You Got a Staring Problem? / Dumb Little Face

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You Got a Staring Problem? / Dumb Little Face refers to a scene from the Facebook Watch comedy series "The Real Bros of Simi Valley" in which the character Bryce argues with a baby for giving him a dirty look, almost resulting in him physically fighting the baby. The scene became the subject of remixes and edits in early 2021.

Origin

On November 30th, 2018, Season 2 Episode 1 of the Facebook Watch series "The Real Bros of Simi Valley," premiered on the platform.^[14] At one point in the episode, the character Bryce, a stereotypical "bro" type, starts arguing with his friend Xan's baby, named Hawk. Bryce accuses Hawk of staring at him and insults him, telling him he has a "dumb little face." Near the end of the scene, Bryce stands up as if about to square up with the baby, saying, "Yo Xan, get your boy, dog" (shown below).^[1]

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TikTok

Sometime around early January, 2019, TikTok user COMNOR^[2] uploaded an original sound called "Staring prob"^[6] to the platform, consisting of the audio from the "Simi Valley" scene. The original video associated with the sound has since been deleted, but the sound still exists and has gained significant popularity.

On January 13th, 2019, @beanboy22 uploaded a skit^[3] using the sound in which they lip dub to the sound, using the Staring Hamster in place of the baby, garnering over 2 million views in 2 years (shown below). This is one of the earliest viral videos using the sound,

The sound saw significant use over the next 2 years, with several viral videos attached to it (examples shown below, left and right).^[4][5] As of February 9th, 2021, over 47,800 TikTok videos have used the sound.

Video Edits / Remixes

On January 8th, 2021, sir.peppa uploaded an edit of the scene to Instagram^[7] and YouTube^[8] in which the background is replaced by a Minecraft world, and the baby is a young villager, garnering over 28,000 views in a month on the former (shown below). This is the earliest known video edit of the scene.

On February 4th, kmlkmljkl uploaded a video to YouTube^[11] of someone holding a hamster set to the audio from the scene, garnering over 150,000 views in 5 days (shown below, left).

On February 5th, Neverthink.tv posted a new edit of the meme to Instagram^[9] and YouTube,^[10] this time replacing the background with Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion footage, garnering over 6,400 views on the former and 14,000 on the latter in 4 days (shown below, right).

On February 9th, memes by cowbelly uploaded a SpongeBob themed version of the meme to YouTube^[12] using Baby Patrick, garnering over 55,000 views in a day (shown below, left). They uploaded another version of the meme to YouTube^[13] the next day featuring a Slender Man theme, garnering over 57,000 views in 19 hours (shown below, right).

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