@owosnake
Feels so weird to see J.J. talking about SCP, never thought id hear him even mention this little corner of the internet I so love.
@reyson01
Interesting that despite being a "Gen Z" thing, practically everyone of these originate from Millenials writing in early internet. This, mirroring how the hip pop stars for a generation are often a decade or so older than their target audience.
@CSPaffy
One thing JJ didnt bring up was that part of the creepypasta culture is to insist these storys are real no matter what. And often when the storys would leave creepypasta forums people wouldnt realize they are works of fiction. Famously people still insist that the russian sleep experiment was a true historical even rather than something madeup on reddit around 2010
@Official_BMP
12:38 I don't know if anyone else has already said this, but the weird Mickey Mouse creature is not ment to be "Suicide Mouse". It actually comes from a creepypasta about Disneyland's Treasure Island named "Abandoned by Disney" and is mostly known by many for a videogame adaptation of the story that happens to be one of the earliest FNAF fangames called "Treasure Island".
@bowaxer7952
I remember Momo so vividly. So, I come from a Hispanic household, and that panic definitely took hold of my mother. I remember one day, she came up to me and showed me an image of Momo. She then said, "If you ever see this image, run away. This thing will kill you. If you see this, come talk to me." I remember being so confused, as I had never heard of Momo until my mom brought it up. It's wild to think that some edgy teenagers on the internet could scare a rational woman so thoroughly.
@Anthropomorphic
One thing I've found interesting about the SCP Foundation ever since it was pointed out to me is how much of a "Dubya"-era artifact it is. It's a paramilitary-like organization with very deep pockets and an ambiguous relationship with the government, that conducts shady operations around the world with little regard for human life or well-being, and then stashes its "extraordinarily rendered" captives away in one of its many black sites.
@_TehTJ_
Watching JJ mention Jeff the Killer X Eyeless Jack yaoi is very jarring, it'd be like John Madden commentating the Kendrick vs Drake beef.
@fungusgurl
I remember here in Western Massachusetts (decidedly not Latin America), a lot of parents of school children received little pamphlets warning them about the “Momo Challenge” and how to keep their kids safe online, in the same tone you would expect from a DARE PSA about drugs or something. I remember my mother made a comment like, “We tell kids not to believe everything they see online, and then we fall for the stories those kids create.” That’s really stuck with me.
@pi.nkpringl104
this guy should cover the christmas creature canon (like gingerbread man, snowman, elf, reindeer)
@kieravermeal9127
I should say, it was later revealed that one of the girls who committed the Slenderman stabbing had paranoid schizophrenia. So it was less of kids not understanding fiction from reality, but rather an actual delusion. I am SO tired of people using that case to justify fiction influencing reality, because they NEVER understand that part of the case.
@walterfletcher
This video is another great example of how most teen and tween culture is created by the previous generation. Most of this stuff was created by Millennials while most of their iconic pop culture was created by Gen X.
@KrishnaWashburn
J.J., I really appreciate that you value, study, and share information about cultural competency. I'm a blind person whose career is focused on arts and media access, including websites and live performance. A lot of blind people are excluded from the culture that shapes the communities around them; some people think that being able to attend a live show or use any particular website effectively or watch a TV show isn't "important," but it's literally the thing that helps people understand each other's frames of reference. Knowing about creepy pasta is important, because it can connect people, especially within their own generation. Being excluded from your own culture can not only make it harder for people to make friends and social networks, but even succeed in school or find good career paths. Cultural competency for all!
@The_Libationist
I have to say as a zoomer, I appreciate JJ, aging millennial that he is, takes the effort to understand the younger generations weird cultural developments.
@Tankfarter
I cant belive jj is talking about sonic.exe and jeff the killer
@AustralasianMadness
I think creepypastas primarily influenced modern day analog horror and subtlety the amazing digital circus
@superduck6456
Michael from Vsauce is canonically an SCP
@mahdude6625
This is the first video on the internet about creepypastas without scary music and intensely serious narration
@MJ-zl3vo
Just a small correction: The Mickey pictured is not from Suicide Mouse. It's actually from a popular creepypasta called "Abandoned by Disney." If I recall correctly, it's about a guy going to an abandoned Disney theme park and encountering a sentient Mickey Mouse costume.
@blew1t
I think this whole scene established the internet’s appetite for mascot horror and set the stage for media like FNaF, Blendy and the Inc Machine and Poppy Playtime. It’s interesting, we went from Hollywood blockbuster monsters like Frankenstein to Freddy Kreuger but since ~2000 Hollywood seems to have lost the oomph to pull off something they probably deem too corny like mascot horror. And now basically all new horror characters are community-created (FNaF started out indie and fanbase feedback is very important to it, with fans even giving “Golden Freddy” his name)
@bugbearstew