[bearblog carnival] my favorite meme
For the Bearblog Carnival of March, I wanna briefly add in my own favorite meme! Or at least, one of them. There are so many I could add...
I'm choosing a specific YouTube video, a YouTube Poop.
A YouTube Poop (or YTP, often shortened in the title) is a type of video remixing that edits pre-existing media like ads, movies, TV series, game cutscenes, and so on. The point is to edit the video and sound so that the material suddenly shows or says new things. They usually have some crass or silly humor, other memes, vulgar, immature and nonsensical jokes. This format exists since 2004, and new ones are being made still!
The skill lies in cutting it so it sounds like the new sentence sounds as if it was really said, or almost like it, while still being obvious that it was cut. Basically, making it credible via amazing (non-AI) editing skills (correct intonation, not as choppy, finding creative ways to string sounds and words together), while also showing via other means that it is not the original and not meant to be taken seriously. YTPs even reference each other or each others' creators sometimes, and a popular sound to edit in is 'soooos' or 'jooj'.
Kami also picked a YTP but by very tall bart, which I also enjoy as a creator, but I really love DaThings and cs188.
Specifically, my favorite YTP is Wonder Bros. (You can turn subtitles on, they are always properly subtitled by hand!)
This YTP edits a Nintendo ad for the Super Mario Bros Wonder Switch game to make silly statement about the games' contents - new characters, features, maps. The Urineurineurineurineurine badge, being in grill form to bust out of prison...
I have watched this YTP so many times, I know it by heart at this point. It's also frequently referenced by me and my wife in real life.
For example, as we have been on a bread-baking journey recently, I usually say "Bowser spreads his new bread across the land!" whenever a new bread is finished. Whenever a nun pops up anywhere (visually or as a word), one of us says: "Oh! A nun! Interesting!". For a while, we have also just randomly said "Standees nuts".
When something goes wrong, my wife says "Dangnabbit, Yoshi.", and when I feel silly, I try to emulate the motion of Elephant Mario and make the zazazazaoowie-wowie sound at 03:05 (as best as I can).
Whenever it fits, usually because of a sound or seeing the word, I'll say "You can also eeuurgh." or "You can use it to bust out of prison! Nifty." We no longer call mushrooms mushrooms, we say shushrooms, even in our grocery list.
Whenever someone is wearing a good outfit, we say "Mario's wylin. Just look at that drip!". Whenever I work is weird or I feel awkward about an email I sent or something, I say "This [word that fits] is normal." in the same tone. I know I even said "Up to four people can breathe the air for a bit." some time.
Writing this all out, I wasn't even aware of just how much it has infiltrated my life! I thought it was just 3-4 things, now this is slightly embarrassing even! But it's funny, and I love it.
It's not even the only YTP we reference. We also reference this Garfield YTP fro cs188, specifically presentspresentspresentspresentspresentspresentspresentspresentspresentspresentspresentspresentspresents, and opening the door just to cough (We even have that as a soundbite to play in voice calls). I even sing the song that starts at 2:50, and the one at 4:20, last time it was while we were walking on the street :D
Maybe in some future post or carnival, I'll focus more on the written/image memes I like!
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