#30- Smarty Pants Mystery | Bollywood Reactions & Chai Conversations

0:00 Time for a snack. Time for a story.

0:05 Get comfortable. Here is your blanket.

0:10 Here is your tea cozy. Hey, it's Amy.

0:16 I'm so glad you're here. Come, come.

0:19 We're on the fireside. Smuggle up story time, friends.

0:26 No junk food today, just some food for that fill your mind

0:35 along with your belly. No famine surrounded by excess.

0:41 Well, actually yes. Like crowd source wisdom, my

0:51 food I serve you today may be fake in its entirety.

0:58 Made-up imaginary. Have you heard the story of the

1:07 Emperor's new clothes? Well, you are in for a treat.

1:14 So in this fairy tale, originally Spanish actually from

1:21 1335, there's this emperor, a fancy king who's totally

1:28 obsessed with luck and good. Like he cares more about outfits

1:37 than actually ruling his Kingdom.

1:42 You know the type. If he had an Instagram, it would

1:47 just be mirror selfies and hashtags like Royal Fit Jack.

1:56 Then two sneaky tailors show up and say, hey, we made magical

2:08 clothes that only smart people can see.

2:16 Oh yeah, here we go. And of course you already know.

2:23 And the emperor's like, say less, I'm in.

2:28 So they pretend to sew him these invisible clouds, taking money,

2:40 money, money, sewing right in front of him what he can't see.

2:47 Just faking it. OK, now everyone around him, his

2:56 assistants, friends, even his people like in the Kingdom,

3:03 pretend they can see the clouds too.

3:06 Because no one wants to be the person who looks dumb.

3:21 Remember, only smart people can see the clouds.

3:27 Say that. So when the emperor walks

3:33 through town parading in this epic moment, work toward hyped

3:39 up wearing absolutely nothing. Yeah, for real.

3:51 Everyone's cheering. They're like, wow, iconic, so

3:59 bald. Then finally, of course it's a

4:05 little kid, finally a little kid who didn't get the Mama just

4:12 yells, he's naked. It never gets old and suddenly

4:25 everyone's like, Oh yeah, I see it now.

4:31 It's basically a story about how people will go along with

4:41 nonsense just to fit in or look smart or in today's world, like

4:52 we were talking about how the Internet keeps pretending bad

4:59 ideas are genius until someone points out the obvious.

5:07 Classic tale. Delusional emperors, scammy

5:12 tailors, full blown naked parade.

5:18 Back then it was a cautionary fable.

5:22 Now, oh it's a content strategy. Picture it today.

5:31 The emperor is not a ruler. OK, he's a verified influencer.

5:36 Oh yes, his empire is just a Kingdom of followers.

5:44 Brand deals and people commenting slay like it's

5:51 political support in the Kingdom. 2 scammers slide in

5:57 like yo I don't know we made invisible fashion for genius

6:05 level minds only and His Majesty goes perfect.

6:13 Finally something exclusive enough for my self esteem.

6:18 Launch day hits and boom, everybody's posting reaction

6:24 videos, doing breakdown threads, saying things like if you don't

6:31 see the clouds, you're just not enlightened yet.

6:37 So the ember's walking through town butt naked, but the

6:44 comments section slit. He's redefining vulnerability.

6:53 This is about transparency. Literally give this man a Ted

7:00 talk and somewhere out there one little kid somebody comments

7:09 he's naked and immediately gets down voted for negativity.

7:17 But you know what happens next? Everybody quietly edits their

7:22 posts like haha yeah I was joking too, because on the

7:29 Internet, nobody's ever wrong, they're just being ironic

7:35 retroactively. And uh, my friends, I hope your

7:44 teeth still warm. That's why The Emperor's New

7:50 Clothes isn't a fairy tale anymore.

7:55 It's the algorithm. Step one.

7:59 Pretend something meaningless is profound.

8:06 Step 2 very, very important get applause for it.

8:13 Step 3 sell merch. No hate, but honestly, in that

8:22 Amber posted today, he trend on TikTok under hashtag bold

8:28 transparency and square partnership with a skin care

8:34 brand before putting pants back on.

8:40 Speaking of missing pants, can you guess which film that brings

8:54 us to next? We're going to need more tea.