Staying Hip

"*I kind of need you guys to think I'm hip so I can continue teaching you proper etiquette.*"
―Erik
Staying Hip is the 86th lesson of Internet Comment Etiquette. It was released on September 7, 2018.

## Summary

Erik is upset because he doesn't know what "yeet" means, so Alexa and Robot make fun of him.

Erik displays his Hip Points, which is down to just 1 point. He finds a video of Hamster Dance, which is what used to pass as hip. He sends the commenters to goatse, another thing that was hip back then. He looks a r/DeepFriedMemes to look at what sort of memes have become popular and gives them a DEEP FRIED 🅱️OATSE and gets 7 points.

He goes over to Twitch to try and understand it. He thinks its lame, which gives him 8 points. He opens up Second Life, plays as a giant Hillary Clinton head, gets kicked, and loses 6 points.

Instead he learns about depression jokes. He watches a video about them and sees that all the comments getting upset at normal people. Erik leaves a comment wishing that he didn't bottle up his depression so he could be cool too. Complaining about it brings him up to 35 points.

Next Erik looks at Snapchat. He has his Twitter followers add him. About a hundred students add him and send him nonsense, so he sends them all goatse and gets 10 points. Then Erik goes to Discord and finds a channel about his show. He invites his Twitter followers to join him there and asks them how to stay hip. One suggests flaming hot meat on his face while another one figures out that he's making a video. Erik decides to send them a link to the video he's working on but it's actually just goatse. He goes up to 50 points. The Discord goes to hell and Erik leaves.

Erik checks to see if butt chugging is still hip and leaves a comment on a butt chugging video. His Hit Points fluctuate as he types it until landing on a grand total of 69 points.

## Comments

*Haha ahh this brings back such wonderful memories from the good old days of the internet; Netscape Navigator, AOL instant messenger, and my personal favorite, goatse.cx! Anybody else remember goatse? You know the picture of the guy spreading his butthole all open? Man I had so much fun back then tricking people into visiting that website. Nowadays the only thing that makes me hesitant to click a link is whether or not some Russian dude's on the other end about to steal my credit card information. On a completely unrelated note check out this awesome new website I just found called goatsedance.com! It's way cuter than these dumbass hamsters don't forget to sign the guestbook!*
- Erik

*oops i think i cooked this one 🅱️edium rare*
- CuckPatrol69

*HEY WHAT KINDA DOG YOU GOT**I TRIED TO MIX TWO DOGS AND GOT A VET BILL INSTEAD*
- curiousbetsytwitch

*I'm so old that I remember when it was cool to be a normie. Now all you depressed kids are the cool ones and I look like a loser just cause I have a job and a girlfriend. If I knew it was gonna be cool to joke about my depression I wouldn't have bottled it up all those years ago and probably saved myself a couple ulcers.**Anyway if you wanna see the saddest website on the planet just check out goatsedance.com. It'll give you deep fried depression one love I hate myself and this comment's definitely the cheapest therapy session I've ever had (\_)\_)::::::::😦*
- Erik

*Hey guys check out my snapchat, it's yogaboy69*
- @commentiquette

*Hey guys check out my discord https://discordapp.com/invite/UpWD7FA*
- @commentiquette

*Dude nice chug! I haven't seen someone reverse birth a brew like that since I got fired from my college for showing the kids how we used to sneak booze into class. Whatever, jobs are for pussies and I'm happy enough staying home watching SpongeBob and nursing my depression with my favorite video game Second Life while eating chicken tenders and listening to kpop.**Hey isn't it weird how much time we spend on our phones? I could probably pickpocket some kids spine out the back of his neck while he's texting in thirteen group chats at once but then again skeletons aren't real, so I guess I'm better off finding shit to get mad about from the trending tab on twitter than do anything that services me or my needs. Hey is tumblr still cool? Nope guess not well anyway in summation youtube's fucking us again! Now I gotta go check my parents' garage to see if all these electric scooters are done charging me too thanks (\_)\_)::::::::::::::::🅱️*
- Erik

## Context

1. ↑ "Yeet" means to throw or propel something quickly. It is also an exclamation to be yelled out when throwing something.

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