On YouTube, sarcasm is not funny.
May 11, 2007 9:46 AM Subscribe
First video was not very funny, but after watching 2nd video, I'm in love.
posted by crackingdes at 9:56 AM on May 11, 2007
posted by crackingdes at 9:56 AM on May 11, 2007
The first one was funnier after realizing that she was a Brit and that the val-ish accent was, like, a total put on. The second one was pretty funny, though.
posted by psmealey at 9:58 AM on May 11, 2007
posted by psmealey at 9:58 AM on May 11, 2007
A well done troll, but it's a little bit like picking on the retarded, isn't it? Still, very funny.
posted by Atom Eyes at 10:08 AM on May 11, 2007
posted by Atom Eyes at 10:08 AM on May 11, 2007
but it's a little bit like picking on the retarted
posted by lemonfridge at 10:11 AM on May 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by lemonfridge at 10:11 AM on May 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
Wow. I am left videoless.
posted by srboisvert at 10:18 AM on May 11, 2007
posted by srboisvert at 10:18 AM on May 11, 2007
I thought this was going to be terrible, but I'm loving it. She's a genius.
I'm not being sarcastic.
No, really, I'm not.
posted by Plutor at 10:49 AM on May 11, 2007
I'm not being sarcastic.
No, really, I'm not.
posted by Plutor at 10:49 AM on May 11, 2007
I'm sort of embarrassed to admit this, but I actually watched the "haters" video three times in a row. (I think it was three. It might have been four.)
Something about her sophisticated, deadpan delivery of the most moronic insults ... just... so entertaining.
posted by crackingdes at 10:57 AM on May 11, 2007
Something about her sophisticated, deadpan delivery of the most moronic insults ... just... so entertaining.
posted by crackingdes at 10:57 AM on May 11, 2007
Can we have a YouTube filter please?
There is a YouTubeFilter. It's right here.
posted by eyeballkid at 10:58 AM on May 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
There is a YouTubeFilter. It's right here.
posted by eyeballkid at 10:58 AM on May 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
A day without YouTube
is like a day without chicken-eating spiders.
posted by Dizzy at 10:58 AM on May 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
is like a day without chicken-eating spiders.
posted by Dizzy at 10:58 AM on May 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
Every featured video on YouTube gets at least 4000 hater comments from children. Comes with the territory, I guess.
posted by Down10 at 11:00 AM on May 11, 2007
posted by Down10 at 11:00 AM on May 11, 2007
Lesson learned. Hate mail makes you British.
posted by miss lynnster at 11:04 AM on May 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by miss lynnster at 11:04 AM on May 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
It's always weird to hear brits do american accents.
Something about American accents make them easy to fake, at least to my ears. I'm always fooled by British actors pretending to be American but it's funny how hard it is to fake a British accent.
posted by bobo123 at 11:06 AM on May 11, 2007
Something about American accents make them easy to fake, at least to my ears. I'm always fooled by British actors pretending to be American but it's funny how hard it is to fake a British accent.
posted by bobo123 at 11:06 AM on May 11, 2007
I have to work hard to remind myself that YouTube comments are not necessarily representative of the broader culture, and that I may not be surrounded by people who think that a nice looking young woman who doesn't sufficiently amuse them is a fugly dyke bitch who should be hit with a shovel until dead.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 11:30 AM on May 11, 2007
posted by Pater Aletheias at 11:30 AM on May 11, 2007
delmoi sez It's always weird to hear brits do american accents.
Welcome to my world.
posted by chuckdarwin at 11:37 AM on May 11, 2007
Welcome to my world.
posted by chuckdarwin at 11:37 AM on May 11, 2007
I lost it at 2:01 of the second video.
Very well done.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 11:41 AM on May 11, 2007
Very well done.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 11:41 AM on May 11, 2007
I'm always fooled by British actors pretending to be American but it's funny how hard it is to fake a British accent.
Hugh Laurie in House is atrocious. As are Eddie Izzard and Minne Driver in The Riches. I can usually tell when a British actor is donning an American accent, though I was really fooled by Kate Beckinsale in Last Days of Disco.
posted by eyeballkid at 11:49 AM on May 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
Hugh Laurie in House is atrocious. As are Eddie Izzard and Minne Driver in The Riches. I can usually tell when a British actor is donning an American accent, though I was really fooled by Kate Beckinsale in Last Days of Disco.
posted by eyeballkid at 11:49 AM on May 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
Hugh Laurie in House is atrocious.
How the heck is he "atrocious?" He does the best American accent I've ever heard a non-American do. His accent was so good Bryan Singer said that Hugh Laurie was exactly the kind of American actor he had been looking for to play the role of House.
You know who has a bad American accent though? Jake Weber on Medium. Terrible.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 12:42 PM on May 11, 2007
How the heck is he "atrocious?" He does the best American accent I've ever heard a non-American do. His accent was so good Bryan Singer said that Hugh Laurie was exactly the kind of American actor he had been looking for to play the role of House.
You know who has a bad American accent though? Jake Weber on Medium. Terrible.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 12:42 PM on May 11, 2007
Yeah, I'm on the Hugh Laurie bandwagon I've gotta say.
And FWIW I do a kickass British accent. Just trust me, old pip.
posted by miss lynnster at 1:17 PM on May 11, 2007
And FWIW I do a kickass British accent. Just trust me, old pip.
posted by miss lynnster at 1:17 PM on May 11, 2007
miss lynnster writes 'And FWIW I do a kickass British accent. Just trust me, old pip.'
I hate to break the news, miss lynnster, but nobody actually talks like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, and nobody ever did.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 1:23 PM on May 11, 2007
I hate to break the news, miss lynnster, but nobody actually talks like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, and nobody ever did.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 1:23 PM on May 11, 2007
CitrusFreak12: I lost it at 2:01 of the second video.
WOW, absolutely -- those who bailed early missed some real gold there! (And, yeah, "Bill Hicks would have loved this!")
posted by LordSludge at 1:24 PM on May 11, 2007
WOW, absolutely -- those who bailed early missed some real gold there! (And, yeah, "Bill Hicks would have loved this!")
posted by LordSludge at 1:24 PM on May 11, 2007
miss lynnster writes 'And FWIW I do a kickass British accent. Just trust me, old pip.'
I hate to break the news, miss lynnster, but nobody actually talks like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, and nobody ever did.
I think from now on, if you're going to make a sarcastic comment, you should put in subtitles or put in the top of the comment "This is a sarcastic comment", um, because otherwise, like, how are people supposed to know? I think we should start doing that from now on, ok? I'm gonna put that out there, um, you know, if you agree with me, then make a comment because I really think, you know, this could turn into something big and, um, you know, MetaFilter are going to have start listening to us, um, with this kind of an issue, ok? So, yeah. Say no to sarcasm. Seriously.
posted by solotoro at 1:59 PM on May 11, 2007
I hate to break the news, miss lynnster, but nobody actually talks like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, and nobody ever did.
I think from now on, if you're going to make a sarcastic comment, you should put in subtitles or put in the top of the comment "This is a sarcastic comment", um, because otherwise, like, how are people supposed to know? I think we should start doing that from now on, ok? I'm gonna put that out there, um, you know, if you agree with me, then make a comment because I really think, you know, this could turn into something big and, um, you know, MetaFilter are going to have start listening to us, um, with this kind of an issue, ok? So, yeah. Say no to sarcasm. Seriously.
posted by solotoro at 1:59 PM on May 11, 2007
I hate to break the news, miss lynnster, but nobody actually talks like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, and nobody ever did.
Oh come on now old chap, what say you and I take the carriage down to Piccadilly Circus and have a chandy!
posted by chlorus at 4:18 PM on May 11, 2007
Oh come on now old chap, what say you and I take the carriage down to Piccadilly Circus and have a chandy!
posted by chlorus at 4:18 PM on May 11, 2007
You know who has a bad American accent though? Jake Weber on Medium. Terrible.
That guy was supposed to sound American?
posted by delmoi at 5:15 PM on May 11, 2007
That guy was supposed to sound American?
posted by delmoi at 5:15 PM on May 11, 2007
solotoro - I have reluctantly started to use the sarcastic wink thingy ;-)
I also use [sarcasm] you suck, dude [/sarcasm]
posted by chuckdarwin at 5:35 PM on May 11, 2007
I also use [sarcasm] you suck, dude [/sarcasm]
posted by chuckdarwin at 5:35 PM on May 11, 2007
I don't frequent youtube, despite having an account and some videos up... is she popular?
posted by chuckdarwin at 5:36 PM on May 11, 2007
posted by chuckdarwin at 5:36 PM on May 11, 2007
That guy was supposed to sound American?
To the best of my knowledge, yes.
He had the same exact accent in Dawn of the Dead. He comes off as slightly Australian rather than American.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 6:53 PM on May 11, 2007
To the best of my knowledge, yes.
He had the same exact accent in Dawn of the Dead. He comes off as slightly Australian rather than American.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 6:53 PM on May 11, 2007
Something about American accents make them easy to fake, at least to my ears. I'm always fooled by British actors pretending to be American but it's funny how hard it is to fake a British accent.
posted by bobo123 at 7:06 PM on May 11 [+] [!]
They save the worst American accents for Radio4 comedies.
It is a challenge either way. I'm married to someone born in England, and have lived here for over 2 years collectively, but I can't do an English accent, not even a sentance or two. He lived in Canada for 13 years, from age 10 to 23, and he couldn't do a Canadian to save his life. We are both examples of people who are profoundly untalented at mimicking accents.
That said, I had a friend from India who travelled a lot as a child, and who could could pick up accents so well - she could do American, New Zealander, British within a few weeks of listening to them.
I don't notice fake British as much as my husband, just like he doesn't notice fake North American as easily as me. But there are people who have fooled both of us, including Hugh Laurie (whom we knew well before House, but didn't recognise at first).
This girl's American accent is pretty impressive too -- I assumed she was putting on a certain tone, and was probably not as valley girl, but didn't realise she had put on the whole accent. I didn't hear any of the telltale signs of British attempting a fake North American accent (R's that are a little too hard, consonants that aren't quite right) that I hear whenever my husband tries the same thing.
posted by jb at 5:34 AM on May 12, 2007
posted by bobo123 at 7:06 PM on May 11 [+] [!]
They save the worst American accents for Radio4 comedies.
It is a challenge either way. I'm married to someone born in England, and have lived here for over 2 years collectively, but I can't do an English accent, not even a sentance or two. He lived in Canada for 13 years, from age 10 to 23, and he couldn't do a Canadian to save his life. We are both examples of people who are profoundly untalented at mimicking accents.
That said, I had a friend from India who travelled a lot as a child, and who could could pick up accents so well - she could do American, New Zealander, British within a few weeks of listening to them.
I don't notice fake British as much as my husband, just like he doesn't notice fake North American as easily as me. But there are people who have fooled both of us, including Hugh Laurie (whom we knew well before House, but didn't recognise at first).
This girl's American accent is pretty impressive too -- I assumed she was putting on a certain tone, and was probably not as valley girl, but didn't realise she had put on the whole accent. I didn't hear any of the telltale signs of British attempting a fake North American accent (R's that are a little too hard, consonants that aren't quite right) that I hear whenever my husband tries the same thing.
posted by jb at 5:34 AM on May 12, 2007
After I watched the second video, I went back and closed my eyes and listened to the first again. You can hear slight giveaways that she's not actually American, but she pulled it off pretty well.
posted by TypographicalError at 10:34 AM on May 12, 2007
posted by TypographicalError at 10:34 AM on May 12, 2007
She gave it away with "Youtube are".
posted by dirigibleman at 11:39 AM on May 12, 2007
posted by dirigibleman at 11:39 AM on May 12, 2007
That second video was classic.
posted by chunking express at 10:39 AM on May 13, 2007
posted by chunking express at 10:39 AM on May 13, 2007
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YouTube comments in general are summed up perfectly by xkcd
posted by bonaldi at 9:52 AM on May 11, 2007 [2 favorites]