I think he kissed sophia.
February 15, 2007 2:42 AM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: SLYTSF - single link youtube suck fest
Teen angst, gripping stuff..
Could I have the five minutes of my life back please?
posted by Nugget at 3:20 AM on February 15, 2007
Could I have the five minutes of my life back please?
posted by Nugget at 3:20 AM on February 15, 2007
Could it be a yet another viral marketing ploy on youtube?
posted by ceibo at 3:32 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by ceibo at 3:32 AM on February 15, 2007
Youtube has made me somehow trust people online even less than I did before.
But this post has made me trust other MeFites even less than I did before.
posted by Dagobert at 3:56 AM on February 15, 2007
But this post has made me trust other MeFites even less than I did before.
posted by Dagobert at 3:56 AM on February 15, 2007
I made it to 2:31. I demand reparations from Skjønn.
posted by LarryC at 4:03 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by LarryC at 4:03 AM on February 15, 2007
Vlogosphere? VLOGOSPHERE!? Google maps 37Signals with Flickr iPod!
Look, normally I don't beat up anyone, but especially not girls, but in your case I might be rather willing to make an exception. But probably not. Taunting you from afar will have to suffie.
Anyway, after viewing that I only have one question. Why does my mouth taste like butt?
Hmmph. I certainly hope that doorbell isn’t keeping private records of who enters and exits the store.
posted by loquacious at 4:08 AM on February 15, 2007
Look, normally I don't beat up anyone, but especially not girls, but in your case I might be rather willing to make an exception. But probably not. Taunting you from afar will have to suffie.
Anyway, after viewing that I only have one question. Why does my mouth taste like butt?
Hmmph. I certainly hope that doorbell isn’t keeping private records of who enters and exits the store.
posted by loquacious at 4:08 AM on February 15, 2007
suffie. To suffer, whilst sufficing.
posted by loquacious at 4:09 AM on February 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by loquacious at 4:09 AM on February 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
Well, I hope this young man felt better afterward. I certainly felt worse.
posted by pax digita at 4:27 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by pax digita at 4:27 AM on February 15, 2007
How crap like this gets viewed 100,000 times, I have no idea.
posted by Rhomboid at 4:36 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by Rhomboid at 4:36 AM on February 15, 2007
Flagged for banality. Actually, flagged for noise, but that's because there's no 'banality' option.
posted by ardgedee at 4:57 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by ardgedee at 4:57 AM on February 15, 2007
This is exactly how I picture metafilter.
posted by srboisvert at 5:00 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by srboisvert at 5:00 AM on February 15, 2007
Actually, stuff like this makes me really, really glad that there was no internet when I was a teenager, because I was just like this kid and I knew plenty more of the same, and if I had that video following me into adulthood, I think I'd be pretty messed up by it.
People tend to dismiss teenage angst, and most of it is pretty fatuous and shallow, but nonetheless when you're going through it it feels like you're completely at the mercy of your emotions. Which is embarrassing, on top of everything else, because you know you're supposed to cultivate an attitude of ironic detachment like all the adults, but you just can't manage it.
I still to this day get hung up on just the memory of some-or-other boneheaded stunt I pulled when I was this lad's age, and acting or talking out of feelings I was having a hard time coming to grips with. If the actual video of those things were out there, I wonder if I'd ever leave the house.
posted by Ritchie at 5:23 AM on February 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
People tend to dismiss teenage angst, and most of it is pretty fatuous and shallow, but nonetheless when you're going through it it feels like you're completely at the mercy of your emotions. Which is embarrassing, on top of everything else, because you know you're supposed to cultivate an attitude of ironic detachment like all the adults, but you just can't manage it.
I still to this day get hung up on just the memory of some-or-other boneheaded stunt I pulled when I was this lad's age, and acting or talking out of feelings I was having a hard time coming to grips with. If the actual video of those things were out there, I wonder if I'd ever leave the house.
posted by Ritchie at 5:23 AM on February 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
Single-link post, no context? Youtube minefield? Head straight for the comments ... It's crap, skip it. Thanks fandango_matt, Nugget, LarryH et al commenters for taking the bullet!
posted by intermod at 5:28 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by intermod at 5:28 AM on February 15, 2007
I'm so excited--I've been lurking here forevah and have always seen people talking about flagging crap and now's my first chance to join the hate! But I don't see a flag button or link or little "bomb this user back to the Stone Age" image or anything. A little help so I can join the party?
posted by DU at 5:29 AM on February 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by DU at 5:29 AM on February 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
Never mind, it's in the FAQ. But I really should have realized that the tiny non-link-colored exclamation point was the way to do it. It just screams "affordance!".
posted by DU at 5:32 AM on February 15, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by DU at 5:32 AM on February 15, 2007 [2 favorites]
Remember DU, no flag is complete until you have reported in-thread that you have flagged, and how you have flagged.
posted by Ritchie at 5:33 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by Ritchie at 5:33 AM on February 15, 2007
Flagged as pick a reason.
posted by dreamsign at 5:42 AM on February 15, 2007 [4 favorites]
posted by dreamsign at 5:42 AM on February 15, 2007 [4 favorites]
Although there's no way I'm watching for the full five minutes, my immediate reaction was that this kid was doing a dramatic reading of the text of someone else's blog entry, in order to make fun of it.
Why did you post this?
posted by staggernation at 5:44 AM on February 15, 2007
Why did you post this?
posted by staggernation at 5:44 AM on February 15, 2007
I kept waiting for the punchline. I was quite annoyed when there wasn't one. Seriously this is why parents need to not let their kids run about unsupervised on the internet.
posted by MrBobaFett at 5:53 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by MrBobaFett at 5:53 AM on February 15, 2007
Even though I knew it was going to suck, I still watched it. Damn it Metafilter.
posted by thebigdeadwaltz at 6:07 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by thebigdeadwaltz at 6:07 AM on February 15, 2007
I think it was the greatest thing ever. It was like getting hit in the crotch with a sledgehammer, or, if you're a girl, the face.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:16 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:16 AM on February 15, 2007
I'm confused: for a boy, getting hit in the crotch with a sledgehammer is a bad thing but for a girl, getting hit in the crotch with a face is a good thing.
posted by DU at 6:24 AM on February 15, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by DU at 6:24 AM on February 15, 2007 [2 favorites]
Utterly unwatchable.
posted by four panels at 6:25 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by four panels at 6:25 AM on February 15, 2007
If you think about it, it makes sense.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:26 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:26 AM on February 15, 2007
This was the first link I clicked on as a brand-spanking-new MeFi member.
Please tell me it gets better.
posted by DawgterFeelgood at 6:26 AM on February 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
Please tell me it gets better.
posted by DawgterFeelgood at 6:26 AM on February 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
It was as bad as promised. The kid looks like a young dorky Dylan McKay.
posted by subtle-t at 6:27 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by subtle-t at 6:27 AM on February 15, 2007
Wow, I watched 20 seconds, grimacing.
What happened to going to the beach at night or getting drunk with your friends? What happened to fucking the cheerleaders?
Do all 15 year olds lose themselves to the Internet?
posted by four panels at 6:28 AM on February 15, 2007
What happened to going to the beach at night or getting drunk with your friends? What happened to fucking the cheerleaders?
Do all 15 year olds lose themselves to the Internet?
posted by four panels at 6:28 AM on February 15, 2007
The subtext I got was that someone had been encouraging this kid to post merely to mock him.
That he feels betrayed is understandable, I felt for the kid.
Banal, no doubt, and we, in our never ending thirst for amusement, apparently have no time for empathy.
posted by Max Power at 6:37 AM on February 15, 2007
That he feels betrayed is understandable, I felt for the kid.
Banal, no doubt, and we, in our never ending thirst for amusement, apparently have no time for empathy.
posted by Max Power at 6:37 AM on February 15, 2007
This is a piece of theater, and I think the kid is talented.
posted by damehex at 6:52 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by damehex at 6:52 AM on February 15, 2007
Although, yeah, the writing could use some focus. And a punch line wouldn't hurt.
posted by damehex at 6:53 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by damehex at 6:53 AM on February 15, 2007
OK, since this has inexplicably not been deleted...
Do y'all really watch this and perceive that he's speaking extemporaneously, as opposed to acting? Watch it again. Really?
posted by staggernation at 6:54 AM on February 15, 2007
Do y'all really watch this and perceive that he's speaking extemporaneously, as opposed to acting? Watch it again. Really?
posted by staggernation at 6:54 AM on February 15, 2007
Fake. (Flagged.)
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 7:01 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 7:01 AM on February 15, 2007
For the love of God, I hope this is fake. Like Richie said, video of myself like that at age 15 would be horrible to look at as an adult.
If this isn't fake, the kid needs therapy....bad. I hate this kid, I hate this post. Thanks for starting my day all creepy and weird!
posted by nevafeva at 7:14 AM on February 15, 2007
If this isn't fake, the kid needs therapy....bad. I hate this kid, I hate this post. Thanks for starting my day all creepy and weird!
posted by nevafeva at 7:14 AM on February 15, 2007
That poor kid reminded me of the aphorism "spilling your guts is just about as charming as it sounds."
posted by pax digita at 7:38 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by pax digita at 7:38 AM on February 15, 2007
why does everybody go for the least-likely "faked" scenario?
posted by quarter waters and a bag of chips at 7:43 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by quarter waters and a bag of chips at 7:43 AM on February 15, 2007
Because we watched it?
posted by staggernation at 7:44 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by staggernation at 7:44 AM on February 15, 2007
The remix was new to me, and actually somewhat watchable.
posted by Dr-Baa at 7:45 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by Dr-Baa at 7:45 AM on February 15, 2007
watch some his older videos. i can't decide if this kid is just a little psycho, or a total genius - the second coming of the still-alive crispin glover.
posted by MaxVonCretin at 7:51 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by MaxVonCretin at 7:51 AM on February 15, 2007
If it's not a fake, what a stone-hearted bunch we are. I have teenagers. That hurt to watch. Whatever.
posted by Jody Tresidder at 8:01 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by Jody Tresidder at 8:01 AM on February 15, 2007
On monday a 18 year old kid here in salt lake killed 5 people including the wife of a guy I know. Watching this made me feel that here is another kid that is isolated and becoming more and more hurt and angry because he puts himself out there on the internet to be picked on by anonymous jerks.
posted by trbrts at 8:17 AM on February 15, 2007
posted by trbrts at 8:17 AM on February 15, 2007
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