Sam’s an alright guy. He’s a stand up guy. He’s a groovy guy. But then you get a little sugar in him and he starts getting kookoo!

@urghey990

Жыл бұрын

I heard his mom's cool and will treat you right

@ashdukesbear9700

Жыл бұрын

Doesn’t take much…2 Fiber One brownies, only 90 calories each, but they do the job ya know what I’m sayin?

@sabel5209

Жыл бұрын

YEEEEABOOOOOI

@joeroche406

Жыл бұрын

💀💀💀💀

@quantumchad

Жыл бұрын

@@urghey990 - does she let him borrow the computer to play solitaire?

You're telling me you didn't let a man like Sam Hyde into Art School? Do you have any idea what you might've done?

@aminestoisthebesto806

Жыл бұрын

Haha

@glass1258

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha that’s hilarious

@schizophrenic_AI

Жыл бұрын

Ah, yeah, He helped San get a piece of that sweet sweet we early oughts Dunham pie.

@dogchaser520

Жыл бұрын

Might have? ...He can't keep getting away with it.

@maze-nc1ut

Жыл бұрын

Hitler 2.0? Lol

Historically it's not good to reject people from artschool, you put them in a self defense situation

@Glubus

Ай бұрын

😂

Norm Macdonald (Sam's favorite comedian) said that you should never try to actively appear smart even if you are intelligent. It's better to appeal to the common man by downplaying your intelligence, but in a clever way. Sam and Norm both have the similar disdain for pretentiousness, and they both love to annoy people who think too highly of themselves.

@sheffield8947

Жыл бұрын

Sam's favorite comedian is Patrice O'Neal.

@ToneSherpa

Жыл бұрын

@@sheffield8947 Sam's favorite comedian is Patton Oswalt.

@craigharrison1274

Жыл бұрын

Jerry Seinfeld

@chikemasta

Жыл бұрын

@@craigharrison1274 It's Burt Kreisher

@realBarronTrump

Жыл бұрын

Sams favourite comedian is Andy Dick.

Failed art school applications never end well...

@erkpalm

Жыл бұрын

🤙

@idahoidaho7656

Жыл бұрын

They always end well.

@itsyaboydanno7143

Жыл бұрын

It ended with world peace! How can you ask for more?

@gasfrommyanusi0i594

Жыл бұрын

Ooooooooooh

@Bryan_Kay

Жыл бұрын

o/

This is a legit solid witness testimony that Sam has indeed been getting away with it for longer than we could have imagined.

Cool story, for real. big respect for not being cringe about him.

@shponglechunch

Ай бұрын

hes a pedo

When he uttered the words "The interview remains very vivid in my mind, because it is one of the strangest interviews I've had during my over 20 years of doing graduate work" I just thought "Yeah, that fits"

Sam spoke highly of you many years ago. It's what made me subscribe to your channel.

@waggawaggaful

Жыл бұрын

hmmm well to me that indicates that sam isn't a total POS, if he can still respect someone who kind of rejected him in a sense.

@jingsndthings

Жыл бұрын

Same

@Faygo2215

2 ай бұрын

@@waggawaggaful Sam was never a bad guy.

@SchweppeSounds

Ай бұрын

@@waggawaggafulhe’s literally always been like this. An unbiased realist. And if you actually watched his shit you’d find he’s not a racist either

This was an interesting video. It is kind of refreshing to hear Sam being described by someone with both feet planted on the ground

@SteveSmith-ze5mw

7 ай бұрын

Yeah. This guy has a high IQ.

Sam's disdain for his milieu fuels a lot of his work. The reason those subjects (racism, sexism, etc.) come up in his sketches is because it's a pressure point for the people he hates so much. Whether or not he would be as provocative as he is now if the culture were different is an interesting question but one that is really unanswerable.

@nokeksgiven

Жыл бұрын

I think this captures part of what motivates Sam’s style of comedy so well. I have a friend who struggles with their enjoyment of MDE content, because they are really put off whenever Sam starts casually referring to Jews or is absurdly racist or misogynistic. They cannot fathom why anyone who touches these subjects in the way Sam does would do so for any reason other than it being a representation of their earnest political beliefs. idk if it’s a lack of imagination or the fact that comedy has become overtly political in the last 15 years.

@7somekindofsomething

Жыл бұрын

Definitely agree

@zombievikinggaming4258

Жыл бұрын

​@@nokeksgiven It's the dumbing down of the general public. They're far less savvy than 30 years ago

@bigmusclydude7805

Жыл бұрын

I think his humour and his genuine beliefs have blended over the years

@pieterwillembotha6719

Жыл бұрын

disdain for _racism?_ I don't think you've heard this guy speak before.

An artist being turned down by a school, and in turn becoming a menace to society. Where have I heard this story before.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@Epic501

Жыл бұрын

A menace? Nowhere.

@waggawaggaful

Жыл бұрын

well to be fair, he was already playing that role or character before this school had decided whether to accept him. getting to the interview stage means that you've succeeded up until that point.

@Deathstro

Жыл бұрын

if you think hes a menace to society you actually have seen none of what hes put out

@YouTubeHandlesAreStupid

8 ай бұрын

Hahahahahaa

as far as im aware, the ultimate goal in life is for a college professor sitting down in front of a camera and analyzing you in awe from his own personal subjective . very captivating piece

@LS-qz5nb

Жыл бұрын

the ultimate goal in life is some balding ebola victim lookalike rambling about you? wow you must have some low standards

@basiliskwardroid

Жыл бұрын

Kind of sad your life goal relys on somebody elses interest in you

@cornphilips1891

9 күн бұрын

@@basiliskwardroid 🤓

This is the first time I've seen a critique of Hyde's work that captured my attention. I appreciate the subtlety and nuance.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I hope to follow up with “ A Message to the ‘Lost Boys’” tonight. Keep an eye out for it. I hope its not too pretentious. (You lemme know… fer real)

I’m just really glad you didn’t put Sam in a self defense situation when you did meet him.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

No self defense. I genuinely tried to discuss work with him. I couldn’t reach him

@theneonpython

Жыл бұрын

@StudioPractice1 still glad youre safe. Sam is notorious for his violent tendencies when he enters his alter ego "The Candyman"

@behema9815

Жыл бұрын

@@StudioPractice1 the 'self defense situation' is a long running joke for people that watch him. for the context look for a youtube video titled 'John Oliver shoutout! joke video political commentary''

@buzinaocara

Жыл бұрын

This video describes the way in which Sam's inability to drop the act for anyone ever and how it often sabotages his partnerships, and here come his fans doubling down on that with the hard to parse and dangerous sounding inside-jokes and meta-comentary... I can't help but find it all pretty hilarious, but at the same time, I feel a bit worried about high the walls that this style builds around Sam.

@matternot666

Жыл бұрын

@@buzinaocara i dont think its an inability rather he knows what people want from him. To try to infer his personal feelings and lifestyle is to fall for his persona

I watch Sam Hyde contents and he recommended your channel in his graphic design QnA video. That's how I got into your work. Great work!

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I guess he was really paying attention in his interview. He seemed very distracted.

@JohnMaus333

Жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention that as well. I heard him mention this channel in one of his podcasts about creative process

@connecting_flight

Жыл бұрын

Same here.

@Sheffield_DG

Жыл бұрын

Same

@sypher2024

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

Sammy’s character seems to have matured a lot over the years. He has somehow morphed into this patriarchal figure. His advice and life lessons are very practical and actually help a lot of young men out. He has discussed on his podcasts/streams relationships, how to handle money/debt, and how to get your life together. If you don’t have a dad (or an absentee one) it makes navigating life that much more difficult. I think that’s why he’s so popular, because you find out about Sam Hyde and you go down a rabbit hole. You think he’s a comedian, but then it’s 2am and you’re watching Sam lecture about how I need to get purpose and meaning in my life, stop doing drugs, and work out or stay on the fast lane to loser town. He gives hope to young men in the trenches of life like myself. He’s also a LIFETIME MENSA member so he’s rlly smert

@benno_360

Жыл бұрын

Theres been a huge uprising in online Gurus in recent years not just Sam. I think Sam genuinely cares about his followers and that they don't waist time and make wiser choices with their lives but theres also a huge incentive to offer guru advice for all those with a large following. There's many channels that built followings doing one thing but now they're all just telling people how to navigate their lives. Death of religion and all that. Again, I don't blame Sam. I think he started the regular streams to get some money to pay staff and has plans for a large reality show and will abandon streams when he reaches his financial goal. The level of grind must be difficult to sustain.

@steviechampagne

Жыл бұрын

@@benno_360nah sam doesn’t charge for the advice. the gum road shit is all comedy

@bigmusclydude7805

Жыл бұрын

You're too far gone if you've genuinely taken his life and relationship advice

@fruitypeebils

Жыл бұрын

@@steviechampagne the gum road is definitely not 100% comedy. A lot of discussion about physical fitness and cars and houses and stuff. I enjoy some of that stuff but I just unsubscribed for the second time because there was too much serious discussion about things I don’t care about

@chaddaddywarden4349

Жыл бұрын

Sam is hilarious but you're a mong if u take his advice seriously, esp considering who its coming from, overprivileged spoiled trust fund kid

Also, yes, the fanbase has been largely responsible for 'Sam Hyde is the Shooter' memes to make fun of internet hysteria/claims of truthfulness in online gossip culture & 'cancelling' character assassination.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I always wondered if it was him that was behind it. It would take an insane amount of “courage” or disregard of self to place yourself behind those shooting attributions.

@dragonslayergoblineater9048

Жыл бұрын

@@StudioPractice1Yeah he’s been transparent about it recently. Saying, “Why can’t you guys make good lies about me”

@pr-jj6nc

Жыл бұрын

@@StudioPractice1 People do it because it’s funny (or used to be, it’s pretty stale now). I think the goal eventually became to trick the news into reporting him as the shooter which actually happened multiple times, despite the widespread presence of the meme. Making journalists look stupid, making them say your little inside joke is always a good time and shows just how little prep goes into things that hundreds of thousands of people see every day.

@garymericano

Жыл бұрын

@@pr-jj6nc I thought it was starting to go stale until about 6 months ago when I saw his face on multiple news outlets as the legendary MIG-29 pilot Samuyil Hyde being dubbed ❝The Ghost of Kyiv❞. Now it doesn't feel like the meme has hit its apogee yet. I don't know where the peak of this joke will be but it will be great.

@sypher2024

Жыл бұрын

@@garymericano Congressman Hyde? hahaha

I found your channel through Sam. Been watching you for years now because of his recommendation for your video about money/getting paid as an artist. Another great video!

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback

@PtheTinTHE

Жыл бұрын

I also found this channel from Sam many years ago. I have watched every video since

@snod1291

Жыл бұрын

I found this channel through Sam a few years ago even though I've been on the campus of the art school he works at a bunch of times lol. Nice place, I'd recommend checking out the Cranbrook House and Gardens to anyone that comes through

@sjuvanet

Жыл бұрын

@@snod1291 cranbrook house and gardens. cool

@Obdaxazongaga

Жыл бұрын

One more for finding you through Sam's channel. I believe he said if you wanted to learn how to monetize art or know more about design then check out your channel.

Really interesting video. You're lucky to make it out of that interview alive to tell the tale.

@StudioPractice1

10 ай бұрын

Ha... Not sure about that. Sam seems harmless enough. no?

The delivery of this whole story has incredible pacing and good pros. Hard to look away!

People who met Sam talk about it as one of the strangest encounters of their life. Such an unusual man.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Word

Sam Hyde was definitely born in the wrong simulation. Really enjoyed this video as well and hearing your take on him. There is something persistently performative about Sam Hyde and the way he blurs the lines between comedy, satire and nihilism. Definitely seems like a tortured guy but I think whats refreshing is his ability to pull together disparate parts of the current cultural zeitgeist with his personal viewpoint and singular aesthetic to create content thats oddly refreshing and unhinged. He's a twisted joker living in a twisted joker world and I truly do hope he finds fulfillment in the content he puts together in the coming years with his team. We appreciate Sam and the cult following he has amassed is not going anywhere anytime soon.

Without a doubt I’m sure sam would be down to speak with you if you’re still interested. In a very weird and intrusive way, the fans love putting together the puzzle behind how sam got to where he is now. So this was very cool to hear.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

It is a bit of a look behind the curtain.

In all seriousness, Sam's message is absolutely one filled with distain for postmodern American culture, and in that sense it's very political. But he is not trying to form some kind of political movement, and if he has an ideology, it's a very loose set of common sense guiding principles, like "take care of yourself and get tough". He's definitely not some kind of nazi, anarchist, etc. He's just a very funny artist with a lot of disdain for the world around him and a desire to make a mark on it.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I’ll look into in closer

@lukasschmidt2478

Жыл бұрын

He is very much a fascist, it's fairly obvious if you are yourself.

@MrFuzziiWuzzii

Жыл бұрын

He just happens to be beloved by Nazis. And no I’m not saying this to argue that this makes him a Nazi, but I think his fan base being rife with fascists and Nazi-types confused people even more regarding the sincerity of his underlying beliefs. Are these far right types just looking for anything that reinforces their belief and they ignore the irony, or are the beliefs sincere and dogwhistles that they pick up on? That inability to pinpoint which one it is turns a lot of people off of him.

@skullthrower8904

Жыл бұрын

​@@MrFuzziiWuzzii Youre a product

@AsrielKekker

Жыл бұрын

​@@skullthrower8904you're retarded for not questioning anything, saying his fanbase is filled with genuine Nazis isn't slander it's fact. The debate is over whether Sam actively wants them as fans and he shares their beliefs or whether he's fucking with everyone hence the "post modern nihilism". He drops dog whistles for most ideologies including leftist ones which is why Sam has fans all over the spectrum, and why he's confusing

The fact that people see Sam as nihilistic proves that his art is above the heads of the contemporary art crowd. His work is a black mirror to the vapid self-congratulatory art we see in mainstream media and on outlets like tumblr and reddit. We saw the same thing when there was extreme outrage over something as banal as college kids putting up posters that say "It's Okay to be White" meanwhile support of child mutilation is considered the norm. We already saw how Sam's artistic foray into the mainstream went when World Peace was cancelled despite having really solid ratings and a big fanbase. Our society has become infected with cancer and Sam represents that cancer's cancer. MDE never dies

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Not to be a pedant, but I said that I (specifically) was/am confused about WETHER he is a postmodern nihilist.

@asingletear624

Жыл бұрын

@@StudioPractice1 the term everyone is looking for is "meta modernist" and "post ironic". he osciliates between sincerity and irony in such a way that he can step on toes to get attention, but also hide behind "its just a joke" when the succinct points he's trying to make about where society has gone awry puts a target over his head. instead of "the cancers cancer", i liken it to a jester being the only person who can truly criticize the king and get away with it, i liken it to danny in the shining being able to percieve the horror of the hotel that everyone else is oblivious to until its too late and the hotel possess some of them to rape and murder the others.

@KCatalano88

Жыл бұрын

@@asingletear624 Absolutely this.

@belottov

Жыл бұрын

​@@StudioPractice1 He isnt. Sam has values. Nihilism is the butt of his jokes. He despises the vapidness and self-congrulatory nature of today's politics and culture. Its american culture that has become godless and nihilistic. Sam captures that awfulness and presents it for the absurd sham that it is. More than being a genius or even intelligent, Sam is courageous to go agaisnt the mainstream and resist its cultural terrorrism.

@battman505

Жыл бұрын

well put analysis of sams content

Both my heros are art school drop outs

I love hearing this. I love how he has always just been him. No matter what situation he is ever in, whether in 2007 or 2023, he never tries to conform to anyone.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

He definitely has been him

Found your videos through Sam and am always excited to see what you put out. I wish I had the lexicon to speak more intelligently on his work, but it seems undeniably linked with the digital age. The ambiguity of his intentions/earnestness is a microcosm of most informational phenomena in the modern age, from yellow journalism to Twitter rants, to corporate PR releases and celebrity moralizing, etc. The endless web of knowledge at our fingertips is ultimately of an alien and obscured origin. I'm not sure how intentional this positionality is. I think artists often channel what's beyond their comprehension, and the broader relevance is only known in hindsight. It's like people saying Dylan had his, "finger on the pulse of a generation," yet when questioned about his process in that era, he'll say, "it wasn't me writing those things."

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Your point below is right on. IMHO. "I think artists often channel what's beyond their comprehension, and the broader relevance is only known in hindsight. It's like people saying Dylan had his, "finger on the pulse of a generation," yet when questioned about his process in that era, he'll say, "it wasn't me writing those things."

I know of you because of Sam. He randomly mentioned you as a useful youtube resources for artists and designers.

Your set up is very good. The studio in the background, the stream of consciousness talking style, the closeness of the camera, the lighting. Not trying to sound pretentious, i just really appreciate it. Subscribed.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@wio2189

Жыл бұрын

@@StudioPractice1 Maybe the monitor dimming can be improved, but he's right

you might get a kick out of watching idubbbz's "documentary" on sam. sam really pulled off a great performance, not letting ian look behind his mask. sam also filmed his own side of the "documentary" and released it as more of a behind the scenes type of video where you get to hear him talk about all the tricks they pulled on ian.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I’ll watch it tonight

@wio2189

Жыл бұрын

The fun thing is that idubbbz undoubtedly planned to smear Sam or at least misuse him for his personal gain....didn't exactly work out for him. At least idubbbbz still has a faithful, modest wife at home who takes good care of him

@Dwightpower88

Жыл бұрын

@@wio2189 "When my onlyfans wife asked me to marry her I said yes"

@wio2189

Жыл бұрын

@@Dwightpower88 ...and took her surname.

@jussiesmollett176

Жыл бұрын

​@@StudioPractice1 can you please post a reaction to this idubbz docu video? I think the web would interested in your take on its relation to the evils of postmodern industrialism. 🙏🙏

Not being able to get a read on Sam is par for the course. In any interview I've ever seen of Sam, it seems that he just likes playing with his food. It is absolutely hilarious to watch.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

That seems about right

If the quality of your critique and the comment section in this video is any indicator of what the rest of your content hold in store for me, this channel has earned my attention. Bravo 👏

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Yo check it. Thanks. Appreciate it

Sam is the only person in the modern day whos personality is a work of art in itself that is not made from an effort / gimmick. Sure he plays it up but after watching many of his videos or just interacting with people / friends it is something to grasp onto. In the age of referencing memes or short funny clips to friends, referencing sam is like commentating on the dystopian life and human experience.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Or its that EVERYONE is doing this EXACT thing and just dont realize it. EVERYTHING is LARPING

Sam Hyde and his comedy kept me sain during one of my children's 3 open hearts.

that young, troubled artist from RI ended up becoming the ghost of kiev. unreal

I know several commenters have already said this but I'll add yet another datapoint, I subscribed to your channel and have been watching for several years after Sam recommended it for people who are interested in learning artistic practices. Your channel has been a huge help to me in understanding the grant and residency processes in particular.

Very big fan of Mr. Hyde’s work, but you are the first I wouldn’t say “critic” but person who was nuanced about the interview. Thank you for this video, very interesting.

Thank you man your communication skills are off the charts

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback - I struggle to find the words. It feels like there is an infinite matrix of possibilities (regarding word choice) and so its good to hear that occasionally it strikes.

Best POV police interrogation I've seen in my father's garage.

Love the intro!

Common Skid Row LA Creative. Love the content, keep it up!

fantastic look into him, great video earned a sub

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

You NEED to watch Sam Hyde's speech at Rutgers university, it's called 'how to make it as an artist'. Also heads up watch the whole thing despite how unhinged it seems, he has a few interesting nuggets of wisdom in that speech that I think give a unique insight into his deeper psyche and perspective about art. He really isn't this enigma man everyone claims him to be, he is just like you, he's trying his best to be original, or at the very least fit into a unique category that defines him and separates himself for the rest of the world.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I'll watch it. Thanks for the heads up.

Found ur channel thru him so that’s awesome :)

I found your work whilst studying design at the London College of Communication, there was an excellent poster of yours in a book called 21st century type by Lewis Blackwell, I'd recommend it for anyone interested in the development of modern typefaces!! ( Just thought I should add some contrast haha)

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Love London. Love lewis Blackwell. The 90’s were tight!

@johnjones3597

Жыл бұрын

I studied at LCC too. Do you watch Sam Hyde or no? If not you should check out some of the motion graphics for his shows - type in "hwd graphics cut". It's good stuff

I'm nerding tf out.

I find that communicating with people who are TRULY very intelligent in a one-on-one conversation are uncomfortable if they have not established a rapport prior to speaking on a personal level. Sam strikes me as this kind of person.

Great video!

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Such an interesting video!

That Sam was there, its obvious he has respect for you and its normal that he is hard to communicate with.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

yea. I've come to believe that he has sophisticated communication skills. How else to account for his massive following?

@threegenders201

12 күн бұрын

​@@StudioPractice1 his recent 'interview' with Matan Evan was an art piece in itself 😂

sam wasn't making eye contact because he was trying to keep a straight face

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

HA HA

Wonderful insight on your work and a intimate peak behind the curtain of the artist known as Hyde

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I held off on telling this story for a while.

Loved every second oof this.

Sam's whole thing is so many layers of irony that the line distinguishing his genuine beliefs from what he says just trolling is not only blurred, but it doesn't really matter

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

That was kind of my point about the decentered self

Sam is way ahead of his time. Great video!

very cool to hear your perspective. would love to see a follow up video now that you've gotten more familiar with sam through this comments section. or if you watch some of his more sincere work. also, the chatgpt description haha. i know sam does that too. i wonder if you borrowed from him or him from you

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

Oddly enough I'm subbed to the channel because of Sam's recommendation of you and your art in a hydewars video.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

That’s crazy. Hope you find the channel interesting

It´s cool, I first saw your posters in Brno Biennale in maybe 2009, the weird hairy meshed blob creatures, i liked them alot. Then imagine my surprise when years later i find this channel from Sam and when i look into it it´ you who made the posters. Were you maybe in Berno yourself at that time?

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I think I was in Brno... I get that confused with the Chaumont Poster Festival... I'll look it up

I found you because of Sam long ago

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I got an absolutely MASSIVE spike (LOL... for my young channel after that)

Found you from Sam a few years ago, love your content man.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Tough to find info on him that is not obviously bias. Thanks for the video

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I try to engage with interpretation of the work…

Big fan of Sam Hyde, I love hearing this story from your perspective it's incredible

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

It was a crazy crazy interview.

good story! sam gave u a shoutout in one of his hydewars videos years ago

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

My young channel exploded when he did that (I think I had 100 subs... in an hour I had 2k subs)

Interesting video, thanks for sharing your story

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

The Justin Hawkins intro threw me for a loop lol like "did I click on the wrong video wtf"

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha! I love J dog.

Sam will go down as one of the most influencial comedians/artists of the 2010s and 20s. Just simply for posing fresh ideas and content that pushes back the ever stagnated mainstream infecting new media.

This is that crazy scientist you bump into in Far Cry 3

Your point about not knowing whether he's a reflection of the kind of postmodern nihilism that has spread all throughout our society was an interesting thing to watch (as you went back and forth over that theme) and you have a captivating speaking style. Lots of other MDE fans are saying they found this channel through Sam's recommendation, I just happened to see it pop up on my recs (I imagine due to watching lots of content of his or about him)...well I'll definitely stick around and sub to your channel. In your estimation, if you had to sum up some reasons why so many millennials and younger gens are going through this post-meaning sort of mindset? I have my guesses as I personally dealt with nihilism and the last stop to where it can take a person - read between the lines there about last stop, I'm sure it's not totally cryptic- and I've had a real hard time with walking back from it. It is a very poisonous mindset I think especially with how far it went for me and certain environmental and social factors that can accelerate the degradation. I definitely don't blame anyone whose fallen down that rabbit hole though, want to make that clear, as I don't think a healthy society would produce such a crisis of meaning/purpose/identity in the numbers that are out there, so there's got to be some structural influences among other things. Anyways, hope you respond, I'd love to hear your thoughts on that question

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I hope to tomorrow to try to make a quick video addressing this issue - your question. Thanks for the feedback. Watch a few of my videos if you can. It would help my channel out a lot. Best regards, Elliott

I subscribed and started watching your videos in ~2017 because Sam recommended you in one of his videos. Always happy he did: art isn't my profession, but I feel like I've learned a ton watching your channel.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Yo... Thanks for the kind words. For. minute I got caught up in the metrics of the whole thing. I lost why I was doing it. I mean, I got twisted by how many subs and views (or more accurately the LACK of subs and views) I got. I had to step away from it for that reason. I clarified why I'm doing this. I'm going to publish and document the ideas I like and that I feel have value and that's it. that's all.

@cooliotopnotch6287

Жыл бұрын

@@StudioPractice1 I don't want to dox myself too much, but some of your logical and incredibly coherent streams of thought, as well as some of your sincere observations on art and life really helped me to see myself and surroundings in a more objective and critical manner. I think those developments were critical in my interview for a pretty topnotch medical school (which I now attend). So thanks a ton, Elliott. It sounds ridiculous, but I never thought someone of your stature would respond to me, so I hope you now know how much watching your videos helped me. All the best man.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Yo…. This means a lot! Its rewarding to hear that you’re on your grind making that shit happen on the self-transcendence tip

Coming as a fan of MDE as a whole but not necessarily all of the work the Sam has done and with no formal "education" in the art world I find it really amusing that you're so confused by the "Sam as the joke patsy for all tragic events" meme. It happens because it's funny. It's not Sam orchestrating it, it's not enemies or people with a problem with him either. It started as all memes start, with one person making it happen because they thought it would be funny (and it was). Someone sees a funny picture of Sam holding a rifle, it just so-happened to coincide with some sort of major "newsworthy" event and thought to themselves that it would be amusing to mess with the media by giving them, the extremely reactionary media, a "tip" sending them the photo and implicating him as the culprit. Part of the joke is the understanding that the mainstream media isn't actually a source of real information and is easily manipulated, the second part of the joke is knowing that they will share the photo live on air over and over and over again, regardless of how many times they have already fallen for it and regardless of how easy it would be to quickly debunk it, which in turn leads to the final part of the joke: The news themselves making a mockery of the tragic event because they don't bother to check sources or verify information. They don't care about "the truth", they care about ratings and being the first ones to market with a "story". People saw humor in this and it just became a thing that people do, a meme. It worked once, so they did it again and saw that it worked over and over and over. People do it because it's funny. It's funny 1. because everyone knows the media will fall for it YET AGAIN and 2. because he just can't keep getting away with it!

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I'm down. I get it. I mentioned in the video that I didnt know wether it was him or wether it was his fans or people or what. I also mentioned that I Think its one of the most aggressive an contemporary media/artistic interventions of our time.

Amazing video

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I can never understand the confusion about what Sam does. It seems fairly straightforward to me. He is a somewhat conservative person that has beliefs and understands how to put that across in a way that is funny and right on to some and anger inducing and confrontational to people who are ignorant to those ideas or are opposed to them. I think he makes what he does funny but he has beliefs and if you can't see where the parts are that are hyperbole and what he actually believes then its either up to you to figure it out or its not for you. Great video.

@quantumchad

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. It is like normies get confused because he does not totally fit a stereotype and mixes funny delivery with true beliefs and obvious fantasy. Anything that even just slightly deviates from stereotypes is to be analyzed to determine which box it should go into. If no box is found, brain melts. That being said, maybe only autists can read the vibe

@HoorayTV21

Жыл бұрын

@@quantumchad I don't think autists can read ANY "vibes".

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm still putting the picture together.

Very much an unrelated question to ask, but do you like vincent gallo's work (music, movies, old paintings)?

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Yea I do.

Sam is a mensa member now lol

This guy is Jordan Peterson if he was schizophrenic

@theofficialdanielmunozbaut2277

9 ай бұрын

Was thinking the Sam shit lol

At one point in his life, sam chose to light himself on fire and he's been burning up his soul to stay warm ever since. He's a very interesting guy.

I remember a certain Austrian kid who didn't get into his art program, too

He's an individual when such are increasingly rare.

MDE NEVER DIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You were in the OK Computer skit “Dogbone” no?

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

Maybe I'm just the smartest and most beautiful person in the world and that it revolves around me but your analysis of Sam was always a sneaking impression I had. Glad to see a smart person basically confirm my suspicion, which makes me admire him all the more. That kind of deception is difficult to achieve I imagine

sam hyde made me find you dude

His personas are intended to make fun of modern meta culture. Very much in the vein of one of his inspirations, Norm MacDonald.

Thanks for the insight, very objective. I've been trying to figure Sam out and it's been difficult. His thought process is totally different from essentially everybody else, despite appearing to be totally grounded. I love his unique art style, and he seems to truly care about what he does. His advice seems well intentioned as far as I can tell too. Personally I think we need talented people like him to push the limits culturally or society will regress indefinitely. He made me care about art, which grade school royally failed at... LOL

very interesting perspective, thank you

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Imagine Sam getting rejected by all art schools only to go on and become the founder of Norsefire.

i think the best ay to enjoy sam hyde work is to not take yourself too seriously and enjoy

@springchickena1

Жыл бұрын

i think Vernon chatman and sam are both geniuses and it breaks social norms for their generations. thank you cartman, for being there enjoying the arts and explaining it so eloquently.

You seem like a very genuine person in a world that is typically anything but. Very interesting story, I have the same trouble understanding Sam and trying to figure out if he’s funny/ not funny. No matter what, clearly he’s genius and one of a kind.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Ive come down on the side that he's EXPONENTIALLY more intelligent than he "plays." I'm unclear on how he uses that intelligence.

I think I can speak for most of us when I say thank you for looking at Sam objectively and analytically. Rather than being fueled by (usually negative) emotion. In my eyes, we as the audience have yet to truly see the “normal” Sam, as it seems like hes always in-character to some extent or another. Be it his videos, podcast, streams, etc. we can see very small glimpses of him, but its never for too long and always veiled behind the fool/menace character-hes always performing and I imagine he likes his “real self” to be private. So many people are put off by this constant performance and find it annoying/disengenuous/hateful, so many just write him off without understanding that the person IS the performance, IS the art. Really cool to hear your take on it.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

He’s kind of “extra”

Very interesting take! I disagree with the nihilism analysis though. In some of his more serious advice videos he preaches a lot about the importance of having a skill, being responsible etc and not falling into the psychological pitfalls of thinking negatively about life and yourself. Great video man, keep up the stellar content.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

Postmodern Nihilism is all about the decent weed self. Doesn’t fit?

@garbanzosteve6012

Жыл бұрын

@@StudioPractice1 Weed self?

@MrFuzziiWuzzii

Жыл бұрын

I think you have a caricaturized idea of nihilism. All those things you listed don’t contradict nihilism, it’s totally possible to live a fulfilling life through your actions, job, etc while maintaining that it doesn’t matter in the end. But may as well make life enjoyable even if it means nothing.

Based on your comments about the various shooter and terrorist events where the media labels Sam as the perpetrator, namely that you're unsure whether these are a result of Sam's fanbase or Sam himself, suggests to me that you don't have a good understanding of fringe internet subcultures. This is important, because Sam likely emerged form or has at least become symbiotic with this culture. There's a certain demographic of young people who are largely ignored by mainstream society so they console and share funny stories on internet imageboards. Their humour is wrapped in layers upon layers of irony and they like to explore fringe political ideas too. You'll often see these guys referring to the concept of "this timeline" when referencing certain events, which seems to indicate that the world can be manipulated in very esoteric ways, like an egregore. The more absurd lengths something can be manipulated towards, such as a lesser known comedian being wrongly blamed for numerous tragedies by multiple mainstream media outlets, the more thrilling and hysterical it is, and the more is reinforces the idea that reality can be manipulated. Sam's work has this absurdist, dream-like quality which embodies this essence.

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

This is a great take on is work

Thanks for this Elliot. I find it kind of odd and amusing that most of Sam's fans don't have a background in formal training/education of art and media. I think you gave a completely valid take that many haven't thought of or heard.

@HonkeyKong54

Жыл бұрын

Lmao how the f do you know?

it's nice to hear someone talk about sam seriously- as much as I'm sure he would deride art school, other media outlets will never give themselves license to talk about his work objectively or even as 'work'

@StudioPractice1

Жыл бұрын

I can't see it as anything but "work"

Sam’s the modern day Vincent Gallo.

@sypher2024

Жыл бұрын

Crossed with a little Diogenes

@deontaywallaceescalade

Жыл бұрын

modern day Hitler´s top guy.

I don`t believe people should take Sam`s work or person politically, people who do that seem to me to be just virtue signaling, like US conservatives and liberals who like Sam for his character or absolutely hate him for it, they ignore his work entirely and just ride on his back because they acknowledge his controversies. which being completely honest, Sam is well aware of that and uses it for his advantage masterfully.

Still can't believe I bought "How to Bomb." Definitely on a list for that.

came to check out your channel because sam told me to and found this video lol

IMO Sam is one of those artist that simply go against the idol of coherent thought as a constraint on thinking, and in general against everything what can be considered social norm. His early standup was based around telling people uncomfortable truths (was it that art doesn't pay or how the AIDS epidemic spread) and making a fool of himself, and in doing that he gets people to self reflect and realize how they are deeply inauthentic (anyone who sees themselves as an intelectual listening to TedTalks, anyone who thinks they are a leader of a workers movement by doing Twitch streams etc) while creating entertainment by showing us people too dumb to realize that he is actually the one making fun of them. I genuinely think that he cares a lot about design and art, its visible from his streams when he talks about the creative process behind his work, and he is a really nervous guy (again from talks on his stream) And even tho he is controversial and labeled constantly, I think its all just him pushing against social constraints, people will talk about how we donated to a Republican candidate but now how he donated even more to BLM (but then, all of this was done in private and should remain private) You could include him in a general group of people that think like Baudrillard, Blanchot, de Sade, Derrida, Artaus... and from contemporary ones Mike Ma and Nick Land to the list (not saying that his stuff comes close to their, just thats its a similar form of thinking)

@JL-yq9xn

Жыл бұрын

Not sure if this is irony but Sam ain’t donated to BLM.

@fallbird660

Жыл бұрын

@@JL-yq9xn I think this comment is ironic. None of it makes much sense and the facts aren't true lol.

@LittleMushroomGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@JL-yq9xn He didnt donate to BLM? Go watch the "Giving back to the Hood" video

@tobincharles8651

Жыл бұрын

@@fallbird660 I think the poster is just a bit dim. the standup he is referring to as early comes about 8 years after the interview described here. It's early work to him as one of the late adopters of Hyde or Land or 'Artaus'