There is something so viscerally unappealing about these types of Youtube clickbait thumbnails. The obvious photoshop that doesn't even care about how shitty it looks and how fake it is. These are meant to make me want to click on the video, right? Yet they have the opposite effect on me. I just end up repulsed and avoid these videos like the plague.
Which is sad, because I think I know this channel, and this guy is actually pretty good for a white guy who reviews mostly reviews "ethnic" foods from around the world. He also makes a point to actually learn a few phrases of the local language so that he can attempt to communicate, and always seems to be pretty pleasant to the people who he interacts with.
I remember he went to partake in a ritual with one African tribe, which culminated in him eating the raw goat intestines and drinking the blood with them, and they were clearly impressed that he was committed to it. Very good channel generally, and even in this video in question he is very respectful to everyone and I like seeing the reactions of people generally not exposed to our corn syrup laden poison. They can immediately tell something is wrong with it :corn-man-khrush:
What I also really like is that he doesn't actually act disgusted or upset whenever he gets introduced to something "weird". He gives it an honest attempt, and can usually find some way to explain how the food feels to eat/chew.
There is something so viscerally unappealing about these types of Youtube clickbait thumbnails. The obvious photoshop that doesn't even care about how shitty it looks and how fake it is. These are meant to make me want to click on the video, right? Yet they have the opposite effect on me. I just end up repulsed and avoid these videos like the plague.
I am in complete agreement, but then at the same time that video apparently has 42,000,000+ views. I just don't get it. It's sad.
Which is sad, because I think I know this channel, and this guy is actually pretty good for a white guy who reviews mostly reviews "ethnic" foods from around the world. He also makes a point to actually learn a few phrases of the local language so that he can attempt to communicate, and always seems to be pretty pleasant to the people who he interacts with.
I remember he went to partake in a ritual with one African tribe, which culminated in him eating the raw goat intestines and drinking the blood with them, and they were clearly impressed that he was committed to it. Very good channel generally, and even in this video in question he is very respectful to everyone and I like seeing the reactions of people generally not exposed to our corn syrup laden poison. They can immediately tell something is wrong with it :corn-man-khrush:
What I also really like is that he doesn't actually act disgusted or upset whenever he gets introduced to something "weird". He gives it an honest attempt, and can usually find some way to explain how the food feels to eat/chew.