The Adult Culture Guide to Childhood Culture: the Internet for Teens Is Different From Yours
It may use the same technological architecture, but the Internet for children is a completely different place than the Internet for adults. Instead of infuriating political news, weight loss apps, and Zoom meetings you should go to, although it could all be solved via email, kidernet has weird online celebrities, dangerous and seductive social media trends. , exaggerated, exaggerated, glitchy video games, and most importantly, adorable cats. So this is what the kids are doing this week.
Celebrities You’ve Never Heard Of: Davie504
Davie504 would probably never have become famous if it wasn’t for the internet, but he’s a big YouTube star. The Italian musician / comedian has built an online army of nearly nine million subscribers in love with his bass talent and hilarious equanimity, arrogance and comedicism.
On his channel, he “battles” other musicians – violinists, ukuleles, guitarists, other bassists and others –trying to find the hardestbass line on earth to challenge his skills, and usually creates an alternative bass-oriented reality where picking guitars is illegal , and mastering the bass is the highest achievement of humanity. None of this will “work” in traditional media, but on YouTube? This is pure gold.
Continuation of TikTok
Below are some quick observations of TikTok trends that I pointed out recently.
- Scalp popping is a bad idea . As it turns out, you shouldn’t pull on your own hair hard enough to make a click. According to pediatrician Andrew Doyle, “If you pull too hard or in the wrong way, you run the risk of tearing tissue, tearing the skin itself, and pulling out a lot of hair.” The more you know.
- The Benadryl Challenge is a bad idea . According to the executive director and medical director of the Washington Toxin Center, Dr. Erica Liebelt, taking so much Benadryl that you get high is neither cool nor smart. High doses of Benadryl can cause hallucinations, seizures, and heart problems that can even kill you. HM. Who would have thought?
- Making a musical version of Ratatouille is a good idea ! The fan-made internet musical Ratatouille goes into production … sort of. On January 1, 2021, theater production company Seaview will present Ratatouille: The Musical at TikTok Musical in a one-time live ticket broadcast. You can buy a seat here . The organizers are asking for a donation of $ 10 to $ 50, and all donations will go to the Actor Foundation. I’ll be in the front row. I mean, in front of my computer.
To summarize: you should never do what you see on TikTok other than creating musical theater for old Disney films.
This Week On TV: Cobra Kai Returns
Cobra Kai is loved by both children and adults . The Netflix series took the audience by storm with its combination of intricate martial arts, over-amplified teenage drama and nostalgic humor. This is truly the only thing that unites our wounded nation. Fortunately for the American experiment, the new season of CK falls on January 8th.
Here’s thejust-released trailer for Season 3 . There will be new alliances, enemies will become friends, wars between the dojo in the San Fernando Valley, and at least one beautiful Trans-Am. It’s going to be tough to beat the end of Season 2, when everyone in school was hitting everyone in the face so hard that one kid was admitted to the hospital, but I’m glad someone had the courage to give it a try. People at Netflix are real heroes.
Viral Video of the Week: Cat Dancing on TikTok
My teen secret spy, my niece Claire, sent me a viral video this week. She tells me that everyone shares it on TT (that’s what we cool people call TikTok). In it, TikToker 0nurcot and his cat look at the camera and then dance. A little, right? But this video has an indescribable hypnotic quality. I watched it at least a dozen times and then tried to get my own cat to dance with me. It didn’t work and I got scratched because my cat wasn’t good at all, so I spent the next three hours watching videos of adorable little kittens on the hashtag #catsofTikTok to make her jealous. Just look at these little guys! This one is skateboarding ! This one is going crazy because he has a brand on his paws ! This one has tiny hats ! (I have clinical depression.)
This Week’s Gaming: Cyberpunk 2077
Everyone who cares about games is playing Cyberpunk 2077 this week. The open-world sci-fi RPG was created by the company behind the legendary The Witcher series and was originally announced in 2012, so the expectations were high . But does the real game live up to nearly a decade of hype? Yes and no.
According to gamers and reviewers, it’s insanely ambitious, detailed, and often mind-blowing if you can get it to work right. The game has been released for nine (!) Platforms, and your experience will obviously be very different depending on where you decide to play it. If you run it on a high-end PC, you should be fine, but the latest generation of console peasants will have a problem with low frame rates and overall sluggishness. Plus, such complex open world games are always bloody buggy when they first appear. I say: enjoy the glitches now, before they get carried away by an endless series of patches. Some of them are funny, like this poor avatar who can’t keep his junk in his pants , or this player whose Cyberpunk 2077 world is covered in tiny trees .