I can confidently say that this was the funniest video that I've watched thus far with these blog posts. This isn't to discredit the other posts, I just thought this video was goddamn hilarious. I had never heard of this guy before this post, but it was honestly one of the funniest videos I've seen in a while. Alexis also picked the perfect person to personify the superiority theory with the constant belittling of virgins found throughout the video. I thought the way she established how they're seeing themselves as above Skippy was perfect and I couldn't agree more. The guy in the video they're watching is really, REALLY cringe, and I don't usually enjoy react videos because they seem clickbaity, but this one was honestly really funny. The dynamic that Noel and Cody allowed them to play perfectly off of Skippy and solidified their superiority over him, not through not being virgins, but by not being stupidly weird. The explanation of the benign violation theory also works well with the video, and overall its a great post and a really funny video.

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  1. lucyOctober 8, 2018 at 12:02 PM

    Before watching the Cody Ko video I did not think it would be as funny as it was, but I found it hilarious as well and was laughing the whole time. Skippy definitely is the perfect example of the superiority theory because he makes us feel so much better for not acting like that around other people.

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  2. Shane HerronOctober 12, 2018 at 10:30 AM

    I agree! I was definitely laughing out loud, though I was also groaning a good deal of the time. It seems like by taking a risk and going for the big laugh they also found some really big laughs, though at the expense of a fit big misses at well. Maybe that tells us something about risk in comedy.

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