My First Time Watchin INSIDE | Bo Burnham - That Funny Feeling | This is ART | 

What gets me is the ending, the song gets audibly more happy and upbeat as he says it'll be over soon. Like the end of everything is a welcome relief to the world we're living in, embracing in the end with melanchonic gladness, bittersweet and peaceful.

The line that sticks out to me and is always just overlooked is the Deadpool self awareness. Like these moments where you know very well that you don't want to be doing what you're doing but you're trapped in this story that someone else wrote and have to keep playing your part. Plus for a fourth wall break there's plenty of characters to choose from but Deadpool specifically is very suicidal and wanting to end the cycle ... such a deep existential dread line and no one even notices.

A stream of consciousness. No filters. I’m addicted to these reaction videos because it confirms my opinion that Bo is a genius and I learn things along the way. Bo makes me feel safe.

The atmosphere Bo created for this song is so intimate that I thought he was about to whisper the secret of the universe to me. Then, when some of the lyrics gave me actual chills, I realized he probably did. I just have to decipher the message now. Looking at you, I think maybe you had a similar experience while listening to this excerpt.

Phoebe Bridgers does an excellent cover of this song! There’s even a cell phone video of Bo Burnham at one of Phoebe’s concerts while she’s playing this song.

I think "derealization" is important to understanding this one: it doesn't matter what we think about the individual things listed in this song if we're so detached from the reality of our surroundings that we drive our species into the ground. The inverse is true as well: feeling so overwhelmed by the big picture that you detach and focus on the minutiae. Either way, the "funny feeling" is that something is wrong, whether you care to investigate it or not. "Music to drown by" is the phrase that comes to mind with this one.

He doesn't even need to be a comedian, he would do well as a regular mainstream musician....

Possibly my favorite of all time with Bo. So raw and boiled down yet one of his deepest. Layered genius is par for the course at this point but... dang! So haunting and beautiful, and even terrifying, and yet still making me laugh and feel better about things.

THIS is my favourite Bo Burnham song, and the one that sent me to RU-vid to look for reactions and commentaries, eventually leading me to Ren and all of you amazing reactors. I live with That Funny Feeling; it's everywhere; it's in every breath I take, it's in every corner of the world; it invades my dreams. Even worse now since the arrival of Covid.

It’s funny, this is one of my absolute favorite Bo songs, but one that I generally don’t like watching reactions to. Maybe because it took me (and takes most people) multiple listens to really understand everything he’s saying. So most reactors I’ve seen for this song don’t really grasp the full meaning on the first listen. I think you understood it better than most! This song is so so relatable for me, and for so many people because of the context. Inside was released a year after the pandemic started, so all of this was filmed within the first year of the pandemic. No one really knew how it was gonna turn out. Was this gonna end in a couple of years, or was it the “new normal?” Did human existence just take a drastic shift that we’re not gonna be able to fix? All of these things we focus so much of our attention on (Logan Paul, Deadpool’s self-awareness, the live-action Lion King, the Pepsi Halftime Show, etc) are meaningless bullshit. We’re surrounded by irony (gift shop at a gun range and a mass shooting at the mall, book on getting better hand delivered by a drone, the world at our fingertips, the ocean at our door). There was this quiet yet unbearably loud thought that resonated through many, many people: What’s the point of all of this meaningless bullshit when something like a tiny little virus can come in and turn the world sideways? What’s the point of anything? The pandemic, the constant threat of nuclear war, global warming, 7 years left on the doomsday clock, mass shootings, corrupt presidents and politicians, what’s the point of trudging through life when all of these enormous crises are looming over our heads? And Bo eloquently wraps that entire feeling up in a campfire song. He’s a generational genius.

I've listened to this song more times than I should admit, I think I finally get it. You got it about 50% right: Bo thinks the world is ending. Not metaphorically--but literally, climate change, we're all going to kill each other with guns and bombs, or else we're going to be our own ends through the madness that is the only correct response to such a situation. And in the face of this, what is the culture's response? The irreverence/faux-(and-FOX-sponsored)-nihilism of Deadpool, Etsy agitprop, "representation" in big-budget entertainment and marketing. All this stuff that used to stand for change but now stands for the interests of big business and commerce, which itself is propelling climate change, war, and a lot of other bad shit. The "solutions" the world is offering us are laughable in the face of the actual problems we have, and there is no meaningful way to oppose the trajectory things have taken in the 21st century. "Technological breakthroughs" are a massive part of "that funny feeling"--the appearance of progress ("stunning 8k resolution meditation app) when in fact, given what we're facing, it's no progress at all (in honor of the revolution, it's half-off at the gap) .. This is a crazy-dark song.

I couldn’t listen to this song for months after the first time I watched this in context of the whole special. The existential dread hit way to hard for me.

And I know from watching the entire Patreon video, i understand that his bit on “reaction videos” may have hit hard (?) but we truly appreciate your analysis of Bo Burnham ❤️. That’s why you have so many followers.

Phoebe Bridgers (who Bo is apparently now dating) did a cover of this song that is so beautiful

I missed the ocean at your door first listen thanks. New sub, looking forward to more, cheers mate.

I can't believe i missed this video. Ive been waiting for thus particular reaction since i found your early Bo videos. I went through about a 6 month disassociative period after a car accident(of sorts) when i was 19, and it makes this song hit a little different.

I have been waiting for this one! Awesome Nick!!!

My #1 personally off the special. It hits.

I absolutely adore this song more every time I listen to it. It feels like the "We Didn't Start the Fire" of our generation. Highlighting the absurdities and ironies from the time it was written alongside the constantly present existential dread of progressing climate change and even technology (echoing Welcome to the Internet), leading to the likely disassociation of an entire generation. All wrapped up in a perfectly concise "that funny feeling". The entire special is genius, but this is one of the standouts.

Can't wait for you to get to "Welcome To The Internet!"

I also know how you like that acoustic guitar... dude says he cant play or sing then rips out a James Taylor quality song

Have i missed his reaction to Welcome to the internet? Just went through this playlist and didn't see it.

Poetry at its finest, or perhaps proving how much power it has yet top bring?

hopelessness, contradiction, lies....that funny feeling

Thank you for an insightful reaction! I grew up watching Bo Burnham when he first got on RU-vid and seeing how he progressed to Inside has just been a rollercoaster. I mean, he’s a genius! I’m excited to see your thoughts on the rest of the special too, I’ll definitely be watching! P.S- I know you started reacting to Polyphia and I want to throw out there that if you like them you should definitely check out Unprocessed. Barely anyone reacts to them on here and they’re awesome! They opened for Polyphia’s tour earlier this year, I got to see them live and they are phenomenal! Very similar to Polyphia but with vocals! The Longing, Abandoned, Deadrose, and Rain are all good places to start!

Thanks for the recommendation of "Factfulness". I think I'd heard about it but forgot.

As a neurodivergent, agoraphobia kid who was also an extrovert since the 70s, this song is both melancholic and hopeful. I have lived through so many ends of the world. There are now drones to deliver me books. It's the eternal dance of progres. I am old enough to remember other doomsday clocks. The seven years has me more worried than some other but powerless to change it no matter how much I sort my bins.

Another great reaction, love your videos

"Stunning 8K resolution, meditation app" -- Why would a meditation app, something that you should probably have your eyes closed while running so as to not get distracted by visual stimuli, ever need to be upscaled to that ridiculous resolution? It's just utterly absurd... and yet it's par for the course for our world... "In honor of the revolution, it's half-off at the Gap" -- Since when did the Gap ever need a reason for its half-off bargains? And in honor of the revolution, of all things, as well? Again, kind of absurd... "Deadpool self-awareness, loving parents, harmless fun" -- Deadpool is a fictional character who's aware of the fact that he's a fictional character, and he's also a complete maniac straddling the line between occasional goofball, suicidal mess, and murder-happy sociopath who's way too egregiously violent... but sure, expose your kids to the funny murder guy and then have your kids ask you to take them with you to the shooting-range so they can pretend that they are Deadpool... What's the harm? It's just harmless fun, right? "The backlash to the backlash to the thing that's just begun" -- This just immediately brings my mind to the Jan 6th mess... that thing happened, the backlash was immediate, people were rightly outraged, they demanded that those responsible be held fully responsible... and at the same time, the backlash to the backlash had already started: Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Ben Shapiro, Marjory Taylor Greene, Steve Bannon, etc... they were already lashing back at the backlash that they knew would be coming... "The surgeon general's pop-up shop" -- Imagine clicking around online and getting a pop-up. Eh, nothing too unusual about that. It's a pop-up for medicine and drugs and stuff? Sure, those kinda scams bombard us all the time. It's sent out by the highest authority on medical treatment in the US? Wtf is this alternate reality we've stumbled into...? "Robert Iger's face" -- There is something deeply upsetting about the fact that the face of Disney, THE family company with THE children's movies, is (or was) a heartless, soulless corporatist only in it for the money... "Discount Etsy agitprop" -- Mass-produced and commercialized bootleg versions of communist propaganda sold as cheap interior design props to enrich some capitalist... Marx, Che and Castro are spinning in their graves... "Bugles' take on race" -- Yes, that's definitely what we need to turn this whole mess around, isn't it?/sarcasm "Female Colonel Sanders, easy answers, civil war" -- Either, 1) the conservative demographic's usual overreactions to nonsense stuff like the M&M mascots getting less sexualized, or 2) the commercial sector's usual virtue signalling, which includes putting up a font of inclusivity and diversity and tolerance and stuff, while remaining as cruddy as ever; an "easy answer" to complex problems, or 3) just running down the list of weird af concepts... Kentucky isn't exactly known for its progressive spirit, so female Colonel Sanders would be disingenuous from so many angles; there are very few "easy answers" that are legitimately worth the air you expel when you say them; "civil war" is just plain an oxymoron, like "military intelligence." "The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door" -- Here we are, computers, laptops, phones and so on with all the world's knowledge, and yet the oceans are rising... much thanks to the same technology that gave us all the world's knowledge to begin with... and to add another layer to it, many people wouldn't ever have even learned about the climate breakdown without the internet... "The live-action Lion King, the Pepsi Halftime Show" -- There is no "live-action Lion King", there's only a 3dcg movie that was billed and marketed as the "live-action" version of the Lion King, and we all just kind of went along with the marketing... and yet the 100% fake live-action Lion King movie is still somehow less fake than the halftime show at the Super Bowl... "Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go" -- Three years now... that climate breakdown doomsday clock keeps ticking... and it's not looking like we've got any intentions of stopping it before it's too late... "Carpool Karaoke, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul" -- Boy, that would be some carpool karaoke... Wanna body surf and get caked in the car? Or would you prefer singing about taking selfies with a people who've committed suicide? "A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall" -- ...I don't think this one requires elaboration... "Reading Pornhub's terms of service" -- Welcome to the world's gathering spot for smut, depravity, revenge sex videos and other such fun activities and pastimes; here's a legal document you should read in its totality to get you properly hot and bothered for a start. "Going for a drive, and obeying all the traffic laws in Grand Theft Auto V" -- Have you ever come home after a really bad day, feeling like you need to relax a bit, so you get some absurdly violent video game started, only to realize that "venting steam" is not the same as "winding down" and what you need right now is the latter; some normalcy to get away from what's happened over the course of the day -- so you take this absurdly violent video game and make it an outlet for the peace and quiet that you're denied in real life? Just asking... "Full agoraphobic, losing focus, cover blown" -- Whoopsie! Slipping up and ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟ ɪssᴜᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ's sɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇxᴘᴏsᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟғ there, huh, Bo? "A book on getting better hand-delivered by a drone" -- This is just so messed up... But coupled with the above line, it's even worse: If you're suffering from agoraphobia, then human contact may be the last thing you want... But if you've already been isolating yourself for a long time, say, 5 years or so, and forcibly had to go back into isolation just when you were starting to feel okay with the idea of re-entering society again, then human contact, even fleeting and shallow, may have been just what you were looking for to keep the existential dread at bay... instead you got a drone handing you a self-help book, which probably included advice about reaching out to other people... "Total disassociation, fully out of your mind" -- Depersonalization is a disassociation disorder which makes it feel like you're separated from your body or like your body is not your own or like you are just an observer to your own body and actions. Ergo, it can very much feel like you are literally outside of your own mind. "Googling 'derealization,' hating what you find" -- Derealization is a disassociation disorder which makes it feel like you're separated from the world around you or like you're dreaming or like nothing around you is actually real... "That unapparent summer air in early fall" -- ...why did I decide to do this analysis while off my meds? For that matter, why don't I have meds in the first place when I know that I probably really do need them? "The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" -- It's not going to get any better, is it? The ones in power aren't planning on averting the worst-case scenario, are they? People are way too unwilling to change their lifestyles if it means giving up their comfort and luxury, aren't they? We're actually approaching the end of the existence of human civilization, aren't we? "Hey, what can you say? We were overdue... But it'll be over soon, you wait" -- Heh. Yeah, I guess we were overdue for a pandemic, what with us having a globalized world but so poor protection against one should it act up. But, yeah, it'll be over soon. A thing of the past. We just need wait a little longer... Heh. Yeah, I guess we're overdue for a reckoning, considering that we've been living way above and beyond sustainable means for so long. But, yeah, soon it'll all come crashing down. We'll be a thing of the past. Just you wait a little longer... "There it is, again, that funny feeling" -- Funnily enough, that feeling is not "funny" at all... Cognitive dissonance. Existential dread. Detachment. Disassociation. Disbelief at all of this absurdity along the lines of "this can't be real" or "what the hell is this shit?" What that feeling is may differ on a case-to-case basis, but still... there it is again... that funny feeling...

Just love to listen to your feedback

I feel like there's something he knows . something is coming 2030 stay safe

Aw but bummed you're not going to do this special like you did his last one. I mean I get why but still a bit bummed I won't be able to see it

Will you be doing any more Tim Minchin reactions? I could just be missing them

Wow. "In the feels" for sure. "Full agoraphobic," ... the ending of it all," and "A gift shop at the shooting range, a mass shooting at the mall." Ouch I think I'll be backtracking and checking out more of this guys stuff... 🤔

It'll be over soon. You wait.

Whenever I see the modern day news about criminals getting away with "mostly peaceful gatherings", I just remember this song with a smile.

Rethinking the song. The "Obeying all the traffic laws..... in grand theft auto 5." is another way to disassociate. Like the smart phone line about the ocean.

Can you pwetty pwease get a microphone 👉👈

Boh, die gast kijkt af en toe moeilijk.

you don't get it do. you?... he's singin about you xD mr.beast coute was not a clue?? f youtube reactions, lowest of the lows