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In the future, when the ultra-light telepathic super-mecha, derived from the core technology of the Cybertronics “Real Boys” line of love children, are sifting through the ice wastes for any remnants of the long extinct human race that once created them, they will determine that this week was the week of Die Antwoord. What a whirlwind that was, huh, you guys? It’s too bad that we’re not allowed to like anything that was created by people with talent using their brains, because intelligence and skill show a definite lack of “authenticity,” which is especially important in South African Internet Hip Hop videos. Oh well. R.I.P. Die Antwoord. And R.I.P. this week!
After the jump, the Five Highest Rated Comments, as voted on by you, the Lowest Rated Comment, the winner of the Brett Ratner Caption Contest, and the Editor’s Choice.
This Week’s Highest Rated Comments
“Fresh faces of 2010, coke problems of 2011″
Posted by: Ben (waiting for the perfect GIF) in response to The Videogum Why Don’t YOU Caption It? Contest: Vanity Fair Young Hollywood Cover
Score = 72
“They look like they were made by some European designer who wanted to criticize America in the most oblique way possible.”
Posted by: Patrick M in response to These Are Your Jeans: Pajama Jeans
Score = 72
I have a picture of a black person in my wallet, and I don’t get Madea.
Posted by: Tom Foolery in response to
Taking One For The Team: Madea’s Big Happy Family Live!
Score = 84
“We all have pictures of black people in our wallets.”
Posted by: west in response to The Videogum Why Don’t YOU Caption It? Contest: Vanity Fair Young Hollywood CoverScore = 132
Posted by: incredimarc in response to The Videogum Why Don’t YOU Caption It? Contest: Vanity Fair Young Hollywood Cove
Score = 144
[Ed. note: Good work as usual, everyone. Since there were so many comments from the Vanity Fair Caption Contest in the Top 5, the winner of that contest (who also had the over-all highest rated comment of the week) will not receive special palcement, but basically is obviously receiving special placement. So congratulations, incredimarc. You earned it!]
This Week’s Lowest Rated Comment
Lost just seems like one of those shows I would never, ever want to watch ever.
Posted by: dUB-iLL in response to Lost S06E01: Night Of A Thousand What?!s
Score = -41
[Ed. note: you know what that means. More Lost for the rest of us!]
Brett Ratner Caption Contest Winner
According to authorities, Ratner described the assailant as looking like this police composite sketch: 
Posted by: Notsewfast in response to The Videogum Why Don’t YOU Caption It? Contest: Brett Ratner Hugs A Leprechaun
Score = 46
[Ed. note: congratulations, Notsewfast. You earned it!]
This Week’s Editor’s Choice
I do not care what their back story is. What they are doing is next level awesome and I support it. It is okay for performers to perform is it not? Is anyone upset that Jack and Meg White are not really brother and sister or that the Ramones were not all brothers? Just let them be great!
Posted by: Lew Zealand in response to Die Antwoord Is “Fake,” And So What?
[Ed. note: agreed! It was strange how quickly everyone turned on Die Antwoord when they learned that they were actually self-aware artsy kids instead of...oblivious meth addicts? Or something? First of all, so what! And second of all, I'm not even sure what the "reality" of them that was exposed as "false" was in the first place. And to Lew Zealand's point, it's not like anyone actually thinks that Lady Gaga is an outer space department store robotic mannequin sent from the future. Let's all just enjoy the things that we enjoy and not work so hard to debunk them! Says the guy who spends all day writing this borderline-impossibly-contentious and sour on-line diary.]
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man, fuck topher grace.
That’ll be enough. We get it.
YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
I think the new “Fuck Topher Grace” is “Man, fuck Lost”
In case you’d like more attention.
thanks, but i’m fully prepared to run this one into the ground and die in obscurity.
I really thought “fuck Up” was going to “win” this week. I just lost fitty pretend dollars. i hope i can make it back on my dog fights. That’s what the puppy bowl is, right? 20 Puppies enter one Puppy leaves? GO NAOMI!
Does Gabe text you right before he posts Monters’ Ball so you can napalm Topher on the first comment? That doesn’t sound like Gabe. Maybe it’s Fgabe.
i can’t talk about what gabe and i do or do not do.
Ironic upvotes are the new upvotes.
“congrats tween” for West!!!
Ha! I take no credit. That joke was a lay-up and any number of Monsters would have done the same. So I share my first loser place with everyone. Enjoy, everyone.
I want to upvote this forever
Let’s hear it for obscure chat room inside jokes! FTW!
Makes me laugh
Good job incredimarc! But does that really count as an entry? I mean, it’s why don’t you CAPTION it. Nonetheless, hilarious. Sorry to get all technicalgum* (*are we still doing these, I hope so) on you guys.
Thanks! I was lobbed a softball (thanks Jeb), and I caught it and tripped over the end-zone net. Thank you monsters for reading Where’s Waldo when you were younger.
Reading Where’s Waldo?
Somehow someone banned me from chat…If you could go ahead and undo that, um, yeah, that would be great. I promise to put the cover sheet on my TPS reports from now on. Kthxbai.
FYI – I believe the intention was to give you a star. Let’s see what we can do to make chattime happytime again!
Somebody figured it out. Thx to the internet geniuses. Now I can have a life again. Finally!
okay, I am so sorry. I totally did not know what I was doing. The STAR made me do it and I just clicked this button and you were gone. Dish, please say we can still be friends. what say you?
Upvote of friendship…The most meaningful action a monster can take.
What a fun week! Thank you Monsters for keeping me sane at work!
It was all blackpeoplewalletgum this week
You guys! Pepper Ann’s all alone on http://www.videogum.com/chat quoting Animal Collective lyrics to someone who either isn’t online or just really rude.
maybe both.
I guess it’s kind of hard to reply to “Open up your, open up your open up your throat. MAAAATT!”
It’s not that hard:
OH-PINUPIA!
So lazygum. My post rate has plummeted of late. I’ve grown content with reading everyone else’s comments and lurking.
It doesn’t help that for some reason even when I tell it to stay signed in, I have to resign in every day if I want to post.
It’s alright, your avatar always ceases to make me chuckle.
Always ceases?
Ack! That was not thought out well! Where’s a delete button, Videogum, where?!
Guys, Videogum is famous!
Seriously, famous!
Also, they were mentioned on a show “Infomania” a couple times. I’m pretty sure that show gets half their material from here.
I’VE NOTICED THAT TOO
Sorry for yelling… gummers shouldn’t let gummers drunk comment
Gurrhh this week wasn’t that great for me, I’ve been sick and in some pain, but you hilarious monsters were a big help.! I lizzed so hard reading the “I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant” thread. Everyone was just on fire and I was literally in tears from laughing so hard.
Heart you guys. Have a good weekend, all you monsters!
Are there any Philly monsters? I think we should start a satellite pizza party. Who’s in?
Uh, the wikipedia page for Die Antwoord is marked for deletion!? Will the hate never end?
via gorillavbear
Let’s Facelift is the phrase for 2010.