@womp_tomp
Instagram · Split screen
@womp_tomp first they came for the gamers, and I did not speak out… #politics
@womp_tomp
Instagram · Split screen
@womp_tomp first they came for the gamers, and I did not speak out… #politics
Performance
Video #37221 · Split screen
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The creator delivers a monologue analyzing a news story where a woman was convicted for disorderly conduct after using a racial slur against a man who was filming her. He reveals that the man was later accused of kidnapping and assaulting a minor, with those charges being dismissed. The creator argues that the woman's speech was justified and protected, critiques the justice system's handling of the case, and compares the serendipitous outcome to the Kyle Rittenhouse case.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 55%
FIRST THEY COME FOR THE COD LOBBIES,
Verbal hook · 40%
First, they come for the COD lobbies.
Visual hook · 5%
The video opens with a screenshot of a Call of Duty (COD) video game lobby, which visually grounds the verbal hook and immediately targets a specific audience.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
Begins with a culturally specific, slightly absurd 'slippery slope' argument to frame a current event, making it relatable to a target audience.
Payoff
The final beat delivers a cynical and satirical punchline that validates the audience's pre-existing frustrations with the system being critiqued.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Inverted Outrage Funnel
To present a seemingly straightforward case of wrongdoing, then systematically peel back layers of context to reveal a much deeper, more shocking injustice, culminating in a cynical commentary on systemic failure.
The Surface-Level Conflict
Establishes a clear protagonist and an initial, seemingly straightforward injustice they have suffered (e.g., being convicted for a minor offense).
The Antagonist Re-contextualization
Reveals damning information about the person who was initially framed as the 'victim,' completely inverting the moral dynamic of the conflict.
The Institutional Failure Reveal
Exposes how a larger system (legal, social, etc.) failed to hold the re-contextualized antagonist accountable for their far more severe actions, while punishing the protagonist for a lesser offense.
The Protagonist's Justification
Argues that the protagonist's initial actions were not only legally permissible but morally justified in light of the revealed context.
The Polarizing Parallel
Compares the situation to a well-known, controversial event or figure to anchor the argument in a larger cultural conflict and reinforce the narrative's ideological position.
The Satirical Payoff
Concludes with a sarcastic statement that mocks a perceived societal double standard, framing the protagonist's minor transgression as the 'real crime' to highlight the absurdity of the situation.
first they came for the gamers, and I did not speak out… #politics
title · beginning
FIRST THEY COME FOR THE COD LOBBIES,
title · beginning
EVEN CALL CHILD PREDATORS N BOMBS IRL?
contextual · beginning
SHILOH HENDRIX WAS ACQUITTED OF CHARGES
contextual · middle
BUT THEN CONVICTED OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT
contextual · middle
CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULTING A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL,
contextual · middle
CHARGES WHICH WERE DROPPED WITH NO EXPLANATION.
contextual · middle
KYLE RITTENHOUSE LEVEL SERENDIPITY IF YOU ASK ME.
contextual · end
THE REAL CRIME HERE
Worst, they come for the Good lobbies. Now you can't even call child predators no bombs IRL? What is this world coming to? Shiloh Hendrix was acquitted of charges involving the nine year old, but then convicted of disorderly conduct for insulting the cameraman who was egging her on, getting in her face with the camera, and also happened to recently be charged with kidnapping and assaulting a 16 year old girl? Charges which were dropped with no explanation even though the girl said that they held her against her will for several days and took her shoes so she couldn't run away. So not only is that protected speech under the worst amendment, even if you don't like it, it was orderly conduct. There's no word in the English language vile enough to describe that guy to begin with. Kyle Rittenhouse level serendipity if you you ask me. He lets a few loose in a crowd full of leftists, and it takes out three predators. She implies that guy's subhuman with her speech, and it turns out he actually is. Assuming she even really meant that because he was asking her to say it in the video, which is still the real crime here as a white person using mean language against brown people even though that standard would never be reversed whatsoever. Because those words are harmful and imply someone's less than you, and you should never say that even to a guy who raped a child.