as one of your viewers from china, these types of videos were originally from china, and i assume a lot of these narrations were directly translated from chinese... therefore many things might sound confusing or like nonsense in english, but it makes so much sense in chinese culture. for example, 'demolition household' 拆迁户 are the household who had an old house that the gov decided to demolish, gov would give these household a lot of money, or just multiple houses to compensate. ig not everyone got that, but that's the stereotypes of the demolition household.
chad chad and jarvis have the energy of that meme "going to ikea store and pretending we're a toxic married couple" and i feel like this is something they would do
I speak Chinese and my boyfriend is from China. These videos originated from Douyin (Chinese TikTok, pronounced "doh-EEN") and when you guys released the 3rd video in this series, he saw videos on Douyin of people talking about people outside of China (maybe you guys?) discussing these videos and was like "Oh no, these videos made it to international audiences" 😭 So I do think that your videos did really create motivation for these Chinese uploaders to keep uploading them to international TikTok. P.S. Little John's Chinese name is 大壮 (Da Zhuang) and 大 means "big," so my boyfriend was really confused as to why he turned into "Little John."
Little John is a character from the Robin Hood mythos, he was supposedly very tall so his name is ironic/sarcastic, so it's not as weird a choice as it looks at face value
@@cooldog1994 I doubt there was that much thought into it lol "zhuang" (jwahng) sounds somewhat close to "John" so that's where they probably got "John" from. But for some reason "big" turned into "little."
@@a-ya-nothank you so much for the added context! I love reading about stuff like that, and where things are lost in translation. How popular is DIY stuff in China? I can see how a translator might have confused big and little, since there’s only two of them, I often get things mixed up if there are just two options. So do you think the people are writing the story first and then adding the animation? Obvs it’s probably AI across the board, but it seems like the words happen first, do they sort of sound like poorly translated Chinese to English writing? Also I wonder why they made them in English in the first place. And I guess this is supposed to be for kids? Also, does “like a signal gun” mean anything to either of you?
@@rainbomg Actually the "signal gun" part is pretty simple. Yes, they mean a "flare gun," and they're just saying the house seems like it because of the shape and because flare guns are typically very tiny haha. I think DIY videos are just as popular in the west as they are in China. However, this specific video seems to be more like joking at/criticizing extremely tiny places of living in China (and Hong Kong where they originated). In this video they joke at the phrase "coffin room," but that is literally what they are called because the apartments are ridiculously small. They legitimately only have space for a bed; like 60cm x 170cm, or 24in x 67in. Perhaps the actual original starts of these types of videos were people trying to see what they could really do to make use of such a small space. But as time went on, the videos got more and more outrageous and abstract, which is how we get the ones like "how to house a billion children" or whatever it was lol. ...And then we get people stealing these videos and posting them to (international) TikTok to get views and clicks. In one of Jarvis and Chad Chad's previous videos of these home reno TikToks, they click on one of the profiles which leads to a seller's (dropshipping) site.
the "369" in the name of the channel they're watching is almost certainly related to the man being called Little John (the "three-six-nine/damn you're fine" lyric jarvis quotes is from a song by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz) but the character name probably came first
My mom showed me a garden on fb and I said "that's AI generated, one of the table legs is in the pool" and she was like "no it's not, they could add a concrete support in the pool. a lot of work went into this" and I was like "all the flowers are full and facing the camera".
watching these 2 fall in love is like a _FUNCTIONING_ signal gun. In each of these 1,734 episodes you see it expanding more and more with galvanized steel.
It’s insane how widespread “galvanized square steel” and the such has been. Every damn time I open Instagram and go to the comments on a post, there’s someone referencing it.
Jarvis: *picks up phone* Chad: "is that the projector?" Jarvis: "that's an inanimate object, im talking to Little John" was very funny to me for some reason
Jarvis, Jarvis (AKA Chad Chad) and Little John (AKA Eddy Burback) absolutely demolished and left no rubble! Such professionals after so many episodes, as you'd expect. Looking forward to the next episode, seeing Jarvis' nerves of galvanised steel getting tested again
0:48 975th instalment, 17th season, ep 6, chapter 4, side B part 5 22:08 1 364 seasons (also 7), ep 7, side B part 4 31:11 [in unison] ep 1 364, ep 7, side B part 4.5 I’m confused chad chad and Jarvis
Yeah, a different commenter was saying that Demolition homes was a translated term for houses in China where there are run down houses the government will pay you money for them.
i know other folks have pointed this out, but this tiktok was definitely made by chinese people, specifically the quilt thing, because mainland chinese people LOVE quilts also, the word for "little/small" is used as a dimunitive when prefixed to a name, like parents or uncles will call children "little shan" and so on
@@rainbomg "chinese" refers to both the nationality and the ethnicity, and there are many, many chinese communities that are not part of the PRC and have never been citizens. we're "overseas chinese" or "diaspora chinese." in mandarin itself, it's more clear. citizens of the PRC are 中国人 (zhongguoren) while those of chinese ethnicity are 华人 (huaren).
@@jiyangli9779I've been learning Chinese, and I've gotta say whoever decided what to call Chinese people definitely had a little bit of an ego, I mean "center country people" and "magnificent people" is a bit much to be calling yourself
@@stickitydoodah honestly this is the first time i even hear of this, but i'm guessing them leaving that at the end is meant to indicate that what they're saying was said in a positive way (like ppl typing "/s" for sarcastic and so on, like you said i'm also more used to ppl abbreviating and have only seen the abbreviations for "joking" and "sarcastic"), though i thought it was obvious they meant it in a non-rude way, so re-stating that despite the obviousness is what added to the confusion i feel like haha
5:34 the pointing off screen almost felt like breaking the fourth (fifth??) wall cuz I never really think about other people being in the room when y'all film these LMAO
12:59 this whole bit is so funny to me, the way they argue like practically married friends. "How many do you have?" "Well, hmm.." "How many." "Why would you do that?" "Just answer the question." "Why would you ask?"
I hope the surgery went well and solved/helped whatever it was for, and that you heal well and quickly. Enjoy a comfy rest at home watching fun stuff on RU-vid! ❤
@@taylorcalvert4163i think it’s probably just a special appearance, they said they were at vidcon during filming so eddie would’ve also been there as a creator at the con
“Demolition Hold” may be translated from “拆迁户,” which refers to those who have a substantial amount of money in hand. “拆迁户” refers to households or individuals whose houses or land are legally expropriated or demolished by the government or relevant institutions due to urban development, construction of public facilities, or other reasons. These households or individuals are typically relocated under government resettlement or compensated accordingly. Compensation may take the form of monetary payments or the provision of new housing.
12:06 i know it was a bit but i work at the four seasons orlando and you can actually live there !! we have residences, they’re multi million dollar mansions
When I was in the psych ward, the toilet was in the shower. It was just one room with a toilet showerhead and drain. I could have showered on the toilet. I regret I didn’t. It would have been so convenient
Every time I find a screw missing out in public (a road sign is lopsided, a windowframe on the bus isn't secure) I curse LittleJohn for not returning what he borrowed...
The worst part is that there's really no reason to use galvanized steel to make a bed frame. I think powder coating or even a spray coating would hold up just fine. Galvanized texture is just gross
I have a theory, what if Jarvis and Little John used to date, but they broke up because Little John wanted one billion kids and Jarvis only wanted one. And thats why they know eachother.
I love the way these have transformed from studying the screw, ceiling fan, and tiger dimension mechanics to now just derailing into endless bits. it’s been so fun to watch that shift over the few thousand episodes there have been😂
@@TheAGcollector101 i wouldnt know personally but i once had a friend who took sleeping meds and it got to the point where i had to remind him to put his phone down after like midnight because he would start texting some bizzare things
Fun Bonkers theory: we are in a Cold War with some unknown enemy and these are a modern version of number stations. Spies log into the new quickly spun up channel given by their ops and count the numbers of walls, tigers, beds and windows to generate new coordinates and targets.
I think the best thing about this is that it started by making fun of real life situations and then spiraled into being jokes making fun of videos making fun of videos making fun of videos making fun of real life. It’s insane and I love it. Screws borrowed from my aunt
