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@squidwardsnose3069

Жыл бұрын

No

@-snowy980-

Жыл бұрын

*s e n d h e l p*

@germinttea885

Жыл бұрын

I remember radioshak and im 13

@c.elizabeth4503

Жыл бұрын

Love your hair, Jarvis!

@iuiara

Жыл бұрын

I tought you and Jordan were dead, thanks for beeing alive and in Yt :>

I took an electronics class as a kid and my teacher told me that my solders were "like the tears of an angel" and that i could work at radioshack. I took this as a complement of the highest order. Then when I got to working age, every single radio shack had officially closed down. I was devastated, even though I had never set foot in one to this day.

@abbyk.6410

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 this is a Shakespearian tragedy

@cherie..cherry

Жыл бұрын

😂😂 how precious. Thanks for sharing that story! Made my day

@mikhailshaw7030

Жыл бұрын

there's a RadioShack open about an hour from my house and it's awesome

@Yamaxandu

Жыл бұрын

We still use radioshack brand soldering flux, it's really good lol

@t.s9021

Жыл бұрын

Well done! Good soldering is a very useful skill, particularly in our electronic age.

Update: they haven’t tweeted since nov. 2022, their bitcoin is down 98.91% & worth $0.0004312

@TiredCapybara

2 ай бұрын

We love to see it!

@yourmotherssecret

2 ай бұрын

Wow! The tweets must’ve REALLY been successful then 💀💀

@fingersupmyasssteve

2 ай бұрын

ty for the update lol

@OpposumParty87

Ай бұрын

TY for the update!

@2nd-place

Ай бұрын

It’s not their bitcoin lmao, it’s their crypto currency. Bitcoin is an entirely different cryptocurrency that acts kinda like gold for crypto.

Thank you for addressing the “intern” thing. Why do people think huge corporations and sports franchises are handing the keys to their empire’s public face over to an unpaid intern?

@josephmatthews7698

Жыл бұрын

Right? Dude was the chief marketing officer. People should know better but I also think we should be calling out companies for lying about that crap.

@jessicaautrey6136

Жыл бұрын

I think it's rooted in the mentality 2 generations ago thinking the entire internet was some small things kids play with

@GenerationNextNextNext

Жыл бұрын

Some of them aren't interns, but are independent contractors or do freelance work. I've had friends handed an independent package by a company to run their social media. They get paid, but they aren't seen as official employees of the company. This is so the company can actually save money. In Radioshack's case, it isn't true at all though.

@JDMimeTHEFIRST

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s most likely an executive’s spoiled son. Either way, I don’t think it’s someone who cares if the business survives.

Heard Jarvis say, “Let’s talk in a year and see if you still prefer that ratio” and since it’s been a year since this video came out, I decided to check on how RadioShack is doing. “On March 2, 2023, Retail Ecommerce Ventures announced that it was mulling a possible bankruptcy filing.” Yeah it’s not looking so hot.

@lethfuil

3 ай бұрын

So his hat is spared!

Brands trying to pull a “how do you do fellow kids” is mortifyingly embarrassing

@sydastark

Жыл бұрын

Feels like I want to back away slowly

@chatnoir9038

Жыл бұрын

It's like that one weird uncle

@codytoeung5089

Жыл бұрын

Can we go back to companies saying poggers without knowing what they mean This is like far beyond what that was

@car6938

Жыл бұрын

hello😀my 🤠👉👉fellow💕youngsters😹

@ts4858

Жыл бұрын

RadioShack is funny

i genuinely love how heated jarvis is at this, it’s so irritating when you can tell these execs think they’re being clever lmao

@stevethebarbarian9876

Жыл бұрын

I could not give enough of a fuck about RadioShack to be mad, but it is genuinely hilarious how genuinely upset Jarvis seems about this- he normally stays so chill that it’s a very pleasant change

@KM-yy6xn

Жыл бұрын

I felt like i was being yelled at lmao

@KM-yy6xn

Жыл бұрын

i genuinely felt like i was the head of marketing at radioshack

@senn.k

Жыл бұрын

@@stevethebarbarian9876 yeah! it was a nice change of pace and funny at that😉

@Cherry-li6nk

Жыл бұрын

ik this was great

Honestly, if radioshack came back and was just radioshack again with more current electronics, I would go there, and I think a lot of people who have nostalgia for it would have too

@noodlessalty

Жыл бұрын

I think they could just specialize in older tech like phonograph records, cassette tapes, and gramophones and do well.

@whannabi

Жыл бұрын

@@noodlessalty they could find that niche but idk if physical locations are a good thing

@TheStinkiestz

Жыл бұрын

@@noodlessalty who tf would buy that

@HSpungey

Жыл бұрын

@@TheStinkiestz people interested in old tech

@KevaKoala

Жыл бұрын

@@TheStinkiestz you'd be surprised how big the market for old tech is lol

The hair. The curls. The shirt. The aggravation. All on point.

@GUNUFofficial

Жыл бұрын

He looks like a comedic side character from a sitcom that'll show up every now and then and either makes the joke of the century, or is insufferable.

@Fafuchess

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@ChikaJihyo

9 ай бұрын

@@GUNUFofficial WHY IS THIS SO FUCKING ACCURATE LMFAOOO

The phrase "there's no such thing as Bad Publicity" is something that is only said by people trying to sell you shitty marketing tactics lol. I had a feeling but it's clear you already did the legwork to show that just because they're able to get a lot of engagement by being shitty and edgy, that doesn't actually translate to merch sales and profit automatically.

@vogelvrouw

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I love actually hearing the other side of "but you're talking about it, so it works"

@BlazeMakesGames

Жыл бұрын

@@vogelvrouw I mean Morbius literally just demonstrated this as well. Everyone was talking about Morbius, and I have no doubt that some marketing asshole was the one who convinced Sony to rerelease it in theaters because “Look how much engagement it’s getting!” Only for it to bomb again.

@Tw0Dots

Жыл бұрын

Bet a lot more ppl still know about em lmao Doesnt mean they’re gonna get more money, though, yeah

@mika-cb1vc

Жыл бұрын

@@treeofrage7622 negative publicity can turn profit, but not in this case. they’ll die out in a few months.

Having the purple devil emoji in their name just makes me imagine the marketing team making that same smug face as they come up with these tweets, like "we're so edgy no other brands would do this, this is gold" and it's infuriating

@007megaoof

Жыл бұрын

Bruh it's just twomad

@Yeehaw0588

Жыл бұрын

@@007megaoof I just came here from that video and seeing everybody here not knowing it is hilarious lmfao

@Baggerz182

Жыл бұрын

repent to God

@ashikjaman1940

Жыл бұрын

​@@007megaoofoh maybe that's why this video got recommended to me

@LJCG777

3 ай бұрын

​@@007megaoofit wasn't until they hired him lmao

I’m 26. I worked at RadioShack right after I turned 18. I closed 4 different stores over my two years there. It was interesting. I loved my co-workers. The company sucked.

I loved when RadioShack said “it’s radioin time” and absolutely shacked on everyone.

@Ta-m01

10 ай бұрын

i hated when that happened

@schemesthefox1255

9 ай бұрын

That was literally my least favorite part wdym

Radio shack was important because they were almost the only place that sold electrical components if you were in school for engineering. Even though I don’t need parts anymore it’s my understanding there is still a major brick and mortar gap for students and there really is a market for bigger cities to each get one or two RadioShacks.

@adafrost6276

Жыл бұрын

I'm lucky enough to live in DFW at least. TI is a major player here and my school was even founded by TI, so there's tons of analog and digital component stores here. Would definitely suck to live somewhere that doesn't have any at all. Also RadioShack was founded in Fort Worth and there's a few RadioShack Express shops hanging around but they aren't overly useful outside of some light hobbyist supplies.

@kittikat4124

Жыл бұрын

Yea, my uncle does electronics recycling and the majority of his sales, as opposed to scrapping, is in components like motherboards, hard drive trays, charging cables, even cards for students to learn how to resolder with since he has a shit ton of memory, hard drives, etc that are too old to be sold as actual parts anyone wants. So I could definitely see a company being able to push into that space that is very much online currently. Like the best widespread store I can think of is Best Buy and they dont sell much as far as components and tend to be pretty expensive

@jhsrt985

Жыл бұрын

Yes they're really for components and getting popular sold out electronics at a discount bc people don't really shop there. Oh and car radio/speaker stuff

@dallaskersey101

Жыл бұрын

as a previous engineering major, I agree that RadioShack was somewhere I went to often. While I could order anything I needed online, I could get some things immediately and start the project right away.

@5daysofcoffee

Жыл бұрын

@@dallaskersey101 Yes, exactly. Ordering stuff online is fine but especially when you are starting a project you’re really interested in you need stuff immediately.

does your sponsor think that we, an audience of people subscribed to a FREE premium channel, can afford a mattress 😭

@lu-lo3jb

Жыл бұрын

let him get that coin ig

@sophiathefurbst

Жыл бұрын

but we can buy them with the Jarvis Johnson GOOOLLLLLDDDDDD

@O2BAmachine

Жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣🤣 I fucking feel you. I need a new mattress soo badly, my back is not backing anymore and... I just can't.

@chatnoir9038

Жыл бұрын

I'm such an unhinged leftist that I believe everyone should have clean food, water, heat, housing and a bed that they are actually able to sleep in.

@Tw0Dots

Жыл бұрын

yes?Unless you mean “we” as in children

your point about followers not converting to customers is sooooo fucking valid and corporations need to understand that. i get so tired of this attitude of trending = profit.

"Experimenting with new strategies, optimizing them, and implementing them" but it's just me figuring out the best way to pour a bowl of cereal

I can't believe they managed to make Radio Shack *less* cool than it originally was

@DiMagnolia

Жыл бұрын

We’re officially in the negatives

@TOPHATKITTY909

Жыл бұрын

HAHAHHA

@Tw0Dots

Жыл бұрын

was it ever “cool”

@senorapples1115

Жыл бұрын

Thats like taking a dad trying to be cool to a duschebag dad. Sure he was uncool but wasn't that bad.

@Tw0Dots

Жыл бұрын

@@senorapples1115 yeah, I like that phrasing actually. I agree

Walking into RadioShack as a kid felt like walking into an alternate dimension 😂

@jakemarie828

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! I loved playing with the robot toys on display! I'm sad its legacy has been reduced to this.

@Majosephine04

Жыл бұрын

Even during its hay day it felt like some sort of liminal space. Like an alien googled a store and came to earth and tried to run one.

@DaviniaHill

Жыл бұрын

@@Majosephine04 you mean hey day.

@DannyCoombs709

Жыл бұрын

@@DaviniaHill You mean hay day

@Saibellus

Жыл бұрын

i had to buy a soldering iron once and i felt like i was in some kind of parallel timeline version of a home depot. and also all the employees had headsets on. why?? the store was like...50ftx50ft. and yet...

it's been a year now, 1 radio coin is worth $0.0005 (1/20 of 1 cent). also Ábel doesn't work for radioshack anymore. so i think it's going well for them

The irony of electronics companies not adapting to the rise of the internet

I refuse to believe anyone has actually set foot in a radio shack since like 1746

@cardrabitt1159

Жыл бұрын

I remember back during the mideval period they were going down hill. It’s been a long time coming

@klee9062

Жыл бұрын

this made me cackle

@ReeseHolmes

Жыл бұрын

1746 B.C.E.

@ghintz2156

Жыл бұрын

I only seemed to ever go into RadioShack for replacement modem cables.

@Val1im22

Жыл бұрын

Radio shack was only real because of Nirvana after Kurt’s death it disappeared

it's so fun not being on twitter cause I get little infodumps on what dumb shit's been going down lately and then I don't have to worry about seeing it on my own

@thedestroyasystem

Жыл бұрын

Sameeeee

@DiMagnolia

Жыл бұрын

Same

@Cory_Springer

Жыл бұрын

Same. Never had a tweeter accound and it's nice knowing I won't have one tomorrow 😁

@iniyama

Жыл бұрын

that's me but with Tiktok 😂

@gummilatte1618

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same here it’s so fun to hear about what kind of stuffs going on over there

This is the golden content I ACTUALLY want but don’t pay money for. Jarvis is providing the real currency.

"written by a 30 year old man" as a 32 I felt that in my soul. Thanks Jarvis.

@fartass9849

Жыл бұрын

31 here. Few weeks ago I was talking with a friends kid and he said “you know, way back in the late 1900’s when you were born!” Boy… I was born in 91. The latest of the 90s possible almost.

@coroikax

2 ай бұрын

ok fartass9849 @@fartass9849

@yourmotherssecret

2 ай бұрын

@@fartass9849😂 I mean, they aren’t wrong! lol but you have to realize that we youngins refer to our own years like that. Born anywhere before 2010? you were born in the early 2000’s.

“Am i angry? I feel like I’m yelling” - Jarvis, after being visibly upset since two minutes in 😂

"The haters can't argue with how effective my bold brand outreach strategies are in making impressions on a wide audience," I say as I wheel my crate full of airhorns onto the crowded subway car.

@tryyoncemore383

Жыл бұрын

😭 Best comment

To all the people saying this was Twomad. The tweets date back to quite a while before Twomad got made CEO. You can also tell because his first move was changing the accounts name to RatioShack.

@midleno8364

Жыл бұрын

maxeon0937 you are not telling me that twomad is the ceo of RadioShack I actually refuse to believe this I’m destabilizing so hard rn to this

@maxeon0937

Жыл бұрын

@@midleno8364 He made a video on it.

@midleno8364

Жыл бұрын

@@maxeon0937I just saw it… what is this earth man 🤣

@DorianMatt

4 ай бұрын

…..what a moment in time for me to be rewatching this video and have come across this exact comment LMAO

There's still a Radio Shack in my town. It's been there since before I was born. I've never seen anyone go in or out, yet the building's condition remains well maintained.

@lillianfulgham9280

2 ай бұрын

Money laundering

we had an abandoned radioshack by my house when i was a kid, and from 2007 to 2014 the whole thing was filled with crows

@ADHDandD

Жыл бұрын

As all RadioShacks should be

@lacytaylor1501

Жыл бұрын

That sounds oddly terrifying and cool at the same time

@aimee7282

Жыл бұрын

Honestly probably how it was when it was in business too

@pokemonthatisdisappointedi9605

Жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome I want a house full of crows

@Andy-jh2fs

Жыл бұрын

Radi-crow-shack

As someone who is theoretically a part of the target demographic for these tweets (american college student ig), this has never made me want to go to radioshack less

They tried to be duolingo

I don’t think I’ve seen Jarvis this personally upset in a video before and I’m here for it 😭

Jarvis yelling at RadioShack is strangely cathartic

@I_like_Plants130

Жыл бұрын

I read cathartic as catholic. My comment isn’t necessary but it’s funny.

@ADHDandD

5 ай бұрын

@@I_like_Plants130I believe it’s necessary (sorry for the late response I fell asleep)

Congratulations to everyone watching this video because you are a VIP. This content is truly gold and truly premium ( in a free way )

@Nightstuck

Жыл бұрын

I’m finally a VIP to something!

@Yourdailydoseofsarcasm

Жыл бұрын

@@Nightstuck same 😭

@whenbailey

Жыл бұрын

god I needed to hear that today

@nobody_425

Жыл бұрын

@@whenbailey same

@Yourdailydoseofsarcasm

Жыл бұрын

@@whenbailey

The fact this is what happened to radio shack, I'm at a loss of words. I never went but it was always that store that just existed next to target

It's okay that you were getting angry, it feels good to see someone else as passionately annoyed and perplexed as I am about this kind of shit.

I feel called out for being old enough to grow up with RadioShack.

@annakepes8050

Жыл бұрын

ha old! /lh

@livenandlove1980

Жыл бұрын

Same. Lol

@jhsrt985

Жыл бұрын

@@bigwilly32 oh wow they closed in Louisiana like 15yrs ago

@MidnightAndLuna

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@luxuscarnage4828

Жыл бұрын

"A long time ago, back before Gwen Stefani became irrelevant, there was a place called RadioShack....."

I can count the amount of times on one hand that I've stepped into a RadioShack, and I can say pretty confidently I haven't done so since the 2000's. Always really bizzare to see companies and stores, especially ones that aren't particularly relevent, making the oddest social media content.

@ssunsspott5170

Жыл бұрын

It's kinda pathetic. Like let something die and start a new brand at least

@txrnip

Жыл бұрын

Companies and stores are not people, and in reality it’s just being used as a puppet by the people who bought out the brand

@ThexDynastxQueen

Жыл бұрын

Anyone ever been in a Circuit City? I went in once and got upset as it was like a depressed Best Buy so when I went into a RadioShack it was like a suicidal Circuit City. Both are dead so...kid me was right.

@LambruscoPeter

Жыл бұрын

@@ThexDynastxQueen I haven't been to Radio Shack, Circuit City or Best Buy ever

@rduncan89

Жыл бұрын

Last time I went was in 2006, only because I had a last minute project for a community college class

Twomad going off 💀

@mothman1381

3 ай бұрын

thank u i was about to say

I find this entire video so funny with twomad context

@dogbreath4062

Жыл бұрын

LOL people need to do a little more research

I've never seen Jarvis so genuinely pissed about something but seeing him go off on RadioShack for their crypto bullshit is quite satisfying ngl

@nman551

Жыл бұрын

Yeah

The thing that makes me the angriest is this guy’s career is not going to be impacted by these tweets AT ALL. He’ll move on to the next role in a year with the impressive title of CMO (seriously like any of this is actually C-level work) and continue making money for doing absolutely nothing of value. I hate these grifters.

@DOCDOCFLAMINGOS

Жыл бұрын

Dont hate the player..... Hate the game!!! But trust me I totally understand all of what you stated..

@gordonramsayslambsauce

Жыл бұрын

@@DOCDOCFLAMINGOS yeah but in this case the player is an insufferable douche so we hate him too

@SorowFame

Жыл бұрын

@@DOCDOCFLAMINGOS why not hate both?

@Froggele

Жыл бұрын

Well, idk about attacking that guy personally. As I worked in marketing my experience was that many people there find at least parts of their job stupid or cringy, too. They are part of capitalism like all of us tho so they have to do what they get paid for. Not everybody is able to have a job that they personally 100% stand behind. Now, I do agree that working for what is basically a crypto scam is shitty but we don’t know his situation and maybe he doesn’t even see through that (unlikely but still). I think it’s wrong to blame individuals who work in marketing because most of them don’t even get to choose the marketing strategy, they just execute it.

@MK_ULTRA420

Жыл бұрын

I think that's hilarious, especially if he works at a place who deserves him.

Jarvis: they clearly don't know how to connect with the audience literally 5 seconds later Jarvis: Today's sponsor is a custom mattress company

This makes me so weirdly depressed. Radio Shack was such a mysterious and cool place when I was a kid -- I remember going there with my dad and marveling at all the gadgets and doo-dads and mysterious parts I didn't understand. I'd rather they just stayed dead in peace than whatever is happening here.

I never thought I'd see the day when people that go to a corporate 9-5 job think its a good idea to be horny on Twitter to sell products. The internet really changes people, huh?

@vogelvrouw

Жыл бұрын

Its peoples job to act as a horny brand on twitter and people still say tattoos (And natural curly hair!! ) are unprofessional

@ruthizred9090

Жыл бұрын

@@vogelvrouw 😂😂 literally like who are they trying to fool?? This is 2022 were talking about??

I used to be a manager of a RadioShack. Met my kid’s father there & made lifelong friends. I stayed until almost the bitter end & closed a few stores when the bankruptcy happened. There was zero incentive to do this so we worked our asses off closing these stores just to lose our jobs lol. I was in my early 20s & I’ll always remember my shack time fondly.

@biosec9361

Жыл бұрын

Somehow those days seem like happier times compared to now. I was 18-20 during that time and closed 4 stores. My second store every employee got fired for literally giving away product, and I was moved across town from a different store to keep it open. Less than 3 months later they closed the location due to bankruptcy.

@harmonyfox

Жыл бұрын

@@biosec9361 I remember being told to give stuff away like give the customer a bag & take $20 & they could fill it up with whatever they want. That was after all the phones & expensive stuff got sent back. Feels like a lifetime ago & definitely simpler times.

@jgould30

Жыл бұрын

"my kids father"... Odd choice of words

@hera9668

Жыл бұрын

what exactly is odd about it? literally just sounds like they’re not together anymore, that’s it

@harmonyfox

Жыл бұрын

@@jgould30 I had children with someone I met at RadioShack. We are no longer together. What’s weird about that choice of words?

I remember RadioShack had hex bugs in there. That’s the only reason why I went in as a kid

Its been a year and I can confirm nobody cares abt radioshack

I never understood why people assume interns run companies' social media accounts, do you really think any company within their right mind would trust a temporary employee with the face of their brand ?

@UekawaOhira

11 ай бұрын

I think they might have when brand's first started social media, because of how little it was valued or understood, so it'd be passed off. Now-a-days I do think that it'd be impossible with how integral it's become

I feel so old knowing what Radio Shack is and knowing I've stepped foot in one when they still were running. I feel like I should be coughing up dust and I'm not even 30 yet.... Also dude clearly didn't want to give his age cause he's clearly 100+ and doesn't want to share his anti-aging secrets. I don't think there's even any elderly people I've met recently who uses the word Youngster..

@somethingstupid1075

Жыл бұрын

don’t sweat it, I used to regularly step foot into my local radio shack and I’m not even 18 yet

@kittye8340

Жыл бұрын

I have no idea what a radio shack is.

@kittye8340

Жыл бұрын

I'm 22

@wawaicedcoffee

Жыл бұрын

I’m 24 but the last time I went to radio shack was in 2007 or 2008 when my dad went looking for a new new flip phone lol

@lacytaylor1501

Жыл бұрын

I'm 25 so I guess I should be rather relieved that I'm not the youngest person to step foot inside a running radio shack.

radioshack was the first time i stole. they never getting those AA batteries back

The radioshack lore gets more interesting. Couple weeks ago Twomad has made a video being the “ceo of radioshack”

I'm loving how heated Jarvis is getting over a brand that everyone will forget about again in like, a month

@SporkNotFork

Жыл бұрын

It’s probably less about Radio Shack and more about the countless brands that try to do the same thing

@giulioceresini1435

Жыл бұрын

@@SporkNotFork it's more about this fucking era of crypto. I swear to god i'd rather go live in the woods and never wipe my ass again then buy that shit. But somehow everyone and their mother now has their cryptocurrency.

@luxuscarnage4828

Жыл бұрын

Idk....I never forgot about his video about the Sunny D Dilemma.

@r4sbery

Жыл бұрын

@Luxus Carnage the what?

I remember I was helping a customer find some headphones and she insisted it was sold at radio shack. I went to their website and was absolutely flabbergasted that it was a crypto website lol

Now we wait for him to see the twomad vid

Thank you Jarvis for existing and for helping me when I have anxiety. Premium youtuber with a premium channel

The goal of these managers isn’t to convince people to buy, it’s to convince the even older, even MORE out of touch CEO that they are young and hip. That’s all that matters to them.

@sydastark

Жыл бұрын

I think you’re right it’s more about how they perceive themselves internally then how they are received externally.

@thoopsy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I mean. It's not important to him that they get the crypto sold, what's important is that the board and the investors think that he's doing something special and earns his pay. And that, if he's trying to get hired for his next job this article comes up that says he's revolutionary.

@imthedoctoryes

Жыл бұрын

it's because twomad is the new ceo

@AverageUsernames

Жыл бұрын

TWOMAD CEO!!! LESS GOO!!!

@menaatefadly

Жыл бұрын

@@imthedoctoryes yea there is an entire video about it and I think toumad doesn’t really care about Radio Shacks success (I hope)

Ur hair looks great, glad to see more people with sick curls being popular on youtube

@thebatman7730

Жыл бұрын

This is wholesome.

@Chlocean

Жыл бұрын

Mr. Conner would agree.

@badger6882

Жыл бұрын

so true

I love the metaphorical perspective of literal Radio Shack trying to pretend that its old sense of humor is popular with today’s kids.

Dude this is the best video you've made in a long time. Please make more like this where you are fired up. I haven't laughed this hard in a few weeks!

Them repeatedly referring back to the tweet AS “the squirter tweet” was even worse than the tweet itself … also the yelling was very premium Jarvis much justified

I went to RadioShack to buy “weird” batteries (anything other than a AA or AAA) and walkie talkies. Sometimes they had cool things like rc cars. That plus shitposts isn’t going to convert to support for a new crypto.

@RyanPancakes

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they were the place to go if you needed some weird obscure adapter or battery and Amazon didn't exist yet

@rosed3023

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember my dad going there to buy what looked like tiny car parts and various lengths of wire.

It was twomad the whole time. We’ve all been played.

@mayormaynotbeacoolguy3686

Жыл бұрын

No, the stuff in the video is before twomad

This video was honestly really cathartic for me because I've had some arguments here and there with friends/relatives about this sorta "relateable human brand" bullshit. I tell them how stupid and awful they are and the response is usually something like "at least people are talking about it", that the publicity and awareness are worth lots of people on Twitter thinking they're stupid and embarrassing (in terms of them making money I mean). I never could think of a good way to explain what's wrong with that, but you're absolutely right when you put it very succinctly, "it doesn't convert into sales". Like, yeah, people are talking about it, that doesn't mean it's good or helpful. I think a lot of people, especially older ones, still buy into the idea that all press is good press when, surely by now there's plenty of evidence that's not true. I seriously doubt I'm a rare case in that I avoid buying things from companies that piss me off, at the very least.

@jenh101

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! I always thought that whole ‘all publicity is good publicity’ attitude is misguided at best.

@awesomefinder5431

Жыл бұрын

When I see an ad that's really annoying or that I can't skip I just make it a point to not buy their product.

@thoopsy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, like if your movie has a screamer ad, I'm not gonna watch it and I'm gonna encourage others to wait to rent it from the library or something. The only way that "all publicity is good publicity" is for services that are unique, because then people don't have a choice really and the goal is for people to know this thing exists. Marketing experts sometimes just don't understand the power of spite. Maybe if this was just Radio Shack coming back in a regular Radio Shack capacity, it might be something. I know people who used to buy Steinmart clothes and would be interested to know that there's more of them again. But it's not even that it's an old brand coming back, it's that it's a new brand using an old brand's name. If I'd only seen these tweets, my thought would've been "Oh Radio Shack is back, I'll keep that in mind next time my car charger breaks." Not "Oh I'll go see what new product they're shilling." It's just, ugh. Modern marketing is a pain.

@Steamworker_Evolair

Жыл бұрын

@@awesomefinder5431 same, I'm still boycotting tiktok due to the incessant ad campaign they ran almost half a decade ago (and which they periodically renew just to tick me off)

@melaniecelaya546

Жыл бұрын

@@awesomefinder5431 exactlyy

When I was a kid I went to my grandma's house for a week during the summer. Her TV needed some sort of adapter to work with my PS2 so we went to radioshack to get one. That was the first and last time I ever stepped foot inside a radioshack. lol

@cv6442

Жыл бұрын

Last time I was there I was getting a VCR head cleaner tape probably! 🤣🤣👵

Jarvis is my favorite hat-eating nerdy time traveler. I love all the content he creates!

for anyone curious on an update heres my recap of scrolling the website as of april 2024: the unicomer group (owned radioshack from 2009 to 2015) repurchased the franchise in may 2023 and apparently there are some stores in latin america. doesnt seem like theyre doing much with it right now. everything is very unfinished and theres suggestions that they sell things or have locations but besides the comment about latin american stores theres nothing actually there

@Isabel-pw6zu

2 ай бұрын

okay upon looking at their sitemap (because of course theyre too stupid to hide or clean up that shit) reveals some interesting information: the site is being updated pretty regularly with updates as recently as march 2024 on the /policies page. the only (visible) page that was last updated before 2024 is /2fa which redirects to /r4di0shack2023 and prompts for a wordpress login. apparently their plan is to turn radioshack into a franchise business where people can use the brand and open their own stores.

"None of you remember Radio Shack. You're all too young." You got my 36 year old ass sliding down in my chair pulling my cap over my eyes. Thank you for that, Jarvis. Not me buying my very first cell phone at a Radio Shack in 2002

@sydastark

Жыл бұрын

My 37 your old ass is cringing with you. Hot spot to shop for all that early aughts tech.

@mollyallen2400

Жыл бұрын

Jarvis 'lowkey' (look at me using hip terms) not knowing his audience lol because RadioShack was one of the only places to buy batteries, "answering machines" (whoa!), and etc. when I was a kid. Haha!

Let me tell you a little story about my HATRED for R.S. My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer and had chemotherapy appts. So, after one of his apts, he desired to go to the mall and look around Radio Shack. The Drs had given my dad pain meds and due to that, he was a ta_his words were a bit slurred, he was somewhat disoriented, all skin and bone, and his hair had fallen out there was no way you couldn't tell he didn't have cancer! I still remember how awful the douchbags at Radio shack treated my papa and him tearing up in our old station wagon. My beloved, big burly Irish father essentially laughed out of Radio SHACK because an associate and a manager felt the need to get impatient with a cancer patient. Less than 6mo later my dad passed away at 50yo. I was only 9. I will never forget and I refuse to ever go back into a Radio Shack. :(

@AnaPie896

Жыл бұрын

Omg this story made me tear up! I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope those employees step on a Lego every day as karma

@2muchFun4yourBuns

Жыл бұрын

but it was the people who worked there, not radio shack. radio shack like any corp wouldnt check who they hire so thoroughly. of course the dudes seem nice when corporate comes. yall are so stupid blaming corps for small people problems

@demiokulaja7787

Жыл бұрын

That is so horrible, I’m sorry that happened :(( If radio RadioShack didn’t deserve to die before it has more than enough reason now

@sonneann

Жыл бұрын

That is awful, he def didn't deserve to be treated like that. My ma got diagnosed with cancer 2 months ago and I will fist fight anyone who acts rude towards her

@SuspiciousGanymede

Жыл бұрын

You took the weakest member of your pack to the Alpha Chad store, what do you expect?

Twomad moment

Exposure doesn't pay the bills :) this is a great analogy for "exposure payment" for artists and creators

Thinking about how much Jarvis hair has grown. I was staring at him like "what's different" and I'm like "wait his hair is super fluffy" and now I realize I usually just listen to his videos, I don't Remember the last time I just sat and stared at Jarvis haha

RadioShack just had to come back from the dead and “advertise” in its own version of Gen Z humor.

@tashaburscence5525

Жыл бұрын

its own version meaning that they say stuff that gen z says with the Most irony completely seriously which means they just end up sounding like they're stuck in 2013

@aday4evr

Жыл бұрын

I don't even think this is any one generations humor. it's just twitter humor. granted not everyone on twitter likes these jokes but it's definitely the type of tweets that regularly go viral

@Majosephine04

Жыл бұрын

There’s humor in the RadioShack posts?

@squidcultist0022

Жыл бұрын

It's gen z humor without the humor and written by old people

@sophiathefurbst

Жыл бұрын

@@squidcultist0022 yes.

it’s just twomad man, he’s there ceo now.

TwoMad on a whole nother level xD

I love that Jarvis yelled for half the video and then went "Am I getting angry?" Not quite as late as RadioShack, but damn close

"RadioShack cryptocurrency" is not a set of words I wanted to hear.

@jhsrt985

Жыл бұрын

4fknreal

Your anger at this is extremely funny and also somehow cathartic

So we not gonna talk about how this was TwoMad?

@i-love-anime-idols

Жыл бұрын

Because knowing it was toemad, this vid is really embarrassing.....

"because..I guess we live in hell?" Was both hilarious and so peak mood

As a person in their 40s, this video is fascinating to me. Of course, I remember walking into Radio Shacks. Like, for cordless phones and power strips. It’s weird to find out they are trying to keep their brand alive with a crypto move, and super weird to watch them try to market themselves in this bizarre, tone deaf way. Living in the dystopian future, y’all. I’m exhausted. The most interesting thing is to watch Jarvis, validly and successfully employed in a profession I couldn’t even imagine when I was a kid, analyzing very earnestly the different layers of wrongness of Radio Shack’s approach. It’s cool to watch Jarvis’s tech background inform his voice as a creator. YouTubing is a real ass job, y’all. I always respected it, but I definitely appreciate your work even more now.

@notshardain

Жыл бұрын

It's not even the same radio shack, it's a rich guy paying people to puppet its rotted corpse. Really sad to see tbh.

@efnfen

Жыл бұрын

ugh simping for youtubers to diss corporate electronics

@mollyallen2400

Жыл бұрын

It's not that layered, honestly. RadioShack failed out because of other retailers plus Amazon - Jarvis is funny and is able to create content out of their cringey tweets because some rich people bought out the brand name. It's all a big joke. That's about it. I remember going to RadioShack as a kid with my dad. It's just not that deep lol

@heyg0ld

Жыл бұрын

@@mollyallen2400 I’m an analytical person. I can make anything “that deep.” It’s a superpower ✌🏼

@mollyallen2400

Жыл бұрын

@@heyg0ld Haha I thought about that after I had replied and intended to come back and be like "Actualllly.... I could probably analyze this six ways to Sunday," so I have zero room to judge! My bad! :) I get your perspective. Sorry for being a grump. Jarvis was being so *golden* I was momentarily blinded. :'D Thanks for taking it in stride and not having my head. :)

I LOVED Radioshack

guys please it was Twomad 😂

"The post you put out, it's kinda weak" says the dead brand that everyone forgot about in 2013 that's been dug up from the grave and zombified in order to sell some crypto scam. Ironically, I hope this type of marketing actually does die. I wouldn't say that horny posting is inherently bad but it requires WAY more self awareness than is shown by capitalists.

there was a radioshack in the strip mall where we would get our Pizza Hut and i remember being absolutely devastated when they shut down, despite the fact that I had never once stepped foot inside. 8 year old me was going through it

@hesgoneplaid6478

Жыл бұрын

Are you ok now?

@courtneyronk472

Жыл бұрын

I literally feel the exact same about our old RadioShack. I was like 6 and so sad. Then blockbuster went down and I didn’t know what to do. I never stepped foot in the RadioShack, but that blockbuster was really fun to roam around in as a kid

@oki.k

Жыл бұрын

i like to imagine you were just sad you missed the chance to check it out

@courtneyronk472

Жыл бұрын

@@oki.k most likely

Jarvis' hair is just getting better with every video. I love it.

Twomad runs the account if that explains anything.

There’s a RadioShack a couple towns away from mine that was independent when the company went bankrupt. I feel so bad for the old man who runs that place

@SearsCool

Жыл бұрын

I believe franchised/independent stores weren't affected by the bankruptcy. They only closed the stores owned by the company

@klaralovesmiffy

Жыл бұрын

@@SearsCool no hate intended I think they meant that RadioShack now has a bad name and nobody wanted to shop from there anymore rather than having to close the store :)

@SearsCool

Жыл бұрын

@@klaralovesmiffy I'm confused

@Skeptix1

Жыл бұрын

@@SearsCool you're saying franchised/independent stores "weren't affected" but RadioShack made their reputation so shit that they WERE affected

god here's the thing. when you got the relatablity part.... i had to pause in anger because it's one of the biggest things i've had to UNLEARN during university. you can't just say something is "relatable" when pitching it to any given media studio, you have to have SUBSTANCE backing you up. like, my class had been working on this project where we pitch a tv show to the rest of the class as if we're pitching to netflix, right? and the first thing we were told was "don't use the word 'relatable', it's a crutch word and tells us nothing about the show". a show being relatable is NOTHING, and a tweet being relatable is NOTHING. it doesn't MEAN anything. it's a useless fluff word and arghhhh i am so sick of the concept of "relatablity" cropping up everywhere. i don't want to relate to your brand, i don't want to relate to your tv show, i don't want to rELaTE to people who providing me entertainment, i want to know what it's offering! and you're SO RIGHT about this twitter being useless fluff! it's MEANINGLESS. im yelling from the gd rooftops death to the concept of the "relatable" brand, of the "relatable" tv show, of how quiRKY everything is!

@kphoria1009

Жыл бұрын

on the contrary i think relatability is very important for something like a tv show. especially when they want the audience to project themselves onto the main character which can keep the audience engaged

@DUELISTKlNGDOM

Жыл бұрын

@@kphoria1009 define relatable then

@DUELISTKlNGDOM

Жыл бұрын

@@kphoria1009 you very much misunderstood my point in this very reply. my point is “relatability” is a fluff word that has broad and varying responses. being “relatable” can mean anything from a character shoplifting (which not everyone can relate to) to queer experiences to the experiences through racial and gender lenses. you cannot have a one size fits all relatable protagonist without turning them into a blank, uninteresting to watch slate. it is not the job of a protagonist to be relatable, it is the job of a piece of entertainment to engage you. people should not be watching for “relatable”, but rather for entertainment.

@magiiyoo6715

11 ай бұрын

@@DUELISTKlNGDOM as someone who's getting a marketing degree in a few years, i love the way you explained this.

@jacksonfitzsimmons4253

4 ай бұрын

@@DUELISTKlNGDOMSo glad you’re hear to tell other people what they “should” be enjoying in their content

Can I just say as a sex-repulsed asexual I ADORE the content warning! No one ever thinks about putting a content warning for stuff like this. Good job Jarvis! you earned yourself a new follower :))

@thurm64

Жыл бұрын

fun fact: you are extremely valid

Twomad at it again 📻

I remember going into RadioShack and I'm not even 30. Now, Pier 1 being in this picture is.... painful. Pier 1 had such cute things.

@MelodyGardenia

Жыл бұрын

Pier 1 and Modells are unironically good and now i dont wanna shop there anymore because i dont wanna feed this guys disillusioned nonsende

@jakethedragonymaster1235

Жыл бұрын

Woah, Pier 1 as a brand went under? I thought it was just my local one. Rip

@rayafoxr3

Жыл бұрын

I remember I went into Pier 1 Imports as a kid and broke something and had to pay for it :( never went there again. Then it was shut down

@tbuk8350

Жыл бұрын

Pier 1 had some nice stuff, but I'm not sad it's gone. Everything there was incredibly overpriced. I don't think I ended up ever buying anything from them.

as someone who's worked in the social media marketing space, this whole saga makes me want to run into oncoming traffic

@YourPlaywright

Жыл бұрын

any insights?

@xandermin

Жыл бұрын

@@YourPlaywright my main insight is that a lot of marketing people tend to believe that "all impressions are good impressions" is always true when it really isn't, like obviously if your impressions aren't translating to sales you aren't successful. being quirky on twitter won't do anything for your brand if you aren't also establishing a positive connection with consumers. you need to make a positive impression on your target demographic & that'll make them actually look at & buy what you're selling. But a lot of marketing executives are still so stuck in that "all press is good press" mindset. however, imo radioshack's biggest downfall is that there simply isn't enough of a demo for what they're selling, the crypto market has peaked & crashed, so part of what makes their twitter account so cringey *is* that they're trying to sell crypto. putting it simply, there is no demand for their supply.

@snugkhan6374

Жыл бұрын

What company do you work for?

@Kavurcen

Жыл бұрын

adding "the space" to your field for no reason makes me want to run into oncoming traffic, why do this? inflated self importance? I guess if you're a bartender you work in restaurants, but if you are a bartender and think you should have a blog you work "in the restaurant space"

@xandermin

Жыл бұрын

@@Kavurcen it's just a word mate, it's not that deep lol

This is similar to what Doling is doing, but people actually care about Duolingo. Plus Duo is being funny and not creepily sexist like RadioShack.

Radioshack could have been so successful if they had come back as an audiophile merchant. There are groups of people who spend thousands of dollars on high quality audio products and Radioshack would've been a great brand to deliver to that demographic.

Hello. I'm an elder millennial, an Ancestor even, and love Jarvis's content. I had to watch the part about Tai Lopez buying RadioShack and Pier One and turning it into a crypto thing 4x because what the fresh hell. Jarvis is absolute correct - all this attention creates NO conversion. The marketing team are all asshats and we truly live in the darkest tidmeline.

@Izzy-zz4en

Жыл бұрын

oh thank god bc he mentioned everyone being super old then said the "intern" was 30 and I was like ohno I am not welcome here

Weird note, but thank you for talking about how calling social media teams 'interns' is actually not great. As someone who has run large brand accounts for years, people don't realize the amount of work we put in. So thank you much

Your videos always leave me laughing and smiling man

Me new favourite Jarvis is angry Jarvis, he’s not even that angry sounding it’s just so good, all the slightly louder cussing about this. So good, I genuinely want to see slightly angry Jarvis more often