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  • What if social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok were actually honest about how destructive and terrible they are? Well, everybody at Cracked might not have been fired for one.
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    00:00 - If Social Media Were Honest
    05:48 - Darnell Needs To Clean Up
    #Facebook #TikTok #socialmedia
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  • @cal4625
    @cal4625 Před rokem +371

    So social media is the adult version of the spoiled kid who gets his way by having a screaming tantrum in Wal Mart?

    • @TheeGlocktopus
      @TheeGlocktopus Před 11 měsíci +21

      If you were going to give the internet an enema, you'd stick the tube in Social Media.

    • @BitByBitMyHeartIsFalling
      @BitByBitMyHeartIsFalling Před 11 měsíci +3

      ​@@TheeGlocktopusWhy there are one month old comments only in this video.. is not this video suppose to be a year ago ?

    • @TheeGlocktopus
      @TheeGlocktopus Před 11 měsíci +6

      @@BitByBitMyHeartIsFalling I didn't know there was some arbitrary point in time set by yourself for everyone to get comments in by, and one second past that point the comment become irrelevant for some unknown reason. "If it's not new to me, it shouldn't be new to you!"

    • @BitByBitMyHeartIsFalling
      @BitByBitMyHeartIsFalling Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@TheeGlocktopus is that really a feature for CZcams user ? Do you see any comment here 3 month ago

    • @finaldusk1821
      @finaldusk1821 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Well the difference there is that the spoiled kid might eventually get what he wants, albeit undeservingly. There's at least a point to it.
      Here, people will keep shouting at each other indefinitely over an unwinnable argument for no reward, it's not like either side is going to change their worldview because of some angry comments littered with grammar mistakes and cherry picked (if any) sources.

  • @killington2633
    @killington2633 Před rokem +1357

    "what's the worst a little ol' social media platform could do to a popular website?" The length of this pause forced the point into our physical universe. Ty Jordan for bringing Cracked back

    • @cracked
      @cracked Před rokem +174

      You’re welcome haha

    • @wb8695
      @wb8695 Před rokem +60

      I don't understand what they were referencing though. Could you explain?

    • @NotsoGreat36
      @NotsoGreat36 Před rokem

      @@wb8695 cracked and many other small media/comedy companies boards were duped into believing that everyone was moving to Facebook video. So everyone moved there to get that sweet sweet ad money. Which actually wasn’t there. So when your entire platform converts its algorithm to post somewhere with zero actual revenue you lose money. So their parent company probably fired a whole bunch of the staff to try and push a buyout (layoffs always make a company look cash positive because of all the money that isn’t being spent on labor). Which didn’t work and so now companies like cracked and college humor are niche humor sites when they were on track to being humor website juggernauts (hypothetically, since we are in the future and know that everyone decided 15sec-3 minute clips make the brain go brrrr.

    • @NotsoGreat36
      @NotsoGreat36 Před rokem +36

      @@wb8695 also look at the fact that they have nearly 3million subscribers but only 85k views in 24hours. Much of that is from 2015-2017 when they were hyper focused on the CZcams algorithm.

    • @muddlewait8844
      @muddlewait8844 Před rokem +233

      @@wb8695 I think what happened was this: Facebook published stats that *vastly* exaggerated the popularity of video content in general by counting people scrolling past videos as views. This displaced a lot of print content that had consistent but not overstated popularity, as content production moved toward video and away from print because the ad revenue was perceived to be there. This was especially true in the case of Cracked. When Facebook’s lie was revealed, ad revenue for video content dropped off dramatically. Cracked basically went broke, with the incredible talent pool that had been built up over many years fired and scattered across the podscape and with the site itself, having lost both its video and print momentum, needing to be effectively rebuilt, albeit with the advantage of a sleeping subscriber base who could still perk up if given a reason (e.g. Roger).

  • @ricksgaming7298
    @ricksgaming7298 Před rokem +1239

    I try not to do social media because I 100% agree with what Roger is saying, yet here I am.

    • @DavidRichardson153
      @DavidRichardson153 Před rokem +1

      YT is the weed of social media: not too bad to get into, encourages (or in the worst cases, pressures) obtaining knowledge and care in order to properly use it, and still possible to avoid and get away from the worst parts.
      Twitter is the black tar heroin cut with fentanyl of social media: causes nothing but irreparable damage to your life that you need to stay as far away as possible from - and if you are ob it, you had better cut it completely out of your life immediately.

    • @josecorchete3732
      @josecorchete3732 Před rokem +1

      Here's your dopamine shot! 😜

    • @joshuaharris3039
      @joshuaharris3039 Před rokem +21

      I only use it for the art I find and do my best to stay from anything to insane

    • @danelynch7171
      @danelynch7171 Před rokem +113

      I don't count CZcams comments as social media.

    • @EB_3693
      @EB_3693 Před rokem +11

      @@joshuaharris3039 Ikr. Social media has something for everyone. Its the distractions that draw the most attention.

  • @pizzamon795
    @pizzamon795 Před rokem +737

    I really like how Cracked "engages" with the viewers in the comments, giving them little shots of dopamine. Ooo, aaahhh!!! Gimmie some of that😉

    • @cracked
      @cracked Před rokem +276

      Yummy yummy

    • @Livingdgurl
      @Livingdgurl Před rokem +63

      @@cracked that hits the spot, EVERY SINGLE TIME!
      Woooooooo! 👌 Where's mine? I'm feeding off the crumbs of his rush! Darn! 😅🙃😆💀

    • @DarlingMissDarling
      @DarlingMissDarling Před rokem +26

      @@Livingdgurl haha not the 'crumbs of his rush'! This just made me fully giggle like a toddler and I thank you. 10/10 🤣👌

    • @Leafbower
      @Leafbower Před rokem +3

      Well to be fair it only takes them like 5 minutes now.

    • @gbengaabejegah7963
      @gbengaabejegah7963 Před rokem +7

      aarghhh ughhh dopamine release😂😂

  • @samuelboundy7184
    @samuelboundy7184 Před rokem +618

    As a Brit... I had no idea that "Being Rodgered" was understood in the US 😳😂

  • @Jakem1872
    @Jakem1872 Před 11 měsíci +117

    Quitting social media was the best thing I’ve done in a while

  • @Hel1mutt
    @Hel1mutt Před rokem +77

    Kudos for saying "I gotta clean up" with such a straight face lol

  • @yourmommashouse
    @yourmommashouse Před rokem +271

    Who remembers the actual M.A.D magazine and the picture you folded a certain way to make a secret image? I used to highly anticipate the new one every month !!! Those were the days.

    • @KarmaticBuggAdventures
      @KarmaticBuggAdventures Před rokem +22

      Liking this because I am also old and I feel the need to add to engagement on this post... probably because I am old.

    • @pizzamon795
      @pizzamon795 Před rokem +8

      👋 me!!!! I had a decent stack of Cracked and Mad magazines. The "Sabatures" I'm not sure if im spelling that right, were a nice touch also. I had forgotten about the secret images on the cover

    • @Raelven
      @Raelven Před rokem +15

      Spy vs Spy

    • @pizzamon795
      @pizzamon795 Před rokem +8

      @@Raelven that was Mad magazine and i liked it a lot too

    • @matthewgeiger9188
      @matthewgeiger9188 Před rokem +8

      @@Raelven that was Mad magazine

  • @miriams.4341
    @miriams.4341 Před rokem +258

    I get my dopamine hit whenever a new Roger video comes out 😄

    • @illpunchyouintheface9094
      @illpunchyouintheface9094 Před rokem

      I get my dopamine when when ever I see you. Come find me at the nearest McDonald’s drive-through

    • @MrReymoclif714
      @MrReymoclif714 Před rokem +1

      Discount not the importance of adrenaline also?

  • @SuperlativeCG
    @SuperlativeCG Před rokem +10

    People used to write diaries and get annoyed when other people read them... now they put everything on social media and get annoyed when they don't.

  • @Briansgate
    @Briansgate Před rokem +378

    This is so true. This is why most of us should limit our social media use, and some people shouldnt be on any of them at all.
    Cancel your socials, and go outside!

    • @NankitaBR
      @NankitaBR Před rokem +21

      Lately I only use CZcams. I deleted my twitter, I barely use Facebook or Instagram (I don't usually post, I just use it when I need to speak to someone I don't have their cell number) and I never had a Tiktok because I know how addictive that s**t is and I don't need that. I have a reddit but only so I can see the answers for some very specific questions (like "how do you beat level __ on videogame ________") every once in a while, but just like Facebook I don't post.
      Edit: and I feel so much better now that I limited my social media usage. Just leaving twitter alone made me feel much better.

    • @Xo.Telisa
      @Xo.Telisa Před rokem +7

      Does CZcams count 🤨 cuz that’s what i mostly be on this & Pinterest 🥴

    • @elysiumsexsmith
      @elysiumsexsmith Před rokem +4

      You say on one of the world's largest social media platforms...oh the irony.

    • @DarlingMissDarling
      @DarlingMissDarling Před rokem +15

      @@NankitaBR holy shit, same. I've been trying for YEARS to pry my very sweet mother from the grips of Facebook. She really wants to see the good in everyone so I have to continually check in on her feed to show her that even seemingly innocuous memes can actually be the FARTHEST things from it. She's almost 70 and as liberal as it gets but doesn't understand that when a page with a name like Patriots for America posts: "I miss the old days" that it's not "I miss the time before Trump created Alternative Facts" and actually more like "I miss being able to say r3t4rd, f4g and N***3r whenever I wanted!"
      Facebook has a serious chokehold on the boomers and it suuuucks. Smh.

    • @DarlingMissDarling
      @DarlingMissDarling Před rokem +4

      @@Xo.Telisa god, I hope not because YT and Pinterest are all I got left out here, girl! 🤣

  • @blunderwomanthemyscira6224
    @blunderwomanthemyscira6224 Před 11 měsíci +30

    Social media is a cesspool of hate.

  • @poetrycomix5831
    @poetrycomix5831 Před rokem +76

    Shout out to everyone who worked at Cracked prior to 2017. This video tips its hat to you.

  • @mattbilderback6168
    @mattbilderback6168 Před 11 měsíci +72

    It's not like a social media company could change the outcome of an election. That would be crazy talk.

    • @testthewest123
      @testthewest123 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Well, they tried with Trump, who wasn't their darling (even though he made them a lkot of money).

    • @katymartin9026
      @katymartin9026 Před 9 měsíci

      Facebook and CZcams got busted for approving ads that messed with Brazil's last election too@@testthewest123

    • @aeoligarlic4024
      @aeoligarlic4024 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Man how i miss the internet when it was just a space for nerds talking about their hobbies. Now it's hijacked by corporations and politicians

  • @maechael-ns1xe
    @maechael-ns1xe Před rokem +622

    I'm so glad Roger is back at it, really wish more of the older series could be revived.

    • @JumpingTuna
      @JumpingTuna Před rokem +34

      Like After Hours and People Watching?

    • @WesMordine
      @WesMordine Před rokem +15

      He's the best! Glad they got him back.

    • @maechael-ns1xe
      @maechael-ns1xe Před rokem +17

      @@JumpingTunaAfter Hours for sure, perhaps the Noob vs Leet video game series, and the office segments with random topics that featured the whole cast at one point or another.

    • @haltopen12
      @haltopen12 Před rokem +22

      Yeah, I miss obsessive pop culture disorder

    • @rowynnecrowley1689
      @rowynnecrowley1689 Před rokem +3

      I tried watching After Hours with the new class, but it just wasn't the same.

  • @ZWD2011
    @ZWD2011 Před 11 měsíci +39

    You click on a Roger once and YT feeds you constant Rogers. Finally something useful and educational. Did it on a cat video once but the effect is not the same. If you've seen one, you've seen 'm all.

    • @amberd.883
      @amberd.883 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Disagreed. You can never see enough cats

    • @h.t.2416
      @h.t.2416 Před 2 měsíci

      @@amberd.883No one can ever see enough cat videos l

  • @wobblybob5029
    @wobblybob5029 Před rokem +102

    Roger is pure gold, why one earth is he not cast as some Bond villain? The pure panache with which he deliver "evil" in a good package is magic.

    • @lateblossom
      @lateblossom Před 7 měsíci +1

      Omg, THIS has nailed it. 🤣🤣

    • @spacelemur7955
      @spacelemur7955 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Read Hannah Arendt.
      Key concept: _the banality of evil._
      In other words, a Bond villian is too easy to identify and thus resistible. It's the otherwise normal-looking evil-doers who do the damage in real life.

    • @spacelemur7955
      @spacelemur7955 Před 6 měsíci

      Nope. Read my reply to the same guy you replied to.

  • @smokeyfantastico
    @smokeyfantastico Před rokem +311

    Funny how everyone didn't get Roger's shade about how a social media company can do to a popular website, aka Facebook fucked over Cracked and almost destroyed it

    • @alw2839
      @alw2839 Před rokem +4

      Thanks! 😆

    • @jamesjames6601
      @jamesjames6601 Před rokem +16

      Cracked did that to themselves by posting less funny great fact filled articles to read (seriously who cares about another Marvel DC Superhero crap article) and being too left wing woke political. Now TikTok video facts on CZcams has pretty much replaced Cracked articles as interesting information to know!

    • @mariposa9506
      @mariposa9506 Před rokem +25

      I've never held a fb account, and I don't need that to influence me. Cracked has some good stuff (mostly roger) but quite a bit of garbage. If Roger wasn't a thing I would have 0 reason to view anything from cracked, much less subscribe.

    • @det.bullock4461
      @det.bullock4461 Před rokem +38

      @@jamesjames6601 that was a result of Facebook publishing fake data about engagement to convince sites to pivot to them for video content. They started doing bad and fired a lot of people hence the loss of quality.

    • @diyeana
      @diyeana Před rokem +9

      Who is this "everyone" you speak of? 🤔

  • @claynorwood9723
    @claynorwood9723 Před rokem +115

    Roger Horton is my favorite member of the Boomer generation. For real Jack, you have this character nailed.

  • @SunnyAquamarine2
    @SunnyAquamarine2 Před rokem +73

    Me on YT for most of the day...

    • @PraiseTheFSMonster
      @PraiseTheFSMonster Před rokem +4

      For real I'm constantly going through an emotional roller coaster

    • @SunnyAquamarine2
      @SunnyAquamarine2 Před rokem +1

      @@PraiseTheFSMonster you think you are? Try being me.

    • @blockedjuser1272
      @blockedjuser1272 Před rokem

      Currently trying to get out of this death spiral and doing a shit job of it due to my dopamine system failing.

    • @chuckbuck5002
      @chuckbuck5002 Před rokem

      @@blockedjuser1272 I would argue it’s working as intended it’s just our rains weren’t designed for the digital world.

    • @ecthelion222
      @ecthelion222 Před rokem

      Yeah I wouldn’t brag that’s the point.

  • @TracksideViews
    @TracksideViews Před rokem +46

    Roger, the most trusted name on the internet.

  • @stevenknauer6234
    @stevenknauer6234 Před rokem +35

    I don't like how I was told exactly what I'm doing to myself... Like, Roger stared right at me

  • @itskeagan3004
    @itskeagan3004 Před rokem +76

    Social media and technology should be cautiously approached ESPECIALLY where children are involved. They don’t have the mental capacity to handle that stress and pressure-peer pressure is hard enough.

    • @paulherman5822
      @paulherman5822 Před rokem +14

      Plenty of adults don't, either.

    • @rosecity_chris
      @rosecity_chris Před rokem +16

      Bro I'm 34 and I don't have the metal capacity. My life has been 10x better since I deleted all that shit (unless you count yt).

    • @thichinhphan4010
      @thichinhphan4010 Před 10 dny

      Adults abuse those, with worse consequences for both themselves and their family.

  • @CreepyMagician
    @CreepyMagician Před rokem +35

    We wonder why there's an epidemic of anxiety disorders among our teenagers, while not being able to keep them off their "smart"-phones in the classroom.

  • @danielshoudy265
    @danielshoudy265 Před rokem +31

    Noticed a significant improvement for my mental health when I stopped using Facebook, IG n such years ago. Yes I realize I'm commenting on a social media platform rn although I don't feel like YT is nearly as bad for you as those as if I do engage it's mostly just drive by comments that I'll rarely check a response to or from...

  • @spectre9957
    @spectre9957 Před 11 měsíci +74

    Social media is the source of everything that has gone wrong with the entire world for the last 20 years. If my friends and family can't visit me or send a letter, oh well. Celine said our hearts will go on.

    • @ba_charles
      @ba_charles Před 10 měsíci +1

      social media didn't exist 20 years ago but ok

    • @RighteousnessWillPrevail
      @RighteousnessWillPrevail Před 10 měsíci

      But your lying when you say oh well. Because you actually want your friends and family to visit or send a letter. Everyone needs friends.

    • @HyperGolem
      @HyperGolem Před 10 měsíci

      Back in like 2008-2012 social media was alright because not everyone had a smart phone to use it with (at least in my country). Back then people would briefly visit Myspace or Facebook after work on their desktop computers, maybe share a funny picture or post a comment or two. But when everyone got smart phones in the early 2010s, people started to overuse social media because it became so easy; You could do it anywhere, any time. And that's when it all went wrong.

    • @hotfudgecake
      @hotfudgecake Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@ba_charlesyou don't think there was social media 20 years ago? Lol. Facebook founded 2004. Myspace before that. AOL and ICQ and Yahoo before that.

    • @echd1
      @echd1 Před 7 měsíci

      @@ba_charlesmyspace was launch in 2003

  • @cypho4258
    @cypho4258 Před rokem +42

    Satire on the very thing they're actively doing in this episode. This is meta as hell lol

  • @captainoftheneverdie21
    @captainoftheneverdie21 Před rokem +84

    Don't forget the false power behind being "anonymous" on certain social media sites

  • @Psychol-Snooper
    @Psychol-Snooper Před rokem +38

    That long pause with the old outro music was so perfect. I would not have gotten the reference otherwise.
    I think CZcams did as much to kill websites as other social media. I know I consumed Cracked and other's content (College Humor) here where it was aggregated in easy to access.

    • @JimCullen
      @JimCullen Před rokem +4

      Maybe that was intended as a shot at CZcams, but I took it more as a shot at Facebook. Famously, it was when Facebook started pushing video, and both CH and Cracked started relying on metrics from Facebook video (which were, they later found out, complete lies), that CH and Cracked both took huge financial hits which ended up killing both sites' video production teams.

    • @Psychol-Snooper
      @Psychol-Snooper Před rokem +1

      @@JimCullen Could be. I feel like the CZcams ad revenue implosion after Elsagate played a roll as well. It would be really interesting to see a deep dive on what happened at Cracked... though NDAs have a chilling effect on everything now. =/

  • @dimoslaros724
    @dimoslaros724 Před rokem +230

    When Roger goes full "evil" genius by debating the wrongs of social media. Good job team, brilliant work!
    Do you folks think you can do some material over Flight Companies?

  • @Mike_Jones281
    @Mike_Jones281 Před rokem +4

    Employer: Hey, what is your social media handle?
    Me: I don't have one.
    E: No, seriously, we need it.
    M: No, seriously, I don't have one.
    E: 😕

  • @AJ-po6up
    @AJ-po6up Před rokem +18

    This one dropped so many truth bombs it actually got scary, it was magnificent!

  • @johanstormcrow8460
    @johanstormcrow8460 Před rokem +28

    It's free to join! Meaning you are the product and you produce content in search of validation. I cringe every time that they update their privacy policies.
    We are all getting Rodgered and liking it.

  • @davidbarnett342
    @davidbarnett342 Před rokem +29

    When I was a teenager I deleted my socials and haven't looked back lol. CZcams is as crazy as I get.

  • @ChaoticHoly
    @ChaoticHoly Před rokem +27

    The best part is that the only prop not absolutely needed (like the phone) _is a church pew_ - Social Media is the new religion, indeed.

  • @smitastic7030
    @smitastic7030 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Social media, where being an instigator is rewarded.

  • @TheAmericanAmerican
    @TheAmericanAmerican Před rokem +20

    This is my most favorite one yet! Beyond brutal!

  • @Letham316
    @Letham316 Před 11 měsíci +57

    I stopped using Facebook, and on Twitter, I mostly follow a bunch of people who make cute art. Also, I mostly use it via TweetDeck, which only shows their tweets and whatever they like and RT. It's made things a lot more pleasant and bearable. 😌

    • @mikerowave1986
      @mikerowave1986 Před 11 měsíci +11

      I also stopped using facebook, the only social media I use is CZcams. I could make my wife to quit and delete tiktok from her phone, I called that a win. Life is much better without all that crap, quitting social media is as good to your mental health as quit drinking/smoking to your physical health.

    • @doctorbeanis
      @doctorbeanis Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@mikerowave1986same! Congrats ;)

    • @PS1212
      @PS1212 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Get lost Putin!

  • @USAads2023
    @USAads2023 Před rokem +2

    I will say that the true danger of social media, goes back to “don’t talk to strangers”, with the bigger problem that you don’t even know the social bracket of this people or if they are even people (both).

  • @lawrencechesneau
    @lawrencechesneau Před rokem +18

    Wait..I knew CollegeHumor was basically killed by Facebook. Did Cracked have a similar experience?

    • @cracked
      @cracked Před rokem +17

      YUP. Entire video team fired in a single day.

    • @lawrencechesneau
      @lawrencechesneau Před rokem +4

      @@cracked Oh! That's why that happened! I thought it was just the previous owners being idiots.
      Damn. So Facebook killed Dorkly, CollegeHumor AND After Hours, Obsessive Pop Culture and all those other great shows.. Bastards!
      Mind you...Your Brain On Cracked is pretty good... 😁

    • @cracked
      @cracked Před rokem +3

      @@lawrencechesneau Ha thank you. I like it.

  • @RamenAwesomeNoodles
    @RamenAwesomeNoodles Před rokem +5

    “This is great! All my friends are here!”
    (Nothing on the screen but ads)
    Yup, that’s social media 😂

  • @Xai15
    @Xai15 Před rokem +5

    *hits the like button*
    Roger: “See, the system works.”

  • @thehawker694
    @thehawker694 Před měsícem +2

    this is the most ironic honest ad considering it's published on a social media platform

  • @CordeliaWagner
    @CordeliaWagner Před rokem +71

    I deleted my Mta accounts two months ago. No Facebook, no Insta. No daily insults, no daily arguments with narrow mindet toxic people. Yes, I lost a few people I really liked and shared a similar set of values. But these nice friendly interactions were just a small percentege of my daily dose of social media. Thanks to totally toxic group admins who bully everyone with a slightly different opinion out of the group to keep their bubble nice and clean and free from reasonable conversations. I don't feel sorry I didn't feed your Gottkomplex and your narcicisstic desire to be in control.
    Yes, I did spend to much time on Facebook and Insta. And blocking me for having a neutral balanced opinion and my annoying asking for science backed sources made me realize: This is not good for my mental health...
    I think of the Metaverse like an more evil thing like 1984 by Orwell.

    • @mikerowave1986
      @mikerowave1986 Před rokem +4

      Totally relatable. Social media is the cancer of our society

    • @ayaouahnanou1754
      @ayaouahnanou1754 Před rokem +1

      I've deleted everything a year and a half ago too, and i've never been better, best decision i've ever made

    • @VoltaireVI
      @VoltaireVI Před 10 měsíci

      What does "Mta" mean? I just now did reseach about this acronym but could find no immediate answer.

    • @OmegaVideoGameGod
      @OmegaVideoGameGod Před 7 měsíci

      Mail transfer agent.

    • @billkraemer4710
      @billkraemer4710 Před 5 měsíci

      Been suspended by Mta so I suspended them back, F-O-R-E-V-E-R. No FB, no insta, no tok doc. Best thing I ever did. Lots of time to do stuff now - my way.

  • @domomitsune5920
    @domomitsune5920 Před rokem +37

    I absolutely how Roger videos are on the nose. I really needed a Roger video today. I just wonder what cookie video Roger is going to cover next? Now if only everyone told it how it was, the world to be screwed up but at least we all know people would be honest.

  • @Mark.Taylor.
    @Mark.Taylor. Před rokem +16

    Another great video! Thanks /Hip

    • @cracked
      @cracked Před rokem +6

      Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks so much!

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd Před rokem +27

    I always loved Cracked, but tbh, I think I'm enjoying this revised version of it even more. Of the "series" in it, my faves have to be YBOC and of course, the inimitable Roger! These If X Were Honest videos are freaking hilarious, but also absolutely true, and somehow have the ability to scare me while I'm genuinely laughing out loud! The quality of the writing, as well as the acting, is absolutely at the top IMHO.
    Thank you "Team Roger", you all make my day when a new video pops up. And thank you to everyone involved in resurrecting one of CZcams's best channels. 👏👏👏🥰

    • @cracked
      @cracked Před rokem +5

      Thanks so much for giving us a shot!

  • @rowynnecrowley1689
    @rowynnecrowley1689 Před rokem +5

    This sums up exactly why I cancelled my twitter and only check facebook to see which of my family members died. CZcams is the only one I go to, and I keep my notifications turned off.

  • @crystalclear5397
    @crystalclear5397 Před rokem +16

    Freaking A I LOVE YOU GUYES who created this video! 😆 You Nailed It!!!

  • @DarknetDude
    @DarknetDude Před rokem +14

    When the world needed him most, he reappeared.

  • @NankitaBR
    @NankitaBR Před rokem +17

    Roggit is the best/worst social media that definitely exists

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko Před rokem

      I have opinions on that

  • @JamesTM
    @JamesTM Před rokem +5

    That's a lot of shade to throw. It's almost like Facebook Video directly led to the termination of Cracked's entire video team at one point...

  • @kongming7684
    @kongming7684 Před rokem +7

    The irony that this got posted on the same day that a Canadian telecom company called Rogers had an outage that shut down the majority of the internet in Canada.😂

  • @MettFox
    @MettFox Před 11 měsíci +10

    I like this channel verry much. Original content still lives

  • @Crowelephant
    @Crowelephant Před rokem +65

    I think it's like with money or tools; it's how you use them. CZcams is technically a social media platform, but as long as we're aware of just about everything Roger said, and we are capable of thinking our own thoughts, and we speak to each other in the comments the same way we would in person, social media can be a very useful tool, or at the very least, an occasional form of entertainment.
    And if you disagree with me, I hope you fall in a well.
    😂

    • @ilenastarbreeze4978
      @ilenastarbreeze4978 Před rokem +2

      Key word think own thoughts and awareness :] i feel this is greatly lacking

    • @LazyHermit
      @LazyHermit Před rokem

      @@ilenastarbreeze4978 You fool! You've fallen into the insipid, social response of "keyword being [blank]". Your attempt to think individually has only dragged you further into the social media hellscape. 🦀🗑

  • @om-nj2hw
    @om-nj2hw Před rokem +5

    The end statement is so true, that is what people are selling democracy and truth for, to do what everyone else is doing

  • @LivingInTheShade
    @LivingInTheShade Před rokem +13

    Love Roger he looks like butter wouldn't melt but...there's a core of steel inside 😂

  • @FreyaofCerberus
    @FreyaofCerberus Před rokem +21

    This video made me realize something. I've always had low dopamine levels thanks to my super fun ADHD which as always made it harder to enjoy certain things people do for that sweet chemical hit. People always say that excersize while hard makes them feel good afterwards, it never has for me. So while i have some social media (it's very hard not to in modern society) i barely spend any time on it. Don't have Instagram, TikTok or even Twitter. And i'm not saying this to be all smug and superior but it's wild that i didn't register that the reason people are addicted to social media is dopamine. And for once my barely functioning brain actually works for me. Huzzah now back to trying to trick myself into doing useful work.

    • @y_fam_goeglyd
      @y_fam_goeglyd Před rokem +3

      Hiya, Freya :) I am totally on board with you regarding social media. I do have a Twitter account, but it's totally private. I use it like a diary, noting down when I take my meds and how I am feeling at the time. I'm physically disabled, but that also affects my mental health. I learned some years ago that having an active Twitter account was not good for that. I still have the "public" one, but only in case I feel like I have to share some news. I don't even go to the account, I just use the "share with" option, hit send or whatever it is, and go back to what I was doing.
      As an aside, you said exercise doesn't raise your spirits, as it were, but have you tried singing? Either belting out favourite tunes at home or joining a choir (preferably a large one because it works better amongst others feeling the same way. It's a "the more the merrier" thing). It's always been something that I love to do, though choirs are no longer possible for me (I used to perform solos back in the day, but I developed crippling stage fright. Another reason for singing with a lot of people!). I find it gives the ultimate "clean high", so to speak.
      The longer and louder you do it, the better you feel. I know many others who joined choirs as much for the friendship as the music, but everyone has said how they "fly" back home after practice or a concert.
      I promise I am not trying to patronise you in any way (my youngest has ADD and the next one up is on the Asperger's spectrum, so I get it. I know very well that treatments - medical or otherwise - are completely personal), or even saying this *will* be good for your dopamine, it just works for me and those I've ever spoken to about it. It _might_ help, and it's a lot more fun than hitting the gym! Even if it's in the shower, sing a favourite song as loud as you can. It could help you get that buzz that is missing from so many of our lives.
      Best wishes to you. I hope you are happy, and if so, you stay that way. If not, you find something that makes you happy (there are lots of possible hobbies, for example, that can affect your mood positively). Take care :D

    • @FreyaofCerberus
      @FreyaofCerberus Před rokem +1

      @@y_fam_goeglyd Thank you for your kind words. I do actually like singing although more often than not just listening to some good tunes moves the needle a little. I didn't mean to imply nothing brings me dopamine just that it's usually not much or for very long. But I'm 30, I'm pretty used to it by this point. Anyway just wanted to say thanks because of how long and thoughtful your comment was. Hope you have a lovely day/night 😄

    • @ilenastarbreeze4978
      @ilenastarbreeze4978 Před rokem +1

      I feel the same way :p though i can doom scroll facebook because of bordom but i use it just to find books to read mostly now. And yea ive always wondered why people feel good at doing things that seem so boring and just .. hard to do like excersize or dishes or ect. Adhd is a hell of a brain chemistry!

    • @ilenastarbreeze4978
      @ilenastarbreeze4978 Před rokem +2

      @@y_fam_goeglyd holy crap someone really polite! Sorry i just had to call you out because polite is so rare these days. Thabk you! And i ttoally sgrre with whatcha said. I like singing to myself if noone can hear me but am too embarrassed to sing infront of others. For me reading ( i understand being able to read novels is hard for a lot of people woth adhd) gives me that happy feels and video games

    • @powerofk
      @powerofk Před rokem

      Yeah - I've never done Instagram, FaceBook, nor Tik Tok. I used Twitter for a bit many, many years ago for about a year during the Obama administration. Mostly, it's just CZcams nowadays. Honestly, the ONLY thing most social media platforms are good for is sharing pictures of your kids and pets to your family. Anything past that gets toxic in a heartbeat.

  • @michaelpineiro533
    @michaelpineiro533 Před rokem +2

    If social media were honest, no one would ever use social media.

    • @ViburaBlanca
      @ViburaBlanca Před 18 dny

      Well its pretty well known how bad it is people don’t care

  • @RoseDragoness
    @RoseDragoness Před rokem +4

    love Darnell Eaton's acting, that last part is really great. Trying to google the name if he is the right actor and found out he is a realtor.

  • @Daminite
    @Daminite Před rokem +10

    So, in other words social media hasn't really changed much about media industry practices except make it interactive and cut the cost of content creation by leaving it up to the product... I mean user base.

  • @kapishgirdhar
    @kapishgirdhar Před rokem +4

    ITS BULLYING YOU INTO SEEING SPECIFIC POSTS DESPITE FOLLOWING DIVERSE ACCOUNTS

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko Před rokem +1

      I have lost track of how often I get Joe rogan forced down my throat despite specifically requesting otherwise.

  • @kma6881
    @kma6881 Před rokem +5

    Quitting social media (not counting yt) cold turkey was one of the greatest decisions I’ve ever made.

    • @zantas-handle
      @zantas-handle Před rokem +2

      Please give us all some tips on how you did it! Help us PLEEEEEASE!

    • @kma6881
      @kma6881 Před rokem

      @@zantas-handle easy. Post something against community standards and they’ll do it for you.

  • @loriki8766
    @loriki8766 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Putting a comment here so that the algorithms will recommend this to more people.

  • @aussiebloke609
    @aussiebloke609 Před rokem +13

    This would have been even funnier if...if it wasn't also true. 🤣

  • @ImperfectD
    @ImperfectD Před rokem +4

    Roger's face at @0:15 is so meme worthy! 🤣😂😭

  • @myfrestuff3453
    @myfrestuff3453 Před rokem +5

    I'm so glad this was algorithm'd to me!

  • @MusicoftheDamned
    @MusicoftheDamned Před rokem +20

    ...Not that I don't agree, especially since I've always loathed social media even before people (finally) realized just how bad Facebook actually was (but largely only because they turned into conspiracy theorists), but this feels like it should almost have a NSFW in the title given all the moaning. That would still be true of the social media anyway, especially if you replaced "work" with "well-being".
    Half-joking prudishness aside, this was sadly desperately needed, especially with the way Tiktok has been taking off over the past year even though it will likely turn out to be *even worse* overall.

  • @DemonicAdj
    @DemonicAdj Před 11 měsíci +4

    Sort of a "he who fights with monsters" but instead, if you're using social media, take care that it doesn't use you.

  • @michael_the_wicked
    @michael_the_wicked Před rokem +16

    You guys never fail!!!

  • @m.s2505
    @m.s2505 Před rokem +2

    Got an advert for Reddit immediately upon finishing the video

  • @Veldazandtea
    @Veldazandtea Před 6 měsíci

    Finally. Someone that isn't afraid of what people know about them. I can respect that.

  • @phillipwathitu3505
    @phillipwathitu3505 Před rokem +3

    Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. I remember a while back commenting on a video and asking you to make this video. I'm glad you actually did it.

  • @OsirisMalkovich
    @OsirisMalkovich Před rokem +4

    "Getting Rogered" is exactly what it sounds like.

  • @marionomadic6227
    @marionomadic6227 Před rokem +2

    Spot on! Thanks Cracked for having Roger on with great social commentary.

  • @diyeana
    @diyeana Před rokem +2

    I love seeing the final version! It was fun seeing your live with this and other topics. Bravo!

  • @JohnUnsub
    @JohnUnsub Před rokem +4

    This footage is basically gold, you'll have clean footage to AI recreate Rodger perfectly

  • @Unknown-jt1jo
    @Unknown-jt1jo Před rokem +10

    Wow, this one is pretty hard-hitting!

  • @earthling_parth
    @earthling_parth Před rokem +1

    That rap at the end **chef's kiss**

  • @nikhilgarge6451
    @nikhilgarge6451 Před rokem +2

    I realized and deleted my IG account a month ago with a comment- '"Your algorithm is not strong enough".

  • @SirAthiro
    @SirAthiro Před rokem +16

    So glad I treat social media as a mental dumpster than a means of validation.

    • @elysiumsexsmith
      @elysiumsexsmith Před rokem

      Liked just to give you that little dopamine hit that comes with someone agreeing with you.

  • @brettcarter5954
    @brettcarter5954 Před rokem +10

    Thanks for producing another episode of Roger. I enjoy this playful insights into modern culture and current events. It appears this one shows us the dangers of social media to appeal to peoples need for engagement to the point of addiction. Human nature, following the path of least resistence, turns people into use of social media as an instrument of dopamine generation. Worse still, it promotes a culture of immature emotional expression and reation, all while eclipsing mature dissemination of useful information about health, money and relationships.

    • @erikdekker1
      @erikdekker1 Před rokem

      I make intellectual content with pictures and easy/fun/learnfull topics, man, not a lot of people are interested in that. Our brain size is becoming smaller, from 1400cc to 1200cc I believe. We're a 200,000 year old species and here we're. I can't wait to die, fking jesus.

  • @camillecali22
    @camillecali22 Před rokem +1

    Glad you are back. These videos make my day

  • @AceX47
    @AceX47 Před rokem

    Might be one of best videos you had lately, the sarcastic take on the social media maelstrom is just on point.

  • @johncipolletti5611
    @johncipolletti5611 Před rokem +30

    I have been saying this about social media for a long time. It makes us braindead!

    • @PraiseTheFSMonster
      @PraiseTheFSMonster Před rokem +2

      Most of what they said is common knowledge, not some special insight on your part.

    • @johncipolletti5611
      @johncipolletti5611 Před rokem

      @@PraiseTheFSMonster Common knowledge by who, Moslems, Buddhists, etc.? Hey, how about forgetting about common knowledge and actually practicing what Jesus preached!

    • @matthewdilks2677
      @matthewdilks2677 Před rokem

      @@johncipolletti5611I’d rather not waste my life on that sort of rubbish.

    • @MetaKnight964
      @MetaKnight964 Před rokem

      @@matthewdilks2677 Close-minded much?

    • @matthewdilks2677
      @matthewdilks2677 Před rokem

      @@MetaKnight964 it’s just that I don’t know if there’s an afterlife so I don’t want to waste this life

  • @MimsicalRenegade
    @MimsicalRenegade Před rokem +11

    You're Doing The Lord's Work Roger, Bless You !

  • @rejexthudgens4528
    @rejexthudgens4528 Před rokem +6

    Everyone needs to see all his videos

  • @MisterMakerNL
    @MisterMakerNL Před rokem +3

    Better share this on social media.

  • @janeentumbao8690
    @janeentumbao8690 Před rokem +15

    Just what I needed in my life!
    And nice dose of Roger!
    Loved the church bench. Looks comfy!
    Make them laugh. Make them cry. Pass them off. But never make them think, let alone be rational.
    Love ya!

  • @khoin1992nguyen
    @khoin1992nguyen Před rokem +3

    Mr. Roger's final rant sound like something Mr. Carlin will drop in one of his stand up.

  • @Hewhowalksbehindtherows
    @Hewhowalksbehindtherows Před rokem +1

    I haven't used social media in about 8 years. Commenting here on CZcams is as close as I get now.

  • @Myfreetherapy
    @Myfreetherapy Před 10 měsíci +1

    This is my favourite one yet.

  • @joesoldchanneldeprecated5948

    Yay! Another honest ads video.

  • @smittietalks2716
    @smittietalks2716 Před rokem +5

    Roger is a legend but the other actors should get some recognition too.

  • @CharmEng89
    @CharmEng89 Před rokem +1

    oof, Roger's evil lil grin XD I FELT THAT

  • @BhloodBhlood
    @BhloodBhlood Před rokem +5

    Man I been waiting for this man. I love when they post da truth 😆

  • @nycedyme4
    @nycedyme4 Před rokem +7

    I missed the joke at 4:24

  • @nio731
    @nio731 Před rokem +1

    Omg finally this came out!!

  • @zebo3531
    @zebo3531 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Keep it coming Roger!!!I need my dopamine hit on the regular 😂😂

  • @johnlewan1114
    @johnlewan1114 Před rokem +8

    I decided to create an anti-social media platform. Sadly I had to ban myself for policy violations.