FORGET ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT: A NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL LIKE YOUVE NEVER SEEN! EARNEST MANN'S NO BULLSHIT!
Unmasking the Corporate Spectacle of New Year's Eve in Times Square
Welcome back, friends! In this first episode of the year, I’m breaking down the commercialized chaos of the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration. From the overt corporate endorsements plastered across every corner to the concerning levels of public compliance with arbitrary rules, we’re peeling back the layers of this annual spectacle.
The Overwhelming Corporate Presence at Times Square
The New Year’s Ball Drop has become a massive billboard for corporate giants. Brands like Kia and Planet Fitness dominate the visual and emotional space of what should be a shared cultural moment. I point out how the night is riddled with endorsements to the point where authentic celebration takes a backseat to marketing strategies.
The Absurdity of the Umbrella Ban: A Symbol of Compliance
One of the strangest revelations? Umbrellas are banned in Times Square gatherings. Under the guise of “security measures,” attendees are stripped of basic agency. The most disturbing part? Mass compliance without question, which reflects a growing societal tendency to accept control without critical thought.
Hats, Logos, and the Loss of Individuality
Remember when New Year’s hats were silly and fun? Now they’re branded merchandise, with Planet Fitness logos emblazoned across thousands of heads. Consumerism has overtaken self-expression, and it seems we’ve willingly traded dignity for corporate gimmicks.
The Final Bow of Corporate Domination
At the grand finale, corporate sponsors are thanked more enthusiastically than the people themselves. As the credits roll, we’re left with a bitter reminder of how deeply entrenched corporate interests are in every public event.
But wait—I promised you something beautiful to end on. A soulful, genuine music recommendation that serves as a reminder of raw talent untouched by corporate influence.
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Transcript
00:00 hello and thank you for being here this is my first video of the year and I actually wanted to have video of myself talking to you but apparently I've been a naughty boy because Santa Claus only gave me lumps of coal this year and I can't buy a camera with lumps of coal but stick around even though you're going to hear some very uncomfortable things you'll still feel very lucky because there are a hell of a lot of people out there that are doing far worse than you or I don't worry it's not
00:33 all gloom and doom I'm saving something pretty nice for the end [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] if you think that this is just a normal New Year's Eve New York City celebration you would be wrong because there are at least five
01:39 things here that are really pretty up I'm going to explain four of them and save number five for last because you always save the best for last so anyway can you figure out what they are would you care to give it again ER before we go into this okay feel free stop this thing and try to figure it out and you know see what you come up with and yeah then come back here and I'm going to break them down one thing at a time okay okay here goes the New Year's ball itself there is absolutely no way Under the Sun in America that we would
02:34 be able to recognize that this is the New Year's ball unless there was a huge Banner on the television screen from Forbes business um oh sorry Forbes breaking news if we didn't have that to tell us this then Christ I guess we'd be lost so right right off the bat immediately here's your big first corporate endorsement you got to have that because well gee if we didn't I I guess i' pandemonium would sit in because I wouldn't have a clue what that ball could be so just in case you may have missed
03:21 the first one no problem here's your second chance are you still needing your obnoxious corporate endorsement fix not a problem because they want you to know they want not only America but the world to know that this ball drop is brought to you by none other than Kia that's right yep we have to have an yet another corporate endorsement just to you know Drive things home just a little bit more just how corporately controlled they want everyone to be the obnoxiousness of it you see just on a side note very
04:08 briefly I remember in my youth as a kid up until a certain point there were very few if any corporate endorsements of this nature and it certainly was not on the ball drop for New Year's but hey you know as we become the corporate States of America yep you got to have have Kia there just to make us feel all well warm and comfortable the corporation loves us and they want us to maybe buy a Christmas Kia in the spirit of the holidays ah let's see next what's up next okay here's the third up thing and um it's um well it's not
05:03 really easy to detect because instead of something that is there it's the absence of something that well could or should be there now this may or may not be the best photograph but it's it is what it is and we've got what we've got and you know what's missing here umbrellas that's right umbrellas no one has any umbrellas you know why well besides the the fact that it may or may not be raining that doesn't matter that's not the reason they were I think they were calling for rain actually but
05:39 it may not have rained I don't know the specifics of that but I do know the new policy here we go the new policy concerning that is um for New York Gatherings for New Years and I think it also applies to any sort of you know large group of people ga Gathering um you can't bring umbrellas you cannot have umbrellas because it's been defined as a security risk apparently the surveillance cameras cops again the authoritarian state of something that only George Orwell could have imagined um now they want to uh be able to well pick you out
06:28 of the crowd if you're um causing trouble making waves or if you're a potential terrorist so they make a blanket societal statement for all these people that now treating you once again like you're a semi- 9-year-old that you're a child and they're going to tell you that you cannot bring an umbrella and apparently people on mass and this this is the frightening thing of this this is what makes this so frightening at least to me okay is they comply they comply without a second thought this then well you say I can't
07:13 bring no well you're smart and I'm dumb and well you're the government and you know uh you wouldn't possibly do anything to hurt us so uh yeah sounds a good idea I'm just going to you know turn off my brain here and just do what you tell me to do because well that's that's what I'm going to do you know to see masses of people who are not like me because me in my youth and the people I knew in my new youth in New York City would promptly tell you to go yourself and we had umbrellas all the
07:52 time don't tell yeah but those were different times yeah but yes and no the point is the bigger point of this is just the compliance for virtually nothing they say anything and you instantly bend over and take it and you know that's pretty scary you have a population of people of consumers that are that conditioned they are that conditioned to instructions to rules because the way this works and any kind of um arrangement with tyranny is that it it's small and if you have anyone like me that is pointing
08:40 this tyranny out because it's so small then the people Powers it be or someone else will make a mockery of me um that yeah here's the crazy guy and he's upset because of umbrellas and ha isn't it so hilarious but it's not a small thing and then it could be six months or could be a year maybe two what whatever it takes but then they'll introduce the next thing maybe you know maybe this sounds silly but I'm saying what if it's shoelaces what if they say somehow that they figure out calculator in whatever
09:15 capacity they put it together to rationalize it and they'll say well now you can't have any shoelaces or shoes that have shoelaces and then if everyone again is a conformist and they completely comply because it seems a you know fairly harmless request just just remove all your shoelaces not apparently understanding that it may not be in and of itself the removal of the shoelaces just like it's not in and of itself the issue of not bringing the umbrella what the issue is is to see how much mass compliance you can get it out
10:01 of a quote unquote request that's what I'm talking about here that's pretty scary yeah so yeah that's a pretty scary thing to me don't know if you noticed it just wanted to point it out okay okay now coming in at our number four spot of corporate obnoxiousness and the willingness to engage in it this one is well the exact obvious of the previous issues concerning umbrellas yes wearing hats that say Planet Fitness Jesus H Christ and me sideways you know it wasn't that long ago before the total capitulation of our
10:52 Consciousness and dignity that we used to be able to just wear regular hats that said happy New Year or maybe they were just silly hats that didn't say anything at all you know we had the the whistles that would blow out and stream out and that kind of silliness and other forms of silliness but we didn't have to be logo yes but apparently this is something that is lost on this couple and tens of thousands of other people that's what I always wanted to be when I grew up I wanted to be in Time Square
11:32 yes and uh kissing my sweetie whoever or today whatever that may be or whatever they identify as being and wearing a hat from yet another Corporation just to round things out in case I want to you know immediately go to the showroom tomorrow and buy a Kia just just in case just you know but I don't know maybe that maybe that hat would look good Ika I don't know maybe it would so I told you I would save number five our very best for last so very simply put without further Ado ladies and Gentlemen let's give it up
ar's Eve cheers to an amazing: for joining us and cheers to:13:59 talented and uh quite genuine I might say so it's a uh it's a little music video and I'm going to put that of course in the link below and I want you to know that this uh this young woman doing this with this group um who is obviously not showing any corporate endorsements but uh as far as Talent she has more Talent in her toe her left toe then Taylor Swift's entire body so this is my holiday gift to you I hope you enjoy it and um reach out to her because they really are really fantastic and you know what in my personal
14:51 opinion I think she's a lot more attractive than Swift in in my opinion because she's completely natural anyway here it is thank you and happy New [Music] Year looking for come up this is freaking awesome walking through the club like up on such a big shot I'm so ped up from th shop ice on the FR it's old damn Frosty that people like d That's C out Hy rolling in H heading to the m dress on in pink my gator Sho a leard girl standing next to me probably should have wash it smells like a Kelly
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16:22 pocket hunting looking for come up this is freaking awesome I'm going to pop some tags only got $20 in my pocket ah I'm hunting looking for a up this is freaking [Music] awesome what you know about rocking a w on you what you know about wearing a f box skin I'm diing I'm digging I'm searching through the luggage one man's trash that and another man's come up thank you grand for donating our PL butting up shirt I'm in here searching I'm about to go to will you can find me in the up I'm not I'm not sick searching
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17:38 my pocket I'm H looking for come up this is freaking awesome I'll wear your grand clothes I look incredible I wear that Big C from that shop down the road I wear your granddad's clothes I look incredible I wear that Big B Co from that fish off down the road Good Will Salvation Army [Music]
