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Today saw a very good example of how sam hyde is the kind of funny Ian was, but just far better at it and without abandoning it.
He uploaded one of his new smug opinion videos in a 7:2 aspect ratio without directly addressing it which is just fucking hilarious on so many levels.


For those of you who had the good fortune to never have to suffer through film school snobs i'll explain the joke. Normal widescreen is 16:9, that's what movies and youtube are in and it works well because it's generally how human vision sees things (two eyes side by side = wide)
Then there's ultra wide which is 2.4:1, it's a lot wider and almost always used by self righteous cunts who want their movie to look more art housey and serious. The only advantage is for wide landscape shots. Often it's just achieved by putting black bars at the top and bottom of a normal video.

Not only did sam take that same concept to an absurd extreme he did it on probably the least appropriate video for it: Him sitting there in a chair talking. Something where a vertical phone framing would suffice. Basically implying that what he's saying in his shitty warehouse is super important.
This is exactly the kind of subtle joke Ian used to do really well with, especially in bad unboxing. It trusts the audience to get it without having it explained, and it makes the one who did it look like the idiot to those who don't get the joke (a risk ian is not willing to take anymore).
Sam is everything Ian could have been and threw away. There's no doubt that's part of why ian can't stand him.
He uploaded one of his new smug opinion videos in a 7:2 aspect ratio without directly addressing it which is just fucking hilarious on so many levels.


For those of you who had the good fortune to never have to suffer through film school snobs i'll explain the joke. Normal widescreen is 16:9, that's what movies and youtube are in and it works well because it's generally how human vision sees things (two eyes side by side = wide)
Then there's ultra wide which is 2.4:1, it's a lot wider and almost always used by self righteous cunts who want their movie to look more art housey and serious. The only advantage is for wide landscape shots. Often it's just achieved by putting black bars at the top and bottom of a normal video.

Not only did sam take that same concept to an absurd extreme he did it on probably the least appropriate video for it: Him sitting there in a chair talking. Something where a vertical phone framing would suffice. Basically implying that what he's saying in his shitty warehouse is super important.
This is exactly the kind of subtle joke Ian used to do really well with, especially in bad unboxing. It trusts the audience to get it without having it explained, and it makes the one who did it look like the idiot to those who don't get the joke (a risk ian is not willing to take anymore).
Sam is everything Ian could have been and threw away. There's no doubt that's part of why ian can't stand him.