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Length · 24 Feb 2026
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Video #21251 · Yap

Relatable monologue about college classesfrom @delamomanny

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Overview

The creator speaks directly to the camera, delivering a comedic and relatable monologue about the notorious difficulty of organic chemistry in college. He uses hyperbole and cultural references, like comparing the class to the Vietnam War and referencing King Von, to joke about how the course universally forces STEM majors to switch their degree to business.

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Simple outline

  1. 1State relatable niche trauma
  2. 2Make extreme historical comparison
  3. 3Deliver structured thematic joke
  4. 4Escalate with pop-culture reference
  5. 5End on rhetorical punchline

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook · 15%

Taking o-chem in college

Verbal hook · 80%

If you used to be a STEM major in college, there's always that one class that made you switch, and it was organic chemistry.

Visual hook · 5%

Close-up shot of the creator wearing distinctive round glasses and a black baseball cap, speaking directly and expressively to the camera.

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Hook template

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If you used to be a [ambitious student identity], there’s always that one [notoriously difficult class] that made you switch to [unexpected backup major].

  • — If you used to be a pre-med student, there’s always that one organic chemistry class that made you switch to business.
  • — If you used to be a computer science major, there’s always that one algorithms class that made you switch to marketing.
  • — If you used to be an architecture student, there’s always that one studio critique that made you switch to psychology.

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

Directly addressing a specific demographic and immediately identifying their shared, universal pain point to establish instant rapport.

Payoff

A final rhetorical question that cleverly merges the original subject with the pop-culture reference, creating a memorable, highly quotable closing thought.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Hyperbolic Shared-Trauma Monologue

Hooking a specific demographic with a universally acknowledged pain point and escalating the description of that pain point using increasingly absurd, hyperbolic pop-culture comparisons.

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    The Absurd Escalation

    Comparing the mundane relatable experience to an extreme, high-stakes scenario to establish a hyperbolic comedic tone.

  2. 2

    The Inside Joke

    Delivering a classic setup-and-punchline joke that validates the initial premise and rewards the target audience's insider knowledge.

  3. 3

    The Pop-Culture Pivot

    Introducing a seemingly unrelated, highly recognizable pop-culture reference to describe the intensity of the original subject.

Themes

  • College struggles
  • Shared trauma
  • Academic difficulty
  • Major switching

Techniques

  • Direct address
  • Hyperbole
  • Cultural references

Trends

  • Relatable college humor
  • STEM vs Business major jokes

Post caption

O-chem was hard now I do accounting

Text overlays

  • contextual · throughout

    Taking o-chem in college

Transcript

If you used to be a STEM major in college, there's always that one class that made you switch, and it was organic chemistry. Like, bro, people would talk about no chem like it was like it was the Vietnam War. We had a running joke. Like, what do you call somebody who took o chem last quarter? A business major. Because people you would think King Von taught that class the way people talked about organic chemistry, about o chem. Like, is it is this o chem or o block?

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