Why I hate Mukbang

Hello and welcome to today's video. Today

I'll be talking about mukbangs and why I

hate them. So as you may know, I don't

really like mukbangs, so I decided to make

a video about why I don't like mukbangs

and why I think they're stupid. I think

it's fairly safe to assume that most

people understand what a mukbang is, but

in case you didn't know, here's a brief

explanation. Basically, it's a trend that

originated in South Korea and it's

actually a combination of 2 Korean words,

eat and broadcast, which then forms the

lovely sounding word mukbang. A mukbang

usually involves an individual sitting in

front of a camera whilst eating a meal of

some sort, whilst his audience, his

viewers, enjoy watching him eating his

meal in front of a camera. It still hasn't

been scientifically proven why these

people enjoy watching someone else eating

food so much. My theory is they aren't

real people and they're actually aliens

that came from a different planet, and the

long journey across the galaxy has

scrambled their minds and caused them to

become mentally challenged. I've always

wondered if mukbang fans would be able to

derive the same amount of enjoyment and

pleasure if they just sat in front of a

mirror and had their food. In a way, I

kind of feel envious of people who are

able to enjoy mukbang content because they

must be really easily entertained. If they

saw a bee fly past, they'd probably wet

their pants. In general, I think mukbang

content appeals to 2 types of people.

Number one, you have the extremely

overweight, obese people who are trying to

lose weight, and instead of stuffing their

own faces, they watch other people stuff

their faces and they have their hunger

cravings satisfied in that way. And in a

world where overweight people are becoming

more and more prevalent, if mukbangers are

helping people lose weight, then I guess

that's a good thing. But you know what's

also a good thing? Actually exercising and

having a healthy, balanced diet. And I

think the second group of people that

mukbang appeals to are the sad, lonely

people who have no friends, and they

actually enjoy the social aspects of

having a virtual dinner date with someone

on YouTube. I think it's kind of sad that

we've come to this point in society where

people are so lonely and isolated that

they feel the need to have a virtual

friend or a virtual dinner date with

someone on the internet. I tried watching

a few mukbang videos, and I just didn't

really get it because when I feel hungry

myself, I don't really want to watch

someone else eating food. Why would I

watch someone else eat food? When I could

be eating it myself and enjoying it

myself. I have a fridge. I have food in my

fridge. If I feel peckish, I'll go over to

my fridge, open it, take out some food,

and make a delicious meal. I like to

compare mukbang to the adult entertainment

industry because when you think about it,

people watch mukbang and people watch

adult videos because they want to be doing

what the people in the videos are doing

themselves. The main difference is when it

comes to food, it's not difficult to just

go over to your fridge and get some food.

On the other hand, if you're single and

you don't have easy access to a woman and

you're too lazy is get out of bed, get on

the train, and go down to your nearest red

light district, your options are kind of

limited. For example, if you wake up one

morning and you're in the mood for some

adult fun, you only have a few choices.

You could either just use your

imagination, or you could open up your

phone, go onto Pornhub, and watch some of

your favorite actresses perform. I've

never woken up in the morning feeling

hungry and thought to myself, hmm, I feel

hungry, let's watch someone eat food. No,

I'll just get out of bed, walk over to the

fridge and get something to eat. Most

people have food in their homes. Most

people don't have a woman stored in their

refrigerator or closet for easy access,

unless you're some kind of crazy person.

At least when it comes to adult videos,

you can actually climax all by yourself

and get some kind of satisfaction from it.

I don't think you could say the same for

mukbang unless you have some kind of

ability where you can actually trick your

body into thinking that it's had something

to eat after watching someone else eat.

Which is actually, now that I think about

it, a pretty nifty trick if you're able to

do that. Unfortunately for me personally,

when I watch other people eat, it just

makes me feel more hungry. If I'm already

feeling hungry, I don't want to watch

something that's just gonna make me feel

even more hungry. At least when it comes

to adult videos, after I finished watching

one, there's a happy ending. I feel

satisfied. I feel as though my man urges

have been quenched. I can't really say the

same for mukbang because after I finished

a mukbang video, I just feel extremely

bored and hungry. I just don't understand

how mukbang is so popular. It's insanely

popular. Millions and millions of people

love watching mukbang videos for whatever

reason. I've seen channels where they've

just completely blown up. They've gone

from 2K subs to 2.4 million subs in under

a year, and he just churns out the same

repetitive mundane garbage every single

day and somehow manages to get millions

and millions of views even though he's

pretty much doing the exact same thing in

every video. The only difference is the

type of food he's stuffing into his smug

fat face that day. You would normally

think that if someone kept uploading the

same kind of repetitive content every

single day, people would start to get

bored. He's going to surely eventually run

out of steam. He's, he's going to start

getting less and less views. But no! His

audience, for some reason, whatever

reason, they just lap it up. They love it.

They don't get tired. Of watching some guy

eating food every day. It's just— it's— I

don't understand these people. I don't

think they're real people. I think they're

bloody aliens. They're bloody mentally

deranged intergalactic aliens, aren't

they? They have to be. What else could

they be? I'm just trying to imagine the

kind of people who actually like mukbang

and watch it unironically. What do they—

what do they think every day? Do they

think— they come home from work, after

school, thinking Oh, I can't wait to

switch on my computer and watch my

favorite mukbang YouTuber. I wonder what

he's going to eat today. Maybe he's going

to eat fried chicken. Maybe he's going to

eat McDonald's. Oh, I'm so excited. I

can't wait. They open up YouTube, they

click on a new mukbang video with

excitement and anticipation. The mukbang

YouTuber does his usual intro, he takes

his first bite into a crispy piece of

chicken, and the viewer is— I don't know—

wetting his pants? With joy. So at this

point you might be thinking, wow, Daniel,

you really hate mukbang, you sound really

jealous. And yes, I am pretty jealous.

I wish I could get millions and millions

of views just from eating my lunch instead

of spending days and days doing these

stupid drawings for pathetic 14k views.

But unfortunately, I didn't have the

hindsight to foresee that people would

actually enjoy watching someone eating

Fucking food in front of a fucking camera.

How many bloody times can someone make

videos about eating pizza before their

audience gets sick and tired of it? Oh no,

I love watching this guy with the

backwards baseball cap on eating pizza.

It was fun and exciting the first time,

and it's still fun and exciting the 402nd

time. So I've decided to create my own

mukbang channel. You know what they say,

if you can't beat them, join them, and I

have joined the ranks of mukbang

YouTubers. You can find my mukbang YouTube

channel here. Here, I'll show you a

picture of the channel. I'll link it in

the description as well. It's Daniel Lord

ASMR, and I've only uploaded a couple

mukbang videos. I think they're very good.

One of them I eat spicy chicken, the other

one I eat some rice balls, and I'm going

to be uploading more videos of me eating

my lunch. Please subscribe. I'm sure it'd

be very, very exciting. Another strange

thing about people who enjoy mukbang

content is they, they seem to enjoy, they

actually like the sounds of chewing and

lip smacking. You know that horrible sound

people make when they put food into their

mouths and they use saliva and their teeth

to churn the food into a disgusting slimy

paste? Yeah, that sound. Some people

actually find that enjoyable and

pleasurable to listen to. I guess if I had

to say something positive about mukbang,

I guess it would be, well, I suppose I

could see the appeal of watching it if

it's a cute hot girl doing the mukbanging.

But then again, if I was really interested

in seeing a hot cute girl, well, there's

other activities I would rather see her

participate in other than the consumption

of food items. So those were my official

opinions on mukbang. I think it's pretty

stupid, pretty dumb, and I hope it's just

some kind of silly trend internet fad

that's going to fade away eventually. But

I just don't think that's going to happen

anytime soon. It's just becoming more and

more popular. People seem to love it, and

I think we're stuck with it. I guess

I just feel a little bit depressed because

that's the kind of rubbish content that

people like. That's what's popular.

People like stupid things, don't they?

Welcome back to my kitchen. Today I'll be

showing you what's inside of my fridge.

We have quite a few things, but the most

important thing is my lunch for today. So

traditional Japanese pizza,

Margherita. Delivering authentic

pizzas with a delicious pizza crust to

your home. Looks quite tasty. Let's pop

it into the oven. Okay, so let's put it

out of the packaging. What can we see?

Oh, we have— that's weird. They give

you this green, green packet of sauce. It

looks like mint sauce. I'm not sure what

you do with this. There's also a little

packet of oxygen absorber and

a cardboard tray, and the pizza is

wrapped— vacuum wrapped in plastic, so

don't worry about it getting dirty. So I

guess we have to open up the pizza like

this.

And hopefully it can actually fit inside

of the oven. The oven's a bit small.

Ta-da! That's a little magic trick you can

show to your friends. Yes, it actually

fits perfectly inside. Look at that, just

the right size. Amazing. Turn on the oven,

let it cook. Okay, I think the pizza is

ready to be taken out of the oven. Let's

have a look. Oh, very tasty looking.

It's beautiful. And here we have the

finished product, margherita pizza,

Japanese traditional pizza. Well, it's not

really a Japanese pizza, it's an Italian

pizza. And we still have the green sauce,

uh, I didn't forget about it. We're going

to put it on top.

Green sauce. Looks very yummy.

And there we have it, my lunch.