can someone explain "reaction videos" to me?
#1
i d get it if it was guys making (or at least fucking trying to make) funny gif-worthy expressions when watching something, but they arent

in 99% of cases, it's just some ugly nobody in his mom's basement recording his face while playing some content, and the face isn't even following what's going on in the video. they are just recording ... themselves sitting there and looking at the screen. most of the time it looks like the video of themselves isn't even about them watching the content, but a random short clip they recorded separately

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(18-09-2025, 06:49 PM)MVP Wrote: i already said, rӏ is built different

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#2
They are cringe indeed
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#3
Legit. I watch some black guy react to sports sometimes and I’m not sure why.
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#4
Wish I was a monetized react YouTuber though. Feels like free money
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#5
you know how commentators get paid to ramble over sportsball games? well, it's sort of like that... normies love this because they always need someone else to tell them what to think, when to get excited, when to be angry etc.
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(22-09-2025, 11:42 PM)Honest Wrote: you know how commentators get paid to ramble over sportsball games? well, it's sort of like that... normies love this because they always need someone else to tell them what to think, when to get excited, when to be angry etc.

you missed the point entirely, butthurt incel. it's cringe exactly because there's 0 articulation of ... anything in those videos. those guys arent conveying anything with random clips of their ugly faces, let alone how anyone should feel about the content they are "reacting" to. and this stated pretty clearly in the op
(18-09-2025, 06:49 PM)MVP Wrote: i already said, rӏ is built different

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#7
this is stated*
(18-09-2025, 06:49 PM)MVP Wrote: i already said, rӏ is built different

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#8
it's for kids
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(23-09-2025, 12:15 AM)MysteriousWeeb420 Wrote: it's for kids

tbh
(18-09-2025, 06:49 PM)MVP Wrote: i already said, rӏ is built different

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#10
prolly be the first things that take hold in a planet of the apes type scenario where reading expressions and gauging sentiments would prolly have inordinately high survival value, but yeah its just weird now. Half the times Im too concentrated on a slop reel that sometimes pops up that I dont notice the black guy whos taking up half the screen below jfl
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(23-09-2025, 12:23 AM)Sexual chocolate Wrote: prolly be the first things that take hold in a planet of the apes type scenario where reading expressions and gauging sentiments would prolly have inordinately high survival value, but yeah its just weird now. Half the times Im too concentrated on a slop reel that sometimes pops up that I dont notice the black guy whos taking up half the screen below jfl

high IQ, this guy has it
(18-09-2025, 06:49 PM)MVP Wrote: i already said, rӏ is built different

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#12
I mean occasionally there's a music video with strange twists and you're curious how neeguhs would react
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#13
a lot of people just use it to make money piggybacking off of popular content. sometimes the reactions are completely canned and pre recorded.

when done right, it can make boring content interesting:

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#14
John Anthony Lifestyle does a very awful thing, which is he reacts to reaction videos, about the Tate brothers for instance
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#15
Holy shit John Anthony blocked me, I just realized.

Will have to thumbs down all his videos now for eternity
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