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  • Опубликовано: 30 авг 2020
  • Tutorial channels were once an institution of the website, and are now almost completely defunct. This is a deep dive into what happened... and into one of the weirdest channels I've found. Visit curiositystream.com/sarahz and get thousands of exciting documentaries and access to my streaming service Nebula!
    Check out my cowriter Emily: / @ladyemilypresents
    Voiceover by Abigail Thorn/Philosophy Tube: / thephilosophytube
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  • @yakovhadash
    @yakovhadash 3 года назад +298

    In case you haven’t noticed, Videojug is weird. It’s a weirdo. It doesn't fit in. And it doesn't WANT to fit in.

    • @iliilianaana
      @iliilianaana 2 года назад +40

      Have you ever seen it without that stupid hat on? That's weird.

    • @AquaWitch
      @AquaWitch 9 месяцев назад +4

      I hate that I understand that reference 😂

  • @portiarockers1186
    @portiarockers1186 3 года назад +4902

    I remember the years when my sisters and I wouldn’t even click on a video that was over 7 minutes long back when RUclips was extremely new. Now I’m looking for videos the length of whole ass movies. Things really have changed

    • @spokeforhours
      @spokeforhours 3 года назад +281

      well, they did take 70 minutes to buffer...

    • @rhyscooper3693
      @rhyscooper3693 3 года назад +161

      Yeah I remember you had to be formally invited by RUclips to upload videos over 10 minutes. You could only be invited if you had enough viewers and/ or subscribers.

    • @lennitheghost
      @lennitheghost 3 года назад +30

      Portia Rockers i try not to click on vids over 20 mins except for starkid related stuff... its been hard, almost all vids are rly long

    • @kayl2807
      @kayl2807 3 года назад +104

      Totally agree with this. I recently went back onto some old channels that I used to love in the early days of RUclips to rewatch their content and I found myself getting really annoyed at the short 3 minute videos. It felt like as soon as I picked a video it was already over and I had to choose another. As a consumer I realise I’m now looking for videos that are 15 minutes or longer, I rarely watch anything shorter than 15 minutes.

    • @thandrenn
      @thandrenn 3 года назад +95

      Remember when people had to split their videos up in multiple uploads because of the limit? Pepperidge Farm remembers!

  • @edaadiyaman7627
    @edaadiyaman7627 3 года назад +3956

    me 5 years ago: smosh's new video is 10 MINUTES LONG??? forget it I'm not spending my time on that
    me now: oooo this channel with 9000 subscribers just uploaded a 4 hour deepdown analysis video on a vlogger, I'm getting popcorn

    • @Dante_Seth
      @Dante_Seth 3 года назад +129

      The right opinion?

    • @edaadiyaman7627
      @edaadiyaman7627 3 года назад +85

      Colo_Seth how did you know omg,, him and jaubrey are my favorites

    • @Dante_Seth
      @Dante_Seth 3 года назад +46

      @@edaadiyaman7627 I'm a big fan too Lmao, he's nikocado ovacado took me a week to finish. Love j Aubrey too! ♥

    • @culturedcrazygirl
      @culturedcrazygirl 3 года назад +32

      Eda Adiyaman i mean who else would make a 4 hour video lol

    • @Celestialeris
      @Celestialeris 3 года назад +34

      I genuinely just watched a 14 hour video over the past three days lmao

  • @gregorylaperche5574
    @gregorylaperche5574 3 года назад +2832

    Dating tips --> pickup artists --> right wing conspiracy theories. That pretty much sums up the internet from 2010 to 2016

    • @chunkyunicorn3996
      @chunkyunicorn3996 3 года назад +78

      Gregory LaPerche .......Actually yeah I really can’t argue with that lmao

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 3 года назад +15

      I'm confused, is that a description of progression like a flow chart. Which means you're saying that dating tips turned pick up artists into right wing conspiracy theories. Or is that a list of focused topics over the years.

    • @ellen9219
      @ellen9219 3 года назад +171

      @@theblackbaron4119 He's saying that consuming dating tips content typically led the viewer to pickup artists which then led to right wing conspiracy theories.

    • @gregorylaperche5574
      @gregorylaperche5574 3 года назад +112

      @@theblackbaron4119 Yes, what Ellen said. In addition, the creators of the content can follow that same path. Mike Cernovich is a great example of normal self help dating advice, to a mens rights activist/pick-up artists, to pizzagate conspirasy theorist. Does the content creator follow the crowd, or is the crowd following the creator. Perhaps some of both in some cases.

    • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
      @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks 3 года назад +75

      and then Hbomberguy started to make fun of Davis Aurini and there was light

  • @claranoggle
    @claranoggle 3 года назад +495

    why would you insinuate that "how to clown about while being pursued" is not a serious nor useful tutorial? Many, a time, I have been pursued, whilst the only thought in my head has been "if only I could clown about" , I believe you severely underestimate the true knowledge and prowess of videojug.

    • @fruitygarlic3601
      @fruitygarlic3601 3 года назад +51

      Yes. Many an hour have I spent, pondering the correct application of a lampshade as a hat, so as to disguise myself from the rascal giving me chase. Alas, I cannot say that I am surprised to hear of a bright young thing unaware of the value of clowning around in the foyer. Back in my day...

    • @TPNsBiggestFan
      @TPNsBiggestFan 2 года назад

      lol we have the same name

    • @Lucifersfursona
      @Lucifersfursona 2 года назад +11

      @@fruitygarlic3601 okay but this is appealing to me (a young clown yearning to dally and prance about in foyers across the country, unbound but never unclowned)

    • @juliabuonincontro8617
      @juliabuonincontro8617 Год назад +1

      Yes that is way more relevant to my life than how to avoid fraud

    • @42ndadventurer41
      @42ndadventurer41 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Lucifersfursonaunbound but never unclowned is such a powerful phrase

  • @SarahZ
    @SarahZ  3 года назад +2843

    ghost jug

  • @sparrownicole7433
    @sparrownicole7433 3 года назад +2331

    How to become president when you’re a gay black woman was phenomenal, thank you for sending me there

    • @l.3ok
      @l.3ok 3 года назад +169

      How to become president when you're a demisexual intersex indigenous person

    • @cloud_and_proud
      @cloud_and_proud 3 года назад +18

      OMG! Link please! :O

    • @cloud_and_proud
      @cloud_and_proud 3 года назад +67

      ruclips.net/video/hLT-VOck24E/видео.html found it!

    • @emma-di5ly
      @emma-di5ly 3 года назад +21

      It's truly a work of art

    • @nstewart1623
      @nstewart1623 3 года назад +10

      It was truly one of the most cursed things I've ever watched.

  • @Le_Confuzzlement
    @Le_Confuzzlement 3 года назад +4281

    Ok but Sarah's hair is looking immaculate

    • @felicitys3621
      @felicitys3621 3 года назад +90

      When does it not

    • @blue1601
      @blue1601 3 года назад +16

      @@felicitys3621 I was about to say just that.

    • @11jry
      @11jry 3 года назад +109

      She followed a video jug tutorial

    • @HeyJudie
      @HeyJudie 3 года назад +66

      Hair looks amazing, but I have what I hope is a constructive criticism: the red of her hair is clashing with the red of the shirt. They are too similar, yet dissimilar enough, that it is causing discordance.

    • @ricohascake6719
      @ricohascake6719 3 года назад +1

      Yessssss

  • @cottonycloud
    @cottonycloud 3 года назад +2173

    If you don’t drink content juice, we can’t be friends

    • @asharastark6776
      @asharastark6776 3 года назад +29

      I can't get off the stuff.

    • @rekindle7602
      @rekindle7602 3 года назад +18

      Drink the content juice from the content jug

    • @caityreads8070
      @caityreads8070 3 года назад +25

      I’m too full from all the respect women juice

    • @wufflesmcnotadoggo
      @wufflesmcnotadoggo 3 года назад +5

      Drink content juice from your ghost jug

    • @chunkyunicorn3996
      @chunkyunicorn3996 3 года назад +5

      oh my god i just realized that you said content juice not coconut juice this makes so much more sense

  • @joshplaysdrums2143
    @joshplaysdrums2143 3 года назад +663

    The Wisdom Project sounds like the plan of a sci-fi villain

    • @macoy3943
      @macoy3943 3 года назад +23

      He’s trying to give himself infinite knowledge

    • @NimhLabs
      @NimhLabs 3 года назад +19

      Or maybe some weird conspiracy group
      Like The Idea Men from The Tick... though I'm not certain if it would be better for them to be more serious or less serious...

  • @beechteeth
    @beechteeth 3 года назад +703

    thank you for the fake vomit warning. I'm extremely sensitive to seeing vomit, and I was eating while watching this.

    • @ilexdiapason
      @ilexdiapason 3 года назад +36

      same, i was so happy to see that so i could close my eyes for it

    • @sean77408
      @sean77408 3 года назад +31

      Same here, thanks Sarah!! I wish more creators would do this

    • @np1056
      @np1056 3 года назад +29

      Crest has an effing commercial that's on constantly right now for Halloween. A real little girl *actually* pukes up candy while in a costume. Who let them do this?! Ugh. Awful.

    • @Chishannicon
      @Chishannicon 3 года назад +28

      I came here to say the same thing! I feel like in the last 7 years or so, showing someone vomiting is in EVERY television show and movie (like, did it finally become "allowed" or something?), and it's just been horrible for me as a viewer. I saw the warning on this video, looked away, and then realized that this was the first time I've ever had that warning beforehand. Sarah Z is a gem, y'all.

  • @connieallen6804
    @connieallen6804 3 года назад +477

    Very disappointed you didn’t title this “How to make a video essay on your favourite How To videos”

  • @sharkpansoup
    @sharkpansoup 3 года назад +561

    How could you bring up that British accent and NOT show it off

    • @alisaurus4224
      @alisaurus4224 3 года назад +34

      On-brand for the VideoJug how-tos that leave out the how actually to part

    • @lwcaexii
      @lwcaexii 3 года назад +24

      Given she said the 'Posh British' accent taught her to speak like Wallace and Gromit, I gather it wasn't very successful 😂

    • @domesticcat1725
      @domesticcat1725 3 года назад +6

      @@lwcaexii anything that isn't cockney or scots is posh to americans, i think they just didn't know better

    • @Carpetf
      @Carpetf 3 года назад

      you can, around the 10:30 mark?

    • @madeleine7419
      @madeleine7419 3 года назад +6

      I love when people compliment and call yon Sussex accent posh. Bit disconcerting, innit?
      (Secret tip, américains-if you ever hear us say ‘innit’ it ent posh)

  • @lilywu5019
    @lilywu5019 3 года назад +200

    suddenly remembering how the magic tutorial guy had the reccuring back story of being kicked out of magic society

    • @trumanderee2366
      @trumanderee2366 3 года назад +1

      Did they just steal Gob's backstory from Arrested Development?

  • @polymphus
    @polymphus 3 года назад +566

    I worked at a content farm for a year, and the timeframes you're given make it basically impossible to do anything accurately. Like, when every team member needs to produce 1 piece of longform content/day-even if you tell yourself you're going to be genuinely helpful-you end up being forced to cut corners and lie if you want to keep your job.
    I knew I was responsible for creating unhelpful garbage whose sole purpose was to appear on search results. It made me miserable, but it was between that and not being able to pay rent. I think the volume demands of that sort of media company mean that everybody forced to make content in them is eventually just going to break down and start half-assing it.
    Which is awful for user retention, right? You show up in the algo but you annoy people and they don't stick around.

    • @melaniey.5596
      @melaniey.5596 3 года назад +26

      Oh no what you are describing is RUclips right now.

    • @seanocd
      @seanocd 3 года назад +112

      I automatically dismiss "how to" videos if they have high production value because if this.
      There is always some enthusiastic weirdo in their backyard/basment/garage giving far better instruction and information, because they want to and because they can.

    • @screamingbanshee1282
      @screamingbanshee1282 3 года назад +10

      Sounds like buzzfeed did you work for buzzfeed

    • @kaemincha
      @kaemincha 3 года назад +12

      Don't know if you'll see this, but how many people worked for the content farm company you worked for? I've always been curious how many employees they have to put so much content out every day.

    • @polymphus
      @polymphus 3 года назад +17

      @@kaemincha We were relatively small because the content farm was an extension of a much larger company, as part of the SEO strategy; my team had 4 people in it, but the broader company was coming up in 500 staff.

  • @kaialexander6806
    @kaialexander6806 3 года назад +1232

    Seeing the thumbnail for the accent video has just unlocked a repressed memory for me of being in English class at age 11 watching that exact video for a task where we had to write a weather report and then perform it in an accent and I'm now incredibly confused about why the accent part was included. Especially because like,,, I'm British, why did we watch a video about a guy doing a cliche British accent????? Half my class already spoke in a strong Brummy or Yam Yam accent. This very informative video has now just broken my brain for an entirely unrelated issue ahdshgshfhs

    • @tremisanthrope
      @tremisanthrope 3 года назад +117

      Today I learned there are accents called “brummy” and “yam yam.”

    • @levonanthony
      @levonanthony 3 года назад +11

      They wanted you to be Brummy lite tho

    • @sarahriley2928
      @sarahriley2928 3 года назад +22

      @@tremisanthrope are British people even real?

    • @tremisanthrope
      @tremisanthrope 3 года назад +10

      Sarah Riley god, I could go political, silly, or politically silly with that one.

    • @soupforfree
      @soupforfree 3 года назад +2

      @@sarahriley2928 honestly

  • @SeaMushroom98
    @SeaMushroom98 3 года назад +321

    Glad that Sarah has finally purchased a high walled water vessel to prevent her from spilling

  • @--9001
    @--9001 3 года назад +831

    I watched a VideoJug tutorial on how to "grind" so I could do it at my high school dances. I only had the chance to do it once, during Party In the USA, and the guy asked if I was okay/is something wrong.

    • @tatehildyard5332
      @tatehildyard5332 3 года назад +101

      Oof. Just...oof.

    • @max1mum0verdr1ve
      @max1mum0verdr1ve 3 года назад +46

      LMAOOO

    • @KirstenMarie_MS3
      @KirstenMarie_MS3 3 года назад +39

      Lol... I was thinking that my entire school must have done the same thing prior to my Junior Prom, then I realized I graduated before RUclips was even a thing.

    • @katlyncouch2553
      @katlyncouch2553 3 года назад +20

      Ouch. I’m so sorry sweetie

    • @ktownshutdown21
      @ktownshutdown21 3 года назад +11

      LMAO oh no 😭😭🤣 Middle school/high school years are always the worst.

  • @edaadiyaman7627
    @edaadiyaman7627 3 года назад +201

    This isn't related to the video at all but i just woke up from a fever dream where i was watching buffy the vampire slayer where every actor had been replaced by you and you were playing every character and woke up to see you uploaded a new video and was terrified for 20 minutes straight, i just feel like you deserve to know this

    • @SorowFame
      @SorowFame 3 года назад +28

      I wish that dreams could be recorded so I could watch that.

    • @TPNsBiggestFan
      @TPNsBiggestFan 2 года назад +8

      @@SorowFame same
      i once had a dream where there was a bunch of squirrel people … that was actually terrifying though

  • @lucasite
    @lucasite 3 года назад +275

    From voice talent, to Co-Writer, soon Emily is gonna own the whole channel

    • @LadyEmilyPresents
      @LadyEmilyPresents 3 года назад +128

      “Welcome to Sarah Z, hosted by Emily”

    • @ExcludedLayman
      @ExcludedLayman 3 года назад +10

      "I have received a pipe of what passes for algorithm favoured content, and I have my doubts."

  • @RedBardIsCool
    @RedBardIsCool 3 года назад +456

    that Ray Sipe screenshot at the end instantly propelled me back to the year 2013 omfg

    • @sammitschke4916
      @sammitschke4916 3 года назад +12

      Me, fresh off the Yaoi Paddle Redux: "What is this, a crossover episode?"

    • @lucciadelmoira1487
      @lucciadelmoira1487 3 года назад +4

      i love that he still exists

  • @andrewb.8184
    @andrewb.8184 3 года назад +590

    I like how Ollie has just become the unofficial voice over actor of video essays

    • @ImpudentInfidel
      @ImpudentInfidel 3 года назад +81

      Well he IS an actor as his day job.

    • @tomatosoup44
      @tomatosoup44 3 года назад +74

      Him and Lindsay Ellis

    • @dokidoki6927
      @dokidoki6927 3 года назад +3

      @Joseph Douek Oliver Thorn, from Philosophy Tube!

    • @michaelwerkov3438
      @michaelwerkov3438 3 года назад +47

      well this has aged strangely

    • @pearlbunni3621
      @pearlbunni3621 3 года назад +5

      @@michaelwerkov3438 I WAS GONNA SAY

  • @nathanwhy1955
    @nathanwhy1955 3 года назад +385

    can't wait for the new Sarah Zed-branded Content Jug merch

    • @madeleine7419
      @madeleine7419 3 года назад +4

      Would drink from the content jug

    • @luke-alex
      @luke-alex 3 года назад +1

      Can't believe I only got the visual metaphor once Sarah lampshaded it

  • @AveryTalksAboutStuff
    @AveryTalksAboutStuff 3 года назад +161

    Sometimes I actually forget how to videos were ever helpful. It's been overtaken in my mind by 5 minute crafts or any other useless content farm.

  • @martymcflown3707
    @martymcflown3707 3 года назад +560

    Sarah Z and Jenny Nicholson are where I go for long essays on ridiculously niche topics that I can't bring up at family gatherings.
    Also what product do you use to achieve your hair color? I love that color so much.

    • @luthientinuviel3883
      @luthientinuviel3883 3 года назад +44

      Same. I really dig their vids but its so niche I'm not sure how its benifiting me, besides making me more nerdy.

    • @nerd2219
      @nerd2219 3 года назад +6

      Absolutely, I love both channels

    • @hellformichelle
      @hellformichelle 3 года назад +28

      Well, I'm bringing up Jenny going on a road trip to get a giant plush spider at my next family event!

    • @sagecolvard9644
      @sagecolvard9644 3 года назад +30

      And then Lindsay Ellis came in with the least family-gathering safe niche topic of all time in her latest hour long video essay.

    • @georgiawilksch5708
      @georgiawilksch5708 3 года назад +6

      Sage Colvard thanks, I hadn’t seen Lindsay’s new upload. Looking forward to being nauseated that I know What I’m about to know 😂

  • @TheHeroOfTomorrow
    @TheHeroOfTomorrow 3 года назад +289

    You: Video jug.
    Me, an intellectual: CONTENT BOTTLE.

  • @endybendy5699
    @endybendy5699 3 года назад +77

    "Video jugs" is my new favorite measurement of time.
    "Hey, I'll be there in about two and a half video jugs."

  • @Sarato
    @Sarato 3 года назад +161

    I'm so glad RUclips algorithms actually led me to this channel. This is very interesting. :)

  • @A.Mayflower127
    @A.Mayflower127 3 года назад +128

    *spills content on shirt*

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz 3 года назад +580

    I wouldn't call Wallace (from Wallace and Gromit) a Posh English accent, more of a Yorkshire, specifically Holme Valley accent.

    • @SarahZ
      @SarahZ  3 года назад +463

      wait, videojug ISN'T helpful?

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz 3 года назад +163

      @@SarahZ oh no, that would be utterly preposterous, I found it so helpful to know, how to propose to a man on a leap year.

    • @sarahsimpson8077
      @sarahsimpson8077 3 года назад +73

      Came here to say this... It's an extremely classist statement, but a Yorkshire accent is kind of the opposite of what most brits would consider posh

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz 3 года назад +36

      @@sarahsimpson8077 yeah exactly although I'd say Americans probably see it as an insult, but as Northern person myself, it's preferable.

    • @WaltonSauce
      @WaltonSauce 3 года назад +29

      @@sarahsimpson8077
      As a Yorkshireman I concur,
      I sound like a cross between Boromir and Jason Isaacs's Zhukov.
      Best way I've heard a Yorkshire accent described is: "imagine putting as little effort into each syllable as possible, then drop every H and T"
      Don't even get me started on Yorkshire Dialect XD

  • @bonbonnybon
    @bonbonnybon 3 года назад +192

    The fact that you needed to learn how to do a posh English accent and watched tutorials on how to do a Yorkshire accent (literally the opposite of a posh accent) is hilarious to me 😂

    • @KOTEBANAROT
      @KOTEBANAROT 3 года назад +14

      All english accents sound like people hold hot food in their mouth to me tbh

  • @sernoddicusthegallant6986
    @sernoddicusthegallant6986 3 года назад +300

    Sarah: Uploads 40 minute video
    The muscles of Sarah's right arm: *Ah shit, here we go again*

    • @ultra_rider2704
      @ultra_rider2704 2 года назад +3

      If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key. May your life be bright and prosperous.

    • @katatat2030
      @katatat2030 2 года назад +12

      @@ultra_rider2704 I disagree, that kind of spirituality encourages complacency. The universe having a rhythm that humans just need to align with is bad idealist philosophy that hides the real material forces behind human development, i.e. class struggle. OP's comment is funny tho

    • @ultra_rider2704
      @ultra_rider2704 2 года назад +2

      @@katatat2030 it wasn’t literal

    • @ultra_rider2704
      @ultra_rider2704 2 года назад +6

      @@katatat2030 I’m pretty sure i was high or something when writing it though. I’m sorry if it was like stupid or some shit.

    • @katatat2030
      @katatat2030 2 года назад +4

      @@ultra_rider2704 okay. Btw, my argument against your comment was meant to make people think, and not to personally attack you or discourage you from sharing your beliefs online.

  • @michaelhird432
    @michaelhird432 3 года назад +127

    If there's content juice, is there a content fruit? A content tree?

  • @RealLukeWilson
    @RealLukeWilson 3 года назад +22

    In terms of video lengths, it’s important to note that, in the first 5 or so years of RUclips, there was a cap on how long videos could be. They kept upping it as time wore on and creators started making longer videos, but it started out as 8 minutes, then 12, etc.
    Incidentally, this made it a lot harder to catch copyright infringement, so you could watch a whole episode of TV that the uploader had pirated in a playlist of, for example, “Buffy S4.3 parts 1-6.”
    (The internet was fun back then, the heyday of Crunchyroll being a free fansub site and sketchy downloads of songs by your favorite band’s high school demos.)

  • @kayleigh1991
    @kayleigh1991 3 года назад +36

    Oh God. This is a blast from the past. I was a mod on a teen support forum in the 2010’s and we had a video section with advice videos, most of them were from videojug. When I was trying to find new ones to add I kept finding these weird stupid skits.

  • @Amazatastic
    @Amazatastic 3 года назад +30

    I hate corporate jargon so much. Like that's not real. Do all these people just have fake jobs? What do they all all day sit at a desk and make PowerPoints? I hate this

  • @alarcon99
    @alarcon99 3 года назад +113

    “Had a lot of money but not a lot to do with it.” *Privilege has entered the chat*

  • @alexmacgregor9631
    @alexmacgregor9631 3 года назад +97

    I ALSO got a narrator role in a summer camp production of 101 Dalmatians around that age 🤣 I'm glad I didn't have to do an accent and end up down the rabbit hole

  • @greenyawgmoth
    @greenyawgmoth 3 года назад +55

    I would absolutely donate some amount of money for the "Sarah Z watches extremely weird how-to videos on zero sleep" stream.

  • @lupusgigan1116
    @lupusgigan1116 3 года назад +133

    Ever since Dan Olson made the Vsauce video I've been fascinated by how RUclips channels morph over time. I always like to give a glance at a channel's upload list to see if I can catch a glimpse of that process. You find some wild stuff doing that.
    Great video! I love when you do these dives into internet phenomena.

    • @McBlazington
      @McBlazington 3 года назад +4

      What is Vsauce?

    • @elguapo2580
      @elguapo2580 3 года назад +6

      McBlazington A science/math/educational channel

    • @McBlazington
      @McBlazington 3 года назад +9

      @@elguapo2580 that's sounds similar to this other channel called Vsauce which is a popular youtube variety channel hosted by Michael Stevens.

    • @CarrotConsumer
      @CarrotConsumer 3 года назад +9

      Then you have Ashens. Over 10 years and the only thing that has changed is the camera quality.

    • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
      @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks 3 года назад +11

      @@McBlazington That's interesting, and shows a stark contrast to Vsauce, a channel featuring collections of humorous nerd culture images and short comedy sketches

  • @jamesburgess2k
    @jamesburgess2k 3 года назад +69

    The tutorial channel I really remember watching back in the day was Howcast. All of their videos were serious in their tone, and sometimes would make a video on an odd topic, but still give constructive tips and take it as serious as possible. Along with extremely well made videos and animation for the time

    • @byulharangforlife
      @byulharangforlife 3 года назад +4

      Yes me too i learned how to moonwalk 🌓

    • @0Squiggles0
      @0Squiggles0 3 года назад +2

      Pretty sure they're still going too!

    • @nerd2219
      @nerd2219 3 года назад

      HowTo helped me rescue my AirPod when it fell down the sink drain 🤧

  • @CoalDiamondandhisawesomeness
    @CoalDiamondandhisawesomeness 3 года назад +134

    The fact that the videojug videos quickly got weird gives me 5-minute crafts vibes.

    • @july4376
      @july4376 3 года назад

      or *troom troom*

    • @cryptid_momochi
      @cryptid_momochi 3 года назад

      @@july4376 aren't 5-minute crafts and troom troom owned by the same company?

    • @july4376
      @july4376 3 года назад

      Amokii wait are they

    • @CoalDiamondandhisawesomeness
      @CoalDiamondandhisawesomeness 3 года назад

      @@cryptid_momochi I don't think so but I could be wrong

    • @cryptid_momochi
      @cryptid_momochi 3 года назад +5

      Looked it up real quick. Seems like they're unrelated companies that just have the same sort of obviously photoshopped thumbnail style. This *was* just a minute or so of research though so take it with a grain of salt-

  • @Galloglaigh.
    @Galloglaigh. 3 года назад +238

    This definitely seems like some kind of laundry scheme.

    • @CarrotConsumer
      @CarrotConsumer 3 года назад +59

      I wish someone would scheme to do my laundry.

    • @josiebianchi3481
      @josiebianchi3481 3 года назад +20

      Big laundry

    • @auralunaprettycure
      @auralunaprettycure 3 года назад +17

      They didn’t do laundry they did tax fraud, like Yoshi

    • @jmckenzie962
      @jmckenzie962 2 года назад +3

      @@josiebianchi3481 Evil Uses for zinc:
      1. Some evil zinc ray-inator
      2. BIG LAUNDRY

  • @CanalKaren99RinxLen
    @CanalKaren99RinxLen 3 года назад +43

    Me seeing Shallon Lester in the HowCast Twilight kiss tutorial: I thinked I will never see that woman again...

    • @becauseimafan
      @becauseimafan 3 года назад

      OMG I thought that face looked familiar! Thank you for putting a name to it!!

    • @sourcream0112
      @sourcream0112 3 года назад +3

      @@becauseimafan I only maybe glimpsed her face once and now I know who she is through D'Angelo Wallace's fantastic content

  • @Tybaltion
    @Tybaltion 3 года назад +30

    Philosophy Tube? In MY Sarah Zed video? It's more likely than you think

  • @katiem304
    @katiem304 3 года назад +140

    So THAT is what the elusive Content™️ looks like irl

  • @lrose5522
    @lrose5522 3 года назад +39

    Sarah: releases a video essay on a topic I've never heard of and frankly am not interested in
    Me: hell yeah baybee gimme that good content juice

  • @Poltergeist329
    @Poltergeist329 3 года назад +44

    sarah z video: shows up in my recommended
    me: drops my entire life to watch it

  • @jimenatierna3408
    @jimenatierna3408 3 года назад +12

    OMG I remember videojug from the early days! The only videos I watched from them were the werewolf hunting, vampire hunting, and detective work tutorials (how to tell who stole the cookie from the cookie jar and the like). Never thought anyone would make a video about them or that I’d hear the name ever again.

  • @power-kraut4575
    @power-kraut4575 3 года назад +10

    Nobody’s gonna read this, but I’m really happy you went back and changed Abigail’s name in this description after she came out. :)

  • @aghost2585
    @aghost2585 3 года назад +14

    It's possible that that lyric video cutoff wasn't an original issue. I've come across at least 2-3 old RUclips videos posted in that same era I went back to that were completely functional when they first existed but just... stop in the middle now. The time will be listed properly but the video will act like it ended well before the actual end. If you're lucky there's a mirror on Dailymotion or an unlisted version on a channel they were affiliated with or something someone has found in the comments.

  • @Laliyahish
    @Laliyahish 3 года назад +40

    Those how to kiss videos played an embarrassingly large role in my teenage years 😭

  • @Igorcastrochucre
    @Igorcastrochucre 3 года назад +19

    VideoJug sounds exactly like something a group of friends started for fun then tried to make a living off it, this blend of serious and comedic probably happened because early RUclips was the wild west and there were no rules.
    People have yet to acknowledge that early RUclips was people sticking around as the monetary incentive to start a career off of this didn't come out until much later, that's what made RUclips something no one else could replicate, free unpredictable content with no rules uploaded at whatever rate the maker felt like it.

  • @JohnDRuddyMannyMan
    @JohnDRuddyMannyMan 3 года назад +91

    God, this video has spoken to me so much :/ when I started making history videos , it was all about short form videos. I’ve been trying to catch up ever since!

  • @jamiec9260
    @jamiec9260 3 года назад +11

    That's so lovely that you've gone back back and updated Abigail's credit in the description

  • @ilexdiapason
    @ilexdiapason 3 года назад +10

    oh my god hearing abi thorn's old voice fucking SHOCKED me

    • @Dabednego
      @Dabednego 2 года назад

      I scrolled down to see if someone felt the same way.

  • @davyhotch
    @davyhotch 3 года назад +18

    I don't think I've heard the word 'Jug', so much since, the last time i saw a Carry On film.

  • @carolliinekiing
    @carolliinekiing 3 года назад +192

    the content water bottle🤣

    • @kiki8792
      @kiki8792 3 года назад +2

      IKR!!!

    • @kristinbornemeier2523
      @kristinbornemeier2523 3 года назад +12

      Hi, really not trying to sound like a douche/smartass but it's actually a jug. Which makes it even smarter.

    • @meghan______669
      @meghan______669 3 года назад +8

      I feel so stupid that I just got the joke. Content bottle video jug

    • @kristinbornemeier2523
      @kristinbornemeier2523 3 года назад +7

      @@meghan______669 This happens to the best of us 😂 The joke was actually really well planned out and had it's climax at the end of the video when the jug is almost empty and she talks about the ghost videojug. Just like the real jug videijug is now devoid of content...

    • @rafyhay5916
      @rafyhay5916 3 года назад +1

      @@kristinbornemeier2523 I hate to correct your correction, but it's actually a Content Carafe. Jugs have handles, whereas carafes have pinched necks.

  • @bisexualichigo4227
    @bisexualichigo4227 3 года назад +65

    **Me doesn’t see the cup in the Thumbnail**
    Me: “Who are you?”
    **Plays video and see Sarah has a Content bottle in her hand**
    Me: “Oh phew”

  • @sage3093
    @sage3093 3 года назад +7

    This vid is 5 months old and she went back to edit the description to reflect philosophy tube’s new name... iconic

  • @sunshinewabby
    @sunshinewabby 3 года назад +74

    Interior crocodile alligator, Sarah Z is a part of debater theater 😂

  • @Redshirt214
    @Redshirt214 3 года назад +8

    I think the general shift in the culture of RUclips from “random home video” to, well its hard to say accurately but maybe “independent film distributor”, played a huge role in this. In the old days of RUclips, pre- & just post Google era, I think it was possible for both serious content and random fatuous comedy to coexist. I feel like back then we felt being “random” was just about the same thing as being relatable. So having a channel where you post a serious how to video, and then a parody of how to videos and old film villains made a lot more sense. The audience, of at the time I think mainly preteens, felt like the creators were relatable people who weren’t afraid to poke fun at what they did or just be “random” and zany and silly. Thus someone might stick around to watch more videos.
    Now that I mention it, the whole sort of anarchic, Python inspired, zany comedy and sincere silliness we went through back then and called “being random” might make an interesting topic for a future video. I think we can see echoes of it in the prank (gone x) types of kids channels that have emerged lately, though I wanna say the early stuff was less mean spirited? I wouldn’t call anything we did in those days pranks, stunts and skits would be more like it.

  • @elif6908
    @elif6908 3 года назад +20

    Recognising Olly by voice 🤦‍♀️ This is another very interesting topic and I think you made justice to it. Thanks!

  • @vincentbriggs1780
    @vincentbriggs1780 3 года назад +14

    These internet history videos are so interesting. Thank you for the "how to behave like a vampire" one, it was hilarious and I learned nothing.

  • @UnknownFlyingPancake
    @UnknownFlyingPancake 3 года назад +15

    I mean, it's kind of odd to bring up the length, considering back then you literally COULDN'T make videos longer than 10 minutes. So they HAD to be on the shorter side, rather than it being only a choice. Also even uploading a video that was a couple minutes long could take over an hour.

  • @samkubina9210
    @samkubina9210 3 года назад +14

    Just love that you’ve upgraded from a stemmed glass of wine to the full carafe. Immaculate

  • @ghost-ml3ox
    @ghost-ml3ox 3 года назад +16

    you have such great quality videos every video feels like a documentary

  • @elmocuppicake
    @elmocuppicake 3 года назад +55

    You should get a nice little side table for your beverages in these vids, I think it’d be handy

    • @domesticcat1725
      @domesticcat1725 3 года назад +3

      Five minutes into the next video: *knocks jug over*

  • @alexandravelardes7692
    @alexandravelardes7692 3 года назад +29

    I can't stop thinking of Ally Beardsley in Adventuring Party when I see that content vase

    • @AO1hasyoutube
      @AO1hasyoutube 3 года назад +2

      The power of just grabbing it out of frame and drinking it like that’s a normal thing people do

    • @iluvearth99
      @iluvearth99 3 года назад

      ++

  • @firellarosebud
    @firellarosebud 3 года назад +14

    so...it was just like wikihow, just videos

    • @zevaronxz7288
      @zevaronxz7288 3 года назад +2

      does videojug have a tutorial about how to become a fan of family guy? no so shut up and dont insult great websites

  • @imdrum6881
    @imdrum6881 3 года назад +4

    Hearing Abigail's voice whisper wisdom poetry at 3 am was not something I expected from this video but go off

    • @oneofmanyjames-es1643
      @oneofmanyjames-es1643 2 года назад +2

      It's weird enough hearing her old voice in the wild, let alone hearing her reading this

  • @hauntedmasc
    @hauntedmasc 3 года назад +127

    I love hearing my other internet friends' narration in my internet friends' videos; parasocial media has destroyed me.

    • @localidiot4078
      @localidiot4078 3 года назад +1

      Same,

    • @krixkhaos
      @krixkhaos 3 года назад +4

      Olliiiiiiie

    • @sourcream0112
      @sourcream0112 3 года назад

      I hear a familiar voice and light up! And somewhere in my brain I get super excited that all these different people I know not only know each other but might be friends

  • @oopdydoopdy6469
    @oopdydoopdy6469 3 года назад +51

    hmm? where can i buy ghost jug??
    *picks up regular jug*
    *stabs*
    jug is gohst

    • @t4tra
      @t4tra 3 года назад

      jug us gohst

  • @thelettre7954
    @thelettre7954 3 года назад +12

    RUclips is a strange place I had no idea this had happened it's really interesting to see the rise and fall of a channel great video

  • @maadacoomber9090
    @maadacoomber9090 3 года назад +20

    I was planning to watch all the ads in this video, but i don't see any :(

  • @rushabhbhakta7181
    @rushabhbhakta7181 3 года назад +8

    Sarah always has such great theatre kid energy in her videos, not even being facetious, makes me nostalgic.

  • @Noipirit
    @Noipirit 3 года назад +4

    love that you updated the video description to credit Philosophy Tube as Abigail

  • @rememberthelights
    @rememberthelights 3 года назад +34

    The content wine jug is honestly my entire 2020 quarantine mood

  • @smanzanodavila7657
    @smanzanodavila7657 3 года назад +53

    me coming here after watching olly’s video on experts and being pleasantly surprised at hearing olly aLSO here

    • @krixkhaos
      @krixkhaos 3 года назад +3

      I watched this video first and am about to go and watch his haha. So many uploads from my favs at once!

    • @herefortheshrimp1469
      @herefortheshrimp1469 3 года назад +2

      Oh shit, the algorithm apparently really has us figured out because I did the exact same thing lol

    • @hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda
      @hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda 3 года назад

      Same

    • @EmmaxHobbits
      @EmmaxHobbits 3 года назад +1

      Olly also voices in Mia Mulders video which was also released today 😄

    • @alisaurus4224
      @alisaurus4224 3 года назад

      Saaame

  • @iloveboobies145
    @iloveboobies145 2 года назад +8

    I mean this as a compliment, I feel like I would see Sarah at a bar not drinking anything. Yknow like just taking sips of wine. She just gives off those vibes.

  • @Cesaryeyo
    @Cesaryeyo 3 года назад +9

    OMG, many years ago I had a phase of being a huge fan of Videojug. My favorite were the card tricks by XANTOR. I still recall at least a few times a month when it says "Now it's time for the M-A-G-I-C: Illusion!" It's kinda sad to see how it ended up.

  • @conoroneill8067
    @conoroneill8067 3 года назад +17

    Honestly, all the stuff about the links between Bladenmore, VideoJug, and Arcuro is just setting off 'tax evasion' bells in my head - I'm not sure if that's just me.

  • @heatherysnicket
    @heatherysnicket 3 года назад +35

    Something about this whole thing smacks of money laundering, especially the high investment rate but the consistently low quality of the video output and lack of oversight of the channel. Another red flag is that Bladenmore boasts such a presence in the "Gulf states" (as stated in their website press releases, and they have had offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai) that they have a whole dedicated version of their site in Arabic. Were you able to find out anything about why Bladenmore is operating in those countries? I mean, I'm sure businesses there want sleek corporate videos like anywhere else, but it's a weirdly specific crossover for a company based in the UK/US to be doing, especially in such a notoriously corrupt part of the world. (Edit: Plus, I spent some time on the English side of the site, trying to figure out what Bladenmore actually DOES, and I'm still not sure. It's so broad and vague I'm totally confused as to how anyone could decide they want or need these services...)
    Regardless, super interesting video! The internet is such a weird place...

    • @tesso.6193
      @tesso.6193 3 года назад +3

      idk man, there's tons of foreign companies in the Gulf region mainly from the US and UK. You know, Arabs are like ...20-30% of the UAE's population. Everyone else is an immigrant.

  • @bein18
    @bein18 3 года назад +3

    i completely lost it at "once you've mastered the 'quack'"

  • @mermanhellville
    @mermanhellville 3 года назад +6

    I thought this was going to be about tutorial videos in general and I started having flashback of that omnipresent banjo + glockenspiel royalty free music

  • @BlobbyPlayer93
    @BlobbyPlayer93 3 года назад +27

    Missed chance to name this video "how to analyze how to videos"

  • @twistysunshine
    @twistysunshine 3 года назад +5

    God I remember some of these being little in jokes between people I knew in middle school, even tho I never thought of them as viral really

  • @allnaturalfigjam310
    @allnaturalfigjam310 3 года назад +2

    Whoa I just subscribed and I'm making my way through your vids (loving them so far!) and hearing Abby's old voice in this one was weird as hell

  • @eliw5835
    @eliw5835 3 года назад +3

    i've been watching a lot of philosophy tube lately and i'm really happy for you that you got olly to voiceover in your video!

  • @middle_cee
    @middle_cee 3 года назад +6

    Thank you for including a fake vomit warning!

  • @Cherri_Stars
    @Cherri_Stars 3 года назад +5

    Sarah you would love the podcast "How to Not". They would find ridiculous wikiHow pages and try to follow the advice earnestly

    • @luke-alex
      @luke-alex 3 года назад +1

      Ooh, sounds interesting, thanks

  • @robobrain10000
    @robobrain10000 3 года назад +5

    I love Howcast. I remember using them a lot in middle school. I also vaguely remember coming across video jug, but I never knew they put out all those joke videos until this video lol.

  • @jerryfeelgood8455
    @jerryfeelgood8455 3 года назад +7

    How to improve your video essay:
    Show your title cards for longer than 0,000001 seconds. I had to rewind a couple of times. I'm old-ish and not a native speaker, so just think of it as making your video more accessible for the language impaired.
    ;)
    Oh and also : this makes sense of you keep in mind that at least half of online business is a scam.

  • @glowinggrenade
    @glowinggrenade 3 года назад +17

    God save us if the YTP community gets ahold of these.

  • @ZeySpydre
    @ZeySpydre 3 года назад +3

    This video blasted me back to a decade ago so hard, I got whiplash.

  • @clarkefoster6847
    @clarkefoster6847 3 года назад +21

    What I learned: Philosophy Tube is screwed, cuz Abigail doesn't have her name as the channel name.

  • @caelmack
    @caelmack 3 года назад +4

    "They technically still explained how to do stuff" gave me a good hint about how weird shit was going to get, but dang. The internet is very bizarre.

  • @corwin8043
    @corwin8043 3 года назад +7

    this reminds me of one channel that you should look at called 'Gaming in the Clinton Years,' its this somewhat defunct gaming show that is infamous because one of the hosts George Wood, had some of the worst reviews ever I highly recommend it.

  • @TheEliminator16
    @TheEliminator16 3 года назад +7

    VideoJug walked so WikiHow could run