Meme Analysis: Normies & Locals | Internet Analysis

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let's analyze some (potentially outdated) memes!! // Click here bit.ly/soludostiffanyf for $15 for your first pair of shoes from Soludos! Free shipping available over $75! //
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time stamps:
0:00 - intro
0:47 - what is a normie?
2:25 - what is a local?
4:16 - shout out to today's sponsor, Soludos
5:45 - more examples of locals and normies
7:14 - when were these terms most popular?
8:45 - being ironic?
10:08 - who's using these terms on twitter these days?
10:44 - "freaks & geeks" vs the normies / social dynamics
13:33 - the solace of the internet
15:38 - basic is the worst insult lmao
16:17 - I'm not like other internet users
16:55 - normie memes vs niche memes
18:47 - surface level social media, "straight tiktok"
19:22 - what is "cheugy" ?
21:14 - stan twitter vs the locals
22:52 - somehow none of us are normies or locals?
25:07 - small channel shout out: Kelgore!
25:29 - small channel shout out: Jessica Yang!
sources & references:
Words We're Watching: Normie - www.merriam-webster.com/words...
Local Twitter finally gives a name to being performatively basic online - www.theverge.com/2018/6/30/17...
33 Tweets That Are So Relatable It Hurts - www.buzzfeed.com/jakekaplan/i...
"Normies Are Getting Creative," Chris Fleming - • Normies Are Getting Cr...
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@tiffanyferg 3 года назад

woo woo we're back with a meme analysis!! (captions will be up soon, sorry for the delay!) time stamps below: 0:00 - intro 0:47 - what is a normie? 2:25 - what is a local? 4:16 - shout out to today's sponsor, Soludos 5:45 - more examples of locals and normies 7:14 - when were these terms most popular? 8:45 - being ironic? 10:08 - who's using these terms on twitter these days? 10:44 - "freaks & geeks" vs the normies / social dynamics 13:33 - the solace of the internet 15:38 - basic is the worst insult lmao 16:17 - I'm not like other internet users 16:55 - normie memes vs niche memes 18:47 - surface level social media, "straight tiktok" 19:22 - what is "cheugy" ? 21:14 - stan twitter vs the locals 22:52 - somehow none of *us* are normies or locals? 25:07 - small channel shout out: Kelgore! 25:29 - small channel shout out: Jessica Yang!

@raydai9541 3 года назад

First reply!

@noranagy7220 3 года назад

ily

@kass_G59 3 года назад

Yay 😃

@AlexWolf1203 3 года назад

I loved it :D!

@christopherbrown5409 3 года назад

Can you please write the screenplay, Queen? And sell it to Hulu once you do, since I'm boycotting Netflix?

@imani0nline 3 года назад

As an ex edge lord I have come to the bitter realisation that mainstream things and popular things are popular for a reason (…they’re good)

@tiffanyferg 3 года назад

lmao this is me every time I ignore popular things for a long time and then end up loving them. oops!!

@Well_Ill_Be_GodDangled 3 года назад

Yeah, I realized that when I got off a boat in Mexico and was like, "Wow, this is a really beautiful place. I bet that's why it's so popular." I didn't have anything against Mexico, but same oh shit moment of realization. I suspect I'll one day have the pleasure of the same experience in Paris.

@eh7995 3 года назад

Same! I'm basic af now and love it. I feel like the 'us vs them' mindset disappears once you're out of school and realise people are just people, everyone's a bit strange and cliques don't really exist in the wider world. People don't have set personalities based on what they enjoy so liking mainstream stuff doesnt mean you're not still different

@Mezelenja 3 года назад

Yeah I had about the same journey with music. GOD I used to be such an annoying snob.

@emkiris 3 года назад

A lot of things are, however, most forms of media are extremely het-normative. Basic love songs about boy meets girl, movies about straight couples, tv shows about girl and boy fall in love. It can be exhausting tbh

@Katherout 3 года назад

reclaiming normiehood is the only way to escape having an individuality complex

@tiffanyferg 3 года назад

We briefly mentioned this while recording the pod and it inspired this episode 💞

@timhaase3297 3 года назад

Aren't we all actually normies

@venus67venus 3 года назад

I disagree. Not caring about what’s unique or common, but still doing the thinking yourself and doing what you want to do because you want to is the way to go

@AlexWolf1203 3 года назад

Hmmm 👀

@lemons2001 3 года назад

@@tiffanyferg can you make an internet analysis about individuality complex?

@MCheesesushi 3 года назад

EVERYONE has to be inevitably basic in some part of their life because your time is limited, as is everyone else’s. You can‘t pursue every niche with the same amount of energy, especially growing up and having more responsibilities. So in the end it just comes down to being insecure and wanting to find your place in the world - being special. Accepting your own basic-ness will help you actually see the people in front of you instead of shaming them. You‘d want the same respect.

@sarahfranco6802 3 года назад

totally

@snail-teeth 3 года назад

facts

@texaspoontappa2088 3 года назад

Moment of silence for all of us who started saying things ironically and are still saying them now 😔

@noemi9985 3 года назад

It was bruh for me 🤡

@rebekahf7235 3 года назад

Literally every single slang term I use started ironically 😌

@masha1683 3 года назад

@@noemi9985 same

@jonnybuijze1770 3 года назад

For me it's peace signs and saying omg 😔

@_eudae 3 года назад

Yeet :(

@norahammen1275 3 года назад

"once a local, always a local", an enemies to lovers secret identity 30,000 word fanfic about two enemies from high school, both thinking the other is a "local", meet online and bond over a common interest in a niche fandom

@edgaranalhoe7678 3 года назад

Is...is it something that exist? I need that

@kageyamatobio1854 3 года назад

someone pls write this😭

@cWjkL8ysxOkrH66 3 года назад

GIVE IT TO ME NOW

@cappuccinocrafts2412 3 года назад

I would read that! Someone please write it! Thank you!

@assholebyginger 3 года назад

This reminds me of You've Got Mail

@leafleafkris 3 года назад

oh how peaceful it must be to not be constantly online

@rrrrrrrrrr9354 3 года назад

imagine not depending on social media for social interaction and a sense of belonging in the world... imagine...

@BBrunnel 3 года назад

Manifesting that for myself

@citlaliargueta3306 3 года назад

@@rrrrrrrrrr9354 wow I felt personal attack by this I always have no one to talk to except people online

@allanistarr4746 3 года назад

I love the chaos the internet brings tbh

@worstusernameintheworld9871 3 года назад

as someone who doesn't really use social media other than youtube, I am goddamn thankful for being this way, I either find new "drama" late through a commentary video or even more late because of a friend who'll tell me about it a month after it happened, at least I'm safe lmao

@carmenyt 3 года назад

the amount that i've been binge watching internet analysis lately is not healthy

@AlexWolf1203 3 года назад

Theyre really good :D

@tiffanyferg 3 года назад

I support it 💞

@LaguBudakKuching 3 года назад

SAME. I just found her recently and I can't stop

@thefigfamgaming8556 3 года назад

Yes, the undisclosed amount of time.... (for me prob WAY too much)

@marianaplayfair 3 года назад

Yes. And i need morreeeee :")... Ive already watched litterally almost all, they are INCREDIBLEEE 😍😍😍😍

@alexkl6084 3 года назад

hearing the word "peasant" just transported me straight back to 2013 tumblr rip

@london2518 3 года назад

memes like this are the reason people are so ashamed for their interests, i’d rather someone be a “local” and be true to what they like than be... whatever the opposite of a local is and be pretending to be someone their not

@venus67venus 3 года назад

Memes like this are definitely far from the only thing that has that effect. Literally normieness can have the same effect. I remember when I went to school and many people didn’t dare to listen to other music than the popular, wear the clothes they wanted, explore whatever something else. If it wasn’t popular it wasn’t cool if you liked it, it was weird. This, in my opinion, is very common in one degree or another

@ohitssteph 3 года назад

no cap I use to try to not fit what a "local" was but now I don't care.

@davelewis8270 3 года назад

@@ohitssteph well then you're definitely not a local then.

@starguhl 3 года назад

@Dave Lewis acquire a life

@yueg90k39 3 года назад

plus you can't ever win cuz when you try 2 change your style 2 not seem like a 'normie' you will be called a poser

@Jacky.c.v 3 года назад

I definitely show normie behavior. I watch cat videos sometimes, I watch food documentaries and stuff with my boyfriend, I just discovered bubble tea, I use LOL frequently and I like baking cakes and cooking food from other countries. But I'm also in several niche communities. I guess that's just... human or whatever lol

@Kousseau 3 года назад

It would take way too much time and effort to keep up with everything all the time. It's fine being a normie on some parts on the Internet. Good, simple things are still good, embrace the inner normie folks!

@venus67venus 3 года назад

That honestly doesn’t sound like the most normie things to me.

@j1430 3 года назад

wait baking and cooking is normie what how why from other countries????

@lolno98 3 года назад

I often go on cat video binges, but even compilation videos feel "normie" to me. I also happened to discover bubble tea recently and still use LOL. I don't really participate in stan culture but I do like being in niche communities and kind of just watching the drama/looking at memes/etc within them

@pdph-kk4ut 3 года назад

That’s not too normie lol

@Emma-ul1xo 3 года назад

You need to do a video on the glamorisation of mental illness and ‘trauma’ especially common on Tik tok!

@k80_ 3 года назад

This was the culture on tumblr like 7-10 years ago (wow that makes me feel old). Everyone on there now is looking at other social media going through the same fledgling stages as we did back in the early 2010s. But we mustn’t break the prime directive, working through this stuff on your own is the only real way to develop your own culture within a social media site.

@misomar7193 3 года назад

yess, trauma is so glorified. people think that if their parents tell them to clean their room, its traumatic because their freedom is stifled. or they claim daddy issues are the reason they turn out the way they did, which most of the time isnt the case. having trauma is 'normal' now

@liv97497 3 года назад

Wait I feel like I've seen this video? Maybe it wasn't Tiffany but I could've sworn it was

@SynterraSteen 3 года назад

@@misomar7193 maybe because so many people have experienced trauma and they want to share

@bobsburgers8497 3 года назад

@@misomar7193 tbh I think maybe more people aren’t “normal” than there are “normal” ppl, bc ppl do go through a lot so it wouldn’t be uncommon for a lot of people to go through common traumatic things like bad parents, relationships, drugs, etc.

@TaraMooknee 3 года назад

you should do a video on urban dictionary! it would be *meta*

@tarnishedsoul2749 3 года назад

Fancy seeing you here!!!! ❤🐮❤🐮❤🐮

@vhr 3 года назад

funny that you mentioned One Direction stan twitter because it's actually still a thing even though they broke up 5 years ago.

@tiffanyferg 3 года назад

the commitment!!

@SkiesProjects 3 года назад

@@tiffanyferg my sister is INVOLVED in 1d twitter and oml THE DRAMA

@_lilly347 3 года назад

Yeah only joined in 2018 and it never gets boring because even now more and more people join

@simple1059 3 года назад

they are on an HIATUS... 😪

@vhr 3 года назад

@@simple1059 i knew someone would call me out for that lmao... all i have to say is good luck.

@UnfilteredMay 3 года назад

honestly at this point i don't mind being basic. it feels so childish to constantly be trying to keep up with internet trends

@christinagobel8968 3 года назад

I agree with you so much. I feel like people who feel the need to keep up with internet trends and shame those who don't are also somewhat insecure

@bobbiobanion7706 3 года назад

Financially it's irresponsible, unless you're beyond wealthy. Fashion, makeup trends change constantly. Trendy foods or hobbies on the internet change quite often, it's great to find things you love but in a manner that makes sense for the individual. Nothing wrong with being basic, kinda like that saying about if rather have a $20 purse with 2,000 than a $2000 purse with $20 in it.

@Abc-xm8pb 3 года назад

Wait I don’t get it following trends is what makes people basic since everyone is trying to follow them?

@UnfilteredMay 3 года назад

@@Abc-xm8pb omg this is such a paradox lmao because keeping up with the trends are supposed to make you... well, the opposite of basic. but you’re right, it eventually does turn you basic!

@Abc-xm8pb 3 года назад

@@UnfilteredMay Yes! Poor trendsetter was being different then everyone follows some trends are good but it’s always fun to put your own taste to them.

@PerksJ 3 года назад

As a teacher at a predominantly white school, it’s hilarious to hear what the kids think are emerging slang. They ask if us adults know what the word homie means lol

@akinyiomer4589 3 года назад

Pleeaaseeee put your kids on blast, I'd love to know what nonsense kids come up with these days :D even when they're being ignorant they're somehow so adorable

@Amazatastic 3 года назад

the whole "ew you live in your hometown with your parents" thing is SUCH an american thing that seems to random and toxic

@Daaaanielle 3 года назад

Bitch. I live in the second largest city in this country. I was born here. I still live in my home town! Like... lived within the same 20km my whole life! Where am I gonna go? This is where my whole life is?

@narcissismpeach 3 года назад

as a 20 smt yr old who cant afford rent prices in the city + combine that with a permanent housing crisis,,,, i would rather live and stay with my parents in my hometown rather than live in a shed of an apartment that costs 1,000 euro in rent each month.. no thanks!

@Amazatastic 3 года назад

@@narcissismpeach same!!

@Paul-cj2dy 3 года назад

Thank you. Having a hospitable family help you out is more practical and sensible than trying to “make it on your own” just because you want to prove some arbitrary individualist attitude to others. Makes no sense to shame people who choose to live in their hometown. Often times, hometowns have a better sense of community than being a transplant in a “major” city.

@cbpd89 3 года назад

Yeah, it is extremely weird. And you never hear people say it of they love in a big city. I've moved around a bit, but ended up settling near where I grew up because my parents are old and I want to actually spend time with them in their final years. If that makes me a local, so be it. It also makes anyone mocking my life choices kind of a douche.

@lisajaacobs 3 года назад

can we just stop and appreciate tiffany’s fruit shirt

@AlexWolf1203 3 года назад

Its so gooood 🥺🍓🍓❤🔥

@svetlana7579 3 года назад

i love its sleeves. they're so prettyy 😊

@xcarex 3 года назад

I need it!!!

@mcwjes 3 года назад

It's adorable. That's a sweet summer blouse if ever there was one!

@haleymist09 3 года назад

Yes

@MissBeautyE4 3 года назад

I think it's easy to get caught up in niche spaces online where you start believing that your sense of humour is so much more refined and developed than locals, but in the end we all laugh at the same stupid shit in real life. I probably would classify almost all of my friends as locals, they share things that to me are a bit cringey and last-season but STILL we have so much fun together. Like slipping on ice and ripping your pants is objectively hilarious... simple yet effective.

@dylanoro9473 3 года назад

So since you're friends are local, do you consider yourself one?

@genie195 3 года назад

An acquaintance called me a meme bob b/c I didn’t know some obscure spaghetti meme, while he identified as a ✨meme snob✨

@tiffanyferg 3 года назад

Omfg that’s wild

@genie195 3 года назад

@@tiffanyferg truly. A spaghetti meme: irrelevant Blinking white guy: timeless

@svetlana9369 3 года назад

I cringed

@Lauren-vf4ft 3 года назад

omfg this girl i know calls herself the memelord unironically

@lilyhat 3 года назад

i like to think of myself as being Meme Savvy™ but i want to know more about this obscure spaghetti meme bc i’ve never heard of it :O

@terciopelo 3 года назад

I'm a normie to my brother because I've never used tik tok, but he's also a normie to me because he's not on twitter or tumblr. We're all normies/locals in one way or another.

@terciopelo 3 года назад

@0o0 0o0 I'm autistic and he's ADHD lol... as I said we're all normies or locals to someone else

@snail-teeth 3 года назад

battle of the normies

@unamedunamed7384 2 года назад

using tiktok is normie

@Alyssa-sn9fp 3 года назад

as a goth who stans taylor swift I’ve been waiting for this video

@lanemac 3 года назад

I see you have taste!

@averyjeanne 3 года назад

I’m not the only one?!!!

@jw9285 3 года назад

as a punk who stans taylor swift i second this

@111jade 3 года назад

a goth with taste😌(not that other goths dont have taste, i just like Taylor Swift😏❗)

@ambernotaro3241 3 года назад

Can we all just agree that we all stan Taylor swift?

@emeraldalexisware8603 3 года назад

I accepted a long time ago that I’m a local. But at least I’m not trapped in straight tiktok

@daniellerodgers6493 3 года назад

🙏

@georgialamb370 3 года назад

I still can't help but feel like the whole "straight tiktok" vs whatever the opposite is discourse to be incredibly dumb and immature. I can't pinpoint exactly what I hate about it, but it gives me the same vibes as playground girls vs boys discourse (ex: ew girls have cooties) except with teenagers and adults. Idk I could be biased with my profound, automatic hatred of anything that even slightly resembles "I'm better than you cause I'm not mainstream" or "I'm not like other girls." Or it could just be my hatred for TikTok in general.

@georgialamb370 3 года назад

@@sweetembrace6706 Of course it's not the same. Homophobia/Transphobia destroys lives, relationships and livelihoods, while "Heterophobia" does not. I also understand that LGBTQ+ spaces can be very beneficial to the community and are present on pretty much every social media platform (to be honest I feel like that's really difficult to do on TikTok because the algorithm can easily generate exposure to those who may be hostile to them). Again, I'm not actually sure why the discourse between a social media "safe space" and communities who oppose/aren't part of it leaves such a bad taste in my mouth, because it many ways it can be somewhat justified.

@kat8559 3 года назад

Cordy really jumped to that conclusion

@kat8559 3 года назад

I'm gay as fuck and i think those jokes are cringey too.

@raygin6581 3 года назад

This is just the genderless version of "not like other girls" Edit: nvm you just said it yourself

@ruthgovanbader 3 года назад

Hilarious/cringe that the only reason that someone would end up in their home town is hardship... maybe they just like it and actively chose it because they think it's the best option?! As you age, and particularly in a pandemic, wanting to have your family as part of your everyday life, not just holidays, is valid.

@tiffanyferg 3 года назад

True!! If any of my family were still near my hometown I’d love to live there again

@lo4568 3 года назад

I feel like that's an american thing because where I live, it's normal to stay in the city that you grew up in (but I also live in a big city so yeah).

@cyberbabkaaa 3 года назад

In my howetown most school graduates choose to apply to different places bc there is practically no jobs here, and lots of people who choose to stay end up at low paying jobs as baristas, cashiers etc So in this case leaving your hometown it’s kind of the only option if you want to make more than a living wage

@Kirsten_is_cursed10 3 года назад

That seems like a highly personalized experience that you can’t really expect to apply to anyone else...but yeah, valid. Still kind of privileged. On the flip side, we don’t all have “home towns” with our families still in them to go back to when times get tough, or some people come from super toxic places or places with no jobs.

@saggguy7 3 года назад

yes! i live in a small midwestern armpit of a city and I always thought i would leave it one day, until the pandemic happened and i realized what it would be like to actually not be able to see my family. I missed my niece’s entire first year of life, and it really made me realize how important it is to me to be close to the people i love.

@neivilde.1242 3 года назад

i never really cared for the labels, because eventually everything cycles. like we all know twilight was the most mainstream and the most critiqued thing, then everyone was embarrassed of their twilight phase, and now we have the twilight resurgence where we all make fun of it and love it at the same time. everything that was critiqued comes back so who cares if you're a normie or whatever else, you'll end up being the cool one eventually

@Xan1120 3 года назад

Funnily enough, I see the word “local” on tt a lot now in the k-pop/fandom community as a joke popping back up these days and it’s quite hilarious personally since most of the time it’s all in good fun

@emkiris 3 года назад

Was just about to say I associate it with kpop Twitter and the normies/locals are the ones who don’t know kpop at all and the western artist stans. It’s always in the context of a “local” discovering jimin of bts or something lmao

@RhythmAddictedState 3 года назад

I actually thought it was a Kpop thing because I've only seen that term on Kpop twitter lol. The more you know

@hemidex 3 года назад

That is also the only place I’ve seen it and I’ve also always seen it used positively. People get excited when the ‘locals’ listen to their ult group.

@pochaccoluvr123 3 года назад

@@hemidex yea, our faves’ song reaching locals is like one of the best thing, a few years ago local was used more negatively but nowadays i only rly see it being used as another term for like general public

@nn6090 3 года назад

@@pochaccoluvr123 exactly, like something that goes out of the kpop bubble and is that good that even "locals" (that not like kpop) can appreciate it

@ayellowpapercrown6750 3 года назад

I think this anti-normie attitude is something you grow out of as you age, we all have niche interests mixed with popular interests to some extent. Liking niche things is a normal part of human experience.

@hailyjohnson407 3 года назад

Ok but saying "big yikes" and "oof" started as an ironic mockery of its popularity in 2017, but now its just part of my vocabulary

@Haleyessie 3 года назад

I once got called a normie by someone who came up to me to ask for a cigarette. I don’t and have never once smoked.

@AurmazlZudeh 3 года назад

We call those people chavs locally

@lainiwakura1776 3 года назад

That person was the true normie.

@mondaysandtuesdays6842 3 года назад

Wtf haha

@christopherbrown5409 3 года назад

Lucky you

@itakelemons3865 3 года назад

at around 9:30 when you talked about using the peace sign as an outro ironically but than using it unironically, it reminded me of the term 'post-irony'. It's exactly what you described. Like saying 'bruh' 'fam' or 'smh' ironically so much that you start using them ironically. That's post-irony.

@tiffanyferg 3 года назад

that term is everything I've needed, thank you!!

@itakelemons3865 3 года назад

@@tiffanyferg no problem, I figured that you would find useful so

@aryanetrallais 3 года назад

i started saying baby to everyone ironically around 2018, now it's automatic in me and just call everyone baby aksjd something with xd, started in 2013 and still use it (and say it but in Spanish)

@stefaniedominguez364 3 года назад

The only time I've heard "normies" is in Monster High when the monsters refer to the boring humans

@ellabanchieri8114 3 года назад

you have awakened a core memory in me

@binkbonk7199 3 года назад

The funny thing to me is that hipsters use “local” against ppl who listen popular musicians, and stan twitter uses “local” against ppl DONT listen to their extremely popular faves.

@emilycurtis4398 3 года назад

I've accepted that I'm more basic than I previously thought. I'm 33. I just need my serotonin, if it comes in "fancy" lattes and cat pictures, so be it.

@haleymist09 3 года назад

Basic beige becky here. All that fronting was left back in b.c. (before covid). Join me and my stretchy pants and cat videos and bernie's mittens memes lol

@emilycurtis4398 3 года назад

@@haleymist09 oh damn, one of my good friends was able to get the Bernie mittens sweatshirt. Hold up, let me take pictures of this cupcake I'm eating. I also need to refill my quirky coffee mug that's either political and/or it says "fuck" because I want my edgy youth back

@haleymist09 3 года назад

@@emilycurtis4398 😆😆😆

@BBrunnel 3 года назад

Cat pictures are beautiful though😭 can’t believe ppl hate on that

@citlaliargueta3306 3 года назад

@@emilycurtis4398 yo wish I were you but I am allergic to cata

@magicmagalie9667 3 года назад

(20:09) "who cares what's 'in style'? Honestly--Trends are annoying. Reject everything."

@EugeneAxe 3 года назад

Exactly. Everyone should watch Fight Club, it's quite inspiring

@onhold6772 3 года назад

I think that analysing youtube comments would be interesting. Most of them still use copy & paste jokes from ages ago. And the "first comment" ugh no wonder creators barely read them

@SkiesProjects 3 года назад

"Who's watching in 2021??!?!?!?"

@chaaro 3 года назад

I remember in HS knowing this girl who I thought was a total normie but only in senior year finding out she like was really into bowling and loved a bunch of youtubers I also loved and it was a big wake up call to realize like oh, okay everyone is a little bit weird then

@kajoliloli 3 года назад

My only encounters with people who use "locals" to refer to others are immediately after they decide to be rude to people for liking things lol

@pdph-kk4ut 3 года назад

I agree I have yet to meet anyone rude who uses nor miss that’s not some apt right dude

@jayyone6137 3 года назад

as someone on kpop twitter, honestly i've only ever heard local refer to people who don't know about kpop or see a picture of someone from an award show and are like "who dis?" never knew it was supposed to refer to people who live in the same city as you lol

@gabitron420 3 года назад

yeah i always thought local twitter was just everyone who wasn’t on stan twt....

@MsJeanneMarie 3 года назад

You didn’t know the legitimate meaning of the word “local”? Like a local store? A local newspaper? A local government?

@reecegraham6921 3 года назад

@@gabitron420 same. I thought locals is just what people on stan twt or any fan related communities call people who are not in that loop

@toketoke9479 3 года назад

wait, but you didn't know what the actual word 'local' meant? it's understandable, if english isn't your native language, though

@reecegraham6921 3 года назад

I am not a native speaker but since this is internet analysis, my mind immediately thought of the slang on twt but didn't knew that it actually has a deeper relation to the original word

@hils1999 3 года назад

I often see stans calling fans of the same artist locals. Like the stans almost gatekeep the fandom and who can be fans/stans. I’ve seen Ariana stans tell other people that they can’t call themselves fans because they didn’t know certain facts about her. It’s very weird to me lol. I’m a fan of several artists but I’m not a stan, and I think anyone should be able to call themselves a fan or compliment someone’s music - but I guess that makes me a normie/local in the eyes of stans idk

@blueisblue599 3 года назад

Or if you don't like a certain album or song by her they call you a local

@hils1999 3 года назад

@@blueisblue599 Yes, I’ve seen that!! Some fandoms/stans are really mean about stuff like that to

@paulasanchez6299 3 года назад

The importance that people in the US gives to leaving your parents house is crazy and I couldnt be able to live with that pressure. Where I live it's almost impossible with the wages to do it, so people only move when they marry

@EugeneAxe 3 года назад

Apartments are too expensive in the US now too. A lot of young people are living with their parents now even into their 30's.

@dextertravis2611 3 года назад

im glad you brought up inbetweeners, the episode where they crash the party and simons at the door saying to the popular girl something like hows he frustrated with not being invited cos of high school hierarchy and the girls like "no you werent invited cos we dont really know u" was the most understanding i was given of social situations growing up. im dyspraxic and have a bpd which makes me struggle to understand relationships in some ways and it made me understand its not always personal.

@ledichronicles 3 года назад

I just love it when Tiffany's excited but she says everything with a calm voice.

@hapalops3905 3 года назад

Glad you commented on the "ownership" of AAVE by Twitter subgroups. I noticed the more my "very online" friends used Twitter the more they sounded like African American "normie" friends and coworkers.

@joydour5449 3 года назад

Tiffany: Normies was created by disabled people to refer to able bodied people Me [a disabled person]: :D :D :D Tiffany: It's since been picked up by the alt-right Me: :( :( :(

@UnfilteredMay 3 года назад

stopped watching shrek 2 the moment i got this notification

@okellie 3 года назад

omg ur so brave ❤️❤️❤️

@racheljacksonnn 3 года назад

Commitment lmao

@jessicaimgrund766 3 года назад

wait, there's a shrek 2

@coolio1197 3 года назад

Actually Truth Hurts was originally released on September 19, 2017. But it blew up in 2019.

@stefaniedominguez364 3 года назад

I still maintain that locals in the stan twitter sense should be called tourists. Locals know the hidden gems, tourists just know the hit singles not the old songs etc.

@rachel3760 3 года назад

This is why I love the movie Booksmart so much. It isn't strictly about niche interests or hobbies but it demonstrates that just because you're "unpopular" or "unique" it doesn't make you special or talented.

@rahafarhadnejad1680 3 года назад

~Well, I'm a simple man, I see Tiffany, I click~ (Ok, I'm not even a man, but that sounds even more 2017 9gag)

@AurmazlZudeh 3 года назад

I hope this comment blows up for you honey

@AlexWolf1203 3 года назад

Same 😂👀

@snail-teeth 3 года назад

i still see "i'm a simple man" comments on youtube all the time o_o

@helenross3037 3 года назад

the absolute joy reading the words 'meme analysis' brought me

@crimsonnin2 3 года назад

One thing that I started doing ironically that ended up becoming unironic is like "me" or "same" at every mildly relatable line I hear lol

@PlaceboEllie 3 года назад

same (ffs)

@abbytaegusuga 3 года назад

I consider myself pretty “up to date” on internet culture, I keep up with the trends, I’m on stan Twitter, tumblr etc. (but I also have a normal Twitter account for my local friends 💀) but regardless of how current you try to stay, you’ll ALWAYS be seen as cringe or outdated by the younger gen. My niece is 11 and she roasts me so often because I don’t know enough or “I’m too dry” or whatever else even though I try to keep up 😭😭 it’s just an inevitability that we turn into those “back in my day” ~old people~ no matter how hard we try not to 😅

@christopherbrown5409 3 года назад

I'm 27 and this is so me it's not even funny

@absolutetrash8118 3 года назад

@0o0 0o0 no? You can be neurodivergent/typical and be either, it's actually pretty common. Being a dick about people not sharing your interests is something anyone can do. No one is 100% "normie" and you will be called a normie by at least one person online bc you arent engaged in their community

@absolutetrash8118 3 года назад

@0o0 0o0 The term has evolved to generally mean its "weaponized" term though. Originally it likely meant only neurotypical individuals, just as she mentioned it being used for people who are also white and cishet, but that does not mean the term cannot be used for people who do not fit those labels anymore. Words and their definitions can change over time

@artangelic 3 года назад

i can't believe i got a video in my recommended bar that said uploaded 17 seconds ago lmfao. love you

@akryylia2961 3 года назад

3 minutes for me but still the fastest i've had a video turn up on recommended :D

@sophie7780 3 года назад

tiffany's top is giving red velvet's red flavour mv

@ralz97 3 года назад

Staying with my parents in a small town to fight the investors ruining the larger cities by over-developing them thus creating detrimental urban sprawl while keeping my town from becoming a ghost town #woke lol

@firstnamelastname4751 3 года назад

Plot twist: this was Tiffany’s way of asking people to send her memes

@gibigabi1651 3 года назад

The cherry outfit is truly a vibe

@okellie 3 года назад

IM HERE AND READY FOR SOME MEME ANALYSIS

@specialj67 3 года назад

I’m glad to be watching this in my mid 30s and be old enough to just not care nearly as much what is or is not cool. As I get older, it is so freeing to just stop caring if what I liked is perceived by others as cringe. Shitting on someone else’s taste doesn’t make yours inherently better.

@purplelemons6277 3 года назад

I wish i was 30 😓

@tpk5703 3 года назад

Interesting. In kpop, the term "local" is just used to describe people who aren't part of the fandom. So, for instance, a non-fan sees a kpop group perform on US TV and will talk about liking the performance or ask about a specific member, and fans will brag about said group or member getting positive attention from "the locals".

@darpur5469 3 года назад

It’s always funny to me

@_juliaduhamel 3 года назад

omg!! you should totally cover gatekeeping in one of your upcoming videos! It is so interesting, especially regarding music, and how songs that were kinda niche became « basic tik tok songs » and so on.. I believe gatekeeping is fairly complex and does not always come from that « I’m not like others » sentiment, I think it somehow does really hurt people when it’s something they’re really passionate about! would love to hear your take on it ❤️ great content as usual

@Grapefruit_cosplay 3 года назад

Anyone else automatically think of the "Please don't scare the Normies" signs Anime Cons used to put up? It was basically a way to say "don't be weird to people not in cosplay who aren't at this hotel for the con" but I don't think people listened much 🤣

@hosly101 3 года назад

when are we all gonna realize that everyone else is living their own unique life and none of us have ever had an original thought

@caitlynstrong5942 3 года назад

The freaks and geeks vs the normies reminds me of how Liz Lemon didn’t know she was a bully because she was a geek. Lol.

@amafu_ 3 года назад

your SHIRT.... you look like the cutest fruit salad 🥺 (thank you for the video! Even though I live on the internet I still had no idea what a local was)

@Strawlighte 3 года назад

lmao I got called a local on Twitter for saying something about Ariana Grande black fishing and never understood what they were saying till now

@AurmazlZudeh 3 года назад

Were you defending it lol

@hxpewxrld 3 года назад

@@AurmazlZudeh I'm gonna assume that's a no since they actually called it blackfishing...anyone defending it wouldn't refer to it as that in the first place

@nachobaeza 3 года назад

It'd be really cool if you made a video about the unholy trinity (gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss)

@isabelcarrionalonso9281 3 года назад

Does anybody here remember that That's So Raven episode when she meets a group of people that have powers like her, and they call the non-powered people "normies"??????

@guavaberry 3 года назад

the other day I told my bf I wish I was a normie and he said to me "I cant believe my future wife wants to be a normie" and now that I am watching this and learning about the incel use of the word feeling differently about my use of it too. I feel like we all have to check ourselves every now and then. Just paused the video to comment this, but I am going to keep watching. I love ur internet analyses!

@guavaberry 3 года назад

Wow.... i have been trying to remember "LiveLaveALetLive" for so long. You have no idea.... My best friend who passed away from an OD in 2016 and I used to watch him so much in middle school. Lately I've missed her a lot and have been looking for traces of her presence online which is why I wanted to remember this one channel we watched.

@DiMagnolia 3 года назад

I’m a massive normie with my interests: yoga, dance, true crime, RU-vid, witchcraft, crystals, travel, minimalism, fashion, self help... these were all “underground” at some point and then became everything that “quirky” girls love so like we’re all normies

@dibyoshreepaint9241 3 года назад

Wait people do witchcraft because they’re ‘quirky’? Don’t you need actual dedication to the lifestyle first?

@gee159 3 года назад

@@dibyoshreepaint9241 I don’t think people do things intentionally to be “quirky” they just do what they find interesting and then society labels them as basic for doing it. Especially young women and that just happens to be the main demographic of people online who practice witchcraft

@rachel3760 3 года назад

Oh man I've been collecting crystals for a decade. It used to be so difficult to find crystals outside of a metaphysical store or geology convention. Now you can find them all over and I love it! We have much more access to crystals these days and I'm thankful for it.

@abyrupus 2 года назад

This is my tragedy. In 1990s high-school I was put down for being a freak and as an adult in 2020s I am put down as being a normie, for liking the exact the same things.

@jampsonn1826 2 года назад

How is yoga a "normie" thing when it's been practiced by South Asians for millennia? 😢😢😢 I also don't get the normie thing so excuse my confusion. Lol

@nell3593 3 года назад

As an alt person I think ‘normie’ is like the alt kids finally having some power, with years of being insulted and mocked for our interests and fashion being able to call someone a normie or local and them get butthurt about it feels like we finally are winning, like giving them a taste of there own medicine

@4rachel5 3 года назад

ayy chris flemming in an internet analysis video. love it. also everyone who doesnt know chris should check them out.

@ellabanchieri8114 3 года назад

a bunch of my fav you tubers have been making Chris Fleming references lately and I’ve been living for it

@ingridc0ld 3 года назад

I try not to label myself as a normie or anything else because it puts me in a box. I just like what I like. I don't qualify it more than that. I like to be open-minded when it comes to these things because everyone has a different experience that leads to their likes and dislikes

@meredithmclaughlin9633 3 года назад

After high school/college it's so hard to see what younger people are actually wearing in real life and to keep up with trends. In high school, I knew I dressed differently when I wore a lot of vintage and strange thrifted outfits due to financial necessity. Now, I don't even know how disconnected I am from trends because I have such limited interaction with groups of people, social media, and stores. So I'm probably a normie, but I think other people in their mid 20s also do things for practicality rather than for an audience.

@FlavioNoNavio 3 года назад

the relationship between stan twitter and locals will forever be a love/hate one bc stan twitter always acknowledges that once locals start listening to their fav, it’s a sign that it’s ACTUALLY popular, so the _local recognition_ is something that stan twitter ALWAYS has in mind, bc stans need locals to plug their new fav release

@juliadandy6019 3 года назад

I am at 13:25 and it reminded me of that 30 Rock episode where Liz thought she was a bullied geek when in fact she was the bully. Sometimes folks think they are punching up, but they are just being jerks 🙃

@TrekkinRanger 3 года назад

I don't know if it's me getting older or the internet getting more annoying, but I'm definitely losing interest in keeping up with the memes and culture. Just going to embrace the normie life haha

@farrahwho 3 года назад

i’m feeling the same way lol i used to be super involved in online fandoms as a teen and wanted to avoid FOMO at all costs so i spent so time on social media but now as a 21 year old i just like...can’t be bothered to keep up anymore

@lolno98 3 года назад

@@farrahwho Same, I'm 23 now but started feeling like this when I was around 19 or 20 lol. I was known by my friends as a shitposter/meme queen (ugh lmao) when I was in high school. I think dating a normie since I was 18 kinda helped influence the normie in me too

@k80_ 3 года назад

Exactly. About 2 years ago (age 19) I was super involved in the Instagram meme community but i lost interest so fast. Deleted it and Twitter on New Years as my resolution. 4 months off the worst social media apps and I’ve never felt better

@marianneh4843 3 года назад

it's definitely us getting older lol i'm 20 but i just cant be bothered to keep track of everything so i'm just constantly out of the loop

@princesseuphemia1007 3 года назад

I agree. I think memes are getting worse. They're uglier, low effort, and most don't even have a clear joke or punchline to them and it just seems pointless. On the good side though I think youtube has gotten way better. Also I still like reddit a lot, and quora is pretty interesting too. For now I'm pretty happy to stay in those online bubbles until they inevitably fizzle out one day or just don't interest me anymore. :P

@breannam611 3 года назад

I was a bit of a "not like other girls" girl in middle school and high school. It was once I was older that I found that didn't have to do/like all the things in the starter pack. Maybe I hate the leggings and uggs but damn is pumpkin spice good. I have also found that sarcastic condensing internet humor was not helping my mental health, once I let myself like things honestly I found I was a happier person.

@manuelafaria6703 2 года назад

my entire high school experience could be summarized to hating and envying “locals”. you feel a sense of superiority because you think you’re more cultured or more interesting but at the same time you wish you could be satisfied with “basic” things and fit into society uneffortlessly

@user-we8dn5ub9z 3 года назад

i've never been more offended than when a guy told me "you're so cute, you're such a basic normie" 😐let's just say he didn't get any 😺after that

@rsspartanz 3 года назад

Proud of you

@Daaaanielle 3 года назад

Lmaoooo. Why do they put so much moral superiority on liking stuff that is not common? Let me like Taylor Swift in peace. I’m enjoying life.

@user-we8dn5ub9z 3 года назад

@@Daaaanielle ikr. The worst part was he could be considered "basic" af too. Like boi your striped t shirt, zara loafers and gucci wallet are not quirky and neither is liking COD and a24 movies. Nothing wrong with any of those of course, just ridiculous double standards

@Daaaanielle 3 года назад

@@user-we8dn5ub9z Nothing makes me dislike a guy faster than him making a big deal about liking the freaking Foofighters or a34 movies lol. And when they are condescending about my pop-loving heart? completely done. If you can't bop to the Backstreet boys, you are not worth my time.

@arteria.coronaria 3 года назад

The time stamps are amazing, thanks for putting in the extra effort!

@gigi4390 3 года назад

it's always so funny to me when I'd see people talk abt "stan twitter language" as if it's this new thing. like it's not new or trendy, it's just aave being appropriated once again.

@elizabeterundane2703 3 года назад

This video is actually so interesting to watch for me since i’m in kpop stan twitter lol.. Like Tiffany said, i usually see people calling people mostly outside of the kpop/anime fandoms “locals” and all that, but i’ve never seen people use the word “normie” and tbh the word is pretty cringy to me :/

@marianna6572 3 года назад

a guy named lee taemin called me a local once and i felt honored

@jauume 3 года назад

I dont like using normie, local, basic, etc as an insult. Gives the idea that "basic" people are shallow and that the interests they have are stupid, and these words are usually targeted at women (except in some circles like the incel community and stuff), and idk I think it makes our problems worse by insulting girly mainstream things and also stereotyping girly girls who like mainstream things as shallow. But idk maybe im just overthinking

@void-xt8pw 3 года назад

Yeah when people say basic they usually mean a basic attractive blonde white girl.. Which is just undertoned with a lot of possible racism and definite misgony. (racism because you're assuming only one race can be basic and girly & racist because stereotypes- hope that made sense)

@-Desire 3 года назад

I love Tiff's fake deep reading voice and mannerisms lol

@jessicayang7240 3 года назад

Ahh, Tiffany, I'm so grateful, and I'm NOT WORTHY! Thanks so much for giving a shout-out to my channels (you even dug into the other one, I appreciate that soooo much!). Far from a genius over here, but hopefully with more feedback I can dive into more topics I don't know about and be less of a normie (although, ain't nothing wrong with that)! Also, your analysis reminds me of the concept of subculture and the entire school of thought (the Birmingham School) that rose from studying punks and hippies, back in the ye old days before the internet. I guess distinction and hierarchies borne from the sentiment of "I'm special" is somewhere deep in our ancestral bones lol. I wonder what a cave man normie would look like...

@SavvyArtz 3 года назад

I appreciate you making the note about adults living at home

@justinelliott5799 3 года назад

That is a...cherry nice shirt. See what I did there? Yep, I'll see myself out.....

@starry.luminescence 3 года назад

I just wanted to inform you I got a chuckle out of that

@Moonmattel 3 года назад

I liked your analysis! Your face at the beginning ("along the meme ride") was relatable to me when you give a presentation at work, trying to be enthusiastic en creative with your words for the audience's pleasure, and you form a sentece and think "Oeff what did I just say? Did that work?" haha.

@meredithhamlett6758 3 года назад

I can’t form an opinion on anything other than your top. I’m obsesssssed. It’s so fun and playful! I’ve seen a lot of your Nuuly and closet clean out videos and always root for you to go for the funkier options you have because you can so pull it off and so today’s outfit warmed my heart.

@dtsotm 3 года назад

this is gonna sound mean and i haven’t actually watched the video yet but i’ve always felt that people on stan twitter who use the term “locals” just have little to no friends in their real lives and use their status on stan twitter as a form of validation. the thing is these twitter stans don’t even realise that someone they describe as a “local” may also have a stan account and could be describing them as a local. i feel like it’s the present day version of the girls who were writing self-insert wattpad stories about the shallow hot girl getting dumped for the plain bookish girl. idk if that even makes sense

@_Chlorophyllis 3 года назад

I'm a local but as someone who went through an fangirl and NLOG phase, looking on more social media savvy folks can still feel the spiderman meme where "maybe they're the locals who don't get this is all meaningless" The fun never ends.

@MintyMido 3 года назад

finally catching up on my watch later listttt your internet analysis videos always bring me so much comfort and joy TT thank you tiffany!

@carrieblogger 3 года назад

You’re the best for (among so many other reasons) following through on small channel shoutouts and not just using it as a prop for engagement. You rock!

@pterocardio 3 года назад

i used to be a very active on stan twitter or online spaces in general (i still kinda am sometimes, i go to discord more these days but every so often i go to twitter) but as i got older, started having more responsibilities and less free time, my time in these spaces and subsequently my knowledge of mainstream internet culture decreased. i think rn some people would consider me more of a local and i'm fine with that. i'm not interested in living mostly online and i dont really like having to keep up with trends. i prefer to take things at my own pace and that involves being intentional with the online media i consume.

@LALacey 3 года назад

Great analysis video as usual also that shirt is amazing 🍓

@ChrisJamesTV 3 года назад

Tiffany I havent been notified of your videos in months! But I have to say that video QUALITY shot up!!

@TheChocolatiie 3 года назад

growing up on tumblr while being kind of an outcast def gave me that dynamic of hating normies but nowadays im glad i don't try so hard to be """edgy""" anymore. its ok to be boring