I was just watching an old YouTube video of a couple guys throwing a giant rock off a bridge into a river in a remote part of the U.S with no one around. It was 20 seconds long.
If it were produced in 2020, you'd have 10 minutes of useless preamble including discussion about how hyped they are to throw a rock, how difficult it is to carry a rock, fake drama about being followed by non-existent security, a drone shot of the environment, how awesome it was to throw a rock, and random memes. Use my promo code ROCKMAN to post your first job free on ZipRecruiter and hire your own rock thrower, and don't forget to Like this video to smash that Subscribe button!
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OK guys, so I'm gonna tell you a story about how I've been throwing rocks off this bridge for years. You see, my ol' grandpappy showed me how to throw rocks into the river when I was 10, and he told me "Boy, life's a lot like these rocks. It goes up and up, and one day you find it plunging straight into an icy river of death." And that just really inspired me, y'know? Rest in peace, ol' man. I love ya! Hey Frank, did your grandpa ever teach you to throw rocks into a river?
3 minutes later at a convenience store
Sorry, we can't film in here? We just wanted to buy some snacks. Yo, we're just a youtube channel, alright? It's not cool? Okay, fine, we'll turn it off. You coulda just been cool about it, jeez.
8 minutes of nonsense later
(couple walks by)
How y'all doin'? Oh, we're just having some good wholesome fun here, throwing rocks into the river.
Oh shit, I hope we don't see Officer Bradley around here again. The last time we throw a rock off the bridge he was like "You darn kids" and I was like "Whoa, bro, chill!"
3 minutes later
Alright, here goes nothin'!
(throws giant rock off bridge)
Guys, this was incredible! That's actually one of the BIGGEST rocks we've ever thrown in here! Unbelievable, dude. Oh. My god. WOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Another 3 minutes of bro'ing around
So guys, if you want to see what happened after we threw that rock into the river, stay tuned for my "Tossing a Rock into the River AFTERMATH" video.
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I try and keep myself insulated from this kind of garbage YouTube but sometimes it starts to leak into channels I used to love. It's made me unsubscribe more than once.
The formula is so recognizable now that I assume it has to work on the majority of people?
Yeah, this article oozes of "we need to create content that gets eyeballs and backlinks to market our website/product", which unfortunately is all too common these days.
Next time someone tries to find youtube channels for programming, they will end up on this list, rather than finding some real recommendations by real persons.
The "author" of this article is even "Team Codegiant", it's a red flag when no real person wants to put their name on content. Which is especially funny since throughout the article the author refers to themselves in first person.
Every time I cook and look up a recipe for the ingredients I have on hand my whole family has to listen to me rant and rave about this phenomenon. I clicked through the link above, scrolled and scrolled, figured out I had been duped, and gave up to come back here for the comments to commiserate.
If it were produced in 2020, you'd have 10 minutes of useless preamble including discussion about how hyped they are to throw a rock, how difficult it is to carry a rock, fake drama about being followed by non-existent security, a drone shot of the environment, how awesome it was to throw a rock, and random memes. Use my promo code ROCKMAN to post your first job free on ZipRecruiter and hire your own rock thrower, and don't forget to Like this video to smash that Subscribe button!