@morganhoong
Instagram · Yap
@morganhoong if i don’t see it, i don’t think it exists #ucberkeley #berkeley
@morganhoong
Instagram · Yap
@morganhoong if i don’t see it, i don’t think it exists #ucberkeley #berkeley
Performance
Video #35884 · Yap
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The creator tells a personal story about her surprising realization, two years into her time at UC Berkeley, that white people attended the university. She explains this was because she was a computer science and data science major who never went out, and her classes were almost exclusively filled with Asian students. The story concludes with her humorously describing the moment she walked through the fraternity row and felt like Christopher Columbus discovering a new population on campus.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 55%
I didn't know white people went to UC Berkeley until two years into college.
Verbal hook · 40%
I didn't know white people went to UC Berkeley until two years into college.
Visual hook · 5%
A medium close-up, direct-to-camera shot where the creator makes immediate and sustained eye contact, creating a personal and conversational feel.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
An outlandish or counter-intuitive personal statement that creates immediate curiosity and a 'how/why' question in the viewer's mind.
Payoff
A final, concise punchline that humorously summarizes the narrator's previous ignorance and provides a satisfying, comedic resolution to the story.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Bubble Burst Anecdote
Presenting a seemingly absurd personal belief, justifying it by describing a niche environment, and then humorously recounting the moment that belief was shattered by reality.
The Preemptive Justification
Immediately follow the hook with a qualifying statement or caveat. This builds credibility by acknowledging the absurdity of the initial claim and provides the initial context for the 'bubble' the narrator lives in.
The Environmental Proof
Provide a specific, vivid example from the narrator's isolated environment that logically explains how their skewed perspective was formed. This makes the unbelievable believable within a specific context.
The Catalyst for Change
Narrate a specific event or moment where the narrator ventures outside their bubble and encounters a reality that directly contradicts their belief, setting the stage for the climax.
The Hyperbolic Realization
Describe the moment of epiphany using a humorous and exaggerated analogy or comparison. This serves as the story's climax and the core comedic moment.
if i don’t see it, i don’t think it exists #ucberkeley #berkeley
title · beginning
I didn't know white people went to UC Berkeley until two years into college.
Didn't know white people went to UC Berkeley until two years into college. To be fair, I never went out. And I was also studying computer science and data science. Because in retrospect, I was trying to figure out why I didn't know white people went to UC Berkeley until I was, like, sitting in a data science lecture one day. And I look around, and there's not a single other person from any other race in there other than Asian people. Anyway, one day I was walking home on frat row, and I felt like I was fucking Christopher Columbus discovering fucking white people went to UC Berkeley. Like, damn. Y'all been hiding here the whole time?