A creator mocks the shortcuts people use to chase YouTube fame: stealing Vine clips, clickbait Call of Duty titles, copying PewDiePie's over-the-top style, and riding controversy from bigger creators. It's a satirical takedown of low-effort tactics that prioritize views over actual content.
So let me guess, you want to know how to become famous on YouTube. Well, in this totally not sarcastic, 100% accurate guide, I'm gonna show you how to become famous. So you want to be a Vine channel? Well, this isn't that hard to do. Just go to Vine.com, download a bunch of Vines, don't worry about giving credit, no one cares about credit. Just download a bunch of people's Vines, just rip them off, make a compilation, compilation, oysters, nipples, I don't care what you call it. Put it together, upload it to YouTube, and title it "Best Funny Hilarious Awesome Vines Ever," but put it a month in advance. So, it's October now, so title it "November" instead of, you know, put it a month in advance so you're ahead of everyone else. I see like these Vine compilations that are like "Best Vines of 2016." It's not even 2016 yet, they're just desperate for views. So you wanna be a famous Call of Duty YouTuber. Although that ship has sailed, like really, it's sailed. The ship is way over there. You can, you know, swim with hope to catch up to it, but to catch up to that ship, you're pretty much gonna have to sell out and make thousands of people hate you. In fact, let me just open up my phone real quick. This is what you're gonna have to title your videos if you want to be a famous Call of Duty YouTuber. This is a legitimate title, alright? OMGG Triple Legendary!! Legendary MP40 Afterburn Legendary 1911 Hammerbite Opening Reaction!!! That's what you're gonna have to title your videos if you want to be a famous Call of Duty YouTuber. You're pretty much gonna have to sell out, make everyone in the world hate you, but hey, you're gonna be rolling in the YouTube money. So you want to be a famous let's player? Well, this is not hard to do actually. In fact, PewDiePie, the world's biggest YouTuber, is a let's player. All you have to do is download random video games— computer, phone, whatever— just download a random game, play the game, and And then when something moves, just go, "Oh!" and freak out, and then millions of views. Why? Because majority of YouTube's a bunch of 9 and 10-year-olds, and if you scream over the littlest things, they'll be like, "Oh my goodness! Oh, look at him!" And then you'll get a bunch of views. Which strategy did I use to get my views? Well, I used the talk about bigger YouTubers over controversial matters so their fan base will come to my channel strategy. That was a lot of work. And that is how you become famous on YouTube. Leave a like if you enjoyed, and remember, unplug your lamps in a lightning storm because, you know, it could burst the lamp bus— burst the bulb thing. And your TV, unplug that as well. Don't kill squirrels, that's not a nice thing to do. Um, what? There's a fly over there. Kill flies, those are annoying. And, uh, ex—
