Video taking off 105x its usual first day

Scott Cramer gives adults winging it a Struggletown graduation

The comedy creator turns his TEDxFargo talk into a mock commencement address, with room for useful lessons and questionable advice.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 44,390 views a day, 105 times a normal first day on this channel (424).

Advice for adults who are winging it | Scott Cramer | TEDxFargo

The TEDxFargo audience gets an unusual role in Scott Cramer's talk: graduating class of the fictional Struggletown University. The qualification seems broadly available. This is a commencement speech for people who have reached adulthood without quite working out how to do it.

Posted on TEDx Talks as “Advice for adults who are winging it | Scott Cramer | TEDxFargo,” the video drew about 29,000 views in its first eleven hours, already far beyond the channel's ordinary first-day audience for a regular upload.

Cramer, a North Dakota-born creator known for comedy about pop culture and online entertainment, builds the address around a slideshow and ten pieces of advice. The description promises lessons about humility, giving people grace and learning from failure, mixed with suggestions that are harder to defend. The joke is in the graduation format itself: struggling isn't something a diploma puts behind you.

In the comments, viewers connect the speaker to his Cramer Games videos, joking about the leap from those games to commencement speeches. Others pick up on the double assignment: delivering a TEDx talk and a graduation address at once.

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What viewers say

You win 1 Cramer Games and you're already giving commencement speeches
@jimmiehensonSee it on YouTube
Ted talk and commencement speech in one is truly an achievement
@aidenkabazziSee it on YouTube
Bro how did they get THE creator of The Cramer Games???
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3 more comments

I love Scott Cramer, his content is so wholesome, showcases his hometown with love, and it’s hilarious
@emmapile8770See it on YouTube
Not going to lie, I really needed this 😭
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Podcast listeners knew this was coming
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