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Memes Throughout the ages episode 290: TikTok Influencers (Season Finale)

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Memes Throughout the ages episode 290: TikTok Influencers (Season Finale)

The podcast episode "Memes Throughout the Ages" explores how TikTok influencers have shaped modern meme culture. The hosts begin by explaining TikTok's history, from its Chinese origins as Douyin in 2016 to its merger with Musical.ly in 2018, and its explosive growth during the pandemic due to algorithm-driven content discovery. They note that TikTok became a primary source for viral trends, dances, and memes, influencing other platforms like YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. The discussion then shifts to specific influencers. Joshua Block, once a chaotic alcoholic, has improved his life, though the "put the fries in the bag" meme persists. James Charles is criticized for grooming and controversy, while the Vegan Teacher is seen as a ragebaiter. Sam Town, an autistic creator obsessed with Virtual Rabbids and diapers, is treated with affection, with hosts emphasizing they care for him. Nova Online is condemned as an abuser, while Santa Cruz's "Cookie Verse" is praised as a fun fitness narrative. The Griffin Method, Gerbert's "withered" meme, IDK Sterling's AI bullying, Walmart pranksters, and clipping accounts are also discussed as notable trends. The episode concludes with the "Meme Games," a season finale where hosts play "Best Fest Opposite Day," arguing why selected memes are the worst. Despite being sick, the hosts deliver a humorous, chaotic, and nostalgic overview of TikTok's influence, inviting listener feedback and promoting their community platforms.

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hello my name is rem tgm and i'm bca and i'm super mega man 10 and welcome to memes throughout the ages hey we're back everyone hi everybody welcome back it's the second of july right now yeah it's the second of july welcome back to the podcast everyone no fourth july this series uh special this year it's officially canceled you know wait really oh yeah because because we're due i don't i don't know okay well it's officially canceled it's because we i mean there's no meme to do for fourth of july this year yeah we could have done we could have done like three purple hearts kind of but we already did that yeah three purple hawks all right three purple crabs three yeah hitler hated the shoes okay make it green grab it's been like a minute long well i don't also by the way guys i'm sick again um yeah it's a rug can't even come over for fourth of july this is the second year in the row in a row i can't go over for fourth of july and this is this is like half this makes like half of the season i've been sick so that's great this is the last episode of the season by the way so thank you everyone get sick you don't have to get sick you don't have to don't go outside i guess my dad got sick and then my dad obviously lives in the same house as me so i got sick from him oh yeah anyway standing on him goopa all right uh sorry uh bca asked me the thing what does our meme for today all right so our meme for today is uh tiktok influencers now i had a discussion with fans in our discord server about what they would like to see dust said that he wanted to see more of joshua block i love talking about josh um but we also talked about he's gotten so much better he has uh and we haven't really had the ability to talk about that he's gotten better we talked about it briefly at one point um but we'll talk about it more in this episode but um uh i had the idea to talk about tiktok influencers because tiktok influencers have pretty much changed the uh pretty much created almost every meme that you really see nowadays so um that's what we're talking about uh talking about in today's episode so shout out to dust for uh pretty much just giving me the idea to do this one i'm sorry if i'm not saying words normally because i'm sick you're about to burst into tears well maybe maybe i will maybe i will if dale doesn't play avatar legends which the beta came out i've been playing i can confidently say that i can absolutely demolish dale and he's not gonna play well if he he better play it all right um let's get into the meme so tiktok let's talk about tiktok before we talk about tiktok influencers um so tiktok is a short form video sharing platform where users create and watch videos that typically range from a few seconds to several minutes usually up to 10 i'm pretty sure videos can go up to like an hour yeah they can they updated it yeah that's pretty cool so tiktok is a short form video sharing platform where users create and watch videos that typically range from a few seconds to several minutes usually up to 10 i'm pretty sure videos can go up to like an hour pretty cool although people don't like making videos more than like a minute i don't even understand why they made it so you can make hour-long videos just go to youtube yeah i don't like i just like that is so that people stay on tiktok but still guys just go to youtube what are you doing um the app has a page called the for you page that's the main thing that you scroll and it recommends you videos uh that contain either viral trends uh new music editing tools memes dances comedy educational content and also live streams if you're lucky you can catch a live stream from andrew richard or sam town we'll talk about those later on um but uh you can find some pretty interesting things on tiktok lives um some pretty interesting content lives you yeah i hate when they show up i always click not interested because they all suck but yeah that's true but trust me when it's like when it's like a nice crisp like 10 o'clock at night and i sit down and i open my phone and i see andrew richard is streaming and i open it and he's talking about how much he hates the country one of the most wealthiest communities in massachusetts and they're all juice i thought this was like god's chosen people yeah you guys are the best you guys are just a bunch of scam artists cheap jews i don't care i said it and if you don't like it too bad god's chosen people huh the jews yeah yeah we we see what's going on in the world today a bunch of jews thanks appreciate it sorry i'm gonna go back to the mexicans at least they'll take care of me and how he just wants to move to south korea oh my god oh yeah you can get like an asian woman or something yeah he he started like i don't know like one night not too long ago he like he like started praying and talking about how he would be like he start he he was saying that he should be the king of america what and he started like crying while talking about how like how good of a king he would be what yeah is that person still like swatting his house oh sean yeah there's a live not too long ago where some dude just walked into his house and started like trying to fix his air conditioner did he even ask no he got like really mad online i ended up making him like scream because i told him that like everything that he's ever done is his fault and that it's all on him he ended up losing his mind he started screaming and he he was so mad because the dude cleaning is his air condition the dude cleaning his air conditioning um he ended up getting black mold all in his sink and the reason black mold yeah he has black mold in his apartment and he he ended up getting um really upset about it because he was going to brush his tongue that night because um our good friend andrew richard he loves to drink fireball and not brush his teeth which has ended up rotting his tongue so now it's like a green orange colored thing so now he has to brush his tongue it's oh my god it's oh yeah i don't know if he i think i we may have talked about this in the break room he also went drunk driving one night to prove yeah yeah yeah to prove of a point that he could drive and he ended up getting the cops called on him that's really funny not the drunk driving the fact you got the cops called on did he get pulled over online no it was it was after sadly i would have loved to see that uh anyway enough about enough about andrew richard um yeah um uh unlike other so unlike social media platforms that came before it um tick tock is famous for recommending videos based on uh user behavior uh usually newer videos are recommended uh which make which like pushes newer content creators out rather than recommending like more popular things it usually tends to to make random videos go viral based on hashtags and this and that and blah blah blah on the algorithm all that good stuff um and yeah i mean that's what that's what tick tock is you know you you know we all know it you know it i know it john jacob jingle heimer schmidt knows it oh yeah his name's my name too whenever we go out yeah it was always shown all right uh all right so that is what tick tock is bca can you tell us the origin of tick tock yeah you say my name like how auger says yeah uh bca yeah yeah was that good yeah that was good anyway thank you oh yeah that is your part tick tock originated from bite dance's chinese app jujian which launched in september 2016 exclusively for mainland exclusively for mainland china you know rep would you have moved to china if you got tick tock early like like if you knew that tick tock was gonna exist would you move to china so you can be like one of the first ever tick tock users well i wouldn't because at that point it would have been filled with just like people doing dances and just like it would have been like early tiktok well that's true because before before tiktok it was called musically which oh my god segue uh recognizing the worldwide popularity of short form mobile videos bite dance released an international version called tiktok in september 2017 which was an update slash rebrand of musically uh because they acquired musically wait wait hold on did they they turned musically into tiktok yeah they turned yeah yeah okay the way this is worded makes it sound like they just like got both of them anyway musically was a lip syncing app app and it sucked um but everyone used it so it was called cool and uh that was it was really popular among teens in the united states and europe and in august 2018 musically users were migrated into tiktok whoa they were migrated to the mainland combining both user bases into one platform and this dramatically accelerated tiktok's global growth i remember when tiktok first started they tried calling their users clocks i remember that that was weird yeah it was really stupid and i like talked to you about i'm like this is stupid why are they doing this this silent show yeah me and me and like megaman would just like rip off a asdf movie yeah yeah and then like put it on tiktok also we did like vine like i remade a vine yeah i think i remember bca posted something having to do with water bottle flipping yeah yeah it was really cool i was really cool um i still have like a few tiktoks from the era i have this one where it's it's me doing a fortnite emote and it's synced up to music and it's like really my god yeah and it's like really low fps and it's like it's like two frames per second yeah wasn't there like another one where you did was like choose your character i don't know that's all i am but uh i have a few remnants of old tiktok i don't i don't have any good i i do but they don't exist anymore what do you mean i deleted all of them all around it was you know because i didn't want them anymore i didn't i didn't want me like doing like the orange justice on tiktok really funny i was wearing like i was wearing like the dj yonder helmet and i was doing the orange justice i didn't want that on the internet anymore praise the plush it's gone no you got rid of it yeah it's if it was still up it would be on our main account because it's the same account that i use rap i know i'm sorry i'm sorry yeah didn't you do like 20 takes until you got that right i did yeah that's how it's all going on you know what was i going to say musically was such a stupid app can we just talk about that for a minute stupid you just sat there and lip synced to songs i used to like it a lot but like now now looking back on it was just like worse diddy no diddy shut up sorry diddy dot it well i mean the way we used to use it like no we has like we kind of we did it we used it like vine diddy dot blood we used it like vine and like and i guess like modern tiktok we were ahead of our time yeah i remember i i posted a video of me um uh voicing over a verse from cartoon rap battles it was really embarrassing and i'm glad that's gone we should find a way to bring it back well didn't originally the the icon for the app was like a double double hit no uh i don't know sure hey man i don't know uh super mega man 10. can you tell us how tick tock spread gladly tick tock's popularity exploded between 2019 2019 and 2021. major reasons for its rapid growth include a recommendation algorithm algorithm that quickly learned users interest easy to use editing tools licensed music and audio clips viral challenges duets and stitch features that encourage collaboration the ability for almost anyone to reach millions of viewers regardless of follower count remember when people would like do it all the time yeah no one does that one time do it all the time yeah yeah do it all the time yeah yeah no one does that one boy oh sam does it sometimes well yeah sam is also like 40 years old and autistic oh 26. oh he's 26. yeah you know yeah sorry that sounded rude i thought he was like in his 30s no no no he's 12 i mean that's kind of close i i unironically thought they just like got rid of duets because of how little anyone yeah they're still there but nobody really uses it the last time i remember duets being used was during the furry versus gamer war that takes me back yeah i think the ones that i've seen do what's up it's like it was the one fnf oh my god yeah no i remember that it was the animal yeah animal crossover like what what are you talking about oh oh no i know i know what you're talking about now but uh people would do like we would do like f and f in real life and use duets to be like boyfriend and pico and girlfriend i i saw a lot of like animated ones where people would do the anim the song animal but each time the characters things would switch to a different yeah i saw that yesterday actually i'm praying on you like that one like maroon five oh no oh i'm sorry but if i played it for you you don't recognize it you were you were you played funky friday right i know yes you did oh i like here and there you know around the square well if i play it for you you'll know what i'm talking about probably i saw a lot of people do like these animations where it's like they're like they're oc and then themselves and then their favorite characters if you believe this was six years ago yeah that weird fnf was six years ago thank god that's crazy fnf was six years ago that's crazy fnf was six years ago that's crazy thank god fnf was six years ago that's crazy fnf was six years ago that's crazy fnf was six years ago that's crazy yeah it's still not done by the way yeah it's still not done by the way yeah it's still not done by the way hopefully it never gets finished uh hopefully it never gets finished uh hopefully it never gets finished uh piano arcade stuff on oni plays to piano arcade stuff on oni plays to piano arcade stuff on oni plays to work on fnf hey tomar work on fnf hey tomar work on fnf hey tomar there's like from on my for you page there's like from on my for you page there's like from on my for you page there's like a little trend of like this there's like a little trend of like this there's like a little trend of like this fnf mod where it's like doodle bob fnf mod where it's like doodle bob fnf mod where it's like doodle bob what's what are you saying what's what are you saying what's what are you saying it's like it's like the line is like it's like it's like the line is like it's like it's like the line is like best day ever best day ever best day ever and it's like repeated in a different and it's like repeated in a different and it's like repeated in a different like in a weird glitchy way like in a weird glitchy way like in a weird glitchy way and all the way and all the way and all the way no it's not it's not family guy pibby no it's not it's not family guy pibby no it's not it's not family guy pibby mod the sad pibby this pibby that pibby mod the sad pibby that pibby scared biddy you know scared biddy you know scared biddy you know i have quite enough of this tired old i have quite enough of this tired old i have quite enough of this tired old s can i continue yeah s can i continue yeah s can i continue yeah okay during during the covet 19 pandemic okay during during the covet 19 pandemic okay during during the covet 19 pandemic in 2020 tick tock experienced massive in 2020 tick tock experienced massive in 2020 tick tock experienced massive growth as millions of people turned to growth as millions of people turned to growth as millions of people turned to the platform for entertainment education the platform for entertainment education the platform for entertainment education and social interaction while staying at and social interaction while staying at and social interaction while staying at home home home tick tock fundamentally changed internet tick tock fundamentally changed internet tick tock fundamentally changed internet culture by shifting culture by shifting culture by shifting social media towards algorithm driven social media towards algorithm driven social media towards algorithm driven content discovery and i'm going to kill content discovery and i'm going to kill content discovery and i'm going to kill myself because of it many competing myself because of it many competing myself because of it many competing platforms introduce similar short video platforms introduce similar short video platforms introduce similar short video features including youtube shorts features including youtube shorts features including youtube shorts instagram reels and snap spotlight the instagram reels and snap spotlight the instagram reels and snap spotlight the only good one of those instagram reels only good one of those instagram reels only good one of those instagram reels no we're all using snap spotlight though no we're all using snap spotlight though no we're all using snap spotlight though no all of us no all of us no all of us i there are some people i know that i there are some people i know that i there are some people i know that genuinely scroll snapchat why what's the genuinely scroll snapchat why what's the genuinely scroll snapchat why what's the point i'm surprised people still have it i have i'm surprised people still have it i have i'm surprised people still have it i have snapchat snapchat snapchat i'm gonna hear okay everyone listening if i'm gonna hear okay everyone listening if i'm gonna hear okay everyone listening if you're above the age of 21 years old you're above the age of 21 years old you're above the age of 21 years old and you're using snapchat it's time to and you're using snapchat it's time to and you're using snapchat it's time to stop yeah delete snap if you're above stop yeah delete snap if you're above stop yeah delete snap if you're above 21 delete snapchat 21 delete snapchat 21 delete snapchat anything above 18 is like you're pushing anything above 18 is like you're pushing anything above 18 is like you're pushing it it it like it's understandable but like it's like it's understandable but like it's like it's understandable but like it's it's time to start transitioning it's time to start transitioning it's time to start transitioning what what what to like it to like it to like it you know what i mean you know what i mean you know what i mean oh okay yeah yeah oh okay yeah yeah oh okay yeah yeah it has also become one of the primary it has also become one of the primary it has also become one of the primary sources of viral memes internet trends sources of viral memes internet trends sources of viral memes internet trends music discovery and cultural phenomenon music discovery and cultural phenomenon music discovery and cultural phenomenon around the world around the world around the world like the furry versus gamers it was bigger than world war ii it was it was bigger than world war ii it was it was bigger than world war ii it was it was more important it was honestly it was more important it was honestly it was more important it was honestly the search interest but i don't i don't the search interest but i don't i don't the search interest but i don't i don't really think i should read that word really think i should read that word really think i should read that word what what what i mean it just mostly reiterates what i mean it just mostly reiterates what i mean it just mostly reiterates what okay yeah i didn't i didn't i didn't i didn't i didn't i didn't read it i'll let him go i read it through read it i'll let him go i read it through read it i'll let him go i read it through shot to be all right so now that we've talked about all right so now that we've talked about all right so now that we've talked about tick tock it's time to talk about the tick tock it's time to talk about the tick tock it's time to talk about the influencers on tick tock now i have some influencers on tick tock now i have some influencers on tick tock now i have some information to help guide us but for information to help guide us but for information to help guide us but for the majority of it we pretty much know the majority of it we pretty much know the majority of it we pretty much know all these creators and all these all these creators and all these all these creators and all these different things so i'll go down the different things so i'll go down the different things so i'll go down the list i will i'll send all the list i will i'll send all the list i will i'll send all the information to you guys information to you guys information to you guys um it might be a bit jumbled but uh you know you'll get the point hold on let me see while you're doing that can i tell a quick story yeah go ahead there's this there's this woman in my entrepreneurship class who as soon as the teacher's back was turned actually uh not as soon as as soon as the test started the final by the way she pulled up chat gpt on another tab and started doing every single question using chat gpt oh my god this like i don't even know her name but like what are you doing come on it's called being locked in survive in the world it's over who will survive in america yeah we don't have to read all these i just it's just information god i love lolcash so much um so the first one that i want to start with is joshua block you put the fries in the face i'm gonna kick your butt yeah she wants your hat sent 10 dollars that's dom barton's sister never say that to me again well browning just subscribed on youtube he told me to put the fries in the bag larissa dot explains it just subscribed on youtube our lord and savior the king of the concrete jungle oh captain my captain we're sailing on smoother waters the captain actually mc's are over the captain's regain control of the ship it's all smooth sailing from here the captain no longer has a handler he's no longer on that we know of not like a public one probably more like a private one um he posts on tick tock still but like he does like collaborations with uh like local businesses just like makes videos of him on vacation and just hang out doing stuff and uh he's sober now he still probably drinks from like every now and then but like he's not he's not like a raging alcoholic like he was before people on instagram are still dragging the fry bagging thing are they still doing that yeah they're still like saying put the fries in the back like it doesn't it doesn't work anymore it's over he's he's reached a high it he's he's a higher being now yeah it only made him mad because he was like drunk and confused and angry like he's he's not drunk anymore he's sober he's regained control of his life i'm so happy for him yeah i honestly at like it got to a point where i actually thought he was a lost cause oh yeah i think all of us thought he was a lost cut like we were like oh josh you're gonna you're gonna die we really were making fun of him a bit but it's uh i feel bad now because it's actually gotten a lot better yeah remember on saint patrick's day like mega man was like oh he was dead like one of the whole time okay but that's like a genuine possibility that could have happened it was saint patrick's day and he was an alcoholic that's true and that was like during the mr based era too from eating like regular food he was like demo man from tmt you know how like demo man would get sick whenever he tried drinking anything other than alcohol that was literally josh i remember it was like a valid thought that he would be dead that saint patrick's day i remember we were like we were like praying that mr based wouldn't would like get out of jail after saint patrick's day because he got he like thank god he he got sent to jail for i don't remember what it was like a few days before so he was in jail during saint patrick's day i think so yeah it was something like that um so yeah i'm real i'm so happy for josh he's really turned his life around no more handlers mr based i can check right now i'm pretty sure he's still dragging yeah he's still he's still like crashes out over josh and now he's like josh josh left me i hate you josh hold on let me see here mr based and he like begs for josh to come back and stuff it's really funny he's also um a sun gazer yeah oh would you look at this gazer is it's crazy people who stare at the sun and like destroy their eyes for no reason five i think it's hell five days ago b-a-n-n-e-d thank wow what did i'm sorry did base post this yeah dude it's not even your bit and on june 19th he has a he the video is him holding up a print a print like a cardboard cutout of josh's face oh my god he's still obsessed with josh was the best thing to ever happen to him besides like the multiple like hookers that he pimped back in like the 80s yeah that's something he actually did by the way we're not making that up isn't it funny that like a pimp got turned into like a mr mr beast coffee cat who makes fun of i'm sorry not makes fun of like takes advantage of autistic people it's horrible yeah it's really funny though um so yeah uh do we have anything else to say megaman do you have anything to say about josh not really i'm just glad that he's better now i wonder if there's this clip oh my god this is like poisoning me um there's like this clip of this guy meeting josh in new york city and all josh goes is uh what does b-a-n-n-e-d does he even finish the joke he just walks away it's really funny dude i'm so like like a third of the videos he posts now are him doing the b the the band joke he posted one a few days ago of a spongebob clip hold on check out your josh you're here a spongebob right he posted one he posted something three oh my god three hours ago made a tinder account for my band and it got banned oh my god what do you mean for your band what do you we'll see that's the joke for his band and he got banned and then six days ago dance if you're getting if dance if you're tired of getting banned on tinder then let's see then june 24th tinder every 10 seconds it's mr crabs like banning everyone from the crusty crab okay he keeps listen at least he's not an alcoholic you know you're right i just i love that he's still doing the joke after all this time uh mr crabs he's still doing the joke after all this time uh mr crabs he's still doing the joke after all this time he's still doing the joke after all this time all right well that's that's josh um the next one you've got is uh on this list is james charles i thought this was a very important one to talk about because this was in the loser because james charles started like james the hey sisters meme hi sisters my sisters hi sisters that was kind of like that was like a transition in a way from dancing in like makeup videos to memes because people would i don't know just repost hey sisters because it's like haha funny get it get it because it's a guy saying hey sisters and it's really funny it's so funny guys um now something about james charles is that he is a horrible person yeah he's a really bad person yeah he loves to groom little kids like pretty much he loves to also uh uh what did he do he um didn't he brag about like coming on to like straight people i he bragged about like about like trying to like flirt with straight people yeah he trendly he like like like oh look i i made the straight person gay like that was like his shtick for a while no no you didn't please get away from the random person you just met megaman do you have any like experience with james charles do you like god i'd hope no i've only just seen the hey sisters memes and stuff like that he had like this whole drama with tati i don't even know who that is it's a club random kid i also had experience with them what you don't know about that no yeah that was the james charles maybe what are you talking about can you explain that one it's like it's james charles singing to like to to the camera you know i was gonna google that but i'm good and i don't know what the song is but she just but he goes sorry transgender james charles she yeah he yeah yeah so i forgot how it goes that like that like really is like uh gonna turn you into a werewise that thing remember that she har har har you know oh bro did you see what like like a person like like crying in there what sorry that's not funny that's really bad what are you talking about about man the person who like animated like teddo with like freddy is like uh i bet your pronouns are uh she har har did you see in their bathroom where they're like crying they're like i'm sorry Sorry, I just wanted to make a funny animation. Did you say "Tenna" in "Freddy"? No, no, "Tetto", "Tetto". "Tetto". The vocal. Oh, okay. That makes sense. Yeah, he posted, he was like, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for being corny." I felt really bad, but also really funny. "I'm sorry for being corny." It's like, why are you apologizing for being corny? You didn't do anything wrong, people just hate your content. It wasn't even like that bad, it was just like corny. Then everyone just started making jokes about it, and the person was like, "I don't know, where am I going with this?" "Freddy, you started this." What? "You started this." Oh yeah, because they said "she, her, her," yeah, that's my bad. Well that's James Charles, he's a pedophile, he loves kids. He kind of made a meme, it was one of the first TikTok memes, so that's important, but yeah. We shouldn't even talk about him, he's a loser. Yeah, he fell off so hard, he's not even relevant now. Was he ever. I mean, he was on, but like, was he deservedly on? He was only on for like, for like, white teenagers, gay people, and for anyone who cared about the Tati drama. Yeah, I don't even, I don't even know what that is, like, I've heard of it, but I don't. I don't even know what it was about, I didn't care. I don't even, I don't care. Uh, the next person on our list is someone I believe we have a lot to say about. That vegan teacher. Three, two, one, sing! Eating animals is wrong, McDonald's. Hurting animals is wrong, McDonald's. Share this song. And change your entire menu to be vegan from now on. Oh my god. I, I don't, I, like, to this day, I don't know if she was being satire. I, I feel like she had to have been, if she was, she was like. She was like the first internet ragebaiter, like, the fir- like, professional. Yeah. Ragebaiter. She did, like, this whole collab with OompaVille, where she, like, just seemed really normal. So maybe she was just, like, baiting everyone. That'd be, you know, that would be, like, the best outcome, memories. If she was just, like, if she was just, like, a normal person the whole time, but decided to make content on the internet to, like, ragebait people for fun. Well, it, you know, it's. Ragebait people. Ragebaiting is one thing, spelling out the N-word as an acronym is, is another. I'm pretty sure, wasn't she also, like, an abusive teacher or something like that? I don't know. I think so. People, like, were like, "Yeah, I had her as a teacher, she sucked." But, uh, yeah, Ragebaiter or not, she, she did an acronym of the N-word next to a black kid's doll. She's such a funny individual, though. Yeah. And she's, like, she always comes back, just, like, for a brief moment, every once in a while. I always come back. And, like, she still does content. Mega Man, have you seen anything about that vegan teacher? I saw her on a live. She was doing a live. The only thing that I saw or something about her was, like, one of those "eat your vegetable" things, but then it switched to her eating, like, I think, like, meat or something. Yeah. Speaking of lives, uh, guess who I saw on TikTok live not that long ago? Who? As in, like, yesterday. Or today. Shoe Nice. Who? Shoe Nice. Do you remember? I do not. That guy. He was, like, I don't, I don't remember where I know him from, but he was, like, he was, like, an abuser. I'm pretty sure. He was, like, an old YouTube guy. He's just, like, fallen into obscurity over time. Used to be, like, a YouTuber. Yeah. Used to be, like, a big lolcow gamer, game streamer back in the day. Yeah, that vegan teacher, um, for all of you that somehow don't know that vegan teacher or don't remember her, she used to post a bunch of content about how eating animals is wrong and just being, like, an extreme, a vegan extremist. Yeah. Oh. She was, she was the person that did the "eating animals is wrong, McDonald's, turning animals is wrong, McDonald's, share this song, and remember to be vegan next week." Yeah. She was, she was that person. It brings back memories, man. It's been a while. Then, uh, then George Ramsey called her a vegan donut, and then started, like, eating a brisket or something. That's cool. Not a brisket. He started, like, eating, like, a fistful of meat, I'm pretty sure. It was really funny. I said, I said brisket. I was thinking of Young Sheldon. That's what I thought of, too. What is a brisket? Ich bin ein Heidenberger. What? What, are you speaking German? Because that was, like, that was part of the thing, was Sheldon speaking German. Why did that vegan teacher wear sandals? Because she hated the meat. Oh, yeah. The shoes. Anyway. Uh, that vegan teacher, what a ride. Can we talk about Sam? What? We'll get to that. You'll never believe who's next. Oh, Sam. He's literally the next one on the list. Sam Town. Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride Arcade VR is my favorite, and the Rabbids love me so much, and I love them, too. My mother has to remember that I want Mini Pull-Ups diapers. Pull-Ups 5T/6T diapers, size 7 weight, 46 to 60. And, uh, one of the best things I've ever seen in my life, and, uh, one of the best things I've ever seen in my life, and, uh, one of the best things I've ever seen in my life, and, uh, one of the best things I've ever seen in my life. I want it to come into the box so it can last longer for me. Steve, the Black Man Block Party social worker, should really give me money like a check with money or a card with limited free play so I can play all six stages on Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride so I don't have to worry about wasting so much credits. The sign will say, "Free Play." Fun World Social, 50% off, Arcade Thursday, Sam Town and my mum playing Virtual Rabbids. The Big Ride Coaster Calamity screaming loud reaction photo. You will love the photo of us on the sign. Are you excited? To see it, and we'll say, "Grand Opening," or maybe it might say, "Now Open." Alright, guys, so this is the Rabbid that I'm talking to you about. This is the horn that I'm going to let you hear. Wait, hold on, hold on, I don't think these people know who Sam Town is. They don't, which is why we have to explain it to them. BCA or Mega Man, whichever one, would you guys like to explain to our viewers who Sam Town is? I'm sorry, our listeners. Alright, so Sam Town is a 20, you say he's 24, right? 26. Is a 26-year-old. Um, autistic man who really likes Pull Ups, Diapers, Virtual Rabbids, and the Gabby Kintz TV show, and, um, he just, like, posts a lot of, like, very nonsensical TikToks. Some of them are nonsensical, they're just, like, very broken English, even though English is his first language, but, um, he's, like, really obsessed with Pull Ups. Yeah. I don't really understand why. Yeah. But, um. And he. The main, the main part is he really likes Virtual Rabbids, and that's funny. Yeah. Uh, he, he also, his best friend is named Nicholas Balkin. Yes. That's very important. Um, and we have been, the three of us have been talking about Sam for, um, practically about a year now, over on the MTTA Break Room, so if you want to hear a lot more about Sam, please, uh, do go subscribe to the MT, uh, sorry, to the. Go, go, go, go, subscribe. The third link in the description below. Um, we even had Sam, we talked to Sam on Live at one point for a little bit. Sam follows both of us on TikTok. He does. We, we've talked to him multiple times. Um, there's a worker at Block Party Social, which is the arcade he goes to, um, called Steve, he calls him Steve the Black Man. Um, not to be confused with Steven. His mom's boyfriend, uh, which they, they broke up at one point, and then he, like, he posted a video of him crying, and then, like, and it was very sad, and then, like, a week later, they got back together, and he was happy. Um, the most notable thing here, besides, um, how much he plays Virtual Rabbids, uh, is the videos of him filming, uh, Huggy's pull-ups, uh, diaper boxes, as well as the videos of him in said diapers. Dancing. He is not a groomer, he is not a pedophile, he's just, um. Yeah, we need to make that very clear. He is a very nice person, we have talked to him multiple times, we have seen all of his content for the most part, um, uh, we've been to the majority of his lives, if not, like, all of them since last year. He is a great person, he is very nice, he's heavily on the spectrum, so, you know, he's not, he doesn't understand that him. Absolutely. He's, he's not on, he's not on my level. Okay. Oh my god. Like, rank to autism. Jesus Christ. He's not on my level. He, he's just, he's just not all there. And that's okay. Yeah, he's Bronze III, Mega Man's Diamond I. I, Jesus Christ. I, I think we need to, like, specify, like, how much he plays Virtual Rabbids, like, every, like, waking dollar he earns goes into, like, the video. Yeah. to block party social which is the place he goes to that's absolutely true yeah then he plays virtual rabbits it's like the only thing he does if you don't know what virtual rabbits is you may have seen it in your your local mall or an arcade you've been to it's a vr thing that you sit down almost like roller coaster seats and uh it's a rabbits game you know you guys know the rabbits yeah you put a vr headset on and oh you're going around like a coat like a roller coaster and there's rabbits coaster calamity that's his favorite one coaster calamity that's one of the levels in virtual rabbits um but yeah yeah i convinced him that like charlie kirk oh sorry captain kirk that like captain kirk and uh erica kirk were like updating virtual rabbits machine i don't know if he actually believes this it was just like a really funny joke that kind of got out of hand but uh he like i guess like kind of believed that they were like updating virtual rabbits machines to include the agartha level yeah and then and then someone remembered that from a previous live like asked asked to like screen share and then put captain kirk in agartha with virtual rabbits and he believed it and the only thing that made him go from skeptical to absolutely believing it was adding a rabbit yeah it was really funny but uh he's a great guy he's a great he is i think we need to make it very clear that we're not like we're not bullying sam we genuinely love him and care about him you know if you if you need even more proof go listen to the episodes we've done on the break room talking about him and talking to him and all that stuff uh we love sam very much and we want to include this because you know uh there are a lot of like i don't little cows isn't the right word that's like a horrible word people on the spectrum it's just people it's just people on the spectrum that make content that's like obviously fun like you can't look at that you can't look at sam dancing in his diapers and tell me it's not funny but like it's not funny in the way that you're just like you're like making fun of them like huh look at this loser it's like it's funny this this dude's dancing in his diapers it's like why did you post this and playing virtual rabbits and recording like 30 minute videos talking about the rabbits and like yeah the broken english huggy's box for like nine minutes in nothing but silence and with a texas beach voice in like the first 10 seconds virtual rabbits the big ride virtual rabbits the big ride at block party social and he wants favorite game to play there and he wants to make his own arcade he changed it from uh to fun world social the fun party social so it's just like even closer and and diapers are mandatory yes diapers it's on the sign it's on the sign diapers are required for entry yeah anyways megaman will you be sorry before before we we move on uh will you be going to fun uh fun party social megaman why not you like our games yes but i don't want to go to that one we're gonna go right oh yeah yeah we we are i will buy a box of of huggy's and pull up diapers and wear them well you know good news they saw them at the story i worked at i i've seen the exact ones that sam sam's favorite are the mini mouse ones and you know they sell those at my work oh hold on are they 5t to 60 i have no clue well we may we may be in a bit of a pickle anyway yeah that's sam um the next one on our list is nova online oh no not the server server gun dude can i get a french on youtube please oh my god this guy can actually just like go nova online i can say this with 100 certainty without having any backlash going towards this nova online should genuinely kill himself i think nova online is a nova online is a abuser manipulator groomer uh who this has nothing to play into it but he's like he's very ugly he's he doesn't care about his health at all he's very overweight his hair is very greasy he doesn't he like occasionally takes a shower he has uh flies in his house uh he's a hoarder um he's a horrible human being yeah and he the uh the wwe star or wrestler i don't potato potato that he looks up to he got a cameo from and then the next day that dude found out what nova online does and he told him he told him to kill himself can you imagine like like being a horrible person and like like your idol finally notices you and then the next day they tell you to go kill yourself like that that's insane i don't know how i'd be able to live with myself nova yeah well me neither i think no one can go figure that and then he donated the money that he got from the cameo to like a to a foundation that helps uh like traffic children that's good yeah but uh yeah nova online is a really bad person he's also he also uh has a abdl fetish he wears diapers but not in the cool way like sam does he wears them as a as a can i say fetish is that i'm sure i i yeah he wears them as a fetish and sings twinkle twinkle little star to presume 14 year olds on discord uh you may know him a good question who is worse low tier god or nova online i probably nova honestly i i don't i think nova's worse yeah because like yeah this might be a genuine like like not joke video i might yeah because like the thing is nova nova did it repeatedly like shirt once is already a problem but like nova continues to do this and has like more against him low tier god is like a joke video god is just like like not a good dude like he just sucks um but yeah nova you may know him from the can i get a french onion through please uh wait one more clip i want to bring up about nova is uh he was like ripping pokemon cards in front of a walmart and some homeless person asked if he could spare any change and then nova with like three packs in front of him said he had no money and then and then after like he cuts the video he's like sorry so i'm like poor person just for money well it has to go to his sad boy eats wing stop video bca oh he also runs his own business called like nova cord where he just makes like uh i almost said the s word stupid crappy like like rubber band bracelets and stuff it's for like 20 stupid mega man do you know a lot have you ever seen a video where he's like oh my god i'm like oh my god i'm like oh my god have you have you heard about nova before this well yeah yeah yes you have yes you have you bca showed you the twinkle twinkle little star video oh yeah twinkle twinkle little star that video i showed you that yes yes he did you saw that one anyway that's that's a real recorded clip of nova singing twinkle twinkle little star to like a zoomed minor on discord and he he's also talking about wetting his diapers we haven't even like scratched the surface by the way this like this can go on forever nova has had nova's like abused multiple people to the point they've like lost their mind and like made like become like basically schizophrenic what yeah there's there's one girl on tiktok that he talked to all the time she ended up like starting she she started to post on tiktok like just like paragraphs upon paragraphs about like how no one manipulated her and stuff that's correct i'm not caught up on the nova lore oh my god yeah he's like oh my god i'm not caught up on the nova lore oh my god yeah he's like oh my god yeah he's like oh my god i'm not caught up on the nova lore oh my god he's like oh my god he's horrid he's like oh my god he's horrid he's like oh my god he's horrid well moving on to our next individual here on a good note one thing his own grandfather i'm pretty sure told him to go go go oh my god yeah i forgot about that yeah his oh my god yeah i forgot about that yeah his oh my god yeah i forgot about that yeah his family situation is um family situation is um family situation is um not very good yeah you know if these these people in yeah you know if these these people in yeah you know if these these people in another universe could be normal another universe could be normal another universe could be normal yeah in another universe not this one yeah in another universe not this one yeah in another universe not this one in a novine universe in a novine universe in a novine universe see what i did there um see what i did there um see what i did there um our next individual this is going up our next individual this is going up our next individual this is going up going up to a better place now um is going up to a better place now um is going up to a better place now um is santa cruz santa cruz santa cruz in cookie king yeah all right dylan has in cookie king yeah all right dylan has in cookie king yeah all right dylan has just informed me that cookie started just informed me that cookie started just informed me that cookie started sharing his location again sharing his sharing his location again sharing his sharing his location again sharing his location he's right near us and we're location he's right near us and we're location he's right near us and we're trying to find him right now trying to find him right now trying to find him right now i thought he was at the house so i came i thought he was at the house so i came i thought he was at the house so i came here bro brendan here bro brendan here bro brendan it's cookie oh my god bro it's cookie oh my god bro it's cookie oh my god bro bro what are you doing bro what are you doing bro what are you doing all right let me tell you something all right let me tell you something all right let me tell you something santa cruz i go you will buy santa santa cruz i go you will buy santa santa cruz i go you will buy santa cruz people call you santa i go by cookie cruz people call you santa i go by cookie cruz people call you santa i go by cookie king king king people call me cookie but i want you to people call me cookie but i want you to people call me cookie but i want you to call me king okay now i've been looking for an excuse to now i've been looking for an excuse to now i've been looking for an excuse to talk about the cookie verse talk about the cookie verse talk about the cookie verse again for a long time i think i am i'm again for a long time i think i am i'm again for a long time i think i am i'm sorry sorry sorry it's all right stay with us stay with it's all right stay with us stay with it's all right stay with us stay with us now actually mega man i us now actually mega man i us now actually mega man i no don't take it now okay well again no don't take it now okay well again no don't take it now okay well again during the breakthrough it's fine during the breakthrough it's fine during the breakthrough it's fine uh mega man don't worry y'all actually uh mega man don't worry y'all actually uh mega man don't worry y'all actually have something to read here uh i wanted have something to read here uh i wanted have something to read here uh i wanted to talk about to talk about to talk about um on where was i had some information here we were actually slightly involved with santa santa cruz kind of not really yeah because didn't we yeah we had shmi on yeah we had shmi is he still posted no shmi shmi retired pierce retired he was like another shmi like all the other all the other people are tired he's he's like done entirely well yeah he hasn't posted in forever he hasn't streamed i don't know where he went that sucks um me if you're for some reason listening to this we miss you man we miss you a lot you were you were honestly uh you were the only like famous guest that we've ever had on the podcast but i guess that may be chasington yes there's a there's a chance we may be able to get chasington in the future but even then it was it was a blast talking to him he was such a nice guy um very flexible with the timing for everything um it's just uh it's sad to see him not making content anymore as well as like all the other people in the santa cruz universe however for those of you who don't remember santa cruz or haven't heard about him in a while santa cruz uh has a company by the name of santa cruz medicinals his name by the way is also brendan raw um brendan raw rue brendan i'm gonna call him brendan i'm just gonna call him brendan uh santa or just i'm just gonna call him santa santa cruz uh medicinals is a supplement and cbd company that has evolved into one of the uh biggest like fitness story like pretty much the only one on tiktok uh like fitness related stories which is the cookie verse uh the cookie verse follows uh damir bascari also known as cookie king that's his name yeah what a name and um the cookie started by actually we will have i don't think hold on let's see here actually yeah okay here we are uh around 2023 like near the end of 2023 brendan started to uh collab with cookie king uh by at this point in time cookie had millions of followers i actually knew cookie before the cookie verse i would watch his skits from time to time and then he stopped posting for a bit and he came back uh hanging out with me and i was like oh my god i'm gonna be like oh my god i'm gonna be like oh my god i'm gonna be like oh my god i'm gonna be like oh my god i'm gonna be like oh my god i'm gonna hang out with santa cruz santa cruz invited him to the santa cruz compound to quote unquote lock in which started the locked in challenge and uh he started to uh he also invited dylan latham dylan latham uh which you may know from as the dance uh dance with the pants guy one of the only memes that like ended like peacefully yeah it just kind of like without any like discourse or without it just like gradually fizzing out like it actually ended yeah um so cookie dylan went to go lock in with santa cruz they did a bunch of uh different uh physical challenges workouts made content together drank electrolytes talked about fitness all that stuff i really enjoyed that era because um back in 2024 uh i started like working out and doing a lot of like a fit uh fitness stuff so like having having that like like a like i don't know something cool to look at while i was doing that was fun um it was just fun like the made-ups like the the story they'd make up um and the hills bro hills started from that during the the hill sprints which is something cookie did for one of the physical challenges which we'll talk about in a second um let's see here let's see let's see she she um uh megaman this is actually a part i i have for you guys i'm going to show you to read um which one is it uh hold on actually before you do that to wrap up the cookie verse thing more characters would join over time uh such as ye squad which include vex bolts all those characters they had a bunch of different uh like arcs different seasons and then it ended in season seven well it like the the main story ended in season seven with with everyone coming back to lock in it was a lot of fun um yeah and it's still continues to this day but it's like it's smaller now but you know it's still fun to to see their content and check up on yeah uh the part you're going to be reading is hold on let me see if i can get the it's the part that says why it became so popular at the top okay yep oh yeah right now several things made the series spread rapidly such as hundreds of short videos posted every week storyline spread across tiktok instagram youtube shorts and live streams running jokes that rewarded viewers who followed every episode frequent appearances from other creators and viewers creating edits comp compilations or videos and explanations many people compare follow following the cookie verse to following an ongoing reality show uh i will have you do the next one too the famous that's not okay stop famous memes some reoccurring jokes include lock in winter arc hillsborough hills the santa cruz compound leaving cookie behind dramatic character arcs fake fake kidnappings and exaggerated interventions what endless brain rot edits and remixes many of these scenes spread well beyond the original audience and became common tiktok memes yeah like like lock in and winter yeah and the lemonade spill i don't know if many i'm sure people some people remember this uh during one of the times i think this was season six cookie was coming to lock in but um before the plane uh cookie spilt lemonade all over his floor and was saying that like he wouldn't be able to go because he had to he had to clean up all the lemonade and he wouldn't uh be able to get on the flight and he got on the plane and he got on the plane and he got on the plane and he got on the flight he made it to the compound he got the lock-in well i'm sorry he was it well we're like ants gonna like invade his house why couldn't why was the lemonade that big of a deal i i don't know also that one video of him like in his underwear and he's just like in a in like a hotel room yeah complaining about the ethernet cables the ethernet oh my god that was so funny yeah there's a video of him in a hotel room and he's just like in a hotel room and he's just like with dylan they slept in the same bed by the way because they only got i don't i think there was two beds they just ended up sleeping in the same bed for some reason um there's a villain uh not a video i'm the villain that's a that's a dylan latham reference um uh cookie there was a video of cookie in his underwear in the hotel room uh complaining about not having an ethernet cable so even though santa cruz medicinals started as a wellness brand it ended up becoming in it ended up i don't know what this i'm it ended up becoming the cookie verse um due to the social media side of everything being interwoven into the uh the company through social media and it was really cool and it ended up helping santa cruz medicinals become um more distinctive to other brands because people had like a story behind it people knew who was running it people knew the individual stuff about like what what this does what that does from his videos that he did as well as the cookie verse um which i bought i bought it because i like i like santa cruz i think he's a good dude um and the electrolytes are good haven't bought them in a bit but they're very good uh all right uh so yeah what a time to be alive the cookie verse um the next thing next one on our list is uh the griffin method the griffin method is patched it's not funny anymore guys hold your horses okay if we haven't met my name's griffin creator of the griffin method nice to meet you i created a server when i created the griffin method to routinely check if it was patched it's looking like for the rest of 2025 we are pretty safe there is a slight probability of patchability come early 2026 we're talking around 2026 we're talking around 2026 we're talking around new years okay but until then it's looking like the chances of it being passed are pretty low so i say we just cross that bridge when we get there i think it's safe to say that the griffin method is not patched this is more of just like a yeah i genuinely creators is that stopping and slowing down yes okay uh megaman would you like to talk about the griffin just like a dude oh my can you hear my text messages this is really annoying bca uh sorry megaman would you like to describe the griffin method what the uh the griffin method is if you know about it i don't even know what you're talking okay well bca would you like to talk about the griffin method uh it's when you're speaking or ranting about something and then you slow it down then you speed it up and then you keep on swapping yeah so a dude on tiktok named griffin uh made this technique if you probably didn't even make it you just like gentrified it oh see what i did there And people started using it all the time. videos to like make them stand out you know to make them like cool like oh look at it like it slows down and then it speeds up because it's cool it's funny you know yeah um and then people people started complaining about it because everyone was doing it for like months last year and went on forever it was annoying um although it like it wasn't too annoying but it got to the point everyone was doing it and then like people started just like making the same type of content like literally like this still happens people like word for word just like steal people's videos top three songs that we all thought was tough and it's like uh what was it even turks and keikos yeah yeah hurts and keikos i don't even know what that song is me neither it's like 20 separate tickets talks all with the exact same word it's like that one news clip where it's like um i don't know if you've seen it we're all where they're all just saying the exact same thing over each other it's the same script it's what it's what that felt like so yeah that's that's the griffin method the next one is a a person but we're going to talk about specifically the type of we're going to talk about gerbert not not specifically gerbert himself but we explained who gerbert is but specifically the withered gerbert comment which led to people the like toy the toy gerbert withered gerbert if you haven't seen legend of chamberlain heights where have you been see milk every episode go where you go at me um fun time gerbert fun time gerbert thing which led to people posting that let's like people saying that in comment sections so uh gerbert was a i didn't i like gerbert at first but he came very stale like quickly i didn't like gerbert at first but he came very stale like quickly i didn't like gerbert at first but he came very stale like quickly i didn't like gerbert at first but he came very stale like quickly he was just one of those tick talkers that talk at the camera and says things like i don't know he was an angry asian copy they're all angry asian copies and um he ended up being a pedophile surprise surprise um and uh he disappeared from the internet but eventually um someone showed up that would make a video saying um we've talked about this guy before um someone showed up that would make a video saying um we've talked about this guy before um if you haven't watched chamberlain if you haven't watched chamberlain if you haven't watched chamberlain legends of chamberlain heights legends of chamberlain heights legends of chamberlain heights where have you been yeah you started where have you been yeah you started where have you been yeah you started talking about uh talking about uh talking about uh milk saying were you going milk saying were you going milk saying were you going um and that guy became a toy slash fun um and that guy became a toy slash fun um and that guy became a toy slash fun time gerbert time gerbert time gerbert and that also started hemi and all the and that also started hemi and all the and that also started hemi and all the like the chamberlain height stuff for like the chamberlain height stuff for like the chamberlain height stuff for like a month like a month like a month um which fed into like the six seven um which fed into like the six seven um which fed into like the six seven ai ai ai you know this and that stuff you know this and that stuff you know this and that stuff um but uh what the the comments about him um but uh what the the comments about him um but uh what the the comments about him being toy slash fun time gerber being toy slash fun time gerber being toy slash fun time gerber started to spread then people then started to spread then people then started to spread then people then people started saying it about uh other people started saying it about uh other people started saying it about uh other people they're like oh this guy's people they're like oh this guy's people they're like oh this guy's posts as well there's one that i really posts as well there's one that i really posts as well there's one that i really like it it makes me laugh every time like it it makes me laugh every time like it it makes me laugh every time it's this one like really fat black dude it's this one like really fat black dude it's this one like really fat black dude with an afro with an afro with an afro doing a dance in the the comments that doing a dance in the the comments that doing a dance in the the comments that withered j cole and it's really funny i thought it was gonna be like nightmare i thought it was gonna be like nightmare i thought it was gonna be like nightmare gerber that one's really funny so like people that one's really funny so like people that one's really funny so like people have started posting those comments on have started posting those comments on have started posting those comments on that guy's post as well as a bunch of that guy's post as well as a bunch of that guy's post as well as a bunch of other ones with people that look like other ones with people that look like other ones with people that look like other creators so gerber led to that he other creators so gerber led to that he other creators so gerber led to that he you know he led to something good even you know he led to something good even you know he led to something good even if you don't realize that gerbert if you don't realize that gerbert if you don't realize that gerbert started that started that started that yeah yeah yeah um the next person on our list is uh um the next person on our list is uh um the next person on our list is uh grant whistler which to put it in more grant whistler which to put it in more grant whistler which to put it in more broad terms i used him because he was broad terms i used him because he was broad terms i used him because he was one of the the main ones back in like one of the the main ones back in like one of the the main ones back in like 2024 people that would make skits off 2024 people that would make skits off 2024 people that would make skits off memes that had just started or would memes that had just started or would memes that had just started or would start memes based off of skits the start memes based off of skits the start memes based off of skits the crowd favorite okay kids here's your crowd favorite okay kids here's your crowd favorite okay kids here's your sigma meal skippity slicers oh no sigma meal skippity slicers oh no no you know i'm thinking about doing a hat you know i'm thinking about doing a hat you know i'm thinking about doing a hat selection on my instagram you think you selection on my instagram you think you selection on my instagram you think you can help me out with that just put my can help me out with that just put my can help me out with that just put my fries in the bag bro fries in the bag bro fries in the bag bro i just wish shut up it would have been i just wish shut up it would have been i just wish shut up it would have been nice to nope if i only just i'm just nice to nope if i only just i'm just nice to nope if i only just i'm just saying shut your mouth just wish i could saying shut your mouth just wish i could saying shut your mouth just wish i could have had a graduation before i died you are in a place that has literally are in a place that has literally are in a place that has literally everything you need and you're still everything you need and you're still everything you need and you're still complaining because i actually have complaining because i actually have complaining because i actually have something to complain about what you something to complain about what you something to complain about what you wouldn't understand because you're a class wouldn't understand because you're a class wouldn't understand because you're a class of 2022 let it go what look like elsa to of 2022 let it go what look like elsa to of 2022 let it go what look like elsa to you bro you're overhyping the entire you bro you're overhyping the entire you bro you're overhyping the entire idea of a graduation when it's not that idea of a graduation when it's not that deep and i want to have that opinion for deep and i want to have that opinion for deep and i want to have that opinion for myself but i can't because i didn't have myself but i can't because i didn't have myself but i can't because i didn't have one and i'm never going to and it's not one and i'm never going to and it's not one and i'm never going to and it's not fair you know what bro fair you know what bro fair you know what bro you're right you're right you're right graduation was amazing graduation was amazing graduation was amazing overhyped overhyped overhyped more like underrated um which would lead more like underrated um which would lead more like underrated um which would lead to them spreading more so like put the to them spreading more so like put the to them spreading more so like put the fries in the bag before it was a josh fries in the bag before it was a josh fries in the bag before it was a josh thing thing thing uh people were saying put the fries in uh people were saying put the fries in uh people were saying put the fries in the bag is like a joke and then uh the bag is like a joke and then uh the bag is like a joke and then uh people that made skits on tick tock uh people that made skits on tick tock uh people that made skits on tick tock uh ended up turning it into ended up turning it into ended up turning it into like people they like spread the joke like people they like spread the joke like people they like spread the joke by making skits around it by making skits around it by making skits around it and those content creators would uh help and those content creators would uh help and those content creators would uh help those memes grow those memes grow those memes grow and yeah and yeah and yeah yeah yeah yeah uh next person on our list moving down uh next person on our list moving down uh next person on our list moving down here we've only got two more after this here we've only got two more after this here we've only got two more after this one is idk sterling one is idk sterling one is idk sterling would you drink this for one million would you drink this for one million would you drink this for one million dollars okay stop it right there hey have you okay stop it right there hey have you okay stop it right there hey have you seen my deal though no sir i'm sorry i seen my deal though no sir i'm sorry i seen my deal though no sir i'm sorry i apologize but i am unable to comply apologize but i am unable to comply apologize but i am unable to comply with this request at this time after with this request at this time after with this request at this time after carefully reviewing your message carefully reviewing your message carefully reviewing your message considering the nature of the task output considering the nature of the task output considering the nature of the task output you are asking for thank you for your you are asking for thank you for your you are asking for thank you for your understanding and cooperation oh my god understanding and cooperation oh my god understanding and cooperation oh my god yes the man the myth the legend how can yes the man the myth the legend how can yes the man the myth the legend how can we not talk about tick tock influencers we not talk about tick tock influencers we not talk about tick tock influencers and memes without talking about idk and memes without talking about idk and memes without talking about idk megaman are you like are you on tick tock megaman are you like are you on tick tock megaman are you like are you on tick tock yes but i don't see any of that crap on yes but i don't see any of that crap on yes but i don't see any of that crap on my forties he's like fortnight and my forties he's like fortnight and my forties he's like fortnight and that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it anyway so idk sterling he is the anyway so idk sterling he is the anyway so idk sterling he is the prime example of internet cyber bullying prime example of internet cyber bullying prime example of internet cyber bullying um um um he at first he was the he at first he was the he at first he was the like the he was like like the he was like like the he was like he would cover he still does this he he would cover he still does this he he would cover he still does this he would cover like creepy stuff would cover like creepy stuff would cover like creepy stuff or like about the internet or like or or like about the internet or like or or like about the internet or like or like creepy facts and whatever and he'd like creepy facts and whatever and he'd like creepy facts and whatever and he'd have for the he'd have the whole money have for the he'd have the whole money have for the he'd have the whole money he had that but um eventually he became he had that but um eventually he became he had that but um eventually he became just like the internet's punching bag for just like the internet's punching bag for just like the internet's punching bag for anything anything and they started running him through ai and they started running him through ai and they started running him through ai and uh and uh and uh there was like this whole joke about there was like this whole joke about there was like this whole joke about rubbing peanut butter on his you know rubbing peanut butter on his you know rubbing peanut butter on his you know chicken chicken chicken but they changed it to rubbing water on but they changed it to rubbing water on but they changed it to rubbing water on on his car on his car on his car and so this whole thing with swirling and and so this whole thing with swirling and and so this whole thing with swirling and peanut butter started where they just peanut butter started where they just peanut butter started where they just like ai him like like crapping out like ai him like like crapping out like ai him like like crapping out peanut butter and like thinking about peanut butter and like thinking about peanut butter and like thinking about peanut butter peanut butter peanut butter while life while being like really fat while life while being like really fat while life while being like really fat and like overweight and like overweight and like overweight but then all these like parts started but then all these like parts started but then all these like parts started there was like peanut butter kingdom all there was like peanut butter kingdom all there was like peanut butter kingdom all of these by the way had massive drama of these by the way had massive drama of these by the way had massive drama that went down and now they're all done that went down and now they're all done that went down and now they're all done um there was like there was sterlitz um there was like there was sterlitz um there was sterlitz which was uh what yeah it was hitler which was uh what yeah it was hitler which was uh what yeah it was hitler and they made him look like charlie and they made him look like charlie and they made him look like charlie chaplin chaplin chaplin there was uh peanut butter kingdom where there was uh peanut butter kingdom where there was uh peanut butter kingdom where he was just really fat he was just really fat he was just really fat and his name was um gabe owner but like gabe owner but you know since but like gabe owner but you know since but like gabe owner but you know since they can't say the word gabe us they can't say the word gabe us they can't say the word gabe us yeah gabe us but um yeah gabe us but um yeah gabe us but um then there was then there was then there was there was einstein's island where it there was einstein's island where it there was einstein's island where it was also sterling and he was also fat was also sterling and he was also fat was also sterling and he was also fat but his shirt was like the colors of but his shirt was like the colors of but his shirt was like the colors of epstein's temple epstein's temple epstein's temple like yeah and uh like yeah and uh like yeah and uh there was so many other ones but like there was so many other ones but like there was so many other ones but like the like the amusement park started the like the amusement park started the like the amusement park started people started making him into like people started making him into like people started making him into like these monstrous creatures these monstrous creatures these monstrous creatures with like multiple appendages and limbs with like multiple appendages and limbs with like multiple appendages and limbs like covered in peanut butter like covered in peanut butter like covered in peanut butter and they'd all they'd all just say give and they'd all they'd all just say give and they'd all they'd all just say give me peanut butter give me like me peanut butter give me like me peanut butter give me like it's it was really weird i don't like it's it was really weird i don't like it's it was really weird i don't like looking at them they make me feel weird looking at them they make me feel weird looking at them they make me feel weird i don't like yeah they're really gross i don't like yeah they're really gross i don't like yeah they're really gross but um but um but um recently recently recently oh he was also part of the saints the oh he was also part of the saints the oh he was also part of the saints the ray william oh my god yeah ray william oh my god yeah ray william oh my god yeah he was part of that but um so since he he was part of that but um so since he he was part of that but um so since he since he's the internet's punching bag since he's the internet's punching bag since he's the internet's punching bag when it comes to ai generated content when it comes to ai generated content when it comes to ai generated content ever since sora ai got shut down yet ever since sora ai got shut down yet ever since sora ai got shut down yet there's never been like a good there's never been like a good there's never been like a good replacement for ai sterling content replacement for ai sterling content replacement for ai sterling content but then tiptock released ai videos but then tiptock released ai videos but then tiptock released ai videos and then and then uh creek craft and then and then uh creek craft and then and then uh creek craft said gubby said gubby said gubby is that a gummy is that a gummy is that a gummy yeah he said is that a gubby and then for yeah he said is that a gubby and then for yeah he said is that a gubby and then for some reason sterling got included in some reason sterling got included in some reason sterling got included in that that that and now creek craft is also associated and now creek craft is also associated and now creek craft is also associated with peanut butter with peanut butter with peanut butter yeah yeah yeah and uh and uh and uh a recent trend has been a recent trend has been a recent trend has been uh sterling's dildo uh sterling's dildo uh sterling's dildo and uh and uh and uh him looking for his dildo he can just him looking for his dildo he can just him looking for his dildo he can just like never catch a break man like never catch a break man like never catch a break man yeah um yeah um yeah um so recently there's of these videos where sterling is just like a peanut butter like ball with his face coming up as an ai language yeah as an angle as an ai language model i cannot complete this request as this goes against my content guidelines and then there's also some where he just goes i love to bounce on a deal though and then uh the joke is uh the other word that i can't say but uh yeah if you've seen those creek craft videos where he's a peanut butter bottle and he's like rolling through a store and like saying he can't complete this request that's because of sterling uh by the way he never asked for any of this yeah and uh sterling's got a ton of these ops they've kind of cooled down a little bit but they would make ai content and stuff purely about him as well as some non-ai generated stuff there was people like cold hammer uh tails fan uh who else there was uh razorman 0.1 sorry razorman v1 a bunch of other people but uh yeah sterling when when you see the comment 0.1 of idk sterling's pain it's because he is probably he's been bullied for like two years now without any exclamation as to why yeah so he thinks it's really funny though yeah that's that's a good thing his dad is also involved oh great yeah he gets his dad in his content all right well we've only got two more the next one's walmart pranksters how do i get down down here how do i get down i'm scared someone help i'm stuck you're a bird not like i'm mad geeked right now sir no left pocket dog i'm not a bird i can't fly i'm just i understand i'm geeked i'm sorry man people specifically teenagers uh have been uh for like the last few years going to one not even the last few years this goes back like like 10 to 15 years this is like this is like a lot of people this is like early dom the troll content yeah they just go into walmart and target and and all these different like stores and just like harass random people yeah it's it's listen it's funny content but like i i'd feel really like corny making it like if i were to like make content like that yeah so yeah uh those became really popular that was like a that was a big thing now they all like shill rain bet and they're not funny yeah why do they even why do they get paid yeah i thought so uh well there's not really too much to talk about that besides people trolling in walmart um big ones like that were dom the troll dom was a huge like public creator who would troll um yeah he amplified the freak bob meme yes and then um our last one is clipping accounts jinxy do you know about clip life yeah bro i know about all the clippers bro bro the goat of clipping is clip consumers like that is the goat follow me at clip consumers that is literally the goat follow me at clip consumers subscribe to clip consumers that post like uh different clips specifically of streamers uh one that was popular back when jinxy was playing geometry dash was clip consumers uh specifically for his like producer tag i guess his clipper tag it's just follow me at clip consumers you know for anyone why would it why would a clip account have a producer tag you didn't produce anything i don't know man it's funny i guess yeah so yeah anyway anyway those people uh have i've they're they're popular back then they're still popular now gonna be popular forever because a lot of people just consume uh twitch clips through they just just twitch streams through clips so there's always going to be a place for them became popular people saw his clips on tiktok and stuff yeah mega man maybe someday you'll become popular from that uh it seems like it might be happening sooner because i know that some of the people some of our fans on our discord have been getting my uh my youtube shorts on their 40 page really yeah that's huge yeah it's pretty cool i'm getting some work my videos flopped but that's okay don't worry they'll blow up soon oh it won't listen i don't even really care i just like i'm happy that people watched it that's fair i'm gonna make more anyway and then you're gonna see people will go back and watch that one so it doesn't even really matter you're right anyway that was tiktok and its influencers and how they've impacted meme culture did we miss your favorite influencer let us know in the comments down below make sure to like subscribe and hit that bell so you don't miss a new upload from us top 10 fortnite youtubers who've sworn open up what yeah so it was like it was a compilation of like fbi open up memes like one of them was like it went onto the screen and it showed that and then it went down oh yeah i've seen that i've seen that we need to do the fbi we do we'll do that anyway well we should do that on 9 11 okay no but isn't that you know oh yeah uh it's kind of it's related sure i guess we're done i'm i'm thinking of ideas you're shooting me you're shooting me down leak ducko and hold on we'll look at that after thank you everyone listen to the meme part yeah that was really long yeah but i hope you enjoyed yeah did we miss your favorite content creator let us know in the comments down below we'll see you all in the meme games goodbye hello and welcome to the meme games hello everyone and welcome to the meme games the part of the show where we play games based on this episode and episodes before rem tgm would you like to go into further depth all right so the meme games are the part of the show where you play games based on this episode last episodes we have a picker world we call the mean world bunch of games that can play in it for the most points by the end of the season from these games wins the game meme games now that's right this is the end of the season which means uh whoever's most points by the end of this uh this segment uh wins the meme games for the season yeah uh so we're going to spin that wheel but since it is a season finale it means we're going to spin a meme game boss battle wheel which means whoever wins this uh gets two points instead of one and uh yeah spin it yeah spin that wheel spin that wheel spin that wheel i don't know if you can tell but like megaman's like he's like he's slipping away here he's tired it's all right it's all right we'll be done like like an hour ladies and gentlemen welcome back to best fest opposite day that one more time best fest opposite day how do we play this one in best fest opposite day what we must do is do the opposite of best fast which is instead of uh defending meme as if it is the best meme of all time trying to convince people that it's uh the other two members that's the best meme of all time we must we must do the opposite which means the meme that is selected with a random number generator um we must uh try and say that it's the worst meme of all time that is true and whoever convinces everyone the best gets a point to win the meme games so i'm responding to my father hold on there we go all right stop so we have a picker wheel here that we call the name wheel has all three of our names on it we're gonna do spinning it so you go first second and third in today's meme games let's see who's going first this white screen will make megaman up a little bit good rem tgm you were going first in today's meme games let's spin again see who goes second and third good idea good idea okay i'm going second which is going last unfortunately is everyone ready yeah yeah all right so uh i'm first which means it's my it's my turn to do the thing what i got episode 268 what is that let's see here what is that um i got bad bunny crying at the rammies okay that's fine i guess all right what's mine let's see bcaa yours is 224 that's like dangerously close to glove shadow i love love you better hope it's not that one 224 is frank heffley's schizophrenia oh it's good okay what's mine all right let's see mega man yours is 116. oh that's um that's the uh batman arkham one no that's that's hello human resources i'm sorry we all kind of got gloves this time around but that's okay anyway do you remember this one yeah it's like one image is like the lady is happy to see the yeah yeah the handsome man and the second panel is like the big ugly fat dude and yeah but it's actually the fat dude is actually a costume worn by the attractive people it's a comedy on sorry commentary on that's something i don't know i don't know where darth long in his sneakers the shoe store the darth jinx you know yeah yeah the darth jinx the jinxie store anyways yeah are we ready yes three two one boss battle let's do this ram you're up first all right let's think about this here bad bunny crying at the grammys this is the worst meme of all time and i'm going to tell you why the reason why this is the worst meme of all time is because i mean it's okay it's it's tick tock gif slop you know you're going to see it in the comments section and oh look it's at look oh uh it's going to be this like like stupid comment about something and it's it's going to be like either sad or like a mo like emotional it's going to be just like some copy and paste like dead internet theory waste like it's not important it's it's just like a filler comment and that's the only time this image this this this video is going to be used is in a gif for tick tock comments there's a million of those every single week and it's it's it's bad bunny he's a glop you know i mean he's not but like name name two name one bad bunny song right now i may name one stop talking i know it's not important i know what it is but it's just it's not important it's not important i bet you can't name five huh can't name them um i see that was right off the dome yeah see that's one can't name even another one you know why because he's a one-hit wonder glup who people didn't even like him at the the the super bowl remember that people were all like uh uh he's saying all that because he was someone from a different country yeah i don't even think he yeah i think he's from the united states of america wait yeah that's true sorry this is rem's thing yeah well it doesn't it doesn't matter you know why because he he sucks you know he's a good artist no he's not he's not because he's a part of this meme and this meme sucks because it's it's reaction slop you can't even like figure out like a distinctive use for this for this meme is it is it supposed to be used in a sad instance like a happy sad instance what's the point is where is it being used no one knows because it sucks because well you know what also is that you know what it doesn't want a grammy i'm gonna kick you from me doesn't that well you know what they said i was mad at the grammys but i'm looking at my grammy right now pure souls by yay and yay's a better artist oh my god which goes into why bad bunny sucks because bad bunny wasn't on last breath peso puma pluma was i don't know how to say his name but that doesn't matter and that's a spanish song and he didn't you know i didn't choose bad bunny because bad bunny sucks and he's in the stupid stupid video stupid stupid and i rest my case perhaps that's a high mid i i give that uh yeah all right i'm up next all right so frank heffley schizophrenia um let's just all be honest here it's one joke the joke the joke is i knew that door had a lock on it and i feel like i'm losing my mind the joke is something was there and and no one believed you so where's where's the funny joke it's it's it's carried by edits okay that's that's like it it's only funny because it's edited funny the scene itself was okay from the movie i watched i watched roger rules it was a fine movie look i i was not getting like belly laughs out of this it was a fine scene it was it was okay like rubbing your your your fat belly while drinking yeah yeah my fat gassy belly and you know um it was fine okay i i think this was blown out of proportion and made made into something it didn't need to be that's the it's one joke there's only so many times you can make one joke that's why it's dead and that's that's why it's not funny and that's why it sucks that's pretty much it i'm gonna be honest with you you did a good job there vca you really did thank you i'm gonna give that a i'm gonna give that a low high i'm gonna give that a high mid hello hi and my mid for me mega man i do like this it is a good name so even hello human resources it's probably one of the worst means out there because literally what's really the point anything if you can if you can basically just switch both sides and either thing can be beautiful and ugly so what's really the point of having this meme and also like why was this even made in the first place like that there are there's probably no ugly people in human resources there's probably beautiful people in human resources so why are you just picking one of the human resources no no no they're not making fun of human resources they're calling human resources that's harassing the mega family but but how is he harassing no that's the joke he's he's the the the joke is the the dude on the top is is uh uh conventionally attractive or no on the but i don't the top the guy the guy first is conventionally attractive and the guy second is is supposed to be ugly and the woman's like what the frick get away from me you pedo so then why is he working in this person okay so why is she why is she working at this place where she can see that ugly man doesn't mean that this exists because she works she's working at a place she shouldn't be working at if she's going to react to somebody like that yeah if there's ugly people at the place you're working you should just quit you know megaman you really had me there with like the emotion like the like the the philosophical bit like there's no one truly ugly and then like gone wait this reminds me of that one video where it's like something that that capsule that encapsulated me recently was squid game i thought it was a game about squids playing like you you were you're kind of like gandhi for a minute and then like then you you switch to like i i i don't like to be like say like human resources i've been working there in the first place because because if you she's going to be experiencing ugly people there what's the point of this meme why would there be ugly people working in human resources they wouldn't do that they don't belong there they should never replace human resources that's what you're gonna get lady if you wanted to if you wanted to have a handsome man be working at human resources you should have been looking somewhere nicer i don't think you understand what this meme is about i think this is a high high i'm not yeah yeah sure hi hi it was funny are we gonna are we actually gonna give him hi hi you know what screw it hi hi i don't care i think that interest should be received i don't care was alright so Mega Man gets a high high high for not understanding the meme that was funny and Mega Man wins and gets two points alright so we're me and BCA are tied but it's kinda late you know what let's do quickly like very quickly put it in a sentence to tie it Mega Man has five points me and BCA both have seven put it in a sentence TikTok influencers go Mega Man who should go first BCA alright BCA go alright alright wait like put it in a sentence Yeah, go, go, go. Let me think. All right, everyone, both of us get 10 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Okay, I think I got it. All right. TikTok influencers, when they walk into a Walmart, get someone over the head with a watermelon and then say a racial slur. Okay, that's a good one. We'll have Mega Man. That's like something that would just actually happen. Yeah, it would. We'll have Mega Man judge them, like pick which one's better, and that's how we'll decide it. All right, BCA, give me my countdown. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. All right. Oh, God. TikTok influencers, when they find out that they can't be attracted to kids, and then it's like, and then they, like, shoot themselves. How'd I do, kid? How'd I do? I think BCA. Oh, my God, finally. Yeah, I agree. Thanks, guys. BCA, you got it. That was a great meme game. Yeah, all right. It makes a lot more sense than whatever. Well, I think, yeah, both of ours make sense, actually. BCA's made more sense. Yeah. Yeah, that's something that, like, actually happened. All right, well, the meme game score for season 20, I didn't mean to cut you off. No, it's fine. I was done talking. All right. The meme game score for season 20, the meme game score for season 29, in third place is SuperMegaMan10 with five points. In second place is me, RemTGM, with seven points. And at the number one spot is BCA with nine points. Yeah. That means I win the meme games for the season. What season is this? 28? 29. Whoa, wow. Next one's 30. Guys, we're on season 30. That's a lot. Yeah, thanks for listening to meme games for season 29. See you all in Criticism Castle. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Bye. Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Criticism Castle, the point of the show where we read and review some of you guys all the way. Stay down under in the review section below. RemTGM, what are our reviews for today? Well, as always, we're going to read three reviews, one from Apple Podcasts, one from Spotify, and one from the Discord server. Again, remember, if you are not already in it, what are you doing? Click that first link in the description below to join the Discord server. Yeah. Let's see here. All right. Apple Podcasts, we do actually have a review for today. We only have one, sadly, if Apple Podcasts will. Guys, you need to leave more Apple Podcast reviews. I cannot believe, like, the drought we are going through. Please, please. Yeah, please, please do. I don't know what's going. More people seem to be listening on. On. Spotify? Yeah. Well, that's okay, because more people use Spotify. But still, if you are an Apple Podcast viewer, please make sure to leave whatever, like a review, because we like to hear what you guys have to say. Do not be afraid. We're not going to bully you like Rem bullies Ernie. Like a bully? Okay. I'm sorry. Just don't do what Ernie did, and then you'll be okay. Yeah, don't be a tourist. Don't be a bum tourist loser. Anyway, we actually did have a full review, but Underwater Jaguar decided one day ago to delete his review and replace it with this one. So this review is titled E, and it entails E. So thanks, Underwater Jaguar. Thank you. You finally got a review, and it's gone. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. We're just joking around. Just joking around. Thank you, Underwater Jaguar 855, though, and it is a five-star review. Thank you so much, Underwater Jaguar, for the five-star review. I wish we could have read your other one, but that's okay. I'm sure you'll leave a better one next time. Next review. All right. You know, maybe people are leaving so many reviews that it just started blocking them out. You know what? You're so right. Maybe it's. I don't know. I don't know, man. Anyways, we have. We're moving on to Spotify. Now we've got A, B, and C. A, B, and C. B. Yeah, sure, B. All right. This review is titled nothing because it's on Spotify. Actually, it is titled something. It's called I Have Two Things to Say, and it entails. Whoa. Wait, hold up. Wait, whoa, whoa. How is it titled something? Oh, you just put a title. Oh, okay. You just, like, said that, so I was like, okay, that's a good title. Oh. Yeah. All right. No, one. And it entails one. What do I need to do to be in an episode? All you have to do. Just answer to your own question. What? We just answered your question. Did we? Yeah, because we're reading his review. I think he meant, like. Oh, my God, you're right. Well, yeah, I get it. I get what he meant. I think he meant to be on the podcast. Yeah. Well, I mean, he could mean to be, like, in an episode, like, through Criticism Castle. Jesus Christ, Castle. But if you want to be on the podcast as a guest, all you have to do is either join the Discord server with the first link in the description below, and let us know that you want to be on it. Or you can email us at podcastmtta at gmail.com, and we can figure something out. The second question here is. And two, Rem, please mention Walgreens in the meme games like the olden days. Sure, I can do that. BCA, please be more funny. I will judge you. What is up with. You're like Los. BCA thinks he deserves to. Do we get, like, a national BCA hate day? Yeah. Deku is not an epic employee. It's funny, I like that. It deserves it. Yeah. No! Don't call me it. That's for Los. I was reading the chat. No, I know. I'm reading the chat, too. Um, and Mega Man, you're okay. That's for Los. As you are my favorite member. I'm sorry. As you are my favorite meme guy. Yay! I don't get any criticism. Woo-hoo! Uh, and this review is from Greg Stew. Thank you so much, Greg Stew, for the supposed five-star review. Next review. All right. Our next review is over on the Discord server. Our weekly question on the Discord server was, um, what. has been the best, and why? Um, but we voted for. I'm sorry, Jesus Christ, I'm sorry, I'm losing my mind. Um, uh, I put, there, there's the ability to select either, from, like, the different eras, so, like, seasons 1 through 10, seasons 11 through, uh, 20, and then seasons 21 to 29, which have been your favorite for, like, each one. Um, for 1 to, for seasons 1 to 10. Um, season 1 got 2 votes, season 6 got 1 vote, and season 10 got 1 vote. Um, then seasons 11 to 20, season 11 got 2 votes, season 15 got 1 vote, uh, season 17 got 1 vote, and, uh, yeah. Then, from 2, uh, from season 21 to 29, um, let's see here, season 25 got 4 votes. Whoa. And season 29 got 1 vote. And Ralsei said that, um, the reason. Uh, he liked season 29 was so much, which is the season we're on right now, is because of growth. Yeah. So, thank you all for. Yeah, the polls would be a lot cooler if we had, like, hundreds of members, but there's, like, only, like, a dozen or so, basically. Yeah. It would be cool. Uh, very happy for everyone that's in it, though, but if you're listening right now and you're not in it, join. Come on, we miss you. We, we wanna see you guys. Join if you want to, join if you want to. We have the link in the description, and if Rem ever fixes the TikTok link. That will be active. Ah, let him go. Ah, let him go. I'll never catch him. Not in these shoes. Uh, anyway, yeah, that is, um, that's that. That's the reviews for this week. Thank you so much to Underwater Jaguar, Greg Stu, and everyone who answered this week's poll in the Discord server for the five-star and supposed, yeah, supposed five-star reviews. If you want to be in criticism. the next time make sure to leave a review five star or not it doesn't matter we just to hear your criticism like the name implies um news yeah uh megaman go let's make this quick because we have the season closed megaman megaman kill me just just already so like for collecting sprites i've been very very lucky with collecting sprites i was able to find actually able to get the zero point sprite the regular base version of it from a guy in a random match was very lucky and i was able to find a bunch of other sprites that i've been looking for for a long time and also including newer ones as well and uh and other great news um the designer sprite contest submissions have ended and now pete epic is reviewing all of them so they're going to be reviewing them seeing if they are appropriate if the entries are appropriate for the contest and they will be kind of talking to hold on let me they will be reaching out to potential winners soon and since this whole thing was actually a really big turnout the winners for this contest have gone from three to five so that means i do have more of a chance of possibly winning but i still have no thoughts on actually winning this thing i'm just saying i might have a higher i might have a better chance megaman get ready for that tim sweeney email i will it's gonna be like a a message from like twitter or tick tock hello i am john fortney so yeah this is uh john epic games we're gonna add you to the game oh my god really yeah yeah that that's really it uh american it's been really good i did finish that lego set during my last stream i was gonna stream today i was gonna stream today but i didn't really feel like it and took a day uh me day and next week it's going to be a regular normal week after quite a while of doing different days of streaming for a couple of weeks so tuesday thursday and friday is a regular streaming week and uh i've reached a hundred followers on tick tock nice yeah yeah and well my first 100 was on youtube yep so now it's 200 in total and i have yeah so both on youtube and tick tock i am at 100 followers back away from my subscriber account well i'm sorry get away sorry yeah don't even think you can get even close to as many subscribers as pcs and i've been also kind of like i've been kind of trading with people in fortnite i only did it once and it went really well cool and uh that's american dead fortnite american dead fortnite oh yep american dad coming to fortnite on the 3rd of july which is today and uh last ever thing i'm gonna buy in the game besides hitler if they add him okay uh and neopets also came to the item shop what like why what neopets yeah it's just only it's only just one neopets yeah neopets yes what yep why because i think it's its anniversary like 20th anniversary this week i sure i i'm googling this bca is bca is currently warping in the chat by the way i don't know who flowery it's warping neopets x fortnite what this is real yep yeah it is i'm so confused megaman sent something about it in the chat but someone didn't pay attention because every when i see fortnite i go off fortnite oh it's for today yeah um for me uh so because work has been up my uh so because work has been up my uh so because work has been up my but uh i haven't been able to do the street but uh i haven't been able to do the street but uh i haven't been able to do the street pass video i wanted to do pass video i wanted to do pass video i wanted to do so i'm thinking of another video to start so i'm thinking of another video to start so i'm thinking of another video to start writing and maybe record writing and maybe record writing and maybe record um while i'm waiting for that um while i'm waiting for that um while i'm waiting for that for for the moment where i can go do for for the moment where i can go do for for the moment where i can go do this stuff for that video this stuff for that video this stuff for that video yeah um i have a few ideas yeah um i have a few ideas yeah um i have a few ideas maybe maybe fnaf ar i want to do a maybe maybe fnaf ar i want to do a maybe maybe fnaf ar i want to do a fnaf ar video fnaf ar video fnaf ar video that'd be cool yeah because uh alumix that'd be cool yeah because uh alumix that'd be cool yeah because uh alumix sucks and can't make a game so i think sucks and can't make a game so i think sucks and can't make a game so i think you're right you those somehow roblox you're right you those somehow roblox you're right you those somehow roblox somehow a roblox developer made a better somehow a roblox developer made a better somehow a roblox developer made a better fnaf ar than an entire studio fnaf ar than an entire studio fnaf ar than an entire studio so so so i'm very excited for your new uh your i'm very excited for your new uh your i'm very excited for your new uh your new videos new videos new videos because your your videos have been all because your your videos have been all because your your videos have been all really good the street pass video is really good the street pass video is really good the street pass video is going to be fun i'm excited for that i going to be fun i'm excited for that i going to be fun i'm excited for that i i want you to hopefully join in on it i want you to hopefully join in on it i want you to hopefully join in on it like come along with me i'll join i'll like come along with me i'll join i'll like come along with me i'll join i'll join rem can you drive join rem can you drive join rem can you drive uh yes actually well yeah i mean how uh yes actually well yeah i mean how uh yes actually well yeah i mean how often do you drive often do you drive often do you drive here and there i'm not gonna trust here and there i'm not gonna trust here and there i'm not gonna trust yeah i wouldn't either yeah i wouldn't either yeah i wouldn't either but yeah i'm gonna i'm gonna go down to but yeah i'm gonna i'm gonna go down to but yeah i'm gonna i'm gonna go down to probably downtown yeah we've said probably downtown yeah we've said probably downtown yeah we've said downtown plymouth massachusetts zero two downtown plymouth massachusetts zero two downtown plymouth massachusetts zero two no stop stop stop stop we say it we say it no stop stop stop stop we say it we say it no stop stop stop stop we say it we say it all the time zero zip code zero two all the time zero zip code zero two all the time zero zip code zero two three six zero it doesn't matter my mom three six zero it doesn't matter my mom three six zero it doesn't matter my mom doesn't get really upset with you no she doesn't get really upset with you no she doesn't get really upset with you no she but we say this all the time but we say this all the time but we say this all the time yeah i've told her that you said it yeah i've told her that you said it yeah i've told her that you said it like a hundred times like a hundred times like a hundred times yeah so um we're gonna go down there yeah so um we're gonna go down there yeah so um we're gonna go down there we're gonna walk around we're gonna walk around we're gonna walk around and hopefully get street passes yeah and hopefully get street passes yeah and hopefully get street passes yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah um let's see here uh um let's see here uh um let's see here uh raffen target video new raffen target raffen target video new raffen target raffen target video new raffen target video i think video i think video i think we are going to do probably near the end we are going to do probably near the end we are going to do probably near the end of july when uh bc and megaman get back of july when uh bc and megaman get back of july when uh bc and megaman get back from vacation because i'm sick i don't from vacation because i'm sick i don't from vacation because i'm sick i don't want to get them sick before vacation want to get them sick before vacation want to get them sick before vacation jack orders crack oh yeah sorry sorry jack orders crack oh yeah sorry sorry jack orders crack oh yeah sorry sorry jack orders crack it's going to be a jack orders crack it's going to be a jack orders crack it's going to be a very fun video very fun video very fun video um i think it's going to be really good um i think it's going to be really good um i think it's going to be really good i'm very excited for it just only to get i'm very excited for it just only to get i'm very excited for it just only to get a few things for it but a few things for it but a few things for it but that's it's not gonna be hard to do um so that's it's not gonna be hard to do um so that's it's not gonna be hard to do um so yeah jack orders crack on the way yeah jack orders crack on the way yeah jack orders crack on the way um then uh i finished delta room chapter um then uh i finished delta room chapter um then uh i finished delta room chapter five it was a lot of fun it was really five it was a lot of fun it was really five it was a lot of fun it was really good it's my favorite chapter so far good it's my favorite chapter so far good it's my favorite chapter so far um uh i got a six so that's been that's um uh i got a six so that's been that's um uh i got a six so that's been that's not been not been not been very fun um sunset saga i've been very fun um sunset saga i've been very fun um sunset saga i've been working more on the battle system working more on the battle system working more on the battle system uh drop soon don't worry this summer uh drop soon don't worry this summer uh drop soon don't worry this summer sunset saga summer sunset saga summer sunset saga summer sunset saga now um and the beta for sunset saga now um and the beta for sunset saga now um and the beta for avatar legends the fighting game came avatar legends the fighting game came avatar legends the fighting game came out today it's been a lot of fun out today it's been a lot of fun out today it's been a lot of fun probably gonna play it later uh or i'll probably gonna play it later uh or i'll probably gonna play it later uh or i'll play it tomorrow play it tomorrow play it tomorrow either way uh yeah it's been fun uh a lot either way uh yeah it's been fun uh a lot either way uh yeah it's been fun uh a lot of good news a lot of good stuff of good news a lot of good stuff of good news a lot of good stuff um yeah yeah um yeah yeah um yeah yeah so uh we'll see you all in the season so uh we'll see you all in the season so uh we'll see you all in the season close out goodbye close out goodbye close out goodbye bye-bye hey guys hey everyone welcome welcome to the hey guys hey everyone welcome welcome to the hey guys hey everyone welcome welcome to the to close up to close up to close up hey there hey there hey there good morning good morning good morning hope everyone enjoyed this season i very hope everyone enjoyed this season i very hope everyone enjoyed this season i very much enjoyed this season much enjoyed this season much enjoyed this season yes we had some good ones yes we had some good ones yes we had some good ones yeah the darth maul we had yeah the darth maul we had yeah the darth maul we had we had all of them we had all of them we had all of them it's one we had it's one we had it's one we had we had the dale episode we had the dale episode we had the dale episode we had dale yes we love dale here no we we had dale yes we love dale here no we we had dale yes we love dale here no we don't uh so we do i i ask this every season we uh so we do i i ask this every season we uh so we do i i ask this every season we do favorite moments or episodes first do favorite moments or episodes first do favorite moments or episodes first which which which we do favorite moments than episodes we do favorite moments than episodes we do favorite moments than episodes okay uh okay uh okay uh corrects you every single time i'm pretty corrects you every single time i'm pretty corrects you every single time i'm pretty sure he does sure he does sure he does oh well oh well oh well well i it doesn't matter well i it doesn't matter well i it doesn't matter you know you know you know oh sorry around you go first i just read oh sorry around you go first i just read oh sorry around you go first i just read the chat it loves dale the chat it loves dale the chat it loves dale all right all right all right stop calling me it you are not making stop calling me it you are not making stop calling me it you are not making this a thing this a thing this a thing who is flowery i don't know this person who is flowery i don't know this person who is flowery i don't know this person larp i know flowery i know flowery the larp i know flowery i know flowery the larp i know flowery i know flowery the flower flower flower hi my name is something or uh that's hi my name is something or uh that's hi my name is something or uh that's that's from that's from undertale that's from that's from undertale that's from that's from undertale here i come san francisco you know here i come san francisco you know here i come san francisco you know i don't you're larping you're larping i don't you're larping you're larping i don't you're larping you're larping i don't know what you're talking about i don't know what you're talking about i don't know what you're talking about larp alert major larp alert larp alert major larp alert larp alert major larp alert anyway uh uh sorry mega man favorite anyway uh uh sorry mega man favorite anyway uh uh sorry mega man favorite moments moments moments okay damn damn damn like like like i'm sorry oh my god i'm sorry oh my god i'm sorry oh my god i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry um um um damn like uh damn the song on bully damn like uh damn the song on bully damn like uh damn the song on bully was it this season that i oh my god my favorite moment was when i took a nap during the episode yes it was yeah during the break room megaman took a nap while me and bca talked about the the job market and like the state of the economy yeah if you want to go listen to that go pay a dollar it was a lot of fun talking about our talking about what youtube hoops we watched oh that was good that was that was fun that was fun uh hearing rem and bca talk about low tier god we love low tier god i love i love talking about dale and then during three purple hearts when i got the you know the elf app yeah yeah and then we made the ai images yeah it's still on my phone we spent like the whole episode talking about ai and making ai generated stuff it was fun that was so much fun we have that in the announcements channel on our discord server oh yeah the whole three purple crown ones yeah but then you guys ai generating the i'll make a green and then you and our cat yeah it made me look disgusting i look like elvis here he doesn't our cat doesn't even look like our cat yeah he does anyway enough about ai um and uh , and rem talking about oh yeah okay so i'm actually glad you brought that up um so last episode i talked about i was saying wouldn't it be funny if i made the um the thumbnail like saying like i am an architect and have like um gooseworks profile picture and it points to pomney's armpits and like a big red uh circle see yeah so so i actually made that um i didn't make it the thumbnail i was really bored while the episode was recording over with obs so i was like you know what i'm just gonna do this for fun um you have the image oh i do you want to see it hold on yeah let's do it i sent it i did i don't think you guys saw it though hold on i'll send it here i didn't um i didn't make it the thing because i thought that would just be like too weird i didn't want people to think that it was like i don't know i just i didn't i didn't want people to think we're actually weirdos so i didn't i didn't do that but i like pixelated it i didn't want people to think that it was like i don't know i just i didn't i didn't want people to think we're actually weirdos so i didn't i didn't do that but i like pixelated it oh yeah that is her armpit uh by the way that full image is um a picture of pomney and the like the chud jack is in that that's really funny god that's so cool hold on one second um wow thank you ram oh you're welcome it's like it's like pomney's armpit stench and it's like chud sniffing it it's like it's it's a it's a sight to behold yeah that's why i didn't i didn't want it being the the cover yeah i think that's a good idea um it doesn't even know what's happening on its pot leave me alone i'm gonna quit i'm gonna leave the server can we get like an um can we get like a no no no scare of like pen wise what what do you what do you see a appreciation day just like how lowe's had one anyway uh i go next right yeah yes i actually loved how in this episode we got to talk about all our favorite online people on tiktok that was fun i liked talking about dale and how he should kill himself um i liked i liked talking about um about the job market with ram you know it was funny seeing megaman sleep considering he's the one without a job yeah okay yeah he would have a job and they'd just hire him they would yeah he would he would if they just hired him and me he would have his job and they just hired him in a timely manner yeah and plus didn't three people leave yeah people got fired what the hell's going on i don't know um is the hiring manager like dead boy where is he and probably he's like rotting in some guy or somewhere he's like spring trap he's like and they keep him in the back room and he's like a ton of like zero bottles not a lot like cases like cardboard um i never hire i liked i liked how i liked how he had like three separate like custom thumbnails in a row that was really funny no it's funny like you didn't even notice until i pointed it out um this one's gonna be a custom thumbnail too by the way it is yeah oh right because we have so many people yeah you should have it be like you should have it look like endgame oh my god yeah i'll do that no i'm okay i'm going to say this use jet tbt no images of like all the all the people we talked about and just put them on to the avengers infinity war poster sneak me gunner into it can we stop talking about me gunner wait yeah okay for like a running theme this season can we stop yeah i yeah i'll put me gunner what i'll do is i'll take the i'll take what kind of what megaments i won't use ai i'll take the avengers endgame uh poster and i'll put all of the the different like char like the different people we talked about over the characters yeah that'll be cool don't include me gunner um maybe i'll put pomney's armpits in just for fun yes yes i i think this season was fun i liked it a lot rem what do you got i think this season was a lot of fun i love talking about dale it was just so fun to talk about this guy that like we have we know so much about he's just he's such someone better about myself it does dude i i love talking about dale he's such a fun person to talk about he's not a good person at all um the episode got marked as explicit um yeah that was a lot of fun um i loved larping the boys in that was also fun the excuse me sir episode uh talking about ytps was a lot of fun and something that i'm surprised we didn't do sooner um where did where did darth maul get his shoes that that one was me luigi the clip you did that was it was just it was so much fun this season has been so much fun making all the custom thumbnails was great talking about uh like flappy bird and then like the um the like whether ai is like we talked about like what like nuclear energy and its effect on like humanity or something like that three purple hearts three purple hearts and all the ai stuff was so much fun happy birthday daniel it was a lot of fun um it was just like the season was just a lot of fun yeah this might be best mtta season in history i think so this was so much fun um so yeah favorite episodes now already at number three i'm gonna go with nine plus ten at number two we got youtube poops okay all right then number one i am an architect megaman are you an architect oh yeah you play fortnite you're an architect well he plays no bill plays zero builds but he does play minecraft wait i don't think you've seen some of the stuff i build in lego fortnite yeah megaman is an architect he makes like giant things in lego fortnite i did not know that yeah yeah it's it has been quite a long time i'm probably thinking i should probably restart a creative world why do you restart everything stop it i don't know i just do every time he made like a pbz2 like every time he played pbz2 he's like reset his account i used to kind of do that i used to start over just because like i didn't get that far and it'd like long stretches of time in between so it's like i guess if you didn't get that far but he'd be like halfway through the game and you just like reset it why would you do that i don't i don't he had like a ton of like these old like arena plants too hasn't he like not haven't you like not even let's just meet back then that's very off topic anyway yeah um sorry i probably might just sorry it's it's it's lagging out hold on oh my god hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on jesus what is going on hold on all right we're back i think what happened i don't know i don't know my internet just like went away hello we're back hello all right um for me i i i liked i liked a lot of these episodes i just need to have them pulled up to make my decisions all right let's see here um i'm gonna say number three is gonna go to it's actually a good question what does number three go to i think number three is excuse me sir i liked larping larping was fun mm-hmm oh my holy description ram you really went off on dale i i went crazy hold on do you want me to hold on do you wait list it but censor the one that like hold on i don't know what is going on with the wi-fi yeah you just like you sounded like really dead all right did you hear what i said do i need to repeat that uh yes okay uh do you can you list the description but like like all the things i called him but censor the one that like it's obvious i can list the description but like like all the things i called him but censor the one that like is obvious i can list the description but like like all the things i called him but censor the one that like is obvious i can list the description but like all the things i called him but censor the one that like is obvious Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. I'm going to leave the call and come back. Hold on. Okay. I don't know what is going on. Dude, Dale is like haunting your Wi-Fi. Anyway, let's see everything Rem called Dale. He called him a pedophile, groomer, deadbeat father, racist, homophobe, transphobic, ableist, broke bum. Is this? Yeah. A-hole, dork, polyester prince, polyester jester, nightmare on section eight, failure, wrong. That's everything. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Hold on. Hold on. I'm just we're going to I'm going to keep joining in. I'm going to. Oh, my God. Hold on. Okay. Oh, my. It says disconnected. What? It's all of us. Wait, hold on. Did the Wi-Fi hold on? Hold on. What is going on? Okay. Are we back? Yeah. Okay. I don't know what is going it's Dale. Yeah. He's haunting us. But, um, so yeah, number three, happy birthday, Daniel. Oh, sorry. Sorry. Number three is excuse me, sir. Oh, my God. Oh, here. Hold on. Oh, my God. Okay. Okay. Are we back? Yeah, we're back. Okay. Jesus. And how long is this? Happy. Sorry. Oh, my God. Excuse me, sir. Um, happy birthday, Daniel. And then number one, I think, Mike. Hey, oh, oh, my God. Yeah. All right. Just one more time. One more time. Oh, my God. Why? Why? Seriously? Okay. Okay. But it's it's not just I think it's our cities because he's saying it's both of us. What? I'm not getting any connection issues. I'm not getting any issues. Yeah. Oh, that's great. Did you get everything I said, though? Nope. Nope. Say that one more time. All right. Happy. Sorry. Excuse me, sir. Happy birthday, Daniel. And a tie between low tier out in this episode. That's a good one. Yeah, my list is somewhat similar. At number three, I have. Excuse me, sir. Very close with, um, um. Uh, where did? Where did? Darth Maul get his shoes because I, I really like that one. I think it's a funny joke. Um, uh, so yeah, it's, it's tied with that, but I'm, I'm going to have to put, excuse me, sir, above that at number three. Um, so excuse me, sir. At number three, at number two, I have this episode. This episode was so much fun talking about all these different, uh, people on TikTok, all these low cows, all these influencers it's been, I know, I know I I'm glitching out for BCA, uh, in mega. Um, but yeah, I had a lot of fun. This episode talking about all these different people from TikTok, it's low cows, normal people, people on the spectrum, people who make interesting content in a good way. I don't mean that in a bad way, in a good way, in a good way, um, all the, all these people, um, good, bad in between. It's just been a lot of fun, um, people that we've wanted to talk about again and more spend. Great love this episode. Um, and then at number one, I have the low tier God episode, the web. So we talked about Dale was so much fun. I had so much fun making the, the, the cover art so much fun making, um, the description just talking about it was so much fun. It was, it was great. I loved it. Loved every bit of it. This season has been awesome. I can't believe next season is season 30. That's insane. So this coming suit is coming up. We might be doing the protest idea. We just need to get everything sorted out. Yeah. It's not a hundred percent, but it's something we'd like to do. Yeah. I'm sorry. I interrupted Magma. What'd you say? Oh, great. There it goes again. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. All right. We're about, I think. Okay. Yeah. We're back. Um, we're very sorry, everybody, but, um. I believe you see what Mega Man Mega Man's was saying something in a cutout. I didn't, oh my God. And here it goes again. Okay. Hold on. When, when we come back, Mega Man talk immediately. Are we back? Hold on. All right. We're back. Mega Man talk now. Okay. I got a cardboard box ready to go whenever it's time to make our signs. Perfect. I can't believe it's season 30 season. 30 is almost here. It's. It's insane. Um, uh, the season was a lot of fun, had a lot of fun doing all the episodes, a lot of funny moments, a lot of, a lot, a lot of great episodes. Um, yeah, it was great. Awesome. Loved it. Yeah. I'm going to see, uh, I've been super Mega Man 10 and I'm Rem TGM. Thank y'all for listening to the episode. You're going to see a little goodbye. Goodbye. I think you're listening to season 29. Woo. Bye. Bye. Bye.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The podcast episode discusses TikTok influencers and their impact on meme culture, with hosts Rem, BCA, and Mega Man.
  2. TikTok originated from Chinese app Douyin (2016), later merging with Musical.ly in 2018, and grew rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. Key influencers covered include Joshua Block (improved life, "put the fries in the bag" meme), James Charles (controversial, "Hey Sisters" meme), and the Vegan Teacher (ragebait content).
  4. Sam Town is highlighted as a beloved autistic creator known for Virtual Rabbids and Pull-Ups content, with hosts clarifying they support him, not bully him.
  5. Nova Online is described as a groomer and abuser, with multiple controversies, while Santa Cruz's "Cookie Verse" is praised as a positive fitness storyline.
  6. Other topics include the Griffin Method (editing style), Gerbert (pedophile, "withered Gerbert" meme), IDK Sterling (internet bullying via AI content), Walmart pranksters, and clipping accounts like Clip Consumers.
  7. The episode ends with the "Meme Games" segment, a season finale where hosts play a game called "Best Fest Opposite Day," arguing why memes are the worst.
  8. The hosts are sick, joke about canceling July 4th content, and promote their Discord server and Break Room podcast.

Summary:

The podcast episode "Memes Throughout the Ages" explores how TikTok influencers have shaped modern meme culture. The hosts begin by explaining TikTok's history, from its Chinese origins as Douyin in 2016 to its merger with Musical.ly in 2018, and its explosive growth during the pandemic due to algorithm-driven content discovery. They note that TikTok became a primary source for viral trends, dances, and memes, influencing other platforms like YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.

The discussion then shifts to specific influencers. Joshua Block, once a chaotic alcoholic, has improved his life, though the "put the fries in the bag" meme persists. James Charles is criticized for grooming and controversy, while the Vegan Teacher is seen as a ragebaiter. Sam Town, an autistic creator obsessed with Virtual Rabbids and diapers, is treated with affection, with hosts emphasizing they care for him. Nova Online is condemned as an abuser, while Santa Cruz's "Cookie Verse" is praised as a fun fitness narrative. The Griffin Method, Gerbert's "withered" meme, IDK Sterling's AI bullying, Walmart pranksters, and clipping accounts are also discussed as notable trends.

The episode concludes with the "Meme Games," a season finale where hosts play "Best Fest Opposite Day," arguing why selected memes are the worst. Despite being sick, the hosts deliver a humorous, chaotic, and nostalgic overview of TikTok's influence, inviting listener feedback and promoting their community platforms.

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TikTok is a short-form video sharing platform where users create and watch videos ranging from seconds to minutes. It uses a 'For You Page' algorithm that recommends videos based on user behavior, often promoting newer creators.

TikTok originated from ByteDance's Chinese app Douyin in 2016, then launched internationally in 2017 as an update/rebrand of Musical.ly, which ByteDance acquired. Musical.ly users were migrated into TikTok in 2018.

TikTok's popularity exploded between 2019 and 2021 due to its recommendation algorithm, easy editing tools, licensed music, viral challenges, and features like duets and stitches that let anyone reach millions of viewers.

Joshua Block is a TikTok influencer known for the 'put the fries in the bag' meme. He was a heavy alcoholic and often crashed out, but he has since sobered up, regained control of his life, and now makes content with local businesses.

Sam Town is a 26-year-old autistic TikTok creator known for his love of Pull-Ups diapers and the Virtual Rabbids arcade game. He posts nonsensical videos and is a positive figure in the community, not a groomer or bully target.

The Cookieverse is a TikTok storyline started by Santa Cruz, a supplement and CBD company owner, featuring characters like Cookie King and Dylan Latham. It became a popular reality-show-like series with challenges, running jokes, and arcs that ended in season seven.

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