cultural observations: gen z

[@meditationsfortheanxiousmind]

Hi everyone it’s me I’m the guy in the video. It’s my birthday today, if you’d like to help me continue my important work you can support me by buying me a coffee in the link in the video description

[@Wisdawms]

happy birthday guy in the video

[@LoomingDoom204]

happy birthday dude

[@bajolunapod]

Hbd

[@MoonWalkerTexsRanger]

happy birthday dude!

[@mirrorball_12]

Happiee birthday video guy

[@SuperVolsung]

"Everyone wants people to think they're based which ironically makes them cringe" Amazing work

[@terrycrews1584]

Based on what?

[@LTLTY]

@@terrycrews1584 on god for real

[@jenkathefridge3933]

As a genz I'm confused what based means

[@yurisich]

It's changed over time but "the based god" was a mentally unstable, very public Internet personality who was too self absorbed to notice or care if anyone took him seriously/thought his bit was satire. That level of self confidence in spite of overwhelming unpopularity eventually circled back on itself, unlocking an ironic approval from more and more people until sentiment reversed. At which point, unsurprisingly, the based god did not acknowledge, and is probably still active to this day. It became synonymous with having a strong, unpopular conviction and became associated with folks who are obsessed with moving the overton window. This is approximately when the entire thing became an NPC catchphrase, and therefore, entirely cringe.

[@kyhxx]

@@yurisich. didn’t evn realize r know lil b was originator. lol idc shxt based af. evn more so now wtf💀. nod surpsd shxt makes sns now lwky-

[@mirrorball_12]

The fact that when he calls you out you cant even get offended because 1. It's true 2. It's so damn funny *no cap, on god so real*

[@NR-ii4er]

So true! In fact, I’m going to leave this comment just to assert my individuality, thus proving that I’m a real human being! Anyways, I really don’t really care about your opinion (based).

[@yuio39]

3. he's Gen Z as well

[@walkii1216]

Must be a melenial. Said so real instead of fo real

[@v1p1991]

FR FR OP?

[@Valuepak]

i am gen Z and i swear he chooses the worst of everyone xD

[@esqui3077]

Free is the man who feels no cringe

[@dr.justinspiehs]

Wise words

[@kelechi_77]

the one interesting thing about gen z is numerous philosophical ideas such as teenagers finding autonomy and individuality and not going with the crowd can be simplified through memes like the based to cringe spectrum. on god, no cap, so real.

[@krishafyme]

Fr

[@Tullece]

Free is the person who embraces their cringe

[@muscledavis5434]

​@@Tullecei think the other one is more free. When one embraces the cringe, he might actively do things just for the cringe. While the one who feels no cringe lives entirely free from cringe, as if it never existed...

[@urban94]

On god, so real.

[@bderrick4944]

Hey that’s the thing from the thing

[@pixselious]

@@bderrick4944 🚫🧢

[@TheBorkLaser]

No cap, for real

[@elijahfriesen8111]

For real, for real

[@Algernon7]

That shit was no cap fire fr fr

[@slurplie]

Nothing more true than us having to do everything in a detached, ironic way.

[@_sfg_4750]

Amogus

[@quandaledingle2107]

dude let his intrusive thoughts win 😭@@_sfg_4750

[@Mareganski]

Indeed@@_sfg_4750

[@P1CKL3_RICK]

it makes everything feel all the more empty, like more of a chore than just something you would do regularly

[@ReadyMindsetGo]

I suppose it's a to be expected coping mechanism to growing up in a world that keeps telling you it's falling apart and all the good things are in the past, whilst also having grown up with participation trophies instead of 'can-do' attitudes... (as a millennial myself I don't think my generation is any better, we were just a bit luckier in having better music)

[@Cholimao]

Frankie's anthropological and ethnograpic work are truly the new paradigm in the field of Social studies.

[@roy_for_real2674]

No cap his thing at Uni

[@joedent3323]

W⚓

[@seanabrahams9846]

‘Stop wiggling’ ! Great line, great tone. Perfectly delivered.

[@morethan3756]

That's what she said.

[@l-xw6qx]

The way these videos and their analyses contain and expose so much truth of our time but are protrayed in this ironic and seemingly unserious-like manner truly represents the ideas and characteristics of our age

[@pii1251]

Yeah, he is presenting these points in an ironic and detached way, a clear sign of being afraid of standing behind his own points and searching for online validation, which doesn't make him much better than Gen-z, but at least he's self aware and has funny things to say

[@ralek592]

​@@pii1251Gen Z uses posts, memes, and static words and gestures. this man puts himself out there despite his discomfort, and we don't even know much about him other than the fact he tries to actually educate you on real shit, on god bro, so real.

[@pii1251]

@@ralek592 lit fam!

[@dr.justinspiehs]

@@chadwellington2524cringe

[@Dickstick]

@@pii1251 What the f*** is this armchair psychology? I can see you are searching for a meaning in a satirical interview format made by a guy that does this for the funny awkwardness. What you interpret is just in your head, take your meds. This "comedy character" is actually nothing new. Lots of comedians have done similar characters before but... to know that I guess you need to be a little older I guess. Then you'd also stop making those cringe bs assumptions.

[@biana6197]

Again, what a perfect capture of the zeitgeist. This video will be very useful for the future as historical evidence of society.

[@NathanBrownisawesome]

I truly hope they study these and take him seriously because he's exactly on point everytime

[@biana6197]

@@NathanBrownisawesome I absolutely agree

[@soaringskies6382]

@@NathanBrownisawesome the future will be a very cool place to study history for our future generations !

[@Halo_Legend]

ZeItGeIsT Use your own words, English speaker. You have no need to butcher foreign words. A panino (o!) is just a sandwich, a rucksack is just a backpack, and pierogi is plural.

[@PiYodTong]

​@@Halo_Legend You used the moniker "English speaker" as a derogatory label in this comment, yet your chosen name on youtube is in English. We will use your words as we chose, then they will be become our words, hence the evolution of language.

[@rachelle8894]

performative nihilism and npc slur calling is so accurate.

[@Jinkook-wu1pu]

What are those words?

[@Wisdawms]

I love how no one followed you at the end because gen z truly doesn't care

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

And yet Frankie still ran. You have to admire his adherence to his principles, not allowing the apathetic to determine the pace at which he moves through life.

[@beeticket]

It’s the performative nihilism. They had to fight the authentic urge to chase, because not doing so would make them cringe.

[@sirius851]

Gen Z-ers do care deep inside as they are very fragile inside their carapace of irony and memes, so they seemed fine but in fact went home to cry in bed whilst listening to some sad music

[@AugustRx]

​@@sirius851Idk i gotta good life

[@noun7635]

@@sirius851 they all looked awesome to me

[@juanis8219]

“Stop wiggling” that one did it for me

[@thewaterbearbug]

I've been following your wonderful channel since the caterpillar cake video, keep up this great satirical content we so desperately need!

[@allesdurchprobiert]

"And it's probably what you're doing right now." He knows too much!

[@psyjinx]

Neurodivergent sounds like a 2010s movie where Androids have human brains and one notices something ain't quite right.

[@dolistenplease]

he's so real for making this video, on god

[@Aster_Risk]

Someone else already said it, but you need to cover millennials. I don't know what to do with myself now that there aren't constant articles about the industries we're ruining and all the participation trophies we got.

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

I second this, as a fellow millennial.

[@derek96720]

We're still in the headlines. Now the headlines are just about how gen z finds us cringe, even though they're doing so because we're living more authentically and without trying to please everyone. It's like how when you were a child, you thought your parents were a bit cringe because their humor was dorky and their clothing style was outdated. But now as an adult we realize that they were actually living more truly to their authentic selves, which makes them way more based than we were for trying to please everyone and be cool. Being awkwardly authentic is probably the most based thing someone can do in life, but gen z hasn't realized that yet.

[@ijustdocomments6777]

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[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

@@derek96720 Yeah, I have definitely become more awkward and authentic as I’ve aged. I feel like I was a lot cooler when I was younger, more fearless even, because life hadn’t given me all it’s hard knocks yet…but now I honestly just can’t be bothered to be anyone but my own extremely awkward self. I also think that humanity is becoming more and more awkward, in general, as we spend ever more time online, on our devices, and away from actually interacting with other human beings in person.

[@ChildrenOfDesire]

@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 For me, I stopped caring about being cool because whenever I was "cool" it only ever led me towards egotistical assholes I wouldn't have otherwise liked to be around. When you focus on being cool it's almost natural you end up being around people who think they're the coolest person in the room. Now I actively focus on things I enjoy which are decidedly uncool and have become very skeptical about things which are considered "cool" because of this. Maybe it's a minor trauma because I became disenchanted with many things I loved previously when I realised a lot of the people doing them were like this. I think in the crux of it, striving for coolness often inter-personally achieves the opposite and that as we get older we realise it, and become as a counter, focused on our genuine selves. I think this causes those people who are still chasing after being 'cool' (often Gen Z now) probably either feel threatened by it or consider us cornballs because what they idealise is opposite. I do hope in the future we reshape what it means to be cool to something that doesn't really tend to the kind of neuroticism that I mentioned previously, and I think it is going in that direction slowly.

[@rinleez]

Frankie's so bloody intelligent, nailing every single point, even unironically in most cases.

[@iplayeddsharpminor]

This is one of those exceptional channels that I’ve binged on discovery and am desperate for more great documentaries 😊

[@wanderer9500]

"It's in this way we can see the Judeo-Christian moral ethic creeping in the non secular backdoor of Gen Z psychology" That's profound.

[@jasonhaven7170]

He said absolute nonsense.

[@PappyMandarine]

@@jasonhaven7170it's not absolute nonsense, it's instead so obvious that there wasn't even a need to say it...

[@tdb517]

Judeo christian moral ethic means nothing.

[@harryh.1704]

Man, I’ve never gotten anything out of meditation until I tried Frankie’s. This is great!

[@samvimes9510]

Almost spat out my drink at the "on god, so real" line Well done, sir

[@altmaxi4605]

Of course you have a Starbucks coffee

[@jasonhaven7170]

Yes, he's butchering AAVE which is common amongst White Gen Z.

[@adamtaylor5761]

Thanks!

[@hobogrind360]

And noone's running to catch Frankie, what a statement

[@PaddyPatrone]

Man I thought we had ugly clothes 20 years ago, but gen z is topping that.

[@Ndo01]

Sir, this is peak art.

[@benodaboy]

Why is this the best piece of jurnalism for about 5 years

[@hel2727]

this guy such a treasure 😂

[@joeisanastronaut]

Probably my favourite video I've ever seen on KZbin. Amazing, important work. On God, so real

[@NotAyFox]

I have no idea how accurate this is, but it's brilliantly entertaining. Thanks for the giggles.

[@deadbabyjokes5319]

bro you insane and it looks like a good way to gently influence the world, im with you

[@twinklemagic024]

As a Gen X mom, I have been called an NPC by my children. And after I looked up what it meant…I was fine with it. 😅

[@kid.forever]

Bold to call the person that literally "spawned" you into reality an NPC. 😂 Tell them you brought them into this server and you can take them out of it.

[@abyss5883]

@@kid.forever narc parent logic

[@ThabBodyJab]

W Momz

[@twinklemagic024]

@@kid.forever 😅They’d just hack their way back in…

[@imstupidbut]

@@Caestumyour parents must have beat you

[@bilboswagginz2808]

“Stohp wehggallen.”

[@selinov]

You just gave me hope for ALL living generations! 👏🏾 Sending you some coffees. Thank you.

[@calickbread]

The cultural criticism in this video is actually superb 👏

[@ashwednesday3058]

stop wiggling 😂😂😂

[@RuinedStillWetMascara]

This is an historic gem.

[@lenore8767]

I watch your videos bc I love the sound of you running away & ppl chasing you.

[@viktorjaakkola200]

seek help

[@JohnDoe-bt9qp]

I am help

[@ralek592]

​@@viktorjaakkola200now, kiss.

[@dubsessed9790]

This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. He cuts some of them DEEP, too.

[@spimbles]

3:05 LMFAO these girls going from slightly confused, to listening intently, to completely averting eye contact just screams to me that they do EXACTLY what hes describing 😭😭😭

[@zeltzamer4010]

Armchair psychologizing might be as Gen Z as it gets.

[@fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220]

​@@zeltzamer4010cringe

[@greta1467]

@@zeltzamer4010 ikr....or they just had no where to look & were listening lol

[@Earl_wolf]

@@zeltzamer4010so true all gen z do these convoluted psychological thought experiments.

[@imstupidbut]

@@Earl_wolfwhat do you think you are doing right now by this comment

[@davidhenderson536]

Holy fuck I’ve found you again after so many years. You helped me disassociate during the darkest parts of the pandemic

[@imstupidbut]

gen z comment

[@theceoofcrackcocaineandamp5961]

So many years. How old are you?

[@superfang11]

making the video end on an angel number to reel in more gen z to watch it works perfectly

[@VivaciousLyla]

LMAO

[@imstupidbut]

huh

[@dbproductions2767]

As someone who was actually diagnosed as adhd in 5th grade. I have noticed that a lot of people suddenly have it now.

[@Blackdiamond2]

this guy spittin facts ong ong no cap, sheeeeeesh

[@Adama_Now]

I showed this to my grandmother, and she is now the creator of the internet's #1 meme page.

[@l-xw6qx]

If you just look at the comments and see how many people presumably agree and confirm the validity of these notions but handle it with such ironic and sarcastic indiffernce and apathy is so... yeah interesting, because it reveals the mentalitys that shape and run our age

[@JohnDoe-bt9qp]

Because of mind control, everyone in this world thinks the same thing. They don't know because most people are too lazy to study conspiracy theories.

[@imstupidbut]

i love fortnite, fortnite loves me, love it so much, in my pants is where i poop and pee

[@NathanStern-e5h]

fr fr on god fr

[@SamFriedman]

This channel is such a gem. Glad I found it.

[@JohnDoe-bt9qp]

Everybody knows about this channel is nothing rare.

[@Aster_Risk]

​@@JohnDoe-bt9qpLook at you being all gen z about it.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Gen Z has only ever seen things going downhill. The resulting cynicism and nihilism will be the armor they need to get through what's to come.

[@Aster_Risk]

I'm a millennial and we were so filled with hope and that Obama era idea of change that it was pretty painful to have those hopes dashed. Gen z doesn't seem so much cynical (that's more gen x) as they do wary. They learned not to have that optimism and be more realistic about things.

[@Get_yotted]

@@Aster_RiskObama did bring change, I mean it wasn’t good change

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

​@@Aster_RiskObama didn't rule Ireland, man

[@lebumjames1373]

@@Get_yottedIf bombing children and extending wars is change. Obama definitely did do that lol

[@SarcasticSyringe]

Nah I refuse to be nihilistic that just breeds hatred

[@Go2daFuture]

its more than the video itself that is great, it literally opened a comment thread thats actively adopted the satirical language

[@malthenielsen1370]

This video feels nostalgic already

[@Flutterhigh444]

“STOP WIGGLING” LMAOOOOOOOO

[@EODE556]

you cant be based without being cringe and you cant be cringe without being based

[@dr.justinspiehs]

Cap

[@Tizzer169]

Mega cap

[@jasonhaven7170]

AAVE.@@dr.justinspiehs

[@jasonhaven7170]

AAVE.

[@noshoes1588]

I’ve never seen any other channel like this and being on KZbin I feel like that’s actually the most rare pokemon moment that could exist

[@vasilismorosidis7963]

He is the equivalent of David Attenborough narrating the contemporary social reality.

[@JTotheBomb]

This guy got all my anxieties in one video. respect this man

[@Hejirah]

0:55 as a slightly autistic person, the way that guy adjusted himself after that comment, I felt that on soul level

[@mattbailey3376]

I like to sustain the thought that he made each and every one of these people stand through the whole of this speech 😂

[@Aritro77]

I reckon he did though.

[@nitromeda]

This videos will go down in history and will help to understand what lead to the future.

[@sofiabravo1994]

I’m not a Gen z Im tail end millennial (1994) but I admit I’ve been guilty of quite of few of these things especially in my early 20s…like what we call “humble bragging”…

[@TheHighSchoolHero18]

This man is doing the lords work

[@flobell]

This is more of an observation of a specific kind of internet user, not gen z as a whole.

[@jenkathefridge3933]

Finally someone who understands.

[@ShieldToad-mk2rp]

You can’t really capture a whole generation anyway. But you understood what he was saying right? Which I think proves something about us

[@jenkathefridge3933]

@@ShieldToad-mk2rp proves nothing about gen z

[@idkanymore2183]

I agree. Chronically to moderately online people definitely fit into this video

[@weediestbroom]

Each point isn't even a joke. Its the solid truth

[@ethan.c1ark-r7n]

No cap this is so accurate on god

[@Schlingelkind]

This is art. Now please like this comment, for I am the main character and not cringe. And I will most definitely thank you with my whole heart, not just from pleasurable satisfaction.

[@Conquertheeworld]

Why is this video so good yet lacks the views it deserves wtf this channel needs more attention

[@hotchihuahua1546]

We were probably just as naive and out of touch at that age ! Lol

[@greengraciano6846]

I was too busy trying to looked depressed when I was young rather than 'clean'.

[@somecallmecrispy]

“That’s you” had me cracked up fr lolololol

[@chrisvielle6629]

You taught me alot with this video but I learned nothing. But the Z generation is definitely better than my generation.

[@LuTimesTwo]

the best video GenZ has and ever will create.

[@sspah6870]

I thought this was just a joke, turns out people in the comment section REALLY hate people from gen z.

[@JohnDoe-bt9qp]

Just because someone was born in a certain time does not make them subhuman.

[@kouka7221]

@@JohnDoe-bt9qp But see thats the thing it does

[@Aster_Risk]

Hard to tell. Gen z is so post irony it's probably gen z being post ironic about themselves.

[@idkanymore2183]

Most are of them are older people. Some comments actually critique what’s wrong with us, and I appreciate the advice they give because I generally like learning. And I believe most of the comments are gen z themselves too.

[@sspah6870]

@@idkanymore2183 You're probably right, and I think some of the stuff they say is true. However at times it devolves into insults and generalisations that aren't quite accurate.

[@DjOnD0pe]

Love the humor, thanks for getting a recommendation right for me youtube. +1 sub

[@clorozweepvmundosalazar5153]

I kinda feel like GenZ is all about being careful about what you say, educated in all the ways of how not to offend others with words but not really the best in action and behavior. Also a lot of hypocrisy and judgement on the low , but somehow the outer appearance is still wrapped together with a couple of pretty politically correct words justifying the course of action

[@bela777]

2:11 that's the prettiest man i've ever seen

[@nolan_8]

God isn't dead, he's AFK

[@Algernon7]

I'll get that bastard one day.

[@choonblaze]

Keyboard is unplugged

[@Aster_Risk]

Can't be AFK if you don't exist.

[@nathanielschmeling]

This is a masterpiece of its form.

[@snubnosedmonke]

we laugh at this shit but its so true, especially with the neurodivergent as a personality trait and the online activism posting. on god so real

[@ShieldToad-mk2rp]

Yeah, modern temptations

[@alpacafish1269]

I mean there's not much evidence other than with Tourette's Syndrome. Most neurodivergent disorders you can't "fake."

[@Halo_Legend]

2:03 I love how he calls out this dude in particular and all the dude can do in response is solidify the accuracy of what he is saying.

[@bruh-ch3hb]

this is extremely accurate BUT i call myself an npc

[@enumaelish9193]

That would be the irony as a defense mechanism then.

[@JohnDoe-bt9qp]

Because you are

[@youtubearmy_bg8265]

​@@enumaelish9193it is true though like 99% of people are npcs

[@enumaelish9193]

@@youtubearmy_bg8265 Nobody is an NPC they just care about different shit from you.

[@opticalsalt2306]

@@JohnDoe-bt9qp your name fits with the negativity, and negativity attracts negativity! have fun being an ass online "johndoe", you wouldn't be saying that if your account wasn't anonymous, or the fact that it's clearly an alt account, go make a normal account and do better things with your free time

[@gonnfishy2987]

1:20 i love it how so far you have not required anyone to speak, yet the awkwardness is PEAK

[@AugustRx]

No one chased him at the end due to all the perfomative nihilism, thinking that would make them cringe but we all know running with Frankie is the second time you peak since being a sperm

[@ac3d657]

the biggest gen-z move is asking people for handouts online. exempli gratia; the uploader

[@stadtbekanntertunichtgut]

360p gives me the good 2010 feels back thanks Frankie! Oh and gen-z is softer than microwaved butter.

[@levijosephcreates]

Am from Gen X and had three attempted muggings against me by multiple Gen Z folks, none ended well for them, Gen Z are so darn soft.

[@gunblaze1014]

​@@levijosephcreatesAnd then everybody clapped

[@levijosephcreates]

@@gunblaze1014 Nope, there was nobody around to clap at the time. ;)

[@JohnDoe-bt9qp]

I always watch with 480p resolution

[@tmkay_]

Tough weaboo pfp

[@Sicaoisdead]

True on every level haha!! All I can say to your typical gen z is… comparison is the thief of joy.

[@hoshi4042]

gen z using 4chan lingo will never cease to be cringe.

[@quaker47]

4chan lingo is just cringe in general

[@hoshi4042]

@@quaker47 yes but anons have the decency to not use it irl, gen Z on the other hand...

[@randomuserame]

No cap in this video. On god, so real.

[@tcrijwanachoudhury]

This is brutal ngl 🤣

[@AugustRx]

And not a single lie here

[@jinseiw]

I hope this video is archived and used for historical education in the future

[@kyhxx]

. etc this n many othr vids h has made. flt th same about gerbhert Johnson vids. usfl commntry that fits tone far too ‘perfectly’- *stop wigglng* -

[@rubenhoelz1464]

Great video, the closing words especially had me howling with laughter.

[@doozer2726]

Really great writing in your videos.

[@conkerconk3]

1:56 I'm so glad I don't fit into this part of the video. TikTok won't be turning my brain into overcooked spaghetti

[@hwasassidechick]

1:39 "stop wiggling" lmao

[@Zerophoenix1]

great series :)

[@morbidme]

the " thats you" has me on the floor

[@romeisfallingagain]

the guy at 1minute 28 seconds looks about 40 years too young to be rocking that moustache

[@stop_bringing_me_up_in_goo167]

1:28

[@bobdobalina838]

Almost 100k views. Moving up in the world you are. good on ya!

[@tehleoness5145]

No cap bruh. Frankie frfr

[@riverw4721]

what makes this funnier is all the gen-x energy in the outfits in this video

[@DelFlo]

2:04 yo this guy is unironically so hot, on god 😍

[@xChimkin]

it's almost funny most if not all genz is either taking medication or seeing a counselor