Worst Eras of The Internet

[@scader_shot]

Honestly,I will never understand how people were ACTUALLY buying NFTS

[@rubydearest]

Why were they buying them at all

[@prega3188]

To hope someone more stupid to buy his nft for profit

[@mightyroseblade]

Nobody was it was just tech bros and d list celebrities

[@x.Pqr1s]

EXACTLY LIKE WTF💀

[@k_kubes]

Even buying it ironically is cringe AF

[@voicelessjackson6736]

Not only did the 2016 edgy era ruin a gen of kids, it also led to KZbin becoming more strict, especially with the adpocolypse

[@crazymofostudio7351]

Ong like look on any video that even slightly has a opinion on race or sexuality in it

[@banditbastard2585]

Nah, corporations, Karens, fruits and politics are the ones that started the censorship that's why people were edgy to begin with, it's a response to these annoying people.

[@snypetipestopmotionstudios7390]

I'm sad that I grew up with the 2016 era I feel like I'm a absolute sado just for being alive at that time it was that bad

[@SaintxGlobal]

@@snypetipestopmotionstudios7390 same

[@fucksusan.fuckcensorship.874]

nah cap, if you actually do research it was the sheer amount of extremist content around. Hell alot of people still think its pewdiepies fault for the bridge incident. It was literally because you could find political extremist terrorist organizations making recruit videos. Nothing to do with youtubers doing dumb stuff at all. Try again.

[@gbmp419]

As someone who had to suffer through middle and high school during the clout era I can attest to how vile it was

[@kesky6363]

You were either in the super edgy or clout chasing. There was no in between back then.

[@BennyHuncho]

Omm😭

[@gbmp419]

@@kesky6363 yeah, I was definitely the edgy quiet kid back then, there's no denying that

[@toiletgaming223]

it was

[@toiletgaming223]

fr

[@kikifelice]

The pre-social media era of internet was unmatched, back when there were actual websites, and online communities. Social media has its positive aspects, but it also killed the creativity of the early internet.

[@indrickboreale7381]

The problem is this era is hard to research, because a lot of niche websites are dead with hardly no data on Wayback Machine

[@MoufCity]

You think so? I feel like the early internet was more creative, because back then everyone was a product of their environment. nowadays everyone gets their style and language from the same sources.

[@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw]

The only social media was myspace@@MoufCity

[@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw]

Will the only social media was MySpace

[@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw]

This is mostly due to capitalism and planned obsolescence @@indrickboreale7381

[@antonymguy8117]

Gen Z humor truly is a spectacle to see, from charlie bit me to Mr Incredible. From 300 parodies to loli tierlists, what a time to be alive

[@ToonScapeTV]

What type of tierlist?

[@sabrinaiscool3251]

LOLI TIERLISTS???

[@thinkerguy8454]

"Loli tearlist"? 😐

[@Someonewhoecist]

@MultiMod then went to John Pork

[@lilatune]

@@thinkerguy8454 tierlist

[@quinshortt]

it would be a shame if the internet were to actually have a good era

[@Bighomie39]

I'd argue that the Minecraft Comeback Era (basically think 2019 Minecraft stuff) was a great era.

[@thehumaneasteregg5471]

Not really, it gave birth to dream stans

[@Bighomie39]

@@thehumaneasteregg5471 I'd gladly take Dream stans over Leafy or Tate fans any day of the week

[@Yourpringledealer]

​@@Bighomie39 Same man same

[@turboshazed7370]

Eh that's subjective in all honesty. I remember the mid 2000s (born in 1993).

[@bobuxman145]

This man can make any topic fun

[@OverStrive2008]

Bobax

[@pepperthe2008]

he should be a teacher!

[@ThatOneFriendoneoneseven]

He can, maybe he should be a teacher

[@pablo4yu]

All im sayin is lil pump wasnt bad, everyone else was absolutely ATROCIOUS to listen to, and the 2016 youtube era was peak comedy, genuine comedy. Now look at us, we need that era back rn

[@dekulites]

@@pablo4yu Naah we good

[@eligreg99]

Despite everything bad that happened in the 2000s & 2010s nothing has been more trippy than the 2020s so far. It feels like every year since the start of the decade something breaks and the quality of life decreases very noticeably.

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

always happened since human existence, we're only complaining about it now

[@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw]

It’s mostly capitalism and consumerism and lobbying @@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7

[@G500-m2b]

​@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7 your def part of the matrix era💀

[@orange_guice]

Welcome to growing up

[@Ascalipsa]

respectfully disagree

[@coke2679]

Watching this made me realize that young people don't remember how raw the internet was in the early to mid 2000s before smartphones. Everything after that was pretty tame in comparison.

[@zacwoods]

Literally just commented something similar. First time ive felt “old”

[@aaronnorman6431]

4chan was crazy

[@joddog]

People used to get killed because of shit posted on the the net. 4chan and other forums would dox people, making randoms harass them and occasionally find and attack them, filming the shit. Gore and torture content was everywhere. Rape, incest and snuff porn was considered normal!! I remember when Facebook first came out I would see a beheading video on it like twice a week! 2 girls one cup, 1 guy one jar, pain olympics etc… and we wonder why the youth are getting softer and softer 😂 the internet traumatised a whole generation hahah

[@justclauz8746]

It was the wild west back then

[@2AMinLosAngeles]

2016 really was the last breath of the wild west era of the internet, but i think its probably for the better.

[@tov-mf4ko]

Can’t believe filthy frank went from teaching how to say slurs in Japanese to dropping banger music

[@hazimworks]

😥🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@thoticcusprime9309]

garbage music for normies

[@basedkillua4872]

“Banger music”

[@tov-mf4ko]

@@basedkillua4872 fuck is wrong with saying banger music

[@mkgeostar]

​@@tov-mf4koreal (his pink guy music is even bangers)

[@goranarbunic7258]

We can’t forget the 2018 ironic tik tok era, when we thought that doing Fortnite dances next to cringe tik toks was peak comedy 😭

[@not_estains]

SKULLTROOPER NEEDS YOUR HELP, HE NEEDS YOUR MOM'S CREDIT CARD, THE 16 DIGITS, THE EXPERATION DATE, AND THE 3 WACKY NUMBERS ON THE BACK *18 children doing the hype dance*

[@ethangutierrez5858]

Who is we

[@CrazyGuyoftheWest]

@@ethangutierrez5858 you must be too young to have taken part, kid.

[@habdman]

I wanna be tracer

[@ethangutierrez5858]

@@CrazyGuyoftheWest or I’m too old to have thought retarded Fortnite dances next to TikTok’s was in any way funny that fact your trying to call me a kid shows that you are in fact the kid 😭

[@Rubiktor012]

This isn't really an era, and instead more of a collective thing, but it's that moment when a new game reaches its popularity peak and children infest it's community. Happened to Among Us, happened to Friday Night Funkin', and with Pizza Tower's popularity rising more and more, it's likely this will soon happen to it as well.

[@wigwagstudios2474]

not exactly related to those games specifically but i'd call this the "forced horror/analog horror era" with stuff like poppy, the backrooms, and glaggleland, when retard children infested it and tried to turn it into "oooh scary analog horror OOH SCARY SCARY JUMPSCARE" and all that. i feel especially bad for the backrooms + glaggleland because those were just harmless wacky memes at first that were fun to look through, but now we got the 9 year old Kinemaster FlipAClip kids turning it into VHS horror and shit.

[@Rubiktor012]

@@wigwagstudios2474 I'd group the forced horror with the hornybait too, since they're both common techniques to lure in children for easy views

[@rtixboi]

@@wigwagstudios2474The backrooms was always a fearmongering thing, I have been a member of that community since 2020. It was never funny memes. No, the memes came with the children, the backrooms used to be a few images of liminal spaces depicting empty, nostalgic places from the early 2000s. The backrooms was not ruined by children making it as you described. It was ruined because it became much too popular, with the introduction of “levels” and the absurd amount of enemies, along with the whole fucking thing being explained in detail, removing the mysterious vibe.

[@rtixboi]

@@wigwagstudios2474One thing I forgot to mention, the backrooms isn’t an analog horror thing.

[@scooby1760]

Yeah what I think is that everything that was happening back then. (Pranks and clout goblins) are still happening just turnt tf up

[@Ducky935]

Vanoss did the opposite of the edgy era, where most big youtubers stopped being edgy in recent years Vanoss turned up the edgy jokes he makes.

[@AvrilAlvarez]

Vanoss fell off and it's so sad to see. Used to be my favorite KZbinr

[@Ducky935]

@@AvrilAlvarez i mean not really, hes still pulling decent views for being an old channel, Others who were big back in the day but slowly died over time are barely breaking 100k views but Vanoss is still pulling 500-1 mill view on every video

[@AvrilAlvarez]

@@Ducky935 I wasn't talking about statistics, I'm talking about the quality of content. It's decreased significantly since the old days of vanoss.

[@dantisek]

@@AvrilAlvarez it's just how internet evolved, everything was better back then

[@Theone105]

W vid

[@blackrosefoxy3836]

I love how one bad era gives birth to an even worse era, and it just keeps repeating itself

[@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw]

And it’s like the 1950s conformity all over again

[@emolga2007]

An era I was confused you didn't cover was "The Cancellation Era" (2019-present). It explains itself, but basically people would make fake accusations about people they don't like or find "cringy". Examples of victims from this era were JellyBean (falsely accused of racism because PNGtuber), ChippleDipple (accused of grooming, revenge porn, and targeted harrasment because of his edgy humor), Sinder (because of her...of questionable quality CPR metal cover), Kwite (because he didn't like his ex's overly sexual behavior towards him), and Revie (falsely accused of grooming because she burnt someone's house in Minecraft). [Edited this comment to add suggestions from replies! Thank you guys!]

[@yt.person_9629]

Cancelling I'd say started in 2021

[@sophiathekitteh]

and Slazo :(

[@LessGo7921]

@@yt.person_9629 2020 even

[@BRAZILIAN_MIKU]

It tecnically started since a little after gamergate and people realized how much you can fuck someone's image if the average person doesn't like them

[@UncleSamsoniteLover69]

I think it’s because that era hasn’t ended yet. Plus cancellation isn’t really an “era”. It was just something that got super popular to do but fizzled out really quickly. The only people getting “canceled” anymore are people who are behaving intentionally provocative, and half the time they’re seeking that attention out themselves because it’s profitable (modern “comedians” using edgy humor to get people to complain about and advertise their work are good examples of this) There are still cases like Kwite where people are falsely accused but that’s been happening forever. It’s not exclusive to cancel culture.

[@danielberry777]

This really makes me realize how our society is constantly chasing a literal 15 seconds of fame

[@skeez6682]

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[@RoyalPear]

this was the first vid i’ve gotten from you and i’m subbing, this shit was hilarious

[@imapurpledgrayon5366]

Nah, how did we get no replies over here😭

[@Co4ster]

@@imapurpledgrayon5366 fr 🤣

[@AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH69]

What's up

[@Random_Username001]

How is there barely any comments

[@TigerFireBlade]

nice videos

[@texastootin1628]

Some of us were lucky enough to experience the unmoderated, uncensored, limitless possibilities of the early internet. Granted, it mostly gave us extreme trauma and years of problems to deal with, but it was fun nonetheless

[@thoticcusprime9309]

only weak minded types got trauma

[@TombNGloom]

Bro what part of not being able to Google MLP was fun 😭. Nvm thoose random violent ahh videos were kinda entertaining

[@KyogreGames_GD]

@@TombNGloomthey weren’t entertaining at all. Comedy and internet is fire rn

[@pedropedro1]

​@@thoticcusprime9309they sound so weak and feminine

[@pedropedro1]

Just turn the pc off bro 😂

[@Wizard826]

I was heavily influenced by the 2016 edgy era, and as a now 20 year old adult, i've long since looked upon it with cringe and despair.

[@manwhoismissingtwotoenails4811]

Litcherally

[@klonoafan2012]

There were some good memes in there like the nutshack, spongegar, and some I forgotten about but then you got these terrible forced memes like dat boi, damn Daniel, durr plant which was a jab at those types of memes which somehow got popular, and those types of forced memes plagued the internet up into 2018 or 2019 at most

[@cauwama]

I liked it at 13 in 2016, but not now at 20. I still like the Vine/MLG era though

[@anomalousanimates]

@@cauwama i loved the mlg era

[@cauwama]

​​​​​​​​@@anomalousanimates Mid-2014 to mid-2015 mlg was lit

[@caroline.mokone5879]

I'm 24 and still navigating the Internet, half of the BS I come across makes my brain go numb.

[@insertcoolnamehere29]

12:08 being rated worse the CUTIES is absolutely insane. If that happens to me I would hide in a bunker cut off from any internet or human interaction for the rest of my life.

[@krispychiken5279]

Its only cause weird ass people exist to make the movie a 3.6/10 of Thanos snapped those people Hype Hours would have more.

[@alexfowilnyetman5133]

@@krispychiken5279 wat are you saying because some people rated it a good review it got a 3.6/10 or because a lot of people rated it so lowly it got a 3.6/10

[@LessGo7921]

As someone who was on the internet a bit too much back then, 2016 as a whole had to be the worst and most toxic era looking back 😭

[@dantisek]

rly depends on your country, was english 2016 yt so bad ? In my country 2010-2018 was the funniest shit ever

[@rekeinserah]

No. It was the greatest. Thing we're better back then. Things are worse now.

[@v1x4570]

i absolutely agree

[@yorukaadams940]

@@rekeinserah - guy who says he “misses the Leafy era”

[@LessGo7921]

@@dantisek English language YT was easily the worst that year. It was def further exacerbated in the US by the political climate from the election. Even tho during the 2012 election year, YT was so much more civil and chill. 2016 was def the most toxic and it took me a little while to dig myself out of that hole. Never wanna go through it again

[@benisign]

The stan era of like 2020-2021 is literally hell incarnate. K-pop girls would legit try to track you down and break your kneecaps if you didn't think jung sing ley was cool.

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

I don't even know them motherfucker's names, I wouldn't have survived 10 days in that era if it weren't for me avoiding twitter like the plague.

[@supercooledits123]

dont forget the dream stans, its like their entire life revolved around a single content creator

[@strawberrydeathOK]

chuu pfps scare me and ran over my pet gerbil

[@sudormrf]

@@strawberrydeathOK become meguka

[@strawberrydeathOK]

@@sudormrf do not throw souls

[@tonyduh]

2016 had everyone saying “kys” we were definitely affected in a bad way 😂

[@rodmunch6865]

Kinda surprised you didn't mention the youtube prank Era, that shit wad genuinely harmful and I'm glad it stopped (although there seems to be a resurgence) The virality era, which probably started around 2006 and ended in 2013/2014ish. The og minecraft Era (I swear man, the internet was a different place back then) 2016 could be a whole ass era itself lmao The Vine and post Vine Era (shit completely changed everything) The Donald Trump Era The Pewdiepie Vs T-Series Era (one of my personally most fondly remembered) The 3 AM challenge era The Facebook Mom Era Those are just a few I came up with lol

[@virtualmin6375]

Kek, yt pranks didn't stop in PH Vloggers

[@Zombiesrule21]

In my opinion. I think the Vine Era was a great era. But we have different beliefs.

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

I was thinking about including the Vtuber Era as well, but idk if that would work.

[@Daniel-xq8mo]

Holy shit I remember the 3am challenges era, it kinda became just challenges in general and I loved watching papa Jake and another challenge KZbinr I can't remember the name off.

[@Danzin_Danzibar]

What's the 3am challenge?

[@Dookieman1975]

You forgot about Elsa gate… the less said, the better There’s also the drama era where everyone was at each others throats every day. The extremely political era (apparently still in it and was here since before some of us were born) where every part of the political spectrum was at each others throats, acting like programmed robots, and displaying the most close minded mentality I’ve ever seen. Even accusing movies of propaganda like it’s the red scare again And I guess the let’s play/gaming era (wasn’t very bad except for some mini lads and lion makers). Minecraft was especially popular with whole song parodies. Now that part of the internet (mainly yt) just isn’t as popular. There’s also the clickbait era where it was real bad with people like J station but now it’s not as noticeable. Not as bad now but still foul

[@real_terminalgt]

i got ptsd from seeing this

[@Thebigem]

There Actually used to be a Clickbait Era from 2007-2014, It started when People edited Spider-Man 3 Content and passed it as “real” Spider-Man 4 Stuff before the Movie was Announced as Canceled I fucking Hated it as a Kid, where they just made Venom Red through a Filter

[@jerma985_enjoyer4]

yeah we are in the extremely political era still...

[@kenos911]

@@Thebigem that's still going on, clickbait is immortal

[@klobribirds7670]

Oh god the annoying music is kick in angain in my head

[@vinnyseed1142]

I think it's so funny that Jojis fanbase now is a majority college women who would cancel him immediately if they did one google search on what filthy frank is 😂. All he had to do was start making pop music and everyone is oblivious to what a menace he was haha

[@murasakino101]

This is so true! I've even seen people say that joji and Frank are two different people and this is unironically

[@Jackson-cd3mv]

@@murasakino101i legit didnt even know they were the same people. To be fair I dont really care about joji enough to realize that. But yeah its still pretty funny

[@murasakino101]

@@Jackson-cd3mv lmao fair. He is a different dude outside of Frank. It's just funny how people that knew him as Frank forget all the crazy stuff he did or wish that he would go back. Don't blame him for leaving though since people are much softer now and doing the character was destroying his voice

[@davidnissim589]

It's crazy to think that the guy who made "Slow Dancing In The Dark" is the same guy who made "Peanut Butter On My Balls".

[@mkgeostar]

​​@@murasakino101lol im a huge fan of both personas

[@unhinged_0]

As someone who ONLY watched the vlogging era for a short time, learning about these other eras made me lose my brain cells 💀

[@jacob_dcdn]

As someone who saw these eras, I have no more brain cells to lose

[@holybamboozler]

Man, probably the oldest example of bad internet eras was the Fail Comp era. Shit was hard to watch sometimes, and it pretty much encouraged kids and teens to hurt themselves for views by staging some sort of accident. I still remember being somewhat influenced by it myself

[@crayonzii]

Oh, I also remember fake animal rescue vids. People would put animals in dangerous situations and ‘save’ them for views. Sometimes it ended badly.

[@thoticcusprime9309]

you're a sheep then

[@gabe_motherboard3355]

I think maybe the worst era of the internet was VSCO girls, anyone else remember those? Definitely was a trend among girls at my school in 2019, what I hated most about it is when they would say "SKSKSKSKSKSKSKS SAVE THE TURTLES" every second, and the Hydroflasks, yeah like Tommy said, you cannot even pay me Elon Musk's net worth right now to live back in that era. Edit: Guys I'm not saying that I hated VSCO girls themselves I just hated the trend, chill, I'm talking about the past, VSCO girls are extinct now. I'm talking about 2019, I don't know why people are replying to me like the trend is still going on at my school or still a thing in general.

[@ayoidek6571]

It was honestly one of the few unproblematic eras of the Internet, they were just walking around with scrunchies, metal water bottles and being obnoxious.

[@gabe_motherboard3355]

@@ayoidek6571 To me it was annoying as hell, but yeah, I guess it's not as bad as literally stealing stuff everyday for clout, sorry about that.

[@esh9x153]

They were quite obnoxious but I'd rather take them over the horny coomer phase the internet is in now

[@LovelyBettaFish-11]

I was one, but I grew out of it after I seen vids of people hating on them 😅

[@afriking]

those weren't real people, just bots

[@rogeras5966]

I think we are also currently on the "AI era" or "AI Art era" where there are a lot of insuferable people who think AI will replace artists even if their Art looks pretty bad and people who studied it can notice the flaws, they are like the NFT bros who are very delusional and want to make a lot of money with no effort and selling useless things. And also the people Who use Chat GPT do do their work

[@abrahamalvarez8692]

To me, AI art is the definition of the Uncanny Valley

[@epicstarstv]

Are you comparing ai art with nft? You know that ai never fails with more data and time it keeps improving It may potentially replace artists But i dont know about ai taking over!

[@KatSpicert]

We're not even close to being in the peak of that "era" at all.

[@AFellowCyberman]

"Even if their art looks pretty bad and people who studied can notice the flaws". AI is improving, not stuck in development. Simple knowledge on this subject and you'd know this.

[@xcell_r4thr87]

you can cope all you want, but AI will be taking over soon. Just you wait.

[@somegamerkid7209]

0:19 the fact that its marked as most replayed... 💀💀💀

[@Birly-t3z]

lmao

[@TheRealLeBronJames12]

??

[@nah_bred]

😂

[@fuzzymelon1261]

the WorldStar era reminds me of an episode of the boondocks about the racist sentiment proposed by the fight videos. the show called these fights "n-word moments". I got to witness one in-person at a fair. it was actually quite sad (no one got hurt tho). me friend and I were standing in line for food for over two hours. there was this friendly black man in front of us who would occasionally talk to us during the two hours. when we got to the front, this teenager cut in front of the guy and he was like "hey, get to the back of the line." the teen started to argue with the man and then the teen's mom came over and threatened to fight the guy. this guy didn't back down. it escalated to the point of security having to break it up (thankfully they did so in a non-violent way) and the man who waited for over 2 hours was told to leave with his son (but the teen and his family stayed). no punches were thrown fortunately and the man got his food, but it just made me very sad and angry that someone who stood up to some asshole kid was asked to leave.

[@ermacdoesnotexist]

I hope he gets karma, sooner or later

[@BitchChill]

It's true though

[@NigeriansInParis]

@@BitchChill ur racist is showing

[@purest_evil]

Nwords gonna n

[@tonysuckadickliano2090]

Im not reading all that

[@Copperchopper_]

We went from making real history to look back on for years .... to this.... Ancestors quaking in their graves

[@RubyRedPhoenix413]

We've reached the point where, socially, we (the us and most english speaking places) no longer have to worry about real trouble to make headlines. Fake accusations being thrown left and right, "sigma" males whining about people being whatever they want, while folks of all places whine about imaginary strawmen while claiming each side is a snowflake-filled bunch of idiots. We've reached a really volatile political era, and I'm worried its only gonna get worse from here.

[@uzikage.]

why would we stop making history books? lol

[@grayanddevpdx]

Let’s do a war on the idiots and insane so we can go to an era where it’s okay to do what you want to yourself, it’s not okay to do bad stuff to others, and everyone isn’t trying to get green paper from each other.

[@ohamatchhams]

@@RubyRedPhoenix413 Your paragraph is just "le white people bad XD" lmao Let's not forget way bigger problems in the ponds beyond those but sure make it about racebaiting and bringing vague buzz statements akin to "people being whatever they want", whatever that means

[@RubyRedPhoenix413]

@@ohamatchhams where the hell did I say white people were the issue?

[@TanukiAlien]

Humor went from punchlines to porn

[@grayanddevpdx]

It went from punchlines to pron to horror and now we don’t get any actual humor we just get 20 seconds of sensory overload and then it ends in a way that loops.

[@william_.575]

now we got laughing at incidents

[@TanukiAlien]

@@william_.575 fr, Ronnie McMutt for example.

[@themetalmario77]

@@william_.575 we? who is we

[@kostan55]

@@TanukiAlien Ronnie McNutt's death was not an incident, it was a tragedy and a real shame that people make fun of his suicide

[@bruh.5295]

I feel like the “prank era” should of been added to this video.

[@brunoactis1104]

As someone who's been studying history, anthropology and stuff like that, i think you are really underestimating the effect the matrix era (or alpha male era, as i prefer to call it) is going to have in the future. The era is actually still going, and at full speed, and young men are terribly powerful in shaping civilization.

[@J3D1D14H]

And oh gosh, is it BAAAAAAAAAD

[@christianhernandez1539]

Teaching men to be better !

[@J3D1D14H]

@@christianhernandez1539 …is what they try to do. Instead, man, by his nature, is prone to receiving only what they want to hear, for better or for worse. They choose which advice to follow and which to disregard - it’s simply how we function. Sadly, most “redpillers” are just bluepilled misogynists receiving what they want to hear - women bad, men are ALWAYS faultless. Btw, i don’t like when it’s hard to tell the difference between if someone is joking or genuinely believes what they say. Tate is not a comedian - if he was, he’d be a horrible comedian whose jokes always land like aa 11 (keep in mind the pilots were male). Tate is just another clout chaser, that’s it.

[@christianhernandez1539]

@@J3D1D14H Before the matrix era I did take the supposed redpill bro and not gonna lie what they tell you is true when it comes to woman advice but it does make you believe all woman are like that which is the down side to all that because it changes your perception about woman but I truly do believe that tate has done better overall than worse for men. And yes I get what your talking when it comes to jokes and clout.

[@J3D1D14H]

@@christianhernandez1539 that’s because he gives other more reasonable opinions about other topics. E.g. “go gym” i think has actually been proven by studies to be effective in raising mental health. The antidepressants are not as effective as your body naturally receiving more of the happy chemical and your therapist actually doing their job. I can kinda see where his sparkling water rant and owning a sword rant would be a joke (except they’re horrible) but you can tell what he genuinely believes by listening to the tone of his voice and looking at his body gestures. He does have a wholesome side. He has a good relationship with his brother and actually has a personality unlike those who copy him. Hopefully he shows that side more - he failed to do so after his initial claim that he converted to islam. Sorry for the super long reply.

[@SPVLaboratories]

A few more I’d add: The Atheism Era: 2008-2013 when people would basically have dick measuring contests about how much they hated religion. Ended when that guy made the “euphoric” post on Reddit and people finally started laughing at them The Facebook Activism Era: 2009-2012 felt like every other week people were changing their profile pictures to support some cause they’d never heard of before that week. Kony2012 was a good wake up call to those people

[@BirdRaiserE]

Hello, fellow oldfren.

[@BobBob-eb4io]

That gave me some flashbacks

[@ThePartyyChat]

Agreed

[@colten7525]

Atheism Era is still alive on Instagram ☹️

[@TrIIden]

Never heard of them.

[@bleepmaster23]

Prank video era is a forgotten one. The early days of youtube were wild, piracy, directors channels, vine.

[@gx1tar1er]

I feel like prank video era is dead now. Even people have forgotten Ben Phillips.

[@Tr1s]

That clout era lineup lookin like the sea of thieves crew.

[@od813]

Daddy long neck, wide neck, supreme patty and those weird mfs 💀

[@kenshen4318]

Y'all remember when they released air pods and an iPhone back in the flexing era in middle school . A lot of the kids were buying them to make themselves look cool and basically flexing, but in reality, they're just using their parents' money

[@MikuHatsune12]

How old are you

[@kenshen4318]

@@MikuHatsune12 let's say that I'm in my senior year's

[@MikuHatsune12]

@@kenshen4318 I'm not american but im assuming you're under 20, so very young

[@bbew2914]

​@@MikuHatsune12 what's that got to do with anything

[@TrIIden]

@@MikuHatsune12Oh shut up. i bet you're a fossil.

[@fuzzymelon1261]

the 2016 edgy era is responsible for some of the worst ppl I have met. I did like Idubzzz and his content cop series (calling ppl slurs was what I really didn't like) bc he was able to make comedy out of calling out ppl for their BS. it didn't age well ofc, but I have fond memories of that series and ONLY that series.

[@demonking3673]

Vanoss gaming is still GOATED

[@SadisticSpartan]

I loved old idubbbz but not the bad unboxing and all that really edgy stuff but like kickstarter crap and stuff like that is what I liked

[@Spongyboi897]

I remember that you will get demolished back in 2016 all because you didn't like IDubzzz' content And I felt like I was the only person in the entire world that didn't like his content

[@luckyy3691]

I do miss the whole 2016 Idubbbz/LeafyIsHere shtick outta nostalgia but I'm genuinely questioning myself as to what the fuck I was watching 😂😭 life's a trip

[@V555Vendetta]

I miss old idubbbz but I know that it’s something you’re not supposed to imitate Same thing with filthy frank

[@sethcherry1527]

The cancellation/ apology era. The most dog apologies ever and people actively looking for new people to cancel

[@EMan-ml8er]

I thought I forgot about the Musiclly Era until the sheer mention of it brought back Vietnam flashbacks of the amount of cringe it was. I also remember growing up through the Vine Era, World Star Era, and even the McJuggerNuggets era very vividly

[@mrdestructoo]

As a new internet user, I appreciate this

[@Theguyyousawinthesupermarket]

Are you 5?

[@wisdomforest_]

bro is 8 💀

[@StudiosXLD]

Man. Why is people going to make fun of this guy. This is true. Like what’s wrong 😐

[@chrisak4265]

School is too weird now

[@JlMMY728]

@@StudiosXLD hes too young

[@minedude33]

An era you definitely missed was the 2015 - 2017 3am Horror Videos

[@MrFourchords]

oh no

[@pyroAdapt]

The tik tok dance era is rhe reason i still refis to ever use the app. The way they forced the app down our throats by having it show up on every single KZbin ad has scarred me for life and to this day no matter how many changes tiktok goes through its always gonna remain me of that time.

[@Goku22411]

2013 to 2016 was a rough period for KZbin, there were so many terrible KZbinrs at that time

[@therealstupidwaffle]

leafy gotta be the worst example of this, he created a whole generation of terrible commentary channels that add nothing new to youtube. ngl i still enjoy filthy franks, idubbbz, and max's old content, their fanbases are corny, and borderline annoying.

[@klonoafan2012]

​@chair gaming glad people are calling them out recently

[@crim-jim6814]

@@therealstupidwaffle Those gameplay commentary channnels are the bane of my existence.

[@BigBallsLover6969]

@@therealstupidwaffle hate it or not he literally started the commentary community as a whole including this channel so…

[@aini6486]

The best era imo

[@CitrineEwe71]

You know what's crazy about the internet, it made people more connected, but less at the same time.

[@Overdrive-_-]

United by hate, divided by hate

[@jenniferphillippi1715]

​@@Overdrive-_-would be a good name for a metal album no joke

[@LonerChief]

I know this may not be an era but to me the Vine era was a hidden gem among the internet. At least that one was full of comedic people trying their best to make people laugh and have a better day. Vine was one of the better era's that is well, mostly forgotten by the masses.

[@KingBoner]

Vine was unarguably one of the best eras of the internet, vine brought so many people together

[@zacharygiles2984]

@@KingBoner even so looking back on the old vines you realize just how cringey they were.

[@arte0021]

No Vine was cringe.

[@KingBoner]

@@zacharygiles2984 todays standards definitely make vine look outdated

[@AC-nw8cq]

The Vine era was an amazing time. People just being funny and it wasn't forced. I find more Vine's genuinely hilarious compared to TikToks. "HuHUH, bitch why you mad? Cause my pussy pops severely and yours don't?" That line is BRANDED into my brain.

[@filippocau9313]

I most hated the Hypebeast era, the fact that kids who couldn’t afford expensive clothes were influenced to buy them was horrible…

[@holdenpierce1959]

i think it’s important to note that through all of these eras there were still equally huge communities doing great things for the culture and the people, a lot of which overshadowed the worst of these eras

[@grayanddevpdx]

Yeah, like how in recent years we’ve had horrible politics, modern plagues, and wars, but we’re still socially improving on how we treat people who are different than us.

[@DangDatsCrazy]

ChatGPT typa comment

[@thoticcusprime9309]

@@grayanddevpdx wrong actually. you must be delusional drinking the democrat kool aid and sjw laced shrooms

[@SPAMTON-G-SPAMTON]

During 1978, the man named William roe has been accused of four counts of homicidal acts against a family of four, the first victim was 12 years old, his bones were dislocated and cracked, next was the mother, which had her hanged by her own intestines, the next was 24, he was drugged so he could not control him self, so while being controlled he was screaming for help, the officers didn't know he was drugged so he was killed. It was the next victim that was the most gruesome.... he got a metal bat to his face, fell down a 31 stairs, snapping his neck, then he got a cleaver in his chest. That was the disturbing crime of 1978.

[@YungNug420]

WTF

[@sippingtexastea]

Think you're on the wrong video bruh💀

[@ajpgofacoconut6191]

are you challenging me?

[@julisstar.]

Ooh interesting!

[@S̈OTO_og]

Bro confessing his crimes💀

[@sfisher923]

One good thing about the Musically and Tik Tok era is introducing people to new music choices (Seeing the song ""Even Flow" resurge in popularity for example makes me happy in a way sure I wasn't an OG Pearl Jam fan I can very much admit that as I first heard them with said song in GH3 back in the Early-2010s but seeing new people liking a song that gave me nostalgia feels nice)

[@joelrobert4053]

This is true, many songs i listen to either came from tik tok or some other place on social media

[@-curtiscamp]

I played GH3 and Even Flow is one of my favorites in that soundtrack but HOLD ON, what resurgence in popularity? I haven't seen it at all...

[@thoticcusprime9309]

nah

[@lapieblanche6863]

Fun fact musicaly and tiktok are the same app

[@jipstan27]

Some of the artists from our country actually got famous or was noticed during Musically era so it has its ups and downs

[@KyloZach]

Nowadays it's the predator era, I'm not even surprised to see a bunch of sick people on the internet. Makes me enraged.

[@Threepeater6447]

That not even an era anymore

[@Threepeater6447]

Internet predators already existed before 2023 sometime at 2011-2013 or even earlier at the mid-2000s or earlier.

[@RealHumanPersonOnEarth]

And the gen A era

[@internettrash5120]

The worst thing to come out of Gucci Gang is all the oldheads of rap using it as an example of modern rap music and nothing else just to amplify their entitlement to their love for 90s rap

[@jacobrandalf3865]

90s rap was and still is the best

[@makaveliba4243]

SO REAL.

[@TrIIden]

@@jacobrandalf386590s rap sounds so boring, i don't get how anyone used to listen to it. i also don't like gucci gang.

[@shadowrayhaan4051]

Gen Z is truly an inspiring generation. Worshipping fake personalities and "Alpha" males, by Ruining words forever, doing TikTok, and Cancel celebrities for not having the same opinion as them. Truly one of the most influential eras in history. Even more than Greece, Egypt and etc..

[@NinoDesbordes256]

As a gen Z I do not associate myself with them. I just have my own interests and I don't force them on anyone else. No, I don't have 70 pronouns, I'm just bi, that's it.

[@ferrucciocaracciuolo8139]

​@Bobby StockfischerYou are wrong you are a Walmart bag.

[@ugwuanyicollins6136]

@@theroook689 it's called a 6x6 (six by six) Rubik's cube are (3x3)'s

[@ugwuanyicollins6136]

@@theroook689 twisty puzzles* or permutation puzzles* 3x3 was originally called rubik's cube 4x4 was originally called master cube 5x5 was originally called professor's cube

[@NinoDesbordes256]

@@Mushysnugglebitesbingo yes. I agree with what you said. I don't have Twitter anymore, but I remember I used it a lot, to the point that the first thing I'd do, is check Twitter just after waking up, and almost doing nothing except that. I was so invented with what the degenerates were up to so I became one...

[@d.n.vechro9361]

As long as social media exists, we can never escape the true worst era, the CRINGE era.

[@andrewgomez2079]

It made me so unbelievably happy when Boonk tried to rob a barber but they locked the door the moment he came in cause they recognized him

[@sdoix]

Lmao that sounds hilarious

[@lecommentar9851]

I'd call the current era the "Ruin" era. There's a big saturation of low quality content, leftover dead trends, dramas are still continuing to pump, new insufferable groups and remains of previous unwanted groups.

[@__Konboi__]

The NFT/Crypto Bros era actually pissed me off because we would have Voice Actors, respected celebrities, etc. investing and promoting what is essentially a scam. That would cause me to have sleepless nights

[@ZynthWaves]

NFTs = scam. crypto = not scam.

[@__Konboi__]

@@ZynthWaves Idk man, crypto just rubs me the wrong way

[@frozenuruguayball6436]

@@ZynthWaves crypto had hella potential

[@ZynthWaves]

@@frozenuruguayball6436 it still does?

[@pyroAdapt]

Lmao this guy is starting to become my new favorite KZbinr.. everything he says is so true and just way he speaks and his over all charisma just makes it 20x funnier

[@truthfulmess_ges]

As an era, I approve of this video

[@anomalousanimates]

as neither an era nor a video, i approve of this video and era

[@sugomasugoma8935]

@@anomalousanimates era as video, approve it

[@VoidAlien]

@@sugomasugoma8935 As an approve, I video of this era

[@dankultimate3929]

As an I, era approve of this video

[@truthfulmess_ges]

video era, approve i this

[@21waystogetavirus87]

tbh the 'matrix' era is actually insane because i've literally never seen andrew tate or any1 else actually post anything themselves, just mountains of reposts

[@positivedemon4635]

i dont think andrew tate rlly wanted it to be like this

[@opadrip]

One era of the internet i don't see get brought up enough is what I like to call the Pop Teen era. Maybe it's because most people on the internet today are too young to remember or forgot, but there was a time, i wanna say between 2006-2012, where a lot of teenagers were becoming pop music sensations, usually Disney and Nickelodeon stars. Despite making inoffensive pop music and merely doing their jobs, the internet lunged at the throats of many of these kids, spawning all kinds of homophobic slurs, death threats and hit pieces like Death Battle did for Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black, heck i remember hearing accounts of these teens getting assaulted, all because... They were cringe? It's one thing to not like teen celebrities, it's another to make multiple memes about how much you want them dead. Unfortunately a part of this era lives on today, but not nearly as extreme as it was back then.

[@StebsStuff]

i think in general the internet used to be way more harsh on kids being "cringe" in the past. There was this mexican kid who made a minecraft rap around that era and got cyberbullied so bad, it's sad how much it affected him. maybe it's just my perception, but nowadays everytime i stumble across some video of a kid doing something "cringy" i see more people in the comments being nice or laughing *with* the kid. i feel like internet culture is finally realising kids doing embarassing stuff is normal and harmless and that following along is more fun than just hating.

[@uriah9645]

One of the craziest eras in the internet history was the “MLG Era” from like 2012-2015 Where every single gaming video were filled with Rage Comic Faces and those Meme Sound Effects and it was so popularized by games like Call of Duty, Minecraft and GTA Where kids were yelling the N-Word

[@TrIIden]

What a disgusting, trash era.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

The Instagram clout era has single-handedly ruined the rap/hip hop genre

[@antiarezzo7630]

What are you talking about. Listen to more artists then if you think rap is dead

[@LovelyBettaFish-11]

@@antiarezzo7630 he did not say it is dead lol

[@klonoafan2012]

No that was SoundCloud

[@J3D1D14H]

@@LovelyBettaFish-11 i guess if its not dead, it’s thriving even if polluted by nuclear radiation

[@makaveliba4243]

Are you fr, there was so many bangers from that era

[@cosmomcfloso5820]

12:07 LOLL THIS MADE ME LAUGH. NAH THIS IS MAD UNEXPECTED

[@WorthThompson]

Our senses of humor match up so perfectly. Don’t think I’ve ever watched another KZbin video before where I was laughing for the whole 20 minutes. Keep it up this channel will do numbers.

[@CNSPORTZEDITZ]

I like the fact that I lived through all of these eras and sailed left on most of them. I knew that NFTs and TikTok dances were stupid from the very beginning and held that to the very end even as my peers fell for them. I'll admit I did grow up watching a lot of KZbin so I may have been somewhat influenced by these same communities but the videos that I remember watching were out of line from the synchronous insanity in this video and definitely more kid friendly which means I was on the good side of the internet. I do feel less traumatized and more level headed/satisfied with my experiences here.

[@Angel-Pictures]

If most of these eras have taught me anything, take everything you see and hear with a grain of salt.

[@Shayma98]

I'm a little surprised you didn't mention family vlogging under the vlogging era. I remember a lot of family vlogs being huge during that time.

[@arayangodfrey1971]

The Edge Era of KZbin is probably is the most worst era of the internet… 💀

[@Mark0MXx]

Best Era

[@Bighomie39]

I think Matrix Era is already worse

[@Hallandfan847]

@@Bighomie39 same

[@OrthoKarter]

idk some of the youtubers in there actually made some funny jokes its only being potrayed as “edgy” and “bad” cause the snowflakes got offended over it. id say the tiktok dance era takes the cake for worst.

[@ayoidek6571]

Fr people like to act like it was a good era but it raised a generation of kids who thought dropping slurs was hilarious, which is isn’t.

[@andrewfuller2857]

i attribute middle school being the worst social experience of my life to the clout era of the internet and the effect it had on half concious kids.

[@BigMysterySkull_Fan]

I if I had a Time Machine I would go back to 2006-2017 and live that life again. who will come with me to this Nostalgia Adventure!!!

[@sniffxy]

I'll bring the snacks 🍣🍤🍡🍝🧃

[@Dracovenatrix]

Nostalgia bias

[@ermacdoesnotexist]

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@ririnikite]

I will! :D

[@m9x668]

Me!!!!!!

[@bulldozer281]

(Anything for Clout era 2020 - present day) when people on social media especially on tictok will do anything for some Clout, doesn't matter if the challenge could or would risk your life for some Clout or attention. Examples Benadryl challenge, devious lick, etc.

[@napswhereyouat]

True I believe 2016 was a reboot year

[@klonoafan2012]

I wonder how would that effect the internet now especially if the us tiktok ban goes through note that the majority of tiktok users are from the states

[@DumplingDoodle]

the tate shit is the most genuinely concerning to me. i know personally way too many people, from young adults to young teens, who idolize him. all i can say is there's gonna be a lot of poor, lonely, bitter 30 somethings in a few years. i mean, i guess they make dating easier too. people know exactly what to avoid!

[@TrIIden]

In a few? if you're talking about teens then it'd be 13-17 yrs before any of them reach 30s ☠☠

[@AwwsomeYT]

3:30 who gave bro the pass💀😭😭🙏

[@crimsonhermit9383]

eras on the internet goes from hella bad to heavenly fire

[@zay1913]

Ok but idk who’ll see, but can we appreciate that Boonk was able to turn his life around despite his previous shitty image

[@ak-jxrdy-7]

Not enough people will shine a light on that. Negative coverage is more popular than positive.

[@princess_molly6960]

2017 was just a wild time in humanity. Edit: 2016 was elite

[@AriLolzz]

Hearing the word gucci gang just broughr back so many memories of being in fortnite lobbies and hearing that over and over and over

[@kinleebarnes]

honestly, these eras genuinely pain me looking back, but they were all so fun in the moment. except for the whole hype house thing that shit was horrible. i remember at school, once you heard “WORLDSTARRRRR”, it was like an instinct to follow the sound

[@thatomahlake7185]

4:59 Bro really said these 'things' 😂😂😂

[@julianayala5053]

12:48 gotta be the funniest shit

[@damarjowvan]

and now we’re in the brain rot era 😭

[@christiannsl14]

3:30 Tell me she didn't just say that! 😳

[@Thisguyisscissors]

Yes I hear it way clearer than glass

[@Starluxious]

Ni-

[@thatoneguy3503]

@@Starluxious-gga

[@benjaminswhite8584]

This would never slide today obviously

[@DrCosz]

If you showed someone an old mr beast video to someone and told them that it was Mr beast they would not believe you

[@Nerdtendo6366]

You forgot one era, the Cancel Culture era which we’re still in. You can’t say Jack-Shit without getting cancelled

[@not_estains]

literally you mistake a trans person's gender because their pronounce are "xe/xem" and then your entire life is gone somehow

[@dankultimate3929]

You should be canceled - you making this comment is offensive to dead people.

[@_eyesauce9147]

im at risk of having my account being taken down because youtube thinks im a "danger to the community". All i do is occasionally call someone a fucking idiot if they say something dumb.

[@Hat-Kid]

sorry but im FRAGRANTLY offended by the fact that you used the word "forgot". That word goes deep into my family history of not good stuff, which i never told you about, but you should have known because you have to respect me. By the way, call me by my 70 pronouns, I go by all of them. (preference for xix/diw) So yeah expect about all of twitter coming after your ass for this comment.

[@not_estains]

@@Hat-Kid oh no! oh no! *bruh im the biggest* BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR *metal pipe sfx* *penis music*

[@RpTreka]

My favorite line in the past couple years is "these are not clips... THESE ARE MAGS!!!"

[@tazzamanaka725]

I’m gonna be honest, that 2016 edgy era was absolutely GOATED

[@BigBallsLover6969]

Ong mfs be hating now but they was the ones supporting it at the time.

[@SimonNissen94]

i don't understand why he thinks it's bad, im 28 so i remember like the 2000s internet and im also from a country were dark humor is more part of the culture, i mean all our fairy tales that disney usually steal btw doesn't get a good ending usually the prince get killed by a stronger prince and then the stronger prince rapes the princess, my ancestors cleary had refined taste

[@Captain_Griff]

It was a funny era unlike the new eras

[@fangbozhu7379]

by far the best one among rancid disasters that is post 2010 eras

[@ceoofcte]

funny asf tbh

[@lactosetheintolerant.]

11:02 damn there’s more white in that image than a Starbucks

[@CKdunno]

More Trash in that photo than a landfill

[@thedarkwolf5637]

goddamn I just realized

[@thedarkwolf5637]

and all of them wearing the same thing 💀

[@Ag3nt-MC]

7:55 just hit me like a fucking truck dude. I forgot all about musically and then you just dropped that.

[@Sir_Biscuits]

I just found your channel while at work, and holy sheeeet you’re hilarious bro. Love all the memes and subtle brain rot you toss in there. You sir have earned a new sub ❤

[@Tactixx.]

Tommy needs to do a video on emojis, the history and use of them 💀

[@sugomasugoma8935]

I know right 😔

[@Youcican]

Lol XD

[@lemonguy6699]

1:41 is no one gonna talk about the guy on the left☠️ bro looks like an off brand superhero "malnutrition man"

[@Blahblahblah28504]

The least terrible of the "worst eras" was easily the edgy era. It was easily the least obnoxious out of all of them.

[@microwavesgommmmmmm]

no it wasn’t it was one of the worst. it encouraged people to make trashy low effort content complaining about anything and everything and it’s prolly the most negative yt has ever been at one time

[@leeworley6727]

​@@microwavesgommmmmmmRight now is the worst youtube has ever been lets be real. It feels soulless,uncreative and highly censored.

[@microwavesgommmmmmm]

@@leeworley6727 we’re talking about the content made at that time not the state of youtube as a whole

[@yaz5431]

nah it sucked people only miss it bc of nostalgia. objectively looking back it produced such trash content dunking on randos and ppl were so obnoxious about anti sjw stuff.

[@leeworley6727]

@@microwavesgommmmmmm Yah me too. KZbin is boring af right now.

[@yeetboil9172]

This video made me remember how awful the internet can be sometimes….. Fuck

[@atzel9375]

2020 - 2021 was awful. Everyone was getting cancelled, vlogs died because of the pandemic, the minecraft stans , epic among us content and shitpost, and the whole crypto NFT shit

[@TrIIden]

This affected your 2020-2021? 2020 was one of my best yrs, getting to game alot and watching some shows were pretty fun.

[@rakoon7046]

Bro that Mr beast clip is wild as shit💀