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artsy-moonwalker · 10 months
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bruh burnham
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hearing people casually mentioning bo burnham in conversation as if i dont have a visceral reaction every time i hear his name
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burnem · 11 months
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do you?
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i think a big reason bo burnham is so popular with people of a younger age groups, especially gen z, is that the views he expresses surrounding social media and technology and how they're affecting the youths are some of the most sympathetic and nuanced i've ever really seen.
as a member of this kind of age group myself, most of the people i know have at least some level of hatred of social media and the way its taken over all of our lives. however, when people start talking about how terrible social media is for us, especially if they start fully blaming us or saying it's stopping us from forming any real connections, i find that most of us (me included) tend to get really defensive about it. and to me, that makes sense, what they're saying doesn't line up with our experiences.
these views are typically very black and white, and very rarely take into account the aspects of social media that those most affected by it find harmful, for instance, the way that the culture that has been established on the internet means a lot of people my age find it very easy to overshare but very difficult to be emotionally vulnerable in any way.
the ideas bo burnham conveys, however, are much more cognizant of the actual root of these problems. i think there are two main aspects of this: his discussion of how this generation's addiction to social media has essentially been manufactured, and his deeper understanding of what the problems with it actually are.
in contrast to the idea that's pretty widely pushed that young people are pretty solely to blame for all being glued to our phones, bo explores the way that being the first generation to grow up with technology having this kind of prevalence in our lives has affected us. for instance, in 'make happy' when he says "the arrogance is taught, or it was cultivated", or in that bridge of 'welcome to the internet', when he says "mummy let you use her ipad you were only two/and it did all the things we designed it to do", for me, at the very least, i felt a lot more seen by those lines than i ever really have in discussions about the harms of technology in the past. i think the fact that he doesn't entirely absolve young people of our responsibility for ourselves and our actions (e.g. the line in '30' about "your fucking phones are poisoning your minds [...] when you develop a dissociative mental disorder in your late 20s don't come crawling back to me") is what, to me, makes it an actually effective critique of social media, because the way he expresses these ideas is actually sympathetic to the problems we face, but it's still sort of saying 'ok, things are fucked for you guys, so what are you going to do about it'
similarly, when he talks about how social media has been harmful, i think it's more empathetic to the difficulties we face as a part of it. for instance, in my opinion, in 'welcome to the internet' the ideas he discusses of "a little bit of everything, all of the time" and "apathy's a tragedy and boredom is a crime" are much more significant aspects of the damage technology has done than a lot of the mainstream arguments against social media. for me, i know as a kid before i had super regular access to the internet, i hated being bored more than anything, but now that i'm a bit older and i can literally do or see anything i want at any time, i'm never truly bored anymore and i miss it so much. similarly, in 'make happy', bo's description of the way social media makes us "perform everything, to each other, all the time for no other reason" actually gets at the core of what has made this generation the way we are and why our relationship to social media is as fucked as it is. by actually discussing the issues that young people view as problems with social media, bo is able to make a truly effective and genuine critique of social media and gen z's relationship with it that has done more to inspire me to distance myself from social media than pretty much any other critique on the same topic
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every bo burnham special finale song rips my heart from my chest, throws it to the floor, and stomps on it
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astro-b612 · 5 months
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mandycantdecide · 6 months
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i wish the songs from make happy were on spotify
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channelrat · 1 year
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is there a bo burnham fanbase? i have been a fan for YEARS and literally think he is one of the greatest writers/producers like ever
and don’t even get me STARTED on eighth grade that movie is a freaking MASTERPIECE
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nobodyimportant41 · 2 months
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Bo Burnham's legacy challenge
(God, wth im writing)
Ehm- yeah...i was looking inspo for another legacy challenge on my spotify when i realized that i basically only hear Argentinan or Uruguayan music...and i'm pretty sure that here not many people known them- So i decided to go for Bo's songs!
And yeah, if you for some reason think about it, it was also inspired by "Perspective of god" ("you're not my children, you're a bad game of sims")
WARNING:
If you heard Bo's songs, you will know that there are some "spicy" or not kid friendly topics, so, if you're under 18 or sensitive, you may not read this one.
General rules:
Heirs don't have to ressemble their song with their name, but you can do it if you want
No cheats unless it for storytelling purposes
You can play in any lifespan, but i recommend playing it in normal
The order of the generations is for storytelling purposes, not their release order
If you don't have a certain pack, you can change some goals for the most similar
Packs:
Ep: Be famous (gen 1,2,7 and 8), Highschool years (gen 2), Cats and dogs (gen 6), City living (gen 7 and 10/2), Get together (gen 7), Snowy escape (gen 10/1)
Gp:Parenthood (gen 3)
Sp: Movie night stuff (gen 8), paranormal (gen 5)
Gen 1; Repeat stuff:
Story:You were always good looking,so, you grew up without problems since everything was made from others for you! But, as an adult you realize that because you didn't did anything, you don't KNOW anything... so you decide to go for a singer way! The only thing that matters is that your hot, right?
Traits:
Self centred
Lazy
Music lover
Goals:
Completee the musical genius celebrity aspiration
Max the entertainment career (musician branch)
Max the piano and singing skills
Leave someone at the altar
Record at least 5 romantic songs
Woohoo with the grim reaper at least once
Gen 2; white woman's instagram:
Story: Being the kid of one of the most famous singers in the simnation, OF COURSE that you wanted to follow that path of having a "perfect life"!After all, the only hard part will be convince your spouse to take some selfies with you...
Traits:
Self centred
Mean
High mantience
Goals:
Complete the world famous celebrity aspiration
Become a simfluencer
Max the photography and charisma skills
Marry someone you hate
Use social media at least once a day
Gen 3; 1985:
Story:Your parents didn't loved eachother, but your parent's (gen 2) followers thought the exact opposite. Thats why you always preferred your other parent since they were a lot more honest; maybe too much..
As a young adult, your biggest dream is having kids and mostly, educate them!
Traits:
Family oriented
Perfeccionist
Neat
Goals:
Complete the super parent aspiration
Max the parenting and cooking skill
Be a stay at home parent
Have at least 2 kids and became friends with all of them
Only use the strict options to disipline your kids
Gen 4; Lower your expectations:
Story: Your parent always told you that you weren't able to date until they passed away which were very tragic news for you; How are you getting married with that?! At least when you were a kid, you had to only conform with writing romance books... but as a rebelious teen, you thought of dating your crush, it was only a little secret that will never be revealed, right?...
Traits:
Romantic
Creative
High maintenance
Goals:
Complete the soulmate aspiration
Max the charisma and writing skills
Get married and see your first spouse die
Work as a freelance writer
Have at least 5 partners, but break up with all of them, since they aren't perfect like you would like
Marry your soulmate as an elder
Gen 5;K!ll yours3lf:
Story: Your parent always told you about how "bad" their partners were, so you started thinking that people were cruel by nature (except for you, or at least that was what you said) so you started reading about occults and you REALLY liked it! You even decided that, for when you were an adult, you will EVEN interact with people! Not because you liked them, but because you wanted to ghosthunt in people's houses!
Traits:
Loner
Mean
Erratic
Goals:
Complete the master of mischief aspiration
Max the paranormal and mischief skills
Work as a paranormal investigator
Live your whole life in a haunted house
Your only friend must be a ghost AND your spouse
Live as a ghost after passing away
Gen 6; Poems:
Story: Since you were a young kid you knew your social life was quite dead since you were born because, well...one of your parents is a ghost and the other one is a freak who LOVES ghost... yeah..you knew that having friends was way too hard so you didn't even tried it; all you needed was a dog and a computer to write your... VERY original poems...
Traits:
Socially akward
Dog lover
Slob
Goals:
Complete the best seller author aspiration
Max the writing and pet training skills
Max the writer career (any branch)
When you unlock the option, ONLY write poems
Have at least two dogs
Gen 7; Welcome to the internet:
Story: You knew that you were considered a weird one, but, unlike your parent, you REALLY WANTED to be famous, so you decided that, as soon as you were able to, create a simtube account and upload your FANTASTIC vlogs about your amazing life and someday, show your classmates that you were an spectacular and perfect sim!
Traits:
Self centred
Outgoing
Goofball
Goals:
Complete the leader of the pack aspiration
Max the tech guru career (Esports player branch)
Max the video making and charisma skills
Have a celebrity club
Become at least a three stars celebrity
When you moved out of your house, never talk with your parent/s never again
Gen 8; Microwave popcorn:
Story: When you were a kid, you spend most of your time watching movies with popcorn in your hands. You couldn't help it but love it! After all, cooking and mostly acting were two thing that you loved!
As an adult, you could finally enter the acting career! It was thanks to your parents fame.. but you still wanted to become the next Judith Ward!
Traits:
Glutton
Ambicious
Slob
Goals:
Complete the master actor/actress aspiration
Max the acting career
Max the singing and acting skills
Gain the junk food lifestyle
Win at least three awards for your job
Gen 9; Whats funny:
(This is quite inspired by the pink gen of the Not so Berry challenge, so this gen is not 100% original!)
Story: You grew up in a quite conservative household, so you wanted to get married to a nice person and have beautiful children; you didn't cared about your job, you could work in a simple 9-5 office work to maintain them! Except, EVERYTHING went wrong, you ended up fighting everyday with your spouse, your kids were ungrateful and only cared about their partners and you didn't even cared anymore for your job, maybe you could try pursue your dream?
Traits:
Family oriented
Perfeccionist
Goofball
Goals:
Complete the jokestar aspiration
Work in the bussiness career but quit it after having your midlife crisis and then max the entertainment career (comedian branch)
Max the comedy skill
Get married and have twins
Max your relationship both of your kids
Gen 10; Left brain, Right brain:
Ok, to make this challenge more "special" i decided to do something quite weird; there are two "branches" of the last gen, in other words; you can choose if you want to play with the left brain or the right brain! (Or both, if you hate yourself)
Gen 10/1; Left brain:
Story: You always thought that your twin was quite a dumb one; they just wanted to play and watch hot people on tv all day! You wanted to be one in life, but there was so many things you wanted to do...but you will fight to have a family and a great job! You decided to move to Mt. Komorebi for your job; a salary person! Since you will LOVE to become a CEO! and also karaoke nights...
Traits:
Perfeccionist
Materialist
Genius
Goals:
Complete the fabulously wealthy aspiration
Max the salary person career
Max the singing and logic skills
Have at least one kid with all the positive character values
Marry someone in the following careers: Salary person, politician or business career
Gen 10/2;Right brain:
Story: You always thought that your twin was super cool! You didn't share much with them, but you admire how smart they were and mostly, they knew what they wanted while you...ehm...you only knew you wanted to become everybody's friend, but you didn't even know what you were going to work as...but you will figure it out!
Traits:
Childish
Romantic
Art lover
Goals:
Complete the city native aspiration
Work selling your paintings at home until becoming an adult and max the painter career (any branch)
Max the painting and charisma skills
Have max relationship with at least 5 persons (excluding your family) and become best friends with your twin
Have twins...twice
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lawbreaker13 · 1 year
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Did you know that if you start listening to Are You Happy? by Bo Burnham at exactly 11:58:10 on December 31st, you can begin your new year with an existential crisis?
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glittercigarette · 1 year
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this image just altered the trajectory of my life.
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bellaswansong · 1 year
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I'm making playlists of live videos of Bo Burnham organised by song. Here's the links to ALL of them, along with the video count at the time of this post.
Some videos are in multiple playlists because they contain multiple songs. I didn't include videos of entire performances.
Art Is Dead - 10 videos
Bo Fo Sho - 4 videos (in the first one he does the whole thing a capella while solving a Rubick's cube)
Breakup Song - 5 videos
Can't Handle This (Kanye Rant) - 9 videos
#deep - 7 videos
Fetus - 6 videos
From God's Perspective - 4 videos
Hell of a Ride - 2 videos (the one on Musical Comedy is a repost of one of these but please send more if you find them)
High School Party - 16 videos
I'm Bo Yo - 13 videos
intro (what.) - 8 videos
Intro (make happy) - 7 videos
Ironic - 11 videos
Kill Yourself - 3 videos
Left Brain / Right Brain - 4 videos
Love is... - 15 videos
Lower Your Expectations - 5 videos
Men and Women - 11 videos
My Whole Family - 9 videos
Nerds - 13 videos
New Math - 9 videos
Oh Bo - 25 videos
Oh My God - 4 videos
Panderin' - 7 videos
rant. - 16 videos
Repeat Stuff - 14 videos
Sad - 6 videos
Straight White Man - 1 video :( help
Sunday School - 5 videos
We Think We Know You - 9 videos
What's Funny - 4 videos
words words words - 5 videos
Bonus: Hey Bo Guess What
also here's an in progress playlist of a bunch of miscellaneous bits peopleve filmed. i need to sort them all from my 350+ video bo playlist into this one still but i'll get around to it eventually lol
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burnem · 1 year
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are you damaged?
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pharlapcartoonist · 1 year
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*blasting Blinding Lights in headphones*
I drew a cute little gif for you, guys :) Enjoy
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zachstonecelebrity · 6 months
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Any advice on how to escape a deep dark cave in the middle of nowhere with nothing but you phone's flashlight and a dream? Asking for my little brother Andy, he loves weird hypothetical questions.
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