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Hey guys, it's me, 28-year-old guy with a haircut
that makes him look like a 15-year-old boy.
- Or a girl in a low-cut shirt. - Is this a mirror?
(in video) Thank you so much for clicking on the thumbnail
of me screaming in front of a neon background.
Thanks for clicking my [bleep].
This sounds like satire.
CollegeHumor. I've seen this.
(in video) ...gender stereotypes to talk to you guys about
in jump cuts that serve no actual (whispering) purpose.
And smash cuts to weird pictures with popular songs over them.
Oh, I hate it because it's me.
(in video) Nonstop physicality
(shouting) to compensate for the complete lack
- of jokes and observations. - Oh.
Okay, it's [bleep] on vloggers. I get it now.
These guys nail the style.
(in video) ...OMG so Rambo
humor you'd find on the Disney Channel.
They're just jealous because no one's gonna watch this video.
(in video) This is my cat.
That's true. You got to have a cat.
(in video) Let's break down my original "comedy" sketches.
- (deep voice) Suck it! Break it down! - (laughs)
(in video) Obvious joke minus unique perspective
plus [bleep] costume plus screaming
equals 10 billion views on all my videos.
(laughs) This is why Hollywood hates us.
(in video) Oh no, I peed the bed!
Ooh, it's being thrown down.
(in video) My period!
Despite churning out garbage on a weekly basis,
I'm still a snarky little [bleep]
who has the gall to insult other people.
It's so good.
(in video) If you liked this video, please rate and subscribe.
Ratings. What is this? YouTube 2007?
(in video) If you didn't, I'll dismiss you as a hater
and surround myself with idiots who praise everything I do.
(laughs loudly)
- (laughs) - Whoa.
- This is getting real. - This is real.
(in video) 'Cause once you turn 16
and are smart enough to stop watching my videos,
- someone else turns 12... - Poor twerk. Poor twerk.
(in video) ...and wants to hear me scream about
- (singsong) Justin Bieber. - This is so offensive.
- (crickets chirping) - (in video) Fan factory.
Again, thanks for watching.
- You're a part of the problem. - I think they nailed it.
(poor falsetto) Bill Hicks is dead and I get to live.
(laughs)
Oh my god. I loved that too much.
I'm trying not to say anything mean.
Was that from CollegeHumor?
(Finebros) It was.
Oh my god, those [bleep].
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(Finebros) So the video we just showed you is titled
- "Every YouTube Video Ever." - (laughs)
Oh, great.
I take offense to that.
Well, not every YouTube video ever,
but, you know, almost every YouTube video ever.
(Finebros) As someone who makes YouTube videos,
how does that make you feel?
They're absolutely right.
Well, obviously it's not true,
because there's so much different content on YouTube.
It's a parody. It's satire. And it's CollegeHumor.
And it's beautifully accurate.
It reflects the mentality that a lot of people have
towards the platform.
But people don't understand the level of work
that YouTube creators put into every single one of their videos.
(Finebros) Did they do a good job
in parodying that side of YouTube?
I feel like this is low-hanging fruit.
Sorry, CollegeHumor. I mean, you guys make good videos.
It's, like, terrifyingly accurate.
The gender stereotypical videos, that is so common on YouTube.
I mean, I've made videos like that.
I wish it was more current.
They didn't really touch on collabs or challenges.
They just kind of talked about stuff that we used to do,
like, five, six years ago.
Those of us who want to create content that has a narrative
and has a little bit more thought in it
than just sitting in front of people and ranting,
I would say there is a general consensus
that we look down on those vloggers.
But at the same time, you have to realize,
oh, this is not meant for me.
This is meant for 13-to-14-year-old kids.
(Finebros) So this is mostly parodying vlogging content.
What is your opinion of that type of content created on YouTube?
My personal opinion-- (chuckling) I got to be careful.
They tailor that content towards a very specific demographic.
Sometimes I watch and I'm like, what is the appeal at all?
Girl, I am there with you. I'm there with you.
I actually appreciate how much work and skill
goes into doing something like that.
If there's something you're good at
and there's a buck to be made, go for it.
When I created Miranda, it was making fun of this exact thing.
And then as the years went by,
eventually I just completely started doing the same thing
I'd been making fun of for years.
I don't want to judge too harshly on all these
vloggers that are doing this type of crap,
because I did that type of crap six years ago,
and I evolved and I grew into what I do now,
which is slightly better crap.
They're all sweet kids, and I collab with a lot of them.
But there is definitely a lack of quality.
(Finebros) Do you find that YouTube has a stereotype
when it comes to people from the outside
understanding content on YouTube?
I think, in traditional entertainment, we're viewed as those kids
in their bedroom just making stupid videos and stupid money.
Those traditional media people.
People that seem to think that just 'cause people are on YouTube
they're not as "important."
Every dealing I've had with people who don't understand YouTube
all talk about YouTube like it is the dumbest thing in the world.
I feel like, unless you're in the community,
you don't really, really understand
until you watch a bunch of videos or make them.
There's kind of a negative connotation
that comes along with being a "YouTuber."
Sometimes they won't even let me play at festivals,
where I know I've sold more tickets
than the artists that are playing it.
It's just something that they don't see as valuable.
And I think we shall all prove them wrong.
(Finebros) YouTube also has stereotypes in terms of people saying
the only thing on YouTube is cat videos or vloggers.
Why is it so hard for people to understand YouTube is vast
and a lot of different types of content exist there?
Well, it's probably 'cause
this is all the content that's on YouTube.
This is what the premium-looking stuff is.
It's something that's really new.
And I guess it's more of the older generations
don't really understand all this new social media.
They don't understand why it works.
And because it is this huge ecosystem,
they don't know where to start.
It's just what it got known for.
I'm know for that girl who makes motivational,
inspirational videos.
But it's like, I write novels in my spare time, you know?
I do acting and auditioning and stand-up
much longer than I've done YouTube.
From my experience, it's been really hard for people
to be supportive of YouTubers if they're not in the industry.
"These stupid kids just filming themselves in their room
for five minutes, and now they're rich and famous."
And they get so angry, so they just hate all of YouTube.
YouTube struggles to shake its reputation
for ladybug sex and other simpleton content
partly because it still has not risen
to the level of Netflix or Amazon Prime.
The fact that you don't have to pay top dollar for content
possibly feeds into the fact
that people don't think it's worth top dollar.
Just because there's not that gatekeeper of putting out content
and consuming content, they think that it must be cheap.
It's just a learning process that the world is going through.
And it's becoming more and more readily known
as a place with great content.
(Finebros) Do you feel as a whole
that YouTube creators should "make better content,"
- or no, if it's working, it's working? - I don't.
I don't, because I love to make fun of them.
And I don't want them to get better,
'cause then I don't have material.
I'd like to see YouTube creators do more stories, you know?
That's the hard thing, is writing stories.
I don't want to rag on other YouTubers,
saying that their content isn't good,
because they work really hard for it.
My viewers kind of appreciate me in my bedroom editing it.
I don't know. I think that's a big part of YouTube.
Everyone kind of finds what works for them.
And I think that there are so many people rising
and creating better and better content that's more high-quality.
And it is giving YouTube a better name.
Anyone who says that YouTubers are not making better content
has not been watching YouTube.
In general, there is some really great stuff on YouTube.
But, I mean, wherever there's a cute face,
there's gonna be a girl to like it.
People who use YouTube should make whatever content
they're most inspired to create.
That being said, would it be nice
if there was a larger preponderance
of premium content on YouTube? Yes.
Why judge? Honestly, make any content you want. Do what works.
But the ones that are innovative
are the ones that are gonna last and break through.
And those people will be remembered forever.
(Finebros) So finally, do you think the stigma will shed one day
for online creators?
No, I think there's always gonna be a stigma, unfortunately.
I don't think it's every gonna go away.
I mean, that's like thinking that someday
the tabloids won't make fun of celebrities.
I have always thought that the YouTube celebrity world
and the mainstream celebrity world would fuse eventually,
but it still hasn't.
I don't think the stigma's gonna go away, more in the sense that
people who look down on it are just gonna get older
- and die. - Then die.
I definitely think now we're being more recognized
than we were last year.
The Jenna Marbles and the Ray William Johnson and the Smosh
are creating an industry of entertainment
that looks different than what came before it.
There's always gonna be crappy crap on YouTube,
just like television.
For every Breaking Bad, you're gonna have Little Women of LA,
which, by the way, is a real thing.
There's gonna be so much more better, greater stuff.
And there's also gonna be so much more [bleep] crappy [bleep].
The stigma is actually being shed as we speak.
Music videos, they used to be created for MTV.
Who cares about getting them on MTV now?
The world is really quickly starting to see
that this is the way to reach the demographics of the world,
not just the ones that are in your pocket
or at that TV station where you can buy ads.
No. You can reach the world.
It's our job as larger channels or whatever
to go out and educate people in the space.
And it's YouTube's job too.
It should be them, but we'll pick up the slack.
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