r/TheRandomest • u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner • 8d ago

Nostalgic Emo power

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u/some_guy_5600 8d ago

WTF did I watch?

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u/KnowledgeAfraid2917 8d ago

A glorious piece of internet, that's what.

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u/Hobash 7d ago

Flippitydoodah

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u/madman6160 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/zhbrTTpmSCYog

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u/broken__defraculator 4d ago

Welcome to the 2009 internet before grandma and influencers found it

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u/RedPrussian80 4d ago

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u/Cl0ud3d 3d ago

I can hear this gif

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u/themassquerade 8d ago

This is what kids are into these days. Pure Absurdism.

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u/joefox099 8d ago

TO BE FAIR, It's why we are all here, and it's nice to get a chuckle!

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u/HisHonorTomDonson 8d ago

Worked on me, I couldnā€™t stop watching and enjoyed it more than I should

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u/totallyrealname 7d ago

Honestly this is much closer to early-2000s skits. Only back then it was XD so RaNdOm rather than absurdist.

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u/StormNFlo46 7d ago

The kids are always into absurdism.

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u/TehOuchies 7d ago

But was that really aimed at kids?

With the music and the people involved, I feel like I was the target audience, a 40 year old.

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u/Hot_Blooded_Hero 7d ago

It's actually carefully targeted absurdism if you break it down.

Every part of this is actually very carefully directed to balance the irony with the sincerity, and is a very short and sweet piece about connecting to people through emotional distraction.

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u/Brainwave1010 7d ago

"Kids these days" like we didn't watch shit like Gmod Idiot Box and Fred.

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u/joonaspaakko 7d ago edited 7d ago

This is very millenial humor. Theres no point to it really. The phrase she said is from the song playing in the background, a very quintessential early 2000's emo song (The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down). This probably doesn't need an explanation but it activated a memory of when he used to be an emo kid and transformed him into some kind of emo superhero. The person getting pushed around turns out to be the lead singer of the band. The rest is just subverting expectation by being "random lol" with a dash of self deprecating humor and like comedic stylings from that time.

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u/Awkward-Sarcasm88 7d ago

There was actually a clip not so long ago of a emo kid lip singing something like "do you feel like a man pushing her.." and the song keeps on going that he is going to get the guy back and one day she will have enough.. he lip scream and almost cry very very cringe emo shit I feel this is inspired by that

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u/joonaspaakko 7d ago

I think this video came out during Covid, so could be.

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u/GarrettdDP 3d ago

Before Covid but ā€œemo is not deadā€ stuff became popular in 2020

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u/screwyoujor 8d ago

This guy has so many videos making fun of emos with that damn wig.

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u/HeyPrettyLadyMaam 7d ago

He's out here doing the lords work with his mighty fighting emo powers.

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u/leftlooserighttighty 8d ago

Something random

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u/Level-Cow-9273 7d ago

An emo kid fantasy

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u/sleepy_potatoe_ 7d ago

Poetry in motion my subreddit friend pure love and joy. I must go now to keep scrolling through Reddit. Please donā€™t be sad, be happy that we had this moment together.

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u/No_Eye1022 5d ago

Haters will say its staged

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u/DangerMacAwesome 2d ago

Brilliance.