Wednesday, February 7, 2007

If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say...

Ever read the comments under a YouTube video? Almost everything that has a lot of comments devolves into either a nasty personal attack or, for variety, a nasty, personal, racist attack. It's unbelievable, and it can (and does) happen with pretty much every video. I could post a video of anything and this could develop - let's say, for example, a clip of Jay Leno. Mainstream, uncontroversial Jay Leno. I can see the ultra-valuable-for-society comment section already...

glucoxe (2 weeks ago)
I love Jay Leno! Jay Leno is the best! Thank you for posting this clip, I've been looking for it everywhere!!

devlin1323 (2 weeks ago)
Jay Leno is the man - this guy always makes me laugh - Letterman sucks.

redmonix342 (1 week ago)
You stupid fucking idiot. Jay Leno is a stupid fucking idiot and so are you for liking him you stupid fuck god I wish you all stupid fucks would just up and die already.

steventhepirate (1 week ago)
What the fuck kind of tie is he wearing? I wonder if he's more gay, or his tie is - tough one to call - I guess no one is as gay as his fans. Bunch of fucking morons.

luisatrda (1 week ago)
Look, if you don't like Jay Leno, just don't watch him. You don't have to go out of your way to personally insult people, that's just uncalled for.

MikeTHAMouth (1 week ago)
Wuz uncalled 4 is u bein a dum ass biatch, bitach!!!!!

JamesKuriank (1 week ago)
MikeTHAMouth, what does that even mean? We all have our own opinions on what's funny and what isn't, I don't see why anyone has to get so riled up about this. Relax, people.

HArUmpH000 (1 week ago)
in 1945, a young girl named katu lata kulu came over to America in a grey boat from Africa. A mysterious man killed her by cutting the word "LATUALATUKA" into her back. now that you have read this message, she will come to your house on a full moon and steal your soul unless you follow these directions:
1. Retype this message as a comment for 3 other videos

MikeTHAMouth (4 days ago)
yo JamesKuriank u r pathetic Leno sucks balls he needs 2 tak lessons from DANE COOK, aka THE FUCKING MAN son

JamesKuriank (3 days ago)
I actually don't care for Jay Leno, I'm just saying there's no reason to attack his fans


sliders10301 (2 days ago)
DANE COOK IS THE BEST EVER OMG I WANT TO HAVE HIS BABIES!!!!

I try not to read this stuff, but sometimes the video takes a few moments to load, and I end up reading some of the comments despite my better instincts. Afterwards, I'm normally depressed about the state of the world. Either everyone on the Internet is 11 years old or people are full of massive amounts of rage that can only be unleashed through the anonymity of the Internet. I think what might be even worse are the people who see two random morons they don't know having a moronic argument, and then are compelled to tell these people, who have about a 10% chance to read the comment (and a negative infinity percent chance to care) that they are having an unnecessary and senseless argument.

In light of that, I thought I'd say that I think the people who comment on this blog do a fine job, and your insights are greatly appreciated. I suppose the obvious joke now is to make a bunch of racist, angry comments. Do what you have to do, I guess.

9 comments:

vishal said...

i post videos on youtube every now and then, i think ive told you this, but the following comment is what really makes this post accurate:

in 1945, a young girl named katu lata kulu came over to America in a grey boat from Africa. A mysterious man killed her by cutting the word "LATUALATUKA" into her back. now that you have read this message, she will come to your house on a full moon and steal your soul unless you follow these directions:
1. Retype this message as a comment for 3 other videos

awesome.

Juka said...

in 1945, a young girl named katu lata kulu came over to America in a grey boat from Africa. A mysterious man killed her by cutting the word "LATUALATUKA" into her back. now that you have read this message, she will come to your house on a full moon and steal your soul unless you follow these directions:
1. Retype this message as a comment for 3 other videos

Eric Ma said...

well done guys. your souls will remain safely within your bodies. safety first.

vishal said...

haha i didnt post that to save my soul, i just thought it was hilarious

Juka said...

I posted it to save my soul

vishal said...

haha now that my scrubs clip has been added to digg.com, check out some of the comments. its awesome. haha.

Unknown said...

more entries! more entries!

Anonymous said...

where are the entries? if you're out of ideas, rank some stuff. everybody loves lists.

Hill. said...

Alright so a photo of Lindsey Lohan with a flapping blouse surfaced online, where you can see her side boob. Here are the first 7 comments about the photo, from thesuperficial.com:

Comments

1. Posted by siliconsaint69 on March 19, 2007 2:42 PM

my grandmother has nicer titties...

2. Posted by jrzmommy on March 19, 2007 2:42 PM

FRIST!

3. Posted by siliconsaint69 on March 19, 2007 2:44 PM

First to get raped by me, jrzmommy. hah!

4. Posted by schack on March 19, 2007 2:46 PM

she's still wearing my grandma's boots

5. Posted by schack on March 19, 2007 2:48 PM

oh, lindsay. your star rose so quickly. were you smart, you coulda been on some billionaire's arm right now. but instead you're just atmospheric trash, on its way down :(

6. Posted by mrs.t on March 19, 2007 2:49 PM

It's not the boob, or the boots. The bigger problem is that fucking white bumpy cardigan thing she has over the white shirt. Is that Coogi Spring '07?

And you can drink all the Voss you want, Miss Lohan. You will never be clean and pure.

7. Posted by IFuckingHateYou on March 19, 2007 2:49 PM

#5 is saying in fancy words that Lohan is an ugly, no-talent cunt.

Just wanted to make sure Britney could understand this if she happens to be reading.