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YouTube "Storytime" Clickbait Parodies
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About
YouTube "Storytime" Clickbait Parodies refers to a series of jokes and photoshops made to mock YouTube celebrities who make "StoryTime" videos, which feature YouTubers telling a dramatic story about their lives to the camera. In the jokes, posters make it appear as though the YouTubers embellish the stories about their lives in order to make content with dramatic clickbait titles.
Precursor
The style of the photoshop jokes is similar to Top 10 Anime List Parodies, in which photoshops made to looks like screenshots of YouTube videos pair still images with outlandish titles.
![TR-8R is my favorite anime character Top 10 Swordsmen In Anime 1,237,452 views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/056/471/2bc.jpg)
Origin
A typical "Storytime" video will feature a YouTuber telling a story about a dramatic experience in their life, such as "MURDERER AT SCHOOL | STORYTIME" (shown below), or "MY HAUNTED HOUSE STORYTIME | PARANORMAL ACTIVITY CAUGHT ON CAMERA + EVP."[1]
Videos like these have been the target of mockery due to their dramatic nature and people doubting the veracity of the titles. One of the earliest known examples of a joke at "StoryTime" videos' expense came on October 8th, 2016, by Twitter user @drewistru,[2] whose tweet has gained over 800 retweets and 1,700 likes as of December 20th (shown below).
![@drewistru tweet drew @drewistru Follow starbucks employee: i forgot your straw omg give me one sec! youtuber: STORY TIME: MY STARBUCKS BARISTA HAD ALZHEIMERS?!??!?!?!??? RETWEETSL 808 1,767](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/201/947/d57.png)
Spread
Two months after @drewistru's tweet, the joke format began to spread in the middle of December, as more people began taking screengrabs of StoryTime videos and adding their own captions. The spread of the jokes on Twitter led to articles from Smosh,[3] SelectAll,[4] and Buzzfeed.[5]
Various Examples
![Locked in Mall sami @samilarsson Follow store announcement: the store will be closing in 15 minutes youtuber: I GOT LOCKED IN A CLOSED MALL FOR HOURS NOT CLICKBAIT* 309,434 views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/201/949/925.png)
![I WAS POISONED! youtuber: you brought me diet coke instead of regular coke waiter: oh i'm sorry about that youtuber: I WAS POISONED | STORYTIME 199,404 views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/201/950/fed.png)
![Asked to have a threesome at starbucks frank Follow @franktblh Me: hey is this where the line starts? YouTuber: ASKED TO HAVE THREESOME AT STARBUCKS ! Story Time](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/201/951/402.png)
![I DID COCAINE WITH THE POPE victoria @zallfranta Follow "goes to a Catholic university's frat party" youtuber: i did cocaine with the pope 30,192 views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/201/952/e64.png)
![I nearly blinded myself elfma @TEALPHIL Follow person: it's fine just wash out the dirt that's in your eye and it'll be back to normal youtuber: I Nearly Blinded Myself](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/201/954/9d8.png)
![Room Service YouTuber: Oh my god who are you?!? Room Service: Room Service l've came to tidy your hotel room YouTuber: :护 olivia.ca A STRANGER SNUCK INTO OUR HOTEL ROOM I VIDCON 2016 STORY TIME](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/201/955/23e.png)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] YouTube – MY HAUNTED HOUSE STORYTIME | PARANORMAL ACTIVITY CAUGHT ON CAMERA + EVP
[2] Twitter – @drewistru tweet
[3] Smosh – Twitter Is Making Fun of the Current State of Clickbait YouTubers, and It’s Hilarious [27 Pics]
[4] SelectAll – This Week’s Best Meme Is Dramatic YouTube Clickbait
[5] Buzzfeed – 23 YouTubers Who Almost Died But Lived To Tell The Tale
Top Comments
Bilbo Swaggins Moderator
Dec 20, 2016 at 09:09PM EST
Duke Bruh
Dec 21, 2016 at 11:35AM EST