I hadn’t considered there was a YouTube community for funky bops until now…
his youtube icon is a cartoon depiction of himself doing the soyface
holy fucking shit
I met someone who had 100s of these things, a whole wall with shelves filled with them, really overwhelming
oh hey whats up ellen, i was happy to have you over. sorry you didnt enjoy my funko collection. honestly i was a little worried you might walk away with that impression and i was really kicking myself thinking about what an idiot i am for only showing you my secondary funkos. i should have lead strong and shown you my first round draft picks but i keep those locked up in a temperature controlled environment and as i explained to you when you were over, my mother wont let me go into the wine cellar when she isnt home
I’m wondering if Funko Pops are a psy-op by miniature wargames, scale model, and gunpla manufacturers to make customers feel less ashamed of their piles of shame.
Like I have too much stuff in my backlog, but not “100s of unopened product taking up several shelves.” I have maaaybe a bookcase if I assemble everything without painting it.
I have more respect for hardcore otaku weebs that have girly resin kits on their goon cave desk.
Uphold anti-funko trumpian thought
That’s his name. This fucking guy. There was a video about some netflix show called The Electric State which included a clip of him. He was fawning over Mr. Peanut being a main character, sitting in front of his wall of funko pops wearing a Disney sweatshirt, saying “You ready for this one? Mr. Peanut. He’s actually the reason I’ve been so excited about this movie because if you guys don’t know I am a big fan of advertising characters”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ42XBEEtUE&t=586
It was the most treatlerite thing I’ve seen in a while. He built a pharaoh’s tomb to treats.
3.26m subscribers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHUZl8Y-Kc16T6fV_KDpKGQ
He’s probably making $50-100k+ per month selling his soul to soy, plus whatever marketing deals and affiliate link income he’s making hawking this shit. The algorithm rewards people who go full Mr. Beast in their persona. That eventually becomes this very bleak thing:
edit: There are 61 videos in the Funko Soda Openings playlist. Every thumbnail could be a soypoint emoji.
The thing that always kept me from being tempted to do this even cynically is that there’s simply no way that shit stays contained, it has to poison you.
JFC is this just an elaborate bit? Seems almost too on-the-nose. I get it that he’s milking the algorithm and likely making more money in a month than I’ll make in my entire life. But at that point with that much fuck you money, I’d retire from Funko Slops and switch to something more enjoyable.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
