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People can't stop talking about the Fyre Festival. Aside from being a spectacle of failure we can't look away from, Fyre represents a lot of things going on in our media-saturated lives. Join us as we dive in to the bowels of the Fyre Fest to figure out why this event has resonated so much.
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[@JWMCMLXXX]

By this metric, Fyre was a smashing success. Every-single-person that went there got to be part of a social media event.

[@TheBigSot]

@Wade I'm sure is an experience they'll remember for the rest of their life.

[@sarikatimmi]

what a vodka lemonade out of lemons kinda guy.

[@robbietorkelsonn8509]

I have been saying that the entire time. Made some influencers a ton of money. Plus two documentaries on the biggest video streaming services

[@missbelle_elle]

Well yeah, sure that is kind of true! And kind of cool. But no one knows these kids, no has interviewed them, they’re not, as some say “ banking in on it” the only ones that are, are the models which already have that lifestyle whenever however with whomever 🥳🤩

[@missbelle_elle]

Jason Wood also, the whole point of this video is the empty promises and deception of false advertising, which speaks on all social media users that filter not just their face, but picture all around 😉 while making millions and it all looks fabulous yet you see them in person, they don’t even know how to communicate to live person in a present moment which, really is about the direct experience all of us get by doing just that. They’re simply experience’less 🌙

[@benjaminjackson645]

I work in Yellowstone National Park, and I can honestly say this behavior is one of the major reasons our visitation has gone up, as well as, the increase in bison goring.

[@Khailward]

Good for the bison. Fuck those idiots.

[@stepheneberly1112]

I want this on a t-shirt. Context be damned.

[@NaumRusomarov]

Insta proof or gtfo.

[@krazer9515]

Now I want a photo of a bison taking a selfie of some guy stuck in his horns... also taking a selfie.

[@deadpoolshelby4]

Pic of the bison going or it never happened *joking

[@panelsandbars1529]

The barn anecdote perfectly summarized how I felt when I finally saw the Mona Lisa.

[@Dan1elAndrade]

This. I have seen videos of some artists claiming that for Leonardo Da Vinci painting, it's a simple one.

[@vanilaaxlov321]

Panels And Bars holy shit. i felt the same exact way. I remember being shocked at how small it was in that little glass container. And the hoards of people surrounding it, even pushing each other to get a looksy and take a photo of this tiny painting. It was so shocking that i just laughed and walked away

[@PortraitofAsha]

Same

[@AnimeFrrTehWin]

Look up morgana persona its a better drawing =3

[@myes344]

@@AnimeFrrTehWin is a cartoon cat

[@siddsen95]

"Half the world doesn't have enough to eat and the rest are too busy worrying about how they look to care." Don't know where I read it but that's probably our greatest threat vis-a-vis early twenty first century humanity.

[@kelseyrobinson1917]

The issue isn't necessarily recording or photographing your experience--it's when that's your REASON for going. Wanting to record seems like a pretty natural thing, considering how often we find glyphs or runes or artwork of both menial and important events from the past. But if you go to a place with the intent of recording it, that's when you stop actually experiencing an experience.

[@darkbozo11]

''Wanting to record seems like a pretty natural thing, considering how often we find glyphs or runes or artwork of both menial and important events from the past''' They where made after the event,,, Its not natural when you see something exceptional to grab your phone and watch the event on the screen..

[@vantaretro]

As a photographer/videographer I disagree I love doing videos & photos.

[@JavierPerez-cx4jw]

rev And yet if not for people like that we’d have no footage of the various world changing events like 9/11 or the footage of Vietnam. In the end documentation is important. Whether for you or for the world. Documenting everything makes the incredible aspects leave and that is the curse of social media

[@MrFerparedes]

I take a lot of pictures, and sometimes video. I rarely share on social media other than facebook: My thinking, when i share is "This is great/beautiful/interesting, people should know this exists!"

[@JarrodDSchneider]

It's even more meta-nuanced than this though. It's not only that you go to an event for the purpose of recording it...the primary purpose is to experience the response of others experiencing what you recorded. The distinction is subtle yet profound, I think.

[@pdreding]

3:39 - Thanks for reminding me how much I miss Thug Notes.

[@ComatHam]

Thug notes must come back

[@skeetpetite86]

Lmao right

[@gabrielsaucedo8467]

Fuck yea

[@cyb11114]

;-; I miss it so much

[@Timewarpiaman]

I was thinking the same thing, what ever happened to Thug Notes?

[@philrobichaud3063]

It just amazes me how people have gone from: 1 - wanting things 2 - wanting experiences 3 - wanting social media clout (showing themselves living a perfect life) it's truly mind blowing...

[@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047]

Phil Robichaud sad huh

[@Chipiliro613]

For me, all those things you've described are the same _coin_

[@CottonCandySharks]

Yeah, wanting to pretend life is perfect versus actually wanting a perfect life (or at least where appearences are more important that fact).

[@TahaAlZadjali]

Wait for it.. Soon people will fake.. Oh Actually they do fake having a fake dream then fake they failed achieving it and fake they are broken harted.

[@mulchiner]

Yeah this is (partially) why i hardly use social media anymore

[@marvinafonso7713]

7:35 Don't forget the sand. It's coarse, rough, irritating and it gets everywere.

[@revan0890]

Plus there is no high ground.

[@ZeroZeke-]

Shut up Annie

[@stolensentience]

Ezequiel Acosta Annie are you ok

[@kirabouwerviraltyd]

🤣

[@Datboydayung1]

Star Wars?

[@tardisgirl1237]

This happened to me in the Louvre. I was standing there, looking at Liberty leading the People, (one of the things I was most excited about seeing), when several people came up to the painting, snapped a picture of it without looking at it, then walked off. They didn't need to actually take in the beauty of the image, they had the photo to show they were there. And don't even get me started on the people taking selfies with the Mona Lisa.

[@akosua8779]

Smh all for the gram

[@anonb4632]

Meh, I can see both sides of this. When one visits a famous painting, one can rarely appreciate it for a variety of reasons: * Firstly, you're surround by large numbers of people. * Your experience of it will have been shaped by the statements of others. * It is commodified. The tourists who take a photo and walk off are appreciating it as many of the mouth breathers who stare at the painting. Sometimes the best thing is to see a great work of art you know nothing about, and nor do most people.

[@KaraokeDuov2]

AS someone that use to be an artist, I would still have to spend an hour at minimal looking The Mona Lisa over.

[@CheshireCesare]

Omg, it annoyed me when people would finally get to see the Mona Lisa and then be like "OmG sHe'S tOo SmAlLlLlLlL" like.... no maybe your expectations were ridiculous...? But ok let's just go tell Da Vinci to fix that real quick then..

[@cabbage-soup]

i don't know, i feel like the best part of a museum is that there's just so much to see and so little time to see it all. When you've only two hours to go through a museum, when you don't live in the vicinity and can't visit it often, you're going to want to see everything you can as fast as you can. It's fun to be bombarded by beauty if you want a slower, more insightful experience, you can search up the paintings online and zoom into each and every brush stroke. You can speedrun through a museum and come back to stare at your favourites for seconds. Older paintings often need to rest between viewings, for months at a time, so chances are you can't even see the original anyways. It's a bit weird to dislike the way people enjoy museums? It'd be a bit like condemning the people who use public libraries for porn. It's a resource, and if they want to use the free wifi for porn, I'm not going to judge, you know.

[@davecullins1606]

Am I the only one here who actually takes pictures of things so I MYSELF can remember the experience better later?

[@sebastianavilesmartinez5547]

Yes. Yes you are.

[@cookiesyruplover]

Probably not, but the social media pressure to announce to the world just how great your life is drives people to. Why be the only one to remember when everyone else can too?If not uploaded, no one really believes you or cares and that makes people associate the experience as a loss even if it was good.

[@GradyBaby13]

@@sebastianavilesmartinez5547 Who was that unicorn?

[@diasifec9564]

because that's how it should have been

[@bekr3473]

No you’re not.

[@odd-eyes6363]

OH MY GOD PLEASE TELL ME THAT WAS FORESHADOWING OF THE RETURN OF THUG NOTES

[@tarc3957]

OUR HERO SPARKY SWEETS HAS RETURNED

[@TheHENpp]

Hello, my well-read playas!

[@jackjackson7537]

@@tarc3957 Spark Sweets, PhD*

[@clowngamin]

PLEASE

[@nahimgood9725]

Odd-Olhos Pendulum Dragão OMG YES PLEASE I MISS THUG NOTES

[@Nobody-wo5mb]

I think this is why I'm so disillusioned with social media altogether. The act of recording and displaying an image of an experience, completely changes the authenticity of the experience, cheapens it. Instead of true friends we have many followers or observers that consume the false narratives we portray of ourselves. None of it is real.

[@BGatts666]

Rich, coming from you.

[@powpowouchy5]

You don't have to look at it so pessimistically. It could just be another way of documenting one's own experiences.Same as a photo album or a home video. Only with the added benefit of sharing with friends.

[@cobra8888]

@@powpowouchy5 I understand where are you coming from. Except, photo albums used to be exclusive for family and records very rare occasions. Like Weddings. First birthday of the child...etc. Something that actually has meaning and be looked at with awe in the future. Documenting on Social Media that "I had fun" for an event that can happen anywhere and sometimes annually, even though the person may had fun, it does beg the question of "what was the intention of bragging?" Was it genuinely? Or was it because maintain an experience? We live in a world where a lot of us feel empty and just simply want to showoff. I guess that is the flaw that this video exposes.

[@powpowouchy5]

cobra888 You know how people show over people their photo albums at a family or friendly gathering. It's the same thing. All the grandmother's who show random strangers pictures of their grandkids? same thing. people like to share things about their personal lives sometimes. It's fun. nothing is different except the medium in which it is done. When people post that they "had fun" it's not to brag. It's to reflect on your feelings at the time. Maybe so you can look back on it some day and cherish the memory a bit better than if you had to use your brain alone to remember. Sure some people abuse social media but at the end of the day, if people can find it handy to capture and share experiences in such a modern way then I don't see any significant harm. I think you all are making a big deal out of nothing.

[@cobra8888]

@@powpowouchy5 Sharing pictures of Grandsons is not exactly similar to sharing that 'party' or 'concert' one attended. Grandparents at least are limited to certain stuff. However, youth are all about everything they have done. Which begs to wonder of how genuine is it the expression of 'sharing a memory'? Maybe some of us are looking way into it. But knowing the youth of today and what really drives them (or us to be honest), are we really taking it way off course? Like when we consider how we really feel, aren't we really just bragging about certain events? I mean if it wasn't that big of an issue, then this video's content and the philosophical references are all but pointless. And not based on any actual behavior of the society.

[@Ropsuguy]

In the words of syndrome from the incredibles: When everyone's super. No one is.

[@der1917]

yes. if evryone is special, no one is

[@der1917]

@@NonOrchestra noted.

[@ColorOfTheSky_]

That is wrong. If you are the only person that can shoot spider webs from your hands in a world full of superpowers. You are special.

[@davantiowo6519]

@@ColorOfTheSky_ I suppose we could take that as an analogy that everyone has that something, that makes them someone in this world filled with somebodys

[@almalone3282]

@@ColorOfTheSky_ but if everyone can shoot webs from their hands are they still special

[@Dre2Dee2]

Nothing meant for the ELITE has commercials. Commercials = middle class wanna-bes

[@magisch430]

shit meant for the elite tries to obscure and limit itself on purpose in some sort of weird anti commercial.

[@kingfabru3941]

Thats why you’d never see a lambo commercial.

[@Blaze6108]

@@kingfabru3941 The actual elites are just more insulated. Yes there are Lambo and Rolls-Royce commercials, but you won't find them on a regular newspaper or on Channel 4.

[@abbymaries8808]

@@Blaze6108 finally! Somebody said it😂😂 I even once saw a Bentley advertisement in a magazine I got on my doctor's desk at my checkup lol

[@josephsvennson5694]

Hahahaha I guess I'm an elitist stuck in a broke ass body. I need some Christmas Magic to swap my body back to the mid-century apartment I belong in. Help me Santa.

[@JLS788]

This is Mt Everest in a nutshell. All these "people of wealth" who pay tens of thousands of dollars to congest the mountain trails and basecamps with litter and fecal matter, aren't doing it to see Everest. It's not about respecting the power or beauty of the mountain. It's about some strange fetishization of the experience, of "conquering Everest", and the fact that it takes tens of thousands of dollars to do it. In reality, the burden and hard work is placed on the Sherpas.

[@subashpariyar8102]

not really, on everest youre basically suffering the whole time and it takes months of practice just to climb it. its not the same thing, this was just about money, everest is basically life or death

[@cheshirecat1212]

@@subashpariyar8102 Yeah, they die because theyre inexperienced climbers who put as much burden on the sherpas as money can buy them.

[@joshdunham7167]

@@cheshirecat1212 you can't just go there and pay them to get you to the peak kid, there's immense amount of preparation for the trip and they have no power over the sherpas, if they say you stop, you stop. If it were eazy Justin Bieber would have done that instead of the monkey crap. Stop tricking your mind into believing that you have a moral high ground to compensate for your lack of motivation.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

@@joshdunham7167 There is ample evidence that inexperienced people have been allowed on the mountain, putting themselves and others in danger. Its hard to mountain climb, but lets not pretend climbing Everest is the prestigious, respected event it was decades ago. We have all seen the pictures of camping gear, corpses, garbage, feces, and congested lines littering the mountainside. Its disrespectful more than it is glorious or something to be admired at this point.

[@joshdunham7167]

@@TahtahmesDiary there's a government approval process before you could go to the base camp, so no, there is no evidence whatsoever that inexperienced people are allowed to go and yeah there are support systems in emergencies but there is absolutely no system or technology that prevents the climbers from the consequences of doing it, you should really look up the requirements before you can get approved to do the journey. Like you, I used to dismiss it too but then I duckduckgod it laughed at my ignorance.

[@Classic_Flavor]

The best experiences are the ones not posted to social media.

[@der1917]

not entirely true

[@ToddHowar.d]

Yeah why would I post a pic of me having sex, that just ain’t moral

[@der1917]

@TheShampooDude im not denying, i said its not entirely the truth. there are a lots of variables to put. i think these opinion of not posting on social when smth good is happen would probably also full of bias too, wudnt it? but alas, most people nowadays find themselves attached thus they have this urge to intenionally makes evrything their best experience so yea its pretty easy to assume that usually itll be not the best thing bc theyre made up or somewhat (even unconsciously) made up.

[@odysseus8403]

Hans Christopher social media is a cancer

[@tobe.moemeka]

true

[@junatan25]

‪“Why you always at the mall when you broke?” -Mac Miller‬

[@joeshmoe5169]

3:38 Sparky Sweets is back!

[@jairogarcia8128]

thug notes?

[@fealca1622]

@@jairogarcia8128 Yup, that's him.

[@ericspencer8093]

I've found that the experiences I've enjoyed most are the ones I didn't have time or give a thought to taking pictures.

[@elisscaliving5864]

Sebastien Sade caught in the moment

[@shanekeenaNYC]

@@elisscaliving5864 Yep, I went to New York city, and I totally enjoyed my experience there, I took perhaps less photos than I would in my own hometown of Tallahassee. The people living their best life, are usually the ones not sharing it with anyone else, and why would they.

[@Loctorak]

Yeah, or at least if I tried to take pictures, she would heavily object. 😅

[@PapaSmurf11182nd]

This whole video just.... blew my mind. Specifically the meta-analysis of how experiences and how we (people using social media) use/abuse them.

[@alfonsoflorio]

Spot on.

[@Daniel-rw9um]

@kuro neko i thought like that too before giving them a chance.. Jared's videos especially are crazy

[@FracmentalMusic]

Sparky Sweets, PhD. Great cameo

[@Tryingtogetradical]

Hey wait, that voiceover was the black guy from that literary series. Bring those back!

[@bertschumacher2097]

I've noticed that too. Bring Thug Notes back!

[@pjamese3]

Bring Thug Notes back!

[@caprisunpickups]

Bring Thug Notes Back!!

[@LukeSWErrthing]

His name's Greg, yo

[@lieshorriblelies]

Cool... I found the voice amazingly distracting from the content of the video. It's really intense and pulls focus and seemed like it should have been better used.

[@Duelist1102]

The Fyre documentary from The Internet Historian is interesting and comprehensive. You guys should check it out after this video

[@alfin3644]

And keep watching the other festivals he covers. The furry one is amazing.

[@weelzneal4768]

@@alfin3644 yea rain furrest was great

[@cormano64]

@@alfin3644 "The furry one" That's gonna be a no from me, dawg.

[@Duelist1102]

@@alfin3644 i like his HWNDU series. Entertaining and captivating indeed

[@KanishQQuotes]

I remember a girl in my office who at an office event came early, while they were setting up things She stood in front of the mike stand, and her friend quickly took pictures, and next day on Facebook as if she was singing on the stage, of course that never happened

[@jd00313]

This video reminded me of my experience of going to Italy. Venice felt like a big toy town for tourists to take selfies and post on Instagram. At the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, there was an exhibition showing a time lapse video of people taking photos of the art instead of looking at them. Like the Mona Lisa or any other thing that is supposed to be a great human achievement, hardly anyone actually cared about it, they just wanted to show people that they were 'there'

[@uberfionn]

How Ironic is it that at the end we are sold the experience of home cooking a meal with your friends?

[@1Fresh_Water]

I'm experiencing upvoting your comment and replying

[@mrevilducky]

I'm experiencing this whole thread as a conversation with friends

[@daredgobbo4535]

People of wealth sounds like the PC term for the rich.

[@huckthatdish]

Da Red Gobbo I think it’s in reference to Howard Schultz complaining about being called a billionaire.

[@daredgobbo4535]

@@huckthatdish Oh, I'm British so haven't been keeping up with the details of the presidential campaigns.

[@connorharris1806]

@@daredgobbo4535 I'd explain it more in depth but I feel the phrase 'Billionaire complaining' accurately sums up the entire thing.

[@ManubibiWalsh]

It is, because some rich fucks can't bear with the despising tone everyone else rightfully uses.

[@MrOzzification]

Yeah. That's the joke

[@Jojo.R.Chipelago]

The value of experience only works when the reasoning behind the value is something other than "I saw someone else do it and it looked really cool, so I thought, why don't I do that?".

[@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047]

steve plum we’re social for all the wrong reasons

[@romxxii]

"You'll be happier spending a thousand dollars on a vacation instead of a 4K TV" Watching from my 4K TV, and remembering how much I _didn't_ have fun at my last thousand-dollar vacation, I'm inclined to heavily disagree with this statement.

[@gotavideo]

same as a person would have love and joyful life with loving and caring friends than with fake and untrustworthy friends, sometimes life is not how you expect it to be

[@josephsvennson5694]

I'd rather buy something that can provide multiple pleasures too. Memories don't keep you company in the cold of night but streaming Christmas movies starring Lacey Chabbert on the 4K certainly does.

[@nihilisticbarbie]

Why do people feel the need to justify your choices lol. If you enjoy it, who cares? No one

[@josephsvennson5694]

@@nihilisticbarbie because we're poor.

[@JeantheSecond]

It all depends on what makes you happy. I still consider my week at the beach with my best friends the best week of my life.

[@mano0n]

That is what I call a quality video. Thank you

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

I'd rather be rich and make people think I'm poor than being poor and make people think I'm rich.

[@BionicKing]

The few times I've had the privilege to enjoy the kinds of things rich people do daily... it feels wrong. I don't like being waited on, I like to take care of myself.

[@TheMrBadiM]

True :) Last seanon of Fargo also featuring this dilemma.

[@Stingx23]

The rich stay rich because they spend like they're poor. The poor stay poor because they spend like they're rich.

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

@@Stingx23 Oh! That's a good one.

[@Stingx23]

@The Liberal Capitalist that's true, however investing isn't spending.

[@corwin32]

Prof Sparky Sweets? That you?

[@dude7266]

Bring back thug notes

[@KoreaMojo]

@@dude7266 That's what I'm saying! That's why I subbed.

[@marwinout]

boiiiiii

[@mullerpotgieter]

I just watched Internet Historians video on it. Very comprehensive

[@worrywirt]

It’s better than the actual documentaries tbh

[@pipikaka3886]

It's better than the documentaries and much more entertaining.

[@Chipiliro613]

_'A storm came in the night before and changed all the marketing into lies'_

[@brandonjustis]

"it's time to go home"

[@morbid1.]

what is interesting is IH did that video over year ago... I forgot about fyre before it blew up.

[@shirshakbt]

"Hanging around models will probably only serve to distort your self-esteem". Great quote.

[@KanishQQuotes]

I don't think the models deserve the hatred The promo video was indeed shot at that aforementioned island They had the party, and were paid money for their part. They weren't involved in the management of the event

[@cleopatrastarseed8558]

Yes. They had no idea it was a scam. They didnt know it was gonna turn into a disaster.

[@robbietorkelsonn8509]

Did anyone say anything to the contrary?

[@hasl3r775]

@@robbietorkelsonn8509 yes, they were sued

[@robbietorkelsonn8509]

@@hasl3r775 I could understand the musicians not getting their money, because they never played. Depending on whether they can prove the models were expected to be at the festival, like contractually, they could be asked to return some of the money they received.

[@hasl3r775]

@@robbietorkelsonn8509 I think the models got promised free entry + villa accommodation in exchange for their influence. But my knowledge is based entirely on watching the Netflix Documentary a year ago

[@TheKensta88]

So basically it's all just lies and vanity fulfilment in the hope of making others jealous and think you are better than them, did I get that right?

[@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047]

Kenneth S. Pretty sure plus isn’t it easier to get girls when their in that fantasy world that idea of being rebellious being free getting them drunk manipulating each other it quite scary to think how humans act with each ones malicious intent to gain something out of one another

[@haiqal5333]

Pretty much, the most obvious examples are people's posts on Instagram

[@dddmemaybe]

I don't think the core purpose in wanting to show off and be "cool/beautiful/ect." is to make others jealous. Many of them are cold like that sure, but a lot of it is just like playing, -> just wanting to show off shit. It is like 99% lies regardless though. A huge part of it is to make money by milking fanbase too.

[@TheLumberjack1987]

@@dddmemaybe wanting to show off is pretty much the textbook definition of trying to make others jealous.

[@haiqal5333]

@@TheLumberjack1987 Exactly! , That's why people even refer to people who flaunt their cash as "showoffs"

[@pvtpain66k]

Sparky reading Baudrillard was perfect. Have him as the voice for all quotes from Philosophers, please. :D

[@brianamitchell5475]

I heard Sparky Sweets voice and I screamed!!!! Great to hear he's still around!

[@jjggbbjunk]

I went on vacation to a location, because I like it there. Everyone told me "Take pictures." I said "Why? Everywhere I am going, you can find much better pictures on Google. I'll send you links to the Google images. Maybe photoshop my face onto some of them."

[@domhuckle]

This

[@-alyissa-3632]

Taking pictures isn't a bad thing though. I take pictures to remember.

[@jjggbbjunk]

@@-alyissa-3632 yes, fair enough. I was being a little silly for the fun of it. Most folks got a laugh 😀

[@sophiagonzales8974]

Love your humor on this

[@emilianocervera4448]

Jared looks like a 1970s computer engineer from silicon valley

[@anonb4632]

With a constantly moving head, and a penchant for French Communists.

[@Sam40276]

Looking forward to Fire Festival 2.0 - Snapchat edition

[@plushpuppy32]

Snapchat is dead.

[@thejulinks]

Fyre Festival 2.0 is also a good alternative name for Brexit.

[@_ee75]

@thistubeisfucked Fyre Festival 3: Tik Tok

[@euansmith3699]

I attended Fire Festival 0.1 beta - Vine Edition. It cost me three grand, but man, those were the best six seconds of my life.

[@munkaccino]

loved to hear sparky's voice after all this time, where my dog @ tho, bring him back

[@Spearman45]

Exactly what I thought!!

[@jrolgin]

Rafael Gomes he has a podcast on the wisecrack network called Black Stage!

[@ceratugo]

we want thug notes back

[@angelface101ful]

No we don't

[@Jon155mt]

@@angelface101ful Yes we do.

[@RyanJohnson]

Viva prof sweets!

[@bobbyb6053]

We want 8-bit philosophy back!

[@rafaelalodio5116]

I want it back.

[@1The1Sun1Teacher1]

Night clubs have been doing this trick for years.

[@anonb4632]

Yes, and most of them are owned by criminals and staffed by psychotic thugs. If you get in there, you won't be able to chat anyone up properly since you will neither be able hear or see them properly.

[@skepticmantis]

You know what's an experience? Hearing the voice of our hero, Sparky Sweets, PhD.

[@jacobdriscoll8276]

This seems like it's ripe for a leap into the philosophy of B R A N D Z - how identities like "gamer" or "christian" get constructed by companies for the purposes of making fat stacks, and how people adopt these identities and regard them as deeply meaningful...somehow...

[@quintessenceSL]

But the essence is just a ready-made- a shorthand identity, much like "liberal" or "artist" or "recovering alcoholic" to make a quick association, even if that image is (mostly) false. We do this already, imagining what a plumber or person from Oklahoma must be like, simply because there are 8 billion people on the planet and there is no possible way to know them as unique individuals. Call it a necessity of living beyond tribal associations. It's less companies selling identities than we have commodified ourselves, especial in the age of social media.

[@oowehwillow4153]

Or better yet boucott en mass whenever characters from this public domain are used in any way as a critique on that very fact. See DCs jesus comic. I laughed my ass off that they dropped it after a petition to take it out of publication... Like people's belief alone are enough to sway the world.. Idocracy level: 1 second to midnight.

[@altrocks]

Pretty much all of Peter Coffin's KZbin channel, and his book, are exactly about this very idea.

[@quintessenceSL]

@Shariq Torres Don't know about that. In an age of mass communication, where actual revolutions are organized online, workers can't seem to get their shit together because they are distracted by Superbowl ads? That often people adopt false ready-mades because they are sold to then, and not the other way around? I mean capitalism (especially the mutant stain in the west) can be accused of many things, but keeping people isolated is kinda far fetched. You'll need to show your work for that one.

[@Dev-nr4dw]

Gfuel is one of the biggest scams ever.

[@charlesphilips2045]

Hi Jared, could you follow up this video with the philosophy of schadenfreude, which is exactly how most of us feel about the FYRE festival disaster.

[@hugthebluebow]

schadenfreude: pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. Snobby rich kids suffering is delicious, ngl.

[@WhoWatchesVideos]

​@@hugthebluebowI watched the Hulu documentary and it wasn't just rich kids. People were selling their stuff, busting piggybanks and otherwise scrounging every last penny up to go because there were too-good-to-be-true tickets that cost significantly less than any kind of real Bahamas vacation, let alone one of the caliber promised in the "event" promotional material. People were chomping at the bit to go specifically because it promised the elite experience (or at least, the appearance of an elite experience) and many of the people attending were just regular old wage slaves and they're getting treated like whiny rich kids when all they wanted was a party to take a break from their ordinary lives.

[@hugthebluebow]

@@WhoWatchesVideos Neat

[@thesephiam]

Hold up that was doc sweets... FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS PHILOSOPHICAL! Please bring back Thug Notes!

[@buildnothingoutofsomething2513]

I really think that Adorno was right when he stated that real experiences are not even possible anymore. Everything is institutionalized . Maybe the people who went to this festival really got what they wanted a real and somehow meaningfull experience.

[@Tommy_salami69]

I love how this was barely about the fyre festival but more a video essay about the pre ordained intent most people have to construct their desired perception by others

[@myname_redacted9399]

Thanks for bringing back Sparky Sweets. Made my day.

[@phantombeard6262]

Prof Sweets (Thug Notes) reading the quotes! Yeah! Awesome job Wisecrack edit: holy crap! 1K likes XD damn! Thanks kind strangers!

[@bloodstoneore4630]

Made my day

[@mven]

Pretty sure he was only in the video because they already had the recordings of him quoting those philosophers, and used them out of laziness. Wish they'd bring him back for real though.

[@kalindawalomwansa8510]

i shed a tear

[@Skarletkombat]

Bittersweet because it makes me happy and then followed by sadness. I miss thug notes 😔

[@AceX47]

We miss your vids Playa!

[@meddy430]

It’s like going to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, but you don’t really know why the Mona Lisa is “good” or “worth seeing” and haven’t really thought critically about it as an individual art piece. so basically you’re going to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa because somebody else told you it was “good” and “worth seeing” and then you look at it (maybe even through a camera lens) just so you can say “I’ve seen the Mona Lisa!” Which is great and everything, go and see the Mona Lisa if you want to, but also what did it mean to you specifically? And how did you engage with it? And did you actually prefer The Wedding at Cana (opposite the ML) which is arguably more impressive based on size alone?

[@monkeygoesbananas]

not to mention the insanely long line to see it and how surprisingly small the painting actually is.

[@cloroxbleach6344]

The real experience of going to the Louvre is getting pickpocketed

[@hipnhappenin]

Can we acknowledge that Billy McFarland looks like Seth McFarland?

[@Dan1elAndrade]

How come no one's mentioning this?

[@vivihutson5285]

Daniel Andrade i did it months ago.

[@riccc6125]

bootleg Seth McFarlane

[@meganprendergast1634]

I thought that today as I watch a documentary about this on Netflix! I was like “omg! Is that Seth’s little bro?” Then I realized the last names are quite different 😂

[@T512X]

I got married it Oct. 2017...I'm still working around to posting those photos.

[@NotShowingOff]

Please spare everyone, and don’t.

[@frozenaorta]

Hard Rock Cafe has been capitalizing on the "aura" since long before social media existed. Lol.

[@frozenaorta]

@Crow Yeah, their food is trash.

[@Rithmy]

Yea hard rock cafe sucks. **goes to starbucks to get a coffee for 10bucks**

[@Chipiliro613]

'Hi there, you're probably wondering how I got this tan...'

[@kalligraphii]

Jesus Christ I JUST watched the Netflix documentary and this entire situation was insane

[@kathrynayanez6236]

Isn't it rather capturing your favourite part of that moment and keeping it forever

[@kathrynayanez6236]

@BCFC 29 o! Well I tend to print them and hang them around my house. When I get bored of the scenery I rotate them

[@2bitnerd]

This is one of the smartest things I've ever watched. Truly gave me an insight I had never considered. Fantastic video, keep up the great work!

[@fagelfan]

10:43 This man will save humanity, fully prepared

[@TahaAlZadjali]

The only one with clear purpose in this video

[@alexanderdelarge9946]

Screw festivals. Hike and save money my dudes. Those are experiences. You'd be surprised the number of forests and trails that get overlooked.

[@plushpuppy32]

Unfortunately my wheelchair doesn't go onto 99% of trails

[@martinramirez57]

I will follow your word Jesus.

[@Skele7ronfuckyoutubeitsmyname]

@@plushpuppy32 There's still that 1%

[@alexanderdelarge9946]

@@plushpuppy32 I'm sorry my dude.

[@svenkobus4356]

Festivals are fucking awesome. You just shouldn't go to the really big ones. If you are at the right festival it can be one of the best experinces of your life without looking on your mobile for a second.

[@alfonsopayan09]

Philosophy of avatar the last airbender?

[@Tsuna_SoulSilver]

I don't recall them making a live action movie.

[@nostalgia1036]

@@Tsuna_SoulSilver kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpetqKJom5prmtE

[@jamietodd2560]

"...then everything changed when the FYRE Nation attacked."

[@mid1429]

unknowncharacter14 that movie was bad

[@Feverdream7777]

there's more than a few youtube channels that have sufficiently covered it already.

[@LukeSWErrthing]

Greg reading the quotes gave me serious Thug Notes nostalgia. I loved it. Thanks for having him read the quotes!!!

[@matthewadams8040]

As a person who works at the universal Orlando resort I can also verify this whole video, also friends who now work at Disney springs (NOT The main park but can be thought of a themed mall based in the Disney area and is also free) you can see this cultural mindset take even more of a spot light due to the fact that it in reality a mall but the one second it is Disney Land and buying of Disney merch. There is potential an even further deep dive on how social media has changed the capitalistic landscape . Since by what you have proposed in the video it shows that there is shift in wants to experiences which coencides with some interesting things that can be looked at in this light such as playing a good video game (experience/ product hybrid) or bad (out rage and the experience) but also focus on the shift to wanting an experience over an item. Like video games are no longer a product that you buy to keep and value but as primarily an experience of a set of created fantasized desires that can't live up to the want set by the consumer. Look at apexes success, a major part of what was successful with Apex was there was no set expectation before launch (no marketing) thefore no broken reality. But unlike anthem published by the same publisher marketed a fantasy that could not be kept. This shift has much deeper and more complicated roots that spread to many problems. I wonder what thought you have?

[@Falzyker]

One of the guys that went made a Lord of the Flies reference.

[@drachimmusic]

Make a video on the Philosophy of a "QUARTER LIFE CRISIS" PLEASE 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@danielsuelzle4364]

Watch Gary Vaynerchuk

[@enkimerlin3209]

clout chasers are gullible end of story.

[@starscreamjesse2121]

People who went to fyre can tell everyone they were there! the most talked about festival of their generation! totally worth it now!

[@lennyjay8390]

I love the Sun Basket ad in the end, it‘s just another example for commodified experience and shows how all encompassing this simulation is.

[@goatgod2009]

Its wonderful to see people willing to pay obscene amounts of money for an inconvenience-free life being seriously inconvenienced, and paying fat stacks for it.

[@liamshope2838]

The video was a very grim watch for me, but that did make me feel a little better.

[@fraserclayton7468]

Tbf the thing people often don't realise about Fyre festival is that the vast majority of people going weren't wealthy idiots paying massive amounts but pretty average people who were only paying a few hundred dollars for what was an all expense paid festival and holiday which works out as a very good deal (if it was real). Plus all the people contracted by the festival who lost thousands of dollars just trying to do a job.

[@Dr.BestBuy]

@Mr.Tweezy007 most people that went didnt actually pay the crazy high prices reported on news sites. There were many deals that provided extremely deep discounts.

[@goatgod2009]

@@fraserclayton7468 if you paid a few hundred for a trip to the Bahamas, you deserve to get hosed. When this went down, all I saw was videos from the trust fund kids who didn't even have to take time off work to go. They were all a far cry from being normies.

[@spencexxx]

This message brought to you by wasteful food delivery service, Sunbasket.

[@AlejandroDiazadiaz201]

Loved the Vlog, but bring back Thug Notes!!!

[@franklee8478]

3:40 Thug note. I miss him.

[@bunneyvibes]

This video is so well made. Thank you

[@elisabethtuuling-askforema1940]

This is one of the best videos I have seen, it seriously made me think about the culture I live in and what kind of image I perpetuate of myself or WHY I take pictures or post them in order to maintain a certain image. A wonderfully made video, please keep it up!

[@ryanacorn5367]

Holy cow Sparky Sweets Ph.D. I thought he'd got got somehow. What happened to "thug notes" that might have been the channels best show

[@LukeSWErrthing]

He's still around. Go watch Show Me the Meaning, he participates in that podcast often.

[@ZachBoyce]

So in a nutshell what they are really selling you is FOMO currency.

[@soulfulone5407]

I like your way of putting it! It does feel like that with the "auras" displayed on social media outlets about perceived wealth and experience as opposed to actual wealth and experience!

[@razeal18]

Another great video with philosophy and pessimistic connotation. We are all out of culture and we are now living on fumes.

[@chbend]

I think we have plenty of culture. People have just lost sight of it.

[@luiseduardogomezdearandaju723]

I've seen a bunch of documentaries and mini-docs on Fyre Festival and I must congratulate you, you raised some points that hadn't been raised before. This really is quite brilliant. Also, I had never seen that "We're selling a pipe dream..." footage. Congrats on finding it! It didn't appear in any of the other Fyre docs. Overall this is a great job.

[@nilsa6947]

In a way, experiences themselves have become possessions.

[@carlosalvarez-xh9gu]

History told by a Gansta... basically Prof Sweets telling us interesting history. or more thug notes. just bring Prof Sweets back

[@casualverse]

*Their good time was MURDAAAA'D*

[@hannyfadia2246]

Do you mean "Muda" ?

[@ryzeonline]

@@hannyfadia2246 Pretty sure it was a Ja Rule lyric / reference.

[@dirtysaint5324]

It would have been a blessing to the world if that entire island sank with all those self-centered babies on it. (the islanders of course all escape my wrath in this scenario)

[@Adrianlovesmusic]

*MURDA ON THE BEACH AND ITS NOT NICE*

[@bjnowak]

They thought “they’d be livin it up”

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

@3:04 "Rich people, I mean, 'people of wealth'." Hilarious! I love how "people of wealth" are offended by a label that 99.9% of the people on this planet would be ecstatic to have placed on them.

[@xexshadow]

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure you interpreted that incorrectly

[@yaboy7120]

Haha right?like god forbid youre accurately described as a rich person

[@starslikelittlefish6669]

@@xexshadow no there was actually someone who said "rich people" is a slur nowadays and everyone should say people of wealth

[@sea_triscuit7980]

Well maybe rich people should've paid their dues instead of hording it for themselves. They don't do shit to help the average person so in my opinion rich people becoming derogatory is on them. Nobody likes a rich person, nobody, not even other rich people, unless they just want something from them. Fuck them with a roll of pennies

[@josephunderwood1875]

I think it's slightly appropriate. They aren't "rich" because they earned their money through a supposed meritocracy with their "rich" character, they're "of wealth" because a system that ISN'T a meritocracy gave them wealth almost entirely by luck.

[@petarhrsak]

The very best of wisecrack. Continue this trend please..

[@ashleya3731]

Tbh for the rest of us this was the most entertaining event. And a long time coming

[@LethalLemonLime]

every time i hear of this festival i bust out laughing

[@yengsabio5315]

😂😂😂 Same here! Apparently, it seems to me that they invited this scam to themselves.

[@aftergood]

Theres Sweets! his voice is reassurance that maybe one day ill see a thug notes on paradise lost

[@anonb4632]

Watch Thug Notes on Amazon Prime. Unlike KZbin, they will actually pay Wisecrack money.

[@danmor2349]

Your thinking that I'm happy, is much more important to me than me actually achieving that happiness. (modern day culture, in a nutshell)

[@AngelSaintCloud]

I live on Treasure Island in California which is between east bay Oakland and the famous San Francisco city. People come from all around the world to take a picture of the bridges but no one actually seems to care other than the experience they get to flaunt. When I look out I see the bridge for what it is and the cities around me. Marvels of infrastructure and technological innovation for as far as the eye can see. People who live here don't seem to care either, self-absorbed with an image that they can never afford. My test when I meet people is to have them look out to the distance and tell me what they see. Few have said anything worth listening too. One gave me a great answer: "What I see is a collective hive, a home, and I know that when I'm within the distance I can always sense where the honey is."

[@erisi236]

no matter where you go, there you are

[@Captain_Wet_Beard]

Hipsters are actively trying to subvert that type of commercialism, but in an equally plastic way.

[@Sarah-eh7bw]

I agree, but this festival was more for the wannabe influencer instagram crowd than hipsters. Hipsters dress up as starving artists in a show off way to hide their lack of actual talent.

[@rsquare32]

Reminds me of Tanacon. Even that was a disaster

[@shelbot]

Insane timing of this video- I JUST finished watching the Netflix doc this morning. 😧

[@BlikeNave]

I will never tire of Fyre videos.

[@stevenbaum6555]

I watched the documentary a few weeks ago and I wasn't sure why I was so fascinated in it from begining to end. But you guys hit the nail on the head.

[@Sarah-eh7bw]

You should do a video about Elizabeth Holmes! Would love to hear your insights about Silicon Valley.

[@PittsburghSonido]

WAIT. Youre telling me an entrepreneur ripped people off? WAIT. Is this guy from America? WELL COLOUR ME SURPRISED

[@subwayeatfresh4821]

Tony H sexy profile picture, nightman.

[@PittsburghSonido]

100 Subs With No Videos Challenge oh yeah yeahh

[@subwayeatfresh4821]

Tony H oh yeah yeah

[@hanshintermann1551]

"entrepreneur"

[@DarkshadowXD63]

Okay now I'm half expecting a philosophy video on the disaster that is Rainfurrest

[@RodoChaska]

Just watch the Internet Historian´s video

[@DarkshadowXD63]

@@RodoChaska Well that's where I got the idea from so I was hoping if Wise Crack could do one on Frye Fest maybe they could do one on Rainfurrest

[@Dash49]

You guys are killing it with the videos lately!! Each one has been super interesting and broke away from the formula that you had a few months back. Getting hyped to watch new vids now!

[@kellypennix8745]

Excellent points. Super spot on about life right now!!