♪ (punk rock music) ♪
- (Finebros) Before we start, for this episode,
we need you to put these on.
- Oh, I thought it was going to be an Oculus Rift or something.
And I was like, "I'm not ready for this.
You can't do that to me."
- Oh. (chuckles) I'm so nervous.
- Hopefully this is that ASMR thing.
I watched the YouTubers React, and that was really cool.
Like, it was comforting, like, relaxing.
(silence)
- Why do I need headphones for this though? Oh.
♪ (blaring music starts abruptly) ♪ - (startled) Oh my god!
- Cat eating food.
♪ (blaring music) ♪
- Aw. Kitty.
♪ (blaring music) ♪ Oh god.
Ooh, that scared me. I'm actually-- like, my heart is pounding.
- What the heck? That was a dank meme.
(silence)
- What would you do for a Klondike bar?
- ♪ (Ty Dolla Sign, "Blasé") ♪
♪ (blaring music) ♪
♪ (Ty Dolla Sign, "Blasé") ♪
♪ (blaring music) ♪ - (snickers)
♪ (Ty Dolla Sign, "Blasé") ♪
♪ (blaring music) ♪
- What the hell wa-- sorry.
Is there supposed to be a point to these videos?
'Cause I don't see it.
- Is this like some type of vine that's really popular right now?
♪ (Tiny Tim music) ♪ - Okay. This is new, ukulele. It's nice.
- Ooh.
♪ (blaring music) ♪
♪ (Tiny Tim harmonizing) ♪
♪ (blaring music) ♪ - Oh!! (gasps in shock)
My god. They're funny, but they're so loud.
- Oh, they're like the meme beat-drop videos.
Oh, these hurt my ears a lot.
- I love these.
This is what I do all day on Vine, is I just watch these.
♪ (hip-hop intro, air horn accompaniment) ♪
♪ (blaring music) ♪
♪ (air horn accompaniment) ♪
♪ (blaring music) ♪ - Ooh! [Bleep], bro.
♪ (air horn accompaniment) ♪
♪ (blaring music) ♪ - Oh no! The child!
That happened to my sister once when we were at a petting zoo.
- That bass though.
- The bass is just brutal for everything.
- (Squidward) Hello, you've reached the house
of unrecognized talent. Please start after the...
♪ (blaring bass) ♪ - (imitates)
- (Squidward) ...unrecognized talent. - (chortles)
- (Squidward) Please start after the... - Me too.
♪ (blaring bass) ♪
- I feel that. That's talent right there.
(unintelligible voice)
(Bart chuckles mischievously)
♪ (music blaring) ♪ - Oh god.
♪ (music blaring) ♪ - Ow!
That one hurt a little bit.
♪ (Vengaboys, "We Like to Party") ♪
♪ (blaring music) ♪
- ♪ (vocalizes along) ♪
♪ (blaring) ♪ - (cracking up)
How many more of these are there?
- I'm a bass head, so this is really entertaining to me.
♪ (bass blares) ♪
- (chuckles)
♪ (blaring, unrecognizable music) ♪
- Ouch!
- It sounds like a speaker is about to be blown off.
It's just like crazy screams.
- That's like constant buzzing in your ears. It's like, oh no.
- (Mike) Let's go. - What the hell?
He's not supposed to have two eyes.
- (Mike) Sure, step aside, kid. We're--
♪ (blare) ♪
(blaring scream) - (laughing)
(blaring scream)
- Ouch!
- Whoever makes these videos, like, what is going on?
(laughter) - Um...
♪ (blaring version of "Electric Zoo" from SpongeBob) ♪
- Yeah, that's me right now.
- Oh my god! What?
- I can't cover my ears, 'cause I have these on.
So it's not gonna help.
- All right, let me see this. Shrek and Fiona.
- Oh, I wonder where the bass comes.
♪ (blare) ♪ (Shrek yowls in rage)
♪(blare)♪ (Shrek yowls in rage)
- (laughs)
Okay, that was funny.
- People are so creative with this stuff.
And it just makes it that much better,
because people all come together to create these crazy videos.
- (nervously) I'm just bracing myself.
I don't know what's gonna happen.
♪ (music starts up) ♪
♪ (blaring version of Thomas the Tank Engine theme) ♪
- (perplexed) What the--
- You guys have ruined Harry Potter.
♪ (blaring music continues) ♪
- Fake-smiling through the pain, through the ear pain.
- Can I take these off?
- I watch those on my free time.
It's my type of humor.
- I'm so confused though. Like, what is the point of all this?
♪ (punk rock music) ♪
- (Finebros) So did you enjoy going through that experience?
- (chuckling) No.
- No, not at all.
You're expecting something funny,
but instead you get something annoying.
- I was confused majority of the time.
It was funny though. Were those vines?
- After a while, I got used to it a little bit kind of.
But it's just, oh my god.
- Absolutely. No idea why though.
- I actually did enjoy that. I love those dank memes.
Can't get enough of 'em.
- I thoroughly enjoyed that experience,
not even kind enjoyed it. But I was having a good time.
- Wow, so calm, so peaceful, so tranquil.
And then... (BOOM!!!)
- (Finebros) Well, these videos all fall under a popular meme
called "R.I.P. Headphone Users."
- Ohh! That makes sense.
I've seen that in the comments of a lot of YouTube videos.
- (Finebros) Are you familiar with this term?
- Nope, not at all.
- I'm very familiar with the term.
In many comments, it's,
"RIP headphone users at this point in time."
- I've seen these type of videos on YouTube and Tumblr
and Vine and Instagram and Twitter, just everywhere.
- I see them on Vine a lot.
They'll be on Twitter too and Instagram.
I do it on my free time all the time.
That's my favorite type of stuff.
- They'll start as innocent as like someone was editing
and didn't balance the audio.
But now it's just trolls being trolls.
And it's probably silent at 22 seconds.
Like, "Hey, push your thing down."
Everyone's like, "Is my computer working?"
- (Finebros) Some say that this began
when people posted videos online
with excessively loud audio tracks,
not even necessarily on purpose.
And then users would leave the comment
with "R.I.P. headphone users"
at that time code of where it happened.
- Oh yeah, I've seen that.
- It's kind of like a warning for those people.
Or it's kind of like making fun of the people
who actually had to go through it.
- Yeah, that's what I do pretty much when I scream,
when I play horror games here and I just start screaming.
I'm like, "Oh god, whoever's using headphones I'm so sorry."
- (Finebros) So people are now making videos purposely
to do this to people.
There are multiple users that have channels completely dedicated
to "R.I.P. headphone user" videos and compilations.
- See, I enjoyed it, so shit. I'm in their demographic.
- It went from a safety comment to just,
"Hey, do you want to not hear for the rest of your life?
Have this."
- (Finebros) Why do you think people would decide
to make these types of videos? - It might be funny.
Some people find mean things funny.
- Well, to get that money, you know, and to get those views.
- If people are getting laughs at it.
Like, I get a good laugh at it. Like, why not do it?
- It's entertaining to watch.
Now I kinda want to make them. So (laughs) not gonna lie.
- To go with the flow, whatever's trending.
There's always a new generation of versions of tricking.
- Just to troll people, I guess.
- It is like a troll.
No one's expecting it,
and all of a sudden you go deaf for a couple seconds.
- I feel like it's one of those videos
that you're meant to show your best friend
and then capture his reaction.
You're like, "Yo, yo, watch this video."
And then he puts his headphones in.
Be like, "Put the volume up, man.
You can't hear. He's whispering." And then...
♪ (blaring hip-hop music) ♪
- (Finebros) Finally, why do you think
this is something that people find so amusing
that it's become a whole trend?
- I just think it's so funny to scare people.
- 'Cause you're part of something.
We all strive to have that fulfilling feeling.
- When we had the Harlem Shake,
people just like when calm stuff--
when peacefulness turns into utter pandemonium.
- They just become comedy,
and you just want to watch them over and over again.
So I feel like the trend just keeps going on to more people.
I honestly could spend hours watching that.
- Thanks for watching this episode of Teens React.
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- Let us know in the comments
what viral video we should react to next.
- Hey, guys. This is actually my last episode of Teens React.
I've really enjoyed my experience,
and I've grown a lot as a person over the last four years.
And I really gotta thank all of you for supporting the show.
And yeah, thank you to the Fine Brothers.
And see you guys whenever next time.
♪ (punk rock music) ♪