What 2023 added to American culture

Thanks for having me on JJ, great work on the visuals and a great roundup on the year as usual!

I think one of the major things that entered American culture this year were the first stereotypes about Generation Alpha, very negative stereotypes about being incomprehensible to older people and very dim to the point of illiteracy

Year of AI turning from barely understood Sci-fi to something mass marketed.

Personally, I think generative AI was bigger this year than in 2022. It may have entered the public consciousness then, but over the course of this year we had it adopted by major companies, images genuinely mistaken for realism, multiple distinct communities rising up around AI, and both governments and education systems taking notice and starting to adopt measures against it.

I look forward to these videos every year. The way JJ discusses popular culture in such a holistic way is incredibly unique and fascinating. It's a reminder that we're constantly living through history.

I feel like the whole Titan submersible thing is definitely one of the year's biggest cultural events

Can you do a video in which you analyze how well your own previous predictions on what got added to the American cultural canon were?

Man I had no clue about the Dilbert creator, but everything else I was quite up to date on. Love these kinds of videos though and I look forward to next year’s

I think the increased public awareness of AI is something to note for 2023. This is anecdotal but previously I felt that AI discussions were something exclusive to people with a higher sense of media or tech literacy but now everyone from my parents to my octogenarian political science professors not only understand what programs like ChatGPT are but also have an opinion on their use. Skepticism as to whether art is AI or not has also grown a lot this year, as well as advancements in AI voice generation technology. There was a big surge of those AI generated song covers this year.

I have long loathed the "end of the year" wrap ups that news channels do in December, before the end of the year, because, well, the year is not over. (This was best illustrated in 2004 when several channels did their "Top Ten News Stories of 2004" only to thus miss the biggest story of the year, the Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26.) But J.J. is doing what he enjoys most, culture, and if a cultural happening hasn't happened by today (December 17), it's not going to happen. So I'm ready to watch!

I feel like Bluey has definitely earned her spot in the American cultural canon. This year particularly, as the show has been running since 2018 but since the start of 2023 is now everywhere - talk shows, macys floats, marching bands, parenting columns, social media. I mean it's big enough to now have a rip-off right-wing clone by Ben Shapiro. I feel like it slots in nicely as a famous Australian cultural export to Americans on the likes of Crocodile Dundee and Vegemite.

It does not feel like it has been long since the last culture recap. A bit scary how fast this year passed

Ah, the annual tradition of JJ filling me in on all the stuff that happened this year I didn't pay attention to!

I made my mom a fan of yours but shes horrible with names so she just calls you "the Canadian with the hair."

I look forward to these videos every year. Sometimes I’ll be thinking about something and go “that’ll probably make it in JJ’s end of the year culture video”

the homemade submarine that sank and unfortunately killed all occupants that was operated with a playstation controller might be remembered for a long time.

That Dilbert clip is absolutely insane. Thanks for bringing that to light, I missed that this year

This is probably my favourite 'rewind' content I get to see each year. Really enjoying this series you've created!

One thing I found interesting about this year was its contributions to slang vocabulary among young people. Often times we look back upon decades such as the 2010s as a time when words like “bae” or “lit” entered the English slang canon. Similarly I wonder how we’ll look back upon the adequately named “brainrot” meme phrases originating from online spaces like TikTok for contributions such as “skibidi rizz sigma ohio”.

i always love these end of the year recaps, and i think its very interesting that i wasnt even aware of most topics on the list, despite being 'chronically online'