That imagery at 0:40 is a cut layer of a web browser game called “powder game” or something like it, was developed in 2007. I would assume that counts as old internet (god I loved using water, vine, and fire together)
My eyes, my brain, they couldn't even fathom how good all of that was. It captures my simultaneous love/nostalgia and complete distrust of the internet that we grew up in.
saving this video to show my kids what the internet was like when i was a little rascal because somehow perfectly captures the energy. love that our main character is a neet too - very perfect for our perpetually online time. cheers and thank you dearly, never stop.
I know NOTHING about editing or production but even laypeople have to be FLABBER FKINGGHASTED at the amount of time and effort this required while managing to be entertaining all the way through. Thank you for this!
the bit with the plushie slashing really hit home for some reason. the way there's all these borrowed UI elements, as if the main character can only express themselves or understand their life through gaming HUDs and stuff ... at best it's an exaggerated version of the tetris effect; at worst it's childish escapism. the way that all these UI elements are layered over a caricature of techno-capitalism (complete with ETH in the mix) really adds into the escapism angle. it's the whole "if i reframe exercise as stat grinding, i can stomach it" thing. here's the thing; i don't think it's either of those interpretations. i think it's like ... the sharp contrast of things that are seemingly childish (all the video game elements) with the cruel reality of factory work, and the way those two are blending together. it feels like it's saying something about techno-capitalism: how the adolescent age of the internet and freedom is over, and how that technology that shaped our childhood joys has evolved into the tech that shapes our adult lives. the freedom to explore and meet other outcasts online, now the thing that yokes us to the gig economy and reco-algo sludge. the thing that once gave us freedom is now the thing that binds us, and confusingly, it is both at the same time -- it still is a means of escape, in some ways, but the old ways of escapism are getting stamped out by massive corporations. or, tech is the thing that binds us, and it's also what we look to for escape. and the way the video plays in reverse near the end, as if going backwards through time ... some sort of nostalgia loop, kind of another way we're bound here, yearning for whatever the old web was. or maybe it's to say like, once an outcast always an outcast. the kind of brainrot you only have from being online for your entire adolescence. the tweet where someone says "so i have to memorize all these little pictures just to have a conversation with you?". or maybe im looking into it too much. (it's fun though! i like analyzing media.)
MEOWZA!!!… TAKE THIS REDDIT GOLD!!!1111 ...now for real… I honestly didnt really give much thought into that scene, and originally i just thought it would be funny to show the pov of a wagie who gamifies their life lol. but yea you gave this film a whole new meaning with ur comment and ur pov is epic TY👍😼
This feels like both a loveletter to internet culture as well as a pardoy of it's absurdity. A fantastic, holistic capture of how the internet has been shaped throughout the years and has always been a chaotic melting pot of culture, identity, influences, and cats for some reason lol. You captured the early 2000s period, through the 2010s, and up til now, perfectly. As someone who grew up with the internet from the 2000s up til now and is now navigating my way through it as fellow creative, execellent work man. Thank you for your hard working and sharing this with us!
that cod montage in that style was so cold⌚️⌚️⌚️ never thought i’d need a full montage like that but here we are 🌆🌆🌆🌆 someone tell me the song please i don’t want to bother with shazam 🛟🛟🛟🛟 thanks 🏵️
Who is meowballz? To the blind, he’s the light. To the hungry, he’s bread. To the lonely, he’s company. To the sad, he is joy. For me, he’s everything. being a cat fan isn’t just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle
The way you were able to get such a consistent yet chaotic style, having overexposed and oversaturated images with visible pixels blend so well with real images, drawings, and digital art, perfectly encapsulating the internet, along with the catillion different references and perfectly chosen songs and sound effects. This is crack for my eyes and ears.
I watched this with my cat and she just stayed looking at the screen the whole video, so i guess she didn't hate it. This video requires you to be a very specific kind of person that is both a weeb and has been chronically online since 2006 to fully grasp the contents and the feel. You got a very unique vision and a great skill to pull it off.
I'm totally obsessed with this video. It's like someone took all the weird, surreal stuff we find on the internet and mashed it together into this dreamlike sequence. I mean, it's like those 'Average (something)' images, but instead of just combining faces, it's like they're combining our entire online experience. It's thrilling and unsettling at the same time!
THE FUCKING PENDAMONIUM PART KILLED ME BRU You keyframe to tough. Your Swag Too Different. Your rotoscope too crazy. your references too niche. They’ll Kill You. amazing work :)
this is insane. so dense with detail. so high-effort, so good???? blown away by this i could easily watch this for an hour just to soak in all the detail, continuing to find new things to appreciate
the amount of layers of references of basically everything that has come out of my light emitting diodes since my snotty ass was glued to a screen is bonkers. (I originally thought it was gonna be a reference to that one cat food commercial)
This made me really sad. It all feels so familiar. Which is bad. Because my life sucks. The life I live isn't even real. Instead of a childhood I stared at the computer all day because I didn't know anything else and it looked pretty much exactly like that before the tiktok came up and now I am an adult and my life is meaningless and all my relationships with other people fall apart and the only constant in my life is a flood of entertainment and it feels pretty much like this. My life is like Stardew Valley if I didn't have a farm and my life savings was 34 gold and my day ends at 4:39am and my heart level with the other characters can get locked into the negatives. I miss the old technology cuz like those old designs tried to look futuristic as possible and it made it feel like you could step away from it and it was seperate from reality and now you can't escape reality by going on the screen and you cant escape the screen by going to reality. you know what im saying? Having everything from games to socialization to work on the same device and then also all in your pocket really sucks ok. and im a comp sci major and i cant even code a single thing all I know is surface level concepts and theory. its been 3 years. what am I doing. everyone else already knew how to code before highschool. Well I hope this feeling is what you were trying to capture when you made this because thats what I got from it. it made me feel something man. thats art right there man
sometimes i feel self-conscious about how much time i've spent on the internet and how much it has shaped me but this video somehow made me feel better about it, thank you 🐱
love it, I love artsy stuff like this because it reminds me of the early 2000's, being a kid, carelessly living what I just watched, a 5 minute montage of pure awesomeness. :3
Genuinely one of the best things I've seen in recent memory. The nostalgia of the early 2000's and the way this puts me at ease with the chaotic-ness of it. I need to be reminded to come back to this later.
I think this is what you'd see if you distilled the internet down into liquid form and then injected it into your bloodstream. I need another hit. *Presses replay
This is extremely impressive, and the references in it are from obscure places it is a unique experience to see random content slop represented here in such a funny way. nice work, everything about this was a joy to watch
I love how theres a lot happening but the timing is so smooth it doesn't feel oversaturated at all. Perfect for my gen z brain. Great work I'll subscribe 🧡
meowballz please help me. i have had The Body of Earthling (both versions) on repeat since i discovered this video and first commented a day ago. i literally cant listen to anything else. that song just grabs my soul and pulls me back every time i think about venturing out. i think i have watched meow mix at least ten times now. you have both blessed and cursed me
this is like. the actual internet like this is the entire internet every corner of every spot of the internet in 4 minutes!! I love this a lot!!!!!! it’s really cool and shows how the internet contrasts so crazily in so many places, the happiness and dopamine and nostalgia of it mixed with the fear and scams and addiction.. I love how this doesn’t appear to have a stance on whether the internet is “good” or “bad”, it’s just a beautiful creation made of so many people’s lives and interests
2:58 this is the absolute best part imo, flipping love this type of chaotic aesthetic, and the music just makes it all the better, your taste is immaculate keep it up 🥹🙏✨
That hand-drawn CoD edit with the pixel sorting and flawless smooths hits different. the smearing on the guns and everything... You are truly a master of your craft. The entire video showcases such a diverse skillset that it's hard to believe one person did all the visuals. It must have taken FOREVER. I love it, thank you for this.
i love art that could only exist because of the internet. meaning this fucking rules sm
Woah mallbat O_o
you’re here!! not too surprised tbh :3
*I*
I LOVE YOU MALLBAT ❤
Currently shitong on the toilet😢
@@chickenpie8016same
they callin me a neanderthal, the way i just discovered fire
stealing this bar
bro cooked with this line ngl
stealing this
meownderthal...
this was the hardest bar EVER oml
The whiplash mix between 2000-2010s nostalgia and brand new modern memes
I've never seen such this charming of a portrayal of what it's like to be chronically online
I love being chronically online
Now that I think about it. This definitively seems New Internet rather than old internet I think.
@@randomuserinthre its a great mix of 2000s(windows xp/vista & new internet) literally im like the exact right age and audience for this video lmao
That imagery at 0:40 is a cut layer of a web browser game called “powder game” or something like it, was developed in 2007. I would assume that counts as old internet (god I loved using water, vine, and fire together)
@@Sunny-oj8xj omg i loved that game as a kid
ai can never replace this
Omg shimeji profile pic hello 🐟
@@levi3720 hii
i also have a tkmiz profile picture you blokes just don't know where it's from
my mom said i have to come back on here and say sorry for calling you guys blokes...
tru
Editing even 15 seconds of this would take an hour.
much more...
I feel like I just watched the entire life of a 25 years old
As a 24, almost 25 year old, you are basically spot on with this!
Yep :T
25 yo. yeag. basically.
same.. lol
not far off!
how is this the most accurate depiction of life in the 21st century ever concocted
because cooking 🔥
chronically online + skill + creativity + maidenless = masterpieces
any questions?
@@Kipplzwill getting a maiden at any point disable the ability to make masterpieces
@@Zackwashacked not really, but they will be more rare, their impact will be around a 25%-30% debuff
It's not, just the internet
I adore the retro aesthetic in combo with some 2024 sprinkles like tik tok voice or screen time notification. Absolutely killing it
My eyes, my brain, they couldn't even fathom how good all of that was. It captures my simultaneous love/nostalgia and complete distrust of the internet that we grew up in.
I honestly couldn’t of described this feeling any better
The mix of glitch art + watercolors + doodles is genius
This is like every era of the internet rolled up into a single video
I want goggles that make life look like this
those are called drugs
Appel vision pro
pyrovision goggles
@@ivyskegg no like literally this is meowballz vision
bro wants to have maladaptive daydreaming disorder
aliens will call this the greatest achievement of mankind
I call it that
They better
guess i'm alien.. beep blorp..
saving this video to show my kids what the internet was like when i was a little rascal because somehow perfectly captures the energy. love that our main character is a neet too - very perfect for our perpetually online time. cheers and thank you dearly, never stop.
showed this to an epileptic friend and he instagibbed in one frame like a halflife scientist
this is the funniest youtube comment ive ever read
were there low bitrate gib sounds too?
I'm dying xD
i think my brain chemistry is permanently fucked now thank you
my brain is gone after this and i love it
Peak Brainrot
this is just peak. the song, the animation, its so overwhelming, but also comprehensible at the same time
what a vibe
recognizing all the little sounds and icons/ui elements from games reminds me of those memes where they would slap like 15 HUDs into one image
"this will be gaming in 2013"
incredible historical document
I know NOTHING about editing or production but even laypeople have to be FLABBER FKINGGHASTED at the amount of time and effort this required while managing to be entertaining all the way through. Thank you for this!
0:54 "Frontshots or Backshots? experts weigh in" didn't know meow news channel was freaky like that
The correct answer, as always, is trickshots
"Sugar is sooo tasty (ima freak hmu)" real
the bit with the plushie slashing really hit home for some reason. the way there's all these borrowed UI elements, as if the main character can only express themselves or understand their life through gaming HUDs and stuff ... at best it's an exaggerated version of the tetris effect; at worst it's childish escapism. the way that all these UI elements are layered over a caricature of techno-capitalism (complete with ETH in the mix) really adds into the escapism angle. it's the whole "if i reframe exercise as stat grinding, i can stomach it" thing.
here's the thing; i don't think it's either of those interpretations. i think it's like ... the sharp contrast of things that are seemingly childish (all the video game elements) with the cruel reality of factory work, and the way those two are blending together. it feels like it's saying something about techno-capitalism: how the adolescent age of the internet and freedom is over, and how that technology that shaped our childhood joys has evolved into the tech that shapes our adult lives. the freedom to explore and meet other outcasts online, now the thing that yokes us to the gig economy and reco-algo sludge. the thing that once gave us freedom is now the thing that binds us, and confusingly, it is both at the same time -- it still is a means of escape, in some ways, but the old ways of escapism are getting stamped out by massive corporations. or, tech is the thing that binds us, and it's also what we look to for escape.
and the way the video plays in reverse near the end, as if going backwards through time ... some sort of nostalgia loop, kind of another way we're bound here, yearning for whatever the old web was. or maybe it's to say like, once an outcast always an outcast. the kind of brainrot you only have from being online for your entire adolescence. the tweet where someone says "so i have to memorize all these little pictures just to have a conversation with you?".
or maybe im looking into it too much. (it's fun though! i like analyzing media.)
MEOWZA!!!… TAKE THIS REDDIT GOLD!!!1111 ...now for real… I honestly didnt really give much thought into that scene, and originally i just thought it would be funny to show the pov of a wagie who gamifies their life lol. but yea you gave this film a whole new meaning with ur comment and ur pov is epic TY👍😼
Damn that honestly ties this entire video together ngl 👍
golden words for a golden video tbh wow
great analysis, thanks!
I can relate to this perspective
I need a feature film length version, a personal private theater and a bag of mushrooms… that would fix me ik it
this whole video’s “plot” has the cohesiveness of a dream
This feels like both a loveletter to internet culture as well as a pardoy of it's absurdity. A fantastic, holistic capture of how the internet has been shaped throughout the years and has always been a chaotic melting pot of culture, identity, influences, and cats for some reason lol. You captured the early 2000s period, through the 2010s, and up til now, perfectly. As someone who grew up with the internet from the 2000s up til now and is now navigating my way through it as fellow creative, execellent work man. Thank you for your hard working and sharing this with us!
meow
meow
dude just say its cool
@@even6978 how about trying to grow up and realizing experiences can be more than just "cool"
that cod montage in that style was so cold⌚️⌚️⌚️ never thought i’d need a full montage like that but here we are 🌆🌆🌆🌆
someone tell me the song please i don’t want to bother with shazam 🛟🛟🛟🛟 thanks 🏵️
Who is meowballz? To the blind, he’s the light. To the hungry, he’s bread. To the lonely, he’s company. To the sad, he is joy. For me, he’s everything. being a cat fan isn’t just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle
The way you were able to get such a consistent yet chaotic style, having overexposed and oversaturated images with visible pixels blend so well with real images, drawings, and digital art, perfectly encapsulating the internet, along with the catillion different references and perfectly chosen songs and sound effects. This is crack for my eyes and ears.
This is actually the best animation I've ever seen. Its literally the perfect representation of the modern day internet and I love it!
It’s a masterpiece of experiences.
2:01 seeing bomb rush cyberfunk was something i didnt know i needed
I think what I love most about this video is that its so complex I have no fucking clue how it was made, big ups meowballz and mello eun 🤭
This is unironically one of the most profound things I have seen in a long time, what the hell?
man i cant imagine the amount of effort that went into making this edit of this length.
most unique editing styles i've ever seen.
the animated 50 cal went so hard
It had the wrong sound effect when it fired though. I expect the good ol 50cal instead I got the mw2 intervention. -500 social credit
@@masonhales gr8test sound to bless earth brah
@@masonhales video ruined
I watched this with my cat and she just stayed looking at the screen the whole video, so i guess she didn't hate it. This video requires you to be a very specific kind of person that is both a weeb and has been chronically online since 2006 to fully grasp the contents and the feel. You got a very unique vision and a great skill to pull it off.
thank you im so happy to bring u and ur cat together
I keep coming back to this video because it's so good
as someone with horrible attention span and works with computers everyday. This is hands down fucking awesome. meow
3:45
"Your screen time was up 600% this week, for an average of 31 hours and 70 minutes a day" 😭
slightly active
@@lawrencfgsdfg this screen time is relatable to me
So, a week ago, their screentime was 5.3~ hours a day lmao
came for the thumbnail but this is even better than the 5 min cod edit i was expecting
1000mg of concentrated awesomeness
its the 20m guy 🤑🤑
omg hi
Dialed in as usual lol
I'm totally obsessed with this video. It's like someone took all the weird, surreal stuff we find on the internet and mashed it together into this dreamlike sequence. I mean, it's like those 'Average (something)' images, but instead of just combining faces, it's like they're combining our entire online experience. It's thrilling and unsettling at the same time!
The thumbnail made me think this was some goofy CSGO montage, why is this genuinely one of the best pieces of art I've ever seen?
As an upcoming Indie Game Dev, you’ve just given me a horrible idea.
We were all thinking it
oh word?? what kinda things like in general would you make
@@noodlz.mp4819 OH WORD
I hope you'd cook well
upcoming indie dev (hasn't even started yet)
Actual mp4 footage taken directly from a catgirls head
I said "Meow mix" 4 times today while talking to a customer at work. My phone picked it up and recommended this video. Good stuff.
this is what using light mode on websites looks like by the way
💀
i can't tell if this is meant to be an insult to light mode or not
@@Pwnz0rServer2009 lel
didn't expect a "the design is very human" reference here.
A bunch of references are here lmao, Moistkritical even
@@donnycorn3086 isn't that like a whole point of this video
@@aftsfm ???
Can you timestamp that?
@@sentientarugula2884 2:24
I am now happy because i watched this. Not some fulfillment nonsense but im smiling and leg bouncing rn.
THE FUCKING PENDAMONIUM PART KILLED ME BRU
You keyframe to tough. Your Swag Too Different. Your rotoscope too crazy. your references too niche. They’ll Kill You.
amazing work :)
WORK TIME FUN FAN!!!1 💪 hi
the rotoscopes make me JELLY
this just might be the best youtube video i've ever seen. this is not a joke.
if i could only get to see one thing ever and nothing else i would choose this.
this cured my adhd and then simultaneously gave it back to me many times over, awesome
4:55 OF PURE EUPHORIA
this is insane. so dense with detail. so high-effort, so good???? blown away by this
i could easily watch this for an hour just to soak in all the detail, continuing to find new things to appreciate
I've literally found a gem, please, don't stop making this, it's pure creativity and 99.9%cats!!1
the amount of layers of references of basically everything that has come out of my light emitting diodes since my snotty ass was glued to a screen is bonkers. (I originally thought it was gonna be a reference to that one cat food commercial)
watching this in my bed in a dark room is truly the experience
at this point i think this is therapy for me. How could someone make something so perfect boggles my mind...
the use of kittie too............very perfect........
watching this felt like an eternity
Im SO glad this video was in my recommendations...
i hope your professors gave you a 10000/100
This made me really sad. It all feels so familiar. Which is bad. Because my life sucks. The life I live isn't even real. Instead of a childhood I stared at the computer all day because I didn't know anything else and it looked pretty much exactly like that before the tiktok came up and now I am an adult and my life is meaningless and all my relationships with other people fall apart and the only constant in my life is a flood of entertainment and it feels pretty much like this. My life is like Stardew Valley if I didn't have a farm and my life savings was 34 gold and my day ends at 4:39am and my heart level with the other characters can get locked into the negatives. I miss the old technology cuz like those old designs tried to look futuristic as possible and it made it feel like you could step away from it and it was seperate from reality and now you can't escape reality by going on the screen and you cant escape the screen by going to reality. you know what im saying? Having everything from games to socialization to work on the same device and then also all in your pocket really sucks ok. and im a comp sci major and i cant even code a single thing all I know is surface level concepts and theory. its been 3 years. what am I doing. everyone else already knew how to code before highschool. Well I hope this feeling is what you were trying to capture when you made this because thats what I got from it. it made me feel something man. thats art right there man
Same
💯
It's never too late ❤
wow, I thought I was the only person incapable of coding in college
it's not the only way to go though
at least your not selling fent to kids :)
Genuinely the most incredible editing work ive seen on the platform. A most delectable video...
Thank you for summarizing the past 16 years of my life.
Why is this like one of the best videos I have ever seen.
The ammount of effort ist insane and the execution beyond perfect.
hearing mother 3 sound effects overlaying miku music while puppets are beat the hell up after just seeing like 4 ngo stickers is crazy
sometimes i feel self-conscious about how much time i've spent on the internet and how much it has shaped me but this video somehow made me feel better about it, thank you 🐱
This is why I would never let my cat use the computer. Tough world
Whenever I click on the video wanting to watch my favourite parts, I always accidentally watch the entire thing.
this has to be one of the best pieces of art i have ever seen
love it, I love artsy stuff like this because it reminds me of the early 2000's, being a kid, carelessly living what I just watched, a 5 minute montage of pure awesomeness.
:3
Genuinely one of the best things I've seen in recent memory. The nostalgia of the early 2000's and the way this puts me at ease with the chaotic-ness of it. I need to be reminded to come back to this later.
Genuinely I think the best UA-cam video I’ve ever seen
POWDER GAME RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING LETS GOOOOOO
I come back to this every now and then to keep myself awake. Been working wonders.
I think this is what you'd see if you distilled the internet down into liquid form and then injected it into your bloodstream.
I need another hit.
*Presses replay
This is extremely impressive, and the references in it are from obscure places it is a unique experience to see random content slop represented here in such a funny way. nice work, everything about this was a joy to watch
I LOVE THIS MISH-MASH OF DIFFERENT AESTHETICS
How is this not on the trending page yet. This is amazing.
5 minutes that sum up all of human technically achievements.
God bless
this goes so hard omg, the fight animation??? the style swapping every second in the bomb rush cyberfunk seciton!!!? SO cool :0
born too late to explore the world, born too early to explore the universe, born just in time to experience meow mix
I love how theres a lot happening but the timing is so smooth it doesn't feel oversaturated at all. Perfect for my gen z brain. Great work I'll subscribe 🧡
this lowkey made me tear up not even kidding
This is one of the most impressive things I've seen in a long time
MEOW
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
:3
crazy visuals and a wonderful snapshot of the internet past and present and how we interact with it. absolutely bonkers, never stop making art
it's amazing how you managed to combine the hellhole that is right now and 2000-2010s stuff. also pien cat spotted 3:01
Also at 2:41 !!
@@skellywareproductions9875 woah how did i not notice that
meowballz please help me. i have had The Body of Earthling (both versions) on repeat since i discovered this video and first commented a day ago. i literally cant listen to anything else. that song just grabs my soul and pulls me back every time i think about venturing out. i think i have watched meow mix at least ten times now. you have both blessed and cursed me
this is like. the actual internet like this is the entire internet every corner of every spot of the internet in 4 minutes!! I love this a lot!!!!!! it’s really cool and shows how the internet contrasts so crazily in so many places, the happiness and dopamine and nostalgia of it mixed with the fear and scams and addiction.. I love how this doesn’t appear to have a stance on whether the internet is “good” or “bad”, it’s just a beautiful creation made of so many people’s lives and interests
2:58 this is the absolute best part imo, flipping love this type of chaotic aesthetic, and the music just makes it all the better, your taste is immaculate keep it up 🥹🙏✨
ty takobeanie😮
this is such a fucking masterpiece bro im enamored
I was expecting a ‘tf2 funnies’ style cs montage and I got whatever the fuck this banger was. would watch again
I can’t show anyone this because if they knew I found this amazing they would put me in a hospital.
you ever see something so filled with passion, love,creativity and humor that it literally just makes your jaw drop to the floor? this is amazing
That hand-drawn CoD edit with the pixel sorting and flawless smooths hits different. the smearing on the guns and everything... You are truly a master of your craft. The entire video showcases such a diverse skillset that it's hard to believe one person did all the visuals. It must have taken FOREVER. I love it, thank you for this.
this is too high quality for today's age
You can use this video as the control for how many people will just randomly dislike stuff, this is the highest accomplishment a video can attain
the whole video was visually stunning, but I'm a sucker for watercolor and that fight sequence really tickled me something pretty
icould watch this so many times and not get bored ever