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Chris and Patrick Vörös (their real names) first arrived on the scene in 2020, when unable to benefit from their usual revenue stream of professional wrestling. Their tag team duo had to pivot into content creation. They made low-effort skits and followed TikTok trends, warming the internet up to their brand of twin absurdity. Most of their videos, these days, are skits that revolve around some kind of wordplay, physical comedy, or misdirection. In one video, the twins walk down a street in perfect unison, impossibly close to each other. A voice stops them. “Are you a couple?” it asks. “We are a couple. A couple of… baddies!” they respond, and then walk off together Charlie Chaplin-style. A groan-worthy joke? Absolutely. But they have the charisma to carry it off. It also works because it's easy to understand—you don’t need to be privy to any internet trend or in-joke, it’s visually absurd (who walks that close together like that?), and it makes you laugh in spite of yourself. You smile. Mission accomplished.
Identical twins who lean into being identical will always be fun to watch. The Vörös twins wear matching outfits, don matching hairstyles, and speak in the same caveman-esuqe staccato. With their matching shocks of swooped-up blonde hair, they look like a pair of paint brushes with googly eyes. Even just looking at them can make you laugh. Another reason that their content is so compelling is that they eschew the negativity and rage bait that is so ingrained in the influencer hustle, and instead embrace positivity, compassion, and lightheartedness. Their version of clickbait is tweeting “Our next post is going to be SHOCKING!” and then minutes later tweeting, “SHOCKING!” They embrace a vaudevillian sensibility—leaning hard on puns, visual gags, and their personas as human wind-up toys. Sometimes they end their videos with a freeze-frame “explaining” the joke using text and stickers. They lean into how schlocky and dad-jokey their videos are, playing up their corniness for even more laughs. It’s comedy for comedy’s sake, neither punching up nor down but simply cracking jokes at the expense of no one (except sometimes themselves).
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So much of the internet is filled with negativity. As we scroll through our feeds they’re full of upsetting news, misinformation, conflicting information, and advertisements. Influencers are constantly trying to grab our attention so they can sell us something. It's easy to be burned out by the constant barrage of slop. The Da Vinki twins are a break from that. What they offer might be a form of slop, but they know that it's slop and they're not afraid to say that it's the best slop in town. Self-awareness is a key to success on the internet and the Da Vinki twins have it in spades.
They also don’t take brand sponsorships. A scroll through their feed reveals not one of their videos is sponsored—only pure Da Vinki twins content. They promote their Cameo (the site where you can commission custom videos from celebrities) in their bio, but that seems to be their only nod toward monetization. It’s a breath of fresh air and a reason to keep coming back to their page. You know that when you scroll on one of their videos, you’re not going to be duped into buying a product. You’ll only be duped into laughing at a really stupid joke.
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They also have a strong bent toward mental health awareness, against transphobia, and emphasize supporting artists as opposed to AI. They’re easy to root for. But there’s something about The Voros Twins’ brand of positivity that is neither preachy nor cloying. They undercut their positive messaging with a level of absurdity and stupidity that never feels condescending. You’re only being uplifted and entertained.
Their brand of wholesome, asinine wordplay harkens back to the halcyon days of the internet, one of cat videos and rage comics. It was before we all got too good at making money off of the internet and the only viral videos were organic home videos, not TikToks engineered in a lab to garner the most engagement. The Vörös Twins are good at playing the game, sure. They post frequently, they use trending audio, and they know how to start their videos with a strong hook. But they’re simple. Almost as simple as a cat playing the keyboard or Scarlet taking a tumble or a little boy saying “Charlie bit my finger.”