has. Subscribers and watch time don't really matter much.
Edit: this coming from a guy with ~250 total views, 1 like, 7 dislikes, and no subscribers (so you know it's not me, but rather guys who make actually good content who benefit from these changes)
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Unfortunately, Youtube is running under the rules of "Popular, recognizable, and safe content [mostly]"; from a business perspective, they need to maximize what will drive revenue, and what better content is going to pander to the mass, general, homogeneous market? Yes, the safe and popular content.
5 likesThe edgier stuff won't fly, since this stuff is a way smaller market than you think. The majority are people who are casual viewers, and don't put much effort into watching.
The edgier [or less general] people are a lot more engaged, but also smaller in size, resulting in less total revenue driven by that market.
TL;DR
Youtube will only go for the safe and pandering stuff, not this kind of content.
ew. Normie
0 likesTheory : Emp is Behind the Meme
2 likesProof: They sound kinda similar I guess sorta
Thank you for opening my EYES!!!!!
1 likeCAN YOU NOT SUBSCRIBE!!
0 likesYou're the boss bro, i love ur shit.
KnowYourMeme all over again.
0 likesLove your fucking music taste dude
2 likesI LOVED how you used the Gran Turismo 4 sound track at 3:19. Do you play GT?
0 likesThe wrestling references make me feel cool even though I know Im not
1 likeThat fucking mf doom came on and sold this video for me.
0 likesI subscribed with this video, and one of the recommended channels to subscribe to is Fucking behind the meme
0 likes81k likes vs 18k dislikes... nice!
3 likesDownward spiral is now EmpLemon's trademark meme
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Whenever someone says downward spiral he can copystrike that person
1 likedownward spiral
0 likesNormies: people who choose Funky Kong or Daisy in Mario Kart Wii
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JustMike exactly, always choose walugui
1 likeNormies : people who play Mario Kart Wii.
1 likeOr when they choose Waluigi then they are kinda good people
Outsiders: waluigi for smash 5 dlc
1 likeYEAH. I play as king boo and dry bowser in mario kart wii
1 likeActually, I would propose the opposite. Funky Kong has the highest natural speed stat AND is a heavyweight character, which means that combined with the Flame Runner (inside-drifting bike), he is a speed demon whose weight keeps him from being knocked around like a lightweight. His acceleration is garbage, but the stand-still mini-turbo pretty much neglects that. Daisy with the Mach Bike is also a good combo. Daisy is SLOWER and LIGHTER than Funky Kong, which automatically makes her a worse choice, but she has the sharpest drift out of anyone else.
3 likes@MarGon oh. Smart
1 like@norixya REAL outsiders: people who know waluigi will NEVER be in a smash game after sakurai was threatened to put waluigi in
1 like5:58 King Crimson
1 likeWoah! Schizoid man!!!
0 likesYou just earned a sub
0 likesim nine and love irish rock band and all forms of music and play a lot of game thanks alot and im not sarcastic and thank you for shining light on outsiders
1 likeGordon: Finally some good fuckin content
1 likeAnyone get nostalgia from this?
0 likesYour voice sounds like friggin behind the meme in fact I’ve never seen both of u in the same place actually...
2 likesprog rock. a true connoisseur.
0 likesofficial non normie meme, donut steel
0 likesBloody Normies, comin over here, takin our memes
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They are not sending their best
5 likes@Mesut Bektaş we took yer memes and now yer lives
2 likesNormies tryna invade memeland.
2 likesWe need to protect our memes
1 likeInternet Memes are usually never funny to be begin with though
0 likesAntimatter30 found the normie
0 likes@Antimatter30 Internet Memes? Usually never? Are you feeling okay? Should I call an ambulance?
0 likesMe-diocre love that joke 10/10
0 likesWhen I think YTP, I think Frying Nemo series
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Are you trying to get him to do Frying Dory?
2 likeslove you it but Niche is pronounced "Nee-sh" not "Nee-ch" silly boi xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDecks dee
3 likesI remember a year ago when I watched like a minute of this video then commented calling you some hater or something. Oh how wrong I was
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You should feel ashamed
0 likes@Jurand :(
3 likesIt’s alright. We all make mistakes in our lives. But we all learn from them. Well maybe not BTM.
1 likePlease do a video about why your boy Anthony got demonetized and closed down his channel
0 likeswhen you’re yelling you sound like leafy wth
0 likesCONTENT COP-normies
2 likesSo you're a meme hipster 🤔
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no, he's a meme LORD
0 likesYou stopped talking about 4 Chan and I got an add for Clover dating 🤔
0 likesIm into the video about 5 minutes and thanks to CNN i quit watching because im paranoid it will turn into an anti trump video.
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None of this is anti-Trump.
2 likesLucifer Light what the fuck
0 likes@Lucifer Light
0 likesBruh, do you live under a rock? Emp likes Trump
16:52 holy HECK
0 likesYou actually say that he is just mediocre
0 likesI can't believe I was oncwle a behind the meme fan
0 likes“I’ve got twice the Y E E ”
1 likeI remember when I hated you for this lol
0 likesAh these imstrumentals
0 likesWUWHWUWH WAIT. Am i a normie for liking Pokemon and Mario? (stuff like shorter meme life cycles is why ive not been enjoying memes lately like you just see them used EVERYWHERE and it gets grating! imo)
0 likesI would love to hear your opinion on iFunny to see if you think it's a normi dite or somewhere in between
0 likesGATES OF DELIRIUM BY YES PLAYED AND THAT WAS AWESOME edit: & King Crimson too!? What a chad
0 likesThis is very uncomfortable to watch in 2018
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Behind the meme was lying. He isn't suicidal. He's doing it for views.
5 likesAnyone remember what music this is at 21:00?
0 likesSince PewDiePie also kills memes, what's your view on him?
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Even After T-series Takes His Throne It Would Still Be To Huge Of A Target.
1 like@Dankstar Memes *9 year olds
0 likes3:19 GT4 Arcade mode. Classy, EmpLeon.
0 likesWhen you actually fit the Outsider definition, in school as well( everyone listens to rap but I listen into Pink Floyd)
0 likes5:45 "c r i n g y"
0 likesgates of delirium!
1 likeWhy was there an influx of hate on the first part of the video?
0 likesI just looked up thatistheplan and he's not on youtube? I just see a bunch of reupload videos... unless I misspelled it, entirely possible.
0 likesAlso HUGE PROPS for citing your music. HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE props, THANK YOU DUDE, can't count the number of youtubers who DON'T put the music in their information. It really pisses me off when people don't cite their sources for music. Sorry for all the caps, but you really made me happy with that little extra info. Thanks dude.
Subscribed, bell engaged.
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Apparently he is theneedledrop now!
0 likes@Nernx Ultima He's always been Needledrop, it's a different channel entirely. Thatistheplan was his shit posting channel, which was taken down due to YouTube's shitty system.
1 like0:00 what's the name of the non parodied song?
0 likesbut but, butt, ....
0 likes...
... what about lazy outsiders?
FUGG
What song was 16:54 I love me some speedore, but it isn't in your track list
0 likesjoin the outsider rebellion aka 4chan
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nah I’ll just Go where I feel safe.
0 likesPro tip: if you like fantano, you are a normie
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Pro tip: The comment I'm replying to is wrong.
2 likesAlmost 2 mil views comrade long live ussr
1 likeWhat’s at 20:55
2 likesBy the way emp great fuckin video mate
Know Your Memes :
16 likes90 % : 🆂🆄🅶🅾🅸 ANIME PICS
5%: Memes
5% : ... 🅴🅼 🅶🅾🅽🅽🅰 🅿🅾🆂🆃 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅾🅽 🅵🅰🅲🅱🅾🅾🅺 🅻🅼🅰🅾 🅳🅴🆂🆄
I get this video now.
0 likes* cough * * cough * MEME REVIEW * cough *
0 likesI don't consider myself a "normie", but I'm too fucking busy to fuck around on 4Chan and be in on all the inside jokes.
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not even just 4chan but random sites too. its like shifting through a load for crap for a single diamond that you yourself then share or create. its an annoying job i wish i was better at.
0 likesWhat do you think of KnowYourMeme?
0 likes“nitch”
1 likenichè my dog
KING CRIMSOONNNNN
0 likesDESTROY BEHIND THE MEME!!!!!!!!!!! HE IS A NORMIE WHO MUST BE STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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if he doesn't destroy his own fan base
0 likesYou and behind the meme sound a lot alike. mmmmm
0 likesMeme... me... meme funny
0 likesWho's here after lemon made the defense video for BTM.
0 likesYtp isn't that hard to understand. Its Baroque music. But for videos.
0 likesThroughout the video he plays a song from midnight club 3 DUB edition in the car customization shop! And alot of other video game music from my childhood!! LOL!!
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Nice to here that!
0 likesMy fav 13:34
0 likesHe's telling people to unsubscribe, therefore unsubbing is for normies.
0 likesSubscribing is something normies also do.
would never subscribing make someone an outsider?
Wow I never thought, somebody couldbe so damn serious, about something as vapid as memes. XD
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HanniballXII not his point but ok
1 likewait
0 likescreemyice Well hearing him talk about this "culture" behind memes and how a youtube channel that tries to explain memes, is destroying that culture, makes it seem like he takes memes way too seriously.
0 likesI kinda like how you use XD to imply that you're not upset but you must be burning inside.
2 likesHanniballXII he mention in his “youtube have been on a downward spiral” video that he made this rant to criticize behind the meme, not because he hates him but to help him make better content
0 likesI feel like you're the exact kind of person who emp doesn't like. You hear the word "meme" and rather than find out why he takes it so seriously, you dismiss it as "vapid".
0 likesI would go through the laundry list of things wrong with this comment, but the other 6 replies do an excellent job of it already.
1 likeYou know that dinosaur metaphor you used? Well it's kinds false but not in terms of use. What I mean is mammals did not start to exist after the meteor, they just started to evolve after the meteor.
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Also, its a little more fitting because the only group of dinosaurs that survived are the birds, which would learn to live in every environment and outnumber mammals 2 to 1.
1 like9:00 OOOOOOOOOOOOOH WEEEEEENDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
1 likeEarrape is still cancer though. Atleast most of it.
0 likesLook at me guys, im super edgy...I use unfunny ear rape & act like I could careless if people like me..you're like the hipster of the internet, "I liked all this stuff first, now its not cool that its cool." If the internet is older than you..you're probably a fucking "normie" too..those dislikes tho...XD
0 likeswell at least 18,000 people who watched this are normies
0 likesjeet content
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chadderall eh ???
0 likesi came i saw i came
0 likesreminder that RIP ThatIsthePlan
0 likes0:20 and 0:23
0 likesWhen I see people repeating TikTok memes on a comment section.
normie=npc
0 likesStill,
0 likesFuck ear rape.
Bruh I legit opened discord and at the same time in the video (around 6:50) they both said leroy jenkins
1 likeTop 10 anime crossovers of all time
also
|)35|>4(!+0
Now 1 year later, behind the meme is gonna play russian roulette to end it all, wowie.
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and as it turns out it was completely fake
5 likesIf only he did my friend...
0 likes👌🏾
0 likesI have a hunch that you like wrestling
0 likes5:23
2 likesI feel like the 10k dislikes are all normie behind the meme fans
4 likes>implying memes are mentally challenging and original content
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Can Of Noodles otherwords reddit.
3 likesFlagitron8000 Memes are so 2010 anyway.
0 likesWhere were you months ago when 4chan literally summoned an ancient primordial god of darkness and chaos through the power of shitposting? Where were you during the last election season when Kek and the powers of meme magic helped Donald Trump become president?
1 like☢Supermagicaldeadguy☢
0 likeshe will not divid us...
wow sir, that was a very informing and bold video, just the way I like my daily dose of videos, I just subscribed, thanks.
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how come youve never known his channel back when he made the uncredibles
0 likesPreach it!
0 likes2017's video of the year.
3 likesEven till this day it's enjoyable to rewatch
We shall defend our memes, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on IFunny , we shall fight on Reddit , we shall fight in 9gag and 4chan , we shall fight on the internet; we shall never surrender.
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Wait which side are you on?
4 likesTrying to revitalize 8chan I believe.
0 likesReddit and 4chan are (more or less) awesome. 9GAG and iFunny are normie trash. REEEEEEEEEE!
1 likejoin 4chan to defeat normies legacy! Reeeeee
1 likeim sure outsiders like mainstream media aswell its just they dont live by it and outsiders dont like the same things repeated so dont worry your probaly not a normie
0 likesso does iFunny
0 likesFrty6ntwo _ >ifunny >yea right
0 likesBruh samoa joes theme during Behindthememe 😂😂😂
0 likesThis video made me realise what a FUCKING NORMIE I was.
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you can transform,I am right now
20 likesTransform
7 likespolyGentle YOU CAN CHANGE :DDDDDD
14 likesJust be careful, the journey is dangerous
polyGentle
18 likesThis video made me want to be a normie tbh
All this meme drama is too much for me
Weren't we all though? Dank memes didn't always exist.
4 likesSame here
0 likespolyGentle You still are.
2 likespolyGentle I'm a normie REEEEEEEEEE
0 likesCONVERT TO OUTSIDERS QUICKLY
2 likesGirl normies cant change but men normies can change
1 likeThere's still time to change
2 likeswe all had to A S C E N D at some point.
0 likesSame.
0 likesGood thing i'm not a normie. watches behind the meme
4 likesHands down, best exposure video in 2017!
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Killerwhale 6011 no
4 likesJacob Vidal. Then what is!
6 likesKillerwhale 6011 he’s a normie, he wouldn’t understand.
14 likesPanzer 1918 how would you know
0 likesPanzer 1918
2 likesOh boy!
You see the latest troll face memes?
idubbz ricegum content cop was the best one but this was good too
6 likesArmorTuure TV. That too!
0 likesHahahahaha no
0 likesDon’t forget the SssniperWolf expose video.
1 likeKillerwhale 6011 nah
0 likesthe cynic yes
0 likesIdubbbz has an actually good exposure video with research, evidence and great points.
1 likeKillerwhale 6011 You wrote a couple paragraphs of bullshit.
1 likeHow? How is his content garbage? It is more entertaining than EMPLemon at least...
Along with that, tell me how more people knowing about a meme kills it, or overuse, whatever you mean by overuse kills it.
Along with that, tell me what you know about meme culture, the secrets. Wow so intelligent, you know the secrets of meme culture that NO ONE should know!!!
Along with that, I watched this whole video believe it or not. And you countered none of my arguments as well.
Killerwhale 6011 ikr
0 likesKillerwhale 6011 but did it feel good though?
0 likesBack in 2010 memes were just memes.
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You mean the late 2000s
0 likesCan't Think ikr.
0 likesfrank tenpenny he meant that nobody took them seriously like we do now
0 likesHave a like for the stab at Watch Mojo.
57 likesEpilepsy.
0 likesNow do this for pewdiepie
1 likeWho is behind the meme?
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Boi
0 likes0:00
0 likesBehind The Meme is going to start a Youtube war
9 likeswhat about Pewdiepie meme review?
0 likesSong at 4:23?
0 likesWhen I first heard normies talk about filthy frank, I knew our paradise was over
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Jackaboy 'memer watching the original Harlem Shake video. Then having all that cancer spread.
13 likesJackaboy yup
0 likesCool
0 likesEmpLemon Aer u a gearhead? U usa lots of musics from ps2 racing games
0 likesFucking A my man.
50 likesSubscribed.
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Gurein mi jaoh nah, unsubscribed
0 likeswhy does EmpLemon look like a deep fried meme
6 likes13:47
0 likesWait, I thought you were Anthony fantano
2 likestwo questions...
6 likesare outsiders hipsters? and secondly, i thought we were called ascended.
Chill, ok sure it's the internet, you said it yourself, anybody can post ANYTHING on the internet, so just let Behind The Meme post his stuff, if you don't like it, don't watch it, you post what you want, and if people don't like it, they don't have to watch it
5 likesMusic at 20:50?
0 likesBtw good video emp
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Corbin Smith music in description
0 likesthe newest internet bullshit, cultural appropriation.... of memes...
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Bruno Yudi Was Cultural appropriation is bullshit itself, people say it’s racist when it’s kinda the opposite.
0 likesRacism is disliking and hating a culture (saying “Nigga” as a joke isn’t bad, but when you use as an insult to black people, that is racist)
Let’s go to the Chinese prom dress situation, it wasn’t racist, she liked the design of the dress and respected the Chinese and their culture
roblox pfp lol
0 likes@john Nah this ain't a roblox pfp.
0 likesChris Bartek it is.
0 likes@john I suggest taking a closer look boyo
0 likesChris Bartek think again, sport, this is obviously a faceless Roblox character using either the 3.0 package or rthro.
0 likes1000% better than game theory
10 likesthis video is just one long REEEEEEEEEE
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Ralphinator The video is one long downward spiral
27 likesThe Thinkers Which is leading to an upward spiral in subs. He told you to UNSUBSCRIBE!! You had one fucking job!
20 likesRalphinator REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEALPHINATOR!
1 likeWRYYYYYYYYYYYY!
1 likeOh, wait...
REEEEEEEEEEALITY
2 likes5:37 XDDDDD
0 likes18:00
0 likesKek actually came from World of Warcraft, as Orc's who said "lol" to an alliance player, the alliance players would read it translated to "kek". Topkek however is indeed the cupcake.
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Durzo Blint then it got turned into a godly meme by the Normies....
0 likesNormies don't use it, in fact whenever i've sent kek to a normie they just say
5 likes"what the fuck is kek?"
I remember that being translated as URUK. I might be wrong tho, i havent touched WoW in 10 years.
0 likes8:56 song name
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AnduRo
0 likesThat’s the WWE theme song for Samoa Joe
Yaay I'm part of the cool crowd for once yaay! Yaay! Will you all be my Facebook friends?
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Gondu Somfin only if you give me your credit card number
2 likesI really hope behind the meme has seen this
7 likesholy fuck 1 million views whaT
0 likes"an identical template with an interchangable topic", huh?
25 likesreminds me of memes like Mocking Spongebob and Savage Patrick; which are, coincidentally, normie memes
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Please define a "normie meme"
0 likesSpixy Games| Fair enough
0 likesThe fact he has no clue about the shit 4Chan has done to people like him, as well as being considering how much 4Chan has shaped memes, meme culture, the history of memes, etc.
328 likesAnyways, great video. The only criticism I have is the overuse of seizure inducing effects without a seizure warning, since people with epilepsy can't really help getting a seizure.
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you failed to mention that hes basically rasicst against normies and puts them in a bad light
15 likesAlan Richardson this is about memes, mainly used by outsiders
8 likesarent memes only used by outsiders? and what does that have too do with what i said about him putting normies in a bad light
0 likesWell I have some normie friends and there great people, so their are good and bad normies/good and bad outsiders.
6 likes+underlord26 what if an outsider has epilepsy?
0 likesWho the fuck cares if normies want to learn about memes? How would that ruin them for the rest of us? As far as I see it, it's good that normies are at least trying to understand memes when they could just say "that's weird, unfunny shit" and move on. Plus this behind the meme person isn't trying to hurt or bully anyone like Leafy, he's just trying to share memes with a wider demographic.
2 likesAlan Richardson um... Normies aren't a race g
14 likes@Julia Belyung If everyone and their grandma knows a meme and references it, it gets old much, much faster.
14 likesThe problem people see is that memes don't have a long shelf-life anymore; a couple years ago people could get months to years of enjoyment out of these silly internet jokes but that isn't happening in this new age.
This is the internet, and in internet, once real-life thoughts don't matter; you are either a normie or a non-normie fighting mainstream influence.
0 likesFunny you say that as I do indeed have epilepsy. But I'm not on the floor writhing as I type this comment, am I?
0 likesSounds like something a normie would say
0 likesPixuseru this comment is as underrated as the site itself
0 likesJulia Belyung their vague understanding leads memes do be misused and therefore die quicker.
1 likeSCP: 749
3 likes"Behind the meme"
Or
"Normie"
This SCP is known for killing every single meme that gets near it. This SCP can also repeat anything as much as they want. Heres an example.
WARNING
What you are about to read is real text from behind the meme...
Day 1: Hello internet welcome to behind the meme!
Day 629: hello internet welcome to behind the meme!
This SCP hasnt been contained yet. If you see this SCP please call
1800-742-SCP
And stand still.
Thank you for listening.
When you get to the point of calling someone a normie makes you a normie
7 likesAlso teach me your ways of making normie nullifying memes. I know a lot about memes and how long they last and thier average lifetime due to the amount exposed to the meme, but removing normies is now needed to save the economy.
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Mr.Panface no it’s not
1 likeMarcus Marcus, really. Do you know how a virus works? If more people get it more people die and can't get it again. This applies to memes, once you find it not funny you won't find it funny again. And more people introduced the faster it dies. It's like a virus. The more people (normies) the faster they die or become normiefied
0 likesThats a perfect explanation right here
0 likesMr.Panface • When you get to the point of saying when you get to the point of calling some a normie makes you a normie, makes you a normie. Normie.
3 likeshmm intrinsic
0 likesI guess i should KNOW MY MEME reiview
0 likesThe only Documentry i watch.
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this is one HELL of a documentry
0 likesNew Ormies
0 likes3:02 The late 60's
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The mainstream internet available to public happened in the late 90s.
0 likes@Dylan_Not_Dillon I know. i honestly don't know why i commented that
0 likes🔥🔥
1 likeThe Meme economy will crash soon!
94 likesThere is only one way to escape this Downward Spiral,
Comrades, seize the memes of production!
Destroy the normie class! For a Dank future!
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Wurminator No! You won't take Berlin!
1 like>seize the memes of production
3 likesWelcome to /leftypol/, comrade.
Why the fuck is this in the playlist for the Danganronpa V3 OST.
5 likesUnpopular opinion - EmpLemon is a normie.
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Ur probably right
0 likesY
0 likesTů šmart für mí.
0 likes4chan also good for porn btw
1 likeDeep fried meme will never be normified
5 likesWHY IS THIS IN THE DANGANRONPA V3 OST PLAYLIST
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IK 😭😭
0 likesIronically you sound alot like an angrier version of behind the memes.
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Is there any similarity between him and Behind the meme
1 like@Straight God Nope,just aside the voice they have nothing in common.
0 likesWhoa😳
0 likesWtf the Simpsons green
2 likesNo one clicks "Newest First",lol but not really.
5 likesIf you're sorting by newest all your gonna see below me are normies, redditors and generics fucks who joined the internet during the social media age etc. Half the video is talking about how memes were part of outcast culture, and like everything that only outcasts people like, normies eventually come along and ruin it. These guys are sad, what happened to the old internet?
4 likesI prefer the term the ignorant masses.
0 likesChrist almighty does your hand hurt from patting yourself on the back so hard?
0 likesThe thing is, you gotta spend more than 24 hours a day on the internet to understand all the memes
1 likeI still very much love this video and have every time I’ve watched it, but it’s weird watching it with Behind The Meme at the very least giving the appearance of some pretty sever depression (and possible thoughts of suicide). I’ve got respect both EmpLemon and Behind The Meme’s defense of their sides here, but this whole little piece of YouTube drama has gotten significantly more serious in tone.
2 likesBehind the meme’s gonna pay for his misdeeds now
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Uh oh...
0 likesThis video is one of the few good things that have come as a result of Behind The Meme
2 likesThe fact that behind the meme a guy who’s probably in his 30s has to get his mommy to “roast” Anthony Fantano is weak and pathetic
2 likesDespite the fact that this drama is probs no longer relevant, I still watch this video on a semi-regular basis.
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"Time" by Hans Zimmer. Pretty sure it's on the Inception soundtrack (?)
0 likes@JoeShmoe102
0 likesSame here, man. And I just want to say how funny it is that people call us and Emp elitists when all we want is for them to put in some effort and have some fucking passion instead of being ignorant and bland.
Please don't take this down even though you disagree, let this be a monument to how far you've come
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You’re right!
1 likeI think you single handedly turned behind the memes popularity around
1 likeI’ve been using 4 chan for like 6 yrs already and I’ve seen the memes generated from it and it is much better than the filthy normemes
1 likeHard to take your video seriously when you keep interrupting it with subpar memes and earrape.
1 likeHow have I missed this channel after all this time
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Hulkieus Because TY does fuck all for recommending good channels, if you want to find the good shit you just kinda have grab a shovel dig through the shit hope you hit gold.
3 likesBecause YouTube's algorithm.
0 likesNice normie magnet. This comment section is a gold mine of little kids who like BTM.
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The comment under me is a normie
8 likesOh shit-
28 likesHUHHUH NORMIES. I AM SUPERIOR FOR LIKING PHOTOPSHOPS THE INTERNET MAKES
8 likes@WhaleManMan o found one
24 likes@sceptile 0k So because anyone has a different opinion on memes makes them a normie
1 likeOk, I really don't like his content, but yeah the Suicide might be fake, but he drank real Vodka.
1 likeVirtualism I don’t see any
0 likesA E S T H E T I C found another
4 likesI wouldn't be surprised if they knew the connection with Richard Dawkins, because BTM wouldn't know.
0 likesTheory: BTM moved from Normistan to Memeland (yes I made the internet a continent with countries).
0 likesDouble JK
0 likes@Incognito no
0 likes@Isaac's Channel yes
1 likeno
0 likes@Isaac's Channel yes basement dweller
1 like@Incognito no
0 likes@Isaac's Channel yes
1 like@Incognito Bruh r we still arguing about this lol.
1 like@Isaac's Channel yeah
1 like@Incognito hi
1 like@Isaac's Channel hi
1 like@Incognito This conversation is getting really awkward
0 likesWhy
0 likesThere are Normie memes (mainly Twitter memes)
6 likesAnd Outsider memes (like deepfried memes)
Normies get tired of their own memes and go after Outsider memes
Normies kill the meme within 2 weeks
Outsiders make a new meme
Repeat
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Life eh
0 likesNormism is a spectrum
0 likes“The memeconemy”
23 likes+1 subscriber
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IntoThePit how the fuck did I find you here
0 likesLEAVE ME ALONE
0 likesGreat editing and amazing song choices
0 likesEmp lemon you have great taste in music btw
3 likesNo, he's not dead, but the channel is. The last part to BTM's series of videos (5. The End [RIP Behind the Meme]) was removed shortly after being uploaded. It has been re-uploaded by another user here https://youtu.be/1duIkZnLh_o
3 likesAh, I still watch old YTPs and stuff. I never really was able to watch your videos because of your liberal use of ear rape. It is just that ear rapes aren't my shit. Cs188 is probably still my favorite.
0 likes(I know some guys don't like his content because he basically just fills his videos with sex jokes instead of the artistic methods of YTPs, but what could I say? I am still an immature teenager.)
CD-I YTPs were my thing back then.
King Mah boi!_, Morshu the Jewish shopkeeper, and _yor face symphonies.
Keep doing what you're doing. I enjoy it.
i actualy used to watch behind the meme but it was like a month and i had had enough with the normie and i never thought about it for i think a year until i see this
0 likesGuys, Behind the Meme is back. I guess it's time to start another crusade.
0 likesEdit: I’m now cured from being normiefied, although I still feel ashamed of myself. This marks the 1 year anniversary of when I stopped supporting him. Thanos Car is a great meme. Ugandan Knuckles was a horrible meme. I am a good human being, although I am still ashamed of myself. I think I need to be sent to the execution chamber because I’m afraid the virus will come back. I need help.
2 likesYo I fucking love your music choice! When the Levee Breaks is amazing!
0 likes>Doesn't understand 4chan
21 likes>Hasn't seen 8chan
Boi have a seat.
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8chan? Never heard of it c:
1 like4chan for the racism and memes
0 likes8chan for good porn threads
He's back, in a DOWNWARD SPIRAL.
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Oh
0 likes12:58 I rewatched that with my volume all the way up.
2 likesI was not disappointed.
Behind the meme has the same voice as Emplemon. I believe they are the same person
1 likeThis is still fucking legendary.
1 likeI don't think behind meme gets this but his acknowledgement of zenzi makes it a meme
0 likesdont become Behind the meme. Be the meme
0 likesAnime has become part of normie culture. Back when I was growing up if you watched Anime it was just like reading comic books in the 60's-80's. It was considering very nerdy and you were often made fun of for liking it nowadays it has gotten so mainstream as many normies have flooded the market so much that I bet the normies watching Anime don't even know their normies. Also same with kids cartoons back then and yes back then watching kids cartoons as an adult you were looked as a manchild that has no job and lives in your mom's basement disappointing her every day with your existence.
1 likeENOUGH IS ENOUGH I,VE HAD IT WITH THESE FRICKING NORMIES LISTING TO ME YEETING MEMES PS:REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Please come down sir.
0 likesUsing that Samoa Joe theme for intense critique tho XD
0 likesThis is Watchmojo counting down the top 10 rants about BehindTheMeme.
1 likeJeaus he went in hard, awesome vid Emp!
0 likesDidnt we all start out as normies.
1592 likes[Edit: if your comment has more than 50 replies, you know your in for a treat of hell.]
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God No not really, not to say we're the same as how we were at birth. But there's more things that makes a normie a normie other then the fact that they don't know anything about memes, a normie isn't just someone who doesn't know anything about memes. A normie is someone who subsists entirely on the mainstream no matter how terrible and bland the mainstream may be. Normies always follow the trends and believe whatever the mainstream corporate puppets tell them to believe. No one is born a normie or an outsider, but you end up falling into one of those two categories eventually. Is it possible to have that changed, most of the time the answer to that question is no. Most people who've already fallen into one category can't switch to the next, no matter how hard they try.
225 likesthey can, you cant say people cant change, legit on the video himself he says some people are lucky enough to change on what they believed are thought.
74 likesGod I never said people can't change, I said most people can't just switch from normie to outsider and visa versa because certain types of peoples personality ends up in line with either category. It's in a lot of ways like your character traits, trying to manually change them can be difficult but not impossible.
47 likes@Lumen u right, u hust had to be more specific and generalize
20 likesGod I was specific, I said basically what I just repeated to you. I said "most of the time the answer is no" not 100% all of the time.
21 likes@Lumen ok i just skidded through your message sorry i didnt pay much attention to it.
19 likesWas busy playin fallout while i saw this.
That's alright God, whomst ever playith fallout is always excused.
33 likesThat wasn't the point of the video
3 likes@Adrian Arellano i didnt say how it started anyways.
4 likesWe didn't start out as normies, we started out as newbies.
28 likesA normie is just (according to Emp) a person who doesn't look for challenging, niche media, so as long as you're open-minded you could be listening to the Top 40 and watching The Big Bang Theory and not be a normie.
@ScusaChannel well think about when u were younger.
7 likesIf u started from there ur frontal lobe wouldnt even know what a normie is and just start at the bottom of the food chain. I think thats what im trying to say here. Of course we all can change butat a young age who can say much.
Nope.
38 likesThis comment is going to hurt me, because just saying "Normie" or "Outsider" relapses me back into my childhood self.
I was an outsider, bullied for being a nerd, no matter what I did. I decided not to dress to impress anyone or gain attention, but that just led to me being bullied more as they assumed I just couldn't afford make-up or I was lesbian or couldn't afford nice clothes. I was bullied for being myself, which made my childhood self very resentful, even at an early age. When I first got a PC at age 8, I consumed the internet, indulging in everything because I felt like it was somewhere I could be me without judgement (because my face was hidden by a screen).
People can become outsiders after being ..."Normies".... (ugh...) but being an outsider from a young age can have a very strange effect on people. It's a weird trauma from exile that leads to a lot of hatred for the people who didn't get it... which I think is why the internet is perpetuated by rage today. A lot of people who stay hidden behind a screen find no reason to mature, so they just keep living the same bitterness from their youth, which comes out as cowardly lashing-out anonymously on a site like this.
Sadly, outsiders who started as "Normies" will never get IT. The day-in day-out harassment followed throughout a decade or more of school. It takes it's toll and it can mess people up.
I get it. I can remember the anger I had back in the day.
For example; back when I was about 11 was when "Nerd culture" started being cool... With the "Normie" definition of the Nerd trend being to wear the new-at-the-time novelty 3D glasses from the cinema with the lenses poked out (and an odd amount of neon clothing to contrast the thick black lenses). Suddenly, they had taken a word they had bullied me with for 4+ years, (a word I had battled with and eventually adopted as a badge of honour) and used taken it for their own, which I originally thought would make me The Cool Kid, but that dream was shot down pretty swiftly, proceeding to tell me I wasn't Nerdy enough. I was so unbelievably bitter, I started complaining about people being mainstream and started being a hipster (before hipsters were ironically the opposite of hipsters).
With the rise of mainstream shows like "Big Bang Theory" making the life of a nerd even more difficult, the lack of understanding just frustrated me more. I began lashing out at more mainstream things, like Justin Bieber and High School Musical and Twilight, being increasingly negative to an almost selfish and entitled degree.
This is where people like 4chan-ers and redditors and Outsiders stand today; living with that rage they just can't let go of from being misunderstood by simple-minded people.
(I hate using "Simple-minded" too, but I didn't have a word for Basic-bitches and Normies back then, so that's probably what I would have called them. For me, it was the "Dweeks" that pissed me off like nothing else, and it still pains me today. I have been a fanatic for Doctor Who since I was 5. I had been a "Whovian" and active in the fanbase since I was 7. I held Doctor Who on a pedestal as an icon and probably one the most influential pieces of media in my childhood... when suddenly, 2010 rolled around and Doctor Who started airing on BBC-America... and it dragged in some awful "Fans." These were teenage girls who claimed to love Doctor Who, with no caring for the history, had seen a maximum of 4 seasons and only really cared about debating whether David Tennant or Matt Smith was more dreamy. They called themselves "Dweeks," naming a new fandom for a show who already had an avid fandom who were named before these bitches were even born. These American Dweeks were the epitome of Basic-bitches/Normies. Their ignorance of not only the show's history, but the fanbase's long history, made them very easy to hate for an Outsider, and it felt like they stumbled into the lion's den. Now, the ball was in our court. They were on our turf and the Whovians were out for Dweek blood. We'd intentionally made them look like dumb assholes and chase them out of fan groups, gleefully hunting and sniping them in the only way we knew how; through vicious hateful comments.)
I grew out of all that behaviour as I understand more mellow approaches can reach the same goal without the intense hate. In my mid teenage years, I hung out with metalheads, goths and other types of nerds, basically all the outsiders I could be with so they could understand that we didn't have to be alone. Eventually I brought them all together for the last 2 years of school as a huge group who could no longer be bullied, as the "Normies" had all separated into small groups, ironically meaning we were more popular than them as they were sat at lunch in groups of 4-9 people whilst we sat in a group of 21-34 (yes, at one table). The friends I made then are still my closest friends today, but I am a rare case, which is why I am all of this saying this.
I mellowed out of my hatred because I realised that there are as many Outsiders as Normies and because I found my people. Most Outsiders do not find that. Ever. That is why they are stuck in an enraged loop even as an adult. They lash out because they are making up for all the times they were made to feel wrong in youth.
Not all haters are outsiders and not all Normies are dumb, 100% mainstream sheep. You can become an Outsider and you can have started as an Outsider but still be a nice person... but this is my point.
An outsider is someone who sees a perspective not shared by everyone, usually not shared by the majority. As a nerd, I find fun in analytics, learning trivia and the dissecting of all subjects. Goths see a pessimistic look at life as logical and freeing. Metalheads enjoy hearing music that is new to them and make them feel something not shared normally in recent popular music.
An Outsider is not just someone in-the-know, like Behind the meme, but someone with a particular way of thinking that is not typical of everyone around them.
As people who lived on the outside at a young age, we get angry at people who decide that being socially accepted as normal is more important than finding yourself. We get angry when we aren't given the luxury of being seen as normal just because the way our brains work or our hobbies and choices we decide are worth embracing are different that of a less creative, thoughtful or self-aware person.
Some "Normies" do become "Outsiders," but not everyone. The younger you were when you saw yourself as an Outsider, the more you understand what causes this divide and the bitterness that Outsiders hold for "Normies" and why they decided to name them something so scaving in the first place.
A Normie can become an Outsider when they gain better awareness of the world around them later in life. It's true. They can then choose to not be a sheep and learn to not give a fuck like the rest of the Outsiders... but young Outsiders were practically forced into their status of "Outsider" by the social circles created by school social dynamics and media influence of "What is normal." If you were never "Normal" you were wrong and that self hate and hate of others never goes away, leading to a backlash that can't be easily extinguished.
I think the best way to show my point is "Atheists." Atheists are ruthless in America, being usually quite hateful and up their own arses, because they want to believe they are better than Theists because they have science as actual evidence for their beliefs. Meanwhile, I am an Atheist/Agnostic. I rarely say it, however, as I don't want to be associated with scummy American Atheists who hate people for believing something different. I live in Britain, where it is completely normal to be Atheist. 35% of Britain is Atheist, whereas less than 9% of Americans are Atheist, so it is relatively abnormal to be Atheist compared to Britain. Here, no one needs to get angry and try to force these views on others to be heard because no one is rebelling. No one needs to prove anything because no one is being threatened. No one feels wrong for not being theist here. There are far less Anti-theists here than America in recent years too. And sure, you can become Atheist as an adult and have no real issues doing so, but if you were an Atheist at age 15 or younger in America, there were probably many issues, having to fight maybe religious parents, grandparents, catholic schools, preachers and more. That's the true difference between Normies and Outsiders. Outsiders are fighting everyone to be who they want to be, whilst a Normie just conforms. A Normie can join a fight as an Outsider later in life, but they can never be a Veteran-Outsider.
Wow, sorry, I did not expect a rant like this to evolve. I just kept writing. I think I had an epiphany or an crisis or a moment of self discovery or something. I just couldn't stop. Apologies for the rambling. Ignore it. I may just make this into a script and make my own video on it instead.
@Mamamew TheRani im not gonna read all that. Sry.
11 likesNo problem. It was an odd ramble at 5am. I can't expect you to read it.
7 likes@Mamamew TheRani kk hope ur better
6 likesMamamew TheRani
12 likesI like your explanation. This could be a great article or video. You are very well-spoken.
Your sword of discernment has been sharpened by rough circumstances, and your will has been hardened by fire.
I omle resintle converted
3 likes@Ideoform Sun Thank you. It means a lot to me that you even read my long venting session, let alone being nice enough to compliment it. I'm going to sub to you out of grattitude.
8 likesMamamew TheRani
4 likesI think you should copy it onto your web page or another place where others can read it. We need good descriptions like this about what it's like. Thank you.
@scorepit I was raised a normie. I followed a lot of trends and I thought that This Is Sparta was a meme that I could use, like, everytime I kill someone on Roblox. I'd also follow popular opinion and when I see anything like XD, I'd use it at the end of all sentences that I type out in comments and games. But now, when I find anyone unironically using trends and being corny as hell, I cringe hard. It's why I respect The Emoji Movie. It's why when my normie classmates and friends do the bottle flip to be cool and not to pass the time (p.s everyone in my class bottle flips), I reject them for a day. I'm a semi-outsider. I can usually understand a meme, and I like some dead memes. But, there comes times when I overuse a new meme that had not been infected yet/are dead. e.g Illuminati, B, E, Yeet, Oof.
6 likesSo yes, it is possible to change categories, but you need to be changed before you reach 10 years old. (My transition started when I was age 9.)
Not emplemon
0 likesI inherited the outsider status from my brother
2 likes@Mamamew TheRani that was very interesting to read. I can confirm a lot of it. Greetings from a german "veteran outsider" ;)
3 likesBut we changed
0 likes@Dr. Doppeldecker Thank you. I am just glad I am not being immediately flagged as pretentious. ;3
0 likes@Dr. Doppeldecker I shall sub to you for my gratitude.
1 like@sonny wdym emplemon is equal, the same as us its not possible for even him to have not liked a trend once, just once in his life. He may be the only one who knows whether he started out as a normie or not, who are we to say if he was or not.
2 likesWrong
2 likesI’m starting to break out of it. Not that I was fully normie in the first place I was just a little of both. My problem was being too preoccupied with sports and school but over the last few years i grew a whole new appreciation for the internet and now I’m doing my best to find out as much about it as I can, especially meme culture (even though I’ve always enjoyed memes throughout most my life). I’ll admit I’m not as versed at EmpLemon here but it’s obvious i started later than him lol. Though I like some main stream stuff, mainly video games like Wow or Runescape, I’ve always questioned a majority of main stream shit and always hated it for the most part for as long as i could remember but I just didn’t bother to actually investigate it for myself at the time. As George Carlin said “it’s all bullshit, and it’s bad for ya”
2 likesNo I didn't grow up as a norime
0 likes@Lumen Ha fallout is normie garbage.
0 likes@TheComboDeluxe No it isn't the fallout series excluding fallout 76 is a masterpiece
2 likesSo what are you saying is, that no matter if I am a normie or a outsider, I am always a normie?
2 likes@Obelisk No, that is not what I am saying. What I'm saying is that there are specific kinds of people that like mainstream media and support trends, then there are people who don't like all mainstream media and don't submit to trends just because they are trendy. People who fall into one category most likely will not just switch to another, that'd be like saying you love pop and then all of a sudden deciding that pop isn't good and that you love rock and then immediately expecting to be treated as a fellow fan of rock.
0 likes@Lumen I was talking about god's initial comment
0 likes@Obelisk Oh sorry
0 likes@Nabuz did u play fallout voiceover Pete version?
0 likes@King Dededelicious God I wish the old memes were still viable in the new meme economy. I miss the Fry-Futurama meme, as I wish to write across it in Impact, black-bordered, white font "...Can't tell if compliment, or just trollin'."
0 likes@DaveBob I never said it was impossible, I just said it wasn't likely to happen.
0 likesGod As I was reading through this I was like holy shit, it keeps going. I don’t mean to crap on the commenter or anything, this was literally the War and Peace of YouTube comments.
2 likesGod I got a question to ask all of you, and want you to answer honestly: what are you if you’re a “paradox,” as in you’re half-and-half?
0 likes@Daniel Baran It means your just a normie, it's not like normies don't know or like memes lol.
0 likesnot because you start as an idiot it means that you should keep like that, you can just try to make a personality and that would be enough, or at least accept your self as a normie but dont make corporate morrons like buzzfeed and fine bros make some brain wash on you. that problem is that most of the people cant even accept themselfs and everytime someone like emp say to them that they are normies without personality they answer "U r EliTTIZt, yOu cAnt say THat".
0 likes660th like...
0 likesActually no. We all started out as the weird kids. Normies can never change.
0 likesThis isn't power rangers.
I was gonna like till you said thank you for the likes
0 likes@DRZ. rip xd but srsly why tf yall keep replying on a 4 month old comment
0 likesGod who cares?
0 likesNo, a normie isn't someone who just doesn't know about the other culture. A normie is someone who doesn't want to seek out the superior media.
1 likethat's a little spicy
0 likes@DIe Hard comment of the year hahaha.
2 likesMost have, yes, but at some point we unlocked 100% of our brains and became outsiders
0 likesI started out as autistic. So no, I was always an outsider.
0 likes@Daniel Baran lmao ikr
0 likes@Mamamew TheRani thank you
0 likes@Lumen memes are glorified inside jokes, relax
0 likes@thog I am relaxed
0 likeswe essentially got baptised by meme culture
0 likes@DaveBob exactly
0 likesYeah but if we research memes and not watch content from Behind the Meme then you move away from the normie side
0 likesYou forgot the question mark bub
0 likes@radical slam ok
0 likes@Mamamew TheRani thanks for a great comment here. I cant defenetly agree with everything(it is always like this,so i guess it's okay) but found myself related very much to the major point. Thank you.
0 likes@Mamamew TheRani Thanks for sharing your point of view with us. I've just become aware of what the terms "normie" and "outsider" actually mean and their implications in the social environment that we live in today, thanks to this video, and your little speech helped me further understand just how far this terms go. I was kind of born an outsider, but I was lucky enough to not receive a lot of rage during my early childhood. So, even though I have been an outsider all my life, I don't feel hate towards normies, but I also don't think it eould be fair to call myself a true veteran outsider.
0 likesI don't even know what kind of content you make on your youtube channel, but I'm going to subscribe just because I liked how deep your original comment was. You sound like someone with very coherent ideas, and also someone who is able to recognize their situation, as well to accept and aknowledge them, which are all very valuable abilities. Sorry for the long comment, but I wanted to say that it means a lot to me that you shared your story with so much detail, and please, don't be sorry for sharing your opinion or personal experiences.
TL;DR: I liked your comment, it helped me better understand what "normie" and "outsider" is and where it comes from, you seem like a smart person with good writing skills. Thanks for sharing your personal experiences.
I used to love all the pop shit that came in my area because I never knew about what stuff is really out there. I still remember the old youtube though.
1 likeBut I completely changed a few years ago when I realized all of this mainstream propaganda and corporate intervention ruining the quality of every single internet thing. I got into an existential crisis, started a thirst to find non-mainstream stuff (and some of the older stuff I used to see on YouTube when I was a kid loving mainstream shit but I also used to play Counter Strike and Halo so I guess that separated me somewhat off. All of that old shit is now forgotten or gone thanks to YT's stupid search algorithm too.) and so I've realized the great message EmpLemon is trying to send.
@Cllo "superior media" is being used liberally here.
0 likes@gamehead1223 lol
0 likes@DaveBob I started out as an outsider, but started following the mainstream later on. I did it until I realized I didn't like following the mainstream, and it became super boring for me, so I became an outsider again. (Especially after discovering emplemon's channel and figuring out this was the channel for me)
1 likeEdit: wow too many commas. Gotta change that.
I was born with the froglyfe REEEEEEEE
0 likes@juan mateus yea
0 likesThe trial of behind the meme music anyone. Emplemon: He was caught helping normies
0 likesBehind the Meme: CRAZY TOYS IN THE ATTIC I AM CRAZY TRUELY GONE FISHING
I got into memes because of him, but once I just thought "Why am I watching him?" and unsubbed.
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Star wars spoiler without context
0 likesbehind the meme made me actually hate brandenburg concerto 4, which plays ALOT in renaissance Civ IV
0 likesBehind the memes mom said that Anthony is a geek when geeks know more about memes
0 likesI like behind the memes thumbnails, because u can always see wich videos not to watch
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ALL OF THEM!
1 like@Guyname 87 nailed it
0 likesThank god I found this channel <3
0 likesI actually bought good headphones.....my ears honestly hurt now
1 likeBehind the meme is the 🅳🅾🆆🅽🆆🅰🆁🅳 🆂🅿🅸🆁🅰🅻
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yeah he really do be the 🅾 🅰 🅿 🅰
0 likesNormies be like:
7 likesBut PewDIepiE MadE mEMe ReviEW
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I guess that’s true.....
0 likesThis is a piece of art
1 likeBefore you start hating each other please watch 29:52
0 likes5:19
0 likesWhy would you cut off the song right there?!
to be fair, Bach music is enjoyable and good, and probably the best part of behind the meme!
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but... its Kevin MacLeod
1 likeI feel like I’m in the middle of normies and outsiders halp
0 likesPeople are taking this whole "normie and outsider devide" too seriously. I might be wrong, but wasn't that supposed to be satire? I don't think the joke delivered as expected.
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Fatter Platter It just seems to breathe elitism/pretension. I guess I do know where he’s coming (as a reference, I in particularly enjoy avant-garde works of music such as Velvet Underground, Yoko Ono, and La Monte Young, all very alienating, underrated and underground music that is looked down upon by many) however, to look down upon people for “not getting a joke” or “for being a normie” seems quite counter intuitive. When I recommended someone listen to extreme or experimental music, I like to sail them through it, show them what I appreciate. His approach to indoctrinating people to the comedy he enjoy is to scoff at these people and go on to state why he and his circle-jerking friends are “the outsiders” misunderstood, ahead of the curve, different people that mainstream people just don’t get because they are so advanced. Everyone feels alienated one way or another. You’re not fucking special. You just make more abrasive and different forms of comedy. So why not help people understand it?
13 likesYou know now thinking about it I just proved your point. Welp.
4 likes@Joe Joseph K lol this is perfect. I agree with your argument nonetheless.
3 likesI see a lot of people cringing about his normie/outsider terminology but I haven't seen anyone in these comments provide the creator of this video with a good explanation of what he's getting wrong. The idea of it being satire doesn't add up for me even though I can relate to wishing it were so, because to some of us it is quite palpably flawed. But how could it be satire? This dichotomy underpins most everything being said in the video, much of which is quite obviously heartfelt and very well argued. In fact it only seems worthwhile to elaborate on this underlying problem because this is video is so well made. I enjoyed so much of it, especially when his arguments were presented through repeated demonstrations of his skill in the specific genre in question. But some very fundamental mistakes are being made.
2 likesThere's a lot I could say about this but in an effort to keep it simple I'd like to respectfully suggest to the creator that the primary error lies in a too narrowly considered historical context. In another video he suggests it is reductive to suggest Leafy was taken down by a single Content Cop. And I'm suggesting that in this video he's guilty of a very similar misunderstanding concerning the forces at work in "ruining" memes and their increasingly shorter life cycles. Outsider niche culture did not exist only for isolated individuals trapped within a vacuum up until the internet came along. And if you want to understand any sort of "golden era" that was brought about by this technology and the forces that appear to threaten its demise, you have to look at the larger historical context. Counter cultural forces have always been forming bubbles that later get popped and/or coopted into the mainstream. The internet obviously changed the playing field, but you can't understand how the rules have changed if you can't see what remains the same.
And once you look at how your experience of these issues resonates with those of others within the larger historical context, I guarantee that you will soon find the word "normie" to be downright nauseating. Because in order to embrace that sort of concept you also embrace the homogenization of anything that is not "normie". To be an "outsider" is no longer about being free thinking and critical but is instead just another meaningless label used by mindless consumers of memes or alt-this or indie-that.
So that's why you shouldn't talk about "normies".
And that stuff is why memes die.
Sorry I couldn't explain myself better and be more concise. But I'll stop there. Good job on this video. And good luck out there.
I just love the pronunciation of "niche" and I don't really know why and I don't have a good reason...
0 likesThis killed behind the meme lol
1 likethe staleness that happens, is thanks to capitalism
0 likesSuprising how he has more subs than u im not saying subs describe the quality of the channel but it describes how many mre people like his content
1 likeAnd now they're both gone.
1 likeThe trial huh? Nice touch.
0 likesSubbed mostly for the use of Pink Floyd. Mostly.
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Bugsy McCoy good choice, lad
2 likesThe dislikes prove your point beautifully.
0 likesIf I took a test, I’d probably end up with the answer of being a normie, but I don’t want to be
0 likes(Makes a video over a year ago) Omg you ruined btm's life!!!
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Lol ikr, all these white knights in the comments section really makes me lose faith in humanity.
1 likeI doubt that
0 likesALSM he did not ruin BTM’s life, it was the horde of band wagoners who misinterpreted Emp’s video
0 likesThe normies vs outsiders thing is like the "not like other girls" thing lmao
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Yeah except for the normies vs outsider actually makes sense
2 likes@XXMODZ HAXSXX no it doesn't.
5 likesColin McGreevy well how do you know? The girls that say they aren't like the "princess" they don't even fucking realize every one is different. But the normies vs outsiders actually means something. The definition of normie is a person who goes into the most popular media. The definition of outsider is a person who stays outside of main media. Those are two fucking different things
0 likes@XXMODZ HAXSXX
0 likesWhere's the line?
Colin McGreevy I'm talking about the real definition not emporers lemon deffinition of normies and outsiders
0 likes20:00 that is the worst thing I have ever seen
1 likeI miss the wild Web days
1 likeThis behind the meme guy killed my favorite memes.
0 likesI shall request how to know how to not be a n o r m i e
1 likei love your music choice tbh
0 likes4:08 Oh yeah Led Zep 👌
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Oh nice you know that show!
0 likesBut what about...
2 likesMeme clap
REVIEW! clap clap
23:13
0 likessomeone get the fucking popcorn
you had to put in mario galaxy final boss music
0 likes16:46 why did you put fans screaming Krysowiak?
0 likesBehind the meme is back we need you chief
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Time for an all out attack.
1 likeNot Rds this is WAR
1 likeGood
0 likesat least he is actually funny
0 likesI found this through my recommended videos after watching only planet Dolan videos
0 likes2:45
1 likeIsn't that just a hipster?
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The difference between hipsters and outsiders is hipster reject anything that’s popular and go for anything “vintage” but with outsiders they can still like mainstream media as long as it is good original media but most mainstream media is really mediocre so they generally explore their media to find better media.
3 likes13:34 i've heard that meme song a million times but whats the name
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Seinfeld
1 like@Mick bro, tnx
1 likemakes me sad.. anthony's channel is gone. can i get a rip whip?
0 likesOmg do you have to explain what an normie is
1 likeBehind the meme is back
0 likesDo a meme theory on net neutrality please.
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It's a bit to late for that
0 likesDolan actually originates from finnish imageboard called "kuvalauta" nowadays Ylilauta, which are similar to 4chan
0 likesStill his best video
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I agree
1 likeHell yeah my boi elliot rodger made the tight choice
0 likesShit he is back
3 likesWait is emplemon behind the meme
0 likesCrowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to BTM. The car turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Meme Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza.
18 likesBullets struck the memekiller's neck and head and he slumped over toward Somali sonic. The a different affiliate of BTM was also hit in the chest.
Vice President F E L I X K J E L L B E R G takes Oath of Office
The car sped off to Parkland Meme Altar just a few minutes away. But little could be done for the memekiller. A memetic priest was summoned to administer the last rites, and at 1:00 p.m. Behind the meme was pronounced dead. Though seriously wounded, The affiliate would recover.
The memekiller's body was brought to normie Field and placed on Normal Force One. Before the plane took off, a poker-faced Pewdie stood in the tight, crowded compartment and took the oath of office, administered by US District Court Susan Washingmachine. The brief ceremony took place at 2:38 p.m.
Less than an hour earlier, normie police had arrested Emperorlemon, a recently hired employee at the Texas School Meme Depository. He was being ridiculed for the assassination of BTM and the fatal shooting, shortly afterward, of Patrolman Rageface on a Dallas street.
On Sunday morning, November 24, Lemon was scheduled to be transferred from police headquarters to the county normalfag hell. Viewers across America watching the live television coverage suddenly saw a fucking normalfag aim a gun emoji and fire at point blank range. The assailant was identified as Norman Fagotti, a local nightclub owner. Lemon A S C E N D E D two hours later at Parkland Meme altar.
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You cant kill a meme if it still getting used
0 likesI know, this post is about as long as the video itself, so here’s a bit of a TL;DR:
2 likesThis post reads out as the story of JFK’s assassination with Behind the Meme as JFK, EmperorLemon as Lee Harvey Oswald, and for some odd reason, Pewdiepie as Lyndon Johnson.
Well rip and rest
0 likesis memes worse than french?
1 likeI came for all the triggered comments from all sides... im not disappointed
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Me too
0 likesAnyone watching this, mourning over YouTube’s inevitable and impending death.
3 likesMemes now die within a week lmao
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thanos car xd
1 likeI'm both or in between a normie and outsider... UHHH whoops-
0 likesSo... anyone see BehindtheMeme’s latest videos? He’s seriously depressed or something
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Bring this to the top
0 likesHe's faking this shit
6 likesThat ear rape thought
0 likesR.I.P me I'm surrounded by N O R M I E S halp meeeeeeeeeeeediteeeeeee
1 likeEmpLemon. Keep Semon
0 likesDude, yes in backround i love relayer and this video too
0 likeseh yo this video reeks of meta-narratives.
0 likesnone of this "normie"/"outsider" stuff screams pretentious to you guys? anyone?
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what do you mean?
0 likesHow?
0 likesSoooooo fucking good
1 likeScratch off the original and ingenious part, bud. These memes are about the same as the ones from 2010, just scratch off the impact font.
0 likesPeople are pointing to Emplemon as the source of all this recent shit, and imma just say that behind the meme doesn't know how to react to criticism, you should listen to constructive criticisms and adapt and change your content. And yes, emp and pyrocynical both may have pushed it far, but I believe both parties are in the wrong. If behind the meme brings back his content he needs to listen to constructive criticism, and with emp and pyro and everyone else, don't push the poor man so far, this video was both constructive criticism and attack in my opinion. BOTH PARTIES ARE IN THE WRONG AND SHOULD CORRECT THEMSELVES.
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@CB0931
5 likesIf Behind The Meme actually took the criticism well and changed for the better at first the community wouldn’t be fucking him with dislikes. Stubbornness shouldn’t be left unpunished especially if that stubbornness is making below mediocre content that kills one the internet’s most prominent art forms.
SonicGman2001
1 likeIt wasn't emplemin but it was emplemon's toxic fans
Rayne Knuckles
0 likesHe did take the criticism but then abunch of emplemon fans kept spamming him with death treats
@R screen
3 likesIf he actually took the criticism his content would’ve changed for the better, but he didn’t and the community punished him for that
R screen love how you say emplemons fans yet is was a collective of multiple fan bases, such as most of 4chan
2 likes@SonicGman2001
3 likesTrue. But, BTM fans and other normies needed someone to blame it on (that was on YouTube since normies don’t know any other sites) for BTM’s garbage content so they went after the person who actually made good content and put up good criticism
I love 16:30
0 likesI'VE GOT TWICE THE YEE
3 likesWanna know if you're a normie? Aight answer this question...do you know what Sawcon is?
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@TheKiloMight nigga you know what imagine dragons is?
0 likesMeme is a french that means as well
1 likeThe gates of delirium nice xd
0 likesYou saved us
0 likesBut think about this now. This guy was a real human being with feelings getting sent hate and death threats everyday. How would you feel if this happened to you? You guys bullied a person into submission like a bunch of jackasses and now he hasn’t uploaded for 4 months. This is why sometimes I hate the meme community.
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I mean, the REAL meme community just didnt watched his videos at all.
0 likeskeep in mind Emp never wanted that to happen, as it was the people outraged by what BTM did to the "meme verse"
0 likeslmfao He Surely Did Dissapear
0 likesso this is basically the nerd peoples form of cultural appropriation? cool.
0 likes"Mahmuh meeeeeeeeeemzzzzzzzz" I wanna die.
1 like3:48 Yikes...
0 likesyou just explained my political life just about people and not understanding communism & socialism
0 likesLeeroy Jenkins is still funny.
1 likeMordecai meets Leafy
0 likeshe's back
0 likesFor the 70% of the fans of EMPLemon who don't understand what he EXACTLY wants from BTM and are going through false information that BTM wanted to ruin people's live. Stop sending death threats to him as that's not helping anymore. Instead of going with the information EMPLemon provided, you went and send death threats to BTM.
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Suicide isn't what he wanted, he was giving a critique of a channel that needed to be critiqued.
14 likesRibRipper Suicide is absolutely not want lemon wanted but you can't control a rabid edgy fanbase.
4 likes@h4x1
1 likeNobody can control a rabid edgy fanbase. Look at leafy
But he faked it
1 likeI now checked EMPLemon's twitter. Yes he didn't want this. But right now in my honest opinion. EMPLemon did nothing wrong. But most of his fans in his fan base is the fault of why this happened. I know it's hard to completely control a bad fan base or most of a fan base. So right now I have a better image for EMPLemon but I have a worse image for the most part of his fan base.
4 likesBut JC Cast, BTM made something wrong, he complained about some stuff and made an invalid opinion. Yeah he is wrong in that shit he created. But since he knows he created a lot of bad shit. He decided to go off youtube for months and think for the best. But after those 5 months. He wasn't making any invalid opinions anymore of youtubers. And in his beginning to end videos I don't hear him making too many invalid opinions as he's just talking about his life. But there are still some fans that are still sending death threats to him and are still encouraging him to die because they're very unintelligent of what EMPLemon actually wanted.
0 likesAnd I also say that to myself because I thought he wanted some bad stuff to BTM. But that's not what he wanted at all, he wanted to expose him. His fans want the shit. So I'm gonna be editing my comment now.
0 likesEverySecondThroughWhichIMustEndureMediaIsPureUnadulteratedSufferingPleaseEndMyLife
1 likeNemesis King Koopa yas emp lemon
0 likesearrape is the best
1 likerap snitches instrumental :o
0 likesI don't know if I'm a normie or a outsider
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same
0 likesIt isn't divided into two groups, there are internet hierarcies
1 likeFacebook< 9gag < IFunny <Instagram <Reddit <4Chan
That excludes a lot but you get the point
How do we know you're not a normie yourself. First amendment freedom of speech this is America keep that in mind normie.
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He has his own opinions instead of just following everyone else's.
1 like@iLB like anyone with a brain
1 likeCommit to Garfinism
0 likesGODDAMN NORMIES
4 likesSTOP RUINING OUR MEMES REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
But what are your opinions on urban dictionary
1 likeplease make a video on zenzi
0 likesHOLY FUCK I SAW AN AD
0 likeslife is funny
1 likeMy pic is the same meme as the thumbnail
0 likesThx for the likes
2 likesGhostbusters 1984 is a movie. Why did I made this comment...
0 likesWithout behind the meme I would have been dead for a long time with all these memes coming from nowhere and I couldn't explain myself wtf is this and why is it supposed to be funny.So idk why hating upon him.
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WRORG
0 likesRogamingx1 same
0 likesLet me guess you use iFunny for memes?
0 likesBrandon Alvarez me? If so no I don't even have an I funny account
0 likesYou have a computer and internet.
1 likeUSE IT!
Get some actual understanding of the jokes rather than a half assed explanation...
Did you watch the whole video?
0 likes@XanderDoesStuff no the guy who made the comment my bad 🅱
0 likesWhen I first encountered him, when he covered Whoa Technology, I said, "Hey, this might be a great video!'
0 likesBOY WAS I WRONG.
It was basically three minutes of corny jokes, one minute of stock images and bad GIFs, two minutes of intro and outro and thirty seconds of actual content.
20:02
0 likes3:40
5 likesYou could say...
On the Internet...... MEMES ARE KINGAAAAAAA
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(Minecraft icon) (Cringy comment) Oh wow an 8 year old.
0 likesThE BaFf
0 likesI now have no ears and i had 3 seizures
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fucking casual... i got 12 seizures from only watching this halfway through.
3 likesRemember when memes were called fads?
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Good Demoman - Remember when memes weren't meant to be taken serious to ultimately extreme levels?
47 likesTheGreatChineseDragon
5 likesLet me guess, this is your attempt to defend BTM. Right?
no they just have common sense
9 likesEeehh back then it was like 50/50. A lot of the memes were referred to the pic related ones.
1 likeMemes is, in just opinion, the new media. And because how special it is, some people like EmpLemon will be more passionate about it. He's like one of the front runner of this new media.
0 likes6:55
0 likesLove this new style of content
5 likeshey he's back
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Juni Ariyanti hey he’s black
0 likesAdding salt to wounds
5 likesHe uses MatPat's outro.
I've been a massive fan of Youtube Poop and meme culture since 2007; But even before that, memes like "All Your Base" and the dancing baby/banana were making me chuckle in the earlier half of the 00s. I watched tons of stupid Volvic ad shit, at a time when slowing things down and speeding things up was the funniest shit in the world and I'd literally come home from school and just binge watch that crap until my fondest childhood memories were context deficient random nonsense from some obscure YTPs I can't even remember the names of.
89 likesZelda CDI was a classic. I remember getting the videos from Quebec Gamer and making my own shit tier YTP which again was hilarious back then for me, it was great being a part of something. 300 memes to this day are among my favorite - I even went as far as to download the remix on my old laptop - Dr Robotnik poops by Stegblob and Boogidyboo were my favorite videos in particular and I will never forget CHOCOLATE COVERED COCK! Or any of the many quotes from those classics.
Now with all that being said; this whole normie bashing thing I can't appreciate. I totally agree Behind the Meme is just fishing for views at the cost of YTP culture and is doing a disservice to what was truly the golden era of the internet, but as cool as you are EmperorLemon - love your work, love your poops. You come off as pretentious as fuck. Please don't become another Pyrocynical - to quote Rocky in a fitting meme fashion "You're better than that!"
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suresren What do you mean by 'don't become another Pyrocynical'?
11 likessuresren i know exactly what you mean. Everyone wants to be so different. When in reality most of the people in these comments are just barely getting on the meme culture.
5 likesHell I still consider myself new and I have been an "Outsider" since around the same time as you.
Oh my god, same dude. IMO, the best memes are the old ones that still hold up. My favorites were the ones where it was a reusable image where you put text over it. Like the "x, x everywhere" or the "one does not simply x" meme, or the "yo dawg" meme. Especially loved the rage comic ones. Now, memes are pretty fucking low down trash that I wouldn't be inclined to laugh at 8 years ago.
3 likesthe thing is btm was ignored until end lemon made a video on him and he now been forced and has his family and friends info leaked out as well
1 likeIsaiah Allen those are pretty recent memes, but yeah they were good. It was cool when only a few memes were out there. Now everyone who makes a shitty meme thinks they are GOAT. It's annoying. Miss when people did it for the laughs
0 likesyou understand it wasnt because of end lemon right? this was made in may, his info was leaked because he killed woah
0 likes12:48
1 likeAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
0 likesWhat if we are looking at this in the wrong way... don't we want the Normies to become an outsider? Sure I mean people have behind the meme all those other websites but if the get "educated" in any way even if it's wrong, that will help them understand the way of the meme.
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I think that he's saying its not bad because normies, I think he means that BTM explains it wrong.
0 likesName of the music in 24:42?
0 likesNomy wasist
0 likesLol he ded now mega oof
0 likesso basically every pokemon fan is a normie?
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Finnity no?
0 likesplease make more of these, if you do you will become huge and you aren't afraid to lay shit out the way it is
0 likesYou gotta like how Behind The Meme shows the same comments when he shows his requests that have barley shit for likes.
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joeycommet45 But he shows them for 10 seconds at most . BTM shows them forever
2 likesDis was goods
0 likesanybody who uses the word "normie" can't be taken seriously.
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PKPAPN
2 likesTrue
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=x5avtg&s=9#.W7l3C2OYSpo
6 likeskek
Wrong
7 likesFUCKING NORMIES, RRRRRRRRREeeeEEEeEeeeeEEEEdèEEEEEeeEeeEE#3EeeeEEEEEEEEEE
0 likesWho else thought this was a real behind the meme video
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I admit, the video was kind of clickbait, but let's face it, it was worth it!
1 likeSergant Spicy NORMIE SIGHTED TARGET LOCKED PROCEED FIRE
1 likeI got twice the yee
0 likesUsing 5 year old memes in 2017
0 likesWow this comment section is at least 7 different levels of cancerical hate
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omg
3 likesArkonis Khobalt Cancerical is not a word. Say carcinogenic instead.
13 likessong at 21;01
0 likesEMP protecc
27 likesBut he also atacc
But dont forget he proteccs us
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Pepe J. Trump normie
1 likeSherlock Kamiba speak for yoursels you got a trollface in youre backgrounds thats normoe af boi😂👌😤
1 likePepe J. Trump Stop...normies use this meme.
0 likesPepe J. Trump bad
0 likesI like how haters of this video either:
333 likesA. Don't explain their resoning (just saying it's cringe or cancer or something)
B. Didn't watch the whole video (short attension span?) and try to make a arugument with misinformation.
Or
C. Calling Emp a normie.
Don't you just love comment sections? Yeah me neither
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Is there a nuke the comments button?
20 likesDoc Scratch man I wish
12 likesProbably because he spends the entire first half of a 30-minute video calling people brainless normie trash, with a side of pointless earrape, and spends the rest of it being elitist about fucking jokes. Yes, they are a part of Internet culture/history, but when you go on a thirty-minute rant to hate on "brainwashed normies", you should probably seek professional help.
23 likesAlso, complaining that BtM is creating unneccessary drama... in a THIRTY MINUTE RANT.
earrape is still funny because it hasn't really been normified
14 likesand it takes guts
a t t e n s i o n i co
4 likesnosume your inteligentus points noe
Stug I need to pay attension to the ending because he said that he wants people to enjoy memes but he also wants them to know how to use them properly instead of flooding everything
17 likeslilpaladin1 don't forget the triggered meme babies
1 likelilpaladin1 here's a reason to hate this video. It's a full grown man getting mad at someone because he's ruining memes. Process that for one second and you'll see why this video is cringy af.
10 likesArchmage Madara dude...if you have been been on the internet for as long as I have then you should know that taking the internet seriously is not a good idea.
20 likesIt's 32 minutes and I already hate it.
4 likesSo yeah, you're right.
It's almost as if the epithets emplemon used to describe normies also apply to BTM's vapid audience.
1 likeThe British Maniac Behind the meme BTM
3 likesNow you understand
0 likesThe British Maniac If I was referring to your audience, I would be using the respective acronyms, now wouldn't I?
1 likeI don't fucking know I'm trying to enjoy a fucking pizza
3 likesattension
5 likesI guess nobody saw my comment.
4 likesquickly shuffles away
Luke Friederichsen who are you talking to and why are they a hypocrite
0 likesLuke Friederichsen Nice straw man you have constructed. Kinda benefits your argument if you preemptively assume it's the way you see it.
0 likesThe British Maniac I hope you enjoyed that pizza :)
0 likesNever in my life have I seen a comment not understanding of anything in my life.
4 likesA. I don't go to any Behind the Meme videos so don't lump me into the haters. I do something better. Not go to his videos what so ever because if I do not like something after watching it, I simply don't watch it. Also you swore too but all you did was apply partial Roblox filter to hide the word.
B. I don't care if you can't stand ear rape or memes you still need to watch the video in order to understand context and find flaws in the arguments. The moment you said you didn't watch the video you lost. So B. is out of the picture.
C. Same as B. YOU NEED TO WATCH THE VIDEO IN ORDER TO MAKE ARGUMENTS.
Also I like how you say we insult everyone when 1. This is the internet and 2. You're doing that by insulting everyone else so just stop.
This has been your long rebuttal paragraph about an internet topic because we are all just wasting our lives on this. The end.
Luke Friederichsen Well is it not unfair to call them vapid when the majority of his audience haven't watched past the 30 minutes mark and outright resort to character attacks? I'll explain why it's important to watch the whole video at the later part of my comment.
4 likesOut of all the comments siding with behind the meme, only two guys have posted a decent comment so far.
Speaking for myself, I've tried to explain my reasoning to those who took the video way too seriously. Heck I'll say the same thing I said to them. It's OK to be an outsider. It's also OK to be a normie. After all, all of us at some point have started as normies. Once you are willing to know something on a deeper level and commit to that desire, you are no longer the normie. Thing is, it's disingenuous to present yourself as someone knowledgeable on a subject when all you do is read from an outdated wikipedia article/ know your meme page. That's what behind the meme does. Example: Sentence shifting when it's sentence mixing. Also teaching others what youtube poop is by showing only the most archaic examples. Not informing how YTP has evolved at all. It's like introducing you to the concept of cars by showing you the first car ever created and nothing else. You wouldn't even want to know anything about cars after that. As a result, his viewers have a skewed understanding of what a meme means then proceed to misuse it to the point where the meme has lost its meaning. Compare the lifespan of the newer memes to the older ones. When memes weren't as widely accessible, they lived way longer. Data doesn't tell lies.
And here we are dealing with an overabundance of behind the meme dick riders who spam cringe, resorting to ad hominem attacks and you tell me we are suddenly the bad guys. Aside from some faggots who ironically spam normalfag, sorry but no. We are not blind enough to mistake real drama for a wrestling style promo. You heard me. It's an act. Emplemon is cutting a promo on behind the meme. For entertainment.
If only you watched the ending where he breaks character.
It's almost as he's a fan of wrestling or something. Who would have thought that a guy who makes rants a la wrestling promos took inspiration from said wrestling promos.
Who would have thought the one who doesn't have a deeper understanding, makes an assumption based on a false true and makes and ass of themselves. Who would have though that behind the meme didn't understand Anthony Phantano's video and reacted as if it's character assassination.
Wow it's almost as if judging something based on a false truth makes you look like a fool. Which is the point of emplemon's video.
You should have know better, but just like the rest of people like you, you were too lazy to find out what even is what you are ranting about.
You weren't even trying.
It's almost as if this proves what Emplemon said in the video. Some people are too lazy to search the information for themselves and stop half way through. Maybe spoonfeeding, turns us into lazy slugs who are satisfying with understanding the surface level - the bare minimum. The C minus. The average. The passing grade.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2 likesThis comment is perfect. Thanks man.
lilpaladin1 I did not know it was possible to have every stage of cancer in one comment section
2 likesExcept I explained my reasoning, I watched the whole video, and I didn't call Emp a normie.
0 likes@Rivas what
0 likesRivas Yeah what?
0 likesI actually like YouTube comment sections, because it is a place where people can decide to say what they say and isn't it just great that with "cancer" and stuff like flame wars we still understand each other in arguments.
0 likesYou can apply letter A to somepeople who attack undertale players.
0 likesdoes it make me a normie to hate the word normie?
1 likelilpaladin1 its fuckin spot on you know
0 likesi think it's mostly B
1 likebecause it's too fucking long, i watched it because i have nothing else to do atm. he could easily shortend it up for like 5/10 minutes and te 'normies' could be convinced faster. hell he could sum it up in one minute talking he lacks content and get all his stuff from know your meme and they are convinced
or D dident watch the video at all
0 likesWho is actually going to spend 32 min watching a video about a grown man talking about why he's upset someone "ruined" jokes on the internet
2 likesI like memes and all but that's a bit too much
Instead of watching a 32 minute video of a grown man quite possibly making an unironic argument to defend the "quality" meme culture, how about we all just watch pyrocynical trash BTM in half the time?
0 likesCar 3368 Yeah right...
0 likesRIP thatistheplan
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:'( I cri evrythyme
1 likeCondescending
0 likesHoly shit my ears fuck aaah
0 likesM A M A M E M E S !
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is cringe
16 likesNOOOOOORMIIIIIEEEE!
10 likesJZK Can't even respond to satire himself so he calls for mummy
12 likesJZK MAMA MEME-A! WHAT A DROPKICK!
2 likesMore like Mama Cringe.
14 likesMamma memes? More like mama Mia that was cringy! (Can't be as cringy as this joke)
6 likesThat “Argument”... I don’t think you could even CALL it that...
2 likesIt’s so pathetic, that it’s hard not to laugh at. It’s like a raccoon getting it’s head stuck in a jar. It’s so pathetic it’s funny.
XD
0 likesREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 likeTHAT’S MAMA MEMES FOR YOU, MARIO!
0 likesVs the chad LIMC and IH
0 likesnobody gives a fuck about the dislikes man
1 likeI think you make a mistake thinking anything can ruin the meme economy. Competition breeds excellence. General audiences pick up on memes several days after their inception, by which point they're already replaced by better ones, which leads to new jokes to fill the purpose of the old. It's like watching comedic evolution in fast forward. It's beautiful and involving, and those that can't keep up are never going to catch up. Those at the forefront will always be four steps ahead.
0 likesI've never seen BTM's video on YTP, nor do I watch either of your channels (just saw my first BTM video today randomly and the comment section alluded to this video), but GOD do you sound pretentious. I can understand being upset about another youtuber getting popular while not doing as deep of research as you'd like, but you sound like a stereotypical "everything that's popular is lame" hipster. Using "normies" in a derogatory fashion as if it's a bad thing to fit into the mainstream media? Not sure if you just intentionally made this rant provocative, but then you would be appealing to mainstream media preference and soliciting " normies (making you a huge hypocrite when a large part of your video is bashing another person for "selling out" to a mainstream audience). Where is the hate for the other youtubers who are popular and put little effort into their videos? Holy Jesus I can't stand people like this.
2 likesI watched the whole thing, and I'm proud.
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Can't Think yea right
0 likesPersonally I agree with Emp here. Theres times when gatekeeping a joke is beneficial. Take a look at the Mr Incredible meme. Because it wasn’t gatekeeped (and because there’s no dislikes), the meme has gone straight to hell; it lost its initial punch. It’s pathetic.
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Memes die anyways, whether it's gatekeeped or not. It doesn't matter.
16 likesDo you really think that gatekeeping memes is such an important thing to the world that it’s worth driving a man to nearly take his life when he doesn’t do so? What kind of drugs are you on to think that up?
2 likes@Zan Molecules Yes.
1 like@geese ok then you need help
2 likes@Zan Molecules Oh my bad i thought your comment was a satirical strawman
0 likesNaw man cyberbullying persons to s*icide isnt cool
@geese lol l
0 likesOut of all the things you can gatekeep you choose memes something you'll forget about in a year
3 likes@Yoshikage Kira yeah I’m well aware that everything has a lifespan
0 likesWhat you call "Normies" have been spreading memes since impact font days
1 like@Alec I question this sentiment anytime I see a troll face on my instagram feed
0 likesThe memes in this videos did not age well
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I mean aren't the memes "dead"
0 likesLooking back on this vid, emplemon took this way too seriously, there's more important things in life to worry about than memes 💀
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You are exactly the problem
4 likes@BlueStarVideos lol apparently looking back at something is bad now ok
2 likes@Zylo This Channel is literally about memes. What did you expect from this video?
0 likes@BlueStarVideos not about memes anymore lol
1 like@Zylo still about memes...
0 likes@Tardigan he ended the mac tonight video talking about the moon man meme
0 likeswhy is this in a danganronpa v3 ost playlist jdjsksmsks
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IDK
0 likesObnoxious volume changes.
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Obnoxious comment
2 likesobnoxious oxious
0 likesCan you acknowledge me please I’m a new subscriber
1 likeSo YT unsub'd me from your chnl....again. Sighhhhh...........WTF YT, GTF Off my ass!
1 likeWhat's you tube got against your chnl, lol?! I don't get why they unsub me from some chnls constantly. and not others. And the ones they unsub me from are the ones I watch on a regular, so it's not that they think I'm no longer interested in the chnl. It's so fucking annoying. It's not bad enough the bell does NOT work for over 3/4 of the chnls I sub too, but NOW they are unsubbing me from chnls too. Grrrr.....anyway, just venting bc I've been dealing w it for almost a yr now.
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I had a similar problem and it was that for some reason my IP was blacklisted as a subbot. So i had to change it.
1 like@Zero Black oh geez, that's crazy! What's more, when I don't resub, and click the video, I'm subbed to the chanl. I just gave up clicking the sub every time I saw it was red again.. And, I have YT red, I'm not sure if any of that matters... I also have no idea how to change anything.. Lol! But, I wonder if I call and ask them to check mine and if I'm listed as that, to have them fix it? I don't see why not, they'd be talking to me, and know I'm me, lol, seeing as they have all my info as a red subscriber for like 2+ years.. I actually called them about something else, about 10 months ago and said this was happening and they said they'd put a ticket in, and gave me a free month, but nothing was done about the issue. The notification thing pisses me off tho. I miss so many vids.
0 likeso o f
1 likeSounds like a bug in YTRed.
In my case i called my internet company and asked for then to change the IP
@Zero Black lol, ohhh, ok, that's easy enough! And, maybe I'll send in a report to YT, and call again. Hopefully, with enough calls and sending reports, they'll fix it within the next year... Prob not tho. Lol!
1 likeMemes explained through an array of memes......
0 likesMemeception
You shouldn't really get hate for advocating for outsiders. I don't know where I fall on the outside/normie scale, but I make sure I know what the hell I'm talking about, and BTM is making no effort to even understand what he's doing. And he basically killed dat boi
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Peridot Facet 2F5L Cut-5XG he's destroyed Plebbit's rare meme farms and tanked the value and lifespan of memes
0 likesPeridot Facet 2F5L Cut-5XG I like jjba and other weeb shows, am I normie.
0 likespls have seiZure warning i got 12 during video
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Cool story bro
0 likesWhy do you hate my ears?!!!!!?
0 likesIt's funny because you sound like him.
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he sounds nothing like him
29 likes@Lumen they absolutely sound alike
10 likes@Dead Children Playing What do you mean, they talk and sound completely different. If anything BTM sounds like a more energetic and happy version of Chills.
12 likes@Lumen the intro sounded exactly like a BTM intro, it was probably intentional.
2 likes@Jason Jia Yeah he made the intro like that on purpose, but his voice doesn't sound like BTMS. He also definitely doesn't talk like him either with the pAtRonIsInG yOuTubEr vOicE.
3 likesAre you explaining the joke or ignorant of it?
1 like18k normies have been located, location : dislikes
6 likesI live off these videos
2 likesLurk moar
0 likesLemonishere
1 likeLol evolution
0 likesUr avatar in this vid is that wrestler that complained about wrestling on TV.
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it's CM Punk.
0 likesoo copy right song ,, now ur intruble !@! lol Stupid Internet , messing up good vids ,, and the money that goes in the ppl pocked that make that content ,, stupid comanpys taking money they didnt earn ! 5:00
1 likeNormies: Power.
1 likeOutsiders: 21st Century Schizoid Man.
Memes r a gay
2 likesIf you use "Normie" unironically, and genuinely care about fucking memes this much, you must really have no goddamn life.
3 likes(Okay, I gotta give you some credit for using Midnight Club 3 music)
Cm punk?
0 likesfortnite has killed 89% of outsiders
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what the fuck does this mean why did i say this
0 likes🗣
0 likes13:59 That fucking face is SO FUCKING PUNCHABLE.
1 likeI've got twice the iiii
0 likesNow do one for LIMC
4 likesthis was actually so stupid why did people get mad over this my god this makes me glad i didnt know english until recent years and didnt know about this
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What is your side of YouTube like
1 like@M the same as english but more mean and makes even less sense
0 likesme too dude ☠️
0 likesyoutube poop was cancerous
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No u
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Sergo wut
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8 likesAlmost didn't recognized it cuz I understand Chinese...
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0 likes@Ultimate Thot Slayer • 999 years ago nah, still needs more t h i c c n e s s
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