- That is me! (laughs) - I believe that.
- Oh my God, no, that's... - The chair?
- This is where I draw the line.
- I don't judge people, okay? - Because you're one of 'em.
♪ (punk rock intro) ♪
- (woman) Oh.
- influencersinthewild,
PSA, don't make your kids do this, it's weird.
- Oh, it's the kids taking pictures of their parents.
- Oh no!
- Oh, their kids are taking the picture for them.
- Oh, good. - (laughs) What?
- That's so funny,
and she's pulling the kid out of the way, oh my God.
- He was taught well.
- Okay. - Look at the little girl,
just wants to go in the water. She has her floaties on.
She's like "Mom, when are you gonna get out?"
- And they're not supervising, 'cause they're too busy
with the selfie. - Oh my gosh.
- This is awesome.
- No dad, that's not good! - Why?
- 'Cause they're taking... - Some good skills!
- It's so weird, 'cause I have my mom here, man.
That's like, my goals for later life.
- That's pretty funny.
- But I wouldn't let my kids take a picture of me.
- You had me take pictures of you. - Not like that!
- (FBE) As you may have gathered, this Instagram account,
called influencersinthewild, specializes in catching people
capturing that perfect Insta photo.
So today, we have parents and members of Gen Z,
who might know a thing about this here,
to show you more posts from this account,
and see what you think!
- Okay, let's see it! (Jayka laughs)
- They didn't catch you in the wild, did they?
- I don't think I would have done something this embarassing.
- (man) I'm gonna say "you know that's sewage?"
- Oh my God. - Oh, stop.
In the middle of a street?
Are you kidding me? - Okay, but like,
those pictures probably came out really cool.
- Yeah, but...
- (man) You know that's sewage?
(both laugh)
This is amazing!
- Oh, so she's standing over one of those manholes in NYC.
- That's gross.
- At that point, just buy a smoke machine.
They're like $50.
- In the middle of the street. - This is great.
- Like, are you that stupid? - (laughs) This is great.
That's creative! - Blocking traffic?
- It was coned off!
- If the picture comes out fire, then like hey,
then it can't be wrong, you know, but...
- No!
- That's where our divide is, you're just old. (laughs)
(shutter clicks)
- Never in my life have I felt cute pumping gas.
- Them getting gas! (laughs)
- Oh, that's now, you're not supposed to do that
at a gas station. - Why?
This is the one that seems most acceptable?
- No, I mean, have an explosion. Electronic device, gas fumes.
- Oh. - Like...
- I didn't even think about that.
- What, that's not even a flex, everyone has to fill up their car.
Like I'm so confused.
- What, is she taking a picture of her shoe?
- That's so extra.
She's like "let me take a picture in front of my Range Rover."
- I hope she took a picture of how much her fill-up was.
- That's not the shot that people are gonna be like
"wow, I literally love that photo of her getting gas at 7-Eleven."
- This is so normal.
She's probably taking a Snapchat streak or something, you know?
- Well maybe, but that's so weird. - I don't judge people, okay?
- Because you're one of 'em.
♪ (smooth jazz music) ♪
- Oh wow. - Oh my God.
- Oh, you go!
- Oh my gosh, that's me! (laughs) That is me!
- I believe that!
- And that other guy is my friend hyping me up.
He's like "damn bitch, you looking good!"
- (laughs) God, no. - Oh my gosh, in front of everyone?
Did a roll like in the sand!
- I'd definitely help my homeboy with that too.
- (laughs) I love you.
- I mean... - Carlos, you make me so proud.
- He was working it!
Like, he was doing a full-on gymnastics routine.
Like, props to him.
- Um yeah, I don't know about this one.
- What is going on?
Oh! - Is that yoga?
- I didn't even see that for a second. I was like what's going on?
- What is she doing?
- You gotta get that perfect shot! - No, but like, look at her position!
- Oh God. - Oh my gosh.
- Wait, oh my God.
- There's people, like just walking by.
- I do have to admit that I have taken sexy shots for...
- Oh God. - For a friend. (laughs)
- I'm not even that flexible, I'm [bleep].
- What the hell? - I would be (laughs)
Call 9-1-1. (both laugh)
- It's so normal to just see people with their cameras
like on their wrist 24/7.
They're always ready to make content.
- Ma'am. - See?
- Do you mind, we're trying to eat and not fight
for the entire remainder of the vacation.
(Erika laughs)
- In front of the person's dinner table.
You don't even know these people!
- His wife is like totally kicking him in the shin.
- She's like please look, I dare you to look.
- This is over.
- Oh! (both laugh)
- Yeah, that's invasion of space.
- I don't think it was too far.
Honestly, like, although you're in front of people,
like, the shot looked really nice.
- He would've been fine if she just stepped
so that her butt wasn't in their faces.
- It almost looked like her butt was on the table.
- The table! - Yeah! (laughs)
- Oh. - Uh.
- What is he taking a picture of? - They're out there...
- Okay, this one's fine.
- This is probably the only reason she came to the aquarium.
- She did the exact same thing at the Sistine Chapel.
(both laugh)
- Oh, looking at these candid shots. That's so cringe.
- Eh. (both laugh)
(both laugh)
- I could do that too. - Honestly ma, that would be you.
- That would be me.
- I would be laughing if somebody was doing this.
- Yeah.
- Like, he's not even making fun of her,
it's just like imitating her, because it's funny.
- Is she even gonna look at the actual fish later?
No, she just went to the aquarium to get her Instagram photo.
Come on. - Your poor generation.
- Oftentimes people will bemoan my generation
for being like "you're always taking photos"
like you're not enjoying it,
but the reality of the matter is at most, they'll proabaly do this
for like five minutes, and then the rest of the time,
you're looking at the aquarium.
- Oh! - Oh. (laughs)
- (man) You gotta be [bleep] kidding me.
- They're blocking traffic to get the shot, wow.
- Oh my God, no, that's... - Is that a chair?
- This is where I draw the line.
- Now that right there... - Oh, okay.
- That's your brother. - Yeah.
- That's the oldest one. - That's my older brother.
- All the way.
- Yeah, that's crazy. - Yeah.
No, that's very dangerous. - And dangerous.
- There should be like a thing on like Waze or Google Maps
or something, like... - Instagram? (laughs)
- There's an Instagram influencer up ahead, be careful.
- This and like public gestures of like,
"I'm gonna shut down the whole freeway."
It's like dude, everybody else has a life,
we're trying to get places.
- Me and my brother literally take pictures in the middle of the street,
like I have a bunch of pictures on my Instagram
of just us in the street. (laughs) - Doing nonsense.
(shutter clicks)
- No way, are they inside a jet airplane?
- A plane, pilot over the loudspeaker
"sorry folks, we're gonna be a little delayed for take off,
we have an aspiring influencer who's willing to die for content
in one of the jet engines." - Oh, wow, whoa.
- Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh!
- She came out of there! - Okay, now that's too much.
- Okay, see that's extra, but is she talking the picture...
Oh, oh, I didn't even see her! Oh my God!
- That's too far. That is too far.
- What the heck? - Inside the jet engine?
I've heard of birds causing damage to engines, jet engines,
but never aspiring influencers in the wild.
- That, like, my heart is still pumping right now.
'Cause it's like, it's super dumb and scary.
- What? - Okay, nah,
see that's what we're not gonna do.
- That would be a no from me. - That'd be a high key no from me.
- Not in the trash. - I'd be the one in the the picture.
I wouldn't be the one taking the picture.
- What a good friend! - What a great photographer.
- My friends take three pictures, and I'm like, excuse me?
Like this girl was probably like beep, beep, beep, beep, beep,
like getting all the angles.
- I'd do that for my friends. Low key, low key.
I'm like the type of person who like,
I get on the ground and I like go like this,
and I like climb on things. - Sorry Becca.
I don't think you're tall enough to climb up that high.
- I've dumpster dived before.
Mom, we used to go dumpster diving,
so I'm not like totally opposed to it,
'cause God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt, right?
- I like lay on the floor to get it of my friends,
but like a dumpster? Not yet.
- Crushin' it.
- Oh, she's taking a selfie.
- She has to show off the shirt.
- I'm gonna need her to wear a longer shirt.
- No, she's showing off the shirt.
She's probably got like her brand deal or whatever.
That's so cute. - Oh, that's what it is?
- I don't get what the big deal is.
- I think this is just normal. Like, people take selfies.
- Ah, but she really think she's killing, okay, oop.
- Oh shoot. - Oh, she's so cute, I love her.
- She's having fun! - I know, like what?
- It's okay! - Yeah, they can't make fun of her.
- Maybe she's happy and excited that she's just, went to the gym.
- Maybe it's a new shirt, yeah.
- She probably feels good, and if anything,
this is just kinda rude, because it's making fun of her
for a day that she was probably like "oh, I look really nice today."
- (FBE) So again, all those videos and pictures you saw today
are from an Instagram account called influencersinthewild.
Overall, what are your thoughts
on the general concept of this account?
- Well it's different. I can truly say that.
You know, if I want a good laugh, that's where I gotta go.
- (both) I love it.
- (laughs) I love cringe, I love watching it happen live,
so this behind the scenes of all these beautiful photos and stuff.
- In a lot of ways, it points out some issues
that my generation has with maybe going too far
for the perfect shot, or like for a cute photo.
But in a lot of ways,
it reflects more on the people who took the videos,
that they feel so comfortable making fun of another person
for something that's really normal.
- (FBE) So this account was created by George Resch,
who is better known for his other account, Tank.Sinatra,
where he's become a popular meme creator.
- I have never heard of him. - No.
- Yeah, I follow Tank.Sinatra. That account is so funny.
- (FBE) He created this new account on January 10th 2020,
and in less than a month, it's gained nearly a million followers,
and millions and millions of views across the posts.
We've seen similiar videos circulating on social media before,
but this particular account seems to be gaining a lot of attention.
Why do you think this account became so popular so quickly?
Do you think it's because people enjoy making fun of these influencers?
Or because on some level, a lot of the people can relate to them?
- I think it's kinda both.
I feel like a lot of people do this, but they don't know
if they're the only ones, so they like seeing
other people doing it, and they kinda like making fun of people,
'cause it's kinda crazy that people would like stop traffic,
or just go to an aquarium just to get the perfect photo.
- Definitely the relatable side.
Most people don't get to see the behind the scenes
of the making of the shot,
so it was pretty interesting to a lot of people.
- I hope that's the case.
- Yeah, I don't think they're making fun of them.
- Because I don't know, some people are just so like,
they just hate for some reason.
- It kinda scares me, 'cause it's a bit big brother-esque,
just 'cause, for all you know, you could be walking on the street
just like taking a selfie, feeling really good about yourself,
and there's just some random guy who for some reason goes
(laughs) "Stupid teen, I'm gonna record this,
and send this to an account with a million followers."
It makes you a little paranoid to just have fun with your friends
and something that's usually done as like a social bonding experience.
- (FBE) In a caption for one of the posts on the account,
Sinatra said quote, "this should go without saying,
but this page is not about shaming people,
or trying to troll influencers, at most it's a neutral documentation
of a massive shift we've undergone as a society,
where people literally will take pictures anywhere
at any time, to make sure
that they have content for their social media."
- Mmm.
- (FBE) Obviously, we have a parent and a teen here today,
so we're curious for both of you,
have you noticed this shift in society?
- Yes. - Yeah for sure.
There is a big change.
It's honestly getting pretty annoying.
I was just thinking about this earlier at the fact that like,
everybody records every little thing that happens.
- Oh definitely, just alone, when we're ordering food,
we're trying to eat, but guess what?
Instagram eats first, the food has, you know,
you have to take a picture of the food first.
Everything must be on... - Everything is about...
- Social media, which is... - Like feeding your Instagram account.
- Yeah. - Yes.
It gets a little frustrating when everyone else around you
is either on their phone or trying to take pictures of something,
or trying to make a moment seem something it's not.
- Okay, boomer. Uh, so...
- Who? - Boomer, it's a saying.
- The technology is amazing.
In litereally one hand, you could just record something,
and then it's saved forever.
- At one point in time, there were no cameras,
there was no phones, there was no computers or anything,
so now that we... - Not too long ago.
- Yeah. Now that we have this technology,
I think it's good that we're using it!
- (FBE) So finally, is this an account you guys would follow?
- I'm gonna definitely follow. - Yeah.
- I'm literally gonna follow after this is done. (laughs)
- If I want a good laugh, yeah, I'll definitely do it.
- Eh. - I don't think I would follow it.
- I don't think I will follow.
- I see it too much all the time, like I don't,
it's so normal, like people will laugh at it, and I look at it,
and I'm like "okay, and?"
- Definitely. - Yes!
- It's so funny, like watching people doing crazy things
just to get like one Instagram picture.
- I don't think I would look at this, no.
- I don't think I'd follow it either, but it is a trend that's happening,
and it's something that we're just gonna have to deal with,
and we're gonna have to grow with as a society.
And so if this helps foster deeper understanding,
or if this gets conversations like this started,
then it's just gonna be something we'll have to live with.
- Thanks for watching this episode of Gen Z and Parents React.
- Shout out to Demi Otubaga.
- Thanks for watching! - Bye!
- Hey guys, I'm Jesse, Associate Producer here at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode.
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where we post auditions, show behind the scenes,
and so much more! Bye guys!