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College Kids React To When Our Generation Gets Old And Hears A Throwback Song - YouTube
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- Millennials were young,
but then being in 2090
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and being like, "Okay,
shut up, millennial."
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- (Kyle) So, these were
the good old days?
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- "The good old days."
- (Kyle) What you all did
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in 2019?
- When you're just throwing ass.
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♪ (rock intro) ♪
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- (FBE) Did you notice
what wall you're on today?
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- Yeah. I didn't realize
that we were lowering the bar
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for elders, because I was born in '98.
- I love Elders React.
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I'm obsessed,
so this is pretty cool.
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I'm just wondering
what's happening here.
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- (FBE) Well, this is not a mistake.
Recently, a three-part series
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called When Our Generation
Gets Old and Hears a Throwback Song
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has become quite popular on YouTube.
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- Oh! I haven't experienced this yet.
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- (FBE) So, we're gonna be taking
a look at these videos,
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then we'll see what your thoughts are
and if they make you feel worthy
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of this elders wall.
- Okay. Probably not. (laughs)
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But we're gonna reach
that status one day.
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- Oh, god. I can't wait to see this.
- (Kyle) This is when our generation
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gets old and hears a throwback song.
I don't know, bro.
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It's 2090. You sure McDonald's
is still cool for a first date?
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- (friend) Of course, bro. Trust me.
- I like McDonald's for a first date.
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I've gone on a couple
of McDonald's first dates.
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- (Kyle) Grandpa? Grandpa!
- (grandpa) Someone say something?
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- I've never seen this before.
- (grandpa) Huh? Oh, yeah.
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My bad, Kyle. I just had
my AirPods in. What's up?
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- I like that Back the Future 2
is like, "The future's gonna be
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incredible with hover boards
and movies!"
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And this is like, "Eh,
in 2090, we'll have mustaches."
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- (Kyle) My phone died
and my charger broke,
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can you AirDrop me, like,
50% battery?
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- Oh, wow! AirDrop battery.
That'd be cool.
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- Is that a thing?
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- (grandpa) I don't see why not.
- I guess it will be a thing.
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- (chuckles) I love the visual
of this "older" person
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wearing AirPods.
- (grandpa) Yeah, why?
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- (Kyle) Grandpa!
The iPhone Z is out now.
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That's like 70 years old.
- (grandpa) What? It works just fine!
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- I have the iPhone X.
I just got it.
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- (grandpa) This is why things
were better back in my day.
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Good ol' 2019.
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- Oh, there you go.
- (grandpa) Oh, no. We're doing this.
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Y'all think you're so cool
with your self-driving hover cars
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and your worldwide free wifi.
- No, you know what?
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They said that that's gonna happen
in 2015 back in like 1985,
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so I'm just starting to believe
that it'll never happen.
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- (grandpa) Y'all don't
understand real struggles.
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- (Kyle) Like what?
- (grandpa) Like when we had
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our headphones plugged
into the computer
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and then walked away,
forgetting we had them plugged in.
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- Ugh!
- (grandpa) Yeah, we had it hard.
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- True story.
- (grandpa) Matter of fact,
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let me show you some
of that real music
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from back in my day.
- Oh, god. I wanna hear
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what they select as bangers.
We've had so many.
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- (Kyle) Grandpa,
please don't. I'm good.
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- (grandpa) Nonsense, boy.
You gotta know this.
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This is a classic.
♪ ("Act Up", City Girls) ♪
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- Oh my god!
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- ♪ Real [bleep] [bleep] ♪
- I love Megan!
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- (grandpa) Ooh, I bet your grandma...
- This has got me thinking,
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like, is this what I'm gonna
be showing my kids and grandkids?
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- Oh my god. I cannot imagine
this actually happening,
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but it honestly could,
'cause these are
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such popular songs today.
- (grandpa) I'ma need my cane
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for this one.
- "I need my cane."
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Oh, no. He's gonna do it.
Bust it down, baby.
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- (grandpa) I wanna see you bust down!
- Ay. (chuckles)
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- Bust down! (laughs)
Aww, it's like current old people
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have really cute dances,
like ballroom dance,
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and we're gonna have all kinds
of bouncing and grinding. I love it.
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- Our 20s is very different
than the last 20s.
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Imagine Thotiana
at one of Gatsby's parties,
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just busting down!
That's our 2020.
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- (Kyle) So, these were
the good old days?
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- The good old days,
when you're just throwing ass.
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(laughs)
- Wow. If anything,
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I'm thinking about now
how people love to talk
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about like, "Oh, you don't listen
to Led Zeppelin?
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You don't listen to the Beatles?"
We're gonna be like,
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"You didn't listen
to Meg Thee Stallion?"
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- (Kyle) What else was popular
in 2019, huh?
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- (grandpa) Well, there was ASMR.
- (laughs)
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- (Kyle) AS-- what is that?
- (grandpa) Well, you know,
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it was this real popular thing
where people would eat cucumbers
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and cereal real close
to their microphone
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and post it online.
- Okay, but that's not just weird
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to describe to something
that happened in the past.
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That's weird right now.
- I don't think this is
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what's gonna happen.
I think what's gonna happen
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is we're gonna remember
the really, really good songs,
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like the poppin' Ariana Grande songs.
If you go to, like, the '70s
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or the '80s,
especially the '80s,
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there was so much bad music
and so much bad culture,
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but we just threw all that away.
And we were just like, "Okay,
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we're-- Bon Jovi.
We're just gonna remember Bon Jovi.
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That's it."
- (grandpa) You kids are always
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coming up with some--
- (Kyle) Hold up.
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Is that an iPhone 11 Pro?
- Literally me to my dad,
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because he still has a 5.
- (Kyle) You gotta upgrade
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at least a little.
The iPhone 80's out.
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- Whoa! So many cameras.
- Oh my god. They just keep
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adding cameras.
- (grandpa) At least back in 2019,
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we'd do it for the culture.
- (Kyle) Okay, millennial.
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- (chuckles) Oh. Wow. That's weird.
Millennials are young,
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but then being in 2090
and being like, "Okay,
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shut up, millennial."
- (Kyle) Okay, millennial.
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- Oh my god.
That's what my parents say.
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- (grandpa) You're right, Kyle.
You're a 2070s baby.
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I can't expect you
to understand my generation.
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- (Kyle) Thank you.
- (grandpa) So, I guess
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I'ma have to show you.
- (Kyle) No, Grandpa, not again!
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- (laughs) This keeps happening.
- (radio host) This is for all
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our '90s and 2000s babies out there.
We're gonna take it way back
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with a little throwback song.
- (grandpa) Ooh!
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Now this is a classic.
- ♪ Hah ♪
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♪ Pack in the mail ♪
- (raps along) ♪ It's gone ♪
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♪ Like-- ♪
I love DaBaby.
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His voice is so beautiful.
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(music stops)
- (grandpa) Ay! Why'd you pause it?
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The best part was coming up.
- This is so funny.
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- (Kyle) So, this is good ol' 2019?
- (grandpa) I mean, yeah.
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Of course, we had
more bops than that, though.
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- I don't think rap music
is gonna die by 2090, though.
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I think it's probably gonna get worse
and more mumbly, but it's still
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gonna be like this.
- (Kyle) I'm done
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with your songs, Grandpa.
- (grandpa) Don't worry.
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This is different. I promise.
- I wanna hear one of his songs.
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♪ (soft piano music) ♪
- (Kyle) You know, this is kinda nice.
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♪ (piano music intensifies) ♪
- ♪ They're tryna be cray ♪
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- Oh my gosh.
- Oh my god. Wow!
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Now I'm even just thinking
of just when you go
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to fancy restaurants and stuff,
and they have a piano in the corner,
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it's gonna be this song.
- (Kyle) Nah, nah.
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- (grandpa) Ay, ay!
- He was vibin'!
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He was vibin',
and his grandson just ruined his vibe.
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- (grandpa) ...Playboi Carti.
I mean, the album still
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hasn't dropped yet,
but it's supposed to be
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dropping in 2090.
- The album hasn't dr--
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(chuckles) That's a good joke.
- (Kyle) A bo-- Grandpa,
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that was trash.
- (grandpa) Tr-- boy,
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your hairline gonna recede
with all that cap.
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Watch your mouth.
- Cap is like the weirdest slang
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that came. Like,
how did that come to be?
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- (grandpa) Cappin'
means you're lying.
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- (Kyle) So, you're telling me
in 2019, you and your friends
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used bottle caps
as a measure of honesty?
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- (grandpa) Yes.
- (laughs) Good one.
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- (grandpa) You learned about
the War of Area 51
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in your history class, right?
- War of Area 51!
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- That's a thing that we're
gonna wipe out of our history.
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Never talking about that again.
- (Kyle) Area 5-- what is that?
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- (grandpa) See, what had happened
was two million people signed up
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to save the alien ladies
from the government.
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- (Kyle) I beg your pardon?
- Dude, I forgo-- oh my god.
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This is just bringing back memories.
I forgot about the raid on Area 51.
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This guy knows his stuff.
- We are such a weird generation,
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like watching this video and thinking
that these are going to be the things
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that I tell my children
and grandkids about.
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- But I love our generation.
We're just out here vibing.
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We're just here to laugh
and bop to songs and... throw ass.
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- ♪ I'm with this thing
like I'm Dennis ♪
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♪ I started this-- school,
I'ma finish ♪
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You home early, Kyle?
- This is all the same guy?
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- (Kyle) There's no class,
'cause it's Vine Remembrance Day.
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- Ugh.
- (Kyle) What are you doing?
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- Some people need
to let Vine die, honestly.
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- (grandpa) Just playing
some music from my childhood.
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There really are nothing
like the classics.
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- (Kyle) You want a sip
of my Apple Water?
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- Apple Water?
$100 for a bottle of water?
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- (grandpa) You know what?
I'm gonna play my PS4.
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Get my mind off this nonsense.
- (Kyle) Grandpa, it's 2090.
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No one uses the PS4 anymore.
The PS20's out now.
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- (snickers) That is
a stacked PlayStation.
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- (Kyle) The main thing in GTA
is just being careful
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when he gets close to you.
- (grandpa) Wait, what do you mean...
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- What?
- (Kyle) Oh, here we go.
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(whirring)
(ding)
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- (grandpa) What?!
W-who was that?!
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- (laughs)
- What?!
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- (Kyle) ...augmented reality version.
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R2 is punch.
- (grandpa) Ah!
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- Oh, wow. I hate that. (laughs)
- (grandpa) Ooh! Listen, buddy,
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I've been through World War 3.
You don't want this elderly smoke.
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- (chuckles) World War 3.
- (Kyle) But I really gotta learn
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this song for my recital
with the school band.
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- (grandpa) Oh, really?
What are you all playing?
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- (Kyle) Just some old
classical song. "The Box?"
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- Oh, god. Oh, no.
- (grandpa) That reminds me
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of the bop right there.
- (Kyle) The bed squeaking
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reminded you of the song?
- Oh my god.
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- (Kyle) Alexa, play the song
that goes (squeaking)
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- (squeaks along)
- (Kyle) And then
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♪ Had to put a stick in the box ♪
♪ Hm, pour up the whole dang seal ♪
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♪ I'ma get lazy ♪
- ♪ I'ma get crazy ♪
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- (grandpa) It's how the song goes.
It'll make sense in a sec. Just wait.
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- ♪ (squeaking) ♪
- I hate this song!
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- ♪ ...the coupe at the lot ♪
- (grandpa) Ooh! Your grandma
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used to throw it back out there
to this one before she got old.
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- Yikes. (laughs)
The "your grandma used to
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throw it back" part.
Like, no, thank you.
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Didn't need to hear that.
- (Kyle) So, this is what I've been
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missing out on from 2020, huh?
- (grandpa) See?
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Now you're getting it.
- Aww. I also just think it's cute,
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'cause I never think about
the elder information
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that I'm gonna get to pass on
to my grandchildren,
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so this just kinda
gets you thinkin'.
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- I'm vibin', and he's like,
"Yeah, your grandma throwin' it back,"
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and I'm just like, [bleep]!
What if I'm someone's grandma one day,
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and they're just seeing
these videos?
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- It reminds me of the good ol' days
of YouTube with all these
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fresh new ideas,
where people kinda just
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were really fresh and original.
But now it's like,
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we're doing it in 2020.
- (FBE) So, like we said,
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these videos are all part
of a series called When Our Generation
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Gets Old and Hears a Throwback Song.
And as you may have gathered,
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these videos poke fun
at how our generation will be
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once we get older
and how some of the things
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that we do now may sound crazy
to our grandkids.
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So, how accurate do you think
his portrayals and his kind of
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social commentary is gonna end up
actually being someday?
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- I don't think
it's necessarily supposed
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to be an accurate representation.
It's more kind of parodying
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how we kind of talk to our parents
and their parents talk
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to their parents.
But I think now that we have
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the internet, there's gonna be
less of a disconnect
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between generations moving forward.
- You know how older generations now,
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where it's like, you know,
"Get off my lawn" type of things
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or "Kids have it easier these days."
I feel like that happens
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in every single generation.
- Oh my god. Imagine just being
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80 years old,
and you're sagging,
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and then you're just like,
"Come on, child. Come here.
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Oh, I found my old iPhone X.
Look at these TikToks!"
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- I feel like it's so accurate.
I mean, it's basically what I've heard
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and what our generation
has heard from our parents
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and our grandparents
just with, you know, music
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way back in the day.
But to think that right now
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is going to be considered
"back in the day" at one point
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in my lifetime is just wild.
- (FBE) The videos you saw today
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are all from YouTuber Kyle Exum,
who, as of filming this episode,
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has over three million subscribers
and has posted three videos
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of this When Our Generation
Gets Old series.
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He also makes scripted comedy sketches
and parodies famous rap songs.
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So, Kyle is around your age.
So, we wanna know, in your opinion,
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what do you think it is
about these videos
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that's so enticing
for people your age to watch?
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- I think we're all getting
a little older, and we're all
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freaking out about it.
It's a very shareable video,
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or, like, "Oh, can you believe
what it's gonna be like?"
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- The big thing is we love
self-deprecating humor.
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This is all just poking fun
at how crazy and wild
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our generation is.
- He's kind of making us feel
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nostalgic for things
that are currently being released
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and we're currently talking about.
We're gonna look back
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at all the stuff that we're doing
in 2019 and being like, "Wow,
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those really were the good old days,"
but we're thinking that currently.
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- (FBE) So, you may have also
seen Kyle on TikTok.
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We actually recently featured
a challenge that was started by Kyle
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called I've Been TikTokkin'
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in a recent episode.
- Ohh.
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- (raps along) ♪ TikTok-- ♪
Ayy! I like that one a lot actually.
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I love it when the creators,
especially singers,
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they make their own moves
or their own song.
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- (FBE) With the ever-changing
landscape of social media
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and all of these platforms,
what do you think it really takes
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to be a successful
and original creator nowadays?
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- Oh, god. That's such
a complicated question,
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'cause it's the internet now.
It's not a specific subsect
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of people.
There is an audience for everything.
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You could get a million subscribers
just giving golfing advice,
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'cause there's an audience for it now.
It's find your niche,
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find something you're good at
and passionate about,
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and then find a way
to market it.
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- I mean, it's just
like Ru Paul's Drag Race.
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Charisma, uniqueness,
nerve, and talent.
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That's what I wanna see here!
- Sometimes, you have to put
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a lot of work in it and thought
and try to make it as funny,
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but I also feel like it's also
based off of luck and who finds you,
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'cause some aren't as creative,
yet they end up gaining so many views,
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so I don't know what sort of algorithm
these social medias use to get famous.
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So, I don't know.
- I think it's all about perspective,
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but also tapping into
the collective consciousness,
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because if you can tap into an idea
that everybody's thinking
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but hasn't been created yet,
I think that's always--
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that's the formula.
- (FBE) All right, so finally,
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what's something that you love
and you think will still be "lit"
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when you find yourself
actually on this elders wall someday
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and explaining it to your grandkids?
- (laughs) Oh my god.
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I don't know.
I feel like The Office.
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I feel like I'll definitely
wanna show my kids Office episodes
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and be like, "This is comedy.
This is actual comedy."
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- I am a Potterhead,
and a really big one.
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If I ever get old and have grandkids,
and I tell them about my youth,
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it's probably gonna be
about Harry Potter.
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And I don't wanna ruin Harry Potter
for them, but I'll probably
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ruin Harry Potter for them.
- I hope the MCU still exists
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80 years from now.
I hope we're on Iron Man 67.
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I'm gonna be honest, Riri Williams
is gonna kill it as an adult.
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- It makes it even more surreal,
I think being on this wall
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and thinking about it.
It's gonna be a lot me showing
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my kids Kill Bill
and Pride and Prejudice,
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'cause those are my two sides of it.
Kill Bill. Pride and Prejudice.
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Both female-led. One with the sword,
and one with her heart.
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- (raspy) Thanks for watching
this here episode of Elders--
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(clears throat) I mean,
College Kids React.
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- What do you think
you're gonna be listening to
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when you're old?
Let us know in the comments.
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- Make sure you subscribe,
so you never miss an episode.
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- Hey, everyone. Lauren,
producer here at FBE.
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Thank you so much
for watching this episode.
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Are there any other YouTube creators
that you want us to react to next?
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If so, let us know
down in the comments. Bye!
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