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The Paul brothers really give me the creeps. I'm old (50+) and don't understand them. My hipness crapped out around the time of Jackass on MTV, and this feels l

The Paul brothers really give me the creeps. I'm old (50+) and don't understand them. My hipness crapped out around the time of Jackass on MTV, and this feels like the rich grandchild of that moment, except now they are entirely focused on money. Same goes for PewDiePie. Who the hell sits down to actually watch him? I tried watching all three, and clearly I'm not their target. The fame and influence they wield, is it more or less nefarious than using celebs to market pre 00's? It feels more so to me. I finally understand the cultural gap my grandparents must have felt when I played my Atari 2600 all day and they just shook their heads.

djhworld 8y ago
> Who the hell sits down to actually watch him? Children
- quink 8y ago
  PewDiePie skews a bit older than that. https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/pewdiepie-reveals-his-channel-statistics-after-alinity-suggested-all-his-fans-were-9-year-olds-110491 https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/pewdiepie-reveals-his-...
beatgammit 8y ago
I'm with you, and I'm not nearly as old as you (low 30s). The YouTubers I follow rarely shill for anything I care about. In fact, I don't subscribe to much at all because I honestly don't want to get a stream of mediocre content. I don't understand Twitch (I only watch gameplay videos to get a sense of the gameplay, not to live vicariously through someone else), and I don't understand those stupid "unboxing" and "playing with toys" videos that my kids like so much. In fact, I go so far as to actively discourage YouTube with my children, instead moving them toward Netflix, which had much better production value and usually includes some education. However, I have acquaintances that love watching streamers, and my wife follows a few live streamers religiously and gets involved in live chat and whatnot. I see that they enjoy that content and I've read literature about it, but I cannot relate.

djhworld 8y ago

> Who the hell sits down to actually watch him? Children

quink 8y ago
PewDiePie skews a bit older than that. https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/pewdiepie-reveals-his-channel-statistics-after-alinity-suggested-all-his-fans-were-9-year-olds-110491 https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/pewdiepie-reveals-his-...

beatgammit 8y ago

I'm with you, and I'm not nearly as old as you (low 30s). The YouTubers I follow rarely shill for anything I care about. In fact, I don't subscribe to much at all because I honestly don't want to get a stream of mediocre content. I don't understand Twitch (I only watch gameplay videos to get a sense of the gameplay, not to live vicariously through someone else), and I don't understand those stupid "unboxing" and "playing with toys" videos that my kids like so much. In fact, I go so far as to actively discourage YouTube with my children, instead moving them toward Netflix, which had much better production value and usually includes some education. However, I have acquaintances that love watching streamers, and my wife follows a few live streamers religiously and gets involved in live chat and whatnot. I see that they enjoy that content and I've read literature about it, but I cannot relate.