Hi Everyone. This is more or less a rant article on the popular youtube user raywilliamjohnson. I would like to see what the rest of TL thinks about him. Here is my personal opinion:
I believe that RWJ is one of the most unoriginal youtube users to ever gain mass popularity. Incase anyone is unaware, RWJ is the guy who takes viral videos created by other people, combines them into a roughly 4 minute weekly segment, and then adds his own personal commentary here and there.
First off the bat, I find his facial mannerisms rather annoying, but I assume those are his natural expressions, so that isn't a valid reason to dislike someone. Secondly, I find his commentary to be very minutely funny at all, especially in contrast with the videos. Once again, if I don't want to hear his dialogue then I don't need to listen to it, and I wouldn't bother writing about it. But that isn't the issue, so why am I writing this?
The simple answer is, take away the material in his videos which isn't his own, and what are you left with? A guy sitting in a room, making a few jokes, retelling events that occured to him which sound ficticiously similar to the ones in the viral video, and making a wide cornucopia of sarcastic expressions. In essence, are we being entertained by RWJ, or simply the videos?
There are countless people out there who have the natural ability to entertain others. Once a month I watch Day[9]'s BGH 2v2v2v2 video, because no matter how much I watch it, it always makes me laugh. I watch scooby1961 on youtube because this guy has provided a massive array of free info for the aspiring weightlifting enthusiast, and it's all original content that he has verified through years of personal experience.
The event which sparked this rant was as follows. A few days ago, I heard a friend of mine say: "Do you ever watch RWJ? He's so funny." Then I asked myself, do people really laugh at RWJ, or are they just laughing at the viral videos?
I completely agree. His vids are shit, but so are a lot of the top subscribed people like davedays, smosh, fred, all that shit is really REALLY unentertaining and boring tbh, but straight up RWJ is just one of those guys who does what everyone else did and somehow got big for it...pathetic
"The Archfiend was one of the best youtube partners that ever graced this site, he will be missed. Here is his epic video on RWJ's douchebaggery."
Thanks for sharing that. That is one of the biggest d*****bag moves I've seen in a while, and I live in a community which is run by a municipal oligarchy of moneyhording, tax evading, land grabbing nobodies who couldn't make it running for mp.
They are the most rage-inducing horrible videos on youtube. I can stand to watch some of the other "youtube celebrities" but the only one I actually like is Peter Chao.
Ray is like a giant demotivational poster. Most the the time, the picture itself is already funny/amusing, but people add the whole "poster" thing to try to make it more funny (Which ends up just making the picture shitter/ruined).
I liked his videos a few months back but the more I watch of him the more stale he gets. I've basically stopped watching him. Same with sxephil. That cut style gets really old and it sounds like they are trying too hard to be funny.
On July 18 2010 03:15 QuickSandSlowly wrote: quit hating his funny nonetheless
That is kind of my point though. Is RWJ funny or are the viral videos funny? I think one of the reasons that makes him enjoyable to watch for some is that people aren't laughing at RWJ, but rather with him. Most people find that watching funny videos with friends is more enjoyable than watching them alone, because it turns the act into a social activity, and later on you can make jokes or references to your friends about them. In essense, RWJ manages to subconciously fulfill this role in people's eyes. This is pure speculation though.
he's smart to using other people vid to make money. you're all mad because he is the first do this and now making easy money. i am jealous as well and hate him for it.
I used to subscribe to RWJ a while back but got sick of him after I too discoverd that it was only the vids in his videos that made him funny. I also hated the fact that he NEVER posted the source. Like he pulled the vids of youtube but: 1) didn't have the common descensy (spelling...) to give back to the guys who posted the vid 2) I didnt feel like going trough 4 minutes of video to find 1 funny 10 second clip that I just could've watched without having him say shit like "forum" for the rest of the video.
i wish his vids would just be the viral videos minus him. i watch them every week for the vids, but the jokes he makes are complete shit. plus he makes up these stupid ass sayings (memes? idk) like "two camels in a tiny car". wtf does that mean?! false and homosexual is another shitty one. then i see other people using that in youtube comments and i want to sack mr johnson.
i too hate how he doesn't post the sources to his videos
On July 18 2010 03:51 eLiE wrote: i wish his vids would just be the viral videos minus him. i watch them every week for the vids, but the jokes he makes are complete shit. plus he makes up these stupid ass sayings (memes? idk) like "two camels in a tiny car". wtf does that mean?! false and homosexual is another shitty one. then i see other people using that in youtube comments and i want to sack mr johnson.
i too hate how he doesn't post the sources to his videos
Yeah, i agree 100%. Although i remember one good joke he made some time ago. Like made that troll thing and said "shut the fuck up and keep talking" and he went like wait uh what himself? That was kind of funny but overall i feel his humor is quite weak and he is still overusing the same one liners, memes and stuff that is already beaten to death imo.
Also that particular video people are talking about made me feel sick and i left an angry comment and thumbed it down just like everyone, seriosly what the fuck was he thinking including that.
90% of my friends like him and spam me with countless videos of him being so funny and original in each and every one of those fucking videos he releases 2 times a week. How do I know that ? Because it's 2 fucking AM in Romania when his videos hit youtube and every fucking time my dorm mates wake me up to show me "how fucking awesome this new video is" even if I've told them countless times and I don't like the guy.
And don't even get me started on the "fake and gay" meme, Even if I did found it funny, that would have changed after hearing 3 other people yell "fake and gay" every 5 minutes for the most retarted of reasons ALL YEAR LONG.
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