Try Guys - who are they?

[wildrice]

I have YouTube tv in place of cable but I rarely use YouTube otherwise. I have no clue what kind of shows exist, so I had never heard of these guys until this broke. I think I did get this news in my feed because gossip and celebrity stuff does get clicks from me though.

[msmerymac]

For probably about a month before the scandal I had heard of them because Food Network was advertising a new show where they traveled the country and tried to make the signature dishes of well-known chefs without any training at all. And I was like... well, I could have a show doing that. So it kind of annoyed me that once again, white men can just kind of fail upwards or something.

[msmerymac]

I guess I mostly watch cat videos on social media.

[glw]

Oct 10, 2022 13:40:54 GMT -5 wawa said:

So, the people who have never heard of the try guys - do you never watch the random videos your facebook or insta feed tries to show you? Do you watch stuff on youtube and go down the "suggested video" rabbit hole? I'm curious if it's just that you don't consume media of this sort (medium length online streaming video) or if your algorithms just never led you this direction?

No and no 

[audette]

I think I've heard of the Try Guys on this board, but never watched any of their videos before.

Which is amusing... I publish medium-length videos on YT for a not-for-profit I volunteer with. But, I pretty much never watch anything on YT unless I'm looking for a how-to, and with those, if they're longer than 5-10 minutes, it's something more complicated than I probably want to tackle myself.


Because of this thread, I looked up the Try Guys try Knitting (a big hobby of mine). And... It was entertaining. Definitely tongue in cheek, and a bit spastic (to me, but I'm an old fuddy-duddy... slowly aging into the group that people think should be knitting...) Not so entertaining that I would seek out their other videos, because I only have so many hours in the day to consume content, but, I can see why folks might follow them.


Also - they're going to have a heck of a time editing out Ned from the videos. The one I watched had the four of them fairly intertwined. They had a bunch of shots with all four of them in it, as well as they decided to make the knitting projects more interesting by knitting for each other in a secret-santa type exchange, so they'd have to explain away why one person knit something for a person no longer in the video, and one person received something from said person. I mean, it could be done, but, it isn't going to be easy.

[Michelle]

Oct 10, 2022 13:40:54 GMT -5 wawa said:

So, the people who have never heard of the try guys - do you never watch the random videos your facebook or insta feed tries to show you? Do you watch stuff on youtube and go down the "suggested video" rabbit hole? I'm curious if it's just that you don't consume media of this sort (medium length online streaming video) or if your algorithms just never led you this direction?

Pretty sure I started out seeing LadyLike videos because they'd pop up on my facebook feed because...I dunno...my cookies suggest I'm into goofy sarcastic girl shit? and then I went and found them on youtube, and then youtube suggested the TryGuys based on that viewing history. And that was aaaaaages ago. When they were still part of buzzfeed I think...

I love the Try Guys. Obviously Eugene is the best. Closely followed by Keith for me. I totally get why Ned fans feel like, shocked and betrayed. I'd like to pretend I was always skeptical of him, and that's why I wasn't a fan, but I wasn't. I just thought he was boring, but actually for real very into his wife and family. Also the whole vibe of the try guys has over time become come to include great anti-toxic-masculinity thing where they're willing to look stupid and do non-manly things without it being that awful homophobic 90's sitcom gag approach. So...I'm not personally betrayed, but as a fan it is surprising.

Despite that, I am sort of amused by the tone of the announcements and videos has been that this is all very.serious.business, but it's easy enough to see where they're coming from when they have a dedicated fanbase that considers themselves invested in their real personal lives (because their personal lives are part of their content) and for them, this IS really serious business. In that it is in fact their literal actual serious business and livelihoods, friendships and families. Good for them for taking a stand, sucks it had to be this public and messy, especially for Ariel.

Pretty much this and Pixy's first reply.

For me, when I hear of The Try Guys, I always think, "Oh that hot Eugene from Buzzfeed and those dudes he does videos with." I don't think that makes me a fan (I'm not a youtube regular), so I'm not in the loop enough to feel betrayed by him.

I thought they did the absolute right thing in their apology video. I also thought it went a little bit long. And that was probably a reflection of the different stages of "grief" that were present. I witnessed Anger, Sadness, and Acceptance on that couch. 

Also, as someone who has witnessed the top executives struggling with managing what they all know is right, but still sad, thing to do - their apology video looked much like what I've observed people processing.

If you're honest and genuine, people are going to make fun of you. SNL is no exception.

[Velar Fricative]

I think how many use YT is how I use Wikipedia. I love the rabbit holes I get sucked into there. I have little desire to try to replicate that on YT.

[tacokick]

Oct 11, 2022 11:10:23 GMT -5 audette said:

Also - they're going to have a heck of a time editing out Ned from the videos. The one I watched had the four of them fairly intertwined. They had a bunch of shots with all four of them in it, as well as they decided to make the knitting projects more interesting by knitting for each other in a secret-santa type exchange, so they'd have to explain away why one person knit something for a person no longer in the video, and one person received something from said person. I mean, it could be done, but, it isn't going to be easy.

I don’t think they are editing him out of existing videos, just the ones they have already filmed with him and not posted yet. I think there are already a few like that out there because that was one thing had tipped off fans that something was off—they saw like his arm in the background but he wasn’t actually in the video.

[quesyrah]

Oct 10, 2022 13:40:54 GMT -5 wawa said:

So, the people who have never heard of the try guys - do you never watch the random videos your facebook or insta feed tries to show you? Do you watch stuff on youtube and go down the "suggested video" rabbit hole? I'm curious if it's just that you don't consume media of this sort (medium length online streaming video) or if your algorithms just never led you this direction?

Pretty sure I started out seeing LadyLike videos because they'd pop up on my facebook feed because...I dunno...my cookies suggest I'm into goofy sarcastic girl shit? and then I went and found them on youtube, and then youtube suggested the TryGuys based on that viewing history. And that was aaaaaages ago. When they were still part of buzzfeed I think...

I love the Try Guys. Obviously Eugene is the best. Closely followed by Keith for me. I totally get why Ned fans feel like, shocked and betrayed. I'd like to pretend I was always skeptical of him, and that's why I wasn't a fan, but I wasn't. I just thought he was boring, but actually for real very into his wife and family. Also the whole vibe of the try guys has over time become come to include great anti-toxic-masculinity thing where they're willing to look stupid and do non-manly things without it being that awful homophobic 90's sitcom gag approach. So...I'm not personally betrayed, but as a fan it is surprising.

Despite that, I am sort of amused by the tone of the announcements and videos has been that this is all very.serious.business, but it's easy enough to see where they're coming from when they have a dedicated fanbase that considers themselves invested in their real personal lives (because their personal lives are part of their content) and for them, this IS really serious business. In that it is in fact their literal actual serious business and livelihoods, friendships and families. Good for them for taking a stand, sucks it had to be this public and messy, especially for Ariel.

I watch all kinds of ridiculous content on Instagram and YouTube and they’ve never come across my feed. I had never heard of them.

I don’t do Facebook other than checking in with a couple of groups I’m in.

[jeaniebueller]

I only usually go on youtube to look up something specific, I don't typically just scroll through it like I do facebook or instagram. And I have very little patience to watch youtube videos in general, i'm just not a youtuber person.

[MrsAxilla]

Oct 10, 2022 13:40:54 GMT -5 wawa said:

So, the people who have never heard of the try guys - do you never watch the random videos your facebook or insta feed tries to show you? Do you watch stuff on youtube and go down the "suggested video" rabbit hole? I'm curious if it's just that you don't consume media of this sort (medium length online streaming video) or if your algorithms just never led you this direction?

I fucked up my algorithms somehow because I only end up in handbag rabbit holes.

[mrsukyankee]

I haven't heard of them probably because the only Try videos I see are the Irish ones (they try food & drink). I also pretty much only watch food or bourbon/whiskey channels and skip anything else that YT tries to send me (which I tend to find irritating at times). That being said, I'm never shocked when something is big and I don't know about it (I also never watch Tiktok unless it's in a video).

[ECB]

Oct 10, 2022 13:40:54 GMT -5 wawa said:

So, the people who have never heard of the try guys - do you never watch the random videos your facebook or insta feed tries to show you? Do you watch stuff on youtube and go down the "suggested video" rabbit hole? I'm curious if it's just that you don't consume media of this sort (medium length online streaming video) or if your algorithms just never led you this direction?

I watch some videos through FB or Insta, but I've never been directed to these guys.  Even my 13 year old, who watches a ton of videos, hasn't heard of them.  I was shocked by that, to be honest!  

[lightbulbsun]

I'm surprised that so many people, even here, are saying the rest of the Try Guys overreacted with firing Ned, and were too emotional about it. This was their friend who they've worked closely with for 8 years, started a company with, and they are friends with his wife and have known her for years.

He jeopardized the company by having an affair with a subordinate. As soon as they found out, they opened an investigation, hired outside HR people, lawyers, etc, to make sure they were doing everything right. When they fired him, they had to buy him out of the company, so he's probably leaving with a good chunk of change. They also had to scrap some of the videos which were already filmed which he was in, and they had to edit him out of other videos, which was losing even more money. Their Food Network show had just premiered and was supposed to be on prime-time Wednesday night, and got moved to Friday morning. They lost sponsors and other work because of the scandal, and they still have a business with 20 people who they need to pay.

I've been a fan since they were on Buzzfeed, and while I'm not personally upset by everything, I can definitely emphasize with the rest of the guys for feeling betrayed. I'm annoyed at the SNL skit because it didn't even mention the boss/subordinate aspect, which was why they had to take such decisive action.

[mrshandy]

Never heard of them. I don't watch random youtube videos. It's funny how different people are in this respect. I just don't have the attention span. I look up instructional videos for things.

I will say that you should watch an entire instructional video before committing to do something. Let me tell you about the time I decided to replace my iPhone 5 screen myself when I saw there was an instructional video on it. One tiny snapped wire later...and my phone was kaput.

[lust2hart]

Oct 12, 2022 8:57:49 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

I haven't heard of them probably because the only Try videos I see are the Irish ones (they try food & drink). I also pretty much only watch food or bourbon/whiskey channels and skip anything else that YT tries to send me (which I tend to find irritating at times). That being said, I'm never shocked when something is big and I don't know about it (I also never watch Tiktok unless it's in a video).

My DH LOVES these videos so at first, that's what I thought all this hubbub was about. After reading an article I quickly realized that was not the case, but yeah, I don't know who The Try Guys are.

[basilosaurus]

My take away here is that people click on suggested videos. I scroll past them as quickly as if it were an ad.

My algorithms are pretty confused anyway. I get a mix of local, in a language I don't happen to know, wherever vpn gets routed through, and a bunch of political ads for places I haven't been to this century. Tell me which of you signed me up for rural Pennsylvania politics!