Your Average Video Essay

A parody of video essays.

[makkerfelix]

to understand why squidward is the most terrifying villain in film history, we have to go back to the beginning, "part 1: the start of modern capitalism"

[samuelkristensen]

The pointless Starbucks to cup graphic was so funny.

[heehokuzunoha]

"Why X broke me"
"Why X will break you"
"How X revolutionized Y"
"How I learned to love X"

[Uppernorwood]

The pretentious male vocal fry is just 👌

[alexanderackerman]

Why *insert most popular thing in genre* is an underrated masterpiece

[CidGuerreiro]

There's something about the intonation here that is just 100% accurate.

[adelrayen]

The satire in this video is so seamless that once I was done watching it, YouTube recommended me some actual pretentious video essays

[imadumbslutwithasharpsword]

Inaccurate. You forgot the obligatory shot of a vhs tape being put into a player.

[Timmorrisjr]

The pretentious video essays, TED Talks, random people on social media who try to act smart, etc. ALL use this voice. This is perfect. “We looked at the data, and…………. the subtle nuances made themselves profoundly clear.”

[SykoMuffin]

me writing an essay in school and trying to inflate the word count:

[leonardogabriel]

Oh my god, the stupid lo-fi music in the background is 100% accurate

[seanengelgau]

You've nailed the pretentious video essay aesthetic to such an impressive degree my friend thought this was a nerd writer video when I showed it to him which is infinitely funny to me.

[SunBee-kfbj]

the only thing missing is the absurdly long runtime

[leftrarulef]

Your average comment: Can we all please stop talking about the [insert aspect of the video everyone seems to like] and acknowledge how good the [insert another aspect of the video everyone likes but I think I'm smarter for noticing it] is?

[callmecharlie]

- Clip from vintage media at the start of the video
- Generic Lo-fi track which is just a loop
- References a point made by a smaller youtuber
- "As im writing this..."
- Mentions other video he made

[salsathemonkey]

You forgot the thumbnail being someone's face with words over the eyes

[HeadOfNothing]

You used " you see" ten times in 2 minutes. That's a great video essayist right there.

[BootScootBoogie]

Filmbros ripping their hair out when Hitler says why he hates the Jews (Show, Don’t Tell)

[thriftstorechicken]

My feelings on Video essays can be summed up by one Talking Heads line

"You're talking a lot, But you're not saying much"

[bagandtag]

Before I tell you why Moe Szyslak is the most heroic The Simpsons character, let me painstakinly recount the plot of every single episode he's ever been in