Viral Video Of M'sian Students Saying "Emotional Damage" Gets Steven He's Attention
The "emotional damage" catchphrase creator then made a cute response video to tell the students to pay attention in class.
By Yap Wan Xiang — 14 Apr 2023, 01:36 PM
A Malaysian teacher got the attention of YouTuber Steven He after a video she posted last month showing her students saying the catchphrase "emotional damage" went viral
26-year-old teacher Shi Qi first posted the video on TikTok on 27 March.
The 44-second clip shows Shi Qi teaching her primary school students about emotions, but before she can share some life lessons, her students start hollering "emotional damage", mimicking the way Steven He does it in his video that has since become a global hit meme.
"We are talking about 'emo...' what?" the teacher asks the class, to which a student replies, "Emotional damage."
Many students follow along to shout the catchphrase, and Shi Qi can be seen mildly annoyed by her students' antics.
The "emotional damage" catchphrase unintentionally became a meme in 2021 after a video by Steven He went viral on YouTube.
Image via Steven He (YouTube)
Despite her best attempt to continue the lesson and move past the "emotional damage" hollering, the students persist to yell out the catchphrase
The video later caught the attention of another Malaysian content creator, Nigel Ng, who is more popularly known for his Uncle Roger persona
In an update video posted yesterday, 13 March, Shi Qi revealed to her class that Uncle Roger shared the video with the original memester himself.
In response, Steven He made a special video talking to the students for Shi Qi to play to the class.
"Everybody in class, listen to your teacher ah. You have to pay attention, okay?" says the YouTuber.
"Keep doing good in school or I send you to failure management," he says to end the short video, and it receives a flood of laughter from the students.
The update video can be found below:
Speaking to SAYS, Shi Qi explained Steven He noticed the first video because netizens kept tagging him
"Then, he DM-ed me to apologise and sent in the video for the kids! I asked if I could use it in a response video and he said I could," said the 26-year-old teacher.
When asked what the YouTuber thought about her students who love using the catchphrase, she said he could only apologise.
"He just apologised laughingly. You can see his comment on the first video," she shared.
