YouTube Comment Reconstruction
December 1, 2013 12:42 PM Subscribe
Juvenile, but pretty funny. I laffed.
Maybe at the next big meetup you guys should reconstruct some metafilter threads. I'd watch a few.
posted by DarkForest at 1:07 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Maybe at the next big meetup you guys should reconstruct some metafilter threads. I'd watch a few.
posted by DarkForest at 1:07 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Good lord, it's like some horrible alternate universe's production of Pinter's No Man's Land.
posted by Doktor Zed at 1:12 PM on December 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Doktor Zed at 1:12 PM on December 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
YouTube Comment Reconstruction #2 - 'GoPro: Fireman Saves Kitten'
For whatever reason that one's funnier.
posted by sweetkid at 1:38 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
For whatever reason that one's funnier.
posted by sweetkid at 1:38 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Also this dramatic reading of a breakup letter is my favorite in this genre.
posted by sweetkid at 1:39 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by sweetkid at 1:39 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
as non christian harry girls we should all obviously eat a shit
posted by Foci for Analysis at 1:40 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Foci for Analysis at 1:40 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Related: James Earl Jones And Malcolm McDowell Re-Enact A Facebook Comments War -- And It's Hilarious It Makes You Wonder How Much Sprint Paid These Two First-Class Actors For Stupid The Skits
posted by filthy light thief at 2:00 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by filthy light thief at 2:00 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
The typecasting of Malcolm McDowell is one of the greatest injustices of our time. Everytime I see him in any crime of the week type show, or as a boardroom type, I'm like, "Oh, he did it" or "He's going to be a thieving White Establishment asshole with no soul."
posted by sweetkid at 2:25 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by sweetkid at 2:25 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Conversely, Youtube commenters could re-enact one of the dialogues of Plato.
posted by XMLicious at 3:01 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by XMLicious at 3:01 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
LOL XxGLAUC0NxX, A d00d USING GOD-TIER CHEAT CODEs BECOMES THE SLAVE TO HIS CRAVINGS, NOT THE MASTER OF MaN.
posted by ardgedee at 3:14 PM on December 1, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by ardgedee at 3:14 PM on December 1, 2013 [5 favorites]
I'm not sure why these kinds of things always make fun of teen girl things. There are many, many awful comment threads to choose from on anything video game related, too.
posted by empath at 4:19 PM on December 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by empath at 4:19 PM on December 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
There is something about teen and tween girl drama, full of weird hormonal sturm und drang, that lends itself so beautifully to this kind of reading. Speaking as someone who was once a twelve year old girl myself, it all felt 100% serious and truly epic at the time.
Also, in my observation, gamer drama tends to get into much uglier territory with regards to race, sex, and general threats of violence, which wouldn't be quite as much fun.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:54 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Also, in my observation, gamer drama tends to get into much uglier territory with regards to race, sex, and general threats of violence, which wouldn't be quite as much fun.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:54 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
"I'm not sure why these kinds of things always make fun of teen girl things. There are many, many awful comment threads to choose from on anything video game related, too."
Read by Betty White!
posted by Blasdelb at 4:59 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Read by Betty White!
posted by Blasdelb at 4:59 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Kudos to "Dead Parrot" (seriously, guys?) for actually getting real actors for this. That made it much better than what I was expecting: undergrads with talcum powder in their hair and pillows under their shirts doing dodgy "you killed my brovver" accents.
posted by Ian A.T. at 5:09 PM on December 1, 2013
posted by Ian A.T. at 5:09 PM on December 1, 2013
Yea, agreed with empath, there's definitely a thing in our culture about how girl things, especially teen girl things, are hilarious and silly. We'd do well to examine it a bit and not just accept it.
posted by sweetkid at 5:10 PM on December 1, 2013
posted by sweetkid at 5:10 PM on December 1, 2013
Sock Puppet Theater does this, wonderfully. I wish there were more.
posted by 41swans at 5:15 PM on December 1, 2013
posted by 41swans at 5:15 PM on December 1, 2013
Yea, agreed with empath, there's definitely a thing in our culture about how girl things, especially teen girl things, are hilarious and silly.
On the other hand, teenagers being overly dramatic isn't really something we should take too seriously. I don't mean to be dismissive about a general problem of things being dismissed because they are "girly" - but making fun of their dramatic discussion about Beiber versus One Direction probably isn't the tipping point. I don't think.
posted by crossoverman at 5:29 PM on December 1, 2013
On the other hand, teenagers being overly dramatic isn't really something we should take too seriously. I don't mean to be dismissive about a general problem of things being dismissed because they are "girly" - but making fun of their dramatic discussion about Beiber versus One Direction probably isn't the tipping point. I don't think.
posted by crossoverman at 5:29 PM on December 1, 2013
Yea, agreed with empath, there's definitely a thing in our culture about how girl things, especially teen girl things, are hilarious and silly. We'd do well to examine it a bit and not just accept it.
I imagine, broadly, guys like sports, and tween girls are madly shipping from crackspace.
One of these makes better hilarity than the other.
posted by Mezentian at 6:48 AM on December 2, 2013
I imagine, broadly, guys like sports, and tween girls are madly shipping from crackspace.
One of these makes better hilarity than the other.
posted by Mezentian at 6:48 AM on December 2, 2013
I am sorry, I recently saw The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, and the scars run deep of stuff tween girls like.
posted by Mezentian at 6:49 AM on December 2, 2013
posted by Mezentian at 6:49 AM on December 2, 2013
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