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Maybe I'm too old, but... I thought Skibidi Toilet was kind-of funny 2 years ago, when it spiraled from a fun memey Gary's Mod shitpost into a full-on story, but then... it's kind of stuck there for 2 years? It's kind of same-y, when I look into the latest episode. (Yes I am not at all caught up to the lore, and I don't want to.) But hey it kind of fits Michael Bay storytelling style.
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It would be more entertaining of they had the slightest clue of any of the meanings. IMO the interesting part of "memes" is the information density not in the meme "data" itself but in the collective mind.
In all fairness, as someone who never 'understood' the 'collective mind' behind skibidi toilet (and would argue there is none, he absurdity itself is the 'meme' - a term used very loosely here, considering memes of yesteryear did in fact transport messages), the Zeit critic sounds like he 'got' the cultural references pretty spot on (and he himself points out that the references themselves do not have to be understoo…
I wonder... how many people decide they need to know names for these characters, and go online to find the names other people are using? Versus just watching, vibing, and referencing the explicit content with their friends?
The existence of lore doesn't mean the lore plays a significant part in the cultural phenomenon. For the purposes of the article, it's convenient to have terminology, and it takes terminology from the lore, but I wonder how many people consuming the skibidi toilet videos know and use the lore terminology, or invent their own, or are happy to accept the ambiguity and lack of terminology in the videos. The appeal of skibidi seems to be inseparable from the chaotic, absurd, unexplained nature of it. People revel in the nonsensicalness of it and how it enrages others who demand that it make sense. Lore, which is a sense-making exercise, goes against the grain of why people love it.
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Google trends supports your experience. According to it, interest peaked about two years ago [1] [1] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...
But as with a lot of trends, it takes a long time for people / organizations to catch up. Including a film or whatever; I thought the majority hype for Minecraft had passed already but they still made a film.
Private chats -> TikTok -> Instagram -> Facebook -> TV/Newspapers
Well my trip to Costco make infinitely more sense. I saw these 3 foot tall dolls for sale of the camera head characters. They were titled “skibidi toilet titans” but I was only familiar with the song mashups, not the web series. Kids are always gonna love stuff that pisses off their parents. It’s just part of parenting and being a kid. My parents hated my love for the weird shows on Adult Swim like metalocalypse and…
> weird shows on Adult Swim like metalocalypse and squidbillies Those masterpieces belong in the Louvre.
> The series follows an increasingly epic war between two factions: the antagonists who take the form of human-headed singing toilets, led by G-man—or G-Toilet—and a group of mechanical humanoids with cameras, TVs, and speakers for heads, called The Alliance (or informally, Cameraheads) I wonder... how many people decide they need to know names for these characters, and go online to find the names other people are us…
These are clearly toilets vs cameras, or out vs in. Resonant media doesn't have to explain itself. But simpler minds need the illusion of backstory, or the idea of good/bad, etc.
I'm most reminded of not the movies as much but -- Monty Python's Flying Circus? Same kind of ... "uh what?" vibe.
We also have SPAM, SPAM SPAM SPAM, eggs bacon sausage and SPAM. wikings: SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM ... Funny, complete and utter nonsense and probably a lot older than most of the people complaining about "modern" brainrot.
As memes get explained and even used (shudder) by he olds, they must be discarded.
How is it slop? If you look closely and get over yourself for a moment, it has a powerful political message. The conflict between the Skibidi Toilets (with human heads sticking out of toilets) and the Camera/TV/Speaker-headed humans can be seen as a metaphor for how people consume and spread media. The toilets constantly repeat a hypnotic song ("Skibidi dop dop yes yes"), representing mindless media repetition and vi…
That last part there sounds like a joke. Weirdest timeline.
Older generations: “Skibidi Toilet? You like this trash?” Newer generations: “Modern art? Brutalism? You like this trash?” Nothing new under the sun.
Beavis & Butthead? You like this trash? South Park? You like this trash? Salad Fingers? You like this trash? Monty Python? You like this trash? Rick and Morty? You like this trash? Elvis? You like this trash? It's tiring; people should let people have things. And get over themselves because not everything is or has to be for them or for everyone's liking. That's art.
Gatekeeping is good and please do it more aggressively in the future.