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Muhammad Didit, published on his

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channel Sobat Miskin Official (Official Broke Gang)Created
on 4 February 2020. Late
renamed
to 'Didit Deelon.' on 10 July 2020 at 11:21:44 UTC.

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is either 18:21:44 (WIB), 19:21:44 (WITA), or 20:21:44 (WIT). The video features Didit staring at the camera in his bedroom for two hours. It was originally intended to be a 10-minute video. It surpassed four million views and a

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of the same name was later published. Along with the channel, the video is now deleted.

Summary and production

The video was 2 hours, 20 minutes and 52 seconds in length; it features 21-year-old Madurese YouTuber Muhammad Didit Delon in his bedroom sitting on the floor staring at nothing. A viewer counted Didit blinking 362 times. Apart from the twelve seconds starting at 2:20:39, Didit remains tense throughout''.'' The video was shot between 23 and 1 o'clock

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, with preparation beginning 30 minutes earlier. Didit originally planned the video to be only 10 minutes long. Didit stated that he feared his parents would call him out of his room while the video was being recorded. He stated that the video was a

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commentary, responding to Indonesian

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s continually ranting about the lack of "educational" content on the

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. He stated that the video "depends on you the viewers to filter; that is my only advice to all of you, and I hope that you will be entertained and benefited from this video."

Reception

The video, published on

, went

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, with ''

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'' reporting 1.7 million views on the day of its release, ''

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'' reporting 2 million views as of 3 August, ''Beebom'' reporting 2.5 million views as of 9 August, and '' Tribun News'' reporting 3 million views as of one month since release. As of April 2022, the video has received over 5.8 million views with 193,000 likes. In addition to several

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using the video's clips seen on

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and

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, the video hit trending on 9GAG. Didit stated that he did not expect such attention, that the video was only meant for his subscribers. Prior to this, Didit's primary focus had been the food genre. The

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itself attracted media attention. Some said Didit should register the video for the

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; others imagined Didit forgetting to press the "Record" button and wasting his time. Many challenged Didit to make a similar video but with longer duration, or follow-up videos like "2 Hours Saying

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", "2 Hours Waiting Duck to Lay Egg", "1 Hour Begging Subscribers", and "2 Hours Holding Breath". ''

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'' said that it was part of a trend in

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, but also found similar international videos such as "Doing Nothing For 8 Hours Straight", as well as '' Sitting and Smiling''. The video was regarded as "one of the best things on the internet" by Ilyas Sholihyn of

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, "and eople worldwideare surprised that a video of a random guy doing nothing for two hours is interesting enough to get millions of hits."

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''World of Buzz'' compared Didit to comedian

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wrote, "Growing up, ..parents all over the world say the same thing: 'You can't just sit about all day doing nothing.' ..However, one man (Didit) has bucked the adage with his latest video." The ''

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'' called him "inspirational". Former Jakarta Vice Governor

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praised the video for being "cool and original", as well as accurately capturing the boredom of staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview, he opined that the video is "based on authenticity", and that "content is king, ndtiming is queen. The timing was perfect."

Video game adaptation

of the same name was launched on

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Hepitier. The main menu is a white screen with a text reading "Touch screen to begin,"Indonesian: ''Sentuh layar untuk mulai.'' and the game displays a bald man against a light gray background doing what Didit did, with a

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below. As it hits 2:00:01, an end card reads "Congratulations! You've successfully done nothing for 2 hours."Indonesian: ''Selamat! Kamu tidak ngapa-ngapain selama 2 jam.'' As of August 2020, it has been

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ed over 10,000 times.

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