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I recently heard about Skibidi Toilet being the latest sensation among teenagers and had a very old person "what is wrong with kids today" moment when I watched

I recently heard about Skibidi Toilet being the latest sensation among teenagers and had a very old person "what is wrong with kids today" moment when I watched some, before remembering that 20 years ago my friends and I were all watching Salad Fingers, Sick Animation, Homestar Runner and other dumb flash cartoons on albinoblacksheep.com.

knubie 3y ago
Sick Animation is still around and even dumber and better than ever.
vinberdon 3y ago
Okay but there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with Homestar Runner. Well... yes there is, but there's nothing wrong with the site aside from it being built in Flash.
- bombcar 3y ago
  There is a Poopsmith. I have to assume that us quoting Strongbad seemed as weird to our parents as this skibidi toilet or whatever is gem these days.
  - smcl 3y ago
    Honestly I would have struggled to describe to my parents why on earth I was howling with laughter when "homsar" became a thing on Homestar Runner. I'm quite happy that Gen Z have their own weird humour like skibidi toilet that is impenetrable for older people like me. There's even a level that I can genuinely enjoy this little universe too - I have no idea if these tweets and replies are made by someone invested in the whole toilet thing or poking fun at it (likely the latter) but I loved them: https://twitter.com/nleglopnar/status/1679676790401380357 https://twitter.com/nleglopnar/status/1679676790401380357
- I_Am_Nous 3y ago
  I remember them making a metajoke[1] about Flash being dead and Strongbad was trying to rapidly learn HTML5 as a result lol 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0nuQ5o2DYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0nuQ5o2DYU
klyrs 3y ago
Thanks for writing that; my kid told me about skibidi toilet yesterday and I wasn't parsing "skibidi" well enough to look it up.
sidlls 3y ago
I think there's definitely a qualitative difference, though. Salad fingers, at least, had better quality "stories", and the weirdness was less "basic." Skibidi Toilet is an excellent representation of the hyper-ADHD-ification of kids due to rapid-fire content consumption brought on by newer social media platforms.
- wayfinder 3y ago
  Tbh this kind of sounds like that old man saying music in the 80s was the best and it’s never been good since.
  - sidlls 3y ago
    And this sounds like a convenient way to dismiss criticism/comparisons of new vs old. Not every such thing is an old man raging at change he doesn't understand. Sometimes there actually is some merit to the criticism.
    - WendyTheWillow 3y ago
      But not here. Skibidi toilet has a plot and themes.
      - sidlls 3y ago
        I never wrote or implied that Skibidi Toilet doesn't have a plot or themes.
        WendyTheWillow 3y ago
        I never wrote or implied you did.
    - deleted 3y ago
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  - blackshaw 3y ago
    But is that old man wrong?
smlavine 3y ago
20 years old. Not an iPad kid. It might just be shitposting in the end but I watched around a half hour of it a few weeks ago and I found the sci-fi war story interesting, the occasional moments of "humanity" touching, the action impressive, and yes, the toilet humor funny. All the more impressive with effectively no dialog.
all2 3y ago
No Happy Tree Friends?
phendrenad2 3y ago
The badger song is pretty random
nerdponx 3y ago
If anything, I had a feeling of pride and nostalgia with Skibidi Toilet. It's a long and proud tradition of total nonsense somehow turning out to be funny. What's different today is that it's actually popular. Whereas none of the other kids at school knew about Neil Cicierega or Arfenhouse.

knubie 3y ago

Sick Animation is still around and even dumber and better than ever.

vinberdon 3y ago

Okay but there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with Homestar Runner. Well... yes there is, but there's nothing wrong with the site aside from it being built in Flash.

bombcar 3y ago
There is a Poopsmith. I have to assume that us quoting Strongbad seemed as weird to our parents as this skibidi toilet or whatever is gem these days.
- smcl 3y ago
  Honestly I would have struggled to describe to my parents why on earth I was howling with laughter when "homsar" became a thing on Homestar Runner. I'm quite happy that Gen Z have their own weird humour like skibidi toilet that is impenetrable for older people like me. There's even a level that I can genuinely enjoy this little universe too - I have no idea if these tweets and replies are made by someone invested in the whole toilet thing or poking fun at it (likely the latter) but I loved them: https://twitter.com/nleglopnar/status/1679676790401380357 https://twitter.com/nleglopnar/status/1679676790401380357
I_Am_Nous 3y ago
I remember them making a metajoke[1] about Flash being dead and Strongbad was trying to rapidly learn HTML5 as a result lol 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0nuQ5o2DYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0nuQ5o2DYU

klyrs 3y ago

Thanks for writing that; my kid told me about skibidi toilet yesterday and I wasn't parsing "skibidi" well enough to look it up.

sidlls 3y ago

I think there's definitely a qualitative difference, though. Salad fingers, at least, had better quality "stories", and the weirdness was less "basic." Skibidi Toilet is an excellent representation of the hyper-ADHD-ification of kids due to rapid-fire content consumption brought on by newer social media platforms.

wayfinder 3y ago
Tbh this kind of sounds like that old man saying music in the 80s was the best and it’s never been good since.
- sidlls 3y ago
  And this sounds like a convenient way to dismiss criticism/comparisons of new vs old. Not every such thing is an old man raging at change he doesn't understand. Sometimes there actually is some merit to the criticism.
  - WendyTheWillow 3y ago
    But not here. Skibidi toilet has a plot and themes.
    - sidlls 3y ago
      I never wrote or implied that Skibidi Toilet doesn't have a plot or themes.
      - WendyTheWillow 3y ago
        I never wrote or implied you did.
  - deleted 3y ago
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- blackshaw 3y ago
  But is that old man wrong?

smlavine 3y ago

20 years old. Not an iPad kid. It might just be shitposting in the end but I watched around a half hour of it a few weeks ago and I found the sci-fi war story interesting, the occasional moments of "humanity" touching, the action impressive, and yes, the toilet humor funny. All the more impressive with effectively no dialog.

all2 3y ago

No Happy Tree Friends?

phendrenad2 3y ago

The badger song is pretty random

nerdponx 3y ago

If anything, I had a feeling of pride and nostalgia with Skibidi Toilet. It's a long and proud tradition of total nonsense somehow turning out to be funny. What's different today is that it's actually popular. Whereas none of the other kids at school knew about Neil Cicierega or Arfenhouse.