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Mukbang!

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[Three Claps]

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[Explosion]

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You kids know about this one?

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It's been around for years, why are you making a video on this now?

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To end the year with a bang of course!

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[Explosion]

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In case for some reason you don't know what "Mukbang" is...

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...It's basically people shoving food in their face for 30-40 minutes.

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It's like a- "ASMR" but fckin repulsive.

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[Laughs]

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[Food-induced Orgasm]

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Apparently the trend of "Mukbang" comes from Korea!

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That's right - the Korean word for exactly what it sounds like!

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[Laughs]

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Good joke!

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So this trend started in Korea.

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Let's check out some Korean "Mukbang".

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I get it now! That's super interesting!

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Why is that man eating a [Chuckle] "Hershey's" chocolate bar with chopsticks?

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Because it's a "Mukbang" of course!

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I think the reason why "Mukbangs" are so popular is because the thumbnails just look insane.

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You just look at that and you're like

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"There's no way in hell they're gonna actually eat that."

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"That's just not happening."

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And then you click and watch it and you realise

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"Yeah, no they don't!"

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[Chuckle]

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Apparently a-according to a "Mukbang" channel

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"Koran society has a tradition of eating together

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but this culture is now slowly dying away due to the increase in one-person households.

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Now, people are starting to have the desire to eat with someone, and internet broadcasters are now solving this problem."

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Thank you internet broadcasters,

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Very cool!

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I can't really be too harsh, it's kinda similar to gameplay.

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People criticised that when that was new, saying

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"Why don't you just play the game yourself, huh? Why don't you just eat the food yourself, huh?"

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It's fun to share the experience with others, I do get that.

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Combine that with long videos and really "interesting" thumbnails

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and bam, you've got yourself a concept that works on YouTube!

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Good job everyone!

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But there's something about the content that I-I just don't get it, ok?

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I feel old, what can I say?

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I don't get it. I don't get it at all.

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[Chuckle]

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Is it a kink thing?

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If someone just went out and said

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"Hey, you know what? It's a kink.",

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I'd be like alright fine. You know what, you-you're weird, but whatever.

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I'm sorry but watching this guy eat a "Hershey's" chocolate bar with chopsticks is just not doing it for me.

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I'm not getting those ASMR "tingles".

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[Chuckles]

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I don't know if it's just me, but

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I can't stand--

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Personally, I can't stand the sound of slurping,

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Smacking... or whatever it is.

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Just eating on camera in general is just something that I try to avoid because

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it's so goddamn disgusting.

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I read somewhere it's a genetic thing, I don't know if that's true or not.

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Uh, but you are more sensitive to hearing those noises - you don't wanna hear them.

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I definitely have that gene, ok. I can't stand it, it's fcking gross.

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And apparently they're aware of it

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"If you don't like my eating sound, my "smacking",  slurping" uh, "simply do not like me, do yourself a favor and don't watch"

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I guess they're used to this criticism.

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"I am watching this because we don't have food at home."

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[Laughs]

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I was just-- I was gonna just ask:

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Do people not have food, is that what the problem is?

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Well I guess that's it then, ok, problem solved.

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It's kinda like watching a train, wreck you know. I don't like it, but I'm still gonna watch it.

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Now apparently in South Korea, the government is cracking down on these "Mukbang" videos.

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Because of the obesity increase in the last few years.

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Apparently obesity has increased from 2007 it was 31% to 34.8% in 2016

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In 1998 it was down at 26%.

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So, now they're gonna develop guidelines, for these Mukbang videos,

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To uhh, crack down on them. Whatever that means.

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Now, I'm not for government censoring, or cracking down on videos,

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I think that's a bad move in general

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And a lot of Mukbang channels are saying the same thing, that this really won't affect much

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And I probably tend to agree with them,

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But then again, you have a mother saying, that "Their child tried to stuff down as much food

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As the Mukbang streamer he was watching".

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[Chuckle]

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You have this trend, that's foreign, it's a Korean thing.

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But then, the Americans came

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And appropriated the culture

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And oh boiiiiiii
It ain't pretty.
[Chuckle]

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You have something that's already gross in a different country,

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It's not gonna become less gross when Americans take over it.

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Mhmm.

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Now I don't know about you guys, but I like watching Mukbang videos for their insightful commentary.

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[Background noise and eating sounds]

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Mhmmm

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[Laughing]
Okay, alright...

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Remember when people said that people playing video games for a living requires not talent?

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I remember

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[Laughing]
What the hell is this then, okay?

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So, if I'm so grossed out by this,

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If I'm so repulsed by