It pains me, absolutely pains me, how many people out there are completely incapable of understanding satire.
I honestly don’t know how anyone could watch this video—actually, not even watch, just see the title and thumbnail for this video—and not realise that it’s an obvious spoof.
This also reinforces my belief that the quality of YouTube comments decreases proportionally to how long the video has been released.
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
Haha I’m sure this buddy is all upset by the rest of your videos, and was super excited to find you posted one that “proved yourself wrong”.
Odds are good he posted his comment after spending over $200 filling up his oversized pickup truck.
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com Idk, thats a real gotcha there… if car no good, why car?
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com half the people you meet are below average
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com Damn. I’d almost think that the reply is itself a form of satire. But then again: I’ve been around long enough to know that people this thick exist.
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com Reminds me of musician Andrew Huang who did a video series “from space” and then had to explain to people that no, he didn’t actually go to space lol
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
Not sure if their comment is 🙄 or 🤣 …why not both?!@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com heh, maybe that comment is satire, at least, one can hope!
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
“EXPLAIN THE JOKE TO ME!!1!"
Back when I used to post to YouTube, I learned to turn off comments; I see nothing much has changed.
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com even if only 1% of the population are pure idiots, that’s still 10000 pure idiots once you reach a million viewers. The law of numbers make it impossible to avoid them!
(That’s why I hate comments once the audience gets big enough)
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
I see lots of “YouTubers” saying they never read comments after one or two days. For exactly that reason.
Lots of people just don’t get satire, sarcasm, or irony. There have been a few studies on the subject. Their brains are just not wired for it.
I suspect something similar is going on with giant truck owners and empathy! 😉
https://www.apa.org/monitor/may05/sarcasm@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com That video was convincing enough. You OBVIOUSLY are in love with the Dodge RAM. (In fact, I was wondering how you, as a dad, would react if a son came out to you at 16 with a preference for the Ford F150 instead of Dodge RAM 🙂
(In fairness, someone who hadn’t watched all your videos might have taken the DodgeRAM video litterally, you were convincing enough. Anyone who followed you would know out far out of character you were (and that made it so funny, especially with the pills
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com i still remember how i was confused at first but after a few seconds i couldn’t stop laughing, especially after i noticed that license plate read justcars (i am starting laughing again)
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com Marking messages or content as jokes or satire isn’t uncommon on the internet for that very reason. It doesn’t make the content less funny, just makes it more explicit for people who might not get nuances for many reasons including cultural biases, bad English comprehension, or even neurodivergence in some cases.
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
Don’t you know? A thumbnail of a guy pointing with his mouth open is the sign of a journalist.
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com Solution: assume they understood the video and are also joking, but failed to make their joke clear.
