- Okay, that's weird. - It's so wet.
It's like wearing socks all over your body.
- I've never seen that before, and I never wanna see it ever again.
♪ (rock intro) ♪
- (FBE) So, at FBE, you know we love to show you
a lot of meme compilations. - Uh-huh.
- (FBE) Today, we brought in members of Gen Z and their parents
to show you some meme compilations that have become really popular
online recently that don't necessarily look like traditional memes.
These are commonly referred to as unusual meme compilations.
- Have you heard of them? - Yes, I have. Have you?
- Not that much, no. - No. Good. This'll be fun. (laughs)
- If I saw it, maybe I'd be familiar with it.
Some memes can be kind of left field where you really
have to get internet culture to understand it. (laughs)
- That's not me. - (FBE) After each video,
we're gonna have you rate them on a scale of one to five
based on how unusual you guys thought they were.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- I'm excited to see it. I'm just a little nervous
to do it with my dad. - No, I'm nervous to do it with you.
♪ (soft instrumental music) ♪
- What is this? - Minecraft!
- Minecraft?
- (giggles) - It looks kinda cute.
- (laughs) - It's just a little old man.
- So, basically, he's just walking along and they're
building in Minecraft? - Is he gonna fall?
- He's on the edge. - Oh, no.
- Oh, he's gonna jump-- aww. (laughs)
- Try not to fall in the lava. - Oh. Oh!
- There it goes. - (laughs)
Why are you so scared? - I liked it at the beginning.
It was so classical, soft music, piano.
It was so dramatic. I didn't expect the man to fall.
- That was weird humor right there. - Yeah, it was weird.
It made me laugh too, so does that make me weird?
I think so. - Yeah, you're weird,
'cause I didn't laugh at all. - What would you give it?
Probably a four, 'cause what-- - See? She gave it a four.
I give it a one. - I'd give it a four.
- Three. - Not too unusual, so it's a two.
- Four. - I'll give you a two.
- I'll give it a three. - I'll give that one a two.
- I liked it. I thought it was three. - It was a cute thing.
- Yeah. - (laughs)
- Three. - That wasn't unusual for me, so one.
I see this stuff all the time, like every day.
These are unusual, but those are my normal memes.
- (cat meowing) - Oh my god. it's a cat.
Ohhh, no. Okay. - Aww. It looks like a baby kitty.
Oh! - (laughs)
(cat meowing, distorted)
- Scary. - (laughs)
- That cat look crazy. - I didn't like that. (laughs)
- Straight devil cat right there. - It reminded me of the fuuuuu
meme from 4chan. But I wouldn't see this meme
going viral, and usually memes go viral.
- That's a very almost common type of meme.
You take a video, and you just kinda distort it
to be obnoxious and like it cooked in hell for a second.
- (laughs) I don't like it. - I'm gonna give that a one.
- I'll give it a two. - A one.
- Yeah, one. I'm not sure why is the red thing, though at the end.
- It's art, you know? - It's art.
- You gotta interpret it. - Oh, okay.
- Yeah. - I give it a two,
because like I said, it reminds me of the fuuuu meme,
and it's just mirroring it. - A one.
- A three. - I'll just give it a one.
That wasn't unusual. That's pretty-- you know,
I see that a couple times. - Two. I feel like there's more
that's gonna be crazy. - I'll give that a one,
because I see that kind of stuff all the time for me.
She wouldn't. I would. (laughs) - Five.
- One, 'cause that's what I see all the time.
That's unusual for you, but that's normal for me.
(train chugging)
- Oh, Thomas the train! - Yeah.
- Oh my god, Thomas the Tank Engine and Star Wars?
That's the crossover of the century right there.
- Okay. (giggles)
- What, is she racing it? - Oh, this is from the last Star Wars
that he's chasin'. - She just got ran over
by Thomas the train. (chuckles) - Chuckle heads be coming up
with some stupid, boy, I tell you. - (laughs) This is--
- Oh! She got ran over. - (both laugh)
- This was so good! - I wasn't expecting that.
- It's not as unusual for me, because I see
Thomas the Tank Engine memes all the time.
I would give it a two. - Two.
- That's a three. - Five.
- That was a turn. I'ma give that a three.
- I like it. It was a four.
- Two. - A five, 'cause why are you
mashing Thomas the train and Star Wars together?
Those two have no same correlation at all.
- I would rate it two. - That wasn't unusual for me.
I'd rate it a one again. Unless you have something
that's really, like-- You can't phase me.
- One. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - I'll give it a two.
This is what my 13-year-old brother spends his time watching.
That's all he does on his phone is watches these.
- (man) Hamburger. Hamhaham.
Burburbur. - Oh, okay. I know these memes.
Yeah. - (man) Hamhamham.
Burburbur. Gergerger.
- (man) Hambur. Burgerham.
Hamger. Gerburger.
U. (rumbling)
(distorted metallic screech)
- What the heck was that? - I don't know.
- (laughs)
So, that's just the word hamburger. And they're just moving it
back and forth. - But why that are-are-- what use--
- 'Cause it's funny! You're just supposed to laugh.
It's not philosophical. - Okay. (laughs)
- I've seen that a lot. It was a joke in the beginning
of the first quarter at UCLA for me with my roommates.
We would always just look at each other and just say,
"Hamhamham gergergergergerger."
(laughs) - What? (laughs)
That's what you guys do? - Wait, no.
- Definitely weird and unusual. - Yeah, that's a five.
- If I'm basing it off that, I give it a four.
- That's definitely a five. I've never seen that before,
and I never wanna see it ever again.
- Four. - A three.
- Four. - Three.
- I've seen that multiple times already,
so I'ma give that a one. - That was my first time
seeing it, so I'll give it a two. - It just reminds me of 2008 internet,
where they do YouTube poops. I'd give that a one.
- I'd give it a three. - Three.
- Five. Maybe I can show it to my coworker.
Maybe we can start doing what you do.
- No. (chuckles) No, no. That's not a good idea.
- (girl squeals, distorted)
(distorted laugh)
- (man) Hamburger. - Oh my god.
Oh my god. (chuckles) - Hamburger again. (laughs)
- Hmm. Okay then. - (man) Hamburger.
- Oh, we're back to the whole hamburger thing.
- (man) Hamburger.
- Again. Second time and I saw the hamburger,
I was excited. Okay, one more hamburger
is coming, so no more stranger. You know, you're used to hamburger.
- This is what happens with memes. As soon as one happens,
they all start to layer on top of each other
to where they get added to other memes.
- Really? - So, that hamburger one earlier--
- They took it, and they ran with it. - They took it, and they put it
in this one. - It's a one.
- Three. - Solid three on that.
That was good. - Yeah, that was a four.
- Two. - I'll give it a three.
- Three. It was a three. - I'ma give that one a four.
- Yeah? - It had layers.
- It's a nice four. - Four is good.
I haven't watched something like that lately.
- So, it-- (distorted laughter)
Really? When did you watch it? - (both laugh)
- (man) Hamburger. - I'll give it a three.
- A one. - God, that's low.
- What do you mean? - Stop hatin'!
- I'm not hating on anything! - Hating on the hamburger.
- I've seen something like that before,
like people messing up their face or whatever, glitching.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪ - I've seen this before. (chuckles)
- (laughs) - Oh, my. (laughs)
- Oh, this dude about to fly. Woo! - Please land in the--
- Wait hold on. - Wait.
- (both laugh) - I was waiting for the big splash.
I'm disappointed. I'ma give it a three.
- I'ma give it a two. - A five.
- I'd give it a five too. - Five for me.
- Four. - That's a surprise,
so I would rate it four. - A three.
- Probably a-- - It was funny.
- I mean, yeah, it was funny. Probably a one though,
'cause I've seen it before, and it relates to other memes.
- (laughs) That was a five right there.
That was funny. - I'll give it a three,
'cause it was unexpected. - Definitely. I agree.
- These are pretty similar to what Instagram Explore page is.
It's just weird edits. It's kids with too much time
on a computer. (water gently splashing)
- Is that a furry in a bathtub? - Okay, that's weird.
- Wow. - They're in a costume...
in the bath! - Oh.
- It's so wet. It's like wearing socks
all over your body!
- Oh, no. - Yo, is that a dog?
- (laughs) - Or someone with a--
- Someone's wearing a suit. - Somebody got a costume on...
- Yeah. - ...with their feet in the water,
and they're just playing with their feet in the water.
This is the dumbest [bleep] I've ever seen in my life.
- It's gonna be so heavy when they get out.
- You know when you're washing your hands and your sleeve falls
and it gets wet? - Yeah, and then you have that feeling
around your-- and you have to fold it up.
- I will never understand the furry community.
- Wow. - I will never get it.
- That's a five. (chuckles) - That's a four.
- Two. - I'll rate it a three.
- I'm gonna give it a four, 'cause it was just weird.
- Three. - Four, because it's--
I'm still trying to process it. - It's unusual.
I'd give it a four also. - That deserves a five right there.
- I'll give it a five. - I'd give this a minus zero.
What is this? - What?! You give that a minus?
I would give that a five!
- That really wasn't usual.
- It was unusual! - They're in a bath with a suit on.
- But no one does that!
(chicken clucking) - (Tyler) Oh, no.
- Tyler the Creator! - (Tyler) Hope I don't fall.
- (chuckles) - (chuckles) I love Tyler the Creator.
(laughs) - Oh, is that who that is?
- (man) My head has chills. - (Tyler) Nooo.
- (chuckles) - Why are you laughing?!
I don't understand, 'cause I know you didn't
understand that. So why are you laughing?
- That's why I'm laughing. Maybe I didn't understand. (laughs)
- Five. - I give it a five.
- Three. - That's a five.
- I'll give it a three. - Four.
- A four for that. - I'm gonna give him a four,
because it was Tyler the Creator. - I would rate again two.
- I've seen that video before, so two. - I'm gonna say two.
- I give it a three. Good content.
And it's taking one video, putting it in a new setting.
It's good stuff. - (FBE) As we mentioned earlier,
these clips don't look like what many would call
traditional memes. Why do you think these videos
are being referred to as unusual meme compilations
and how do you feel about the evolution of the word "meme"
in general online? - Well, a meme is basically
this internet-- like, an inside joke of the internet.
I think these are unusual, because of the sound effects
and the little-- like, the effects that they add to the video itself.
- Memes have just evolved from very basic photo captions
to very obscure edits. And sometimes you have to be in
to understand the meme, and it's a lot.
It's like a complex knowledge now. - Yeah, because I feel like
your brother and sister will show me stuff,
and it's just... whoosh. - These are the memes
that I've been consuming, so I don't see them as too unusual,
which kind of ties into the evolution of the definition of meme,
because it's sort of just meaning some--
it's becoming something that you don't expect anymore.
The humor comes from the subversion of your expectations.
- (FBE) For the parents, do you feel like you understand
your child's humor a little more, or are you just concerned
for their generation? - I'm definitely concerned
about their generation, 'cause they're way off.
But-- - (laughs) What?!
- 'Cause they're weird. Your generation's weird, man.
But I understand my daughter's weirdness,
her weirdness, kind of humor, you know?
- I do not know what impact will have on child's mental growth.
It's kind of a wild, you know, river running in different direction,
because there's no theme. There's no story behind it.
Just make anything, that becomes these ones.
- I'm very concerned about this generation.
But yes, I do understand his humor a little bit now.
When we were growing up, we had the actual comedy.
You had comedians. But now, with the internet,
you could just turn around, and you could see--
like he said, you can take something, make it funny, and repeat it
over and over and over again. - (FBE) So, many of the videos
you saw here today are from a YouTube channel
called UnusualVideos, where they post
many unusual meme compilations. While that page has
over 100 million views, these unusual memes have also
become more popular across multiple accounts
throughout the internet. Why do you think so many people
are watching these compilation videos of unusual memes?
- 'Cause you get a good chuckle out of it. They're weird.
I think people just like to be surprised a little bit...
- Mm-hmm. Creative. - ...like how much further can we go?
- Yes. - Everyone loves memes.
And then also, there are different types of memes,
so people wanna disperse off to something different
rather than everything that's already out there.
- People nowadays, the internet, the weirder it is,
the more people like it. - (FBE) So finally, is this something
you think you'll go home and watch more of?
- I will. I always do. This is what my feed looks like.
- I'm gonna say pass. Yeah. - (snickers)
- Probably not his thing. (chuckles) I don't know.
- No, I would not say that. I would not rule that out.
We're so used to daily living, okay, normalization, so to speak.
And when you get something like this, it is something that is unexpected.
you get unexpected results. It catches your attention.
- I'll go home and watch some more of it.
We'll watch it together, right? - Uh, I'm about to go home
and watch my TV show. - (both laugh)
- Maybe I can watch with her. She may come back and say,
"Daddy, look at this one." So, I can watch her
with some couple of times, but I won't become like a fan
and spending time on this one. - Not without pausing it
after every one and explaining the plot and the storyline,
so I'd rather just watch them alone. Thank you.
- Thanks for watching this unusual episode.
- Shoutout to KD Ray! - Subscribe and hit the bell,
so you never miss an episode. - What's the most unusual meme
you've ever seen? - Let us know in the comments below.
- (both) Bye! - Hey, guys. I'm Jesse,
associate producer here at FBE. Thank you so much for watching
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