# Poll: Parody or real? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316 "2009-04-16T19:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/1 "2009-04-16T19:27:31Z")
Is this a parody or is this real? Your thoughts on this video I found on YouTube, please. Explanation for your position would be nice as well. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawHc8OD6_I) ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/2 "2009-04-16T23:02:39Z")
Sorry, I think I only lasted 2 seconds listening to that voice and looking at that face and given the title…nope. Had to close the tab. So, I guess I hope it’s a parody? Poor kid. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/3 "2009-04-16T23:07:45Z")
I don’t think it’s meant as a joke. I feel sorry for the poor kid, too. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/4 "2009-04-16T23:30:43Z")
I don’t even have audio where I am right now, and I barely made it 5 seconds. That poor kid looks like T’Pol and Flukeman spawned. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/5 "2009-04-17T03:50:36Z")
The kid seemed so messed up and weird that I thought for sure it was a joke… but now I don’t think it is a joke. Which is a total mindfuck. Oddly, he has a LOT of subscribers, which I’m not really sure what to make of. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/6 "2009-04-17T05:39:10Z")
I too lasted about 10 seconds, maybe. It’s hard to believe that he’s bright enough to do a parody though. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/7 "2009-04-17T07:08:03Z")
Sorry, after 10 seconds I have to pound nails into my eyeballs and ear drums. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/8 "2009-04-17T09:06:04Z")
Heh, I’ve seen this kid before, dunno what the video was about. Definitely real. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/9 "2009-04-17T13:36:48Z")
I’ve also seen this kid before giving movie reviews, so I think he’s legit. Also, if it’s a parody, how did he get the braces, the acne? That would be a lot of effort to go to for such a minor piece of ‘comedy’. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/10 "2009-04-17T13:41:55Z")
Real. He’s in the midst of the thankfully short-lived awkward stage of adolescence. Some kids just get the short end of the stick. Poor guy. He’ll grow out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/11 "2009-04-17T18:15:18Z")
But why in hell does he have 35,000 subscribers? And why is every comment a hostile reaction? The combination is just odd. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/12 "2009-04-17T19:13:32Z")
Real. In fact, not sure what it would be a parody of. Just a kid with braces and a slightly odd voice. The webcam is not entirely in synch with the sound. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/13 "2009-04-17T19:30:57Z")
Real. I don’t even think it’s that weird, considering. ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-parody-or-real/493316/14 "2009-04-18T17:04:13Z")
Well, it could be a parody, but I’m not convinced.