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what was surprising to me when I first accidentally stumbled into kids youtube a few years ago by accident was how, for a lack of a better term, fucking weird i

what was surprising to me when I first accidentally stumbled into kids youtube a few years ago by accident was how, for a lack of a better term, fucking weird it is. For example this video from the mentioned channel in the article: https://youtu.be/D1LDPmYoYm4 https://youtu.be/D1LDPmYoYm4 I don't know what makes this so uncanny, maybe it's the budget animation combined with the nursery rhyme but I can't imagine wanting to watch this as a kid. It's also incredibly bizarre what numbers these videos pull. Was one of the first moments where I felt completely out of touch.

watwut 4y ago
Anecdotally, my kids liked music videos like these a lot. And lol, this one is practically prison break. Part of what drives huge view numbers tho is that small kids like to watch the same thing again and again and again. Easily, one kid can account for 1000 of views over few months. That is why stuff like "10 hours same song" exists.
- ChewFarceSkunk 4y ago
  People not seeing anything sinister in these infinite loops of "content" are baffling me. These loops, the very loopy quality of those things get burned into infant subconscious, and that's no small deal. I once watched my nephew, 3 yo, having what I can best describe as a psychotic breakdown, hysterically crying out the same word, 'cartoon', interleaved with convulsive grasping for air, every few seconds for an hour straight, like a machine, when he was deprived of 'cartoons' as a penalty for his 'bad behavior', and nobody, including his mom, my sister, who spinelessly managed to outsource his upbringing to YT, could pull him out of that loop. That was really scary to see. Imagine YT going instantly offline worldwide, what would happen to all those poor little cartoon burnouts?
  - watwut 4y ago
    3 years old having temper tamptrumps were thing long before TV and youtube. I know, because books written long before that feature kids having hysterical temper tamptrums. And I assume so because I have seen kids aged 2-4 having issue like that and know for a fact that their parents did not run them loop videos (or any videos at all). > Imagine YT going instantly offline worldwide, what would happen to all those poor little cartoon burnouts? They will cry for a while and then they will adjust to the new world. > and nobody, including his mom, my sister, who spinelessly managed to outsource his upbringing to YT, could pull him out of that loop I dont know your sister. I dont know whether she always give in or whether she was not in mood for listening it or whether she specifically gave him video so that your visit can continue as normal.
addandsubtract 4y ago
I guess I'm getting old, when "budget animations" look better than Toy Story.
- wilsonnb3 4y ago
  To be fair the original Toy Story animation does not hold up well at all. I recall reading somewhere that the whole reason they went with toys as the main characters was because animation tech at the time made everything look like plastic anyways.
thfuran 4y ago
Is that weirder than teletubbies? I'm not sure.

watwut 4y ago

Anecdotally, my kids liked music videos like these a lot. And lol, this one is practically prison break. Part of what drives huge view numbers tho is that small kids like to watch the same thing again and again and again. Easily, one kid can account for 1000 of views over few months. That is why stuff like "10 hours same song" exists.

ChewFarceSkunk 4y ago
People not seeing anything sinister in these infinite loops of "content" are baffling me. These loops, the very loopy quality of those things get burned into infant subconscious, and that's no small deal. I once watched my nephew, 3 yo, having what I can best describe as a psychotic breakdown, hysterically crying out the same word, 'cartoon', interleaved with convulsive grasping for air, every few seconds for an hour straight, like a machine, when he was deprived of 'cartoons' as a penalty for his 'bad behavior', and nobody, including his mom, my sister, who spinelessly managed to outsource his upbringing to YT, could pull him out of that loop. That was really scary to see. Imagine YT going instantly offline worldwide, what would happen to all those poor little cartoon burnouts?
- watwut 4y ago
  3 years old having temper tamptrumps were thing long before TV and youtube. I know, because books written long before that feature kids having hysterical temper tamptrums. And I assume so because I have seen kids aged 2-4 having issue like that and know for a fact that their parents did not run them loop videos (or any videos at all). > Imagine YT going instantly offline worldwide, what would happen to all those poor little cartoon burnouts? They will cry for a while and then they will adjust to the new world. > and nobody, including his mom, my sister, who spinelessly managed to outsource his upbringing to YT, could pull him out of that loop I dont know your sister. I dont know whether she always give in or whether she was not in mood for listening it or whether she specifically gave him video so that your visit can continue as normal.

addandsubtract 4y ago

I guess I'm getting old, when "budget animations" look better than Toy Story.

wilsonnb3 4y ago
To be fair the original Toy Story animation does not hold up well at all. I recall reading somewhere that the whole reason they went with toys as the main characters was because animation tech at the time made everything look like plastic anyways.

thfuran 4y ago

Is that weirder than teletubbies? I'm not sure.