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Gen Z reacts to Eminem.
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
They’ve grown watching people do this on YouTube.
Embearded
Member
I won't argue with that.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Gen Z is thrash, a generation destroyed by social media and engagement economy.
March Climber
Member
Over half of these people look like millennials in appearance/age. I think it's just a react streamer compilation with an engaging title.
Hudo
Member
As a Millennial, it is heartwarming to see that my generation is not the bottom of the barrel.
FunkMiller
Member
We should call them Generation P. As in Performative.
kurisu_1974
Member
gen-x reacts to anything / everything
Embearded
Member
gen-x reacts to anything / everything
I find it more healthy than the overreaction you see in these videos.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
It’s truly disheartening to see just how many people chase notoriety showing themselves “reacting” to things in front of a camera, and how even the lamest one probably gets more of a following doing that than people doing real stuff.
Yes, there’s the old geezer in me being kinda depressed because I don’t do this, hence I don’t really exist. And I remember what a big fuss we’d make in the old days if we appeared on camera for the time of a question or two on live TV. Still… it‘s amazing that people buy that kind of equipment to film themselves cringing at songs from a quarter of a century ago. In my country, actual politicians send messages to the people via videos that don’t have a tenth of the production values of these “reaction” videos.
Yes, there’s the old geezer in me being kinda depressed because I don’t do this, hence I don’t really exist. And I remember what a big fuss we’d make in the old days if we appeared on camera for the time of a question or two on live TV. Still… it‘s amazing that people buy that kind of equipment to film themselves cringing at songs from a quarter of a century ago. In my country, actual politicians send messages to the people via videos that don’t have a tenth of the production values of these “reaction” videos.
Dev1lXYZ
Member
gen-x reacts to anything / everything
Exactly. We tried to warn people when the participation awards started being given out to children, etc. When we got the ‘how dare you’ from society at large for speaking up about it, most of us knew society had jumped the shark and it would be only a matter of time before society collapsed into the hole they kept digging. Watch out for things like ‘Emotional Intelligence’ training, which is based on a theory by a quack from that grand era. It’s called manipulation and how to manipulate others and not feel bad about it. When your employer starts in on these trainings like ours did, say goodbye to that company.
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kurisu_1974
Member
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
They look gen z to me
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If you’re a mid-’90s baby who feels caught between Gen Y and Gen Z, these guidelines can help—no cap.
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kurisu_1974
Member
So wild to me that there's millennials in their forties.
Morrie’s wig shop
Banned
How about an 80 dollars lol
I call bullshit, half if not all know who Eminem is and have heard his shit before, all because there parents are Gen X(the greatest gen).
demigod
Member
Yeah, these aren’t Gen Z, no way on earth.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Ownage
Member
Because they were taught to as that's their socially acceptable response. If no audience, they wouldn't know how to react. What a long road to social development they'll endure.
Tams
Member
Gen Z have the worst resilience. Unfortunately, Millennial idiots from my 'generation' are pandering to them.
The PM here in the UK had some nasty racist stuff said about him. They went on and on about whether it was okay to repeat the offending words.
And all I can think of is that pretty much the same was said to me when I was 14 and all I did was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, thought those who said it were ignorant idiots, and got on with my day. It hasn't caused me life long trauma or the like.
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Deleted member 1159
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I wish I knew 15 years ago I could get millions of subscribers by watching literally anything and faking an orgasm on camera.
Aint that the fucking truth. I am guilty of watching reaction videos, but the concept is so simple yet when you think about it... its almost cringe in some aspects. Some of them like the old white dude that listens to 2pac and cries.... get outta here with that shit!
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
diffusionx
Gold Member
I don't think these reactions are fake. I am sure a lot of zoomers haven't heard old Eminem, and yes they really are that sensitive and oversocialized. You and I listened to that song and thought it was funny (hearing it brings me back lol) but it was a different time. So the reaction to those old songs from sensitive, oversocialized zoomers does not surprise me. The reactions may be hamming it up for the camera but it is what they have been "trained" to do their entire lives.
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Dev1lXYZ
Member
We were called ‘slackers’ by the baby boomers so much that it became a badge of honor. Many of us were the result 1960’s culture and growing up in Reagan’s 80’s kind of fueled a counter culture that has stood the test of time. We didn’t protest because our parents warned us about what happened to them. We knew that the government was not the most moral from the jump thanks to many of us growing up with fathers and uncles that were in Vietnam. I mean when you hear about what they did to your own family and that the Social Security system was going to not be there when we were older, yet still are made to pay into it- why actually work yourself to death for a potters field grave?
kiunchbb
www.dictionary.com
They are not, Gen z are normal people like every other generation, except poorer. It is just people wanted to be go viral that made them fake those reactions.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Nothing makes me cringe harder than reaction vids
It's visual tin foil chewing
It's visual tin foil chewing
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I dont blame them cringing. All rap is cringeworthy.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I don't understand how watching people make faces at things has become a core pillar of media.
As far as Em goes, I think what old heads maybe don't understand is that this old horrorcore stuff or even 90s gangsta rap fell out of favor not because it was "too edgy" but because it was kind of theatrical and silly. It was a very exaggerated style.
As far as Em goes, I think what old heads maybe don't understand is that this old horrorcore stuff or even 90s gangsta rap fell out of favor not because it was "too edgy" but because it was kind of theatrical and silly. It was a very exaggerated style.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Ugh “reaction” vids. Everything from these vids to how people react on social media / forums in text form is all so fake and dramatized now.
Pegasus Actual
Member
Hey where the fuck is the petition to put 1981 into the Gen X category?
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Addtionally, Generation VS as well. As in Virtue Signalling.
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I bought the Slip Shady LP when I was 13. The guy at the checkout wasn’t going to sell it to me, but then he got my attention while I was walking out. It’s a great album. I also owned his D12 CD, so I don’t have to care about their opinions.
daffyduck
Member
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
Is this really that bad compared to stuff that comes out now? Like WAP
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Yup. My friend’s parents asked me what I bought, so I pulled out a Creed CD. Ha
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Rappers today are nowhere near as quick as Eminem.