They are just commenting the same way they talk to their friends. People quote funny lines from movies right after watching or say stuff like, “Did you see that crazy stunt in the film?? He literally drove off a cliff!!” They get tons of upvotes too because people feel a connection by recounting and acknowledging what they collectively experienced. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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Jilanico@lemmy.world 1 month ago
glimse@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So much of what’s wrong with online communication is that many people speak to a public audience like they’d speak to a friend in private
Jilanico@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You mean people getting offended because they misinterpret a friendly jab? Personally, I wish more people commented in a friendly manner. So many toxic comments out there 😬
slaacaa@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Accurate explanation, though it highlights the NPC / monkey brain level of these comments:
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Monke see comment
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Monke think same
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Dopamine released
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click like
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Monke happi
Which of course happens similarly IRL, but it’s less cringe, as it’s just a passing verbal comment, not captured and displayed on the web for all eternity.
ModsAreCopsACAB@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That’s just empathy though? Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes and relating to what they thought at the time. You can infer a lot more than surface level description from someone repeating a specific line mentioned in a video.
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blackouttripleseven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
blud literally posted on 4chan 💀
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Bro greentexted 💀
BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
This is nothing. Wait until you hear high schoolers addressing “chat” irl while not connected to any kind of chat.
Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Chat is this real?
PatFussy@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Thanks chat
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Mods cruah his skull
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I saw people talking about that as being perhaps the first fourth-person pronoun. Pretty interesting idea.
PatMustard@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Still third-prison though really
odium@programming.dev 1 month ago
Nah, they were just talking to their friend, Chad. Right, chat?
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
But “chatting” also refers to talking, no?
Unless I misunderstood your comment. I tend to do that.odium@programming.dev 1 month ago
Twitch streamers usually address their live chat as “chat”. The person you are replying to heard high schoolers addressing chat, talking like they were streaming, even when they clearly weren’t.
The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Or they repeat the exact same soundbite in the comments.
robocall@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bro actually posted that 💀
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Go and look at the comments on a video of any pilot doing anything remotely interesting, and see how many comments mention the pilot’s balls.
They’re not an original bunch.
arvere@lemmy.world 1 month ago
like it or not, those are the people who make text search against videos possible
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Who bro opps 💀
odium@programming.dev 1 month ago
I think it’s a way to start a discussion thread on a specific section of a video.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Bro BTW
don@lemm.ee 1 month ago
A channer calling people in a video’s comments section NPCs. Peak irony, right there.
dropout@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bro calling people NPCs 💀
PatMustard@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I guess “normies” was becoming too mainstream