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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I saw skibidi toilet in the toy store the other day, how can it be so popular?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How is different from Crazy Frog or Billy Bass? Dumb memes turning into toys or dumb meme toys have been around for forever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I must have been spared from the other meme toys, this one I noticed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes. How can those things also be popular?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Absurdist humour will always have fans

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (4 children)

have you actually tried watching? I keep seeing complaints from people who never gave it a chance just because it looked weird

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago

I've seen a number of people who I know for a fact enjoyed Salad Fingers 20 years ago just unthinkingly dunking on skibidi toilet

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Isn't it absurdist horror?

These kids seem way more into horror than I've ever seen. I was really surprised to hear how my cousin's kids adored a freaky one called Poppy Playtime.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nah, it's a constantly intensifying war between alien invaders (the toilet people) and a resistance group of electronics-based people.

Absurd as hell as a concept, but dude somehow makes it engaging?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's all because of that damn song sample!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

The dancing fat Turk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

The first 2 episodes are before the narrative starts.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Right the meme is well aged and starting to smell a bit funky, it's time for the geezers to look at it. 👴

I'll give it a watch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's the spirit I thought it was weird until I dated a teacher and we watched like ten episodes and I was like yeah ok it's good.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have watched Skibidi Toilet - Season 1 [FULL SCREEN] my main thoughts are "cool use of source engine", I then watched a random one and at least it has different content so i'll watch some more of it later.

For me the initial clip is a bit meh, but the world building of the random episode looks interesting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

The lack of any dialogue kinda makes me feel like I have to pay attention otherwise I'd have no clue what's going on.

Yeah I initially wrote it off as absurdist source engine 2010 yup engineer videos. But there's quite a bit more nuance than that.

[–] fsxylo 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It looks like something I would have mildly chuckled at when I was 12.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It should be studied in film classes as a perfect example of non narrative based storytelling.

I'm serious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

No it shouldn't.

I am also serious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Hello serious, I'm dad

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why did my friends love Weebl and Bob or Arfenhaus?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do they also get their own line of toys?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You can buy weebl and bob toys right now still.