The popular meme ‘Damn Daniel’ has been circulating throughout social media since the original video was posted to Twitter on Monday, Feb. 15. The video features a kid named Daniel looking swagged out while his friend Josh is recording him, complimenting his fresh outfits. It is multiple videos put together with Daniel wearing different outfits which combines to a 30-second video. Each clip has “damn Daniel” or “damn Daniel, back at it again with the white vans” being said by Josh in the background.
Daniel and Josh have recently been on The Ellen Degeneres Show where she interviewed them about the video. Josh told Ellen that the video clips started out as a joke on his Snapchat story. Once his Snapchat followers started liking them, he kept making them every day during school. When the video started getting a lot of views, people started recognizing Daniel when he was out in public and would ask for pictures with him. On Ellen, Daniel ended up receiving a lifetime supply of Vans and Josh was given a new surfboard.
This video is found to be very funny by today’s generation. However, it can easily be taken as a pointless or weird video to older generations. I think it is funny to younger generations because they can relate with Josh and Daniel due to their ages. They are highschool students goofing around about a random thing in between classes, just like most kids their age do. I also think the reason it was found more appealing to a younger generation is because it was first posted on Twitter where the viewers were mainly teens who shared it with other people their age.
Older generations watching the ‘Damn Daniel’ videos might not understand the humor of the video. Aside from the funny voice that Josh uses when speaking in the videos, they might not see the point to the videos. Also, since Snapchat is something used by mainly children, teens, and young adults, parents do not really understand the idea of the Snapchat stories and what types of content people typically post on their stories.
Overall, the video was a huge hit and got a ton of views while being posted by multiple accounts and on multiple social media platforms. There are probably some older generation people who did find the video funny, but it is pretty safe to say it made the biggest impact with younger generations.
