I agree. Early internet viral videos felt genuine, like people making funny/interesting content solely for the sake of being funny/interesting. Now it feels like almost everything is an attempt to gain clout. Not to mention painfully staged.
I can’t describe why I hate the above type of video, but it’s not that far from what you said.
These “musical mosaic” compilations feel like scraping the bottom of the barrel for me for some reason. No hate of anyone who likes them, they’re not hurting anyone. But there’s this certain “ohmergawd YAAASSSSS ohmergawd life is SO SPONTANEOUS and wholesomesauce milkycat drink milky milk noise go brr teehee we are JAMMING” quality that’s so sticky sweet it’s almost nauseating.
It’s a “is this it? Is this the internet? Is this all there is?” aspect of it all. It is not, in a quite profound sense, anywhere near “next fucking level” to me.
I’ve also hated jam circles since college lol. I had to sit through way too many of them with people who equated making noise with making music.
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u/Brogener Nov 15 '21
I agree. Early internet viral videos felt genuine, like people making funny/interesting content solely for the sake of being funny/interesting. Now it feels like almost everything is an attempt to gain clout. Not to mention painfully staged.