- Okay, I fail to see the humor.
- I've been telling my grandkids, "Create something like this,
and you'll be rich." - I don't know what to make of it.
I mean, I really don't!
♪ (ragtime intro) ♪
- Am I in the matrix? - Oh, that's creative.
- Wow, look at this. They're multiplying!
- It's a trip. (chuckles) - Why?
I don't get it, you know? It's like, what for?
- I thought it was going somewhere, and it didn't.
♪ (GameCube intro) ♪
- Dolan Dark. - Okay, this is very weird.
- Looks like Rubik's Cube. (chuckles)
- It's gonna be a--
♪ (upbeat 8-bit music) ♪ Oh, okay.
That was a little bit different. The last time it was, what? Africa?
- I was about to say, I think I've done this one before.
But that was with the Africa thing.
- (Keller) At 1900 local time yesterday,
SOCCENT Forward Operations Base in Qatar was attacked.
- There are the helicopters. - (Keller) The objective of the...
- I know him. - That's Jon Voigt.
- (Keller) ...so far is this sound. ♪ (electronic music) ♪
- (laughs)
- Okay, so they have some mysterious sound,
which will lead them to the crime.
- I don't get it. - Club Penguin?
I don't know what to make of it. I mean, I really don't!
♪ (Darude, "Sandstorm") ♪
- Oh, this is cute. - So, he's all the musicians himself.
- It's almost like those figures have been cut and pasted.
- Okay, I fail to see the humor.
- I'm enjoying it. The boys are enjoying it.
But the little girl says, "No thank you."
- (laughs) - I have to learn how
to do stuff like this. It seemed like fun.
- You know what people should never do?
They should never have any drugs of any kind
and watch any of these, because this could blow your mind.
- Everybody's getting so good on the internet with video.
So, unless you do something really unique, really very special,
it doesn't... it doesn't impress me. I'm sorry.
- (FBE) So, these videos all come from the same creator.
- Uh-huh. Is that Grandayy?
- (FBE) It's not. - It's not Grandayy.
- (FBE) Before we talk about him, we wanna show some more videos.
- Okay. I can hardly wait.
- It's movie time again. - (man) I keep thinking
about this story. - Spooky. I like spooky.
- There's this video. - Knuckles?
- I remember that little thing. - (man) It kills you
seven days after you watch it. - That's most of these.
- What the hell is that?
- (man) The second it's over, the phone rings.
(phone ringing) And this voice says,
"Do you know da wae?" - (girl exclaims)
- Do you know da wae? Do you know da wae?!
That, I remember. - (Don and Knuckles clicking)
I could've helped with this one.
- (man) You've opened up a door,
and now no one is safe.
- This is creepy and frightening.
- What does he mean by this?
- Here it comes.
Do you know da wae? Love it.
A little bit of genius in that. - I love things that are creative.
- I've been telling my grandkids, "Create something like this,
and you'll be rich."
- I think a lot of stuff that maybe younger people
find funny is kind of juvenile. I'm sorry.
- (Rey) I didn't know there was this much green in the whole galaxy.
- (man) An only ogre only roars... - (laughs)
- (chuckles) - (man) You wouldn't wanna
see me angry.
AHHHHHHHH!
- Ahh! - That's crazy.
- Han Solo was having none of that.
Everyone loves a good Star Wars joke.
- Wow, he swallowed the Millennium Falcon.
Now, that's gonna be a real problem on the digestive system.
- (David) And blow into the hole gently, like so.
♪ (flute music) ♪
- And then he's gonna do something really silly here.
- You can do it. Looks like fun.
♪ (off-key flute music) ♪ - (bursts out laughing)
- (chuckles) - Jeez, that's irritating.
- Uncanny! - It's just not my kind of humor,
I guess, you know? I'm old. What can I say?
- It is really, really creative to do those edits.
It's like a DJ in music.
- (Spider-Man) You're gonna be okay, ma'am.
I've got the cure right here.
- Good to know. - (Aunt May) Take off your mask.
I wanna see my nephew. - Aww.
- (Spider-Man) Pizza time. - (laughs) That's cute.
- That's cute! She was dying,
and then "I wanna see my nephew." "Pizza time!" (chuckles)
- (man) No.
(tool whirring) - (laughs)
- (Phil) To show you the power of Flex Tape...
- (laughs) - Oh, that's Phil Swift,
the guy that opens the boat up.
- (Phil) I sawed this boat in half!
- I know. I hate it when this happens.
- Now, this is "The Poseidon Adventure,"
where the boat turns over.
- (Phil) The inside is completely dry.
- (chuckles)
(tool whirring) - (Phil) To show you
the power of Flex Tape... (tool whirring)
(loud boom)
- Well, that's a twist ending.
- Sometimes you wanna see stuff that you don't have
to pay too much attention to, like flipping through a magazine.
- Maybe Kids React might find that more funny.
- THAT... is genius. And any description
that I would give it... wouldn't do it justice.
- (FBE) So, all of these were made by Dolan Dark,
who is a very well-known meme lord.
- What does that mean? - Meme lord.
Well, there's a new one for me.
- (FBE) So, you may recall that we recently had you
react to another meme lord. - How could I forget?
That was so fascinating. - (FBE) Remember his name?
- No. - Grandayy or Grah-n-day.
Gran-day to us normal people. - They were very similar.
I thought it was the same one. - (FBE) So, memes are a little hard
to exactly explain, but a lot of people
see them as inside jokes that revolve around popular trends
on the internet. - Right. Yes.
There wasn't anything similar to memes or GIFs
when I was growing up.
- (FBE) So, going back to Dolan Dark's video,
there's a term for this kind of content.
- I'll be there is: crap! - (FBE) Pretty close.
Sometimes people, including Dolan himself,
refer to this content as [bleep] posting.
- See? I'm intuitive!
- (FBE) The term can mean a variety of things,
but some define it as something random,
aggressively ironic, not always making sense,
and sometimes used to derail a conversation.
- Catches you off guard. It's creative. It's very visual.
- During my time, I never thought stupid things
were funny. (laughs) But now people have
this funny bone in them, (softly) but not me.
- They're not living interesting lives,
so they're wasting their time watching [bleep].
- There is a creativity and a certain amount of intelligence
and genius, if you will, to do something in seconds
and have it, boom, impact. - Well, it's great fun.
If it's done in an artistic way, such as this... meme lord?
Meme lord. For example, there would--
we had the impressionists, and we had the modern artists.
Part of it reminded me of cubism,
things that seemed random and did not resonate
and did not seem right. Suddenly, we look at them
in a different light, and we start to enjoy them.
- (FBE) So, you were in our Grandayy episode.
You've seen memes from two of the biggest meme creators
currently on the internet. For you, what are your thoughts
on how it's not just one person, but more people spending their time
creating memes like this? - Well, I think if they find out
that it's profitable, then why not copy it?
- I really had a problem with someone giving up
being a doctor to do this, but maybe he'll go back
once it dies down, and he's made his $50 million.
- (FBE) Similar to Grandayy, Dolan Dark has also earned
a college degree... - (laughs)
- (FBE) ...but decided not to use it...
- I'm sorry. - (FBE) ...and creates memes full-time.
- I laugh at that. Their parents must be so proud.
- (FBE) So, do you consider this work to be a real job?
- I think it as long as it works, and he has a college degree
to back him up, at least he's got something
to back him up. - As long as he's content
and happy with what he's doing with his life
and what his future's gonna look like, I think it's great.
- I don't know. What's a real job?
You're doing something. You're making money off it.
They say if you love what you do, it's not a job.
- I think it's wonderful that young people
have found real jobs this way. I'm just surprised
that this particular kid is making enough to sustain himself,
'cause I don't find his content that creative, that inventive,
or that interesting. - If I put someone through college
or helped, I'd be a little bit upset about that.
Although, then I'm thinking back, I'm sure Walt Disney's parents
and Stan Lee's parents were like, "You're gonna
draw pictures for a living?"
- (FBE) So, do you find as you get older,
it's kind of harder to stay on top of these popular subcultures
and trends compared to the younger generations?
- Well, yes, of course it is,
because there are so many methods of delivery.
- It's really hard, because they have some words
that they use that I don't understand.
- People stay on top of things they're interested in
or they're making money from. I'm not making money from it.
I'm not interested in it. I could care less.
- (FBE) So finally, after learning more about Dolan
and meme lords today, do you think that being
a meme lord is a strong career profession
that will be successful? Or do you think that
it doesn't have lasting power long-term for this
to remain a popular type of content?
- Well, as long as he keeps making people laugh,
it'll be good. It's like comic books
of the internet. - It has lasting power,
because they can continue to be creative,
and they don't have to stick with that.
They can be creative with something else.
- It will last forever and ever, and I don't think he's [bleep].
I think he's amazing. And I think his career is huge.
- Make your money while you can. Everything changes,
and everything passes you by eventually.
- Thank you for watching this episode of Elders React.
And a shoutout to Mike H. - Make sure to subscribe
and hit the bell. Shoutout to Daniel Power.
- What other meme thing are you gonna make
the elders check out? Let us know in the comments.
- Goodbye, everybody! - Hey, guys! Ethan here from FBE.
Hey, if you wanna check out more from Dolan Dark,
be sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Click on the link right over there. Bye, guys!