The video succeeds by tapping into a relatable, cynical sentiment about the college experience, which encourages engagement through shared experiences and debate in the comments.
Summary
A creator makes a cynical joke about college freshmen believing they have found their permanent friend group. The video uses a humorous, slightly dark tone to comment on the transient nature of early college relationships.
Structure
1Creator displays text about freshmen finding their people
2Creator asks if they love each other
3Creator delivers a cynical punchline about the impermanence of those friendships
On-screen text
seeing first semester freshmen saying they “found their people”
Transcript
You guys love each other, huh? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that's sweet. That will go away. You cannot trust anybody ever.
Original caption
Just wait until The Horrors reveal themselves #college #freshman #syracuse #university #syracuseuniversity