KIDEODROME: scary "Kid's Youtube" algorithms, fringe programming, insert conspiracy theory here

other than driving people insane idk what the issue with this one was

giving kids brainworms that disturb grown adults

there's a corollary to this sort of thing in games: https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/caregiver-fantasy/

(specifically the Elsa part)

ITS BACK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXspEaYCrc4

where did this place in our tracks poll

thanks

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/psychiatrists-report-mass-outbreak-of-sociogenic-illness-spread-via-social-media-videos/

Yeah, it's interesting, I've seen some Twitter chat about it - you can download the actual paper here https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awab316/6356504

So let's talk about Skibidi Toilet. Anyone else have kids heavily into this?

My kid is almost 18 now so no, but I had to look this up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skibidi_Toilet

why is the internet filled with dumb shit like this, I do not know. this stuff is obv intentionaly being made by an actual person unlike some of the things above which appeared to have been randomly generated nonsense, which is almost worse.

I don't have kids but I've watched a few Skibidi Toilet videos. It's funny! Completely juvenile, pointless and random, yes, but sometimes you can allow yourself to enjoy a puerile absurdity. I definitely get why kids like it.

I am not anti-Skibidi Toilet per se, enjoyed the absurdity of the first 10 or so videos, just lost interest when it stopped being funny and started building lore. Kids are more into it than ever but I have no idea what is going on now.

actually this is a pretty good thread for this work of bona fide genius which i've been hitherto unable to find an ilx home for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci3f_BqQk-A

I am just assuming it will go the way of Baby Shark and Johnny Johnny Yes Papa.

Hadn't heard of this before but watching a few videos I can totally see the appeal of this

Yeah, it's like Usavich for a new generation. The absurdity of the concept aside, it's downright explicable compared to a lot of the newfangled cultural obsessions that baffle my aging brain.

I don't find it especially baffling - just a continuation of "weird internet stuff" that's been going on for ages now

Whereas I recently stumbled upon a random Roblox video and it pretty much fried my cortex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ydd9Z4p8mM

Nope, not a clue

Kids ask me for Skibidi Toilet stuff at my job everyday, it's... weird

Kids ask me for Skibidi Toilet stuff at my job everyday, it's... weird

Work at the Kideo shop

When my kids started talking about Skibidi Toilet, I thought it was a callback to this video I kept showing them when they were far too young for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDFBTdToRmw

first thing I thought of too! it made me rewatch it and now I love it even more so c'mon "Skibidi Toilet" is not all bad