ICYMI: Skibidi Toilet Is An iPad Kid’s Fever Dream

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Candice Lim is joined by Zakiya Gibbons, the host and creator of the reality dating podcast Hang Up. On today’s episode, they explain YouTube’s biggest phenomenon of the past year — Skibidi Toilet. The animated, dystopian web series was created by Alexey Gerasimov, whose toilets have broken the internet and wracked up more than 43.5 million subscribers. Skibidi Toilet’s biggest fans seem to be Gen Alpha, who are congregating around a meme that Gen-Z can’t fully get behind. Therefore, does Skibidi Toilet mark the first internet war between our two youngest generations? This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim. Want more ICYMI? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the ICYMI show page. Or, visit slate.com/icymiplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hey, I'm Candace Limb.
0:44.6	And I'm Zakiah Gibbons, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
0:48.8	In case you missed it.
0:50.6	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:53.4	And Zika, welcome to the show.
0:56.3	You're a podcast host, producer.
0:59.2	You've created great shows like Hang Up and you've worked on great shows like Nancy.
1:02.6	But let us not forget, it's your first time on I see why am I.
1:06.2	Therefore, Zakiya, what's your first internet memory?
1:14.5	Okay. Akea, what's your first internet memory? Oh my God.
1:15.6	Well, first of all, thank you for having me.
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