Skibidi Toilet Is An iPad Kid’s Fever Dream

ICYMI

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3.8 • 678 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	Hey, I'm Candace Limb.
0:15.1	And I'm Zakiah Gibbons, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
0:19.0	In case you missed it.
0:22.6	Slate's podcast about internet culture. And Zakiya, welcome to the show.
0:26.6	You're a podcast host, producer.
0:28.6	You've created great shows like Hang Up and you've worked on great shows like Nancy, but let us not forget, it's your first time on ICYMI.
0:36.6	Therefore, Zika, what's your first time on I.CY. Am I. Therefore, Zakiya, what's your first internet memory?
0:44.7	Oh my God. Well, first of all, thank you for having me. My first internet memory, okay, do you
0:51.2	remember those AIM buddy icons, like those avatar thingies?
0:55.9	Yes.
0:56.6	Like very rudimentary, like cartoon-looking things.
0:59.2	I remember sitting at my computer and scouring the hundreds of options looking for the perfect one.
1:08.8	And then I landed on one that just spoke to my soul. It was this little
1:13.0	cartoon figure with a thought bubble that said, do you eat soup or drink it? And my elementary
1:19.1	school self was like, yes, philosophy, yes, deep introspection. This speaks to my soul. She is her.
1:26.2	That is me. So that's my earliest internet memory. Oh my God. That is how I felt
1:32.2	in like 2012 when I saw the phrase keep calm and carry on. And I was like, damn, those Brits,
1:39.6	they got it. They're on to something. Exactly. Well, that is a great internet memory. I so far
1:46.7	am loving the vibe. Therefore, I think this is a good question to ask you. It is the last week of
1:52.4	August, which to me means summer is kind of over. Therefore, I wanted to ask, what was your song
1:59.6	of this summer? Do you even believe in having a song of the summer?
2:03.0	Oh my gosh.
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