- All right, guys, I'm gonna be honest.
I've been slacking off on Instagram recently.
Last year I set a goal for myself
to get to a million followers, and
no where near a million followers.
I've actually lost 10000 followers,
so probably because I haven't posted since December 11th.
Why haven't I posted since December 11th?
Good question, it's because it's hard
to come up with good content.
I want to put good content on my Instagram.
So recently, I saw something perfect,
something I have to do for my Instagram.
I'm gonna play the clip right now.
I'm gonna recreate that for my own Instagram
and get to a million followers.
Okay, so first thing I need, I need to buy the pendulum.
Hi, I was wondering if you guys sell pendulums?
Like a pendulum, I need like a ball on a string
that swings left- basically I'm making a video
for Buzzfeed where I want to like censor my own genitals
with a little ball that swings.
Yeah, it's just basically like a, um,
like a little metal ball that if I let go it'll--
Yeah, like on a desk, but I'm gonna be using it for like,
it's gonna be far away, it's gonna
be like a depth perception thing
and I like swing my hips and it's gonna swing
where my penis, where like my genital is supposed to be.
Oh, okay great, so if I come
by right now I can just grab it?
Cool.
Thank you so much.
Have a good day.
Bye.
I think I just freaked that guy out.
So I'm walking to the store right now.
I'm a little embarrassed because I know the moment I get
in there and I grab the pendulum,
the guy I was on the phone with
is gonna know exactly why I'm buying it
but gotta do it for the followers, okay?
The moment I put the pendulum on the counter,
the guy looked me in the eyes,
and I just saw confusion where he was like,
you were the guy on the phone,
why are you using this for your penis?
(soft music)
Cowboy hat.
The pendulum.
One of these little balls is supposed to cover...
This is gonna be harder than I thought.
Okay. First I need to figure out how to set up the camera.
Like how far do I need to be from this thing
and the camera for this little thing
to cover up my pee pee?
I'm not saying my pee pee's a big thing,
but this is a very little thing.
This is gonna be a challenge
for anyone, average-sized pee pee,
big-sized pee pee, small-sized pee pee,
this is difficult.
I gotta stop saying pee pee, it's weird.
Like this.
Boom.
(soft music)
Wow this is so hard.
Okay, ready and-
wow it's so fast, am I moving with it?
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
So right now I feel like the ball is too big.
Like this, okay.
How did he do this?
I can't see if I'm in line,
so I'm gonna have to call a friend down
to watch the screen- wait.
Focus on me, focus, focus on me.
Okay, are you focused?
Focus on me you dumb camera.
Okay, I'm gonna have to call down a friend
so that he can tell me if I'm matching up
'cause the screen is way too small
and I can't see.
- I don't like this already.
That's so little!
- [Eric] It's so s- did I buy-
did I buy one that's too small?
- Oh my god.
- [Eric] So much bigger than my penis, so...
- [Chris] All right, so just go stand-
let's start with it completely still.
- Is it on here right now?
- [Chris] No.
There.
Let's see.
- So I'm just gonna watch it and try to match it up, okay.
- [Chris] It's too much.
It has to be like--
- Yeah.
- [Chris] That.
(beeping)
- His is slower.
No, oh, oh, oh.
Is that it?
Why does it speed up?
Okay, wait.
(soft music)
It's so out of sync.
- Oh my god.
(laughing)
I can't.
- I need a bigger one, that's the conclusion?
- Yeah, I think the ball is too fast
and it's not big enough.
You need a bigger ball.
- I need a bigger ball, let's go.
- It's what we gotta do.
(electric guitar music)
- [Eric] I'm back for another one.
Is there any way for me to check
how big this one is inside?
Can I open it?
- [Chris] Well it certainly looks better.
The speed already is way better.
- Yeah, the speed is way better, look at that.
Still out of it?
- [Chris] Yeah, I don't--
- Why am I moving so fast?
- [Chris] Maybe try it like-
I guess that's (beeping) too fast.
Right left, right left, right left,
right left, right left, right left.
- I'm not even watching it, I'm just listening to you.
- [Chris] I feel like this thing is not--
- Not consistent.
- [Chris] Yeah.
- That's what I'm saying.
- [Chris] It's like jerking around.
- There's something wrong with it.
- [Chris] Right left, right left, right left.
(laughing)
It looks so insane from here.
There's parts where you are synced up.
- That means it's messing up, right?
'Cause I'm keeping the same rhythm.
- [Chris] Right left, right left.
- Right left, right left, right left,
right left, right left.
- [Chris] That was it!
That's it!
That's (laughing) that's it!
He's doing it!
- Yes!
Is that it?
- [Chris] That was very very close.
That's it, you got it.
That's literally it.
That's perfect.
- So now I just take my pants off?
- [Chris] Yeah, I'll leave the room first then.
- All right, Chris left the room.
It's time for me to get naked.
I put two chairs and a table at the door
so nobody can get in here.
Never would I thought, you know, when I was a little kid,
that I would grow up and I would be in an office
or in the studio, I would be getting fully naked
and swinging my body to the rhythm of a pendulum.
How does he start this?
He's like.
Oh my god this is so uncomfortable,
and I don't know if I'm doing it,
but things are flopping all around.
Let's watch back the footage.
See if I did it on the first try.
I was so close to doing it, but then there was a little bit
of a slip slop when I got out of sync,
so I have to do it again 'cause I didn't perfect it.
Ugh!
(panting)
Ugh, I think I did it.
I think I did it.
That one completely did not work.
First of all I was out of focus,
second of all, I have to blur the out of focus
because I missed the ball so much
that even out of focus you can see that I missed.
It's really hard to do it without a friend
telling me if I'm in frame and stuff,
and like I have to be able to monitor the screen myself.
I'm gonna attempt it a couple more times myself.
If I fail, I'm just gonna bring a friend.
I don't even care.
Please, please tell me that worked.
I'm sick of seeing my own penis on camera.
Hope I'm in frame and I hope I'm focused.
(buzzing)
(soft music)
Oh, I'm out of breath.
Ah, did that work?
Please, I tried something new,
get a little hip action there.
I did it!
That is the weirdest like 15 second video
I've ever seen of myself.
That breathing is so weird and the thrusting,
inappropriate, I can't believe I'm releasing
this on the internet.
I just re watched it on the computer
close up and in the very beginning,
the moment I take the hat off,
there's a little slip.
Ugh!
I have to redo it.
Eric, this is for Instagram, man.
Instagram takes hard work, okay?
I gotta work hard for Instagram.
(buzzing)
Ugh!
(dramatic music)
Ugh!
Please be the one!
I'm seriously about to cry.
(dramatic music)
Ah, ah,
yes,
yes.
Yes.
There was so much penis showing that time.
(dramatic music)
(buzzing)
Please!
Please, was that the one?
(dramatic music)
Focus on me.
Come on, that one was perfect
and it was all blurry.
I don't understand how to get this camera to focus, come on.
(dramatic music)
Focus on this.
Will you focus?
Please work right now.
This is the last try.
Ah, and I showed my butt.
Ugh!
And again my butt.
(dramatic music)
Oh!
Okay,
okay.
Ah I'm about to cry.
I just re watched the footage.
I think I did it.
I also definitely am about to get like six pack abs.
That was extremely exhausting, I'm out of breath.
I don't know why I have to like breathe as I'm doing it,
but I'm inviting Chris back to review the footage,
let me know if it's good enough to post on Instagram.
So uh,
yeah.
- Whoa!
You absolutely did it.
- I did it?
- Absolutely.
- Okay, so I have the video on my phone now
and I'm gonna upload it to Instagram right now.
If this doesn't go viral, my family will disown me.
If this does go viral, my family will disown me,
crying emoji, hashtag pendulum challenge
hashtag viral, inspired by @akira100percent_.
Oh no.
Okay guys, so it's been exactly two days.
I haven't checked my Instagram.
I don't know what's happened, but I have high hopes.
I worked really hard.
I think it's a funny video, so let's check it out.
Okay, okay, I got 122,000 views on the video in two days,
which is a lot, that's basically 100% engagement,
which is unheard of, so I'm sure I gained some sort
of followers because there's gotta be like outside viewers
on this video, let's check how many followers I got.
Ah, okay.
Okay, I gained no followers, zero, absolutely no followers.
I probably lost a couple hundred if anything.
Um, I, I don't know what to do.
I don't- I don't (laughing)
I don't understand Instagram.
What do I need to do to go viral
and become an Instagram celebrity?
Do I need to do it without the pendulum?
I don't- I don't- what do I need to do?!
All right, you know what?
I can't give up that easy.
Nobody successful gave up that easy.
You know, you gotta keep working.
You gotta keep trying, you gotta fall down,
fall down, and then get back up, right?
That's the saying, so I'm gonna figure out Instagram.
I will stop at nothing until I get to a million followers
on Instagram, I will get to a million followers.
(dramatic music)