millenial vs. gen z video essays

[@swaggerdagger8976]

Watching video essays about downfalls of youtubers you’ve never heard about is like the Gen-Z equivalent of mindlessly tuning into soap operas 200 episodes deep without seeing any previous ones

[@Kango234]

This is the most accurate comment on youtube.

[@realdragon]

Sometimes I just like to listen to random dramas in communities I didn't know exist before, the names are dropped like we know exactly who these people are. My favourite find so far is knitting dramma

[@NikoPeludo]

@@realdragonknitting dramas? What’s that?

[@Ydubber777]

downfall of ManCarryingThing coming soon from SunnyV2

[@Balsiefen]

I prefer Hbomberguy's chad _causing_ the downfall of youtubers I've never heard about.

[@drac3650]

Gen X essays be like: "Here's 40 minutes of gruesome details about the real murder of this real child, spaced out in between silly ads for men's shaving kits"

[@karlkarlos3545]

Gen X: Red Letter Media Milenial: Drawfee GenZ: Not knowing what lapell mics are for.

[@luigiwiiUU]

​@@karlkarlos3545RLM is really that old?

[@-Eternal-Damnation-]

Which ones Gen X again? I can't keep up. Im starting to feel old now 🙁

[@darkswabber2]

@@-Eternal-Damnation-the parents of late millennials and early gen Z.

[@-Eternal-Damnation-]

@@darkswabber2 thank you kind sir

[@gigipeedee]

Gen Z either watches 4 hours of 10 second tiktoks or a 4 hour analysis on a 22 minute episode of a cartoon they've never watched with no in between

[@mommalion7028]

Omg getting Gen z to watch an episode of anything is like pulling goddamn teeth 😂

[@Slipstream317]

as someone in the latter category, yes

[@lordtette]

​@@mommalion7028 what are you trying to get them to watch?

[@user-i9z]

@@mommalion7028 I have a friend who straight up doesn't watch TV or movies or read books. Strictly doesn't like long-form media. Super frustrating when he complains about not seeing certain themes or whatever explored in media but it's like, JUST LISTEN TO MY RECOMMENDATIONS! I AM HANDING IT TO YOU ON A SILVER PLATTER! but he just refuses because it's long-form. I understand just having preferences, but you have got to have more reasons for limiting yourself like that other than "I don't like change"

[@Some_Siren]

Hey don’t attack me like that

[@seaninskibb]

Plankton farts and dies: A Retrospective (4:26:02)

[@atoucangirl]

"so it turns out that Plankton was actually plagiarized from a youtuber by the name of Man Carrying Thing, being originally named Frankson. when confronted, the creators of Spongebob deleted every trace of the ripoff and reposted the episodes, but with a replacement name: Plankton."

[@ErrorNumber404]

@@atoucangirlbut we need to ask the question: what does that mean?

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

@@atoucangirl I ALWAYS KNEW THEY STOLE HIM! Let's hope MCT sues for IP theft

[@Just-a-Metalhead]

Part one: “Adolf Hitler and the Teletubbies: is there a connection?”

[@gl0ry07]

Pinkerton ⁉️ Weezer reference ??

[@PinkPlume]

GenZ's overt use of vine booms is just a clever editing trick to disguise the sounds of his landlord nailing an eviction notice on the door

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Come on now, no Zoomer has ever left their parents' house.

[@elise205]

​@@CidGuerreiro1234 in this economy? Pfft, no chance! Although speaking fr, I'm desperately trying to get the funds to flee the UK and move to Ireland before being trans is illegal here. Rent prices are ridiculous. I get why we all live with family.

[@bone6495]

@@elise205 What do you mean being trans will be illegal in the UK?

[@elise205]

@@bone6495 government hates us, every major political party in England has either said they want to take steps to essentially ban us from public spaces or turn a blind eye to politicians who want to do that, whilst also illegally blocking the Scottish government from protecting trans rights. They're restricting access to life-saving medicines even further (and it's already notoriously restricted to the point of violating the UN human rights act and is bordering on the legal definition of genocide). The UK is, according to several human rights organisations including but not limited to the EU and UN human rights watchdogs, a serious area of concern regarding queer rights, especially trans rights - considered to be as concerning as countries like Poland, Russia and Hungary. Torture against trans children to force them back into the closet is legally protected here, when it should obviously be banned. The only two parties likely to win the next general election are both openly and violently transphobic, and both have promised to ban us from public bathrooms following the GE. Shit's really dangerous here, I risk getting killed every time I step outside - that sounds like paranoia, but it's the unfortunate reality of being trans in the UK nowadays. There's a reason it's been nicknamed "TERF Island"

[@zano4140]

@@bone6495it’s unlikely. But a banning transitioning, or making GAS impossible to access for the average person without waiting a decade? Plausible and real, respectively. Furthermore, the Trans community is the new scapegoat, just behind immigrants. The equality act 2010 is - I think - the only codified protection, and it’s been under attack ever since its inception. I’d recommend Philosophy Tubes Video on the matter of transitioning in Britain if you want to know more.

[@adwerd2450]

The millennial part is missing the host having a bunch of unnecessary physical paper for some reason

[@tellmeimpretty7462]

johnny harris?

[@camelopardalis84]

@@tellmeimpretty7462 It must be Johnny Harris.

[@karlkarlos3545]

Nope, that whould be GenX.

[@camelopardalis84]

@@karlkarlos3545 Johnny Harris is not Gen X. Or are you saying that the unnecessary physical paper is Gen X?

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@camelopardalis84 my response was to the original comment.

[@Known_Liar]

I’m upset that I know both these essays and enjoyed both of them.

[@fudgen.a1249]

Don’t worry mate, I do too.

[@wolfwhitman1961]

which ones?

[@hayk3000]

you enjoy CIA Harris? *bruh*

[@mylegalname9852]

These sound like generic essay templates but if they’re actually based on two specific ones I’d love a link to em

[@welcome2wyzard]

Johnny Harris and Pinely

[@EpicBeard815]

But did they learn how to make a website using Skillshare????

[@gocuk95]

no, but now i know that they shave their balls using Manscaped

[@allegravet]

bruh that's Squarespace

[@n0xure]

I don't usually do sponsorship deals but this weekly assortment of hotel soap bottles is something I actually use...

[@JaxontheOkay]

@@allegravet skillshare is a learning site, you would learn how to make a site there probably

[@Chachixo]

They didn’t need to because they have the sponsor of this week’s video, Squarespace, the all in one platform that *poof*

[@lekevire]

"These aren't just maps. These are images that display the geographical location of things that exist on Earth." Truly one of the most sentences of all time.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

this isn't just a sentence, it's large.

[@jingle1833]

I hate it when people do that😭

[@manoknowfish]

I hate you😅

[@FolkOutThere]

Honestly this isnt for the teachers, it never was. I have a dark sadistic sarcasm screaming to escape & the page is the most diplomat place to do it 🥰

[@DavidTheJohnson]

I dread to imagine what a Generation Alpha video essay looks like.

[@marshallgrey2159]

Same gen-z shit, but in vr

[@TSZatoichi]

Nonononononononononono.

[@oreohunter7798]

“Today we will be discussing my favorite sponsors, all of which are sponsoring this video, and if one drops out, I will have to move again.”

[@James-vw9yy]

I am not calling them that

[@CharlieBrown20XD6]

"Money. Gimme money. I need money dude. Gimme. Gimme gimme gimme"

[@TheCringees]

I can confirm the CIA did in fact kill the Fairly Odd Parents

[@realdragon]

But they're not that bad after all

[@DullEyes100]

Can confirm. Am fairly odd

[@billbill6094]

_Dinkleburg_

[@LuisSierra42]

Are you still alive?

[@manboy4720]

and this is where i would keep all my confidential files... IF I HAD ANY!!

[@dylanpreis4563]

First part is straight up a Johnny Harris hit piece lol.

[@barmanitan]

My immediate thought as well haha

[@internetguy7319]

CIA being not so bad dead giveaway

[@josearturo6169]

I was looking for this comment hahaha

[@pacorka9943]

Lol yep

[@DomRiccobene]

100%. The title of his channel in my head is “Millennial Discovers Things About the World”

[@alexrivera5747]

The CIA released crack into inner city Bikini Bottom.

[@billbill6094]

Then blames it on the nemotodes while the Squilliam's of The Bottom popped the economic bubble, buddy.

[@ReeseChown]

Crack Rock Bottom is the roughest town

[@saccorhytus]

the drug wars of Bikini Bottom

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

"then denied any involvement while they hoped its various marine residents would kill each other off through turf wars"

[@kevinalamo4250]

Before 1982, Partick Star was a chemical engineer living in a sprawling, palatial estate mansion in the Great Barrier Reef with his beautiful wife and 3 children. Fast forward to '91, and he is slumming it in Bikini Bottom, unemployed, and living under a rock 🪨 --an allegory for the crack rocks that decimated his once vibrant, illustrious, existence. The CIA, in combination with Plankton, is systemically and methodically trying to exterminate all anthropomorphic sea critters, and no one seems to care... word at Krusty Krab is that tranq has begun to infiltrate Bikini Bottom... and Patrick hasn't been heard from for the past 72 hours.

[@turbopugs2593]

My favourite thing about that Fairly Oddparents line is that it implies that it is already common knowledge that the CIA killed the Fairly Oddparents, its just that they don't know how they managed to do it.

[@icephoenix2470]

like greg heffley being a clinical psychopath!

[@blueninjakick5387]

Reminds me of conspiracy theorists like 7 layers deep being like "Everyone knows the Mario Bros faked the Mars landing, but where did they get the money?"

[@theharshtruthoutthere]

@@blueninjakick5387 An easy search: BIBLE + FREEMASONRY, through which lies and truth becomes easy listed. So far i have listed 28 lies and 28 truth. Have you started to dig? What have you found? What do you know about masonry club? About the evil rulers of this world, masons, what you know about them? The 2 that rule this world, can you name these?

[@PrimarilyColourful]

this video really opened my eyes (they were closed so i had to open them so i could see it)

[@victuz]

Both literally and metaphorically.

[@cormano64]

Finally someone is taking the Pacino-to-Elmo pipeline seriously!

[@article10]

Al walked so Elmo can run

[@joramun_2744]

It's not Al anymore, it's Elmo!

[@redlightmax]

0:25 Pacilmo.™️

[@coriander_sun]

Maybe the real little friend you should say hello to was Elmo all along

[@ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106]

​@@joramun_2744i thought it was dunk... dunkachino

[@RosaGofAPB]

"I bought this tiny clip-on mic so that I can hold it awkwardly with two fingers for the entirety of the video"

[@TheBeingOfAsh]

i appreciate the unhinged, exhausted, and flippant tone of the gen z video essays

[@justinhamilton8647]

watching Lindsay Ellis’ diatribe on Iraq war protest music nodding to everything she says because she was 19 in 2003 VS watching Quinton Reviews’ fifth 8h analysis on Sam & Cat nodding to everything he says because he’s clinically insane

[@chrissiep7363]

I'd never heard of Quinton Reviews until I saw your comment. As soon as I went back to my home page to look for things to watch, a Quinton Reviews 9 hour Sam & Cat video essay popped up in my recommended

[@martineeniz9671]

​​@@chrissiep7363 9 hours?! I remember a 4 hour video about Victorious that I managed to watch until the second half but 9 FUCKING HOURS? Sam and Cat just doesn’t have a lore that deep girl

[@avawetzel3408]

@@martineeniz9671 it's about so much more than Sam and Cat and i genuinely think his latest video is a masterpiece

[@jkid1134]

​@@martineeniz9671it's on part 3/2 and we're expecting at least one more. of course it's sort of a spiritual successor to his other series,...

[@twotruckslyrics]

man i love when people discover crazy video essays for the first time 😭

[@Emma__O]

Johnny Harris vs CJ the X

[@adalynnj]

The first thing I thought of for Gen Z was CJ the X, I love their videos sm. Perfectly encompasses what is shown in the video too, lol.

[@hambor12]

Sarah Z(ed) falls smack dab in the middle stylistically

[@Stormthorn67]

​@@hambor12 The balance.

[@Emma__O]

@@hambor12 Is she a cusper?

[@nodozakaradze1034]

He never Gen Z's, the absolute Millennial!

[@muffinadrian]

hes gen z but okay

[@JamesLawner]

@@muffinadrianHe looks too Millennial to be Gen-Z 😂

[@peter19426]

@@JamesLawnersome gen z were born in the 90s

[@sentel140]

are you having a stroke?

[@eneco3965]

@@peter19426 No

[@falcongamer58]

Holding the small microphone instead of attaching is one of my worst pet peeves about these video essays

[@CiCodiCadno]

Tom Nicholas' video "Why KZbinrs Hold Microphones Now" is genuinely fascinating. I was initially incredulous at how he managed to milk a straight hour out of the subject, but it kept me hooked the entire time.

[@Grinalbi]

God, same... I especially fucking HATE the popping that happens as a result of not using lav mics as intended or otherwise any mics being way too close to the mouth. There are so many video essays I straight up can't/won't watch because it's auditory murder (which sucks especially when the essay is something I'm genuinely interested in).

[@mydadshowering2978]

​@@CiCodiCadnohigh-quality millennial video essay

[@cloudycolacorp]

@@CiCodiCadno I tried to watch that video but the audio quality was so horrible i couldn’t understand it

[@CiCodiCadno]

@@cloudycolacorp with respect, there was nothing egregious about the audio, so I don't know how you think that. Unless there's something wrong with the speakers of whatever device you're using to watch

[@keneor4468]

The more old I grow the more I notice some youtubers are extremely young and like... You go kid those people are going places. There was this random out of the blue hollow knight essay which was so jampacked with passion and hollow knight was a teen memory for the guy, how cool is that. Both styles are doing great!

[@TheHopperUK]

@@namelessliberty9869 I'm 45 and the hilarious thing about getting older is how young everyone else gets. That's how it feels to you for some reason - not that you're older. You are the exact right age, and everybody else is for some reason now tiny babies.

[@randomtinypotatocried]

⁠@@TheHopperUKI've been feeling that one now being in my thirties

[@8thlvlMage]

I was getting a bit anxious around 35 seconds when it was still the millenial essay. You somehow managed to wrap up both with 11 seconds to go. Absolutely masterful.

[@MachiavellianPenguin1234]

Can’t believe Man Carrying Thing is the first Generation Beta essay KZbinr

[@TheRealLegoDocOck]

Gen Beta when Gen Complete walks in

[@joosepher9435]

Gen complete when gen early access walks in

[@Blu-Lab]

@@joosepher9435 Gen early access when Gen Paid DLC walks in

[@yuantron3K]

Gen paid dlc when gen sequel walks in

[@bombercbc9431]

Gen sequel when gen spinoff walks in

[@botanivich]

You just gonna bring up a bombshell of Al Pacino being connected to Elmo and not explain!?!?

[@ManCarryingThing]

it would take at least 7 hours to explain

[@kenswords]

@@ManCarryingThing That's not a problem, plus you already have the intro. Start the script.

[@Slick_Tails]

Elmo is his little friend.

[@botanivich]

@@Murderbits 😂😂😂

[@MrHippasus]

​@@Murderbits I intentionally do the opposite and mistake Artificial Intelligence for Al Pacino, it makes the tech news a lot more interesting.

[@brennanperry8001]

You forgot the will shopping channel music in the gen z essay.

[@drigorh]

Gen Alpha essays will be something 20 sec long, fast talking about why TikTok isn't what it used to be, while playing a game, and a video of something smooth being cut by a machine.

[@electrorage4158]

Peter Griffin will also be dancing in the corner

[@Weppi4]

only real ones remember musicly™ 😔✊

[@weather_master708]

Nah you can’t diss Elmo like that 😭

[@ManCarryingThing]

#teamlarrydavid

[@weather_master708]

@@ManCarryingThing LOL 😂

[@SanctumOfDreams]

Elmo is a cringing little milksop of a puppet

[@confused-as-ell]

as someone who watches an unhealthily large amount of video essays: yeah this is accurate

[@Gaizure]

Don’t forget to add VHS filters over footage shot in 16:9

[@Art.and.Hamsters]

POV: You were in the middle of watching a daily dose of internet video when this notification popped up

[@ManCarryingThing]

reflect on your decision making

[@lordjack225pig2]

@@ManCarryingThingI was in the middle of watching this video and went to go watch the daily dose of internet video

[@shapular]

I don't get notifications but I did come from the DDOI video.

[@realdragon]

@@ManCarryingThing I did and I don't like it

[@higztv1166]

eugh cringe

[@heehee2007]

somebody’s gonna have to make a video essay about this

[@andrewhudson7108]

But in order to understand how this video essay about video essays came about, we first need to do an hour long dive into the history of capitalism and the Twentieth Century through Twenty First Century evolution of media.

[@StraveTube]

1. The 2nd one is CJtheX but without the humor, insightful philosophical ramblings, and precarious glass of wine. 2. Hbomb is somehow both and neither of these. 3. I don't know who Johnny Harris is and I refuse to find out.

[@damn_fiddle]

Well hbomb is definitely is millennial

[@Rossy167]

Jokes aside Johnny Harris videos are actually great.

[@mr.dirtydan3338]

​@@Rossy167some of them

[@crazydragy4233]

​@@Rossy167 And some of them have misinformation 🫣

[@Stormthorn67]

CJtheX was the first GenZ video essayist that came to mind for me. Followed by Biz Barclay.

[@TortugaMaritima]

And yet somehow both of them would end up talking about how A Bug's Life is Soviet propaganda or something along the lines

[@cytekzer00]

0:16 so they’re maps🤷‍♂️

[@Nersius]

Choose your poison, unwatchable due to: Milly: being 5 hours of rambling Zoomie: a new visual or audio effect being placed every fifth of a second

[@lexxypillz633]

I choose zoomie

[@krishadyn5211]

​@@lexxypillz633Me, an old. Loses track of what CJ is talking about.

[@VEE0034]

Neither

[@doubleaabattery7562]

Both.

[@josecarlosmoreno9731]

Just watch the millennial at 3x speed.

[@meh.96]

Not cynical enough for millennial and not seizure inducing enough for gen z.

[@Wowowoi1]

Pyrochinical refrence😭😫

[@suburbanweekend]

Honestly, I think CJ the X has nailed this Gen Z style of video essays. Their videos are extremely chaotic but weirdly some of the best video essay content on the platform.

[@adalynnj]

PLEASE. When I first saw this video, they were the first thing I thought of.

[@krishadyn5211]

They exhaust me just watching.

[@suburbanweekend]

@@adalynnj Okay, now who did you think of when you saw the Millennial one because I thought of Nerdstalgic and every Vox video every.

[@adalynnj]

@@suburbanweekend Yesssss

[@totesrandomguy]

Yeah even if it's a really random or niche topics they manage to make it engaging through and through.

[@hansmack6792]

he never pisses, the absolute detergent

[@DK-ff4oi]

And both are sponsored by skillshare

[@YehudiNimol]

money makes the world go round

[@OutsidewithTom]

Ha, the lapel mic in the hand is spot on.

[@bosself84]

glad I reloaded the page because I found this.

[@guyfauks2576]

its not a gen z commentary channel if the character doesn’t cross their arms

[@animalcollectiveporn]

mr enter isnt gen z

[@guyfauks2576]

@@animalcollectiveporn mr enter got no arms

[@KWorldOfficial]

“SpongeBob” -Man Carrying Things

[@ChadDoebelin]

an accurate reflection and comparison of post new media video logging styles across generations

[@CharlieBrown20XD6]

Yeah one actually gave a shit and now no one even edits out the sound issues

[@zantosender3348]

He never gets killed by the CIA, the absolute legend!

[@milksonghorlet]

You forgot the pseudo-intellectual comments which praise how deep something is but are just regurgitating something the 10th guy said earlier

[@scribblecloud]

genuinely i like that the gen z ones dont take themselves so overly serious and make it all dramatic lol

[@Topboxicle]

gen Z video essayists grew up on youtube poops, millennial video essayists grew up on sitcoms and it shows. I still enjoy both types

[@alang.bandala8863]

Gen X: Pretencious Gen Z: Lack of self love

[@JeskidoYT]

Hank Green vs John green right here

[@veronicamcghie5238]

How dare. John Green isn't using a lapel mic, he's using a perfectly acceptable mic that just happens to have an 80ft cord

[@DNeonLamp]

I just want to say, major props for absolutely nailing Johnny Harris' style. That was perfect parody, from the cadence to the minor details in the editing.

[@gonzalocisternas4564]

Love the CIA reference with the Johnny Harrisesque guy, definitely on brand.

[@billbill6094]

_Has lots of desaturated B-Roll footage, copyright-free ominous music, long periods of dead silence from Narrator_ Why are you on KZbin, Netflix needs to pick this up ASAP, it's better work than professional documentaries!

[@humanbean7884]

As a millennial leftist, my brain can't process any of this information without bisexual lighting in the background

[@mac_is_stuck]

fully encapsulates the spirit and essence of johnny harris and masterrofroflness

[@charlesparr1611]

The millennial was not patronizingly smug enough to be realistic, trust me on this.

[@foxingboarder2744]

augh, this is perfect. their obsession with spongebob and using him for politlcal gain is the funniest thing to come out of genz

[@БулатМиннуллин-р8щ]

Johnny Harris shade is insane

[@salsa83]

Johnny Harris = 🤡

[@3Prayt]

YOU EVEN GOT THE BAD EXPOSURE RIGHT

[@Pencilman246]

There was a discussion on Threads yesterday about people holding lav mics wrong which I feel like had to inspire this video. Lots of talk about "old heads gatekeeping" because people don't use lav mics correctly even though it sounds worse to hold them up to your face and looks silly and there are much better mics to hold if you want to hold something.

[@mommalion7028]

Gen Z essays… I don’t actually know what they sound like because between the bad audio and no/low effort visuals and stoner rambly writing style I just can’t watch any of them 😂

[@kenswords]

Wow, I didn't know people still used Threads. Anyways, as Gen Z, if I were to do a video essay, I would probably just live stream a PowerPoint or something tbh (I'm lazy)

[@davidwuhrer6704]

What is Threads?

[@kenswords]

@@davidwuhrer6704 A social media app, pretty similar to something like Twitter or Instagram. Mark Zuckerberg actually made Threads a few months ago as an alternative to Twitter after Elon Musk had bought it and started making changes to it. It had a lot of hype the week it was launched but there were a lot of issues with the app when it released, so a lot of users had left. I thought it had died out, but I did some research, and it looks like Threads currently has 130 million active users monthly, compared to Twitter having about 370 million. So yeah, it's popular, but since it was created this past October, it doesn't really have the same name recognition as Instagram and Snapchat, or at least not yet.

[@spiffymarc]

I like that explaining how to properly use a piece of technology is gatekeeping. Like okay go off king it's not like I will be able to hear you

[@RiqMoran]

Its not even an age thing its just straight up good video essay vs bad low effort ones.

[@cdm966]

All I can ever see in all of your videos is the entire Dark Tower series in the background now that I've noticed it; they're just there, taunting me, as if saying "wow, you own all of these and you're only on Drawing of the Three and here you are, watching KZbin." I can never escape--a constant reminder that despite all of the art in the world that I would enjoy, I scroll on this platform for hours just to fend off the ever-encroaching dread of my eventual death without expending any mental energy aside from that needed to move my eyes across the screen to look for the next video to watch. Anyways cool videos, 10/10 this one was dope c:

[@rojachan]

I have read the series multiple times and to be fair... you don't gotta read them all. Like I genuinely love the dumb SK Dark Tower bullshit and its 100% influenced me as a person (one of the few series I read while in my first major depressive episode at 13ish, before it was even finished, that helped me through) but like... if you're not feeling the drive to read the rest just follow your heart. It's patently ridiculous and purposefully offputting and there's Some Stuff that doesn't hold up at all as well as a lot a lot of pure SK nonsense which I think sometimes you have to be in a very specific headspace for. I dunno, I'm just saying don't feel guilty, some Dark Tower fans may be judgy but fuck em. I'm always impressed if anyone gets through the first book and continues on to read even 1 more (I have read almost every SK book and am a fan of a lot of them, please don't get angry at me, youtube commenters I am imagining getting angry at me right now)

[@thelegendofrosetyler]

@@rojachan I remember reading up to the stuff with Blaine and was surprised at how much wacky stuff was in these books. They are a pretty heavy read, with a lot of descriptions of the surroundings and the characters but didn't mind that much since it really helps flesh out the world. I got to about the fourth book I think, though I felt like 3/4 of the book was just pure backstory. It wasn't bad, and I was interested to know what happened to him in the past as well as why he is in the current position he is in, I just got bored.

[@SarahRenaeClark]

The accuracy of this video is accurate.

[@connordarvall8482]

Millenial backgrounds: LOOK AT MY LITERATURE. OBSERVE HOW ERUDITE I AM. THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW I'M A VERY SERIOUS PERSON. Gen Z backgrounds: this is literally the one corner of my room that isn't covered in depression clutter.

[@Frienea]

My favorite essays to watch is the ones that are about some crazy person or incident in some game I didn't even know existed

[@TerrestrialExtraTerrestrial]

Editing on iMovie truly is an art

[@eric6rock]

Nakey Jakey is a good mix of being a well rounded Millennial while having the bits of Gen Z Edits. Gerbert Johnson Gen Z at best funny bits but very informative and insightful content. I like both styles, as long as they are not TikToks 😂

[@chrishernandez2490]

Ayo shout out to white Lil Baby 0:24

[@zanfear]

Yup, completely accurate. I hate clicking on videos to learn more about something and they put in all these stupid, childish jokes that just slow down the pacing (and increase the length of the video).

[@blackfrost9011]

Second one is literally the average CJ the X video

[@shiningskies47]

as fun as the gen z one is, nothing beats the epic mysterious feel of watching lemmino

[@jrmusic8556]

Good jab at Johnny C.I.A Harris there

[@lazarpeuraca9618]

I *do* worry about current event topical issue, absolute legend, he never misses!

[@conze3029]

Second video essay was fairly odd but good video anyways!

[@yulebones]

One of my favorite yters right now is a Gen Zer who just straight up uses an old tube sock for a pop filter, and it's not even a thing. I love it

[@samcooper664]

The partial legend, he sometimes misses.

[@MyP0laris]

And I somehow slurp both types of videos up like spaghetti

[@Chicken19929Uhwn]

The millennial part is literally Johny Harris and I love it

[@fulicious2991]

I watch both of these essays and I love both 😂

[@garlicfries85]

Johnny CIA harris is not the only millennial essayist what the hell? 😂

[@Roebey]

i love that this video doesn't pose either format as better than the other, rather choosing to make fun of them both equally

[@greencrusader6488]

The CIA didn’t kill the Fairly Odd Parents, they just transformed them into the MCW: Men Carrying Wands

[@guille.rmoparra]

how are you so good at spotting those patterns, amazing

[@smartestprimate5213]

Little known fact, SpongeBob works for State Farm. So he's like a good neighbor but not actually a good neighbor.

[@journeytotheotherside]

I blinked for an unusually long amount of time during 0:21-0:25, glad that Man has my back

[@WhaleManMan]

But where are the Lost Generations video essays?

[@thejusmar]

They lost em

[@nikguimont8546]

That’s called npr

[@LGrian]

Gen x and boomers aren’t really on YT cause they had OG history channel and radio still when they were coming up. The YT video essays that do exist from them follow the same model.

[@randomtinypotatocried]

@@LGrianThe few Gen X KZbinrs I do follow do more of a similar style to the millennials

[@zyplixx1415]

Wow, amazing Johnny Harris impression in the first half, very impressive

[@HS-hx8ti]

When I see someone with a tiny mic, I instantly know whatever they have to say is absolutely worthless.

[@stuartjsa139]

Wow I never thought of it that way before right now, great video essay.

[@uKoalele]

truely art

[@laurenlewis4189]

I hate when humor makes me think about things deeply... Anyway watching this I realized that even though I'm straddling the generation gap, I fall more and more into appreciating the obvious high-effort infotainment on youtube than the hidden high effort/faux low effort (laux effort) "gen z" style... the "hold your lav mic in hand despite using a boom mic for the sound quality" type shit. Besides that all, it also speaks to the media we were raised on. the "Millenial" video essay style is very much based in cable TV style production-we all hate on it, but there are clear parallels to History/Discovery Channel editing styles, as well as some tropes you could have found on "lower-brow" channels like TruTV or A&E or VH1. Even the cultural references tend to be about non-internet memes and media Meanwhile, gen z really shows themselves as the first entirely online generation. The style is meant to mimic the authenticity of vlogging, the content is about memes, the gags/goofs/jokes/japes are just online memes from other popular social media platforms that have been spliced in. Anyway, neither of these styles are superior and both of them rarely are informative in a way that matters to me or my life. Just mindless fun that doesn't add anything more than the soup of memes that's already in my brain, but it *is* fun either way. Also culture is progressing faster than it ever has in history and the generation gap is no longer actually a thing, since you can just immediately look up the cultural references of people who don't share your background. It's just a tool mainstream media uses to divide and isolate us under the guise of providing a rigid identity for your ever changing sense of self to grasp onto. Don't fuel the generational war, people being awful people has nothing to do with their age nor cultural background. Love you all. Like, comment and dubstep if you like this comment and would like to see more great comments like it. Comments made possible by today's sponsor: sludgebox. If you, like me, are feeling left out of the mental sewage stream that is pop culture, then you need a Sludgebox subscription. Every month a new box arrives at your door containing great media and toys based on pop cultural phenomenon (but legally distinct) so you can know just enough to be relevant in the watercooler conversation. To get your own Sludgebox subscription, head on over to sludgebox.com/GreatOpinions. The neat thing I love about Sludgebox is how all the cultural detritus that won't be relevant in 3 years once everyone has moved on is how every individual piece is actually a mashup of 10 o 12 different memes/tv shows/books/and social media posts. Like this playset of Spongenberg Cooking Rizz with his bff TikTok Starr. If you'd like your own framed copy of "Twitter Anti-microceleb heckling in an unintentionally humorous way" make sure to get your own subscription toSludgebox. Once again that's Sludgebox.com/GoodComments. Thanks for watching.

[@mishab4065]

Saw the maps, thought it was Johnny Harris, heard "CIA isn't that bad", knew it was Johnny Harris. You truly never miss.

[@hamademic]

As a fellow Gen-Z, I feel offended that Spongebob was shown and Patrick wasn't.

[@devcrom3]

Patrick is a part of the woke agenda normalizing shirtlessness and effeminate shapes.

[@Taylor_Lindise]

Going after CJ the X like that is bold.

[@immortaljoe7194]

Wow another book review classic!

[@MusicallyQ]

*That's quite the spectrum! Finding balance between quick entertainment and deep analysis can be key.* *Maybe suggest exploring shorter analyses or trying out the cartoon first to see if it piques their interest."*

[@ricardvs7329]

Genz is just a more chaotic version of millennials. Change my mind

[@guliragaiato]

Seeing people olding lapel mics just messes with my head for some reason.